The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-04 00:00:00

E 1., A L RCIA.L wris..LL.RiElii r w. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday exhibited a firm feeling, and all prices were unchanged. The sales amounted to 9,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speoul•+tors. The Railway Shai ., IVEir et closed at a alight improvement on the current rates of last week. The accounts from the continental wool markets repres-nt trade as ben4 qui=t, bur, prices were well supported. At Berlin there is an absence of animation, and the manufacturers, having effected large purchases at the fair at Frankfort, are ope rating only to a limited extent. During the week ending the 24th ult. the sales were estimated at 1,000 centners. At Breslau the market has been quiet, but those descriptions suitable for cloths and combed wools have been in good demand. For Silesian Wool also there has been a brisk inquiry, and as the finer qualities are scarce full prices are current. The other markets are de scribed as being quiet, as usual, immediately after the London sales by auction. Accounts from Belgium state that the imports of Merchandise into that country, in October last, were 1 per cent. larger than those of the corres- Pcnding month of the previous year, and 12 per cent. more than in 1854. Exports in the same period exceeded those of the preceding year by 9 per cent., and those of 1854 by 8 per cent. The , imports showed an augmentation in raw cotton, Wool, leather, glass, oleaginous goods, wheat, flour, bran, and rice. The exports were larger as regards manufactured leather, linen, machinery, cotton tissues, cloths, &c. The first step towards the decline in the official "clue of discount accommodatim to a reasonable figure has been taken to-day. After a short sit ting compared with previous discussions in the parlour" of late, the Directors of the Bank of England have reduced the minimum to 61 per cent. il lanY expected that whenever a change Iran determined upon, it would be to the extent of 1. per cent., but the authorities have acted wisely in adopting a medium course, because the preju dicial effects of sudden and important alterations in theirpolicyareuniversallyacknowledged. Unlessany Untoward event occurs, the fall in money will now be gradual, but it is sincerely hoped that undue en couragem.ent will not be given to speculation either in the o,3mmercial departments or within the pre cincts of the Stock Exchange, which might, if carried to an unwarrantable extent, reproduce , ulcon .venience and mistru s t. A s th e Di rectors have '(3wtered their terms, it is reasonable to conclude ,t.ilat the weekly b a l ance s h ee t , w hi c h w i ll be pub lielled to morrow, is of a very favourable character, ding a fu rt h er improvement in the va r i ous ‘4ePartments of the establishment. There has been a buoyant market for Public itsecurities, owing to the expectation that the Bank i : r uld lower the terms of discount, but the deal ea have been checked by the announcement of a W ee failure in the " House." Consols for l k ti f'lleY were 941 11, and for January 95,1 wben it was announced ti at the fininintiort was reduced a rise to 94-1 t for the Nand to 95i f or t h e l atter ensued. The l i cyr Three per Cents. have been 931 and the ::Educed 931 1. Bank Stock is 2161 217. ,lrehequer Bills are firm a t s s . t o B s. premium, `ce Bonds are 98i and India Bonds ls. to 2s. Premium. The Foreign Market, except for one or two se et)rities, is almost in a state of stagnation. Turkish !Per cents., however, have risen to 961 I, and the %per cents. are about 1021 Dutch 21 per Cents. hav e b een d ealt in at 651 to 66, and Belgian 41 per Cents. at 97. Sardinian Bonds are 88/ ex dividend. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign gtocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Alexi .%) 22} f; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto Per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., tt t 6; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per 1P81:11t4.) 94 6 ; Sp an i s h 3 per Cents., 43.1 ; ditto t 4.) TDeferred, 24i 241; ditto Certificates, 511 t ; hassive, 6 to l ast week's railway receipts, ascertained up 4 4 day, are in round figures as under 183 G. £24,973 58,213 12,439 11,683 Great Western -- liotth-Western StithteWestern • t, tigh itidlase 1855. £23,189 58,074 12,398 11,361 14. 4 -tid • 29,009 28,129 tll.4 2tern ._ th e donia n :t I s Torthern It ra • ()11 , 4 hire and Yorkshire th e and Exeter 5,437 5,317 20 itt..ater and Holyhead leaehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 10,159 10,037 !E tf:h London O k r o 4 , Stafford Rh ;,.. t u , Worcester, and Wolverh 4,012 3,865 LOO ki r ih - zabury and Chester 4 01 . - tk uurgh and Glasgow th.,,, t `trn of France mb Western of Canada . 15,730 12,077 , k ,' h ilv he sot, t ransactions in the Railway Sh are Market ii,o k it ; b een limited, but previous rat es h ave con ti- tnr, t 4 1: 4 t 0 be well mai n t a i n ed. In o ne or t wo cases , t zt l tht adv ance may b e reporte d. G reat Western, i`l )o f )34tshire and Yorkshire, North-Western, South- .o 11:: ter n, and South-Eastern, have e x hibit e d an 20 ( 142.°Irenlent of about ss. to 7s. 6d. per share. 31 htt7t L uxembourg advanced ss. to 10s., and L om . '0 4 J -Ir enetian, about 10s. The Canadian and tt es I ndian lines ruled dull, but reached f u ll y j eer rat 10 144 t, 120 Joi nt - stock Bank shares but little business h as lit s 4 , ~t d one- Bank of E g ypt, h o we ve r, improved / 1., and Ott oman Bank 11. 6 4144 Miscellaneo us s h ares a s li g ht i mprovemen t t: 20 80 taken pl ace . A us t ra li an Agricultural to 1,0, 1 ! advanced ab ou t 10 3 . ; R oya l M a il S team, 20 66. . , 0 11. ; and Canada Government 6 per Cents. 1 .lu, 4411.1311 FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON K O'CLOCj. (From the Official List.) kin l i t Per Ittin... (i *took , 931 $ N . -41. t. Reduced Annuities k1;,..-Oent Consols Pinnuitie‘ 94i 2itif 14 0 . .. 3 ller Pent. Annuities P?, 4 ribnities expire sth Jan. 1860... "‘o 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 28 1 4 - 30 Years, expire sth Jan., Otto 1860 3 1-16 O s ._ , lids, £lOOO ........... l2 p rola for a.cconnt (Bth Jan.) 951 ± "401toquer Rills, 24C RlOOO .. 5 8 p _ . ....... ... ... . 5 tbitttotto fraVlßo . n . d .. 7,1 ..... ......4 p er Cent 9BB i t 18 59 .. 11 Itl n v c. ''''''' OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'OLO. K . I:t4ilian Bowls, 5 per Cent. bi t h Bonds, 6 per cent. b to Acconat Ib,itto Guarent ee d 4per Cent. _ t 4 account ' P ~,,, Div-mew s on the above payable in London. Ditto' 2 3 per Cent., ex. 25 fran cs ntch 1 4 Per Cent.. ex. 25 francs '' -Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guilders 66 53 _____ TWO O'CLOCK. b e i llisol e (iron ey) vio Ace•nat Racing Fixtures for 1857. FEBRI Liverpool Spring ... "I'lntha MAE na Spring 3 toZWi s pring • cit 17 4,,, mn'Y 23 .„ tiv" l3l4 liet jTJ 4%.144P00l 2 15 1 i BhAt o , 43 r AITG )I,..gthto n t ,,Lii,".":°4 Club " - • .. eli e n ri; 4.4 1 . p .... 11 . .... ti Z tick SEPTE • . 1 4 ater .. .................. 8 ................ 15 Ch ew , te uer • ut OCTO li tdi xh 4t Z urnu ......... 6 hich°4o4... ............................. 8 8 afi .................. 8 'ARY. CH. Northampton . Croxton Park . Stanford 23 Goodwood UST. Ludlow.... York Radcliffe . Egbatu 13 100 18 100 24 2 0 . 20 26 vu MBER. 20 Leieester .................. 23 t(k Newmarket F 0 .......... 29 10 IBER. 25 Yorkshire UIT Club . .. 8 2' Newmarket S 0 ......... 12 50 Warwick Autumn NOl9l)3o4ket .............26 100 rilE SUN, SHARE MARKETS - (This Day). Shr. IPaid . l itAtLWAYS Closing Pr!ges yerer•lay. 8i 9 18 i 1! 16 L 13 19 Baldness done Ws day 9LlAmb4 Csv,lvert , Stour Valley..., Ali iiirkeAhd. Lan , .3s;., Ches - a!re • • ;2 all '•• do. 5 all Blackburn ... r" all ,V, t 25 (issd. at A: • .11 .4 , q4r , rs t. 100 ,i'licetor 0 Ai, ~ ...)c,rk and Bander: 0 al! Cork, Blaek, &Pas D all 'Cornwall ) all I Do. A 8 I Do. B e. J IDubar..lißell'ast,lai•c 5 j all Dun. P. & A' , ....in, t.llOO (East Anglian. ) all ;Eastern Counties. 100 ; A tit L. U' , Do., B. stock 8. , New i 17: East Kent .1100 I Fla frt Lancashire .„ l East Suffolk ......... 4 Do. 111 • ito6 ,Edin burgh & (Bass all Edinb. and Peebles • 100 lEdin.Prtb. diDund all ;Forth & cl!ria Jim . 1100 , 1.00 jGlasgow & S. Westrn all Great N. of Scotin.i 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock...„. 100 Do., B, :lttwk. 100 Gt. sth. &West. (Ire ) 100 Great Western . 10)) Go. Stour Val. Ra' Gem. Stk.. all Irish South- Kasten. all Lancaster & Ga r li c ,. j l4i 'bo g 'thirds 12 bo. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYarks Do., Wet. Riding un all Do. South' or t all London & Blackwa 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cs I 100 Loud, and N. West I 16 P 4.4 Fifths 5CDo.101.811.011.&11 2. Do. Eighths ~.. LOG LondonandB. Woo. , . 1 all bodruirry !ol era:, all Ludndrry.& Ennis}, s Wanch.Slief.& Lincl , , 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement..... 00. Birtnng. Der , liidid . G. West.; T . all )o„ Half Share-. liewcastle & Carli ill Nwpt.Aherg.&![r i s \lewr) Enniaki vevvry, Warre- Rostrevnt Norfolk :rthri.Coantir, North Britis' N t ' Rai:. Dock Stock :R) A Stock 00 , B Stock N.Esetern—tler Kxtebsicr. 6i do. (4', - Nry r.or I Go. Leeds •oo York 1,1;1 North L0ng0;,,... .&S.Watrn.,Ltari. at)ad, au:l City .T North Staffords):l: orth Western. At S. Westrn.,T, K., Von., 14r 9 Rhymney t • outs', Cent'-,' 10 Scot. N E.Abrdn St, Do. Scot. slid. St •1: =1 2 SitinabournekSheer. a ;' utb Devon • South Eastern__ 100 'oath Wales ....... • ~ Yrksh. tt Riv. Too a ll 4 sines, Wok. Stockton & Darling 12. ,0., do., 1854 3 - Do., do., 1855 4toekten & Hartle' r a ff Vale ........ ' )o. Pref., No. 1.... 1 2 Names Hay. D.& R. all Vale of Neath al Waterfd. & Kilkenn a 1 Waterford&Limer, - all West Cornwall all West End of Load., and Crystal Palace. all Do. A ....... ....... . all Do. B at. West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class._ all Wimbl.d !kr flrov COLONIAL 9 .Wm uay , ,sar Qua, .nci 1 Con. India, g. 5 I). e l l ,I 1 Do. ... 10s. Ceylon A shares, 1 Do. B. do. all I ►emerara 2s. Eastern Bengal all fast Indian A and B, g• 5 P. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.46 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all I ►o. do. do., '59, dr . all Geelong 'e Melbourne guar. 5 per cent... all Gd. Trunk of Canada all 00. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till '6'? al Jo. Comp. 6p. c., do. all ;t Tn. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. e Al) , 4t. Western of Cana' , a 8 Do. New Do. Bds., payable 1, all Do. do., '76, p. '6( ,11 on, do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73. withou 0pti0n..... ...... all 'ad*ap, guar. 4 p.c all D... do., sp. c 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3dEx., g. sp. c 5 Scinde, guar. sp. c. all D 0.., 1 8 St. Andrew's an Quebec (A) ~ rdbia lU Xrdennes all ~i riat Easitn. -lone 16 ~T ierstnars.isses s• c 10i Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. ail Carrneaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and R. 3. 12 into; dliewsn..,. all =eastern of France 19 , r) VeVl.. . . 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. r:In.Ju.TeLRaiL 18 it. Ceutral of Fran e 16 treat Luxembourg._ 4 Italian Junction all Lake 001:181, PSI Bask all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. CI Lucca di Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons at Mediterran all Maria Antonia Do. do. Now alp Nr..tanr & Liege ..... all Do. do., 6p. c. Prof an Northern of France. all ti o r wag ianTrunkPre an Paris and Lyons. I all Paris and Orleans ) 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Fermin.) g. 7 p. c 7i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. b p. cent. Pref all 3onthern of France 'Vest Flr.nders all Do. sa; por c. Prof_ all 'v. &N. W. of France 6 Wostern of Austria... all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden 1 all Do. 8 per ceut.Prof all Zealand JOINT-STOI all Australasia . 184 Bank of Egypt ...... 50 Bank of London .... Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. •l British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 2 !b Colonial !O Commercial of Lond .Ii Eng. Soot. &Ans. Cht all Lond. Chart. Bk of -- Australia all Ditto New 21) Lsn'ion and County 50 Lno. &E. Enk g. Corp 10 London Joint Stock. 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Pro.cf Eng 10 Do. Naw 22 4 , National Bank 411 New South Wales 'Orients)ii k. florp 15 Ottoman Bank Provincial of ,t. Do. New It Ans i 3 & , 4o Im s onth nritrti all ItTnic aof I,Pt li. 2} l Dv. Mew„„„, . . ._.... LO ' • 50 !Unity Mutual 5Q Wooteru B of Loncti 50 ..25 1 10 00 0 31 100 20 I 4 20 9A, IN 94 36 25 'oi 1 111 i 1061 1.1 10313 Ti 3 2i 70 5i 971 [lO [O6 205 10; 50 52 34 d 39 40 85 4i 3 8 i 61 95 5 6 10 28 19i -19 i - ... 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i 7 - 9 i - 1 - ii = ii 22} - 23 224 224 14 24p 21/ -22 t 11 - ili 76 - 78 1 21i 1i li , r ) 24i —24 i 24 2ep 99 100 117 122 117 122 109 111 20 203 22 - 226 Ihp 2 -25 p 1i `'l 2 2 3 p P 5 5i 14 33 4 - 10 -- 11. P - 6 .. ~ 5 i - 6 7 -74 P foi - iii 8i - 19A - 39 -39 i 8 - 9 544 - 543 52 54 i - I P 1 18 - 20 - 1 9 - 94 5 9 - 94 pm 41 - 4i 9f - 95 341 - 354 - AMMO . . . BANKS, 100 102 Id- ip 63 - 65 ... - ..p 1 -- i , i 68 70 i l ii 17i 20 21 20 - 2N, 1 - 3p ii ig , .1 i cl, S 5 37 6 - 69 7 - 9 10 8 d 5 111 i i exit. ••• . LON DON, TH URSDA EVEN Ir G, DECEMBER 4 1856 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Itati:;.; t Closing Prices yesterday Business this day Cycl t • Bedford aae. Bletebley Buckghvii,. 1 Olydesda London & N. Wept. L. &N. W. Ca &M.(' lOLA rt.', IE. Count. 97 98 98 102 12 14 133 136 4 ... 4} gi E. Lin.g.4p - c. all E. Un. H. S!!. 10) Glae. Barr. Neils. Direct 100 Do. Now__ all GlstrADn lr r Hrtlpl. DI: k- Railway_ all Hull at tleloy all Do. Share,. all Do. Shares. all Lon. Greenv al' Do.Prefereu..3 100 I L0n.,2711.,k ii( Do ,Gt. Wes= Yk. Now. & Berw. Y.4tNM 107 - 109 D 0... E ' q t' !Dc, 12i ; 3 221 23 10 -- 114 § 1 pi Peto & Co. ...... 3i Do. Bark. Sh, 400 Lowescoft RI. 4 per cent. LI) Do. 6 per et all , Manch. Batt' and Mallo•:k all IMiddlee'rr,,, Norfolk, Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stekton Dar Hint. 21 23 Rode.g 6 p.c. PO Midld. xrad 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.sp, all Efit,s p.c. all no. 6 - per et. all Do. Fixeds p e all Prest. tlz wy: all Do. 6 Shrd. A 1-)0 Royatn. & Hit Ig4 Shef.Roth.an. , Glooleg.s p.c all Shrews. &Her 101 S. Staffordsh , 411 Wear Valloygi 6 por En. Conn. E. Count ,Do bb 57 50 15 [2A St Do L. & 17. W Do fi2 : 185 Qt North n Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey it.lllClenn Stockt. Azi Darlingt Do 71 - 81 8 9 ail I Do ,100 Wiltseorarst 33 88 - 90 10tWestn. 1011 i WATERLOO-BRIDGE COMPANY. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held this afternoon at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, W. Anderson, Esq., in the chair, when the report of the directors, of which the fol lowing is an abstract, was read to the meeting : "The tolls received for the half-year ended on the 23,1 of August last amounted to 10,5731. ss. id., and those for the corresponding period to 10,1301. 15e. 7d. ; show ing an increase of 4421. 9s. 6d. At the last meeting it was reported that, after paying tho current charges and expenses, and making a dividend of 45.• in the pound, there remained a balance of 1,0941. 10s. 6d. ; and at the present time, after paying the current disbursements, providing for the interest on the company's bonds, and making a dividend of 4s. in the pound in August last, there remained a balance of 1,4921. 18s. 6d." The re port further stated, that "the committee had much satisfaction in stating that notice had been given by the Metropolitan Board of Works that application was in tended to be made to Parliament in the en , uing session for leave to bring in a bill to obtain an Act of Parlia ment to authorise and empower the said Board to form and make a street from York-street in the borough of Southwark to Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road. The prospect of such a desirable improvement being carried out, would prove most beneficial to the interests of the proprietors." The report was unanimously agreed to. The ba!ance-sheet, which Was - read to the mee'ing, contained the following statements : INCOME. To foot toll received from 23d Feb., 1856, to this date —25,287 12 3 „ Horse toll, ditto 5,285 12 10 £10,573 5 1 382 7 6 75 0 0 12 10 0 „ Rents of arched vaults for half a year „ Ditto of London Gas Company „ Ditto of Electric Telegraph Company „ Interest on Reduced 3 per Cents 2,388/. ls. 2d. Stock, the consideration for a lease of ten arched vaults 35 16 5 „ Interest on Exchequer Bills £11,285 2 10 CONTRA. By sundry expenses £1,574 18 4 „ Income duty Total disbursements £2,140 18 7 By interest on bonds at 5,4, and 31 per cent (less income duty) „ Dividend of 4s. in the pound on 37, 5002 annuities, due this half-year 7,500 0 0 810,886 14 10 398 8 0 By stock, surplus of this half-year .., £11,285 2 10 There is cash in the treasurer's hands of 6,2701. 19g, 5d., and Exchequer Bills 5,0001., which, after paying arrears of dividends, interest, &c., leaves a balance in reserve of 1,4921. 18s. 6d. A SHAREHOLDER called attention to a t p h p e ro fa a c e t he t s h t a o t notices had been served for making a carriage -way over Hungerford-bridge, and for improvingthe the bridge, and asked if the directors had any information to give on the subject The CHAIRMAN said he had no other information respecting it than that of the honourable proprietor's Such notices had frequently been given, but not acted on, and he doubted if it would be so now. The SHAREHOLDER said that at the late meeting of the London and South-Western Railway, a statement was there put forth, as if by authority, respecting it. The CHAIRMAN said he had no information to commu nicate on it, and he doubted if the Government would entertain the question. Messrs. Anderson, F. Jenkins, Wm. Ruff, and J. J, Mills, the retiring directors, were unanimously re elected. The meeting then adjourned. Naval and Military triteiligenue. The annexed circular memoranda has just been issued from the Horse Guards : "Horse Guards, Nov. 25. "Commanding officers are hereby enjoined to pay par ticular attention to the instructions contained in the circular memorandum of the 19th of September, 1855, amd 14th of December, 1856, requiring returns of offi cers' services, and to transmit these statements with re gularity and despatch to the Military Secretary, Horse Guards. His Royal Highness the General Commanding in-Chief holds commanding officers responsible that these instructions are in future strictly complied with. "By command. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General. "Horse Guards, Nov. 26. " To the army at home and abroad, — "The following decision of the Secretary of State for War is, by order of his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, promulgated for the information of the officers of the army : " 'All officers having once paid their yearly subscrip tions to a garrison library will be free of any library at the stations to which they may afterwards be removed, during that year, upon the production of the receipt of the paymaster receiving the money. By command, " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General.'" "Horse Guards, Nov. 25. "Haversacks will henceforth be supplied to the army generally upon requisition to the Director-General of Army Stores from each regiment and depot, showing the numbers in possession, and also what are required to complete the establishment. Officers commanding regiments and depots will take steps for the completion of their imen with haversacks accordingly. Corps in Ireland being already in possession of haversacks will retain them upon their removal from that country, in• stead of returning them into stores as heretofore. " By command, "G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The following general order, effecting important changes in tree composition and equipment of the Pio neer Corps of the British Army, has just been addressed to officers commanding stations and regitnents:— .. " Horse Guards, Nov. 29. "His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in- Chief baving.approved of a set of pioneers' tools as a❑ experiment, regiments of infantry will be supplied with implements of the new pattern on making application to the Director-General of Army SI " The number of pioneers in increased to 13—that is, one pio pioneer per company ; and the di ments between them is shown in ;ores. each regiment has been •neer corporal and one iAribution of the imple the foil , wing table sistant Paymaster in charge, to the Edinburgh ; J. J. Hayward, Assistant-Paymaster in charge, to the Atholl; R. Taylor, Assistant-Paymaster, to the Royal William ; Grantham Y. R. Rattray, Mate, to the Indus (for dis posal) ; D'A. A. Denny, Mate, to the Salamander ; A. 0. Mathilane, Acting Mate, to the Indus ; E. D. Ack lom, Midshipman, to the James Watt ; G. H. J. Elli ott, W. H. C. St. Clair, A. Williams, H. D. Darns, F. W. B. H. Maxwell, W. L. Martin, A. H. Turner, G. F. Purdon, and H. T. F. Campbell, Midshipmen, to the Indus ; W. G. Scott and J. M. D. Elphinstone, Midshipmen, to the Indus (for disposal) ; C. M. Turner, H. S. Sandys, P. St.rr, R. J. Ward, and L. A. Bills, Naval Cadets, to the Indus. FLAG- PROMOTIONS. By the death of Rear-Admiral Beechey, which we recorded in our paper of yesterday, the following promo tions take place ;—Rear-Admirai Peter Richards, one of the Lords of th e Ad miralty, becomes Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain the Most Hon. Marquis Towns hend, and (we believe) Captain the Hon. A rthur Dun combe, not having served the time necessary to qualify them for the active list, will receive their promotions to the rank of rear-ad m i ra l on the reserved list ; and in this case Captain Sir James Clark Ross becomes rear-admiral of the Blue on the active list. By this promotion an appointment as aide-de- camp to her Majesty, and a good service pension, sre placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. The next three officers in suc cession to Captain Ross have neither of them served the time necessary to qualify them for the active list. Capt. J. Nias, recently dismissed from the Victualling-yard at Plymouth, consequently stands next for promotion to flag rank- PORTSMOUTH. WEDNESDAY. Shannon, 51, screw, Capt. William Peel, C. 8., having taken six runs at the measured mile yesterday and again to-day (altering her trim occasionally) averaged a speed of 111 knots an hour, with and against the tide. She came into harbour this afternoon to receive her second screw. It will be placed this evening, and she will con tinue her experiments to-morrow. Plumper, 12, screw, Commander Wm. H. Haswell, has been stripped to the stumps, and awaits her pay. books. The is alongside the dockyard jetty, where, doubtless, she will pay off. Agamemnon, 91, screw, in the steam-basin dock, now that she is stripping off her old patched planks, shows the hard raps she got from the batteries at Sebastopol. Two or three very ugly ones are between wind and water, and her strong oak timbers are much splintered, She will be some time under the shipwrights' hands. Abyssinia, transport, Captain Henry Fisher, a:rived to-day, at Soithead, from Malta, which she lett Oct. 23, laden with 550 tons of clothing and provisions. She is ordered to proceed to Deptford. A nother change has taken place in this ever-varying clime. Up to 10 o'clock last evening the cold was very intense. Soon after the wind backed to SW, and a drizzling rain set in. This afternoon the wind got up to NE, with every prospect of another frost. DEVONPORT, WEDNESDAY. James Watt, 91, screw, Captain '2. V. Anson, at this port, has her machinery complete, and will be taken out this day for the trial of her engines. If the trial should peeve s itisfactoryshe will r a lin a few days for Lisbon. Lucifer, steam tender, which arrived here on Sunday, with stores and supernumeraries from Sheerness, sailed yesterday for Pembroke. In the Sound—lmplacable and Satellitte. In Harbour—lmpregnable, Royal William, James Watt, Ajax, Cambridge, ladus, Radamanthus, Sylyb, Avon, Nautilus, Confiance and Zepher tugs, and the Devon and Camel lighters. Our gallant Cammander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, Bart., K.C.8., completed his 75th year on Mon day last, and we are happy to say, notwithstanding he continues to evince an attention and mental activity in business that proves him truly a "heart of oak." In a recent inquiry the gallant veteran presided daily for five successive weeks, in which, during the most tedious and unpleasant, because personal, examinations, he displayed also the acuteness of a practised lawyer. Notwithstand ing this labour his duties as a commander-in-chief were never suffered to relax. 7r al C. riphisettf.difoyzsitopoe; . lOU Brie. & Ex. 4p. a. 1 4: 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares . I l 0 Caledfl, £lO 4i p.c. 100 ilhes.& flo.dd. 5! , c 100 ., 11 o p o o r . k C I do. Ba Prof. o, 0 5 6, per t i c . 4 1 •l. Dua,,Prth ..St Aher. i . i 1107 2 ; EDI ! : goo . ..A . odd n ,oo) g .. l E i cc a xi n ls:..s C Cßl l , s c7 . 6N A ::: S . ::: ~.11 Do. No. 2 .... ... . . al; Do. New 6 p. c. "•;, all rest Iln., G. 6 p. all Do. 51., 10 per cen all Do. 101. Del;eutr.S , . all Do. do. 4 por cent 10'i East Lane a-th 6p. ct all It. kW. 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Suit) Pr , tst, 2fii Van Diemen's Land V.o).6p..JantitJuli PREFERENCE SHAREK, 97 - 5 0 -6, 1107 - 112 103 '- 103 41) * 2 !24 ... -- 9f3 ~- 77' 16 118 [O9 t 11 103 .105 61 63 9i 10 6 94 - 96 87 - 89 99 101 10 - 100 16i - 171 10 • 10: 73 - 75' 19 - 20 14i - 15 - 4(1 37 139 137 139 116 - 118 1157 - 159 -; ••• 66 0 fin 70 1136 - 13$ 98 - 100 88 - tO 1 - li ••• ''''' 'lO -IC4 92 —94 li -- f d id 07 108 ;83 123 -- 24 101 - 103 10 104 274 - 2 - 3 21 - ~~ - 1 7 8 li 2 3* 3i 16 -- ls kp - ip 55 - 57 30 - 35 25 - 13 15 - id - 6 2 - 2. 7i 8 is - I I 7 : 8 - 10 21 - 23 5 - 21 - 2i 2A - 2i 31 7 11 3, - 4 i - i .... '''"' sr EOlll3. 25 - 27 117 - 122 [l3i 114, 21 - 5! - 5t • •• .... 96 - 98 •N ~~ 1~ - i~ 6-66 - - . 3 .. 31 - i 3 4 - p 3 4 -- ir id ..P 15 go) gi 1 -- ;1 77 69 71 5 6 r 66 68 1 -1, 36 • 38 1 1 Ibi 161 THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. COURT OF APPEAL—(THIS DAY). (Before the Lords Justices.) AITCHESON T. LEE. Mr. Lewis, on the part of Mr. Harding, the official manager, resumed the arguments this morning in sup port of the appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chan cellor. The learned counsel went at great length into the authorities bearing on the case, and considered that the appeal ought to be allowed. Mr. Phipson followed on the game side, and bad not concluded when our report left. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCE. (Before Lord Campbell and a Common Jury.) SABER T. HARDING—BREACH OF WAINANTRY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a dealer in antique articles and curiosities, carrying on busineve in Piccadilly, against the defendant. who occupies a bazaar in New Oxford-street for the sale of similar articles, for a breach of warrantry. In September last the plaintiff purchased of the defendant a number of statues, vases, &c., for which he gave 55i., believing them to be bronze, but they afterwards turned out to be zinc covered with a coating of bronze. The defendant pleaded that no warrantry was given, and that the articles were sold ai bronze Z, a well-known article in the trade. No fraud was imputed to the defendant, and the notion was brought for the recovery of th e money paid and the return of the articles. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THAMES. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY AT MESSRS. MARE'S SHIP BUILDING YARD. —.Henry Highbrook and Wm Hedges, the former a dealer in marine stores, the other a carman's servant, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 25 cwt. of old rope. Mr. C. H. Falconer, formerly a Thames Police In spector, who apprehended the run-away bankrupt Spriggs in Australia, said he represented the estate of Mr. C. J. Mare, bankrupt, and he was requested by the assignees to state that 25 cwt. of rope had been stolen, and that he should offer some evidence of the robbery, and the participation of the prisoners in the plunder, and then respectfully ask for a remand. William Smith, messenger to the Court of Bank ruptcy, said that about 20 minutes to seven o'clock last night he saw a van standing near Messrs. Mare's ship yard, a short distance from the Prince Albert public house. There was a large quantity of rope in it. He asked the prisoner where he obtained the rope, to which he replied that he brought it out of Mr. Mare's yard, and pointed to the water's edge. He asked the prisoner if he bad any pass for the rope, and he said none was necessary. He asked the prisoner where be was going to take the rope, and his answer was to Cotton-street, and that his master would be there shortly, and he would give fall explanations. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, asked the witness if the rope was not what is called old rope and shakings ? Witness—lt is old rope and shakings. Highbrook run and raised the rope, and said if there was anything on the cross he would drop a touter. Mr. Selfe—A touter ; what is that ? Witness—l don't know. Several police-constables here uttered, " It'a a sove reign, your worship." Mr. Selfe said he was not quite educated in the mys- teries of the slang language yet, and asked what was the meaning of anything on the cross. A police•constable--It means done on the sly ; done wrongfully. . . Mr. Young said—My client meant if there is any thing done wrong I will give you a guinea, and say no more about it. Mr. Falconer said the rope w as wo rth 149 . per cwt., and there was 2 5 cwt. of it. Nothin g was allowed to leave the yard pass signed by to Mr. Mare'sy him (witne s s). He was quite w i th o u t sure t the a rope belonged e assignees. Mr. Selfe said he would remand the prisoners, on which Mr. Young offered bail for Highbrook, who, he said, was a respectable dealer in Robin Hood-lane, Poplar, and had often assisted the police. Both prisoners were liberated on bail. The English fleet will not winter at Sinope, if it is to remain in the Blaok Sea during the winter, but in the Bosphorus. DEATH FROM A STAB —MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.—Last evening Mr. C. St. Clair Bedford, the Westminster coroner, held an inquest at King's College Hospital on the body of Peter Lockett, aged 33, formerly a soldier in the East India Company's service. It appeared from the evidence of the deceased's father and mother that the deceased about nine weeks ago left home with a woman named Caroline Ryan, and on his return with her at night they observed some blood on the front of his shirt. Deceased told them he had had a stab in his side, but that it bad only been done in a "lark," and he would not give them any further information on the matter. Deceased was received into King's College Hospital a day or two after. He made the same state ment to the surgeon there, but would not inform who had inflicted the injury. Deceased got worse, and ultimately died of pleurisy, the effect of the wound. Police-constable 52 F stated that although he had used every exertion he bad been unable to trace the woman Caroline Ryan, or where the deceased was wh en he received the wound. The jury, after some deliberation, returned the following verdict, "That the deceased died from pleurisy, caused by a wound , but how or by whom that wound was inflicted they have no evidence to show." 11 • Rank. • "" • • = a = :Ec- 3 = - 7 1.) g 3: •1. 2 •i 1 1 Corporal.... I 1.• •• •• •• •• •• ••.. •• 1 2 1 I Private I 1•• •• •• •• •• I 2 1 1 Private .... 1 1 •• •• •• •• •• 1 2 1 1 Private •••• 1 1•• •• •• .. I 2 I 1 Private •••• I I•• •• •• •• •• •• •• 1 2 1 1 Private .... I 1 •• •• •• •• •• .• •• 1 2 1 1 Private .... 1 I•• •• I 2 1 I Private .. I 1•• .. •• •• .. I 2 1 Private . 1 2 1 1 Private .... 1 2 1 1 Private .... •• 1 1 l .• 2 1 1 Private .• 1•• I 1• • ... I 2 1 I Private .... I I 1 I 1 1 1 2 1 13 Totals.... 6 6 4 6 I 2 1 1 1 1 I I 13 26 13 "It is not necessary that the corporal should carry his particunar set of tools ; but in dividing them among .he pioneers each man should. if possible. carry some "It is not nec iry that the corporal should carry this particu'ar se tools ; but in dividing them among the pioneers each _.an should, if possible, carry some tools with the use of which he is acquainted. "The whole of these tools are of the improved pat terns lately adopted for general field service, and in the event of their becoming broken or damaged on service, no difficulty will be experienced in replacing them at any Government tool store or depot. " It being important that the pioneer, from the nature of his duties, should be as little as possible burdened on the march, he will be no longer armed with a musket, but will carry instead a saw-backed sword, which wail serve both as a weapon and a tool. The weight of arms and ammunition from which he is relieved by this ar rangement will more than counterbalance that of the tools, .and will enable him without difficulty to carry his knapsack, &c., like any other soldier. " As the nature of a pioneer force depends entirely upon the efficiency of the individuals composing it, hie Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief di- rects that the practice which has prevailed in many regiments of making th• pioneers a refuge for old and worn-out soldiers shall cease. " On service the pioneer, if an active, intelligent arti ficer, would be far more usefully employed in directing the labours of several ether men than in working exclu sively himself; and as, by the present arrangement each pioneer carries tools for one or more additional men, a portion of the force would, if competent, be always available in this capacity. "Commanding officers of regiments will therefore in future be careful to select as pioneers ablebodied, active, intelligent soldiers; and, as it is highly important to ren der available some of the skilled labour which each re giment possesses in its ranks, they should, as far as pos sible, be artificers and mechanics. The corporal should, in addition, be invariably chosen for his superior intelli geace. "The trades from which pioneers should be taken are principally carpenters, smiths, masons, bricklayers, or engine-fitters, and there should be at least two carpen ters and a smith among the privates. The mode of carrying the tools will be as follows : "NO: 1. The shovel, pickaxe, billhook, and sorer 1— the shovel being buttoned in its case, ai suspended by the belt from the left shoulder, so as to hang a little in rear of the right hip, the handle being in rear of the arm, the knapsack is then put on, and the studding-strap at tached to the back of the shoulder-belt is passed above the lower sling of the knapsack round the handle of the shovel, either once or twice as may be convenient, and under the right arm, where it is buckled on to the belt. " The pickaxe in its case is carried at the slope' on the right shoulder. " The billhook, in its case, is suspended by the waist belt in rear of the left hip, close to " The sword, which is in its front, and hanging down the aide of the left leg. 2, The spade is worn exactly like the shovel ; the axe is oarried on she right shoulder similarly to the pickaxe. "The billhook and sword are in each, as has been explained. " 3. The two axes in the case are suspended by the belt over the left shoulder, and hung on to the right hip, rather to the front. "The felling axe, ic., as already explained. " The saw is worn like the two axes on the right side. "5. Toe crowbar is carried at the slope' on the right shoulder, the point to the front. "The bag with small tools is suspended at the right side, like the saw and two axes. " In every case the soldiers' waist belt, with the sword frog supplied with tools, is worn over the belt from which the tools are suspended, in order to steady them and keep them in their places. " Gauntlet gloves and aprons cease to form part of pioneers' equipment. " Pione;f4rs are to wear their beards and moustaches unshaven, f` G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The attention of the Duke of Cambridge and the au thorities at the Horse Ouards having for some time past been directed to the marine: in which Staff appointments in the army are made, it is in n:ntemplation to make an entire change in the system hithertJ adopted. With this „ur i s s e a o ap pointed it has been p ro posed th a t b e f ore ai;v officer pointed to the Staff he shall undergo a props. -c the instruction, under officers of great experience, several duties he will be called upon to perforat. - order that none but really efficient officers may be v.- ' lected for the appoi n tm en t s , it i s sugges t e d that the ge neral officers, at each of the half-yearly inspections, be directed to call upon the commanding officers of regi ments to bring forward the name of any officer under his command) who may have given proof of superiority in his profession over the other officers in the regiment. Should the General-Commanding-in-Chief deem the of ficer (after a preliminary examination) so brought forward to his notice a fit candidate for a Staff appointment, his name will be placed on the list, and, as vacancies occur, the senior officer on the list will undergo a course of instruction, at the public expense, to qualify him for the staff. The establishment for instruction is proposed to be limited to about fifty officers, and every facility will be given to the candidates for acquiring a per fect knowledge of their duties, without any expense to themselves. A properly qualified general officer of great experience would be appointed to examine the whole of the officers in the establishment periodically, when the most efficient officer would be selected and appointed to the first vacant Staff appointment. The arrangements proposed are under consideration, and there is little doubt that, with perhaps a few modifications, they will be carried into effect, the School of Musketry at Hythe, which is conducted upon a similar plan, having proved of such advantage in bringing forward a most efficient body of officers as instructors in musketry. Yesterday morning the troops stationed at St. Mary's Barracks, Che.tham, nembering about 1,400 men of all ranks, were assmnbled at these barracks for the purpose of hearing an ore.ler read from the authorities at the Horse Guards, directing the discharge from the army of 412 men belonging to various cavalry and infantry regi ments, the whole of w h,..ch number had been previously rN conducted by the Chelse Hospital Commissioners and pronounced fitted for forthfurther service. On the assembling of the troops the names of men ordered to be dis charged were announced by ideut. and Adjutant J. Pepe, who also made each ma. l acquainted with the amount of pension awarded him. rhe troops to be dis charged will all leave Chatham this morning. The following officers having passe `a their examination in the course of instruct ion in the u. se of the Enfield rifle at Chatham garrison have been dir acted to join their respective depots at the provisional battalion, viz.:— Lieut. E. Gorton, 29th Regt. ; Ensign , J. Johnstone, 24th Regt. ; Ensign C. Bagnall, 53d Regt. ; Ensign W. Thompson, 78th Highlanders ; and Ensign N. Penne father, 83d Regt. The following appointments were ma de ye 'sterday at the Admiralty : missioned Capt. John Fraser, to the Pembroke (cm for Coastguard service); Lieutenant Logie A. Vhire per, to the Impregnable ; Lieutenant G. L. Bridges, to the Cornwallis ; R. Browne, Master, to;t he Cornwallh ; W. Jeffry, Master to the Pembroke ; E. Good, Chapl sin, to the Itnauin ; W. Pearse, Second Master to the Ant elope ; W. P. O'Brien, Paymaster to the Pembroke ; 4 .W. Ellis, Paymaster, to the Cornwallis; W. Wills, Pay. master, to the Southampton ; J. E. Autley, Payn !aster, to the Meander ; H. G. Barlow, Assistant-Paymr ester in charge, to the Pluto ; H. Prengelley, A. , ..sistaut-Puymas. ter in charge, to the Antelope ; F. L. B. Bedv jetl, As. INDIA AND CHINA. Rear Admiral Seymour returned to Hong Kong from Japan on the 26th of September, and immediately shifted his flag from the Winchester, 50, Capt. Thomas Wilson, to the Calcutta, 84, Captain W. K. Hall. Sampson, 6, paddle, Captain George S. Hand, arrived at Hong Kong from England on the 10th of October, and had gone up to Whampoa with the Barracouta, 6, paddle, Commander Fortessue, in consequence of some irregularities committed by the Chinese authorities on a vessel flying British colours. Sybille, 40, Commodore Elliott, was also at Whampoa. Comus, 14, Commander Jenkins, encountered a heavy gale in the Formosa Channel, and had to throw over board 8 of her guns to save the ship. Niger, 13, screw, Captain the Hon. H. Cochrane, left Singapore for Hong Kong, Oct. 19. Spartan, 26, Cap tain Sir W. Hoste, Bart., arrived at Singapore from Sarawak, having on board Sir James Brooke, K.C.8., Oct. 22. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, a great change took place in the state of the weather. Instead of a bright frosty morning we were favoured, for hours, by a fall of sleet and rain, which made it exceedingly un pleasant and highly disagreeable for pedestrians to pass to and fro, not merely in the City, but also at the West-end, as well as through the Royal Parks. Owing to the admirable arrangements made by Mr. Williams, the superintendent of the Royal Humane Society, the public, during the time the sleet and snow were falling, were kept by the icemen from ven turing upon the Serpentine is Hyde Park. Had it not been for the precautions thus taken, owing to the snow falling and rotting the ice so quickly, there is not the least doubt but a fearful sacrifice of life would have occurred. Owing to the admirable precautions adopted not the slightest casualty took place upon this river dur ing the day. The thermometer during Tuesday night indicated 28 deg., being 4 degrees below freezing point. At sine o'clock a.m. yesterday the glass registered 30 degrees, being 2 degrees below frost ; but at noon, when the sun was out, the mercury rose to 3 degrees above freezing point. The barometer during Tuesday night, and the greater part of yesterday, stood at 28.95 deg The wind was from the east to the north-east. About 200 men and boys went upon the ice on the orna mental water in the Regent's-park ; but owing to the icemen being continually employed in driving the people off, no accident of any importance occurred during the day. Oa the Long-water in Kensington-gardens not more than frtim 150 to 200 hail the temerity to risk their lives upon the ice, and no accident worth re• cording happened up to . seven o'clock last evening. The Royal Bound-pond in Kensington-gardens was patronised by nearly 200 sliders :and skaters, but al though some of the parties in disporting themselves upon the ice were nearly ankle deep in water , no accident of a serious character occurred. Clapham-common and the Royal Victoria-park were not patronised by half the number of sliders and skaters as on phe pre ceding day ; and the Crystal Palace, advertised for affording accommodation to parties wishing to run no risk of being drowned by the breakage of the ice, had yesterday but few patrons. The water in the great basins of the fountains, it is stated by the directors, is not more than four feet deep, which will prevent any one, even if he should break through the frozen surface, from being drowned. About nine o'clock last night the weather suddenly changed to frost, giving every indi cation of its lasting for some considerable time. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS AND THE NEW STREET IN SOUTHWARK. night a public meeting of the inha bitants 0' 1,V4 was held at the Hope Tavern, Gravel-lane, Southw,Ve Southwark, •on 1 ,,,, , ' the purpose of taking into consideration the proposal +,O s' a new street in Southwark, from the corner of Castle'--street to the end of Stamford-street. Mr. Newman was CAllt‘d to the chair. The CHAIRMANEIam 4 • th •t it appeared that the p 2 at i for 4 to by the Metropol:tan a new street had been aglreb- , ived the sanction of Sir Board of Works, and bad fec,- for the meeting to con• Benjamin Hall ; but it would i ha • , A avour to obtain the e id e r whether they should not en.'ut-- the Government plan recommended by Mr. Pennetho.nlb , , 1 t they should go engineer, and if they were agreed upon 1, 0 proposed by to the Government without delay. The p. .. : ~,1 b t l e pf . - the Board of Works interfered with most \''' 6u perty, and left comparatively worthless pret,s7,. touched—it behoved them, therefore, to see ."" the best plan was adopted by the bard of Works. Mr. REECE said the observ ations of the chairman ve.re most appropriate, although he thought the line of M ''• Pennethorne was as circuitous as that proposed by the Board of Works. Still, as as it was a slight improve ment, he should support it in preference to the other. He concluded by moving that a deputation should wait upon Sir Benjamin Hall, for the purpose of supporting the line proposed by Mr. Pennethorne. 1 Mr. DAY seconded the motion. Mr. KIBBLEWIIITE °aid there was a street in the neigh• bourhood winch ought not to pass without some notice, he meant Ewer-street, which was nothing but a hotbed of disease and crime. He would refer any one who doubted it to the Rev. Joseph Brown, the rector, or to the Southwark Police-court, for a certificate of the cha racter of this street. The parish of St. Giles had been cleared of a rookery, arid why should not this be cleared away in a similar manner ; He complained that the Metropolitan Board of Works had kept all their inten tions as to the line of new streettothem n s o elve t s he themselves, ofere would have been a strong manifestation the inhabitants against them. Mr. ATIIAINES said this plan of the Board of Work. was calculated to deceive the public ; if it was adopted there was not a cabdriver in the metropolis who would take it, but he would p re f er th e more direct line of then put and a Stamford-street. The resolution was On the motion of Mr. ATHAWES, fn eC d i ed to b mously. w - Mr. Hall, consisting y unal HART, a deputationas appointed to wait upon Sir i.. of Messrs, Parr, Purvis, Kibblewhite, Reece, Day, Warms, to the chairman and Painter, and a vote of thanks terminated the proceedings. CITY S EWERS.—Yesterday a court was held, Deputy Peacock in the chair. Dr. Letheby, the medical officer of the city of London, presented his report. The mor tality table for the week shows a great diminution in the average death-rate for the season of the year, although it exhibits the usually large proportion of deaths from diseases of the respiratory organs, which are excited by the damp and cold state of the weather. St. St. St. St. St. t. 2 121, 12. St. St. 25 10 40 5 St. 25 10 28i 1 1 1 1031 21 MINES. 3 k i li 674 la i 1141 13f LITERATURE. Little Dorrit. No. XIII. By Charles Dickens. Although we have now got to the end of the eleventh chapter of the second moiety of Little Dorrit, we cannot for the life of us guess oar way out of the tangled labyrinth of the plot. Tatty coram, M. Blandois, Miss Wade, Harry Gowan— all the abominables of the book, including amongst the number Mr. Casby, Mrs. Clennam, and Mr. Flintwinch, not forg etting, by the way, the princi pal members of the Central Dorrit Family, to wit, Tip, Fanny, and the quondam Father of the Mar shalsea—fairly puzzle us. It is impossible to con jecture what on earth they are all driving at. W e look for a murder, at least, as a sequel to all this ominous and diabolic preparation. Poor Cavalletto, we presume, is still waiting in his garret in Bleed. ing Heart Yard—for something to happen Young John is still pining, we suppose, in the Groves—_ of clothes hanging out to dry ! The Patriarch still with his list shoes on the fender—twirls his thumbs down to the end of the chapter—until Pancks the Tug can muster courage enough to " do" for his Proprietor, aveneingly, by cutting his hair off ! Sparkler is still feeling his pulse at his shirt collars ! Barnacle junior still wonder ingly goggles through his eye-glass at Clennam's wanting to know you know ! Blandois' moustache still goes up and his nose still comes down in an evil smile a't everything and everybody I Mistress A.ffery wanders about the grim old house-upon-crutches, with leer apron thrown up over her white face—a ghostly a pp earance dreading a ghostly appearance ! The Objection able dog, poisoned by Rigaud, still rots some where at the "ooze and bottom "of one of the canals of Tenice! Old Mr. Nandy, out from the Union upon holidays, still chirrups about Daphne and Phillis to the delight of the Plornish. children ! Honest Daniel Doyce dreams still his matter-of-fact dreams about working out his pet invention in spite of all the tangling red tape of the dread Office of Circumlocution ! And so on, with all the rest of these vividly depicted and motley characters : nevertheless, out of the throng of them we cannot for the life of us, we repeat, see our way yet in any one direction. We don't know what is to come of it all. lt seems to us for all the world, to employ the language of one of Mr. Dickens's own characters (vide "Hard Times"), to use the phrase of Stephen Blackpool—" Aw a muddle !" Scarcely any progress of any kind what ever is made in the prtsent number. Arthur Clennam, fired by a sympathetic interest, takes up anew the abandoned hobby of his partner Boyce— intent upon forcing it,if possible, at last, through the Circumlocution Office, in spite of all the Barnacles sticking to all the posts set up by all those who are, ever and ever, despatch-boxing the compass in the cause of Misrule, though iu the name of good Government. In illustration of the course pursued by Arthur in his new enterprise, we come upon the following inimitable passage : "The waiting-rooms of that department soon began to be familiar with his presence, and be was generally ushered into them by its janitors much as a pickpocket might be shown into a police-office ; the principal differ ence being that the object of the latter class of public business is to keep the pickpocket, while the Circumlo• cution object was to get rid of Clennam. Hewever, he was resolved to stick to the great department ; and so the work of form-filling, corresponding, minuting, ne morandnm-making, signing, counter-signing, counter counter-signing, referring backwards and forwards, and referring sideways, crosswise, and zigzag, recommenced. " Here arises a feature of the Circumlocution cl jce, not previously mentioned in the present record. W h en that admirable department got into trouble, and was, by some infuriated member of Parliament, whom the smaller Barnacles almost suspected of labouring under diabolic possession, attacked, on the merits of no indi vidual case, but as an institution wholly abominable and Bedlarnite ; then the noble or right honourable Barna cle who represented it in the house, would smite that member and cleave him asunder with a statement of the gaantity of business (for the prevention of business) done by the Circumlocution Office. Then would that noble or right honourable Barnacle hold in his hand a paper con taining a few figures, to which, with the permission of the house, he would entreat its attention. Then would the inferior Barnacles exclaim, obeying orders, " Hear, hear, hear," and " Read !" Then would the noble or right honourable Barnacle perceive, sir, from this little document, which he thought might carry conviction even to the perversest minds—(derisive laughter and cheering from the Barnacle fry)—that within the short compass of the last financial half-year, this much-ma ligned department—(cheers)—had written and received fifteen thousand letters—(loud cheers)—twenty-four thousand minutes—(louder cheers)—and thirty-two thousand five hu.ndred and seventeen memoranda. (Ve hement cheering.) Nay, an ingenious gentleman con• nected with the department, and himself a valuable pub. lic servant, had done him the favour to make a curious calculation of the amount of stationery consumed in it during the same period. It formed a part of this same short document ; and he derived from it the remarkable fact, that the sheets of foolscap paper it bad devoted to the public service would pave the footways on both sides of Oxford-street from end to end, and leave nearly a quarter of a milt- to spare for the park—(immense cheer ing and laughter)—while of tape—red tape—it bad used enough to stretch, in graceful festoons, from Hyde-park corner to the General Post-office. Then, amidst a burst of official exultation, would the noble or right honour. able Barnacle sit down , leaving the mutil a t e d f ragmen t. of the member on the field. No one, atter that exem plary demolition of him, would have the hardihood to hint that the more the Circumlocution Office did, the less was done, and that the greatest blessing it could confer on an unhappy public would be to do nothing." An admirably humorous passage, this, occurring in the course of chapter viii., in which we are told to our infinite amusement how "The Dowager Mrs. Gowan, is reminded that it never does." Chapter ix. affords us, through Arthur Clennam's eyes, a horrid momentary glimpse or two of Miss Wade and Tattycoram—miserable young female nondescripts, the latter of whom first startles Mrs. Tickit with a ghost-like " Appearance and Disap pearance." Going in quest of them to the Pa triarch Casby's, Arthur has there a brief passage of arms with Mr. F.'s Aunt—enough by reason of its sheer extravagance to make the reader, as the saying is, fairly die a-laughing ! How many of these half-witted people Mr. Dickens has drawn to be sure !—Miss Flite in " Bleak House," Mr. Dick in " David Copperfield," Barnaby Rudge himself, the Mad Gentle man in " Nicholas Nickleby," and, now again, Mr. F.'s Aunt, last but not by any means least in her amazing ridiculousness. Chapter x., in which " The Dreams of Mrs. Flintwinch Thicken," opens threateningly with a description of the lurid surroundings of the House-upon- Crutches, and closes almost awfully with Arthur m as t) h h o e use ca , I l ls ea h vi i n m g se i l o f i C t le th n e m nam u 's rd r e e r t e re r at ß f i r ga om ud t , h . e o s r a , latterly, Blandois, in grim conference with Mrs. Olennara and her old hunx of a partner Flintwinch. Lastly, we have in chapter xi. another gentle, genial, tender lett er from Dear Little Dorrit, giving us a glimpse of the Gowans' life in Rome, whither th e y have b een followed by excell en t F at h er and Mother Meagles, and where Minnie gives birth to a little baby-boy. And so the number closes with an affecting glimpse of Domestic Felicity and Infelicity. MARKET NEWS. —(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL. AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN 1856 , made up from the Returns of the niCities and Towns in England and Wake For pine t r, hpieemcwtpoecrer Imperial inl endedtha ff Quarter. ai D e e r C 0 . 4 WHEAT. ; SARLET. 1 OATS. I EYE. 1 DEANS. I ?EA , 61,111 1 44s lid 24s 61 42s 01 45s 61 1 43e 11 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. ( BAILEY. I OATS. I B/E. : BEANS. } lEAs it 64s id 45s lid ( 2Gs ld i 413 2 1 46 s 5d _445 , • --- - QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 109,106; Barley, 99,,-,26 O a t s , 12 . 959 ; Rye, ; BUM 6,00 ; P eas, 3 , 927 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEW6ATR AND LEADENHALL.— The trade gen(ralkr ruled steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d ; Met ton, 3s 4d to 4s 8(1 ; V e .al, 4s Od to 4s 10d; Pork, 3s 6d to bR Id per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTRALL, Dec. 3.—The supplies o f stock were only mo lerate, and the trade ruled steady, as f o llows :—Beef, i from 3s 6d t o 4 s 12(1; Mutton, 3 86 d t o 5s 0d; V the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 3.—Our market ra t U. Beef, from 3s 2d to 5s Od 8d to 5s 2d ; was li-itia3s , at extreme ; Mutton, Yea. ter-olt 1 sthrw pigs, 23s to 28s'e3 01 - 1 . 1 ,4 s Od to 5s Od; Pcrk. ls Od to 5s Od per Blbs. Quer -----ETS HA T 311"11 ' .41 10 3l 10s to ;:,./* "ELD Meadow hay, 2/ 10s tos ; clover do., SMITHFI. • if 5s to 1/ fa per load. Trade firm. dovr hay, 21 12s to 4/ 103; clover CUMBERLAND. '- 10A; and straw, Q Mea d straw, 11 bs to 1/ 103 per load. do., 3l 100 to 51 . -,,, ; " 11 4s to 11 Ps per load. Afaadow hay, 2/ 105 to 4/ 103 ; clover A W sho H i l i Th s ' u C p ii p A l l' y E . L...... A. limited supply "'" 'emand. ...gam• Nl ••••=....... ____ 1 meeting of the General Mini g do., 3/ 10's to 51 10s i At the hai.r-voar.Y held in Dublin Monday,Minis At . on a now Company of Ile. saistsatdryaNdv t ot. was agree d to, as also an lave of c all of 10 p er c , each. 10/. It was resolved that th e i stered in.' 1,500 new shares o f d should be , reg er the Limit e d Lia company bilities Act. Toe West India mail packet Plata left Southampton y e sterday mo rnin g at daybreak. She was detained on Tuesday until night,. waitivg for despatches from the Foreign-office. When. the deFpatches reached the packet the weather was so a‘ick that the steamer c .)uld not proceed to sea. THE SLAVE TRADE IN CIIII.A.—An American barque, I am s zry to say, landed:: A. cargo of 600 Afric an slaves -veek at La l'u, uta de Teja, some little die- last Sunday .. , _ Anas )bear the Rio • de Palma, I believe. sauce above Cara. r Don Gra- They were taken to t(. '3 su g al ' ~ estate of e S o e n n o ldanbartu is Norio Menendez, of whom .: Set t u r Menendez not being in the Proeura.teur-Attorney, Sei..:'. said, received 3 ounces this island. GenerLl Concha, it is e se 600 negroes to be (51 dols.) for permitting each of th idols. 50c.) for each landed, and his deputies 1.1, oun ce (2. —Correspondent of negro so land e d.—S avan nah, No v ' 1 ' Citarie,ston Courkr, - .. 19 8 2? 123 115 70j 74 64 64 112 106 lot a 1064 29 30 18i 74i i 221 f 12 22i 79 22 2q : I.oi 5 i 12i i 26 5 i i 15a 4i 10 50 100 St. 20 St. 1 5 25