The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

FRANCE. - . - The re-establishment of tranquillity has (says the _Patric) led to such a decided increase of occupation for the working-classes of Paris, that they are deter mined to vote for the person who has been the cause of this fortunate change. The syndics of the bakers have gone to the Prefect-crf Police, and, after declar ing that already the baking trade has felt a marked advantage from the revival of business, requested him to express their gratitude to the President of the Re public, and to say that all their workmen were de termined to vote for him. The Moniteur contains several decrees of the President of the Republic, to the following effect : For prohibiting the sale of arms, ammunition, sul phur, and saltpetre to the natives in Algeria ; opening credits to the Minister of Public In struction, of 300,000 f. for granting indemnities to the employes recently deprived of their situations ; of 2,137 f. 50c., for defraying the expenses of bind ing books for the library of the Louvre ; of 12,5001. for the increased personnel and materiel of the library of St. Genevieve; of 129,357 f. 3c. for: salaries; and indemnities to the members of chapters and of the parochial clergy; and of 3,7541. 11c. for bursarships in seminaries. An old soldier of the Imperial Guard, an n od Cau wade men. tillon, of whom the Emperor Napoleon tion in his will, has just died at Raecey- He was accused in 1815 of having fired a pistol -shot at the Duke of Wellington. The E m peror t o indemnify him for the harsh manner in which he was treated. bequeathed him 10,0001. GERMA-14 Y • Captain Robbins, the C a binet messenger who ac. R companied Lieutenant rim, .N. , to St. Petersburgb, has returned to Berlin o n his way to Lo n d on . Lieut. Pim had been i n troduced by Sir 11. Seymour to Count Nesselrode, to whom be had d e livered letters from the King Of Prussia for th e E m p ero r ; he will remain at the English E busy till he has an audience of his Imperial Majesty, or procure the necessary orders to the officials of the provinces to enable him to cont i n ue his journey. The Austrian Lloyd of the 17th inst. has the follow ing impertinent announcement Notes, complaining of the dangerous support givers to political fugitives in England, ware presented by the representatives of Russia, Austria, Prussia, and the GermaniciConfedoration at the British Foreign. office, on the 12. h. A similar note was also handed by the Bund to Lord Cowley, at Frankfort. Austria will not hesitate to adopt measures which will make it inconvenient or difficult for Englishmen to travel in the Austrian States as long as the just complaints of the Imperial Govern ment are not attended to in London, and an organized communication between the revolutionary party in Eng land and all the continental States is carried on, under the protection of the law. The English will have the less cause to complaiu. as the duration of the measure will depend on theruselves.' ITALY. The French garrison of Rome, with the exception of 300 out of. 10,000 men, have signed the affirma tive certificate, and the best discip line p revails amongst the troops of all arms. Tranquillity exists in the Eternal City, and the Republican faction has decided by a majority in all the clubs, that for the present no movement can be attempted. The Pope is highly pleased with the events of France, and with the assurances of protection given to him by the Com mander-in-Chief of the French army. Ile would be ill pleased to exchange French for Austrian protection. KOSSUTH IN NEW YORK. The American papers are filled with details of the entry to, and reception of, Kossuth in the city of New York. The enthusiasm of the people knew no bounds, and every species of decoration was called into existence to testify the respect which the people of the commercial metropolis of the " far west" en tertain for the Magyar chief. Tae affair is thus briefly detailed in one of the papers now received : " The whole city was astir at an early hour with preparations for the grand reception. The streets and public buildings were adorned with flags and mottoes, and transparencies, triumphal arches, and other devices, and the troops were out in very large numbers, some 5,000 strong, to form an escort. The Committee of Arrangements of the City Corporation, with some 500 or 600 iavited guests, went down in the Valderbilt to Staten Island, to escort Kossuth to the city. Soon after ten, the Hungarians were re ceived on board the steamer, which was suitably adorned with flags, furnished with a band of music and a cannon, from which a constant firing was kept up as the Vanderbilt neared the city. Salutes were fired from Governor's Island, from the Navy-yard, and elsewhere, and the yards of the North Carolina and St. Lawrence were manned. " On reaching Castle Garden the Vanderbilt unfor tunately got aground, occasioning considerable delay and confusion ; and the llungarians did not reach Castle Garden until about one o'clock, and then =List a scene of great confusion. With much ado Kossuth was got upon the platform, and the Mayor commenced addressing him, but nobody could hear a word. Kossuth began to reply amidst the same con fusion, but soon gave up the attempt, promising to write Out his speech for the newspapers. A tele graphic report of this has been forwarded to the morn ing papers, from which we make some extracts to show its general tone : " Citizens,—Much as I am wanting some hours of rest ; much as I have need to become familiar with the ground I will have to stand upon, before I enter on business matters publicly, I took it for a duty of honour not to let escape even this first moment of your generous welcome without stating plainly and openly to you what sort of man I am, and what are the expectations and the hopes, and what are the mo tives which brought me now to your glori ous shores. Gentlemen, I have to thank the people, Congress, and Government of the United States for my liberation from cap. tivity. Haman tongue has no words to express the bliss which I felt when I, the down-trodden Hunga rian wandering chief, saw the glorious flag of the stripes and stars floating over my head ; when I first bowed before it with deep respect ; when I saw around me the gallant officers and the crew of the Mississippi frigate—the most of them the worthiest representatives of true American principle, American greatness, American generosity—and to think that it was not a mere chance which cast the star-spangled banner around me, but that it was protecting will— to know that the United States of America, con scious of their glorious calling, as well as of their power, declaring by this unparalleled act to be re solved to become the protectors of human rights. Others spoke, you acted ; and at this act of yours tyrants trembled; humanity shouted out with joy. I would have thanked you by facts contributing to the freedom of the European continent, and would have postponed my visit to your glorious shores till the decisive battle for liberty was fought, if it were my destiny to outlive that day. Then, what is the mo tive of my being here at this very time ? The moe tive, citizens, is that your generous act of my libera tion has raised the conviction throughout the world that this generous act of yours is but the mani festation of your resolution to throw your weight into the balance in which the fate of the European continent is to be weighed. You have raised the conviction throughout the world that by my libera tfion sou were willing to say—t Ye oppressed nations sth old Europe's continent, be of good cheer. The young giant of America stretches its powerful arm over the es "es ready to give a brother's hand to your future. Now, gentlemen, I have stated my position. lam a straightforward man. I am a republican. I have avowed it openly in the monarchical hut free England, an thisam • happy to state that I have nothing lost by avowal there. I hone I will not lose here r o v‘r ebpe on® of u )11canek America by ca b y that frankness which mustt 2o the chief qua lities of every republican, leave frankly and openly to state the followin g Points g : —Fir s t, that I pr ofe whatever your principle not I take it to be the duty of honour and pt h e l l y pl e arl o d f y party question to meddle with airy own domestic affairs. Secondly, you yur openly my admiration for the . glorious union, on which stands the mighty Pyramid greatness, and upon the basis on which., have years, t o a grown, in the short space of seventy rive prodigious giant, the living wonder of the world. I will conscientiously respect your law s, the limits of your laws I will use eve r y honest but within exsrtion to gain your operative sympathy , r and your financial material and political aid for my country's freedom and.independence. Thirdly, I beg leav e f ran kl y to state that my aim is to restore my fatherland to the full enjoyment of that act of de claration of independence, which being the only right ful existing public law of my nation, can have lost nothing of its rightfulness by the violent invasion of foreign Russian arms, and which therefore is fully entitled to be recognised by the people of the United Sts es whose very existence is founded upon a similar de, land •m of independence. Thus having expounded my sou, I beg leave to state that I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy rest, I came not with the in tention to gather triumphs of personal distinction or to be the object of p opu l ar shows, but I came ' a humble petitioner in my country' s name, as its freely chosen constitutional chief. What can be opposed to this recognition, which is a logical necessary conse quence of the principle of your country's political ex istence ? 'What can be opposed to it? The frown of Mr. Hulsemann ! The anger of that satellite of es.- • nger with called Francis J ose p h of Austr ia! and the 4 - 411 i * which some European an d t., • , -1! • -pars threaten you, and by which, igtf4 you must feel extremely terrified ! a will be offered his at 'ern r' - `l l - 1 -nt 9 4 •4O U); baS" * l9.er V' liassPotti,- and that Mr. Hulsenlann levee Washing. 4- titivhould Ike received and treated i n my official 'Ospacityl pow, as to your Minister at Vienna, how you casecombine the leting him stay there with your opinion of-ele cause of Hungary I really don't know. THE SUN, But so much I know; that the present absolutistical atmosphere of Europe is not very propitious to American principles. I know a man who could tell some curious facts about th a i e s n, m t ahtteeirie,vebuttheats he Mr. Hulsemann, really I would be so ready to leave Washington. He has extremely well digested the caustic which Mr. Webster has administered to him so gloriously ; but, after all, I know enough of the public spirit of the sovereign people of the United States to believe that it would never admit to whatever (i. e. permit any) responsible depositary of the executive power, should it be even willing to do so (which to be surd ) your high-minded Government is not wil line. to do, to be regulated in its policy by all the or Francis Josephs in the world. So I s hope that the sovereigns of thi3 country— eielu:l6sdeernnatni; the people —will make the declaration of independence of Hungary soon formally recognised ; and that it will care not a bit for it if Mr. Hulsemann takes to morrow his passports. Bon voyage to him. But it is also my agreeable duty to confess that lamen • tirely convinced that the Government of the United States shares warmly the sentiments of the people in that respect. It has proved it by executing in a ready and dignified manner the resolution of Con gress on behalf of my liberation. It has proved it by calling on the Congress to consider how I shall be treated and received. And even this morning I was ho noured—by the express order of the Government —by an official salute from the batteries of the United States, in such a manner in which, according to the military rules, only a public high official capacity can be greeted. lam told that I will have the high honour to review your patriotic militia. 0, God, how my heart throbs at the idea to see (i. e. of seeing) this gallant army enlisted on the side of freedom against despotism ! The world would be free, and you the sa viours of humanity! And why not these gallant men take part in the mighty demonstration of the day, provid ing that I was right when I said that now-a•days even bayonets think 2 Citizens of New York, it is under your protection that I place the sacred cause of freedom and independence of Hungary. " After the ceremony of speaking and shaking hands had been gone through with at the Garden, a procession was_formed, and, escorted by 5,000 troops, marched through some of the principal streets to the City Hall ; and thence Kossuth and his family retired to their lodgings at the Irving House. At midnight he was called out of his bed by a serenade of 900 musicians, chiefly members of German clubs. An immense and disorderly crowd also assem bled around the hotel, and demanded a speech from the weary Hungarian, after which he was permitted to retire to bed again." On the Bth and 9th Kossuth was engaged in re ceiving addresses and deputations from various parts of the Union. SLAUGHTER OF A EUROPEAN CREW BY MALAYS. The Overland Free Press, dated Singapore, Tues day, Nov. 4, says :—" Amongst the news this month from Singapore is an account of an outbreak of the Malay sailors on board the British barque Fawn, while on her voyage up the Straits from this to Calcutta, resulting in the murder of the whole of the European officers and passengers, and the destruction of the vessel by fire." The particulars as far as they have at present tran spired, are as follow :—The barque Fawn, a new vessel, owned at Calcutta, arrived from China at Sin gapore, and left the latter port in progress of her return voyage to Calcutta on September 28. When at Singapore, Captain Redgere, the muter of the Fawn, discharged a portion of his Calcutta-shipped crew, and in their stead took Malays, Javanese, and a Cochin Chinese who had turned Mahommedan. The captain, it appears, was rather of an irascible temper, and what is termed a strict disciplinarian. On the sixth day, after leaving Singapore, about noon, the burra-tindal (head of a native crew) was observed sitting on the fore-hatch smoking; upon which the chief of spoke harshly, and asked him if he intended to set the ship on fire. Words arose between them, and ultimately the chief mate gave a thrashing to the burra tindal with a rope's end. The captain appears to have approved of the mate's conduct. Indian Lascars do not much heed this summary mode of punishment, although few experienced commanders in the country service would disgrace his chief native officer in such a manner before the crew. Malays are proverbial for resenting any such indig nity, and, as in the present instance, take the earliest opportunity of revenge. Apparently the matter was passed over; but such was not the fact. The burra tindal gained over some of the Malays, Javanese, and the Cochin-Chinaman, and resolved to be re-. venged on all the Kafirs (Christians) on board. It is usual when ships sail at night through the Straits of Malacca for the captain to remain on deck all night, dozing occasionally in a chair. This circumstance was taken advantage of by the muti neers. At midnight the burra-tindal and his confede rates found the unsuspicious captain sleeping in a chair on the poop; they dispatched him with knives, and threw his body overboard. The por tion of the crew (Bengalee) not in the plot, at once fled to the ship's tops, or other places in the ship. An European named Elphick, who was pro ceeding in charge of a horse to Calcutta, also sleep• ing on deck, was likewise murdered, and his body cast into the sea. The chief and second mates retired to their cabins and armed themselves ; they offered a stout resistance until after midday. The infuriated Malays literally cut the second mate to pieces; but, finding they could not get at the chief mate, they commenced with axes to cut through the poop deck into his cabin. Finding they had effected an entrance, the mate rushed out of his cabin and jumped overboard. All this time the captain's wife and a Mrs. Becham, who, with her child, was voyaging for her health, were spectators of the frightful slaughter going on. Having got rid of all the male Europeans on board, the burra-tindal and another ringleader proceeded to Mrs. Rodgers' cabin, adding the crime of rape to their previous atrocities, and behaving in the most outrageous and revolting manner, totally unfit for publication. These two ladies, the child and cuddy, male and female servants, were then placed in one of the quarter-boats to be lowered and sent adrift in the sea. On the order being given to lower the boat, the fiend burra-tindal stood by and held on the after fall, so that the wretched inmates were cast into the sea and perished,- save one man and a woman, whose husband was one of the crew. The wretches then fired the vessel, crowded all sail, and steered for the laud. On nearing the shore the ring leaders quitted the vessel in te long-boar. casting the latter adrift, and landed at a place called Bruas, about 48 miles distant from Penang. The remaining por tions of the crew, finding the fire gaining on the vessel, quitted in the captain's gig and pulled for the drifting long-boat which they secured, and then set the gig adrift. Those in the long-boat proceeded to Singapore; when near the latter place two of the men took advantage of the others being asleep, swam on shore, and reported all that had occurred to the authorities. After some days several of the men were captured, including the Cochin-Chinese, others delivered themselves up, but six escaped. The Hon. Company's steamer Hooghly was dis patched to Bruas to see if the vessel could be saved, and with letters to the Baja of the country to de liver up the guilty parties. In the meantime some of the men proceeded in a native boat to Penang and surrendered themselves up to the police, but these are not believed to have taken any other part in the out rages than such as they were in a measure compelled to do by threats. The ringleaders, after some ex cuses on the part of the Raja, were secured and taken to Penang, where they will be tried on the 17th of November, by the Recorder, Sir William Jeffcott. The barque ROA, of Liverpool, from Bombay, bound to China, passed the Fawn, when she v.as on fire standing in for the land, but did not proceed to her assistance, or it is probable some of the unfortunate creatures canted out of the quarter boat might have been rescued from a watery grave. The master of the Rajah on the following day fell in with her Majesty's ship Amazon, and reported what he had witnessed the previous day. The Amazon went i n th e di rec ti on i n di ca t e d, b u t f oun d no ves ti ge jany vessel, the Fawn having, it would appear, u 1 "cl to the water's edge. The buiIatING'STRE ET BAZAAR. itself deserves a few words. The altera treive and complete. Instead of the perfect forest • I:evernents ; animals n, a i r v e o s p p r e e c m ia i l s l e y s, and han d - Lions have heel c s we gradually lose ourselves, sfoornimeel; pinroPikviedtitior wandering about these m e note o _ Gallery seems to su c c variousnd additions i n a n a d and iron roofirg. We see opening °f inf c . 9l e umns, girders, prospect the Instance that wearied the Children in the Wood. n that are as deceptive as those Long befo-e reach them ot h e r bazaars and e x hi bitions have led us we us astray. 'To cover t h eie over with a tolerh - 41 Y nn-' interrupted building, is, in it self, evidently no easy task, and we have consegvntly buildings seated upon other buildings where ordinary ones would have roofs—stories, jutting out over other storie9, upon giant cantilevers, and the whole connected and linked together with all the modern profusion of iron appliances, suggesting what a strange gaunt iron skeleton it would make with its sinews and flesh of timber and bricks and mortar fallen away—a ,curious and characteriAic ruin of the 19th century, contrasted with one of our old baronial castles of the 12th. The whole evinces a tact in economising space, that does considerable credit to the architect, Mr. IW A a .Boulnois, the son of the proprietor. An addition to li but da th me e recent Tus ti da'dsdpiorataioa and alterationsnwasmade have byMr. b:e Grima doll,nexecuted by Messrs. Win.land and Holland.—Builder. STRALSUND, DEC. 14.--Tho Union, from Hull to this port, which was stranded near Ancona on the 12th, was got off after throwing part of her cargo overboard, and towed is here very leaky, LONDON, TREATY OF COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND BELGIUM. The following is a summary of this document, which is of considerable interest to the commercial and shipping interests : " His Majesty the King of the Belgians, and her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom, &c., &c., animated with equal desire to facilitate and extend commerce and navigation between their respective States, have resolved to conclude a commercial treaty, and appointed as their plenipotentiaries, on the one hand, M. Sylvain Van de Weyer, Envoy Extraordi nary, &c., &c., on the other, the Right Hon. Visconnt Palmerston, &e., &c., and the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, &c., &c.; and who, after the usual pre liminaries, agreed to the following articles:— "I. There shall be reciprocal liberty of com merce between all the States of the high-contracting parties, and the subjects of each of them shall, throughout the whole extent of their respective ter ritories, enjoy the same rights, privileges, &c., as are enjoyed by naturals. " 11. As regards the rights of the flag, it is agread that merchandise of all kinds, without distinction of origin, imported directly under the British flag from any part of the United Kingdom, its colonies and possessions, into Belgium, shall enjoy the same exemp tions, restitutions, premiums, and other favours, and shall not be subjected to other duties or formalities than those imposed upon imports under the Belgic flag, except in the case indicated in art. 5. " 111. As regards the duties of origin, it is agreed that merchandise of all kinds, without distinction of origin, directly imported into Belgium under the British flag from any part of the United Kingdom, its colonies and possessions, shall be admitted under the scale of duties imposed upon imports under the Belgic flag, in the manner the most privileged by the general Belgian tariff, excepting in the cases specified in art. 5. It is understood that all merchandise to which the above articles are applicable must really have been taken on board in ports of the United King dom, its colonies and possessions. "IV. All merchandise, without distinction of origin, imported into Belgium under the British flag, from other places than those within the United King dom, its colonies and possessions, shall enjoy the same exemptions, premiums, and other favours, and shall not be subjected to other formalities, nor pay other duties than if imported under the Belgian fig, save and excepting the goods specified in the following article:- " V. Exceptions shalt be made to the above three articles for the goods, and in the following cases : " 1. As regards the third and fourth articles, for upholstery and dye-woods, rice, sugar, coffee, to bacco, and cotton,* only where the importation shall take place directly from a transatlantic country under Belgian colours. Fruits, olive oil, and raw sulphur —only when the importation takes place directly from the place of production under Belgian colours. " 2. As regards the disposition of articles 2,3, and 4, for salt. But his Majesty the King of the Bel gians engages first, to reduce two-thirds the duty ac tually imposed on rock salt imported from the United Kingdom, under the British flag; secondly, to assimilate mineral salt imported from the United Kingdom with rock salt, as regards customs, excise duties, exemption from excise in case of being des tined for manufacturers or bond. In order to enjoy this favour, the salt must be accompanied by a cer tificate delivered by a Belgian consular egent, con firming the same to be of British mineral origin ; thirdly, to remove the prohibition on the transit through the Belgian territory of salt imported under the British flag.f " VI. Merchandise imported from transatlantic countries under the British flag shall pay the same duties with which they were charged in transatlantic entrepots or transatlantic coen.ry of production. " VII. Merchandise of all kinds, the importation of which is, or shall be, legally permitted in the ports of the United Kingdom, its colonies and possessions, in British bottoms, may be equally imported in Belgic vessels, without being subject to other or higher duties, of every denomination whatever, than if im ported in British vessels. " VIII. The reimbursement by Belgium of the duties levied in the navigation of the Scheldt by the Netherlands Government, in virtue of clause 3, art. 9, of the treaty of 19th April, 1839, is guaranteed to British vessels. "IX. As regards all exportations, without distinc tion of origin or destination, and in all that concerns drawbacks, premiums, or facilities, which the legisla tion of the two countries has or may establish, the two contracting parties reciprocally assume to each other the treatment of nationals. "I. All articles of every kind whatsoever coming from Great Britain, or expedited to that country, and traversing Belgium by the State railways, shall be exempted from all transit dues, and the prohibition which still affects the transit of some of these articles is removed—excepting always gunpowder and iron, and the transmission into France of linen threads and tissues, and coals. It is understood that it will be necessary to adhere directly to the measure pro scribed by the Belgic Administration to prevent; fraud. Belgian commerce shall, as regards transit through Great Britain, enjoy the treatment of the most favoured nation. [lt does not appear from the above that reciprocity is guaranteed to England]. " XI. It is distinctly understood that the above articles do not apply to coasting trade, which each country reserves to itself the right of regulating ac cording to its own laws. The same is applicable to all matters concerning national fisheries, save and ex cept that the two flags are assimilated as regards the importation of fish of all kinds. " XII. No tonnage, harbour, light-house, pilotage, or any other similar or equivalent duty or dues shall be levied in the ports of either country on vessels of the other, come whence they may, that is not imposed on national vessels in similar cases. " XIII. All vessels which according to Belgian laws are rated as Belgian, and all vessels considered as British by British laws, shall, as regards the effects' of this treaty, be regarded as British and Belgian vessels. " XIV. As regards all matters of wharfage, dock. ing, loading, and unloadi ng vesse l s i n a ll ports , d oc ks, harbours, rivers, &c., no privilege shall be accorded te the ships of one that are not accorded to nationn,l vessels—the vessels of both nations are to be places' upon a footing of perfect equality. " XV. Vessels of either country may unload the whole or part of their cargoes, and proceed with the reminder to other ports of the same State, as the captain, proprietor, or consignee may think fit. " XVI. Should any ship of war or merchant vessel of one State suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the other, all parts or portions of the same that may be saved, or the produce of the sale, shall be restored tc those entitled to reclaim the same. In case these per. sons should be absent, the said objects, merchandise , &e., as well as all papers found on board, shall b consigned to the Belgian or British Consul of ths district where the shipwreck toek place, and no °the) expenses chall be charged to the consul, proprietors , or others entitled, except the payment of such ine - penses for preserving the property, and for salve. ge , as would be paid by nationals. Goods saved sl Laid not be charged with duties unless sold for c' n).- sumption. " XVII. Each of the contracting parties s' ha 11 have the right of naming consuls in the state and tel:- ritories of the other. These consoler agents a ball respectively enjoy all the privileges, immunities, 4 ka enjoyed by similar functionaries belonging to Vele most favoured nation. " XVIII. The subjeets of each State residinj ; in those of the other shall be respectively free to regu la te their affairs themselves, or to entrust them to the ;a re of others, such as agents, wharfingers, consign sea, &c., on the sane footing as nationals, and they sl s; dl not pay any salary or charges to persons not selec b by themselves, they being perfectly free to settle a 11 matters of sale and purchase iu conformity with tl Customs' regulation of the respective countries. " XIX. The present treaty shall remain in vigvas r during seven years, from the Ist of January, 165; t, and to the end of one year after the term at while h either party may announce the intention of witt - drawing from the same. "XX. The present treaty to be ratified before ti e Ist of January, 1852. " Dated at London, Oct. 27, 1851. " PALMERSTON. LABOUCHERE. S. VAN DE WEYER."' * According to this, the exception falls upon all tth e great articles of colonial produce. f This, if we understand rightly, admits of Mita vebsis carrying salt to B-Igic ports without distinctio: of origin, providing the same be fur transit. STATISTICS OF NEW ZEALAND.—A blue bogs , cr,ntainiug further papers relative to the affairs of Neo Zealand, in continuation of papers presented on the 14th 0 f August last, has been issued by direction of the House o f Commons. It anpears that the population of the colail - w a, a 2 5 1 , 31 i . n 13 1 5 8 . 50,4,04 . 7, against 3,372 in 1819, making the in • crease on the year 675. The actual revenue in 1850 w/o i 3 ,506/. 18s. sd. against 2,394/. 12s. ltd. in 18,9, beim : an increase of 1,1121.55. 6d., while the expenditure was les ; by 2541. is 9d., the amount being 3.4681. Os. 8d in 1849, am 1 the increase of 1,576/. 10s. would otherwiseeals. lid, in 1850 The exports (including thee e : e a in s t g w a ise c l eo were, in 1850, 7,116/., and in 1842, 8,692/. lft , for by eof population consuming the flour, whA t The decrease is accounts 1 , have increased been exported. The imports, on U' 3 C e r o i le a si s .n e g d from 14,254/. Is. in 1849, t 4 ; other hand an increase of 3,2531. is. 61 17,507/. 2s. 6d. in 18A of 315 horses, 4,158 hornsi I The live stock in 1849 5,052 whilsthorned in e 1850 there were 44 l i (increase 894),a ru I 70,960 sheep, being an increase of a lV e 6 number of acres fenced in 1850, as ' horses cattle, (increase and 53, 3 4 9 8 6 ), sheep, comparedl2. The increau IC; 1 Rangitkie, and Wair g . ai• with l 1849,v ra 3 1,940; ditto cleared, 1,064; ditto culvate(l native population within the districts of Wellington, I:V 'h i ' anarapa, in t k b l e " p e r ' o v ( in ta ce ki ; f IU N a New ttl' Munster, is 4,711, of whom 2,955 . tra Christians. Of these, 1,148 can read and write, and 444 c as read only. The total number of churches and chapels with j. the province is 39. , LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 22. Sittings at Nisi nibs, before Mr. Baron MARTIN and a Special Jury, at Guildhall.) KELLER V. MORLEY. Mr. liumfrey, Mr. Warren, and Mr. Bovill were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Knowles and Mr. Hayes appeared for the defendants. The plaintiff is a silk merchant and reeler residing at Milan, and the defendants are silk manufacturers at Nottingham, against whom this action was brought to recover a balance of 1,2501, with interest, arising from the execution of a large order given by them to the plaintiff for the purchase and reeling of 25 bales of white and yellow silk in January, 1850. The de fendants pleaded payment, and the main question be tween them and the plaintiff was, whether the order had been unfettered as to price, or whether, having been so given in the first instance, the defendants had afterwards prohibited the plaintiff from purchas ing the cocoons at a price exceeding that charged by him in the preceding year. These points depended upon a very voluminous correspondence, which we may be excused from entering upon. It may suffice, therefore, to say that the jury, after a brief delihera tion, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of his demand. The verdict was taken for 1,3191. TRUMPLER V. LOCKETT. Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Knowles, and Mr. Phipson, appeared for the plaintiff; Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Maynard, and another learned gentleman,were counsel for the defendants. In 1847 the plaintiffs purchased a quantity of or chills weed, whence is extracted a splendid crimson dye, and shipped at Callao for Liverpool 349 bales in the Helena, a vessel belonging to the defendants, the residue of her cargo being guano, which, for the purposes of this cause, may be stated to have belonged to the defendants also. 200 other bags of the same weed were shipped in the Thomas King, which, though she sustained bad weather, shipping seas among the orchilla weed, and thereby damaging it, eventually arrived at Padstow, whence her cargo was conveyed in another vessel to London, and there sold as a damaged article at prices varying from 151. to 30/. par ton. The Helena also met with very bad weather, and after the orchilla weed had suffered con siderable damage from the mixture of salt water and the ammoniacal matter in the guano, the whole of it was thrown overboard, in the hope of saving the vessel and residue of her cargo. This hope was realized, and the Helena having arrived safely with the guano the plaintiffs made their claim for contribution from the defendants on a general average. The defendants as sented to the claim, but estimated the orchilla weed at the value which it would have borne at the,port of discharge, if it had not been thrown over, and, de ducting freight and charges, their average-stater brought out, a sum of 911. The plaintiffs, however, contended that they were entitled, in calculating the general average, to take the orchilla weed at its full value when shipped or just before the jettison took place. By this calculation their claim amounted to 1,1471., for which sum this action was brought; and, the defendants having paid 911. into court, the ques tions now raised were simply the point of time at which the calculation for the payment on a general average should he made, and the value of the orchilla weed at that particular point. On these matters lengthened evidence was gone into on both sides. The plaintiffs proved the price at which the cargo of the Thomas King was sold, and called upon the jury to infer that the cargo of the Helena would have fetched the same price. The defendants, on the other hand, called the crew of the Helena to show that the orchilla weed was so damaged before they threw it over, that had a different course been successfully adopted, it would have been utterly worthless on its arrival at the port of discharge, and they proceeded to lay be fore the jury the basis of the calculation on which the sum paid into conrt was made. Sir P. TIIEBIGER hating replied, Mr. Baron MARTIN left it to the jury to say whe ther the sum paid into court by the defendants was sufficient to cover their admitted liability to contri bute to the general average. The jury, after consultation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 93/. is. Bd. over and above the 911. paid into court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Dec. 22. (Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.) IN RE CIIIETHAM AND GILL. The bankrupts were described as shipwrights, of Strood. This was the last examination meeting. The accounts showed 1,8591. due to creditors. The assets consisted of, good debts, 896/. ; property, 3841.; the profits were, 945/. (over a period of twenty-two months); trade expenses, 386/. • interest, 266/. ; drawings out by Cheetham, 253/ ; by Gill, 214/. ; losses, 4421. Mr. Linklatsr supported the bankrupts ; Mr. Lucas represented a creditor. Mr. CostrxoN, for the assignees, did not oppose, but required the balance-sheet to be amended in re ference to some bills of exchange, the acceptances of which in the bankrupts' names they represented to be forgeries. It was alleged they bad been accepted without authority by a person who had been com mitted at Rochester on the charge, and was now out on bail. His HoNoua doubted whether he could pass the bankrupts under those circumstances ; and, after con sulting Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, he decided to adjourn the case till after the Maidstone assivs. IN RE BUCKLAND. _ The bankrupt, J. Backiond,;:s a wine-merchant, Queenhithe. This was the last examination meeting. The accounts showed — Creditors, 1,1691.,; assets, 1501. The bankrupt passed. Commissioner Mr. Sergeant S TEPHE N.) BANKRUPTCY COURT, Dec. 22. MID GLA MORGAN BANE HE PHILIP THB BR ISTOLmef o o r N e r C ou o TnIBI meeting for the c h o i ce o f a ss ignees under JON ES LLANGSTO CK BANKES . The alleged li a biliti es are v ery heavy; and, from the connexion of the bankrupt with the Monmou th shire and Glamorganshire Joint This the was fi a at. Stock Bank, the case excited much interest. appeared for the petitioning creditor; Mr. Stone, of the Western Circuit, and Mr. W. for the London Joint-Stock the firm of Protheroe, Toogood, and Protheroe, for the Monmouthshire and Glamor havhq tendered a proof for 14,0001, BB g M a aer n nv. s ak h nT i : i r elssol°rlni.solicitor, Back ot'oof 1r ; :Lo a afn :d i o n' l. r . Charles Bevan and Mr. Overton, for other creditors. E obitetE d that the proof was on various promissory notes drawn by the bankrupt, and into the bank, and had got mixed up Mr..l‘ir. TILSONsToN ac cepted by other parties, and which in some manner y into the bank, and had got mixed up with the account with the bankrupt, and for which securities to a great extent. He sub ftmwohiuiett found b e dat d htuh t ek h e ai a l:c t ecwl t od h ua e y had no right to pick out those notes from the and prove on them, they holding secu r ities for the bala nce o f th e i r c l a i m . H e was instructed that the bank ru pt h a d h e ld b e t ween 4,000 and general 5, j the bank, which were held as security. Mr. Frazer, the manager of the bank, Oaccount in shares was now prosent , and he should like to ask him where were the certificates for those shares ? Mr. Frazer—The bankrupt never had any. Mr. STONE s aid, of course not. The bankrupt had received the dividends, and yet the bank held the securities. It, was clear the bank claimed a lien on them, and that they were entitled to hold them till the calls were paid, and also as security for the general balance. _ _ _ DO1J•••••.w. Mr. TILSON had deemed that no objection could be urged against the proof. He had tried to steer clear of objections and difficulties which he foresaw would arise on any proof being tendered for the balance ; hoffeerheaTdldi,hetabironetoesftorebo,enecnare which carefully abstained from making it. the present proof was at all mixed up with the ge neral account. They were bills which the bank had discounted. Mr. STONE remarked that the bankers were at liberty at any time to put the amount of the notes, even if they bad not done so, to the debit of his ac count, and then make the securities which they held available for the balance. His HoNoaa—lf there are any securities I suppose they will be put in as exhibits. Mr. TILSON said the bills formed no part of the account at all, the only exhibitions were the bills of exchange themselves. The bankers claimed to have no security on account of the bills, and if they had they would give them up. Mr. BEVAN—You could not do that. You are a public officer. Mr. STONE said he should produce a bankers' pass book, which the bankrupt had received from the bankers, and some of the bills, if not all, would be found entered in that account. The COURT said, this being a matter of fact, it could easily be ascertained. Mr. Timm said that the book in question was not a pass-book which had been kept between the parties, but a copy of the ledger, which the bulk, on being applied to, had sent to the official assignee. When an assignee was chosen he should present a proof, stating the securities and the balance which the bankers claimed. Mr. 13F.vax stated that there was no disposition on the part of the creditors generally to deprive the bank of proof for any sum which might be due to them, but the accounts would require looking into very minutely. What did his Honour think had been charged from 1841 half-yearly for interest ? No less than 35,0001,, to say nothing of commission and dis counts. This would have to be inquired into. Be sides, the bank had a security for 40,0001., and other securities. ills llosoun—Do you dispute their debt? Mr. STONE—No ; we sav they have a larger debt than they ask to prove for, but we say all the trans actions are covered by securities, whirl: ought to be exhibited. The matter ought to come fairly before us, and let us see how it stands. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23 5 1851. Mr. BEVAN—Besides, some of these securities have been realised by the bank, and we ought to be satis fied that the proceeds have been properly applied. I should like the Court to ask the official assignee how long it would take to look into the accounts. Mr. ACRAMIN (the official assignee) said, that to examine the details would require about two months, as the accounts extended over a period from 1840. His HONOUR said it would not be necessary to make such an examination at present. All they had now to inquire was, were the notes upon which the proof was offered involved in the account ? Mr. TlLsoN—They are not. Mr. STONE—We contend, on the contrary, that they are. There is one security for 40,0001. to cover any balance. His HONOUR said he thought it was incumbent on the party giving the proof to enter more largely into his ca.se. It might be, no doubt, material to him to en deavour to insulate the matter by confining his proof to the s ,, veral notes, saying that they are not at all involved ; but when doubts were sugg..sted, and there seemed reaso❑ to suspect that they might he involved, it became material that the piety applying to prove should launch his case on a broader basis, so as to show the Court generally what was the nature of the accounts. Mr. Trmoil said, allowing this, the observations would only apply to the first transaction, because the other bills were discounted for parties. Mr. BEVAN said that it would be highly necessary , for the creditors to look into the matter. They pro posed as assignee Mr. John Russell, of Rises, a highly-respectable and talented gentleman, a magis trate of the county, and possessed of the nicest honour. Mr. Russell was a large coal proprietor, and was not in any way connected with the bank as shareholder, debtor, or creditor. _ _ _ Mr. STONE added, that a more intelligent or highly honourable man could not be chosen. Mr. BEVAN contended that the other party, on the contrary, wanted a gentleman who was a shareholder in the bank. Mr. TILSON said that Mr. Russell had formerly been a partner with Jones, and there had been mat ters between them which involved a Chancery suit. He had to propose a very honourable gentleman, Mr. Powell, of Gaer. Mr. BEvAN—He is a shareholder in the bank. Mr. CHARLES BEVAN would not have interfered, only there seemed to be a divcsition to compromise the matter, and he thought it right to state that he represented a creditor for 2,0001. who objected that Mr. Russell was not interested in the estate in any way. Mr. STONE—He is a disinterested man. Mr. BEVAN said he had no objection to associate Mr. Russell with Mr. Overton, but he objected to the bank having a preponderating influence. His HoNoult said no doubt justice required that both parties should be represented; and, after a good deal of discussion, it was ultimately arranged that Mr. Russell, Mr. Powell, and Mr. Overton should be joint assignees, the bank proofs to be taken into con sideration at a future meeting. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL Mr. Joshua Henry Wright, the landlord of the Dol phin public-house in Coleman-street, was brought up before Sir P. Lauri?, charged with being drunk and using abusive language. Polices constable 158 said he was passing defendan►'s house about a quarter-past one o'clock on Sunday morning, when he observed a light in the bar and heard some one moving about. lie called the consta ble on the beat, and then knocked at the door, when defendant ans ered them from within, calling them - wretches, and refusing to list them in ; but in two or three minutes after defendant threw open the doors and invited them to tinter, and satisfy themselves that the business was not being carried on at improper hours. They searched the place and were leaving, when defendant followed them into the street, and abused them in very disgusting terms, which induced witness to take him into custody. Police-constable 146 corroborated this evidence. Defendant said he had conducted the business of the Dolphin for the last four years, and never yet had a complaint against him, either of disorderly conduct or not closinghis house at 12 o'clock at night. In the latter respect he had always been most particular, (And on the present occasion he was only looking over the house to see everything safe before he went to bed, as his barman had gone home at 12 o'clock, when the house was closed. Sir P. PAURIE said he thought this was a very unnecessary interference on the part of the police. Here was a man whose house is perfectly quiet, and the officers had no reason to suspect anything against him, beyond seeing a light in his house ; and because he, naturally enough, got irritated at their conduct, they take him into cutody and locked him up. Defendant requested permission further to state, that notwithstanding it was a bailable offence, ha was I locked up all night, and every accommodation to communicate with his friends to procure bail was de nied him at the station, although he offered to send for 501. and deposit it there as a security for his ap pearance to answer the charge. Sir P. LAURIE asked the first witness how he came to charge the defendant at the station with being drunk, and then neglect to mention that circumstance in his evidence ?—The officer said the defendant was drunk. Sir P. LAURIE said the treatment the defendant had experienced was most unwarrantable, and he hoped it would be properly represented to the Commissioner, for it was evidently a malicious proceeding altogether. He certainly never heard of such cruelty as to drag a man from his home and family and then refuse to let him get bail. Defendant said, his wife at the time was in a bad state of health, and was obliged to leave her bed at 10 o'clock on the following morning to procure his liberation, the consequence of which was that she was now in a very precarious condition. . Sir P. LAURIE — Such inhumanity on the part of the constable should not pass unpunished. The defendant then asked police-constable 140 if he had ever supplied him with drink gratuitously ? The officer replied "Never," and that " he was not the sort of man to do so." Sir P. LAURIE said, from that answer he was more thoroughly convinced that the charge resulted from malice. He supposed the officer had. some cause to know the defendant was not inclined to treat police men, or he would not have made such an answer. He therefore discharged the defendant, and directed Inspector Joy to report this case to the Commissioner in order that it might be properly inquired into. ThQ defendant said that, having. no witnesses, he expected he should have beers unjustly fined ; there fore, under the circumstances, he felt great pleasure in giving 11. to the poor-box. LAMBETH. A person of respectable appearance whose name did not transpire, but who was said to be a medical prac titioner in the London-road, applied to Mr. Elliott for his opinion as to whether he should be justified in pulling down a placard which was posted up at the Catholic Cathedral in St. George's-fields. The applicant stated that the placard in question announced that a grand pontifical mass would be celebrated on Christmas-day, and a sermon preached by the Lord Bishop of Southwark, and inasmuch as there was no such person known to the law, or legally recognized as the "Lord Bishop of Southwark," he wished to know whether he, the applicant, could be held criminally responsible, or subject to the payment of penalties, for tearing it down ? Mr. Etr.roTT—You allege, I suppose, that some person has illegally assumed the title of the Lord Bishop of Southwark ? Applicant—Yes, Sir. I hold that there is no such person known ; that the placard is a misrepresenta tion, and I therefore want to know whether I would not be justified in pulling it down? Mr. ELLIOTT--I will read you the law on the sub ject. It is this:— " Whereas divers of her Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects have assumed to themselves the titles of arch bishops and bishops of pretended provinces, and of pre tended sees or dioceses within the United Kingdom, under colour of an alleged authority given to them for that purpose by certain briefs, rescripts, or letters epos tolical, purporting to have been given at Rome on the 29th of September, 1850. And whereas by the Act of the 10th year of George IV., cap. 7, sec. 24, alter re citing that the Protestant Episcopal Church of England and Ireland, and the doctrine, discipline, and govern ment thereof, and likewise the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the doctrine, discipline, and government thereof, were, by the respective Acts of Union of Eog land, Scotland, and Great Britain and Ireland, estab lished permanently and inviolably, and that the right and title of archbishop to these respective provinces, of bishops to these sees, and of dear.s to these deaneries, as well in England as in Ireland, had been settled and established by law, it was enacted that if any person, after the commencement of that Act, other than the per son hereunto authorised by law, should assume or use the name, style, or title of archbishop of any province, bishop of any bishopric, or dean of any deanery in Eng land or in Ireland, not being the see, province, or diocese of any archbishop or bishop of a city, place, or territory, or dean of any pretended deanery, in England or in Ire lend, not being the see, province, or diocese of any , archbishop, or bishop, or deanery, or any dean recog nized by law, such attempt to establish, under colour of authority from the See of Rome, or otherwise, such pretended sees, provinces, dioceses, or deaneries, is illegal and void. And whereas it is expedient to prohibit the assumption of such titles in respect to any places within the United Kingdom, be it therefore declared and enacted, that all such briefs, re scripts, or letters apostolical, and all and every the jurisdiction, authority, pre-eminence, or title conferred, or pretended to be eenferred thereby, are and shall be, and Le deemed unlawful and void; and that every per ; son so offending (aseuming the tith's), shall, for every sub offence, forfeit and pay the sum of 100/., to be re covered as penalties imposed by the recited Act may be recovered under the provisions thereof, or by action of t ( LW, at the suit of goy person in ono of her Majesty's When made all in From what PLACES. GeaeralPost-oilice port dis- When due. London: patched. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Dec. 25 .. ..ILiverpool Dec. 29 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Dec. 23 ••• .. 'Liverpool .. Jan. 1 , America (by U.S. pkt.) MI !Southampt. Dec. 25 Ancica (West coast).. INT,l4th of the month Plymouth Jan. 3 Alexandria* •Nl9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Dec. 2 8 Belgians •• N' Daily .. Dover .. Daily Brazil •• • .. 3i3Oth of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 California(viaChitcres) bi 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Dec. 30 Cape of Good Hope N,l4th of month Irlymouth• • Jan. 3 Constantinople* N Ith 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Dec.3o Central America .. 21'2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Dec. 2,0 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri.,Southatript. Tn. Th. Sat C l ' lll •• • • .. Ml7th of the month ISouthampt. Dec. 20 France .. 24 &N,Twlce daily .. .•Dover Twieedally Greece* N 7th 17th27th am° Dover .. Dec.3o Uamtsurgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tars. Sat. Holland „ M'Wednes. Satur. London .. Mea.Thur Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Dec 21 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily .. IHolyhead .• Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) r2oth of the month 'Southampt. Jan, 23 India (via Marseilles) N t sthgr. 24th ofmonth Dover .. Jan. 2 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. lkt 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. 23 Iteditorranean (via Marseilles) 8 th& 24th ofmonth Dover Jan. 2 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. !Jan 5 Madeira •• at 9th of the month Southampt. 'Jan. 16 7th,lith,l9th,27tb Doyor Dec. 28 Malta* .. t & 30th of month I Naples* .. •• N' s th 15th 25th ofme Dover •• Jan. 2 Papal States* N eth 15th 25tb ofinolDover IJan. 2 Peninsular.. • • .. hI 7th 17th 27th of mo,Sonthampt. iDec. 26 Peni .. 17th 01 the month lisouthampt. Dec.l 20 Tuscany* :• N,sth 15th asth ofmo , D over .. Jan. 2 West Indies .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Dee. 30 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southampt. Jan. 5 The mails to those c ountries thus marl French packet vi 4, Marsell , es- The direct Havre mail from London via I month will be made up three times a week ISonthampt. /Jan. 5 Ked (*) are convoye4 by Southampton during this only, instead of daily. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Scorbutic Humours Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Extract of a letter from Mr. George F. Williams, of Biackrock, near Cork, dated June 14, 1848.--" To Professor Holloway. Si T beg to state for your satisfaction, and for the information of the afflicted, the wonderful effect your Ointment and Pills have had upon me. I have suffered severely from scarbutic humours, and for the last seven years my eyes have been dreadfully sore. During that period I tried almost eve ry remedy without obtaining the least relief. At last I was prevailed upon to use your invaluable medicines, which I did, and I am deli g ht e d to say that I am per fectly cured by them."—Sold by all Druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. CHURCHYARD RIBALDRY.—A correspondent of the Builder read in you r j ourna l o f t h e 29 t h your upon churchyard ehyard memorials, and concurring in the remarks s t a , y spirit of them that though " a correcter feeling on the subject has become more general than it was," there is room for im provement ; I venture to send you two inscriptions on tomb stones which I have never seen in p r i n t, b u t w hi c h I n ave often read about midway up that beautiful avenue of chesnuts in the churchyard at Hertford. The two graves are side by side. FIRST EPITAPH. " Grieve not for me, my dearest dear, I am not dead, but sleeping here : In patience wait prepared to die, And in short time you'll come to I." SECOND EPITAPH. " I am not grieved, my dearest life — Sleep on, I've got another wife; Therefore I cannot come to thee, For I mud go to bed to ehe." entiprier conFts °filly, with the consent of her I.J.tlPst3's G• ri !" If you are in a condition to prove that the title of " Lord Bishop of Southvvark" has been assumed by any one, you can, on obtaining the permission of her Alsjesty's Attorney-General, take proceedings for the recovery of the 100/. penalty. Applicant—Your Worship does not think I should be justified, under the circumstances, in pulling the placard down ? Mr. ELLlOTT—Certainly not. The applicant thanked his Worship for the attention which he paid him, and left the court evidently dis satisfied with the result of his :application, and de claring he should at once communicate with Lord John Russell on the subject. POACHING AFFRAY. On Sunday morning last, nbout one o'clock, John son, the fornek;t:eper to th...) President and Fellows of St. John's College, was in Bagley Wood, with four of his assistants, watching for poachers, when they heard a gun fired i❑ the direction of Gobble Oak ; and on proceeding to that spot they encountered five poachers, three of whom had their faces blackened, sod one had with him an air gun. As soon as the keeper and his party came up to them they endeavoured to capture . _ the poachers, who made a powerful resistance, but ultimately, after a desperate struggle, three of them were secursd and taken to the keeper's house. The other two, whose faces were blackened, made their escape, but in the same morning one of these was cap tured, for immediately after the affray the keeper sent one his assistants on horseback to Oxford, in order to give information to the university police, that they rnlght be on the look out for the two msn who had escaped. Accordingly, the inspector of the Univer sity police, Mr. A. Savage, lost not a moment in setting some of his men, with the gamekeepers' assis tant, to look out for the two poachers, a description of whose persons had been furnished. The result was that about half-past two • o'clock the same morning a man named Charles Stevens, a noted poacher, was taken in St. Thomas's parish, and o❑ being brought to the University police rooms it was discovered that his face had been recently blackened, and that a large wound in his head was then bleeding. The four men were taken before the Berkshire magistrates, at Abirgdon, on Monday last, when they refused to give their names, but they were identified and recognised by Inspector Savage to be Richard Johnson and Charles Stevens, of St. Thomas's parish, and George Beesley and John Colley, of Jericho. When Beesley was captured by one of the keeper's assistants, he drew a pistol and threatened to blow his brains out if he did not release him ; but he still kept his hold, when Beesley took some substance, which proved to be quick lime, cut of his pocket and threw it in his face and eyes, and from which he still suffers great pain, and may probably lose his sight. Another of the watchers bad his cheek lacerated and his eye closed by a bludgeon ; and, on searching the spot where the affray took place, there were found the pistol which Beesley had, and which was loaded, primed, and cocked, about 100 bullets, and a formidable bludgeon. All four of the poachers w - ere committed to take their trial at the next assizss for the county of Berks, and Beesley was committed on a second charge, under a recent Act, for ieflicting an injury on the parson by the use of a deleterious material.—Oxford Journal. SHIP NEWS. NOTICE TO MARINERS. PORT OF TERCEIRA. It appears, by a letter received at Lloyd's, from their agent at Terceira, that the Governor bad notified as 4 . That a triangular white flat will be hoisted at the battery of Point Sunto Antonio, on Mount Bmzil, when ever it is considered imprudent for vessels to anchor; nod should a vessel not pay attention to the said signal, the commander of the battery will be authoris:d to fire a gun with bllnk cartridge, which will be repeated at reasonable intervals in case the vessel should not pay at tention to the first gun. Tho expense of the powder that may be so expended will be charged to the ship. But iu the event of any ship being compelled through great distress to run into the port in order to beach, or ,through any untoward circumstance or disaster on board, then and in that case she ought to have her national colours hoisted in the rigging, which will then be a guide to the commander at the battery not to fire." LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22.—The Dibdin, from New York to this port, was abandoned Dec. 7, in lat. 50, long. 35, and subsequently sank; thrco men lost; master and re mainder of crew taken off by the Lady Balwer, from Quebec for London, and landed at Queenstown. The Marchioness of Bute, from Quebec for Bristol, was passed off the Calf of Man yesterday, with seven feet of water in her hold, and obliged to keep up Channel, as she could not be put on the larboard tack, by the Sea Nymph, which has arrived at this port. QUEBEC, DEC. s.—The Laurence Forestal, of Water fora, hence to Cardiff, has put into Sydney, Cape Breton, leaky, and will have to discharge. A barque belonging to Yarmouth, and bound from hence to Great Britain with timber, was wrecked on the east point of Magdalen Island, in the gale of the 20th ult.; the materials would be saved; one man killed. The Arbutus, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for this port, was wrecked in L'Anse a Beaufils, in the galcs, of the 22d ult,; craw sived, and cargo in a very damaged state. The SAahia Burbidge, hence for Liverpool, which had her bows damaged by the ice off Riviere du Loup, has been put ashore at that place, and it is thought will remain during the winter. CHRISTIANIA, DEC, 9.—A dismasted and abaadoned brig, apparently E,,glish, with a white stret.k and bul warks, was seen nearly under water ou the 27th ult., in lat. 55 N., long. 3 W., by the Garonne. The Pet, from Calcutta for England, which put into Moulmein on the 29th of June, after being on shore, was sold at that place on the 9th of October. _ _ GRAVESEND, DEC. 22.—Wind N., moderate, with heavy rain. Arrived—Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh; Soho, from Antwerp; City of Paris, from Boulogne; Grken Isle, from Nieudiep; Emma Eugene, from Syd ney; Sir Bouchier Ray, from Bordeaux; Emerald, from Antigua; Salibbury, from Quebec; Ducheis of Portland, from Berbice; Amity-hall, from Moulmein ; La Reine dea Angus, from Taganrog; Tiber, from Trinidad; Vic toria, from Teneriffe; Pomona, from Dania; Bimini, from Cette. . _ Sailed—Ainaranthe, for Hobart Town; Tuscan, for BarbadoQs; Fyenoord, for TOtterdana. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Maris ship, outward bound with emigrants, Dcc. 11, in lat. 50 N., long. 12 W. Biennia, of Liverpool, on the 13th inst., in lat. 52 N., lung. 8 W. Thomas Blyth, from the Mauritius for London, on the 10th ult., in lat. 6 N., long. 23 W. Matilda, from Liverpool for Table Bay, on tho 24th ult in lat. 23 N., lotrr 29 W. Stirlingshire, from Lirerpool, on the 28th ult., in lat. 28 N., long. 26 W. Sophi, English bArque, on the 15th inst., in lat. 50 N., long. 7 W. Sybilla, from Plymouth for Adelaide, South Australi2, on the 15th inst,, in lat. 49 N., long. 8 W. SEABORNE MAILS [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-ofdee by the night—and AI by the morning—dispatch.] A.NK OF FRANC. _ T,.kh.131,4 he folk-m ing is a return of the otuatio n or of France on Dec, ASSETS. ... f. 456,538,036 45 ... 106,045,500 0 291,543 7 Cash in hand Ditto in branch batiks ••• Bills past due •• •• Bills diseountrd, but not yet • .d u e, of ••• g 3 which 16,173,030 F. Oc. were received 51,5 24 ' 9 % 3 0 from tilt) Branch Banks ... ••• 335 3 4 - 73 9 0 Bills in the branch backs ..• ••• 1, 904,7 00 0 Advances on coins and ingots... ••• 5,041, 39 io Ditto by the branch banks ..• ''• 9,929, 92 ",„ 0 Ditto on French public securities ••• 2,9 75,7 6 J 0 Ditto by branch banks... ..• "' 50,000, 000 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tr6sor... Ditto to the State on the Treaty of 30th Wirane, 1848 ... ..• ••• 0 Ad v mccd to tin:: City of Paris on the 10,00 0,00 0 Provisional Loan of 20 000,000 f. ••• 0,000 ,000 2 u s Rentes of the reserve fund ..• 42,677 621 Relates, dibpos able funds ... '" 74 Investments of the new branch banks in 105 2,72 6 0 the public funds ... "' ' 4,00 0 ,0 0 Hotel and furniture of the Bank ••• 3,429, an 0 Real property of the branch banks ••• 200, 0 „ n u" 0 Interest in National Discount Bank 108, 0 "" 8 Ditto branch banks ... ••• 608, 693 0 65 Expenscs of administration of the Bank 2 76,7• 61 Ditto at the branches ... *" Miscellaneous ... ••• ". a7l 66 01 6,200. 75,000,000 0 0 f,67, 0 ° ° 'no ° 00 Capital „, „, ••• 23, 350,v—,, 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks t .. '" 10,00 0,0 ":„ Reserve fund ••• 2,080 , 7"" 0 Ditto of the branch banks ••• " 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... ••• 12 5,8210 1 „; 42 Ditto of the branch banks 8,335, 3 ', 0 " 14 Ditto to order (post-bills) ••• "' 70,22 2 . 7 " 66 Account-current with Treasury cr editor 10 37,469 ,80 0 444•741,r, 0 Various accounts current ••• ••• 1, 540• 11 Q 0 Ditto in branches ... •• 1 ( ) ' 046,1 3 0 0 Bills payable at sight ..• ••• 4127,5" 75 , A 02 ,62 - 0 LIABILITINS , Ditto at branches - ... ••• ••• Dividends payable ••• • • ••• Liquidation of the Algiers Bank •" ••• Expenses anticipated ... ••• Discounts, interest, and expenses ••• Ditto of branch banks ... ••• Re-discounts of the last six months ••• Ditto in branch bunks .. ••• ••• ••• Interest on protested bills ••• ••• ‘liseellantous ... ••• ••• 30v,- o 6, 79 65 530, 3 6 65 . 87 2,2 : , , '42 0,6 1 "3 7 0 0 226, 27 5 15 ",3, AI " 4: 8, 214 Certified by the Governor of the J f ia l9l2°7'9lll : handb_i!ll s t dii appears scoun n , 800 .., A' 11' ''' t C • 1 as decreased by 4,800,000 f. 00 c,,G,,T, f 01 1,400,.,,,0001, increase Y , 68014 A Bank notes in circulation have increased el ' ilic resi c v The balance to tefrdomhatvbee increased by the 0000 the credit of the Treasury WO v d 14 by 3,900,000 f. The sundry d' bo re deer ° " 4,900,000 f. IvIA.111(t1S., oi statement of the crontittret: on t of Loodon from the Poi, 1851, to the 20th Dee., THE COUNTR The following is the official corn, &c., received in the pore Essex, from the 14th Dec., 1 both inclusive ._, . I J pip. ."4 !,1 g , O _ 13 1..... ---1 01 1140 ~., 1 11 154j_ Colchester OS ••. Harwich OO 40 Leigh Malden 79 ........ 31 1026 951 ____________'-- - as 4 1r ,; t c o h e 3 v o a s l i ; ei2B CifELTAsyoao, DEC. 19.—Prices to -day were. o il te bo ; Wheat, white, 4 s tt , 473 ; red, 358 to 408; ba r : Nat t o 9/ 1 chevalier 54s to 56s ; oats 18s to 25° • Pe as ' on o e " I Qs' white,boiling ,ln 2Bs 32 tO ; 3o g s r • inding to 2es ; beans, tick, 26s to 29s og. 'to 3 25 ; - 0 1 0 t ° ' harrow tiEkb 0 re d 3 to os 4l:s mazagan, 24s to 275. A N 46° ; i° . COLCHESTER, DEc. 20.-111 heat, white -- to 28s; 150 te and mall 26s to 308 ; pe ' as, white 305 to 3 2 a , g re ' ' 400 b ; ar o l a ey ts , , 2 18 6 : t t o o 2 3 2 2 8 s -rebreganns, mazagan 260 v o w. re the qtlo. to 26s in nartrin 0 KIRKALDY, DEC. 20.—The following a— . Pe pd for grain : Wheat. Barley. ots 138911:d First 433 0(1 26s ed 20s a 6 .1 .....3 Od ... 1 " -Lki , A .....$ ..-. A Second 40 3 Od 24s Od 19s u., .IN ~C, ,. . ( Third 3ls Od 21s Od 17s On --- 0 ,1 to 27 t e v• grai O n a a t t m ou ea r l m , parekrebtat4o-odtay2:B-01bs imperial, 285 • the e l.' HADDINOTON, DEC. 19.—The folloWing ar reall Oftta• 51.9 A Wheat. I Bari* ga - 5- 2 s /8 4 Od Third ...... First ... Second •... 36s 95 1243 2 " " 9 e'r 40s Od I 263 6 5 i eo --1 , od 260 IA •• 30s 01 213 Od 1 " 65 0 14 . 7 28 WI.? 55/ 0 Total quantity , of Wheat in market • 0. 0 0 57 7 qi f 0 A Do. Barley do. 25 5 (1110 1 06 Do. Oats do. 121 c08., Do. Beans do. Prices of Coal Howard's W.H. ** COAL MARKET.--1(1000"' get:"' 9t l ar 6o Broomhi aHa rim.' ros e '. 16 5 A Burnhope Fanfold Moorl Hartle ... 13s 63 Lai:ol)ton A.— ** 0. 6, 6- Cares Hartley...per ----- ton at the close of 0;0 . 1 63 14s 93 idmont ...... ... ....•. 0 ,1., 64 1 Bell and Brown. .. :.. c .. Tyne Main Neth IbB 03 LondonderrY ....... IV ni Tanfield Moor .. ... 143 33 stewart's ... i , ro roo 1 p vz ... 11 : ic ct i pg;nHsbeetrto.a...L..): ........ .. ...... :::1140; ig wy,........ute5... 15s 03 Hen gh gait •••:.; _ O O f , v. 1.. t •• BenShatll 16- 6d Soutn liartlepoo.: . .„ 1 , 0 6 ; 66 Clarke Wall's E n d & ' South liello e ..... ...... '6, Sti 1 al Gosforth . ....... ...~ 21 0 i 16s 3d Adelaide Te oo ' .... , 4 § n Marton ... 16s 3d South Durilar%r-ticy ; 4 , 6a Hebburn; ifs 3d Dcrwentw'ster*" .• ' ••••• :ncl 01 Shipa2t22l .... ....... . ...... o s 0 Gross traffic market, 127 ..... ' 6 ' Eden mai.— gosirr,receiplts63f:ro : a l ds passengers rilstabi Ditto, Dec. and 3 / 1851 Dec. EC. & t 0,913 0 2.1". ... ... ... . 113,161 weekll i. -BESOA endingsi 'En N D ET —— A , ) 1: Wli T ' 0 52 I n as u e s n p l ec B . s 2 l 2, 1 ; 5 . 1. .... _ ire London T l e n r c m re i RAIL JAYV SEI ARE i gltlti ctill ' e : T l3l3l STOCK EXCHANGE.. —IASTunO moderate e D ra a t e e . 9 ga u nt i o n f p bil ie si OditiO transactions done to-day, without material alteratiallisw, 6 reported were—Great iVesterOP be ll per cent.,l32i , ii. 0 te LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2 c . ) • beer 00 STOCK EXCHANGE.— The share mark bpd 14, 1 , 4 . 4 I fel to-day,ton with a good demand for . stock 6 "- vc i r gele'," lie,_i The_transactions were as follow: ._.,•' 15V - 651 , ,,,„ cashire, an and Cheshire, 113,d d'a —Caledong" e hil'ef 0 1- 3 i London W i a .. d n e d rm. L re r i h :llT — e ste a r n n e al.-s i l l ' i 6 r l --8119 5; t r. : :9: 5s be i;e : 15r1111/4 North LildilEaaGnn:ll, p.—Manchester, Midlands, p %—South-Eastern and Do p es , cloP and ttf,riaaiL/rnsi s a cihe g ept e si o oitte d ntrso b a, , roil C' 22. ter Sheffield, and 14 1 _ 11 :,, 21' MANCHESTER, D,_,. - .0.5 b e % eo' 'Cr' . STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share mark.e. • p d pr. C 6 5.-„ e , p_it i to, Preference, n w' 2 sQu l r i ees ibr s h l a n i Fifths, ifrnatefshgossilbi,l ham e i vn t t,r c( d i (-3josEnsLe7aa:lic t c yA italid3shapvt 1: g ~.....::::, ~ c i i ii:::: l l ::,, , lE li t :>/ r O , Manchester, Shdlield, and Lincolnshire, and Dover, 21—London and North-030r°' ledonian, 15:%. ( ;1 1 1 22 , et te ilLr BIRMINCHAM, DO' pf STOCK ExcHANG E. —The market Was I h '. Y r i gite , The only trans actions reported were A i r e ham, and Boston, dis.— Midland, 6674. ifi C ;o' ceiptsFß L:N t :C e l 1 - I.ItAIL lI T A- I Iri ffli :gr°s° The following are the last r eturn s °' --- f6s 41 66 N ,3.4i29 0 37 R 3 : : 11 : ; E g it o N c i : d — r s i ,nF2cri7opra:Bl4;),reefen: ctlhoOt s il t 1: 1 D i 4 1 : e 5 ca :1 6 2 . ?. 1 , 17 : 0 : 11 ; PI : 11AVRE. g — " F d r 5 0 , :a 8'6 D 1 ; 2 C f. . ; 15,2641; ,z "-, 1 3 ~ ,_ ROUEN. —From a - e. 7to pe e ' a • Or N OR AE N sgg s . 13 . o w e 0. er* 23,303f.; 794 q 35 2 • co goods, 93,6481; total, 17- , , 4: ).- 4 I VIFR Fdd F l sar : or r 0 0 n am m , . 1 ) li: De L ec e c..p .. 3 8 8._ tttooo, plp)cee:eo.:. e l j 9,• :f .... 00001 : : P age 31,2641:; d i ;5 3 " 0 9 :4 9 3 6 4 0 1 1 : : goods, goo 3 5 1 1 3 0 9 4 3 : 2 0 35 0 3 : P : e• e7t t t °.t o o nt t 22itt a aol l ',l : l9622°;"lol. 4930 : :'7.-. n r : rfr:sl6°-e i BORDEAUX.—From " 'd .; total, Pe e ' 8: et* 9 06Nr.i..):—olds' 34'128f. ; total 4939 4: fosePr BALE.—From Nov . ' v. 2 4. to N° V• ' 1 Or l y &CO 6, 3 b 2 1 9 0 f N . ; T: o n o E d A s t:. , --- ,7 F 0 o r or.m; total, D ee.13261 "040249p7f.2e4: 9: r r 5 cil.P d ern 39 73 M , 32 97 Af ir s .f: E MARSEILLES . - 28 F a: , r 131 : 1 121 35 ff . 1 . : e 0 3 t 0 I) ee. '' 0 00 STR goods, I, ' Dec. Dee, 9: ASBURG.-2rom ..., 3to c total,to.tal 5184124,099°9f.,. rti° 4 4 44 ' 4 0 , II oIRTH& 'r e d A SO /f• On the 17th inst., in Castle -gate, Yor ' ere ct Robinson, Esq. alas? 141 C le' Oa the 19th inst., at Barnsbury-v-- Islington, Mrs. Archibald Sands. On the 18th inst., at Chigwell-rovr, On the 19th in t., Chapman, Esq., Bombay Engineers. A _ st , O in F w ik rim pa p On the 20th inst., at Cavendish-roz' Mrs. J. C. Williams. On the 18th inst., at Clapham, 111 Capell Broke, Baronet, of OakleylV and Ahadoe, county a Cork, to Elir the late J. J. Eyre, Esq., f Endclif On the 18th inst., at St. John 'e burgh, William H. Maitland, Cr oulGe-iirtreet, the beth Kinnear, eldest daughte r Dougall, Esq., of Scotcraire, T On the 20th inst., in E . Bart., of Arlington-cmrt On the 19th inst., S. On the 19th inst., r Peter Chtrke, Esq., of On the 19th inst. On the 19th inst. aged 81, Letitia, r On tLe 20th it Fowler, Esq., o' On the 2W Margetson, v fir London : No. 1" Stray b,4 4, 0 he 4t 4 t4t' to k htl 44 0 18 1 014 1 . tlry 11.3%1 t 141. , thi"