The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-23 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK Advices from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with extreme tightness, and prices of all kinds were d. per lb. higher. The sales were 20,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for export and 4,500 on speculation. The Railway Share Market closed steadily at the full rates current on Saturday. The Cplonial Produce Markets are exceeding quiet, as they close to-morrow for the Christmas holidays, and will not reopen until the 6th January. The Committee of the Stock Exchange having ascertained that the Great Northern Railway Com pany have refused to register transfers of stock, accompanied by coupons officially signed by the re gistering clerk of the company, and by the secre tary, and for which stock certificates of due registration in the names of the sellers have been issued by the company's secretary, they have resolved unanimously, " That there being no secu rity to the public under these circumstances, the Committee will not recognise any further transac tions in Great Northern Railway Company's stock or shares, nor of the stocks or shares of those other Companies connected therewith ; and order that th e name of the Great Northern Railway Company, and other such companies, be struck out of the official list of the Stock Exchange, so long as those transfers shall remain unrecognised." This resolution stands for confirmation on Mon day next. The adjourned meeting of the Colonial Gold Company was held to-day to confirm the resolution Passed at the former meeting for winding-up, which baying been done the meeting separated. There is an active demand for discount accom modation in all quarters, and the quotations are fully supported. Even for the best descriptions of mercantile paper G per cent. is charged, while second class bills are not recognised except at a higher rate. Besides the amount required for the adjustment of outstanding accounts usual at the Present occasion, the demand for capital is in creased by the desire generally evinced by the com mercial public to keep good balances at their bankers at this period of the year. A further remittance of gold to Ireland was fade yesterday, but the latest advices mention that the excitement produced by the temporary run upon the National Bank, at Tipperary and °lumber°, has nearly subsided. The market for public securities is very dull, in the absence of any speculative movement of impor tance. There seems a general disinclination to enter into large dealings, and no increase of business la likely to be experienced until after the expiration orthe present year. Consols have been as low as 93a but they are now 931 Z. The New 3 per Cents. kra 93i to 94, and the Reduced 93} Exchequer Bills are par to 3s. premium, the Bonds 98i, and India Bonds 2s. discount. Bank Stock was 217 k. Foreign Securities are very dull, and the few transactions recorded have been at slightly reduced rates. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been 95 to 951, but the 4 per Cents. are at nominal quotations. Spanish Committee's Certificates are marked 6, Russian 41 per Cents. are 964, Brazilian New fonds 96, and Do. 6 per Cents. 1001. Mexican Stock is 21. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi °an, 2111 i; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 4 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42i ; ditto Deferred, 24 1 ; ditto Certificates, 6 1 ; ditto Passive, 6 I. A very limited business has been done in Railway lihareg, and quotations, in almost all instances, have shown a declining tendency. Great- Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- Webtern, North-Eastern Berwick, and South- Pastern, have receded ss. ; Great-Northern Midland and Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp t'Al, 103. Brighton, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Caledonian were dull at previous quotations. parts and Lyons have declined about 10s. to 155., It rid Grand Trunk of Canada and Great Western o f Canada about ss. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been very little dealt in, and, with one or two exceptions, prices are nominal. London Chartered of Australia have declined 55., and London and County advanced 10s. In Miscellaneous Shares business has ruled very ltactive, and Electric Telegraph declined 1/. National Discount Company are quoted 6. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONh O'CLOC.K. ( I rom the Official List ) Stronsm, dons Sk Stock 1, Per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per rent. Annuities !Jour; Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 15.16 utdia Bonds, 13000 .......... ........ Consols /or Account Rechequer Bills, 20. c:1000 . £5llO . Small . . Ditto Bonds, 1 858, 3 A per Cent. 9Bs )EtICFS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO , h. kazillan Fonds, 5 per Cent. be , New, 1829 and 1839, 5 p er Cent — Ditto Small itexicau 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per Cent — Ditto 44 per Cent. ..... . 961 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 -curltith Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account .............................. 95i Dividends on the above payable in London TWO O'CLOCK. Consols (Money) ........................ Ditto Account Monday. —Since OF SOUTHAMPTON. —SOLITHAMPTON, xlonday.—Since our last notice election matters bare been progressing much in a similar way as heretofore, each of the candidates holding frequent meetings in the various wards, and personally canvassing the borou g h. The success of Mr. Andrews exceeds the hopes that Were entertained by his friends. The subscription list for the payment of his election expenses is filling fast. This day Mr. Andrews resigned his mayoralty a nd p aid the usual fine. Another mayor will be chosen in a few 4 , 4 P for which honour the names of Aldermen Dusan "l:Palk, and White, with Mr. Councillor Clark, are 'Token of. The civic chair will, no doubt, be filled by kr. Alderman White. THE EFFECTS OF WEARING CRENOLINE.—Mme. de Nanteuil, sister of Mme. Fortoul, has just narrowly escaped a similar accident to tbat which caused the death of the Duchess of Fitzjames. Having approached too near the fire, while wearing one of the large dresses still so often seen, the skirt caught fire. Fortunately assistance was promptly brought, but the flames were not extinguished until her arm and chest had been burnt, though not very seriously. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY's •INN-ROAD.—The number of patients reliev e d at this hospital during the week ended 20th December, 1856, is 2,472, of which 800 were new cases. (ADVIIIITISEMBET.] SIGHT AM) HEARING SPECTACLES, PHIT - EEFLTIA TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE ' AND Pawn-ma 01, Assig s.—Messrs. S. and B. Solemons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe opposite the York Hotel. By leer Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for va l ua bl e an d extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse. Opera, and Per sPective Glasses, to know the distances. These telescopes Possess such extraordinary powers that some th roe an d a-ha lf inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly._r„ "Ilya] Exhibition, 1851. Valuable, newly-invented, very email, Powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the sire of a walnut, by which e Person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpoze on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seenat 8 to 10 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with . wonderful Power. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lense s or the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage d . erived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is Preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation —can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. leg power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Persona can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf ness. New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass any thing of the kind that has been, or probably ever ran be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing soils. in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the lasistauce that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle. *let, Piccadilly. Obserto—opposite the York Hotel. 20 20 17! 20 THE SON, LONDON, TUESDA Y YENLNG, SHARE MARKETS—{This Day.) GC~Y~. raid n, wi re. Cloning rree yeatenlay. tinsinees done this day Kmbg. Nottng. Boni and Basta. Jnnot 411 .30!fr.Et & Ballymena. a . ' f3irming. Wolverb Stour Valley , all !..tirlreuhd. Lancel Cheshire Janet._ all Do. Mesh. dt Birk all Do.. do. ....... • all Blackburn all rtlytt. &Tyneorlgir, £25 (issd. at £4 1100 Bristol and Exeter.. IMO Caledonian. 1100 Cheater & Holyhead 1 all Cork and Br.ndon all Cork, Black, it Pas all Cornwall I all Do. A 1 8 Do. B a 1 145 pian P. & Aber. DnblindrßelftJu Jnc r. 100 East Anglian all Eastern_ Counties 1100 East. inn, ASt 10 0 Be., B. Stock, Do., New A 17.! East Kent 1100 bast Lancashire al East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh es Gis.sgo all Edinb. and Peebles 100 lEdin.Prth &Dund. all Forth & Clyde Jan 100 Furness. ..... . 1100 Glasgow & S. Westrn all Great N. of Scotlntl. 100 Great Northern ,100 I Do., A. 5t0ck...... 100 ;Do , B. Stock 1)0 I Gt. sth. AtWest.(lre ) 1100 Great Western ;100 Du. Stour Val Rai Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & °arils]. 141 Do., Thirds. 12 Do. New Thirds . 100 Ls.neash.andYorks) i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Sonthrort all London & Blackwa , l 100 Lond. Bright &S.Cs• 100 Load. and N. West , 16 ;Do. Fifths 500.101. Sh., ( 24' Do. Eighths ' 100 London and& West all LnducirryttOoleran. all !indudryr.& Enniel 10t; rianch.Shef.& Lind I Metropolitan........ 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo'r arrangement ‘)l' Calatici 101 ''). Birmng. & Der al , G. West. all •o. Half Shares iQweastle,k Carll. - 1 all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hl'? rs , ewry & Enniskil , 'AI ;awry, Warrenpo•n old Itostrevor.... IS , lorfolk 3r orthn.ConntiesU it North British 100 , th Devon Rail. r Dock Stock 100 .0., A Stock. 100 io B Stock .0t i.lastern—Berwi 1; .o. do. Extension )< ~ do. G.N.E. Pure' a:l 130. Leeds 00 )o. York ICS 'Forth London '.&S.Wstrn.,Elarn stsad, and City ` , forth Staffordshir forth Western al' .& S. Westrn.Jun .z., Wore., at Wel. 14 ..rtsroonth 9 Eliymnoy . 1 1 ottlsli Central 1 Scot. N E.Abrdn St. ok Do. Scot. Mid. St 4 , • •nsl, ire TTrl ' 2 •-itinnbournekSheer. a. +watt, Devon _ South Eastern 100 outh Wales Yrksh. ds Riv. Da 10 a ll 'irnines,Wok. &IVo st, c okton k Darling ID Do., do., 1654 3 Do., do., 1855 Er -toekten & Hartlep a Atlr Vale _ K , Pref., No. 1.... ^'lnmes Hay. D.& R. all Vale of Neath„,_, al' Waterfd. & Kllkean TaterforldtLimer, • all West Cornwall__ all vest End of Londe•• and Crystal Palace all Do. A ....... ....... all Do. B Went London all Do. Filst Class all Do. Second Class Wlmhbv - I , A r , ror COLONI AL. 9 krulDra.) , 2SarvUis, ~u• Con. India, g. 5 IN c all Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares._ 1 Do. B. do ►il f-nnerart 2s. Eastern Bengal 4ast Indian A and B, g. 5 P 5 Do. Ex. C, gu, sp. c stl Do. do. D, gu. 5 P. C. all D 0.4 11l ►o. do. do., '59, dr dl Geelong k Dielbournt guar. 5 per cent.. all id. Trunk of Canadk all ►o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'A: sl. 90. Comp. 6p. c., dr. sal lt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c .1 , it. Western of CUM i 8 Do. New Do. Bds., payable '5 41 Do. do., '76, p. '6O. .11 Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withon option.. all Madras, guar. 4.q.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Sciode, guar. sp. c. all D 0... • 8 Bt. Andrew's and Quebec, (A). 'OR C a:1 11 10061 B. ouA n r p&Rott rd. m ff. & le lgian EA : r H t Brj.'uaßng e . all Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal i e ) a n s t te .ch r :R i o l n i f e e n s F i a :a n h n d e e RY . a l l 2 l 19 - 1 0 . N ew 2s. Euphrates 10s. Eur. In.Jn .Tel. Rail. (8 , it. Central of Frain e 16 Treat Luxembourg_ 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Basle, all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons et Mediterran. a ll Maria Antonia a ll Do. do. New all sTamur & Liege all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref. all Northern of France. all N o rmegianTrunkPref all Paris and Lyons a ll Paris and Orleans..., 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c. "i Rome and Frascati all sh all A g o ! ::MYY: Roy a l 0 S an p. n° d d e i nent. pr se n . f . all a ll ionthern of France , I ,11 West Flanders all Do. I D wvv o ee. sets tt 6 1:: : no. f p Ter c. Switzerland all France . all Wiesbaden .. •_•• a ll Do. 8 per cent. Prof. all Zealanr. ....... ...... Al .0.114144 all .astralasia ........... . 18i Bank of Egypt ...... 60 Bank of London .... , 11 tri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C. . , tritigh N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 ohrtd. Bnk. of India, Australis, At China 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lond. all Eng.goot.&Ans.Cht. all Lond. Chart, Bk. of Australia ..... all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lind.&E.Bnkg.Corp, 10 London Joint Stock. 20 Lond.&Westminstei 35 National Pro.of Itng 10 Do. Naw 22 National Bank all New South Wales all 'Oriental Bk. Corp 15 Ottoman Bank 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 R Ana B &Go Int Ot a:.l ionth Australia ..... . all [lllicit of Anatr.ll,. . 2, Do. Now , 10 [into, of Londo t . ... , .. 60 ruity Mutual lO -- 8 d f+42 Woltanßt of Lond 6 ;-; 6 d - - - Si 9 19i -- 20. 174 18, 13i 14; 93 - 95 63 - 63 37 39 1. ''''' e..... ••• ..... o• to 107 181 19! 91 38 40 26 - 7 - 5 83 91 54 - 55 36; - J 6: 94 - 96 7 - 8i SS, 73 75 120 125 110 112 69 69,3 60 65 70 74 56 66 56 6A 96) 97 et 7 1114 112 i 1.05} -105 t 20i 21 10A 10 [o6g 107 •. • .".. •••,' d par Eli - 82 63 55 13i 14. 50 - 52 3i - S(i 39i 40i 83 4i - 4 .1, 3 - 2i 8f - 18/ 59i 60i 96 - 99 5 8d 6 i 7 10 11 29 30 10;6 108 26 24 70 72 48 49 1i 1 174 8 73i 733 80A 5 3 d 2 1 14 -- 16 40 19i 2-31 6 8 2 - 4 S - 5i .•. 7 9 ~~ ... - ... 1 - li 113 - 115 1 2 2.4 p " ••• .. ... ... 21 - 22 i 2 131 80 85 1i 1# 16; 14 - '43 2/, - Zip 99 - 100 117 1 22 117 - 122 109 111 20 - 20. 22i -22 i a it 4 1 Iv , 2} :IGli . lr~ 14 1 2 p par p 1 31i 321 9 — lO P 5 - 5i 64 -- ri; 16 1 , 1 7i - 8' 181 - 19 i 36 - 374 8 - 8t 51 - 54. 51 - 53 - p 1 18 - 20 1 - li 9 - 9A 8f - 91 ...- PT" 4i - 5 90 - 10 33 - 34 i - lipi ••• . 'l* OANSI4, 9g - 100 id - pn. 62 ' - - -PI 1 -- 70 •N nom• i•i - 18 20 -20 i 19i -.... 20i 1 - 3P .0. ..... ••• 1••••1 Rya NMI NOM .... • • 0. 38 39 1 Idl ... - ... ... "'. .. iii 37 65 - 67 7 - -9 UNES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I I j~&,~,i RAIL 'fl s. be4n• • o:rtpan Bccifo:d as O Buckglialusli O Clydesdal.).l,. II Col. Stour Vy. O E. Lin. g. 6 pc. 11 E. Un. H. Sii. Glad. Barr. & Neils. Direct K) Do. New...... dl GletrAt Dn Fr 11 Hrtlpl. Dk & Rail way .11 Hull & Selby .11 Do. Share. .11 Do. Shares. 11 Lon..kGreenw 11 Do.Preferonee 11) Lon., TH., &S. 31 Do. Bark. Sh. 10 Lowestoft 4 per cent. 10 Do. 6 per ct. 611 Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock .11 Middlosbro' Recle.g 6 p.c. Midld. 131 ad: I Land 1-A N. We •t. L. &N. W. Calodon... E. U. &E.O Cit.Nrthod. E. Count. Caldonistn. sc it 13t,„111 ~'. IF at. 111 60 a; St. 11 10 3t. 11 5 V I 161 I Newmarket Bury E. G.spc 50 all N.& Est.sp.c. );) all Do. 6 per ct. 50 all Do. Fixe(ls p c 25 all Prest. & V yr , 12:_l all Do. Shrs. A St. 100 RoystnAk Hit. 25 !Si Sh(Af.Roth.enl Gooleg.sp.c. D) all Shrews.&Her 1.2 10i S. Staffordsh. i 0 all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... St. 10 61 5, jDo ?f: a: St 101 ill I Do 1() Wiltsleorarst 26 ( Al at. WII,Inn Yk. New. Bens. Y. te:o 4 Do Do S. Eastcw: Do Pcto & Co Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midid. Stekton Darlingt. Midland . . En Conn. B. Count 'Do Do L. & N. W Do , Gt North:: Laneash Yorksh. T. Brassey MCleftn Stockt. Darlingt Do OtWestn St. I 1.1 20 St. St. 10 101 sl 10 Et. 104: tl 0I Al U al 'Jt. al St. 10 , it it. [C St. 1C St_ 1: it. tj it. V 100 ( at. .11 at. II St. 11 St. 41 St.lll t 2 , 11 St.l 11 St. 1101 :VI al 1.2 i al 121 ii St. 1101 At. 1101 St. Ila St. 110 Blyth andTy no 1 0 pt., c. pref. (issd. at 50 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. Sr Do. 4 p. c. Shares ~. Caledn. £lO 4f pc. & On. 5 t Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. l Cork &Bandonbtp.e. Dua.Prth Aber. J. f. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cis. C 7p. e Eas. Co. Ex, 5 pc No Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. a. Sr East Un., G. 6 P. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.SL. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancah. 6 p.cts E. kW. York. J. stht I Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh I Prth. &Dnn.4,p.e Furness, 5 P. c. Glas. & S.W.°. 5 Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p. c Do. sp. c., Red. at t p. c. pm... ..... Gt.N. of Scot. 1 at Pr, Cit. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4 per o. Prof, S Gt.W. (B. ll.Exspc Do. con. red. 4f p.c. )1. con. red. 4 p. c )o. irred. 4p. c. • Do. 5 p. c. red. pref 90. Birm. Pref. Sh )o. Chester Bp.c. P. . Do. do. 5 p. c. do. 10. Birm. Gus. Stk .)o. Ches. Gus. Sh )o. do, do )o. do. do, .• .an. &York. F. # 21 6 p. c. Stock rion. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l )o. P., 5p c. St.No.2 )o. New Onar.6 Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 i,on.&N. W., Co,. 01 -inueaton 5 P. et... [rm.& S.W. 7 per at late 3d Shares L .ndy.& Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis. 91, 4.,5..& L. 6 p. Cent Do, do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. vlarypt Carl.4p o 4 per cent Do. do. 'lid. Consol.6 p.c.St )o. Con.Br.ilir. 6r Do. 43 p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & 11. Pref. St New., Aber., drc., pr. sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk, Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do.Prsf. 5 p. c. St Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per c. pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V.50e.,1847 North British Do 71. Preference ... N. Perw, 4 p.a. P. Do. do. do Do Leede 6p .c Do. do. Qre.,1848... Do.Vorklidg S. Par North Staffordshire. 0x,W0,,tW., 6 Pe... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,New Prof ISc.N.E. Abor. g 6 •oe Do. do., 7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 3 p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. flxed,4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 5 Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. do. 4A I). c.... 8. Yorksh. - 4p.c.Guar Stock. k Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. S i p. 0. till July 1,'551 Waterfd. & Kilk.6pc 3t. ilOl St. St. 101 St. 101 St. 10 7 3 St. 14,1 20 ' 1, 12i 25' 11 20 1 , 41 St. 101 St. 101 8i al St. 101 St. 'lOl 25 al 1.0.6', r 1 St. 1(1 10 al St. 101 St. 10 , 20 a 25 a 25 1 12i a Closine Prices .} yt today. 97 • 99 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 ... 4i .. """ ••• Iles 109 12i - 13 22i - 23 112 - 114 i 1 PI • •• ..." • • • 2i - 56 -. 58 132 7 - - - - 1:35 - .91j .•• - ••• 33 - ?4 89 - 91 PREFERENCE SHARE 6._ 95 - 100 4; - $ 6 - to - 113 10i 108 41) IM '2 -12 t • •0 .-. 75 - 76 17 119 09 111 .02 104 61 63 9i 10 6 is 95 97 87 - 89 99 101 10 - 101 16( - 17! 10 10 73 - 16 19i 20 9( - 104 141 154 "• 37 139 139 142 117 - 119 .57 - 159 ... - ••• i - I Go 70 ••• 17' - 139 98 - 100 89 - !4 1 - li 1;a 2.-65 92 et 1i idl id p - 108 114 105 -- 110 17 - ii 1031 93i 23 - 24 102 - 105 i 10k - - 2fq 2 3p ..• 'no- •,.. 3 31 i 9 1071 MINFb. Anglo Californian ... Anetralian .... 11 Baden (Gd. Duchy of 611 Blamer. Iron & Coal .4 British Iron 16i Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) all Do. Cociee 5 IDo. St. John Deißey ClarondonCons. Min - - Co. of Jamaica 11 C•bre Copper Colonial Gold di Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7i p. cent L Copiapo ill Fortuna Genual Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. Groat Polgooth 1 Gt Wheal Vor Unite , Ll ,11 Liberty ............... ill Duane. Li Lusitanian ....... ill Mariquita • 11l New Granada Lll Nouveau Monde , 11l Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min . 1 Port Philip Xll Quartz Rock all Rhymnoy Iron 5 all -- Do. NoW 5i I Santiago de Cuba Sort. Cons. Min. Co South Australian Do. Scrip ,11 Do. 10 per cent Pref Tam. S. St L. Min. Co 9 Fin Croft 11 United Mexican 11 Waller 11 Wcst Mariposa • 2s. Worthing Mining o Australia . ....... 25 11 10 i 10 al 50 41 ioo I 5 . St. st - . ito I I al 25 al 15 b 11 al 20 20 Li 10 al 10 al 25 25 10 10 a MIS() 9 Australian Agricult. I) tustraln. Royal Mail 11 •torlin Water Works trit. American Land : Canada Go.6p.e.Jan&inly D Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug CI D o. 6p e. Mar & Sept lrysta) Pa1ace........ 11 Do. Preference.., 11 crystal Pal.of France Gaston Iron Ore 51. 2 Eastern Steam 0 Electric Telegraph .11 Electric Toleg. of Ir ill Eu.iiikus Cop Sm CO al Gen. Ir Sc Col (Em.) .4 Gen. Steals Navigat. .11 General Screw Steam 5 London Discount all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 0 Magdalena St. Navii; Xll qediteran. Elec. Tel. 11 exican&S. America. 5 Nat. Discount Co 1 Do. New ........ 5 Netherlands Land._ ,11 Do. Do. .... 3 Do.BpcPissatld Do. Do. N ew B. & N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. Xll N. B. Australasia.u... t, Nrth.ofEuropeSteam • 2 ll Oriental Gas 8. Do. "New Shares" al Peel Rr. Ld. Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental 1.0 Do. New i 0 Royal Mail Steam 411 Scot, Austral. Invest al Ditto New Ali South Austral. Land ►1: Sabana. Tel. Scrip... ►l Registered........ 5 Trugtds Co.II.CAn. igi Van Dieraen's Land V.Ch.6p.o.Antanl,l 1 -: fi 7 - 2 - 4 15 - 17 P in 5$ 60 30 - 36 25 - 27 13 - 15 i - id I - 8 4 - 5 .•• 8 - 8i LI - - 1 9 - 11 23 - 25 7 - 9 2} 2i •• 1 31 - -- 3 . 1 36 - i - i '.601115. 24 - 25 ••• ••• 41 - 5 40 45 127 - 130 113 114 2 - 21 51 - 56 93 : 95 •... - li - 11 6 6 ti 0 ?, 3i oi 3t - t • Ikp - P 1 - fp LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Cornrois , ioner Holroyd.) ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-ANOTHER APPEAL THREATENED. DIVIDEND MEETING. To-day was appointed for a dividend meeting under this estate, and a great number of creditors, principally depositors, attended. There were very few disputed cases, most of those creditors, who were also share holders, having agreed that their claims should stand over. Mr. Feysenmeyer, of Bedford-row, tendered a claim on behalf of a Mr. Gra°ld, who had proved his debt before Mr. Harding, the official manager, but had since gone to Australia. Some question, however, arising, His Honour said that Mr. Grisold would not be pre• judiced by the case standing over, as there would soon be further funds in hand, and he understood that the assignees intended to take the responsibility on them selves of asking the Court to direct that the whole of the money in their hands should be at once divided. Mr. Feysenufeyer said that he must urge his right to have a claim entered, so that the funds might be re• served, otherwise future assets might be frittered away in litigation. His Honour said that there was now no fear of that. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, said they intended to divide every shilling they had, without making any deduction for expenses ; having a claim entered would affect the dividend, without benefitting the claimant. His Honour said he did not see any reason for admit ting a claim at the present time, and repealed that of Mr. Grisold. Mr. Feysenmeyer said be, of course, must bow to the court, but regretted the decision, as he should feel bound to appeal against it in another court. He ap peared as a creditor, and was entitled to have the claim entered. Proofs were taken up to one o'clock, but no points of any importance arose. They were very numerous, but as the list had not been cast up, the amount could not be ascertained ; but it was stated that the dividend would be five shillings in the pound, and that another dividend might be expected a month after. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day. MANSION-HOUSE. James S. Nightingale, a middle-aged, respectable man, was placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor, charged with robbing his employers, Messrs. Sterry and Co., dry-salters, Cannon-street. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecutor. The prisoner was in the prosecutor's employ as ware houseman, and they having reason to suspect him, had a variety of things marked, amongst others some spices, and employed a detective to watch him. Last week he was seen to leave the warehouse and act in a sus picious manner, and ultimately to go.under an archway, when the policeman went up to him and asked him what he had. He replied nothing, but on searching him he] found 66 nutmegs and a quantity of spices. He bad some of the spice concealed under his trowsers, and two bags of ground ginger fastened round his legs, just under the calves. At his house several sealed packets of spice, marked, and in the same state as when taken from the stock, were found, and identified by the prosecutors. The prisoner was committed for trial. GUILDHALL, A LORD IN TROUBLE.—A. short set grown man, dressed in seedy black, with a bald patch on the crown of his head, and wearing a moustache, was placed at the bar before Mr. Alderman Rose, charged with illegally conveying a pint of gin yesterday into White Cross-street prison. He was described on the police sheet as Colvill George Colvill, 4, Park-road, Old Kent-read, gentleman. The prisoner is the same man who, about twelve mouths since, created some notoriety at this court under the name of Lord Colvill. Gibbs, officer at the prison, deposed that the prisoner was at the prison yesterday and went out again. He re turned shortly after. Witnessed asked him if he had anything about him, and he replied no. He then felt his pocket and found a pint bottle of gin in it. The in troduction of spirits into the prison is prohibited by the rules, which are fixed up in various parts of the prison. He had visited a prisoner named Cannon, who was dis charged last night. Mr. Alderman Rose—What have you to say to the charge I Prisoner—l did it at Cannon's request, who said epirits were allowed in the prison. It looks very much like a trap, because he did not come last night, and bail me out. Cannon's father is a bankrupt, and I am one of his creditors. Mr. Alderman Rose—That would be all very well, perhaps, did we net know you. You can read, can't you! Prisoner—Yes. Mr. Alderman Rose—the regulations are fixed up in the prison, and you must have known by that that what you were doing was illegal. (To Springate, the gaoler)—Do you know anything of this man ? Springate—Yes. I have known him for many years. When he was here on a former occasion ho gave the name of Lord Colville. Mr. Alderman Rose—Have you reason to believe he LB an impostor ! _ _ _ Prisoner—No, lam not. I have voted in two Scotch elections. I shall come into my property shortly. Mr. Alderman Rose—The act allows me to inflict a penalty of 201., or three months' imprisonment. As this is your first offence Springate—He has been iu custody before on a charge of stealing a horse cloth. Prisoner—lt was not me, but a man called Radley. Mr. Alderman Rose—But as this is his first offence of ;his kind I shall fine him 203. or 14 days' imprisonment. Prisoner—lf you will give nie three weeks to pay it in I can do so. I shall then have received 501. Mr. Alderman Rose—No, you must pay the money now. The prisoner was then removed from the bar and ,ocked up. BOW-STREET. SAVAdE ASSAULT.—DanieI Sullivan, a big powerful Irishman, was placed at the bar, on remand, charged with committing a violent and unprovoked assault upon William Draper, a market gardener, on the 16th instant. The complainant was this morning in attendance. His head was bandaged up, and he still exhibited the appearance of having suffered severe injury. In his evidence, he stated that on the 16th of Dec., at about half-past four in the morning, he was walking in Long acre by the side of his cart, when the prisoner, who was in company with another man pushed against him (witness) with such force that he fell off the pavement into the road and narrowly escaped being run over by the cart. On regaining his feet he went up to the pri soner and asked him what he had pushed him down for, when he threw a large stone or brick at him which struck him on the forehead and felled him to the ground. The prisoner then took the whip out of his hand and struck at him several times on the head with it when he became insensible. The prisoner was eventually secured by police-constable 153 F. Ever since the as - sault he had been, and was still, under the charge of the surgeon of Charing-cross Hospital. The complainant's statement was confirmed by seve ral witnesses. The prisoner said, i❑ answer to the charge, that the complainant struck the first blow. Draper called to his son for the whip, and on its being given to him he struck him three or four times. He then took the whip from the complainant, and gave him some of it himself. The constable said the complainant was a quiet and inoffensive man. The magistrate said it was a savage and unprovoked assault, and he should ultimately send the prisoner for trial, but he would remand him for another week in order to ascertain that a fatal result did not follow. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DISTURBANCES AT JULLIISN'S BAT, MASQUE,—John Arnott, a well dressed man, described on the charge sheet as a warehouseman, residing at No. 32, Stamford street, was brought up before Mr. Beadon charged with creating a disturbance and breaking several ohairs at her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket. last w Inspector hennihzehtw ahseßc was c lai h se a d r o d bn s y o n a , of gentleman dutye na t tt he A l ehmear nMajesty's division, t o remove stated Theatre, th the that de fendant, whom, the gentleman stated, was occupying a seat to which be was not entitled, the seat being a bal cony seat, and he having only paid for a dress circle seat. Re went up and civilly requested him to leave, which he stoutly refused to do. Witness then fetched the secretary, who also endeavoured to persuade him to remove to another seat. The defendant, how ever, persisted in retaining his seat, and his conduct caused such a disturbance that two constables were ordered to remove him. The accused then became e xceedingly violent, and broke several chairs, inflicting damage to the extent of 9a., and after considerable trouble be was lodged in the station-house. The defendant said he had a perfect right to the seat he was occupying, as he bad paid for it in the usual way. Mr. Beadon ordered the defendant to pay 9s. for the damage, or be imprisoned for 14 days, and advised him to observe for the future a little more common sense, and to recollect that the word was wade for others as well as for himself. Francis Bennett was fined 54. for being drunk and disorderly at her Majesty's Theatre on the previous night. William Pask, who described himself as a barrister, was next charged with being drunk and disorderly at Jtillien's bal masque. Usher, 117 A, said about half-past 12 last night be saw the defendant by the side of the orchestra at her Majesty's Theatre with his hat off and his dress in great disorder. He was very drunk, and had formed a ring, in which he was squaring his fists at every one. Witness begged of him to desist and leave the hJuse, which be refused to do. Witness then took him into custody. The usual drunkard's fine of ss, was inflicted. ANOTHER CASE.—John Renshaw and George Pike were charged with a like offence. Usher, 117 A, said he was on duty at four o'clock this morning when he saw the defendant creaticg a great obstruction at the barrier near the orchestra. Renshaw stepped in front and dropped 801110 silver which he stooped down to pick up, and when he got up again he said, "D- the police they are always in the way," and, without the least cause whatever, he struck witness a blow in the mouth. Henshaw was about striking him again, when a brother-officer came to his assistance and removed him from the place. Pike and' some other young men subsequently rescued him from custody, and, after great resistance on the part of the friends of the defendant, he was recaptured, and with Pike conveyed to the station-house, Mr. Beadon fined the defendants 20s. each. Business this day tOO 100 100 20 20 121 1 69} i 96i i i 6I 105 a i Sli 1 lOs I 1.1 ZO i 7 60 a, 20 1 , 3b, 2r 30 20 I 1 1 40 al 5 Ji St. , al 20 11 all 4.1 an 5 all 1 , al 3 al 5 i 1 1 I a] 30j1 1 ! all 1 I al 730 f 111.4 13i 12j xil 5 i d 244 10 1 54i fl -_ 15 -- 31 2 , 41 - 1 1 3 3 / 4 7 66 - 68 4 - g r 66 - 68 I.s 36 - 38 DECEMBER, 23 SOUTHWARK. CONVICTION OF TWO FASHIONABLE SHOPLIFTEIIB. William Johnson, and Elizabeth Mills, two well-dressed persons, were brought before Mr. Combe, charged with picking the pockets of several ladies in High-street, Borough. Mr. Smith, a shipbroker, residing in Brownlow-street, Holborn, said that, on the previous evening, about eight o'clock, he was passing down High-street, Southwark, which was extremely crowded by females, who were engaged in examining the Christmas stock in the vari ous shop windows, when his attention was attracted to the male prisoner, who was pushing about among the females in rather a rude manner, followed by his com panion. He immediately suspected their avocation, which induced him to watch them, He then saw the man put his hand into three different ladies' pockets, but he could not see what he took ,as the female prisoner stood behind him holding her dress and shawl out so as to cover him. Witness then went and called the attention of a police-constable, who also saw them put their hands into several ladies' pockets. Police-constable 492 A said he was on duty in the Borough at the time when his attention was called by last witness to the prisoners. As soon as the man saw him he ran up Kent-street and he lost sight of him. About half an hour afterwards, when witness returned round his beat, he saw both prisoners again among a crowd of ladies. Ho watched them himself and distinctly saw the man put his band into three pockets, and tbe female covered him with her dress and shawl. He im mediately took him into custody, and in the confusion he could not find out the parties who had been robbed. The prisoners were searched, and on the female was found a pair of spectacles and a card case, and on the man two small memorandum books. The prisoners denied stoutly any knowledge of each other. They were respectably connected, and would not be guilty of such offences as those imputed to them. The magistate, however, ascertained that they were notorious pickpockets, and lived in Pelham-street, Whitechppel. He accordingly asked them whether they would prefer being tried by him, or go to the sessions 7 After a little hesitation they both said that they would sooner have the matter settled at once. They would leave it to his worship to deal with them. Mr. Combo accordingly committed each of them to the House of Correction for three months, with hard labour. MARKET NEWS.--(dais ray.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 ss; and straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 ss; clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 8s per load. Trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs tc 41 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 ss; and straw, 1 / 4 s to 11 8 s per load. A sow trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a better inquiry for most qualities, and higher prices being asked by holders has in some measure checked business. Common congou realised 10d, and late in the day was quoted at 104 d per lb. SUGAR.— Very little business has been done in this article. Purchasers are deferring their operations until after the Christmas holidays, when prices are expected to rule rather lower. The market closes to-morrow, and does not re-open until Tuesday, the 6th Jan., 1857. The Re fined market has been very dull, and lower prices are cur rent. COFFEE.—A. good business has been transacted at full rates in both plantation and native Ceylon, the stooks in the hands of the retailers being very limited. RlCE.—There is a good demand for all low qualities, and rather higher quotations have been current, owing to the smallness of the quantity cn offer. The better qualities have also been in more request, at about former rates. MM.—The demand has been very active, and previous prices have been fully supported. TALLOW.--The market has ruled firm, owing to the smallness of the stooks on hand, being about 2,200 casks leas than at this time last year. Prices, as compared with those ruling at the same period in 1855, are fully 8s to 10s per cwt less. P.Y.C. on the spot 57s 9d to 58s, spring delivery 576 9d, Australian mutton 55s to 58s 6d, and beef 54s to 57s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon, N. to N.N.W. ; light breeze. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived.— Liverpool Packet, from Rotterdam, for Messina, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, from collision off Beachy Head, on the 25th Dec., with a ship ; Migrator, from London, for Colombo. PILL, Dec. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Machonochie, for New Orleans. NEwrouT. Dec. 22.—Wind W.—Arrired—Carola, from Bristol, for Rio Janeiro ; Glen Tilt, Antwerp ; Herloffe Trolle, Copenhagen, both for St. Thomas; Souvenir, Nantes, for Sierra Leone. Sailed—Malabar, for Rio Ja• neiro ; Neva, Grenada. DOUGLAS, I.M. Dec. 20.—The Brother, from Liverpool, for Newry, ran on the rocks at Derbyhaven, is discharg ing, and is expected off. CARDIFF, Dec. 22.—Sailed.—Favourite, for Bahia. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2 1 . — Wind W.- 2 Sailed—Edward Bousted, for Rio Janeiro. REVEL, Dec. 12.—The Welcome, from Cronstadt to London, which put into Baltic Port on the 6th inst. leaky, has repaired, and is ready to proceed. The weather is mild and open ; wind S. W. LLANMADOCK, Dec. 20.—The Fordmill, of Sunderland, from Cardiff to Malaga, ran ashore on Rossilly Bay ou the 7th inst., with mainmast cut away. (PER ELEOTBTO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind N.E. Arrived—Lebanon, (s.s.), from Trieste. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21. Wind W. Arrived —Boomerang, from Paraiba. Sailed—Edward Bonetead, for Rio Janeiro ; Sucomn, Bremen. DUBLIN, Dec. 22. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Mary Russell, from Taganrog ; Henry Isrnay, Galatz. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELE4RAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind N. ; nearly high water ; fine. Arrived, Dec. 22—Pearl, from Quebec; Gesina, Stock holm. 23d—Kielmansegge, Hamburg; Enterprise, Mo gador ; Marianna, Forth, and Provetie Drentie, Danzig; Micklestue, Soderha,mu ; Elphinstone, Honduras, DEAL, Tuesday, 9.16 A.M. Wind N. by E. ; moderate. Passed, Dec. 22—Sylph, screw steamer, from London, for Bordeaux. Passed—Aria, from London, for Seville. Sailed.—Candahar, Caduceus, Glearoy, Devonshire, and Jamaica. CUSTOM -HOUSE, MONDAY, DEC. 22. ENTERED INWARDS. —Prospect, from Odessa ; Ocean Ranger, Jamaica; Elizabeth Brown, Singapore; James Wakefield, New York ; Pyrrha, Aarhuus ; Violet, St. Michael's ; Symmetry, Ceylon ; Lady Kinuaird, Madras and Cape of Good Hope ; Ellen, Seville. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Duc Aurelias, for Rotterdam ; Happy Return, Antwerp ; Myrtle, Seville ; Nelly, Cape of Good Hope ; Surprise, Alderney ; Harkaway, Auck land, N.P. ; Johannes Albertus, Batavia and Sourabaya Marnes, Port Philip ; Lima, Rio Janeiro ; Nepanl, Ade laide ; Gleaner, Cadiz and Seville. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO,—Elise, for Cadiz and Se ville ; Francis 1., Lisbon ; Sea Witch, Beypore and Bom bay ; James Holmes, Barbadoes ; Guiding Star, Adelaide; Heroes of Alma, Wellington and Canterbury t ; Ardberg. Calcutta ; Ipswich Lass, St. Michael's; Negotiator, Gee long. M. Michelot, the celebrated comedian of the Theatre Francais, died on Thursday last, at his residence, Passy, in his 71st Sear. Michelot was, with Talma, Fleury, Mdlle. Duchenois, Mars and Georges, one of the glories of the French stage. He was equally successful in tra gedy and comedy. His last great characters were the June Mari, in "Henri III.," and Don Carlos, in " Hernani.” The ruins of a Roman theatre have been discovered at Trigueres, near Montargis, in France ; it is 70 yards long from the back of the pit to the stage, and 60 yards wide. It could have easily held 10,000 spectators, The interior of the theatre is not yet uncovered. 1856 LITERATURE. The Bousehold Manager. A Practical Treatise. By Charles Pierce, Maitre d'Hotel. G. Rout- ledge and Co. A practical pendant to the celebrated "works" of—the " Great CarBrne," of Ude, of Soyer, Web ster, Walker, Adams, Kitchener, and Francatelli ! Those masters of the menage —those chiefs of the cuisine—those wonder-workers in the production of the entree, the entremet, the hors-d'oeuvre, the piece de resistance. Glorious creatures, who knew, or happily still know, some of them, almost in stinctively, how to discriminate between the tastes not merely of the glutton and the gourmand, but even the subtler distinction definable in those of the gourmet, the gastronome, and the gastrolatre Gifted beings, any one of whom might have pre sided over the banquets of Lucullus, or have occu pied, by the camp-tire of Napoleon the Great, the post of the renowned Laguipierre ! As evidence most conclusive and satisfactory that Mr. Pierce is in some measure qualified to walk respectfully (and at a proper distance from them) in the footsteps of these Lawgivers in the Art of Gastronomy, we con ceive the following brief extract from his Preface will be accepted by the generality as conclusive. " The Warrior General," says Charles Pierce, " who looks forward to the successful termination of his coming engagement, first with careful study and practised thought, views with prescience each possible exigency, and provides a means to meet it, strategically considering the country in w hi c h hi s scene of action is laid, and the appliances necessary in all respects to his victory." " And so"—observe the inference !—" and so with the noble Giver of a Feast." Admirable ! Mr. Pierce has ent ere d upon his task with a true sense of its importance. He undertakes nothing more in the work under notice than—" to remove discontent and to create har mony in households"—only that ! And H ow ? " By pointing out the precise nature of the services required from each Domestic." Wherefore in his treatise will be found separate sections dedicated respectively to the Hall Porter—the gentleman in powder who reposes in a leathern chair during most of the twenty-four hours, airing his calves by the hall fire and his intellect by the hall newspaper. To the Usher of the Servant's Hall—the Gentle man's Gentleman's Gentleman ! To the Footman --Jeames Yellowplush of Buckley Square for in stance ! To the Waiter ; to the Steward's Room Boy ; to the Under-Butler—later on even to the Butler, whom we should have supposed altogether too august a personage to be schooled by Mr. Pierce or any one else, as our Mr. Murdles and the like might well have imagined by reason of their own personal experiences. Various other sections apply, moreover, to the Chasseur ; to the Valet ; to the Cook ; to the Steward ; to the Groom ; to the Courier ; to the Pastrycook ; to the Groom of the Chambers ; and to the Confectioner. How fully our author recognises the dignity of the Cook in particular is skown by this notable memorandum in regard to his appearance. "It is usual," he says, "for the cook, when he has to present himself for orders, to do so in his full kitchen costume, with his jacket, apron, and cap, and not to remove his cap, even in the presence of royalty." How highly he estimates the value of punctuality on the part of the livited, may be unders , ood from the mere circumstance of his reviving the subjoined very notable anecdote : "The Prince Cambacitris, who was Arch-Chancellor of the French Empire, and one of the first gastronomers of the day, is related to have invited the Emperor Napo leon to one of his celebrated dinners, but finding that half an hour had elapsed beyond the time of invitation, and yet no Buosaparte appeared, poor Camnacri I, in a state of indescribable agony, sent for his chef de cuisine, and ca'led nut in true military language—' Henri, have the entremets —the entrees are annihilated The scale upon which our author in• dulges his ideas of domestic economy may be conjectured, in some slight degree, from the circumstances of his calculating the ex penses of a little Picnic at -a hundred and odd pounds sterling ; drawing out a Bill of Faro iu another part of his treatise for a Buffet, or Stand ing supper for a Ball of Six Hundred. But then his work is designed, it should be remembered, with a view to the application of its hints upwards and downwards, from palatial festivities to champetre enjoyments. How wise, how tender, how delicious some of these hints are in their mere tendency ! Hints in regard to decanting wine—in regard to the mixing of a salad—in regard to the dainty art (or rather science we should call it) of carv ing ! Let it be observed, for example, in allu sion to the last-mentioned theme how lovingly he suggests " to those who wish it, the cook at once gives expression to his art by placing the joint on the dish in the proper form to be carved, giving it the first delicate touch of the carving-knife preparatory to being planed before the carver." Is not the book—obviously—one to be eagerly dipped into 13,3 any one who can lay a hand upon it, from the drawing-room to the kitchen, by those who, whether as employers or employed, have part either in large or in small establishments ? Assuredly—and as a work of this class, we commend it alike to high and low with all imaginable cordiality. England's Greatness ; Its Rise and Progress in Government, Laws, Religion, and Social Life, Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures, Sci ence, Literature, and the Arts, from the earliest period to the. Peace of Paris. By John Wade, V.P. Institut d'Afrique (H;storical Section), Paris. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts. . A somewhat formidable title, suggestive of many volumes of no inconsiderable bulk ; nevertheless only appertaining to a single volume, which, by the way, might well have been divided into two. The subject, undoubtedly, is one admitting of great amplification, if not requiring it. The object of the writer, however, evidently having been to produce a work which should be read by the intel ligent public—the industrial as well as the more cultivated classes—he has wisely aimed at brevity and conciseness. People nowadays have not much time to follow in the wake of historical re search and philosophical inquiry. The precise character of the work, however, may best be ga thered from the language of the writer. "It is not," he says, "an abridgment of British history, or a brief narrative of political progress, with which every one is familiar, but a condensed embo diment in spirit and form of national development, as characterised by its most remarkable epochs, illestrated by individual traits and memorable transitions, and exemplified in the contemporary growth of art, industry, intellect, social life, and gradations. History, biography, science, and literature, in different degrees, have been laid under contribution to complete the national pic ture." No doubt can be entertained by the reader of the correctness of the latter statement. Per haps the most striking merit of the work is the broadness and variety of research discernilde iu it. The author is one of those who do not believe the progress of a people is only to be traced iu the cus tomary ecclesiastical and political channels, and wt think he was amply justified in following ou t his convictions. The result of the most compre hensive research is most likely to be in accordance ' with the truth. To proceed. We find him tracing the progress of England's greatness from the re motest period down to the present time, pausing at various epochs to recount the advance made, and to contrast it with that of other nations. As in a pa noramic exhibition, the Roman and Anglo-Saxon Domination ; the Norman Conquest ; the Baronial and French Wars of the Plantagenets ; the ob structions from the Papacy to Civilisation ; the Age of the Tudors ; the Religious progress to the period of the Reformation ; the Establishment of the Church of England ; the a ccession of the Stuarts ; Charles, and the Civ il War ; the Com monwealth ; the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell ; the Ascendancy of the Puritans ; the Restoration of Charles 11., and the Accession of James 11. to his Abdication, are made to pass before us so as to elicit the truths they are ca lculated to teach. Then we have in review th e Industrial Progress of th e Kingdom to the R evolution in Agriculture, et m coerce, and Manufactures, with a notice o f Population, Riches, and Social Aspects of England at that period. Next come the Reigns of William Rise [H., Queen Anne , George 1., and Geo rge ac companied by a re tros p ective summary of the " progress made up to the conclusion o f th e , latter reign, and followed bythe Accession of Gorge III.; the Revolt of o England's the jnt i Colonies j:. •th e es and Progress Court of the Monarch, and the Man Life of the People ; the state of Science iters and Social Litera ture, and the Fine Arts ; the progress, . Industry and the Useful Arts ; the __ of Nationha. and his successors, up to the e tion ; the Death of Geo. tßhe rench_Rev22 succeeds a review of present eigns of . G t eo w ..ly e. ; Treatyaspects, of Par d is, th o n exhibition,nvednats valuable . and— ainnstrtictai exhi bition closes let us ure, add, 'creditable alike to the researchintelligence of the author. Differ as the reader the may in a more or a d n d of a very less qualified degree from some of Mr. Wade's conclusions, it would be somewhat ungracious to deny him this. In one particular all are likely to be agreed, viz., the great lesson which he educes from his survey of the past — t o wit, England is what she is, free, gre at, stable, and p ros p erous, !rah a yet more brilliant future before her, becaus of her cautious but assured step in threading the dark and untried passages of her career. This steadiness and caution, doubtless, are attributable . to many causes, prominent among which is the people —Itself formed or fostered . y genius of the adventitious circumstances. Whatever credit, however, attaohes to us as a natiou, the fact re- mains, and the people of Europe will do well to profit by it. To end well they must make a good beginning, and add patience and discretion to energetic labour. Having first laid the founda tions of permanent greatness they must proceed with forethought and deliberation, and ultimately the superstructure they desire will arise in all its majestic and time-defying proportions to reward their pains. l'oems written in a Workhouse. By E. B. M. Pp. 52. Sullivan, Dublin. What was it Wordsworth sang ? " A Primrose by a mossy strne, A yellow Primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. Here is one—a sweet, fresh, dewy little primrose —blooming out between the chinks of the grey, old, mossy stones of an Irish workhouse. A col lection of verses veritably, we believe, what it pre tends to be—written (literally) in a workhouse ? Twenty-two poems from the heart of a pauper child ; from her heart rather than from her bead, for They display (not unnaturally) more feeling than rhetoric, evidencing more of sensibility than of skill in authorcraft ! Yet, for the most part, they are so true withal—so genuine, though so jejune— so real and unaffected in sentiment, though so lin• avoidably immature as literary productions, that we are tempted thus to speak of them and of their humble writer these few passing words—words at once of recognition and encouragement. E. B. M., the "poor girl of lowlystatiou" who has written these " Poems,' written them in a workhouse (being herself the offspring of a father and mother who are themselves at this moment workhouse occu pants), has recently, we understand (by a f oo t- note at p. 51), been admitted by the National Board of Education in Ireland—with a view to her having a short course of Training—into the Dublin Nor mal Establishment. Let it be hoped that the little wild-fl ewer of fancy may not fade away in the transplanting! The Cabiitet Lawyer. LJugman, Brown, Green, Longtnans, and Roberts. The seventeenth edition of this popular digest of the. laws of England, extended and corrected throughout, with the statutes and legal decisions to Michaelmas Term, 19th and 20th victoria—ak work which should be in the hands of every Intel ! 'Agent Englishman, not to guide him into law,, but to enable him, according to Lord Bacon's celebrettd wish, to keep himself out of it. In the Diction/4T, besides corrections, several new terms and addt tonal miscellaneous information have been intro • duced, together with the alterations in the revenue laws and General Post•office regulations. In the Appendix will be found the tables of fees in the Superior Courts, the tables of costs settled by the Judge, allowances to witnesses, and the new scale of costs and charges in the County Courts. The work, in short, is as creditable to the editor (Mr. Wade) and the publisher, as it cannot fail to be serviceable to the purchaser. Every one will find some useful information in it. Naval and Military intelligence. WOOLWICH', DEC. 22. Four of the gun-boats now at Woolwich Dockyard are ordered to be forwarded to Portsmouth. A detaeLment of Royal Artillery is under orders to leave this garrison for Ireland. A large number of men belonging to the late Turkish contingent service, whose claims have been examined and certified, were last week paid off at the Tower. " Several officers of the Royal Engineers have recently returned from a tour of inspection to various eminent en_i3eering establi-hments in this country, the object of which was to gain information with regard to any in ventions or improvements. A school for the education of the numerous boys em ployed at the Royal Arsenal hae been opened in that establishment, .tud is under the supervision of the heads of the departments. At the police-court this day a gunner, named Wm. Wise, was committed for three months for stealing pro perty from the kit of a comrade, named George LovelL The iron steam-vessel Reaper, Master-Commander Hodges, which lett Woolwich with provisions and stores for Madeira and Lisbon, returned this day, and is now in harbour. The ButrAlo, steam-vessel, left the harbour this day for Keybain yard, with sand and 17 boats—the latter hav ing been manufacture) for the we of that establishment. CHATHAM, DEC. 22. This morning some surprise was created among the troops at Cha ham Barracks, in consequence of an order being issued for he immediate departure of the depots of the 12th Foot and the 45th Regiment to the camp at Colche4er. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the whole of the troops belonging to those regiments were assembled on the general parade-ground for the purpose of being in. spected by C.,lonel H. Jervis, Commandant of the Prowl &meal Battalion, previously to their departure. The 12th depot were under the command of Major F. G. Hamley, and the 45th under tha , , of Major J. B. Wheatstone, the strength of the former being 5 serjeaots, 4 corporals, 1 drummer, 29 private., and the latter 7 serjeante, 4 cor prals, and 50 rank and file. The appearance of the uon-commis.,iuned officers and men on parade was hour ß ot h to-m o rrow der its morning le a e ; Chatham extremely satisfactory to the inspecting field officer. at an and early e ha w m ho ß le ar o r f a t cks baggagehe arms belonging to the depot companies having been for warded to Colcheiter this day. The depot of the St. Helena Regiment is attached to the 12ch Foot. The first battalion of the 12th Regiment is in Australia, and the reserse battalion at the Cape of Good Hope; the head-quarters of the 45th is also stationed at the Cape of Good Hope. An order has been given for the battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry, at this garrison, to be marched out into the open country in the morning instead of the afternoon, as heretofore. This new arrangement will commence to-morrow morning. The 18th Royal Irish Regiment has given 110 volun teers to the following depots attached to the Provisional Battalion, the service companies of which are below their prescribed establishment, viz. :-70th Regiment, 69 men ; 524 Light Infantry, 28 men ; 35th Royal Sussex, 16 men ; 81st Regiment, 5 men ; 32d Regiment, 1 man ; and 45th Regiment, 1 man. The whole of the above volunteers have been ordered to join their depots, at this garrison, immediately. detachment of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, consisting of 1 serjeant, 1 corporal, 1 drummer, and 14 privates, left this morning, and proceeded to Sheerness, where they embarked on board her Majesty 'd ship Me lam pus, 42, Captain J. Borlase (1855). The rupery establishment in the dockyard is in full work, an order having been forwarded for the manufacture of several hundred tons of rope for the supply of the navy. DISSOLUTION OP THE MIDDLESEX REFORM REGISTRATION SOCIETY meeting e society, Yesterday afternoon an extra,ofrddiinsasorylvginengett•iallet of the members of the above society was held t e h r e Pe f d u i n e d n o cY being insufficient at the offices, No. 6, Jermyn-street, St. James's, for the purpos e l o o t c o n se ci considering ue i, ee , the of f taking steps 0 carry out its object. Mr. DONALD NICOLL occupied the chair. be a disgrace to awllioswheedd t 0 00 know w t o P i eces. (Hear.) im pressed upon the meeting the necessity o f • He still to carry on the society, for it would whether the objects kofer supported. Mr. Willie M i i‘ d i d r l . e G - ex iys i , c a it o e it ; A s Lo d e t e h e e o c er o e h fi l y mn i 1 c t h e e a i r t za n t o l f ) etyh the society t o Y r alga were iit would generally be known,bett registration, but the committee fe e l P t t d t e the managing corn long as possible. There were n o rni i‘ tt f e r e . ) at the Liberal inhteardest, which he considered funds during the last on operations until after that The CHAIRMAN said the period. Mr. GEESIN society was in debt. was so thoroughly e o l i car r y v uJ e o ,t s roughly and heartily sickened illiberal, that he not worth looking i o one t o the cenclusion that it was of 14,000 elector g s a ter any longer. There were upwards 41 Middlesex, and they failed to sup port a society which watched over their interests. Con temptible co ns • tituency ! Every elector ought to be exeerated iii every public assembly throughout the country, tri c ien e ri c en i d e e t d y tit a Dr. Epps followed in a similar strain. Mr, COPPOCK, fsr, after detai lin g wha, had been done by Lb, eeultuittee to keep the soziety alive, proceeded to say that had it not been for the su b,criptions of the corn luittee the society wou ld long since have fallen into P ie ces. As to returning members free of expense, that 'vas irnpo,sible in Middle-ex. The last election cost 4 ,0001., and it was impossible to fight it for less. He was thoroughly disheartened with the conduct of the Liberal electors, and therefore moved —"That this meet ing, acknovrledging with regret the impossibility of carrying on the Middlesex Reform Registration Society, even on the present economical scale, entirely from the want of funds to defray the hire of rooms, the salaries of secretary and clerk, and the expenditure necessary to watch the registration and attend the revision, an d no sufficient respense having been made to the report of the committee of management, the only course left i to dissolve the society, leaving the books and • I papers in the care of the committee for use and reference h ever the Liberal cause can be benefited thereby." b " w en. iere 3/. Mr. GEESIN seconded the motion. Mr. POWNEY made a strong speech upon the apathy of the Middlesex electors, s ad stated that the president of the society and other noblemen were as much to blame president, a s the electors themselves. Tne • nt, the Hon. Mr. Cavendish, M.P. had never subscribed and bad never attended a farthing, g a meeting. He thought enough had been done to show that the B Oci et su pported, and that it ought to be dissolved. Mr. WALKER moved, and Mr. LE BRETON seconded, an amendment to continue the society, but it was nega tived, and the resolution was tannic f, the general opinion being that it would be to the eternal disgrace of Middlesex that the soci ety was dissolve d. A vote to r. Donald _ M Nicoll closed the proceedings. MAILS FOR INDI A , —,X7C. VIA M A RSEILLES. — The mails for India, &c., vi a Al an:8 ;11os, which are at present for warded fron t frao:Ey,l London on the mo rnin g of the following day (Monday), whenever the 10th or 26th of the moßth. will in future on such occasiens be trade up at this office, and despatched on the evening of Post-office, Dec. 19. I al 25 1 1 20 100 1 1 (.-4 18 113}