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Mayor.—A COMMON COUNCIL, d holden to C.-amber of the Gil idhall of the City of Lon -00. on THUR.4DAY, the 18111 day of December, 1856. th n e, solved unanimously,—That Vtis Court are desirous to express z great regret at losing the valuable services of the R•ght Bon. t 7e 3 Archibald Stuart Wortley, M.P., as Recorder of this City, but v 'ratulate him upon his appointment to the honourable position Zits Majesty's Solicitor-General; and we iffer to him our wannest Zits for his uniform courtesy to the members of this Court, and th i _testtry our admiration of the manner in which he has tbs `sed the various and important duties of his office, especially for 1111 he may and impartial administration of j ustice ; and we trust may long continue to exercise a beneficial influence in ad k7Cig the best interests dills country.l SOIREWETHER. IyrAVERY of LETTERS.—The Postmaster- General, anxious to promote rapidity and ess in the delivery of letters , has, for postal purposes, h .:Kted London and ite environs into ten districts, each to be ir .ted, in many'respeets, as a separate town ; and to render arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every ne may be taken by the public for causing letters to be eted according to.the district for which they are intended. i l l t t , d suffice, a will suce, and for the house at which this notice is the initials are W. C., the district being the Western l et r:al. In the direction of a letter, these initia ls should be ul written in a separate, line, and should in all cases end 6 address, thus : JAMES THOMPSON, Esq , 500, High Holborn, W.C. Or D is n the letter is from the country, thus : Jaams THOMPSON ' Esq. , 500, High Holborn, London, W. C, . 41 ° 0 4 other means of inducing this practice , it is sug -47: that when convenient, each resident of the W e stern . 1 4 et should add the name of the district, or the initials, to °au address inside his letters when writing to.his corre ib„ ildonts, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi he should give the name of the district , or t he initials, the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or Ards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear Address. • e° trespondents not attending to the abov e arran g ement, ot rid be reqtiested to use the initials in reply. formation- as to the district in which any locality is in may be had at any receiving-house in London and its It rove, or at any head post-office in provincial towns, " 41 of which alphabetic lists of streets, die., will be k ept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be :ftred (p r i ce 61) at any bead post - office, will hereafter 4k lit ain a similar street-list showing the district initials : and pi:information the Postmaster General is assured, will be in the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857, Part headed " Street Directory." 'as following additional information may prove useful : TABLE of DISTRICTS. Names. ?Astern Central,,District Western Central District Northern District kerth Eastern District term District oouth Eastern District Southern District South Western District Western District North Western District If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart- Zeat Will be able to assort with facility and correctness the t h !ltry letters, according to their respective districts, before reach London in the morning. tt 4 Y a recent improVement about 60,000, or fully one-third, H ach letters are already so assorted with as much correct as circumstances allow— a change which has greatly ex iZitid the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous C9ittne , thit. with full facility for correctness, can be extended o n s advantage, seconded by other improvements now I.o llress, will eventually secure to. the public the benefit TeA Anther and important acceleration of the morning deli -19 throughout London. By command of the Postmaster-General. ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. ateral Post-office, Dec., 1856. Initials. B. C. W. C. . N. E. S. E. S. w. Tait MONS UNITED COLLIERIES t i ll • COMPANY (Limited). Pital o ao Million, in 100,000 Shares 'of 10/. each, deposit 21. per Share on Allotment. TRUSTEES. 8 Grace the Duke of Wellington. 4,, Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Rirchin-lane. 41, Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. DIRECTORS. I !ent .General the Right Hon. Lord James Hay, Chairm an . Abe . Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bury. talent... Co l• the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. t it G illiam Gndin ' Chateau Beaujon, Paris. ft Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and Old Broad-street. l'ortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde - Obert William Kennard, Esq.-, Upper Thames-street. 1 41 exader Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. ' 4II ToRS—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). watztts. Messrs. Williams, Deaoon, Labonchere, Thorn- London ton, and Co., Birchin.lane. Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street. ! Roes !Messrs. Gnillochin Sons, and Co. P ar i s Messrs. Charles Ls:flltte and Co. somerroaa, Megan. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. • SURBTARY—T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate•street. The ,object of this Company is to develops the resources of certain ef collieries, situated in the most central and best porti on t he.17611-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgiti m . The y ZTPrise two distinct sections , of which p art is alread y in ks Workin g operation, and the remainder co nsists of conces t hat from the Belgian Gover nment, g ranted on condition "At the coal shall be worked. T he unworked concession, known as " Bonne Victoire," ~tas• ted at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called • Nimy" and " Ghlin," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ; " ell-ascertained coal seams run through thei r whole IXtet . Anne collieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Vein e," 1 9 late Esperance " " Seize Action ' s," " Ste. Cecile," and ~ tc idi d u Plena." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres, ;' h the right of working sixty - two se ams of coal. It is cal- Mated that their produce could be large l y increased, within Years, at an outlay of 20,0001. (See Engineer's Report.) e Plant a nd other works are ample, well co nstructed, and ii.t a tantial ; the engines now at work g ive an a gg re g ate p ower X: 39 horses. These collieries are now yielding a minimum Profit of 40,0001. per annum (see Repo rt ) , and it is agreed e b t , a pr ti eferenal interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the '"tal now to be raised shall be the first charge on thes e r a t s. th e success confidence of the vendors of the working Collieri es iu ,Inaccess of their new undertaking is further shown b y 27tr'egreeing to accept in part payment of their property pOOO shares (representing 200,0001.) denominated 13 shares, ~th, th oug h considered as paid up, are only to receive di nds in proportion to the amount paid up on the A shares Zered to the public. The remainder of the purchase money, finds of 254,00 01 ., is to be paid in cash , out of the first of the Company, ab any time within two years from incorp ora tion of the Company.. Two-thirds of the above '''o o oo shares will be annulled shcnrld the new concessions, r i ntrary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good corn ercial quality, a nd this proportion o f the shar es in question itill not be handed over to the sellers until such produce be T h ls ecoal is generally of a semi-bituminous quality. It is Northern at the several. pit - mo uths into n the waggons of the ,them Railway of France fo r conveyace to Paris and the "IND& and manufactories along the line, at which there is a tat demand, ancralso into those of the Haut et Bas Flenu L lw aY (which traverses the collieries of the district, and :„..._ - "ents them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel ti7l) for the supply of the towns and the extensive manufac e-1111 districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the 4 4 , hOWOTer, is conveyed by the Conde Canal, on the banks 4.,. / thich•there are extensive sheds, where the boats are loaded. existing facilities for transit will be further extended by tke railway now in construction between Mons, Haumont, an d Maubeugo. The constant demand by railways, iron ei.,tka, gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house ( Purposes, is more than sufficient to abs orb, at all times, 41 1 utmost produce of the collieries. At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the assent state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, was 1 2 7.„Pared by the eminent French. Civil Engineer, Mr. F. N. which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain, a Zel mining engineer of great experience. Subsequently Mr. Charles Mr. C.E.9 was deputed to verify the state ments made. A majority of the Directors have also lately made a rrsonal visit to the collieries, and having taken every me ans Satisfy themselves of the soundness of the undertaking, . 1 , k , 1341 the truthfulness of the above reports, they now feel justi -4041 in inviting the investment of capital in the Association. , _The capital of the Company is divided into 100 , 0,0 shares :ZlO/. each, which are sub-divided into two classes , via., A __ . eferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit wil be ,f per share, and the first call of 21. per share will be due on .111 e Ist June, 1857. The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend on their B shares till 6 per cent. shall have been paid on all the A shares, thus in fact giving to the A share holders a pre. 'ferential dividend t o the amount of 6 per cent and in the a event of the winding up o f th e Company's affairs , 'the amount paid on the A shares will b e repaid to their .11'olders before , any payment is made on the B shares. Di v id e nds will be paid half-yea r ly at the Company's bankers In London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be ~ Paid up on the several shares. The administration of the Company's affairs in Belgium is carefully provided for. . • The various reports alluded to in this prospectus have been Printed, and may be obtained on application at the Core . Pany's office, as also a chart, showing the position of the • collieries and the new concessions. • Applications for shares must be accompanied by the bank . elle receipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every share applied for. The deposit will forthwith be returned on such s hares applied for as may not be allotted. • Forms of application may be obtained at the brokers' ; , and at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate-street. Each applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one of the B an k ers o f the Company, one pound (1/.) per Share, co the numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the de.• t'°a't of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be given. In the event of the Directors; allotting less than the Whole number applied for, the amount paid in will be appro. 11 ,riated towards the deposit of (2/.) per Share payable on those a llOtted. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the money lodged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free SI charge. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SnARES. To the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company (Limited). Gentlemen, —Having paid into the hands of Messrs. • the Bankers of the Company, £ to y our eredit, I request that you will allot me Preferential A • %hares of 10/. each in the capital thereof. I agree to accept t i,tleh sh ares , or any less number that may be allotted t o me, ' l3 Pay the remaining deposit, to execute the articles of asso ciation or a printed copy thereof when required, and in all other respects to conform to the provisions of the Joint Stock . e °taPanies Act, 1856. In the event of my failing to perfor m "7 of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now Paid by me to your Bankers, and authorise you to cancel the 411ettnent. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full .................................. Profession or occupation... Date Residence in full .... Place of Iminoss, if my .. ;.„ „„ ..... (No, 20,125.) 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STAMPED br). general boundless ; the amount of specie , whic h serves as the security for the paper circulation, is more considerable here than in England or France ; and yet there is in inter nal trade almost no credit and very little capital. Yes, there is no real Russian commerce. Oar native merchants carry on no direct trade with foreign countries, but take their goods from the third and fourth hand, paying dearly for intermediate commission. This is one of the causes of the enormous price of goods in Russia, of which we have such good reason to complain. The people in trade have no capital of their own, and the commission merchants will supply them with goods on no other terms than ready money or heavy interest, and require at the same time ample security. In this way of carrying on business it is considered quite friendly, almost fraternal, to charge 1 per cent. per month. The tradespeople themselves are not satis fied with less than 15 or 20 per cent. for their own profit, and when they see their goods are in domand they charge double. This general practice, as to the returns of capital and credit, makes the execution of extensive and national undertakings almost impossible. .Among us there are very few people who can part with their money with the mere hope of in four years of beginning to receive a profit of 6, 7, or more per cent. For the most part they must have 10 per cent., and that at once. Rich merchants and capital. ists have very little confidence in companies. The main bulk of our wealth is to be found among landed proprie tors and the aristocracy in the Government service, who would willingly take shares in every possible undertaking, but whose means do not admit of their embarking in spe culations from which they cannot derive immediate profit." Assuming it as proved beyond all doubt that railways are expedient and necessary for Russia, and that there is not sufficient capital in the country to make them with, the Sorntern Bee goes on to show that foreigners capital must be used for the purpose, for if commenced with native capital alone the works would be left in the middle unfi nished, while at the same time commerce and manufac tures would have been drained to do even that much. A foreign loan, too, would bo replete with disadvantages, both on account of the great quantity of existing paper currency, and also with regard to the national credit ; meaning that an issue of fresh obligations to an amount that would more than double the present national debt would sink the market value of all Ruisian securities to a ruinous extent. "Mortifying as the reflection may be to Russian national vanity," says the iVorthern Bee, " there is no help for it but to let foreigners come in and supply the capital. The only conclusion is that, in spite of the part they would take in it, it would nevertheless remain a national work, and all the advantages would be on the side of Russia. It is possible that in the first years Russia would have to make up the deficiency in the percentage guaranteed, but the great gain that would arise from the many hundreds of millions that foreigners would sink in the Russian soil would accrue to Russia's increased com mercial activity, and at the end of 85 years, if the Govern ment did not buy them up sooner, the country would come of itself into gratuitous possession of several thousand versts of railroad, with which other branch lines, built by national skill and capital, could be connected." This is what the best written Russian journal says on the subject of railways in Russia, and for any one that is desirous of unreinunerative employment for his capital in the development of Russian resources it is very conv incin g and impressive; equally so it ought to be for all who may have been thinking of embarking their money in the Pereira speculation as an investment. Whatever the entrepreneurs of the job may put forward in its favour, there is no Russian to be found with impudence enough to assert that the shareholders would ever get more than the 5 per cent. guaranteed by the Government. And what non-Russian, that knows any thing of Russia, will be so sanguine as to say they will certainly get as much? LONDON, Ft‘ IDA Y ,PIN IN G, DECEMBER 19, 1856. MEMORIAL to the late CAPTAIN THOMPSON, of Kars. At a Meeting of the,Committeo, held 29th I , Tovember : Resolved—That the subscriptions be net advertised until after the meeting of Parliament. 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OYSTERS, BARRELLED.—The BURNHAM RIVE R NATIVE OYSTERS are the best in the world—six years old—four hours from the beds To be had only at .T. SWEET ING'S FISH and OYSTER ESTABLISHMENT, 159, Cheapside. J. S. always has the largest supply of the best Fish in season, at the lowest market price. In ordering Fish it will be desirable to state for how many persons it is required, and whether for visitors or domestic use. A post-office order or reference will have prompt attention. Superior Oyster Rooms. m - R. HOWARD, burgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet. street, has introduced an entirely new description of ARTI ICIAL TEETH ,fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so , erfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not to be distinguished from he original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or lecay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method does not•require the extraction of roots, or any painful ,peratibn, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is maranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastication.-42, Fleet-street. At home from ten till five. TILE _HON. JUDGE HALIBURTON ON BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY. A very numerous awl influential audienC'e assembled in the Manchester Athenmum, on Tuesday evening, to hear an address "On the British Colonies" from the distinguished author of " Sam Slick." Mr. J. A. Nicicolls, chairman of the directors of the institution, presided. The Hon. Judge HATABURTON, on rising', was received with much cheering. He observed that, although it might be supposed that the circumstance of his having s pent the greater parka his life at the bar and upon the bnch would make him feel at home upon any occasion of addressing an audience, he really felt that such antecedents were, practi-' sally, a disqualification. A lawyer was restrained byferms, by technicalities, by precedents, by usages, by caution, and by the limit of the time assigned to him. The 'consequenee was that his powers of mind 'were fettered, and his imagina tion was almost annihilated. It was on this account that lawyers seldom made a figure in Parliaitient, aiid he thought: theexperience of Manchester would bear him out in saying that there were few lawyers in the Legislature who could' cppe with the Brights and the Cobdens—(applause)—who brought a powerful intellect to work upon any subject of discussion, untrammelled by the forms of the bar. (Hear.)• However, he had selected for this eveniug's address a topic of cam ton interest. What waste be done with our offspring, when they attained to maturity, was an anxious question for parental consideration, and that question was now fore ,ing itself upon Great Britain with regard to her colonial children. The colonists were natured; asking what was to be their fate— were they to continue, as they desired, ap- : pendages to this great empire —were they to bo absorbed in a neighbouring republic, or were they to be cut adrift to form an independent sovereignty for themselves? Of so wide a subject he should confine himself to that part which affect ed the North American colonies, of which he was a na tive, and which were the Colonies most British in feeling, most loyal in sentiment, most like the population of this country. and most desirous to be amalgamated with it. (Cheers.) It would be interesting, if time allowed, to follow out the history of the settlement of North America by the Nonconformist pilgrims—their vicissitudes, their courage and resolution, and their patiento and firteness through all neglect and want of encouragement, as well as under the actual oppression of those officers who ought to have pro tected and fostered them ; but probably the history of one set of colonies was pretty much the same as the history of another; and their adventures were, those of such as now sought a country far from their fellow-men. There were, however, interesting lessons to bederived from that history. The philosopher might derive instruction from the fact that those who sought an asylum in the wilderness from religious intolerance at home no sooner obtained such a refuge than they themselves became the worst of per secutors, until at last they learnt—what every reader of history must learn—that the blood of martyrs was the seed of the church, and that for every Quaker they hanged 20 sprang up in his place. (Hear, hear.) It wus useful for the politician also to correct a common error by the consi deration of history. It was not Washington, and the other great men of 1783 who, wore the fathers of the great American Republic, hilt the first pilgrims who went to Massachusetts, who disavowed all connection with the mother country, elected all their own officers, made their own laws, assumed an independent criminal jurisdiction, formed a confederation of the New England colonies, with a central board and a president, and assumed the preroga tive of making peace or war with their ludian neighbours. For 50 years there was a perfect republic in New bergland, the type of the one now existing. (Hear.) Perhaps, too, the Duke of Cambridge might learn from the Puritans a lesson on the treatment of practical jokers. In the month of June, 1621, the first duel was fought in the sanctimonious pilgrim city of Plymouth (America), and the elders, using exactly the same language as his Royal Highness had done —he must have copied it from them—(laughter)—declared this to be an act of insubordination, destructive of disci pline, and an evil example. Consequently, they lectured the offenders, exhorting them to live henceforth in brotherly love and union ; and, in order to show them how, they tied them together, neck and crop, for 24 hours, without an ything to oat, (" Hear, hear," and laughter.) That entirely put an end to duelling among the Puritans. (Hear, hear.) The Puritans might also show his Royal Highness how to deal with fraudulent contractors, for when the man who Made a pair of stocks displeased them by making the enormous charge of 40s. they paid his bill, since to haggle about it would have been "low"—(laughter)— but they immediately afterwards convicted him of extor tion, and put him in his own stocks to test their efficiency. (Laughter.) Yet another lesson might be learnt from that history by the Peace Society—a very laudable society (laughter)—very—(prolonged laughter)--whose principal member, Lord Palmerston, was lecturing at Manchester the other day. (Renewed laughter.) It happened that one Captain Coffin, a Quaker, was put in command of a merchantman during a war with France. The vessel was no sooner out of Boston harbour than a little French privateer summoned it to sail under her stern. The merchantman was well armed enough to blow the privateer to pieces, and wlel manned with men who were not Quakers, but anxious to fight ; nevertheless, the Quaker prepared to do as ha was ordered, without resistance, but, as soon as he was near en ou gh to insu re success, he struck his big vessel against the other, went right over, and down went every Frenchman. It was not lawful to use carnal weapons, said the Quaker, but neither was it lawful for the Frenchman to stop him on the highway of nations, so be had "just pushed him out of the way. (Cheers and laughter.) Now, if the Peace Society would " push" our enemies out of the way without fighting we should be much obliged, but meantime it was to be feared we must fight our own battles, and leave the Peace Society to find fault. (Laughter.) However, coming to the more immediate subject of consideration, it was impossible for any person to read the history of the early period of North American colonisation, and continue his attention through eeee,p4elpkorfffqederix ersnegitho ut feeljn a glow of indig nation on "hiecligek, wevvelrElMee — sta4e, at the gross ig norance, the gross neglect, the great contempt, the great injustice, that had been exhibited towards and practised upon the colonists ever since the colonists were settled. He (Judge Haliburton) spoke plainly, because, having lived among the colonists, and his family having dwelt there for 150 years, he thought he was entitled to express the colonial feeling. (Cheers.) Our plenipotentiaries, who recently ceded to Russia all the benefits of our fighting, need not take credit for being the first to achieve such a feat, for the English in America, having conquered all the French pro vinces, gave them all up again three years afterwards. (Hear, hear.) Quebec was taken by the English, restored without any equivalent, and had to be reconquered at im mense cost. Would it be believed that the strong fortress of Louisburg was captured by the New England husband - men,—one of the greatest exploits of a provincial militia to be found in the history of the world, though an admiral who joined the fight on the last day got all the credit—that it was restored to the French, who re-fortified it; that it was reconquered by an army of 14,000 English, who found in it 230 pieces of cannon and 18 mortars, besides other military stores ; that this fortre ss, capable of protecting ail the trade of the American coast, was three years after wards completely demolished by its English owners; and that nevertheless, in 1812, a Colonial Minister was so ignorant as to send out an order to Halifax to have the Yankee prisoners sent to the fortress of Louisburg, which fortress was blown into the sky 50 years before? (Laughter.) Such were the imbeciles who had retarded the growth of the colonies, wasted England's money, and consumed the colonists' patience until they could endure no longer. (Hear, hear.) It was hardly credible, but he believed he was correct in saying that there had never been one Colonial Minister who was ever iv the colonies, unless, perhaps, he passed through them as a crow did, and learn ing as much about them. At this moment, he believed, there was not a man in the Colonial-office, wielding the destinies of more than one-third of the globe, who ever saw a foot of it; and if that was a state of things that suited Englishmen, it did not, and would not, suit intelligent colonists. (Loud cheers.) When he (Judge Haliburton) was over here two years ago the Ct lenial Minister was off, getting himself humbugged by Russian Ministers in Ger many ; and it was all the better for the colonies, for there was no harm done while he was away. (Laughter.) It was easy, but useless, for the colonists to petition Parlia ment, because there was no one iniParlement to represent the 150,000,000 in India, or the five great nations of Aus tralia, or the 3,000,000 in British North America ; and when people wanted to be heard there must be somebody to speak for them. We in England could get what we wanted. The people of Manchester could get the Prime Minister to go down and lecture to them and "soft-sawder" them—(laughter)—and they had their Brights and Cobdens in the House of Commons, who would make themselves heard,nnd who were able to do it—(cheers) —but the colonists had no such power iu Parliament. He had been a good deal amused by looking over a book which applied to no part of the world but this country—the Peerage book—and reading the quaint mottoes of the nobility ; and he would call attention to the motto of Lord Palmerston, as it was the motto of a thorough politician, and ought to be inscribed over the Treasury doors. The motto was " Flecti non frangi," which might be paraphrased in this way—" I bend to the popular gale, but as soon as it is over I spring back to my old position." (Laughter.) Well, the colonists would make him bend if they had the power, but they had no voice on this side the water. It was most important to have regard to time, with respect to the future as well as the past of these colonies. In the year 1700 there were only 260,000 men, women, and children in all North America, from the St. Lawrence to the most southern State. There were now 30,009,000, and there were people now living who had heard, when boys, from poisons who were alive in 1700 what was in that year the state of the country. And was not Canada to be something shortly? In 1783 there were only 3,000,000 in the United States, and in Canada there were just 3,000,000 now • while the secret had got out at last that it was an infinitely finer country than any por tion of the United States. Steamers were now about to run every day to America, and in ten years more we might ex pect the population of Canada to be 20,000,000. Was it worth our while to have them, or to shake them off ? They spoke our language, had the same laws and institutions, rather more protection for life and property than we had with our ticket-of-leave men—(laughter)--and he need not speak to Manchester men of our trade with British North America, or compare it with the trifling trade to the north of Europe. (Hear, hear.) Nothing but ocular demonstra tion could teach them, however, as his residence of half a century had taught him, that the colonists there had noth ing except their wood, their water, their soil, and the pro ductions of the soil, but what came from England. That was sw ay everya he mf knewa n t w i nH h e i i vet c : h r tnyh s o p ot u o t kgo inchhe mention , v oef o na l Nt u s m oo tnvehase. the Yankees Scotia—he believed no kmeee ns.ssaid, he ai(dlcm, hoheseetrmskc could l di lau t a g l h k te a e a book" about that country, and he could give an illustration of what ho had just been alluding to. The child who was born in that country was washed—first thing —in an English bowl, put into English flannel, English petticoats, and an English frock trimmed with English lace, and the first word he spoke was English. When he went to school, his hat, his coat, his shirt, his trousers, and his shoes —all came from England ; his satchel was made in Manchester, and his slate was from the English slate quarries ; his book and his paper, his lead-pencil, his ruler and copybook, were all sent from England. The moment he began to use a horse, his saddle and bridle, spurs, crup per,l h s i m gun, u i n n hs g i r ths, whip, halter , re ins, bits, cur rycomb, brush , and e were o all t made e f d o , r England.fla , I h f i s h se en joyedhot - If he went fishing , his rod and line, the sinker, the floats, ercussion caps, were English. bag, powder and shot, and p and even theflies —(lau g hter) —were English, although there iron shoes, s sports f the were flies in the co lonl y big enough and strong enough to bite through aboot , an d the bordersof the lakes were covered with wood that would supply the whole world with Axhin rods. If he built a vessel, not a single thing iii it belonged to the country where it was built ; the rigging, the iron, the copper, the ropes, the chains, the rudder, the compass, and all the fittings, were English. - If he built a house, which he did very early, for he vaas - a, very *meow young gentleman, and frequently caught his bi,rd before he had got a cage—(laughter)—then the tieds *ire brit with an English axe, sawn with an Eng t lishusw, planed with an English plane ; tho boards were,naijed With 'English nails and English hammer, and' the windows vier° 'of English glass, puttied withEisglishputty. Then the carpet, knives, forks, plates, were English, ,and so' were the decanters — for he would drink something besides cold water, and he (Judge Haliburton) did not much like that, to tell' the truth. (Cheers and laughter.) He thdright, too, it was something touching that the colonist still sail he was going " home" when he came on a visit 'to Etiglrind-- (cheers)—and though it might be thought that the man he had been sup4oosing, having brought nothing into the world, took nothing' out with him, yet lie was put in a coffin lined with English ,flannel, covered with English cloth, screwed down with English screws and an English screw-driver, and his name was on antnglieh coffin-plate. The priest, in an English gown, read the service over him out of an English book, .and the earth was shovelled over him with English 'shovels. = From the cradle to the grave th©_ colonist was dependent on England. • (Hear.) British North America was a country about one quarter larger than all Europe. Canada alone was as large as England, France, and Prussia put together ; there was space enough for all our surplus population, who could go there and still be Englishmen, while it had got a race of men such as we should not " d 0.," to use the Yankeephraee, anywhere, whose sympathies with this eountily were-signally demon strated on i eceipt of the news of the fall of Sebastopol, who had no hostile tariff like that of the United States, and who evinced a preference for everything English. ere these the people whom he should turn the cold shoulder to? (Cheers.) We should havedonewisely, if, instead of violat ing the laws of the United States, and incurring disgrace, we had asked for troops from our colonies, where there were more men with rifles in their hands than there were sol diers at Sebastopol—men who knew how to handle a mus ket and knew well how to fight. For instance, there was a man named Williams, born in Nina Scotia, who had de fended Kars. (Cheers.) The excellent climate, the various mineral wealth, and the immense facilities of interior water communication, were subjects too vast for compres sion in a hasty review, but; after alluding to all these, he came again to the great question, which must so soon be a nswered—what was to become of that country? He had written volumes upon volumes on this subject, and even those which might appear only to have fun for their object were so written in order to render palatable matters that were dry in themselves. It would have been beneath a man to write merely a jest-book. And his familiarity with the subject enabled him to predict three alternatives, which would have to be decided sooner than we.expected. First, *lre the British North Americans to be amalgamated with the United States ? (No, no.) He believed that was not desired on either side at present, but it was " on the cards," and there was no saying what angry men would do. Or were they to be left powerless where they were, or be taken into a confederacy, with a congress and a president? The third alternative— his own favourite—was to make them part and parcel of England. There were difficulties in the way, 'but none that were insurmountable. Certainly the colonists would never consent to any other union with England than one with perfect equality. They had been degraded and treated like serfs, and would bear it no more. Every petty German prince who came over here had his place assigned him, but the colonists had no place whatever in any public arrangements. In the colonies there was now no political strife or ferment, but a dead calm—a very dangerous state for any country to be in, because it usually preceded a storm. The colonists must have fair representation in Parliament. Perhaps it would be objected that this would be making a mob of Parliament; however, it was not much better than a mob now, and perhaps if it were more of a mob, the colonial members might kick out some fellows who had better never been let in. As things were, the intelligent Cana dian was dissatisfied, because, if he bad been born on the other side of the St: Lawrence, he would have had a fair chance of rising to any of the public offices, or even that of President. There was, however, no Canadian to be found in our Hours of Peers. (Hear, hear.) He honoured and respected the House of Lords, but that, like other human institutions, must submit to necessary modifications. He would conclude by expressing a hope that some individual of rank and station and political influence in this country would take up the subject of the colonies ; and if Lord Stanley possessed the excellent abilities he was reputed to have he might immortalise his name by making this ques tion his own, and calling into existence a new and happy England on the other side of the water, as well as infusing new blood into the old country, making it as young and vigorous as ever it was. (Loud cheers.) The proceedings concluded with votes of thanks to the Hon. Judge Haliburton and the chairman. RUSSIAN RAILWAYS. ( From the Times' Correspondent.) . BERLIN, Dna. 16. In one of my recent budgets of Russian news I mentioned the disappointment that is being felt in Russia at the Pereira Railway enterprise meeting with so little favour in France ; and that in Germany, too, where Russia fondly hoped for so much, but where also there is much more caution than capital, the want of success has been equally great. What made this unwillingness to come forward on the part of the Continent so particularly aggravating to the Russian promoters of the railway scheme was, that this failure abroad exhibited itself coincidently with their own triumph over the obstructive ignorance and piejudice of their own countrymen ; just when 'these latter became convinced of the expediency of railways the continental friends they had reckoned on so firmly failed them entirely, and now their hopes are turned,.en dernier ressort, to Eng land, which has plenty of money, plenty of enterprise, and plenty of credulity. As we are not in possession of accu rate statistical and topographical information as regards the localities the projected lines are to pass through, or indeed of the general resources of the country at large—a deficiency which the proposed Company of Pereira, Baring, Hope, and Co. ' do not supply, and perhaps it does n ot lie in their interest to do so—the only resource we have is to inquire what the Russians themselves say er think on the subject. The Russians used to say some time back that railways were not necessary for their country, and would not pay if they were made there, on account of the enormous lengths necessary to connect any two termini of consequence, the thinness of the population, and the absence of trade or productiveness along the line; what traffic there existed was already amply provided for by canal and river carriage, or by sledge conveyance, which was always to be had when the water carriage was closed; the frontier was so enormously extensive that rail ways, to do any good to commerce, must be multiplied infinitely further than their receipts would admit of, &c. ; and a committee which was appointed in 1836 to examine into the expediency of constructing a line from Moscow to Odessa decided, after mature deliberation and examina tion, against the expediency of doing so. These arguments are now pronounced to be obsolete and to belong to bygone times ; and doubtless this is correct as regards the objections brought against the expediency of Russia's getting railways, if she can, but not as against their paying. The change that has been breught about in public opinion as regards the desirableness of railways has been effected by an experience of the exigencies of war, while that war itself has in fact strengthened the objec tions on the score of non-paying, by diminishing the in ternal resources of the country and paralysing her nascent manufactures. This is best shown by the arguments that have been used by the Russian press to overcome the oppo sition to railways at all. Russia, it is said, must no longer remain behind the other nations of Europe in the progress of industrial development; she must try to catch them, and even to give them the go-by ; she 'must show the West that her resources are on the increase. Russia is an agri cultural State, and produces more than she requires, but before her produce can arrive at her ports ice has blo _lkea up the navigation, so that America not only supplies Eng land, but oven the northern ports of Russia herself, earlier than her corn-growing provinces in the south can do it. The industrial energies of Russia, it is said, are still dor mant, the old inertness of the country still prevails ; this sleepy inertia must be shaken off, for the riches of a coun try do not consist in the quantity of gold and silver it pos. sena, but in the activity of its circulation. Russia must have railroad communication with a port in the north and another in the south, both of which shoul d, if possible, be free from ice the whole • year round. For this reason Libau should be converted into a commercial outlet in the place of Cronstadt, and Theodosia in the place of Odessa ; since the latter is frozen up six weeks, and Cron stadt six months in the year. These are, it must be con fessed, very admirable arguments why the Russian Govern ment should strive by all possible means to get railways introduced into the country, and why any benevolent mil lionnaire should take pity on this hitherto neglected coun try, and help it forward a little ; but they offer at thesame time the most convincing reasons why no capitalist should embark his money there with a view to dividends in his own lifetime, or that of his children, since several genera• tiona must pass away before the benevolent intentions of the railway projectors can be attained. The national party in Russia, which has allowed itself at length to be convinced of the expediency of railroads, has, with all the indiscreet zeal of a proselyte, gone so far as to take up the notion that the Government ought to keep the railway undertaking in its own hands, and to secure all its benefits to the country. Canals, high roads, &c., they say, have hitherto always been produced by Russian capital, the railroads are just as much a home matter as the other means of communication. They point to England as a proof that a country , is not made the poorer by the Government raising a loan at home, but they aver that the admission of foreign capital to build the railroads would be equivalent to a State debt to another country, the interest of which would go to enrich only foreigners. The capital requisite for constructing all these railways will amount to about 300,000,000 silver roubles ; the Government must, in any case, no matter when the shares are brought out, guarantee 5 per cent. interest on that capital. As even in England the majority of railroads do not clear 4 per cent., it may fairly be expected that in thinly popu lated, undevelop ed Russia the y will be a long time before they do so much as clear the working expenses, in which case the whole interest, amounting to 15,000,000 silver roubles, would be left to be defrayed by the Government in fulfilment of its guarantee. Since the Government must then, in all probability, pay the whole of this sum of 15,000,000 per annum for the 5 per cent. interest of the capital, it would be much better to keep the amount in the country by ad mitting only its own subjects to take shares in the under taking, and for this national course they adduce an admi rable precedent in the manner in wh ich the company has lately been brought out for navigating the Black Sea, in which all the shares were originally issued to Russian sub jects only. The Northern Bee has lately published several articles for the purpose of confuting this suicidal notion of excluding foreign capital from the construction of railroads, in the expectation of finding what is wanted at home. It says that neither the capital nor the credit necessary for such an undertaking is to be found in Russia. Russia is more behindhand in commercial enlightenment than any other country in Europe • the old national inactivity sti l l pre vails, and the people at large are totally incompetent to such undertakings. This most unimpeachable authority, the Northern Bee, goes on to say : "The confidence of the people in the Government iu THE NATIONAL SUNDAY LEAGUE AT BATH. i I A public meef.ng, convened by the National &may League, was held at the Assembly Rooms, Bath, on Wednesday evening. The announcement of the meeting bad caused a great stir in the city. The clergy and dis senting ministers held a meeting to concert measures of opposition, and their congregations were exhorted to attend. The consequence was that the whole of the reserved-seat tickets, which were is. each, were soon bought up, and the body of the room, to which admis sion was free, had to be much curtailed to provide room for the additional applicants for tickets. Long before the hour announced for commencing the business, the room was crowded, and a number of clergymen and dissenting ministers took possession of the whole of one side of the platform, an act which was in vain protested against by the agent of the League. The deputation from the League were Wm. Loaden, Esq., Mr. Mackey, Mr. John Kervey, and Mr. Robert Jones, but only the first spoke. They were accompanied on the plat form by three or four town councillors, and a few other cit,nens. Mr. J. KEENE, proprietor of the Bath Journal, pre sided. He said they were met to discuss an important question. They bad proposed to them, by the National Sunday League, a certain question as to how the Sab bath was to be observed. The object of the League was to obtain the opening of public museums, galleries, libra ries, garden; &0., on Sundays, for the instruction, recrea tion, and innocent amusement of the working classes. They expected to find in so large an assemblage of people differences of opinion ; but one thing he felt assured of, that in the refined city of Bath courtesy would be shown to every speaker, and that perfect order would be maintained. They were all one in one grand respect The members of the league would yield to none in re spect for the Sabbath, or for the Scriptures. They came there to discuss particulars as to the mode and manner in which Sunday should be observed, and it would be for the meeting, after calm consideration, to decide whether they were right or wrong. Mr. LOADEN, who, on the whole, was heard with great attention, then addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour, and moved—" That in the opinion of this meeting the opening of public museums, galleries, and libraries, and the performance of music on Sundays, would improve the socia habits and morals, and increase the happiness of the working classes." The motion was seconded by Dr. BRABANT, in a closely-argumentative speech. The Rev. W. MAGER then proposed, in a long speech, the following amendment—" That in the opinion of this meeting the' opening of places of amusement on the Sunday would not benefit the working classes, bur, would tend to injure their social and moral habits, and would - prove fatal to their true happiness and highest interests. The amendment was seconded by Mr. DAVIS, and Mr. LOADEN attempted to reply, but by this time the meeting had become so impatient and boisterous that his voice could not be heard. The CHAIRMAN at length put the amendment and resolution, when the former, as was expected from the character of the meeting, was carried by a very large Majority, upon which three cheers were given for Mr. Magee. Though the meeting was occasionally noisy, the greatest courtesy was shown and acknowledged by the speakers on each side, and the proceedings closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman, moved by the Rev. W. Magee, for his strict imparti alit y . • RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Corresponding week last year • LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTRBiI RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the w ee k en di ng Dec. 13, 1856 £ 14,865 9 2 15,058 6 Decrease in 1856 ...... -•-, £192 17 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 13, ,248 1856 .... ......... ... ... . ............... £l2 15 1 Corresponding weak year 10,636 3 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 101,410 1 1 7 Total of the half-y ear t o t hi s date, 1855 378,641 15 11 GREAT NORTHERN 11.AnwAL—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 7, 1856 £23,288 7 6 Corresponding week last year 25,017 2 10 LONDON AND N ORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Traffi c return for the week ending Dec.l4, 1856 _259,058 0 0 C o rresponding weok last y ear CHESTERAND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 14, 1856 £4,6Q9 0 0 corresponding week last year 4,762 0 0 Decrease in 1856 „ £63 0 0 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 14, 1856 £21,597 10 8 Corresponding week last year EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE AND SCOTTISH CEN TRAL RAILWAYS.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 14, 1856 .......................................... £5,1 1 3 8 8 Corresponding week last year CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for week ending Dec. 13, 1856 £227 0 6 Corresponding week last year 204 14 5 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 14, 1856 £736 5 0 LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY.—Traffic re tams for the week ending Doc, 13, 1856 £11,307 16 1 COURT OF COMMON COUACIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of public business. The minutes of the last Court having been read, Mr. T. PARSER complained that in those minutes ho was made to appear as having voted on a question, he not having been in court at the time that the question was put. Mr. Parker's name was ordered to be struck out of the minutes. THE NEWLY•ELECTED RECORDER. The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to announce that the Court of Aldermen on Tuesday last elected Mr. Russell Gurney to the office of Recorder. (Cheers.) Mr. Deputy OBBARD—There is now a vacancy in the office of Common-Serjeant. When will it be convenient to fill up that vacancy ? The LORD MAYoR—I presume that it will stand over till after the holidays. Mr. Deputy OBBARD—I cannot help saying that the sooner it is done the better. (Hear, hear ) Mr. J. CAUSTON—The Lord Mayor has just announced that the late Cominon-Serjeant has been elected to the office of Recorder; consequently the office of Commou-Serjeant has become vacant. The TOWN CLERK—Not yet. There is no vacancy until that office has been resigned. Mr. CALTSTON—I was merely anxious that no delay should take place in the election, and that the Officers and Clerks' Committee should have an opportunity during the vacation of considering the subject of the duties and emoluments of the office of Common-Serjeant. The LORD MAYOR—I am afraid you cannot proceed with that business until the office is declared vacant. Mr. BLAKE—I think that the object of my friend Mr. Causton will be appreciated by everybody. His only de sire is to facilitate the progress of public business. It is well known that the present Common-Seijeant has been elected to the office of Recorder, and it is generally under stood that he has accepted that office. It would certainly very much facilitate the object we all have in view and assist the progress of public business if the matter of the duties and emoluments of the office of Common-Serjeant were at once referred to the Officers and Clerks' Com mittee, in order that they might at the earliest possible period report to this Court. (Hear, hear.) Mr. H. L. TAYLOR—At the present moment the newly elected Recorder has not been sworn. The Common-Ser jeant has not resigned, and therefore it would be highly premature to take any step or to make any inquiry respect ing an appointment which is not before us. (Hear, hear.) Mr. IL W. VALLANOE—If the Court can come to a re solution that may anticipate a very closely coming event and save a great deal of the future time of this Court, it seems to me to be very desirable to do so. (Hear, hear.) We all know that the moment the vacancy is declared there would be a reference to the Officers and Clerks' Com mittee to inquire into the duties and emoluments of the office of Common-Serjeant, and therefore it is quite con sistent with public business to make that reference at once. (Hear, hear.) The subject then dropped. THE LATE RECORDER. Mr. WOOD, after eulogising the character and conduct of the late Recorder while chief officer of the corporation, moved the following resolution : " That this Court are desirous to express their great regret at losing the valuable services of the Right Hon. James Archibald Stuart Wortley, M.P., as Recorder of this city, but congratulate him upon his appointment to t 1 s honourable position of her Majesty's Solicitor-General. And we offer to him our warmest thanks for his uniform courtesy to the members of this Court, and also testify our admiration of the manner in which he has discharged the various and important duties of his office, especially for his upright and impartial administration of justice, and we trust that he may long continue to exercise a beneficial influence in advancing the best interests of this country." (Cheers.) 1 MA Deputy OWARD seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously amid cheering. The resolution was ordered to be signed by the Town Clerk and presented in the usual way. It was also ordered to bo advertised in the usual morning and evening journals. A good many reports from the various committees were road in the course of the day, the most important of which is the following, which was brought up last by Mr. Deputy Bower, Chairman of the Improvement Committee. FLEET VALLEY RAILWAY. " On examining the report of the railway commissioners we find the following recommendation referred to by the select committee If, hereafter, anything should lead to the admission of railways or railway termini within that portion of the district submitted to our investigation which lies north of the Thames, and if any company or number of companies should be willing to undertake wholly or par tially the execution of such street improvements as we have adverted to, we are of opinion that it will be to the advan tage of all parties that these should be planned and pre scribed to the companies and finally carried out under the authority of some department of your Majesty's Govern meat in conjunction with the corporation of the city of London, or with the local authorities of the district in which the works are to take place. " We give this as our opinion because we consider that the merit of the street improvements of London in regard as well to their utility and beauty as to the economy and convenience with which they can be carried out must greatly depend upon their being executed with o ne intten tion, and as part of ono well c onsidered scheme, mu be cause we see no security for this if they are left to origi nate with different railway companies according as these may spring up, and without any other supervision than that supplied by Parliamentary committees.' "We think it right to remark that at the time the cor poration gave its assent to the passing of the Metropolitan Railway Bill the report of the select committee bad not been made, and Viscount Canning, the chairman of the Railway Commission of 1846, as Postmaster-General, gave Government assistance in passing the bill. Your committee did not therefore feel themselves called upon to ask for the introduction of any clauses in the bill giving to the corpo ration or any other public body such a general supervision over the execution of the works as it was the object of both the Railway Commission and the select committee to ob. tain for the protection of the public interest. " The notices which have been referred to your commit. tee apprise us that the Metropolitan Railway Company, without having take n an y steps to carryost etxhteeirehsieevxueissetpidonwg powers into execution, inte nd to apply fur m w hi c h will override its provi sons, and may beneficially or most injuriously to the interests of the public and to the large lauded property of the corporation which is contiguous to the line of railway. " Agreeing with the Select Committee of the House of Commons, and with the previous resolutions of this Court, that a railway along the valley of the mos t serviceable to the public, we a Fleet may he made suchprehend that the cor poration will be disposed to givean undertaking the encouragement it deserves, and having sion of the money - market from the day ti e regard to the passedderes to the present time, it may be reasonablegr a l' t was arlia ment to give the company the extension of time they desire. Your it most inco nven i e nt c ommittee feel, howev er , that is nven i en t to the public and injurious to the property of the city t hat an linger provisions shouldbe extension of time an d 1 given to the company unless they can show that they have the means and the disposition to carry out the undertaking withiu a reasonable time, and in a manne r that will be be to th e public interests. We therefore recommend that we should be authorised to take such measures as we may be advised, not for the purpose of obstructing the ac complishment o f th e legitimate o bjects of the company , but to obt a i n proper c l a uses in the bill in conformity with the r °commendations of the railway commissioners and the select committee's re port." Mr. D e p u t y BOWER—As the only desire of the com mittee i s t o ge t power from the Court to oppose anything they consider wkong, and to be enabled to further the object which we have so very much at heart in respect to this property, 4 lilOve that the Court agree with thew in their. - , - , 7 report and that it be referred back to them to carry it lats. execution. • % Carried unanimously. '•• THE LATE LORD,MATOIL t: Mr. H. LLOYD-I wish to ask Mr. Deputy Lott (deputy of Mr. Alderman Salomons) whether there is any truth in the rumour which within the last few days has been in circulation --namely, that the late Lord Mayor has received a very high honour or decoration from the Emperor of the French. (Hear, hear.) A paragraph appeared in the Times a few days since to the effect that the Emperor had de signed to honour him with a very high distinction for his humanity in affording assistance to the sufferers by the inundations in Franoe. Will the deputy be good °Rough to say whether there is any foundation for the statement ? (Hear, hear.) Mr. Deputy LOTT— 1 believe it is a fact that this dis tinction has been proffered, but that it has been intimated by the Government that the worthy alderman would not be permitted to wear it in this country, in consequence of its not being an honour conferred for any military service. I exceedingly regret it, and so do our friends, because if anything could have tended more than another to cement the union between the two countries it was stretching the hand of charity to our brethren across the water when they were in a difficulty. ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIBRARY. Mr. J. ANDRRTON, chairman of the Library Committee, brought up a report, and, in moving that it be agreed to, dilated upon the advantages likely to result from the esta blishment of a library in conformity with the recommen dation of the committee, and quoted in support of his views the instance of a library at Salford, from the esta blishment of which on a similar principle to that set forth in the report most beneficial results had followed. After a discussion, in which several members took part, the report was agreed to, and it was ref erre d b ac k t o th e committee to carry the same into execution. CONSERVANCY OF THE THAMES. Mr. WOOD, chairman of the Consolidated C omm i t t ee, brought up a report, which was agreed to without discus sion. Naval and Military intelligence. The troops stationed at Chatham garrison, consisting of depots of the line forming the provisional battalicn, the Royal Engineers, the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, and the Royal Marine Light Infantry, pro ceeded to Chatham lines on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of going through the manoeuvres of a field-day. The depots of the provisional battalion took up their po sition in the centre with the Engineers and Marines on their right and left, with their respective bands. The whole brigade were then put through a variety of evolu tions by Col. W. 11:--Eden;commandant of the garrison, which they performed in a highly efficient manner. The troops were marched off the ground at 4 o'clock. Lieut. P. Chute, 84th Regiment, has been appointed Actiag Adjutant to the Provisional Battalion, Chatham, in the place of Li eu t. J. Armstrong, 40th Regiment, who has proceeded to Ireland with that corps. In consequence of an order received from the Horse Guards by Col. H. Anderson, in command of the troops at St. Mary's Barracks, Chatham, 130 men were yester day discharged from that establishment, selected from the Ist Dragoon Guards, 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, sth Dragoon Guards, 31 Light Dragoons, 10th Hussars, 2d Royals, 3d Buffs, 4th King's Own, 7th Royal Fusiliers, 15th, 19th, 21st Fusiliers, 27th Ennis killens, 28th, 33d Duke of Wellington's, 34th, 37th, 40th, 41st Welsh, 42d Highlanders, 48th, 49th, LOth Queen's Own, 51st Light Infantry, 55th, 56th, 57th, 60th Rifles, 71st Highland Light Infantry, 7711), 79th Highlanders, 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, 58th Connaught Rangers, 92d Highlanders, 93d Highlanders, 97th and 98th Regiments, with troops from the Ist and 2d Batta lions of the Rifle Brigade. Troops to the number of 100 men of all ranks, belong ing to the 3d Buffs, 21st Fusiliers, 46th, 57th, and 71st (Highlanders) Regiments, were yesterday inspected at Fort Pitt, Chatham, by Dr. J. R. Taylor, C. 8., and all of them being unfit for further service will be discharged from the stony. Her Majesty's screw steam storeship Hesper arrived at Spithead yesterday from Cape Verd aid Madeira, for which ports she sailed some time since with medical corn. forte, &c., on the occasion of those islands being visited with cholera. Her dates are St. Vincent's, November 22 ; Madeira, December 7. From the 19th to the 17th inst. she experienced heavy westerly gales. She brought no news or passengers. Her Majesty's screw blockahip Pembroke, 60, Capt. Fraser, got up topgallantmasts at Portsmouth yesterday. Her Majesty's steam frigate Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel, C. 8., is completing coal at Spithead for service. She made several trials of her speed again at the mea sured mile on Wednesday, which were deemed so far satisfactory. H.M. steam-tender Fire Queen, Master Commander W. F. Paul, was undocked yesterday, after having re paired a little damage which she incurred in Cowes harbour on Tuesday. H.M. steamvessel Lizard, 3, Lieut. Christopher, ar rived at Portsmouth in the night of Wednesday with supernumeraries from the eastward, and left on her re turn with others yesterday. The Alban, 3, steamvessel, Lieut. De Blaquiere, left Portsmouth yesterday morning for the westward. With a view of obtaining more positive confirmation of the resistance afforded by the plates of iron which form the outer casting of our newly-constructed floating batteries, a bulkhead, 14 feet by 12, has been erected in Woolwich Arsenal marshes, for the purpose of carrying out some experiments connected therewith. The bulkhead was composed of solid timber, similar to those of a ship's hull, firmly bolted together, so as to consolidate a depth of 1 foot 8 inches, and faced with tour sheets of rolled aud hammered iron, full four inches thick. The butt thus constructed was well secured by a number of strong spurs, and fixed at an angle of 8 degrees in the most appropriate locality, selected for the purpose, in the practising range in the -vicinity of the Arsenal. Lord Panmure had expressed his intention of being present, as well as Sir B. Hawes and Mr. Peel. They were not, however, in attendance. Independently of the members of the select committee of the Arsenal who were present were Rear-Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Capt. Crawford Caffin, C. 8., Director- General of Naval Artillery, and newly-appointed Direc tor-General of Stores ; Mr. Watts, R.N., Assistant Sur veyor of the Navy; Col. Lefroy, R. A. ; Gen. Cator, ; Capt. Younghusband, R.A. ; Capt. Campbell s , R.A.; Col. Anderson, R.H.A.; Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S., &c. From the importance attached to the ex periment a thorough test was ordered to be applied. Twenty-four rounds were successively fired from one of the heaviest guns, a 68-pounder, weighing 95 cwt., and charged with 161 b. of powder and an 8-inch shot. The experiment at the commencement was tested over a range of 600 yards, which was subsequently reduced to 400 yards. Fifteen shot were of cast and nine of wrought iron. The effect produced by the former on. the iron coating was scarcely perceptible, except when it struck the rolled sheets, and then no further than slightly skinning the surface in the immediate spot struck. The nine wrought iron shots were each flattened by the force of the contact, and fell to the ground with out making any visible impression on the surface of the target. The cast iron shots, being broken isito frag ments, also fell harmlessly to the ground ; the last, how ever, penetrated the iron coating, and remained partially embedded in the woodwork. The result consequently rests thus :—Out of the 24 experimental discharges 21 effected no damage, two fell wide of the mark, and one pierced the target. The freight-ship Lieutenant Ballot is chartered by Government for the transport of light Ordnance stores, such as bedding, pails, brooms, &c., and to fill in her magazine with powder and ammunition for Gambia. The iron paddle-wheel steamer Triton was taken i n t o No. 1 dock at Woolw ich y esterday morning. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Trident, commissioned by Commander F. A. Close for service on the South Coast wa s yesterday morni n g undock ed at Woolwich, aoindAremoved into basin in o rder to be s tored and equip: ped for sea. The following appointments were made at the Ad miralty this afternoon : Commander J. M. Cooke (1552) to the Simoom, t r oopship. C o mmander G. T. M. Purvis (b) (1852) t o th e Me gars, troop-ship. Second-Master Philip Syvret to the Dasher. Assistant -Clerk Henry G. Brokenshir to the Indus. ADMIRALTY CIRCULAR. EXPENSE IN MESSES 0' HER MAJESTY'S SHIM ADMIRALTY, DEC. 12. My Lords Commission ers of the Admiraltyhave lately had reason to believe th a t much greater ex pense has been incurred by the messes of officers in some of her Majesty's. ships than is sanctioned by the rules and c ustoms of the. service ; and, from complaints which have been made to their lordships, th a t mess debts have not been liquidated at the proper time for payment by the office rs contractin g them, and cl a i ms havecosuently been made upon offi cers who we re subsequently appo i n ted to subscribe for fleet t y t L o o r t d h s e the disch arge of debts, to which they had g iven no sanc tion. h se av i e r rteogcuailalvitthieesa,titnenotriodneroftthhaetottv ersmolfythbee avoided in future ; and their lordships desire that the of cers of the ward-room will adopt such credit as wilt enable thei r messes to be main tained with _ and com fort, a n d f ree from extravaganc e, and thus sot a becoming. example to the junior o fficers. In regard to the g un -room messes, my Lords have on had brought to their n otice circumstances several occasions high subscriptions, and the caused by the unnecessari y of extravagance and misrleanagement, which have been and spri totall at variance with the custom of the service and the ts, pecuniary means of the use of ex nsive wines i officers. direct that t he subscri p tions to the gun - room. With a view of putting a stop to such irregularities my Lords and that the monthly eubseriptions, including messes shall never exceed the sum of eight pounds for: entrance,aextra shall not be more than thirty shillings. Their lordships further desire that no wine, except port and sherry or wine of the same class and price, and n o sp i r its, except the ship's allowance, be used in the tt us room messes. No wine, spirits, or beer are to be received on board 'of her Majesty's ships without the written approval of tits officer in command. Their lordships have also been led to believe that in soi no of her Majesty's ships mesamen, - under the designation of stewards, are still permitted to carry on the sale of pro vi sions, wine, spirits, &a., to the messes of the officers owe: 4 i" to the men, in direct contravention of the Admiralty Oi der of the 30th May, 1851. The attention of the officor" her Majesty's ships is called to thi s subj ect, as n ot hing can tend so much to irregul ar it y i n a m ess, as well as to injury to the disciplin e o f a ship, sale as to rovi permit say person to make a t ra ffi c b y the spirits, kc., instead o f the messes being ' Pro porly conduisted by their caterers. The Commander s -i n -Chi ef and Sen i or Officers in Gonl• mend of Stations are h ereb of psn one, steps for carryin g directed —By c ommand of their these orders: To all Flag-offi cers Comm nders-in orders. R. OSBORNE. Lordships. to take the necessary out and C"alcia els. llthla Q a of her Aisj esty g leers 's Uips and Ve n -Chief, Captains, L _~~~_. `G /. / N p wsi-3APER ..... , , , ..7.7.. -;;;-, kiive V , wi,\`-' 1 itArs:l s 14( --4 '" t**- • - :INI--vvi2-: r ....rt "--) 41