The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-23 00:00:00

City Municipal Elections,

At some of the wardmote meetings which were held on
Wednesday, a poll was demanded on behalf of certain
of the candidates. In each case the polling took place
yesterday, and the following is the result :
ALDGATE.—Alderman Lusk declared the number of
♦otes : Messrs H. A. Isaacs, 147—R. B. Whiteside, 147
J. C. Davis, 140—B. Burnel.!, 107—W. H. Teulon, 105—
H. C. Busknall, 99—E. D. Rogers, 98; J. Turnley, 97
J. Hudson, 80. Tho first eight were elected.
BREAD-STREET.—The result WAS made known by Alder-
man W. Lawrence: Messrs Hawtrey, 62—Ridley, 62
Cole, 62--Maynard, 60—M'Cutchen, 57—M'George, 57
Maughan, 55—Pill, 40—Smith, 19. The first eight were
elected.

BRlDGE.—Aldorman Abbiss stated the result of the poll :
Messrs Arnold, 59—Hartland, 56—R. Taylor, 55—C.
Whetham, 55—J. Blake, 52—Johnson, 47—R. P. Taylor,
46—Gover, 44—Cluncher, 19—May, 19. Of the above Mr
It. P. Taylor And Mr Gover were the new candidates—and
Mr May, an old representative of the ward, and Mr
Cluncher were unsuccessful.
CllEAF—Alderman Allen announced the numbers—
Messrs John Bennett, 126—W. Tegg, 118—S. Gibbins,
118—J. Stewart, 116—J. Orridge, 114—J. Thorp, 111—
Morey, 1' 6—J. Bontom, 85 —Wright, 67—Wilson, 44.
The first eight were the successful candidates, Mr Tegg
being appointed the deputy.
CRIPPLEGATE WlTuour —The past members were
Messrs Read, King, Cuthbert, Pickering, Morisse, Smith,
Nind, and Gower, the two new canditatea being Messrs
Turner and Harvey. The following was the result of the
poll, the first eight being elected :—Messrs Gower, 241
Pickering, 233—Cuthbert, 213—Smith, 212--Nind, 209--
urner, 204—Read, 183—King, 167—Morisse, 146.

TOWER—rho announcement was made by Alderman T.
Q. Finny—Messrs J. Young, 128—J, Malcolm, 121— H.
death, 119—J. S. Banning, 115—T. B. Humphreys, 109—
J. Northway. 116—E. Smith. 87—C. Heginb,,tham, 8.5
B. Corcoran, 83—J. Forster, 60—H. Aste, 42. Tiao first
eight were declared to 111 M been duly elected,

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, December 22.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week, together with the corresponding
figures of the previous account :

Dec. 22. Dec. 15.
DR. f. c. f c.
Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000
Profits in eddy ion toCapital
(Art. 8 law June 9 1857) 6,912,460 91 6,893,0,9 36
Reserve in the Bank and

its branches
Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 4,000,003
Notes in circulation 721,487,475 739,383,125
Bank notes to order and re-

ceipt. payable at sight 5,774,783 36 5,432,012 87
Treasury ac cur. credit0r103,359,256 06 93,04,132 63
Current accounts—Paris 136,089,007 48 140,571 991 44
Do. branch-banks 20,104 508 20,698,5 1
Dividends pay.ble
Disciunts and sundry
interests 21,660,290 29 21,023,595 87
Re-diseoun;.43 of the last

six mouths 2,588,735 17 2,583,735 17
Sundries

1,237,994,109 61 1,250,055,304 22

CR.
Cash in hand and branch-

banks 364,008,378 83 351,562,024 15
Commercial bills ovrrdue 708,763 66 558,808 39
Commercial bills discouLted

not yet due 274,518,191 83 301,207,229 87
Do. branch-banks 287,085,185 285,314,504
Advances on deposits of
bullion
Do. branch• banks 4,869,184 4,9J0,210
Advances on French public
securities
Do. branch-banks 7,595,550 7,9t8,050
Advances on ra.9way shares
and - debentures .. 26,543,800 26,620,900
Do. branch-banks.... 16,787,150 17,u72,450
Advances on Credit Fon-

cier Bonds 548,500 513,300
Do.branch-banks.... 414,750 339.650
Advances to the Stato

(Conven. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000
Govt. Stock Reserve 12,989,750 14 12,980,750 14
Do. disposable
Rentes immobilisees (Law
June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000
Hotel and furniture of the
Bank
Landed property, brandies
Expenses of management 2,849,239 24 2,488,973 49
Sundries .. 6,083,115 83 5,250,6 )3 12

1,237,984,1 M 61 1,250,055,304 22
Certified, the Senator-Governor of the Bang of France.
(Signed) ROULAND.

Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the
Field Marshal C ;mmanding-in&Cnief, with his
Royal Highnes3 Prince Arthur and Major Eiphin-
stone, and a numerous staff of officers, comprising
Gen. Sir J. Y. Scarlett, Adjutant General ; Gen. Sir
G. Pollock, G.C.B. and K S.T. ; Gen. Sir J. Bur-
goyne, G.C.8., Inspector-Gen. of Fortifications ;
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Jones, G.C.8., Governor of the
Royal Staff College, Sandhurst; Major-Gen. Ham-
ilton, Vice-President; Major-Gen. Sir F. Abbott,
and Lieut.-Col. wyn, of the Council of Military
Education, arrived at Woolwich at half part 10
o'clock yesterday morning, to conduct the Christmas
examination of the gentlemen cadets at the Royal
Military Academy, and award commissions and
prizes in accordance with the recommendation of
the council of which his Royal Highness is presi-
chnt. Immediately on arriving at the Academy,
Prince Arthur with Major Rphinstone vilited the
drawing and class rooms, for the purpose of inspect-
ing the drawings and scientific sketches executed
by the cadets during the past half-year,

Tne whole of the cadets, by desire of the Duke
of Cambridge, were assembled in the dining hall,
when his Royal Highness, in a private manner,
addressed them at some !tngth in earnest and
impressive terms relative to irregularities which
had taken place during the past half-year. H,
assured the cadets that whilst he was anXious to
promote their comfort and best interests, he would
take care to maintain that strict discipline without
which the army could not txist, and which nhoula
especially be cherished by those who would here-
after be called upon to comm And men in her Mw.

jesty's service.

His Royal Highness then conducted a viva Voce
examination of one of the classes in Gorman,
and subsequently proceeded to the Common, where
aeveral batterico of n.y.e,A,tilLery. nese assembled,
which were inspected by the Duke and stuff, and
Prince Arthur, who was attired in a tartan dress,
end rode his favourite Shetland pony. After in-
specting the troops, his Royal Highness and stuff
returned to the Academy on the lawn fronting
which the whole of the gentlemen cadets had as-
sembled in review order, the band of the Royal
Artillery being present. After inspection by his
Royal Highness and staff, the several classes of
cadets went through a complete series of manual,
platoon, and bettalion exelciaes, under the direc-
tion of Senor Cadets Nicholson, Washington, and
Curling.
The cadets then marched to the school of arms
attached to. the spacious gymnasium of the institu-
tion, where arrangemente had been made for dis-
tribating prizes for exemplary conduct and profi.
ciency in study daring the past half-year, Major-
General Hamilton, Vice-President of the Council of
Military Education, read a report from the council
to the effect that 41 gentlemen cadets of the
first and second divisions of the first class
had been found qualified to receive commissions,
and of these it was recomm-2nded that 14 be ap-
pointed to the Royal Engineers, and the remainder
to the Royal Artillery. The examiners had re-
ported
favourably as to the state of the junior
classes, with some exceptions, which chitfly re-
lated to the languages. Colonel Yorke, RE., then
read a report from Major-Gen. Saudham. comman-
dant of the Academy, as to the efficiency of the
cadets, and the zeal and attention of their icstruc-
tors.

The number of marks gained by each of the
cudots in the several brunches of study was then
read over, and the successful candidates for com-
missions were called to the front, whe❑ the Duke
or Cambridge distributed the following prizee :
Mr Curling, for exemplary conduct, a regulation
sword. Mr W. Nicholson, for exemplary conduct,
the Fetlock gold medal; for first artillery, a double
telescope ; for first topography, an aneroid baro-
meter; for chemistry, a microscope; and for first
fortifications, books. Mr Brown, fur second aril.
leey, an aneroid barometer; and for geology, a mi-
croscope. Mr Ltndoc, for second tortifieetions, a
prismatic compass. Mr Berestord, for second topo-
graphy, a pocket sextant. Mr Pultord, for natural
philosophy and practical mechanics, a microscope.
Mr Walker, for first French and second German,
valuable books. Mr Moore for second French, Mr
Arnott for first German, and Mr Jacob for Hindus-
tani, valuable books. Mr Purcell, for first mathe•
matics, a case of mathematical instruments. Mr C.
Watson, for second mathematics, third fortifies
times and practical geometry, pocket compasses and
sextant. Prizes were also awarded to Mr Freeth
for landscape drawing ; Mr Jekyll for Practical
geometry ; and Mr Leech for landscape drawing.
His Royal Highness then proceeded to address
the cadets. He reminded them that the two corps
of Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery, in which
they would shortly receive commissions, were emi-
nently scientific, and they would do well to re-
member that on leaving those walls it was essentially
necessary to continue their education, and endeavour
to keep pace with this scientific age by acquiring
not only a theoretical but a practical knowledge of
those extraordinary inventions and improvements
which are constantly taking place. 'He was happy
to find that during the past halt-year so much ad-
vancement had been made by the several classes,
and that such a favourable report had been presented
by the lieutenant-gevernor. He need scarcely re-
mind them that something more than knowledge of
their profession was required from officers in her
Nlajeety'si service. It was necessary that they should
be of high character, cultivating a high tone of
feeling. and a high standard of truth. He hoped
the advice he had given them on several occasions
would not be lost upon them, and that they would
endeavour in after life to emulate the conduct of
those gallant officers who had rendered the service
of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers dis-
tinguished.

the Duke and his siqff subsequently Witnessed a
series at gy rntu exercises by the cadets, aro,
sftrr vimi.ing the riding tstAblishment RYA other
departments, returned to London at Voree o'clock
amidst a Royal salute from tho Greet:obill battery,

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Dec. 22.
The Queen and Princess Hetents waltd and
drove yesterday afternoon.
Princess Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess
Beatrice also went out in the grounds.

The Prince and Princess of WaleA.
SANDitINGHAM Dec• 22

Their 8,,,yal 1-I,ghnesses the PTiict;:ni, Princess 01 Wales
appear to be greatly enjoying their stay nt their Norfolk
seat, and, with the infant Prince Albert Victor, ate in ex-
cellent health.

Tne anniversary of the death of the Prince Consort was
observed at Sandringham as at Windsor, their royal high"
nesses spending Wednesday and Thursday in strict retire-

tin Friday their royal highnesses were out with the
West Norfolk at Snettishaw.
The prince and party were out shooting on the Frankfort
part of the estate on Saturday, and, although the snow fell
heavily all day, the sport was excellent.
On Sunday the prince and princess, attended by the Me!'
chioness of Carmarthen, Liuut-General Knollys, Captain.
Grey, Mr Fisher, and Mr Holzaa Inn, attended Sandriag"
ham Chtu ch. The sermon was preached by the Rev. C.
Tarver, chaplain to his royal highness.
A private meet of the West /NI urtelk foxhounds took Plecill
at Sandringham on Tuesday, and was attended by the Prince
of Wales and a select field of the leading supporters of this
popular hunt. It was a matter of regret to all, and to none
more than his royal highness, that though the Wolfertoal
Brick Kiln, Jocelyn, and ocher woods were drawn, no inn
could be obtained, and the prince met with his first blank
this season. His royal highness is particularly desiroue
that foxes should be preserved on his estate.
On Wednesday the Prince of Wales, attended by Capt.
Grey, drove to Marhaw, on a visit to the esteemed master
of the West Norfolk Hunt, Mr H. Villebeis, who had ill'
vited a number of the leading inhabitants of the neighbour-
hood to meet his royal highness for a day's shooting in the
excellent covers of Nub' ough Contract. The prince re.'
mained the guest of Mr Villobois at Marham House, and
was to be joined to-day by the Princess of Wales, the visit
terminating to-morrow.
Their royal highnesses will spend Christmas at Sand-
ringham, and it is understood that the poorer classes on
the royal estate will De enabled to enjoy their Christmas'
day in a thoroughly English style, through the prince'l
liberality.

The Duchess of Norfolk arrived at Arundel Castle'
Sussex, on Wednesday, from Paris. The young Duke of
Norfolk is making a tour in France.
The Marquis of Conyugham left town yesterday
to pass the Christmas with Lord and Lady Churchill at
Wynchwood Park, Oxon, after which the noble marquis
goes to his seat in Ireland.
The Earl of Derby, by accounts received in town
yesterday, is regaining strength after his recent severe ill"
sm.

The Earl and Countess of Warwick will shortly
►eave their reaidenee at the Stable-yard, St. James's, for the
Isle of Wight.

The Earl of Eldon will leave Hatfield Hough.
Herta, to-day, for his seat in Dorsetshire,
The Earl of Coventry hes returned to Thomas.°
Hotel, Berkeley-equare.
Viscount and Vibcounteas Palmerston are cuter'
taining a select party at Broadlands, Hants.
Lord Lyons is expected to arrive in England on
Sunday or Monday next, from America. His lordship had
arranged to leave New York by the next Cunard steamer
for Liverpool.
Lord and Lady Eustace Cecil, Lord Stanley, M.P.'
the Earl of Eldon, and Mr Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., are
amongst the visitors to the Mat quis and Marchioness C'
Salisbury, at Hatfield House, Herts.
The Earl and Countess De Grey have left &udlel
Royal, Yorkshire tor Nocton Park, their seat in Lincoln'
shire.

The marriage, announced some months back in
our columns, of the Earl of Coventry and Lady Blench°
Craven, daughter of the Earl and Countess Craven, will be
solemnised towards the close of the ensuing month. The
ceremony is to take place in town.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The competition
for the King's S3holarships took place at the insti-
tution on Monday, the 19th inst., and for that of the West"
morland Scholarship and Potter Exhibition on Wednesday
Th.fnllnmingrtrotessors composed the board of
examiners :—For the King's Scholarships—Messrs Charles
Lucas (chairman), W. Dorrell, H, C. Lunn, M. Saintoh, •
and Signor Guglielmo, For the Westmorland ScholarshiP
and Potter Exhibition—Messrs Charles Lucas (cuairmay)f
W. Dorrell, Cusins, F. ft. vox, and Signor Schira. TOO
candidates elected were :—For the King's Scholarshipa---
Miss Margaret Watts and Mr Francis Ralph; for the
Westmorland Scholarship--Miss A. Smyth; and for the
Potter Exhibition—Miss A. Kinkel. The following Dan'
didates were highly commended :—For the King's Scholar.
ships—Misses Ida Henry, M. Buels, M. Bauermeister, C.
E. Kingdon, F. M. Kingdon, and Messrs. W. A. S.
don, and G. A. Davis; for the Westmorland ScholarshiP
—Miss E. Pitt and Miss Kellner; and for the Potter
Exhibition—. Miss E. Pitt and Miss J. Williams.

The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette of yestell
day says:—" Our readers hive not forgotten the
circumstantial contradiction given by some of our Liverpool
contemporaries to the statement which appeared in these
columns respecting the departure of the steamer Sea Sing
trom London to sail under the Confederate flag. The 5.35
King, on entering the Confederate service, became the
Shenandoah, and we are enabled to report something more
respecting her movements. The Shenandoah appears
have employed her time to soma purpose. Advices received
this day trom Bahia report the arrival there of a Danish
vessel with the crews of no less than five Federal vessels'
all of which had been captured and destroyed by the
Shenandoah, under the command of Captain Ward
The names of these vessels are the Elena, of Maine--tbe
E. Godfrey, of Boston—the Kate Prince, the Charter
Oak, and the Susan. 'We take it that this report esta'
blishes the tact that the Sea King is not on y a Contedersto
cruiser, but that she is likely to rival, if not surpass, the
Alabama in harassing the commerce of the Norther°
States.

LIFE-BOAT SERVICES. FILEY, NEAR YORI‘,
DEC. 21.—At four o'clock tnis morning (report°
Mr R. White) four el'the fishing cobles of this place sven",
out. At seven a.m. it came on a strong gale from the
E.S.E,, with a heavy surf, and as there was great clang°r
of the cobles reaching the shore safely, the Holion
boat, belonging to the National Institution, was at one
launched, and accompanied the cobles until they all g: e
safely to the shore. On such occasions the presence of t—
liteboat gives the fishermen fresh courage, and they af;
corciingly work their craft with renewed energy. Thus
lifeboat often contributes, as in this instance, to the sa/in!
of the lives of a large number of persons. as well as the
preservation of property of a considerable amount to tilet3-
poor men. The cost of the lifeboat was given to the inlil;
tote by the ex-Lard Mayor of York (Mr Holton) and N
Hollon.
DESTITUTION IN THE METROPOLIS,—Daring tb:
last few days, since the cold has set in With elle,
intense severity, the various refuges for supplying Prre°l4lo
sions and lodgings to the destitute have been crowded'
house in Playhouse-yard, which was opened on &turd:,
last, has been visited by several hundreds—men, w°l-1,13t
and children—there being separate rooms for the ma" ea-
the Asylum, Providence-row, there have been 600 aPP"iej
cations of a night, a large number of which were coraPe'
to be refused. It has been the same with the new ra68.190
Newport-market, and the premises in Field-lane hal' - in
been besieged nightly by crowds of poor. These- areto
addition to the receptacles attached to the workhous eat II
carious pariahce, where, under the late. Act of Fax .li°3 3e036
the police are required to take all the casual poor t rn,,ta
with on their usual beats, which will make the desti
amount to some thousands.
DEATH IN THE PULPIT.—A sad sense of neresr;
ment has been induced in Pembrokeshire, In C°131,.0.
quence of the death, under sudden and indeed veryriora
markable circumstances, of the Rev. Hugh Hugh"' 4d a
generally known as Tegai. The reverend divine bu's of
very eminent position among the dissenting miniBtar aod
Wales, and he was not more distinguished for his pio.l
simplicity of life than for the nervous power and °lt' loutelied.
with which his pulpit discourses were commonly 'eldo6o;
On the Sunday he preacned a discourse having sigl'lso 90
reference to the uncertainty of life, for which be 'clli„lesed
Lis test the remaika.ble declaration of Scripture, '"raitlivg
ate the dead that die in the Lord." He woo OP re'
tile passage, and applying it with fervour and. Pavver:n Pre'
he was observed suddenly to stagger and fall.. 3:110i, lean
sent rushed around him and raised him 13,p, w bell; boovie
found that he had been seized wilhpaialysis, of vclt of a
time previously he had had an attack, rilthoufgh
ao
Po
character sufficiently severe to comp.el to mr.
cease from his pastoral and pulpit labours. e srl. opco
ried to his residence in a state of stupor, and nev but pia
afterwards. Every attention was paid tohim
and on
malady was beyond the reach of human skill that
.amirera
Friday it became known among his rn"ny
he had breathed his last during
Liverpool Mercury.
His Too. a•
A CONTRIBUTION TO
FRENCH
a seep°
purchased a
__chow of
curious manuscript has just been
ent,
hand book shop at Lyons and placed anaarocia733the ;
ttiat city. The volume, written
ep
oPf the province 01
rho
amount of the receipts and expenses
for three year° '4' tol
Lyonnais and of the city of Lyons the previous
with the ilieMY of that part of
end of the 16th century, with nthuemceoruouutard;tails corpec