The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-12-28 00:00:00

ICibtrpoot taitVittV. TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 21, 1552. THE WEEK IT is only necessary to remind our readers of its being Christmas week, to account for the dearth of all matters of local interest, save the various pre- parations for the appropriate festivities and the realisation of them, which must have been of the most satifactory character, from the quietude which it seems to have universally effected. It is true that there is a ministerial crisis going on in London, but the public of Liverpool are so satisfied of its leading to nothing but a recal of the Conservatives that they have not yet disturbed themselves with speculations as to the time when the next Cabinet explosion will take place On the morning of Christmas Day, and again morning, we were visited by one of on yesterda those violent and destructive gales which fortunately occur but rarely. We have given full particulars of the several disasters in another column. NEW YEAR'S DAY. JANUARY, the first and the coldest month of the year, name from JANUs, a deity represented by the Romans with two faces, because he was acquainted with past and future events. The Saxons called this month " Wolf-monat," because the wolves, impelled by hunger, were wont to prowl and attack man ; and they also called it " Aefter-yula," or after Christmas. The festival of the Circumcision, which is observed on this day, stands in the Calendar of the Church of England as well as in that of Rome. It was instituted about the year 487, and at first appeared in the Reformed English Liturgy in 1550. The New Year formerly commenced on the 21stof March, as being the commencement of Spring, when the sun enters the first degree of Aries—the first of the signs of the Zodiac; but in 1750, by Act of Parliament, the year was ordered to be commenced on the Ist of January. It is owing to this that dates between January Ist and March 21, before 1750, have usually two years assigned to them, the year as then reckoned which was not ended, and the year as nosy reckoned which had commenced. New Year's Day has been observed from very ancient times as one for the interchange of gifts. The Romans accustomed to carry small presents as new year's gifts to the senators under whose protection they were severally placed. In the reigns of the Emperors they flocked in such numbers with valuable ones, that various decreeswere made to abolish the custom, though it always continued among that people. The Romans who settled in Britain, or the families connected with them by mar introduced these new year's gifts among our fore fathers, who got into the habit of making presents even to the Magistrates. Some of the Fathers of the Church wrote against them, as fraught with the greatest abuses, and the Magistrates were forced to relinquish them. The Druids were accustomed on certain days to cut the sacred misle toe with a golden knife, in a forest dedicated to the gods, and to distribute its branches with much ceremony as new year's gifts among the people. Among the Saxons of the North, the festival of the new year was observed with more than ordinary jollity and feasting, and by sending new year's gifts to one another. The practice of the Romans was continued during the middle ages ; and our kings, and the nobility especially, interchanged presents. MATTHEW PARIS shows that HENRY TV. extorted new year's gifts, and in a MS. of the public revenue anno 5 EDWARD VL is an entry of " rewards given on New Year's Day to the King's officers and servants in ordinary £155 55., and to their servants that present the King's Mejestie with new year's gifts." Bishop LATIMER, in stead of presenting HENRY VIII. with a piece of gold, as was customary, for a new year's gift, put into the King's hand a New Testament, with a leaf conspicuously doubled down at Hebrews xiii. 4, which will be found to have been worthy of all acceptation, though not, perhaps, well ac cepted. It is supposed that the wardrobe and jewellery of QUEEN ELIZABETH were principally supported by these annual contributions on New Year's Day. From the original rolls published in " her Progresses," it appears that the greatest part, if not all, the peers and peeresses of the realm, all the bishops, the chief officers of state, and several of the QUEEN'S household servants, even down to her apothecary, master-cook, serjeant of the _ itc. gave new irt f-i P... q . .. FR _A consisting, in general, either of a sum of money, or jewels, trinkets, wearing apparel, Sic. The largest sum given by any of the temporal lords was £2O; but the Archbishop of Canterbury gave £4O, the Archbishop of York £3O, and the other spiritual lords £2O to £10; many of the temporal lords of great offices, and most of the peeresses gave rich gowns, petticoats, shifts, silk stockings, garters, sweet bags, doublets, mantles embroidered with precious stones, looking-glasses, fans, bracelets, caskets studded with jewels, and other costly trinkets. Sir GaBERT DETHICIC, Garter King at Arms, gave a book of the States in WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR'S time; ABSOLON, the master of the Savoy, gave a Bible covered with cloth of gold, garnished with silver, gilt, and plates of the royal arms ; the QUEEN'S physician presented her with a box of foreign sweetmeats ; another physician presented a pot of green ginger, and a pot of orange flowers ; her apothe caries gave her a box of lozenges, a box of ginger candy, a box of green ginger, and pots of other conserves. Mrs. BLANCH A PARRY gave Her MAJESTY a little gold comfit box and spoon ; Mrs. MoRGAN gave a box of cherries and one of apricots. The QUEEN'S master cook and her ser jeant of the pastry presented her with various confectionary and preserves. PUTRINO, an Italian, gave her two pic tures ; AMBROSE LUPO gave her a box of lute-strings, and a glass of sweet water ; each of three other Italians pre sented her with a pair of sweet gloves ; a cutler gave her a meat knife, and a fan haft of .bone, with a conceit on it ; JEROMY BASSANO gave two drinking glasses; and SMYTH I the dustman, presented Her MAJESTY with two bolts of cambric. Dr. DRAKE says, that though ELIZABETH made returns to the new year's gifts, in plate and other articles, yet she took sufficient care that the balance should be in her own favour. Gloves were customary new year's gifts, being more expensive than in our times, and occasionally a money present was tendered instead, and called glove-money. Pins were also acceptable new year's gifts to the ladies. instead of the wooden skewers which they used till the end of the fifteenth century. Sometimes they received a com position in money ; and hence allowances for their separate use are still denominated pin-money. The custom of pre senting new year's gifts is still preserved, particularly in Scotland, but not to the same extent as formerly. in Scotland, however, the day is kept with far more obser vance than Christmas. On the Ist of January, 1308, WILLIAM TELL assembled a band of his countrymen against the tyranny of their oppressors. The opposition was carried on for three centuries, and was terminated by the treaty of Westphalia, in 1648, declaring the independence of Switzerland. On the Ist of January, 1631, Charles 11. was crowned, at Scone, King of the Scots. On the Ist of January, 1801, the Union of Great Britain with Ireland commenced, according to Act of Parliament ; and the event was solemnised by the hoisting of a new Royal flag on the Tower of London, accompanied by the firing of guns there and in St. James's Park. On the same day Plazzt, the astronomer, at Florence, discovered the planet Ceres. . Among the customs still preserved to our times is the meeting of social parties to see the old year out and the new year in ; and the ringing of merry peals on the church belfries with the same laudable object. LIVERPOOL CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB. THERE are affliction s to which human nature is liable, of which it is almost impossible to comprehend the seve rity, as there are senses the value of which cannot easily he estimated without suffering from the loss of them. This is especially the case with the faculties of hearing and speech, the deprivation of which presents no visible token, and the sufferers ore consequently liable to be passed by without exciting our sympathy. The blind ap peal at once to our feelings of pity, for their loss is self evident, and most persons can form some idea, however imperfect, of the misery of their condition ; but few peo ple can fully appreciate that complete isolation from human society which is the unhappy result of being deaf and dumb. Never having heard the sound of the human voice, the softening and humanising strains of music, or the melody with which all Nature hymns its Maker's praise, the soul of the hapless sufferer from this calamity is a mere Llank, less fitted than the brutes that perish to recaive impressions from education or associations, and incapable of making known his wants and wishes, except by the imperfect medium of signs, only intelligible to those immediately about him, and only adapted to the gratifica tion of mere animal desires. Under such circumstances, there existed no ordinary means of making the patient THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAN, DECEMBER 28, 1852. sensible of his condition as an immortal being ; and 1 though the affection of relatives might do much to alle viate physical suffering, it could do little to compensate for the loss of faculties so important to human existence. But if this affliction was of so poignant a character in or dinary life, its misery was considerably aggravated when linked, as is too often the case, to poverty ; and it is therefore that institutions for the education of the deaf and dumb may he considered of the most truly philanthro pic character out of the many which shed a never-fading lustre upon our age and nation. By the continued aid of scientific skill, unwearied patience, and great persever ance, the means have been discovered of appealing through the eye of the sufferer to his dormant faculties, and of rendering him not only capable of receiving but of imparting instruction ; and science was never applied to a nobler end than when she was thus exerted in the cause of suffering humanity. Let any one of us endeavour to conceive the idea of our condition if deprived of the senses of hearing and speech, and our imagination would fall far short of the utter blank which our minds would present ; and this inadequacy of appreciation may possibly account for the long delay which took place before the important town of Liverpool provided a public institution for the relief of this calamity. It was in the year 1825, through the philanthropic exer tions of Mr. WILLIAM COMER, that the Liverpool School for the Deaf and Dumb was established, and the best proof of its utility is afforded by the fact that since that time nearly three hundred children have received the blessings of education by which they have been enabled, under the blessing of Providence, to provide partially or wholly for their own subsistence, and, by means of writing and by intelligible signs, to communicate freely with their fellow-creatures. In the first year of its establishment twenty-five children were admitted, and since that time numbers varying from five to twenty have been admitted each year into the Institution. During the whole of this time the School has had to depend for its support upon the voluntary contributions of the benevolent, in the form of annual subscriptions, donations, and legacies, and the payment for board and lodging made by such parents of pupils as are not quite in indigent circumstances; but until within a very recent period the School has had no endowment fund to fall back upon, in case of any decrease in the annual support, and now the amount invested is but a very small sum to provide against contingencies. In the year 1839 additional exertions were made to raise a Building Fund for the purposes of the Charity, and an appropriate and commodious structure was erected in Oxford-street East, upon a portion of the old Botanic Garden, which was specially granted by the Corporation of Liverpool for the purpose. The exterior presents a very neat appearance, the entrance being approached by a flight of steps lying back from the main street. On the basement story are the kitchens, scullery, laundry, lava tory, and play-grounds for the children when the weather is wet ; while the capacious yard behind is divided for the children of opposite sexes, with conveniences for gymnas tic exercises. The floor above the basement is entered from the front, and on each side are the apartments of the Superintendent, Mr. Davin BUXTON, who was una nimously elected to that responsible situation in July, 1851, on the resignation of Mr. RHE'ID, having previously filled the effice of Principal Assistant in the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in the Old Kent-road, near London. At the back, on the same floor, is the spacious school room, fitted up with desks, at which the pupils write on ruled slates, and the proficiency which many of them dis play is truly wonderful, questions written on their slates being answered by them readily and correctly. Specimens of objects in ordinary use are kept for the instruction of the pupils, and once or twice during the summer they are permitted to visit the Zoological Gardens, in order to assist in their acquiring a knowledge of animals. Several of the pupils learn drawing, and it is an interesting fact that their constant reliance upon the hand and eye, in making known their wants, tends to give them a facility for acquiring proficiency in this delightful art. Indeed, several of them display a taste and skill in drawing which may prove of eminent service to them in their future career. The school is open for the inspection of visitors every Tuesday, and all who take an interest in the deve lopment of the human faculties would do well to avail themselves of the opportunity. They will see much to excite their admiration in the regularity which pervades the conduct of this silent school, and the facile manner in which the faculties of which the pupils are deprived appear to be compensated by the training of their other faculties. There are young faces beaming with intelli gence, and though they can neither hear you nor speak to you, the fingers to the initiated, and the slate to others. will soon show that they understand, and have virtually zuzL Lair clicia Loo m n0a;,4;... It is a pecullarlty wan- CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCRIPTURE i READERS' SOCIETY. IT was stated by Our LORD Himself, during His residence here on earth, that " The poor had the gospel preached to them ;" and in these days of ours, when Christianity has existed nearly 2,000 years, and has been popularized throughout the world, the principle should be true to a wider extent. Unfortunately, however, we can only assert it with modifications. The message is certainly delivered to all ; the clergyman has the care of all the souls in his parish or district ; there is no scriptural limit restricting or prohibiting any grade of the population, and an increasing number of our churches are open to all who may choose to worship. Yet there are thousands of the poor who know nothing of any form of christianity, who can scarcely be called infidels, or unbelievers, inas much as they are simply non-believers, who do not take the trouble to think on the subject. Whoever considers the number of these people who exist in our large towns, the contamination of bad example, arising from their crowding and close intercourse, and the mortality which sweeps them away at a low average of human life, the members of the Church of Christ must feel that a heavy responsibility rests upon them. There are few countries of the world in which the wants of the poor, in one sense, are better attended to than in our own. The law provides food for the hungry and destitute, and a home for the houseless pauper. We have hospitals for the sick and wounded ; dispensaries for the infirm at their own houses ; numerous schools for the education of the young, and some reformatory institutions for the recovery of the depraved. There are societies for feeding and for clothing, and one valuable institution col lects the redundant pence from the humble poor, so as gently to force them to habits of prudence and economy. We have church societies too, which provide —some, ad ditional church accommodation—and others, additional clergy ; but all of these proceed on an assumption which is unfortunately not quite true in fact, that the people are ready and disposed to take advantage of these benevolent provisions. It is true of christianity as it is true of educa tion or of any other good thing, that a man must know something of it before he can thoroughly appreciate it. He who is an outcast, therefore, would of himself be an outcast still ; the lost sheep must be sought ; they will not come to the fold of themselves. When a man has received a religious education in early youth, the old channels of feeling may be easily opened, however deep the degradation into which he has sunk in after years, but when his whole life has been " without God in the world," good principles and good habits must be im planted even in this ungenial soil. The Church of England Scripture Readers' Society has been in practical existence only one year, yet the results upon our degraded population have exceeded the ex pectation of its most sanguine friends. The agent is, in fact, a missionary, who is sent to labour among the hea then in a Christian land. He tells to some of them the gospel facts, or the moral lessons of the Epistles, for the first time ; to others he gives a consistency and connexion in their thoughts of religion, arranging the disjecta mem - bra which they may have gleaned at a few occasional ser- Meeting them on their own worldly level, his intercourse is less authoritative, it is true, than that of a clergyman ; but it is all the more unreserved, and often more practical and searching. One great advantage of it is, that the people can be classified, and the clergyman, knowing his men, can effect a much larger amount of good by the same expenditure of time and effort. The natural results have followed in several parts of the town. It should be stated, however, that the labours of the Readers are confined to the parish of Liverpool, with one single exception, which is in the borough, but on the borders of the parish. The agents are under the super intendence of a clergyman, whose labours are restricted to this duty. There is thus uniformity, harmony, and system in the various parts of the town. In some of the worst portions of the town a marked change is visible, even in the short space of twelve months. The grosser immoralities are abandoned ; people are more attentive to the external decencies and proprieties of life ; there is a growing attachment to personal religion and public wor ship ; and the visits of the Readers are looked forward to with interest. One important feature of the system is, that the clerical superintendent is at the same time a schoolmaster, or rather a theological and moral professor. The whole of the agents or Readers meet with him once a week, or more frequently if necessary, to be instructed, not only in intellectual and religious subjects, but also in reference to the practical discharge of their duties. They are trained systematically to meet the cavils of the prac tical infidel on the one hand, or the superstition. Ro. =atm. oil Lue other; out, at the same time, their labours are not of an aggressive character, but addressed mainly to the lost sheep of our English Church. Many Roman Catholics, however, have been led to think of the errors of their system; and the examination of the Readers at the schools in Cornwallis-street is a weekly fact of extreme interest, both to Protestants and Romanists in the I southern part of the town. It is little to say of such a society that we heartily wish it God speed. We recommend it earnestly to the benevolent and affluent of the town, whose good wishes for their poorer brethren cannot be carried out by their personal efforts, but which, with reasonable assistance, may be more than realised by the Liverpool Church of England Scripture Readers' Society. FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE. Louis Napoleon, during the past week, paid a visit to Compiegne, where all the members of the diplomatic corps, who had presented their new credentials, were in vited to partake of the imperial festivities. He reviewed the national guard, and the company of firemen of Creil, and visited the operatives of the Creil manufactory. The Emperor entered Compiegne about three o'clock on Sun day afternoon. Instantly 101 guns fired a salute. On alighting he was received by the Mayor with an address. The " ladies of the Halle" next advanced, and presented a very handsome basket of rare flowers. Louis Napoleon received it very graciously, and paid some compliments to those who offered it. The Emperor then mounted on horseback and gave the signal for the cortege to move on. The band of the 7th Chasseurs, playing the well-known airs, led the way at the head of the regiment. Half a squadron of mounted gendarmerie followed, and then Louis Napoleon, in advance, as usual, of his staff, but preceded by about a dozen peasants in blouses, whose shouts and eccentric gesticulations appeared to amuse him. On reaching the Hotel de Ville he was met by a deputation from the young ladies of Compiegne. They also presented him with a handsome basket of flowers. On arriving at the Church of St. Jacques, the Emperor found the Bishop of Beauvais, accompanied by his clergy, also with an address. He then proceeded to the palace, in front of which crowds bad already assembled. After a short time the troops were dismissed to their quarters, and the crowds dispersed. A grand ball will be given at the theatre. All the public buildings. and the greater number of the private houses were illuminated. The second number of the Bulletin des Lois of the Empire publishes a decree, dated December 9, opening to the Minister of the interior from the Budget of 1852 an extraordinary credit of 600,000 f. applicable to the payment of a part of the expenses caused by the arrests after the events of December, 1851. _ _ The Emperor ho.s pardoned a great number of persons in the army condemned by the courts-martial. Out of 488 persons undergoing imprisonment, 443 have obtained the remission of the remainder of their punishment, and 45 a reduction. The Algiers papers announce that the ceremony of pro claiming the Empire took place at Algiers on the 12th. The solemnity was announced at sunrise by a salvo of 21 guns from the little isle of the Marine, and repeated from the battery of the port. At the same moment the vessels in the harbour were dressed out with flags. A dreadful storm occurred on Friday week which did great damage. Among other injuries it shattered the spire of the Church of Ladies ; and one of the stones thrown down fell upon the roof of a house belonging to the Marquis de Bridieu, at least 50 yards from the base of the tower. One of several persons who were sitting near a window in the act of writing was carried by the action of the electricity two yards from his chair. This person ex perienced violent pains in his legs and arms during twe hours, and a strong taste of salt in his mouth. On the 6th instant the inhabitants of Saint Geours-de- Marenne, in the Landes, saw with terror a globe of fire traversing the sky, and leaving a train of fire after it, which shone vividly, notwithstanding the brightness of the sun. A violent noise was then heard, and all fire dis appeared. It is supposed that this phenomenon is connected with the falling of an " aerolithe." The Moniteur of Friday last published a decree naming the Emperor's uncle, Prince Jerome Bonaparte, successor to the throne in default of legitimate or adopted heirs. The members of the Imperial family are to be called French princes, and at the age of 18 they are to become members of the Council of State. The Senatus- consultum has been adopted by 64 votes to 7. According to the modifications of the Constitution, the Emperor will preside in the Senate. The treaties of commerce modifying tariffs will have the force of law by simple promulgation. Important public works may be authorised by Imperial decree. The Budget of Expendi ture is to be voted by ministries, and the form of oath is modified. Abd-el-Kader sailed from Marseilles on the 21st inst., on board the steam frigate Labrador. SPAIN. THE NEW CABINET.—The resignation of the old cabinet has been accepted. and the appointment of the following ministers have been officially announced : " General Roncali, Count of Alcoy, President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; General Lara, Senator of the Kingdom, Minister of War ; M. Frederick Vahey, former Deputy, Minister of Justice; M. Gabriel de Aristizabal Reutt, Director General of the Debt of the State, Minister of Finance; Gen. Rafael de Aristegui, Count of Mirasol, Senator of the Kingdom, Minister of Marine, and charged ad interim with the Department of Public Works ; M. Alejandro Llorente, former Deputy Minister of the Interior. All these decrees are counter signed by the Count of Alcoy. The seizure of the three Madrid journals, the Epoca, the Diorio Espanol, and the Herald°, by order of the local authority, for having published the address of the Opposition to the electors, and the seizure of the docu ment itself after having been allowed to circulate freely in the public places and cafés of the capital for some time, would show that the repressive and reactionary spirit which characterised the last cabinet is still to be found in some degree with the present. The Queen of Spain has issued a decree declaring that all merchandise coming into Spain in Spanish bottoms from Gibraltar, Portugal, Algeria, and the ports between the Gironde. inclusively, and the, Bidassoa, and from the frontier limit between Spain and France to Marseilles inclusively, shall only pay the duties fixed by the customs' tariff for the native flag. By the decree of July 9, 1841, which is now revoked, merchandise from the points enumerated was subject to an increased rate of duty. MM. Bravo Murillo and Bordiu have left Madrid for Bordeaux. M. Peteira del Villar has been appointed Director of ;he Treasury. The new Governor of Madrid had not been nominated at the date of the last despatches. ITALY. ROME.—The Pope, some authorities assure us, has actually promised to go to France and assist at the coro nation, provided the French Government will agree to abandon the " organic articles" of the Concordat. A. curious bargain, if true. According to others, the prudent dignitary is to follow the example of Pius VII., and leave his abdication in the hands of the Cardinals by way of a precaution against the possible danger of being subjected to improper pressure. The Times correspondent says that the majority of the Cardinals continue adverse to the journey, and this feeling is encouraged by the counsels of the Austrian Diplomacy ; the Pope himself is not hostile, and he as well as the Cardinals are anxious to profit by the ambition of Louis Napoleon, and to secure advan tages for the Church. SARDINLA..—The Sardinian Government had contracted for the construction of a screw frigate in England, for the sum of 2,214,000 f. It was M. Cavour, who, during his journey to Scotland, signed the contract with a ship builder at Newcastle. ANTE RICA ARRIVAL OF THE BALTIC By the United States mail steam-ship Baltic, which arrived in the Mersey on Friday a little before half-oast nine p.m., we have advices from New York to the 12th instant. The Balt!c was detained on account of thick weather, and did not leave Staten Island until nine o'clock a.m. on Sunday, the 12th instant. During the passage she experienced boisterous weather, and for three days and nights had to contend against one of the most awful hur ricanes ever experienced on the Atlantic. Her run here occupied about twelve days nine hours and a half—a very creditable performance under such adverse circumstances. She brings sixty passengers, including Mr. H. T. Tucker man, bearer of despatches to the United States Legation at London. She also brings 250,000 dollars on freight. The Niagara steamer arrived at Halifax on the 10th instant. Congress had adjourned until Monday, the 13th instant. By the steamer Philadelphia there is later news from California. There has been a dreadful fire at Sacramento city, burning forty blocks of houses, and leaving nine tenths of the population houseless. The loss is estimated at 10,000,000 dollars. The State Capitol was saved. The Democratic State Journal office was destroyed, also the State Hospital—the patients in which suffered dreadfully. During the nine days which had elapsed since the occur rence of the fire and the departure of the steamer, 350 buildings had been restored. The San Francisco fire broke out on the 4th of November. Thirty build ings were destroyed. Loss estimated at 150,000 dollars. The State election resulted as follows :—Senate, 6 Demo crats and 7 Whigs; House, 41 Democrats and 19 Whigs, with three districts to hear from. Large numbers of Chinese were returning home, and emigration was small. There are ten days' later news from Mexico. The defeat of General Blanco by the French Count Raousset Doulbon is confirmed, and the Count has proclaimed Sonora independent and annexed to France. The steamer Cleopatra has been burnt on the Black River, in New Orleans. to this Institution that, in addition to the pupils maintained in the house either wholly or partially out of the funds of the Charity, day scholars from the children of the poor are admitted, and these, in common with the others, are provided with dinner, which is served in a large room adjoining the school-room. Here deal tables, and forms of scrupulous cleanness, are laid down the whole length of the room ; and the duties of laying and clearing the tables, and keeping all clean and in order, are performed by the female pupils. We may also men tion, as an interesting circumstance, that the laundry. maid, a very intelligent and trustworthy young woman, is herself deaf and dumb. The floor above is divided into large bedrooms, one for each sex, in which the pupils sleep on neat iron bedsteads, a teacher occupying a bed in the same room. They are very lofty, well ventilated, and appear to be admirably adapted to promote the health and comfort of the children, no better proof of which can be needed than the fact that since the early part of the year, when the children had the measles most favourably, no case of illness of any kind has occurred in the establishment. The children attend school from ten to twelve o'clock, and again from two to five o'clock ; and in the interval they dine, and recreate themselves in the playgrounds. With reference to the means by which the Institution is supported, we may state that, according to the account of the Treasurer, ARTHUR THOMPSON, Esq., furnished at the last Annual Meeting of the Subscribers in January, the expenses of the year then concluded, amounted to £lOB2 Os. 4d., including £llB Is. for painting und re pairs of the building. This was raised from the following sources :—Annual subscriptions, £485 Ils. 6d.; donations and legacies, £176 7s. 3d. ; interest on bond and balance in the bank, £l5 95.; and repayment from pupils, £4OB ss. 2d. ; being a total of £lOB5 12s. 11d., which aug mented the previous balance of £5l 19s. 7d. to £55 12s. 2d. At that time the Institution had £3OO invested, and since that time it has been enabled to invest £4OO more, arising from a legacy of £5OO, left by Mr. W. LASSELL, the late Treasurer of the Institution. The President of the Charity for the present year is the Rev. Rector CAMPBELL, and the business is conducted by a Chairman and Committee, with Trustees, Treasurer, Secretary, and Auditors, a Consulting Physician, a Sur ' geon, and a Dentist ; so that the wants of the pupils in every respect are efficiently cared for, and one of the most afflicted classes in the community restored to their position as members of the human family. It is highly creditable to the people of Liverpool that, up to the present time, this Institution has been main tained in its efficiency, its annual resources being adequate to the demands upon them ; but it will be observed, by the foregoing statement, that the margin for contingencies is a very narrow one, and that its position as a permanent Charity will only be really satisfactory when the annual subscriptions are sufficient for the expenditure, and the Committee are thereby enabled to invest donations and legacies for a Permanent Endowment Fund. Nor is the appeal made alone to the people of Liverpool, for children are received without reference to locality, their only qualifi cation being their heavy affliction, and their being within the required age, between seven and fourteen years. In the sketch of the history and objects of the Institution, which has been recently published, it' is stated that the proportion of the Deaf and Dumb to the whole population of the United Kingdom has been estimated to be two individuals to every three thousand. It should, however, be borne in mind that the proportion is greater in large towns ; and that, perhaps, nowhere is the demand for aid more pressing than in a great commercial port to which so many flock in search of business or employment. There needs little to be said to excite that benevolent spirit which is proverbial in Liverpool. Many a hand is open to give where the want is manifest ; and it is with this object alone that we call attention to the Liverpool School for the Deaf and Dumb, as one among the many charities of the town which is especially deserving of support. BANKRUPTCY COURT, YESTERDAY.—Richard Head land, glass manufacturer, St. Helen's, came before Mr. Commissioner Perry on his adjoured last examtnation, and after considerable discussion between Mr. Tyson, who appeared for the assignees, and Mr. Dodge for the Bankrupt, he was allowed to pass his examination. ST. THOMAS'S, TOXTETH.—A congregational tea-party was held in the school-rooms belonging to this church, on Tuesday evenin g last, when upwards of , 100 persons were present. The evening was agreeably enlivened by addresses from the Rev. J. 0. Powell, the incumbent of St. Thomas's, the Revs. T. C. Cowan, T. Gardner, and J. and by som e we ll- se l ec t e d an th ems an d CBhrd is s t l m ey a , s y .' runs, which were ve r y we ll s u n g by, w e ar believe, some persons from the Church of the Blind and by the choir of St. Thomas's. It would appear that the congregation of this church is increasing every half-year. POLICE COURT.—YEs'r ERDAY. COMMITTALS.—Jonathan Hayes was committed to gaol for three months as a suspicious character, for breaking into the shop of Mr. Robert Jones, Great Howard-street. —Eliza Parker was sent to gaol for twenty-one days, for stealing a cap.—Ann Quinn was committed for two months, charged with stealing a quarter of a pound of butter. — Thomas Jones, for picking the pocket of a lady in Great Charlotte-street, was committed for twenty-one days. — Francis Lash was committed for seven days, for stealing a quantity of clothes from a shipmate. STEALING A WATCH.—Ann Walsh and Peter Needham were charged with stealing a gold watch belonging to a sailor, named James Atkinson. It appeared that on a pre vious night Atkinson accompanied the female prisoner to the house kept by Needham, where he drank a glass of ale, immediately after which he fell asleep, but was awoke shortly after by finding some one disturbing his clothes. He then saw the female hand over his watch to Need ham, wbo disappeared. Next day he went to the house with a police-officer, but the watch could not be found and as the prisoners alleged that Atkinson then said he was mistaken as to the house, the case was remanded for the production of the officer. EGYPT AND THE NlLE.—This highly instructive pano rama will be opened for a few days longer. Yesterday the children of the Blue Coat School paid a visit by invi tation of the proprietor, and were much gratified. Those who have not yet seen this interesting exhibition should not lose the opportunity. HOLIDAY AMUSEMENTS.—On Christmas morning about forty persons, charged with uproarious conduct in their cups on the previous night were brought before Mr. Mans field, having been provided with lodgings by the police. Yesterday (Monday) morning there were about thirty parties who, in addition to being drunk and incapable, had assaulted the constables. MESSRS. HARWOOD AND SONS' ANNUAL JUVENILE BALL took place at their rooms, Nelson-street, on Friday, the 17th instant, and was, as usual, very fully attended. The great success which has attended the Messrs. liar woods' instruction in this elegant accomplishment, was again evident on Friday in the performance of their pupils, who were equally as apt and graceful as those who have for many years exhibited their progress under their tuition. ST. PETER'S CHURCH, EVERTON.—A meeting of the congregation of St. Peter's Church, Sackville-street, Everton. and their friends, is announced to take place on Wednesday, next week, in the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson street. Tea will be provided, and the meeting will be addressed by the Rey. D. James, Rev. J. R. Conor, Rev. W. Hughes, Rev. T. Robinson, and other clergymen, and a selection of sacred music will be sung during the evening by an efficient choir. CROMWELL AND HIS DAUGHTER.—There are few modern paintings in which are so happily combined, an interesting subject, felicity of design, and skill in execu tion, as the"nicture of Oliver Cromwell and his favourite daughter, Mrs. Claypole, which may now be seen at Mr. Isaac's, in Castle-street. It is a triumph of art over difficulties of no ordinary character, and the most striking features of which will be admirably preserved in the en graving from it which is partially completed. FIRES.—On Friday morning, about a quarter past three o'clock, a fire broke out in the shop occupied by Mrs. Poncia, dealer in Birmingham and Sheffield goods, situate in Paradise-street. The engines from Temple court and that of the West of England Insurance Com pany were early on the spot ; the fire was extinguished in a short time, but not till considerable damage had been done. The stock, &c., is insured in the West of England Fire Office for £2,000.—0n the same day a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Jones, in Scotland-road, but through the prompt exertions of the firemen attached to the West of England office, it was speedily got under, and the loss it is believed will not exceed .LlO. ENGLISH AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH COM PANY.—The important telegraph company bearing the above title, which is promoted by the leading men of the town, is now establishing stations, and laying down wires, so extensively, as to embrace the principal towns in Great aghadie, the laying of which will he proceeded with as Britain and Ireland. The two countries will be connected by a submatiae cable, stretching from Portpatrick to Don soon as the weather becomes suitable. The wires between this town, Bolton, and Manchester, have been opened for some months, and their manner of working has proved very satisfactory. The preparations for the line from London to Liverpool are in an advanced state, and in a few months it is expected will be complete. The system principally adopted is underground communication, which renders the insulation more perfect, and its working to be depended upon under the most unfavourable weather, ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA By the royal mail steam-ship Europa, Shannon, com mander, which arrived in the Mersey late on Sunday, we have advices from New York to the 15th instant. The Europa has brought 65 passengers and 5'274,350 specie._ The U.S. mail steam-ship Arctic, Luce, commander, arrived at New York at nine p.m. on the 14th instant. The steam-ship Golden Gate left San Francisco on the 16th ult. with 52,528,212 in specie on freight. The steam-ship Illinois had arrived at New York with the California mails of the 16th ult., 52,539,046 in specie on freight, and 5400,000 in the bands of passengers. The packet-ship Constitution, Walton, arrived at New York on the 10th instant. Captain Walton reported that " On the 10th Nov., in lat. 50 40, lon. 12 W., ship rolling and labouring heavily in a gale from the eastward, parted fore and main topgallant backstays and starboard main topmast backstays, chain plates, losing rnaintoprnast, main and mizen topgallant masts, carrying away thebands and truss of the mainyard, and was eight days without maintopsail and mainsail, it blowing a gale from south east, with a heavy sea on the whole time, rendering it im possible to get spars aloft, and lost four men from the maintopgallant yard, who were attempting to secure the sail at the time the mast parted, with four others, whom we picked up out of the wreck, badly injured. The names of the men lost were P. Berry, John Smith, J. Hallerr man, and J. Rider." The report of the nearly total destruction of Marysville by fire is confirmed. The fire occurred on the 2d ult., and the damage done is said to be between 2'5,000,000 and 810,000,000. San Francisco, Caleveras, and Sonora had also suffered from severe conflagrations. Whilst the fire was raging at Sacramento some men chartered a steam boat and ran round to San Francisco. They immediately set to work to buy up all the provisions and lumber they could get, after which they communicated the fact of the fire, and immediately realised a profit of more than 300 per cent. on their purchases. The election for President and Vice-President of the Union had ended in favour of Pearce and King. The citizens of Sacramento were losing no time in re-erecting habitations. Most of the flaming companies on the American river were engaged in taking up lumber and bawling it to Sacramento. The British residents of San Francisco had paid their respects to the memory of the late Duke of Wellington. The total amount of specie shipped from San Francisco, from the Ist to the 15th November, was 2 - 5,226,039. "Heavy rains," says a San Francisco paper, "had, in a great measure, caused a suspension of mining operations on the rivers. The rise of the waters had overflowed the dams, and driven the miners from their beds for the present. In the dry diggings these late rains will be hailed with joy, and the vast numbers who have been for a long time awaiting their coming, can now go to washing the earth they have thrown up. This is the most doubt ful part of the year in mining, as the rains may be just enough to stop operations in the streams separating the various divides, and not sufficient to keep those in the mountains busy. If, after these first rains, there is a cessation, it will stop both alike ; but should they regularly continue, an immense amount of gold will he got out of the hills and mountains, whilst the rivers will be entirely deserted. In many parts of the northern mines the operations on the rivers have been very unsuc cessful, from a combination of causes, and great numbers of these unfortunate ones are waiting patiently for rains, in order to retrieve their losses in the dry diggings. Every nook and corner of the gold regions will be looked after ; a thousand little canals and ditches will be constructed, and old ones repaired, to catch the water and conduct it to the desired spots. The canvas-tent may contain but little comfort, still there is no complaint. The last two winters the supply of water has been meagre indeed owing to the mildness of the seasons ; and, in order to supply these regions constantly with water, several large canals have been constructed, many miles in length, through which a constant stream will run ; and enable operations to go on with but a limited amount of rain after the ground once becomes saturated. It is estimated that rivers have been turned from their courses in California 450 miles. If the roads continue passable, and provisions are plenti fully supplied, we have no fears of distress in the moun tains on account of the rains ; and, on the other hand, there is every reason to expect an immense yield of gold during the winter." A new machine for washing gold was in operation in Texas-hill. The earth is passed through a long cylinder, which receives it as it passes through. The earth is conducted down to it, in place of the water being raised up from the river. The passengers by the Illinois report that the road over the Isthmus of Panama was in bad condition. Several murders had been committed between Panama and Cruces. The Panama Echo, of the 24th Nov., says that it has received ac counts of the abundance of gold at Chopo and the sur rounding country. Our Jamaica advices, which extend to the 6th instant, are devoid of interesting news. The small-pox had dis appeared from Kingston, but cases still occurred about the suburbs-. A fair amount of business was being trans acted in the market. A vessel, arrived at New York from Tobasco, reports the occurrence of a civil war at the latter place, in which the Mexicans had suffered great loss. A brief telegraphic communication from New Orleans announces that the city of Tampico had pronounced in favour of the revolutionists. Sandwich Islands papers report a favourable whale season, most of the ships having been very successful. LIST OF PASSENGERS.—Miss Hill, Mr. R. Bainbridge, Mr. Dickson, Mr. S. Gunn, Mr. Whiteford, Mr. P. Red path, Mr. Nixon, Mr. John Ross, Mr. H. A. Droz, Mr. A. Defer, Mr. Douglas and boy, Mr. G. Perkins, Mr. D. G. Lobdell, Mr. J. R. Callender, Mr. R. Hartog, Mr. Riddell, Mr. Eggers, Mr. Pick, Mr. Wragg, Mr. W. L. Randall, Mr. Win. Turnbull, Mr. J. Bryon, Mr. Richard Perry, Mr. Grandegerard, Mr. R. Sands, Mr. R. Wil liams, Mr. Wallbridge, Mr. Dean, Mr. James Gillespie, Mr. Harmiann and lady, Mr. H. Pressmann, Mr. Nord heimer, Mr. Rossin, lady, and two children, Mr. Great vrex, Mr. G. B. Symes, Mr. Ascher, Mr. C. B. Wilson, Mr. C. Ponier, Mr. J. M'Crossan, Mr. W. Watson, Mr. Simpson, Mr. J. N. Sterger, Mr. J. Lemm, Mr. Denman, Mr. F. P. Weiss, Mr. E. Ellinghausen, Mr. R. Turnstall, Mr. Boussy, Mr. Bled, Mr. Ecsharner, Mr. W. B. Macken zie,Madame Monet, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Mundkelt, Mr.Pig neux, Mr. Jamin, Mr. Haker, Mr. F. W. Salem, Mr. S. Sax, Mr. E. Hunt, and Mr. P. Deeneen. MONEY 111AnxET.—The stock market continues gener ally buoyant, with large transactions. There is a slight diminution in the supply of money. A recent drain of coin, to some extent, to the South and West, has led to a contraction on the part of the banks, sufficient to influ ence the rates of interest, which may now be quoted at 5 to 6 per cent for demand loans. The business in foreign exchange has been moderate, and prices close flatly at the quotations ; namely, on London, 91 to 101- per cent. prem.; Paris, f. 5.111 to f. 5.121, 60 days, and f. 5.10, short sight ; Antwerp, f. 5.121 ; Amsterdam, 41i ; Hamburg, 36i to 36i; Bremen, 801 to 80 ; and Frankfort, CorroN.—(From the Shipping List, of December 15.) The market has been very unsettled for the past three days, but closed yesterday with more steadiness at 4c. to ;',c. per lb. decline. The Artic arrived after the close of business yesterday. The sales for the last three days are 3,200 bales. We quote . . Atlantic Ports. Florida. Low to good ord B4 to 81/ 84 to 8i Low to food mid.... Mid. fair to fair 9i- 9- 9i —lO Fully fair to good fair nominal. nominal. Inferior nominal. nominal. Gulf Ports, 84 to 9 9} 10 104 11 nominal nominal Total import since Ist instant 25,221 bales Export from Ist to 14th Dec., 1852 9,069 „ EXPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES. Since Ist of September, 1832 464,294 bales Same time, 1851 RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON, Exports to Total Exports StoCk,and Receipts. Gt. Britain to For. Ports. on stiip'd. 1852 1,002,161 359,756 464,294 464,668 1851 649,269 210,445 321,094 276,115 Increase 352,892 149,311 145,200 188,553 (From W. P. Wright's Circular of December 15). — The southern markets during the week under review have continued active. The Niagara's news has reached the southern markets, and depressed them ac. to lc. per lb. The opinions as to the crop remain as previously advised, and the free receipts in the south give confidence to the ultra views as expressed by many parties in Mobile and New Orleans, and which find response in some cases in this city. The New York Courier and Enquirer states that, on collating opinions from all quarters, the estimate is New Orleans, 1,450,000; Texas, 90,000; Mobile, 350,000 ; Florida, 210,000 ; Atlantic States, 950,000 ; total, 3,250,000. BREADSTUFFS.—The demand for flour continues mod erate, but still it is not easy to buy at the quotations, which scarcely differ from those of this day week. Only a small proportion of the transactions latterly have been for shipment to Great Brit a i n . W es t ern cana l i s quo t e d .55,64- to £5,12.1 per bbl. Ohio and pure Genesee, :8"5,25 to £5,621, Common New York, &c., =B's. Southern - kinds, $5,431- to £6. Canada, in bond, -8'5,121 to $5,25. Wheat has advanced since Saturday 2c. to 3c. per bushel. The supplies for the season, via canal, are nearly all forward, and holders, in store, are in general unwilling to accept present rates. It is, therefore, probable that, excepting at advanced prices, the exports from this country to the United Kingdom for some months to come, will be very moderate. Genesee white is quoted 125 c. to 130 c. per 601bs. Michigan and Ohio white, 120 c. to 123 c. Western reel and mixed, 110 c. to 116 c. Indian Corn is again rather dearer, the ruling prices are, southern yellow, new, 73c. to 74c per 561bs. White, new, 72c. to 74c. per 56Ibs. Mixed old, 78c. to 80c. per 561bs. Southern White 118 e. to 122 c. PROVISIONS.—Pork is in fair request for shipment and home use, and the market has improved a little. The supply of both old and new is not large : some 1,500 to 2,000 bbls new western have been received by railroad, and is held at 16 dollars and 19 dollars for prime and mess. Beef continues in request, and prices are maintained, the receipts having fallen off a little. Lard is dull, and prices tend downward. Cheese is heavy, at Bc. to 9c., selling for home use only. NAVAL STORES.—The market has been unusually quiet this week, and we have only to note sales of spirits of tur pentine in retail lots at 57c. to 58c., cash ; North County rosin, Idol. 40c. in yard ; tar, 2do l . 50c. for rope, deli vered, and 2dol. Inc. to 2dol. 25c., in yard, for thin. Turpentine is held at 4 dollars for North County. IrtoN.—The market for Scotch pig remains as before, but English bars have advanced ; 400 tons Scotch pig sold at 29 dollars, six months from ship, and smaller par cels at 29 dollars, cash ; 600 tons English common bars, 56d01. to 60d01., now held higher, and 100 ditto refined, 70 dollars, six months. COAL.—A. better demand prevailed for all descriptions, at unchanged prices. Liverpool is quoted at lOdol. 25c. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool, freights, which had a down ward tendency, have recovered, and are again higher. Wheat, 91d. to 10d. in bulk, and 10d. to lOid, bagged by the ship; flour, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 6d.; r05in,35.4/d.to 39.6c1.; rice, Bs. ; beef, 4s. 91. to ss. ; pork, 3s. 6d. ; and cotton id. for square, and Id. for 60 round. To London : Mea surement goods, 275. 6d. to 30s. ; beef, 7s. ; tobacco, 3s. 6d. ; turpentine, 4s. To Glasgow : Flour, 3s. 74d., and wheat, 10d. NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 1 Cotton has been active to day, the sales reaching 14,000 bales. Prices are irregular, but the quotations for mid thing are Bc. to 84-c., and good middling 81c. The stock on hand is 312,000 bales. Freights are firm, and two ships have been engaged for Liverpool at ld. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15. Since Ist instant there has been a large business. This movement we attribute principally to the recent extensive destruction of inerchandize, &c., by fire, in Sacramento and Marysville; but some reaction has taken place, and, except in a few instances, prices have receded to about their former range. Gold dust has been scarce since the Ist, and has readily commanded lido'. 35c. ; and, in very many instances, 17dol. 50c. The principal reason foe this is the smallness of the supply, though among specu lators in gold for assay the good quality of the dust offered has had some influence on the price. Two small cargoes of coal have been received, taken from a mine in Vancou ver's Island ; one sold at 15 dollars and the other at 17 dollars. The general market remains without change. 200 bundles of sheet iron, assorted numbers,sold at 8 cents. TURKEY. TNSURRECTION.—An insurrection has broken out in Montenegro, on the Atlantic coast :—An Albanian chief being at the head of 15,000 men there who have thrown off allegiance to the Porte. This body it is stated bad attacked the fortress of Sputz, but had not yet captured it. The siege continued. The garrison placed by them in the fortress of Zabijak, which they took by storm, was de fending it valiantly against the Turks, who were deter mined to retake it at all costs. Various skirmishes had taken place near Podgorizzo. A battle had commenced on the 11th December. The result was not known. GERMANY. BERLIN.—On the 17th inst, the Emperor of Austria arrived at Berlin, on a visit to the King of Prussia. He was accompanied by his brother, the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, and a brilliant suite. The carriages contain ing their imperial and Royal Majesties and their combined suites drove immediately from the terminus of the Anhalt Railway to Charlottenburg. This is the first time that an Emperor of Austria, or, in fact, an Emperor of Germany, has ever entered Berlin, and cannot fail to be a subject of self-gratulation to the present King, Frederick Wilhelm, as forming a most gratifying contrast to the state of things this time two years, when the armies of the two nations were called out against each other, and almost stood face to face; when the Prussian Cabinet found itself, soon after, compelled on every side to draw in its horns, and to succumb to Austria in the arrangements at Olmutz. The visit of the young Emperor himself is believed to have reference to the dark cloud rising up over the left hank of the Rhine. The Emperor spent the previous day at Dresden, where he had occasion to congratulate Prince Albert of Saxony on his being the successful suitor for the hand of the Princess Caroline Vasa, whose father seems to have put an energetic and conclusive veto on the court ship of the then Prince President. The entry of the two Monarchs side by side through the Brandenburger Thor was a more significant emblem of German unity than the history of Germany has been able to exhibit for many long years. PRUSSIA. The Emperor of Austria left Berlin on the 21st instant, and will return to Vienna by way of Dresden. The King of Hanover returned to his capital on the preceding day. The Duke of Brunswick was to proceed from Berlin by early train on the 22d instant. The Upper Chamber has accepted by 75 voices to 13 the proposition of the Government relative to the Cham bers meeting only every two years. HUNGARY. `The daring of the Hungarian robbers increases from day to day, in spite of gendarmes and regular troops. Formerly the so-called "poor fellows" seldom ventured to commit their depredations in towns and large villages, but a few days since nine of them made a call, at six o'clock in the evening, at a house in Csabar, a small town in Lower Hungary, with a population of about 2,400. After beating and binding the inmates of the house, they leisurely proceeded to collect the valuables. After their work, which took three hours to perform, the fellows felt in need of refreshment, so a servant was unbound, and made to wait upon them while they sat carousing until four o'clock in the morning. Count Julius Appony, the brother of the Austrian minister at Turin, waited on a person, high in office, and complained bitterly that the public security was so ill cared for in Hungary that nine men could enter the house of his bailiff, situate in the town, and remain there ten hours without attracting the attention of the gendarmerie. It appears that the only satisfaction the applicant got was an assurance that the Ilungarians had brought the evil upon themselves. INDIA OVERLAND MAIL. The following telegraphic despatch in anticipation of the overland mail has been received : " TRIESTE, DEC. 25. " The steamer Egitto arrived this morning. " Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and General Somerset had reached Bombay. "No further progress had been made in the Burmese war. It was reported that, General Godwin had been re called, but the rumour required confirmation. " The health of the troops was excellent. "The north-west frontier was in disorder, and a force had been dispatched to the disturbed districts. " General Fraser had resigned the Residency at Hyde rabad, and would probably be succeeded by Colonel New." CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The General Steam-shipping Company's ship Harbinger, Captain Lane, arrived at Plymouth on Friday morning, after a passage out to Calcutta and home in the shortest time on record. Her dates are, Calcutta October 14 ; Madras, 21 ; Point de Galle, 21 ; Mauritius, November 6 ; Cane, 20 ; St. Helena, 28 ; Ascension, December 2 ; St. Vincent, 12. She brings news from the Cape 14 days later than the Queen of the South, which left. November 6, and arrived at Plymouth December 13. Efforts to extinguish the revolt in Caffreland and the eastern borders at the Cape had been perseveringly pur sued, and the enemy, though still refusing to submit, have nowhere rallied in force. Marauding parties still infest the frontier districts, and robberies and murders are con tinually reported down to the latest dates. A large num ber of cattle have been lifted at the Cowie, Burghersdorp, Fort Grey, and other places ; but several of the robber 9 have been shot at Oliphant's Hock, the Kaga, Maastrom, and Mr. Cocks' kraal, from whom a portion of their booty was retaken. Not one of the hostile Caffre chiefs or leviers had yet surre , dered or been captured. Where they were or what might be their intentions was not known. Seyolo and the inferior Salamaio chiefs who joined the Giakas having sur rendered, were hied by a court-martial, and sentenced to death, which sentence the governor commuted to trans portation for life. The chiefs seemed to watch the pro ceedings attentively, and Seyolo made a rather long state ment by way of defence, every sentence being interpret e d by Mr. G. Cyrus, in which he laid all the blame of his defection on the chief Sandilli. _ --...-. ..... The hottentots are reported to be dissati,fied with Uithalder. Sandilli, Stock, and Tola are fugitives, and Macomo is reduced to extremities. Kreili has sent a feat cattle in token of friendship, and Chosso has delivered uto 80 stand of arms. General Cathcart left on the 16th of November for the " Sovereignty" with 2,000 men, to adjust differences between certain tribes. The reorgani zation of the Caffre police has been abandoned, and Colonel Eyre is made Brigadier-General. In addition to the devastations of war, the northern districts were suffering greatly from locusts, incredible multitude,. of which covered large tracts Of country. From the Orange River Sovereignty we have some rumours of anticipated disturbances, but whether on the part of the natives or the Boers does not clearly appear. The Mauritius Price Current of November 6 says the sugar market was dull. Very fine yellow, from 4.50 to 4 70; fine, 4.30 to 4.40; good, 4.15 to 4.25. The quan tities shipped to November this year and last are about equal. Freights, 50s to £3. Exchange,—Treasury bills, 30 days, 1 per cent. Guano plentiful. The trade to Madagascar was to be opened soon. AUSTRAL lA. The Marco Polo, Forbes, commander, arrived in the Mersey from Melbourne on Sunday last, bringing intelli gence to the 11th October. Her voyage out and home has been extraordinary, and she accomplished it within the comparatively short space of 175 days, including detention at Melbourne. The steam-ship Australia, Wi t ' the mails, and 156,000 ounces of gold, left Melbourn e eleven days before the Marco Polo ; she had arrived at Adelaide and was to leave that port on the 4th October, with an addition of 65,000 ounces of gold. The Marc ° Polo passed the Banks Straits, 12th October ; sighted the Auckland Islands on the 17th, and Cape Horn on the 3cl November. She brought gold valued at £lOO,OOO 013 freight. On her arrival at Melbourne she was surrounded b 9 boats, the occupants of which threw small nugget 3 of ge• amongst the passengers. The crew of the vessel havil disobeyed orders, the captain had them imprisoned ea t ! his departure, when they were again shipped, and nsv''' gated the vessel home. The Dutch steam-ship Java was expected at Adelaide the Dutch East India Steam Company having establisb eth fig a line of vessels to trade between Batavia, King Georg e Sound. Adelaide, and Melbourne. At Sydney exchange on London was quoted as follow9xl —Drafts against gold ten per cent. discount by the PTA of New South Wales, or an advance of 40s. The t oya ; amount of gold shipped from Sydney to the 2d Octe be c i was £2,474,627 2s. 4d. The escort from Barwood , brought in 457 ..s. ; from Araluen, 2690z5. • Bell's Cre e 500z5.; Goulburn, 120z5.; Sofala, 1020z5.; Bathurst, 4705. v Yass, eflo th od e s pr o o n p t r h ie e to T r u s r t o o nha had commencenot subsided operationssuwffliectih ea sufficiently 45ozs. The eof sirit. The mines showed no mtoms f to o e allow haustion, bu p t, on the contrary, every week ann ounced t iv , discovery of some new spot containing gold. On Ceu rc , r o hill, in dry diggings, some claims had yielded well, etu" o .. barely paying expenses. At Tambaroura the yield C° 0 tinued good, notwithstanding the difficulty arising fr 003,, superabundance of water. At Tuena many parties vg l s making from sixty to seventy ounces per week. i 64 number of mines was increasing, and success aPP ela e i. lf, pretty general. Major Creek diggings were realizing f i er , The accounts from Bingari are contradictory ; some P er o sons had been exceedingly successful, whilst others v; disainted. N p o po t less than 30,000 persons had arrived at Forfs (110 Creek in a fortnight, many of them from the Be n or diggings. This influx had occurred owing to the discelteii of some rich diggings at Moonlight Flat, a gully ab °tl bo miles from Forest Creek, which had proved richer t any former diggings. Every consumable article at rising at Forest Creek. Oats were selling as a favot t o o 5s to £3 lOs per bushel ; flour £l4 to £l5 pe r t o' sugar is 6d to Is 9d per lb. For tools and cradles eittie ordinary prices were asked. Stubbs and Co. an dl iti to f and Co. of Melbourne, were selling hay at from ~c OO £lB per ton ; Hamburgh butter is 1, 1 ,d per lb. ; Is Id. per lb. ; Gloucester cheese is 6d per lh• ; at 383 per 1,000 ; tobacco 3s 5d per lb. ; silver wa'yep £4 2s 6d ; long boots 38s ; serge shirts 37s per cl x °, o to axes 3s 3d each ; superior draught horses from r d iapg £9O, with drays and harness from £B2 to £l3O ; wc). frotii bullocks, per pair, from £l7 to £35 ; mulch cow s £4 to £B. A large sum of money bad been subscribed forts, erection of a Home, intended as a shelter for im migr 11 93 Adelaide advices, of the 4th Oct., state that ther eer. ,tig been great excitement in the market that day , mi ce ° orders having arrived from Melbourne. The,,P ro so t o „, flour at the opening of the market was £26; " e s t o £3O, and left off at £29. Most of the expired lic e ,, n d been - work at the Echunga diggings, near Adelaide , l'`,,,,ber renewed, and many fresh ones taken. The " e s 115 diggers amounted to about 500. Five and six ounc!lbs, been obtai ned found a b pieceof gold weighing an ti one miner, another obtained c co l ua l te l e : another half. Some diggers were obtaining five or a-day. CHRISTMAS IN VAN DIEMEN'S LAND' For d years I have been accustomed to eat my Christmas' el 5 and in a white jacket and a loosc shirt collar, the cleo,,,foi windows thrown wide open, admitting with the vrlorlY.l sluggish breeze the scent of summer flowe rs and t cPl' made hay. A much prized lump of ice, cooling lemonade, has long been to me the only sign of fro, mania,sole adessert o f o o f h i l u - c o y u nt rnyg English Christmas cherries, w eraitoheeiro.q, ocou;: d ing gooseberries, ruddy bunches of newly g athel i ' r r'e ° l rants, and delicious strawberries, formed a repas t in keeping with the weather than the dinn er of ripe got, and hot plum-pudding which, in obedience to,t - old custom, we vainly strove to swallow. Be' Australia, as in every English colony , whateret:i latitude, Christmas retains its old associations, ae th e r to ic.l usages ; and the yule log, and midnigh t waits' abse`o spice cake and mellow cheese, recall to the long in tic, settler many a happy Christmas of his boyhooll'vstraline bunch of miseltoe that hangs above his h ead (lc". ', e ea tP S has her mistletoe), the newly-landed emigrant _llO bright eyes and sunny smiles of that fair c ousin 5!,,,,pW , his partner all last Christmas eve ; and in vrbose c;:Ticer:, he was continually losing himself among the 1 . 0 11 ! h an u d na as h o i f t t h e e n b tu tt r i n .r in o g ora up k b it e e n h e e a u tl Q l f t hugeliosittlenillonugsbc°ol