The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-25 00:00:00

, • TII E SUN, LONDON ..,... , THUTISDAY I?, YE i':-' I N 61 5 DECEMBER 25, 18 6 6.. - lIUDSOA'S 174 Y TRUITORY. w ent of this continent which they occupied would soon REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS SENT i INSTITUTION OP CIVIL 8:i, 7 6- I INEERS. (This Day.) 1 LINES LEASED eT FIXED RENTALS. ..4.-.. be both too narrow and too snort for thern-eao 1 VIA PRANCE. 1 ---- , e--- SHARE MARKETS ii..., Closing Prices Business ACTION BY THE BOARD OF TRA.DE. wean a field en which to exercise and develops their new- 1 ese. At the annual general meeting of the institution of R ell_W• , Ye. she. raid. ItarewAys. , ()mean- yesterday. ! yesardae barn energies, It was the most notable , work for the ! On the Ist January, 1357, and thenceforward, the civil eneineers-G. B. Bidder, Esq., in the chair-the - (Front tl!e Toronto Globe, Dec. 4,) We' are I,a7e - ey e , aenoutice teao the lrana suggesteu ,' ' • , Can4Oiars of the present day to undertake,a .t . s o hrino• i following reduced rates of postage for letters forwarded report of the council for the past session, which was read, - ----• -.-. .....,3110.....M.... for opening up tee norteavest toatitory to Ceoadian fe the :tiii . e, the pale of civilisation the larger t it ; it ir : ~.oShr. leaf stated, that since the corresponding period of the last d i.,,, n , w ,". eiesine. Prices tinniness done 50 ~ ii Red rord and r e - n o on a yesterday. yesterd Ly vor . tu American continent, a country con 3:ni „ ..e from the United Kingdom in the mails to France,Bletehley ... ,N. We.it• enterprise were sterted cc sterda y evening, with con- year, though political tranquillity had been restored, -,_.....-.----- --- 'et, 1110 Buelerehamsh. IL.StN. W. 97 - e 9 siderable spirit, at a ineeeing of the Beard of Trade. We millions of acres..A little while ago it was the prevailing ;' whether by packet or by private ship, will be substituted " the monetary crisis consequently upon the large public t.2e' 9E taahg. Nottug. Boat Sr 1. 1 0 Clydesdale ! . 'Caledon... 98 - 102 idea the the territory was only fit for the rearing of the for those now levied :- and itestn. Jeinot. 4e - 45 25 all Col. Stour Vy. K. J &E.O 11 - 13 shall refer to the subject at lenelea is a day or two, and , ' e exnditure occasioned by a state of warfare loal re- meantime be,, to can attention to the proceedings cf the fur-beanng animals for the sole benefit of the Hudson's 1. France and Algeria-not exceeding ,1- oz., 43. ; tarded the resumption of works of public and private 50 kii leifahlt SI. BallYMlna •••• -.. 8t.11.00 Z. Lin. g. 6 pe. ! Gt. N rte n. 133 -13 i 134 5 meeting. Bay Company. At the cost of much labour, research, , d . i . ~,, i 83 iMal i fErming. Welverh. : 5 ! all E. Um, 11. Se. E. Count. 4 ... 4i A mestine of tee Beare rif Trade was held last evening, and painstaking., Assiniboine, Hurc . n, and others bad above 4 OZ. an not exceeeth e . 2 oz., . ; aboye . 3 2 oz. enterprise. S3lllO few of the foreign works in progress were then . ,„ Stone Vallee . .... : si 9 St, 1100 I Gles. Barr. ;tit PAildonites. done . much to remove this impression. But Can;d• and not exceeding e oz., ls. ; above 1- : oz. and not ex- A all Faris euhd. Lanese. - I ! specially with the view cf affordieg an opportunity tonoticed ; mentioning particularly the successful opening I Nails. Direct i certain ere .-1 -1 • ' ot o f tee Ttludson's .B3v en. ernee, Go; re,lud.. S . would not fuel realise the impertancF of the sebjec ia t n i s f ceeding loz , ls. 43.. Letters for the plaeas ©foremen- the extension of the East India Railway, under elr. Bt. 1 100 Do. New...... Do ' t tt‘ev res'ed satisfied with merely knowing that there was tinned may be prepaid to their destination. 1. Places 274 al Do. Mall. &13 1 .1 . 1., 171 - 18 1 25 ' all elletr.te Da Fr Gt. Kestu ... - ... terrinry, to cell ettention to the advantages of opening "" - ' "Rendel, the late distinguished past-president of the a all D oe d 0.... ......... „, 131 -14 t Th had a duty - e in Tnrke S ria and E tat which France maincains so vast an area in existence. .ey b . to per.orm 0, all 111 sables ennet . 19i - 20. , DO all Hrtlpl. Dk e Yk.. New. a direct, cornmersial in arc aurae with teat extansive fielci institution. In connection with this subject, it was stated that the honour of knighthood had been confer- 25 all Blackburn - cf enterer:ee. A considerable number of our leading in regard to it, and in fact it might e said that they only post-offices, dße rout Tripoli tta Mersin© ' Rhodes, red upon Mr. Macdonald Stephenson, Assoc. Inst. C.E , itlytil re, Tyne or Kira ' .. 50 all Hull Se Selby Y. &NM , li.:s - 109 required to go up to possess it If th!y remained inactive in Syria, . Latakia, citizsna -vero present, showine that the schject is one in sees (Laid. at XII:. .. - 25 all Do. h Shares. Do ......... ... - -- that territory would assp out of their hands, which they Smyrna, Mitylene, Dardanelles, G ' allipoli, and Constan who originally proposed, and had carried out the first 3 t- 1 - 00 Bristol and Exetof.. 93 - 95 rel , i - -• a very general interest i.,; felt. 12! •all Do. 4. Shares. Do ...... .. ... -- ... W. P. flowLaND, Eae ,in the absence of the Prer..i- might regard as almost theirs. Capt. Kennedy proeseded tinople, including Scutari-not exceeding 1. oz., 63. ; portions of the vast network of railways which was et. 100 efaledoulan. 6:I • 63i 631 ni all L0n..4 Greens , / 9 Maste , r 121 - 13 to speak of the tyranny exercised . by ' - - ' •above 1 oz, and not exceeding loz , ls• ; above i. oz toe company in , , . , St. 100 •Jleester 41 Holyhead 37 - 39 381 71 I 221 -23 dent of the Board, Waq celled to that chaer, and briefly g , t I destined to work such a revolution in the Indian 2O all Do.Preferear e• Da the territory, a nd the inefficient administration of justice and not exceeding i oz., ls. 6a. ; above I oz. and not St 400 Lon.,Til., ks. Pete &Co ll2 - 114 explained the oeject of the rnee.tine. A similar distinction was, at the same timeempire, , conferred ' under their management. Hs alluded also to the at- exceeding 1 oz., 2s. 1. The rates just giveu are for 20 all Oork, Black et Pass ... - ... • 10 31 Do. Bark. Sh. Do .. . i 1 p B, ? , f ore thi s; haver was entered upon, another mattermaking • 'd I but letters for F A' • prepaid letters, France or igeria posted , , upon Dr. O'Shaughnessy, the energetic projector and tempt they were now to obtain from the Cana- P 2O all c o -e Wall ' 50 all ••• - ••• Of some importance to the trading coinrnunity was dis- constructor of a system of electric telegraphs it. 100 Lowestoft g:. &an Government as much cf the beat lands he unpaid will be charged with double the rates specified, lO all Do. A 4 per cent Norfote.... ,„ ~. posed of, by a report being adopted, fixing the standard l and Superior along t extending over nearly 4,000 miles, through dense ungle, or over the vast plains, rivers, and mountains en 45 10 8 and letters for the Frenchoffices in Turkey, Syria, or shores of Huron for the four leading qiiaiities of flour. The four samples • , pos e instead g a rata cf j tt m t - . - Et t d eel will be char feeble with'Cork Bandon.. ... - ... Dublineaelfastento ... - ...i . of India. The Indian Peninsular Railway, construct- 15 all Dun. P. es Aber. enc. 01 ,-- lee all Manch. 11xtn. LA N. Yr cued© a similaraote p a few years ago to monopolise OP fixed upon the standard were ordered to be sealed upand Matloek tz Midld. 2i - 2i the lumber trade Canada, as well as the fur trade, by . n.. ing by Mr. James Berkley, M. Inst., C.E., St. 100 g es t Anglian lBi -19 s 19/ and placed in the hands of the Secretary. It wile stated ber lic 93 : _per• 1 oz., instead of 63. and E t (the lnces at which Fran 5) all Middlesbre' k Stekton& taking out timber encss for vast sections of country on . ayria. a gyp p ) . , France Ina , l under the direction of Mr. R. Stephenson, M.P., presi- ?0 .all Eastern Counties 9l 9 1 9 i i that the standards now fixed upon was is accordance withßecle.g 6 p.e. Darlingt. ... - the Lawrence and the Ottawa. They only attempted talus post-offices excepted not exceeding I oz., 61 ; 40 93 thee established at Moctreal, t ' dent, had now about 100 miles open, and the great work St. 100 Elute rrninu. A. Ste 38 of extension up to Sholapoor, and through the Bbore t 3!. si Beg B. L. to lumber on. the Ottawa but in the end were oblieed above e oz. and not exceeding i ez., ls. ; above e oz. I ° C B Stock 26 -28 ..e.e. MACDONELL, Mae, being then called upon to to relinquish the trade to the original owners, band and not exceeding I oz., ls. 6d. ; above - 4 a oz, and not hut was now progressing; whilst the execution of eu 6/ 51 Newmarket address the cues ingi said he was happy to do so, a. 3 one . Bury E. G.spe En. Conn. p I pm to submit, moreover t a invasion ' o n of their territory exceeding 1 oz. 2s. These letters can only be prepaid G a ' l i f e. A t. - - ..i - 5 SO all N.6rEat.sp.e. E. Count. ge - 58 of those who had been principally instrumental in bring- which they had so th l ' ong eTstectel by holding up an to the port of disembarkation. the north-eastern extension, across the Thull Ghaut to ii. 100 E P": L:n n eeshire .VO - 92 91 -- ~ ing the position of affeirs with respect to the Hudson's extinct charter Letters r e s d legl i lity of which . might well Letters for the series of states next mentioned may be wards Na pore and Jubbulpore, and the Berar cotton- en i - a . - East Suffolk 60 all Do. Fixeds pc D 0.,,...,.. ... - .. Bey Company prominently before tee pnblic. That cone- have been questioned. Te 3 aid to their destination : -Luxembourg• Baden. 2. fields, would soon be commenced. The Madras, the 10 4 Do. - ..5 all Prest. Se V , yr L. &N.W. ... - .. • parry now occupied an immense reeion of country, from ,ai t: explained the two titles under which the Hudson's Bay Company held the The ) Netherlands. 2. Rhenish Prussia (3). Bavaria. Bombay and Baroda, and the Scinde Railways were being vigorously prosecuted, and several other lines were pro- t 24 all Do. 6 Shre. ADo ...... ... ... - which hithcrte wa had been shut out. 1t was a matter country, one • portion being chartered territory, and the Wurtemberg. 2. German States viz Hohenzollern, sik l'a°ll - ... 3t. 12J0 Roystu•St Hit GtNorthe 132 135 in which every Cenedien was interested. Some migat other lic ' ensed territory, the latter under a lease for 21 d H Homburg,• Birkenfel , ease, LippeDetmold, Schwartz ' e jected, among which was that from Seleucia, on the St. 100 Edin•Prth &Dun& 36 -36 36i 15 18i Shetßotienri Le.neashSt be disposed to lock at it chiefly from a commercial paint . . . y, . b R dltdt It N S C G urg uo s a , Reuss Nassau axe oburg Gotha • • Mediterranean, to Jabr Castle, on the Euphrates, which 10 all Worth & Clyde Jun.... ~ - F. E r a ll i n hb ou . e r , g h b el Goole sp• Yorksh. .. - ... . years,.exoiring in 1859 The last time the lease was of view, but every inhabitant of the country had an in- Budd •.• h - S Me ineen Hi oboe •li II El 1 pire, t e compan three or four years bef rehand axe in 0 , . ur , ausen, ease ectora - river it was proposed to navigate by means of steam St- 100 Furness. ............ ..• 10 all Shrews.kHer T.Brassey ... - ••• . . ' • • . was not now terest in it in its nitticniti aspect. Canada - and " ° 'll Darmstadt, Saxe eir • ' vessels of shallow draught of water. This recent project St. 100 Glasgow &S. Westin 94 -96 L 2 10e S. Staflordsh. K.MClean 8i 91 65 1) ( 4 24 131g; 51 - 55 Hesse Weimar Eisenach Frankfort lay threw it up the Imperial Government, notlo all Great N. of Seotlnd. 7 .... 7 1 what she was a few years aeo-a petty province. Herhad been entrusted to Sir J. Macneill, M. Inst. C. E. . 50 all WearValloygr Stoat. it knowing well what do •thus on-the Maine, Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck. Sar- lt 100 Northern BO -89 s 81 81 9 hands a and with . to vast a territory i Since the kingdom of Oude had become a part of the e 6 per cent.. Dar:ingt. ... .. present extraerdinare enterprise, and her extending com thrown on eicl• ' Switzerland,S 1 • T • ' d ' • ma, a onica, anus an Tangiers-not • • "St: 100 Great Northern Stool: . 75 - 77 76 .33 1 4 elad - benne without an sort of r . . y , ~ . .5 all D 0..... ......... Do martial relations everywhere painted to the future time,British possessions, arrangements had been made for government to provide for it, were lad to renew the exceeding 1 oz., 6d. ; above / oz. and not exceeding eoz , 3 t. 100 D.:: B. Stock ....... .• L2O 125 St 100 Wiltek;erarst GtWestn.t 89 91 not, perhaps, very far distant, when she must exert no lea The Canadian Government ' g se. e ought to see that they e 10. •; above i oz. and not excel lip ioz Ist 6i. •'above afferding L it the benefit of participation in the railway iit. no a t..rith. 4West.(lre.) ilO 112 • inconsiderable intlaence on the continent of North Am-g •• • , system, whi-h would be commenced by the cmstruction St. 100 Great Weetern 69/ , 69i 69/ § i were not forestalled by a similar manoeuvre at the pre- land i d• oz. not excee ing 1 oz., 2s. 2. Letters for the • PREFERENCE SHARES. rice. The peculiar facilities we had for: internal comma . of a line of 51 miles in length, between Cawnpore and at. 100 Do. Stour Val. Bat ••- l Netherlands, Rhenish Prussia, and the German States, --------- rication, and our vast resources for building up a nat i on . sent time. Capt Kennedy then gave some additional Lucknow, whence branches would extend to the most Gus. Stk 6O 65 25 all BlythandTyne !Opel information to that communicated by Mr. Macdone ,in intended to be sent via Francs, '' must be so directed. 3 silty, were such as perhaps no other nation under heaven important districts, and be connected with the East 12 all Irish South-Eastern . - c. pref. (ised. et,501 ... •.. - soon id induce every Canadian to give.to possessed, and . Tee following are some of •• 1 •Ph ' h regard to the resources and capabilities of the country. , g . the . pnncipa towns in t erns Indian Railway. Other lines were also proposed for 50 an Lancaster lz Carlisle 70 -74 St. 100 Bris. 4 Ex. 4p. c. si. ... ... • . belt consideration. Mr. elacdonell thie eubject his . On the coast of the portion of the territory where he has Prassia,and a complete list will be given in the next num- . e • • • , Leorruckpore, Tirhoot, and Purneah, all contributing to lee 1.4 Do. Thirds se -64 Pm 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Share.e ... .. • lived for ei g htyears,whales or rather porpoises, were so bar of the British Pastel Guide,' which will be pub- 161 12 Do. New Thirds se 64 17i Rt. 10i! !ealedn. XlO 41 p.c. 95 - 100 thee pointed to a map, belonging to the Hudson's Bay I e.ete:ei• th. minPriq. tr.rd , .g Hudson abundant that they could be caugat by thousands. i e . anuary , e ix- a- s.pel e, one,St I'JO ' Laneash.en or s . dY k h 97 , 97t 97 61 St. 100 ,Clhes.&iTo•Gu. 51 IA ••• - - The Pernambuco the pros ecution of which • i railway, in . _ ei--- re,-e-o-...... re5e......... r.....e..es TN.. --12__r ~3 Do.. Wst.Riding lin. ... - .., St. 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. ..!., 1 - z . 82 went of this continent which they occupied would soon he both too narrow and too short for thern—too stnall a field on which to exercise and develops their new born energies, It was the most notable work for the Canadians of the present day to undertake, to bring enthin the pale of civilisation the larger half of the North American continent, a country containing 270 millions of acres. A little while ago it was the prevailing idea that the territory was only fit for the rearing of the I,lr-bearing animals for the sole benefit of the Hudson's Bay Company. At the cost of much labour, research, and painstaking, Assiniboine, Huron, and others, had done much to remove this impression. But Canadians would not fully realise the importance of the subject if they rested satisfied with mer&y knowing that there was so vast an area in existence. They bad a duty to perform in regard to it, and in fact it might be said that they only, required to go up to possess it. If they remained inactive that territory would pass out of their hands, which they might regard as almost theirs. Capt. Kennedy proceeded to speak of the tyranny exercised by the company in the territory, and the inefficient administration of justice under their management. Hs alluded also to the at tempt they were now making to obtain from the Cana dian Government as much cf the best lands along the shores of Huron and Superior as they could. They had made a similar attempt a few years ago to monopolise the lumber trade of Canada, as well as the fur trade, by taking out timber licencos for vast sections of country on the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa. They only attempted to lumber on. the Ottawa, but in the end were obliged to relinquish the trade to the original owners, and to submit, moreover, to an invasion of their territory which they had so long protected by holding up an extinct charter, the legality of which might well have been questioned. He explained the two titles under which the Hudson's Bay Company held the country, one portion being chartered territory, and the other licensed t err it ory , th e l a tt er un d er a l ease f or 21 years e expi r i ng in 1859. The last time the lease was to expire, the company, three or four years beforehand, suddenly threw it up, and the Imperial Government, not knowing well what to do with to vast a territory thus thrown on their hands, and"being without any sort of government to provide for it, were glad to renew the lease. The Canadian Government ought to see that they were not forestalled by a similar manoeuvre at the pre sent time. Capt Kennedy then gave some additional information to that communicated by Mr. Macdonell, in regard to the resources and capabilities of the country. On the coast of the portion of the territory where he has lived for eight years, whales, or rather porpoises, were so abundant that they could be caught by thousands. Smaller whaies were also to be captured, and sealskins and other furs could be got in abundance. Coal and plumbago abounded in Hogarth's Inlet, so much so that they could be picked up on the sea shore. So numerous were the reindeer that time familiar with the narrative of Dr. Rae would remember how he and his party were able to sustain themselves with their guns without hay ing recourse to the assistance of the natives. He (Capt. K.) had himself, with a party of 12 men, kil!ed 216 reindeer in two hours. He had seen as many as 10,000 wl , iea a very general interestis felt. W. P. flowLatsm, E q , in the absence of the Presi dent of the Board, was called to the chair, and briefly explained the otject of the se - Before this, h o wever, v. upon, another matter of some importance to the trading community was dis posed of, by a report being adopted,, fixing the standard for the four leading qnaiities of flour. The four samples fixed upon the standard were ordered to be sealed up and placed in the hands of the Secretary. It was stated that the standard now fixed upon was ire accordance with that established at Mot - Areal. AL. :MACDONELL, Esq., being then called upon to address the rneeing, said he was happy to do so, a 3 one of those who had been principally instrumental in bring ing the position of affairs with respect to the Hudson's Bay Company prominently before the public. That com pany now occupied an immense region of country, from which hitherto we had been shut out. it was a matter in which every Canadian was interested. Some might be disposed to look at it chiefly from a commercial point of view, but every inhabitant of the country had an in terest in it in its national aspect. Canada was not now what she was a few years ago—a petty provin ce. Her present extraerdinary enterprise, and her extending com mercial relations everywhere painted to the future time, not, perhaps, vary far distant, when she must exert no inconsiderable intlaence on the continent of North Ame rica. The peculiar facilities we had for internal commit.. rication, and our vast resources for building up a nation. ality, were such as perhaps no other nation under heaven possessed,,and shoald induce every Canadian to give.to this subject his beat consideration. Mr. Hacclonell then pointed to a map, belonging to the Hudson's Bay Company, showing the immense tract of country they pa-seeeed extending from the Gust of St. Lawrence to the Pacific. On this asap Canada filled but a small space, containing 350,000 square miles. The Hudson's Bay teiritories comprised 4,000,000 of square miles, in cluding several vast regions, as large as Canada in extent, and not inferior to her in soil, and - in all the requisites for forming a nation. He contended that the whole of that. tract of country was properly Canada. It originally was New France or Canada, and was still Canada, having been conveyed as such to England by treaty in 1763. Bat the Hudson's Bay Company now exclusively occu pied it, prohibiting immigration and agriculture, and every attempt to improve it. .ft was a country, the products of which ought naturally to pass through our hands. At 003 time its products passed through Canada, or 12,000 of them at one view. But the fur trade was a secondary consideration. The entire country, ex. tending 400 miles from the boundary line to the north, was capable of cultivatibn of the same kind as was car ried on in Canada. Particularly flux, tallow, and hides, which it was now necessary to procure from Russia, could just as easily be raised on those prairies. The country was as fertile as it could possibly be. The Red River settlers were now opening up a communication with St. Paul's, and occasionally resorted to that city in a caravan of as many as 600 carts—taking their produce there and getting American produce in exchange, as they found that more advantageous than trading with the Hudson's Bay Company, who had done everything in their power, resorting to a variety ,of epedients, to obstruct the progress of the settlement. Toe whole ter ritory was larger than Europe, and as fertile, and it pos sessed as many facilities for commerce, both in the west and the em.t. Gold in great quantities was found on Van couver's Island. He had in his possession a specimen ofgold quartz from GoveraorDouglas' garden. He had one also ' from Queen Charlotte's Island ; and it was reported that the company had bribed a man to silence who had found the same metal on the Red River, knowing that so soon as the tide of emigration should set into that region their trade and power was gone. In the Red River set tlement the season commenced to be severe about the Ist Nev. Farming operations began about the lst May. He believed meteorological tables would show that the cli mate at Red. River was not severer than at Toronto, taking the mean temperature of the whole year. Suow only lay in the wooded valleys. In the prairies it was so thin that the buffaloes did not migrate south, but grazed on them the whole winter. Ili reply to questions from Mr. Brnnskill, Mr. Jas. Browne, jun., Mr. Rice Lewis, Mr. Maclear, and other gontlemen, ber of the " British Pastal Guide,'' which will be pub lished on the Ist of January ; Bone, Cleve, Coblentz, Cologne, Crefeld, Dusseldorf, Elberfeld, Emmerich, Eupen, Furth, Munster, Mulheiro, Neuss, Neuwied, Padderborn, Pyrmont, Remscheid, Sarlouis, and Trier or Trews. Letters for Spain and Portugal may be'prepaid througn France at the following rates for both countries—not exceeding oz., Bd. ; above oz. andnot exceeding oz.; lld. ; above oz. and not exceeding nz , ls. 7d. ; above oz., and not exceeding loz , ls. 10d. 4. Letters fi r Cadiz and Vigo are forwarded by peninsular packet, un less specially addressed via France. 5. Letters from Por tugal intended to be sent via France must be so directed. 6. Letters for Prussia (the Rhenish provinces ex _ _ the late Mr. M. A. Thrth - viiek, M. Inst. C.E., lost his life, bad been placed in the charge of Mr. W. M. Penis ton, M. Inst. C.E,, and was making satisfactery pro gress. The Dom Pedro, the second railway, starting from Rio de Janeiro, and passing up the " Serra," into the val ley of the Parahiba, and through the principal coffee producing di-tricts, would be about 200 miles in length. The first section of 40 miles was commenced in 1855, cepted), Hanover, Saxony, Mecklenburg Schwerin, Mecklenburg Strelitz, Brunswick, Oldedburg (the prin cipality of Birkenteld excepted), and Anhalt, may be prepaid to their destination-not exceeding i oz., Bd. ; above oz. and not exceeding oz., ls. 4d. ; above oz. and not exceeding a oz., 2s. ; above 4 oz. and not ex ceeding 1 oz., 2s. 81. G. Letters for any of these places intended to be sent via France must be so directed. Letters for Tuscany, 7. Austrian dominions, 8, Servia, 8. Denmark, and Parma aad Modena, may be prepaid to their destination-not exceeding 4 oz., 9d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 2 oz., is. 6d, ; above oz. and not exceeding 4 oz., 2s. 31. ; above oz. and nut ex ceeding 1 oz., 3s . 7. Letters for Venetian Lombardy are forwardd through France, unless otherwise aa dreased, but letters for any other part of the Austrian dominions intended to be sent via France must be so directed. 8. Letters for Servia or Denmark intended to be sent via France must be so directed. 9. Letters for the lonian Islands via Austria may be prepaid to Trieste--not exceeding 4 oz., 9d. ; above cz. and not exceeding 4 oz , ls. 6d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz., 2s. 3d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceed hog 1 oz., 3s. 9. Letters for the lonian Islands in tended to be sent via France mast be so direc:ed. Letters for the Papal States, the Two Sicilies, and Greece may be prepaid to their destination-not exceed ing 4 oz., 11d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz , ls. 10d. ; above d oz. and not exceeding oz., 2s. 9d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz., 3s. Bd. 10. Letters for Moldavia, Wallachia, Turkey in Ea rope (the places at which France maintains post offices excepted) via Austria, Sweden, Norway, Poland, and Russia may be prepaid to their destination-not ex ceeding 4 cz, ls. 3d. ; above 4 oz., and not exceeding oz., 2s. 6d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding 4 oz , 3s. 9d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding loz ss. 10. Letters for these places intended to be sent via France must be so directed. 11. Letters to any foreign country beyond sea, to which letters may be despatched from a port in France by private ship may be prepaid to the port of disem barkation-not exceeding 4 oz., 10d. ; above 4 oz. and not exceeding A oz., Is. 3d. ; above A oz. and not exceeding 4 oz., 2s. Id. ; above 4 oz , and not exceeding 1 oz., 2s. Gd. 11. Letters intended to be sent by private ship from a port in France must be so addressed. The postage upon letters for Spain, Portugal, Syria, and Egypt (the places at which France maintains post offices excepted), Salonica, Tunis, and Tangiers, or for foreign countries beyond sea, and upon letters intended to he sent via Austria to the lonian Islands must be paid in advance. Letters for the other countries speci fied may either be paid in advance or for warded unpaid at the option of the sender. If unpaid, however, letters for France or Algeria, or for the places in Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, at which France maintains post-offices, will be charged with a higher rate as already stated. Registered Letters.-Letters addressed to all those countries and places to which, according to the foregoing, the entire postage to destination can be paid in advance, may be registered at the desire of the senders, and in such case the postage must be so prepaid, and at double the rates of postage chargeable for ordinary letters. By command of the Postmaster• General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec. 20. and would be completed by about the middle of next year. The survey was made amidst a dense primeval forest, and in many places through water 5 or 6 feet deep, and great difficulty was encountered in executing the earthworks with slave labour and inadequate tools. By degrees, however, European methods were intro duced by Mr. E. Price, Assoc. Inst. C. E., the contras for ; and under the superintendence of Mr. C. B. Lane, M. Inst. C. E., engineer-in-chief to the Home De partment of the Brazilian Government, the railway pro mised to become a fine enterprise. Mr. Charles Neate, Assoc. Inst. C.E., was also engaged under the Brazilian Government, in constructing important hydraulic works at Rio de Janeiro. They consisted of quay-walls along the sea front of the city, with piers and jetties, formed of granite masonry, set in has mortar, for which the lime stone was sent from England. In Canada the railway undertaken by Messrs. Peto, Brassey, Betts, and Jackson might be said to be complete, with the exception of the link to be formed by the Victoria Tubular bridge, across the river St. Lawrence, which was now in progress. On the continent gradual extensions of all the main lines were being made. The Lombardo-Venetian sys tem had been transferred to a powerful company, now preparing to act with great energy in the prosecution of their plans. Tho " Victor Emmanuel " line, under the direction of Mr. Bartlett, M. Inst. C. E., acting for Mr. Brassey, Assoc. Inst. C. E., the contractor, was approaching the chain of the Alps, for the traversing of which preparations were being made, and experiments upon the machinery for the work of tunnelling on a large scale were being tried. That portion of the line from Aix-les-Bains, passing through Chambery to Ss. Jean de Maurienne, upwards of . 55 miles in length, was opened for public traffic last October. The works were originally laid out by, and to a great extent exe cuted under, the direction of Mr. Nieumann, who was succeeded, last year, by Mr. Ricceo, under whose super vision they were now carried on. In Turkey, and in Russia, extensive projects both for railways and steam navigation were being agitated ; whilst in Egypt, H. H., the energetic SaiePacha, was completing the railway communication between Cairo and Suez, spanning the Nile by a vast iron bridge at Kafire Azzayat, and bad confided to Mougel Bey the construction of the preliminary works for the canal across the Isthmus of Suez, advocated by M. Ferdi nand de Lessepe ; whilst he had authorised the estab lishment, upon the Nile and Matimoudieh Canal, of a complete system of steam towing vessels and barges, now in course of construction in this country. One of the most important, as well as most int-rest ing, projects of the period was the submarine electric telegraph cable proposed to be laid from Valentia, on the west coast of Ireland, to St. John's, Newfoundland, a distance of 1,600 miles, along the bank, or plateau, discovered by Lieutenant Maury, over which the greatest depth of the ocean did not exceed 2,070 fathoms. By a new method of enclosing the insulated conducting wires within a covering of ropes, composed of small wires laid in an opposite direction to that of the general " lay" of the cable, a light and flexible cable was formed, w hi c h was stated to be capable of bearing the strain of deposit. ing in extreme depths, and having no tendency to twist or " kink " during the process. This ingenious modification of the usual construction of cable was ad vised by Mr. Brunel, V.P., whose cu-operation was sought by Mr. Cyrus Field and Mr. J. W. Brett, the projectors, under the advice of Professor Morse. The successful result of this daring project for connecting the old with the new world would be more effectual than any efforts of diplomacy, in cementing that intimate union, so desirable for the true interests of the two countries. The vital questions of the metropolitan sewerage, the new streets, and the bridges, remained as undecided as at the period of the last report. The principal papers read during the session were then noticed, mention being perticularly made of the oral addresses by Mr. Bidder, Y. P. Inst. C.E., "On Men tal Calculation," the object of which was to demonstrate that the system could be taught to children, and be acquired with less irksomeness and greater facility than ordinary arithmetic. Special notice was also taken of the paper by Mr. John Murray, M. Inst. C. E., on the " Sunderland Docks," which, as an example of dock engineering, stood almost unrivalled in this country. The members were strongly urged to continue to pre sent copies of scientific and professional works to the library, without which its utility for reference and con sultation could not be maintained. The deceases of the members during the year were announced to have been :—The Rev. Dr. Buckland, honorary member ; Messrs. M. A. B ori h w i c k , J . Brem ner, J. Chisholm, S. Clegg, jun., C. Rimmed, J. M. Bendel, T. H. Statham, F. Whishaw, and T. J. Wood house, members ; and Lieut.-Gen. D. M`Leod, Messrs. J. Beatty, T. Cubitt, D. M'lntosh, J. F. Miller, and R. Wilkins, associates. The memoirs of these gentle men were given in the appendix to the report. The resignations of one member and two associates were an nounced, and it was stated that the effective increase (after deducting the deceases and resignations) during the year amounted to 14, whilst the total number on the books was 802 members of all classes. The statement of the receipts and expenditure showed that there was a ,balance of upwards of 700 f. in the hands of the treasurer; and that the financial position was very satisfactory, so that not ohly would the current expenses be easily met, but a balance would remain to bring, up any arrears of publication, or to provide for contingen cies. Do. Edinburgh ds Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dun& Forth & Clyde Jun,... Furness . ............ Glasgow dz S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock D.)., B. 5t0ck....... .. Gt. rith. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai; Ona. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle ki Do,, Thirds 2 Do. New Thirds 10 Lancash.andYorksh. D o. , Wet. Riding Un. dl Do. South or t Xll London & Blackwall ) 0 Loud. Bright & S.Cst. ) Lond. and N. Westn. L 6 Do. Fifths 5i D0.101.E3h,,M&8, 0 2A Do, 'Eighths ..... LOG London and& We3tn. l ill rJudndrry di Col cretin, ill r,uchadrry. & Enniek )0 Inn ch„Shet& Linea 1 Actropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo'' , arrangement LOO .. 100 and enriched Montreal. This was in the time of the North-West Company, but on the union of the two cowponies the trade was again diverted, and all the products were made to pass by way of Hudson's Bay to England. The very furs we purchased here in Toronto were got perhaps only 90 miles hence at Penetangui sheue, whence they were sent to Lake Huron, and thence to Hudson's Bay, and so to England, Canadian merchants purchasi❑g them in London, and bringing them back to Toronto. (blear, hear.) The etockholdera in the com- piny were amassing a great deal of wealth from the monopoly they usurped. Their trade sales in Londcn, in March last, amounted to 450,0001. What their sales were elsewhere it was impossible to say, as they were not in_ the haidt of communicating much information about their .affairs to the public. The history of the fur trate was coeval with the hlstery of Canada, and it only re quired an acquaintance with it to be satisfied that the cornnany had no title to the exclusive rights and privi leges they EON claimed. While the country was under the dominion of France, a French trading company had certain privileges in the territory which continued till 1763. Charles 11., in 1670, had granted to the Hud son's Bay Company the exclusive right to all those lands within the entrance of Hudson's Bay. That certainly could not include lands situated 1,500 miles to the westward. (Hear, hear.) In 1690, knowing that their title was good for nothing, they petitioned the Imperial Parliament for a confirmation of their charter. Par liament passed an act confirming it for seven years, but no longer. This act had only been published within the last few years, and it appeared by that, in point of fact, the charter of the Hudson's Bay Company expired in 1697. They had, in fact, no charter whatever at this moment, and yet they were monopolising the whole country. (Hear, hear.) The facilities for opening uo a trade by the St. Lawrence from that territory were great, and Toronto was perhaps more in• - oal in the matter than any other locality, because to trade would pass' threugh Toronto, which would the mart ;of the fur trade, instead of London. With our unproved facilities of communication it would be much easier to carry on the trade than it was in the time of the North-West Company. A steamer might be loaded in Montreal and sent. to the head of Lake Superior. Taenee :there mere some portages between Lake Superior and Lacrde Pluia. And then there was into the Assiniboine country. nor to Canada, and would yet tt a country as ours. It was 20 ft] 11A al St. 10 St. 10 20 1 25 al )0. Birmng. & Derty ; Half Shares ill ievrectatle tz, Carlisle 611 Int.Aberg. &llrfd Pi .+/awry Lc 11 levrry, Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor Torfolk 3 t orthn .Countie sUn 'OO forth British 100 Ith. Devon Rail & Dock Stock [lOO 50 I 100 I ‘i - Capt. KENNEDY said the country itself was favourable for the construction of railroads. Toe distance between Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg, in a direct line, was 200 miles, and the country, generally speaking, was level. The navigation was not so difficult—many of the rapids could be easily improved by blasting a few of the rocks. There were such a number of portages on Lake Superior and Rainy Lake that the use of boats would involve a loss of time—canoes would be the thing to use. The number of white inhabitants in the Red River settlement was very small. The population was a mingled one, and hal been variously estimated at from 8,000 to 10,000. The people were not very industrious, but this could not be a matter of surprise to anyone acquainted with the manner in which their energies were cramped. Not only were they isolated, but every effort which they put forth to better their condition, and render them independent, was thwarted by the Hudson's Bay Company. The policy adoptel by the company, whenever any body of men en tered the territory for the purpose of engaging in traffic, was to provoke that body to the shedding of blood. They were then enabled to say that, so long as they were left alone, the country continued in peace. There was an abundance of coal along the banks of the Mackenzie and other rivers. It, indeed, fairly cropped the hanks ; and mineral tar was to be obtained there in such quantities that the company never made use of any other than this for their b eats. Copper was also abundant, and in such a pure state that it might be chiselled out rather than mined from the beds. The entire sea coast abounds with marine animals, and probably ere long the di sco . very would be made by the people of San Francisco, who would send out expeditions to gather them. Tue new Siberian country abounds with fossil as well as natural ivory. He (Capt. Kennedy) had a brother residing on the Red River, and he had requested him to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of the settlement to express their views and opinions as to the country under whose jurisdiction they would like to be. If he had net misunderstood him, the people were very desirous of Lein under some other jurisdiction than that of the Hudson's Bay C nnpany, and seemed to prefer that of Canada. It was very likely that• the views of the people would be embodied in a petition, which would be sent down to the Legislature of this country in the next session. We should then have an oppor. tunity of'knowicg whether the Provincial Government would be more attentive to the wants of their fellow. sutj sets than the Imperial Government. At this season of the year it would take from 20 to 25 days to go to the Rid River. In summer the distance might be accnn. p'ishcd in less time, but not much less than 20 days. The administration of the law was entirely under the control of the Hudson's Bay Company. The Govern ment professed to appoint a civil governor of the colony, but the magistrates were appointed exclusively by the c)mpany. Under the governor was an offilial who acted jointly as a recorder and a judge. F or m er ly there was a sort of militia, and over them was a person called the warden of the, plaine, generally a half breed, who pos sessed extensive influence over the settlers of the country, and probably over thetribes of Indians in that immedi• ate neighbourhood. The last warden was an energetic, bold, and enterprising man named Grant, to whom the company thought it necessary to pay a high salary with a view to secure his interest in case of emergency. There was no garrison. But a few years ago—in all likelihood at the time when the rebellion took place in Canada—a number of pensioners were introduced, under the pretence of being prepared to defecd the country iu :he event of an invasion by the Americans, but it was more than suspected with a view to protect the company from the settlers. They did not, however, remain long in the country; they took a dislike to it and returned. Tee settlers were at present on the most friendly terms with the Indians. There was a time when the Indians were in the habit of attacking parties as they went from the Red River settlement to the City of St. Paul's ; but the American Government had garrisons which had proved sufficiently powerful to quell them. There was no newspaper at present in the settlement. Mr. WEST, C.E. and P.L.S., Prescott, also made a statement descriptive of the interesting country now monopolised by the Hudson's Bay Company, and of the various sources of traffic connected therewith, with the view of corroborating what had fallen from Mr. Mac donell and Capt. Kennedy. It was made up chiefly of extracts of a letter which he had addressed to Lord Elgin in the year 1847. Mr. rt. Lzwee then submitted a resolution. It was to the effect that the thanks of the meeting were dile and were tendered to A. Macdonell, Esq., and W. Ken nedy, Esq., for the full and interesting ac :counts which they had given of the Hudson's Bay territory—a country which, at no distant day, in the opinion of the meeting, would be thrown open to commercial enterprise. Mr. T. BRUNSKALL seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. F. H. HEWARD then proposed "That the claim of the Hudson's Bay Company to exclusive right of trade over a large portion of British North America is injuri ous to the interests of the country so monopolised, and in contravention of the rigbts of the people of the British North American Province." Seconded by Mr. W. J. MACDONELL, and unani mously adopted. Mr. J. BROWN, jun., proposed "That a petition from the Board of Trade be preparedand presented to the three branches of the Canadian Legislature, praying that steps be taken to ascertain what are the legal rights of the Hud son's Bay Company to the territory and exclusive trade claimed by that company in the northern part of this continent, and to pray them to adopt such measures as may be necessary to protect the rights of this province. Mr. G. A. Pve,Fx seconded the motion, which, like the former, was unanimously agreed to. The meeting then broke up. 20 1 4.1 sa.t. 51 4t. St. 10,, A. 5t0ck..... .. )0., B Stock 1 - ,Esstern-13erwt. 3 )o. do. Extension GS )%do. ?Tirol) Ceres', JOT 1e on the whole way 7 - .lat - c ,- )untry was not, i Lip aa grzai anal evtb!eof prDducii,g vase q at preset R. 1.. 5::)9 003 a )f grain, for wh. ine Arnericlu3 were n to Llk3 ►vi:nnipeg, g extend to t e tia,katc`aewari cy of the Srisicatchexan contained Des, thci; of the Agsinibniae 50,000 one much larrr than Canada, the t i re at a quantity of good rho object, then, which it. 10 15 2: 25 li re imbed; other coat. ^3 viocv sva3 to open up this country, mgrictiturAl hod as Carl Leland 't and &aim _ ; being properly Canada. (Elear, bear.) Tu o 'wain .his by appea ing to the Government might prove a know aid uncertain method. Why should nut a corn the old North-Western, pang be fori.:3€ rl wer€ th ti mat )t, or two rlt v.3. , 1,37 of ory, t ht Hu•lif,n'i thy Caw:, to a ,h thf.3 which con- any ler years, their up.!ratton3 fur a time ch lit. , 11.35 t, al , maay, au B.ty Gaup ny 'espect to the na':ura of re being tho,e present, who knew in 0; of r.iugh it, r rL ono of tho ,9:re3t.Rt coat fi in laud n a country, pi Ph coas nursery Superi,7 . Ho would jut :o y° om t beds of coal existed in the ra wag ther:-, in fac', xorld, anci a navlg ry facility fn. _ nt of Rteameri. ;ay in the heart of :tattle men of Canada to take up thocpe:ttipa heartily, indepetidently altoaether Cif theme purely patriotic., views which might lead many to ens bark in it. He hal mei:tinned already that the last trade sale of the Hutlsoa's Bay Cetnearty, at Lemon, fetched fur skins the suns of 450000/. ; aad these were ad fruin the region east of the Rocky Mountains. tie satv a statement the other day that $1,400 ; 000 worth had been solel at New York, caming frem United States and . Russian territories. Thi4, if a direct cerneouniee, tian were evicts opened up, would also pass through Canada. (Hear, hear.) He believed they would find the whole country ready ta combine with any new company against the Hudson's Bay Company. He would mention an instance which occurred only in March last. An Indian chief came to Fort Garrie with aome 300 carts of fuss. An emissary, from Pem bina on the Amerie in side, met him and said, " Yoe lead better come to us." "No," he said, "I veil go to the Fort." There the Hielsen'e Bay agents disputed with .;him about a matter of 10 d Akira and, as usual, treated ratighly, net knowing he had another market. He took his furs to P.einbina, and the Undeon's Bay Com pany had lost that man and hundreds of others, while the Americans were picking up the trade which the Canadians ought to possess. The people there were be ginning to understand that the rights of the company were nut such as they were clahned to be, and that he •ad no absolute right to compel them to trade here or there as it pleased ;' and it they found others willing to take their furs, they would ge) and trade with them. It would not be long with the Hudson's Bay C om p any a , formerly, when they g ave d ee d s o f land, with conditions attached to which no free man should ever have sub ascribed, and when they put in farce the most arbitrary rules against othsra trading in the territory. If any man was found trading his furs were taken from him, and sometimes the articles h a possessed, which he meant to trade off for furs. Ali that was now done away with, and means were provided to these men to trade with the Americans. Ai he had said, the company had no charter, and could not prevent any one going iu and trading. When the North-West Company there, the Hudson's Bay Company did not venture to enter a court 'of law to try the validity of their charter, but bribed the alther company by offering them a share of the plunder. 3Efe would not detain the meeting longer, as Captain :Kennedy, a native of the country (and who had recently returned from the search for Sir .John Franklin), was now to speak, and would be able to give a great deal of information about the territory and its capabilities. (Applause.) 3enting, wi von.3 ("'t n g e s Straits, 3,000 miles of sea• hmi such 4 , 300 miles from Lake a whale:, and fish of every de -,sidera';ions which Tzar countrN ^.A `1 a few of the c tit indac Captain KENNEDY said he had been for 25 yea a in the territory in question, 12 of them during his infa icy, and the remainder in the service of the Hudson's Bay CompaJy. The first five years he was in their service %as spent on the Ottawa ; subsequently be was on the Labrador coast, as far as Hudson's Bay, and during the whole of that period he had correspondence from the various sections of the country as far as Vancouver's Island and Itackenzio's Rivf r, and that he had become familiar with every part of the territory, independently of what be had seen himself, and from what he had heard ; and SO far as his own observation went, he was well assured that what Mr. Macdonell had stated was perfectly correct. Some eight or nine years ago he bad ventured on Oa then unappreciated subject of the End sono°m VIDY'B terr i tor i es, Bay by publishing several letters in the newspapers of this country, and particu larly 111.%1 addressed two letters to the Governor-General, Lord Elgin, wishing to direct the attention of Canadians to the propriety of their asserting their right to the vast section of this continent occupied by the company. The movement then appeared to be premature a large sec tion of the Canadian press having been artfury inveigled into supporting the other side. But' great progress, has been made sir.ce then in railways and public works and another asp ec t wa s given t o t h e subject. Canadians now say that the comparatively small tin- REDUCTION OF POSTAGE UPON LETTERS FORWARDED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN, THE EAST INDIES, AND CHINA, VIA MAR SEILLES. On the let of January, 1857, and thenceforward, a :eduction will take pace in the amount of the French transit rate chargeable upon letters forwarded by British packet to the Mediterranean, the East Indies, and China, in the closed mails, via Marseilles, and such letters will be liable to the following combined rates, viz : Not exceeeding 4 oz ..................... Above f oz. and not exceeding oz ..... ls. oi. Above oz., and not exceeding' oz Above oz., and not exceeding loz 2s. 0,1. Above 1 oz., and not exceeding 1i oz. Above lf oz., and not exceeding 1i oz 3s. 6(1. Above if oz., and not exceeding 1 oz 3s. 91. Above 14 oz., and not exceeding 2 oz 4s. Od. The following scale of charges w ill apply to letters sent to Malta, Egypt, the possessions of the Els: India Company ; Java, Thrneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Moluc cas, the Philippine Islands (when specially addressed via ; Ceylon, Mauritius, Bourbon (Reunion), Hong-Kong and China. Letters forwarded to Malta by the French Mediter ranean packets will also be liable to the same rates, Upon letters addressed to the lonian Islands, via Marseilles, the following combined rates wilt be charge able : Not exceeding I oz. Above oz., and not exceeding 6Oz Above oz., and not exceeding oz Above oz., and not exceeding loz Above 1 oz., and not exceeding oz. ••• s s• Above 11oz., and not exceeding 11 oz 5 3. 0 ". Above oz., and not exceeding oz 5 9d. 1. Above It oz., and not exceeding 2 0z.... 6s. Od. The postage on letters for any place in Egypt (except Alexandria), or for any place in China (except Hong Kong), for the lonian Islands, or for Java, B)urboe, Borneo, Labuan, Sumatra, the Moluccas, or the Philip pine Islands must be paid in advance. Letters for the other places specified above may either be paid in advance or posted unpaid, at the option of the sender. By command of the Postmrster•General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. General Post-office, Dec. 20. LETTERS FOR DIEPPE MAY BE FORWARDED VIA NEWHAVEN. On the Ist of January next, and thenceforward, letters, as v‘ , ll as newspapers or other printed papers, addressed to Dieppe, may be forwarded by the priva te steamer 3 c., not Calais sailing from Newhaven, provided they are specially di rected "via Newhaven ;" but letters, & rected, will continue to be forwarded by way and Paris. The postage chargeable upon these letters , newspapers, and printed papers, will be the same by wh ichever route t so they are transmitted. By command of the Postmaster General, R OWLAN D HILL, Secretrry. General Post-office, Dec. 20. During the year the second parts of volumes 11, 12, and 14 of the Minutes of Proceedings had been pub lished and issued, and the whole of volume 15. There now only remained to complete the series of li volumes, extending over 20 years, the second parts of volumes 7, 8, and 10, and the wbple of volume 13. After the reading of the report, Telford medals were presented to Messrs. J. Murray, J. M. Heppe!, H. Robinson, C. R. Drysdale, and F. M. Kelley ;'and council premiums of books to Messrs J. Murray, G. Herbert, Evan Hopkins, J. W. Heinke, J. Baillie, and W. K. Hall. The thanks of the institution were unanimously voted to the president, for his attention to the duties of his office ; to the vice-presidents and other members and associates of council, for their co-operation with the president, and constant attendance at the meetings ; as also to the auditors of the accounts and the scrutineers of the ballot, for their services. Special votes cf thanks were accorded to Mr. Bidder for his addresses on " Men tal Calculation," and to Mr. C. Manby, secretary, for the manner in which he had performed the duties of his office, and his constant attention to the individual wishes of the members. The following gentlemen were elected to fill the see e . ral offices on the Council for the ensuing year :—Robt. Stephenson, M.P., President ; G. P. Bidder, I. K. Bru nel, J. Hawkehaw, and J. Locke, M.P., Vice-Presi dents ; W. G. Armstrong, J. Cubitt, J. E. Errington, J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, T. Hawksley, J. R. leClean, J. S. Russell, J. Whitworth, and N. Wood, members ; and R. W. Kennard and Sir M. Stephenson, associates. The meeting was then adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1857, when it was announced that the monthly ballot for members would take place, and the following paper would be read, "On Submarine Electric Tele graphs," by Mr. F. R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C. 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Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Graceehurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside -, tiS . Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 54 , Upper Baker-street; 63 and 1.50, Oxford-street. St. Jt. Lt to tl ,11 1)o. Leeds 10 I)o. York )0 'Torth Lon crt 1; ;.&S.Wstru.,Hanii stead, and City Jn., L7l, forth Staffordshire.. 1. ' , forth Western ,„ ill T. tz S. West rn. Juno .)0 ix., Wore., & Woiv. l 4 'ortarannth 9 Rhymney ~ : .ottish Central, 1) Soot. N E.Abrdn St, K. Do. Scot. Mid. St )0 t., , ,Trili;re 2 Sitingbourne kSkeer, south Devon '4autla Eastern oath Wales 4. Yrksh. Qs Riv. lea AI I ',O al V.*; a 1 4t l 0 50 I a] St. to 20 1 20 I a] IRONMASTERS' MEETING.—WOLVERHAIEPTON, Wed. nesday.—The largest meeting of the trade which has cc. curred for some years took place at the Swan Hotel to day. Mr. P. Williams, the Chairman of the Ironmas• ters' Association presided. After much discussion it was resolved to maintain the prices of the last quarter, and to declare no alteration in the wages of their col. Hem We believe that the decision in both instances was all but unanimous, and there is no doubt that it will be firmly supported during the ensuing quarterly meetings. 11 ienes,Wok. &Wo itcckton A Dar7,ng Do., do., 1554 3 Do., do., 1855 Aotltten & Hartlep rttff Vale ...... )r) )o. Pref., No. 1 INSTITUTION OP CIVIL ENGINEERS. —Tuesday, Jan. 13, 1857, at 8 p.m., "On Submarine Electric Tele graphs." By Mr. F. R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C. E. 25 1 1 25 St. St. 1 25 1! 20 al 2C al 50 al ei - 7 11j - 112.-1; .054 - 106 - 20j - 21 101 -10 i L 063 - 1071 !2 oharnes Hay. D.& R Lll Vale of Neath ill Waterfd. & Vater ford&Limerie Lll West Cornwall al Vest End of London %ne, Crystal Palace 11 Do. A......, 10 I al 5 al 5 al tO al 10 al 20 a] 10 '. Do. B ,I; Vest London U Do. }list Class.... . Xll Do. Second II Virnhlndr heroydor 10 A] 20 1, 33i - 34 ... ,4 54 - 56 ]3~ - 14~ Rio 52 3i Sicl 40 ~. 4N •N ~ ic,, . 81 4g -- 4 a 3 •—• 24 181 18/ 594 €O4 96 99 - 5 3 / 4 , 6 3 / 4 - 10 - 11 28 3 / 4 - 29 103 108 26i 27 70 72 48 49 14 1 174 18A 1 73 74 S 0 84 5 3d 2 1 14 16 37 3) 19i -- 2Ji 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 7 - 9 20 11 2W 11 6 1%1 Lil Liatererp.tliett..rd. zxi 0 Xrclounes lB lelgian LEvotu. Jutw 6 %3r.iers to Ornissesce. .03 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. ail Carrneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 20 12 )otcb Rhenish 20 all Eastern of Franco 20 19 flo. dew.. ... . 20 Zr. Euphrates Valley 10 108. Eur. 21) ;8 4t. Central of Fran. e l 20 16 'treat Luxembourg _I 10 4 Italian Junction__ 20 all tkakc Const. lsti Basle 1 20 all Lierro and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo Venetian. 5 a ll Lucca Et Pist. sp. e.p. 10 15 Lyons and Genova 20 all ILyons as Mediterran. 33 all Maria Antonis . 10 all Do. do. New SO an Icamnr ds Liege 20 all Do. do., Cp. c. Prof. 16 all I *Torthern of France. 10 a ll fforwegianTrankrre? 20 all Paris and Lyons 20 all Paris and Orleans 20 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Fernam.)g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati 11 Royal Danish ...... 1 - 14 - 4 :: 11 i 2 l )05 / ,ii 20i 7t 82k 11 51 113 - 115 I 2 24151 NO .... A•• 21i - 22 12i - 131 The Pays explains that the publication in the Moni teur of M. Fould's report is called for by "false aseer. tions," repeatedly made in foreign journals, to the effect that the Emperor's civil list was burdened with debt, and that he had even dipped int') the public treasury to provide for hi 3 liberalities. The Pays insists that according to well-established rules for k,eping LLe public accounts, it is quite impossible that any nialver sation of public money can take place in France. R 4 3i 191 80 - 85 211 - 224 1. 18 , , - 24 - 241 21 - 2sp 99 - 100 115 1 20 115 - 120 601 sff 108 110 20 20 22} 22' a 11 1 li p 21 2ip 115 13i - 11 1 - 2 P - 21 ; i ; 13k 12i 13 82 1 2i 241 1,4 5A 34 - 9 -10 j - - Y 5 ' all BlythandTyne 10pul a. pref. (isnd.zt,sol ... •.. St. 100 Bris. & EX. 4p.c. g„ ... ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares • „. St. 100 ~ ialedn. £lO 4* p.c 9 . 5 - 100 St. 100 clhes. &,11o.Gtt. 5 1 p, ... - ... 112 i St. 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. ... - ... 32 i all Cork &Bandonsip.i. 4i .- A al Dun.Prth ..61 A ber 6 - 6* 10 2 E. Anglian Chi. A SI, ... - Et. [OO Do. do. Cls. B 6 p.._ , 109 - 113 St. 100 Do. do Ole. C 7 p. , 2, 10 1 - 108 ' all F,as.Co.E7,spcNr; i t P i in ti all Do. No. 2 .... ...• . i ii- r a al all Do. New 6p. a.. 4: 2 - 12. 20 all east I.ln. G. 6p. , .. - -.5 all Do. 51., 10 per con .. -- 10 all Do. 101. Delynitr.S , . .. - St. an Do. do. 4 per cent .. - 3t. 100 East Ls.nca , h.6 p.ot• .. - •.. 5 all E. kW. York. J. sth. ... --• 10 4 &lin. & Lll. 5 p.e. sh' ... - •• • St. 100 Ed.Prth.kDnnA p.t. 75 1 ; - 76 St. 100 Furness, sp. c.... .. - -- I d tit. Wu Glee. &S.W . U. p.c it. 100 Great Northn. sp. , 1 3 7 119 St. 100 Do. sp. a. Radom) at 10 p. c. prom 109 111 it. 101. Do. 4* p.c. 162 114 100 60 D 0.5 p. a., Red. at t p. c. pm... . _.. 62 - 64 10 all Gt.N. of Scot.'s : l..l'r. 9 - 104 St. 100 Gt. 5. , . W. (Iralan,' .., - 20 14 Do. 4per c. Pr-f. S ... - ' 0 6 Gt. W.(B. (L H, Exspc 6 - ti St. 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 95 - 97 St. 100 Do. con. rod. 4p. c ... - ••• it. 100 Do. irre( l „ 4p. c. 86 - 88 St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 99 101 S all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 10 - 10* 10 10 all Do. Chester 8 p.c.P.: . 16i - 171 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do. 10 101, St 100 Do. Birm. (Ina. Stl , . 73 - 7 5 73 24 all Do. Chee. Qua. Sh. 19* - 20 l'i,-* all Do. do. do ......... .- 9i - 10 .1 20 all Do. do. do ... -.. 141 - 1 5 4, 16 6 Lan. &York. F. ;20 ... - t, lthi Do. 6p. a. Stock ;37 139 St. ,100 L0n.&8.G.5pa.N0.1 - - - St. 100 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 - St. 100 Do. New Gnar.6 U. 139 142 St. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 117 - 119 117 St. 100 Lon. &N. W., Cos. es: quneaton 5 p. ct. ....„ St. 100 fem.& 0. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... 157 - 159 1.2* all L ;ndy.& Color. oh 1 - • • - ••• 12* ‘ll L on dy. & Ennis. sl. ... - ... St. 10( M.,5., &L. 6 p. Cent ... - ... 120 6 lq Do. do. do. £6 .. 'fl - it St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 6o - 70 c..; a ll Warypt .& Carl. ap a ... - 12 1 all Du. 44, per cent....... .. 1 12,1 10! Do. do. • - ••• it. 1100 'Aid. Consol.6 p.c. it. - At. 100 00. Con • Br.:tir • r;gr It 7 - 139 St. 1.00 Do. 4* p. c. Pref. > t 98 - 100 St. 100 Ditto L. &11• Pref. st 89 - 1 90 I New., Aber. , &c., pr. i 10 all f sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. f ••• - ••• 10 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 1 - ii 10 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh ... - St. 100 Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St • St. 100 Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 ... - ~ St. 100 D(4. s*perc.pf ,1847 ... - •• St. 100 Do. Wv. V.f;p3.,1847 - St. 100 North /lrit;sl. 7 Si Do 71. Preference ... ... - g it. 10+1 N. E. Pe rw, 4 p.c. r 92 -04 17 8f Do. do. do li - i d d 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c .No., ~, - 12} 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... t -- 25 10 Do.Yorkfl•& g. eTtr, id - p 20 all North Staffordshire. St. 100 Ox,Wo, 'cc,W., A pc._ 107 - 108 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ... - ... $ k all Scot. Cent. ,New Pre f ... - St. 100 Sc.N.E. Abor.g 6pe 114 - 116 5 all Do. d0.,7 P. c. pf. et. 105 - 110 St. ! ,100 Do.do„3*p.c. pf. st. ... - ... 25 lall South Devon l7 - 18 10 I all Do. fixed ,4* per cow ... • ... 1.0.6 , all 3, Eastern (Besdina Ann.) of £1 Os. °id. 23 - 24 St. 100 Do. 4i por cent lO2 - 105 10 all Do. Fixed 4i pa eh lok -- 10$ St. 100 3 Wales Gna.4 p. c ... - - 101 St. 100 D.-,, do, 4i p. a-- . ... - ••• 20 all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. ... - 281 25 all Stock.& Der., sg. c. 27 3 / 4 - 25 15 Do. do. do_ 2 3 P 1.2* all Stock. & Ilartl. g. o p. c. till July I,'5 k 1 ,•• 3 : x d 5 all Waterfd.& Silk.6pc "..-.------;------'. 4' o - 5i . 5 ...al i Sip 93 - 103 MINES , 71 • 8 184 194 374 373 8t 84 54) - 544 51 -- 53 4 - 3 PI 18 20 1 le 81 94 4i 41 9 1 -- 10 33 34 eidsrtirt 9 f - 1 7 6 - 0 d' 62 64 22k 5k 1 l j 1 all 1 all 1 all co I 9 nglo t;aDrornian A,n6trs Ilan Baden (Gd. Duchy of B1031:18.1, Iron & Coal British Iron , Ilrazilianlrup.(iss t . o,l at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaos Air Cuiab Do. St. John Delßec Clarendon Cone. Yin Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper ..... Colonial Gold Copper gin. of Br,. Do. Pref. 7 p. cent Copiapo Fortuna Gene: al at.NuggetVeinßeg Great Ftlgooth Gt Wheal Vor Unite' Liberty Dimes Lusitanian Mariquita.. 1 - 14 -, i "i tBi all 1 all 1 all 1 12a. ... -- ... ... - ..pi - - 2 3 6 - 4 15- 17 P - iu 57 - 30 - 25 - 13 - 15 - id i - 4 i - $ 4 - 5 _ __,.... New Granada ........ Nouveau Monde Pontgi. & Le. IPort Philip r..narts Etock ......... ithymney Iron ..... Do. New Santiago de Cuba Sort. Cons. Min. Co. South Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 per coot Pret Tam. S. & L. Min. Co, Fin Croft ........ United Mexican Waller ............... West Mariposa....., Worthing Mining o Australia . 1.9 i 20 32 8 - gi - p 9 - 11 23 27 7 9 2} 2i li I - 3 - 4 i -- i 47 -- 48 38 39 1/ lid 31 40i i .sv ~ ~•. EMS. 24 - 25 I 3. 100 100 4i - 5 40 45 128 - 132 113 114 11 15i 100 all 2 - 24 54 - 51 ... - di 93 41 180 113 i 14 - 11 35 - 37 65 - 67 7 -- 9 6 6 4c l 3 11 P 8 3 1 t 1k; - p 1 14 - 44 - IP 18 6 :• i'd 66 7 Country Markets. EDINBUR(ALE BAY AND STRAW MARKET-- DEC. 2;% Supplies of all kinds thus° last six days large. Oat straw, from lOs 6d to 13s Od I;er kemple of 16 stones., trot); wheat do., Ps Od to 12s Od; barley do., S% Oil. to Od. Hay from 12d to ls. 2d. EDINBURGH MEAL—DEC. 23. There were in the market to day 27 sacks oatrnerl, -each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 37s and —s. DALKEITH MEAL RKET-DEC. 22. There were in the market to-day 11 bags ofoatmeal, oor barloymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales ready. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. I Thil , d. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto -s Oct —s Od '—3 OIL Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —s Oct ' - ' 3 ( a ' Pot-barley, new, per ditto l—sOd—s Od --a CA COLONIAL. Soul Day, istiroda, anti Con. fn . 4iet, g. 5 p. c 18 all Do. 20 IN. Ceylon A shares 20 1 Do. B. do 17i all )omerare 20 2s. Eastern Bengal 20 all Rata Indian A and B, g. 5 p. 5 Do. Ex. C, pi. sp. c di Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. 11 D 0.4 j p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ill 00. do. do., '59, do .11 Geelong ➢z Melbourne guar. 5 per cent dl 3d. Trunk of Canada ill )o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'62 11 10. Comp. 6p. c., do. 611 it. In. Pon. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c II , 4t.Western ofCanadr 8 Do. New Al Do. Eds., payable 11 Do. do., '76, p. '6O 11 Do. do., '73 do. 11 Do. do., '73, withouw option ......... 31 itadras, guar. 41 p.c .11 Do. do., sp. c. .0 Do. 4/ p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Senicle, guar. sp. c. 11 D 0... 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (Ali— 100 al 1.0.0 al 20 al 25 a] 100 al 100 I al 200, p.l 20i WO al 11• Q I Ri TA I al 20 I al 20 I ' lON. 1 - 67 - 69 • ... 17i 18 194 20 19 / • • 19i 1 - 31) • N o• • MISCEL . Australian Agricult. ingrain. Royal Mail 'Arlin Water work. Brit. American Land Canada Go.6p.c. Jan& s; al!! Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept Crystal Palace.. Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph... Electric Teleg. of Ir. En. &Aus Cop Sm Co Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) Gen. Steam Navi;at. General Screw Steam London Discount ... Loud. Gen. Omnibus Magdalena St. Nevi Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican k S. Amen C 7, . Nat. Discount Co. Do. Now ... Nctuerlands Law Do.B Do. p c P p i o ss at 1 d Do. N ew B. & N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. N. Nrth.of EuropeStaam Oriental Gas._ Do. "New Shares eeel s,„•• Peninsular Orient& Do. New...... Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Ditto New South Austral:Lard 3nbrnar. Tel. Scf • • Van Diemen's Land V.O i - 13 54 - 2i 2i 66 68 4 - 5 66 - 68 tg 36 - 38 woe NO —. 4.1 was 5 , would 10 .E 0 al *1 Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ a) Do. 64 p. cent. Pref. 11 Southern of France L 'Vest Flanders 11 00. 61 per c. Prof_ 11 dz N. W. of France. 6 Western of Austria 11 West,. of Switzerland 11 Wiesbaden 11 Do. Bper cent. Prof. 20 all Zealand ... 5I pa, 10 20 a] 8i r..! 10 al 20 al 20 1 0 al JOIN - T.BT ,, 1C 11 kilstralagia L ai Bank of Egypt it.) Bank of London ll iiri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. sll .Irltish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China ioCity 5 Colonial ................ O Commercial of Loud. ill Eng. Soo t. Ans. Cht. 11 Loud. Chart. Bk, of Australia ........... 11 i)itto New, London and County.. Lna &E. Bnk g. Corp. 0 London Joint Stock.. Lond. & Westminster National Pre.ef Eng 0 Do. New 2' National Bank 11 New South Wales 11 Oriental J,ll. Corp 5 Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 11 Lo. Now all 2 10 R Ans B &Co Ira Cc iouth Anatrs.liu 'Union of Australia , Do. We,- Unity Mutual Wooteru Bk of Low! KIRKCALD Y —DEc. 20. We had a fair supply of wheat, but small of barley and oats. Sales quick. Best wheat is per qr. dearer; oats generally is per qr. highei. Barley was also the turn in favour of sellers. Wheat. Barley. i Oats. I Beans, First Second Third 3OB Od I 30s Od I 20s ud j Os ," • Oatmeal, 36s to 383 per bag of 2801 b. DUBLIN, DEC. 23. There was a small supply and a firm market at our corn exchange to-day. The currencies of Friday last were fully supported for every description of grain. There will be DC second market held here this week. White wheat, 31s 6d to 34s Gd , red ditto, 30, Od to 321 6d ditto now, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 243 6d ; ing, 15s to 203 0.1 ; oats, old, —8 to —a ; ditto, new, iv' 04 to 14s Gd . oatmeal, 14s to 15s ; bore, now, 16s to 18 0.1; r 34 ) , . - d, 301 Oil to 323 Oil per brl ; rs' flour, 20 Od to 263 Gd per cwt; Indian, corn, 32s 01 to 36 Od *PI 480 lb& :ET.-DEC. 24. the cloie of the market. Wallsend, Izo. e 1 , Braddyll . 1 8 Penslier 1 7 v :itewart's. 1 9 2 Evenwood 1 6 0 " Acorn Close ll 7 7 Wharnelige it k 0 letton 17 ' Caradoe. l7 ! . - Cassop ~ liartlepool 18 I Sold. 72 GOAL MAR' eriaas of Coil pe: ton at is. d. Bebside's Hartley 16 0 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 3 Longridge's Wst Hartley 16 0 Walker Primrose l5 (1 Fanfold Moor l5 3 North Percy Hartley _l5 61 Wallsend, Sze. Gosforth l7 0 Eden Main l7 6 Lawson l6 61 Ships at market...ll: LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LI - VERPOOL, DEC. 24. BTOOS EXCHANGE.—Tho Market is dull to-day, n - „,„ losi .01 however, firmly. Blackburn, 7—East Lancashire, : 6,, T, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 97—Ditto, Liverpool, Cr,s)s and Southport, 18.—London and North Western, 1 0 4 .1 s• —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33i 82— South Eastern, 22—Grand Trunk of Canada , 3 is 3d —Great Western of Canada, new sharer, 2i PI L Luxembourg constituted, 10/. 183 9d dis. MANCESTER, D Ec. 2 mo 4. ST3CIE EXCHANGYI. C- Thee was a derate bug'!" 50 and prices were firmer. Eass Lancashire, 2 2 13-16 Da 0, Pref. (sths), 4 p.—Leeds, 97—London, 1054—Shetlie' • $ 33a —Midland, 824—Great Northern A, 9i—D°vei nt 22 1-16—Electric Telegraph, 23—Manchesterand Birrai ham C. Quarters, Dn. 131 . 1311INGHAM, DEC. 24. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was weaker to-dlifr., and prices the turn lower. London and North IV° closed at 105 r to —Midlands, 814—London and P°u Westerns, 102—Chester and Holyheads, 38. SEABORNE MIMS. [When the date for m Aim; up a mail falls on a SundaYiteeiPntpdl; remains open until the day iollowing; except in th e case °l e u the mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, is wad evening previous. . - evening previous.] F og Fos ___---------- , ...- SI Will. Made up at Whence By w h a t When v e ssel. the Post-Office. de5.......1.. ....... 1.. ----- ----- ----- Lisbon.. •• • . lth,l7th, &I South- „ 26 Tag° Gibraltar month. Spain • 3l 27th of the ' Madrid Dec.ampton Gibraltar Vessel. expe cted 3lalta • • • • • • I I 4th 01 ! Egypt .. • • South- zoth 0 ' 121P 00 Ceylon • • India • ... • • month. I ampton Em nth. Mauritius ' viaCeylon)J j Riot , China Penang .• • M the Red Singapore COum Juke Australia(via } .. ... Jan. 12 . I aSS:ouuP:tlh°lin Colombo Dec. 'lan 4 the Cape) • • • j ampton v i Cape of Good • a lA n Hope .. • • - NV.S, Jan. 25 La g Mauritius Ceylon India • • Lisbon 1 1 Madeira CapedeVerds I South - Tamar Jan. 12 -.. Brazil BuenosAyres I Falkland Is lands West Indies 1 (except Ha vana and 1 A and Honduras) • 2d and 17th I South- Magda- 16th of nria ac o Veneztvla •• y of the ?- ampton lena the s' Grey Town.• m onth. I month. New Granada Chili.. • • • • Peru ••• • • • ) CalPornia • • 16th of ... ~ Honduras •• pf Jan. 17 .. } South the ' ampton •' ' ''''' } South- am pto li A l f e a n g s d a. in j: i nt : l l . Nassau .• • • Ori oc4° Mexico •• • • 3! •fan. 2.• .. c Havana • • • • Madeira . • • • w raild acs T ene riffe .. E Jan• 23 ..}. Ply- Gambia Jan. 6 ' idth W C.otAfrica British North Ara bi° Fvery Fri. s ) pool Liver - A s i a Dec. 20 America .. lE United States ti United States in n . 6 an d 01 00 British North E alternate Liver- Atlantic ,Tan. I America .. Tuesdays. pool United States 3' rag° British North 31 D ec. 31 . South- Wash- D e c. 2 6 Canada America .. Ang l6 ., ampton ington Liver- Nr..Arne - jar I :AO" i pool man .-------- M— Morning. N —Evening. De e c i . l Onurton. — at Bi t rke e n ve h n ea in d g , A 2101; Last FasMUEDEEING .IPOLICE;AII.---I,lobl/111; ceased e kp a k t i t n e g m nano thein q body uest vas a heldi3o le Y 0 70 0; named Vaughan. It appeared that early that n 3 ° 11 ;11, a young man, a dock labourer, named Thomas 0n31,1,,, c•nstody. Smith I:. i p n te t d be to p t a a n k e o ls o h f im str i e n e t t o odnosotrood, when the.... mediately drew a knife and stabbed Vaughan ondercrea heart. He exclaimed "I'm done ; I'm done l'' an d 116 4 soon afterwards. Another officer came up and e A e t he upon Smith to surrender, which be refused to o an"' o f officer knocked him down with his stick. A dort 0 wilful murder was returned against him, and be 11 committed for trial. gout'''. STEAM COMMUNICATION' WITII THE BRAZIL£4.--", Is atnpton, Wednesday.—Tlie Union Screw Cna)F'lrAb steamer Celt sailed tuts 'morning with a eargo of Ea,i i , and French goods for Pernambuco, Ba bits, and , to Janeiro ; and the company's ship Dane is fitting no°_, take her departure on the 23d of Jaouary for the destination. The Hamburg and Brazilian Steam Nab. gation Company's fine vessel the Teutoniar Capt. Dll _ chin, sailed this afternoon for Lisbon, Pernainbun Bahia, and Rio Janeiro, with 60 passengers and 6t) tons of German, French, goods. Twelve or thirteen of the disbanded Ita ib the letters whit War office. The Teutonic took out all the ' oat. The next vessel of this gion were sent out to Lisbon by this steamer y arrived by this afternoon p an British reaoufia.acntuLe: line will be the Petropolis, ---------- BIRTHS. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 23e1 inst., at 4, Royal-terrace, Ramsgate, tbs On the 20th inst. , a t SeLn p ton-Park, the wife of VP* w ife of Lieut. - Co l. Wm. Hunter. Barnett, Esq. 01A SON. On the 21st inst., the wife of J. H. Murchison, re, the On the 21st inst., at Barthomleßectory, Cheshire, wife of the Rev. Hastings Gordonn—stillborn. MARRIED. aso. Oa the 24th inst., at Silsoo Church, Bedfordshire, rge Webster, of Peckbam•rye, surgeon, second sou of the Webster, Esq., M.D., of Dulwich, Surrey, to ose,ori, second daughter of Win. P. Squire, Esq., of 34 .80 b Silsoe. ._i n CAP' On the 2V inst., at the parish church of Brign"'" to Lain James Elastic, of the 2d European Light Infantrit 0. Annie Maria Gardner. only daughter of the late doh 5 G' Pelcher, Esq., of Stockwell, Surrey. - - . D I E D. On the 23d inst., at Fortess-terrace, Sentish-tnoro: Fr-nois Eeles, E q., a representative of the Arra of At e .. i re, Huggins and Co., brewers, Broad-street, Goldezystlu age 35. , Qe ate On the 23d just. , Mr. John Lomas, of 19,46.1ner`P t Oa the ' 23d ins t., Thomas J. Martham,Escl .ol3l°°Wela. street, a b ed 50 . roaodn, Maids-hill, 1 13 1 ls, inst., aged t 59 1 . 3, Mrs. Ann Wells, aged 77. o rs, Millman•street, On the 221 inst., at Charlef,itreet, Grosvi3eendo7:l4:7o Robert Coibett, &rt., fourth on of the late Arehdes Corbet, of Lognor Hall, Salop, sod 60. G• Dffor oarft O tnh a eey t n, h s e :d 7 tah t n h just., at Malta, Lieut. James Nixon •-• acts Ranegdt.e'aapgtuedre2(o4 S H ab e as w to as pAfl r . A tha Cl On the 20th inst at Cecil-street, Strand, ... Morgan, aged 32. " ----..------ esent at the At 0 LONDON : Printed awl Publi%bed b y MURDO 1(01110, al', fCh Sio oC6°'ttoti 0 112, Strad in the Pre cinct of the Savoy, in ths of MiddkLex. Thura lx3r, December 25, 1856.-