The Press. — London, England, 1854-02-04 00:00:00

10 Viluma had left for Paris to resume his duties as bassadr. The Clamor Publico states that te Gamovernmeont was about to issue a circular call.ng ou h t the reserve of the army. A Peninsular mail has arrived, bringing accounts from Lisbon of the 29th ult. They contain little news. The estimatos of income and expenditure had been published for the year ending June 30, 1855, which leaves a deficit of 1,260 contos. A loan of 500 contos, at 7 per cent., is to be obtained from the merchants at Oporto, for the purpose of improv ing the roads in the province of Minh°. The Great E as t er n Railway makes slow progress, and searching inquiries had been made, but without eff,ct, as to the amount of money subscribed, and try whom, to carry out the projected undertaking. Sir Stephen Lalieman, who commanded the Waterkloof Rangers at the Cape of Good Hope, arrived in Paris some days ago on his way to Con stautinople to take the command of a large body of troops in Asia. During his stay in Paris he was for some time engaged in inspecting, with the permis sion of the Minister of War, the improved drill and arms of that formidable corps the Chasseurs de Vincennes. He has now left for the Turkish capital. General Oxholm has been gazetted as Danish Minister in London. The railroad bridge across the Chagres River has been completed, and on the 24th of November the first train crossed the bridge, and proceeded up the line for a distance of three miles. By the arrival of the first steamer in December, the arrangements were expected to be so perfected as to do away alto gether with the river navigation. There were twenty -five hundred men at work on the line, and an addi• tional force was daily expected. Koszta, the Hungarian refugee, is at New York, in a state of great destitution. The steamer Orinoco, from the West Indies, Pacific, Sac., has brought nearly one million and a half of dollars, value about 260,000/., of which 10,0001. is on account of they Mexican dividend. MAJOR-GENERAL RIM rolsEihi THAAL I I I, I4&;Teft" Cork on Tuesday evening, en route to London, 'whither he had been summoned by a telegraphic message. According to the Irish journals, in the event of actual hostilities with Russia, Sir Joseph will be appointed to a high command. THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER MAJESTY'S MARRIAGE will be celebrated with the customary rejoicings, at Windsor, in Thursday next. THE principal military contractors and accoutre ment makers had an interview on Thursday with Vie blaster of the Ordnance, and received orders for the supply of military stores, Sec., which were to be executed in the shortest possible time. THE TRIAL OF ANDERSON, the City merchant, charged with forging acceptances to a large amount, was yesterday postponed untill the next session of the Central Criminal Court. A DENSE FOG enveloped the metropolis and the suburbs on Thursday night. Yesterday morning the obscurity became more dense, and about eight o'clock, when the customary traffic commenced, the fog was so dense that the streets were obliged to be avoided by passenger and vehicle traffic except where strict necessity compelled. For several hours the darkness was so great that no one could see a yard a-head, but towards midday the atmosphere cleared up considerably. THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA will reopen for tht season of 1854 on Tuesday, the 21st of March. The engagements, including Grisi and Mario, are com pleted, and the programme will be in the hands of the subscribers in a few days. AT THE HALE-YEARLY MEETING OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIi COMPANY, held on Thursday, the ac counts showed a sum of 18,444/. Is. sd. available for dividend. A dividend of 7 per cent. was declared free of income tax. THE whole number of acres under farming opera tion in New South Wales in 1851 was 152,057 ; in 1852 it was 130,643 —making a decrease of more than 21,000 acres. The whole of the branches of cultivation share this decrease. The wheat was less by 212,985 bushels, the maize by 102,422, and so on of all the rest. Sin JOHN STRACHAN, BART., has died at Teign mouth, in Devonshire, at the advanced age of 76. This title, which was created in 1635, is now extinct. The first holder was a distinguished financier, and the sixth was the celebrated admiral who rendered such distinguished service at Trafalgar. The family estates lie in Stirlingshire, N„ WAR-OFFICE, FanRUART 3. [From Last Night's Gazette.] Ist Regiment of Life tivards—Troop Corporal-Major Hugh Hanly to be Quarteroiaster, vice Binnie, deceased. 4th Dragoon Guards—Luke Byrne, Gent., to be Veteri nery Surgeon, vice Lainsford, who retires upon half-pay. 9d Light Dragoons—Brevet-Major Walter Unett to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant-t'olonel Yer bury, who retires; Lieutenant Charles Russell Colt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Unett; Cornet Edward Howard Vyse to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colt. 12th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon Thomas Hurford, from the. 15th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Thacker, who exchanges. frith Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon William Thacker, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Hurford, who exchanges. 14th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Macdougall Bleckley , from the Staff, to be Assistant- Surgeon. 17th Foot—Walter Moses Gibaut, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Hugh Francis Massy to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice G. V. Macdonald, who retires; merchaitt. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.—Wit.biIzsis, Dundee, draper Friday, Feb. 3. BANKRUPTS.—Tnoxiss DAVIS and Wm. W. G. GARRETT, Oxford-street, export oilmen. GEORGE LAMBOURN, Taplow, Berkshire, umber merchant. JOSEPM Fmtimis, Manchester, baker. JAMES OSBORNE, Kidderminster, tailor. THOMAS HONEY, I.aunceston, grocer. HENRY SNEAD, Witham, miller. DANIEL WILLIAM LUCAS and ISAAC DODS, Arthur-street West, hemp and flax vuerchante HENRY ALIEN, Bristol, chemist. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS--• ams:a HAMILTON, HalLil ton, lace mailufacturer—ROßEßT HUTCIIESON, Tradestou, Glas gow, boot and shoemaker--THOMAS JENXI:4I3,ATbrOSOI, tuachitie maker—Dona BYCHAN, Glasgow, spirit-dealer. Lotrrx--Mr. James Macnamara Cantwell, a so licitor, has addressed the electors of the county Louth, in opposition to Mr. Fortescue, the new Lord of the Treasury. Mr. Cantwell is an active member cf the Tenant League. ANOTHER FIRE bad occurred in New York, which was at tended with the destruction of the New City-hall. THE Saw . City of Poona, for which when abandoned in the Hooghly Captain Poole paid 1,3001., and on which lie afterwards spent 1,7001., has been sold by him for 6,009/., the purchaser afterwards disposing of her for 7,000/. AN ECCENTRIC BEGGAR thus laconically addressed it hay :—" Will you, knowe me a drink of water, for I am so hungry I don't here to stay to-night?" The three captains good-service pensions, vacant by the three last deg-promotions, have been conferred on Captain Joseph Lisa, C.B. (183.5): Captain Sir George Back, F.R.S. (1 33 5 ) ; and Captain W. F. Lapidge (1837). , / o'clock, when the customary traffic commenced, the groun d. t fog was so dense that the streets were obliged to be avoided by passenger and vehicle traffic except where Some of these details recal the description of similar phenomena in the West India Islands, where the passage The a h utH SEQUESTRATlON.—Wst.2 4l .vix , ll uatlee,dra p er strict necessity compelled. For several hours the Friday, Feb. 3. darkness was so great that no one could see a yard of a hurricane is o ft en marked by a narrow line of d e vasta• BANKRUPTS.—TTIOMAS Davis and Wm. W. G. O...ItRET•r, a-head, but towards midday the atmosphere cleared tion through the forests, as sharp l y defined as if it had been orterd-street export oilmen. GEORGE 1J CIS, laplow, Berkshire, u m ber merchant. JOSEPH FRANCIS, Manchester, up considerably. cut with a knife. baker. JAMES OSBORNE, KidtkrIIIDISISI', tailor. THOMAS THE ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA will reopen for the HONEY, I.aunceston, grocer. HENRY SNEAD, Witham, miller. season of 1854 on Tuesday, the 21st of March. The DANIEL WILLIAM LUCAS and ISAAC DODS, Millar-street West, WAR-OFFICE, FanRUART 3. hemp and Mat vuercimuts HEINBY ALIEN, Bristol, chemist. engagements, including Grisi and Mario, are com- pleted, and the programme will be in the hands of [From Last Night's Gazette.) SC OTC II SEQUESTRATIONSJANES HAMILTON, Hamil- ton, lace manufacturer—ROßEßT HUTCHESON, Tradeston, Wan- the subscribers in a few days. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Troop Corporal-Msior gow, boot and shoemaker—TmollAs J ENXI:4 8, Arbroath, H/Chili e AT THE. HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF THE ELEcTaic Hugh Hauly to be Quartermaster, vice Binnie, deceased.j maker—Jona 13VCHAN, Glasgow, spirit-dealer. TELEGRAPH COMNY, held on Thursday, the so- 4th Dragoon Guards—Luke Byrne, Gent., to be Veten- ------------ counts showed alum of 18,444/. Ts. sd. available for nery Surgeon, vice Lains ß ford, who m ret ire s upon half-pay. Lotrrn--Mr. James Macnamara Cantwell, a so- dividend. A dividend of 7 per cent. was declared 3d . Light Dragoons— . revet• aj . r Walter IJ , nett to be licitor, has addressed the electors of the county Major, by purchase, vice Brevet Lieutenant 4 olonel Yen free of income tax. Louth, in opposition to Mr. Fortescue, the new Lord bury, who retires; Lieutenant Charles Russell Colt to be THE whole number of acres under farming opera- of the Treasury. Mr. Cantwell is an active member Captain, by purchase, vice Unett; Cornet Edward Howard tion in New South Wales in 1851 was 152,057 ; in Vyae to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Colt. cf the Tenant League. 1852 it was 130,643 —making a decrease of more 12th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon Thomas tendedAsoTwini:tab the e n z ae b s a t d ruc than 21,000 acres. The whole of the branches of Hurford, from the. 15th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinarythe New Ctty-hall. cultivation share this decrease. The wheat was less Surgeon, vice Thacker, who exchanges. occurred do of in New York, which was at- by 212,985 bushels, the maize by 162,422, and so on 15th Light Dragoons —Veterinary Surgeon William the Hooghly Captain Poole paid 1,3001. and on which he THE Sam' City of Poona, for which when abandoned in of all the rest. Thacker, from the 12th Light Dragoons, to be Veterinary by for 7 000/. Sin JOHN STRACHAN, BART., has died at Teign- Surgeon, vice Hurford, who exchanges. the purchaser afterwards disposing of bet , afterwards spent 1,7001., has been soldhim for 6,000/., 14th Regiment of Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas mouth, in Devonshire, at the advanced age of 76. k of water, for I Macdougall Bleckley, fbom the Staff, to be Assistant- lady " Will you, know ive me a drin . This title, which was created in 1635, is now extinct. • AN lierzsraic BEGGAR thus laconically addressed at Surgeon. The first holder was a distinguished financier, and 17th Foot—Walter Moses Gibaut, Gent., to be Assistant- The three captains good-service pensions, vacant by the am so hungry I don't where to stay to-night?" the sixth was the celebrated admiral who rendered s urgeon , three last flag-promotions, have beau conferred on Captain such distinguished service at Trafalgar. The family 19th Foot—Lieutenant Hugh Francis Massy to be Cap- Joseph Nies, C.B. (183): Captain Sir George Back, estates lie in Stirlingshire, N.B. lain, by purchase, vice G. V. Macdonald, who retires; (1)335) ; and Captain W. F. Lapidge (1837). - . •-s--s- — 1 THE PRESS. HURRICANE IN THE NORTH. WIOTONSHIRE was visited on the 20th of January by a phenomenon rare in these latitudes, in the shape of a vio lent hurricane, which committed great havoc, especially upon the demesne of the Earl of Lialloway. An eye witness has communicated from the spot the following graphic description of the occurrence. There was nothing in the previous state of the weather to lead to the expectation that a violent change was im pending. The air was dry and calm, and the morning was what was considered a rine one for the month of January. As it advanced, however, the wind gradually rose ; the rain recommenced, and suddenly, about twenty minutes past twelve, a lurid darkness overspread the sky, such as usually accompanies a solar eclipse, and a terrific hurricane swept past, driving the rain (which had now become sleet) in a perfectly horizontal direction, and ex ceeding in violence and iuteutiun anything that has here tofore been experienced in this neighbourhood within human recollection. Happily, the whole affair was of very brief duration, not occupying as much time as is required to describe it ; and there immediately ensued a deathlike stillness, as remarkable in its effect as the fearful blast which had preceded it. This continued for some time, anti was at length followed by a partial rising of the wind (unaccompanied now by rain), which ultimately freshened to a gale, and prevailed during the rest of the day. Such was the tremendous strength of the hurricane that, although it scarcely lasted a couple of minutes, stately firs which had withstood every bast for more than a century, and whose diameter exceeded three feet, were snapped asunder like a stick, or fairly uprooted anti laid prostrate in a few moments. Nor was this tornado less remarkable for its local and capricious character than for its violence and brevity. It has left fearful evidence of its presence in but two spots, separated from each other more than three quarters of a mile. The first of these places is close to the shore, within a few yards of high-water mark ; and yet, strange to say, the sea remained undisturbed throughout. Some labourers, who were taking their midday meal, were eyewitnesses of the fury of the hurricane, but felt none of its effects, although only a very short distance from the scene of havoc. From another account it would appear that the wind came with a sudden and terrific swoop on a particular portion of the belt of a wood which fringes the sea-shore, prostrated, as iu au instant, almost every tree, large and small, within the limited sphere of its operation (about fifty square yards), and then, instead of forcing its way horizontally, suddenly mounted upwards, clearing the. remainder of the trees, and hurling the large branches, some of which were afterwards found more than three hundred yards off, partly imbedded in the gravel-walk, evincing the extreme force with which they had been hurled to the ground. No further tokens of its course are perceptible for about half a mile, when it can again be viewed, by the broken branches of the outermost of a small clump of trees, which it appears to have just grazed as it passed, and by fragments of furze, which were can it d to a considerable distance from the particular bush whence they were recently torn. A few hundred yards further we come to one spot (another belt of wood) where it appears to have expended its remaining strength in the very act of forcing its way out of the park; for beyond this point nothing special seems to have marked its progress. This second spot presented a scene very similar to the one already described—nearly every tree within a space of fifty yards square being uprooted and hurled to the ground. Some of these details recal the description of similar phenomena in the West India Islands, where the passage of a hurricane is often marked by a narrow line of devasta- I tion through the forests, as sharply defined as if it had been cut with a knife. re SATURDAY, Ensign Henry Ladbrooke Weller Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Massy; Ensign George Dickson Thomas Stockwell, from the 46th Foot, to be Ensign, N ice Clarke. 20th Foot—Lieutenant lieorge Shirley Maxwell, fivn► the atb Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice hlaycock, who ex- changes. 35th Foot—John Newbold Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chaplin, appointed to the 50th Foot. 39th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon John Halyburton Ross, M. 8., from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon. 41th Foot—Ensign Richard Fitzßichard Eyre to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Daring, who retires; Joseph Logan, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eyre. 40th Foot—Lieutenant John Hickinbotham Chambers to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dickins, who retires ; Ensign Nicholas Dunscombe to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Chambers ; Henry Lawson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Stockwell, appointed to the 11;th Foot ; Edward Hawker Helyar, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunscumbe, 41th Foot—Lieutenant John Gittens Maycock, from the 20th Foot, to he:Lieutenant, vice Maxwell, who exchanges. 49th loot—Major John Weech Randolph, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major (repaying the difference), vice Hart, who exchanges ; Capt. Charles Thomas Powell to be Major, by purchase, vice Randolph, who retires; Lieut. William iWhitaker Maitland to be Captain, by purchase, vice Powell; Ensign William Watts Corbun to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice . Maitland ; George Kemp t hat field, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Corbin'. 50th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel James Richard Rotton, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieut. Colonel, vice Brevet- Colonel Eden, who exchanges; Major Suuldeu Oakelcy to he Lieut. Colonel, by purchase, vice Mutton, who retires ; C aptain Samuel Spurs Cox to be Major, by purchase, vice 0 akeley ; Lieut. Henry John Tolcher to be Captain, by purchase, v ce Cox; Ensign Richard Jones Hobson to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Tolcher Ensign Clifford W'atertuan haplin, from the 35th Foot, to be Ensigh, vice C. Iteltson iota k oot—Richard Edwyn Barry, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Cameron, who retires. 89th Fout—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Frederick Widl from the'btaff, to'be Assistaut-Surgeoii. Rine Brigade—First Lieutenant John Ross to be Adju tant, vice Peter Macdonald, who resigns the Adjutancy. 2nd West India llegiwent—Major tleury Waso Whit field to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Gold Coast Corps—To be Lieutenants, without par• chase : Ensign and Adjutant Edward Hill, Ensign John Everard Deane, Ensign Charles Fox Duke. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Schoolmaster-Ser geant George l'ascoe,froni the 17th Foot, vice Hill ; George Charke, Gent., vice Deane. BREVET.—Major John I .Veech Randolph, of the 49th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army ; Captain James Garner Holmes, of the 49th Regiment of Bengal Native infantry, ta havo.the rank of Major in the Amy in the East judiett.;l•.• UsArrseurx.—Lieujeniat and Adjutant Peter Macdp- Judd, trout the RiffiThigtitle, to he Captain, without put- NEW DEI'UTY LIEUTENANTS. Worcester.—The Hon. Frederick Lygou. Coniwill.—The Hon. Xdward John Cornwallis Eliot , Annually called Lord Eliot. Uluueester.—The 'Hon. William Middleton Noel. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, Jan. 81. BANKRUPTCY ANNULDED.—DAVID FARRAR BOWEN, RAW cliffs, Yorkshire, flax scuteber. BANKRUPTS. MEMIT CHANCELLOR, (*rest Yarmouth, taiIor—FRANCIS PAXON, liloorusbury•square, scrivener Vs s. CHARLTON, Basingstoke Hampshire, ocer—Lot:LEA MATILDA RACHEL SMITH, Sunshin , y-street, Strand gr , family' boarding•house keeper—Tuomre Warrs, Lassington, Oxfordshire, cattle dealer --JOSEPH Great Yarmouth, boot and shoe maker--211xsii LEvr, Little Alle-street, Uoudtuan's•tiehls, clothier—llEaux PURCELL, Dudley, Worcestershire, hosier—HENßY PRESTON liounu ix, Solihull, Warwickshire, tallow ohandler—JonN • Porarom, Monks Coppenball, Cheshire, innkeeper —JAMES MCOLM, Manchester, 'Neste dealer---JouN RENNETI', Man chester, licensed victualler—W M. CIIEsWORTtt, Manchester,