The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-22 00:00:00

A FEW FACTS AND A PARTING WORD ON THE GUARDS' PETITION. London, Dec. 19. "One who has served Six Years in the Cavalry and the same time in the Infantry," in writing tiontaslntetmhe porary, says there are yet some few po much-talked of Guards' Memorial which should be And as a simple llus. made plain to the public at large. tration of the enormous advantages " the Brigade i has hitherto had over the rest of the army in the matter of promotion, I would refer your readers to last night's War-Office Oaa tte. In it we find a Captain of the 84th Regiment, by name William Radcliffe, who (after a ser vice of 24 years in various par's of the world—after having purchased all his commissions, and whose corps, after being, since 42 18, in the Madras Pr es id ency , i s now in Burmah), last night, the 18th of December, 1855, re ceives the rank of Brevet Major. Not one day has this gentleman been upon half-pay since, in 1831, he re ceived his first commission, and yet Guardsmen in their Memorial talk of the great hardship of having to wait 24 years for the rank of full Colonel, after having passed the whole of their time in London, and on a service so absurdly easy as to be much more fitting for yeomanry, a national guard, or trainbands of military-inspired citi zens, than for regular soldiers. Another point I would like to explain to civilians is this : these " mounted officers or acting majors " (of whom the Guards' Memorial makes so much mention, and who are thought to be ill-used, because it is only after three years service as such they can obtain the rank of full Colonel) have merely an arbitrary rank ; and moreover the practice of making the Senior Captains (remember these officers, although Lieutenant-Colonels in the army, are but Captains in the Guards) acting field officers in the absence of their superiors, exists in every regiment of Infantry in the service. I have seen regi ments of the Line in the colonies, where, owing to one Major being in England with the depot, and the other perhaps on leave, the two Senior Captains did for years the duties of mounted officers. But for this, the unfor tunates of the Line—the mere hard-working drudges of the army—receive not one particle of advantage in any way. A Line Captain who has to do Major's duty, has to find himself in a horse, and to keep that quadruped out of his pay without any extra allowance. As to any prospective advantages in regard to promotion, snob exist not in the line. On the other hand, in the Guards, after three years' duty as a mounted officer, a Cap tain in the corps receives the rank of full Colonel in the army, and starts fair in the race for the highest grades, with men who have worked their way to that point through the most deadly climates and the weapons of every savage land. Such, I say, are the existing rules of the service, and really when men " ask for more," as the Guards have done, the patience of the public will hardly endure the impudence of the request. Knowing as I do scores of veterans who have re spectively for more than s quarter of a century been working their way up the list, and who have sacrificed health, comfort, family ties, and fortune for promo tion, the cool impudence of the Guards' petition fills me with indignation. If any man thinks I speak too strongly, let him take up " Hart's Army List," and read over the list of officers in any of the following corps—the 9th and 12th Lancers, the 14th Dragoons, the Bth, 10th, 24th, 27th, 29th, 35th, 37th, 43d, 52d 53d, 60th, 61st, 64th, 70th, 74th, 75th, 78th, 81st, 83d, 84th, 86th, 87th, 98th, Ceylon Rifles, or either of the West India Regiments, and then compare the pe riod the senior officer of each rank in these battalions has served with the time those in the Guards have borne her Majesty's commission. I will take one single instance, that of Lieutenant-Colonel Williamson, of the 27th Regiment. This officer has been thirty years in the army ; was never on half-pay ; has served in Eu rope, Asia, Africa, and America ; has purchased all his commissions except the last (which be obtained when the regiment was augmented in May, 1854, to go to India), and yet he will not obtain the rank of full colonel until May, 1857. Compare this gentleman's *claims with those of the ill-used Guardsmen. In the same corps the two Majors have been respectively 30 and 26 years on full pay, but neither of them are Brevet Lieutenant- Colonels, and the senior Captain has been 18 years on full pay, but is not yet a Brevet Major ; in fact, he would only rank with the subalterns of the Guards ; and now allow me to draw your attention to another cir cumstance respecting this much-talked-of petition. It is now certain that Prince Albert, the Duke of Cam bridge, and Lord Strafford—the three colonels of the three regiments—have signed the document. Of the latter nobleman I would speak with all the reverence due to a soldier who has served his country for 63 years, and who consequently cannot be a young man. Let his age, and the Peninsular as well as the Waterloo decora tions which he wears, be his excuse for what he has • done, and our apology fur silence respecting him. As regards the Prince Consort and the Royal Duke, is not their acting as they have done a lamentable in stance of their utter ignorance which (in high places) prevails respecting public opinion iu this country ? It there are in all England two men who aro eagerly catch ing at every occasion to make themselves popular with the public at large, those two are Prince Albert and the Duke of Cambridge. It must be obvious to all, that hal they had the slightest idea that the knowledge of this petition being even prepared would have called forth the storm of popular indignation which it has amused, neither one ncr the other would ever have lent his name to the undertaking. And yet every person in the middle or higher classes would, if previously ques tioned, have been perfectly able to foretel the certain conseluences of any such attempt to foist the private interests of the " upper crust " above those of the army at large. How such men as Colonels Wood, Upton, and Moncrieffe, the three Lieutenant-Colonels of the Regiments of Guards, were mad enough either to sign or sanction the petition ie truly a marvel. I had written thus far, when a letter by the lait mail from India reached me. The writer is an old and valued friend, who after serving his country for twenty years in the East, and having paid for all his various commis sions, finds himself still a captain, and, although able and willing to purchase, without any hope or prospect of promotion. One portion of his letter is so apropos to my subject that I ant sure you will hold mo excused f.-r quot.ng it entire. It would almost seem as if by some magical means the writer, though stationed in the Upper Provinces of India, had been made acquainted with the pretensions now put forward by " the Brigade," and had determined to show how the working portion of the army look upon the privileges which this most favoured irpe already enjoys. Ifere is the extract from his Ater : It is reported here that a number of Queen's regiments aro to be sent from India to the Crimea this cold weather. Of course we all look forward to the chance of meeting a European enemy with no little pleasure and anxiety ; but still there aro some considerations respecting such a • move, which to old soldiers like myself are by no means consoling. What would the past services I, and many others belonging to the royal army in Judie can beast of, avail me in the Crimea? As you know, I was under Lord Keane, in the first Affghan campaign ; under Pollock, at the taking of Caboul ; under Gough, at Gwalior ; and in the Punjaub campaign of 1844-15, as \tell as 1848-49. Out of 20 years' service I have spent but two at home, and of those two was obliged to do twelve months' duty at the depot. I have four medals on my breast, and two of these have claps. All my patr i mony has been expended in pnr ehasiug my commissions, and my brother is now ready to buy me a majority. Yet' if I go to the Crimea I should run the chance, if detached, with a party of the Foot Guards, of being commanded by boys who entered the ser vi,e after I obtained my present rank. To say nothing of the double promotion these drawing-room soldiers enjoy at every step, nearly h a lf t h eir subalterns have therank of Major (and many of them are Lieutenant-Colonels) in the army. The latest Army Li s t I h ave by me is ot' and in it I see that in the Grenadier Guards ther e aro no , less than seven Lieutenants who are Brevet Majors in the army, whilst the other two regiments have together eleven officers, who, although mere subalterns in their corps, are Majors in the Army. so that, in all, the Guards have no less than eighteen Lieutenants, who, by virtue of their being Field Officers, can command, in the trenches or elsewhere men who were Captains before there youngsters left school. Now, as there are in the Queen's troops in India very many officers who have been a long time in the junior ranks, a great deal of discontent would be caused were we to join the army in the Crimea. Th e officers of the Line who have gained brevet rank since the war broke out are quite of a different list. Their good fortune no one objects to, for it has been fairly achieved, but the Guards' system of promotion is an infamous in justice on the rest of the army, for it is by their double steps—by their Lieutenants being Captains and their Captains Lieutenant-Colonels -that they gradually creep upwards and fill every high position throughout the ser vice, although, goodness knows, their experience is of the very smallest. Of the 10 Captains in the 9th Lancers have bad upwards of 18 years' service, and of these 8 but two aro Brevet Majors, which they gained by being men tioned in general orders, and, with one exception, all the 10 have been in action over and over again. So of the 14th Dragoons, in which all the Captains save one have been repeatedly in the field against the enemy, but of which no one holds brevet rank, although they have to a man been each upwards'of 12, and some more than 20 years in the army. Compare this with the Guards, many cf !whom, although but Lieutenants in their corps (and who but 7 Veers ago were at school), are now Brevet Majors, and would command men who have nearly a quarter of a eentnry'a experience. Surely this shows that great reforms are wanted in the service—that th e iniquitous be done away with —i f we want an army in which every good officer can h ave t h e same chance of winning the prime In times of peace we heed not the advantages of the favoured regiments ; but i n war, when every officer looks forward to rising in the service, the injustice of being j shoved aside by men who started years later in the race, is too glaring, too insulting to common sense. Such are the opinions of one of the best officers and most gallant soldiers now holding her Majesty's cam miFs.on, and I art certain that the sentiments he ex presses are held by ninety-nine men out of every hundred who are serving in the cavalry or infantry of the Line. If the hundredth officer does not think like the others, it is Lecause he hopes by his int erest to p as s from the Line to the Guards. And now for your correspondent "A Civilian," w h o in your paper of yesterday says that in my various letters on the eubject of rectifying army abuses I have "never yet touched on what, after all, lies at the root of the evil —the well-nigh ineradicable vice of aristo crac y , not only i n the Guards, but permeating every branch of the rrne I force of this country." In a great measure this is corre, but not altogether so. The officers of the Eo lish army may be divided into three cl asses, namely :— g 1. Those who have money, and by means of their wealth look fo rward to making their way in the service. 2. Those who, in addition to money, have good in terest. 3. Such as have neither one nor the other, and hope by their good conduct and professional knowledge to get o❑ in the army. To the first class nearly all the officers of our Cavalry regiments may be said to belong, as in that branch money carries the day against every other advantage. To the second belong the Guards, and a very nume tong class for whom unattached promotion, staff appoint snorts, and brevet rank, make matters pleasant until THE SIIN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22 1855 . they obtain so good a start in the service that others less fortunate have no chance whatever in the race. The third comprises the working men of the army— those who do most and receive least—who are to be found either in Cavalry regiments in India or in Infan try corps all over the world—the Cape, the Mauritius, Barbadoes, or New Zealand. It is only in the second of these three classes that " the well-nigh ineradicable vice of aristocracy" exists to such an extent as to impede and binder every attempt at reform of our military system. But your correspondent is so far right, that a certain leaven of this blight upon our army is to be met with in almost every corps; and there are many officers, although of plebeian origin themselves, are idiots enough to copy the stray members of that oligarchy which at the sam e time crushes and curses our service. I have met with many men holding commissions in the army, although well known to be the sons of wealthy, worthy trades men—who owed the very lace on their jackets to their fathers having succeeded in amassing honest and honour able fortunes behind counters—turn up their noses and express their surprise at the bare notion of any one wish ing for any change in the system which promoted men on account of their long purses or aristocratic connexions. But there is a numerous body of officers who wish for an entire and thorough change throughout the army, and these men are the best soldiers we have. To this class belong all those that have risen from the ranks, as well as the very much larger number who are the sons of poor gentlemen, if clergymen, lawyers, doctors, re tired officers, and such like. These men are seldom to be found upon the Staff, for having no relations hol ling high commands they are not deemed worthy of distinc tion. It is by them the men are led in forlorn hopes, and it is to their superior judgment we owe those occa sional victories over the system of routine, which show that an Englishman can, if he sets his mind to it, master the difficulties of his profession, and become as good a soldier as his French neighbour. They—the sons of poor gentlemen—form the class that officers almost ex clusively the East India Company's army ; and who in that, as well as in our own service, succeed, for the same reason as our barristers, merchants, doctors, and other professional men, make their way in the world. These officers—of whom we have a splendid sample in Sir Colin Campbell—speak not, as the Guards do in their petition, of their " vested rights" in the service. They know that amongst many of their aristocratic, monied, and influential comrades they are looked upon as the pariahs of the army. But, like all the Anglo- Saxon race, the greater their difficulties the more the energy shown to overcome them ; and so, in spite of everything, we find—not many, but here a few and there a few—officers who, in length of time, rise in the service ; and when they rise, they always shine as lights in the terrible darkness of our military world. The curse of the English army is the acknowledgment by the authorities that " vested rights" or " vested in terests" are of paramount importance to the public ser vice. Commissions are regarded by the first and second classes into which I have divided our officers as much their own private property as are their horses, dogs, er houses. What they have purchased they expect to sell, or what has been acquired by interest they hope, when they have no further use of the post, to transmit to some one of their own caste. Is not this Memorial of the Guards, which every one is speaking of, and which all men condemn, a case in point Guardsmen object that their " vested interests" should be interfered with, and positively argue that a - nertain number of years' service in London—in each of which years four months are spent where these gentlemen like—slionld count equally for promotion to the higher grades with long years spent in climates most prejudicial to the European health, and where lives are lost by disease as well as by the hand of the enemy. Read it as we may, this Memorial is truly one of the most astounding documents that has ever emanated from the pen of any man. To discuss it more in detail would be useless, as it has already been pub lished to the world at largo ; but as a parting word to those who are interested in the prayer of the document being granted, I may be allowed to make a few remarks. When the Guards can bring forward instances of " Lieu tenants and Captains" in " the Brigade" being of 16, 18, and even 20 years' service (without having obtained any brevet rank whatever), and all that time upon full pay, as is the case amongst the Captains in the Ist Royale, the 4th, 6th, Bth, 10th, 11th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 24th, 27th, and a host of other regiments far too nurne rens to mention— and this amongst men who have fought in every quarter of the globe—then may the Prince, the Royal Duke, and other officers of these corps petition her Majesty f increased privileges with some show of justice and some chance of their prayer being granted. Would that the publics at large—the people who pay the army---could be roused from their apathy regarding military matters and persuaded to inquire a little more respecting the system. Inquiry is all that is needed, in order to expose the thorough rottenness of the whole system from top to bottom. Take one of the facts which the discussions upon this petition have disclosed. The entire patronage of the Guards is in the hands of the three Colonels of " the Brigade," and Guardsmen them selves acknowledge that until the promulgation of the new warrant rather more than a fair share of their body obtained the rank of General Officer. It follows, then, that the greater number of our Generals are virtu idly the nominees of this triumvirate. This may be pleasant enough for all parties in times of peace, but during a great war no wonder that we are sorely puzz;ed where to look for commanders. To your correspondent " Civilian," and to all others who are interested in the question of army reform, I would strongly recommend a not very expensive work called Hart's Army List. It is published by Murray, of Albemarle-street, and costs only five shillings. In it the enormous advantages which the Guards as a corp.+, and individual officers who in other corps belong to the "upper crust," enjoy over their less fortunate brethren, will be directly aril clearly seen, Out of evil good often comes, and I believe that this attempt of the Guards t regain those advantages which, by long endured abuse, they formerly possessed, will result in larger measures of army reform than twelve months ago any person would have hoped for. Where the service of the State is concerned, no advantages of either purse or social position should for a moment be considered. If we must have a Brigade of Guards with double rank at each step, let the officers consist entirely of such as have pre viously distinguished themselves in the Line, and who, in consequence of thci' gallantry, have obtained promo tion into the household troops. The present privileges these corps possess, and the way in which such are distributed, might have been thought very right and proper in 1637 (the date when the Captains of the Guards were made Lieutenant-Colonels in the army) ; but at the present day they are about as much out of place as the arquebase o f a cen t ury an d a h a lf ago would be in the hands of a modern foot soldier wearing his scarlet tunic and "Albert hat." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT. —MAIDSTONE, DEC. 20. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) THE CUDHAM MURDER. At the sitting, of the court this morning, Robert Timms Palin, 22, described as a shoemaker, was placed at the bar to plead to an indictment which charged him with the wilful murder of Jane Beagley. The prisoner, who is a very young-looking man, pleaded not guilty. He was unprovided with counsel, but upon a request made to the Court at the commence ment of the assize., his lordship requested Mr. Denman to defend the prisoner, and that learned gentleman im mediately undertook the task. It will be remembered that the murder was of the most brutal description, and that at the same time the life of the deceased was taken, her mother, a very aged woman, who lived in the same cottage, also received very dreadful injuries, apparently inflicted while she was in bed asleep, and who has never since entirely.recovered. The prisoner, who is what is called a ticket-of-leave convict, was at once suspected, and the police appeared to have exercised very great zeal and vigilance in getting up the case against him. Mr. Clark and Mr. Barrow conducted the prosecution; the prisoner, as above stated, was defended by Mr. Denman. The learned counsel for the prosecution opened the case in a very clear and temperate manner ; and after remarking upon the dreadful character of the offence im puted to the prisoner, he said that the case against him would not entirely rest upon what was termed circum stantial evidence, but he said that when the jury had heard all the facts he should lay before them, he was afraid that, as reasonable and conscientious men, they could only come to one conclusion, which was that the prisoner, and the prisoner only, could have committed the crime. George Beagley said—l live at Cudham, in this county. The deceased was my wife. She was 44 years of age. Our cottage is on the road-side, between Bromley and Westerham. There is no other cottage less than 30 yards from ours, and a wood is directly opposite. There are three rooms in the cottage, and they all face the road. At the time of this occurrence I and my wife, my son, and my mother occupied the cottage. I and my wife slept in the middle room of the three, and my mother slept in the inner room. The door of the cottage opens into the kitchen. On Saturday, the 25th August, I went out of the cottage to my work about 20 minutes past five in the morning. I had to go three-quarters of a mile to my work. I to not u le illy return home to my dinner. I called my son before I went out, but ho was in the cot tage when I left. My wife was in bed, but I cannot say whether she was asleep or awake. I returned home about seven in the evening, and when I arrived at the house I found the kitchen shutters closed as I had left them in the morning, and the curtains of the bed-room were also in the state I had last seen them. I found the front door was locked. It was open when I went out in the morning, and the key inside in the lock. I looked through the keyhole, and saw that the key had been taken out. I sent my son, who was with me, to see if the key was laid up any where, and I walked as far as my mother's bed-room window, and I heard her groaning in the room. I then went to my own bed-room window and found it was not fastened, and I pushed it up and went into my bed room. I did not see anything that attracted my atten tion at that time, and I went on to my mother's bed room, and I fuund her sitting on her bed " in a very dis habille state." She was all covered with blood. I asked her what was the matter, and she said she did not know. I then went back into my own room, and saw my wife's shoes and stockings lying where she - had pulled them off the night before by the side of the bed, and her dress was hanging across the foot of the bed, and that the bed was not made. I put my hand on the bed and found some thing there, and I pulled the clothes down, and found my wife there sadly ill-used, and the blood was flowing from several wounds on her head, and she was dead and cold. I gave an alarm, and proceeded to the house of neighbour, and when I returned I ascertained that the key of the front door had been taken away. Upon ex amining the house I found that a box in my wife's bed room had been broken open, and all the ; things in it tumb'ed about. My wife always had some money, and I had given her 155., and my son 7e. , on the Saturday night before. The pocket in which she usually kept her money was lying by the side of the bed quite empty. There was a small moneybox in the box that had been broken open, and I found it with a piece cut out of it, and no money in it. I did not know that my wife had the small money-box. When I wont out in the morn ing I left about a pound of cheese on the table, and this had been taken away. On the Monday after this I missed a pair of trousers and a coat and waistcoat. These clothes were generally kept on a horde by the side of our bed. Superintendent Handly afterwards showed me a box that had been taken from the house. I also was shown the key of the front door that had been taken away. The box I saw was one that my wife used as a work-box, and it was not kept in any particular place. I believe it was found in the privy. Cross-examined —My cottage is as near to Cud barn as it is to Westerham. Superintendent Handly 'produced a map of the road and a plan of the cottage, and he proved that the dis tances were all correctly marked. The witness Beagley was then further cross-examined by Mr. Denman , and ne pointed out various places upon the plan. He then proceeded to state that, when he re turned home on the Saturday evening, he did not see the tongs lying in the kitchen. The first person he alarmed was a neighbour named Lee, but she did not come to his cottage. He had never seen the small money -box be fore. He at first thought that some of his wife's clothes had been taken, but he did not now believe that this was the case, and he did not think that any were missing. After the occurrence he mentioned the name of a person to some of the officers, whom he suspected to have com mitted the crime. He had suspicions of another man. That man was taken into custody, but he did not appear against him. Re-examined—This man was discharged from custody. By the Court—He knew nothing against this man but what he was told. William Beagley said—l am the son of the last wit ness, and I lived with him at his cottage at Cudham. On the morning of Saturday, the 25th of August, I saw my father leave the cottage. I went to my work about half past 5 or twenty minutes to 6 o'clock. At this time my mother was in her bed, and I believe she was asleep. My grandmother was also in bed when I went oat. The key of the front door was in the lock when I left, and I closed the door on the latch. I work with my father, at Mr. Christie's, Aberfield, and I was at work the whole day, and returned home shortly after my father. I saw him get into the window, and I followed him, and saw my mother dead on the bed. I did not miss anything that belonged to me that night, bet on the Monday fol lowing I missed a jacket, trousers, and waistcoat. I I have seen them since, and they are the same now ) pro duced. His trousers had been lent to a man named Gibson, a short time before, bet he had returned them. Robert Jackson said—l live at Cudham. I remember Saterday morning, :the 25th August. I was mowing oats in a field at the back of Beagley's cottage on that morning, and about 20 minutes past six o'clock I Few a man run across a clover field close by us. The pri soner at the bar is the man I saw. By the Court—l was certain the prisoner was the man when I was examined before the magistrate. By Mr. Denman—When I was before the coroner, I said I thought the prisoner was like the outline and age of the man I saw in the field ; I am quite sure that it was I who " helloed" to the prisoner. The depositions made by the witness before the magis trates at Bromley, and before the coroner, were put in and read. In the former, the witness said that the pri soner was like the man he saw, and in the latter, he said he was sure the prisoner was the man. William Crane, another labouring man, spoke posi tively to the fact of the prisoner being the man who ran across the clover field. The witness was cross-examined at some length upon the subject of the identity of the prisoner, but nothing material was elicited tending to shake his testimony upon the point. Jesse Tremaine, another labouring man, gave evidence to the same effect. Upon cross-examination he did not appear to have been so positive as to the identity of the prisoner the first time he was examined as he was upon the second. James Handley said—l am superintending constable at West Kent, stationed at Sevenoake. From informa tion I received I went to Croydon and met the prisoner. He had:a bundle, which he carried under his arm. I asked him what was in the bundle, and told him to untie it, and I found it contained a jacket, waistcoat, and trousers, and as they were not the articles I then see pected had been stolen from the cottage, I told him to tie the bundle up again, and allowed him to go on, and he said he was proceeding to London to look for work. I believe that the articles in the bundle were the same now produced. After that I went again to Beagley's house to make a search, and on the privy-seat I found the street-door key, and a small box, and a number of articles were strewed upon the floor. Near to the privy there was a hedge, and, upon examining it, I observed a trace as if some person had been over a clump of roots, and broke through the hedge into a meadow which joins the above field, spoken of by the former witnesses. Cross -examined—I went to Croydon in consequence of information I received from the husband of the de ceased woman ; but I did not go in search of the pri soner, but another man. James Johnson, a police-constable of the R division, n i w d ne — i nn t h: troo of m in September the house f o o uAu r rs i nfdeteaeorrt of o o n a w l m ha irnteg namedee I i d v d in I :NGf w l ao e ru n kc t • i Is n vt e t hr h es e he l er er e about na o b ed one o'clock upstairs, in aiu the a morning. td he thec said Cudham." dr stoo l mn he: m rfao, Robert,nddo br eet dressed, sa e pi o emd wane vs nea very r . by the bed s id e on a stool, and I asked him s y w o o u m u c e h fo c e r l x o c t t i h h t e a e s d t if they were his, and be replied that they were. I then sa je, "Then I believe they are the clothes that were lost from the cottage where the woman was murdered." The prisoner asked tele if I could swear to them, and I said it was not my place to do so. He then said he bought them from a man. I asked what man, and lie said, " I seppose the man they were looking for on the Sunday morning when they stopped me in Croydon." Ere afterwards maid that he had these clothes when they stopped him. I then took the prisoneerstaoidßirtomwalesy, quiteand I was examined before the ma g istrates. T he prisoner did not ask me any questions in cross-exami nation, but right whe what nlha l d ha g d i v s e ta n te m d . T Examination continued my evidence, he h pris prisoner put on the clothes he now wears, and he had t he hat that has b een produced. Several other witnesses were examined with a view to contradict the statements of the prisoner as to the pur chase of the clothes, and the places where be had repre sented he had been on the night preceding the murder and the morning afterwards. The case for the prosecution was closed between seven and eight o'clock, and the Court was adjourned, the High Sheriff (Sir Walter James) providing the necessary accommodation for the jury. __ __ _ _ DECEMBER 21. At 9 o'clock this morning the trial was proceeded with. Mr. Denman made a most able address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. After observing upon the fact that the case against him rested entirely upon circum stantial evidence, he went through the testimony of each witness, and contended that the facts before the jury were not sufficient to justify them in returning a verdict —the effect of which must necessarily be the sacrifice of the life of the prisoner. The learned Judge summed up the case with great care and minuteness ; and the jury, after a long delibe ration, returned a verdict of not guilty. From the London Gazette of Last Night. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Fer gusson, Esq., F.R.S., to be Surgeon Extraordinary to her Majesty. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Samuel Metcalfe Latham as Vice-Consul at Dover for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh-Schwerin. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 21. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Joseph Tncker Crawford, Esq., to be her Majesty's Judge, and Francis Lousada, Esq., to be her Majesty's Arbitrator, in the Mixed Court establi-3hed at Havana, under the Treaty of the 28th of June, 1835, between Great Britain and Spain, for the abolition of the Slave Trade. CROWN OFFICE, DEO. 21. MEMBER RETURNED TO SMITE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT • County of Meath.—Edward MacEvoy, Esq., of Foberti nan, in the county of Mea th , in the room of Frederick Lucas, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, DEO. 21. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Richard Myddleton Bid dulph, Gent., to be Cornet and sub-Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice r osvenor, promoted. Ist Dragoons—Cornet W. H. Cutler to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Basset, who retires. 7th Light Dragoons—Assistant-Surgeon William Edge worth Lynch, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice A. F. H. Lynch, who exchanges. 11th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant C. R. Vansittart to be Captain, by purchase, vice Ennis, who retires ; Cornet and Adjutant John Yates to have the rank of Lieutenant ; Cornet Edward Cludde Cockburn to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vansittart. Royal Artillery—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Hugh Crawford Walshe, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Best, promoted on the Staff; Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Thomas Jerram Orton to be Assistant-Surgeon, vie) Park, pro moted on the Staff. Coldstream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Bre vet-Major Charles Baring to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Lieutenant-Colonel P. G. H. Somerset, C.D., who retires ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major George Lord Bingham to be Adjutant, vice Honourable P. Fielding, promoted. Scots Fusilier Guards—Christopher Peach Pemberton, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mitford, who retires. For George Perry, Gent ,to be As sistant-Surgeon, dated Ist of June, 1855, which appeared in the Gazette of that date, Read Acting-Assistant-Surgeon George Perry to be Assistant-Surgeon, dated 29th of January, 1855. 4th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Winniett to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major C. J. Bartley, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Sub stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Octo ber, 1851; Ensign Edward Bromhead to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Winniett ; Lieutenant A. C. Twentyman, from the London Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bromhead; Lieutenant Richard Alexander Law to be Adjutant, vice Manic, who resigns the A djutantcy only. 6th Foot—Lieutenant Walter Tyler Bartley to bo Ad jutant, vice Leo, promoted. 7th Foot—Lieutenant John Mac Henry to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Heyland, who has been promot 41 to the Substantive Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851; Ensign M. Watson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carpenter, promoted. Bth Foot—Lieutenant T. M. Vincent, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Herrick, who exchanges. 10th Foot—Ensign Home Purvis to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beatty, who retires. 17th Foot—Thomas Rochfort Hunt, Gent., to bo En , sign, without purchase, vice Hartwell, promoted. 28th Foot—Ensign Thomas Pinniger, from the 58th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 31st Foot—Major Robert John Eagar, from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Lumley, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Robert Place Gould to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major R. J. Eager, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Ensign H. R. Cromartie to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gould ; Lieutenant John B. Phillipson, from the Shropshire Mi litia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cromartie. 36th Foot—Rhinardt Gun, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase. 39th Foot—Richard Albert Vorcoe Pope, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nicholls, promoted. 45th Foot—Arthur G. Smith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Douglas, promoted in the 96th Foot. 48th Foot —Lieutenant F. C. Trent to be Captain, by purchase, vice Herbert, who retires. 50th Foot—Brevet-Major Edward George Hibbert to be Major, by purchase, vice Frampton, who retires. 55th Foot—Ensign Edwin Charles Hilton to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Morgan, whose promotion, by pur chase, on Aug. 31, has been cancelled. 58th Foot—Edward Thomas Pinniger, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Hingeston, promoted ; Lieutenant Charles Henry S. Jones, from the 4th West York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Pinniger, appointed to the 28th Foot. 00th Foot—William Henry Napier, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Fox, pro moted. . _ . _ 62,1 Foot—Captain John Charlewood, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Williams, who exchanges; Lieutenant Bovine Ramsay to be Captain, by purchase, vice Charlewood, who retires. 77th Foot—Lieutenant M. A. Waters to be Adjutant, vice Morgan, promoted. 78th Foot—Ensign James Sinclair, from the 79th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Walsh, promoted. 91st Foot—Nicholas Maurant Brock, Gent., to bo En sign, by purchase, vice Burton, promoted. 92d Foot—Robert Alexander Emmet, Gent., to he En sign, by purchase, im succession to Lieutenant Shafto, who retires. 97th Foot—Lieutenant George H. Hibbert-Ware to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Henry George Woods, whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October ; Ensign C. M'Kay to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hibbert-Ware. The promotions of the undermentioned Officers were on the strength of the establishment,and have been ante-dated to 9th September :—Ensigns D. J. D. Safford, J. C. Mintb, and T. W. Sheppard. To be Ensigns, without Purchase—Serjeant-Major Robert Smith ; Henry Gran tham Fulford, Gent. To be Adjutant—Ensign Robert Smith, vice Whitehead, promoted. Rifle Brigade —Ensign Andrew Green to be Lieutenant, without purchase. The promotion, by purchase, of En sign Andrew Green, as stated in the Gazette of the 7th September, 1855, has been cancelled. The promotion of Lieutenant G. L. Austin, on the 31st August last, ahoul I have been gazetted as in succession to Lieutenant Flower, who has retired. let West India Regiment—Edward Smith, Gent. to be , Ensign, without purchaae. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant William Henry Herrick, from the Bth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Vin cent, who exchanges; Edward Thomas Oldfield, Gent., to without purchase,o s ia e _ be Ensign, by purchase , vice J. R . Thomson, promoted ; Thomas Purefoy, Gent. , t o be Ens i gn , without purchase, vice 'larger, promoted. Cape Mounted o be Ensign, RifienHi t e h n o r u y t R Rose Morin vice is Hum phreys, Gent., to kenzie, promoted. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Captain Robertson Larkins has been permitted to resign his commission. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALlON.—Quartermaster John Nowlin, half-pay 62d Foot, to bo Paymaster. UNArracHED.—Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Rowley Heyland, 7th Foot, to have the Substantive Rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. The undermentioned officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 :—Brevet-Major Henry George Woods, 97th Foot ; Brevet-Major George Cowol Bartley, 4th Foot ; Brevet-Major Robert John Eager, 31st Foot. STAFF.—Major-General Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., to be Quartermaster -General to the Forces, vice Major-Gene ral Freeth, who retires. Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Her bert, Unattached, to be Quartermaster-Genoral to the Forces serving in Turkey and the Crimea, vice Major- General Sir Rickard Airey, K.C.8., resigned. HosriTAL STAFF.—Staff-Surgeon of the First Class Thomas Galbraith Logan, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector- General of Hospitals, vice M'Grigor, deceased—Surgeon John Bent, from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice Logan, promoted. Assistant-Sur geon Thomas Parke, from the Royal Artillery, to be Staff- Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Walsho, a ppointed to the Royal Artillery. Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Henry Francis Lynch, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Lynch, who exchanges. Acting As sistant-Surgeon Wm. Morris to be A s sistant -Surgeon. Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Lyon has been permitted to resign his appointment. litia—Lieutenant Robert Beane to be Captain, vice Ben gougb, resigned ; Ensign George Fowler to be Lieutenant, vice Heano, promoted ; Ensign Henry Lo Patourel to be Lieutenant, vice Costley, gazetted to the 23d Fusiliers. let Rifle Regiment Royal Cornwall Rangers—Ensign William Courtsnay Vyvyan to be Lieutenant ; Ensign George Glanville Fortescue to be Lieutenant. . . Hampshire Militia.—Augustus John Bourke FeHowes, Gent., to be Ensign. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia.—John Richard Blake, Gent., late 6th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Seaton, promoted. NOTICE OF INTENDED DISTRIBUTION OF NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Account&!at-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Deo. 20. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian schooner Volga, captured on the 19th Juno, 1854, by her Majesty's ships Miranda and Eurydice, will commence on Monday, the 31st December, 1855, in the Prize Branch of the De partment of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-Rouse." Agents and other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, serving in the above-named ship, are re quested to present the same at this office. Any officer, seaman, marine, or other person, who may desire to receive his share from the collector of customs or inland revenue within the United Kingdom, is required to intimate the same by letter, to be addressed, " O❑ Prize Business, to the Secretary of the Admiralty, London," in which letter his own place of residence is to be precisely stated, as well as the place of the nearest collector of cus toms or of inland revenue, from whom it would be con ♦enient to receive such share of prize money. The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Captain. £92 0 7i Sacond class Third class l7 0 0 Fourth class Fifth class 6 1 6 Sixth class 45 9 4 Seventh class 3 12 11 Eighth class Ninth class 1 4 3 Tenth class Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 20, 1855. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and ma rines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distri bution of proceeds arising from the Danish schooner Magic, captured on the 4th Juno, 1854, by her Majesty's ship Archer, will commence on Thursday, the 10th January, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Depaitment of the " Ac countant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." The following are the shares duo to an individual in the several classes : Flag share £2l 0 5 Sixth class £3 8 1 Captain Second class Third class lO 11 6 I Ninth class 0 15 1 Fourth class Fifth class Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 20, 1855. Notice is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Dutch sloop Minima, captured on the 3d September, 1854, by her Ma jesty's ship Archer, will commence on Thursday the 10th January, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somer set-house." . . -- TieToilowing are the shareg duo to an individual in the several classes _ _ . Flag sharo Captain Second class Third class Fourth class Fifth class £ A. d. 4 6 0 10 4 6 2 8 9 1 18 11 1 5 0 0 13 11 £ B. d. Sixth class 0 12 6 Se zen th class 0 8 6 Eighth class 0 4 2 Ninth class Tenth class Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 20, 1855. Notice is hereby given to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian brig, name unknown, captured on the 27th April, 1851, by her Majesty's ship Furious and the ship-of-war Caton, belonging to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, will com mence on Monday, the 14th January, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house." The following are the shares due to an individual i❑ the several classes : Flag share Captain Second class 3 18 11 Eighth class 0 6 9 Third class ...... 3 3 0 Ninth class Fourth class 2 0 6 Tenth class Fifth class Department of tho Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House, Dec. 23. Notico is hereby given to the officers, seamen, and marines, and to all persons interested therein, that the distribution of proceeds arising from the Netherland galliot Do Vroux Alida, captured on the 25th May, 1854, by her Majesty's ship Archer, will commence on Thursday, the 10th Jammu, 1856, in the Prize Branch of the De partment of the " Accountant•G:meral of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house," The following are the shares due to an individual in the several classes : Flag share Captain £. s. cl. 5 3 2 12 5 2 3 5 2 2 12 0 1 13 5 0 18 8 £. s. d. Sixth class Seventh class Eighth class__ 0 5 7 Ninth class Tenth alms SeCond Third class .. Fourth class.. Fifth class .. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Thompson, book3eller, Sunderland. BANKRUPTS. William Beavan Martin, wine merchant, Mark-lane, to surrender Jan. 4, at twelve, and Feb. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba siughall-street ; Healey, Basinghall-street. Henry Kelly, builder, Arthur-street, New Oxford-street, Dec. 31 and Jan. 31, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official Assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rushbury, Surrey-street, Strand. John Joyce, baker, Bromley, Kent, Jan. 2, at two, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Matthews, Arthur-street West, London bridge. Samuel Henry Raeford, livery-stable keeper, Lewisham, Jan. 1, at two, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Chidloy, Gresham-street. John Hughes, maltster, Shrewsbury, Jan. 5 and 25, at eleven, at Birmingham. Whitmore, official assignee, 13ir inioghain ; Turner, Wolverhampton ; Motteram and Kuight, Birmingham. Thomas Morris, straw hat manufacturer, Hoxton New Town, Feb. 2, at half-past two, and Feb. 30, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; J. and C. Robinson, Queen -street-place, City. Daniel Gardner, pump maker, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Dec. 29, at hall-past twelve, and Feb. 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers ; Brady and Son, Staple-inn. Richard Longford, hotel and lodging-house keeper, Bath, Jan. 7 and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan, Bristol. William Wiffin and Frederick William King, card makers, Long-acre, Dec. 31st, at eleven, and Jan. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, olcial assig nee, Basingliall-street ; Stophor, Cheapside. Thos. Watson Nicholson, oil and flock merchant, Rook ery, Halifax, Jan. 11, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Ambler, Halifax ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. George Kay, boot and shoe make r , Y or k, J an . 11 , an d Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds Distri c t C our t. Y oung, Leeds; Phillips, York ; B on d an d Bar w (ai L cck e i oc lij o e l ae l i G s. g ig e n o e r °' e Frederick Manks and Joseph Linley, joiners and wheelwrights, Horsforth, York, Jan. 7, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Tempest, Leeds. Thomas Heywood and John Heywood, lace warehouse men, Wood-street, Cheapsido, Doc. 29, at twelve, and Jan. 25, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Mason and Shut, 1 1 Gresham-street. . . _ William Thomas, painter, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, Jan. 2, and Fob. 5, at eleven, at the Bristol District Conti. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Henderson, Howard, and Wilcocks, Bristol. Samuel Andrew, jun., cotton spinner, Royton, Lanca shire, Jan. 9 and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Rad cliffe and Murray, Oldham. Luko Horsfall, tailor, Accrington, Lancashire, Jan. 4 and 25, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Herna roan, official assignee, Manchester; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. Joshua Mation, cotton spinner, Brandwood-mill, near Bacup, Lancashire, Jan. 8 and 30, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manches ter; llig , on and Robinson, Manchester. EXAMINATIONS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—Jan. 4. (not Dec. 20, as before stated), at 11. J. Skinner, 1, Bon ♦orie•street, Fleet-street, carpenter, auctioneer, and ap praiser —Jan. 8, at 1. R. Richardson, Catterham, Surrey, builder - Jan. 8, at half-past 12. R. J. Ward, Croydon, Surrey, brewer—Jan. 8, at 2. P. Cohen, 7 and 15, Artil lery-passage, Spitalfields, dealer in ironmongery—Jan. 9, at 12. T. Purdy, Great Yarmouth, wino merchant. At the Birmingham District Court—Jan. 2, at 11. J. and T. Monk, Princes-end, Tipton, Stafford, boiler makers. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy—Jan. 11, at half-past 11, G. Tidd, Codicote, Hertford, corn-dealer—at 12, J. Church yard, Lothian-terrace, Brixton —Jan. 15, at 12. W. Hearn, Stangate-wharf, Lambeth, dust contractor, and 'Wuhan', Essex, brickmaker —Jan. 11, at 1. C. H. Tugman and J. E. Tugman, 33, Groat Tower-street, City, provision merchants —Jan. 11, at haltpast 11. S. Seal, Little Queen street, Holborn, china, glass, and earthenware dealer— Jan. 11, at 11. W. C. Coode, High-street, Southwark, warehouseman—Jan. 11, at half-past 11. T. Leigh, Wel lingborough wine and spirit merchant—Jan. 11, at 1. M. Jones, Oxford-street, grocer—Jan. 11, at half-past 1. G. E. Neal, Pembury, Kent, innkeeper—J , n. 11, at 1. T. W. Nichols, York-road, Battersea, candle manufacturer and steam-boat lessee. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol—Feb. 7, at 11. T. Lewis,. Bath, builder—Jan. 17, at 11. G. Pyne, Bristol, oordwainer, &c. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Nottingham—Jan. 15, at half-past 10. J. Biddle, Leicester, glove manufac turer ; 11. M. Hitchcock, Ilkeston, Derby, miller. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Manchester—Jan. 24, at 12. J. Thornton, the elder, and J. R. Thornton, Godley and Hyde, Chester, cotton waste dealers. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—Jan. 17, at P.. J. Rushton, Carlisle, plasterer. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Leeds—Jan. 22, at 11. J. Simpson, Leeds, painter. J an. 22 , at 11. R. Dunn and R. D. Dunn, Wakefield, corn factors. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield—Jan. 12, at 10. A. Platte, Sheffield, tailor and draper. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street—Jan. 11, at 11. W. Long, 2141 and 215, Oxford-street, laceman. At the District Court of Bankruptcy, Birmingham—Jan. 14, at half-past 12. J. Robinson, Bull-street, Birtningharr, boot maker Jan. 14, at half-past 12. T. Walker, Kidder minster, licensed victualler. At too Diatriot Court of DgaruPtoYs Nottillall6l47 Jan; 15, at half-past 10. Anne Stavely, Nottingham, prin ter and bookseller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. A. Grundy and J. Hope, Bedford-mill, Belford, Lan caster, cotton spinners —Eliza Checketts and S. Buffery, Warwick, lima burners—J. Atkins and W. Steel, lessees of the Zoological Gardens, Liverpool—C. W. Squarey and J. P. Bickersteth, Salisbury, solicitors—J. Whittingham and S. Wilkin, Long-acre, coach-makers' warehousemen and coach builders—S. Hills and J. Hills, Stone-street, Maidstone, Kent, bakers—H. Radley and J. Radley, Li ♦erpool, grocers—M. Vickers and T. Harrison—W. Lewis and Mary A. Lewis, Nottingham, cork cutters—J. Craw ford, S. Pemberton, and J. Whitaker, Leeds, cloth dressers —C. Crabtree and S. Stell, Keighley, York, cotton band spinners and paper tube makers—R. Cook G. H. Spencer, and R. G. Cook, Hath-asage, Derby, wire and needle manufacturers—J. Rand, W. Rand, H. R. Ramsbetharn, and J. S. Wilson, Bradford, worsted spinners and manufac turers, so far as !regards H. H. Ramsbotham—Barbara Cardwell and G. Barber, Sheffield, brickmakers—C. E. Boond, W. S. Gregson, and J. Moore, Manchester, and 20, Cannon-street West, fustian manufacturers and deal ers—W. Savage and W. Aston, Oldbury, Worcester, brickmakers— W. Jackman and C. .Tacktuan, Tunbridge Wells—G. H. Turpin and H. W. Turpin, 62, Banner square, St. Luke's, watch manufacturers—G. Wareing and J. Wareing, Preston, iron and brass founders—S. Fisher and R. B. Gridley, Old Market-street, Bristol, cur riers and leather merchants G. Morgan and W. Young, 5 and 6, Chancery-lane, Middlesex, architects and sur veyors—Eliza Gosling and Ellen Crick, Loudoun-villla, Londoun-r*ad, St. John's-wood, schoolmistresses—G. Spencer and J. Henderson, Alfreton, Derby, surgeon and apothecaries. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Macdonald, Buchanan-street, Glasgow, baker— John Watton, Chapel-street, Airdrie, ironstone contractor, grocer, and spirit dealer. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Acoount pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week enduig on Saturday the 15th day of Dec., 1855. ISSUE DEPARTMEXT, A Notes issued •..... 25,137,985 £25,137,985 Dated the 20th day of Dec., 18. Government debt .... 11,015,1 N. Other securities ...... 3,459,9C0 Gold coin and bullion 10,662,985 Silver bu11i0n........ - £95,137,985 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ................ 3,205,482 Public deposit P (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 4,428,44 n Other deposits ...... 1 2,322,462 seven Day and other EBllls . 840,731 £35,350,115 : . PAIIT2MENT. Dated the 20th day of Dec., 181 Government seentities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 9,789,376 Other securities...... 113,360,76 i Notes .... ........ 6,5156,625 Gold and silver coin .. 643,353 £35,3b0.115 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 18, 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America 3ls. 104 d. Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies ... 365. 114 d. Average of the two foregoing descriptions THE SUSPECTED POISONING CASE AT IRUGELEY. Mr. William Palmer, surgeon, of Rogeley, whe was arrested on Saturday evening last, on the coroner's war rant, for the wilful murder of Mr. John Parsons Cook, of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, by poison, was removed to Stafford Gaol on Monday last in a post-chaise. The accused, who has been suffering from illness for upwards of a week, was allowed to recline on pillows, and he was in the custody of the chief constable, John H. Hatton, Esq., and Superintendent Wollaston. A large crowd of persons assembled round his house at Rugeley to see him leave, but in consequence of the chaise being driven through the back streets of the town, the majority of the crowd was disappointed, although numbers followed the vehicle to the outskirts of the town. On arriving at Stafford the same anxiety was manifested to get a sight of the prisoner, but the chaise was driven rapidly through the huge .folding gates into the yard, instead of stopping at the lodge entrance as usual. The prisoner took but little notice of the specta tors ; and since.his confinement in goal he has preserved the same determination to abstain almost entirely from food,as he did during the lengthened proceedings con nected with the inquest. The bodies of Ann Palmer, wife of the prisoner, and of Walter, his brother, were exhumed yesterday (Fri lay) and conveyed to the Talbot Arms, where a jury of 23 persons had assembled to inquire into the cause of their death. A post mortem, examination was made, and the intestines were forwarded to Professor Taylor for ana lysis. THE SLOW POISONING CASE AT BUIWON. BARON MARTIN'S CHARGE. We understand a correspondence has passed between Baron Martin and Dr. Jackson with reference to the closing remarks of the learned baron in summing up the Burden poisoning case. Dr. Jackson complains that, inasmuch as Mrs. Wooler was proved to have been scientifically poisoned, his lordship's" surmise" must first affect the medical tnen, and he therefore earnestly asks for an explanation in a matter affecting his character, welfare, and happiness. His lordship, writing on the 19th (Wednesday last), says—" I think that, under the circumstances, I ought to depart from the usual and almost universal rule among judges, not to notice such a communication. Your complaint is confined to the expression which you describe as the closing expression of my sum ming up, viz., that there was another person whom I would be inclined to find guilty rather than the prisoner.' I am certain I never made use of such an expression or anything tantamount to it. It is impossible for me to state with verbal accuracy what I then said ; I can be certain of my meaning only. The substance of what I meant to say, and believe did say, was this—that in a case of presumptive evidence, imput ing the guilt of murder, the law required the presump tions to be the plain and natural consequences following from the facts proved, and that it was not to be made out by fancy, or surmise, or suspicion, but by facts that arnoulated to proof; that I had endeavoured in my own mind to arrive at some conclusion on the subject, and that it appeared to me there wa; no proof against any one,' but that if I were to indulge in mere surmise and fancy, not the prisoner, but some other person, would first occur to mind. If the entire of what I said upon this subject had been reported, I can not but think it would- have been obvious to any one that I did express what I intended to express, namely, no imputation of guilt upon any one, but a strong illus tration of the extreme danger of convicting Mr. Wooler upon any fancy or surmise from the facts and circum stances proved, by suggesting that a fancy or surmise more plausible than could be entertained against Mr. Wooler, though equally insufficient to bring home guilt or the suspicion of it, might be directed against an other person.—Your obedient servant, " SAMUEL MAMIN. " Thomas Hayes Jackson, Esq." Dr. Jackson's letter specially requested leave to pub lish the correspondence, and it is now in the hands of a printer. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. The various parks were yesterday visited by many thousand persons. Several persons met with serious accidents. The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving -house, in Hyde-park, during Thursday night, was as low as 19 degrees of Fahrenheit. At nine o'clock yes , erday morning it stood at 20, and at noon it pointed at 26. In the evening the mercury fell one degree. The wind remained in the east. In St. James's-park the principal portions of the or namental water were frozen over. The ice was still con sidered by the Royal Humane Society to be in an insecure condition and extra park-keepers, together with the ice men, were Waced at the different gates, and each per son on entering was warned that the ice was dangerous. In hpite, however, of the warning given, about 600 per sons ventured upon the ice. The park-keepers and the icemen went to them, and told them that if they refused to come off, they were deputed to Bead for a groat body of police to assist them, and the whole of the per►ons left, and no accident of any description took place in this park. REGENT'S PARR. —The thermometer in this park showed t rn he in i i e m e ü b m efo 2 r o e , t y h e e st i e eie rd im a e y r; About d 2, u o t o y o , persons —ma mim went 2 0 4 r; when, amongst the number, was a young man named Wm. Parker, 7, Albany street, Regent's -park. H skatin g on some newly-formed ice on the broad awas water, and broke th roug h j ust at the moment the icemen were going on duty. The , park-keep ers i mme di ate l y pushed the Royal Humane Society's sledge to the spot, and, after the :apse of a quarter of an hour, the unfortuate young man was got out, but he was past recovery, as vitality had ceased to exist. A great num b er of persons remained upon the ice for hours, and it i s t o b e regretted that several fell or were tripped up by the skaters, and were so seriously injured that they were obliged to be removed to the society's tent. After the icemen went off duty on Thursday night, a number of men went over the gates, and amused themselves by skating with lighted torches in hand, which had a very singular appearance. THE SERPENTINE, HYDE-PARK.-4,000 persons ven tured upon the river. During the morning Wm. Bol ton, of 7, Sussex-place, New Kensington, broke through the frozen surface, but was extricated in a very exhausted state. He was taken to the Royal Humane Society' s receiving-house. After some time he recovered sufficiently to be removed to his own home. The ice on this river is described as being very dangerous. On Thursday night a great number of parties kept on sliding w and skat ing until a very late hour, when a an fell into deep on water. The man, after swimming with his skates_ about 15 yards, and breaking the ice away as he pro ceeded, succeeded in saving himself. As tat e , however, as nine o'clock last evening, persons were still skating on this river. THE LONG WATER IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS. —The ice here is 4 inches in thickness. A number of mem bers of the Skating Club amused themselves throughout the day by sliding and skating, but no accident took place. THE OCTAGONAL POND IN KENSINGTON-GARDENS. -- The ice on the water was four inches thick, and the num ber of persons who ventured thereon was 1,000. A lady named Wilday, of 7, Uxbridge-gardens, Hyde•park place, fell, or was tripped up on the ice, and for some time was rendered insensible. THE BURNOPFIELD MURDER. The coroner's inquest, which has been protracted to give the rural police the amplest opportunity to discover the perpetrator of the cruel murder of Mr. Robert Stir ling, assistant to Mr. Watson, surgeon, of Burnopfield, in the northern district of the county of Durham, who was assassinated in Smailes-lane, a country road leading from some bill farms, on the Ist of November last, was resumed at that village on Wednesday, but the evidence was the same as that given before the magistrates at Gateshead on the san3i day, and reported in ou: columns, which, it will be seen, throws great suspicion upon Richard Rayne and John Cayne, now in custody, a s having been the perpetrators of that diabolical deed. The inquiry was again adjourned until neat Thursday. BREVET. Major-General Sir Richard Duras, K.C.8., Royal Ar tillery, to have the local rank of Lieutenant General in Turkey. Captain and Brevet-Major C. E. Conyers, 68th Foot, about to be employed on a particular service in Turkey, to have the local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in Turkey while so employed. Captain John Charlewood, 62d Foot, to be Major in the army. To have the local rank of Major in Turkey—Captain A. Cathcart, late of the 11th Light Dragoons, employed on a particular service ; Captain Alexander Murray, of the Royal Artillery and the Osmanli gorse Artillery; Cap tain Robert Jones Garden, late of the 45th Foot, employed on a particular service in Turkey ; Captain A. W. Wil liams, half-pay unattached, serving with the Cavalry of the Turkish Contingent. The undermentioned Quartermasters, retired upon half pay, to have the honorary rank of Captain, from the date of their retirement, under the Royal Warrant of 12th October, 1855 : Quartermaster John Haviland, half-pay 2d Dragoon Guards; Quartermaster D. Bilham, half-pay 20th Foot ; Quartermaster R. Shean, half-pay 51st Foot ; Quartermaster Donald Sinclair, half-pay 93d Foot. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 18. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant Benjamin Bousfield Herrick to be Captain, vice Hockings, to retired full pay ; Second Lieutenant Ponsonby Ross Holmes to bo First Lieutenant, vice Herrick, promoted. BREVET.—Captain Robert Hockings, on retired full pay, under the provisions of her Majesty's Order in Council, 13th Sept., 1854, to be Major, the rank being honorary only. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militi a —E ns i gn E yre E vans t o b e Lieutenant, vice Dakoyn, resigned. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—James Elyard, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Rifle Regiment of Denbighshire Militia —George Hawkins Bonner, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Wood, re• signed. Royal tlutla Gloucester Light Infrattry Ittgiment of Mt RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. _ Mlles ttempts. opened, I NAME OF RAILWAY. 1835. 1654. 1855. ---- - - - -- .£ £ BMTun. 118 Aberdeen 2,890 2,644 37 % Belfast and Ballymena ••••••••• • • • • •• 675 631 17 Belfast and County Down.. • • • • • • • • •• - 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,910 1,935 26 % Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • - - 11 7 Bristol and Exeter •• •... ••••••• • • • • • 4'983 5,314 191 4 Ca1ed0nian.............. ... 14 '4 Chester and Holyhead••••• • • 6 3( Cork, Blackrock, and Passage -- - 137 117 20 Cork and Bandon .. • • • . • • .. •• . • •• •• 200 190 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction - - • • • • 841 1,121 63 Dublin and Drogheda• .••••••• • • • • • • 1,251 1,362 73 4 Dublin and Kingstown ••.•..•• • • • • •. 552 568 16 % Dnndeo and Arbroath .. --- - . • .. 416 455 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 669 1,002 _ 36 Dundalk and Ennlskillen- . . . • • • • • • • - 854 840 67\ East Anglian. ..... •• •••.•••• • • • • • • 4,900 6,193 93 East Lancashire • • • • - _ • • •• • • • • •• • • 417 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. .•.. 3 ._ 4 9 ;7 9_ 0 1 : 22 4: 1 T 9 4 5 6 Eastern Union •• - • • • • • • - •• • • • • • • 142 Edinburgh and GlasT.ow . • • • • • • • • • • • • - 7: E Ed x i e n t l er ir a g i l d , c P r e e r d th ito , n an . : .. D . u . n2e .. e :a .... 2 b2 3 2,788 - 22 Furness Railway •• • ••••••• • • • •• • • 183% Glasgow. and 5,114 5,629 youth - Western. . ...... 283 Great Northern and E. L... .....• •• 23,619 25,0.7 203% Great Southern and Western (Ireland ~, 773 8 • 4..1 359% Great Western •• •••• • • • • .. • • 23,273 26,954 25 q Irish South Eastern •••••• _ • • • • •• • 90 Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • .. 27C Ni Lancashire and Y0rk5hire..........., 18 ,393 19,595 - Leeds Northern .. • • ...• •• • • •• • • •• - - 16,1 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport- ~ - - 553% London and North Western 50.969 55,759 5% London and 81ackwa11.............. 1,142 1,123 183% London, Brighton, and South Coast- 1 0 ,746 10.636 267 London and South We5tern......... 12,037 13,241 60 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 590 783 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. - - 173 , s Manchester, Shefflelei,snd Lincolnshirt 6,567 9,020 9% Manchester and South Junction...... 127 648 28 Maryport and Carlisle .............. 820 956 498% Midland •• • • •.., •• .• •..... . . . . 26,714 28,010 126 % Midland Groat Western (Trish) ...... 3,071 3,310 37 Monkiands .. •• •• . • •• •• •• - •• •• • • •• - - 78% Newcastle and Carlisle-- ---•- •• - - 1 4 L 7 9 NN N 00 0 r ri hh h - Staffordshireßritishve s tern . . .. . .. .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... • ... ... ... ... i 4 , 527 4,856 - - 893 760 82 % Scottish Central - .................. 2,231 2,491 32 Scottish Midland •• ••••-••- • . . • • - - 29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 1,041 1,418 48 Shrewsbury and Chester - 1,910 2,479 30 Shropshire Union ...• •• •• • • •• •• •• • • 797 818 57 /4 510 nth Dev0n........ ••••-- .. - - . 1,837 2,191 299 South Eastern.. •................... 13,470 15,1155 162% South Wales ... . 97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. - - 39 Taff Vale •••••••• • • .• •• - .......... 2,856 3,967 - - 77 Waterford and Limerick ............ 785 1,126 27% West Cornwall ...... - - . • 441 463 12 Whitehaven Junction ..••-••• • • • • • • • 350 310 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & - York and North Midland & Leeds.. "- Fontialf. - - 89 Dutch Rhenish ••••••••• • •• •• • "• ' _ - - Lyons and Mediterranean • • •• •• • • • _ - - Montereau and Troyes •• .• •• •• -• " • • - - Namur and Liege .. • • • • • • •• • • " " • - - - Northern of France • • • • • - " " " " • - - Orleans and Central .• ••••• • • " •• • - -- - Paris and Lyons •• • • - - - Paris and Rouen. • • •••• • •• •• " •• - - Paris and Strasburgh • • ••• ••.......••• - - - Rouen and ilayre•• ••.. lit gip ten.. ... 1 - - _ , womps or rr•ac. • Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-Dm 21 There was only a slender Mtge dance to-day. Millers were careless buyers of wheat, and also dealers of flour, but where a bolder of wheat would abate id to 2d per bushel from Tuesday's price, he found speoulative pur chasers. Indian corn declined 6d to la per qr., and found a fair sale. In no other article was any change of pike obeervable. WAYEFIELD--DXO. 21. The wheat trade is slow to-day, the best qualities are held firmly for but week's rites, but other sorts are rather cheaper. Fine barley nsaintsias its price, other sorts in limited demand. Old beans steady —new rather lower. In oats and shelling ao alteration. EXETER—Du. 21. CORL—In our market wheat may be quoted from ea &I to 90 9d. Malting barley, 4s 9d to 54 4d ; grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Beans, Os Od to 0 , Od. Peas, ODs Od to 00s Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 564 Od to 58s Od ; seconds, 54s Od to 56. Od per sack. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 041 per score ; cows and calves 121. to 151. —s ; butchers' calves, 6d to (lid per lb., rearing calves —s to s each. Sheep, 50 to 66d. Lambs —d tA. Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, —s t o — s each% slips, 288 to 34s ; small, 008 to 00s. Rough fat, 50 per lb. Pork carcases from 9s 3d to 104 3d per score. INVERNESS.—Dza. 18. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 754 04 to 78s Od. Bar. ley, chevalier, 40s Od to 41. Od ; ditto, common, --8 Od to —s Od. Oats, ::Os Od to 31s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 25s 04 to 268 6d ; ditto second, 00s Od to Os Od ; barleymeal, 16. 64 to 164 84 ; peasemeal, 16. 64 to 20. Od ; bran, per atone, Os 9d to 10d ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 60s Od to 6za Od; 24 ditto, 881 04 to 56s Od; oatmeal, best, per at. of 141 b imperial 24 6.1 to 2s 8d ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleyrneal 1. 84 to 00s Od ; peasemcal, 1s 8d to 2s Od; Ist flour, cash, 311 64 credit; 2d ditto, 3s Oil cash, 3. 3d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEc. 21. The " holding off" which has for so long a time charme terised the dealers in our market still continues, and it is ❑ow six weeks since we have had any transaction of the slightest consequence to report in raw sugars. In refined goods some disposition to purchase is evinced, but only as greatly reduced prices. There can be no doubt that the retail consumption has very lunch fallen off, and that there is a disposition out of doors to resist the recent consider• able advance. lT.—Dzo. 21. ,he close if the market. Wa.llsend, &c. fletton 22, 6 Hetton Lyons Main 21, 6 tJambton 22 3 Hetton 22 0 7:swop 21 Hartlepool 22 6 Hough Hall 20 0 south Hartlepool 2l 9 Toss 22 6 Trimdon 21 6 Belmont 20 6 Whitworth 2O 0 Evonwood 19 0 Carr's Merthyr , 23 Wayne's Merthyr 23 0 I Sold . 49 ,mas-day falling on Tuesday t held on Monday, 24th inst. COAL MARKE' Pecos of Coed per to at ti e. d. Bate's West Hartloy 18 0 Byass's West Hartley .. 18 6 Davison's West Hartley 19 0 Holywell lB 4 Howard's West Hartley _. .. Netherton 18 11 Taufield Moor l7 3 Taufield Moor Butes 17 3 \Vest Riding Hartley _l7 6 Wallsend, &e. Heaton aedley . ..20 3 Riddell 2O 3 Wharneliffe 2O 6 Braddyll 2l 9 ilaswell 22 6 Ships at market.. M In consequeice of Christi next, them will be no market COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YzaTaBney. ,m5terdam............ I I 16% Gibraltar .. ...•• •:.. •• —• Ditto, three menthe .. 11 19 1 4 Leghorn ....•• .•• 30 15 itotterdara 11 19% Genoa •• •• 26 80 Antwerp 25 50 Milan ......•• ........ *lrussels .............. 25 50 Venice .......• •• ilamborgh ............ 13 9% Naples ••.• ........•• 44% titona •••• •... •• •• •. •• Palermo •••• ?aris ........ -..•..... 25 32%, Messina ... ... 133% Ditto. three months .. 25 72% Lisbon .. * • ...•• 5,54 Marseilles ........ 25 12% Oporto .............. •• 53 % ilourdeaua ...• ........ Rio Jester° Fi ankfort-on Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayres.... •• Berlin ................ -- New York,6o days' sight Vienna,. „ „ 11 18 Philadelphia frigate .• • . .. 11 21 ?RICCI OF BULLION, PBX OS. eetersburg ............ 34% Foreign Gold in Bars 43 17 9 Nfadrid 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz .......... ..... .• 49% Vezican Dollars .... 0 0 0 riarcelonn ••••• • • • •• New Dollars ..... • 0 0 0 •• ...6 .• .• in bars ••.• •• 0 5 1% BE4 BORNE A 12111,3. 2t , llgnttlea that the mails art sent trom the General Poet °Moe v the night--and 54 by tat etoraing-4eapateh.) corNvil Day yrnwi in General tecol• Office, London.' FTOD4 a Por yisp,to, Whim ila• In abil. merioa(by/irjt.pact !NI „rnerie" kby United Sts packet) ~.N %clerics, (by U. States packet) ..........N , nstralta (via South ampton) Atto (via Marseilles) Ni into (via Cape of Goe.i, Hops) ............N tttica (West Colust)..N tlexandria........ 3,thamas ....... ..........,Nlelgtum 3razll ituenos —WI . ";ape ot Good Hope ..N :ape of Good Hope 'pe de Verde .... )oylon (see In'lla) xverY Liver. ISouthran- , 18outhounpt , Dover Dover . • • Southami.t , SenthAnic , t, Dover • • • . 3 , uthampul NnittlArn.fr, VitriOn3 port snip 03 :;eyloti ;harms] Isles ...N 'll.lll. .......... M .1111na..•. .lonstantinople Nuistantlnople )ont. of Europe M N Zgypt (see India) Southariapto. Southampto. IP ,er „ Soothing.tc [Dover libraltar ..........M ireeco (Bco India) Ireytown .......... M damburgh ..........N tiavannald .......... "londuras ..........M Indfa (viaSouthampt.)Al India (via lidarseiliss)3l ,onian Is'es (see India) Ireland & N %ladelra viadeira ............ Astita (see India) Dover ..... riouthantpo I 800th empti,l London ..... Soot haueptc4 , Dover ....... iouthamr of Plytrymth • • Dover •• •. Dover. Eloly head ... Southamptoi Southamptor Liverp•ol %tilt& .....• • Mauritius (see India) ktanrltlns ........ Mexico •• •• Naplss ........ N NeW Granada !Tow Zealand• • .• •• .• Papal States ...... Peninaul ...... M Vera M Port Natal ...... —.NI *city Tuscany ionezu el t Van flionien'a Land (se , instralia) ........ Wee Indies IDover ..... ifionthamptai. Dover ..... SourtiamPisi Various port Dover Southampto louthanit.ti , s. Various ports Dover ..... Dover .. 3outbaniptor southampton SHARE MARKETS. [Dee. 31 Doe. 24 IDoo. 29 Crncertsia Jan .6 )arty lan lb tan. Unoe Kahl Itian. 15 ra.TNENt rwl4:tedad? rfficedonl lan wally t6thofhica Jan. 4 trotindall Jan. 13 rIM. 4 ru t I lUncertaiN Itlneertell & 16 Intl I & IR meg LIVERPOOL, Dec. 21. STOCK EXCHANSE.—The tone of the market has bempa less steady to-day, at a decline on the prices of yesterday. Lancashire sad Yorkshire, 774 —S , )uth Eastern, 171. 3s. 9d. Midland, 64k—London and North 'Westerns, 941—Dutck Rhenish, d. BIRMINGHAM, 2L STOOK ExcHANGN.—The tone of the market has been drill to-day, and the prices rather lower. In local stocks, Birmingham Banking Co. shares were done at 331—Bir• rninghain and Staffordshire Gas 251 shares, at 48—Lonclon and North Westerns, :, ) 4.}—Birmingham Canals, 904. MANCHESTER, DEC. 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been dull, at last prices. Great Western of Canada, 24i—Ditto New, 2i pm.—Dovers, 17 .146—Great Northern, 22 3-16 —Ditto A, 9s. BIRTHS. OP A EON. On the 20th inst., at Victoria-square, Reading, the lady of John Wright, Esq. On the 20th inst., Mrs. Wm. Fuliford, at 6, Carer street, Lincoln's-i un. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., Mrs. Charles Oriel, of Alfred plate Bedford-square. On the 20th inst., at 34, Milner-square, Mrs. Little. MARitIED. On the 20th inst., at St. Vincent de Paula, by the Rev Abbe Caron, and afterwards at the Protestant Church of Pentemont, Paris, by the Rev. Athanase Coqueral, John Francis Alphonse Lavanchy, Esq., only son of Mr. John Robert Lavanchy, of New Burlington-street, to Marie Celine Guerin, only daughter of Mons. Jean Joseph Guerin, Merchant, of Paris. On tho 20th inst., at St. Giles's, Camberwell, John Jas. Rickon, Esq., C.E., War Department, to Letitia, elder daughter of Abraham Rickon, Esq., of H.M.'a Customs, London. On the 21st inst., at St. Marylebone Church, Charles Topham, Esq., of Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, to Frances, fourth daughter of the late James Bourse, Esq. DIED. On the 20th October last, at Calcutta , of cholera, C a pe. William Wilkinson, of the ship Utopia , 45. On the 19th lust , a t Hill, near Southampton, Rear Admiral Thomas, son of the late Sir John Thomas, Bert. Oa the 19th inst., at Ifytoa House, near Warwick, Mrs. Anne Parker, sister of Admiral Sir Win. Parker, G.C.B. aged 82. On the 20th inst., at Denbies, Dorking, Thomas Cubitt. Esq., aged 68. At 2, Upper Hyde - park-street, the Lady Catharine Bells aged 76. On the 20th inst., at Alderley, Glocestersbire, R. H. B. Hale, Esq., aged 75. On the 20th inst., John Vick, Esq., of Coldharbour. Ernsworth, aged 81. 'ln the 11th inst. at Qastlo Hospital, Balaklava, from wounds received at the explosion of the French siege train, Sebastopol, Lieut. J. W. J. Dawson, Royal Artillery, the eldest son of J. W. J. Dawson, Esq., Bedford-square. Ou the 19th inst., at Reading, Harriet, widow of tile late Captain Forbes, aged 67. LOND3N : Printod and Publistoo , l by MUItDO YOUN of No. 11.2, Strand, Printer, at The Sure Office, N ^ 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the oolukt7 01 Viddroarti Batluilir t lhajOtit MOO. 1 13 d of the; month.. A, 9, 24, k 20 ot 4th & 20th Of mot!. 117th of the motnt 19th of the month.. 19th of the mouth .. 9th of thl moral •`•Son „Wel., kr (.1,4. 2ti & 17th of nlipat' On a month.... i1,18,18,23,&28 oi 4th Fa 20th of IWO Twice daily !Twice dai1y..... . 4,7, 17,20. 27 •ifm 12ad & 17th of mon.' iTtesday & Friday 12nd of the month' Daily I7ta tithe month.' 14th 't 20th of mon.' 9t.li& 25th of month 1 . 7 i 17, & 27 of moo vriee daily ...... 7,9, 17, & 27 of re. 9th of the month' 23d of month .... 18,18. &28 of mon. 14th of the month 2nd of the month.. fsthlsth2sthermon 2 t & 17thof montl• BY privatelfr ithlsth2sthohnon. 7 tht7th27thofmon. & 27th of mon.' 1 2y private ship...i sthlltfrieltholoaan, s thlsth2sthofmon. 2d 4c 17th ofmontb t I/0 et - month I. d lan. 4 1., 4 " 47, J t~ V , e t t • I! 7 d t t.. I tett. ( 'te 4 i , , 1 i • z+s' .. ':~+~ a t~