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

Se%rceiy any business is doing in t':io private contract market, yet holders are very firm. TALLOW. sitice our lad this market has rub d exceedingly in- During the week the imports were 1,344 ; the reries 2,446 casks. Tc-day scarcely any bu.ineis „?ing, and prices are from 3d to 6d per cwt GA.C.. on the spot, is quoted nt 37e, and forwar I de• c e rY 37s 3rl per cwt. Town Tallow 36 3 6 d to 37 s p er net n t h ; rough Fat, 2s Id per Slbs. 1846. 1847. 1848. 1849. 1850. at otv „ --- • - . ~,,!, day ..... . 24,260 10,100 34,947 48,506 55,040 I'll " of y n ; 51s Od 46s Oct 42s 9d 38s fid to 37s Od tom, , •C . •• "i,toOs Od to 46s 3d to Os Od Os Od to Os Od bi h 'erY last week .. I 1,855 2,054 I 1,860 2,337 2,4 56 AZofrorn June 1.... 53,439 56,336 I 58,515 55,038 b 4, 194 ijCaLslast week ' • i 1622 793 I 631 2,048 1,344 t trona Jooe 1., .. 67,076 58,337 , 85,929 78,714 83,590 4" of Town .. .... 53s Od 49s 6d i 45s Od 428 Od 398 6d BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A respectably attired man, named James Gordon, was p,'Ned with indecently exposing himself in the Green h,:tl`. rue comphint was made on a previous day, but t ," 4 Pgleet ad to attend, and this morning he was brought r,°o a w.arran i, ro lice-c,:nstable, A 161, aated that he was on duty in io Green-park on Wednesday afternoon last, the 18th l ita rii, and from information he hal previously re toired h e went i n t h e di rect i on o f t h e grave l wa lk near Tl' l ccadil7y, where to saw the prisoner sitting on a l eh with his dress open, and his privates in his hands. fi 4 Walk, th o officer added, was much frequented by ih t tiales and children, and several ladies passed by at lid ii time be had his dress open. It could be seen be wh, from the houses in Piccadilly, while the bench upon ti o lell the prisoner sat was so placed that it could be dis - p, ; c til seen from three other of the park walks. The it 'srMer wa s sober when taken into custody, and at the i tion-house he gave the name of James Thompson. 4 1 4-0 8. one of the park-keepers, confirmed the state thillt of th e cons t a bl e . H e , too, had been informed of l i e Proceedings, and went with the constable to arrest tie appeared to have been drinking, but he was ' e ned for more than two hours, and seemed to be " k ite conscious of what he was about. t ti l l uPector Gee stated that the prisoner, who gave the 'e of James Thompson, was perfectly sober when he bro ught to the station. He was bailed out, but did h t laPPear the next morning, and he_ was therefore sp uended on a warrant. s._ Th e prisoner, who said he was not sober a the'time, '45 fully committed for trial. ARLBRO'-STREET.—(T HIS DAY.) 4 CANDIDATE FOR T RANSPOR TATION.— William 11: f ollowing was placed before Mr. Bingham, charged with Thomas wilful outrage:— ) 4 hernas Dalton, a porter in the employ of Messrs. I : B ‘er and Co., waterproofers, 63, Piccadilly, stated that Saturday night, about nine o'clock, be was in Lis P l ayers' shop, when he heard a tremendous crash at 1 1 1 ) Window, and on looking round he found that one of LlPanes of plateglass, measuring 32 inches by 60 inches, 1 1 ; been broken, and on the floor of the shop he picked tt oo t he paving -stone produced. He then went to the and seeing the prisoner standing close by taxed o f with being the perpetrator of the offence, which he pee admitted. Witness then gave him in charge. % Pies-constable, 325 A, said on Saturday night he was t l ii ` l l , ll tY near the prosecutor's shop. when he heard a ) 4 1, ", and on turning round he saw the last witness, ° gave the prisoner into his custody for wilfully t eh r 4 eg a square of glass value 10/. The prisoner, in g e re 1 0 witness, said he did the act for the purpose of , r l ,eg sent out of the country. h, t Pe Prisoner said he did certainly break the window, t lt was by accident. *i t ,r• BactuAlt committed the prisoner for two months " hard labour. THE WARDMOTES. CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN. ehlderman Challis took the chair at one o'clock, and, ! the election of the inquest, and other routine busi ,: preeeeded to the election of Common Councilmen. hoeflessrs. Smith, H oo l e , B rown , D ewa r, Brop, and Lart, 1 11 4 returned by their several precincts, were elected. mB SMITH nominated Mr. Frost , and Mr. Fumes uled the motion ; and Mr. Frost was also elected. SHARP begged to propose Mr. Bennoch as a fit r4e!°ll tolast represenandt th howeverem. He had had the same 1. 4 2 re year, he might differ from tid e il Etaloch on certain political grounds, be still con (4p red him as worthy their entire confidence. He lad' Sharp) must, however, refer to one point, which 14 4 e xcited some animadversion in the ward. Mr. li lti lt °cit had entrusted to him, a few weeks ago, a reso coneerning the Papal aggression, when, instead tt t r A d demning the Pope, he lauded Cardinal Wiseman, f ',enouncod our Universities. With this exception, e t tl 'Y approved Mr. Bennoch's conduct. SAMWAYB had much pleasure in seconding the et;otetiation. Although be agreed with Mr. Bennoch i tl i ti tts t L ,tbe Pope, he could not agree with him about fa t ;''"eld. He had attended Smithfield every week ttk s, xteen years, and hoped that Smithfield, and the tr markets, would be left to benefit the citizens. t i e4 r . BAMFORD thought the last gentleman bad entirely *hi 1 1( ' 11 Mr. Bennoch's view as regarded Smithfield, l t :" be believed to be based on the broad principles of le t , achy. He (Mr. Bamford) had last week sat on an bi tte %t jury inquiring into the death of a person killed setl o ccilock; and, like Mr. Bennoch, he hoped that cg the Smithfield nuisance would be removed. te,„ r ,• 13 EsiNocH could not but feel gratified that, how- P( i s '. "is friends and neighbours might disapprove certain i t "I' acts and opinion', they still accorded to him their elfied confide ace. Ile rather delighted in the t ‘„ er r tea made to his conduct, as it proved that the it (` ,Zitueney carefully watched their representatives , 't Was fortunate for him that what one friend con til;',4d another approved, and so he was led to believe h e f t ', ( , ) Y 1 the whole his views were in harmony with those to ld a large majority of the electors. It was his fate re;; F h ' lo m give a silent vote, and therefore his opinions ifil;: 4 be more freely canvassed than others who were ta k 't• Thit, however, he must say, that on all leading 0 1; 40 tied political questions the members of the ward of k i PPlegate Within were an undivided phalanx. Mr. t} Ways had hoped that he (Mr. Bennoch) would t o -l 'ge his views as regards Smithfield. Ho begged Th s sure Mr. Sansways there was little chance of that. ti t er e was not an opinion he had publicly expressed, h e % voie he had given in the Common Council, th e could or would desire to cancel ; least of all 1,4 8 e relati ng t o S m ithfi e ld. However elegant the % t e e proposed, so long as the market continued in the t~ l ethey could never get rid of the great monster eat ‘ ll ceresulting from driving cattle through the p re wtied streets. Even the proposed new market Mnap tAv." by r. Samways hd been condemned the i- Rants of Smithfield on a the ground that to remove it thbarter efa mile northward, as proposed, would be to the as injurious as if the market were taken outside Metropolis. A deputation, headed by the son of their Qellent Alderman, had waited on the Market Committ e ;cforce these views. It was true that Farringdon-hall fit " lately rung with the eloquence of his esteemed t ; ci e c(l the City Solicitor, and echoed the plaudits of an 01 , i : 14 1 44 )g but deeply interested audience,composed chiefly i ctehers. This abortive attempt to resuscitate a cry f avour of that sink of iniquity fell dead on the public tet rid, and, wh e th e r intended to cast:ridicule ore the pro it,dicgs of the meeting referred to, or as an accidental tical coincidence, he could not say, but the next sue ee'll "Ing paragraph gravely detailed the particulars of an 13.ticht held on the body of a person killed by an Cat in- Smithfield beast. Thank heaven, it is doomed, A d next session of Parliament will doubtless blot that t eciination from the metropolis. He heard a whisper p e c orporation reform—to think of reforming the cur eprwion from within was hopeless. The advocates of pro gressive improvement were in a melancholy minority. t.%olitary cry was occasionally heard, but it fell un i;eded„ It was like wailing in the wilderness— th"e were no friendly ears to listen and approve. If Or really meant to reform the corporation it must Do cie from without. Having thus alluded to his home ale begged he must have one word for his. friend Mr. Sharp. begg e d to assure him that he was no friend to Car -441 Wiseman. While he detested and abhorred his 1 1 ',, li gious opinions and practices as much as any man, yet t ,i,lvas not blind to the genius manifested in the writings 1 „‘"e Cardinal; the pr ofound ability exhibited made hies antagonist not to be treated with contempt. At the I :trie time however much he (Mr. Bennoch) might con demn the Popish proceedings, he still more con demned S i: l ' Conduct of the faithless sons of the Chur ch, whose Romanism was to them so pleasant, but whose t,'"roacrtiele.tis rebelled against the real and una dulterated Priestcraft always had been, and always would be intolerant, whether beaming from under the mitre of bas Holiness Charles James of London, or fulminated by ,z% Pope of Rome. The Dean of Bristol had declared th at Church abuse s bad always been introduced by the Po rgy, while its purification came from the lai t y , a com ment and truth not to be forgotten. The Q ueen's rtitlies to the Corporation were worthy their exalted se tt r ce,—liberal, unmistakeable, firm, announcing to her su bjects that while she resisted all aggression and encroach .klela, come from what quarter they might, she was also e termined to maintain inviolate the civil rights and re -1 • i glous privileges of her people.—(Hear, hear.) I hope 11 %d trust the First Minister of the Crown will have the 4011Tage to advise her in her Speech from the Throne in calling on her Parliament to pass such laws—should 44 7 be necessary—as shall enable her to curb the in solence of a foreign ecclesiastic. She will also recom- I llierld that they strike the fetters from the Jew, and an tihilate the last pain or penalty for conscience sake. e, lll.4 tory does not describe a nobler attitude than this— .e.fogland proving to the world, that while she knows bow tc defend her dignity, she also kni ws the moment to Fcecede, and never forgets justice; on the one hand be bolds the humbled Jeseit, on the other the lib, rated Jew. Mr. Bennoch was then elected almost by acclamation. 1 _ Mr. Jacasote complained that for months past the gas "npa had winked and blinked, and gave no light, and sped this would be remedied. MT. BENNOCII was not surprised at the complaint of Mr. Jackson. For years private persons had compkined, Ind by their own exertions remedied the evil. The uld e 2tupaniea were at their wits' end, driven to despair by their younger rival, and doubtless" winked and blinkedm na their last hopeless effort to keep themselves awake; kni if the citizens would only require their repreLenta tires to obtain their gas for the public lamps from the Ile_ w company, all complaints would cease.—(Laughter.) ". A vote of thanks was then given to the Alderman, and he Proceedings terminated. !TUE DUKE OP BEAUPORT.—We regret to state that th e D u k e o f B eau f or t i s s till co mpelled, from illness, to ~!'eP his room. On inquiry yesterday at Beaufort - house , his mrace was reported to be somewhat better. In consequence of the continued indisposition of the Noble Duke, the 'duchess and Ladies Somerset will remain in town during the winter. TriE SUN, AMI ATE WS LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21. ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA. The British and North American Royal mail steam ship Europa, Captain Lott, with mails from New York of the 10th, and accounts of the 12th inst. re ceived by electric telegraph via Halifax, arrived off Holyhead, from Boston, to-day at noon, unexpect edly. She .left Boston on the 11th inst. at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, touched at Halifax and received the mails on the night of the 12th inst., made Cape Clear at 6.15 P.M yesterday, and at half past nine o'clock arrived in the Mersey after a slight detention off the bar, having accomplished the entire passage from New York, deducting the difference of time and detention at Halifax, in precisely ten days, two hours, and forty-five minutes from port to port— a passage only once equalled in the annals of the Royal mail service, and equal to a run from New York di rect of about 101 days. The Europa's run contracts admirably, therefore, with the passages' effected by the United States' mail steam-ships Franklin and Atlantic. Sh 3 brought about fifty passengers, but no specie. The Royal mail steam-ship America, Neil Shan non, commander, arrived out at Halifax on the 11th instant. The United States' mail steam-ships Panama End Northerner had arrived at Panama from Sal Fran cisco with 500,0001. in gold dust on freight. The United States' mail steam-ship Georgia, Lieu tenant Porter, arrived at New York from Chagres, via Havannab, on the 7th, with mails from San Fran ci-cc, California, of the Ist of November, and about 200,000/ in gold dust. The steam-ship Empire City arrived at New York from Chagres, vie Jamaica, on the Bth, with mails from Chagres of the 27th ult., from Jamaica of the Ist instrnt, 400,0001. in gold dust, and 325 pas sengers. Our accounts from the United States by this arrival are not of a very important character as regards the political state of affairs. Congress, after adjourn ing on the sth, had again assembled on the 9th, but no business of moment had been transacted. The Secretary of the Treasury's report was daily ex pected, and it is again mentioned that probably a new loan will be required to meat financial neces sities. Several state messages and legislative mea ,ures had occupied the journals since the Atlantic's departure. Relative to the whole a New York contemporary presents the following compact sum mary :-- " The Legislature of Texas, at a special session for the purpose of deciding on the acceptance of the law of Congress relative to the state boundary, have accepted the proposition with almost entire unanimity. This agreement of Texas to the adjustment of her boundary permits the Act for the organisation of New Mexico to go fully into effect, and thus adds another to the orga nized territories of the United States. The Message of the Governor of Texas expresses regret that Congress was not more specific in defining the mode of ascer taining the amount of debt for which the 5,000,000 stock are to be retained. He considers that the cre ditors of Texas must look to the United States alone for the settlement of their claims. In regard to the bonds issued by the late Republic for, double the amount of the original contracts, he thinks that between pri vate individuals such an arrangement would be usuri ous and void. He recommends payment, however, of principal and interest, to the full amount of the value re ceived from the creditors. He also advises the enactment of a law requiring all creditors claiming of Texas to execute releases in favour of the United States on con dition of forfeiting their demands in case of neglect. The Hon. James M. Mason, an ardent slavery propa gandie, and the author of the Fugitive Slave Bill, has been re-elected to the United States' Senate from Virgi nia, fur six years, from the 4th of March next. The new Legislature of Ohio was organised on the 3d jest. The Free Soil candidate for Speaker of the House was elected by a coalition with Opposition vo'es, having a majority of four out of seventy-two votes. In the Se nate the Whig candidate for Speaker was elected, having received the Free Soil votes. A UniteJ States' senator is to be chosen by this Legislature for six years, the choice lying between a Free Soiler with Whig, and one with Opposition, tendencies. The new Legislature of Florida was organized on the 25th ult. The Senate has an Opposition majority of one, and the House a majo rity on the same side of two. The officers of both Houses are, of course, wholly Opposition. The Governor in his message asks authority to call a convention of the people of the State, in case of the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law or any other aggressive measure. The Le gislature of Mississippi have passed a vote of censure on Senator Foote, fur his course in the United States' Se nate with regard to the slavery ques'ion." From San Francisco, vi 4 Chagres, we have ac counts to the Ist of November, but the contents, though of a mournful, are not of a very important character. From the mines we have little news worthy of note. At San Francisco, on the 20th of October, a horrible steam-boat explosion occurred, by which from 80 to 100 lives were lost. Cholera had also broken out in the city and was spreading with great rapidity. Fire had destroyed the city hospital on the 31st of October, but all the inmates were saved. Business was dull, and during the pre ceding fortnight transactions bad been email compared with those of the first half of the month. holders of staple goods evinced more d4osition to realise than had previously been the case. Gold was sold by the bankers at 4 to 14 per cent. premium on 16 dolls. per ounce. Exchange on the Atlantic cities, par, at 74 per cent. discount. Some of the Californian journals supply a few paragraphs : "Every vessel going down the coast is filled with Mexicans, Chilians, &c., principally from the southern mines, where they have been engaged in digging for gold with varied success. Some of them carry with them handsome' piles,' while others are mere paupers. "By a reference to authentic documents we have as certained the amount of bullion which has arrived and cleared at this port during the last 10 months to be as follows: STATEMENT, SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF BULLION ARRIVED AND CLEARED FROM THE PORT OF SAN FRANCIt•CO, DISTRICT OF UPPER CALIFORNIA, DURING EACH QUARTER, FROM NOVEMBER 12, 1849, TO SEP TEMBER 30, 1850, INCLUSIVE:--- ARRIVED. Dolls. 849. Nov. 12 to 31, Dec. inclugive ••• 167,000 ____. 850. Jao. 1 to March 31 850. April 1 to June 30 883,669 850. July Ito Sept 30 .., 560,000 Total arrived ... •.. ••• 2,134,000 CLEARED. 849. Nov. 12 to Dec. 31, inclusive 2,400,294 650. Jan Ito March 31 •.. ... 4,072,795 850. April 1 to June 30 ••• I 5 089 968 ••• 850. July Ito Sept 30 ... ... 6,259,880 Total amount cleared... ... ... 17,822,877 Total arrived 4.. ... 2,134,000 Difference between amount of cleared and } 15,688,878 arrived Amount cleared during the month of Oc. 4,591,461 " The above shipments were made in less than 12 months. This includes only the exports through the Custom-house. A very large amount has left in the trunks of passengers, and it would not be far out of the way to estimate the exportation of gold dust and bullion from San Francisco for the above-mentioned period at 30,000,000 dolls. This is independent of what has been taken oat of that country by other, routes and in the baggage of individuals. " The amount of California gold received at the Phi ladelphia Mint has averaged for the last 11 months 2,500,000 dolls. per month, as will be seen by the fol lowing statement from the treasurers-- Dolls. Gold dust deposited in November " 4,400,000 Coinage during the same period Aggregate receipts of California gold dust from Jan. Ito Nov. 30, inclusive 27,350,000 From other sources 1,200,000 Total receipts, 11 months 28,550,000 This, compared with the statement of shipments from San Francisco shows that large amounts of dust have left that port and been received at the Philadelphia Mint independent of those officially reported. It appears by the above that the receipts at the Mint in eleven months exceed by many millions the exports from San Francisco in about ;be same length of time." Tim The Placer es publishes the following notes relative to the Klamath mines : The explorations of the last season have led to no discovery promising to equal in importance that of the gold deposits on the Kiamath and its tributaries. Sal men river, the effluent of the Klamath, was first occupied in the month of June. There are now nearly 1,000 people at the diggings within twenty miles (I its mouth, and these have averaged fully an ounce per day—a bet ter geeeral yield than has been realised at any point elsewhere, so far as we are informed. By conversation with gentlemen who have passed several months in working these mines, and who have travelled over much of the country about the upper Klamath and the other streams iu that vicinity, we are I.: , ured that they all present features of a highly auriferous character, and that by - actual testing many of the tars have been found to yield from 20c. to 40c. per pailful. "It was some time ago reported that gold had been found for 50 miles or more along the Klamath from its mouth, and also below it some distance on the shores of the ccetin To Mr. Pearsall, who has just returned from this region, we are indebted for many interesting facts concerning it. lie considers the dry diggings both extensive and productive, but they can cdoly be occupied successfully during the rainy season. The richness of the rivers prevented persons from seeking much beyond them. Hid party of seven works d two and a half months, and averaged 16 dolls. a day. Many of those who have been engaged in these mines will have to return this fall in consequence of the want of supplies fl-r winter. We learned that a party of 20 came to Msyesville a few days ago, intending to winter in that vicinity and go back early in the spring. These all give favourable accounts of the country they have visited; indeed the - entire tes timony from all sources warrants the most flattering conclusions as to the future importance of these new discoveries. " TLe Klamath is cue mile wide at its mouth, which is easy of access, and for 40 miles up the stream there is no interruption to steam-boat navigation. In the low stage From Havannah we have accounts of the 2d inst. Affairs were quiet. Count Alcoy had left for Cadiz in the war steamer Caledonia. The Spanish frigate Isabel 11. and the sloop Jason arrived from Cadiz on the 29th ult. with 1,048 men and officers to reinforce the troops on the island. More regiments were soon expected. The Captain-General Concha was visiting the fortifications around Havannah. lfew freights offering to Europe. Exchange on London, first class, 101 prem. Panama and Chagree accounts state that large num bers of passengers had arrived on the Isthmus, en route to and from the States to the Pacific coast. Much rain had fallen, and the roads were in a terrible condition. Jamaica advices of the Ist inst. state that the cho lera was then more severein other parts of the island than at that port. Five thousand deaths had occurred at Kingston. Among medical men deceased were Drs. Bailey, Murcott, Tabois, Tait, and Mr. Fadgen. Commercial reports are appended below. From Valparaiso we have advices to the 24th Oc . tober, Dragon 25th October, and S an d w i c h I s l an d s 28th September, but all of an unimportant character. Oa the 26th of September the Hawaiian Princes were received at court with Mr. Judd. Accounts from Mexico, extending to the 16th ult., had been received vie New Orleans. For the following outline we are indebted to the New York Tribune : " The result of the Presidential elections, according to the returns at that date, was 13 votes for General Arista, 2 for Rosa, 3 for Almonte, 1 for Gomez Pedraza, 1 for Mujica, arid in two states, having one electoral vote each, no election, giving a majority of 4 out of 22 votes to Arista. No further arrangement has been made in regard to the internal debt. A bill for that purpose bas been under discussion in the Senate, and the Chamber of Deputies appointed as a committee of conference with the creditors in order to agree upon the terms. Nothing has yet been accomplished by this measure, and it is feared that it will prove wholly ineffectual. A Bill has passed both Houses of the Lagislatere permitting the introduction of foreign corn (maize) on the payment of ' as certain duty, into the ports of Tampico and Meta mores. An application has been made to the Mexican , Congress by Lower California to be admitted as a State of the Republic, or to be attached as a territory to Aguas Calientes. The public functionaries of Vera Cruz have not received any portion of their pay for five months. General Joaquin Rea was assassinated on the 29th of October at Ayutls, He was attacked by a mob of over 300 men, from whom he received three musket balls and many wounds by hatchets. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, DEC. 12. This being Thanksgiving-day, business is generally suspended. America's news was received yesterday too late for markets. American Government Mint returns show that upwards of 4,500,000 dolls. gold dust were received in November. Government bonds stolen from the steamer Helena Slowman have been on sale here—suspected parties are in custody. Congressional news uninteresting. Stock market exceedingly active ; yesterday nearly all the " fan cies" advanced' considerably. Sales of Reading Railroad Shares, 75 ; Government Sixes, of '67, 114 to 1141; New York State Sixes, 119 to 1191; Kentuck Sixes, 106 to 1061. Corn and flour market firm at mail quotations. Cotton market rather flit at circular rates. Asia's news had not affected New Orleans markets. Exchange dull at mail rates. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, DEC. 9, P.K. The stock market opened quite buoyant this morning, and continued so to the close. The transactions in the `armies were not so large as usual, but a larger portion was for cash. At the first board United States' Sixes, 1867, advanced f per cent.; Farmers' Loan, ; Reading Illilroad, I; Erie Railroad, i; Norwich and Worcester, ; Erie Income Bonds, i; Hudson River Railroad Bonds, e. At the second board, Erie Income Bonds improved a per cent.; Erie Railroad, i; Norwich and Worcester, and Farmers' Loan, There was more activity among operators in the afternoon than in the morning, and the market closed firm with an upward tendency in prices. Governments stocks were in better demand to-day at better prices. The speculative feeling among outsiders appears to increase. The prospect at presant is in favour of an active market throughout the season. The recent arrivals of gold dust from California are much larger than anticipated, and have given a fresh impetus to speculation. The views of holders of stocks generally arc much above currenf rates, and only those who are compelled to realize do so. We have seen nearly every fancy stock on the list 10, 20, - and •O per cent. above present prices, and it is by no means impossible but that the inflation of former times may again he experienced. It is true that the margin for a rise in some stocks is very limited, while others are selling for much more money than they are actually worth, hut it matters little about prices when the fever of speculation runs high, and speculators are mad from excitement. The receipts at the office of the assistant treasurer of ,his port today amounted to 87,033 dolls.; payments, 61,551 dolls. 19c.; balance, 3,671,663 dolls. 64c. The value of merchandise imported into this port for the month of November, was 7,498,576 dolls., of which 7,068,805 dolls, 'was dutiable, 416,191 dolls. free, and 13,580 dolls. specie and bullion. Of the amount with drawn from warehouse during the month 905,006 dolls was dutiable. Cash duties on imports, 1,885,264 dolls. 12c. The value of imports for the mouth of November 1849 was 5,511,022 dolls. The loss by the fire this afternoon in Broad-street was about 200,000 dolls. Insured principally in Wall -523,331 I street. The January interest on the bonds of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company will be paid upon the presen tation of the coupons at ,the banking-house of Selden, With( rs, and Co., of Washington city; or, by an ar rangement made with said firm, in Baltimore or the other principal cities of the United States, thus affording additional facilities to the holders of the bonds for having their coupons cashed. The regular tour per cent. dividend will be paid on the Vermont and Canada Railway stock to shareholders, December 1, at the office of the Vermont Central Rail road Company, on the Ist of January next. The foreign exports from Baltimore, during the week ending on Thursday, amounted in the aggregate to 157,763 dolls. 80c. The principal articles exported were 14,319 barrels of flour, 28,728 bushels of corn, 1,047 barrels of corn meal, and 405 hhds of tobacco. Among the shipments were two full cargoes, principally bread stuff's, to Liverpool. There were cleared, at the Baltimore Custom-house, during the month of October, 31 vessels, viz.:-3 ships, 7 barques, 8 brigs, and 12 schooners, having an aggregate tonnage of 7,885 tons, and employing in their navigation 222 men. Of these vessels 7 were British, 3 Bremen, 1 Ilamburgh, and 20 American. Their destinations wcre as follow:—To various ports in the British provinces, 15; California, 5; Trieste, 1; Rio de Janeiro, 1; Liverpool, 2; Pernambuco, 1; Talcahuano, 1; Bremen, 2; La guayra, 2; and Spanish Main, 1. The total value of the merchandise exported by these vessels was 776,497 dolls. 21c., including that to California, which amounted to 262,987 dolls. 69c. By comparing the above with the monthly statement for October, it will be seen that the number of foreign clearances at the Baltimore Custom. house during the month of November falls considerably► short of those during the preceding month. While this is the case, however, the fact is presented that the value of the articles exported in November is considerably larger than it was for the month of October. The entries from foreign ports during the month of November were-3 ships, 7 barques, 18 brigs, and 90 schooners, making a total of 40 vessels. During the same period the arrivals from coastwise ports were -3 ships, 4 barques, 18 brigs, and 90 schooners—in all 118 vessels; making the number of foreign and coast wise arrivals during the month 158. Of this number, 9 were British, 2 Bremen, and the balance, 147, American. Of the arrivals from foreign ports, 3 had free cargoes, 3 were in ballast, and 34 bad cargoes subject to duty. The total amount received from customs during the month was 53,742 dolls. 56c, against 51,293 dolls. 28c. during the same period last year. The d►sbursements were 57,280 dolls. 37c., against 68,973 .dolls. 89e. last year. CITY TRADE REPORT. MONDAY, DEC. 9, SIX 1.. M. Asbes—The market was very dull, with a moderate demand. Sales of 110 barrels, at 5 dolls. 75c. to 5 dolls. 87c. for pots, and 5 dolls. 75c. to 5 dolls. 810. for pearls. Breadstuffs.—Flour—There was a good demand for State and Western flour, in part for the eastern and city trade, with something doing for speculative investment. The present cold snap of weather has produced on the part of holders less disposition to press sales and the market ruled very firm. The export demand was limited. The receipts to-day were moderate, bt ing only 11,000 barrels, but the stock in the hands of the trade was pretty large. About 10,000 barrels domestic have changed hands at 4 dolls. 62c. to 4 dolls. 68ic. for ordinary to straight stata ; 4 dolls. 681 c. to 4 dolls. 87ic. for mixed to straight Michigan and Indiana ; 4 dolls. 940. to 5 dolls. hie. for pure Genes see; 5 dolls. 18c. to 5 dolls. 37ic. for fancy Ohio; 5 dolls. 12, c. to 5 dolls. 374 c. for fancy Genessee; and 5 dolls. 37ic. to 5 dolls. 50c. for extra Ohio and Gnes see, Canadian was in fair demand, with some large sales reported at private bargain. Southern flour war very firm, and in fair request, with only a limited supply. The sales embraced 450 barrels at 5 dolls. 12ie. for straight brands. Rye flour was pretty active, with sales of 200 barrels at 3 dolls. 50c. Corn meal was rather heavy—the transactions did not exceed 100 barrels Jersey, at 3 dolls. 6c. to 3 dolls. 12ic. Brandywine was scarce, and held at 3 dolls. 3 tic. to 3 dolls. 87ie. Wheat —The market for domestic was very dull, while the amount offering was large, and there was a disposition of water, however, only vessels of light draught can go up much beyond the site of the town of Klamath, which is one mile from the ocean. This point, it is therefore supposed, will be a deceit whence the upper country must receive its supplies. The junction of the Salmon River is 90 miles above this site. Midway between these points the river travel is impeded by reeks, so that boats cannot pass; but after leaving these there is no obstacle up to the falls at the mouth of Salmon River. " Both here and at the rocks tow❑ sites have been selected. Twenty miles above the Salmon the Trinity River comes into the Klamath. It has long been sup posed to empty into Trinidad Bay. Tho land around these rivers is, with little exception, favourable to agri cultural purposes." Mdlle. Lind continued to enjoy recurring tri umphs. On the 9th she appeared at Baltimore, when the receipts were about 3,0001. sterling. Rumours were current that the wreck of the screw steamer Helena Slowman bad been picked up off the coast. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2j, 1850. on the part of owners to press sales. Canadian was in good request for export, with sales of 15,000 bushels at 1 doll. 4c. to 1 doll. sc. for good to fair. Prime was held at 1 doll. 6c. Rye was less freely offered, and prices have advanced. with sales of 6,000 bushels at 75c., clos ing buoyant. Bsrley and Oats remained without par ticular change. Corn was held firmly wi:h a fair de mand, and sales of 9,000 bushels at 64c. for New Northern, and 66c. for new Jersey and 3 ellow ; also old mixed at 66e. to 70c., now held at 70c. to 71c. The stock of all kinds was light, particularly old. Cotton—The sales reported on 'Change amounted to 1,470 bales, at the prices paid on Saturday. Holders of Upland cotton supply the market freely at the quota tions, whereas the holders of the Gulf descriptions do not—it not being practicable to buy at less than our inside figures; and if the fears of an impending Conti nental revolution were removed from the public mind, a rapid advance would ensue—as it is in that section that the larger estimates of the crop, which have now disap peared, first saw the light. In regard to the question of supply, three-fourths of the opinions of operators in this market lie between 1,950,000 and 2,100,000 bales. Planters have been enabled to keep well up with their picking this autumn; and, as the roads have been in fine order, and streams all navigable except the rivers at Mobile, which are now in a good stage, the facilities to get it to the ports are greater than usufl, and induce ments to p'auters to realise far in excess of those here tofore existing. We therefore think the comparative receipts, excepting those at Mobile, may well be taken as a criterion. Coal—There was not much doing to-day, while prices were unchanged. The last sale of Liverpool Orrel coal was at 7 dulls. 50c., short time. Freights—There continued to be considerab!e parcels of bread-stuffs offering for Liverpool, and we have to notice some 20,000 to 30,000 bushels of corn engaged at 4d. in bulk, and 4id. bagged by the ship; for wheat sd. was asked; 2,000 to 3,000 barrels of flour were engaged at ls. 3d., and afterwards is. 6d. was asked ; fur cotton id., and for dead weight 153. to 16s. continue to be quoted. To California rates varied from 50c. to 112 c. The Havre packet, to sail on the 16th, was full with cotton at je., and ashes at 6 dolls. to 7 dolls. Naval Stores—About 50 barrels spirits of turpentine have been sold at 36c. cash —art advance ; rough tur pentine commanded 2 dolls. 87ic. per 2801 b. Wilming ton resin sold to the extent of 200 barrels, at 1 dolls. 40c. to 1 doll. 45c. from yard and delivered. Other articles exhibited no alteration. The exports since the Ist of July, 1850, comprised 151,000 barrels,all kinds. Oil—Linseed has not varied since Saturday, but the tendency was upward. The transactions to-day em braced 5,000 gallons at 80c. to 81c. in casks, and 82c. is barrels, for English and American from store. Whale was at last reported. The imports of sperm and whale oil into the United States for 1850, to December 2, add up 286,645 barrels. Provisions.—Pork—The market was unsettled, but there was less doing. The operations amounted to 450 barrels, at 11 dolls. 75c. for mess, and 8 dolls. 75c. for prime, including 100 barrels new city mess at 12 dolls. The receipts of pork to-day were 600 pigs. Beef was held firmly at previous figures, with sales of 200 bar rels. The receipts of beef per North River boats to-day were 1,100 packages. Beef hams sold to the extent of 200 barrels at 14 dolls. per 2201 b., weighed out. We hare no change to note in dressed hogs; lard was less buoyant, and the market was steady. The sales include 250 barrels old at 71c. to ?ie., and 200 kegs new at Bc. Butter was in fair request, with sales of western dairies at 14c. to 18e., and Orange county at 18c. to 22c. The inferior qualities were neglected. The receipts of butter to-day by the North River sum up 826 packages. Cheese was 6c. to 6ic., and steady. About 2,000 packages were re ceived to-day by the Hudson river. JAMAICA, Nov. 27. Sugar is taken at 18s. t ) 225. per 100 lb., according to quality. Stock moderate. Freights—Tonnag e is abund ant compared with the existing demand. There is little or no prcduce offering just now. Gold — American is worth 1 per cent., and doubloons 1 per cent. premium. Exchange on New York, merchants' bills, 60 days, 2i per cent. premium. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 5. There has been quite a movement in tobacco within a day or two, which has resulted in sales of 600 hhds. Terms not male public. WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 22.—The Royal Mail Com pany's steam-ship Avon, Captain Bast (Lieutenant R.N.), arrived last evening, at nine o'clock, from the West Indies, with the usual mail, in charge of Lieut. Percival, R.N., Admiralty agent. The latest dates brought by the Avon are :—Ha vana, Nov. 23 ; Chagres, 25 ; Carthagena, 27 ; Ja maica, 28; Demerara, 26; Trinidad, 27; Barba hoes, 30 ; Greneda, 28 ; Porto Rico, Dec. 2 ; St. Thomas, Dec. 4 ; Nassati, Nov. 17 ; Antigua, Dec 2; Jacmel, Nov. 29; Santa Martha, 8; Grey Town,l7. The Avon brings on freight 1,009,977 dolls, on merchants' account ; 159 serons of cochineal ; 46 cases of cigars; 105 bales of tobacco; 105 bales of sarsaparilla ; and 34 packages of sundries. JAMAICA. We have our customary dispatch from this colony. The cholera had abated very considerably at King ston, Port Royal, and St. Catherine ; indeed, in the last-mentioned places it may be said to have disap peared entirely. We regret much to find, however, that it was spreading fearfully throughout the coun try parishes, in the agricultural districts. The House of Assembly met pursuant to adjourn ment on the 19th of November, when a Bill was enacted to afford additional pecuniary relief to the different parishes infected with the epidemic. Ten thousand pounds were voted for the purpose, and placed in the hands of the Central Board of Commis sioners in Spanish Town. There was some disagree ment among the Members of the House as to the parties who should form the several local boards in the different parishes, but it was afterwards ami cably arranged that the representatives of the parish, the churchwardens, rector, castor, or senior magistrate, and ten inhabit an t s , to be selected by those named, should for m the board. On the 21st of November the House resolved that on its rising on the 22d it should stand adjourned to the 10th of December; on the 22d there was not a full quorum present to do business, and, consequently, the House adjourned to the 10th of December, agreeably to former .resolution, before the above measure had been perfected. To remove them from this difficulty, the Governor prorogued them on the 23d of November to re -assemble on the 25th, thus superseding the adjournment ; the House re-assembled accordingly on the 26th, and on the 26th, after the Cholera Relief Bill had received the Governor's assent, adjourned until the 10th of December. In those placei in which the disease was raging, as well as in those* from which it bad departed, the greatest destitution and misery existed. Mr. Wil liam Smith had made an appeal to the public on be half of the cholera orphans, suggesting the formation of an orphan asylum. Dr. James Macfayden, a gentleman of high attain ments, fell a victim to the disease, in Kingston, a few days before the packet left. His loss was greatly felt among the inhabitants. We notice the death of Francis Dl`Cook, Esq., Member of the House of Assembly for the parish of St. Dorothy. The vacant seat was to be filled either by the former member, Peter Harrison, Esq , or David Brandon, Esq., of Kingston. Mr. William Kemble, late sergeant-at-arms, has been elected clerk to the Assembly; and Mr. Vidal, son of the deceased clerk, has been appointed ser geant-at-arms. BARBADOES.—The cholera had made its appearance in Barbadoes amongst the troops stationed in that island, but was considered by the medical men to be sporadic, not unusual in the tropics. The Board of Health had, however, taken the necessary steps to insure cleanliness, So., by which means it is hoped that the island may be lightly passed over. Thai weather is remarkably fine, some refreshing showers having fallen. ANTIGUA —Two severe shocks of earthquaake were experienced here on the morning of the 2d November. Ram was much wanted in several localities, whilst in others there had been sufficient. The Legislature met on the 19th of November. Stations of her Msjesty's Ships—Oat: 26, the Asia and Swift, at Valparaiso; Nov. 13, Driver (s), at Guyaquil; 19, Daphne (s), at Panama, sailed 201 for Valparaiso ; 17, Inflexible (s), Grey Town, very sickly ; 28, Imaum and Persian, at Port Royal, Jamaica ; 30, brig Helena, at Barbadoes ; 26, Alban (s), at Santa Martha ; Dec. 1, French frigate Afri can, at Fort Royal, Martinique. Stations of the Company's Steam-ships—The Great Western, Captain Wolfe, on the Gulf of Mexico route ; the Tay, Captain Chapman, on the South American Main route; the Conway, Captain Wolley, and the Eagle, Captain Wilson, at St. Thomas, await ing the arrival of the Trent, with mails of Nov. 17. JAMAICA MARKETS. (From Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.) Sugar is taken at 18s; to 225. per 100 1 bs., a ccor ding to quality. The stock is very moderate. Coffee—Not any bas yet come to market. and it is highly probable that the picking of this year's crop will be delayed beyond the usual time, if the cholera conti nues to spread in the agricultural districts. Freights—Tonnage is abundant, compared with the existing demand. There is little or no produce offering just now. Salt—Liverpool stoved is worth 55. 6d. per bag. A cargo of coarse Turk's island has changed hands, at ls. per bushel afloat. Gold—American is worth l per cent., and doubloons per cent. prem. EXCIIA.NOES. On London: Jamaica Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem.; ditto, 60 days, 14 percent. prem.; ditto, 30 day., 2 per cent. prem. Colonial Bank, 90 days, 1 per cent. prem.; ditto, 60 days, 14 per cent. prem.; ditto, 30 days, 2 per cent. prem. On New York: Merchants' Bills, 60 days, 24 per cent.-prem. CANADA. The City Council of Toronto has agreed to advance 100,000 dolls. in debentures, payable 20 years after date, with 6 per cent. interest payable half•yearly, in aid of the Toronto, Simcoe, and. Lake Huron Rail roe, on the following conditions :-40,000 shall be issued to the railroad company. when 400.,.QC dolls. have been expended upon the road ; 40,000 dolls. more when 800,000 dolls. have been expended ; and the remaining 20,000 dolls, when work to the value of 1,000,000 dolls. is completed. THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—The ship Emma, Captain Sowill, arrived here to-day ; she sailed from Rio Ja neiro on the Ist, and from Pernambuco on the 19th November. There is no news of importance from the latter place, but a private letter from Rio states that war between Rio Janeiro and Buenos Ayres will take place to a certainty. Commercial affairs at Pernambuco were in a quiescent state. Freight of cotton to Liverpool was sd. per lb. _ . Sugar to British ports was 625. 61., and .to C.,n tinental ports 705., and was likely to be vied . sup parted. Dates from Bahia, to the 11. h Ni.ven3her, inform ui that exchange ruled at 99 to 29i, and freights 52•.6.1., to the Charnel for orchrs. Commercial atlairs at Rio Jeneiro were steady. Exchange on London was 29} ; freights, 555. to 603. - SOIREE OF TH-E SUNDERLAMEi LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL St CIETY. The annual toirde of the members and friends of this institution was held on Wednesday evening, in the Ather mum, Fawcett-s'reet. After tea, which was served in the library of the in stitution,__ the company assem bl e d i n t h e large hall, when Mr. F. H. Johnson, secretary to the societ 3 , s t a t e d t h a t the committee had met with a disappointment which had put them to considerable inconvenience; he referred to the fact that Mr. Butt, who it vs as announced,..svould preside over the meeting, was prevented by sudden ill ness from being present. , Mt. Johnson then read the following letter from Mr. Butt:— " Towyn Lodge, December 16th, 1850. " Dear Sir,—l do not know that I have ever been more disappointed than at finding myself compelled at the last moment to ask the indulgence of your commit tee for not availing myself of their very flattering in vitation. " I am unfortunately now most inopportunely suffering from an attack of sore throat, which would make travelling most imprudent, indeed more than impru dent, and even if I could move, would find it quite out of my power to take part in a public meeting for some days. "I feel very deeply the deprivation of not being pre sent at a meeting in which I had promised myself so much interest. I trust the disappointment to you and the committee will be very slight, as you will easily find a more able chairman, though, believe me, none who will feel more pride and pleasure in occupying that position than I would. "I have the honour to be, " Yours very faithfully, "ISAAC BUTT. "I ought to add, that until to-day I had no apprehen sion of being unable to go, or you should of course have had earlier intimation." Dr. WIT in taking the chair, remarked that he had agreed, on the application of the committee, to do the duty of chairman till Mr. Seymour should arrive. He could only express his great disappointment that a gen tleman of Mr. Butt's talent was prevented from being present. His high professional character and eminent literary attainments would have rendered him a most suitable chairman, had he been able to fulfil his promise. Had Mr. Seymour been present to fill his place, they all knew that they would not have had so much cause to complain. As it was, however, they would have to de pend more upon their own resources; and he hoped that in the absence of those distinguished strangers they would render themselves mutually more agreeable.— (Cheers.) If he had bad the least idea that he should have been called upon to fill the chair, he would have prepared himself to come before them with some details with reference to the institution; but as he had only had an hour or two's notice he was unable to do this. He un derstood, however, that as to financial affairs the society was in a better state than it had been for many years past.—(Cheers.) The number of members was increas ing from year to year; and their library was increasing not only in the number of volumes, but in the acknow ledged value of the works admitted. He hoped they might expect a still larger number of members. With out saying anything more, he would call on Mr. Spencer Hall to address the meeting. Mr. HALL said he had certainly come there that even ing with an idea that he would be one of the quietest persona present; and having been called on so unex pectedly to speak, he must claim their indulgence and forgiveness if his remarks might be in some degree incoherent and wanting in that consecutiveness which they might have had, if he had been prepared. If there was in the company any one who from boyhood had been compelled to struggle against a thousand obstructions to the develop ment of his mind, but who had in spite of all obstacles risen step by step to the enjoyment of the exercise of the higher faculties of his being, he could sympathise with him truly and deeply, for they were brothers. It was impossible for any one to under stand the value of institutions such as that in connexion with which they had met, without understanding first the want of them. Born in a remote rural district where it was at that time hard to get a book without going a great distance, or paying a very large sum for it, he knew well the disadvantages under which many thou sands laboured, in improving themselves. It was evi dent that in such a town as Sunderland there must either be a want of knowledges of the advantages of this institution, or some conventional feeling ndierse to it, or else there would have been a en' larger audience present. He was glad to -say that it was the earnest de sire of the committee of this society that its advantages should be extended far beyond the mere limits of mem bership, that no grade in the town should be excluded from it, but that for the future classes would be formed which all might attend, whatever was their rank or po sition in society.—(Cheers.) When they considei ed how much was frequently owing to the cultivation of a mind which otherwise might have remained in ob scurity, when they remembered that many of those who were called great men owed their greatness to simple ple influences of which the world might never have heard, they could not over- estimate any effort, however trivial, to extend the knowledge of the advantages of such an institution. If it was true that it was impossible for a labourer to prattle to his child without influencing mankind to the latest generation, if a Chantrey owed so much of his fame to the simple circumstance of seeing a rude artist at his labour, from which he learned to carve, and having a taste for sculpture led to the prosecution of that art, how unable must they be to calculate the ad- vantages to every class of society from the efforts which they might all make to extend the influence of such an institution.—(Cheers.) It appeared to him, drawing a comparison between this town and others which he knew, that with reference to intellectual attainments, Sunder land stood in the rank of a full grown youth. It was a thriving, industrious town, and possessed of considerable animal spirits, but intellectual pursuits were not appre ciated as they might be in a short time; and for that very reason it became of the more importance that good principles should be established in its mind, so to speak, that it might one day be come, as he had no doubt it would, a town of far higher rank in that respect than at present. He, there fere, felt the importance of every one doing what in him lay to ad vance such an institution. In proportion as they did so they would be developing the purpose for which they were placed on the earth, aild approaching the time when all shams, guile, oppression, and deceit would be consumed in one grand blues of the light and wisdom of the Omnipotent. In so far as they thus accomplish the grand end of their existence, in so far would they have realised a conjunction with that principle from which all truth and love proceeded—that state in which it would probably be found that this world had been a simple school, and that all their difficulties and trials, and every event, as it were but eincle letters or words on the grand page of creation, which was itself an embodiment and index of some grand corresponding principle in the Divine mind, from which the whole for our use and in struction had emanated.—(Loud applause.) The Philharmonic Society having performed several pieces of music, the Chairman announced that Mr. Sey mour had arrived, and he desired to give up the chair to that gentleman. At the request, however, of Mr. Seymour and others he retained it. W. DICEY SEYMOUR, Esq., barrister-at-law, was re ceived with loud cheers, and in a few preliminary re marks, expressed his regret at the absence of Mr. Butt, and stated that he himself was wholly unprepared to make any speech, having been engaged till after two o'clock at York, and having only arrived in wan a few minutes. He had, however, on his way been thinking on a few points, which he would endea vour now to state to the meeting. What, he would ask, was the object of their presence there? It was not for the simple purpose of hearing the music, although it was very pleasing; it was not merely to meet each other, and exchange words of mutual congratulation; but for a more noble and dignified purpose—to promote, as far as they could, by their example, and encourage ment, and co-operation, a taste for education, and, above all, for self education among the labouring artixans and the mechanics of this growing and important town and neighbourhood. This object persons connected with such institutions ought always to have in view. In what light then should they view the effect of education on the working classes? Did not education, and especially self-education, show itself in their social, moral, intellec tual, and political development? The working classes of this country could not assume an attitude worthy of them in this age of progress, unless education had exerted its influences on them intellectually, socially, and politically. And what was the present condition of the country as to social progress? Looking abroad with a philosophic eye on this age, there were two things a hich must strike them all—one was that there was a spirit abroad, and the other that there was a fact giving lite to that spirit. The spirit was life in as age of progress, and the fact was that they lived in an age which was deve loping a people. It was because they lived in an age of progress that they should enccurage social progress among the working classes. " Men the workers! men my brothers! Fore ard p forward let us range"— to quote an American poet, was the language he would use in urging on the working classes to the noble and dignified pursuits of literature. Man was to bo edu cated because of his inherent dignity as a man, and not because it was his misfortune or his lot to be employed at a certain trade. It was the spirit of man which ennobled him, and rendered him worthy of education; not the lot in which he was cast. The devolopment of the grand intellectual powers which Providence had be stowed on him was the first effect education ought to have on the working classes. That ought to exalt the labour by dignifying the labourer. But there was another reason why they should regard the education of this elan as most impo. taut. They lived in days of progress; UN ~~ heir railways now extending in all quarters conveyed THREATENED STRIKE on the .L 0 cx # .._. them along with arrow-like speed, bringing minds into i and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL WA r-s A 4 - d . ' contact with minds in a manner which fifty years ago I The following statement, respecting certain eßeo V ' would have been regarded as impossible; they had the i grievances of the firemen and enginemen employed on the electric telegraph now conveying messages for the at- I northern division of the London and North-Western tendance of a physician upon a dying man, now pressed I Railway, has been drawn up by Mr. Hardman Earle, into the service of justice to entrap the murderer or the 1 chairman of the Locomotive Committee. We arc sorry thief; and amidst all these pools of progress was the to learn that some apprehension is entertained lest the mind to continue inactive? When they had the means of en ginemen should l eave t h e i r wor k t hi s d ay i n a b ody; improvement w ere th e m illi ons to b e l eft uneducated? a step whi c h cannot fail to cause great inconvenience to Were th ere t o b e no rai l way effects on their minds, no ic, while it cannot be attended with any real be -the like an ele c t r i c s h ock, runn i ng f rom heart to heart ne the publ —the magic of education which would enable ev e r •man " fit to the men th emse l ves:— y The enginemen and firemen of the northern division to converse on subjects of which they now knew nothing? having made a formal complaint to the superintendent cf' There was even a more practice' view in which he re- sundry alleged grievances, the directors of the Locomo garded the question—viz., as to the effect which educated Live Committee, on Tuesday, the 17th of December, moth !shout' would have upon the country. He believed they deputation from the engineuaen on the subject. had entered on films in which any man t o succeed and "At this meeting the following enginemen attended to gratify a reasonehle and lawful ambition, to prosper in explain the sentiments of the general body : —J, Murphy, any trade or business, must be an educated man.— 1. Stockdale, J o h n T reshingharn, J. aVaterworth, J. (Cheero) The times were such that ther e cou ld b e no Allen, S. Butterworth, George Eaten, James Turner, P. and E. Wilkens. longer /thy indoleece in this respect. They must be up c o l es h i ii , J . B owman, and thing, The cps of the world wore on England at "To this deputation the Chairman of the Locomotive present. This country aas now developing something Committee read the followinir copy of resolution s , whi c h. whisk h a d never b I, e, been se t .n. Not to sueak cf rail- with other documents, had ' been transmitted to, the di ,vsye, eleceric telegr , phs, etrd'eher [rime; ha of genius, rectors, I,•iz :...... thel e wero o;her Lrts , l (law nicg around th m— ethe arts "' A Copy o f Resolutions ag r ee d t o b y t h e E nginemen of peace and r eac, itst.—(Chee;s ) This country Wbil and Firemen of the London and North•Weeorn Hail now soludieg forward and offerie gto the world the way, Northern Division. olive branch, the ni3 stic sy nibol and type of peace. lie "' 1. That the three months' s could not :Ai) , anything disr e spectful o f th a t no bl e pro- eltoseether. ystem be ab di s hed fession vshi,:h had fought the battles of England, for ", 2, That all those men that have signed the three to it they were indelyed for the peace which they mooths' notice, their signatures shall be erased, and they now enjoy( d ; it bad given them the opparloniq be placed in the station they were iz before the signing of cultivating the arts of peaee. But the very effect of the tine:: menths'lnstice. this progress of peace and of this country standing forth "' 3. That no engineman shall be enforced to take any as the great haler and patron of the arts a peace in but his own fireman, e xcept in case of emergency, this these times, would be that the competition for labour being continually enforced, to the inconvenience of the would be immensely increased. The working man, engineman. however, to succeed must educate himself. What had "' 4. That those men who have been reduced for ob elevated the middle elapses? MacAulay in his " History jecting to sign the three months' notice be reinstated in of England" stated that little more than a century ago, their former positions.' the curates of the Church of England used to perform ' The committee then inquired whether these reeo the most menial offices, and sometimes stand during lutions correctly set forth the views and sentiments of dinner at the back of the chair of a country squire, who the enginemen, and th e rep l y was in the affirmative, gyman. There was a ti me w h en t h e middle class would now only be too g l a d t o b e recognised by a slat- after which a long di scuss i on took place with the depu es war© tation of enginemen, a t th © c l ose of which the committee as much beneath the aristo c r ac y as t h e wor ki ng classes stated, that in ord er t o avo id any error or unintentional are beneath the middl e c l asses . Wh at had produced the misapprehension, they wou ld , after due consideration, elevation of the middl e c l asses ? Wh at but education? send a written an swer t o t h e d emands of the enginemen, —(Cheers.) Therefore, he argue d, th a t if t h e middle as declared in the resolution above recorded. The fol classes had elevated themselves by education into another lowing is their answers— aristocracy, and since the working classes had the same "In regard to the first resolution, 'that the three opportunities of education, and far better opportunities months' notice should be abolished altogether,' the di than the middle classes had, why should they not ale- rectors will repeat now what they stated distinctly to ve t te themselves in the social scale, and take up that the deputation of enginemen—that the system recently position which be believed they were yet destined to introduced of requiring from all new enginemen and hold ? While speaking of the working classes, it new firemen three months' notice before quitting the just occurred to hullo° mention the case of the handloom weavers, many thousands o f w h om were d r i ven out of company's service wa s no t a d opted, as supposed by the employment by th e i n t ro d uc ti an o f mach i nery. These deputation, in ord er to b r i ng about a reduction of wages, but simply with a view to obviate the acknowledged evil poor men were frequently led away by such persons as Louis Blanc, who took a d van t age o f t h e i gnorance of of a sudden stopp age o f t h e li ne, occasioned, perhaps, by some misunderstanding b e t ween t h e enginemen and the some of them to impre ss th e i r m i n d s w i th erroneous locomotive superintendent. It must be evident that principles. If these handloom weavers had been edu- without the protection of such notice the whole corn cated, they would have been better able to mee the neces- mercial and postal communication between England and sary result of the progress of machinery, and to combat Scotland and Ireland might be suddenly suspended, or, against the oscillations of trade. These men merely did if partially kept open, it would only be by means of new the work of machines, but if th e y h a d b een educated and inexperienced hands; the public being thereby put they could have turned to some other employment to to the risk of delays and accidents, which it is the duty obtain a living, instead of throwing themselves on the of the directo rs by a ll practical means to prevent. But, g parish,oun or the high ground o f the into the workhouse. Therefore, on all while thus ende a vo ur i ng to i nsure the good order and ds—on dignity of their safety of the line, the terms of the notice (now ob common nature, and their duty to cultivate the powers jected to) provide that for engineman wh o d es i res any which God had given th em ; or i n t h e l ower sense, with to make a boni fide engagement with another company, regard to the increase of competition in this country or who shall propose to go abroad, or, in fact, who shall from the increase of the arts and the spread of peace ;or wish to quit the company's service for any valid reason on the ground of the effect of oscillations of trade on altogether unconnected with a general strike, the usual uneducated men—he submitt e d that- h e h a d shown that fortnight's notice will be deemed sufficient. It must be education was necessary, and that they were properly remembered, also, that the old enginemen are not re employed in encouraging the social developement of the quired to subscribe to the notice. working classes.—(Cheers.) But he must next speak of " The directors repeat that they have no intention by a moral developeutent, by which he meant the spread this measure to reduce the wages of old and tried hands, among the working classes, in the first instance, of a nor to obtain the services of those who are disposed to spirit of independence—(Cheers)—second, a spread of sign for a lower rate of wages or remuneration than the spirit of self deoial, and looking to the future. Did what similar duties are performed for at present, nor do nut the benefit societies, and other similar institutions they grudge the present high wages of 7s. per day as springing up in the country, show a moral development the reward of long and faithful service, but they expect and a moral progress and advancement? This develop- in return a zealous and cheerful obedience to rules and went tended to make the home of every working man a regulations framed in a liberal spirit, and calculated ge little domestic Ather num, and it was such a result of nerally to establish a system which will ultimately secure which he was now the advocate. There was, moreover, the regularity of the line, the safety of the public, and a social development, which was the effect of education; tb• well-being of the whole concern. and also an intellectual development, which was the " The second resolution must be considered as an proper end and aim of all who could read. " God be swered in the reply to No. 1, praised for books," said an e l oquen t wr it er , o t h ey are " No. 3. ' That no engineman shall be forced to take voices of the dead to the living, and make us heirs of the any but his own fireman, &c.' life of past ages." Books alone would make the working " The committee will engage that every engineman man not only socially and morally improved, but lilted- shall be provided with a competent and efficient fireman; lectually great. It seemed to him that the working and, as a general rule, as is the custom now, they do classes in this country were b eg in n i ng t o think for them- not object to their remaining together. But they regret selves. Men thinking was abroad. Th e y saw proofs of that they cannot be bound, under all circumstances, to this daily; and in ten or twelve years a vast change in this comply with this demand of the enginemen, as it would respect had taken place, On the grounds which he had be surrendering their undoubted right to the control enumerated, then, he contended that this institution and over their own servants, as well as yielding to a dicta its members, and the object whi c h th e y h a d a t h eart, Lion which would be subversive of all discipline in the were entitled to the confidence and respect of the establishment. people of Sunderland.—(Cheers.) But education could o No. 4. ' That those men who had been reduced for not produce the effects which be bad mentioned, without objecting to sign the three months' notice be reinstated also producing political progress, by which he meant that in their former positions.' consummation which would be brought about when the "The committee deny that any registered enginemen working man was no longer the sl a ve of a n ag it a t or , nor or fireman has been reduced, or is intended to be re depended on any other man for his opinions; but when duced, for refusing to sign the three months' notice. he would exercise his own free and independent judg- They avow that they will give a preference to all those meat on the great questions of the age.—(Applause.) who are candidates for promotion who are willing to He was not afraid of such a development. Some said conform to this reasonable regulation; and they are de that if the working classes were educated great danger termined to keep faith with any Who have signed, or would arise. Such people seemed to compare those who who may hereafter sign, under such expectation, pro held opposite views, to the crew of the ship in which aided they are deemed to be equally well qualified to un- Columbus discovered America, who, when they neared dertake the higher duties as others who decline to sign. the shore of the new world, were surruoutlid try mists " HARDMAN EARLE, and fogs for several days, and gave way to despair, C15.1.-sssaa of the Locomotive Committee thinking of the dangers which might arise. Those of the Northern reteieise o • persons to whom he had referred would tell those who, 4 , Liverpool, Dec. 21." like him, were engaged in the noble task cf endeavour ing to educate the working classes, that dangers were rear, that breakers were ahead, and fogs and mists prevailing. But if there were such dangers, he wished to let light amongst them; to let education dissipate these fogs, and show to the working classes what really lay before them, and what that new world of develop ment was which he had been speaking about. After relating the Irishman's definition of " nothing" to be a " footless stocking without a leg." Mr. Seymour stated his definition of the same word to be " a Mechanics' Institute without mechanics." This, he was afraid, was too true with regard to the institute here. The result of all their efforts ought to have shown itself; and he did regret that the mechanics for whom this institution was designed did not take advantage of it. The institute he understood had two objects, one of which related to mechanics. He should like to see a collection of cheap books to which they might have access at a cheap rate, and lectures upon subjects likely to prove interest ing to them, such as anatomy, physiology, geology, &c. He knew that excellent results had flowed from such lectures in other towns, and ho thought they might bo introduced here. He would undertake to get Mr. Butt to deliver one lecture in the course of next year—(Cheers)—and if Mr. B. did not come, he (Mr. S) would deliver two in pace of him.—(Renewed cheering.) He hoped some other gentlemen would follow this example. He concluded by referring to the infinence which the ladies possessed in rendering the institution successful, and in placing it in a position worthy of Sunderland and its advancing prosperity, in which he expressed his deep interest.—(Great cheering.) Mr. BROWELL then exhibited several of his beautiful dissolving views, to the great satisfaction and delight of the company. Several pieces of music having been performed, Mr. Tony moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Seymour for his kindness in attending the soiree, at great per sonal inconvenience, and for his excellent address on the occasion. ST. BAINABAS Cauactr , PIMLICO.—This church was re-opened yesterday for the performance of Divine ser vice. It was not generally known that the order which had been issued on the preceding Sunday for closing the church would have been so soon withdrawn, and conse quently the congregation was almost entirely limited to the inhabitants of the district and the other regular attendants at the church. There was no crowd assembled at the doors, and the service was conducted without any confusion or in fringement of decorum. The Litany was intoned by the Rev. Mr. De Gex, one of the curates ; and at its conclusion some curiosity was manifested to observe whether the large wax candles which stand upon the altar would be lighted, according to the custom which has been hitherto observed. This, however, was not done. The Commandments were read by the Rev. Mr. Fyffe, who stood at the north side of the altar, with his face directed towards the south. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Cowie, principal of the engineering college at Putney, from the 6th chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, the sth and 6th verses. The Rev. Gentleman did not make use of the prefatory sentence, " In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost," which it has been hitherto usual to employ in St. Barnabas Church. He directed his remarks to the illustra tion of the effect produced on every man by the rite of bap tism, and consequent admission into the membership of Christ's body, and to the enforcement of the practical duties arising from the new relations in which man is thereby placed. His discourse was delivered with force and empha sis, and was listened to with marked attention. The Offer tory was then read, and the congregation afterwards quietly dispersed. DEATH OF THE CHEVALIER AENOLDUS VANDEI Br:nom—Died on the 20th instant, at the re,idence of Me son, on the Grand Parade at Portsmouth, at the advancel age of eighty-four, Chevalier Arnoldus Vanden Bergh, who for upwards of fifty years performed the onerous duties of Consul for the Netherlands, France, Austria, Portugal, Lu beck, 13remen, and Hanover, which some years back he re signed, and are now so satisfactorily performed by his son, Lewis Vanden Bergh, Esq. From his honest and upright conduct through life, Mr. Arnoldus Vanden Bergh acquired the esteem and respect of a large circle of friends, who, with his relatives, deeply regret his loss. THE RIOT AT BIERENHEAD.—After the evidence of Thomas Hughes, given at Chester on Friday, that of Thomas Coe, of the Liverpool police, was t a k en . y He iden tified Haggerty, Feehan, and Fitzsimons. (A number of bludgeons, pieces of iron, Sec., were brought in, which he said resembled the weapons used by the mob.) Sergeant Tom linson, of the Liverpool police, also identified Smith, Hag gerty, and Feehan as taking an active part in the proceed ings. At the close of the last witness's examination, it being past four o'clock, the investigation was again ad journed till Monday morning at ten o'clock. THE LATE SERVICE RENDERED TO THE FRENCH EMIIIitANTS iv TIIE LORD MAYOl.—The following letter from the Charge d'Affaires de France to the Lord Mayor of London was received a few days ago by his Lordship. It was caused by the active and benevolent interference of his Lordship in the case of a great number of poor Frenchmen, emigrants to California, in the Abyssinian, a vessel com manded by Captain lirbain :—My Lord,—The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic has desired me to ex press to you his grateful sense of the benevolent protection you have been pleased to extend to some French emigrants, who have been obliged recently to have recourse to your intervention against a Monsieur Urbain, who had misled them. Having been specially informed of the interest you have deigned to take in this affair, I feel doubly happy, my Lord, in being ,the medium of communicating to you the sentiments of my Government, and with every feeling of the highest consideration, I have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's obedient and very humble servant. (Signed) A. MARESCALCIII, Charge d'Affaires do France." ASSAULT BY THE CHAMPION OF THE THAMES.--. At the Richmond Police -court, yesterday, Robert Coombes, the well-known waterman, was charged with assaulting Eliza Horsley. The complainant, who had had two children by the defendant, went to Mortlake for the purpose of asking Coombes for some money for their support, when he induced her to accompany him into a retired lane, and then offered her 105., which she rejecting as insufficient, he struck her several severe blows on the head, and ran away. The Bench fined the defendant 255. and costs.— iVeekly Dispatch. We regret to hear that Lord and Lady Rivers have sustained a severe and domestic affliction, by the demise of their eldest son, the Hon. George Horace Pitt, who died on Friday afternoon, after a short illness. The Hon. deceased was in his 17th year, having been born in March, 1834. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Congreve Borackn enburv, who has been for some time doing thoduties has - sular 'Assistant to the British Mission at Madrid, Consul at that re ceived the appointment of her Majesty's capital. appointed President Johno hn A t e tll s il e a nE rl e n . Member liu o rr f ay Co s u i Virgin Islands. Mr. Philip Senior t Y o n d e e hous for some anccgilreag y to ea rth r i: e eisiinepnliobyeerd of V. Drysdale is will uDeciesetrdictJiauideger Fan court as Superintendent at Honduras. Mr. J. in e t o h u e nc c il v i i l aa se t i t ce isl a a t n island, Lucia. uci iv a ppointed Colonial Secretary for St. Lucia.L RobertMr.r\‘. 6 G . . Machugh is appointed Treasurer at St. Alves is appointed a member of the Council at St. •iiinc_ent. Mr. R. Gordon is appointed a member of the Council at Tobago. The Yolk, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway _ Company have this week abandoned their staiths le i e n t, I the river Wear, and have commenced to lead the who coals brought down their Durham and Sunderland railway for shipment iu Sunderland dock.—Durhata Mr. CALMER seconded the motion, which was passed ynauimously. _ Mr. SEYMOUR returned thanks for the compliment paid him. After some other speeche3, a cordial vote of thanks was passed to Dr. Iliff for his kindness in coming for ward to fill the chair in the absence of Mr. Butt. The meeting then separated. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 21. The Queen walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took their usual airings. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot. ing this morning, attended by Lieut.• Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Colonel Bouverie. The Earl of Lincoln, Lord and Lady Ashley, and Lieut.-Colonel Reid (R.E.), arrived at the Castle to-day, on a visit to the Queen and the Prince. The Royal dinner party this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Earl of Lincoln, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. Mrs. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Reid (R.E.). Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner, and played the following selec tion : Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor"...... Nicolai. Invo cazione all' Armenia.... 11.R.H. Prince Albert. Aria, " Masaniello" ... Auber. DEC. 22. The Queen and Prince Albert walked this morning in the Slopes. The Royal Family took walking exercise. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent also at tendi:d the service. A deputation, consisting of Lord Monteagle, Lord J. Chichester, M.P., Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. Fit zstephen French, M P., Mr. M'Cullagh, M.P., Mr. Tennent, M.P., Mr. Sadleir, M.P., Mr. Greene, M.P., Rev. Mr. Daly, M r . O'Fl a h erty, M r. Gregory, Mr. Rainey, Mr. D. Daly, and Mr. Blake, had an interview with the Transatlantic Packet-station Com mission on Friday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches for the Governor of the Gold Coast were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colo nial-office. TUE ARBIL—The 30th Regiment will move from Walmer t o P or t smouth on the 3d, 4th, and 6th of Ja nuary, preparatory to their embarkation for Corfu. The 91st Regiment will move from Dover to Liverpool in the first week of January, to relieve the 52d Light Infantry, which is to embark on the ith proximo for Dublin. Major- General Staveley is to leave Hong-Kong for England in March nest. verliser. Hercules store-ship," Master-Commander Fulton, at Greenhithe, is to be fitted with all dispatch, for furtbt is service. / • 7P 10,, 1 1 .eat4l? r