The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-17 00:00:00

THE OVERLAND MAIL. Despatches from India and China, in anticipation of th'i Overland Mail, have just arrived by Extra ordinary Express. (From the Bombay Times of Dec. 14.) The principal topic of the past fortnight is a most unusual one, the weather, our meteorology from October till May being in general stereotyped. Since the hurricane of the 2d of November we have had almost a constant succession of bright displays of lightning over the mainland, threaten ing and troubled skies, with violent thunderstorms And falls of rain all over India, the drift of the upper clouds being from south-west, their usual direction during the rainy season, but nearly in the teeth of the north-west monsoon. They seem non affected by the land and sea breezes blowing at the surface from east and north-west respectively. On the Bth we were visited by a slight shock of earth quake, the fourth we believe that has been expe rienced within the last forty years. Previous shocks occurred on the 16th of June, 1819, on the 26th of Dec., 1849, on the 25th September, 1851, but they were all unimportant; the first mentioned was a vibration of the great Guzerat earthquake, which sunk the Runn of Cutch and ruined Ahme dabad and Bhooj. The ambassador from the King of Burmah arrived at Calcutta on the Ist of De cember ; it is affirmed that he comes with no view to the restitution of any part of the Burmese do minions, but simply for the sake 9f doing homage to the Governor-General, and endea vouring to promote th e goo d un d erstan di ng be twixt us. He has been, of course, received with all due pomp and circumstance by the authori ties.—Orders have been received for the imme diate despatch of four Queen's regiments from India to Turkey, via Egypt. The 10th Hussars march from Kirkee to the Presidency, where they are expected a fortnight hence ; they will proceed direct to Suez, and thence march across the desert. It is not supposed that any difficulty will be ex perienced in covering the distance of 86 miles from Suez to Cairo in four forced marches. They will then proceed down the Nile by boat to the rail way terminus, and may probably be at Alexandria within a fortnight of their reaching Suez. The 14th Dragoons now at Meerut are expected to follow, and the 80th and 83d Foot are understood to be under orders. The Hussars will hardly be there before the beginning of March, nor can the other troops be expected earlier than June, con sidering the great deficiency of steam conveyance at Bombay for large bodies of men on long voyages. India can easily spare the troops, which are in point of number greatly i n excess o f w h at t h e ac t of Parliament allows, as well as of our require ments in periods of p ro f oun d peace. T wo o f th e Russian frigates in the Pacific are understood to have been captured by us, and if the Czar has any other ships in the Eastern seas they will speedily be in our possession. Another serious disturbance has been occasioned by the Rohillas in the Nizam's dominions. A force under Brigadier Mayne left Hingolie on the 24th, and on the 30th came up with a part of the depredators, who were cut to pieces. On the 101 of December a large number of prisoners were taken, and on th e 3d t roops were sent in parties to scour the country round in quest of more. Important changes are expected to take place almost imm e di a t e ly i n our I n di an armies ; the senior officers on becoming en titled to off-reckonings are to be promoted and shelved—they are to be disabled from holding auditor generalships and other appointments here tofore entrusted to them. Lieutenant-colonels of three years' standing are to be promoted to the rank of colonels, and two hundred and twenty majors-general, including those now existing, are to be added to the army, each regiment having an officer of this rank at its head ; at present a colonel never sees the corps to which he belongs. These will be all great improvements in the effi ciency of the service. The furlough regulations, after various alterations and additions, are be ginning to become intelligible ; had their prepara tions been left to the authorities in India there never would have been the slightest difficulty about the matter. So short is the supply of civi lians in Bombay suited for high appointments, that a provisional member of the Council has not been named. The night launch of the steamer Assaye seems to have brought bad luck to the ship. She had in the first place to wait some weeks for the arrival of her engines after she was ready for them. She had scarcely been floated out of dock when she was driven on shore by the hurricane of the 2d of November, and required to be floated back again for repair, estimated at 3,0001. On her first trial trip after this her engines primed, and one of her cylinders was cracked all round and rendered unserviceable. While being lightened to enable her to be docked again one of her heavy guns broke from the tackle by which it was being lowered, and sank the boat containing the other two guns. The repair of the accidents will amongst them cost eight or ten thousand pounds or so. One of the cylinders, it is said, of the Punjab will be transferred to the Assaye, which may thus be got ready for sea in two or three months. A singular system of fraud has of late been disco vered at the Custom-house, in goods that had suf fered sea damage and were sent to auction. The Custom-house officer in attendance to note the price was offered a large su m t o f a l s if y th e en t ry, with a view of defrauding the revenue of the (fa valorem duty as well as the underwriters of the set off against the insurance. The party attempted to be bribed, under instructions from his superiors, accepted the money as evidence, and immediately investigation now the information which led to the now in progress. Much difficulty seems to present itself in getting the Sir Jamsetjee grant of 10,0001. for the promotion of instruction in the industrial arts made available, in consequence of the injudi cious form in which some European seems to have recommended it to be given. The Governor-Ge neral and Governors of Bombay and Madras con tinue at the head-quarters of their respective Go vernments—the Commanders-in-Chief are all in the districts. Trade is dull, and there has been increased demand for money and consequent tight ness in the market during the past fortnight. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE. We were favoured yesterday evening with the following telegraphic communication : "Calcutta, Dec. 13, 1854. " Tho Burmese Ambassadors had their public audience at Government-house, on Monday, the 11th instant. A grand review is to take place on the Calcutta race course on the 18th for their entertainment ; a ball is to be given by the Government, at the Governor-General's, on the 22d. "The Puttiala Raja is to be received publicly by Lord Dalhousie on the 20th. " The Railway will not be epen from the Ist of January to Ranee Grange. " Some of the bridges on the Calcutta side of Burclwan will not probably be completed for traffic before the Ist of March." MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. CASUALTIES BY DEATH IN INDIA SINCE THE DEPARTURE OT THE MAIL ON THE 28TH NOV. Madras.—Lieut. E. P. Brown, 3d European Regiment, at Bellary on the 20th Nov. Bengal.—Lieut.-Col. W. 11. Wake, 44th Regiment, N.I. REPORT OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS. FROM THE 2817 Nov. TO THE 14TH DES., 1854. We have to report an active demand for money during the fortnight, and an increasing stringency in the market since the date of our last report. Money is now becoming very scarce in all quarters ; the Bank of Bombay have again raised the rates of discount one per cent. (for the seeend time within a month), and there is every proba bility of a further advance before the end of the year. Securities of every description are in consequence de pressed, and Scarcely a transaction can be effected. Our quotations are therefore quite nominal, and may be con- sidered as the rates at which holders are willing to sell, but without finding buyers. We are sorry t o report, mail after mail, !inch a wretched state of oar import market for cotton British manufactures in general. Since tirpergoods' and e of last mail, a further decline of 2to annas established on all descriptions of grey goods, otth e Pitt is miserable prices ruling since the opening of the l e The dealers now are totally disinclined to add anythi ng to their stock, for wan t o f c l earance for the interior by ex. porters, even at any reduction in the price in their favour. The enormous imports of goods up to this time is nearly double that of the same period last mail, and the clearance being not nearly the same makes the matter more serious. The transactions during the past fortnight are very trifling in piece goods and twist; the latter of a favourable mark, and welnnown in the up-countries, meets with ready buyers, while the others are hardly moved. Our market for metal remains more steady, with a light stock in first and second hands. EXPORTS.—In consequence of there being no good cotton in the market and freight going down, the dealers have taken the advantage to demand 2 to 3 Rs. per candy more on the last quotation, though very few purchases have been made (of Surat and Broach at 93 Rs., Dholera at 83 Rs., and Oomravuttee at 88 per candy, which may be consi dered the rate of the day. The purchases in other kinds of produce are reported. Linseed is held firmly by the sellers at 4 , 1 Rs. per cwt., partly owing to decline in freight, and recent good accouts from the home market. Tonnage is abundant, with few shippers; it may be quoted at 21. 12s. 6d. to 2/. 15s. for London and Liver pool. Exchange on England, in consequence of the absence of demand for remittance, has again advanced about two per cent. for thi s mad for first data • , and we now quote 2s. Odd . as the rate meats. credit bills, and 2s. Oid. to 2s. Id. (for dooti- CALCUTTA. (From the Bengal Efurkaru of Dec. 4.) The arrival of the Burmese Ambassadors has been, the chief ovont since our last, though what - i 44 3. ye h 4. come for does not appear to be ex- Pt Sitr, *jr,- - • 4 7 b; They have been. greatly foto -17"-, ';' t . ',,, . l '") . ‘ valat they have eeen in Calcutta, and ,2 1, :, - 'Pti siibn made upon them 'nay be use 14L:;',4"ritts ht are to tell their. roaster what the 1 1 / 44 go --- , Anw - ;-, e Friend of India now states that the -.t _. come simply on a compliraentary or • return . ' ' `' A .. .4411tir64ty ; r,. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1855. rs. Bills on Canton, 27 per cent. dis. Sycse, $ll4 50, and in demand. Gold, $1.59. FREIGHTS. To England, 41. fcrr tea, snit, W. for silk. To America,, $lB. CANTON MARKET, Nov. 25, 1854. IMPORTS. Tea.—Nothing has been done except tho settlement of some 3,000 half-chests Canton Powehong for California, and small purchases of the old stock in market for England. Silk.—Raw, the market is without change, Cumehuck re-reeled $325 to $330. Cassia.—sl9 50e. Exchange and Bullion.—On London, 4s. 7td. to 4s. 7id. On India, Co.'s bills accepted 235 to 236 rs. per $lOO. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, JAN. 7. The India mail has been delayed in port by a most severe gale, such as has not been witnessed for 15 years, since the 4th. The Indus only leaves at three p.m. to-day. By her Lady Frederic Fitz clarence and daughter return to England. During the gale the French steamer L'Avenir, a fine screw of 300-horse power, appeared off port, and although a steamer was placed by the Govern ment at the disposal of the French agency, no pilot could be found to venture out. The vessel then ran for Aboukir, and after two ineffectual attempts, in consequence of the surf, to make that bay, she ran out to sea, and is supposed to have made for Beyrout. Consequent upon this vessel not having been able to enter, his Highness the Viceroy has issued orders for the buoying off the pi incipal channel of the port. Much damage will doubtless be heard of along thecoast. The Maltese vessel Dillettante has become a total wreck at Bourlos ; crew saved. In the port a Turkish brig, laden with fire-wood, went to pieces ; crew also saved. The English ships Times and Ocean's Wave, and a brig (Sarah and Isabella), drove on shore. The former is bilged ; the two latter will not sustain much damage. The Norwegian barque Asterysoer has also driven, and the English barque Agenoria in making the port, struck en a reef, and carried away her keel. A small yacht (the Syren), from Cerigo, Wil liam Moore, Esq., proprietor, gallantly rode out the gale. The Hindostan, with the India mail, arrived at Suez 28th ult.; and the Hon. Company's steam ship Ajdaha, with the Hon. C. A. Murray on board, was leaving the roads at the same time. By the Hindostan, two officers of the Bombay staff arrived, to make arrangements for the transit of the 10th Hussars. The Viceroy has intimated his intention of furnishing all supplies, and has named au officer to superintend their transit through his territory. The French party are still very sanguine respect ing the canal between the two seas, and the Vice roy himself, it is reported, will assist with funds. Mr. Lesseps, accompanied by Binaat Bey, civil engineer to the Government, has made a tour of inspection of the entire site. Offers have been made for the transfer of the railway and transit, but the Government is not at this moment disposed to their changing hands. Exchange , 981. THE CZAR AND THE FOUR POINTS. The Charivari contains the following lively jeu d'esprit:— ''Nesselrode !' ' Sire Any news to-day ?" No thing of importance, your Majesty,'—' Is the news of my having accepted the four guarantees yet known ?' Everywhere, Sire.'—' What effect has it produced at Vienna ?" The funds have risen.'—' And at London!' The funds have also gone np.'—' And at Paris ?" Just the same, the funds :save risen.'—What say the English papers ? Nothing very particular, Sire.'—' The Times?' That it is necessary to wait.'—' And the Morning Post ?"That no curry must be shown in the mat ter.'—' And the Daily News?" That he who lives long enough will see the end of the present affair.'—' I will not conceal from you, Nesselrode, that I was - under ;he impression that my accepta tion of the four guarantees would have produced a greater effect, and that the bait and hook would have been more easily jumped at ; but these English are ex cessively tough. In France, however, I have no doubt that the matter has been better received. Let us speak a little of the French journals." The Moniteur is si lent, your Majesty.'—' Well, that is rather disquieting.' The Constitutionnel doubts.'—' The deuce ! ' The Pays hesitates,'—' Really ! ' The Siecle distrusts.'--' You don't ea:- so ! ' The Journal des Deiats alone appears tolerable satisfied.'—' Well, that is all right.' And the Charivari? '—' The Ch,arivari, Sire, I am forced to con fess, dces not seem likely to place credence in the accep tation ef the four guarantees.'—' That certainly is a very serious matter.' It implies that what you are doing may be nothing whatever but a mere trick, a stratagem, the means of lulling people to sleep, and producing delay in order to enable you to carry out your plans.'— ' So, ben, Nesselrode, the effect on the press appears to you tc be a failure.' I really fear so, your Majesty:— And on the governments ?'—' Prussia appears quite delighted.'—` Ab, very good !'—' And some of the petty German states also.'—' Capital !—And Austria ?' She contirues assembling her troops on the frontier:— Anc: France ?" She is sending reinforcements to the Crimea.'—' And England ?" She is hard at work enlisting soldiers to reinforce her army.'—' Then is that the whole of the effect produced by the acceptation of tle four guarantees ?" Absolutely the whole, Sire.'—' Then I would, perhaps, have done better to have saved myself the trouble of accepting ; however, everything considered, the course which I have adopted is not so bad. The point now is to persevere, as what does not succeed the first day sometimes suc ceeds the second, and what is not believed to-day ap pears to-morrow a sure thing. You must immediately send a despatch to Prince Gortechakoff.' • Yes, Sire.' —' In which you will request him to assure the Western and Eastern powers that I still accept the four guaran tees—that I accept them more than ever.' ' Yes, your Majesty.'—' Negotiations will be opened, and no matter what any one may say, negotiations have always a certain influence on military operations. No matter what I gain by them, I shall still gain that much. N'est-ce, pas, Nesselrode ?" Oui, Sire.' " THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WAR DEPARTMENT, JAN. 15. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has received a de spatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Baglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, Dec. 13, 1854. My Lord Duke,—ln my despatch of the 18th of Octo ber, reporting the opening of our fire upon the enemy's works, I omitted to mention the name of a highly merito rious Naval Officer, who had charge of a battery in the trenches, and rendered himself conspicuous by the man ner in which he performed the important duty confided in him. The officer I allude to is Captain Moorsom, whom I beg leavo now to recommend to the notice of your Grace. I did not know until some time afterwards that he was em ployed in the trenches on the occasion in question ; but having now been apprised of it, I avail myself of the pre sent opportunity to rectify an error, which might other wise be prejudicial - to a most deserving officer.—l have, &c. RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c., &c. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 15. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Hampden King, Esq., to be ono of the judges of the Assistant Court of Appeal for the Island of Barbadoes, and T. H. Bartley, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 13. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Fermanagh—The Honourable Henry Arthur Cole, in the room. of Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 15. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trasle and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Paris, forwarding a French decree, dated the 6th instant, provid in,, that foreign vessels shall pay a fixed tonnage duty of 50 centimes per ton (Without the additional tenth) in the Port of Gore°. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEFIALL, JAN. 15. 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 Minister at Stockholm, inclosing, copy of a decree published by the College of Commerce at Stockholm, a translation of which is sub joined, respecting the direction across the Sound of the Submarine Cable connecting the Electric Telegraph at Stockholm with that at Copenhagen. (Translation.) The College of Commerce makes known that, according to his Majesty's gracious letter of the 21st ult., a subina• rine telegraphic cable has been put down in theSound` south of the island of boon, from Hillesborg, on the Swedish side, to Vedbeck, on the coast of Seeland ; that, in order to point out the position of the line, the follow ing small buoys have been put isp, viz., two at Vedbeck, showing the direction of the line from there to the S. of Hoen, being E.iN. and W.S. ; and two at Hillesborg, in the direction of the south point of Hoon, being E. by N. and W. by S.S.; also at the south end of Hoen, where the lino forms an angle, is situated a larger buoy, smaller buoys with flags indicating the line at this part. This the Royal College has been graciously commanded hereby to proclaim, and to give notice that any one who injures the telegraph apparatus in any way is to bo answer able for the same, as, in consequence thereof, no vessels or boats in the Sound are allowed to cast anchor in the above mentioned direction. Stockholm, Dec. 12. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. IG. 7th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Charles Errol Hope, from the 10th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, Jan. 10. TO BE ENSIGNS, 111" I'IIRCHASA. 9th Foot—Richard Charles Henry Germon, Gent., Jan. 16. 14th Foot—Henry Theodore Vernede, Gent., Jan. 16. 18th Foot—Alfred Cottee, Gent., Jan. 16. 21st Foot—Arthur Grey Hazlerigg, Gent., Jan. 16. 42d Foot—William Green, Gent., Jan. 16. 44th Foot—Edward Charles Pemberton Pigott, Gent., Jan. 16. 46th Foot —Charles John Burgess, Gent., Jan. 16. 45th Foot—Christopher Michell, Gent., Jan. 16. 50th Foot— Robert Charles Goff, Gent., Jan. 16. 55th Foot—Percy Lytton Bellamy, Gent., Jan. 16. 57th Foot—Hickman Rose Russell, Gent., Jan. 16. 63th Foot —Henry John Richard Villiers-Stua,rt, Jan. 16. 71st Foot--Robert Lewis, Gent., Jan. 16. 77th Foot William Marmaduke Dixwell Alderson, Gent., Jan. 16. 79th Foot—Edward Gawno, Gent., Jan. 16. 88th Foot—Lucas Clements Scott, Gent., Jan. 16. 89th Foot—Montagu Charles Browning, Gent., Jan. 14; William Darge, Gent., Jan. 15 3 Robert Johnston, Gent., Jan. 16. 03d Foot Andrew FitzJamos Cunningham Rollo, Gent., Jan. 15 ; William Gordon Alexander, Gent., Jan. 16. 97th Foot—Edward Mott Alderson, Gent., Jan. 15 ; Maurice George Beaufoy Fitz Gerald, Gent., Jan. 16. OFFICE OF' ORDNANCE, JAN. 15. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Second Captain Arthur Comyn Pigou to be Captain, vice Hamilton, retired upon fall pay ; First Lieutenant Francis Cornwallis Maude, to be Second Captain, vice Pigou ; Second Lieutenant Fran cis Arthur Whinyates to Ise First Lieutenant, vice Mantle, Dec. 27; Second Captain the Honourable David McDowall Fraser to be Captain, •ice Brettingham, retired upon half pay ; First Lieutenant iEneas Clarke to be Second Captain, vice the Honourable D. M. Fraser ; Second Lieutenant Frederick Coulthurst Elton to be First Lieutenant, vice Clarke, Jan. 1. Corps of Royal Engineers.--Lieutenant-General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, G. C. B. to be Colonel-Co m man dun t, vice Sir Henry Goldfinch, deceased, Nor. 22. March 5, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Edmonds and Sons, Plymouth; Stogdon, Exeter. Matthias Edward Bowra india rubber manufacturer, Old Ford, Middlesex, Jan. 26 and March 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lefroy, Piccadilly. Robert Norman, grocer and baker, Histon, Cambridge, Jan. 30, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, o ffi cial assignee ; J. and C. Cole, Essex-str e et, Strand ; Christmas, Cambridge. .. _ Isaac May, linen draper, Ipswich, Jan.- 26, at eleven, and Feb. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Reed, Langford, and Marsden, Friday-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William Harvie, cattle dealer, Auchingree. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. _ _ J. E. Holley, Charlotte-street, Whitechapel, undertaker —W. Cook, Fetter-lane, Holborn, butcher—J. Oliver, Upper Norwood, Surrey, mason—H. Collett, Chepstow mews, Kensington, carter—T. Cosher, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square, corn c h an dl er —G. Peck, Clare-hall place, Stepney, packing case maker—J. Galland, Hollen street, Soho, and Rupert-street, Haymarket, coach maker —S. Wright, Wellington-place, Limehouse, ship smith —F. Jackson, Great Charlotte-street, Blackfriars-road, fixture dealer—T. M. Taylor, Woolwich, Kent, boot maker —T. Evans, College-street, Lambeth, boot maker—A. J. Richold, Providence-row, Finsbury-square, coach builder — Stevenson, Great Queen. street, Westminster, extra clerk in Colonial Land and Emigration 01ffice—J. D. Palmer, jun., York-street, Lambeth, gas fitter—S. Gillham, Haymarket, porter—F. Pritchard, Great Sutton-street, and St. John street, timber bender—J. W. Soar, Eastbourne-mews, job master—G. E. Williams, Portland-road, attorney-at law. friendly visit, and has nothing to ask. Such at least is the statement of the ambassadors them selves ; but when they can obtain the ear of the Governor-General they will probably have some request or other to prefer. Lord Dalhousie's vice royalty seems likely to have an auspicious termi nation, for besides having the envoy of the haughty Burman monarch at his feet, the Ameer of Cabal is suing for British friendship, and the Khau of Kokan soliciting drill instructors to train his soldiers, and improve his means of resisting foreign aggression. The internal state of the country is most satisfac tory, and much of this is due to Lord Dalhousie. The Governor-General is making much of the Burmese ambassadors, who are a mean-looking set of fellows, with Malay count enances an d emac i a t e d bodies, evidently opium -eaten or smokers. BRITISH FRIENDSHIP SOUGHT BY THE AMEER OF CABOOL. (From the Bengal Hurlcaru.) We have no doubt that the following announcement will be received—particularly by those interested in our frontier defences—with sincere satisfaction. For some months back the Ranee of Dost Mahommed Khan has been repeatedly appearing in the columns of the papers, and more especially the up-country papers. The doubt ful state of affairs in Persia, the rumours regarding the Russians at Khiva, and the untrustworthy conduct of some of his neighbouring chieftians, have for a length of time, as it has been reported, been causes of great un easiness to the Dost, and his attention has been seriously directed to the formation of an alliance with the English. • We are glad to have it in our power to announce that these rumours, though some of them incorrect, are nevertheless based on truth. The Post has ad dressed a very humble, contrite, and different epistle to the Governor-General, begging that bygones may be by gones, that the records of the past may be wiped from the Foreign-office, and that he may be restored to friend. ship and alliance with the British power. This is the first necessary step towards the completion of a treaty with us, to which it is to be hoped the reception of this epistle will lead. While the Dost entreats that we will forget the disagreeable associations that are connected with his name, we fear he asks more than the present generation can grant, or at least a large portion of it. There are many among us who have terrible, and, while life lasts, abiding reason to remember the tragic circum stances with which his son's name is associated with re ference to the British power. It would be a mercy if we could forget things past, and if we could erase from our history the bloody pages that tell of the sacrifice of our countrymen consequent upon the adoption of that disastrous policy into which Lord Auckland was betrayed. But these things may not be. There are not a few amongst us who will be ready to ex claim—this man never should have been our enemy ; and that it is our own fault, and mot his, that he ever became so. We cannot here enter upon a review of the facts connected with his history ; nor is it necessary, f or they are household words in India, and patent to the present generation. When we say that we hope the Government of India will cordially embrace the oppor tanity for alliance now opened to it, we by no means wish it to be understood that there is any cause for anxiety from the direction of the Dost's dominions, nor do wo even remotely dread the ambition of Russia. We own our feeling is, that we shall be glad to see a cordial understanding with this man as a friend to our Go vernment, because we consider he never ought to have been its enemy ; and because, in our opinion, he never would have been but for the conduct of those who drove him into open enmity. He may have injured us, and he may have had recourse to measures from which we have severely suffered ; but we are bound, in justice, to add, that this arose chiefly, not from'his de siring to injure us, but from our marvellous resolution to injure ourselves and make him our enemy. However, time and the present uncertainty of events in the East have brought to pass a day when the Dost can no longer afford to treat us as he had done, and when our support, even though it be merely moral, is necessary to him. We hope it will be given generously, and that it will prove the daring foe may become the most cordial friend. We can hardly doubt that the Governor-General will embrace the opportunity, while humbling the pride of our old and thorough enemy, to convert him into an equally thorough friend. The Dost must sit on the stool of repentance, and do humble penance for his transgressions ; but we hope he will not sit there long, and when he does rise from it, prove a trusty ally of the British power. CALCUTTA COMMERCIAL. We continue to report a better business in exports so far as linseed, rice, jute, and saltpetre are concerned, which have been in improved demand, and consequently higher prices have been paid. In indigo we have heard of nothing with the exception of a small public sale, consisting of last year's remains, of which a portion only was sold. In raw silks also little has been done, though better rates we think might be got for good qualities, if there were any in the market. All other goods remain in the same position as reported last. The steamer Shanghai arrived on the 33th ult., with dates from Hong Kong to the 14th, Singapore 22d, and Penang 2lth ult. She brings advices from Shanghai to the 4th ult. Bengal opium had declined to 6255, owing to heavy supplies and limited demand. Exchange on London down to 6s. 4d. to Os. 5d , and on Calcutta Ks. 320 to 322 per 100 dole. At Canton the price of opium had been forced up by g ambling to 372 1 doh'. Patna, and 380 d o l s . Benares, with an upward tendency. Saltpetre was in great demand, the market being quite bare, and as high as 11 dole. per picul had boon offered. Exchanges on London at Canton 4s. 9d., and on Calcutta Rs. 239 to 240 per 100 dollars. Our import market .ontinues very dull, the demand be ing rather limited, and dealers keeping back in the expec tation of obtaining their wants on more favourable terms, owing to the heavy supplies now coming into the market. All descriptions, with the exception of one or two staples, have partially declined in value. The increasing tightness of the money market, noticed previously, induced the directors of the Bank of Bengal at their last meeting on Thursday to raise their rates of in terest 1 per cent. all round. In Government Securities a few transactions have taken place at previous rates ; there is little speculation going on in the bazaar. EXCHANGB has been ii-adually advancing, Bank Bills at six months' sight having sold at 25., and documents at 2s. Oid. to 2s. Oid. A good number of bills received by the steamer Shanghai from China have been thrown into the market. FREIGHTS continue in almost the same positions as last week ; in some instances slightly advanced rates were paid. . . INDIGO.—At a public sale held on the 27th ult., about 150 chests of inferior description were brought forward, and a portion sold at Rs. 40 to 90 per maund, the rest having been bought in. CHINA. We have received advices by this coveyance, from China, to the 27th Nov., which confirm the intelligence brought by the Trieste telegraph. We learn that Sir J. Bowring has had an inter view with the Imperial Commissioner, on the 3d November, when Sir Joh n was a tt en d e d b y guard of 160 a marines and sailors, and were re ceived by the imperial officers, in tents near the forts, in the presence of about 1,000 officers, troops, and spectators. At this conference a very full discussion and development was had of all the questions at issue between China and the Treaty powers ; and the English and American Ministers continued their intercourse with the Imperial Commissio ner , dur ing the remainder o f th e i r s t ay , through the me dium of correspondence and their Secretaries who remained within the river, individually pressing the claims of their Governments ; they have thus advanced an important step, and it only remains for the commencement they have made to be fol lowed up with vigour by the three Treaty powers, to meet fully the interests of their countrymen in China and their respective countries. The North China Herald says, that "the spirit of the northern provinces, from what we can glean, is not broken by the long civil war. Commanders were met who had fought with the rebels ; and the feeling there appears to be that the insurgents will be eventually quelled, although it may take much time to effect it." Pekin gazettes to the 20th Oct. state that the insurgents have met with heavy reverses during the last two months, which it will require redoubled energy, conduct, and courage to retrieve. The Pekin Gazette of the 20th October contains a report from Yang-pei, the lieutenant-governor of Hoo-pih, detailing various victories, and the cap ture of several cities. He says, that after the cap ture of King-san, the rebels were repulsed by water, and 300 vessels burnt, by which means 2,000 in surgents were destroyed. On the 24th of Sep. tember the district cities of Kin-shwny and Xwang-tse were retaken, while 400 rebels were employ e d to captured o r s l a i n. The city of Lo-tien was also secretly retaken, On th e 9 th of November means were the rebel fleet en the es lake, w h en several burn 12th 50 more vsele w ere d es t ro y e d ; on th e vesselscotndtwehaetht 13th o the number of four were burnt, and those on board of them put to or five hund re d, destroyed, an d a hundred me n more vessels were Han-yang and Hang-k'how war: r e T t he same day a kan and on the 14th of Octob er , the W oo-chglang, provincial capital, again fell in t o• t h e hand* ofthe Impe rialists. The Overland China Mail of the 27th November says that there is very lit t l e i ntelligence from the North about the reb e lli on , b u t t h at little is in teresting —namely, that the Imperialists have re taken the important cities of Han-khow and Wu chang on the Yang-tsz-kiang, from which it is in ferred that the power of Ai-ping Wang is on the decline. From Canton we learn that the Imperialists, on the 17th Nov., suffered a severe defeat and heavy less in men and junks at the hands of the Fula shan insurgents, who effected their object by means of a surprise. SHANGHAI MARKET, Nov. 17, 1854. IMPORTS. Trade seems to be improving, and, notwithstanding the scarcity of money, a large amount of business has been transacted during the past fortnight, both in the disposal of goods and purchase of produce, but there has been no particular feature in the trade worthy of remark. EXCHANGES AND BULLION. The rate for sterling has again advanced, and first-class bills ar e 0 4 044, to 6s. 7d. On India, Co,'s accepted 328 THE LONDON COAL TRADE. Our readers who follow vis through the long array of figures which lead the van of our periodical remarks on the London coal trade, will have noticed the prominent position and the effect we have frequently ascribed to the large and increasing importations into the metro polis by railway, and it is now some years since we ventured to prophesy that the total quantity of inland coals sent to London would, in the year 1854, be very little short of a million tons. 'We subjoin a statement of the quantities imported by rail, canal, and roads, in the past throe years : - 1852. 1853. 1854. Great Northern 195,865 358,775 398,562 North-Western Eastern Cuunties Great Western South-Eastern Grand Junction Canal 33,800 21,602 32,153 Thames Common roads 411,820 653,729 979,170 It will thus be saes that 979,170 tons were sent to London otherwise than by sea—this is nearly one-fourth of the entity consumption, and equal to what was sup plied from Sunderland and Seabam put together. The great addition has been in the supply by the North- Western, Great Western, and Eastern Counties lines ; and we expect to see the aggregate quantity considerably increased by the end of 1855. The quantity of Durham coals carried by rail, including of course all the South- Eastern, reached 165,000 tons • Lord Durham and th e Adelaide Company each sending about 38,000 tons. The comparatively small increase in the quantity of the Great Northern Company is almost entirely made up of Durham coals. It is a matter of wonder how the enormous increase of supply-630,000 tons in two years —can have been absorbed. We look for a further increase this year, chiefly by the Great Western and North-Western lines, but it is difficult to estimate what is likely to be the rate of supply when the stimulus of high prices is withdrawn. From the conviction that a large pro portion of lad year's supply is in stock, and will con tinue to have a depressing effect on the market for many months, we anticipate a much lower scale of prices in 1855 than those which ruled last year.— Newcastle Cironicle. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the _Report of the Registrar-General.) The population of London now suffers, as appears from the last re;urns, a high rate of mortality. Last week the deaths of 1,466 persons (743 males and 723 females) were registered, showing an increase on the previous week, is which the number was 1,404. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the ave rage number was 1,203, with which, after it is raised by a tenth part as an allowance for increase of population, the present return may be compared. The deaths of last week were 143 in excess of the corrected average. Out of 300 deaths from zymotic diseases, 19 are re ferred to small pox. 25 to measles, 63 to scarlatina, and 65 to hooping cough. Influenza is on the increase, and 18 persons died of it in the week. Bronchitis is also fatal, and numbers 178 cases, which are thus distributed over different periods of life :-35 occurred under 20 years, 21 in the period 20-40, 31 in 40.60 years, 78 in the next twenty years, and 13 at 80 years of age and up wards. Pneumonia carried off 139 persons, 91 of whom were less than 20 years old ; while consumption carried off 150, of whom nearly half were 20 years of age and under 40. The annual mortality of London, except in periods of great epidemics, is at the rate of 31 in 1,000 among the children and young persons under 20 years of age ; 10 in 1,000 among men and women of the second age (20-40) ; 23 in 1,000 among persons of the third age (40-60) ; 72 in 1,000 among persons of the fourth age (60-80) ; and 224 in 1,000 among persons of the age of 80 and upwards. At these rates the deaths at the five periods of life in London would be 621, 179, 107, 201, and 42, and the numbers returned last week were 680 (in the period 0-20) : 193 (20-40) ; 226 (40--60) ; 288 (60-80) ; and 63 (at the age of 80 and upwards.) It is found as the result of comparison that the mortality is in excess at the present time, that this excess runs through all periods of life, but is chiefly remarkable at the more advanced ages. The rates of mortality which form the standard of comparison aro derived from the whole year ; but the season at which we are now ar rived is usually the most fatal in the year, and as the increase of mortality is chiefly owing to this circum• stance, these figures serve to show the influence of win ter on the population at different ages. Last week the births of 881 boys, and 825 girls, in all 1,706 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1845.54 the average number was 1,446. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.362 in. The mean daily reading was above 30in. ()a every day of the week, and on Friday it rose to 30.459 in. By 9h. p.m. ou the same day the reading had increased to 30.48 in. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 39.3 deg., which is 4.1 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. On the first three days the mean temperatures were about 12 deg., 10 deg., and 9 deg. above the averages. The highest temperature in the week occurred on Sunday, and was 49.3 deg. ; the lowest on Thursday, and was 52.5 deg. The mean tern.- petature of the Thames was 43:9 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 36-5 deg. between which and the mean temperature of the air the difference is 2.8 deg. The wind blew from the south-west on the first three days, and afterwards was mostly calm. The rain-fall wss only 0.09 in. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 13 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Disclases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 64 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration. >... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 7 Premature Birth and Debility 37 Atrophy 47 Old Age , 7l Sudden 3 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 29 Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. aponding week i n th e 1851. of 1853. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Ma1e5....................................... 743 Fema1e5.................................... 723 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK, Males 881 Females 825 Total ......... ... ; i1 THE MEDITERRANEAN. MALTA, JAN. 11, 1855. The 14th Regiment embarked yesterday morn ing on board the Emeu, and shortly after she pro. ceeded on to the Crimea. Sir George Brown and the Duke of Cambridge, who are staying here, appear to be rapidly recover ing, and aro walking about enjoying our beautiful weather. It is wonderful to me how rapidly the invalids recover here. Trafalgar and St. George arrived in our harbour to-day. The harbour is looking quite gay again, with four three-deckers in it. Admiral Stopford arrived in H.M.S. Trafalgar; it is said to relieve Admiral Houston Stewart, who is to go second in command in the Black Sea. He will be a great loss to Malta. The Neptune, 120, sailed for England in the afternoon, and she was soon to be followed by the Britannia, whose crew are now on shore enjoying their holiday ; and the Trafalgar will also leave for. England next week. The Trent will steam away to-morrow for the Crimea, with some 300 mules and a few Spanish muleteers, and a variety of stores for the army. _ The 9lst, who came out passengers is the St. George, have been landed, and the vessel is to re turn to England. In a letter from a very high placed general officer, dated January 3, we read that owing to our forces having been so thinned by sickness fully half of our lines have been necessarily relinquished to be manned by the French ; and it was the writer's opinion that the assault would not take place until February, and that at least fifty other pieces of cannon were requisite. Colonel Gostling, Royal Artillery, has gone up in the Emeu to see his son, who is wounded, and in hospital at Scutari. The new members for the Council of Govern ment were sworn in to-day, and his Excellency, Sir W. Reid, gives an evening party on the occa sion. The cholera is very bad at Scutari. Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Ward were both at dinner with some friends the last day of the year; they all sat the old year out and new year in, apparently is good health. In a few hours Mr. Ward was seized with cholera ; at noon he was a corpse. His wife died the next day. Lord and Lady Guernsey have returned to Malta. Her ladyship looks anything but well after her hard work at Scutari. Some who have come down speak in the highest terms of her kindness, not only with her purse, but by personal attentions to the sick and woundod. LAW INTELLIGENCE.--Tan. 14. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. IN RP GEORGE CUMMINS—BREACH O➢' PROMISE OP MAMUAGB. This insolvent, lately a farmer at Moulden Hall, near Richmond, in Yorkshire, who bad been arrested in Lon don, applied to be discharged. Mr. Pollock opposed for the detaining creditor, a young woman named Diana Corner ; and Mr. Sargood supported. Mr. Dows• was for Mr. Sanderson, the landlord of the insolvent's farm, and claimed possession before the discharge. The case was called on in the early part of the morn ing, and was disposed of by the learned Commissioner saying ithere would be a conditional discharge on pos session on the farm being certified to have been given to Mr. Sanderson. Immediately afterwards the attorney, who had come from Richmond, on the part of Diana Corner, informed the Court that Mr. C. Pollock was instructed to oppose, but could not attend till 12 o'clock. The application to postpone the case was resisted by Mr. Sargood, but The learned Commissioner thought that it was a mat ter of courtesy to the bar which he could not refuse. Mr. Pollock snbsequently arrived, and expressed his acknowledgments to the Court for the kindness ex tended to him. The case was then heard on the complaint of the de taining creditor. It appeared that the insolvent wal a farmer near Richmond. An action was brought against him by Diana Corner for breach of promise of marriage, in which judgment was allowed by default. The jury assessed the damages at 350/. The action was commenced in March last year, and the assessment of damages took place in August. Ii the previous February the insol vent made two assignments of his property to his brother and sister, for money advanced in 1842. He had made a bill of sale to a person nomed Hayward, and his land lord had levied a distress. The allegation was, on the part of the opposition, that the insolvent had got rid of all his property to his relations to prevent Diana Corner from getting paid any damages and costs she might re cover. He was now a married man. It transpired in the course of the case that Diana Corner had given birth to a child of which the insolvent was the father, and there had been an order of affiliation made against him. In his schedule he alleged that an offer of 1501. had been made on account of the trial, but it was denied, and the only offer admitted was one of 60/. After the disposition of all the property, the insolvent came to London, and having been arrested at the instance of Diana Corner, he petitioned this court. Mr. Pollock prayed a judgment for the damages awarded for a serious injury committed, coupled as it was in this case with seduction. It was quite clear that the insolvent had determined, by his conduct in disposing of his property, to get rid of all he possessed, and it would be for the court to apportion the punish. ment his conduct deserved. Mr. Sargood admitted — there must be an adverse judgment for the damages, but contended that there could be no making away with property, as Diana Cor ner was not a crediton when the property was parted with to the insolvent's relations. Mr. Commissioner Murphy, in giving judgment, re marked that it was the practice of the court, in cases of breach of promise of marriage, to be bound by the record, and to take the measure of damages as the criterion of remand. He should do so in this case, and had a right to refer to the schedule to inform his mind in arriving at a conclusion as to the judgment he should pronounce. By the schedule he found that there had been an order of affiliation, so that in addition to the breach of pro mise of marriage, the young woman had given birth to a child. This was a circumstance which bad come to his knowledge, and which he was bound to consider. It was quite clear that the property had been disposed of, but it had been urged that Diana Corner was not a cre ditor at the time. Without allowing that matter to in ' fluence him he considered it was his duty, for the injury inflicted, to give a judgment to a serious extent. The insolvent had been in prison some little time, and be should give a judgment of 14 months for the breach of promise of marriage. Ths formal delivery of the judgment was deferred , until the insolvent had given up possession of the farm to Mr, Sanderson, COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Shropshire Regiment of Militia—Francis ilostyn Owen, Esq., late Captain in the 44th Regintent, to be Paymaster, Dec. 12. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. County of Essex--Cardinal Brewster, Esq., to be De puty-Lieutenant, Jan. 10; Arthur Tawke, Esq., to be Deputy-Lientenant, Jan. 10; James Edward Boggis, Esq., to he Deputy-Lieutenant, Jan. 11. West Essex Militia—John Thos. Eustace, Esq., late of the 60th Rifles, to be Captain, vice Jervis, roigned, Jan. 10. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—Wm. Hall, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 11. Ist or South Durham Regiment of Militia of the County of Durham—George Webb, Gent., to be Ensign ; William Winn, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 10. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia—. Edward Sumnor Colpoys, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Atkinson, promoted, Jan. 11; Edward Russell Daunt, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Edward Ffraser Ward, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 12. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia Ensign Francis Wright to be Lieutenant, vice Preston, resigned, Jan. 12 ; Ensign Henry l'ilorewood to be Lieu tenant, vice Pilkington, resigned; Samuel Johnston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wright, promoted, Jan. 13 ; George Malcolm, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Morewood, promoted; William Bourne, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur geon, vice Desmond, resigned, Jan. 15. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Robert Buckley Baldwin, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 11. sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Richard IL Thnrsby, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 10. Ist Battalion of the Artillery Corps of the Royal Lanca shire Militia—Frederick Augustine Lynam, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, Jan. 12. Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia —John Gordon Cum ming Skene, Esq., to be Captain; Wm. Hutchison, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 1. let or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Lieutenant George Carnaby to be Captain, vice Granville, resigned, Jan. 8. 3d or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Herbert Hale Forbes Gifford, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 26 ; Frank William Dundee, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; George Chapman, Gent., late Lieutenant West Essex Militia, to be Lieutenant, Jan. 8. North York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant Thomas Light Elwon to be Captain, vice Milbank, retired ; Second Lieutenant George Richard Withington to be Lieutenant, vico Elwon, promoted, Jan. 12. let Devon Regiment of Militia—Heath Haviland. Chanter to be Ensign, Dec. 5 ; Hon. Dudley Francis Fortescue to be Captain, vico Elton resigned, Dec. 16 ; Serjeant-Major John Macdonald to be Lieutenant and Quartermaster, Dec. 16 ; Ferdinand Yates to be Ensign, Dec. 16 ; Frederick Wright to be Ensign, Dec. 18. 24 Devonshire Regiment of Militia.—Robert Bent Far well to be Ensign, Dec. 29; Arthur P arsons t o b e E ns i gn, Dec. 30 ; John ore Hawkins to be Lieutenant, Dec. 29; Join Pitt Briggs to be Lieutenant, Dec. 28 ; Matthew Henry Stewart to be Ensign, Dec. 31 • John Thomas Soltan to be Ensign, Dec. 28 ; Augustus Willoughby Rodd to bausign, Jan. 1. Royal North Lincoln Militia.—Charles Deane, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 2 ; Douglas Wimberley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Jan. 3 • Edward Snow Mason, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 25; *alter Stewart Brawn, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 2. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia.—Neil Ogilvy Drummond, Esq., to be Lieute nant. Hampshire Regiment of Militia Infantry—Bertie Shiff ner, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Thomas Edward Pinkett, Gent., to be Ensign, Jan. 6. Rifle Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— John Fox Fitz-Giffard Mytton, Esq., late 89th Regim en t, to be Captain, Jan. 12 ; William Tomas Gresley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Knight, resigned, Jan. 11. Edinburgh or Mid-Lothian Regiment of Militia—George Andrew Coventry, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Lang, deceased ; Archibald Scott, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Watson, deceased ; Charles William Cowan, Gent ' to be Lieutenant, vice Mills, deceased ; Willia m Hunter, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Paterson, deceased; John Fowler Kemp, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Shaw, promoted, Jan. 5. MEMORANDIIM.-City of Edinburgh Artillery Regiment of Militia—Thomas Alexander Hill, Gent. ; Francis Montague Smith, Gent, ; John Macdougall, Gent.—now rank as Second Lieutenants in this regiment, instead of Ensigns, as formerly stated, BANKRUPTS. John Gardiner Hodges, warehouseman, Bull's-head court, Newgatc-street, to surrender, Jan. 25 at one, and March 2, at ole veu , a t th e C ourt of B a nkruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, .A.ldermanbury ; Ashurst, Son, and Morris, Old Jewry. Thomas Sturges, licensed victualler, Stockwell, Surrey, Jan. 25, at twelve, and March 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Bo.singhall street ; Robinson, ironmonger -lane, City. Joseph North, grocer , Town Gate Northowrs.m, York shire, Jan. 30 an d F e b . 27 , a t e l even , at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Holroyde, Son, and Cronhelm, Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. James Aldred, innkeeper, Manchester, Jan. 31 and Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Horns: man, official assignee, Manchester; Chew, Manchester. Robert Smith, licensed victualler, Newcastle-street, Strand, Jan. 29, at two, and Feb. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court ; Pagden and Hodgkinson, Mark-lane. Elizabeth Taylor, Roso and Crown public - house , Green wich, Jan. 29 at half-past two, and March sat twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alder - manbury ; Martineau and Reid, Gray's - inn. George Bumpstead, grocer, Great Yarmouth, Jan. 23 at two, and Feb. 20 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Blake, Fleet street. Samuel Dennis, carpenter, Rayleigh, Essex, Jan. 24 and March 3, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Chidley, Gresham-street, City. Richard Allcock, wine and spirit merchant, Nottingham, Jan. 30, and Feb. 20, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley, Nottingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Samuel Ryder, Jim factios XlyuiciDi hat 22 DIVIDENDS DECLARED, John Hawken, Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, builder —lst div. ls. std., Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wed nesdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court. George Staner, 111;.rgate baker-2d div. of 4/1, Jan. 17, and three subsequent *ednesdays, at Edwards', Sam brook-court. Henry Bennett, Christchurch, linenclraper-Ist div. of 7s. 4d., Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court, John West, Donnington, Lincolnshire, linendraper— lst div. of 20s, Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wednes days, at Edwards's, Sambrook-court. Christopher Spashett, Barking, Essex, mast maker—let div. of 70., Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Lee's, Aldermanbury. William Clift, Ulting, Essex, cattle salesman-Ist div. of ls. 4?,d., Jan. 17, and throe subsequent Wednesdays, at Lee's, Aldermanbury.. HughEldrid, Witney, grocer-Ist div. of ls. 101, Jan. 17, and tl4ee subsequent Wednesdays, at Lee's, Alder manbury. John Taylor, Fore-street, draper-3d and final div. of 6i d., Jan. 17, and three subsequent Wednesdays, at Lee's, Aldermanbury. Astins, Joiners' Hall-buildings, City, and Upper Fountain-place, City-road, machine printer-Ist dlr. of Is 84d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore s, Basinghall-street. Nin. Long, Lamb's Conduit-street, baker—let div. of 35 9d, any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall-street. George F. Itossiter, London-wall, City, wholesale clo thier--Ist div. of 3s, any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Ba singhall-street. _ _ John G. Xenon, Birmingham, stationer--2d div. of lOd, any Friday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 9. W. G. Still, WeHelm-square, St. George's-in the-East, glass merchant—Feb. 9. W. B. Mitcalfe, Taun ton-place, Regent' s -p ar k, d ea l er i n mining shares—Feb. 9. R. Clark, West Strand, lamp merchant—Feb. 13. J.Bates and E. Bower, Leicester, lambswool spinners—Feb. 22. C. Thomas, Gloucester, stationer—Feb. 8. Esther Blenky, Liverpool, lodginghouse keeper—Feb. 8. I. Fletcher, Li verpool, stack broker—Feb. 8. J. B. Hignett, Liverpool, commission agent. _ _ CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Feb. 9. R.1(3747, --- ifooTtor;t7iader-Edge, Gloucester shire, cloth manufacturer—Feb. 8. John Young and Jasper Young, Bread-street, City, warehousemen—Feb. 6. T. Nightingale, Broadchalke, Wiltshire, innkeeper—Feb. 7. E. Short, Blandford Forum, Dorsetshire, horsedealer—Feb. 7. G. Baseke, St. George's-place, Knightsbridge, tobacconist —Feb. 7. H. J. Steuart, Jermyn-street, hotel keeper — Feb. 9. G. Stokes, Gloucester-road, Old Brompton, board inghousekeeper—Feb. 6. R. Tripp, St. Michael's-chambers, Cornhill, and Hereford-road, Bayswater, dealer in railway shares—Feb. 6. J. It. Hobern and S. Proud, Orchard street, Paddington, builders—Feb. 9. R. Clark, West Strand, lamp merchant—Feb. 9. W. H. Woodhouse, Woolwich,' brewer—Feb. 5. G. E. Fordyce, Astey's-row, Islingtcn, plumber—Feb. 8. Esther Blenky, Liverpool, lodginghouse keeper—Feb. 13. J. Midgley, Nottingham, soda water manufacturer— Feb. 15. W. Rollason, jun., Birmingham, tinplate worker—Feb. 15. J. Partridge, Tipton, Stafford shire, corn factor —Feb. 15. T. P a l mer , Bi rm i ng h am , li censed victualler. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. P. Marsden and J. H. Lake, Wakefield, Yorkshire, coal proprietors—M. Marx and J. Greer, Newgate-street, City, exporters of goods to .Australia—E. Wing and H. Riley, Spencer-villas, Battersea, surgeons—J. Radcliffe, J. T. Hibbert, J. Sharpies, Jno. Platt, and Jas. Platt, Oldham, Lancashire, ironfounders, so far as regards J. Radcliffe, J. T. Hibbert, and J. Sharples— H. Sturmy, H. Simpson, and W. S. Bousfield, Wellington-street, Southwark, and Philpot-lane, City, solicitors —J. H. Williams, L. W. Stevens, G. H. Williams, J. M'Clure, W. A. Greene, and J. Keith, New York and London, so far as regards J. Keith—Maria Ann Pontey and Hannah Sutcliffe, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, milliners—J. Lake and A. Dyer, Bridgwater, Somersetshiro, nurserymen—A. R. Gabell and W. Lewis, Crickhowell, Breconshire , attorneys—H. Wood gate and S. Joseph, Union-street, Southwark, loan office keepers—W. Kaye and Gt.. farwera—T. Careen, W. Taylor, and. A. Riddock, Liverpool, warehouse keepers, so far as regards A. T. Riddock —J. Chaffer and R Chaffer, Salford, Lancashire, cartwrights —S. W. Moore and C. Redfern, Nottingham, lace merchants—John Parker, Joshua Parker, T. Parker, S. Bradley, W. Thomas, S. Dixon, and Elizabeth Pitts, Shipley, Yorkshire, scribbling millers, so far as re gards T. Parker, S. Dixon, and Elizabeth Pitts—C. Lea and M. She wring, Cirencester; Gloucestershire, tailors — J. Page and S. Smith, Hyson Green, Notttinghamshire, manufacturers of patent steam judicators—R. Roy and W. G. Roy, Lothbury, City, and Great George-street, Westminster, attorneys—J. Haley and J. Hargreaves, Halifax, Yorkshire, wool dealers—William Evans, S. Evans, alter Evans, J. Evans, and H. Evans, Derby, bankers, as far as regards J. Evans — J. S. Bettye and R. Battye, Nowtown, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturers —T. Sadler and 3. Douglas, Bedale, Yorkshire, curriers— J. Hide, jun,, and J. W. Thompson, Bur wash, Sussex, plumbers—T. W. Lockyer . and W. Rayner, woollen mer chants—l. Dixon and W. Matthews, Wednesbury, Staf fordshire, plumbers—Ann Archer and J. E. Daulby, Braintree, Essex, tailors—T. Jevens and M. Glover, Wor cester, plumbers—W. Goodman and E. Page, Uxbridge, Middlesex, linen drapers—J. Green and G. Rocke , Brymbo Denbighshire, coal proprietors—J. Cheetham, Sen., J. 'Cbeetham, jun., and G. Cheetham, Derby, silk web manufacturers, so far as regards J. Cheetham, aen.— W. Clark and Co., Glasgow, manufacturers. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LITERPOOL, JAN% 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market this morning was firm for shares, and closed favourably. Caledonian, 31A 4 ; East Lancashire, 18 : i ; L'pool, Crosby, and Southport, 11 ; Londoi and N.-Western, 01 . 1 c. ; ditto, shares, 13-16 d.; Man., Shef., and Lincoln, 25:k ; Midland, 704 ; North Eastern, Berwick capital stock, 191 ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 8 11-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshiro, 754 c. ; S.- Eastern, 18 1-16. MANCHESTER, JAN. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market hag rather more busi ness, and prices exhibited a little more firmness. Cheshire Junction, 12i d.; Leeds, 76t t ; C Qrs., par c. par; Shef fields, 25 k ; ditto, Pref., 124 ; Caledonians, 31i ; East Lancashire, 18,i- ; Dovers, 18 1-16 ; Midlands, 704 ; Shef field New Pref., .3 p. BIRMINGHAM, JA.N. 16. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market was more active to-day than for some time past, and prices advanced. London and North-Westerns, 101; Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed, 61. LEEDS, JAN. IG. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been less active, and no material change to report. Midlands, 70; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 750; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 194. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, jilf. 16. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Susan Hinks, from New Or leans; Johannes, Antwerp; Elizabeth, Dunkirk; Angelina, Bordeaux ; Vissery, Worcum ; Vriendschap, Worcum. ENTERED OUTWARDS. - The Rose, for Dunkirk ; Sir Allan M`Nab, New Zealand; Rock City, New Zealand; Queen of the East, Calcutta; Mary and Ann, Dunkirk; St. Croix, Barbadoes ; Wm. Septiusus de Septimo, Brus sels ; Free Graeae, Lisbon ; Medora, Algoa Bay ; Hazard, Amsterdam; Fidela, Cadiz and Seville; Agamemnon, Kurrachee ; Pilgrim, Mauritius; Wm. Willmett, Constan tinople and Scutari. CLEARED OUT WITT! CARGO.—The Delhi, for Calcutta ; Reward, Jamaica ; Maria Somes, Bombay ; Malcolm, An tigua ; Hareb, Brussels ; Quickstep, New York ; Emilia and Celestina, Napless Alexander, Maurititts ; Viceroy, Calcutta. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Franzen (Swedish barque), from Clyde to Valparaiso, Dec. 15, let. 18 S, long. 35 W. The Circassian, standing to the northward, Jan. 8, lat. 37 N, long. 11 W. The Urania, from the Clyde to Sydney, N.S.W, Doc. 14th, lat. 5 N, long. 23 W. The Richard Yound, from Wisbeach to Akyab, Dec. 16, lat. 6 N, long. 21 W. The Intrinsic, of ,Alloa, from Cardiff to Charleston, lat. 44 N, long. 12 W. The Patna, from Liverpool to Hong Kong, Jau. 12, 25 miles W.S.W. of Holyhead. The Culloden, from Liverpool to Bombay, Nov. 27, lat. 4, long. 25. The Edward, from Calcutta to London, Sept. 29, lat. 27 S, long. 43 E. The Batavier, from Cardiff to San Francisco, Jan. 3, lat. 49 N, long. 8 W. The Bristol, from Madras to the Mauritius, Oct. 19, on the Line, long. 89 E. The Loopuyt, from Singapore to Hamburg, Nov. 30, lat. 17 8, long. 4 W. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS AT LEWES.—In consequence of the duties of the pensioners •n guard over the pri soners of war being considered too arduous, an applica tion for an additional number of men was made to tie proper authorities, and during the past week a rein forcement of six privates from the Brighton staff and one serjeant from Portsmouth has arrived. The total num ber of pensioners now on guard is 36. The wardsmen in the prison have recently bees supplied with a uniform dress made of blue cloth, and present quite a military appearance. The inspector is attired in the suit of an undress military officer, and the serjeants have gold lace around their hats, with the crown, shamrock, rose, and thistle tastefully worked on the collars of their coats. A similar desi;ro also appear:: upon the buttons, with the words " Prison." A -1:..i!:,r Jupply was on Saturday for the wa.rdsmen at Millbay Prison, Ply mouth, where a number of Russian prisoners are also conaUtd•---M44404 Advortiacr. ~--_ •.ter CO UNTRY 111,4.:RX.EM LIVERPOOL —J-A14.• 16 If At to-day's market there was a mall a ttendee?' , , first showed little disposition to puroluve, fair business was done in wheat and flour at the fal l , of Friday. Oats and oatmeal a slow. sae, a t bsr!!. rates for the former, and is per load reduction oontitho, article. Barley, beans, and peas neglect th 11 % : but ult,i. on lower terms. Indian corn in moderate WMSO 9d per qr for mixed, and 43s 6d per qr for pill ° yellow. ---- IPSWICH —JAN. 16. ,:,..,340 The supply of wheat offered for sale is 0 0 P7. 0 d6 arrests the prices " panic " and at the clos e a re/ill"' Tlie cannot be called cheaper than last week.,...0 ply of barley was not so large as las t week ; the• I' will not submit to a forced reduction in Pric e ' m di /I were buyers at full rates, ma ny samp le I°/4- 1 31 1 611 t' ) per qr.—hence we can n ly report 1s recluct) taken place. Beans and peas heavy. r ss ri: A , PER QUARTER. A; T ig ... ' $ Wheat, red (old) 66s to 766 Barley, grill , - Ps D Ditto,i t o (n w e hi w t ) e (new) — 7 4 : t o o — 76 5 6 Peasßes •.............................. 4": Ditto (old) Barley, malting 18 56 ' AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING JAE. 13, i's 34 Wheat 90 'p m Oats Peas 1, Bears I t 3 Barley HULL—JAN. 1 6 - f To-day we had a fair attendance of 's""liini an irregular market ; they were quite untri. n co ase l ,' the decline reported from Mark-lane, and l i Tt the little business resulted, priceg.remainiug su ° „ c h D r last Tuesday, the market closing with 93 1; pre' More enquiry for foreign wheat, but the high avul, of holders checked business. Spring corn WI seed is lower. Cakes rather easier to bol• 0 'I Wheat, English, red 68 to 70 Ditto white 72 to 74' Dantzio and Konigs berg 72 to SO Pomeranianand Ham - bid 6 f Peas, grey a- g m ", ; Linseed, Black 5 • Ditto Petersburg.' •"1,. an Arc 6 Ditto Riga angel ....... aad Ditto Konigs berg 51 M e mel ........ ..... r o fi t 1. 1 15 ' Lins.c., es „ 1 to 0 Ditto fine for' 010sui" 00: Ditto inf. fo r. 001 05 to 0 0 : pli Rapeseed ... es t .. ~3 0 0 oaT R a pe cak...". Tares, Englis h '' '. Ditto foreio Guano.... e a to Bones .. . . . ; Rye Meal burgh Danish, Holstein, and Frieiland 67 to 76 Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 3O to 32 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3O to 32 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 44 to 46 ' fit. rl COURSE OF EXCHINGE.-. goo Amsterdam..... 11 15% -Gibraltar • • .• Ditto, three months .. 1 I 17% T....gr.orn • • Rotterdam 11 17% Genoa ..... Antwerp .. .• .. .. 25 27% .. •• • • I .• f Brussels • • ........ 25 27% "Venice.. •• " .....••' Hamburgh .......... 13 5% ,Naples ..... . Altona •• ............ Palerm• •• •• Paris ..•• 25 5 .Messina •••• • ...• Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Lisbon .• • ',. ..... Marseilles ............. 25 32% Oporto • • •• .."„ Bourdeaux ...• Rio Janeiro•• •' Frankfort-on Maine .... 117% Buenos Airl' c l a yf'S• Berlin ................ New York, 61-' V1enna................ 12 25 Philadelphia ' ••••odis Trieste • • .... l 2 30 nucza °'l3ll ll 01 1 Petersburg 35% Foreign Gold ill U°';o.. p Madrid •• .... 50% Por t uga l Gold ." , „ Cadiz ........ •• Barcelona ............ Aw Dollata ••, Seville.. •• Shyer in bars ' SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from ths s °l6°l by the night—and Mby the morning—despatc h.) 1 Day when made ur Vora in General Post- r° Office, London.. DlsP4' Every Friday ... Livi •••• •• •• •• ILI' .• ••••• • • iiio4l dal. 4 ...•• An. 9 Dom 23d of the month. 8,9, 24, & 30 of rn . Dove 0 4th & 20th of mon. Soathito 17th of the month, ,Souttoal n pally• ••• • • VoYor I.th of the month.. Soutlnta I . th of the month.. Southao yolott, 9th .of the monthiSolltil ut boaP to li l t Mon ~we,,l.,BrFria• tiouvP '2d & 17th o.f moiltii Sou _•..1 Prr a , , " ;;t Oll ,l 8,13,111,23,&28 0 . II) so uth. - • 4th & 20th of rne"' Do ycl•" Twice daily .. • • • „ O to Twice daily.... • • '''"07 21 ; 1 •" t : ) ° ,, 4,7, 17, 20, 47 of ' 4 10 0 21ad & 17th of t ri011• 7 4 4011 •`' Tuesday & Fridg v‘„00 10 21 . 1 of the month SO'. Daily.. D oe. 17th of the month. 6otitti s ,,ti 4th & 20th of mon. pioaf - . 9thBs2sth of month Doe' 7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover, r ~'",,' Twice daily Boly o ° - 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southha 9th of the month So. 23d of month • • .. Lip ,ato pij ,erP°.l IS, &28 of monlDover 14th of the month 2nd of the month.. Eldrit" l' sth 15th25 thofmon.. Dover • ' 2d & 17th of month' sol,l"l3 By private skip .. Various sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ~ 7thl7th27thoftnon. Smiths/ 2cl & 27th of mon. 010 1103 . ° By private ship._ Yer•O' s t hl st h 2st h olmon , Dovor ' 5 thlso2sth efmon. Dover_'' 12c1&171h of month South". I 2 dec I 7th o t month!Soa COUNTRIES. America(byßrit.pack)N America. (by United Sta. packet) ~.........N America (by U. States packet) ...• ......N Australia (via South ampton) .... • . M j Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ..... • Africa (West Co.sst)..N A.l exandria • . N Alexandria ~. Bahamas Belgium _ANT Brazil Buenos Ayres „ Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape de Verds Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. .......... N Channel Isles ........N Chi1i................M China (see India) Constantinople Censtantinople ........ Cont. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) France ........ M & Gibraltar Gr --- eytown .•• • M I il amburgh ilavanno.h Holland ............m Hondura 2 . ..... ....M India (vi aSout hampt.)M India (via Marseilles)M lonian Isles (see India)i Ireland & Li5b0n..............M Madeira Madeira ............N Malta (see India) Mauritius (see India) 1 Mauritius ..........N Mexico .• •• • • •3 lj Naples I New Granada ... ...M New Zealand Papal States ........N Peninsula ..........M Peru •• •• •• •• •• ••M Port Natal • • • • • • • • • .N Sicily •• ea •••••• • • • • N Tuscany ............N Venezuela .... Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) West Indies /11 tes fall on a Sunday, the 0 111 . 1 .9 ) tg day, with the exceptiee ,Aor [alta, both of which will Oil " .•-• ...rt.* Of' WIND .IND WEATIIEIt Aar of oart. Toys Station. Course of Triad. S t ale Greozwich N. Overcast. Lothbury York Glasgow Edinburgh N.W Clood, . Co " ii ' Dundee e Perth Berwick N.W avail. Sunderland Darlington N. Fine. Whitby Scarborough ...... N.E. Rain. Hull W.N.W. ... Cloudf. Aberdeen .. S.W Fine. Gv.insborough ..... N. W Cloudy. 7..0_! t0i IP~iI D ivt OD l t „, s•p• 0” 10' oiToi! 1 1, o° n .! I When Any of these dal patched on the followin, Southampton), and the preceding day. Boston - N.W Fine. Groat Grimsby ... N.w Fine. Cambridge . ..... .. N. Derby N.N.E Cloudy. Leice5ter............ W. Nottingham Leamington W A'Fine— Brighton W.N.W.... Cloudy'. Hague E. Very fill®. Ipswich Yarmouth. W. Rai'. Lowestoft S.E. Manchester W Fi ne —Col v " Sheffield Stoke-on-Trent ... N. Maryport . . E. Lancaster ... .. S.W Cold. Carlisle ... ..... ~.. N. Liverpool .,. N.E. Foggy. I c y Holyhead Leeds Shrewsbury N. Rain. ii. Southampton N. Fine—Lria. Portsmouth Poole Wittchfield... S.W Fine. Newcastle Strood. N. Overcast' Tunbridge N. Overcast, ...--!.--'. it,./ EUTER SCHOOL OF ART.—We are . a iii i .d r ti 4,500 persons du r ing the past month 0 31 1 0 9 of the opportunity to inspect the exa° 3l) A pr'"o supplied by the Government at a reduce: to of (i o d school ; and that thereby many were leo " I , o oit selves of the advantages offered by the Pl ebe inferred from the fact, that no less than i' re co l o / 0 0 joined the artizans' class, a number un a P - 011 the commencement of any one of the 4 ° lished in this country. The other clasec e t v' attended, and there can be littio doubt tP will be entirely successful. BIRTHS. OW A %ON. On the 11th inst., at Cregclare, the 14 3 `'d OF A DACIGHTEB. On the Bth list., the lady of Dr. Ilinxra MARRIED. sf ic,l) , P On the 11th inst., at St. Aiphage, Green ost Hughes, F.R.G.S., to Susannah, eldest dalli f ic ,l %) Mr. John Mayes, of Swanethorp, near 11° 1. 0 0 9 On the 15tk inst., at Alcieiton, 5uff01 , ‘. , ,„06„ ) t ,' IrAguilar, Lieut. R.N., son of the late en Y gar, to Mary Phillis, youngest daughter Weeding, of Ryde, Isle of Wight. d] I) IE D. o°l3 'i On the 31st ult., at Killadun, the R igh t d i p Earl of Leitrim, K. St. P., &c. , aged Si. .„ 1 0 On the 11th ult., at Balaklava, Mr.Tllol'" 10 / of London. frog On the 22d ult., before Sebastopol, o fit e eo wound, whilegallantly cheering on his ineu o o of the enemy, Major J. 0. Moller, of tho,'o,l9of son of C. Champion Moller, Esq., of tholl;,,ig On the 13th inst., at Burgh Hall, Nerf°'),,Y of No. 7, Cavendish-square, aged 87. j , muted au l PubU 1:60gly(' by ,:j- j1 : 1 9 1 , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Eie SO . 4 . 0 10/ Strand, in the Preeinot of the liareYViik Woduiday, dhniary Pti § , z ? 4 il • ith "1 :141, 1 ,t4,°,„dau V b to6;Zi n eat t!,,,k rt ‘ , ' 1 441 pf t kh, 4, 4 hap kt 4441 ti e kttry i 'llki tp, tt lk ,s ttl th r tfr, •< 4 ,7,,; ( ' l 4ll ) ,'Ll di Irk ). 928° L L N c h o o 1 it, „ (i 11 0 p r. ri t letA t O toa • Fib . tlit t ott7ti t r, zirti B tilt) Et e Z o ' 7Ol aE Z e 4 ; 4 °lr A L (Estatushe, Th G eo e rge tel Eat a oh lon q s tibti d , Altx, Cl, 4' tdo, 'Otr Riv e k 11, t k x , +‘ b e r r ' t hl t •;,1N Itoße r t ktZ, TeV: L ax :: tew ar ' lot rf oila Utz, ap, [ lt t l— 'tug a uld h on a dv ,Pt t , eh lisst ireci o t :ek . Or ar ii i Stel'2l l 4, f ! Dc rt7 a lltit tck tUrn "11 .>. ke t e e o _not ttp A tel t irrati( ki tt 4' i N r Ait he ° 1 44, 1 a I qth re gr , th t 8 , Dor 4, l lD„ i t a•bil at d at Aci /tticee.e4tUry th` l 'ot <kkp eN, k° ti• t : I lo F„ 4plc t~ ~~i ~4 ;~ -,_ , ',''., ,_ '