The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Cossack, Captain Fanshawe, is under orders to sail from Devonport for Scotland, taking provisions for the ships on that coast. The Avon, tender, Master Commander Veitch, re. turned to Devonport, from Portsmouth, on Sunday. The Esk, 20, screw corvette, Captain Birch, retorted to Spithead on Sunday night. It is reported that she will go into Portsmouth harbour to have her mainmast replaced, as the step interferes with the shaft. APPOINTMENTS. Commander.—Walter J. Pollard (1354), to the Orion, 91, screw, at Chatham. Lieutenants.—John F. Tottenham (1854), to the Ajax, 58, screw, at Portsmouth ; Arthur W. Gillett (1854), and Frederick W. Pym (1355), to the Nile, 91, screw, at Devonport. Mate.—Arthur L. Galbraith (1852), from the Arro gant, to the Geyser, 6, paddle, at Portsmouth. Midshipmen.—T. G. J. Purcell and G. G. Storey, to the Esk, 20, at Portsmouth. Commander Arthur Mellersh (1819), serving in the Rattler, screw steam-sloop, in the East Indies, has been promoted to the rank of captain. THE BLACK SEA PROgOTIONS. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons has filled up the blank commission sent to him by the Admiralty by the promotion of Lieutenant Cowper P. Coles (1846), who served as flag-lieutenant to the gallant Admiral in the Agamemnon, 91, screw steam-ship, on the Black Sea station. The Lords of the Admiralty have confirmed the promotion, and ordered that the commission of Com mander Cowper P. Coles should be dated November 13, 1854. Vice• Admiral J. D. Dundas, C. 8., has filled up the blank commission sent to him by the Admiralty, by the promotion of Lieutenant Charles Vesey (184 G), serving as one of the lieutenants of the Britannia, 120, flag-ship, to the rank of Commander, and their Lordships have confirmed the same, and ordered the commission to bear date November 13, 1854. LIEUT. HEWETT, R.N. We are glad to learn that Lieutenant Hewett, R.N., who so much distinguished himself in a late instance 'when attached to the naval bri g ade before Seb as t o p o l, has just returned with a view t o pass the examination involved by his promotion. It will be remembered that Lieutenant Hewett is the g allant young officer who on the occasion of a sudden attack of the Russians upon the allied entrenchments, when directed by military autho rity to spike the Lancaster gun of which he had the charge, resolutely refused to obey the order, stating that he was sure it did not proceed from his captain ; and, instead of complying, cleared away the parapet of the battery, and turned the gun against the advancing columns of the enemy with such effect as to cause their speedy retreat, making dreadful havoc in their ranks. Admiral Dundas, with a praiseworthy appreciation of Lieutenant Hewett's intrepidity, not only recommended him at once for proinotion, but placed him in a tempo rary command of her Majesty's ship Beagle—a position which he will again assume on his return to the Black Sea, accompanied by the approval of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty. The Yolante, with another detachment o f th e " navvies," sailed yesterday morning from Gravesend for the Crimea. Yesterday the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty issued contracts for the supply of 20,000 blankets for her Majesty's service, one-half to be sent in within a month. Their Lordships have just completed a contract for the immediate supply of 110,000 pairs of boots. Boxes of clothing and several packages of useful articles have been sen t f rom C arnarvon t o be despatched to the }grave fellows in the Crimea. On Saturday, articles of apparel and of general usefulness were also transmitted from Ruthincastle to the same destination, by Mrs. West, who has evinced untiring zeal in pre paring comforts for the soldiers, especially of the wounded at Scutari. The workmen and staff in the est.,blishment of Messrs. Bass And Co., the pale ale brewers at Burton upon-Trent, have subscribed nearly 90t. to the Patriotic Fund, in addition to which the workmen have testified their ad miration of the gallant conduct of the army in the East by fcr warding six barrels of strong ale to the Crimea. The Resistance troop ship, with the .56th Regiment, from Bermuda to Dublin, put into Queenstown, through stress of weather, on Friday night. The following ships have been engaged by the Admi ralty as regular transports :—No. 177, Amity (steamer); No. 173, Imporador (steamer) ; No. 179, Durham (steamer) ; No. 180, Retriever (steamer) ; No. 181, Rajah (steamer). MILITARY. Yesterday morning the arrivals of volunteers and re cruits, by railway, from the northern, eastern, and mid land counties were exceedingly numerous, and with those who arrived during Satur*, or were - enlisted _ _ pt. opyrs.rdzi of 170 for regiments of infantry of the line. These were mustered and surgically inspected, and having been, without a single exception, finally approved, proceeded in the afternoon, under the command of staff-sergeants, to join the depots of their respective regiments, which are chiefly serving in the Crimea. In addition to the above, 37 fine, tall, and athletic young men, enlisted for cavalry regiments. During the past week 65 volunteers and recruits for the Royal Artillery and Royal Sappers and Miners passed through the metropolis on their way to join the head-quarters at Woolwich and Brampton. Yesterday 24 men (invalided) two women and four children, belonging to th e Royal Artillery, disembarked at Gravesend, from the ship Barham, from Hong Kong, and proceeded to Chatham Invalid Depot. It is rumoured that the Highland Brigade in the Crimea is likely to be strengthened by the addition of the 92d, now at Gibraltar. The following changes of commanding officers of the Royal Artillery are announced :—Lieutenant-Colonel Aylmer to succeed Lieutenant-Colonel Ormsby at, the Pigeon-house Fort, Dublin ; Captain H. Flint promoted to a company, to proceed to Lisburn to relieve Lieu tenant-Colonel Harrison (on recruiting service there) ; Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison is to proceed from Lis burn to Kilkenny. Captain Anketell, promoted to a company, to proceed frem Ireland to Gibraltar ; Lieu tenant Tupper to be removed from Alderney to Ireland. It is stated that Carrickfergus-castle is about to be made the head-quarters of the artillery in the north of Ireland. It was asserted, a short time ago, that 500 men were shortly expected to arrive there from Wool wich, and a thorough inspection of the castle's accom modation having been made, together with the old county of Antrim gaol and court-house, with the view of turning them into barracks, one of the largest house and landed proprietors in the neighboorhoed communi cated with the Board of Ordnance, offering to let them any accommodation they might require. This would be one of the most desirable places suitable for training recruits, and from its proximity to the sea-shore would tend to increase the health of the troops. The place is admirably adapted for drilling the men to both light and heavy gun exercise. In olden times this citadel was the head-quarters of a regiment of infantry and one of cavalry ; and, if it were once more made head-quarters, it would have a decided tendency to promote the in dustry and welfare of the town. The finnan of the Viceroy of Egypt, authorising M. de Lesseps to form a company for the purpose of cut ting a navigable canal across the Isthmus of Suez is worded as follows : Our friend M. Ferdinand de Lesseps having called our attention to the advantages which would accrue to Egypt from a direct communication between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, by means of a navigable THE MILITIA. I ship-canal, and having pointed out to us the possibility of The Lord Mayor, as Lord-Lieutenant for London, i forming a joint stock company for this p urpose f rom hasreceived h er M a j esty ' s warrant to embody the whole I amongst the capitalists of all nations, we have accepted of the City of London Militia forthwith. The body will assemble the proposals he has made to us, and grant to him by table in the- first instance i n th e Artillery- this present firearm the exclusive privilege of forming and growground, and when complete will be sent to do garrison directing P. conipaey for the purpose of cutting through d, the Home Secretary may appoint, It the isthmus of Suez, and making a ship canal to con ic supposed that their first quarters will be at the Tower. On former occasions they generally necessary works at the expense of the said company, took the duty at 1 nett the two seas, with permission to execute all the Deptford, Gree nw i c h, or Woolwich. At the next Court after duly sing and indemnifying the rivate of Lieutenantcy h er M a j esty ' s warrant will be received. landholders for recomp the en ground expropriated, according to Yesterday the 2d Royal Surrey Militia was summoned the conditions as follows :-- to muster, by command of the Lord Lieutenant, on the Art. 1. M. Ferdinand de Lesseps will form a joint -Ist of February, at Guildford, to be embodied for per- stock company under the firm of the " Compagnie uni manent duty. The regiment is expected to muster at verselle die canal 2marithae de Suez," for cutting the least 700 strong. Isthmus of Suez, making a canal navigable for large . s The Norfolk Militia Artillery are summoned to mus `C----nitjexiiiena ships, and forming the needful. two ports, one at each ''---: ----:;4.' ed for permanent dut n.ext, the 2,adinst..... to_be, . 4 pd orthe canal, the direction of which company is en trusted to him, ---6 greter and South D ' e y ro n Volunteer Rifle Corps assembled for ball practice at Dawlish last week. Up- Art. 2. The nomination of the directors of the corn• wards of 80 piny will for ever remain the privilege of the Egyptian tubers from various parts of Devonshire were present, under the command ofAsljutant Moore. Government, and they will be principally selected from The corps evinced considerable profi . i i linie rifle. amongst the largest shareholders. great precision in firing with the 1 .ciency in drill Art.3.Theduration and South Devon Regiment of has been re- year:s from the date of the opening of the canal and coin- The cruiting in several of the rural and towns of regiment, pletion of the works. Devonshire lately with some succe a sr Art. 4, The expenses of the undertaking are to be which is under the command of Lient.-TChoellonel Sir J. borne exclusively by the company, to whom all the re- Y. Buller, has attained great military Colonel gnisite land, not belonging to private individuals, will of its officers have recently volu n t eered e c i r e " f.i e g ic T e w in o bfie given b y t h e Egyptian Government without indemni the Crimea, and have been appointed ensigns in two re. giments of the line. cation. Any fortresses and other works of defence that may be deemed necessary by the Egyptian Government The recruiting officers of several regiments o f t h e will b e b u i lt at the expense of the latter. line, stationed at E xe t er an d ot h er places in Devonshire Art. 5. The Egyptian Government will receive 15 per continue to be very successful in obtaining men. .g . cent• of the annual net profit on the undertaking, with large number of recruit s came f rom the rural districts, ou t reckoning the interest and dividends on the shares, pan execution of the Yesterday the Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners which the viceroy reserves to iiraself the right of taking Militia corps assembled for permanent duty at Falmouth. twheieenxemit.ted, and without any guarantee on his part of The deficiency in the regiment, consequent upon volun. works or the operations of the corn teering into the line, will, it is fully anticipated, be soon made up, as several of the gentlemen of the county have . c a o n m d p l a O ny. divided a, remainder of the clear annual profit is to be t 8 ' 75 Per cent, for the shareholders, per cen . for the benefit of liberally offered to give an extra bounty of 2/ each for charges for the originatorsetransitof of fthe Art. 6. The tariff pa o n f y, and which are y t o be collecYted Egyp t through the Canal of Suez, agreed to b the Vicero shi p s recruits, in addition to the 61. per man offered by Go can ever verntuent.. e t m he latter, shall be invariably bythe a ag nd en t t h s e o c f l not be The Leicestershire Regiment of Militia, which has been embodied more than a mnth, assembled in the morning, and were the same yesterday for the naafi of all nations and no sti 1 ' be made in favour of any One country tphuatatelohnal market-place at Leice , ite.r by Major-: eaeral Simpson, who was minutely inspected common to all, attended by Lieutenant -Colonel King and Major the Art. 7. Should the co consider it Marquis of Granby. l delivered a At the c , lo . se . of the inspection a mpany . connect the river Nile with the Suez canal, by means of advisable to square was formed, and the Major Genera a navigable canal, the Egyptian Government binds that he should report to the abort address, complimenting the men on their soldier itself to give up to the company the necessary tract of like appearance, and stating Co mmander-in-Chief that they land without reninneration, as far as they do not inter- The Major-General• ^ the armoury. were a fine body of men. afterwards inspected Up to the present time about 40 men have signiged their no taxes shall be raised for a period of ten years from the opening of the canal. D ar i ng th e succeed i ng eight land, to vo l unteer. The colonel, t h e Duke of Rut land, has not been able to join the regiment since it was nine years, that is to say, from the expiration of the first . embodied. ten years, up to the end of the concession, the usual land .. 2 _.....,_ tax is to be paid by the company to the Egyptian Go vernment. At the expiration of the concession the com pany can only retain possession of the ground upon the payment of the taxes usually levied on that kind of pro- Pel :l. t2 r .: t 8. At the expiration of the ninety - nine years the Egyptian Government all the takes the place of the company, e sights and privileges till then a nd enters upon The amount of indemnification to their establishments. Government to the Suez Canal enjoyed by the company, taking formal possession of all be paid by and materiel, will Company or their moveable . property , vid dro e the Egyptian be fixed by friendly negotiation, or by umpires, p _ RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTII-EASTE,AN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re. turn for eho week ending Jan. 13, 1855 ...... 217,193 19 1 Corresponding week last year .................... 1 ' , ,755 11 S Increase in 1854,........,, ...... t 1,138 7 10 LOMO N, B RIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Tr affis return for the week e.ading Jan. 13,. £ 9,980 4 o 18 , 56 ...... . ........... ....... Corresponding weelila,st year , 9,061 2 6 Total of the half-year to this daWlB55 20,151 711 Total of the half-yeaz to this date, 1.851 17,155 13 2 DESORIPTIOIV OF BALAKLAVA. BALAKLAVA, DEC. 27.—And now for a description, if possible, though I fear I shall fail in the attempt. Until you almost touch the rocks you can barely perceive an opening ; and when you at last reach the mouth of the 1 1 harbour of Balaklava, it is not above 60 y ar d s w id e , a short quarter of a mile ; and after passing several men of-war, transports, &c., all with the ends of their bow sprits nearly touching you, you get i n t o ran k an d add 1 another to the number. And now the scene changes. About 40 yards from our stern is the landing-place. The town—did you say town ?- -no, I mean a scattered number of wretched hovels, say 150. In the rear and in the front high precipitous rocks ; on the face of the latter several tents with Marines, and a body ,of Highlanders. In fact, suppose a basin, one quar ter full of water, placed on the table, and drop a wafer into it, and then you have a good idea of the position of a ship in the harbour of Balaklava. Yester day being a beautiful day, I thought it a good opportu nity to pay a visit to the camp, and, as I had under stood that the Light Division of the army occupied, to gether with the French, the nearest point to Sebastopol, to that place I determined to set out. An officer of the 10th belonging to the division, who had come on board, amongst ie host of others, "foraging," purchasing geese and turkeys a guinea a piece, and fowls 12s. 6d. a couple, kindly offered to put me on the right read, and invited me to dine with him in his tent. Now for't. I landed, the first step up to the very knees in mud— French, Turks, English, and camp-sutlers in glorious confusion. Such swearing, shouting, and row you never heard in your life ; artillery waggons?, six and 12 horses attached to each, others with half-starved camels ; cav alry horses, whose riders, and hard-worked steeds hare probably not seen a comb or a brush for a month ; to gether with Turks every here and there bearing the dead upon stretchers, all wading through a sea of mud, com plete this picture, until you emerge from the town. The crowd appears then to deploy over an interminable space. In the distance, on the right, are the mountains of the Crimea, covered with snow; at the foot, several Russian encampments ; nearer to us, the Balaklava battle ground. On one of the slopes, yon see the remains of our Light Cavalry, and their horse. hospital—not 100 effective animals left ! the Scots, Greys nearly as bad. How can it be otherwise Tlso poor creatures are worked all day with the artillery, in dragging heavy loads to the trenches and camps, fastened up to posts driven into the ground, and scarcely a morning breaks ere the troopers drag 14 or 15 out of the " slush" as they term it. On the left you see Lord. Raglan's quarters, and having proceeded over destroyed vineyards, every here and there dotted with dead ho rses, emitting a most delightful perfume, you at last get upon higher ground, and approach the French camp, extending miles on the left, having the Turks between. them and the British. Skirting the latter, I thought I - would have a look at the French ; so, having paid s, visit to several of the huts, and been very hospitably i ui'ited to partake of their contents, I passed on towards the Light Division. ' A little on the left of the French is the Picquet House, about a mile and a half from Sebastopol, into which a shell often drops, to the danger Wall who aro in it ; and, being a good look-out place, is seldom unoccupied by the curious, endeavouring to gent a glimpse of what is going on in the far-famed f( 'stress in the distance. tieing determined on exploring 1; still proceeded, and presently I heard firing right below me. The French were pitching their shot into the town, and the Rus sians returning them three to one. Within 300 yards is the 40-gun battery, and directly opposite is the Russian, mounting much heavier rectal. Ter om this spot I first saw what they call the " trenches," I mean the actual working trenches. Now, suppose a soldier, six feet high, in the trench—in some planes, if he stands upright, he gets shot at—his head appearing over the parapet, and then he is obliged to kneel dowa with the mud and water to his middle to avoid the danger. This state of the trenches and the laborious work that the poor sol diers undergo, being sometimes 30 hours thus employed, badly fed, badly clothed, and, I fear, much dispirited, tends to engender disease. We are losing on an average 150 men a day, not including fame) that fall from the enemy's guns. I now had an opportunity of a good view into Sebastopol. its appoarance is both pictures que and beautiful, and though 11 was within half a mile of it, and had a capital seven-guinea glass, I could not perceive any damage that had Lae yet occurred. Front what I had saws is the Times and other papers I had supposed the place a heap of ruins, or nearly so ; but, on the contrary, I could.see no marks of the cannonade that has now been going on for upwards of two months, though I believe that the portion directly opposite the French batteries is much cut up. After satisfying my curiosity I returned to the Light Division camp ; and now for a description of Mr. Gorham'" tent (13th Regiment); The tent inside is eight feet in diameter. Round the circumference were a medley of boots, caps, kettles, empty bottles, and many other things consti tuting the general daily utility. Next was a soldier's bayonet struck into the ground for the purpose of a can- , dlestick ; next two beds, or rather hard-stuffed straw mattresses, with a scanty env...Aid each, on the bare ground. Dinner at length was brought in—two tin panti• kills with soup meagre that would frighten S— fol lowed by two pieces of hard salt beef of about half a pound each, a little rice (this was good), and a very, very hard bigouit. HnwAver, exercise sharpens appetite, so I set to, and having, as a finale, taken a glass of bad rum with my entertainers, I bid good-bye to the officers of the Light Division, and taking a building in the dis tance as my landmark, I started for Balaklava. The sun had melted the hitherto execrable roads, and, to gether with the traffic, I shall never, to the longest day of my life, forget the walk back ; suffice it to say that, having passed several fellows who were endeavouring to urge their worn-out horses to get up out of the mud, where they had dropped down for the last time, I reached the Charity. Now, my impressions on the whole are these :—ln the first place, the commissariat is badly, nay, wretchedly, supplied with the means for carrying stores and provisions from Balaklava to the various camps, all the horses, with the exception of the few sup plied lei , the artillery, being dead ! The storehouses and many ships are full of creature comforts, and the half starving men cannot get them. lof course cannot sup pose but that, in the end, the allied forces will be vic torious ; but take my word fir it, Sebastopol is not yet taken, and if I am right in my prognostications will not be for some to come. And now I must say farewell for the present, for the Medway is just getting under weigh. When I shall get home God only knows. How long we may remain in this infernal hole is equally as uncertain. We heard a great deal of firing last night, but I hear it is of usual occurrence, and that nightly. The French, who are nearest to the enemy on the left, have a shindy of an hour or two's duration. No one knows what is to come next—the many rumours afloat show that all are wrong. If anything of importance should happen I will write by the next packet.—Yours, &c., W. AGNEW M.D. THE SUEZ CANAL COMPANY. the parties cannot come to an amicable understanding as to the sum. _ Art. 9. The statutes and bye-laws of the company must Le laid before us by the directors of the company, and receive our sanction before being promulgated and becoming binding. Any modifications or alterations of the same at any later period also require our sanction. The before-mentioned statutes must contain the names of the founders of the undertaking, and we reserves to ourselves the right of giving them our sanction. They will contain a nominal return of those persons who mainly contributed to the execution of the important en terprise by their capital, counsel, or personal assistance. Art. 10. Lastly, we promise for ourselves and for all our Egyptian officials, our honest and hearty co-opera tion in the execution of this useful and great undertaking. Given at Cairo, Nov. SO, 1854. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The sittings of the court for the January General Quarter Sessions were resumed yesterday morning at the Guildhall, Westmiester, by adjournment from Clerkeiawell, before Mr. Serjeant Adams (Assistant Judge), Mr. Witham, and a bench of magistrates. There were 115 prisoners for trial, of whom 109 were committed for felony, and six for misdemeanors. Charles Samson, clerk, was indicted for having stolen a 101. note, the property of Samuel Scott and another, his employers. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Ballantine said he was instructed on behalf of the prisoner, and the matter was one to which be wished to call the attention of the court, though ho should not say a great deal in reference to it. There was a deep anxiety about the case. The prisoner came from a most respectable family, and ono of the consequences of his present position was that his father, if not actually in a lunatic asylum, was in a state of the utmost wretched ness and misery of mind at his son's misconduct, and his mother, too, was in a state bordering upon distraction. The father obtained for him a situation in the eminent banking-house of Scott and Co., in Cavendish-square, and up to this unhappy transaction ho had conducted himself well. He had an opportunity of taking a 101. note, and he did so, but he did not spend it in profligacy, but in the purchase of a gold watch, which he deposited with a young lady to whom he was engaged to be married. When the matter was discovered that young lady at once gave up the watch and rendered all the infor mation she could relating to the matter, and those who had conducted the prosecution had forborne with great delicacy and consideration for that young lady's feelings to mention even her name in connexion with the un happy affair. It was a single transaction on the part of the prisoner, and there was not the least imputation on any one else. He was 20 or 21 years of age, and now the avenues of success were barred to him, in this coun try at least. He had already suffered a crushing punish ment in his degradation and the loss of his situation, which was 901. a year, and would have been regularly increase& He had not got rid of the money in profli gacy, but to gratify an idle ambition ; and although he (Mr. Ballantine) fully agreed with the principle that rich and poor should be punished alike when they committed offences, yet he must say that, under the circumstances of this case, the prisoner had already suffered an amount of punishment of no ordinary kind, and he hoped, there fore, to be dealt with the more leniently. There were gentlemen in attendance to give him a good character. Mr. Poland, for the prosecution, said the prisoner had been in the employ of Messrs. Scott since February last year, and had conducted himself with perfect propriety up to this transaction. He confessed that he was the guilty party before the note was directly traced to him, and threw himself on the mercy of his masters, and ex pressed the deepest contrition for what he had done. He (Mr. Poland) thought he might take upon himself to recommend the prisoner to the merciful consideration of the court ; the prosecutors felt that they had no alter native but to place the matter before a court of justice, and having done so, they left the case entirely in his lordship's hands. The Assistant-Judge said the court felt quite disposed to deal mercifully with the prisoner after what had been said, but there was a rule in administering justice from P which they could not depart. They would give th e prisoner the lowest scale of punishment for a robbery by a servant ; feelings of commiseration must not be given way to. The sentence was, that the prisoner be kept to hard labour for 6 calendar months. Louis Corat, 24, described as a sailor, was indicted for having stolen a gold snuff-box, a quantity of table plate and clothing, value 701., the property of Henry Penney, his master. He pleaded guilty. Mr. Jenkins appeared for the prosecution. The prosecutor resided at No. 4, York-place, Baker street, and the prisoner was in his service as footman, having as such the charge of the plate. On the 3d inst. it was given out to be cleaned, and next morning the prisoner was missing, and the plate too. On the 4th he went to the shop of Messrs. Dicker, pawnbrokers, of Commercial-terrace, Limehouse, and offered a quantity of plate in pledge, but as he could give no satisfactory account of himself, or the manner in which he came in possession of the property, the shopnian sent for a con stable, and gave him into custody on suspicion. In quiries were made by the police, and the result was that the property was identified. The prisoner as he stood in the dock was wearing some of his master's Clothes. The Assistant-Judge, after eulogising the conduct of the pawnbrokers' assistant, sentenced tho prisoner to ono year, hard labour. Thomas Bushy, 26, cab-driver, was indicted for having stolen a watch, chain, and key, the property of John Cooper, from his person. Mr. Payne was counsel for the prosecution. It appeared that on the morning of Sunday, the 17th ult., between 12 and 1 o'clock, the prosecutor, a gar dener, living at 2, Aberdeen-mews, Maida-hill, got into a cab of which the prisoner was the driver, in Wood stock-street, and ordered him to drive to Maida-hill. avinir hesn drinking a. littla, a.nd Loin s vory- tired, after a hard day's work, he fell asleep, th oug h qu it e so b er, and he was woke up by the prisoner shutting the cab door. He asked him where he was, and he said in Salisbury. street, Church-st., whereupon prosecutor wished to know how he mine there, when he was told to drive to Maida hill, and the prisoner said he had given a woman "a lift." The prosecutor suspected that something was wrong, and having missed his watch, he asked the prisoner where it was. He replied that the woman must have had it. "She hailed me (he said) after you had gone a little way, and asked me to put her down at the Night ingale. I did so ; she got out, and said you would pay the fare." The prosecutor was positive that no woman had been in the cab, and kept the prisoner in conversa tion until a constable came up. He then gave him in charge. The watch was found among the straw under the driving seat. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to ono year's hard labour. Richard Evans and James Golding, two carmen, were indicted for stealing two bushels of oats, the property of Charles Bagley. The prosecutor was a market gardener at Fulham, and the prisoners were in his service. It was clear that they took the oats clandestinely, and without the least right to do so ; but the excuse they made was, that they took the corn to give to their horses. Mr. Ribton, for the defence, raised the question whether it was a felony for a servant to take oats to give to his master's horse I - The Assistant Judge said it had been held that it was, but he never could coincide in it. It happened that once two men were committed for trial at Maidstone for this offence, and they were tried in different courts before different judges —Lord Tenterden sad Chief Justice Tyndal, he believed. One judge held that it was a felony, the other that it was not ; and so one was con victed and the other acquitted. In consequence of this the question came before the fifteen judges, and it was held that the taking of the oats without authority was a larceny, and that it did not matter what was done with them subsequently. He never could reconcile that to his own conscience (though he was bound to act on it), and in this case he should tell the jury that they ought to acquit the prisoners, if the fact of their having intended the corn for the horses created any doubt on their mind as to their intention of stealing it. The jury, having received this direction, immediately found the prisoners not guilty. Mr. Ribton said a clause was inserted in a bill, intro duced in the House of Commons by Mr. Phillimore last session, expressly decla r i ng th a t suc h con d uct should not be deemed felony. (Before Mr. Witham.) Robert Burk, 25, and John Joice, 24, tailors, were indicted for stealing eleven coats and other articles, value 301,, the property of James Challen, in his dwell ing -house. They pleaded guilty. On the morning of the 3.1 inst., police-constable 145 F was on duty in Holborn at an early hour, and on try ing the door of 240, to see if it were fastened, it opened a little ; he pushed it open a little further, and finding that some one was pushing against him on the other side, he opened it sufficiently wide to admit his body. He found the prisoners standing by a pile of cloth and coats in the passage, ready for removal. They said, "all right, master," but he rang the house bell, and called the watermadfrom the cab rank to his assistance. Having ascertained from the inmates that the prisoners were strangers, and that the cloth, &c., was the pro secutor's property, the constable took them to Bow street, On Burk he found a chisel, with which a cash box and desk in the prosecutor's shop had been broken open. When in the dock before the magistrate, Burk said to Joicc, "It's a case with us, but it's no use being down -hearted." Mr. Witham sentenced them each to six year's penal servitude. PO LICE INTELLIGENCE.-.-.T tit. 15. MANSION-HOUSE.—The Lord Mayor has received several letters confirmatory of the statements made re lative to the attempts of a gang of swindlers in America, to impose upon humane persons in this country by means of supplicatory appeals directed to persons dead, and likely to fall into the hands of their executors or re latives, and to excite sympathy. The following note, inclosing an exact copy of the transatlantic communication from a "Penitent Sinner," addressed from the Gaol Hospital, New York, which communication requested the charity money to be directed to a medical man, no doubt one of the gang, was amongst those to which his lordship's attention was called : "Elgin Chambers, Ironmonger-lano, London, Jan., 1855. "My Lord,—To corroborate the truth of the letter which appeared in the papers of the 4th inst., under the head of Mansion-house, I enclesJ ono of the second long letters from Annrica ho refers to, and which you will find, word for word, the same as ho received. "The letter is addressed to my late partner, whose' death appeared in the Times last October, and although I was not aware of his knowing any one in America, still as I had only returned from abroad a few months, I thou g ht it very prob a bl e he might have, and believed the letter t be genuine, and the writer of it some repentant acquaint mice of his whom his generosity was re , lainaing. " I am sorry to add that I sent a Si. Bank of England note to the address mentioned, informing the writer of the death of his benefactor, and also gave him some very good advice, for which I expect to get heartily laughed at by the wretch who can employ such means of fleecing the en suspocting.—l remain your faithful humble servant, " W. A. A. "To his lordship the Lord Mayor of London, Mansion-house." GUILDHALL. —John Betty was charged with ut tering forged Bank of England notes. Mr. John Skinner said—l am a tobacconist, carrying on business at 93, Holborn-hill. On the Gth instant the prisoner purchased at my shop some cigars and tobacco, and offered me a ;4, not© in payment. Not liking its THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, 1855, appearance, I went into a neighbour's shop as if to ob tai❑ change, but in reality to ascertain if it was genuine. I became satisfied that it was a forgery, and then re turned to my own shop with a constable, and in the presence of the prisoner I told him that the note was a bad one. Upon hearing which the prisoner immediately ran out of the shop. Edward Hancock, 229, City police, said —I followed the prisoner into Bartlett's•buildings, where a person tried to stop him. Defendant had a life preserver in his hand, and aimed a blow at the person's head, with the intention of knocking him down ; but he did not succeed, and I then took him into custody. It may be as well to mention here, to show the de termined character of the prisoner, that on arriving at the police station he was shown into a cell by an officer, when he very adroitly drew back, and thrusting the officer in the cell, closed the door, turned the key in the lock, and having made his escape out of the police sta tion, hurried across Smithfield. His motions had, how ever, been observed by the female searcher, who gave chase and eventually collared him. A desperate struggle ensued, but the female searcher held on, until at length, finding her strength failing her, she seized his hat and let him go, knowing that a man running without a covering to his head, and a hue and cry behind him, would soon be stopped. And such proved to be the case, and the prisoner was eventually consigned to the same cell in which he had imprisoned the officer. Mr. Wm. Webb said—l am a cheesemonger, at 440, Oxford-street. On Saturday, the 6th, the prisoner made a purchase of cheese to the amount of ss. Ile took 4s. out of his pocket, and then he said he had not enough silver to pay for the cheese, and wished roe to change a 51. note for him. I gave him V. 15s. in change, and put the note in the till, but on taking it out later in the evening I discovered it was not genuine, and told my father, who communicated the fact to the police. I soon afterwards went to the police station, and identified the prisoner from among several others. The note I now hold in my hand is the same I received from the pri -oner. I did net . put the note in the till before I en dorsed it. Mr. W. Skinner said—l am a tobacconist of 243, Strand. On Saturday, the 30th December last, the pri soner came into my shop and bought one pound of cigars, amounting to 12s. Me gave ine a 5/. note in payment, but I thought the note was rather a suspicious one, and therefore called my son, and was telling him to take the note and get it changed, not that I wanted change, bat that I wished to submit it to some other person's inspection—l told my son so—the prisoner drew near to overhear what I was saying, so I hurried my son away to get change, and he obtained it at Mr. Walker's. In the meantime the prisoner told me he had been recommended to me, and his name was "H. Mason," and he lived at the Butchers' Arms, in Blooms. bury, where everybody knew hire. I wrote down his name and address, and when he was gone,'l sent my boy to Mr. Walker, requesting him to put the name and address on the note. I afterwards got the note back from Mr. Walker, by paying him back five sove reigns. I thought the prisoner was a first-rate business little man. This last remark was greeted with a shout of laughter, in which the prisoner joined. Russell Skinner and Mr. Walker corroborated the evidence of the last witness. Mr. Wm. Wyburn, one of the inspectors of Bank of England notes said—All these notes are forgeries in every respect. They are all from the same plate, and printed upon the same paper. Alderman Cubitt asked if there were any other cases Hancock said there were several other cases of a similar character, but none of them were complete. Alderman Cabitt said it was not material, as the three cases in evidence were quite sufficient to commit the pri- soner upon. The Prisoner said he should reserve his defence, and he was accordingly committed for trial. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS S —Mo NDAY. St. Hubert Lad clearly the lion's share of support to day ; at 8 to 1 he was backed for some hundreds for the Derby, and 601. were given for the call of 1,400 to 200 about him on the day after the Two Thousand, for which event he was also backed for some money at 3 to 1. Grmculus Esuriens receded to 13 to 1 ' offered, not withstanding an outlay of 120/. at 12 to 1. 20 to 1 might have been easily obtained about Oulston. The other Derby bets quoted below were only to small sums. CUESTER CUP. 59 to 1 was still betted on the field, and 3,000 even was laid. on Wilsford (late Queen's Own, agst Ca(smug. The prices at the close of business, which was re markably slow and dull throughout the afternoon, were as follows : CHESTER CUP, 50 to 1 each agst Calamus, the Reiver, Lurley, and Llanforda (taken). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Ito 1 agst St. Hubert (taken) $5 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) DERBY. Sto 1 agst St. Hubert (taken freely) 13 to 1 agst Grmenlue Esnriens 25 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) :35 to 1 agst Saraband (taken) UNIFERS'ITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, JAN. i 5. In a Congregation holden this morning, being the first day of Lent Term, the following degrees were con ferred, viz. :—. MASTER OP ARTS. Rev. Francis John Eld, St. John's College. BACHELOR OF ARTS. - Hely Hutchinson Almond, Balliol College. John Parr, Exeter College. Allan Cornwall Blackstone, New College. Stephen Dowell, Corpus Christi College. Edwin Arthur Salmon, Wadham College. William Scott, Worcester College. MEETING OF THE COLLEGES. The !Inn:Ethers of /the various colleges and halls who intend ke , 3ping this term will meet as follows :—Friday, Jan. 19, :Balliol College and St. Edmund Hall ; Satur day, Jan. 20, Brasenose, University, Wadham, Queen's, New College, Merton, St. John's (senior scholars), Corpus Christi, Christchurch, Lincoln, Exeter, and Trinity; Yriday, Jan. 26, Magdalen Hall ; Saturday, Jan. 27, Worcester, Oriel, St. John's (commoners), Jesus, and St. Mary Hall; Friday, Feb. 2, Magdalen College. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAL 15. STOCK EXOTTANOE.—The market this morning was firm, with no great amount of business doing. Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 124 d. ; ditto, Chester and Bir kenhoad, 163 ; Caledonian, 31; East Lancashire, 188 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 283 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 758 ; L'pool, Crosby, and Southport, 11 • London and N, - Western, 102 c. ; ditto, shares, 13-16 d.; Man., Shef., and Lincoln, 258; Midland, 70.} ; S. -Eastern, 18. SEIIP_PING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 15. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lady Elizabeth, from Ant werp ; Tres Grmces, St. Übe's ; Escosesa, Bilboa ; Sylph, Antwerp; ;Tulin, Rotterdam; Endeavour, Lisbon • On ward, Naples and P a lermo ; Centaur, Messina ; Friend ship, Ost end ; Jessie, Helingsborg ; Harriet, St. Mato ; Wm. Sepidnius de Septiruo, Antwerp ; Queely Shiell, St. Michael's;. Gemini, Antwerp; Jas. Catherine, Dunkirk; Enterprise, Zante and Cephalonia ; Maid of Auckland, Colombo ; Glean, Corfu ; Jupiter, Umea ' • Forqsato ' Tasso Rontock : Wm. Willmett, Rotterda m ; Antoinette, do.; Effort ' , Messina ; Victory, St. Maio ; A ms t erdam, Anisterdran ; Senior, do. ; Xasinanior, do. ; London Packet, Sabea ; Julia, Lisbon. ENTER ED OUTWARDS. The Furot, for Antwerp; Aleite, Marseilles; Fanglo, Caen; Mary Anne Folliett, Calcutta ;..Ancona, Stettin ; Jenny Lind, Constantinople ; Forester, 'Tobago ; Fleetwin g , Geelong; Skimmer of the Seam, Sari Francisco. CLEAR ED OUT WITH CARGO. --The James, for Dunkirk; Intrepid, Port Natal ; Agnes, Lisbon and Oporto ; Lucy, Barbadoos, VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Maria Carolina, from Akyab to Falmouth, Dec. 10, lat. 1 S., Icing. 19 W. The Richard Young, for Akyab, Dec. 15, lat. 2 N., long. 22 W. T - he Java Courier, from Liverpool to Batavia, Dec. 16, lat. 6 N., long. 21 W. The H ellespout, from Point do Gallo to London Jan. 9, off Ushant. , The Uuisachan, Shield s , of North from Swansea to Coquimbo ' Jan. 2, lat. 44 N., long.ll W. The L:t.dy Milton, of Liverpool, for Mobile, Jan. 5, lat. 40 N., long. 11 W. The Clicassian, standing to the northward, Jan. 8, lat. 37 N., long. 11 W. The EvAymion from London to Calcutta, Noy. 12, lat. 5 N : , long. 22 N. The P Farres, from Hamburgh to Bombay, Nov. 17, sat. 2 N., long. 26 W. The El sanor, from the Mauritius to London, Nov. 9, lat. 48 N., long. 8 W. The Make, from the Mauritius to London, Nov. 4, lat. 26 S., long. 49 E. The Columbus, from Dublin to Callao, Dec. 13, lat. 4 N., long. 21 W. The Minerva (barque), from London to Table Bay, Dec. 15, lat. 6 N., long. 21 W. ADTERTISISIENT.I—TIE WAR IN TIIS EAST. —POWERFUL rATENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.-- SIGHT AND HEARING —Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. Ob serve—opposite the York Hotel. Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The valuable advan tage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming im paired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation —can see with t hese lenses of a o uch less mag nifying- power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness—New Discovery. —The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of sieging noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist mice that possibly could be desired. By her Majesty's Roya Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such. extra ' ordinary powers that some 3i inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can bo seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and'all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enab'e us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian 'with his 6 satellites, kc.—The R oya l Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by-which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera, houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalk-ing, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power.-39, Alhemarle-street t Piccadilly, Observe---e ppo alto the York. Hotel. MANCHESTER, JAN. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been drooping, without much business. Leeds, a ; Midlands, 70; Dovers, 18; Sheffields, 25k; Blackburn Pref., 204; Manchester and Birmingham C Qrs., par. BIRMINGHAM, JAL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market has been firmer, and there was a better demand for stock. Great Western, Birmingham Guaranteed Stock, 73 ; South Staf fords, 2 dis.; London and North-Westerns (buyers,) 1011. LEEDS, JAN. 15. STOOK EXCHANGE.—There were few transactions today, except such as were for speculation for the account end of January. Lancashire and Yorkshires, 75i; Midlajids, 70i; Leeds Northern, Fifths, prem. PRICES 01! SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM• PANIES' StOCIC From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 9, 1855. GAS-LIGHT AND COILE. COMPANIES , Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. X a. d. I British .............. Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 71 0! 71 Brighton .. ••..•• • • ~ 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 I City of London ...... 41. 10s. 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. 10s. ,10 0 0 43 10 0 Equitable .. ••••.. •• •• 11. Is. 50 0 0 all 25 Great Central ....... 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all 10% Imperial ............ 101.8 c bonus. 50 0 0 all Independent ....... • • 51. 40 0 0 19 '.- L0nd0n.............. 50 0 0 ll Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 ~ ' 25 Paceoix ............. 41. per cent. 60 0.0 50 0 0 231.1 Rateldff •• •• •..•• •• • SI. 100 0 0 90 0 0 70 United General ...... 11. ss. 50 0 0 all 20 Westminster Chartered 51. per cent. 50 0 0 ' ~ 40 Ditto, New ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X s. d. £ a. d. East London Grand Junction .... • • 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 all 7() Kent Lambeth .. Newßiver Company.. 21. 10s. 55 Southwark &Vauxhall Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 89% West Middlesex ...... 5/.los. pr et. 93 DOCKS. - Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. A a. d. Commercial .. ~...... 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. East and West India.. 51. pr cent. Stock. East Country 2os. per sh. —.-... London ..... ... Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. . St. Katharine outhampton Victoria BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. llungerford • — 12 Southwark lOO 0 0 Ditto New of 7% p.c 700. per cent 50 0 0 Water 100............ • 100 0 0 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 14s. 60 0 0 31 Ditto Nw ditto of V. 11. 10s. Od. 40 0 0 28 Vauxhall 1/. ss. 70 10 3 23 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend ' Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. X s. d. Australasia... British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 71 Commercial of London. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 31 Colonial lonian Lond. Char. Bk. of Aus — 20 0 0 all 0 21; London and County Londn and Westininstr 61. per cent. 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. 10 0 0 all National of Ireland 4I. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provincial of Eng 67. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 • Ditto, New .. •• • . 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 33 South Australia • . p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 Union of Australia 4Ol. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto .. Union of London ..... 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 Union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 all CANALS. Names of Companies. Dividend per Price. Names of Companies. Dividend per ;Annum. Ashtn &Oldh Barnsley • • • • Brlcnt& Ahrg Birmingham Coventry.... Derby •. .• Ellsmre&C hs Grand Janet n ! Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Surrey Grand Union Kennt & Avn Lancaster .. Leeds &Livrp Leicester ..• • Leicstr &Nth, Loughboregh I Monmouthsh! Mntgmerysh I Mel tnMwbry: 71. p. ct. 251. 61. 2 3 4 p. ct., 4/. pr. ct. 61. pr. ct. 21. 10s. 11.0 s. 6s. Od. 28% 575 Macclesfield. Neath Oxford.... Peak For est. ' Regent's .. • • I Rochdale....' Somrset Coal Do. Lk FdSt Stfird &Wore Shrewsbury.. Stoareridge.. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & Binning. j Warwick & Napton.. Worcstr & / Binning. j Wilts & Brks Annum. El. 10s. 161. 13!. 5/. Os. 164. 11. 103. 10s. Od. , INSURANCE COMPANIES. a Dividend Amount - Name of Company, per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Albion -3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 Alliance Brit and For. 71. 14s.6d.bs, 100 0 0 11 0 0 19 Ditto Marine ... .... 61. p.c. & bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - - Anchor ........ •..... 6 per cent. 5 0 1 0 0 - Atlas Argus Life ... 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. 01 50 00' 5 0 0 17% Eagle •. - Equity and Law-- 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life ll. 20 0 0 an _ General 6/. 5 0 0 11 5% Globe - 61. per cent. Stock. 12734 Guardian .......- .. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 55 1 4 Imperial Fire......... 12/. per cent, 500 0 0 150 0 0 330 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 1 1 .3. s & 3/. 100 0 0 20 0 0 65 Law Fire ............ 2s. & 2s, bs. 100 0 0 I 210 0 4 1 A Law Life. • .......... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 56 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6% London London Ship.... - Marine ..... ...... • ... 18s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 28 Mcd.lnvlid & Gen. Life 4% 1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva Monarch • ...., - - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund,. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life , . - Pelican . ..... •• .... •• - - - - Phannix - - - - • Professional Life ... ... 5/. per cent. b 0 010 0 % Provident Life.- ...„ 1/. ss. & bs. 1100 0 0 10 0 0 - Ilook Life .......• .. - 1 ss. '5301 0 10 0 7% Royal Exchange ...... 6/. p.ct. & bs. Stock. all - Sun Fire ...... Si. 10s. - t 9 --- Ditto Life .. . I/. 10s. - 574 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct & bs., 20 0 0 4 0 0 45 8 Universal Life ... - Victoria Life - 412 6 534 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assam Tea •• .... •• ducticm 3lart•• •• .. • • 2 1 4 per cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian A.:rlculturl H. Is. 100 0 0 17 10 0 36 Au:Are-Ilan Trust • • - 125 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail 5/. 10 0 0 all 4y 2 Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 10s. 10 0 0 all - British American Land 15s, - 40 0 0 - Canada ... •... •• • • - Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - - - Ditto, 6 per cent. .• 61. per cent. - - 110 City Navigation Bonds - - - _ Electric Telegraph (A) 7 per cent. 25 0 0 21 0 0 is Ditto .....• .... (14) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 Equitable Reversionry 51pr. cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 - Ditto New . •••-• - 50 0 0 17 10 0 Gen. Revers. B:lnvest. sp.c. & bs, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - 1 Gen•SteamNavigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 - Hudson's 8ay........ -- Stock. I - Hungerford .......... 2/. se. 100 0 0 100 0 0 ,- London Institution ... - _.' - - ] Loudon Reversionary 4;4 per cent. 15 0 0 al - Russell Institution.... - - 12 10 0 - ' Price'sPatentCand. Co 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 I 11 10 0 . 25% Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 Royal Sail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 South Australian"... 61. per cent. 25 00 I all 33 1 Trpst and Loan Comp. Upper Canada .... - ti LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividenc; Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. • X a. d Bank of Scotland .. •• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 . 100 0' 0 . 178110 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201/ 0 Caledonian Bank .• . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 0 3'. 16s City of Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 U 0 10115 s Clydesdale Bank .. •• 531. p cent. 20 0 G 10 0 0 12' Os orminercial Bank .• 71. per cent. sfo 0 0 100 0 0 200108 Eastern Bank • • 61. per cent. 25 1) 0 10 0 0 10/15s L'dinb. & Glasgow .. • • 3341. p cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41.14 s Exchaltge 'lnk of Scot.. National 'Bank ...... 6 per'cent. 100 0 0 103 0 0 16510 s North of ftet!and Bank bLper cent 20 0 0 210 0 4/. 10s Royal Bank of 3 cots. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125110 Union Bank of Scot. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 391 Os Western Bank •• .• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 771104 Alliance Fire and Life.. 8 ;I.pr cent 100 0 0 11 0 0 191 12s British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1/. 03 Caledonian Fire Insur 10/.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25/, 03 City of Glasgow Lite . Cl. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. lls Colonial Life •• ••• • • 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 51. Edinburgh Life Inger. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 2 5 / 1 0s Eng. & Scot, LaNN Life 5/.per cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 141. 7s Life A ssoc. of Sc.slosnd 6/.per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 l 5:. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cen=t. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 138 North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 2O 0 0 3 3 / I ns Ocottich Union Insruc. 7%1. precut. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Its Standard Life •• •• •• 51. per cent. 50 0 01 7 0 0 'l7l Cs United Dep. Assurance 54 per cent. 10 0 01 1 0 0; THE ELECTION RIOT AT EROME. It will be recollected that in consequence of the death of the Hon. Colonel Boyle, late member for Frome, a vacancy occurred in the representation of that borough, for which a contest took place in October last, the can didates being Lord Dungarvon ' a nephew of the late Colonel Boyle, and Donald Nicol, Esq., a county magis trate of Middlesex, and late Sheriff of London. A fear ful riot took place on this occasion ; tha windows of the George Inn (Lord Dungarvon's committee-room) having been much damaged. Large pieces of paving•stone and other missiles were hurled at the head of Dr. Harrison, a magistrate, and other supporters of Lord Dungarvon, while friends of the latter also assailed the supporters of Mr. Donald Nicoll, this gentleman himself having narrowly escaped severe injury from a large paving-stone which was hurled at him upon the hustings. During the past week the prisoners captured upon the occasion were tried at the county quarter-sessions, held at Taunton, for the riot ; their names were, Moses Hin ton, John Trotman, James White, William Bowden, John Wilcox, Henry Smith, and Charles Burton. Of these Wilcox and Burton were acquitted, and the other prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced to terns of impriSonment varying from four to six weeks each. The two parties (Wilcox and Burton) were, upon their liberation, escorted to the railway, by a very large mob, shouting lustily, " Nicoll for ever," thus terminating the proceedings of one of the most exciting contests which has occurred for some years past. FRENCH THEATRICALS. Musically the success of the year is at the Opera Comique with "L'Etoile du Nord," and at the Italiens with "Il Trovatore." At the Grand Opera Mlle. Cruvelli's engagement under the late Administratioa commenced an era of prosperity, which we trust the present management will continue by providing her with com panions whose inefficiency shall not form too glaring a contrast with her matchless powers, and by refreshing the ancient repertoire with novelties worthy the exalted position to which the theatre has recently been raised. Mme. Stoltz, who, from recent judicial proceedings, was supposed en guerre with the Grand Opera, has, it would seem, made her peace with the powers that be, and a few nights ago reappeared in " La Favorite," de cidedly her " favourite" character. She was well re ceived. M. Neri-Baraldi, a tenor, who sang at the Italiens for a short time last season, made his debut on this occasion. He is an agreeable singer, and although his voice in the vast area of the Grand Opera is put to a more severe test than it can well afford he pro duced a favourable impression. " Linda di Chamouni" is in preparation at the Italians, in which Mmes. Gassier and Borghi-Mamo will sustain the principal parts. At a charity performance, at the theatre at Batig nolles, a few nights ago, two young artistes, sisters, made a promising debut, in a musical intermezzo. The elder, Mlle. Agnes Rowland, sang the well known air from the "Favourite" Oh, men _Fernand, and an Italian morceau with much effect,dieplaying a fresh, well toned mezzo soprano voice, which, with a little training and study, may lead her to a brilliant career. The younger sister, Mdile. Fanny Rowland appears about twelve years old, and performed a cavatina, of Ricci's, arranged by Herz, in a manner truly astonishing for so youthful a performer. Both the fair artistes received most encouraging marks of approbation. M. Berlioz's oratorio, " L'Enfance du Christ," is announced for performance in Brussels—no doubt the commencement of a European tour. A well-written and elaborate examination of this work appears in the Morning Post, °violently written by a musician, who speaks of it in the highest terms. Its next performance iu Paris is to take place on the 28th of this month. Mare. Julienne, ex of the Grand Opera, is now at Verona, where she has made a decided impression in Donizetti's " Poliuto." Tivier, the great horn player, Roger,-the tenor, and Joachim, the violinist, are at present at lanover, where they lad week performaa a-- t..; - tween it,oger and Vivier produced so powerful an im pression on the auditors (says a local journal) that the concert was suspended for some time. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. THETFORD, Monday Evening.—The inquiry touching the deaths of John Burton and Robert Meagher, the sufferers by the late accident upon the above-mentioned line, was resumed this evening at four o'clock, at the Town-hall, before Mr. Clarke, coroner, but the matter did not attract much interest, the evidence having been understood to have been closed at the last sitting. The company was represented by Mr. Capper, the general superintendent, and Mr. Taylor, the solicitor of the company, with Mr. Watt, district superinten dent. At the opening of the proceedings, the Coroner read to the jury a letter he had received from Major Wynne, the Government inspector, and which run as follows : " Board of Trade, Whitehall, :Tan. 13, 1855. "Sir,—After the adjournment of the inquest last Mon day, I thought it desirable to ascertain experimentally at what distance off the tail-lamps of a train would be visible on the curve at `Two-mile Bottom.' I therefore, at dark, caused a train to be placed, as nearly as possible, on the spot occupied by the mail train at the time it was run into by the cattle train, and I then walked from the com mencement of the curve up the line towards the experi mental train, and it was not until I arrived within a short distance of the gates where the.guard (Goldman) is sup posed to have stopped that the tail-lights of the train be came visible in such a way as to attract attention.—l am, sir, your most obedt. servt., "GEO. WYNNE, Major R. 8." The Coroner then commenced some observations to the jury, in which he dealt at some length with the dis crepancies appearing in the evidence of the various wit nesses engaged in the conduct of the trains at the time of the collision, prefacing his remarks by saying that, considering all the circumstances, some of the discrepan cies were not much to be wondered at ; but he had come to the conclusion that it might safely be taken that Cold man was at the crossing he represented. It appeared that green (or caution) lights had been shown to Drewry at Thetford station, and that three whistles were the usual signal from an engine-driver to a guard when he was about to step his train. How the company could re concile that fact with Davenport (the guard) being in a covered break he was at a loss to understand. The Coroner then, as a summary, said that, if the jury were of opinion that Goldman had time, in compliance with rule 81 of the company, to proceed GOO yards, then they would bring in a verdict of manslaughter against him, but for himself he did not attach much importance to the fact of his not having laid the proper number of sig nals, if it were considered that, by neglecting to do so, he could get further with the red light. As regarded Drewry, if they thought that he perceived Coldman's light in time sufficient to stop his train then it would be their duty to bring in a verdict of manslaughter against him. It appeared, however, that theta were certain rules made by the company for the speed at which goods and ballast trains should travel, and he could not see why there should not be a rule regulating the speed of cattle trains ; anti the question was whether rule 162 of the company met the case. This provided— " That the guard must not on any account leave his train while it is upon the line, except for the purpose of showing a signal." Reading this with the 84th rule, ho must not go more than 600 yards back. (The 84th rule provided that the guard shall go at least 600 yards back in case of accident.) If the jury were of opinion that the company's rules did not meet the case, then they would find a verdict accordingly. The jury then retired, and, after an absence of an hour and a quarter, returned into court with the following special verdict :—" That the deaths of John Burton an d Robert Meagher were caused by the inefficiency of the Eastern Counties Company's rules, in allowing a heavily laden cattle train to follow after the mail train at un limited speed, without telegraphic communication from the succeeding station." The above is a copy of the verdict as given in by the foreman ; but it is to be presumed that the word " suc ceeding" is an error for "preceding." It was, how ever, signed in due form, and the jury then dispersed. It is consolatory to be able to add that the Rev. Mr. Hepworth is the only surviving sufferer at present in the hands of the surgeons, with the exception of the fireman, and that both are considered out of danger. The company's books, as shown to us afterwards at the station, fully prove that the cattle train was duly tele graphed to Thetford on its starting from Wymondham. It left there at 9.30 according to the telegraphic mes sage dated Wymondham, and which message was re ceived at Thetford almost simultaneously, or indeed quite so—the entry in the receipt book at Thetford being 9.30 too. 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COUNTRY MARK ON 13 ,D—JAN• 0 # wheat at o ", r to . tas h il °l. a tilko.e d ius.7.llS:llPwslr°a:l4—nleige.76°llH 'lll' Oats, Peas, per it i r partr,„ Boiling Tick 3f AZIKof Beans, CHELMSFOR We had an ample supply of but millers and factors were and prices must bo quoted limited business at that reduce scriptions was is cheaper, wit Wheat, whito, old, per s. s. qr. 55 78 new 55 78 old 51 71 new 51 71 • 27 31 ▪ 29 37 • 23 30 70 74 72 76 red, Barley ...... Chevalier.. • Grinding . Malt Chevalier ....iv! 7, SC27 110,; Price, F , ••-- • Greenwich .. . C a l m Lothbury r Reading W Of°, Manchester W FogP . Skeffield N. llse Stoke-on-Trent Maryport . sti' Whiteb aven ro 4. g Lancaster .... F o , Carlisle F A,' Holyhead Liverpool Leeds Brighton ... Southampton N . Portsmouth ...... N. Fi 0 Poole ............... N . Fres" ogg i i, Winchileld N. Bristol E . Plymouth Exeter J .1 , Gloucester Cardiff N . W l l3 1, Swansea ... N.E Fil e. l ft" Haverford west ... N.E. lfa r" . s' Derby N.W Fi° ti fy Leicester E. FO O/ Nottingham Lowestoft - N. W Clef c oi Leamington........ N.E. Veil Cambridge . W... l 'l l ' 6'l4' Hague VT CIO • Ipswich Shrewsbury N. W T '.' if • Yarmouth N.W Fine cV . i Aberdeen . S.E.CIon c ol , Dundee 4 -,rlfr Perth - t. Edinburgh W Fiai fter Glasgow Berwick Sunderland , Darlington N . W F ro ` " / ' Scarborough ...... N . W ... York .... .. ........ N. W coil , i cly . Hull W . N .W. ... Cl o New castle vv . t REPOLI{ OF MR CORPORATION ° o i l; believed thata great stir is about to 1 1,,n of the City on the subject of the v' o rpo r proposed in Parliament for effecting c BIRTHS. OF A EON. On the 10th inst., at Goring Vica r 4 the lady of the R ev . W. 11. Stokes. OP A DAOGIITZ3. ce On the 12th inst., a t 83, Eaton - PI: Robert Daly. d t i 1/4 R R IED. At On the 11th inst., at Stoke Churcl i kielt" leod Baynes Cockraft, R.N., to Marl,o" daughter of Thomas Pr e ti ous , Esq., (Th yard, Devonport. • gbO tli el On the 10th inst., at Iver, Dual°, to di Drummond Ash, second son of the i s c s etD" f d incumbent of Lodsworth, to Georgisn'',. e ct° daughter of the Rev. R. M. Boultbee , '- Northamptonshire. DIED. On the 13th inst., at Worthing, Roa r. 1, Forbes, a ge d 67 . , OO' 4 On the 14th i ns t. , i n Gl oucest er -8(1,2—P widow of the l a t e Li eu t . -G eneral t he Arthur, Bart. 0 0 je d On the 2sth ult., at Scutari Hospit"A d. ceived at the b a ttl e of Inkerman, Majo r o OVr l of the 20th Regt, aged 37, second B° ,o, Yh Sharpe, Esq., of Birch Hall, Windlesb;' R OI" On the 7th inst., at Arrow, near ail Roberts, curate ofExhall and Wothel e '' the Alcester Union, aged 41. viro ref a At the Belvidere, Malvern-wells, a 6 tenant-Colonel Ale xan d er Colston, e4o,r, On the 10th inst., Wm. Francis Tie r' Guise, Beds. I " LONDON Printed and P u bli s h e d by 1 ,0 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Va . ': is Strand, in the Precinct of the Sw op ', Middlesex, Tuesday, January 16/ 1 COLCHESTER— JAN. 13 : 0 00 , A moderate supply of wheat. Many ';10 show their samples in the presen t un certal, ,% cal affairs, but where sales were presse d 5 11' , to 5s per qr was submitted to. Barley wl s h ips! cheaper. In beans and peas scarcely stnY va Prices to-daywere as follow :—W ll °', t 2 2get ° red, 663 to 72s'; barley, 30s to 348 ; 4 000' Mazagan, 38s to 408; middle and small) white, 56s to 608; grey, 40s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of C in the port of London, from the folio the 7th to the 13th Jan., both inelusio iI I g -''-'' 5 : 164 ) i --- , Colchester — 400; ' 0 Harwich 383 186:1396 0 Leigh - -- P ' Maldon i 500 202 100: -- KIRKCALDY—Js . 15. il ii bd To-day we had a small supply of wh e3 . t ' 0 barley and oats. Sales slow at a retinct lO K O' qr. on wheat, and is to 2s per qr. on b 5 o :o, Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 „,,,, 0 First 74s Od 1 35s Od 1 ' 4 ,,` . : 0 Second 6ss Od I 33s Od 1 ~,: 0 Third 60s Od 30s Od I '''" ' - - COAL MARKET.—JA.S. 15, its I 0 0 Privs of Coal per ton at the close 0 . pd, NO Y s. d. Bate's West Hartley 19 (' Lawson •••'";, •% Burnhope Chester Main asting's Hartley l7 90 0 F Bra ra d in d w y e ll iiv ., i; o , , ,, M 20 3 Kepier e r3v o Howard's West Hartley Hetton LP ) „/ Netherton ' 20 0 Plummer ,',V North Percy Hartley _l9 0 South He t " Stobart's Hartley ......„16 6 Cassop ....''', o Taufield Moor l7 3 Ilartlepo° l o 2, Taufield Moor Butes 17. 3 Heugh. o3 ...,' Walker Primrose ... 15 2 Kelloe ...,•'' .., West Hartley 2O 0 Tees .•••" .../ Wylam l9 0 Trilanlo . '"' . 1 ' . Whitworth ':',, Wallsend, &c. Acorn Close Gosforth Harton 1 1 1 9 09 9 0 0 L DE o ve w erwn lii ii° i cil'3:°;" • ___,...e-- 4 a SEABORNE MAO' ' ................,1)..............,. Of (N signifies that the malls are sent (ran t i lt) by the night—and M by the morning----de -........---___,............_......./.......- . , . 16 : ' Day yet= made 11l o f / COUNTRIES.' hi General poet- .... , : y Mice, London. * T ) i ---_..- Gib Amerlea(byßrit.pack)N Avery Friday •• • • 6 ' America. (by United Sts. G ive,- / packet) ........../s America (by U. States Id; packet) ..........N g ill' • L n Australia (via • South- • ! ampton) ..., „ _AI Jan. 4 ..... .... .• 14 iJ 9 -D ° Ditto (via Marseilles) N au. ......... .• Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa (West Coast) . : N 23d of tt:e fuer:tb ' : 7 1 / 00 0 , & A1exandr1a..........N 8,9, 24, 20 of m. IN _, Alexandria..........m lth & 20th of mon. t.,toe, Bahamas ...........bi 17th of the month Belgium ............ic Da11y...... - • • • • Dui`' Brazil 9th of the month.. t'o'tior•' Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month • • ''''..4.4 5 ` Cape of Good Hope ..N Ilr , Cape of Good Hope ..N ar o, Cape do Verds .....N 9th of th e month .v Ceylon (see India) d', Ceylon ............,.N Tit i Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&Frll • l a o - Lit." Chi 11.............. „l‘i 2d & 17th of mout h . ~ China (see India) 130 4 6 1' Constantinople ......N 8,13, 1.6,23,&28 ofw aoa to ~ Censtantinople-.......... it,ll is 20th 0f 1 11011 ' .",,yar '. Cont. of Europe MEs 14 Twice daily ..... ' .. Egypt (see India) . pol: b e f og France ........ M& 17 Twice da ll 7',„7: A cv. Sa u ''' . „1 1 Gibraltar .. .. M 4, 7, 17,20, 2 ' , thsto , 1 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........M 17th Oar , i 2nd & 0 1 th n' S ;'°3„:l)°:'4P.' Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday„, a lio"' fl oe .. , Flnvannah .... ~....M 2nd of t '''' .• •• - tna thae l ,; Rolland ............M Daily .• • ••• .. o nth. '''' ,u•• lionduras Xi 17th of ale ‘ l ' It M in e tnaiao-ias.;.ll;l;;.i.Sai .th so eoth of DV • ou ier • ' , India (via Marseilles).M.9thgc 25th of mon th i , 0r.., , lonian Isles (see Indla)'7, 17, & 27 of mon 'ri o v t,ll l _,, e ' Ireland ~ ......M & N Twice daily ...• •• L t itlav, Lisbon .............. 31 7,9, 17, & 27 of 10. • ' - et e o: Madeira ...... „ „ „ ,„ N 9th of the mouth .(,),, Madeira .. ......Ml9th of the nleutti vier Malta a t e a i India ) : ;3 , d is c , f a m 2 o B n s tii f : 03 ) 13,04 Mauritius (ace India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the mon th Mexico of the znonth.:l_,„o/ Naples ........N iethlsth2sthofm ot t Now Granada ..5i.... 2d& 17th of mentni4fie , New Zealand By private skip •• Papal States ........N sthisth2st h o hnon.i s m o si i •- Peninsula .• •• Ithi7th27thoiinc rb ,4 , Para 1.1 & Tith of inoll.4' o l Port Natal ...• •• .• ..N By private skip. • , I.;•,,pir; Sicily .. ...... ....N ithlsth2sthofut on,• oP" Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sthefinon. t;ti Venezuela ..... 31 2d So 17th of month Van Diemen's Land (sec Australia) 41, So' West Indies 2d& 17th ofmon. When any of these dates fall on a Sunc , kiiiiii patched on the following day. with the c le Southampton), and the Malta, both of will'ogill preceding day. • WIND AND FP EATIISI ' Mme/ P l - Stations. Course of v.ad, 1 ,, 1 / 1 111 ,' -tao s Ede aci '+lxtan PR kgeonl3l Ls k e d e u tli d n form a 's kny Itttlnda.. L°A from sotite; ZeZitY. r , DetWe, 4 `l` ° kATE kr t he RE, u SFeen e2 44 ft , r,; '°1 or lelore 1 Se w zNivetli Y o rth , rn rk to „The he t ' par ea es ,„A DDlic pl) 'tatia a 4 . 1 tot in , nu I,`'•er t Prey 4 , an d Utile I 11 A tio4 t t ° ,llllb, bh' qtt, tth av \.... `,,..... ct u tn s gtrer:th '' ro ..*- "` I. "k, i -,..__,_. 1140