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

OUR OCEAN STEAMERS. The freight charged for the specie which was sent out in the India mail packet of the 4th instant amounted to about 25,000/. 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 burden and 280 horse power, used to carry the East India mail ; the Clyde, 1,300 tons burden and awl 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 These mail packets have been superseded by the Pera, 2,700 ton, and 450-horse power; the Atrato, 3,600 tons, and 800-horse power ; and the Persia, nearly 4,000 tons, and 900-horse power. Formerly, a steamer 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 are nearly 400 feet long. 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 large 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 bad 70 or 80 passengers. Similar com plaints are now made against the same company's giant steamers, Orinoco and others, 3,000 tons each, because they bring home upwards of 200 passenger; thus sho wing that these packets are too sm all 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 packets, also, run twice as often as they used to do, and have vastly increased in size, and they are often crammed full of passengers 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 s race with a dwarf on a road intersected with hil locks, and if the pace of the dwarf were to that of the giant inversely as the length of their legs, the giant would win, because he would stride over, while the dwarf would have to run up and down 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 bet seen every two waves, but bridges over, or, as it were, strides 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 small steam vessel, how ever strongly built, because such machinery would, in working, tear the ship to 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 Atrato continually average, on a long voyage, fourteen miles an hour. The discomforts and dangers of a sea voyage are diminished as 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 mai de mer come on in the Solent Sea, just outside Southampton Water. As larger packets came into use there was scarcely any rolling motion felt in the Solent, and sea sickness, 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 th Bay 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 travellii g, a large ship, proportionately strong, is better able to hattie with the wind and waves than a small one. A cap full of wind will upset the coracle of the savage, but civilised man ham now built vessels that will ride out almost the fiercest gale. It was thought, when large steamers were first built, that their working expenses would be so great as to prevent anything but mails, passengers, and a few costly and perishable luxuries from being c)nveyed by them ; and that if they carried any thing else, steam-packet companieswould oe paying their dividends out of capital. These opinions have turned out erroneous. The gigantic Euglieh mail packets are laden with almost all the staple produc• tions and manufactures of every country in the world. They bring to England the go:d dust from California and Australia ; 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 Ladies ; the coffee from Brazil ; the dye stuffs from Central America ; the fruit, wine, and dairy produce from the Peninsula ; and they carry the staple manufac tures of England, France, Switzerland, and Ger many to all pets of the globe. Every time a mail packet is about to start from Southampton the dock quays there are crowded with cases and bales of the steel, iron, bronze, porcelain , and textile manufec turee of Great Britain and the Centiuent of Europe. The great mail packets have created, by the spee , t and safety of their voyages, that trade which is the marvel and romance of commerce—viz., thJ transmission of millions of coined silver to the East, where it mysteriously vanishes in India and China. Almost every mail packet that starts from South - amp toe, the chief packet station in the world, has to exclude some of the offered cargo. The extra expense of conveying the bar ered 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 fins coal for the marine steam engine than rations for the crew of a sailing vessel. And then as to the commercial success of steam 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 I , f© blood of commerce, and they must always precede or at least accompany the transmission of merchandise. The rapid and punctual interchange of correspou dance between the people of England and its de pendencies, so necessary to 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 200,0001. ; and Canard's nearly as much. These three companies alone get nearly three-quarters of a million sterling per annum for carrying mails. Probably she 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 oar prosperity during peace, and to our national safety during war. One great disadvantage in the working of steam vessels is th e vast quantities of coal they su and the b u lk y nature of that kind of fuel. Not only is the consumption of coal on board steamers very expensive, but the large space it occupies in the ship reduce s th e room for cargo. Many of our large paddle-wheel steamers consume each above are loaded 120 tons of coals daily, and with 1,200 or 1,400 tons of coal each whe n they start voyage. If t h e y are not burdened this, their stn pages on a at coaling stations cause delay, But incens ing the great ocea ns, in some di rections, there are no coaling stations ; so that ou such routes our present largest paddle-wheel steamers vrhichnoctana only steam would be f ailures. paddle-wheel steamer • afloat that cool! run a dis tance of 5,000 miles, at the rate of 14 miles an hour, without coaling ; although we have many that can run nearly 4,000 miles at that rate of speed. All attempts to find a less bulky substitute for coal have failed. Unfortunately also that indispensable article cannot be found in all parts of the world ; and English steam-packet owners are obliged to send coals chiefly from England to their eurnerieus foreign coaling stations, to supply their ships. coal thus becomes a very expensive article ; and although it can be obtained in Enelar. I often at 10s. or 12s. a ton, a vast quantity of it that is con sumed by English mail packets costs from 505.t0 60s. THE StTN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, N'OVEIII3ER 23, 1857. a ton. So great is the expense of coal,which fluctuates in price, that in some of the English mail contracts th 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 ? 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 200,0001. 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, and Tasmania would subscribe at least a quarter of a million of money annually for any 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 st probably all be sent in the mail packets. 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 of 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, paying very high fares. But it is vain to expect that any such -om munication can be established by any of our pre sent steamships. Toattempt it would belikeplaciug our Peninsular packets on the Atlantic service. The fact is, when the distance of a voyage is materially increased, the magnitude and driving power of steamships must be increased in an almost geome trical ratio. The steamship Leviathan 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 ;hat between the steamers employed by the great mail packet com panies 20 years ago and those employed at the pre s-.nt time. The reason why the Leviathan has ex cited such intense interest and curiosity as compared. with that caused by such ships as the Persia and Atrato, is the gradually increasing size of steamships up to the time those ships were launched. Thus, for instance, in the Ripon, Indus, Oriental, Nia gara, Canada, Europa, Asia, Tamar, Tyne, Nubia, Alma, Africa, Arabia, La Plata, Orinoco, Magda lena, Parana, we have steamers varying 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 Lisbun from England in a day and a half, to Gibraltar in 2 days, to Malta in 3 days, to New York in 6 days, to Rio de Janeiro in 8 days, to the Cape of Good Hive in 10 days, to Australia in 26 days, and round the world in two mouths. 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 fullyfreighted, for a couple of months' voyage, with mails, specie, passengers, troop., 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 t _aims, and it is well that they should be foremost in ruling the waves in peace as well as in war. In ship )uilding, at least, they maintain their unex pected superiority. LAUNCHING OP BIG; SHIPS. The following letter has been addressed to a con temporary SIR,--The difficulties and dangers incidental to the launching of the Great Eastern are essentially inherent to the sliding system, as applied to the launching of ships of so extraordinary a bulk. The real interest that I take in the success of an undertaking which, it is to be hoped, will contribute to the progress of navigation as well as to the honour of England, prompts me respectfully to au b mi t, through your influential columns, a system of launching founded on different principles. It substantially consists in floating down the great ship from her actual 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 ground, with sail canvas spread against them. Water should be introduced with steam pumps till the ship can float and be hauled close to the river aide of the lock. Theu by lifting up a part of the canvas a portion of the in side water is let out, and a level is established 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 the s! em or the sterm. Through t his opening the vessel may be longitudinallyhauled out into the broad Thames. In 1843 I made an extensive set of experiments, in the canal of Bologna, and in the river Rene, on this system as applicable to preventing or stopping inundations. Several useful applications of this hydraulic system have since been 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 leogth 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 arcs, in all the iutervala between the piled. The ratio of 10.7 is nearly the most, proper. The breadth, also, or height of the sail, must be greater than the inten led 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 through 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 Buenas the water begins to he higher ou the inside of the sail, the pressure brings it close to the piles, and to all the sinuosities 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, tee pressure fattens it sufficiently, without sewing or any other provision. The strength of the canvas must be in the coin 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 ; the 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 ordinary 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 considerably higher, the canvas must be stronger 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 erectin g the rivereAde 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, ratiou into three successive stages. If the launching succeeds with the means already tried, so much the better ; 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 some other useful application.--I am, &c., L. FILOPANTI. (Late Professor of Hydraulics at Bologna.) ADVERSITY.—SureIy we deceive ourselves to think ou earth continued joys would please. It is a way that crosses that which nature goes. Nothing would be more tedi ous than to be glutted with perpetual jollities. Wore the body tied to one dish always —though of the most exqui site flavour it could make choice of—yet, after a small time it would complain of loathing and satiety ; and so would the soul, if it did ever epicure itself in joy. Dis contents are• sometimes the better part of our life. I know not well which is the most usefitl ; joy I may choose for pleasure, bat adversities are the best for profit; and sometimes those do so far help me, as I should with out them want much of the joy I have. IS REFORM TO BE POSTPONED ? (Prom the Saturday Reties.) 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 ab,mrd 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 o❑e 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 than that which is now approaching. Such of them as desire only to escape from au irksome duty will, no doubt, find want of time as good an excuse as any one of a thousand others. (From, the Leader.) Reform is once more a topic of the day. The working classes are agitating it, and we have received many declarations of sympathy with the sentiments we have expres3ed 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 wrung from it ; they have seen toryism disgraced until it has been bestridden by an adven turer like Mr. Disraeli ; and they have only to 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 considerable 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 committee—the question 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 no more than special pleading, and an artful attempt to confound the third session of 1857 with that of J 858. Are both those sessions forestalled ? There 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 ? 171 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 tenderness for its success. Something, it thinks, may be made of that for the purpose of pro crastination. " Will not the parliamentary 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 comet The siege of Sebastopol stopped it once. The Bank Charter 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 I'd marry her, But never told her when. We cannot afford to let him slip. The associated parliamentary reformers are dealing rightly and wisely. They start no great public agitation. No movement is contemplated like that of the Anti- Coru-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 refresher will, it may be hoped, tell vi ith greater power on the Premier than a more noisy demonstration, THE CONSERFATIVE 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—that 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 address declares, which was made a cause for agitation and a pretext of opposition, contained nothing whatever of a nature to 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 affirmation, which passion alone could dare to bring forward. But above the law on charitable foundation', thus alluded to, was the political situation of parties, 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, tranquillity, and 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 nzejority has been formed, how it has grown in strength, and what extreme means the opposition must have recourse to, in order to endeavour to put 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 supre macy of their opinion—dismissals from public offices, not practised before, and not initiated 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 communal councils and administrations, in the midst of anxiety arising front external dangers ; at a later period the dissolution of the Senate, the law decreeing im mense public works, a vast electoral organisation com bining its action with administrative organisation ; and a. pressure on all the springs of parliamentary govern ment. Nothwithstanding 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 opinion, by regular elections, naturally, without convulsions, surprises, dissolutions, or violence. Never had Parlia mentary majority a more legitimate course or constitu• tion ,1 origin, and never did it represent the country more faithfully. When tranquillity reigns in the public mind, the coueervative 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 gin and forma ion, and moderate in its cond &Ist, be over thrown, were the opposition to triumph ? The ministry, in imposing an immediate dissolution as a condition of its acceptance of office, has as - sumed all the responsibility of that measure. A dissolution, a measure to which the 1-ft alone has had recourse since 1831, and which the right has never felt the want of, is destined, in extreme cases, to restore the balance between the powers of the State, and outit never to be used to break it ; it is a weapon kept in reserve in the halide royalty, free in the eyes of all, and not an instru ment to be used by one party to crush anoth.r. The cabinet of the 9th "Nov. applies an unjust electoral system, under conditions which are still more unjust ; it makes an appeal to the c =try at an epoch in whioh access to the electoral urn is difficalt and often im possible to the rural population. The electoral law of 1848 is privilege organised against the country districts, and an appeal to the country iu such conditions is the exclusion of those districts. A dissolution thus made by a minority, by such means, and with, chances so unequal, is not an honest and prude n t carrying out of constitutional institutions—it is the despotism of minorities erected into a system of Government. In such a situation, which no antecedent justifies, the first idea to which the exceptional circumstances give rise ill 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 institutions, 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 loss 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 which 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 wiil 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 MIIELENAERE, A. DESCHAMPS, J. MALOII, DE NAEYER, Count DE LIEDE KEBKE." POLICE INTELLIGE.ZVCE.--Nov. 217 GUILDHALL.—IsabeIIa Baker and Sarah Pea cock, two respectably-attired females, were charged with the following robbery : Michael Hayden, 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 went to the shop of Mr. Spence, St. PauPs-church yard, where they stayed a few minutes, and then came out and proceeded to Messrs. Aliens', where Peacock 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 cock again took the lead and went in, after which they went to Simpqon's, in Farringdon street, Baker following Peacock into the shop about five minutes after. Baker came out first, and they went to the corner of Fiusbury-square, at which place I stopped them. I told Baker I had been watching her for upwards of an hour, and that she must accompany me 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 he 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 on Peacock, 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 18s. The prisoners were committed for trial. BOW-STREET.—Cbarles Baker, porter to Mil Slack, ironmonger, of the Strand, was charged with robbing 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 Si. 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 him, and on Friday evening this sus 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 stances, he would have gone without any coat at all. Constable Holmes, of the F division, was then set to watch him, and perceiving tkat he was fol lowed, the prisoner took from his pocket a pair of nutcrackers and flung them away, intending to throw them over into an area, but they lodged on the horizontal bar of the area railings, hanging with one leg each side. They were the prope,ty of Mr. Slack, silver plated, and worth ss. Holmes then charged him with having some of his master's property in his pocket, whin he denied, but on searching him, several articles were found, and a further search at his lodgings led to the discovery pofortaale quantityartciloefs,conffeeaerlymilalll bearing M r . Slack'sa, stewpans, and other private marks. This accumulation of small articles, to the value in all of about 201., 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 made as it actually happened. The prisoner admitted that the majority of the 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 • ployment at a fair salary, guilty of such base ingratitude to a master who bad behaved so kindly to him. He must be committed for trial. CLERKENWELL.—Two well-known thieves, who gave the names of Henry Walls, aged 24, and Alfred Lee, aged 19, describing themselves as plas terers, re, , iding at 20, Watson-place, Somers-town, were charged with burglariously breaking and en tering the dwelling-house of Mr. J o hn 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 articles, of the value of 501. Owing to the numerous rob beriet that have taken place lately in the neigh bourhood of Kentish-town, Mr. Superintendent Loxtes, of the S division, has ordered some men specially to do duty at the backs of the homes which are contiguous to the fields. POice-constable Farr, 144 5,/, 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 breaking down one of the iron palings in front of one of the windows. When they had passed into the kitchen, they stopped the clocks, muffled the bells, and breaking the wine-cellar door open, proceeded to regale them-elves with wine, gin, beef, bread, and jam. They had packed up nearly everything moveable when they were appre hended.lnpseotor UFipdog, findingn e beingtaken to the police - station , sentforMr. that c a t v h e e n y di h sh a , d whove very linen sLirts on, iden tified them as his pr o p er t y , as we ll as two siik hand kerchiefs. l ina The prisoners, who had nothing to say in their defence, were remanded. WORSHIP-STREET.—Mark Nicholas Powles, a young man of gentlemanly exterior, was brought to this court on a warrant ,granted by J. Hammill, Esq., charging him "th a t - he did unlawfully and feloniously acknowledge certain recognisances, and become bail in the ,name of another person, to wit, one Thomas Powles, the said Thomas Powles not being privy or consentino• thereto :"an offence punishable under the ac t o f William IV., cap. 66, with transportation for life, or not less than an im prisonment for two years. Mr. George Marwick Stuckbury, City Solicitor's office, Guildhall, who attended to prosecute for the corporation, explained the circumstances out of which the charge arose. On the 18th of July last, two men, named Nathan Wootman and Davis Gould, journeymen in the employ of Messrs. Lynes, tailors, of Shoreditch, were, after several remands, fully committed for trial at the Centril Criminal Court, for having fa , ged a certain order for the payment of money with intent to defraud the firm. Mr. Hammitt consented to accept bail, and the prisoner, together with another person, named Sax, tendered themselves, and became joint sureties for their appearance to answer the charge. Thomas Powles--The prisoner is my son. I re side at 6, Portland-t errace , Victoril-park - road. I did not attend at thi n court on the 18th of July lasr, nor authorise any one to become bail for any person. I know nothing of Gould or Wootman. Prisoner never told me he had 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 Thom•Ae 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 ewer 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 WARK. —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. Combo, to apply for summonses against Mr. Bingham, a solicit tr, and Mr. Watson, the landlord of the Newington Arms, King-street, Walworth, for perjury. Stowell, 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 for music, &c., and applied to Stowell to transact the legal portion of the business. He undertook it in 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. Combs, 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 principal 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 delinquent gave, and sailed in, the fictitious name of John Goddard, described himself as a surgeon, the profession he first adopted, and was accompa nied by a female, answering the description of his second wife, Ann Good, and also a child, about 3 years old. J THAMES.—John Richmond, a man about 55 years of age, was brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting 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 beck and asked her to kiss him, and while she was in the act of doing so be 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 months. In the course of that time he behaved with the greatest brutality towards her, and his tyranny at length becoming insupport able she left him and songht 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 were 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 livinc , 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 he 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 sealing up the parcels of sand used as " dummies" iu the shop window, as well as of warming the room, the defendant entered, and abusing the complainant for burning the gas, told him to go into the shop and pack up his things and go. On complainant's going into the shop, defendant followed him and beat him violently over the head with the handle of a long clothes brush, inflicting several wounds on his head and laming one hand which he held up to protect himself. He then threw► him out into the street, where a crowd had collected in consequence of complainant's calla 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 told Mr. Bonfield to shave himself, and on his refusing " walked" him to the other end of the shop, when Mr. Bonfield struck him, whereupon defendant turned him out of the shop. Mr. Tardley said he was afraid the boy had not told the whole truth, and he should sentence the defendant to pay 51., the highest fine he had the power to inflict. The defendant paid the penalty, and left the court. INDIAN HORSEMANSHIP. Younger sons of courtly noblemen whose ances tors stood around the peacock throne of Aurung zebe, sons of Zemindars, Potails, Omrahs, and so forth—some from Rajpootana, but mostly children of Mahomedan landholders—come in and offer themselves with horse, weapons, and accoutre ments, 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 horse at full speed, with a saddle or without, to strike a spear into a tent-peg at full gallop, and to d raw i t from the ground, to hit a mark with carbine and pistol, and ash cute d throughashes b a yatthe full stride of rollof felt lying on the ground,his horse, and bends over his saddle to use his razor like sword. The swords of the Irregulars are always of a keenness that contrasts wonderfully with the blunt reaping-hooks of the English dragoons. Not that they are all, or even usually, of Khorassan manufacture. Most of them are of English steel, and owe their sharpness to continual grinding and leathern scabbards. The skill to which some of the regulars attain, both with lance and sword is extraordinary. Long ago in the Madras Presidency I witnessed a sort of mock tournament given by the privates of .Skinner's Horse, in which such horsemanship was displayed as would have as tounded Astley's performers ; while some of the troopers carried away a tent peg on their spears, twenty times running, at full specld.—My Note Book. ADMIRATION.—Never force you rse lf t o a dmire any. thing when you are not in the humour • bat never force yourself from what you fe e l t o b e lovely, in search of anything better ; and gradually the deeper scenes of the natural world will u n f o ld th emse l ve s to yon in still increasing fullness of passionate power; and your diffi culty will be no more to seek or to compose subjects ; but only to choose one from among the multitude of melodious thoughts with which 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 cons ideration you give to any single drawing, as by t h e p revious discipline of your powers of thought that the character of your composition will be determined. Simplicity of life will make you sensitive to the refinement and modesty of scenery, just as inordinate e xcitement and pomp of daily life wili make you enjoy coarsecolours and affected forms. Habits of patient comparison and accurate judg ment will make your art precious as they will make your anion wise ; and every increase of noble enthu siasm in your living spirit will be measured by the re flection of its lights upon the works of your bands. - Rusken's Elements of Drawing. [ADVERTISEMENT.}—EIoIioway's Ointment and Pills certain remedies for sore legs.—Mr. Johnson, chersist, of Great Howard-street, Liverpool, informed Professor Holloway that Mrs. Jackson, residing near his estab lishment, had suffered many years from an ulcerated leg during which time she was applying remedy after remedy without any permanent benefit ; consequently, as a last resource, be recommended her to try Hollo way's Ointment and Pills ; and these medicines have been the means of effecting a complete cure, to the great satisfaction of herself and others.---Sold by all rued'. ciEe vendors throughout tho wor ld ; way's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, Oonstantil nople ; A. Gnidicy, Smyrna; and E. Muir, Malta. PRICES O 1 SBABES. Prom the Official Last. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENIN,.. LONDON, FRIDAY, Nov. 20, 1857. CANALS, Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.. • • Derby .. • • • • GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester..•., Leicstr &Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath • • •• • • Oxford.. • . • . 7: Dividend 0 per 4 Annum. 93 71. p. ct. 40 41: 100 111. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 6s. 100 251. ,100 51. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin ........ East London Do 4 per Cent. Pref. . Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... • • Do. New ••• • • • 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. Independent... .• ...• Londov Parl. Preferen. Phoenix . •• .. •• •• •• .. Ratcliff •• • • • .. •••• • • Surrey Consumers .... United General .. •• •• Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • . Western A Ditto D ..... Name of Company. Hungerford.... •• .... Southwark ...... •• .. Ditto New of 7% 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 Sorry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .• .. ....... St. Katharine •• •• •• •• Southampton .. •• •• •• Victoria •• •• a , . •• •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• • • Name of Company. Albion •. .• •••••• •• •. Alliance Sri:. and For. Ditto Marine ....... A.thenmum . • .... Atlas . . Argus Life •• British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London .. • • Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life Eagle .. Equity and Law...... European Life......... Family Endowment •• General•• •• •• •• •• •• •• Globe Gresham Life Do. Do. . Guardian Imperial Fire... • • .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire •....... Law Lite.• • • • .. • • • • • • Legal and General Life London London & Prov Law • . Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva .•..••.. • • • • Monarch New Equitable Pelican •• •• •• •••• •• Phcenix Professional Life...... Provident Life........ Rock Life ........ Royal Exchange ...... San Fire Ditto Life •• • .• United Kingdom .... Universal Life Victoria Life ...... Name of Company. Amstralasia. ..... Bank of Egypt ...• •• Bank of London ...... British North American Ch Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City .... Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus. Do. New London and County .. Lon. & Eastn. Enkg. C. London Joint-Stock Lowin aad Westminstr Nat. Vrovincial of Eng. Ditto 1C ow • • •,• • • • Ditto . ditto Natiowa Bank ••• • • • New •oath Wale 6 .. • • Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New......... lonian South Australia Union of Australia.... Union of Hamburg.... Unlon of L0nd0n...... Unify Mutual .... •. .. Western Bank or Londn. 201. per cent.' 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. B ANKS. 71. p. c. & bs. 4t. per cent. 51. per cent. Amount of Share. H lel. per cent.l 61. per cent. 28 per cent. 184. per cent, 1 1 16pc.&1:1 Si.per cent. 20!. per cent. 1 101. per cent. ct.&bs. 81. per cent. 51. pei cent. 101. per clot. 211. per cent., a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 e 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 151. per cent! 15 0 0 50 1; 0 100 0 100 0 0 Names of Companies. (Peak Forest. !Regent's.... t's • . • ( Rochdale I Stftrd &Won: Stoarbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & 1 Birming. j Warwick & Napton— -IWorcstr & Birming. j Wilts & Brks WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. Price 51. per cnt. 61. per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 4/. per cnt. 51. per cnt. ;41. per cent. LT AND CO: Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. 81. per cent 101. per cent.l 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. 5 per cnt 51. 8/. per cent. 168 Od per sh. 7 per cent. L 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 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 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. Dividend per Annum. Amount of Skarn. Price. lOs per cent! 11. 12s. Od. 11. Sis. Od. 28s. DOCKS, Dividend . per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr sent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 4)41. per cnt. 4 per cent. 5/. Os per c. 'RANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. [PANIES. Amount of Share. 71. per c. 71. 14s. 6d. 61. p.c. & bs. 15s. Od. & bs 41. pgr cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 51. 5 pr ct.& bs. 41._ per share li. 18s. ss. 5% per cent. 11. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. 5/. per cent 12!. per cent 14s. st.p. et. &bs. 2s & 2s bons 20. per sh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 4% per cent 5/. per cent 51. per cent. 6 , 4 per cent _ . 5/ p. ct. 51. per cent. 51. per cent 12% per c. 7s. Bp. c. bs 6% p.c bs 11. Us. 4/. & bonus. 51. & bonus. 51. & bolus. INT-STOCK Dividend . per Annum. a. d. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. X 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 s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 d 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 MO 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. I 20 0 0 too 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 100 0 0 Dividend per Annum.! 51. Os. 17s. 281. I2L 10s. 1/. 16s. 1, 75. Od. X s. d. 100 all Price.l £ 5. d. Stock. 00 0 0 00 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Paid. S s. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 all 5 15 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 all 4 0 0 all 47 5 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 2 10 0 13 0 0 2 10 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Paid. Z 8. d. all 18 15 0 50 0 0 all 6 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 all 20 '6 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 5. 0 0 22 10 0 If 15 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •--- - ---- --- X is. d. Bank of Scotland .. - 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 18810 s British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 209108 Caledonian Bank - •.. 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 178 City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 191108 Clydesdale Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 108 C,mmercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2351 0 Eastern Bank- •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 12/ lOs Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3541. p cent. 5 0 0 0 41 108 National Bank •• •• •• 635 per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 184 4 0 Northof Scotland Bank 51. percent 20 0 0 210 051 10s Royal Bank of Scotl• .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 135105 Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 901 Western Bank•• •• -•• 71. cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0-/ 0 Alliance Fire and Lice.. 8141. pr cent. 100 0 0 11. 0 0 171 Os British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 II lls Caledonian Fire Insur • 10.. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24110 s City of Glasgow Life- GI. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/ :?,s Colonial Ltfe ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 071 Os Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. oer cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 281 7s Eng. & Scot. Law Life 510er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 Is Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 158 National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 021 0 s North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 :3 71 Os 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 148 Northern Assurance Co. 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 19s Scottish Provincial ... • - Scottish Union Insrne. 7 5 % 1. I p . e p r r e c e e n n t t . . 2 50 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 11 71 1 5 5 8 3 Stat ..... 2da MISCELLANEOUS. -----"------rvidend Amount per of Paid. Price. Name of Company Annum. Share. --------............... £ /t. d. £ D. d. Acad i an Charcoal Iron • • 10 0 0 20 0 - - A ssam frican Steam Ship .. • • 20 00/0 0 0 - Assam .tea •• .• .. •• .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 214 /p_er cent. 50 0 0 - 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 25 0 0 19 0 0 22 AAustralianAAustralianuuesttrien tn t a rAR Trust t g o . r y l a c . l u 1 . K . ! . .u a . .r ;1 1 - 10 0 0 all _ Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 1L 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... •••••• •• ~ 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 11834 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent ss S t t toe o ce c tit k : 1 00 00 00 0 0 0 0 : __-. Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 o'o - Ditto. 6 per cent. .. 61. per r c e e en n t t . . Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61-, per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, Gp c. bds 1876 6/. r ee e n en t t .. 5 5 0 ° 0 ° per cent Crystal Palace 3 1 7 1 Ditto Preference 7l pr. Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City t N r j a c v Navigation Bonds Telegraph . 3 6 % 1. 1 p . St - ock. 100 - 0 0 9 - 8 . % Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. 5 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 100 a o ll 0 ......- rci n ti g i t t r l i e s. flag. T. Co. - nry - 3l per cent. 1 5 0 0 all 1% E Ge D n i . t ß tc e, N e e r w s. & - I . n . v . es . 7 - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - . 51. p c and 11 100 0 0 .00 0 0 London Gen. a o y m ig n a l t b io u n s 1 1 2 0 1 1 . . ppeerr centct.& 15 4 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - Gen.- 25 0 0 all - Hudson's Bay - G Lo e W. per cent. Stock all 3% Stock - Hungerford .. - Lou. Ne. &Na. Mans° - 10 0 0 all 4U London Reversionary 51, per cent. IS 0 o, all - Mex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 5 0 0 24 N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5l. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Bri. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 , all - North of Europe, Stn. 81. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 6 Price'sPatentCand. Co - 29 0 0 all - l'eel River.Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all - Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent. 50 0 0 all '73 Ditto New - 50 0010 0 0 15% Reversionary Int. Soc 4547. pr cent 100 0 0 all - Ditto New •• -. . - 1%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam 4l. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 5434 Scottish Aus. Invest l5/. per cent. 10 0 all 1 1 .4 SouthAustrallan Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all - Trust and Loan Comp. 47%. pr cent.. 20 0 0 • 5 0 0 - Vaa Diemen's Land •• 10s. 100 0 0 28 10 0 9 Goy. 6 per cent. Buds. 6 per cent - . - 4 s. d. all 150 a 0 all 12 10 G 100 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 1 0 0 41 0 0 all 52 0 0 16 0 0 All 10 0 0 all 4 0 0 Z s. d. EXETER BALL. Last night the first of ,a series of Sunday evening reli gious services was held in Exeter Hall, 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 bent of St. Michael's, :Burleigh-street, Strand, in whose parish this "unconsecrated building" happens to be located, acting on a strict legal right with which the law invests him. The energetic and beneficial movement, therefore, which eliminated from the Church of England with the view of bringing under the influence 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 d istinguished laymen; and the assist ance of some of heir 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, minister of the Baptist chapel in Bloomsbury, was the preacher selected to offi ciate on the occaition. The doors were opened at 6 o'clock, but long before that hour a crowd of well-dressed people had assembled i-a front of the hall, and, when admission was obtained, the building was speedily filled in every part. Dense though the crowd was, nothing could beinore 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 cohlectioti. 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 therneelves from them, lest they might occupy roo , u intended for those whom it was specially designed to instruct and edify. This hint, we apprehend, eras 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 se., oral other gentlemen, aid the service commenced at the half hour. It is a note. orthy cire cumetance, aa al creditable to the minister and all con cerned in the arraugements—as indicating to divest these 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 prayers ' contained in i'ai ritual in condUcting a religious service. Cho circumsta etee is significant of an increasing spirit of religious tolera. tion and a desire for a hearty co-operation, 'f not for uxiion, among some at least of the variant' , ections of the Protestant church. In one past of the Litany, indeee, Mr. Brock introduced words to which no one could p ossibly object, not even, we imagine, the most rigid Churchman. In the intercession, beginning— " That it may please Thee to illuminate all bishops, priests, and deeecons, with true knowledge, and under standing of Thy Word ; and that both by their preaching and living their may set it forth and show it accord. • ingly,"—he aed ded, after the word " deacons," " pastors, ministers, and. missionaries of the Go s p e l." At anot h er 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 chapels. He a:terwards preached a sermon from the 15th chapter of the First Epdstle 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 sins 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, novelty, 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—Nov. 19. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior 230 Wheat .....50s Od 3ss 10d 1506 Oats 1054 Barley 49 Peas & beans 45s Od . 39s 3d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 20. WEILAT. I BARLEY I OATS. / .lleAg. Fi rs t s2s Od I 37s Od 28s Od 4hs Od Second 3Bs id I 26s 10d 1 22s id j 383 10d Thi r d .. ..... 29s 6 d I 18s Od 119 s Od 135 Od Total quantity ,of wheat in market, 230 qrs., 196 so ld ~ os barley „ 987 qrs ., 9 36 sold til oats ,; 410 qrs., 439 gol d • ID IR /11 beans AVERAG Es PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 7 4 71 1 2 2 7: Wheat, 11. 18 2 13 J. 4 2 -1 1 2 2 t t h h s 8 1 1 B B a e r a l n ey s: .. ....1 5 .. 5 1 q 6:1 1 8 0: Oats, ... ii. Al E.IIDEEN—Nov. 20. P co o m ta m to on oa o t a s iz ... : . ..... 116838 6d d d to t I t 6 0 i fi . 1 101b8 per bushel 0 0 ci d t to o 2 2 3 3 . s s 0 d O cI 1 531b8 , Bere ing . ) 2 2 213 8 18 8 Od to 33s Od t Barley Wheat, red (spi: , white .. ..... 288 Od to 33s Od r 621bs ~ ' Oatmeal . lss Od to 1 ,-, s 6d per boll. Flour .. 4os Od to 41s Od per " 6 " • PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb .6d to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od tois la Raton, per 1b.......6c1 to 9d Eggs, p doz. 180 d to is 4d . Lamb, do., Os 13..1 to IN 9d Hens, p pair 3s Od to 38 6d Veal, per lb ... '6d to Os 9.1 Chickens,do.ls 6d to 26 Od Pork, perlb...oB Oil to Os Od Ducks, do„ Os Od to 2e 6d Salmon, per lb .... ...... Os Od DucklingsdoOs Od to 28 6,i Grouse, per brace. .... Os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 5i 6tl Tallow, p stone, Chito —s 01 Potatoes, pr peck, —d to 12d Rab 1 ,its, each Od to Od. Butter for exportzetion (present cure) per cwt.... 808 to 84s Eggs, wholesale p e.ce, per dozen .... ............ .... 9d to 91d RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s COI to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 1s 84 I Oatmeal Os 04 1 to is 8d „ dust, ..... Os to Oa 10c1 Beremeal ....Os 0 , 1 to is Cd I , per lb 2d to 2id. P (meal, Os Od. to 2s 4d Side, 7d _• • • • Cheese, per i mperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6 d 4-lb.. 10af...8d. 12-Ib. 10af...4d. .DUBLIN, NOT. 20. White wheat, 29a Od to 31s Od. ; rod ditto, 27s Od to 29s Od; ditto new, —s j barley, malting, 14s 6d to 18s; grind ing, —s to ; o a os, old, 12s to 15a 3d; ditto, new, —g Od to —s Od ; oats n eal, 15s to 16s 6d; bere, new, 11e to lEs Od ; rapese, d, 23e 1)d to 25s Od per brl ; bakers flour, 171 Od to 23a 6d per, owt ; Indian corn, 34s 6d to 359 Od per 180 lbs. LOCAL SHARE MARKET'S. L PTERPOOL. Nov. 21. STOCK EX CHAN. Z. —The transactions' o-d ay were quite nominal, and the ; prices closed at a ;Parked decline upoll yesterday's quota , :ions, at the following rates :—Lanca shire and Yorksh ire, 894 4 4—Ditto, 91. Shares, par— South Eastern, I.lr 5-16 Dutch Rhenish, 64 d -Great Western of Canada- 174—Eastern Counties, 10 i—London and North Western, 94 34—East Lancashire, 83—Pacifics Steam Co , 40i—Wedonians, 374—Grand Trunk of Cans. da, 81—Midland, .81a 4—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and, Cheshire, 62. gI,NCHESTER, Noy. 21. STOOK Excaterrivr. —The market opened easier to-day, and the transactions have been to a moderate amount. London and North Western, 93i- Birkenhead, 62A — East Lancashire, 87i—Sheffields, 35A—Midlands, 811— Dovers, 18—Eastern Counties, 101—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 89k. BIRMINGHAM, Noy. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE, —Prices in the market generally depressed from the rates of yesterday. Midlands, 81i — Bristol and BinninglLims, 129 —Great Westerns, 4% . — South Staffords, LEEDS, Nov. 21. STOOK .E XO H A NGE.—The market to - day very inactive, a nd very little business wa s transactel. Midlands, 1511— North Eastern, Berwicks, 22 1 1--Ditto, Yorks, 39—Ditto, Leeds, 231 --Dovers, orth Westerns, 74—North British, 11g. BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 19th inst., at theßeetory, NewAlresford, Hants, Lady Maria Brodie. On the 20th inst., at 2, Chapel-street, Grosvenor•square , the Hon. Mrs. 'William Colville. OF A DAUGHTER,• On the 19th inst., at 2, .irorres-straet, Edinburgh, Lady Colebrooke. On the 21st inst., at Wilmington-house, near Dartford, Mrs. W. F. W. Bird. . MAAR lED. On the 19th inst., at St. John's Hackney, Mr. William Graham, second son of James Gr aham, Esq., of Perth, to Eliza Gordon, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Geo. Buist, of Finsburfplace south. DIED On the 19th inst., at Vittoria House, Cheltenham, the Rev. Robert Bolton, aged 70. 19th0nthe r, aged 9 ,atNewi s ugton, Surrey, Anna, of Mr. James relict On the 20th inst., at the Rectory, Harriet, wife of th e Rev. J. S. Henslow, rector of Hitcham, Suffolk, and Pro fessor of Botany in Cambridge University, aged 60. • On the 19th inst., at Newcastle•upon-Tyne, the tifin children of He ry Story, Esq., solicitor. On the 18th inst., at Dalton Hall, near Burton, w est. moreland, Edmund Hornby, Esq., senior Magistrate Ao D.L. of the county of Lancaster, aged 35. On the 14th inst., at Kelvedou, Sophia, relict of the late Josiah Baxendale, Esq., aged 74. On the 17th inst., JoheMilthorpe, Esq., of Badswortb, near Pontefract, aged 55. Drowned, at the wreck of the ship Dunbar, at th John en' trance to Sydney harbo ur , on the 20th August, Mr. Pascoe, the eldest son of Mr. Pascoe, of Blythe house, Sydenham, Bent, aged 20. LoNDON Fit tee: atoi Publiqhaki by It i; D Y of 140, 112, Strand, elicitor, at The 45.44 Vu3oe, h 0 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, io the county of Middlesex, Monday, November 23, UM. 88% 190 Paid, Paid. Paid. Paid. Price. Price, Price. 109 1 4 Price. 21% 85 19% 6% 7% 277 Price.