The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-04 00:00:00

-MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. O wing to the commercial engagements due to day, the 4th, there has been rather more inquiry for discount accommodation, but the Money Market has nevertheless remained in a qaiet and easy position, owing to the continued abundance of floating capital. There were no bullion operations of public im portance at the Bank of England yesterday. The Foreigta Exchanges yesterday afternoon Were generally rather higher. Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The Magdalena has arrived from the Brazils with £44,000 in specie. The dividend warrants on New Granada Bonds are announced for payment, and the half-year's interest on the Mantanzas and Sabanilla Railroad Bonds will be payable on and after the 10th inst. A call of ss. per share has been made by the directors of the Taranaki Steel Iron Company to be paid before the 26th inst. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday business was extremely dull, and prices were very irregular. The sales were barely 2,000 bales. It transpired yesterday afternoon that Messrs. Vairhead and Son, seedsmen, had suspended pay ment, but the amount of their indebtedness is com paratively small. The Teutonia, which left to-day for New York, took £6,000 in specie. The half-yearly meeting of the African Steam Ship Company has been held to-day—Mr. P. D. Hadan in the chair. The report, which was adopted, stated that the amount brought down to the credit of the revenue account was £7,621, and it was there fore agreed that the usual dividend of 7s Od per share, free of income tax, should be declared for the half year ending 31st October, 1861. This payment, which is at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, will absorb £4,816 ; and it was resolved that £2,000 of the balance should be transferred from the revenue account to the fund set aside for the purpose of covering the loss sustained by the sale of the Hope, in addition to the amount already written off for that purpose by the directors from the profits of the half-year. The market for Public Securities to-day has been in a very variable state, owing in some mea sure to the operation of the settlement which is now in active progress. At first the quotations appeared favourable, but upon a pressure of sales a decline took place. Consols for transfer were 901 I, then receded to 90:4, at which they now remain. For the January account they are 901 I. The New Threes and the Reduced are fiat at 91f 1, Exche quer Bills, March, at I3s. prem., ditto June, are firm at 14s. to 18s. prem., India 5 per Cent. Stock is 1021. Foreign Securities have exhibited considerable fluctuation ; on the whole, however, business has been dull. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 78 to 79 ; ditto, 1858, have been dealt in at 69 and 671, and are now quoted 67 681; Mexican have been 274, but have since declined to 268 a; Spanish Bonds have been particularly depressed. the 3 per Cents. being ful:y 1 per cent. hivver, viz., 50; the De ferred have receded to 41.3 42 ; Italian 5 per Cents. to 874 ; and Venezuelan to 214 22. In the Railway Share Market increased heaviness has prevailed, and the dealings have been of a limited character. Great Westerns, and North Eastern (Berwick), have declined ss. ; Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Brighton, South Eastern, and Midlands, 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. ; and Caledonian, £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been heavy. Sambre and Meuse have declined to 6! I ; and Great Luxembourg to 81 ; Grand Trunk of Canada 18i ; East Indian 1001 ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 991 100. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue inactive, at barely previous rates. London Joint Stock realise 331; Australian Agricultural, 271 ; Peel River Lard, 48 to 484; and Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 70/. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol i f i 90 4 3 per Cent. Consols A i kinuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 —9o ± i ti i i Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5l India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Pe,per, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 97 Ditto 52 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 98i a Consols for Account, Dec. 5. 904 i I I 1 .ndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. ' June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d I 18 14 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 .. (;bilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. einador New Consolidated Mexican, 3 per Cent :Ditto Account ), eruvia n 41 per Cent — I )itto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 .-ardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account hitt° New Deferred — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account I enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. ')itli, Certifie,at6s, 4 Per Cent. .. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THE TRADE OUTRAGE AT SHEFFIELD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. your paper of to-day, in allusion to the diabolical outrage perpetrated in my warehouse, I find my name is mentioned in error. Instead of Pattison, it ought to be " Alex. Paterson." I en close my card, and remain, sir, yours respectfully, ALEX. PATERSON. New George-street, Sheffield,'Dec, 2, 1861. THE PROSPECTS OF PEACE. The increased distrust yesterday of the prospects of peace seemed to arise in a very considerable degree from the fear that even if the present offence Were repaired some new one would be immediately contrived by the party in the Northern States who are determined to force us into hostilities. As far as the prospect of a settlement of the immediate difficulty is concerned the indications are by no Means hopeless, since they show that a strong and most influential section of the Cabinet are believed to be in favour of temperate counsels. It is also to be borne in mind that the mob now so eager f)r aggression are stimulated almost entirely by the Money that is being scattered among them, that their tone would change immediately if there were anY difficulty on the question of pay, and that this difficulty will prise immediately. The Associated Banks have been led to promise Mr. Chase the third Instalment of the £3%000,000 loan, on an assurance from that gentleman that the foreign relations of the country were never in a better position. The breaking up of this delusion will cause them to draw back, and indeed render it impossible for t hem, even if they had the will, to render further a ssistance, and, as the money is urgently required, this consummation would at once hamper every operation of the Government. Moreover, from s tatements which appear to have been current at New York, it seems that an application has been or la about to be made to the leading capitalis's of Landon and Paris with a view of ascertaining how Much they would be willing to advance to the A►rierican banks on a deposit of United States' securities and as the answer to this will, of course, b e " not a shilling," the salutary influences other- Wise. comit;g into play will be proportionably ass isted.— limes' City Article. The Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craves arrived i n t own on Saturday from v i s i t i ng th e Earl and c t he of V era l am , a t G or h am b ur y. - The Co ntess and Ladies Craven have since left town for Ashdowne P ark) Berks. SHARE MARKET-THIS DI Y ). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 50 Belfast and Nor. Colin. , all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val all 25 Blyth and Tyne I all 110 Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.k!o all at Bristol and Exeter lOO at Caledonian lOO 10 Carmarthen & Cardiganl all 50 C ,rk and Bandon i all 20 Cork, Birock, & Passage' all 20 Cornwall 10 'Do. A ti I A gets no div all 16. an.has 10 Do.B pc . been pai p d to B. J 7 all 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc.l all 25 I Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June all at East a ngli an lOO at Eastern Counties ....... 100 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 st ' Do Bdo do 100 25 , DoNw A. late E U 3ds ';it st lEast Suffolk st Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO st 'Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all at Furness at Glasg. and S. Western lOO 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland all st Great Northern lOO st Do A stock at , Do II do st Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 st Great Western 100 at Do Str Val qua. stock 100 12 Irish South Eastern st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 at London and Blackmail 100 st , Lon., Bright ,& S. Coast 100 st I I on., Chat., and Dover 100 st ILon. & North Western 100 st (Lon & South Western 100 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L 'derry & Enniskillen. , all at ( Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. , 100 50 IMaryport and Carlisle. all 12i I _Do # sha - es all 10 lietropoli an st Mid'and 6.4.0 Do Ne -v• st Do Birminz. & Derby 100 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. k shares 25 Mid Kent i 10 Do Cray Line 100 INewca4tle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 20 Ncwrv, Warnpt, & nos all st !Norfolk lOO st !North British ' 100 st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 st Do A stk ; A recs no d till ti pc. has been pdß 100 st Do B stock lOO at INth. Eastern—Berwic 100 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 st Do Leeds lOO st Do York st North London 10 Do new 19 16.4 1 N orth Staffordshire 171 10 N. and S. W. Junction. all at Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal 100 10 Peebles , all <OI F' ‘rtsmouth 10 Rhymney ' al! at Iscottish Central at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 st I Do Sc t. Mid. stock lOO 10 jShrews. and Welchpool all st 'Shropshire Union 100 10 ;Sittinabonrne & Sheer all at South Devon lOO 25 !S:Durham t Lanc.Un , all st ;South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 1 0 ,20 staines,Wok.,andWok all 25 Stockton & Darlington, all 25 Do l3 25 Do New, 1860 st ,Taff Yale. 100 st Do Pref. No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 50 131-ter 25 ' Do 12.10 Do st IVale of Neath if 100 10 Victoria sta. and Pim all st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick ' all 20 'West Cornwall all 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class ' all st W. 'Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 st West Midland Ox'ord 100 st Do Newpor 100 st Do Hereford 100 Closinc , Business Paid.l Price. . done. 1 7i 8 6 6i 93 95 102 102 1.01/ 2 li / 41 43 11} 111 18 19i 51 52 47 50 33 35 89 91 29 30 101 106 112 113 111 112 130 132 102 104 68 68i 55 58 105* 105/ 55 57 116 117 47 49 911 92* 93* 94i 9 11 44 45 5} 64 1261 126 f 1 1 41) 97 9.) 6? 64 63 G 4 99} 991 4d p 56} fl 88 88i 91 96 5 4i dl 10 10 89 91 124 126 39 41 97 99 45i 44 36 38 76 751 65 67 95 97 5i 8 37 39 7 83 p 4 5i /3 55 r!6i 24 34 dip. 83 56 12 13 4i 5i :5 656 I 5 41 f 46 48 43 46 89 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W Birkenhead lOO D R 4 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. Chester & Holyhea.. 100 Do 53 54 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E. 11.& PIC E. Lincolnsh. g n pr c. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Union,llarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4i Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls. Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest, all Gt. West. .. Hull and •-elby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves ' all Do. Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 197 202 Lo.,don ir Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference i 100 Do. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 Peto &Co B5 87 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 3B Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt ' BuryEx 5 5.6. E Counts. par p gua. 5 per cent. ' Northn.&Eß.-tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 13 per cent. .... all Do. 66 Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn— Hartlepool 1 , 0 N. E. Ber North Western Preston and Wyre. LSEN.W all & L. y 43 45 k. Do. shares A. all Do. • • ".. Roystn.liitch.& Shep. 100 Gr. North. 1 33 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire and Somvrset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 85 95 PREFERE Share/ Railways. Blythe and Tyne I 0 p.c.' pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. St Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4i p. cent Do. quar. shares, \o. Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class P. of E. An. (lass A. sp. c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent K. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. zuar. S. & Edln.Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c , Great Northern, 5 p. D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm., IDo. p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redit.atsp.c.pm !Gt. Nh. of -cot. Ist pref 'Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent IGreat West. (Perks and Slants Ext) 6 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. at 'Do. redeem. 4 p. at Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. a. redeem. pref Do. Birm. pref. shares Chester 8 p.c. pt. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do IDo. do Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d c Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i P. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 41, per cent. do Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4pc. st (div. d lir 65 Do. 4 per cent. prof Lon. Chat. &Doy. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. 1)o. Metrop. Ex. t 3, a p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & uneaton, 5 per cent. Lou. k S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares 'Do. 4. ner cent I Do. (Prtsm. perpl. aims of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. shs i.ondony. & Ennis. shs Man. sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent . Midland Con. 6 p. C. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 44 per cent. Do. Leic. andHit4per ct N. rflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Dn. 5 n. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB l7 Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New gua. percent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs Do. do. do. N th.Drn.R ail. &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44 pr. ct. redeemable ,Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref ,Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Lee's 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1818 'Do. York, FL & S. Parch North Staffordshire lihymney Guaranteed c;sottish Central. new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern . p. a. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen,gua.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6) I Do. 4 , } per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4} per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. .2d do I)o.Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 CE SHARES. Paid. Closin g Business Prices. Done. 93 95 zoi 21 6 6 101 103 112 117 110 116 104 110 106 108 '123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 80 82 114 116 110 112 102 104 107 109 97 99 08 100 88 90 89 91 LO2 10 94 10 17 18 104 11 75 77 20 24 10 10 15 15 [36 138 102 104 112 115 112 115 136 1M 112 115 150 155 127 130 73 75 91 93 11 113 131 14 24 126 ilmn 65 70 iPln [37 139 [O2 104 92 94 [O9 111 [O7 109 1 lipm 99 101 98 100 i dis par idle }pro ', 22i 23 32 134 10 101 _ 93i 24 100 102 99 101 98 100 85 88 174 28i 32 33 32 33 42 45 123 125 .121 123 100 102 120 123 118 PZI 89 90,1 1121 } 111 1681 fiiB 71 105 f 5 f 55 116 15f 94 f . 44 I} 1 1261 6 46f i P 97 74 all 2.14. THE SUN, LONDON, "WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEOEVII3ER 4, 1861. THIRD EDITION. [Business done 99 81 1001 100 99/ 9 6,1 Algerian Antwerp Rotterdam. Ardennes... Bah.&S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c. 1 Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine cif Rail Copiapo ................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France ...., 6} 64 , i d i - P i i 101 Ili 4 3i par Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. G-reat Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva Do. 6 p. c. Pr e ef. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & Orleans ilecif'e & S. Fran. (Fern ) ;4ua. 7 p. et. lim Riga & Royal .. Royal Swedish .....,- Do. 7 per cent. Sambre & Meuse 8 1 8 8 fi 20 2l 38/ .39i 7 9 394 404 52 44 4} 31 13 15 Do. 5} per cent. Pref San Paulo, Um, ,cr. 7 p. c S.Aust &Lomb Yenetin Southern of France S. East Portfuzal 7 p ct West Flandero Do. 5/ p. c. Preference %V. & N.V. of France West"rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ....... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand .. 64 7 8f 01 t i i 6 25 t 6 141 I 61 7 9i 10 20 21 8 ) i all all all all £III 3.2.10, ES. 2.14.0 7.4.0 551 17s 1 2 30 34 30 375 CO 65 27i 27/ 21 3i 19 21 4 44 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 I.IOX 6 7 1k 11 37 19 St 4i 40 (2 5i 51 24 114 3 3 It i 2 } 7 8 41 41 33) 1 4i 85 95 31 33 IR- 11 76 8 1.3 14 t 3 52 51 290 SOO 80 85 75 85 3_t 11k 1.14.0 9.18.9 1k 10.6.7 5.91 G all 18.1`4.V 2718. 13s 6 1 I 5 i II 181 5 6 . 16 17 154 16i 18 17i 6 1 i SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. CROYDON RAGES.—(This Day). BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. STAND PLATE. Corkscrew .. 1 Yorkee Slasher., Five ran. SELLING STEEPLECHASE. Gla utius 1 Dodger 2 Five ran. SELLING HANDICAP. Marmion 1 Ascot t Venison METROPOLITAN STEEPLECHASE. Heads or Tails Linkboy Mar mion Seven ran. AVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointment; were made at the Admiralty this evening : _ Lieutenants —Charles G. Jones to the Trafalgar, Alfred J. Cheek to the Majestic, Spencer M. Wilson to the Colossus. Masters—Daniel J. May (additional) to the Fisgard, John P. C. Clements to the Mars, H. Goldsmith to the Cumberland for Galatea, N. Coen to the Cumberland for Barossa, Alfred J. Veitch to the Indus for the Phcabe. Master's Assistant—Joseph B. Doyle to the Warrior. Surgeon—Charles F. A. Courtney, to the Defence. Assistant-Surgeon—Dr. James Paterson, to the Defence. Assistant-Engineers—Thomas Griffiths, acting second elass, to the Cumberland (supernumerary); Wm. 111.'Nei11, to the Hogue. PROMOTIONS. Wm. Burgess, engineer, to the Waterman. Charles Bulford, assistant-engineer second-class, to the Urgent. GENERAL ORDER. HORSE GUARDS, S. Iff., Nov. 29. The subjoined list, showing the result of the recent exa mination for admission to the Staff College, is published for the information of the army. The successful competitors have the word " recommen ded" against their names. The names of the candidates who have failed are omitted, but, by the index numbers, such officers can ascertain what marks they gained. Those candidates recommended for admission will join the College on the Ist of February next, or as soon after that date as possible, and will quote this order as their authority for so doing. Lieut. H. M. Hozier, Royal Artillery; index, 130; marks, 2784—recommended Lieut. the Hon. C. E. Edwardes, Rifle Brigade; index, 35; marks, 2645—recommended Capt. G. P. Colley, 2d Foot : index, 1; marks, 2514—re commended Capt. H. B Carter, Coldstream Guard index, 141; marks, 2497—recommended Capt. J. H. 11. St. John, 20th Regiment ; index, 138 ; marks, 2337—recommended Major J. W. Lawrie, Unattached ; index, 32; marks, 2315—recommended Capt. F. T. A. Law, Royal Artillery ; index, 9 ; marks, 2162—recommended Brevet-Major H. T. Arbuthnott, Royal Artillery; index, 56 ; marks, 2083—qualified, but there is no vacancy for another officer of the Royal Artillery Lieut. E. Desbon, 68th Regiment; index, 133; marks, 2065—since retired from the service Lieut. J. J. N. Buchanan, 6th Dragoon Guards ; index, 145; marks, 1951—recommended- Lieut. A. S. Adair, 13th Foot ; index, 71; marks, 1924 recommended Lieut. G. G. Beazley, 83d Foot; index, 242; marks, 1922 —recommended Capt. R. Harbord, 7th Foot; index, 41; marks, 1886— recommended Lieut. F. H. Jodgson, Royal Artillery ; index, 62 ; marks, 1800—qualified, but there is no vacancy for another officer of the Royal Artillery Capt. E. G. Gorne, 25th Foot; index, 59; marks, 1745 — recommended —; index, 139; marks, 1716—ineligible, certificates being unsatisfactory Lieut. A. L. Emerson, 28th Foot; index, 132; marks, 1670 —recommended Lieut. H. A. Brett, 43d Foot ; index, 34 ; marks, 1647 recammended Capt. R. C. Healy, 16th Foot; index, 47; marks, 1639 recommended Capt. G. E. Francis, 20th Foot; index, 823; marks, 1.507 —qualified, but there are no further vacancies Capt. J. C. Ross Grove, 42d Foot; index, 68 ; marks, 1436 —qualified, but there are no further vacancies Capt. J. G. Image, 21st Foot; index, 39, marks, 1392 qualifi d, but there are no further vacancies Capt. A. W. Hall, 58th Foot; index, 142; marks, 10/.1 — qualified, but there are no further vacancies Capt. J. Bond, 93d Foot; index, 147; marks, 882—quali fied, but there are no further vacancies Lieut. H. Bishop, 89th Foot; index, 44; marks, s£c4-- qualified, but there are no further vacancies —; index, 750; marks, 2069—failed in modern languages ——; index, 38 ; marks, 1387—failed in =therm sties ——; index, 136; marks, 1363 failed in modern languages —; index, 144 ; marks, 1354—failed in mathemAtics —; index, 65 ; marks, 1136—failed in modern ltan guages —; index, 135; marks, 852—failed in mathematics —; index, 30 ; marks, 679—failed in mathematics By command of his Royal Highness, the General Commanding in Chief, JAS. YORE SCARLETT, Adjut.-Genora. 131 1 PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM coal PA NY. The annual meeting of this company was Also held yesterday, Mr. B. Wilcox, M.P., in the chair, when the report was adopted and a dividend de clared of 3 per cent., together with a distribution of 34 out of the underwriting account, making a total of q per cent., free of income-tax. It was stated that since the last report four unserviceable or small ships have been disposed of, while orders are now being executed for three large iron steamers. The Mooltan, the last new steamer, which had bee n fitt e d w ith su p er heating apparatus and other mechanical improvements for the saving of coal, has made two trips between Southampton and Alexandria, and has attained a highly satisfactory rate of speed with a consumption of only half the ordinary quantity of fuel. This result is of the more importance owing to the always heavy ex penditure for coal, as much as £BOO,OOO haring been spent for this item in one year. The whole service, including that with Australia, has been worked with efficiency and punctuality during the past twelvemonths, and no casualties have occurred, although the aggregate distance an nually traversed by the company's ships exceeds 1,260,000 miles. The commercial operations• of the year have been generally encouraging. The ordinary revenue has been well maintained, but a diminution is shown in the total receipts, a falling off having taken place in the necessarily fluctuating revenue from the carriage of specie. Annexed is a list of the company's fleet, in addition to which there are three screw steamers build ing, of a total of 6,400 tons and 1,300-horse power, and eight transport store and coal ships, of 10,277 tons, making a total of 83,385 tons and 17,771 horse power Tons. H-p. Service. 1 Simla, s .... 2,440 630 Calcutta and Suez 2 Columbian, s 2,352 600 Sues, Bombay, and China 3 Mooltan, s.. 2,257 400 Southampton & Alexandria 4 Bengal, s .. 2,185 465 Calcutta and Suez Colombo, s.. 2,127 450 Ditto 6. Nubia, 5.... 2,095 450 Ditto 7 Ceylon, a .. 2,020 460 Southampton & Alexandria 8 Nemesis, s.. 2,018 600 Calcutta and Suez 9 Hindostan, p 2,017 520 Ditto LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) DOOLAN V. LEIGH. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff, Mary Doolan, for the purpose of establishing the validity of a will exe cuted by her mother, Mrs. Mary Leigh, an aged lady, who died at Bristol in 1861. The will was disputed by the son of the testator, who pleaded that the document was made under undue influence. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C,, for the plaintiff, stated that the testatrix was an aged lady in comfortable circumstances, having two annuities, and the interest arising from £1,200, which she had the power of disposing of, and which formed the subject of the will in dispute. A previous will to the one disputed had been executed, by which the testatrix had left her property to her three children in equal proportions, but this document was cancelled by another, drawn up by Mr. Gregory, by which she left the whole of her property to her daughter, with whom she had been living some time, as she thought that what she had done during her lifetime for her two sons had been sufficient. The sur viving son, Nathaniel, disputed the present will, and to ob tain probate of which the present suit was instituted. The following witnesses were then called : Sarah Bidder said—l reside at Bristol. In Nov., 1858, I was in the service of Mrs. Leigh, and continued so until the time of her death in 1861. Mrs. Leigh told me that what she had she intended to leave to her daughter, and she wished it was a great deal more. Mrs. Leigh said she was very glad the business of signing her will was done. The testatrix told me she was very much annoyed that she had been said by some of her relatives to be childish. Cross-examined—Mr. Gregory used to call nearly every day. I don't know that Mr. Gregory was engaged to be married to Mrs. Doolan, but I suspected so from the con duct of the parties. Mrs. Mary Doolan—l am p'aintiff in this cause. I am the daughter of the testator. I had a brother George; he died in Oct., 1858. I have another brother living, Nathaniel. I married the son of Colonel Doolan. I went to live on Durdham Downs in 1848. After my brother George's death, my mother came of her own accord to live entirely with me. She came in Nov., 1858, and did so down to the time of her death. I am acquainted with Mr. Gregory, of Bristol. While my mother was .living, he was in the habit of visiting me. I was engaged to him and I still continue so. At that time he was my mother's solicitor. I recollect Mr. Gregory seeing my mother in 1858. When the subject of the will was being talked about I left the room. Somewhere about this time Mrs. George Leigh called. My mother received her very coldly, and I recollect Mrs. George, during the conversation, told my mother she was foolish and childish, which very much offended her. Mr. Clerk and Mr. Gregory were afterwards sant for in order to sign a new will in my favour. My mother was at this time in a perfectly sane and sound state of mind. Cross-examined—My mother was very fond of her son George. I have been engaged to Mr. Gregory for a num ber of years. Twelve or 13 or 14 years if you like. I was not intimate with Mr. Gregory during my husband's life time. I was living with my mother when 1 first became acquainted with him. My mother knew of the engageroont. There were various reasons why the marriage did not take place. I should have lost some of my property had I mar ried. I cannot tell when my marriage will come eff, as everthing is uncertain in this world. The amount I should lose by marriage would be £lOO a-year. Mr. Gregory was next examined. His evidence was to the effect that the testatrix, when she signed her will was in a perfectly sound and sane state of mind. [The case was proceeding when we went to press.] POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A SCENE IN THE HAYMARKET.—NIGHT HOUSES. — Julius Tennesen, of 9, York-terrace, St. John's-wood, was charged with breaking a table, at the Turkish Divan, in the Haymarket ; also with committing several assaults. Mr. Matthew Tho Tas, landlord of the Turkish Divan, 53, Haymarket, said the prisoner came into his house, with some others, at 5 that morning, and asked for some coffee, and shortly after got fighting with another person. Some of the persons were a lit le drunk, and some were " sen sible." He told the prisoner to leave, and the police then came in. During the fighting some plates and chairs were broken. Sergeant Silverton, 16 C, said that 1 earing a disturbance at the house, he went there and saw about a dozen persons standing in the room. lie asked the prisoner to leave, and after the prisoner had knocked a constable down he knocked him (the sergeant) down. (The sergeant is a tall, power ful man.) He (the sergeant) observed some broken things about the place. Mr. Knox said it was by no means clear to him that the prisoner did the damage, and if a person kept such a house as the Divan, and encouraged disorderly persons there at 5 in the morning, he must take the consequences. Lees, 241 A, then proved being assaulted by the prisoner. Mr. John Henry Fuller, traveller to Messrs. Palmer and Pulbrook, Tower-street, corroborated the police. Prisoner said he was insulted in the room, and after having struck a person he fell on the table and broke the things. Tho keeper of the house seized him as did the police, who nearly strangled him, and all he did was to try and flee himself. Mr. Knox—The fact is you young gentlemen think it a trifling matter to assault the police. Prisoner—l was not drunk. Mr. Knox—l could almost, if the expression is properly understood, wished you had been. If you, Mr. Thomas, keep a house and have disorderly persons there, and damage is done, that is your affair. Inspector Webb—The complainant has other houses, and they are kept open till six in the morning, and the other in habitants are driven from the place in consequence of their quietude being destroyed, Mr. Knox (to the prisoner)—l hope what lam going to do will be a warn ng to you. Nothing can be more dis gusting than to see a young gentleman like you in the dock under such circumstances. I shall fine you £5 for each assault on the police, or £lO, and in default two months. TDIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 4.—Wind this day at noon—South- Easterly ; moderate breeze and fine weather, with sharp frost. FALMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Wind S.E.—Ariived—Sadler, from Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 3 —Wind S.E.—Sailed—Eastern Romance, for Algoa Bay. SWANSEA, Dec. 3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Florence, for Cuba. LAMLASH, Dec. 3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Thalatta, for Melbourne. CHATHAM, Dec. 3 —Wind E.—Arrived—lon, from Quebec. RATISGA.TE, Dec. 3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Geromino, for Havannah. BELFAST, Dec. 2.—Wiud S.W.—Sailed—Lois, for New York. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 3.—Arrived—Frank Boult, from New York . FLEETWOOD, Dec. 3.—Wind S.—Arrived—Leon, from Quebec. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. The Teutonia steamer, which sails for New York to-day, takes £6,000 from England, and 16,000 f. from Havre. Arrived—Mary Ann, from Sunderland ; Colt, steamer, from Madeira; Mermaid, from Cowes; Atalanta, steamer, from Guernsey. No sailings, (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 3—Jane and Mary, from Terceira ; Alfrinz ton, from Algoa Bay; Edith, from Rouen ; Pi ovidenco, from Gravelines. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed —Alnah, from London, for Swansea ; Industrie, from the Northward, for the Westward. Sailed (in tow)—Royal Albert, for London. • AMERICAN OUTRAGE ON THE FRENCH FLAG.— Capt. Guichon, of the French merchant brig Jules et Marie, just arrived at Havre, reports that, on the 3d of November, when about 20 miles N. of the light-house of Matanzas, he was boarded and overhauled by the American frigate San Jacinto, in addition to which considerable damage was done to his vessel by the frigate running into her, and carrying away her masts. The San Jacinto fired a gun to bring the brig to, but hoisted no colours. The brig showed the French flag. Immediately on reaching Matanzas, Captain Guichon reported what had taken place to the French Con sul, and drew up a protest against what had been done, setting forth the circumstances of the incident, and de claring that he had been required to show his papers, &c. The brig was bound from Liverpool to Matanzas with a cargo of coal. THE COURT OF CHANCERY,—There are nine ap peals and two causes set down for hearing before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices for the sittings after Michaelmas Term ; there are 66 causes, &c., before the Master of the Rolls ; 38 before Vice-Chancellor Sir R. T. Kindersley, of which two are special cases ; 75 before Vice• Chancellor Sir J. Stuart ; and 119 before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, of which five are special cases. Saturday, Dec. 21, is the last day of the sittings. 10 Pera, s .... 2,014 450 Southampton & Alexandria 11 China, s., .. 2,010 400 Suez, Bombay, and China 12 Candia, s .. 1,982 450 Calcutta and Suez 13 Indus, p.... 1,950 450 Southampton & Alexandria 14 Malta, s . 1,942 500 Calcutta and Suez 15 Orissa, 5.... 1,646 300 Suez, Bombay, and China 16 Massilia, p.. 1,640 400 Marseilles and Alexandria 17 Jeddo, s . 1,632 450 Suez, Bombay, and China 18 Delta, p 1,618 400 Southampton & Alexandria 19 Behar, s .... 1,603 300 Suez, Bombay, and China 20 Ellora, 5.... 1,573 300 Southampton & Alexandria 21 Eaten, 5.... 1,538 300 Suez, Bombay, and China 22 Salsette, s .. 1 491 400 Ceylon and Sydney 23 Benares, s.. 1,491 400 Ditto 24 Pottinger, p 1,360 450 Suez, Bombay, and China 25 Northam,s.. 1,330 400 Ceylon and Sydney 26 Ottawa, s .. 1,274 200 Suez, Bombay, and China 27 Singapore, p 1,190 470 Ditto 28 Ganges, p.. 1,190 470 Ditto 29 Bombay, s.. 1,186 275 Ditto 30 Madras, s 1,185 275 Ditto 31 Pekin, p.... 1,182 400 Ditto 32 Euxino, p .. 1,165 400 Marseilles and Alexandria 33 Sultan, 5.... 1,124 210 Ditto 34 Norna, s 969 230 Suez and Mauritius 35 Valetta, p.. 832 260 Marseilles and Alexandria 36 Cadiz, s .... 816 220 China coast 37 Aden, s 812 210 1 itto 38 Nepaul, s 796 200 Suez and Mauritius 39 Tagus, p.... 782 286 Peninsular 40 Vectis, p.... 751 260 Marseilles and Alexandria 41 Azoff, s .... 700 180 China coast 42 Formosa, s.. 675 155 Chartered to French Govt. 43 Alhambra, s 612 140 Peninsular 44 Granada, s.. 561 160 Chartered to Fr, nch Govt. 45 Shanghai, s 546 100 Ditto 46 Union, 5.... 340 60 Red Sea Lighthouse Service 47 Mazagon,p.. 86 45 Bombay Harbour 48 Ripon, p.... 1,583 450 Under repair MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCIIESTER, TllESDAY.—Business is quite at a stand in this market. Since the outrage committed on the Trent operations h ve been entirely suspended, excepting some speculators' lots, which have been offered at ex:eedingiy low prices. Spin ners and manufacturers do not attempt to press sales ; the general feeling seems to be to wait for some definite news as to the intentions of the N orthern States Government. 66,708 16,471 The Governor-General of Algeria has, by a deci sion dated from Tlemcen, relieved the Echo, of Oran, and the Seybouse, of Bona, from a first warning given to them in August last, and has done so for the reason that, since the warnings were given, those journals have, in their ar ticles, observed propriety and moderation, and also to show that his intention is to allow the local press all the liberty compatible with order, moral prosperity, and public tran quillity. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Hallways, Atlantic & St Lawrence Bora.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cer :;.. Do Do. Buffalo and Lime Huron Do. New Do. Preference ... Buffalo,BrantotGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1824 Cleutta. &S. Eastn. i Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. ....... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shaia Ext.., Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i. p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G t.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South. of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 p. C - . Extension Do. do. 3lelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßr answick x Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Sharc Do. do. Land. d 0........ 'Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Dude (Limited) ........ Scinde .......... 4,.; Do. Punjaub .... d g Do. Do. ........ .3 9 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ? t ,g• frinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN {lOO 15 all 100 f °Paid, ( Closing Price. ,11 -- 100 all all all all 98 991 4} q d :6 7 72 77 68 73 67 ;2 41 5 I id 191 201 d 1001 101 k 9% 101 100 101 100 101 18 20 55 60 50 53 29 32 34 38 28 32 28 32 994 1004 d 981 994 1 11 81 114 94 88 92 98} 99i RI 93 5 7 4 6 101 102 id id 97 99 d RAILWAYS. BRTTI S A ilied Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ): 'East Bassett (Illogan)• • East Caradon W'lltussel (Tavistk.ll I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Owen.): !Great South Tagus.... ;G.Wheal AIM. (Philack' G. Wheal `'or (Helston) .Grenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs 'Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Illogan' , l JN.Wh'I Basset (1110 an), ,North Wheal Crotty I Par Consols (St. Blazer' Providence (Uny Lel nt. i Surtridge Cons. Min. Co.! South Caradon(St.Cleer)i S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) , Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min.l Tin Croit Vale of Towey (Carm.) l ;West Basset (illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard)l West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) ;Wheal Buller(Redruth) Wll(.,ii Edward (Cale.); (Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant). Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); I Wheal Trelawney (Lis.); 1 , 01t1';IGN MINES. e 0 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,l.lm. 20 'Brazil St.J.del itey,Lim 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. id Id 49 61 1i 2 36 88 6 8 1 11 I! 2} 23 24 ep 7 8 # I pr I Fl (Clarendon Cons.liiiiCo , 40 jCobre Copper iCopiapo .. 1 :Dun3loun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 'General 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapuuda (Limited) 3 Linares Lusitanian 1 Mariquira 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 1 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) e 5.2.81 United Mexican 1 Worthing*(Limited) Do all 1 10s. all all 2 4 11 1i id 7/ 81 4 1 8 7f 81 7; 7 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - ( aii.G °v. 6 p.c.Ja. ,VJ uly - 1877-9 .l 100 98 102 102 984 - Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - 99 - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4; 100 - _ - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Au'r.' 100 98 102 - Do. 6p. c.llar. & Sept.l 100 98 102 - Do. 5 per cent 1100 90 94 92 4 905 14 1 - Cape G.Hope, 6p c,IBSO 100 107 tlO - Do. 1890 1 100 107 110 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 1 100 1(8 191 98 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.{ 100 - - - N. S. W. Gov. sp. c.,1865 100 98 100 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 i 100 98 99 - Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds' 100 96 98 97 4 - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c ster7lng, 1875 lOO 98 10 . 0 100 - S. Aus,Gsp.c.lB7a.& up lOO - - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja,&July 1 100 - - I - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 02: 103 1021 2 DOCKS. Si - oak , Commercial lOO - stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min 1 100 - stock lEast and West India stock ILondo^ stock 'St. Katharine 1 100 61 64 stock Southampton 1 100 - stock Victoria .. ........ .., 100 197 99 Iri 8 20 i Du New . ... - - ........ , -21 Id pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgratlTnitedService Bk 50 05 87 1 864 40 ;Australasia... all CO 62 25 { Bank of Egypt all 204 211 100 Birlk of London ..... 20 Bank of Turkey 3 5 pr 50 British North American all - - 20 ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 21 191 25 ICh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 83 100 f l City 100 {C010nia1...........28 - - 30.11 ; Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - 100 Commercial of London. 20 -. 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 174 18 4 ..175 20 ,Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25,1 26 20 I Do. new lO 41 6 194 50 London and County 50 'London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO I Id 100 London & Westminster 20 70 71 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 42 20 IDo. new . 12 - - 50 National Bank ........ 25 - - 20 Ne .• South Wa1e5...... all - - 25 Orient. B. Corporation all 49 51 50 20 Otto nan Bank 1 all 174 181 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 - 2 2 5 5 11 S o n u i t o h n o ei t u s A t u r as Australia., i r a a l i . a . ~ : .. 10 Do. new... a11...... a1l •3 - - ; 4 - 0 all .- - • 11021 5 0:00 0 50000 AITAA.A flatnnutt Berlin liirzsaatt::nroai Mutual.. of l Lo l n . ( d i o ,i n m ited ) I , 12 :27 28 il,cwrihainaix.tAiec l‘ ir:l l irii: l S m C fn E c. k Ll_Aa76lo , 51 . .:T 4 5 4 . 1 - 14 Li S e tut (Limited) t iut ( l re d a . dl ) ) 1 a a ll l 9l l 2 1 55 258 2 1: 274 all - 50 British American Land 40 - 50 B.&T.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 D0.13,7p.c.H111852 (Lim.) all 28 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 324 Canada Land all 98 103 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all - st. Cop.slin.ofEng&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at. Do. 5 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 307 109 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id fpm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 - - 5 English & Ans. Copper all .2/. 24 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 11 _ 1 Great Ship limited) all i 1 6 t 20 M a dras Irr. and Canal • 1 '2 25 31 5 4 1 I T I- _, , ' 0 0 G n . .. 1 0 D 74 a l pct. s ia t r i b io u t s Preference Tee o l .. ( (Lim ) L in a 4 l l l . - I _ i i i 10 !Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ' all 4 5 25 INational Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 i 4d l 41 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 14 Id 10 Netherlands Land all - - 5 s , • e Prof 1 , 49 ittl dis all i i I i 100• Br N tN o vaScotiaLand 81 10 15 - 1 IN.B.Australasian (Lim.) all I 1 15 1 ;Oriental Gas (Limited). all 15 14 1 ;Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 655 1 t00 0 ,Cpp) Pen. 1 t . t . l ,Nt . L l eon n w . rd i S t t n e 3t a tai m la s. ( ( l tLe i ja m mm .l ) 18 Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam 20 50 P li e h d ynl se n a e & y 10 10 0 ' 6 4/ 5 7 0 5 4 7 81 8 11 14 all 70 72 74:1 14 allall 1 1 7 74 1 1 9 84 30 11 13 5 60 47 49 484 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 h ir .ri on el.g.4ll". 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 11 ' 130 4 140 6 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. 1 1 Au ic_mdeon).lc.it.io.t,r._ 1 , pr i p 20 Tr.& Ln laa . " C d o ia . of Upr.Can. 5 4. 1 4 • 10 U. r . A li us il t o ra m TeL Co. (Lim.) 1 Li D r 100 an Oit;•Jva'i 'eau(' - 284 9 10 5 . 1 i 494 MR. BRIGHT, M.P., ON POPULAR EDUCA7ION. Last evening, the y rizes awarded in the classes connected with the Rochdale Working Men's Education Institute were distributed by Mr. John Bright, M.P., in the Public Hall. The Mayor (J. T. Pagan, Esq.) presided. The MAYOR, introducing Mr. Bright to the meeting, al luded to a speech made by the hon. gentleman many years ago, and stated that the remarks which then fell from the lips of Mr. Bright had a considerable effect in stimulating him to exertion. Mr. BRIGHT, who was loudly cheered said : —The Mayor has put me into a great difficulty, because he has re minded me of a speech which I had entirely forgotten, but which appears to have had some good effect upon his mind ; and he challenges me to be as successful to night. (Laughter.) I, as many who are hero know, probably, am expected to take rather a prominent part to-morrow night in this hall. It has been somewhat of an inconvenience to me to come down hero to-night at all; but I was requested to come for the purpose of giving the prizes awarded to scholars in this institution, and I was not wil ling to absent myself from a duty which, if it involves some responsibility, at any rate confers great pleasure. I am nether ashamed to say that until a very short time ago 1 had not even heard of the existence of this institution, It argues a great deal fcr my neglect of what is going on in the town in which I live, and shows how much I have been absorbed in matters connected rather with affairs at a dis tance. But when some gentlemen called on me and asked me to come to this meeting, I put several questions with re gard to their institution, and I found that there were about it features which had peculiar attractions to me. I found, for example, that the institution was a very modest one—that it was not at all pretentious ; not at all ostentatious; that it was modest and humble, but earnest and useful in its character. I found further that to a very large extent it was self-supporting, and self-working; that it did not depend upon great lists of patrons, nor did it come before the public for aay very considerable subscrip tions ; but that there were payments from those who re ceived its benefits, and that those payments went a consi derable way towards defraying its expenses. (Hear, hear.) I found further that the institution proposed to give 'teeny useful instruction, adapted to the class of persons who are connected with it ; that it did not aspire immediately to make persons wise in classical literature and ab • struso science, but that it contented itself at present with those things which Mr. Molesworth has so well described as forming the bases and only fouadationof any considerable progress in education—reading, writing, and arithmetic, grammar, and geography. Well, I have great respect for all those, except for grammar. (Laughter.) If there is any lad here who is engaged in learning grammar, I will undertake to say that he will say it is the very driest and most unpleasant study that anybody ever put himself to. (Laughter.) When I was at school, which is a long time ago, we learned a grammar written by a gentleman who was, I believe, a member of the religious society to which I belong, and who was a native of the United States of America—Lindley Murray. Lindley Murray's grammar had a great reputation then, and for anything I know has so yet ; but if it has, 1 pity the lads that have to learn if as I had to learn it—(laughter)--for as far as I recollect —and no doubt it is but a cloudy sort of recollection that I have—there were no end of ru'cs and no end of examples—rules within rules and exceptions of all kinds ; and I have now a feeling of the utter confusion of my mind in endeavouring to understand all the rules of Lindley Murray's Grammar. (Laughter.) My opinion is that grammar may be very easily learned without all that, and that it is very difficult for any per: on who reads well-written books, and understands them, not to acquire a very competent knowledge of grammar without finding it necessary to learn all the rules in that celebrated but un happy book. (Laughter.) But leaving grammar, and com ing to reading, and writing, and arithmetic, and geography, although they are what may be called " the basis of educa tion," yet if a man can read well, and write well, and un derstands figures well, there is no kind of position almost, that is not special and scientific, which ho is not competent to fill. And reading now is a different thing from what it was a few years ago. In the days of our fathers and grand fathers, if a man did learn to read, there was comparatively very little for him to read. Books were far more expensive —the circle of literature was far more contracted—a man had not the wide and varied field of interest, instruction, and de light, which is now placed before us by the wonders of type and the printing press. If a man in those days could wi ito, it was not easy to carry on correspondence with friends at a distance, for those whose means were very limited ; for the price of postage was very considerable. I believe that the number of letters has increased about sevenfold in this country since the time when the postage was reduced to one penny; and there can be no doubt that if the working classes of this country were as capable of writing as they ought to be, the number of letters in all probability would be double and treble what it is. For whereas you find in the houses of many persons, the postman every morning deposits a handful of letters—and I hope that this may hardly or never happen to any of you, for I ecarcelse know any greater inconvenience, seeing that letters have gene rally to be answered—(laughter)—but if he brought only a letter a week to the houses of all the working men of this country, from children, or parents, or brothers, sisters, or friends at a distance, it wot.ld be an object of great in terest to them, and I have no doubt that the total number of letters passing through the post would be doubled. With regard to arithmetic, everybody knows that there is nothing that is a greater stumbling block to any working man who has otherwise a chance of improving his position, than the fact that he does not know figures and cannot do the sim plest sum. It is a constant difficulty to those who have mills or workshops, and a large number of persons in their employment : they want an overlooker, or to some office filling with 55., 10s. or 15s. a week more wages than the ordinary run of the place ; and I have known many a man who might have filled such a situation and improved his position wonderfully in the world, if he had only had a moderate knowledge of the science of arithmetic. (Hear, hear.) Then I come to the question of geography. That is not so essential, but it is calculated to give equal plea sure with the others. lam sorry to say that of late years peo ple have learned a great deal of geography by the disastrous conflicts that have been going on in various parts of the world. We learned a great deal a few years ago of Turkey and of some parts of Russia, during the Russian war ; a year or two ago we learned a great deal about Italy, be cause there was an Italian war; and I suppose now people are learning a good deal about America, on account of the calamitous events which are taking place there. But there is one other point in which geography is of great interest to men in this country—and that is, with regard to the ques tion of emigration. I want no man t ) cross the ocean and establish himself in another land who finds a path open to him here; but millions have left this country, and have left other parts of Europe, and have found their position greatly improved. Many have gone in total ignorance. They have put themselves on hoard of ship, they paid their passage money, and were transported they knew not to what point of the compass; but they landed in Canada, or in the United States, or in Australia, and probably have done ex ceedingly well. But it is of great consequence that working men should know something of the geography and the condition of their own country, as well as that of countries abroad. During the last two or three years, as you all know, in this neighbourhood labour has been extremely scarce—wages, as compared with 20 years ago, have been very high, but it has been extremely difficult to get any work done, or to keep machinery going. But at the very same time there aro multitudes of people in the south of England, strong labouring men, fathers of families, work ing all day in the open air on a farm, and getting their Os. or 12s. a week, and with their children getting almost no - thing. If men down in one of these counties would know accurately where Lancashire was and where Yorkshire was, very likely some of them might find their way here doing no harm to the population here, but doing great good to the population he might leave, because if there were rather less labour than there is, wages there in all probability would rise, and there would be some greater equality between the condition of labour in , various parts of the country. Going on with this institu tion. I suppose that modest and humble as it is, it has a little ambition in it, and aspires to something more. I sus pect that there is in this institution probably the germ of what may hereafter become a respectable and useful Mechanics' Institution for this town. (Hear.) In Hud dersfield, in Wakefield, and in many other towns in this district, there are admirable institutions of that kind. About three months ago I was passing through Haslingden, and seeing a very commodious and handsome building, I ven tured in. I found very soon the person who had the manage ment of it, and he introduced me to the whole affair. He explained to me the classes that existed; he showed use their reading room, their ma p s, and everything else; so that they have in Haslingden, with far less of po,eulation and of wealth than we have here, an admirable institution, far exceeding anything of the kind that to my knowledge has ever existed in this town. I d' not see any reason why in this town we should not have an institution as good as that of any other town (hear, hear) and perhaps when those calamitous and uncomfortable times which we are now just wading through, or which we are entering int), shall have passed away, there may be more spirit on the part of those who can give, and by some combined and general effort we may do something for our town in this respect. (Applause.) But I would not have anybody to suppose that we are actually in a state of darkness, because that would be a great mistake (Hear, hear) There is one institution in this town which, as you know, has done a great deal in the way, not so much of the oducatio of the young, as in providing reading and the means of informa tion for those who are grown up—l allude to the reading. rooms opened by the Co-operative Society, commonly called the " The Store." About two months ago, a gentle man was down here from London. He is engaged in one of the Government offices, and has taken a great interest in so operative societies. He came over to Rochdale, saw me, and asked me if I would take him and show him what had been done here in respect to these societies. We went to the shop in T ad lane, and amongst other places we i then• spected the reading room and library. I forg et no ‘ v number of their books, but it is something considerabie 3,000 or 4,000. But there was on the wall with a list of all the newspapers,acard mag hg az a i a ne i s h , g reviews, and periodicals of every kind, which were taken in, The gentle- man looked at this list with amazement. He stood reading them over, and at last, as we came out, he said, " Well, I believe there is a better and a more extensive selection of periodicals down on that card, as taken in in this reading room of your working men in Rochdale than there is belong ing to the Athenaeum Club in London." Now, the Athe naeum is a club of which a great many literary persons are members, and it is said to have, I believe, the best library of any club in London ; it devotes some hundreds a year from its funds to keep up its library, and to the supply, of course, of those periodicals for the use of its members. If you go in, it is so quiet and literary looking that, unless you have been to college yourselves, you feel almost alarmed at getting into such a presence ; yet this gentleman, a member of that club, declared that at the Store in Toad lane there was a better and greater selection of periodicals supplied than there was in that famed and literary club— so that I may claim that we are not altogether in darkness here. (Applause.) Mr. Molesworth ventured upon some topics which some people may think are foreign to an occasion like this : but they are not foreign. H e referred to the necessity of all men, and all classes of people, understanding their interests, not only in respect to their private plans and employments, but also in respect to their public duties as citizens. At the present time, what can be more unfortunate than our position. The position of you who live upon wages must always be mere precarious than that of those men who live upon trade, or upon capital employed in some business ; because, although your income is steady under ordinary circumstances, and does not vary much so long as it is continued at all, yet want of health, an accident, or your employers meeting with some misfortune or rover: e in trade—any of these things may stop a working man's in some, may bring him almost at once to difficulty, and, per haps, penury. It seems to me that we are at a time just now when everybody in this district ought to learn, and will learn, that which he ought to have learned a long time ago. No doubt the middle classes, who have more political power —though they have not much directly; no doubt the cotton spinners and merchants of this district, if they could have known ten years ago that this exact state of things which they now all see would have arisen, no doubt they would have done very many things which they have not done ; and no doubt if three years ago every workman in this country had known the certainty—as certain as any thing in the future can be—that after three years nearly all the mills of Lanca shire would be working two, three, and four days a week, with the possibility of some of them being stopped altoge ther, the probabili'y is that every man, except the most reckless and profligate—and they are a very small minority —every man would have endeavoured to have saved some of his income during the last few years so as to help to bear him through the storm which was coming and which is now unhappily upon us. Everybody who knew anything at all of the matter knew that some time or other there would be a catastrophe in the United States. They did not know it would come in this shape, but they knew it would come in some shape or some way. Everybody knew who knew anything on this topic that there was a country, a country under the sway of the British Crown, which was abundantly capable of supplying any deficiency which might thus arise in the supply of the raw material for our manufactures from the United States of America. Yet scarcely any single thing has been done during the whole of this lime to enable us to make up from India that which we can now find no longer, and perhaps may not obtain for years to come from the United States. Men passed on, saying, "We have always had cotton, and cotton will always come somehow; it will only be a question of paying so much more for it." But things will not always come just as heedless and reckless men like; but some great calamity comes. We are now threatened with great suffering to the industrial classes of our popula tion, and great suffering to men carrying on their businesses, owing principally to the neglect of those prXautions which instruction and thought, and forethougb' would have ena bled them to adopt. I never consider question of edu cation without looking at the wontl/iful scenes of strife which the world is almost contine;aly affording us—strife in our own localities, social strife, strife between those who work and those who employ, strife on all kinds if subjects, but on that particularly of our social relations, causing immense embarrassments and great sufferings. Then, if we look abroad over the world we find strife of a more disastrous and of a more sanguinary character. I know not how all this is to be avoided ; but if it be in the intention of Heaven that all this shall cease, it can only cease, in my mind, from the increasing instruction, thought fulness, and morality of the people of this country. (Cheers.) THE POST-OFFICE TURKIStI BATH. A very elegant and spacious suit of rooms have been fitted and opened by Dr. Culverwell, of Great Marlborough street, at 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, as Turkish Baths, and in order to place the luxury within the means of the public generally, a very moderate fee of admission is charged. Everything that the most refined taste could prompt has been executed in order to secure the greatest comfort and convenience to those patronising the new establishment, in addition to which properly qualified medical gentlemen are in attendance during all hours of the day. The most timid person, therefore, need have no fear of inconvenience, as the attention paid to all is of the most satisfactory descrip tion. Like all unfamiliar theories the Turkish Bath. has met with the most obstinate opposition, but gradually it has so gained ground and popularity that its necessity has at length been universally acknowledged as a powerful sanitary agent. The efficacy of the Turkish bath has been generally admitted ; and as a positive luxury, cheap, easily accessible, and, what very few luxuries are, not merely in nocent, but highly beneficial, it is a great preservative to health. The enjoyment of the Turkish bath is hardly realisable by the imagination of those who are strangers to it. The perfect, harmonious, and healthy action of every organ, the complete balance of every function of the body, the bracing of the nerves, and elasticity of the whole frame, produce a most delicious elevation of the spirits. Thus, though the whole system receives an impetus that restores it to more than its wonted vigour, the stimulus is healthy, because perfectly natural and the result of a wholesome operation, instead of the effect of an artificial and deleterious agent. Some express an apprehension that the heat of the air in the earlier stages of the bath may be found unpleasant, but they have only to try the experiment to be practically con vinced to the contrary. Moreover, persons unacquainted with chemistry are prone to judge of heat by figures which. mark the temperature on their thermometer, without taking into consideration the medium by which that degree of heat is lodged. But there is all the difference in the world between hot air and hot water, and although. water at 115 deg. of heat would be nearly insupportable, yet air heated to nearly double that temperature could be sup ported in a Turkish bath. Both as a curative agent and a most refined luxury, therefore, the value of the Turkish Bath is inestimable, and in establishing such in the very centre of the metropolis Dr. Culverwell has greatly added to the many benefits he has already conferred, as a skilful physician, on suffering humanity. To those who have not yet experienced the pleasant and delightful effects of a Turkish Bath we advise a speedy visit to the new and ele gant establishment; and to those who are familiar with the health-restoring operation we recommend those just opened by Dr. Culverwell, feeling satisfied that the attention they will receive will merit their entire approbation. Without doubt, one of the -greatest luxuries in life is the Turkish. Bath ; and in no place in the metropolis can that luxury be obtained in greater perfection than at the Oriental Bath, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand, opposite the General Post-office. THIS DAY'S MAREETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were very moderate. For all descriptions the trade was very firm, but buyers were indisposed to operate at any advance on Monday's currencies. The quotations, gene rally speaking, were without material alteration. Holders of foreign wheat were very firm in their demands, and American parcels were held at further enhanced rates. Other descriptions were fully as dear as on Monday. Floating cargoes of grain were in steady request, and prices were fully supported. All kinds of barley were a dull inquiry, and prices had a downward tendency. Malt changed hands to a limited extent, on former terms. Oats, the supply of which was very moderat e , move d o ff steadily, at full prices. --- Beans and peas were in slow reqaest, yet no change t ok place in their value. - The flour trade was firm, and in some instances the cur. rencies had an upward tendency. ARRIVALS Tills WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 1,110 890 420 ' 80 j 450 sack . Irish.. F0reign........ 17,600 700 I 5,160 sks. 10,710 brlo. BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in hops is confined to actual wants ; prices, however, rule firm. WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is somewhat extensive, and the trade rules inactive, as follows : Beef from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; veal, ?a 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8.1 per 81bs. politan Debtors' pri sons Monday the gaolers o THE METROPOLfITtAhNe mDetEreBTORS' PRISON,-0 a made their second monthly returns under the new law. 'l'uo prisons present a different appearance to what they did some time back, a nd it is anticipated that iu p ro g ress o f time but few nee d to remain in prison for debt before hear er of arrest in execution is continued, but the ing. Th e pow fac ili t i es afforded to get out of prison makes this sojourn of very s h or t duration. The present number in Whitecross st,eet Prison is 104, and of that number 14 were County Court commitments, leaving 90 " Sheriffs'," When the first return was made there were 186 Sheriffs' and 19 County Court cases. In Horsemonger-lane Gaol there are only 12 " Sheriffs" and about 8 County Court commitments, which commitments do not come under the new law. Tho only other prison for debt in the metropolis is the Queen's Prison, where the number is under 100. Besides the pri oners discharged by the Registrars, many inmates took the hint and arranged with the detaining creditors and thus avoided being made bankrupt. Ilb 7 , 7 is .s, 6g. the )0- Of nos Led, tn 4 Jan is the rein rein teS• l ies ono res, b.ree one ; on 'roue 261 13k 20 100 st 2s 6d 10. 6. 5 6 624 3 63 991 1 561 84 51 i 921 i Share 100 stk 1 18 204 204 10 100 I 100 100 174 20 stook 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock