The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-03 00:00:00

THE CONSPIRACY AT GENOA. The indictment or statement of facts alleged against the persons accused of participation in the conspiracy and attack upon the Diamante fort at Genoa on the night of the 29th of Juno has just been published, and their trial will commence im mediately.the The Chamber of Accusations in Genoa Court of Appeal having examined the evi dence tendered by Signor Galiani, the Deputy- Advocate Fiscal, in support of the prosecution,ol Code, Penal has found true bills, under article 185 of the ea Giovanni Prina, 40 persons in custody, including Francesco Savi, the editor of the Italia del Popolo ; Prina, Agostino Marchese, Franc escoo r Bartolomeo Denaartini, FerdinandoDeoberti, and others, as well as against 21 persons termed "con tumacious" because they have not surrendered, amongst whom are Giuseppe or Giacomo Mazzini, Antonio Mosti, Luigo Stallo, Francesco Daneri, Angelo Mangini, Giambattista Armellino, Luigi Roggero, Lastrico, Pittaluga, Tassaro, Cssareto, and o th ers. Th ey are charged - with " having, by their direction and insti gegen, as well as by overt acts, taken part in the conspiracy which was attempted to be carried into effect on the night of the 29th of June last in this city, and having with that object held secret con- Eultations and meetings, prepared arms and muni tions of war, and formed bands of armed men, some of whom invaded the Diamante fort, barbarously slaying the sergeant in charge of that post, the aim of which attempt was to alter and destroy the legiti mate government of the state, and to constitute another government iu its stead." The narrative comprised in the atto d'accusa is of great length, and details eery minutely the events which were made sufficiently notorious at the time. The indictment begins by observing that the "re volutionary party, which has since 1848 made such obstinate and deplorable efforts to overturn all existing thrones and to disturb all social institutions and authorities, still persist in its designs, does not believe in the constitutions granted by kings, and declares that monarchy is impotent, and that the republic is necessary to realise Italian independence, freedom, and unity. By the influence of these principles, which have for some ti me b een se t forth in almost every sheet of the journal Italia del Popolo, and repeatedly asserted in the meetings of the national rifle clubs, and the working men's associations, the conspiracy was got up, which by the vigilance of the authorities, was repressed in its very first outbreak, on tee night of the 29th June." Some unusual movements bad been noticed during that day. In the evening people collected together in the quarter of Pre, in the passage leading to the Treasury, and in the street of Vallechiara. At half-past. ten o'clock the electric telegraph wire between Genoa and Turin was cut asunder. Several persons of suspicious appearance, armed with daggers an d car t r id ges , were arrested in the night. Towards two in the morning, arms and munitions of war were dis covered, stored in three magazines, in the street of Vallechiara, and traces of a meeting having re cently been held there were observed at these places. The same night an attempt was made to invade the Sperone fort ; the Diamante fort was invaded, and the sergeant in command there was killed. On the following days other seizures of arms and warlike stores were made at different spots in Genoa and the neighbourhood. Some houses were searched, - and various persons apprehended who had been - pointed out as participating in this design. " Giuseppe Mazzini, whose name figures in every conspiracy in Italy for some years past, is indicated as the chief of the insurrectionary party, the prin cipal seat of which is in London, and the affiliated members of which are distinguished by the name of Mazzinians. That he excited and directed the con spiracy, or rather the attempt in question," says the indictment, " results from various letters of his, and from the articles published by h:m in the Italia del Popolo, in July, August, and Septem ber, 1857, entitled, The Situation.' It is clear, moreover, that he was at Genoa s i x mon th s previous to the events above narrated, and again on the very day they occurred, and also at other periods in June and July last." He was at Genoa, it appears, as late as the 28th of July, and it was he who really conducted the Italia del Popolo, the editor, Savi, being merely his agent. Tee indictment further alleges that, on the 26th of April, Savi and Mosto attended a meeting of the National Rifle Club at Serravalle, where acclamations were bestowed on "Mazzini and the European Republic," and it was urged that " the hour of conflict was approaching, and that they should not despise the use of the dagger, since every means was lawful for the liberation of the country." Speeches were delivered at similar meetings in the Teatro Diurno at Genoa, and at Chiavari, of the same purport. The working men's associations as well as the rifle clubs were used to gain proselytes for the insurrectionary party ; and at the meetings of these associations, especially those held in the Strada della Maddalena, the neces-ity of setting up the republic was openly spoken of. "Preceded,'' says the indictment, "by the prodigal encomiums of the Italia del Popolo, a young Englishwoman bail arrived at Genoa from London. She st 'tett eerself to have come to Italy for literary studied, and she surrounded herself, meantime, with work men and the leading members of this association, while she lodged in the house of the hetttr, Luigi Roggero, who was one of them. She was intro duced at the banquet held by the workmen at the villa Montebruuo, in Marassi ; she repeatedly went to the above-mentioned place of meeting in the Strada della Maddalena, and there spoke exp ress ly of a republic." A letter writlen by Mangini to Miss Jessie Merl! on White, which was found in the house of Carlo Pisacane, is relied upon as evi dencethat even after the unsuccessful attempt of the 29th ofJune, " the party" did not forego their de signs ; but the contents of this letters do not appear. It is stated that Mi-s White received money on ac count of the subscription opened by Savi to purchase 10,000 muskets to be supplied to the first Italian State which should rise in insurrection ; and on the 9th Juno the accused Luigi Stallo paid her 1,000 lire on this account. It is alleged that this fund, together with the monthly subscriptions paid by the initiated, was really employed in providing arms and warlike stores ; that an apartment was hired at Albaro, near the city, wher e b u ll e t s were cast secretly ; that Luigi Stallo was employed in purchasing muskets, and that the other prisoners on several occasions iu April, May, and J une, as sisted to convey them by sea and land them at cer tain points along the coast. A minute account is given of the stores di-covered in a coach-house oc cupied by Luigi Steno, and at several other places in the city, and in a cave on Monte Porro6no. There were a great number of muskets and rifles, pistols, bayonets, daggers, and cartridges; quanti ties ofgunpowder, shot and shell ; pickaxes, ham mers, and other tools. Together with these, in a house in the suburb of Pre, was found the paper on which • was written the following :—" Courage ! The first houses and families which you are to plun der inthe street of Pre wll be those of the Peregallo . family, being the r:cheet proprietors, spies and cruel enemies of liberty. Sack and fire ! Courage ?" One of the places where these things were found was a hou.sishired by Demartini, on behalf of Man gini, adjoining the prison of St. Andrea, to which, it is alleged, the conspirators might easily have gained access by means of the mattocks and other instruments found there. Powder was found in sufficient quantities to blow open the gates of the public buildings or even to blow them up. The indictment then specifies sever:il places in the ci y where the conspirators on the evening of the . 20th June, met and were mustered by their leaders. At one place in Santa Brigida there were more than 200 persons assembled at 10 o'clock ; the door was kept by an armed man, who e ould not let any one go out : and they were told that they wers to at fade the artillery quarters at the Spirit° Santo. Marchese and Capurre invited some other men into a beershop in the Piazza delt'Acquaverde, where they were treated with liquor and promised they should be taken to a house of entertainment. The men however, discovering that th e y were no t al lowed to go away, complained to Marchese, who tee told them thet they were wanted to fight, and that daggers should be given them. About 100 person s met iu the ware- own adjoining the shop of Luigi Roggero, the hatter, (in whose house -Abuxea nna Whit e lodged). There were some chests or cent lining arms there. They had food and w 'ne"iven than • a man with a poniard. watched at the d'oor, and they were told that the insurrection was imminent that the signal wou'd be given by the explosi'onca z o a l( e l it az t ine. About m dnight they were taken to ;but this the dis of arms commenced r their tributton divras intertuted sud denly by an order f, ide Te t r,s e ion. Ina house at ean Panteleo, just out wards the Sperone fert, abeet the city walls, to whoeda a b b l e o e r l d s l issued forth, leaving piece & of men eleah and dag , .: their feet, armed with guns, sal Tes, and carrying laddersand rope-ladders, with which they came close under the walls of the fort, b ut upon being hailed by a sentinel inst Intly took fli g h t S .me pieces of wood, forming ladders suitable for climbing the walls of the fi: , rt, were next day found under a quantity of hay in the house of San Pan ttleo jast allu-Jed to, which had bsen hired by the prisoner Tessa: o, a sad iler. Papers were found, s howing him to have been in conference with Maz eini, inelsondon as early as eept., sail to have been 1855, and he is one of the most intimate associates of the Euglish made the ladd er i lady. Arm e lli no i s a ll ege d t o have intended for this assault on the Sperone fort. The att fort viat otherwise contrived. t d to surprise Diamante The two brothers Pittaluga, Casar e t o , and L v ast • rico, had struck up an acquaintance, some time before, with the keeper of the guardhouse at that fortress, and were fre quently in the habit of chatting with him and the HE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY' EVENI746, DECEVIiER 3, 18N7, soldiers on guard. On this night Casareto, Las trico, Deoberti, and another named Sanguineti, went up to the Diamante fort. The others were told by Casareto that Mazzini at length, after 18 months' delay, had given orders for action. These Imen being joined by Ignazio Pittaluga and one Noli, began to eat and drink with the soldiers. Casareto went out and returned with a bottle of wine, which is supposed to have been " craftily qualified," and of which all the soldiers drank. Meanwhile, Pittaluga amused the sentinel, whilst Lastrico, from the walls of the fort, signalled to an armed band who were lurking outside, and called on them to {enter the fort, saying that all the sol diem were intoxicated. They came in and began to cry, "Evviva la Repubblica, "Evviva la Savoia," "Evviva l'ltalia." The keeper of the guardhouse was desired by Pittaluga to surrender, saying that he (Pittaluga) was now in command, and that a provisional government was established at Genoa. The sergeant alone offered any resistance, and was killed by a musket shot in the face. The Bel diets ware then locked up in one room, and the guardroom keeper in another ; the cannon was made ready for battle, and a note was written and sent to the city, announcing tlie result, and declaring that the Sperone fort must by that time be likewiFe in the hands of the insurgents. However, at break of day, since their messengers did not return from the city, and the red flag was not seen hoisted on the Sperone forte, they evacuated the Diamante fort, leaving behind them their own flag, with muskets and daggers. During the same night several other persons were stopped in the streets, in small parties of two or three together, some of whom carrled daggers and other weapons, whilst some had papers, printed in London, of Instructions for the forma tion of the Party of Action," with engravings re presenting the Neapolitan " Cuffa di Sitenzio. ' A variety of other circumstances are specified in the indictment, showing the frequent intercourse and concert of the prisoners with each other, and their constant attendance, for some time previous to the 29th June, at the meetings, held under different pretexts, at which inflammatory discourse was heard. It appears that Pittaluga and Lastrico, who u=ed to practise in the shooting galleries of the So cieta del Trio Nazionale, were accustomed to say that by the skill so.acquired they hoped one day to win for the people their liberties, to get rid of the police, the taxes, and the greedy drones of the com munity ; and to effect a revolution better organised than that of 1841 had been. Most of the prisoners seem to have been artisans, or men of the working class. PUBLIC MEETING AT EAST .RitTPO.RD TO PETITIO V AGAINST THE BANK CHARTER ACT. [We reprint the following report for the benefit of those who may not have read it iu the journey up to town.] A public meeting of those opposed to the mone tary system established by Sir Robert Peel's bills . of 1819 and 1844, was held at the Town Hall, East Retford, on Saturday last, (Nov. 28) at half past three o'clock. The fact of its being market-day, though convenient for the farmers, made it nearly impossible that those engaged in trade could be present. There was, however, a highly respectable and intelligent audience including most of the principal farmers in _the district. Among those present we observed—Mr. Councillor Wilkinson, (in the Chair); the Rev. J. Twells, (Rector of Gamston) ; Mr. Enoch Hodgkinson, Mr. F. White, Mr. Robert Baker, (Ganaston) • Mr. R. J. Rogers, (Gemston) ; Dr. Ti mm , (Scrooby House), E. Chapman, Esq., Mr. J.- Allison, Mr. George Kelk, Mr. J. hite, (Babwortl) • Mr. J. C. Payne, (Ordsall) ; Mr. John Walk er , (katterseys) ; Mr. Johnson, (Blaco Hill) ; Jacob Ogle, E4q., Mr. J. Wight man , (Elk s l ey ) ; M r. J. Lester, (Babworth) ; Mr. S. White, (South Leverton) ; the Rev. C. Lee, (Hexham) ; Rev. A. Brook, (Vicar of East Retford) ; the Rev. C. D. Butter field, (Rector of West Retford) ; the Rev. H. C. Mitchinson, the Rev. W. A. Plumptree, Mr. A. Liller, Mr. Bryan Clarke, (Tuxford) ; Mr Rose, Mr. Coop er , an d M r . night, (Eaton) ; Mr. Pinder, (Bellrnont) • &c., &c. On the moti on o f Dr. TISIIIVI seconded by Mr. G. CHAPMA N , M r . Councillor thlkinson was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN then spoke as follows :—This meeting had been convened for the purpose of con sidering the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the revision of the Bank Charter. He regretted that, owing to professional engagements, the mayor was unable to preside at that meeting. Many people were unwilling to engage in any move ment respecting the monetary laws, on the plea that they did not understand them. It must be admitted that the question was of a difficult and complica 4 ed nature, and multifarious in its relations and influences ; but he diet not consider that because a question was difficult fully to understand in all its details, that therefore it should be neglected. (Hear.) Wbo, for instance, understood thoroughly the physiology and pathology of the human sys tem 1 if we had any disease or pain, our ignorance of the functions of the human body did not prevent us from applying to the doctor. (Hear, hear.) This is the case with the Bank Charter Act. It has twice been proved to be in a diseased condition, the main principle of the act having been suspended in 1847, and again in 1857. It was quite evident that an act twice broken cannot. be maintained— (bear, hear)—and he should therefore say that the Charter should be so altered or revised as to be tantamount to a repeal. Now that we have got free trade in corn, the restrictions and monopolies of the Bank Charter Act ought not to be retained. We ought to have free trade in money as well as in corn and other commodities. (Cheers.) He thought that it was h'gh time the bullionist power should be placed within proper restraints, and no longer be permitted to disorganise the currency of the country and spread ruin over the land. (Cheers.) The cha;rman then called upon the Rev. John Twells to move the first resolution. The Rev. JOHN TWELLS, on rising, said—lt is now seven years since I had the pleasure of addres sing you in this hall on the subject'of the currency. I cannot, therefore, be justly accused of obtruding myself unnecessarily on your attention ; indeed, I may rather claim the compliment paid by the French gentleman to the English traveller,—"This gen tleman apparently has a great talent for silence." Since that time events of great importance have taken place, which have excited the interest and called out the energies of the English people to an unwonted extent; and with regard to the monetary question an event has occurred, more remarkable, perhaps, than any which has happened for many centuries. I mean the unexpected and extraordi nary discoveries of gold in California and Australia. The gold yield of the Ural Mountains in Russia, which had in a short period increased from 2,000,000/. to 4,000,0001., had excited much speculation as to the effect to be produced by this increase of gold. In 1848 it was announced that gold had been found in California, and in 1850 the amou n t p ro d uce d was 5,000,0001. ; in 1851, 8,000,0001. Gold was discovered in Australia also in 1851, and in 1852 uo less than 9,735,9031. was exported. In 1853, 10,445,7001.; and the pro luction has continued to an undiminished extent up to the present time. It may be concluded, therefore, that the enormous amount of something like 150,000,0001. of gold has been thrown into the markets of the world by the discoveries in California and Australia. One of the I first effects which we can ascertain (and I muss mention that we are greatly assisted in these in quiries by the information compiled from official sources by the Economist), is the displacement of a large portion of the silver coinage of France by gold. In the four years before 1850 the silver coined at the mint in Paris was at the rate of 3,873,0001. sterling annually, while during the same time the amount of gold coined was only at the rate of 767,0001. annually, that is the proportion of gold coined to that of silver was about one-fifth ; but the change after 1850 was most remarkable. In the six years which follow, the silver coined was only at the rate of 1,566,000/. annually. During the same period the amount of gold coined increased to the unprecedented sum of 10,820,000/. annually. In 1854 and 1855 the change was still more extraordinary, the gold coined in Paris being of the value of 36,500,0001., while that of silver was only 985,0001., that is rather more than thirty-six of go ld t o one o f silver. The tetil amount of gold coined in France during the six years from 1850 to 1855 was 64,910,000/. sterling. Dining the period from 1851 to 1855, it may be ob served that gold was coined at the London Mint to the amount of 38,254,0001. Now, under the cir cumatances of this extraordinaryproduction of gold, an appeal to Parliament to alter or even to consider the reformation of the monetary syetem appeared hopeless —we were told on every side that the gold discoveries would solve the difficulties of the cur rency question, and insure the prosperity of the nation. The average rate of in' erest for money was to be, according to the Times, 3i per cent. The only difficulty was what to do with this enormous influx of gold Was the Bank to be relieved from buying it ? Should Si, notes he withdrawn from circulation ? Should the quantity of gold in, the sovereign be doubled ? How were we to dispose of our great, our increasing, our superabundant me tallic wealth ? In April, 1852, the Times, after mentioning that the rate of discount for the best paper had for a considerable time ranged between and 11- per cent., said—" The absence of a coura geous spirit of enterprise (this is what they now call ° over trading and reckless speculation'), is the penalty that has weighed down the country ever since 1847, and the old feeling" of healthiness (which the Times now calls the spirit of the " dashing speculator") will not be restored except by the difficulty of obtaining any return for sapital in the routine channels (which it now calls "the slow profits of honest industry"), coupled with apprehensions of a possible further lowering in the interest of the public debt." The amount of gold in the Bank of- England was then about 20,000,0001., the currency consequently expended the rate of interest, as was observed, under 2/. per cent , and this short-sighted writer has added his mite of encouragement to stimulate the over-specu lation, which the necessary consequence of such a atate of things. (Cheers ) In July, 1852, the amount of gold in the Bank rose to not less tha] 22,042,6831: The stock of bullion being in excess of the amount of Bank notes in the hinds of the public by 700,128/. In Nov. 174 tons of gold ar rived in London within a week. In July, 1853, the First Minister of the Crown, Lord Aberdeen, in his spe ch in the City, referred to " the bright prospects which he saw at that time throughout the whole of t•As country," and spoke of its pros perity, happiness, and degree of progress as alto ;ether unparalleled. - He (Lord Aberdeen) at-ri bated it to the enlightened system of financial and commercial policy of the late Sir Robert Peel. Lord John Russell spoke of fzee-trade "as hiving con dueed most materially to wealth, prosperity, and comfort of the great body of the people." Their, stateatents were loudly cheered by the good citizens of the City of London. In the meanwhile, as my agricultural friends around me will remember, and I am most happy to think that they have it to re rnerubEr, the prices cf agricultural produce had reatly improved. Wheat, in Oct., 1833, sold at Uxbridge at 100 s. per quarter, th;s was, of course, of the first quility; in 1854 and 1855 it com manded fry m 8./F. to 995. per qu .rter. I find that I sold wheat myself in 1855 at 925. p,:r quarter. Now, during this p riod of prosperity I considered it my duty to give the whole subject a careful reconsideration. Some of my friends less insane on the currency question than my-tit began to believe that although PeA's system was a bad one the wonderful effects of the gold discoveries would interpose an effeAtial remedy. It is easy to be wise after the event. I, therefore, am glad that I wrote down during this period of prosperity the deliberate convictions of my own mind, because I find that I then ex pressed in the most decided possible language a conclusion at which I bad arrived that even the gold discoveries could not remedy the evils of our unsound, unphilosophieal, and most injurious mo netary system. (Cheers.) I find that I then said that " not even gold could prove a substitute for a good monetary system." " That if our gold iinpor. tations fail, our vaunted prosperity would vanish like a dream ;" and " that gold was not the Her cules to extricate us from our difficulties." I mention these, .and I might refer to scores of similar observations, not in a spirit of self-laudation, to show that the principles which I, in common with all sound currency reformers, held of the unstable character of Peel's fair-weather money system, were firmly retained at the time when that system was supposed to be most pre eminently successful. (Hear, hear.) A change was then approaching ; as early as 1853, the d ra i n of silver began to manifest itself. It is not net=s sary for my argument that I sh ou ld b e a bl e f u ll y to account for that drain. One reason undoubtedly is, that the great discoveries of gold had un settled the relation which, on the continent of Europe, previously existed between the value of gold and of silver. In France the ancient relative value of gold to silver—namely, that of one to fifteen and a fraction is retained, although in our own country and in America the relative value of the metals in the . coins has been altered. Silver became, therefore, apratable article of com merce in relation to gold. It paid th e merc h an t t o purchase silver five franc pieces in France with gokl, and to export the silver. He knew by the figures, to which I have previously referred, that this pro cess had been going on in France, and that a large portion of the 100,000,000 of silver coin, which was estimated to constitute the silver coinage of that country, has been displaced by gold coin. Large importations of silver have been f or severa l years past taking place to India and Chi na . N ow , t o supply the place of the silver coinage which has been withdrawn from circulation, and to satisfy the large demands for silver in the East, it has become necessary to withdraw gold from this country. We find, therefore, that the continued arrivals of gold from Australia have for the two or three past years been barely sufficient to enable the Bank to retain an amount of bullion adequate to justify in supply ing the country with the necessary amount of paper circulation. At the commencement of this year it therefore became necessary to attempt to check the drain of bullion by a rise in the rate of discount. On the 3d of April the rate was raised. to 6i per cent. ; on the 18th of June it was reduced to 6 ; and on the 15th of July to 51 per , cent. On the Bth Oct. it was again raised to 6 per tent. ; and on the 12th Oct. to 7 per cent. ; and the effects of the American panic —a panic principally caused by the defective monetary system of that country, where, as in England, the mistaken policy of the bullionists prevails—caused the rate to be raised, on the 19th October, to 8 per cent. ; on the 5 , h of November to 9 per cent. ; and on the 9th to 10 per cent., at which the highest legal rate probably ever exacted by the creditor class from their debtors in this country it now remains. (Hear.) On Thurs day, November 13, the Bank Charter Act was sus pended, by a letter addressed by the Prime Minis ter and the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Bank. We meet together to-day, therefore, under this peculiar state of things, that the Bank Charter Act is suspended, and the convertibility of the note for the time abrogated. Parliament has been un expectedly called together at a very short notice to deliberate on the steps necessary to be taken in consequence of this infringement of the law of the land. Now it was said in. 1844, by Mr. Jones Lloyd (now Lord Overstone), who is, as you know, one of the principal promoters and supporters of Peel's monetary system, that the Bank Charter Act of 1844 "has been justly described by its author as the compliment of the Bill of 1819, as the further step which was necessary to render that measure complete, and to give to the public every possible security for the effectual maintenance of specie payments. This is the true object of the measure ; and by its efficacy or otherwise in this respect, the success or failure of the measure ought to be tested." How then stands the question with regard to the Bank Charter Act ? It was suspended- by a letter from tl.e Ministers n 1847. On an inquiry into the circumstances of that suspension it was decidedly condemned by a Committee of the douse of Lords, and it only escaped a similar fate in the House of Commons' Committee by 3 the accidental, though unavoidable absence of two members of that Com mittee. Of the 17 witnesses examined before the Committee of the HOUS3 of Commons, in 1848, 13 condemned the Act, and four witnesses supported it. Among its four supporters were three director , of the Bank and Mr. Samuel Jones Lloyd. Among those who condemned it were the late Mr. Samuel Gurney, the first money-dealer in Earope ; Mr. George Carr Glyn, the eminent London banker ; Mr. Bates, the head of the house of Baring, Brothers, and Co. ; and Mr. Birkbeck, the re cognised representative of the country bankers of England. At this time Lord Ashburton (formerly Mr. Alexander Baring), a far higher financial authority than Lord Overstona can presume to be con-idered, pronounced, as his judgment, that the Bank Charter Act " was a great experiment which had signally failed." (Hear, hear.) But it is con demned by more imp or t a nt. evidence than any yet cite d. It is condemned by the fact, it is condemned in the very test which Lord Overstons propounded, namely, its efficacy in giving to the public "every possible security for the effectual maintenance of cash payments." What was the state of the Bank of England on the 233 of October, 1847, as to the effectual maintenance of cash payments ? It was this : LIABILITIES. Notes issued £ 2 1,865,445 Deduct held by the Bank itself ... 1,547,270 --£20,318,175 Public Deposits Other deposits . . .... Seven day and other ........................ 947,013 ANSETS. 34,612,091 In the issue department — Go ld coin and bullion Silver bullion 1,120,091 7,865,445 In the banking department — Gold and silver coin 447,246 ------ 8,313,69: Balance w rT oli the Bank could not pap in g o ld .................................... 26,20,400 On the 11th Nov. 1857, the day before the sus pension, the state of the Bank of England was th's— LIABILITIES. tions of the money market. A monetary crisis comes. Gold goes out of the country, the bank rises its discount and reduces its circulation, and the prices of all things are depreciated. And thus the farmer is deprived for years of the fair remune ration for all his industry, and of the interest of the capital which he has invested in his land. The same thing applies to the manufacturer, for he has been building new mills, enlarging his works, expending his trade and employing more hands. Peersbill puts a stop to all this ; and when the farmer and the manufacturer are suffering, and all the country with them, and Government, at the eleventh hour, steps in to save the country from utter ruin, the usurer complains that prices are not suffered to fall still lower, that he (the consumer) is defrauded of wheat at 30s. a quarter, and all other things in pro portion, and that he cannot get his 201. or 301. per eat. according to his calculation. (Applause) Is there among the , e writers in the Times out word of heartfelt regret, any relenting for all the anguish and privations, the broken fortunes and the broken hearts, which this Bank Charter Act is at this mo ment causing ? Do they say anything of the dis tress and poverty of thepeople, thrown by thousands and tens of thousands out of work without any fault of their own ? Have they shown the least feeling of commiseration for the working-men by whose humble firesides suffering, poverty, destitu tion, and starvation, are taking up their winter's abode ? No ! "Isit so nominated in the bond ?" Is there one feeling of pity for the victims of this iniquitous system ? No, not one. The whole tenor of their writing is—Perish the people of England ! but let the " hard calculator" gras p his 15 per cent. (Loud and continued cheering.) How very far different is the feeling of an excellent and attached friend of mine—Mr. John Taylor, of London, whose calculations have always been for others and not for himself, and who has for many long years been the disinterested advocate of this unpopular, but great question. In a paper which I received from him this morning he places the question between the producer and consumer in a remarkably lucid point of view. He says, " Cheap ness has been cried up as a blessing to the labourer ; yet it is difficult to conceive how any one could think that the labourer would be benefitted by low prices. A moment's reflection would have served to undeceive him. A poor man produces (say) five times as much as he consumes ; a rich man consumes (say) five times as much as he produces. Low prices, therefore, are in favour of the rich consumer as five to one, and high prices are in favour of the poor producer as five to one. These numbers are used by way of illustration ; it is im material what the real "proportions are ; every one who lives by his labour, every one who produces more than he consumes is benefitted by high prices more than by low. Every one who lives on his property, every one who consumes more than he produces is benefitted by low prices more than by high. Yet there are many persons professing to be friends of the labourer who gravely try to persuade ' him that low prices are for his especial advantage. Having forced down prices by the Currency Acts of 1819 and 1844, they wish the people to believe that low prices are preferable to high prices." This seems to put the question be tween the producer and the consumer in a very clear point of view. Witte regard to over-specula tion ; when there was an extraordinary influx of gold to the Bank, the English people were told by the bullionist organ that they were afraid to launch out into a courageous spirit of enterprise ; when they do so launch out, they are accused of over speculation. The Acts of which we complain com pel the Bank of England to purchase gold, however large the amount of it in their coffers may be. When they had 20,000,0001. of gold they were obliged to give their notes in exchange for any amount of gold that might be brought to them. The effect of this, is tha - , the circulating medium being largely increased, money made plentiful, and the rate of interest reduced to lf or 2 per cent , the greatest temptation is held out to people to en gage in various kinds of speculation, because t l ;e -"routine system of business" then produced no adequate remuneration. Now the Times de nounces this " courageous spirit of enter prise." Let it not be supposed, however, that the virtuous indignation which the organ of the bullionist party so vehemently hurls against ill conducted banks and insolvent merchants arises solely from the wish to condemn such misconduct. It was because the drain of bullion to Scotland was the last straw which broke the back of bullionism that our friends of the Times go into such a rage. And how many have failed at this period, against whom the slightest imputation, even of want of prudence, cannot be justly brought, and who have fallen victims to this pernicious system of currency. Do you suppose that such a firm as Naylor, Vickers and Co., of Sheffield, who, ov en now , i n le midst of depreciation and ruin, are able to produce assets of more than a quarter of a million of money be yond their liabilities, would have failed under a round monetary system ? Take, again, the case of Dennistoun and Co., who failed the other day. We see that they are already making arrangements to pay 20s. in the pound. (Hear, hear.) These are remarkable instances, and the Times is cunning enough to make these exceptions to their rule of condemnation of the unfortunate victims of the mone tary system by which many others of equal honesty, butlessextensive resources, have been ruined. I will now go to the remedy we have to proposs, which is embodied in the petition which I have the honour to submit for your consideratlit. [Mr. TWELLS here real the petition, which we give below.] The currency question as it now stands, may be compressed in very narrow limits. The great point of difference between the currency reformers and the bullionist is—shall the bank note be converted into bullion at a fixed rate, or shall it be converted into bullion at the market price of the day ? Peel's bill has three phases when gold flows in, in great abundance from any cause whatever, the Bank is obliged to increase its note circulation and speculation is encouraged and fostered. This is the first phase. At the time when bullion flows into the country, as it has latterly done from Aus tralia, but at the same time there is a considerable drain of bullion, an equable curreri:lr is;maintained. The Acts of 1819 and 1844, then become a dead letter, and the country enjoys a sound and healthy trade. This is the second phase. But when from any cause bullion is exported more largely than it is imported, the currency is contracted, prices are lowered, and you are subjected to a state of de pression, suffering, and ruin. This is the third phase. Now, I believe that this state cf things would be entirely remedied by what is here proposed—viz., the establishment of a legal tender paper money. And experience has shown that about 20,000,000 of this would be suffi cient as a basis for our domestic circulation. This paper money would not be subject to be hoarded or withdrawn from the country. It would enable the nation to go on with its business whether gold left the country or not. It would preserve a fair and just rate of interest," and we should be free from these often recurring periods of ruin and panic. What you want is security for your trade, and that the commercial and agricultural interests of the country may rest on a firm basis. And this can be secured by an adequate and unfluctuating circula ting medium, which, under any circumstances of export of bullion, you may be able to retain at home for domestic purposes. This state of things is to be maintained by the proposed remedy. But I know a great deal will be said by giving up the principle of convertibility. It has been proved to demonstra tion on the occasions of 1847 and 1857 that the con vertibility of the bank note under the present sys tem is a mere financial fiction. It is a system by which you can always convert the bank note into gold except at the time when everybody [wants to do so. But the system which we propose in our petition is one by which we can always convert the bank note into gold and silver at their market price and into everything else. If I want gold or silver to send abroad or to melt down to ma'• e watches r jewel lery, I could, under the proposed system, go to the Bank and convert them into bullion at the market price of the clty. I have, after all, no wish to dogmatise in this diffieult question, but I believe that this is the only convertibility which, under the existing circumstances of the nation, is either attainab!e or desirable. (Hear.) Sir, it was said by the first L or d Liverpool that a purely metallic cut rency had this inherent defect, that being COrn- p ised of an . article which was also a commodity, it was liable to fluctuations in value. California and Australia show how possible a great fluctuation in the value of the material of a metallic currency is. Under a domestic circulated medium of paper as much would be done as possible to render this in herent defect. The currency of- paper, which we propose, would, it is believed, do more than even (c a l aes metal tniogn i o c f t lrower.lem currency osni or t, i sa e ym t s a t i a n qi nu a ii st fair ow e s q atr ui me t o a tm b h le momentous ot u uh r es one and that nothing Ehould be done without due deliberetetn. In add , eseing you on th s occasion I have endeavoured to place the object which we have iu view, namely, cutrency reform, in the clearest light that I could. (Hear, hear.) Let, I would say, that system of currency be estab'ished which shall promote the greatest hap. piness of :he great Est number of my fel'o w-couns ry men. Bit there is a plwf rful party against us. It will require every energetic exertion ou your part, even though this system now stands self-condemned before the courf ry to effect the least possible refir mation. Yet I cannot but think that common sense and common justice will at last t r i umph, and that this rich man's bill, by which the rich ale made richer and the poor made poorer, will not be suff!red much longer to encumber our statute book. (Applause.) 'Had I not believed that truth, and important truth—that juktice and most impartial justice were on our side—l should never have en tered on the contest, or, having entered on it, I should long since have retired from the unequal strife. But I neither hesitate nor doubt. I never did doubt on the subject since the time when, ton years ago, by my own fireside, with few books and no friends to consult, I impartially reviewed the whole monetary question, which even as a boy had engaged my attention, and came to the decision that the most important interests of the country, moral and religious as well as social, were involved in it. (Cheers.) I have faith in my principles. And I have greater faith in the immutable laws of Divine Providence, by which, however long it may be delayed by ignorance and selfishness, right eventually becomes might. (Loud cheers.) And, therefore, whether I live to sec the day or not, when this mo.,t unjust and unrighteous system shall be aholished, I shall have the approval of my own conscience, that, without regard to personal interest, and without fear of personal consequences, I have humbly endeavoured to do my duty as con cerns this great question as a man, a citizen, and a minister of religion. (Loud and continued ap plause.) The rev. gentleman then made the follow ing motion : " That the Bank Charter, at the time when its main principle—viz., the effectual maintenance of cash pay ments, bas been tested, having for the second time sig nally failed, this meeting is of opinion that a complete revision of the monetary system established by Peel's bills of 1819 and 1844 ii imperatively required." This motion was seconded by Mr. E. HODGKIN sox, and carried unanimously. It was then proposed by Mr. F. WIIITE, and secondel by Mr. ROBERT BAKER, that the petition which had been read should be adopted and signed. - This was put to the meeting, and carried una,n mousiy.. _ A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chair man, and to the Rev. John Twells, who was lis tened to throughout the whole of his lengthened speech with the greatest attention and iiterest. COPY OF THE PETITION. To the Honourable the Commons of the United King• dom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled. The bumble petition of the undersigned, residing at and in the neighbourhood of East Retford, in the county of Nottingham, Humbly shewetb,—That in this country for upwards of 46 years the industrial energies of the people have beau largely developed, capital has been extensively accumulated, and science has contributed its powers to subjugate the natural world to man's dominion, That the natural tendency of these causes is to pro mote the permanent pro,-perity of a country, and the comfort, contentment, and social and physical improve ment of the people. That nevertheless the condition of the labouring classes during this period has frequently been one of the most severe distress, and that the agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing interests have at intervals of a few years been subject to most serious depression. That your petitioners attribt te these evils principally to the violent contractions and expansions of the currency, caused by the acts of 1819 and 1844, generally known as Peel's Bills, and that they are convince! that this country can never enjoy more than a few years of pros perity at a time while those acts remain in force. • That with particular reference to the present state of the country, they observe that through all the changes from adversity to prosperity, the latter has always been arrested after the country has enjoyed it fur a few years by the efilex of bullion, by whatever cause that Efflux eas brought about, and the consequent contraction of the currency and the lowering of the price on all com modities ; and that on the return of goll the Bank has again issued its notes, and restored prosperity till gold went out again. That if anything could, under the operation of the present monetary system, secure to this nation the retention of geld and the consequent enjeyment of an adequate and equable circulating medium, the enormous and unprecedented discoveries of geld i❑ California and Australia would have done so. But that, so far from such having been the case, the monetary crisis under which the country is now suffering is believed to be more intense and disastrous than even that in 1847. That the Bank Charter Act having been twice sus pended in its operation at the very time when the prin ciple upon which it was founded—namely, the effectual maintenance of cash payments—was put to the test, the act stands self-condemned, and cannot possibly be retain( d. The main principle of the act having been proved in- jurious to the nation, and the carrying out of this prin ciple impracticable, it is respectfully submitted to your honourable house that legal tender notes of U. and upwards should be isam.d under the authority of her Majesty the Queen and the Houses of Parliament, receivable for all taxes and convertible at the Bank for geld at the market price of the day ; that the limit of the issue of th e s e no t es s h ou ld b e determined by the Legislature, and that at the present time such limit should not exceed 20,000,0005. That by such means your petitioners respectfully submit a safe and steady basis would be provided for the domestic circulation of the country, and that the actual and positive convertibility of the back note into bullion would at all times, and under all circumstances, be effectually maintained. And your petitioners will ever pray, &c. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, The Earl of Carlisle has appointed Lieut. Mar shall, of the 2d Life Guards, now extra aide-de camp, to be aide-de-camp, vice Fitzroy, resigned. The late Major Perrin, of the 90th Light Infan try, whose name is returned in the list of killed in the advance upon Lucknow, was the son of Mr. Justice Perrin, one of the judges of the Irish Queen's Bench. The gallant officer served with consideraVe distinc , ion in the Crimea, the 90th having been engaged in the closing operations of the siege of Sebastopol. The following appointments have t+lren place in the corps of Royal Marines, dated Nov. 30, 1857, viz. :—Capt. H. A. M'Kallum, on recruiting ser vice at Yeovil, to be Barrackmaster of the Ports mouth division, vice M oore , ret i re d ; and Capt. H. H. M`Carthy, of the Woolwich division, to be Barrackmaster, vice Capt. Little, retired. The above-named officers have been removed to the half-pay list accordingly. The Ist Pommy Battalion left Cork 13arracks on Tuesday moaning, under command of Major Doug= las. They include detachments of the 14th, 28th, and 11th depots ; four companies attached. The 69th depot arrived in Cork on Sunday and proceeded next morning to Fermoy to form a Bom bay battalion. • Sir J. Alexander, in command of the lst Fermoy battalion, is on leave of absence in Scotland ; in his absence the command devolves on Major Douglas. Col. Moore is to have the command of the Bom bay battalion in Fermoy. Fermoy garrison will include 19 depots, including the Bombay battalion. The only regiments now stationed in Cork are the Royal Elthorne Militia (900 strong) and a troop of the 3d Light Dragoons under the command of Captain Hawkeg. Her Majesty's steamer Cuckoo, 3, Lieutenant- Commander A. G. E. Murray, has met with a seri ous accident at Chatham, which it is feared will render her totally unfit for further service. The Cuckoo steamed up from Sheerness to Chatham on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of embark ing a large party of Marines for the Renown, 91.. the troops going on board from the news stairs, in stead of embarking from the dockyard, as i s usua ll y the case. The tide at the time was fast ebbing, and the embarkation of the Marines and their baggage having been completed the Cuckoo proceeded to steam out into the river. The force of the current, however, carried the steamer towards the Gun -wharf, where she r an a g round, and notwithstand ing all the e ff or t s o f her crew to get d settled her off she s ed down in the mud with her stem be came totally unmanageable, until the tide river. In this position t s o h w e ar da remaineds middle of the and completely over her, the whole rose, which washed al feet under water. Imme diatelyher stars, being several feet under water. Imme diately after the accident occurred the troop s of t! e steamer, with e t e h m e - exceptiou of a p )rtion of after the shore at the Gun-wharf, and th e managed get o on f which the w damaged, as was rem ove d age, much to and placed on board A rctic ship Resolute. Yesterday morning efforts were made to raise the mh Cuckoo by means of lighters, but without success, as she had settled down deep in the mud and was filled with water. During the whole of yest nay a large number of shipwrights and labourers from the dockyard wet e bus'ly engaged in clearing her and stripping away her rigging previouslyto another attempt being made to raise her. Several addi tional lighters have also bean moored aloNside, and every effort was to have been made to float her last night on the rising of the tidy. The Marines were yesterday forwarded to Sheerness by the Lizard steamer. Toe Colo - isus, 80, screw steamer, arrived at Chat ham yesterday afternoon from Sl'eerness in tow of the African and Lizard steamers, and was taken into dock for the purpose of being overhauled and made ready for sea. The Persian, 12-gul sloop, Commander John H. Coads, had her compaLses adjusted yesterday at Sheerness. A n ulubtr c,f non A -comnriiisionel officers of the been permitted to bataions of Royal ryr, forat Woa) . lwic . ll, th hav e G e and It troops of Horse Artillery n e o r w vi a c b e c i ,u n t to be embodied under the commend of M.,jor Newton and Maj or A r b u th not. An i nn e:tion as to fitne-s for Service was on Tuesiay held in the bairack , square by Col. Maude, in command of the owl's, viten a selection wt:s m ‘de of a sufficient number of those grades for the two toopq, which are to he composed of the newly rai.ed recruits at p: e3ent undergoing a regular course of drill. The 6-gun steam sloop Barracouta, recen!ly ar rived from the East Indies and China, is ordered to Woolwich to be refitted for service. Notes issued £ 2 1,141,065 Daduct held by the Bank itself 957,710 £20,183,355 ............... 5,314.b59 .................... 12,935,344 853,075 Public deposits Ocher deposits Seven day and other bills ........................... 39,286,433 ASSETS. In the issue department — Gold coin and bullion... 6,6,065 In the banking department Gold and silver coin.. 501,443 7,170,50, Balance which the Bank could not pay in gold or ail Ter .............................................. 32,115,925 You sea, then, not only from the arguments which have been used, but from the facts and figures, that this fair-weather measure, the Bank Charter Act, has, on two separate occasions—when its true object, " the effectual maintenance of specie payments," has been testa' has most com pletely and most disgracefully faded. (Loud cheers.) You cannot possibly convert the enormous indebtedness of this great nation into gold. The convertibility of the note at a fixe 1 rate has been demonstrated to be a mere political fiction. But there is another, and a novel aspect, under which this question has recently been presented to the public. The Times, the organ of the bullionist p ar ty, c h arges the whole of the people of England with dishonesty. "Any man," it says, "who comes und er an engagemen t to pay a certain sum on a ' eel , a i n given day pled es himself to deliver so ma n y sovereigns. No doubt, " it says, had nut the Government letter appeared on Thursday money wou l d have been worth 20 / . to I 331. per cent. owin g to the genera l panic which would have been created," while we are subse quently told " the hard calculator sees the time at hand wises the gold he has prudently reserved will be worth 15 pt-r cent. The Government steps in i.) feu-tr i t e the resu l ts of his patient enqu i ry an d refiec ion." Thi s i s t h e true way of putting the case. Lord Overstone said. in 1844, that the object of the bill was t h e efft•ictual maintenance o f specie payments. Sir Robert Peel declared that one of its principal objects was to prevent the repetition of such panics as had occurred in 1825 , 1837, and 1839, an d preserve us from commerc i a l depression and rui n . B ut in 1857, the long • worn mask is at length th rown off and the usur er stands revealed in the face o f day. (Loud cheers). It is not the maintenance of specie payments alone, but such a maintenance of specie payments as may com mand an usurious rate of interest which they m,37 require. (Flea-, and cheers). And not only so, but the "bard calculator" expected that he should b e a bl e a l so "t o buy sugar, , silk, and all sorts of ar ti c l es at a vast re duction.' But; his expectations h ave b een di sa ppointed, "thanks to Governm en t." The producerwe are told, (be says) ought as a matt a- of course to be sacrificed to the consumer. Put the case of the farmer. A farmer in profi t erous times commonly makes the laud his bank. Whatever capital he can by persevering in dus:ry, and the results of " patient inquiry and re flection," accumulat e h e i nvests i n t h e improve ment ( f his land in b e t ter managemen t, better cultivation of, the soil and i mprovemen t o f his stock, and he naturally exp ec t s i t will secure to hi m the quiet possession of the fruits of his industry. rni.taken is his calculation. Trier° has been ano ther how titer man at work ;—this i s th e " h ar d calculator." He has improved , his acquaintance with Peel's bill, and cultivated au acquailitpice with the opera- THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. A meeting of the shareholders of this bank was held last evening at the Guildhall Tavern, to receive a report of the progress made in raising a sum of 180,0001., necessary to effect a compromise of 6s. 6d. in the pound, in addition to 10a. in the pound expected from the estate. The CHAIRMAN• (Mr. Wyld, M.P.). said proposals had been received from shareholders which he might arrange into three classes. From class 1 proposals had been received to the amount of 65,4051., and which bad been considered satisfactory. These shareholders would consequently obtain a release. From class 2 proposals had been received to the amount of 27,965/. These proposals were under consideration. From class 3 proposals to the amount of 2,0151. had been received, which were regarded as less satisfactory, the total being 95,3851. ss. 9d. Now, that total fell very far short of the proposed composition, and the assignees had that day held a meeting, when they thought it might expedite the affair if they took in hand cases which had been in vestigated by the committee, because those cases had been very carefully gone into. In some of these the assignees were disposed to give an im mediate relief to those who bad contributed as far as they could ; and the effect of this would be, that those who bad so contributed as far as they could would receive, upon payment of the money, a total and entire rele Ise from all liability as soon as the legal formalities could be gone through. The com mittee had, in the course of the investigation, taken much on the assertion of the parties them selves as to the capability of each party to pay. But in their circular, issued by the committee in conjunction with Mr. Harding, the official manager, it was stated that the committee were not prepared to state what they would accept, but that it was estimated the sum of 1501. per share would be re quired on the whole amount to be raised. In thus dealing with these cases they had received only 95,3851. ss. 9J., which fell very short of the sum still further required to make up the 6s. Gd. in the pound. Mr. HARDING said the amount promised was 95,3851. The committee had carefully gone over the list of shareholders, and the numerical result of proposals was this-1n Si) cases the proposals were satisfactory, in 12 further evidence 'w as required, 56 were under consideration, and there were 105 persons who had not made any proposal whatever. The 95,385/. would barely suffica to pay 45. in the pound out of the required 6s. 6d. Mr. MITCHELL intimated an opinion that if all the shareholders would come forward honestly th- re would be no difficulty in raising the required 18), 0001. He instanced six persons, holders of 102 shares, who had off red only 9,0001., whose contri bution ought to be 23,0001. - Mr. WYLD observed that the remarks of Mr. Mitchell showed the propriety of the course taken by the committee. It was the intention of the assignees to give discharges to shareholders whose offers were satisfactory, and to apply the amount received to the payment before the end of the year of another dividend, whatever the amount might be—whether 2s. or 3s. in the pound. Mr. GILLOTT stated that he had paid 1501. per share on his 26 shares. His business had fallen off fully one-third in consequence of the uncertainty of his position. The requirement of 1501. per share ought not to be applied as a rule. Many share holders were tradesmen who had been knocked down by this unfortunate affair, and who felt the difficulties of their position in a peculiar degree. Mr. TAYLOR said that of the many painful duties imposed upon him during a somewhat long mer cantile life none had equalled those he had had to discharge as an assignee under this estate. The assignees were obliged to make inquiries into the private affairs and position of shareholders, and to receive theirstateraents upon affidavit. He believed that the 6s. 6d. in the pound would be realised for the creditors ;he had no doubt of it. He said this taking into account the amount that would still be obtained from original shareholders. Mr. LINKLATER cited the case of an unsatisfac tory offer feorn a shareholder who, to his own knowledge, had 20,0001. in Consols. The meetings to c,rry out the compromise had done some good. With many of the proposals the assignees were satis fied, and a considerable sum had been realised. From that time every other shareholder must be dealt with piecemeal, and they must ba told plainly that forbearance was now at an end. Those who had contributed honestly would obtain a release ; Lhose who had not contributed honestly must be made to. do so. The assignees never had and never would relinquish the terms of compro mise ; from the 6s. Gd. in the pound they would never swerve for one moment. Mr. WYLD repeated his opinion that :the com promise could be accomplished by the rasing of the required amount. The parties acting with him had been inflnenced throughout by feelings of benevo lence and mercy in a matter that to a certain de gree might be considered a public calamity, and they would not relax their exertion]. It remained now for every shareholder who had not yet done so to do his duty. TBE PIEDMOATESE .ELECTIONS. The Steele, in an article on the Piedmon tese elections, most urgantly recommends the extreme left to support the Government, under the penalty of seeing the ultramontane party march to victory through their divided ranks ; it represents union under pres•nt circuratances as a question of life or death both to the partisans of constitutional government and the advauced Übe erals. It cmcludes wi h the following lively appeal : "Let Us not forget that a vast conspiracy is organised, not against the revolution, ti use the Expression of our adversaries, but—and this is much more serious—against those principles which ' can alone hencef .rth consoli date S'atess, and prevent the return of fresh revolt. Cons, Let us leave abusive language to our adversa ries. They call us unbeliever, and accuse us of plot ting a violation of the sanctuary, in order to get at the key of the strong box. Never mind. Le , . them ei joy the innocent pleasure of railing by way of consulaticn for the checks they have met with for thrae centuries. Their fury is a good sign—it seems to borrow a rather bold pitnilie from a contemporary publicist, as if they bad swallowed all the canons of the church. Let us be calm, and take care not, by any untitnt-ly tlivi-iotp, to op n the breach to the cirmnou enemy. The Sardinian nuni;try and the opposition will caderstat:d the riccefsiti, of the situation, and wid po,tpone all irritatng d:icu-- a onA, and act in unison for the attainment of a comm, n Purpose," [A nvzirrist;tr'sxr De• • • ,11 tY, Liver, and eine so u will Imo' wn pet formed by stands pre-eminent abov e oularly for the cure of bilo orders of the stomach, dro p sy ' I—Holloway's Pills f. r the Cure cf Stomach Complaints. —This me H its iwtehrougheut the world and the cures tions. In these diseasese the all otha;erdd Pills are so permanent that the Whileremedies, ial effects of the system is reno i a ed, the organs of digestion stre• g•hene: 3 , d free respira•ion promoted. —So'd by a s me dieinire a n n do r a s throughout the world ;at Professor Holloway '„ E.lub lisbments, 244 ; Strand, London, and 80, Mai 'en-lane, Ne a Fork ; by Al S'ampa, Constantinopl e ; A. Gnidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 2. MANSION -HOUSE. am Brodie, a respec• tably-dressed man, about 30 y ears o f age , wa s brought before the L or d Mayor, upon remand, charged with having stolen a gre a t- coat b e l ong i ng to Mr. J. M . Jonee'y a warehouseman, i n N ew i ngton Butts. At the previous exa m i na ti on the prosecutor sa id that on Saturday morning last h e entere d the News - rooms io Cheapside, and placed hi s grea t- coat over one o f the settles. While reading a newspaper he saw the prisoner hastily leave his seat and take up his (prosecutor's) coat, and make towards the door. Prosecutor called out to him, " Where are you going to take that coat ?" UP" which the prisoner returned, and, in a state of excite ment, said he had made a mistake and taken it for hie own. He was then given into custody. Mr. Hobler, the solicitor, yesterday attended for the prisoner, and said he had been given to understand by the wife of the latter that be really had left home on the miming in question with his great-coat over his arm. The Lord Mayor said, he thought that not much re liance could be placed upon the evidence of a wife under such circuinstancee, and he did not see the necessity Of putting any questions to her. In answer to the Lord Mayor, Sergeant White, police-constable 3, said be bad been able t learn but very little respecting the prisoner's character. He had only been in his present lodgings a fortnight. Mr. Hobler—My instructions are that the prisoner is a very respectable young man and bears an excellet.t character, to which a gentleman has been requested to attend and speak. Unfortunately, however, he was not present. The prisoner's wife;a decently dressed, good-looking young woman, here entered the witness-box, and, in reply to the Lord Mayor, said she had been married since 1853, and lived in Salisbury-street, Strand. Her husband did not live with her. She had formerly held situation in one of the waiting-rooms of the Great Western Railway, her husband during the time workit g wherever he could find employment. She left her situa tion about 13 weeks ago, and came to London to her present address, believing her husband to be living at the Panklibanon Ironworks, in Baker-street. Although he did not live with her, she had been for some weeks past in the habit of seeing him almost every day. The last time she saw him before now was on Saturday morn ing last, when, as far as she could recalect, he quitted her, taking with him his greatcoat. The Lord Mayor—l cannot understand how it is that he has only been in his present lodgings a fortnight, according to the statement of the constable. How comes he to be living apart from you Wife (with much simplicity)—l cannot at all account for that. lam afraid now, however, that he has lost his situation and take❑ a separate lodging, not liking to come to me. He knows that for weeks past I have been unable to maintain myself. At the present moment I have not bread to eat. The Lord Mayor—There is something veryuysterioug about this case. Wife—My husband is too honest a man to steal a coat. lam convinced that he never would do anything of the sort. White, the constable, said that the address which an prisoner had given him was No. 2, Duke-street, Blooms bury, and that 011 proceeding thither he found a young woman who said she wcee the prisoner's wife. The Lord Mayor—Where is that young woman ? White—She is now in court, my lord. The Lord Mayor desired her to stand forward, and • good-looking girl, of about 18 years of age, stepped into the box and stood inxc the prisoner's wife. The Lord Mayor—What relation are you to the pri soner ? Girl—None at all, but I ought to be. The Lord Mayor—You are not his wife Girl—No. I've been living with him. He has seduced me after making me repeated promises of marriage. W e have been a fortnight together at our present ludgiegg; de told me he was not a married man. (Here the girl commenced crying bitterly and fainted.) The Lord Mayor—Prisoner, we now understand your reason for having a second lodging. Yon have deceived your wife ; you have seduced this other young girl, and ruined her prospects for life. That is the greate.t Crime a man can commit. Wi!e—l don't think he has ruined her, my lord; (to the pr.s.mer)—Have you ruined her ? Prisoner— No ; I have not. Girl (crying)-oh, yes you have, and you know it. The Lord Mayor—And now h e has taken to thieving for the purpose of supporting a second home. Wife—l don't think he would do that, my lord. The Lord Mayor—Not do that I A fellow who has acted as he is proved to have done, will do anything. I shall commit him to prison, with hard labour, for three months. Wife (sobbing)-oh, pray, my lord, for my sake, do not do that. a T m he on L ly ord be lta hie y n o d r irg l y t o is u m in y d d o u i t n y g to so c . om y m o i u t hi are and e very ! much better i iwithout such a man than with him. I pity you from my heart, and wish I could do something for you. Wife—l wish you could, my lord. If you could but give me a few shillings to enable me to get a morsel of toed for my poor little child, I should be so much obliged to you. We have nothing at all to eat. I have got excellent testimonials in my pocket, and if you could but get me a situation, I should be truly grateful to you. The girl here went into hysterics, and was carried into an adjoining room. The Lord Mayor (to prisoner's wife)—l have looked at your testimonials, and am convinced of your respecta bility. As you are totally without money, I shall order you ss. from the poor-bc , x. Wife—l am much obliged to your lordship. I always loved my husband, and would never have beleived be would have deceived me, even though an angel had told me so. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET DEo. 1. Supplies of all kinds these last six days large. Oat straw, from 9s Od to 11* Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7 s Od t o 9 s Od ; b ar l ey d 0. ,. 7's Od to Sr 6d. Hay from 10d to 12d. • EDINBURGH MEAL—DEO. X. There were in the market to-day 10 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 34s Od and —ll* DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-101.30. • There were in the market to-day 5 bags of oatmeal, oof barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. s , Oatmeal, per sack o f 2801b s _First. Second. Till"' imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto d d Od °dsd d =" 1-11 : na o tKiun l Flour, new, per ditto —s Od —1 0 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —a Od Od •"• DUBLIN, DEO. 1. In consequence of the improved tone of the English mar kets, holders of all descriptions of grain demanded higher rates here to-day, and in some cases an advance of 6d was realised on wheat, and 6d to 9d on barley. Indian corn a slow demand at about 6d per qr. advance. White wheat, 28s Od to 30s Od ; red ditto, 25s Od to 28s Od; ditto new, —s Od; barley, malting, 15s to 183 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 12a16d to 15s; ditt o, new, —ll Od to —s Od ; Oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; bere , new, 14s to 10s Od ; rapeseed , 23s Od to 25s Od p e r brl; bakers' fl o ur, 160 Od to 22s Od per cwt ; I n dian corn, 3 1 6 01 to 34s 03 per 480 lbs. BRISTOL SITG.LR—MIC. 2. There has been rather more disposition shown to pnr• chase sugar this week, and several sales have been effected at an advance of Is to Is 6d per cwt. on the prices current last week. Rum quiet and no sales to report except a small lot of Jamaicas lying in London. Stock on hand very light. COAL MARK: Prices of Coals per tori at a. d. rr.—DEc. 2. the close of the market Howard's West Hartley Netherton 16 9 Htl'pool West Hartley 16 6 North Percy Hartley l5 6 Tanfield Mnor Butes 13 Holywell .16 Ward's West Hartley _l5 0 Wylaui - Id West Hartley l7 0 Viallsend, &a. Haugh Hall 17 0 Nixon's Duffryn. ...... 2l 6 Framwellgato l7 9 Whitworth l6 0 3outh *Cello° 18 6 Caradoc . Northumberland East,..ls 9 lettou• • l9 6 [TartlepOollletton lB 6 Wallsond, &c. Medomsl©y 17 0 Ships at market ;, 21 ; sold, 16 FREEMASONRY.—.We understand that Prince Fin derick William of Prussia accepted an invitation to be present at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Free , masons, in Freemasons' Hall. la4t evening. The Prince's illustrious father is Grand Master of the Freemasons of Prussia. The Rhadamanthus, 4 guns, paddlewheel steam transport, Master-Commander W; L. Browne, ar rived at Sheerness from Plymouth and Portsmouth yesterday at 1.15 p. m . She direnbarked super numeraries for service on board th© Renown, left for Woolwich the same afternoon. BIRTHS. COWARD —On the Ist inst, , at Queen's-road, Dalston, t he wife of Wm Costa l d, E sq . , of a son. DIMSDALZ—On the 29th Nov.," at 5, Upper Hyde-park-street , the wife of Robert Dimsdale, Esq , of 3 daughter. KINORPORD—On the Ist inst., at Sydenham, Mrs. James Kinsford, of a daughter. S oLOMON—On the 30th Nov., Mrs. Henry Solomon, 24, Fitui • bury place north, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. RYDER—HALES -On the Ist inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by the Rev. J. W. Reeve, Dudley H. Ryder, Esq., oldest sou of the Hon. Granville Dudley and Lady Georgians Ryd tr, to Georgians Emily, second daugh ter of John Hales and Lady Caroline Cit'eraft. DEATHS FINN !MORE —On the 2d inst., at Howley Lodge, Paddington, Benjamin Kington Finnimore, Esq., aged 68. HisoLsY —On the Ist inst., at Dartmouth House, St. James's park, Charles Hindley, Esq , who during 22 continuous years has represented Ashton•under-Lyne in Parliament, aged 61. .14I'DoweLn —On the Ist inst., at his residence, the Lord Chamberlain's Office, St. James's Palace, No , man Hilton ~`Donald, E sq . , C omptroller in the Lord Chamberlain~ Department, SEYMOUR—On the Ist inst., at Winchfield Rectory, Fre deric, the infant son o f the Rev. C. F, Seymour. LONDON: Printed and Published by KURD° YOUNG, of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at the Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Thursday, December 3, 1867.1