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

rbirb Xlittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) Their lordships resumed at five o'clock. NEW PEER. Lord MACAULAY took the oaths mad his seat on being created a baron of the United Kingdom. The noble lord was introduced by Lord Campbell and Lord Belper. There was rather a full attendance of Peers on the Opposition benches. Amongst those present we noticed the Earl of Derby, the Earl of Eglinton, the BAH of Hardwick, the Earl Malmesbury, and Lord Redesdale. On the Treasury benches were Earl Granville, Earl Clarendon, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and other sup porters of the Government. THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR haring read her Majesty's Speech, Lord PORTMAN, who wore the uniform of a deputy lieutenant, then rose for the purpose of moving an address to her Majesty, in answer to her most gracious speech on the opening of Parliament. The noble lord said he must apologise to their lordships for occupying the present position, which was generally filled by a younger member of Parliament. He held that position by no voluntary act of his own, but by the express Irish of her Majesty's Government—(hear)—who thought the address should be moved byan older member of their lordships' house, and in acquitting himself of the duty, he begged their indulgence, while he for a short time occupied the attention of the house. The first thing which called for remark was the state of our do mestic polioy, which was such as to induce her Ma jesty's Ministers to issue a letter, which led to the sus pension of the Bank Charter. He thought, under the circumstances, it was both a judicious and wise policy, and that her Majesty's Ministers were justified in taking that step; and it was moat fervently to be hoped that their lordships would in this instance follow the course that was taken in 1847, when a similar circumstance occurred. The commercial crisis in America had, no doubt, produced an effect in this coun try which rendered it necessary to issue the letter to which he had alluded, as it became absolutely neces sary to adopt the most energetic and deci sive measures to bring the panic to a termination, and by tbat means afford relief to the mer cantile community. It was satisfactory to think that the worst of this distress had been surmounted, and that it would not be necessary in this instance to resort to a paper currency from which the most disastrous results might arise, but that the currency of the country would be established on a solid and sou❑d basis. He did not intend to enter i❑to the circumstances that had led to the suspension and closing of so many mer cantile firms, as that circumstance of itself would lead to inquiry ; and without passing any opinion, he thought it would be found that the panic had been the result of overspeculation. The noble lord recommended to their attention the consideration of bills for the sim plifying the transfer of real property, and like wise for the consolidation of the criminal laws, which, by a paragraph in the Royal Speech, her Ma jesty informed them were to be laid before the house. He believed that there was not one of their lordships present who was not convinced of the necessity of again taking up the subj let of Reform—(bear, hear)-- and be felt sure that the subject was of such great im portance that he might be excused at that moment further alluding to it than by saying it was one worthy the most attentive consideration. The noble lord next alluded to India, and said that the subject was one the importance of which nearly overwhelmed him. Many questions con nected with India must como before them, and be felt confident that their lordships would adopt the wisest steps, at whatever sacrifice, to restore tranquillity and peace to that country and the good of the empire. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(This Evening.) The house resumed at a quarter to 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The lion. Mr. Byng (for Mithilesex), and Mr, W. J. Fox ('or Oldham), took the oaths and their seats, having been elected during the recess. SESSIONAL ORDERS. The usual sessional orders were read and agreed to. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. Harritn, a new writ was or dered for the borough of Harwich in the room of Major Warburton, deceased ; for Paisley, in the room of Mr. A. liastie, deceased : for the eastern division of the county of Kent, in the room of Sir E. C. Dering, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. On the motion of Mr. KNIGHTLY, a new writ was ordered for Northamptonshire, in the ropm of Mr. O'Brien Stafford, deceased. On the motion of Mr. T. BARING, a new writ was ordered for Thetford, in the room of the lion. Francis Baring, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. ourLA WRY BILLS. Oa the motion of Mr. WILSON, this bill was read a first time. BANK INDEMNITY. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gave nonce that be should to-morrow move that the house resolve itself into a committee of the whole house, with a view of introducing a bill for indemnifying the directors of the Bank of Engla❑d, and also he should move after wards for the reappointment of the bank committee of last session. LIMITED LIABILITY. Mr. HEA.DI.A.M gave notice that on Tuesday nf xt he should move a resolution, that the principle of un limited liability enforced on jliat-stock banks by the present laws confers a species of credit dangerous in its character, prejudicial in its management, acid otherwiso injurious to the interests of the public. (Hear.) PROBATE DUTY. Mr. W. WILLIAMS gave notice that he should, on an early day, move a resolution relative to the payment of Proba►.e Duty by property and c..aporato bodies .-A-L present exempt. ARMY WARRANT OF 1854. General PEEL gave notice that he should 0-morrow put a question to the Under-Secretary for War relative to the Army Warrant of 1854, and to a , k what steps he had ta ea to remedy the injustice admitted to have been done it ? PATRIOTIC FUND. Lord A. CHURCHILL gave notice of a motion in relatioq to this Patriotic Fund. BRITISH ENGINEERS AT NAPLES. Mr. M. MILNES gave notice that to-morrow he should ask a que-tton relative to the detention of British engineers by the G3vernment of Naples. (Hear, hear.) LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO SIR J. GRAHAM. Mr. GLADSTONE gave notice that he should to morrow move for a month's leave of absence to Sir J. Graham, on account of severe domestic affliction. OATHS BILL. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on Thursday next he should move that the house go into e)rnmittee of the whole house to consider the present oaths taken by members of the house, and also the disabilities afftact iog the Jews. (Cheers.) ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES. Mr. W. WILLIAMS gave notice that on the house going into committee ou the army and navy estimates, he should move that the said estimates be referred to a select committee. (Hear, hear.) THE ORDER OF THE MEDJIE. Colonel KNOX gave notice that to-morrow he should put a question. relative to the Turkish Order of the Medjie not having been yet distributed. THE ADDRESS. TheSPNAKza having read her Majesty's most gracious Speech from the chair, Mr. WYKEHAM MARTIN, in riling to move the Address, said that, although an old member of the house, yet he was so little in the habit of addressing the members, that he needed a greater measure of in dulgence on that occasion than those who addressed them for the first 'time. They had been told in the Speech from the Throne, in kindly terms, the reason fortheirbeiog assembled at a somewhat unusual period of the year—viz , the distress of a most aggravated kind that had • amen amongst a large portion of the Iner "Rtile community, and which, had it not been , for the sinkri , adopted by the Government would have We" to a er eztez act of i t.The house would therefore be ealled upon to p a p the Bank of England hadt h e ndemuity for that which responsibility of Government to check th at distress that dose on would otherwise h ave occurred, and at the saint time they subm . Tthtedttheir conduct to the judgment of the country, om was sa lted upon to assent to Wh a t had been donee ooptrary to the Act of 1844 that waj pass e d for the regulation of the currency, and assimilate the action of the joint currency of gold aril paper. The p'tlicy of that act hid been to give eatiafaf!tion tD most of the eminent persons connected with the commercial community ; and though it had happened that twice in 1847, and now in 1857, its operation ha-I bad to be suspended, he believed it would be found to have acted beneficially for the country. The bon. gentleman then alluded to the paragraph in the Speech from the throne, rrlative to the suffering amongst the labouring population, and then passed on to Indian affairs, and said he fel, sure the house would not Le slow to join their sympathy with the honourable member for the unfortunate sufferers in this lamentable outbreak ; nor reed he point cut to them the conduct of our troops in that part of the world to excite their admiration. The names of Generals Wilson, Have- I lock, and Ontram—(lond cheers)—Lieutenants Wil loughby, Home, and Salkeld, and in humbler life Sergeants Carmichael and Smith, and Cor poral Smith, with the more recent informa tion relative to Lieutenant Osborne—(loud cheers) — could not fail to strike the heart of every member of the community, and cause them to thrill with gratitude and admiration whenever they heard them named. (Loud cheers.) He traced the hand of Providence in much that had occurred in thato)untry, and he considered it was the duty of the Government to conduct themselves towards that country with energy and discretion, and he hoped that at no distant day India would be colonised. The hon. gentleman alluded to the state of Europe, and the ratification of the treaty of peace by Persia, and in passing on to the estimates for the year, said that he felt satisfied the house would not grudge what was necessary for maintaining the efficient state of the country. He congratulated the house and the country on the promised reform of Parliament. (Hear.) Notwithstanding the important measures that had en gaged the attention of the Government during the short recess that had just passed, he felt confident that when the measure was brought forward it would give satisfac tion to the people. It would be premature to enter on its probable details, and he thought it would be im prudent, and he for one would be content to wa't the propel- time for its introduction to the house. He next referred to the proposed law reforms, amongst these the greater facility of transferring lands, and the consolida tion of the criminal code. The hon. gentleman con chided by moving an humble address to the Crown. Mr. ARROYD, in seconding the motion, said he did so feeling confident of the responsibility that attached to him. The Government proposed to bring for ward three important questions ; first, the Bank Act ; second, with regard to India ; and thirdly, the Reform Bill. As a manufacturer he should address himself more particularly to the Bank Act, and the house would not be surprised to find he should take a different view of it to the mover of the Address. (Hear, hear.) He did• not look at the question in its narrow view that many did relative to money dealers in the papers, though he bad a strong feeling of interest for them. He considered the house would take a broader view of the question, as regarded their commercial interests, and the working classes of the manufacturing districts ; they, he was happy to say, were tolerably well off, and be hoped their prospe rity would continue, and if it was necessary' to enlist the sympathy of the house in their behalf, he would remind them that they furnished men for the army to fight our battles, and they were large c intribu tors tolthe revenue. He then referred to the commercial panic that had recently been felt in this country. LEFT SPEAKING. CITY OF PART FINANCES. The Prefect of the Seine lately, at the opening of the departmental commission, presented a report on the affairs of the city of Paris, and of the department. It is drawn up in three divisions ; the first is declared to relate to the manner in which the levying of the direct taxes shall be divided between the city of Paris and the arrondissements of St. Denis ; but in reality it treats principally of the demolitions and bedding operations which have lately taken place in Paris, the following being an analysis of it :—The taxes on real and per sonal property, furniture, doors, and windows, which last year were 16,671,5151., have now by the increase of new houses', deduction made of the revenue from houses demelisheel, risen to 17,126,580 f., and next year that sum will from the same cause be increased to 17,465,4971. In 1855 the produce of these taxes was only 16,592,419 f., EO that the increase in three years has been 963,1181., and that increase shows not only that the new buildings in Paris have compensated the loss from demolitions of old ones, but have increased the revenue. The augmentation will be even yet larger, when the houses terminated in 1856 and 1857 shall be subjected to taxation ; and when other houses in course of construction shall be terminated. Moreover, the houses in the Rue de Rivoli which have been exempted from taxation for 20 or 30 years will at a future period further increase the revenue by a sum of 340,5741. The report states that, in addition to the benefit de rived by the city, the development of building enter prise during the last five years has increased the Go vernment revenue by at least 2,000,000 f. a year. The report then goes on to say that the revenue from licenses to trade, which in 185.5 was 9,679,599 f., is now 10,817,000 f., and that that increase is princi pally owing to the iefitience which the impulse given to building has had on all branches of trade. This increase in general business has also, remarks the report, in creased the indirect taxes levied by the government, and the registration duties paid to government by the city alone for sales of building ground amount to several mi,lions. After some remarks on the various advantages produced by the improvements and ernbelhshmen • effected in Paris by order of the government, and entire spirit of enterprise in that way fostered, the report goes on to give some details respecting the demolitions and new constructions in Paris. It appears that from 1852 to 1856, 2,524 demolitions complete or partial were effected (1,517 of them by the municipality and 1,007 by houseo ?Jeers themselves), and that 2,926 houses were built and 2,272 enlarged or raised, giving a total of 5,193. In 1857 the number of demolitions total or par bat has been 447 (251 by the municipality and 196 by owners), and that the number of houses built was 775 of those enlarged 570 being a total of 1,345. In these figures houses actually terminated and occupied are only taken into account. In examining the new buildings by arrondissements, it appears tha in the poorer quarters of the city a larger number of houses have been built than in the richer districts. Tons, in the 8% arrondissement, which comprites the Marais and the Faubourg Saint Antoine, 226 houses were-constructed or enlarged on an average each year from 1852 to 1856, and in the present year there have been 368, which are four-and-a-half times as many as in the 2d arrondissemeet, and almost twice as many as the lit, though the latter contains the Champs Elysees and the extensive sites adj scent. The nun.ber of houses built has, in the course of the present year, exceeded that of those demolished in every arron dimsement, except the 6th, in which the opening of the Boulevard de Sebastopol has led to the demolition of the blocks of houses between the Rue de Ranibuteau and the Rue du Ponceau. But even in that arrondisse ment, building has been carried on so actively that the houses in course of construction almost equal those demolished. In the 11th arondissement, more houses have been built than demolished, notwithstanding the works undertaken for improving the approaches to the Mont St. Michel, for the prolongation of the Boulevard de Sebastopol on the left bank of the river, for the fi r mation of the first section of the Boulevard St. Germain, and for the enlargement of the Petals de Justice and of the Prefecture of Pelice. The report then goes oa to :t to that !n t :esuburbs of Paris, that is in the arrondis • cents of S'. Denis and Sceaux, the demolitions from 1852 to 1856 were 2,143, and in 1857 325 —total, 2 463 ; and the new constructions 13,356, Iron 1852 to 1856, and 4,035 in 1857—total, 17,391. Tbo extraordinary number of new buildiegs in the suburbs beyond the octroi wall, far xeeeding that in Paris, is ascril ed by the rep ;rt not so much to the desire of their occupants to escape the payment of octroi duties as to the fact that the means of communication with the centre of the ton n are, from the existence of large roads, very easy; whereas the unbuilt parts within the walls of Paris are in many cases separated from the centre by quarters full of nar row streets, and are, therefore, difficult of access. The advantage of escaping the octroi duty is represented by the report to be in general much exaggerated, inasmuch as the the local charges which people in the suburbs have to pay, and from which the population of Paris Is exempt, are almost equ I to the octroi duties paid by the latte'. After remarking that the laying out of wide streets through the quarte rs al'uded to will cause the parts in question to be built on, and will thereby reduce house rents, the report states that last year the total number of houses in Paris was 432,639, and that 5,743 of them were unoc cupied ; and it remarks that this shows that the demand for houses is' not so great as it was, but that still the un occupied houses are not sufficiently numerous to pro duce an important diminution in rents. The document goes on to say that the floating population of Paris (toreignere and provincial.) which in 1852 was estima ted at 65,000 souls, is now calculated to be 150,000, and that the consequence of this is that now not fewer than 8,460 persons keep lodging-houses, or let furnished apart ments, whereas in 1852 the number who did so was only 5,380. This vast floating population reside, it is said, principally in the beat quarters of the town, and by the demand they create for lodgings, compel those persons who would reside there to go to an inferior quarter, the inhabitants of the latter to one still lower, and so on, until the population of the faubourgs is affected. The remedy for this, says the report, is the cutting of new streets, so as to bring into use for building, sites now unoccupied. The repot t then notices the advantages which will be derived in the Bth arrondisFemeut from the formation of the Boulevard du Prince Eugene,which is to run from the Chateau d'Eau to the Derriere du Trona ; in the 12th arrondi , sement, from the formation of the Boulevard Saint Marcel, which is to go from the Boulevard Montparcasse to the Boulevard de l'Hopital, also from the prolongation of the Boulevard de Sebas topol ; and in the Ist, 2J, and 10th arrondisse ments, from the formation of the Boulevards Males herbes and du Nord, and from large cuttings in the vicinity of the Pont de i'Airea, and in the vicinity of the Place de l'Etoile on bath sides of the Champs Ely, e-ss. The next repot t, in rder to show the extrae.rdinary acti vity in the building trade, gives a return of the octroi duties paid ou bui'ding materials introduced into Pat is since 1851. In that year the amount was 2,372 190 t. ; in 1852, 3,332 5.3 f. ; 1853, 4,683,5',861. ; 1851, 512(1 153.'.; 1855, 5 ,374,171'. ; 1856, 6,092984 t. ; and in 1857 it 'sill he 6,476,632 e The repcit I laservPs that as it,:nrr ( ,land a.; d leis Laos generally but limited resources, itoniretddesoirnabm:eotrltagag n t t e C r r t j F o t„ r h coiue extendld hic which hasits operabegun The fir s t part of the tone r . e!port concludes by recien mettdatioes respecting nr,t,ba.l centimes." are called " the adeti i i n tn g es of ,, th T e o te. ,, xi m s, an tt 1 what of no general intei est. The second Part o - f e. t ° lle - report has are cot been Published, hut is trorntsed on an early day. NI P., an d Lwiy Marg aret from the C onti_Mr. W. B. Beaumont, Beaumont arrived in town y est tr d ay, neat. The for. Mr. and Mr.q. Franeiq Stoner arrisecl in London yeaterdity, from Stonor Palk, Oslo/dahlia. lEEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1857 THE CRISIS IN LIAMBURG. HAMBURG, Nov. 30.—This is the settling day on our Stock Exchange. The settling went off pretty well, for the few defaulters that were announced were not important, nor their liabilities very large, but the excitement on 'Change was dangerously high, as it transpired that a number of houses of general business were in difficulties, and that many others were on the point of suspending payment. I am far from wishing to create any alarm amongst your mercantile readers, but my duty as an im partial chronicler of events compels me to state the report generally current here to-day, that the number of houses at this moment iu difficulties amounts to twenty-seven, with aggregate lia bilities for the imposing sum of thirty-seven mil lions of marks banco. It is to be hoped that this statement is exaggerated, and indeed it is not all unlikely, but still it is impossible to conceal the fact that our merchants are in an awful state of danger and uncertainty. At the present moment it would be invidious to give names, particularly as the dreadful list contains the names of three or four of our first-rate houses, and many of them may yet find means to get out of their difficulties without the necessity of suspending payment, and conse quent public exposure. Under these circumstances your readers will not be surprised to le3ru that bills were not to be discounted to-day at any price, that no sales could be effected in the produce market, and that the quotations of all descriptions of Government securities and shares in indui trial undertakings are perfectly nominal. The rush to obtain advances on pledge of current articles of merchandise (coffee, spelter, rice, cotton, Ste.), which the new committee of management are per mitted to lend:on to the amount of fifreen millions of marks banco, is so unprecedentedly large, that this sum would be as a drop of water only in a bucket, if the report is not greatly exaggerated ac cording to which advances to the amount of more more than 400 millions of marks banco have been asked for. Immediately after the breaking up of the burgher schaft or council of citizens, convened for the purpose of sancti on i ng ilia fivanci..l operations proposed by the Senate, aud which I described in my letter of Saturday last, the committee of ma nagement for the execution of the measure was duly appointed and installed, consisting of Senator Haller and Senator Hayn as the two members nominated by the Senate from among their own body ; Mr. Y. H. W. Grossmann, president of the finance department, and Mr. Robert Flor, mem ber of the same, as the two representatives of the Government treasury; Mr. E. Albers, as the no minee of the board of seniors (Oberalten) ; and Messrs. C. C. Craseman and J. C. Sale (the latter a partner in the eminent firm of Messrs. Haller, Sohle, and Co.), as members of the Board of Commerce. These gentlemen have ever since been indefatigable in their exertions, and by their united efforts have already drawn up and published their regulations, and given notice that they were prepared to commence business this day at ten o'c'ock, and receive sealed offers from appli cants desirous of obtaining loans on the deposit of merchandise, Government securities, and railroad priority shares. - It has been permitted to transpire that the amount of silver now in possession of the bank is more than forty millions of marks banco. COMMERCIAL FAILURES. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Mendes Da Costa and Co., an old established firm in the West India trade. Their liabilities are esti mated at 350,0001., and the prospects of liquida tion wi I be partly contingent upon the realisation of produce and the collections from acceptanc s of other suspended houses. Annexed is the circular issued : " 6, Finsbury-chambers, London-wall, Dec. 2. "It is with extreme regret we have to inform yon that in consequence of the large amount for which we are liable upon bills that we have discounted and hold on various firms who have recently fallen, and also from the announcement of the failure of some of our West India and other correspondents, we are compelled to suspend our payments. " We have requested Messrs. J. E. Coleman and Co. the accountants, to place a statement of our affairs before you, and they have arranged so to do at a meeting to be convened on Tuesday, the 15 h inst., at the Guildhall Coffee-house, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon punctually, at which we have respectfully to request your atten dance ; and in the meantime we shall do all in our power to facilitate measures which we think desirable for the protection of the interests of our creditors, and are, " Your obedient servants, "MENDES DA COSTA AND CO." The failure has been announced also of Messrs. Kieser and Co., a German mercantile house, with liabilities for about 50,0001. Their circular is as follows : "22, Billiter•street, Dec. 2. "It is with the deepest regret we have to inform you that, in consequence of the failure of our correspondents abroad we are under the necessity of suspending pay ment. "No have placed our books in the hands of Mr. G. H. Jay, of Old Jewry enambers, who will prepare a statement of our affairs, which shall be submitted to our creditors on the earliest possib:e day. "Tro,tiog to receive in the interim your kind for bearance, "We are, your ohedient servants, °• KIESER AND CO. Messrs. Carr, Joding, and Co., who stopped on the 24th ult. for about 300,0001„ have addressed the following communication to their creditors, and a petition has been filed for a private arrangement in the Court of Bankruptcy. The house was largely connected with the trade with the north of Europe and the Mediteiranean : "5, Laurence Pountney-placP, London, Dec. 1. "It is .ith the utmost regret we have to inform yoi that our efforts fur resuming payment have proved in effectual. Wo I aye, therefore, requested Messrs. J. E. Coleman and Co., the accountants, to prepare a sate ment of our affairs, and to have a meeting of our creditors convened at an early day. Requesting your forbearance, and assuring you of our utmost efforts to realise aKets a 3 speedily as peyoible for division, and to for. ard such other mea=3res as may be most advan tageous for the general interests of our creditors, " We are, your obelient servants , " CARR, JOSLING, AND CO." MARIET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCII ING E. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Dee. 3, 1857, made up from the Re turns.of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT BARLEY I OATS I R,Tz I BEANS I PEAS 493 Btl 37s 7(1 2 , 16101 33s lOd 42s Sd 10i 101 THE SEX WEEKS' AVERAGES. WIIEAT BARLEY I OATS j 1 RTN I BEANS I PEAS 52s 5(.1 41s 3,1 243 11(1 35s 8 , 1 , 44s 81 43i 81 ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Whoat, 76,7:23; barley, 73,996 ; oats, 6,926 ; ryo, 174 ; beans, 3,888 ; peas, 1,400 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE ANDLEADENHALL.—The suplies of meat were moderately good, and the demand generally ruled steady, at full prices : —Beef, from 3s 0,1 to 4s 4 , 1 ; Mutton, 3i 21 to 4s 6d; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 61; Pork, 3s 6d to 55 4d per Blbs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 2,—The show of stock hen) to-day was only moderate, and the trade generally ruled steady, at very full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8(1; Mutton, 3.; Gd to 5s 2d ; Veal, 3s 8(1 to 4; 81; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 2.—There was an improved demand for each kind of stock, and pi ices had an improved tendency : —Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 61 ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s 0,1 to 4s 101 ; Pcrk, 4s Od to 5s 01 per Blbs ; Suckling Calves, 18s to 2tis each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10s t 41 N; clover, 3/ lOs to 51 Oa ; and straw, 1/ 63 to 1/ 103 per loa , . A moderato supply, and a fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 153 to 41 Os ; clover, 31 104 to 41 15s ; and straw, 11 Gs to 11 103 per load. Trade ste WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 4! Os ; clover, 3/ 103 to 51 Os ; and straw. 1/ 63 to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. The precise amount of specie to be shipped for the East by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Indust on the 4th is 408,9611, of which 358,6551. is for India and Ceylon, and 50,3051. for China and the Straits. Nearly the whole is silver, the gol I being 4 4001. only. The total includes 250,0001. on account of the East I( dia Company. Tug LONDON GAS COMPANIES, —Yesterday Vie ad. journed meetini of deputations from various metropolitan parishes taLds p'ace at the Marylebone Court-House, to consider what steps should be taken to counteract the effects of the recent division of the metropolis into die tricts for the purpnsea of gas lighting. Dr. Bachhoffner took the chair. Mr. Beale, of St. James's, moved a series of resolutions for the presentation of petitions to Parliament by each metropolitan vestry and district boards, to be placed in the hands of the respective metro politan members, praying for a committee of inquiry into the existing arrangements for the supply of gas to the metropolis, and for fixing the maximum charge, and calling upon the gas companies to cc-operate in such appeal to Parliament, and that the representatives of the various parishes wait upon the Home Secretary to represent the evils of the monopoly of the gas com panies, and to solicit the ai 1 of the Government in pro tecting the interests of the ratepayers. It was agreed that, as most of the deputations present were without instructions from their respcc ive hoards, the meeting should be again ajourned, and in the meantime Mr. Beale's resolutions should be printed and sent to each vestry and district board as a basis for consideration. A regulation was also passed requesting every vestry amid district board of the metropolitan parishes to furnish, prior to the next meeting, the price of each public light, the number of feet burned per hour, and whether the. gas i. of Centel -coal or nct, and its quality as far as practicable. 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 considerable distinction in the Crimea, the 90th having bean engaged in the closing open aliens of the siege of Sebastopol. The following appointments have taken 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 Moore, retired ; 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 Fermoy Battalion left Cork Barracks on Tuesday morning, 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 Ist 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 Elthorue Militia (930 strong) and a troop of the 3d Light Dragoons under the command of Captain Hawked. 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 frum Sheerness to Chatham on Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of embark ing a large party of Marines for the Renown, 91— the tr l / 4 .ops going on hoard from the news stairs, in stead of embarking from the dockyard, as is usually 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 ran aground, and notwithstand ing all the efforts of her crew to get her off she be came totally unmanageable, and settled down in the mud with her stem towards the middle of the river. In this position she remained until the tide rose, which washed compl stely over her, the whole of the steamer, with the exception of a portion of her stern, being several feet under water. Imme diately after the accident occurred the troops managed to get on shore at the Gun-wharf, and the bag g age, much of which was damaged, was removed and placed on board the Arctic ship Resolute. Yesterday morning efforts were made to raise the Cuckoo by means of lighters, but without success, as she had settled clown deep in the mud and was filled with water. During the whole of yesterday a large number of shipwrights and labourers from the dockyard were busily engaged in clearing her and st ripping away her rigging previously to another attempt being made to raise her. Several addi tional lighters have also been moored alongside, and every effort was to have been made to float her last night on the rising of the tide. The Marines were yesterday forwarded to Sheerness by the Lizard steamer. The Coleosus, 80, screw steamer, arrived at Chat ham yesterday afternoon from S! eerne&s 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-gun. sloop, Commander John H. Chads, had her compasses adjusted yesterday at Sheerness. A number of nou-commissioned officers of the battalions of Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, have been permitted to volunteer for service iu the G and R troops of Horse Artillery now about to be embo lied under the command of Major Newton and Major Arbuthnot. An inspection as to aunts for service was on Tuesday held in the barrack square by Cul. Maude, in command of the corps, when a selection was made of a sufficient number of those grades for the two troops, which are to to composed of the newly raised recruits at present undergoing a regular course of drill. The 6-gun steam sloop Barracouta, recently ar rived from the East Indies and China, is ordered to Woolwich to be refitted for serv:ce. AQUATICS. GREAT SCULLERS' MATCH. A. very interesting smilers' match, upon which a large sum of money had been laid out, took place yesterday, b,tween Stephen Salter and George Drouett, both very promising young men, who have earned considerable re putation in previous matches on the Thames. The race was for 601, and the distance from Putney to Mort lake, with tide. A steamer was engaged to accompany the men, and, owing to the interest the event excited, a great many aqua'ic amateurs and others were present, the weather being very inviting, although unseasonable. Salter had the choice of station, but his opponent was tlie favourite at 6 to 4. The start was well taken by both at the same moment, bit Salter immediately led ; and although he retained that posiTion for above a mile and a-'ball, the race was so severe, and the men so evenly matched, that he never possessed more than a clear lsrgth's advance, and again and again his opponent was arly up to his scull, ; but, by the most ex.rsordinary opponent, and, of course, rowint', he held his advantage till near Hatnniersmith bridge, when, at the most exciting part of the race, and t a h h e e b e r i i d t g w e s b el t i o ffi u c e u t t l difficult fouled gayli who o would be first through lost the race. The men rowed the remainder of the dis tance, Drouett cooling in first by a few yards ; but the event was over at the moment the foul was claimed by Salter's umpire, of which he was made aware, and which, together with the pause that occurred in his rowing at the time of the culiision, might have had some influence over his subsequent position. THE OUTWARD WEST INDIA, MAILS —The Royal Mail Company's steam - ship Atrato, Captain Woolley, left Sent' amptoo yesterday, with the usual West India ICO passengers, a full cargo, specie of the value of 2,7001., and jewellery 14,0001. Among the passengers are Mr and Agri. Rothschild and three daughters. STEAM TO NEW YORK.—The Vanderbilt steam-ship North Star, Capt. LA'ebre, 11ft Southampton yesterday with the Eoglish, French, and German malts, for the United States, 98 passengers, and a f a g cargo. NEW POST-OFFICE AT EDINBURGH.—Notices have been published to the effect that the Board of Works intend to app'y to Parliament for power to purchase the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, and other buildings situate in Shakspeare-square, for the erection of a new p, a - office. The pies nt post-office, though not much shove 30 years old, has of late years been found much too small for the great increase of business. It is built on a corner of the Calton rock, and extensions of the building have been carried to its verge, bat it i s s till f oun d to give inadequate accommodation. The theatre to be removed is one of the oldest buildings in the new town of Edin burgh. The new post-office will stand vis-a-vis with the General Register House, and will be in the very centre of business in the city. DESTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSIVE WORSTED MILL.-- A large factory; the property of Messrs. W. and H. Foster, worsted spinners and stuff manufacturers, at the moorland village of Denholme, between Bradford and Halifax, in the West Riding of Yoi kehire, was destroyed by fire on Saturday last. The building, which was situ ated at the base of a bill close to the high read, between Halifax and Keigbley, was 150 feet long, 42 feet broad, and four stories high, exclusive of the attic. The fire broke ou t a f ew minutes before six o'clock on Saturday morning, just as the workpeople, nearly 900 in number, were about to commence work. The mill was lighted throughout with gas, and the firs was first discovered in the attic. Some of the work men on proceeding to that room found one of the twisting-frames in a Mee', and one of them ran for a bucket of water to put out the fire, but the flemes quickly extended from frame to frame, until the whole were one mass of fire. Great efforts were nale by the work men—for there wa s pl ent y o f wa ter in the reservoirs on the premises —to check the progress of the con fiagration, and ste am va l ves , w hi c h were supplied to every room for the purpose of extinguishing fire, were opened ; but alt was in vain. The fire was commuin cated from room to room, and by half-past seven—long before which the ro o f h a d f a ll en i n —the whole building was enveloped in o no h uge s h ee t of fire, which lighted up the surrounding hill s f ur many m il e s, and presented a spectacle of terribl e gran d eur . Five engines from Halifax and Queeushead reached the spot about half past 7, but they were of comparatively little use, The fire went on in uncontrollable fury, and by 9 o'clock the building was reduced to a mere shell, with stores, machinery, charred woodwork, and other contents of the factory lying in a smouldering heap at the bottom. The engine-house connected with the mill was saved, as were also a large building ; nearly a lj Ailing the one destroyed, called " the new mill," and some warehou:es well stocked with wool, tops, pieces, g c . f .. The origin of the fire has not been arc-rtamed, but it is supposed to have been in some way connected with the gas with which the mil. was lighted. The lass is estimated at. 20,0001., a large p..rtion of wh'cb, ho wever , i s c I vor( d in _by insurances— namely, the Scottish Union, 5 50C/ ; Royal, 4,5001.; ffeity, 3 750/. ; West of England, 2.0001.; Leeds and Yorkshire, LOCO/. ; total, 17,7501. The mill, contrary to many in the worsted district, was working fu'l time, and at least 600 hands bare been thrown out of employ ment by the coeflier a ti on . o.h er 300; chiefly wool ceme?bers, will Fobably get work throu g h hlessre. Foster, giving their woik out on commission. " The new mill, " to which allusion is made above, will probably be ready in about six we. he, and' then the whole or nea rl y the whole of the h an d s now out of emp l o y w ill a gain to work. M es rs . Foster make large quantities o " laetings,” a kit of goods the manufact ure of which is usually hueieet ia, the months of November , D ecem• bet-, and January. H ence the reason why the mill was working full time. setf 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 June has just been published, and their trial will commence im mediately. The Chamber of Accusations in . the Genoa Court of Appeal having examined the evi dence tendered by Signor Galiani, the Deputy- Advocate Fiscal, in support of the prosecution, has found true bills, under article 185 of the Penal Code, against 40 persons in custody, including Francesco Savi, the editor of the Italia del Popolo ; Giovanni Prina, Agostino Marchese, Francesco or Bartolomeo Dernartini, Ferdinand° Deoberti, and others, as well as against 21 persons termed "contumacious" 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, Cisareto, and others. They are charged with " having, by their direction and insti gati_in, 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 sultations 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 stets, and to constitute another government in its stead." The narrative comprised in the atto cl'accusa is of great length, and details very 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, treecloin, and unity. By the influence of these principles, which have for some time been set 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 toe night of the 29th June." Some unusual movements had been noticed during that day. In the evening people collected together in the quarter of Pie, in the passage leading to the Treasury, and in the street of Vallechiara. t half-past ten o'clock the electric telegraph wire between Genoa and Turin was cut asunder. Several persons of suspicious appearance, armed with daggers and cartridges, 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 cipel 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 him in the Italia del Popolo, in July, Angust, and Septtna her, 1857, entitled, The Situation.' It is clear, moreover, that he was at Genoa six months 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 Da/in del Popolo, the editor, Savi, being merely his agent. The indictment further alleges that, on the 26th of April, Savi and Mato 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 des pis 3 the use of the dagger, since ever y 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 tho meetings of these associations, especially those held in the Strada della Maddalena, the necessity 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 bad arrived at Genoa from London. She st tted nerself to have come to Italy for literary studies, and she surrounded herself, meantime, with work men and the leading members of this association, while she lodged in the house of the hattf-r, Luigi Roggero, who was one of them. She was intt o duced at the banquet held by the workmen at the villa Montebruno, in Marassi ; she repeatedly went to the above-mentioned place of meeting in the Strada della Maddalena, and there spoke expressly of a republic." A letter written by Mangini to Miss Jessie Meriton White, which was found in the house of Car'o Pisacane, is relied upon as evi dence that even after the unsuccessful attempt of the 29th of June, " the party" did not forego their de signs ; but the contents of this letters do not appear. It is stated th tt Mies White received money on ac count of the subscription opened by Savi t purchase 10,000 muskets to be supplied to the first Italian State which should rise in insurrection ; and on the 9th June 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, where bullets were cast secretly ; that Luigi Stallo was employed in purchasing muskets, and that the other prisoners on several occasions in 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 discovered in a coach-home oc cupied by Luigi Stallo, and at several other places in the city, and in a cave on Monte Portofino. There were a great number of muskets and rifles, pistols, bayonets, daggers, and cartridges; quanti ties of gunpowder, shot and shell ; pickaxes, barn leers, 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 plan der in the street of Pre will be those of the Peragallo family, being the richest proprietors, spies and cruel enemies of liberty. Sack and fire ! Courage I" One of the places where these things were found was a house hired by Demartini, on behalf of Man gini, adjoining the prison of St. Andra, 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 several places in the city where the conspirators on . the evening of the 29th 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 would not lot any one go out : and they were told that they were to at tack the artillery quarters at the Spirito Santo. Marchese and Capurro invited some other men into' a beershop in the Piazza dell'Acquaverde, where they were treated with liquor and promised they should be taken to a house of entertainment. The men, however, discovering that they were not al lowed to go away, complained to Marchese, who the told them that they were wanted to fight, and that daggers should be given them. About 100 persons met in the wireroorn adjoining the shop of Luigi .Roggero, the hatter, (in whose house Miss White lodged). There were some chests or boxes containing arms there. They had food and wine given them ; a man with a poniard watched at the door, and they were told that the insurrection was imminent, and that the signal would bo t given by the expl os i on o f a mine. About malnig bthey were taken to Castelletto, whore the distribution of arms commenced ; but this w"interrupted na house sud denly by an order for their dispersion. I at tan Pantaleo, just outside the city walls, to wards the Sperone fort, about forty men assembled / who issued forth, having piecee of cloth tied about their feet, armed with g un s, sabres, and daggers, and carrying ladders (e avl rope-ladders, with which r the walls of the fort, but upon being hatle ue they cam© cles dt ui y a sen tinel instantly took flight. Some pieces of w ood, forming ladders suitable for climbing the wal ls of' the fort, were next day found I under a quantityo f hay in the house of San Pan taleo just alluded to, which had been hired by the prisoner Tassato, a saddler. Papers were found, showing him to have been in conference with Maz zini, in London, as early as Sept., 1855, and he is said to have been one of the most intimate associates of the English lady. Armellino is alleged to have made the ladders intended for this assault on the Sperone fort. The attempt to surprise Diamante fort was otherwise contrived. The two brothers Pittaluga, Casareto, and Lastrico, had struck up an acquaintance, some time before, with the keeper of the guardhouse at that fortress, and were fre- , quettly in the habit - of chatting with him and the 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 men 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 diers were intoxicated. They came in and began to cry, "Evviva la Repubblica, "Evviva la Savoie," " 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 goverement was established at Genea. The sergeant alone offered any resistance, and was killed by a musket shot in the face. The sol diers were then locked up in one room, and the guardroom keeper in another; the cannon was made ready for battl-, and a note was written and sent to the city, announcing the result, and declaring that the Sperone fort, must by that time be likewise 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 Diarnante fort, leaving behind them their own flea, with muskets and daggers. During the same night sever al other persons were stopped in the streets, in small parties of two or three together, some of whom carried 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 " Cuffs di Silenzio. ' 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 previoua to the 29th Juno, at the meetings, held under different pretext., at whicli inflammatory discourse was heard. It appears that Pittaluga and Lastrico, who used 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 1811 had been. Most of the prisoners seem to have been artisans, or men of the working class. TBE:ROYAL BRITISH ANK. 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 10s. 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 had been considered satisfactory. These shareholders would consequently obtain a release. From class 2 proposals had been received to the amount of 27,9651. 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 t ital fell very far short of the proposed composition, and the assignees bad 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 had contributed as far as they could ; and the effect of this would be, that those who had so contributed as far as they could would receive, upon payment of the money, a total and entire redo se 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 tlq assertion of the parties them selves as to the capability of each party to pay. But iu 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 who'e amount to be raised. In thus dealing. with these cases they had received only 95,3851. ss. 9d., which fell very short of the sum still further required to make up the 6s. 6d. 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—ln 80 eases the proposals were satisfactory, in 12 further evidence was required, 56 were under consideration, and %there were 105 persons who had not made any proposal whatever. The 95,3851. would barely suffic i to pay 4s. 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 180,000/. 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, acid to apply the amount received to the payment before the end of the year of aneeher dividend, whatever the amount might be—whether 2s. or 3s. in the pound. Me. 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 dnties imposed upon him during a somewhat long mer cantile life none had equalled those he had had to discharge as an assignee under thiii 'estate. The assignees were obliged to make inquiries into the private affairs and position of shareholders, and to receive theirstatements upon affidavit. He believed that the 6s. 6d. in the pound would be realised for the creditors ;ho 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 from a'shareholder who, to his own knowledge, had 20,0001. in Consols. The meetings to carry out the compromise hid 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 de ilt with piecemea►, and they must be told plainly that forbearancs was now at au end. Those who had contributed honestly would obtain a release ; those 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. 6d. 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 influenced 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 exertions. It remained now for every shareholder who had not yet done so to do his duty. THE PIEDMO.NTESE BLEOTIOYS. article en the Piedmon raos the u Government, under extreme left to supporteeing an t u r„ci.a tly recommends the the ultramontane party tesTeheelesSciteicoine's, in the penalty march pees nt circumtances as a through d their divided ranks ; it to vict o p f o r u y s represents um death both to the partisans of question of life or rnment and the advanced libe un under It concludes wt .h the following lively era's. appeal : constitutional gove . 4' Let us not forget that a vast conspiracy is organised, not against the revolutiop, to use the expression of our adversaries, but—and this is much more seriour—against principles which Fan alone hencefo r th consoli date and prevent the retu rn o f frehh revolt]. aroset i c) n s ~8 ' a Let es 8 ' us leave abusive language to our adversa ries. They call us unbeliever', and accuse us of plot tiog a violation of the sanctuary, in order to get at the key of the strong box. Never mind. 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In these diseases the beneficial effects of the Pills arc do permanent that the whole system is reno- I wed, the organs of digestion strengthened, and a free respira.ion promoted. —Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world • at Professor Holloway's Estab lishments, 24 4 , Strand,' London, and 80, Maiilec-lane, Nev Fork ; by A. S amps, Constantinople ; A. Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Alpha. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 2.. MANSION-HOUSE. - - William Brodie, a respec tably-dressed man, about 20 years of age, was brought before the ,Lord Mayor, upon remand, charged with having stolen a great-coat belonging to Mr. J. M. Jones, a warehouseman, in Newington Butts. At the previous examination the pro - secutor said that on Saturday morning last he entered the News-rooms in Cheapside, and placed his great-coat over one of the settles. While reading a newspaper he saw the prisoner hastily h are his seat and take up his (prosecutor e)coat, and make towards the door. Prosecutor called out to him, " Where are you going to take that coat ?" Upon which the prisoner returned, and, in a state of Excite ment, said he had made a mistake and taken it for his 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 he really had left home on the morning 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 ev►dence of a wife under such circumstances, 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 he had been able to learn but very little respecting the prisoner e 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 excellent character, to which a gentleman has been requested to attend and speak. Unfortunately,_ however, be 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 working wherever he cbuld 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 rectllect, 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 '1 Wife (with much simplicity)—l cannot at all account for that. lam afraid now, however, that he has lost hie situation and taken a separate lodging, not liking to come to me. He knows that for weeks past I have been unaLle to maintain myself. At the present moment I have bot bread to eat. —•-- -•--- -- The Lori Mayor—There is something verymysterious about this case. _ Wile—My husband is too honest a man to steal a coat. lam convinced that he never would dc: anything of the sort. White, the constable, said that the address which the prisoner had given him was No. 2, Duke-street, Blooms bury, and that on proceeding thither he found a young woman who said she was the prisoner's wife. The Lord Mayor—Where is that young woman I White—She is now in court, my lord. The Lord Mayor desired her to stand forward, and A good-looking girl, of about 18 years of age, stepped into the box and stood next the prisoner's wife. The Lord Mayor—What relation are you to the pri• Boner I Girl—None at all, but I ought to be. • The Lord Mayor—You are not his wife I Giil—No. I've been living with him. He has sedaoed me after making me repeated promises of marriage. We have been a fortnight together at our present lodgings• He 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. You have deceived your wife ; you have seduced this other young girl, and ruined her prospects for life. That is the greate3t crime a man can commit. Wife—l don't think he has ruined her, my lord; (to the prisoner)—Have you ruined her I Prisoner— No ; I have not. Girl (crying)-ob, yes you have, and you know it. The Lord Mayor—And now he 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. shall commit him to prison, with hard labour, for three months. Wife (sobbing)-013, pray, my lord, for my sake, do not do that. The Lord Mayor—lt is nay duty to commit him, and, lam only befriending you in doing so. irnu are r ve . r t y ymuch from b t s lu e r heart,it o and such ha wish m a l n c t o h mud a l. n ed w i t h tdolotg you ot h om i a m ecm . tobotiirnl sdgeplbil for you. you. givei oIdV Wife — t a n l y f ewwpioos h you e gcs c o child, m y b lelor 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 respects• bility. As you are totally without money, I shall order you si. from the poor-box. Wife—l am much obliged to your lordship. I always loved my husband, and would never have beleived he would have deceived me, even though an angel had told me so. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MAREZT DEO. 1. Supplies of all kinds these last six days largo. Oat straw, from 93 Od to 11+ Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 93 01; barley do., 7+ 01 to 8' 61. Hay from 10d to 12d. EDINBURGH MEAL—DEc 1. There were in the market to-day 10 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801 b imperial, which sold at 31a Od and DA.LIKEITH MEAL MA R KET —Nov. 30. There were in the market to-day 5 b a g s of oatmeal, oof barleymoal, and 0 pot barley. Sales dull. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs 1 First. I Second. 1 Thirl. imperial Barleymoal, per ditto -s Od —s Od —s Od Peasemeal, por ditto - 0.1 Flour, new, per ditto — s Od —s Od —s 0 1 Pot-barley, new, per ditto —3 Od s Oil —2 Oct DUBLIN, DEC. 1. In consequence of the improved tone of the English roar. kets, holdets of all descriptions of grain demanded higher rates hee to-day, and in some cases an advance of 6d was realised r on wheat, and 6d to 9d on barley. Indian corn a slow demand at about 6d per qr. advance. White wheat, 283 Od to SOs Od ; rod ditto, 25s Od to 28s 01; ditto now, —s Od; barley, malting , 15s to 18s 6d; grind ing, —a to —s ; oats, old, 12816 d to'lss; ditto, new, —g 01 to —a 01; oatmeal, 14s 6d to 16s; •bere, new, lls to 168 16s Od ; rapose, d, 23s Od to 25s Od per b rl ; bakez flour, Od to 22s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31a 01 to 31s Ott per 480 lbt. • BRISTOL SUGAR—DEc. 2. • There has been rather more disposition shown is pur chase sug ar this week, and. se veral sales have been effected l at an avanee of is to Is 6,1 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. ,T.—DEO. 2. the close of the market Wallsend, &ugh Hall l7 9 Nixon's Duffryit. 21 6 Framwollgato l7 9 Whitworth l6 0 south Kolloe. lB 6 Caradoc. • 18 6 Northumberland, Ealt, 15 9 lotion ilartlepool Hotton lB 6 ;, 21 ; sold, 16! COAL MARK] Prices of Coals per ton at a. d. I:toward's West Hartley Netherton 16 9 Htl'pool West Ilartley 16 6 North Percy Hartley l5 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 13 :3 Holywell .16 6 Ward's West Hartley _l5 0 Wylam West Hartley l7 0 Wallsond, &o. M o domsley 17 0 Ships at market FREBMASONET. — We understand that Prince Fre derick William of "Prussia accepted- an invitation to be present at a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Free masons, in Freemasons' Hall, labt evening. The Prince's illustrious father is Guild 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 disembarked super: nuweraries for service ou board the Renovrn, and left for Woolwich the same afternoon. BIRTHS. . COWARD—On the Ist inst., at Queen's-road,Dalston, th e wife DIMSDALK—On the a 29th Nov , at 5, Upper Hyde-park-stree t, of Wm. Coward, Esq., of son. the wife of Robert Dimsdfile, Esq , of Et daughter. KlNlsrofb—On the Ist inst., at Sydeuharn, Mrs. Jams Kinsford, of a daughter. S the 30th Nov., Mrs. Henry Solomon, 24 , Fine ' • • bury place north, of a dauitter. MARRIAGES. RYDER—HALEs —On the let inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by the Rev. J. W. Reeve, Dudley a Ryder, Esq., eldest sou of the Hon. Granville Dudley and Lady Georgiana Ryder, to Georgiana Emily, second dame" ter of John Hales and Lady Caroline Calcraft. PEA'TIIS FINNIMORE —On the 2d inst., at Howley Lodge, Paddington' Benjamin Kiogton Finuimore, Esq , aged 68. ITINLLEr --On the Ist inst., at Dartmouth House, St. Janes's park, Charles Hindley, E q., who during 22 continuous years has represented Ashton-under-Lynn in Parliamen t, aged Cl. Dl'Doi.ao —On the Ist inst. at his' residence, t he Lo y d. Chamberlain's Office, St. Jam ' es's Palace, No , man Hilton Dl'Douald, Esq., Comptroller in the Lord Chamberlain Department. SEYMOUR —On the lst inst., at Winclifi e ld Rectory, Frederic: the infant son of the Rev. C. F. Seymour. 161‘11)0N : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG. • v of No, 112; Strand, Printer, zt 27 Sun Office, No. 112, &Tar& in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the count, of AliddleEoz, Thursday, DeoembeZ 135 7.1