The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC 12. The United States' mail steamship A.riel, Captain Ludlow, arrived to-day at noon with advices from New York to the 28th ult., being two days later than those brought by the City of Washington. The Ariel has 164 passengers for England, France, and Germany, and $30,000 in specie for Havre. She has come into dock to coal, and then proceeds to Havre and Bremen. The most important item of news by this arrival is the state of affairs respecting Kansas, which, question has again suddenly assumed a gloomy and threatening aspect. Despatchesfrom Washington statethat Buchanan and Walker had an interview of five hours' duration on the 26th ult , when a very friendly interchange of their respective views was said to have taken place, and a second meeting was fixed for the morn ing of the 28th. The Cabinet was in session until a late hour on. the 27th, the Kansas difficulty being, of coarse, the principal theme of discussion. In reference to the Mormon difficulty a despatch from Washington of the 27th says : " General Smith is still here, consulting with the Government relative to Utah affairs. It is not improbable that General Joseph Lane will be com missioned to proceed to California and conduct the war against the Mormons. Near $2,000,000 will have been expended on the expedition. They have 2,000 men, 1,500 waggons, and 13,000 animals, and more quartermasters than the English had in their Crimean expedition !" The President's message was said to be finished, except that part of it relating to Kansas. He would recommend a considerable increase in the army. Senators and members were slowly arriv ing at Washington. " The market for money (says the News York Times of the`2Bth, in its review of the previous day's financial operations),— " Keeps generally quiet and easy. There is not much doing in discounts outside of the banks, and the offerings at several of the large banks this morn ing were quite moderate. At call money is offered at 7 per cent. freely, and in some instances at 6 per cent., without full employment ; and the involuntary tendency of the bank movement is rather to contraction than expansion." " The flour market was firm." THE PENINSULAR MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 14. The Tagus has arrived with the Peninsular mail, 9 passengers, and 10,8001. in specie. Dates—Gibraltar, Dec. 6 ; Cadiz, Dec. 7 ; Lis bon, Dec. 9 ; Vigo and Oporto, Dec. 10. She reports the following—The James Booth and (bean put into Gibraltar, disabled ; steamer Myth towed into Lisbon, disabled ; brig Maria, of Weymouth, wrecked in the h iver Tagus—all hands and part of cargo saved. Her Majesty's steamer Curlew was at Gibraltar. The Bth being a close holiday at Lisbon, the Brazil bills by the Tyne did not appear on 'Change ; on the Ith, when London paper was more scarce and the demand for three months at 54$- greater than for some time past, short bills were very scarce at 531 for 30 days' sight. Gibraltar exchanges on the sth were quoted— London, 49/ ; Paris, 5 31 ; Marseilles, 5 32 ; Genoa, 535. The Ocean had put into Gibraltar leaky, and would have to discharge cargo—railway iron—to repair. LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING COMPANY. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, EDINBURGH, Dec. 10. (Before Mr. Sheriff Ballard.) EXAMINATION OF JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS, LATE BANKER. The examination of the bankrupt was continued to day. For the trustee (Mr. Binnie) appeared Mr. George Young, advocate ; Mr. Webster, S. S.C. For the bankrupt, Mr. Clark, advocate ; Mr. Wilkie, S.S. C. In answer to questions by Mr. Young, the bankrupt deponed—l had no other bank account except that kept in the name of the London and Eastern Bank. This ac count was one debt which I owed at the date of my marriage. At that date I was indebted as follows :—Personal debts—(l) the foregoing account to the builder, 3,2361. ; (2) Mr. Rochat, the jeweller, 821. 9s. 6d. ; (3) Mr. Benson, jeweller, 171. 2s. ; (4) account to Messrs. Buckmaster, tailors, 101. 9s. ; (5) debt to Colonel M'Leod in India, 1,565/. ; (6) debt to Captain Stephens, 4501. ; (7) calls due to Eastern Stiam Navigation Company, 1,350/. At the date of my marriage I was not indebted to Lord Gough for money he had lent me. Us had lent me money (8,0001.) &fore I left India. I gave a bond for that sum. - I do not remember when 1 paid him back. Where did you pay him I—l paid him when he and I came home in 1850. I had many trans actions with Lord Gough. In my account of re ceipts and expenditure, I see, under date the 29th August, 1854, an entry, " Lord Gough, interest on loan of 8,0001., 1191. 4s. 7d." I beg to state I had money from Lord Gough to put into railway and other stock, for which I paid him interest, and that the amount of the principal so handed over to me by Lord Gough will not be found either debited or credited in my bank account. I had a deposit account for 3,500/. in my own name, quite inde pendent of the account with Mr. and Mrs. Fox. At this stage the bankrupt retired for about ten minutes along with his legal advisers. The bankrupt, on his return, continued—l with draw ti:e answer above given, that upon the 26th of September, 1850, I had 3,500/. at my credit in deposit account. At the same time that I trans ferred to my credit the 3,5001., I also transferred to my coedit the interest which had ac , .;rued thereon to that date, being 411. 14s. 2d. What was your reason for transferring this money from the credit of the parties to whom it belonged to the credit of yourself, to whom it did not b , long ? —I must decline to answer that question. On 6th November following I retransferred the said sum of 3,500/. from my own credit to the eredit of the parties from whose credit it had been taken. Did you retrausfer the interest ?—I did not. After a minute or two the bankrupt said—That is a mist ike. I wish to withdraw that last ripply, and to say that I decline to answer. In my cur rent account with the bank, under date 22d July, 1856, there is this entry on the credit side : " Purchased 120 shares L. and E. Bank, R. Grif fiths, 6,0001." That entry refers to the purchase of 120 shares from Mr. Griffiths, which were trans ferred from his name to mine. I purchased them from him for the bank, and took the transfers in my own name. I paid Mr. Griffiths by a cheque on my bank account for 6,000/., dated 22d July, 1856 ; and the sum is entered to my debit of that date in my current account. Did you draw the dividends on these shares ? Ye, I did, and placed them to the credit of my aecouut with the bank, where they now appear. The amourit'of the second dividend was re trans ferred from my account to the interest account of the bank on the 18th February, 1857. Cal you show any authority for the statement that these shares were put chased by you for the bank ?—No, I cannot. Do tlri bank maintain you bad no authority for t':at purchase on their bAntlf ?—Yes, they do; but it was understood by all the directors that these shares should be purchased from Mr. Griffiths in order to get his Feat in the direction for Colonel Yates. These shares were never transferrel to Colonel Yates, nor was it intended they should be. Colonel Yates becaiee a director in July, 1856, on the date of the purcha:e. He had a sufficient number of sharts to qualify him to be a director. Mr. Gr;ffiths bad a claim to a seat falling vacant in the direction, and would not give it up except on one condition, that his shares were purchased, and which it was considered expedient to do. When he sold the shares Mr. Griffiths agreed to give the divi dend, which was then past dn., to the purchaser. He allowed me to receive that dividend, and I did so. I can show no authority for placing that 6,000/. to the credit (f my account on 22d July, 1856. With regard to the state of my liabilities to the bank as re‘ards the trading concerns with which I was con cerned at the title of my marriage, I have to state that I was jointly liable with Mr. Black for the d_!yrdue to the bank by Lett's Wharf, and Minter Co., with Colonel Waugh for the debt due by the Brauksea Clay Company ; and with Mr. Lattey fer the debt due by La toy and Co., including Bar wise and Co. The Ceurt then adjourned till Monday, at 10 o'clock. DRAMATIC CZLEBRATIOII 0 WEDDING. — The marriage el Itoyai, Z :zincess Roy a l is to of 3..3 APPROACHIN• be celebrated at the Chap a honour ( f 25th of January, and we unders tand . t j h ar"B'ls on the the occasion the Queen has commanded" i • . thre© perform. ances to take place at her Majesty s Theatre. They-"'"" to consist of a tragedy, a comedy, and an opera. tragedy tragedy is to be performed on the 18th. 44 Macbeth" l a i r been selected, and the production of it confided to Mr. PutliP , . It is expected that the cast will comprise a I the dramatic strength which can be brought to bear on tLe Occasion, and we hear rumours that Miss Helen I • e aucit is likely t o re p resen t L a dy Macbeth. The opera Is to be Bale's "Rose of Castille," which is now bsing hasrepresentednot t at the Ly ceum . W e b e li e ve that the comedy Net been fin a lly c h osen , but conclude that it Trill be one of Shakepeare's or Sheridan's. As the metropolis wi 1 be full of foreigners , and special represen t a tives of v e a v r e i r c y , wi court a nwailglerhse here,t: we have no doubt th a t the whom these performances are entrusted will make every exertion to carry them out With eclat.—literary Gazatc. HE SUN, LONDON, MONDA EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 1851. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLJGENCE. His Royal Highness the Commando: v-ia-Chief having signified his intention of inspecting' the gar rison of Woolwich on Saturday morni ug, the Royal Artillery and Militia regiments were I, aarched out at an early hour, and were drawn up in rank a nd file throughout the parade adjoining the bar rack field, the battalions of Artillery in command of Lieutenant-Colonel Franklyn, Bth battalion, the 49th East Kent Militia in command of Colonel Brockman, and the 51st Oxford Militia in com mand of Colonel Bowles. The Duke entered the parade at 10 o'clock, accompanied by Major Clif ton, one of his aides-de-camp, when the usual re ception was given, and the Royal standard hoisted in the saluting battery. His Royal Highness was received by the Commandant of the gar rison, Major-General Sir W. F. Williams, M.P. ; General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G. C. 8., Adjutant-General to the Royal Artillery ; and a staff of 30 mounted officers of the Artillery and Engi neers, among whom were Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, Assistant-Adjutant-General ; Lieut.- Colonel Maude, C. 8., extra aide-de-camp to the Commander-in-Chief ; Brigade-Major Shaw, Brevet- Major Davis, Captain Ross, Royal Engineers, aide de-camp to the Adjutant-General, ci:c. His Royal Highness, accompanied by General Ross and Gen. Williams, and followed bythe above-named retinue, rode down the front of the lines to the extremity of the parade, where the inspection commenced by a minute and close examination of the two regi ments of Militia. Having completed the inspection of the battalions, his Royal Highness and suite thence galloped over the barrack field to the furthest point of the common, where the whole of the mounted corps, in chief command of Colonel Teesdale, were drawn up in review order. On the approach of the Commander-in-Chief a shout of welcome resounded through the ranks, and the na tional anthem having been performed by the mounted band, the entire corps was individually inspected, and marched past in slow and quick time. They consisted of the troop company, the Riding-house establishment, four troops of Royal Horse Artillery, two field batteries, and five battalions of the Military Train. The wholy party then proceeded to the encampment, visiting the meu's huts and sta bling, and went over the Royal Repository. They afterwards proceeded to the battery range, where his Royal Highness inspected the reserved horses, forage stores, fodder, Jrc. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as General Commanding-in-Chief, had a levee at the Horse Guards on Saturday, which was fully attended, On Saturday the second draught (460 men) of the East India Company's cavalry marched into Brent wood under the command of Captain Towers, East India Company's service, from Warley Barracks, and proceeded to Tilbury Fort, at which place the draught, with four officers, embarked for convey ance to Calcutta. Orders were received by Colonel Somerset, commandant of the East India Com pany's depot, to hold in readiness 500 men (Artil lery, Cavalry, and Infan‘ry), for immediate em barkation for India. Captain W. Nott, 83d Regiment, instructor of musketry to the 3d battalion at the Chatham gar rison, who has been recently undergoing medical treatment in Fort Pitt Hospital for an illness produced by over attention to his military duties, has been granted 6 months' leave of absence for the 'recovery of his health. Staff Assistant-Surgeon Mackinnon has been re lieved from duty at Chatham, for the purpose of embarking on board the Nimrod in medical charge of troops proceeding to Bengal. Staff Assistant Surgeon Wall has been directed to proceed to Dublin garrison for medical duty. The following officers have joined their depots at Chatham, previously to embarking with their corps for service in India :—Lieut. J. H. H. St. John, 20th Regiment ; and Lieut. Flood, Gist Regiment. Lieut. W. H. Urquhart, 75th Regiment, has been granted leave of absence from his depot until re quired for embarkation. The Cuckoo, 3, paddlewheel steamer, Lieutenant Commander A. G. E. Murray, is returning stores into Chatham Dockyard preparatory to being paid oil and placed in the fourth divisioa of the steam vessels in ordinary at Chatham,. The Wellesley-, 72, Captain G. Goldsmith, C. 8., guard-ship of ordinary at Chatham, has been paid wages down for six months. Major S. G. Bunbury, commanding the depot of the Medical Staff Corps at Chatham, has received orders to hold in readiness a detachment of 30 or derlies and assistant-stewards of that corps to em bark for Calcutta on the 20th inst., for the purpose of being employed as assistant dispensers in the mi litary hospitals of India. The steamship Argo, Capt. Benson, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, to embark the headquarters of the 68th Light Infantry, but after about five weeks of ordering and countermanding relative to this ship and the Australasian, the original orders (i. e.) those first issued) were yesterday again re-ordered to stand good—namely, that the Australasian shall take the head quarters of the 68th, and the Argo draughts of other troops as follows : 6th Dragoon Guards, 10 men ; 12th Lancers, 25 men ; Royal Artillery, 48 men ; Bth Foot, 1 officer and 14 men ; 10th, 1 officer and 6 men ; 13th, 71 men ; 19th, 33 men ; 20th, 11 men ; 23d, 8 men ; 24th, 1 officer and 6 men ; 32d, 19 men ; 34th, 1 officer and 39 men ; 37th, 1 officer and 28 men ; 43d, 6 men • 60th Rifles, 3d battalion, 1 officer and 17 men ; d6th, 1 officer and 23 men ; 82d, 8 men ; 90th, 5 men— total, 26 officers and 750 men. The Argo will haul alongside the dcckyard jetty at Portsmouth this morning, and take in baggage, &c., and embark the troops to-morrow as they arrive. The Austra lasian will go into dock at Southampton to-day, and proceed to Portsmouth to take in her allot ment of troops on or about the 18th inst. The depot of the 33d, comprising Major Wick ham, Lieuts. Benwell, Brown, and Coxon, Eisig-n Lynch, 3 sergeants, 4 drummers, 4 corporals, 51 privates, 9 women, and 27 children ; and the depot of the 89t'1, comprising Major Cuppage, Lieutenants liiwness and Helme ' Ensigns Harriso n a n d liar dingo, 5 sergeants, 5 drummers, 10 corporals, 57 privates, 10 women, and 49 children, embarked iu the Preussi. - icher Adler at Portsmouth, on Fri day morning, for Cork. The Heron, 16, steam-sloop, Commander Trus cott, hag left Spithead for the Coast of Africa. The Spitfire, 5, paddle-sloop, Lieut.-Commander Campbell, has also left Spithead for the Coast of Africa. At the quarterly examination of the officers studying the marine steam-engine a►t the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, which terminated on Friday, the following passed and received certifi cates of proficiency :—Lieuts. H. Rogers and the lion. J. Carnegie, R.N. ; Corns. the Right Hon. Lord E. H. Cecil and J. R. Veitch, and Lieut. W. Younghusband, R.M. On the previous day the fol lowing officers also passel :—Mate, for Lieutenant, Mr. J. N. Croke ; Second Masters, R.N., for Mastenl, MessrP. Colb_xne, Browne, and Roberts ; for Assistant-Clerks, R,N., Messrs. Hirt zell, Scriven, Wynne, Sueter, and Bradley. The 31st depot at Winchester is under orders to proceed on the 15th inst. to Pembrokeito join the battalion there. Admiral Sir G. Seymour returned from leave, and rah° sted his flag in the Blenheim on Saturday. The Pigmy steamves3el, Master-Coin. Johnston, arrived at Portsmouth from the We3tward. on Sa- ,urday. The following appointments have been made at ilia Admiralty : Lieut. W. F. Gregory, to the Blenheim ; A. W. L. Brown, mate, to the Lyra ; G. W. Bloxome, mate, to the Alert ; B. A. A. Lapel, midshipman, to the Cambrian ; and Secales, midshipman, to the Cambrian. The following second masters were ou S.►tu day promoted to be masters : R. Coen, J. J. P. HiteMeld, J. W. Reed, T. Oyler, E. H. Hills, H. L. K e lly, an d W H. Bradley. THE MILITIA. The Worcestershire Regiment of Militia rec e i ve d orders to march on Monday (this day) for Liver pool, on the way to Dublin. It is expected that their ultimate destination is Armagh, to replace an Irish regiment there. The Northimptcnshire Regiment of Militia, 48th, which left Northampton on Wednet d of er noon, arrived at Plymouthon Thursday, at twelve o'clock. A fatal accident occurred in the train on the South Devon line, by which Captain Watkins, No. 8 Company, unfortunately !lost his life. He was reaching out of the carriage window fur the purpose of communicating with eons officers in the adjoining compartment, when his head came in con tact with the side masonry of a bridge about a mile below Newton, and he was killed instantane ously. In the compartment with him wet e Cap tains Smith, Rundle, and Stockda'e, and Dr. Barr, who drew the body into the carriage, or it would have fallen on the road. Deceased lx longed fo-- rawly to the 33d Regiment of the line. He has left a wife and three children, who were to have cllowecl h m from Bristol on Friday. THE EXETER HALL SERVlCES.—Yesterday evening the fourth of the Nonconformist services, designed for tie benefit of the working classes, was held at Exeter Hal', the large building being completely filled. The services were conducted by the Rev. John Stoughton, AL A., minister of the C ongregational chapel at Ken sington. The sermon next Sunday evening will be p ,ed by the Rev. William Landells, of Regent's -rea-,h k chapel, and the Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel w It par oftciate at the last service, which will be held on Sun . day, December 27. TUE HEALTH OE EUROPEAN SOLDIERS IN INDIA.* The following suggestion•, which have been ap proved by his Excellency Sir Colin Campbell, the COMM ader-in-Chief, are made for the use of officers who have had no Indian experience : On a campaign the mortality caused by sickness is sometimes more than double, or even treble, that caused by the weapons of the enemy. Disease may so paralyse an army that the best efforts of a General are thwarted and rendered abortive. An originally large force dwindles away to a mere shadow without constant reinforcements. This happens in all countries, but perhaps to a greater extent in India than elsewhere. When men are disease-stricken they come under the hands of the surgeon, and it is then his duty to treat them, and to apply what remedies are required ; but before they are thus struck down everything depends upon the commanding-officer. " Prevention is much better than cure," is an old and most true axiom, and one which every man in India ought always to bear in mind. In nine cases out of ten sickness may be traced to imprudence— imprudence arising from recklessness, from want of thought, or from ignorance. Knowledge on the part of those in authority may do much to hinder the imprudence of those under their power ; and it is the object of these memoranda to point out common things, easy to remember and easy to en force, which will have a marked influence in pre venting the stealthy approaches of the worst of foes. Trifles constitute the sum of human life ; thousands of human lives have been lost by the neglect of trifles. Let officers carry out the trifling directions in the following few pages, and they will quickly see their good effect. The instructions are very brief, and are purposely put into terse and stringent language, to make them more impressive. They treat only of those few points with which every officer, if he does his duty, must become acquainted. MARCHING. When practicaMe, the beet time for marching is undoubtedly in the early morning. The march should be finished by two hours after sunrise. The pernicious custom of serving out a dram on the line of march sows the seeds of disease, and should be avoided ; but, as it is injurious to undergo fatigue after a night's rest upon an empty stomach, food of some kind should be given to soldiers either before starting or at the first halt—tea, coffee, chocolate, or milk, with bread, biscuits, or chapatis. In warm weather every precaution should be adopted to enable the European to stand fatigue, and to prevent heating of the blood. The neck should be bare, to allow of the free return of blood from the head. A flannel roller round the belly and loins is all the woollen material required. All other superfluous articles of clothing should be dispensed with. _ _ _ In cold weather a flannel shirt, cloth coat, dzc., should be worn, in accordance with the temperature. Every soldier should be strongly impressed with the danger of exposing the head, uncovered, to the direct rays of the sun. A light, cool, and comfort able cap, which at the same time allows of evapora tion from tho surface of the head and shades the eyes, temples, and back of the neck, should be provided. The men should be instructed never to throw this off, under any circumstances ; and they should be told. on the first symptoms of giddiness, flushing of the face, fulness of blood in the head, or dimness of vision, to pour cold water over the head, and to keep it wet (with the cap on) for some hours. Strict adherence to these instructions would prevent th• large majority of cases of coup de soleil. No soldier should be allowed to remain in wet clothes longer than can be avoided. While in exercise no danger results ; but, from lying down in damp clothes, fever, dysentery, or disease of the liver inevitably ensue. When in tents, the kanatst on the shady side should be thrown down, and the air be allowed to circulate freely. At night, unless the weather is - very cold, the kanats on two sides of every tent should be removed. Protection from dew and rain is all that is required. More harm is caused by the respiration of contaminated, close, and impure air than is ever brought about by exposure to the night wind. Dry straw, grass, karbi, or any of the stalks used in thatching, make excellent bedding, when covered with blankets. BATHING. The urgent necessity of keeping the pores of the skin open in a hot climate is only recognised by officers in reference to themselves; its paramount importance is not impressed upon the men. Sol diers should be made to bathe at least three times a week in cold water. This operation shouldalways be performed upon an empty stomach, and th• morning before breakfast is the best time. It is not safe to bathe when the body is much heated, if at the same time it is fatigued. Hence, on the march, the evening, about four hours after dinner, would be an appropriate time. The skin should be thoroughly dried and rubbed. Water can generally be procured from some stream or tank ; if these are not convenient, the wells will always furnish abundance. If every soldier were provided with a metal ves sel, with a long slender cord attached to it, for getting water up from wells, he would be inde pendent of the services of a bhisti:. At present no European can get water, either for drinking or washing, without the aid of a bhisti. indigestible. The oranges, strawberries, custard apples, loquat, musk-melons, pineapple•, grapes, and.lichis can be partaken of with advantage. STIMULANTS. The spirit procured by soldiers in the bazaars is most injurious to the health, and the most stringent measures should be enforced to prevent its intro duction. It is made and got up by the camp fol lowers from every village, and is sold su b rosa t o the men. If men will drink it would be much better to supply them with spirits from the canteen than to allow them to get it elsewhere. Soldiers should be persuaded in every way to take money allowance instead of the dram, or to drink beer instead of rum. It would be very desirable to mix the spirit with water where practicable. The same amount of spirit undiluted is much more injurious than when mixed with water. Great attention should be paid to the time of serving out drams. They should never be given on an empty stomach, when the system is heated, or when exposed to the sun. To give men raw spirits early in the morning, before any food is taken, is the surest way to lay the foundation of disease. After a meal, with some hours of rest in the shade in prospect, is the best period. The foregoing recommendations, simply and easily carried out, are the results of considerable experience and observation. They are dictated by common sense, and at first sight would ap pear to be what would occur to every officer ; the fact that they do not do so is the cause of their being brought prominently to their notice. Of seers on coming to India for the first time find themselves surrounded by entirely new influences. The diseases of the country are formidable and ra pid in their progress, and prevents the due exer cise of the reasoning powers. The climate is found to be exhausting and debilitating ; exposure to the sun is understood to be dangerous ; and there are many other circumstances which combine to depress the mind and body, and to pre-dispose to the belief that some extraordinary course must be pursued to ward off any evil circumstances. Recourse is had in too many cases to stimulants ; brandy is taken in large quantities to prevent the approach of sickness ; exercise and the ordinary methods adopted in other countries to keep the frame sound and vigorous are neglected. Many become the victims of their own imprudence and rashness, and their premature death is erroneously ascribed to the effect of the Indian climate. With ordinary precaution and attention to the common laws of hygiene Europeans may li . va as long and preserve their health as well in India as in Britain, The neglect of these precautions rapidly produces fatal results. The mortality from disease far ex ceeds that caused by the enemy, and it behoves every officer to study carefully the means of pre venting sickness. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS-(SATURDAY.) The house assembled at 3 o'clock to hear the Royal assent given by commission to the Bank Issues In• demnity Bill. The Royal Commissioners on the occasion were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and the Marquis of Breadalbane. The Commons having been summoned to the bar, the Royal assent was given to the bill in question with the usual formalities. The Commons having retired, Earl GRANVILLE moved that the house do adjourn until Thursday, Feb. 4. REPORTED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LORD CANNING AND SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. Lord PANMURE rose and said, —My lords, before the _house adjourns I wish to perform what I consider to be a public duty on my part, but which would have been performed by the illeetrious duke at the head of the army had he not unfortunately mistaken the hour at which this house was to meet, supposing it to be five instead of three o'clock, and he had therefore appointed a levee, which he cannot interrupt, and which detain him at this time. It bad been his Royal Highness's intention, in order to set right with the public a di.tin guished and gallant officer in the army, to make to your lordships the statement which I am now about to make, and which he has authorised me in his absence to make. The gallant officer I refer to is Sir Colin Campbell. I am about to make this statement, not only in justice to that distinguished officer, but as a member of the Government ; and as a colleague of my noble friend Lord Canning, also in justice to the Governor-General of India. Your lordships are well aware that, for reasons which I shall not attempt to divine, certain parties have endeavoured most indus triously to persuade the public that disagreements ex isted between Lord Canning and Sir Cohn Campbell. It has been almost in vain that a distinct denial to these statements has been given on the part of the Govern ment. Such denials have been made, and, I am happy to say, have been generally believed, but I shall now read to your lordships an extract from a letter from Sir Colin Campbell himself. which will put the matter be yond a doubt, and convince the public mind of England of the malignant intentions of those who have invented this story. It is an txtract from a letter dated Oct. 26, 1857, written to his Royal Highness the lommander-in• Chief upon the occasion of the gallant writer quitting Calcutta to take the field at the head of his troops, with, I hope a certain prospect of leading them to victory. The extract from this letter to which I refer is this : " Now that I am on the point of leaving Calcutta, I would beg, with the greatest respect to the Governor-General, to record the deep sense of the obligation I entertain towards his lordship. Our intercourse has been most cordial, intimate, and unreserved. I cannot be sufficientlythaukful for his lord ship's confidence andsupportand the kindly manner in which they have been afforded, to my great personal satisfaction. One at a distance, and unacquainted with the ordinary mode of transacting business inthis country, could hardly estimate the gain to the public service which has thus been made. But I allude principally to my own feelings of gratification." Thus, my lords, Sir Colin Campbell tears testimony that Lord Canning, setting aside the ordinary mode of transacting military business in thatcountry, has afforded him a support which has tended greatly to the advan tage of the public service. (Hear, hear.) My lords I thought it was my duty to make this statement to you and to the public before Parliament was adjourned, in order that we might set at rest for ever the calumay which has been circulated, that between the Governor- General and the Commander-in-Chief in India any dis agreements bad existed. (Hear, bear.) The motion for the adjournment until Thursday, the 4th of February, 1853, was then agreed to, and their lordships separated. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(SATURDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to three o'clock. NEW WRIT. On the motion of Mr. IIAYTER, a new writ was ordered for the election of a knight of the shire for the county of Buckingham, in the room of the Hon. Mr. Ca vendish, who had accepted the office of bailiff of the stewardship of Nortbfleet in the county of York. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE, Lord PALMERSTON moved the adjournment of the house till the 4th February nsst. EVIDENCE OF MR TWELLS BEFORE THE our trade surely should not suffer because America wants gold." Again, be asked— Do you think that that currency would run the risk of ever being depreciated in value—that is to say, that incon vertible 5/. notes would not exchange for five sovereigns I—l do not know as compared with sovereigns ; that, I think, is of no consequence in the world. We want it for our internal commerce, and we want it to pay Government for taxes." But the next questton asked, and not given by the right hoe. gentleman, was— " How would you determine the value of a 5/. note do not want any value beyond its passing for 51. for taxes ; what ever the Government demands from use as a tax of 50 What his friend Mr. Twells meant was that he wanted nothing more than that the Government should take the 51. note in payment of taxes. He was afterwards asked his opinion as to the cause of the depreciation of the French assignats at the time of the Revolution, and his reply was— " What I stated a little while ago, that a Government may issue in excess, is very possible ; and supposing it is a corrupt Government they have the power of doing it ; but such an institution as our Bank of England cannot do it, because they only issue against property, against something of equal value with their own notes, and we consider that tho further value of their own notes is secured by the sanction of a well-estab lished Government ; that the guarantee of our Government, taking it as it is in England, is quite equal to 20,000,000/. of gold deposited in a vault. I should be very sorry to think otherwise of it." There was enough in that answer to explain the difficulty of his right hon. friend about the matter, and which ex cited so much mirth and merriment in the house. It showed that Mr. Twells meant all his answers to apply not to notes issued by the Bank of England, but to notes guaranteed by the Government. He hoped this state ment, which he had deemed it his duty to make, would receive as wide a publicity as that which had been made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Twells was next asked— " Under what does the country suffer, and why under a drain of bullion ?—Because it cannot aire supplied to it a sufficient circulation. The House of Commons was congratu lated in the year 1811 upon the adoption of a measure for supplying the country with a circulating medium of un doubted credit proportioned to its wants ;' now I take it that to secure that is the object of a sound currency, " From what is that an extract I—That was stated on Mr. Hornet's motion for the Bullion Committee. A circulating medium of undoubted credit, proportioned to the wants of the country, I conceive, must embrace everything that can be required of a currency. "Whose opinion is that ?—That is what was stated by Lord Castlereagh, and he observed upon it that this circulat ing medium of undoubted credit had for the first time solved the problem of reconciling national prosperity with a state of war; that the country had risen in manufactures, internal improvement, revenue, and commerce with a velocity which had never been experienced in a year of profound peace." The Deputy Usher of the Black Rod here entered the house, and with the usual f orma liti es summone d the Speaker to the House of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to a bill. The SPEAKER on his return, announced that the Royal assent had been give') by commission to the Bank Issues Indernity Bill. Mr. SPOONER, resuming his statement, procoededto real the following extracts from Mr. Twella' evidence:— " The gap which is created in the circulating medium by sending out bullion to purchase corn would be filled up for the time by the inconvertible note till the exchange is turned, and then gold would naturally flow in ? Yes, it would naturally flow in just as any other commodity. " But the bank-note, if issued ent•roly by the Bank upon the Bank's own responsibility,gyou would still keep liable to be paid in gold ; you do not want to make any change in that? —Not at all. " There would be no necessity for Hl—None whatever. " There aro notes to the extent of 14,500,0001. now issued upon so 2UritieS ?—Yes. " Do not they, upon the face of them, bear a promise to pay on demand?—Yes. " Supposing the demand was to extend to them, and to pay upon that 14,500,0001., would they be able to be paid!—No, they would not be able to be paid; but the country is now put in such a position that they cannot demand it. " Then paper is issued which is not capable of being paid on dethaud, but it is done in the confidence that the country would be in such a state before that demand could bo made that it would be utterly impossible for the country to de mand it?—Yes, quite so. "Then it bears upon the fats of it a fallacy, just as much as an inconvertible note ?—Yes, just the same. Therefore I think it would be only tho fair and judicious and hoenst cours3 to take that these notes should bear an impress upon them of what they were intended to be. " You therefore recommend that those notes, instead of being issued upon securities, and pretending that they are issued on gold, should bear upon the face of them that they are issued upon securities, and you would recommend that those notes, so issued upon securities, should be made a legal tender ?—Quite so, "And whether the amount should be 14,000,000/. or 20,000,000/. is a question upon which you do not give a posi tive opinion ?—Not at all. "But your experience has shown you that when there was a steady issue of about 20,000,000/. the trade was carried on steadily and prosperously in the country ?—Yes ; that is why I say 20,000,000/. ; but it is quite possible that 14,000,0001. would effect a great deal ; that is a matter which experience only can decide." Mr. Twells was a man of great experience and sound knowledge, and was mixed up with no particular party. He came before the committee to tell them the result of his observations, and it was not treating fairly a gentleman now nearly 80 years of age to attack him by ridicule and joke, and to take up garbled statements of the questions put to him and the answers he had given. door or panel in the ship that was not cracked or de stroyed. There were no bulwarks whatever on the upper deck, and of the light iron roiling used as a sub stitute for bulwarks two-thirds had been washed away. Four out of the six boats ou her deck had also been washed away—(hear)--and the vessel had been as nearly wrecked as could be with all her troops and crew. In deed, one of the men of the 04th Regiment was washed overboard. The gallant colonel had not stated the number of crew and engineers on board the ship, and he (Sir W. Fraser) would endeavour to supply the de ficiency. The number of the crew of this vessel of 2,300 tons, which had on board one of the finest regiments in her Majesty's service, was 18 ; the number of engineers, stokers, and other persons employed in working the en gines was 22 ; acd out of the whole of those 40 men only three could speak the English language. He was bound to say that the captain seemed to be a most intelligent man and to have acted with the greatest intrepidity during those trying emergencies, He (Sir W. Fraser) was told that for 48 hours he never left the deck—(hear) — and that it was mainly owing to his conspicuous energy and prowess that the vessel was able to reach Ply mouth. There was a story circulating in Plymouth when he (Sir W. Fraser) was there, though he would not vouch for the accuracy of it, that during the storm in the B_ty of Biscay the greater part of the men em ployed in the engine -room declared that it was no use working any longer, because they saw no chance of saving the vessel, upon which the first engineer, pro curing his pistols, said, " The first man that goes up that ladder," meaning the ladder leading from the engine-room to the deck, "I will blow his brains out." It was owing, it was said, to that circumstance and to the energy of the captain that the vessel was brought back to Plymouth. He (lid not know much of ship building, but he did not think a regiment could have been conveyed to India in such a vessel. (Rear, hear.) Mr. AYRTON said a great deal of dissatisfaction was expressed last session at the manner in which the East India Company hired, transports, and he was then induced to move for a return on the subject, but that return had not yet been laid on the table, which was much to be regretted, as it was only in that way that the house could form a just opinion on the subject. The motion of Colonel SYKES was then agreed to. TRANSMISSION OF TROOPS TO INDIA. Mr. AYRTON complained that returns, moved for by him last session, relative to the transmission of troops to India had not been published. FOOD. Experience proves that the same amount of ani mal food is not required in a hot climate to preserve health and strength as in a cold one. A large amount of animal food, instead cif giving strength, heats the blood, renders the system feverish, and consequently weakens the whole body. The Rajputs or Rajputana, and the Sikhs of the Punjab, are physically as strong as Europeans, and they are capable of enduring more fatigue, and withstanding better the vicissitudes of the climate of India. This is due, partly to the race, but chiefly to the nature of their food, of which the staple is wheaten flour, made into chapatis. They eat but twice a day ; and, although theypartake of animal food, they do so in very muoh less propor tion than is the habit in Europe. The best food for a soldier is that which the country freely produces, and which is nutritious and digestible, and at the same time palatable. The large quantity of pork indulged in by sol diers is most injurious. Pigs are foul feeders ; and any one, marching one day in the rear of an Euro pean regiment, may see the pigs, destined to feed the men, acting the part of scavengers, and clear ing off every imaginable kind of filth. The owners and drivers of pigs are the lowest class of natives, who purposely drive their animals over ground where they may find wherewith to fill themselves. It can be readily understood that our meat thus fed must be unwholesome ; and that by indulging in it the blood becomes gradually poisoned, and rendered prone to receive any disease. Hermetically se lied, preserved or salted provi sions are noxious, if partaken of for a prolonged period, or to the exclusion of fresh food. Bread when tolerably well made is, of course, one of the best articles of diet. Biscuits are not so di gestible, but they have the advantage of being easily carried, and of being always ready. In the absence of these, flour (ata) can always be pro cured, and chapatis (a thin unleavened cake) are easily made, are highly nutritious, and are perfectly dig stible when eaten fresh and hot. When cold and tough they are unwholesome. Chapatis can be bakel in any quantity on iron plates made for the purpose, ar.d every European should learn (which he can easily do from any native) how to knead and prepare them. Flour can be got from every village, and with it no European detachment need ever be without "the staff of life." Rice and dal can also be had anywhere. These, boiled separa•ely, and afterwards mixed together, make, with the addition of salt and pepper, a whole some and nutritious food, well suited fur breakfast. Beef is the meat usually furnished to regiments. The lean commissariat kine do not promise much, but it is difficult to procure other meat in sufficient quantity. Slow boiling for two hours will make any m-at tender, and the water in which it is boiled makes excellent soup. The addition of what ever vegetables are to be had, of a few slices of salted pork or bacon, two or three handfuls of flour, some onions, and salt, and pepper, makes a savoury mess. Rice, boiled is a separate vessel, and after wards mixed up with the soup, meat, Ltc., adds to the quantity and quality of the meal, which is wholesome, nutritious, and palatable. Mutton and fowls• may occa ionally be had as a change ; and in the ne'ghbourhcod of large rivers fish makes an useful variety, and can usually be had in abundance. Milk is an invaluable article cf diet, and should be largely supplied to soldiers. Vegetal:Owl are essential to the preservation of health. Opportunities for procuring them in quan tity present themselves much oftener on the march than h generally supposed. In cold weather inquiry will prove that in the ne'glibourhood of nearly every halting place there are fields of cat rots, turn'ps, onions, and of many native vegetables, such as bygun, sag, &c. A little m:.nagement on the part of the commis sariat agent could obtain these. Suldieis should be strictly warned never to eat uncooked or raw vegetables. Fruit when sound and ripe is beneficial instead of hurtful. Unripe or over-ripe fruit will produce disease. The water-melon and guava are, however, . 41 By James Harrison, M.D., Surgeon, Hon. Company's setvice. 1- Kanats, 'walls of a tent. 4: Water-carrier. BANK COMMITTEE. Mr. SPOONER claimed the indulgen ce of the house while he endeavoured to do justice to a most respectable gentleman, an o'Al and esteemed friend of his own, who was rather unfairly dealt with last night by the Chancellor of the Exchequer ; he alluded to Mr. Twells. The right honourable gentleman read part of Mr. Twells' evidence before the Committee on 131nking, but the way in which he quoted' that evidence was calculated - to give a wrong im pression of the views hell by him. The Chancellor of the Exchequer read a long series of leading ques tions—he should rather call them misleading questions —which bad been put to Mr. Twells by himself, and their answer, but he omitted to read over questions and answer', in connection with them, which changed the whole cbaracter of the evidence. He did not read the ques ions consecutively, but omitted many interesting ()nee, and thus prevented the house from fully under staocling the effect of the whole. The right hon. gentle man began by saying that he had been led into the error of eupposing that he (Mr. Spooner) was the advocate of an unlimited issue of invertible paper, but that he had been male sensible of his error by a statement which he bad made t) the house that he held no such views. He said he had been led into the error by the evidence of Mr. Twells, whose sentiments he supposed him (Mr. Spooner) to hold. Now, he begged to say that be con curred in all that Mr. T we ll s sa i d b efore the comm itt e e, but not in the constructi on put upon i t b y th e Chan callor of the Exchequer. The right hon. gentleman a , ked this question— " You recommend the issue of 20,000,000/. of bank notes not payable in gold on demand, but receivablo by the Govern ment in payment of taxes.—Yes." But the next question and answer were omitted, viz. " Do you understand that those notes would be issued by the Bulk of England or by the Government ?—I think it is perfectly immaterial. I should say by the Bank of England, on account of the completeness of its machinery. In order to avoid as ranch as possible violating the feelings of the people with regard to that to which we have been so long accus to tied, it would be merely altering the words, and inserting, instead of promise'l so me thing of the same kind as is inserted iu an Exchequer Bill, payable for receipt of taxes.' It would of course be sanctioned by Government, but whether the notes were issued by the Government or by the Bank of England I think would be very immaterial." The views of Mr. Twells were that we should have two torts of currency—one for our own island and domestic purposes, and the other to carry on our foreign trade. Toe Chancellor of the Exchequer also put the following question:— "Of curse, it would be necessary to omit the words, promise to pay,' because these notes would not, in fact, be promises to pay on demand I-- Quite so." But he omitted to put the next question, which was one of great importance— " What do you conceive to be the advantage of an incon vertible note of that kind over a convertible note payable to bearer on demand ? —lt would prevent a drain of bullion when it is required for foreign trade, and it would give us what is so very essential, influenced by aty foreign tara(uls°amerietniesnot or America wants a quantity of gold it ought not to inter fere with our domestic currency. Our merchants _and all currency which If Francei CHURCH RATES. Mr. DUNCOMBE inquired if the Government in tended to introduce any measure this session on the sub ject of church rates. Lord PAL MERSTON hoped the Government would be able to introduce such a measure, but it must depend upon the state and progress of public business. CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT. In anqwer to a question on this subject, Lord PALMERSTON said it was the intention of Government to introduce a measure this session on the subject of corrupt practices at elections. MANUFACTURING DISTRICTS. Mr. NE WDEGATE called the attention of the house to the present distressed state of the operative popula tion in the manufacturing districts, and expressed a wish that Government, before separating, had adopted mea sures for its mitigation. Sir G. GREY said that Government sympathised with the numerous operative population at present out of employment, owing to recent failures, but it was impossible for the government to adopt special measures for local circumstances. He had every reasou to believe that their gposition would shortly be beVer than at present. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. LONDON CORPORATION REFORM. Sir G. GREY gave notice that on the 4th Feb, he should introduce a measure for the reform of the Cor poration of the City of London. Mr. T. DUNC6MBE gave . notice that on the 9th March be should bring forward his motion relative to Baton Rothschild taking his seat for the City of London. CHURCH RATES. Sir J. TRELAWNEY referred to the subject of church rates, and reminded the Government that the people would not be satisfied with their continually putting off this question. He called upon the noble lord to state decidedly what he intended to do with re ference to this subject. NAVAL STATIONS. Lord A. CHURCHILL asked whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government to form separate naval stations at the Australian and New Zealand Colonies. Sir C. WOOD said that at present, to a certain ex tent, the stations wcra separated. No change was at present contemplated. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Mr. WYLD asked the First Lord of the Treasury if, upon the reassembling of Parliament, it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to propose any alterapion in the present Government of India. .Sir G. GREY . said that the Government had already intimated their intention to introduce the subject on an early day. He could give no further answer. RETURNS. Several unopposed returns were granted. , THE STEAMSHIP AUSTRIA. Csl. SYKES, in moving for a copy of the reports of the E set India Company's surveyors on the screw steam shi' upon which she was engaged for the con veyance of troops to India, complained of the misrepre sentations which had been made respecting that vessel. He said she was a new vessel of 2,335 tons, and built and fitted out at Greenock. Her engines weremade by Messrs. Caird and Co., of that place, men of high repute in their profession. The vessel had a British register, and her o wner was a naturalised British subject. Bef ire being taken up as a transport to India she was surveyed by the East India Company's engineer, as were her engines by the assistant to the chief engineer at Woolwich Dock yard, and the reports which those gentlemen made of her were entirely satisfactory. The troops embarked at Cork, and thence the vessel sailed on the sth October. When in the Bay of Biscay she encountered one of those storms so common there. She was struck by a sea which swept her decks, broke down and carried away her bulwarks fore and aft, and compelled her to put back to Plymouth for repairs. Oa examination there her engines were found to lee unharmed, and after the ship had undergone the necessary repairs she again proceeded on her voyage. She experienced another storm, however, and unfortunately in the midst of it a part of her engines gave way. Tae result was that the piston of the engine went through the bottom of the cylinder, and the vessel thus becoming perfectly help less was towed back to Plymouth a second time. It had been sated that the authorities at the India-house ordered that a spare dock should be added to the vessel for the increased accommodation of the troops. The very reverts) of that was the case. That proposition emanated from the owners of the ship, but the Com pany's surveyor; refused their permission, and happily so, for the sea that fi rs t s t ruc k th e v esse l in the Bay of Biecay would probably have swept into the sea the whole 20n or 300 soldiers who would have occupied that tem porary spare deck, (Hear.) He thought when the house was in possession of the ret alas for which he was about to move, it would see that not a shadow of blame was attributable to the India -house in the matter. This was scarcely the occasion, or he should certainly have offered some severe comment upon the loose manner in which eubjects were otters investigated before they were publicly discussed. The: hon. member concluded ley moving fi,r th e reports :are edy alluded to. S;r kVILLIA NI FRASER said, having had an op. pertunity of going on 'Heard the vessel in question on her first return to Plym•euth, after she had been newly wrecked in the Bay of Decay, he wished to state briefly to the hcusie what he, observed on that occasion, H e did not profess to 'ewe .any great knowledge of ship. building, but no one could have seen the state of the vessel without being c(pnvinced that she was not at all a ship in whioh to trust one of her Majesty's regiments on a l ong v o r . ga t o I n di a , (Hear.) There was hardly a LIGHTHOUSE AT GODREVZ. Mr. A. SMITH moved for returns of copies of com munication between the Board of Trado and the Trinity House relative to the erection of a lighthouse at God revz, in St. Ives' Bay. Mr. LOWE objected to it because the return asked for did not comprehend all the papers. He would con sent to the return of the whole of the communications that had taken place. The return in an amended form was agreed to. The how° then adjourned. PAIRS ON ME. FOIL AGAINST. Sir IV. Somerville Lord I lective Sir J. Potter Mr. Wigram Mr. Deasy Mr. Whiteside Mr. Dunno Mr. Alexander Sir C. Cooto Capt. Archdale Sir Do L. Evans Mr. E. Yorke Lord A. Chu chill Sir F. Thesiger Mr. J. A. Warre Mr. T. Bernard Mr. Holland Sir F. Kelly Mr. Waldron Mr. Yansittart Mr. Mills General I'eel Mr. Dodson Mr. Cubitt Mr. B. Willcox Mr. Rolt Mr. Marsh Mr. W Copeland Mr. Bagshaw M r Bennet Mr. Sheridan Hon. H. G. Liddell Hon C. tzwil- Earn Mr. Cooper LI'S AMENDMENT. FOIL AGAINST lion. H. Denison Sir B. ilooth 11r. M. Milnes Col. North qr. Ennis Mr. Dod -lerjt. O'Brien Mr. Dobbs Sir. Heard W. Bernard Sir R. Peel Mr. Wynne dr. Salusbnry 31r. Stanhope NI r. Traill Mr. Franklyn Nfr. H Berkeley Col. Forester Si.. Harcourt Mr. Langton gr. G. Cavendish Lord Tempest I lon. S. Vivian Lord Lennox Sir G. Grey Hon. J Percy Air. Usndley I ord I: ill Lord Gro,venor Sir C. Burrell Mostyn Mr. Long dr. Corbal'y Mr. Conolly UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEO. 10 In a Congregation holden this morning at 10 o'clock, the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Charles Daniel C.Lve, Exeter College Charles Lee Wingfiyll (Fellow), Au Souls College David Mapleton, St. John's College John Turner Hopwood, Trinity College Herbert Eliot Ormerod, St. Mary Hall Rev. Henry Swan Dudding, Magdalen Hall BACHRLORS OF ARTS. Horatio Waddington (Scholar), University College George Finch, University College Sholto Middleton (Scholar), Balliol College Charles Bertie P. Bosanquet, Balliol College Walter Morrison, Balliol College Henry Beaufoy Wilder, Ballot College William Lambert Newman, Balliol College William Henry Lambert (Postmaster), Merton College John Hocking Hocking, Exeter College William Pinckney, Exeter College Edward Henry B. Heaton Ellis, Exeter College William Henry Awdry, Exeter College James Foster Bradley, Exeter College Robert Ingram Salmon (Scholar), Exeter College William Richard Morfill, Oriel College Alfred Fowler, Queen's College Marshall Wild, Queen's College Rev, James Tillard Bonner ' New College Francis Edward Thompson (Scholar), Lincoln College Charles John Elliot Walkey, Lincoln College Bartholomew Stephen Yolland, Lincoln College Luke Owen Pike (Scholar), Brasenose College John Bazaley, Brasenose College Henry John Hoskin, Brasenose College John Clough, Brasenome College Clement Reginald Tollemache, Brasenose College William Horton Davey, Brasenose College Joseph Wood, Brasenose College Thomas Henry Clark, Brasenose College Daulby ‘Varburton (Scholar), Brasenose College Henry Rudd, Corpus Christi College William Buys Johnston, Christ Church Richard Benyon Berens, Christ Church George Clinton Whisk, Christ Church Arthur Cyril Vesey, Christ Church Henry Rattle, Christ Church Francis Parkham, Christ Church John Toke Faussett (Student), Christ Church Reginald Southey, Christ Church William Morton, Trinity College Joseph Lyon, Trinity College Chas. Fredk. Cumber West (Scholar), St. John's Coll. William Graham Keeling, St. John's College Arthur Etough Graham, St. John's College Genies Laurens, Jesus College William Joseph Edwards (Scholar), Jesus College David Lewis, Jesus College Walter Riley, Wadham College Charles Hilliard Miller, Wadham College John Gully, Wadham College Arthur Philip Murree, Wadharn College Hudson Sylvester Davies, Pembroke College Theodore W. James, Pembroke College James Edward Lapworth, Pembroke College Edward Moore, Pembroke College Williem More Molyneux, Pembroke College Walter William Hopwood, Pembroke College Ed win Hatch, Pembroke College William Ed2.ar Matthews, Pembroke College Samuel Goldney, Pembroke College Henry Morse Fryer, Pembroke College Janice William 11. Stobait, Worcester College Frederick Standen Harrison, Worcester College Juba Cockburn Thomson, St. Mary Hall John Henry W. Fenton, St. Mary Hall Field Flowers Goo, Magdalen Hall Thomas John Trevonen, Magdalen Hall Joseph Bosworth, D.D., Trinity C Cambridge, was incorporated, and admitted at Christ Church. The next degree day, being the last in the present 'Perm, is Thursday, the 17th inst. In the Convocation held this day, at 2 o'clock, Pro fessor Daubeny was elected a member of the Museum Delegacy, vice Dr. Acland, disqualified by appointment to the Regius Professorship of Medicine. In a Convocation held at 3 o'clock the decree affecting Mr. Granville Leveson-Gower was submitted and ap proved. In a Congregation held immediately afterwards the statute determining a doubt a s to the beginning and end of Term was read and promulgated. No speaking took place on the promulgation. The Craven statute was then submitted and carried by 50 votes to 25 ; after which the statute on the subject of Academia costume was put to the vote. .This statute was also carried by 59 votes to 33, The Congregation was then dissolved. CAMBRIDGE, DEO. 10. At a congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. Joh❑ Tope Chenoweth, Pembroke. Philip Newman Lawrence, Queen's. Charles Spread, Towushend, Jestv. Arthur Burton, Grand Compounder, Emmanuel. BACHELOR OF LAWS. George Ruggles Fisher, Trinity Hall. LICENTIATE IN MEDICINE. Robert Cameron Galton, Trinity. BACHELORS OF MEDICINE. Arthur Aylett Harrison, Trinity. Elward Cooper Willis, Caius. AD EUNDEM GRADUM. Rev. John Murray Holland, Fellow of New College, Oxford. Forty-nine Graces connected with the new statutes were read, all of which passe,/ nein. can., with the ex ception of two, one of which was rijected, and the other carried. The proposition to convert the Smith's Prize, given annually to the two best proficients in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, from an examination to an annual essay, was opposed by the non-regents, and rejected by a majority of 13—placets, 17 ; non-placets, 30. The proposition to give the Norrisian Divinity prize once in five years, instead of annually, was opposed by the non-regents, and carried by a majority of one— placeo, 7 ; non-placate, G. The Norrisian Professor of Divinity has given notice that he purposes to begin his lessons in the bent term, 1858, on Thursday, January 23, at 12 o'clock at noon, and to clntinue them every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday until the end of term. Gentlemen who desire to attend are requested to enter their names at Messrs. Deighton,ll, and C,5.5. The Professor of Political Economy hax given notice that his course of lectures on the history and p r i n ciples of that scien ce Kill c )minence on Tuesday, the _ l6, February, aad b e con ti nue d on M on d ays , Tuesdays, Thursdays, F r id a y s, an d S atur d ays d ur ing the ro Le term, at 12 o'clo c k, i n th e G eograp hi ca l Lecture - room, under the University Library. TAE UNEMPLOYED IN BIRIIINGIIAAIT—We hear the evil effects of the injury to trade is beginning to be felt severely by some of the artisans of Birmingham. Meet ings of the unemployed aro talked of, and the members of one trade are appealing to publio charity.—Birminy. ham .1)«i1y Press. Country Market s% DALREITH GRAINMARKET—DM 10. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 330 Wheat 506 0(1 1491 Oats 268 Oil 2ls 6d ..... .... 176 01 1335 Barley 36s Gd 263 01 32 Peas & beans 38s 01 3ss 6(1 HADDINGTON GRAI: WHEAT. First s7s Od &cow' Third 3os 6d MARKET—DEC. 11. BARLEY NAM, I BRAMg. 35a 0,1 26s Od 42s Od 27s Od 21s 8d j 36a 9d 20a Od 118 s 6d 32a - Total quantity of wheat in market, 612 qrs., 5 7 4 sold II barley „ 989 qrs. 946 sold oats ,; 448 q rs„ , 407 sold OS PI / 1 beans 42 qrs., 31 501 d AVERAGES PER IMPIMIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 1/. 18 1 s.l2ths 1 Barley, ll. 7 2 7-12 tbs Oats, ... 11. 1 8 6.l2ths i Beans, 11. 16 9 6.l2tbs tl I ABERDEEN-DEC. 11. Potato oats Common oats 1 1 7 S s s G O d d t t o o 1 1 8 s 0 0 d d Bero 22s Od to 24s Od 1 401bs per bush" Barley 22 s Od t o 24 s Od f 531bs Wheat, red (spring)3os Od to 32s Od , 1 621bs white 2Bs Od to 44s Od Oatmeal 15s Od to It's Od per boll. Flour 39s Od to 40s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6,1 to 9d Butter, p lb. O s Od to is 01 Mutton, per lb 6(1 to 9d I Eggs, p doz. is Od to is 6 l Lamb, do., Os 6d to or 4 9d Hens, p pair 3s Od to 35 6 Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9J Chickensdo.2B Od to 2e 6 1 Pork, per 1b...0s Od to 03 Od Ducks, do., 1 s 61 to 2,, 0.1 Salmon, por lb ... Os Od Ducklings,do2s 01 to 2s 6 Grouse, per brace 0s to Os Turkeys, each 3s Od to 34 6 1 Tallow, p stone, Os to — s 01 P o t a t oes , pr pec k, —d to 12 1 Rabbits, each 81 to ---d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.... 825 to — 0 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to is 81 I Oatmeal Os Od to Is 7d ,, dust, ..... Os to Os 103 Beremeal ....Os Od to is 6d d I „ per lb 2d to 2 l i Poasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sid% d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 48 6ct 4-Ib. 10af... od. 2-lb. 10af...3d. DUBLIN, DEC. 11. Thera was a gonerally dull market to-day, and traniao• tions wore confined to the supply of immediate wants. We reduce our quotations of Tuesday 3d to Gd for wheat and 3d for inferior oats and barley. Indian corn met a slow sale at Tuesday's currencies. White wheat, 28s 0,1 to 29s 0,1 ; red ditto, 24s Od to 271 Gd; ditto new, —s 01; barley, malting, 15s to 18s 6d; grind ing, —s to —s ; oats, old, 12s Gd to 15s; ditto, new, —ls 01 to —s Od ; oatmeal, 14s to 15s Gd; bore, new, lie to 15s Od ; rapese,d, 233 Od to 25s Od per brl ; hake's' flour, 16s mi to 22s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 333 Od per 440 lbs, LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions today wore about nominal, and prices were stoady. Birkenhead, 6 5 1 .- - Lancaster and Carlisle, new thirds, 8 prem.—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 91.!,--Midlands, 85/ 6—Grand Trun k of Calada, 91—Great Western of Canada, 181— Black . burn 9.}—North Eastern, 14)rwicks, 23A—Dovers, 1 9 t Lomion and North Western, 943 I—Great Western, 5 1 1 . " Sheffields, MANCHESTER, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market opened easier to-day► but prices wore rather lower. Diatom Counties, 11-- Lancashire and Vorkhire, 91H—Midlands, 86—East Lan' cashire, new 0/., 1 d—South Eastern, 191- Grand Trunk of Canada. 9,!, --Great Western of Canada, 18A. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business in the market generallf brisker, and prices a shado better. London and North- Western, 94 94—Birmingham Banking Company, 26 --- Birmingham Gas, New Ordinary, 55—Midlands, 85. LEEDS, DEC. 32. STOCK Eitel/Ann.—The market to-day n ote actives. but very little busi ness was t ransac t s Midlands, 8 5 i b Dovers, 1.9 ‘ ; North Westerns, 7s—Leeds, 911. THE MAILS, &C.— SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 13,—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Teviot, Capt. Mo'r, sailed yesterday for Alexandria with the Atstralian mails, about 70 passengers, 1,2001. in specie, jewele'y value 5,000/., and a fu'l cargo. The Teviot takes out a small staff of Post-office clerks, who have a cabin specially fitted up for their use, the object being the introduction of a new system of sorting the mails on board during the homeward voyage of the steamer, so as to be ready for transmission to fheir respective places of destination ins* mediately on arrival at this port, instead of being for. warded en masse to the General Post-office and there assorted. By the adoption of this plan a great saving of time will be effected in the delivery of the mails. The United States' mail steamer Ariel, Capt. Ludlow, which arrived here yesterday from New York, sailed this morning for Bremen direct, her passengers for lbw!. having been for warded to ihat port by Havre, steamship Havre, chartered for the purp ose. The Union Screw Company's steamship Phoebe, Capt. Cook, of 700 to n s and 140 horse-power, which has just been provisionally purchased by the company for their Cape line, arrived here from Liverpool yesterday morning, an d consequent ly went out for a trial trip for the satisfaction of the Government surveyors. She Bailed hence this afternoon with 12 passengers and 100 tons of cargo, calling at Ply' mouth, whence she takes in the mails for the Cape of Good Hope, &c., and leaves on Tuesday. The Union steamer, als o belonging to the s ame com p an y, Captain Vallint, arrived on Friday evening from Cardiff, with a cargo of coals for the company's vessels. The European and American Company's steamship Argo. Captain S. B. Benson, sailed this morning for Portsmouth, where she emberks the bead-quarters of the 68th Light Infantry for India. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship Tagus, Captain Christian, is due on Monday with the Peninsular mails, and leaves again on Thursday with the return mails. The Pera, Captain Soy, 'vivo for Alexandria on the 20th, with the India and China mails, and the Nemesis, Captain Black, is due here on the same day, with the heavy portion of the homeward mails. The Royal Mail Com pany's steamer Paran a, Captain Davis, i s d ue on W e d nes d a y with the mails from the West Indies, and the Magdalena, Captain Woolley, leaves for the same quarter on Thursday. The nets mails from this port for New York will be taken out by the Arago. Captain Lines, on Wednesday. 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