The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET ♦vtl COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx The Colonial Produce Markets this week have been very dull, and some of the quotations have tended downwards. Sugar has baen in fair request for refining purposes ; coffee has been quiet, but firm ; and in tea no alteration of importance has occurred. Some descriptions of rice have been inquired for at full rates, and spices have continued dull. Cochineal has realised high quotations, and tallow is quiet. Business is now confined to a few private operations, the markets being now closed for the Christmas holidays. The French trade returns for the month of No vember have been completed, and they exhibit some very favourable results. The duties collected on imrorts amounted to 13,000,C00 francs against 12,500,000 in 1855, and 13,200,000 iu 1854. During the eleven months ending Nov. the revenue derived from these imposts was 159,000,000 francs against 176,000,000 during the same time last year, when, however, the Exposition attracted unusual supplies of merchandise. During the month there was an in crease in the receipts of cereals, wines, brandy, coffee, colonial sugar, cotton, oil, steel in bars, pewter, lead, oleaginous grains, S:c., but most other articles showed a diminution. There was an aug mentation in the exports of ordinary wine, alco hols, machines, tanned skin, porcelain wares, Wool and cotton thread, and woollen, cotton, and silk goods. The shipping statement for the 11 months gives the entries at 23,918 vessels of 3,754,779 tons Against 21,338 ships and 3,039,460 tons in 1855 The clearances have been 13,378 vessels, of 2,106,408 tons, against 12,729 vessels, with 1,573,834 tons last year.- The resolution passed by the directors of the great Northern Railway Company, which was as follows, is considered satisfactory : ResolVed—" That the company have not refused to register transfers of stock accompanied by coupons or Certificates officially signed by the registering clerk of the company and by the secretary, nor have they any ittention to decline to register transfers of stock for Which certificates of due registrAtion in the name of the teller have been issued by the company, unless there is ground to believe the holder of such stock has been Arty to any fraud in the manner of obtaining it," The resolution passed by the Committee of the Stock Exchange, therefore, will not be confirmed oti Monday next. There is an active demand for money, but the dis continuance of specie remittances to Ireland has tended to promote increased confidence. The al teration in the late stringent discount regulations by the Bank of France is also a favourable feature hi connection with money matters, but the tight ess of the market at Hamburg is severely felt, and other parts of the Continent capital is still very carve. The Funds are firmer, but business, es might have been expected, is exceedingly limited. leonaols have beon 94 to 94} all the morning. The i‘ li levr Threes are 94k I, 3 per Cent. Reduced 93i to Exchequer Bills aro is discount to 2s prem., 41 1 the Bonds 98g. Foreign Securities are also at rather enhanced kites, and several bargains have been recorded. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen to 951 to 951, and t he Four per Cents. to 1021 to 103. Ye tleauelan Active are 38 to 38k, and the D eferred 15k, being firmer, owing to the et3 rntnissioners having agreed to 3 per cent, on the t rtner in settlement of the Debt. Grenada oDe ferred 6 ; Mexican 3 per Cents. 21k, Gautemala ,Per Cents. 57k. Buenos Ayres 84f, and Sp anis h D eferred 24k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign htocka :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mel,- 21. f i; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto a per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., (4 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 ; ditto Deferred, 24 24i ; ditto Certificates, 6 6.1 ; ditto Passive, 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. report that during t ile week there has been a gond demand for Ameri ,,,, States stock. In railroad securities th ere h as 8 0 been a fair amount of business, chiefly in the 'Ttda of the Illinois Central and Michiga n C entral Alailroad. Redeemable. Per Cent. ), !tad States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868.-106 107 `lliited States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...106 107 STATE SECURITIES. 43 abarna 5 per Cent lerYland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 0 48 achttsetts 5 per Cent. (Steil. Bonds) - "lssissippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk Ponds lB4l-1871... 43 45 P ississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 16 18 ), e9 nsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Tetinsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 83 .i.!Dliessee 6 per Cent. Bonds IgPzinia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 85 87 VIAs 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) _lBBB 84 86 LOANS OF CITIES. 1,. °0, 0n 5 per Cent. Bonds 1883... 85 8 7 iZontreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 84 °lv Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock - 78 80 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not t i , Convertible 187 5... 86 88 V,9iois Central 6 per C en t 1375 82 84 giloois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland tißonds 1860... 99 100 l t inois Central (Shares), $25 paid .. 15 16 p iehigan Central 8 p. Cent., Convert 1860 ... D o , do. do. 9:3 77 7. .5 90 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 91 93 6 ,..yr York Central 6 per Cent., not N ew 1883... 81 83 mew York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort -83 s 7 11 ;:trk and Erie 7 p. Cent. Convertible 181862 ....: 86 A ,I, 9 84 York and Erie 7 per Cont. Sinking 1875 85 87 ' P atna 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster lz. ling Bonds), no t convertible 185 9... 90 1 ) 4 / ) araa 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage. 1864... 99 92 t ansylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist M0rt.1880... 90 92 1n the Railway Share Market this morning a ery moderate business has been done. Prices "e, however, in several instances, slightly im oved, viz., in Great Western, Lancashire and °rkshire, North Western, South Western, Midland dNorfolk, which have improved about s s. to 10 s. righton declined about ss. In the Foreign Lines tnbardo-Venetian have advanced ss. The Cana "'arl lines are steady, at full quotations. Joint- S tock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares are very 11:14ctive, and a decline of fully ss. per share may be g clted in most of the principal securities. ... 80 82 ... 90 92 ... 98 100 II itITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES, DEC. 26. ( From the Officia Lat.) ti per Omit. Reduced Annuities 0: 11 ? 3 per Cent. Annuities 'Mole ?or Account E Zeliequer Rills. lid. £l000 tSOO Brasil 1 d 3 p p 4 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent. ssi 4 Ditto, 1359 FOREIGN FUNDS 11 /1 ctos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. — ID NU ° Account .. tt liada - . New Active, 21 per Cent. - q tlaternitto Deferred 6s ala Bonds, 5 per cent 574 p e lican 3 per Cent 214 I e rnvian Bonds 44 per Cent t 13 itto Account itnh Roads.: per ('ent ultte New Deferred, 3 per Cont. T bitto Account 4 , ll tieb ;bonds, 6 per cent 111",„"ittO Small r6llitto Guaranteed, t per Cent. • , 0 1rnels. Bonds, 4',i per Cent D itto Account 384 8 "itto Deferred, 14 per Cent. . b Dtvidends on the above nsyable i n LOT, ',I Itch Exchange, 2, per Con::;., 12 Guilders 4 D itto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. e.m.10 (Molloy) ................. ••• ••• Ditto Account (January ') 1 ••• • ........ 94 x a 4OECIIICT SOCIETIBS IN MODENA.—The Messaggere of odona publishes a sentence just pronounced by the tlilitary commission sitting at Massa, condemning one 4 I.ll i to imprisonment in irons for life, another pri ,, ter to twenty y ears o f th e sa me punishment, and a ltd to five years' hard lalyiur in the galleys, for having 51°11 ged to a secre t soc i e ty. A f our th is declared un - Z'tiod in m i n d, an d or d ere d t o b e s h u t up in a mad "" ; and ten more are acquitted for want of proof. bi.A.bout f our y ears ago the c ommuna l co uncil of Am tbateUse resolved, by way of experiment, to lease out ° ut SO hectares of unproductive ground in small frac f °Il f'nt ofaa to various agriculturists at a very low price and long the resul ts, term. Te C whichon stitutareionne very 1 , b ,e 50 h ec t ares , divided into 110 lots, leased at 836 f. produced 19,500 f. in 1854 ; 25,000 f. in ti , ° S and 33,000 1 . in 185(3. Adding ther e t o th e rent, f r , l eß, and cost of clearage, &e , these 50 hectares are i ll nd to h ave pro d uce d a total of 102,458 f. i n th re e t ea ". But thi s i v n ot all ; the now impulse th us g iven il a grictilture in the commune has led to the erection of t o Lis" , houses, representing an additional value of 'WOf. 20 20 20 10i 206 (no too 100 100 THE SUN, SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) 'N Y o.iJL W ♦Y!. nr.qns this day. .Artnesi done this day 4; 4r, 81 9 19i - 20 /74 18, 131 • 14, )3 • 95 61 63, 37 39' Of 1 ; isA 19 9i • 38 40 26 28 7 - 5 91 93 5* 55 36 36 94 - 96 7 - 7. 8 , 1 89 75 77 L2O 125 10 112 69i 69 60 65 70 74 5t tio 5i g 4 9/ 97 6i 7 111/ 112 105' 106 1 . 201 21 lot 10 1061 10N 34 ~ -- .., t d par 82 - 82, 54 - 56' .3i 14 36i 6 1894 90j 90 112 69i i 97i 7 1113 12 ►osj 3 6 53 3 10 7 in i i S; 10 3t A mbg. Si:, n(1 Beets. JUBA • ?,)! fh 4T. Bt%' l :/ratt' qirming. ';tonr V 1 y iiirkeuhd. Lan: 31,, • D. Chesil. & ;" - v,., do. Blackburn tyti &Ty:4 irlss (inP.d. at 4.11 7 71, "nester ",-To - y3: Cork and 'had:. !Cork, Black, dk P, Do. A Do. B Dtbduezßolfaet-• ihin. P. A A East ALglir.:., Eastern Counties. east. Trion, A St Ds., B. Stook DoNew A. East Kent r, -kshire East Suffolk Do. Edinburvmdx 4 ;las. Edinb. and Pochlee Edin.Prt:: Forth Az, Clyde .inn Furness.... Glasgow do S. Westrn Great N. of Scot'''. Great Northern !Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. nth. ArWest. , lY Great Xestrrn D 4 'tour val Gun. Stk.. inuth-Kasi, I,',nenktet Osr'i Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Laneash.andYork , Do., is Riding Do. South, or: Loudon & iilackw Lond. Bright & Lond. and N. West. !a,. Fifths ,Do.lol. &B 'Do. Eighths London and El. We P - . u ),, trry ;olers. . ndiir7.& Enna: LiL, ••fetropolitan. , . Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement... . Sfidland 'o. liirinng.& Der 4 .1d1d. G. West. (Ir., )4). Half Shares... .Tfasveastle Iwpt.Aberg. & Hrf .ewry & Enniskil ' 4 ewry, Warrenp , ' ni i(,ostrevor. orfolk orthn.Countieg North British... th Devoi. Rail.. Dock Stock... 0., A Stock ~ , B Stock Eastern—Berw k do. Katensio .do 1 1,1g.fr "nr Uo. Leeds lo York. forth Lonaor.... &S.'arstrn.,'' , • st3ad, and Olt.l J ' , forth ,St.affordtati:,. orth Westo;.%.,. S. Westria.Ju... WtN. Rhymney 1, N E.Abrdn St. Do. scot. mid. St ,~~ r ~ .i IsitinebournekSheer. id• vvi. oath Eastern , uth Wrkleb f ti wnos, Wok, kW, Scookton k Dewing , do., 1854 , Do., do., 1855 toziEton ft Hneti, a g Vale o. Pref., No. I ' , antes [lnv. D.& Vale of Neath.. t a erfd. & Kilkenn •VnterforldsLimer,... West Cornwall.. - v,st End of Loud ind Crystal Paine. , Do. B._ Wont Lyndon Do. Fiist Class Do. Second Class... ;r4,01. ki 'roc 11 COLO i• Jon. Uri a, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do Eastern Bengal f•Nsi indiah A and B, g• P .... 5 .. p . Do. Ex. C, go. . c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c. Bnd a. ,'h; (10. dam ., '5:4„ d- Geelong v, Melbourne guar. 5 per cent... id Trunk of Canada )o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. )o. Comp. 6 p. c., do. R. in, Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c 4. Western of Cana , . a Do. Now ►;,. Bds., payable 'E Do. do., '76, p. '6O ►o. do., '73 de. Do. do., '73, withnu option.. , Sadre.p, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c icmde, guar. 5 p. c. Do it. kndrew'm .>nebec ,A 1 teoß. •tt m Ardennes , elgian &Lath. Jun , , sr; ATP t, firs C Buff. & Lk. Hui. Ry. Carfneaux & Toulouse Coal Alines and Ry. ' , tot itneniah ~,s stern of Primo- (Euphrates Valley Eur. In.Ju.Tel.Rail, 4 Ceutrai of tera, e =rent Luxembourg Italian Junotlon Lak.- rlonst & Bast , Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lueca t Plat. b p. c. /3. Lyons and Genova t,yous Mediterrau. Maria Antonia no. do. New vaninr di Liege Do. do., 6 p. c. Pref Northern of Fran,,e, NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons__ Paris and Orleans. Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati.. R)yal Daniel) Royal Swedish larnbre and Meuse r)o. 5 p. cent. Prof. Innth ern of France eat Flanders 9e. 5 A per c. Pref... .&N. W. of (Prance Western of Austria... + est. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. Bper cent. Pref Zeal an? 101 i5"1‘,..4..' ArtlYt. 4 • , ••• Rank of Egypt Rank of London • -ri. Col. rik.St 142. C. ritiih N. 4raorii-1.1 Chartd. Rank of Ast' Buk. of Indi.•, Australia, la Chit, City Colonial Commercial of Lord M'afoot.SzAna. Cht fond. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New London and County , Bnkg, Corp. London Joint Stock. L.ond. & Weatminstei national Pro.of Rug Do. Now. National Bank New South Waist )riental lA. Corp.. ()ttoman Bank ...., rrovineiit of frela!:. 1 . H,. NOW has ri lioxo Im "Ortfks ...113t111,VIN Rnic lt of A.ruttr.ll. Do. New I rww, .1, - )nuoil Unity Mutual WeErtern Bk of Low 3i - 40 834 • 84„! 4i 4 3 2, gr 184 s gi ►:p4 96 99 as gi 6 7 10 11 2/4 29 1100 4 10(., all 100 'lOO 100 100 I.XI 100 10f 73i 13 81 2 6 8 2 - 4 5 - .i i : ii 113 - 115 2 24p 21. - 22 12i - 131 80 85 21& —22 A Id 1 1:' 24 —!4 21 21p 99 100 115 120 115 120 108 110 20 • 20 -22 i 1 2} 201 ••• h 7i 1 2p lap 5} 5} .12} 9 10 a p . 4 4} 5 5f 'ss ei, 18 19, 37i 37: B,t 8i 54 5.1 51 53 - 18 20 1 li 9 9i 8! 94 44 4i 94 10 33 34 4 - 141 tia.MO , 14 13 i 11 1 i i i i P --•• 13 19i 20 19; - 19; ••• 1 - 3P 47 48 38 39 lf licil - 35 37 66 - 67 7 - 9 ••• - .. 10 - 8 I 1; 3 # LONDON, FRI D.A. Y EV E e IN G, DEC RINIB R 26 1856 LIVES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) RAILwAIi. .71 - ;. , ?..; • :, Closing Prices 1 this day. Business this day ➢tARLBOIWOUGH•STREET, BURGLARIES ON CFIRISTM AS DAY. —George Stevens, a well-dressed man, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with being found in the house No. 113, Great Tichfield-street, for the purpose of committing a felony. Ailey El:Orval!" elydesdai Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g.tipe. E. Mi. H. S Glas. Barr. Neils. Direct Do. New Olstr.da Du Fr At. Railway... Hull k SAlby Do. Share,. Do Lon..k arca, y. Do. Prefo re - e Lon..Til.„ , Gotta J. 24 L. We.t. PiN . dzE.O Gt. rt • z!. E. Count. ICaldoniv, 97 99 98 102 11 - 13 133 138 4 ... 4i Mr. Francis Kellar said that he occupied the above premises, and that about seven o'clock on the previous night he bad occasion to go into the yard, when his at tentien was attracted to a light on the landing of the staircase. He went and looked through the window, and saw two men go into the parlour. He called out " Police," and on the arrival of a constable the premises were searched and the prisoner was found behind the door, The other man effected his e-cape. When taken into custody the prisoner said he was no thief ; he merely went into the house to assist in capturing the thief. Witness added that the prisoner was one of the two men he saw in the first in stance trying, the doors, and openin.9, the parlour. Draper, .?2$ A, proved taking the prisoner into cus tody and conveying him to the station-house, where he was searched, and a number of skeleton keys found upon him. He subsequently searched prosecutor's premises, and on the floor in the parlour found five skeleton keys. The cupboard door- had been forced open, and the place was in great disorder. Three other charges having been brought against the prisoner, who is supposed to be a ticket-of-leave man, Mr. Bingham remanded him for a week. Do Ot. Wontn Yk. New. & Beres. ' Y.& N I , 8 144 st I(''6 - 7 109 124 224 234 112 114 n • iDo Do. Bark. Sh. Lowostoft 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch. and Mai Rede.g 6 p.c. Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 nor et. Do. Fixeds pc Prost. k vt , y: Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth an Goole g. 5 p.e Shrews. &Her S. Statiordsti. Wear Valley g i• 1 per cent_ Do Do L.&N. Stektou & Darlingt. Midland.. 2j 2i 91. 93 rEn. Conn. E. Count. ,D 0... r 1 56 58 Do.. L. & N.W Do Gt North Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stoat. & Dar tine Do 132 135 33 14 89 9i Wiltrt& 'olll.st '(;tWorgn. PREFERENCE Naval ana Deblitary Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam vessel Oberon, 3, Lieut. Jack son commanding, arrived at Spithead on Wednesday evening from the Mediterranean. She made a loo: pas sage, having left Malta on Nov. 26, Gibraltar Dee. 15, and Caps Finisterre on the 21 . st. She experienced heavy weather from Gibraltar to Cape Finisterre, where she put in for shelter from a bard gale on the 19th, and sailed on the 21st. Her voyage from Malta to the Rock was extremely boisterons. After leaving Cape Finisterre she had fine weather. She brought home seven naval invalids from Malta, eight naval supernumeraries, 17 discharged men from various ships o❑ the Mediterra nean station, and one private of the 46th Regiment. She will now be paid off and refitted. Her Majesty's screw blockship Pembroke, 60, com missioned for coastguard service, was taken out of Ports mouth harbour to Spithead on Wednesday, and out to the Na , ) Light to try her engines, after which she re turned to moorings off Gosport. Her Majesty's screw steam c , rvette Satellite, 21, Captain Prevost, sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday for the Pacific. She conveys Dean Howard to the island of Madeira, and takes to the Straits of Magellan a quan tity of flour for the missionary station there. The crew of the screw steamship Cornwallis, 60, at Devonport, got up lower yards and topmasts on Wed• needay. The African mail eteamsbip Niger, Commander C.)rbett, sailed from Plymouth on Wednesday for Sierra Leone and the We,t Coast of Africa. ARTILLERY "EXPERIMENTS ON WHITLEY SANDS.—CoI. Wilmot, the chief officer of the gun department at Wool wich, visited this neighbourhood last week for the pur- pose of inspecting experiments on Whitley Sands with the rifled gun, which for a considerable time has teen engaging the attention of Mr. W. G. Armstrong, already so well known in connection with the successful applies, tion of hydraulic machinery. Two targets 9 feet square-, and a solid block of elm timber 3 feet thick, were fired at from distances of 1,500 and 2,000 yards, and the results exhibited the extraordinary accuracy and power of this gun. After the range had been tested by a few trial shots, the timber block, which was only 5 feet i❑ breadth, was struck at every succeeding discharge, and although the weight of the bullets was only 51h., they always either went entirely through the block, or lodged within a few inches of the opposite side. The targets were fired at with shells at the distance of 1,500 yards. The shells were projected horizontally, like the bullets, and exploded by impact. Only one shell failed to take effect upon the targets, which after a few shots were so perforated as to require repair. At the conclusion they presented a completely riddled appearance, arid the ground was strewed with chips. At 2,000 yards the fir ing was equally remarkable, but the failure of daylight prevented it being continued. We believe that nothing approaching these results has hitherto been realised in the practice of gunnery.—Netvcctstle Chronicle. COURT-MARTIAL AT ALDERSHOT. The proceedings of a general court-martial appointed o try Ensign Charles Jacquet, 23d Fusiliers, on charges preferred again:t him by his late commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Bunbury, have just been brought to a close at Aldershot. The charges were, " for in famous and scandalous conduct unbecoming the charac ter of an officer and a gentleman—first, in having, on the 26th of August, 1856, made a false report in writ ing to his commanding officer, to tbe effect that certain claims against him were paid, which he knew had net been paid ; secondly, in having committed a breach of military discipline in absenting himself from duty during the month of September, 1856 ; and, tnirdly, for having falsely reported himself as too ill to comply with an order calling upon him to rejoin the depot of his regiment." The prosecution extended over three days, and the defence, in which the prisoner was assisted by Ser geant Ballantine (specially setained), occupied two days. The case was very simple, and would have attracted no more attention than ordinary instances of breach of discipline, but from the fact that Ensign Jacquet, who is not yet 19 years of age, had obtained his commission in the 23d Fusiliers as a mark of good conduct while in the Royal Elthorne Mid dlesex Militia ; and that Mr. Jacquer, senior, had alleged his son had not been fairly treated by Col. Bunbury, in a correspondence which had taken place with the Horse Guards in reference to the prisoner. Col, Wellesley, 7th Fusiliers, acted as president of the court ; Captain Marriott, 821 Regiment, was the deputy judge-advocate ; and Major Bruce, commanding tbe 231 ' Fusiliers, appeared as the nominal prosecutor. Colonel Bunbury and 14 other witnesses were exa mined for the prosecution. The facts proved against the prisoner were, that having iucurrred two debts, one with a tradesvvornan at Farnham, amounting to 2/. 9s. while an officer of the militia stationed at Aldershot ; and another of 41. for pipes and cigars with a Jew pedlar of the name of Salmon, he neglected to pay the first, and gave a cheque on Messrs. Cox and Co , which was dis honoured, fur the second ; that having been called upon by Colonel Banbury to discharge these claims, he stated in writing, under date August 26, 1856, that both debts were paid ; that at that date neither of the parties to whom prisoner was indebted had received the moneys due to them; that having obtained leave of absence from the depot of his regiment, at Newport, in Monmouth shire, he absented himself for five weeks, residing during this period at Brighton ; that he travelled three times between Brighton and London while so absent without leave ; at the same time he addressed a letter to Captain Bathurst, commanding the depot of his regi ment, informing him he was unable to return to quar ter owing to serious syphylitic indisposition, enclosing a civilian doctor's certificate to this effect, and that in the opinion of the military surgeons, who examined the pri soner at Brighton, such illness did not disqualify him from being able to travel at the period referred to. One of the witnesses created some amusement by the candid admission that her visit to Aldershot, when she came to demand payment of the bill of 2/. 95., was not made specially to Mr. Jacquet, but to refresh the memories of several ether officers in camp, who had forgotten their pecuniary obligations to her mistress. The prisoner, in his defence, declared himself wholly guiltless of any intentional misstatement. With regard to the claim of the Farnham shopkeeper, he had actu• ally obtained a post-office order at Newport for the amount, on the 25th of August, 1856, one day previously to his allegation that the amount had been paid, and that an accidental omission to send the counterpart of the order was the reason the money had not been re ceived, That with regard to the dishonoured cheque, he had drawn it under the belief that his father had pro vided funds at Messrs. Cox's ; that when in the middle of August he found it had not been paid, he explained the matter to his brother, who was on a visit to him at Newport, and received his assurance that the matter should be settled on his return to London ; that when he made the statement to his commanding officer he believed it had been so settled. With regard to his absence without leave, the prisoner threw himself on the merciful consideration of the Court, alleging that he was most seriously ill during the whole period of such absence ; that while he admitted having acted with great indiscretion and folly, he had no intention of disobeying the laws of the service to which he had the honour to belong. The defence was supported by the evidence of the Farnham postmaster, who produced a post-office order dated Newport, Aug 25, taken out by the prisoner in favour of Anne Cottle, of Farnham ; of the prisoner's elder brother, who admitted having undertdeen to pay the dishonoured cheque, and who really calmed at Sal mon's house with that object. The cheque was never, however, forthcoming, and the evidence on this great point drew from the court an emphatic observation on the manner in which the draft had been handed back wards and forwards between Colonel Bunbury and Captain Bathurst, while it was carefully kept from those who would probably have paid it. With regard to the prisoner's absence from duty, Mr. H. J. Johnson, late surgeon of the Lock Hospital, proved that from the present condition of Ensign Jacquet's health, he could not possibly have been in a fit state to travel during September and October last. In answer to the court, Mr. Johnson said had he known Ensign Jacquet was absent from his regiment without leave, in his then state of health, though, as a friend, he might have advised him to risk making a journey, as a medical attendaut, he should certainly have forbade such a step. Maj , r Bruce, on tbe part of the prosecution, read a the rejoinder to the defence, in which be explained to court that the wards "infamous and scandalous," were not his, but had been introduced into the charges against the prisoner at the Horse Guards. He added, that the circumstances of extenuation disclosed by the defence had not previously been made known to the prosecution—a fact which would explain away any appearance of her b ness against the prisoner on the part of Colonel Bun bury ; and, lastly, he iemtended, that the military medical testimony as to Ensign Jacquet's ability to tra vel outweighed what bad been deposed to by Mr, John son, of the Lock Hospital. The Court having heard the rejoinder read, subse quently determined it had been irregularly put in, and could not be received. The President, before closing the court to deliberate upon the finding, animadverted in strong term s u p on the presence of Capt. Bathurst in the room after all witnesses on both sides had been specially desired to withdraw— s a a proceeding which, he said, could only be designated a. wilful defiance of the orders faint down by the court. The decision of the court will not be made known until after it has been submitted to the Hone Guards. ETISCOPAL LrBERSLITY.—The Lerd Bishop of Glou_ cester atni Bristol provided lodgings, at his own expense. for every candidate for the recent ordination, and di rected that all their needs should be promptly and liberally supplied. The want of a palace at Bristol has thus not beon held by the right rev. prt late to be an ex cuse for neglecting the rites of hospitality. ARRIVAL OF THE CaNDIA.—The Peninsular and Ori ental Company's steamer Canoia, Captain H. W. Powell, which lett Malta on the 10th inst., arrived at Southamp ton yesterday. Tuis vessel brings no passengers, those who embarked in her at Alexandria having arrived two or three weeks since overland, via Marseilles. The Candia has made the voyage from Malta (not calling at Gibraltar) to the Needles in 14 days and 11 hours, with one engine, and against strong head winds two-thirds of the voyage. She experienced strong north-westerly gales in the Mediterranean ; north-easterly winds from Gibraltar to Lisbon ; off Lisbon a very heavy northerly gale ; across the Bay of Biscay easterly winds and hazy weather ; up Channel nortu-westerly wind and hazy weather. Dec. 24, at 2 p.m., off the Lizard, spoke the Dutch brig Bantam ; asked to be reported. The cargo brought by the Ca.ndia consists of two packages of spe cie (value not stated), 50 cases of gum, 15 boxes shawls, 62 barrels of dates, 2 bags of coffee, 5 cases of tortoise shell, 25 cases of silk, 2 bags of rice, 320 bales of silk, 76 bales of flax, 2 bales of wool, 3 cases of opium, 106 packages of elephants' teeth, II oaeks of wine, 1 package of cigars, 1 package of dried fruits, and 117 packages of general merchandise. „,, THE AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EXPEDITION. never yet peopled by man, or undergoing the gradual pro _____„„_______ cess of preparation. During the whole of the ascent we (Ft oN the Colombo Observer ) did not see one native, though a few came down one day We are indebted to cue of the officere for the following and an on the river bank abreast of the anchorage of the interesting particulars of the voyage of her Meiesty's ship Torch Pei hsps they avoided us, as dreading a renewal Torch, in search of the North Australian Exploring Expe- ef the crusade k ,pt up against them by the exploring patty. dition, between the months of June and September, 185 . The tides ate feat fully rapid up this river, and in the Cam- It is ext reme ly gratifying to learn that the exploring party bridge Gnlf, rising to the height 0f.20 to 25 feet. On the was safe, notwithstanding the general apprehension that it Torch attempting to leave the river she grounded on a had fared the melancholy fate of Leh:Lai- i n, Kennedy, and spot where in 1841 there were three fethows of water, and others : - at low water her keel was seven feet above low water mark, ” Ever since the colonisation of Australia, great desire though the next tide she floated again This peculiarity has naturally been evinced for correct information concern- will always render this river impracticable for sailing ing the interior of the continent ; the whole of which itn- ships, as nothing but a steamer should attempt i ts ascent. inense space bei ng , eve n at the present tim e, an un k nown Th e T om Tougdragged for 28 days over the rocks about region, abounding in imaginary dangers, in which specula- half way up, and had to be hove down and caulked, and titer has placed all climates and cepabilities. Numerous the Torch broke one anchor fluke, and the tides once took expeditions have been fitted out from time to time with the out fifty fathoms of chain before we could bring up. laudable view of throwing open those unknown lands, but These circumstances, together with the absence of land all from a variety of causes have proved failures or partial adapted for agricultural pursuits, and the great heat, coru failures, and for all useful- purposes the interior of the bine to make the Victoria River worthless for the British continent remains as much a terra incognita as when Cook colonist, and indeed all who are capable of judging concur first saw the coast line in 1770 froni his ship Endeavour. in the opinion that the whole of North Australia above the One of the most celebrated and lamented explorers, D r , latitude of 20 S. will never be made to yield soil capable Ludwig Leichardt, a German, left Mbreton Bay, on the Of Cultivation. During the time we lay at anchor in the N. E. coast-, in 1848, intending to traverse the whole breadth Vittoria River the thermometer stood at 130 deg. in the of the continent and strike Swan River on the west coast. sun; and when the rem t n-east trades blew, which prevail He anticipated being away 2, years, anti the last time h e here during three-fourths of the year, the wind, coming was heart of was by letter, dated 4th April, 1848, from a over such a vast extent of heated and arid country, was so sheep station e t Mr. M`Pherson'e, beyond Mount Abuts,• dry and parching as completely to throw all our meteors). since ; h e left there in good spirits, and from his previous logical instrument s into disorder. The difference between success in exploring and intimate acquaintance with the th e wet and dry thermomet er , or in other words the , interior and the habits of the nati ve tribes, great• results a mount of evaporation in the atmosphere, was as 16 , deg. were naturally locket for, and much a nx i e t y wa s evinced The usu rl average is about 5 deg. , sometimes it reaches in Sydney and the colony for news of hi s arr i va l a t Swan 6•7 deg., but here we h a d it t o suchan extent that almost River. But time went on ;no news came. People began everything in the ship became us dry as a chip. The box to suspect ; and the result is, that from the 4tri of April to wood of the thermometer warped one-eighth of an inch in the present time no news or even the faintest trace of him four, so as nearly to crack the glass tube, and book backs has ever reached-the civilised world. Whether he perished curled up. The but air made the nose and eyes exceed by the natives, or from starvation in the great central iegly sore. desert supposed to exist, is of course matter of conjecture On reaching Coupang we heard that the Tom Tough had A search was instituted after him, under M r . te„ eon e o , left for Sourabaye, where we accordingly proceeded and Hely, which left in 1851, but brought back no news, ; 13 ,1 there found her lying ; she had been coeds:maned as unsea since then rumour has been silent on his fate. s evere ' worths and was sel t ; the Messenger of Sydney, a well other explorers have shared the same lot, and in July, built schooner, being chartered and desp a t c h e d i n her 1855, Mr. A. C. Gre gor y an d a p a rty of 20 men, with six place to proceed at once to the Albert Riv er an d meet Mr. menthe' stores of provisions, were despatched frein Syd ney Gregory on his arrival there, which ere this we hope she in a small vessel ou an exploring expedition by the direc- has done. The Torch was sold in Sourabaya. As all has tion and at the expense of th e h ome g overnment. They been done that was suggested for the relief of Mr. Gregory, called at Moret o n B a y f or ca ttl e , ke., and left there on it now only remains to await with interest the news of the 12th August for the Victoria River, and by a letter from fulfilment of his anxiously cherished projects. Mr. Gregory, slated 24th September, 18,5, the last news received from him, were all well, and intending to com mence operations for a journey overland to the heads of the Albert River at the end of October following Their small vessel, the Tom Tough, was then to leave the Vic toria River and return to the mouths of the Albert River, and there wait Mr. Gregory's arrival. Since Mr. Gregory's letter, dated 24th September, no news of him had reached the Colonial Government, though nine months had elapsed, and he calculated on being away only four, and fears being entertained th et some accident had happened to his vessel, the Torch steamer was chartered by Government, and placed under the command of Lieutenant W. Chitntno, R.N., a competent and experience . officer, who ha I been despatched from England for the purpose, and who was ordered to search the mouths of the rivers, and in case of need, relieve the party from their difficulties. The Torch sailed from Sydney June 19, 1856, calling at Newcastle for coals, from whence she sailed on the 25th following, and commenced her voyage to Torres Straits. Lieutenant Chirmno preferring the inner route, the Torch entered the Great Barrier Reef at Break Sea Spit, and after a passage of 24 days reached Booby Island, Torres Straits, We found the much decried inner route to be safe and practicable for steam or sailing vessels at meet seasons of the year; the water is always smooth, the dangers prominent, and with care easily guarded against, and we fully concur in the opinion that it will ultimately be the route of a line of mail steamers from Singapore to Syd ney, which will find its waters a smooth and speedy high way. Query, ie not the great Barrier Reef a mighty breakwater formed by the Almighty for the beneficent purpose of facilitating the navigation of these dangerous seas " We found that the cave on Booby Island contained a large store of provisions ; we repaired the post-office, which was in a very dilapidated condition, ant wi h the south east trade-wind blowing pretty strong, made the best of our way down the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Albert River. On Bountiful Island we found immense quantities of turtle, and on Sweet's Island we opened the well dug by Captain Stokes in 1841, where we obtained a supply of fresh water, and on the Ist August anchored within five miles of the mouth of the Albert River in two fathoms water ; the immense mud l e ts preventing a nearer ap proach. The next morning Lieutenant Chimrno, with two boats, commenced ascending the river, anti after penetrat ing to its source in the Plains of Promise of Stokes, were disappointed in not finding any traces of the expedition. On the tongue of land at the fork of the river, fifty miles from the mouth, we left substantial indications of our having been there, on the larger trees, and enclosed fall particulars in a bottle suspended from a branch, and during the descent of the river several bottles containing blinder notices were affixed to trees, in conspicuous positions. On the 7th we regained the ship, having been absent six days. Of the Albert river and the country through which it flows, it would be but misleading to speak in favourable terms. Till just upon its source we found no fresh water, and when 50 miles from the sea the water was at high tide as salt as at the mouth. A much more appropriate term would be a salt-water creek than a river, and during its whole course we could not discover on either bank a single fresh-water stream running into it. The country a few yards from the bank is barren and parched up ; and, from the scarcity of variety in the vegetable productions, cannot at any time ptesent a very much improved ap- pearance. The soil bears no evidence of being rich, and the firm conviction that we all arrived at was tbat t • country round here would never be of use for the purposes of colonisation, and in this view Lieut. Chin - nt) joined. Independently of its being ill adapted for agricultural un dertakings, the climate is, we believe, utterly prejudicial to the health of Europeans. During three quarters of the year not a drop of rain falls, and the heat is excessive, with no wind. The thermometer ranged with us about 1.0 Fah., and during the other three months, while the north west monsoon blows, this country seems to be the sport of gales of wind and deluges of rain, juileing from the enor mous ravines and gullies which everywhere run down to the river, choked with immense trees and whole masses of earth and stone." One of these ravines gives you an idea of the ravages of an earthquake or a tornado. Deep as these immense gul lies had worn themselves into the earth, they were coin pletely choked by large trees, yards in girth, and from th e smallness of those on the banks of the river some of them must have been transported miles in a torrent of wind and rain. They were lying tossed anti tumbled about in all con ceivable positions, mixed with huge boulders of earth, and rs the burning sun had evidently been pouring down upon them for months, perhaps years, they were as dry as tinder and as soft as touchwood, and, in their curious positions, and the havoc which they pictured, contrasted solemnly with the silence anti repose in which they were then lying. Surely no settlement could be made on the banks of a river where you were liable to have the very foundations carried from under you. Of natives we saw but very few, and the coura. try seemed thinly peopled. Alligators abounded, bolds were scarce, herons and curlews being almost the only ones visi ble, and in a river never but once before traversed by Eu ropeans we did not see sufficient animals to supply a single fresh mess. On leaving the reouth of the Albert river we were delayed by light winds, and were several days in reach ing Bountiful and Sweer'slslands, on which we left similar notices to those deposited in the river. Strong winds again favoured us, and we made a rapid run to the Warted 'slaters, which we reached August 20th. We were now clear of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and stood away westward for the Victoria River. As the centre of the Grlf of Carpentaria had never before been traversed by a ship, and nothing whatever being known of it, we looked forward with some interest in hopes of making some discoveries. Both in as cending anti descending the gulf we passed down the middle of it, our tracks crossing in the centre ; but, beyond obtaining soundings, we could not discover any land, though a man was constantly on the look-out aloft. From the nature of the soundings obtained, which, from the mud flats which line the shores, increased with arith metical precision to about 40 fathoms in the centre, we augured that so gradually-deepening a bottom was proof of no land being in the intermediate space, and such was the regularity of the soundings over this immense gulf, that, knowing our position, we could at any time give a good idea of the depth of water. In the bottom of the gulf squalls and calms were f. equent. Higher up the trades blow with regularity. From the pecu iarity of weather in the bottom of the gulf a sailing vessel will always find great difficulty in working up to the Albe. t River, and it was the conviction of all on board, that had we not been on board a steamer we might have been de leered weeks, perhaps months, as the prevailing wind, S.E., is right ahead : this will be another difficulty in the way of settling there, should such a proposal be-ever entet tained. We reached the mouth of the Victoria River, Cam bridge Gulf, on the 26th August, and the Torch steamed 50 miles up the river, to Holdfast Reach, so named by Stokes, who moored the Beagle here while surveying in To study the cycles of year s i s to di scover m any 1810. On Entrance Island we found notices left by the curious coiuc dencee. In the Tom Tough, which for the first time enabled us to learn s tudy is highly inetruc ire, T - ,i 1857 be as like 1757, as marred the gathering of of the expedition of which we were in search. the present year has been shall have a 1756, we From these notices it appeared that the schooner bad sailed warm summer and good h b oken weather a short time previous to our arrival for Coupang (Timor,)harvest. The fir a fresh supply of provisions, - - and that the party who year, of thiswhich wasr f the crops so like rot the seasons this had started overland for the Albert River had. left in goo! detrimentally, an exact reetition of the wea ther a health and spirits. All doubt was now at an end, and the stenter y rotors. Ant • not on' y p as the weather the Herb:. object of our crui-e seemed a cco mplished, b ut as th e no- Politics fled foreign affairs were but little different. .1 ; tice stated that letters had been left at the camp formed -t-ad of Adiuiral by Gregory at the head of the river, we deemed it prudent dispute abut, our grandfathers had Admiral Byeg. in to ascend in the boats and obtain them, which was accord- They raised a great - 0 about his neglect of duty • ly done From these notices and the people of the ing the Mediter . utcry d worse than our Charley ; ra nean He fare and shot. Bet cruni- Tom Tough, we learnt that Mr. Gregory, with great energy be was tried . to death, and judgment, had already made two excursions iu the gale the garotting robbers of this interior from the camp, 90 miles from the mouth a the awho, Compared NaPier ~n i his failure in the Baltic t 'lay, her : at Warwick, and the assizes river, in one of which he penetrated as far . as 21 degrees 1 y, • dly deserved with the ion. Although tws w 1- south latitud©, in a south-by-west direct as see pt StaDdiOg k bang the weavers his of C s•esit ry, Noneat: little was learnt from him of the nature of thecountry, were continued from weep: fared worse. A gal werketotee hardware men of in fresh water and pas- . L Bir mind, and a country abounding we gleaned that a favourable impression existed in othe 2d published the year follow ' i to have been reached. n June forage was salt ' In Smith's """ Clacts ' - in words which and 1856, he left the camp with seven menforty-five of 1756 is described. to make across the country for the h ea l iiil?, the harvest from Mr . Hall Maxwell s recently issued lenses, intendingiumgeatn, for rioting about , d , ear bread. har ivary ' of the Albeit River, where ere this, we trust, he has arrived in safety, and on communicating with the ship re sort o ' t ntities of grain perished by the rain sent to afford him assistance it was his intention to aai n ourable. GI." gosntaof what remained proved defective ' iY s i gee The la-t season was extremely unfav start and try and reach Port Curtis or Moreton Bay. , an This was not at all contemplated in the original plae• -- Cot d h w in in q d u ' ripen but every ono speaks most highly of his skill and ener gy , ing." quantity and and substance by its not duly and should be attempt what has hitherto been tried the ma met the public . ateprices, at least t fit about eaker and extorti in vain, it will be the warmest wish of every one that he di,con , as now to be disprop .rtioned to the may not share the fate of Leichardt or E el) u " ( IY but live prices then alleged to receive the honour that will await him. Th e ' cane rice et w h e at, by the folio sing regulations : abandoned on the 2d June, and we visited it • wits Pri Bread, to pay in money, for a loaf weighing $ August, Large during which interval it had never been visitedby ln the In Edinburgh (1756 e unit- ls. meat fl air ; 2,1. second 11l , tir ; 7d, third natives. Old clothes, shoes, a nd i mplements e ying ii ( : or , 'W.- ighing 4 - p .un.i.-8 I finest ; Bed. second ;id about, anti the huts standing, with Weigisieg 3 pounds-61 finest ; 41d. second ; the rude were and third sleeping places just as they had been left. We afterwards • learnt from the people of the Tom Tough constant 3i third. that a ntive . , Small bread, to weigh as follows :-11b. Boz., finest ; warfare had existed between the which would no doubt account for Party and the sdr. second • 21b. 9oz. 2dr , third. The ' lb - visiting the camp. One of the use of his twopenny loaf to weigh 1 , finest; 11b. 4oz. 10 dr., arm from a spear wound ; but thisen had lost the the only second ; 11b. 11 oz. 7dr., thirst. The Penny loaf to casualty. The shor es of t he Victoria''valsll7er are much more weigh Boz., finest ; looz. sdr., second ; 13oz. Ildr, picturesque than those of the Albert, th e ir timidity in not 11b. 1 4oz. 1 ~ being much bolder third. The halfpenny loaf to weigh 4ez , finest; sez. in their outline. Abrupt masses of bills come down ttb 29dr., second ; 6uz. 1 3dr., third. ful glimpses were obtained of striking cel3(37Y; va lt the water's edge, anti at every bend in the stream4breaahu e r e - i g e t i narce,. on the top ..1 each tit t heir loay.-e with N.B. The bakers fir , to affix the initial letters of their of mountains, taking their *s• n at the river ban ' awe 'II idi scribing the quality ef the fi • ' unr, v iz ,. P. fir finest, back into the country, - the distant horizon till 9, revealing ou W. for wheaten or second sort, anti hl , tor household or peaks and cloud •and from the wildernessletters y summits k tossed up in every third sort, and figures denoting the weight of the 6,4, sterility of the jagged ' of rook masses origin, though, and 3 pound loaves. direction were evidently of volcanic k s re- Tne Tice of wheatper quarter both here and at the Albert, we saw no roc i I was th en __ a t rate South Australia, and l • —freer) 46e. to 50e. In Fet Maicb, and April, sem - tiling the gold pa Of rev re among our crew gave it rAiiry, 1757, it rose to 675. Theof post-offices through several old diggers who we be found. Thoughmasters P as their opinion that no geld would out. the kin dote were called on by the Secretary of hundred miles from the mouth of we penetrated to one S ate to cellect informs,' lots an transmit it to London distance of its we within a short the river, and to for the information of his MejestY as to the probable in a spring at Gregory's Camp ; found no fresh and though & Rig' air of sterility water itors except numerous there was the same 1,111. , 111A r e f ecru in their respective towns and disuicts. we and an absence of animal life, t Thus agricultural statistics were eNen then held to be of an d drought, like portions of a continent value.—Ccado n k x Mercury' I whirl r e alm these rivers look DR. LIVINGSTOA'S DIsCOVERI.E3. . ! Dr Livingetan has tree ei the river Leeambye down to the Zatnbeze ; a wonderful tea', if we consider the distance and the character sf the regions traversed. To geograpb e re his discovery is one of extraordinary interest, since it makes known an immense river, so peculiar in character as to be viiihout any parallel on the face of the earth. And allow me to add, that his discoveries justify to a great extent-the doubts hitherto entertained, sir it is obvious that, after all, but a small proportion of the waters of the Leeambye reach the sea -coast. This great river falls like the A , hys.inian Nile flit-inlet' a ha-attic cleft which reduces its breadth from 1,000 to 20 yards. Above these fall-, the great river, or system of rivers, spreads out perpeiieally into a great sea, and fills hun• dreds of lateral canals. Below the falls ii. is a broad bat tranquil stream, of a totally different character. Teat the waters of the Leeambye have less influence in the Zambezi than the rains of the maritime region ' I may be infetred from what we know of the lattsr river, which as a channel of communication with the interior is of little va'uo. No rigee I vessel, great or small, ever enters the Zi.mbeze, the mouths of which seem to be closing rapidly. Tee Luabe, the southernmost mouth of the Cuaina—a4 the river is called in the lowlands— was navigable when the Portuguese first appeared on t °east, but it has long ceased to be practicable. The Quilimace river, or most norther,' mouth, bas closed of lsee years fit such a degree that for six 'menthe in the year (from July to February) it is impassable even for a canoe. The traveller up the river at that season must go two days' journey by land to tbe head of the delta, before he embarks for Sena. From Sena the navigation of the river up to Tete is never at tempted in the dry season, and the journey by land to the latter place takes a month in a tipola or a palanquin along tortuous paths, through an intricate hilly country. A couple of days' journey above Tete the river is then easiy fordable, and armed parties of natives frequently march across it. A little higher up we fiud cataracts which interrupt the navigation at all seasons, and as. cen Clog the stream again beyond the falls, we arrive at Zuwbo, an island at the mouth of the Aruangoa, which in the flourishing dap of Tete was the hegiest point ever reached by the Portuguese in light canoes, arid for their going no further n ) more probable reason can be aseigeed than that they could not. The river of the maritime region (the Zambez.) in its periodic changes, or the rise and fall of its waters, pre cedes by three or four months the great river of the inte rior. Since these rivers form one stream a week might be thought to suffice, with a moderate current, to carry its waters; it im Sesbake to Tete ; yet it is March and April, when the Leeambye is lowest, that the Zembeze pours down its enormous floods ; and it is in July, when the river of Quilimane ceases to be navigable for a canoe, that be Leeanbye spreads out like a sea over hundreds of square miles. Te the nueract o ability of the tiver must be added the p ditical state of the aeijecent country. The trade of Tete with tbe cetnit i s to th,, sou .h a •d west has, in the pre. cent century, ceased totaly. No Portuguese agent or save dealer dares to move in those directions. Hard pressed by the watcatul bosti;ity of the natives, Tete has for some years struggled for its very existence. On the northern bane of the river the Portuguese have some ter r tery, occupy estates, and carry on a little trade with the natives to the north and no; tk.west, but from the wes tern interior they are and ha-c been for years completely cut if by the chief ewe! led Gingarners, whose fame, as we learn from the marginal notes on Dr. Livingston's first map, has peeetrared to the interior. The Portu guese trade µitch reaches that interior proceeds wholly from Delagoa Bay TLe natives of the Bay are easily distinguished by certain peculiarities of their scanty covering, and we kno v on good authority that in that way they have been recognised in the villages on the Leeambye. Permit me to add, that valli!0 so much had been said, right or wrong, of Livingston's discoveries, no notice 851108 to have been taken of that particular in which he s ryntnagtopni, ,tr,a,:faeduprn,pr itveoal unrivalled and alone. He has futni-hed a singu. tar, I might, perhaps; say a sublime,. example of the ascendancy and moral paw, r i4f c - vilised man. He has not mer ly! made rewarsable j , urneys, but he has gone forth, unarmed, without a single European corn. ' surroun , led by a bead of those whom certain peeper!, t wra a j v i e is ll H ere ai ( r e , ! ) ch ,, a o s u C li a l pta ca i l , l e s a a t v t a er g w es a , rd b a u S t ir w W ho i , ll u ra t t l e de C r a h rn is . control, proved uniformly tractable and faithful. He led them, not . by the diregcteensttielinweo,rbdus,ttsotitllhewliathroduisttafa:: tering 5,,d without mishap, overcoming every difficulty b ent she c W ou isTu e i l e s ti a ( n t d bis is the original sense of Was %\tbilri.tieughmoeunt),so,,uthheerren tees saw w in t : h in e e g f r o e r a m t oc an, great ships, and houses hardly less wonderful. Though there caressed and honoured, he did not desert his humble followers, but led them back triumphantly to their homes, and then set off again to the eastern 00 Such as the expedition of Hercules to the western bounds Of Europe, or of Bacchus to India, seemed to the early Greeks, such inu-t Livingston's journeys appear in the eyes of the B ikalolo, but far more wonderful and Impressive, not only as bein4 more real and distinctly seep, but also because, being performed without for ce or strstagern, they are of a character miraculously ori ginal. Tile absolute sway exercised over these rude tribes, whose confidence is complete'y won by the role. ttionsries, Dr. Livingston and his father-in-law, the worthy Moffsit, redounds to the credit of themselves th ei r country. and their calling. Moff att ' s long.con. tinued labours among the Bachtmnas have bor ne t h e b est fruit, in a great and good work completely performed. 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Qr'.,1848... 00. York H.& " r North Staffordshire. , 10:c Apr._ Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. 92 —94 I 14 d ,a :p 1107 108 'Soot. qent. „New Pref l Se.N. E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.e pt. it. Do. do., 31 p.c. pf. it. South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Pastern (Retain.; Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 3 Wales Gna.4 p, c Do. do. 4i p. 5.... S.Yorkah.4p.e.Guar itock.Sc Dar., 6 p. c Do. do. do stock. & Hartl. g. 5, p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd. ft Kilk. 6 p c 114 - 116 105 - 110 - - 23 - 24 102 - 106 10k 101 ... ... 27 281, 2 3P - ... 3 - 31 3 sil MINES. tos sii I:angio calitornian ... - ... >.O 7 Australian 4 -- 14 1 all Raden (Gd. Duchy of ) ... - ... 41 all Similar. iron & 0 0a) ••• - ••• IX 14 British Iron 7 - 8 18 264 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) - 2 s 0 all Do. Coc aes & C uta b , 30 - 4 ?.0 15 Do. St. John Del Rev 15 - 17 1 6 Clarendon Cons. gin Co. of Jamaica.,;,,, p - iP 40 all Cobra Coppe r - 59 5 11 Colonial Gold .. - . ... - ... 4t. all Copper Min. of Rug 30 - 45 15 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 25 - 27 .. lf: Copiapo l3 15 3 all Fortuna i - id 2') all Ilent,..al 1 I ill Ot•NuggetVeinßeg. • 4 - ii 4 61 1 3 aa tt al l ll l lll Great GEE:s itubWhealearrtoPys ol g v o o o r t 1 a.. Unite .. . 1. 4$ • 7 58i 51 all til l L ivi n ort s wr i i ta q i ni i t an an.a. . d. ... a. ....• • • .......... .. l i d - 2 i p l all Nouveau Monde ...• 10 2- ••• 6 : all QuP oPortPhilipnatrgtzi. SR hock i l. e lit k Le . Ifi n - ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron. 23 - 25 15 all Do. New 7 - 9 30 151 Santiago de Cuba.. - 2i 1 6s. Sort. Cons, Min. Co ll - 14 1i • 1 ' all South Australian ..• - .•• 1 all Do. Scrip , ••• 1 ; all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... - . ... 4, Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. 4-- 1 10 9 Tin Croft . 36 - 4 liii all United Mexican 3i 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa ..... - i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ....,.,..,,. a ... - MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 kttstralian Agricatt. 24 - 25 10 , Anstraln. Royal Mail ... - ... 24 10 all terlin Water Work, 41 5 - St. L 4 OO O srit. American Land 40 45 42 40 100 3 6 Canada l2B - 132 13C St. St. .Go. 6 l:..e..TanSijaly 113 114 1134 if i WO 0 0. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... - ... Ir ) 4.4 a l) , c. ps i Mar aco t Sept ... 2 . . 4 . 2 1114 5 111 00. Preference.. - 54 51 4 a,) , )rystal Pal.of Franc, ... - 1 t Ouston Iron Ore ... - - 20 156 &astern Steam _ St. 100 w.lectric Telegraph 9l •-• 93 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir, _ 5 al, En.d:Atts Cop S m C o I 4 - ii 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) 15 14 ~len. SteamNavigat . -•- 11 ill leners.i Screw &emu 6 - 6 1 20 5 London Discount - P 4 all Loud. Gen, Omnibus 31 - 31 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi - 10 An ',lediteran. Elec. Tel. m .. 10 all ' Stexin&S.Arnerict. .31 - 25 5 Nat. Discount Co k _ 11 p 25 1 Do. New ... • ...... --.... 1 10 5 Netherlands Land._, I 10 all Do. Do. - 4i 5 3 Do,. 8p c P iss at I d a ..... I p 5 1 Do. Do . 100 SO Now B. & N.S. Land 18 -- 22 N.S.W. Gov. sp. e. D. ... _ ... ". ". 1 ill si. B. Australasian_ $ 20 171 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 34 - 2id 14 1 all • kriental Gas li - i 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p Pm 6 sil Feel Rr. Ld.& Minrl. 21 6 / 21 50 all Peninstlartit Oriental 66 _ iP 50 1.0 Do. New 4 - 5 p 100 •ii; ttoyal Mail Steam - 68 1 1 Scot. Austral. Invest lf - it 1 all Ditto New 25 bil South Austral.Lerd 36 51 1 41. eubmar. Tel. Bezip 1 - 1 1 *i D., Registered.... 1 20 b Tract& 14.C0.1T.C.4. • :._ v. 100 2 , 86 Van Diemen's Land 16 ::':' 11 • I d . i . ~ . V,ol.6p„,Q.Jan&Jull MS `'.% ....., - 100 it St. St St. 3t. it. !100 100 1 100 100 104 St. 12 all 104 100 j 100 100 100 ! l a' I I all 100 100 100 100 1100 31. Plot, St. slkt. Bt. 1100 10 a ? l all SOUTHWARK. ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED ROBERT.—John Butler, a short thick-set young fellow, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with assaulting Grace Gardner, an old lady, with intent to rob her. The prosecutrix mated that on the previous night she was going home with her son-in-law and two daughters along the Grange-road, Bermondsey. They were in advance of her a little way, and as she was attempting to pass the prisoner he put out one of his legs and caused her to fall down. While on the ground he fell on ber, and she believed at the time that had not her son come up he meant to have robbed her. Witness was so frightened at the time owing to the numerous garotte robberies in the Borough that she did not recollect what afterwards occurred. Mr. Combe asked her whether she lost anything in the scuffle She replied that she did not ; but had not her son and daughter been with her he might have stolen property from her of considerable value. John Whitehead said he was with his mother-in law (last witness) in the Grange-road when he heard her scream out. He turned roand and saw his mother oz the ground with the prisoner rolling over her. He seized hold of him, and with some difficulty prevented him from committing acts of further violence. Mr. Combe asked him whether he thought it was the prisoner's intention to rob the old lady Witness replied that he could not tell. When he was searched at the station-house, a publican's gin glass was found in his pocket, at.d he was extremely violent. In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he was stoker at a fact ry in the Grange-road, and had been out drinking with some friends, when be fell against the old lady. He had no idea of robbing her. Mr. Combe said that according to what he heard, be did not think there was sufficient evidence as to the attempted robbery. He should, however, fine him 40s. for the assault, and, in default of payment, commit him to the House of Correction for one month. MARKET NEWS. —(This ay.) CORN EXt.; tiA NOE. Very moderate supplies of English wheat have come to hand this week, coastwise and by land carriage, but we had a large number of Monday's unsold samples here to day. As this was a holiday market very few millers were in attendance, and so little was doing in home-grown wheats that prices were nominally unaltered. Over 14,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come in. Scarcely any sales took place, at nominal quotations. There was a fair demand for barley and malt, on former terms. The supply of oats was on the increase, and the demand ruled inactive, at late rates. Beans, peas, and flour were dull, but not cheaper. •RRIVAL! THIS WRISH, Wheat. Barley. %lnit. 0 ;Vt. 1 Flom*. English .. 1,920 1,830 2,650 1,690 , 980 Irish • • —••— 6,930 — Foreign . 14,110 12,720 1 i , Begs. 18,29 ' 11200 ha. OENE.RAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Doc. 26,1858, made up from the Returns of the Impactors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales oer Imperial Quarter. !MEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RTE. DEANS. I PEA.. 60t 43s 10i 25s 61 40s ad 4is Si 405 93 THE SIX 'WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BAILEY. 1 OATS. 1 11E. BEANS. I PEA.. 615 103 445 ad 2bs Id 40 3 101 445 Ild 42 , 3d QUANTTITIES OF OR kIN SOLD LAST WEF,K. Wheat. 108,643: Barley, 103,038: Oats, 20,440; Rye, 336 ; Bean., 6,710; Peas, 3,617 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. This being a holiday market very few beasts were on sale, and so little business was doing that prices were nomi nally unaltered. The supply of sheep was very limited, and the mutton trade ruled dull, at nominal quotations. The few calves in the market sold briskly, at fully Mon day's currencies. Pigs were dull. There were no sales effected in milch cows. Per 81bs to sink the offal'. N. d. s. d. s. d. e. 1, Interior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 PrimeSonthdown 5 4 5 6 Second quality.... 3 8 4 0 Large crse. calves 319 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small d 0... 4if 5 6 Prime Scots, dtc. 410 5 o:Large hogs 3 8 4 4 Inferior Sheep ...4 G 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 2 Second quality ...4 6 410 Suckling calves.. 24 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlied.s 0 5 2, Quarter old pigs. 23 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. l FOZZION SIIPPLN Beasts ..... ............. 200 Beasts...." •• .....•.. . 20 Sheep calves 56 Calves.... • ..... •• 56 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies were moderate, and the trade dull. Per Ribs by the carcase s. d. s. d. s. ', Interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 8 4 0 , middling.., 3 6 4 0 Do.. middling 4 2 4 4 prime large.. 4 2 4 4 I Do., prime 4 6 4 10 , do. small ....4 6 4 8 Veal, 4 0 5 0 Z., large 3 8 4 4 Pork, small 4 8 5 4 Beef, Do., Do. Do., Pork BOROUGH HOP. Onr market is but moderately supplied with both new and yearling hops, and the demand for then, is steady, at fall prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 5/ 154 ; Weald of Kent, 31 5s to 4/ 14s; Sussex, 31 09 to 3/ 18s. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 26. -Wind this day at noon, N.N.W.; light breeze and fine frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 25.—Wind E. to N.E.—Sailed— Alma, for Mauritius. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 25. - Arried.—Boomerang, from Per nambuco. Cows, Dec. 25.—Arrived—Jules and Mary, from Cierboarg, for Brest, with loss of mainmast and other da mage,toSMonelli A u u r n p e r ; . N L , u p ei e e e ,. f 2 r s o . m_ s A a n i ewaelpe. from c o lli s i on w ith th e J osep h S omas, f rom L on d on el f t or (s ß .) i a o n j d a T n e e u ir t o o . nia, for the Brazils. FALMOUTH Dec. 25 . —Arrived.—Rapid, from Havana T fo h u e nd ß er it e s d on o , n o t f h: l l a s r t y h po in rt st , .fr i o n m 4 L 6 f ; or cr ß ew ar , b ex does, oept . a one L I m TE an z , po sa o v L e , d D a e n c d . 2 la s ned — d h 'h e e L re i . elias, for Savannah, laden with coals ready for sea in the Stanley Dock was struck by lightning yesterday and caught fire, by which part of the stores, mizenmast, sails, &c., were burnt; the fire was extinguished in about two hours. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 24.—The Majestic, from Prince Edward's Island to Liverpool, was spoken, waterlogged, steering east, with crew on board, on the 20th inst., in 52 N. 18 W., by the Canton, arrived here. r g a rWv F on, is l eOakßDy, Dechaving MARSEILLES, Deo. 23. —An English barque has been wrecked on the north coast of Mahon ; six men saved. 24.—The struck Johanna on a oc k. Kirwad, of Dun- She left hers on the 13th Dec., for Havana, with a crew of 13, of whom five were British. It is feared this vessel is the Competitor, of Shields, which sailed from Mar seilles on the ldth inst., bound for Cuba, with a crew of 13 men. (PER ELBOTAIO TELEOHAFH.i SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. The West India steamer Deo, from St. Thomas, coming home f repairs, is telegraphed as having passed Hurst Station at 9.15 a.m. All well. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.E Sailed.—Athens, screw steamer, for Constantinople. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 24. Wind N.W. Arrived—Canton, from Apalachicola; Swift, Jersey; Canopus, Gaspe; Catharine Galatz ; Queen Esther, Harbour-Grace, DUBLIN, Dec. 24. Wind NW. Arrived—Alice Williams, from Rotterdam. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Fri,lay, 9.47 a.m. Wind W. by N. ; tide, half flood ; weather light. Arrived, Dec. 25—Swift, from Terceira. Sailed—Heroes of Alma, for Wellington; Telegraph, steamer, for Antwerp. DEAL, Friday, 9.37 a.m. Wind N. ; light. Paned, Dec. 25—Reaper, from St. Domingo, for Lon don • Admiral Graf van Heiden, from London, for Cadiz; Wild W a ve, brig, from London, for Newport; her Ma jesty's ship Buffalo, from the river, for westward. TER BURGLARY NEAR SIIEFFIELD.—On Tuesday six men were brought up before the Sheffield bench of magistrates on suspicion of being concerned in a daring burglary at Manor Oaks, the residence of Mr. W. Bradley, brewer, particulars of which appeared in our columns on the 10th instant. Mr. Bradley, with Mrs. Bradley and the servant, had seen the prisoners in company of a number of other men in the prison yard, but tbey could only identify two of them—Dickinson and Gledall. The others were set at large, but Gledall and Dickinson were remanded, 1381 all lOs. 1 1 2s. 14 • 174 73 TAL. 1 66 108 27. 72 49 3d 1 16 39 100 plir 19t 32 i 31 I 49t 66i i Of