The Sun. — London, England, 1858-07-05 00:00:00

THE DREADFUL BOILER EXPLOSION AT MANCHESTER. Owing to the confusion and excitement that pre vailed on Friday among the officials at the works where this dreadful catastrophe occurred, we were unable to ascertain the whole of the names of those killed and injured. We now supply the list com plete and corrected. KILLED. Mr. Thos. Forsyth, manager and engineer-in chief, aged 39. Leaves a widow and seveillchildren to lament his loss. Mr. Thos. Grinsell Nichol, gentleman appren tice, age 22, son of Mr. W. Nichol, of 2, Glowester crescent, Regent's Park, London, sculptor to St. John's Hall. Mr. Wm. Dawson, the foreman boiler-maker, has left a widow and family. Mr. Edward Stocks, gentleman apprentice, son of Mr. Stocks, surgeon, Dublin. James Carmichael, rivetter, has left a widow and family. Thomas Adamson, boiler-maker. - William Conduit, rivet carrier, a youth. INJURED. Gustav John, 21, native of Germany, severely icalded—not likely to recover. John Gajeweski - 35, inspecting engineer to the French Credit dobilier Company, and principal inspector of the railways being constructed by that company in Russia, badly scalded—may recover. Michael Kelly, 27, boiler maker, suffering from concussion of the brain, having been struck by a piece of the boiler plate. Likely to recover. Not scalded. William Sands, 18, apprentice, boiler-maker, slightly scalded, and is suffering from concussion of the brain. Likely to recover. Jas. Mawson, 36, engineer, slightly scalded. Likely to recover. Mr. Forsyth, it appears, exactly thirty years ago, had the misfortune when a boy to lose his left leg by the first railway locomotive that ever rau in this country, which was on the line between Liverpool and Manchester. Mr. Forsyth commenced his career as a stoker, and from that position very meritoriously rose to the post of inspecting engineer to the London and North-Western Railway Company for the Wolver hampton district. From there he went to manage the extensive business of Messrs. Sharp, Stewart, and Co., about seven years ago. THE INQUEST. On Saturday afternoon last, an inquest was opened upon the bodies of the unfortunate men before Mr. E. Herford, city coroner, and a most respectable jury. - The evidence gone into was mainly for the identi fication of those bodies that were not so mutilated and torn as to render identification impossible. Two or three could not be identified from their remaining fragments. • Prom 4 ,-,`“ , mvirlence of John Mess, boiler-maker, who was present uuriug Llie teLtiLig Li V.-e It appears that the boiler was leaking, and that by the request of his foreman, he went to fetch a caulking-tool to stop the leakage. The tool, owing to its being soft, was not used. Witness, in a moment from fetching the tool, turned away, and then the explosion took place. Before this occurred, the steam was blowing off very rapidly from both the valves. The steam pressure, he believed, five minutes before the explosion took place, was about from 1161 b. to 1181 b. This witness and others then described the posi tion in which they found the bodies, remains, limbs, &c., of the deceased. After the Coroner had briefly addressed the jury as to their duties, and had informed them that Mr. W. Fairbairn, and other eminent engineers ap pointed by the firm, would examine the boiler, and give evidence before them as to the cause of the lamentable accident, the inquiry was adjourned till Friday next, when it will be resumed at the Coroner's Court, in Ridgefield. Mr. John Robinson, one of the firm, who was present, said the proprietors were most anxious that the fullest particulars should be given and inquired into, by the jury. Mr. Wm. Fairbairn, who was in Aberdeen, bad been telegraphed for, and it was expected he would commence examination of the boiler on Monday or Tuesday. The Coroner and jury then proceeded to the Atlas Works to inspect the boiler and the place where the catastrophe occurred. They were ac companied by Mr. J. C. Forsyth, Res.-Engineer and General Manager of the North Staffordshire Railway, who was present on the part of his de ceased brother. Mr. Chas. Stewart, of the firm, 'was also present • Mr. John Hick, of Bolton, engineer • Mr. John Ramsbottom, of the London and North-Western Railway Company, inspecting engineer, Crewe. On examining portions of the bciler plate which was blown off, Mr. J. C. Forsyth called the atten tion of the jury to the edges of the pieces of the plate. In some parts they were discoloured, while in others they were white and the colour of iron recently broken. He wished the jury to bear that fact in mind, and that the pieces of plate should be in the care of some one. The jury were then bound over to attend on Friday next. On inquiry at the infirmary on Sunday our correspondent was informed that all the injured were alive, but that Cohn was a little worse, and not likely to recover. ANOTHER TERRIBLE AND FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION. FOUR MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL MAIMED. The mining village of Tictoria, South Wales, has been the scene of a terrific boiler explosion, which almost equals, in the fatality of its consequences, that which we had occasion to record on Saturday, as having taken place at Manchester. Between five and six o'clock in the morning the inhabitants were much alarmed by a sound resembling the discharge of artillery, and it at once occur ring to the majority of them that an accident had happened, there was a general rush out of doors. It was soon perceived, from the cloud of steam and ashes which were flying about, that an explosion had taken place at what is called " the puddling forge" of the Tictoria Iron Works, and on approaching the spot the terrible conse quences which had resulted, not only to the works themselves but to human life and limb, were ren dered painfully apparent, dead and maimed bodies lying scattered amongst the masses of fallen ma sonry and ironwork. Incredible as the fact would seem, were it not the case that similar instances are constantly occurring, the accident was entirely owing to the gross and reckless conduct of some of the men, one of whom actually sat upon the lever of the safety valve to prevent its yielding to the surplus pressure of the steam. The boiler in whisk the explosion took place was 40 feet long and 7 feet in diameter, and was one of a series of three, which were connected together and served by a stack 80 or 00 feet high ; and it appears from the evidence that a few minutes before the explosion took place, James Coombs, a fitter at the Victoria Works, and Benjamin Morgan, who is also in the service of the Victoria Iron Works Company, saw Thomas Price, the engineer ; Thomas Rees, a youth ; and the fireman or stoker, David Nunnery, on the top of the boiler. One of em was observed to put his hand upon the ball of the safety valve lever and press it down, and in a minute or so Price, the engine driver, got on to the top of the safety valve and sat upon ir. . The motive which • led him to commit so reckless an act can only be conjectured ; but it is thought that, as the steam • from two only of the boilers could reach the engine, he found,some deficiency of power, and got on the valve for the purpose of preventing its blowing off steam. Whatever might have been his object, the consequences to himself and all within reach were most disastrous. He had not been sitting on the top of the valve more than half a minute when the explosion took place, blowing the boiler, the large stack, a puddling stack, • contiguous, and all the surrounding masonry to atoms. The boiler was torn into three l age pieces, the solid plates being rent asunder as if they were paper, the large stack, being struck at its base by the heaviest of the three fragments of the boiler, was seen to quiver and fall, while the other stonework was scattered in all directions. Hap pily, the stack fell in a direction from, instead of towards, the sheds. Had it fallen across the sheds, the loss of life must have been very great ; as it was, four unfortunate men were killed and several dangerously maimed. The fireman, David Nun nery, and the young man, Thomas Rees, were blown into the air with such force that their bodies were not recovered for some time afterwards ' when they were found sadly mai me d an d scalded, and quite dead, amongst the debris some GO yards off. The corpse of Thomas Price, th e eng i ne-driver, was found nearer to the stack, and Jonathan Wood ford, who died soon after being discovered, at no great distance from him. Amongst the men most severely injured were the following :—Lewis Edwards, severe scalds and fractured arm ; Wm. Young, labourer, severe,con tusiona and compound fracture of leg; John Powell, labourer, badly scalded and bruised ; Robert Saw, ditto. The scone at the works when the catastrophe be came known in the village was of the most heart rending descripti on . Th e place was crow ied with the relatives and friends of the dead and wounded men, and the shrieks of the women and children rent the air. The damage done to the works has bean variously estimated at from 2,300/. to 4,000/, an d a sa d copse_ quence of the accident is that during th e repairs some 200 men will be thrown out of work. At an inquest held upon the bodies, b afore W. Brewer, Esq., coroner, it was proved tih tit Price, who is a steady man, was at the time ql tiize sober, and that he was generally very careful )in the ma nagement of the engine. The jury retuz ned a ver dict in each case of ' accidental death." DIRECT TRADE OF TDB GRE.49 I LASES AND GREAT WEST WITH EC ROPE. In the years 1853 and 1854 we published Chicago circulars, calling the attention of the corn trade to this, comparing it with that of 01 .e Black Sea ; but we could never induce our fri ends to send out orders, as they looked on it as ; a thing impossible that a ship should come through an in land navigation of 1,600 miles of lakes, river ~s, and canals, and then cress the Atlantic, " Europe di rect" being considered a myth. In 1856, the Dean Richmond arrived iu 1 'Jiver pool from Chicago in 61 days, out of which sloe lay seven at Quebec, proving the practicability ag the trade. The Times, foreseeing what a vast business would be done direct with the Great West, : gave the ship's log, devoting a leader to it. This set ,son the three-masted schooners D. C. Pierce (ca. fled after Captain Pierce, of the Dean Richmond, the pioneer of the trade), D. B. Sexton, Corrrespt dent, Black Hawk, Chieftain, L. H, Carman, G )l. Gook, E. S. Adams. C. J. Kershaw, averaghig 400 tons register, have sailed from American lake ports for Liverpool, with cargoes of wheat, flour, black -walnut, and staves. Others were to follow ; and from Canadian ports the Alliance and Indian Queen, with many more loading, so that the trade may be considered fairly established. As the canals do not admit vessels of more than 10 feet water, few British-built ships can engage in the trade ; but should our owners think of doing so, iron vessels 146 feet overhead, 26 beam, and 13 feet hold, or deeper, if they could carry full cargoes on 10 feet draught, would be suitable. These are the dimensions of the vessels navigating the Welland Canal. Freights from Chicago being about 10s. to lls, per qr., or 50s. per ton, with return cargoes of railroad iron and manufactured goods at the same rate, the voyage ought to be a profitable one. The vessels could convey passengers out. The whole charges of the Dean Richmond, 388 tons register, for steam-tugs, canal dues, and pilotage, on hip and cargo, were 621. Since then the canal (Dies have been reduced to 3id. per ton on ships ; 2s, Bd. on salt, iron, or coal ; 3s. 9d. on pork, corn, oats, and barley ; 4s. 9d. on beef, wheat, flour, or butter, all in currency. It is the custom for the shipping to pay all dues which are included in the freight. If the vessels were pro vided with a ten or twenty-horse power propeller, they could steam through the Straits of Belle Isle, St. Lawrence, canals, and River Detroit, saving time and towing. At the present prices of grain in Chicago, corn could be shipped at 365. ; spring wheat, 325. ; red winter, 275. ; and white, 425. per A.Relb., cost and freight, for the United King dom, whou aro beveral shillings per qr. under those from the Black Sea. Goods are carried by rail ill tue States at twelve miles an hour, by steamboat at eight, and by canal at two, the cost of freight by canal being three times that of steam, and rail five times, so that the advantages in time and cost can be seen in shipping direct without transhipment. The average coat per tau from New York to Chicago, and vice versa, is 48s. between lake and canal, being almost as great as the freight direct to England. —Belfast Mercantile Journal. ". -1 THE THE NAVY. (Flom the Times.) A. story is told of the famous French financier Ouvrard, when he had fallen into disgrace with Napoleon on the failure (.4 his great Spanish opera tion. The Emperor, whohat a very masterly method of conducting an argument, :wound up the dispute by committing his antagonist to solitary confine ment at Vincennes. Ouvrard w,Ns not afraid but that in due course he would recover his liberty as soon as the Imperial finances fell into confusion ; the point was, not to go mad in the inteval. The change from the fierce excitement of his ordinary life to the unbroken monotony of a prison..room was more than man's intellect could bear and yet remain in a sane condition. Ouvrard managed to procure for himself a packet of pins ; he counted them carefully, so that he should be sure of his reckoning, and then tossed them up to the ceiling, that they might be scattered as confusedly as pos sible over the floor of his cell. He then steadily went to work to pick up the pins, and never rested until the tale was complete. Again and again, and clay after day, the operation was repeated, un til Ouvrard regained his liberty. Now for the appli cation of this little story. It would be profane to speculate upon the hopes and fears of the Lords of the Admiralty as to their future intellectual sanity, but they have been handling the British fleet ex actly as Ouvrard handled his packet of pins. They carefully count over the number of ships in com mission, and they do not exactly toss them up in the air, for that would be difficult, but they paythem off. When they are paid off they re-commission them, and so on. On one point the analogy between the two cases breaks down, for Ouvrard's idea was an economical one ; it entailed no expense either upon himself or anybody else. The practice of the British Admiralty is, however, one of which the cost is frightful, and still worse remains behind. When you have altogether exhausted the chapter of cost, it must further be considered that by a repetition of this ingenious process one ship's company after another is broken up, and cannot again be re-or ganised without infinite trouble, and after great loss of time. If these painstaking gentlemen—for they do take great pains in the wrong direction— would, but consider what a complicated machine a I ship-of-war is when, by the energy of her com mander and the exertions of her officers, her crew has been brought into a perfect state of discipline, they would not be so ready to resolve this compli cated piece of workmanship into its component ele ments. The human machinery is far more difficult to fix than the cranks, and cogs, and levers, and piston-rods with which the engineer's room is fur nished. To make every man know his fellow, to make each rely upon all, to make each man do his best in the post for which he is best fitted, is not so simple an operation as it would appear at first sight to be. _ A return to an order of the House of Commons has just reached us, which gives us the cost of re fitting and re-commissioning in 1858 the follow ing ships, which were paid off in 1857. In this estimate is included the value of the stores re turned as no longer serviceable when the ships were paid off, and also of those which were sup plied in their place : Expense of re-fitting on Name. re-commission In 1858. Duke of Wellington £17,650 Arrogant 39,913 Cretisy Nilo Enryalus Exmouth 11,912 That is to say, in the aggregate, this series of operations has cost the country no loss a sum than 81,3881., and all to what end ? It can scarcely be said, that la: cause the time of service had expired therefore it was impossible to keep the crews together. Sailors, when th e y are we ll t rea t e d, a re glad enough to remain in a ship which has become to them a borne, and with messmates to whom they have laJen long accustomed. Beyond doubt, Jack will take a run ashore, in order to convince himself by personal experience of the exceeding discomfort of absolute liberty ; but a very few days, in ninety nine cases out of a hundred, will see the end of his run. In the case of a comfortable ship; well com manded—that is to say, where steady, not worrying discipline, is enforced—the great bulk of the men would be willing to engage themselves again before going down her side, upon no harder condition than that of leavefor a few weeks' run on shore. Regular men-of-war's men will come back as it is ; but then, under the present system, a good ship's crew gets scattered about a mong half-a•dozen ships, in p lace of bring kept together, which is the c?esirable point. We are well aware that the red-tapista, or let us say the blue-tapists, of the Admiralty, will be ready to point to endless regulations of their own devising which would render such a measure as keeping our trained crews together next to impracticable ; but they should consider that the regulations are for the benefit of the service, not the service for the benefit of the regulations. It is certain that the thing could be done, if the gentlemen at head-quarters would but set to work about it. Even if the cap tlin must be changed in order e do rt e o s not give f o o t l l l i o e w r c t a h p a t t a t i h ns e a chance of employment, it ship's cempany should be broken up. Surely any officer who succeeded to the command of any o ne of the ships which we have named would have been too glad to find a well-trained crew ready to his hand. This question is one of the most important which can be brought under the consideration of the Admiralty. Now that we have given up impressment it is, confessedly, a very difficult matter to procure a sufficient number of seamen for the naval service of the country. The inducements held out in our own mercantile marine are very great, and many a wandering tar is induced by fair promises of higher pay to ship in the service of a foreign flag. This tendency could, of course, be corrected by raising the scale of wages to a point which would render the position of a seaman in our navy better than any which he could hope to attain elsewhere. But this is a policy to which we. have not yet had recourse either for the navy or the . anny. It is, indeed, possible, by entering into certain calculations, by taking one scrap of advan tage here and another there, to prove that a well conducted seaman who adheres to the royal service is, in reality, bettor off than one in the mercantile marine. The mere rate of wages at any given time is far from being an accurate test of a seaman's position. But how can we expect that ignorant and impulsive men should consider this question in a spirit of cool calculation and fore thought ? The position of a seaman in the British navy is not at the first glance so superior to tliat of a merchant sailor that we can hope to convince seafaring men of their advantage in taking service under the Government. We can, however, do much by consulting, within legitimate limits, the feelings and interests of the men. Any sailor would in the first instance prefer the service of the coun try. He lives in far greater comfort on board a Queen's ship than in a merchant vessel. He does not dislike order, discipline, regularity ; convince him that he has not necessarily resigned his liberty for too long a term, but that it depends upon him self to renew his service, and he will be ready to do so, if he likes his messmates and his ship. We now break up the crew almost as soon as it is well formed. The Admiralty seem to think that as soon as a body of seamen have been trained to act to gether and to know each other well, the best thing that can be done is to scatter them again about the world. Any naval officer would tell his supe riors, if he were not tongue-tied, the difference between a ship's company which has been afloat for a couple of years and a company taken out of port for the first time. Such a fleet as that under Lord St. Vincent, towards the end of his Mediterranean command, we shall not readily see again ; but if the late Baltic Fleet could have been held together we should not have heard much discussion as to the best method of manning the British Navy. SUN : LOND MO:YDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1858. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The iron paddle steam-vessel Bloodhound, Lieu tenant and Commander Chas. It. Robson, and the paddle steam-sloop Hecate, Commander George F. Burgess, recently returned from the slave preven tive service, on the west coast of Africa, were paid off atiWoolwich on Saturday morning, at the dock yard, and the crews were granted leave of absence. The Bloodhound was commissioned in Dec., 1856, and the negate in February, 1857, and during this term, prizes were made of two schooners named the Chatsworth and the Niagara, sailing under American colours, and engaged in the slave trade. It appears that a portion of the crew of the Blood hound have not been on the best terms with their commander, more than one petty officer having been disrated, and the result was that on Saturday last a small number expressed a wish to purchase their discharge. After some remarks from the com modore superintendent, these men wisely decided not to throw away the advantages of continuous service—in addition to 121. for their discharge, and were subsequently entered as disposable supernu meraries on the books of the Fisgard flag ship ; the gallant commodore promising to investigate the elQes of three men who had been disrated. During Tier Lena 9:en tbe Hecate expe rienced much sickness, no less than seven of the crew, including assistant surgeon W. J. Butler, having died from fever. After receiving their wages on Saturday, the crew assembled at the Ship Hotel, opposite the dockyard gates, when a deputation of the body waited on the chief surgeon, Mr. W. T. Wilson, and presented to that officer a handsome gold watch, of the value of 271., which bore the fol lowing inscription : "Presented to Dr. W. T. Wilson by the ship's company of her Majesty's ship Hecate as a mark of their admiration for his unremitting attention and kindness to the sick during the late fever that visited the ship on the coast of Africa." The watch was presented to Mr. Wilson by Colour Sergeant G. Lock, Royal Marines. The Caesar, 91, Captain Frederick, fitting out at Portsmouth, has obtained half her complement. The freight-ship Rochester, Heather Master-Com mander, has commenced unshipping war stores at Chatham dockyard from Portsmouth and Devon port. Captain the Hon. Thomas Fowler Hastings, late in command of Hannibal, 91, screw, and superin tendent of the steamer reserve at Portsmouth, has taken up his appointment as Captain Superinten dent of the Royal Haslar Hospital, vice Captain Sydney Colpoy Dacres, promoted to flag rank. The Avon, 3, paddle, Second Commander John Palmer, sailed from Devonport on Friday for Scot land, for new raised men. The Buffalo, screw, from Sierra Leone, arrived at Ascension on the 11th May, and left on the 26th. The Curacoa, 31, screw, Captain Thomas H. Mason, hauled out of No. 2 dock at Portsmouth on Saturday, and will complete her defects during the present week in the fitting basin, after which she will proceed on a Channel cruise. The Dee, steam store ship, Master Commander Pullen, arrived at Devonport on Saturday, with machinery, from Woolwich. The Diadem, 32, screw, was cruising off Devon port on Friday morning. • On Saturday the usual midsummer examination of the pupils of the Greenwich Hospital Schools took place in the presence of Sir J. Pakington, First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Lovaine, and Admiral Martin (also of the Admiralty), Sir J. Gordon, Governor of Greenwich Hospital and a numerous company. The boys were exercised in the usual ship drill, which was performed in a very creditable manner. They were them deployed in line, the band of the schools playing several popular airs, under the direction of their conductor, Mr. Wilkinson, their lordships passing up and down the line, inspecting the lads very minutely, and being thence conducted by the Rev. G. Fisher (accompanied by the Rev. J. Hill, the head-master of the Upper School, Mr. F. Riddle, master of the Nautical School, and Mr. E. Hughes, head-master of the Lower School, Fellows of the Royal Astro nomical Society) to the class rooms. The boys, to the number of 800, were then re-formed, when Sir J. Pakiagton expressed the gratification he felt at the proficiency displayed in the various departments of their studies. The pupils of the Upper School, he observed, after receiving their education in the school, left and entered upon the several branches of professional and private business pursuits ; but those of the Lower School, numbering 400, he found were more especially educated for that pro fession in which their forefathers had served, the naval service of their country, and which service he hoped the greater number of those he was then addressing, on the expiration of their term in that establishment, would be found to enter. Their lordships then proceeded to the bathing establish ment and gymnasium, where 200 of the boys went through some remarkable performances, and were thence conducted to the dining-hall and dormi tories, with the whole of which they expressed , their entire satisfaction. GIBRALTAR, JUNE 22. Her Majesty's screw line-of-battle ship Royal Albert, 121 guns, Vice-Admiral of the Blue Lord Lyons, preceded by the gunboat Vigilant, arrived in the Bay at 11 o'clock this morning from Malta. The Conqueror, Princess Royal and Centurion, ships of the line, and Wanderer gunboat, remained at Malta ; the Vulture had been ordered to Tunis. The gallant admiral will await here the arrival of his successor, Vice-Admiral of the White Arthur Fanshawe, who is hourly expected from Ports mouth in the new screw ship Marlborough, 131 guns. Lord Lyons is to land this afternoon on a visit to our Governor. The Vigilant is now coaling , alongside the New Mole Quay preparatory to re turning to Malta on the arrival of Admiral Fan shawe. THE ARMY. The troop-ship Eastern Monarch, 1,849 tens, Commander H. Morris, which has been taken uP by the Hon. East India Company for the con veyance of reinforcements to India, has arrived at Gravesend, where she has been inspected by the Commandant and the officers of the staff at Chat ham garrison. She will embark her troops to morrow morning. The following is the amended detail of the troops who proceed to Kurrachee in the Eastern Monarch—viz., 40 men of the 7th Royal Fusiliers ' • 280 men of the 52d Light In fantry ; Captain Charles A. P. James, Ensign A. W. Crozier, and 72 men of the 70th Regiment ; 12 men of the 81st Regiment ; Ensign Ramsay Steuart and 80 men of all ranks of the 94th Regiment— total, three officers and 484 non-commissioned officers and men from the battalions of infantry at Chatham. The Blenheim freight-ship embarked 'at Spithead on Saturday the following troops fur India :—En sign Barker, 2 sergeants, 2 drummers, and 138 r ank and file of the Ist Battalion of the 60th (Royal Rifle) Regiment ; Major G. H. Bligh, C a pt a i n Hales, and 30 rank and file of the 2d Battalion ditto. She weighed anchor at 6.30 p.m. for Cal cutta, with a fine breez3 N.E. • The authorities at the War Department having decided, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War to make a considerable augmenta tion in. theßoyal Engineers, by the addition of four more c ompan i es, t wo o f the companies have been already f orme d a t th e head-quarters of the corps, Brorapton-barracks, Chatham. Each com pany numbers 116 non-commissioned officers and men, and has been formed chiefly from the troops who have recently joined that corps ; the two new companies are numbered the 33d and 34th. As soon as the two remaining companies have been formed the strength of th e Royal Engineers will be raised to nearly 5,000 men. The four addi tional companies are to be kept for, home service, and will supply the place of those which have re coltly prr;ceeded to India. THE NEW ARMY WARRANT. The Royal Commission appointed to revise the Army Warrant of 1854 has made its report, and the new warrant, embodying its recommendations, may be expected in the course of the ensuing week. In all probability the principal changes likely to take place will be found to be as follows :-1. The in crease of the fixed establishment of general officers from 234, the number settled by the commission of 1854, to 250. 2. The replacement in their proper position of those colonels whose promotion to the rank of major-general was stopped by the advancement of officers junior to them for dis tinguished services in the field. These latter officers will continue to enjoy all the pay and privileges of their promotion, but will not be counted on the fixed establishment of generals until the time at which they would have come in upon it in the ordinary course by seniority. All future promotions for distinguished service to be made in the same way so that those who gain their promo tion shall not do so to the exclusion of other officers. 3. The abolition of the rank of lieutenant-colonel, the restoration to their old position of those lieutenant-colonels who have been pasFied over by the warrant of 1854, and the advancement of all existing lieutenant-colonels to the rank of colonel. There will also probably be some change as regards the position of colonels who may be given the corn mand of brigades, the effect of which will be the creation of the rank of brigadier-general. The im mediate consequence of this warrant will be the promotion of 26 colonels to the rank of major general, viz.-16 to provide for the increase of the establishment from 234 to 250, and 10 who have been hitherto kept back by the promotion for dis tinguished service of Major-Generals Airey, Rose, Scarlett, Buller, Eyre, Windham, Havelock, Inglis, Hope, Grant, and Mansfield. The senior colonels down to Colonel I. R. Young, half-pay, sth Foot, will thus attain the rank of Major-Generals, and their promotilus will leave vacant the offices of in specting field-officer of the London and Dublin recruiting districts, and the lieutenant-colonelcies of the Coldstream Guards, 87th, 10th, 99th, and 83d Regiments.—Morning paper. DR. LIVINGSTONE AT TEE CAPE. o -- - The Cape papers which came to hand on Satur day contain full reports of the farewell dinner at Cape Town, to Dr. Livingstone and the officers of the Zambesi expedition. The Hon. W. Porter, attorney-general, presided ; and Captain J. M. Hill, civil commissioner and resident magistrate of the Cape district, occupied the vice-chair. On the right of the chairman sat his Excellency the Go vernor, Capt. Beddingfield, Mr. Justice Cloete, Rev. R. Moffatt, Rev. Dean Douglas, T. Baine, Esq. ; and on his left were Dr. Livingstone, Jus tice Bell, R. Thornt en, Esq., Hon. H. Rivers, and the Rev. Mr. Livingstone. The toast to Dr. Livingstone was proposed by his .I±;.i.:eilenQy. Dr. Livingstone, in acknowledging the said :—lf you will allow me, I will explain to you how I mean to endeavour to follow up the disco veries which have been made. The central part of the continent we now stand upon was supposed for a long time to be a great sandy plain. Certain rivers wore known to be flowing in towards the centre, but they were not known further, and they were supposed in consequence to become lost. But instead of that, the grand view burst gradually on my mind of a very fine well-watered country ; and not only that, but of certain well-watered healthy localities on both sides of the country which were suitable for a European residence. Efforts have been made for centuries to get into the interior of Africa ; but, unfortunately, it has been always attempted through the unhealthy parts near the coast. On the southern part of the country, we had the Kalihari desert, and the expedition which was sent out from Cape Town under Dr. Smith was prevented from penetrating the interior by this same Kalihari district. The unhealthy coasts presented a barrier on both sides ; and this desert presented an obstacle on the south : but when Messrs. Oswald, Murray, and myself succeeded in passing round that desert, then we came into a new and well-watered country beyond. When I passed into that country, I had not the smallest idea that there was such a want of cotton as I found to be the case when I went home to England. But there I saw the cotton growing wild and almost everywhere, and that sugar was collected all over the country (although the people did not know that it could be produced from the sugar-cane) ; and I found, fur ther, that this was a great market for labour. When I lived at Kolobeng, men left that tribe, and. I found some of them within 200 mile 3 of Cape Town, seeking to obtain work. Now here we have the produce and here we have the labour, and I hope we may secure a healthy standing point, from which Europeans may push their commercial and their missionary enterprise to the unhealthy regions be yond. We proceed, first of all, up the River Zam besi, and have the full authority of the Portuguese for so doing. This river is very large ; it is difficult to convey to the people of such a dry country as this an idea of its size, but the narrowest part that I saw seemed almost to be equal to the Thames at London-bridge. It was not known to be a large river, on account of its being separated into five or six branches at its mouth, before it reaches the sea. But, when we get inland, we have a noble stream, and we have at least 250 miles of the stream with out a single obstruction. Then we come into a large coal field, and this seems to contain the ele ments of future civilisation. Then I may state that, as we have to examine the river, our expedition will be a practical one. It is not like those that have been sent to the North Pole. We hope to have something to show when we come back. Our bota nist is au economic botanist, and the geologist is a practical mining geologist ; and the naval officer, Captain Beddingfield, has had a great deal of ex perience in African rivers, and has not been deterred by the fear of suffering from African fever, any more than myself, from volunteering to go on this expedition. He goes to examine the river system, and give us correct information about the river system and its navigability. And then we have an artist and a photographer, to give an idea of what is to be seen in the country. But I think this expedition is placed in a somewhat peculiar position. I never heard of another expedition. being similarly situated. My companions are all put on their mettle. They are aware that it is very well known that when alone I did something ; and if we don't do well now in this expedition, people will say, 4, Why, those fellows have prev en t e d hi m from doing what he might !"—(laughter)—so they are all put on their mettle, and I have the greatest confidence in their desire to accomplish the great `objects of the expedition. We find that in the middle of the country there are a great many branches ile Zambesi. Several of them I have examined s—o and found they went-out a few m me ten or tw e l ve m il es — an d th en ca me s of myself, the Z a in again to the main stream. Now the natives pointed out a number more, and they say these other streams cone out of the main branch, and enter it again, after passing some hundreds of miles. This is a most interesting point ; because if the departing and returning branches are really seen—then we may go up them in the small steam launch, and have a navigable pathway into an im mense extent of country beyond. We shall not be then obliged to pass the great falls of Victoria, which cannot be passed iu any vessel. If we have a navigable pathway into the country beyond—then them is a prodigious- extent of country, all well adapted for the cultivation of those products which we now get through slave labour. And what I hope to effect is this : I don't hope to rend down cargees of cotton and sugar; perhaps that result will not be iu my lifetime. But I hope we shall make a beginning, and get in the thin end of the wedge, and that we shall open up a pathway into the in terior of the country, and by getting right into the centre have a speedy passage by an open pathway, working from the centre out towards the sides. When going into the country we don't mean to leave our Christianity behind us. (Cheers.) I think We made somewhat of a mistake—indeed, a very great mistake—in India ; but Where we are going —we shall have no need to be ashamed of our Christianity. We go as Christians ; we go to speak to the people about our Christianity, and to try and recommend our religion to those with whom we come in contact. I have received the greatest kindness from all classes of people its the interior. I have found that only when we approach the confines of civilisation the people become worse. Such i 3 the fact—the nearer we we find the peopl e ve r y m uch wo never have had any contact c w o o n r e s e e t o a c a i v ti i thoselis a t io h with the white man. We hope we shall be able by our conduct to recommend our religion to those with whom we come in Collti:et ai.d I hope Chris tian merchants and Christiat nen will go into that country and form a standaed for commencing operations amongst them. I thank you all heartily for the kind manner in which you have received me, and although I acknowledge that the hand of Providence is in all that has befallen me, and in directing the attention of men to those objects which He means them to work out, yet I feel most grateful to you—the instruments of His grace." (Loud cheers.) The Rev. Mr. MOFFATT, in responding to a toast in biz honour, entered into an explicit history of his missionary labours in South Africa ; and re ' ferred to the salutary influence which he had exer t cised over the once potent Africaner, and the now renowned Moselekatze—an influence which he hoped to turn to good account in respect to the ex pedition to be undertaken by Dr. Livingstone; and he expressed a fervent hope of having the plea sure, at no very distant day, of shaking hands with the doctor and the members of his expedition iu the vicinity cf the Zambesi River. After a stay of four or five days, the Livingstone expedition left Simon's Bay on the Ist of May for the Zambesi, her Majesty's steamer Hermes having preceded her to see her safely over the bar. Mrs. Livingstone, on account of indisposition, remained with her father, the Rev. Mr. Moffatt. The Governor has since announced his intention to pro pose to Parliament the formation of five interme diate posts between the colony and the Zambesi, with a view to establish a line of monthly .commu nication, which, it is estimated, can be carried wr at an annual cost of less than 2501. .avr DEODORISING AND DISINFECTING PROCESS. At a moment when the state of the Thames and the possibility of purifying its noxious waters are subjects of so much interest to all classes in the metropolis, any proposition by which so desirable an object would be likely to be attained possesses a claim to public attention. A s various as are the positions and pursuits of their authors are the schemes by which this wished-for end is sought to be accomplished. By some it is contended that every plan which has been shadowed out with that view must prove futile, except that in accordance with which the filth of London should be inter cepted before it reached the river, and at an outlay of millions conveyed into the sea ; while in the process of deodorisation and disinfection, others maintain, is to be found the most simple and least expensive solution of the difficulties by which the question is beset. With the view of showing how much might be effected by that process some inter esting experiments took place on Saturday last, at the chymical works of . the Messrs. Condy, at Bat tersea. The agent employed upon the occasion was Condy's patent disinfecting fluid, which consists of solutions of manganate, or per manganato of soda or potash—salts which, in consequence of their containing and emitting with facility a large quan tity of oxygen, are peculiarly applicable to purposes of disinfection and deodorisation. Used as a test of the purity of water these results were obtained, that while distilled waterassuro ed and retained to a great extent the purple colour of the fluid when mixed with it, organic matter was indicated in the caseof spring and less pure water, by the rapid decolorisation of the disinfecting substance. The action of the fluid as a test of the comparative purity of different waters havin g been thus ascertained, its ope ra ti on as contrasted with that of lime, which is now being used at an expense of 1,5001. per week to obviate ' the stench arising from the river, was shown by the following process. Two large glasses were filled with sewage water emitting a most offensive odour, that in one of the glasses being subjected to the action of lime, while into the other a small quantity of the disinfecting fluid was poured. Both there substances operated effectually as precipitants, but it was alleged that, whereas in the case of the r , 70-iv, 'n-1 •irnply had taken place, in the case of the l it tl,cl: WALL,' produced, owing to the fact that the organic im purities contained in the water which had been subjected to its influence had undergone a process of combustion, and that the cause of the odour or putrefaction had in consequence been perma nently removed, instead of being merelytemporarily disguised. In illustration of this view the test of its capability to retain the colour of the disinfect ing fluid was applied to the water in each of the glasses, when the continued presence of organic matter in that which had been treated by lime, and the absence of such matter in the instance in which the fluid had been used, would appear to be established by the decolorisation in the one case, and the retention of the colour in the other case, of the disinfecting agent. The result of the application of such an agent at the various outlets of the sewers running into the Thames would be, in the opinion of the patentees, to obviate a nuisance which has now assumed so serious a character. It is admitted that the process would involve a considerably larger outlay than would be necessary in the case of lime, but then. the Messrs. Condy contend that that outlay would be more than counterbalanced by the value of the de posit which would be created under the operation of their scheme, and which they say woteid retain all its fertilising properties, while that created under the action of lime had been peeved by ex perience to be completely worthless as a fertilising agent. Nothing, it may be added, could be more complete than the success of the fluid in rendering the impure water upon which it, acted clear and devoid of all offensive odour. How far it would tend to solve the great Thamea problem it is for the proper authorities to determine. CUBA AND THE SLAVE TRADE. It apr,ears that the traffic in slaves has tended more to the demoralisation of Africa than perhaps any other causo could possibly have done. It has been the source of nearly all the internal wars that have desolated the African kingdoms—wars more terrible in their consequences than any yet recorded in history ; for, independent of thousands being slain, still larger numbers are carried away into bondage the most degrading that human beings were ever subjected to. Men 'being articles of com merce, captives are reckoned by dollars. Any pretext will serve as a reason for making an in cursion into a neighbouring kingdom ; sometimes no pretext is needed. A chief assembles his forces, and at night surprises some neighbouring villages. These are set on fire, and the alarmed inhabitants, endeavouring to escape, are entrapped and carried away to be sold. Then commences the journey to the sea shore, where the dealer waits ; and what a scene of misery do these journeys present. Lying closely packed, in flat boats, exposed to a burning suu, sickness soon commences, death follows, and those who depart first must be deemed the happiest. For what is the position of the longest livers? Chained amongst dead and putrid bodies, in con tact with the most loathsome filth, and panting for a draught of water, some still linger on. In the journey from the interior to the coast, it was estimated that five-twelfths of the cap tives died. Accounts have been furnished by British officers who have boarded these slavers, that they found living men chainedto putrid corpses. Negroes are generally manacled in couples on board ship, and if one happen to die the survivor is doomed to a fearful companionship with death. Slavers pur sued by B:itish vessels, and finding themselves in danger of being captured, have frequently thrown their human cargo overboard to be devoured by the sharks. In a chase of this kind, five hundred negroes were thrown in the water, and an English officer on board the pursuing ship says that these poor creatures were so quickly devoured by the sharks lliat the river was dyed red with their blood. One fact is certain, that the number of native Africans annually taken from their country has not diminished, and that their transportation is accom panied with increased severity. The great slave market is Cuba. With this Spanish settlement it ought not to le difficult for 'us to deal. Spain signed a treaty binding herself to the abolition of the slave trade in her dominions, and received from England 400,0001. as compensation for any loss she might sustain. It is clearly in the power of England to enforce the fulfil ment of the treaty. With slavery as it exists in the United States we have not the right of inter ference. There it is a domestic institution. The slaves are born in bondage and are natives of the country. But in Cuba slaves are not allowed to marry, and every year thousands are imported. The Spanish Government ostensibly reprobates the slava traffic, but secretly connives at the practice. It is well known that the governor of the island finds in the poll tax paid him on imported slaves one of his chief sources of revenue. The great means we propose for the suppression of the slave trade are, first', closing the market at Cuba by obliging Spain to fulfil the conditions of the trea+ y. Secondly, by endeavouring to improve the condition of the African at home, and teach ing the chiefs how much more cartain is the gain that might be drawn from the cultivation of the soil than what is obtained by the sale of men. Having expressed our strong indignation at the part played by Spain, we would be unjust to our selves and to the cause we advocate did we neglect to advert to the conduct of France. Under the pretence of bringing free labourers from Africa, she has entered into the slave-trade ; and the terrible vengeance wreaked by negro slaves upon a French slaver, will, we hope, servo as a warning to the Gallic nation.—Colbui.n's United Service Magazine. THE IMPERIAL Guann.—At the camp of Chalons this year there will be no troops, either cavalry or infantry, belonging tJ the Imperial Guard ; and the turn of that select body to lake part in the grand ma! ceuvrez of the camp will not come round again for twn or three years. [ADVERTISEMENT.)—BiIious affections induced by un usual atmospheric heat, or too liberal diet, if not early clocked, are often attended with serious consequences, When any one finds his ideas less clear than usual, his eyesight dimmed, and his heal dizzy, while he is indis• posed to all exertion, physical or mental, he may b e qu it e stile he is in immediate need of cooling and purifying medicine. Let him send at once fora box of Holloway's Pills. After a few doses of these inestimable pills his head will be clear again, his spirits elevated, a n d a ll hi s energies restored.—Sold by all medicine vendors through out the world, and at Professor Holloway's Eitablish ment, 244, Strand, London. .FRIOES OF SHARES. prom the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING; LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1858. CANALS. Names of Companies. Ashtn &Oldh Birmingham Coventry.... Derby • • • GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand 'Jnion Remit & AVII Leeds &: - .Livrp Leicester.,.. Leiestr &Nth Loughborogh Macclesfield. Neath 0xf0rd...... ",..] Dividend , per Annum. 93 71. p. 40 4/: 100 11/. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 6s. 100 251. 100 51. 83 11.55. 143 701. 100 2/. 10s. 100 161. 1100 Nano of Company. Berlin ..•• •• . East London Do. 4 percent. Pref, Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction .... • • Do. New ••• • • • Lambeth ...... • •• .. New River Company .. Southwark & Vauxhall West Middlesex •• .• Do. D 0....... Price. Names of Companies. Peak Forest. Regent's.. • • Stffrd &Wore Stastrbridgc. Severn and 3 I Wye Rall. 'Warwick & Birming. iWarwiek & Napton..3 Worestr & 1 Birming. 3 Wilts & Brb WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Ainum. Amount of Share. 51. per cnt. 6/.per cnt. 41. per cent. 51. per cent. 41. per cat. ...... 61. per cnt. 41. per cent. BRIDGE, Dividend Name of Company. per Annum. flungerford.... •• . Southwark Ditto New of 7% p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial • • Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand SurryD.& Canal Do. Loan Notes .... Do. 5 per cent. Pref. London .•• .. •••• • • . St. Katharine ........ Southampton •• .• .• .• Victoria •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• •• GAS-LICIII' Name of Company. British Provincial .• •• Brighton •• •• •• .• City of London ...• .• Equitable.... .• •• •• European .... . •• •• .• Great Central Imperial ............ Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental I st Cap. Do. 2d Cap. ... 71 ,, p Do. Do. 4th Cup. Indepen , lent Londov Parl. Preferen. Phoenix •• •• •• Rateliff. . ~ Surrey Consumers .... United General .. •• •• Westminster Chartered Ditto, New • Western A ... Ditto B lOs per cent.l 11. 12s. Od. 11. Bs. Od. 28s. DOCKS, Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. 51. pr cent. 434/. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. [T AND CO] Dividend per Annum. s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 1 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 GI 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X s. d. 25 0 0 1100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 0 0 100 '0 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 OOMP. Amount of Share. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. 21. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 101. per cent. s. d. 20 0 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 5000 50 0 0 31. ss. 41. 15s. 41. 10s. Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 V. per cent. 1 5 . per cnt. I 5/. 8/. per cent. 16s Od per sh. 7 per cent. INSURANCE COMPANIES. Div Idenc per Annum 51. Os. 17s, 121. 10s. Li. 16s. X s. d. 100 all Country Markets. YORK—Jr LT 3. With a fair show of wheat at onr market to-day, there was more doing, at an advance of is to 2s per qr. on last week's rates; good white samples, unsprouted, realised 48s, and red at 41s per qr. There was very little change in barley-26s to 32s per stone. Oats were in limited supply, and the turn dearer, good sorts selling at is 2d to is 3d per stone. There was a scarcity of beans, and the shade higher. LEICESTER—JULY 3. With only a moderate supply of wheat at our market to-day, yriees were generally is per qr higher than last week. Superior white sorts 495, and 45s for red. Oats sold at 3Ga per 24 stone. Beans were in small supply, and quite as dear as last week. OXFORD—JULY 3. The market to-day, owing to the farmers being so busily employed iu tho lay-fields, was very thinly attended, and consequentl‘ there was not much wheat on offer. The few transactions that did take place were at a rise of from la to 2s per qr ou last week's quotations. Flour a steady sale, at 32s per sack. Barley a dull sale at former rates. Beans were in demand, and 2s to 3s higher. PIM QUARTER. . PER QUARTER Wheat, red (old) 39s to 45e Barley, grinding ... —s to3ss Ditto (new) Ditto, white —s to —s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 32s to —e Flour, per sack ROCHESTER- JULY 3. At our corn market to-day thera was a fair - show of wheat, mostly taken off in retail, and prices were much firmer. Grinding barley was also firm. Oats steady, and beans appeared to be on the rise. Other descriptions are about the same. Wheat, wLito 46s to Ms red 40s to 45s Barley, grinding 28s to 32a Beans 4os to 44s Oats 23s to 26s Peas 42s to 44s CHELMSFORD—Ji' 2. Our market this morning was fairly attended, and only a limited business was done, at about 2s higher. Wheat,whito old,per s. s. 1 qr.4o 50 Oats, per qr. new.... 40 50 Peas, Partridge o/d 37 46 White new.... 36 96 Boiling Barley 34 40 Dun Chevalier 38 44 I Beans, Tisk Grinding . 28 32 ) Harrow ticks Malt 70 73 I Masagan . . ... .• Chevalier 72 73 1 Ditto, new.. I. ■. ~24 34 ~43 47 ~40 42 ~41 47 .43 45 ..37 39 37 41 .34 37 .34 37 red, DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Jut 1. Qrs. Best. Current. info?' o 101 Wheat 47s Od 4ls Old 32s 63 261 Oats 26s 3d 26s lci 71 Barley 9 88 Od 26s 6Ad 234 Oi 10 Peas & beans 41s 6d 4os 21d 39s 61 HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET-417u 2. WHEAT. BARLEY I OATII. I BliAris. First 47s Od 29s 6d I`. 9s 6d 1 46s 01 Second 42s 6d I 28s 5d 1t 8s 31 145 9d Third 37s hd 127 s Od 125 s Od I 45s 0 i Total quantity of wheat in market, 289 qrs., 281 sold barley „ 30 qrs., 30 sold oats 11 87 qrs., 57 sold beans 11l 15 qrs., 15 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 2 6 10-12ths j Barley, ...11. 8 3 6.l2ths Oats, ... 1/. 8 3 6-12tha I Bean; 21. 5 9 7-12 tbs , , DUBLIN-JULY 2. White wheat, 263 6d to 28s 6d ; red ditto, 24s Od to 26a 6d; ditto now, 28s 6d ; barley, malting, 13s tol7a Od; grind ing, —s to —s ; oars, old, 15s to 16s Od; ditto, new, —I to 16s Gd ; oatmeal, 14s Gd to 16s 6d; bore, new, —s to --s 01. —s 04 to a Od per brl ; bakers' flour, 14s Od to 18s 6d per cwt; corn, 34s 01 to 354 6d per 480 lbs. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles opened, 1858. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1858. 1857. X Dividend Amount BRITION. X £ Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. - Aberdeen ... ...... ..........; ..... - - Annum. Share. 05 Belfast and Ballymena .- -, ...... 1,124 1,234 - 17 Belfast and County Down.. - ........ - - £s. d. £ s. d. 3 2 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 2,957 3,473 itibion .....• ...... .. 71. per c. 500 0 0 50 0 0 -, 26 % Bolton,Blackburn,and West York .... - - Allianza Brit. and For. 71. 145.6 d. 100 0 0 11 0 0 1734 118 Bristol and Exeter • • .... Ditto Marine ....... it. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 198% Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 12,661 ' 13,824 Athenm tun .. .••• • • • • - 10 0 al - 24 i Chester and Holyhead -..- .... 6,858 7,108 Atlas .. Argus Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. 297 290 Sritish Commercial .. 71. 105. 50 0 0 5 0 0 - 55 Dublin and B elfast unction ........ 1, '56 1,159 Church of England .. 7/. 10s. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - City of London .. •• .. 5/. .0 0 0 20 0 - 63 Dublin and Drogheda.. -••-••• • • •• •• 1 . 8 45 1.8/3 40% Dublin and Kingstown,.. •• • • ........ 2,021 2,115 ClericlAed.& Gen. Life spr et& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 1731 E Dundee and Arbroath -•• • • ........ 649 751 County .............. 4/. per share 100 0 0 10 0 0 86 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen junction 1,033 1,179 Crown .... .. .... .... 1/. 185. 5 0 0 0 50 0 - 35 D un d a lk and Enniskillen- .... - .... 430 421 • Eagle.. - • • • ss. 50 0 0 5 0 0 6% 67% East Ang1ian............ •........... 909 1,101 Equity and Law...... 5% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 - 99 East Lancuhire.................... 6,932 7,451 European Life l/. 20 0 0 all - 489 Eastern Counties and N0rf01k...... I 27,428 27,852 • Family Endowment - EasternTinion •••••• • • • • • • .... ... General 6 per cent. 5 0 0 all -- 142 Edinburgh and Glasgow ............. 5.318 5,681 Globe ... - .... 5L per cent, Stock. all - 73 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee ...... 3,216 3,368 Gresham:Life . ....... - - 47 5 0 4 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • ............ - - Do. Do.. .• • - 20 0 0 50 0 0 - 22 I Furness Railway ..................- Guardian ............ 5/. per cent, 100 0 0 20 0 0 5334 183% Glasgow, and South-Western........ 6,867 7,112 Imperial Fire... • • .... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 30 0 0 - 283 great Northern.• •.. ...... • ... .... ~ 20,386 22,115 Imperial Life ..... .... 14s. 100 0 0 210 0 - 2033 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 7.287 7,203 • Indemnity Marine.... 5/. p. ct. &bs. 100 0 0 13 0 0 - 465 Great Western .................... 33,152 34,260 Law Fire ............ 2s &2s bons. 100 0 0 210 0 3 % 2 5 % Irish South Eastern ................ - - ; Law Lite.• ••• ........ 241. per sh. 100 0 0 12 10 0 - 100 Lancaster and Carlisle ••• • • . ........ 6,896 7,113 Legal and General Life 4s. per share 50 0 0 2 0 0 - 28634 Lancashire and Yorkshire . 26,079 27,958 London - Leeds Northern ...• .. ---••.. • • .. - London & Prov. Law • • 35. 50 0 0 . 2' 0 0 3 % 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... - Marine lBs. & bs. tOO 0 0 20 0 0 - 653 London and North Western-. . 58,031 67,863 ' Med.lnvlid & Gen. Life 434 per cent 50 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 16 London and Blackwall.• •. • ......... 1,754 1,660 Minerva - 19234 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 18,036 17.5 58 Monarch - 289% London and South We5tern......... 17.310 17,532 New Equitable - 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 657 705 Pelican .... ••• • - ...• 5/ p. ct. - -497 i - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - Phoenix - - 175 173 34 Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 10,167 1 1 .18 4 Professiona Life.• •• .. 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 - 934 Manchester and South Junction...... 872 1•17 2 Provident Lile - 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • ............ 915 1,009 Rock Life............ 711. 5 0 0 0 10 0 - Royal Exchange ...... Bp.c. & bs Stock. all - 177 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 4,289 4,881 , Sun Fire .„ ~.. 6;,', p. c & bs. - •• - 52 Monklands .....• ••-••••.- • • .. •• •• - - 1 - / Ditto Life ..... 1/. 14s. - - 78 Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. United Kingdom .... 41. & bonus. 20 0 0 510 0 - 149 North British ••..• • - - •... ••., •• ... • ........ 5,644 5,644 5,217 Universal Life . - ..... 5/. Sr. bonus. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - 233 North Staffordshire • • .............. 6,580 7,949 Victoria Life - 5 0 0 - 47 North-Western ••..• • • • ............ 861 931 , 50 Scottish Central • • • • • • • • ............ 3,013 2,977 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 3239 Scottish Midland ............... - - 29 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ...... 1,618 1,890 Dividend Amount 4834 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 2,780 2,945 I Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 30 Shropshire Union .. •............... 1,135 1,037 Annum. Share. 57 South Devon •••.• •• .. •11 •• •• •• •• •• •• '''. - ~...••••••••••• ...."''... 301% South Eastern .... ....... 20,992 1 21,543 - £ s. d. £s. d. 171 South Wales ................., 6,796 7,242 , Australasia........... '2O/. per cent. 40 0 0 all 82' 108 k South York. Doncaster, and Goole :: 2 ,3 68 2 , 401 ' Bank of Egypt ...... - 25 0 0 18 15 0 2 1% 53 Taff Vale ..., ....... •. • • ............ 4 262 4,766 Bank of London ...... 51. per cent. 100 0 0' 50 0 0 - 36 British North American 9 per cent. 50 0 all - , 77 Waterford and Limerick ............ - -' Ch. M. Ind. Aust& Ch. 41. per cent. 20 0 60 0 - 27 West Cornwall ............ ....... 675 725 City .... - 123 Whitehaven Junction ............... 473 479 Colonial lOO 0 25 0 0 11 . . 99. 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & Commercial of London. 71, p. c. & in. 100 0 20 0 0 - York and North Midland & Leeds.. - .... En,g. Scot. &. Aust. Ch. 41. per cent.! 20 0 all 17% Lond. Char. Bit; of Ams. 51. per cent.: 20 0 91 - FOREIGN. Do. New ........ 11 ... If 108 Dutch Rhenish .....• .............. 3,458 3,222 London and County - .- Lyons and Mediterranean .......... - Lon. & Eastn. Brtg. C 6l. per cent. 100 0 150 0 0 - - Montereau and Troyes .. - , London Joint-Stock - Namur and Liege .................. _ - Londn and Westminstr 181. per cent. 100 0 20 0 0 46 539 Northern of France ................ 38,727 38 43 9 , Nat. Provincial of Eng. 16 pc.& bs 100 0 35 0 0 - - O r l eans and Central .. - - Ditto, /1 New ........ 20 0 10 0 0 - - Paris and Lyons ................., - Ditto ditto - - Paris and Rouen. ............ • • .... .... 9, .. 9 Natiow.l Bank - - Paris and Strasburgh .............. .._. - New : , :outli Wales - - gone.. and Havre .. ...,....... ... Oriente: Bank Corpora. 101. per cent. 25 0 ~ - West and North-West of France ...: 35i - - - - . , Ottoman Bank - 20 0 1 5 0 0 164 _ . Provincial of Ireland.. 81. p. ct.&bs. 100 o 25 0 0 - [Anverrrisr.mxxz.l-One of the most valuable discoveries for Ditto, New... .....• 81. per cent. 10 0 all - the benefit of mankind is shown by the numerous extraordi. 10nian................ 5%. per cent. 25 0 all - nary cures without medicine of i n di ges ti on (d yspeps i a), fl a t a - South Australia .. ... 101. per cant. 25 0 all 28 % Union of Australia.... Ili. per cent. 25 0 all 5/44 l ens constipation, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, - 210 0 40% cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by DU 91 Union of Hamburg •• .. - 15 0 3 0 0 - Barry's delicious health-restoring Itevaleuta Arabica Food. Union or London...-. 15%. per cent. 50 0 10 0 0 24% The following are not the least remarkable :-Cure N 0.41,617. ' Unity Mutual .... •• • • - . 100 0 50 0 0 - Winchester, Dec. 3, 1847. Gent l emen, -I am happy to be Wqtern Bank or Londn. - 100 0 50 0 0 293 p able to inform you that the person for Nv- h ind your Roralenta - , LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. - -- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. ... Annum. Share. - -- -. X a. d. 4 a. d. rank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 190/- British Linen Coman 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 212105 Caledonian Bank .. .....Si. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 15s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 612,6 d Clydesdale Bank .... 5 ,;', /. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12115 s Commercial Bank .. V. per cent. 500 0 . 0 100 0 0 211/0s Eastern 8ank........ 61. par cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 91 10s Edinb. & Glasgow.... 331. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 168 !Os Northof Scotland Bank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 OSi 58 Royalßank °Neon. .. si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13 7 / 1 8 Union Bank of Scot. •• gl.per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 801 Os Western Bank •• •• •• •• li• per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Alliance Firs and Life.. 04 e. pr cent. 100 Q 0 11 0 0 16110 s British Guarantee .•• 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 I/ 8s Caledonian Fire Inset. 10t.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Lite.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 03/ 125 Colonial Ltfe ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 0 8/ Os Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 26115 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. - ,er cent. 50 0 0 3 b 041 Os Life A.ssoc. of Scotland 61.p0r cent. 40 0 0 ; 3 0 0 11 Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 1 4 0 1118 s North British Incur... 71. per coat. 200 0 0 20 0 0 381 5s Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 it 12s Scottish Provincial ...• - 50 0 0 2 0 02/ 14s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7341. pr cant. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 13s Standard Life ........Si. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 301 Os MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - X s. d. 4 a. d. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 2 0 0 - African Steam Ship • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - • • Assam . .ea .... •• .... 61, per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Auction Mart........ 24/per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Agrlculturl - 25 0 0 19 0 0 29 Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Austrailan loyal Mail - 10 0 0 all - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British Am'srican Land 51. per cent 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ~,• .......... 61. percent 100 0 0 32 10 0 120 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 5 per cent bds 5/.per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto. 6 per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 61. per cont. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto, Gp c. bds 1876 6/. per sent. Stock 100 0 0 - Crystal Palace • 2/. per cent. 5 0 0 all - Ditto Preference 7l pr. cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 - Crys. Palace of France - 4 0 0 all - City N4vigation Bonds 3341. per cent - - - Electric 'Telegraph Eng.& Aus. Cop. Smelt - 5 0 0 all - Eng.&lris. Bag. I'. Co - 50 0 0 all Equitable Reversionry SI per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Dittc New - 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Gen. Severs. & Invest M. p c and 11. 100 0 0 ,00 0 0 - Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim ) - 25 0 0 all - Gen.SteamNavigation Mt. per et. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 2636 London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all 2% Hudson's Bay 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Hungerford ...... •• - Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauro - 10 0 0 all - London Reversionary 5/, per cent. 15 0 o all - Alex. & S. American - 10 0 0 all - Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 5 0 0 451 N.S.V. Gov.sp.c. Deb 5/. per cent. - 100 0 0 - Nor. Br i. Australasian 6d. 1 0 0 per cent. 20 0 0 all - North of Europe, Stm. a/. 17 10 0 - Prlce'sPatent Cand. Co - 25 0 0 all - P e el River.Land&Min. - 5 0 0 all - Pen. & Oriental Steam 77. per cent. SO 0 0 a ll 78 - Ditto New . .... .. 50 0 0 10 0 0 18 • .?. Reversionary Int. Soc, 414 1. p r cen t 100 0 0 nil 17 Ditto New - - Royal Mail Steam ll. p. share. 100 0 0 /if 0 0 39% Scottish Airs. invest l5l. per cent. 10 0 all - South Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 364 Trust and Loan Comp. 73(.,. pr cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 5 Van Diemen's Land - 10s. 100 00 / 28 10 0 11 6 per cent, Rondo - -- 7 [Anvsarisnmsyr.]—One of the most valuable discoveries for - the benefit of mankind is shown by the numerous extraordi• nary cures without medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia), flatu lency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debility, effected by Da Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food. The following are not the least remarkable :—Cure N 0.41,617. Winchester, Dec. 3, 1847. Gentlemen, — l am happy to be able to inform you that the person for wham your Revalenta was procured has derived very great benefit from its use; • distressing symptoms of dropsy, dyspepsia, and constipation of long standing have been removed, and a feeling of restored health induced. Having witnessed th e b ene fi c i a l e ff ects in' the above-mentioned case, I can with confidence recommend it, and shall have much pleasure in doing so whenever an op portunity offers, &c, James Shorland, late Surgeon, 96th' Regiment.—Cure No. 180. "25 years' nervousness, constipa tion, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve., have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London." Supported by testimonials from the following celebrated Pro fessors of Chemistry: Dr. A. U re; Dr. Shorland; Dr. Harvey; Dr, Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingrain ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart; Major Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable per sons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed with full instrao• tious, In canisters, 11b. 2s, Oct.; 21b. 4s. 6d,; 51b. u s. ; 121 b. 225. The 121 b canisters are sent carriage free on re• ceipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry, and Co., 77 Regent-street, London. Important Caution against the fear-. fal dangers of sparions-imitations.—The Vice-Chancellor Sit William Page Wood granted an Injunction on the 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper Nevill for imitating d 4 Du Barry's Ite val en ta Ambles Ford," BIRTHS. SAUNDERS—On the 26th May, at Dhurmsala, in the Panjab, the wife of Reginald Floyer Saunders, Esq., of the Bengal Civil Service, of a d ughter. FORREST —On the 2d inst., at Derby, the wife of Augustug R. Forrest, Esq., of a daughter. LOPES—On the 30th ult,, at• Efford Manor, near Plymouth, the wife of Henry Lopes, Esq., barrister -at-law, of a daughter. Munaar —On the Ist inst., at Byfleet, Mrs. Robt. If. Murray, of a daughter. . • TRELAWNY—On the Ist inst., at Ilarewood, the wife of H R. Trclawny, Etq., of a daughter. MARRIAGES. HANKEY—MEADE-90 the Ist inst., at Castle Cary, John A. Hankey, juu., Esq., son of J. A. Hankey, Esq., of West bourne-terrace, to Charlotte Henrietta, youngest daughter of the Rev. R. J. Meade, vicar of Castle Cary, and pre• beudary of Wells. WESTALL —lTAwiisLur--On the 3d inst., the Rev. William Wtstall, M.A., late curate of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge, to Selina Emma, youngest daughter of the late William llawksley, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square. DEATHS. FALKLAND On the 2d inst., at 32, Albemarle-street, Amelia, coitu t., at W es t -s t ree t , B os t on, Th omas Fricker. Esq., Alderman, many y ears propri e t o r o f the i i s En vu sthFetk2ldAncliii Fit:ci Li,leoloshire Herald," agel 47. aREENSIIIELD 3— On the 24th ult., at Bellevue House, Millar nock, Thema, Greenshields, Esq., aged 79. HE:um:sox —On the 2d inst., at 27, South Clerk-street Edinburgh, Thomas Henderson, Esq., M.D., late of the NORRIS—On the Ist inst., at Lower Streatham, Anne Eliza beth, relict of the late James Norris, Esq., of Spencer Lodge, Wandsworth-common. WILL , Ams—On the Ist inst., at his father's residence, 5, Priory-street, Cheltenham, John James Lloyd Williams, Captain 73a llegt., aged 28. LormoN Printed and Published by itiUltDO 1:01114t;,, of No. 112, Strand, Piintor, at TL'. Sun Office, No' I]2, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Mon lay, July 5, 1855. Z a. d. s. d. 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