The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-05 00:00:00

BANK RET URNS. (From the Lora= Gazette of Tuesday.) Au Aacovat, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Vidorta, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 22Amount d day of Novembe r, :851: Average PR IVATE BANKS. , Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Ca... . 13,095 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jernmitt and Pomfret 10,875 Aylsha,m Bank, Aylshana—R. and G Copeman 3,911 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rioktord 19,450 and Hunt ............................................. Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswada 3 ink, Baldock—Wella, Hor . , and Lindsell ... 26,070 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple2Marshall and Co 10,360 Basingstoke and Odiha^r. Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co 15,380 Bedford Bank, Bedford —T. Barnard .. Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— --- Trapp, llalfhea d, and Co. ... Bewiley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and 10,241 Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford 13,864 Bank, Bicester—Tubb and Co. .• •• • ••• •. ••• Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—A.ttvrocaa, Spooner, and Co ..................................... 22,247 3irmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham —J. L Moilliett, and Sons ............ ..•• 12,433 31andford Bank, Blandford—Bastard ana °all 7,044 3oston Bank, Boston—Grarfit and Co .... - 56,906 34 - yaton Bank. Boston—Gee and Co .. 14,909 J• &J. Sealey 4 , 953 Bridg v star Bank, Bridgwater -- ElarFord, awl C. 31,964 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Aile,• an d Bridg,north and Etroselev and Bridg,north, Brosei ,, y —Messrs. Pritchard 17,303 Broseley Bank, Buc kingham—Bartlett, Buckin,rham Bank, Parrott, and Co. .. Sudbury Bank, Stow- 16,667 Thiry and Suffolk Bury —Oakes, Bu ry—Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Market Bank , 61.656 lani , ury Bank, B a nbury—Gillett and Ta,wney. `.9.124 B n • y Old Bank, Banbary—Uessrs. Cobb.•• 23,036 a oar •-• tiath —lfoger and Son Batt - , City Bank , 4,293 Bed,'ordaiire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton riu.zaard—Bassett and Grant Birninghana Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds . . Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, York daire—H. A. and W. M. Harris and Co ..................... 12.311 Brecon Old Batik, Brecon—Wilkins and C 0... 60,8 2 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Dritfield Bank, Burlington— Hartlinc,r, Smith, and Co ry Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlleelg,e and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and 16,515 Sons Cambridge ar.d Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—llammond and 27.957 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morria and Sons ................................................... 17,569 2, Chtertaey Bank, Chortsey—M e ssrs. La Coste .„ 990 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and s t eer ...Witham 15,818 colchestar and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtreo, and Co ........................ Cornish Bank, Truro—T,veedy and Co, -.. ...... Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood • c0ck................................ .•. City Bank, Exeter —3,lilford and Co Craven Bank, Settle—Birls.becks and Co. Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, %lonmeuth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Rank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. .. ...... . Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and C 0..., Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co Diss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Finch%m, and Co Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Baekhouse, & Co Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Rohins, Foster, awl Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower, Hall, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelrnsforl—Sparrow, and Co. Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co Fakenhun Bank, Fakenhara—Gurneys, Birk- 1,920 23,633 36,490 18,419 74,469 4,485 6,140 8,904 32,679 21,59 9,336 10,155 57,843 75,675 9,351 44,680 97,585 51,944 33,315 23,682 19,774 beck, and Co. Farringdon BAna and Stink of \Vantage, Far ringlon—Barnes an 1 Medley Farnham Bank, F A rnhlm—Niessri. Knight Faversham Bank, Faverikam—llilton and Co God:liming Bank, Godalining—Vlellersh and 5.374 12,360 5,025 IT,eon Guildford Bank, tduildford—Nieisri. Hay don Grantham Bank, Gt‘antham—Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, 'Hastings—Smith, Rader, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford -latthow3 and Co. Hertford sad Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull —Smith, Brothers, and Co. triintingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veasey Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox,Cobbold, and Cc Herne' Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead— Smith, and Whittingatall Hertror ilhire,liitchen Bank, Ilitchen —Sharpies 4,443 6,144 26,244 26,615 13,515 20,11.3 16,376 39,010 4,521 19,805 and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and rchendeld Bank, Hereford—Morgan Hoskins, and Co vpswi4.:h Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. pswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington—J. T)avies and Co Knighton Bank Knighton—J. Davies and C. Knarosborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresboroug,h — Terry and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Cre wds on, 29,177 16,003 18,507 54,269 and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering . —Ci otzh and Sons Lane End Staffordshire BAnk, Lane End—C Harvoy and Son Leeds Bank. Leeds—Beckett and Co I.A<NI3 Union Bank, Loedi—W.Williaras, Brown, and C Lei , :ester Bank, Leicester —Pagets and Kirby... Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... Li*O.ehl Bank, Lichfield—Palrner and Green... Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith and Co Lampeter Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very —David Tones and Co Co. Bank, Loughborough —Middle tons and Cradoek Lymington Bank, Lyrnington—C. and S. St 18,199 22,651 9,060 19,225 39,229 7,220 5,277 51,752 36,3 26,466 30,402 11,304 73,792 2 2,9 7 7,185 "Barbel .................. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis —Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesa , Ad—l3rooklenurst and Ca IVanningtree Bank,Manningtree — Nunn an d Co. - Marlborough Bank, Niariborough and Wilts Old Bank,. Marlborough Ohl Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and FI ungerford Bank, and Hung,erford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner and Pinckney 1,773 519d.V1n r° ,1 V:h - gni North Wiltshire New Rink, Marlllerolv,h—W ar d, Merriman, and Hillier Merianethshi - r e Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and Willi% n 9.,, , uro_w inPrs' BA n 1 : i r l• llyams and Co 6,283 AionitouthshirzeAvAzirv!. ultural and Commercial 11,996 Bank, Aber vik, ' . 1 , 1 1 ,- I mth Bank, Brecon Monmouth Old Btak Y , --- A ll „'" 11° Y 5 and. Co 25,097 ON, Chepstoz• B w Old Bank, and Ross aid Her efordshirer ° ink, Monmouth —Bromage and Snead ........ Monmonthshire Newport Oki . Ban; ............ 10,588 —W. Williams and Sons ..... i 'Newport n Newark Bank, Newark—Gerlfreys . a-n-a7ii....... Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sl ea fortat° 24,533 l Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock,c 3,744 33,666 11,579 14,970 3,721 and Co ............................... 45,163 Newbury Bank, Newb ury —Bunny and Slocock." 21,958 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket —Eaton, Ham tnond, and Son ..................... 17,943 Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Huilsans .............................................. 45,905 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeok Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co _ti1i8,479 b ea_ton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Go 2 Ba j a o l .,.. B auk, Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and Rzw .4...„, 21 :4 (~, . Bank, Sarum Everett, and I " "40 - ....... 10.913 0 5 4 41 e xt e k- y a ttk a . 7 — o Nottingham—Smith and Co. 25,395 west.try—Broxon.and advestry Old Bank, Os- Oxf,ed Old Bank, Oxfo rd o- -Robinson, Parsons, 10,758 and Co .. Old Bank To nbridge , 2 T ,o o n n b b r iii . d . d . g . e . a—n.dT—o—n.b—ridg..; 31,512 Wells Old Bank , :4 n e tc and Tonbridge We'As and Sevenoake B Ileeching and Sons,„„ ....... , Tonbridge— Oxforeoshire Wituay Basalt, .Wi .. ................. aryl cin ... .. .. ................. acY—Clinek . . ........... r eage ',i Old Bank, Mill, the Hull Old Bank a n d 49 920 Be7erley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co ........ .!--. Penzance Bank, Penzance —Batten and C 0... tii, ,142 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank. Patel:: borougb—Mrt-krs, Yorke Pemorokeshire Bank, flaverfordwest—J. and W. Walters ............. . . 11,043 Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co 24,211 Reading Bank, Readirt.—Stephons,Blandy, and Co 27,830 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Maxwell and Co 4,784 Rochdale Bank, ltochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co 4,535 &Mon Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons 10,693 58,769 9 , 94 „ 24,034 9,107 8,380 Average Amount Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches ter—Day and Nicholson 6,999 Rugby Bank, Rugby —Butlin and Son 11,290 Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co. Ross Uld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard andAllaway .............................. 3,777 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—M e ssrs. Gibs Salop Bank, Shrewsbury on —Burton, Lloyd, and Co 11,966 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrevvsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourno —Valiance and Son 3,015 Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce 10,242 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co. Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherly and Fall . 3,322 Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 605 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 11,579 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and 363 Robins Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton — Me ssrs. Badcock 22,165 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and Co 10,298 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury —Rol p h, Yates, and Parslow .. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton —Duns - ford and Barne ............. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 10,73 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son ......... 13,434 Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S Percival Town and Count of Poole Bank, and Ring wood and Poole Bank Ledgard and 24,255 Sons ... ................................................ Union Bank, Cornwall, lieliton—Vivian and 5,9 6 7,423 9,495 7,583 Co. ...................................................... Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co. Wallingford Bank, Wa llin g ford —Hedges & Co. 8,008 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox Brothers ...... ... West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, W a kefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co. ... 39,95, Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Ban , Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake. Worcester Bank, Worcester —Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 69,726 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley . and Turner Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Foster and 4,24 5,395 39,065 7,980 Sons Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster — Everett and Co. Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton — Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney. Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth--Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,358 York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co.— 37,835 THE SUN, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 49,987 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford ... ..... Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking _ _ 6,926 Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 12,158 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 20,109 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 17,184 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 123,136 _ _ . _ Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax. 18,154 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 33,532 Hull Banking Company, Hull 22,990 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Ha- lifax Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,517 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 19,356 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,199 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 52,667 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds . 22,990 Leicestershire Bankinc , Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking 6 Company, Lincoln 48,275 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,705 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham 28,324 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint- Stock Banking Company, Newcastle National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,609 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 61,593 Northamptonshire Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool 27,428 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Lei- 1,250 tester . .. ... Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,388 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 34,447 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall ... Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield ... • .. Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, Shellieid Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond .. . , 48,713 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company Shaftesbury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 32,660 Wakefield and Barnsley - Union Bank, Wakefield 13,340 Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven . • 25,236 Warwick and Leainington Banking Company, Warwick West of Englane, and South Wales District Bank. Bristol . ...... Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 73,140 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Ir. o Whi u t c c en h u r c h Worcester City and County Banking Company, Wrko r , 4,285 s io te n r Banking Company, York 7O York Cit— and County Banking Comp an York 85 Yorkshire Banking ompany, Leeds 379 :45 12 6 3 125,520 Inland , _ ev DEANS, Registrar of Bank Return& Rev e n tie, Somerset House, Nov. 29, 1851. 9,530 THE MARSHALS OF THE EMPIRE. In the person of marshals Soult ceases to exist the 1804. crj l ated by the Emperor last of the eighteen day after the pro is the order Napoleon, on May 19, Dullwilig an ie d: killed in D e u f k oel e l a ,c tr. Montebello, pro clamation of the empire. Th of their decease :—Lannes, killed in 1809 ; Bessieres 1813 ; Berthie, Prince de Wagrasa Count D u k e Etr de Neuchatel, deceased June, 1815 • mass acred at Avignon, in ' Au Murat, Grand Duke of Berg, gust ' a ft er l w u a l King of Naples, shot in October, 1817 ; Ney, Prince de la Mosoowa and Duke d'El chingen, shot in December, 1815 ; Angereau ' Duke de Castiglione, deceased in 1816 ; Massena, Prince d'Essling and Duke do Eivoli, deceased in 1816 ; Marquis de Perignon, deceased in 1818 ; _Count Ser rurier, in 1819 ; Kellermann, Duke de Valmy, 13th September, 1820; Lefer, Duke de Dantzick, 14th September, 1820 ; Davoust, Prince d'Eckmuhl and Duke zdor d'Amerstaedt, in 1823 • Count Jourds, in 1833 ; Money, Duke d e T rev i se , killed by Fieschi in 1835 ; Duke de Conegliano, deceased in 1842 ; Bernadotte, Prince de Ponte-Corvo, deceased King of Sweden in 1844; and Soult, Duke de Dalmatie, just deceased, and who had held the dignity for 47i years. There is but one other instance of a person in France holding the dignity so long, namely, Henry, Duke de Montmorency, created Marshal by Charles IX., in 1566, Constable by Henry IV., in 1593, and deceased under Louis XII., in 1614. The senior Marshal of France is now Marmont, Duke de Ragusa ; but as he has long resided i❑ foreign countries, Count Gerard, named by Louis Philippe in 1830, may be considered the senior.—Galignani. LONDON, FRANCE. Rose Tamisier, who was lately condemned by the Court of Appeal of Nimes for having got up a pre tended miracle in a church at St. Saturnin, arrived on the 25th ult. at Avignon, escorted by gendarmes, on her way to the prison at Carpentras. She retains a perfectly impassible attitude, and pretends that she is a victim of the incredulity of the century. SPAIN. In the sitting of the 27th ult., the Spanish Chamber of Deputies was occupied with the discussion on the foreign policy of the Government. Senors Madoz and Pddris attacked the conclusions of the commission, which Senor Gonzalez Bravo defended at some length. In answer to a question from Senor Pacheco, the Mar quis of Miraflorea declared he had never applied for the intervention of foreign powers in the Cuba affair, but that he had only addressed a collective note to the Governments of France and England on the subject. CALIFORNIA• The commercial accounts from New York this week contain nothing new, but the later advices from California had surpassed the most favourable aLtici pations. A better state of society prevailed at San Francisco, and there was consequently more steadi ness in business, while the reports from the mines furnished proofs of a degree of success more general than at any former period. At no time:had there been a larger number of persons employed, and the average yield to each was fully equal to the best previous returns. The use of improved methods, coupled with the fact that the comforts at the dig gings are now greater than could have been obtained two years back at the cities, tended to stimulate all parties to steady labour. The weather also bad been very fine and the general health satisfactory. Scarcely a day passes, it is said, in which a fur ther rich discoveries are not announced, and a spot in the northern part of the State had proved very productive where the deposits existed be neath a bed of earth and stones several feet deep, resembling those which have been found on the Turon river in Australia. Regarding the quartz veins particulars are given which show that the working of them will be fully pursued by parties on the spot, and that our best course in connexion with them, instead of seeking doubtful leases at ridi culous prices, would be to obtain as many orders and remittances as possible for good machinery. From the following extracts it will be seen that in the northern districts, no less than in the south, the rock may be traced " mile after mile ;" and, likewise, that owing to the inefficient means possessed by many of the parties who are at present occupied lc crushing, the process is carried on at an expense which would cause them to welcome any one upon their " claims" who would use good machinery, and pay them even the most moderate royalty : " Attention has been drawn in a peculiar manner to quartz mining from the astonishing numba of aurife rous veins which have been discovered in our gold dis tricts. Leads have been traced for mile after mile through the hills, in almost every part of which the presence of the precious metal could be easily detected. " In the Northern Mines Grass Valley has been the most important point in quartz mining for some time past, and in the southern mines, Senora and its imme diate vicinity. Many of those who hold claims which they are convinced will pay are waiting the results of the experiments now being made, preferring delay to in curring the great expense of erecting machinery, with the risk attendant upon a failure. "In Grass Valley six or eight mills are in actual operation, aad as many more in process of construction. The veins, as is generally the case tiroughout the northern section of the country, run regularly, and can be easily followed; but the machinery ii, as a general thing, very imperfect, the arastras not bdng of sufficient weight, and the mortars lacking solidity, while a large proportion of the gold, as is generally stpposed, escapes from the amalgamating table. Most of the quartz mi ners roast their ore, very much in the Nimes manner as brick is burnt, which process renders it easier to be crushed. _ _ ' In Nevada several companies have been organised for quartz mining, and one, the Gold Tannel Company, have apparently on© of the bast mills in operation which can be found in the country. It is of S:ockton's patent, and seems well adapted for doing its work. The mem bers, however, complain of its being insufficient, and intend erecting more powerful machinery. " Nearly all the mills are worked by steam, but at this point the Bunker Hill Company are enabled to work by water power from Deer Creek. By this company a new process is about being introduced, by which the quartz will be broken into lumps of about the size of a man's fist, or smaller, which are to be placed in a furnace and regularly smelted. "It is expected that on subjecting the gold bearing quartz to au intense heat the precious metal will run out, the experiments made on a small scale having proved so encouraging as to induce the company to risk the largo outlay requisite to procure and set up their furnace. " An immense lead of auriferous quartz has been dis• covered in the vicinity of Downieville, high up in the Sierra, which has been traced in a direct line for upwards of twenty miles. In every portion of it gold has been discovered, and in quantities which indicate extreme richness. It is said that a number of companies have been organized for the purpose of working it at different points. " These mills are capable of grinding, each from 18 to 40 tons daily, and each employed about 30 men. The general report is that the stone pays from two to two and a half cents. per pound, which would make a return of from forty to fifty dollars per ton. If these rates could be realised, there could be no doubt of the enterprises paying well, particularly with the chances of richer spots occasionally appearing; but after a very minute investigation, and questioning repeatedly persons of all grades connected with the various establishments, after collecting and comparing the stated returns of all parties, we have been forced to the conclusion that quarts mining, as a general thing, does not, and for a considerable time to come will not pay. " That the leads of quartz rook will eventually prove a source of untold riches, we do not doubt; but we feel convinced that at present the returns are not over 5 per cent. on the capital invested, even those which are re presented as doing the best, while in others a positive los3 is involved. Although throughout the northern mines the veins run very regularly, the expenses are very great and the machinery anything but perfect. " Six months will not pass away before, with many who are rushing into quartz mining on credit with in sufficient and patchwork machinery, expensive labour, Esc., the bubble will burst, and ruin be entailed on not a few who are now considered rich in the possession of a claim. We know that our position is adverse to that usually taken at the present time, but it is the result of very close investigation and long study." In the ordinary mines the quantity of earth that has been thrown up preparatory to washing in the rainy season will be sufficient to give employment such as will prevent the diminution of supplies that has hitherto taken place at that period. As regards the wages to be obtained in other pursuits, it appears that at San Francisco the rate for mechanics is eight dollars (11. 2s. 6d.), and for common labourers five dollars. The number of steamers on the rivers is rapidly increasing, and there are now no less than thirty on the Sacramento and the San Joaquin. In Oregon also there are eleven, although last year there was only one. The Mormons have purchased 80,000 acres of land, well timbered and watered, near Los Angeles, for 20,0001. They mean, it is said, to build a great city and a railroad to Salt Lake. They have given notice that all the emigrants who are preparing to come to them from Europe are to do so by way of the Isthmus. SERIOUS CHARGE. GLOUCESTER, WEDNESDAY.—The magistrates of this city have bean occupied to-day in investigating a charge brought against the captain and first and second mates of the ship Infanta, just arrived at Sharpness Point for this port, with deals from Quebec. From the statements of the complainant George Catlin, who is an Irishman, and of his witnesses, it would appear that on the 13th of August Catlin sailed in the lufanta from Liverpool for Quebec, but the vessel got aground off the Isle of Man, and just as she was got off again a French seaman on board, named Laporte, was ordered to take a turn with a hawser, and because he was unable to do so in conse quence of the speed at which the ship was sailing, the mate George Hawes, threatened to throw him over board, and the Captain (llayland) struck him a se vere blow over the face with an iron belaying-pin, in flicting a very severe wound near one of his eyes, and nearly depriving him of sight. He also repeated the attack in the evening. On the outward voyage Cat lin prepared a written statement .of the particulars of the assault for Laporte to present to the magistrates at Quebec ; but at that port the Frenchman and the whole of the crew (excepting four) deserted, and Catlin heard no more of the charge. He (Catlin) went ashore, and was seized as a de carter, and kept in gaol until the ship sailed for Eng land. On th e 17 t h u lt. th e I n f an t a , b e i ng th en a week's sail f rom E ng l an d , C at li n l os t hi s poc k e t-b oo k o w ne rit o te f n the stat sailors,em en t na o m f ed the assault las, said on he had seen one of the mates take the pocket-book from C a tli n ' s pocket. This man however, although he was in Gloucester yesterday, could not now be it found. The captain, hould be stated, was the n only defendant p resent during the inquiry, and he admitted that, hearing of the ig th ntended charge, he had sent the second mate, John Awre, away Saturday, and on and that the first mate, Hawes, had in conformity with his advice left the city. Catlin, in his evidence, went on to state that on the morning of the 18 th October, when he was lying i n his berth, having a bad hand, the two mate% ...itch bearing a rope with a noose at one end, entered, and slipping the rope over his wrists, dragged him out on the deck. They then passed the ropes over the grillous, dragged him up by the right arm (he hav ing slipped the rope off the other with his teeth), and made it fast, suspending him in this manner with his feet about a yard from the deck. They then tied his other arm up in a like manner, and pulling down his drawers, and turning his shirt over his head, each of the mates administered 13 lashes on his naked back with a cat-'o-nine tails, in the knots of which instrument had been in serted, according to the statement of one of the sailors, a number of " pump nails." Hawes, when he finished his portion of the torture, added a fourteenth lash, exclaiming with an oath, " Take that you -." They then let him down, and Catlin fell on the deck in a fainting state. On afterwards getting up, Hawes gave him a " rope's ending," and kicked him several times, exclaiming, " Now you - go for a witness." Hawes also said, " I have got a paper with your name to it as a witness for Laporte," thus virtually admitting that he had taken the pocket-book from Catlin's pocket. When he applied to the captain for some ointment for his back, the captain told him that he should have the cat for breakfast every morning; that he was not half so badly cut as he would be before he got home ; and that he was to make haste and get well that hc, might have another edition before he got into harbour. Catlin added that he received other ill-treatment from the mate. Catlin, when before the magistrate, was still in a crippled state, and scarcely able to walk. The lace rations on his back and on his wrists were still appa rent, and he stated that the muscles of his arms and back are strained, from being hung up by the arms. The log-books of the vessel were produced, but there was no entry in them of the punishment inflicted on Catlin. At the conclusion of the evidence taken for the complainant, the magistrates said the case was of so serious a nature that they should not dispose of it summarily, but should for ward the depositions to the High Court of Admiralty for their instructions as to what further steps should be taken. In the meantime, the captain was ordered to find bail for his appearance before them again next week. FRIDAY EVENING, THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. On Tuesday morning London was startled with news brought by electric telegraph, of events that had on the same morning taken place in Paris; and we saw revived afresh most vividly the wonder with which the first message of the submarine wire was received. The particulars given in another column will be read with intense interest, and need at this moment no comment. By electric wire and by special train we give all that could be gleaned :up to the hour when our journal goes to press. But even the story of a Paris revolution has to divide our wonder with the means by which that news first reached us. We were long accus tomed to consider the line " And panting Time toil'd after him in vain," as containing a tolerably bold meta phor, even when applied to Shakspere; it turns out, how ever, to be the merest prose when spoken of the electric telegraph. Every railway clerk sees time beaten hollow; distanced every day by the wires under his control. You hear him announce as calmly as if he were remarking on the state of the weather, that a robbery was committed at ten minutes past two, same hundred miles distant, and that the officers at the station are enjoined to be on the look out. You look up at the clock and see that it wants exactly ten minutes to two. The telegraph h as beaten the sun by 20 minutes! If you believe the sun dial or your watch, you have heard of the robbery twenty minutes before it happened. Now that the lines of the international telegraph are completed so as to form an uninterrupted communication between Paris and Lon don, it may happen that the inhabitants of London may hear of an &cute being crushed at the very minute which is registered in the Paris chronicles at the time of its breaking out. Nay, it may yet be possible that Louis Napoleon may perpetrate another coup 'Riot at five minutes past twelve some Sunday morning, and that we may be made acquainted with the fact at five mi nutes to twelve on Saturday night ! Such are a few spe cimens of the pranks which the mad young genius gal venism is playing, to the discomfiture of old Father Time. We do not allude to them for the purpose of ex citing vague surprise, but to draw attention to the fact that a mightier power of nature than was ever before made manifest is now placed in the hands of man; and that our scientific and practical resources will be taxed to the utmost in watching over its develop ment and securing its most serviceable ac tion. Philosophers and practical men are equally at a loss to place any limits to the effects upon the ordinary economy of the world that must be produced by this wonderful agent. Even regarded merely from one point of view—that, namely, of carrying messages— what revolutions may not be expected from a spirit which can " put a girdle round the earth" exactly six thousand times—this is a matter of rigid mathematical computation—six thousand times while Shakspere's Puck performs the operation once I Puck's " forty mi nutes" appears an age when compared with the time de manded by the galvanic current. One most startling effect of the perfection of the telegraphic system will be, that, with respect to the ordinary political and domestic occurrences, the inhabitants of every capital in Europe will be made acquainted with the events which happened the day before, not only in their own town, but also in every other town almost at the same monseut.Now that the communication between Paris and London is perfect, the editors of the daily newspapers read, every day, news from these capitals not more than an hour and a half old. Nearly the whole of this hour and a half is due to the necessity at present existing of transmitting the news by the ordinary methods of locomotion to and from the stations. In some instances even one town may be in possession of accurate accounts of what has passed in another hours, nay days, before the inhabitants of the latter know anything about these events beyond what reaches them by vague rumour. Thu s h a d th e telegra phic communication between Paris and London existed at the time of the last French revolution, and n o politi cal reason e xisted for interrupting it, we might have lis tened to reports from the seat of action describing the events as they succeeded each other every five minutes, while the peaceable inhabitants of Paris were ensconced in their cellars or in their bedrooms, unconscious of every thing but the rattle of musketry and the booming of can non. We can conceive nothing more calculated to stir up the energies of some " used up" m an of fortune than his engaging a room in the office of the international tele graph, through which acommunication is kept up between London and some town on the C on ti nen t w hi c h i s i n a state of insurrection. The rail wa y c l er k would then stand to the languid seeker for excitement in the posi tion of Rebecca to Ivanhoe , whe n s h e looked down from the turret window and described to him the desperate strife which was being carried on below. We can imagine the gradual heightening of the colour, the brightening of the eye, and the acceleration of the pulse, as the palled Sybarite listened to the announcements, The troops have , fired on th e p eo pl e "—" th e peop l e are forming barricades the troops are storming them" they are repulsed —" the King has abdicated"—and go ou. As the . Governments on th e cont i nent seem in tent upon furnishing their subjects with ample tempta tions to resort to measures of this kind, we recommend to the notice of the Electric Telegraph Company the establishment of a department where amateurs of revo lutions may be supplied with instantaneous intelligence at an exorbitant rate. But with a ll thi s as t oun di n g p ow er, the telegraph is not free from a few peculiarities which in some measure cast a cloud over the great ad vantages which it produces. It i s no t con t en t with i b ea ting time, but t throws all the world into a state of i nex t r i c able confusion with respect to time. Already are the towns situated east and west of Greenwich be ginning to feel the annoyance of never knowing " what o'clock it is." Already are the old market clocks, which exercised a despotic sovereignty over all the clocks in town and country adjacent, ,beginning to grumble over the levelling effects of a democratic influence, which "Disturbs their ancient solitary reign." Many of them ' even have had to submit to the disgrace of publishing their own incapacity by having an extra hand affixed to their dials. The uninitiated traveller, who looks upon a clock of this kind at Exeter, and asks with surprise which of the hands indicates the true time, is answered by the indignant townsman in the words of the showman, " Whichever you please." This which may be sport to is death to him. This " condition-of-the-clock question" is becoming more important day by day, and will increase in importance as the railway system be comes more extended, and the telegraphic system more complete. The two lovers in the story, innocent of as tronomy, who, when separated by the Atlantic, looked every night at 11 o'clock upon the moon . when it was visible, and fancied that they were looking at it together, were not more stupidly wrong than any modern traveller would be who, because ho has kept his appointment by railway time, fancies that " mean:time" tells the same tale. The simple remedy which has been proposed by some, that all the clocks in the kingdom should keep ono time—which amounts, in fact, to decreeing that the I sun shall tell when it is twelve o'clock to the inhabitants , of no places but th ose s ituated on the meridian of Green , wich—turns out, like most " simple remedies" for com plicated evils, to be a contrivance for introducing other complexities and diseases. Such a " remedy" would, amongst other evils, render nearly useless numerous tables of the gre a t es t i m portance—such as tide-tables for instance. The confusion which is gradually being intro duced is too complicated for any very simple " remedy," and it must be left to men of science to devise one. In the meantime public attention must be directed to the facts which we have touched upon, and every locality, the interests of which are affected, should contribute its mite of information on the subject, in order that a suffi cient body of evidence may be procured, to enable us to make such alterations in our arrangements as will keep us free from the small annoyances which ever attend the introduction of a great public benefit. The great problem that remains to be solved is the ext ension of the telegraph to our Indian possessions, and to America. We are afraid that our hopes of the accom plishment of the first of these tasks are doomed for many years to disappointment. The only difficulty— that tribes rcivilisingand inhabit manybringing b i into t t o he subjectiontracta whichtti e l i edisor derlybnthe road which the line must take, is, perhaps, at pre sent, insurmountable. We have strong grounds,hot!- ever, for believing that the connexion with America is destined to be accomplished at no very distant period. The project of a submarine line is generally considered . by the best engineers as visionary. There however, one direction in which the line might be carried , i which pre sents no engineering difficulties , and n fact suggests no difficulty but that of expense. The telegraph will shortly bo completed as far as St. Petersburgh. The continuance of the line through the northern parts of Asiatic Russia depends upon nothing but the consent of the Emperor and the presence of sufficient funds. Behring's Straits, which separate the two continents, are not only narrow, but are studded with islands, which would afford considerable facilities for the erection of stations; and when once the Straits:were 'crossed, the continuance of the line to the great cities of the British possessions and the United States would soon be accom plished. We should then have " girdled the earth." The two greatest empires in the world would have a means of instantaneous communication, and among the minor advantages flowing from this wonderful achieve ment, we might reckon that of reading at our breakfast not only the news of the latest revolution in Paris, but also the last night's tittle-tattle from New York.— Daily News. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ROLLS' COURT, Dec. 4. MOORHOUSE V. COLVIN. This cause, which was partly opened yesterday, was resumed. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Toiler were for the plaintiff, Susan Moorhouse. The object of the bill was to obtain from the Court a decree, setting up a marriage contract in the nature of a covenant, entered into by Peter Cochrane, the testator, who had been resident i❑ India for many years, and whose rank there was equivalent to that of general in the army, ho being first member of the Medical Board at Bengal. He married a native woman, named Baba Begum, in 1800, and the result of the union was the plaintiff. In 1808 Dr. Cochrane married a lady named Fearon, by whom he had issue two children, Peter Coch rane and John Cochrane. He brought the plaintiff up in the same manner as his other children, and sent her to England for the purpose of education. Upon his re turning to this country, in 1818, be took up his resi dence in Scotland, where the plaintiff resided with him for some time. By a will, dated in Dec., 1818, he made pro vision for the plaintiff's mother, and gave to the plaintiff a lac of Sicca rupees—equivalent to 12,5001. sterling. He afterwards sent the plaintiff out to India, and placed her under the charge of Dr. Thomas. He was very desirous that she should form a marrimonial connexion, and, upon proposals being made by Ensign Moorhouse, he authorised a communication to bo made to that gentle man to the effect that upon the marriage taking place he should receive 2,0001., nor should that bo all, she (the plaintiff) was and should bo noticed in his will, but to what amount, from the then low state of interest, he could not say. He also expressed a wish that the amount to bo given should be settled upon the lady. The mar riage took place. The testator had stated to various persons at different times that he intended to leave the plaintiff a lac of rupees. By his last will, made on the 14th of October, 1829, he left his property, amounting to between 200,000/. and 300,0001. to his two sons, Peter and John, upon their attaining 25; but in case they died before or without issue, then he left it to the issue of the plaintiff's marriage. Both sons have since died, without issue. The present bill was filed to enforce what was contended by the plaintiff amounted to a covenant on the part of the testator, which bound his estate. Mr. JAMES appeared for the husband of the plaintiff. The MASTER of the ROLLS, without hearing Mr. Roundell Palmer, who was for the defendant, said he did not consider that there was such a contract as the Court could enforce, and must dismiss the bill, but without costs. The defendant to have his costs out of the estate. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. 4. (Before Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS.) IN RE JOHN BERNARD BURKE. This insolvent, described as an heraldic and general author, and a barrister, applied to be discharged. Mr. J. MORGAN appeared on behalf of the assignees of Mr. Churton, the bookseller, who has recently become bankrupt. Mr. COOKE, for the insolvent, objected that the par ties for whom Mr. Morgan appe,ared were not creditors, and therefore could not appear. The debt arose upon bills, and it might be that not a single bill was in Mr. Churton's hands or those of his assignees, in which case they would not be creditors. Mr, MORGAN said some of the bills had been proved, and consequently the estate was injured to the extent of those bills. Mr. COOKE replied that at present no dividend had been paid, and consequently the estate had not been damnified. The Learned COMHISPIONER said his impression was that no debt had been proved. Mr. MORGAN then called Mr. Churton, who stated that independently of the bill transactions there was a book debt duo to him from insolvent for printing to the extent of about 1501. He held 400 copies of a work which was sold at two guineas, but, as it was of a peculiar charac ter, he could not say what the real value was. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS considered a sufficient debt had been shown to give the assignee a locus standi. Mr. MORGAN was not desirous of pressing any thing against the insolvent, but his clients wished to know whether tho insolvent would consent to appro priate any portion of his future earnings to the payment of the debts. Mr. COOKe remarked that the profits of a literary man were too vague to base any proposition upon them. The insolvent had laboured hard to liberate himself from the burdens which he had incurred from his father. The insolvent, upon being questioned, said he was in receipt of 201. a month for editing certain works, but out of that he had to pay a clerk 1001. a year ; and, be sides, his health had been so shattered that ho was al ways in the doctor's hands. Therefore, he could not undertake to set asido any sum without exposing him self to fresh difficulties. Mr. COOKE drew the attention of the Court to the fact that the insolvent's own debts were only 300/, although his means had been drawn upon largely to meet his father's liabilities. The insolvent said at his father's death ho was left encumbered with 2,0001. of debts, besides bill transac tions, of which he had paid 1,6001. His debts were 6,0001., of which 5,0001. were liabilities of his father. Mr. Commissioner PHILLIPS thought there was no reason to refuse the insolvent the discharge he asked for, and there was nothing in the case in any way to affect his honour. The cause of the insolvency was self inflicted, but springing from certainly the purest sources. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged forthwith. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mr. James Solyman Davis, a dealer in plate, watches, jewellery, &c., of 14, Dalby-terrace, City-road, was brought up on a warrant before Alderman Cubitt, charged with obtaining on credit 20 silver watches and other goods from Messrs. Holland and Co., withi❑ three months of his bankruptcy, under colour and pretence of carrying on business, and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, with intent to defraud the said Messrs. Hol land and Co. After some discussion as to the amount, the Alderman fixed the bail in two sureties of 2501. each, and prisoner in his own recognizance of 5001, with 24 hours' notice. The prisoner was then remanded. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Edward Clarke, a surly-looking man, was brought up for final examination, charged with nearly killing his wife by striking her on the head with a hammer. The prisoner was fully committed. Richard Anthony Knight, collector in the service of Mr. B. Nicholl, shirtmaker, Regent-circus and Lombard street, was charged with embezzlement. The prisoner was fully committed. WESTMINSTER. William Burn, a driver in the employment of Thomas Orchard, carman, Gould-square, Crutched-friars, was charged with cruelty to his horses. Captain Stritch deposed to the defendant whipping his horses with the most unnecessary cruelty in the road of Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico. William Butler, a cabman, said, that finding the wheels of the cart fixed in the gravel, he removed his cab and some others to afford defendant an opportunity of getting to the :sound part of the road. He recom mended defendant to give his horses a little time to get their wind, when he applied a most disgusting epithet to him, and struck him with the whip. Mr. Barker, of 28, Shaftesbury-crescent, surveyor, con firmed Captain Stritch's account of defendant's cruelty, and added, that after the horses had fairly started upon the road ho continued wantonly to lash them in a most spiteful manner for thirty yards, at the same time using, very bad language. People around expressed their dis gust at his exhibition of wanton cruelty. Defendant, who had at first, upon finding that Cap tain Stritch could not speak to his identity, pretended that he knew:nothingiof the circumstances, and that there being other carts from the same firm near at the time, he must have been mistaken for the real offender, be gan, upon finding that he was positively recognised by the other witnesses, to identify himself with the trans action, and then alleged that he merely got down and took the foremost horse by the head to remove the cart, but that he never whipped them nor the cabman, and further, that he had not the whip in his hand. George Ste►enson, of 9, Fieldgate-street, White chapel, a jobbing ostler, who had accompanied the de fendant on the day in question, for want of anything better to do, swore that he had his whip in his hand all the time and sat in the cart, and that defendant neces sarily never touched the horses or man with it; and John Bolt, a boy twelve years of age, belonging to the charity school of St. Betolph, Aldgate, who was also with defendant, gave similar evidence. Mr. Aarioma felt that he should no be doing his duty to society unless his inflicted upon the defendant the severest penalty of the law. The cruelty of which de fendant had been guilty would alone justify him in that course; and when he took into consideration that de fendant had suborned two witnesses to commit perjury, he felt the greater reason for severity. Defendant was then convicted in the penalty of 51., and committed for two months to hard labour, in default. DECEMBER 5, 1851. WORSHIP-STREET. Charles Morris, an elderly man of respectable ap pearance, was placed at the bar before Mr. _the:lmill, charged with an atrocious outrage upon the person of a female child only three years and a fortnight old. When brought to the court from the Spitalfields sta tion he was followed by a mob of several hundred per sons, shouting and execrating him the whole distance, and it required the united exertions of six or eight con stables, by whom the prisoner was completely sur rounded, to protect him from their summary vengeance, a disposition they continued to exhibit until he was driven off safe to the House of Detention in the van. The prisoner was committed until Thursday next, for the depositions to be taken. LAMBETH. Thomas Bew, the notorious begging-letter impostor, who has been in custody for some weeks on two charges of gross fraud—the first in obtaining 251. from the Earl of Digby by false representations, and the second in getting 201. from his Grace the Archbishop of Canter bury by the same means—was again placed at the bar before the lion. G. C. Norton. Captain Wood, the managing director, and Mr. Fer guson, the clerk to tho Mendicity Society, were present to watch the case. kipgrni, iA eemaittiDg the plieeher fvr trial; Ke7 marked that the public wore much indebted to the Noble Earl (Earl Digby, who had attended the court) for having, at his advanced period of age (nearly 80), and at this inclement season, travelled nearly 200 miles to discharge what he considered to be an act of duty by ai sisting the ends of justice. In no class of cases more than the present was justice more frequently frustrated, as the fraud was generally practised on aged and nervous persons, and therefore it was most praiseworthy on the part of the venerable Earl to come for ward as he had done. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. The annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the office in Leadenh all-street, Captain S. Thornton, R.N., in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended. The report, read by Mr. Howell, the secretary, announced a sum disposable for the half-year's divi dend of 50,216/. The directors recommended a di vidend of 4 per cent. upon the half-year, amounting to 42,0001., which left a balance to be carried to the next year's account of 8,2101. Two screw steamers of 1,200 tons and one of 1,800 tons have been ordered to be built. The two former are expected to be ready in January, and the latter by next May. The directors have also purchased on the stocks two other screw steamers of 700 tons each, for the purposes of the monthly (or more frequent) communication be tween Calcutta and China. The first, the Shanghai, was dispatched for her station on the 221 of October last, and the second, the Chusan, will be ready for sea early in January. The report also states that— " In order to meet the growing demands of the public on the company's lines of communication between England, India, and China, &c., for more extended passenger accommodation, and also for an increased rate of speed, the directors have con tracted for one of a series of larger steamers, which they have named the `Himalaya,' measuring upwards of 3,000 tons, and to be propelled by engines of 1,200 horse-power. The hull is now in progress by Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwell, and the engines are being constructed by Messrs. Penn, of Greenwich. The directors have confidence in stating, that they expect this ship to realize a higher rate of speed than has hitherto been attained by any large ocean-going steamer." The loss of the Pasha, one of the Com pany's steam-vessels, in the Straights of Malacca, on the 21st of July, by collision with the company's steam-ship Erin, was adverted to in terms of deep re • gret, on account of the loss of life by which this melancholy accident was attended; but, with this exception, the company's fleet was reported to be in a most efficient state, and their affairs generally in a satisfactory condition. The directors congratulated the shareholders upon the removal of the difficulties which have hitherto impeded the construction of the railway through Egypt, the works upon which will now be carried forward with all possible speed. The directors finally recommend a dividend of 4 per cent., clear of income-tax, for the half-year ending the 30th of September last, payable on the 23d inst. The report having been read, The CHAIRMAN assured the shareholders that the directors would follow up the inquiries already being made in India relative to the loss of the Pasha, and that they would visit with their severe displeasure any person guilty of negligence on that occasion. The rest of the report presented, he said, one unvaried subject of congratulation. The company had, he be lieved, fulfilled the expectations of the Government, and had increased the confidence reposed in them by the loyal and faithful discharge of all the obligations which they had entered into with the state. The directors had had it in their power to assist the Go vernment by the conveyance of troops, &c., to the Cape of Good Hope, and it was a subject of congra tulation that during a period of seven years, and comprehending about eighty voyages, only one mis hap had occurred in bringing the mails from China to this country. General BRIGGS moved the adoption of the report; and Dr. BEATTIE, in seconding the motion, declared that the commencement of the railway through Egypt was owing to the persuasive influence of Lord Pal merston, to whom the company was deeply indebted. In reply to Mr. LEwIN, The CHAIRMAN said he had no doubt the new steamers in course of being built for the company would be able to accomplish the speed required by the new contract. Several gentlemen expressed their satisfaction with the position and prospects of the company, and their confidence in the directors. The election by the directors of Mr. W. F. De Salis to fill the vacancy at the board occasioned by the death of Sir J. Pirie, Bart., was confirmed ; and Mr. J. C. Swart and Captain A. Nairne, the outgoing directors, were re-elected. The recommendation of a dividend of 4 per cent. upon the half-year was also agreed to, and the meet ing separated after a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors for their services. The extensive operations of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company will be best seen by a list of the vessels which now form the company's magnificent steam fleet ; Southampton and Alexandria service. Ripon, 1,500 tons, 540 horse• power. Indus, 1,400 tons, 450 horse-power. Bentinck, 1,800 tons, 520 horse-power. Suez and Calcutta service. Hindostan, 1,800 tons, 520 horse-power. Precursor, 1,600 tons, 500 horse-power. Haddington, 1,500 tons, 500 horse-power. Oriental, 1,600 tons, 500 horse-power. Bombay and China service. Singapore, 1,300 tons, 500 horse power. Ganges, 1,300 tons, 500 horse-power. Malta, 1,225 tons, 450 horso-power. Achilles, 1,000 tons, 420 horse-power. Pekin, 1,180 tons, 430 horse-power. Braganza, 800 tons, 280 horse-power. Intended for Suez and Calcutta service. Pottinger, 1,400 tons, 450 horse-power. Calcutta and China service. Erin, 850 tons, 280 horse-power. Lady Mary Wood, 650 tons, 260 horse-power. Shanghai, screw, 700 tons, 100 horse-power. Canton Local service, Canton, 400 tons, 150 horse power. Constantinople and Peninsular service. Sultan, 1,100 tons, 400 horse-power. ETmu,iogxnui Montrose, e k, o l 6 o tso o (n) t st o ,o n 2n s Bs , ,0 5 2 0 h. 4 0 00 r h she o o- r rp s s e oe - w- p pe o or w .w e e r. r. I m b a e d r i r a i , d 6 , 0 65 0 00 00 t o t n o sn, tons,s 2 0 21 0 66 00 h o hh roos horse - ss ce p o pp we oo ww r. ee rr Jupiter, Vessels building. Himalaya, 3,000 tons, 1,200 horse-power. Bengal, screw, 1,800 tons, 400 horse-power. Madras, ditto, 1,200 tons, 300 horse-power. Bombay, ditto, 1,200 tons, 300 horse-power. Chusan, ditto, 800 tons, 100 horse-power. Total -35.455 tons, 11.500 horse-power. WATERLOO-BRIDGE COMPANY. Yesterday the half.yearlv general meeting of the proprietors was h e ld a t th e Freemasons' Tavern, Mr. W. Anderson in the chair. The report r ea d b y t h e secre t ary , a ft er re f err i ng t o thethe receipts satisfactory arising position of the company, stated that from tolls for the half-year, from February 23 to August 23, amounted to 10,7041. 9s. 101; the r ece i p t s f or t h e corres p on di n g period of the previous year being 8,4341. 18s. Bd., showing an in crease of 2,269/. 11s. 2d., of which 1,4001. 2s. was for horses and carriages, and 8691. 9s. 2d. for foot pas sengers. There bad been a further increase since August last of about 1,3461. on these items. This in crease had been in a great degree owing to the attrac tion of the Great Exhibition, and consequent greater traffic. The balance in hand, which in February was 9001. 25., after payment of current expenses, interest on bonds, dividend of 3s. 6d. in the pound to the annuitants, and other disbursements, now amounted to 2,814/. 03. lid. Several vacancies in the direction had occurred, and the committee, in closing their re port, assured the proprietors that everything affecting the interests of the company had received their best attention, and expressed their satisfaction that the bridge was still in a perfectly sound state, without any appearance of defect or settlement. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, the report was unanimously adopted, after which the auditor's report was read to the meeting and confirmed. Three vacancies in the committee having b een de clared, Sir John Rennie, Mr. A. Gordon, and Mr. J. Ivatt Briscoe, who had retired by rotati on , were re-elected ; Mr. Benjamin Olivera was pr o p ose d as a member of the committe, in the room of Mr. Bread nall deceased, and unanimously elected ; Mr. J. R. Walsh being also again chosen as auditor of the com pany. Some conversation took place on the subject of a project for a railway across the Thames over Hunger ford-bridge, some account of which h as appeare d i n the papers, by which,if carried out, it was supposed the interests of the company might be affected. The Chairman stated, however, that, as far as could be as certained, there was no such project in existence ; that no Parliamentary notice had b een g i ven , an d th e necess ary deposit had not been paid ; nor were the railway company (the South-Wester n ) aware of the s cheme referred to ; it was therefore unnecessary for the company to take any step in the matter. Thanks were voted to th e c h a i rman an d di rec t ors for their services, which were briefly acknowledged by the former, and the meeting adjourned. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and Pills an infallible Remedy for Tumours, Swellings, and Con tracted Joints. Ann Carter, housemaid, residing with a fa mily in Burton-crescent, had an immense tumour on her right knee, which increased to such a size that she could not bend the joint, and was in consequence obliged to leave her situa tion. Iler medical attendant informed her that there was no chance of cure, and it would be necessary to amputate the limb. This opinion not satisfying her, she commenced using Holloway's Ointment and Pills in good earnest, and by God's blessing they have been the means of effecting a perfect cure, and she has resumed her former situation.—Sold by all Drug gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, LuslutL THE COUNTRY MARK11,:8,;(0c1 foreign wheat asw short, and each is dearer to 8 1 t , 3 per l per enarter. E ng lish ~,,tintit (new), 373 t°,7,'co r ed imperial ditto qr; foreign white ditto, 40s to 423; u 1 " 34 , to 37 , (,'.uP" 59 n) , 38s to 405; ditto ditto 0 00 ' /ba rd) 3,,5 -; to tutto ditto (ordinary), 31s to 335; ditto ditto l so k, di English t to andm barleys A 3 w 4s per 4801bs. English flour was Is Pe t oo lish and erican ditto is per barrel dearer,. ... 'ditto flour ('. (sweet-econds), 27s to 29s per sack; Anserletworiey wu fir ) , 19s 6d to 21s per barrel. Fine 036Itirg boer, Wbite oats were 6d per qr, and Wick en seconds a an i t i i l u g g ) r , i n 2 d 6 i i n g lO in 31 1 . 3 5 v p o t e t r r of ro tb e e r i: o l ol ci b t ,. ; foreign ditto (grinding), 23s to 25s Per no . qr dit . to, 3 lBs 9d to 91s 3d; foreign ditto, Irish dearer. Devon and Welsh oats 16s to 17 Per. t w o r oselt white ditto, 18s to 193 6d per 3201b5; d ltt er ioiP ditto 13 ~,,ri n qr; 48011os. The average from the' l7s to 181beoei, 24 to t - 1 ,,, r e , Karla e t y ol 2 ( 7 ) a s t.s 6. l d 7 , S .(2•18r..3 to from 6LI to Is per qr higher. n g li6 07i der 32s per imp q-• foreign ditto, 9l; corn in e P ee ' eittot t 3 u 7 r i ns are.—Bristol wheat 37s 3d, Glouceste.rsi 9,i; Bristol beans 3° -s 3d. oti tl ' e lest . ,1 BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 4.—A t Gloucester Inir ~ abo oos 30th, onm an advance of 6d to is per quarter fit ia the isal e ~m ust descriptions of wheat. At Worccstert r illli civil, the Ill.& ruled dull, at the currency of , n e e! o n t night. Bayley rather lower. Osts.uaaltersoiefir Gloucester ceGsitTiredisttteor2Vst°,.A;nrist°l . o ls per quarter dearer. Peas sciircs Orlft.oo' the During the present week the BOP° I, t o po t " growers e having born large, buyers have been ab d ' we pr e nase without submitting, to any adance, and Joe; not much life in the trade. Barley again r„,ll,,t;diontilij Oats , find buyers at about reviou• rates. - 1 " 'beet' . ed " se • 1 ' ) of English beans offering P having increas k. app lie 1 the rise in ' peas.wh, At this day's market there was aleB!,t!ottsieety 'at from the farmers, but 00 advance could IP p 08 0 Barley of all kinds dull, and the tarn low,„e i. r. . re tra s „ little doing; their valuo is unaltered. I"sioceboit, larger y supply of English beans than aril clq pet 1° et est, and both old and new were Is to 9i v , ,v potl e lower; but no decline was submitted to ' 4l ' 4 ' i rsi Fame , . Peas gave way is per quarter. , __There ye DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, DE C ' *, the fittendliAill a u plentiful supply of hit beasts to -day ,e-rereti,eep disposed purchasers was large, and the best things T',, , bs tl i , ; Ile rs of at a slight advanco in pr ,ce • ii , o py 5 f i i I: j e u n u s wero well filled with s heep, "' it ' ll).- us' °l d° in price. Fat pigs were nail' nuasere 0,00, 5 re; cal 5, yes more plentiful. Beef, 4i3 to 5d ; rli fi li d per sc° l3 Id; veal, 5d to 51d per lb; rills st °73 - id to I rough fat, 3s Cl- ' ,-- '' b bide" I A , per stone of 141 s; ..-. 10' per lb; calf skins, 23 to 33-d per lb. , Pe t ...- t oo a DINBUIIGH GRAIN MARKET, PO' 3. , i p 1 ' 0 fair supply of grain in the market to-Liait;ii. 1,J.0 and weeks barley sold quickly—Oats an d beans 1141140e:0 trifle k's prices well maintained, and Wit h 13 „Ithe .l o e ti r sr 4d ifl u e higher. The top of wheat WAS le, fi', e ,roge r l c i 01/' Oa P. Barley on the top 6d, and the P a ge . % iti ts on the top Is 81 down, and the the°lretligArs Beans on the top same as last week, and barley' down. Unsold, 58 ~ 13 9 eirs ~ _rs wheat, eo oats, and 32 o h 44 0 a qrs beans Top of Wheat • .. 64,-. Os 7,1 su ss Barley 7... "••. ~• 551! h b ' ;Is 0 ~, „ Oats ..„ •• ~ 45 ',,• :360 o r „ Beans ... ... . "ii' l l ' e lil°'); EDINBURGH ••• -• •n • ",, , r ;3••• - lier' 51 CATTLE •111ARKET, .L,'-• Tope fro cll 1 of cattle was 332, or 175 fewer than last w eek., i ' f f e co" current, 6s . 6s Od to 6s 9d ; secondary and itn_re'3s , e, - 0 0 " Per Dutch stone. A clearaq' oloeutioP this 1.40 40. The ' number of sheep at market st f eew A d to • 2,174, being 154 more than last week. n e , e wes ' top • price, 5d per lb • bd to ad? A good clearance , current, effected. IP - C ORK, DEC. 3' Oftelso" ° al ° do O d Barrels. 000 ss 23 White wheat 21s Od to 00 s 0 0s vs .. ' 45 Red wheat l7s 6d to 18s Od 68 Ditto lBs Od to 185 9 , 11 31 Ditto 0 Ditto : 08 1; 0 4 ' .1 6 4. 71 Barley 108 Od to 115 1011 000 114 Ditto 0 Bere 3 11 1 3 8 D D i i t t t t o o sss 04'' 377 Oats. 9s Od to 105 ° cl ,l. toss 0 8 10 00 d dd tt t t 0 00 l ci ` t 2 ) s 3s 0 : 0 dui 0s 0 r ot lOs Od to lOs 6 " Od P° a os 0 barrels white wheat ; 5 red ; 332 Pigs. 26s Od to 325 Od Fr og s*: sf e; • Quantity sold at the Highest . 0 , •ey V 1 1 14 WI 10 0 ,s , ... 6 Wheat, 1,7'x3. T. Barley, 2,682. Oats' _ s, la Ow b Quantity of Grain and Number of Pig e 6 - 3 ° 60. s F e ir c s o t n q d uality lo' BUTTVt* s2 4,f ' 060 PRICES OF 0 s" Third Fifth quality yy 795 First (1 quality ' ‘ „os 5 , 75s Second _iit,„.. ~,„ 0, 69s Third (1 0 .. a' s iiii .", .. ... .' 41 0 s. .. Fourth quality 60s Fifth qu' i i t y .''il , Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ."6,0, to 1 5 ,! 0t 0d _ Pigs, 1,122. Sheep, 190•.„„ 6d;, ettitas;:sle CO RK. —Flour —First Ile 6d to s" 10 , 0 3 ; - 19s'ocl r s r seconds, lOs Od to lls Od; households Ss to;6, OW v 6i 7o or OOs; meal, dealers Pato 9 3 s per cwt. Oatmeal 1 Os 6d to 1 Is; Indian Isse„ e ; 0 , 041 t' e .n sSS,, s ,, ' o,, : e f/ ton. Bran 82s 6d to 835 per ton. Hay—sf"os, St s ; to l '" O'' average household o °l loaf 10d per lb. E 13s Od to 20s Od ; average 18s ; d u e sh ale le 3 It°lo t t°l' ,, lsl per t .2,7,05 d to Si —Beeflod Newport 4 pi l do 6 a f r s ° 4 6 s d to p 3 er ,s ew od t : mlrenrdagiaen sedosrts.._,,aro 7 • w aif ~,,,, TI Eggs -5a o osL n sy . d n5l od edßypr:eotai : 64 - 0: ;bO. . . 0, it:::::0013,110 fired' 4 1 / ti, 110,00; r4si :i t d o tl t 4d o r n. Tallow 00s .;s1 g fel l , oor l i tl' sil hisky, 25 o. p ., 5 5 9d per illejiti ; 51 WO° 7d; mutton 5 d to : osl ss4 ,7 to I , r eS J. ell 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6'd to . 7 " ts/ / ,3 s s•; or s 61 Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Flee i e l Hops 81 Ss to 91 Os per cwt. Bangor states ~ oi t q l A, o r , ton. Bark—Barbary 710 s to V a l es to , 1 0 , to tlicii vs; 3d to 2 3 / Id lss p p er er l t b o . n • ditto 291 to 31/ per ton. Fish—Scotch sse r ' d, 10 , 31 0; 0 4 itto, 23s to 00s per barrel ; Newfouncilasuoineo,oo 0 01 ton. Timber—Memel, 70e er ton • re", ` ~:. I f 43 le; Market 21s to 30s; ' salt e e l d s' 2 29 White3 o ,y e t ss il ,;t 3ll° 00d to 00d. Guano— Pruvian, 0 per ton. Tar is 12--s-'' ° re angel 19e per Da" - ,- - p ' --- Al i to• Je C ~ 10 RAILWAY SHAR D tter 6 0 ' 4 De ,s' BRISTOL, 1-4-',.1... t Ic• - f 1 10 ' Szocis ExcuANGE.—The share rea-s e sS ° Wet ss' and prices firm. The transactions we ree Stis le s l Western, 81%—Midland Stock, 5 414 ' 4. e a ' SIV LIVERPOOL, Dig,, pre' l- r e i s n 0 ,be Oa , in STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was 3- ~„,1 ~ r P„, i t i ry hibited in the share msrket to -day, - ,71, t ,t,-floa i lid amount of stock pressing n the O a ' e 1"" , 4 Potatoes,d 1)151 to' 18. pert 0,,,,i, p 90 transactions were as follow •°--Caledon11,111; 651,, P 4 95, cashire, 14 3 4—Lancashire and l'orlOntuVseros, iseriatlAi, North-Western, 114 3 / Ditto SO s 'f i ll o s - srw, e r, ~,0 7 at' land, s s3 LA, —Ditto Consol.4— (13'irrning"- d Vo s olw - y —North British, 7—South-Eastern and o et i v, Newcastle, and Berwick, 18—York 3_ 13 ,',, 4. , s 0 Off i! MANCHESTER, VP';et f defie' e 1 .1 0 , STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share m ark s te ll o refi c lis e i pl pressed to-day, and prices had a down:go, Pr e fOjoago' transactions were as follow :—Caletlo3la otK o l , „ / 6 4 Eastern Counties, 6,,S—GreatWestertoe, So :1 4 tiolS JO , shire, 14 3 4—Lancashire and Yosh,l:, t rs , ti ,l3r o l o il r ' l —North Staffordshire 8 1 /g North-Western, 113—Ditto, NeW ( ` l-r I °r. sec l- " I s ' chester and Birmingham (C) 1 9-1 6 PS;teri l livpics BIR,MINCiIiAIO, v 0.0)(000 brocK Excuaricim.--The business 60 tio a j3ir n:...-SoutbnisPc. 4. , s s . s o A Dr ,s being principally confined to s° llt s l bsrl $1; were sold at 2 di5.,an51 .... f .....,,.... ..,,... reW Si l . (B), 4 1 ,i. ° lt''' 11s:: I° n; /Slskl i)944"lr SEABORNE - ~. it 0 1 0 4 (N signifies that the mails are sent J.°-atea ,t 1 by the night--and Al by the mornng--aisP 0- air por t 'oel• p 6-,/ dede I. I When Ma ffice GUleral re' I_ 401.. PLACE 3 ov es o ii: , , er t , pov,„,ol t , F' n j; OPP t. S° Al ' O I sou,„t -D 01 0:: oire,P SotitoPc. sou to OP,. so, re r D o es 10 ° A00 D O 5O i. D ov ol o,„ IteP . ooll t oosP„ 3 01 1, 0 f Do' °ll America (by Brit. pkt.)N Dec. 5 .• America (by U.S. pkt.) N Dec. 9 America (by U.S. pkt.) hi Lee. 17 month Africa (West coast) .. N 14th of the 0 10. Alexandria* N 19th & 30t 12 Belgium • • N D a ily • • • " n th Buenos Ayres .. Brazil • • • •• M 9th of the rnti, California(via Chagres) & 17th of ' n th Cape of Good Hope /.714th of ow n gfuo Constantinople* .... Ni7th 17th 27t1200. Central America .. 31 . 2 d & 17th of Channel Isles • • N Mon., W r e d " m 9th of the month onth Chili M 17th of them •• France m & IT Tw i ce dailY Greece* .. N 7th 17th 2..73ric1al Hamburgh •• N, Tuesday satar* Holland he IW e dnes• rac oatD Honduras _ 1,1117 th of t Ireland .. •• & vvice 01000 India (via Southamp.) 51 e 2oth of th ° o cutl i India (via Marseilles) N B t lls ' 24th Mediterranean (via Southampton) •• Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. •• N 12120th of the In e o th h 0 tn fro 8 5 72 t dult : :: : °,; : t4t h b:e:91f5193:0"1—f°11-Ci f t:lll: i itti:l:: stli 15th stl' of / Do 7th 17th 27tI t i o nth 17th of t'4st h of 01° 1 ' sth 15th 17th of the ID 1 1pt• IN10,,ot• i t :4o o o y, 's9 a .01 D 0 , " Mexico .. M Madeira M Peninsular..P N a a p p a l rtate . ... ..• ... ... 3 . - .-^ i i , o fer iiiie if Iv t iiiv ,ce , ,600,009, !,,Yeo,, W TPWmee e rU s set tt nY n .a d e ie s' s ( e . x . c 0 p — t Al -.- SoP",. ~ poi'!" ce.,o 0 of of of° in k 0 0 F i ll a n v c an h p n a a ck B' et N v as i go C , P#) * The mails to those eountrieS W lO Pi'. 0W . 1.4 Q 7 V` ;,. titP. iO d The direct Havre mall from Loncion;:!1, olilife,oli,t kw' month will be made up three times a , eu oo tl The peninsula mails will be made a pea 4 06 4 her Bth, in consequence of the 7th lilipPell asamu:slein2desof the in, 0n....,••04 ( too 41 , !,0,0 , u ------,-2,--_____7___-----___ ---------- 0 , r 0 ligillls• VI . 00 0 ' .P e ,00 1; OF ... „, to r., , 9 On the 30th ult., at Raduage P" •° 1 d Phillimore. , tbe °lie bf Pr On the 2d inst., at Wiinbledoo, Ai Bourdillon, Etq. TO* pel f J, OF A DAlTiris• amp s 4 10 / On the 2d inst., at the Rec'°":' 1 11 0 " - / Mrs. Jermyn l'ratt. 1 0° On the Ist inst., at Redlingtoo Robert B. Longridge. Malta* .. .. f 0 PY o f , i Vincent, youngest vicar of Meanw 3 of IV . t . hile:Zsly Sparrow, n rr s o t w , alt,---::::in!;g7irl3 Pl)l;tttioelibr/iar3,el,;l(ct'll.l::ll::::ittifitr:y(i:eif, On .n t I t i c: e 3e 2 ,ro l mu s n t ogn u e l s t . t ,' data daughter o od ° ,li icl i . ', ,,, a Ely, Cambridgeshire . ,Adjutant? o 0, Eames„Esq.,.aged 79. ~,_ of 1.11 i f ,:f 1 : DI-P• , 13 1 ° ° ~ o # ;4 On the 21 inst., at \Vest (Awe, to pi On the Ist lust , Mary the Ns tic f, if° 1 , of Baron house ilitchani, SurreP , rireent 0 0 c i On the tat , inst ,at Stratfora-t, &Or :di Vought, Esq., aged 42, ht.ter°lhotlift:sthune3etgl:l.lo3eillitii;t3l‘cr ~ ilegs, `" Pr On the 2d inst., nt Stanwell, WiL`` ,e 0 C r eOlso Robinson Simpson Es( On the 2d inst' alt. Blargate, l ir " 0 0 Ifi Henley-on-Tham ” ..0. , *- - 'lig SCI -----,—_,--, _e.8_:,.„,,,,,,...„,,,...,=,,==---011) 0, 4 -- -,- ____,_-----,g nfic F. London: Prir,td and Published bY co ' 0 WM , ill No. 112 , St ran d, ~ •,, .i_ rt.,ter, t he ; 65 74,U t Strand, in tlis Precinct ° I 1.1; 011 Alititilv4oxi k'xiAy„Docistim 6 / - OP) I 1 5t4, 11N 4:01;10! . ' l,l e k q R c,111 1 : .40 1 ,4 44 t4 4. ; Qtt,