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• -Ord: ,02 rial ADMINISTRATION OF THE ADMIRALTY. TO TRH /EDITOR 07 TRH MIL SIR, —Among the many important papers of the late distinguished Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Cockburn, G.C.8., that have come under my no tice, previous to their appearance in his Memoirs, which are about to be published, none of them ap pear to me more likely to attract the attention of the public at the present crisis of affairs than the accompanying document, written by the gallant chief the year after his retirement from the Admiralty in 1846, and which I now beg to submit to your consideration, should you be inclined to favour your readers with his ideas on a subject of such vital importance to the general, as well as more immediately to the naval interests of this great country, as that commented upon in the document in question. It was found in his secret drawer, under his will, ant from this I infer it was intended ax a bequest to the country he had so long and so faithfully served en his own element, in the field , and the Council chamber. I may as well state, that it is evident Sir George had not exhausted his 3 :nem° at the point where the document ends • :‘loalthough up to that point it is clear it had b n deliberately and thoroughly re vised) the '.f . aole having been fairly transcribed as a . . o , o m - eitte copy in his own handwriting.—l re maCcl, Sir, your obedient humble servant, JAMi i SCOTT, Rear-Admiral. London, Jan. 30. " Having filled the station of confidential, or principal Sea Lord of the Admiralty for more than 17 years, I feel that my opinion regarding the con stitution of that body may, sooner or later, be deemed worthy of consideration and attention ; I therefore Am induced to place in writing the deci sion to 'which my experience has brought me on this paint. '" 1 have, then, no hesitation in stating, that I Consider the present establishment of that Board to be the most unsatisfactory and least efficient for its purpose that could have been devised. " In the first place, it is most inconsistent and inconvenient that one member of the board should, without any communication with his colleagues, issue orders at Somerset-house, in the name of the board, for the governance of the whole fleet, dock yards, 1f70., provided it relates to the branch of the Admiralty business he is selected to superintend, such orders being issued in the name and under the authority of the board, without any other member thereof being aware of such order, and often only learning its promulgation from the newspapcis, or frosn questions asked about it in Parliament. "It is true the ' principal officer' (as he is termed) of that department is, or ought to be, able to give all requisite information or advice to such Lord of the Admiralty ; but such ' principalofficer' has no responsibility ; yet such course naturally places the greater portion of the real management in his hands as relates to such department ; the board—the really responsible parties—remaining wholly ignorant (with the exception of the single member of it before alluded to) of such general orders, or of the grounds thereof, unless the par ticular Lord of the department mentions the mat ter to his colleagues, which, in the latter part of my being at the board, was very rarely done, espe cially by one of my colleagues ; and consequently the business could not but be carried forward in an unconnected and disjointed manner, the fault being with a system admitting of, and, indeed, leading to, such evil results. " Secondly, as regards the proceedings of the board when united for general business, I must premise that nothing can well be more contrary to reason, and, I may say, common sense, than for a person to be selected to preside at such professional board, who is totally unable and admits his inability to understand three-fourths of the professional state ments or even expressions contained in the various documents read on such occasions to the board, and which, therefore, the professional members of the Board become obliged to occupy time in explain ing and endeavouring to make him comprehend, which, nevertheless, cannot be always sufficiently effected. " Then, again, the Board, consisting of six per sons, and the professional members, or a portion of them, being selected with reference to political con siderations and their having seats in Parliament, 3,-0 without any regard to their knowledge of each easy., ‘s. hoe Laa. witly lillglll, Lie 112,07 . ) Idll “,.., L. 11 .- dially together, much valuable time becomes con sumed in fruitless and sometimes irritable and un satisfactory discussions, interfering greatly with the necessary advancement of the numerous profes sional and other matters almost daily brought for decision before the Admiralty ; and the evil of such check to business may be well conceived when it is considered that matters of almost every pos sible description, from the building of ships of war and ordering the movements and discipline of our fleets down to the deciding on the details and eligi bility of railroads, are now brought, either for de cision or opinion, before the Board of Admiralty. "It will not, then, be deemed surprising that, with the want of concert and the difficulties above alluded to, I experienced frequent annoying checks and obstructions in carrying forward those objects which appeared to mo essentially required and called for, and some of which I was obliged to abandon from the opposition of one or other of such disjointed ruling body, and such opposition, in some instances, springing from parties having no real knowledge on the professional matters under con sideration, but objecting to them in consequence of something that may have been said to them by some irresponsible person out of doors. " Indeed, during my last seat at the Admiralty Beard the annoyances I was subjected to from the last-mentioned causes kept me in a continual state of anxiety and difficulty, and required from me the strongest exertion or forbearance to enable me to remain in a situation so truly unsatisfactory to my view of efficient management of so important and multifarious a department, to advance which cordial union of decision must be urgently neces sary, rather than the existing cause of impediments from unworthy jealousies and debates. " The remedies I would recommend are : "1. That the Admiralty Board should be abo lished, and that the management of the navy should be transferred to a flag officer, as Naval Comman der-in-Chief, to be assisted by two naval officers, either as Vice and Rear Admirals of England, or as Council. That a leading member of Parliament be appointed by the Government (to be in the Ca binet or not, as may be deemed best), to be styled ' Controller of Naval Expenditure,' to be in con stant and cordial co-operation with the Naval Commander-in-Chief, to arrange with him the pro posed expenditure for each year, to be submitted to the Treasury for approval, the said civilian Con troller to be charged with submitting the yearly estimates to the House of Commons, and answering there all financial questions relating to the navy ; the said officer to have the patronage and control of all the clerks and others in the accountant and in the store departments ; all other appointments, as well in the dockyards as at Somerset house and elsewhere attaching to the naval administration, to rest with the Naval Commander-in-Chief, whose directions, relative to the number of ships to be built, or repaired, •r fitted for service, and the quantity of stores required, should be deemed siifficient for the Controller of Naval Expendi ture to provide for the payment :. - hereof, though he is to be at liberty to make any observation he may deem necessary thereon to the Com xaander-in-Chief ; and, in the event of any irreooncileable difference of opinion upon any suoh or other points between the said two high officers, the matter or matters at issue between them to be referred to the First Lord of the Treasury for his decision, which must, of course, be adopted. " So much of the accountant detail being re moved from the Admiralty branch, the Naval Commander-in-Chief and his two councillors, or assistants, will be more at liberty to give full at tention to the more professional objeots of main taining and improving the efficiency and discipline of our fleets, as also the efficiency and works of the dockyards ; though, as regards the latter, I would recommend the appointment of a flag officer under the Admiralty, to be continually visiting the yards 1 in succession, to insure uniformity of practice and working in all, with such a gener i al superintendin g officer under the Admiralty, an casctleonadvcis board of construction, as lately established, to shipbuild ing. ande offer suggestions on all points rel ating This would, system ; and of in my opinion, form a most effi cient and satisfactory work ing course the appointment of ' Surveyor of the _ . Navy' (the objections to such an officer, whether himself a shipbuilder or not, have been often experienced) would be entirely abolished. " The Naval Commander-in-Chief and his 'two councilors may or may not be in Parliament, as deemed best by the Government;but I am of opinion they (especially the former) should not be in Par liament, to render it unnecessary to change the S tgoverning system of our navy with every change of 71 --- ~- , Vinisters, which keeps the naval service i n a con „A,' stint state of unsteadiness and unc er t a i n t y , very , f 4 74, 'IS detrimental to its complete and unvarying effi 2,:ser!, eieneyHfin, evil which would be remedied by the "i`A ' COMMillain-in- Chief and his colleagues being re tvx.4; lieved f rom a ll po li t i ca l c h arac t er . c/ 1 .. ...,,,..& e, ",:44 - 4,e foregoing observations I have menti one d 1 v e s Tv l l , the twt"" assist an t s t o th e propose d Naval Corn ../,. • ~. xnander-in-Chi e f in union with him, but, although be will have th e b ene fi t of their advice and ex perience on the various points under his control and management, it is to be clearly understood that he alone will be responsible for whatever is done by hig authority, and all ordert and directions , signed by him alone are to be deemed complete, and to be obeyed as such by all subject to his con trol. •But he may, if he think proper, authorise the members of his council to sign conjointly sitch documents as he may not deem necessary to be signed by himself ; and, after he shall have - of& cially notified his authority to such effect, all such directions, signed by the members of his council, to the extent so authorised, are to be deemed of full force, and to be obeyed accordingly. " The principal objection I have heard advanced to placing a naval officer at the head of the naval service, is that he would be likely to show undue favour to those of the profession who had served with him ; but I see no reason why this should be the case more with the navy than with the army, and such has not been found a sufficient objection as regards the Commander-in -Chief of the army. And even supposing, for the sake of argument, such favourable feelings towards any particular officers to be entertained by a C o mmander-in.-Chief, it can only be supposed to arise from such favoured offi cers having given him full proof of their zeal and abilities while serving with him ; and, admitting such an impression to have, therefore, any reason able foundation, it would have a tendency to render officers in general when on active service anxious to secure by their attention and eealous conduct the good opinion and future protective friendship of their superior officers, and might, therefore, have a generally beneficial result rather than otherwise. My conviction, however, is, that a naval officer, placed in the high and honourable post of Com mander-in-Chief of the Navy, would evince as much real impartiality as any other individual of any other class or rank whatever. "The only other objection that has been advanced against placing a naval officer at the head of the navy is, that a naval officer is not likely, from his earlier habits and education, to be efficient for the many other than naval matters continually under consideration of the Cabinet ; my answer to which is, that he need not be in the Cabinet any more than the Commander-in-Chief of the army, though I firmly believe very many superior naval officers would prove as efficient Cabinet Ministers as many of those gentlemen I have known there during my connection with government business." DEATHS AT SCUTARI, de. Since the date of the last letter the following is the nominal return of deaths in hospital reported at the Commandant's-office by the medical autho- rities : Sergeant WM. Carroll, Ambulanca Corp ,, , Jan. 14 Sergeant Thomas Gavan, BSth Regt., ditto, Jan- IEI Sergeant James Nail, 3Sth Regt.„ febris, Jan. 15 Corporal John Mathews, Scots Fusilier Guards, ditto, Jan. 11. Corporal James M'Gee, 30th Regt., gelatio, Jan. 15 Corporal Henry Warren, 4th Regt., Jnn. 16 Corporal George Taylor, 17th Lancers, diarrhoea, Jan. 16 PRIVATEB David Jackson, 4th Regt., diarr., Jan. 13 Patrick Hughes, ditto, ditto, Jan. 13 John Doe, ditto, ditto, Jan. 11 John Brown, ditto, febrik inter. Jan. 9 Alfred Holden, 2d Batt:* Rifle Brigade, cholera, Jan. 10 Patrick Hennessey, 4th Regt., febris rem., Jan. 14 Wm. Potter, 30th Regt., vulnus, Jan. 14 Alex. Wells, 30th Regt., diarr., Jan. 14 Leonard Hilliers, 21st Regt., ysentery, Jan. 14 W. Sanders, 50th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 Wm. Carroll, Royal Art., Jan. 14 Wm. Robbins, 28th Regt., febris, Jan. 14 Daniel Robinson, 41st Regt., diarr., Jan. 14 James George, Ist Batt. Rifle Brigade, Jan. 14 Wm. Grady, 63d Regt., Jan. 14 Wm. Chapw ell, Royal Art. ' Jan. 14 Wm. Baston, 46th Regt., Jan. 14 0. Bisfoot, 21st Regt., Jan. 15 Alex. WNab, 17th Lancers, diarr., Jan. 14 John Brent, Royal Art., dysentery, Jan 14 Frederick Dodge, Royal Art., diarr., Jan. 14 Robert Baldwin, Royal Art., ditto, Jan. 14 George Mackie, Scots Fusilier Guards, ditto, Jan. 14 Robert Blair, Ist Foot, ditto, Jan. 14 John Goodall, 7th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 James Stoddart, 7th Rest., febris, Jan 14 John Gaunt, 7th Regt., diarrhcea, Jan. 14 John Lemon, 20th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 Henry Hoddinott, 20th Rest. dysentery, Jan. 14 Charles Connor, 28th Regt., cliarrhcea,'Jan. 14 John Cooney, 30th Rest., ditto, Jan. 14 John Chuppell, 33d ditto, Jan. 14 William Morton, 33d Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 Ai e.elatio. Jan. 14 Robert Brennan, 44th Regt., feline, Jan. 14 Richard Emery, 46th Regt., diarrlicea, Jan. 14 George Woolnat, 60th Regt., vulnus, Jan. 14 Patrick M`Keon, 77th Rogt., dysentery, JAL 14 Alfred Watson, 77th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 George Mille, 79th Regt., ditto, Jan. 14 Edward Warley, let Batt. Rifle Brigade, diarrhoea, Jan. 14 James Bates, 2d Batt. Rifle Brigade, dysentery, Jae. 14 Wm. Blissstt, Coldstream Gds, vulnus, Jan. 15 Daniel James, 23d Regt., dysentery, Jan. 15 Henry Cowley, 50th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 William Woodgate, 50th Regt., Jan. 15 J. Smith, Soots Fusilier Gds., dysentery, Jan. 15 James Radford, Ist Royal Dragoons, diarr., Jan. 15 Wrn. Lane, Scots Fusilier Gds, ditto, Jan. 14 Simeon Shore, 47th Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 William Norman, Coldstream Gds., gelatio, Jan. Thomas Abbot, Royal Art., diarr., Jan. 15 Robert Lamb, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15. James Gell, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 John Davis, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 T. William, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Jan. 15 Patrick Cooper, 7th Regt.. diarrhcea, Jan. 15 Thomas Williams, 19th Regt., rheum., Jan. 15 Ezrah Nichols, ditto, dysentery, Jae. 15 William Ashpool, ditto, diarr., Jan. 15 Edwin Kelly, 20th Regt., febris, Jan. 15 Joseph Fookes, 20th Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 Lawrence Sexton, 21st Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 Thomas Ashfield, 23d Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 John Fisher, 30th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 Alexander 3,l‘Donald, 38th Regt., ditto, Jan. 15 James Hall, ditto, rheum., Jan. 15 Mark Hay, ditto, dysentery, Jan. 15 James Murray, 44th ltegt., hepatitis, Jan. 15 Thomas Waynor, 46th Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 John Parker, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 Daniel Wall, ditto, febris, Jan. 15 William Hixon, 49th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 15 James Fletcher, 62d Regt., Jan, 15 John Pennegsr, 63d Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 John Logan, ditto, ditto, Jan. 15 John Begley, 77th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 15 William Gaynor, 79th Regt., diarr., Jan. 15 Henry Martin, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, diarr., Jan. 15 John Body, ditto, dysentery, Jan. 15 George Hesketh, Sappors and Miners, ditto, Jan.ls John Bnrcham, 7th Regt„ diarr., Jan. 16 Thomas Summer, Ist Royal Dragoons, diarr.,Jan.l6 George Thompson, Ist Foot, ditto, Jan. 16 John Mulligan, 28th Regt., Jan. 15 Robert Jeakins, 27th Lancers, synocha, Jan. 17 Henry Abraham, 88th Regt., febris, Jan. 16 James Sharp, 97th Regt., diarrbeca, Jan. 16 P. Morris, 28th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 17 Edwin Greeves, Coldstream Gds., febris, Jan. 17 Gee. Maitlay, Ssots Fua. Gds., dysentery, Jan. 16 Daniel Moriarty, 4th Regt., febris, Jan. 16 Michael Hallahan, 9th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 16 Patrick Bohan, ditto, ditto, Jan. 16 William Shine, 21st Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 Andrew Hamilton, ditto, ch. rheum., Jan. 16 Edward Fierce, ditto, diarrhcea, Jan. 16. John Ingram, 28th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 16 Michael M'Carthy, ditto, diarrhcea, Jan. 16 Chris. Robinson, 41st Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 William Henson 44th Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 John Lackery, 46th Regt., ditto, Jan. 16 Richard Sherwood, ditto, ditto, Jan. 16 Hugh Cappell, ditto, amputation, Jan. 16 Bartho. Collins ' 50th Regt., diarrhcoa, Jan. 16 William Craig, 55th Regt., dysentery, Jan. 16 Peter Daist, 95th Regt., rheum., Jan. 16 James Crook, 63d Regt., diarrhcea, Jan. 16 Jos. Reid, 2d bat. Rifle Brigade, dysentery, Jan. 16 Henry Fitzpatrick, Ambu. Corps, febris, Jan. 16 DRITI3 ON BOARD VIE COLOMBO. sergeant D. Freeman, 41st Regt., Jan 14 PRIVATES. J. Bridger, Bth Dragoons, Jan. 10 P. Watts, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 10 J. M'Gee, Royal Art. Jan. 12 J. Smith, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 13 M. Jones, 2d Dragoons, Jan. 13 T. Burnes, Ist Foot, Jan. 10 C. Walker, 62d Regt., Jan. 14 R. Brown, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan, 14 G. Henry, 97th, Jan. 15 J. Ccx, Grenadier Guards, Jan. 15 J. Kane, 6th Dragaons, Jan. 15 T. Tate, iicote Fusilier Gua r d s Jan. 15 H. Clarke, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. W. Weymouth, Coldstream Guards, Jan, 16 W, White, 6th Dragoons, Jan. 16 0. Walls, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jq a 16 J. Whit e , 2d D ragoons, Jan. 1; W. Pattison, 2d Dragocs d, ; 16 3. Shorter, no redgaiirn.... j , gi Jn. ven, Jan. 17 Allen, ditto. 17 RATIMIN OF DY . : ams ozi no jam tin THAMES, ON PAS BAGS FROR TIM CRIBRA. PRP7ATIS. John Buchanan, 47th Regt., Jan. 9 Peter Johnston, 42d Regt., Jan. 11 Samuel Ganer, 49th Regt., Jan. 14 Thomas Jones, Scots Fusilier Guards, Jan. 11 John Davidson, Ist Batt. Rifle Brigade, Jan, 10 Wm. Morris, 19th Regt, Jan. 8 John Savory, Royal Art., Jan. 9 William Jackson, 55th R-gt., Jan. 9 Edward Cooper, 49th Regt., Jan. 7 Chas. Leamington, Scots Fusilier Gds., Jan. 11 Alfred Caldecott, 97th Regt., Jan. 13 Chas. Winston, 9th Regt., Jan. 13 Robert Chivers, Scots Fusilier Gds., Jan. 13 Samuel White, Ist Batt. Rifle Brigade, Jan. 13 J. Rolfe, Royal Marines, Jan. 7 Richar,l Wills, Royal Marines, Jan. 8 William Bullock, Royal Marines, Jan. 7 John Newell, 23d Regt., Jan. 5. " 1 419_ TA,a 23d Reitt.. Jan. a UN, LOND01" We believe that there • r.• as E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY l, 1855. LAW liV TELLIOBNCE.—tran. 31. CRIMINAL COURT.—Jan. 31, AUSTRALIAN LAND AND MINING COMPANIES. CHANCERY COURTS. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) MI/TINGE T. THE LONDON AND BLACKBALL BAILIN/AT OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Parke and Mr. Justice Ilannah, Marks Pepkin,t, 20, a good-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her male The subjoined communications have been received from Australian land and mining companies : COLONIAL GOLD, The company have received advices by the Calcutta from New South Wales, dated the 27th of October, 15 days later than those received per the Great Britain. The mining reports advise that at Louisa Creek the ire. provement in the produce of quartz continues since the system of sorting has been adopted, although the lode is found to be poor towards the south. On account of the scarcity of colonial labour the alluvial operations had not increased, but it was intended to remove the en gine to a mere convenient position, and adapt it to pump water to supply half a dozen tome, so that a larger quantity of stuff would be got through. At Tambaroora the works had progressed as rapidly as could be anticipated ; the large dam was entirely com pleted, the engineers and carpenters were getting on fast with the machinery for the stamps, the kilns for calcining were being built, and it was expected the stamping operations would be commenced soon after the turn of the year. Captain Paull remarks—" I see no change in the Royal Vein worthy of remark. We still continue to raise quartz, which appears to be much the same. We hare discovered a quantity of stuff on the surface towards the creek, some of which is ♦ery rich. As the shaft going down proved rather expensive, the ground being hard, I put the miners to stope away the piece of ground between it and the old shaft, which proves to be first-rate stuff, and the vein is a good size." COMPSIIT. illegitimate child by cutting its throat. The evidence appeared in our impression of yesterday. The jury retired, and were absent for more than as hour, when they returned into court, and gave a verdict of Not Guilty of murder, but Guilty of concealing the birth of the child. The plaintiff in this suit is the occupier of warehouses, a boiling-house, a yard, and premises, constituting to gether his manufactory, at No. 1, Christian-street, on the line of the above railway, over which one of the arches of the railway passes. The plaintiff by his bill sought to restrain the company from summoning a jury to ascertain the amount of the purchase-money of his premises, proposed to be taken by the railway company, or the damages to be occasioned thereby ; and also from issuing their warrant to the sheriff to summon such jury, and from taking any proceedings at law in respect of the premises ; and also from entering into or taking posses sion of, or from constructing any covering over his manu factory. It appeared that the railway company, being de sirous to widen their railway, obtained powers to do so by a special act some years since, and by subsequent acts their powers to take lands, compulsorily, for the pur pose, were extended until the 27th of July, 1853, after which time they were not to be exercised. On the 30th of June, 1853, the defendants served °a the plaintiff the usual notice to take a small part of the yard, part of the manufactory, and, as an easel - seat, to widen their arch across the yard of the manufactory. The plaintiff, on the 11th of .July, 1853, under a provision in the Leads Clauses Consolidation Act, gave notice to the defendants that he declined to let them take the part they wished, but offered to sell them the whole of the premises con stituting his manufactory. Although the compulsory powers of the company ceased on the 27th of that month, the company did nothing on this notice until the 9th of Sept., 1854, when they proposed to go to a jury to assess the value of the plaintiff's premises ; upon which the plaintiff insisted that the compulsory powers of the company were gone. On the 2d of Nov., 1854, the company gave the plaintiff notice of their intention to proceed to procure a jury to be summoned to assess the value of the plaintiff's promises. This bill was filed on the 7th of that mouth to restrain such proceed ' ing. An undertaking was shortly afterwards given by the defendants to do nothing until the motion for an in junction, which stood over, should be decided. Mr. Malins and Mr. Steero, for the plaintiff, mow brought on the motion, and admitted that the notice of the 30th of June, 1853, was a good notice ; but they submitted that the plaintiff's notice, requiring the com pany to take the whole manufactory, put the company to the necessity of giving a fresh notice, binding the company to take the whole manufactory as a prelimi nary to the exercise of any compulsory powers, because if they did not do so they were not bound to t else the whole, and the non-existence of such a notice was fatal to the validity of the subsequent proceedings, which, according to the Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, im plied the existence of such a document. Mr. Rolt and Mr. Green, for the company, submitted that the plaintiff was entitled to no injunction, en the ground, mainly, that the company's first notice being admitted to be good, the plaintiff's counter notice must be held to be imported into that notice, and the two formed an amalgamated notice ; and that being so, all the subsequent proceedings were regular ; and they sub mitted that the 0180 was decided in principle by " Pin chin v. the London and Blackwell Railway Company," reported Ist Kay and Johnson, p. 34. After a very lengthend argument, The Vice-Chancellor, after recapitulating the case, said that upon the whole it appeared to him that there had been an assent by the company to take the whole manu factory, according to the notice of the plaintiff, and that all that remained to be done was to take proceedings to assess the value, which the company were proceeding to take. He thought the company were not too late in expressing their assent to take the whole manufactory, awl he meet refuse the motion. The court did not rise until after six o'clock, although this is the last day of term. His Honour will sit to-mor row to dispose of a part-heard cause - Tichner v. Smith. Mr. Baron Parke directed the prisoner to be at once brought up for judgment, and, addressing her, he said that the jury bad acquitted her of the dreadful crime with which she was charged, and he hoped that their con science went wirh the ♦erdict. She could only now be punished for the offence of misdemeanour ; but, looking at all the circumstances of the case, he felt that he could do no less than pass upon her the full amount of punish ment fixed by the law for that offence—namely, impri sonment, with hard labour, for two years. Charles Lyon, 44, was indicted for the manslaughter of Jane Lyon. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Ballantine. This is one of those melancholy cases in which a wife appeared to have lost her life from the brutality of her husband. The prisoner, it appeared, carried on the business of a greengrocer Bad chandler in Arthur-street, New Kent-road, and the deceased woman, to whom he had been married a great many years, and who had born him fourteen children, six of whom were alive, resided with him, and it appeared that they quarrelled very fre quently on account, as was alleged, of the intemperate habits of the deceased. On the evening of the 19th January the prisoner was seen to thrust the deceased with great violence out of his house and shut the door after her, and upon her going across the road to the house of a neighbour named Lennard, he observed that blood was literally streaming from her person, and she ex claimed that her husband had kicked her, and that he was her murderer. Medical aid was sent for immediately, but she died the same night, and it turned out upon a post mortar' examination that the femoral artery had been ruptured, apparently by a kick, and that death was the result of the hemorrhage that ensued. When the pri soner was first questioned he denied haying kicked his wife, but said that he had given her some money to buy a bonnet with, and that she got drunk and spent it, and when he remonstrated with her, she flew at him and seized him by the threat, and on endeavouring to extricate himself a struggle took place, and the decea,ecd fell down two steps, and he kicked against her acciden tally. A son of the prisoner, who was examined as a witness, said that his mother was frequently very violent, and that she was in the habit of throwing teacups at his father, and that she had also frequently threatened to stab him. The surgeon who was examined also said that when he saw the deceased she appeared under the excitement of drink. Mr. Ballantine, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, said that although it was very natural that acts of vio lence of this description should create a feeling of dis gustatind n e it tno thefora am a s rn a ni certainlyn whod c ) f h every impossibleve t r y h e one, misfortune 1 to to m o e f o eh e u al l v d ec o a drunken n m ot rn ise. help ra thinking that if they knew all the circums t ances , and were aware of the misery that a man i n th e p os i tion o f the prisoner was frequently compelled t o endure du r ing the whole of his existence from having the misfortune to be allied to a drunken worthless wi f e , th e y would in many of these cases be compelled to come to the conclu sion that the man was really the victim , and that he was not the most to blame. In the present case the prisoner, cut of his hard earnings , had g ive n his wife money to purchase some articles of wea rin g apparel , and instead of doing so she squandered the money and came home drunk. Under these circumsta n ces , what was more likely than that a quarrel should take place l But he urged that there was no positi v e p r o of t hat a kic k had been inflicted by the prisoner, and that the probability was that in her drunken state she had fallen dow n, and that the injury was inflicted accidentally in the wa y the prisoner had stated. Mr. Justice Williams having summed up, the jury found the prisoner guilty, but recomm ended him to mercy on account of the provocation he ba d received. His Lordship, in passing sentence , said that the pri soner had been convicted of a most dis g raceful and un manly act, but at the same time he c o u ld not sa y that there were no circumstances in the case wh i ch to so me extent mitigated the offence be had committed. I t wa s not improbable, and the jury evidently believes it to b e a fact, that he had received a good deal of provocation , wife. His offence, however, was of a very serious cha racter, and the court would neglect its &sty if it did not pass upon him a sentence of some severity. Ho then ordered the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for one year. PEEL RIYER. In the memorandum given by the Peel River Land and Mineral Company yesterday evening it should have been added that Captain Price, as the agent for the Cordillera Company, had refused to deliver up posses sion of the land leased by that company, as he ought to have done, on the 18th of September last, claiming to hold the same until the 19th of December, 1854. KA.PUNDA. The Kapunda Mining Company of South Australia have received advices to the 24th of November from their agents, stating that the supply of labour at the mines was largely on the increase, and that since their advices in September the number of tributers had been nearly doubled, while in other descriptions of labour there was an almost abundant supply at fair wages, the disposition to leave for the gold fields being con siderably abated, if not entirely given up. The cap tain's report accompanying these general comments de scribes all the lodes and workings in the mines as highly satisfactory, the tribute pitches being eagerly taken at the captain's prices, and the quantity and quality of ore raised highly encouraging, some being as high as 42 per cent., the average of the workings being about 28 per cent. of pure copper. Upwards of 200 tons of this quality has just been shipped to England by the Adceste and John Hullett, and 150 tons more were about to be shipped in another vessel. During the time the mining operations were so seriously checked by the want of labour these mines had been kept clear of water, and in a state of readiness for the resumption of work whenever miners could be obtained. ADELAIDE LAND AND GOLD. The Adelaide Land and Gold Company has received despatches from the committee at Adelaide up to the 24th of November last, at which date the affairs of the company were progressing favourably ; 332 acres of laud had been purchased at a cost of 5161. ; 313 had been sold at a price to yield a profit of 2121. ; and 439 had been leased to tenants. The result of the ballot at the meeting of the Mari (pita Mining Company to-day has been a large majority in favour of the proposal for issuing debentures. (Bafore Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood.) HILL V. TEM SOUTH-RABTIRN RAILWAY COMPANY AND OTHERS. This WAS a motion for an injunction to restrain the railway company, and the other defendants, who were the owners and crew of a ♦essel called the Eliza, from prosecuting certain actions which hael been commenced in the .A.dniiralty Court, and to restrain them from com mencing► any other actions in that or any other court against the plaintiff, the owner of the vessel called the Clara, in respect of any damage or less occasioned by a collision between the two vessels. The facts as stated in the bill were that the Clara was a brig of 192 tons, and left Woolwich, in ballast, in September last, with a crew consisting of a master and seven men. In the night of the 23d of September she came into collision, near the Gun-fleet Light, with a schooner called the Eliza, which was laden with iron. The result of the collision was, t" 2 X." iff C t -trzra , 11C trit .r 4 11‘7? T r7fdTAdLc wife and two children of the master were drowned, part of his private effects was lost, some personal injury was also suffered by himself, and several of the crew were lost. The value of the brig Clara at the time of the col lision was stated at 1,2501. On the 30th of last Septem ber the owners of the Eliza commenced an action in the Admiralty Court, on behalf of themselves and the rest of the crew, against the plaintiff, in a cause civil and maritime ; for the purpose of recovering from the plaintiff the value of the Eliza, and of the effects of the master and crew. The Clara was seized under a war rant from the Admiralty Court in that action, but was released on bail being put in. The allegation upon which the action was founded was, that the collision was caused by the improper navigation of the Clara, but this the plaintiff did not admit. The bill then alleged that the plaintiff apprehended that claims would be made seeking to cast upon him liability in respect of the lives lost, and the personal injury to the master, and that the railway company had commenced an action in the Court of Ad miralty, in respect of the alleged liability of the plaintiff in respect of the loss of the iron. These liabilities the plaintiff expressly stated that he did not admit. The plaintiff then alleged that he was desirous of having the amount of his liability, if any, determined by the Court of Chancery, and to have such amount, if any, distri buted rateably among the several claimants who had made, and should within such reasonable time as the court should direct, make and establish any claim in re spect of such liability. Mr. Bolt and Mr. Martindale, in support of the mo tiou, relied upon the 17 and 18 Vic., c. 104 (tho Mer chant Shipping Act), part 9, sections 504 and 514, by which (sec. 504) it was enacted that no owner of any sea-going ship, or of any share therein, should be answer able in damages to an extent beyond the value of the ship and freight due or growing due during tke voyage, in cases where any of the following events occurred without his actual privity or fault—viz., firstly, where any loss of life or personal injury was caused to any per. son carried on such ship ; secondly, where any damage or lose was caused to any goods, merchandise, or any other thing whatsoever on board such ship ; thirdly, where any loss of life or personal injury was, by reason of the improper navigation of such sea-going ship, caused to any person carried on board any other ship or boat ; fourthly, where any loss or damage was, by reason of such improper navigation, caused to any other ship or boat, er to any goods, merchandise, or other thin g s whatsoever on board any other ship or boat, with a proviso that in cases of injury to passengers the value of the ship should in no case be taken to be less than 151. per registered ton, and that (sec. 514) where any liability had been, or was alleged to have been, in curred by any owner in respect of loss of life, personal injury, or loss of, or damage to ships, boats, or goods, and several claims were reads, or appreheaded, in re spect of such liability, then (subject to the right of the Board of Trade thereinbefore given) it should be lawful fee- the Court of Chancery in England or Ireland, and the Court of Session in Scotland, and in any British possession, for any competent court to entertain pro ceedings at the suit of any owner for the purpose of determining the amount of such liability, subject as There can be little donbt, from what has been dig covered since the horrid murder i❑ this town, that the girl Laws, the servant, is the murderer of the old lady, Mrs. Bacon. When the body was found in the bed room, it was surprising to every one present, including the high constable of the tows and Major Boys, one of the county magistrates, that no marks of blood were seen on any part of her dress or on her person except the crows of the head, which had been beaten in by the hatchet which was found in the coal cellar with blood and hair on it ; neither were there any marks of blood in the room or approaching to it, which is considered remarkable and mysterious. It was evident that the body had been placed there by some one, and carried up, and not dragged up, as was first considered. The body was partly dressed, having only the under-clothing on, with a coloured petticoat and stays, all perfectly clean. The stockings had not a soil on them, and the shoes were off the feet. It now turns out, from what is disclosed, that, as some suspicion arose from the appearance of the dress, that that dress was not the one she was murdered in, a strict search was made by Thomas Everest, the county superin tendent constable, and in the water-closet at the back of the dwelling he drew out with a stick the whole of the apparel the poor old creature was murdered in. There was also a shawl, and front its being pinned it is clear that after the murder had been committed the shawl was tightly put over the head, and firmly fixed, for the purpose of preventing the flow of hemorrhage from the crown of the head, as the false hair belonging to the deceased, with a cap, was inside of it and clotted with blood. The gown which the deceased wore that morning had been torn off her back, and that appeared also saturated with blood, as well as other articles of dress. The murderer, therefore, must have taken the trouble of washing the deceased and putting onfresh cloth ing after life had ceased to exist. It is said that the girl is not quite 16 years old, and that, although so young, ■he is well known to some of the police at Rochester, as keeping bad company and associating with the worst of characters. In consequence of the gold ring and the gold brooch which dropped from the bosom of her dress, on her being put to bed in the hospital at Fort Pitt, proving to be those of her late mistress, in quiry has been made, and a silk dress belonging to Mrs. Bacon has been found at Mr. Week's, pawnbroker, at Chatham, which was pawned by the girl about 6 weeks back. There has not been a murder in Chatham for nearly 20 years. Up to yesterday afternoon the girl remained in the hospital in a very low condition, and refuses to make any statement. thereinbefje mentioned, an for the distribitionof suoh amount rateably amohgat the were' claimants, with power ie= Any suck court to step all actions an d suits peading in any othoV court is relation to the same sub ject matter l , and any proceeding entertained by such court might be conducted in such manner, and subject to such regulations as to racking any persons interested parties to the same, and as to the exclusion of any claim ants who did not come is within a certain time, and as requiring security from the owner, 'and as to the judg ment of costs as the court should think fit. Mr. Willcock, en behalf of the defendants, contended that the act did not give any jurisdiction to the Court of Chancery, except in cases in which the party admitted kis liability, and where, consequently, the only question f•or the court to decide was the distribution of the fund among the several claimants. The Tice-Chancellor sail that the question raised was an important one in respect to the construction of the Act of Parliament. The object was to protect ship evrners in cases of any unfortunate liability, and gave a limit to the liability in such cases ; and the amount for which the owner became liable in such Cages then became a common fund to answer all ; and it would be manifestly unjust tr', allow one person to come 1 2.7., whole of that amount, or, on allow the owner who admitted the n other swallowhan nip() t his li iiity to be harassed by actions. The pro cneding was in the nature of an interpleader bill, where the party admits his liability and brings the fund into court. The section in the new act was in some respects wider in its terns than the old act of George 111. ; but it never could have been the intention of the Legisla ture that all the machinery mentioned in the act should be set in motion and all the prowielings taken, when after all it might be found that the whole thing was about nething.l The argument rested upon the introduc tion of the words " where asy liability was alleged to have been incurred," but those words might be explained without putting the construction contended for by the plaintiff upon them. As the plaintiff, therefore, did not admit any liability at all, that question must be tried and decided in the proper court, an d to present motion must be refaced with [ADVERTISEMENT.)—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills incomparable remedies for Bad Legs.—Mr. Shaeksll, Butcher, of Old Brentford, was afflicted for a long time with three] wounds in his logs, which rendered him totally unable to attend to his usual avocations ; in fact, his leg was so bad that it defied all medical skill to effect a cure. lie then made use of Holloway's Oint ment and Pills, paying every attention to the instruc tions given with the medicines, and the result was, after per-evering with these remedies for about ten weeks; tt at his leg is completely cured, and he now enjoys the best of health.—Sold by all Vendors of Medicine, and at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand. vs. !,"*._ •_ PRICES OF SHARD'S IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EYERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN. 26, 1855. - t A co z,7 RKBTS. .ThE,.EoDwleNreßiUngthGegma3ll k E e A t L to- MA day ß , I S B B 9:o ; l o A 3 L 9 so ' ir -all weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus :-0 0 at O. Os Od, and 0 at CIL Os. GAS-LIGHT AND CO ~..............--.-4 P" T ES* Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. j Share. -- ----- , X s. d. £ s. d. 1 British ••••••.. •• •• .. —.- • . —. . Ditto Provincial •• .. 11. Ss. 20 0 0 20 0 0 21 Brighton ••••..•• •• ~ 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 :ity of London .. •• •• 41. 10s. 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 . ..:entinental (3d Cap.)... 41. 10s. /0 0 0 43 10 0 ' Equitable -. •• •• .. •• •• I/. ss. 50 0 0 all 28 Great Central ....... 71 per cent. 10 0 0 all 10% Imperial .. • • ........ 101 & bonus.; 50 0 0 all .. Independent ... •• .... 11. 40 0 0 Pr London.• ...... •• •• •• _ 50 0 0 9 / Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 preecix .••.. •• ...... 41. per cent. GO 0 0 50 U 0 38% Ratcliff .. •• • ....... 41. 100 0 0 90 0 0 73 United General .• •• •• U. as. 50 0 0 all 20 Westminster Chartered V. per cent. I, 60 0 0 ~ 40 1 ,4, Ditto, New ........ , 51. per cent. i5O 0 0 10 0 0 • ..........-- WATER-WORKS. --- Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Price. ' Annum. Share. ---- X s. d. £ s. d. East London Grand Junction Kent.... • • Lambeth • New River Company 21.105. 55 Southwark & Vauxhall ' Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 49% West Middlesex .... ..„....___ EDINBURGH HAY A.1\ 7 1 3 •• • $.O gO , • Boni, JAN . of a ll deer* There was a largo supply of otrsvr STRAW MA D ;he market. The prices to-day were a s follow 16, Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s Oa per kemP le of ,l toigo Iron ; wheat do., 7s 6d to 8s 6d ; barley do., 5 8 us. pe r stop & Hay from 10d to 12d ; new ditto, Od to Od --- .1 29. DALKEITH MEAL MARKFAT-3---• Secoudd 353 Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Oa -4 Pease meal, per ditto - 0 m ...-e Flour, per ditto —s 0(1 - -- s '- o d .„.• Pot-barley, per ditto DUBLIN, JAN. 39. „ o f There was a moderato supply of all descriPti,°.,ll:l; grown grain to-day, and some consider able Arl',"f o r ley from Scotland and Hamburg. The norke",iiiii thing was exceedingly depressed, and a larg e , s s samples remained unsold. In the small bumm e d c ats occurred wheat was is to 2s, barley 6d to ls, Inman cheaper than on Friday. Nothing doing in i nt— 41i ( 38, to White wheat, .41s Od. to 43s ; red ditto barley, 16s Od to 20s Od ; oats, ris Gd. to 04 5(1 4; 27s Od to 28s 6d per brl ; oatmeal, 15s Od to 1; 8 00 flour, 24s Od to 273 Od per swt ; Inaiaueore,44s per 4801bs. clone a the tolifig .°S. p - na os I vira—fi 00 , Hetton Lyons '' gaswell ................' .... . 0 South liettou. ..... .. .....S4 ... R u ssell's Hotta ... ... . 1 itowart's ................. CaesoP ................... Caradoe ...... Hartlepool ................. lieugh Hall . ........... I Kenos . ........ ..... ' ' 54 TrimdOf ...... ."""'".10 South Keno*, ............... I Tees ........................ Whitworth ......... . ... -haus 22 C ,21 C ,21 6 .21 3 .21 3 ' l et co. 'TA"( I`,ty, 11 , ritZt *( ' Arei • Ver, V. or A • , 011, h . 4,401 wuPi g t.Lo'. E4l 16 / 4, ton i. gittr Nl n t e rt it ,t' 4 . 4 4, str - ..,11/I(ii `.1,741' ot i --$ --I ol lb e or . 0104 4 la el; t 0 ,.. , •, , . . IP ell, 4, ,0 oPe - r i , . • ovia At- a d I " 0 ,4 1 1 ........ .. ' . S o'; ....... ..... ... 0 ;, ."...04 1111, j - I°4 111j1'0 • 0 • I 1 4 * .441! SPORTING INTELLIGENCE• EPSOM SPRING MEETING, MARon 22. ACCEPTANCES for the GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. Two miles and a quarter. (81 subs., 35 of whom pay 5 sovs. each.) The highest weight accepting being set 51b, it has bees raised. to Bst 71b, and the rest in proportion. Age st Ib Talfouri 5 8 7 Joe Miller ripaanititindodi Wild Huntsman 4 7 12 Mincemeat '4 7 12 Winkfield La Belle 5 7 9 Royalist 4 7 8 Kaffir 4 7 8 Dr. O'Toole Neville Mishap Postulant 5 7 0 Quince 4 7 0 litunguffin 4 6 13 The Exile of Erin 4 8 12 Seducer The Yore Saraband Rodo.rneli Pharmalus Billingham 4 6 4 Lincoln's Inn 4 6 4 Fandango Age et lb Romani Corcebus Saucebox ilrinklow 1 3 5 12 High Priest Vandal .... 3 5 11 Palette Cloud 3 5 9 Chisel 3 5 7 Joshua Vandyke (Mr. Nunn's) Cossey Sis. to Singapore 3 5 4 Lancewood 3 5 4 Kettleby 3 5 4 Noisy Redlands Pantheon ISteelyard Matilda 3 4 4 Imogene 3 4 2 Homily 3 4 2 ACCEPTANCES for the CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP. Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course. (86 sul)e., 40 of whom pay 5 soya, eacb,) Age et lill Ago at lb 1 The Nabob o 9 5 Mints ....,......, 3 6 1 Scherz Vindex Marayas .. ...... .., 4 8 4 Dillingham 4 6 41 Grand inquisitor 4 8 6 Rambling Katie 3 6 2 Frantic Wild Huntsman,. 4 7 10 Dr, Cooke ..„,„ 3 6 0 Epaminondas ~. 4 7 10 Topsy .....,.,...,,,, 4 5 12 Humboldt Eulogist ~, 5 7 5 Pollard, Lac i ly bifa , 47 4 Dnke or Linbri.ster 45 9 Irtand's Eve.„.„ 5 7 4 General Picton ... 3 t. ? SnaresbroA Pharos Hercules 4 7 1 The Rajah 3 5 7 Quince Mr, Sykes 5 6 13 Plausible Boer Saraband Little Gerrard ... 4 0 11 Velvet Testy , The Yore The Exile of Erin 4 6 10 Homily Ayolvcrhampton Steeplechases are pos t p oned until iviondai next, the 511 lust. Should the weather render further ,po,stp.onement necessary, the meeting will take place 0 . 406 succeeding Monday on.which the wea. IRISH AND SCOTCH BANKS. The returns of circulation of the Irish and Scotch banks for the four weeks ending the 23d of Decem ber, when added together, give the following as the average weekly circulation of these banks during the past month, viz.:— - -•- Average circulation of the Irish banks Average circulation of tho Scotch banks , 4,316,095 Average circulation during past month ... £11,038,744 On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the following appears to be the state of the circulation : The Irish banks are abovo their fixed issue £368,155 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,228,386 Total above the fixed issue The amounts of gold and silver held at tke head offices of the several banks during the past month have been as follows : Gold and silver held by tho Irish banks £2,053,756 Gold and silver held by tho Scotch banks 1,807,836 lowa OL gulti null allvva L.3,13G1,591 The above statements complete the returns of the cir culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month ending the 23d of December. There is an increase of 930,2671. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 1,051,743/. in the circulation of the United Kingdom, when compared with the month ending the 25th of November ; and, as compared with the month ending the 24th of December, 1853, a decrease of 1,564,2311. in the circulation of notes in England, and a decrease of 1,091,5011. in the cir• culation cf the United Kingdom. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of England in both departments during the month ending the 23d of December was 14,010,3621., being an increase of 433,0121. as compared; with the previous month, and a decrease of 1,413,6781. when compared with the same period last year. The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 23d of December was 3,861,5911., being an increase of 67,9761. as com pared with the previous return, and a* increase of 334,2011. when compared with the corresponding period last year. A picture of the greatest possible interest has just been added to the Wellington Room at Madame Tue saud's establishment. This picture represents the Duke of Wellington viewing the wax effigy of the Emperor Napoleon as he appeared on his death-bed at St. He lena. The duke appears slightly bending over the sup posed remains, with his hat off, as be actually stood when viewing the mighty dead. The figure of his grace is full of interest, and is, we understand, the last por trait the duke sat for—a voluntary offer on his part to the artist, Sir George Hayter, when hearing the subject on which Sir George wai employed, a subject so inte resting in a historical point as portraits of the two greatest generals of the age. As a picture, the execu tion and colouring are admirable ; many of the details are full of interest—as that of the broken staff of the standard, surmounted by the eagle, the favourite badge of Napoleon, tells a tale o f woe, and such a sure type of his desolate death on the rock of the ocean ; yet, won derful to relate, has left a scion of his house who has risen like a Phcenix from his ashes to astonish the world. This picture has lately been engraved by Mr. J. Scott for the eminent printsellers in Pall-Mall, Messrs. Graves and Co. Paursniam IN SOOTIAND.—An abstract return, moved for by Mr. E. Ellice, M.P., and published on Tuesday by order of the Hoase of Commons, shows that the popula tion of Scotland (excepting the counties of Argyll, In verness, Ross, and Sutherland, and their islands) amounted in 1851, to 2,554,463 souls ; the amount of property on which the poor-rate was levied, to 8,640,647/. ; the rate in the pound on the amount of property assessed to the poor-rate, to Is. 2id. ; the an nual sum received from Parliainnnt for medical relief, to 8,7121. ; the total expenditure for the relief and mainte nance of paupers in food and lodging, to 408,6111. ; the total expenditure for the relief of casual poor, to 21,9071. ; the proportion of paupers relieved to the po pulation to 4.85 per cent. ; the average rate of the ex penditure of poor-rates on the total number of paupers relieved, to 31. ss. 10d. per head ; the cost of establish ment, to 51,4791., and the cost of medical relief to 24,7301. In the four counties already mentioned, for which separate returns have been made, the population in 1851 amounted to 385,940 souls, and the amount of property assessed to the poor-rate to 732,0441. The rate in the pound on the amount of property assessed to the poor-rate amounted—in Argyllshire, to ls. Ad.; in Inverness-shire, to Is. 9id. ; in Ross, to 2s. 4d. ; and in Sutherland, to 2s. 3id, in the pound. The total expen diture for the relief of the regular paupers in the same four counties amounted to 52,9431., and the proportion to the population of the paupers relieved varied from 2.18 to 5.i2 per cent., the highest average having been in Argyllshire, 5.52 per cent., and the lowest in the islands of Ross-shire, 2.16 per cent. In the three coun ties of Inverness, Ross, and Sutherland, the average was nearly the same—viz., about 4.70 per cent. ADTERTISEMZET.I—TIIII WAR IN THE EAST. —POWEEFITI,PATEXT REComrOITEMII GLASSES.— SIGHT AND HEARDM.-3rieSerfe 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 preSerted and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with these lenses of such less raag nifeing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of farther power& assistanee. Deaf nest-41(3w 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 hes been, or probably ever can be, ; tproducd. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public eseembliee ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist ance that possibly could be desired, By her Majesty's Roy t a Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary Improvements Race in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp , course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know thetan distto an the ces of ebeeets viewed through t hem —re great imporce army, navy, and others. These telescopes posse an ss suchextra exteyera ordinary powers that som e 3 i inches, with - piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half 'distant, and an o bject from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing pow ers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian ;with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat -pocket glass,the size of a walnut, lay which a person can be seen and known I.i 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-stalking, yachting, to sportimeh, ine;, , mrl.l t race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Observe—oppo. AO lilt Ifork lietol. COAL MAR DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Pald. Price. Annum. Share. ,------ X s. d.l X s. d. Commercial .• ,••• .. - 41. pr cent. Stock. Stock. - East and West India.. 51. pr tent. Stock. - - - East Country.. - - - London ..• ••... •• • • 5/. pr cent. stock. , - 1053( I)itto Bonds •• •• - - - St. Katharine - 9t/ Southampton - Victoria .. •• _0 0I 12 0 0 - BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Hungerford - .. • • .• • • --_ - 12 Southwark ...... •• •• - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - - Waterloo . .•. 100 0 0 - 4U Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. 1 4 s. 60 0 0 -- 31 Ditto NW ditto of 71. 11. 10s. Od. 40 0 0 - 28 Vauxhall ............ I/. 55. 7 0 10 3 - 23 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. i -- - X s. d. £ s. d. Australasia........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 all 80% British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 ~ _ Commercial of London. ti/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 31 Colonial .............. 3/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - lonian . . .. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 8 0 - Lond . Char. Bk. of Aus. - 20 0 0 all 0 21% London and County .. 61. per cent. 20 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn aria Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint Stock •.• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 J 0 - Provincial of Ireland.. Si. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, N ew.• •.. - - 8t . per cent. 10 0 0 all - National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Nat. Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 33 0 e - Ditto, New ...• .... . 5:. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. 121. p. ct.&bs. 25 0 0 all 38 South Australia .. ...i 3'. p. ct.& bs. 25 0 0 I , t - Union of lustralia -•• 40'. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 67 Ditto .............. '4Ol. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London ..... , 8/_ per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ... • • - 40 0 0 all - I Y CANALS. Dividend Names of g 1 Dividend Price Names of l'; Companies. g per Companies. t.s* Annum. er Price. - ifit 'Annum. ' 17i ------ -- -- - - I .£ x Ashtn &Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 141 Macclesfield. 100 $l. 10s. 513{ 1 Barnsley• •• • 160' - - Meath .• •... inn 161. 150 1 . 13 r knk&Abrg 1501 41. 6 0 Oxford.. •• • • 100 1 13/. 110 k Birmingham 401 41. - Peak Forest. 78 SI. Os. 86 , Coventry.. •• 100, 251. 209 Regent's.... go 15s. 16 Derby ••• .• 1001 61. 84 Rochdale.. • . 85' 1/. les. 60 l Ellsmre&Chs 69 '214 p. et. - Somrset Coal 140. - - GrandJunctn 10014/. pr. et. 65 Do. Lk Fd St 12 - - Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. 113 SUlrd &Wore 140. 281. 423 ' Grand Surrey 100 21. 10s. 48 Shrewsbury.. ;28 - 3 Grand Union l loo 11. Os . 12 1 4 Stoirbridge.. 45 121. 2118 • Kennt & Avn r 39 63. 00. 6% Sven and ' • 21. 211 L Lancaster .. 100' - - Wye Rail.] 2 5 i Leeds &Livlp 100 251. - Warwic k & It. 20 1 Leicester.... ;10(' 51. IS Birming. 3 100 Leicstr &N 1 11 117.4 41, 283{ Warwick & 1 I 31. 10 Loughboregh t 142 701. 575 Napton..3 100; Monmouthsh "I 100 - - Worcstr & t 31 . 2e 5 Mntginerysh 10C - - Binning. 3 ' - ' 6 Meltillawbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks 1 -10 s. Od. - INSURANCE COMPANIES. . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- ----- £ S. d. X 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. & be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Anchor ...... •....... 6 per cent. 5 0 10 0 - Atlas .. Argus Life ......... • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 22 British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 50 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life 3pr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - County .....• •••• • • • • 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 125 Crown .... •••• - - -17 s. Od 50 0 0 50 0 173¢ Eagle - Equity and Law...... 4 1 4 per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 53y European Life - Gencral...... ...... .. 6/. 5 0 0 PI 5 34 Globe • . 61. per cent. Stock. 127% Guardian - .... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 45 0 0 55% Imperial Fire... • • .... 12/. per cent, 500 0 0 50 0 0 330 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... 11.33 & 31. 100 0 0 20 0 0 65 Law Fire ............ U.& 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4% Law Life.•- ••..•• • • . • - 100 0010 0 0 56 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 63% London London ship.. - Marine ..... .... • • .... 18s.per share 100 0 0 18 0 0 2$ Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4% t. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3% Minerva ••.. • • ...... sp. ct. & be. 20 0 0 2 0 0 5% Monarch •••••• • • • • .• - 5 0 0 1 0 0 - National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - Palladium Life . - Pelican .... • • • • • • • . • • - - - _ Phrenix - - - - Professional Life • ..... 51. per cent. b 0 010 0 34 Provident Life........ 11. bs. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Rock Life.... •••. - .. ! ss. aa 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange ...... 61. p.et. & be. Stock. all - Sun Fire ...... ...... 6/ 10s. - ++ - Ditto Life . 1/ 10s - 5734 U n ited Kingdom .... AL p. ct &bs. 20 0 0 4 0 0 4% Universal Life .• • ..... 2/. 55. per sh. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Victoria Life • • ...... Si. per cent. - 4IS 6 5% • MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. 1 X s. d. Assam Tea • • ••.. • • 51. 50 0 0 20 0 0 193( knelt en Mart ••• • - - 234 per cent., 60 0 0 - - kustralian A4riculturl IL ls. 100 0 0 17 10 0 36 Australian Trust •• .. 61. per cent. - 25 0 0 - Australian Royal Mail 51. 10 0 0 all 4% Anglo-Mexican Mint.. IL 105. 10 0 I all - BMW' Amorican Land 15s. - 40 0 0 - Canada ... •• • • ...... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 - Do. 6 pof cent Bonds Si. 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 1$ Ditto.. •• - .... (II) - 25 0 0 15 0 0 - Equitable Reversion* , 51pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Ditto New .....• .• - 50 0 0 17 10 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. bp.c. & be, 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Gen .Steam Navigation 10 p.ct. 15 0014 0 0 - lludson's 8ay...... • • - Stock. - - Hungerford ........ • • V. 55. 100 0 0 100 0 9 - London Institution ... - - - - London Reversionary 4% per cent. 15 0 0 all - Russell Institution- • • - - 12 10 0 - Price'sPatentCand.Co 10/. per Cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 2574 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Royal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - South Australian -6/. per cent. 25 0 0 all 3$ Trust and Loan Comp. Upper Canada . •• - - -----....---...--......-- LIST OF SCOTTISH. COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividenc Amount Name of Company. per of [ I'4d. Price. Annum. Share. X c. d. f, s. d. Bank of Scotlaid .• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 178110 British Linen Company SI. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2011 0 Caledonian Bank • • . Si. per cent. 10 0 0 210 OV. 16s City of Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 101 15s Clydesthde Bank •• •• 5%/. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 Os Ccmmercial Bank •• 71. per cent. sio 0 0 100 0 0 204110 s Eastern Bank.. •• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10115 s Ediub. & GlasgoW •• 3%1. p cent. 60 0 5 0 0 41. 14s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. N a ti on al Bank •• •• 6% per cent. 100 0 0 103 0 0 16510 s Nortltof Scotland Bank 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 • 41. 106 Royal Bank of Scotl. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 125110 Union Bank of Scot. el. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 691 Os Western Bank •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 771 les Alliance Fire and Life.. 5% /.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 15112 s British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 11. Os Caledonian Fire Incur . 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251. Os City of Glasgow Life • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 11 s Colonial Life ......... 5 1 . per cont. 50 0 0 1 0 0 51. 55 Edi n burgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 251 103 Eng. & Scot, La's Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 5 0 41. 78 Life Assoc. of Scel.*And 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 s'. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 13s North British Incur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 33/10s Scottish Union Inane. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. lls Standard Life •• ••.. • • 51. per cent. 60 0 0 7 0 0 171 0 United Dip. AMMAN V. per sent. 10 0 0 1 0 • - . SUPPLY OF COAL ON THE EUXINE.—A Parliamentary paper published on Saturday (moved for by Mr. Ewart, M.P.,) supplies some useful information relative to the nature and quantity of the coal derivable from the mines near Heraclea, en the Euxine. These mines are situate thirty miles eastward of Heraclea (Eregli), and within half-a-mile of the sea. The coal crops out from the sides of the mountains, forminA the deep narrow ravine ix which the mines are situate. The Ad miralty, in April last, instituted inquiries respecting those mines, so important for supplying coal to her Majesty's ships in the Mediterranean and the Black sea. The result of the local investigation being satisfac tory, both as regards the quality and quantity of the coal, an agreement was made with the Turkish authori ties for the transfer of these mines to our own Govern ment. It was estimated that the mines of Kosloo would yield 30,000 tons per annum, and Rear-Admiral Boxer, writing to Sir J. Graham, on the 29th of Nnveince , last, Paw no difficulty (if a sufficient supply of workmen were sent out) in the mines being regularly worked throughout the year, and producing about 3,000 tens per month. Ile also expressed an opinion that if the war were protracted it would be necessary to work the new mines of Zangledik. This hint was acted oat by a Treasury minute of the sth of December, in accordance with , iiiel - ! the director. of the workq wonbi lnqo nn t; ! re ;1,,i1,, , ; ',: ;.: . ~.:orl'4, I:lint, , i , ,,_,rioi,•,'.i ~.,,! i: - ..2 . , :,, - .L.i.. ~i ktlid ii, ili esLiw .1....1 6i,at , LU , UUU Villd 01 0.41,1 Wilt 00 C.N.- i tracted from the district conceded during the six simmer months commencing from the lit April, 185 f. .___ .._.._ Prices of Coal per ton at t. S. a.i Buddlo W. Hartley l9 0 gasting's Hartley l9 0 H 0 1ywe11...... ...... 2l • Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19 6, Tanfield Moor l7 0 Tyne Main 17 0 Wylam 18 C WaUsenet, ac. Acorn Close Gosforth Harton Heaton . B.edley rrice. I w S.- .Joston E.5.E.... Frost. M Gainsborough N. File. Great Grimsby E.S E. r°.. Leicester H rl a a r r a d f froo . l?- 9 Derby N.E. Nottingham Liverpool Holyhead Dublin a Lowestoft Cambridge ...... .. E. Fsss F s i anura r 00 : 00 s s :v ry(t t ....- -.° : . Brighton N. Aberdeen S.W Dundee Perth Edinburgh W Glasgow Berwick N.E. Fine. Sunderland Darlington E. Whitby Scarborough York Hull E.S.E. Hard ir e t . j , Mar chaster N.E. 'lard frol Shrewsbury I Si Ice. C Its 0 \1 ....., Laney rharncliffe 2l 6 South Durham ••• te ~..- r,„ :den Main Iraddyll 23 6 Watney'cauthro cl gok 22 3 , c1,, ,, .y -----------'"'""_--'-----"•••""--' •(.: 4 ' l V7 l/147°. ‘1,4, Sp BAILIV AY TRAFFIC BE— • c oo `5CT, 4 1,,,, fo „11 Vs 4/ 4 ,. PA ret 3ll oo° V i ' , M 4. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Tra,..O , a ' ll 4 NI . V. ,_,,t p '114,. veek ending Jan. 21, 1855 ..................... .• , J. .ir. ~ li s• 4 )orrespouding week last year .................. .• x '„,...601 s likk, \,.. __„,y .-- 3 2,11,3 A LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RA.ILwA c ; i i.or, 1 5 P 'k l i!' At . Ann for the week ending Jau. 28, 1855 ..... Pfi,i, • a ' k_ m , corresponding week last year .................. '" Ail ieji ,'",, ' Tragl ° 710 6 1 't: CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RALLWAY.--- g s 0,. 0 ~ g, Toy_ the week ending Jan. 28, 1855 .. ................ , i '1,51 J, „ ~:, )orresponding week last year .................... • •'_,..!, P '41. 44, '46P ' 14 , Increase in 1855 . .......................... •'.--------"-'-'"-------"'""----------- ~'441 ' 4 4 i t ' l 4 SEABORNE SAILS .'1 ' . 1,11,C Al . earA, 1 1 , 51 (N signifies that the mails are sent iron) the " il k 11 4" by the night--and Mby the inorning --despa tch.) ire ) 1) 1 - ---__ - t piti ' l kkot tl C COUNTRIES. Day whim ruaat. up From •i'* l- A or, ' tA k fii, in General Post- ij ti ' d N l .Nksi Office, London.* Dis P ate -„,:. ;di , ~., vi l l' t l 4 ii- - i I ti op kmerica(byßrit.pack)N ,Every Friday ... LiverP Ou 1, 1 0, oth.vo, America, kby United Sts.l ' i l th tft, , . 14 ,,, e rp00f I nh,., b. packet) .. • • ......N ' 21P fli, tmerica (by U. States I soutlffa uPtc°l f 4 4 ; 14, 1 1 11 ii, packet) .. ••.... .. NI n 1 ) .0 . , 14 1 1 4 1 ' Australia (via • South- I ~ ,„soptoi 4 4 ampton) ..........m Jan. 4 ••••• .... . • Sofun .„ ...• _46 1 t 1 0 4 , 1) ,,. i I _4, Ditto (via Marseilles) N l Jan. 9 ......... ... Doves • t og - irq,l, l Ditto (via Cape of Goodi bkt Hope) ...• • • ......N1 • • ....... • • utb " i Africa ( West Coast)..Nl23d of the month.. PlY 111 ! - .. „.. l'i Alexandria .• • • • . .. .. N IR, 9, 24, & 30 ot ro..Dove r . .„„tog „ lie Alexandria .... •• .. .., m , 4th & 20th of mon. Soutlf i tt' r opg ni g. ii , t ,Zrit, ti l Bahamas ••• • • ....../{, l 7th of the month Setiti aw . ..„. , t'arOv eh, 0 Belgium ...• • • .... _ NiDaily •• .... .. „ .. Dover . ', p l,o r oo p . 'ce:914 ,1 Brazil it, Buenos Ayres ........M '9th of the month.. Southal%rts u Cape of Good Hope ..N v o ,r . ious r - :k4 l r ear Cape of Good Hope -It e ' , 4 1 .I,ssaP tel' Itf 'l. Cape de Verde ......N 9th of the month Sou.- , r too, ti) Ceylon (see India) , , c , n ' ktt!' I 1 ot Pl Ceylon ...• •• • .......N goUtn iniP : D 0" '14,1 Channel Isles.. • • ....NlMen.,Wed.,&Fria• - th ooP ,b„ ,) Chi 11................• 1.112 d & 17th of montb Sou ,140140 ikitqtn._,,ttib, China (see India) Constantinople ......N18,13,18,23„&28 of IP rr../te.;;;091.114 .. . . 4 4 : 7 ' D o per .. 0 0 , li q i t t o Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th or mon. . Cont. of Europe M & Nl..,twice daily ..... ..._..1 , l iki l l o ip Egypt (see India) I , Dover .."„;; JP' France ........ M.. &N I Twig e daily .. 0 . •••,,, 3 , t ahatOP l i 1- , 1 *II Gibraltar •• • • ......Mi,4, 7, 17, 20, 2 7 f ."- Greece (see India) i Greytown ..... ..... Ml2nd & 17th itiPtog r ~ , Hamblugh ..........NlTuesdaY Et month Southa .., ~ 4 1 . flavoring& ' m 2nd of to - DoVer ...... ~ . ), 'tt, ixononei • ,'' ''' ''..•' '',,,,.1,-,,„,,,,. ‘4 , a allndladlVl:S4iiiitiMP.i.lo-11,:i2fitille.ne..0111:°,:liOan..1\81"rYint,114 .••• .. India (via Marsellies)m,ottisgsetri of montli l Do/5 ... ..... \'o LA lonian Isles (see India)l7, 17, &27 of iron V0i".",,, , ' • 0,11.,,, i k Vile ' opilly.iLsociiiaboanm.p.t.o.o)l4.°l ~, wet; Ireland ........M & N!Twice daily ...... iloll7iato n i ~- if ‘Nedi k , Li5b0n..............M17,9, 17, &270 f m. Sol ° 00 .1 30 0 r I, O ..ths . ' - t Madeira -...• ......M 9th of the month Sh erpa 0• • . , 41/ Zadeira .....• .„ .....N 23c1 of month •• .. [Ai , • - 'op Malta (see India) V . ___,..... 0 ' Malta ....• • • ...... ~N S, 18, &28 of mon. Dov.• ~' . h hal Mauritius (see India) ill ''. te o , gauritius .. .. •••••••N 14th of the month ~,rap t ki „ ic ite.ico Naples • . •...........,N bthisth2sthormon.rlo7:loo,, t, • .., 1 , , New Granada ......M124 &17th of month Sofft." o , porf - 1 ' .‘ • New Zealand ........ , . ;By private ship • . ye o ,, er ...• ' l ' l l t ,,'t of Papal States ........1415thl5th2hthofrrion. D o tio mpto got, Peninsula ...• •• •• • „Nf? thl7th27thofmon.,Sell*h.ototttp, tri, Peru ••• • • • ..M 2(1 & 27th of naori.lBou7iis pOft‘i , Port Natal .• •• •.....Nißy private ship.. •1 "',,-, ...." t i y e Sicily , .N(sthibt.h2sthoilnono2f:eat. ~...f, fel' o t ,,,.v_r Ri Tuscany ............Nlstlll s th 2s tho fmon. l uo`,4,olplw , •:,'°4l. Venezuela - , 1 Of Van Diemen'sLand (see , A l e " L Australia) .. 1 thalaw- t,th •• West Indies ........Mi2dec l7th o i month 10 11 o if , I,ti tt e sf, ~. „lis I p lS , .41h4 ,41 4 ti is , t o „o 0 1 When any 01 these dates fall Oa a SundaY , the ii s 0 1 AO." , or spatched on the following day, with the excell o b, 1 Southampton). and the Malta, both of whiCh W ' Ntl tie ar preceding dai. _.---,, . op ' ,11, - „ 4 ,: , ,Ei ....- j , 1 i ll 04 WIND AND W.HATIIEIt , ale, Pt ' t t 4t°4 • ~,g,f,,,‘, k4 k lir IlDl o° ' or V 2 4, 41 ,, Stations. Coarse of Wind. siltato of ~ 4 . i ll Greenwich . . ..4,,E.N.E... .., Of sre si ±t, ' Nrib. ll 4 Lothbury Hague E, god fr° l.- 4 4 '. O ck. II Bristol E. Plymouth Exeter e l Gloucester Cardiff N.E Windy * • , Swansea N.E. Cold. ' 1 , . Haverfordwest 4 'kti • Leamington S.E ' 1 - t• 5 :.. 4 ) ' Shrewsbury S.E. Rnai- nn liar master Mai.7port .... - ~, flp Sheffield Stoke-on-Trent ... S.E. Carlisle Lancaster Whitehaven Fro St. _,,, s tg, II ki Leeds Southampton N. Cowes N. Portsmouth Poole Snovr. t 't I), Winchfield._ Yarmouth. S.E.Frost- ' , 1 1 ( Newcastle t i Dover Over „ 01 0 ', Tunbridge E. Partial'' , ,04J 1 th Stroed E. BIRTHS. ' 0 'l 41 OF • SON. . d k i k tt On the 28th nit., at Kensington, til e crite 'Phl , i f tlTS,, k hii John Brereton. V : I -, 11 OF A DAtIGHTICII. o p "4,. 2 11 . ‘: On the 31st ult., at 5, Connaugh°t-pYlearce: ', liti i tl Charles J. Monk, Esq. . . , ) Old MARRIED. bill ~ittti*t On the 20th ult., at Walton-on-TbaLtl eg ' 0 1 0 0 ' , t '' 4 4. Lushington M.A., William Oldham, -Ds l t 4 b 4 o la l 4 Th a mes, to Emily, fourth daughter 0 1 09 )1 %il mell, Esq. 1 0 d 'it, ri t. t t . On the 30th ult., at Tethlington, %- ,O •P g hte ili' 15th Madras N. 1., to Maria, second d' u bi s /' vi PI , " At Thomas, Esq. of Teddingten. On the 30th ' ult., at St. James's, Pict yo dilll' ti a r Qad"ell 0 1 i le '‘ Esq., M D., of Hertford - stre et, MaYlt"'t,oo,, y 9 k , t .1 13 Sir Charles M. Clarke, %rt., of WigglieP ,ll ktt fordshire, to Helen , second daughter 0' k 441 IP 11 1 0( Esq., of Cork-street. P I N 01 I,r i , D DIE D. bot" .4 te' e t On the 3d lilt ,on board ship b o-0., r i n tbe A 003; 0 0) , 44 11 klava, of typhus fever, William Abbot t -I 'OlP 4 t: 41st Regiment, third son of Lieut.-o°'° ~ VI. Ik'' l %, 6 e toil' o r .0 1 . 4 son, Fort Amherst, Chatham. CO , t d,,, „ 41 On the 18th December. at Bonibal , ,, x ,(li o , o 0 j V j % i t\ Butler, of 11. M. 86th Regt. comf o uit „Toto,o9lBt Vie,, Sanitary Station at Poorund ' hurr , 15- ( - 1 br 9 totit " N '' I ' General the Hon. H. E. Butler, au a w o o,' *-,;;,,,„: Captains Butler who fell at Silistria 0; 11 0 , Ito, k 4 ;,, On the 29th ult., at Doddiscorabsleywrio! 01 , Via t ,j , the Rev. James Buckingham, late of L :, f owei - th , the Vicarage of which he held n early '''sq., ~ On the 25th ult., W. W. Deacon' / i t" , \ _ __--- 311 ,, a ,, Devon, aged 82. ,--- -7 1 (1- „ r, 0:I -- -- , Ling D 2W . • P7inte,l and, Pao i:',l":3 1 4 ~,,,, 0, ,t . \ ~. 1.12, `.Sti•ap..‘l, Printer, Al , 1":'"'' 0 ..- ll 1 , Straail, in the Preoixot of the P-3b.f... 11,,,..N i .._ Middicsox, WhursdaT Yfibrcori- 1 1 •