The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-23 00:00:00

Male , r gold; oni t he 1, Mg vionnist ; Avon r, New ..Arrd. eino" rl, r) ,rf Eureely any business ii, (I,l,ing iu the private co Itrau market, yet holders are very firm. TALLOW. Since our lest this inarkt has rulcd exceedingly in active. During tEe week the imports were 1,344 ; the deliveries 2,446 casks. To-day scalcdy any bu.iness . 1 du oing, and prices are from 3d to 6 d per ow: I )wr. on the spot, is quoted a' 373 , aced for ear Ce • A „ very 37s 3d per cwt. Ti.wn Talow 364 61 to 376 per evit, net cash ; rough Fat. 24 Id per 81bs. 1846. 1847. 1848. 10.100 34,947 46s Od 42s 9d to 46s 3d to Os Od 1.860 58,515 , 5.9,337 15N929 49s 6d 458 Od 1819. 1.440. 55,010 17s ed Au Os Od 2,456 F 1,191 83,590 42s ed 391 GI Itoek this day 24,260 ptlee °Z Y. c. itomsost " 53 , 439 1,55 gala last week • c."622' sto trot June 1 67.076 • •Of own ...... 53s Od cos 48,q15 38s 6d to Os Od 2,337 5,t•38 , - 2,018 1 78,714 1 BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A respectably attired man, named James Gordon, WES Charged with indecently exposing himself in the Green park The complaint was made on a provi , us day, but neglected to attend, and this morning he was brought 11 1) on a warrant. Police -constable, A 161, stated that he was on duty in the Green-park on Wednesday afternoon last, the 18th instant, and from information he ha 1 previouAy re ftived he went in the direction of the gravel walk near to Ptecadilly, where he saw the prisoner sitting on a „,heach with his dress open, and his person exposed. '.' t he walk, the deer added, was much frequented by 'wattles and children, and several ladies passed by at 'the time he had his dres3 open. lie could be seen be 'idea Irons the houses in Piccadilly, while the bench upon which the prisoner sat was so placed that he could be dis tinctly seen from three other of the park walks. The ,Prisoner was sober when taken into custody, and at the s tation-house he gave the name of James Thi.inpson. /tills, one of the park-keepers, confirmed the state- Ment of the constable. He, too, had been ii - formed of the Proceedings, and went with the constable to arrest l m• He appeared to have been drinking, but he was Watched for more than two hours, and seemed to be quite conscious of what he was about. Inspector Gee stated that the prisoner, who gave the name of James Thompson, way fectly sober when he Was brought to the station. He was b 11 d uut, but did not appear the next morning, and be was therefore ap prehended on a warrant. The prisoner, who said he was not soLer at the time, It as fully committed for trial. • •ARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) CANDIDATE FOR TRANSPORTATION. William eleelf was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with the following wilful outrage:— , Thomas Dalton, a porter in the employ of Messrs. and Co., waterproofers, 63, PiccAdilly, stated that _ °ll Saturday night, about nine o'clock, he was in his 't he shop, when he heard a tremendous cras h a t e window, and on looking round he found that one of ;he ; 49 panes of plateglass, measuring 32 inches by 60 inches , been broken, and on the floor of the shop he picked P the paving-stone produced. He then went to the li!:)or, a n d see i ng t h e p r i sone r standing close by taxed '2 O l with being the perpetrator of the offence, which he 4 lt once admitted. Witness then gave him in charge. Police -constable, 325 A, said on Saturday night he was _ duty near the prosecutor's shop. when he beard a and on turning round he ssw the last witness, ° gave the prisoner into his custody for wilfully breakin g a square o f g l ass value la The prisoner, in am ply to witness, said he did the act fur the purroae of letting s..nt out of the c , untry. ,but it he w prisoner said he did certainly h e.lk the window, as by accident. olr. 131ticuAm committed the prisor er for two mon:hs With hard labour. THE 7WARDMOTES. CRIPPLEGA I E Alderman Challis took the chair at one o'clock, and, lifter the election of the inqut st, and other routine busi- L 'ess, preee, ded to the election of Common Councilmen. ~ ,M essrs. Smith, Hoele, Brow , Dewar, Brop, and Lert, lj 11 g returned by their several precincts, were elected. Mr. B. SMITH nominated Mr. Fr.'st. and Mr. PERKS lleconded the motion ; and Mr. Frost was also elected. Mr. Sneer begged to propose Mr. Bennoch as a fit 'person to represent them. He had had the same easure lest year, and however he might differ from Bennoch on certam political grounds , he still con sidered h m as worthy their entire confidence. He i e br • Shatp) must, however, refer to ono point, which 13 : excited some animadversion in the ward. Mr. Bennoch had entrusted to him, a few wet Its ago, a reso lution concerning the Papal aggression , when , in stead o f condemning the Pope, he lauded Cardinal Wiseman, 1,1_(1 denounced our Universities. With this exception , e fully approved Mr. Bennoch's conduct. 4 ur• SAMWAYS had much pleasure in seconding the no mination. Although he agreed with Mr. Be nnoch ab out the Pope, he could not agree with him ab o u t Smithfield.f He had attended Smithfield every week or sixteen y ea rs, and hoped that Smithfield, and the 'liner markets, would be left to benefit the citizens. Mr. BAMFORD thought the last gentleman had entirely Itietaken Mr. Bennoch's view as regarded Smithfield, W hich he believed to be based on the broad principles of ur cecit j . He (Mr. Bamford) had last week sat on an by ury inquiring into the death of a person killed Y a bullock ; and, like Mr. Bennoch, he hoped that u'Beee.long the Smithfield nuisance would be removed. Mr. BENtrooß could not but feel gratified that, how- Mr his friends and neighbours might disapprove certain nil acts and opinions, they still accorded to him their unqualified confidence. Ile rather delighted in the references made to his conduct, as it proved that the 'constituency carefully watched their representatives, r e d it was fortunate for him t hat what one friend another approved, and so he wa s led to believe thatsee& on the whole his views were in harm o ny with those held by a large majority of the electors. It was his fate seldom give a silent vote, and therefore his opinions mi ght be more freely canvassed than others who were Silent. This, however, he must say, that on all leading lil4l and political questions the member s of the ward of e °° s r iPPlegate Within were an undivided phalanx. Mr. e e ttraw aYs had hoped that he (Mr. Bennoch) would —ti nge his views as regards Smithfield. He begged !I . assure Mr. Samways there was little chance of that. f, "ere was not an opinion he had publicly expressed, t h e • a vote he had given in the Common Council, t 'u t ' s 3 could or would desire to cancel ; least of all Place relating to Smithfield. However elegant the ' o ,, tl ce proposed, so long as the mat ket continued in the "Y they could never get rid of the great monster nuis ance resulting from driving cattle through the c rowded streets. En the proposed new market a p • P r oved by M r . te ' 'amv. w iays had uecn condemned by th e in habitants of Smithfield on the ground that to remove it a quarter o f a m il e nor th war d, a.; proposed, would be to th em t as inj u ri ous as if the market were taken outside e 6 Metropolis. A deputation, headed by the son o f their j e ellent Alderman, had waited on the Market Comm i tt ee a ° enforce these views. It was true that Farringelon-hell had lately rung w ith the el o quence of his esteemed friend the City Solicitor, and echoed the plaudits of an rng but deeply interested audience,coposed chiefly unichers. This aborthe attempt to resu m scitate a cry mi▪ nd, of that sink of iniquity fell dead on t he p ublic _ l ed, and, whether intended to cast ridicule on the pro ceedings of the meeting refe-red to, or as an accidental satirical a coincidence, he could not say, but the ne xt suc coeding paragraph graeely detailed the particu lars of an , quest held o n t h e body of a person killed by an in - Triated Smithfield beast. Thank heaven, it is doo med, il d_ next session of Parliament will doubtless blot that ab otnination from the metropolis. Ho heard a whisper e of corporation reform—to think of reforming the cor- Potation from within was hopeless. The advocates of progressive improvement were in a melancholy minority. h %. sulitery c r y w a s occasionally heard, but it fell un heeded, It was like wailing in the wilderness— therek were no friendly ears to listen end approve. If th ey really meant to reform the corporation it must come " , from without. Having thus alluded to his ho me policy, he must have one word fur his friend M r. Shar p . e begged to assure him that he was no friend t o Car dinal Wiseman . While he dates ed and abho rred his religious opinions aad practices as much as any man, yet he was not blind to the genius manifested in the writi n g s of the C ar di na l ; the r °found ability exhibited made him su antagonist not to be treats d with contempt. At the s ame time, how e ver much he (Mr. Bennoch) mig ht con demn the Popi s h proceedings, he still more c ondemned the conduct of the faithless SODS of the Church, whose sham Homanism was to them so pleasant, but whose s tomachs rebelled against the real and unadulterated article. Priestcraft always had been, and always would ,be intole ran t, whether beaming from under the mitre of cia Holiness Charles James of London, or fulminated by the Pope of Rome. The Dean of Bristol h ad declared that Church abuses had always be en introduced by the clergy, while its purification came fro m the lait y , a cone ; ph merit and truth not to be forgotte n. The Queen s replies to the Corporation were wor th y their exalted so u unmistake a ble, firm, annou ncin g to her s ' l-I °.itcts that while she resisted all aggression and e ncroach- Tent, c ome f rom w h at quar t e r they might, she was also determi ne d t o ma i n t a i n i nv i o late the civil rights an d re ' „ igious privileges of her people.—(Hear, hear.) I hope and trust the First Minister of the Crown will have the courage to advise her in her Speech from the Throne in calling on her Parliament to pass such laws—should any be necessary—as shall enable her to curb the in solence of a foreign ecclesiastic. She will also recom mend that they strike the fetters from the Jcw, and an nihilate the last pain or penalty for conscience sake. ..hilistory does not describe a nobler attitude than this — England proving to the world, that while she knows how to defend her dignity, she also knows the moment to concede, and never forgets justice; on the one hand be holds the humbled Jesuit, on the other the liberated Jew. Mr. Bennoch was then elected almost by acclamation. Mr. JACKSON complained that for months past the gas elamPa had winked and blinked, and gave no light, and Roped this would be remedied. Mr. BENNoCH was not surprised at the complaint of Mr. Jackson. For years private persons had complained, and by their own exertions remedied the evil. The old companies were at their wits' end, driven to despair by their younger rival, and doubtless winked and blinked'" in their last hopeless effort to keep themselves awake; and if the citizens would only require their representa tives to obtain their gas for the public lamps from the new company, all complaints would cease.—(Laughter.) A Tote of thanks was then given to the Alderman, and he proceedings terminated. THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT.—We regret to state that the D u k e o f B eau f or t is still compelled, from illness, to keel) his room. On inquiry yesterday at Beaufort-house, his Grace was reported to be somewhat better. In cons, quence of the continued indisposition of the Noble Duke, the Duchess and Ladies Somerset will remain in town during the winter. AMERICAN NE WS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. The British and North American Roy el mail steam ship Europs, Captain Lo't, mails from New York of Lae 10th, end accoutits of the 12th inst. re ceived by electric telegraph via Ilalifax, arrived off Holyhead, from Boston, today at noon, unexpecte 'idly. She lea 13eston on the llth inst. at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, touched at Halifax and received the mails on the night of the 12th inst., 'made Cape Clear at 6 15 r.m yesterday, and at %half past nine o'clock arrived in the Mersey after a slight detention off the bar, having accomplished the entire passage from New York, deducting the difference of time and detention at Halifax, in precisely ten days, two hours, and forty-five minutes from port to port— a passage only once equalled in the annals of the Royal mail service, and equal to a run from New York di rect of about 101 days. The Europe's run contrasts admirably, therefore, with the passages effected by the United States' mail steam-ships Franklin and Atlantic. She brought about fifty passengers, but no specie. The Royal mail steam-ship America, Neil Shan non, commander, arrived out at Halifax on the 11th instant. The United States' mail steam-ships Panama and Northerner had arrived at Panama from San Fran cisco with 500,000/. in gold dust on freight. The United States' mail steam-ship Georgia, Lieu tenant Porter, arrived at New York from Chagres, viu Havannah, on the 7th, with mails from San Fran ci cc, California, of the let of November, and about 200,0001. in gold dust. The steam-ship Empire City arrived at New York from Chagres, via Jamaica, on the Btb, with mails from Chagres of the .27th ult , from Jamaica of the Ist instant, 400,000/. in gold dust, and 325 pas sengers. Our accounts from the United States by this arrival are not of a very important character as regards the political state of affairs. Congress, after adjourn ing on the sth, had again assembled on the 9th, but no business of moment had been transacted. The Secretary of the Treasury's report was daily ex pected, and it is again mentioned that probably a new loan will be required to meet financial neces sities. Several state messages and legislative mea sures had occupied the journals since the Atlantic's departure. Relative to the whole a New York contemporary presents the following compact sum mary : " The Legislature of Texas, at a special session for the purpose of deciding on the acceptance of the law of Congress relative to the state boundary, have accepted the proposition with almost entire unanimity. This agreement of Texas to the adjustment of her boundary permits the Ac , for the organization of New Mexico to go fully into effect, and thus adds another to the orga nized territories of the United States. The Message of the Governor of Texas expresses regret that Congress was not more specific in defining the mode of ascer taining the amount of debt for which the 5,000,000 stock are to be retained. He considers that the cre ditors of Texas must look to the United States alone for the settlement of their claims. In regard to the bonds issued by the late R-public for double the amount of the original contracts, he thinks that between prie vete individuals such an arrangement would be usuri ous and void. He recommends payment, however, of principal and interest, to the full amount of the value re ceived from the creditors. He also ad , . isles the enactment of a law requiring ell creditors elaitnine of Texas to exemite releases in favour of the United States on con dition of forfeiting O.& demands in case of neglect. The Hon. James M. Mason, as ardent slavery propa gandist, and the author of the Fugitive Slave Bill, has been rt -elected to the Untt , d States Senate from Virgi nia, fir.six years, feona the 4th of March next. The new Legislature of Ohio was organized on the 3d inst. The Free Soil candidate for Speaker of the House was ele.-ted by a coalition with Opposition votes, having a majority of four out of seventy-two votes. In the Se nate the Whig candidate for Speaker was elected, having received the Flee Soil votes. A United States' senator is to be chosen by this Legislature for six years, the choice lying between a Free Sutler with Whig, and one with Opposition, tendencies. The new Legislature of Florida was organized on the 25th ult. The Senate has an Opposition majority of one, and the House a majo rity on the same side of two. The officers of both Houses are, of course, wholly Opposition. The Governor in his message asks authority to call a convention of the people of the State, in case of the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law or any other aggressive measure. The Le gislature of Mist issippi have passed a vote of censure on Senator Foote, for his course in the United States' Se nate with regard to the slavery question." From Sun Francisco, vid Chagres, we have ac counts to the Ist of November, but the contents, though of a mournful, are not of a very important character. From the mines we have little news worthy of note. At San Francisco, on the 20th of October, a horrible steam-boat explosion occurred, by which from 80 to 100 lives were lost. Cholera had also broken out in the city and was spreading with great rapidity. Fire had destroyed the city hospital on the 31st of October, but all the inmates were saved. Business was dull, and during the pre.. ceding fortnight transactions had been small compared with those of the first half of the month. Holders of staple goods evinced more disposition to realise than had previously been the case. Gold was sold by the bankers at to 1i per cent. premium on 16 dolls. per ounce. Exchange on the Atlantic cities, par, at 7i per cent. discount. Some of the Californian journals supply a few paragraphs : " Every vessel going down the coast is filled with Mexicans, Chilians, &c., principally from the southern mines, where they have been engaged in digging for gold with varied success. Some of them carry with them handsome' piles,' while others are mere paupers. "By a reference to authentic documents we have as certained the amount of bullion which has arrived and cleared at this port during the last 10 months to be as follows: " STATEMENT, SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF BULLION ARRIVED AND CLEARED FROM THE PORT CF SAN FRANCISCO, DISTRICT OF UPPER CALIFORNIA, DURING EACH QUARTER, FROM NOVEMBER 12, 1849, TO SEP TEDIBER 30, 1850, INCLUSIVE ARRIVED. Dolls. 849. Nov. 12 to D. c. 31, inclusive 850. Jan. 1 to March 31 850. April 1 to June 30 850. July 1 to Sept 30 Total arrivel 167,000 523 331 883,669 560,000 2,134,000 CLEARED. 849. Nov. 12 to Dec. 31, inclusivo 850. Jan 1 to March 31 850. April 1 to June 30 „ 850. July 1 to Sept 30 2,400,594 4,072,795 5,089.968 6,259.880 Tot tl amount cleared... Total al rived 17,822,877 2,134,000 Difference between amount of cleared and „ Q ,Q art ived .. • •••• , 00 , 0'''• - Amount cleared during, the month of oe -4,591,461 tuber ••• ..• ..• ~„ " The above shipments were made in less than 12 months. This includes only the exports through the Custom-house. A very large amount has left in tht trunks of passengers, und it would not be far out of the way to estimate the exportation of gold dust and bullion from Sun Francisco for the above-mentioned p: tied ii 30,000,000 dulls. This is independent of what has bet L taken out of that country by other routes and in the baggage of individuals. "The amount of California gold received at the Phi lad•lphia Mint has averaged for the last 11 month 2,500,000 dolls, per montb, as will be stew by the fol lowing statement from the treasurer:— Pah Gold dust deposPed in November 4,4uu.0u0 Coinage during :the same period Aggregate receipts of California gold dust trom Jan. Ito Nov. 30, inclusive 27,350,000 From other sources Total receipts, 11 months 28,550,000 This, compared a ith the statement of shipments from San Francisco shows that large amounts of dust have left that port and been received at the Philadelphia Mint independent of those officially reported. It tippe.irs by the above that the receipts at the Mint in eleven month, exceed by many millions the exports from San Frarcisco in about the same length of time." The Placer Times publishes the following notes relative to the Klamath mines : The explorations of the lest season have led to no discovery promising to equal in importance that of the geld deposits on the Klamath arid its tributaries. Sal mon river, the affluent of the Klamath, was first occupied in the month of June. There are now nearly 1,000 people at the diggings within twenty miles of its mouth, and these have averaged fully an ounce per day—a bet• ter general yield than has been realized at any point elsewhere, so far as we are informed. By conversation with gentlemen who have passed several months in working these mines, and who have travelled over much of the country about the upper Klamath and the other streams in that vicinity, we are assured that they all present fzatures of a highly auriferous character, and that by actual testing many of the bars have been found to yield from 20c. to 40c. per panful. It was some time ego reported that gold had been found for 50 miles or more along the Klamath from its mouth, and also below it some distance on the shores of the ocean. To Mr. Pearsall, who has just returned from this region, we are indebted for many interesting facts concerning it. He considers the dry diggings both extensive and productive, but they can only be occupied successfully during the rainy season. The richness of the rivers prevented persons from seeking much beyond the m. His party of seven worked two and a half months, and averaged 16 dolls. a day. Many of those who have been engaged in these mines will have to return this fill in consequence of the wait of till I. plies fur winter. We learned that a panty of 20 came to Mayesville a few day a ago, intending to winter in that vicinity and go back early in the spring. These all give favourable accounts of the county they have visited; indeed the entire tes timony from all sources warrants the most flettet leg conclusions as to the future importance of these new diiceveries. " The Klamath is one mile wide at its mouth, which is easy of access, and for 40 miles up the stream there i, no interruption to steam-boat navigation. In the low stage of v ator, however, only re.ssels of light drsnght can go up coach beyond the site of the town of Klamath, which is one mils from the ocean. This point, it is therefore suppostd, will be a deritt whence tt.e upper country must receive its supplies. The junction of the Salmon I River is . 90 miles above this site. Midway between these points te r.yer travel is impeded by rocks, so that boats C.entio, pass; but after lerving thee third` is no olystac - :•to• to the fails at the mouth of Salmon River. here aid at the rocks town sites have been selected. Twenty miles above the Salmon the Trinity River comes into the Klamath. It has long ben sup posed to empty into Trinidad Bay. The land around these rivers is, wi:h little exception, favourable to agri cultural purposes." _ _ . Lind continued to enjoy recurring tri umphs!. On the 9th she appeared at ihdimore, when the receipts were about 3,oool.'sterling. Rumours were current that the wreck of the screw stet. , mer Helena Slowman had been picked up . .off the coast. From Havannah we have accounts of the 2d inst. Affairs were quiet. Count Alcoy had left for Cadiz in the war steamer Caledonia. The Spanish frigate Isabel 11. and the sloop Jason arrived from Cadiz on the 29th ult. with 1,048 men and officers to reinforce the troops on the island. More regiments were soon expected. The Captain-General Concha was visiting the fortifications around Havannah. Few freights offering to Europe. Exchange on London, first class, lOi prem. Panama and Chagres accounts state that large num bers of passengers had arrived on the Isthmus, en route to and from the States to the Pacific coast. Much rain had fallen, and the roads were in a terrible condition. Jamaica advices of the Ist inst. state ti at the cho lera was then more severe in other parts of the island than at that port. Five thousand deaths had occurred at Kingston. Among medical men deceased were Drs. Bailey, Murcott, Tabois, Taft, and Mr. Fadgen. Commercial reports are appended below. From Valparaiso we have advices to the 24th Oc tober, Oregon 25th October, and Sandwich Islands 28th September, but all of an unimportant character. On the 2Gth of September the Hawaiian Princes were received at court with Mr. Judd. Accounts from Mexico, extending to the 16th ult., had been received via New Orleans. For the following outline we ate indebted to the New York Tribune : The result of the Presidential elections, according to the returns at that date, was 13 votes for General Arista, 2 for Rosa, 3 for Almonte, 1 for Gomez Pedraza, 1 for Mujiea, a• d in two states, having one electoral vote each, no election, giving a majority of 4 out of 22 votes to Arista. No further arrangement has been made in regard to the internal debt. A bill for that purpose has bt en under discussion in the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies appointed as a committee of conference with the creditors in order to agree upon the terms. Nothing has yet been accomplished by this measure, and it is feared that it wi'l prove wholly ineffectual. A Bill has pasied both Houses of the Legislature permitting the introduction of foreign corn (maize) on the payment of as certain duty, into the ports of Tampico and Mate moras. An application has been made to the Mexican Congress by Loner California to be admitted as a State of the Republic, or to be attached as a territory to Aguas Calientes. The public functionaries of Vera Cruz have not received any portion of their pay for five months. General Joaquin Rea was assassinated on the 29th of October at Ayutla. He was attacked by a mob of over 300 men, from whom he received three musket balls and many wounds by hatchets. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DEC. 12. This being Thanksgiving-day, business is generally suspended. America's news was received yesterday too late for markets. American Government Mint returns show that upwards of 4,530,000 dolls. gold dust were received in November. Government bonds stolen from the steamer Helena Slowman base been on sale here—suspected parties are in custody. Corgrfssional news uniuti resting. Stock market exceedingly active; yesterday nearly all the " fan cite" advanced considerably. Sales of Reading R4iiroad Shares, 75; Government Sixes, of '67, 114 to 1141 ; New York State Sixes, 119 to 119 k; Kentuck Sixes, 106 to 1064. Corn and flour market firm at mail quotations. Cotton market rather flat at circular rates. Asia's news had not affected New Orleans markets. Exchange dull at mail rates. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 9, P.M. The stock market opened quite buoyant this morning, and continue dso to the close. The transactions in the , ancies were not so large as usual, but a larger portion aas for cash. At the first board United States' Sixes, 1867, advanced 4 per cent.; Farmers' Loan, 4; Reading Railroad, ; Erie Railroad, i; Norwich and Worcester, 1; Erie Income Bonds, i; Hudson River Railroad Bonds, 1 1 ,-. At the second board, Erie Income Bonds improved I per cent.; Erie Railroad, 4; Norwich and Worcester, 1/; and Farmers' Lnan, 14. There was more activity among operators in the afternoon than in the! morning, and the market closed firm with an upward tendency in prices. Governments stocks were in better demand to-ley at better prices. The speculative feeling among outsiders appears to increase. The prospect at presaLt is in favour of an active market throughout the st ascai. The recent arrivals of gold dust from California are much larger than anticipated, and have given a fresh impetus to• speculation. The views of holders of stocks generally are much above currenf rates, and only those who are compelled to realize do so. We have seen nearly every fancy stock on the list 10, 20, and 80 per cent. above present prices, and it is by no means impossible but that the inflation of former times may again be experienced. It is true that the margin for a rise in some stocks is very limited, while others are selling for much more money than they are actually worth, but it matters little about prices when the fever of speculation rung high, and speculators are mad from excitement. _ Th.l receipts at the office of the assistant treasurer of this port to-day amounted to 87,033 dolls.; payments, 61,551 dolls. 19c.; balance, 3,671,663 dolls. 64c. The value of merchandise imported into this port for thou month of November, was 7,498,576 dolls., of which 7,068,805 dolls, iwas dutiable 416,191 dolls. free, and 13,580 dolls. specie and bullion. 01 the amount with ,lrawn from warehouse during the month 905,006 dolls was dutiable. Cash duties on imports, 1,885,264 dolls. 12c. The value of imports for the month of November 1849 was 5,511,022 dulls. The loss by the fire this afternoon in Broad-street was about 200,000 dolls. Insured principally in Wall street. _ _ _ _ _ The January interest oa the bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company will be paid upen the presen tation of the coupons at the banking-house of Selden, Withers, and Co., of Washington city; or, by an ar rargement made with said firm, in Baltimore or the other principal Cities of the United States, thus affording additional facilities to the holders of the bonds for having their coupons cashed. The regular tour per cent. clitidend will be paid on the Vermont and Canada Railway stock to shareholders, December 1, at the (Klee of the Vermont Central Rail. road Ci mpany, on the Ist of January next. The foreign exports from Baltimore, during the week eeSing on Thursday, amounted in the aggregate to 157.763 dolls. 80c. The principal articles exported were 14,319 barrels of flour, 28.728 bushels of corn, 1,047 barrels of corn meal, ane4os bhde of tobacco. Among tl,e shipments were two full cargoes, principally breed stare to Liverpool. Teem were cleared, at the Baltimore Customhouse, during the month of October, 31 vessele, viz :-3 ships, 7 i)a) clues, 8 brigs, and 12 schooners, having an aggregate tennege o f 7,385 tons, and employing in their navigation 222 men. Of these vessels 7 were British, 3 Bremen, 1 tlamburgh, and 20 American. Their destinations wx re ji follow:—To various ports in the British provinces, 15; staliternia, 5; Trieste, 1; Rio de Janeiro, I; Liverpool, 2; Pernambuco, 1; Talcahuano., 1; Breintn, 2; La. guayra, 2; and Spenish Main, 1. The total value of the enerchandiae exported by these vessels was 776,497 dolls. 21c., including that to California, which amounted to 262,987 dolls. 69c. By comparing the above with the monthly etetement for October, it will be seen that the °umber of foreign clearances at the Baltimore Custom. house during the month of November falls considerably shot of those during the preceding month. While this is the case, however, the fact is presented that the value of the articles exported in November is considerably larger than it was for the month of October. The entries from foreign ports during the month of November were-3 ships, 7 barques, 18 brigs, and 90 schooners, making a total of 40 vessels. During the same period the arrivals from coastwise ports were -3 .hips, 6 barques, 18 brigs, and 90 schooners—in all 118 vessels; making the number of foreign and coast wise arrivals during the month 158. Of this number, 9 were British, 2 Bremen, and the balance, 147, American. Of the arrivals from foreign ports, 3 had free cargoes, 3 were in ballast, and 34 had cargoes subject to duty. The total amount received from customs during the month was 53,742 dolls. 56e., against 51,293 dolls. 28c. during the e.aine period last year. The disbursements , were 57,280 dolls. 37c., against 68,973 . dolls. 89e. las' year. CITY TRADE REPORT. MONDAY, DEC. 9, Six P.M. Asles—The market was very dull, with a moderate demand. Sales of 110 barrels, at 5 dolls. 75c. to 5 dulls. 87c. for pots, and 5 dolls. 75c. to b dolls. 81c. for pearls. Breadstuffs.—Flour—There was a good demand for State and Western flour, in part for the eastern and city trade, with something doing for speculative investment. The present cold snap of weather has produced on the part of holders less disposition to press sales and the market ruled very firm. The export demand was limited. The receipts to-day were moderato, being only 11,000 barrels, but the stock in the hands of the trade was pretty large. About 10,000 barrels domestic have changed hands at 4 dolls. 62c. to 4 dolls. 68ic. for ordinary to straight state ; 4 dolls. 684 c. to 4 dolls. 87-ic. for mixed to straight Michigan and Indiana ; 4 dolls. 94c. to 5 dolls. 61c. for pure Genes si:e; 5 dolls. 18c. to 5 dolls. 37ic. for fancy Ohio; 5 dolls. 121 c. to 5 dolls. 37ic. for fancy Genessee; and 5 dolls. 37c. to 5 dolls. 50c. for extra Ohio and Genes- Caraalian was in fair d‘ mand, with some large sales reported at private bargain. Southern flour was very firm, and in fair r• quest, with only a limited supply. The sales embraced 450 barrels at 5 dolls. 12ic. for straight brands. Rye flier was pretty active, with sales cf 200 barrels at 3 dolls. 50c. Corn meal was rather heavy—the transactions did not excea d 100 barrels Jersey, at 3 6c to 3 delis. 12ic. Brandywine was scarce, and 6e ld at 3 dells. 31 lc, to 3 dolls. 87ie. Wheat _The market for domestic was very dull, while the !amount offering Ni a s large, and there was a disposition on the part of owners to press sales. Canadian was in good request for export, with sales of 15,000 bushels at 1 doll. 4c. to 1 doll. sc. for good to fair. Prime was held at 1 doll. 6e. Rye was less Freely offered, and pricer have advanced. with sales of 6,000 bushels at 75e., clos ing buoyant. Barley and Oats remained without par ticular change. Corn was held firmly with a fair de mand, and sales of 9,000 bushels at 64c. for New Northern, and 66c. for new Jers , y and yellow; also old mixed at 66e. to 70c,, now held at 70c. to 71c. The stock of all kinds was light, particularly old. Cotton—The sales reported on 'Change amounted to 1.470 bales, at the prices paid on Saturday. Holders of Upland cotton supply the market freely at the quota tions, whereas the holders of the Gulf descriptions do not—it not baing practicable to buy at less than our inside figures; and if the fears of an impending Conti• nental revolution were removed from the public mind, a rapid advance would ensue—as it is in that section that the larger estimates of the crop, which have now disap peared, first saw the light. In regard to the question of supply, three-fourths of the opinions of operators in this market lie between 1,950,000 and 2,100,000 bales. Plant-rs have been enabled to keep well up with their picking this autumn; and, as the roads have been in fine order, and streams all navigable except the rivers at Mobile, which are now in a good stage, the facilities to get it to the ports are greater than usual, and induce ments to planters to realise far in excess of those here tofore existing. We therefore think the comparative receipts, excepting those at Mobile, may well be taken as a criterion. Coal—There was not much doing to-day, while prices were unchanged. The last sale of Liverpool Orrel coal was at 7 dolls. 50c., short time. Freights—There continued to be considerable parcels of bread-stuff 3 offering for Liverpool, and we have to notice some 20,000 to 30,000 bushels of corn engaged at 4d. in bulk, and 4d. bagged by the ship; for wheat sd. was asked; 2,900 to 3,000 barrels of flour were engiged at Is. 3d., and afterw ards Is. 6d. was asked ; for cotton id., and for dead weight 15s. to 16s. continue to be quoted. To California rates varied from 50e. to 112 c. The Havre packet, to sail on the 16tb, was full with cotton at 17., and ashes at 6 dolls, to 7 dolls. Naval Stores—About 50 b arrels sp i r i ts o f turpentine have been sold at 36e. cuh—an advance ; rough tur pentine commanded 2 dolls. 874 c. per 2801 b. Wilming ton resin sold to the extent of 200 barrels, at 1 dolls. 40c. to 1 doll. 45c. from yard and delivered. Other articles exhibited no alteration. The exports since the Ist of July, 1850, comprised 151,000 barrels, all kinds. Oil—Linseed has not varied since Saturday, but the tendency was upward. The transactions to-day em braced 5,000 gallons at 80c. to 81c. in casks, and 82c. its barrels, for English and American from store. Whale was at last reported. The imports of sperm and whale oil into the United States for 1850, to December 2, add up 286,545 barrels. Provisions.—Pork—The market was unsettled, but there was less doing. Tho operations amounted to 450 barrels, at 11 dolls. 75c. for mess, and 8 dolls. 75c. fur prime, including 100 barrels new city mess at 12 dolls. Tho receipts of pork to-day were 600 pigs. Beef was held firmly at previous figures, with sales of 200 bar rels. The receipts of beef per North River boats to-day were•l,loo packages. Beef hams sold to the extent of 200 barrels at 14 dolls. per 2201 b., weighed out. We hAve no 'change to note in dressed hogs; lard was less buoyant, and the market was steady. The vales include 250 barrels old at . 74c. to lc., and 200 kegs new at Bc. Butter was in fair ra queit, with sales of western dairies at 14c. to 187., and Orange county at 18c. to 22c. The interior qualities were neglected. The receipts of butter to-day by the North River sum up 826 packages. Cheese was Ge. to 6:1c., and steady. About 2,000 packages wore re ceived to-day by the Hudson river. JAMAICA, Nov. 27. Sugar is taken at 18s. ti 225. per 100 lb., according to quality. Stock ne derate. Freight:.—Tonnage is abund ant compared with the existing demand. There is little or no produce offering just now. G Ad —American is worth 1 t per cent., and doubloons 1 per cent. premium. Exchange on New Yui k, merchants' bills, 60 days, 2i pi -r cent. premium. _ _ NEW ORLEANS, DEc. 5. There has been quite a movement in tobacco within a day or two, which has resulted in sales of 600 hhds. Terms not made public. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, Dac. 22.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Avon, Captain Hast (Lieutenant R.N.), arrived hist ovening, at nine o'clock, from the 'West Indic-s, with the usual mail, in charge of Lieut. Percival, R.N., Admiralty agent. The latest dates brought by the Avon are :—Ha vana, Nov. 23 ; Chagres, 25 ; Carthagena, 27 ; Ja maica, 28 • Demerara, 26 ; Trinidad, 27 ; Barba hoes, 30 ; rrenerlf!, 28 ; Porto Rico, Dec. 2 ; St. Thomas, Dec. 4; Nassau, Nov. 17 ; Antigua, Dec. 2 ; Jacmel, Nov. 29; Santa - , Martha, 8; Grey Town, 17. The Avon brings on freight 1,009,977 dolls. on merchants' account ; 159 serous of cochineal ; 46 cases of cigars; 105 bales of tobacco; 105 bales of sarsaparilla ; and 34 packages of sundries. JAMAICA. We have our customary dispatch from this colony. The cholera had abated very considerably at King ston, Port Royal, and St. Catherine ; indeed, in the last-mentioned places it may be said to have disap• peered entirely. We regret much to find, however, that it was spreading fearfully throughout the coun try parishes, in the agricultural districts. The House of Assembly met pursuant to adjourn ment on the 19th of November, when a Bill was enacted to afford additional pecuniary relief to the different parishes infected with the epidemic. Tep thousand pounds were voted for the purpose, and placed in the hands of the Central Board of Commis sioners in Spanish Town. There was some disagree ment among the Members of the house as to the parties who should form the several local boards in the different parishes, but it was afterwards ami cably arranged that the representatives of the parish, the churchwardens, rector, custos, or senior magistrate, and ten inhabitants, to be selected by those named, should form the board. On the 21st of November the House resolved that on its rising on the 22d it should stand adjourned to the 10th of December ; on the 221 there was not a full quorum present to do business, and, consequently, the House adjourned to the 10th of December, agreeably to former resolution, before the above measure had been perfected. To remove them from this difficulty, the Governor prorogued them on the 23d of November to re-assemble on the 25th, thu‘ superseding the adjournment; the House re-assembled accordingly on the 25th, and on the 26th, after the Cholera Relief Bill had received the Governor b s assent, adjourned until the 10th of December. In those places in which the disease was raging, as well as in those from which it had departed, the greatest destitution and misery existed. Mr. Wil dam Smith had made an appeal to the public on be half of the cholera orphans, suggesting the formation of an orphan asylum. . --- fell a victim to th e di sease , Dr. 'Tames Macfayden, a gen tl ema n of high attain ments days ' before the pack e t l e f t . Hi s l o ss was greatly felt among the inh a bit an t s . We notice the death o f F ranc i s M'Cook, Esq., in Kingston, a few Member of the House of Assembly for the parish of St. Dorothy. The vacant seat was to be filled either by the former member, Peter Harrison, Esq , or David Brandon, EA., of Kingston. Mr. William Kemble, late sergeant-at-arms , has been elected clerk to the Assembly; and Mr. Vidal, son of the deceased clerk, has been appointed ser geant-at-arms. BARI3ADOES.—The cholera had made its appearance in Barbadaes amongst the trovs stationed in that island, but was considered by the medical men to be sporLdic not unusual in the tropics. The Board of fiealth c4ad, however, taken the necessary steps to insure cleanliness, &c , by which means it is hoped that the island may be lightly passed over. The weather is remarkably fine, some refreshing showers having fallen. ANTIGUA —Two severe shocks of earthquaake were experienced here on the morning of the 2d November. Rain was mu .h wanted in several localities, whilst in others there had been sufficient. The Legislature met on the 191 of November. Stations of her Majesty's Ships—Oct. 26, the Asia and Swift, at Valparaiso; Nov. 13, Driver (s), at Guyaquil; la, Daphne (s), at Panama, sailed 20th for Valparaiso ; 17, Inflexible (s), Grey Town, very sickly ; 28, Imaum and Persian, at Port Royal, Jamaica ; 30, brig Helena, at Barbadoes ; 26, Alban (s), at Santa Martha ; Dec. 1, French frigate Afri can, at Fort Royal, Martinique. Stations of the Company's Steam-ships—The Great Western, Captain Wolfe, on the Gulf of Mexico route; the Tay, Captain Chapman, on the South American Main route; the Conway, Captain Wolley, and the Eagle, Captain Wilson, at St. Thomas, await ing the arrival of the Trent, with mails of Nov. 17. JAMAICA MARKETS.' (From Cordova's Mercantile intelligencer.) Sugar is taken at 18s. to 225. per 1001bs., according to quality. The stock is very moderate. Coffee—Not any has yet come to market, and it is highly probable that the picking of this year's crop will be delayed beyond the usual tune, if the cholera conti nues to spread in the agricultural districts. Freights—Tonnage is abundant, compared with the existing demand. There is little or no produce (Airing just now. Salt—Liverpool stowed is worth .ss. Gd. per bag. A cargo of cuarso Turk's island has changed hands, at Is. per bushel zfluat. Gold—Awe riean is worth 1 per cent., and doubloons per cent. prem. EXCHANGES. Oil London: Jamaica Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem.; ditto, 60 days, II per cent. prem.; ditto, 30 days, 2 per cent. preal. Colonial Bank, 90 (la) s, 1 per cent. prem.; ditto, GO days, I § per cent. prem.; ditto, 30 days, •3 per cent. prem. On New Yolk: Merchants' Bills, 60 days, 21 per coot. prem. CANADA. The City Council of Toronto has agreed to advance 100,000 Jolla. in deb. ntur?-s, payahle 20 years tSter date, with 6 per cent. interet p.tyable Ealf•yearly, in aid of tie Toronto, Simcoe, and Lake Huron Rail road, on the following coLditions ;-40,000 dont,. shall be issued to the railroad compary when -.100 , ,C( dolls. have been expended upon the road ; 40,000 clojs. more when 800,000 dolle. have been t xpended ; nod the remaining 20,000 dolls. when work to the value of 1,000,000 dulls. is completed. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.--The ship Emma, Captain &will, arrived here to•tiay ; she sailed from Rio Ja m iro on the Ist, arid from Pernambuco on the 19th November. There is no news of importance from the latter place, but a private letter from Rio states tirlt war between Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres will take place to a certainty. Commercial affairs at Pernambuco were in a quiescent st - Lto. Freight of cotton to Liverpool was id. per lb. Sugar to British ports was 62g. 63., and to Con tinental ports 703., and was likely to be well sup ported. Dates from Bahii, to the 11th November, inform us that exchange ruled at 29 to 291, and freights 524.6 d., to the Channel for orders. Commercial affairs at Rio Janeiro were steady. Exchange on London was 29i ; freights, 555. to 60s. SOIREE OF THE SUNDERLAND LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. The annual soirée of the members and friends of this institution was held on Wednesday evening, in the AVierreurn, Fawcett-street. After tea, which was served in the library of the in stitution, the company assembled in the large hall, when Mr. F. H. Johnson, secretary to the society, stated that the committee had met with a disappointment which had put them to considerable inconvenience; he referred to the, fact that Mr. Butt, who it was announced would preside over the meeting, was prevented by sudden ill ness from being present. Mr. Johnson then read the following letter from Mr. Butt:— " Towyn Lodge, December 16th, 1850. " Dear Sir,—l do not know that I have ever been more disappointed than at finding myself compelled at the last moment to ask the indulgence of your commit tee for not availing myself of their very flattering in vitation. `• I am unfortunately now most inopportunely suffering from an attack of sore throat, which would make travelling most imprudent, indeed more than impru dent, and even if I could move, would find it quite out of my power to take part in a public meeting for some days. s s _ ."‘ I feel very deeply the deprivation of not being pre sent at a meeting in which I had promised myself so much interest. I trust the disappointment to you and the committee will be very slight, as you will easily find a more able chairman, though, believe me, none who will feel more pride and pleasure in occupying that position than I would. " I have the honour to be, " Yours very faithfully, "ISAAC BUTT. " I ought to add, that until to-day I had no apprehen sion of being unable to go, or you should of course have had earlier intimation." Dr. ILIFF in taking the chair, remarked that ho had agreed, on the application of the committee, to do the duty of chairman till Mr. Seymour should arrive. He could only express his great disappointment that a gen tleman of Mr. Butt's talent was prevented from being present. His high professional character and eminent literary attainments would hays rendered him a most suitable chairman, had he been able to fulfil his promise. Had Mr. Seymour been present to fill his place, they all knew that they woeld not have had so much cause to complain. As it was, however, they would have to de pend more upon their oven resources; and he hoped that in the absence of those distinguished strangers they would render themselves mutually more agreeable.— (Cheers.) If he had had the least idsa that he should have been called upon to fill the chair, he would have prepared himself to come before them with some details with reference to the institution; but as he had only had an heus or two's notice he was unable to do this. He un derstood, however, that as to financial affairs the society was in a batter state than it had been for many years Fast.—(Cheers.) The number of members was increas ing from year to year; and their library was increasing not only in the number of volumes, but in the acknow ledged value of the works admitted. He hoped they might expect a still larger number of members. With out ssili s e anything more, he would call on Mr. Spencer Hall to address the meeting. Mr. Hem. said he had certainly come there that even ing with en idea that he would be one of the quietest persons present; and having been called on so unex pectedly to speak, he must claim their indulgence and forgiveness if his remarks might be in some degree incoherent and wanting in that consecutiveness which they might have had, if he had been prepared. If there was in the company any one who from boyhood had been compelled to struggle against a thousand obstructions to the develop ment of his mind, but who had in spite of all obstacles risen step by step to the enjoyment of the exercise of the higher faculties of his being, he could sympathise with him truly and deeply, for they were brothers. It was impossible for any one to under stand the value of institutions such as that in connexion with which they had met, without understanding first the want of them. Born in a remote rural district where it was at that time hard to get a book without going a great distance, or paying a very large sum for it, he knew well the disadvantages under which many thou sands laboured, in improving themselves. It was evi dent that in such a town as Sunderland there must either be a want of knowledges of the advantages of this institution, or some conventional feeling adverse to it, or else there would have been a still larger audience present. He was glad to say that it was the earnest de sire of the committee of this society that its advantages should be extended far beyond the mere limits of mem bership, that no grade in the town should be excluded from it, but that for the future classes would be formed which all might attend, whatever was their rank or po sition in society.—(Cheers.) When they considered how much was frequently owing to the cnitivation of a mind which otherwise might have remained in ob scurity, when they remembered that many of those who were called great men owed their greatness to simple pie influences of which the world might never have heard, they could not over-estimate any effort, however trivial, to extend the knowledge cf the advantages of such an institution. If it was true that it was impossible for a labourer to prattle to his child without influencing mankind to the latest generation, if a Chantrey owed so much of his fame to the simple circumstance of seeing a rude artist at his labour, from which he learned to carve, and having a taste for sculpture led to the prosecution of that art, how unable must they be to calculate the ad vantages to every class of society from the efforts which they might all make to extend the influecce of such an institution.—(Cheers.) It appeared to him, drawing a comparison between this town and others which he knew, that with reference to iet,llectuel attainments, Sun's'er land stood in the rank of a full grown youth. It was a thriving, industrious town, and possessed of considerable animal spirits, but intellectual pursuits were not appre ciated as they might be in a short time; and for that very reason it became of the mere importance that good principles should be established in its mind, so to speak, that it might one day he come, as he had no doubt it would, a town of far higher rank in that respect than at present. He, therefore, felt the importance of every one doing what in him lay to ad vanes such an institution. In proportion as they did so they would be developing the purpose for which they were placed on the earth, tied approaching the time when all shams, guile, oppression, and deceit would be consumed in one grand b►_czs of the light and wisdom of the Omnipotent. In so far as they thus accomplish the araud end of their existence, in so far would they have realised a conjunction with that principle from which ell troth and love proceeded—that state in which it would probably be found that this woad had been a eitrple scbeol, and that all ti,eir difficulties and trials, and every event, as it were but siuLle letters or words on the er reed I;a; , ,c of creation, which was itself an embodiment and index of some gran I corresponding principle in the D:viee mind, from which the whole for our use and in struction had emanated.— (L-Jud applause.) The Philharmonic Society having performed several pieces of music, the Chairman announced that Mr. Sey mour had arrived, and ho desired to give up the chair tai that gentleman. At the request, however, of Mr. Se) moor and others he retained it. W. Mom . SEYMOUR, Esq., barrister-at-law, was re ceived with loud cheers, and in a few preliminary re marks, expressed his regret at the absence of Mr. Butt, and stated that I.e himself was wholly unprepared to make any speech, havieg been engaged till after two o'clock at York, and having only arrived in town a few minutes. He had, however, on his way been thinking on a few points, which he would endea vour now to state to the meeting. What, he would ask, was the object of their presence there? It was not for the simple purpose of hearing the music, although it was very pleasing; it was not merely to meet each other, and exchange words of mutual congratulation; but for a more noble and dignified purpose—to promote, as far as they could, by their example, and encourage ment, and co-operation, a taste for education, and, above all, for self education among the labouring artizans and the mechanics of this growing and important town and neighbourhood. This object persons connected with such institutions ought always to have in view. In :that light then should they view the effect of education on the working classes? Did not education, and escecially self-education, show itself in their social, morel, intellec tual, and political development? The working classes of this country could not assume an attitude worthy of them in this age of progress, unless education had exerted its influences on them intellectually, socially, and politically. And what was the present condition of the country as to social progress? Looking abroad with a p‘iilosophic eye on this age, there were two things which must strike them all—one was that there was a spirit abroad, and the other that there was a fact giving lite to that spirit. The spirit was life in as age of progress, and the taw:, was that they lived in an age which was deve loping a people. It was because they lived in an age of progress that they shoal encourage social progress among the working classes. "Men the workers! men my brothers! For ard, forward lot us range"— to quote an American poet, was the language he would use in urging on the working classes to the noble and dignified pursuits of literature. Man was to be edu cated bicauw of his kherent dignity as a man, and not because it was his misfortune or his lot to be employed at a certain trade. It was the spirit of man which ennobled him, and rendered him worthy of education; not the lot in which ho Witi cast. The deTolopment of the grand intellectual powers which Providence had be stowed on him teas the first effect education ought to Lave on tl'e working classes. MA ought to exalt the labour by dignif)ing he labour( r. But there was another reason why they should regard the cduc:ition of this class as moitjinpe tint. They lived in days of progress; he it raitwoys now (x'end rg in all quarters conveyed tiicm along with arrow-like speed, bringing minds into contact with minds in a manner which fifty years ago would have been regarded as impossible; they had the electric telegraph now conve3 ing messages fur the at- tendance of a physician upon a dying man, now pressed into the service of justice to entrap the murderer or the thief; and aaidst all these pools rf progress was the mind to continue inactive? When they had the means of improvement were the to be left uneducated? Were there to be no railway effects on their minds, no touch like an electric shock, running from heart to heart —the magic or e4ue.:tion which would enable every man to converse on subjects of which they now knew nothing? There was even a ni(le piscticdl view in which he re garded the question—viz., as to the effect which educated labour wculJ have upon the country. He believed they had entered on times in which any man to succeed and gratify a reasonable and lawful ambition, to prosper in any trade or business, must be an educated man.— (Chec ri.) The times were such that there could be no longer any indolence i❑ this respect. They must be up and tieing, The eyes of the world were on Ecgland at present. This country vt as now developing something which had never before been seen. Not to speak of rail ways, electric telegraphs, and other triumphs of genius, re were other 1:rt8 dawning around them—the arts of peace and peace itself.—(Cheers) This country was now standing forward and offering to the world the olive branch, the mystic symbol and type of peace. He could not say anything disrespectful of that noble pro fession which had fought the battles of England, for to it they were indebted for the peace which they now enjoyed ; it had given them the opportunity of cultivating the arts of peace. But the very , effect of this progress of pe ac e a n d of this coun t r y standing forth as the great leader and patron of the arts of peace in these times, would be that the competition for labour would be immensely increased. 'rho working man, however, to succeed must educate himself. What had elevated the middle classes? Macaulay in his " History cf England" stated that little more than a century ago, the curates of the Church of England used to perform the most menial offices, and sometimes stand during dinner at the back of the chair of a country squire, who would now only be too glad to be recognised by a der. gymaa. There was a time a hen the middle classes were as much beneath &a aristocracy as the working classes sre beneath the middle classes. What had produced the elevation of the middle classes? What but education? —(Cheers.) Therefore, he argued, that if the middle classes had elevated themselves by education into another aristocracy, and since the working classes had the same opportunities of education, and far better opportunities than the middle classes had, why should they not ele vate themselves in the social scale, and take up that position which he believed they were yet destined to hold ? While speaking of the working classes, it just occurred to hinkto mention the case of the handloom weavers, ninny thousands of whom were driven out of employment by the introduction of machinery. These poor men were frequently led away by such persons as Louis Blanc, who took advantage of the ignorance of some of them to impress their minds with erroneous principles. If these handloom weavers bad been edu cated, they would have been better able to men the neces sary result of the progress of machinery, and to combat against the oscillations of trade. These men merely did the work of machines, but if they had been educated they could have turned to some other employment to obtain a livirg, instead of throwirg themselves on the parish, or into the workhouse. Therefore, on all grounds—on the high ground of the dignity of their common nature, and their duty to cultivate the powers which Gad had given them ; or in the lower sense, with regard to the increase of competition in this country from the increase of the arts and the spread of pecce ; or on the ground of the effect of oscillations of trade on uneducated men—he submitted that he had shown that education was necessary, and that they were properly emplo) ed in encouraging the social developement of the working classes.—(Ct,eers.) But I,e must next speak of a moral developen.ent, by which he mint the spread among the corking classes. in the first instance, of a spirit of independence—(Cheers)—second, a spread of the spirit of self denial, and looktug to the future. Did not the benefit societies, and othet similar institutions springing up in the country, show a moral development and a moral progress and advancement? This develop ment tended to make the home of every working man a little domestic Atheetanm, and it was such a result of which he was no F. , the advocate. There was, moreover, a social development, w hich was the effect of education ; and also au intellectual development, which was the proper end and aim of all who cculd read. " God be praised for books," said an eloquent writer, " they are voices of the dead to the living, and make us heirs of the life of past ages." Books alone would make the working man not only socially and morally improved, but intel lectually great. It seemed to him that the working classes in this country were beginning to think for them selves. Man thinking was abroad. They saw proofs of this daily; and in ten or twelve years a vast change in this respect had taken place, On the grounds which he had enumerated, then, he contended that this institution and its members, and the object which they had at heart, were entitled to the confidence and respect of the people of Sunderland.—(Cheers.) But education could not produce the effects which he had mentioned, without also producing political progress, by which he meant that consummation which would be brought about when the working man was no longer the slave of an agitator, nor depended on any other man for his opinions; but when he would exercise his own free and independent judg ment on the great questions of the age.—(Applause.) He was not afraid of such a development. Some said that if the working classes were educated great danger would arise. Such people seemed to compare those who held opposite views, to the crew of the ship in which Columbus discovered America, who, when they neared the shore cf the new world, were surrounded by mists end fogs for several days, and gave way to despair, thinking of the dangers which might arise. Those persons to whore he had referred wou!d tell those who, like him, were engaged in the noble task of endeavour ing to educate the working classes, that dangers were near, that breakers were ahead, and fogs and mists prevailing. But if there were such dangers, he wished to let light amongst them; to let education dissipate these fogs, and show to the working classes what really ley before them, and what that new world of develop ment was which he, had been speaking about. After relating the Irishman's definition of " nothing" to be a " footless stocking without a leg." Mr. Seymour stated his definition of the same word to be " a Mechanics' Institute without mechanics." This, he was afraid, was too true with regard to the institute here. The result of all their efforts ought to have shown itself; and he did regret that the mechanics fur whom this institution was designed did not take advantage of it. The institute he understood had two objects, one of which related to mechanics. He should like to see a collection of cheap books to which they might have access at a cheap rate, and lectures upon subjects likely to prove interest ing to them, such as anatomy, physiology, geology, &c. He knew that excellent results had flowed from such lectures in other towns, and he thought they might be introduced here. He would undertake to get Mr. Butt to deliver one lecture in the course of next year—(Cheers)—and if Mr. B. did not come, he (Ms. S) would deliver two in place of him.--- (Renewed cheering.) He hoped some other gentlemen weuld fellow this example. He concluded by referring to the it,flnence which the ladies possessed in rendering the institution ;successful, and in placing it in a position worthy of Sunderland end its advancing prosperity, in which he expressed his deep interest.—(Great cheering.) Mr. BROWELL then exhibited several cf his beautiful disselving viers, to the great satisfaction and delight of the cArvny. Several pieces of music having been performed, Mr. TODD moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Seymour _ _ fur his kilidness in attending the soiree, at grent per sonal inconvenience, and for his excellent address on the oecasion. Mr. CHALMERS seconded the motion, which was passed unanimously. Mr. SEYAIOUR returned thanks for the c;mpliment raid him. After some other speeehe::. a cordb.l vote of thanks was passed to Dr. MIT fcr his kindue.s in comii g ward to till the chair in the absence of Mr. Butt. The meeting then separated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 21. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual airings. His Roy - al Highness Prince Albert went out shoot. ink' this morning, attended by Lieut.. Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. The Earl of Lincoln, Lord and Lady Ashley, and Lieut.-Colonel Reid (R.E.), arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny lio..sard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. Mrs. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Reid (R.E.). Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner, and played the following selec tion Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor"...... Nicolai. Invo caz'one all' Armonia.... 11. RM. Prince Albert Aria, " Masaniello" ... Aub,r. _ DEC. 22. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise. Her Alpjesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, her Royal Highness the Princess R,,yel, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The lion. and Rev. G. Wellesley Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at .enched the service. A deputation, consisting of Lord Monteegle, Lord J. Chichester, M.P., Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. Fi , zitephen French, M P., Mr. M'Cullagh, M.P., Mr. Tennent, 11. P., Mr. Sadleir, M.P., Mr. Greene, M.P., Rev. Mr. Daly, Mr. O'Flaherty, Mr. Gregory, Mr. Rainey, Mr. D. Daly, and Mr. Blake, had an interview with the Transatlantic Packet-station Com mission on Friday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches for the Governor of the Gold Coast were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colo , nisi- office. THE ARMY.—The 30th Regiment will move from Walmer to Portsmouth on the 3d, 4th, and 6th of Ja nuary, preparatory to their embarkation for Corfu. The 91st Regiment will move from Dover to Liverpool in the first week of January, to relieve the 52d Light Infantry, which is to embark on the 7th proximo for Dublin. Major- General Staveley is to leave Hong-Kong for England in March next. THREATENED STRIKE on the LONDON an ; NORTH- WESTERN RAILWAY. The following statement, respecting certain alleged grievances of the firemen and enginemen employed on the northern division of the London and North-Western Railway, has been drawn up by Mr. Hardman Earle, chairman of the Locomotive Committee. We are sorry to learn that some apprehension is entertained lest the enginemeu should leave their work this day in a body; a step which cannot sail to cause great inconvenience to the public, while it cannot be attended with any real be nefit to the men themselves:— " The enginemen and firemen of the northern division having made a formal complaint to the superintendent of sundry alleged grievances, the directors of the Locomo tive Committee, on Tuesday, the 17th of December, met a deputation from the enginemen on the subject. " At this meeting the following enginemen attended to explain the sentiments of the general body :—J.Murphy, T. Stockdale, John Treshingbam, J. Waterworth, J. Allen, S. Butterworth, George Eaton, James Turner, P. Coleshill, J. Bowman, and E. Willians. " To this deputation the Chairman of the Locomotive Committee read the following copy of resolutions, which, with other documents, had been transmitted to the di rectors, viz. :-r " ' A Copy of Resolutions agreed to by the Enginemen and Firemen of the London and North-Western Rail way, Northern Division. " 1. That the three months' system be abolished altogether. " 2. That all those men that have signed the three months' notice, their signatures shall be erased, and they be placed in the station they were in before the signing the three months' notice. " 3. That no engineman shall be enforced to take any but his own fireman, except in case of emergency, this being continually enforced, to the inconvenience of the engineman. _ 4. That those men who have been reduced for ob ecting to sign the three months' notice be reinstated in heir former positions.' The committee then inquired whether these reso lutions correctly set forth the views and sentiments of the enginemen, and the reply was in the affirmative, after which a long discussion took place with the depu tation of enginemen, at the close of which the committee stated, that in order to avoid any error or unintentional misapprehension, they would, after due consideration, send a written answer to the demands of the enginemen, as declared in the resolution above recorded. The fol lowing is their answer:— "In regard to the first resolution, that the three months' notice should be abolished altogether,' the di rectors will repeat now what they stated distinctly to the deputation of enginemen—that the system recently introduced of requiring from all new enginemen and new firemen three months' notice before quitting the company's service was not adopted, as supposed by the deputation, in order to bring about a reduction of wages, but simply with a view to obviate the acknowledged evil of a sudden stoppage of the line, occasioned, perhaps, by some misunderstanding between the enginemen and the locomotive superintendent. It must be evident that ithout the protection of such notice the whole com mercial and postal communication between England and Scotland and Ireland might be suddenly suspended, or, if partially kept open, it would only be by means of new and inexperienced hands; the public being thereby put to the ri,k of delays and accidents, which it is the duty of the directors by all practical means to prevent. But, while thus endeavouring to insure the good order and safety of the line, the terms of the notice (now ob jected to) provide that for any enginemen who desires to make a bond fide engagement with another company, or who shalt propose to go abroad, or, in fact, who shall wish to quit the company's service for any valid reason altogether unconnected with a general strike, the usual fortnight's notice will be deemed sufficient. It must be remembered, also, that the old enginemen are not re quirt d to Eutlscrite to the notice. " The directors repeat that they have no intention by this measure to reduce the wages of old and tried bands, nor to obtain the services of those who are disposed to sign for a lower rate of wages or remuneration than what similar duties are perf.irm , cl for at present, nor do they grudge the present high wages of 7s. per day as the reward of long and faithful service, but they expect in return a z,?alous and cheerful obedience to rules and regulations framed in a liberal spirit, and calculated ge nerally to establish a system which will ultimately secure reguLrity of the line, the safety of the public, and the well-being of the whole concern. " The second resolution must be considered as an swered in the reply to No. 1, " No. 3. 'That nu engineman shall be forced to take any but his own fireman, &c.' The committee will engage that every engineman shall be provided with a competent and efficient fireman; and, as a general rule, as is the custom now, they do not object to their remaining together. But they regret that they cannot be bound, under all circumstances, to comply with this demand of the enginrmen, as it would be surrendering their undoubted right to the control over their own servants, as well as yielding to a dicta tion which would be subversive of all discipline in the establishment. " No. 4. That those men who had been reduced for objecting to sign the three months' notice be reinstated in their former positions.' " The committee deny that any registered engineman or fireman has been reduced, or is intended to be re duced, for refusing to sign the three months' notice. They avow that they will give a preference to all those who are candidates for promotion who are willing to conform to this reasonable regulation; and they are de termined to keep faith with any who have signed, or who may hereafter sign, under such expectation, pro vided they are deemed to be equally well qualified to un dertake the higher duties as others who decline to sign. HARDDIA.N EARLE, Chairman of the Locomotive Committee of the Northern Division. " Liverpool, Dec. 21." ST. BARNABAB CHURCH, PIMLICO. —This church was re-opened yesterday for the performance of Divine ser vice. It was not generally known that the order which had been issued on the preceding Sunday for closing the church would have been so soon withdrawn, and conse quently the congregation was almost entirely limited to the inhabitants of the district and the other regular attendants at the church. There was no crowd assembled at the doors, and the service was conducted without any confusion or in fringement of decorum. The Litany was intoned by the Rev. Mr. De Gex, one of the curates; and at its conclusion some curiosity was manifested to observe whether the large wax candles which stand upon the altar would be lighted, according to the custom which has been hitherto observed. This, however, was not done. The Commandments were read by the Rev. Mr. Fyffe, who stood at the north side of the altar, with his face directed towards the south. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Cowie, principal of the engineering college at Putney, from the 6th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, the sth and 6th verses. The Rev. Gentleman did not make use of the prefatory sentence, " In the name o' the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." which it has been hitherto usual to employ in St. Barnabas Church. He directed his remarks to the illustra- tion of the effect produced on every man by the rite of bap tism, and consequent admission into the membership of Christ's body, and to the enforcement of the practical duties arising from the new relations in which man is thereby placed. His discourse was delivered with force and empha sis, and was listened to with marked attention. The Offer tory was then lead, and the congregation afterwards quietly dispersed. DEATH 01' THE CHEVALIER ARNOLDUS VANDEN Banal.—Died on the 20th instant, at the residence of his son, on the Grand Parade at Portsmouth, at the advanced age of eighty-four, Chevalier Arnoldus Vanden Bergh, who for upwards of fifty years performed the onerous duties of Consul for the Netherlands, France, Austria, Portugal, Lu beck, Bremen, and Hanover, which some years back he re signed, and are now so satisfactorily performed by his son, Lewis Vanden Bergh, Esq. From his honest and upright conduct through life, Mr. Arnoldus Vanden Bergh acquired the esteem and respect of a large circle of friends, who, with his relatives, deeply regret his loss. THE RIOT AT BIRKENHEAD.—After the evidence of Thomas Hughes, given at Chester on Friday, that of Thomas Coe, of the Liverpool police, was taken. He iden tified Haggerty, Feehan, and Fitzsimons. (A number of bludgeons, pieces of iron, &c., were brought in, which he said resembled the weapons used by the mob.) Sergeant Tom linson, of the Liverpool police, also identified Smith, Hag gerty, and Feehan as taking an active part in the proceed ings. At the close of the last witness's examination, it being past four o'clock, the investigation was again ad journed till Monday morning at ten o'clock. THE LATE SERVICE RENDERED TO THE FRENCH EMIGRANTS sy THE LORD MAYOR.—The following letter fro►n the Charge d'Affaires de France to the Lord Mayor of London was received a few days ago by his Lordship. It was caused by the active and benevolent interference of his Lordship in the case of a great number of poor Frenchmen, emigrants to California, in the Abyssinian, a vessel com manded by Captain Urbain :—My Lord,—The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic has desired me to ex press to you his grateful sense of the benevolent protection you have been pleased to extend to some French emigrants, who have been obliged recently to have recourse to your intervention against a Monsieur Urbain, who had misled them. Having been specially informed of the interest you have deigned to take in this affair, I feel doubly happy, my Lord, in being ,the medium of communicating to you the sentiments of my Government, and with every feeling of the highest consideration, I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient and ♦ery humble servant. (Signed) A. MAILESCALCHI, Charge d'Affaires de France." ASSAULT BY THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES.— At the Richmond Police -court, yesterday, Robert Coombes, the well-known waterman, was charged with assaulting Eliza Horsley. The complainant, who had had two children by the defendant, went to Mortlake for the purpose of asking Coombes for some money for their support, when he induced her to accompany him into a retired lane, and then offered her 10s., which she rejecting as insufficient, he struck her several severe blows on the head, and ran away. The Bench fined the defendant 255. and costs.— Weekly bispatch. IVe regret to hear that Lord and Lady Rivers have sustained a severe and domestic affliction, by the demise of their eldest son, the Hon. George Horace Pitt, who died on Friday afternoon, after a short illness. The Hon. deceased was in his 17th year, having been born in March, 1834. OFFICIAL APPOIISTMEISTS.—Mr. Congreve Brack enbury, who has been for some time doing the duties of Con sular Assistant to the British Mission at Madrid, has re ceived the appointment of her Majesty's Consul at that capital. Sir John Athol' Bannatyne Murray Macgregor is appointed President and Senior Member of Council at the - Virgin Islands. Mr. Philip E. Wodehouse, for some years employed in the civil service at Ceylon, District Judge and Member of Council in that island, will succeed Major Fan court as Superintendent at Honduras. Mr. J. V. Drysdale is appointed Colonial Secretary for St. Lucia. Mr. Robert G. Machugh is appointed Treasurer at St. Lucia. Mr. W. G. Alves is appointed a member of the Council at St. Vincent. Mr. R. Gordon is appointed a member of the Council at Tobago. The Yo: k, Newcastle, and Bernick Railway Company have this week abandoned their ataiths in the river Wear, and have commenced to lead the whole of the coals brought down their Durham and Sunderland branch railway for shipment in Sunderland dock.—Durham Ad vertiser. kiprcules store-ship,': Master-Commander Fulton; at, Greenhith2, is to le fitted with all dispatch, ,fs further service. John, a, s°" . i , g o, The rrook° i ra bie irocca; id bill' rash wi od as 0 we g wa s ill th e pea* i OA were irke" C 801 tio ek 9 ,501 1, 360 ftaP e. socks DO ° 7 0 111 ,1 0 ;y1 yell Ilici44 r i c es, n til° o Per firs t, to ihS 19 1 : 91° 11' 1 1 00 uAI I - r 01 1 310 I eh 11° 1 ) t Or' h at g 9 1 " 1 1 " 41!: 11‘' ifit ° leik' 1, i ti 941, cod. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23 , 1850.