The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

OLE OUPAN STEAMEIS. The freight charged for the specie which was sent out in the India mail packet of the 4th instant amounted to about 25,0001. sterling. The charge for the million and a quarter of specie which was sent out some short time since in an Indian mail packet was about 35,0001.; and this sum, combined with the fares for passengers and freight for cargo by the same packet, amounted to the value of the packet itself. Thus the fares and freight earned by a single ship for a couple of months' voyage could not be less than 50,0001. or 60,0001., 35,0001., of which was for a single article of merchandise. This shows the enormous extent and value of our commerce ; and its seemingly unlimited extension explains the cause of the increasing magnitude of our steamship. Some years since the steamer Tagus, about 800 tons bnrden and 280 horse power, used to carry the East India mail ; the Clyde, 1,300 tons burden and and 400-horse power, the West India mail; and similar vessels the American mails. These mail packets have been superseded by the Pera, 2,700 ton, and 450-horse power; the Atrato, 3,600 tons, and 800-horse power ; and the Persia, nearly 4,000 ton., and 900-horse potver. Formerly, a s t eamer 200 feet long was considered .the greatest length manageable, because, if longer, the commander's voice issuing from the bridge in the centre could not be heard at all parts of the deck. But some of the large mail steamers a re near l y 400 f ee t l ong. The fact is that captains of large steamers have long ceased to command them by the voice alone. A commander speaks to the engineer from the bridge by means of bells, and to the steersman by visible signals. Large steamers are warped by a steam winch in the centre of the deck, directly under the bridge, and other commands from the captain are communicated to all parts of the deck by relays of subordinate officers. As steamers increase in size so the traffic carried on by them augments, in consequence of their greater speed, and the superior passenger accommo dation they afford. A largo steamer can be worked more economically than two small ones, which are equal to it in their aggregate tonnage. Hence, fares and freights are cheaper by the large and swift than by the smaller and slower steamers, especially if the time saved and passengers' health and comfort are taken into consideration. Formerly there were continual complaints of overcrowding the West India packets, such as the Clyde, of 1,300 tons, be cause they had 70 or 80 passengers. Similar com plaints are now made against the same company's giatat steamers, Orinoco and others, 3,000 tons each, because they bring home upwards of 200 passenger; thus oho wing that these packets aretoo small for their work. Some years since 60 or 70 passengers filled the American mail packets. There are now double the number of these packets running, and they are three times larger than they used to be, and still they are often crowded. The East India and China rackets, also, run t nice as often as they used to do, and have vastly increased in siz e, and they are often crammed full of passeugers and cargo, so that extra steamers have to be put on to carry the surplus traffic. The length of a ship gives her speed. This has been long an axiom in ship-building. If a giant ran a race with a dwarf on a road intersected with hil locks, and if the pace of the dwarf were to tbat of the giant inversely as the length of their legs, the giant would win, because he would stride over, while the dwarf would hive to run up and d.owu the hillocks, and thus the latter would have to tread over more ground. Exactly so it is with a long ship and a short one. The latter has to climb over every wave, while the former, owing to her length, does not sink between every two waves, but bridges over, or, as it were, s:rides over one at least of them. The extensive and heavy engine machinery, also, necessary to give great speed to ships, cannot be put into a smalt steam vessel, how ever strongly built, because such machinery would, in working, tear the ship t) pieces, on account of its contiguity to the hull. The increase of late years in the speed of steamers is remarkable. In the early mail contracts the speed exacted was eight miles an hour ; it was afterwards raised to nine and ten miles ; but such steamers as the Persia, La Plata, and Atrafo continually average, on a long voyage, fourteen miles an hour. The discomforts and dangers of a sea voyage are diminished al the magnitude of ships is increased. The chief discomfort is sea sickness. When the Southampton mail packets first started they were comparatively small, and were tossed, about by every wind and wave, and passengers travelling by them felt the 9111/ de mer come on in the Soleut Sea, just outside Southampton Water. As larger packets came into use there was scarcely any rolling motion felt in the Solent, and sea siceness, the dread of landsmen, was not felt on board until the packets got well out in the English Channel. By-and-bye, ships of enormous size were employed, and then invalid passengers did not lose their appetites until they reached the asy of Biscay, the Mediterranean, or the Atlantic Ocean, and not even then unless the sea was very rough. And then with regard to the dangers of sea travelling, a large ship, proportionately strong, is better able to batt e with the wind and waves then a small one. A cap full of wind will upset the coracle of the savage, but civilised man has now built vessels that will ride out a'm ost the fiercest gale. it was theught, when large steamere were first built, that their workieg expeos-s would be so great as to prevent anything bat mails, p Lssengers, and a few costly and perishable luxuries from being c 'nveyed by them ; and that if they carried any thing else, steam-packet companies would ee paying their dividends out of capital. These opinions have turned out erroneous. The gigantic Eegli,h mail packets are laden with almost all the staple produc • teens and manufactures of every country in the world. They bring to England the goad du,t from California and Austraiie. ; the silver from Mexico and Peru ; the silk from China ; the shawls from India ; the gums, spices, and ivory from Egypt, the tobacco and preserves from the West Indies ; the coffee from Brazil ; the dye stuffs from Central America ; the fruit, wine, and dairy produce from the Peninsula ; and they carry the staple leanufac turts of England, France, Switz,4rlatid, and Ger many to all parts of the globe. Every time a mail packet is about to start from Southampton the dock quay& there are crowded with cases and bales of the steel, iron, bronze, porcelain, and textile rnanuf Lc tures of Great Brit ain an d the Continent of Europe. The great mail packets have created, by the spee and safety of their voyages, that trade which is the marvel and romance of commerce—viz., the transmission of millions of coined silver to the EAst, where it mysterieusly vanishes in India and China. Almost every mail packet that starts from South ampton, the chief packet station in the world, has to exclude some of the offered cargo. The extra expense of conveying the bartered products of the world by steamers is amply covered by the speed and punctuality of the transit. It is more econo mical to pay high rates of freight for a quick delivery of goods, than low rates for delay. It is cheaper to fin s coal for the marine steam engine than rations for the crew of a sailing vessel. And then as to the commercial success of a earn packets, such companies as the Peninsular and Oriental and Cunard's are ' pretty well satisfied. - The largest and consequently swiftest steamers must always command munificent government sub sidies for conveying mails. Letters are the life blood of commerce, and they must always precede or at least accompany the transmission of merchandise. The rapid and punctual interchange of correspon dence between the people of - England and its de pendencies, so necessaryto their mutual convenience and comfort, compels the British Government to pay dearly for conveying seaborne mails. The Royal Mail Company's subsidy is 270,0001. annu ally; the Peninsular and Oriental Company's above 200,000/. ; and Cunard's nearly as much. These three companies alone get nearly tbree-quarters of a Million sterling per annum for carrying mailF. Probably ;he postage derived from the mails does not amount to half of that sum ; but the country gains in the enormous trade which the correspon dence creates. It is these subsidies that partly enable steam-packet companies to flourish and to make those costly experiments in steam-ship build- ing by which our mail-packets have been brought , to such perfection that have become the letter carriers for the world, and have contributed im mensely to our prosperity during peace, and to our national safety during war. Qne great diaadvantaee in the working of steam vessels is the vast quantities of coal they consume, and the bulky nature of that kind of fuel. Not only is the consumption of coal on board steamers very expensive, hilt the large space it occupies in the ship reduces the room for cargo. Many of our large paddle-wheel steamers consume each above 120 tons of coals daily, and. are ' loaded wi th 1 , 200 or 1,400 tons of coal each when they wi th 1 , 200 or 1,400 tons of coal each when they s tar t n a voyage. If they are not burdened thus , their stop pages at coaling stations cause delay . But in croas ing the great oceans, in some directions, there are no coaling stations ; so that on such routes our present largest paddle-wheel steamers which can only steam would be failures. There is not a paddle-wheel steamer afloat that could run a dis tance of 5,000 miles, at the rata of 14 miles an ADV KIISITY.- -- Sare-ly we - deceive ourselves t o thi n k on hour, without coaling; although we have many that can run near ly 4, 000 m il e s at that rate of speed. earth continued joys would please. It is a way that crosses All attempt s t o find a l ess b u lky su bstitute for coal that which mature goes. Nothin would be more tedi ,, ; body , tied to one di/ill per p etua l jollities. ilwayeheeghetthem e N e V t e e r r e ci t ta h i e . oas than to be glutted with have failed. Unfortunately also that in'iispensable article cannot be found in all parts of the worm . , 0 site flavour it ccooumldlami akteichoice of—yet, after a small o 1 lo athin g and satiety ; and eo and English steam-packet owners are obliged t time it would send coals chiefly from England to their numerous would the soul, if Ft di n d our life. I epicur e itself in yoy. Dis iis the most useful ; • foreign coaling con mes the better part of rf tents are somet i mes stations, to supply their ships. Coal thus becomes a very expensive article ; and know not well wh ich although it can be obtained in Englar. I often at asure, but advsraities are the besjtfyor pr o fit; I OS. or 12s. a ton, a vast quantity of it that is con- and sometimes those do so far help me, as I should . choose for ple with sumed by English mail packetecoi3ts from .505.t0 60s. out them want Much of the joy I have. THE S tTN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, N'OVEMBEI,3,, a ton. So great is the expense of coal,which fluctuates in price, that in some of the English mail contracts t e government engage to compensate the packet owners when the price of coals advances beyond a certain limit. Hence the desideratum for steam ships to be able to carry sufficient fuel for the out ward and homeward - voyage. It seems an oppro brium to this age of enterprise and skill that we cannot reach our Australian colonies from Eng land in much less than 60 days. We can get to New York- from Liverpool or Southampton—a dis tance of 3,000 miles—in 9 days ; but we cannot get to Australia, four times the distance, in 36 days. How is this 1 Four steam-packet companies have attempted to run from Southampton to Sydney in eight weeks, and all have failed. Almost every route has been tried—the Cape, the Singapore route, and the Ceylon route—without success. Enormous rewards have been offered to steam-ship owners to carry the mails from England to New South Wales in 60 days punctually. The present Australian Mail Packet Company receives nearly 200,000/. a year, and scarcely a mail has been taken out, or brought home, in time. Yet the Australian colonies are our choicest possessions ; and they are filled with a population that have the most inti mate relations with this country. Glutted markets, bankruptcy, and ruin in Australia have been the result of a defective mail communication with the mother country. There cannot be a doubt but the Imperial Government, and the local governments of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, aryl Tasmania would subscribe at least a quarter of a million of money annually forany steam ship company who could establish a mail commu nication between England and Sydney, say in 50 days. Twelve millions sterling of gold is exported yearly from Australia to England, which would m, st probably all be sent in the mail Fackets. The freight of this at 3 per cent. would be 350,0001. a year; a vast sum is lost in interest of money and insurance on this Australian gold, in consequence oi its being sent in sailing ships. If such a mail com munication were established, so that persons could run to and from England and Australia in the same time proportionately that they can run to New York, hundreds, if not thousands, of wealthy passengers would travel by the mail packets, payin r, very high fares. But it is vain to expect that any such -om municattou can b 3 established by any of our pre sent steamships. To attempt it would be like placing our Peninsular packets on the Atlantic service. The fact is, when the distance of a voyage is materially increased, the magnitude and driving po wer of steamships must be increased in an almost geome trical ratio. The steamship Levi ithan is about twice the length, three times the horse power, and five times the ton nage of the largest mail packet in existence ; but this is scarcely so great a contrast as that between the steamers employed by the great mail packet com panies 20 years ago and those employed at the pre s,ut time. The re,son why the Leviathan has ex cited such intense interest and curiosity as tempered wiih that caused by such ships as the Persia and Atrato, is the gradually increasing size of steamships up to the time those ships were hunched. Taus, fir instance, in the Ripon, Indus, Oriental, Nia gam, Canada, Europa, Asia, Tamar, Tyne, Nubia, Alma, Africa, Arabia, La Plata, Orinoco, Magda lena, Parana, we have steamers ♦arying from 1,300 to 3,000 tons burden. But. between a 4,000 ton ship and the Leviathan of 25,000 tons there is no intervening magnitude to mitigate the wonder with which the latter is looked upon. There cannot be a doubt but that the Leviathan, with her beautiful model, her immense length, and enormous engine power, will average 20 miles an hour, nearly 500 miles a day ; and that she will run to Lisbon from England its a day and a half, to Gibraltar in 2 days, to Malta in 3 days, to New York in 6 days, to Rio de Jaueiro in 8 days, to the Cape of Good Hope in 10 days, to Australia in 20 days, and round the world in two months. One such ship, starting from England for Alexandria, and another waiting for her arrival there in the Red Sea, could take out 10,000 troops to Calcutta in less than three weeks, or to Bombay in a fortnight. The Leviathan will be able to carry coals sufficient to go round the world, and fully freighted, for a couple of months' voyage, with mails, specie, passengers, troops, and cargo, her earnings would be enormous. For months past the attention of all people in terested in maritime affairs has been directed to the Leviathan, as if she were destined to mark some important epoch in steam navigation. It is on the sea that Englishmen have had their greatest struggles and won their most glorious vic teries, and it is well that they should be foremost is ruling the waves in peace as well as in war. In ship 'lidding, at least, they maintain their unex pected superiority. LAUNCHISG 01" BIG SHIPS. The following letter has been addressed to a con- .emporary_ Sin,—the difficulties and dangers incidental to the launching of the Great Eastern are essentially inherent to the sliding system, as applied to the hunching of ships of so ext , aordinary a bulk. The real interest that I take in the success of an un&rtaking which, it is to be hoped, will contribute to the progress of navigation as well as to the honour of Eng'and, prompts me respectfully to sub mit, through your influential columns, a , ystern of launching founded on different pi inciples. It substantially consists in fib tting clown the great ship fi (u lafr actuil place to the river, through a temporary lock of colossal dimensions, yet of an easy and comparatively cheap construction. This sort of lock should be formed with piles rising to a sufficient height above the gr amd, with sail canvas spread against them. Water should be introduced with steam pumps till the ship can float and be bulefl et sc, to the river side of the lock. Then by lifting up a part of the canvas a portion of the in aide water is let out, and a level is es7ablisned be tween it and the river at high water time. Agate is now opened by lowering a few piles and props, which were not driven into the ground, but simply screwed, and leaning to lower and firmer supports, opposite either to tie aem or the stern. Through this Opening the veisel may be lougitudinal?yheuled out into the broad Thames. In 1843 I made an extensive set of experiments, in the canal sf Bologna, and in the river Re le, on this system as applicable to preventing or stopping inundations. Several useful applications of tuis hydraulic system have since bier: made in Italy— one of them even in the river Po. It may possibly not be amiss if I add a few general statements. The length of the canvas must be greater than the length of the row of piles to be covered ; for the horizontal section must consist of a series of convex circular errs, in all the intervals between the piles The ratio of 10.7 is nearly the most proper. The breadth, also, or height of the sail, must be greater than the intended height of the water; because not only the canvas should rise more or less above it, but it wants also a consider able superabundance at the lower hem. When the water is flowing througa the row of piles, if you wish to cut it off, fasten the upper hem of the sails at the top of the piles, then spread the sail over the water, and let it drop. As soon as the water begins to be higher ou the inside of the sail, the pressure brings it close to the piles, and to all the siuuosities of the bottom of the river, in an admirably regular and prompt manner, so that the water soon pre cludes altogether the issue to itself, When a suffi cient extent of sail is overlapped to another sail properly supported, or to the embankment of the river, the pressure fastens it sufficiently, witheut_ sewing or any other provision. The strength of the canvas must be in the com pound ratio of the height of the water and of the radius of curvature of the canvas in the intervals between any two piles. The diameter of the piles, if isolated, must be in the compound ratio of the height of the water and of the distance between the centre of each pile and that of the next; th e depth to which it is driven must be in the ratio of the height of the water. A row of fir piles, driven three yards deep into a soil of criimry consistence, with 9-inch diameters at the ground section, at the mutual distance of one yard from centre to centre, and with ordinary sail can vas applied to them, can well stand he pressure of water as high as three yards, and a little more. If the water is to be held coasiderably higher, the canvas must ba s•ronger or double, and the inside piles properly strengthened with one or more rows of piles, connected with them through horizontal and inclined props. Under the peculiar circumstances of the Great Eastern, instead of erecting the river-side row of piles to the great height of 14 yards, which would be nearly requ'red to float down the vessel imme diately to the river, it might be found - easier, as well as cheaper, to subdivide the space and the ope ration into three successive stages. If the launching succeeds with the means already tried, so much the batter ; if not, I am confident the method which I have had the honour of placing before you might satisfactorily answer. At all events, my modest and well meant suggestion may possibly find SJIIIC other useful application.—l am, &c. L. FILOPANTI. (I:ate Professor of Hydraulics at Bologna.) IS .REFOR:If TO BE POSTPONED? (Prom the Saturday Review.) The recent monetary crisis and the violation of the Bank Act are, it is true, subjects more pressing than any reform bill ; but we have an extra session expressly for the purpose of considering these im portant matters ; and even though that alone should not suffice, it is absurd to suppose that 650 gentlemen can keep up a discussion on the currency for the greater part of a year. We have no objec tion to the bank charter taking precedence of every other topic ; but really, to assume that it will leave no time for the consideration of a reform bill savours overmuch of a foregone conclusion that time shall never be found for the only measure in favour of which the constituencies expressed any thing like a unanimous opinion. In fact, there is very little disguise affected in the matter, for the parliamentary reformer is kindly advised to wait until he can get a session to himself. Can any one guess how long that period of expectation will prove ? An absolutely vacant session has never occurred in the memory of man ; and if reform is to be laid aside until so very convenient a season, we are afraid that Mr. Roebuck will have time to advance to universal suffrage and weekly parlia ments long before the question shall be considered ripe for discussion. It may be true, as the Times cynically observes, that men in office and men in parliament are not fond of interfering with patron age, and offending persons of influ , nce and social position, and that they will infallibly shirk the duty if they can. But, if so, there is the more reason for pressing on the disagreeable discussion before the remembrance of promises, as yet recent, shall altogether fade away. At any rate, it is a strange way of encouraging honesty in public life to tell our representatives that they are disposed to shirk their pledges, and that that is an excellent reason why they should not think of fulfilling them. If those who were returned to the present Parlia ment as reformers are in earnest in the matter, there never was a session which promised a fairer oppor tunity for carrying out their principles tha❑ that which is now approaching. Such of them as desire only to escape from an irksome duty will, no doubt, find want of time as good an excuse as any one of a thousand o hers. (From the Leader.) Reform is once more a topic of the day. The working classes are agitating i t, and we have received many declarations of sympathy with the sentiments we have expres , ed as to value of an open and cordial association of all classes of reformers. They have one grand point to gain ; it is before them ; they now know that the Government will avoid concession until it is wrun g from it ; they h ave seen t ory i sm disgraced until it has been bestridden by an adven turer like Mr. Disraeli ; and they have only t or ganise their own resources and apply them. . . Even the Tory prints—although abundantly en dowed with the attribute classically ascribed to the fly—will not affirm that every cmydderable town does not contain at least ten men interested in the promotion of Parliamentary reform. If these ten would unite and act—in concert, perhaps, with a London com m itt ee — t h e questi,qi might be taken out of Lord Palmerston's hands. It is not for the Liberal party to receive the dictations of any cabi net. All the Ministerial objections amount to r o more :than special pleading, and an artful attempt to confound the third session of 1857 with that of 858. Are both those sessions forestalled ? TLere is now a programme before the country. What towns will set the example of appointing commit tees to vote whether the principles set. forth are deserving of adoption ? ,m the letter of " Publicola - in the Weekly Dispatch.) Having done its utmost to burke the question of reform, the Times breaks out in a startling anxiety and tenderne4s for its success. Something, it thinks, may be male of that for the purpose of pro crastination. " Will not the parliament-11. y refor mer himself be better satisfied with having a ses sion, though a later one, to himself ?" A session to himself? There's a bait. Only think of seven whole months to make reform speeches in ! What an effort to win the long-winded ! Unhappily this "later" session is what we have been promised again and again. We have run after it like boys after a rainbow. And when is it to come ? The siege of Sebastopol stopped it once. The Bank Cuarter and India stop it now. Want of prepara tion stopped it in the session of last spring. There will never be wanting something or other, at home or abroad, by which it may not be stopped. Now, we have a promise to claim ; an express, absolute promise. We may •never have such a thing again. Our facetious Premier may warble the old song, I told her Pd marry her, Bat never told her when. We cannot afford to let him slip. The a.lsocialed parliamentary reformers are dealing rightly and wiely. They start no great public auitvion. No movement is Cilltemplated like that of the Anti- Corn-law League. They want no popular excite ment. Their own views are calmly propounded, and they invite the people to say whether they coin cide, and thus confirm the verdict of the last ses sion. Such a quiet refresh wid, it may be hoped, tell ssitfi greater power on the Premier than a more noisy demonstration. THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN BELGIUM. (From . Galignani's Messenger.) The electoral committee appointed by the repre sentatives of the right in the late Chamber of Repre sentatives of Belgium has published an address ex plaining the conduct of the party which has just been deprived of place. This document, which is written with great moderation, affirms that the in tentions of the conservative party—thet which has lately been in power, have been systematically mis represented by its political opponents, and par ticularly with respect to the bill 'for granting assistance to the poor, which a short time back caused so much agitation in the country. That measure, the addr-se declares, which was made a cause for agitation and a pretext of opposition, contained nothing whatever of a nature t) justify the resistance it met with or the storms of indig nation which it had to encounter. The address denies that a bill so completely in harmony with the principles sanctioned by foreign legislative bodies, and in accordance with the national tradi tions of Belgium, could be in opposition to modern rights and civilisation. Ignorance alone, it says, could credit such an affirina'ion, which passion alone could dare to bring forward. But above the law on charitable foundations, thus alluded to, was the political situation of pertieu, and it was that circumstance which led to tumult. in the street, and to distrust among the masses at, the very moment that the King, 'in his wisdom, was recommending prudence, t ranqu illity, an d mo deration. It was by the majority in the Chamber, the address affirms; that the bill was supported ; and yet the minority, by the aid of popular pas sions, had not only led to the withdrawal of the measure, but, by the dissolution which was lately decreed, had for the moment put an end to the majority. The address then terminates as follows : The majority, which is now called to the bar of pub lic opinion, is declared to be factitious, and not repre senting the country. Let us just examine how the con servative majority has been formed, how it has grown in strength, and what extreme means the opposition must have recourse to, in order to endeavour to pat it down. When in 1847 our adversaries arrived at power, they employed, with persevering energy, all the political means that appeared calculated to establish the supra. macy of their opinion —dismissals from public offices, not practised before, and notinitiated by the conservatives ; the electoral reform, destroying without compensation the equilibrium established by the Congress ; parliamentary reform, the dissoluti on of the Chambers, and the renewal of the comrnunalcouncils and administrations, in the midst of anxiety arising from external dangers ; at a later period the dissolution of th e S enate , t h e law decreeing im• mense public works, a v as t e l ec t ora l organisation com bining its action with administrative organisation ; and a pressure on all the springs of parliamentary govern ment. Noth withstanding so many and such strong precautions taken against the return of a new majority, the Conservatives returned to power some years afterwards by the mere movement of public opi lion, by regular elections, naturally, without convulsions, surprises, dissolutions, or violence. Never had Pailia• mentary majority a more legitimate course or constitu, tion..l origin, and never did it represent the country more faithfully. When tranquillity reigns in the public mind, the conservative opinion requires preponderance and spreads, because it lives by tranquillity and ad dresses itself to the calm reason of the country. When agitation is excited and populations are disturbed, the opposition naturally triumphs, because it addresses itself to the passions and lives by them. By what means can this majority, constitutional in its ori ginand formation, and moderate in its conduct, be over thrown, were the opposition to triumph ? The ministry, in imposing art immediate dissolution as a condition of its acceptance of office, has sysumed all the responsibility of that me 'sure. A dissolution, a measure to which the left alone has had recourse since 1831, and which the right has never felt the want of, is destined, in extreme cave., to restore the balance between the powers of the State, and ou4ii, never to be used to break it ; it is a weapon kept in reserve in the hands of royalty, free in the eyes of all, and not an instru ment to he used by one party to crush anuthcr. The cabinet of the 9th Nov. applies an unjust electoral system, under conditions which are still more unjust ; it makes an appeal to the ciliary at au epoch in which access to the electoral urn is difficult and often im possible to the rural population. The electoral law of 1848 is privilege organisel against the country districts, and an appeal to the country in such conditions is the exclusion of those districts. A dissolution thus wade by a minority,, by such means, and with chances so unequal, is not an honest and prudent carrying out of constitutional institutions—it is the despotisel of minorities erected into a system of Government. In such a situation, which nn antecedent justifies, the first idea to which the exceptional circumstances give rise :5 that of a general and absolute abstention, a refusal to accept the conflict under conditions which are devoid of since rity ; it is to count on the prompt reaction of the public conscience, which in Belgium may deceive itself some times, but never goes astray long; it is to confide to the future the task of avenging the injustice of the pre sent. But this idea has not prevailed. The retreat of the conservative party might cause a grand national perturbation. Its attachment to our free inttitutions, its unchangeable devotedness to the throne, and its love of nationality, impose on it the duty of ac cepting the electoral conflict with the unequal arms allowed to it, and with its present protest, which will remain. Belgian nationality is established on the conservative bases of constitutional institutions, Catholicism, and the throne. Belgium is free by her in stitutions, Catholic by her character, history, and manners, monarchical by her inviolable attachment to the sovereign. If one of these national bases be weakened or ruined, if Belgian liberty were to lose the Christian character which is the support and salvation of them, the establishment of 1830 would be profoundly changed, and the country would drift towards the breakers on whicl the po litical liberty of so many nations has been destroyed. Whatever may be the fate which the future reserves t parties in Belgium, the Conservative party will main tain its character and the national traditions. It will remain in the service of the Belgian cause, of the cause of the constitution, of religion, and of the throne. Adopted at the meeting of the 13th of November. (Signed) Count DE THEUX, Count DE AIuerANABRE, A. DESCHAMPS, J. MALOU, DE NAEYER, Count DE LIEDE KERKE." POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 21. GUILDHALL—IsabeIIa Baker and Sarah Pea cock, two respectably-attired females, were charged with the following robbery : Michael Haydon, a detective officer, said—About a quarter to twelve o'clock yesterday I saw the prisoners in Bishopsgate-street, and followed them into Cheapside, where I saw Peacock enter a jewel ler's shop, kept by Mr. Pearce. In a few minutes she came out and joined Baker. They then went to Mr. Pearce's, at the corner of Bow-lane. Pea cock went in and then came out, and they both then wont to the shop of Mr. Spence, St. Paul's-church yard, where they stayed a few minutes, and then came out and proctedel to Messrs. Allens', where Pe 'cock went in and sat down in front of the counter. I entered at the back and saw her hands over a box of ribbons placed before her. She went out shortly after and joined Baker, who was waiting outside for her. They then went to Mr. Spence's shop, and on coming out they went to Willett's, on Ludgate hill, where Baker remained while Peacock went in. They then went to Harvey's, whet e Pea ce& again took the lead and went in, after which tliey went to Simpson's, in Farringdon street, Baker following Peacock into the shop about five minutes after. Biker came out first, and they went to the corner of Finsbury-square, at which place I stopped them. I told Baker I bad been watching her for upwards of an hour, and that she must accompany the to Bow-lane station. She made no reply ; but Peacock said she had never seen Baker until that moment, and knew nothing at all about it. At the station, on being informed they would to searched if they did not giVe up all the property, Baker gave up a pair of jet bracelets and eight pieces of satin ribbon. Nothing was found ou Peac ,ck, who said to the other prisoner, " Young woman, you know nothing about me ;" and Baker replied, "No ; I alone am guilty." I have been to all the shops I saw them visit, and I have persons here to identify three of the pieces, containing about 40 yards. Alfred Read said—l am assistant to Messrs. Simpson, of Farringdon-street, drapers. Peacock came into our house about half-past 12 yesterday, and asked to look at some ribbons, and I showed her a box containing ribbon pieces. The three pieces produced are our property, and were in the box at the time I placed it before her. She did not buy any, but left the shop. lam quite sure those three pieces had not been sold to any one else, because they still bear our private mark, which would have been destroyed if sold. I remem ber seeing the green, blue, and white ribbons in the box when I showed them to the prisoner. The value of the ribbons is about 183. The prisoners were committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—Charles Baker, porter to Mr] Slack, ironmonger, of the Straud, was charged with robl ! ing his master of property to the value of 201. It appeared that the prisoner had been some time in the service of Mr. Slack, who had behaved very kindly to him, on one occasion advancing him 31. to pay out an execution which prisoner's landlord had put in for rent. His salary was 30s. per week. LAtely suspicion of pilfering had fallen on Yin, and on Friday evening this suP picion was increased by the extreme care with which he put on his coat to go out upon some trifling errand, for which, under ordinary circum stauces, he would have gone wi , hout any coat at all. Constable Holmes, of the F division, was then si to watch him, ani perceiving that he was fol lowed, the prisoner took from his pocket a pair of nutcrackers and flung them away, in'ending to throw them over into an area, but they lodged on the hor;zoutvl bat of the area railings, hanging ' with one leg each side. They were the prope•ty of Mr. Slack, silver plated, and worth ss. Hohnes then charged him with having some of his master's property in his pocket, whicu he denied, but on searching him, several articles were found, and a further search at his lodg.ngs led to the discovery of a quantity of coffee mills, stewpans, and other portable articles, nearly all bearin g Mr. Slack's private marks. This accumulation of small articles, to the value in all of about 20/., must have been the result of a long-continued system of pilfering. From so extensive a stock they could not possibly have been missed if this discovery had not been maple as it actually happened. The prisoner admitted that the majority of tho articles were stolen from his master ; but said that a few, which he would point out, were honestly come by. . _ Mr. Jardine said it was extremely painful to see a man in the prisoner's position, in regular em • pkymerit at a fair salary, guilty of such base ingratitude to a master who had behaved so kindly to him. He must be committed fur trial. CLERKENWELL.—Two well-known thieve., who gave the names of Henry Walls, aged 24, and Alfred Lee, aged 19, describing themselves as pfas lerers, re-iding at 20, Watson-place, Sooners-town, were charged with burglariously breaking and en tering the dwelling-house of Mr. John Chappell, brushmaker, of 5, Junction-villa, Junction-road, and stealing therefrom four silver spoons, and other articles of considerable value. They were further charged with breaking and entering 'the dwelling house, on the 10th inst., of Mr. Cavendish, 17, St. Paul's-road, and stealing therefrom four silver table spoons, one silver sugar tongs, nine silver tea spoons, two silver cruet stands, and other article., of the value of 501. Owing to the numerous rob beries that hav e t a k e n pace lately in the neigh bourhood of Kentiih-town, Mr. Superintendent Loatrat, of the S division, has ordered some men specially to do duty at the backs of the houses which are contiguous to the fields. Piiice:constable Farr, 144 St, was passing along the Junction-road, when he saw a light in the scul lery of No. 5. He at once procured assistance, and then, entering the house, found that the thieves had gained admittance by br ea ki ng d own one of the iron palings in front of one o f th e w i n d ows . When they had pissed into th e kit c h en, th ey stoppe d t he clocks, muffled the hells, and b rea ki ng th e w i ne -cellar door open, proceeded to rega!e them' elves with wine, g;n, beef, bread, and jam. They had packed up nearly everything moveable when they were appre hended. Upon Ming taken to the police-station, Inspector Fidge, finding that they had very fine linen sLirts on, sent for Mr. Cavendish, who iden tified them as his property, as well as two siik hand kerchiefs. The prisoners, who had nothing to say in their defence, were remanded. WORSHIP-STREET.—Maik Nicholas Powles, a young man of gentlemanly exterior, was brought to this court on a warrant granted by J. Esq., charging him " that he did unlawfully and feloniously =knowledge certain recognisauces, and become bail in the name of another person, to wit, one Thomas Powles, the said Thomas Powles not being privy or consenting thereto :" an offence punishable under the act of William Dr., - cap. 66, with trinspoit4tion for life, or mt less than an im pfsonment for two years. Mr. George Marwick Stizetcbury, City Solicitor's office, Guildhall, who attended to prosecute for the corporat'on, explained the circumstances out of which the charge arose. On the 18th of July last, two men, named Nathan' Wootwan and Davis Gould, journeymen in the employ of Messrs: Lynes, tailors, of Shoreditch, were, after several remands, fully committed for trial at 'he Centr.il Criminal Court; for having f road a certain order for the payment of money with intent to defraud the firm. Mr. Hammitt consented to adept b.il, and the prisoner, together with another person, named Sax , tendered theunelve 3 , and became joint sureties for their appearance t o answer the charge. Thomas Powles—The prisoner i s my son. I re side at 6, Portland-terrace, Victoria-park-road. I did not attend a; this court on the 18th of July last, nor auth or i se any one to beconio bait for any person. I kno w nothin of Gould or Woot man. Prisoner never told m e he h ad become bail. The first I knew of this matter was in consequence of a letter I received from a solicitor in Bow-lane, re specting the non-appearance of Wootman. I have another son, named Thoin.is George Powles, who resides with me. He is only 17 years of age. The case being complete, prisoner was, in the usual way, asked if he had anything to say in an swer to the charge, but he declined doing so, and the depositions were then taken by Mr. Stafford, the second clerk, the accused being fully committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial. SOUTH W ARK. —ln the course of the day, Thos. Stowell, who was tried and convicted at the Surrey Sessions twelve months ago for perjury, attended before Mr. Combe, to apply for summonses agaicst Mr. Bingham, a solicit Jr, and Mr. Watson, the landlord of the Newington Arms, King-street, Walworth, for perjury. S ,. owell, who had a bundle of papers before him, stated that twelve months ago he was tried at the Newington Sessions and sen tenced to twelve months' imprisonment for perjury. At the trial he tried all he could to produce evi dence to prove his innocence, but unfortunately it had no effect, and he was unjustly convicted. The charge against him was as follows :—Mrs. Penny, the landlady of the Newington Arms, wished for a license fer music, &c., and applied to Stowell to transact the legal portion of the business. He undertook it iu the name of a solicitor of the name of Bingham, who practised at the Lam beth police-court, but when the sessions• took place Mrs. Penny was not represented, and after wards Stowell was prosecuted for perjury and con victed Stowell now appeared before his worship to state that he had been unjustly convicted; that the perjury was committed by other parties, and not by him. At the time he was a lawful clerk to Mr. Bingham, and served the notices for Mrs. Penny. He produced copies of them signed by Mr. Bingham. The latter, at the sessions, swore he was not his clerk, and that he never authorised him to receive the 2/. expenses, and now he could prove the authority. Mr. Combe, after carefully examining all the documents, and hearing Stowell's complaint upon oath, granted the summonses. LAMBETH. From information received on Saturday morning there is every reason to believe that John Blair Wills, the pLincipal actor in the very romantic and singular case of double marriage and bigamy, sailed from the port of Liverpool, in the Great Western steam-ship, for New York. The &Unguent gave, and sailed in, the fictitious name of John Goddard, described himself as a surgeon, the profession he first adopted, and was Ace >mpa-- nied by a female, answering the description of his second wife, Ann Good, and also a child, about 3 years old. THAMES.—John Richmond, a man about 55 years of aaa, was brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley, charged with atteinpting self-destruction by cutting his throat with a knife. The prisoner's history is a very singular one. His second wife, a most respectable and intelligent woman, who was in court, was nearly murdered by him in 1848. He put his arm round her neck and asked her to kiss him, and while she was in the act of doing so ha cut her throat with a razor, and she fell weltering . in blood. The unfortunate woman was for a long time under medical treatment, and her husband was convicted at the Old Bailey sessions for the attempt to murder his wife, and was sentenced to fifteen years' trans portation. He served six years of his time in a convict prison, and was then liberated with a ticket of leave. His wife received him with kind ness when he returned from prison, and he lived with her for about twelve month. In the course of that time be behaved with the greatest brutality towards her, and his tyranny at length becoming insupport able she left him and sought refuge with her hus band's daughter by his first wife. Mrs. Richmond was then in a bad state of health, and her head and face ware much swollen and bruised from the effects of blows inflicted upon her by her brutal husband. Since he left his wife he had frequently threatened her. The prisoner was living with Mr. Isaac Rich mond, his brother-in-law, at No. 4, Church-street, Poplar, ten weeks ago, and the attention of the prisoner's relative was called to him by a woman, and the prisoner was found lying upon his back with his throat cut. He appeared to be almost dead, and was covered with blood. A surgeon was sent for, who sewed up his wound, and he was removed to the London Hospital, where lie remained until Saturday the 14th inst., when he was brought be fore Mr. Yardley, and, after a short examination, remanded for a week. The prisoner was now committed for trial. Samuel Wildbore, surgeon, of No. 1, Back Church-lane, Whitechapel, was charged. with as saulting Benjamin Bonfield, his assistant. The complainant and another assistant stated that while they were making up the books in the sur gery, with the gas lighted for the purpose of seal ng up the parcels of sand used as " dummies" in the shop window, as well as of warming the room, the defendant entered, and abusing the complainant for burning the g ts, told him to go into the shop and pack up his things and go. On complainant's going into the shop, deft:ndant followed him and beat him violently over t! e head with the handle of a long clothes brush, inflicting ver3l wounds on his head and laming one hand wilieL he held up to protect himself. He then threw him put into the street, where a crowd had collected in, consequence of complainant's calls for help. The defendant denied the assault ;and his soli citor called Geo. Macgregor . , defendant's errand boy, who said that his master had only t‘. ll € l Mr. Bonfield to shave himself, and on his rei‘ling " walked" him to the o-her end of the shop, w h s .n Mr. Bonfield struck him, whereupon defendant turned him out of the shop. Mc. Yardley said he was afraid the boy had not told the whole truth, and he should sentence the defendant to pay 51., the highest fine ho had the power to inflict. The defendant paid the penalty, and left the court. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. Albion .... • • .... •• .. 71. per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 95 &Manz:a Brit. and For. 71. 145. 6d. 100 0 0 11 0 0 163 £ Ditto Marine ...... .iL p.c. & be. 100 0025 0 0 - s.thenmurn -.••• • • • • - 10 0 all - Atlas .. Argus Life - British Commercial .. 71. 105. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - Church of England .. 71. 105. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of London .. •• .. 51. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Cleriel..sled.& Gen• Life spr ctSchs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 213$ County ...... •• ...... I/. per share 100 0 0 10 0 0 85 Crown ......•• •..... I/ 181. 50 0 0 5 0 0 19% Eagle •. - ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% Equity and Law.-- 5 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - European Life it. 20 0 0 all - Family Endowment - U. per cent. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - General...-. . ..... - Globe ........ 51. per cent. Stock. all 92 Gresham Life - - 47 5 o - Do. Do.. - 20 0 0 50 0 0 - Guardian Imperial Fire... •• - Imperial Life - Indemnity Marine-. Si, p. ct. &bs. 100 0 0 13 0 0 130 Law Fire ............ 25 &7s bons 100 0 0 210 0 - Law Lite.•• •• ........ 241. per sh. 100 0 0 12 10 0 63 Legal and General Life 4s. per share 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London - London & rrov. Law • • 3s. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Marine ..... .... •• • • Med.lnviid & Gen. Life 1% per cent 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Minerva .• ...... •• - Monarch - New Equitable - Pelican .....• .• - - - Plicenix - - - ProfesF!onal Life•• •... 5/. per cent 6 5 0 010 0 - Provident Life........ 123 y per c. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life.......... „ 7s 5 0 0 010 0 75, / , Royal Exchange ...... 1 4 pc.& bs Stock. all 277 Sun Fire ...... i% p. c &bs - •• - Ditto Life ..... 11 14s. - - United Kingdom .... 4/. & bonus. 20 0 0 510 0 - Universal Life ... ..... 5/. & bonus. MO 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life' ........ 51. & bouul - 5 0 0 - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. share. --- -- --- - £ a. d. £ a. d. Australasia........... 101. per cent. 40 0 0 all 74 Bank of Egypt .... • . - 25 0 0 18 15 0 12N b :lik of London ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 - Bt . h. :sti N or th A m erican 9 per cent. 50 0 0 all 53 Ch 13}, - . Ind. Aust & Ch. 4'. per cent. 20 0 9 6 0 0 - 51. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 58 City „, . 1100 0 0 25 0 0 - .• Colonial ...• • • • - • • " • • b. f London. V. p. c. & b5. , 100 0 0 2 0 0 0 - Commercial Eng. Scot. & ~ A •st. Ch. 4c per cent. 20 0 0 all - 173 Pt . Aus. 51. percent. 20 0 0 20 0 0 . lel. per cent. 50 0 0 20 7) 0 Lo D nd . .. Gear. s e . B . r . .. o . : , ,/. per cent. :100 0 0 50 0 0 _Der cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 27 1 2 8 8 , p c r cent. 100 0 0 2O 0 0 433 iflnd&onEaanstiCoßu,nktgy: c.: r L , o o n n d d o n n a J n o a in w t- e S s t t o rn c i k n ii; Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 p c..& be 1 100 0 0' 35 0 0 - Ditto, New ••••• • • • f t 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto ditto - Natio'it..l Bank - 0 - New -outh Wales - Oriental Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 0 •. 3.5 Ottoman Bank - 20 0 1.? 15 0 0 17 Provincial of Ireland" 4i.p.ct.&bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 GO Ditto, New. •• , Bl. per cent. 10 0 0 all - 10niftn........ • M. per cent. 25 0 0 ei - South Australia •. - lO/. per cent 25 0 0 all - Union of Australia.. • 211. per cent. 25 0 0 all 49 f I .--• 210 0 - Union of Hamburg - 3 0 0 -- Union of London...- l5l. per cent. 50 0 0! 10 0 0 23 15 0 0I 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Uni•y Mutual Western Ban;! of Londn INDIAN HORSEMANSHIP. Younger sons of courtly noblemen whose ances tors stood around the peacock throne of Aurung zebe, sons of Zemindars, Potails, thumbs, and so forth—some from Itajpontana, but mostly children of Mahomedan landholders—come in and offer themselves with horse, weapons, and accoutre ment; to the recruiting agents of the Irregular Cavalry. Nothing would tempt these proud youngsters—most of whom are first-rate horsemen, familiar with arms from childhood—to shoulder a musket in the line, or to serve in the regular cavalry. But in the irregular, where they retain their eastern dress and saddle, and associate only With their equals, they are so willing to engage that at a month's notice the existing force might be trebled. Every man is obliged before enlisting to prove himself perfect master of his weapons and his charger. He is required to manage a hors© at full speed, with a saddle or without, to strike a spear into a tent-peg at full gallop, and to draw it from the ground, to hit a mark with carbine and pistol, and cut thro u g h a roll of felt lying on the ground, as he dashes by at the full stride of his h or se, and bends over his saddle to use hiinr- ra likalways of sword. The swords of the Irregulars are Y of a keenness t hat contrasts wonderful! with the blunt reaping - hooks of the English dragoons. il Not of K that they are all, or even usually, orassan manufacture. Most of them are of English steel, a nd owe their sharpness to contiuual grinding and leathern scabbards. The skill to which some of th e regulars attain, both with larice and sword is e xtraordinary. Long ago in the Madras Presidency I witnessed a sort of mock tour n ament given by the privates of Skinner's displayedikilner's Horse, in which such horsemanship Wa as tounded Astley's as would have performers ; while some of the troopers carried away a tent pe g on their spears, twenty times runnin g , a t f u ll s peed.—My Note Book. ADMIRATION.—Never forc • yourself to admire any thing when you are n o t i n the ° humour; yourself from what y ou f ee l to be luve but never lovely, eit:arruforchuef anything better ; and gra d ua ll y the tl t h emselves natural world will un f o ld and you s e cen u es s . ti o l f l increasing fullness o f p ass i ona t e power; w • aldyu i er diffi culty will be no m ere t o see k or to compose suh cts ; but only to choose one f rom among the m ultitude of melodious thought s w ith w hi c h you will be haunted, thoughts which will, of course, be noble or original in proportion to your depth of character and general power of mind ; for it is not so much by the consideration you give to any single drawing, as by tLe previous discipline of your powers of thought that the character of your coepesition will be determined. Simplicity of life will make you sensitive to the refinement and modesty of scenery, just as inordinate excitement and pomp of daily life will make you enjoy coarse colours and affected forme. Habits of patient eJmparison and accurate judg ment will make your art precious as they will make your ae.ion wise ; arid every incruftee of noble enthu siasm in your living spirit will be 1110V- 1 11 1 'Ni by the Te flection of its lights upon the works of your has dee- Rioken's Elenunitl of Draw jo, [ADVERTISEMENT.]— Hello way 'e Ointment rind Pills certain remedies for sore legs.—Mr. informed Profes s or Johneon. cnernit. of Great Howard -street, Liverpool, Holloway that Mrs. Jackson, residiag near his estab lishment, bad suffered many years from an ulcerated leg during which time she was applying remedy after remedy without any permanent benefit ; consequently, as a last re source, he recommended her to try Hello- w ay'a Ointment not Pills ; and those medicines have been the means of effecting a complete cure, to the great s atisfaction of herself and o t hers.--Sold b y all medi cine vendors throughout t h e world ; at Prof essor Hollo way's Establishmente ° , 244, Strand, London, and 8 M a iden-lane, New fork ;by A. Seim C ' fl*, OrlatAllti nople ; A. Ogidicy Syrna ; and E , ,Muir, Delta. LIST 0.7 SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Div Name of Company per Amount r end of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. .£ a. d. Rank of Scotland ...- 71. Per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 188/Os British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 209 lOs Caledonian Bank ..••• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 17s City of Glasgow Bank 51. pt, . r cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 91 1 1 0 0: Clydesdale Bank • 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 215 / 0 C ,mmercial Bank 7l. per ce nt. 500 0 0 100 0 0 Eastern Bank.... 6l. per ceni . 25 0 0 10 0 0 121 lOs 5 0 5 0 0 41 10s Edinli. & Glasgow 3 1 41. p cent. 1 ,o 0 0 iOO 0 0 184 0 National Bank 614 per cent. ls. 0 0 2 10 0 51 lO s North of Scotland Bank 51. per cent AO . 0 0 100 0 0 13517 s Royal Bank of Scott. s l.p er cent. 100 0 150 0 0 901 0 Union Bank of Scot. •• Si. p or cent. 100 50 0 0 -1 0 Western Bank •• .• •• •• 7/.per cent. 50 11 5 0 171 Os 0 0 Alliance Fire and LP's.. 8 % 1 . p r cent. 100 0 0 ' British Guarantee . 4l. per cent. 10 0 0 . 2 0 0. 0 0 21 4/l llOtss C a l e donian Fire Incur . 10 i.per co nt. 100 0 0 In City of Glasgow Lite 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 P 0 it Ai Colonial Life ... .• .• .• 51 . cent. SO 0 0 3 0 071 Os Edinburgh Life Instir. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51 .? er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 11 ,_I: Life Assoc. of 3cotland 6 /. p er c ent. 40 0 0 8 0 0 6.' 15 National Fire and Life 61 . per c e n t. 10 0 0 1 4 021 P 3 North British Insur 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 371 Oi: 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 14s Northern Assurance Co. Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 200 2/ I9s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 011 153 Standard Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 271 5s MISCELLANEOUS. '--------Dividend Amount Name of Compar.9• per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. ---------- £ s. d. £ s. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - i Assam sea •• .. •..... Gt• rer cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - - Auct i o n Mart........ 2 4/per cent. 50 0 0 - Australian Agriculturt - 25 0 a 19 0 0 22 Australian Trust •• .. 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 ..... - 10 0 0 Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 L M a a n i d t 5/. per cent s s O toc O t 0 10040 all 0 0 1111 0 0 1 _ AA British n t' g sr a . m i A i :l e : : ,i 1 t r. ja o cn y a a . ; Canada ............. 6i. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 118% .. StockS St t o o c e k k i l D 0.5 per cent Pond' 51. pet cent I) Itt o , 5 per cent bds 46 5 11 1 .. .p pp e ee r rr cceeeennnt cent. i p l i it t t to o : 6 6 p p ecr. bdscent. 8.; . 4 0 0 000 0 0 00 0 00 .....-_ Ditto, lp c. bds 1576 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -- Crystal Palace Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 50 0 all 14 Crys. Palace of France - 40 0 50 0 3% all City Navigation Bonds 3%1. per ce n t - - - F.lectrie Telegraph - cent. Stock ,00 0 0 9859 Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 Eng.&lris. 'Hag. T. Co. all 5/ peTcent, 10 5 0 0 0 ° .0 ° I )0 all o 0 -----IM' Equitable Reversionry ch. l , ) , l . t )i te , I•Z ,e e r w ,,. & .. 1 . , .. „ . e . 5 . t 51. p c and 1/ 100 0 0 00 .5 0 - - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - G Ge en n. .B l- te7m . N Cot. ts'sd ( g r a -A t ° l2 10/. par ct. & 1.5 5 0 0 0 ° - London Gen. Omnibus 12/. pi , r cent 4 0 0 14 a o ll 0 _...- Iladsoa's Bay 5/ . per cent. Stock stock an 3 % FE L o u , n t. g ., e \ r e fo . r & d N ... ,. .. m .. a . u . 5 . 0 2/. 53. 100 0 0 : all - 10 0 0 all 4IA London Reversionary 57. per cent. is 0 " all - Mex. & S. Americas. - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 2:5 0 0 5 0 0 23si N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5/. per cent - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 all - North of Europe, Stm. 8/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 5 Priee'sPatentCand. Co - 21 0 0 all - l'eel River.land&Min. - 5 0 0 all - 7 Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent 50 0 0 all 3 Ditto New ..... - 50 001 0 0 0 15 % all - Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%1. pr cent 100 0 0 . Ditto New .... - Royal Mail Steam.- 0 IC lt. p. share. 10 0 0 11 1 - Scottish Aus. Invest. 151 . p er cent. 1 0 0 14 a 0 0 5 4 14 South Australian Land 71 . pe ce r nt. 95 0 0 Trust and Loan Comp. 7... pr cent., 20 0 0 5 0 all 0 - Viva Diemen's Land ios. 100 0 0 26 10 0 1 9 Goy. 6 per cent. Bads. 6 per cant. - 4 - I - BIRTHS. OF A SON, On tho 19th inst., at the Rectory, NewAlresford, Hants, Lady Maria Brodie. On the 20th inst., at 2, Chap e l -street, Grosvenoriquare, the Hon. Mrs. William Colville. OP A DAIJORTZR On the 19th inst., at 2, Forros - street, Edinburgh, Lady Colebrook e. _ On the :List inst., at Wilmington-house, near Dartford. Mrs. W. F. W. Bird. MAR,RIED. On tho 19th inst., at St. John's Hackney, Mr. William Graham, second on of James Graham, Esq., of Perth, t o Eliza Gordon, cldost daughter of the late Mr. Geo. BuiFit, of Finsbury-place south. 23, 1 S 57. Pit ICES (i 1 SI: lABES. From the Official List. FUSLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIIsI, LONDON, FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 18.57. CANALS. Names of Companies. : 2 ; Dividend ( per on Annum. L i Price. Names of Companies. Dividend per Annum.l A s Birminghamol dh Coventry... Derby • ..• GrandJunctni Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union' Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester.... Leicstr &Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath •• •• • • Oxford .. ...• Name of Company. N 7t. p. ct. 40 41. 100 Ili. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 61. pr. et. 100 7s. 6d 40 Gs. 00 251. 00 51, 83 11.55. t 43 701. 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 1 100 Berlin ...... East London D 0.4 per Cent. Pref. Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... •• Do. New •• •• • • Kent.... • • .... Lambeth • • .... • • • • .. New River Company.. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex • • • • .. Do. D 0....... GAS-LIGH' Name of Company. British Provincial .... Brighton •• • • •• •• •• City of London ...... Equitable........ •• . European .... . •• • • .. Great Central .. Imperial .. • • ....... Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. Indepervient ... ...... London Parl. Preferen. Phcenix . •• •• •• •• •• .. Ratcliff •• •• • •• •• •• •• Surrey Consumers .... United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New . Western A ... Ditto B flunTerford....•• Southwark Ditto New of 74 p.c. Waterloo ..... _ .... Ditto Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .. Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand flurry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes _.. :. Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• .. ••• St. Katharine ........ Southampton ........ Victoria .• •••••• •• •• Ditto New ........ —!Peak Forest. 894 Regeat's.. •• 193 Rochdale.... Stflrd &Won 49% Stonrbridge. 'Severn and j I Wye Rail. 6IA ,Warwick & 1 501 I Birming. 'Warwick & 13 Napton.. Worcstr & Birming. Milts & Brk., WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Price 51. per cnt. cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. C. per cnt. 51. per cnt. 4!. per cent. LT AND COI Divid end per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 6/ per cent. $l. per cent 10/. per cent. 3i. ss. 4/. 15s. 4/. 10s. 6.. per cent. 534 per cnt 5/. 81. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. £ s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 61 0 0 5 1 8 COMP., Amount of Share. £ s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 SO 0 0 21 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 SO 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 BRIDGES. Name of Company. Dividend I Amount per of Annum. Share. 10s per cent.! 11. 12s. Od. 11. Ss. Od. 2Ss. DOCKS. Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 6/. pr tent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per C. s. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount Share. £ s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 57. O. 175. 281 1 121. 108. 1 I/. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. 4 e. d. 100 all Paid. £ s. d. Stock. 00 "6 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 X s. d. all 150 0 0 all 12 10 6 100 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 52 0 0 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 £ s. d. EXETER HALL. Last night the first of a series of Sunday evening reli gious services was held in Exeter Ball, under the auspices of an influential body of Dissenters in the metropolis, having precisely the same object in view as those insti tuted in the summer of the present year, with the sanc tion and approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, but to the resumption of which, as is well known, a stop was recently put by the incum tient of St. Michael's, Burleigh-street, Strand, in whose parish this "unconsecrated building" happens to be lecated, acting on a strict legal right with which the law invests him. The energetic and beneficial movement, therefore, which emanated from the Church of England .vith the view of bringing tinier the iefluence of the Gospel a large class of the inhabitants of this city who habitually absent themselves from all the,ordinary places of worship—which received the direct countenance of some of her most distinguished laymen, and the assist ance of some of her most eminent divines, and which, so tar as it went, was attended with considerable success— is not, it seems, destined to be arrested, though it be carried on by other hands than those with which it ori ginated. The Rev. W. Brock, mini-ter of the Baptist chapel in Bloomsbury, was the preacher selected to offi ciate on the occasion. The doors were opened at 6 o'clock, but long before that hour a crowd of well-dressed people cad assembled in front of the hall, and, when admission was obtained, the building was speedily filled in every part. Dense though the crowd was, nothing could humors creditable than the order and decorum with which the people ascended the stairs leading to the hall and took their seats. The admission was wholly free ; there were no. reserved seats, not even on the platform ; no money coilsction. The services, as on the former occa sion, were announced to be for the benefit of the working classes, and persons accustomed to attend places of wor ship were requested not to absent themselves from them, 'eat they might occupy rood) intended for those whom it was specially designed to instruct and edify. This hint, we apprehend, was not acted on to the full, any more than in summer, when the Church of England services were held in the same place, and when peers of the realm, Cabinet Ministers, and distinguished members of Parliament were to be seen among the general audience. Mr. Brock took his seat on the platform shortly after six, accompanied by Mr. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. S. Morley, and several other gentlemen, a, d, the service oommenced at the half hour. It is a note orthy cir cumstance, and creditable to the minister and all con cerned in the arrangements —as indicating to divest ,liese ministrations as much as possiole of everything ike sectarian feeling, and to make them a substantial continuation of those which had gone before —that the hymns and ritual used in the service last night were precisely those adopted at the Sunday evening services of the Church of England held there in the present year. It is, perhaps, the first occasion on which a Noncon formist minister—except among the Wesleyans, where the practice is not uncommon—has used the Litany of the Church of England and several of the pruera contained in its ritual in conducting a religious service. rho circumstance is significant of an increasing spirit of religious toleration and a desire for a hearty co-operation, ,1 not for union, among some at least of the various •ections of the Protestant church. In one part of the Litany, indeed, Mr. Brock introduced words to which no one could possibly object, not even, we imagine, the most rigid Churchman, In the intercession, beginning— ' That it may please Thee to illuminate all bishops, priests, and deacons, with true knowledge, and under -tending of Thy Word ; and that both by their preaching and living they may set it forth and show it accord ingly,"—he added, after the word " deacons," "pastors, ministers, and missionaries of the Gospel." At another period of the service he put up an extempore prayer and read selected portions of Scripture, in much the same way as is customary in Dissenting chapel. He afterwards preached a sermon irons the 15th chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, the 3d and 4th verses—" For I delivered unto you, first of all, that which I also received ; how that Christ died for our cos according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures." The discourse for earnestness, novelly, and felicity of illustration, and vigour of delivery, was tar above the ordinary class of sermons, and was listened to throughout with the most marked attention, Country Markets. DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Noy. 19. Qrs. Best. Current. lnfei for 230 Wheat 50s Od. 3sa lUd 1506 Oats 26s 0,1 204 3d 1051 Barley 34s 6d 2ss Od 4O Peas & beans 45s Od 39s 3d HA]IDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 20. WHEAT. EARLEY I OATS. i!PAP.S t First s2s Od 137 s Od j 28s Od 4bs Od Second 3Bs la I 26s 10d j 22s ld j 38i 10d third 29s 6 d j 18s Od 1 los Od i 35 Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 230 qrs., 196 gold barl©y ..... 1/. 18 10 4-12tts 987 qrs., 936 sold PP PP PP oats 440 qrs., 439 sold IP IP PP PP beans 4 , - . l l 2 2 t t h h s s Earley, •..1. 55 qrs., 51 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. o Wh ats e . at . , .. 1 1 1 1. 18 2 610 7.l2ths ABERDEEN—Nov. 20. 1 401bts per b us h e l Potato oats 18 s Od t o 19 s Od Common oats 16 s 6d t o 1 7s 6il Bero 21s Od to 23s Od Barley 21s Od to 23s lid}s3lbs t Wheat, rod (spring)2Bs Od to 33s Od „ white 2 Bs Od t o 33 s Od 621bs ,I Oatmeal 15s Od to 1 s6d per boll. Flour 40s Od to 41s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od to is Id Mutton, per lb Ed to 9d I Eggs, p doz. is 0.1 to is lA, Lamb, do., Os 6/1 to Or, 9d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s ba Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9 i Chickens,do.ls 6d to 2 6 0,1 Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2t 6 i Salmon, per lb ... ...... Os Od D uc klings, doos Od to 2s 6. i Grouse, per brace.,...os to Os T ur k eys, eac h 5s Od to 51 6,1 Tallow, p stone, Os to ---s 01 Potatoes, pr peck, --(I to 12d Rabbits, each Od to Od. Butter for exportation (present cure) per ewt....80s to 81s Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen 9d to 914 d RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,141b....03 Od to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 1 s 81 Oatmeal ......O s Od t o i s 8d I dust, . .... Os to Oa , Beremeal ....Vs Od to la Cd per lb .......... 2 d to 2 2d I Peasemeal... O s Od t o 2 s 4d Sids. 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 43 6 d 4-lb. 10af...8d. 12-Ib. 10af...4d. DUBLIN. Nov. 20. White wheat, 29i Od to 31s Od ; red ditto, 275 Od to 291 0 1 : ditto new, —s Od ; barley, malting, 145 6d to 185; grind. ing, —a to —is ; oats, old, 12s to 155 3d; ditto, new, —e Oil to —5 01; oatmeal, 155 to 16s 6d; here, new, Hs to lEs Od ; rapeser d, 23s Od to 25s Od per brl ; baked flour, 171 01 to 23s 6d per owt ; Indian corn, 34s 6d to 35s Od per 180 11n, LOCAL SHARE MARKET'S. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 21. STSTOCKEXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were quite nominal, and the prices closed at a marked decline upon yesterday's quotations, at the following rates :—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 891 i—Ditto, 9/. Shares, par — South Eastern, 18 5.16 Dutch Rhenish, 6t d -Great Western of Canada, 174—Eastern Counties, 10 i—London and. North Western, 91 31—East Lancashire, 83--Pacifio Steam Co , 401—Caledonians, 37i—Grand Trunk of Cana da, 81—Midland, 81i 4—Birkenhead, Lancashi re, and Cheshire, 62/. MANCHESTER, NOT. 21. STOWS EXCHANGE. —The market opened easier to-day, and the transactions have been to a moderato amount. London and North Western, On— Birkenhead, 82A — East Lancashire, 87A —Sheffields, 35 A — Midlands, 81$— Dovers, 184—Eastern Counties, 10 A—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89k. BIRMINGHAM, Noy. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Prices in the market generally depressed from the rates of yesterday. Midlands, al -- Bristol and Birrninghame, 129—Great Westerns, Al -- South Stafford., 81. LEEDS, Nov. 21.' STOOK EXCRANGE.—The market to-day very inactive, and very little business was transacts 1. Midlands, 814 — North Eastern, Berwicks, 22i --Ditto, Yorks, 39—Ditto, ].reds, 9 , 1 -- -Dovem, 184--North Westerns, 74—North British, fig. DIED - t ep (;llc w , i f a e nd of 2 t r h o e . . . N e wington, Surrey, Anna, relict On the 19th inst., at aged i Re O v n . itthoeb!,9ttlißoiint o s to.: aged t ed Vittoria7o.. of Mr. James Miller, 9 at re e t i t Rectory, Harri et, ro li , a s rr u i Rev. r j o . f Botany in Cambridge University, aged 60. fes Cia the 19th inst., at Newcastle•upon-Tyne, the twin On the s O lie ll o i g n i ::t v , , chitiren of He - ry Story, Esq., solicitor. On ills IStt inst., at 1)altou Hall, near Burton, West morelswi, Ethnund. Hornby, Esq., senior Magistrate and D.L. of the county of _Lancaster, aged 35. Oa the 14th inst., at Kelvetion, .3uphia, relict a the lato Josiah the ahß 17th inst., axlaie2B 2an M agllte(i7he 4. rpe, Esq., of Badaworth, near Pontefract, aged 55. Drowned, at the wreck of the ship Dunbar, at the en trance to Sydney harbour, on the 20th August, Mr. John Pascoe, the eldest son of Mr. Pascoe, of Blythe House, Sydenham, Kent; aged 20. LONDON : Printed, and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No 11'2 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, November 23, 1537. Price, Price. Paid. Paid. Paid. Price. Price 10916