The Sun. — London, England, 1855-02-05 00:00:00

NEW PRUSSIAN NOTE. The following is the despatch of M. Drouyn de to the diplomatic agents of France in Ger many, of which a summary haT been given : PARIS, Jan 26. - - Sin,—The cabinet of B3rlin has resolved net to reply dii4ctly to the last communications cf the cabinet of Vienna ; it prefers addressing itself to the members of the confederation, and it is at Frankfort that the two great German Powers intend to meet. The crisis that has long been preparing is at last about to break out, and the Government olthe Emperor folloWs its develop- rent with the most sincere regrat. Our own suscepti bility enables us to fathom that of others. " We have, therefore, no wish to mix ourselves up with affairs, which by reason of their intricacy cannot be exactly understood and advantageously arranged, save by the States concerned. But after all, we are the neighbours of Germany ; whatever interests that great country touches us ; and at the moment even when symptoms of divisiun become manifest within it, we can loyally bear witness in our owu behalf, that we have in no respect contributed to the difficulties of a situation that we deplore. So soon as Russia unveiled her ambitious designs, our policy was clearly defined. To protect Turkey in her resistance to an unlawful attack, which compromised the general equilibrium—to endeavour to constrain, by an imposing union of every will, the Cabinet of St. Peters burg to renounce an enterprise condemned by public conscience, to collect eventually into one " fascis " the strength of Europe, threatened, as it was, by one and the same danger—such was the line of conduct we proposed to ourselves to follow, and which the Government of her Britannic Majesty adopted in conjunction with us. Notwithstanding the slight differences of the situations and the march of *Tents, we did hope, that during the course of last year the object of our efforts would be at tained. The conferences had been opened at Vienna, and the choice alone of that capital, as the spot where we could discuss topics with Austria and Prussia was a sufficient indication that France and England, far from supposing they could dispense with Germany, desired, on the contrary, to come to an understanding with her ; to make her, in some measure, the judge of the debate, and in every case not to settle it without her knowledge, nor to her detriment. Never, I believe, have two such important belligerent Powers been seen to evoke the solemn declaration of as opi nion on the merits of their cause, when already their armies were charged with the maintaining of it, from other powers equally of the first order, but which had remained free as to their resolutions, and intimately connected hitherto with their adversary. Be that as it may, if France and England have ren dered homage to the spirit of conciliation that a long peace had caused to prevail on every important occasion between the great states since 1815, one can say that the first protocols of the conference have been, as it were, the preamble of an European sentence pronounced against Russia ; and. they need only be read over again, in order to see that those very protocols contained in ad dition the bases of an effective alliance between all the parties that' had signed them. The force of things would of itself lead from theory to practice. It was not pos sible, if that expression be permitted me, that the di plomacy of the Berlin and Austrian Cabinets should con tinue to be always in a state of consulation, and the moment soon arrived when it was requisite to withdraw or to act. It was at that period that a divergence exhi bited itself between the two great German courts. Prussia has ceased to have herself represented at the conferences, and if, as she pretends, her refusal to assist at them has not been formally announced, it is at least certain, and the absence of her signature at the foot of the notes of August 8 proves it, that she no longer considered it incumbent on her t 3 put her acts and words into complete harmony with the acts and words of Austria. This situation has become still worse, and the treaty of Dec. 2 was concluded. The adhesion of the Berlin Cabinet to that convention was specially reserved, and the Government of the Emperor has neglected nothing in order to obtain it. Like its allies, it has observed every prudential nicety of form capable of determining the accession of the Prussian court. Its efforts have hitherto remained ineffectual, and the present attitude of that court seems to justify the conviction that its re serve may not really depend on any diplomatic question of etiquette, but on some order of idees that is not shared by England, or France, or Austria. It is in this point of view that the affair is grave for the German confede ration, and it is solely in this light that I wish to exa mine it with you. -Notwithstanding the most sincere and assiduous wishes of the Western Power', a moral scission has been effected between Austria and Prussia • and by this act the union of Germany is compromis ed, which would hive been promoted by the harmony of these two courts. That harmony can only be re-established and strengthened by the firmness and intelligence of the other members of the confederation. The Diet has to choose between these two appreciations ; Aus tria, who only demands a. defensive assistance, believes the hour is come for preparing to grant it. She alleges the general state of things, the concentration of Russian troops on her frontiers, the obligations that arise from her occupation of Wallachia, and which a movement similar to the one that took place recently in the Do brutcha may render instantaneously executory. Lastly, she argues that Russia's acceptance of a basis for nego tiations is not yet tantamount to a certainty of peace. Prussia, on the contrary, declares that she is full of confidence in the sentiments that animate the cabinet of St. Petersburg, and that it is hence superfluous to ma'ce provision against chimerical attacks - . . . God forbid, sir, that I should accuse the intentions of any person, but I may be permitted to observe that between moral assurances and material facts, between conjectures a id certainties, if a contradiction does exist, the simplest and the wisest plan is to act in consonance with what all the world is enabled to judge of in the same man ner. Is it not true that a large Russian army, ready to take the 'field, is stationed in Poland, and along the frontiers of Gallicia an I Transylvania Is it not true that an incident threatens to bring the Austrians and the Russians into collision on the banks of the Pruth or of the Lower Danube I .Is it not true that the rela tions between the Caleinets of Vienna and St. Peters burg are of the most delicate nature I Can it be said, in short, that the opinion of a speedy restoration of peace is generally credited Is it even sure that the acceptance announced by Prince Gortchakoft is such as was at first believed To put these questions is to solve them, and to justify at the same time all the de mands that Austria addresses to her confederates. I Lave, sir, nothing further to allude to except two griev ances complained of by the Cabinet of Berlin : it has not been regularly made acquainted with the negotia tions, and there is the appearance of excluding her in future from the European concert. Oa the first point I shall simply observe that if some important ants have been concluded without the partici pation of Prussia, it is because she voluntarily isolated herself from the powers that desired, and still desire, nothing moro sincerely than to come to a good under standing with her. The majority is the law of all associations, as confi dence is the animating essence of them. Prussia has not desired to maintain herself, and advance, on the ground that France, England, and Austria took up with greater resolution than she did. It was her right, I admit ; but for the instant she used that right she sepa rated herself from the others, and their right was as suredly no longer to combine with her their plans of conduct, and no longer to admit her into the confidence of their ulterior designs. These principles are ele mentary. As for the European concert, it has been habitually for the last forty years formed by five powers. Never theless, four of these powers, in one of the preceding phases of the Eastern question, united without France. The concert was not re-established until after the inci dent that gave rise to the treaty of July 13. An ana logous fact may therefore, without anomaly, be repro duced under actual circumstances. In order to take part in a debate, the party must be entitled, bur the only title Prussia invokes is her quality of great power. - It is not we, sir, who shall ever dispute the rank of the Berlin cabinet ; but there are in this world no rights without their correlative duties, and in general we do net treat on the conditions of peace unless we have Waged war, or at least have accepted the eventuality of taking an active part in it. ~ Is th a t P russ i a ' s pos i t i on I H as s h e made her e l ec . ti?lit between the belligerent parties ? Is she in alliance wit' Russia or with us ? Until she has cease to a deci ,ionli, she authorises every kind of supposition, and spon -1.1. eonaly shuts herself out from the conferences. Can /46 tr eaty cf ace July 13, 1841, serve in any way to open forixer the sto them One of tivzsatulg son of its a is clear : either this treaty, by rem cation, or else it saeillifis• a very serious political signifi rale, a tradition of ain its articles of detail only a Europe eitheatsr wished Government. In a guarani meregi to give to Turkey a real ee honourable orh opportu n it y el i y, f contrived for France an c oncert. re - entering th e E uropean For my own part, I declare at once .tha t nier interpretation we have taken n tit i s th e for; and it is e 8 e chilly as s:gnataries of the treaty of July 13 , laci we were induced to aid in the defence of th e S 1 , that Sultan If Prussia recognises in that act, to which the subscribed the value we attribute to it, we have then good ground's for saying that she has declined it im posed the obligations • - posed upon her, and that , if she persists in her ahct ent i on so much to be regrette d , s he loses the right of pa r ti c i- of the treaty, which it is pleasura pang in the revision not to execute, or to re duce to insignificant pro .4ll*(l. portions. There would remain only for us the finding of the means, at the end of the negotiattons, of to en undcretanding with the Caiiiriet of 11:1 , 1 , i , n t r h e a s t pu n c la ta y ag h: t t l: e e only part of the convention of July L" ; any value i n h er eyes ; t h at i s t o sa y, 11-B l e2tht the re•..80,_ gulatiou for the pa.4sage of ships of war thr, the nc; photos and th e D ar d anelles, or Cor,e'.l•-'n,r t he &owl of these straits. A n d th e G overnment o f t h e E mperor, for its part, would very willingly join in any corithinfl tion calculated, on the one hand * to give to Prirs , a , guarantees equivalent to those she obtained in 1841, and on the other hand to cause her to resume a place Out we have incessantly begged her to occupy, with the riski and advantages attached to it. I think then, sir, I have shown that the Cabinet of Perlin can only blame herself for the position she has , created but which she can always modify. N or do I think the secondary states of Germany, as it appears they are invited to do, can accuse us of having wished indi rectly to diminish the importance of their confederation by deliberately seeking to exclude from the future transactions of Europe on 3 of the two great German powers. I authorise 'you, s;r, to read this despatch to --, to malee use of it in your interviews with your colleagues. Receive, &c., (Signed) DRoUYN Dn YE!. THE 8 UN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1855. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The craw of of the screw steam-ship Exmouth, 90, Captain the Hon. F. Pelham, bent sails at Plymouth on Saturday. Letters, dated Jan. 15, have been received at Ply mouth front the Vengeance, 84, Captain Lord Edward Russell. The Vengeance and the paddle-wheel steam frigate Vulture, 6, Captain F. H. H. Glasse, are ordered to Plymouth, where they will be refitted and their crews paid wages. The Pembroke and Hastings, 60-gun screw block ships, have been commissiond at Portsmouth by Cap tains George H. Seymour and J. C. Caffin. The Pem broke was got out of dock and basin on Saturday, and under the shears to bo masted, her screw having been got in by hard work the over night, awl the Hastings was expected to be supplied with her screw en Saturday night. These ships will quickly be supplied with their screw power, and wo have no doub t that they wi:l be with the fleet fur the BAltic, which is now ordered to be 1 at the rendezvous by the tlel of - March. F The screw steam-corvette Esk, 20, Captain Themas T. Birch, from the eastv..anl, bound to the Brack Sea with shut and shell, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday inorning. The Penelope, is, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, tinder refit at Portsmouth, is ordered to be commanded by Captain William Wiseman, Captain Cafin having re ceived amore imporlant appointment—the Hastings, 60. The Centaur, 6, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, is ordered to be commissioned at Portsmouth by Captain Clifford, who was disabled some time since while in command of the Sphinx, but now recovered. He is the son of Rear-Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford, Usher of the Black Rod, and a popular officer. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George T. Gordon (1846), to the Victory, flag-ship, at Poitsmouth, vice Captain John Dalrymple Hay. _ __ (jommanders—Thomas Brewer (1852), and John O'Bathurst (1853), as agents for transports in the Black Sea. Lieutenants—T. M. S. Pasley (1850), from the Imps ripuse, 51, screw steam-frigate, and Thomas H. B. Fel lewes (1852), from the Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam frigate, at Woolwich, to be additional Lieutenants in the Royal Albert, 121, screw steam-ship, in the .111a,ek Sea. Master James Hill (1845), to the Pembroke, 60, screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. Surgeons—William Smith, M.D. (1845), recently pro moted from Assistant-Surgeon of the C4nway, 14, flag ship, at Cork, to the Ariel, screw steam-ship, at Ports mouth ; Henry Liddell (1841), from the Cressy, 80, screw steam-ship, at Sheerness, to the Waterloo, 120, flag-ship, at the same port ; James Vaughan (1841) to the Cressy, vice Liddell. _ Paymasters—James R. Andrews (1846) to the Hast ings ; G. F. C. Bateman (1847) to the Arrogant, 46, screw steam-frigate, at Portsmouth ; George A. Lance (1844) to the Corn wallis, 60, screw steam-ship, at Devon port ; S. H. L. Giles (1846), from the Nankin, 50, at Chatham, to the Hawke, 60, screw steam-ship, at the same port ; John E. Brooman (1846), recently Burying in the Arethusa, 50, to the Russell, 60, screw stearo ship, at Sheerness ; Herbert Johnston (1851), from the Benbow, 72, prison-.lhip, at Sheerness, to the Centaur paddle-wheel steam-frigate, at Portsmouth. Assistant-Surgeons—George T. Jones (1851), recently serving in the Bonet* 3, brigantine, on the south-east coast of America station, to the Conway, 14, flagship, at Cork, vice Smith, promoted ; Robert Sproule, M.D. (1851), recently serving in the Monarch, 84, to the Orion, 91, screw steam-ship, at Chatham ; Julian W. Slight (1846), from the St. Vincent guardship of ordi nary, at Portsmouth, to the Dee, paddle-wheel steam store and troop ship, at Woolwich ; Robert F. Cullen, (1840) to the St. Vincent, vice Slight. Clerks.---E. J. Giles (1854), from the Edinburgh, 60, screw steam-ship, to the Pembroke, 60, screw steam ship, at Portsmouth ; John Wagstaff to the Hastings, 60. screw steam-ship, at Portsmouth. • Clerk's-Assistant R. W. Parish, to the Himalaya, screw steam troop-ship. Naval Cadet W. P. Barrow from the Dragon, paddle. wheel steam-frigate, to the Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam frigate, at Woolwich. Second-Maiter James Milton (1848), serving in the Apollo store-ship on the Mediterranean station, iy pro moted to be Master. • FURTHER, EXPERIMENTS WITH THE LANCASTER GUN. Further experiments with the Lancaster gun, ordered to be supplied to the Royal Sappers and Mineri, have afforded much gratification to the men, a . ; it is found effective at 1,000 yards range, and upwards, when the men become acquainted with D. THE MAURITIUS. • 1 The General Screw Steam-shipping Company's fine screw transport Mauritius ' Captain Stewart, went along side Portsmouth dockyard on Saturday afternoon to land her invalided and wounded soldiers, their wives and children, and passengers. Dr. Odell, the newly-ap pointed staff surgeon of Portsmouth Garrison, with the Brigade Major and attendants, went on beard, and noted the most urgent cases for removal ; and these, 10 in number, were speedily released from between decks, and removed to hospital quarters. The women and chil dren were removed in omnibuses to the Camber Hos pital, especially prepared for them. But while this was going on a "diflicalty arose; nothing less than a mu tiny of the ship's crew; on hearing that it was contem plated to send the ship to Chatham, they struck, and refused to work. Captain Stewart, with the utmost promptitude, had them mustered, and read to them the articles they had signed, whereby it was clear they were bound to go in the ship wherever ordered during the term of the contract (12 months.) To this they paid no heed, and some sa ucy remarks were made, ending with cheers as they went forward. They ultimately went over theside,and most of them escaped out of the dock yard before they could be stopped by an order from Captain Stewart despatched is the police at the dock ' yard gate. On a muster of the residue afterwards taking place on the poop, or ly about 20 answered to the call, and eight only out of 28 able seamen remained faithful to their articles. A telegraphic intimation of this state of things was made at once to the Horse Guards through the Ad miral Superintendent, asking for directions how to dispose of the invalids in this emergency; but, although the reply was received in the course of the evening by the mi!itary authorities, thi , se on board the ship had heard of none up to 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon ; meanwhile, there the sick lay, to the number of about 110, on board with out a crew, except about half a dozen hands, even the firemen having struck. It will be :Aced, probably, why this ship, being under contract with the Crown, and her crew under articles binding them for one par's service, was not at once manned by a man-of-war crew, and her deserters meanwhile hunted up and brought to justice by the authorities ? Yesterday (Sunday) those men belonging to the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners disembarked, and joinei quartars in Pcrtre month Garrison. The remainder will disembark this morning at 7 o'clock, and proceed by express train at half-past 8 for Chatham, by the London, Brighton, South Coast, and North Kent Railway, the Guardsmen going to London by the same train, Captain Barlow and Assistant-Surgeon Brown go round with them, and each man will be provided before starting with a plen tiful and substantial hot breakfast and rations to take with him, also a blanket eaob, and straw will be strewn on the floors of the carriage for their comfort in travel ling, Each arrival of sick at Portsmouth since the first unfortunate cargo (the Himalaya's) has received a pro gressive amount of attention and consideration from all the Government authorities. On Saturday they had not to land from the skip on to the muddy jetty, but that space was •clean swept of its dirty load of half-melted snow and sludge, and a liberal sprinkling of saw-dust took its place, forming, both in appearance and experi ence, a most striking and agreeable contrast to former " receptions." [To whom aro the poor gallant sufferers and others indebted for this :t] The sick and wounded were men from the following : —Scots Fusilier Guards, 7th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 231 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 30th, 33J, 41st, 42d, 49th, Rifle Brigade, Royal Artillery, 44th, Grenadier Guards, 28th, 63d, 95th, 49th, 88th, 38th, 34th, 48th, 57th, 14th—in all 112 men, 86 women, and 97 children. The Mauritius will, by the aid of a new craw, proceed to Southampton to refit. THE FOREIGN LEGION. The Foreign Legion will assemble for drill, &c., al Heligoland, and Lieutenant Lempricre, with a detach meet of Royal Sappers arid Miners, will leave Wool. wich for Heligoland in the early part of the present week, to erect huts for their accommodation. AUGMENTATION OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS. An augmentation of half a battalion of Royal En gineers and 500 Royal Sappers and Miners is ordered to take place immediately, which will give four compa nies of 120 non-commissioned officers and men in Each. The company at-Corfu is also to be made up to 120. ENGINEERS FOR THE CRIMEA. Six engineers, four boilermakers, and two smiths, left the steam factory in Portsmouth dockyard (under the the superintendence of ?arr. Andrew Murray) on Friday for service at Constantinople, in the repair of the steam machinery of the Briti,h fleet, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Baker, the Inspector of Machinery to the fleet. These men are to be paid, we a:c informed, 12s. cV ( ite:ft, and d ou bl e pay f ur a ll wor k d one a f ter 8 p.m. s they are much better treated than the engineers of the fleet at home. Tilt TRANSroffrs. P.oit3moutn to-dar ' • '• of es depot at M l . d re r c a T e u l l:v e l o i t g s t r i o ‘ a o t t p , )I.3B:ic:ate :e p, ani-ship ems u s will be ready to 34ilx iii : t; Severn : :. l e o c a , i t v l i e . d on IL ta— Mi l e 7t c h ° , l l"d s til l : l l! g 3d, 23d , , 77tli ; and will take in t" theist. ffullowing addi- The aarter,d hteam kan:s:h. board at Southatypton cn SatuiP-,i)aa Lion to her hospital stores, wh yeit or furgetfulnese, had not been forwardedr7rneghili,g„enc6,l until it was discovered they were not ell o h o :,:r a -A f e " hours before the time at which it was intended 'i to - -e e w patch the vessel:--1,800 blankets, 900 'baintneeks,asao beds, 50 pillows, 2SO hospital beds, and 450 pairs a c!ews. She left Southampton direct fur Cork on Sunday, Dr. Schuyler, of the Royal Mail Company, and formerly of the Severn, retainin,,a the duties of principal medical and surgical officer. After embarking more troops, the 20 Yeria will proceed from Cork direct to the Crimea. Th,e troops , ,vho embarked on board the Severn at South are rton our : Friday, although no preparations had been macic previ'D u.slo their arrival for their being immedi ately supplin I with food, were, through the exertions •' Captain N'imeent and Mr. Barnes, provided with an ample me: ►l about an hour after they had all embarked. There beic g no beds on board, the poor fellows lay dur ing the nib .Lit in the bare berths. RECRIJITS AND THEIR DISCHARGE. The • foltolving Circular has been issued from the Horse Guardi . , dated Jan. 31 : " Memorard um.—The General Commanding-in-Chief directs it to b a notified that whenever recruits aro per usittcd to purtlase their discharge, before leaving tbe dis tricts iu which they were enlisted, or at any period pre vious to their final approval, the portion of bounty still unpaid is to be deducted from the regulated amount of compensation, whatever may be the rate of bounty at the time. In all such cases, however, the superintending officer a i will be e ntitled to the same remuneration and zi. party e I reward as if the recruit had actually joined his regiment, and been finally appr.eved. "By command of the General Commanding-in-Chic!, '. G. A. WIETIIERALL, Adjutant-General." _RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. It is intended to propose, at the general meeting of this company on the 15th inst., the mode and conditions of raising the capital (1,000,0001) authorised to be created for completing the works of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and other undertakings be longing to or purchased by the company. All agree ment for the joint working of the Cornwall Railway, when constructed between Plymouth and Truro, under a lease to the Great Western and two other companies, will be submitted for the consideration and approval of the proprietors. The meeting will also be made special to consider and determine the provisions of an agreement entered into with the directors of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Rail way Company, for working the traffic over the lines of r.Nilway belonging to that company, upon'terms and con ditislns specified therein, and for an option to take the railwty within a limited period, subject to the sanction of Parliament. SOUTH-EASTERN. The following circular has been issued to the pro prietors of the South-Eastern Railway by Mr. James Macgregor : " It is my duty to inform yon that my term in office as one of your dirogtors expires in March, and that I have not the intention to offer myself as a candidate for re election. _ _ " You will have at your disposal my seat at the board, and the seats also of three of tho directors whose term in office likewise expires in March, and it will be obvious to yon, as the board consists of nine directors, that the four new directors whom you may choose to elect, combining with any one of the five directors who remain in office, will be enabled by their majority of votes to control the affairs of the company. " I therefore earnestly hope that in the election to the four vacant seats it may be your good fortune to secure the services of gentlemen of capacity, intelligence, and integ rity, to conduct your affairs, and that you will not lose the opportunity of placing the management in hands worthy of so great a trust. " I must state to you that I have viewed the present management with the gravest regret ; let me plead as my excuse fer making this observation more than ten years' arduous and faithful service in your interest, and sincere wishes for your prosperity. " I return my sincere thanks for the great kindness and confidence I have received at the hands of the proprietors for so many years." BRISTOL AND EXETER. A special meeting of this company is to be held on the 22d inst., for the purpose of censidering a bill now be fore Parliament to enable the company to raise further sums of money, to acquire additional lands, to lease er purchase the Somerset Central and North Devon Rail ways, and to hold additional shares in the Exeter and Crediton Railway. It is also intended to submit to the proprietors for their consideration and approval an agree ment for the joint working of the Cornwall Railway, when constructed, between Plymouth and Truro, under a lease thereof to the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and the South Devon Railway Companies, sub ject to certain conditions. SOUTH DEVON. Tho double lino of railway frona Newton to Totnes, on the South Devon lino, has been completed, and tra velled over by the directors and officials, previously to its being opened for traffic. This piece of double line will prove very convenient to passengers, inasmuch as frequent delays at both the Newton and Totnes sta tions have occurred from one train being detained at these stations respectively until the arrival of another train travelling between the two places. Although the weather has been very severe lately, the South Devon line is in ♦cry good order. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN. SHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday, at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester ; the Right Hon. the Earl of Yarborough presiding. The half-yearly reports and accounts have already ap peared in The Sun. Tho CHAIRMAN congratulated the meeting on having to receive from the directors a more favourable report than hal been presented to them on some previous oc casions. The revenue of the railways of this company for tae past half-year showed an increase of 29,7251. on the corresponding half-year of 1853, and of 1461. on the canals ; and the increase of net revenue was 27,4001. The railway increase included the London and North- Western guarantee, but he was happy to say that it hal been a very install amount this half-year, the amicable arrangements which had been entered into having aided this company in so increasing its traffic as to bring it ishuo*t up to the proportion secured under the agreement with their ally. The gross reve nue from all sources for the year 1854 amounted to 510,9161. against 458,7061. in the previous year ;_the net revenue being 217,1351. in the year 1854 against 182,958/. in the previous year. The increase of passen gers in the past half year had been 87,807 ; and the company had carried 499,576 tons of goods ' including 95,136 tons on toll over s h ort di stances of the line. Deduct no this, tke increase in merchandise traffic pro per was 33,892 tons, or 15,116/. in money receipt. Whilst the revenue had increased in this degree, the total expenditure on the railways and canals had been 149,2591. in the past half-year, against 146,8071. in the corresponding half of 1853, showing an increase of only 2,452/. He thought the company had made very satis factory progress, all things considered ; but now, when they seemed to have turned the corner on the road to prosperity, he regretted to see that there were diffe rences of opinion as to the disposal of the available sur plus. There was a disposable balance of 131,1851., and after taking the opinion of the members of the late preference arrears' committee, and of Mr. Buller, the eminent counsel, the directors had recommended that, after pay ing the interest and dividend on the 61. shares, deferred dividend warrants should be issued for half a year's dividend, at 71 per cent. on the 101. shares, and of 2s. 6d. per 1001. stock on the No.l Quarters and old shares. But an ex parte iejunction bad boon obtained, restrain ing them from carrying this recommendation into effect, and the directors would therefore propose, after dispos ing of the other business before them, that this meeting should be adjourned till the 4th April, by which time the result of the application would be seen. The direc tors of this company bad had very important discussions with the Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North-Eastern Companies, with a view of putting an end to duplicate expenses and needless competition ; and an agreement was in the main settled for a division of traffic. The directors had under consideration the practicability of reducing the heavy engineering and permanent way ex penditure, and he believed the result of their delibera tions would be eatisfaCtory to the shareholders. The report having been moved and seconded, Mr. Wows moved an amendment to the effect that the paragraph in the report, referring to the hiring and chartering of vessels, be erased. He said that, by the powers now sought by the company, they would become a steam-shipping company as well as a railway com pany. Mr. JoEDINE seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN explained that they did not seek to purchase, only to hire vessels, and considerink the diffi culty of obtaining vessels at the present time he thought it was necessary they should possess these powers after the money they had already spent in their docks. The amendment was negatived by an overwhelming majority. Mr. CARR, of Stockport, then proposed successive amendments for the erasure of paragraphs in the rep3rt in favour of the capitalisation of arrears on preference shares. The amendments were negatived, and the report adopted, with only three dissentients. The remaining business was uninteresting in detail. The dividend on the 61. Preference shares was declared ; a number of shares forfeited on which arrears were owing ; Messrs. Chapman and Turner were re-elected directors ; Messrs. C. Hindley, M.P., and Shand (of Liverpool) were elected directors in place of Messrs. Peto and Geach ; Mr. Edward Unwin was re-elected auditor ; and the meeting then aljourned to the 4th April. LEEDS, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNC- TION. The eighth general meeting of the shareh o ld e rs i n the Leeds,was held Bradford o , and Halifax J unc ti on R a i lway Com panyn Friday, at the new s t a ti on in-Adol phus-street, Bradford. The attendance was numerous. fn the absence of the chairman (Edw. Akroyd, Esq., of Der.ton Park, in consequence of indisposition), Win. Walker, Esq., of Bowling Hall, Raiford, presided. Ho raid, that though the busing-s was of a formal daracter, yet it might be proper t expres4 the satisfaction whit': they felt with regard to the progress of the works of their railway generally. With the exception of the Bradford i-tatien, the :everts! stations and the wg.rahouses on the Hoe were alt in a very for .card state, and would shortly be Tiit.c completed. lie believed that the general working of the line was now becoming very satisfactory to the public. The . repurt of the directors stated that the following directors retired that day—Edward Akroyd, Esq., C. Akroyd, Eq., S. Waterhouse, Esq., and J. Heaton, Esq. ; that the delay in the construction of the intended new station at Bradford had prevented its being used the total for passenger traffic • but the progress of the work is now being acce l erat ed ; an d t h a t the directo rs h ave th e be commenced of the engineer that the goods traffic may now rreceipt s pwts of ith there. na pil ta The accounts l nn t h e showed main thatand branch lines had been 264,755 1., all of which had been expended with the exception of 7,2731. deposits for ' valuations of Jam], 6,10.51. debts.duo to the company, tnd . s7/. clsli in . hand. 'The Ardsley Extension account showed 6,3581. receipts, 3,7671. Parliamentary expenses, 2,525/. balance in bank, 631. debts due to the company. The report was carried unanimously. Edward Alcroyd, Mg., C. Akroyd, Esq., Samuel ',Faterhouse, Esq., and John Heaton, Esq., were re alected directors for the ensuing year. The thanks of the meeting were pre - isuted to the re tiring auditors, James Dixon, Esq., and S. Anderton, Esq., and they were re-elected. The CHAIRMAN stated that as the accounts had not been returned from the clearing-house, they were that day unable to declare a dividend. This difficulty would he obviated in future by holding the meetings in the last Friday in February inilead of the , first. The present ineeting would also have to be adjourned to another day, in order to declare a dividend. A vote of thanks to the chairman closad the proceed- POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Feb, 3. Thomas Elliott was charged with having attempted to steal a coat from the door of a large clothier's estab lishment i n Aidgate. The case excited some merriment. Mr. Taylor, foreman to the firm, said—The prisoner, who is con9tvatly in the habit of stealing coats from our concern, tried to pull away one which was banging at the door ; but I had been on the watch for him for some time, and I stepped round and captured him. He had a pal, who was watching at the other side of the door, and he cut away. The Lord Mayor—You say be has been in the habit of stealing coats at your establishment. Have you never caught him before ? Witness—Never. He has whippad away as many as six or seven coats within a short time from us ; but we have three doors to the shop, and when he sees me at one door he cuts round to one of the others, and whips down a coat, and off ha slips with it, followed by his pal. (f.aug,hter.) The Lord Mayor—This is a very extraordinary state ment. Have you seen him steal a coat from your pre mises ? Witness—Certainly, I - have. The Lord Alayor—And why have you never give* him into custody Witness—l never could capture him till this time. I have been always watching him ;• it is almost my whole business. When lam at tea lam obliged to have a man outside to keep an eyo upon him. (Laughter.) The prisoner—Why, if I am always robbing, have you not given me into custody ! Why, if I took the coats in such quantities, I might roll down in my cerriage to Brewer's-quay, where I work every day, at the rate of 4d. an hour. Witness—l assure your lordship that he is about our place night and day. The Lord Mayor— Do any of the police know this man ! The policeman who took the prisoner into custody, said—l have seen him at work about Brewer's-quay, lout I know nothing against him. Witness—l know hun as well as I know my A B C. So sure as I see him about the place I miss a coat. (Laughter.) The prisoner—My lord, I am obliged to pass his door every morning in going to my work, and he bounced •ut upon me upon this occasion, struck me violently in the face, and covered me with blood. Witness—l couldn't keep my hands off him when I got hold of him at last. I have pointed him out to my employer as the fellow who stole the coats. The Lord Mayor said it was necessary to have other evidence before he could think of committing the pri soner. The prisoner was then discharged. BO W-STREET.—Joseph Davis, a young constable of the M division of police, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with forgery. Captain Haines, R.N., of Bilderstone, Suffolk, de posed that he was the first lieutenant of the Victor, which was paid off in April, 1839, and he well remem bered that one of his shipmates was Mr. Harris, who was paymaster of the ship. On the 23d of January last witness received a letter by post, purporting to come from his old friend Harris, as follows: " Beckenham, near Bromley, Kent, Jan. 22, 1355. " Dear Sir, —Although many years have elapsed since I had first the honour of your acquaintance, I am jet in hopes the very peculiar circumstances under which I now most reluctantly address you will slightly plead an apology for the iatrusion. It will probably be still in your recollection I had the pleasure to serve with you when senior lieutenant of the ship Victor, I baying been purser of that ship • and it is with deep regret I have to state that I am placed in a situation of extreme diffi culty and embarrassment. Some time ago, in an un guarded moment, I was induced to become joint secu rity for a friend, who, soon after dying insolvent, I was unexpectedly called upon to pay a sum of money much beyond my limited means to command. Law proceedings were in consequence instituted, and ex penses quickly incurred, so that, to get clear of the affair, I was under the necessity of entering into an agreement to pay my portion of the liability and expenses--a part down, and the residue by quarterly instalments. In carrying out this arrangement, my own domestic pecuniary matters became in some measure ne glected, and my landlord, to whom I am indebted, has placed a distress in my house for arrears of rent. The former unfortunate business not only absorbed all my slender resources, lsut obliged me to draw largely on the kindness of my friends for assistance to enable me to settle it in the manner described—leaving me in the present dilemma, without any available fund to meet this demand, so harshly enforced, and which, if not ar ranged in a very few days, the consequences to my family will be most distressing. In this emergency, presuming on old recollections, I venture to solicit your assistance with the loan of 51. fora few months, in which time I hope to surmount my difficulty, and be enabled to repay you. I enclose a copy of the distress alluded to, which I beg may be returned with your answer; and as it is most probable I shall be under the necessity of removing my family from 'hence before I can receive your kind reply, please address me, Post-office,' Beckenham,, Kent,' waiting which I remain, dear sir, your obliged old shipmate, Wm. ADAMS HARRIS. beg to apologise for being compelled to get my nephew to write this letter, as I am suffering from a severe attack-of the rheumatic gout.' Witness, on receiving this letter, rensarked to Mrs. Haines that although there were two or three sentences in it that did not look such like a shipmate's style of writing, yet his dear, good-natured, old friend Harris was jui-t the sort of wan to get into a scrape of this kind ; and therefore he had no doubt it was a genuine letter, and at once despatched a reply, in which he ex pressed his sympathy with him in hie present misfor tune, reminded bite of his having been always too care less in money matters, and finally gave him an order upon his agents, Messrs. Stillwell, for the payment of the 51. requested. He roeurned the distrois 'warrant, as re questel, in the same letter, which Ile directed according to the instructions given ix his friend's supposed com munication. Witness had no idea how his fermer con nexion with Mr. Harris become known to the prisoner, although the Navy List, of course, would show it. Mr. Henry—lt is very cleverly done, no doubt. Capt. Wood, of the Mendicity Society, said it was an " old dodge," and he held in his hand at least a hundred similar letters, couched almost in the same words, and addressed from one shipmate to another, the information being always procured from the Navy List. Mr. Stillwell, navy agent, of Arundel-street, Strand, and one of his clerks, proved that on the 27th of Jan. the prisoner called at the office and produced the letter of Capt. Haines, addressed to Mr. Harris, and also a short note purporting to be written by the latter gentle man, and authorising Messrs. Stillwell to pay the sum mentioned to the bearer (the prisoner): The prisoner was requited to sign a receipt for the money, which he showed great reluctance in doing, stating that he did not know if he was doing right. His signature greatly resembled the pretended letter from Mr. Harris, and Mr. Stillwell having a suspicion that there was some fraud in the transactions, sent for a policeman. He then paid the prisoner five sovereiene, arid gave him into the cus tody of police-constable E 144, from whom he afterwards tried to escape, by running away. Mr. W. Adams Harris, of Howard-terrace, Stoke Newington, formerly the purser of the ship Victor, was called to prove that the letters written in his name were forgeries, and Cie whole story of his "misfortune" ab surdly false. The prisoner—l admit that I wrote the letters. Police-constable M 9 stated that the prisoner was in the same division a* the time of this occurrence, his number being 100. He knew the prisoner's handwrit ing, and could say that the letters produced were written by him. Superintendent Haynes stated that the prisoner was admitted into the 0 division of the police force in January, 1853. Subsequently he was transferred to the L division at his own request, from which he was re qnired to resign in April, 1354. In November last, however, he was admitted into the M division. He had no authority to go out in plain clothes, and had done so contrary to orders. Captain Wood said if it was material ho could produce other letters written by the prisoner to the officers of other ships. Ile had one in his hand, addressed to the lieutenant of the Inconstant in the same way. He could also prove that the prisoner had been the constant asso ciate of impostor! ? but always in private clothes. The prisoner, m his defence, said—ln the month of September last I was sitting in a public-house in St. Martin's-lane, when a man came and sat by my side, and said my writing was so much like his clerk's, who was ill, that he should like me to copy letters for him at le. 61 a piece. I censented, and wrote 20, the names of the officers and ships being different in each letter, as sup plied by him. The letter I copied them from was dated 1851. Being in the police, I told him I should not do any more for him, but he said I must, as its could eery soon get me out of the police, if I refused. He said I naust do him nine more, and I did. Mr. Henry—Then the letters were all the same, ex cept as to the names of the ships and the officers. Well, go on. The priseuer—Where did I leave off? The prisoner, on beinc , informed, proceeded to finish his statement, which was to the effect that he had con • tinued to work for the same person, meeting hina at times in the Old Kent-road, where he waited for the Beckenham carrier. He Eprisoner)i at first refused to go and get the 51. fur this ntan, but ultimately con sented, on the understanding that it should be the last transaction between then,. The man went by the name of Stokes, and lived at Greenwich, but he could not find him. The prisoner, who said he was 27 years of age, waq then committed for trial at the Old Bailey sessions. • . MAR LEOROUGH-STREET. --George FitzwiWarn., a private in the 31 troop of Life Guaris, was charged With assault and wilful damage. Yausef 13, 1 Ihraham, keeper of a cigar divan in the Haymarket, said on Friday morning, about two o'clock, defendant and two women came iu drunk. He refused to scrvie then, and in attempting to put defendant out, the pri,oner wi,fully broke china cups, vase-•, viu ,, res of glasi, valued at ' l l. 45., and also a largo picr glass worth OS/. •• The defendant was ordered to pay the datua;re of Vas ", CUPS, &C , and mas fined 150 e. for the assault, which he paid, and complainant was refeired to the County Court for payment of the looking-glair. „MRS. GORE'S NEW NOVEL—MIDIIION Ott , THE lIARDSHIP S OF AN HEIRESS.- --' This may be truly called a remarkable book, and is more a novel of character than of plot or passion ; but the story, though simple, is ro naturally worked out, and the leading characters are finished with such careful study, that it is impossible not to pronounce it ono of Alm Gore's best productions, INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion .......... - _ St. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s Gd.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19 Ditto Marine ....... 61. p.c. & he. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor .............. 6 per cent, 5 0 1 0 0 - Atlas .. xrgue Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22 British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 7 Clericl.Med.&Gen.Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County ...... _ _ .... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 ' 125 Crown - .•• • •• 17s. 0.1 50 0 0 50 0 17L Eagle . - • •• Os. 50 0 0 6 0 0 - Equity and Law...-. 454 per cent. 100 0 0 6 0 0 53,E European Life ...... ... . IL 20 0 0 a ll _ General. ........ ..... 6/. 5 0 0 .. sy, Globe •• •• .... 61. per cent. Stock. .. 127% Guardian ............ 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 5514 Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent 500 0 0 50 0 0 330 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine-. IJ. Sc & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 65 Law Fire .... Law Life.•. •... - .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 66 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London London ' , hip.. •. -10 s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine... • • .......... 183. per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 25 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% r. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva •• .......... sp. ct. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5 % Monarch .• •• •... ;. _ - 6 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life ... - Pelican ....•• •• •••••• - - - - Phcenix - - - - Professional L1fe..... • 51, per cent. 5 0 010 • 34 Provident Life........ 11. Is. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Itock Life.. -.._ .. _ ss. 6 $ 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange ...... Gl. p ct. & bs. Stock. all - Sun Fire. 6l 10s. - ~ - Ditto Life ..... 1/ 10s. - 573 United Kingdom .... IL p. et & be. 20 0 0 4 ' el 0 4 % Universal Life •. - Victoria Life - 412 6 5% MISCELLANEOUS. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ S. d. £ s. d. Assam Tea ••..•• .. •• U. 50 0 0 20 0 0 IS3( itictien Mart 2 IA per cent. 60 0 0 - - lustralian Avriculturl 11. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 36 Australian Trust •• - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 . all 43% kngio.Mexican Mint lt. 101. 10 0 • all - British American Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Ca 61. per. art. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - 5/. per cent. - - r l a o d a s ... rep .• cent .. B .. dn 0 • . . 9 Ditto, 6 per cent. - 61. per vent, - - 110 City Navigation Bonds - - _ - Electric Telegraph (A) 7pa ' cert. 25 0 0 21 0 0 1$ Ditto,. •• •• •• •• ( 4 ) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 Equitable Levers o - ary 51 pe. teat. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New .• •••. • • - 50 0 0 17 10 0 - Oen. Revers. & Invest. 6p.c. & bs, 100 0 0 ; 0 0 0 0 - Gen.geamNavigation 10 pct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - Iludson'b Bay •• •• •• •• - Stock. , - - Hungerford .. •••••• • • 21. ss. 100 0 0 'lOO 0 II - London Institution - _ - - L on d o n Reversionary .9,4 per cent. 15 0 0 all - Russell institution _ - ;1210 0 - Price's Patent Cand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 ojl7 10 0 25% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 - Royal Mail :- . .terun•• .• 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 South Australian... •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 all 38 Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada - -.------_____..-_-. - - - - LIST OF SCOTTISa COMPANIES' PRICE 3. Dividenc, Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - £ s. 0. £ a. d. Bank of Scotland .... 7i. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 177/10 British Linen Company 5!. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201110 Caledonian Bank .. ... 8/. per rest. 10 0 0 210 0 3'. 17s City of , lasgow Bank 5/. per tent. 10 0 0 10 ~ 0 'oll3s Clyde:dale Bank .... ti!..;/. p cent ,00 0 0 10 0 0 11 ISs •'. ininereial Batik .. 71. per cent 5 0 0 0 , 00 0 0 202/ s Eastern Bank .....• .. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/ ins Edith & Clasgow .... 33c,1. p cent. 6 0 0 5 0 0 41.14 s Exchativ Bid; of Scot.. - - - - National Ban% ..... ' , 3 per cent 100 0 O 0 0 0 165/03 Xo'llibf - cot'and It.ink 51 per cent ;_0 0 0 210 e it. 1s I: o .t'al Bank of 4 cotl. .. At. per cent "10 0 0 100 0 0 124(1' thlion Bank oc Scot. - Al. per ceni .;C ) 10 0 50 1 0 90/ Os Western Bank •• .. .... 71. per cent. 50 0 0 AO 0 0 '5: Os Alliance Fire and Life.. 4 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 191 Os British Guarantee .... 41. par cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 . 33 Cztledonlan Fire Incur . 10/. per cont. IGO 0 0 10 0 0 211 Cs City of Glasgow Lite . 81. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. lls Colonial Life ......... fa. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 5/. 5, Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 '251103 Eng. & Scot, Las, Life sLper ccmt. 50 0 0 4 5 0 J4l. 7 s Life t ssoc. of Ac3i..and 6Lper cent. 10 0 0 110 0 ' s'. Os National Fire and Life GI. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I/. 17e North British Incur .. 71. per cent. •.:00 0 0 20 0 0 .341 Os Scottish Union Itisrne. 7%1. prcent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 ;1/. 10s Standard Life .. •... -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 jl7l Cs United Dep. Assurance Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ' - MEETINGS OF TEE WEEK. The railway meetings of the week, although not nu na,rous, have presented facts of interest. The dividend . of the Brighton Company of Si. 4s. per cent. has been emfirmed, and the report adopted. The Crystal Palace traffic is stated to have yielded sati,flctory results, while the other topics discussed included the depression occa sioned by the war, the high prices of provisions, and the unfavourable state of the money market. The report of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway has been agreed to, but the recommendations connected with the disposal of the available balance cannot be irn- media,tely carriel out, owing to pending legal proceed ings. The North Staffordshire dividend has been de clared at the rate of 31 per cent., and the next increase under the guarantee of the London and North- Western will be to 4 per cent. The opposition to the amalgamation bill has diminished, but still there are influential parties endeavouring to defeat it. At the Llanelly Railway and Dock meeting, an im proVement was reported to have taken place in the com pany's affairs, and when the whole line shall have been completed the revenue will, it is expected, increase. The dividends at the rate of 5 per cont. on the new shares and 1 per cent. on the old shares, have been de clares, and the directors have received authority to raise money on debentures, The dividend of the Paris and Rouen Company is 37f. 50c. per share, which with the previous payment of 27f. 50c. makes a total of 65f. The report is considered favourable, and the amalgamation of the Western and North-Western lines has been com pleted. At the Middlesborough and Guisborough meeting the guaranteed dividend, at the rate of 4 ner cent., was announced, and the double line of rails is stated to have been nearly completed. The dividend of the Kendal and Windermere is 6s. 3d. per share, less income-tax, and a small balance has been carried to the reserve fund. The report of the Grand Cent-al of France is regarded as encouraging. The available receipts would allow a dividend of sf. 47c. per share, but it cannot be distri buted, since, according to the 19th clause of the deed, the prifits during the period the line remains incom plete are to be appropriated to the payment of the inte rest of 4 per cent. guaranteed on the paid-up capital for the construction of works. A project for a metropolitan railway from Paddington to the Post-office, an act in relation to which was obtained last session, has been brought forward. The estimated outlay is 1 ,200,0001., on which a return of 121 per cent. has been calculated. A feature in the subscription for shares is tl'e payment of an immediate deposit to test the responsibility of the various applicants. A line from Lisieux to Honfleur has also been projected, the route being by the Poet l'Eveque. In this case the total cost is estimated at 360,0001., and the return 7 yer cent. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On the evening of Tuesday last—James Sinipson, Esq., president, in the chair—a cominunication wadi read from the Society of Arts, intimating that their seventh annual exhibition of inventions would shortly be opened, and asking the co-operation of the members of the institution in procuring specimens, models, and drawings of novel combinations, recent improvements in machinery, or new articles of manufacture. . —........- ..---........ Translations were read of letters received from M. I Eageno Flacbat, on the part of the Society of Civil En gineers of Paris, and M. Molinos, a member of that body, offering facilities to the members of the Institution of Civil Engineers of London during the occurrence of the Univer sal Exhibition in Paris in May next. It had been decided that special and detailed descriptions of the articles exhi bited, and the results arrived at, by members of various committees, should bo published. These reports would be read and discussed at the meetings of the society, and the members of the Institution of Civil Engineers were invited collectively and individually to attend and take part in the di scuss i ons , and to avail themselves of the facilities offered by the kindred society in Paris. The paper read was " A Description of the Iron Roof, in one span, over the Joint Railway Station, New-street, Bir mingham," by Mr. .1. Phillips. The inconvenience to the traffic, arising from the columns supporting a :,::ries of small roofs, had long been felt, and tho first stop was the substi tution of two parallel roofs over the up and down lines, as in most of the continental stations ; when, however, the traffic increased to such an extraordinary extent as it lad done, especially in some great terminal stations, or whore a number of lig.es converged, further facilities became im perative, and single roofs covering the station in one span were adopted ; that over the Lime street station, at Livor pool, of 153 feet span. constructed by Mr. Turner, of Dub lin, being an early and fine specimen. . . In the New-street station at Birmingham, upon a corn parativey limited extent of ground, situated bct ween the ' extremities of two tunnels, ties was concentrated the traffic of fire lines of railway ; therefore it was essential to avoid aey impediment to free circulation, and it was de cided to cover the space by one roof of 840 feet long by 212 feet at its widest part, which,waz at one end, and by judi cious management the various parts of each truss were re duced in such proportion that the tapering of the whole structure could 'scarcely be perceived. The roof censisted of 30 curved principals of wrought iron, placed at intervals of 21 feet, and the height of the chord-line was fixed at 33 feet from the level of the rails to the springing of the principals, which were attached to the pillasters forming part of the front of the hotel, whilst the other ends rested on iron columns 2 feet diameter, and varying from'3o feet to 35 *feet in height; these latter weighe7l about 51 tons each; they rested on concrete bases, but were not belted down, and they carried on their upper extremities a frame of wrought-iron rollers to facilitate the motion of the outer foot of each truss, the inner foot being firmly fixed on a stone bed in the wall. Tho average weight of each principal was 20 tons; they were built of wrought-iron plates 15 in. deep by 11-16ths inch thick, with angle-irous tivetted on each side of the upper and lower edges, so as to form flanches 12 11-16ths inches in width and 4 inch in thickness. Each tie bar, which when in its place had a versed sine of 20 feet,-was composed of round iron 4 inches diameter in 12 pieces, meeting in screwed boxes at the foot of each of the struts, which were each made of four angle irons, bowed out at the centre of their height, and kept apart by hollow cast-iron straining pieces, bolted between the angle-irons. The diagonal ties met also at,the ends of the struts. The purling were of timber five inches square, trussed by a tension tie-rod and s t ra i n i ng p i ece , b o lt e d to cast-iron snoes at both ends. They rested on the back of the Taf tete, butting on each other endwise, at intervals of eight feet; and there were numerous wind ties ono and a half inch in diameter, springing from the foot of every other arch, and running diagonally to the other side of the roof. The centre was composed of an elevated 'anthem of glass on the top and iron louvres at the sides, extending the en tire length of the roof; and parallel on' each side, to the same extent, was a skylight 54 feet sleep, giving 128,0a0 square feet of glass, or nearly one-half the superficial area of the roof, the retnainsLr being covered with galvanised sheet iron corrugated. Each end was terminated by a gable screen of wood, gazed, and suspended from tho end truss ; the glass throughout was fluted plate, about 3-16 tbs inch in thick ness, rolled in pieces of 6 feet long by 16 inches wide, and about 115 tons were used. The important parts of the roof worn proved before leaving the works of the constructors ; one principal being y , loaded with a weight equal to 401bs. p er super fi cial foot, exclusive of its own weight. The total load was 90 tons, under wh ch the deflection was 3 5-IGths inches—the ex tension of the foot upon rollers being 2l inches, and of the other foot 1* inch, and after the trial no permanent set could be detected. Other and more stringent testa showed the roof to bo amply strong and stiff. Details were given of the moveable scaffolding, raised on a stage, extending the entire width of the station, in such manner that the traffic of the line could be carried on, whilst the roof was in course of construction. The stages were removed onward as required, and the whole of the principals and other parts were raised and fixed by sheer legs, without the occurrence of any casualty. The finishing of the last principal was completed on tho anniversary of fixing the'first column ; the total weight of iron raised being 1,050 tons ; the number of squares, mea sured on plan, was 1,705 ; the cost, including 320 squares of ridge and furrow roofing, of spans from 45 feet to 183 feet, was 32,2741., or 18/. per square ; this expense could not, however, be received as for the present price of iron, the roof having been executed when materials and labour were much less costly The greatest amount of expansion that had been re corded was shown to bo •540 inch for upwards of 31 de grees of varation of temperature. Details wore appended of the scantling of all parts of the roof, which was con structed by Messrs. Fox. Henderson, and Co., under the direction of Mr. W. Baker (M. Inst. C.E.), the engineer fig the railway company ; the designs for the roof being made by Mr. E. A. Cowper (Assoc. Inst. C.E.), and the moveable scaffolding designed by Mr. J. Phillips, who had charge of the general construction and fixing. Mn, 0. Slimt. —The frequenters of the Adelphi Thea tre will learn with regret that this popular actor expired, at his lodgings in the Strand, on Thursd ay last, after a long and painful illness. The "grim initial"—as Leigh Hunt once called it—prefixed to his name was assumed by him in consequence of the fame which be acquired in the well known piece of Obi, or Three fingered Jack; and it, ao doubt, served to indicate his peculiar talent, not only in this especial part, but in all others of an analogous character. For upwards of 20 years he has been an im portant member of the Adelphi Thea tre, having joined the company during the pat tnersliip of Matthews and Yates, and never having, that we remember, •nce seceded from it. As a delineator of the mysterious and supernatural Mr. Smith bad no equal upon the stage. His tall 11,4ure, strongly-marked featoro, end sepulchral voice were alie favour of the peculiar line to which ho ad• sed t d i r v e e s whose h place hscaW l ca, nut ; a rdfliang, and sei-s generally, will lose representa tive private life was a man of simple and in .) .Tetkive. man .nii,l.ot the ea s in easily m imic world of denians, be supplied. Mr. Smi t h ilea , . He vas a zealous book-collect,r, and the posses sor of many scarce works in connection with the stage and its hi.tory ; and few will be more missed by the "oil booksellers" who live in the nooks and corners of the metropolis, and who deal exclusively in the curiosi ties of their trade. Tho 'peel° arrivals of the week have amounted to about 500,000/. The exports, including those by the Indus, are estimated at about 300,000/. A meeting of tho creditors of Mr. John Attwowl, who failed in the iron trade in April, 1553, with neminal liabilities for 500,000/., is appointed for 1 Friday next, at Dudley. THE LOSS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP IIEOLA. SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 3.—By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Madrid wo have accounts from Gibraltar of the 25th ult., confirming the news of the disaster to her Majesty's steam-ship Hecla, Com mander Hawker, on the 23a ult. It appears thi t the Hecla was rotumning to Gibraltar from a cruise to the eastward, and at about half-past four in the morning ran on shore on the eastern beach, the weather being very bad at the time. The captain immediately cut away the insets in order, if possible, to stve the ship ; but, not withstanding every effort, she remained stranded and in a very precarious position when the packet left. The officers and crew, all of whom were saved, were busily employed in getting out the stores, &c., the weather being remarkably fine for this operation. Shortly after the accident to the Heola, the Sardinian brig Catterisa, out 16 days, from Genoa, ran ashore off the Devil's Tower. She was laden with a general cargo, add had on board 174 passengers for Mente Video, The crew, with assistance immediately rendered from the shore, were employed to get out the cargo, which unfor tunately shifted when the vessel struck, and crushed to death a number of the passengers. The passengers and crew Eared from the unfortunate vessel wore sheltered during the night in private sheds near the eastern beach. It is believed about 13 persons perished on board, nearly that number of bodies having been recovered. PRICES OF. SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official Lest. L'UBLISUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 2, 1855. GAS.LIGUT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. 1 X s. d. £ s. d. British •• •• •• •• •• • • •• - - - - Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 Brighton .• •• .. •••• ~ 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 - ity of London •• •• 41. 10s. 100 0 0 100 6 0 , 100 2ontinental (3d Cap.)... 41. 10s. 10 0 0 43 10 0 1 - Equitable. : .......... It, Os. 50 0 0 all 26 Great Central ....... n per cent. 10 0 0 all 10% Imperial ............ 10/. & bonus. 50 0 0 all .-- • Independent .........5i. 1 40 0 0 PP London.• ............ - , 50 0 0 PP Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 Puce ix ............, 41. per cent. ,GO 0 0 50 0 0 28U Ratcliff .... • ....... 61. 100 0 0 90 0 0 '7O United General ...... 11. as. 50 0 0 all 20 Westminster Chartered Si. per cent. 60 0 0 „ 40% Ditto, New ....... 7 5l. per cent. !50 0 0 10 u 0 - WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - 1 £ ii. d. £ e. d. East London - Grand Junction. -- •• , V. per cut. 50 0 0 all 70 Kent - 'i9 Lambeth ...... •• • • - 100 0 0 - - Newßiver Company , 21. 10s. - - 55 Southwark & Vauxhall • 51. per cut. 100 0 3 - 39% West Middlesex - - - 93 DOCKS. ---- Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - £ s. d. £ s. 41. Commercial .... .. .... 4 7 . pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 5.. pr cent. Stock. - - East Country.. 1 20s. per ah. - -• --1 London .... ! 5!. pr cent. Stock. - 105% Ditto Bonds •• 4l. per cent. - - - St. Katharine 4 per cent. Stock. - 50 . outhampton 3?. Os per C. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Victoria 5l. per cent. •20 0 0i 12 0 0 - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Uungerford - - - - 12 Southwark - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo ....... -- - - 100 0 0 - 41 ,E Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 14s. GO 0 0 - 31 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. U. 10s. Od. 40 0 0 - 28 Vauxhall IL ss. 70 10 3 - 23 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. ;Share. - - £ E. d. £ 4. al. Australasia..... British North American 6!. per cent. 50 0 0 PP --..- Commercial of London. V. per cent. ,100 0 0 20 0 0 11 Colonial .............„ 31. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian .......... - Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus - 20 0 0 all 0 21% London and County • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londii and Westminstr 61. per emit. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint. Stock - Provincial of Ireland Bl. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New••• .... •• 81. per cent. 16 0 0 all - National of Ireland 4!. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 3 - Nat. Provincial of Eng 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 3 - Ditto, New - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p. et.Scbs. 25 0 0 all 3S South Australia ' Union of .1 ustralia 4Ol. per cent. 25 0 0 25 'I7I 0 GT Ditto .............. 401. per cent. - 1 10 o - 1111i011 of London - Union of Madrid - - - 40 0 0 all - ...-- - CANALS. -- - Names of •7 3 Dividend price. Names of •1: ) , Dividend A Companies. i per Companies. 44 . .= nnum. Per Price cr. Annum. , lc IX 1 1 , X , Aslitn &Oldli' 93,71. p. et., 141 Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. 515 1 Barnmey •• • • 1160- - Neath -•• •• 100 16/. 150 lirktik&Abrg•ls(P 41. 60 Oxford.. •• • • 100 13'. 110 Birmingham 40j 41. - Peak Forest. 78 b, Os. 86 Coventry.... 1 1001 251. 209 Regent's .. .. 30' 16, 16 Derby ••• ..,1 00. 6/. 84 Rochdale- - 85 11. 108. 60 Ellinire&Chsl 69'214 p. et. - li‘inirsa Coal 1 40. - - Grandlancin 10314 , pr. et. 55 Do. Lk led4t 12! - - Da , 0 pr. Ct. 10'81. pr. et. Ii y i Stfird &Wore 140 1 281. 425 , rand Surrey 10e ,V. 10s. 48 Shrewsbury.. 0 51 - Grand Union 100 U. Ps 12% Stourbrldge.. 1 • 4 51 12/. 235 Kennt & Avnl 39 Os. Od. 6% Severn 21. andl 5 2$ Lancaster - .100 - -- Wye Hail. 2. 1 Leeds &Llvrp ; 10f 251. - Warwick & Leicester - ••110( 61. .5 Binning. 1 100 2/. 20 Lelcstr &Nth 63 41. 28% Warwick & 1 3/. 10 Long,liboregli 14? 701. 575 Napton.. j 100 Monmoutlish 100 - - Worcstr 81 78 1 al. 26 slntginerysli 100 - - Birming. MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -I 10s. Od. - 00 I_ INTPY IA PR 11ADDINGTON CORN MARKET—Esp. ...4 k .r2 ri • SWEAT. PARLEY 0- O, ipp, First 7Bs Od 34s 6d 325. 4 A I Second Third Total quantity of w fs h 3BB e ss at B° l it re 2 l s3 icet 69 , (l 42 2 C6518 1 -9 q r°9sl4 4 0 441:1 1 1 , I barley ~ 741 goo K w • oats 559 Ogg . 110 1 ) 81 (1114 ..; ff beans ff AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QVARTEB*, 9, 1 1 Wheat, 3/. 8 8 1 -12ths I Barley, ...1/. 12 2 1 . , Oats, ... lt. 8 9 5-12ths I 8ean5,,...... / 5 .1 2 1. • DALKEITII GRAIN MARKET—FZ' 01 .1 1 Qrs. Best. Current. g a 321 Wheat 72s Od ....... , 00s Od ......... ii, i 459 Oats . 30 3 4d oos Od •.• ' o'l 772 Barley 3ss 01 oos oa .......N 0 30 Peas & beans 46s Od 4:los Od ....' PP PP ABERDEEN—FEB. 2. T O Potato oats 24s 6.1 to 25s 0 , 1 }4olbs 1 4- Common oats °3s Gil to 24; Od _ Bero. 303 Ott to 31 Oil I 53110 ,I J Barley Os ed to 30s Gd Wheat, red ( s pring)sSs Od to Gls Od 16211.1 ° white G7s Od to 70s Od i boll. Oatmeal 183 0,1 to 1 93 ed P . so k, Fleur 545 Od to 56s Od P° r .' - , NIP RETAIL PRICES. „ AL, .. ( 17 ): i t o t u ni r eal, ilereineal.......oB Od to is 10,1 ~ perlb.. ....... Gs , itib.o o s s 0 0 ( d t t to o '.. 2 ls e 0 04 1 Ba,r;leydfluoszr,.l7°... ....... Peasemeal Os Od to 2s 8,1 5ide,............ 0: Reel, per lb PROVISION MARICIIT. 000,1011 6d to 9,1 I B u tter, P lb. „„ 9 0 1 , Mutton, per lb Gd to 9,1 Eggs, ptioi• r OP, Veal, pJr lb Bd. to 10d I dens, p Pai r ; Ni s ol' Polk, 'per lb ...... 6d to 8d I Chickens,do.o3 oitsoi Salmon, per lb Os to Os I Ducks, d ° J 0 o g o'o, l Grouse, per brace Os to Os Ducklings , .. 00 4 , Pilt ° , l Tallow, p stone, 12s to 12s Gd Turkeys, en s 04 0 110! 1 Potatoes, per pock, Od. to 10d Geese, d0., 04. ,01 04 0 Butter for exportation (present cure) Per ° .;.. ." Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen ...... ••••••,,V, _,,, 4-lb. loaf ...9d. 12-Ib. loaf ... 4 64. . , Cheese, per imperial stone, 3s t° DUBLIN, FEB. 3. s l _ r o pe.' White wheat, 41s 0.1 to 43s 0(1; red 0 11 1$1 0 , j , : PI! barley, 16s Od to 20s Oct ; oats, 15s Cd 0.0157, 1 "4r 27s Od to 28s Oct per brl ; (yttmeal, 153 OP' 455 flour, 24s Od to 27s Od per swt ; Itudausorm per 480118. SEABORNE MAIL& / (N signifies that the mails are sent from thC s u by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.; ca tot. St O r irro re e 4 [AY , Liven" - sou south ° .; Doves 0 .„ 4 ,1 o utiv" elyo lDove , SVDS°344)4l4riflutitbittt:l:ll:llls°ll:Dia;l4l.l;:i.iil'i;i: COUNTRIER. Day when ma in General Post- Office. London.* America(byltrit.pack),lS tmerica.. tby United Sts. packet) \merica (by U. States Every Friday .. . _ packet) ........N Australia (via South ampton) .......... bt Ditto (via Marseilles) i. Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa (West Coast) ..N tlexandria ..........N Alexandria ........ Bahamas ........... bt Belgium N Brazil ..... Buenos Ayres .. Cape of Good Hope ..N Cape of Good Hope .. N Cape de Vcrds ......N Ceylon (see India) Ceylon N Channel Isles ........N Chili.... China ..... Constantinople Constantinople Cont. of Europe M N Egypt (see India) 'Jan. 4 •••• Jan. 9 . 231 of the month.. 3,9, 24, &30 of m. !4th & 20th of moo. 117th of the montl 1 9th of the month.. 9th of the month .. 9th of the month 3fon.,Wed.,&Fri fic 17th of month Once a month.... !8,13.18,23,5028 of f. 14 :.11 & 20th of mom wice daily . • s So e u t ge n oi r proo.:4 Do ver . 0 1 1 South ° ... Do yet ••' M & N Jibraltar I Greece (see India) Grey town 511 ilarriburgh ..........N Savannah .......... M '.Tolland M Llonduras India ( vlaSoutli amp t. ) Mj India (via Marseilles) 311 (cattail Isles (see India)l Ireland ~ & N fAsbon 51 sladeira sladeira Malta (see India) %tat La Mauritius (see India) 'taurltlus ..........N Mexico •• • eeeee ••M !low Granada • • 41 New Zealand o • • • • • Papal States ........N Peninsula Peru ••.•••• • • • . •, M Port Natal • Sicily NI ruscany ............1• Venezuela .... • Van Diemen's Land (sec; Australia) •• ........ Twice daily.-- 4,7, 17,20, 27 ofm 3 0 00ti v th et ool , 0 1 ' ;2nd & 17th of mon. 'Tuesday & Friday 2nd of the month Dai1y............ 17th of the month. I.lth & 20th of mon. '9th&2sth of month' 17, 17, & 27 of moo Twice daily ..... • 7,9, 17, & 27 of in. 9th of the month 23d of month •• • • 3outbee3?-01 Lo ndon Southall)? Aouthaweh Plyin ,u Dov er .0 . : poly e e ' lu Southere4o Liver? Dover 18. IS, & 28 of moll. Il4th of the month{ 2nd of the month.. sthls th2s thamon. 2d & 17th of month I By private ship .. ith I 5 th2r,thofmon. 7 thl7th27tbofmon. 2,1 & 27th of mon. By private ship... 151n15 th2stiioinnon, 15t1115th25thofmon. j2dB6l7th of month Doer 'l,o o gor 4 s o uth sol, or varto Dov er • • 4011 southsov,,,, 4outlianiP7t, Vari°' ls P fe. DoVer " sou— Teat Indiei 121& 17th o: month 1 ,...,,+ ADVERTISEMENri—Triu WAR IN TILE EAST. " ....107iiillp_, RECONNOITRINit GLASSES.— &DDT AND H E ARlN e o , , rios,„ : „„e:, orse , B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-stre : , j ,,, 0 t.0 0 ,,,.. s erve—oppOsite the York Hotel. Newly-eoP P. - - ow w , Lenses of the greatest trauspareut pOWCT ° l ' A Yeti i tago derived frbm this invention is, 0 A illa" . t th e -, paired is preserved and streugthelight Il d ' e bleS s. persons are enabled to employ their s ofo,et e l l in ii lute occupo Hon— can see with these lell he fret u ce• nifying power—and they do not reqr-ir° fl isssi 6. 0 0 " to the dangerous effects of farther powei;.`',tor, an ness—New Discovery.—The Organic V'n l I sell A ieg nary powerful, small, newly-invented rostrao Or ye, entirely different from all others, to strr - , 10 be,, , t iiw, kind that has been, or probably ever c ' ut perTh P Being of the same colour as the skin,' is 11 t ebtill o e enables deaf persons to hear distinctly ''' o f 0 4 0 public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation xll $l ll- 1 1 n the ears is entirely removed ; and it a ff , ° : i .jtfojl 4 l ance that possibly could be desired. BY''',. v ia 3 _,P p,' Letters Patent for valuable awl extraordill3''s, CP''o in the most powerful and brilliant Telese o V o t130 . 1 ‘ ,0 course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to ii -11 „ o rtaSj4 )f &ejects viewed through them—of great h'ir P . ' army, navy, and others. These telescope! ordinary powers that some 3? ; inches, piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's ra' tnd the double stars; with 06 saw' seen a person's countenance three miles and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They sizes, with increasing powers accordingl ing from 4 to 6 inches enab'e us to dik above, and the G-orgian, with his 6 satel Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-h powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size a person can be seen and known 1i miles every purpose on the race-course, and country scenery, and ships are clearly They are invaluable for shooting, deer-si sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, al race-course, camp, and perspective glassego power.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly site the York Hotel. [ADVEILTISEMENT.] —Du Barry's Del Arabica Food invariably restores he: eine, inconvenience, or expense, as its cost in o'arer remedies. We of fifty thousand testimonials of resisted all medicines. Cure No. 1 , years' nervousness, constipation indigi from which I had suffered great 7 no medicine could remove or relieve , tually cured by Du Barry's Food in —W. F. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Ti . 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nel with cramps, spasms and nausea, tually removed by Da Barry's delici short time.—Rev. John W. Flavoll, Norfolk." Cure No. 1,784.—N0t oxpet longer, I was cured by Du Barry's act storing Revalenta Arabica Food. Magd. Scotland. Cure No. 51,416.---" Fifty agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, a& pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at , tnitings, have been removed by Du Barry'' —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near P . No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, in 4'o s ral debility have been removed by Dult a tii. l o Food.—James P0 . ....er, Athol-street, '-` ;led No. 81.—" Twenty years' liver eo rt 'es, 7 disorders of the stomach, bowels, and ner % - A perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalen,i,g),, Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian :,,, , 4 k j Gni/al, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851.--r VI nervous debility, violent palpitation of the kle bing of the temples, violent p a in s i n the loft i '' of 0 shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of 0 0 0 0 11 cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, an f a ililli 9 weakness, that I was constantly fearful of L l ' o f 9 j my legs ; all these symptoms have been re l tlf , ' , / Barry's excellent Arabica Food.—Mary Gilbe d .r fell ters, suitably packed for all climates, and •vvi',11 11 0 )40, Lions -11b., 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b., 1 ... „1 0 ". l super-refined, 11b., Cs. ; ' 2lb., 11s. ; 51., : (4 4 , 5. ( 1 07/4 1 1 The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on 1 3 ° s " 1. ill" Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-stnolepieo 0 Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her -1,+ 4 61 Piccadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; 60, GrR 330 and 451, Strand ; 63 and 150, Oxfo — re tr7:o, o l ll Charing -crow+ ;4, Cheapside • 54, Upper Bak er _ .... 1 may be ordered through all' respectable b°_„ ° ,l SY cers, and chemists. Important caution ngl" . " dangers of spurious imitation. °*4 4l *'l7/. ~s a Q° R 4 ' i ter ~_` ~q J ar T TIC ut Or 0 ja . 1141:4 8he J t Ntr, n 1144411441 4 % ) Nt t,. . 14 1 4 kt i 4 l 4 % eit/44 / 4 4‘1 11 ' 4 Ai ill )114hrti, M * k _ AN itNij \144414Ntb1, %N I Qe,tott , 1 e. l ll r kl ti % tki t 4 3 4 l 1 11 ° k" ' 4 11 4 l'S t h ' '' t ;at iii-u- I " r _ ~, 4 4 S r ' nf/ " 11 ‘4 •ta g, wi s a l --...,.. oons, ~.6 , no t e lese,vrif ~ 16 o fp — a A ' l ,O f ILI ch °l 4 3 Of 1 11P 6t, e ,i, t ,tt o ... o: ly ; ""' O O. 4 LT iscoorL" V , j 41 ;llitos, '''',4ll.l ..,1,.,::: 1 5' i gn: n °dVif d a ii:Cant bktn tl i'l 1: 1 9::: :8 : -:: iY°°'-':it;;;IA ' 41‘1 : 144:6- r m: .: ! bli4l43' l tssee, ~,,, t,„• t ttt ll My. u li. i ll h"'it: 01 DeliciolllA tilktow.44l:4l 11 0 ealth, /11 #l l fP # f , 4eNtlit) it oaf e t •. _4 t l / 4 , 4 4) extro e t.„,4„; curea'of , tl ttttta ins ~ -1, gestioo, oi ii fj m iserflopro ve, a lli 4ot: n ve'e i S, ; W. iverton' e o, f 1 I tl ~4.14 ,4 ervotion yr . .0 1 .1 4 4 44 t 120;0000/1„0 kNj11,1,4, :ions g o od k kee 414 Rid] ing 7,0 i l o h l 4 '4 11 2 , i e d c rn te irs i ib°l6o4%'// tzkktiltitt/itt dalen 1 1 0 j ti 1 t t 4d, yearo,oo,loJ,) A 1 111 ti 3thcoef 700irld tt.tn,rbilt, the st o 0 11) tn 4 „hc 11 3 . 4 a•ry'r 4 e' t r fol o A flcl Zt ; I 3iss 1 1 f 4 , or 1 ' k t ti l l ' IdideS''' I , MARRIED. it° i' On the Ist inst., nt Dampton, Oxon, 1 I - I ,„%ter ° Slade, M.A., to Elizabeth Anne, eldest daub i filr# Kearse Cowley, Esq., of Bamptor• 1 0 10,,4 On the 3tst ult., at Mankn, in Kent, ;.,,ht. h - ,r Hoare, Esq., fifth son of the Von. the of Surrey, to Henrietta. Mary, ehlost datight e ' Julius Deedes, vicar of Mardcn j 1, 41 LONDON: Printed and Publish a d by AIV II , 1 1) fl a ? ' 11 .,0 °‘ 11 611 of No. 112, Ztra.nd, Printer, at 274 e Sitil " - th e : CO Strata, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in Middlesex, Monday, February 5, 1855' -:. ~. R, Ityp? l i ace ail Bali , b 4'r -11 ( ,itb . l_ 14 Pre] th a t/ Threadne tTR I IN The Di to t tte r l:,4ed their tcmbilinp "tteet, I '4 ' 4 NA' 2regent die 41 this • : - ! ! I -1 7 ' - - i !~ ~, BIRTHS. 0/ OF A SON. j° On the 3d inst., at 56, King-square, M'g' wick. OP A DAUGHTER. 30 0 0 0 13 On the 3d inst., in London, thb Countess to t' of the Chevalier Count Joanne s , I m p e rial C o A, Julius Deeties, vicar of Marden. DIED cv A ,CO' On the 30th ult., a t 3, N or th Addi n gto 6 6. p well, Henry Swan Caldwell, Es q., ALF. , ' b iie°) ii io r On the 26th u lt. , a t Alt on, i n H an ts, the t bo is o$ J. Kerr, of Wi ns l ow, B uc k s, secon d son ofitrcl'i Charles Kerr, and grandson of the flal' loP e thian. .Co t r On the 25th December, at Molagaure, a . 5 0, Hallett, C. 8., of the Bombay Army, aqvi u tle , V Oa the Ist inst., the Rev. Thomas , a SO. ps#' Fellow of St. John's College, Oxfori', or:_>/ On the Ist inst., at 74, Cambridge - par k, gQt lona Thomas Leighton, Bombay ArniY• _4Ol/4 11 Ilt Sp a') l il t h„ it h t 4 4 ,4 4 . qt il tly 1 IN