The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-03 00:00:00

Y CORPS. Yesterday afternoon, Lord Henry Clinton and a large party of gentlemen assembled at Blackwell, to witness te the departure o f th e secon d L on don detachment of men engaged by M essrs . P e t e and Bette, to construct the men railway from B a l a kl ava to the trenches before the heights around Sebastopol. They go out in the fine by Messrs. vessel the Hespe r u s , 800 tons, built in the Tyne, Marshall, and seemingly in every way admirably Nvie bly adapted for this particular purpose, combining compactness with great capacity. Her engines are 150 horsepower, and she made the trip from the Tyne to the Thames in 30 hours, her average speed per hour being 101 knots. She carries fall hurden, 800 tons of rails, sleepers, and other ma terials, with fuel for twelve days, but presents no ap pearance whatever of being unduly laden ; and, should the weather be but moderately favourable, it is antici pated that she will reach Malta without stopping at Gibraltar to mil, and accomplish the voyage to Bala klava in three weeks. She is commanded by Captain Crookeliank, an able and experienced officer, well ac quainted with the seas he is about to navigate, and on Thursday will be followed by the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Durham, the following carrying 80 and the latter 50 navvies. The number now taken out by the Hesperus is 80, nearly all young men in the prime of vigorous manhood, and presenting all those evidences of stalwart strength and endurance for which their class is proverbial. They are amply provided with warm and durable clothing of the most suitable description, and, apart from a little of the confusion and excitement con sequent upon their first experience of a sphere so entirely new to them as that of the deck of a steamer, they ap pea.red in the best possible spirits, and thoroughly satis fied with everything that bad be en d one f or them. A large crowd assembld on the Brunswick Pier to witness their departure. Shortly after two o'clock the men were mustered on the fore deck in their new clothing to hear addresses from Captain W. S. Andrews, managing di rector of the North of Europe Steam Navigation Com pany, and Lord Henry Clinton, who, with a party of gentlemen connected with the enterprise, were on a platform amidships. The steam being shut off, and silence obtained, Capt. Andrews, to whose practised vigilance and general activity so much of the efficiency of all the arrangements of this noble undertaking is due, addressed the navvies in brief, but homely and energetic terms, which elicited hearty plaudits from his hearers. Ho told them that though the accommodation to be found on board ship necessarily differed considerably from what they hadj been accus tomed to, yet nothing had been neglected that could contribute during the voyage to their comfort and the preservation of that health and strength on which so much reliance was placed, not only by their employers, but by the whole country. Everything that could be done had been done, as far as human foresight could effect it, for them ; and if they would only be united and cordial among themselves —exhibited good temper, cheer fulness, docility, and confidence and respect towards those placed over them on board, they would be as happy as the circumstances of ithe case would possibly permit in a lengthened voyage at this period of the year. For his own part, he could unhesitatingly say, that he never knew an emigrant vessel—and he had known many— that had furnished quarters in any respect preferable to those on board the Hesperus. He then explained the more immediate objects of the expedition, s and dwelt upon its importance as an auxiliary to the operations of our gallant countrymen in the Crimea. They were going to the aid of our heroic defenders, who had not only to fight—and how they fought the whole world would for ever admiringly testify—but had also to work and per form many duties for which it could not be expected that soldiers were so well adapted as the skilled and trained men who were now going out to relieve them, and leave them at full liberty to deal with the enemy as they bad done in the dashing rush at Alma and the immortal conflict at lukermann. The future suc cess of the siege operations and of other operations too in the Crimea would depend in a great measure en the present expedition ; and it might be said accordingly with far snore truth of Peto's navvies than of more aspiring experimentalists, that " the eyes of Europe were upon them." They must expect, and would knot be cast down by hardships and privations ; some of these, perhaps, would not appear so very terrible in the Crimea even as they would at home. There would be no public house to go to ; but there would be plenty of good substantial refreshments always available when needed, and while that was the case he had no fear that there would be much grumbling at whatever work might be expected at their hands. They were not like Russian serfs, who dare not call their souls their own, but who mast slay and be slain without asking why or wherefore. They were free Englishmen, volunteers at perfect liberty to go or stay just as they pleased, according to their own unbiassed judgment, without the least undue influence, concealment, artifice, or exaggeratian used to warp their opinion one way or the other. All that was said or done was to guarantee them good clothing, good food, good pay, a good ship, and a good captain. They had a good cause— the cause of the country, the cause of justice, and fair play. They would bring good hearts to the cause—English hearts that never recoiled from the obli gations of duty come in what shape they might, whether at the point of the pick or the bayonet ; and he doubted not that the British navvy would prove-himself as great a benefactor in repelling the evils of barbarism abroad as he had been in extending the blessings of civi lisation at home. At the invitation of Capt. Andrews, who was loudly applauded, three cheers were given for the Queen, and three for Messrs. Pete and Betts. He then introduced Lord Henry Clinton, who said that it had been the intention of his brother, the Duke of Newcastle, to have been present, as his grace would have been proud to make the acquaintance of the men who were going with so much alacrity to the aid of an object he had so much at heart as the Balaklava and Sebastopol Railway, but was unable to attend, owing to a Cabinet Council being held that day and at that hour. Hie lordship also dwelt on the importance of the under taking, and enforced Captain Andrew's admonition as to the desirability of maintaining sobriety, union, and good humour in the face of every annoyance to which they might unavoidably be exposed ; for then he was sure that the energy for which they were so deservedly famous would carry them triumphant over every impedi snent. The disinterested, rself-sacrificing promptitude -with which INIr. Peto had acted upon the suggestion which led to the present magnificent enterprises Wag beyond all praise, even t h e pra i se i t had everywhere been met with. As it was raining, and time pressed, he would not detain them w ith a l o ng speech, but would cenclede by earnestly wishing them a safe and pleasant voyage, and a speedy return to their families and to their country, which they might be sure would welcome there as they deserved. for t Three cheers were given for his lordship, and th re e he Duke of Newcastle, by whom, on the part of the Go vernment, this undertaking has been entered upo n . Captain Andrews then introduced Captain Raymond, the 111 , ar Mr. i,n.eec.Superintendent of the intended works, and ,pol,e'kzeifiewk)Wsuperintendent in the Crimea, who each eeived with greartd: cr o i f ia e li n t conragernent, which were re y, the cheering being renewed as the visitors and officials put off for shore in a water nean'e boat. The llEseerue then steamed down the river, amidst the cougratulations of all who which may be re observed th e p rocee di ng. - , as of a most suspi c i ons c h aracter, auguring. g` for, the orgarliaetio n of the whole of the v ist stet! ; ad machine and B e t ts , ry at th e disposil of Messrs. Peto .................... 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Opera, Power.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly-' Ir o i th,_ wonderful nit. the York Hotel, v . _ .I.oppo- TfIE BALAKJ L 0 N 0 K E.* All +hosee who have expericeced of a November day, and have seen the atmosphere with out a moment's warning put on the changeable com plexion of a very bad bruise, and then resolve itself into a dull, leaden, hopeless hue, for the rest of the day, can readily understand the fixed belief of the Parisian that in that month Cockneys give themselves up to suicide, and leap in a constant stream from London-bridge. In deed, a countryman from the breezy South Downs, or from any country village where the air " recommends itself nimbly to the senses," may well feel his heart sink within him as he looks up in vain for the blue sky, and sees nothing but that solemn gray canopy of vapour I which sits like an incubus en the whole town. It may be said that it is unfair to take a November fog as offering any specimen of the atmospheric impuri ties in the midst of which we live. It may be so, but we look upon fogs as providential inflictions, which at certain times in the year seize for our special edification, as it were, the offending elements, and exhibit them un der our very eyes and noses, in order to show us what filth we are continually throwing into the air, and which as continually returns, although in not quite so demon strative a manner. Smoke re have always with us. If we look out on a fine summer's day through the louvre boards at the top of the Crystal Palace for a view of the great metro polis, we naturally exclaim, " I see it ; there is the smoke ;" indeed, any picture of London without its dim canopy of soot would be as unrecognizable as would a portrait of Pope, Hogarth, or Cowper without their well known headgear. This black and heavy cloud is supported by the 500,000 or 600,000 columns of smoke that arise from the 400,000 houses of London. In it we behold the great aerial coalfield, which contains annually no less than 200,000 tons of fuel that escapes from us up our chimneys. Escapee, did we say ? Oh that it did, and that we never heard or saw more of it ; but smoke, a like chicken, still returns to roost. We do not allude to " those horrid blacks" that dance and waltz before our very eyes, and then maliciously plump down upon the ample page of some fine edition, or " squat" deliberately upon the most delicate distance of a sketch by Copley Fielding or Cox, but those finer blacklets that invisibly permeate the air. If we look at any fracture through which a draught penetrates, a cracked window or a shrunken skirtingboard, we shall find that the edges are ragged, with a fine fringe of moot pointing towards the fireplace ; this fact alone is enough to demonstrate that the air is charged both inside and outsi le our houses with a vast amount of infinitely divided carbon. If it is deposited in this manner by the mere friction of passing any ob ject, we may imagine what irritation it must occasion to the human lungs, into which it is sucked 30 times in the minute, converting them, as it were, into a te m p orar y coalscuttle, out o f w hi c h we are perpetually compelled to shovel the obnoxious intruder with a cough. The effect upon vegetable life is still more striking ; the palm, which annually throws off its great-coat of soot, is the only tree which will flourish in London. Yonng wives fresh from the country in the summer -time beguile themselves with the idea that they will snatch a recollection of home every morning by a view of the blooming geraniums and rose-trees in the balcony. Alas! in a month's time you shall see the debris of smutty stalks and melancholy flower-pots in the back court, and she never tries the experiment again. If vegetation grows black our children grow white, and perish in far greater numbers than theywould do in purer air. Life suffering thus, under ' the dominion of smoke, what shall we say of fabrics of all kinds, furniture, &c., which have not the capacity to throw it off ? Families who have a town and country experience have only to compare their washing bills to perceive how enormously a residence in the former aug ments them. The loss to Londoners from this source alone must amount to millions sterling in the course of the year. But every article that is capable of being spoilt by the most tenacious of all floating pigments suffers alike, and in an incredibly short time tones down to the prevailing leaden hue. Five centuries ago the very condition to which the smoke nuisance has brought ua was foretold, and attempts were made to avert it. Until the time of Edward 11. London used only wood for fuel, drawn from the neigh bouring forests. In this reign, however, coal began to be imported from Newcastle, and, the effects of the smoke speedily showing themselves, Parliament in 1316 petitioned the King to prohibit its use in London, on the ground of its being a public nuisance; whereupon he ordered all who burnt seaborne coal to be mulcted, and on a second offence to have their furnaces demolished. Like most unnecessarily severe orders, however, it speedily fell into abeyance, and the evil from that time has been going on apace. At the Restoration there were only 200,000 chaldrons imported ; in 1775 500,000 ar rived ; a quantity which had increased to 900,000 at the beginning of the present century, and last year up- wards of 4,000,000 tons were received in the metropolis by land and sea. "Things when they are at their worst generally mend," says the old proverb. It required, however, a great deal of apparently hopeless agitation of the smoke question in Parliament to make that slowly -moved body entertain the idea of removing the nuisance by a public act, and it was not until last autumn that the measure now under review came into operation. According to this act no furnaces employed in the metropolis, with certain exceptions to be mentioned presently, are to be used without being so constructed as to burn their own smoke, under a penalty of not less than 40s. and not more than 51., while for a second offence King Ed. ward's punishment of "demolition" is almost equalled by the fine of 101., " and for each succeeding conviction a sun double the amount of the penalty imposed for the last succeeding conviction." As a considerable portion of the penalty inflicted goes to the informer, it may be readily imagined how narrowly the 6,500 furnace chim neys which come under the act are watched. e The smoke-producing districts lie almost entirely over the water, in the pa r i s h es o f Lambeth, Bpron(leny, Rotherhithe, rn e, and the borough of Southwark. Here lie the greater portion of the factories—such as those of tanners, bone-boilers, brewers, saw-mills, flour-mills, distillers, and engineers, whose wealthy proprietors, be fore the passing of this act, were in the habit of deluging the town with the densest smoke, while they retired themselves every evening with the most philosophic in• difference to their country villas, far away from its bale ful influence. Nothing can be more satisfactory than the working of this act. You may steam it many times up and down between Westminster and London-bridge and see the tall chimneys on the Southwark bank standing idle in the air. Upon its first passing its utter and early failure was predicted, but the Home Secretary is not the man to let a measure fail in his hands ; and, people having found this out, are with extraordinary celerity emptying with its provisions, for neglecting which only 31 convictions have as yet taken place, while 78 chim neys have been inspected preparatory to their owners being summoned for a nuisance. One would have imagined that the proved gain to the manufacturer of 12 per cent. on the amount , of coals consumed by either Jukes's, Hazeldine s, or Hall's smoke-consuming furnace would have been suffi cient to induce their adoption without the interference and coercion of the law ; but such has not yet proved to be the case in an considerable degree. The advanced and more enlightened manufacturers—such as Truman, Han bury, Buxton, and Co., the great brewers, and Price and Co., the patent candle-makers, indeed, adopted smoke-consuming furnaces long before the passing of the act, and the latter c o mpany h ave i n t ro d uce d them into their great factory on the banks of the Mersey, near Liverpool. It is not our purpose here to enter into any account of the different smoke-consuming furnaces which have lately been patented, and it will be sufficient to state that the principle of all those in general use is the same. By the action of moveable furnace bars a thin stratum of coal is continually pushed under the fire, and of course all the smoke has to ascend through the in candescent mass, and is consumed in its passage. Although this plan entirely meets the requirem en t s o f t h e i act, yet it cannot b e co n c ea l e d th a t t does not c meurne the carburetted hydrogen, the carbonic oxide, and the various hydro-carbons—all of which escape in the form of thin unindictable vapour, of a highly obnoxious character. We ought to be able to adjust the quantity of oxy gen t o the quantity of disengaged gase s requiring its presence to produce combustion in the furnace as easily as we do in a moderator lamp, where the slightest motion of a screw converts the angry and lampblack-giving flame into a pure white light. Attempts have been made, we believe to produce such furnaces, but we know not with what success. The second clause of the act provides that all steam boats plying above London-bridge shall have their fur naces so constructed as to consume their own smoke. At first sight one certainly cannot see why the unfortunate people on the banks of the river below bridge should be condemned to wear out a sooty existence by reason of this arbitrary demarcation of t h e stream ; indeed, we feel stronglyinclinedplate to thi n k t h at the framers of the act must have plagi arised this ideafrom the announcement generally posted upon the paddlebox, of "No smoking allowed abaft the funnel," west-enders, like cabin passengers, -treeing supposed to demand -an exemption which is not It tFord e d to less fastidious people. The reason urged for this dis tinction is that ocean - go i ng steamers never pass L'r"lc4'4,ridge ; but why these leviathans o f passage, which unin t l a llowed io snob long penn an t s o f smoke, should be their furnaces, brt upon we are at Pe free, while the penny boats are pa,unced the Bride Sr. fo :: to know. The Bridegroom and burn anthracite coal or to alter tha r ; a n d, steamers may el e a , 4 1 3 b lattnificent Dundee or Ostend still more absurdly, Watermaai Nee. 3 Woolwich, may fume L e : b"tareen Hungerford and until it pasties under il oa r rafsrrily butti pleases must cease to smoke a s i ° , l l d -b d i ldice, then it at the window. g p tl e a r r h d ap li s suspecting gentleman in a train, wh en ent3 :,./ta any young ir has n ;v e en lli ta ° T. ,P o g rd h P is ahn in e g r u st ir o i r n i best of it by water as a compensation t:rwtfreeitsend"a iv the by land, for the pedestrian passing by the P r 41'r14 ° is surprised to see the chimneys on the e uitenti . ary L nabeth between Westminster and Vauxhall bridees st • • the air with smoke as they did of old. The'se'baulin-o glassworks and potteries, which are especially exempted from . the operations of this act ! How long suchob noxious exceptions are to remain and abuse the patience of the public is a question whioh, perhaps, the Home Secretary can best answer. Singe the six thousand and odd chimney shafts of the metropolis have been put under the surveillance of informers and policemen, who watch their tops as a terrier would a rathole, the air has become sensibly purer on the south side of the river. It cannot be supposed, however, that the total suppres sion of smoke in all manufacturers' chimneys win have more than a partial effect in freeing the town * "An Act to Abate the Nuisance arising from the Smoke of Furnaces in the Metropolis and from Steam. vessels aboy6 London•bridge," from floating carbon. We have still the reeking chimneys of the 390,000 and odd houses of the metro polis to keep np the disinel cloud for ever hanging over us. The question eatu., - .lly arises, —Can we put out the smoke of the domestic hearth ? Dr. Arnett has at , tempted to solve this question by the introduction of his improvement upon Cutler's smoke-consuming fire grate. We have seen this burning on the premises of Mr. Edwards, the manufacturer, in Poland-street, and we can safely say that if it will work as well under do mestic supervision as it does there nothing more is re quired. The grat e is the ordi nar y fi re -pace, having underneath it, in lieu of the under bars, a square iron coal-box, which has a moveable bottom. In the morn ing this box is filled with coal, and the fire is then built and lit in the ordinary manner. As it consumes, instead of replenishing it with coals placed upon the top, by means of a bent poker, which acts as a lever, you press up the bottom of the coalbox and thus supply as much fuel as you require below the fire ; of course there is no smoke, and it is war. ranted to burn for 14 hours with 2.01 b. of coal. An ordi nary fire is generally allowed a medium-sieed scuttle a day, which must weigh from 2Slb. to 301 b. The saving of fuel, accordiug to this calculation, is between 40 and 50 per cent. Of course, if there is no smoke, there is no soot produced, and therefore no fear of chimneys catching fire, with their inevitable resultss—horrid fire engines and officious policemen, who mulct you at about the rate of ss. per spark. We do not see why in the course of time the smoke nuisance in London should not be entirely abated ; and, when that period shall come, what shall we h ave ga i ne d? —The crisp, bri g ht atmosphere of Paris, for the suicidal pea-soup air of London, during a portion of the year at least. Does our reader doubt it ? Has he never experienced a perfect sensation, strolling home in the small hours some spring morning, at beieg able to see from the top to the bottom of Bond-street, and to dis tinguish the slightest detail of architecture at 100 yards' distance t Every fine summer morning of our existence this smoky, dirty town, is born afresh, bright and clear, like Venus rising from the sea, only to descend upon the wheel of night black and grim as Pluto himself. Let us conquer this smoke nuisance, scare away this nightmare of our own producing, and who shall say that the richest capital in the world shall continue one of th• ugliest ? It lies within our power to perpetuate through out the day to a certain extent the morning's pellucid atmosphere by Act of Parliament and by private eco nomy as effectually as we are now purifying our water. When we shall have done this, Decimus Burton will no longer labour in vain, and we shall cease to be guilty of the folly of introducing Greek or Italian architecture, with a certainty of seeing all details in crusted and lost in a few years beneath a covering of soot. Passing on the north side of St. Mary-le-Strand Church the other day we perceived with astonishment some exquisite carvings of cherubim, flowers, and fruit over the heads of the windows, which bad just been din , interred by workmen from their grave of soot, where for years they had been as completely hidden from human view as the Nineveh marbles were by the sand-heaps of Mossul. If a still more glaring example were wanting of injury done to our architecture by the fugitive fuel of our fires, there stands S. Paul's. For generations the full tide of London life has passed around it, without learning the les son it teaches. The picture-cleaner places a portrait in his window, one-half restored to its original freshness, the other half clogged with dirt. Wind and rain, the cleaners of nature, have swept the south side of the metropolitan cathedral in its upper half, and kept the Portland stone as bright as it came from the quarry, while the lower half, which i s pro t ecte d by the surrounding houses, is coated with dismal carbon. Nay, as if to teach the passer-by more distinctly the evil smoke is doing it, we have one side of a pillar white and the other black ; and St. Paul himself, crowning the southern pediment, smiles benignly with a pure and spotless right cheek and side, while the drapery hanging over his left arm is thickly lined with soot ! Never did any building cry out in a more dramatic manner to be purified and protected from pollution. While the smoke nuisance continues, of course decora tions in colour of any semi-exposed building are absurd. Mr. Sang's polyeuromie embellishments of the arcade of the Royal Exchane are now reduced to a dull grey; the cobalt ty:npai,urn of the British Museum is becoming a good fog colour ; Cie pictures in the National Gallery are deteriorating ; Owen Jones is in despair ; and all be cause we will sod our coal up the chimneys at an aver age cost of:26s. a ton, in order that it may Distribute itself broadcast upon ourselves, our goods, and our public works of art ! HEALTH OF LONDON DURIZM THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Return.) In the week that ended last Saturday the deaths of 1,508 persons, namely 789 males and 719 females, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1844-53 the average number was 1,164, and if this is raised in proportion to increase of population it becomes 1,280. The present return shows an excess above the corrected average, amounting to 228. In the first three weeks of December the number re turned weekly was about 1,300. The increase in last week's registration is not the effect of an increased rate of mortality ; it arises for the most part, if not entirely, from coroner's cases which occurred in former weeks, and have been accumulating till the end of the quarter. This irregularity is almost wholly confined to those deaths which in the list of fatal causes are classified as caused by "violence, privation, and intemperance." Two hundred and eighty-two deaths are attributed to diseases of the zymotic class, the corrected average being 257. Amongst these small-pox was fatal in 33 cases, 8 of which occurred to persons beyond childhood ; measles in 30 ; scarlatina in 82 ; hooping-cough in 41 ; rind typhus an d o th er f evers i n 49 cases. In the class of deaths produced by external eanses, and which con sists chiefly of cases on which inquests have been held, 3 deaths resulted from intemperance, 2 from privation, 8 from want of breast-milk, and 5 from exposure to cold. List week the births of 820 boys, and 819 girls, in all 1,(339 children, were registered in London.. In the nine corresponding weeks' of the years 1345-53 the average number was 1,293. Daring the 52 weeks of the past year (1854) the total deaths in London amounted to 73,697, so that the gene ral mortality of the year, which in this vast city is at the rate of 25 in 1,000, ruse to the high rate of 29 in 1,000. The deaths in 1849 were 68,432 ; yet upon taking the increase of population into account, the rate of mortality was rather lower in 1854, notwithstanding the increase of deaths, than it was in 1849. The exact rate of mor tality was S.OOB per cent. on the population in 1849, and 2.938 per cent. in 1854. The epidemic of cholera in the two years separated by an interval of five years thus raised the mortality one-fifth part above the average. A table is published with the new return on the in • fluence of density of population. The population of Lon don is very unequally distributed over 78,029 acres of ground ; in several of the outlying club-districts the inha tants are in the proportion of 1,2, 3,4, 5,6, 10 on an acre, in other sub-districts the population becomes so crowded that there are 200, 250, 300, 400, and in one sub-district 432 persons lodged on every acre of ground. This table shows that there is no direct connexion be tween these different degrees of density and the fatality of cholera. The epidemic was not generally more fatal in the sub districts havii , g less than 100 persons to an acre than it was in the dense districts having 200 per sons and upwards to an acre. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATTIS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 30. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Un.;ertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Drain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 53 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of • Respiration. .. . 268 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 3l Atrophy 42 Old Age Sudden 6l Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemp erance 175 Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES 1,508 Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the . - 1551. of 1853. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total . 820 819 1,639 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market this morning was dell, and we reduce our quotations slightly upon the clos -11?g prices of Saturday. Caledonian, 30i ; Eastern Coun ,ts,ell; Great Northern A, 0i 10; Lancaihire and York „rti?73i; London and N.-Western, 100 i Z; Man. Shof., Lincolnshire, 24j; Midland, 68i; S.-Eastern, 17g. BTOCIC b ThatiktlNGHAM, JAN. 2. I.I,XCRA.ICGR —Th e mar k et was languid as regards business, nt the prie'es of shares generally were firmer. raArTentsTEn , Jr.A 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a moderate business, at rather lower prices. Eastern Counties, 11 ; Leeds, 73i ; Sheffield, 243 ; ditto, new Prof., a pm. Chester 8 per Cents., 16ic.; Loudon and N. - Western, 101; Caledoniau, 30 3-16; ; Shrewsbury and Dover, 17 11 . 16; Midland 6g4" -. LEEDS. JAN. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market ou unchanged thh prices s h ow a d ec li ne on those of yesterday, and do not close very firm. Midlands, 68i ; Lancashire and York shires, 73g. STESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1855, LA IF INTELLIGENCE.—.TaIc. 2 MUTT oF T . - !NKT?7:7I ) TCY. JAE BROOME. The bankrupt in this case was Henry Broome, better known in the ring as " Harry Broome," who cacac be. fore the court in the character of a licensed victualler of Portsmouth. No accounts being filed, an adjournment was ordered. TRADER DEBTOR SUMMONS -PUBLICITY. Mr. Bagley said he appeared in support of a summons which had been taken out against Mr. Charles —. Mr. Flews—l appear for the defendant, and I object to the name being mentioned. I apply to have the case heard in private. Mr. Bagley said it had been decided by Mr. Commis sioner Evan 4 and Mr. Commissioner Goulburu that those cases should be taken in public. The latter learned commissioner was of opinion that it was greatly for the benefit of the public that those cases should be heard in open court. This was just the case that ought to be heard in public. The Commissioner—At present I cannot say whether it ought to be heard in public or not ; but my own practice is, if either party objects to a public hearing, to take it in private. If there were a general rule on the subject, it ought to be acted upon. Mr. 13agley—I quite agree withyour Honour as to the necessity of there being a general rule. The Commissioner—Till that is done, if either party asks for a private hearing, I shall grant it. IN RE TODD -A GOOD ESTATE. This was the examination meeting its the case of A. M. Todd, merchant and commission agent, of ()lenient's lane. The accounts commenced in January, 1853, with a capital of 284/. He now owes to unsecured creditors 3,741/. ; to those holding security, 3,026/. ;liabilities, 250/. A remarkable feature in the case is, that the bank rupt has given up 2,156/. in cash; the good debts are returned at 1,7871. ; doubtful, ditto, 1,030/, ; property, 633/. ; ditto, held by creditors, 1,000/. The profits had been 1,022/. ; trade expenses, 6361. ; domestic ditto, 291/. ; interest, 498/. Mr. C. P. Froom, for the assignees, expressed their satisfaction with the accounts. The balance sheet was of a kind which was not often seen in that court. Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, stated that the assets already raised would yield a considerable dividend which would probably be paid within two months of the bank puptcy, the petition having only been filed in November last. The bankrupt then passed. IN RR CAW LILY. The bankrupt, an upholsterer, of Brompton, applied for his certificate. His debts were 1,680/. ; assets about 801. Mr. Allen, for the assignees, called attention to the fact that the bankrupt was in a deficiency of 635/. at the commencement of 1852. Since that time his gross profits had been 7701., while his trade expenditure had been Still., and his domestic expenditure 7121. The assets were so small that they would yield no dividend ; so that the proceedings would be entirely for the bank• rupt's benefit. The bankrupt, who had no advocate, alleged that he had been struggling with difficulties several years, and that he had a large family. He had been ten years in business ou his own account. Mr. Allen said it should be stated on behalf of the bankrupt, that a friend of his offered to pay the credi tors ss. in the pound ; but one creditor stood out, and the result was bankruptcy. His Honour said the bankrupt's error had been in going on after ho was hopelessly insolvent. As there were favourable circumstances the justice of the case would be met by a suspension of the certificate for three months, when granted to be of the second class. POLICE 11 VTELLIGEN6E.—J , In. 2. MANSION-HOUSE.—Josephlli ss and C. Paley were brought up under the fallowing rather peculiar circumstances. Mr. Nobler appeared for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Won tuer for Sallies. Sallies was, on the 23d of December, charged by the house of G. 13. Thornycroft and Co., of Upper Thames street, iron merchants, upon the following evidence : Mr. T. Webb, foreman to the prosecutors, said—We have lately lost a great deal of pig iron, and that which was left upon the wharf was marked a T and two dots, and last night at 4 o'clock that iron which I had so masked was safe upon the wharf. This morning, at half past 7 o'clock, I examined the pile of pig iron on the wharf, and missed four or five pieces weighing about 5 cwt. I gave informatio❑ immediately to the manager. At a quarter to 10 this morning, in consequence of in formation which I received, I went over to Salliss's iron foundry, in Great Guildford-street, Southwark, and saw lying in his yard Ave pieces of pig iron, all of which had my marks on them. I then went and got a policeman, and gave Sallies, who was at work on the premises, in charge. I told Sallies that it was for stealing those pieces of pig iron that I placed him in custody. He said that he had purchased them, and he mentioned some name which I do not recollect. A Metropolitan Policeman said at 11 o'clock this day the last witness spoke to we, and I went with him to the prisoner's premises, where I saw Sallies, and he was given into my custody for stealing the iron. He said he had bought the pieces of a young man on the river of the name of Patey. He afterwards said he had not paid for the iron, that his scales were gone to the scale makers to be rectified, and that the young man was to call again for the money. Sallis gave the following account of the matter :—A man named Patsy came to me this morning at about half past 6 o'clock, and said lie had picked up the iron on the river, and as I had no scales, he was to come again about 11 o'clock for the money. And bail having been taken for his appearance on. Wednesday, the case was remanded. Oa the 2tith of Dece tuber, Joseph C. Patey was brought up by a metropolitan policeman, who said that salliss, who had been apprended on the !3d of Decem ber, had given him in custody for stealing some iron. The alderman, after hearing a summary of the parti culars of the charge, said he would take the recognisance of Patey to appear nest day. Patey appeared accord ingly, and Saliss and he were put to the bar together before Alderman Wire. Henry Thomas, 50 M, said—About 4 o'clock on Sa turday afternoon I was sent for to the factory of Mr. Salliss. I saw Mr. Salliss, who took me up stairs, where I saw the prisoner Patey. Salliss gave him into my custody, and said it was for bringing stolen iron to his place. He also said they knew all about it at the station-house, and that he would come and charge Patey there. Patey said he did not know anything about what he was charged with. Air. Salliss afterwards came to the station-house and we were sent over to Bow-lane station-house, where Patey was charged with stealing 5 Lars of pig iron. Patey did not make any remark to the charge. BAH was then taken for bath prisoners, and on the last examination they were both placed at the bar when the depositions of Mr. Webb, the foreman to the prose cutors, were read over. The witness, in his cross-examination, said—l walked into Salliss's yard and found the iron there. I went through the yard to go t. his shop, and saw the iron before I saw him. The prisoner did not tell me that the person who left the iron was to come again, but the po liceman stated that Sallies had said so. The iron was lying open in the yard —not covered over. I spoke to Sallies about some washers—not about the iron ; and then I went and fached a policeman. Wr. Wontasr called the followinc , witness for Sallies : Mr. Hooton, ironfounder, 14, New Church-street, Bermondsey, was at Mr. Salliss's foundry at six o'clock on the morning of the 23d December. The doors were fastened, and I called him up. I wanted him to make me some fire bars. There was some pig iron in a truck, which was against the kirb when I got there. Part of the iron was leaning against the door and out of the truck, and part was in the truck. I saw a man with it, a labouring man. I only saw one man. He was like this man (Patey), but I think he was a little stouter. I would not swear to the man. Examined for the prosecution by Mr. Hobler—lle was a man about the size of Patey, but was rather dark. They were broken half pigs that I saw. I observed ne marks on them. I did not see any whole pigs of iron. I saw Saliiss in a short time, and gave him my order. The truck was a hand truck. Patey said, after having reoeived a caution from the alderman " as to what he might utter p.s likely to tell against himself"—l went to Mr. Salliss's shop that day about five o'clock in the afternoon fur the false bottom of a fireplace. I asked him about it, and he told me to go and sit down a little while he was busy moulding. His wife told me to go up stairs, and she went down again, and then he Caine up with the policeman and gave me in charge, and I did not know what it was for. My mother knows that I was so ill that morning that I was unable to get out of my bed till late, and I was obliged to take some physic. Alderman Wire then further remanded the case till Thursday, and said that under such circumstances it was most necessary upon the part of the police to exer cise skill and activity to accomplish the ends of justice. THAMES.-- William Capel, a cab-driver, was charged with refusing to take a fare, and with insolent conduct. Mr. John Parlour, the landlord of the Sir Paul Pin dar Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, stated that on Christ mas-day, at half-past three o'clock in the morning, he went to the cab-rank at Mile-end gate, and told the de fendant, who was there with hi.; cab, he wanted him to drive to the Commercial-rcad to take up his wife, who was at a friend's house awaiting his return. The defen dant asked him where he was going to after leaving the Commercial-road, to which he replied, the City. The defendant made use of the most horrible language acid abuse, and said he would not draw his cab off the stand for any one ; that he had pulled it off for one sixpence during the night, and would not do it for an other. The defendant then turned round and said, " What are you going to pay me ?" and he said he would pay him the proper fare at the journey's end. The de fendant swore at him and exclaimed "I'll see you - first before I take you," and gave utterance to the most foul abuse and obscenities. Police -sergeant Curtis confirmed the latter part of Mr. Parlour's statement. The defendant said that Mr. Parlour and his friend pulled him out of his cab, broke his badge, and said " I'll be d-- d if you shan't take us ;" and as they swore at him and laid hold of his collar, he gave them as good as they sent. Mr. Parlour denied that he and his friend used any violence or bad language to the cabman. Mr. Yardley fined the defendant 40s. and costs, and endorsed his license. EFFECT OF OVER SHIPMENTS. —One of the disastrous results to be expected from the excessive shipments to Australia is announced. Messrs. Swain and Webb, of Huddersfield, who bad exported largely, have suspended Payment; their liabilities are reported to be 135,0001. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. PO' 'NINC DI:C. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Toussaint Ins tant, Esq., to be a member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Trinidad, and Thomas Parker, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council of the Island of St. Lucia. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 30. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. City of Norwich—Sir Samuel Bignold, of the city of Norwich, Knt., in the room of Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., who has acceptod the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Hemphohn. _ JANUARY 1. County of Ayr.—Sir James Ferg,usson, Bart., of Kilker ran, in tho room of Lieutenant-Colonel James Hunter Blair, deceasod. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHA.LL, JAN. 2. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty'. Minister at Madrid, enclosing a copy of a Notice to Mariners (a translation of which is subjoined), issued by the Spanish Government relative to a new lighthouse on Cape San Antonio, in the proviace of Alicante. HYDROGRAPIIICAL OFFICE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. (Translation.) Light-houses on the Coasts of Spain. The Naval Department has received from the Mi nistry of Public Works, and has communicated to this offis.!e, for its publication, a notice relative to the situation of a new lighthouse, situated on the coasts of the Spanish Peninsula, by the Corps of Engi neers of Roads, Canals, and Ports, the description of which is as follows : Arthur 'graHue Munro, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Stat.lda, resigned, Dec. 2G. Itc7imer_t, ~r t‘teil4ot :ttoolt. to oo Cupt.,i,i, 1 ice resigned, Dec. 30; Philip Houghton "Whittaker, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; Ensign John Motherwell to be Lieutenant, vice Monk, promoted ; Frederick Beasley, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 29 ; Peyton Shoals, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 30. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign Acquilla Kent to be Lieut., vice Whitehead, resigned ; Philip Morton Pitt, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Kent, promoted, Dec. 29. sth Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Geo, Parker, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 29. Lancashire Hussars—Sir Robert Tolver Gerard, Bart., to be Major-Commandant, vice Sir John Gerard, Bart., deceased, Dec. 21). BANKRUPTS. Henry Newby, builder, Kingsland-road, to surren d er , Jan. 8, at twelve, and Feb. 12, at two, a t th e C our t o f Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Budger and Collins, King William-street. David Leudesdorf, commission agent, Saint Martin's le-Grand, Jan. 17, and Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Reed, Ironmonger-lane. Sidney Sprod, cabinet-maker, Bristol, Jan. 12, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Salmon, Bristol. Naphtali Hart, butcher, Liverpool, Jan. 15, and Feb. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool. Richard Frank Kennedy, chemist and druggist, Cowes, Isle of Wight, Jan. 10, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Whitaker, Lincoln's-inn-fields; Stokes, Cowes, Isle of Wight. John Overbury, woollen warehouseman Frederick's place, Old Jewry, Jan. 10, a t t wo, and Feb. 23, at half past twelve , at the Court of B an k rup t cy. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall chambers ; J. and J. H. Linldaters, Sise-lano; Winterbotham, Stroud. Thomas Richards, wood dealer, Li me - s t reet, City, Jan. 13, at one. and Feb. 16, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wells, Founders' Hall, SwithiL's-lane. Jonathan Porritt, worsted spinner, Union Mill, Gilder some, Yorkshire, Jan. 26, and Feb. 23, a t e l even, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Halifax. Thomas Wadsworth, silk dealer, Macclesfield, Jan. 17, and Feb. 7, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Norris, Macclesfield. Thomas Thompson, licensed victualler, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Jan. 9, and Feb. 22, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon. Tyne; Ludlow and Co., Bedford-row; Hodge and Hanle, Newcastle. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Gilliam Readman, merchant and commission agent, Glasgos. Hugh Frazer, merchant and manufacturers' agoit, Girvan. Alexander MTarlane and Company, hearth-rug and car pet manufacturers and dyers, Glasgow. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. John Jacob Hill, of 13, High Holborn, ironmonger, first dividend of ls. 11d. in the pound, payable at 1, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street, on Jan. 3, and throe fol lowing Wednesdays. David Allan, of 46, Coleman-street, and 4, Lotlabury, merchant, third dividend of 31d. in the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basingnall-street, on January 3, and three following Wednesdays. George Wren Le Grand, of Lambeth-walk, Surrey, grocer, first dividend of is. 10d. in the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, on Jan. 3, and three following Wednesdays. Isaac Dods, of 11, Arthur-street West, London-bridge, hemp merchant, first dividend of 45. in the pound, pay able at 1, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street, on Jan. 3, and three following Wednesdays. Henry Anstey and William Walton, of Birmingham, drapers, first dividend of 2s. 7d. in the pound, payable at 7, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, on any Thursday. Thomas Parker, of Southport, Lancashi,A, hotel keeper, first dividend of 4s. Bd. in the pound, payable at 12, Cook street, Liverpool, on any Wednesday. Samuel Bell, of Liverpool, confectioner, first dividend of L - q -d in the pound, payable at 12, Cook street, Liverpool, on any Wednesday. Joseph Parrock, of Dailey, Worcestershire, licensed victualler, a dividend of is. 9,1. in the pound, payable at the County Court•office, Dudley. John Trott, of Swinton Dale, Yorkshire, farmer, a divi dend of 3s. 6d. in the pound, payable at ilfr. A. Stephen son's, solicitor, Whitby, on and after Jan. 15. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. John George Cassaigne, of 12, Salisbury-street, Strand, wine merchant, Jan. zs—Fraceis Hopkins, of Cambridge, brewer, Jan. 25—Robert Winter, of Brighton, school master, Jan. 25—James Purdy and William Thomas Purdy, of King's Lynn, Norfolk (on the joint estate), and also on the separate estate of James Purdy, builders, Jan. 25--Thomas Lightfoot, of Stockport, grocer, Jan. 24 William Bate, of Manchester, baker, January 24—Richard Hadlaud, of St. Helen's, Lancashire, glass manufacturer, Jan 23.—John White, of Ormskirk, Lancashire, builder, Jan. 24—John David Neill and Henry Sanderson, of Li verpool, shipbrokers, Jan. 23—William Barratt, of Stour bridge, Worcestershire, butcher, Jan. 26. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Henry 801.3, of 110, Fonchurch-street, merchant, Jan. 23—John Henry Banks, of Queen-street, Holborn, en graver, Jan. 23—Charles Davis and John Eaton, of King ston-upon-Thames, builders, Jan. 24—William Wade, of Northamptonshire, leather-seller, Jan. 24—John Brown, of Winchester, carpenter, Jan. 24—George Harris do Ru sett, of 4, Birchin-lane, City, merchant, Jan. 25—Henry Brett, of Portsea, Southamptonshire, grocer, January 25—Edward William Tuson, of 15, Halrey-street, Cavendish-square, boarding-house-keeper, January 25 Philip Rimer, of Gravesend, cigar-merchant, January 25 —Samuel Bailey, of 25, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, hotel-keeper, Jan. 25—John Matthews, of Newent, Glou cestershire, hellier and farmer, Jan. 23. MEDITERRA.NYAN SEA. Lighthouse on Cape San Antonio (Province of Alicante.) From the let of January, 1855, a new lighthouse, erected on the old tower of Cape " San Antonio," will be lighted every night from sun-set to sun-rise ; tie situation of this light is in 38 deg. 48 min. 31 sec. N. latitude, and 6 deg. 24 min. 42 sec. E. longitude, from the meridian of the Naval Observatory of " Sn. Fernando." Its apparatus is of the second catadioptrical order, with a natural light eclipsed every half a minute. The elevation of the light above the level of the sea is of 625.4 feet and its average range will be of 19 miles, though it will be visible from a greater or minor distance according to the state of the atmosphere and the elevation of the observer. kladrid, 3d November, 1854. (Signed) JOAQUIM GUTTIERREZ DE RUBALCAVA. WAR OFFICE, JAN. 2. let Regiment of Foot—General the Right Hon. Sir Ed ward Blakeney, G.C.8., from the 7th Roy a l F us ili ers , t o be Colonel, vice General the Right lion. Sir James Kempt, G.C.8., deceased, Dec. 21. BRE VET. _ _ _ Colonel Harry D. Jones, of the Royal Engineers, having rendered distin,guishei service in command of the British land force at the capture of Bomarsund, her Majesty has been graciously pleased to order, in pursuance of the Royal Warrant of Oct. 6, that he bo promoted to be a ➢lajor-General, and be placed on the permanent List of General Officers, Commission dated Dec. 12. WAR-DEPARTMENT, JAN. 1. COMMISSARIAT. . _ Assistant Commissary-General John William Smith to be Deputy Commissary-General, his commission to bear date the 30th Dec. DEPUTY COMMISSARIES-GENERAL. Thomas Wharton Ramsay William Henry Robinson to be Commissaries-General. ASSISTANT COMMISSARIES-GENERAL. Frederick Thomas Mylrea James Wilson Charles Swain Ferguson Thomas Coxworthy Thomas Graham Wm. Henry Drake to be Deputy Commissaries-General. DEPUTY ASSISTANT COMMISSARIES-GENERAL. Henry Win. Woodforde Plant Thomas William u;oldie Geor g e Atkinson Henry Lambert Brisbane Bayley Frederick Henry Ibbetson Edward Barrington de Foublanque James Douglas Willan Robert Clement Major Redmond Uniacke James Knight Goold Douglas Bennet Clarke Robert May Gardiner Fitzjames Edward Watt James Charles It. Wood James Bell Lundy Win. James Tyrone Power Robert Cumming Villiers Wm. Caesar Hawkins Thomas Gem Conrad Potgieter to be Assistant Commissaries-General. COMMISSARIAT CLERKS. George Twining Luke R. Castray Augustus Foulkes Cookesley Francis Crossley Colqnhoun George Ramsay Primrose to be Deputy-Assistant Commissaries-General. Their Commissions to bear date Jan. 1. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 1. ROYAL REGI3LENT OF ARTILLERY. Second Lieutenant Vivian Daring Majendie to be First Lieutenant, vice Maclachlan, deceased, Dec. 13. First Lieutenant John Boulton to be Second Captain, vice Baynes, deceased, Dec. 13. Second Lieutenant James Edward Blackwell to be First Lieutenant, vice Boulton, Dec. 13. The dates of Commissions of the under-mentioned 011- cers have been altered as follows, viz.:- First Lieutenant E. J. Ward to Nov. 30. Second Captain P. J. Campbell to Dec. 8. First Lieutenant A. D. Burnaby to Dec. 8. Brevet-Colonel Richard Goodwin Bowen Wilson to be Colonel, vice Brereton, removed as a General Officer, Dec. 16. Brevet-Major Charles Bingham to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Wilson, Dee. 16. Second Captain John Davenport Shakespear to be Cap tain, vice Bingham, Dec. 16. First Lieutenant John de Luttrell Saunderson to be Second Captain, vice Shakespear, Dec. 16. Second Lieutenant Sir John William Campbell, Bart., to be First Lieutenant, vice Saunderson, Dec. 16. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Sebastian Rowan to be Lientenant-Colonel, vice Stace, retired upon full-pay, Dec. 16. Brevet-Major Edward Bruce Hamley to be Captain, vice Rowan, Dec. 16. First Lieutenant Moutray Auketell to be Second Cap tain, vice Hamley, Dec. 16. Second Lieutenant ./Emelius De Vic Tupper to be First Lieutenant, vice Auketell, Dec. 16. Second Captain George Thomas Field to be Captain, vice Adair, retired upon half-pay, 13.2 c. 20. First Lieutenant Philip Dickson to be Captain, vise Field, Dec. 20. Second Lieutenant Johu Charles Francis Ramsden to be First Lieutenant, vice Dickson. Dec. 20. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. Brevet-Colonel Patrick Yule to be Colonel, vice Slade, retired on full-pay, Dec. 13. Brevet-Colonel Daniel Bolton, to be Colonel, vice Victor retired on full-pay, Dec. 13. Brevet-Major Sir William Thomas Denison to be Lieu tenant-Colonel, Dec. 13. Brevet-Major John Williams to be Lieutenant-Colonel, ♦ice Aldrich, retired ou full-pay, Dec. 13. Brevet-Major Edward William Durnford to be Lieute nant-Colonel, vice Yule, Dec. 13. Brevet-Major Edward Thomas Lloyd to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Bolton, Dec. 13. Second Captain Thomas Lionel John Gallwey to be Cap tain, vice Williams, Dee. 13. Second Captain Anthony David Craigie to be Captain, vice Durnford, Dec. 13. Second Captain Richard Burnaby to be Captain, vice Lloyd, Dec. 13. First Lieutenant Charles Brisbane Ewart to be Second Captain, vice Gallway, Dec. 13. First Lieutenant Charles Butler Peter Nugent Hodges Nugent to be Second Captain, vice Craigie, Dec. 13. First Lieutenant Edward Belfield to be Second Captain, vice Buinaty, Dec. 13. Second Lieutenant William Butler Gosset to be First Lieutenant, vice Ewart, Dec. 13. Second Lieutenant Robert Grant to be First Lieutenant vice Nugent, Dec. 13. Second Lieutenant Edward Harding Steward to be First Lieutenant, vice Belfield, Dec. 13. Brevet-Colonel Frederick William Whinyates to be Colonel, vice Blanshard, removed as a General Officer, Dec. 16. Brevet-Major Henry James to be Lienteuant-Colonel, vice Whiuyates, Dec. 16. Second Captain Albert O'Donnell Grattan to be Captain, vice James, Dec. 16. First Lieutenant Hon. George Wrottesley to be Second Captain, vice Grattan, Dec. 16. Second Lieutenant Edward Donald Malcolm to be First Lieutenant, vice Wrottesley, Dec. 16. Brevet-Lieutenant -Colonel William Robinson to bo Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Du Plat, deceased, Dec. 22. Second Captain James Swayn Baker to be Captain, vice Robinson, Dec. 22. First Lieutenant Edward Charles Acheson Gordon to be Second Captain, vice. Baker, Dec. 22. Second Lieutenant Arthur Robert Mac Donnell to be First Lieutenant, vice Gordon, Dec. '2 2 . ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20. Corps of Royal Marines.—To be second Lieutenant— Gcnticinen Cadets John Frederick Crease, Colpoys Par kyns Heaslop, Hugh Law Rose, Charles Hugh Stand bridge, Vernon William Sims, Rose Lambart Price, Horatio Guy Campbell, Edward George Vero Holloway, Thomas Mey riek Hewett, George Johnston. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Charles John Belcher Hertslet, Esq., to be Pay master, Dec. 15. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Kincardine—The Right Hon. the Earl of Kintore to be Vice Lieutenant. To be Deputy Lieutenants Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart.; James Horn Burnett, Esq. ; Barron Grahame, Esq. ; Robert William Rickart Hepburn. Esq., Alexander 'flues, Esq., James Dyce Nicol, Esq., Alexander Portous, Esq., Dec. 21. County of Bute—To be Deputy Lieutenant—Herbert Crichton Stuart, Esq., Edward .Henry John Craufurd, Esq., younger, MIP., the Honourable George Frederick Boyle, Peter Buchanan, Esq., the Provost of the Royal Burgh of Rothsv, Dec. 2G. Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Ensign William Hicks to be Lieutenant, vice Chandler, resigned; Charles Gurney, Gent., to be En sign, vice Hickes, promoted, Dec. 28 ; Frederick Walter Aston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lea, resigned, Dec. 30. .Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia—William Leith Hay, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 19. Ist or Western Regiment of Norfolk Militia—To be Captains—Thomas William Fountaine, Esq., Dec. 27 ; Henry L'Estrange, Esq., Dec. 28. To be Lieutenants Francis Nathaniel Astley, Gent., Dec. 28; Raoul Stephen Bedingfield, Gent, Dec. 29. ' 2d or Eastern Regiment of Norfolk Militia—John Bloom, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Chamberlin, re signed. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—John De Ccurcy, Esq., t o b e C ap t a i n , Dec. 23 ; Fr a n c i s S ac h evere ll Wilma ; Esq., to be Captain, Jan. 2. let Regiment o f the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia-- INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Evan Parry, of Aberdare, Glamorganshire, builder — John Lewis, of Rodruth, Cornwall, veterinary surgeon— James Hathaway, of Ewehne, Oxfordshire, baker—Henry Watson, late of Aldborough, Yorkshire, draper —James Hudson, of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorkshire, licensed vic tualler—Peter Poynter, of Dover, out of business—David Evans, of Pontrhydyfen, Glamorganshire ' boot and shoe maker—ldmund Fielder, of Bookhnrst, Surrey, black smith—John Pickles, of Bradford, Yorkshire, hairdresser —Jeremiah Frederick Bill, of Wrockwardine, Shropshire, butcher. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Shayler and Thomas Smith, of Manchester, silk manufacturers—Alexander Colvin, Bazett David Colvin, Robert Wigram Crawford, and George Gray Barton, East India merchants (so far as regards Alex. Colvin)—Wil liam Gundry Clark and Isaac Clark, of Devizes, batchers —James Miller and Anthony Carr, of 24, Eastcheap, City, attorneys—John Fewtrell Wylde Howes and John Thomas Batten, of 20, Mark-lane, City, commission agents—Mary Ann Chapman and George Moore, of 30, Old Bond-street, Hanover-square, hatters —F. Partridge, G. Hamilton Fletcher, and Morton Sparke, of Liverpool, commission agents—John Finch and Charles Shepheard, of 24, Moor gate-street, City, attorneys-at-law James Webb and William Gundry, of Bristol, chemists—James Partridge and James Porter, of Aldhani and Great Tey, Essex, joint lessees of Hoe Farm—Charles Forbes, Bart., William Hay Leith, and James Malcolmson, East India agents—Perci val Tonga and Henry Curry, of Liverpool, ship valuers— Benjamin Hargrave and John Lewis Evans, of Manchester, tailors-24 athaniel Jones Arnica and John Broadbent, of Manchester, manuf ac t urers —H enr y Walton, George Acker mann, Ferdinand Ackermann, and Adolphus Ackermann, of 06, Strand, printsellers (so far as regards Ferdinand Ackermanu)—James Haydock Hill, George Gosset Charles Hill, and John Gosset Hill, 31, Great Winches ter-street, City, Russia merchants (so far as regards James Haydock Hill) —George Robins and John Warry, 7, New Inn—Richard Seaton Wright, George Frederick Smith, and John Shepherd, 15, Golden-square, attorneys—Georg e Henry Cook, and George Williams, 10, Pri nces - s t reet, Hanover-square, ook naval and military tailors—Sebastian Smith, R. S. Flemyng, and Robert Lewis, 20, Queen street, Cheapside, wine merchants (so far as regards Robert Lewis)—Sainual Staniland and Edward Atkinson, 30, Beuverie-street, Fleet-street, attorneys-at-law—John Rus sell and Samuel Cloves, Leek, Staffordshire, silk wanufac turers—F. Staniford and J. Elliott, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship and insurance brokers —Henry Kingsford, H. Coare Kingsford, and T. Norman Wightwick, Canterbury, attor neys-at-law (so far as regards Henry Kingsford) —T. Lano, J. Tams, D. Wright, and J. Price, of Birmingham, glass manufacturers—Thomas Brittaiu Forwood and Fre derick Bawer, Liverpool, commission agents—William Midgley and Samuel Denby, Selby, Yorkshire, brewers —Charles a,'emon John L. Satan-, and Gustavus Roskill, Manchester, merchants (so far as regards Charles Semon}— Charles Samoa and John L. Siltzer, Bradford, merchants —Edward Brodribb and Walter Nugent Coates, Liverpool, tea brokers—William Hunter Cox and Edwin Cox, Glass house-street, Westminster, butchers—John Parker Hall, jun., and 'William Robert Edward Brown, St. Helen's, Lancashire, alkali manufacturers—William Abbott, But tes-worth, William Low, and Rowland Muckleston, Great Dover-street, Southwark, wholesale shoo manufacturers (so far as regards R. Muckleston)—Samuel How, and James Greene Hatton Greene, Liverpool, brokers—Chas. Francis, Charles Larkin Francis, and Alfred Francis, Nine Elms, Battersea, cement manufacturers (so far as regards Chas. Francis)—Henry Swan, Charles Swan, and John Sears, Ealing, brickmakers—John Tindall Hartis, and Jas. Dixon, 15, 16, and 17, Coal Exchange, City, coal factors—George Tyco and Caroline Womack, of Norwich, cabinet makers —S. Gregson, Alfred Chapman, W. J. W. Baynes, Alfred D. Chapman, and Samuel Gregson Fell, of Austinfriars (so far as regards Samuel GrogsonFell)—Edward Leyland and Luke Swallow Leyland, of Halifax, Yorkshire, worsted spinners—Joseph Bell and J ohn Peacock Redmayne, of Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers —Johu Burton Ratcliff and William Anderson, of 46, Broad-street, Ratcliff, plumbers—Samuel Hecht and Philip Hecht, of 35, Seething-lane, City, merchants—William Staten and James Bloor, of Buglo.wton, Cheshire, silk throwsters— Thomas Steele and George Clarke Smith, of Bath, chemists Birmingham, —Thomas Penn paperandJamesa uf act Mitchell, ne r c s h — el l l, of Aston, near villiam Frederick Gray and Thomas John Gibson, of Hounslow, ironon mn gre—John Barlow and John P. Aston, of Manch es t er, a tt orne y s —William Trower and Jacob Maas, hop and seed merchants—Robert Henry Padbury and Benjamin Johnson, of 5, Surrey-row, Blackfrairs-road, card paste. board manufacturers—Mare Goudchaux and Edw. Lazard —David Dale, Robert Thompson, John Harris, and William Thompson, of Darlington and Black Banks, Durham, brick and tile manuf a ctu rers ( so far as regards David Dale)—John Brown, James Kindon, and Thomas Page Powell, of Swan-street, K en t- road, and Canal-bridge, floorcloth and table cover manufacturers (so far a 9 r - eg John Brown)—J. Laure nce, P . C azenove, S. Laurence, and C. Pearce, of the Auction Mart (so far as regardsi Philip Cazenove)— J o h n All nutt, j un., of Mark-lane, Cty, and Charles Sutton Campbel, of Port Pit. Mar shippers of nines —Willi am T omlinson, jun y's Spain, , and Thomas Tomlinson, of Live r p oo l , corn merchants —Ann * Shaw and Joseph Gaunt, of Bramley, Yorkehire, conductors academy—William Morley, of Glamford Briggs, and of Thos.an Swinscow, of Ashby Grange, Lincolnshire, urriers-- Robert Leonard,. William Boult, and George Hare Leo nard, of Bristol, coal miners (so far as regards Wm. Boult) —Haunak Siddall, Samuel Si * ddal', and William Ledger Siddall, of De a sbury, Yorkshire, tinners and braziers (so far as regards Hanza!h Siddall)—Win. Fraser and Charles S. Laidlow, of Aberdeen, It appearing that Mr. Moore, who was lately mur dered in Warren. , treet, Tottenham-court-load, had been a member of the Royal craft, several of the lo lg es of instruction, which meet weekly in va: lens parts of the metropolis, have voted sums from their f:nds as contri butions to the relief of the widow of Collard, who lost bis life in attempting to arrest the murderer, COUXTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—JAN. 2. At the market to-day there was a small a,ttende the trade, and only a very mod era t e d eman d was el enced for wheat anti flour, at the prices of this dal; Oats a slow sale, at late rates; but oatmeal was held per load advance, which somewhat checked b us iness i ley, beans, and p eas rerca i ne.l without alteration. j.:4 corn was not so freely offered, and partly recovery' decline noted on Friday. IPSWICH—JAN. 2. A tolerably average supply of wheat; the daulP l7 ,.. has had its effect upon the condition, and reduced 0 7 la per qr. The supply of barley is perhaps more thao l to the demand. We note a decline of is per and peas cheaper. PER QUARTER. ' PEIS ij Wheat, red ( o ld) 7 2s to 75: 1 Barley, grinding ..• Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 78s to 80speas 001 1 Ditto (old) Barley, malting "- AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK EIWIRG DEc. 30, 1 854 ' Wheat IP 2d , f , Oats Peas Bears Barley HULL—JAAT. 2. A fair supply of wheat from farmers, whiah th e i firmly for l as t wee k' s prices. The market was , 1 14 healthy in t one , th oug h b usiness was rather slack, Li lers tried hard to establish a decline. The import al l has been pretty well cleared off. Barley somewilo inquired after f or grinding peirposes. Other kinds of corn only dull. Li nsee d very firm, and oil in a Cakes are easie r t o b uy . N o transactions in rapeP"Aj cakes experience a g oo d d eman d . Boxes would /1111" market at our quotations. 3 e Wheat, English, red 74 to 77,l Ditto white 7B to 84 i Dantzic and Konigs berg PoineranianandHam burgh Danish,Holstein, and Friesland 7O to 75 Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 Oats, English Ditto Danish to —, Ditto Friesla n d Ditto Russian 3O to 32, Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3l to 31 Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 46 to 48 , Peas, grey and black Linseed, Black Sea.•• $ iDitto Petersburgli I Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and I .... Memel - • 'Ling c Hulll2l 78 Or a l Ditto Ditto fi h n if e . f f o o l i 11 0 1 1 0 00 0 4:: illapeseed OOl 0 0 T R: i p .e e s, ca E k n e a s ii .os 0u E;h l ... !Ditto foreig n .. Guano 4l . 10 . 8 Bones Meal ........... COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsTERO Amsterdam ...... • • .... 11 15% Gibraltar ..... • ..• Ditto, three months .. 1 1 177 i &glom Rotterdam 11 17• U Genoa Antwerp •• .... 25 27 yi Milan .... Brussels .......• •• •••• 25 27% Venice Hamburgh 13 6 • Naples .. •• ••• •• . ..‘ Altona .......... Palermo ....... .0 Paris .. • • .... 25 5 Messina Ditto, three months .. 25 30 I Lisbon ....... Marseilles ............. 25 30 Oporto ..........•• •• , Bourdeaux ........ Rio Janeiro Fr ankfort.on 3f alma .• .. 117 N , Buenos Ayres.. •• • •at Berlin ................ New York, 60:dayie Vienna.......... 12 42 Trieste.... ..... • • .... 12 41 Petersburg ............ 35 Madrid ............ Cadiz .. 50 IA Barcelona ........ •• •. ae~ isle •• • • •. • • .• ..... Philadelphia ... • • t , PRICES OF BrILIICAA Foreign Gold in Bal l Portugal Gold Coin •• Mexican Dollars ...• - *.i•iv Dollars .. •• "•I Silver iM bars . ...• SEABORNE MAILS. (N nig/I/nes that the mails arc sent from the GOIIO II/ by the night—and Id by the morning —despatch.) wh9n male ui , n General po 9 t. Office, London.* From what i'ort oispatcheL , :very Fr:day .. Liverpool .* ILi verpoOl iSeuthaniPt ° !Jan. 4 IJan 9 NoJitbaropt ol) Dover ..... • Dee. 4 of the month 9, 24,8; 30 of 11_ 4th & 20th of more. 17th of the month 19th of the mouth 9th of the mouth Plymouth .• Dover .....• .sout.oaroPt° P _,, RouthaniPt'" 1 over .... 0 iou theLoPl f° ' f., V 3 4 o °ariu u th t°ll : a InP : 11 : 1:c ° I 9th of the month Mott ~17 V ed.,&Frit 4:1 & 17th of moat! Is 4 e o n u t th havi san p P tov o y 8,1803,23,623 of m ith 64 20th of mon. f vice daily ...... Dover ••••,'; Southall: l r ° Dover .• • • Twice daily...—. 1,7, 17, 20, 27 ann. 00Yer •• SouthsroPtv' 2nd & 17th of mon. rueaday & Friday 2nd of the month 17th of the month.. 4th & 20th of mon. 9 th& 25th of month 7, 17, & 27 of mood Twice daily 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. 9th of the month 1 1 23d of month dontha lOW' I' London • V; IA SOUthO P DI Dover *" . ton AouthaltP 1 ,11 Pl7mouth Dover •• •••• Dover...• Holyhead ..• SoutharaPte g SouthamPto i lti Ltverpoid • •• if, 18, 8c 28 of moi !Dover .....' 114th of the month, ,2nd of the month.. 5 01 5 th25thofmon. 2d & 17th of month y private skip .. ' thlsth2sthoftnon. 7 th l7 th 2 7thofbaon. td & 27th of mon. By privato ship.., 5 th15t1125 thoixo:! sthlso2sthofrion ! 2d& 17th of tnonti I SollthapPtin, Down . • • 8011thallir VSIIOO 10." Mover ...L SouthaelP w. .." South analot.,,`"" 7 ITariotts Dover .• , I ;Dover • DP SouthAsiPn COUNTRIESt. amorica(by II; it.pack)l. , t merles- by United Sts packat) kmerica (by U States packet) .... N Australia (Tla South ampton) .. ........ M Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N Africa ( West Coast) ..N Alexandria.......... N Alexandria ..........M Bahamas ........... P.olgium ............N Brazil Buenos Ayres Cape of Good Hope ..N 1 Cape of Good Rope ..N Cape de Verds Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ....... ..... ..N Channel Isles .... ....N ................31 China (see India) Constantinople 1 Constantinople Coot. of Europe M & N Egypt (see India) Franco ..... 31 & N Gibraltar .......... Greece (see India) . Greytown ..........M ilatourgh Havannah •••• m Honand .. • ... m Honduras M India (viaSouthampt.)3l India (via Marseilles)3l lonian Isles (see India) Ireland •-• .• .• . .31 & N Lisbon .............. Madeira ............31 Madeira ............ N Malta (see India) Malta ......... . N 31aurltitte (see India) Mauritius .... • .....N Mexico •• .. • ..... ••11 Naples •• •••• •• .• •• ••31 New Granada New Zealand .• .• .• • • • • Papal States Peninsula Peru as Port Natal ..........N Sicily ..............N Tuscany •• ....N Venezuela •• „ m • Van Diemen's Land (se. Australia) . ........ . West Indies ... • • ...11 2d 17th o I month i Sontlibe .' lt I I d nd When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the In al , epatched on the f o ll owing day, with the exeePti" %DS" Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be preceding day. WEND AND WEATHER Bi- ° .1 Ttatos.. , iltatie 'fife. Stat!ens. Coursa of Wind, Greenwich .. N.W... ...... Lothbury Liverpool Holyhead. .. W........... Bangor S . W ........ ... . Brighton W ... Iswich Lowestoft ........ N. W Southampton N.W Portsmouth ...... N.W Poole ............... W. Dorchester W. Leamington pN. Bristol N.W Plymouth Torquay N.N.E .... Taunton N.W Bath Gloucester N.W Cardiff N. Swansea N.W Haverfordwest ... N.W Hague W Derby N.W Stamford W. .......... Norman ton W Masborough Leicester W Chesterfield ........ N.W... , Burton-on-Trent.. N.......... Nottingham Manchester N.W Sheffield N. Wakefield Whitehaven Maryport Llncaster Carlisle Bradford N.E Stoke-on-Trent ... N. Leeds York .... . Scarborough ............ Whitby ...... W. ....... .... Darlington! Boston ... Hull N.W Great Grimeby ... N.W Overcast. Unsettled. Rain. Fine. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Fine. Unsettled. Cloudy.. Fine. Rine. Flue. Cloudy. Fine. 7 Fine. Fine. Cloudy. Uoudy. Cloudy. Fine. Windy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fine. Windy. Fino. Cloudy. Fine. Fine. Fine. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy.' Fine. Rada. Flue. Fine. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Fine. Cloudy. Fine. BIRTH'S. OF A SON. On the 31st alt., at 19, Merrion-square, D llllll° l Lady Naas. OP A DAUGHTER. On New Year's-day, at 15, Queen-street, 1 141 William Ley. On the Ist inst., at Roehampton-place, Stare' of Hamilton H. Fulton, Esq. MARRIED. me On the Ist inst., by special licen se , in Christ ' 1 ri- 0 , 0 0 thedral, Dublin, the Rev. Edw ar d Singleton Au'd bendary of St. John's, to Sidney Jane, daughter Barton, Esq., Eccles-street. On the 11th Nov., at Kurrachee, Richard Gara ll ifrO 11. D., Surgeon, 24th Regiment, to Emmeline , J of Colonel Delacombe, C o l onel c onv oy Gosport. DIED. 0 ;4 On the 15th ult., at Lisbon, the Countess d'A daughter of Thomas Thatcher, Esq., of Paris. 1 1 , 1 On the 31st ult., at 6, Milner-square, I s lingtolb Wilkes, Esq., of the Sun Fire-office, aged 28. flO On th e Bth of Nov. last, at Scutari Hospital, °Oil received i n th e celebrated charge of th e S co ts 0 0, the 25th O ct. preceding, at Balsklava, A Franeig O third so n o f C apt. Maeonochie, R.N., aged 23, ' grettod. 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