The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-05 00:00:00

GERMANY. The Leipsic Gazette, of the 29th ult. states, from Berlin, that t he Ministers have a g reed to propose certain modifications of the Prussian Constitution to the Chambers under form of a Bill. The plan is to maintain the Chambers, but to reduce their powers to those of the States. This has been proposed by AI. de Manteuffel, an d the other Ministers have accepted the idea. The New Prussian Gazette, of the 30th ultimo, announces that the new treaty of commerce between the Zollverein and Belgium may be considered as good as concluded, only a few formalities remaining still to be accomplished. The treaty is to subsist for two years, the treaties of the Zollverein having still that time to run. Nevertheless, Prussia is authorised to give notice in the month of September, 1852, if it be her intention to withdraw from the treaty on the Ist of January, 1853. By this treaty the duty on Belgian iron is increased by one-half; ail the other joo difications are insignificant. The Prussian Gazette, a semi-official paper, has an article on the negotiations which have been for some time going on in order to bring about the Austrian commercial and customs union. The writer labours to prove that Austria has at length been convinced of the necessity of joining the Z Alverein ' if she would replenish her exchequer by the revival of commerce, arid find a new ontlo; for her paper money. ITALY. A letter from Rome of the 17th ult., in the Genoa Gazette, states that everything was quiet there at the time, but . that the number of patrols had been in creased during the night time. Some domiciliary visits had . been made, but with no result. An abbe, named Chiani, had been stilettoed a few days before, but it was believed he would recover. It was ru moured that the Pope intended establishing a colle g e of Jesuits at Sinigaglia. A letter from Rome, in the Opinione of Turin, states that the Papal Government has given orders for the construction in England of a steamer of 40-horse power for the repression of smuggling on the Roman coast. A letter froth Naples, in a Frankfort jour ial. says :—" After the bombardment of Messina, Lord Palmerston demanded an indemnity for the damagea sustained by En g lish subjects. The matter was referred to a commission, which fixed a sum, without however taking account of the interests that had become due. Mr. Temple, the English Minister at Naples, declared that he would accept the amount. But Lord Palmerston demanded a larger sum, with interest. The Neapolitan Government has just ac ceded to his demand." The Piedinontese Gazette of the 30th ult., pub lishes the law recently passed, authorising the Go vernment to eollect the taxes for the month of January, 1852. In its sittings of the 29th ult., the Piedmontese Senate passed the B ill on military conscription by 43 to 10. The Chamber of Deputies on the same day adjourned the debate on the treaty of commerce with Austria to the 2d of January. The Parma Gazette publishes a decree which enacts that all offences of sedition, high treason, tampering with the fidelity of the troops, distributing revolu tionary publications, &c., shall be punished with death. Minor offences of the kind are to be punished by imprisonment or the galleys. MALTA. We have received the Malta papers to 23d ult. Oa the 18th, Colonel Reid, the new governor, took the oath of allegiance, and his seat as President of the Council of Government. He then opened the session with an address, in which he announced his intention of proposing the reduction of the tonnage dues for merchant vessels. A Bill to that effect was accord ingly introduced by the chief secretary, and the first reading was agreed to. THE ARMY AND NAVY: (From the United Service Gazette.) Major-General Chesborough Grant Falconer, K.H. (late promotion), Inspecting Field Officer in the Liverpool Recruiting District, has been placed upon the list of General Officers receiving the unattached pay of twenty-five shillings per diem. This officer entered the service in 1795, but Hart is silent as to his war services. Lieutenant Sir R. Newman, Bart., 71st Foot, has been appointed an extra aide-de-camp to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Captain E. C. Butler, 36th Foot, and Lieutenant Viscount Kirkwall, 923 Foot, have succeeded Captain Lawley, of the Life Guards, and Captain Middleton, of the Artillery, :as aides-de-camp to the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Captain the Hon. W. L. Pakenham, 7th Fusiliers, is appointed assistant military secretary to Lieutenant- General Ellice. at Malta ; and Captain the Hon. E. P. Herbert, 431 Foot, has ceased to be one of the aides de-camp to the Lieutenant-General. Captain the Earl of Erroll, Rifle Brigade, has been succeeded as Deputy-Assistant Qaartermaster- Gene ral at Montreal by Captain Ingall, Unattached, who vacates the seine office at Quebec. Lieutenant-Colonel J. Cornell Chads, Retired Full Pay, Ist West India Regiment, is administering the government ef the Virgin Islands. Captain P.-a;t, 36th Foot, has succeeded Captain Maxwell, 66th, as Deputy-Assistant Adjutant- General at Barbadoes. Lieut Coaron, 31 West India Regiment, is Fort Adjutant at Hosiduras. The Garrison Adjutancy at Gambia i; vacant. Lieut. Lewes has succeeded Captain Mackenzie as Acting Adjutant to the depot of the 3d Buffs. ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM.—The rumour which reached us, that Major Paget was to succeed Major- General Brown as commandant of this excellent asylum, does not appear to have been well founded. We learn that the appointment has been conferred upon Colonel Slade, of the 90th Regiment. STAFF. —Major-General W. Cochrane, Deputy- Adjutant-General to the Forces serving in Ireland, has proceeded on leave of absence. Captain Kenneth D. Mackenzie, 92 ,- 1 (Gerdon) Highlanders, Deputy- Assistant Adjutant-General, will perform the duties of the department at the Royal Hospital, Dublin. Kilmainharn, Rol AL ENGINEERS.—Captain Fanshawe, R.E., having resigned his P ointment of A d j utant to the corps, has been succeeded P he Captain Harry St. George Ord. Captain Fansha wi pAbney. ro ceeds to Wahham MONTHLY MILITARY oBITUARY' Bath. General—Paul Ander son, C. 8., Cot Lieutenant-Ueueral—Si r G.A. Q,aea S 1 . 1 F i 7 n, C. B:: London. Colonel—Bradslava, C. 8., Goth F., Kulsowlie, Bengal. Lieutenant Colon- ls—Goodman, 27th F., Dublin; Col lington, R. Art., Athlone; P,.55-nter, C.B. late 9-4th F., Bath. I ret. ls f. ; p o . r , s- 97 I h aars F n . „ r 3 e l t a . x f w .p el , to 7 w 7 n th , ., in j t.erseY Cannon, Brown, Unatt., Preston Kirk, N.B. rieshire; CAp;ains—Austen, 73,1 F., Cane of G ood Deate, Can. Rif. Reg..,. Niagara; Fry, h.p, I,I I T , ; Sandwith, h.p., 38 th F.. Wexford; Hon. S. m, G a "•; h.p., 1031 F.; Smith, Adj., Sussex Militia. rdne r , Lieutenants—Norris, 6th F. (of wounds), c,, pa of i Good Hope; Hardy , 3 d W. I. RT., Gambia; C arter, h.p., 6th F.; Cleary, h.p , 76th F.; Brohier, h.p., York Chasseurs; Stratton (Sub-Lieut.), h.p., lute of Sappers and Miners, Devonport; W. Stevens (Sub-Lieut.), h.p., late of Sappers and Miners, Penzance. Ensigna—Clarke, 67th F., London; Hon. W. H. Lysaght, 86th F., Poona; Hamond, h.p., 71st F.; Harvey, h.p., Corsican Ringers. P,lymasti r—Vernon, 38th F., Winchester. Quartermatiters—W. Thompson, h.p., Sco. Fus. Gds.; Henstock, h.p., sth F.; Sleator, h.p., 97th F. Deputy Commissary General—G. Elliot, h.p. Veterinary Surgecn—Edlin, 7th Dr. Gds., Birmingham. QUARTERLY NAVAL SERVICE OBITUARY. Flag Officers—(Reserved Half Pay) Vice-Admiral — James Noble. Rear-Admiral—Cuthbert Featherstone Daly. Retice:i Rear-Admirals —John Tancock, Henry Gage Morris, Thomas Renr , ick, Captains—James Wilkinson, William Preston. Charles lece ha , Crles Marson Moncrieffe Wright Reserved Half Grint, Francis Ormond.. Retired — Thomas Goldwire luston. Commander —Samuel Sparshot, James Caulfield, Ar chibald Gibson Bulman, Alfred Miles, William Richard Smith. Reserved Half Pay—Robert Rochfort, William Henry Symon s, Jacob Loy Young. Retired—Richard Bourne, William C ampbell, John William Trotter. Lieutenants—John Davies, John R. Thompson, Roger L. Curtis, Alfred O. Hansard, Selby Lilburn, Fred e rick F. Nichol son, James C. W. N. Taylor, Joha A. Sand ford, John G wyone. Reserved Half Pay—Robert Jones, Edmund John Piper, Joseph W. Martin, Francis Gray, George Gahan, Charles Julius Seccombe. Masters—William Strachan, Donald McLean, John Pascoe. S2condMastera—Ezskiel Angier,WilliamFenton Hort. MEDICAL OFFlCEll9.—SUrg.olls—Char!es Kennedy, Charles Inches, k - 1 • 11 , Cilarles Priaulx, John Corn thwaite Bowman, Alexander Leith Ernslie, James Alex ander Scott Arldiion, Thorna3 Wallington. A,si.stant-Surgeons M.D., Alexander Blyth. J ames Nathaniel D erriman, R :YAL _MARlNES.—Cantains—Richard John 3, John Wale, Philip Patilarche; Henry Bremer. First Lieutenants—Charl es ' John aianners, Richard Yates, Stuirt ivtoubr v3o,r,g, Paymasters and Fur-,,rA a R., Harris Harrington. Dove, Frederick Horton , nSgthougg.ar, Henry WHEAT CROP.—The wheat crop has - seldom been so backward at this season as it is this year. A la r ge por tion was sown late, the severe weather set in immediately, and for some weeks the blade did not make its appearance at all. Within the last fortnight it has shot a b ove t h e ground ; it appears to be slender, but at the same time healthy.—Lin colnshire Chronicle. THE R.AWAL 11131 - 1 COLLIERY EXPLOSION. —The subscription in aid of the families of the sufferers by the late fearfu I 3 xplosion at Rawmarsh progresses satisfactorily. It has already reached between 7001. and 8001., and it i s ex . riected to be greativ increased. THE SUN, RACING FIXT FEBRI Lincoln Spring . 3 URES FOR 1852. TARY. I Carmartheashire Hunt 9 Liverp00l Spring Coventry... D o ncaster Spring I Warwick Spring APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven ... 12 Mallon Abergavenny l5 Newmarket F. S 26 MAY. Chester Spring Newmarket S. S. Shrewsbury l2 Epsom 25 JUNE. Manchester ... Ascot . Beverley .... 9 Winchester I Hampton Newcastle ................22 I Ludlow JULY. ...., Newmarket ............... 61S tam f or d 2O Worcester ............... 6 1 Nottingham 2O Lancaster ............... 7 G oo d woo d Liverpool ................ 141 AUGUST. North Staffordshire Brighton Reading SEPT. Warwick 7 Doncaster Eglinton Club 2l Bedford OCTI Chester Yorkshire Union Hunt 6 Wrexham NOVEY Worcester Autu, York Egham :MBER. Leicester 92 Manchest..ft Autumn Newmarket F. O. Newmarket S. 0. Holywell Hunt Newmarket Houghton 25 BER. Lam 2 SOUTHERN AFRICA. The following is an extract from a letter, dated Eikhams, Namagua Land, Aug. 16, 1851 : " I have returned after a journey not quite so long as I had hoped to have made. Of perfectly new country I have explored about 500 miles out, return ing by much the same route. I did not quite reach the Portuguese, or the magnificent intervening river, of which the Cavene is only a branch. Those abominable waggons have been like a dragchain upon me, but everything has ended well and we have had no sickness. I have had plenty of occupation in mapping the country. My guns have been quite idle, as there is little or no game of any sort. After leaving the furthest missionary station I found myself between the two principal black chiefs, who were on the eve of fighting ; however, I contrived to get my party clear of the massacre and passed on without guides, being also fortunate enough to find suffi cient water from place to place, for the oxen as well as for ourselves—so that in that way we had no hardships. The country was a dense mass of thorns—not simple straight thorns like a quickset hedge, but curved like fishhooks. The oxen would not face them—it was terrible work to drive them on. I often tried the strength of these thorns by fasten ing a piece of rag to a spring balance, and pulling until the thorn broke—one thorn stood a pull of 271 b. Our clothes were in rags, and at first our skins were very painful from being so much torn, especially as the scratches generally festered—but we grew har dened in time. I found my way to the reported Lake Omabondi, which was dry as dust—not a drop of water in the reeds. From the natives' description we had reckoned upon seeing a large sheet of water, about thirty miles by eight. It was, however, no thing but a watercourse 300 yards broad, and in the rainy season might be two miles long. Lake N'gami I have not tried for. I travelled on northward ; we moved very slowly—the waggons had to crush through everything, and the oxen would not pull through the thorns. After 300 miles I reached the end of the country of the Ovakerers, where was a large village. Thence I endeavoured to get guides on to the Ovam po, but the chief would not give them ; so we set off alone, as we were resolved not to be beaten. As we were j tut starting the oxen were frightened, and set off at a trot. There was in front of them a great stump, apparently rotten, but in reality a hard strong tree. The near fore wheel of my best waggon came against this, and crash went the whole concern. We set to work, brought the oxen alongside, made a hedge of thorns, cleared the ground, and at once dispatched a party to cut down trees to mend it. The road had been so stony and execrable in every way that it would have been folly to have ventured on with an axletree of green wood ; therefore the waggons necessarily had to remain there while the trees seasoned. I upon this halved my party, and Anderson and myself saddled our oxen and moved on to the north. We found a man who said he could take us in a fifteen days' journey on to the Ovampo; but he led us all wrong, and we were hardly put to it for water. All kinds of little disasters occurred. We made three attempts to proceed, and the third time most fortu nately met a trading party from Ovampo, who had come down to buy cattle ; so we returned with them, waited three long weeks until they were ready to go back to their own country, and then accompanied them hither. After 200 miles' travel the bushes and thorns suddenly ceased, and the charming corn country of Mondongo, with is palms and fruit trees, lay before us. I rode off to the King, and crowned him straightway with that great theatrical crown which I picked up one day in London before starting, thinking that it might come in opportunely among the savages. He was a brute, fat as a tub, but his people were most hospitable. The journey had lasted longer than I expected. My oxen were in a sad state—footsore, and with galled backs. I had to buy and carry back provisions, as we had but little cattle left. The Cavene River was four or five days ahead, but Naugoro (the King) would not allow us to go on to it. Had I been able to remain with him for three or four weeks I might have over persuaded him, as he had a strong dislike to gunpowder ; but it was impos sible to stay, as my waggons and men were left in such a precarious situation. I therefore packed 5001 b. of corn, flour, beans, and so forth on my oxen, and returned. I found my waggon well mended, the axletree better than before, and about sixty sheep and a few oxen had been bought by my men, and added to our store during my absence. We returned without accident of any sort, by a slightly different road, and I am now with the Namaqua chief. I told you in my last letter that I made peace all over his country, and it has been admirably kept during my absence. I have therefore given Jouker (the chief) a cocked hat and an old ambassador's coat of Mr. —, with which he is highly delighted. I now intend going to the east for a little elephant shooting, and I shall ex change everything I have for ivory (of which the Na maNuas there have an abundance), take it down to Walwich Bay, and start by the missionary ship for the Cape or for St. Helena, either in December or January, unless another opportunity offer for going :further into the country. A trading party of blacks, from the Portuguese country, were at Mondongo while I was there, but I was unable to send letters by them, for the people are very superstitious there, and would have nothing to do with written things. I have, of course, found out much about the country of great interest. A posse of missionaries are a b out t o follo w say route. The Ovampos are really a charming tribe of Negroes, but every other nation I have either seen villag e °r heard of are brutal and barborous to an incredible degree. giltigeOthveartion,a,a very extended nation, attacked a men andthe other day for fun, and after killing all the downwards on by Women they took the children, tied their le the ancles, and strung them head tity of reeds tally between a long pole, which ' they fixed horizon- While the child; underneath trees; they then collected a quan tity and half suffocated, children, them and set alight to them. dancing and singing Poor wretches, ,were dying, half " Mondongo is the cor n —the capital, where thnern them. they amused themselves by country of Ovampo Land latitude 17 deg. 57 min This was my furthest . down in latitude 19 deg. 30 point, Th e 16 deg. 45 min. min., longitude Naugoro, lives, is in min., waggons broke 20 min. The furthest point : e n., longitude 18 deg. be fore is latitude 22 deg., longitud e e n l "FL& deg. 50 min. I ‘ ) s 3r Europeans NCIS GALTON." EXTENSION OF STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION. The extension of postal communication by stea m - vessels proposed to be established from the principal ports of the United States on the great lines of com mercial traffic with Europe, Central America, and the East, has now assumed an importance which entitles it to consideration. By the official report of the Postmaster-General of the United States, we find that offers have been made to his department to contract for a mail service from New York to Ant werp:; from New York, by Gibraltar, Marseilles, and Toulon, to Genoa; from Philadelphia to Antwerp, and for the extension of the New York and Havre line to Bremen ; from New York to San Francisco by the Nicaragua route ; from Philadelphia to Havannah; from N ew York to New Orleans, by ocean steamers, in connexion with a contemplated railroad service across the State of Florida; from New York to Gal way, in Ireland; from New York to Venezuela by way of St. Thomas and other West India islands; fcom San Francisco to China and Calcutta. Other lines have been projected to the Brazils and other parts of Central and South America, but have not been submitted to the Government. As regards the lines to Antwerp, it is stated that the Belgian Government is ready to co-operate in speedy establishment and in th e ir mainte nthaernice, as they would be exceedingly advantageous to the two countries, not only as respects their postal intercourse, but also, in a much higher de gree, as respects their commercial interests. The proposition 'or the establishment of a line of mail steamers between New York and Galway is to carry the mail for ten years in steam-ships, readily eon. CANALS. I .4 ' m Dividend Names of 2 . Dividend Names of Price. .-. A I per Companies. , 11 per Companies. A Annum. Price, cc Annum. in ....--- - I -_.!- X 1 £ Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. et. 140 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 50 6arnsley.• •• i 160, - - Neatk ••• • • • 1001 161. - arknk&Abrgllso l 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13!. 135 3irminghana l 40; 41. 9334 Peak Forest. 78 I 31. 18 a. 70 Coventry.. •• I 100' 251. 200 Regent's •• • • 33 11. 3s. 1834 Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rocbdale...• 85 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 IN p. ct. 3535 Somrset Coal 1 50 - .3randJunctn(loo 3/. pr. ct. 48 Do.LkFdSt 12 - - Do., 6 pr. Ct.; 10 61. pr. ct. 11% Stffrti &Wore 1 40 281. 405 Grand Surrey I 100 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury., 125 - '3rand Union,loo 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 1 ,,, 201. 290 Mennt& Avn' 39 4s. Od. 5% Severn and) - Lancaster • ; 100 1 - - wy e R a n . t 26 21. Os. 24 I.eeds&Livrp 100 201. 405 Warwick& 40 j Leicester .... ; 100 5/. 66 Ilirmi ng. IN 41. Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton. i Leicstr &Nth 'B3 41. 44% W arw i c k& 1 100 31 . 28 Nfonmouthsh 100 - - Worcstr 8;} 78 31. 33 ‘,lntgomrysh l loo - - Bi rm i ng. MeltnMwbry• 100 - - Wilts & Brks - lls. 6d.. 7% OILS-LIGHT AND COME COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ - Z. s. d. Z. s. d. British •• ••••-• • • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 11% Ditto rrovincial.• •• 11. 83. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brighton ••••-• • • • • • 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London ••• • • • 61. 160 0 0 150 0 0 130 Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 39% Equitable •••••• • • • • • 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27% Imperial ... .-•• • • • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68 independent... .. •• • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London.• .... •••• •• • • _ 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 - Pho3nix • - •• • • • • •• .. 41. 50 0 0 49 0 0 I 26% Ratcliff .. •• • .. ••• • •• 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 , - United General •... •. 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 42 Ditto, New •• - -... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 ..... LIST or SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRIC:1311 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 198% Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank-- •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank •. • . 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 177 Eastern Bank.. •• •• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 3N Exehangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 42 0 0 8 National Bank 6% per cent. 56 0 0 10 0 0 15% Northof Scotlandßank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 27 Royalßank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 134 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89% Western Bank -••• • • - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 68% Affiance Fire and Life 8% /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 2114 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 3/. 158 Colonial Life ...• Edlnburgll Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21% Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 ,31. 15s liationalFire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 255.6 d c r Standardn:tae dm ie)o ef Lifepc Ar as ttish Union Insrnc . • .6d •••• •• North British Incur. 0 . 6 %1. 1 p . per cent. 200 0 0 20 1 0 0 ai r% Sco Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s Cd p suran MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount anY• per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------- - --_--------- s. s. d. £. s. 4. - 20 0 0 20 0 0 9% Assam Tea .•••• • ' • • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 - 26% Auctien Mart ••.• • • • • I/ 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian Agriculturl 35 0 0 20% Australian Trust •• • • 6/. per 108. . cent. - 10 0 0 10 0 0 2 4 % Anglo-Mexican Mint.. - 210 0 - Ditto, Half Sha re s.. -- 38 10 0 - British American Land 32 10 0 49 Canada .....,•,,,,•• 61 er Cent. 100 0 0 - Do. 5 per cent - Bonds - 109 Ditto, 6pr ct. B on d s 61 . percent. - - - 93% City Navigation Bo n d s 31 per cent • 01 100 0 0 1 00 0 0 95 Gen. Revers. &Inve s t. 5 p.c. & bs • - .: Eqnitable Reversienry 51 p r . c ent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 107% . Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 710 0 15 0 0 14 0 0 27% Gea.SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. Hudson's Bay .......• - Stock. - 206 100 0 0 47 Ilungerford .. - London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 6 % Sew Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 easel Institution.... - - 26 5 0 - Peclinslr& Orient.Stm. 81. p. c.Bc bs. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 100% Royal Mail Steam •. - 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 81 South Australian..... li. per share. 25 0 0:25 0 0 23 % k anDieman's Land.. 1 - Mil 029 0 0 I FIRE EscarEs.—By the returns of the secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, it appears the fire escape stations have been increased to 31, and that during the past year 249 fires have been attended by their men and fire escapes, and that they were instrumental .11 rescuing 24 persona at 9 different fires. IBER. LONDON, vented into war steamers, for 100,000 dolls. per annum for each ship employed, or to contract fer such service, and receive for it only the portages which shall arise from such mail matter as may be actually transmitted in the ships of the proposed line. This proposition is recommended to the early and favourable consideration of Congress by the Postmaster-General, for the reason that he considers it would lessen the time now occu pied for the transmission of the mails between the United States and England, and for other cogent reasons not directly connected with its usefulness for mail purposes. The report also states that, looking to the eventual establishment of a steam male line between California and China vidi the Sandwich Islands, the postmaster at San Francisco has been in structed to open a mail service with those countries, by every convenient opportunity afforded by vessels employed in those seas. For the establishment of a steam mail service on this route, a Bill is now before the American Congress. The extensions of steam mail service in this country are—the proposed con tracts for the conveyance of mails to Australia by way of the Cape and Singapore in alternate months ; a contract for the conveyance of mails to the coast of Africa ; and the extensio❑ of the Indian and China service by way of the Mediterranean.—Chr•niele. PRICES OF SHARES :N BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CODS , PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2. SOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Same of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- - X s. d. X s. d. -.„ Australasia •••••• - •• 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 3914 BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Colonial .• •••••• . • • •• 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -- Gloucestershire ••- •• 15/per cent. - - - lonian •••••• • • - - •• 6/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County •• 61. per cont. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Loudn and Westnainstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock .• . 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Provincialof Ireland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New.• •• • .... 18 /. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Rational of Ireland .• , 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provncial of En. ' 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. - Oriental Bank Corpora. - 25 0 0 25 0 0 80 South Australia •• -- 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia.... , 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 35 Ditto •........... - 1 SI. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. -.• 171. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .• •• • 1 - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -.-- --- ,- - - 4 8. d. X s. d. Albion ••••••• • • • •• • • 31. 108. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s.6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 214 Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 424 Atlas •• • ••• • Argus Life .. -• • • - 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 British Commercial - 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7 1 4 Clericl,Med.&Gen.Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 27% County •• •••••• „ • • • • 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Crown 14s. 40 0 0 5 0 0 15 Eagle .... ........ Eqity and Law .. •• •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 4% r.:uropean Life ••• • • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 12 General •••••• • • • • • • - 5 0 0 PP 54 Globe ••.••••• • • • • • • • 61. per cent. Stock. 133 Guardian .... ••••• • • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 4b 0 0 55 Imperial Fire -••• • • • 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 245 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 18 Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 20 0 0 48 Law Fire •••••- •• •• 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Life •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 4% London Fire .... -• • 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 2074 London Ship . .... 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 20% Nlarine ••••••• • • • • .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 154 Med. Invlid&Gen. Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2% Monarch ••••••• • • • • • - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s. National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% ?alladium Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Phcenix •••••• . • . . • • • • 31. p. sh. & bs. - - 160 Professional Life.. •• - 51. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 1711.6 d Provident Life ••• • - -1/. ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 30 Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • ss. 80 0 010 0 6% goyal Exchange 6/. p.ct. & be. Stock. all 225 Sun Fire •••••• • • • •• ~• 61. 10s. - /2 209 Ditto Life .• •••• • • • • 11. 6s. 1 0 - 48 U n ited Kingdom •• Jniversal Life.... - - 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - A z toria Life.. 51. per cnt. - 412 6 5% ___------- BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. An p n er um. Share. ei Paid. Price. ----------- -- - - X. s. d. X. 8. d. liungerford • • • • • • •• • • - - - 15 Southwrk ••..•• •• • • - 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 754 p•o. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ...• •••• •• • • - 100 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21. Bs. Od. - GO 0 0 244 Ditto Nw ditto 0f.71. 21. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall •• .. .• • Av. 21. 70 10 8 - 18 WATER-WORKS 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X S. el. X s. d. East London. ..... .. •• 8/. & bs. 100 0 0 - - Grand Junction •••• •• 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 67 Kent.. -•••••• .• • • • • 41. per cut. 100 0 0 - 81 Lambeth •••-•• • • • • • • Sl. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 New River Company • • 21. 10s. - - GO Vauxhall .• •••• - - - , 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 97 West Middlesex . . . 61.08. pr cnt.l - - 106 DOGREL Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- X s. d. 4 s• d. Commercial .. • • ...... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 85% East and West Ind' a ... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 145 East Country -••••- . 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London .• • • •-• • • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 121 Ditto Bonds.• ••• • .. 41. per cent. - - - it. Katharine ••••• • •• 3% per cent. Stock. - 81 Ditto Bonds • • •• • . • • 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• ••• • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1852. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.) IN HE JOHN HINE MAY—JUDGMENT. This bankrupt, a draper, of Camden-town, applied a short time since for his certificate, and judgment was deferred. His HONOUR now gave judgment as follows : The bankrupt asks for his certificate. The assignees object on general grounds, and two creditors—Mr. Warwick and Messrs. Bradbury and Co.—on special grounds. The general grounds are—firstly, gaining credit by misrepresentation ; secondly, not keeping proper books ; and, thirdly, reckless trading. The alleged misrepresentation was that the bankrupt, through Messrs. Parker and Hine, whom he had made his referees, and one of whom, Mr. Hine, was a re lation of his, gave out that he bad a capital of 2,0001., which representation, as it is alleged, was not true. The evidence, however, does not satisfy me that he ever authorised the exact representation made by Mr. Parker. That gentleman was examined before me, but he could not go further than to say that he had an impression that the bankrupt had told him he bad such capital, though bow he came by the impression he could not exactly state. He never took down any statement in writing. Now the bankrupt had married, in 1848, a lady who had 7741., and expectations besides. His wife's sister had the same sum, which she let him have on loan, and her mother had 6801., which she also ler t him. These three sums amounted to 2,000/. and upwards. The mother and sister came to live with him, and led him to expect th a t he wou ld h ave the use of their money for his trade so long as he paid interest. In 1849 his mother-in-law died, and on her death he appears to have received, partly in right of his wife and partly by the consent of his sister-in-law, a further con s id era bl e sum . T o sa y that, under such circumstances as these, he had wil fully conveyed falsehoods to his creditors through Mr. in my o pi n i on , b e m ost unjust. therefore, I entirely acquit him. And that I wish cr e dit ors , when con sidering whether to give credit or not, would look more to the prospects of their intended debtor than to his supposed wealth. Creditors ought not to trust capital. They ought to trust prudence, experience, knowledge of businees, and the sort of business which is being carried on. Had the creditors in this case inquired, not how much capital the bank rupt had to lose in his business, but whether his business was likely to prosper, they would have seen ample grounds for caution. They might have learned that he was a young man without experience; that the capital was not the result of his own industry, but an incident of marringe ; and that he had taken a shop at Camden-town, where two predecessors had failed ; and from these circumstances they might have anticipated that the capital so easily acquired would soon melt away under the influence of youth, inexperience, and an ill-chosen site. To none of these circumstances, however, did they look. All that they looked to was how much capital he had to lose. But is this right ? The practical result h, that in less than three years himself, his wife, and his wife's sister, a re re d u ced from comparative afflu ence to penury. C ap it a l s oon melts away i n th e hands of inexperience, stimulated to folly by the sudden possession of apparently ample funds. The other general charges are, the not keeping proper books:and reckless trading; and of these it is im possible to acquit him. Good book-keeping is almost the only security for success in business, and this he utterly neglected. He did not even keep a cash account, which is the basis of all bookkeeping. His trading was also reckless, for it appears by his accounts thatwhile his profits for three years were almost no thing, his outlay for shop improvements was 3001. ; his trade expenses were 3,000/. ; and his domestic ex penses 9001. and upwards; and when the natural result of this was that he was unable to meet his payments, he endeavoured to postpone the evil day by borrowing and pawning goods at heavy interest. There is, how ever, some set-off against these grounds of complaint, for, from the m oment th a t his creditors call e d f or in vestigation, he a cce d e d to their wish, put himself en tirely into th e i r h an d s , a nd appears to have t o ld th e whole truth without the least disguise. He has also given up everything that he had remaining, and the result is an actual receipt under his estate of 2,000/. and upwards. I heartily wish the case had rested here; for had there been nothing more I might, having regard to his youth and the sufferin gs i n which he has i nvo l ve d himself, his wife, and sister-in law, have merely suspended his certificate and given him protection. But, unfortunately, under bad advice uhettwerly i was induced on, to give orders for goods to Mr. the 24th of July last, when he was Warwick and Messrs. Bradbury and Co. (who are the creditors who complain on these special grounds), and to Messrs. Mair and Co., for the express purpose of having those goods pawned at once to raise the funds necessary to meet a demand upon him. It is impossible to characterise this otherwise than as a gross fraud. If there are palliating circumstances—. and Ido not say they are—they are these, that the pressure upon the bankrupt was great, the peril to a friend was immediate, the advice he received fro m certain parties was most wicked, and in the hurry of the moment he had not strength of character to resist the pressure. The goods he so obtained were under 1001., and he says—and I am disposed to believe him —that he meant to redeem them as soon as possible after his return home. I cannot, however, say judie suspend his cer tifi cate, b ut re f use cially that these are even palliating circumstan ces , i .from arrest. If , h owever, a and therefore I must, in the disch arge o f my pu bli c tor, however j us tl y i n di gnant at ti u rt n t o y tn , hgepe D rdo o t t e c c o t ri n oe l lad y fraud, should concur with me in thinking that the transactions of the 24th of July were the re sult more of feebleness of character than of knavery, and should abstain from the power of arrest put into his hands, I shall not regret it. If the power should be exercised, I M shall release him aft er th ree mon th s ' imprisonment. y judgment is that his certificate is postponed for two years from the dat e o f th e bank ruptcy, wi thout protection. An applicati on made by Mr. A. Turner for the Court's sancti on to p rosec ute the bankrupt at the ex pense of the estate , wa s refused. Mr. Lawrance was f or the bankrupt. IN RE W. STRANGE, JUN. The bankrupt was a publisher of Paternoster-row. The accounts pr e p ared by Mr. Butler showed debts ':395l 7 unsecured, 1,3521 . Th e asse t s we re —good 6/. ; property g i ven up, 146 1 .; ditt o s_e c o r d d debts,in the hands of creditors, 2921. Th e pro fi ts h a d been 4,305/. Amou nt paid to W. Strange, sen., 1,282/. , trade expenses, 2,606/ ; personal ditto, 4821. His HONOUR granted a third-class certificate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE GUILDHALL. Mrs. Dawson alias Phabe Blakeney, who was charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in 1833, by making affidavit in Doctors - commons that she was the only natural and lawful daughter of the late ➢Trs. Elam, widow of Lieutenant Elam, of the Bth Garrison Battalion, appeared before Alderman Farebrother for further examination rela tive to that charge. Mr. Huddlestone, on behalf o f Mi ss El a m, said that he had no evidence t o o ff er b eyon d the facts already in the possession of th e magistrate, but that, from inquiries made by Messrs. Cotterell, they had not the least doubt of being able, on a subsequent of Miss Georgina Elam, and that she would als o b e ent i tle d to a part, if not the whole of the propert y M rs. Dawso n was charged with unlawfully administering to, a s the only occasion, to prove the legitim acy next of kin. With regard t o the charge against that lady, he should leave it in th e h ands o f t h e wo rthy alderman to adjudicate upon. Mr. Ballantine, in reply, said that this, like all other empty charges, had ended with a bombastic flourish of trumpet s , and, in abandon i ng t h e c h arge , these parties came f orward and stated that t h ey cou ld prove everything, but had proved nothing. Mrs. Dawson had al ways been the kindest f r i en d Miss Elam ever had ; s h e had clothed, fed, sheltere d, a nd protected her; an d yet she (Mrs. D awson ) was dragged from h er h ome to a police-cour t , con fi ne d in a cell, and her ad m i ss i on to bail oppose d by th e prose cution, and that, too, without the slightest regard to the woman, her position, f o r such a gross violation of o r even common courtesy, and without any ground the criminal law o f this country. Th ey f ai l e d in every point upon whi c h the charge was groun d ed, and throughout these proceedings they had kept the real prosecutors myst er i ously concea l e d, an d Mi ss E lam had been merely a puppet in the hands of parti e s behind the screen, who pulled the wires and set the whole affair in motion, but who would, when a further inquiry took place elsewhere be unmasked and punished for this conspiracy. There was no doubt this g i rl (Miss Elam) had b een picked up anywhere, and palmed off up on When Mrs. El am died Mrs. Dawson, i nstead of ad ministering immediate) l a te weak Lord Portarlington. ediately to the property, consulted Mr. Palmer, w h o is well known as a highly respect able solicitor, and was advised by him to take out letters of administration ; and so satisfied was he:of the validity of her claim that he became co-security for the whole amount, and signed the bond accord ingly. It was true that the morality of the intimacy between Mrs. Dawson and Lord Portarington was rather questionable, but, since his Lordship's death, she had been living a virtuous and respectable life, and was therefore entitled to the respect due to her position. Alderman FARERROTHER said, no proof bad been given of Miss Elam being the daughter of Mrs. Elam, and, in absence of that, he must discharge the case. Mrs. Dawson occasion, was th en di scharged. who attended voluntarily on this Upwards of five hundred locomotives were em ployed on the various metropolitan lines to convey the cattle to the Christmas cattle Shop and market. DESTRUCTIVE FIRES Last night two extensive conflagrations happened within two hours of each other, on the Surrey side of the water, both of which were attended with con siderable loss of property. The first fire commenced at a few minutes before six o'clock on the premises belonging to Mr. T. Tip per, timber merchant, carrying on business at 28, Gravel-lane, Southwark. It was discovered by one of the workmen living in the private house adjoining the yard, as the flames shot up from a pile of slight wood stacked near the counting-house. The man immediately gave an alarm, and having called for as sistance several persons arrived, and the utmost efforts were made to extinguish the fire, but without success. It kept rapidly extending until piles and layers of timber covering about 100 square feet were in flames. The engines of the Brigade, West of England, Messrs. Hodges, the distillers, and some others, reached the spot with as little delay as por sible. The flames were then rising several yards into the air, while volumes of sparks and immense flakes of burping material were falling along the carriage roads, and :also upon the housetops for a long distance, threatening every building near with destruction. At the same time the inhabitants of Gravel-lane and Bear-lane were throwing their furniture out of window, to the danger of the passers-by. The engines were set to work under the command of Messrs. Henderson, Connorton, and Hambleton, but, in spite of the vast torrents of water thrown upon the fire, it continued to extend itself. Two persons named Swale and Nott rushed into a store filled with veneers, which they removed, and by that means saved much property ; for, had the veneers not been taken away, the flames would have been fed to such an extent that, in all probabilty, every house in Bear-lane would have been gutted. The firemen, although exposed to great danger, kept to their work, and, by following the fire as it was travelling round the adjoining premises, they were at length enabled to encompass it at every point, and prevent further danger. The main body of fire, however, continued for some time to roar with a noise like several fur naces in full work. Many tons of water were kept pouring upon it, and by seven o'clock it was declared by the firemen to be completely within their control. The property destroyed will reach a very large amount, for, although Mr. Tipper's property is far from being entirely destroyed, an enormous area has been laid waste and costly piles of timber consumed. A great deal of damage has likewise been done to the property of Mr. Rutt, also a timber merchant ad joining, and five houses in Gravel-lane are much in jured by tearing out the windows and breakage. The furniture of the occupants is likewise very seriously damaged from the same cause. The firemen had barely got the command over this fire when a policeman of the B division arrived with intelligence of another having occurred in the West minster. bridge-road. As many engines as could be soared were taken away, and the firemen, on reaching Westminster- road, found that the outbreak had oo curred in the premises of Mr. Haaeldine, a tobacco nist, and Mr. Collins, a betting-office keeper, situate at No. 4 in the before-named road, and nearly facing the Red Lion Tavern. The fire was discovered by police-constable No. 133 L, who saw smoke issuing from the upper win dows. The officer knocked violently at the door for a considerable time, but the residents were all out. He kept the door closed, hoping to prevent the flames from extending, and there is little doubt he would have succeeded, had it not been for the fact of the neighbouring engines being at the other fire. As it was, the fire continued to descend until the building, from the base to the roof, was one sheet of flame. The instant the firemen arrived they set to work, under the command of Mr. Staples, the chief officer of the C section of Brigade, and Mr. Connortea, of the West of England office. A copious body of water was thrown from the mains of the Lambeth Com pany, but the fire could not be extinguished until the premises were completely gutted, and some damage done to the Leopard Coffee-house next door. Fortunately some flour mills at the back of the burn ing property escaped, although exposed to so much danger. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SIINDAY.—We are glad to say that the sailors' Home at Portses progresses most favourably. It is now the principal resort of all the men-o'-war's men when paid off or on leave. Capt. Goldsmith has visited this establishment, and the Britannia's men make it their home when on shore. Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence went over it on Thursday, and understanding that for several nights previous there had not been sufficient bed-cabin ac• commodation for the men, he gave the necessary di rections for another ward or room to be fitted with seventeen cabins immediately, and the expense charged to him. This liberality deserves to be re corded. The expense of fitting up the ward will probably be 601. or 701. It blew a gale last night from the westward, and it still blows fresh from the W.N.W. We have not heard of any damage to the shipping. Oa the death of the Hon. Pownall Fleetwood Pellew, First-Lieutenant of her Majesty's steam yacht Victoria and Albert, we are informed the Queen sent a most kind autograph letter of condo lence to Viscountess Exmouth, the mother of the de ceased officer. The Retribution steam-frigate, Captain Warden, is receiving a thorough caulking and refit. It is ru moured she will accompany the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, for the Mediterranean, to that station. _ The youthful Lord Ashley has lately entered the navy on board the Britannia. _ The Simoom iron steam-frigate was removed to the mouth of the steam basin yesterday, ready for coming out on Tuesday, and for trial on Wednesday, accord ing to present orders. APPOINTMENTS. WOOLWICH. JAN. 3.—Lieutenants—Henry Her vey (1847), flag-lieutenant to Admiral-Superinten tendent Harvey, from the Ceylon to the Hercules, 10, receiving-ship at Malta. The Fury steam-sloop, Commander Edward Tatham, is ordered to proceed down the river on Mon day to try her engines, and, in the event of their being found in good order, she will proceed round to De vonport to be paid wages in advance, and leave for the Mediterranean station. SEABORNE MAILS [l7 signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] When made up in From what When PLACES. General Poet-office port dis- due. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt.) N Jan 9 .. ‘ .lLiverpool .. Jan. 5 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 6 .. .. Liverpool Jan 21 America (by U.S. pkt.) MI Southampt. Jan. 9 Africa (West coast).. Nil4th of the month Plymouth Jan. 3 Alexandria* • • ...... Ni 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. Jan. ; 8 Belgium .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. . M l 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 California(viaChagres)M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Jan. 5 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month (Plymouth.. Jan. 3 Constantinople* .... N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Jan. 10 Central America .. M2d & 17th of men. Southampt. Jan. 5 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. Sat Chili .. 567th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 France M&N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • • Jan. 10 aamburSh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Toes. Sat. Holland .. • MlWednes. & Satnr. London .. Mon. Thur Honduras . N 17th of the month Southampt. Jan. 20 Ireland .. M& N Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily India (via Sonthamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan, 23 India (via Marseilles) N sth& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. 18 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Jan. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover • . !Jan. 18 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. !Jan. 5 Madeira • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. !Jan. 16 17th,17th,19tk,27th Dover Jan. 10 Malta* & 30th of month Nap l es . N sth 15th 25th ofme Dover • Jan. 12 Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. Jan. 12 Peninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. !Jan. 6 Peru .. • • Mll7th of the month Southampt. ),Jan. 20 Tuscany * N sth 15th 25 th ofmo Dover • • Jan. 12 West Indies • • .. Mi 17th Of the month Southampt. !Jan. 20 West Indies (except Havana & Nassau) 24,2 d of the month .. Southampt. !Jan. 6 • * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 0 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles The direct Havre mail from London via Southampton during this Month will be made.up three times a week only, instead of daily. CiLIFOIINIA.—MaIIs to and from California, via the United states are now despatched and due by evory American packs THE MASTER ENGINEERS AND THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY. On Saturday, in pursuance of the resolutions ar rived at and made public by the large employers of Manchester and London, notices were almost univer sally posted at the respective engine factories, that in consequence of the recent proceedings on the part of the men, their works would be closed on Saturday next, the 10th inst. This is the only step at present taken by the masters, only a few men having as yet been discharged for refusing to work over-time. But the effect of this determination on the part of the mas ters will be to throw out of employment about 3,500 members of the Amalgamated Society. Consequent upon this, however, and assuming that other machi • nists cannot be secured, a much larger number of other persons must be deprived of their means of sub sistence. Taking into the calculation moulders, boiler-makers, carpenters, brass moulders, copper smiths, painters, trimmers, unskilled labourers, and apprentices, not less than 20,000 men will be depen dent on this coup critat. In Lancashire, it is esti mated by the masters that 10,000 hands will be thrown out of employ, in addition to the memb ers of the Amalgamated Society, in that county alone ; and it is not unreasonable to double that number when London is included. The boiler-makers throughout the country number about 3,000 or 4,000, and the moulders nearly 5,000. The moulders have hitherto taken no part in the pro ceedings of the Amalgamated Society, nor were any of their body members of it. However, th e y con vened a meeting on Saturd a y n i g h t i n London, at which a proposition was thrown out and adopted, sub ject to the approval of their brethren, not to, return to their labouX Ofter the 10th, if thendinitarged, without being compensated for their loss of time from that period until their re-enpgement. On Saturday a proposition was made to the Exe cutive Council, to the effect that if the Amalgamated Society would invest 10,0001. of its funds in tools, any amount of capital would be forthcoming, it ne cessary, to enable the men, when formed into a new society, to undertake any amount of work which might be desired. In consequence of this proposition, coming, as the reporter was informed, from a responsible capitalist, a meeting of the Executive Council was held last night in Little Alie-street, at which a reso lution was passed to the followirg effect : " This inasmuch as the employers have refused to do the work for the public, the members of the Amalga mated Society determtn, to undertake it themselves, and to advertise to the same eff 4.3 t in the public nevvspsp..r," At the same meeting it was intimated that the masters had thrown out hints that they were desirous of receiving a deputation from the men, and it was re solved that should the masters' association acquaint them with their desire to receive a deputation, such a deputation would be immediately appointed. Messrs Ransome and Ally have issued a circular to the men, in which they express their decided op position to the principle of systematicover-time, which they describe as being as injurious to the master as to the man. By the 231 rule of the Arnalg-imated Society, all the members of the society which may be thrown out of employment by this move are entitled to receive 15s. a-week. It is not intended, however, to draw upon the deposited fund of 25 0001. to support the 3,500 members of their soci , ty who will be thrown out, but to levy a special rate upon those members who remain iu employ. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATIIRDAY EVENINGL Accounts reached town this afternoon from Dundalk, announcing that Mr. Eastwood, whose life had been attempted on Christmas-eve, near his own residence, at Castletown, is in a hopeless state; and, in consequence, some of the unfortunate gentleman's relatives, who reside in this city, have proceeded to Duddalk. A northern landlord, in a communication to the Dublin Evening Post, says:— • I have just seen a letter from the county Louth, written by a most respectable and humane ag.nt, who says—' I propose in a few days going to collect rent in another county, if not murdered in the interval.' I ask, my dear sir, is this state of things ,in a part of Ireland formerly ,o quiet—and I ask agai❑ and again, in the face of such horrors, is it not time, at long last, for the Irish Government to declare that it cannot be any longer carried on, if Parliament do not give new, more stringent, more terrible powers, to crush a system which is making this land a den of savages? I ask again, when, where, and how is tnis to end?' May God is his mercy take pity on this wretched land." _ - The Eveniw Post, in reference to the call for coercive measures, says : "It the existing laws be found unavailing, and that the murder clubs cannot be eradicated by the vigilant and energetic measures of the Government, in co-opera tion with the local authorities and the magistracy in the disturbed districts, then it will remain for consideration whether the hands of the Executive ought not •to be strengthened by measures aoequate to the occasion, which would afford an effectual remedy for an evil of great magnitude, and which, by faciliating the detection and punishment of the guilty, would lead to the resto ration of tranquillity, without interfering with the privi leges or the avocations of the well-disposed." The same journal adds, in respect to complaints about the operation of the Crime and Outrage Act in the disturbed districts : "It is altogether contrary to the fact that Mr. East-, wood will be liable to pay any portion of the police rate for lands in his own occupation. The principle of the Crime and Outrage Act, in this respect, is precisely the same as the prectice for presentments for malicious injuries; the district is assessed for the amount, but ►he party ag grieved is exempted from the payment of any part of the levy, and Mr. Eastwood, therefore, will nut be mulcted,' or charged in any way, for the lands occupied by himself in the townland where so atrocious an attempt was made upon the life of a most worthy and unoffend ing gentleman. The G,,vernment, we repeat, have dune, and are doing, all that it is possible for them to preform in restraining the murderous system of agrarian combi nation in the north. Nut only have the police been increased, but a military force has been stationed in the disturbed districts, where the magistrates are provided with ample resources to afford efficient aid to the civil power and to individuals, in the enforcement of every legal claim, and the protection of those who have reason co apprehend violence or interruption in the exercise of their lawful duties." ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION. The Bishop or L ,ndon h.s instituteu the Rev. J. H. Coward, M.A., one of the minor canons of St. Paul's Cathedral, and curate of St. Michel's, Queenhithe, to the rectory of St. Benet and St. Peter, Paul's Wnarf, in the city of London, rendered vacant by the promotion of the Rev. W. J. Hall, M.A., to the vicarage of Tot tenham, on the nomination of the Dean end Chapter of St. Paul's Cathedral. Mr. Coward took possession of his benefice, and formally read himself in yesterday morning. The Rev. Wm. Henry Hicks, S.C.L., has been licensed to the curacy of Ramsoury, Wilts. The Rev. Macnamara Patty, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Chalbury, Dorset. The Rev. Henry Watson, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Urchfont, Wilts. The Rev. Wm, Wilson, 8.A., has been licensed to Isham curacy, Northamptonshire. The Rev. Isaac Dotnere Jenkins, S.C.L., has been licensed to Aberdare curacy, Glamorganshire. The Rev. George Wm. Darby, M.A., ,has been insti tuted to the rectory of Fersfield, Norfolk. Value 4001., with residence. Patron, Charles Septimus Money- Kyrie, E,q., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. The Rev. Willi.= John Percy, M.A., has been insti tuted to the rectory of Silton, Dorset. Value 3791., with residence. Patrons, the Rev. Richard Downes,the Rev. Thomas Gatehouse, and Lieutenant James Bower Somerville. The Rev. Alexander Peters Birrell, M.A., has b ee n presented to the vicarage of Oving, Sussex. Value 2241., with residence. Patron, the Precentor in Chichester Cathedral. The Rev. James Dalziel Simpson, 8.D., has been pre sented to the perpetual curacy of Stoulton, Worcester shire. Value 1001., with residence. Patron, Earl Somers. The Rev. J. T. C. Stacey, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of St. John, Cardiff, Glamorganshire. The Rev. Richard lichens, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Wallsend, Northumberland. The Rev. R. W. Ferguson, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Tintern, Monmouth. The Rev. William Goldstone, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Laugharne with Llansadswrnen, Car marthenshire. The Rev. M. E. Welby, 8.A., has been licensed to the perpetual curacy of St. Paul, Skelty, Glamorganshire. The Rev. J. James Allgood, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Simonburn, Northumberland. The Rev. D. 0. James, 8.A., has been licensed to the curacy of Aberaven, Glamorganshire. The Rev. W. H. Lewis, 8.A., Master of the Gram mar School, Bala, has been licenced to the curacy of Llancil, Merionethshire. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS BRISTOL, J. 3. STOCK EXCHAKOK.—There has been but a small amount of business done to-day; but prices were generally firm. The only transaction reported was—Bristol and Exeter, 83 — Great Western, 87 3 /—Midland Stock, 581 h. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3: STOCK EXCHANGE. —Thd transactions to-day were as fol low :—Caledonian, 16 —Edinburgh and Glasgow, 23—Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 61—London and North-Western, New Quarters, p. - Manchester, Sheffield, and Liucolnshire, 34 —Ditto, 61. New Preference, 9-16 p. Midland, 68—South- Eastern and Dover, 21 5 —Great Southern and Western, 35N. MAI:4OIEBTE It, JAN. 3. _ STOUR EXCHANGE. The share market has been dull and inactive to-day, with little business doing. Prices remain without noticeable alteration. The transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, 167 —East Anglian, Preference, 6 per cent., VA—Eastern Counties, 7 - Lancashire and Yorkshire. 61.1,4—Ditto, Fifths, 7% is.—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 11-16. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market opened steady in the morning, but towards evening prices were scarcely so firm as they were in the early part of the day. Among the closing prices were—London and North-Western, buyers 117, sellers 118—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, buyers 34 dis. --Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, buyers sellers 104 1 —Coventry and Nuneat on , 3% London, Brighton, and South Coast, buyers 96, sellers 7_ Midland, buyers 58k, sellers 581/2—North Staffordshire, buyers 8, sellers 7 3 / 4 dis.—South Staff or d s hi re, buyers, 1/. 18s. 9d., sellers 8 3 4 dis.—Shropshire U n i on, buyers 31/2, sellers, 31. 6s. 3d. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers 4/6%, sellers 6 X — Ditto, (B), buyers 4r. 13s. 9d., sellers . 16s. . UNDER SECRETARYSHIP FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. — we learn, from a private source, that the Lord Wode house has been offered the office of Under-Secretaryship of Foreign Affairs. The county cannot be otherwise than glad to see a nobleman, of whose name and family the county has no common attachment, selected to oc cupy a position which demands the exercise of more than ordinary ability. His Lordship's business habits, ability, and steadiness of purpose, will be valuable in any position Lord Wodehouse may consent to fill. We have not heard if his Lordship has accepted office,— Norwich Mercury of Saturday. A ballast train on the Metz Railway was proceed ing three nights ago from Forbach to Foulquemont, when it suddenly got, near Saint Avoid, on to a wrong line of rails. The consequence was that, after proceeding some little distance, it arrived at the extremity of the rails, and was precipitated down an embankment into a marshy mea dow. The locomotive sank deep into the soil, and the tender and waggons fell on it. Six persons were in the train at the time; two were killed on the spot, one was so much injured that he died shortly after, and another had hici collar-bone broken. A man was seen running away just before the train got on the wrong line, and it is believed that he turned the poin ts.— Galignani. (ADVERTISEMENT.] —THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH AND HOLLOWAY'S Pmts.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine, alter every other means had failed. See extract from hi' Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845, Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have ef fected a care of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty,- at home and all over the continent, had net been able to effect; nay, not ever the waters of Carlsbad or Ma rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOROUGIL" These wonderffil pills will cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) at P;:ofessor Holloway's Establishment, 244, strpv, by AU zue4iCilio pucka throughvg the cayiliAe3 wgkb THE COUNTRY MARKETS IllaNcuEsTEß, JAN 3.—During the week a feeling of gr,,,ter contiiii.nce has gradually gained ground in the trade, aod alLtiough not fodowe:i by any considerab!e incrcale of busitnss (owing doubtless in some measure to the holiday character of the present season), still in the sales effected approved marks of Flour have com manded full and improving prices, whilst other articles have participated more or less in the firmne-s manifested by holders. At our market this morning Wheat ad vanced . 1d to 2d per 70Ibs. Flour was likewise held for 6i to Is per sack over the rates current on this day se'nnight. Oats and oatmeal moved off rather slowly, but commanded full prices. NOTTINGHAM, JAN. 3.—At Derby yesterday the supply h.,tu ut wheat and barley was very small, and each article in demand; fur the former there was a ready cabs at from Is to 2s, and for ths latter at fully is per quarter more money than list week. In otter rings no alteration. Wheat, rtd, 36s to 40s per 36 att. , . ; dit o, white, 403 to 475; barley, for milling, 26s to 30s imrerial m asure; ditto, for grinding, 23, to 25s per 30 stone; oats, old, 22s to 26s per 24 stone; ditto, new, 18s to 21s; b. ans, old. 36s to 39s per 38 stone; flour, 27s to 28s; superfine, 30s to 31s per 20 stone. At Newark, on Wednesday, there was a v, i 7 small supply of grain in the market of all kinds, yet business was tolerably active in every department. For wheat ot best and even secon dary qualities there was a clear advance of fully is a quarter. Barley, god samples, also rea,l!zed that im proved price. Inferior qualitif s remained stationary at last we+,k's rates, as also did oats, beans, and pi as. Wheat, white, 41s to 455; red, 35s to 39 , ; burley, for malting.26s to 30s; for grioding, 20s to 24.; oats, 17s to 265; beans, 26s to 34:t. A rise iu the price of wheat and barley of g .od qualities is mho indicated by the quo tations of other secondary local mark: ts held during the latter part ot the present week. The supply of wheat at our own market to-day was small, the demand for which was good at an advance of Is, and in some in stances 2s per quarter from the prices of last week. La ley was also a ready sale at is to 2s per quarter more mosey. In oats and beans no alteration. At Sudbury, on Thursday, wheat had a brisk sale at late rates, E. lid good barley was quite is per qr. dearer. At Bury the wheat tra,ie was raised from is to 2s int qr.; barley also was dearer, especially samples fit for malting. At Woodbridge the quotations for both wheat ard barley were raised is.; other grain, though not my:tawny higher. sold fietly. On Thursday, at Stowmarket, barley advanced 61 to is per qr., and the wheat trade was considered a shade higher. The markets of Herta have improved in the same pro portion. At Bishops Stortford, on Thursday, barley, an Important article in that malting district, thougn in large supply, advanced 6d., and in some cases 15 per qr. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 1 —The numterti at the market to-day were —oxen, 732 ; sheep, 1;435. The supply of cattle being about that of previous mar kets, and the quality good, prices ruled about the same a s last week. Best ox beef, 465, current 42s to 43, inte rior, 34s to 40s per cwt, sinking the offal; a few turned out unsold. The supply of sheep was below the usual average, but equal to the demand. Best aged wethers sid, currant .144 to sd, interior 3d to 4d per lb., sinking the offal; a l'ew left unsold. DALKICITH, JAN. I.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of wheat were 18st 61b, lost 01b, and 16 , t 131 b. Oats, 12st 121 b, list 111 b, and lOst 121 b. Barley, 16st 41b, 15. t 11b, and 15st 01b. Peas and beans, 19st 21b, 18st Sib, and 18st 61bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 314 Wheat ,£2 0 0 £1 16 0 £1 11 0 1495 Oats ... 1 1 6 0 18 0 0 15 0 701 Barley 47 Peas and Beans 1 12 6 1 9 0 1 6 0 Average of wheat 35s sd. AIMItDEEN, JAN. 2.—Grain—Oats 16s Od to 16s 6d, 401bs per bushel; foreign oats, 00s Od to 17s Od, 401bs per bushel; barley, 21s Od to 22s ud. 521bs per bushel ; bear, 22s Od to 225 tid, 521bs per bushel; wheat Uos to 425; oatmeal, 13s udto I4s Od per boll ; flour, 29s to 30s Od per sack. Provisions—Beet. 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s Od to 4s 0d ; lamb, per lb, Od to Od; tallow, per stone, Oa Od to 3s 3d ; potatoes, per peck► 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ;. butter, per lb, 7d to 8a; eggs, per doz, I s Id to Is 2d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; hens; per pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, is lid to 2s Od; ducks, do.. Is 6d to 2s 04 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, 7er pair, 8 9 to 9s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to Os; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 00s to 58s; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 7d ; 41b loaf, cash, 5d ; credit, 6d ; pork, per stone of 14Ibs, ud to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork, large 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to O. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 4d to Is sd; barley dust, 8d to Od peasemeal, is 7d to is 8d; aids, Od to 6d; beremeal, is 2d to is 3d; flour, Is 7d to is 3d; barley, per lb, lid to 2cl; barley flour, Is 4d to is sd. DUBLIN, JAN. 2.—There was a moderate supply at our Corn Exchange to-day, and all kinds of home grain met a steady demand, at the currencies of Tuesday, 10 which we note no aange. Foreign wheat generally dull, and Indian corn without alteration in value. Wheat, white, 18s 64 to 22s 6d; red ditto, 17s 6d to 21s 6d ; here, lOs to IlsOd : oats, new 9s 6d to 118 3 i ; oatmeal, 10s 61 to 12s Od; bakers' flour, Per cwt.. 12s to 14a 0.1; barley, lls Od to 15s; Indian corn. per 480.0, 27s 6d to 29s 04; rapeseed, 145 Od to 16s 6d per barrel. CORK, JAN. 2. During the last day or two, we have had some] brisk ness in the trade, in wheat especially, a considerable busines , having been done in the article, which is very firm with au upward tendency-. Oats excepted, the value of other descriptions of grain also is firmly main tained. FVe have bat few arrivals to notice from abroad , while the receipts of home grain also are very moderate , tt,e supply for the week amounting to only :—Wheat, 334 brls at 17s 6d to 20. 6d per brl; barley, 762 brls at los 6d to 12s 3d per tirl; oats, 2,333 brim at 9s to 10s 6d per hrl. There is scarcely auy alteration in the value of either description of grain since our last. As we be fore remarked we have had a pretty brisk business pas.; jog in foreign wheat. Several large parcels have changed hands, and though we can scarcely quote any actual ad' vance on the article, there is great briskness in the trade and a manifest upward tendency. Barley continues in the same brisk demand noticed of late, and prices ere firmly maintained, Oats, with depressed advices from and large arrivals at ihe English side, are dull, and We have not heard of any transactions in the article. Prices continue nominally as last quoted. The bakers not having fully worked tff their Christmas stocks, are not as yet in the market as purchasers. The trade in flour therefore is quiet, and we have no alteration in price.' The value of Indian corn is firmly maintained, but the business doing in this grain is not extensive. prices are unchanged, the extreme rates demanded for Galati being 61 15s per ton. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat 00s Od to ON Od ON Od-20 stone 13 Red wheat lBs 6d to 198 Od 00. Od-20 do 0 Ditto OO. Od to ON Od 0 Ditto ...... 00s ud to ON I d 91 Barley lls Od to 12s Od 46 Ditto l2s Od to 12s 2cl} 008 Od—l6 do 0 Ditto .. 0 Bere ........, 00s Od to Os Od Os Od 149 Oats 183 Ditto . 173 Ditto lUs Od to IN 7d 65 Pigs lB. Od to 31s Od 281 6d per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 6 red ; 22 barley; 0 bere; 11 oats; 2 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week:— Wheat, 517. Barley, 1,488. Oats, 3,838. Pigs, 637. PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. CURR/NCT. First quality Second quality Third quality 64s Third quality 558 Fourth quality Fifth quality Sixth quality Return of Cattle sold for week ending Dec. 27. Pigs, 372. Sheep, 161. Cows, 93. Coax.—Piour—First Its 6d to 13s Od; extra 13s 6d; seconds, 1080 d to Ills 6cl; households 8s to IN Oct; thirds, 7s toe. , per cwt. Oatmeal 1086 d to 1 ls; Indian meal 6,6 d to 780 d; wheat ' meal, Ps 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 61 Bsod to 6/ 15s Od per ton. Bran 85s to 8786 d per ton. Hay—Farmers 248 to 328; average 28s; dealers 34s to 42. Od; average 376 per ton. Straw—Fanner s 14. Od to 24, Od ; average 19s ; dealers Oos Od to 00s Od; average 003 Oil per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 6d; household loaf 4-id to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d w 10d per lb. Eggs-5s 6d to 68 Od per hundred. Coals--' Newport 15s Od ; Lydney 16s ; Landore 00s; Culret 13s Od per ton. Tallow 381 Od to 408 per 014 Whisky, 25 0. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 1111 Hat —Beef 4d to bid; mutton 5d to 64c1; veal 4d 6d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per lb. Hops 818 s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 2/ 178 6d to 310 s P e t ! ton. Bark—B ar b ary 7 1 Os to 8/ Os; Valonia 151 to 04 French 6/ Os ; Spanish 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 14s to 15s per stone. Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; red ditto, 245 to 008 per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11/ per ton, Timb er —M eme l, 70s per ton; re d pine, 3158 ; yelloo ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 100. Hider . Market 218 to 30s; salted 22s to 308 per cwt ; calf skins 3d to 34d per lb. Potatoes, white 7d to Ild ; Minions , 00d to 00d. Guano—. Peruvian, 11/ lOs ; Ichaboe, 8/ t o 9/ ps per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. BIRTHS. OF A 80N. On the Ist inst., at Walton-on-Thames, Lady Thompson , of an heir.t _ On the 31st ult., at Owersby Vicarage, Lincolnshire, the wife of the Rev. Henry R. Lloyd. On the 2d inst., at Brompton-square, the wife of Henri Munster, of the Inner Temple. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Ist inst., at Erskine,house, Hampstead-heath, Mrs. Henry Bruce. On the Ist inst, at Wellow, Notts, Mrs. T. M. Williams. MARRIED. On New Year's-day, at Great Ealing, Middlesex, Samuel Lover, Esq., to Mary Jane, fifth daughter of the late William Waudbv, Esq., of Coldham-hall, Cambridgeshire. On the Ist inst., at Handsworth Church, Staffordshire, the Rev. John William Donaldson, D.D., head-master of Burl School, Suffolk, to Louisa, eldest daughter of J. Rawlins, Esq, of Ashley-house, Handsworth. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Buckerell Vicarage, Devon, the Rev* Richard Patteson, late curate of King's Cliffe, Northampton . On the 31st ult., at Belgrave-place, Pimlico, A. Maxwell, Esq., aged 91. On the 30th ult., at Ozieworth Rectory, Gloucestershire , the Rev. Joseph Mayo, aged 88. On the 31st ult., at Stapleford, Lincolnshire, Edward Tonge, Esq., aged 83. On the 29th ult., at Redbourne, llerts, aged 77, Martha Vero, widow of the late Rear-Admiral William Brown. On the 31st ult., at High-street, Portsmouth, William Reek. , , aged 93. On the Ist inst., at the Grove, Camberwell, Henry Gooch, Esq., late of the Audit-office, Somerset-house, aged 69. On the Ist inst., Mr. G. H. Lawrence, of Brunswick . house, Windsor, aged 58. On the 28th ult., at Exeter, Captain John Somerville, retired full pay, Royal Artillery, aged 57. London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNG. °' No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, O. 1 f f Strand, in tha Preeinct of the Savoy, in the cotintiF 9 'Lukas, Alvaiay, inuary 5,1463,