The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-27 00:00:00

THE THREATEiiED STRIKE OF OPERATIVE ENGINEERS. A numereue and highly influential meeting cf the masters engaged in practical engineering, machine.. making, &c., was held at 'the London Coffee-house, on Wednesday afternoon. It embraced all the leading engineering firms of the metropolitan districts, in cluding—W. B. Adams, Adams and Co. ; William Anderson , C. E. Amos. Easton and Amos ; Lewis Ash; John Blyth; J. and A. Blyth; H. W. Blake, James Watt and Co.; George Bovill, Swaine and Bovill : Alfred Burton, Burton and Son ; J. J. Brunel, Seward and Capel; Alfred Blyth, J. and A. Blyth; James Cope; Edward Crawley; Arthur Collinge, Collinge and Co. ; Bryan Donkin, jun., Bryan Donkin and Co.; Thomas Donkin; George Easton ; James Easton ; Joshua Field, Maudslay, Sons and Field ; George Fletcher; M. D. Grissell, H. and M. Grissell; Henry Grissell; P. It. Hodge, Hodge and Batley ; Willi em Healy ; W. Joyce, Joyce and Co.; William Jack son; Joel James ; Thomas Maudelay; J. E. M'Connell; James M. Napier ; J. S. Russell, Ro binson and Russell ; John Penn, Penn and Son ; W. H. Persson ; C. Pontifex, Yontifex, Son, and Wood ; George Rennie, G. and Sir J. Rennie ; Richard 1 - venhill, Miller, Ravenhill, and Salkeld ; Charles Rich; R. A. Robinson ; William Shears, Shear* and Son ; John Seaward, Seaward and Cepel ; J. n• Th a- A. Sacauda ; William Simpson, Simpson and Co- ; H „, ywa rd T . yler, niel Shears, jun. ; Joel Spitler; Tyler and Co. ; Stephen T. Taylor ; J°BeP fr h ons W ltl lik a i n- son, and other firms; also a deputa tion cheater. Letters were read from M e ssrs. Beale, of East Greenwich ; Henry Fletcher, son, and Fearnall, j . a nd E. Hlll, Dartford ; Union Dock, Limehouse • George Scott, Commer- William Fox, Clerkenwell; expressive of their hearty cial-road, and other firms , concurrence in the objects of the meeting. Mr. Joshua Y i e ld (of Meudsley, Sons, and Field) ca lled to the chair. was unanimously The CHA.IRII , S. I4 "id that, as probably most of the gentlemen present were aware, he could at any time sooner make a s t ea w . ergine than a speech—(Laugh ter) —yet as those who were not gifted with eloquence were sometimes moved to utterance out of the fulness of the heart, be felt constrained to say how deeply he regretted the overpowering necessity which ren dered this meeting indispensable to the protection both of the employers and the employed—(Cheers) — for the operative mechaaics as a class he entertained the high,. at re2pect, and for man; of the individuals composing it he had much reason to entertein the most cordial and friendly feelings. He eves, therefore, most anxious to say that he adopted the step of con curring in the measures which would be submitted to the meeting with the utmost reluctance, purely as a measure of self.defence and for the protection and liberty of action, not less of the employers than the employed. The requisitions of the union, whose intolerable proceedings had compelled their profes sional brethren at Manchester and themselves to adopt the step on which they had resolved, were destructive of the independence of masters and of the just rights of labour. He had greet reason to beheve that these requisitions were not approved of by the steady and industrious workmen.—(Hear, hear.) it w as doubt ful whether they were even sanctioned hy a nrijority of the members of the society from which they pro fessed to emanate.—(Hear, hear.) (the chair man) yet hoped that that s ociety weuki see the wisdom of retracting their threats—(L - Tear, hear) — and withdrawing demands to which he, for one, was determined never to Su bmit—(Cheers)—and to restore harmony betwixt the employers and the employed.— (Cheers.) The secretary would now read the docu ments which had given rise to, and would have to be considered by, the meeting. Mr. SIDNEY SMITH, tee secretary, read the requilsi- Von calling the meeting, and a communication from the leading engineers, &c., of Manchester and neigh hourbood, intimating that "a body of persons styling themselves the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Millwrights, Mechanics, &c , have made the following demands to the employers of this district, accompanied by a threat to one of the principal firms, that unless they are acceded to, their workpeople will strike on _ the 31st instant :-1. The abolition of overtime, ex cepting in cases of break down. 2. When overtime is absolutely necessary, it is to be paid for at double rates. 3. The abolition of the system of piece-work. 4. The unconditional discharge of all labourers, or such class of persons at present engaged in working planing machines, or tools of similar character, and the employment in their stead of mechanics, members of the union." The Secretary also read another com munication, dated London, 25, Little Alie-street, Whitechapel, signed William Allan, General Secre tary, and purporting to be an address from the "executive council" of the same Amalgamated So ciety of Engineers, &c., notifying to their employers in the metropolis that; they have come to a resolution to abolish the practices of piece-work and overtime. The CHAIILMVII announced that the meeting was I honoured by the attendance of a deputation from their professional brethren at Manchester, and he now begged to introduce to their notice Messrs. Sharp, Hibbert, Platt, and Fdirbiirn. Mr. SHARP explained the causes which had driven the employers of Lancashire to the determination of closing their establishments. Since this mischievous agitation had been commenced by a small but noisy class, for the purpose of interference and dictation with masters, and of poisoning the minds of their hands, it was a too general complaint that a fair day's work was not given for a fair day's wage—(Hear, hear)—and no way of crushing this ruinous system appeared open except that of a total cessation of busi ness, in order to prevent masters from being sacrificed in detail.—(Hear, hear ) Mr. FAIRBAIRN could assure the meeting 'that it was not without many misgivings, and the most anxious deliberation, that the Lancashire employers had felt constrained to apply the only remedy which seemed adequate to meet the disease. It appeared a great hardship nay, it was a hardship even temporarily to _deprive the peaceable and indus trious workman of his employment, merely because those who found it easier to live upon the contribu tions of their class than honestly to work for their living, chose to prefer demands which were incompa tible with the proper freedom of action of capitalists and employers. It was felt, however, that such was the complicated nature of engineering employment, and the minute subdivision of labour incident to it, that the withdrawal of workmen in one department necessarily stopped the operations of those in another; so that if the hands, for example, of the Messrs. Platt, of Oldham, thought fit to turn out, that must of ne cessity close many minor establishments which sup• plied that firm with particular parts of their machi nery. As it was found by experience, also, that to continue the partial employment of those who pro fessed they did not belong to the combination against the masters had only the effect of supplying wages to feed the turn-out, it was universally agreed that the most human') course to the meritorious workman to prevent the further levying of contributions wrung from him by the threats of the discontented, was entirely to cease work until the conspiracy was crushed.—(Cheers,) Mr. Iliniaisirr stated that the Amalgamated So ciety, which a few months ago did not muster 5,000 members, now reached upwards of 15,000. He read some passages from the Operative, the organ of the union advocating socialist doctrines with regard to labour and the most violent principles in reference to industrial employment, and observed that from these " ,was apparent that the present requisitions were only the beginning of much more intolerable exac tion`. — (geer, hear.) The operations of the combi nation were rapidly spreading over the kingdom, and the next meeti ng was to be at Glasgow, in order to bring the Scotcht :o the movement. Such organi zation could only , met by union on the part of the masters--,(Cheers)--,md he came there that day to ask for their co-operatim Mr. Jour; BLYYII mooed the following resolution : " That whilea this na tio n, 1, —its representatives in Parliament, has abolished guild privileges, exclusive charters of corpor ate handicraft s , restrictions on th or the free and all monoegress from the export of machine r y realm of skilled workm en, polies, the foregoing requisitions of t he Amal g am ated Society are an attempt to ignore the right of eve ry British eubjeot to dispose of his labour or capital ac e ,„ rdin to his individual views of his own interest--e e a e prive the skilled workman of the natural advantageief his superiority—forcibly to compel the industrious and careful mechanic to share the profits of his assi duity and dexterity with the slothful and inexpert — and deliberately to deprive the unskilled labourer of the means of employment." The propositions it con tained, although they were worthy of abler advocacy than his, really required no ability to support them, as they recommended themselves. The time had gone by when machinery could not be exported, and when the artisan was prohibited by law from carrying his skill wherever be thought it would be best remune rated.—(Hear, hear.) The address of the executive council covered the most tyrannous the cloak of a plea for the social improvement of the working classes—(Hear)—a nd it • was time that they should be informed that emplo yers incen tives to pro mote that object . —(Hear .) Masters were required no mo st desirous to imp rove the mora l .) and social order ~ of their hands; ,d readily—he had almost said eagerly—lent themselves to every proposition by which their comfort could be promoted and their ele vation advanced. — ( Chee rs.) He felt persuaded tha t the artisans as a body were quite conscious of this, and that any appearances to the contrary were the re sult of the tyranny exercised over the quiet and peaceable by the restless and discontented —(Leud cheers.) In fact, he was not without the expectation that they would yet receive from their workmen a manifesto declaring that they repudiated the proceed ings of the union, and this cenviction led him the IV EM r Sp i T more to. regret the hard necessity of involving the f. inaocc. in the consequences of the acts of the guilty, te es , trti ~~~ ~. ~ ~~~_ .;~ r`~ v~, ~, ~ r ~~ THE SUN, for which, however, it was obvious that they had to thank the union alone.—(Hear.) Mr. H. GRISiELL briefly seconded the resolution, which was 'carried unanimously. Mr. J. SEAWARD, in moving the second resolu tion, observed that there was little novelty in a scheme which was imported from the other side of the herring pond, and had Louis Blanc for its author. —(Hear, hear.) In point of fact, the requisitions to which they were called to submit were just a sort of machine for enabling busy meddlers to sponge upon the resources of their fellow-workmen.--(Cheers.) They were called upon, in justice to themselves, and by their duty to s ociety, to meet these encroachments resolution, and he therefore had with firmness and pleasure in moving — " That the dependence of the public prosperity upon the steady and uninterrupted m echanical industry renders it essential su ccessful development of practical engineering pursuit r thes ui t s u o c f ce enterprise, to the protection of the community from extortionate prices, of the capitalist from becoming the slave of his own hands, and of the steady and able w orkman from encroachment upon his independent rights of labour, that the threats conveyed in the foregoing manifesto of dictation to employers and tyranny over the employed should be promptly and peremptorily resisted.' Mr. BRYAN DONEIN, jun., seconded the resolution, which was also unanimously adopted. Mr. R. RAVENHILL said he should have no difficulty in prevailing on the meeting to assent to the obvious but important propositions involved in the resolution he would now read :—" That while the division of labour, which is essential to the profitable prosecution of mechanical enterprise, renders the employment of one denomination of workmen dependent upon the co-operation of those engaged in other departments, the threatened strike of the Amalgamated Society, by withdrawing certain classes of artisens from the fac tory, must have the effect of throwing their fallow workmen out of employment, by compelling masters to close their establishments until the combinations of .killed labour, interrupted by the secession of the members of the union, can be supplied." The best character he could give to the persons in his employ ment was the great length of time they had belonged to his establishment, not a few having numbered fifteen, twenty, and even five - and twenty years in the service of his firnt.—(Loud. cheers.) But that was an evidence also that little ground existed to complain of em ployers. He could say that they had alwevs done their best to promote the comfort and elevate the position of their hands. They had uniformly listened with willingness to their re presentations of grievance, and had never hesitated to adopt aey reasonable suggestions for their welfare.— (Hear.) But, in truth, if any men on earth were without title to complain, it was the persons in the p os ition of those belonging to this union. —(Cheers.) The British were the best paid artisans in the world— (11„0 —and these of London the best paid of the B r itiso.—(Erasers.) It was said that when a man w ax.d fat he kicked—(Laughtel)—end it might be generally observed, that those woo had least reason to inurraur were the most eloquent of grumblers. — (Laughter.) Oa the occasion of the .former strike, masters failed from that absence of combination which ' was necessary to their protection, and which he hoped would not be wanting on the present occasion.— (Hear.) He must not, however, forget that on the occasion of a former turn-out an agreement was made -between the masters and the men, to which the latter solemnly pledged themselves to adhere so long as it was observed by the former. The masters had strictly and honourably fulfilled all its conditions, and their reward was the present dictation by the executive council of the operatives. Mr. JOEL SPILLER seconded the resolution, and re marked that there was a point of concession for the sake of peace beyond which it was unwise to go, and that was when good-natured compliance only pro duced a fresh stimulus to the spirit of unreasonable exaction. Although it was perfectly true that no ar tisans in the world were so highly paid and so consi derately treated as those of London, there was no locality where concessions had been more unreason ably pressed, or, in his opinion, so weakly complied with as to court further aggressions. He earnestly desired to disclaim all dictation to the workmen, and to repeat the regret which had been so properly ex pressed, that the misguided men, who were driving things to an extremity, were visiting the consequences of their own folly upon their innocent brethren. He hoped it was not too late by determined opposition, to induce the union to retreat from an untenable posi tion ; but, forewarned, forearmed, they could only meet the extremity they were called upon to encounter by the prompt and strong measures recommended by the committee —(Cheers.) Mr. T. MAUDSLAT said he now came to what might be called the point of action, in which was to be embodied the practical conclusion to be drawn from the previous resolutions, and that he thought was very logically deduced from the following very plain but very effective propositions—That while this meeting would, lathe spirit of candour and efrlaucUy remonstrance, admonish the authors of the manifesto of the pernicious consequences of its enforcement to their own order, the employers here present, and such others as shall adhere to these resolutions, take this earliest opportunity of announcing that solely as a measure of self defence and a protection to their in dependent workmen, they will, in the event of the hands of any establishment in London, Manchester, or elsewhere, going out on strike, or otherwise enforc ing the demands of the Amalgamated Society on the 31st December, 1851, or at any subsequent period, entirely close their establishments on the 10th day of January, 1852, or within one week after such other period respectively, until the causes which have ren dered this step necessary shall have been removed to the satisfaction of the executive committee to be here inafter named. Like his partner the Chairman, he was no great hand at a speech, as he would very soon convince them.—(a. laugh.) That was of less con sequence, as the resolution spoke for itself. These strikes and demands a bo u t piece - work, and overtime, and so forth, had already, es they all knew to their cost, made it but too difficult for masters to support the competition against which they had to contend.— (Hear, hear.) By these overbearing combinations, first the printing trade had gone, then the silk-weav ing, then one, then another, until now at la st the en gineering and machine business was following the rest, and leaving London—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear")—to go to places where labour was cheaper and matters were masters, and not the slaves of their men. —(Hear, hear.) As an employer of a considerable number of hands, no one could more regret than he did the serious responsibility which devolved upon those whose rash acts and dictation were in the course of throwing so many out of the means of livelihood ; but acute diseases required sharp remedies—and he for one had made up his mind to the conviction that, by entirely closing their works, they would all the sooner open them in peace and at liberty.—(Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE BOTILL, in seconding the resolution, observed that it was the main point of their labours. —(Hear, hear.) He was convinced that if the work men were allowed to beat them in detail, there would be no end to their difficulties ; and that if they sub mitted now to the dictation which was attempted to be practised upon them, they may as well shut up shop altogether.—(Loud cheers.) It was a fact that it was no use shutting their eyes to, that the en gineering trade of London, by the extension of these trades unions and the weakness of masters, was leav ing it.—(Hear, hear.) Without orders to the masters, what would become s tif the men?—(Hear, hear.) And if the men went on in this way, how could they be able to execute orders ?—(Loud cheers.) To save their men, they must save their trade; to save their trade, they must protect themselves from terms which masters in smaller places and other countries were not subjected to, and to protect themselves from these terms they must close their works at once.—(Loud cheers.) That was the plain fact. Mr. HoDGE approved most heartily of the reso lution. Men were driving the work away from London altogether; he had been sixteen years in establishments in America, and it was notorious to all masters there that the troublesome men were uni formly traced from the old country. The Americans were intelligent enough to trace evils to their source, and they abominated these unions from the hardships they had entailed on the workmen. He had seen men in the States working without the least jealousy beside others who were earning double their wages, because their superior skill enabled them to do so. He had observed in London that when men joined the amalgamated Society their productive energy rapidly fell n, so that they did not give within thirty per °I the same work for the same wages.—(Hear, had reason to know that the independent a h n e d ar. peac of t 4orkmen complained bitterly of the o tY 4 y ran t ri o Y be firm IA h oldin ion : and believed that they had to the resolution, in order to stifle the combin at i on on m its birth.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. JOHN PENN his rm belief that if w. once et a te n d d th c e lo n s e e c : si e t i y r Leh had been made, o home at theyth e y submitted hadett better ro go deu mws to a t t he w v h e i r c y h theyexist books.—(Hear.) Mr. JOEL SPILLER, while he re which forced them to the conclusion had arrived, felt that it was essential ence of their business. Mr. MAUDSLAY was very certain that th ere was no compromise betwixt the cordial adoption of the re st ,_ lution and the entire prostration of the masters. Mr. RAVENHILL WaS of the same opinion ; they must be unanimous and they must be decisive. Mr. WHITWORTH, who had entertained great doubts of the propriety of the steps recommended, was now completely convinced that no other course was open to them. Mr. SAAIUDA asked whether acme line could not be adopted which, while it enabled them to resist members of the union, by dismissing them while nen members were retained, would avert the consequences of this foolish movement from the independent work man. Mr. PLATT explained that at a turn. out at Leethi, Li 0 14 1) 0 11, although only one-fourth belonged to the union, all the independent workmen joined the strike. After ob:;ervations to a similar effct had been offered by Mr. William Parsons, Mr. John Seaward, Mr. Blyth, Mr. J. S. Russell, and Mr. Jabom James, the resolution was unanimously adopted. The SECRETARY here read over the names of the gentlemen who had signed the attendance sheet of the meeting, explaining that as the last resolution pro ' posed pledged those not objecting to it who were pre sent to close their establishments when called upon by the committeee, it was necessary that no mistake L should exist as to the determination individually, as well as collectively. The resolution, thus explained, l was again declared unanimously adopted by the meeting. Mr. J. PENN proposed the following resolution-- "That the persons present at this meeting do form themselves into and are hereby constituted a society, to bo called the Central Association of Employers of Operative Engineers, Etc., for the purpose of carrying the foregoing resolutions into effect." Mr. J. RusszLL, in cordially seconding the resolu tion, admitted that the address of the executive council was craftily qualified to catch simple hu manity-mongers. It was an artful device to qualify extortion, with appeals to the benevolent promoters of the early closing movement. The hypocrisy of the pretext should be thoroughly exposed. It should be distinctly declared the masters were perfectly ready to co-operate, by a benevolent and moral means, for the elevation of the working classes, but that an edu cational movement, or an effort to promote social progress, was a very different step from that of men endeavouring not to rise by their own merit to a level with their employers, bat forcibly, by mere exaction and encroachment, to change places with the masters. He repeated that the whole pretext was hypocritical. It was notorious that so far from overtime being con sidered as oppressive, the men regarded it as a privi lege. Nay, to his certain knowledge, the very hands who were leaders in this strike were the largest voluntary over-time workers.—(Loud cheers.) Who forced them to work overtime?—(Cheers.) Any man was at perfect liberty to decline to do so. —(Cheers.) But the fact was, that the unionists wanted over-time wages without over-time work. — (Cheers.) That was at the bottom of the vehole movement.--(Cheers.) Again, who asked any man to labour by piece-work ? But if one man put through his hands in a given time more work than another, was he not to be paid for it?—(Cheers.) Yet that was the proposition of the unionists, or rather they demanded that the profits of the dex terous workman should be divided with the lazy and unskilful.—(Hear, hear.) He presumed that the executive committee would give the signal to the members as to the time when the closing should. be come general ; and he could only say that he, for one, should faithfully stand, by his order.—(Cheers.) Mr. G. RENNIE proposed the sixth resolution, as follows :—" That John Scott Russell, Thomas Mands lay, Joshua Field, John Penn, George Rennie, Ri chard Revenhill, John Seaward, Bryan Donkin, jun., Henry Grissell, C. E. Amos, John Blyth, Joel Spiller, and George Boville, Esqs , together with the chairman and treasurer, with poser to add to Their number, be elected the executive committee of this association, to adopt all steps necessary to effect its objects and its permanent establishment, for the pur pose of watching over the interests and guarding the mutual rights of employers and employed; and that it be instructed to convene an adjourned meeting of this association, and to report when it shall see fit." He was proud of this public occasion to acknowledge the virtues and value of the artizans of this country. He, for one, was not ashamed to acknowledge the debt of gratitude under which they had laid hian.— (Cheers.) He believed all masters of large experience had been indebted for many useful suggestions, and va luable ideas to their men—(Loud cheers)—and he deeply regretted the causes which created estrange ment between them. It should not be, however, forgotten, that the men had taken the initiative in this act of aggression, and that self-respect as well as pru dence required that the masters should defend them selves and their peaceable hands - from a dictation that was ruinous to both.—(Hear.) Mr. C. E. Amos seconded the resolution, and thanked the representatives of the eminent firms then present for their attendance and unanimity ; he be lieved that their promptitude and energy would su persede the necessity for the use of them. He had had the greatest difficulty in reconciling himself to the strong measures which had been recommended, but he was perfectly satisfied that it was possible to be " cruel only to be kind," and that on this occasion rigour was substantial mercy.—(Cheers.) After a vote of thanks had been carried to the de putation from Manchester, Mr. Blyth presented the acknowledgments of the committee to Mr. Charles May. Mr. MAY, in returning thanks, was desirous to ex plain that his firm, carrying on its business in an agricultural district, was not obnoxious to the dicta tion which bad been complained of, and could not therefore take part in the proceedings. Re, like them, felt pressing upon his kindlier feelings the pain of visiting the consequences of the sins of the guilty upon the innocent, and he would not rest satisfied until a counter union to that which had produced so many evils was cemented between the masters and the peaceable workmen.—(Loud cheers.) He conceived that by a system of mutual insurance generously contributed to by masters, and managed by respon sible and competent persons, the money lavished upon strikes, or too often embezzled in benefit and other clubs, might realise a comfortable provision to th• artizans in sickness and old age.—(Loud cheers.) If the operative members of such an association received a preference of employment from the master mem bers, and bore with them diplomas certifying their membership, and in which were entered minutes of their engagements with their employers, he believed much would be done to break the neck of these im proper combinations.—(Cheers.) After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Levi Tobias — ;;;brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having had in his possession a quantity of gloves and other property which had been stolen from the shop of Messrs. Wilson, of Mincing-lane, hosiers and glovers. George Trew and Henry Webb, the officers, saw the prisoner come out of his house with a bag which appeared to be full. Trew said, " I followed, and saw him go into a public-house and enter a small dark parlour. He came out without the bag, and pre tended to me that he had not brought anything of the kind. I kicked the bag before me, took him into custody, and found in the bag a considerable number of pairs of gloves. In his premises I found a great quantity of miscellaneous property, which I believe to have been obtained dishonestly." Mr. H. Wilson said that on the night of the bur glary he and his servants left the shop, as they thought, well secured by locks and padlocks. When he arrived next morning he saw a crowd of persons about the door, and was told that somebody inside had hanged himself, but he soon found that the premises had been broken open and entered by thieves and plundered of a great deal of property. He bad, he regretted to say, been robbed but a short time before of a considerable part of his stock. He found upon the counter some odd gloves, which, upon examination, turned out to correspond with some odd gloves found at the pri soner's premises. Webb, the officer, said the prisoner stated that the ' gloves found in the bag could be accounted for, as• they had been bought in Wood-street, Cheapside, as a job lot three months ago. Trew said there was among the property found in a drawer in the house of the prisoner a watch, the marks and number and maker's name on which corresponded with those which he had received as descriptive of a watch which had been stolen. _ .. Mr. Solemons, who appeared for the prisoner, cross examined some of the witnesses, and said his client would be able to prove that whatever property he was possessed of had been honestly obtained. The prisoner was remanded till Thursday. WESTMINSTER. Nathaniel Beadle, Thomas Beadle, (his brother), Michael Banks, and Joseph Smith, four travelling tinkers, were charged with a series of desperate as saults upon the police. The facts are briefly these :—On the previous even ing Nathaniel Beadle attacked a person at a trades man's door in Queen's-road East, Chelsea ; and, upon police-constable Powell, Y 3 B, interposing, the offender attacked him. He endeavoured to secure the fellow, when defendants and a number of others attacked the officer and rescued the prisoner. A se cond policeman coming to Powell's assistance, an attempt was made to recapture the defendant Na thaniel, and another attack by the defendants and their associates was the consequence. An indescrib able scene of riot and confusion ensued, which lasted for several minutes, in the course of which a number of fresh constables arrived, who were all violently attacked by different persons of the lowest descrip tion ; and it was not until a reinforcement of the police arrived that order was restored. Evidence having been given by a number of witnesses, clearly Proving the prominent part which all but Smith had taken in the affray, The defend an t s pleaded drunkenness and sore heads and limbs (the consequence of their violence) in miti gation of their pun is h men t , and Nathaniel Beadle was committed for th ree weeks, Thomas Beadle for three months, for three distinct assaults, Michael Banks for a like period, and Smith was discharged. A BITTER Cur —The friends of Louis Napoleon pretend that he hai acted with impartiality towards the sol diers and the people; fur if he gave wiue to the military, he did not fail to give the citizens a taste of the grape.— Punch,. SATURDAY l ir , ~ ,:-V4 I , li • 4 4i sr4i 1 , .-, - NIL.' 4 t 4; It T 31 *.• v FRANC.] The following is from Galign a: izi's Messenger : "We can positively state t b at there is no truth whatever in a report given in ti 'veral English jour nals, to the effect that the r quis of Normanby is about to be replaced by Sir He o ry Bulwer as British Ambassador in Paris. General Cavaignac was me r tied the day before yesterday to Mademoiselle Odi( 0 , the grand-daughter of M. Odier, member of the Co , i sultative Commission. The civil ceremony took place at the Mairie of the 3d arrondissement, and the rel ig ious ceremony at the Church of the Madeleine. Th( 3 parties were attended by a numerous circle of friend a . The General and his bride persevere, it is said, , in their intention to travel to the south. The Constitutionnel devotee t nearly a page to an article on the subject of the r isignation of Lord Pal merston. More than half of i e however, consists of a notice of the causes assigned' r the English journals for the retirement of Lord Pi di nerston. We extract as follows the concluding po rt ion of the article : "We shall confine ourselves lei summing up the re proaches addressed abroad to Lord Palmerston, to quoting the repartee of an E. si elfish statesman, when he was congratulated on tI ie tranquillity of his country. How can Engler: d be anything but quiet ? All our firebrands, a ll our casse• 0028, all our sour-tempered men are e: cl ported by Lord Pal ' merston, and engaged in diplor a acy. We must, how ever, be just towards an adve: ary. In spite of the incessant attacks of which he has been the object in England and on the continent , Lord Palmerston will carry with him into retirem 31 it lively and not un merited sympathies. He is in d ebted for them partly to his personal character, and pi irtly to his incontest able talent. Ic is forty-five y ears since Lord Pal merston entered into politi cal life, and more than forty since he began to take t t part in the manage ment of public affairs. No i ire , in Europe has more experience and practical line w ledge of international policy ; no one is more con - rei 'sant with"the text of treaties and the general inte. ?a, its of nations. If the impetuosity of his character tee ids him a',; times into embarrassments, he possesses a nexhaustible resources both of words and conduct to extricate himself from them. Thus, the Times, w hi eh has been bii most bitter opponent, recently sai d, 'lf one could forget the welfare of the country for , a moment, one would be pleased to see Lord Palmei •st on make a false step fur the pleasure of seeing w it Is whit extraordinary dexterity he recovers himself Lord Palmerston is one of the first orators of tb is House of Commons ; he is the only man who is able to make head against Mr. Disraeli by the vies .city of his epigrams, and the abundance of his sha rg retorts. His words lbw clearly and elegantly, art d he has wonderful power of argument; he knov ss how to win over his auditory, and to skilfully are use rational suscep tibilities, and no one has ever known how to better turn to account that honour et Is and popular sen timent knowe in France and 3f the name of Chau vinisme , and he has alwa is found, under critical circumstances, a secure res, )u: •ce and an infallible effect in it. Amiable, gay, ar d spirituel, he is, in spite of all, the favourite of a pi ,rty in the House of Commons and of the English r 13 . ion : no one is more insinuating when he wishes to please—he succeeded in fascinating M. Thiers, and it after 1840. Strong in his long experience, and his, talent as a statesman and an orator, and in his pope larity in the House of Commons, Lord Pahnersiscs s has always shown himself absolute in his depart ea ent. He has never permitted the slightest centre d lotion either from his subordinates or from his coil as gues. He exhibited in the exercise of his functio• as the most admirable zeal and assiduity. Notwitl is :ending be is nearly seventy years of age, he was t, tie only Minister who never kept holiday even in the ii iterval of the sessions, who never missed attendance S t a council, and who did not pass a day without Fes ttiog all bis business in a proper train. It might be said that all the places in the Foreign-office w .e so many sinecures, because Lord Palmerston ito ver suffered a single employe to assist him in his 11 ,bours. That part of the character of Lord Palm , ne iton which has made him the most enemies abroa , i, is also that which has caused his countrymen to proC lon his faults. He is thoroughly an Englishman. rhatever may happen in any part of the world where , an Englishman is im plicated, Lord Palmerston im m ediately, without ex. &mining into the merits of the case, took the part of his agent or his countrymen. He loudly expressed and obstinately maintained ai ly opinion which he bad once advanced. It was ti 015 feeling which im plicated him in so many cr au rrels, which were at tended with different results; b at this ardour, which could not fail to raise hostile feelings against him, had its source in a sentime n t which the popular masses in England would re a, lily pardon. An ex aggeration of patriotism is a fi ult which the people readily . forgive in stateagan.-+lriviiuldlihrew inqtnre as to what the effec' t of the retirement of Lord Palmerston on the polit is s of Europe may be. We shall merely say that this s tatesman, whose pene tration no one ever disputed, / in derstood from the very first day the real character a nC l all the bearing of the events recently accomplished ,in France. While a portion of England yet hesit a, ted, Lord Palmerston had with sagacity and frankn ,s admitted the salu tary influence of the Revolut it , n of Dec. 2. He has opened the eyes of his county yt aen on this point, and his judgment has on this occte ;its n been ratified by the whole of Europe. Perhaps Li /rd J. Russell may soon, with regard to Lord Pal ra erston, repeat the old remark, that no man can li vi either with him or without him.' He could not taro Lord Palmerston without seeing the immedi at s dissolution of his Ministry. On the other hal ad the ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs served as a bo! ad between the Cabinet and the Radicals, whose suppelt was indispensable to it. This bond being broke; ilf Lord John Russell does not succeed in forming a, lot Iher alliance, he may at the opening of the session, thi it is to say, in six weeks, find himself under the .necessity of quitting office, or of dissolving the House of Commons. What a strange destiny is thit of a Min ister, whose presence in office or whose retirement fr on I it, is equally fatal to his colleagues 1" EVENING, DECEMBER 27, w 41. , 163.: leaving balanco in hand to next account, 1,1191. 199. 34. At East Gunnis Lake Junction Mines bi- mo:nthly meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed—B4lance last account, 391/. 17s. 3d —Paid Sept. cost, 1644 Is.; Oct., 165/. 17s. Id.: leaving balance in hand, 61/. 19s. 2d.; estimated value of 33 tons of copper ore sold, 187/. 19s. 2d. Estimate cf Nov. and Dcc. cost, .3401. • office expenses, 14/. ; leaving balance of liabilities, 1661. O. 10d., and ono year's rent duo to the Duchy of Corn wall, 601. A call of 2s. 6d. per share was made. The quarterly general meeting of the adventurers in Wheat Williams was held on Monday, when the ac counts showed a balance of 571/. 2s. 9d. in favour , of the mine, and a balance of assets over liabilities of 1,3371. 7s. 7d. At the Esgair Lice Mine general meeting, on the 12th instant, a call of 10s. per share was made. At the West Goginan bi-monthly meeting, ai the offices in Sise-lane, on Monday, the accounts showed- By call of ss. per share, 5121.-Balance last ace nnt, 911. 19s. 9d.; September cost, 751. 7s. lid.; October, 1251. 6s. 7d.; London management, 101. I0s.; committee expenses, printing, &e., 161. 14c. 9d.: leaving bedauce to next account, 2021. I Is. At Bryn-Arian hi-monthly meeting, at the offices in Sise-lane (Richard Hallett, Esq., in the chair), the accounts showed-Balance in band last account, 1471. 6 3. ; proceeds of 40 tons of ore, 4131. ss. 31=550/. 1.15.. 3d. Sept. cost, 5131. 15s. 51.; Oct., 2181. 6s. Bd.; petty cash and . stationery, 21. 103. 73.: leaving balance to next account, 1251. 18s. 7d. A call of ss. per share was made. At the Old Brimpts Tin Aline special meeting, on the 18th inst., a call of 10s. per share was agreed to. At East Daren meeting, on Monday, a call of 61. per share was made. At Trefusis Mine quarterly meeting, on 22d inst., the accounts showed-Balance last account, 6711. 43:; Sep tember coat 2101. Is. 91; October, 2431. 4s. 21; Nov., 2001. 18s. 5d.; merchants' bills, 2831. 7s. 61.; lord's dues on tin, 16/. Os. 31. = 1,5241. 165.-By calls due in Ji.q, 1951. 10s.; S2pt., 5121.; tinstuff sol.d-240/. 45.: leaves balance against the mine to next account, 5771. 2s. A call of 11. per share was made. At Kingsett and Bedford Mine quarterly meeting. on Monday, the accounts showed-Balance last account, 721. 18s. 11d.; costs for August, 36/, ss. 91.; Sept., 30/. 4'.; Oct., 461. 55. 61; sundries, Si. Bs. 5d.=1941. 2s. 51.; calls received, 641 Os. 61., leaving balance to next ac count, 130/. 15. 11d. A call of ss. per share was made. At the Mollend Mine meeting, on Tuesday, the ac counts showed-Balance last account, 483/. 3s. 51.; call in September on 725 shares, 3621. los. = 8451. 13s. sd. Costs for July, 1271. 13e. 61.1 August, 179/. 2s. 3d.; September, 121/. 51.; October, 1501. Bs. 61.; Novemhe, 185/. 15s. 10d.: leaving balance to next aacount, 811. Os. 11d. At the North Tames Consols Mine meeting, on Mon day, the accounts showed a balance in favour of the company of 2901. 163. 1 Id. At the Wheal Tom bimonthly meeting, on Wednes day, the accounts showed-Balance from last Recount, 89/. 2d ; call in October, 1000/.=1,0891. 2s. 261.- Paid Sept. cost-sheet, 3281. 12s. 7d.; October, 344/. 9e. 91.: leaving balance, 415/. 19s. 101. During the past week shares have changed hands in North and South Tamar, Badtord United, Alfred Consols, Great Bryn, Temple Consols, Mining Company of Ire land, Caradon Vale, Calstock United, Kingsett and Bedford, Tremer, Trethevy, Mary Ann. West Camden, Trebane, South Trelawny, St. Aubyn and Grylls, West Wheal Alfred, West Providence, Trebarvah, Merllyn, Garreg, Devon Great C, nsole, Wheal Cupid, Butterdon, Penhauger, St. Agnes Beacon, Wheal Golden, North Trelawny, East Trescoll, West Callington, West Wheal Rose, and Galt-y-Maen. In Foreign Mines the dealings have been very slight- Royal Santiago, United Mexican, St. John Del Rey, Cobre,'lmperial Brazilian, and Marmato. 37th Foot—Ensign Francis Hubble Douco to be Lieu- Vllant, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires, D:,c. 26. 50th Foot—Surgeon Augustus Henry Cowen, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Alexander, who exchanges, Dec. 26. 57th Foot—Captain Charles J , :ffries Carter, from half:pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Cassel], who exchanges; Lieutenant Claarlea Edmund Law to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carter, who retires; Ensign William Edward Brown to be Li , 2utenant, by purchase, vice Law, Dec. 26. 61st Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Robert Eyre Burn side to be Adjutant, vice Henry Edward Hillman Burn side, promoted, Dec. 26. 63d Foot—Major Park Percy Nevill, from half-ray 12th Foot, to be Major repaying the difference, vice James, who exchanges; Captain A. T. Allan to be Major, by purchase, vice Nevin, who retires; Lieutenant Francis Charles Annesley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Allan; Ensign Falkland Logan 'rownshend Pater son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Annesley, Dec. 26, 66th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Frederick William Tupp•ir, from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robert Giles Montgomery, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 26. 67th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Haversham Austen, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign. vice Clarke, deceased, Dec. 26. 68th Foot—Ensign William Francis Garforth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carmichael, mho retires; Herbert Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garfortb, Dec. 26. 71st Foot—Capt. Thomas Bulkeley, frcm half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who exchanges; Lieutenant Arthur Charles Parker to be Captain, by purchase, vies Buckley, who retires, Dec. 26. 74th Foot—Ensign Sir Arthur Henry Dillon, Bart., to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corrigan, who re tires, Dec. 26. 88th Foot—Brevet Major Robert William Balfour to be Major, by purchase, vice Irwin, promoted in the 3d West India Regiment; Lieutenant Bryan Holme Holme to be Captain, by purchase vice Balfour; Ensign Henry William Grogan to ba Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holme, Dec. 2i. . _ . Rifle Brigade—Captain Alfred H. llorsford to be Major, by purchase, vice Frankland, who retires; First Lieutenant George Palmer Evelyn to be Captain, by purchase, vice llorsford; Second Lieutenant Robert 13aillie to be Firbt Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evelyn, Dec. 26'. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Stephen Blaney Gordon to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Hill, promoted; Ensign William Thomas James Simmons to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harger, promoted, Sept. 17; Ensign and Adjutant Thorns Birley to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec. 26; Ensign James Lambert Byrne to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Gordon, Dcc. 27; Ensign Joseph William llaleman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Pherson, who retires, Dee. 26. 34 West India Regiment — Major William Irwin, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Abbott, who retiree, Dec. 26. BREVET.—Major Park Percy Nevill, of the 63d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; Captain Thomas Bulkeley, of the 71st Foot, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 11. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assis tant-Surgeon Robert Brown, from the 48th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class; Assistant Staff Surgeon Thumb Wailer Barrow, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Francis Cogan to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Forces, Tice Clarke, appointed to 13th Foot, Dec. 26. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant William Allen Conrtenay, from Adjutant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without purchase. Dec. 26. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 23. Corps of Royal Marines—Colonel Second Commandant John Rawlins Coryton to be Colonel Commandant, vice Gordon, retired; Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Giles to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Coryton, pro moted; Brevet Major James Whitcomb to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, vice Giles, promoted; First Lieutenant Richard Farmer to be Captain, vice 'Whitcomb, pro moted; Second Lieutenant Dixon Whidbey Curry to be First Lieutenant, vice Farmar, promoted. Commis ions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cupar. John Anstruther Thomson, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; Roger Sinclair Aytoun, Esq., to be Deputy- Lieutenant;James Tounsend Oswald, Esq., to be De puty-Lieutenant, Dec. 17. BANKRUPTS. Timothy Tilden, =liter, Hayes, Kent, to surrender Jan. 10 and Feb. 7, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basiaghall-street,; Dowses, Bromley, Kent. Henry Armstrong, linen draper, Norwich, Jan. 1, at one, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Jay, Bucklersbury; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. Charles Low Meates, grocer, Conduit- street, Hanover square, Jan. 9, at half-past ten, and Feb. 6, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall. street; Liuklaters, Size lane. Richard Talbot, galvanic machine maker, Jan. 14, at twelve, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Kings ton-upon-Hull. Carrick, of assignee, Hull; Tweed, Lincoln; Courtenay and Compton, Leeds. William Mallibrand, fellmonger, Clay brook, Leicester shire, Jan. 8 and 20, at half-past eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Bir mingham; Backe, Bedford-row; Motteram and Co., Birmingham. Francis Tandy, ironmonger, Stourbridge, Worcester shire, and Brierly-bill, Staffordshire, Jan. 13 and 31, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Cuurt. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Corser, Stour bridge; Bloxam, Birmingham. Hugh Dixon and Launcelot Dixon, merchants, Liver pool, Jan. 13 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Holden, Liverpool. Robert M'Kean, engineer, Liverpool, Jan. 13 and 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Hassall, Liverpool. William Gossage, manufacturing chemist, Prescot, Lancashire, Dec. 7 and 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool Distriat Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; _ _ Norris, Liverpool. William Farrell, provision dealer, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Atkinson, Liverpool. John Sherwin, baker, Liverpool, Jan 6 and 27 (and not 21st, as before advertised), at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official asaignee, Liverpool ; Fisher and Stone, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Batainghall-street. Jane Bolton, Pall-mall, tailor, Jan. 16, at half-past eleven—T. Earle, Castle-street, Long-acre, funeral car riage master, Jan. 16, at eleven—R. Gatehouse, R. Darch, and G. Wilkins, Upper Lisson-street, timber merchant, Jan. 16, at. twelve—W. Reaping, Fleet -street, law bookseller and publisher, Jan. 16, at half-past one— G. Nock and J. Williams, Frith -street, Soho, gold smiths and jewellers, Jan. 17, at half-past eleven—W. 11. Bonds, Creek-road, Deptford, licensed victualler, Jan. 19, at eleven—E. Ritherdon, Mill-wall, Poplar, ship builder, Jan. 19, at two—H. C. Frost, Russell-square, boarding and lodging house keeper, Jan. 16, at eleven— T. Radford, Stanford-le-Hope, E,sex, apothecary, Jan. 18, at eleven—A. Collier, jun., Dover, jeweller, Jan. 16, at twelve. In the Country. R. Lindsey, Market Dreping, Lincolnshire, draper, Jan. 23, at twelve, at the court, Nottingham—R, Craig, Brynmawr, Breconshire, draper and tea dealer, Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—D. 1. Wyatt and Eliza Underwood, Bristol, hat and eloth cap manufacturers, Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. W. Hance, Liverpool, architectural ornament and figure manufac turer, Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Macaire, J. Linneman, and J. C. Berger, Liverpool, merchants, Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —T. Gilbertson, Birkenhead, flour dealer. Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Whitehead, Hanley, Staffordshire, merchant, Jan. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham —J. Yayant, Manchester and Lisbon, merchant, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court Manchester. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. J. Wallace, Carlisle, grocer, second dividend of 6d. (in addition to 2s. in the pound, previously declared), on debts proved between October 17, 1850, and Jan. 24, 1851, and a first dividend of 2s. 6d. on now proofs, Dec. 27, and three subsequent Saturdays, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. J. Ellison, Selby, draper, 4id., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. S. Eastwood, Huddersfield, woolstapler, ld. and 7-16th of a penny, any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Allanson, Kirby Moor Side, draper, 2s. 6d., any day between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. Bew, Selby, grocer, 25.. any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. Hodgson, Lewis and Co., Halifax, spirit merchants, 65., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. G. Wilson, Wakefield, draper 63., any day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. D. Gideon, Minories, City, and Uxbridge, clothier, 3s. 7d , on new proofs only, Jan. 1 and three following Thursdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Stansfeld, Basiughall-street. Clegg, Mather, and Pringle, West Derby, Lancashire, iron founders, 2s. 6d., any Monday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool. C. Penfold, Arundel, ironmonger, 7d., on Saturday next, and three following Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. F. Mountford, Greenwich, stationer, I ld., Saturday next, and three following Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. T. Rose, Bewdley, Worcestershire, carpet manufac turer, Is. 10d., any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingha m . T. G. Tidy, Rugby, bookseller, ld., Jan. 15, or any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham._ _ Btii•slem, grocer, 9jd., Jan. 15, and any subsequent Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Valpy,Bircainghaim. W. Richards, jun., Wednilbury, coachmeker, 5d., any Thursday before Jan. 31, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. . NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Taylor and J. Wylde, Wood-street, and Lock's fields, Walworth, flock, wadding, and mop manuf:e turers, Jan. 17, at eleven—J. Harrison, Great St. Helen's, City, drysaltcr, Jan. 16, at one—T. Backland, Green bitho, sine me:chant, Jcn. 16, at 1131F-pAst eleven—J. Wilson, stationer, Jan. 19, at one—W. G. Bailey, Northampton, draper, Jan. 19, at twelve—J. IL Taylor, Chancery-lane ALGERIA T gives the fi allowing summary of the w ha i tominati on o f Gene ralnhee Cs°fnsro i Randon to the distingu ish, post of Governor tmitution Algerianel :7_,, T Governor- General of Algeria has been well received. General Pelissier is about to take the, military command of the province of Oran. Zane r.cc nu nts from the Kabyle country are excellent. The r, ac , 3nt organization of the Caid at Boghni has fully s)ic needed. The Lieu • tenant Beaupetre, invested with tl le functions of Caid, has already obtained important re sults. It i s cer t a i n that the great confederation of the Zouaouas is much shaken, and that the party in f ivour of submission is every day increasing. Th a Arabs are v ery calm. There is no asitatation except to the south of Medeah, in the region of Sahara, into which the false Cherif Onargla, after having failed in his attempts on Tougourt and in the 2 ebans, has carried bis intrigues and his acts of brigandag e . Thi s im postor has made two razzias OTA the tribes who have submitted, but there, as at To ugourt, these disturb ances will be repressed by the Inative forces. The de cree just published by the Moniteur will produce the best effect in Algeria. It will facilitate the payment by the debtors to the State of the amounts due for the concession of domanial la nd, and release certain colonists from arrears, which t hey were unable to pay. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Jox.rnal of this day.) Although the holidays have ex erted an influence over the amount of business transact:ed during this Aek, there is apparently the same vivid inquiry for shares, and at improved quotations. It is not surprising, seeing that at present a much incresised amount of attention and capital is directed to mining, that there should exist, as one of the causes to this end, great and growing abundance of capital, the augmentation of which, in dependently of political events, -we predict as time pro gresses, that in the coming year we may look forward to a great increase in all mining .transactions. Some of the favourite dividend-paying concerns are higher, and a new and important feature is noticeable of late-that of constant inquiry for them, emenating from the Stock Exchange. In the progressive alines less business bas been done, and we must quote a decline upon actual transactions as compared with a few weeks ago, whilst bad or doubtful shares are forced off at the best prices attainable. In the Metal Market-Copper is without alteration steady in demand and price. Lead is extensively dealt in, and quotations fully upheld. Tin well maintains its advance; indeed a further rise is confidently expected. Holders of foreign refuse to sell at present rates. In the Bullion Market-Mexican and South American dollars, buyers at 4s. llid. per oz. Bar silver containing gold, all gold above 5 grs. in they pound to be paid for, sa. lid. per oz. standard. Bar silver without gold, ss. Oid. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. standard. Spanish doubloons, 78s. 9d. per oz. Colum bian doubloons, 78s. 6d. per oz. Fine cake silver, ss. sid. per oz. At Merllyn Mine bimonthly meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-Oci. ores sold, 7751. 55.; Nov. 6751.=--1,450/. ss. Oct. cost, 595/. 17s. 7d.; Nov., 393/. 4s. 9d.; dues, 145/. Os. 5d., leaving balance of profit, 316/. 2s. 2d. The receipts and expenditure showed-Balance from last account, 457/, Bs. 10d.; re ceived forlSept. and Oct. ores sold, 1,3271; 155.; call, Aug'. 5551....2,340!.35. 10d. Paid Oct. cost, 4241. 17s. 5d.; Nov., ditto, 3931.45. 9d.; royalty, 1761. 195.; leaving ba• lance to next account, 1,245/. 2s. Bd. The assets were, Dec. ores due 10th Jan., 675/.; arrears of Aug. call, 191=2,032/. 2s. Bd. The liabilities due on steam-en gine, 7501.; Oct. merchants' bills, 1711. Os. 2d.; royalty, 671. 10s.: leaving balance of assets, 1,050!. 12s. 6d. At tho Bedford United Mines bi-monthly mooting, on Til , :sday, the account showed-Balance last account., 1.511. 51. 9 , 1.; r. r .ii , .{l t;r c, iver or. , sc:tl itl E pt , .14- ber and Oct., 1,666/. Os. 4t1.-= - 3,1971. 6-.-Ptati cum, fur September, 498/. 53. 7d ; dues, 346/, 9s. 2d.; costs, Qptober, 4611, 163.; dividend in October (in pert), 7701, MADAME CELESTE. This favourite actress appeared in the c3lebrated drama of the French Spy at the National Theatre last night, before an immense audience. Long after the cur tam arose, advanced prices were offered for tickets to any part of the house, and the tickets of hundreds unable to obtain seats were redeemed at the box-office. In consequence of the number of people who were unable to see Madame Celeste in this popular drama, it is an nounced for repetition this evening, and will un doubtedly draw another crowded house. The piece is put upon the stage finely, the scenery and stage effects unsurpassed, the acting of the stock company admirable, and Celeste's personation have created much enthusiasm among all classes of play-goers.—Boston Transcript, Dec. 10, 1851. THE ARMY AND NAVY; (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) Lieutenant-Colonel Stuart, 6th Regiment, who had applied for permission to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, since requested leave to with draw his application, but which had been refused by the Commandr-in- Chief. THE VACANT IiEGIMENT.—The Colonelcy of the 78th Highlanders has become vacant by the decease of General Anderson, C. 8., and K.C. INCREASE TO THE ARMY.—It is rumoured that un augmentation of 5,000 men to the Army will take place early in the ensuing year, and that probably some second battalons will be again formed. Colonel Blanshard, C. 8., Royal Engineers, appointed Commanding Engineer at Woolwich, has moved from Dover and assumed the duties at the former place. CAPE CORPS.—The vacancies which have occurred in this regiment by desertion to the enemy, and other casualties, amounting to 400 M9ll, are to be filled up by volunteers from the regiments of the line now stationed at the Cape of Good Hope. Each man is to receive a bounty of one guinea. The regiment will then be re cruited in England, and ultimately consist of white men. We understand that the retirement from the service of Major Ashmore, 16th Regiment, has been caused by the report of the Military Court of Inquiry which has re cently taken place in the deFOt, of that regiment. The Commander-in-Chief, after much delay, has at last permitted Lieutenant- C o l one l Abb o t t , 3 d W est India Regiment, to retire from the ser,vice by the sale of his commission. ARMY AND NAVY CLUB.—WO understand that at a recent meeting of the committee of this club the names of Captain Holder and Mr. Billeachy Alleyne were oadered to be struck out of the list of members. THE ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITIONS. By the Avon have been received furth er d eta il s o f the news as to the Behring Straits Arctic Searching expe dition, brought by her Majesty's ship Pmlalus, Captain Wellesley, from Behring's Straits to San Francisco on the 22d October. The Plover, Commande r Moore, had passed the winter in Grantley Harb our , an d was re joined by the Enterprise, Captain Collinson, C.B. from H oe g-Kong, on the 3d of July, who, on th e 10 t h , proceeded northward. The Dredalus and Plover met at Port Clarence towards the end of July, th e f ormer deeply laden with provisions and store s , an d prepare d to pass the winter in the ice, should that prove neces accident having happened t o th e Pl over . miry from any The crew of the Plover had suffered a good deal from scurvy during the winter, but no lives were lost, and a great number of the crew were removed, and replaced by volunteers from the Dm talus. We regret to state that the Enterprise has been less fortunate, having lost two officers. These aro Lieut. J. Barnard, and Mr. White head, clerk in charge. Lieut. Barnard and Mr. E. Adams, assistant-surgeon of the Enterprise , had been left at Michaelowski, the Russian trading post in Norton Bay, in October last, for the purpose of collecting infor mation of the missing expdition from the Russian . posts and from the natives inland. In p ursuance of this ob ject, Lieutenant Barnard, with an interpreter, had gone early in January to a distant post, intending to commu nicate, if possible, with some of the neighbouring chiefs. During the night the post was surrounded by a large body of Ko-yu-kuk; Indians, several of whom at day break entered the principal dwelling and killed the Russian governor. Lieutenant Barnard and the inter preter, who were in the same house, made snob re statance as drove the Indians out of the house. They then laid siege to the post, sheltering themselves behind wooden shields, stuck upright in the snow, but one of them being soon afterwards shot, the whole party retired to an E , quimaux village at some distance, where they committed great cruelties, killing upwards of 60 natives, including women and children. Lieutenant Barnard died of his wounds on the afternoon of the day fol lowing the attack. Mr. Adams, on hearing of the event at Michaelowski, proceeded with a number of Russians to the post, . where he saw the body of his late companion, in which were numer ous wounds, the principal ono being in the abdomen, and of such an extent as to have proved inevitably fatal. Mr. Whitehead's death took place on board the Enterprise, while on her passage from Hong-Kong to Port Cla rence. Lieutenant E. L. Cooper (invalided) and Mr. John Simpson (B), surgeon (on promotion), came to San Fran cisco by the Lkedalus on their way to England by Pan ama . The whaling-vessels have crowded in great numb ers t hi s year again to the Straits of Behring, but have not been so successful as before. The season has b een a l ate one in those seas, and the ice floating about until late in July, has caused many disasters, no less than 11 or 12 vessels having been lost, but not many lives. Among the vessels endangered by being '° beset" by th e i ce were the Enterprise and Daedalus, somewhere near S t. Law rence Island. The line of ice in the Ar c ti c sea has like : wise been found in a lower latitude th an t h e two pre ceding years. There is no account of th e I nvest i gator, Commander M'Clure, since July, 1850 ; p ro b a bl y he i s in the ice to the eastward of Point Barrow. The Dacia his sailed from San Francisco for the Sanwich Islands on the 31st of October. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 26. WAR-OFFICE, DEO. 26. 15th Foot—Gentleman 'Cadet Hamilton Tennen Jameson, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, vice Mylius, promoted in 17th Foot, Dec. 26. 16th Foot—Captain Henry Copinger to be Major, by purchase, vice Ashmore, who retires; Lieut. Lovell Stanhope Richard Lovell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Copinger; Ensign Cook Sibbs Flower to be Lieu tenant by purchase, vice Lovell, Dec. 26. 24th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Clark, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Williams, who retires ; Ensign Robert Lind, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clark ; Ensign Henry Haversham Austen, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lind, Dec. 26. 25th Foot—Lieutenant George E. Lane to be Adju tant, vice Walker, promoted, Oct. 21; Ensign George Skene Hallowes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lane, appointed Adjutant; Gentleman Cadet James Gregorie M'Donald Tuilocli, from the P..yal Military Colli ge, to Ensigtl, vico Hallowes, D ec . 26. 27th Fout—ticbtiewun Caict lielay Betbuue from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, rice Maguire, promoted, Dec. 26. ----------..---- —__ _____. __._ . ---- ----- . and IVA Lion-square and Cannon row, Westroicste r„ Lane, stationer, Jan. 15, at e:ev , n—J High - rt rer I , Mary lehone, tailor, Jan. 15, at twelve —E. Solodio D baydon-square. Mineries, jeweller, Jan. 17, at twelve. CEll 1:IFIC &TES GRANTED. J. hrhon, Liverpo..l, grocer —J. Stevenson, L i ` e ',- Je pool, merchant, certificate of the third classj - 1 Ji Wood, Barbican, City, victu.dler, certificate of the tbi rd class—G. D. Robinson, Manchester, coach builder I ,nd shoe dealer, certificate of the third class--W- Sh livr '' Saddleworth, Yorkshire, timber merchant, lime del lay , flag and slate merchant, certificate of the second clai a PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. B. Blund e ll a nd J. P. Blundell, Liverpool, who'le sale tea and coffee dealers—W. H. Smith, J. Edwar di i, Smith, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapsidea railway adverti s ifi c i agents (as far as regards J. Edwards) —W. Lanfl for and W. T Butler, Frome Selwood, Somerset. 11 iirl., chemists and druggists, stationers and printers- "' b i 'Lr l n r , i s e t i e y r d 0 p. w u n d , b O E O . t and W . B s h . 0 Carman, om k e r s _ T F h . o ri r n a t t o o l i - f i s e t I , II:: Reid, and J. M. Ratcliffe, Terrin ton St. Clement, li folk, :millers—D. Rsnasden, A.gA. Ranisden, Sad '/' h ß ia a m in :, den, Batley, Yorkshire, woollen rag merchants ;111• far as regards J. Rainsden)—D. Williams and Dori V ~, Denbig!], grocers and general dealers -4. .re. T. Stafford, and S. Etchella, Congleton, C b " 11: 1, ribbon manufacturers as far as regards J. Davies--• I Bury and I. Bury, Mancheitor, dyers--A- B' Tall i r e ir W. H. E. Duncan, and J. S. Peirce, Paddingto t r wod (as far s Terry) e J. M;ofarlane, manufacturers W. Crawford, a and togar Wm l 11. A. Macfarl r Dominica. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Farmer, Bristol, mason and builder. Leonard Pegler, Bristol, brass and ironfoundor ican. rands N. Thompson, Horning, Norfolk, publ I John Graham, Wigton, Cumberland, grocer. Robert Gilbert, Bombane, Norfolk, millwright. John Cushing, Fakenham, Norfolk, brazier. Hugh Ward, Kingston-upon-Hull, pilot. , , ~ William Grainge, Gravesend, ret ail beer aeaaes• tot l c ' James Peters, Wbitwick, Lancashire, spar manure° . 6 Joseph Battis.combe, Topsham. Devonshire, fish deal(! J J o o h h nn Stiles, l i e ld s, Norwood, e A r vv l Alton, 1 , 1 ampah i r e, Joseph Bradford, Wolaton, Worcestershire, grocer. John Amos Howe, Bristol, mason and builder. T. K. Hails, Heavitree, Devonshire, drilling master. R. F. Walker, Grass, William Smith, Kingston-upon-Hu'll, grocer. 1 iref Sornersets. b George Thorne., seri 13 . h ' L deard, budder. " is ol) a Y Mordecai Hao, ras Slimbridge Essex, officer in the Gloucestershire, g e r a o r c P c ee Coalo p e t : r i 1. . , ... Geouse a Leng, Bond-street, t of music. , W. Leese, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, Joseph Walker, Worthington. Leicestershire, grocer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS- . iet within, ot D. Campbell, Glasgow, saddler, to raeet Stock Exchange, Glasgow, Dec. 30 and Jen* 214 ' twelve. ~,s h i re, A. Stewart, Airdrie, and Calderbank, Lento. _ ro grocer and innkeeper, to meet within prumrinerve.' Royal Hotel, Airdrie, Dec. 29, and Jan. 19, at t cos et cordwalna r W. Mibie, Pathhead, Fifesifire, naanufacturer, to 3 al ~,,, within Robinson's National Hotel, KirkaldY, Jall 3 1 J. andlo Ingram, 24, tit two. 04 it, A. L. Cameron, Lounsdale and Glasg° w ' ' ger 1) ic' , 20 d , ra a p t e t r wc an ve d . to meet wi' bin Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glaeg°' Bat If. shire, to meet within Gillender's Hotel, 13c * ° '" and 30, a elve. t within tl to J. M ins arele Glasgow, contractor, to glee - Crow Hotel, ' Glasgow, Jan. 2 and 23, at two. r vel 1r fishmonger, Garaceid Jo 9 PRICE OF SUGA I L rho average price of Brown or Muscovado Strg a p i e .. 231 puted from returns made inthe week ending th ee° °II hie 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable the importation thereof into Great Britain::-, net At m the British possessions in America 21s. u• r . From the Mauritius No return From the East I: dies ... ... •:: 18s. ld. ff •IP • •• • Averageprice ' scri* ne two •foregohag de ptions of sugar, jointly, comp uted as A 0 above, and exclusive of du , ty . 205- I° `" By authority of ParliAMenhi,opan, HENRYt . RT .....ICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers ‘-r-' Grocera'-hall, Dec. 26. __.......... P r ° Leicester,e ' 5 o r Account, gar ........- ____ BANK OF ENGLAND' i ) ctori n , 6 'r er P , Is% t ' o'r An r n o t m to I t a h s e t A n ot ig it h u t a 's nd G B a tn z o e t tt v e. the meek ending on Saturday, the 20th dal of Pec4 mule DEPARTME NT. A. C o X. Notes i55ued........ 30,818,250 Government debt 9,9 8 :: iI O Other securitie,;jo.s. 16,111 ;lo Gold coin and bm.. .... Silyer Dalai '' '' .. ..--<. 00 30 --• . £30,818,250 Clef eiga3l( M. MARSSALL, - Dated the 24th day of December, 1851. Berina; DEPART/ON T. 11,016,1 0 Proprietors'capital .. 14,533,000 Rest .. • . • 3,132,978 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accouni,s).• 9,202,522 Other deposits ...... 9,350,449 Seven day and other ••...... 1,098,788 £37,347,737 Dated the 24th day of Deceml SEA [N signif es that the in by the nigat—and M by Government escort ties (including D etw , 3, , 4 4.9 20 Weight Anniiitl)" ; , ,60 ill Other securitieS " • 114211 50 . lk ,•1 14 Notes • • • Liver' • • • *• 09 "'" Gold and s 00111.• 1: 31r ;r 1 3 cer r. M gt' 1851. 30RNE MAILS. funeral lls are sent front he raerning•—elispatcll.] PLACES. When made up in F ort d l5- General Post-offico P,chod. London: -- 10 doe' ,De 4 ' ijol• lArrS ic Jan' O PO' D 1 16 JO' 16 JO' b JO' Jot be Dec , A Jea' f b. To. 2A .10 1 ' e do Tif ie 3o pe3. e,st • 11 1. JAO°9O ou s : cec v V` 93 .11 10 ' 9 JO' Belgiumß i l Buenos Ayres : : : ... ~,,apeel'' America (by Brit. pkt.) •15 Jan 2 .. .. ,••••„-„- 0 01.• America (by U.S. pkt.) NlJan. 6 ' . • •ILi'" t . SoUtbainP America (by U.S. pkt.)M .• " tiaolit U Africa (West coast ).• N 14th of the month IVY- .. Alexandria* „ .... N 19th & 30th o f mO.l D over .. 3 3,N N i t 9 9 1 D 4th th ail tho o Y f f of th thm • Cape of Good Hope ::: ' l Soe t " t 1 thailiP • California(viaChagres)Ml2d & 17th of month i 5 0u Alf.' m ow.- .. Constantinople* .. • • li ,7th 17th 2'. th of mo ,Do *h er so pt. Central America .. M,2d & 17th &mon. ,Soll,l'opt. Channel Isles .. .. N Mon , Wcd., &Fri.,50e1.....0t. 'Chili .. .. .. . Mll7th . of the month ISe urn- •• France .. .. M&N Twice daily • • i i) „,, ° ,• ve e r - Greece* .. _ • ~.. ...d o n • Hambnrgh .. .. N Tuesday & FridaY deg '. Holland .. .. .. MWednes. & Satur. 'Lou pot. • • • • N l 7 th 17th 27th of mo ..,.. • , Honduras .. . N 17th of the monthlSouthend., Ireland .. .. M& NlTwice daily .. 1 1 101341 :it. India (via Sonthamp.) M l 2oth of the month South ~ !mita (via Marseilles) N Bth& t'.4th efmonthiDOTef Mediterranean (via PI t rap) '' Southampton) .. hi 20th of the month ;305 Mediterranean (via 1 1 : , „air '. Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th oftuonth me •;'," a niti' Mexico .. .. .. DI 2cl. 01 the month 1 Se n— 1)::- " Igo;1 19° • Madeira • • • • .. M 9th of the month Malta* .. .. I 7th,17th,19tk,27th / poyer e , & 30th of month 3 Naples* .. .. .. N sth 15;.h 25th of inelDover .. Papal States* .. .. N sth 15th 25th of mo t'enineular— .. NI 7th 17th 27thof ino,SoutDa;pt. Peru .. •• .. .. DI 17th of the month 'soutris . Tuscany* .. .. N sth 25th 25 th of mo ' Dovl r ,,,, a p . t. , ;leo!) th.nnttbi; . '' SD:lth-eraraPPL. Vest Indies .. .. Al 17th of the month Sow . '" 1 b ,10 . oi t all West Indies (except ateP 01 liavaana & Nassau) NI 2d of the month .• ,goat* 00 _, a ,) see . _„, OP * The mails to those countries thus marked \ French packet 'r‘ a Marseilles. dO O 5l. ..,iptOn s O l t i I The direct Havre mail from London via Sout h to o eu 6 0 mouth will be made up three times a week °MS , ' fi t ipliw CALIFORNIA.— MaiIs to and tram caimans.. "a:civi' are now despatched and due 1a'5v1._........_...7 American"' -------- 0 0. A i‘ RAILWAY SHARI l e tin' it t 6 wer e i l l't LIVERPOOL, Disc. 26 . h ., c liti, ob ~, IDOTCr_4t. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions '',„,.,- d to r ti vra. • follow :L.Caleilonian, 16 1-16—Lancashire F e lislet 0 1 / 4 ", seo( 4 —Ditto, Fifths, 8 dis.—Lancesier auf Tia -- ,.4) 0 , K n e lt , ' 8 , 7 4 p.—Lerds Northern (late Leeds an'' qi , p.-", , vc s,st'' London and North-Western, New Quarter°, ' - '. 4 Pe 57%—South-Eastern and Dover, 2114_ yor ..,22 4. and Berwick, 18 1 / I —York and North idlan ° ri t ( 0 10- 11 0 ,, MANCHESTER, DEC. 26. mall 6 fir W ere g to 3N 61;5 STOCK ExcumeGE.—There has been but 5 S ert ereilf die,' business done to-day, but prices The transactions were as follow : —Aniberg ; a ftt ; ( A ire , i g Caledonian, 15—Great Northern, 18 1 4-r, v' te ncasb" 4 .oe, 0 " Eastern Counties, 6% —Midland. 57 'A" — — Tin - C 01135 cl m.-- Yorkshire, 58%—Manchester, Sheffield, a n and Dover, 21k. e fit / li e BIRbIINGIIAIII, DEC. 26 ' e thWg STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was little or , ° re porte d the share market to-day. The only sm e - 9( 1. Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 4,„ 13s. IPii. 's Isarl• JO' 16 JO' %s Dec' JO' g I Jo. - 9 9 jail. 9 litri• Jan. .. h OP Lime. Nov. at --- o w n eu l l ler passage from the Chincha bland for P c i of SO a coral will be s . uodl T d w. he ill H b il e de s g ol o d n . da l C ia a d th so e u ri , n e j3 fi rit e i l s e li nat ba o r b l e c : ti a po ttri ii d Tahiti, which arrived here, Oct. 6, " 8 u e, fr °l3 t repefuitninrtuontahmisupßoaryt,;Osehte. h27a,shbaeveialtirs-iTrefeci' seal mouth for .BeB:bTolulet Lordtonrailela lointrgttoh:, I:4ll3siorepooeort: n w o L i Plymouth,3, DEC. foundered 24 . T i from 16 e r. SOTJT.4a v 24.—The fo lli ford ' ness • c , rew saved. G e ro 0 . [HADvEimsEmENT•]—A Certified Cure 0' •-"rtiVA, 1 ?! , olloway's Ointment and Pills —The following c o ° , Wslo! trom Mr. Thomas Alcorn of JerrY's Plain, Net:Stil'', „11l was forwarded to Professor ' Holloway by Mr. ri p .; to c c- f il ls thatmist, of the same place:—" Jan. 1, 1849. This l i t b '0 ) . 0 ,01 or three daughter, aged seven years, was afillictedieva 0 oe• e a / hree years, and that, after she had been attend 0 Ode i f , tEhmiserrnaluor,..nit 0, r to esp r ectable medical practioners without success, I W ro edie h 02 ty Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which re 00 0 0 about three months, completely cured her, and e h % pe ri l./ the best of health. This can be verified by non eo- ego s. le in this vicinity, where I have resided for twentv-twiftsblil _ . __,, Sold by all d • ruggists_, and at Professor Hollowai e meet, 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. 0 1 Wife fO f ) OF A 80131'. ,i. On the 23d inst., at Leamington, we n,,e n'o of) Regiment.o h a mbers , Esq, formerly of the 50th (vg,--e cre' 4 ' MARRIED. gt ri0,..11. f.- • ry,.. , On the 23d • inst. at the parish church 0 o f A to y Eleanor, eldest ' daughter of W. Williams, Esq/ sidtile square, to Alfred D. S E 13. A, ° prange, sq., fi" ite lr ' ft* Panama,vLf reooyr zdown ' road, Ralston. tll O ho On the 25th inst. at Stepney Old Churcb, by ~, 0 io f of the Mr. Thomas Short, eldest sou of Rose,Ml, chat' he Commercial-road, to Elizabeth Ol3 i the t late Mr. William Stonham. ( ar t/ oil Si Epse o oocirc. i ivo t ttaf l hh i l e ee,uE 2 22p 3 43spsq a td:h. ! in.consfistat,Lpi,tao: HigphibEurpylpark. Islington, tie' Ge O ra n ld t l'ollOck Elizabeth, the a gweidfe67c.f j. to.pobtoo Louis, e oui 2sth inst.,. in Guildford-street, . , nois e" 4 14 0 • of W' aged s itixhn:rtn.lyonoauttLnsgilersotoiswoinchof A S inrnf: rtehdeerlwc; Bassett, aged 50. JU, Of p a r n e C::P e u t 77 o ; ll :c h d aa.ad No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The S Strand, in the un 4 00 iddie"; Saturatty, December 27, Sa /56/. K Tol A 2 v,P ES ' 4 LLEI Di eharac e relied ar e 111 1 , 1 qu a , ix A., It v ckt i tm bnrl ; l ! Prove, 1:430ri -g(01 11ci r" ereal Tb, 'nee al . tu ne) f. Alatftts Inatil) ,4; ql , llead a ; e ars, di Verty a n ai 144 441 it ti,; . .ba rt to th e ! 1, 1t1b,, 4, 131 h do, t4 Atm D' 11:4 1 4Atrit;,, "~ ~~ T, i . ~~ Ar m %%o ), r' 11 4th ni 4, 4( ro ...,.. 1 17) Prie4A C am 1P 4 0 „ 1. " 0 -. Atm AI *°4 p th % bi tttr kUoi *e l tl‘l,l4tn,