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

COURT OF BANIERTJPTCY, EDINBURGH, Dec. 10. (Before Mr. Sheriff Hallard.) XIAMINATION OF JOHN EDWARD STKPHENS, 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 bulk account except that kept in the name of the London and Eastein Bank. This ao 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. iinckmaster, tailors, 101. 9s. ; (5) debt to Colonel 11IPLeed in India, 1,5651. ; (6) debt to Captain StePhrns, 45W. ; (7) calls due to Eastern St,am ' Navigation Company, 1,3501. At the date of my )intevinge I was not indented to Lord Gough for VOSThsy he bad lent me. He had lent me money X11;00/..) b -fore I left India. I gave a bond for that sum. Ido not remember when I paid him back. Where did you pay him paid him when he and I cime 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 roan of 8,0001., 1191. 4s. 7d." I beg to state I ad money from Lord Gough to put in to railway and other stock, for which I paid him interest, and that the amount of the principal so handed over to inc by Lord Gough will not be found either debited or credited in my bark 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 the answer above given, that upon the 26th 14 September, 1856, I had 3,5001. 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 credit the interest which had accrued thereon to that date, being 411. 14s. 2d. What was your r, won for transferring this money from the credit of the parties to whom it belonged to the credit of yourself, to whom it did not heloiig ? —I must decline to answer that question. On 6th November following I retransferred the said sum of 3,5001. from my own credit to the credit of the parties from whose credit it had been taken. Did you retransfer the interest ?—I did not. After a minute or two the bankrupt said—That is a mistake. I wish to withdraw that last reply, and to say that I decline to answer. In my cur rent account with the bank, under date 22d July, ]856, 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 6,0001., da'ed 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 ? Yes, I did, and placed them to the credit of my account with the bank, where they now appear. The amount of the second dividend was re trans ferred from my account to the interest account of tl e bank on the 18th February, 1857. Can you show any authority for the statement that these shares were put chased by you for the ?—No, I cannot. Do the bank maintain you had no authority for that purchase on their behalf ?—Yes, they do ; but it was understood by all the directors that these shares should be purchased from MI. Griffithe in order to get his seat in the direction fur Colonel Yates. These shares were never transferre Ito Colonel Yates, nor was it intended they should be. Colonel Yates became a director in July, 1856, on the date of the purchase. He had a sufficient number of shares to qualify him to be a director. Mr. .Griffiths had a claim to a seat falling vacant in the direction, and would not give it up except on one condition, that his shares wore 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 due to the purchaser. He allowed me to receive that dividend, and I did so. Ivan shown() authority for placing that 6, 000/. to the credit cf my account on 22d July, 1856. With regard to the state of my liabilities to the bank as regards the trading concerns with which I was con cerned at the tire() of my marriage, I have to state that I was jointly liable with Mr. Blsek for the debt due to the bank by Lett's Wharf, and Minter and Co., with Colonel Waugh for the debt due by the Branksea Clay C ompany; and with Mr. Latta tr . y :17 na de c bt o. clu e bi Latt e y an d C o., including Bar -1"oe Cemt thee adjourned till Monday, at 10 oP TazTL2 WEDDINGt.—The marriage of the piineens 1 : 4!0 is to 0 yal -tcaixo, be celebrated at the Chapel Ro yal , Sc. ju n : ass, on the 25th of January, and we understand that in honour rf the occasion the Queen ham commanded three perform. canes to take place at her Majesty's Theatre. Th ey ar., to consist of a tragedy, a comedy, and an opera. Th e tragedy is to be performed on the 18th. " 31acbeth"h a , been selected, and the production of it confided to M r . Phelps. It is expected that the cast will comprise al the dramatic strength which can be brought to bear on the , occasion, and we bear rumours that Miss Helen F . mach is.likely to repre sen t L a dy M ac beth. The opera 13 to be Baife's "Rose of Castille," which in now being represented at the Lyceum. We believe that the comedy has not yet been fin,,lly chosen, butconclude that it will be one of Shaltspeare' , s or S heridan ' s. As the metropolis . wi I be full of- tor e i mm 7 . and special representatives of every court will Le here, we have no doubt that the various manners to whom these performances are entrusted win make every exertion t.) carry them out wits eclat, —Literary Gazette, 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 acrd assistant-stewards of that corps to em bark for Calcutta on tile 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, tt►e original order* (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 ; 13tb, 71 men ; 19tb, 33 men ; 2Uth, 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 ; 661 h, 1 officer and 23 men ; 82d, 8 men ; 90th, 5 men— total, 26 officers arid. 750 men. The Argo will haul alongside the dt.ckyard jetty at Pottsmou h 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 ab mt the 18th inst. The depot of the 33d, compti>ing Major Wick ham, Lieuts. Benwell, Brown, and Coxon, Ensign Lynch, 3 sergean's, 4 drummers, 4 corporals, 51 privates, 9 women, and 27 children ; and the depot of the 89t comprising Major Cuppage, Lieutenants B.,wuess and Hahne, Ensigns Harrison and Har dings, 5 sergeants, 5 dtu'uniers, 10 corporals, 57 privates, 10 women, and 49 children, embarked in the PreusA , cher Adler at Portsmouth, on Fri day morning, for Cork. The Heron, 16, steam-sloop, Commander Trus cott, has 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 at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, wnich terminated on Friday, the following passed and received certifi cates of proficiency :—Lieuts. H. Rogers and the Hon. J. Carnegie, RN. ; Corns. the Right Hon. Lord E. H. Cecil and J. R. Veitch, and Lieut. W. Younghusband, R.ll. On the previous day the fol lowing officers also passed :—Mate, R.N., for Lieutenant, Mr. J. N. Croke ; Second Ma-iters, RN., fur Masters, Messr. Colborne, 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 Pembrokejto join the battalion there. Admiral Sir G. Seymour returned from leave, and reho.sted his flag in the Blenheim on Saturday. The Pigmy steamvesiel, blaster-Cony. Johnston, arrived at Portsmouth from the Westward on Sa turday. The following appointhlent3 have been made at the Admiralty Li.eut. W. F. Gregory, to the Blenheim ; A. W. L. Brown, mate, to the Lyra ; G. W. Blozome, mate, to the Alert ; B. A. A. Capel, midshipman, to the Cambrian ; and. Secales, midshipman, to the Cambrian. The following second masters were on Saturday promoted to be masters : R. Coen, J. J. P. Hitchiold, J. W. Reed, T. Oyler, E. H. Hills, H. L. Kelly, and W , H. Bradley. THE MILITIA. The Worcestershire Regiment of Militia received 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 - Northan - iptcnshire Regiment of Militia, 48th, which left Northampton on Wednet dAy afi er noon, arrived at Plymouth on 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 him life. Re wag 'plain oil: of the carriage winiow frr the purpose of egruraunicating with ro ve officers in the adjoining compartment, when his head oame in cA - 1- tact with the s id e mason r y o f a b r id ge about a mile below Newton, and he was killed instautane- r , onsly. In the compartment .with him were Cap- , tains Smith, Rundle, and Stockdale, and Dr. Barr, who drew the body iuto the carriage, or it would have fallen - on the road. Deceased belonged for merly ft to the 33d R eg i ment o f t h e li ne. H e h as I a wife an d t h ree children, who were to have followed i wed. horn from Bristol on Friday. the fourth of the THE kagnit— il NikoLL SE RVlCES.—Yesterday evening t!le benefit, of the a'foraii.t services, designed' for were conductediniuthge Bey Ova large buildin g Worki n g) classes, was held at Exeter completely e filled. 16e serViCels M.A., minister of the ratonal chapel at Ken siugton. The sermon next w.hed by the Rev. William ... dells evning will be pre ~, , La, of Regen t ' park Chi~pel, and the Hon. and Rev. B. W. isroi u park will officiate at the last service, which will be held on Sun day, December 27. The urgent necessity of keeping the pores of the Akin open in a hot climate is only rec)gni?ed by officers iu 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 coil water. This operation shouldalways be performed upon an empty stomach, and the morning before breakfast is the best time. It is riot safe to bathe when the body is ranch heated, if at the same time it is fatigued. Hence, on the march, the evening, about f(mr hours after dinner, would be an appropriate time. The skin should be thoroughly dried and rubbed. Water can generally be procured from sonic 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 sit nder cord attached to it, for getting water up from wells, he would bo inde pendent of the services of a bhisti.7:. At present no European can get water, either for drinking or washing, without the aid of a bhisti. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, Die. 12. The United States' mail steamship Ariel, 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 160 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 nit , when a very friendly interchange of their respective views was said to have taken place, and a second meeting was fixed for the morn tug of the 28th. The Cabinet was in session until a late hour on the 27th, the Kansas difficulty being, of course, 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 tc proceed to California and conduct the war against the Mormons. Near $2,000,000 will lam been expended on the expedition. They have 2,000 men, 1,500 waggons, an d 13,000 ani ma l s , and more quartermasters than the English had in their Crimean expedition I" 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 11 ete York Times of the 28th, 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 theofferings 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 myrement 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 10,800/. in sr ecie. Dates—Gibraltar, Dec. 6 ; Cadiz, Dec. 7 ; Lis bon, Dec. 9 ; Vigo and Oporto, Dec. 10. • She reports the following—The Janes Booth and Ocean put into Gibraltar, disabled ; steamer Myth towed into Lisbon, disabled • brig Maria, of Weymouth, wrecked in the biTer 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 7th, when London paper was more scarce and the demand for three months at 54j- greater than for some time past, short bills were very scarce at 53/ 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 EASTIER_V BANKING COMPANY. 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, 61st Regiment. Lieut. W. H. Urquhart, 75th Regiment, has been granted leave of absence from his depot until re quired for emtarkation. - The Cuckoo, 3, paddlewheel steamer, Lieutenant Commander A. G. E. Murray, is returning stores into Chatham Dockyard preparatory to being paid off and placed in the fourth division of the steam vessels in ordinary at Chatham. The Wellesley, 72, Captain G. G3ldsmith, C. 8., guard-ship of ordinary at Chatham, has been paid wages down for six months. MARCHING. When practicab'e, 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 solve 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, o r chapatis. Iu 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 b.-11y 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', &c., 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 the surface of the head and shades the eyes, temples, and b tck 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 the large majority of cases of coup de soleil. No soldier abould be allowed to remain in wet clothes longer than can be avoided. While in exercise no danger results ; but, fr4m lying down in damp clothes, fever, dysentery, or disease of the liver inevitably ensue. When in tents, the kcenats-t- 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 0 wind. Dry straw, grass, karbi, or any of the stalks used in thatching, make excellent bedding, when covered with blanke:s. BATHING. indigestible. The oranges, strawberries, custard apples, loquat, musk-melons, pineapples, 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 sub rosa to 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 drama. They should never be given on an empty stomach, when the system is heated, or when exposed t) the sun. To give men raw spirits early in the morning, before any food is takes, 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 prar 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. Officers on coming to India for the first ti me fi n d 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 ba 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 InJian climate. With ordinary preciution and attention to the common laws of hygiene Europeans may live as long and preserve their health as well in India as in Britain. The neglect of these precautionsrapidly produces fatal results. The mortality from disease far ex ceeds that caused by the enemy, and it behoves •very officer to study carefully the means of pre venting sickness. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(SA.TunDey.) The house assembled at 3 o'clock to hear the Royal assent giveu by commission to the Bank Issues In. deo:may B 11. The Royal Commissioners on the occasion were the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, and the Marquis of Breadai bane. The Commons having been summoned to the bar, the Royal assent was given to the bill in question with the usual formalities. Toe Commons having retired, Earl GRANVILLE moved that the house do adjourn until. Thursday, Feb. 4. REPORTED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LORD CANNING AND SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. IHE SUN,' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 18N7, THE HEALTH OE EUROPEAN SOLDIERS IN INDIA.* The following suggestions which have been ap proved by his Excellency Sir Colin Campbell, the Commander-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 remelies ar• req iired ; 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 objectiof 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 is 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. 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 railing used as a sub stitute for bulwarks two-thirds had been washed away, Four out of the six boats on 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 94th Regiment was washed overboard. The gallant colonel bad 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, 13`,oker , , and otin r persons employed in working the en gines was 22 ; and out of the whole of those 40 men only tines 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--(bear)— and that it was mainly owing to his conspicuous energy and prowess that the ♦essel was able to reach Ply mouth. There was a story circulating in Plymouth when be (S r W. Fraser) was there, though he would not vouch for the accuracy of it, that during the storm in the Buy of Biscay the great-r part of the men em ployed in the engine-room declared that it was no use working any longer, because they raw no chance of saving the vessel, upon which the first engineer, pro curirg 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 did not know much of ship building, but he did not think a regiment could have been convoyed to India in such a vessel. (Hear, 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 be was then induced to mere 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. LIGHTHOUSE AT GODREVZ. Mr. A. &MICH moved for returns of copies of com munication between the Board of Trade and the Trinity House relative to the erec , ion 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 bad taken place. The return in an amended The Louie then adjourned. rAIRS ON MR. DISRI. FOR AGAINST. Sir Vt. iomervilleLord Bective Sir J. Potter Mr. Wigram Mr. Deasy Mr. Whiteside Ir. Dunne a r. Alexander Sir C. C ote Capt. Archdale Sir De 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. Vansittart Mr. mills General Peel Mr. Dodson • Mr. Cubitt Mr. B. Wilcox Mr. Itolt Mr. Marsh Mr. W Coptland Mr. Bagshaw Mr Bennet Mr. Sheridan lion. li. G. Liddell Hon C. Fltzwil liam Mr. Cooper `oral was agreed to. ,LI'S AMENDMENT, FOR AO AIN3T [lon. 11. Denison Sir B. Booth Sir. M. Manes Col. North vlr. Ennis Mr. Dod ierjt. O'Brien Mr. Dobbs llr. Heard W. Bernard Sir H. Peel Mr. Wynne r. Sainsbury Mr. Stanhope Air. Traill Mr. Franklyn Ar.H Berkeley Col. Forester A.. Harcourt Mr. Langton Ar. G. Cavendish Lord Tempest n S. Vivian Lord Lennox S'ir G. Grey Hon. J Percy fir. 1,1 indley 1 ord L ill Lord Gro,venor Sir C. Burrell llr. Mostyn Mr. Long Corbally Mr. Conol'y UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Dn. 10. Country Markets. DALKEITH GRA.IIsTMARKET—Dxo. 10. Qrs. • Best. Current. Jamie , 330 Wheat 50s Od 36s ill d 24s 6d 1491 Oats 2tls. Od 2ls 6(1 1335 Barley 36s 6d 26s 01 32 Peas & beans 388 Od 3ss 6d ..... ...• Ns •d HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—DEC. 11. WHEAT. EARLEy I DAT!. I SHAI, N. First s7a Od 355 Od 26s Od 1 42s 01 Second 3Bs ld 1 27s Od 1 21, 8d a 36s 9d Third 3os 64 I 203 01 IHs 64 1 32s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, 612 qrs., 6 7 4 mold barley „ 989 qrs., 946 sold oats ,; 418 qrs., 407 sold _ Pt beans ~ 42 qrs., 31 sold AVERAGES PER IMPIRTAL QUARTER. Wheat, 1/. 18 1 s.l2ths 1 Barley, _P. 7 2 742ths Oats, ... 11. 1 8 6.l2ths 1 Beans, 1./. 16 a 6.l2tbs , PP NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. His Royal Highness th e Commander-in-Chi e f having signified his intention of inspecting the gar rison of Woolwich on Saturday mornin g , th e Royal Artillery and Militia regiments were marched out at an early hour, anti were drawn up in rank and 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 c omman d o f C o l one l Brockman, andlhe 61st 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- cam p, w h en th e usua l 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, C. 8., M.P. ; General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, G. C. 8., Idjutant-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, ctc. 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 th e 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 men'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, tire. 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 ltry, 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. 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 t.f giving strength, heats the blood, renders the systtm feverisl, and consequently weakens the whole body. The Rajputs or Rajputana, and the S.khs of the Punjab, are physically as strong as Europeans, and they are capable of enduring more fatigue, and withstanding better the vicis-itudes 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 much less propor tion than is the habit in Europe. The best food for a soldier is that which the country freely products, 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 ; amd 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 graduall3 poisoned, and rendered prone to reeive any disease. Hermetically soiled, 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 tho advantage of being easily carried, and of being always ready. In the absence of these, flour (ata) can always ba pro cured, and chapatis (a thin unleavened cake) are easily made, are highly nutritious, and are perfectly digestible when eaten fresh and hot. When cold and tough they are unwholesome. Chapatis can be baked in any quantity on iron plates made for the purpose, at:d every European should learn (whi , -11 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 separately, and afterwards mixed together, make, with the addition of salt audpepper, a whole some and nutritious food, well suited fur breakfast. Beef is the meat usually furnished to regiments. The lean commissariat trine do not promise much, bnt it is difficult to procure other meat in sufficieut quantity. Slow boiling for two hours will make any meat 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 sale, and pepper, makes a savoury. mess. Rice, bailed is a separate vessel, and after wards mixed up with the soup, meat, &c., adds to the quantity and quality of the meal, which is wholesome, nutritious, and palatab!e. Mutton and fowls may occa•ionally he had as n change ; and in the raighbonrhood of large rivers fiAh makes an useful variety, and can ii wally be had in abundance. 3AM: ia an invaluable article of diet, and should be largely supplied to soldiers. Vegetables are essential to the preservation of health. Opportunities for procuring them in quan tity present ttletn.sel vcs much oftener on the march than is genetelly supposed. In cold woatber inquiry will prove that in the neighbourhood of nearly every halting place there are fields of carrots, turnips, onionQ, and of many native vegetab les, such as bygun, sag, kc. A little mmragement on the part of the commis sariat ageeit could obtain these. SoldiTArs should be strictly warned never to eat uucoolzed or raw vegetables. Frui4. when sound and ripe is beneficial instead of fittrtful. Unripe or over-ripe fzuit will produce disease►. The water-melon and guava are, however, * By James Harrison, M.D., Surgeon, lion. Company's service'. t Kanats, walls of a ttnt. Wgter-earrier. • Lord PANMURE rose and said,—My lords, before the ,house adjourns I wi4h to perform what I consider to be a public duty on my part, but which would have been performed by the illustrious 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 therebre appoin' ed a levee, which he cannot interrupt, and which detair e him at this time. It had been his Royal Highness's intention, in order to set right with the public a di,tir 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 we 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 di.tinguished 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 ha►e endeavoured most indus triously to persuade the public that disagreements ex isted between Lord Canning and Sir Colin Campbell. It has been almost in vain that a distinct denial to these statements bas bees 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 Cohn 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 ►xtract from a letter dated Oct. 26, 1857, wri ten to his Etoyal Highness the CAntnander-m• 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 lam on the point of leaving Calcutta I would beg, with the greatest respect to the Goiernor-Geueril, to record the deep sense of tneobligation I entertain towards his lordship. Our intercourse has been most cordial, intimate, and unreserved. I cannot be sufficiently thankful for his lord ship's confidence and supportand the kindly manner in which they have been afforded, to my great pets nal satisfaction. One at a distance, and unacquainted with the ordinary mode of transacting business in this country, could hardly estimate the gain to the public service which has thus been made. But I allude principally to my owe feo•inge of gratification." Thus, my lords, Sir Colin Campbell ears testimony that Lord Canning, setting aside the ordinary mode of transac, ing military business iu that country, has afforded him a support which has tended greatly to the advan tage of the public service. (Clear, 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 tbat we might set at rest for ever the caluneay wLicb has been circulated, tbat between the Governor- General and the Commander-in-Chief in India any dis agreements had existed. (near, bear.) The motion fur the adjournment motif Thursday, the 4th r f February, 1853, was then agreed to, and their lordships separated. HOUSE OF COALNIONS. -- (SATDADAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter to three o'clock. NEW WRIT: On the motion of Mr. LIAYTER, a new writ was ordered for the election of a knight of the •hire for the county of Buckingham, in the room of the Hon. Mr. Ca• vendish, who had accepted the office of bailiff of the stewarOship of liorthfidet in the county of Y.,rk. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. Lord PALMERSTON moved the adiiurument of the house till the 4th February nPxt. EVIDENCE OF M R TWELLS BEFORE THE " Then paper is issued which is not capable of being paid on demand, but it is done in the confidence that the country would be in such a state before that demand could be made that it would be utterly impossible for the country to de mand it?—Yes, quite "Then it bears upon the fac 3 of it a fallacy, just as much as an inconvertible note ?—Yes, just the same. Therefore I think it would be only the fair and jujicious and hoenst corers; to take that those 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 : f ou would recommend that those notes, so issued upon securities, should be made a legal tender ?—Quito so, "And whether the amount should be 14,000,0001. or 20,000,0001. 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 20,000,0001. ; but it is quite possible that 14,000,0001. would effect a great deal ; that is a matter which experience only can decide." BANK COMMITrEE. Mr. SPOONEIt claimed the indulgence of the house while he. endeavoured to do justice to a most respectable gentleman, an csel 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 Dinkins, but the way is which he quoted that evidence was calculated to give a wrong im pression of the views hell by hint The Chancellor of the Exchequer read a long series of leading ques tioas—he should rather call them misleading questions —which hal been put to Mr. T'Nells by himself, and their anarrer, but he omitted to read over questions and answers, in connection with them, which changed the whole character of the evid,qlco, '•He did not read the questions consecutively, but om it te d many i t b aree •ing ones, and thus prevented th e h ouse from f u lly under atandiog the effect of the whole. The right hoe. gentle man began by saying that ho had been led into the error of supposing that he (Mr. Spooner) was the advocate of an unlimited issue of invertible paper, but that he had been made sensible of his error by a statement which he had made to the house that he held no such vie*e. Ho said he had been led into the error by the evidence of Mr. Tweils, whose sentiments he supposed him (Mr. Spooner) to bold. Now, he con curred in all that Mr. Twell s sa id b e f ore the committee, but not in the construction p u t upon it by the Char.- coExchequer.or of the Exchequer. Tile r i g ht hoo, gent leinan asked this question— begged to sly that he " You recommend the issue of 20,000,003/. of bank notes not payable in gold on demand, but receivable 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 Bank of England or by the Government 7-1 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 poisible violating the feelings of the people with regard to tha ; to 'which we have been so long accus lo icd, it would be merely altering the \weds, and inserting, instead of I promise to pay,' flora,;thino - of the same kind as is inserted in 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 vtry imniaterial." - - • The views of Mr. 'rwells were that we should have two :torts of currency—one for O r own island Ansi domestic purposes, and the other to carry on our foreign trade. Tae 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 ?-- Quite so." But he . omitted to put the next question, which was one of gre-At importance— " What do you conceive to be the advantage of an incon vertible note of that kind over a conver tible note payable to bearer on demand ? -- It would prevent a drain of bullion w h en it is required for foreign trad e , an d it would give us w hat is so very essential, a domestic c urr ency which is not influeneed by aLy foreign transactions whatever. If France or America wants a quantity et gold it - ought not to inter fere with our domestic currency. Our merchants and all Mr. Twells was a man of great experience and sound knowledge, and was mixed up with no particular party. Ile 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, sad to take up garbled statements of the questions put to him and the answers he had given. In a Congregation holden thiq morning at 10 o'clock, the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS or ARTS. Charles Daniel Cive, Exeter College Charles Lee Wiugfiel l (Fellow), All Souls College David Mapleton, St. John's College John Turner Hopwood, Ttini'y College Heroert Eliot Ormerod, St. Mary Hall Rev. Henry Swan Dadding, Magdalen Hall BACHELORS OF ARTS. our trade surely should not surer became America wants gold," Again, he asked— " Do you think that that currency would run the risk of ever being depreciated in value—that is to say, that incon vertible 51. notes would not exchange for five sovereigns ?—I do ILA 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 question asked, and not given by the right hon, gentleman, was " How would you determine the value of a 5/. note 7-1 do not want any value beyond its passing for 51 for taxes ; what ever the Government demands from me as a tax of 51." What his friend Mr. Twells meant was that he wanted nothicg more tha❑ that the Government should take the 51. note in payment of taxes. He was afterwards asked his opini in 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 the 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 Engl tnd, 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 bon. 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. Ile hoped this state ment, which he had deemed it his duty to make, would receive as wide a publicity as that which had bean made by the Chancellor of the Etchequer. Mr. Twells was next asked— " Under what does the country suffer, and why under a drain of bullion ?—Because it cannot have supplied to it a sufficient circulation. The House of Commons wds 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 objt ct of a sound currency, " From what is that an extract I—That was stated on ➢ir. 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 bad ' 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 formalities summoned the Speaker to the Hause of Lords to hear the Royal assent given to a bill. The SPEAKER on his Feturn, announced that the Royal assent bad been given by commission to the Bank Issues Indernity Bill. Mr. SPOONER, resuming his statement, proceeded to real the following extracts from Mr, Twel4' evid .nce:— " The gap which is created in the circulating medium by sending out bullion to purchase can would be filled up for the time by the inconvertible note till the exchange is turned and then gold w-uld naturally flow in ? Yes, it would naturally flow in just as any other commodity. " But the bank-note, if issued ent rely by the Bank upon the B ink's own responsibility, you would still keep liable to be paid in gold ; you do not want to mlke any change in that? —Not at all. " There would be no necessi . y for it ?—None whatever. "There are notes to the extent of 14,500,000/. now issued upon se.unities ?—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 14,500,009/., would they be able to bo paid?—No, they would not be able to bo paid ; but the country is now put iu such a position that they cannot demand it. C FLIT RCS RATES. Mr. DUNCOMBE inquired if the Government in. tended to introduce any measure this session on the sub. ject of church rates. Lord PAL ‘I ERSTON 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 answer to a queytion on this subject Lord PALMERSTON said it was the intention of Government to introduce a measure this seision 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 ppula tion in the manufacturingdistricts, and expres•ed a wish that Government, before separating, had adopted mea cures for its initiaation. 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 fur the Government to adopt special measures for local circumstances. He had every rea,ou to believe that their tposition would shortly bt, bet er than at present. The motion for adjournment was then agreed to. LONDON CORPORATION REFOR\I. Sir G. GREY gave notice that on the 4th. Feb. he should introduce a measure for the reform of the Cur• poration of the City of London. Mr. T. DUNCONIBE 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 no', be sati-,fied with their continually putting off this question. He called upon the noble lord to state tb , .cided;) , what he intended to do with re• ference to this subject. NAVAL STATIONS. Lord A. CUUIICE-lILL asked whether it was the intention of her IVlajssty',4 Government to form operate naval stations at the Australian and New Zcaland Sir C. WOOD said that at presen', to a certain ex tent, the stati.ins wtra separated. ' Ni, change was at present conternplatEd. Tab: GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. Mr. WYLD asked the First Lord of the Treasury if, upon tee reassembling of Parliainent, it was the intention of her Majesty's Ministers to propwe any alteration in the present Governmeot of India. Sir G. ..i . rI3,EY said that the Government had already ietioaated their intention to introduce the subjcct on an early day. He could give no further answer. RETURNS. Several unopposed returns were granted. THE STEAMSHIP AUSTRIA.. ail. SYKES, in moving for a copy of the reports of the Eat India Company's surveyors on the screw steam shi2 Austria, 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. Ile said she was a new vessel of 2,385 tons, and built and fitted out at Greenock. Her engines were made by Messrs. Caird and Co., of that place, men of high reputein their profession. The vessel bad a British register, and her owner was a naturalised Brd,i4l subj. ct. 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 ixamination there her engines wero found to be unharmed, and after the ship had undergone the necessary repairs she again pr.ceeded on her voyage. She experienced another storm, however, and unfortunately in the midst of it a part of her engines gave way. The 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 bad been stated that the authorities at the India-house ordered that a spare deck should be added to the vessel for the increased accommodation of the troops. The very rover:e of that was the cast.. That proposition emanated from the owners of the ship, but the Com pany's surveyorc refused their permission, and happly so, for the sea that first struck the vessel in the Bay of &may would probably have swept into the sea the whole 20 ( 1 or 300 soldiers who would have occupied that tem porary spare deck. (Hear.) He thought when the house was in possession of the retuzna 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 scantly the occasion, or he should certainly lave offered some severe comment upon the loose manner in which subjects were often investigated before they were publicly discussed. The hon. member concluded by moving for the reports already alluded to. Sir WILLIAM FRASER said, having had an op o i tunity of going on board the vessel in question on her first return to Plymouth, after she br.d been nearly wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, he wished to state briefly to the house what he observed on that occasion. H e did not profess to have any great knowledge of shit . building, but no one could have seen the state of the vessel without being convinced that she was not at all a ship in which to trust one of her Majesty's regiments on a long voyage to India. (Hear.) There was Lardly a Horatio Waddington (Sea°lar), University College George Finch, University College Sholto Middleton (Scholar), Balliol College Charles Bertie P. Boeanquer, Balliol College Walter Morrison, Belliol College Henry Beaufoy Wilder, Ba liol College William Lambert Newman, audio' C 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 Morfihl, Oriel Cull , ge Alfred Fowler, Queen's Co llege Marshall Will, Queen's College Rev. James Tillard Bonner New College Francis Edward Thompson (Scholar), Lincoln College Charles John Elliot Wsdkey, Lincoln College Bartholomew Stephen Yolland, Lincoln College Luke Owen Pike (Scholar), Brasenose College John Bszeley, Brasenose College Henry John Hocking, Brasenose College John Clough, Brasenose College Clement Reginald Tollemache, Brasenose College William Horton Davey, Brasenoqi College Joseph Wool, Brasenoee College Thomas Henry Clark, Brasenose College Win. Daulby Warburton (Scholar), Brasenose College Henry Rudd, Corpus Christi College William B ys Johnston, Christ Church Richard Benyon Berens, Christ Church George Clinton Which, Christ Church Arthur Cyril Vesey, Christ Church Henry Rarely, Christ Church Francis Parkham, Christ Cenrch John Tolle Fatiesett (Student), Christ Church Regicid' Southey, Christ Cnureli William Morton, Trinity College Joseph Lyon, Triuity Coifs Chao , . Fredk. Cumber West (Scholar), St. John's Coll, William Graham Re. Log, St. John's College Arthur Dough Graham, St. John's College Galilee Laurens, Je-me C 'liege William Joseph Edwards (Schelar), Jesus College David Lewis, Jesus College Walter Hiley, Waeliarn College Charles Hilliard Miller, Wadham College John Gully, Wadham C 'liege Arthur Pniltp Morres, Wadhane C 'liege Hudson Sylvester Davies, Pembroke College Theodore W. James, Pembroke College James Edward Lapworth, Pembroke College Edward Moore, Pembroke College Wiliam More Melyneux, Pembroke College Walter William Hopwood, Pembroke College Edwin Hatch, Pembroke College wtuiam Elear Matthews, Pembroke College Samuel Goldney, Pembroke College Henry Morse Fryer, Pembroke College James William H. Stobart, Worcester College Frederick Standen Harrison, Worcester College John Cockburn Thomson, St. Mary Hall John Henry W. Fenton, St. Mary Hall Field Flowers Goa., Magdalen Hall Thomas Jo' n Trevenen, Magdalen Hall Joseph i3osiv ;Tthe D.D., Trinity CoNege, Cambridge, was incorporated, and admitted at Chri.t Church. The next degree day, being the last in the present Term, 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 hell at, 3 o'clock the decree affecting Mr. Granville Leveson-Gower was submittal and ap proved. In a Congregation held immediately afterwards the statute determining a doubt as to the beginning end end of Term was read and promulgated. No speaking took place on the promulgation. The Craven statute was then sub•nitted and carried by 56 votes to 25 ; after which the statute ow the suliject of Academic costume was put to the vote. This statute was also carried by 59 votes to 33. The Congregation was then dissolved. LEEDS, DEC. 12. SToOK ExCHANGE.—The market to-day more active, but very little business was transact. -4 . Midlands, 85i 6 --Dovors, 19 4 —North Westerns, 7s—Leeds, CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 1.0. At a congregation held this day the following degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. John Tope Chenoweth, Pembroke. Philip Newman Lawrence, Queen's. Charles Spread, Townehend, Je euia. Arthur Burton, Grand Comp ,under, Emmanuel. BACHELOR OF LAWS. George Ruggles Fisher, Trinity Hall. LICENTIATE IN MEDICINE. Robert Cameron GrA't , m, Trinity. BACHELORS OF MEDICINE. Arthur Aylett Harrison, Trinity. Edward Cooper Willis, Caine. AD EUNDEM GRADUM. Rev. John Murray Holland, Fellow of New College, Oxford. Forty-nine Graces connected with the new statutes were read. ail of which passed nein. con., with t h e ex ception of two, one of which was rejected, 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 exAmihation to au annual essay, was opposed by the non -regents, and rejected by }1 majority- of ',-11,1nc0t3,: 17 ; non-placete, 30. The prapuition to give, the Notri3ian Divinity priz3 ones in five years, instead of atincally, %vv.; opposed by the non-regents; and carried by p, ruairrity (4 one— placet., 7 ; non-p!acsts ; 6. The Norrisian. Professor of Di*Anity has given no` ea that he purpo::es to begin his lessons in the Lent tvriti, 1858, on Thursday, January 28, at 12 o'clock at noon, and to c.mtinue them every Tuesday, Thursday, ano Saturday unt4 the end of term, Gentleman who desire - to attend am requeitel to enter their names a'. Messrs. D‘iebton, B .11, and C.r.s. The Professor of Political Econ ,, my has given notice that his course of lectures on the history and principles of that science mill crrnmence on Tuesday, the 161,tt February, aad be continued on Mondays, Tuesday:, Thursdayk, Fridays, and Saturdays during the Leut term, at 12 o'clock, in the Geographical Lecture-room. ander the University Library. -'IIE UNEMPLOYED IN BIRMINGHAM. —We hear the evil effects of the injury to ►rarl:; is beginning to be felt severely by wine of the artisans of Bir,oingham. Meet ings of the unemployed aro talked of, and the members of ono trade aro appealing to public charity.—Birinin,q ham Daily Press. THE MAILS, &C.— SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 13.—Tbe Royal Mail Company's steamship Teviot, Capt. Mo'r, sailed yesterday for Alexandria with the Australian mails, about 70 passengers, 1,2001. in specie, jewels y value 5,0001., 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 systdm of sorting the mails on board during the homeward voyage of the steamer, so as to be reaey . for transmission to their respective places of destination im mediately on arrival at this port, instead of being for warded en. masse to the General Poet-office and there a.sorted. By the adoption of this plan a great saving of time will be effected in the delivery of the mails. The Ut.ited States' mail steamer Arid. Capt. Ludlow, which arrived here yesterday from New York, sailed this morning for Bremen direct, her passengers for . Havre having been fir warded to ihat port by .the steamship Havre, chartered for the purpose. The Union Screw Company's steam , hip phosto-, Capt. Cook, of 700 to ns and 140 horse-power, which has jest been provisionally purchased by the company for their Cape line, arrived birch - cm Liverpoolyesterday morning, and consequently went out for a trial trip for the satisfaction of the Government surveyors. She sailed hence this afternoon with 12 passengers and 10) tons of cargo, calling at Ply- mouth, whence she takes in the mails for the Cape of Good Hops, &c., and leaves on Tuesday. The Union steamer, also belonging to the same company, 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 H. B. B,nson, sailed this morning for Portsmouth, where she mite rks the head-quarters of the 68th Light Infantry fGr India. The Peninsular and Orientel Company's stea,uo•hip Tagus, Captain Christian, is due on Monday with the Peninsular mails, and leaves again on Thursday with the return mails. The Pera, Captain Soy, leaven 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 =tilt. The Rey ‘1 Mail Company's steamer Parana, Captain Davis, is due on Wednesday with the mails from the West Indies, and the Alagdalena, Captain Woolley, leaves for the same quarter on Thursday. The next mails from this port for 'New York will be taken out by the Arago. Captain Lines, on Wednesday. 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The result of eatin: this delicious Food is the perfect restoration of my health within amouth; and I take apeculiarpleasure in recommending all sufferers to follow my example. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. I am, &c., W. EDIE, Major, H.M.S. , Unattached. Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Urn ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harve; ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker 1 Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingrain ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Cast e- Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all ather means of cure bad failed. Suitably packed with fall , in structions. In canisters, 11b, 2s. 9d. ; 21b, 45..6d. ; 5 1 b, 31s ; 121 b, 225. The 121 b canisters ate gent carriage ft eo, on receipt of Post-Office order.—Barry Du Barry, dr Co., 77, Regent-street, London. Ittroaram CAUTION against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations :—The Vice-Chancel tor . Sir William Page Wood, granted" an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill, for imitating " Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food." ABERDEEN-Dm,. 11.. Potato oats 18s Od to 19s Od Common oats 17s 6d t o 18 s Od 1 401bs per bushel Bere 22s Od to 21s Od 1 531bs Barley . . , .2s Od to 24s Od Wheat, rod (spring)3os Od to 32s Od , white .. 2P',s Od to 44s Od 1 621bs „ Oatmeal 15s Od to 1 sOd per boll. Flour 39s Od to 90s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb Gd to 93 I Butter, p lb. Os Od to is 01 Mutton, per lb Ed to 9d Eggs, p doz. is Oil to is 6 I Lamb, do., Os Gd to 0,9 d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 61 Veal, per lb ... 6,1 to Os 9 i Chickens,do. 2s Od to 2t . 61 I Pork, per 1b...03 Od to Os 01 Ducks, do., 1 s Gd to 2; 01 Salmon, per lb ... ...... Os Od Ducklings,do2s 01 to 2, 6 i Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 3s Od to 3i 61 Tallow, p stone, Os to —s 01 Potatoes, pr peck, —d to 121 Rabbits, each 8.1 to —d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt....82s to —$ Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. F10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to is 81 I Oatmeal Os Od to is 7d „ dust, ..... Os to Os 10d Beremeal ....Os Od to is 6d „ per lb 2d to 2id I Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sids, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 61 4-Ib. 10af...6d. 12-lb. 10af...3d. DUBLIN, DEC. 11. There was a generally dull market to-day, and transac tions were confined to the supply of immediate wants. We reduce our quotations of Tuesday 3d to 6d for - wheat and 3d for inferior oats and barley. Indian corn met a slow sale at Tuesday's currencies. White wheat, 28s 01 to 29s 0(1 ; red ditto, 24' Oct to 278 64. ditto new, —s 01; barley, malting, 15s to 18s 6d; grind ing, —s to —a ; oats, old, 12a 6d to 15s; ditto, new, —e 04 to —s 01; oatmeal, 14s to 15s 6d; bere, new, 14s to 156 Od ; rapes , d, 23s Od to 258 Od per brl ; baktab' dour, 161 od to 2. sOd per cwt; Indian corn, 31. 01 to 334 Od per 450 lb:. LOCAL SHARE MARKET& LIVERPOO4 DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were about nominal, and prices were steady. Birkenhead, 65 . }- -Lancaster and Carlisle, new thirds, 8 prem.—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 94—Midlands, 85i 6—Grand Trunk of Ca, ada, 9i—Great Western of Canada, 18,i— Black burn, 9i—North Eastern, serwicks, 24—Doyers, 194 — Lon lon an'i North Western, sig 3—Great Western, 54 Sheffields, 381. MANCHESTER, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE.--The market opened easier to-day, but prices were rather lower. Eastern Counties, 11-- Lancashire and Yozkhire, on—Midlands. 86—East Lan cashire, new 91., 1 d—South Eastern, 191- Grand Trunk of Canada. 93—Great Western of Canada, 18.. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 12. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Business in the market generally brisker, and prices a shade better. London and North- Western, 94 94i—Birmingham Banking Company, 26 — Birmingham Gas, New Ordinary, 55—Midlands, 85. BIRTHS. BIRCH—On the 12th inst. at 14, Sloane-street, Knights. bridge, the wife of Abel F. F. Birch, of a son. COMBS—On the 12th inst., at 29, Camdeu-square, Mrs. J. Combs, of a daughter. Cuusr---On the 11th inst., at St. Jude's Parsonage, South wark, the wife of the Rev. Francis Cruse, 8.A., incum- bent of St. Jude's, of a son. MARRIAGES, TONES -- LODDY--On the 9th imt., at St. Martin's-in-the - Fields, London, William John, son of Mr. Benjamin Jones, of Charing-cross, to Caroline Theresa, daughter of the late'G. Loddy, Esq., of Southtown, Great Yar mouth. DEATHS. - - BRENomar—On the 10th inst., at Wom . blvell Tlall, Kent, John Drenchley, Esq., aged E 3. t 9, Cambridge-terrace, On the 10th inst., at Hyde-park, John W. C a rrington , Es(1;, late of 13.2,1 A Ceylon 0.8., aged 73 ; in the evening of the same (lay, Clara, his wife, aged s(i. agedJa6o4i4es Fenton, Esq., of Bam fordFEivTONFll,ntat,bneca JOIINSOY —On the 10th inst., at Upper-terrace, Put William Johnson , E s q ., late of the 17.E.1.C0.'S HOL Y ; Service, aged 81. - PirErt —On the 10th inst., John Dixon Piper, of Colue E•isex, aged 64. . o d a h tt e he2l , lBt :lee a p t t:r a eg t. retted by her family I L Roll lingsP Emma, youngest nd f t. r o ie f n l d o s. fantr l ; R w o :Bol. e U , in P ulEa E llrhi l so r t : uu : s.er o Eoue fye_ n t ; ha h ei ng e etl Pe Elq., of Streatham 11th at Sunning.. Berko, Lien • Wodelionse, Colonel of 11.1 C's 3d LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, SO 11.2, strand, in the Precinct of bbe Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, December 14, 1857.