The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-30 00:00:00

erbtrb Nbatoni SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) ASSEMBLING OF PARLIAMENT. By the Queen—A Proclamation. VICTORIA R.—Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Tuesday the third day of January next, we, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said third day of January next, to Tuesday the thirty-first day of January next ; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the same accordingly : and we do hereby further, with the advice aferdsaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Tuesday the thirty first day of January next, assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs; aid the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners fur shires and burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at West minster, on the said Tuesday the thirty-first day of January next. Given at our Court, at Windsor, this twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord 0,,e thou sand eight hundred and fifty-three, and in the seven teenth year of our reign—God save the Queen. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE NAVY. By the Queen—A Proclamation. VICTORIA. R.—Whereas by our order in Council of this day's date, We were graciously plea se d to annul, from and after the thirty-first day of March next, our Royal pro clamation of the thirtieth L;ay of July, one thousand eight hUndred and forty-nine, regulating, according to the scheme set forth therein or recogn i se thereby, the distri bution of the net proceeds of prizes captured from the enemy, of captures and seizures under the several acts of Parliament passed, relating to the revenues of Customs, and to trade and navigation, for the abolition of the slave trade, for the capture and destruction of pirates and piratical vessels, and of the rewards conferred for the same ; as also of the awards for the salvage granted to the crews of our ships and vessels of war, when not otherwise specially apportioned by the terms of the respective awards and allowances ; and in consequence of s everal new ratings and denominations and certain alteratio ns havin g been in troduced and made in our ro yal naval service since the date of our said former proclamation, and for other causes, it is expedient that provision s hould be made for the future distribution of such net proceeds and salvage not other wise specially apportioued, and all other monies whatso ever granted to be s hared among the officers and crews of Our ships and vessels in the manner of prize money. W,g do, therefore, now make know n t o a ll our l ov ing subjetts, and to all others whom it may concern, by this our proclamation, by and with the advice and consent of our Privy Council, that our royal will and pleasure is, and we do hereby direct that the distribution of all such net proceeds of prizes, rewards, allowances, salvage awards, and of all bounties and grants whatsoever distributable to our royal navy in the manner of prize money shall be made as follows, viz.:— That the flag officer" or officers shall have one-twentieth t - of the whole net proceeds arising from prizes captured from the enemy, and from all other c tptures and seizures, &c., as aforesaid, made by any of the ships or vessels un der his or their command, and of the rewards conferred for the same, according to the following conditions and modifications, save and except as hereinafter provided and directed ; that is to say : When there is but one flag officer he shall have the en tire due twentieth part, when two flag officers shall be sharing together, the chief shall have two thirds and the other flag officer shall have the remaining one third of the one twentieth part ; and when there shall be more than two flag officers, the chief shall have one half of the said one twentieth part, and the remaining half shall be equally di tided among the j uuior flae. officers. Commodores .of the first. class and captain.s of the fleet to share as flag officers, Provided always, that no flag officer, unless actually on board any of our ships or vessels of war, and at the actual taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroy ing any ship or ships of war, privateer or privateers, be longing to the enemy, shall share in the distribution of any head money -or bounty money granted as reward for the taking, sinking, burning, or otherwise destroying any such ship or vessel of the enemy. That no flag officer, unless actually present at the cap ture or destruction of any pirates or piratical ship, vessel, or boat, shall share in any distribution of the proceeds or bounty in respect of such pirates, or of the crews of such piratical ship, vessel, or boat. That no flag officer shall share in any remuneration or reward conferred or awarded to the crew of any of our ships or vessels as salvage, unless he shall have been actu ally on board the ship or vessel to which the award shall be made, or have personally aided and assisted in the transaction at the time the service was rendered. That no flag officer commanding in any port in the United Kingdom shall share in the proceeds of any prize captured from the enemy, or in other captures, seizures, rewards, or any distributive proceeds, as aforesaid, made by any ships or vessels which shall sail from or leave such port by order of the Lord High Admiral or of our Com missioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral. That when ships or vessels under the command of seve _ral flag officers belonging to separate stations shall be joint captors, &c., each flag officer shall receive a propor tion of the one-twentieth part, according to the number of officers and men present under the command of each such flag officer ; and when ships or vessels 'alder orders from the Lord High Admiral, or from our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, are joint captors, &c., with other ships or vessels under a flag or flags, the like regulation as to the apportionment of the flag share to the flag officer or officers is to be observed. And with reference to these regulations it is to be noted that a captain, commander, or other commanding officer of a ship or vessel shall be deemed to be under the cons mand of a flag when he shall actually have received some order from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by a flag officer, whether he be or be not within . the limits of the station of such flag officer ,• and in the event of Isis being directed to join a flag officer on any station, he shall be deemed to be under the command of such flag officer from the time when he arrives within the limits of the station, which circumstance is always to be carefully noted in the Log Book, and it shall be considered that he continues under the flag officer of such station un til he shall have received some or ler directly from, or be acting in the execution of some order issued by, some other flag officer duly authorized, or by the Lord High Admiral, or Our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral. And we hereby direct, that the captain, commander, lieutenant commanding, master commanding, or any other officer duly commanding any ship, sloop, or vessel of war, singly making a capture or seizure, or otherwise entitled to the distributive benefit arising from any proceeds, reward, grant, bounty, salvage, or other award, as aforesaid, that is to say, the officer actually in command at the time, shall have one-eighth of the remainder, or, if there is no flag, one-eighth of the entire net proceeds, except that if the single capturing ship be a rated ship, having a com mander under the captain, the commander shall take a portion of the one-eighth part as if he were commander of a sloop according to the proportion hereinafter set forth ; and if more than one commanding officer of the same rank of command shall be entitled to share as joint captors, &c., the one-eighth shall be equally divided between them ; but when captains, commanders, lieutenants commanding, and masters commanding * respectively, our ships and vessels of war,_ and commanders under captains, in rated ships shall share together, in whatever variety of combination, th e one-eighth shall be so divided into parts for a graduated apportion ment, as to provide for each captain receiving six parts ; each commander of a sloop, or commander under the cap tain, in a rated ship, three parts ; and each lieutenant commanding, or master commanding, or other officer actually commanding a small vessel of war, two parts; which we hereby direct shall be the proportion in which they shall respectively share ; commodores of the second • class, and field officers of marines, or of land forces servin g . as marines, doing duty as field officers, ajjove the rank of major, to share as captains, and field officers of marines, or of land forces serving as marines, and doing duty in the rank of major, to share as commanders of sl oo p s. And we further direct that after provision shall thus have been made for the flag share (if any). and for the portion of the commanding officer or officers, and others as above specified, the remainder of the net proceeds shall be distributed in ten classes, so that each officer, man, and boy, composing the rest of the com plements of our ships, sloops, and vessels of war, and actually on board at the time of any such capture, seizure, &c., as aforesaid, and every person present and assisting, shall receive shares, or a share, according to his class as sat forth in the following scale : " First Class.—Master of 'the fleet, inspector of steam ma chinery afloat, when embarked with a fleet, medical in spector or deputy medical inspector, when embarked with a fleet :—Forty-five shares each. Second Class.—Senior lieutenant of a rated ship, not bearing a commander under the captain, secretary to the admiral of the fleet, or admiral commanding in chief :--- , Thirty-five shares each. Third Class.—Sea lieutenant, master, captain of marines, of marine artillery, or of land forces doing duty as marines, whether having higher brevet rank or not, secretary to an admiral, or to a commodore of file first class, not com manding in chief, chief engineer :—Twenty-eight shares each. Fourth Class—Lieutenant or quarter-master of marines, lieutenant of marine artillery, lieutenant, quarter-master, or ensign of land forces doing duty as marines, secretary to teoramodore pf the second class, chaplain, surgeon, pay master naval instructor , mate, assistant surgeon, second --`?, clerk in charge : passed clerk, assistant engineer, Fifth ta gunner, carpenter - :—Eighteen sharekeach. (not passe rs —Midshipman, master's assistant, pilot, clerk boatswain's' master at arms, chief gunner's mate, chief ate, chief carpenter's mate, chief captain of the forecastl e, admiral's co xswain , chief quarter-master. seamen's schoolmaster, ship's stewards, ship's cook :—Ten shares each. Sixth Class.—N aval cadet, clerk's assistant, captain's corporal, yarter-mas gunner ' s mate, bo co a l t s s w ;, a a in in , , s s h m ip a 's te ter, a mate, captain of forecastle, captain of the afterpard, Captain of the h o ld , capta in of the main top , captain of th e f„e t op, coxswain of the launch, sailmaker, ropemakee, caulk er , l ea di ng s t o k er, blacksmith, serjeant of marines, of as marines :—Nine shares each. rY marine artillery, or of land forces doing duty l 'anst, captain of the Seventh Class.—Captain of the of the main top, mizen top, yeoman of the signa l s, . coxswain of the barge, pinnace, coxswain o f the cutter, second coxswain of the captain of the forecastle, second cap t ain second captain of the fore top, second captain of the after guard, sailmaker's mate, caulker's mate, musician, coop er, armourer, corporal of marines or of land forces doin g duty as marines , bombardier of marine artill er y , head kroornan —Six shares each. Eighth Class—Leading seamen, shipwright, second cap tain of the hold, able seamen, carpenter's crew, saihnaker's crew, cooper's crew, armourer's crew, yeoman of store rooms, steward's assistant, ordinary seamen, blacksmith's mate, private and fifer of marines, or of land forces doing duty as marines, gunner of marine artillery, painter, stoker, coal trimmer, second head krooman, sick berth at tendant, bandsman, tailor, butcher :—Three shares each.. Ninth Class—Cook's mate, ship's steward's boy, admi ral's domestic, superintendent's domestic, admiral's stew ard and cook, captain's steward and cook, ward room and gun room steward and cook, subordinate officer's steward and cook, commander's servant, secretary's servant, second class ordinary seaman, assistant stoker, barber, boy of the first class, first and second class krooman, supernpme raries, except as hereinafter provided ; persons borne merely as passengers and not declining to render assist ance on any occasion of capture, seizure, &c. :—Two shares each. Tenth Class.— Boy below the first class, one share. All supernumeraries holding ranks in the service above the ranks or ratings specified in the fifth class of this our proclamation, who have been ordered to do duty in any of our ships and vessels by the Lord High Admiral, by our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral, by the senior officer of the fleet or squadron, or, if none senior, then by the captain or commanding officer of the capturing ship or vessel, if not by special authority employed in higher capacities, shall share according to the ranks which they respectively hold in the service, but, in all cases, to qualify them for so sharing and not merely as supernumeraries in the ninth class, due notation of their being thus respectively ordered to do duty must have been made on the muster books. And with respect to supernumeraries of ratings in the service below the denominations of those specified in the fourth class of this our proclamation, and who at full vic tuals are engaged in the ordinary duties of the ship, it is our will and pleasure that they shall always share accord ing to the ratings which they bear in the service. And, in order that our royal intentions herein may be duly carried into effect, we further direct that when any capture or seizure is made, or service performed for which a distributable grant or reward is to be, or is expected to be, conferred or awarded to any of our ships or vessels of war, the captain or commanding officer shall transmit, or cause to be transmitted, as soon as may be, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, a perfect list of all the officers, seamen, marines, soldiers, and others who were actually on board on the occa sion, accompanied by a separate list containing the names of those belonging to the crew who. were absent on duty or otherwise at the time, specifying the cause of such absence ; each list to contain the quality of the service of each per son, together with the r espective descriptions of the men taken from the description book of the ship or vessel, and their several ratings, to be subscribed by the captain or commanding officer, and three or more of the chief officers on board. And when the list of those actually on board, and the separate list of persons absent, though belonging to the ship or vessel, shall have been verified on examination with the muster books, &c., lodged as official records, the Account -General of our navy shall, upon request, grant to the agent or agents nominated or appointed by • the ca ptors or seizors, &c., a certificate that such lists aro cor rect, or have been corrected, as occasion may require, in order that distribution of the respective-prize or other proceeds payable as prize money may be duly made. And in the event of difficulty arising with respect to any of the regulations hereby ordered, or it any case should occur not herein provided for, or not sufficiently provided for, We are pleased hereby to authorise the Lord High Admiral, or our Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral for the time being, to issue such directions thereupon as may appear just and expedient, which directions shall have the same force and effect as if specially provided for in this our Royal Proclamation, pro vided always that the distribution hereinbefore ordered, shall take effect only with respect to the proceeds of cap tures, seizures, and services, as aforesaid, which shall be made and performed on and after the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and that the proceeds arising from all captures, seizures, and services, as aforesaid, made or performed prior to that date, shall be distributed in accordance with any proclamation or proclamations now in force, or in force at the time of such captures, seizures, or services respectively, and applicable thereto, which we are pleased hereby to direct accordingly. Given at our Court at Windsor, this twenty-ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, and in the seventeenth year of our reign.—God save the Queen. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Noble Towner as Consul at Barbadoes for the United St4tes of America. _ _ The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Sichel (senior), as Vice• Consul at Manchester for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. George Wortmann as Consul at Gibraltar for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Oldeuburgh. CROWN OFFICE, DEC. 28. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. _ Borough of Cionmel—John O'Connell, Esq., of Gowran hill, iu the county of Dublin, in the room of the Honour able Cecil Lawless, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 30. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir John Bell, K.C.8., from the 95th Regiment, to be Colonel, vice General Sir Thomas Bradford, G.C.8., deceased, Dec. 26. 20th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Nathaniel Thorn, C. 11., to be Colonel, vice Major-General Sir Henry Godwin, K.C.8., deceased, Dec. 26. 95th Re g iment of Foot—Major-General Sir Francis Cockburn to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir John Bell, K.C.8., removed to the 4th Foot, Dec. 26. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 30. . . . . 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel John Lewis Black, from half-pay unattached, to be Major, vice William Clarke, who exchanges; Brevet- Major William Wilmer, to be Major, by purchase, vice Black, who retinas ; Lieutenant Thomas Barrett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wilmer ; Cornet Chas. Wetnyss Thesiger to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barrett ; James Giles, Gent, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Thesi ger, Dec. 30. Ist Regiment-of Foot—Ensign Charles Hurt to be Lieut enant, without purchase, vice Scroope, deceased ; Gen tleman Cadet Henry George White, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase. Dec. 30. sth Foot—John Cornish Brown, Gent. to be Seeond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Tritton, appointed to the 87th Foot. Dec. 30. 20th Foot—Captain Frederick Charles Evelegh, to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord Mark Kerr, promoted, by purchase, in the Ceylon Rifle Regiment ; Lieutenant George Tomson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Evelegh ; Ensign William Henry I‘l. 6 Xeill, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Tomson ; Hector Barlow Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice M'Neill, Dec. 30, 1853. 3lth Foot.—Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Max well, from the 82d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brown, who exchanges. 41st Foot.—Lieutenant Charles Yelverton Balguy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Tuckey, who retires ; Ensign John William Swaby to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Balguy ; John Stirling, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swaby. Glst Foot—Surgeon Ludovic Charles Stewart, from the 94th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Gammie, who exchanges, Dec. 30. _ _ _ _ _ _ 68th Foot—Major Henry Smyth to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Lord Arthur Lennox, who retires ; Cap tain Heneage Griffith Wynne to be Major, by purchase, vice Henry Smyth ; Lieutenant the Honourable Daniel Greville Finch to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wynne ; Ensign Frank Garforth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Finch ; Sir Brydges Powell Henniker, Bart., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garforth, Dec. 30. 82d Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas It. Brown, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Maxwell, who exchanges, Dec. 30. 87th Foot—Captain Alexander Murray to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutentant-Colonel Shortt, who retires ; First Lieutenant Thompson Macky McClintock to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, who retires ; First Lieutenant George Wolfe to be Captain, by purchase, vice Murray ; Second Lieutenant Charles Edmund God dard, to be First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M'Clintock ; Second Lieutenant John Wall, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wolfe ; Second Lieutenant Edmund Spry Tritton, from the sth Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, vice Goddard ; John Rawson Simpson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wall,. Dec. 30. 94th Foot—Surgeon Patrick Gammie, from the 61st Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Stewart, who exchanges, Dec. 30. 3d West India Regiment Captain George Floyd Dukett, from half-pay unattached, to be Captain, vice MacGregor, who exchanges, Dec. 30. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Major Lord Mark Kerr, from the 20th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Simmonds, who retires, Dec. 30. MEMORANDUM.—Tho commission of Ensign John Har ger, who was appointed to an Ensigncy, without purchase, in the 2nd West India Regiment, on 11th November, 1853, to bear date 12th of that month. The Christian name of Ensign Pocklington, of the 38th Foot, is Frederic only, and not Frederick Sharpe, as stated in the Gazette of 18th October, 1853. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTA OF SUFFOLK. Sir Charles Blois, Bart., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Dec. 21; Edward Robert Starkie Bence, EN., to be Deputy. Lieutenant, Dec. 24. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Eastgate, boot and shoe salesman, Churton street, Pimlico, to surrender, Jan. 6, at half-past eleven, and Feb, 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, Official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Story, Great James - street, Bedford-row. and Solomon Davis, clothiers, East Smith fieljod,hJnanDvis . 4 12, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 10, at half-past eleven, Court of B a nkrupt c y. Canaan official assignee,aAlt thed evmanbury ; Levy, Strand. Benjamin Vincent, bo o t an d s h oe ma k er , C an t er b ur y, Jan. 10, half-past eleven, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bank ru ptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman strlevetitiri Cobb, l a di Stretton and Fastens, Strand. builder, M a id s t one, at half-past eleven , at th e Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stenning and Croft, Basinghall-street ; Stenning and Carnell, Tonbridge. Thomas William Tham e, ir onmonger, Greenwich, Jan. 9 and Feb. 11, at two, a t the Court o f Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chamb ers ; Bristow and Tarrant, Bond-court, Walbrook. William Legh, wine merchant, New Windsor Jan. 7at half-past two, and Feb. 11 at o ne. Pennell, official assig nee, Guildhall-chambers ; Dimmock and Burbey, Suffolk lane, Cannon-street. David Pratt, thimble maker and metal roller, Aston, Birmingham, Jan. 12, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Bir mingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir mingham ; Smith, Birmingham. Thomas Bull, ship owner, Bristol, Jan. 12, and Feb. 9 following, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court- Hut ton, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Angus and Company, engineers, ironfounders, and millwrights, Rosyth, Fife—to meet Jan. 10. Mrs. I. Craig, house and sign painter, Glasgow—Jan. 10. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 24th day of December, 1853. ISSUE DEP. 'ARTMENT. Notes Issued .. • • .... 29,128,435 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,128,435 Sliver bu11i0n........ - £29,123,435 £29,128,435 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 53. :PARTMENT. Dated the 29th day of Dec., 18 Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 15,043,730 Other securities 16,643,651 Notes • • .. Gold and silver coin 690,606 £40,696,267 ". MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DEI Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest ........... 3,198,455 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 11,157,724 Other etepoihs amen DaY and other 1,179,166 £40,696,267 Dated the 29th day of Dec., 185; PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 27th thy of Dec., is 245. 6d, p er h und redweight, exclusive of th e e c. d 85 u l ties 3 Of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. THE PRESTON STRII E. A COUNTER-00111BINAT lON. The Manchester Examiner has the Meowing Yes terday a step was taken in Manchesteir which will tend ty bring this controversy to a settlemee it sooner than it was ever likely to be while the Prent;on masters and operatives kept towards each other a a attitude of un reasoning defiance, and resisted all tern is of accommoda tion. The general body of manufac Curers have been looking on at the struggle in Presto n for some time with mingled hope and fear—hope t hat, after a time, the operatives would return to their work, and make terms with their respective employers —fear that, from the language of their leaders, there wa I a formed deter mination to make Preston the battle-g :round of a great truggle, the success of which would extend the circle f controversy and antagonism until 1. he whole manu acturing district was in anarchy and its trade in jeopardy. Regarding the dispute, a s explained by its leaders, as intended to achieve the supremacy of labour over capital, the manufacturers of Lancashire yesterday resolved, after mature and anxious delibera tion, to support the Preston masters in the present struggle.' The resolution was adopted with entire unanimity ; and the strength of this resolve may be appreciated, when we state that the meeting repre sented manufacturing capitalists from Manchester and Salford, Stockport, Bury, Ashton, Staly bridge, Glossop, Hyde, Preston, Darwen, Bacup, Burnley, Colne, Accrington, and other places. The question at issue at Preston, which has produced this strong: resolution, was not viewed as one of mere wages, but an one of mastery —the question, in fact, whether the masters should conduct their own businesses, or give them up to their workpeople. Such is the result of ate combination of the Preston factory operatives, aided "by those of other manufacturing towns, as well as by n ien belonging to other trades. One combination, appalling in its mag nitude, and, consequently, terrible in its power, has produced another, destined, we believe, to prove itself more powerful. It is with no pain we view these counter-combinations ; whither they will lead we cannot exactly see, but it is evident that now the Preston manufacturers, who were in danger of falling before a powerful labour league, are to receive such an amount of pecuniary assist ance as must take from the leaders of the movement one of their strongest hopes of success, for the bank; ruptcy and ruin of some of the Presl;on employers they have spoken of as something certain, were the lock-out continued for even a few weeks ion; ger. Harsh as this Manchester combination may seem, then, it may be the means of more speedily inculcating upon the minds of the factory operatives a true knowledge of the relations which ought to exist between capital and labour. Ex traneous aid has been thrown into Preston on behalf of the operatives, and now extraneo us aid is to given to the masters. The contest is, therefore, for the first time, equal ; the many operativos have not to wrestle with the many manufacturing capitalists. One great feature of the Lancashire cotton trade hitherto has been the power of individual energy, and the English public may well believe that it is no slight matter indeed which, for the first time in the hirrtory of that trade, in duces its great capitalists to lend their united aid to a few manufacturers in one town. Such a state of things is abnormal indeed, and therefore we must presume that the instinct of self-preservation alon e h as b roug h t it about. MEETING OF PRESTON MANUFA CTURERS. PRESTON, THURSDAY. The adjourned meeting of the associated employer?. of Preston and the neighbourhood was held at the Tull Hotel in this town at 11 o'clock: this morning. Alter about an hour's deliberation, the result was made known by placard, of which the lollowi ng is a copy : _ "At a meeting of the associated masters, held at the Bull Hotel, Preston, on Thursday, the 29th of Decem ber, 1853, Mr. Thomas Miller in the chair, it was unani mously resolved, that inasmuch as no disposition has been as yet shown by the operatives generally to resume work, this meeting do adjourn to Thursday, the 26th of January, 1854. Should it, hovrever, in the meantime be ascertained that many of the operatives are desirous of returning to their work, immediate steps will be taken by the associated masters to open their mills. " By order of the Masters' Association, " JOHN HUMBER, Secretary (pro tern)." The main street, in which the Bull Hotel is situated, was thronged with operatives during the time occupied by the meeting, considerable interest being evinced as to the result. REPLY TO THE MASTERS FROM THE WEAVERS' ASSOCIATION. The committee of the Powerloom Weavers' Associa tion have this morning published the annexed reply to the address of the Masters' Association, issued yester day :-- " ln con3equenee of the various misrepresentations which have been so unblushingly put forth by the Mas ters' Association, we, the Weavers' Association, feel it to be a duty to ourselves and the public to publish the following answers : "1. In the document issued yesterday by the Masters' Committee, they say, that the differences which in the first instance existed would have been arranged, and would not have resulted in a general stoppage of the mills, had it not been for the improper interference of strangers between the masters and their hands.' We beg to say distinctly that no strangers had, either properly or improperly, interfered in the disputes be tween the masters and their hands previous to a notice being given for a general stoppage. "2. We repeat that we have been locked out, in ()vier to starve us into submission,' not because we ob jected to the advances made upon the price paid in 1852, for the great body of us were perfectly satisfied with the advances given, but because we thought fit to give our own money to support some four mills' hands who had disputes with their employers, the primary cause of our sympathy being that these workpeople had been denied the opportu nity of explaining, or coming to an arrangement with their employers. It is false and without any founda tion to say, that these firms were to be made the vic tims of an organised combination, whose avowed object was to take the masters in succession, and compel them to accept the terms of the unionists.' We deny this statement, and challenge them to substantiate it. We, as a body, have never done or said anything to justify such a conclusion. "3. They say,—' We at once admit that, owing to •the depressed state of trade in 1847, a general reduction. of wages took place ;' but with respect to the promise of restoring it when trade revived, they say,—' We deny, however, that any such promise was made by the mas ters generally, although this might have been done by some individual firms.' We are prepared to admit that every employer in the town did not make that promise ; there were several firms where, had the hands, or any portion of them, raised the shadow of an objection to the reduction, or solicited a promise of any description, they would have received summary ejectment ; and such a process, in the state of the labour market at the time, would have been next to starvation and death ; but the promise given at the firms where the masters allowed them some little freedom' was justly considered appli cable to all, and, consequently, to those firms where the hands dare not ask at that time to be other than de graded slaves.' " . 4. They say, Being anxious to ascertain the diffe rence (if any) between the earnings of the various classes of operatives in 1847, before the above-mentioned reduc tion took place, and those in the summer of 1853, before the 10 per cent. was demanded, we find, from the returns furnished us from the wages book of several large and influential firms, that instead of any decrease there has been an actual increase, varying from 5 to 30 pei cent., after making due allowance for the difference in the hours of labour from 69 to 60 hours per week.' Gentle. men, if your object bad been to furnish statistical data of the benefits and blessings which have resulted from the passing of the Ten Hours' Bill. (that bill which you so long and so zealously opposed, and which you so often prophecied would be followed by ruinous and disastrous results ; by the by, we are told at the present time, that if you cannot succeed in reducing our wages 10 per cent., it will be followed by diastrous ruin), we could have understood your motive ; but, because by our un tiring exertions we have succeeded in doing as much work in 60 hours as we formerly did in 69 hours, you are so ungenerous as to make this a justification for preventing its participating in the general prosperity which has followed ; but you say that in a well regu lated spinning and weaving establishment the average earnings of all classes of hands is about 10s. each.' You forget to tell us whose well regulated establishment this is ; but, if all establishments where the average earnings are less than 10s. per week are badly regu lated establishments, we are prepared to prove from your own books, if you will furnish us with the facility, that the great body of establishments are anything but well regulated.' We cause whatr e p e o a a f t r te t h h pe a a t ed t h t e e ir nm w o a n t g ah e t e s i ro nation o i fd districts, i h n e Preston io s a p F e l t e h ses" secret r a e n to improve their condition. " 6. We refer the public to the letters we have sent to the Preston papers, in answer to those which ap appeared in the Chronicle of Saturday last. 7. W e beg to say, that in this struggle the masters are the aggressors ; we are on th e d e f ens i ve ; we were (with the few except ions referred to) satisfied with the wages given us before the 'lock-out ;' we understand that we must not resume work unless we will submit to a reduction of 10 per cent. ; we have offered to have the question settled upon reasonable terms, but no conces sion' is the terms of our employers; they have forced us to rely for an existence upon aid from other towns, and now tell us that we can only resume work upon condi tion that we will degrade ourselves in the eyes of th e world by accepting a reduction, which must naturally be followed by a reduction in the wages of those who have so generously saved our children from starvation. Are these the only terms of honourable men ? Will it be the interest of the employers of Preston to see their work people both degraded and dishonest ? We think not ; but, if it be, we tell them that we will suffer much be fore we will submit to such depravity. "In conclusion, we again reiterate, that we are pre pared at any time to bring this dispute to an honourable and reasonable arrangement. By order of the Powerloom Weavers' Committee, "JAMES WHALLEY, Sec. " Committee-rooms, Preston, Dec. 28." THE GREAT BILL FORGERIES. Yesterday having been fixed for the further examina tion of IVillianz Anderson, who stands charged with having committed forgeries of a most extensive nature, long before the hour of commencing business at the Mansion-house the justice room was densely crowded by influential merchants and others, many of them suffer ers from the misconduct of the prisoner, The Lord Mayor presided. Sir R. W. Carden and Alderman Humphery were also upon the bench. Shortly after 12 o'clock the prisoner was placed at the bar in custody of John Forrester. Mr. Hobler, who appeared for the prisoner upon the former examination, was again in attendance. The depositions of the witnesses in connexion with the charge against the accused of having feloniously uttered a forged acceptance for 2,2501. with intent to defraud Messrs. Womersley and Burt, well knowing the same to be forged, were read over and signed. After the usual caution, upon being asked what he had to say in answer to the charge, the prisoner, through his solicitor, said he should reserve his defence. He wag then committed, and the witnesses were bound over to prosecute. The Prisoner was next charged with having feloniously uttered a forged acceptance for the sum of 2,4801., with a view to defraud Mr. Philip Conrad Freese, well know ing the same to be forged. Mr. Philip Conrad - Freese—l am an exchange, dis count, and insurance broker of No. 16, George-street, Mansion-house. On the 20th inst. I received the bill of exchange, the subject of this inquiry. I believe it was brought to my counting-house by a Mr. Ryder's clerk, but I was absent at the time. I received it loose from my clerk. It was for 2,480/. I had previously spoken to Mr. Ryder upon the subject of the bill, hav ing been made acquainted with the fact that it was about to be sent to me for the purpose of being dis counted. I believe I received directions about getting it discounted from Mr- Ryder. The prisoner gave my clerk directions as to what was to be done with the pro ceeds of the bill ; the directions were not given person ally to me. I took the bill to Messrs. Oven-end, Gurney, and Co., who discounted it for me. I received from them an open check for 2,0001. By "open" I mean an uncrossed cheque. I gave this cheque to Emanuel Green, my clerk, who cashed it at Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s, and brought the money back to the counting house ; but I did not see it in his possession. I had given him directions what to do with the money, but what he did with it was not done in my presence. I afterwards saw the prisoner on the same day upon the subject. He then wanted me to buy a bill upon Havre for 6001. This sum he was to pay on the delivery of the bill. I understood that part of the proceeds of the 2,0001. that I -had obtained was to be applied to the purchase of the 6001. bill. It was not to be paid through me. I was to pay the balance of the 2,4801., after de ducting the 1,6001., to Mr. Ryder. I gave my clerk di rections to pay this balance to Mr. Ryder. No portion of the balance that was to be paid over to Mr. Ryder was to be applied towards the purchase of the 6001. bill. The bill produced by Daniel Forrester is the bill in question, to the best of my belief. I did not indorse it. I merely acted as agent between the parties. The bill is as follows : " B. 2180, due 7th April, 1854. "No. 630 Exchange for 2,4Bol.—Calcutta, 4th Oc tober, 1853." "At six months after date pay this first of exchange (second and third unpaid) to the order of J. M. Dupont, the sum of two thousand four hundred and eighty " Value in account, L and S—which place to account as advised. "J. LE BauN. " tlB5, J. Le Brun. " To Messrs. P. and C. Van Notten and Co., London." " Accepted for two thousand four hundred and eighty pounds payable when due at Messrs. Martin and Co's. " P. and C. Van Notten and Co." " Endorsed Payez I'ordre de Monsieur W. E. An derson, valeur en co compte. Paris, Decembre 13, 1853 " W. B. Anderson." "JACQ. DUPONT. The bill upon Havre has nothing to do with the pre sent transaction, it never having gone. The interview between me and the prisoner took place at my counting house. I saw him again the same day, when he was in custody, at Messrs. Womersly and Co's.. I went there about half-past three o'clock, when I demanded of the prisoner the return of the bank notes, amounting to the suns of 1,0001., which he had received from my clerk. He replied that if I went with him to Mr. Ryder's counting-house in Broad-street, he expected I should find them there. I went there with Forrester, another person, and the prisoner, but did not find the notes. I saw Mr. Ryder's clerk. When the money was not found to be there, the prisoner said it would be in Bil liter-street. We then all went to Billiter-street together, when the prisoner went into a counting-house, Forrester and I after him, slipped down an inner staircase, and attempted to escape. He was, however, secured by Forrester. I then came with Forrester and the person who had accompanied us, a Mr. Clark, to the Mansion House, where the prisoner was searched. 6001. and a warrant were found upon his person. The 6001. he received from my clerk, although the produce of the cheque for 2,000/. never passed through my hands. Mr. Hobler—Nor the 6001. ? Witness—Nor the 660/. Mr. David Barclay Chapman—l am a partner in the firm of Overend, Gurney, and Co. of Lombard-stroet, money dealers. I produce a bill of exchange for 2,4801. purporting to be drawn by Mr. J. Le Brun upon Messrs. P. and C. Van Notten and Co. It was brought to me by Mr. Freese for discount, and in part discount of it I gave a cheque for 2,0001. on account, upon _Messrs. Barclay and Co., of Lombard-street. Mr. Emanuel 'Green--I am clerk to Mr. Freese. On the 20th of December the bill of exchange produced was brought to the counting-house by Mr. Austin, Mr Ryder's clerk. He left it with me for discount, and I gave it to Mr. Freese the same day at half-past eleven o'clock. At a quarter to two o'clock the same day I received from Mr. Freese an open cheque for 2,0001., which I cashed at Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s, getting for it five notes, namely, one for 1,0001., one for 5001., two for 200/., and one for 1001. I had received direc tions from Mr. Freese to give 1,6001. to the prisoner, whom I found at the office when I returned from Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s. I accordingly handed him the notes for 1,000/., 500/., and 100/. I neither wrote upon these notes, nor made any memorandum of their numbers. On the same day, about twenty minutes to 12 o'clock, I had some conversation with the prisoner after the bill was left with me, in the course of which he said he wished to have notes, and also a bill on Havre, instead of a crossed cheque, or the bill that he bad brought. To the best of my recollection he mentioned notes to the amount of 1,600/., and a bill on Havre for 600/. I did not see him indorse the bill. I should not know his handwriting. I did not see him again after I gave him the money till he was in custody. When I gave him the 1,600/. he said nothing to me about the balance. I understood it was to be sent to . Mr. Ryder by previous arrangement between him and the prisoner. No arrangement of this nature was made with me. I took no receipt for the 1,6001. Mr. J. Mitchell—l am cashier at Messrs. Barclay and Co.'s, bankers, Lombard-street. I cashed the cheque for 2,000/. produced on the 20th inst. Ido not know who brought it. I gave in exchange for it one note of 1,000/., numbered 93,425, dated the Ist April, 1853 ; one for 500/., numbered 90,972, dated the 2nd March, 1853 ; one for 2001., numbered 59,733, dated the 4th January, 1853 ; another for 2001., numbered 59,347, of the same date, and one for 100/., numbered 34,924, dated the sth August, 1853. The two halves of the notes produced by Forrester are parts of those which I paid on the occasion in question—one being half of the 500/., the other of the 100/. note. . _ Mr. Charles John Austin—l am clerk to Mr. Ryder, of 76, Old Broad-street, East India and Jamaica mer chant. The bill of exchange produced was given to me by the prisoner, on the 20th of December, at Mr. Ryder's counting-house. He asked me if I would take it to Mr. Freese and get it discounted, and let him have the money before twelve o'clock. Mr. Ryder being out, I took the bill to Mr. Freese. I saw the prisoner endorse the bill at our office. I did not receive any portion of the money afterwards from Mr. Freese's clerk. I believe the prisoner received the money. Mr. Ryder has not yet received any portion of the proceeds, of the bill. , The Lord Mayor—Was, it usual for the prisoner to bring bills to you to be discounted Witness—He had done so once before, only once. The Lord Mayor—Had you authority from your em ployer to take them for discount without his seing them ? Witness—Yes, in his absence. The Lord Mayor—When last before the occasion in question had he brought a bill to you? Witness—About a month before. The Lord Mayor—And you then got that discounted, did you ? • - Witness----Mr. -Ryder took that on himself. The Lord Mayor—Do you• remember the amount of that bill ?, • • - Witness--z 1 do not. The Lord Mayor—Had Mr. Ryder given you direc tions to take a bill of this kind to be discounted when presented by Anderson ! Witness—He had that particular bill. A Clerk from the office of Mr. Murray, a solicitor, here stepped forward and said Mr. Ryder was quite willing to state all that he knew in connection with the transaction. The Lord Mayor—l can see no objection to that. I think the object should be to elicit as much as we pos sibly can. Mr. Thomas Ryder was then called. He said—l am a merchant carrying on business at 76, Old Broad-street. I know the prisoner, and have had mercantile transac tions with him. I have discounted one bill for him, the amount of which was 8301. I discounted that bill my self. The prisoner had spoken to me of a bill for 2,0001. coming, but not of one for 2,480/. That was on Saturday the 17th or Monday the 19th instant. I did not see that bill, but he told me that it was drawn on Messrs. Van Notten. The bill that is now the subject of inquiry had not been mentioned to me by the prisoner. I had had some conversation with Mr. Freese, with re ference to the 2,0001. bill. I had asked him if he could get a bill for 2,0001. done. I had asked him at what rate he would do one. I afterwards told the prisoner that a bill could be done on Van Notten, by Mr. Freese. I was not in when the bill for 2,480/. was brought tc my counting-house, but about one o'clock on the 20th instant the prisoner called •n me, and said he had made an appointment to be at Mr. Freese's office at half-past one, as ' he wanted to buy a bill on Havre or France. I forget whether he said Havre. At this time 'my clerk had told me that he had received a bill for 2,4801., and left it. The pri soner said to me that he wanted 1,6001. in cash to buy kbank post-bill, and that the balance Mr. Freese could deduct for the French Bill. He then asked me to walk on with him to Mr. Freese. We went together and met Mr. Freese by his office. The prisoner then told Mr. Freese that he wanted a French bill bought. Just as Mr. Freese left the prisoner said to me, "But I want 1,6001. in cash." This I mentioned to Mr. Freese, who said he would come back in a quarter of an hour. I was not present when the Money was paid over. I did not see the prisoner again till he came to my office in com pany of Forrester. Mr. Freese then said, "I want 1,0001." I said I had no 1,0001. The prisoner then stepped forward and said that he had instructed 1,0001. to be sent to me, and that I was to detain it when it came for Mr. Freese. He then said, " Let us go to my office, perhaps the money will be there," or " We may find the money there." They then left. I did not go to the prisoner's office. Mr. Freese came back about an hour afterwards, and when I asked him what was the matter, he said it was a forgery. Mr. Goodman (chief clerk)—At the time the prisoner spoke to you and said that he had made an appointment at the office of Mr. Freese, to be there at half-past one, and also that he wanted to buy a bill on France, you knew that he referred to the bill for 2,4801. ? Witness—Exactly so. The Lord Mayor —Did I correctly understand you that your business is that of a merchant ? Witness—Yes. The Lord Mayor—ls it any part of your business to negotiate bills of exchange? Witness—Yes, as agent. I never put any name on them. The Lord Mayor—have you known the prisoner for any length of time ? Witness—Since about the beginning of April of this year. The Lord Mayor—Did you introduce the prisoner to Mr. Freese ? Witness—Yes. The Lord Mayor—ln what character ? Witness—As a merchant, and a party with whom I was acquainted. The Lord Mayor—As a man whom you believed to be a person of respectability ? Witness—Oh, certainly. The Lord Mayor—Were you to have had any com mission for the discounting of this bill ? Witness—Yes. The Lord Mayor—You would have considered your self entitled to a commission for the discounting of this identical bill ? Witness—Yes. The Lord Mayor—Have you any objection to men-- tion at what rate the commission would have been paid ? Witness-- I should have charged an eighth. The Lord Mayor—And that is a legitimate portion of your business ? Witness—Yes. The Lord Mayor—What might have induced you to form the opinion of the prisoner being a man of respect ability ? Witness—Because ho was introduced to me by very respectable parties, with whom I had been acquainted for some time. The Lord Mayor—Was the bill for 8301. that you had previously discounted negotiated in a similar manner, your name not being upon it ? Witness—No. The Lord Mayor—And you have no means of know• ing whether that was a genuine bill ? Witness—Yes, it was a genuine bill. The Lord Mayor—What amount of commission did you obtain on that bill ? Witnessed—l obtained none in that case. The Lord Mayor—Then had you no profit in that transaction ? Witness—lndirectly I had. It was to be paid against particular transactions. The Lord Mayor—The 8301. was to be paid against particular transactions ? Witness—Yes. A certain amount was owing me. The Lord Mayor—By the prisoner ? Witness—Yes ; and, therefore, I was very glad to discount the bill for nothing. The Lord Mayor—Your transactions with the pri soner have not been confined simply to these two nego tiations—you have been connected with him ever since April ? Witness—Yes ; I have had transactions with him since April. Mr. Lambert Van Notten Pole—l am a merchant, carrying on business at 2 and 3, Lime•street-square. I have one partner, and trade under the firm of P. and C. Van Notten and Co. There is not a Mr. Van Notten in the firm. I bank with Messrs. Martin, of Lombard street, and always make my bills payable there. The acceptance to the bill of exchange produced is not my handwriting-, nor is it in that of my partner. It was not written by my authority. I know of no other firm of the same name as ours in London. Ido not know the supposed drawer. I know the prisoner, and have had mercantile dealings with him. I have never given him my acceptance to any bill of exchange. He has not drawn upon me at any time. The acceptance to the bill in question is a bad resemblance of my hand-writing. Mr. Chapman—My lord, I beg to make one observa tio►n with reference to the taking of this bill. When Mr. Freese offered this bill, I did not consent to take it without asking him several questions and getting his per fect assurance that he knew Mr. Anderson perfectly well, and that he was a highly respectable man. I said to him, "You are quite sure of this ?" And upon this I passed the bill. In the afternoon, after the apprehension of the prisoner, Mr. Ryder called in company with Mr. Freese, and said that he was the person who had intro duced and recommended Mr. Anderson to Mr. Freese. I say this in justification to myself in taking such an amount, and also for the purpose of showing where Mr. Freese got his information as to Mr. Anderson. Mr. Pole—My lord, in answer to a question whether we always made, or, rather, I always made, bills drawn upon us payable at our bankers, I answered, "Always." It did not occur to me till this moment, that in cases of goods that are sometimes sold with hypothecation of documents, those we accept payable at our own office. This being the whole of the evidence in reference to the second charge, the prisoner, who had buried his face in his pocket handkerchief during the whole of the pro ceedings, and who seemed deeply sensible of the painful position in which he was placed, was again asked whe ther he wished to say anything. As in the first case, he replied through Mr. Hobler that he should reserve his defence. He was then remanded for a week, when it is under stood another charge of a different character will be gone into. .. On the application of a solicitor who attended on be half of the creditors of the prisoner, against whom a fiat in bankruptcy has been issued, Daniel Forrester was ordered by the Lord Mayor to deliver to the official as signee any documents which he had seized relating to the prisoner's monetary transactions. Mr. Hobler said that his client was most anxious to afford the assignees every assistance in his power. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. CLERKENWELL.—George Strutt, hair dresser, No. 10, York-street, Camden-town, was charged at the in stance of the London Gas Light Company with stealing 700 cubic feet of gas, their propel ty, value 3s. Mr. H. Larkin, one of the inspectors of the company, produced the contract signed by the prisoner for one burner. He called at the prisoner's shop on the sth instant, when he observed the fittings for two gas lamps. There was a burner with a shaving-pot over it under the shop window or show board. On the 23d he again saw the same burner, and a light in the same position, and a pipe which was covered over with play bills for the purpose of concealing it. Witness asked the pri soner what it was 1 He replied, " I suppose I can get over it by paying for it." He also said he had been in the country, and it was done while he was away. The burner would consume five cubic feet of gas in one hour. Mr. James Newman, an inspector in the employ of the company, gave confirmatory evidence, and added that the prisoner said he had been consuming the gas for three weeks. He used it for heating the water to shave his customers with. Mr. Tyrwhitt remarked that the case was one of con siderable importance. It was a mistaken notion that gas could not be stolen. He should send the prisoner to take his trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Jones was charged with having stolen a quantity of valuable pro perty belonging to Lieutenant Bland. Lieutenant bland, of St. James's-place, said the pri soner had been in his service as valet for about 31 years. In August last witness gave the prisoner his gold watch to get repaired, and after waiting a reasonable time, he inquired of him whether it had been done ? The prisoner said he had called at the watchmaker's, but the job was not quite finished. Witness subsequently discovered that the watch had been pawned by the prisoner, and on further investigation found that other property, con sisting of studs, sash, rings, pin, &c., were missing. Inspe3tor Monckton took the prisoner into custody, and found 29 duplicates in his possession, many of which related to property stolen from the prosecutor. Several pawnbrokers produced property pledged with them by the prisoner, The watch, studs, gold sash, studs, &c., were identified by the prosecutor. The prisoner admitted his guilt, and was fully com mitted. John Tripe, who first gave the name of Charles Jones, was charged with having robbed Mr. Stephen Mills of Dundee, of 601. in notes and gold. It appeared that the complainant, recently from Scot land, fell in with the prisoner, and went with him to Ben Caunt's public house, in St. Martin's-lane. After drinkinc , together for some time, he f e lt his companion's hand in his pocket, and in a few minutes after he missed his money—either 601. or 641.—he could not tell which. Complainant asked the prisoner to give him back his money. The prisoner replied, "No, I won't ; I've only got 501., and I won't give you back a farthing." A po liceman was called in, and the prisoner was given into custody. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and was remanded for a week. The following have been sent for the poor-box : Madame de N., of Brighton, 51. ; E. L. 51. ; and some smaller sums. MARYLEBONE.—Frederick Henderson, a painter, residing at 10, Eden-street, Hampstead-road, was charged with stealing a newspaper from the Royal George Hotel, Drummond-street, Euston•square. George Bence, one of the waiters, deposed that on the previous night, at nine o'clock, the prisoner entered the back parlour and stood for a few moments by the fire. Witness was called to the counter, and on his return shortly afterwards to the parlour be missed a newspaper which he had left on the table. The prisoner, after shuffling about in a suspicious manner, quitted the premises, followed by witness, who, on overtaking him, said, " Come, old fellow, give me up that paper you have stolen.", Prig , , sonerdenied having done anything of the sort, but he _ _ _ . was given into cu s tody. Hall, 204 S, found the paper in prisoner's hat. He said that he had purchased it for 2d. in the street. The prisoner was committed for trial. LAMBETH.—George Izzard, a member of a gang of burglars, was further examined on a charge of being concerned with others in the commission of an extensive robbery at the dwelling-house of Mr. Thompson, a gen tleman residing at No. 5, Williams's-terrace, Peckham. The robbery was committed by means of skeleton-keys during the absence of the family, and jewellery, plate, and other prOperty to the amount of 401. carried away by the thieves, and the prisoner was distinctly sworn to as having been making some inquiries about Mrs. Thompson a short time before the robbery. By this in quiry he had ascertained from the servant of the house next door that that lady was out, and that there was no person in the house, and no moral doubt could exist as to the object for which he had made the inquiries, and of his being one of the plunderers. Yesterday Mr. In speotor Coward informed the magistrate that there was no further evidence to offer in the case of the robbery of Mr. Thompson ; but since the last examination a con stable and himself had been engaged in endeavouring to trace and bring forward a witness who would be able to identify the prisoner as having been connected with another robbery committed under circumstances similar to that at the residence of Mr. Thompson, but unfor tunately, they had not as yet succeeded. The rob bery he alluded to took place at the house of Mr. Moore, and the thief in making a somewhat hurried retreat from the house passed through the back door, and from thence into the yard of a school in Arthur street, then kept by a Mr. Lambert. The thief was seen by Mr. Lambert, and when asked by the latter what had brought him there, he represented himself as a constable in disguise, and begged he would allow him to pass through kis school-room into Arthur-street, as he was in pursuit of a thief that had broken into the next house and gone in that direction. Mr. Lambert, believing his statement, allowed him to pass through his schoolroom as requested, and he got clear off. From inquiries then made by the police no doubt was entertained that the person so accommodated was one of the thieves, and the description given of him by Mr. Lambert corresponded to a nicety with the person and appearance of the pri soner. Unfortunately Mr. Lambert had removed from Arthur-street to the west-end of the town, and neither himself, Mr. Coward, nor the constable engaged in the case with him, had been able to trace his present re sidence. Mr. Norton observed that the public press so fre quently and so materially assisted in promoting the ends of justice that he had no doubt it would afford its aid in the present instance. If the reporter would kindly men tion the difficulty which the police experienced in tracing Mr. Lambert, he doubted not that that gentleman would be in attendance at the next examination, and to give him an opportunity he should remand the prisoner to this day (Friday) week. A. solicitor, who attended on behalf of the prisoner, objected to his being remanded for the mere purpose of trying an experiment to bring forward a witness. Norton observed that the evidence at present was sufficiently strong to commit the prisoner as a rogue and vagabond, and he certainly *should remand the prisoner to the day he had mentioned. Mr. CoWard remarked that at the last examination the prisoner declared he had been in work since his dis charge from prison on his last conviction ; but this was found to be false, though his lodgings at 62,We115-street, Oxford-street, were most expensively furnished, and be sides a savings bank-book was seen there for a sum of money placed there. The prisoner, who had all through the examination conducted himself in a most impertinent and insolent manner to the magistrate and witne: ses, here broke out into a perfect phrensy, and told the magistrate that he had better make out to hang him at once. Mr. Norton told him that if he had the power the privilege might be very properly exercised in his case ; for from all that had been stated of him, he did not think society would be much damaged by his loss. And as regarded his conduct while before him, he did not re collect an instance of one of his class behaving himself with anything approaching his assurance. This rebuke hid not the slightest effect on the pri soner. He continued his violent denunciation of the police, and the injustice of keeping him in custody, and was obliged to be removed by force to the cells. NAV AL INT ELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29. Her Majesty's steam yacht Fairy went out of harbour to Stoke's Bay this morning under the command of Capt Crispin, for the purpose of trying Sir Thomas Mitchell's boomerang propeller. The average speed of six runs along the measured mile was 11 knots. This is a much less rate than was anticipated by those who had wit nessed the performance of the boomerang on board Her Majesty's ship Conflict and other vessels. The reason assigned by Sir Thomas Mitchell and his attendant engineer for this diminished speed, was the diminu tion of the , diameter of the screw to suit the Fairy's fabric ; eight inches of diameter were thus abridged, and that from the portion of the screw in which the propelling power chiefly resides. We think it is a pity that Sir Thomas Mitchell had not taken precautions against this disadvantage by suggesting the slight alterations in the Fairy's aperture necessary be fore hand, or had not declined exhibiting his screw in a mutilated form. Sir Thomas takes his departure for Australia on Tuesday next from Glasgow, in a new sea ship of 750 tons, propelled by one of his boomerangs. This voyage, on which his propeller will work under his own immediate inspection, will afford a far better field for testing its efficiency than runs in Stoke's Bay. The Diamond, 20, Captain William Peel, will sail from Spithead on Friday for the Pacific, calling at Ply mouth. The Geyser, 6, paddle-sloop, was placed in No. 3 dock of the fitting-basin to-day for repair. The Frolic, 10, Commander Nolloth, was paid ad vance wages at Spithead on Saturday. The Princess Royal, 90, Captain Lord Clarence Paget, came out of the fitting-basin to-day, and took up the moorings of the Victorious. The Termagant, 24, screw-frigate, and the Gladiator, S y paddle-frigate, are ordered to be brought forward for commission, the latter with all despatch. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2.9. Her Majesty's paddle-wheel steam-frigate Magicieune, 16, Captain T. Fisher, came into Hamoaze on Tuesday afternoon, to complete coal and undergo some repairs. On passing the flag-ship Impregnable, 104, Captain A. Lowe, a sudden squall heeled her over so much as to throw the starboard paddlewheel completely out of the water. In order to prevent her falling too much to leeward it was necessary instantly to quicken her speed ; this was scarcely done when the squall as suddenly ceased. However, before her rate could again be slack ened sufficiently to come alongside the coal hulk easily, she had run the distance, and, although every possible means were taken to prevent a collision, the port anchor stock (iron) took the bow of the hulk, and snapped short off, as did also the cathead, causing some trifling damage to the hammock netting. WOOLWICH, DEC., 29. The fisgard flag-ship, at this port, is to be paid off to morrow, and will be recommissioned on Saturday, by Commodore John Shepherd, Superintendent of Wool wich dockyard. Mr. Thomas Pidcock (1846) is appointed paymaster under the new commission of the Fisgard. Captain George B: Martin, C. 8., Superintendent of Deptford aockyard, with Mr. Pearn, master-attendant of that yard, visited Woolwich dockyard yesterday, and remained some time on official duty. Captain A, P. Ryder, who was yesterday appointed to command the Dauntless, 24, screw steam-frigate at Ports mouth, studied steam at the factory at Woolwich dock yard. The Dauntless was built in Portsmouth dockyard, from a design by John Fincham, then master shipwright, and launched in 1847. Her tonnage is 1,496, and she is fitted with a screw-propeller and engines of 580-horse power. Captain Sir Frederick W. E. Nicolson, who was ap pointed yesterday to command the Pique, 40, at Devon port, studied steam at the factory at Woolwich dock yard. The Pique is now nearly 20 years old, and still retained as a sailing-vessel, having been built at Devon port, and launched in 1834, from a design by Captain Sir William Symonds, then Surveyor of the Navy. An order was issued some time ago to adapt her for a screw propeller' and she was sent round to Pembroke for that purpose, but the order was subsequently countermanded, and the only alteration which has taken place was of a trifling nature, to give her a better gripe, and she was then taken round to Devonport, where she has now been commissioned as a sailing-vessel. Her tonnage is 1,622. About the beginning of September last we stated that the Lords of the Admiralty contemplated shortly to dis pprise with the Dover mail-packet service between this country and Calais and Ostend, and that it was intended to have the mails conveyed across the Channel by con tract. The subsequent number of the Dover Chronic,;e, asserted in the strongest terms that it had official autho rity to contradict the statement we then made ; but it will now perceive that our information was correct, as advertisements have appeared within the last 10 days, in the morning newspapers, requiring tenders to be sent in to the Secretary of the Admiralty by the 26th of Janu ary next, for the conveyance of the mails from Dover to Calais and Ostend by contract. The vessels at present employed on the mail-packet service between Dover and Calais and Ostend are the following : The Garland, Lieutenant-Commander Edward Wylde, built of wood, at Rotherhithe, from a design by Mr. 0. W. Lang, now master-shipwright at Pembroke dock yard. Her tonnage is 202, with engines of 120-horse power. - The Onyx, Second Master E. C. Rutter, built of iron, by Ditchburn and Mare, Blackwall. Her tonnage is 292, with engines of 120-horse power. The Princess Alice, Second-Master John Warman, built of iron, at Blackwall, in 1844, by Ditchburn and Mare, and her tonnage is 270, with engines of 120- horse power. The Violet, Lieutenant Henry P. Jones, built of iron, at Blackwall, in 1843, by Ditchburn and Mare, and her tonnage is 292, with engines of 120-horse power. The Vivid, Captain Sinithett, built of wood at Chat ham, from a design by Mr. 0. W. Lang, master-ship wright, and when launched in 1848 was brought round to John Penn and Son's establishment at Greenwich to be fitted with engines of 120-horse power on the oscillat ing principle by that firm. The Undine, Second-Master Edward Lyne, built of iron, and purchased into the service in 1846, having beau originally constructed by Ditchburn and Mare. H er tonnage is 284 with engines of 110-horse power. SHIPPING INTELLIGBNGA CUSTOM HOUSE, Dm 29. ' ENTERED INWARDS.—The Vesta, from Oporto onde Herstelling, New York ; Brewer, ditto ; Albion, Boulogne; Vrouw Dieuk, Worcum ; Victor, Archangel ; Anne Mari a Dorothea, Holbeck ; Eliza, Memel ; Urania, Golding: Eliza Ann, Copenhagen; Daniel, Middlefahrt ; riamio Riga; Eliza, Archangel ; Florence, St. Michael s;' .Ameller Gothenburg ; Atlas, ditto ; Sarah, Palermo. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Rajah, er for Hong-Kong and Whampoa ; Alfred Heloise, Rouen ; He, Antwerp ; Charlotte, Jane, Adelaide, Maria, and Augustal. Bahia ; Ospray, Malta and Alexandria ; Be n g al, Pon Philip ; Rajah of Sarawak, China ; Eugenia, Calcutta. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO The Duke of Rex' burgh, for Hobart Town ; Phoenician, Dunkirk • Isabella Leith, Port Beaufort ; Superb, Dunkirk ; Hilda, Chris' tiana. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29. The Argo, for Trieste, which sailed yesterday morning , put back in the evening, having struck heavily on the bar. The Wallasey, ferry steamer, ran into the Henry Grin; nell, from Philadelphia, during a fog this morning , and damaged one of paddle-boxes. The ship received n o damage. The Wirral, ferry steamer, was in contact with the British Queen (st. tug) on the river, and damaged her stern' The British Queen received no damage. The Queen steam-tug and a fiat were in contact with the Renfrewsbire in the river. The steamer lost funnel, bul warks, ; the flat had her mast carried away; but the ship sustained very trifling damage. The Shamrock (a.), from Havre, coming up the river, ran into the Margaret, and carried away her bowsprit, without receiving any damage herself. The Menai Packet, run down by the Mars steamer, off the Rock, on the 24th, has been hauled higher up ou the beach, and her cargo is being discharged in flats. .„ 1 The City of Glasgow ( s . s .), f rom Philadelphia, ar rfi.-- with loss of bowsprit, being compelled to pitch it overboard on the 13th, to save her bows. The Baltic , did not sail, as reported this morning, Owing to the fog. She remains at anchor in Bootle Bay, 3 The barque Quebec, of and for Liverpool, when l'UnDP 4 ' for the anchorage at Beanmaris, grounded on the Fria" and remains. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH, The Camington, from Shanghai to New York, The Cruces, from Bombay to London, Oct. 19, off Altiv - B The Prince de Joinville, from Liverpool to New , York , Dec. 3, lat. 37 N. lon g . 69 W. " The Talavera, from Li ver p oo l t o Madras, w i th loss o f foretopmast, Nov. 11, lat 1 N. l ong . 30 W. 01, The Otseonthe, of Bath, f r . m N ew York to LiverPo Dec. 8, lat. 40 N. long. 71 W. York to The Aura, barque , Providence, of from New Australia, Sept. 1, lat. 28 S. long. 31 W. t 2 3 Ist ' The Oriental, from Boston to M e lb ou rne, Sep • , 8 N. long. 81 W. lat. 6 The Cornelia, from Calcutta to T r i n id a d, Oct. 24, N. long. 28 W. ct* The Isaac Walton, from Sing a p ore t o New York, O 14, lat. 35, long. 23. ov' The John Bunyan, of Su n d er l an d, f rom Boston, 23, lat. 39 N., long. 10 W. • col, The Leavitt-Storer, f rom N ew O r l eans to laverP Dec. 6, lat. 35 N., long. 70 W. • The Infanta (ship), De c . 10, l a t. 50 N., l ong . 11 W. I. n g. The Martaban, from Li ver p oo l, D ec . 17, l a t. 50 N., ° 9 W. }TO. The Charles Hill, from Newport to New Orleans, 21, lat. 30 N., long. 52 W. Ist. 20 The Thames, from London to Sydney, July V, S., long. 29 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. - DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEo. 27. There was but a short supply of fat beasts to-dal, - 7 to high prices were asked. Th e num b er o f s h ee p was (1 111 as large as expected. Fat pigs about the average. „ a ; The following were the quo t a ti ons : —B ee f, r ' mutton, 7d to lid • lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6d to 0 1 P ( 5 lb. ; pigs, Ds to Os Od per score ; rough fat, 5s 3d to 4 ,1 per 141 b. ; hides, aid to 3d per lb ; calf-skins, 3id to per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 28. 4.. Wheat on the top 4s down, and the average 1s Du 11, Barley on the top same as last week, and the averag e .„„,' up. Oats on the top 4d, an d the average 9d, d°"" Beans CM the top 6s up, and the average 2s 5d down. Top of Wheat ... ..... ............ ..... .... 6341 b 825 0 d ,,, Barley... s7i lb 425 ir, Oats Beans 69 lb 605 04 Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 776 qrs sold 550 4" Barley 1694 qrs sold 1404 qrs Oats 1614 qrs sold 1227 Ors Beans B2 qrs . sold 82 q' Average of wheat £3 11 6 7-12ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats -12ths Ditto of Beans 2 7 1 2-12ths NEWARK—DEC. 28. fsir There was a good attend a n ce a t our mar k e t, with s h supplies of all descriptions of g rain. Th e t ra d e to-dal° firm at late quotations. Prices :—Wheat, white, 80s Od to 85s Od ; red, 780 . 19c1 , 2 9 4 , 14 80s. Barley, malting, 42s t o 45 s ; grinding, 36s to f t -- Oats, 32s to 365, and 26s to 28s—the former being 29 ' 1 1; and the latter 22st. Beans, 60s to 665. Peas, 5 46 525. Malt, 81s to 68s. Tares, 64s to 00s per qr. BOSTON-DEC. 28. - - - Notwithstanding th e un f avoura bl e s t a t e of the wellther, we had a good att en d ance o f f armers and dealers at "'di t• f ic) day's market, and a seasona bl e supp l y of grain, which r. freely at an ad vance o f i s t o, i n some i nstances, 2s pe r There was also an improved demand for spring corn, wi ll° sold readily at enhanced prices. Prices :—Wheat, red, 70 s Od t o 78 s Od ; w hit e , 770 odta al 80s Od extra, 83s Od. Barley, 32s Od to 38s 0 • 19s to 295. Beans, 38s Od to 46s Od. Peas, 47s Od to per qr. NEWCASTLE—DEC. 27. bly There was a limited su pply o f w h ea t, an d a liraitel, 44 siness done at last Friday's rates. Grinding and barley rather dearer. Beans, peas, and oatmeal are lw tered in value. Th e THE BUILDERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. sixth anniversary ball in aid of the funds of the 0 , 7„, institution is fixed to take pl ace a t Willi s ' s R oo ms, street, St. James's, on Thursday, the 16th of Febrim a jj; Lord Dudley Coutts St uar t, M.P. ; Si r B en j am in IL, Bart., M.P. ; Mr. Peter Rolt, M.P. ; and Mr. W. M.P., have already lent their patronage, and the ua g mittee trust that gentlemen con nec t e d w ith th e interest will come forward and advance the funds 0 , e a excellent charity. Mr. J ose ph Bi r d h as aga i n consen t ed to act as honorary secretary. [A DYER TISEM ENT. I—A LIEUTENANT OF DRA•-• ° of CURED OF RHEUMATISM BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTIO AND PILLS.—This officer, who is in the Dutch o : re l it states that Holloway's Pills an d Oi n t men t h a ve ° ds him of rheumatism, which appeared to be incurablew neither sea-bathing, vapour-baths, nor preparations vau n t o f as sure remedies, did him any good, and the treatraen_ Ac . the doctor, after several months' tri a l, was w ithout 7 1 , cess. At this juncture he commence d t a ki ng these 1 " and ruhhi ng th e Oi n t men t i n t o th e comp l a i n i n g PO ` twice a day, which effectually cured him in the coureet.or six weeks. The truth of this st a te men t can b e vouche d g• by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Due.—Sold by ell 0, gists ; and at Professor Holloway's establishment, Strand, London. hee l [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Fifty thousand Cures have o d, effected by Du Barry's delicious Reval en t a A ra bica l" 0 without mediiine, inconvenience, or expense (as it tro fifty times its cost in other remedies).--‘ Twenty-fiveli, o o nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility , which I had suffered great misery, and w hi c h no it le r e cl tine could remove or relieve, have been effectually °° by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. ' c iyo• Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." "Eight yea" afl d pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasru% v ice nausea, for which my servant had consulted the a'" ri 's • imany, have been effectually remo ve d by Du Infil delicious food in a very short ti me . I s h a ll be I,ik to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavelt iae lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' eirc e ;ocl nervousness, with pains in my neck and left 111111 '01e, general debility, which rendered my lif e very mi ser e o , has been radically removed by Du Barry's e oe io ,' food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbe r As, Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysPieiri3i, nervousness, 'asthma, cough, constipation, fi! 3° spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomittlFglay, been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Marl testi: Northam Ling, nearDiss, Norfolk." —Copia ° cot ) monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord otire, de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Dr g : h Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, pit 3 instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., The 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 33° ' d 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry a pd 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, gaa ° Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly. BIRTHS. OF A EON. th e On the 23d inst., at Montage-equate, the wif e °f Rev. R. Richards. On the 27th inst., at No. 49, Cambridge•stre e., park, the wife of Mr. Walter C. Perry. OF A DAUGHTZB. g o tchO f On the 27th inst., at 3, Victoria -cottages , the wife of Mr. John Standring. On the 28th inst., at W a k e field-terrace, road, Mrs. W. B. N. Green. MARRIED. ~.Dorr On the 27th inst., at Salter's -hall Chapel, "-ober street, City, E. V. Etienne, Esq., of the Knolls, 30,11,,ra5s ter, to Laura Ann, fourth daughter of go. Statham, of Amersham, Bucks. At 6, Ann-street, Edinbu r g h, on the 27th inst., to George Campbell, ministe r of East wood, Renfrrgu'i;q., Euphemia Harriet , daughter of William Graham, 3 c L.L.D., of the Scottish Naval and Military , c 1 (I"ngh. DIED. On the 27th inst., at Kensington, Louisa, thiru - ter of the late Major Symons, of Stonehouse, nevon•reiot On the 27th inst., at 101, Fenchurch street, 31000-016 is• of the late Mr. Richard Adams, o f Balaankstreet, tow, E the 28th ag s 2. 0..,. r is On inst., at Hammersmit h, Mr. Geo:, Tonge, of Carlton-le-Morland, Lincolnshire, ageu t ra ne,es , On the 28th inst. at Lee-park - ho use, Lee, Xent, widow of the late inst., Tatlock, R.N. 0 Y 6(°' LoNDON : Printed and Published by 31171tD v 0.11,2 of No. 112, Strand, Prin ter, at The Sum OCO#ceha or 01 Strand, in the Precinct of tie Savoit.ill Lu e "" Middlesex, friday, December 30, IM• f. 10 INT ofc tRe, •Jer 1 '• 53 * , av at an d ai ce r; I[lol i te s har e '', th , 0 t e l l: 2 7th t i t Ik tt , 7with t • a h t Sh„ e - b ( /44 be eh London, L 0 1i• ?!.°ll 4 0 .,,, 8 an ro Lad w 4te s or t A ' - th e ( o rbit ga tir , ince v,, e o it od w ipFeeact _r Part tarhatirodGil, , Itan w 4 I at ,„ 11 e l all; -u41 ort ' .41, 3 1 nt taitt:efollol st itA. l 2lt so t ;:cta Me r 4 413 the di k ac „,actior i orti c zA4G E/ Ag ar %how Offi ce t, Of th' o ti kApp; aB SII 10 )1 1 4, TALI th ' tf S kio t ' intim kta: LOss fto ° P l A T e r f) TZAB kay his Po 'N I! "3' sui ( 4 44 t; he 4 4*.! h e RI 1 , 044 it 4 ag ll ed se k - - - ti , i O i o ;•' tv Val% A carious B, 1114 4 : o of de t t i. cil d frile4i ro'T t t Ditr 4 t -•. and ( T h ( e ) r,,Whol “rBt ci tir'` wm t e „, Ao s i t z;° an] att r' '' ln g c Yeas 185 4.. •• 185 55 7. • •• •• 8. • •• 4 61; ." • • •• • 1555181 . 11 70:' • •• •• ... •- 1117 5 IS Bp lagi • . • • ivi s • Ila s • • • • •• s. Ito 0 Dremi rdi nary Z,T 11 1 sec ;f7tars looge 7te,d the / Ss. 4 . . an ot itightll Co thr — ""(lnai vieharles -4 cirnirs h e 14 ght E 1 14 ,i.r l l4n 4 9.and, . 4 ' 4,1 011'1 anal 3_, ; h h eft eld 01 °nlal fßuL e rchan flr l4 k 4 ei ~" a nged Aries %ot om li urd, j he 4 -- va 1,, A neW. „.tit 11 "411 Y be Ict Vier 3 THE SUN, LON DON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1853. A ~