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London, England, 1857-12-16

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London, England, 1857-12-16

THE MUTINY IN INDIA.

A supplement to the London Gazette of last night
publishes the official reports of the various com-
manding officers on the different points where
severe fighting has taken place. Full details of the
siege of Delhi, tbecapture of Cawnpore, the advance
on Lucknow, &c., have already appeared in our
columns, as also many of the official despatches
now published in the Gazette.
As the official lists of the killed and wounded are
in some instances fuller than t hose hitherto received,
we subjoin them : _
London, England, 1857-12-16

CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.)

OLD COURT.
Before Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Justice Crowder.)
MURDER.

Christian Sattler, aged 37, described in the calender
as a surveyor, was placed at the bar charged with
wilful murder of Charles Thain, a constable, en the high
seas, within the jurisdiction of this court. The prisoner
was also charged with robbing Mr. Sallantine, upon
whose application Thain had been sent to arrest him.
Settler pleaded guilty to the robbery, but not guilty
to the charge of murder ; but shortly after Mr. Lilley,
who had been absent, entered the court, and who had
been engaged to defend the prisoner, stated that the
prisoner had pleaded guilty to the robbery under circum-
stances which induced him to appeal to the court to be
allowed to retract that plea.

The court having assented, the prisoner was again
placed in the dock ; and in answer to the usual ques-
tions, said he wished to plead not guilty to both charges.
Mr. Lilley then applied for the postponement of the
trial till the January sessions, as the prisoner had only
been committed on Friday last.
Mr. Bodkin, who appeared for the prosecution, said
he should not oppose the postponement.
The Learned Judge then ordered the trial to stand
over until the next sessions.
London, England, 1857-12-16

If HE S 1 N, LONDON,

with fresh rounds of applause and the Kentish
fire.

In the course of the day Aaron Mellor, found
guilty of the wilful murder of his wife at Bolton,
and sentenced to death, was placed in the dock.
His Lordship, in addressing him, said he had
caused him to be sent for that he might be informed
that, in consequence of a point of law that had
arisen as to the legality of the jury panel upon his
trial, and which was not discovered till a day or
two after the trial (a juryman named William
Thorneley having entered the box and tried the
prisoner instead of Joseph Henry Thorne, whose
name was on the panel), the execution of the
sentence has been respited until the opinion of the
Court of Criminal Appeal should be obtained on
the matter. His lordship exhorted the prisoner,
however, not to suspend the preparations for his
end, as the sentence was only temporarily respited
ou a point of law.
London, England, 1857-12-16

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.

The following appointments were made this afternot a
at the Admiralty :

Captain Patey has been appointed Superintendent of
Packets at Southampton, vice Ramsey.
Paymasters—Alfred Barron, to the Swallow ; Wm.
J. Stevens, to the Cambridge; Richard Allen, to the
Wellesley ; William E Kelly, to the Melampus.
Assist.nt Paymaster—W. P. Scott (in charge) to
the Buffa'o.

Clerks—George Prince, to the Curacoa ; William
Rhoc'e, to the Calypso ; Robert W. Billings, to th•
Lyra.
London, England, 1857-12-16

CHARGE OF RAPE.

Joseph Drake, a milkman, was indicted for a ,rape
upon Alice TO'lllleF, a child about ten year; of age. The
f Lets of this cast lv,vc air: a ply z,pp(iftreci iu Th e Sum. It
will be recollected that Vic prisoner kept a dairy, and
the child had been hired to attend to the business during
the absence of the prisoner; he afterwards made arrange-
ments for her to sleep in bis house, and during this time
the offence with which tho prisoner was indicted was
alleged to have been committed.
The case bad not coucludud when our report 14t.
London, England, 1857-12-16

DEATH S.

AHHFORD —On the 15th inst., Mary Warrington, eldest
daughter of Mr. John Ashford, of High-street, Dept.

ford:
GILL—On th© 12th inst., at Richmond, Mrs. Wm. Gill,

aged 32.
NuzrALrro
nnotbheert nNthuttinat
E,saq., agedtKempsse9.y House, near
Worcester,
PENNY—On the 12th inst., Mary Ann, wife of R. Penny,
wlA4:sTqs.o,zro_f Boiarcthhien-11.4anthe,i
nesot.7 }anti' .
st. Leonard's-on-Sea, J.
Watson, Esq., of Hyde-park-gate, Kensington-gore, and
formerly of Howe, Yorkshire, aged b 7.
WYNTARD —On the 14th inst., at the Rectory at West
Rounton, the Rev. Montagu John Wynyard, rector of
West Rounton and St. Martin-cum-Gregory, and Chap-
lain in Ordinary to her Majesty, aged 77.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO TOTING
of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at 27a Sun Office, Nc.
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county
of Middlesex, Wednesday, December 16, 1857.

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London, England, 1857-12-16

THE NEXT NEWS FROM INDIA.

Both the Calcutta and Bombay mails will be due
at Suez next Saturday, and epitomes of their news
by telegraph may reach London to-morrow week.
Should another special steamer have been sent to
Suez for troops,
as the Oriental was—and this is
not improbable—we may have later news at the
end of the present week. The Nemesis is expected
to arrive at Southampton with the heavy portion
of the India mail on Friday. The Pera will take
out the next India mail.
London, England, 1857-12-16

THE MILITIA.

Yesterday the Louth Militia arrived at Liverpool
from Dundalk in the steamer Eaterprise, and the
North Down Militia arrived at the saran port in
the steamers Trafalgar and. Prince, f, om Dublin,
and proceeded to Shorncliffo. In 111.3 evening the
Worcester Militia arrived at Liverpool by train and
embarked in the steamers Trafalgar and Prince for
London, England, 1857-12-16

BIRTHS.

ALLAN—On the 14th inst., at St. Paul's churchyard, Mrs.
J. B. Allan, of Newington Hall, of a son.
ARCHER =On they 15th inst., at Penge, Surrey, the wife of
Joseph Archer, Esq., of a daughter.
Corrox—On the 14th inst., at Park House,-Finchley,
W. J. R. Cotton, of a son.
TATTERSALL—On the 14th inst., at 35, Canonbury-square,
the wife of John Tattersall, Esq.
MARRIAGES.
COOPER—SHEWELL—On the 15th inst., at St. George's'
Hanover-square, Henry F. Cooper, Esq., Royal Marines
( Light Infantry), to Elizabeth, daughter of gib late B.
Showell, of Lewes House, Sussex.
COLLETT—CANWELL—On the 15th inst., at West ack-
H ney Church, Daniel, fourth son of the late C. Collett,
Esq. ofZeverley, to Lizzie youngest daughter of the
late 'Mr. John Canwell, of the Manor House, Green-
thorpo.
London, England, 1857-12-16

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DEATHS.

ASHFGRD —On the 15th inst., Mary Warrington, eldest
d4ughter of Mr. John Ashford, of High-street, Dept.
ford.
GILL—On the 12th inst., at Richmoni, Mrs. Wm. Gill,

aged 32.
NnzrteLets—terT Robert rtoth:l 2sthattilsit: inst., at
tKageema 59.psey House,
near
PENNY--On the 12th inst., Mary Ann, wife of R. Penny,
Esq., of Birchin-lane, Coruhill.
WATSON—On the 14th inst., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea, J.
Watson, Esq., of Hyde-park-gate, Kensington-gore, and
formerly of Howe, Yorkshire, aged 87.
WYNTARD—On the 14th inst., at the Rectory at West
Rounton, the Rev. Montagu John Wynyard, rector of
West Rounton and St. Martin-cum-Gregory, and Chap'
lain in Ordinary to her Majesty, aged 77.

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of Middlesex, Wednesday, December 16, 1867.
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k TATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS, DEC. 15.
The cloth markets have again been very inani-
ma'e, there being few purchases made in the
cloth 111114 this morning. Two local ftilures—one
iu the woollen trade here, and the other in the
worsted trade at Halifax—have formed the topics
of much conversation, and have tended to keep the
market flat. The firm in the worsted trade which
has suspended payment is that of Messrs. S. C.
Li-ter and Co.
The failure in the woollen trade is the firm of
Messrs. Saalfeld, Brotherg, of Leeds, London, and
Hamburg, who hwe issued the following circular
to their creditors :

" Leeds, Dec. 14, 1857.

" Gentlemen,—lt gives •us the deepest pain to inform
you that in consequence of the disaQters which have
befailen the Hamburg trade and of sudden and severe
losses there and in London, which may t e increased by
our endorsemtn•s on bills of exch2nge still running, we
are compelled for the present to suspend payment at our
several branches.

" The position of our affairs will be reperted to you
as soon as possiiile by Mr. Belton, of Leeds, accountant,
to whose investigation we have submitted our books.

" Trusting to receive in the meantime your kind for-
bearance, and deeply regretting the necessity of this
step.— We are, gentlemen, your obedient servant.,
" SAALFELD BROTHERS."

This firm has not been long known in Leeds, but
we understand (says the local journal previously
quoted) it has been oneof extensive and high repu-
talion iu England and on the continent for many
years. So far as we can ascertain, the liabilities
ara about 200,0001., but there is every probability
of a satisfactory and speedy arrAnaement.
HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 15.

There has been a very quiet market for all kinds
of woollens this morning. The chief purchases
have been in the lower classes of goods, including
cotton warped cloths. The market has in some
degree suffered from a failure at Halifax and Leeds.
Prices are a shade lower both for goodi and for.
wool.. In the latter, as in th-e former, little
do'ng.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE'.

On the 10th ult. the suspension was notified at
L verpool of Messrs. B. F. Babcock and Co., with
houses also at Glasgow and New York. It was
then mentioned that they had been brought down
by the absence of remittances from America ; that
a few months previously they were in possession of
a clear capital of 150,0001. ; and that they were
confident of their ultimate ability not • only to pay
every one in full, but to secure a considerable sur-
plus. To-day the following gratifying circular has
been issued, announcing their remit ip ton of busi-
London, England, 1857-12-16

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

The huge form of the Leviathan, seated as of
yore firmly on her cradles, still closes the mono-
tonous vista which the dismal swamp of the Isle of
Dogs offers to the eye of the traveller from Lime-
house, journeying eastward in search of the long-
expected, but not yet achieved, launch'. It was
generally reported that yesterday was to be the
eventful day, but the public had had so many pre-
vious disappointments that nobody came, so that
the yard was left almost entirely to Mr. Brunel and
his assistants. More hydraulic presses were set to
work, heavier chains were applied, but, as in the
case of former efforts, the hydraulic presses burst,
and the great chain, although heavy links of two
and a quarter inches in thickness, snapped asunder
as it they were so many pack threads. At high
water there was nearly four feet water about the
vessel's kesl, but as that unfortunately happened at
the dinner hour, the rams were all suddenly de
serted, and the works were suspended until the
great business of life had been satisfactorily dis-
posed of by the workmen. It struck us that in these
start days, and when the moments of high water
are so precious, that it would have been better to
have a fresh gang for the dinner time, or else that
some attempt should lee made to induce the men at
the pumps to postpone the prandial hour until later
in the day. They have had plenty of idle time dur-
ing the last six weeks, and might put themselves a
little out of the ordinary routine in a case of such
emergency. What power will now be found suffi-
cient to move the huge mass it would be difficult to
say, although there are plenty of suggestions from
"practical men," that is to say, gentlemen en-
gaged in the fabrication of the different varieties of
hauling apparatus. We believe that the intention
is to repeat the usual efforts with greater energy
to-day, and much is expected from the fact that the
great anchors have now got secure holding ground
on the opposite side of the river, being placed.in
such a position as makk s it alawst physically iut-
li they should give way. It was stated that
yesterday's proceedings were mainly experiment:ll,
preparatory to more decisive demonstrations to-day,
that the damage that bad occurred could be easily
repaired during the night, and that, on the whole,
the result was everything. that could have been
ex-
pected. Amongst the most recent visitors to the
launch has been Mr. Robert Stephenson, and it is
only justice to Mr. Brunel, exposed as he is and
has been for the last week to much adverse criticism,
to state that all the launching arrangements met
with the unqualifiedapproval of that most eminent
engineer.
A statement which has been made public resp t-
ing the expenses of the launch, and which' elicas
made a deep impression on the public mind, was it
appears very much exaggerated as to amount: The
two items of expense are, of course labour and
material, and for, the former 9001. weekly has been
paid for the last six weeks while the timber anti
iron need will, when their presenti work is done, to
London, England, 1857-12-16

TIM LEVIATHAN.

More than a week has elapsed singe the last efforts
were made to move this vessel. As our readers may
remember, the efforts were discontinued in conse-
quence of the great difficulty experienced in obtain-
ing anything like secure hold fasts for the river
moorings. Partly owing to the immense strain,
and partly because of the peculiarly dense nature of
the river bed, which prevented the anchors pene- ,
trating more than a foot or so in depth, it was
quite impossible to make any effective usa of this
river tackle, which at the present state of the launch
has become absolutely essential to its further pro-
gress. In older, therefore, that a proper hold may
be obtained a regular series of large piles have been
driven o❑ the opposite bank of the river, one on the
wharf of Messrs. Humphry's yard, and the second a
little below high-water mark, between the watergato
Ferry and Deptford Dockyard. Each of these
chimps of piling are almost similar in strength and
arrangement to the piles which servo as a basis
for the hydraulic rams in the yard itself, and like
them, too, they have not been resorted to till the
eleventh hour, and in fact until the failure of all
other methods has literally forced their adoption
upon the engineers. Both these were completed
early yesterday morning, and the chains and anchors
holding back the moorings by which the Leviathan
is dragged with a double purchase towards the river
were secured among them. There seems not the
least doubt now but that these piles will hold the
anchors fast enough, but it is by no means so
clear that the launch will be by any means ex-
pedited. Under the previous arrangement, in
which ordinary anchors were used to hold the
moorings, the chains were always breaking, even
when the anchors themselves were yielding and
coming in foot by foot. What chains will stand
now that the anchors aro secured and cannot
yield an inch? It was expected that all the
arrangements would bd completed yesterday in time
to make another effort to move the vessel early in
the morning. Unfortunately it was impossible to
complete the details of the preparations till nearly
dark yesterday, when a brief attempt was made
more as it was asserted for the purpose of trying
the tackle than with any serious intention of com-
mencing operations at so late an hour. Be this as
it may, however, a tremendous pressure and strain
was kept up upon both fore and aft cradles for
about 10 minutes without making the smallest im-
pression upon the inert monster, though the force
applied eventually become so great as to drive the
feed pipe out of one of the hydraulic rams, and
snap a river mooring chain of 2A inches. These
mishaps being about equivalent to a day's work the
pressure was then taken off again, leaving the
launching apparatus minus the services of the rain
and chain. Both these, however, can easily be re-
paired and ready for work this day, when it is posi-
tively asserted that the launching is to recommence
for the fourth and last time.
London, England, 1857-12-16

THE LEVIATHAN.

More than a week has elapsed singe the last efforts
were made to move this vessel. As our r. a,d ers may
remember, the efforts were discontinued in conse-
quence of the great difficulty experiencedin obtain-
iug anything like secure holdfasts for the river
moorings. Partly owing to the immense strain,
and partly because of the peculiarly dense nature of
the river bed, which prevented the anchors pene-
trating more than a foot; or so in depth, it was
quite impossible to mike any effective use of this
river t ickle, which at the present state of the launch
has become absolutely. essential to its further pro-
gres In ra• drT, therefore, that a proper hold may
be obtained a regular eerier of large piles have been
driven on the opposite bank of the river, one on the
wharf of Me.sr s. Hurnphry's yard, and atm second a
little be!ow high-water mark, between the watergate
Ferry and Deptford Dockyard. Each of these
clumps of piling are almost similar in strength and
arrangement to the piles which serve as a la-is
for the hydraulic rams in the yard i self, and like
them, too, .they have not been resorted to HI the
eleventh hour,- and in -factuntil the failure of all
other methods has literally forced their adoption
upon the engineers. Both these were completed
early yesterday morning, and the chains andanchors
holding back the moorings by which the Leviathan
is dragged with a dun hle purchase towards the river
were secured among them. There seems not the
least doubt now but that these piles will hold the
anchors fast enough, but it is by no means so
clear that the launch will be by any means cx-
pdited. Under the previous arrangement, in
which ordinary anchors were used to hold the
moorings, the chains were always breaking, even
when the anchors themselves Were yielding and
coming in foot by foot. What chains will stand
now that the anchors are secured and cannot
yield an inch? It was expected that all the
arrangements would be' completed yesterday in time
to make another effort to move the vessel early in
the morning. Unfortunately it was impossible to
complete the details of the preparations till nearly
dark yesterday, when a brief attempt was made
more as it was asserted for the purpoe of trying
the tackle thae with any serious intention of com-
mencing operations at so late an hour. Be this as
it may, however, a tremendous pressure and strain
was kept up upon both fore and aft cradles for
about 10 minutes without making the smallest im-
pression upon the inert monster, though the force
applied eventually become so great as to drive the
feed pipe out of one of the hydraulic rams, and
snap a river mooring chain of 2h inches. These
mi6haps being about equivalent to a day's work the
pressure was then taken off again, leaving the
launching apparatus minus the services of the ram
arid chain. Both these, however, can easily be re-
paired and ready for work this day, when it is posi-
tively asserted that the launching is to recommence
fur the fourth and last time.
London, England, 1857-12-16

011A4RGE OP RAPS!.

Joseph Drake, a milkman, was indicted for a rape
upon Alice Toomes, a child about ten years of are. The
facts of this case have already appeared in The Sun. It
will be recollected that the prisoner kept a dairy, and
the child had been hired to attend to the business during
the absence of the prisoner; he afterwards made arrange-
ments for her W sleep in his house, and during this time
the offence with which the prisoner was indicted was
alleged to have been committed.
The case had not concluded when our report left.
London, England, 1857-12-16

STAFF APPOINTMENTS IN I!4DIA.

The following general order has - been issued in
India by order of Sir Colin Campbell, Commander-
in-Chief :

"As a consequence of Government,General Order
No. 538 of 1857, published in General Orders dated
9th April, by which the staff of the army was
opened to her Majesty's service, it is obviously ne-
cessary that all officers serving in India should make
themselves acquainted with the Hindustani• lan-
guage.
"The Commander-in-Chief must further observe
that the calls on the officers belonging to the ser-
vice of the Honourable Company are so numerous
and important, that it is almost impossible to pro-
vide interpreters or staff officers for the numerous
corps and detached columns. His excellency there-
fore desires that commanding officers of regiments
will take measures for urging forward the instruc-
tionlof their officers, more particularly of the
younger capt airs and subalterns in. this respect.
"The interpreter of the regiment, whose office has
hitherto been almost a sinecure, will institute a
class under the orders of the commanding officer,
and will give, when it is possible, one lecture a day
on the Hindustani language.
"The subalterns and younger captains are to be
ordered to attend these lectures' Commanding
officers are directed to support the interpreter by
occasional attendance at the lecture's, as an instruc-
tion parade, and they will assist the olilcers whGm
it is proposed to instruct in procur24titicoopshees
with the help of the interpreter.
" In conclusion the Commander-in-Chief declares
his intention of acting up to the instructions of his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
"An officer is clearly not fitted for the lowest
staff appointment in India who has not at least a
colloquial knowledge of the Hindustani language.
"At the expiration of six months after their ar-
rival in the country, divisional generals will be re-
quired to report as to the progress made by their
aides de-camp.
"Officers now in India will not be taken on the
personal staff of any general until they are declared
to have acquired such colloquial facility.
"Until further orders, a return will be sent in
on Ist of January and Ist of July to headquarters
from regiments, showing the names of all the offi-
cers, and the progress made by them according to
this order.

"This return will be signed by the interpreter,
and countersigned by the commanding officer of the
regiment.

" There is no time so favourable for the collo-
quial study of the Hindustani language as when a
regiment is encamped.
" The Commander-in-Chief, therefore, will hear
of no delay in the execution of this order because
the corps are not in quarters.
" C. J. OTTER, tieut.-Col.,
"Assistant-Adjutant-General of her Majesty's
Forces in India."
London, England, 1857-12-16

THE NEIL' NEWS FRO.II INDIA.

Both the Calcutta and Bombay mai!s will be due
at Suez next Saturday, and epitomes of their news
by telegraph may reach London to-morrow week.
Snoul another special steamer hive been sent to
Suez for troops,
as the ()dental was—aud this is
not improbable—we may have later news at the
end of the present week. The Nemesis is expected
to arrive at Southampton with the heavy portion
of the India mail on Friday. The Pera will take
out the next India mail.
London, England, 1857-12-16

now assumed the command, I leave to him the nar-
rative of all events subQequent to the 25th inst.
H. HAVELOCK, Brigadier-General.
* Note made at Calcutta : Query ?—" It became neces-
sary to throw our right, Svc., and retire our left."
t Havelock ?
London, England, 1857-12-16

INDIAN MAIL ARRANGEMENTS.

The following is a statement of the new India
mail arrangements which will come into operation
next year :
Mails made up in London : For Bombay-2d, Ch,*
12th,* 17th, and 20th* of the month. For Calcutta-
2d, -Ida,* 9th, 17th, 20th * and 25th of the month.
Telsjamst due in London : From Bombay—'l4th and
30. h of the month. From Calcutta-10th and 25th of
the month.
Mails are due in London via Marseilles : From Born•
bay-14th and 18th of the month. From Calcutta-
14th and 29,11 of the month.
if
.I.3nibay letters via Southampton should be posted
possible on the 12th of the month, as they are not likely
to be detained in Egypt. If po.ted on the 4th or 20th,
there will be a detention of above a week in that country.

All t

* These mails will be male up in the morning..
ro.t will ha made up at night.
j Those telegrams will be duo from Malta ; should they
come from Cagliari they will be oue day later, and if from
Trieste or Marseilles, two days later. The Bombay news by
to egram from Malta will bs 21 days old, and the Calcutta
news 33 days old.
London, England, 1857-12-16

EVES MINK' AR PLAY.

Of the many pleasant circumstances indicating the
approach of Christmas, not the least agreeable is the
recurrence of the Westminster Play. The dear old
drama revives the happy memory of school-boy days,
when the cares of life were as yet in dim and remote
prospective, and when the simple reflection, renit hora,
akque mora, librce deponcndi, sufficed to awaken what
Lord Bacon so eloquently describes as " a constant quick
sense of f.licity and a noble satisfaction."
The comedy fur this Chrietinae is the " Adelphi " of
Terence, which has been produced in a style of unnsnal
splendour. Heretofore but little regard was paid to
pfel scenicia,yin the
bteuhfftee
tcdht iaer dark
Haut
nhe d
Bart:
eiprvrnee representationspirit
precincts ocoftethot t
ief
s th.
age the
eatsemader:s
,an Westminsteridteteblt
e
dormitory, as dec9rated for the first dress rehearsal last
night, presented a brilliant and festive appearance. The
walls of the hall aro now hung with crimsot cloth, and
the stage arrangements are unexceptionably elegant. A
new proscenium of beautiful design has been erected ;
toot-lights of a novel pattern have been introduced ; the
dresses are not only classically correct, but, where oc-
casion requires, nosily ; and the scenery, painted by Mr.
Fenton, is worthy of the highest admiration. The drop
euttzin represents the amphitheatre of Pompeii, as re-
stored, and the scene where the business of the play is
acted is a noble view of Athens, with the Acropolis in
the distance. Both scenes are vigorously designed, and
painted with remarkable richness and delicacy of colenr.
The dormitory was crowded with a fashionable au-
dience, of whom no small proportion were ladies. The
appearance at 7 o'clock of the head-master, the Rev. C.
Scott, awakened the martial enthusiasm of the band,
who immediately struck up "See, the Conquering Hero
Comes!" an air which, though it may seem but ill-suited
to the clerical character, and the scholastic pursuits of
the distinguished gentleman is whose houaur it was
performed, is in truth by no means inappiopriate ; for
the head-mastership of Westminster is a position of high
command. The eccentric Dr. Bushby used to boast
that in virtue of it be ruled the world ; and it must be
confessed that his process of argument was exceedingly
cogent. "1 rule the boys," he would say ; " the boys
tile their mothers, the mothers rule the fathers, the
fathers rule England, and England rules the world."
Sic dernonstratur, &c.
The cast of characters is as follows :
Mick) • W. E. Bovill.
Demon
Sannio

.Y.
2Eschinus H. L. Thompson.
Syrll£4
Ctesiptm
tiostrata T. Gaskell.
(lantbara
Get
Ilegio
Drtimo A .. Hughes.

PERSONZ Murx.
rebi(tina
Parinet.o
Tne pc' fermance last night PI as Ppir i t 6 d and effectiv
but only in the nature of a rehearsal.
London, England, 1857-12-16

STAFF APPOINTMENTS IN lADIA.

Vie following general order has been issued in
India by order of Sir Colin Campbell, Commander-
in-Chief :
"As a consequence of Government General Order
No. 538 Of 1857,1 publizihed 'in General Orders dated
9th April, by which the staff of the army was
opeued to her Maj, sty's service, it is obviously ne-
cessary that all officers serving in India should make
themselves acquainted with. the Hindustani lan-
guage.
"The Commander-in-Chief must further observe
that the calls on the officers belonging to the ser-
vice of the Honourable Company are so numerous
and important, that it- is almost impossible to pro-
vide interpreters or staff officers for the numerous
corps and detached columns. His excellency there-
fore desires that commandmg officers of regiments
will take measures for urging forward the instruc-
tionjof their officers, more particularly of the
younger capt ains and subalterns
,in this respect.
"Theinterpreter of the regiment, whose office has
hitherto been 'almost a sinecure, will institute a
class under the orders of the commanding officer,
and will give, when it is possible, one lecture a day
on the Hindustani language.
" The subalterns and younger captains are to be
ordered to attend these lectured Commanding
officers are directed- to support_ the in,terpreter by
occasional attendance at the lectures, as an instruc-
tion parade, and they will assiA the officers whom
it is proposed to instruct in prOouring moonshees
with the help of the interpreter.
"In conclusion the Commander-iii-Chief declares
his intention of acting up to the instructions of his
Royal Efighnessi the Duke of Cambridge.
"An officer is clearly not fitted for the lowest
staff appointmentln India who has not at least a
colloquial knowledge of the Hindustani language.
" At the expiration of six months after their ar-
rival in the country, divisional generals will be re-
quired to report as to the progress. made by their
aides de-camp.
"Officers now in India will not be taken on the
personal staff of any general until they are declared
to have acquired such colloquial facility.
"Until further orders, a return will be sent in
on Ist of January and Ist of July to headquarters
from teziments, showing the names of all the offi-
cers, and the progress made by them according to
this order.

"This. return will be signed by the interpret ,r,
and countersigned by the commandin; officer of the
ra,iment.

" There is no time so ftvourable for the cal'o-
quial study of did Hindustani language as when a
regiment is encamped.
"The CJininander-in-Ckief, therefore, will hear
of no delay in the execution of this order because
the corps are not in quarters.
" C. J. OTTER, Lieut.-Col.,
"Assistant Adjutant General of her Majesty's
Forces in India."
London, England, 1857-12-16

BAIL WAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

1857 ......215,112 0 1
LONDON AND SOUTH-BABTIRff RATEWAY.—Traffic re.
turn for the week ending Dec. 12,
Corresponding week last year , 11,865 9 2

Increase is 1857 ............ £246 10 11
LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.—
Frattic return for the week ending Dec. 12, . .
1857.
o,r responding week last year ' 12,248 15 1
Fetal of the half-year to this date, 1857 400,094 16 1
Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 404,410 11 7
London, England, 1857-12-16

aid

CRIMINAL COURT.—Dec. 15.

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE QUALIFICATION FOR PARLIAMENT.

Mr. Bodkin applied to the court for an order
that the usual process might issue for the appre-
hension of a person named Edward Auchmuty
Glover, against whom the grand jury had returned
a true bill for misdemeanour in having made a false
statement to the House of Commons as to his piali-
fication to sit as a member of that house.
The Recorder said it was contrary to the usual
course for the court to issue process, in cases where
thew had been an inquiry by a magistrate, without
notice being given, but the proceedings that had
trken place in the House of Commons in reference
to this matter wore quite sufficient notice to the
defendant, and therefore the application might be
granted.
Mr. Bodkin said that the prosecution was in-
stituted by order of the House of Commons, and
the matter was fully discussed before that decision
was come to.
The Recorder asked the position of life of the
defendant
jar. Bodkin said that all was known of him was
that be was elected member for Beverley, and that
lie had made a false statement as to his qualifica-
tion.
The Recorder then made an order that a warrant
should be issued for the apprehension of the defend-
ant,
.and fixed the amount of bail at a personal re-
cognisance of 5001., with two sureties in 2501. each.
London, England, 1857-12-16

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 1857.

The Liberal cause has triumphed in Belgium.
The appeal to the country has been completely
successful. The Ultramontanists have lieen left
in as decided a minority as were the Ymr-ites
after the general elections throughout the United
Kingdom in March and April last. The people
have succeeded in displacing the majority of the
parti pretre, and sending 70 Liberals out of a
Rouse consisting of 108 members ; so that nearly
two-thirds of the entire number may be ranked
u supporters of the ROGIER Ministry. Their
opponents were as decisively defeated as were the
Protectionists after the repeal of the Corn-laws.
The liberal party in Belgium had become com-
paratively apathetic. They did not fully under-
stand the designs of their sacerdotal opponents,
and could not conceive that their liberty was really
etldangered by the triumphs of their priestly
nominees. It was net until they found a domi-
nant body resolved to turn their temporary suc-
cess to the utmost advantage to obtain the une-
quivocal control of the educational establishments,
and to remove the safeguards previously esta-
blished for the families of dying
sinners, that
they awoke from t'aeit
trance. The
inignitudo of t'io emergency was at once percep-
tible.
The Ultramoutatiists had obtained posses-
sion
of place and power, and were dttarmined I
not merely to use it, but to abuse as far
as
practicable. The kingdom was in a ferment.
It
was impossible to say where the matter would
terminate. In fact, there was an impending re-
volution, which, if once commenced, might not
easily be stopped.
It is but justice to King LEOPOLD to say,
that
he
acted with great discretion and judgment
during the crisis. Ho temporised with the
dominant party, giving them what is termed rope
enough, and then proroguing the Chambers just
at the nick of time. The dissolution followed in
London, England, 1857-12-16

No. 2.

LIST OF OFFICERS BELONGING TO THE TROOPS EMPLOYED AGAINST
DELHI WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED, OR WHO HAVE DIED OF THEIR
WOUNDS OR PROM DISEASE, OR WHO HAVE BEEN WOUNDED, SINCE
THE FORCE TOOK THE FIELD,
.Adjutant-General's-office, Camp before Delhi, Aug. 24.
London, England, 1857-12-16

LEEDS-DEC. 15.

The supply of grain is limited ; there is a better tone in
the trade for wheat, and all good useful qualities are fully
as dear as on Friday, and secondary descriptions find a
rather better demand. Barley ste tdy at late rates. Beans
and other articles without material alteration.

NEWCASTLE—DEC. 15.
A small supply of farmers' wheat, which was taken off
at is per qr. advance on Saturday's rates. South country
and foreign held more firmly, and in the little business
don() Saturday's decline was recovered. Flour quiet, with-
out change. Other articles as before.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY.
tm5terdam............ It 18 Gibraltar •••••••••••• ••
:Ditto, three months .. 12 2y( Leghorn .. .. •• .... 30 70
Rotterdam •••••••••••• 12 2% Genoa .......... •••••• 26 35
Antwerp •••••••••• •••• 25 90 ihtilan •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Brussels •••••••• •• •• •• 25 90 ,Venice•• •• •• •••• •• ---
Bamburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 13% Naples •••••••••••••••• 40%
A•• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Palermo .• • .
['aria •••• •• •• •• •••••• 25 50 Messina •••' ... 12*.,
Do. three months .. • • 26 5 Lisbon ..
Marseilles 26 5 'Oporto ..............•• 12%
Bourdeaux •• •• •• •• •• •• !Rio Janeiro ..... ••••• ••
Frankfort-on-Maine .... 122 Buenos Ayres.... ••
Berlin .. ;New York,6o days' sight
Vienna.••••••••••• .... 11 14 Philadelphia ...... --
frieste.• •• •• ..•• •• 11 16 PRICES OF 11ULLION, PER oz:
Petersburg ............ 33!4 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9
..............47 , Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0
Cadiz ......... • • 47% !Mexican Dollars 0 5 og
Barcelona ............ New Dollars 0 0 0
Seville.• • • ..•• .• Silver in bars O5 2%
London, England, 1857-12-16

PRUSSIA.

The effects of the crisis are now showing them-
selves in Prussia, where a great number of manu-
facturers are obliged, more or less, to suspend their.
works. _ _ _

Tho total number of failures or bankruptcies that
have taken place in all Prussia since tine commence-
ment of the late crisis amounts to 134.

A Vienna letter of the 10th, in the German,
Journal of Frankfort, says :—" The decree rela-
tive t, the n3xt year's conEcription has already
been published, and the authorities have already
received order 3 to make the necessary preparations.
The contingent will be the same as last year--
nearly 90,000 mon. This decree puts an end to a
report which has become current that a new law
on recruiting would be made which would very
London, England, 1857-12-16

THE MILITIA.

Yesterday the Louth Militia arrived at Liverpool
from Dundalk in the st, amer Enterprise, and the
North Down Militia arrived at the sam3 port in
the steamers Trafalgar and Piince, f. om Dublin,
and proceeded to Shorncliffe. In the evening the
Worcester Militia arrived at Liverpool by train and
embarked in the stcameis Trafalgar and Prince for
Dublin.
London, England, 1857-12-16

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. P.
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRE SENT
PARLIAMENT.
Town of Paisley—Humpbray Ewing Crum Ewing,
Esq., of Str.tthleven, merchant, in Glasgow, in the room
of Archibald Hastie, Esq., deceased.
London, England, 1857-12-16

,TATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS, DEC. 15.
The cloth markets have again bec:, very inani-
mate, there Wing few purchases made in the
cloth halls this morning. Two to a,l f tilures—one
in the woollen trade hero, and the other in the
worsted tiado at Halifax—have formed the topics
of much conversation, and have tAinded to keep the
market fiat. The firm ie the worsted trade which
has suspended payment is that of Messrs. S. C.
Liter and Co.

The failure in the wooll,:n trade is the firm of
Messrs. Saalfeld, Brothers, of heeds, London, and
Hamburg, who have issued the following circular
to their creditors :

" Leeds, D:e. 14, 1857.
" Gentlemen,—lt gives us the detp,st pain to inform
you that in consequence of the disa-ter; Which have
befallen the Hamburg trade and of sudden and severe
losses there and in London, which may e increased by
our endoz sem nts on bills of exchange running, we
are compelled for ttie present to suspend payment at our
several branches.

‘"fhe position of our affa;r3 will be roported to you
as soon as possi.,le by Mr. Bilton, of L edB, accountant,
to whose investigation we havo submitted our books.

" Trusting to receive in the meantime your kind for-
bearance, and deeply regrettin4 the necessity of this
step.— We are, gentlemen, your obedient servants,

" SAALFELD BROTHERS."

This firm has not been long known in Leeds, bub
we understand (says the local journal previously
quoted) it has been oneof extensive and high repu-
tation in England and on the continent for many
years. So far as we can ascertain, the liabilities
are about 200,0001., bat there is every probability
of a satisfactory and speedy arr trig-emelt%
HUDDERSFIELD, DEC. 15.

There has been a very quiet market, for all kinds
of woollens this morning. The chief purchases
have been in the lower classes of goods, including
cotton warped cloths. The market has in some
degree suffered from a failure at Ha ifax and Leeds.
Prices are a shade lower Loth for goods and for
wool. Iu the latter, as in the former, little
doing.
London, England, 1857-12-16

BIRTHS.

ALLAN—On the 14th inst., at St. Paul's churchyard, Mrs.
J. B. Allan, of Newington Hall, of a son.
ARCHER —On the 15th inst., at Penge, Surrey, the wife of
Joseph Archer, Esq., of a daughter.
COTTON—On the 14th inst., at Park Houso, Finchley, Mrs.
W. J. R. Cotton, of a son.
TATTERSALL—On the 14th inst., at 35, Canonbury•square,
the wife of John Tattersall, Esq.
MARRIAGES.
COOPER—SHEWELL —On the 15th inst., at St. (400rge%
Hanover-square, Henry F. Cooper, Esq., Royal liferie..T:
(Light Infantry), to Elizabeth, daughter of the late
Shewell, of Lewes house, Sussex.
COLLETT—CANWELL —On the 15th inst., at West Hack.
ney Churl, Daniel, fourth son of the late C. Collett,
Esq., of Beverley, to Lizzie, youngest daughter of the
late Mr. John Canwell, of the Manor House, Grow
thorpe.
London, England, 1857-12-16

CRIMINAL COURT.—Der, 15,

OLD COURT.
(Before the Recorder.)
THE QUALIFICATION FOR PARLI LMENT.
Mr. Bodkin applied to the court for an order
that the usual proceis might issue for the appre-
heusion of a person named Edward Auchmuty
Glover, against whom the grand jury had returned
a true bill for misdemeanour in having made a false
statement to the House of Commons as to his quali-
fication to sit as a member of that house.
The Recorder said it was contrary to the usual
course for the court to issue process,
stra in cases where
there had been an inquiry by a magite without
notice being given, but the proceedings that had
trken place in the House of Commons in reference
to this matter were quite sufficient notice to the
defendant, and therefore the application might be
granted.
Mr. Bodkin said that the prosecution was in-
stituted by order of the House of Commons, and
the matter was fully discussed before that decision
was come to.
The Recorder asked the position of life of the
defendant I

__
Mr. Bodkin said that all was known of him was
that be was elected member for Beverley, and that
he had made a false statement as to his qualifica-
tion.

The Recorder then made an order that a warrant
should be issued for the apprehension of the defend.
ant, and fixed the amount of bail at a personal re•
cognisance of 5001., with two sureties in 2501. each,
London, England, 1857-12-16

all Antwrp & Rotterdam I
18 Ardennes
all Belgian East. Junet.
16 Beziers to Graissessae
all Carmeaux&Toulouse
Coal Mines and Ry
12 Dutch Rhenish
all Eastern of France
all Do. Now
2s. Euphrates Valley
18 Gt. Central of France
all Great Luxembourg
4 Italian Junction
all Lake Const. & Bale
all Lierre and Turnhout
6 Lombardo-Venetian
all Lucca dz Pist.sp.e.p.
all Lyons and Geneva
I all Lyons & Mediterran,
all Maria Antonia ,
I all Do. New
I all Namur & Liege
I all Do. do. 6p. c. Fret
all Northern of France.,
) all NorwegianTrtik.Prel
) all Paris and Lyons
) all Paris and Orleans
) 7 Recife dt San Fran.,
(Pernam.) g. 7 p. c.
) 7i Rome and Frascati,..
I all Royal Danish
5 all Royal* Swedish
0 all Sambre and Meuse
0 all Do. 5} per cent. pref,
O all Southern of France ,
8i all West Flanders
O all Do. 5i per e. Prof .
O all IW.&N. Y. of France
0 6 I Western of Austria.,.
O all !West. of Switzerlad
6 all \Wiest aden
6 all Do.B p, cent prof.
0 all Zealand .........
London, England, 1857-10-24

TO BE CAPTAINS.

as Adjutant
Fdjouotta.nt of a De-
pot Battalion, vice. Taylor.
CaptainCCaapptt aalin WW.
at.:4l.;:qtt:ol nor fromnim b
half-pay
;half-pay 97th Foot.
Captain 1). H. -NPB.,tnett, from half pay 79th Foot.
Captain Rodney P. O'Shea, from half ray Unattached.
Captain J. W. M•Farlar, frotu half pay Unattached.
Captain A. M. Cardew, froa, half lay 19th Foot.
Lieutenant G. H. Cox, front 53d Foot, without purchase.
Lieutenant J. Grahunt, from 67th Foot, without pur-
chase.

TO BE LIEUTENANTS.
Lieutenant E. F. Burrowea, from 49th Foot.
Lieutenant E. D'O. A,tley, from 49th Foot.
Lieutenant S. Field, from 49th Foot.
Lieutenant T. A M. Diekin, from 44th Foot.
Lieutenant A. V. B. Blanchard, from 41st I,ott,

Ensig TO B 1 ENSIGNS.
CI P. F. Claika from 57th Foot.
Ensign S. Lynne, fiC;iii 95th Foot.
Elisig3 C. T. Coo'te, flow 95. h Foot.
Ensign C. S. Perry, from 17th Foot.

14th Foot— Lieut. A. W. IL:11, to be Captain, by pura:iase,
vice Matthews, who retires; Ensign John T. Cass mi to
be Lieutenant, by putcha.e, vico Blunt, pronioteil ;
F. Swinton], Gent., to be Ensign, by purcha.se, vice
CALISOLI ; Francis F. Atkinson, Gent., to be Fe alp),