biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-01

BOW-STREET,

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A CHILD.---A boy named
IL [try Way, aged 13, whose head scarcely reached the
hvel of the dock, was placed be'ore Mr. Jardine charged
with attempting to commit suicide by throwing himself
t.ff Westminster-bridge.
From the evidenc3 of Locke, one of the watchers of
Westminster-bridge works, it appeared that 134 night,
about 12 o'clock, he heard a cry for assistance from some
person in the water; he rowed to the spot and succeeded
in rescuing the prisoner. On being asked what led him
to attempt self-destruction, he said he didn't know.
Toe police nstable who took the boy into custody,
said he advised the father to bring his son before the
magistrate this morning.
Tee father of the boy, a ladies shoe maker, here came
forward and said he couli not account for such a pro-

ceeding,
Prisoner—l'll never do it again.
Mr. Jardine—Why did you do it this time !
Prisoner—Father was going to beat me with a whip.
Mt. Jardine (to the father)—lied he done anything
that you were going to correct him ?
Tne Father—Why, sir, the cause of it was this, the boy
being the youngest, was directed to clear the shop up,
whe❑ some words arose between him and his brother,
and which eventually led to blows. My temper being
up I quarrelled with my wife, the prisoner's mother-in-
law, and I threatened to flog him.
Inspector Bradstock said the wife of the man was of
a most violent temper. A very short time ago she
threatened to knock hEr husband's brains out, and very
cruelly assaulted him. Such was the effect of the wife's
temper that the husband had also attempted to commit
suicide a short time ago.
Mr. Jardine said this was one of t%e'worst cases be
had ever heard. Here was a woman with so violent a
temper as to actually drive her husband and stepson to
attempt suicide. He thought the best course to pursue
in the present instance was to give up the boy to the
care of his father, and lie should direct a constable to
proceed home with Way, and caution his wife to behave
Letter for the future. The nExt time the woman exhi-
bited any violence of temper, the worthy magistrate ad-
vised the btOmnd to apply for a summons, which would
be immediately granted.
London, England, 1857-09-01

EVENING,

SEP rE No 3 E 11, 1, Iti 5 7

•
Ll 4 1'44 it-474

FRANCE.
PARIS, MONDAY EVENING.

The Momiteur contains the following announce-
men' :—" The diplomatic relations between the
representatives of France, Russia, Prussia, and
Sardinia, on the one bawl, and the Sublime Porte
on the other, were resumed on the 29;h August."
"The project of an interview of the Emperor
Alexander with the .Emperor Napoleon," gays a
letter from Baden-Baden, `• is no longer a secret for
any one ; it is regarded hero as a thing definitively
decided ou. This interview will take place at
Darmstadt, during the residence of the Emperor
Alexander in that town, that is to say, between
the 16th and the 22d September. It is positively
stated that this interview, which has several times

times occupied the attention of the European press,
was originally intended to take place at the court
of Potsdam, but it appears the health of the King
of Prussia is not yet sufficiently re-established for
the physicians of his Majesty to allow hitntoexpose
himself to the fatigues inseparable from such a
meeting of sovereigns." . •
Prince Napoleon left on Saturday evening to be
present at the inauguration, by the King of Sar-
dinia, of the works for uniting the French and
Sardinian railways. The Moniteur, in announcing
the fact, says :—" The Prince will be present with
the King on Monday moaning at Modana, at the
explosion of the first mine of the tunnel of which
the Victor Emmanuel Railway will pas= through
Mont Cenis, and on the following day at Culos, at
the laying of the first stone of- the bridge, over
whin the railway will cross the Rhcne and unite
the frontier of Savoy to that ofFrance."
Cardinal Dupont, archbishop of Bourges, is to
proceed to Rome, it is said,, at the end of Sept.,
charged with a mission from the Emperor of the
French.

Captiin Doineaii, the French Government, officer,
charged with the tripe asiassination of Tlemcen,
and various robberie3 in Alge.ia,' has been found
guilty and condemned to death.
BOURSE, Aug. 31..—The following were the list
quota ions

Cash. tr. c. End of Month.
LL per Cents
3 per Cents 66 95 Fib 85
Bank Shares 2,760 Credit Fonder — -
Credit Mobilier 950 Roman -
Do. Account 932 50 Austrian
Belgian 44 - -
Piodmontese (5) B9 93 Home Debt -
London, England, 1857-09-01

NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE INITIALS."
I his day is published, in 3 vols.,
U I T
By the Author of "?he Initials."
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE.
Just ready, New and Revised Edition, with Emendations and
Additions,
rI'ILE LIFE of CHARLOTTE BRONTE ;
1 Auth rct "Jane Eyre." " Shirley," " Viilette," &c. By
E. C. GA.SKELL. In Two Volumes, post Bvo, ith Fla' es.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.
London, England, 1857-09-01

'q 5 7

PR ICES 01? $R..483,18.

From the Official Kest.
I'UBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVE gni':

LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 29, 1857.
CANALS.

Names of
Companies.

Dividendi
per
rl Annum.

Price,

Names of
Companies.

(Dividend
per

Annum
London, England, 1857-09-01

ST. ANDREW'S AND QUEBEC.

Tha half-yearly meeting of A shareholders in this
company was held yesterday at Whitehall—Mr.
Fry in the chair.
Mr. Byrne, the secretary, read the report, which
stated that the bill introduced in the late session of
Parliament by the New Brunswick and Canada
Railway and Land Company, having for its object

shareholders. The several liabilities referred to iu
the schedule at the foot of the said agreement have
been fully discharged out of the funds supplied by
the New Brunswick and Canada Railway and Land
Company, which they were bound to do under their
contract. The slatement of receipts and expenditure
from the 31st of Dec., 1855, to the transfer of the
property in October, 1856, showed that 11,2761.
had been received, and 10,3841. expended leav-
ing a balance of 892/ , of which sum 857/. wn
claimed by the Receiver-General, leaving a balance
of 35/. at the bankers'.
On the motion of the CHAIRMA-V, the report was
adopted, and the retiring directors, Messrs. F. Ed-
wards, H. U. Chilton, and R. Fry, wore re-elected,
and also Mr. Groves, the retiring auditor.
The meeting then separated.
London, England, 1857-09-01

SDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.)

WAR OFFICE, SEPT. 1.
LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.
IfbrlCE. -A Board of Officers will sit, from and after
the 2d instant, at No. 17, Great Queeu-street, Westmln-
ater, for the investigation of any claims upon the Govern-
ment which may be preferred by men who have served as
Non-Commissioned Officers, Artificers, or Privates in the
late-Land Transport Corps.
Immediate application should be made in writing, ad-
dressed to " Board of Enquiry, Land Transport Corps."
J. R. GODLEY.
COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN.
Hampshire Regiment of Militia—James Nicol, Esq•,
late Captain 13th Foot, to 'be Adjutant from the Sth
May, MT.

,LeLetED.
George PlittnNib'altreur P'VCll3fteAcrNosNs lejt
London, England, 1857-09-01

supports were withdrawn, if everything were in proper
order she must necessarily slide down safely into the
water. As he had already observed, there was nothing
new in the ship but her great size and cellular construc-
tion. It was true ehe would be propelled both by a
screw BEd paddles, but there was no reason to doubt
that they would work harmoniously. He wished he
could tell them how fast she would go, but that was the
secret of the owner of the ship. (Laughter.) After
some further observations, Mr. Russell resumed his seat
amidst loud and continued applause.
Mr. Fairbairn expressed the pleasure with which he
had listened to the lucid description given by Mr.
Russell, and his hearty concurrence in the mode in
which the ship had been built. He moved a vote of
thanks to Mr. Russell.
Mr. Rennie seconded the motion, which was adopted.
London, England, 1857-09-01

0. 20,:342.)

PUBLICATIONS.

TIIE NEW NOVEL,

T RUE TO N A TURE.
Is now ready at all the Libraries:
In 2 vols., price 21s. _ _

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13,
Great Mat lborough-stree t.

Now ready, in 2 vela, with ilinstrations,_2ls:

11110 PASSAGES in the LIFE of A SOLDIER ;
or, Military Service in the East and West. By Lieut.-
Colonel Sir JAME.; E. ALEXI, DER, K.C.L.S., &c.
"One great merit of the Passages' is readableness. Another
feature of tne work is ext edema. The author has served in India,
south Africa Canada, and the Crimea, and having given a goad deal
of attection to military matters, his opinion is worth attention."—
Spectator. _ .

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-s reet.
London, England, 1857-12-29

AUSTRIA.

Adrices from Vienna in the Bourse Gazette
of Berlin state that the Austrian internuncio at
Constantinople has received orders to support the
application of M. de Lesseps on the subject of the
Suez canal.

A. letter from Vienna of the 24th states that Lord
Stratford de Radcliffe had paid a visit to the Mini-
ster of Foreign Affairs, and afterwards had a long
conversation with the Turkish Ambassador. Sir
H. Seymour,. the English Ambassador, was that
day to give a grand dinner in his honour, and the
day after Lord Stratford was to dine with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs. His Excellency was
not to leave Vienna until the 28th.

Another Vienna letter stated that the Austrian
Cabinet is a good deal occupied with what is pass-
ing in ilerzegowina, information having reached
it that a plot for exciting an insurrection has long
existed, and that the differences in the Danubian
Principalities, the propagandism of the Roumans,
and the quarrels in Montenegro have produced a
certain agitation among the people. The Ltter
adds that Russian agents have for some time past
been endeavouring to excite discontent in the Sclavo-
nian provinces of Turkey, but it does not say on
what authority it makes the assertion.
London, England, 1857-12-29

THE EAST.

According to advices of the 24th instant, from
the Turkish frontiers, the conflict between the
Turks and Christians near the monastery of Duzi
lasted from three in the morning until late in the
evening. Bialitz, a village belonging to the friars,
was taken by the Turks, and on the whole it ap-
peared that the rayahs were worsted. There was no
fighting on the 24th, and it was evident that both
parties were waiting for reinforcements. It is said
that among the persons who fought against the
Turks was the Voivode of Grahovo. It is believed
in Vienna that the. Turks will speedily restore order
in the llerzegovine, but a person, who must be
well informed of what is going on in the Euro-
pean province of the Turkish empire, states that
the Porte has very few regular troops in the
Herzegovino and Bosnia. About five years ago
Omar Pasha disarmed the Christians i❑ the two
provinces mentioned, but great quantities of arms
have recently been purchased in the bazaars at Con-
stantinople, and it is not improbable that they have
been sent into Bulgaria and the other Sclavonic
provinces of Turkey. Of Prince Daniel of Monte-
negro nothing more is known than that he is
"very flush" of cash just now. Whether he got
it from Russia or from France, or from both
Powers, is not known. We learn by a telegram
from Varna that the crew of the Pharamond,
which was not long since wrecked on the Bulgarian
coast, near Mongolia, has returned to France in
the Carmel. It took six days to secure the lading
of the Pharamond, which was expected to go to
pieces in a few d ys. Not long since Ali Pasha of
Monastir made a razzia in the Lower Dibra, which
enjoys a singularly bad reputation, and carried off
300 prisoners, of whom about 150 (?) were said to
be Beys. The cholera is very violent at Bagdad.
London, England, 1857-12-29

FATAL RAIL TVA Y ACCIDENT.

On Sunday evening an accident occurred at the
Gorton station of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway, by which an engine-driver lost his life.
Shortly after seven o'clock he was driving a ballast
engine belonging to his employer, (Mr. Taylor, the
contractor for the permanent way) into the engine
works at Gorton, having come from Guidebridge, a
distance of about two miles and a-half. Finding
the signal off, and the signal-man absent from his
box, he ordered his fireman to hold the points
whilst ho crossed from the down to the up line
again, to enter the engine-shed lines, when another
rcaimg len e,i proceedingnto collision
from
withA rcl w itchke to
bGa
lul
tebnri
g ngee.,
The second engine was thrown off the rails,
though not upset, and a few minutes afterwards
the driver of the ballast-engine was found lying
on the rails and breathing his last. The fireman
of the other engine, whose name is Gee, was also
found lying on the ground insensible, having sus-
ta ned concussion of the brain, but he is expected
to recover. The driver of this engine, John Rhodes,
was also injured slightly. The second engine was
going to take a goods train from Guide-bridge to
Lincoln, and the driver of the ballast-engine had
no right to (rots in front of it, unless authorised
by the signa'l. His name was Holland, and he has
left a wife and four children. The signal-marl,'
Thomas'Tairlor, who had left his box without any
ot.e in charge, to take a glass of beer in a public-
house, was taken into custody and brought before
the inagistrates.at the New Bailey, Salford, 37613-
tn.day. He was remanded pending the inquest on
Holland, which takes place this (Tuesday) after-
noon, at Gorton.

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
—We have reason to believe that the followinewill to
found to be a correct list of the preachers at these ser-
vices during the month of January :—The first sermon,
on tl e 3d of January, wi 1 be preached by the Dean of
Westimnstcr ; the second, on the 10th, by the sub-
Dean ; the third, on the 17th, by the Bishop of oxicird ;
the fourth, on the 24,0, by the Dean of Canterbury ;
and the fifth, on the 31st, by the Rev. C. J. P. Eyre.
APOTHECARIES'-HALL. Names of gentlemen who
passed their examination in the science and practice of
medicine, and received certificates to practise, on
December 24 :—William Watkin Edwards, Keaton ;
Wm. Riddell Brunton, East Indies ; Shirley Edmonds,
Wooirner ; Thomas Diver, Hampstead ; George TJter-
marck, Guernsey • George Farr White, Park-terraces
Regent's-park; George Parkinson, Grosvenor-street;
John Harrison Gibraltar ; Edward Arthur Page, Bed•
worth, Warwick ; Alfred William Keene,
Guildford
Surrey. 1
,1,
London, England, 1857-12-29

AMERICA,

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.
By the arrival this morning of the British and
North American Royal Mail steam-ship America,
Captain Ryrie, we have advices from Boston to the
16th inst., and Halifax to the 17th.
The America brought 73 passengers, 954,279
dollars and 19,4501. specie on freight.
The Royal Mail steam-ship Canada arrived at
Halifax on the 18th inst. The Europa arrived at
New York on the 14th.

The Collins steamers for the next four months,
viz., January, February, March, and April, make
but one trip per month, the next departure from
New York being the 16th of January. December
sth completed their 20 trips for the year.
At Washington the Secretary of the Treasury
has prepared his plan for 20,000,000 dols. Treasury
uotes, and the interest which they will be made to
bear will not exceed 3 per cent. per annum. Part
of the issue, it is believed, may be employed at a
nominal interest. The whole is to be made receiv-
able for all public duos, and subject to re-issue, but
to be redeemed at the end of a year in spade.
Congress resumed its sittings on the 14th, but
there was no allusion to Kansas affairs, and the
bu Mess transacted was of an ordinary character.
In accordance with the proclamation of Acting-
Governor Stanton, the special session of the new
Legislature of Kansas was organised on the Bth inst.
C. W. Babcock was elected President of the Coun-
cil, and G. W. Dietzler Speaker of the House. A
message was received from the Acting-Governor,
settino, forth the motives which induced the calling
together of the legislatures, and recommending the
passage of an act providing for holding an election,
under different officers, on the same day and at the
Same places, as provided for in the proclamation of
the President of the Constitutional Convention, and
authorising the people to vote for the constitution in
either of the forms presented by the convention, and
also against the constitution in both forms. Great
excitement prevails in the territory, and it is
th‘)ught that the election called for the 21st will
not Le permitted to take place.
At the election held in Oregon, the State consti-
tution was adopted, but the slavery clause was re-
jected. Free negroes are to be prohibited from emi-
grating to Oregon.
News from Utah to the 7th Oct. reaches us by
way of California. The attitude of the Mormons
is peculiarly hostile and. threatening. The faint-
hearted among the M-rmons are warned to leave,
under pe:ialty of death, if they attempt to thwart
the ends of the leaders. Brighatn's pro:Jar:nine
appears to be indorsed to the fullest extent by lie-
d:KT Kimball, John Taylor, and others among the
prominent men in Utah. There is nothing further
fron the Government expedition.
It is now understood in Washington that the ob-
ject of Sir W. G. Ouseley's missit.n will not be offi-
cially communicated to Government until the opi-
nion of her Majesty's Government regarding that
portion ()Mlle President's Message relative to Cen-
tral American affairs cal be ascertained.
London, England, 1857-12-29

CHELMSFORD—Dec. 24.

A little less animation in the wheat trade to-day, and
prices barely sustaining last week's rates. Spring corn
of all descriptions unaltered, with the exception of beans,
which were is to 2s cheaper.
Wheat, white, old, per s. s. 0. s.
qr.so 54 Oats, per qr. 24 29
new.... 43 54 Peas, Partridge 40 43
red, old 42 48 White .. . ... 38 42
new.... 42 47
Boiling
...... 3,9 44t
Barley 33 39 Dun 9 y
Chevalier 34 41 Beans, Tiek 38 42
Grinding 29 32 , Harrow ticks 38 42
Lialt 70 731 Mazagan 35 38
Chevalier 72 73 Ditto, new... 35 31

Official Statement of the Quai
in the port of London, froi
Dec. 20 to Deo. 2d, both in

,ntities of Corn, Ste,
.m the following p•
nolusive.

recaived
)rte, from

ti t- -; ,
Colchester llO, 123' 795(
Ilarwich 2O 113921
Leigh
Sialdon llB9B 362

1 I 6. 7 '
,

a. I 4

( 429

COLCHESTER-DEO. 26.

29 / 700
- 1336

! 9SO.

The wheat trade was firm, a moderate supply, and prices
same as last week. Malting barley is dearer. Beans and
peas a slow sale, at prices in favour of the buyer.
Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 50s to 56.;
red, 41s to 50s; barley, 36s to 448 ; oats, 23s to 30s ; beanF,
Mazagan, 36s to ais ; middle and small, 40s to 425; Pear's
white, 44s to 46s ; grey, 40s to 44k.

KIRKCALDY—DEC. 26.
To-day we had fair supplies of all sorts of grain, and the
sales ready, and all extra qualities higher than last week.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. i Beans._
First sos Od I 3's Od c 26s Od I Os 04
Second 46s 6d I I
I
27s Od 23s Od Os 01
Third 32s Od 20s Od 18s Od •Os Od

IT.-DEO. 28.

the close of the market
London, England, 1857-12-29

RUSSIA.

A letter from Warsaw, of the 21st, says :—" The
great financial crisis which for six weeks has pre-
vailed in the States of Northern Europe is making
itstlf felt in a most disquieting manner at Warsaw
and the other commercial towns ofPoland. Not only
have a great number of trader 3 been ruined by exces-
sive speculations in native and foreign productions,
but the recent failures at Dantzic, Konigsberg, and
other ports of the Baltic have caused disasters in
the corn, wool, and oleaginona seeds trade, and
those articles form the principal territorial wealth
of this kingdoni. From time immemorial, our
traders and the owners of estates who cultivate
their own land are accustomed to consign annuagy
corn and other productions of the soil to merchants
in the Baltic ports. a Bills to large amount are
consequently drawn ea those merchants, but many
of these bills have been returned protested. Most
of the persons for whom they were discounted are
unable to reimburse them, and numerous bank-
ruptcies are the result."
London, England, 1857-12-29

FRANCE.

PARIS, MONDAY.
The Plenipotentiaries of the interested Powers
will meet b morrow at one o'clock, at the Office
of Foreign Affairs, to exchange the ratified treaty
of the Bessarabian frontier.

The last accounts from Constantinople announce
that the Porte is favourable to the demand of the
Latin Fathers to be permitted to repair the cupola
of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at their own
expense. The Latin Fathers had received the sup-
port of the French Government.

- It has been remarked that suicides have bean
very frequent in the French army for some time
past. The Minister of War has sent letters of
thanks to several colonels of regiments for having
published orders of the clay stigmatising such an
act of cowardice.

Rear-Admiral Penaud has been appointed Go-
vernor of the Island of Reunion, in the Indian
Seas, in place of M. Hubert de Lisle, appointed
Senator.

The Abbe Faudon, cure of Saint-Rocheis to be
appointed to the Bishopric of Versailles, in place of
Monseigneur Gros, deceased. I MEXICO.
The Emperor yesterday gave a private audience News from Northern Mexico states that an at-
-0 Baron de Baumbach, Alinister plenipotentiary ; tempt was made at Tampico on Ethe 15th ult., to
to! Hesse, who presented to his Majesty the grand assassinate General Moreno and several other offi-
i cordon of the Electoral Order of Hesse, accom- cers and authorities of the city while assembled at
London, England, 1857-12-29

SPORTIN& INTELLIGENCE.

e
TATTERSALL'S—MONDAY.

The business transacted was unimportant. The quo-
tations on the Reading Steeplechase are merely nominal,
and the few investments on the Two Thousand and
Derby were not large enough to require comment. The
following were the only bets laid :

READIN* STEEPLECHASE.
7 to 1 agst B.indloy (taken)
8 to 1 agst Althorp (taken)
8 to 1 agst Maid of the Glen (taker.)
10 to 1 agst Old Dog Tray (taken)
)0 to 1 agst Hymeley (taken)
10 to 1 agst A.13-del-Kader (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Clydesdale (offered)
10 to 1 agst Lord of Lor❑ (taken)
DEBBY. •
20 to 1 agst Ditto (taken to 851.)
20 to 1 agst Sedbnry (taken)
25 to 1 apt The Happy Land (taken)
33 to 1 agst Sermon (taken and offered)

Country Markets.
London, England, 1857-12-29

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived.
The Correspomdencia Autografa announces that an
English tribunal at Sierra Leone declared in
November last that a Spanish vessel, the Con-
chita, which had been captured on suspicion of
being engaged in the slave trade, was a lawful
prize. The Correspondencia remarks that such acts
as this are calculated to drive Spanish commerce
from the African coast, and it calls on the govern-
ment to interfere in the matter. The Espana ex-
presses the opinion that in such affairs the English
are actuated more by commercial rivalry than by
horror of the slave trade, and the Spanish cabinet
cannot be indifferent to the seizure. The Duke
de Montpensier had returned to Madrid from his
visit to the monastery of St. Yusle, famous as the
residence of Charles V. ; with the exception of the
chapel, all the monastery is stated to be in ruins.
The Infante Don Henry has, says the Espana, con-
sented to solicit petmi,sion to:return to Spain. Lord
Howden, the English minister, had returued to Mad-
rid. The funeral of Don. A. Armero, brother of the
President of the Council, had taken place, attended
by a crowd of political men of all parties. The
government has ordered that State notaries should
be nominated in places where they are likely to be
useful. It is said that the men employed in the
tobacco manufactories are indisposed to con inue
their work, but the reason is not mentioned. All
the factions of the opposition hal determined to
bring forward M. Bravo Murillo as candidate for
the prezidency of the Chamber of Deputies, in
opposition to the candidate of the Government,
whoever he may be. It was said that if the
Government were defeated is this election, it
meant to bring forward a formal vote of confidence
in order to ascertain without any manner of doubt
the sentiments of the Chamber towards it.
London, England, 1857-12-29

FRANCE.

PARIS, MOYDAY.
The Plenipotentiaries of the interested Powers
will meet t 9 morrow at ens o'clock, at the Office
of Foreivi Anirs, to exchange the ratified treaty
of the Bessarabian frontier.

The last accounts from Constantinople announce
that the Porte is favourable to the demand of the
Latin Fathers to ho permitted to repair the cupola
of the Church of the Holy Svulehre at their own
expense. The Latin Fathers had received the sup-
port of the French Government.

- It has bee❑ remarked that suicides have been
very frequent in the French army for some time
past. The Minihter of War has sent letters of
thanks to several colonels of regiments for Laving
published orders of the day stigmatising such an
act of cowardice.

Rear-Admiral P, nand has been appointed Go-
vernor of the Island of RJunion, in the Indiln
Seas, in place of M. Hubert de Lisle, appointed
Senator.

The Abbe Faudoii, cure of Saint-RochiOs to be
appointed to the Bishopric of Versailles, in place of
Monseigneur Gros, deceased.
The Eini.eror yesterday gave a private audience
to Baron de Bannabach, Minister plenipotentiary
of kle3se, who presented to his Majesty the grand
cordon of the Electoral Order of Hesse, ACCOM •

panied by an autograph letter from the Elec'tor.
The Emperor afterwards received M. de Scheele,
privy councillor and bailiff of the lordship of Pinne-
burg, in Holstein, who was presented by the
Danish minister. M. Balcarce, the new charge
d'affaires for Buenos Ayres, was also presented.
The Moniteur contains an Imperial decree per-
mitting a number of French officers and civilians
to wear differe4 foreign orders. Among the per-
sons named are Baron de Buurgeing, equerry to
the Emperor, who has received the decoration of
officer of the Baden Order of the Lion of Zooringen,
of the Belgian Order of Leopold, of the Russian
Order of Ste. Anne, 2d class, and of the Wurteui-
berg Order of Frederick ; General Count de Goyon,
the Russian Order of Ste. Anne, Ist class ; General
Baron Fririon, the Russian order of St. Stanislaus,
Ist class ' • Baron de Lacrosse, Senator, the Turkish
Order of the Medjidie, 2d class.
BOURSE, Dec. 28.—The market has evinced
great steadiness, and prices have improved, owing
to a rise of per cent, on the English Consols.
London, England, 1857-12-29

CANTERBURY lIALL, Westminster-read.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow-
ig company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
S deetions from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, &c., viz. :—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmyra, Miss Bru-
nell, and Madame Marietta ; Kerr F. Joughmans, Mr.
Renshaw, E. Grover, T. Farrant, S. Tonga, J. Barker,
W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. Rime, and Mr. St.
Albyn; Messrs, A, Collins, W. 1:. Critchfleld, and E. Mack-
ney, Pianoforte, Mt; Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master
Williams; Director, Herr. F. Joughmans. Commence at
Seven o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY—Morn., 0 min. aft. 0 —Even., 12 win aft. 12
To-Monow—Morn. 42 min. aft. 12—Even., 10 min. aft. 1
London, England, 1857-12-29

SWITZERLAND.

Th' Swiss Federal Assembly closed its sittings on
the 23d. Its-short session has had the result of
putting an encl, to the dispute which had arisen be-
t Ween the;central authority and the canton of Vaud,
and which had at one time assumed a very serious
character.

A letter from Rome of the 24th inst. informs us
that the perpetrators of the late highway robbery
committed on British subjects travelling in a post
carriage betweeu Civita Vecchia and Rome have
been discovered.
London, England, 1857-12-29

WESTMINSTER.

DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE AT ST. BARNABAS
William Richardson, a shoemaker, was charged with
beiug drunk and conducting himself in the following
reprehensible manner :
Frederick Weaver, porter at St. Barnabas Church,
Pimlico, said that last evening the defendant came to
the entrance of the sacred edifice and made a most dis-
graceful disturbance. At about 8 o'clock witness had
reason to leave the door of the church for two or three
minutes, and on his return found the defendant there
intoxicated, declaring he would have satisfaction, and
imputing to witness that he had robbed him. He used
the most violent language, and threatened to give wit-
ist ss two inches of cold steel, and witness becoming
alarmed sent for a policeman.
Mr. Paynter—Was there service in the church at the
time ?
Witness—Yes, sir, and it was as much a. I could pos-
sibly do to prevent his rushing in amongst the congrega-
tion. He said if he could only get one or two more of
the same mind as himself, he would go in.
Mr. Paynter—Did he collect any people ?
Witness—A mob of above 150, whom be endeavoured
to excite in every way in his power.
An engineer, who was entering the church at the
time, proved that the defendant also abused him very
grossly. He remained until the congregation dispersed,
using, as the ladies left the place, the most disgusting
language.
Defendant, when asked what be bad to say to the
charge, said he was thoroughly ashamed of himself.
Mr. Paynter —And so you ought to be. This is not a
common disturbance. I can make some allowance for
the license people claim at holiday time, but this is too
bad. I shall fine you 20e., or 14 days, and require you
to enter into recoguizances for your future good be-
haviour.
London, England, 1857-12-29

FOR

I A ntwrp S& Rotterdam
Ardennes..
Belgian East. Junct
Beziers to Graissessae
Carmeaux& Toulouse
Coal Mines and Ry
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of Franco
Do. New
Euphrates Valley
Gt. Central of France
Groat Luxembourg._
Italian Junction
Lake Const. & Bale
Li erre and Turnhout
Lombardo-Venetian
Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p.
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons & Meditertnn
Maria Anteitia
Do. New

Namur & Liege
Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref
Northern of Franoe ,
NorwegianTrak. Prof
Paris and Lyonn
Paris and Orleans
Recife di San Fran.,
(Pernam.) g. 7 p. c•
Roma and Frascati
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Mouse
Do. WI per cent. pref
Southern of France
West Flanders..,,
Do. 5i per c. Pref
, W. & N. W. of France
Western of Austria
Wet. of Switzerland
W4)81 adeu
Do.B p. cent. prof.
Zeal and .........
London, England, 1857-12-29

BIRTHS.

CLARABON—On the 28th inst., at 74, Glocester-terrace,
As de-park, the wife of Frederick S. Clarkson, Esq., Of
a son.
DIANSERGEI— On the 27th inst., at 17, Russell-place, the
lady of John Craven Mansergh, Esq., of 1 ock Savage'
in the county of Cork, of a son.
Pont —On the 28th inst., at. Harewoods, Bletchin,glY,
burrey, the wife of Thos. Pope, Esq., of the Coal E
change, of a son.
WErtraoci—On Christmaa-day, at 29, Berkeley-square,
Lady Wenlock, of a son.

MARRIAGES, got.
FORSTER—DELL - Ou the 24th inst , at St. Peter's, Not
ting-hill, Forster, Esq., barrister-at-l Oct,
e
Mary Anne,..third davghtor of tho late W. David
Esq., solicitor, of Bourne, Lincolnshire.
HAYTON—BRENT —On the 24th inst , at St. Matthew%
a
Denmark-hill, Amos llayton, to Fanny,. third dughter
of the late P. C. J. Brent, Esq.
London, England, 1857-12-29

MINES.

4 d par
li 24

16' - il

37 - 39
11 - 12

-1)
-- id
13i -14 i
8; -- 8
1i -- Ad
t

••• .... •
5 - 6••

lo 2
31 4i

Moatis

Lana

Longford _

Eleven ran.

GUILDHALL.

READING RACES.—(This Day.)

(BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE CALCOT PLATE.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.)

William Jones, remanded, charged with having por-
tions of a silver snuff-box in his possession, supposed to
have been stolen.
Police-constable 152 stated that he met the prisoner
in Barbican, on Tuesday, the 22d, and suspecting him,
be asked him what he had got. Prisoner replied, "only
a bit of silver he had found in the City.' 'On examining
it, the policeman found it was a silver snuff-box that had
been bent and broken up. The prisoner gave the name
Jones, but refused to give his address. The policeman
had since ascertained that the prisoner had given a false
name.
Alderman Gabriel—ls the prisoner known at all I
Springate (she gaoler)—No, your worship.
Alderman Gabriel—Has his real name, and address
been discovered ?
Policeman —No.
Mr. John Probert, surgeon, 6, New Cavendish-
street, deposed that on Saturday morning, the 19th,
between 6 and 7 o'clock, he went from his house to
Devonshire-place, New-road, in a hired cab to visit a
patient. Afterwards he found that he had left his silver
snuff-box in the cab. The broken pieces produced were
parts of it. The inscription ou the inside of the lid and
the crest on the outside had been erased.
Alderman Gabriel (to prisouer)—What have you now
to say to the charge?
Prisoner—l found it in the City about 8 o'clock in
the morning ~f the day I was taken into custody.
Alderman Gabriel—Do you stil refuse to give your
real name and address ?
Prisoner—l don't like to give it because it might do
me much harm. I know 1 did wrong in keeping the
silver after I found it.
A. friend of the prisoner's came forward and stated his
real name was William Nevitt, and that he resided in
one of the streets leading out of Fitzroy-square.
Alderman Gabriel remanded the prisoner for another
week to enable the police to make further enquiries
about him.
London, England, 1857-12-29

AUSTRIA.

Advices from Vienna in the Bourse Gazette
of Berlin state that the Austrian internuncio at
Constantinople has received orders to support the
application of M. de Lesseps on the subject of the
Suez canal.

A. letter from Vienna of the 24th states that Lord
Stratford de Reelcliffe had paid a visit to the Mini-
ster of Foreign Affairs, and afterwards had a long
conversation with the Turkish Ambassador. Sir
H. Seymour, the English Ambassador, was that
clay to give a grand dinner in his honour, and the
day after Lord Stratford was to dine with the
Minister of Foreign Affairs. His Excellency was
not to leave Vienna until the 28th.
Another Vienna letter stated that the Austrian
C4binet is a good deal occupied with what is pass-
ing in Herzegowina, information having reached
it that a plot for exciting an insurrection has long
existed, and that the differences in the Danubian
Principalities, the propagandisM of the Roumans,
and the quarrels in Montenegro have produced a
certain agitation among the people. The letter
ad.,ls that Russian agents have for some time past
been endeavouring to excite discontent in the Sclavo-
nian provinces of Turkey, but it does not say on
what authority it makes the assertion.
London, England, 1857-12-29

PRUSSIA.

The very unmistakeable signs that have mani-
fested themselves at Charlottenburg of the total
insufficiency of the King's cure, as at present
attained, have compelled a renunciation of all idea
of his resuming power for' a long time to come.
It i 3 stated that the King of Prussia and his
sister, the Dowager Empress of Russia, will go to
Italy together in the month of 3-anuary, but no
guarantee can be given for the correctness of the
report. The Convention between the Riverain
States has not yet been ratified.

A. letter from Berlin of the 25th, in the Cologne
Gazette, says :—" M. Zimmermann, the Secretary-
General of Hanover, who had gone to Frankfort for
the affair of the Duchies, stopped here on his re-
turn to Hanover, and had a conference on the sub-
ject with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Three
new failures have just been announced here, which
brings up the number singe the commencement of
the crisis to 82: Money is abundant, in conse-
quence of no business going on in merchandise."
London, England, 1857-12-29

THE W4TBBLOO-BRIDGB MURDER.

A PRETENDED CONFESSION.
COLCHESTER, MONDAY. During yesterday
some sensatim was caused in this to wn by a rumour

that a soldier at the camp bad confessed- to having
been concerned iu murdering the man whose
mangled remains were recently found in one of the
piers of Waterloo-bridge. It appears that a deserter
from the 66th Regiment, named Thomas Pedlar,
was brought back to the camp on Saturday evening,
and whilst in the guard-room attempted to commit
suicide by strangling himself with his neckerchief.
He afterwards dropped some hints about having
committed some crime wbieh be cared more about
than desertion ; and at last said he with two others,
overt ater l
ao
t Waterloo-bridge. -
f tbhr
e i di
vgie m h.
m he
time,
I said
anu raye
murdered a man in London, and after he had been
cut up and put into a carpet bag a woman took it
man was not a foreigner, but a farmer, and had 601.
about him. He added that be did,not commit the
murder,taowtahye an d
but threw
sergeant
was wi
til ni o
hadhe
house W
charge
part of the money. The circumstance -I,a com-
municatedesrinte ae reply
the
dent Dunn had an interview with the fprisoner,
when he said it was all humbug, and he knew no
more about the murder than he had read in the
papers. The prisoner was brought 111) to-day at
the .Borough Bench
He when he made a similar re-
traction.
is a poor idiotic-looking, and by no
means likely, judging from physical characteristics,
ulc'p
to the borough police, and s=4.,
to have played a part in so subtle and sanguinary
a transaction. lie states that he comesfrom Bristol,
but will not tell whether he has any friends, or
whom employed by in that town. The
Mayor l(iwe was
oa was deranged. He also appeared
physician) expressed his belief that
to wish to exchange military for civil custody, and
the man's
mind
he should rather go to gaol than be sent
placed on his statement as to the murder, and he
bhaecskait the camp. No reliance whatever has been
do
will be handed back to the military authorities.
London, England, 1857-12-29

MANCHESTER, DEO. 28.

STOCK EKOHANGE—The market was firmer, with a good
business, and prices of all the leading stooks a shad) better.
East Lancashire, Oli—Sheffields, Oilß—DiLco, Pref. p
South Eastern, 21 13-16 —North Stafford ,s 3i d—Eastern
Counties, 11 o—Midlands, 89A—North Union A, 2204
Londons, 96—Grand Trunk, of Canada, 114--Cale.
donian, 41—Union Bank, par—Dutch Rhenish, CI die.
Leeds, 934—Ditto, new, 4 d.
London, England, 1857-12-29

HOLLAND;

The First Chamber of lloll.And, on the eve of
separating for the Christmas vacation, voted almost
without discussion and in a single sitting the budgets
of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Marine, Interior, Public
Worship, Finance, and Colonies—in a word, all the
budgets' with the exception of that of War, which
will not be discussed until the session is resumed,
a six months' credit having been voted for it.
London, England, 1857-12-29

THE WEATHER -SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 2D.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
48—highest since noon yesterday.
43—lowest this morning and during the night.
48 —this day at noon.
,Banosurrza, 30.55—5ti1l rising.
WM, W. by S. • light, with hazy but fine weather.
Some sunshine in the morning
London, England, 1857-12-29

HOLLAND.

The First Chamber of Holland, on the eve of
separating for the Christmas vacation, voted almost
without discussion and in a single sitting the budgets
of Foreign Affairs, Justice, Marine, Interior, Public
Worship, Finance, and Colonies—in a word, all the
budgets, with the exception of that of War, which
will not be discussed until the session is resumed,
a six months' credit having been voted for it.
London, England, 1857-12-29

RUSSIA.

A letter from Warsaw of the 21st, says :—" The
groat financial crisis which for six weeks has pre-
vailed in the States of Northern Europa is making
itsLlf felt in a most disquieting manner at Warsaw
and the other commercial towns ofPoland. Not ocly
have a great number of traders beenruined by exces-
si va speculations in native and foreign productions,
but the recent failures at Dantzic, Konigsberg, and
other ports of the Baltic have caused disasters in
the corn, wool, and olelginous seeds traded, and
those articles form the principal territorial wealth
of this kingdom. From time immemorial, our
traders and the owners of estates who cultiva' e
their own land are accustomed to consign annually
corn and other productions of the soil to merchants
in the Baltic ports. Bills to a large amount are
consequently drawn on those merchants, but many
of these bills have been returned protested. Most
of the persons for whom they were discounted are
unable to reimburse them, and numerous bank-
ruptcies are the result."
London, England, 1857-12-29

MANBY, K.G.

_ .
" Lord Normanhy's volumes form of a journal, the passing
are full of new and most vain- comments o men and events
able materials for history in- have all the interest of dramatic
terspersed with much amusing suspense combined with the ad-
and interesting gossip. Being vantage of official accuracy."—
written from day to day in the Economist.
London : Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row.

NEW WORK BY MATTHEW ARNOLD.
Just published, in I vol. fcp. Svo. price ss. cloth.

IIIEROPE, a Tragedy. By MATTHEW ARNOLD.
With a Preface and an Historical Introduction.

By the same Author, uniform with the above,
POE M 9, FIRST SERIES, Third Edition, price ss. 6d.
POEMS, SECOND SERIES, price ss. cloth.
London : Longman, Brown, and Co., Paternoster-row.

NEW STORY BY SHIRLEY BROOKS.

th the Magazines, price ls., No. I. (to be completed in Twelve
Monthly Numbers), of

9fIHE GORDIAN KNOT.
By SHIRLEY BROOKS, Author of "Aspen Court."

With Illustrations by Tenniel.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.

INDIAN AFFAIRS. Price Is.

A FEW WORDS ANENT "THE RED
Ell PAMPHLET. By Ono Who has Served under the Mar-
quis of Dalhousie.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers.
London, England, 1857-12-29

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

fAustralasia
Bank of Egypt

Bank of Loudon
IBri. Col. Bk &Ln Co
British N. American
C. Bk. of I nd.Au.&Cb
City
Colonial
:Commercial of Lond
Eng.Scot.&Ans.thit
Lon. Ch. Bk.of A at.t
Ditto Now
London and County
!Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp
I London Joint Stock.
,Lond.andWestminst.
National Pro. of Eng.
Do. New
National Bank
;New South Wales
'Oriental Bank Corp
Ottoman Bank
Provino al of Ireland
Do. New
It.Aus.B.&G.lm.Co
South Australia
Union of Australia
Do. New
Union of London
Unity Mutual
.Wootroilk of Loud'

8L 83
3 2 d
43 47

... - .•

..d1
-56 60

1817 i --
is :: fil

•••
44 -
- a
32 - 34
18i - 19

33 - 35
49 - 51

POO '"..
...a
... .••...! sled
London, England, 1857-12-29

REINFORCEMENTS WANTED.

Once master of Lucknow, Sir Colin Campbell
will, it is said, pause for reinforcements ; am] as
3,500 men were reviewed at Calcutta on the 23rd,
those reinforcements cannot be long wanting.
Cavalry alone will be the arm in which our weak-
ness will be shown. The Ist Dragoons, unable to
obtain horses at Calcutta, were sent away on that
account to Madras ; and it is painful to think that
after mouths of warning of English cavalry arrivals,
no arrangements should have been made for re-
mounts.
London, England, 1857-12-29

(N:), 20,442.)

lIANWELL COLLEGE, under the superin-
tendence of the Rev. Dr. Emerton, is still maintaining its
high character.—United Service Gazette. N.B.—Classes are formed
expressly for Matriculation at the Universities, and the Middle
Class Examinations at Oxford.

DRESS AND FROCK COATS of Superfine
Black Cloth, 21. 15s (Id. to Three Guineas. Press Black
Trot\ sera, 11. ss. Od. A choice Selection In Dress Waistcoat Lugs.

Excel'clic? with Economy.
GEORGE HOBSON, Fashionable Tailor,
57 Lombard-street.
London, England, 1857-12-29

THE OTTOMAN BANK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Srn,—The only investment which has not taken a rise
in consequence of the improved general and monetary
avpect of affairi, is the Ottoman Bank, with limited
liability. This arises from the directors studiously
keeping secret the enormously large and productive
business which the bank is doing.• It is their duty, a?
they di I before, at the sugge,twn of the Times news-
paper, when their stock was similarly depressed, to
publish to their sharehoblers the true and, I believe,
flourishing condiiim of their affairs.
Your obedient servant, A. W.
London, 21st December, 1857.

A MAN DROWNED IN THE REGENT'S CANAL—INQT'FST.
An inque,t wait held yesterday on the boiy of Frederick
Oliver, aged 29. The deceased was a mechanic, and on
going home early on Thursday morning last, walked on
to an unfenced wharf by the side of the Regent'd Canal,
opposite the New Globe Gardens, tell into the water,
and was drowned. The jury returned a verdict of acci-
dental death by walking into the Regent's Canal, which
was accJinpanitd by the following addendum-4' That
the jurors cannot separate without expressing their
opinion of the highly dangerous state of that part of the
canal, which ought to be fenced in for the protection of
human life,"

COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' SCHOOLS.

The half-yearly general court of the directors of
this institution took place yesterday at the London
Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of
the board of management, the appointment of
auditors, and the election of six boys and four girls
out of 27 candidates, on the foundation ; John
Masterman, Esq., in the chair.
Mr. SAUL, the secretary, read the report, which
was of the most satisfactory character, the receipts
up to the present month being—received for pre-
sentation, 1261, ; donations, 2321. Renewed
subscriptions, 1,3771. 11s. ; new ditto, 1711. 3s.
Simultaneous collections, 4271. 15s. sd. In re-
ference to the simultaneous collection, the board
state when thoroughly understood no commer-
cial man would object to its continuance, as
shown from the fact, that a comparatively small
number of the commercial men subscribe to the
schools. Therefore the annual subscription being
inadequate to meet the expenditure, it became ne-
cessary to raise an additional sum without over-
taiting the regular subscribers. The report stated
that the education in both the boys' and girls' de-
partments was satisfactory, as also, upon the autho-
rity of Mr. Braday, the house surgeon, was the
sanitary state of the children, and the board ear-
nestly invite all friends and supporters to visit the
establishment at Pinner.

The report having been adopted, and the officers
for the year ensuing elected,
The polling for the several candidates commenced
at twelve o'clock, but the final numbers were not
announced until five o'clock. '

A vote of thanks was passed to the deputy chair-
man, and the meeting separated.
London, England, 1857-12-29

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

Commence at Seven. Stalls, 35.; Boxes, 23.; Pit, ls.;
Gallery 6d.