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A comfortable home the chief comideratien. Unexcep tionable references given.—Address C. G., :Mrs. Powell's, 4, Trinity street, Blackheath-hill. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND. 112, Bishopsgate-street, London, Dec. 16th, 1856. The Directors of the National Provincial Bank of England HEREBY* GIVE NOTICE that a HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND, at the rate of 8 par cent. per annum, will be payable on the Company's Stock, on and after 16th January next, when the Dividend Warrants will be obtained at the Company's office,ll2, Bishopsgate•street, or at the different Branches. The Transfer Books will be closed on and after Saturday, the 20th inst., until the dividend becomes payable. By order of the Court of Directors. DAN. ROBERTSON, s gent and Manager. COMMERCIAL BANK of LONDON, Lothbury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden. Subscribed Capital, 1,500,0101. Paid .up Capital, 300,0001. Guarantee Fund, 71,0001. DIRECTORS. MARK HUNTER, Esq., Chairman. JOHN SAVAGE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Charles Butler, Esq. Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. Edwa , d Stillingfleet Cayley, William Jackson, Esq., M.P. Esq., M.P. Sir Joseph Paxton, M.P. John Alfred Chowne, Esq. Robert Stacey Price, Esq. George Clive, Esq. Herbert Taylor, Esq. William Cooper, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq. Charles Hill, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Thomas Winkworth, Esq. Manager—Mr. Alfred Richard Cutbill. Accounts of parties received and kept on the plan generally adopted by London Bankers. Parties having current accounts with this Bank have the advan tage of transferring any surplus balance to a deposit account bearing interest ; and sums of money are received on deposit from parties not keeping current accounts. The rate of interest allowed is 1 per cent. ender the minimum rate of discount of 'he Bank of England, the deposit being subject to 10 days' notice of withdrawal. The agency of country and foreign banks undertaken on each terms as may be agreed upon. Purcases and sales of British and Foreign Securities, &c., effected, dividends received, and every description of banking business transacted. Letters of Crbdit are granted on the principal cities and towns in Europe and elsewhere. No Christmas-boxes or other gratuities ara allowed to be taken by to officers of the Bank. . _ - A. R. CIITBILL, Manager, JITTESTMENTS in BRITISH MINES.—FuII particulars of the most important Dividend and Progressive Mines will be found in the Fourth Edition of BRITISH MINES CONSIDERED AS AN INVESTMENT, recently published by J. 11 . MURCHISON, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.S., price 3s. 6d.; by post 4s. Mr. MURCHISON also publishes a QUARTERLY REVIEW of 4 iRrI'ISEI MINING, giving the position and prospects of the Mines et the end of each quarter,the dividends paid, &c. The Review for the quarter ending 30th Sept. last contains a Map of the Bassett district, price Is. "The hook will be found extremely valuable."—Observer. " A valuable little book."—Globe. "A valuable guide to investors."—Herapath. "A useful little volume."—Morniag Herald. "Of great valise to capitalists."—Sunderland Times. " Parties requiring information on mining investments will find no better and safer instructor than Mr Murchison."—Leeds Times. "One of the most valuable mining publications which has come leder our notice, and contains more information than any other on the subject of which it treats."— Derby Telegraph. "To those who wish to invest capital in British Mines, this work is of the first importance."—Welshman. , "This work enables the capitalist to invest on sound principles; it la, in truth, an excellent glide "—Plymouth Journal. Copies of the above publications can be obtained at Mr. Murchison's offices, 117, Bishopsgate-street Within, London ; and reliabl , - infor mation and advice will be given at any time to those who may re- Sire it. IMPORTANT TO EVERY MAN WHO KEEPS A HORSES COW, SHEEP, OR PIG. THORLE Y' S FOOD FOR CATTLE. THE CHEAPEST AND BEST EVER YET INTRODUCED I Sold ira Cases containing 448 Packages—each Package One Feed, az the cost of Three Half-pence each, equal to 565. per case. Carriage PLlci to any railway station. None are genuine without my signature— JOSEPH THORLEY, the Inventor, 115, High-street, Hull. Post-office Orders must be made payable as above. THE MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANY (Limited). C apital One Million, in 100,000 Shares of 10e, each, deposit 2/. per Share on Allotment. T RUSTEE& . 1 1i 8 Grace the Duke of Wellington. The Right Hon. the Earl of Albemarle. 1 1 . S. Thornton, Esq:, Banker, Birchin-lane. , M. Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the Bank of England. • DIRECTORS. „. I leut.-General the Right Ho n . Lo r d James Hay, Chairman. - the Right Hon. Lord Vi scoun t B ur y. Lieut.-Col. the Right Hon. Lord Arthur Hay. Baron Gudin, Chateau Beaujon, Paris. William Gladstone, Esq., (Messrs. Thomson Bonar and ' 4 .), Old Broad-street. Fortescue Harrison, Esq., Cambridge-square, Hyde. Asric. Robert William Kennard, Esq., Upper Thames-street. Alexander Miller, Esq., Ashford-house, Middlesex. A nnrrons—(To be appointed at the first General Meeting). SINKERS. (Messrs. Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thorn- A London ton, and Co., Birchin-lane. Messrs. Hankey, 7, Fenchurch-street. 1 4 Mons Messrs. G u ill oc hi n, Sons, and Co. , Paris Messrs. Charles Laffitte and Co. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Amory, Travers, and Smith, London. Monsieur Dolez, Avocat, Mons. BROKERS. Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Sou. Messrs. Laurence, Son, and Pearce. SECRETARY—T. R. Preston, Esq. Temporary Offices No. 46, Moorgate-street. The object of this Company is to develope the resources of ',Pahl collieries, situated in the most central and best portion the well-known coal basin of Mons, in Belgium. They ~_,.e °t uprise two distinct sections, of which part is already in "al., Working operation, and the remainder consists of conces ; 611 8 from the Belgian Government, granted on condition bat the coal shall be worked. The unworked concession, known as " Bonne Victeire," ; .n ated at Asquillies, and those applied for, severally called 1; 4 . Was Nimy" and " Ghliu," occupy an area of 18,000 acres ; "" well-ascertained coal seams run through their whole It /d T he collieries in full work are five, viz., " Bonne Veine," ,onne Esperance " " Seize Actions," " Ste. Cecile," and 11 „icli du Flenu." They comprise an area of 2,000 acres, c - ‘a the right of working sixty-two seams of coal. It is cal ted that their produce could be largely increased, within 1 4 4 r Years, at an outlay of 20,0001 . (See Engineer's Repeat.) i ikt e Plant and other works are ample, well constructed, and or'',stantial ; the engines now at work give an aggregate power " 3 9 horses. These ccllieries are now yielding a minimum het t lla Profit of 40,0001. per annum (see Report), and it is agreed e , a• preferential interest of 6 per cent. per annum on the ~.- " lntal now to be raised shall be the first charge on these urn s. The confidence o f th e ven d ors o f the working Col li er i es i n O 4 success of thei r new un d ertaking is further shown b y ir agreeing to a cce pt i n part payment of their property k doo shares (representing 200,0001.) denominated B shares, ieh, though considered as paid up, are only to receive di „,ezids in proportion to the amount p a id up on the A shares ere(' t o the public. The remainder of the purchase money, insisting of 254,0001., is to be paid iu cas h, ou t of the first irels of the Company, at any time within t wo years from l o e incorporation of the Company. Two-thirds of the above ekll ' o oo shares will be annulled should the new c o ncess i ons, io t rary to expectation, fail in yielding coal of a good cora rcial quality, and this proportion of the shares in question lot be handed over to the sellers until such produce be T he, coal is gene r ally of a semi-bituminous quality. It is F , "k 1 at the several pit-mouths into the waggons of the t o er thern Railway of France for conveyance to Paris and the I The and manufactories along the line, at which there is a t e at dem an d , an d a l so i n t o th o se of the Haut et Bas Flenu is o w aY (which traverses the collieries of the district, and i t i ,;l L' a ects them with the net-work of the State Railways of Bel -tk-.tn) for the supply of the towns and the extensive . manufac e til lg districts of Flanders ; the greater proportion of the h et _ r owever, is conveyedive the &nde' Canal, on the banks jhich there are shedsextens, where the boats aro loaded. ne existing f ac iliti es f or t rans it w ill b e further extended by railway now in construction between Mons, Haumont, I , i , Maubeuge. The constant demand by railways, iron lZke, gas-works, and for other manufacturing and house " Pifrposes, is more tha sufficient to absorb, at all times, e lathiest produce of hen ollieries. At the request of the Directors, a detailed report on the Zjrisent state of the collieries at work, and to be worked, F was e Pared by the eminent French Civil Engineer, Mr. . N. lf o d at, Which report has been confirmed by Mr. H. Gain, a t,74 MininMan engineer of great experiee. Subsequently Mr. g by, C.E., was deputed t nc o verify the statements Z u e• A maj or ity o f th e Di rec t ors h ave a l so l a t e ly m ade a f: s unal visit to the co lli er i es , an d ha v ing tak en eve ry means k l a tisf a Y themselves of the soundness o the underking, the tr u thf u l ness of t h e above reports, f they now feel justi e,,..a in inviting the investment of capital in the Association. of ANe capital of the Company is divided into 100,000 shares .i . each, which are sub-divided into two classes, viz. A .r.eferential Shares, and B Free Shares. The deposit will ' be Per share, an d the first call of 21. per share will be due on e let June 1857 The vendors consent to waive their claim to any dividend en their B shares till 6 per cent, shall have been paid on all the A share s , th us in fact giving to the A shareholders a pre ferential dividend to the amount of 6 per cent. ; and in the event of the winding up of the Company's affairs , the amount aid cAI the A shares will b e repaid to their holders before ` ll 7 'payment is made oa the B shares. bividends will be paid h alf - Yearly at the Company's bankers ,1 London, Mons, and Paris, upon whatever amount may be 4 1.1 up on e the several shares. whe administration of the Company's • affairs in Belgium is arefully provided for. prospectus have been The various reports alluded to in this A nted, and may be obtained on application at the Corn nars office, as also a chart, showing the p os i t i on of the -15 tileries a n d the new concessions. a pplications for shares must be accompanied by the bank are' r eceipt for a sum equal to one pound upon every s h are PP lied for. The eh deposi m t wil not l be all forthottedwith be returned on such r ea applied for as tay . k ,,ernis of application may be obtained at the brokers' ; q' , at the offices of the Company, 40, Moorgate.strcet. et."ae, 11 applicant for Shares will be required to pay into one oh ',he Bankers of the Company, one pound (11.) per Share, t f; t he numbers of Shares applied for, in part payment of the i t ,„ P "it of 21., in exchange for which a voucher will be s t f, e ,a• In the event of the Directors] allotting less than the p i .i °, e number applied for, the amount paid payable be appro a‘ted towards the deposit of(2/.) per Shareya on those ro: bt etl. Should no allotment be made to the applicant, the et,,3' hedged at the bankers' will be forthwith returned free Barg„ AWL.. To FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. the directors of the Mons United Collieries Company (Limited). , 4sn tlemen,—Having paid into the hands of Messrs. the Bankers of the Company, 2 pr to your el ecl it, I request that you will allot me ef .rential A ti„eh - lles of 1. each n the capital the reof. I agree to accept shared or any i less number that may be allotted tone, t i, l :37' the remaining deposit, to execute th e ar ti c l es o f l ou or a p r i n t e d co py thereof wh en required, and in all o‘.ter r espects to conform to the provisions of th e J o i n t Stock 4 14 Panies Act, 1856. In the event of my f a ili ng t o per f or m ~of these stipulations I agree to forfeit the deposit now bY me to your Bankers, and authoris e you to cancel the -orient. I . am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Profession or 0ccupati0n... . ...... .. Date Residence in full Placa of business, if any (No. 20,124.) GENERAL TOM THUMB !-THREE LEVEES DAILY at the REGENT GALLERY, Quadrant This American Man in Miniature, undoubtedly the smallest in the world, intelligent, sprightly, educated, perfectly symmetrical in all bis proportions, and graceful beyond belief, will arrive in the steamer Persia, on his way to Russia, accompanied by his mother and other members of his family. ilrior to his departure for the Continent the little General will hold Three Public Levees each day, for a short tine only, at the Regent Gallery, Quadrant, Regent-street, near Air street, commencing on BOXING-DAY, 26th Dec. He will appear in a great variety of NEW CHARACTERS and COSTUMES, SONGS, DANCES. GRECIAN STATUES, &c., &c. his MINIATURE CHARIOT and PONIES, with ELFIN COACHMAN and FOOT MAN, will promenade the streets daily, and he seen in front of Regent Gallery at the termination of each day levee. Thirteen years ago the General had the distinguished honour of appearing (by command) three times before her Majesty and the Royal Family, at Buckingham Palace, since which period he has performed before the principal Potentates of Europe, and more than TEN MILLIONS of Ladies and Gentlemen in the Old and New Weed. Hours of Exhibition—from 11 till 1 ; 3 till 5 ; and 7 till 10 o'clock Admission Is., without regard to age. Reserved Stalls, 2s. ; Children IT JOHN NEWMAN, who form er ly k ep t a toll-gate near Coventry. in the County of Warwick, and nur ried Susanna Palmer, one of the Grand- aughters of the late William Townsend, formerly of Stratford-upon-Avon, Innholder, deceased, will apply , o Mr. H. 13. So wdon, Solicitor, Stratford upon-Avon, he will hear of something to his advantage. LONDON an , LAND HAW FIRST and SECOND ( the Euston Station, L( Lincoln Collinghara Newark FiFkerton Thargarton - I owdhatn by all trains on WE by the ordinary trains Day tickets will also NORTH-WESI vAYS.-C HRTSTMAS 'Lass DAY TICKETS INDON, to— Nottirigham Derby York Bradford Leeds 'ERN and MID 110I,IDATS. will be issued from Normanton Oakenshaw Doncaster Sheflleld, and Masboro' DNESD AY, De^. 24, available to return with up to and including Monday, Dec. 29. ) be issued from the above stations to London By order. Office, Euston station, General ➢tanager's lecember, 1E56. L ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. DAY TICKETS issued on WEDNESDAY, Dec. 24, and interven ing days, will be available until ➢IONDAY, Dec. 29. By order. MARK HUISII. General Manager's Office, Euston Station, December:lBUL ETROPOLITAN COUNTIES and GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent ktreet, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001. TRUSTEES. Rt.Fln. Spencer IL Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq. I E. Vansittart Neale, Esq. Lire Assurance business transacted in all its branches. N.H. The bonus declared st the last division of profits averaged .33 per cent. on all the premiums paid. F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manacer. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, LONDON. Policies effected with this Society now will PARTICIPATE TN FOUR.FIFTFIS, or 80 per cent., of the Net Profits of the Society, ,ccording to the conditions contained in the Society's Prospectus. The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives 're lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fund, in addition to the accumulated funds derived from the investments of Premiums. Policy stamps paid by the Office. Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle•street, L on, or of any of the Agents of the Society. CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary. ESTABLTSHED 1837. B RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Vict., cap. 9, and BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION, Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. I, Princes-street, Bank, London. MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman. Number of Policies issued, upwards of 11,000. Annual Income from Premiums (exclusive of Interest on Invest ments) upwards of 84,0001. , . Rates of Premium reduced to the lowest possible sclle compatible with security, and computed in such variety of wa, s as to suit the circumstances and convenience of every class of Policy-holders. E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. A.D. 1720. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First), For SEA, FIRE, LIFE, and ANNUITIES. OFFICES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. BRANCH OFFICE-29, PALL-MALL. Octavius Wigram, Esq., Governor. George Pearkes Barclay, Esq., sub-Governor. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart.. Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Hon. John T. Leslie Melville. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. dmond S. P. Calvert, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. h w Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. Sir John Henry Polly, Bert. Alexander P. Prevost, Esq. Alexander Druce, Esq. 4 r. ' ° r (i il William ana d a r Maxwell Davidson, Esq. a G ra t x t e a l t l t Daniel,ieY' E tiversdale Wm. Grenfell, Esq. . Esq. AbrahamJWC o h is a l el r ip l ah e m s s ß so o G ino e te l oans , r u s go. Esq.enE sßoberts,, qEsq.. b Williame r tA T m e at idovr eu Ht l b e h a e t r h t, , Esq. William Tames Stewart Hodgson, Esq. Lancelot Holland, Esq. Charles John Alarming, Esq. Wis Charlesaarris Baring TWoaolklaeCTeE,:Eqns. Young, Esq. REFEREE—Samuel NoricE. M_E l p h r e CA h L l PRE NI lITAIS falling due at Christmas days allowed Iwillogolly,w ed p FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected fif t Cor poration os advantageous terms. expire on the oth January. Esq., q ra. Rm. with eSnt tohfi sFIREn In p rotfihtes Lifer, at t e l pzt e m r Department, Premiums, assurances withouta r arc g suchr a iedw participation.participation The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nea t ry . 2 per cent. p er annum on the sum assured, or 48 per cent upon ,h Premiums pa'd. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by those persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The future division of Profit will take place every Five years. Any swim not exceeding 15,000/. may be insured on one life. This Corporation affords to the Assured Liberal Participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Socie ties—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. The advantages of modern practice—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the experience of nearly a Century and a-half. Royal Exchange, London. JOHN A. HIGHAM, Actuary and Secretary. 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The number of per - ans under treatment as in or out-door patients have averaged for the last three years about 400 cases each year. Since the foundation of this Hospital in 1851, 1,799 poor persons, suffering under every form of this dreadful malady, have received the benefits of this Charity. A W ee kl y Board manage its affairs, and every informa tion connected with the Institution may be obtained on application to the Secretary. Contributions to enable the Committee to continue this great work of benevolence are urgently solicited, and may be paid to William Loxham Farrar DA , the Treasurer, 66, Lincoln's inn -fields; Messr s . Coutts an d - Strand ; and at the Secretary's Offices, 167, Piccadill y. n" By ord W e.J . COCKERILL, Secretary. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patro n — The QUEEN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are a d m i tted on their own application alone; no re commendation is required. During the past month th e following number received the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in -door patients, on their personal iNlication : Week ending 7th November 2,154 Ditto 14th November 2,043 Ditto 21st November 1,972 Ditto 28th November 2,309 29th and 30th November.... Total in November .. • . 8,747 f which 2,775 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patients. Heavy expenses are Inevitably incurred in affording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, early elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual General Meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 1 o'clock (Rev. J. B. 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The Sun recently stated that the Tenby life-boat, which belongs to the Na tional Life-boat Institution, had saved nine poor fel lows from a Spanish vessel, which went to pieces near that place on the 7th inst., and the following is the cox swain's interesting account of the said service :—" Tenby, Sunday night; 7th December.—Wind S.W. ' • strong gales and equally . Several vessels in Caldy Roads riding heavily. At 8 p.m. a vessel reported on the White Back (the shoal on which the French schooner Alexandre was lost last winter). The life-boat being already out of the house on the slip was v; ly soon run down into the water and launched off the carriage. We were then compelled to go round St. Catherine's Island, as it was oniy one hour's flood. Here we had a flood tide and heavy cross seas to contend with, which for half an hour almost baffled us, as the sea was constantly break ing over us. Passing this we progressed gradually till we got to windward of hevessel, which had been driven over the shoal, and was lying on the strand, bow on, the sea making a clear breach over her stern and port quarter. We dropped the anchor and backed in. We should have made quick work now, but unfortunately the mainsail, boom, and gaff, were washed over the lee quarter, in back ing clear of which, to avoid being stove, a sea struck us on the broadside, going over us, the force of which broke three of our lee oars, leaving us clear of the loose wreck. Here we found the benefit of our anchor, for the next sea would have thrown us on the strand but for the anchor bringing us up. The hand grapnel was then thrown aboard, and nine poor fellows were soon stowed • away in the life-boat. We gave a hearty cheer, and then hauled her through the surf and pulled away to windward with a will, and then bore up for the har bour, thankful to Divine Providence for enabling us once more to perform this errand of mercy, and to snatch nine poor fellows from inevitable destruc tion—for in about two hours from our leaving her (before high water) she was all to pieces. The boat behaved admirably ; in fact, I am persuaded the crew would cheerfully face any sea in her when it is possible to row ahead. The crow also showed: the most perfect • coolness and fixed determination to effect their purpose, if possible, which, by the Divine blessing, they accom plished.—ROUßT I'ABBOTT, coxswain. LONDON, THUbSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1856. F. 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She would, we believe, have gone on her trial trip this day ; but owing to the dense fog it is postponed by the Government. Hawke, 60, screw block ship, Captain James Wilcox, hauled down this afternooon to fit out as a coast guard ship. She has gone into the basin. Wellington, 74, screw, is rigged complete at the fair-way moorings. She is also for the coast-guard, but not com missioned. Melampus, 42, is still in No. 3 dry dock. Meeanee, 84, screw, hauled into N o . 2 d r y d oc k, where she will be fitted with a screw propeller. She will not be lengthened more than an additional sternpost, which will make her about three feet longer, She was luilt iu Bom bay, auu is considered as sound as ever she was. DEVONPORT—WEDNESDAY. Indus, 70, fitting at this port, as flag ship for the West Indies, was taken into dock on Monday, and will come out on Thursday. Jading Watt, 91, Captain Talavera V. Anson, at this port, went out of harbour on Wednesday last, and on Thursday proceeded outside the Breakwater to try her engines, which proving satisfactory, she ndy only awaits sailing orders. Eagle, 50, is to be commissioned at this port for the coast-guard service by Captain H. A. Storey, with a com plement of 90 officers and men. An order has for some time been in existence, issued by the Admiralty, against the sale of excisable liquors by par ties in employ in the dockyard, but that order has nut until recently been strictly enforced. A few days since, however, it was ascertained that a labourer in the Govern ment employ kept a beer-house, upon the knowledge of which he was ordered to give up one or the other of his avocations. He preferred retaining the beer-house, and was, accordingly, dismissed her Majesty's service. WOOLWICH—WEDNESDAY. The select committee of Royal Artillery officers pro ceeded to the long-practice range in the Government marshes, Plumstead, at 12 o'clock this day, for the purpose of carrying on some interesting experiments with 68- pounders, which were fired with the aid of electricity. The target was made to imitate the bulk-head of a vessel, and the timber was lined with iron Elates four inches thick, being the eamedescAption as the iron ihtes which form the inner portion of the Thunderbolt and other floating batte ries. A rapid succession of firing took place, and the re sult was deemed favourable to the combination of timber and iron. The experiments are to be repeated. THE STEAM-PLOUGH. "I. A. C." writes to a contemporary as fo] lows : Sir,—On Friday last I bad the pleasure of witnessing Mr. Fowler's new steam-plough at work on the farm of Mr. Chater, near Slough ; •and I wish the public to kn-,w that machinery has at last been set in motion which really can plow;': with economy as well as efficiency. Since the Chelmsf.rd and Boxted trials last July very great improvements have been made in the framework and steering of the ploughs ; the anchorage at the ends of the work are now ser-acting, being shifted forward, when required, by the same wirerope that hauls the plough up and down the field, and this is supported upon friction rollers, mounted on light frames so as to lighten friction and reduce the draught. The engine I saw was one of Raosome and Sims' 10-horse portable engines, and so stationed along with the windlass that a length of more than half a mile of rope could be led out to em brace about two days' work on one side, and, when that was completed, plough an equal extent of ground on the other. Owing to a wrong pressure-gauge being then on the engine I was unable to compute the power engaged ; but the attendant considered it to be about eight or nine horse-power; and this kept three ploughs in work at once, with about half a mile of rope out., at a pace of about two miles a - d a quarter per hour. In two hour, the extent of ground plor•Thed was about 1 acre 25 perches —say at the rate of five acres in a short winter day. Five men were working in the engine, windlass, and plough, and a man and horse were fetching water; and the total expenses—including 55.. per day for interest, wear, and tear, &c., and allowing one removal of the engine and tackle every fourth day, I estimated at 385., or about 7s. 7d. per acre. But the machinery was not working at its full advantage ; the four-plough im plement ought to have been used instead of the smaller three-plough frame, which would be best had the land been heavier, and thus a smaller percentage of power would have been consumed by the tackle and a larger proportion been available for ploughing. Were it allow able so to trespass on your space I could give you figures for all I assert ; and I believe it to be a fair statement of the capabilities of the apparatus, as I saw it in work, to . Fay that it could just as well have been ploughing six as five acres per day, thus making the cost 6s. 4d. per acre. By adopting another form of windlass, with self-winding mechanism, it appears to me that the labour cf one man might be dispensed with, bringing the expense down to only 6s. per acre. The field was a very level wheat-stubble, and the ploughs, going 5i inches deep, an operation considered by farmers and labourers on the spot to be good stiff work fur a pair of horses in a common plough, and worth, I sup pose, about 7s, per acre 'at the lowest computation of the expense of horse-teams. The furrows were beauti fully straight, the bottom smooth and even, the slices well turned and laid ; and the only improvement needed seemed to be the addition of skim-coulters, to bury the surface vegetation perfectly. Mr. Fowler is able to plough very light land, I was informed, for 35., and heavy land for 6s. per acre ; and he is now trenching for his Royal Highness Prince Albert, on Shore Farm, 10 inches deep, at 15s. per acre. For turn-wrest, or one-way work, it is now proved that the steam-plough can operate more cheaply tkan horse-ploughs ; while there are other general practical advantages which com pletely establish its superiority. And now, Sir, suffer me to ask whether Mr. Fowler has received the encouragement that he deserves, not so much from the general public as from the Royal Agricultural Society—the professed patron and rewarder of all great improvements in tillage machinery ? The society offered a priz.o of 5001. for " the steam-cultivator which shall in the most efficient manner turn over the soil, and be an economical substitute for the plough or the spade." Only one of the competitors who appeared at Chelmsford attempted to show how much land could be " turned over" in a given time. Mr. Boydell's trac tion-engine did not actually perform enough ploughing to determine the cost of its labour ; Mr. Smith's steam implements did not plough at all, but effected a novel kind of tillage not answering to the society's "condi tions ;" but Mr. Fowler's plough and trenching plough were evidently so nearly equal to the duty demanded that an adjourned trial was resolved upon. The judge's report of the trials at Boxted-lodge has not been publish. ed, and the consulting engineer's determination of the power, expenses, and other items remain, therefore, un known; but the newspaper accounts at the time stated that in a level field of great length (and so requiring an excessive length of wire rope to_ be travelling at once), about 21 horse power was employed ; the work proceeded at the rate el about 82 acres per day of 10 hours (turning at the ends included), and the total expenses, with inte rest, wear and tear, removal ;o the field, &c., amounted to a trifle over 7s. per acre, while the cost by horse labour would have been ab,,ut the same sum. The quality of the work was universally considc:ed to be ♦ery regular and well done; and the germs of improvement were easily dis cernible in various parts of the apparatus. Last week the u•oeiety held a special council to decide respecting the adjudication of the prize. Although so closely approach ing to the cost of horse labour, the steam plough had not fulfilled thestriot letter of the "conditions," and so the " undivided sum"of 500/, could not be awarded. Perhaps a handsome pecuniary remuneration was thereupon spontaneously voted by the council for Mr. Fowler's wonderful exertions and success in thelsolution of a great agricultural problem ? No. A gold medal, as some mark of distinction and encouragement ? No. Not a farthing —not a tangible acknowledgment in any shape has been offered him. After six years of astonishing public success in the application of portable steam-power and wire-rope and pulley-apparatus to drainage and tillage—after ex pending many thousands of pounds, overcoming extraor dinary mechanical difficulties, and the still stouter pre judices of the farming world—after training many thou sand of acres by his novel and marvellous method, and achieving at last a greater measure of success in steam ploughing than any other inventor has yet shown us, John Fowler has received from the Royal Agricultural Society (the great promoter of all improvements that can benefit husbandry), the munificent encouragement and assistance of—nothing. I beg pardon. At the Lincoln meeting in 1854 the judges manifeoted their apprecia tion of his genius by conferring upon him a silver medal; and, if I remember rightly, an exceedingly useful cottage cooking stove, a one-horse cart, and some corrugated piping obtained for their exhibitors the like high honour on the same occasion. I do not know that any great blame attaohes to the society : the good souls keep to their rules, and carefully watch against the creeping in of " precedent ;" but the point is, if they go on year after year giving handsome presents to the identical old plough , , hoes, drills, tie., that have duly pocketed and puffed the honour for many successive meetings, and have nothing to bestow, either in accordance with the " terms of their offer," or beyond r ad in spite of them, upon an inventor who stanis a lmost i❑ a class by himself, and who, by amazing exer tion of thought, physical. energy, and outlay of capital, has Producci a novel order of machinery sufficient to evolutionise our method of draining and cultivation, will not the public begin to inquire where are the national spirit and enterprise of such a society I However, if the society dare not remunerate John Fowler, I have no hesitation in affirming that his inven tion is now so far advanced and so thoroughly recognized and appreciated by the agricultural community that his personal success is independent of all prize-lists what ever. APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED. E EA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops, and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad, It'd by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to perfectly digest the food. The dailyuse of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe- ;.card to health. "old by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street, London, ,and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers In sauce. N.8.---To guard against imitailoins, see that the names of "LEA and PERRINS" are upon the label and patent cap of the bottle. THE ARCTIC SHIP RESOLUTE. PORTSMOUTH—Weduesday.—The Resolute, Arctic dis covery ship, is the lion of the day. Nothing can equal the impression made on the officers belonging to the ship by the visit of her Majesty, and the kind invitation given to Captain Hartsteia to dine with the Queen at the Palace of Osborne, besides the officers being enabled to roam over the grounds of this fairy-like spot. The American com mander has been received more in the light of an intimate fri i end than in his official capacity as a commander in the American navy. Suffice it to say that our " cousins " have received a British welcome. After dining with the Queen, Prince Albert entertained the American commander at a game of billiards, and otherwise courteously did the hos pitalities of the R o y a l d oma in in a manner that will n e v er be forgotten by the American officers. Her Majesty, out of her privy purse, has desired that 1001. shall be distri buted amongst the American crew. It is questionable whether at any period the Queen's health has been pro posed and done so much honour to as on this special oc casion ; we vouch for it never by Americans ; and we may make mention of the hilamity and joyous feeling kept up on board the Resolute, where American and British officers again pledged the glass of friendship on England's shores as they pledged each other in the Arctic regions. THE THREE-DECKER—PRINCE OF WALES. The interesting operation of lowerin the after body of the Prince of Wales, 131, screw three-decker, 31 feet 6 inches, took place at Portsmouth yesterday. This makes the third ship at the port which has been so successively lowered—the Marlborough, Royal Sovereign, and ,the pre sent ship, Prince of Wales, converted from a 120 gun sail ing ship to a 131 screw. The rib-bands had been pre viously cut through, and the body shored up. The cradle and poppets took the weight of the after-body this morn ning, and at eleven o'clock great anxiety was evinced by a vast multitude to witness this hitherto novel experinlent. About 30 feet forward of the stern was busied the fluke of au immense anchor, covered with tons of pig ballast ' • to the ring of this was attached two powerful falls, under the direction of Mr. Harvey, the boatswain of the yard ; the ends were made fast to the fore part of the bilge or launch ing planks, by which the immense weight was to be go verned. At 11.30 the commander-in-chief, Vice-Admiral Sir G. Seymour, the Rear-Admiral Superintendent Mar tin, supported by their flag officers besides a numerous cortege of elegantly-dressed ladies and friends, took their stations on stages and on the edge of the slip. The master shipwright (Mr. Abethell) was early at his post, assisted by Messrs. Craddock, Moody, Brain', and the various fore men of the establishment. The shipwrights' men awaited the word of command, and the vigorous strokes of the hammer parted the noble fabric, amidships, and in ten seconds a gap appeared of 34 feet; the after-body glided down the ways noiselessly and beautifully, amid the clap ping of hands and immense cheering. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP RESOLUTE. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. Yesterday, after the departrre of the Queen, the ship was thrown open to the inspection of all who chose to avail themselves of the opportunity of inspecting her, and about 3,00 persons of all ranks visited the ship and partook of the hospitality of Capt. Hartstein and his officers. At night Messrs. White, the ship-builders of Cowes, illumi nated their premises and wharves with flaming tar barrels, and gave their men a liberal allowance of liquor to drink success to the union between Great Britain and America. The officers of the Resolute entertlined the officers of her Majesty's ship Retribution at dinner, and some most loyal and gratirying sentiments were exchanged. To-day, between 1 and 2 o'clock, the Resolute was taken in tow by the Government steam-tug Echo, and left Cowes harbour vociferously cheered by the inhabitants on both sides, and by the crews of all the craft afloat. Her Majes. ty's steam frigate Retribution and the steam tender Sprightly were in company. The former, on passing Osborne, fired a Royal salute, when the American and British ensign at the peak of the Resolute were thrice dipped. On passing through Spithead cheers greeted the passage of 'the Resolute from all the vessels assembled there, and on entering the harbour's mouth a Royal salute of 21 guns was fired iu her honour from the Governor's battery. The Victoria-pier was thronged with a well dressed multitude, anxious to cheer the return of the " abandoned one" to her home, and the fine band of her Majesty's 22d Foot played lively airs. The company cheered, and the cheers were taken up by hundreds congre gated on the ramparts adjacent, which enthusiasm was as warmly acknowledged by the officers on deck and the crew in the rigging of the Resolute. As soon as Captain Hartstein dropped anchor in Ports mouth Harbour, abreast of the Kieg s-stairs, he assembled all his officers around the table in the state cabin below, and in a bumper of champagne proposed "the health of the Queen of Great Britain : God bless her !" which was most vociferously responded to in cheers. Her Majesty has sent Captain Hartstein 1004. to be dis tributed among the crew. Colonel Eyre, and the officers of the Royal Artillery at Portsmouth, have invited Captain Hartstein and the other officers of the Resolute to dine with them on any day most convenient to them during their sojourn at Portsmouth. A deputation waited upon Chevalier Pappalardo this afternoon from the inhabitants of Portsmouth to invite the crew of the Resolute to a dinner, to be given on the day after that given by the Mayor and Corporation to the officers. The deputation were afterwards presented to Captain Hartstein, on board the Resolute, by the consul, when Captain Hartstein expressed his warmest pleasure at such a mark of hospitality, and gave hisrdial consent to the acceptance of the invitation , saying a$ same tune he felt sure that any mark of respect shown to the Ameri can people would be as warmly appreciated on the other side of the Atlantic as it could be tendered by the people on this. Portsmouth CapC ap t Captain London e . v en Cornelius ing b y the G r6i.n3noe South- Western I left uth . Western train. and athMisr THE REFORMATORY MOVEMENT. On Tues.lay the Rev. Sydney Turner, a gentleman Till known from his connection withjthe juvenile reformatory movement and chaplain of the philanthropic establish• went at Redhill, delivered an address at the Tailors' Labour Agency Literary Institute, Newington-causeway, on "Boy Crime and its Remedies." The room was well filled, but not crowded. Mr. Dunn took the chair. The Rev. S. TURNER, on rising, was received with cheers. He said he had not come to give them a methodised system, but merely to express his views inte•- ligibly to them. lie did not intend to plead for a par ticular nostrum or panacea for boy crime, but to set them thinking and acting upon the subject. They would at once sympathise with him when boy crime affected them as the middle class much more than it did the higher class. He bad recently seen in the Economist that crime only affected capitalists, or persons with fixed property. lie was astonished at such doctrines, which embodied one of the strangest fal'acies he had 'ever teen. The question of boy crime was essentially one which affected the working and middle classes. Whose property did young thieves principally steal? If he went to the Westminster Bridewell, and got the young thieves ou . , who would they live upon ? Would they live upon the property of the Duke of Devonshire, or Lord Palmerston, or even such large firms as Fortnum and Mason's? No, it was the great class of working tradesmen that these young hornets stung. And more than that, it was the children of the poor man that they associated with, and who were exposed to their corruption. It was a painful thing to find that the more humble the station in life of men, the more exposed they were to the temptations thrown in their way by the younger portion of stieet thieves. Out of the 120,000 of all ages, and both s , xes, who annually passed through our prisons, from 12,000 to 13,000 consisted of boys and girls, and of tha , por tion about 1-10 th were girls. In the police districts of London V....1 . e were about 3,000 boys and girls impri soned. The great theory of our forefathers was to punish only, and adapting Sir Peter Laurie's theory " to put them down." He should be very glad to adopt that if it answered. He was not one of those amiable phi an thropists who were averse to all secondary punishment.. Re considered that in proportion to the knowledge of the offender be should be punished. They had a large num her of boys at Redhill ; some of them had been in pri-on sixteen times, many for ten times, and a great proportion four or five times. The result was uniformly the same ; he was not deterred by the punishment he had received, and he thought the reason was clear. No person com mitted crime so much from the love of it, but because his habits and his whole course of education had been such as to make petty crime almost a necessity to him. With in the laq year—that was from the let January to the present—they had admitted 118 boys into the Redhill Reformatory, and out of that number 31 had lost father or mother, the surviving parent not re-marrying, 16 had lost both parents, and 21 bad lost one parent, the sur vivor re-marrying. Thus, of tho whole 118, there were [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5T5. 68 who passed into society having no ooe at home to really control them. They could not hang young child ren, neither could they transport them, nor keep them year after year in prison ; in fact, no system of punish ment could, by itself, work the required end of diminish ing or preventing crime. Seeing, then, that they could not effectually punish or let them alone, they must turn to this mode of cure. In the first place, they should do all they could to promote the general morality of the working classes, and endeavour to extirpate the vice of crui,kenness, which was the cause of more than half the crime of the country. But while prevention was better than cure, reformatory schools were absolutely neces sary, and up to the present time they had been suc ce*sful to the extent of reforming seven out of ten, and in France, at Mettray, they had reformed nine out of ten. He assured them that the returns of the Mettray institution were to be depended on, because not a single prisoner was condemned in France without all his an tecedents were inquired into, and it was found that out of 100 trained in Mettray for the last 16 years only 10 had relapsed into a state of crime. By the French law boys convicted and sent to Mettray were c indemned to stay at Mettray until they were of age. For the seven years' existence of Redhill, seeing that they had nearly 1,000 boys, nearly two-thirds of those at Mettray in 17, therefore their measure of success was by no means con temptible. Another great d►fsculty was that of getting proper persons to devote themselves to this work. In Mettray nearly 40 young men gave their services for almost a nominal sum, but here our young men must have almost always the argumentunt ad cruntenara—the quid pre quo in their pocket. The consequence was hat they not only had fewer but leas devoted teachers. Yet with all these dfficulties something like 7 out of 10 had turned out honestly. The larger portion of their inmates went abroad, which was a very fair price to pay fd. the kin +nese and mercy shown them. He did not consider that it would be just to take the crimii al popu lation and teach them useful trades, and then throw , them into the great mass of honest workmen in England, to compete with them. Altogether about 400 young men had left, and, from the communications received from the colonies, be had no doubt of the correctness of the statistics of reformed young criminals. In conclu sion, he reminded them that they could all do ranch in preventing crime, and he exhorted them to use all their endeavours in their own sphere to assist in this good work. (During the delivery of the address the rev. gen tleman was frequently cheered, and on its conclusion a vote of thanks was cordially given to him.) Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER, TUESDAY. For the Derby, 550 to 25 was 1,4 d apt M,D , 500 to 20 agst Lady Hawthorn, 1,000 to 15 agst Beeswax colt, and 200 to 6 agst Aekworth ; 325 to 25 was offered agst Blink Bonny. The only bets made upon the Chester Cup were 590 to 10 agst Tasmania, and 500 to 6 agat Riseber. CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Tasmania (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (offered) 100 to 7 agst Loyola (offered) 100 to 6 agst Tournament (offered) ' 22 to 1 agst M.D. (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorne (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken and offered) 66 to 1 agst Beeswax colt (taken) WALTHAM ABBEY STEEPLECHASES. W EDNESD AY. The Selling Hurdle Race of 5 sore each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. 8 subs. Mr. Drake's Affghan, 4 yrs ( 30/4, 9st 6lb (Kendall) 1 Mr. Kneesham ' s Hernandez, aged (301.) lOst 7lb (W. White) 2 Mr. Mellish's Dashaway (late Flo), 3 yrs (301.) Bst Blb (Escott) 3 Betting-6 to 4 on Affgban. Won by two lengths; about four lengths between the second and third. The Handicap Hurdle Race of 5 soya each, with 25 . , added. Mr. Price's Flageolet, by Hautboy, 4 yrs, 9st (Kendall) 1 Mr. Sydney's Victory, aged, lOst (M'Clean) 2 Mr. Byrne's Cripple, 3 yni, Bst 41b (Palmer) 3 lolaus, Hymaly (late Preston Strike), and The Cale donian also ran. Betting—Even on Flageolet, 3 to 1 agat The Caled°. nian, 7 to 2 agfit Victory. A good race in, won by a " short head ;" about four lengths separated the second from the third. The other three finished widely apart. The Runt Cup Steeplechase, value 50 sovs, by subscrip tions of 5 sovs each, the rest in specie ; fur 4-yr-olda and upwards ; two miles. 9 subs. Captain Durant's Marmaduke, 5 yrs, list 21b (Mr. Crymes) 1 Mr. Deacon's Lilford, aged, list 7lb ..(Mr. Edwards) 2 Mr. T. Be sley's Petropolouski (late Ponciabox), 5 yrs, list 71b Sandboy and Sir Charles Napier also rae. Betting—Even on Marmaduke, 5 to 2 agst Sir Charles Napier, and 5 to 1 agst Sandboy. Won in a canter ; very bad third. Sir Charles Napier and Sandboy fell nearly at the finish, but were re mounted and trotted in. On returning to scale the rider of Liitord objected to Marmaduke, on the ground that he nad not gone far enough by nearly half a mile. Tne rider of Marmaduke, however, contended that he only had been the right course, and that the others had gone farther than necessary, having mistaken the turning flags which were fixed for the Four Mile Handicap Steeplechase. The race remains in dispute. Selling Steeplechase, of 5 cove each, with 25 added, for three-Sr -olds and upwards ; •ptional selling weights, &c.; two miles and a-half. 6 subs. Mr. Griffith's Hoonraker, aged (251.), lOst 71b (Donaldson) 1 Mr. B. Land's Penelope, 5 yrs (251.), lOst 71b (B. Land, jun.) 0 Mr. Kneesham's Hernandez, aged (251.), 104 7lb (W. White) 0 _ _ Betting-6 to 4on Moonraker. Penelope refused soon after starting, and was pulled up ; Hernandez fell at the ditch leap into the lane, and Moonraker cantered in alone. The winner was " knooked down" for ItiO guineas. Handicap Steeplechase of 10 sova each, 5 ft, and 2 only it declared, &c., with 100 added ; four miles. 2S subs, 16 of whom declared. Kr. C. Brown's Janus, age , l, 10st 9lb (Green) 1 Mr. Fratupt.m's British Yeoman, aged 10st (%Ir. Bonham) 2 Mr. N. Mason's Honeycomb, aged, 94 71b (Kr. Edwards) 3 The following also ran :—Tom Gurney, Theodine, Rebecca, and Tortoise. Betting-6 to 4 agst Tom Gurney, 3to 1 agst Janus, 4 to 1 agst British Yeoman. Won by six lengths ; same distance between the se cond and third. Tortoise slipped up and fell at the first obstacle, and was so severely injured that he was eventually destroyed. Theodine refused soon after starting, and was turned back. Rebecca was pulled up after repeated refusals at the far side, and Tom Gurney, who was lying close up with Janus, slipped at the taking off side of the bank at the leap into the winning field and fell. Both horse and jockey were unhurt. On returning to scale an objection was made to Janus by the rider of British Yeoman, on the ground that he had not kept on the right track towards the end of the race. This event likewise remains in abey ance. Much disapprobation was expressed at the very un satisfactory and incomplete manner in which the line of country was indicated, which in two instances gave rise to objections and wrangling. The Abbey Stake, (free handicap) of 5 sore each, with 20 added ; the second to save his stake. One mile. 10 subs. Mr. Drake's Affgban, 4 yrs, lOst Mr. Nesbitt's St. Julian, 4 yrs, tst (carried 9st 131 b (Mr. Thomas) 2 Mr. W. Robinson's Shiner, 2 yrs, ist 7,b (carried 7nt 91b) (Quintoo 3 Mr. Price's Flageolet, 4 yrs, 94t 121 b (Price) 4 Betting-3 and 4tol on Affghan, who had it all Lis own way, and won by two lengths ; same distance be tween second and third and fourth. A letter from Turin says :—" The Sardini an Govern iner,t, it is said, has determ i ned to undertake, at its own cost, the difficult task of cutting through Mont Cenis, in order to unite the Victor Emmanuel Railway with 'the French lines." THE IRISH LINEN TRADE.—The improvement noted in our last commercial report continues to maintai❑ its progress. White goods are made in large quantities, and the sale of brown finished linens are quite up to sop• p li es . There has been a full amount of orders to barn! from the United States per last steamer. Handker chiefs are now inquired after, and the market is bare of medium shirtings. Fine linens have bean taken at prices up to the highest of last month, Bleachers anti ciliate higher markets for goods, but find it no easy matt ter to raise the value of the finished article. lithe present condition of demand for goods be kept advance, as in most cases bleachers could not re ru pi n a of stocks at the figures now current for the av d er t n Ei n s week. up rates mint goods. Brown markets were batter attenhede several seat A large quantity of goods appeared at a❑d the extent of of sale. Armagh was pretty large, transactions much above that of any the sale of fine goods month. Next day, at Tandragee, out at Lurgan was fair was active and Thursday'd turn market a in the last foreye tahnedsoettthsoern.diDapaemrsasfrkeegloyodskienn-nborffis.kNnoemand. change Binirtdhse ywaarsn a t n r t a i dj p . ate S d t : c a k n s d gp the amount of warp was very dull during Septe mber, under ordinary figures. Flax h a a lt v b e o n u ott h a n n o n d m u u c l o te n d ar al l l a t r ife ely mills as yarns on hand is , r t a y ther ll attended through the week. markets were pre-, Bunter of Ulster. ..:lax the turn easier I, Rates for fine and ier t rn o w e e p d u i r u c m has fi e b i Le hold a fair course. - rcE WS PAPE R MONS UNITED COLLIERIES COMPANYI 7‘ : z . ,74 - ,-:. SW-.\ 4 4.7, j ' ,- -- ' ...t • •','Ne (From the Times' City Article.) i - ft-7 , W-. , ';' 7 .lv Intl"i l't ' 0. .*:` 4 1'" A new Belgian coal company has been • ra t duced under circumstances calculated to excifilD ' '''' ~./ . ~..„/-, at'ention. Its title is the Mons United Collieries, 'la ---' ," -.4; Company, and the capital is to be 1,000,0001.,- in'- k . l . - - --- 101. shares, the Duke of Wellingto n , th e E ar l o f AL .a S Albemarle, Mr. H. S. Thornton, of the firm of , Williams, L., Deacon, and Co., and Mr. W egue li n , ; , the Governor of the Bank of England, being trus tees, ' : while the board of directors is also compo se d '• c: of persons whose position or experience invites re-. ' fi liance. The object is to develope the resources of ~ the most central part of the coal district of Mons, and operations are to be directed to two sections,— y n ie am ld e ig l n y, a set of co lli er i es a lr e ady in full work, and a minimum net profit of 40,0001. a-year, and another set of which a concession has been granted by the Government on condition of their being forthwith opened. The payment for the whole is fixed at 454,000/., of which 200,0001. is to be in shares not entitled to dividend until 6 per cent. shall have been paid on the general capital, and liable to cancelment to the extent of two-thirds in case the new mines should not yield coal of the anticipated commercial quality. Lookin g at the yearly p ro fit , a l ready stated to b e derived from the mine at present in work, and which according to the reports of engineers, could be greatly increased by an outlay o f 20,004/., the unlimited demand for coal in Belgium and France, and the increasing facili ies of railway carriage, the terms appear to be sound and liberal. This con clusion, however, depends entirely upon the as sumption that the examinations instituted by the directors have been such as to leave no possible doubt of the correctness of their statements, and . that they are in every way capable of being verified by any practical party disposed to enter into the undertaking. In relation to the general produc tion of the Belgian colleries the following statistical statement is furnished : "The production of coa's in the province of Mons has been considerably developed of lete years. The forma tion of companies, possessing sufficient resources, has especially oontributed to this reso,t, b_y /1:4 - .:4Lion pf th, necessary capital to the works of extraction. It Is shown by statistical documents that the extraction of ials in this 'province, which amounted in 1839 to only 1,968,169 tone, had increased in 1855 to 6,458,416"t0n5. "A great patt of this produce is exported to France, where the consumption is greatly increasing every year; and it may be conceived that this augmentation will be still more considerable, judging from the fact that whereas in France the average annual consumption is but 276 kilogrammes per individual, in Belgium it is 1,174 kilogrammes, and in England 1,966. "The great coal companies in Belgium have all at tained a state of great prosperity ; their profits have especially increased since 1850, and their Aar, s have in cones 'pence doubled and tripled is value. "The company of the colliery, called Le Vent an Fleau ' ' which is c ont i guous to one o f th e concess i ons o f the Mons United Collieries Company, has seen its shares of I,ooof. rise to 1,250 f io 1851 ; to 1,630 f in 1853 ; and .to 3,2001. on the Ist of December, 1856. The dividends to the shareholders amount to 30 per cent., independently of co , siderable sums reserved. "The import of foreign coals into Belgium is free of duty, but the experience of the present year has shown that English coal cannot compete in Belgium, even on the coast, with the Belgian coal. "It is known that - io the vicinity of Valenciennes 152 new factories have been established within the last 12 months, and are large consumers of Belgian coal. Many more factories are also understood to be in course of formation." SUSPENSION OF THE KIDDERMINSTER OID BANI. (From the Birmingham Journal.) The operations of another private bank in tbi6 dis trict have bee❑ brought suddenly and unexpectedly to a close. Last Saturday morning the old bank at Kidder minster, carried on in the name of Farley, Turner, and Co., was not opened for business as usual, but an intima tion was posted outside to the effect that in consequence of the death of Mr. Turner there was no one invested with authority to carry on the bank. Up to Tuesday afternoon business had not been resumed, although the doors of the establishment have been kept open for the purpose of answering inquiries ; in the meantime suffi cient has transpired relative to the state in which Mr. Turner's affairs are left to preclude all possibility of the bank being again opened for business. The bank of Farley, Turner, and CO: was established, we believe, between 50 and 60 years ago. Amongst the original members of the firm was one or more of the family cf Farley, of the banking-house at Worcester. A few years ago that connection was broken by the retire ment of Mr. Farley from the firm at Kidderminster, and about the same time a gentleman named Jones, who had been for many years a clerk in the house, was taken in as a partner. At the time this arrangement was made it was understood that Mr. Jones did not take any money into the concern. He did not survive the date of his part nership more than 3 years. By his death Mr. A. Turner became the sole member of the firm, and his death at Cheltenham, last Thursday, has broughtabout a stoppage prematurely, but which was inevitab.e on no very distant day. It has transpired that Mr. Turner has died intestate; of the fact that he was insolvent to a considerable amount, there is, we fear, no doubt whatever. The bank had the privilege of issuing notes to the amount of 14 3001., but it is supposed that the number actually in circulation will not amount to more than 8,0001 ; the liabilities are estimated at a sum not exceeding 70,0001. As to the value of the assets, or their nature, nothing is known ; but for some time prior to the stoppage, a disposition has been evinced on the part of the management to restrict operations as much as possible, the consequence in all probability get the limited means at command. The London agents of the house, Messrs. Roberts and C were, it is under stood, prepared for what has occurred ; in fact, Mr. Tui ner's want of means bad been no secret for some time prior to his demise, so that the town agents would be sure to provide against any accident. Indeed, it is not improbab'e that they had a balance ; for, if we are correctly inf )rmed, Farley and Turner's notes were cashed in London on Saturday morning. In Kidderminster the loss and inconvenience conse quent on the stoppage will be very severely felt. Ice the news spread 'lay and rapidly on Saturday morning that the Old Bank had stopped, hundreds hastened to see the notice posted on the establishment, before they could credit that which they were reluctant to believe. Saturday is pay-day at Kidderminster, and many per eons were dependent on a supply from the bank for their workmen's wa2,es ; they bad seen the house open as usual on the Friday afteinoon, paying and receiving in the ordinary way, and Saturday morning found the doors virtually closed. As usual, in a score such cases that might be mentioned, there was no suspicion of the Old Bank ; and at this establishment the funds of most of the public institutions of the town (including the Corporation) were deposited. Instances of pecudar and individual hardship have reached us as the consequenc e of this stoppage ; of funds paid into the bank on Friday for the advice of acceptances, which, of course, remain establishment the management in has behaved with as m uch liberalit y as circumstances ; and in many w a y s has been a severe bl ow, as may he expected, in su ch a manufacturing non,inu. nity Kidderminster. The S tourbrid g e and kidder mtoiwnnst.er l i \ s ,e n a o r w e g t l l a le d o t n o ly n o b ti a c n e b k i t ng at would admit of to parties most seriously affected by this unfor tueate occurrence. The stoppage of a bank under the circumstances above detailed is a very rare, if it is not altogether an excep tional occurrence. It may be presumel that the winding-up will take place under the direction of the Court of Chancery. late Mr. Turner was a magistrate of the county of Worcester, and in other respects he occupied socially a high pesition in his neighbourhood. NEW POSTAL ARItAN GE;EIITs- -- N - fe have great satisfaction in announci ng that, by ' a new postal con• ductionventi h w a i s th be F en ra e n a ce ,. , ,et the ed come bit° operation from the Ist of Jan. next, a re• portion of the Indian sit rate paid to France for the conveyance of that provisions of which will is forwarded via exchanged between the united k ssines. In consequence of this arninvement a re duced twbehicain[unt of the tran. duced charge will in future be levied upon all letters Marseilles, making the total ra i t n e g t:r a :-9d., if not exceeding j oz. ; ls., if exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding i oz. ; is. 91' if exceed ing dioz 4 . and dtter Indiaas tin derricz( Z. and not exceeding i o z . ,z ; : r., iiff exceeding 1 oz. and d d n n a o t t eexx(c'ecteddii'nigg 11;zr;z;. r - 3s: j 6 " d • if exce edin g 1 1 Oz. and not exceeding li cz, letters conveyed directly betweenTFhreanccheaargneds I upon n, (i ia, ano it ha , been agreed that p ( be collected in France entire British tea shallpostagieh -; Post-office Under this rice Egypt, are also reducedou,nndearli tshoeohcloentvteernetiothn; on behalf of the English ratehith hitherto 0 1 s. been the subjected h a 1 f•out c i e n , and no charge India, will no longer will arrangementto whi c h hereafter be levied by the for sea conveyance suchtbleetßteerds hSabevicsae chargeable, the r o d n esp th a e tch de o li f ve le r t y te o r f s pape rs°ffie' e t it o he F r ra o n n ce, says the New York Journal o f has arisen in En g land, lettersan In dian pr i nat Postlei d d, - printed papers from France. — Allen's Indian Mai l, Oct. 17. GENERAL WALKER AND SLAVERY. — A controversy 17t the 1824, Constituent i t u had declared C o mmerce, in respect to the effect of Walk er's Decree of Sept. 6, repea lin g all acts and decrees of the Federal C on stituent been . Assembly of Nicaragua on the dissolution of the C entra l Assembly f in t h force April, by American Confederacy. In a copy of the Lond on Ti mes re ceived by the Persia, we notice a letter f rom E. G. re A d m to ely remain Squier, then in London, denying that the effect of the repealing decree is to legalise slavery in Nicaragua. This effect, is imput e d to it " on the strength ectMr. of some Squierpa says,rttsan statements in the late Ameri can newspapers." We can only say that if the repeal fails to accomplish that object, it falls short of the effect attributed to it by its author, or rather by hie newspaper organ. Appended to the official publication of the decree in Gen. Walker's ow n organ of commun i ca tion with the public, El Nicarague nse o f O ct. 4, is t h e following ex. planatiot. of its pu r p ort :—" Amongst the decrees which the foregoing repeals, is an act of the Federal Consti tuent Assembly of 17th April, 1824, a bolishing slavery in Central America. The repeal of the repea lin g stat ute nt revives the o r i gina l law, and t h er efore the right to hold slaves of slaves is ack now l e d ge d by the g Nicara gua. Of course t h e ao knowledgaient of the right to hold slaves inipoaes the obligationto secure owners in the enjoyment of their property.. M O N T .BLANC TO-NIGHT, AT EIGHT. ....