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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENIIIO, DECEMBER 25 185 6.
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POLICE' INTELLIGENCE—Dee. 24. I) ( N. R E MARKET B.
••_• • • ~ -- - . THE- CURRENCY-QUESTION. - values, will vary exactly in proportion to their abuts- .i S ? Will the Government want a loan of 25 millions out Sporting Intelligence.
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The following are the three letters addressed by Mr. dance and scarcity relatively to the wants of man- of
Thethis rreemvuoannsitboilfictyircoufltahtsioTni?mes
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kind. To satisfy debt is the sole function of money•
great in proportion
to its influence. . It cannot think on these matters too•
MANSION-HOUSE. - Thomas Croombe, a well-
dressed young man, 19 year of age, was placed at the THIS D A Y.)
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TATTERSALL 'S—MONDAY.
....„_,........................„..................„...................... halt to the editor of the Times, with the reply of the and the sole element of its value. Money ought
deeply.—l am, Sir, very respectfully yours, bar before the Lord Mayor, upon the charge of em- RAILWAY& THE Two THOUSAND.
Times thereto : not to be merchandise which can be melted and
robbed of its vital function as the canceller of debt. THOMAS CLIITTON SALT. bezzling money belonging to his employers, Messrs. Car- ^,-
Times
Pitman, and Co. warehousemen, of Bow-lane. sto 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken to 7514
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. '
Sir,—l think your comments on my sayings at Instead of "the promise to pay," which appears so ----_,
Mr. J. Pitman said-The prisoner has been clerk to 'hr• °Ltd' StAiLwAYs. COM= NUN Bulimia dm. e DEBBY.
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yesterday plater lay.
the meeting on the Bank Charter Act give me a simple and definite to the 2 Imes, it is payment Naval and Military Intelligence. our firm since he was 14 years of age, and we always re-
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LONDON GAZETTE—(This Eveninff )
ss', claim for a space in your columns for explanation. which is more simple and definite still. The only . posed the greatest confidence in him. On searching our St. 100 Oberdeen.. . ...... n- 23 24 10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken to 1001.)
____-.....--. , You say that I " tantalise you with a promise of problem to solve is to maintain it in such quanti- Her Majesty's ship Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton, books, I find that prisoner has been in the habit of re- 12e 8e A.mbg. Nottng Bost. 14 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken to 7 51)
safe but inexhaustible riches," and you assume that ties as shall be in harmony with the just require-ceiving in the shop sums of money and entering sums of and Eastn. Janet.- 3i 3i 1000 to 60 agst Rogerthorpe (240 to 15 also taken)
WAR DEPARTMENT, DEC. 24.Spithead yesterday morning from the Tagus, a smaller amount than he received in his cash book. I 60 all • Belfast & Ballymena. ... •-•• ...
menu of industry. arrived at •
20 to 1 eget Polmoodie (taken to 100/.)
Lord Pane:lure has received the following returns of a regulated issue of paper money would not give
which left on the 9th inst. She has had baffling winds particularly specify the sum of lls. 10d. which ought to 131 all Birming. Wolverh. &
casualties from General Sir Wro. Codrington, K.C.B. :- the honest labourer full employment at remunera- What are the conditions we seek? The first and
the whole passage. It is expected that her captain and have been entered 1/. lls. led. In this instance, there- Stour Valley 7i -- 8 30 to 1 agst Milton (taken to 61/.)
Head-Quarters, Sebastopol, Dec. 7. tion prices. most sacred right we have to protect is that of the , .
NUMERICAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON 3D Thereon your imagination indulges in an awns-
labourer to full employment. I have shown that will be turned over to the screw three-decker Marl- fore, the prisoner robbed us of a sovereign. I have at 31 29i Birk eand. Lancia.. di
present discovered five different instances in which be Cheshire Junct l6 - 15
DECEMBER, 1855.5 he is ordered into Portsmouth harbour and borough. ,
crew
ties
made fraudulent entries, and appropriated money to 27e all Do. Mesh. & Birk., Country Markets.
ingpicture of a Chancellor of the Exchequer hunted
increased money of necessity increases employment
will go in to-morrow er Thursday. She left the St.
18th Foot-4 rank and file wounded by a shell when on
£5O and £25 Cons. 13 - 14
and• Asufficient•ofl l sustains prices. issue le ten- s own use. His mode of robbery has been so syste- el 9 _____-......-_.
home by packs of countless thousands of Man-
2. Do., £2O .., 9 - 8
George, 120, Captain Eyres, C. 8., at anchor in the n3atic for a long time past that I expect, on further CHELMSFORD-Dile. 21.
duty in the Dockyard of Sebastopol. .
-we L. PAKENHAM, Adjutant-General. chaster spinners, Dorsetshire labourers, Spitalsfield
der money will give full employment to labour,
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search, e alricrh , to be
Carlisle,ab l eto
anotherp r prove y e many a
partnern y otheri
n tchaes efisr againstm, gavee him.
vi. 25 all Myth &Tyne origins,
weavers, distressed needlewomen, &c. producing the greatest amount of national wealth,
Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Captain Trollope,£2s (lase. at 445) ••• --- ... A liberal show of wheat to-day, to effect sales in which
NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES ON 3D Witty if you will, but pray keep in mind that a
and the money that
also arrived at Spithead yesterday • She fitted i* E.
an abatement of from Is to 2s per qr. was necessarily sub.,
DECEMBER, 1855. produces the wealth will al- Taligues;
ay morning..dence of a similar character.
out in February, 1853, for Behring Straits, to carry J. C. Knight, constable, No. 437-In consequence of Stet. ro Caledonian.
Cardigan 55.2 :- ,T 551
witted to with a dull sale at that reduction. Spring corn
WOUNDED, spice of wisdom would not mar your wit, and that
all decent feeling of humanity must for a moment ways be able to effect its distribution, securing theat. 100 Bristol and Exeter 79 81
of all sods le cheaper, and little business doing.
areatest amount of national happiness. relief to the searching expeditions for Franklin which information I received I went to the premises of the pro- 50 IL Chester & Holyhead. 11 - 12 Wheat, white, old, per s. a.
By a shell in the Dockyard of Sebastopol. have slumbered, when you could enumerate so
° In 1853, with abundance of legal tender money, took that route ; she was frozen in those straits du •
DEC. 3. whose ver names call up recollec-ring secutor this morning, and, on my arrival there, Mr. Pit- 50 all Cork and Bandon ... - ... qr.7o 83 Oats, per qr 24 32
18th Foot-Privates Thomas Sullivan, dangerously ; lightly classes
_y _ . 1 .
labour was fully employed in every branch through- the w inter of 1853 ; victualled her Majesty's ship En- man said to me, "I give this man into your custody, offs- 20 all Cork, Black, 4 Pass. ... •-• ... • new.... 69 82 Peas, Partridge 40 42
Samuel Whelan, dangerously, since dead ; Owen Mac- Lions of suffering, neglect, and social crime too
out the kingdom ; all the classes you have enume- terprise in August, 1854, and proceeded to Valparaiso f bee " I 'd " What will be the chare
• cer, or ro ing us. said , 20 18 Cornwall •.. - ••• red, old 63 79 White 41 53
Kevett, slightly; Edward Tully, severely, strong for words.
rated were happy, prosperous, and contented. Every where she arrived on the 27th of November. She was against him ?" Mr. Pitman replied, "There are a great 10 all De. A - •.• new.... 61. 77 Boiling 44 51
W. L. PAKENHAM, Adjutant-General. But to return to your Chancellor hunt. What
man was his own Chancellor of the Exchequer. there detained by the admiral commanding the British many sums." I said, " You had better state one speci- 10 8 Do. B
are the facts ? The air was everywhere resonant with the music squadron on the Pacifig station, and sent to the S e
an-- fie charge." Mr. Pitman said, " There is one clear sum 50 45
10 14 CI lee' Junction ••• --- ••• Chevalier 32 41 Beans, Tick 41 45
FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 20. D e 4BelfastJune 51 - 4e Grinding 27 84 Harrow ticks 44 46
wick Islands witleprovisions for the squadron organised s. s.
A diminished issue of money has invariably re- of gipsey parties of the labouring classes, there was of 11. lls. 10d., which the prisoner has altered to lls. 25 an pre la • 64 7i
to pred against Petropaulovski ; after having filled up 10d." The prisoner then said, " I hope you will pardon .P. de Aber. Jnc. 71 75 Mazagan 39 42
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Friedrich
Malt
Wilhelm Jansen as Consul at Melbourne for the Free dated employment and multiplied deputations,- joy and contentment throughout the land, and the 26 all Do. N 4.1
the ships of the squadron, she left for Valparaiso on the me, Mr. Pitman." Mr. Pitman reeed, " Indeed, I St. 100 East Annan ••• ••• Chevalier 75 79 Ditto, new... 40 43
Hanseatic City of Bremen. set all the packs in full cry ; while an increased workhouses were empty. The Bank of England,
9th of June, arid arrived there on the 13th of August, cannot, as there are so many cases. The prieener at ?,0 all 11 - 12 ____-
NEW WRIT• issue of money has invariably increased the em- under the compulsion of the law, reduced its issues Eastern Couties... 1 - 91 98e Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, Etc., received
The Gazette of this evening contains a notice that the , ' whence she sailed for oo and England on the reith ; first denied the charge, but almost immediately said, " 1 St. 100 east. Union, A. Ste 27 ee. 29
and in the port of London, from the following ports, from
to
Speaker shall issue a warrant Co the Clerk of the Crown
(It
pto meat of labour, put an end to deputations, and at the present moment the workhouses
arrived at Rio on the 7111 of Oct., having had fine weather will confess all you have charged me with." Mr. Plt- St. 100 De., B. Stove l7 19 the 17th to the 22d Dec., both inclusive.
ispersed the packs, and .
left the Chancellor sleep- gaols are altogether insufficient to contain the the whole passage •; sailed from Rio, for England, on 25 8i Do New A .. ••• - ••• - -
make out a new writ for electing a member for the city of
man maid " You have also torn some leaves out of our 25 7i
Past
xent - - -
Lincoln, in the room of the late Charles De Laet Waldo ing undisturbed in his form. During these re- paupers and criminals ; our wealth and means of the 13th of October, and anchored in Portland-roads on • - ••• • se • • 15 .
Sibthorp, Esq. in fourteen days. laxations of the money laws the deadly discords wealth being identically the same, the derange- the 17th inst., where she took shelter from stron
Her Majesty's ship Albion, 60, Captain the Hon, books " The eisoner replied " Well I confess I did,
ry sorry
.for it n
and I. am ve P.
l deed. 'I
have had my St. 100 East Lancashire 69 -70
St. 100 Edinbargh&Glasgow 50. —51 e
mother to keep. I will make the money up ay waY 10 all Edinb.andPeobles 9 9e I ee. 5 2's 1 1
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 24. between the Government and the people have went of our monetary system alone disorganisesA 8 4
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
ceased ; even Chartism has been voiceless, and the every interest. James R. Drummond, which arrived at Plymouth on
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Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
easterly winds in the Channel. She has experienced •
you think proper if you will let me go. St. 100 Edin•Prth &Dundee 16 -17 i
The Times Mr. Pitman said he could not do that. 10 9 Forth & Clyde AM). ••• - ••• Colchester l2 568 820 - - 13 170
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy governing and the governed seem to have forgotten
has sulfilled many a mission of
mile from Rio, She re-Harwich — 400'
of a despatch from her, Majesty's Consul at Jassy, report- each other's mutual existence. humanity and justice ; I still hope it will look
wholea voyageas too home
to allow of her get- me prisoner, when asked if he had any answer to make 50 all Furness. ••• - •
Portly • ceived orders at dto proceed to Devonport, but
headti s windsout.
e a thest
to the charge, said, I guilty, and am very sorry in- 20 all Do. Extension Leigh - ' But you appear to doubt that such will be the
more deeply than it has hitherto done into thisam - -
witted the export of timber and salt from Moldavia, by deed for :hat I have d dI h this •11 b
e one, an hope is will e a St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 80 - 85 Malden 4952, 118 550 - 133 432 220
result of fan increased issue of legal tender. Let us
The Retribution, 28 guns, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, He Cm then remanded to a future day, when other
tin her anchor.
way of the Danube, subject to the regulations, of which see what will become of it. all-important question, and that it will enter its
Powerful protest against the happiness of the warning to all other young men. COLCHESTER- DEO. 22.
the following is a translation, and which have been framed
will nolocked up, because, while it is so,
It 11 tbe st. 100 Great Northern .88 —88 i
10
~,,all Great N. of
_Soothed. 6 -- 7
with a view to prevent the export of the articles in qua people , bearing the flag of Rear-Achnii•al of the Blue Robert
Lambert Baynes, C. 8., &c., commanded by Captain eases will be brought against bine. St. luv Do., A. Stem 74 -75 The supply of wheat was not so large •• the condition is
people being longer made the sport of an obsolete
Jas. Higgs, a labourer in the service of the Hudson St. 100 Do., B. Stock l2O 122 improved by the frosty weather, but 'the trade was net
tioa to Russia. interest is forfeited and capital also, as much so as
theory.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
T. C. SALT. Thomas Fisher, arrived at Sheerness from the Baltic, Bay company, WAS placed at the bar on a charge of steal st.
1.-Any person, desiring to e. ort timber will be it it did not exist. Therefore it will be mad© some active, and last week's prices were barely supported for the
required, in the first instance, to make a declaration in, „use of. Now, the ingenuity of man cannot devise
ing thirteen marten's skins, the property of his employers. St 100 Great Weetern 521 -53 s2f best samples. Barley was plentiful, and may be noted la
_ yesterday, at 9.15 a.m., and saluted the flag of the Corn-
writing at thp Custom House (Perialabiej, it Galati, in a mode of employing money without employing
manderen-Cbief. The gallant Admiral's salute was re- per gr. cheaper. Beans and peas were the turn in favour
which declaration it will be necessary -ter faatiet the port of labour to that extent ; and if the issue of won®y " Come, expound your riddle, Mr. Salt. What is the turned by the flag-ship Waterloo. F. Fernier, a fellow-servaut, said that on so • arching the 52 •54
St. Itoooo Gpto..Stslato. teurWvestai..(lßartei)llo2 - 104 103 2
Qua. Stk of the buyer.
destination.prisoner as he was leaving the premises of the company 12 all Irish South-Eastern ... - Prices to-day were as follow :-Wheat, white, 804 to 86s;
ART. IL-On receipt of thisdeclaration
will, through the Captain of the Port, proceed to verify : always effect its distribution, ministering equally Sir, -I will answer your question, and solve the rid- B. Crawford, arrived at Spithead yesterday from the 6- 7 Pm Mazaga, 42s to 41s ; middle and small, 4te to 50s; peas.
Ist. The quantity of timber to be exported. to national wealth and individual happiness, and die. In return, I claim of you the solution of a greater Beltio. Her Majesty's screw-sloop Ariel, 9, Commander into custody. WA 7 Do. New Thirds 6 ••• 7 u white, 51s to 56s ; grey, 44s to 465.
21. Its quality. what you call one of my "delicious moments" will riddle than mine. Maxse, returned to Seitheed on Sunday afternoon. The police constable No. 584, who took the prisoner into 161 141 Do., Thirds
St. 100 Lencaeb.andYorksh 77 e- 771 77e stramme
3d. The name of the vessel employed for the purpose of be BO far perpetuated. What would have been the matter with the bank-note transport St. Heda, No. 11, from the Easf, in ballast custody, said that on searching him at the station-house 3 1 De., Wet.RidingUn. ... - .., KIRKCALDY-DBe. 22.
transport, and that of the captain. only, arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon. Her 20 all Liy.Creby.&Southpt ... - ..
if the gold in California and Australia had not been die-
he found 13 skins on various parts of his person five We had fair supplies of wheat and oats to-day, but small
4th. The flag of the vessel ; and But a fear crosses your mind. " Who," say yeu,
covered ? What would have been the matter with the Majesty's steam vessel Vivid, Master Commanding W. bein tied round his waist, three round each 1 ' eg, and two Eft. 100 Lod.Brigh&S.Cet. 94 -9694 5e of barley. Generally Bales were quick. Wheat and oats
sth. The value of the timber to be exported. "is to stop the floodgates ?" I ask, who stops
country under the effects of a law compelling the ray- H. Allen, returned to Portsmouth yesterday from the in g d ich-box a man w . . . 1.14 all London & Blackwal fie -6e
qt. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 93f - 94/ 93e were ed to le per qr. higher than on this day se'anight;
Ara. 111.-Theise particulars being obtained by the Ca them now ? The law ! Have we not 14 millions
9 Ch 1I l d T anne san s. The Lady Anne sat ing-transport No. William Mitchell identified the skins as being the pro- 20 16 Do. Fifths - ld, fine barley same as last day; inferior 6d cheaper.
fain of the Port, it will be necessary for the exporter to of legal tender paper issued on debt--14 millions i
went of all debts, public and private, in gold absolute!
unequal to their discharge ? What would have been the 130, arrived at Spithead on Sunday evening, and sailed •
deposit at the Custom-house- perty of the Hudson's Bay Company, and staid they were 10 5kD0.101.511.,M&8...0 1 •-, 13 Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I ean.
let. A written security from a respectable merchant do- of paper convertible into gold, without an ounce of condition of the editor of the Times, even now agonised yesterday for the Thames. The steam-transport Impe- worth from 18s. to 20s. each. 121 2i De, Eighths.. tk -• i First ..... ....... 88e Od I 45s 0,1 r 331 Od I Ws Od
mesticated. at Galati, to the effect that, in default of gold to satisfy the promise ? You see, sir, that the by the delay of a single vessel bringing a supply of gold, racier, No. 178, embarked alongside Portsmouth dock. The prisener was remanded. St. 100 LondonandS. Wean. 85 -86 85i Second -83 s Od I 42e Od I 31e Od I Os Od
production at the Cnstom-house, at the expiration of system you uphold is not a pure and perfect chry- if none of them had arrived at all ? yard yesterday the 3d Light Infantry Regiment of the Caroline Griffiths and Elizabeth Palmer were charged 50 474 Do., £5O 8- 7 3 Third .. 63s Od 1 35s Od I 26s Od I (is Od
five months, proof that the said timber has been landed eolite. It is the law and not the gold that limits To these questions I want a clear, fair, and specific British German Legion, and will leave with them this with stealing a goose in Leadenhall Market on Saturday
at the port indicated as its destination, the person so this issue, and closes your floodgates. answer, and not merely wit and literary banter, morning for Scutari. The steam-transport Earl of nigbt. ' 25 all Linindrry&Col oral as ~. - .., _ _ e-__
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YBSTERDAIr.
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guaranteeing shall be held liable for the payment to Peel's bill is universally acknowledged to • deen N 25 all Lndndrrv. & Emil*. ... -
Then comes the question-Why was this amount Sir Robert . . , . Aoer , 0. 30, arrived at Spithead yesterday even- Wm. Brown, a servant in the employment of a sales-
the Custom-house of a sum equivalent to double the have been a gigantic error, from wheel accident has ing from the East with envalide rte. The London cli - Mane .he . inc n t _
St. 100 hff f& L' 1 23' 24 23e eansterein.......... 11 9 , Gibraltar .............. -
value. • ) • 13 man in the market, said—On Saturday night, between Ditto, these months -- 11 19 1 Leghorn .............. 30 Is
of the timber. of inconvertible paper fixed at 14 millions ? Be- _
per-built ship Wynaud with cargo of tea put in at •10 and 11 o'clock I suddenly missed a goose, and saw 42:26 t;l:ls.D;;;;;lT'inN.'od 2. :::-- : : : Rotterdam ............ 11 19 I Genoa ........,•.....,, 26 77g
2dly. A written declaration to the following effect : cause it was needful for an indebted Government. only. impertectly rescued us. Shall we correct or cling
for orders'She sailed from' F h a • -
the pi isonere making their way through the crowd as 10 1 Metropolitan Antwerp ...... ...... .. 25 50 Milan ....................
" For such quantity and such kind of timber which, But shall there be no koney for the people, and to the error and its; consequences, and depend on future Spithead yesterday.
Brussels •••• •••••• 25 50 Venice.. .••••••• .. .. ..
chances ? Isey the discoeery of gold has only partiall9 on the 7th September. On the let of October, in lat. / - id
fast As possible, Griffiths " jostling" Palmer on the St. 100 Midland -64 e 631 41 Hamburgh ............. 13 10 Naples .. • • ....
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according to my written demand, addressed to the
Honourable Board of Customs (Perialabie), bearing would it not be more creditable that the necessities
saved us ; even now we are suffering from intolerable 13 N., long. 108 E spoke the Ch bucto from ., e • ,Canton &Rona _.._„.. _ „ .. - Palermo .... ...... .... 133*.
shoulder for the 'purpose of expediting her escape. I St. 100 Do. 36 - 38
date the , I have shipped on board the should be considered as well as
of the governed 2 _ _ _ - ••• pari5......... - ........ 25 30 Messina ... •.. 133%
' ship , under the flag those of the governiug .Is it the end for which lender this double effect our workhouses and gaols, lat. 29 N., long. 26 W., spoke the Crystal Palace, fr•orn all Do. Half Shares ... -•-• ... Ditto, aunts months .. 25 70 Lisbon ..
Marseilles ............. 25 TO Oporto ................ 53%
Captain, to the port of care of •
of such empire Government was created that it should take which were empty, are overflowing. Is not that fact China for London ;on the Bth, in lat. 32 N. long. 23 Th© indignantly denied the charge, but I put my hand 25
under the shawl of Palmer and found that she had got ,
100 ell Newcastle& Carlisle. ... - Bourdeanx ............ - Rio Janeiro ....... ..... -
or kingdom, &c. be., I, the undersigned, do hereby itselr, 'and utterly neglect and damage the interests enough. W,, the Ellen Wallis, from Calcutta for Liverpool. the goose tucked under her aria as right as a trivet. de all Nwpt•Aberg &Hrfd 9e - 9 Frankfort-on Maine .... 119% Buenos Ayre5.......... 50 Si Newry &Eau' iskillen i 11
.... ...t Berlin „„„ . „ „„..... New York,6o days' sight
engage not to unload the said timber iu any port other of the people ? But what is the matter with the bank-note ?—that is :Saturday afternoon, eft Gibraltar on the 20th of Nov. (Laughter.) She then said she had bought it at our shop 29 ,g) Newry
Vienna ............. .... 11 18 Philadelphia - Warrenpoint
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thanthe above mentioned, and under no circumstances •y- " there is a force and simplicity in the the question. Why, it is gone ! That is the matter, She encountered stropeasterly all the
You sayg winds
in any port situate in the territory of Russia. To this,
ay on demand.' Now, I end a pretty considerable matter too, seeing our debts and was within a short distance of the port for five days St. 100 Norfolk
Petersburg ..; .......... - Foreign Gold in Bars .£3 17 9
effect, for the security of the Moldavian Government, words, ' I promise to pGriffiths declared she had never seen Palmer in her 41 - 43 Madrid ...... .......... 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
dthat, me not gone with it, previous to entering. All the supernumerary officers life before the time in question when she was stopped 50 3e Northu.Countiesten. .. ...
Cadiz ............ ..... ~ 49 .4, Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0
I have this day deposited with the Honourable Board will grapple with you on that point, an show
It ' .Idof •is vet you, sir, talking of my taking a Hansom and men who assisted to navigate the Hibernia from with her. St. 100 North British 284 ... 291 29 i Barcelona ............ - New Dollars ...... 00 0
of Customs (Perialabie) the written guarantee of Mr. taking these words in the sense used in the Bank
cab, • to the Bank England, andgetting five 16 all North Devon, No. 1 ... Seville...-. .........-. - Silver in bars ...... 0 6 1%
g?log of
in the manner prescribed. Moreover, in of England note, they contain more of fraud, folly,The Lord Mayor-How do you know the goose to be . 2
sovereigns. I have not got the note ; hence my grief. has a full complement of seamen, but no marines, they the one you lost ? 16 ail Do., No. ••• - •••
proof of the entire fulfilment of ray engagement above and mystification than any words in human lan-
-8 all Do., I A Deferred._ ... -
mentioned., I undertake to lay before the Honour- ,„.,.,ee, A vast quantity of gold money has left the country ; having landed on the Crimea and formed tof the par Witness-It's a foreign goose, my lord. You can „
D e B Guaranteed ILEABORNB MAILS.
able Board of Customs, before the expiration of five sr"a" the Bank of England has reduced its issues of notes marine battalion against Sebastopol. She is in a tolerably always tell a forei • bthe lookofthe -and the
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St 100 N. Eastern-Berwick 67 .• 63 ete months from the present date, a certificate from the ' osin sto the romise to Ja The law assumes asst I, p i y
, from 25,000,0001. to 19,000,000/. effective state, and after discharging her ammunition will is different from that contained in our English •
25 20 Do, do. Extension - 8e ' •••
Custom House of the port of destination of such tem- a.slefinite quantity of gold.; it fixes the value of the Every bank in England-800 banks-has secured ego into Han-maze. The Albion was put in commission pluck
geese. (Laughter.) 25 13 Dogio.G.N.E. Throb, 5 -4e 4 (N signifier that the mails are sent from the General Post-0010e
her, verifying that at such a date the said timber, in note. It does no such thing as fix that value: portion of the 19,000,0001. to increase their reserves •- Ma
quantity ancr quality as before, mentioned, has been Abundance and scarcity are the only regulators of the Government is exacting 100 000 000/ insteadof in
truly discharged in thus said port, from the said ship The Lord Mayor (to the witness)-Should you have St. 100 Do. York 44i 45i 45 -
value. , 50,0(4,000/. of taxation, and you coolly tell me to take Admirals R. S. Dundas, Michael Seymour, and St. 100 North London 92 -97 Day when made 11l From what When
Captain ' . If at the above-nauuedsold such that for 7 ' a goose as s. :
date Ido not produce such certificate aforementioned By the issue of paper money, in addition to gold a Hansom and present my 51. note at the Benk. I tell Baynes will strike their flags until spring, when it is Witness-The market value of the goose was Bs., 10 311 s Ne&S.Wstrn.,Hamp- COUNTRUCO. in General Post- Port due !a
in due form, such failure to produce such certificate ' neoney, money is made more abundant ; abundant you I have not got the note ;it is withdrawn ; destroyed. more than probable that all these valuable flag-officers 8s 6d., or 93, stead, and City Jn ... - ... ollie% London.* Dispatched. England.
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shall be held as proof that the said timber has been Money creates confidence, investments are multi- Why is it destroyed I-for a goodlyreason, forsooth,- will again proceed to the Baltic at the head of the im- The Lord May•or-But would you have taken 7s. for 20 171 North Staffordshire.. 81 .-- 84
..-..- .......
America(byßra.pack)ll Every Friday .• • • Liverpool ... Dec. 31
exported to a prohibited port, and in such case the plied quantity of bills at a date are created because we have no gold money,-ergo we shall have no
. mense armament now being prepared for that service. that one 2 20 all North Western 4l —oe America (by Malted Sts.
person who shall have held himself security on my - ' a vast 'Paper money • and you ask what its the matter withlo all N. &S. Westrn.Junc e. - ... packet) .. ........N .........• Liverpool ... Deo. 24
America (by U. Statiu
behalf shall be called upon to pay the amount named this increased quantity of money and the increased Y , 7 The Tartar, 20 screw steam-corvette Captain Hugh • •
, , ,Witness-Oh yes, my lord, it being an old one.
10 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley
the note ? Why it is dead-not sick, but dead, That Dunlop, arrived at Sheerness on Saturday last from
in the bond. rapidity of its circulation lower its value, till the is • the (Laughter.) and Leicester ., packet) .. .........N se •• e• ••• • • Southamptor, Dec. 29
the matter. Baltic, at 10.45 a.m., and saluted the flag of the Com- The female searcher at the station-house here stepped et. :00 Ox, Wore., & Wolv 22 --• 24 Australia (via South-
Art. IV.-Upon the delivery of such a declaration, exportation of gold and the withdrawal of the Now pray you, solve me the riddle how, with this N I mender-in-Chief. into the witness box and said that she found concealed e) 8 eurtsmouth , ampton) ...- ......M .•••• •••• • • Southampton,
which must be authenticated by the Board of Customs, paper again lower the prices, and so all trade is remnant of stagnant money, wages and debts are to be The Royal George remains in No. 1 dry dock, Sheer-• -
f PalmerP 1 5 6d ' d d • e • I 101 - 103 102
on the person o a mer s. ,in goo money an nine St. 1.0 ocotish Central
the said Board shall deliver to the exporter a certificate in made an alternative of speculation and ruin • honest •d. ?S l• th t eldl d hll b i pat . oremeari e an you s a e mmor- nese ; and the Arnphion has been taken into No. 3 dry counterfeit coins, consisting of seven florins, a half- St. 100 SoottishMidland 72 --• 74 Ditto via Cape of Geed
11090 .. .• •• • • •• •• N
due form, in which shall be repeated the purport of the industry is sacrificed, and the watchers of the turn i; s
tasee. dock to have her defects repaired. St. 100 Shropshire Un'on ... 42Uric& (West 4 :oast.) ..N i3d of the month.. Plymouth .. Jan, 8
crown, and a shilling.
above-named declaration, after which the vessel shall be of the et alone thrive, and this is the plain I will not waste your time nor the time of your Tea- 50 sel South Devon ll -- 12 A1exaneria...........n IS, 9, 24, &30 of in. Dover ...... The corvette Araene, 13, Commander V. Inglefield, The prisoners were remanded in order that the officer
at liberty to depart. .Alexandria....
....., m I4th & 20th of men. Southampton)
As a guarantee against all infraction on the part of any and simple meaning of " I promise to pay." dere by disputing whether the price of gold is fixed ; the sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday last fur the West might communicate with the authorities of the Mint. St. 110 South Eastern 57 -58 Bahamas ..........3117th of the month sonthamptor
vessel, proceedings will be adopted, as in the ease of yes- , From an inherent necessity the use of paper Bank of England, we know, is obliged to supply it at a Indies. The steam-ale: Salamander, 6, Commander 50 all South Wales . 31i -32 e 321 Belgium .............N Duni,- •••••• • • • • Dover ...... Day •
sels ascending the Danube to their port of destination. !honey has grown iu proportion to the progress of fixed price, which is a sufficient fact for all but the moat Geo. Mecham, sailed on Thursday for the West Coast /0 15 S. Yrksh. dr Riy. Dun 6 - 3d Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16
%The above regulations shall also aPply to the exporta- commercial civilisation, till it bears a dominant refined understandings. of Africa, and the steam-sloop Hecla, 6, Commander E. 210 SDo
THE LATE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN • . 2d - pat Buenos Aym,........34 9th of the month.. 'Southampton Jan. 16
20 11 Staines, Wok. Seee ok ... - Cape of Good El.ope ..N Various ports Uncertais
tion of salt. Sir, in the coming derision this subject must be die- lin sailed the same day to relieve ho Cape of Good Elope ..N
Proportion to the use of metallic money, that the , . Ap , s yhomeward-bound MIIVT-STBRET. 25 ail itockton & Darlid -33 - 35
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 23. cussed, and the Times cannot afford to be behind all its vessels detained in the chops of the Channel. Cape de Verde. ......N 9th of the month Southampton Jan. 15
60th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant the Hon. A. C. J. metallic money, though it can disarrange, is power- , .
contemporaries, and almost alone to support errors so e,Thestearn-frigate Vulture, Captain Frederick Glasse, • • l6 Stookton is Hartlepl. ... - ...
Ceylon (see Ind la)
Liddell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Earle, appointed less to regulate. glaring as those of our monetary system. I know that Went from Plymouth Sound into Hamoaze to refit on OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION. t. 100 Taff Vale ••• --- ••• Ceylon-. - -.......N
to the Rifle Brigade. The fixing the price of gold by Sir Robert Peers editorial etiquette forbids the confession of error, but Wednesd The screw steam-frigate Eur 1 51, Yesterday afternoon Mr. Payne, tke coroner of the t. 100 po. Prof., No. 1 ... -..
25 21e Thames Hay. D.& R, Channel Isles -.......N Mon.,Wed.,/cFrid. Southampton 110.Th.11et
Chili ..............m 2d &17th of month Southampto
Rifle Brigade-Captain Charles William- Earle' from bill is pure Jack •• Cadeism. If fixing the price ha il the hue of editorial thoughts can change even as 0. pt in Gaye; and the screw Ta ug' city of London, held an inquest in the board-room of the roUl to •e &Lanes. Lan ••• ••• 0hina.........
the 60th Foot, to be Captain, vim Drummond, who re- fixeS the value, why not fix. the price of every-" 3'
1 ' g iliAce,aB, Commander Ramsay,. T. Brown •
the came eon is. steam-sloop Con- Workhouse, Mint-street, South
, went into Hamoaze LydiaSouthwark, on the bodies of -.
0 ;sll Vale of lath ca.
ii lei Constantinople, ......i. 8,13.111.23,&28 one D0ver.....,
tires.
Constantinople ....
thing ft Why not fir the price of bread at ld. the In perfect anticipation of seeing you of another colour, qn Thursday. -"e3 a '
ia Robins, aged e , single woman, and her two 0 all Maori& & Kilkenny ... - .„
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. one about three years, and the ether born oall Wat ford&Limerick Cont. of Europe id & N Twice daily .... • • Dover ...... Twicedaihr
quartern loaf ? Simply because fixing the price and in its newest gloss,-I am very respectfully yours, The screw steam-corvette Cossack, 21, Capt. J. Cock- children, aged - -•" - "• Egypt (see Wks)
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia-during the fire which took place on Thursday morning 0 all West Cornwall 4 - 6 France . ... M& N , Twice daily."... D0ver...... Twieedaill
The Hon. Charles Grimston, late Coldstream Guards, to duos nub fix, but moray diaguiaaa, the el:ire:nations T. GLUTTON SALT. Darn, from the Baltic was placel in the basin dock at
, last at No 25 Mint street. 8 8 . West End of London Gibraltar ...........M 1,7, 17, 20, 27r fm SouthaMpton
bo Adjutant, from the 10th October, vice Prosser, re• is the value of our legal tender-fluctuations which -- Devonport on Thursday ; when the water left it was ' '
Greece (see Ind! a) i ,
sighed. arbitrarily disturb and alter all other values. Sir,-You question me so direatly through your cor- found that she had carried away a portion of her false This case is one of a most melancholy character, and and Crystal Palace.. ... - ...
Groytown
...........m,2nd & 17th ef mon. Southampton
Ist West York (Rifles) Regiment of Militia—Algernon Hence the frequent ruin that has b kroen up our respondent Mr. Hill, that you bind ma to answer and keel. 1 Do. A .
has created the utmost excitement in the neighbourhood. 5 al ••• •-• ....... ••• - ••• Hamburgh ..........,,NlTuesday & Friday London ..... ~ . •
5 3 Do. 8.. Preston, Esq ,to be Paymaster, vice John Matcham Isaac• Eliza Power deposed that the deceased lived in the - ••• liayannah ...........Mend of the month Southampton Jan. 1.
resigned. . , prosperity, disorganised all its elements, and made yourself to inset t the reply So,unhappy Mr. Editor, it The eteamslood Desperate, 8, Commander Ps. White,
. • " back-room on the to floor of No. 25, Mint-street, On
p2O all West London. ..• -- .•• Holland .............311DaY .... Dover ....... Daily
10 all Wimbledn&Croydoa ... - .., di, ifand„ru
......
..
~wl7ta tithe month. Southampton 16thofm0i
Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Militia-John our wealth, our insolvency, and our pauperism. is your doom that I s y should still be our correspondent was warned to the sheer hulk on Saturday, and had her '
' ' •
Gorman, Gent., to be Quartermaster. alternately the wonder of the world. and that this currency ghost, which you have so often rnizeumast taken out, it having been found defective.
of her children, as her husband was absent. About two FOREIGN. lndia (via Morsel.' les)sfi9th& 26th of month Dover .... ~1
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Hence it is that the Times, awakened from its laid, should still haunt your columns, making them The crew of the screw.
steamship
w 'd Orion,, 0, are paid
o'clock in the rnornine the deceased said "My God the - lonian Isles (see 1 ndia)l7. 17, &27 of mon D0ver......
wages at Plymouth on Friday, and granted three weeks e ' - ' 10 all Antwerp. 7e - 8 Ireland ........If &Ns Twice dailY' ••.• .. Holyhead ~. flawed**
County of barks -Sir 'Charles Russell, Bart., to be De- " delicious dream," has to guess and wonder hiclec" house is on fire," and witness got out with her two chil-
puty Lieutenant. Mr. Hill is right in his demonstration that if four so- leave of absence. 40 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. eon, • Lieben.............,m 7,9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton Jan. 15 .
whether we shall get over . the 4th of each month • • • will I ' bl k li. H • dren on the roof of the house. The deceased was in the in Sh. at par till '64 ... -„; Madeira .........,11 9th of the month Southampton
Royal Wiltshire Militia-Samuel Heathcote, Gent., to • vereigns weigh an ounce, the price of gold always , The screw steam oc sip Hogue, 60, Captain W. Madeira
~
~ ~ ,
...../.1 23d of month •• .. Liverpool „..
be Ensign. without the suffering and humiliation of vast in- be 4/. an ounce,the value gold ' It' to leave K h dock
let
family way, and expected almost every hour to be con- 20 10 Ardennes • • • .... •• • Malta (seelndlai •
Royal Cornwall and Doyen Miners Regiment of Militia •
solvency ;to watch with sleepless vigilance the all other cases price is the index of value ; in. this case it A portion of her crew having had 25 days' leave of ab- "'xi' The room was full of smoke, and she (witness) 5 4i Belgian Eastn. June. •3
-• 20 li e Malta ...........„ ,„N 8,18, &28 of mon. Dover ...... .Tan. 4
-Second Lieutenant Reuben Frederick Mager to be First condition of the gold in the Bank coffers,. to be ceases to be so, and only denotes quantity ; hence the 4ence returned on Friday, at7d o t
n Saturday he remain- lost sight of the deceased on making her escape. 20 10 Sealers to Graisseesse 3 •-t 2id Mauritius (see InellIa)
Lieutenant. :racked by hope and fear if the arrivals from Aus- mystification and the fraud. The law bin-is us to pay der left for a similar period. By the Coroner-Did not know when the fire escape 18 44 Bombay,Baroda,and peanetuw,
„.....„
„ae 14th of the month
[The following appointments are substituted for those ' tralie. be delayed a week ;to be agonised by an our debts, not in an equivalent value of gold, but in a The screw steamship Sanspareil, 71, Capt. Woodford arrived. Centrallndia,Scrie 1 -i t 4i mexioo
............m 2nd of the month..lSoiithaMptin'Jaii 1
18 all Do,
which appeuzed in the Gazette of Tuesday the 18th De- wind. All b •s • 1...• Mr. Henderson said that the fire-escape was at the ••• - ••• New Granada
......m 24 & 17th of month Southampton! •
east because we persist, in staising our I fixed quantity. . Williame, went from Hamoaze on Friday into Ply- 171 all Demerara
comber last.]
house before he arrived. ••• - •••
• New Zea1and........... By private slip .. Various ports limonite
Royal North Lincoln Militia-Ensign Walter Stewart existence on the possession of gold, and at the same Let us see how it operates. nouth Sound, where she will remain until the seoond 30 11 Dutch Rhenish 1- ed 10 Papal stem
.......ie sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ......
. h d
Robert Bygrave, the landlord of the home, deposed
Brown to be Lieutenant, vise Mason, appointed Ensign time in supporting a law that renders it impossible We borrowed the bulk of our national debt at 60/.- hen
meek in January, and t proceed to Leith, and wait
•the backfitfl
that he slept in room of the re - oor. He
20 all Eastern of France - 351 Peninsula
..........m Ithl7th2lthoonon. Southampton
82d Foot ; Ensign William Longstaffe, jun., to be Lieute- we should permanently retain it. in paper money worth about 40/. in gold, or 100 - of anti' the departure of the Baltic fleet in the spring.
went to bed about 11 o'clock, and was awoke by the 20 10 Do. New 9 -10 p
20 all least Indian, gsc 21 21 i 21k ' Fora
.............. el 2d & 27th of mon.lSouthampton
Port N'atal ..........N By private ship... Various ports 17neerton.
nante vice McDakin, appointed, Ensign, 42d Foot ; Ensign jscrew steamship Brunswick, 81, '
gold to the 100/. stock. We are bound to pay 25uz., The new , is to be tom- glen,
~........,...,N bthlsth2sthoinnon, Dover ......
say the law prevents the poasibility of oursound of a policeman's rattle. His room was full of 20 10 Do. Eel ten' ie. P. '-'
t
.•••• i .. 1 I
Charles Tie worth to be Lieutenant, vice Deane, rest nod and to pay in value 7e per cent. intereet for 3 per Cent. nissioned at Plymouth by Captain Yelverton, at present ion Tuscany 4.......... N sthisth2sthofinon. Dover .......
Effsign Messing Thomas Laxton to be Lieutenant, vice keeping possession of the gold. Iwe agreed to pay • and, when John Bull remonstrates 'n
command of the Arrogant, 46. The bleckshi Sea smoke, and he ran down staira with one of his children, 1.00 all Do. do. do., '59, do -.- .. nez„„l,
... mr 2d& 17th ofmonth Southampton 1 k I; A 3116
Burton, appointed Ensign 14th Foot. Gold money and paper money will not for any i - ' be in P and was followed by his wife and another child. Before 25 20 Gd.TkofCanadaAis 91 -81 Van Diemen'siaind (see
crainst the wrong the callous usurer audaciously ex- horse is also ordered to put commission at that
length of time circulate together at equal values. la'
• going down stairs he tried to get out at the back, but 25 all Do. St. Lawrence & Anstrali
claims, "Wh John, are you going to cheat our cre- port. West Indies ......xf 2d lb 17th of month .Sonthampten 11 &Pi mon
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. There are two distinct values in the coin-the ditors ?" and stupid, simple John that the thing The screw steamship Duke of Wellington,
agrees
100 70 Do. Cert. of Deben., •
ki ch There were two doors to it.
t en. John Danks, timber merchant, Great Bridge, Stafford. legal tender value and the metallic Talus, and these passes his understanding, and so the Reign of Fraud- Henry Caldwell, is on arrival from Spithead, to becon. into Stk. till'l3 62 - 67 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will bedee
k• •
By the Coroner-There was a kitchen belonging to
BANKRUPTS. do not coincide, but vary inversely to each other. the Reign of Fraud and Terror, is established. placed in dock a; Keyham, Plymouth, for inspection and ' 100 all Do. Com 6p cdoB2 - 87 86 5 tintc,lied.,p the felll?wing day, with the exception of the India file Olga n Pvt. hooqo at the back of the kitehan a H.. 1,~,,... 1). • o • - r

,1 4 11. g
Colchester l2 568 820 13 ' 170
Harwich — 400)
Leigh
Malden 11952, 118( 550 , 133, 432,220

Hence it is that the Times, awakened from its
" delicious dream," has to guess and wonder
whether we shall get over the 4th of each month
without the suffering and humiliation of vast in-
solvency ; to watch with sleepless vigilance the
condition of the gold in the Bank coffers,. to be
;racked by hope and fear if the arrivals from Aus-
tralia be delayed a week ; to be agonised by an
east wind. All because we persist in staking our
existence on the possession of gold, and at the same
time in supporting a law that renders it impossible
we should permanently retain it.
I say the law prevents the possibility of our
keeping possession of the gold.
Gold money and paper money will not for any
length of time circulate together at equal values.
There are two distinct values in the coin—the
legal tender value and the metallic value, and these
dio not coincide, but vary inversely to each other.
Thus, supposing a large quantity of metal to be
taken up by the Mint to be coined and issued, the
bullion would become scarcer and rise in value,
while the legal tender would become more abun-
dant, and fall in value.

By the Coroner—There was a kitchen belonging to
the next house at the back of the kitchen of the house
occupied by witness, and there was a copper place
against the wall. The flue of that copper passed through
tiie back. of a cupboard in his kitchen. The wall between
the rooms consisted of 4-inch brickwork, and woodwork
let in between the bricks. He was of opinion the fir• was
caused by the flue of the copper being so near the cup-
board. He had not had a a fire in his kitchen for a long
time.

Do. Cert. of Deben.,l
con. into Stk. till 13
Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do.
Gt. Central of Fran.
Gt. Indian Penineuln
guar. 5 per cent.
Do. New 5 per cent.
Do. Extensions......
Great Luxembourg)
Constituted Share*
Do. Obligations
Gt. Western of Canada

62 G 7
82 87
3 3i p
5k 51
par kp

When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be de.
spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India (els
Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched MO
preceding day.

Gustav Hasse, merchant, Fenchurch-street, to surren-
der, Jan. 4, at 12, and Feb. 8, at half-past 11, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbnry ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-cham-
bers, Old Jewry.
James Woodroffe, licensed victualler, White Lion, Hol-
born, Jan. 4, at half-past 11, and Feb. 8, at 12, at the
Court of. Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Overbury and Peek, Old Jewry.
James Thomas Murray, pianoforte maker, Lower James-
street, Golden-square, Jan, 5, at 12, and Feb. 8, at half-
past 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Linklatera and Hackwood,
Sise-lane.
Joseph Henry Wettone, stationer, Oxford-street, Jan.
5 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Basinghall-street ; Scarman,
Nicholson, official assignee,
Coleman-street, City.
Charles Sharp, ironmonger, Albion-road gist, Stoke
Newington, Jan. $, at two, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards,- official assignee, Sam-
brook-court ; Taylor, eollisson, and Woodambridgesward, Bedford-
row;C Woodward, March, Ely, hire.
Thomas Heywood and John Heywood, lace warehouse.
Dec. 29, at twelve, and Jan.
men, Wood-street, Cheapsido,
25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Mason and Sturt, Gresham-
street, City ; Maples, Nottingham.
Thomas Henry Ryland, wood turner, Warwick, Jan.
IG, and Feb. 6, .at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dis-
trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ;
Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
Timothy Spry, lace manufacturer, Lenton, Notting-
ham, Jan. 8 and 29, at half-past ten, at the Nottingham
District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ;
Bilewster and Son, Nottingham ; Motteram and Knight,
Birmingham.

Mr. Hill says I have not pointed out any way of con-
ferring a definite value on mere pieces of paper.
Mr. Hill has not read my letter. The value of :egal
tender paper is not special, as is a dock warrant, but uni-
versal in its ministration to the great human necessity
of cancelling debt, and therein has a value perfectly in-
dependent of the law that makes it convertible into a
fixed quantity of gold ; inconvertible legal tender minis-
tering to an equal want will have an equal value. Its
value as legal tender will vary, like all other articles of
prime necessity exactly in proportion to its abundance
or scarcity ; and to regulate its value it is only neces-
sary to regulate its quantity, which the present law
deranges.
How to regulate the quantity we will see hereafter.
Conversion of money into merchandise is barter. Con-
♦ersion of money into any one particular article is a
monopoly of barter, at variance with all sound p'rinciple,
and having the additional trifling objection that it is a
physical impossibility to convert all debts into one
article.

•epa:r.
Captain Sherard Osborne, who so gallantly distin-
;uisbed himself during the operations in the Sea of
N.zoff, and Captain R. Lambert, also distinguished for
,is services in that sea, haue just arrived in Londonp from

At Melbourne, when coin had become very
scarce, an ounce of coined gold actually commanded
an ounce and a third of uncoined gold of equal
fineness.

the East.
The gunboat Seagull, Lieut. Montagu O'Reilly com
manding, left Woolwich dockyard basin yesterday morn-
ing and steamed down to the Arsenal :wharf, where
she has been provided with her complement of shot,
shell, and ammunition. The Seagull is armed with four
68 and 32-pounder guns and rwo 121 b. howitzers. She
has embarked 30 empty shells, 3 ckests of small arms,
powder, tubes, fuses, small stores, &c., besides as much
live shell as could be stowed on board with convenience.
She will bo ready to proceed to Sheerness forthwith.
Another gun-boat of the same species arrived yesterday
morning at Woolwich from the contractor's yard, and
will be coppered end fitted out without delay. The Bull-
frog and Carnation gun-boats at Deptford are taking in
guns and stores from Woolwich Arsenal, and will be
completed about Friday, so as to join the rendezvous at
Sheerness. The Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander
Petley, has arrived at Woolwich from Plymouth and
Portsmouth ; and also the Vixen, Master• Commander
Pym, from the same ports. The Vixen fell in near
Portsmouth with a barge heavily laden with cooking
stoves, and being unable to proceed from stress of wea-
ther, the Vixen towed her into the Downs. She like-
wise put into Sheerness and landed 20 supernumeraries
for the dockyard service.
Seventy-four invalids arrived yesterday from Ports-
mouth at Chatham, in medical charge of Civil Surgeon
Dr. Gibbon. Second-class Surgeon John Graves, as-
sisted by Francis Hide Forshall, inspected the men. The
sick were taken into Brompton Hospital, the remainder
to St Mary's Barracks. The above came home in the
ship Canadian from Malta.

3 3
2/1 - 3i
24 24j
2i -23 p
98 - 100
115 - 111
116 120

While the monopoly we have assigned to gold
raises its value as metal, the issue of legal tender
paper, making legal tender more abundant, lowers
the value of the legal tender. The price of the
gold being fixed by the law which binds the Bank
to take all the gold offered at 3/. 17s. 9d., and to
pay it out at 3/. 17s. 10lJd., this alternation in value
of money is, for a time, only indicated by the rise
iu value of all other articles. This rise stimulates
large exports. The importer looks around for his
returns, all commodities have risen. We are under
no engagement to supply iron, lead, tin, or any
other article at a fixed price, except gold. We
thus bribe the foreigner to take our gold instead
of our goods. The gold being gone the Bank is
compelled to reduce her issues of paper. Eight
hundred private aid joint-stock banks are instantly
afflicted with the cramp, and seek to lock up the
remaining money by increasing their reserves.
Now, as unreduced debts cannot be paid by re-
duced money, this phasis of our system is equiva-
lent to a general decree of loss or insolveney against
all who by commercial enterprise have been con-
tributina to the welfare of the country.
Just at'r' this moment the watchful Times advises
caution, recommends all to limit their transactions,
which means limiting employment, which is
limiting the life of the labourer. It is equivalent
a!rekahtoi ouns e through
orto
yutoher land,gra " Now get ye
v e
No other
tlocathPrelow
resource is left to the labourer thrown out of etn-
ployinent by this fatal system.
"
Even the press, the tard
igrade press generally,
is beginning to inquire into system which becomes
daily more incompatible with the advances of com-
mercial civilisation.

By a Juror—The next house was an eating-house, and
the night of the tire was the first time of the shop being
opened. There had been a fire in the copper, as the per-
sons cooked the joints in it they sold.
Mr. R. Henderson, foreman of the D district of the
fire brigade, deposed that he was called to the fire about
2 o'clock on Thursday morning, and on his arrival found
No. 25 in flames. After the fire he made an examina-
tion of the next house, No. 24 . There was a copper
in the back kitchen, which stood against the wall,
and was sit in brick-work and cement, the back being
fixed to the wall. The wall between the kitchens of
Nos. 24 and 25 was what was called a brick-noggin,
consisting of about 4 inches of brickwork and tim-
ber. He then went into Mr. Bygrave's kitchen (No. 25)
and found a hole in the wall that he was enabled to put
his arm through, and which led right into the fire-place
or furnace of the copper in the next house. He produced
a piece of wood partially burnt, which he discovered
fixed in the wall, just below the hole he had mentioned.
By the Coroner—He had no doubt the fire was caused
by the piece of wood he had produced catching light
from the furnace of the copper being so near.
Mr. Thomas Cooke, of Sarah Anne-street, St. Mary,
Newington, said he was a practical builder, and had
examined the premises. He saw the copper alluded to
by Mr. Henderson. The furnace extended to about 2
fret 6 inches or 2 feet 9 inches under the pan or copper
to where the flue began. The furnace was composed of
four-inch !brick work on the right side, or next to the
kitchen, but on the side of the wall there was merely
the brick noggin partition. The fire was caused by the
draught carrying the flame round the pan to where the
piece of wood was found.

Shares
Do. Now

Do. B ds., payable's7,
with option till '55
Do. do., '62, p.'56
Do. do., '76, p. '6O
Do. do., '73, without
option
Efamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent.
Lake Conet. & Basle
Lierro and Turnhout
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons 4 Ilediterran
Niadras

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112 - 117

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The only legitimate function of money is that it shall
cancel debt ; the only qualification we can require iu it
is that it shall be of steadfast value. Legal tender money
regulated in quantity is payment of just value, and not
A promise to pay.

Do. New
Maria Antonia
Do. do. New
Namur & Liege (.vit}
interest)
Do. (ox intorvst)
Northern of France
D 0.201. Site
Do. 20/. 3 p.
(finy.B.&Al2lB.Shs
NorwegianTrunkPrei
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds ......

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Forty year; of alternate speculation and ruin, 40 years
of torture under the effect of the Bank screw, have
surely demonstrated beyond dispute that the issue or the
withdrawal of legal tender money increases or diminishes
the employment of labour, raises or reduces demand and
the general range of prices.
I myself ant weary of what Lord Liverpool was pleased
to call the stern path of duty. Listen, most gracious
Editor, to your amiable enthusiast. Let us boil our peas
and finish our pilgrimage in comfort.
The regulation of our system by the exchange gives us
no timely warning ; the train of mischief is all laid be-
fore it is possible to detect it ; there is no escap - from
the explosion ; the withdrawal of the papa money
simultaneously with the gold money is a dout,le curse,
and it comes like remorse, that punishes, but does not
prevent our errors. _ _

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6 - 7
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Patrick Fi;IT.II, contractor, Broughton Works, Salford.
Jan. 9 and Fob. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Sale, Worth-
ington, and Shipman, Manchester.
John Newsome, woollen manufacturer, Dewsbury, Jan.
14 and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the District Court of Leeds.
Rope, officiAl assignee, Leeds; Chadwick, Dewsbury; Bar-
Leeds.

Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouon
ParisCaen &Clierbrg
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The Medical Staff Corps, under Staff-Surgeon S. G.
Bunbury, to be raised to 1,000, is about 700 strong. An
alteration has been made in the rate of pay ; the forcefis
divided into two classes—the former comprising 300,
termed first-class orderlies, with 2s. a-day and rations ;
the second•class, 700, at ls. 3d. a-day, meritorious conduct
alone entitles the inferior to pass into the superior class.
The draughts from the provisional battalion depots at
Limerick, Templemore, Fermoy, Birr, and Mullingar
will embark at Cork in the course of th present week, to
to join the service companies of their regiments at the
seat of war. The total number consists of of 8 captains,
78 subalterns, 31 sergeants, 24 drummers, and 1,279
rank and file.
Intelligence bas been received of the death in the
Crimea of Lieut. E. P. Marshall, of the Royal Artillery,
son of Lieut.-Colonel Marshall, for many years Military
Secretary at Gibraltar. He was only in his 18th year.
The immediate cause of his death was bilious fever.
A recruiting serjeant from the 47th Regiment arrived
in Waterford last week from Templemore, and obtained
33 volunteers from the County of Dublin Militia for the
60th Rifles, now at the Curragh.
The following appointments, made at the Admiralty
yesterday, appeared in our late edition last night :

Ronito and Frascati
Ronan and Havre ,
Royal Danish
RoyalSwedisli
I Do. Obligations
Sambre and Mouse
Do. 5i p. oent. Pref '
iScinde

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James William Gregory, grocer, Halifax, Yorkshire,
Tan, 14, an' Feb. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Leeds
District Court. hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Bennett,
Iralifax; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
John Ps.ttinson, builder, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham,
Jan.. 8. and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Neweastle•upou-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Icidson, Sunderland.
John- Richardson, brewer, Cockermouth, Cumberland,
Jan. 8, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upou.,Tyne ; Steel and Waugh, Cockermouth; Watson,
Neu ewcastle-upon-Tyne; Bischoft, Cox, and Bumpas, Cole-
SCOTCH•s City.
SEQUESTRATIONS.
Hugh Reid, accountant and builder, Ayr.
William Caldwell, draper, Coldstream.
Duncan Maclennan, solicitor, Inverness.
Matthew Henry Hunt, wholesale woollen warehouse-
Mail; alasgow.

- I do know a better standard than gold ; for the pre-
sent I will only comply with Mr. Hill's wish, and point
out a better application of the gold standard.
Deprive gold of its monopoly as a sole ultimate legal
tender, and thereby restore it to its natural value ; cease
to use it as a coin, and then it may serve as a point of
comparison for your legal tender paper. Its rise or fall
in price, other things equal, will instantly indicate the
roeateyndpeotriweet
Rill not rise and fall in your legal tender paper, before a general
rise in prices has stimulated general importations and
turned
u rned the balance -of trade against us ; there will then
b
miiumoninthteheeslpeoasrttatdioegnroeef gold, and
if
it isour
fu.
doI oe
monetaryxgp
not exported
pretend to fix what price of golf will be
a just standard.
I assume—that in any case the standard must be made
subservient to life and happiness, and that life and happi-
ness must not be sacrificed to the standard ;
That a limited issue of legal tender paper will sustain
!its value, and that a sufficient issue will insure the full
'empioyment of labour, creating the greatest amount of
national wealth, and will also cause the greatest amount
of national happiness, by its just distribution ;
That it will sustain a regular range.of prices propor-
tionate to the cost of production, securing honest indue.
try from oppression, and limiting insolvency to folly and
vice.
Happen what will the full employment of labour must
be secured ; this is at once the first duty, the first right,
and the keystone of social order.
I have assumed thes9 things as self-evident axioms ;
if you can throw a doubt on them I am perfectly ready
to inflict on you the tediousness of demonstration.
forbidsi' he pounbel i co
rw i
notll
cou
ment of industrial power a dawn of hope brighter than
rde a
sdh ao o loning
the letter,
regulated and your d
e es
ep
laocpe.
your imagination dreams of; for the present the Bank
continues to lose its gold and withdraw its paper---usury
how far 18 millions of Bank issue is from panic point,
triumphs, and industry languishes. Can you tell me
and how near you will have the hardihood to approach

By the Coroner—There ought to have been four inches
of brickwork on the left-hand side, or next the wall.
William Chorwan said that he had lived with the de-
ceased, Lydia Robins, but was not married to her. lie
left the house, No. 25, Mint-street, on Wednesday after-
noon, but did not return until Friday.
Police-oonstable 7d, stated that the fire.escape was
about eight minutes before it arrived ; but the conductor
could not get down the Mint, and had, therefore, to go
through Lant-street. The conductor of the escape saw
a woman and two children on the roof of the house, and
brought one child down by holding it by its clothes with
his teeth, and another under his arm.
The conductor of the fire-escape corroborated the evi-
dence of the last witness, and also that he caved three
other persons besides those described by the police-con-
stable.

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Do..
Southern of Francs
St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
West Flanders
Do 5 per c. Pref._
Western of France._

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It is impossible much longer to bind industry
artrbyatnedr
its complicated divisions of labour down
olnda.y Fw
rheaet
ti
rs a wd
eo r swed on
ea t mtoenl
eorpaot l o
ey
this ba
bondage.
taro
fr
g
The paper system, which the instincts and neces-
si ties of the people have continually enlarged, can-
not longer be permitted to rest on the narrow basis
of gold, rendered unstable both by the law and by
the increased rapidity of, communication with
foreign States. A foreign loan or speculation, a
short harvest, a telegraphic despatch, anything, in
short, may, by causing a sudden exportation of
gold, derange our whole commercial system. I
I carcely need recall to your mind how
requent and fatal such panics have been,
now fertile of insolvency, misery and Crimes,
and that in the depth of our ruin and the
triumph of our prosperity the amount of our wealth
was
exactly the same, but disorranised by the failure
of our monetary system. It will be well for the
Tunes seriously to consider whether it will be be-
coming its rank and character to be the first to err,
the last
rteos t
sl learn, i
rn,,i,lsaav: and humanity.
tersodeeplyinvolving
the
It is a vulgar error, that the value of legal tender
money depends on the obligation of the issuer to
redeem it in gold, or to redeem it at all, or to give
any security whatever.
The value of wheat depends on the fact that it
ministers to the groat human necessity of satisfying
hunger. The value of legal tender depends on its
legal power of ministering to the equal human
necessity of satisfying debt, and in both cases those

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CURIOUS POSITION OE A Nes NEST.—TWO maw-
yprs,were cutting a log of Stettin oak, 2dinches square,
at Sunderland. About the centre of the log alarge hole
wag discovered, 104 inches in length by inches in
breadth, filled with moss, feathers, hair, &c., and °ob-
taining seven birds' egv, which, from their diminutive
size, are considered to be wren's eggs. The tree, froni
its immense size, is, supposed to be of about 150 years'
gr-43.vit:h. The moss forming the wren's nest was ai
freilk'as it
.had only been pulled yesterday.—Duthane
ehrouicle.
STABBING IN LIVERPOOL.—On Saturday evening about
five o'clock three coloured seamen, named Parker
Whitehead, Gilbert Sergeant, and Geoffrey Jackson
wcre drinking in a low public-house in Gascoigne-street,
Vauxhall -r, Liverpool, when they quarrelled about
some women, and blows were. exchanged. Suddenly
Whitehead drew a small dagger, and stabbed Jackson in
the chest and Sergeant in the hack, the point of the
weapon striking the shoulder-blade and be co ming bent
with the force of the blow. He was then seen to throw
the. dagger•over a wall, where it was, afterwards found.
Ti,divjuries are not of a dangerous character. white-
heal has been arrested and remains in custody.
~

Everett Carlton, a journeyman bricklayer, deposed
that he set the copper. lie did the work for a man named
Frederick Cottle, who was formerly a chimney-sweep,
but also took plastering and other jobs. Cottle showed
witness the copper, and told him to set it i❑ as little
compass as possible. He (witness) sounded the wall
with his hammer, and thought it was composed of bricks.
It never occurred to him that it was a brick noggin,
although he ought to have kmocked the plaster down to
see whether it was or not. He was extremely sorry
after what had occurred that he did not ascertain whe-
ther it was a brick wall.

The Coroner, in Su mating up, pointed out that the fire
bad evidently occurred through the negligence which the
man Canlton owned to have been guilty of, and the jury
returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against Everett
Ct. rlton.'

The Coroner was about to cc mmit Carltsn to Newgate,
but the foreman and another of the jury offered to be-
come I ail for his appearance, and he was ultimately
allowed to leave the court.

Four English vessels of war have remained .n the
Danis;i wat(-Ts to look after some American craft known
to be laden with war material for Russia.