The Sun. — London, England, 1851-01-01 00:00:00

LITERATURE. THREE TO ONE. A Comedy. An ingenious idea has been defeloped in this graceful little composition. The only , positive blun der on the 'face of it is its title. " Three to One" is not a comedy, but a vaudeville. In its materials and arrangement it must be regarded as inevitably coming under this class of dramatic effusions. And an ex -suisite phase in this protean department of literature is the vaudeville, the elegant trifle into which is con densed the truest spirit of the comic. For equivoque, especially, it f o r ms t h e most d e li g htf u l ve hi c l e ima ginable. For badinage it presents incomparable op portunities. For humorous situations of all kinds it yields the happiest occasions. Whoever has penned the two acts of humorous cross-purposes hero under consideration has availed himself of all these advan tages with very considerable esprit, and no small degree of adroitness. This, moreover, has been ac complished, we should observe, under singu larly depressing circumstances. For we cannot, according to our own conception, but view the unities as dead weights, leaden incubi, and intolerable* shackles imposed by pedantry upon imagination. The author of " Three to One" has chosen of his own accord to revive this old custom —a custom, happily, long since obselete with the majority of playwrights—and has displayed the vigour of his undeveloped energies in so doing, by moving with actual agility under the pressure of what to a less powerful ability would have proved altogether overwhelming. Both the unities of time and place are preserved throughout with the most scrupulous exactitude. Insomuch is regard had to the former, that a clock is introduced, by which the audience may themselves estimate the punctuality of the exits and entrances, and the skill of the writer's measurement. The scene is an apartment in the house of one of the characters, resident in Belgrave-square. The date is explicitly intimated, being Wednesday, the 21st of Au gust, 1850. The dramatis persona are literally, as the title of the vaudeville indicates, Three to One—three heroines and one hero—Felix (otherwise Mr. Manners) being beloved at once by Julia, Sophia, and Fanny (otherwise the Baroness Carlton, Mrs. Blunt, and Miss Quicke). Altogether there are seventeen scenes — twelve in the first and five in the second act—all of which are varied with much amusing animation. Several times the dialogue is inimitably smart, though occasionally the dramatist falls into the error, common to . most beginners, of allowing a speech to run to too great a length, thereby jeopardizing the scene with a chance of its proving tedious,—an error easily avoided by an adroit sprinkling of parenthetic inter ruptions. Besides, it should be remembered by every young writer for the stage that the position of the actors should ever be kept in mind, care being taken that they should not be bound down to an embarrassing silence of too great d uration. No individual is more enamoured of his own voice than a player. No one has a more painful disinclination to maintain an air of taciturnity ; and this possibly from an instinct of the judicious require ments of the histrionic art. For if an actor has nothing to say yet a while—don't bring him on to the stage, or at any r a t e d on ' t d rag h i m d own to t h e foot ghts to stand the dummy of the conversation. Let him lounge in the background until allowed to par ticipate in the dialogue. No listeners are wanted on the boards, the audience furnishing enough themselves. Only now and then, it must be acknowledged, the author of " Three to One" falls into this mistake, but his slips in this particular, though as brief as they are infrequent, are still sufficiently important to demand mention —if only with a view to their future avoidance. Felix himself is a sort of virtuous Don Juan, a gentleman-hero of romance, with whom every woman is falling in love, but who yields him self to the gentle passion only once, and that when least expected, and to the lady least counted upon at first by the spectators. The idiosyncrasy of the character is very nicely discriminated. The Baroness Carlton is the elegant and interesting lady of the Piece —Mrs. Blunt being the lively rattle (just such a part as Mrs. Stirling would play to admiration)—. and Miss Quiche is the most insignificant figure in the group, standing before the audience" in a rather c ontemptible ' if not positi ve l y i nv idi ous li g ht. Th e interest of the plot, which is intricate enough not to be disagreeably confused, concentrates about Julia and Felix, and the denouement proves (as that of every vaudeville should) in the highest de• gree satisfactory. The changes of situation and alternations of equivoque are cleverly managed, and reveal on the part of the writer a talent capable of cultivation into excellence. Considered as a whole, indeed, and as the manifest production of a tyro in dramatic composition, the vaudeville of " Three to One," is in many respects singularly meritorious. As an experiment, moreover, in this in teresting department of literature it is largely at tractive. The fascination of the plot we will not s endeavour t o mar b y any premature explanation, l eaving the examination of the various incidents to the scrutiny of the curious and intelligent. 1 2114. G. INATION. An Original Poem. By Spero. A poetical effusion which upon its very title-page suggests the remembrance of two such - poets as Tho mas Campbell and Mark Akenside must assuredly be regarded as somewhat branded by the characteris tics of temerity. Campbell and his masterpiece are called to mind by the nom de guerre—" Spero." Akenside and his masterpiece by the subject—" Ima gination." Yet a disinterested scrutiny of the poem here brought before us modestly by an anonymous aspirant for the laurels will be sufficient to justify the writer in the boldness evinced by the act of publica. tion. A species of guarantee as to the integrity of his claims on our attention is visible in the circum stance of its being dedicated to CHARLES DICKENS, a circumstance which will win a hearing to the author from many who might otherwise have felt indisposed to dip into a poem in two parts, extending over seventy-eight octavo pages. The inscription of the work runs to this effect—" To Charles Dickens, Esquire, who, 'although surrounded by labours that must pre-eminently occupy his mind, read with the promptness of a friend the work of a stranger, and honoured it with his name." The incident (an im• portant one in the life of the young writer, though apparently trivial in itself) is eminently characteristic of that illustrious author whose genius has a scope large enough to embrace the most eclectic sympkthies. Several passages in the volume under notice are of genuine excellence, and some of them indicate also a real splendour of " Imagination." ALMANACS FOR 1851. R IMMELL'S PERFUMED ALMANAC. M. Rimmell has this year brought out two editions of his " Perfumed Almanac ;" the one elegantly printed and illuminated on eard-board, as in former Years ; the other an edition printed on satin, and bound round with gold cord, forming one of the mostf elegant sachets imaginable. The illustrations of the "Perfumed Almanac" for ti-e present year have all relation to the forthcoming Exhibition (among them are Portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert), and of that Exhib:tion'this elegant bijou: of an almanac will form one of the most delightful souvenirs, as well as an elegant cadeau for the present season. COCKS'S MUSICAL ALMANAC. This Almanac, which is very neatly got up, gives us a complete chronology of the musical occurrences of the past year, and a complete list of all the musical societies for the year 1851, with the names of their respective officers, m addition to the usual contents of all almanacs. To all musicians, whether amateur or professional, the possession of this Almanac is an in dispensable requisite. TEE— .E BRITISH ALMANAC AND C OM PANI ON for 1851 Honour to Charles Knight, who was not only the first to give us a common sense almanac, free from all the "mummeries of superstition" which for Centuries bad disgraced this class of periodicals, but who has ever since continued to furnish us in his " British Almanac and Companion" with one of the most valuable ' digests of facts, statistics, and general information published. The present impression needs only a list of the reigning Sovereigns (the omission of which, in such a publication, is unaccountable), to render it one of the most complete almanacs extant. Itto- .....tODERATOR OF NEXT ASSEMBLY,--It is said that the Rev . Dr. John Smith, first minister of the pariah of Montrose, will be proposed as Moderator of the next General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.—Scotch Paper. SUICIDE IN ST. BARTHOLOMEW' S HOSPITAL.— Last night M. William Payne held an inquest in St. Bar tholomew's Hospital on the body of David Spikesley, aged 36. The deceased was . admitted in October last, suffering from paralysis of the spine. He went on well, but was very low-spirited. On Monday morning the nurse found that when in bed he had cut . his throat in a frightf u l manner with a'pocket-knife. The sister of the ward . tried to stop the hemorrhage, when deceased attempted to get his hands up to pull open the wound. lie, however, only lived ten minutes after committing the act. 'Verdict—Temporary Insanity. DEATH FROM HYDROMODIA.—We regret t o s t a t e that in the month of July last, a young man of the name of Stewart Fras er was bitt en i n the th u mb b y a mad dog. No notice was taken of the accident at the time, though the dog died a few days after the accident In the course of time Fraser felt his arm affected, as if with rheumatism, and he was treated accordingly. However, last week he became so ill, that it was necessary to have a man in the house to watch him ; at the sight of liquid he became still more restless, and was removed to the infirmary, where he died on Sunday last. This, we believe, is the fourth case of hydrophobia that has occurred in Edinburgh during the past season, and is a sufficient justification of the stringent measures taken by the police for the abatement of the dog nuisance.— Edinburgh Post. A new Episcopal church has been built and opened for worship at Ballieston, in the diocese of Glasgow, princi pally for the use of the colliers residing in that and the neigh bouring villages, comprising a population of 4,000 souls. The Rev. F. Oakeley makes an appeal to the readers of the Tablet, in its last number, f or h e l p " t owar d s m aking up a little sum for the bare maintenance of a person, Who, by the prospect of downright dcstitutiop, is tempted to renounce the With." THE SUN, LONDON, OVERLAND MAIL INDIA. We have received from Marseilles our dispatches in advance of the overland mail. India continues perfectly tranquil throughout its whole extent; the subjugation of the Punjaub is now considered £0 complete that the Court of Directors have thrown open the ranks of the army to all classes of population, Seikbs, Ilindoos, and Mussulmans. The regiments stationed in the country of the five rivers are ordered henceforth to be recruited wholly from the Punjaub, and the measure is generally con sidered a politic one. The predatory hill tribes of the Affghan border will probably long continue to be unquiet neighbours to the garrison of so rich a pro vince as Peshawur. The passes through their coun try are still unsafe, but a strong outpost which ha s been established between Kohat and the salt mines appears to have had a good effect in overawing its neighbourhood. The health of the troops in the Punjaub and Upper India is very slightly, if at all, improved. Of the garrison of Lahore, consisting of 7,471 rank and file, 1,192 were in hospital at the date of the last re port published. One regiment, the Ist European Fusiliers, INA then 396 out of 819 in hospital, and the 71st Native Infantry had moved from Peshawur into camp at Chumkunee, a few miles on the Atok road, with 600 men in hospital. In the Delhi Gazette of the 23d of November it is stated that the three regiments there stationed are totally dis organized for all purposes of discipline by the pre vailing malady, which appears to be low intermittent fever, occasionally accompanied with dysentery. During the months immediately succeeding the rainy season fever is always very prevalent in India, and this is, as might be expected, more par ticularly the case in districts lying low and subject to inundation, but as the surface of the country is now every day becoming drier, and the weather colder, the health of the troops may be expected to improve daily. It is a fact well known in India that all newly-established stations are (as those in Sinde were) proverbially unhealthy for the first few years of their occupation, and this is generally attributed to the defective or incomplete state of their barrack ac commodation. There is no reason, therefore, for supposing that the stations in the Punjaub will eventually prove unhealthy. They have hitherto been remarkably free from cholera, dysentery, and liver disease, and the number of deaths appears very small in proportion to the large number at present in the hospital. Sir Charles Napier presented new colours to his regiment (her Majesty's 22d) at Dugshai, on the 18th of November. He was to have left that station on the 21st for Ferozepore, where he will remain till the arrival of his successor is announced, when his Excellency embarks on the Sutlej for Kurrachee and Bombay. The Bombay and the Bengal railways are both progressing satisfactorily ; contracts have been con cluded for the construction of 40 miles of the latter, and tenders are to be invited for from 60 to 80 miles more. The Postal Inquiring Commissioners of the three Presidencies have now sent in their several re- ports, and are about to meet at Calcutta to confer with each other and the Supreme Government as to the measures to be finally adopted. In the course of the inquiry it has been ascertained that in the Bom bay Presidency the post free packets, franked " on service" by the servants of Government who enjoy that right, constitute 70 per cent. of the total weight of the mails. The newspapers, which scarcely pay for their own carriage, 20 per cent., and the private letters only 10 per cent. The court-martial on Major Bartleman have found him guilty of " disgraceful conduct," in endeavouring to seduce the wife of a brother officer, and sentenced him to be cashiered, which sentence has been con firmed by Sir Charles Napier. Mr. M'Chlery has been removed from his appoint ment to Benares by the Lieutenant-Governor of Agra, who states that he is altogether unable either to in vestigate or punish Mr. M`Chlery's participation in the late affair of marked cards, and that his removal is therefore only intended as a punishment for his no torious habit of gambling. The Indian press, with the single exception of the Delhi Gazette, is unanimous in condemning the con duct of Government with reference to the claims of the great army contractor, Jottee Persand. Affairs continue in statu quo in the Nizam's do minions. Shams-0011-Oomrah, " the light of nobles," has continued firm in his refusal of the Ministry. but has suggested to the Nizam measures which, if adopted and effectively carried out, would at once re lieve him of his difficulties. He has recommended a forced contribution or property-tax from all his Highness's wealthy officials and subjects who have in his service acquired that wealth by means fair or foul. A list of contributors has been made out, showing a result of 45 lacs. Were this plan effec tively pursued, and another also, proposed by Shams-001-Oomrah, and at the time acquiesced in by the Nizam--viz., the sale of a portion of his jewels, amounting to 50 lacs, his Highness's debt to the East India Company would be more than liquidated ; but neither these nor any other remedial measures are likely to be carried out effec tively, while the Nizam continues to retain in his own hands the functions of the Ministry. He at present consults with everybody, from the first nobleman of his realm to menials of the lowest grade, male or female; resolving on the adoption of certain measures one day, and abandoning them on the next. The levying of the contributions recommended by Shams-001-Oomrah is being carried on in .a most de sultory manner, and greatly shorn of its fair propor tions. Contributors assessed at 1 lac (10,0000, by bribery of male and female menials, get off for a payment of less than one-fifth of that amount. All profess willingness to pay, but nothing is heard of any actual payments ; at any rate, nothing has been received in the Residency Treasury in payment of the great debt to the company. The Madras Spectator says it is now no longer a matter of speculation, but an admitted certai n ty, th a t his Excellency Si r George Berkeley has tendered his resignation of this command, considering it deroga tory on his part, as a senior officer, to serve under Sir William Gomm. The Buckinghamshire, with Sir G. Anderson, C. 8., on board, anchored off Ceylon on the 7th of November. Sir George landed as a private indivi dual, and will continue to remain so until the arrival of the Royal Commission, which was expected by the ensuing. B. Frere, of the Bombay Civil Service, is appointed Commissioner of Sinde, but is not as yet gazetted. The Mahomedan festival of the Mohorum occa sions among that sect in India " a d egree o f f anat i c religious excitement which frequently occasions loss of life in the cities of the native states. In the Com pany's territories the armed processio ns are no t allowed, and the population is generally kept in check during the festival by precautionary mea sures on the part of the police authorities. Not withstanding such precautions, four men have been set upon and cut to pieces during the r ecent Moho rum at Bombay. The affair rose out of a sc hi sm in a sect of Mahomedans called Kojahs, who had a club-house in a suburb of Bombay called Mahim. The Kojahs were converted to Mahomedanism about tw o centuries since by a Persian Prince, an alleged descendant of whom (Aga Khan) has recently arrived at Bombay, and set himself up as head of the sect, which he has endeavoured to lay under contribution. About half the sect have acquiesced in his claims, the other half •resist them. The Aga's followers have long been anxious to dispossess their rivals of the upper room in their joint club-house at Mahim, and during the great day of the Mohorum, while the bulk of the population and all of the police were engaged in the procession of the Tabcots to the sea-beach, a body of the Aga's followers, some of them armed with swords, proceeded to the club-house and literally backed to pieces four of the chief men of the opposite Party whom they found there. The coroner's inquest have returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against 2 0, 19 of whom are in custody, and have been coin- Mitted for trial. The Nepaulese Ambassador left Bombay for Cal cutta on the 23d of November, and the Bishop of Madras sailed for his diocese on the 25th. Sir Jemsetjee Jeejeebhoy has offered to erect a lYing-in hospital at his own cost, and on ground he also gives for the purpose, immediately adjoining his noble institution the Jemsetjee Hospital. Sir Jem setjee's contributions to charitable objects during the last ten years have probably more than quadrupled those of any other of the Queen's subjects. Lord Falkland, with his family and staff, arrived at 130 rabay from the Mahabuleshwar hills on the 25th of November. The cold season has commenced in earnest, and promises to be a very pleasant one. Tile China mails arrived in Bvutbay on the 24th of November. The rebellion in the vicinity of China had not as yet produced any seriettA results, but her Majesty's ship Phlegethon and the United States man °f-war Marion have been moored off the factories for their protection, if required. The reports on this sulject are very contradictory ; nothing seems certain concerning the acts or intentions of the rebels, ex cePting that they levy a tax on the tea-boats and other Produce of the interior on its way to the Customs. If is, however, stated, and generally believed, that the Commissioner Seu had attempted to effect a pacifica tion by distributing money (100,000 dolls.) amongst the n), and that 3,000 troops he had sent against the insurgents had fraternized with them. The Eustomjee Cowasjee is still missing. It is generally supposed that, atter being disabled by the gale, she fell into the hands of pirates. This sup pOsition grounded on the fact of 1,500 chests of opium having been recently sold by pirates in the north. It is rumoured that the pirates are in great force off the mouth of the Min and about Namoa. Her Majesty's ship Serpent left Hong• Kong for the northern ports on the 19th, and will pr( bably give some account of them shortly. (From the Overland Bombay Times, Dec. 30.) SUMMARY.—The home community have of late ceased to look for a chronicle of exploits on the battle field, such as was wont to be sent them by each mail from India, and we trust that many a long year will elapse before on this head expectation be again awakened. But peace has its triumphs as well as war, and of these we have at present some of the most splendid that can be achieved to record. The laying of the foundation-stone of the girls' school at Cal cutta—an institution brought into existence by the Honourable Mr. Drink water Bethune, legislative member of council, and specially patronised by Go vernment—may be regarded as the inauguration of female education in India; henceforth, it is to be hoped, destined to form a matter of public concern. Mr. Bethune, besides bestowing on the matter an un bounded amount of attention and care, has subscribed no less than 10,0001. from his own private purse to the establishment. At Bombay the cause of native female education is progressing quite as promisingly as at Calcutta, though under widely dif ferent auspices. Here girls' schools have been established in numbers by the members of the Students' Literary Society, themselves all natives, stimulated alone by the counsel of their in structors, and their own anxiety for the improvement of their countrywomen. A meeting has just taken place for the purpose of organising district schools throughout the presidency, and of aiding and guiding the efforts of those already in existence, with the view of disseminating knowledge amongst the humbler classes of the community. Of this, as of most of our educational movements, the most active promoter is our Chief-Justice—Sir Erskine Perry. Doctor Hunter, at Madras, is at present projecting the esta blishment of a school of industry at that presidency on the model of the Bombay establishment of that name, which latter, we are glad to say, continues to prosper, and begins to produce fruits. The Governor-General of India is about this time at Peshawar, on a tour of inspection. The Governor of Bombay has returned to the presidency from Mahabuleshwar, where he had been since the middle of September for the recovery of his health. He appears to be entirely restored. He is at present residing at Parell. The Commander in -Chief, Sir W. Cotton, is at Bombay, waiting to be relived by Sir John Grey. Sir George Berkeley, the Commander-in-Chief at Madras, has, it is said, sent in his resignation, declining to serve under a junior ; so there, as well as at Bombay, our troops must be commanded by a major-general, Sir W. Gomm being at the bottom of the list of lieutenants-general. Sir George Anderson has arrived at Ceylon, but has not as yet assumed the reins of government, having pre ceded his commission. The regret for his departure expressed by the people of the Mauritius is deep and universal. There is no longer any doubt that Sir Charles Napier returns a month hence to Europe, vie/ Sinde and Bombay. The discussions regarding the value of his command compel those in India to form an estimate of his ser vices and character, where they are known, as dif ferent as possible from that which appears to be enter tained at home. We value them highly, and regret his departure—the monstrous exaggerations, emana ting apparently from fraternal pens, with which the London journals abound, are here made matter of ridicule and jest. We believe it is quite certain that Mr. H. B. E. Frere, at present Commissioner at Set ters, succeeds Mr. R. K. Pringle as Commissioner in Sinde ; and that Mr. Frere will be succeeded by Mr. T. Ogilvy, at present political agent in Cutcb. Sickness is still very prevalent throughout the Pun jaub, though much less so than it was a fortnight since. The interview betwixt the Governor-General and the Maharajah Goolaub Singh is to take place at Wuzeerabad not, as origally intended, at Lahore. The Noble Marquis was expected to reach the latter city about the 26th ultimo. Ma jor Bartleman has been found guilty of all the charges brought against him, and been cashiered ; this is one of the first examples we have of an attempt to seduce the affections of the wife of another being looked on as a military offence. The Commander-in- Chief properly declined attending to the recommen dation to mercy. To contrast with this, we have the case in the Madras army of an officer convicted of first having boasted that he had seduced an innocent girl, a fellow-passenger to India, and then having been compelled to confess that the imputation was a sheer falsehood. He was allowed to resign to escape a court-martial, and then again permitted to with draw his resignation ; and he is now doing duty with his regiment, without any idea being entertained of bringing him to justice Ensign Hunter, of the 24th Bengal Native In fantry, has been dismissed the service for failing to meet his liabilities, and fur gross prevarication on the subject. Lieut. M'Dougal, of her Majesty's 28th, was in 1846 convicted of an offence of like descrip tion, but infinitely more aggravated. He was sen tented to dismissal, without any recommendation to mercy, but returned to his regiment by Lord Gough. The river steamer Nimrod mentioned in our last as having been driven ashore on the coast of Kattia war, on the 26th of October, has been got off with comparatively little injury, and has returned to Bombay for repair. Commander Selby sailed a week since in the brig Palinurus, with the view of continu ing the survey of the Malabar coast, a very small portion of which has hitherto been examined by by drographers. Lieutenant Taylor is at present en gaged in a survey of the Gulf of Cutch ; this is proposed to be carried round Kattiawar to Cambay, and so southward by Surat to Bombay. The Gulf of Cambay, which will be re-examined, was carefully surveyed by Captain Ethersey fourteen years ago. A defalcation to the extent of 12,0001. has just been discovered on the part of ail officer of the North- Western Bank of India. The Calcutta Legislative Council have taken thirteen months to prepare an Act to enable land to be obtained possession of, and yet we are told that nothing can be more satisfactory than our progress. It is satisfactory to those who are paid by the time expended. Were they remu nerated by the work performed, it might be otherwise. Bombay has of late been distinguished for the number and atrocity of the murders that have been been committed amongst us. At the July sessions, a Portuguese was found guilty of stabbing with a knife a young married woman in an advanced state of pregnancy; she died of the wound, and the murderer was hanged. At next criminal sessions of October 2d, two men were tried and condemned for murder ; one was hanged—the other was reprieved on the evening preceding his intended execution. They had entered the house of a kept mistress, by connivance of a fe male friend, tied up her head with a sarree, and se cured suffocation by sitting on her bosom. The wretches seem to have been from ten to fifteen minutes occupied in their murderous work, while the woman who admitted them, lay, by her own ac count, bound on the floor. The robbery de sired to be perpetrated was then committed. While the sessions were sitting, another murder, equally cold-blooded and atrocious, occurred. A poor old woman, an oil-seller, possessed some jewels ; she was enticed into a dwelling-house, and, while measuring out oil, was attacked by two Parsees and strangled with a bucket-rope. These three last mur ders—all of women—occurred within a fortnight of each other. We had now a little breathing- space— amongst horrors such as these, the strangulation of an infant by its mother is scarcely worthy of notice— when, three weeks since, we find a Chinaman done to death by two European sailors. We have next a horse keeper poisoned ; then four men butchered at Mahim in a fit of fury by members of another religious sect ; next a courtesan poisoned, three others narrowly escaping a like fate, by a couple of men for the sake of plunder—in all, in four months, nine human lives cruelly dest ro y e d b y mur d erers, an d nearly 40 indi vi,duals charged with murder, directly or as accom plices. The death of the Chinaman and slaughter at Mahan were perpetrated in passion —the others were cold-blooded atrocities, perpetrated by the most cruel means, for the most paltry motives. While recent acts of blood such as these are under investigation, some further light is promised us on the slaughter of the woman found a twelvemonth since cut piecemeal and strewed in fragments around on the flats—so that in reality for months on end scarcely a week has passed where some matter connected with a murder case has not been under investigation at the police office. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Bombay Times.) BOMBAY, MONDAY EVENING, DEC. 2, 1850. The money market gets gradually tighter, but rates of interest are the same as when we last wrote. Secu rities have fallen very considerably, especially those of Government, and at the following quotations there is difficulty in effecting sales:—Transfer Loan, 112; Sieca Fives, 103; Company's Fives, 98; Sieca Fours, 85; Company's Fours, 82. The following ars the quota tions for shares—Bank of Bombay, 19 premiam; Oriental B .nk, 17 discount; Commercial Bank, 11 discount; Agra Bark, 1 a discount. But at these rates very little bmi ness nould be dos::`. In tact, the orprchenrled sesrcity of money induces more sellers than bujers. Cotton Piece Goods—During the past fortnight a fair amount of business has been done in nearly all descrip tions of piece goods—holders submitting to a further slight decline in prices to enable them to take advantage of the extretnely favourable rate of exchange now and for a month back ruling in Bombay. Dealers aro also ttking advantage of this state otulatters, by h o ldi ng back from purchasing unless on their own terms; so that though large sales have had e ffcct, they have been so at rather unfavourable rates for importers. Grey Goods—Madapollams of low makes are in some demand, while those of the better descriptions are ne glected. The sales amount to 22,172 pieces, at 2r. 2a. 6p. to 3r. 6i. per piece. Shirtings have sold to an ex tent of 26,100 pieces, at 3ir. to 6r. 10a. per piece. The qualities above 60 reed are most in demand, whilst those below that number have declined as much As 2a, a piece. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUA 45-inch 60 reed is scarce and in demand. Jaconets— Sales 8,226 pieces, at lir. to 2r. oa. 6p. per piece. In ferior nr,kes have declined considerably, but a tolerable fair inquiry exists fur those above 21c. in weight. Long Cloths—Sales 2,986 pieces, at 4r. Ga. to sr. 11a. per piece. In small demand, owing to an apprehension which will probaly prove well grounded, o❑ the part of the usual purchasers, that they will shortly be prevented from using the water from the public wells for dyeing pur poses. 40-inch is scarce and in demand. T Cloth— Large sales, at reduced prices, have taken place, no fewer than 8,119 pieces, at 3r. to 3r. 11a. 6p. per piece having been disposed of during the fortnight; nomesties have sold to the extent of 7,000 pieces, at from 3r. 9a. to 12r. la. per piece, which shows a decline on former rates. Bleached Goods—Madapollams sales, 1,950 pieces, at 24r. to 4r. per piece; jaconets, 11,000 pieces, at 2r. to 2-ar.—medium qualities alone in demand; shirtings, 2,750 pieces, at 6r. to 10r. per piece-66 reed and up wards the only descriptions inquired after; in other de scriptions of bleached goods the sales have been few. Fancy Goods—ln dyed madapollams, Swiss lappets, mulls and harness mulls, pine and zebra dresses, there has been scarcely anything doing; while there is a pretty fair demand for dhoties, bleached mulls, lappet semi's, and low lappets. Dyed Goods—There has been rather more inquiry for Turkey red plain and twill cloths, but at somewhat lower prices than formerly; and there exists a pretty fair demand for good quality. Cotton Yarn—Sales amount to 191 bales water, and 405 of mule twist, with 12 bales Turkey red yern. Mule of inferior quality is uninquired after, while good has sold to a large extent at 7i, 9, and 9f annas per lb. for Nos. 20, 30, and 40. The price of Turkey red yarn is firmer; in other dyes there have not been any trans actions. Metals—Copper —South American continued in in quiry. Of South Australian 200 slabs have been sold at 40ir. per cwt. Sheathing and braziers' "to arrive" have, it is reported, been sold to some extent at au improved rate. Tiles remain as before reported. Iron— Swedish and British bar and sheet have declined; hoop as before; round nail rod somewhat improved, while square remains unchanged. A trifling demand exists fur Swedish steel in faggots; in tubs dal'. Spelter and pig and sheet lead have declined. - Cochineal—This article continues uninquired for, and is only saleable at a greatly reduced rate; 2,4001 b. aio reported as having been sold at 2ir. per lb. Saffron—A sale of 6251 b., good quality, has be(n effected at 12r. per lb. "RULES. " I. The Bank shall be under the management of the Committee of the Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution; and the Treasurer of the Institution for the time being, shall be the Treasurer of the Preliminary Savings' Bank. "11. The Treasurer shall, on the day after each de posit night, pay the balance in his hands into the Hud dersfield Banking Company, to the credit of the Preli minary Savings' Bank. " 111. No Moneys to be received or paid unless two Officers of the Institution, or persons appointed by them, be present; one to enter the sum in the Pass-book and the Committee's Cashbook, the other to copy the said entry from the Pass-book into the Committee a Ledger, and then affix his initials in the Pass-book. "IV. The accounts shall be made up half-yearly, on the 30th of June and the 31st of December, and a list of the balances (signed by the Treasurer), giving the NUMBER of each Pass-book, BUT NOT THE NAME, shall be laid upon the table for one month, thus enabling each Depositor to see that his balance is correct. "V. That Deposits will be received from the Mem bers of the Mechanics' Institution, their Friends, and Working People generally. " VI. That any sums from one Penny upwards shall be received, and when they amount to Seventeen Shil lings (unless requested otherwise by the Depositor), shall be paid into the Huddersfield (GOVERNMENT) Savings' Bank ; a Pass-book obtained in the Depositor's name, and given to the party who may again pay into the preliminary Bank, until it reaches the Seventeen Shil lings, to be again transferred to his or her own credit in the Huddersfield Savings' Bank, and so soon as such sums are accumulated. All sums paid over to the Go vernment Savings' Bank will no longer be under the control of the Committee of the Preliminary Bank. " VII. Any Depositor may draw out his money on presenting his book, and no sum will bear interest until paid over to the Huddersfield Savings' Bank." This seems to us to be but the beginning of a movement by which Mechanics' Institutions may usefully connect themselves with the people, by meeting their social wants, nod helping them on the road to improve ment. It is a grand opportunity for replacing the habits and associations of the pot-house, by those of places devoted to the spread of knowledge, and we earnestly trust that such a simple and easy means of raising the in tell igence,roid benefiting the moral and physical conditirn of the peeple, will not be neglected. Each institution may seem to do but little, bit it is of littles that all great things ere made up, and the multitude of iustitutious, each adding its small quota to the general good, would in time build up a mass of power, resting upon prudence, regularity, and foreth oug ht, su ffi c i en t to effect greatna d beneficial social changes. We cannot, perhaps, conclude t better than by quoting from the Yorkshire Union report the following sensible and necessary warning: — " It cannot be too strongly impressed up n th e respective committees to enforce the most rigid oxactness and punctuality in the discharge of any pecuniary trust they may und. rtake, with every precaution against possible loss; as a single failure in this respect might bring dis creit upon the whole system, and even on Mechanics' Institutions themselves." —Eliza Cook's Journal. Lord John Russell . will give his 6r e t P ol li gmen . tAry 24 #lO 15 th Mt. 1 8b 1. PRELIMINARY SAVINGS' BANKS. A ROMAN CATHOLIC MIRACLE. In May last we noticed a plan of Mr. Charles W. (From Galignanis Messenger of the 30th Dec.) Sikes, of th e H u dd ers fi e ld B ank, f or making Mechanics' It has already been stated, on the authority of a Institutions the means of fostering provident habits Lyons paper, that an alleged miracle recently took among the working classes, as well as places of instruc- lace in the church of St. Saturnin, canton and arron tion and amusement. The mode which Mr. Sikes sug- • con gested was, that Preliminary Savings' Banks should be C ) l . iss . eme . nt of Apt, department of the Vaucluse, formed within each institution, for the purpose of col- sisting in the flowing of blood from . a picture . repre lecting pennies, and twopences, and such small sums as seating the descent of Jesus Christ from the cross. would not b e rece i ve d at the Government Savings' The Pouvoir publishes a letter, dated the 24th, from Banks, from its bumbler members, and that when any the Sub-Prefect of Apt, M. Grave, on the subject, in depositor's accumulations should reach a sufficient sum which he makes the following extraordinary state to bear interest, the amount should be paid over to the ments : Government Savings' Bank in the neighbeurhood, in the " About the middle of the month he learned that name of the owner. The machinery prposed for this the population of the district were greatly occupied purpose was very simple, and such as every Mechanics' by the statement that a girl of Saignon, named Ro- Irstitution has as its command; a few of the leading setts Tamisier, long noted for her piety, had while members might form a Savings' Bank Committee, the • • the chapel treasurer of any institution would, in all probability,of St. Saturnin,mar - consort engaged in prayer in consort to act as treasurer to the preliminary bank, a few tyr and Archbishop of Toulouse, seen, touched, and inexpensive pass-books would be provided for the de• kissed blood which flowed from the wounds in Christ's positors, the bookkeeping re quisite would be of the body in The painting placed above the altar, represent simplest possible kind, and the liability would be very ing the descent from the cross. It was-added that limited, as each depositor's money, so soon as it reached this `supernatural fact' had been repeated on three U. is., or 21. 25., would to p a id over to the Government following days. Shortly after the sub-prefect re institution, and its control entirely left to the depositor. ceived throu g h the mayor the copy of minutes drawn The feasibility and practicability of the plan seemed up by the lieutenant of gendarmerie, in which that to us at the time to ensure its adoption by many of the functionary states that having on the 16th, at the in more advanced Mechanics' Institutes, because the atten- vitation of the cure gone to the church, .he having tion of the public seems to be extensively directed to the . with the cure got on a table close to the picture, dis power of the pennies of the millions, and the wisdom . tinctly saw `blood flow from the wound by the side, and of providing some means to enable those who occasion ally have a few pence, bat seldom a few shillings to those of the two hands and the left foot.' The blood spare, to safely accumulate their small savings. From on the right side consisted, says the lieutenant's re this direction of public feeling have sprung up the penny port, of ' eight drops in the form of pearls, of the size banks, which within the last few months have been of a little pea ;' on the right hand 'it formed a line of established in the metropolis, and other large cities and six centimetres in length, ending in a drop ;' on the towns of the kingdom, and whose operations might be left hand and left foot the blood ' was less abundan', so much, and so beneficially extended by calling into but still sufficient to trace a line from the two points action the facilities at the disposal of the managers of of three or four centimetres, also terminating in a Mechanics' Institutions. We do not mean t o a d vocate sav i ng as the very highest drop.' Six or seven h un d re d p ersons were present at the sort of virt ue , b ut i t i s unquestionably the parent of , time and saw all this. The cure then asked Dr. many virtues, and th a t o b stac l e to many evils. The Clement, who was present, to wipe the blood away power to save with security very often produces the d e - with a piece of white linen. This was done, and sire to save, and that desire gives birth to a wise eco- eleven marks of blood remained on the linen. After nomy, and stimulates habits of temperance, regularity, wards the flowing of the blood recommenced, but was and order. It is not merely that a penny is laid by, or allowed to coagulate on the painting. That 'no doubt that a guinea is accumulated, but that the penny, if not might exist as to the reality of the prodigy, ' the lieu saved, might have been transformed into the fiery dram, tenant caused the upper part of the altar and the paint and the guinea have furnished the means for a series of ing to be removed, and ascertained that 'it was abso drunken frolics, in which virtue would have been sacri- lately impossible that the least thing could have ficed, health deteriorated, domestic happiness and com fort broken d own , an d t h e a b ility and will to labour for • • • the future impaired. It often happens, and often must painting : moreover, the wall behind the painting happen, that, not only, according to the good old adage, was covered with a cement perfectly intact in all " a penny sav e d i s a penny gained, " but that sickness is parts? In consequence of this mar ve ll ous state avoided, miserable homes are made comparatively happy, went the sub-prefect went on the 17th to St. the police station, and the polic e cour t, an d t h e wor k- S a t urn i n . Th e cur e was a b sent, b ut i n company 1 house are unvisited, and industry and intelligence are with the mayor, Dr. Clement, and M. Gay, advocate, stimulated and aroused in consequence of saving. We he visited what he calls ' the miraculous paint mnst not look only at the good eff ec t e d i n a monetary ing.' These gentlemen stated to him that they had point of view, but also at the increased power of mora- witnessed the oozing of the blood as stated by the lity, resulting, with more or less directness, from the lieutenant of gendarmerie, and caused him to re establishment of well -managed saving institutions for mark the coagulated bl oo d on th e pa i n ti ng . the humblest cl asses of society, to whom such efforts, small and insignifi cant as they may seem, are of the At this the sub-p er f ec t sa y s 'h e f e l t pro greatest importance. Nothing that concerns them is found emotion.' He then went to visit the young unworthy of serious and earnest attention, not only for girl ; he found that she lived in an inn kept by a their sakes but for the welfare of the whole community, female cousin. ' She was in a state of suffering; her which, with all its aggregated wealth, and progressing appearance was sickly ; her eyes rolled mysteriously intelligence, rests, in fact, upon the good conduct and in their much-developed orbit, and seemed to lose the energies of those for whose immediate benefit such themselves in a cloud ; their expression was full of institutions are proposed. melancholy, her body extraordinarily thin ; her atti- It appeared t o us , an d so i t still appears, that Mr. tude excessively modest ; humility was painted in all Sikes's plan was of paramount importance to the Ma- her movements , and [lagers of Mechanics' Institutions, with regard to the expressed hertelf with grea t propr i e t y, an d spo k e prosp e rity, sta bili ty , an d use f ulness of those institutions, which hav e hi t h er t o b een, too often, only for mechanics French more corre c tly th an mos t une d ucate d persons. ' in name. They have been, in the mass, rather orna- To all the sub-prefect's questions, the damsel replied mental than u se f u l, an d h ave d one little, compared with with great intelligence. ' God,' she said, ' had what they might have done, for the elevation of the effected this miracle for the conversion of sinners, many. Their lectures, libraries, and classes, are gene- and he had specially chosen St. Saturnin, because, rally suited to the tastes and requirements of the middle four years ago, this locality was the witness of a classes, rather than the labourers, and their halls have great scandal. Her conduct,' she added, `had been been left empty, while the tap room of the public-house, outrageously calumniated, as also that of a priest ; but where the benefit society, or the sick-club, or the burial- she had not demanded reparation from God.' club is held, is crowded. Such habits of providence as On the 201 h, the sub-prefect, accompanied by M. the people h ave , h ave b een, as it were, systematically er . , surrounded by a n d assoc i ate d w i th evil influences, which Guillibt Jugs d Instruction," and M. Jacques, have weaken e d t h e power of those habits, and too often substitute of the Procur eu r o f th e R epu bli c , went to converted them from incentives to good into temptations St. Saturnin ; the Archbishop of Avignon had ar t() evil. Members' fines have furnished the occasion for rived on the previous evening. After paying his re many a deb auc h, and members' spending money has spects to the prelate, the sub-prefect went, in com laid the foundation of many a drunken fir. It is in the pany with Dr. C. Bernard, an eminent physician of power of Mechanics' Institutions in a great measure to Apt, towards the church. As they were ascending remedy this—to make the lectu re and the reading-room the hill on which it is situated, they heard the bell as popular and attractive, and ten thousand times more a- ' this ' says the functionary, ' was the signal of , useful than the tap-room and the singing -saloon, and at th ing ; ' e commencement of the manifestation of the prodigy. the same time to add largely to their funds, their mem- He was much vexed at it, as he was desirous of being hers, and their powers for usefulness, and promote the well-being and heighten the moral tone of the people. in s the chapel_' before the appearance of the oozing of the blood.' But they hurried on. A number of per- It is necessary that the means of instruction, and the op sons were assembled around the church. The cure portunity of practising what that instruction may teach, should, as far as possible, be offered under the same met him ; he announced that the oozing of the blood roof, and many a f a mily ma y b e save d f rom destitution, had commenced, but th a t h e cou ld not open the and many a Mechanics' Institution from decay, by a church until the arrival of the Archbishop. How timely attention to she social wants of the people, ever, the sub-prefect insisted, and, at last, the cure evinced by offering to them provident instiutions of a let him in ; he took with him Drs. Bernard and Cle bitter kind, and connected with purer associations, than meat. The high altar was li g ht e d w ith wax can dl es ; those they now hav e . at one corner was Rosette Tamisier, kneeling in With these views we w ere g l a d t o see, b y the Report for ra y ,er with her hands crossed, an d her head 1850 of the " York s hi re U n i on o f Mechanics ' Insti- p tutes," that Mr. Sik es ' s recommen d at i on has attracted leaning on the altar. Sh e appeare d comp l ete l y the notice, and secured t h e approva l o f the committee of absorbed in devotion. ' I ascen d e d t h e ta bl e o f that body, who express an opinion, "that, wherever such the altar,' says the sub-prefect, ' accompanied by Dr. a plan could be carried out, it must largely tend to in- Clement ; I examined the wound by the light of a wax crease the moral influence and social importance of these candle ; I ascertained that from those of the right hand, institutions," for " institutions are likely to derive an the two feet, and heart blood oozed. The drop of blood accession of members where such a department should which was on the right hand visibly increased; it ap his efficiently carried out, because those who went merely peered to me like a drop of blood such as arises on to deposit their twopence or threepence, would become the end of the finger- on being pricked by a sharp in aware of the other advantages offered to them." But strument when the lower part is lightly pressed. It we are happy to find that something more has been was at the moment at which the drop of blood of the done, than to express an opinion, for the committee add, ' We are, th ere f ore , g l a d to l earn that the plan of Mr. right hand was about to fall or fl ow th at I w i pe d i t Sikes has already b een a d opte d i n con j unction with the three several times with a piec e o f li nen . Th e f irst Institutions at Wortley, Meltham, and Keighley, at two operations gave two very red stains of blood ; in which latter place it is found to succeed admirably. A t the third the stain was clearer. After this operation Hunmanby a Provident Society has been formed, to in- the wound remained perfectly dry. I also wiped elude the benefits of Friendly Societies and Life Assur- several times the two wounds on the feet, and I re ance. It is also in contemplation to establish preliwi- marked that the drops were clearer, and the oozing nary Savings' Banks at the Dogley-lane, Kirkstall, and les s sensible. I did the same to the wound on the other institutions; we hope it will be with such results right side; there were there a dozen drops of blood, as may enable us to recommend it still further at our which nearly formed the design of a heart. That of next annual meeting." We find, from other so u r ces , th a t pre li m i nary Savings ' the middle presented the same phenomen on as t h at o f Banks have been established in connexion with the Man- the right hand, and it was of a darkish colour. Those cheater and Huddersfield Mechanics' Institutions and that were around resembled, on the c on tr a ry, th e that their progress is highly s a ti s f ac t ory an d promising. drops of the feet. • I took away the drop of the middle, The preliminary Savings' Bank at Huddersfield was and one or two on the right. At this moment the opened on the Bth of July last, with 57 depositors, lodg- Archbishop entered the chapel. I accordingly left ing 31. Os. 7d., and by the end of September the num- untouched the other drops of the wound on the side, her of depositors had reached 205, and the deposits to and abstained from wiping the wound on the left 691. 102. 4d., averaging 73, of about one shilling and hand, from which no blood had oozed. I descended fivepence each night, and in 19 cases individual deposits from the altar. The Archbishop, followed by a numerous reached the sum (seventeen shillings), to bo paid into the body of the clergy, knelt at the foot of the altar, and Government Savings' Bank. Humble as this may ap after a short prayer examined the drops of blood pear, we may draw an inference as to the good it is. likely to effect from th e i n f ormat i on o f a trustworthy which I had left at the wou n d o f the h ear t, an d h e correspondent, who says, th a t, "Of t h e 205 d epos i tors, wiped them with a piece of linen. This piece of li nen possibly not more than half a d ozen ( so h um bl e are they an mine were covered in all with a b out t hi rty drops in lite) would have th oug ht upon t h e su bj ect, b ut for of blood ; and they were ex hibi te d to the curiosity of the preliminary banks;" and we are at present scarcely the population, who filled the church. The clergy in a position to estimate the social good which thousands and a body of young girls sang hymns ; and we waited of such banks, at once strengthening institutions calcu- in expectation of a new oozing, but none came. The lated to advance morality and intelligence, and benefit- girl, Rosette Tamisier, who still remained absorbed ing the people, would inevitably confer upon the country. in prayer, was asked several times if the blood would We have had forwarded to us copies of the Moriches- flow again. A first time she did not answer ; a ter and the Huddersfield "Depositors' Book," with second, she said she did not know ; a third, that she copies of the rules of each institution, and in te hope • . . did not believe it would. After this last reply, about of promoting the good work, we give thoSe of the Hud dersfield Preliminary Bank, trusting that they may serve an hour after the arrival of the Archbishop, the cure for a model, on which many similar institutions will be (M. Grand) caused the picture to be displaced, and 'winded : workmen turned it round. We examined it with a good deal of care, but I saw no particular mark. The canvass was perfectly dry ; a thick coating of pitch covered all the back, and it was placed against a very thick wall. This was all the part I had in the event. The Archbishop then proceeded to celebrate mass, and I went away to draw up an account of what I had seen. I then visited Rosette Tamisier, whom I found suffering and greatly discouraged. She an nounced to me that she believed the prodigy would be renewed. And, in fact, I have since received a re port from the Mayor of St. Saturnin, announcing that at nine in the morning of Saturday, the 21st, there was again An abundant oozing of blood. In a postscript to this letter, the sub-prefect states that a gendarme named Brio!, who after his retire ment from the chapel had been placed to prevent the crowd from approaching the painting too closely, had remarked two drops of blood ocze from the right side, that he had wiped them two or three times with his pocket•handkercief, and that four or five stains still remained on it. He said that he had not at first given any account of this because he feared that his pocket-handkerchief would be taken from him, and he wished to send it to his mother. The Courrier de Lyons states that the blood which is said to have issued from the wounds in the side o f our Saviour , as represented in the painting in the o church of St. Saturnin, has been analysed two medical medical men, who have declared that its human composition exactly corresponds with that of blood. 1:b Eel ,. j. F. Denh am , ST. MARY-LE-STRAND.— e ! ued he a pastoral letter to i d s uties. Mr. Denham in cidentallyt y urges the rector of St. Mary-le-Strand, has the inhabitants of his parish, in which . __ _ fo n n to the parish has s ce wh ich he considers s now that ta great Ci e schireciiusatmti remarks tan l)eorina performance observes r N t ' h es e prosperous ; and he adds : exceeded twenty years, es that an unusually large will render ail sleiomeusar 4 ourselves charities. " We may congratulate proportion of the children of the poor receive the benefits of education in our par ochial, i nfant, and Sunday schools; for I f o und upon a personal inquiry last year, accompanied by a at every house, an d as far as it was practicable, u abode of the poor, th at out of 369 children, between the Ptai * everyl' ages ih ° n o e f r,' two and fourteen, there were 270 in distinct at tendance at our various schools. Your own zeal and kindness, therefore, to your neighbours, render unnecessary in this parish, any legislative enactments for popular education. The benefits of this threefold system of parochial education among us (for more than half the children now in the parochial schools have passed through the infant school, and the majority of the children in both these schools attend the Sunday school) were pleasingly manifested in the course of those public catechisings of all the schools which I have held, throughout the greater portion of last year in church, on Sunday afternoons. Permit me to bring again before your notice my earnest desire that a new parochial school house, &c., might be built on the piece of ground belonging to the parish, which has long ago been disused for burials, and which, I am assured by professional persons, might be rendered perfectly healthy and secure for the purpose. I have reason to hope that this valuable opportunity of pro viding for the accommodation of the schools, and of per. petuating your benevolence to the poor, as an - example for future generations, will be speedily taken into the etronueue Geßida#l94 9f Y9R tßitallct NW C9Waittec."_ EXPORTS. Coffee—Mocha—A sale has been reported of 1500 nungs, at Br. 2a. per cwt. Opium—The market has again become active for the drug, and upwards of 500 chests have been purchased during the fortnight. The price per chest for best qua lity Idalwa is now 1,125 r. A large quantity will be taken on to China by the Peninsular and Oriental Com pany's steamer Braganza, which this month leaves on the 12th instead of the 19th, as usual. Cotton Wool—The purchases amount to 8,550 bales and 1,150 candies, chiefly made at higher rates than last reported. The market is again becoming rare, and purchases " to arrive" of the new crop are being made at 116 r. for Broach and Jumbooseer, and 109 r. for Oomrawutte. Up to the 30th of November the exports to England amounted to nearly 266,000 bales, and to China 112,500. Freights—The rates to London and Liverpool are 2/. ss. and 21. 10s. per tor. To China the rate has ad vanced to 9ir. to 10r. per candy —a few days since it was Ir. higher. Exchange—The rate for six months' first class China credit bills is 2s. 2d., while bills with shipping docu ments aro quoted id. to id. higher. On China the rate is 219 r. per 100 dolls., and on Calcutta 98r., sixty days' sight. THE BOMBAY MONEY-MARKET. MONDAY ETENI,NG, DEC. 2, 1850. EXCHANGES. ' On London—at six months' sight per rupee, for document bills, 2s. 21d to 2a. ditto ditto ditto, for credit bills, 2s. 2d. On Calcutta, at 60 days' sight, per 100 r., 971. - 30 days' sight, per 100 r., 98*. at sight, per 100 r., 984. On Madras, at 30 days' sight, per 100 r., 99i. at sight, per 100 r., 99-7- 3 . On China, at 60 days' sight, per $lOO, 218 rs. to 220 rs. BAND AND OTHER SHARES. Bank of Bombay Rs. 1,000 each 1,000 paid up, 19 p.et.pm. Oriental Bank „ I,COO do. 500 do. 17 p.ct.dis. Commercial Bank „ 1,000 do. 500 do. 10 p.ct.dis. Agra Bank Bank of Madras „ 1,000 do. 1,000 do. 10 p.ct.pm. Apollo Press Com. „12,500 d 0.12,500 do. 14,500 Colaba Press Corn. „ 7,000 do. 7,000 do. 13,500 Colaba Land Com. „10,000 d 0.10,000 do. 7,000 Bombay S.N.Com. „ 500 do. 500 do. 60 p.ct.dis. Sales. Gr. Ind. P.R. Com. „ 50 do. 10-14 7 paid.—Rs. 6/. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Five per Cent. Transfer Loan ... Rs. 110 to 111. Fire per Cent. Loan, 1825-26 ... Rs. 103 per 100 Sicca. Five per Cent. Loan, 1829.30 ... Rs. 1021 per 100 Sicca. Five per Cent. Loan, 1841-42 ... Rs. 98—Sales. Four per Cent. Loan, 1832-33 ... Rs. 85 per 100 Sicca. Four per Cent. Loan, 1835 36 ... Rs. 82 per 100 Co.'s.— Sales. Four per Cent. Loan, 1842 43 ... Rs. 82 per 100 Co.'s. PRICES OF BULLION. Sovereigns, each ... 10r. 4a. ... per X Bank of England notes 10r. 2a. .. per £ Spanish dollars 219 r. to 221 r. per 100 German crowns ... 212- I r . ... per 100 Sycee silver ... 104ir. . . per 100 toles. Gold leaf (range of quality) 16ir.... Goid Ingots, according lo touch r. • FREIGHTS. ... per tola. ... per tola. To London ... To Liverpool ... To Clyde ... To Calcutta ... To China ... ... 21. 53. per ton. ... 2/. 103. per ton. ... 2/. 173. 6d.nom. per ton ... 3r. ... por candy. ... 9ir. to 10 per ditto. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. THE THREATENED STRIKE UPON THE LON DON AND NORTH-WESTERN. It will be seen by the following letter from a Camden town fireman, that the agitators at the Camden-town station are determined to have an expiring kick. We surmise that the men who are " shamming illness" are off to agitat3 upon other lines. " THE EDDITER OF TILE MORNING HERALD. "Sir,—Sum of our men is shamming fines and has gon to kick up a row if they can—they aware vengence agin Melbern and I think he ort to luk out—i hope my feller driver as rote the letter in youro paper to day will keepe is wether i hopen. " Youre umbel servent, "A CAMDEN-TOWNE FIREMAN. Desember 31." MID KENT AND DOVER RAILWAY — LANDOWNERS' LINE.—The Bill for constructing this line on the novel principle of a public highway, under the direction of a board of public commissioners and auditors, was last evening depo.,ited at the Private Bill Office. The peti tioners for the Bill are the landowners along the line, 600 in number. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 31. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes and Windsor Park. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. Sir Charles Lock Eastlake had an audience of the Queen yesterday. Sir Charles took his departure from the Castle to-day. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party this evening will include his Excellency the Chevalier and Madame Bunsen, the Marquis of Douro, and the Right Hon. Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring. The band of the Coldstream Guards will attend during dinner. The Queen's private band will after wards attend in the Castle. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards was in attendance during dinner in the Castle on Monday evening, and played the following pieces : Overture, " Semiramide" Waltz, " Hiertung" Selection, "Robert le Diable" Quadrille, Swiss Galoppe, " The Queen's" good night on Monday, an d was going on Her Royal Highness the Duch ess o f Gl oucester Dr. M'Lachlan had an interview w ith E ar l Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. p w a e s l s l e y d e a sterday. Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, left town on Saturday. Sir Francis Baring arrived in town yesterday morning. The Right Hon. Baronet left his residence in the Admiralty in the afternoon for Windsor Castle. BEAUMONT INSTITUTION, MILE -END.--Tile musical entertainment given at this institution a few weeks ago, was repeated last evening to . a crowded audi ence, the success attending the last having . induced the man agement to engage Miss Dolby, Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves, Bliss Lizzy Stu ar t, Miss Williams, and Mr. Borrani, in addition to other artistes of less note. The selections of songs were princip a ll y f rom operas:by foreign composers, intermingled with English duets and Scottish ballads. The performers were complimented by an encore, being a testimony that the audience were de lighted with the tast, talent, and enthusiasm with which each acquitted themselves in their several parts. The benefit and attraction such institutions confer on the neighbour hoods in which they are situated, was strikingly ilianifest indeed, is triet yesterday evening, from the joy and delight w i t h which they yjaucdhis, would materially of the hailed the treat about to be enjoyed; so much, their but elleic h e as in i t t i s ni a t t t l e i Lt u h i a n t ; scarcely what reel add to that excellence would be ajudicious arrangement of periodical concerts, which would give .engagements t o our native artistes, thereby replenishing their purses and the in stitution's exchequer. M. George Marius Ilea n, a merchant of Nurem burgh, appeared on the 21st ult., before the Court of Assize of that city, to take his trial, on a charge of having raised and equipped a corps of sixty men, and sent them to Schleswig-Holstein, to assist in the insurrection against the King of Denmark. The facts were proved, and even ad mitted by the prisoner, who declared that he had been ac tuated by a desire to incorporate two rich and fertile coun tries with Germany. The Court unanimously returned a verdict of guilty, and, in virtue of the law of 1 697, which awards the penalty of death against any Bavarian giving assistance to a foreign power or authority without the per il i9P 4.14 Gmycruratati gOlatelaggl hiE l 4 t 9 cipopit4;l9a. _,___-~ THE GOLD REGIONSof AMERICA. On the 26th of October the Placer Time: pub lished the following valuable article on the yield of the mining regions :—" It is very difficult at the pre sent time to collect information as to the productive ness of the various mines of California. Even the number of persons employed up on th e various rivers is but to a limited extent known. Those who have travelled extensively through the country, and ex plored the various rivers high up into the moun tains, of course can form very correct conclusions ; but there are comparatively few who have done this. Most miners have but partially explored the country, and even those who have made extensive examinations have felt but little inclination to con vey the information to others. For this reason we the more willingly lay the estimates which we give below before our readers, believing, although they are somewhat imperfect, that they will be of use to those who have not had the leisure or inclination to make thorough examination s . gh examination s . Th e est i mates which we give include the m i n i ng reg i ons f rom Feather River, upon the north, to the Consum nees, upon the south, which con t a i ns , at t h e l east, two 'thirds of all the miners employed in, the country. The mining region upon Feather River commences below the foot hills of the mountains, some thirty miles from Marysville, and extends back upon th e mountains for something like eighty miles. Ther e are probably not less than 9,000 persons at work upon this river. The most productive portions the past season have been in the foot-hills and upon the south fork of the river. It is the general impression that the sum averaged by miners upon this river has been:about 6 dolls. per day to the man. This, allowing 24 working days to the month, would give, for five months, as much probably as most of the miners will labour during the mining season, for each mines 120 dolls, per month, and 600 dolls. for the five months, producing an aggregate of 5,400,000 dolls. The Yuba, with its tributaries, Deer-week, Gold-run, &c., has a population of about 30,000. The mines in this region have, in many instances, paid more than those of any other portion of California; but there has been a large number who have succeeded but poorly, which has reduced the average to each man to something less than that upon Fea ther River. Upon this stream we believe the average has not been over 4 dolls. to each person employed. This would give for the total amount of gold dust taken out in five months 14,400,000 dolls. Bear River, the next stream upon the south, contains probably a population of 3,000. This stream, although no very large amounts have been realized by persons, has produced a fair average, say 4 dolls. to each miner, which will give in the ag gregate 1,440,000 dolls. The American River, we presume, contains a population of 16,000, dis tributed on its tributaries as follows : 5,000 upon the North Fork ; 5,000 upon the Middle Fork; and 6,000 upon the South Fork, which at 5 dolls. as the average, would produce, as above, in five months, 9,000,000 dolls. This would give, in the aggregate, for Feather, Yuba, Bear, and the Ame rican Rivers, together with their tributaries, the sum of 30.240,000 dolls., as the product of the labour of 57,000 persons. This sum, we believe, is as near an average of the produce of the mines upon the rivers named for the past five months as can well be ascertained at the present time. We have in our estimate taken but a portion of the mining region of California, as our readers will see, but we presume the quantity of gold dust taken from these streams, or from their immediate neighbourhoods, constitutes at least two-thirds of all the gold taken from the mines of California. The quantity obtained by miners during the last winter was small in proportion to what it ought to have been. Miners then looked forward to the opening of spring, anticipating far richer dig gings in the beds of rivers when the waters should subside. In anticipation of rich harvests the winter was suffered to pass without proper exertions upon the part of miners. MISHAP AT THE ALTAR...-.Lately at a village ad joining the town of Cardigan, a loving pair presented them selves, accompanied by numerous friends, at the parish church, to be united in the holy bands of matrimony. The rev. gentleman duly officiated, and all went well until the ring was required, when it was discovered to be lost. Away went the bridegroom, a true son of Neptune, to barrow a ring, and, after many attempts, he at last found a good natured dame, who kindly lent the sacred circlet, upon con dition of his leaving in pledge his coat and waistcoat, which he accordingly did, and, minus those useful articles of wear ing apparel, he returned to the church in triumph, and com pleted his nuptial vows. The ceremony was scarcely con cluded when the missing ring was found and restored to its rightful possessor.— Swansea Herald. Accounts from New Zealand state that John Heki, one of the chiefs formerly engaged in conflict with the Bri tish, had died at a place called Karkoai, of pulmonary disease. THE LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAY TERMINIIB.--Yes-. terday was the day appointed for the completion and open ing of the permanent termini, at Loudon-bridge, of both the South-Eastern and Brighton Railways, and which for seve ral months past have been in progress of erection. It will, however, be three weeks or a month before they are com pleted. A new and elegant device, not hitherto adopted in the construction of railway stations, has been adopted, that of roofing both stations with sheet glass, which gives to the whole range of platform, of some 300 feet long, a light and cheerful appearance. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, DEC. 31.—The market to-day has been very quiet, although there is no al teration in prices. The upward tendency in the yarn market, which was beginning to be slightly felt, has received a check in the alteration of the rate of discount by the Bank of Eng land. In addition to this, it has been to-day made known that the stock of cotton in Liverpool is some 70,000 bales more than had been previously- estimated, and as it had been all along reported that it would in all probability be as much under the published estimate, as it is now said to be over, the turn in favour of the buyer is very considerable. Still the tendency in prices cannot be said to be downward, but sta. tionary and firm. The goods market is rather brisk, con sidering the season of the year. THE SECRET OP ANCIENT PAINTED GLASS.—A. quantity of old painted glass having been sent to Mr. For rest, a glass painter of Liverpool, to be cleaned, he found that the outer surface of the whole was covered with a layer of what appeared to be hard dried dust and rain, which was easily removed by a short application of hydrofluoric acid, or by the other means adopted for cleaning old windows. He was struck, however, by observing that every now and then there were perfectly clear places to which the dust had apparently not adhered, and these were sometimes curved lines, sometimes dots or roundish spaces, sometimes small and at other times of considerable size. At first it simply buteared odd t : bat the dirt should have adhered so partially ; at length it struck him that these clear spaces might be intentional, and the dirt, not dirt after all, but paint burnt in to the surface of the glass. On further examination he found that this was really the case, and that the clear spaces were lights taken oat of semi-opaque background, probably obtained by burning a very thin layer of fluxed oxide of iro i into the back of the glass. The lights may either be removed after the whole is covered, or they may be left originally as in the drawing. Mr. Forrest has made a win dow upon this principle, which is placed in his warehouse; and, making allowance for its being an early production after his discovery, the effect is so successful as to carry strong conviction with it. He states that he has observed the same thing in all the old glass which has come under his notice.—Builder. MORE SUPERSTITION IN THE 19TH CENTURY.— Last week a man, of the town of Axbridge, sold his horse to a person of Cheddar for the dogs. After the horse was shot and skinned, the companion of the person to whom it had formerly belonged asked for the heart. " What do you want it for?" said the person who had purchased it. " Ta'nt I," said the man, " but, 'tis Tom there; be da want to raust un." " What I to eat?" " Noa, but ha's a going to stick im we pins, and roast un, for vaulk do tell he that nif'so be he do do that there, his horses will be better aterwards, for this is two as he've been 'bliged to kill a'thin two months, and ha da think ha's overlooked."—Sherborne Mercury. SECESSIONS.—We understand that Mr. Sergeant Bellasis has been received into the Roman Catholic Church. The French papers announce likewise the conversion to that church of the Rev. Mr. Laprimandaye, who has made his profession at Marseilles. passing from w R„. Mr. Spencer) Father Ignatius l o V rt l n s : one of whom the other , tripped kick the was assaulted in Liverpool last Friday. the attemptedgroun bystanders,la y o struckp i j_i.m but was pre vented c S as t . this Patrick ' s a rms C a h r a o p u e n l , d hh ( theei s neck, eailcsk:mniti andd .6)-t a t n. b e emwapi female, party shtowytemhhcioeeidisgraceful r a cefu b a ut se t v h e e re ar b ri loz , N o Vi f th th a e A few blows passed between the subsequentlyscene. rep. g O en ne tle o m f a by f NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETT.—The police attackingp put tc party t n h d and o t head. s _ o r the court took place yesterday, Rear-Ad itacistock, C. 13., in the chair. There were pre sentmiral Lord b e tween 30 and 40 officers, including some of the most distin,,,ished and prominent members--Admiral Sir Charles 001 , Bart., Admiral Sir C. Adam, ii.C.B., Vice-Admiral speTi n al e nt ß ee ° ti r og L Sir Ogle, Malcolm, Captain Dickinson, Captain Sherwin, Lieutenant Lean, Lie u t enant G ard i ner, &. At this meeting it was most sensibly decided that in the election of the suc cessor to the late and much-lamented Captain Dickson, no restrictions as to age should be imposed, and ultimately it was agreed that a committee should be appointed to examine the testimonials of the candidates, and to select three officers, from which a general quarterly court may elect their new secretary. Under those circumstances, we feel assured that Commander Holbrook, of Portsmouth, will be the able suc cessor of Commander Dickson. THE COURT OF JUSTICIART.--The winter Court of Justiciary in Scotland terminated its proceedings in two days, having commenced on Monday morning, and concluded by six o'clock the next day. This is said to be unprece dented. The Glasgow Post, in mentioning this feet says, " a remarkable circumstance connected with the business of the court, and deserving of remark, is the severity of the sentences, in comparison with those which have been in flicted by the same high tribunal for a considerable time previously. Delinquencies of a less aggravated nature than many which at previous courts were a toned for by twelve or eighteen months' confinement in Perth penitentiary, have at t a h r s e transportation." this time been met with the senten e c p e atir o nn t g 's e e; l e y n h an op d e te tl n ia y t e CHURCH DECORAlvTesOhadtiVe attempting Pope will not now be allowed to steal all our church decora tion from us as he did before, leaving little else than mere bare walls and whitewash as good enough for Protestant not be surprised to find some to check the en deavour,wn o o v r ,, s wor s hip . a Seriously , indiscriminatelyelraitoet s ly to render Protestant places of worship worthy of the name, as a reflex and exponent of the honour and glory felt to be due to Him whose palatial dwellings they ought, even outwardly, and to the best of poor human ability and grandeur, to show themselves, in the eyes of men, to be. It was a false step, as well as a gross absurdity, to give up such a reflex of the honour and glory due to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, whose "glory" even the starry firmament above and the flowery earth beneath display, in outward show, to mortal eyes—and that too for no real reason but because Popes and Papists had the reverence,;are s and the good taste too, to enoourage the display of decorative art izt eccleajaatic architectare...Ruitder.