The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-05 00:00:00

ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES• The following are extracts from the American papers (brought by the Asia) on the alleged threatened difficulties with Great Britain. The New York Daily Times of Nov. 20 says : The Chamber of Commerce had a special meeting yesterday to discuss our threaten ed difficulties with Great Britain. It was stated that Lord Palmerston had assigned the suspicious circumstances connected with the barque Maury as the reason why the British West India squadron bad been strengthened ; and the meeting was held ostensibly to discuss and investigate thi s r umour. We adhere—in spite of semi-official assurances to the contrary-7to the belief we have repeatedly ex pressed, that it is in regard to Mr. Crampton that the two Governments are most at variance. Whatever other m i s understandings may exi s t thi s i s t h e one upon w hi c h the collision is most direct. O ur G overnment c h arges the British Minister with improp er con d uc t i n volvi n g the violation of our laws—and desires his recall, as also the withdrawal of the consuls implicated in the same misconduct. The British Government, on the other hand, regards our treatment of its representative as grossly unjust, unfriendly, and in violation of the courtesy which should always govern the conduct of friendly powers. Upon this point the two governments are directly at variance ; and we are confident that the withdrawal of Mr. Crampton will be found an indispensable condition to an amica ble adjustment of the controversy. We have no doubt that the whole difficulty will be adjusted, and that, too, without any loss of dignity or honour on the part of either country. As to war between England and this country for any such frivolous cause as this nobody believes it possible. Even if the two governments were so insane as to dream of such an issue, the people of both countries are too wise and tio powerful to per• mit it. The New York Herald, of the same date, says : Our difficulties with England have no reference to the Central American question, but are narrowed down to Mr. Cushing's instructions to the District Attorney of Philadelphia, of which such a handle has been made by the English press. It is stated that when Mr. Cushing's letter reached London an immediate demand for an ex planation was made to our Minister, and orders were at once issued to reinforce the British West India fleet. The Cabinet at Washington is, as usual, hesitating as to the course to be decided upon, and the whole question now turns upon the probabilities of the President being able to make political capital out of it by backing up Cushing. The New York, Journal of Commerce says : The presence of the British fleet in our waters amounts to— nothing. It will not expend in hostility an ounce of powder, nor shall we be called upon to resist any direct or indirect attaek upon our interests. But the `• Central American" question will be allowed to super sede that of enlistment ; British diplomacy chased into one hole, will escape by another ; and matters will then resume their old routine in the relations between the two countries. The Washington Union (the official organ) writ ing on November 17, having given a positive denial to a statement in the London Times, that in what the British Government itself did it had the sanc tion or encouragement of the American Minister in London, proceeds to say : . The despatches received by the steam-ship Pacific confirm the assurances that there is nothing whatever in the diplomatic relations between Great Britain and the Uaited States which need awaken a moment's soli citude on this side of the water, and that though the Central American question is a subject of earnest discus sion and very serious difference on some points, yet that it is still a matter of negotiation ; and that the despatch of the British floet to the West India station was pro bab:y caused by the alarm produced by the British con surfs mistake relative to the barque Maury. We learn, continues the Union, _ _ _ That the official intelligence received from London by the Pacific gives assurance to our Governmeut that the propesed British naval expedition has no re ference to Central American matters, nor in any respect a purpose unfriendly to this country. In consequence of this Commodore Paulding will proceed to the coast of Nicaragua with only one ship, the Potomac, and in charge only of the general concerns of the United States in that quarter. A letter from Vienna of the 29th ult in the Bourse _ _ Gazette of Berlin, says : " Count Coronini, who had gone to his estate at Gortz, is about to return here, to take part in the deliberations in the affair of the Dana. bian Principalities. These deliberations will he opened as soon as Sir H. Seymour shall have arrived." The Philadelphia North American, of Nov. 16, remarks : The ill-judged articles of the Times, coupled with what, until we have some satisfactory explanation of its real object, we cannot but regard as the equally ill judged naval demonstration on our borders, has in duced a very general impression, in London at least, that we are about to plunge into a war with England, with out rhyme or reason, aad has caused, as well it might, great uneasiness among the conimereial classes. Here such an idea is, of course, regarded as preposterous, and the threats and menaces of the Time, excite no other feeling than contempt. There is something so su premely absurd in the suggestion of an Irish invasion ; something so exquisitely ridiculous in the adoption of Mr. Cushing's exaggerated rhetorical phrases as the embodied sentiment of the American nation, that we can well afford to laugh at these monstar follies. The Washington Intel/it/ewer, of Nov. 17, says : Several of the Washington correspondents for distant paper , , both before and since the last arrival, have been speaking of great excitement pervading the official and other circles of Washington, in consequence of recent interchanges of opinion between our Government and that of Great Britain. Certainly all this is news to us. To our quiet perception nothing of the kind exists. Matters of all sorts move on as placidly here as usual, and we hear of n j perturbation anywhere except it be among a very few persons whose hopes and fears are somewhat blended with the fortunes of Nicaragua. The New York Su u n', writing just before the despatch of the mail, says : Although the news of excitement i❑ England on the subject of war with the United States has caused a fre- quent repetition, here in Now York, of the question— " Will there he war ' still no great interest is taken, in private circles, in the discussion of the question. The possibility even of such an event i. very generally treated as absurd. The Boston Daily Caaricr says : From present appearances the rebuke which the Lou don Times will be likely to get from both sides the water fur mixing the United States in its warlike fanfaronnade, will be severe. To the people of England the relief from this information at Washington must be immense, for they can now s ettl e down from their " tremendous panic" en the conviction that their ministers are not such fools as they feared; that we had as lief feed John Bull as fight him; and that their leading monster in Printing-house square is either a fool, or knave ; or else had sold himself to the Government or somebody else for a sensation. The Boston Advertiser says : In regard to the statements which have appeared in the London papers, it happens to be in our power to state that letters have been received in this city, under date of October 31, in w hi c h i t is stated, from a: source entitled to full confidence, th a t Lord Clarendon has as sured Mr. Buchanan that th e art i cles in the Times and Post were not in accordance with the views and feelings of the Government, which were most friendly. The .Yeto York Atlas observes : Tie prospect of an English war is discussed with pomp and circumstance in the newspapers, and the chances of peace are weighed with immense gravity. Yet, notwithstanding all this speculation, w e suppose very few sensible people are still alarmed. There is something in the past which gives us assurance of a feli citous termination of these diplomatic disputes. They are indeed nothing new. Many questions - have arisen between England and America, requiring for their ad juritment, upon either side, much forbearance and con cession ; more than once hosti:ities have appeared in evitable. We were disposed to fight about the north east and the north-west, and the affair of the Caroline ; but the good sense of the people, on either side of the water, has always resulted in a bloodless settlement. An English-American war would be such an utter folly, so stupidly suicidal, so destructive to the social happine ss of both countri e s, so causeless and so profitless, that we cannot believe in its possibility. The New York Coo f N ov. 1,, tc) ter, - The people of Great Britain were as anxious to keep on good terms with Us as we were to be friends with them ; and to both no contingency seemed m o re remote I .,•n c r . a war . between us. Into this qui e t atmosphere the • nden T i mes suddenly discharges a congreve rocket, in the shape of a leading article, th e p urpor t o f w hi c h we all k now ad on the instant all is consternation and confusi on , by telegraph Tl l ya announcement of the same article here surprise ; amArtuLin Halifax excited only inc re dul ous by some the sub-e ( article itself, on its arrival, was made Je r A l o e f indifferent remark, by others the butt of ridicule. y eiri lrridon Tiiacs often seeks to pro duce a temporar injury it may be•dni eg t i at a reckless disregard of the seeking to be bold becomes audacious ; in strivin g :f er n effron tory. independence it attains only A correspond;::nt of the New y oi L., ly All the reports in circulation misiial of Mr. Crampton by the "gosh." I have it from gentlemen high in aut hv e t t a y a th r i e at the PAs l l ' re r s i d ie.. e r' u en '' c c e " t t o "' th s e ay d s is : . is under stood never contemplated any such stood by the administration that the difficulty will will be arnica.l.ly arranged and that it may perhaps for the British GovernmeLt to withdraw Mr. Crta:mieta(. I understand that he has manifested a desire re called, oven though it may be settled in a manner that will entirely exonerate hint from blame or com plicity. The news by the next s t e amer is anxiously looked for V here in diplomatic circles, as it is believed upon that hinge some important matters. The Post A rapt Gazette , under date of Vienna, Fat's I—." S ome journals have announced that a dal rence has arisen between Austria and Piedmont, in con sequence o f the sequestration placed by the Austrian vents in Government on the property of some Piedmontese con- LQ/n4ardy, These journals even go so far as to state that thi s affair has ,Given ri se t o a m i sun d erstan di ng b3tweei Austria and - 'rance. We can state on good au th or ity that Prance has abstained from interfering in the affair, and has admitted that Austria has only followed the example of Sardinia, which also placed the ecelesias ',lea! property situated in Piedmont under seques tration, when the Emperor Jos ep h 11, suppressed con- Tants." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EvENING: DECEMBER 5, 1855. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—HERTFORD, DEC. 4. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) Sarah Baker, alias White, 47, Anne Williams, alias White, 26 (her daughter), John Williams, alias Good enough, 23, described as a hawker, and Thomas King, 25, labourer, were charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of Edward Webb, and stealing some money, several articles of jewellery, and a quantity of wearing apparel, his property. The two women were also indicted for feloniously receiving the property. Mr. T. Chambers and Mr. O'Brien conducted the pro secution ; Mr. Charnock defended Goodenough ; the other prisoners were undefended. The prisoners are believed to be connected with a gang of London thieves, who are in the habit of travelling about the country committing offences of this descrip tion in all directions. Another woman, named Catherine Hawkins, was included in the indictment, but she was admitted as witness for the Crown. The prisoner King pleaded guilty. It appeared that the prosecutor of the indictment was the landlord of the Red Lion Inn, at Hatfield, and that on the night of the 18th of August last, the premises were broken open, and the till was emptied of its con tent-, and a quantity of jewellery belonging to a lady named Silvester, and also several dresses and a good deal of wearing apparel, stolen. Catherine Hawkins was then examined. She said—l was indicted with the prisoners, and charged with being concerned in this robbery. lam 19 years of age, and prior to the 18th of Aug. I was living with my mother in Evangelist-court, Broadway, Blackfriars. I know the prisoners Sarah Baker, Anne Williams, and Goodenough. I also know the man King who has pleaded guilty. King and Goodenough came to London about the 15th of August, and I remember Baker asking me if I could read the country papers. I told them I could read, and Mrs. Baker then pressed me to accompany her daughter, and King and Goodenough, into the country for a day or two. I did not know what they wanted me for, but I agreed to go, and we all started together on the morning of the 17th of August. We walked to Barnet, and stopped there that night, and the next day we proceeded to a place called Walham-green, on the road to Hatfield, where a sister of the prisoner Anne Williams resided. After Anne Williams had seen her sister, she and Goodenough told me and King to go to the Two Brewers public-house, at Hatfield, and en gage a bed. We accordingly went on to Hatfield, and between 8 and 9 o'clock at night I saw Anne Williams and Goodenough again. We could not get a lodging at the Two Brewers, but we obtained one in the town, and King and Goodenough said they were going away, but before they went, the former prisoner asked Anne Williams to give him his basket, as he said he was of no use without his " things." She gave him the basket and the things that were in it, and Goodenough and King went away, saying that they were going to Lon don. I and Anne Williams remained in Hatfield all that night, and the next morning when we got up, Williams asked me if I would go with her and meet them, and I agreed to do so. When we had got a short distance along the road, I saw King standing outside a park-gate, and Goodenough, who was inside, opened tho gate, and we all went into the park. A man was coining along in a cart, and we all stooped down and concealed ourselves till he had passed. We then went on into the park, and King produced two large bundles, and Anne Williams opened them. King and Goodenough then gave me and Anne Williams some money, and told us to go to Hatfield and fetch some food for them, and we did so, and returned to the park ; and after they had eaten the food, tho bundles were brought out again and opened. They contained black silk and satin dresses, a quau tity, of wearing apparel, some silver forks, a leather dressing-case, a quantity of brooches and rings, and a pair of bracelets. We remained in the park the whole of the day picking the marks out of the linen, and as soon as it got dark the bundles were packed up again, and Anne Williams went behind a tree and put on a clean pair of stays and a petticoat that were among the arti cles that were in the bundles. Goodenough and King then told us that they were going to London with some portion of the things, and the remainder was packed up and left in the charge of Anne Williams, and she after wards gave me a black silk dress and a shawl. Gore!. enough and King then went up to London by the train, and I and Anne Williams proceeded to Barnet, where we remained till the Wednesday following, when Good ' enough and King rejoined us. We all went from Bar net to Watford, and from thence to Colnbrook, where I first heard that the police had been making inquiries re specting our proceedings. I told Anne Williams that I did not like to hear inquiries made about us by the police, and she told mo not to be frightened ; and she also said that if I told the truth she would be the death of me. After this she took the basket in which King kept his things into a field and bid them, and she told me that she and her husband, meaning Goodenough, were in the habit of buying goods, and if they should turn out to be stolen, the police would say that they had stolen them ; and she said that she knew the Colnbrook police very well, and that they would swear to any thing. (A laugh ) Cross-examined—l are a single woman. lam quite innocent of knowing that I was in such bad company. King and I slept together on the Friday night, the 17th. The night before that I did not sleep with him because I was at home with my mother. I only know King from his coming backwards and forwards to Mrs. Ba ker's. I told all I knew about the matter the moment I was taken into custody, and my evidence was taken down by a gentleman after I was committed to Hert ford gaol. I was not told that I should be let off if I gave evidence, and Ido not now expect to be let off. If I had known there had been anything wrong at the time I should not have assisted to pick t he marks out of the linen. A great many witnesses were examined with a view to confirm the evidence of the witness Hawkins, and it also appeared that when the prisoners King and Wil liams were apprehended by Thomas and Adams, two superintendents of the Bucks police, a considerable quan tity of the stolen property was found in the possession of Williams. Upon King there was likewise a chisel, which corresponded in size to some marks upon a door that had been forced open in the Red Lieu. The pri soner Goodenough, it appeared, was taken into custody for another burglary in Surrey and committed to take his trial, and he appeared on the present occasion under a writ of habeas. It wa - i proved that a considerable portion of the stolen property was sent up to London, and that it was pledged by the prisoner Baker, and in her house other portions of the stolen property were also discovered. Mr. Charnock addressed the jury at some length on behalf of the prisoner Goodenough, and he contended that there was not sufficient confirmation of the evidence of the accomplice to justify them in finding a verdict of guilty against hire. Mr. Justice Crompton hat in; summed up, the jury, after a short deliberation, found all the prisoners guilty —the man Goodenough of the offence of burglary, and the woman of receiving.the property, knowing it to have been stolen. Two previous convictions for felony were proved against Goodenough. The prisoners were then called for judgment, and Goodenough was sentenced to be transported for 15 years, and the others to six years' penal servitude. When the sentence was pronounced the prisoner Good enough, who had conducted himself with great effron tery during the proceedin g s, exclaimed that he was in• nocent, and that the case had been got up by Beddel comb, the inspector of the Surrey police, because he had told him that he should like to have his neck stretched for him. As he was leaving the dock he shook his fist at that officer, and in a most threatening tone said, " I only wish I may live to come back for your sake." They were then all removed. Benjamin Butcher, 20, and Charles Wormsley, 20, two miserable-looking creatures, described as tramper, pleaded guilty to two indictments charging them with w of il i f i v a l t l i y iiiilen s en e .a t rt t z in eed g fire to a stack of clover hay and a stack that w hen pr j i u so d ife e ra sa w i e d re b b e et s o a r w e t b h y e m ti l e ffis d tr e a p t o e s s it t i h o e n y s admitted having committed the two offenc es imp uted to them, and gave as a rea son t h at they had beerefused relief by the Union, and also stated that they intended to have set fire to more property if they had not been taken into custody. Their offence was a very shocking one, for they must be well aware that destroying pro perty in this manner could not do them any good, and that that was not the way to obtain relief. He then sentenced both prisoners to six years' penal servitude . OXFORD AND SOUTIIWALES CIRCUIT. t wo cr h u ri x , y D . f o AS would be discharged i l e h d e t h p a r i t s on er night—an being for the night—she informed that A t B h E a shet or offer being made to her to remain said she would remain until morning,at any rate, afford an opportunity for her to be This a w pp ii r j ehended on a charge of perjury with respect to the cases at Bir mingham and Chester. The determination of Alice to become a guest of the Government proved an unfortunate error, and such an one as, considering her former exploits, could least have been expected would have been committed by no annon ,_ plished an impostor. Mr. Stephens, the superintende n t of the Birmingham police force, on his return from Staf ford last night, produced a warrant from a borough ma gistrate, charging her with having falsely accused a man named James Mucklow, in the Police court of Birmingham, of the robbery of her clothes and 71. in cash. It will be recollected that the charge was dis missed, and the next appearance of Alice was at Wolverhampton. Yesterday morning Mr. Stephens pre medal to Stafford, and before she quitted the gaol, took her into his special keeping. She did not appear in the slightest degree disconcerted, and without com plaint accompanied the officer to Birmingham. On at , riving at the railway station in the latter town, Alice recognised Mr. Cooper, one of the principal witnesses against her on the charge upon which she was committed from . Wolverhampton, and very politely inquired after I s health, a s w e ll as th a t o f th e rev . g entleman whom s t i l l e stated had, a few weeks ago, presented her with 41., of which she was robbed at Wolverhampton. She was c u o p n f v o e r y ed examinationto h ethis (v n ..ANledd oor u - s e l s re a e y t, ) and morning.w llb e brought IDLAND AND CHESTER CIRCUIT. CHESTER, DEC. 4. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) SERIOUS DEFALCATIONS OF A RECEIVER OF INLAND 111tVENUE. J o h n , Mock, a middle-aged man, and possessing a highly respectable appearance, was placed at the bar, charged with having fraudulently applied to his own purposes a sum of upwards of 5,000/., the property of the Crown. • The prisoner, who is a handsome, goo d •looking per , son, was gentlemanly attired in black, and throughout the trial he displayed extraordinary coolness and self possession. During the progress of the case he paid the most minute attention to the evidence, and wrote fre quent notes to his counsel. Mr. NVelsby (especially retained) and Mr. Davidson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine (specially retained) and Mr. Giffard defended the prisoner. A great number of witnesses were examined. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty on the first count of embezzling the 560/., but guilty on the second count, for fraudulently applying the general balance of 5,000/. The sentence was deferred, as it was understood the case will be argued before the Court of Criminal Appeal, to reverse the verdict of guilty on the second count. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Dee. 4. MANSION-HOUSE.— Win. Gr2Plts was charged before Alderman Wire with having committed extensive robberies upon his emplopers, Messrs. Davi3 and Co., of Houndsditch, merchants. Mr. Parry, instructed by Mr. Barber, attended for the defence. Mr. Lewis, who appeared to conduct the prosecution, said the prisoner had been a considerable time confi dentially employed by the firm, and that suspicion hav ing been excited, measures were taken to apprehend the accused, when, upon a strict investigation, a successful system of plunder was detected, by which he had accu mulated much property. Mr. D. Hyams, a partner in the firm of Davis and Co., said, the prisoner was in our service as warehouseman. He has been with us many years, and we reposed great confidence in him. In consequence of information which I received, I directed an officer to watch him, and on Friday night week, about 6 o'clock, when the prisoner left the warehouse, he went out with a red bag in his hand. I was watching with the officer in Hounds ditch, and I gave directions to him, and he went up to the prisoner. Tho officer then brought the bag, and it was opened, and was found to contain one dozen of dessert forks, each fork being wrapped in a separate paper, and our property, and two lamps, which I did not then recognise, but I have since ascertained that they are our property. The prisoner said he had purchased the forks. I asked him from whom? He replied, "From Mr. Millington." I asked him when ? He said, " Sometime since." I then gave him into custody, and he was taken to the station house. _ _ _ 2L4, said—On the 23d of November I took the prisoner into custody in Bishopsgate-street. He was car rying a red bag, which I had seen him bring from the premises of the prosecutors. I asked him what he had got in the bag. He said—" A lamp he had bought of Mr. Alfred Davis, in Houndsditch." I asked him to allow me to see it, and he opened the bag and showed me the two lamps produced. I found a packet of twelve dessert forks in it. I told him I thought it was not all right, and he must go back with me to the warehouse. I did not find any invoice. He went back with me, and I showed the property to Mr. Davis and Mr. Hyams in his presence. Mr. Hyams said, taking up the property, " These are our property." The prisoner said be had bought them of Mr. Millington. I searched him in the station-house, and found in his possession a watch and chain, and 6/. 4s. id. He gave me his address at the station house, and I went to his house, and found there the property specified in the lists I hand in. An immense quantity of property was produced. 0. Palmer, assistant to the prosecutors in the cabinet department, said—On the 17th November the prisoner came up stairs and asked for a writing desk for a friend or customer. The dressing case produced was on the counter at the time. He asked the price of it, and if he might take it down stairs. I said " Yes," and he took it down. We had only two of those dressing cases in stock, and I sin certain that the case produced by the officer is one of those two. It was my duty to hand to the prisoner whatever he asked for. The value of the case is 45e. It has our private mark upon it. The dressing case was identified by the maker as one of two or three which he had sold to the prosecutors' buyer, who subsequently identified the article. Mr. J. J. Millington, manager of the Birmingham and Sheffield department of the prosecutors, said—l have not sold the prisoner any of these forks at any time. I have occasionally missed goods from my department. T. Dawson, assistant in the musical and lamp depart. ment, said—On the 23d November the prisoner bought of me two lamps for 35., similar to those produced by the officer, and I gave him an invoice so as that he might pay for the goods at the desk in the shop. He had no authority that I am aware of to remove them from the premises without paying for them. The prosecutors' assistant in the shipping department said—The prosecutors had an order for a quantity of night lights, which were delivered in their premises on the 20th November, not in time for the shipping order. The prisoner requested me to show them to him, and I did so at the time, and he requested me to let him have some of them. I opened a parcel, which I now produce, from the warehouse, and he took another box out of the parcel, and then took the parcel into his own depart ment. He had not the slightest authority to take the box proeuced from the premises, nor was I aware that the box had been taken away from the premises. The assistant in the comb and tobacconist department said—l saw a box of this description, not opened, in the prisoner's cupboard in the warehouse, a few days before he was taken, and the moment he left the warehouse the box was gone. From reasons I looked into the pri soner's drawer, and saw there a paper containing 100 slate-pencils. I took them out, and tore the paper to look at them. The paper of pencils produced by the officer is the same. I saw that they remained in the prisoner's drawer for the next day, and then I missed them. I communicated with my employers, and the police were spoken to. The prisoner had not the slightest authority to remove the goods from the pre mises. The assistants in other departments of the extensive premises of the prosecut rs gave evidence of a similar kind against the prisoner.; Witnesses were also called who proved that the pri soner had sold to them various articles, which had been procured by him in the manner described. Evidence was also brought forward on a charge cf embezzlement against the prisoner. The prisoner, upon being asked in the usual terms whether he wished to make any defence, sail, "I re serve my defence." He was then committed for trial. The Lord Mayor requested that the press would an nounce his receipt of 10/. from the Ironmongers' Com pany, for the poor-box. BOW-STREET.—A middle-aged man, named Alex ando• Ferrari, who, though described as au interpreter, spoke English with manifest difficulty, was charged with assaulting Julia Bouquet. The complainant was accompanied by an interpreter, and gave her evidence in French. She stated that she was a single woman, but was about to be married to a gentleman engaged at present at the Strand Theatre. Last evening she went to the theatre to see him, and a quarrel took place between them on the subject of his profession, which she wished him to abandon. She left the theatre by the side door, and her "husband" by the front, and they met again in the street, he being accom panied by the prisoner, who was in his service. Here the dispute was resumed, when the prisoner, to whom she had not said one word, began to beat her with his walking cane. Her arms and wrists were marked with stripes from the blows he gave her. Mr. Thomas Payne, lessee of the theatre, here came forward and offered an explanation of the circuiestances of the case. He said that the gentleman referred to was Senor Marcos Diaz, the Spanish dancer, and the pri soner was his interpreter. Complainant had for some time been in the habit of going behind the scenes to see Diaz ; but their quarrels had become so frequent, and complainant's conduct so violent, that he (Mr. Payne) was obliged to intimate to Diaz that she could no longer be admitted. The senor signified his wish that she should, by all means, be excluded, which was done until last night, when she passed in during the temporary absence ~f the person whose duty it was to prevent her admis sion. She made her way to Diaz's dressing-room, and a scene took place, the nature of which might be judged of from the fact that when he next saw Marcos Diaz his face was covered with blood from scratches, apparently inflicted with the finger nails. Afterwards complainant followed Diaz to the stage, and, seizing him by the throat, flung him down a flight of stairs. Witness had several times ordered that she should be turned out, but the men were all afraid of her. At last he put her out himself. Diaz left the house at the front entrance, hoping to escape her, but she met him at the corner and made a fresh attack upon him, when the prisoner interfered to protect his master. The constable who took the prisoner in charge (Draper, 310 A) said that he saw the complainant strug gling with a man, and was approaching fur the purpose of interfering, when he saw prisoner strike complainant three times very violently with his cane. Witness stopped him as he was about to inflict a fourth blow. Senor Diaz corroborated. He observed that he could not conceive what right Alexander had to strike " La Senora." Chas. Payne, one of the stage carpenterz, gave a si milar version of the occurrence to that of Mr. Payne. The prisoner said he only wanted to separate the com plainant from his master, and had net the slightest in tention of hurting her. He called the magistrate's at tention to the scratches still to be seen on the face and neck of the senor, and appealed to his worship to say whether he could be expected to stand by and see his master so treated! Mr. Jardine said this was not enough to justify an as sault, and in such circumstances, upon any one, but especially on a woman. H a d th e weapon use d b een one likely to inflict perm anen t i n j ury, h e wou ld h ave sent bpi to prison for a very long period ; but as no serious mischief was done —or, perhaps, intended—he would only fine him 4/. The fine was paid. WESTMINSTER. B URGLARY AT A CATHOLIC CHAPEL.—John Dino; a yout h 17 yea d rs of age, was charged with burglariously breaking an chapel The circumstances c o i f r e th u m e s Catholic tanees e O f r t a h t e o r case,in tahse detailedßroptenteringobny.r o ad foseveral.the r . witnesses, are briefly these :—The prisoner, who was i nerly employed abcut the chapel, met a gardener named Briant on Monday afternoon, and told him that he in tended by some means to get into the Or a t ory t h at night, at the same time enjoining him to secrecy. Briant im mediately gave information to the authorities of the place, and a man was placed in the dwelling-house at tached to the chapel to watch, but by some means t h e robbery was committed without his detecting th e offen. der. The place was found broken open at 4 in the morn ing, an entrance having been effected from the roof of a closet just below the refectory window , which was found open, and three money boxes, one beari n g an inscription " Offerings to our Lady," the second "Offerings to St. Philip," and the third "The Poor," had been torn down from the wall and carried off, These were found, rifled of their contents—computed at about 51.—in a garden I ground adjoining a neighbouring churchyard. Beneath the open window of the refectory half a brace button was teund, which appeared to have broken in the exer tion of entering, and upon the prisoner's being appre hended by Sergeant Rogers, 9 B, the other half of the button was found attached to his trousers. The money stolen was charged as belonging to the "Fathers of the congregation of the Oratory." The prisoner was remanded for a week. DESPERATE ASSAULT.-IVilliam Groves, a respectable looking young man, described as a gentleman's servant, was brougLt up for re-examination, charged with assault ing and wounding James Clapson, a plasterer, living in Hasker-street, Chelsea. The complainant's wife and her sister, who had a dog with them, were standing at the top of the Vauxhall bridge-road, when the prisoner and a male companion came up and accused them with unbecoming familiarity about their dog. Mrs. Clapson told them to go about their business, when defendant struck her on the mouth ; and her husband, who had only left her two or three minutes before, coming up, seized the prisoner, who struck him two blows on the head with a very thick knotted stick—the effect of which was that he was very severely wounded and lost a great deal of blood. A fresh witness was examined, who gave an account somewhat more favourable to the accused than the pre vious witnesses, but still proved that he inflicted the in jury with the stick in question. A surgeon's certificate was produced, stating that the injured man was not yet out of danger. Mr. Lewis, jun., urged the magistrate to take bail fur the accused's future appearance, assuring him that he should be able, on a future day, to put a different com plexion upon the matter. Mr. Paynter refused, and prisoner was remanded till this day (Wednesday) week. WORSHIP-STREET. —A. BRUTAL HUSBAND. James Elliott, a bricklayer, living in Spitalfields, was brought befora Mr. Hammill on a warrant, charged with savagely assaulting Harriet, his wife. From the poor woman's statement it appeared that she had been married 30 years to the defendant, and had had a large family; but, for th e l as t seven years , he has been in the habit of subjecting her to the most cruel and brutal usage, and once she had been seven weeks in the hospital, in consequence of his cutting her head open with a stick. The assault now complained of took place on Monday morning, when she arose between three and four o'clock to prepare her husband's breakfast before he went to work ; but he suddenly jumped up, and, placing a large box against the door to barricade it, struck her a vialent blow at the back of her neck, which he cut, swearing that he would " cut her throat from ear to ear ;" and she believed that he must have had a knife in his hand when he struck her. He then made her put on his shoes, his coat, &c., which she said she did as well as she could, feeling very faint and much frightened. At length she got away from hi-o, and, in the course of the day, made her complaint to the magistrate. b'he added, however, that she had no wish to hurt him if she could be protacted from his vio lence. Mr. Hammill asked her if she had ever complained against hull before during the many years that she now said he had so ill-treated her ? The complainant said that he had been four times brought before this court for ill-using her, and had be fore threatened her with the knife, butshenever appeared against him, trusting to his promises of amendment. The defendant, in answer to the charge, said his wife was never sober, and made away with his things —he could not keep a thing. The complainant assured the magistrate that there was no truth whatever in her husband's assertion. She had no a-sDciate, even of her sex, but was kept in slavish suljection—her sole dependence being upon him. Gee, the warrant officer, said he found the defendant drinking and smoking at a public-house, but he knew nothing of his wife. Mr. Hammill committed the defendant to six months' hard labour, and required him also to give bail for other six months. CLERKENWELL.—John Bradford, a beer-shop keeper of the City-road, was summoned for refusing to provide a lodging for one of the Royal London Militia. The defendant said he had had two men billeted upon Lim for 61 days, and that billet did not expire till the Ist January. He had only been in business about four months, and from the commencement had two men with him ; and, as it was a very small house, and he had to pay them out, he considered it a very great hardship to have another one billeted upon him. ➢lr. Coombe said that it seemed to be the practice to billet the recruits singly upon each of the publicans. The defendant said he was not aware of that, or ho would have consented to receive the man. If the man were now stint he would take him in. Mr. Combo said that would alter the case. Address ing the serjeant, he told him that, if the case had gone on, he could not have convicted, as he had forgotten to bring the copy of the billet with him. LAMBETH.—RAILWAY PLUNDERERS.—Mary Field, a well-dressed and well-known thief, and G. H lzzard, also a notorious thief, who has been frequently con victed, were placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, the former on a charge of attempting to pick the pockets of three ladies at the Waterloo station, and the latter with being at the same station for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Thomas Bent, an inspector of police, doing duty on the South-Western Railway, deposed that at about ten minutes before five o'clock on the preceding evening he was standing on the departure platform at the Water loo station, and saw both the prisoners approach and pass him. The female approached three ladies who were standing together, and he distinctly saw her put her hand into the pocket of one of them. Immediately after, indeed on the instant, one of the ladies addressing him, said she had caught the female's hand in her pocket. This was said loud enough for the prisoner to hear it, but, notwiths'anding, he (Bent) subsequently saw her put her hand into the pocket of anotler lady, and he then took her into custody. On his doing so the male prisoner approached and asked what was the matter, and the female prisoner said she had but just arrived by the Windsor train, though a Windsor train had not arrived for an hour before. The male prisoner at this time dis appeared, but knowing his person he gave information to the police, and he had since been taken by Sergeant Bread of the L division. 12.ie prisoners having declared that they were strangers, Inspector Bent stated that both the prisoners were well known and convicted thieves, and they were remanded for a week. SILOCKING MURDER BY A RUSSIAN AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, Tuesday.—Anlnquest, held at the Royal Infirmary, was commenced on Saturday an d conc l ude d this day before the city coroner. J. B. Grindon , Es. q , on th: body of Jose Jrße lgian Mareschal, a sea nevi of the ship Leopold L, now lying i n this port, who died from the effects of inquiries inflict e d on him under the dastardly circumstances hereinafter detailed, by Johann Wilhelm Adolphe Schiuck, a Russian sailor belonging to the same vessel. The jury having (after some opening re narks by the coroner) viewed the body, which was that of a fine young roan , aged about 24, evidence, o f w h ic h t h e fol lowing is an outline, was taken. R. Bruce, Esq., Belgian consul, was present to watch the proceedings. William Murphy deposed that he was nhipkeeper on board the Leopold 1., a foreign ship, lyi ng a t th e corner of th „ lua y. The captain and crew were foreigners, one of them bring a Russian. At about one o'clock on Sun day morning witness was keeping watch on d ec k, w h en he beard sonic men tusseliog and fighting on the quay, and on looking towar ds them saw that it was the Rus sian, the deceased, and another Belgian. They were all tipsy, but deceased more so than the others. The Russian came on board, went forward, and armed himself with a heavy capstan bar, and then called out "Frank." The deceased at that time was in the act of going aboard. He stepped off the plank to the deck, and was walking towards the fore . part of the ship, w h ere hi s berth wa@, when the Russian came forward and met hi m, and, without a word passing, struck him with all his might across the head with the capstan bar. (The bar, a most murderous weapon, was here handed in for view by the jury.) The deceased fell on his side on the deck, and witness called to the captain, and then spoke to deceased, who was lying in a pool of blood. The Rus sian tried to prevent him (witness) from going on shore to call the police, but he persisted in going, and went on to the quay, and alarmed two constables, who re turned with him to the ship. The Russian had in the meantime contrived to escape, and had never since been seen. The deceased was conveyed to the infirmary. The Belgian sailor who had formed the third in the scuffle was called to give evidence, but a difficulty arose, as, beyond a few words, he was ignorant of both French and Flemish, speaking only a patois, which neither the consul nor any one else in court could understand. The Ship-keeper, on being questioned, said the witness was not on board, and had nothing to do with the blow. The Coroner said if that were the case he should not attempt to examine him. Mr. Nathaniel Crisp, acting house surgeon of the Bristol Royal Infirmary, deposed to the illness and death of the deceased on Thursday night, and to his bayin g made a careful post mortem examination of the body. On the left side of his head was a straight wound, tolerably clean, mid about three incheS long, over the temporal bone. On removing the scalp blood was found effused between the scalp and the skull, nearly all over the head. On opening the skull there was a large quantity of blood pressing on the membranes of the brain and on the brain itself, which was broken in two places. There were fractures on both sides of the skull, commencing under neath the wound, and then breaking off into two. One of them ren right through the base of the skull and to the spinal canal. The fractures were probably caused by one blow, and they were undoubtedly the cause of death. Police-constable No. 85 deposed to having been en trusted with a warrant for the apprehension of the Rus sian, Schinck, who had contrived to elude all pursuit. Ho had searched Bristol, Cardiff, and Newport, but could find no trace of him. Tne jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against the Russian, Schiuck. EXTENSIVE FIRE AT KlNGSLAND.—Yesterday morn mg, between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, a fire, at tended with a great loss of property, and almost fatal consequences to an entire family, happened on the pre- Inises of Mr. Thomas Hay, the extensive cabinetmaker, Laterntim-terrace, Kingsland-road. The firs was not subdued until the stock, furniture, and house were burnt out, although every exertion was made by the men ; and the adjoining premises, belonging to Mr. James Smart, Mr. S. Bland, and others, were severely damaged by fire and water. Cause unknown. The lose will fall on the Phenix, Atlas, and other Are-offices. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 30. - The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Allan Wallis, Esq., now British Vice-Consul, to be her Majesty's Consul at San Jose, in the Republic of Costa Rica. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 3. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. de Castelnau as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope, for his Majesty the Emperor of the French. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 3. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Leip zic, reporting the appearance of an Imperial Decree in the Gazette of St. Petersburg, prohibiting the exportation of corn and grain from the whole European frontier of Rus sia, as well as from the Kingdom of Poland, wheat, how ever, being allowed to be exported from the Customs' sta tions of the latter country. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 3. The Right lion. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Counoil for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a de spatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Hamburg, forwarding a translation of a further notification respect ing the levying of a rate on ships, in consequence of the completion of the deepening of the Trave and its estuary, of which the following is a copy : Whereas in the notification of the 29th of February, 1810, respecting the levying of a rate in consequence of the measures taken for deepening the Trave and its estuary, a proviso having been made for raising this rate after the completion of the works executed in conformity with the plan for the regulation of the river, and the Senate, in accordance with the Commoners (Burgerschafft) having decided that the said works being now completed, the rate in question shall be raised, the Senate, conformable to this joint decision, annulling at the same time the dispositions contained in the notification of the 29th of February, 1810, hereby decrees and publicly make known as follows : 1. From this Ist of January, 1856, all sailing vessels and steamers of more than 30 lasts burden, arriving or leaving here, will have to pay the rate levied for deepening the Travis accord ng to the following tariff : A. Laden, 6 schilling per last of 4,1201b5.* B. Exceptionally when laden with timer, 4 schilling per lass of 4,1201b5. C. In ballast or empty, 2 schilling per last of 4,1201b5. 2. The rate will be collected by the Customs and Excise Department, according to the tonnage ascertained by Lubeck measurement, and the certificate of measurement granted thereon, conformable to the instructions annexed to the decree of the 30th of January, 1850, respecting the measurement of sea-going vessels, and has to be paid on entry anti departure, and by sailing vessels at the same time as the tonnage dues. 3. Ships laden to not more than one-tenth part of their total capacity pay as empty ships, two schilling per last. Ships which, besides timber, are also partly laden with other goods, pay, when such goods fill a space not exceed ing one-tenth of the total capacity of the vessel, the rate of timber-lades ships, four schilling per last. Whoever lays claim to one of the two exceptional cases above mentioned, has to certify the same to the Customs and Excise Department ; for which, as a rule, the bill of lading for inward, and a ship broker's certificate for out ward bound vessels, will suffice ; the Customs and Excise Department retaining, however, the right of ordering a search to be made when expedient. 4. Mail packet-ships, and other vessels sailing under state flags, are, as such, not subjected to the rate levied for deepening the Tra.ve ; but mail packet-ships, carrying passengers or goods, will have to pay the rate conformable to the above regulations. And also the following translation of a Supplement to the above Notification : The regulations contained in the Notification of Feb. 29, 1849, relative to the rate for the deepening of tho Trave, together with the dispositions respecting the Dredging dues, taken from the said notification, and incorporated (under 7) in the decree of January 30, 1850, respecting the shipping dues for sea traffic and the passage on the Lower Trave, shall, ups and from January 1, 1856, cease to operate (be repealed). * 13 schilling currency =• 1 shilling sterling. 1 Lubeck lb. -= 1 . 07 lb. avoirdupois. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 4. Bth Light Dragoons—Major-General George Charles, Earl of Lucan, K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice General Sir John Brown, deceased. _ _ _ MEMORNDUM.— Major-George Charles, Earl of Lucan, K.C.8., has repaid the difference between the full price of a cava?ry and infantry Lieutenant-Colonelcy, which he received on exchanging from the 17th Light Dragoons to half-pay unattached on the 14th April, 1837. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 4. 39th Foot—For William Blennerhasset, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Nicholls, elated 27th July, 1855, which appeared in the Gazette of that date, read William Blennerhasset, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase. MEMORANDUM.— With reference to the Memorandum, dated Horse Guards, April 25, 1855, which appeared in the Gazette of Ist May last, the under-mentioned Officers of the East India Company's Service have Brevet Rank in the Army as follows :—Brevet-Major Henry Atwell Lake, Madras Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Forsyth Tait, C. 8., Bengal Army, and Lieutenant-Colonel William Mayne, Bengal Army, to be Aides-de-camp to the Queen, with the rank of Colonel in the Army. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 24. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant John Delves Broughton to be First Lieutenant, vice Curry, de ceased. Manchester, general Manchester warehousemen, further div. of 2s. 8 d. in the pound, p tyable at Maucliester, on any Tuesday. Clarinda Kilner, of Walsall, Staffordshire, licensed vic tualler, first div. of ls. 11d. in the pound, payable at Bir mingham, on any Thursday. John Watson, of Market Harborongh, Leicestershire, tailor, first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, payable at Bir mingham, on any Thursday. Mary Johnson and W.Johnson, of Cheadle, Staffordshire, grocers, first div. of 16s. in the po un d, a t the rate of 2s.Bd. in the pound, payable at Birmingham, on Thursday, Dec. 13, and any subsequent alternate Thursday: R. Heath, W. Welch, and J. H. Barber, of Tunstall, Staffordshire, ironmasters (on the separate estate of J. H. Barber) first div. of 9s. 3d. in the pound, payable at Bir mingham, on Thursday, Dec.l3, and any subsequent alter nate Thursday. William Butcher, of Lichfield, Staffordshire, coa c h builder, first div. of 6s. 2d. in the pound, payable at Bir mingham, on Thursday, Deo. 13, and any subsequent alternate Thursday. A. M. Edwards and T. Cooper, Coventry, ironmongers, first div. of 3.i, in the pound, payable at Birmingham on Thursday, Dec. 13, and any subsequent alternate Thurs day. J. Bilton, 14, Cumming-street, Pentonville, convey ancer, a div. of 2s. 84d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portu gal-street, Lincoln's-inn. D. Brown, 1, Little Chapel-street,Wardour-street, Soho, eatinghouse-keeper, a div. of is. 10,'„d. in the pound, pay able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. T. Thompson, late of South Shields, journeyman cur rier, a div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portu gal-street, Lincoln's-inn. M. A. Holt, 102, Great Titchfield-street, Oxford-street, boardinghouse-keeper, a div. of 34. 2d. in the pound, pay able at §, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. W. Hood, late of Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, cur rier, a div. of 2s. 2d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. T. Price, late of Pill, Somersetsbire, licensed victualler, a div. of 4s. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. J. Ediugton, late of Liverpool, assistant in an iron manufactory, a div. of 10s. ld. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. A. Richardson, Richmond, clerk in the Money Order Department, Post-office, a div. of 4s. in the pound, pay able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. C. Davey, 4, Rockingham-row East, New Kent-road, wholesale milliner, a div. of is. lid. in the pound, pay able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. J. Ahlborn, Liverpool, haberdasher, a div. of ls. lid. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William Bevington, late of Swansea, pipe manufacturer, a dividend of 10Id. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. Henry Pierce, of Rhyl, Flintshire, publican, first divi dend of 7d. in the p oun d, p aya bl e at County Court, St. Asaph. - DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. T. Brooks, 23, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, and Saudown, Southampton, wine and spirit merchant, Dec. 27 G. B. Pouting, Devizes, Wiltshire, innkeeper, Dec. 27—R. W. Johnson, Gloucester, wine and spirit merchant, Dec. 27—T. Parker, Southport, Lancashire, hotel keeper, Dec. 26—L. Aulborn, Liverpool, toy dealer, Dec. 26 R. Beckett, Liverpool, currier, Dec. 26—Jessie Shaw, Longton, Staffordshire, stationer, Dec. 19. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. W. Turner, 34, King-street, Golden-square, licensed vic tualler, Dec. 27—J. Hunter, Burscough, Lancashire, ship wright, Dec. 27—J. Braithwaite, Stafford, miller, Jan. 7 —R. Goodwin, Derby, grocer, Jan. B—W. Wright, Loughborough, Leicestershire, miller, Jan. 8. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Nicholas, Birmingham, painter and glazier—W. James, Birmingham, tailor—S. T. Barr, Birmingham, wood engraver—W. Duesbury, Birmingham, auctioneer— J. Wareing, Birmingham, wood turner—E. Largo, Bir mingham, appraiser —E. Wylde, Birmingham, engine fitter—J. Boulton, Church Coppenhall, Cheshire, grocer— T. Smith, Nantvvich, licensed victualler—J. W. Davies, Worthing, dealer in toys—H R. Ellie, Shoreham Coast Guard Station, Sussex, chief officer—C. Sydenham, Salis bury, shoemaker —H. Denly, Brighton, grocer—F. Clif ford, Brighton, eating-house keeper—J. Livock, Dickle burgh, Norfolk, assistant to a general shopkeeper—W. Manning, Bury St. Edmunds, baker—J. Crook, B a th, but cher—E- Tompkins, Frome, Somersetshire, dealer in fancy goods—R. Fait hurst, Macclesfield, journeyman joiner J. Lane, Macclesfield, labourer—W. Kirkham, Maccles field, watchman— S. Goodall, Congleton, Cheshire, publi-, can—N. Mercer, Prescot, Lancashire, watch frame maker —J. Bowel!, North Lopham, Norfolk, shoemaker—T. Trowell, Draycott, Derbyshire, shoemaker—J. Bircher, Litchurch, Derbyshire, beerhouse keeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. D. Hum and T. Hum, 3, St. Michael's-alley, Cornbill, boot and shoe makers—M. Williams and Rees H. Rhys, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, manufacturers of bricks—W. Levier and R. T. Buck, 61, George-street, and 79, Baker street, Portman-square, linen drapers—T. Molinens and J. Cunliffe, Manchester, silk manufacturers—J. Horner, J. Holt, and W. Ashworth, Bacup, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—G. F. Nelson and C. R. Nelson, 104, Fleet-street, advertising agents—J. Haworth, W. Cunliffe, and W. G. Hird, Bridge Clough, Lancashire (so far as re gards W. Cunliffe)—l. Abrahams and T. Brain, jun., 52, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, accountants—Joseph Sweeny and Joseph Hughes, Manchester, silk manufac turers—S. Drake and J. Blowfield, Maidenhead, Berkshire, blacksmiths—W. P. Chance, T. Chance, Marst•gate lane, Stratford, bone boilers—S. Mason and C. A. Burrell, New port, Monmouthshire, dealers in china—J. Atkins, jun., and H. Atkins, Sutton, Surrey, lime burners—W. Wood and E. Wood, Spalding, Lincolnshire, linen drapers. BREVET. Captain Joseph Reid Jaikson, on retired full pay, under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council, 13th Sept., 1854, to be Major, the rank being honorary only. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. West Essex Militia—Hamilton Flemying Campbell Gyll, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Richard Wilson, pro moted ; Ensign Richard Wilson to bo Lieutenant, vice Marriott. promoted. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Charles Bidwell Ed wardos to be Lieutenant. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia—En sign John Bourk to be Lieutenant, vice Elliot, promoted ; Ensign Augustus Daniel Keane to be Lieutenant, vice Brie ley, promoted. Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of Rifle Militia—Captain George William Holmes Ross to be Major. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Frederick Henry Kelsall, Gent., to be Ensign. Duke of Lancaster's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Ca valry and Lancashire Hussars—The Hon. Spencer Comp ton, Lord Cavendish, to be Captain. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Nov. 20 : Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—Theodore Thomas Ford, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Nov. 16. North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Henry James Story, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Hewgill, retired. [This appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Friday last :—] Norfolk Militia Artillery—The Hon. Everard Stourton to be Second Lieutenant, vice Tredcroft, promoted. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-House, Nov. 29. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian barque Carl, captured on the 25th April, 1854, by the Avon, ten der to her Majesty's ship Impregnable. Agents or other parsons having any just and legal de mand unliquidated against the said proceeds are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said court. AgenA and al'. other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant - General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House." _ Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share iu the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED William Bagley, market gardener, Fulham-fields and Da a-ley-wall, Middlesex. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Archbutt, timber merchant and builder, Oakley square, Chelsea, formerly carrying on business in Cam bridge-street, St. Pancras-road, in partnership with Henry Atkinson, to surrender Dec. 14, at eleven, and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official as signee, Basinghall-street ; Linklater and Hackwood, Size lane. William Fahrenbach, tailor, Berners-street, Oxford street, Dec. 11, at two, and Jan. li, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Pike, Old Burlington-street. Edward Hobbs, ironmonger, Brighton, Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stans feld, official assignee ; Linklater and Hackwood, Siso-land. John Winterbottom, brickmaker, Kersley, Lancashire, Dec. 14 and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Richard son and Hinnell, Bolton-10-Moors. Jonathan Sawyer, builder, Mary Ann-street, Crisp street, East India-road, Dec. 12, at half-past two, and Jan. 15, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Hubbard, Bucklersbury. Jane Hartley, joiner and builder, Middleton, Lancashire, Dec. 20 and Jan. 10, at t we l ve , a t th e Manchester District Court. Hernaraan, official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester. John Kirkham, cotton manufacturer, Blackburn, Dec. 17 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Ainsworth, Black burn ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Alice Dean and Adam Dean, millwrights and iron founders, Bolton, Dec. 17 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester ; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Henry Dallitnore, grocer, Newport, Isle of Wight, Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 15, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Low, Chancery-lane ; Low and Son, Portsea, Hants. Thomas Kirkham, spinner and manufacturer, Albert Mill, Livesey, Blackburn, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Paul, Catterall, Preston ; Rowley and Son, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Ormiston, carter, Burn House, near Edinburgh. William Haig, writer, Glasgow, now deceased. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Victor Bauer, of 3, Lilly Pot-lane, City, merchant, first dividend of 2s. 6:d. in the dound, payable at 20, Alder manbury, City, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, and three subse quent Wednesdays. Richard Fairbourn, of Preston, Wholesale grocer, further dividend of iu the pound, payable at Manchester, on any Tuesday. Thomas Wilson and Henry Corbett, of Madras, Man chester, and Preston, dealer s ( on th e separate estate of Henry Corbett), first dividend of 20s. in the pound, paya ble at Manchester, on any Tuesday. J. Snibson, T. Snibson and W.Snibson, of Manchester, wholesale grocers, first div. of 3s. 3d. in the pound, paya ble at Manchester, on any Tuesday. R. Robinson, of Manchester, provision dealer, first div. of id. in the pound, payable at Manchester, on any Tuesday. Joshua Crowther, W. Dickinson, jun., and it, Cave, of FRATRICIDE NEAR BARNSLEY. About midnight on Saturday a brutal fratricide was perpetrated at the thriving manufacturing village of Clay ton West, which is situated about five miles from Barns ley, on the Barnsley and Huddersfield-road. The hor rid deed was committed by a man named James Wha ram, 29 years old, who is now in custody on the charge of wilful murder, and who was employed as a worsted dyer, at the factory of Messrs. J. Norton and Son, of Clayton West. His brother, a quiet, inoffensive man, named Jeremiah Wharam, aged 3G, was also in the employ of Messrs. Norton as a stuff presser. It appears that fur some time past the brothers had not regarded each other with the moat friendly feeling, and on previous occaliens the prisoner had been heard to threaten to stab his bro ther. On Saturday night the deceased went to the Com mercial Inn, Clayton West, where he had four glasses of ale. James Wharam came into the house a little after 11 o'clock, but had nothing to drink, and walked about from one room to another. A little before 12 o'clock, the decased left the house, and passed the prisoner, who was at the yard end, and who after they had got about 15 yards from him, called out, "Go home, Shoddy." The deceased then said to a man named Horsfall, " That word's enough to go back for," and he turned round and went back immediately. A scuffle ensued between the brothers, and in it the prisoner drew a knife and stabbed the deceased in ten different places. Horstall and others, on hearing the scuffle, went up to the parties and pulled the prisoner away, when the deceased, after uttering the words, "I am stuck in many places ; I am a dead man," dropped upon the road. He was lifted up and he never spoke afterwards, but expired as he was being carried home. Mr. Rowley, surgeon, was im mediately called in ; but on his arrival, the deceased was quite dead. On examining the body he found no fewer than nine incised and punctured wounds on the left side of the chest ; one of which wounds, passing between the eighth and ninth ribs into the left auricle of the heart was sufficient to eause death. The mur derer, after perpetrating this fratricide, went home to bed, where he was apprehended a short time after wards by Superintendent Shepley, and Mr. Bedford, one of the constable 3 of the district. He was then apparently asleep, and expressed the greatest unconcern at his situation. He was safely lodged in custody. The inquest was held yesterday (Monday, before Mr. T. Taylor, coroner, at tha Duke Willi am I nn. A f ter several witnesses had been examined, and had detailed the facts stated, the jury retired ; and after an absence of about an hour, they returned a verdict of wilful murder against James Wharam.—Mancltester Guardian, A LUCKY CONVICT.—About 29 years ago two men were transported from Cambridge for a highway rob bery, committed about a mile from this town. The rob bers lay in wait for a farmer coming home from market, who they knew had received a large sum of money, but by mistake stopped the wrong person. One of the robbers died while under transportation, the other by good conduct obtained a ticket of leave, and went to the diggings, were ho amassed considerable wealth. On Saturday week he unexpectedly returned to his native village, Chesterton, were he found his father, mother, and most of his relations were dead, but learnt that one brother still survived, and was residing in Huntingdon shire, and thither he has gone to allow of his brother participating in his good fortune.—Cambridge Chronicle. [ADVERTISEMENT.] The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed. See extract from his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845 :—" To Professor Holloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ALL,. BOROUGH." These wonderful pills will cure any disor ders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway' Ointment) at Profesor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York, aid by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. [ADVERTISEMENT. ]— Medicine always aggravates chronic complaints, and it is therefore with peculiar pleasure we no tice the beneficial effect of Du Barry's Revalenta Arabia Food, which cures indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, consti pation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and. debility. We quote a few out of many thousand cases of cures by this deli cious food : From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.' Curo 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ire land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castle stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of many years' standing. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart de Decies.—l have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and con sider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the pub lication of these Lines.—STUART DE Dscias.—From the Vener able Archdeacon of Ross. No. 32,836.—Three years' exces sive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by:Du Barry's health -restoring food.—ALEX. SMART, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen.— In canisters, 11b. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 48. 6d.; 51b. 11s. ; 121 b. 22e. iho 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order; Barry Du Barry & CO., 77, Regent-street, London ; also at 182 . Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, Strand: Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishopsgate-street • 55, Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker - stre e t; 63 a nd 150 , Oxford-street ; 89, Iligh-street, Camden-town ; 18, Pall mall; 7, Pall-mall-East ; 132, N e w Bond-street o! 24, Mot. comb-street ; 13, King William-street, City ; 30, street; '2l, Cockanur-street; 95, Farrin:zdon-street ; 67, St , Paul's Oburebyar , l; Flward-aree, Purttuau-Nuaro. itiy ntrkt LITERPOOL-DEC. 4. A good attendance this morning. The trade ruled slow for wheat and flour at Friday's prices, which were slightly easier than on this day se'nnight, but without pressing of sales. Indian corn recovered Friday's decline of 6d per qr. In any other article of the trade no change of pries was observable, with a dull inquiry for each of them. HULL-DEC. 4. At to-day's market there was a moderate supply of Eng• lish wheat, mostly in unsatisfactory condition; the trade was not prepared for so dull a report from Mark-lane, and neither factors nor farmers seem disposed to be influenced thereby. The business done was consequently limited. Barley Is lower. Beans, peas, and oats unaltered. Lin seed quiet, and cakes also. s s Wheat, English, red 78 to 82 1 Ditto white B6 to 90 Dantzie and Konigs berg Pomeranian and Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and Pea,s, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea... 81 to 84 Ditto Petersburgh .. . 76 to 78 Ditto Riga and Arch-___ angel - 6 B 6B to 72 ' Ditto Konigsberg and 1 Memel 65 to 70 Friesland 7B to 821 Russian and Odessa 72 to 75, Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3B to 411 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 54 to 60 Per Ton. Lins.c., Hulll4/ 2s 6dto 14/10s 'Ditto fine for.l2llos 141--e Od Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os Od to 0101 Rapeseed..... 00/ Os to 001 Os Rape cakes 130 s Od to 135 s 6d Tares, English —s t o —s Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os 81 t012115s Bones Rye Meal LEEDS Supplies of grain are very s and best samples held firm] sorts move very slowly. Bari a limited sale. No alteration -DEC. 4. small. Wheat trade inactive, ily, at Friday's rates. Other ley as before. Oats and beans a in other articles. IPSWICH—NEo. 4. The supply of wheat has greatly fallen off, and the eon. dition is lowered by the weather, hence a diminution in value followed, and a decline of is and 2s per qr. was fully manifested in the sales. The supply of barley was large, a great portion of very secondary quality ' • best picked sam• pies sold at is to 2s per qr. l ower th an last week's prices, and other qualities 2s 6d per qr. No beans or peas. PER (WARM. PER WI:TARTU. Wheat, red (old) 80s to 82a Barley, grinding ... 38s to 40s Ditto (new) Ditto, white R4s to 86s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 42s to 45e Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING DEO. 1, 1855. Wheat ..... 1561 quarters, at 8 is lld Oats 25 „ 29s Od Peas Barley Beans DUBLIN-DEC. 4. The late depression still prevails. Every description of home growth extremely dull. No sale even at the decline. The supply at market unusually small. Some few trans actions in Indian corn took place at a trifling advance. Demand only in retail. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam . 11 174 Ditto, three months 11 19% Rotterdam ............ 12 0 Antwerp 25 55 Brussels .... •......... 25 55 Flamburgh ............ 13 9% Altona .. • • Pari5........ 25 35 Ditto, three months .. 25 724 Marseilles ............. 25 Y2yQ Bourdeaux .• • ........ Frankfort-on Maine .• .. 120 Berlin Vienna .......... •• 11 15 Trie5te................ 11 20 Petersburg 34% Madrid ..... 49% Cadiz ........ •• I (Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• •• Seville.. •• 'GE.-YESTERD AY. Gibraltar •••••••••• •• •• Leghorn . • 30 15 Genoa •....... 25 77 % Milan •••• •••• •• •••••• Venice Naples ... ... 444 Palermo .... Messina • .. 133% Lisbon ...... 5.+% Oporto ................ 53% Rio Janeir0............ Janeir0............ Buenos Ayre5.......... New York, 60 days' sight 48 Philadelphia • • ........ PRICES OF BULLION, PRE OZ. Foreign Gold in Min Z 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .• 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars .....• 0 0 0 Sliver in bars ...... 0 0 9 BBABORNB MAILS. (N signifies that the mail. are sent from the General Post office by the night—and M by the morning --despatch.) Day when From w t.ar w n „, 00171/TRIES. in General Post- Port due n Ofileo, London.* Dispatches: En land America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool . Dec. 3 America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N •• •••••• • • Liverpool Dec. 10 America (by U. States packet) ..........N so • • ••• ,‘• • • laOuthampt••• Australia (via South ampton) ..........M ...•• .. • • • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • • Dover Ditto (via Cape of Good Uncer tat Africa (West Coast) 23d of the month Plymouth .. Dec. 6 Alexandria ..N l B, 9, 24, & 30 of m. Do v e. Alexandria & 20th of Southampton I Bahamas ~ml7th of the mon th Southampton( Belgium ......... ..NIDaIIY• •••••• • • • • • Dover ...... Molly Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southamptm. Dec. 15 Buenos Ayres ........31 19 th of the month.. Southampton Dec. 13 Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port ilacertdiv Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month Sonthamptal. Dec. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ............ ..N Channel Isles Southampton Tu.Th./.. at Chill-- „ „ 3112 d & 17th of month Southampto , , China .... . Once a month.... Dec. 4 Constantinople '8,13,18,23,428 ot m Dover Constantinople „ „ 4th 420th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe St & N Twice daily • . Dover .... daili Egypt (see India) France M & N ITwice daily • . • Dover Tvricena. Gibraltar 4,7, 17,20, 27 cfin Southampton Greece (sec India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton flamhurgh ~I•r Tuesday & Friday London ..... davannah .......... AI 2td of the month S ou th ampton D ec. 1 . Holland .. • . 51 , Dan,' •••• • • .. Dover ....... .Dail% Honduras cithe month. Southamptol 6thofino. , India (viaSouthampt.)m 4th O2oth of mon. Plym o uth .. D ee. 4 India (via Marzeilles)M 9th& 25th of month Dover ...... lonian lees (see India)l7, 17, 8i 27 of mon Dover...." Ireland ........M & NTcvice daily •• • • Holy head .ITwtewiat. hisben 17, & 27 of in.lSouthampto l , Dec. 15 , adeira 9, • i 9th of the month 'Southamptob, Madeira ............ N 23d of month •• • • Liverpool ... Malta (sae India) Malta .. ... . —N 18. &28 of mon. D over . Dec. 4 ...... Mauritius (see India) w„ritiu N 14th of the month Mexico of the month.. Soathantat.,•l Dec. 1 tiapi „ ........N ,sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... New Granada ▪ Ng & 17th of month Southamptor, l New Zealand By private ship 'Various port' Uncerfat, P a p a l stat e , is; 15th15th25thofInon.Dover P en i nsu l a ..........Mlthl7th27thoflnon. l Southampton g er , id & 27th of mon.'Southampton Port Natal ..........N , By private ship... Various portstueertit, Sicily ,„ „„ N,sthlsth2sthorraon, Dever ...... Tuscany ... „ ......N!sthlatb2sthofmon. Dover ...... Venezuela ...... 2d 4 17th ofmonth So u th amp t on! l & 18 moo Van Diemen'sLan d (sot Australia) ....... Waft rndies . IV ht 17th o • month : Southampton 1& IS mon !sonthampt en 1&16mon Whenany of these date fall or► a Sunday, the mane wuf de. !patched on the following day, with the exception of the (not Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatch. e ir preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market was very steady to-day, and prices tend upwards. Caledonian, 28 8$ —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 23k—Eastern Counties, B—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77$—Midlands, 641 8 —South Eastern, 17.11.3.—Dutch Rhenish, d. —Great Western of Canada, 23,1—Great Northern, 22 — East Lancashire, 17i $. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been firmer to-day, in consequence of the rumours of peace. Grand Junction Canal Pref., 10 —Birmingham and Staf fordshire GAS, new, 3i pm. MANCHESTER, DEC. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been at 3 slight improvement upon prices. closing rather weaker. East Lancashire, 17—Eastern Counties, Bi—Midlands, 6 4 1—Sheffield , Ili—Leeds. 77 4—GreatWestern of Canada, new, 2 pm.—Eastern Counties, 83.—Dovers, 174. LEEDS, DEO. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a firm business today. The only transactions up to one o'clock were—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 77i s—Midland, 6.4—Great Northern, 221 —Manchester, Shef., and Lincoln, 231. DUBLIN, DEO. 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, 87 --• Ditto, for Account, 7th Doc., 88i —N ew Th ree p er en j- t. Stock, 894 4—Ditto, for Account, 7th Dec., 884 94. BIRTHS. OP A BON. On the 2d inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Major the Hon. David Fraser, R.A. On the 3d inst., at Laugh= Hall, Suffolk, the wife of Fuller Maitland Wilson, Esq. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst., at 29, Delsiza-road, the wife of George N. Colt, Esq, On the 3d inst., at 10, Warwick-road, the wife of Mr. F. W. Field. MARRIED, On the 4th inst., at St. John's, Lewisham-road, Mr. T. Beck, of Cheapside, city, and Deptford, to Catherine, the youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas Agntter, of Mitcham. New-cross. On the 4th inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Alf re d 1, Williams, Esq., younger sou of the late Rev, D. Willi a ms, rector of Bleaon, Somerset, to Annie Newman, the only daughter of C. Rowlands, Esq., of Sutton, Surrey, and formerly of 146, Regent-street, London. DIED. On the Ist inst., at Upper Chelsea, John Raven, Esq., of Dulwich, and of the Queen's Remembrancer's-office, aged 37. ©n the 30th ult., Mr. Richard Allure, of Merton Lodge, Brixton-hill, and the Prerogative Registry-office, Doetors'- commons, aged 77. On seventh the B. S. Lloyd, E sq ., o f 26 , Bi rc hi n -l ano , Robertsou of Ll o yd , E sq., of Camden-square, aged 37, deeply regretted. On the 30th of Augu s t l as t , at Ballarat, Australia, Mr . H en ry Twentyman, only brother of Mr. Richard Twenty man, of 77, Wood-street, Cheapside, aged 44, On the 30th ult., at Western House, Brighton, Lads' Hotham, of Great Finborough Hall, Suffolk, and Hereford House, Brompton, aged 80. On the Ist inst., at 14, Curzon-street, May-fair, the Hon. Lady Hope, widow of General the Hon. Sir A. Hope, of Luffness, G.C.B. age d 75. On the 29th ult. , Bron Wylfa, St. Asaph, John Wil liams, Esq., l a t e M. P. for the borough of Macclesfiold aged 55. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU N" of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, to the esountY of liiitileaex, Wednesday, December 5,165. t 6 Siple 1(1 1T lane X Sidi Satw irOni I n ibl ......... A a ?Ist IrE whi Noi 1855 0 1855 feit e a date. Loi -____ and the itse loci the 1311, tra