The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-24 00:00:00

k ~' T 'a y; ~' ''~`. W.*'',4? ffaval and Military Intelligence. The Emperor, steam-transport No. 67, Capt. Brown, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from Portsmouth, from the East. She left Kamiesh on the 27th of October ; Constantinople, Nov. 1 ; Malta, 11 ; and Gibraltar, 17. She has brought home Major Boys, Capt. C. B. Roche, Paymaster of the 34th Regiment ; Lieutenant Boynton, 17th Lancers ; Mr. John, of the Purveying Department; Assistant-Surgeon W. T. Irwin ; Lieutenant C. F. Barnett, 54th Regiment ; Mr. Armstrong, temporary clerk in the Commissariat Department ; Captain Berke, late of the Talavera Transport Service, 7 servants, one hospital steward, one assistant -storekeeper, two women, 1,213 barrels and cases of gunpowder and cartridges, and the body of the late Colonel the Hon. N. Maule (brother of Lord Panmure), in charge of Corporal Lynch, of the 41st. The ensign of the ship was suspended half-mast on the vessel's arrival at Spithead. The Emperor is a remarkably handsome ship, and has done good service in the transport service since she entered it in March, 1854, in the conveyance of troops, horses, baggage, and towage. Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., Com mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, officially mustered the staff apd crer.v of his flagship the Victory yesterday fore noon, supposed to be the farewell inspection before his striking his flag on giving up command of the station. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Valette, which arrived at Southampton yesterday morn ing with the Peninsular mails, brings intelligence from Gibraltar of the arrival of the British steam-transport Nicholas Wood, eight days from Portsmouth, with a cargo of rum, coffee, &c., for Balaklava, on the 15th inst. The steam-transport Durham, with condemned stores, from Malta for Spithead, put into Gibraltar on the night of the 15th. The British screw freight-ship Sardinian, six and a quarter days from London, laden with gun carriages and other stores for the Turkish Contingent, and 140 tens of ammunition and ball cartridge for B da klava, arrived at Gibraltar on the 16th, and, after coal ing, sailed for her destination the same evening. The Orinoco, steam-transport at Plymouth, was or dered yesterday to be fitted immediately with an extra magazine, to contain 14 tons of gunpowder for transport to the East. The: Urgent, steam-transport, Commander Phillips, R.N.,' was going out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead yesterday morning, when a small vessel got in her way, and in trying to avoid her she ran foul of the schooner Hazard, I.ON tons, Michelson, master, from Malaga, laden with fruit, oil, and wine, bound for Copenhagen, and made her a complete wreck ; the tde (ebb) took her (the Urgent) on the port bow, and she ran bodily on to the Hazard, which was at moorings, with two anchors down, sweeping off bee rigging and deck gear at one brush, leaving only the bare lower stump of her foremast above deck, tearing up one pump and damaging the other, etiveing in her bulwarks, and thrusting her mainmast through them. Water 11 )wed into the vessel fast, and she could not make head against it, her pumps being ruined ; it is much feared that her cargo will be spoilt. The Urgent carried away her jibboorn in the encounter, and returned to moorings instead of going to Spithewl. The Salamander, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Meehan), was officially mustered arid inspected yesterday in Ports mouth harbour by Capt. G. T. Gordon, Flag Captain. She is admirably manned, and had to return five men to the flag-ship on the previous night as over her comple ment(l3s). She will ge to the Coast of Africa on the 15th of December, and, it is said, to relieve the Scourge as the Commodore's ship on that occasion. The three-decker Britannia, fitted up as a floating hos pital for patients coming home from the seat 4f war, was yesterday towed into her position off Blockhouse Font, in Portsmouth harbour, ready for occupation. The Rha lamauthus, steam-tianepor: - „ Master-Com linear Detain, arrived at Portsmouth yeetarday from the eastssard, with machinery for the Shannon, &c., and the Dee, steam-t caesport, sailed thence on her return to the eastward. The Wenzel and Dapper gun-boats were taken out of dock, and into the engineer department yesterday. The following appointinente were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander Wm. Mould to the Colos sus Lieut.. C. G. M•Gregor to the Transit ; John B. Johnson, Thomas E. Cocker, and Thomas a. Smith, master's assistants, to the Perseverance ; A. Wm. Miller, master's assistant, to the Belleisle ; Augustus Bovill, master's assistant, to the Salamander ; G. W. Burnett, master's assistant, to the Polyphemus ; David Duacan, assistant-surgeon, to the Meander—confirmed. About 900 of the Land Transport Corps are about to proceed to join the British levees at the seat of war. A force of 600, with officers in proportion, will embark in a few days. The arrival of a convict transport ship on Thursday morning at Woolwich has apparently had the effect of urging the convicts there to resort to various means of eeca ping. Since the escape of the two mentioned in The Sun of yesterday, a third, named Aaron Hand, 25 years of age, has managed to avoid the %igilance of his guard, and while employed in the customary labour must have entered one of the numerous closets there. It is supposed that he had been provided with a suit of linen clothing, as his own convict dress was found the , e, and it was clear that he had made his exit from the back by ripping up the flooring. A man was also seen in that di rection answering his description in linen clothes. A new species of rifle gun, invented by a Mr. Arm strong, somewhat resembling the Minie rifle, but of an increased size, and mounted on a field-gun carriage, was yesterday morning proved at Woolwich-butt. It is pro vided with a screw, for the purpose of securing a wedge, so as to strengthen the breech. The internal portion a the Wee is of wrought steel, with a highly-polished out side covering of iron. The practice consisted in firing at a. target, and was very successful. The charge was 16oz. of powder, and a leaden projectile, weighing 31b. Eight 10-inch 32cwt. guns were likewise proved at the butt, and are to be stored, with numerous others there of the same calibro, to meet contingencies. Dr. Delmege, Staff-Surgeon, first-class, recently re turned from the East, in bad health—an officer of great ability and much practical experience—has been ordered to Dover to organise the hospitals, and establish medical ar rangeinents for the British Swiss Legion stationed there. Capt. 11. G. Coles, of the Royal Regiment, having qualified at the school of musketry, Hythe, has been ap pointed instructor to the Provisional Battalion, Win chester. Staff Captain S. G. Bunbury appeared at Fort Pitt yesterday with 58 Medical Staff Corps, under his charge for medical inspection. A draught of this corps having perfected themselves as stewards, cooks, and orderlies, are to be held in readiness for embarkation, part to Malta, the remainder for Scutari Hospital. A detachment of invalids, composed of different regi ments, arrived yesterday at Fort Pitt, from the depot battalion, Preston, 18 of whom were taken into hospital. An order from the Horse Guards was reeeived at Chat ham yesterday, that all deserters sentenced to be marked with the letter D, whom it is not intended to commit to a military prison, be marked at the head-quarters of their corps, before committal to their appointed place of imprisonment. A new kind of knapsack was inspected by the mili tary authorities at Chatham yesterday. It was tried by officers and men, and a favourable opinion was pro nounced upon it. A large number of naval volunteers of the first-class as ere despatched from Liverpool to London on Thursday night. Mr. Clarkson's patent cork life-boat was again launched yesterday from Po r t smout h d oc k yar d , f rom a height of 15 feet to the water, in the presence of the port and dockyard admirals, and the officials of both estab lishments. Its properties, particularly that of righting itself when purposely upset, were further developed. THE MILITIA. The recruiting in Glamorganshire for the militia pro ceeds actively. The regular County Militia has received a large number of recruits, but this corps has had its num bers materially thin ned, in conse q u ence of the many who have volunteered to the line regiments. It is con stantly under drill, and is rapidly increasing its strength. The Glamorgansbire A rtiller y Militia (embodied espe cially for the defence of the important points along the coast), is completing its numbers. , Head -quarters are at Swansea, where armoury , storehouses, are being formed. The Brecknockshire Rifles and the Radnorsire.Rifles have also enrolled a number of active young men in the hill districts. the The non-commissioned officers and privates of Dorset Regiment of Militia, now stationed at Dorches ter, have p resen t e d an e l egan t c hurch service to Mrs. Bingham, the wife of their colonel. The North Durham Regiment, stationed in Sunder land barracks, has enrolled about 30 recruits during the last three weeks. It is still, however, much below fall strength. The force borne on its roll at present consists of 3 field officers, 6 captains, 11 subalterns, 4 staff offi cers, 19 sergeants, 10 drummers, and IQS rank and file. The Dublin Mail states that Government have re solved on sending upwards of 50,000 English Militia to Ireland. It is well known that a great paucity of barrack accommodation exists in England, while in Ireland there are buildings going to ruin capable of containing a vast army. The billeting system in England has become so unpopular that Government aro forced to put a stop to it, and hence the resolution they have come to of sending so large a force to Ireland. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MA NCIIESTER PbIDAY. CHESTER CUP ( en t er or not). 50 to 1 agst Coron e r (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Tug o' War (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Rifleman (taken) 1000 to 10 agst l a tterer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Alfred (taken) DERBY. . Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 9to 1 agst Wentworth (taken) •10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) 11 to 1 agit Yellow Jack 15 to 1 agst Coroner (taken) 20 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken) [ALIVER TIREMEIIT.]—HoIIo way's Rheumatism are fa r superior to all other remedies. , Pills for the cure of ill Talbot, dru gg i st, 99, S. James's•street, Liverpool , states' in a letter to Professor Holloway that he is re quested by Mr. Jameson, of 23, Norfolk-street, to inform him that for many years he had been afflicted with asthma and rheumatism, and could obtain no relief from the many remelies he tried until taking Holloway's pills. This invaluable medicine speedily cured him, and he w i s ho the same to be made publi c f or the benefit of others. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the ~ es abli , hrnents, at Professor Holloway's t • 244, world ; St: ,1 London ; and 80, Maiden-lane, New York ;bl A. Guidicy, inyrua ; and x.., L - LI El—, A. Stawpa, Constantinople ; 11, Hoods, Malta. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 23. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. ET BI J. W. P. GRAHAM. The bankrupt, describing himself as on insurance broker, of King's-road, Chelsea, applied for his certificate. Mr. Pennell, the official assignee, in his report on the case stated that the bankrupt commenced his accounts in 1847, when he had no capital. He now owed 4,0921., without one penny in the shape of assets. His profits had been 3,180/. ; trade charges, 1,9731. ; personal ex penses, 4,9071. ; law costs, 651. ; losses, 4321. The bankrupt did not appear to have done any business since the early part of 1854, but he had been endeavouring to arrange with his creditors by offering them a trifling composition, and, having failed in that, he was compelled to seek the protection of the court. The trade and per sonal expenditure had exceeded the profits by 3,7001. The books had been well kept, and the balance struck at the end of each year. The annual balance sheets not only showed that he had been insolvent since 1849, but that his deficiency had been always increasing. The ac counts now prepared for the court had been compiled from the books, and were corroborated thereby. Mr. Chidley, for the bankrupt, said the case was one in which he caul' only ask for a common certificate. His position had been seriously injured by the failure of the Sunderland Joint Stock Bank in 1851. His Honour observed that he had begun with nothing, and had ended 4,000/. worse than nothing. Under writers and stockbrokers were generally very reckless in their expenditure, being persons fond of ostenta tion and display. They had no stock to give up.; and it usually happened, as in this case, that they bad col- lected all the debts that could be got in. Having done all this, the bankrupt now came and asked for his dis charge. Ho ought rather to have gone to the Insolvent Debtors' Court. There was no pretence that the failure had resulted from loss or misfortune. His expenses had just doubled his profits ; and it was said that he had been " struggling on." The simple meaning of Unit much abused term was, that he went on contracting debts as long as ho could find anybody to trust him. Had the bankrupt been opposed, his certificate would have been suspended for a lengthened period. As it was, having regard to the time he had been before the court, and the Rood book-keeping, the certificate must be sus pended for six months from the last examination (28th September lost) ; when granted to be of the lowest eass. , In the meantime he would have protection from arrest. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. (Before the Recorder.) MALL V. WINBURN— COMMITMENT FOR PERJURY. This was an action to recover the amount of an attor ney's bill. In the course of the case defendant was called and swore positively be never received any bill, but on this point he MIT distinctly contradicted. The jury said they were perfectly satisfied, and the plaintiffs counsel need not address them, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff. His Lordship said that he had not the slightest doubt that the defendwit had committed deliberate perjury, and be should therefore order him to be detained in cu,.- tody. His Lordship observed that the new law gave the power for either the plaintiff or defendant to be examined as witnesses in their own cases, and if they came for ward and swore falsely, they must take the souse quence 31IDDLESEX SESSIONS. ,Before Mr. Serjoant Adams, the Assistant-Judge, ai the Guildhall, SNestrninster.) George Gray, 21, and James King, 21, labourers, p'eaded guilty, and James Quin, not guilty, to an in dictment, them with stealing a live tame gan der and two live tame geese, value 203., the property of Henry Tarton. The robbery took place at Shepherd's-bush, and it wa , provel by the evidence that Gray got over a wall into the prosecutor's yard, and having picked up the geese, handed them to some persons outside, a female servant stating that she distinctly beard more than one voice on the outside of the gate. The whole of the pri• soners were afterwards seen together at two public houses, arid at one which Quin was in the habit of using after ha had done managing the business of his mother, he went to sleep, being the worse for drink, on a bag containing one of the geese in question. The police hearing of the robbery, went and woke him up, an d t oo k from the hag in question a goose, which was quite war m , and which was distinctly sworn to be the property of the prosecutor. ' - Mr. Ribton, for the prisoner, made a powerful address, and contended that his client must be acquitted, there being no count in the indictment for receiving, and the only offence that he seemed to have committed was, when in a state of intoxication, to have taken the feathers of the dead goose to lie upon. He c)ncluded by calling witnesses for the prisoner, one of whom had known him as an honest man for ten years, and the other a warrant officer at Hammersmith police court for eight years. The latter witness said all that he knew against the prisoner was that he sometimes got drunk, and that he had served two warrants upon him for bastard children. Th 3 Assistant-Judge having summed up at some length, left the case to the jury, who, after a few minutes consideration, fourrd a verdict of Not Guilty. The Assistant-Judge said Mr. Ribton had a better knowledge of the jury than he bad, and if they had taken a c)mmon sense view of the case, they must have found the prisoner guilty, for when before the magistrate, the other prisoners stated that Quin had been with them and had lent the knife to kill the geese with. The sentence of the court was that the other prisoners be kept in the House of Correction for four calendar months, with hard labour. Mr. Ribton—The verdict proves that an English jury is the great palladium of British liberty. The Assistant-Judge—You have done your duty well, Mr. Ribton. Be content, and do not try to justify the verdict. THE SUN; LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24 1855 re-opened. He submitted that the introduction of a question of right removed the case from the summary jurisdiction of this court. If the complainant chose to indict at the sessions, Mr. Usher would be fully pre oared to meet the case. He did not deny what was alleged as an assault, but it appeared to him that the magistrate could not go into it. Mr. Jardine observed that even if it appeared that he had no summary power, of which he was not convinced, he must at least hear the evidence before sending it to the sessions. _ _ _ Mr. G. Huggett, of 4, Beaufort-buildings, Strand, de posed---I am one of the inspectors of votes appointed by the parishioners to act at the election of ve3trymen and auditors. On Thursday, the 15th inst., I saw Mr. Usher at the opening of the poll. He conducted himself very violently. (The witness was here interrupted by a loud burst of laughter from a group of persons in the body of the court, who, from the commencement of the proceed ings, had kept up a running commentary.) The course adopted by myself and the other inspectors was to ques tion each voter as he presented himself at the balloting place as to his qualification—first as to the length of rating, and secondly as to whether any arrears were due. in each case I appealed to the collectors, who were present for that purpose. When Mr. Usher presented himself to vote, the collector stated that there was an arrear of church rate due for 1854. Upon that state (nent I told Mr. 'Usher that I could not receive his vote. As I had done in previous cases, I kept my hand on the ballot box, so as to prevent any paper being inserted till I had obtained satisfactory information as to the quali fication. The defendant then looked at me in, I must say — Mr. Lewis—Never mind that. Ancther shout of laughter here burst from the same group who had before interrupted the witness. Mr. Jardine said that if there was the slightest further disturbance he would have the court cleared. The witness continued—Mr. Usher then placed his hands on the ballot-box, and looking at me in a very spiteful manner, asked if I refused to take his vote ? I :aid, " I do." He then, with much violence, forcibly removed my hand from the ballot-box, in spite of every effort on my part to keep it there. In so doing he :truck my hand. He then endeavoured to insert his voting paper, in which he did not succeed, owing to the Issistance rendered me by Mr. Peters, my fellow in spector. He said nothing to me but "Do you refuse my vote ?" but he spoke so fiercely that I expected a blow upon any part of my person rather than upon my nand. (A. laugh.) He remained within the barrier till some person brought a policeman, Aho took birn to the station house. I charged him with The assault, but the sergeant refused to tike the charge on the ground that the policeman had not witnessed the assault. Mr. Jardine inquired what was the nature of the ap- plieation to the QtTicen's Bench ? Mr. Isnacson said it was an application for a man- Jamul, commanding the churchwardens to call a meeting :or the purp , )se of having a new election. Mr. Jardine observed that when a person who claimed $-.0 vote, and perhaps had a right to vote, forcibly took away the hand of the officer who had charge of the ballot box, he had the strongest possible, opinion that such con duct could not be justified. Mr. Lewis said the inspector had no jurisdiction to , :ouch the ballot box. His duty did not commence till .he poll was closed, when he should examine the papers placed there during the day. Mr. Jardine said there must bo some person to preside and keep order, and the inspectors had been directed by the churchwardens to perform that duty. It appeared - ,o him that nothing could justify any one who thought •ie had a right to vote in putting his paper in the box by F,,rce. If the inspector wrongly rejected a vote, he ren dered himself liable to a fine of 50/. Besides, a person whose vote was improperly rejected could overthrow the whole election. However, as there was a question in dispute, and as the assault was not of a very serious Tha,racter, he would not decide upo❑ it at present, but adjourn the case for three months, in order to await the result of the application to the Court of Queen's Bench. CLERKENIVELL,—WiIIiam licath and Ihoinas Pope, boatmen, were re-examined on a charge of causing be death of a woman (name unknown), by towing her through the water in the tunnel of the Regent's Canal. The particulars of the case have appeared in The Sun, Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was a novel and curious case, but he should not feel justified in withdrawing it from the consideration of a jury. He should therefore send the prisoners for trial, hut he would accept bail. SOUTHWARK.—Lord Ernest Bruce attended to take out a summons against a cabman for overcharge, but as he saw present an elderly tall man, with long grey hair and singular expression of countenance, who had attempted to impose upon him a few days ago, he con sidered it his duty to mention the circumstance to Mr. Combe. His lordship pointed out the party (whose name t present it would be advisable not to mention pub licly), who has been allowed by the magistrates for some time to attend trifling cases although he is not provided with his certificate. This indulgence was conceded be cause he had been an attorney many years, and was be lieved to be now in great distress and poverty. Mr. CombeL--I think you ought to state the facts pub licly in court. Lord Ernest Bruce—l don't like to do so, as I shall not prosecute or charge the party, but as your worship asks me, I will briefly state what occurred between me and this man. A few days ago, just as I had left the Carlton Club, in Pall-mall, he came up to me and tapped me on the arm, making use of my name, and apologising for stopping me. I asked him who he was, when he said he was the brother of Sir John Ray Reid, who was ruined by Peel's acts, and tbatho was reduced to great poverty tho eause means. All hie property in Um Wcat Indies was g me, and he was starving. I said, you are not the brother of my old friend Sir John Ray Reid, as you are not much like him. He said, "I am, and lam much al tered, owing to privations." I said, if that's the case your brother must belong to the Carlton Club. He re plied " No, not to that, but another." He also said that he had daughters living at Chelsea, and he had not the means of getting them even a cup of tea. Mr. Combe—Are you quite sure that this is the man ? Lord Ernest Bruce—Quite positive, sir. He followed me, but I pushed him away. Besides, I noticed his person so well that I cannot be mistaken. Mr. Combe—Did you give him any money? Lord Ernest Bruce—No, sir. But afterwards I have ascertained that Sir John Ray Reid's brother has been dead some months. This is a fearful case for me to state against a person whom I have just been told has been a lawyer in a respectable position, but such are the facts. He is the man. I identified him at the door as I was entering the court, and told him of it. Mr. Combe (addressing the party alluded to)—What explanation can you give about this affAir ? Lord Ernest Bruce swears to you, and if he presses I can detain you. Lawyer—l deny it most emphatically. Ido not know his lordship, and I was not in Pall-mall on the day in question. Lord Ernest Bruce—You were the party, and now you speak I clearly identify you. However, I shall not make any charge against you. Mr. Combe told the party that he had been allowed to practise in that court as an attorney without his certi ficate, as he had stated that in a short time he shoul I be able to take it out. For the future, he should not allow him to attend there again, unless provided with his cer ficate. _ _ _ _ The party then quietly left the court, when his lord ship said he was sorry for the man's position, but he was positive as to his identity. so. Mr. Shepherd said, "No, because you are a cur and a coward !" He also said, "I was a thief, and thief." I made use of some words in reply, but I decline making use of them in this place. Mr. Ballantine (addressing his worship)—l demand the witness to tell the whole that occurred between the parties. Mr. Fitch—l decline stating the words I made use of; they were not sufficient to induce Mr. Shepherd to strike me. The language lasted more than half an hour. He called me a—, and other filthy words, using threats and saying, "Whenever you go nut of that door, I'll smash you. If Ido not do it to-day, I'il do it some day or other. I'll watch an opportunity to do it, I will." It was then near 4 o'clock, and I said, "Now, Mr. Shepherd, going ; venture to strike me, and pro secute you." He said he did not care, he should only be fined, and he could pay that. I was then proceeding to wards the door, when Mr. Shepherd said,' Poorbegor," alluding to me. I said I was not so poor as those who bragged so much about their riches. He then said to me, "How did you get your money ?" I answered, "By my own exertions in part." Mr. Shepherd said, Yes ; and the rest from your wife ?" I replied, "Yes, that's true, but I married a young woman and a lady, but you mar ried an old woman for a thousand pounds." Defendant, then in a passion, said, " your eyes, I'll smash you." He then rushed at me and struck me on the face. Mr. Combe—What sort of a blow was it ? Mr. Fitch—lt was a heavy one, and on the right side of my face, with his double fists. I fell against the glass door of the shop and broke three squares of glass, and slipped off the step with one foot. While I was in that position I had no rower to protect myself, and he then caught me by the head and struck 1119 several times. My hat was then off. Mr. Combe —Did he repeat the blows then ? Mr. Fitch•—Yes, sir ; and I put my bands up over my faco to protect it from his blows. Finding he could not reach my face, he struck me on the back of the head six or seven times. I got away from him, and came im mediately to this court for a summons, when Mr. A'Beckett and the officers saw the marks of violence. I told the defendant I should prosecute him, when he exclaimed, " If you say that I'll serve you so again, and I'll serve you out whenever I meet you." Mr. Ballantine—Do you prufass to tell the whole truth, which you are sworn to do ? Mr. Fitch—l think so, as far as necessary to my case. I have spoken all the truth, with one exception, and that I decline to state. Mr. Ballantine-7lave you stated all the provocation you gave to Mr. Shepherd ? Mr. Fitch—Ali that I think is necessary to the case. I did not provoke him sufficient to commit such an out rage on me.. . . . Mr. Ballantine—Did you not tell Mr. Shepherd that he wag a receiver of stolen goods, and a thief ? Mr. Fitch—No, I did not. Mr. Balantino—Now, did you not call him a receiver? Mr. Fitch—Not exactly that. Mr. Ballantine—What did you say before Mr. Shep herd struck you ? Mr. Fitch-1 decline to answer that question, as that took place 20 minutes before he struck me. understan] a civil action will be brought against me if I state the words imputed to me in this court. Mr. Clarkson—l think that you had better state all tbat occurred between you, as it must be put in evidenca. Mr. Ballantine —Now, Mr. Fitch, what were the aggravating words you made use of to Mr. Shepherd ? Mr. Fitch—He first called me a thief ; I answered, " I am not a thief, and I never bought stolen goods over the counter." Mr. Barantine—Now, sir, what dil you mean by that ? Mr. Fitch—l don't give any meaning. I said to him, "If I am a thief, I never bought stolen goo& across my counter." Mr. Ballantine—Did you mean to convey the mean ing that Mr. Shepherd bought stolen goods ? Mr. Fitch—l shall Rot say what I intended to convey. Mr. Combe—You really should answer those ques tions directly. lam sure Mr. Clarkson will agree with me on that point. Mr. Clarkson—Yes, Fir. I advise him to answer the question simply and truly. Mr. Fitch, you had better state what your meaning was when you used those words. Mr. Fitch—Well ; he called me a thief, and I called him a receiver. It was mere abuse, without any par ticular meaning. Mr. Ballantine—And you really mean that Mr. Shep herd was a receiver of stolen goods ? Mr. Fitch—No, sir ; it was only words said in " chaff." Mr. Ballantine—Did you know Mr. Shepherd's wife ? Mr. Fitch—Yes, sir, for many years ; and I have a great respect for her. Mr. Baliantine—Then, why say anything about her age ? A gallant gentleman like you should not have made such an assertion, as that was likely to offend her husband. (Laughter.) Mr. Fitch—l do not mean any insult, and I regret very much calling Mr. Shepherd a receiver of stolen goody. • Mr. Ballantine —I think after that, your worship, that the case ought to end here ; and, if Mr. Shepherd would take my advice, he will apologise to Mr. Fitch for the assault he committed upon him. He certainly was not justified in doing that, although he received great provocation. Mr. Combe —I should suggest an amicable arrange ment between the parties, and that Mr. Shepherd should find two sureties, besides entering into his own recognisance, to keep the peace towards Mr. Fitch. Both parties had used provoking language, but Mr. Shepherd had been guilty of an assault. Mr. Ballantine (to complainant)—Did you not say that the watch about you was purchased by you of Mr. Shepherd, and that he bought it of a man he did not know ? Mr. Fitch—Yes ; I said something about that. Mr. Ballantine—When you said that, did you not convey a meaning that he had bought it knowing it to be stolen ? Mr. Fitch—No, I did not ; and I should be sorry to say Mr. Shepherd bought stolen property. Mr. Ballantine (addressing the magistrate)—l really think, sir, that after what has falle n f rom M r. Fitch' that this case ought to terminate at thi s s t age o f t h e proceedings. My client has acted foolishly, and h e i s ready to promise that he will neither use bad words or assault Mr. Fitch again. The words on both sides were abusive and irritating, and were the cause of the assault. When Mr. Fitch alluded to the lady being old, and that Mr. Shepherd had dealings in stolen goods, in the mo ment of irritation be was induced to strike, and now h e was extremely sorry for it, a nd was willing to apologise. After a short c onsultation between the learn e d counse l and the solicitors on both sides, Mr. Clarkson said—l have known Mr. Fit c h an d hi s late father many years as highly respectable gentlemen, and I should recommend the arrangement to be entered into. It was very unfortunate that such words should be interchanged between them, and that Mr. Shepherd's temper should have got the better of his judgment. I, therefore, consent to stop the case, on Mr. Shepherd finding two sureties to keep the peace, and enter into his own recognisance not to annoy or assault Mr. Fitch again. Mr. Combe—l am very glad the matter is so arr ange d Is Mr. Shepherd rrepared with bail? Mr. Wethall, his solicitor, and Mr. Creswick, his part ner, here stepped forward, and were each,bound over in the sum of 501. Mr. Shepherd was also bound over i n the sum of 1001., to be o f g ood behaviour for the future. The recogaisances having been taken by M r . N o k es, the second clerk, all the parties left the court with their friends, and so ended this exciting case, which ca ll e d th e attention of so many parties. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles A Receipts. opened. NAME OF RAILWAY. 1854, 1855. 1855. - ---------'.. zarriszt. X £ 114 Aberdeen •••••••• • • .• ........ ..... 2,1;6 51 3 3,051 37% Belfast and Bally mena .. • • .......... 885 17 Belfast and Comity Down.. • • .... •• .... 32 Birlenhesd, Lancas hire, and Cheshire 1 , 974 - 1,961 263 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• •• - - 117 Bristol and Exeter ...... ••••• • • ***** 1 5 1 : 5 58 3 5 2 1 5 1 „ ? 9 59 3 1911 4 Caledonian. ..... .• •••••••.. • • • • • • • • 4,329 4,853 911 4 Chester and H o lyhead..... .. ••..•• •. 6% Cork, Blackrock , and Passage ...... 137 153 _35 1, , 32219 243 20 Cork and Bando n .................. 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction .......• 9 63 Dublin and Drogheda...... • ......... 1,353 1,620 7% Dnblin and Kingstown ...... .. 16 % Dundee and Arbroath .. •••• _ • • 7 3 2 1, 3 0 8 9 5 5 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aber d ee n Ju nction 36 Dundalk ant Enniskillen.• .. •• • • I ' o 868 68 East Anglian.... • • • . •... .. . . .. •• •• • • 504 5•••• •• •• „789 93 East Lancashire • • • • • • .• • • • • 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • '• • 3 20,379 22,318 Eastern Union •• •••••• • • • .'• ' 3 4,725 4,960 142 Edinburgh and (1!&570-x.••760 3,170 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Ctuidee • • • • • • ,- 6 Exeter and Crediton........ • • • • • • • • 801 646 22 Furness Railway ••••••••• • • • • •• ' ' 5,604 6,036 1 8 3% Glasgow, and South-Western• •••• • • • 21,670 26,173 253 Great Northern and E. L. ••••• • •• '• 5,351 6,925 1 89 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 20,636 24,229 359% Great Western •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • _ -- 25 Irish South Eastern •••••••• • • • • • • ' • 5 • 538 5 794 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •.••••• • • • • • • • 18,629 20,146 270 U Lancashire and Yorkshire..• ••••• • • • • - - - Leeds Northern ...• .. • • • • .• • • • • • • • • _ _ 161 Liverpool, Crosby, and Sonthport.• • • 50,457 54, 855 553' London and North Western .• •••• • • • 1,101 1,170 5% I London and Blackwall- •••• • • • 11,314 12,510 181 I London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 11,652 12,810 267 London and South Western. • • • • • • • • 580 835 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • • • • • - - - Manchester, Buxton, and htatlock, &c. 8 ,818 9,565 171% Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire t 26 694 9% Manchester and South Junction ••• • • • 1,061 991 28 Marypert and Carlisle ••••••• • • • • • • • 26,952 28,670 498 44 Midland .... • • ••••• • ' . ."•• •• • * 3,076 3,663 126% Midland Great Western (Irish) ••• • • • - - 37 Mcnkiands .. • • • • • • .... • • - • • • • • • • • - - 78% Newcastle and Carlisle.. •. .. ...... • • 5,007 5,233 149 North British • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' - - - North Staffordshire •• • • .... ••• • • • • 905 841 47 North-Western .• .. •• • • .......• •• •• 2,219 2,679 82% Scottish Central .• ••• • • • ...... •••• • • 32 Scottish Midland .... •••.-.. • • •• • • - - 966 1,477 29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • • • - _ • 4B Shrewsbury and Chester ........ • • • • 1,060 959 30 Shropshire Union .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 2,088 2,107 57% South Devon ••••••..••••• • • • • • • • • • • 11,841 17,988 289 South Eastern .................• •• • • 4 a . r 5 ,841 162% South Wales ........ •• • • ...... •• •• : ao- 588 2,19 1 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • ' . 39 Taff Valo • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• •• " •• •• 36 Ulster ............................. 3079 3561 1,329 1,402 77 Waterford and Limerick .......... • • 837 1,155 27% West Cornwall ...... •••••• •• •• •• 380 .••• • • • - - 12 Whitchaven Junction. ••••••• • • • • • • • 380 297 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick It 'nit and North Midland & Leeds.. - - 70/I,EIGN. 20 1 750 57k Dutch Rhenish .... •• .............. 1,1 , 262 Lyons and Mediterranean ........ • • - - 63 Montereau and Troyes .......... • • • • - - 63 Nautili* and Liege .. • • • • . • • • • - - 32,506 4,2,970 445 Northern of France •• .• ............ 617 Orleans and Central .. - - 240 Paris and Lyons .... •• • • - 82 Paris and Rouen..• - •...., ......., - - 392 Paris and Stu.sburgh • • ...• ••• • ~ • • - - 59 Rouen and Havre ...... ...... •• . - - - 157 Western of France .. g o 0 i .• t• ... ... From the London Gazette of Last Night. At the Court at Windsor, the 21st day of November, 1855, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. This day the Right Honourable Sir George Hamilton Seymour, G.C.8., was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Henry Labouchere to be ono of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, he was this day, by her Ma jesty's command, sworn one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly. WHITEHALL, Nov. 22. no Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Major-General George Judd Harding, C. 8., to be Lieute naut-Goyernor of the Island of Guernsey, in the room of Major-General William Thomas Knollys, resigned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Nov. 23. MANSION-FL OUSE.—.Ifr. James Worthington Maude, and Mr. Edwin, Whitby, appeared before the Lord Mayor upon a summons charging them with having unlawfully conspired together, by divers pre tences, to cheat and defraud Messrs. Kemp and Clay, bill brokers and bankers, of Abchurch-lane, of sums of money amounting to nearly 8001. Mr. Parry appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Sleigh attended for Maude ; Mr. Poland appeared for Whitby. There had been several examinations, and the sub joined is the substance of the evidence adduced. Mr. Parry, in opening the case for the prosecution, said he appeared on behalf of Messrs. Kemp and Clay, who carried on a highly -respectable jbusiness as bill-brokers and bankers in the City, and the charge against the de fendants was that of having conspired together, by false representations, to induce the prosecutors to discount certain bills, stating that they wore bona fide trade bills, and that the firm of the traders consisted of at least five or six partners, who would be jointly and severally liable to the prosecutors for the payment of the amount of the bills as they became due. It appeared that Maude was the last representative of the very highly respectable firm of Covington and Co., who, it was well known, had formerly carried on an extensive and lucrative busi ness in the City. Maude had represented to the prose cutors that the several members of that eminent firm were members of it at the time tho bills were dis counted, which representation gave to the bills an amount of credit which would not have been accorded had it been known that Maude alone was the represen tative of that firm. The learned counsel then charged the defendants with obtaining discounts to a large amount, and with conspiring, the one as master and the other as clerk, to give a false colour to the transactions by re presenting the bills in the nature of bona fide trade bills, whereas they were accommodation bills and of no value. By reason of these representations, Messrs. Kemp and Clay had sustained damage to the amount of between 7001. and 8001. It was highly essential in this great city that transactions of a mercantile character should be based upon the strictest honour and integrity, or there would be an end of all confidence in connection with dealings of a business nature. Yesterday Mr. Sleigh addressed Alderman Wire (who presided in the absence of the Lord Mayor), and at considerable length contended that his client Maude became acquainted with the prosecutors in the legitimate way of business, who had discounted bills for him to a very large extent, and submitted that there was not only DO ground for the charge of conspiracy, but also that the charge of obtaining money by false pretences had entirely failed. The learned counsel concluded by say ing it was quite apparent that the prosecutors were vin dictively proceeding against Maude after receiving hun dreds of pounds of him in the shape of discount, in the expectat i on that his wealthy re l at i ons would come for ward and settle their claim . Re therefore t rus t e d thatdo would be at once Mau the Mr, Poland addressed magistrate .c, on b e h a lf of Whitby, who, be submitted, casehad r accepted the bills for his ter. been y p roved su i deidsc, h waragsed shown evidence to have acted as the clerk of Maude, and that h e entitled to be • t him, and be was therefore against dis charged. evidence as it Wire--L rpon the st an d s, I Alderman am clearly of opinion th a t zio conspiracy has bee n proved, and that no case against Whitby has been mad e Maud e, out. With regard to I think, upon the evi• deuce of Mr. Kemp, there is a case that I ought to send for further inquiry, for making represe ntations and ob taining money with an intent to defraud. hen dismissed, The summons against Whitby was t and Maude was committed for trial, bail being taken for his appearance, himself in 2001. and ono surety in 2001. BOW-STREBT.—The court was yesterday crowded by a concourse of gentlemen, taking an interest in parish affairF, eager to hear the result of a charge preferred by Mr. George Hugget, of Beaufort-buildings, against Mr. William Usher, of Clement's-lane, for assaulting him while alVng as inspector of votes at the election of ves try/Iva, Act. and auditors under the M e tropolis Improvement Mr. Lewis sub o ua f i r t The case for Vestrythe complainant having been stated by Mr. Isaac s on , Clerk of St. Clement Danes. ti right, l t that the case, turning entirely upon a question was altogether removed from defendant's vote on thearoundCoomf the magistrate's jurisdiction . g'.' Complainant naal alleged e had d a rre rejected arf cont s era well known that the default church rates, though it fide ° t e nted by the act, the was not of the' kind j b c e t t ion to the rate, and de fendant having a bona e ng on bm the question being at present of f re the Ecclesiastical Court. A considerable number exchlded from exercising their electorvaolteprr4ivhilaevo! same ground, and the candidates whom they 8 ' pp having thus been defeated, an application had been n-. cil.ted to the Court of Queen's Bench for a mandamus, ord vaa n ci ; the churchwardens to hold a fresh election; A rulo er n i •' had been granted, and thus tha whvis queiitiou Would l a i. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ASSAULT, Yesterday Mr. R. Shepherd, one of the lessees of the Surrey Theatre, appeared before Mr. Coaabe, at the Southwark Police-court, on a summons, to answer a charge of assault, preferred against him by Mr. John Henry Fitch, the attorney, of Union-street, Southwark, under very peculiar circumstances. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine for the defence. The court was crowded al most to suffocation by members of the theatrical profes sion, among whom were Mr. Creswick, the defendant's partner, Mr. H. Widdicomb, and Mr. Bruton. There were also a vast number of publicans and gentlemen connected with the parish of St. George's. Mr. Clarkson, in opening the case, said he appeared for a gentleman named Fitch, who was well known in the legal profession for his respectability, and who had been assaulted in a very outrageous manner by the de fendant. The attack committed on his 'client was, he was instructed to say, designed and premeditated for some time, owing to an action brought by Mr. Fitch against Mr. Shepherd's brother at the latter end of last year, when a compromise took place on Mr. Shepherd paying the costs and a guinea to a charity. Since Caen Mr. Shepherd bad threatened Mr. Fitch, and, meeting him at a chemist's shop in Saint George's-circus, he committed the gross assault complained of, and after hearing the whole of the evidence, he should call upon his worship to send the case to the sessions for trial. The learned counsel then called John Henry Fitch, who said—l am an attorney, car rying on business in Union-street. I know the defendant as one of the lessees of the Surrey Theatre. About the latter end of the last year I was employed by a client of mine to sue Mr. John Shepherd, the defendant's brother, and a compromise took place on paying my costs, and a guinea to the poor-box. After that I received inf,)rma tion from a friend of mine tiPat the defendant contem plated an assault on me. Last Saturday afternoon, about half -past three o'clock, ho called at the shop of Mr. Solly, chemist, St. George's circus, Blackfriars road, to speak to a Mr. Emmet. I was comva•sin; for the office of ve s t ry c l erk to the parish of St. George's, under Sir Benjamin Hall's new act. I saw Mr. Emmet there sitting in a chair, near the counter, asd I gave him my card. Mr. Shepherd, the defendant, came in at the time, and went to the counter between me and Mr. Em met, and spoke to the chemist. Ile then turual round to me " Oh, Mr. P i t c h , I h ave long wante d to asened exclaimed, youtotell you that you are a scoundrel, a con temptible humbug, and a thief ; and if you will walk outside this shop I'll thrash you, or smash you." I re plied g , Why venture to ass a il me i n this manner ?" He " Because you are a -- thief, and r ) bb ed my poor You brought an action agai nst hi m when his nenet into wbsariiofdet,h,wear.s lying (lead." I said, in reply to hi m, " It ' s false i e you, de fend hn u put his fist on any me, face, a and and s d call me a liar again, an d I ' ll smash you."l to him, , Venture t re t o against you." lay hands Defend an t replied, "Yes, you'll law I'll take proceedingsid me and bring an action, as you did never gave him should y any offence ; ou annoy me ?" Defendant action against my brother, and I told him, "I • mind to serve you out. I will do saagiadin "Youmy bbr:ootuhge I have made up my stand up againstlet me me and it now, and if you will not to law me, I'll give you strike you, and you promise robbed my brother out another 107., the same as you an It of." I told him that I was nut able to stand up against ; heah and strength to do him, as I had not sufficient DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Wm. Loedham and Win, A. Wild, Sheffield, opticians, first dividend of Id. in the pound, payable at Sheffield, on any day on or after Nov. 27. John Bradley, Sheffield, builder, first dividend of Nil in the pound, payable at Sheffield, on any day on or after Nov. 27. Geo. Haslo,m, Higham, Derbyshire, currier, first dividend of 4s. 2d. in the pound, payable at Sheffield, on any Tues day on or after Nov. 27. Simon Pitman, Bath, carpenter, a dividend of ss. 6d. in tho pound, payable at Bristol, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, and every succeeding Wednesday. Wm. Butler, Nottingham, a dividend of 6d. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Nottingham. Joseph Cresswell, New Radford, Nottinghamshire, a dividend of is. 3d. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Nottingham. Wm. Featherstone, Nottingham, a dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Nottingham. Richard Cornelius Nutt, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, a dividend of sd. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Not tingham. Samuel Hemingway, Lambley, Nottinghamshire, a divi dend of 9d. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Notting ham. John Hartley, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, a dividend of 4d. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Nottingham. John Hynes, Nottingham, a dividend of is. 4d. in the pound, payable at Peter-gate, Nottingham. Edward Terry, Chudleigh, Devonshire, musician, a divi dend of 4s. 94d. in the pound, payable at the County Court-office, Newton Abbot, Devonshire. Charles Passmore, Newton 'Abbot, Devonshire, wine merchant, a dividend of 4s. VA. in the pound, payable at the County Court-office, Newton Abbot, Devonshire. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. Henry Lee Fry, of Plymouth, carver, Dec. 17—Hugh Williams, son., and Jno. Williams, of 54, West Smith field, tailors, Deo. 15 ; and on the separate estates of Hugh Williams, sen., and John Williams John Rosy and John Robt. Reay, of Mark-lane, City, wine merchants, Dec. 15 ; and on the separate estate of John Reay—John W. Nyren and Adam Wilson, of Battersea, Surrey, colour manufac turers, Dee. 14—Richd. Walker, of Wisbeach, Cambridge shire, stationer, Dec. 15—Wm. Robinson, of 5, Ovington square, Brompton, corn factor, and John Brown, of Win chester, carpenter, Dec. 14—P. Rufford, F. Rufford, and C. J. Wragge, of Stourbridge, Worcestershire, bankers, Dec. 19—Phoebe Wesson, of Loughborough, Leicester shire, bleacher, Dec. 18—Charles Phillips, of Westonsuper- Mare, Sonsorsetshire, potter, Dec. 27—John Lambert, of Halifax, timber dealer, Dec. 14—William J. Mac kaisie, of City Cross, Derbyshire, surgeon, Dec. 15— T. F. Featherstone, of York, linen draper, Dec. 14 —Samuel Oldfield, John Allen, and Edward John Sin clair Couzens, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, woollen cloth merchants, Dec. 14. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Thos. Barnes, Southampton, woollen draper, Dec. 15— Wm. Watkin Ford, Hornsey-road, and Howard-buildings, Brick-lane, Old-street, St. Luke's. wholesale brush manu facturer, Dec. 11—Thos. Edward Shales, Brighton, linen draper—Richard Hops, West Cowes, Isle of Wight, postmaster—Richard Jarvis, Wolverhampton, Stafford shire, warehouseman—Henry Clarke, Church Stretton, Salop, seedsmau, Dec. 17—Miles Robinson, Norwood, Yorkshire, farmer, Dec. 14—Thos. Linfoot, York, builder, Dec. 18. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Samuel Wynne, Tate of Toxteth Park, Lancashire, out of business—Robert Tyror, of Liverpool, collector for the Liverpool Market Company—Thomas Palsor, of Balsall Heath, Worcestershire, hosier—William Luck. man, jun., of Birmingham, milk salesman—John Harri son, of Birmingham, pallier—William Watthew, of Bir mingham, out of business—Francis M'Cracken, of Bir mingham, hook and eye maker—Abel Palser, of Birming ham, huckster—John Anderson, of Nottingham, travelling draper—George Walker, of Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, cordwainer—Samuel Marsh, of Mansfield, manager of lace machines—Lewis George, Belmore Lodge, Herne Bay, Kent, commission agent—Jane Haigh, of Milnebridge, Yorkshire, grocer—James Evans, of Pembroke Dock, Pem broke, cabinet maker—Frederick Philp, of Castlet, Haver fordwest, farmer—Ann Minson, of Cheltenham, out of business—John Jones, of 3edwellty, Monmouthshire, dra per—John Peters, of Broadway, Dorsetahire, beer retailer —William Neall, of Newport Pagnel, saddler —James Archibald, of Avonbury, Herefordshire, vicar of Avenbury —Horace Henry Henty, of Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, smith—Alfred Abraham Raspison, of Milton-next-Graves end, grocer—William Curtis, of Misterton, Nottingham shire, tailor—Thomas Davies, of Carmarthen, writer — J. W. M. Manley, of East Teignmouth, Devonshire, tailor —J. Letheran, of Winkleigh, Devonshire, saddler—E. Walker, of Northampton, milliner—T. Livesay, of Man chester, beer retailer —T. Bailey, of Northampton, grocer —G. Green, of Northampton, baker. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. M. Lay and W. Boyes, jun. ; Manchester, cloth agents —E. M. Smith and G. J. Theobald, of 115, Leadenhall street. ship brokers—W. G. and J. Griffiths ' of Liverpool, coopers—W. H. Smith and F. Gundry, of 2, Trafalgar street, Walworth, brewers—W. Seyd and V. Gartenauer, of 4, Little Tower-street, City, merchants—E. C. Wilson and W. Ogilvy, of 57, Skinner-street, City, printers—J. A. Pash and D. J. Pash, of Melbourne, Collingwood, and Adelaide, Australia, general merchants—T. A. Heaps and W. Teesdale, of Huddersfield, general ironmongers—T. Hills and Theodore Nicholas Heathorne Walsh, of Folke stone, commercial agents—W. B. Jones, T. H. Holder ness, and It. Kneshaw, of Liver')Ool, shipbuilders—W. Clifton and J. Hind, of Leicester, carpenters—H. Bann and S. Bann, of Stockport, stonemasons—Hannah Shaw, A. Houston, Sarah Houston, T. Eastwood, and Hester Eastwood, of Dolph, Yorkshire, grocers—J. G. Fawdry, F. Fawdry, J. Fawdry, and H. Fawdry, of Birmingham, bakers—G. A. Lloyd, A. T. Beilby, and B. S. Lloyd, of Sydney, New South Wales, and London—T. Beesley and S. Goddard, of 46, Moorgate-street, City, accountants— J. Palmer and H. Eden, of Birmingham, maltsters—H. Le e ch and G. Moore, of Wakefield, Yorkshire, woollen drapers—G. Tolson and J. Tolson, of Dewsbury, York shire, rag dealers —J. it. Gooding and B. Taylor, of South wold, Suffolk, attorneys—B. Whitehouse and S. White house, of Birmingham, jewellers—D. Walker, J. Walker, an d W. Youle, of Liverpool and Marauham, merchants. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, fcr the Week ending on Saturday the 17th day of Nov., 1855. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. NJtes issued •• 24,661,70 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,984,910 Gold coin and bullion 10,661,760 Silver bu11i0n........ - X 24,661,760 £24,661,760 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tho 22d day of Nov., 185 J BANKING DE Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest .......• . Public deposit:; (In cluding Exchei t uer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,110,120 Other depoiits Ir,BB ;,7 6 Seven Day and other Bills •• .• e• D• I SIP Al 982,219 PARTMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) . 10,124, 12 48 Other securities...... 17,787,150 Notes •• .. .......... 5,239,530 Gold end silver coin .. 601,464 X 33,752,592 £33,752,9 92 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 22d day of Nov., 1855. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Avera ge P r i ce o f B rown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns mada in the week ending Nov. 20, 1855. exclusive of the Duti 3s of Customs or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : DiuscoThio, the produce of the Fast ludia „, 490, "WHITEHALL, Nov. 23. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Evan Mackenzie Masson to the Church at Steinscholl, in the parish of Kilnauir, in the Presbytery and Isle of Skye, va cant by the death of the Rev. Donald Macdonald. CROWN-OFFICE. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Southwark, Nov. 21.—Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., in the room of the Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart.., deceased. City of Wells, Nov. 22.—Hedworth Hylton Jolliffe, of Merstham, in the county of Surrey, Esq., in the room of Robert Charles l'ildway, Esq , deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, N0v..22. 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 11.1ajesty's Ambassador at Constan tinople, announcing a general suspension of the right to export grain from the Turkish dominions. Grain may, however, be imported into Constantinople from any other Turkish port for consumption, for the space of three months, dating from the 10th of November free of duty. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 23. 2d Regiment of Dragoons—Thomas Gonne, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dunbar, promoted. 3,1 Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Joseph P. North, from the 6th Dragoons, to bo Lieutenant and Adjutant, vice Kauntze, promoted ; Lieutenant W. D. N. Lowe, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice W. W. King, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Richard Lomax, from the sth Lancashire Militia, to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Dymond, promoted. 9th Light Dragoons—William Tomkyns, Gent., to be Corn •t, by purchase, vice Blair, promoted. 13th Light Dragoons—Francis WilliaMEveleigh Savage, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Wright, ap pointed to the 15th Light Dragoons. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant William Wallace King, from the 31 Light Dragoons, to bo Lieutenant, vice W. D. N. Lowe, who exchanges. Royal Ai tiilery—Lientenant Francis William Eveleigh Savage has been allowed to resign his commission ; John Bunn William Skoulding, Gent., to be Veterinary Sur geon, vi:e Briggs, resigned. Grenadier Guards—Lieut. and Capt. Claud Alexander to be Adjutant, vice Higginson,who resigns the Adjutantey only. Coldstream Guards—Brevet-Colonel big G. A. F. H. Boswall, Bart., from half-pay Unattached,,to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord A. C. Lennox Fitz Roy, who exchanges ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet- Major Honourable P. R. B. Fielding to he Captain and. Lieut -Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Boswall, who retires. Ist Foot—To be Lieutenants, by purchase—Ensign H. .T. Lawrell, from the Gbh Foot, vice J. M. Brown, pro moted ; Ensign VT. C. F. Kelly, ♦ice Smith, promoted. To be Ensign, by purchase—Wm. Manger Davey, Gent., in succession to Lieutenant J. M. Brown, promoted. 2d Foot—George Thomas Gape, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Heffernan, promoted. 111th Foot—Ensign Percy Beale to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Chandler, promoted in the G2d Foot ; Montagu M . Therson Battye, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Beale. IGth Foot—Thomas Russell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lombard, promoted. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Roger Swiro to be Captain, by purchase, vice Edward Croker, who retires. 22d Foot—Captain J. H. 11. Gammell, from the 63d Foot, to he Captain, vice Bouverie, who exchanges ; En sign ff. G. L. Campbell, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gammell, promoted in the 631 Foot ; Francis Alger non Cobham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Tyacko, promoted ; Charles Tucker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Campbell. The surname of the Ensign promoted to a Lieute nantcy on the 2d inst., is Deane, and not Dean, as previ ously stated. 30th Foot—To be Lieutenants, without purchase—En sign R. H. Neville, vice Forbes, died of his wounds ; En sign If. S. Smith, vice Neville, whose promotion, on 9th September, 1855, has been cancelled. !d Foot—Lieutenant Wm. Patterson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Seward, deceased ; Ensign R. T. Knox to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Patterson ; Joseph Brackenbury, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Knox. 42d Foot —To bo Lieutenants, by purchase--Ensign Thomas Mansfield James, vice Jervoise, promoted; Ensign J. W. Haynes, vice Bennett, who has retired; Ensign W. Underwood, vice G. Fraser, promoted. 44th Foot—Ensign G. Mellish to be Lieutenant, with out purchase ; Ensign Augustus Richard Trimmer, from the West Suffolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mellish ; Lieutenant Michael Bradford has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commis sion. 46th Foot—The Christian names of Ensign Carlow are Stewart' Jamer. 48th Foot—Lieutenant Seaton Ralph Forster, from tho 2d Surrey Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice E. Hall, whose appointment on 9th Nov. has been cancelled. 49th Foot—Ensign E. D. Crossmast to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rochfort, promoted. 59th Foot- -Brevet-Major W. W. Lodder to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Bonghey deceased. To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut. Jas. Leyno, vice Lodder ; Lieut. Henry Kean, vice Leyne, whose promotion on 14th Sept., 1855, has been cancelled. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign B. H. Burge, Nice Leyne; Ensign George Joy, vice Burge, whose pro motion on 14th Sept., 1855, has been cancelled. To bo Ensign, without purchase—Thomas Frederick Bowen, Gent., vice Joy. GOth Foot—Captain Richard Francis Jennings, from the Queen's Own Tower Hamlets Militia, to be Ensign, with out purchase. 62d Foot—Ensign N. G. Elliott to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hay, promoted ; John Joseph Carbery, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieute nant Templemau, who retires. 63d Foot—Captain D. P. Bouverie, from the 22d Foot, to be Captain, vice Gammell, who exchanges ; Ensign W. G. Graves to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald, who has retired. 61th Foot—Ensign Louis D'Acosta to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Shehy, promoted in the 41st Foot; John William Taylor, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice D'Acosta. 65th Foot—Lieutenant John Cater to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Brevet-Major T. H. Somerville, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851 ' • Ensign H. R. Milligan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cator ; Lieutenant Edward Harrison, from the Royal Che shire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice hfilli gan. 72d Foot—Major W. Parke, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Gaisford who retires ; Captain A. D. Thellusson to be Major, by purchase, vice Parke ; Lieut. 0. B. Fielden, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thellus son ; Ensign J. S. Richardson to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Fielden ; Peter Burnet, Gent., to be. Ensign, by purchase, vice Richardson. 82d Foot—Ensign W. H. C. Allen to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Dowkor, deceased ; Lieutenant Henry Mount Parkerson, from the West Norfolk Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Allen. 92e. Foot—The removal of Lieutenant C. A. Humfrey from the 5:3d Foot to bear date 6th October, 1855, instead of Bth of that month, as previously staled. 97th Foot—Ezsign J. C. Minto from the Cape Mounted Riflemen to be Lieutenant without purchase, vico Parks, cashiered by the sentence of a general Court-martial. Rifle Brigade Lieutenant D. B. Davy, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenart, vice Davenport, who exchanges ; Ensign Geoffrey Lewis Austen to be Lieutenant, by purchase. To be Ensigns, without pur chase—Aylmer Somerset, Gent. ; Alexander Angus Airlie Kinloch, Gent. ; Henry E. Richards, Gent. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant S. S. Davenpoi b, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieutenant, vice Davy, who exchanges ; Norman D'Arcy, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Burleigh, promoted. 3d West India Regiment. —To be Ensigns, without pur chase—Francis John Green, vice Hartford, promoted ; Spencer Cobbold Page, Gent., vice Higman, promoted in the 23th Foot. Cape Mounted Riflemen—The surname of the Ensign appointed on the 2d Nov. is Fitzwilliams, and not Fitz- Willilm, as previously stated. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Henry Alexander Donald, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macdonald, promoted. Gold Coast-Gorps—Lieut. Joseph Brownell to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice M'Court, who retires upon half-pay ; Ensign J. I'. W. Andrews to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brownell. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. Lient. Frederick Francis Foreday, from the Hampshire Militia, to be Paymaster. To be Quartermaster of Brigade—Quartermaster-Ser jeant Richard Boyd, from 61th Foot, vice Beddek, who resigns. TO be Cornets—Superintendent James Milne ; Colour- Serjeant W. Mayne, Royal Artillery; Serjeant Francis Bleazley, 31st Foot ; Troop Serjeant-Majors George James and George Edwards. The undermentioned Gentlemen to be Cornets—John William Beatty, Esq., late 56th Foot ; James Bridge, William Edward Whelan, Frederic Bond, John Bruen Rutledge, Richard B. Foster, Vincent, Applin, William Spaldiag, Henry Keogh, Edward Jervis, James Bodkin, Nathaniel Burslem, Arthur Galt. Robert Crowe, Colour- Serjeant Smith, late cf 86th Foot, Superintendent Wm. M'Call, Bernard 11. Burke, Ruben Hill Powell. BRITISH Swiss LEGION.— Erratum in Gazette of the 2d inst.—For James Haruber, Gent., to be Pay.naster, read Thomas Hamber, Gent., to be Paymaster. UNATTACHED.—Brevet-Major Thomas Henry Somer ville, 68th F o ot, t o h a y s hi s B reve t R an k co nverted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant, Oct. 6. Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Graves Chauncey Swann, Captain on half-pay Unattached, to have the Substantive Rank of Major. The promotion of Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel M`Murdo to the Substantive Rank of Major, to bear date Oct. 12, 1855, instead of Nov. 9,185/, as previously stated. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain Jas. Man cor, 48th Foot, to be Assistant-Adjutant, vice Swinburne; Robert Wm. Duff, Esq.. to be Paymaster. HOSPITAL STAFF.—The name of the Assistant-Surgeon appointed from half-pay 68th Foot on 25th September, 1855, is Robert W. Woollcombe, and not Woolcombe, as previously stated. ORDNANCE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Senior Surgeon Alexander Ogilvie, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-Gene ral of Hospitals ; Assistant-Surgeon Edward Gilborno to bo Surgeon ; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Heron Watson, M.D., to b 3 an Assistant. Surgeon, Royal Artil lery, vice Gilborue, promoted. BREVET. Colonel James Gordon, on Retired Full-pay, Royal Engineers, to be Major-General, th e ran k b e i ng h onorary y- revet-Colonel Henry Knight Storks, Brigadier-General in Turkey, to have the local rank of Major-General in the Bosphorus, at Scutari, and all the dependent posts as far as Smyrna, inclusive, Aleiander John Stewart, Gent., to have the rank of Acting Assistant-Surgeon while serving with the Turk ish Contingent. TO BE AIDES-DE-CAMP TO HER MAJESTY, WITH THE RANK OF COLONEL IN THE ARMY IN THE EAST INDIES. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Forsyth Tait, C. 8., Bengal Army. Lieutenant-Colonel William Mayne, Bengal Army. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Royal South Lincoln Militia—Edward Davey Johnson, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 76th, or Inverness, &c., Highland Light Infantry Militia—Serjoant-Major John Sharp to be Ensign, vice William Cliefden Goidle. Leicestershire Militia—Ensign John Henry Hosken to be Lieutenant ; Ensign Charles Henry Morris to be Lieu tenant; Ensign Charles Maynard Heselrige to be Lieu tenant. The Northumberland Light Infantry Militia—Ensign Septimns Donaldson Selby to bo Lieutenant; Ensign Wm. Pears to be Lieutenant. Shropshire Militia—Thomas Bishton, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, vice Midgley, resigned. Royal Berks Militia—Henry James Lane, Gent., to be Ensign. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. This Court will, on Saturday the let day of December next, hold a sitting ; and will at such sitting proceed in giving judgment in cases then standing for judgment. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Cyprian James Cotterell, draper, Abingdon, Berks. BANKRUPTS. Fredk. Francis Fox, tailor, Finch-lane, City, to surren der, Dec. 3 and Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbary ; Yen ning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse-yard. Henry Corney, builder, Brighton, Dec. 6 and Jan. 1, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Ba,singhall-street ; Kennett, Brighton ; Sowton, Great James-street, Bedford-row. Robert Gadsden, cement manufacturer, Miilwall, Pop lar, Dec. 3 and Jan. 4, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Barrow, Guildford-street, Russell-square. Thomas Williams, brewer, Aberdare, Dec. 7 and Jan. 8, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official . assignee, Bristol ; Simmons, Merthyr ; Henderson, Bar ham, and Wilcocks, Bristol. Owen Williams, corn dealer, Manchester, Dec. 4 and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Higson and Robin son, Manchester. Joseph Stead, grocer, Leeds, Dec. 10, at twelve, and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. George Hannaford, baker, Saint Mary Church, Devon, Dec. 5 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hinizel, official assignee, Exeter ; Lardinan Exeter. Jonas Smith, worsted spinner and manufacturer, Low Moor, York, Dec. 7, and Jas. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. John Phillips, wholesale rag and metal merchant, Wood street, Clerkeuwell, Dec. 6 and Jan. 1, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman bury; Stubbs, Moorgate-street. Samuel Smart, builder, Lenton, Nottingham, Dec. 11, and Jan. 8, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bewley, Nottingham ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. John Davis, tailor, Worcester, Dee. 5 and Jan. 9, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Rea,, Worcester ; E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Richard 13riant, carpenter Murray-street, Now North road, Dec. 5 and Jan 2, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. .Stansfeld, official assignee; Brown, Fins bury-place. Richard Butler, ironmonger, Pickering-terrace, Bays water, Dec. 4, at el e ven, a nd. Dec. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Turner, Charles-street, City-road. Daniel Davis, glass merchant, Newington-causeway, Dec. 4, at one, and Jan. 2, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stubbs, Moorgate street. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL—Nov. 23. Only a small attendance to-day, and a very limited de mand for wheat, although holders reduced their preten sions 2d to 3d per 701bs. Flour met a slow sale, and again the turn in favour of the buyer. Oats and oatmeal quite neglected, and ld per 451bs and 6d per load cheaper. Bar. ley, beans, and peas were held for full prices, but few salea could be made. Indian coin opened extremely dull witN sellers, at 46s to 46s 3d per qr. for mixed American, but,, improving as the market went on, closed buyers at Vs 6cl per 480 lbs. WAKEFIELD—Nov. 23. The market was dull, and wheat sold slowly, fine sam ples at a rcduotion of ls, and other kinds at 2s per quarter cheaper than last Friday. Barley also in limited demand, at a decline of 19. In other articles no change. EXETER—Nov. 23. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quote d from 10s Od to lOs 6d. Malting barley, 4s 8d to 5s 9d ; gie.inding do., Os Oct to Os Od. Oats, 35 6d to 3s 9d. Beau a, Os Od to Oa Od. Peas, 00s Oct to OOs Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 63s Od to —s Od ; seconds,. 61s Od to —ls Od per sack. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 6d per score ; coy as and calves 121. to 141. —s ; butchers' calves, 5?;(1 to 6d. pea • lb., rearing calves —s to s each. Sheep, kd - to 6d. La ml. a, --(1 to Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, —s to —e; each; slips, 28s to 31s ; small, 005 to OOs. Rough fats, 6d per lb. Pork carcases from 9s 6d to lOs Oct per score. INVERNESS.—Nov. 20. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 803 Od to 823 Od. Bar ley, chevalier, 40s Od to 41s Od; ditto, common, —s Od to —s Oil. Oats, E2s Od to 33s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 25s Od to 2( •, ditto second, 00s Od to Os Od; barleymeal, 16s 6d f,o 16s 8d; peasemeal, 16s 6d to 20s Od.; bran, per stone, Os. :Od to 103 ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 603 Od to 62s Od ; 2d ditto, 53s Od 10 55s Od.; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imr.e ial 2s 64 to 2s 8d ; ditto second, Os Oil to Os Od ; barlejn real is to 00s Od ; peasemeal, is 8d to 2s Oil ' • Ist flour,, s6d cash, 3s Oa credit ; 2d ditto, 3s Od cash, 3s 3d credit. DUBLIN—Nov. 23. White wheat, 43s Gd to 47s Od ; red ditto, 41s tt 45s 61; barley, 17s Od to 24s ; oats, 15s Gd to 17s Od ; :rapeseed. 4.0 s Od to 41s oa per brl ; oatmeal, 16s 6d to 17s Od, bakers' flour, 24s 6d to 27s Od per cwt ; ludiaucorn, 46s Od. -.to 48s Od par 4801bs. BRISTOL SUGAR—Nov. 23. We are not aware of a single transaction this iv 'et k, the trade declining to increase their stocks, and prig is are of course purely nominal. In refiners' produce scar sely any business has been transacted, and to effect sales 2s to 3s per cwt. lower prices would have to be submitted to. In rum there is a steady business doing at firm rates. COAL BURKE' Prices of Coal per ton at t '.—Nov. 23. le close of the market. d. Davison's West Hartley 18 (i Hastin , 's Hartley .lB 3 19 (. Lon ridge's Wst Hartley 18 3, Tan field Moor l7 i West Hartley. 18 3 wallsend, Ste Acorn Close 2l 3 , Heaton Healey l9 9 1 Morrison 9 0 0 1 Wb arucii fro 2J (".Y Ships at market... 36 Walt3encl, &o. s. d. _2O 6 1 Bell .. 20 9 Belmont _ _ - Framwellgate 2l 3 lietton ...22 6 Iletton Lyous Ma; in .......21 3 Lambton !Plummer 22 3 . 2l 0 Russell's Hettcm. 22 3 South H tt e on.. , 22 0 I Hartlepool ... 22 6 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam...... 11 18 Ditto, three months .. 12 0 Rotterdam ............ 12 0 Antwerp .... 25 57 hi Brussels .. .. • • .. 25 57 1 ,4 Ilamburgh .... 13 l 0 IA Altona .. • • .... •• . • Paris ...... . .... 25 32% Ditto, three months .. 25 72 y 4 Marseilles ... 25 72 / , 2 Bourdesux . • .... .... Fr aukfort• on Maine 120 IA Vienna .. .... 11 30 Trieste • • • • •• •• •••• .• •• 11 32 Petersburg .. 34 Madrid •.••••• • • • •• • • 49 1( Cadiz .. Barcelona .. Seville.. •• •• •• I Sold NGE.-YES RDAY. Gibraltar ...... •• •• •• Leghorn 30 10 Genoa 000000 ••,•• •••••• 25 80 AS ilan .. .. .. • • Venice•• •• •• •• .• •• Naples Palermo ........ •• 132% MegSinn, ••• • • •••• • ••• • • • 133 Lisbon .......... •• •••• Oporto ........... ....•• 53 Rio Janeiro .... 53 % Buenos Ayres.. ••• t . :t -7- New York, G 0 de ys' sight Philadelphia .. PRICES OF BID LI ICN, FEE OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold C. sb i.. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .. 0 5 0% New Dollars ... 0 0 0 Silver in bars 0 5 1% SEABORNE MAILS. (IQ signifies that the mails are sent from the Geo val Post office by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) O aY when made al , From e- oat When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Po: t due in Office. London.* Dispat it ed. England America(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday • • Liverpt America (by United Sts packet) ..........N •• •••••• • • Liverp• p Nov. America (by U. States packet) ..........N cc • • ••• ••• • • South' 'Lupton Australia (via • South ampton) ••••• • • I South impton Ditto (via Marseilles) N ..... • .• •• • 'Dover Ditto (via Cap o of Geed ' Hope) ............N I Uncert Africa (West Coast) ..N 232 of the month.. plyme: 11 h Dec, 6 4,9, 24, &30 of In. Dover .. Alexandria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Soothe r, ptonl Bahamas of the monthlSoutha n ?ton( Belgium ..• ..N Daily.... .. ••• • • ...Dover Brazil 9th of the month.. South. n; Sor. Dec. IS BuenoeAyres...... „id 9th of the month.. South a 33.1 , t0n Dec. lb Cape of Good Hope ..14 Various : -- p0rt...1 - Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Vcrds ......N 9th of tha month Smiths n got, Dec. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N Channel Isles ...N MOR.,Werl.,&FrP.lSoutha m))toz, Tn.Tha s; Chili-- • • • • ........ M i 2d & 17th of month Mouths China .... . Constantinople .... 1 8 , 1 30 8 , 2 :0; 2 S of ni Pover .... 1 Censtantinople isith & 20th of mon. Souths ,ton Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily •• •• • • 'Dover . TIM( daliy Egypt (see India) France ........ hi 8r },''Twice daily ...• .. Dover Twiceda Gibraltar .. 7,17. 20, 27 •f m Souths us, ,to,, Greece (see India) Greytown .......... Si 2nd & 17th of mon. South •tun Hamburgh ........ ..N,Tuesday & Friday London Havannatt of the mentl Soothe. uj Dec 1. Holland hi Dad, • • • • • •••••• ,Dover Honduras M ' l7 td 4' the month. Souths tor , 16thofknOn India (viaSouthampt.)M 4ih St 20th of morl.lPlyin , utl r •• Nov. 20 India (via Marseilles)sl 9thBc 25th of month Dover I 17, & 27 of mon Dover... lonian Tees (see Indi Ireland & NlTwiae daily •• • Hols is 1 .. Tvrleertailt Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Souths ti pton Nov. 25 isf a d e t ra ............31 r 9th of the month !South, m otot Madeira N 1232 of month • • .. Ihiverp bo Malta (see India) Malta ............ ..N'B, la. &28 of mon. l Dover ... 'Nov. 20 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexicoof the month., :Swab: an eten Dcc. 1 Naples _ .............N s th ls th2sthorinor.. , Daver New Granada 2-1& 17th of month ISouthe al; otonl By private al ip ..IVariou s p art' Uncertain New • „._., ,„„ nte . ' s thlsth2sthoimon.lDover Peninsula States Ithl7th27thofmon.lSoutha moton Per . A{ 2d & 27th of mon., Soutlia tu ?ton By private ship... s thl s th 2s thofnion,l Dover Port Natal ..........N Various ports Uncertln ' 2(186 17th 'Amo n g', g ontha rpton 1 & 1 6 TSiuesicalyny • s th 2s thofmon.Dover Venezuela ........ .hi mon Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) West Indies & 17th of month Bonne ispten'l &16 mon I ,Bontha ppten SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23. .111c16 mon STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the mark et was dull to-day, opening steady, but prices closed rtlther lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 754 4—Great We sterns, 50--- London and North-Western, 94 3i i—Calodonians, 28 8k —Midland, 621 —North British, 6.13.9.—Nc u-th Eastern, Berwick, 163—South Eastern, 176 —Lancasi,;er and Car lisle (k shares, new), 61 p.—Manohekter, s heffield, and Lincoln, 21i. MANCHESTER, NOY. 23. STOCS EXCHANGE.—The market has been inactive to. day, and prices aro rather lower. Midlands, 631—Dovers, 17h —Leeds, 75I—East Lancashire, 17—Sheffield, 21i — Fleetwood, 1i p. BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 23. Soo EXCHANGE.—The tone of the ma rket has been flat to-clay, and prices the turn lower. Lo ndon and N.. Westerns. 9';—Midlands, 62 3 ,—Manchester and Shef fields, 21i. DUBLIN, Nov. 22. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Co - asolo, 871 , a— Ditto, for Account, 7th Dec., Ka 4—New Three per ,ent. Stock, 87 i—Ditto, for Account, 17th Dec., 87f — Midland Gt. Western and Royal Canal, (501. paid), 471 —Great Southern and Western, 514—Eighths, 6 per cent. Pref., 'a —Hibernian Bank (25/. paid). 33i—Dublin and Belfast Junction, 40—Bank Stock, 223 1 —Mining Co. of Ireland, 13,i — Waterford and Limerick, 19k. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 17th inst., at :9, Eaton-place, Mrs. Laffan. On the 23d inst., at 15, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, Mrs. Joseph Hankey Dobree. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 22d inst., at 21, Bedford-square, the wife of Major W. B. Legard, 31st Bengal N.I. On the 20th inst., at Holt Lodge, the wife of George Barker, Esq. MARRIED, On the 21st inst., at St. Mary's, Haggerstone, Mr. J o b, Hayward, of Bexley, Kent, to Sarah, cnly daughter of Mr. Burnett, 107, Kingsland-road. On the 22d inst., at St. John's. Hoxton, Wm. Stanley Pringle, of Canonbury, to Emma E. Hutchinson, youngesi, daughter of the late Thomas Hutchinson, Esq. DIED. On the 21st inst., at Loughblron , gh.park, B r i x t on, M r. John Winterbottom, late of H.M. s Ist Regiment of Life Guards, aged t. 2. On the 23d inst.. at aged 71. On Nero Dorset-place, Claph am * r John Paine, d inst.. at Esq. s' , Finsb ur y -t errace, C i ty-road, St. LUl‘ik th 's, Mr. Geo. Sinclair, late of Highbury-vale, Isling ton, aged 79. On the 30th rtlt., at Beyrout, de Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley. On the 20th inst., Charles Hertalet, Esq., of the Grange, Brampton, and 55. Line du's-inn fields, aged (55. On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, Major John Brown, into 90th Foot, aged 93. On the 19th inst., at 6, Edwards-street, Portman-square, Mr. Clarke. 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