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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-02

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON
AND

MONARCH
FIRE ANT) LIF INLICRINCE COMPANIE:4,
37, Castle-street, Liverpool ;
29, Regent-street, Waterloo-place ; 20 and 21, Poultry, and
3, Adelaide-place, London Bridge, London;
61, King-street, Manchester, and
12$, Ingram-street, Glasgow,
have now been simalgamated.
London, England, 1857-10-02

" THE MILITIA.

The 3d West York Militia, assembled at Doncas-
ter yesterday. Between 800 and 900 men mustered
in the yard of the railway station at about
11 o'clock a.m., having been brought thither by
special trains from various parts, and then pro-
ceeded, in a very orderly manner, to the depot for
equipment, the band at their head playing the air
of "Auld Langsyne." It is expected that the regi-
ment will not remain in Doncaster mord than a
few days, but Colonel Loftus, the commanding-
officer, has not yet received any specific instruc-
tions as to their destination. The men seemed in
excellent spirits.
London, England, 1857-10-02

Country Markets.

MANCHESTER— 00T. 1.
The market moderately attended, and wheat and flour
sold slowly owing to the high prices asked. A very limited
business doing. New oats and oatmeal declined 2d per
45ibs and is per load respectively; in old there .was no
change. Beans ruled steady.
London, England, 1857-10-02

COLONIAL.

TEL—The market continues quiet, but prices are firm.
A few transactions were made at the extreme prices of
yesterday ; common congon 14id to 140 per lb.
SUGAR.—A rather large business has been done in the
fine grocery qualities at full values, but the inferior de-
scriptions are inactive, and rule rather cheaper. In the
refined market the demand was not quite so active, but
prices, owing to the short supply, are exceedingly firm.
Wet lumps are readily saleable at 60s to 60s 6d per cwt.
COFFEE.—At public sale only a moderate quantity was
offered ; prices, however, were steady, previous rates
having in most instances been realised.
COCOA.—The market is dull, and quotations are re-
ceding. Trinidad 95s to 105 s, and Granada 91s 6d per cwt.
RUM.—There is very little business doing, and prices are
unaltered. _ _ _ .

RICE.—The demand for cleaned rice continues active,
and full rates are realised for most descriptions.

SPlCES.—Pimento, pepper, and ginger, maintain fully
former values, but cloves and nutmegs aro rather higher.
SALTPETRE.—Tho market continues steady, but the de-
mand is not quite so active, fully former rates are readily
realised for the finer qualities.
INDlGO.—Previous prices aro fully maintained, the de-
mand being steady, and but little on offer.
TALLOW.—The market is flat. P.Y.C. on the spot is
quoted 57s 3d to 57s 6d, and for last three months 578 ribr
cwt.
GREEN FRUIT.—New Spanish nuts, from Gijon, have
arrived at Liverpool, some daily expected in London ;
opening price high. New Malaga lemons to hand, per
steamer, but too green for immediate use. Lemons, fol-
lowing the Liverpool market, have considerably advanced
in price. Some parcels of oranges, by the Tamar steamer,
sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, went at fair
prices. ae

BOTANIC REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION.—The attention
of our readers is requested to an advertisement in our
paper headed '• A Fact for Physiologists," in which the
Nottingham Medical Reform Society propose to send
free to all applicants the Botanic Remedy for Indigt stion,
Bilious and Liver Complaints, lately discovered by
Professor Webster, of Philadelphia.
London, England, 1857-10-02

THE MILITIA.

The 3d West York Militia, assembled at Doncas-
ter yesterday. Between 800 and 900 men mustered
in the yard of the railway station at about
11 o'clock a.m., having been brought thither by
special trains from various parts, and then pro-
ceeded, in a very orderly manner, to the depot for
equipment, the band at their head playing the air
of "Auld Langsyne." It is expected that the regi-
ment will not remain in Doncaster more than a
few days, but Colonel Loftus, the commanding-
officer, has not yet received any specific instruc-
tions as to their destination. The men seemed in
excellent spirits.
London, England, 1857-10-02

WESTMINSTER.

HORRIBLE DISOLOSIIRET:agirTbetween 16 and 17
years of age, of very prepossessing appearance was
brought Wore the magistrate under circumstances of a
very peculiar description.
Mr. G. Humphrey's, an inspector of police, said that
at a quarter past el:•ven last night, the accused was
brought in charged with being disorderly in the street.
She shortly afterwards became very ill, and had a suc-
cession of fits, during which ehe was attended by Mr.
Pearse, the divisionefsnrgeon. She was not locked up
iu a cell, but kept in the reserve room, and between one
and two in the morning, when she partially recovered,
she asked permission, to walk is the large yard, which
separates the station-house from the court. It was
granted, and' she went out, but as witness was
determined to keep a watchful eye over her,
he followed in two or three minutes time,
but, to his surprise, he could not at first dis-
cover her. Ho, then went to a dark corner of the
yard, where he found her partially strangled and turn-
ing black in the face.
Mr. Paynter—How bad she done it?
Mr. Humphreys— By tying a piece of tape as tightly
as possible round her throat.
Mr. Payuter—Did she say anything when she had
sufficiently recovered to speak ?
Mr. Hutnpheys—Yes ; she Expressed her firm deter-
mination to destroy herself at the very first opportunity,
and I have had to keep a sharp watch upon ber all
night.,
Mr. Paynter—Do you know anything of her?
Mr. Humphreys—She refuses to give ber real name
or any account of herself but that she is on the streets.
She is much depressed, and upon nay endeavouring to
soothe her told me that she had been seduced by her
owe father, and that she had then abandoned her home
iu disgust.
Mr. Paynter—Let her be remanded and taken care
of for the present, while we endeavour to see what can
be done with her.
London, England, 1857-10-02

OPERA BUFFA.—St. JAMES'S THEATRE.
(Entirely Re-decorated).—Sign.ot RONZANI
has the honour to announce that the Season will commence
on TUESDAY, the 3d of November next, 1857. Full particulars
will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be had, and
Subscriptions arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond street.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co-
relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Miss Cuthbert,
Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne ; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr. A St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr. Bernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and air. W. Harrison.
Conductor, M. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches-
tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal
Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant
Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr, G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Auber's opera of
THE CROWN DIAMONDS.
After which, SOMEBODY ELSE.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 2s.' and £1 11s. 6d. ;
Stalls, 6e. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
London, England, 1857-10-02

MISC:

Australian Agricult.
Australn. Royal Mail
Berlin Water Works
Brit. American Land,
Canada

Do. Go. 6 pe. Jan&July
Do. 6 p. c Feh.&A ug.
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Copper Min. of Eng.
Do. Pref. 74 p. cent
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Electric Telegraph
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Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.)
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London Discount
Load. Gen. Omnibus'
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London, England, 1857-10-02

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
!MIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock, with
THE WONDER, in which Mrs. Catherine Sinclair will sus-
tain the character of Violante for the 2d time in this coun-
try, and Mr. Henry Sedley will make his 2d appeatance in
London in the character of Don Felix.
After which, THE EVIL GENIUS. Tom Ripstone, Mr.
Bucketone.
To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes ... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
it
ower Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery . . 0 6
Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery.
London, England, 1857-10-02

MARRIED,

Esq., of Park-place Villas, to Mrs. Wat-
On the Ist inst., at St. James's, 'Westbourne-tarrace,
Henry Skipper,
or, and of Hartington-
son, of Orme-square.
BaOtenmtahne,lEsstqi7otf.,cabtaSdti.esJdaemnesm'so, Piccadilly, Thomas 0.
Hall, Derbyshire, to Fanny Hanham, second daughter of
the late Wm. L. Bicknell, Encl., of Lincoln's-inn.
London, England, 1857-10-02

MANCHESTER, OCT. 1.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was very active to-day.
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 401 4—Ditto, new 34
per cent., 65—Dovers, 194—Great Western, 534—East
Lancashire, 92--Grand Trunk of Canada, —Leeds,
95,i—London and North Western, Eighths,
82 1---Eastern Countios, 11,
London, England, 1857-10-02

DIED.

On the 30th Sept., at Croydon, William E. Hillman,
Esq., actuary to the Star and Magnet Life Assurance So-
cieties, aged

O. the 30th Sept., at Old Windsor, George Keating,
Esq., aged 39.
Ou the 29th Sept., at St. Alban's, Thomas F. Gape,

On the 29th inst., at Chelsea, Captain J. W. Guy, aged
68.

On the 28th Sept., at Margate, suddenly, Mr. C. Agar,
of Walborn-green, aged 67.

- -
On the 25th Sept., at Neweaitle-on--Tyne, suddenly,
Tittima4 lons, Mus. e Oxon, aged 40.
On the lhth Sept., at Brighton, Major-General R. W.
Wilson, C. 8., Beugal Army.
London, England, 1857-10-02

'THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the home-made
Extra'raganza, DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Mr. Wright and
Miss Arden.

After which, Douglas Jerrold's drama of BLACK-EYED
SUSAN. William, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Blue Peter. Mr. Paul
Bedford ; Gnatbrain, Mr. Wright ; Black-eyed Susan, Miss
Arden.
To conclude with " FEARFUL TRAGEDY IN THE
SEVEN DIALS."
London, England, 1857-10-02

FOREIGN

(Australian ............1
Brazilianlnp.(issued

at £5 pm)
Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
Do. St. John Del Rey
Clarendon Con. MM.
Co. of Jamaica
Cobra Copper
Copiapo
Fortuna
General
Linares
Lusitauian
Nlariquita
New Granada
Noveau Mondo
Port Philip
Santiago do Cuba
youth Aastrallan
Do. Scrip
Do. 10 p. c.
United Mexican
London, England, 1857-10-02

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Parana,
Capt. T. A. Bevi4, arrived at Southampton yester-
day morning, with the above-named mails, in charge
of Lieut. Greville, R.N., Admiralty agent. Her
latest dates are :

Aug. 30
ample()
Vera Cruz Sept. 3
Havanuah — 9

Bridgetown (Bar-
baloes
Grenada . 10
Carriacou
St. Vincent's — 10
St. Lucia
Martinique 12
Guadaloupe
Dominique — 13
Ant gua —
M obteerrat — 12
Nevi — 12
St. Kitt's
Tortula
• 14
St. Thomas's l5

Santa Marti),
Greytown (Mos-

quito
Carthagena

Colon

Jamaica — 11
Hayti — 12
San Juan (Porto
Rico)
134-rbice

Demerara

Tobago

Port of Spain
(Trinidad)

,•• • • - 10
London, England, 1857-10-02

THE SON, L. NDON, FR lAANT oCTO lER 2, ISFiI

OPERA. BUFFA. —St. J AMES'S THEATRE•
(Entirely Re-decorated).--Signor RONZANI
has the honour to announce that tho Season will commence
on TUESDAY, the 3d of November next, 1857. Full particulars
will be duly announced. Prospectuses may be had, and
Subscriptleus arranged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond street.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr.
Dillon.—Under the joint management of
Miss LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON.—Open for
an OPERA SEASON of THREE MONTHS, with the fol-
lowing Distinguished Artistes :—Madame Caradori, Miss Co-
relli, Miss Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott,' Miss Cuthbert,
Mrs. H. Manley, and Miss Louisa Pyne; Mr. Augustus
Braham, Mr. 'A St. Albyn, Mr. Edmunds, Mr. Hamilton
Braham, Mr. Ferdinand Glover, Mr.* Bernard, Mr. Kerby,
Mr. Wallworth, Mr. G. Honey, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. The Orchestra selected
from the Royal Italian Opera, Jullien's Band, and the Orches-
tral Union. The Chorus selected entirely from the Royal
Italian Opera. Stage Manager, Mr. E. Stirling. Assistant
Acting Manager, Mr. William Brough. Ballet Master, Mr.
Frampton. Chorus Master. Mr. G. Smythson.
THIS EVENING, WEDNESDAY, Auber's opera of
THE CROWN DIAMONDS.

After which, SOMEBODY ELSE.
Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ;
Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.;
Gallery, ls.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to
5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun.
London, England, 1857-12-30

UNITY JOINT-STOCK BANK. -
Office, 10, Cannon-street—NOTlCE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That the GENERAL MEETING of the Unity Joint Stock Mutual
Banking Association will he hell at the LONDON TAVERN,
tishopßgate-street, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of January next, at
Twelve o'clock predsely, for the purpose of receiving the• Director?
report. JOSEPH W. TERRY, General Manager.
Dec. 18, 1857.
Tha Transfer-books will be closed from the 24th Instant until the
16th January, 1858.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE A SSOC I A TlON.—Established 1840.

TRUSTEES.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq.
Thomson Flankcy, Esq., M.P. I Baron L.N. da Rothschild,M.P.
TREASURER OF TUE BENEVOLENT FUND. —John Abel Smith, Esq.,

M.P.
Accumulated fund .............. £95,000
Annual income ...... ...... 27,000
This Association offers every advantage to all classes desirous o
assuring.
A Benevolent Fund is attached exclusively for clerks.
WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary.
15, Moorgate-street, December, 1857.

OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA,
also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their
LIVES with the COLONIAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY on
the ITSDAI, TERMS, the Directors having RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE
TRIM RATES at this time.
Premiums can be pall to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma-
4ras, or Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East.
The bisectors also advance Loans on good security for temporary
Deriods.
The Cohmial have Agencies in every British Colony, where Pre-
nlinlip! aro received. and claims settled.
WILL. TIIO. TIIO %ISDN, Actuary.
SAMUEL R. FERGUSSON, Resident Secretary
in London.

L0ND0N..... ............... 81, Lombard-street (E.C.)
EDINBURGH (Head-office).... 5, George-street.
DUBLIN.. ••.. • . • ....... . 65, Upper Sackville-street.
GLASGOW ..
London, England, 1857-12-30

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—Allow me to show your readers how the
Bank returns ought to be made up, if it be true,
as Lord Overatone says, that gold is our only
money :

KHILITIMES.
Notes issnea £26,400,735
Seven day bills_

26,294,40

. .
Deduct notes in Banking depart-
ment.. „..... 5,757,175

Promises to pay gold £10,537,314
Public deposits, or balances of taxes, that the
Bank uses 6,914,352
Private deposits, or those who, when they run
for gold, can break the Bank

42,553,091

Against which the Bank has only in gold, in
both departments 9,450,855

Balance which the Bank cannot pay in gold.. 33,103,239
The above is the return for December 19. The
figures will have to be altered according to the last
return.

Yours truly,
JAMES HARVEY, Jersey.
London, England, 1857-12-30

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1857.

The Council General of the Bank of France
have reduced their rate of discount to 5 per ceitt.
Although for a short time the charge for pecu-
niary accommodation in Paris was 8,9, or 10 per
cent. according to the period for which the ad-
vance was made, it was reduced at the first symp-
toms of a mitigation of the panic. It was but
6 per cent. during the week preceding Christmas,
while "the 0:d Lady" was coolly pocketing 10
per cent. on unexceptionable security ; and now
there has been another movement in the same
direction, and the comparatively moderate rate
of 5 per cent. only will be demanded !
"They manage these things better in France."
The Government of that country does not
encourage usurers at the expense of the industrial
community, Its languishing trade and commerce
will thus he resuscitated, while our own is depresseJ.
We are virtually sacrificing the national " thews
and. sinews "at the shrine of Mammon ! But for
the refusal of Sir G. C. Lewis to sanction the
clause proposed by Mr. MALINS, authorising the
directors to reduce the rate of discount without
the act being terminated thereby, a speedier re
duction would have taken place, and we should
not have been so long encumbered with 10 per
cent., or now charged 8.
It is notorious, as we stated yesterday, that
gold is rapidly flowing into our ports, and accu-
mulating in the vaults of Threadneedle-street.
There might, therefore, be an immediate diminu-
tion to 5 per cent-) the pri charged in Paris.
Itat this would not suit thece views of the "hard
"I'tteru, whose interests and wishes are
with
tibb Cabinet of St. James's. That they may
enhance their
exorbitant profits, mills are to re-
main closed, rs
Worit ball time. The operatives
sate to be deprived of the ordinary comforts, which
have become almost
neceseaues, and the national
revenue is to be injured, a„
the returns mad') on the Ist of a huml discover byhnl next—a very
appropriate clP.y for the purpose ! All those evils
will be the results of the monetary codes of 1819
and 1844, which that pre-eminent .finaweier (q.
Sir G. V. LEWIS, has determined, if possible, t,
retain without change or modification, unless it ,
he in the way of additional restrictions, creating I
further elements of disturbance to those already
in existence !

It is by no means improbable, under the cir-
sumstances, that ere many months have elapsed,
we shall have an abundant supply of gold, and
with it a corresponding increase in paper money,
wst ret the time it is not required. The wildest
London, England, 1857-12-30

STRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING, will be performed
HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO
LOST HER HEART, Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine,
Madlle. Denlin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lambert Family
and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance,
ske.

Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 2g.; Pit, ls.:
Gallery 6d.
London, England, 1857-12-30

RlumAza.

.A.rebg. Nottng. Bost.
& Eastn. June....
Belfast & Ballyroen,
Birmng. Wolverh. c‘i
Stour Valley
'Birkenhd. Laoacsh.
Cheshire Juliet--
Blackburn
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)...,
Bristol & Exeter
Caledonian
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
Cork, Black. & Pass
Cornwall
De. At

Do. B.
Dublin&Belfast June.
Dun. P. &Aber.Junc.'
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East Lancashire
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jEdinb. and Peebles._
'Edinb.Prth.&Dunde.-
IForth and Clyde June.
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IGreat Northern
Do A. Stock
Do. , B. Stock
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IDo. Str.V.R. gua. St
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ILancaster do Carlisle.
Do., Thivis
Do. New Thirds
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Do., do. F £l6
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Do Leeds
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N. & S. Wstn., Ramp
stead, and City
North Staffordshire.
North Western.
N. & S. Westrn. June
Oxford Worcester &

Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
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Scottish Central
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West Cornwall
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and Crystal Palace

Do. A

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London, England, 1857-12-30

PRUSSIA.

A Berlin letter, in the Coastitutionnel, says :
It is now decided that the session of the
Chambers will not be opened by the Prince
of Prussia, but by the President of the Coun-
cil. This plan has been followed under other
circumstances, and it is the more reasonable
that it should be adopted on this occasion that
the Prince, in consequence of his position as dele-
gate of the King, wishes to avoid appearing in
public ceremonies. As is generally the case before
the opening of the session, rumours are in circula-
tion of changes in the Ministry. The same Ministers
are talked of as being about to retire as were men-
tioned at the commencement of the delegation of
powers to the Prince of Prussia, but these reports
appear to be as ill-founded now as then."—The
same letter adds :—" The American crisis has
caused such a serious effect on the commerce of
Thuringen that the Government of Weimar has
thought it necessary to convoke an extraordinary
session of the Diet to regulate commercial affa;rs.
Apolda, which is the principal manufacturing town
of the Grand Dochy, contains a great number of
stocking weaving establishments, the productions
of which are exported to the United States via
Hamburg."
London, England, 1857-12-30

NEW WORK BY MATTHEW ARNOLD.
Just published, in 1 vol. fcp. svo. price 54. cloth,

A RNOLD,
£T ERE,
WoiPthaparefie
Tragedy.eaild an Historical MATTHEWricaI Introduction.

By the same Anther, uniform with the above,
POEMS, FIRST ,ERIES, Third Edition, price ss. La.
POEMS, SECOND SERIES, price ss. cloth.
London: Lonirman, Brown. nrni r.rrinater-r.w.

M it. BEN t LE Y'S POrULAR NEW SERIES.
This day, in crown Bvo., 23.,
THE CONFESSIONS OF A THUG
By CAPT ,IN MEADOWS TAYLOR.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
London, England, 1857-12-30

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT,

East Kent Regiment of Militia—William Thompson
Pater, Geut., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Curtis, pro-
moted.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—James Walter Cava-
nagh, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Oakley, re-
signed.
let Regiment Royal Surrey Militia—Ensigns Edward
Sharpe and James Hicks, retired.
London, England, 1857-12-30

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.)

MANSION-HOUSE•

OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—Mary Wilkinson, a respectably
dressed female, with a child in her arms, was charged
with picking the pocket of Mary Ann Stevens, in one
of the Wellington omnibuses. _
Mr. Lewis, jun., defended the prisoner.

The prosecutrix deposed that yesterday afternoon
she got into a Wellington omnibus in Shoreditch ; the
prisoner eat next to her. Whilst riding along, she
felt the prisoner's hand by her side, and on examining
her pocket she found her purse open and her silver,
from 6s. to 75., gone. She found her dress had been
cut. She thought the prisoner passed something to
another female who left the 'bus, but she did not like
to give her into custody, fearing she should be mistaken.
Police-constable 466 said that when he apprehended
the prisoner she declared her innocence. :She was taken
to the station-house and searched. Only one shilling,
three sixpences, and three half-pence were found on her.
The omnibus was also searched, but nothing was found
there. She gave her addres—Charles-street, Hackney-
road, but no one in the street knew anything of her.
Mr. Lewis said that the facts negatived the supposition
that she committed the robbery. The omnibus was full
of ladies revelling in an amplitude of crinoline, and some
one else was as likely to have committed the robbery as
the prisoner.

The Lord Mayor said he should remand her.
Mr. Lewis said he hoped his lordship would not do it.
There was no evidence against her.
_ _

The Lord Mayor—But she gave a wrong address, and
her husband was not forthcoming, as he had promised.
Mr. Lewis said his lordship appeared to be relying on
collateral facts. It did not matter what she was, there
was no proof that she committed the robbery.
The Lord Mayor—Where is her husband. I should
like to hear what he has to say.
Mr. Lewis—No doubt ; but I don't think he will
attsnd.
The Lord Mayor—l have no doubt of it. I shall
remand her till Friday to make further inquiries about
her. _ _

Mr. Lewis—Will you take bail ?
The Lord Mayor—No.
Tne prisoner was then remanded.

GUILPHALL. •
ASSAULTING THE PoLion.—Sarah Hart was charged
before Mr. Alderman Cubitt with assaulting the police.
Police-constal,le 322 deposed that yesterday afternoon
he was called on by another policeman to remove the
prisoner from Shoemaker-row. She was drunk, and
causing an obstruction on the pathway, with a basket
of fish. She refused to move on when requestad, and on
his endeavouring to get her away she struck bum in the
face with her fist and made his mouth bleed. She also
scratched his face. He was obliged to have the assistance
of another constable to bring her to the station in con-
sequence of the violence of her conduct, On the way
she kicked him several times and attempted to bite her.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that she
struck the policeman beoause he kicked her two or three
times in the back. _ _

Alderman Cubitt—Has she been here before I

Springate (the gaoler)—Yes, your worship.
Prisoner—l am sorry to say I have, but it sban't
happen again.
Mr. Alderman Cabitt sentenced her to 21 days with
hard labour.
London, England, 1857-12-30

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London, England, 1857-12-30

OMNIBUS ROBBERY.—Mary Wilkinson, a respectably
dressed female, with a child in her arms, was oharged
with picking the pocket of Mary Ann Stevens, in one
of the Wellington omnibuses.
Mr. Lewis, jun., defended the prisoner.

The proseoutrix deposed that yesterday afternoon
she got into a Wellington omnibus in Shoreditch ; the
prisoner sat next to her. Whilst riding along, she
felt the prisoner's hand by her side, and on examining
her pocket she found her purse open and her silver,
from 6s. to 75., gone. She found her dress had been
cut. She thought the prisoner passed something to
another female who left the 'bee, but she did not like
to give her into custody, fearing she should be mistaken.

Police-constable 466 said that when he apprehended
the prisoner she declared her innocence. t She was taken
to the station-house and searched. Only one shilling,
three sixpences, and three half-pence were found on her.
The omnibus was also searched, but nothing was found
there. She gave her addres—Charles-street, Hackney-
road, but no one in the street knew anything of her.
Mr. Lewis said that the facts negatived the supposition
that she committed the robbery. The omnibus was full
of ladies revelling in an amplitude of crinoline, and some
one else was as likely to have committed the robbery as
the prisoner.

The Lord Mayor said he should remand her.
Mr. Lewis said he hoped his lordship would not do it.
There was no evidence against her.

The Lord Mayor—But she gave a wrong address, and
her husband was not forthcoming, as he bad promised.
Mr. Lewis said his lordship appeared to be relying on
collateral facts. It did not matter what she was, there
was no proof that she committed the robbery.
The Lord Mayor—Where is her husband. I should
like to hear what he has to say.
Mr. Lewis—No doubt ; but I don't think he will
attsnd.
The Lord Mayor—l have no doubt of it. I shall
remand her till Friday to make further inquiries about
her.

Mr. Lewis—Will you take bail ?
The Lord Mayor—No.
The prisoner was then remanded.

GUIL [HALL.

ASSAULTING THE PULP:M.—Sarah Hart was charged
before Mr. Allerman Oubitt with assaulting the police.
Police-constable 322 deposed that yesterday afternoon
he was called on by another policeman to remove the
prisoner from Shoemaker-row. She was drunk, and
causing an obstruction on the pathway, with a basket
of fish. She refused to move on when requested, and on
his endeavouring to get her away she struck hp") in the
face with her fist and made his mouth bleed. She also
scratched his face. He was obliged to have the assistance
of another constable to bring her to the station in con-
sequence of the violence of her conduct, On the way
she kicked him several times and attempted to bite her.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said that she
struck the policeman because he kicked her two or three
times in the back.

Alderman Cubitt—Has she been here before
Springate (the gaoler)--Yea, your worship.
Prisoner—l am sorry to say I have, but it shan't
happen again.
Mr. Alderman Cubitt sentenced her to 21 days with
hard labour.
London, England, 1857-12-30

JULLIEN BURLESQUE NIGHTLY.

PROFESSOR WILJALBA. FRIKELL,
Physician to their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of
Russia.—ST. JAMES'S TGEATRE.—PHYSIC A.L and NA TOR &I,
MAGIC, without the aid et any Apparatus.—TWO HOURS OF
ILLUSIONS.—Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening at
8. Stalls, 55.: '3alcony Stills, 45.; Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gi'llery,
Is ; Private Boxes, two guineas; one guinea and a-aalf, and one
guinea.—Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond-street.
London, England, 1857-12-30

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING. The follow-
company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
S lectlona from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badaey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyre, Miss Bru-
nen, and Madame Marietta ; Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr.
Henahaw, R. Grover, T. Farzant, S. ,To.ies, J. Barker,
W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Hime, and Mr. St.
AYbyn; Messrs. 5, Collins, W. T. Critchfield, and E. Mack-
ney, Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master
Williams; Director, Herr F. Jongimaans. Commence at
Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.
London, England, 1857-12-30

JULLIEN BURLESQUE NIGHTLY.

PROFESSOR WILJ ALBA FRIKELL,
Physician to their Majesties the Emperor and EmprPss of
Itassia.—S T. JAMES'S THEATRE.—PHYSIC AL and NATURAL
MAGIC, without the aid et any Apparatus.—TWO HOURS OF
ILLUSIONS.—Saturday Afternoons at 3, and Every Evening at
8. Stalls, 55.: '3alcony Stalls, 45.: Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery,
Is ; Private Boxes, two guineas: one guinea and a-calf, and one
guinea.—Places to be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, Royal Library, 33,
Old Bond-street.

CASINO DE VENISE.—This Establishment
will be kept open an hour or two later than usual on
THURSDAY NEXT, 31st Dec„ to WELCOME IN THE NEW
YEAR.
London, England, 1857-12-30

HAMBURG.

HAMBURG; Dec. 28.—The tide in the monetary
affairs of this city has now decidedly turned. There
is no longer any talk of scarcity, and those who
kept their money so carefully when it would have
commanded ten per cent. interest at least, are
now anxious to find employment for it at four.
Instead of the Senate and Burgesses borrowing
from Austria, and pledging the credit of the
State and the property of the citizens as security,
the local bankers have become lenders to other
communities, and already a loan of 2,500,000
marks banco is announced as having been granted
by the Norddeutsche Bank here to the Bank of
Rostock, for which the revenue of the Mechlen-
burg domains is assigned in security ; and another
loan for a sum of 1,500,000 of marks banco to
the city of Lubeck, which they had not succeeded
in obtaining from Berlin, has just been con-
cluded with a house in this city, so that nearly
one-half of the Austrian loan has been already ap-
propriated to the aid of others. It will, therefore,
be unnecessary to speak any more of the " crisis"
here, which must be considered as having entirely
passed away, although it may yet be some time be-
fore trade has recovered its usual tone. Confidence
is by no means yet restored, and transactions in
all kinds of merchandise are still on a very limited
scale, which may perhaps in some degree account
for the extraordinary abundance of money, as com-
paratively little appears to be required for the
general purposes of commerce.
London, England, 1857-12-30

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, DEC. 28.
It will be remembered that the city of Hamburg,
before obtaining a recent loan of 10,000,000 marks
banco from the Austrian Government Bank, made
unsuccessful attempts to obtain an advance from
Prussia and Saxony. The circumstance that pro-
bably contributed most of all to produce willing-
ness on the part of the Austrian Bank to part with
an article so much in demand everywhere as silver
was the happy state in which that institution found
itself at the time, of not being required to honour its
notes with a corresponding value in coin ; while to
the Government itself (and we are given to under-
stand that the Emperor himself was among the fore-
most •to suggest it) doubtless the opportunity of
gaining some popularity in Germany presented con-
siderable attraction—the more so as the two North
German States were losing ground a little in popu-
lar feeling by their unwillingness to come forward.
It was probably with the amiable motive of spoil-
ing the joy felt by the recipient of the loan and
the pride felt by the lender, as well as of setting
itself right in the eyes of Germany, that the
Prussian Government recently thought it desirable
to publish a despatch forwarded by Baron Von
Manteuffel to Herr Von Kamptz, the representa-
tive of Prussia at Hamburg, which contained an
expose of the motives that had withheld the Prus-
sian Government from according the aid required.
Consistently with the self-protecting, timidly
cautious course the Prussian Government took in
the Hamburg matter, it has declined also to assist
the city of Lubeck with a loan of 600,000 thalers ;
the amount has, however, since been obtained with-
out [much difficulty from the wealthy money mer-
chants of Hamburg. The Government has also
refused, on two occasions, the importunate request
of the :corporate merchants of this place for a spe-
cial and temporary modification of the bankrupt
law with respect to houses in difficulties, bnt whose
assets show a fair and reasonable chance of paying
20s. in the pouud.l The evident object of the Minis-
ter of Commerce is not only to repress all over-
speculation, but to compel all traders to keep not
only within, but very far within, their real means,
which, considering that the capital at the command
of Prussian commerce is rather scanty, is by no
means favourable to the rapid development of com-
merce and industry.
London, England, 1857-12-30

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--Having seen in the leading article of your
very respectable paper of the 23d instant, remarks
regarding the Joint-stock Banks, and the cry raised
against them by the " HardlCalculatora," and also
warning the folks on this side the Tweed, to be
ready to support the system of their long esta-
blished institutions :

I hope the Scotch will not only show their usual
caution, and think twice before running down their
banking system because of the mismanagment of
one, but that they will support that system (mainly
introduced by the Great Wizard of ti a North) to
which this country owes so much of its prosperity.
The country has not suffered enough yet to make
it alive to the real cause of the disasters of 1847
and 1857, but will be alive to the real evil when too
late ; when another yet more terrible disaster than
those of 1847 and 1837 comes (for come it must
sooner or later, if the Bank Charter Act of 1844 is
not repealed) which will shake the country to its
very foundations, and do us more harm than a war
with combined Europe. Then the cry will be
raised that ought to be raised this hour ! Agitate !
Agitate ! Agitate ! Repeal the Bank Charter Act
of 1844, the stronghold of the monied aristocracy,
and the oppressor of every other class of the com-
munity.

A SCOTCHMAN.

Leith, Dec. 26, 1857.

BANK RETURNS AS THEY OUGHT
TO BE.
London, England, 1857-12-30

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
6, New Bridge-street, London.
Chairman—llErrav FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq.
Deputy-Chairman—ROßEßT BIDDELPH, Esq.
itzVANTAGES-:
Mutual Assurance.
The lowest rates of Premium on the Mutual System.
The whole of the Profits divided every Fifth Year.
An accumulated Capital of • • • • .. £1,575,000
During Its existence the society has naid in Claims.. 1,455,000
Reversionary Bonuses have been added to Policies to
the extent of .. • • • • • •
The last bonus, declared in 1851, averazed 671. per
cent. on the Premiums paid, and amounted to • -
Policies in force .. .
The Annual Income exceeds .• .. • • -
The next-Division of Profits will boalado In 1859.
Assurances effected prior to 31st December,lBs9, will participate
the Division of 1863.
toProspectuses and 11111 particulars may be obtained on application
ALEXANDER MACDONALD, Secretary.

890,000

397,000
7,437
240,000
London, England, 1857-12-30

NAVAL APPOINTLYIENTS.—(This Day.)

The following appointments were made this afternoon
at the Admiralty

Masters—W. J. B. Hilliard, to the Royal Wiliam
C. J. A. Noddall, to the Figgard.
...4ssistatt-Surgeon—Crott G. Symons, to the Viper.
London, England, 1857-12-30

ONT BLANC TO-NIGHT at 8, and
AIX TO-MORROW AFTERNOON at 3 o'clock.

CHRISTY'S MINSTRELS and the CHRIST-
MAS HOLIDAYS.—The " CHRISTY'S " :will appear in
Twelve Entertainments this Week. Commencing Every Afternoon
at 3 (for this week only), and at the usual hour, R, Every Event -Ig,
introducing their Choicest Gems.—Prices, 3s. 2s. and Is.
London, England, 1857-12-30

A DELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade,
A Strand.—Great success of M. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische.
and Grand Fantasia from" Trovatore," and the New Caledonian
Quadrille by Charles H dl. Principal cornet-a-piston, M Bonlco
Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The
Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. It. R. BRINELL, Ma-
nager.

DR. KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY
OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne street, facing the Haymarket.
Programme for the Christmas Honda, s —Guenal's APPARED
Ult NOG'R►PHIQUE constantly in motion: LIVING OR.Pr:CTS
in the large Ox--hydrogen licro:icope ; IlundreA of new Ana-
tomical Models of a most interesting character. Lectures by Dr.
K 1.,7, at 3 o'clock, on the Physlol •gy of Dige.,lion, and at 8, on the
Physiology of Re.:roduction ; and by Dr SEXY ,N, at I past 1, on
" Ilse Air we Breathe;" at 4, on the Mysteries of tt.e Duman H kIR
and BEARD ; and at 9, on the Wonders of Elect icily : all the Lec-
tures illustrated by Brilliant Exvriments, Dissolving Views of an
entirely new character, &c. i,pen (for Gentlemen only) from 10 til,
in. Illustrated Hand-book, Sisp,nee Programme Gratis. Dr.
Kahn's ine Lectures and a Programme seat post tree on the re-
ceipt of twelve stamps.
London, England, 1857-12-30

BANKRUPTS.

John Barber and Frederick Rosenauer, general mer-
chants, Miucing7lane, to surrender Jan. 14, at one, and
Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Jonathan Hills and 'Robert Hills, bankers, Gravesend,
Jan. 19, at half...past one,, and Feb. 9, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Wm. H. Watkins, inn-keeper, Portsea, Jan. 12, at three,
and Feb-9, at one, at the Court of. Bankruptcy.
James Wates, hotel keeper, Gravesend, Jan. 12, at half-
past
two, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
William Cullemore, draper, Upper Seymour-street,
Euston-square, Jan. 11, at twelve, and Fob. 17, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Peter McLachlan, baker, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, Jan.
11 at one, and Feb. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy.
Arthur Jackson, corn merchant, Peterborough, Jan. 7,
at twelve, and Feb. 12, at ono, at the Court of Bank-
rup' cy.
Thomas Rolling, cattle dealer, Palterton, Derbyshire,
Jan. 9 and Feb, 6, at ten, in the Council-hall, Sheffield.
Silas Tetlow, cotton waste dealer, Oldham, Jan. 13 and
Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Benjamin Haigh, engine maker, Chester, Jan. 12 and
Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
John Green and William Baker, stay manufacturers,
Newgate-street, Jan. 13, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy.
William Wellsted and Henry 'Wellsted, upholsterers,
Molyneux-street, Bryanstone-square, Jan. 14, at ,two,
and Feb. 113, at twelve at tho Court of Bankruptcy.
Robert Blow and John Blow, coal merchants, Groat
Gritnsby, Jan. 20, and Fob. 17, at twelve, in the Town
Hall, King.,ton-upon-Flull.
George L. Shorland, ironmonger, Hulmo, Manchester,
Jan. 12' at one,.and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

William glmilton, Lanarkshire.
Patrick Alexander James GI anf., tacksman, Kenowaird,
Inverness-shire.
James Nowlands, draper, Alexandria, Dumbartonshire.
John Brackenridge, boot and shoemaker, Glasgow and
Dunoon.
Ramsay an I.Stuart, manufacturers, Arbroath.
Junes Goodall, confectioner, Kirkaldy.
James Nl`Linlock, merchant, Blackburn.
James Liddell, en-minis:don agent, Glasgow.
Connell and Taylor, sewed muslin manufacturers,
Glasgow.
James Fraser, shipowner, Muirfield, Inverness-shire.
Daniel Ste Wart, grocer, Glasgow.
James Strapp, contractor, pollockshields, Renfrewshire.
T. Renwick, tea merchant, Glasgow.

....... .
A letter, dated Paris, Dec. 27, says :—" There was a
report at Ilarsedies op the 25 h of Dec. that the Fortuna
(Sardinian vessel), Captain Puzzo, bound to Marcell:es
and Genoa, had been fired at in St. anningo Roads by
the insurgents, and sunk."
London, England, 1857-12-30

Australian
Bon Accord Cop. (IL )
Brazilianlmp.(issued
at £5 pm)
Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
Do. St. John Del Rey
Clarendon Con. Min.
Co. of Jamaica
Cobra Copper
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Dun Mountain Cop
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General
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Now Granada

Novean Monde
Pont.Sil.LdM.& Snalt
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London, England, 1857-12-30

B EN TL E Y'S MISCELLANY.
Price Half-a-crown.
CONTENTS FOR JANUARY. No, CCLIII.
Our Annual Dissertat on.
Faint Heart Never ,Von Fair Lady. Chaps. 1., IL, lIL, ant
IV. By Dudley Costello.
The Bheel Tribes of Candeish.
German Almanacks tor 1858.
Into Spain
The Secret Witness.
A Day with the 'rookside Harriers at Brighton.
The Causes of the In ian Mutiny.
Sint Lvremond. By Monkshood.
Oar Popular Amusements—The Circus.
An Autumn in Wales.
A Literary Dinner—My Fourth (Slow) Move—My Last Move,
or Move Off (Life of an Architect).
Too Much to Wear.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.
London, England, 1857-12-30

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London, England, 1857-12-30

BREVET.

Lieutenant-Colonel John Thornton GrAnt, C. 8., 49th
Foot, having completed three years' actual service on the
12th December, 1857, in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel,
to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal
Warrant of the 6th October, 1854.
Captain Thomas &monde, half-pay Unattached, to be
Major in the Army.
Paymaster W. H. Wardell, on half-pay of the Royal
Canadian Rifle Regiment, to be Major in the Army, the
rank being honorary only, under the Royal Warrant, dated
2d Doc., 1857.

The Undermentioned Officers of the Royal Engineers.
having completed three yeara'service in the rank of Lieut.•
Col., to be Colonels in the Army, under the Royal War,
rant of the 3J Nov., 1851 :—Brevet Lieut-Col. J. L. A.
Simmons, C. 8.; Lieut.-Col. E. W. Durnford ; Liout.-Col.
E. T. Lloyd; Lieut.• Col. Henry James; Lieut.-Col. Wi.u.
Robinson.

The undermentioned Cadets of the East India Company's
Service to havo the Local and Temporary Rank of Ensign,
during the period of their being place.] under command of
Col. H. Sandham, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham,
fo:. Field Instruction in the Art of Sapping and Mining:—
Lewis Conway Gordon, Gent. ; Joseph Lyall Bratlroth,
Gent. ; James Browne, Gent. ; Charles Mant, Gent. ;
Henry Herbert Lee, Gent. ; Alexander Reginald Soton,
Gent. ; Thomas Tapper Carter, Gent. ; Henry Meredith
Vibart, Gent. ' • Lewis Gower Stewart, Gent. ; Walter
Malcolm Roberts, Gent.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 29.
BREVET.

MEMORSNDUM.—In pursuance of a memorandum dated
October, 185 t, the Queen has been pleased to confer upon
George Augustus Morgan, Esq., late Lieutenant-Colonel
attached to the Turkish Army, the equivalent honorary
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, such honorary rank however
to confer no privileges as a British Lieutenant-Colonel on
that officer.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT.
East Kent Regiment of Militia —William Thompson
Pater, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur,goon, vico Curtis, pro-
moted.
Shropshire Regiment of Militia—James Walter Cava-
nagh, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Oakley, re-
signed.
Ist Regiment Royal Surroy Militia— Ensigns Edward
Sharpe and James Hicks, retired.
London, England, 1857-12-30

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Chartes Kean. _ _

THIS EVENING, will be performed Slakspere's Tragedy
of KING RICHARD 11. King Richard 11., by Mr. Chas.
Kean ; Queen, by Mrs. C. Kean.
After which, a now grand eomic Christmas Pantomime,
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor-
mack ; Clown, Mr. Huline; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams.
London, England, 1857-12-30

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Dec. 27.—The Emperor at the recom-
mendation of his official advisers in general, and of
the Minister of Finances m particular, has been
pleased to empower the Chamber of Commerce and
Trade of the city of Trieste to take the necessary
steps for forming a joint-stock company under
the name of the " Trieste Commercial Bank."
The capital of-the Trieste Commercial Bank is to
be 10,000,0001 (1,000,0001.), but it will be at
liberty to oommence business as soon as 10,000
shares at 5001 have been taken. The Commercial
Bank will be licensed to discount bills of exchange,
to lend money on security, to do the usual banking
business, to buy and sell Government and private
stock for private individuals and companies.
London, England, 1857-12-30

THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 29.
IHEIMOSOITICR, IN THE &lAD&
49—highest since noon yesterday.
42—lowest this morning and during the night.
45 —this day at noon.
Beaolurrzu. 30.62.
WIND, S.W. ; light, with a dense fog all the morning,
and still continues.