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~~ 46. " ' • 41111111111111111111h ih. ..,,;: , - .. ,_, , - • • • • ; g-z-P F ;-.- -J • ii i l6l ; !LH' - , ` .41V,44. ' r • 1 I • - e z .7 1 , 12 ,17::: „ 7 t4 : . tor :7 ~ J 3,• • L /4,e, ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY. At the Adjourned General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company, held at the London Tavern, Bishopagate street, London, on Friday the 7th day of December, 1850 DAVID WADDINGTON, Esq., MT., in the Chair-- The proceedings of the Half-yearly Meeting of the 31st August, and the Adjourned Meeting of 26th October, 1855, having been read — It was moved by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., seconded by Joshua Clark, Esq.,— That the Report of the Committee of Investigation, ap pointed on the 31st day of August last to inquire into the affairs of this Company, and which has been distributed among the Proprietors, be now taken as read, and be received and adopted, and entateel on the proceedings of the Meeting of this day. '•‘' 'Upon which an Amendment was moved by Daniel Maclaurin, Esq., and seconded by Richard Sedgwick, Esq.,— That the Report of the Committee be now received, and that this Meeting be adjourned to Friday, the 4th January, 1 8 5 6, at 1 o'clock p.m. The Amendment and the original Motion having been put - , the original Motion was declared to be carried, John Knight, Esq., demanded a poll. Upon which, the Chairman declared that the poll would commence half-an-hour after the close of the Meeting, and Continue till six o'clock in the evening ; and would be con tinued from day to day up to the same hour, and would Srially close ut 4 o'clock on Friday, the 14th inst, when the number of votes would be declared, Thomas Sherwood, Esq., and Joseph Box, Esq., were ap pointed Scrutineers. It was moved by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., seconded by Joseph Jtcobs, Esq , and carried— That the continued sacrifice of the interests of the Eastern Counties Railway Company by Mr. Waddington, during the time that ho has held the office of Chairman of the Board, dis entitles him to the further confidence of the Shareholders, and that he no longer be the Chairman of the Board of Directors of this Company : That his pay as Chairman do cease and be determined f , em this day, and that he be requested to resign his seat at the Board. It was moved by J. S. Barnes, Esq., seconded by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., and carried— That au inventory and valuation of the assets and liabilities of the Company, in every respect, be forthwith prepared, by or under the direction of the Committee appointed at the last meeting of the Shareholders, and published, and that a fur her account be also prepared by the same Committee, showing the amount of moneys misapplied, and debts con tracted by the Directors, contrary to powers or terms of the Acts of Parliament relating to the Eastern Counties Railway Company, or any of them, and such accounts be forwarded to each sharobolder. That the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor General be taken, under the direction of the same Committee, as to w hether the Directors who have sanctioned, or been parties . such misapplication, are personally responsible to the S hareholders—and if so the proper and best means to be a dopted to compel such Directors to account for and repay th e moneys so misapplied. It was moved by Charles Horton Pulley, Esq., seconded by Philip Van de Wall, Esq., and carried— That the Committee of Investigation, consisting of Horatio Love, Esq., Edward Ball, Esq., M.P., Thomas Christy, Esq., J. T. Norris, Esq., Jeremiah Pileher. Esq., Hy. Soper, Esq., be, and they are hereby appointed, to continue their labours until the half-yearly meeting, in February next : That the said Committee be authorised and empowered to confer with the Beard of Directors, and to make such sugges tions and recommendations from time to time as they may think necessary, either as to present or future contracts, bills In Parliament. the appointments of, the continuance, or en gagements with officers, or in any other and all matters affect 'n: the administration of the Company's affairs or the into rests of the Shareholders : That for such purposes the Committee be authorised to employ such clerks, or to obtain such other assistance as they t uaY require, and to call for all books, documents , papers , , a nd persons under the management or control of the present Executive of this Company : And that the Committee he requested to report their pro ceedings to the Shareholders as soon as they are in a position to do so; and that no order of Mr. Waddington's be attended to from the present time. It was moved by Robert Alexander Gray, Esq. ; seconded by Robert Dawbarn, Esq., and carried— That those Directors of the Company who, by the evidence adduced before the Committee, are proved not to have Watched over the interests of the Shareholders, in the dis charge of their duties, be, and they are hereby, requested to "alga their seats at the Board. It was moved by Horatio Love, Esq. ; seconded by Robert Dawbarn, Esq., and carried-- That this meeting cannot refrain from expressing the high estimate in which they hold the services of Mr. Bruce, as a Director of this Company; and that Mr. Broadbent, Mr. /f argrave, and Mr. Simpson, also deserve the thanks of the Ineetin g for the valuable services they have rendered to the S hareholders in assisting the Committee in their labours. The demand which John Knight, Esq., made for a poll was Withdrawn by him, and such withdrawal having been sub naitted to the meeting, the same was agreed to unanimously. DAVID WADDIVGTON, Chairman. J. B. OWEN, Secretary. Bishopegate Station, Dec. 7, 1855. ROTAL LYCECTM THEATRE. - THIS EVENING, and every evening during the W eek, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing distinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them• !elves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, for though everything becomes metamorphosed before the Oyes of the visitors no ono can be positive that he sees any one thing ; but it is a comedy really performed by the eom- D a nY ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex l'ected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and .ashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of whose generous aid lie has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con luuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art h as at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. Re would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that " his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of 'Perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has !Pared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgotten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor- Unity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring, whers ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resortin g . to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manner, t he designing have succeeded in making dupes of the Credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pr.,. fe l esor Anderson has received, from the time of opening ths '''cutre up to the present date, bear - witness to the great in 'crest taken on the subject of this singular delusion : whilst many of them boar melancholy evidence to the dangers which Atencl a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spirt 'talists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has l!suited, Professor Anderson's exposé of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex hose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets th a t many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have teen converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and s easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions on S pirit-rapping are expressed, and every evening, within the Lyceum, how tables can bo made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this Public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that the i l ames of the great and learned of the land should Il ave been made to figure in the documents einwating , I ,ronl.the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex 'Meted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New Fork Spiri tual Telegraph- It purports to emanate from an American Pirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster `rankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought The whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon ';,ho solution of the phenomena ; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to be too much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, has recently left England, and the following account of Who, - and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 645: •—" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now In Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations Without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York s Barnum then took it for s granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, on telling the fact in London lately, simply and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for lie was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very had health : but he would h ave b een afraid of l os i n g his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of th e greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuro r , i s ens of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of w.ioro Might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does belie vs in spirit-rapping—does spirit-rapping gain or , lose by this accession to its adhere nts? and, with Barnum 's endorse went t o it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likely to be negotiated ? Professor Anders on would believe not ; but, when' he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of 11assland have the temerity to subscribe their namesto so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incum bent of IN o . rtlry (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it ta bo time for him to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is affected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hote., , in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that Which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad PurPoses. Iu the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from one Who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their Sialice with the spirits, in which the writer says, that " the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the most, extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was convoyed by an invisible agenc y t o my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air throus.h• out." With such a statement, printed for the edification' of the people of the 19th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to be deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers —that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a "spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be held in St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ate of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will by rptived by the people of England as genuine honest at- No. 19,714.] tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual ugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited the Lyceum Theatre,--a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ng, the programme being continually changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 8, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer ism, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeuails Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Rook, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, iu the extraction of magnitude ,nt of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears For its existence, in discovering odd things hi odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found. Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. Iu which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Verre; or, the Casket of Crcesus. Into which, though made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport 'tself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, 'ocked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon this " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only bo in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at the word of command, producing soda-water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy, gin, rum, whisky, noyean, or any other wine or spirit required ; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchief's perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expose of Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of ELF land, Franee, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to the audience, under circumstances least expected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like ‘lahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 2. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding our-elves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. Private boxes, 1/. 1 ls. 6d. and 11. Is., to be obtained at the Box-office, or at the principal libraries ; stalls, 4s. ; dress circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, Is. ; gallery, 6(1. The 13 , x-office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morning Per formance on Filaturday, December 8, at 2 o'clock. Doors open at half-past I PUBLICATIONS. Now ready at all tha Libraries, in 3 vols., LILLIESLEAY. The Concluding Passages iu the Life of Sirs. Margaret Maitland, of Sunnyside. Written by herself. " Lill esleaf is a sequel to the charming Passe es in the Life of Mrs Margaret Nfaitiand, toil also by herselt, in 11 -r own quaint way, and lull of the same touching zrace which won the hearts of so many people, young and old. It is to ne said but rarely of a sequel, that it posse•se- so much beiuty and so much sustained inte rest the tale of I,ll:iesle.d." Examiner. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, succesiers to Henry Colburn. Now ready, 1n 2 vela ., with Portrait , 215., bound, THE LIFE of JEANNE D'ALBRET, QUEEN of NAVARRE, from numerous oAgitial sources, in cludit,g M. Documents in the P,ib.iotiidqua Imperial° and the Archives Espagnoles do Simancas. By MISS FREER, Author of " Tho Life of Marguerite D'Angouleme." Burst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn. Third Edition, Imperial 4t0., 215., PARABLES of OUR LORD. Muitratori by FRANKLIN. Engraved in the finest style of Line Engraving. Suitable for a Christmas Present or a New-Year's Gift. *** To meet the extended demand for this superb wo-k, an edi tion is prerarol at 1 guinea, neatly bound and gilt. A few remainin4 copies of the First Edition. handsomely bound, 2/. 2s. ; also, an edition in French, bound, I/. ifs. 6d. J. Mitchell, Publisher to her Majesty, 33, Old Bond-street. a eew days will be published, In One Volume, post Bvo., T HE SHAVING of SHAGPAT. An Arabian Entertainment. By GEORGE AIEKEDMI. London : Chapmat, and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. ISSUED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART, MARLIOLOUGH HOUSE. In a few days wil be published, In post Bvo., price 2s. 6d., • I ALMANAC of SCIENCE and ART for 1856. This Almanac will contain a List of the British Exhibitors who obtained medals from the Paris Universal Exhibiti n. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Price One Shilling, boards. A CTING CHARADES for the DRAWING_ nom% Ry bliss BOWMAN. Illustrated by MCCONNELL. "A book of Charade Dramas, with which many a family circle will Innocently arnu• e themselves in the holidays." London: George Routledge and Co., 2, Farringdon-street. Now ready, F r HE CAMPAIGN in the CRIMEA. Au Historical Sketch. By GEORGEIIRACKi NBURY, - - LE.te Secretary at Kadikel to the honorary Ageuto of the Crimean Army Fund. Ac orn ed by 40 Plates from Drawings taken on the ~p ot, by t illiam Simpson. ! , ize, Hoye See. Price, elegantly boos 1,21 s. 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Sealed tenders are to be delivered before half-past 10 o'clock on FRIDAY, the 14th instant, at the Sessions House, Clerkenw 11- green ; and the persons tendering, or some authorised agent, must be in attendance there at 11 oclock precisely on that day, with the names and addresses of two responsible sureties. Tho Visiting Jus tices do not bind themselves to accept the lowest, or any of the ten ders. _ _ Dated this let day of December, 1855. CHAS. WRIGHT. 1 Clerks. CHAS. P. ALLEN, EAST and. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. The Court of Directors of the East and West Las. Dock Com pany Hereby give Notice, That the Transfer Books of the said Com pany wilt be shut on THURSDAY, the 13th day of December, 1855, and open again on TUESDAY, tho Bth January, 185 G. By order of the Court. GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary East and West India Dock House, iliniter-square, 7th Dec., 1855. EXHIBITION OF CRIMEAN PIIO O , IRANIS, 5, Pall-mall East. —Evening Exhibition from .leven till Ten, and from en till Five daily. Admission, Is. In foggy weather the Gallery is brilliantly lighted with gas. ARGYLL ROOMS.-LACRENT'S CASINO NOW OPEN for the winter sosson. PrinApal Cornet Piston. M. Bouleourt.—Doors open at S. Admission One Shilling. Laurent's new Varsoviana every night. SPIRITUAL MODE OF CURING ALL DISEAS , .S.— Read the HYGEIST and MEDICAL RE FORMER, which contains the article front the " Family Herald" of the 3d November on the above means of cure—What shall we have next ?—Mr. Jones, of Manches .er, on the Compulsion Vaccination Act--Lord John Russell at Exeter Hall—Emancipation is wanted in Medicine as wel! as In Religion—The Medical Liberty of the Subject for Ever t —No Smuggling of Medical Bills tbrosn.h Parliament. The Ilygeist for Dec em b er conta i ns the a b ove. and may b e h a d a t the British College of H ea l t h , New-road, London ; and of all the dilly authorised agents for blr. Morison's Universal Medicine. Price Id., or 2d. by post. IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY. ~ E, R IESEMAR.—On th e 29th Of M a y, 1855, an E. Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and .n the t lth June following was m tde perpetual. against Joseph ranklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou :and pounds, from imitatint this Medicine, which is protected by Royal Letters Patent ot England, and st;;:ured by the ...eats of the Ec , le .'e Pharinacte de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine. Vienna. TitIESEMR, No. 1, s i rttnely for Relatttion, -Ipermatorrtuea, and Exhaustion 0! ti, . .x 6ylLe.m, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate. To these persons who are prevented entering the flurried state bv the coniequeneeJ of early errors it 1s invalttAble. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, cetUa,llv, in the short spac.3 of three clAys, completey and entirely rre which Capivi and Cubebb a t es hfi r o t t ho is as: ants tote for. to th e ru i n of tha heaith 0 4 f a vast portion of the p o pulatin._ t; t , te o S ,i all bean trrte _ TRIESEMAR, No. 3, • :di ta w :t i e:Or a :sl i t e h i: :i•i-brtunately the Engiish physiciah treats with Mercury, to 1 - , t w he 1,; ; ;) s me great Continental Remedy , f as o r r eensi sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove, eviit,Rabll:sdeEs:Acitt,iosnoo.f 172e,paantilenat, sill or ail nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet tai➢t. without their use beinci suspected. , old to tin cases at its. each, free by post, 29. extrii, divided int•a , arate doses, 8,4 administered by Valpean, Lallomand, Ro ui, •ce.,tlDc.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in Londot. tt - Johnston, Gm Jornhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-stnist; and Sanger, ISO. O. , rl-street ; R. 11. Ingham, druggist, 46. NI arket-street, Manchester 1. 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PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause, Smith against Kingston, the Creditors of 'l' ( LOMAS STEWARt' M'EWEN, late of 23, Newton road, Westhourne-grove, in the parish of addington, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, who died in or about the month or Aug, st, 1855, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the 7th day of January, 1856, to come In and prove their debts or claims, at the Chambers of the Vice-Chaicellor Sir Richard forin Kinder•lcy, No. 3, Stone buildings, Lincoln' , -inn, Middlesex • or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the henett of the said Decree. Tuesday, the 15th day of January, 1‘56, at 12 o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the Claims. Dated this 30th day of November, 1855. CHARLES PU IEI, Chief Clerk. HENRY WOOD, 14, Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn, naintiff's Solicitor. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.- 111101IVGITAV SHOW.—December 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th —Return Tickets taken on the three last days will be available for the return journey on either day. 0 YAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY. KOPING TO lIULT. Notice Is hereby given that all Shares in this Company, on wh:ch the Final Call of 2/. per Share, payable on the Ist October, 1855, shall not have been paid previously to the Bth day of December, 1855, will, in accor.ian,e with the Statutes of the ompany, be For feited at the next meeting of the Directors after the last-mentioned date. By order of the Board. JOHN BADLEIR, Chairman. London, 18, Cannon-street, 23d Nov., 1855. L ONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. ELEVENfIi AND LISC CALL-NEW 50/. AND NEW 401. SII AR S. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Directors of the, Lon Dot; and SOUTII-WESTERN I{AILWAY COMPANY have made the final Call of T , VO Pow tds Ten Shillings on each of the New SG/. ~ h ares. and Two Pounds upon each of the New 40/. Shares in the sa'd Company, created in 1845, and the hollers of such shares are rAnested to pay the same, in respect of the shtr.s held by them, on or before the first day of January next, to one of the following Bankers : Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lace, Cornhill; Messes. Moss and Co., Liverpool ; Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester; Messrs. Maddison and Pearse, Southampton ; • Messrs. Mangles, Brothers, Guildford, Chert3ey, and Epsom ; Thu National Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow ; South Hants Yank, Portsea. Interest at the rate of 5 per Cent. per annum will be charred on all sums remaining unpaid after the said Ist January, 1856. By order of the Court of Directors. ALFRED MORGAN, Treasurer. Waterloo-bridge Station, Dec. 6, 1855. EAST INDIA MILITARY COLLEGE, ADDISCOMBE. Yesterday a public examination of the gentlemen cadets .mduci...ted in the East India Company's Military Semi nary, at Addiscombe, near Croydon, took place in the presence of Elliot Macnaghten, Esq., chairman ; Lieut.- Colonel Sykes, deputy chairman ; several members of the Court of Directors, and the following visitors :—Major- Generals Wymer, C. 8., Reid, C. 8., Beatson, Lewis, C. 8., R. E Conran, B u tt erwort h , an d Garnau l t; Colonels Sandham, R.E., Leslie, C.B„ Pickering, R A., Portlock, RE , Matthie, Sabine, and White ; L:eut.- Colonels Hay, Corfield, Munsey, Sinclair, Macdonald, St. John, Ludlow, Macleane and Hall ; Majors Mars len, Townsend, Monteath, De Saumerez, Gottreux, Hodson, V. Eyre ; Captains Somerset, R.E. Hassard, R.E., R em i ngton, Sandwortb, Scott, I' Ryan, l and Cole ; Li eu t. P . L . G . S m i t h , Stuart,R. i ., Turnbull, R.E.; Ensigns Hall and Haig, R.E.; Revs. G. Coles, Austin, Manley, Dr. Smith, Prof. Narvien, F.R.S., Christy, F.R.S., Silvester, F.R.S.; Mes=rs. Waterfield, P. Melville, Loyd, F. Macnaughten, Neale, Woodefield, Woodcock, Howe, Le Mesurer, Lambert, Cattley, Guthrie, and Lane. The company arrived at the college shortly before 11 o'clock, when the cadets were assembled in the examina tion hall, and examined by Sir F. Smith in the various branches of their studies, consisting of fortification, en gineering, mathematics, chemistry, &c., and the answers given to difficult questions were most satisfactory. These matters having been concluded, Mr. Hollyer, of the cadet department of the East India House, read the report of the public examiner (Sir F. Smith), which alluded in the highest terms to the efficiency of the cadets in their varied studies, and after proposing that several gentlemen of the first class should be appointed to the engineer, artillery, and infantry ser vice, alluded to the great services of Mr. Schenty, the late professor of civil drawing, who had retired, and had been succeeded by Mr. Pt4ivigioclio,,hat.L. effected. great improvement in this department of study. The following were the appointments recommended to be made by the public examiner : Foit THE ENGINEERS.—John Eckford, Ashton A. Brandreth, Henry W. Garnault, Hamilton S. Gordon, Ralph G. Smith, Alexander F. Mander, John D. Swiney, John P. Steel, Parry Lambert, Herbert W. Wood, John Macgill, Joseph H. Bedford, Peyton Phelps, Charles S. Smith, and Henry R. Mead. FOR THE ARTILLERY.—Andrew Dowie, Henry W. Stockley, Rictiard T. Hare, Charles E. Nairne, Hector Munro, William Gully Wardlaw Sanderson, awl Charles R. Buckle. FOR THE INFANTRY.—John Lißton, Alfred Fitz Hugh, Robert H. Hudieston, William W. F. Hay, Malcolm C. Clerk, Hamilton C. Onslow, Frederick P. W. Freeman, William H. Newport Russdl, M. Skinn,r, Frederick P. C. Th)bertl, Edmund M. V. James, John W. Stephen son, Edmund C. Steer, John Ewing, and Charles Dick inson. After the report had been read the following distribu tion of prizes took place : FIRST CLASS. John Eckforl—First prize in mathematics, military surveyinv, and Hindustani, first general good conduct, and the Pollock medal. The Chairman, in presenting the reward for general good conduct (an Artillery sword), said—Mr. Eckford, this reward is presented to the senior cadet who has ranked first in general good conduct durinv his residence in this college. Tq do you justice, no words of mine can adequately c.invey the thanks of the Court of Directors for your exemplary conduct during the whole period of your residence, and therefore I will read from the confi dential report made to me by the lieutenant -governor, in which he speaks of you in these terms :—" Twice iu each year a sword is presented as the reward of distin guished merit ; but merit has its degrees ; and when I recommend Mr. John Eckford for that distinction I cannot allow you to think that I am performing an ordinary act of routine. During the whole of his career Mr. Eckford has attracted my particular notice by his talents and industry, by his moral and gentle man-like conduct, by his cultivated mi n d, and by his cheerful and intelligent co-operation in all that con cerned the welfare and reputation of this college. This high appreciation of the senior corporal is, I think, fully participated in not only by the officers and professors, but by the whole body of the cadets, amongst whom he is, I believe, thoroughly respected." I trust that with such eucoJrAgetnent you will have health and strength to persevere in your honourable career. The CHAIRMAN again rose to present the gold Polloc medal, and said—Mr. Eckford, I have the pleasure of presenting you with the Pollock medal, which was struck by the inhabitants of Calcutta to commemorate the eminent and distinguished services of my friend and colleague, Sir George Pollock, and I trust that the pos session of this reward will be an incentive to you to emu late his brilliant example. (Cheers.) A. M. Brandreth—Second general good conduct, second in mathematics, first in fortification, and second military drawing. 11. T. G , T,ion—Second fortification, first military drawing, and first civil drawing. P. Lambert—Second Hindustani, and Latin. H. W. Stockley—Prize Se ,French and second civil drawing. and a very beautiful drawing, framed and glazed, of an Italian sunset, presented by him to the Hon. East India Company for Addiscombe. H. Stockley, 2d prize —Sketch of Windermere. A. Brandreth, J. Swingy, H. Wood, J. Steel, J. Maggill, P. Phelps, J. Eckford—Some beautiful co• loured landscapes. J. Bedford—Figure drawing, "The last appeal.", THIRD TERII. D. Pemberton, 3d prize —An original drawing in water colours ; very talented. P. Montgomerie, H. Blair, F. Smith, B. Browne, W. Holmes, H. Chichester, C. Moncrieff, W. Oliver—Some fine specimens of landscape drawing. W. Ducat, J. APNeille, Figure drawing in water colours, &c. W. Ramsay, Naval and Military Intelligence. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Queen of he South, Captain Beal, transport No. 135, arrived t Southampton yesterday from the Black Sea, The Queen of the S , uth sailed from Balaklava on the 17th nit. ; Constantinople, 12th ; Malta, 25th ; and brings to England the following invalided officers and men from the seat of war :—From Balak lava—Captains Biggs, 92d Highlanders ; Norman, 72d Highlanders ; Austin, 56th Foot ; and Brown, Royal Engineers ; Lieut. Sharpe, 55th Foot ; Lieut Ford, R.N., of her Majesty's ship Stromboli ; nine Royal Marinesand one able-bodied sailor belonging to her Majesty's ship Royal Albeq ; four horses belonging to General Simpson ; one man of the Royal Artillery ; two men belonging to her Ma jesty's ship Leander, &c. From Constantinople—Cap- Lain Gosling, 13th Regiment; Lieut. M`Queen, 9th Regiment ; Paymaster Ashby, of her Maj,sty's ship Sphinx ; Lieut. Baulton, of her Majesty's ship Hanni bal ; one man of the Royal Artillery, &c. From Malta —Assi.tant-Master Pete!' and one Royal Marine of her Majesty's ship :lodes:., and one ordinary seaman from her Maje-ty's ship Hannibal. The Queen of the South has, in addition, 509 casks and cases of condemned am munition, 28 tons of shell, 31 adOressed packages, four mall bags, and two cases of tobacco, un claimed. When off Bon, the Queen passed the Gene ral Screw Company's steam-ship Bosphorus. Off Gib raltar spoke the Peninsular and Oriential Company's steam-ship Manilla. The General Screw Company's steam-ship Calcutta, transport No. 195, is expected at Southampton, from Portsmouth, to-day. Orders have been received by the company to prepare her immediately for the conveyance of horses to the seat of war, Tile Russell, 60, Capt. Francis Scott, is ordered to proceed to-day from Spitheail, to Queenstown, to winter. The Hastings, 60, Capt. Fanshawe, left Spithead yes terday, fo, Queenstown, but brought up at St. Helen's. The Calcutta steam transport went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, to land her invalids. A collapsing, boat to carry a mortar, the invention of the Rev. E. Berthon, of Fareham, and built for the Ad miralty, was taken out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday for trial. The Hawke, 60, Captain Ommanney, had steam up last night to leave Spithead for Falmouth. The Arrogant, 46, Captain Yelverton, was towed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead to repair defects yesterday. The Repulse, 91, screw two-decker, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, had her name changed yesterday officially to the Victor Emmanuel 11., in accordance with her Majesty's wish expressed to the First Lord of the Admiralty by Prince Albert while with the King on board on Monday. A Sardinian war steamer passed through Spithead to the westward yesterday morning. The Sibella and the Dinapore transports arrived at SMthead yesterday from the East with stores, &c. The Colossus, 81, Captain Robinson, is ordered into harbour from Spithead to refit. The Polyphemus, 5, paddle-sloop, Commander Warren, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon and anchored at Spithead. Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.B , Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, will hoist blue at the main, as a full Admiral, on board her Ma jesty's ship Victory this day. Sir John Liddell, Inspector-General of the Medical Division of the Navy, made his first annual visit of inspection to Melville Hospital yesterday. The officers, petty officers, and servants were assembled, when, alter a minute examination, which occupied four hours, Sir John complimented Mr. Drummond on the great order orfsvailing throughout the establishment. Commodore C. Wyvill, Suoerintendent of Chatham lockyard, accompanied by Sir J. Liddell, during yester day afternoon visited the General Hospital Fort Pitt. Dartnell, Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, and Mr. Parry, operating surgeon, pointed out the most prominent cases. Acting Assistant-Surgeons Ffolliott, M‘Neice, Mac• dowell, and Cooke proceeded yesterday by the overland route to Malta. Second-class Surgeon G. S. King is ordered to the Crimea ; Acting Asistant Surgeon A. Weir to Malta. Major Thomas Smith is appointed permanent Barrack Master at the Camp, Aldershott. Captain J. Stawell, removed from Coventry to Chat ham, pro tem., is put on the full pay of Barrack Master, first class, with increased pay of 2s. Gd, a day. The dockyard barge Ant, Edward Witts master, sailed yesterday morning from Woolwich in half-ballast, with 30 tons of engine gear, for Sheerness. The Rhadaman• l i thus steamer, Master Commander Petley, is to leave Woolwich to-day with boilers and machinery for the Liffey. The Vixen, Master Commander Pym (tempo rarily,) sailed yesterday morning from Woolwich with a cargo of boilers, machinery, and some timber for cogs of wheels, for Plymouth. The Inflexible arrived at Wool wich yesterday morning from the western yards to re load with machinery, &c. Commander Risk, having commissioned the steamer Coquette, 750 tons burden, intended to be despatched as an auxiliary to the Black Sea fleet, has hoisted his pennant o❑ board the Salsette, off Woolwich Dockyard. The first of the iro❑ mortar-vessels having shipped her mortar was yesterday morning bauled out of Woolwich basin, and put under sail for a short trial trap, which turned out satisfactorily. She then proceeded to the Arsenal, where her complement of ammunition, &c., is being embarked, whence she will be towed clown to Shoeburynesc for experiments. A number of these boats is in the course of construction at Messrs. Scott Russell's. They appear to be well adapted for the general purposes required. The fact of their drawing only 21 feet of water is an important step gained in the construction of this new species of mortar-vessel, and it is hoped that the forthcoming trials will realise the builder's intentions. A third, of the same kind, arrived at Woolwich yester day morning. The work of fitting her out is progressing in earnest. The mortar framework of this boat is of wood, which is said to be more efficient than iron fur the purpose. There is at present a series of private experiments being carried on at a practice range along the Essex shore, below North Woolwich, by a gentleman who has already produced several inventions of material benefit in the present time, and who is now engaged in making improvements in the old musket, known under the name of " Brown Bess." These improvements will render the old musket far superior to the much-adored Minis rifle for its precision in filing, and the increased range which it will carry the ball. The same gentleman is also engaged in the production of a smooth bored can non, which it is anticipated will exceed the range of the Lancaster guns by a distance of one mile. The experi ments with the musket were to be carried on to-day, when 400 rounds were . to be fired, under the direction of the inventor. APPOINTMENTS. The following appeared in our late edition last night : mAsTmt. John A. Bull, to the Litr,pid. SURGEON. Dr. Joeph Coulter, to the Wanderer. PAMASTRII. Richard Allen, to the Tramk. ASSISTANT - PAYMASTER. George 11. Walker, to the Cressy. CHAPLAIN. - Bartholomew Ring, to the Sampson. ASSISTANT CLERK. James R. Richard, to the Cressy. TEMPORARY CLERK. Thomas D. Smith, to the Blenheim. SRCOND CLASS. J. M. M'Neille—Prizes for military surveying and ;hird good conduct. W. B. Holruev—Fortification. H. Smelicy—Hindustani. W. IL Oliver —Mathematics. P. Montgomerie—Military drawing. P. S. Pemberton—Civil drawing. R. C. Browne—French. W. R. CraNter - L,►tin. G. 8. Young—Fourth good conduct. THIRD CLASS. E. C. Daubeny—Prizes in mathematics and fortifica tion. A. C. Paddy—rlvil drawing. J. Berscheil— Military surveying. J. Westmoreland --flitiduetatj. B. C. Sr. John—Prizes in French and Latin. F. It obertson—Chernistry. A. D. Butler—Military drawing. The CHAIRMAN then rose and addressed the cadets; get.erally. He said that it then became his duty on behalf of himself and his colleagues to congratulate the gehtlemen cadets on the excellent report that had been bubmitleil t them, which had beers attended with 'web satisfactory results, and for which he begged to offer to the lieutenant-governor, the public examiner, and the professors, the thanks the Court of Directors. It was to him ina,t gratifying; to be able to announce that, ainoi,gst those who had distinguished themselves in the last term, a large number of the cadets had qualified themselves fur etigineere and the service of the artillery. He might be permitted to say, for the encouragement of the jubior terms, that although they might not all be efficiently qualified for the higher branches, as they were not all equally prepared on coining to Addiscombe for the service of the Enghacees, it would induce iu them habits of close attention and industry, which they might turn to good account, and on which, eventually, they .night build successfully on the foundations laid in that college. There was a want of all the ability they pos sessed for the service of India. India was a large field for enterprise, and success there was in their own hands. He need not mention the names of officers educated at lA.ddiscombe who had distinguished themselves , but not in India a l one. I n the present war many of the gentlemen educated at Addiscombe had been en gage]. But ho would only mention two of them—Bar nard and Lake. Mr. Lake was remarkable for his de fence of Kars, and Mr. Barnard had distinguished him self at Silistria, and in several other engagements during the present war. Mr. Barnard was an officer of the Ma dras army, and of little more than five years' standing. Those who were about to leave this country must make themselves familiar wish tho language, habits, and preju dices of the men whom they would have to command, and he beseeched them to abstain from all society and indulgences that would lead to vice and extravagance. Thsir pay would be ample, but if they exceeded it by ex travagance their future prospects would be seriously im perilled. He had hoped that his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury would have been present amongst them that day, as he had promised to attend, but an unexpected engagement had prevented him. Had he been able to attend, no doubt he would have offered them some most taughtexcellent e advicetaat wheneverffectirig theitrheverlasting n sicee c hhrapisptiinaen aboutss,and to meet death made his peace with his Maker, it pre sented a more glorious spectacle than the death of the then a greatestn affectionate hero,eiatetwelnioee lived.farewell. After l conclusion he wi s h e d h After the cadets' dinner, the chairman and company repaired to the large sand modelling hall, where several models, beautifully executed on the scale of six inches to I a e i f n explained eb system the e tem u n e d f e e r m h n e n u maron, by Cadet Lambert. 2 . Tw o f ronts of the system t a ie f n oo e t d , e w a e i r e e te e — hi l b . ite pr d we and fronts of the modern system , on e showing the works proposed by the late Professor Bordevine. 3. Tao fr o e n x t p s complete, the other the revetments and a horizontal sec tion, through a system of counte r m i nes , by Cadets Bed ford and Brandreth. 4 . A. light field bridge, over a river, defended by a crown work , strengthened by abattis, and flanked by three field works on th e opposite b ef an th k e , l n ,y Bn C al ad e e x t ce A l l le a l e i g t i ll. The plans and dra w i ngs were description. MILITARY DRAWINGS EXECUTED AT TEIE GENTLEM EN C A DETS OF Tll FIRST CLASS, Mr. Gordon (Ist prize) Mr. Brandreth (2d prize) Bals.klava. Mr. Bedford Mr. Swiney Khelat-i-Ghilzi. Mr. Wood .................. •• • Tarragona, Mr. Stockl9y Mr. Steel } S.W. portion of the C r i mea . Mr. Garnault Mr. Nairue Mr. Smyth } Parts of Hon Mr. FluCileston .one. SECOND CLABS. Mr. Montgomerie (prize) Drawing from a Model. Mr. 11. Blair THIRD CLASS. Mr. Butler Volcanic Mountains And several minor, but promising subjects, in the ju nior cla:4ses. EXHIBITION OF CIVIL DRAWINGS AT ADDISCOMBE. FOURTH TERM. Mr. Gordon, Ist prize —Mill at Rhegaden, Wa!es, SECOND TERM. A. Padday, 4th prize—Richmond, in Yorkshire, &c. Some specimens of photography were produced at Ad dißcombe, being a new branch of study at the college, under the superintendence of Mr. Penley, the Senior Professor of Civil Drawing. The cadets then mustered on parade, and went through the usual manual exercises, passing review order, and firing a royal salute. The company then proceeded to the house of the lieu tenant-governor, where a splendid luncheon having been disposed of, the company broke up and returned to ton -u. From the London Gazette of Last Night. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Alexander Treslop, Esquire, to be Attorney-General for the Island of Jamaica. Erratum in the Gazette of October 5. FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 21. _For the Queen •has been graciously pleased to appoint Thomas Joseph Hutchinson, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Fern trade Po, read, the Queen has been gra ciously pleased to appoint Thomas Joseph Hutchinson, Rig., to be her MAjesty's Consul in the territories on the Western Coast of Africa, comprised within the Bight of Biafra, and lying between Capo Formosa and Cape St. John. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 7. 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Cornet F. N. Astley to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Petra, deceased. 10th Light Dragoons—Cornet Sydney Vyse co be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vivo Williams, who stares. 13th Light Dragoons—Carnet R. A. Clement to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Goad, pronsoted. Royal Artillery—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Perry to be Surgeon, vice Templeton, promoted on the Staff. Ist Regiment of Foot—Th© second Christian name of Ensign Davey is Manger, and not Manger, as previously stated. 3d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase :—Ensign Charles Deyman Baillie, from the sth Middlesex Militia ; James 13. Le Cocq, Gent. The surname of the Ensign appointed on'the 29th ultimo is tier, and not Kerr, as previously stated. - 4th FoOt—Horatio Bland, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Gibson, promoted in the 4Sth Foot. 10th Foot—Ensign Henry Alexand e r D ona ld, f rom th e Royal Canadian Rile Regiment, to be Ensign. 12th Foot—Leonard Knipe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wilkie, promoted ; Joseph Oliver Johnson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Knipe, ap pointed to the 95th Foot. 16th Foot—Bernard Heyer Westby, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Hooke, promoted. 17th Foot—Ensign Frederick Maycock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Boyd, promoted. 19th Foot—Quartermaster Thomas Palmer to be Pay master, vice Clendining. 21st Foot—Joseph Henry Cowan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Grossman, promoted. 22d Fset—Ensign T. C. Hinds, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice L'Estrange, whose promotion, by purchase, on 10th August, 1855, has been cancelled ; Staff-Surgeon of'the Second Class William Maclise to be Surgeon, vice Williamson, app . ointed to the Staff. 23d Foot—Ensign A. C. Gosling, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Millett, promoted. 20th Foit—William Lancelot Knowles, Gout., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Beers, promoted ' • Ensign John Edward Marsden, from th e sth W es t Y or k Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Knowles, appointed to 63i1 Foot. 2Sth Foot—Lieutenant H. C. Worthington to be Ad jutant, vice Smith, who resigns the Adjutautcy only. 31st Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class William Thomas Hoskin, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Ivey, appointed to the Staff. 35th Foot—William Henry Bayly Payn, Gout., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Revell, promoted. 38th Foot—Serjeant-Major Robert Smith to be Quarter master, ♦ice Little, whose appointment has bean can celled. 40th Foot—Lieutenant J. Brodhurat to be Captain without purchase, vice Brevet-Major J. W. Thowas, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank under the royal warrant of the 6th October, 1854 ; Capt. Dudley C. Hill, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dawson, who exchanges; Ensign Alfred Cook to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brodhurst ; Vote Fitztnaurice Pennefather, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice M`Grath, superseded for being absent with out leave. 44th Foot— To be Lieutenants without purchase—En signs G. E. Hodgson, and P. M. Pitt. To be Ensign without purchase—Serjeant-Major Francis O'Neill, vice Hodgson. To ha Ensign,. by purchase—Charles Bassett Lewis, Gent., in sneeassion to LieutenanE - Biadro - rd, who has retired. 4)th Foot—Christian B. Steward, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Close, promoted. 48th Foot—Ensign Wm. Gibson, from the 4th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Heathcote, promoted. 49th Foot—Sedeant-Major Timothy Metcalf to be En sign, without purchase, vice Spratt, promoted. 50th Foot—Alexander Gray, Gout., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lewes, promoted. 57th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Ferguson, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Williamson, who re signs. 63d Foot—Ensign W. L. Knowles, from the 26th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase ; Qaartermaster Henry Ingram to be Payio‘ster, vice Thorp, who retires upon hal f-pay. 70th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Jas. F. Deakin, M.D., to bo Assistant-Surgeon. 73d Foot—Win. H. S. Pigott, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rennie, promoted to the 90th Foot. 75th Foot—Capt. Richard Dawson, from the 40th Foot, to be Captain, vice Dudley C. Hill, who exchanges. 77th 1.,0t —Reginald Hoskins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Willoughby, appointed to the 60th Foot. 79th Foot—Ensign G. Smith to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice G. A. Harrisson, promoted. 8111 Foot—Frederick Augustus Magrath, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Currie, promoted. 85th Foot—William Henry Urquhart, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice White, promoted. 90th Foot--Ensign [George Robert Miller to be Lieu tenant, without purchase ; Ensign Henry Carver Treacher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rous, promoted. 91st Foot—J o h n M ac l eo d Ti ngcom b e, G ent., to b e E u • , sign, by purchase, vice Glass, promoted. 95th Foot —Ensign Leonard Knipe, from the 12th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 97th Foot—Lieut. Robert Lofroy, from the Dublin Ar tillery Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Shep pard, promoted. let West India Regiment--Joseph Alex. Smith, Gent., to be Ensign without purchase, vice East. 2d West India Regiment—Captain John Philip Mitford from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice J. F. A. Hartle, who exchanges ; Lieut. Robert Bourne to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Mitford, who retires. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Trpop Sarjeant-Major Wm. Talbot from the 4th Dragoon Guards, to bo Cornet. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALlON.—Paymaster Andrew Clendiuing, from the 19th Foot, to be Paymaster. UNATTACHED.--Brevet-Major John W. Thomas, of the 40th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank coiverted into Sub stantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854. STAFF. —William Henry Fitzgerald, Esq., to be Pay master of a Recruiting District. HOSPITAL STAFF. Surgeon Robert Templeton, M.D., from the Royal Ar tillery, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class. To be Staff- Surgeons of the Second Class—Surgeon George William son, M.D., from the 2M Foot, vice Maclise, appointed to the 22d Foot; Surgeon Wm. F. Tomato Ivey, from the 31st Foot, vice Hoskin, appointed to the 31st Foot ; Assist.- Staff-Surgeon John Riggs Miller Lewis, M.D., vice Perry, appointed to the Royal Artillery. 170 be Assistant-Surgeons—Acting Assistant-Surgeons John Copeland Knipe and Charles John Kirwan. BREVET. Captain John Philip Mitford, 2d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army. Captain Charles Lindana, Brigade-Major of the Depot of the British Swiss Legion, to have the temporary rank of Major whilst so employed. (This rank is not to carry pay.) Samuel Smith Shepherd, Gent., to have the rank of Acting Assistant-Surgeon while employed with the Turk ish Contingent. For Captain D. W. Tupper, of the 55th Foot, to be Ma jor in the Army, as stated iu the Gazette of Nov. 2, read Captain D. W. Tupper, of the 50th Foot, &c. The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve that the Edinburgh County Militia be styled " The Queen's Regiment of Edinburgh County Militia." COSIMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Tower Hamlets —Lonsdale Pounden, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia—Willis Peat, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Queen's Regiment of Edinburgh County Militia—Alex. Leburn, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Mackay, resigned. Royal Cornwall Rangers—Ensign Usticke to be Lieu tenant, vice Carthew, promoted. 21 B:egiinent of King's Own Staf f ordshire Militia—Lieu tenant Charles Richard Levett to be Captain, vies Mayne, resigned. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry--Cornet Robert Archibald Dickens to be Lieu tenant, vice Moseley. th or Royal Elthorno Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Assistant-Surgeon Sanderson William Mathew 'Walker to be Surgeon, vice Stilwell, resigned. WHITEHALL, Nov. 7. The Right Hon. Sir John Jervis, Ent., Lord Chief Jus tice of her Majesty's Court of Commie Pleas, at West minster, has appointed Charles Bettesworth Hell ard, of Portsmouth, in the County of Hants, Gentlema n, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledg ments of deeds to be executed by warned women, under the act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of moro simple modes of assurance, in and for the county of Hants. WHITEHALL, Inc. 4. The Lori Chancellor has appointed William Rowe, of Stratton, in the county of Cornwall, Gentleman, to be a [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5D- Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Cuurt of Chancery in England. BANKRUPTS. Alex. McCarrol, music seller, Brighton, to surrender, Dec. 19 and Jan. IG, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Barron aid Clarke, Blooms bury-square. John Solomon, beer merchant, Vine-street, Ilinories, Dec. 18 at two, and Jan. 13, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Leverson, St. Helen's-place, Bishop , ga.te. Sadler Smith, carrier, Holy well-row, Shoreditch, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy.Bernoaf Bankruptcy. rdHagen, merchßaenllt: officialAld ern r a an ss b ig u n ry ee , , Coleman street-buildings Graham, official assignee; W r i g ht, Lincoln's-inn fields. 21, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 24, a t t we l ve , a t the Court street-buildings ; Dean, New Broad-street. clempaenci John Virtue, carpenter, Alfred-mews Tottenham-court road, Dec. 21, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street. buildings ; I.l.l'Duff, Holborn. Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, cowkeeper, Thames Dit ton and East Moulsey, Surrey, Dec. 14, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Hugh Baird, linen draper, Sheffield, Dec. 22 and Jan. 26, at ten, at the Leeds District Court, Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Terry and Watson, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. William Edward Brockett, money scrivener, Newcastle upon-Tyne, Dec. 17, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Newcastle 7 upen-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater and Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Granger, licensed victualler, Bl ac kman-street, Southwark, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Shaen and Grant, Kennington-cross. George Frederick Hipkins, patent spring manufacturer , assignee, minghaTn District Court. Bittleston, offioi Birmingham ; Smith and Elkington, Birmingham. Stephen Jackson. manufacturer, Sutton, Yorkshire, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Paget, Skiptou. John Butler, jeweller, High-street, Rochester, Dec. 14 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Jones, Chan cery-lane. James Worthington Maude, lighterman, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, Dec. 21, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Surr and Gribble, Ab church-lane. Henry Francis Norton, brush seller, York-street, West minster, Dec. 17, at half-past two, and Jan. 15, at half past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Johnson, Chancery-lane. .Tames Lewin and Thomas Lewin, wine and spirit mer chants, Liverpool, Dec. 20 and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liver pool ; Dodge, Liverpool. Arthur Richard Fry, builder and provisian dealer, Sun derland, Dec. 18, at eleven, and Jan 17, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official as signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Hanle, Bush, and Gaskell, Chancery-lane; A. J. and W. Moore, Sunderland. Thomas Sutcliffe Sladon, corn and flour dealer, Manches ter, Doc. 17 and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Ilig son and Robinson, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William and Andrew Walker, builders, North Berwick, Dec. 7, at twelve, at the George Inn, iladdington. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the lit day of Dec., 1855. mins DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. • • .... 24,580,570 421,580,57) Dated the 6th day of Dec., 18, nt debt .... o G t o h v e e r rn s e m c u e 1 2 1 : Gold coin and bullio n 10 , 581 . 870 Silver bu11i0n........ 098154:91100f BANKING DE Proprietors'capital 14,553,000 Rest .......... .. Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav- .C 24,580,570 [. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. PALETMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .......... 10,275,480 Other socurittes...... 18,8 f 8 757 Notes .... .......... 5,505,485 Gold and silver coin .. 646,537 ing's Banks,' and Dividend Accounts) 4,439,589 Other deposits ...... 12,231,788 Seven Day and other Bills ........ 883,294 £35,29G,259 £35,29G.259 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the Gth day of Dee., 185; AVER!GE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 4, 1855, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : From the British Possessions in America 389. 3J. Muscovado, the produce of tha Masritius 399. sd. Average of the two foregoing descriptions VEGETATION IN TETE TEMPLE GATIDETTE. —IL is well worthy of remark that Mr. Broome considers that at no time in his experience has the vegetation of these vener able gardens been so healthy as during the present year. Some old hawthorns hays flowered rather vigorously— a circumstance he has not before noted ; and he has been able to rear two or three white roses, no red ones. He thinks it is owing, in some measure, to the steam-packets and manufactories near the river not sending us so much of their smoke now as formerly. Perhaps when we get more completely rid of the metropolitan smoke the red and white roses may once more bloom in the Temple. —The Builder. MYSTEIZIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE AT `WHITBY.—On the night of Monday, Nov. 26, between 9 and 10 o'clock, a woman dressed in black, and apparently middle-aged, walked backwards and forwards for some time in Beg dale, Whitby, with an infant in her arms. She entered into conversation with several persons, asking them where Ur. Keane, the incumbent of the parish, resided. She ultimately accosted a little girl named Pinkney, and having given her the infant, directed her to take it to Mr. Keane's to be baptised, and that either she or " Mary Jane Brown" would await her return. The girl Pinkney accordingly carried the babe to Mr. Keane, who told her to take it away and bring its mother. The " woman in black" was, however, not to be found, and Pinkney, after pacing the street with her strange burden, being afraid to go home, and crying loudly, attracted the notice of a woman named Tagart, who took the infant back to Mr. Keane'e, and, by his direction, retained it. It was eventually taken to the poorhouse, where, after etrong convulsions, it died on Tuesday night. It was a female child, and appeared to be about three days old. In order, if possible, to afford some clue to the unnatural mother, Mr. Stonehouse, photographic artist, has taken collodion pictures of iis body for exhibition. Before its death, it was baptised " Mary Jane Brown." The York herald of Saturday states that the offender has not yet been traced. [ADVICRTISRMENT.I—Srenr AND 'ISAR ENG. —DEAFNESS AND DEFECTIVE VISION RELIEVED.— Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Alheinarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo. site the York Hotel. Deafness—Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour sei the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises lu the ears is entirely re moved ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desire - L.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses Utile great est transparent power. The valuable advantage deriver from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons ar enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By leer llajesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements In the most powerful and ' brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring , and the double sta rs ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 t o 20 m i les. They aro o f l a rger and all sizes, with incre as i ng powers according l y ; w hile their vary ing from 4 to 6 i nc h es ena b le us to di scove r moretlanthe above, and the Geo rg i an , w ith hi s 6 sa t e llites, &e. "e i Royal a very small, Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented , by which powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of i a distant they answer a person can be seen and known 1i l_ every purpose on the race-course, and seen a t 8 to 10 miles. country scenery, and ships are clearly mi d es a d t the opera houses, They are invaluable for shooting, door -stalking, sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and with wonderful race-course, camp, and power.-39 Albemarle-street , tile York Hotel. [ADVERTISEMENT, -- plaint and diarrhoea, which Prcel6illy. Observe—opposite i The most inveterate liver conk which had resisted all medicines Du Barry's delicious Revalenta for years, yielded which removes indigestion (dyspepsia.), Arabica Food, t nervous, bilious, and liver com plaints,flatulency, constiii,laiii'ao,n, consumption, and debility. 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The only candidates for the office were Mr. Lawrence, son - of the deceased alderman, and Mr. Donald Nicoll, a member of the Court of Common Council. , The _ceps -....ag been read, The LORD MAYOR said he had the honour to preside for the purpose of performing one of the most important duties which the Lord Mayor bad to discharge, and be. fore entering upon the business of the meeting he beg ged to express the strong feeling of regret that he expe rienced at the loss of one of the most efficient member's of the corporation—the late Alderman Lawrence. (Hear, bear.) Their rate representative was a man who had bought his experience by mixing with the world. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, a good magistrate, and one who was not only anxious to do his duty to his fellow-citizens, but who probably knew the history and affairs of the corporation better than any other person. (Hear.) It was now their duty to send an efficient representative to the Court of Alder men in the place of their deceased friend. (Hear.) Mr. T. HUTCHINSON said he had great pleasure in pro. posing Mr. Lawrence for election as alderman of the ward. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") Mr. Lawrence was the son of the late alderman, a man who had fils e „l the office of common counoilnaan for a great many sears, and afterwards that of alderman, and to whose memory they owed a debt of gratitude. As an instalment of that debt he (Mr. Hutchinson) asked them to elect the son to the office rendered vacant by the death of the father. Mr. Lawrence was not only a man of the highest honour and integrity, but also a man of fortune and education, and in every respect qualified to discharge the duties of the office. (" Hear, hear," and "No, no.") He had been born, bred, and brought up in the ward. He had a good example before him in the career of his father, which he would doubtless follow out to the greatest ex tent. (Cheers.) Mr. G. SHERRIFF seconded the nomination. Mr. MOORE, in proposing the nomination of Mr. Nicoll said he could assure the meeting that he should not utter one word to disturb the harmony of the proceedings as far as his hon. opponent was concerned, for he was a gentleman whom he had known for a great many years, and he was sure that the high esteem in which tlnilate , alderman was held gave the son tlegitinratesslalt teethe , es ' Sliffrages Of the electors. The gentleman, however, whom he (Mr. Moore) had the pleasure of proposing, was not connected with business in any way whatever, his time was entirely at the disposal of the electors, and had Mr. Lawrence been placed in the same position he (Mr. Moore) considered that that gentleman would have been an eligible candidate for the office. Mr.Nicoll had served a kind of apprenticeship in t'le corporation ; he had been a member of the Court of Common Council fur • about five years, and bad also held the office of sheriff of London with great satisfaction to the citizens at large. He was also a magistrat e for the county of Middlesex, and had been elected frequently chairman in the district in which ho presided. That was a very strong proof of the estimation in which he was held by hie brother ma gistrates. Mr. WALPIN seconded the nomination. No other candidate having been proposed, • Mr. LAWRENCE, who was warin'y received, rose and said, that in coming before the voters as candidate for the office of alderman of the Ward of Bread-street, he felt himself surrounded by so many bind friends of his late father, that he could hardly find words to ex press the very great obligations which he was under to them. The only doubt that appeared to exist in the minds of the friends of his opponent was in respect to hie (Mr. Lawrence's) experience and capability for under teking the duties which had been so ably performed by his floher, and lie appealed to the members of the ward. whO knew him well, if they had ever known him under take anything which he had not Btu o !eied in carrying to a satisfactory termination. (Cheers.) Wtien it was a ques tion of experience and of fitness for the office, he was prepared boldly to meet his opponent in respect to any matters connecte I w . .th the City of London. For a very long time he had taken great interest in everything con nected with the corporation, and there had been hardly a meeting in that hall, or a wardneote ' that he had not attended. He entertehied the views that his very kind and revered parent held with respect to the system of municipal government as opposed to the system of cen tralisation which it had been the fashion in latter days to bring into vogue. The very essence of the liberties of the country depended upon local institutions, and the liberties of the citizens of London depended upon their managing tilt-ir own affairs. From his acquaintance wi:h the internal working of the corporation in its dif ferent departments, he challenged proof that it was not as well conducted as any of the departments connected with the Government of the country. (Cheers.) Any other ward than Bread-street would equally have served the purposes of his opponent, but it had been his (Mr. Lawrence's) ambition to be the alderman of Bread street ward only. Mr. NICOLL, who on rising was loudly cheered, said that probably at no period of the history of that ancient city was it more immediately necessary that the elec tors should take care whom they selected to take the responsible position of aldermen of the City of London. (Hear, hear.) The question of municipal or local self government was to a great extent about to be placed on its trial. The report of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of the Corporation had yet to be con sidered, and he trusted that when the proper time for the consideration of that subject arrived, every right-thinking man would give his best attention to it— the best attention that could come from those who were well-wishers towards the noblest municipal institution that over existed in the world.. (Loud cheer...) One of their greatest lawgivers, iu speaking of the City of Lon don, had said it had been the cradle of English liberty, and had disseminated the love of free institutions, and particularly of local self-government, wherever the Bri tish race assembled together, and were under the protec tion of British laws. (Cheers.) He trusted it would not bs ssi I of Bread-street Ward that they had taken a leap in the dark, and had to depend upon hare hope for the fu ture. (Laughter.) It was quite true that in civil as well as in military life they sometimes heard of a heaven-born eenius, without tuition and without any practical know ledge whatever, suddenly becoming master of a situation ; but such characters, it was well known, were, like angels' visits, few and far between. (Renewed laughter.) Be (Mr. Nicoll) therefore apprehended that the best course for the electors to pursue upon the present occasion was to select one who at all events had done suit and ser vice, and who was ready and willing to do it again. He challenged any man, in the course of his public career, to point out any unworthy act that he bad com mitted, whether as Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Cr, again, as magistrate of the county; and as his friend bad reminded them that lie had lately sat as chairman of the division to which he belonged, either in that ca pacity or as a member of the Common Council he (Mr. Nicoll) defied any one to point out any act of which he should be ashamed or which should render him ineligible for the high office of alderman. (Loud cheering.) Th e Corporatien 0f London were before both Parlianieut and the public. With regard to the reformation of the Court of Aldermen and Court of Common Council, the part he bad taken might be very simply described as his votes were recorded, and might be thus epi tomised. He had conscientiously voted that alder men should appear before their representatives periodi cdly. lle believed that as men were obdoed to appear before their constituents to be elected members of Par liament at certain fixed periods, the same rule ought to anply to the election of aldermen for the City. (Hear. ) Whilst he had ever been ready to promote judicious im provement, he had never desired to sweep away the fabric entirely, and he would, rather than found a posi tively new mo hl or statue, wipe off the excrescence s that had arisen from time to time, but leave untouched and unimpaired the graceful outline transmitted tohoped th em. by their f a the r s. (L ou d c h eers .) I n conclusion _e that the contest mi g ht b e conducted in h t o h u e ld spi b ri e ; w a ti nd, h his opponent and hi m self desired it whatever the result might be, he trusted that they should pert as friends and good citizens , an d of the ward might not be disturbed. that the amenities (Loud cheering.) Mr. OCTRAH wished to know whether Mr. Lawrence was in favour of shortening the duration of the office of alderman ? not prepared to answer or to pledge myself to Mr. LAwRENcE—I am ti ng le question connect e d w i t h cor parate reform until I haye the whole schem e b e f ore me. Mr. OCTRAU--- ask the question, yea or n a y, are you for shortening the duration of office of alderman ? Mr. LAwßENCE—lndividually I hav e no o bj ection how often e l e ction takes place. Mr. ouTßAes—That is not answering the question ; that is shirking it. Mr. LAwRENCE—TiII the whole scheme is before me I will not pledge myself to any portion. (Hear, hear, and marks of disapprobation.) The LORD MAYOR then took a show of hands, and de clared the election to b e i n f avour of Mr. N i coll. A poll was then demanded on the part of Mr. Law rence, which was fixed to take place at 10 o'clock to morrow (this day). A vote of thanks to tho Lord Mayor, proposed by Mr. Nic o ll, seconded by Mr. Lawrence, and which was carried unanimously amid considerable cheering, termi nated the proceedings. --- THE AMERICAN SHIP CONSTITUTION. —LIVERPOOL, Thursday. —This unfortunate ver•sel has been burned to the water's edge, —every effort to save her, either IT, scuttling or other w i se, proving unsuccessful. Her t'a_lr,, g is floating a b ou t t h e river, but that in the low!: w ° n, , consisting of w h eat i n bags, flour, beef, an d rosin, i The it is hoped, b e saved, though in a damage d state. Ferry. Th e va l ue of the vesse l and cargo is about 30,0001., b ut i t i s fully i nsure d by underwriters in .r., masts, spars, & c , have been towe d o n shore near land and th e U n it e d St a tes. x,,ng. the Paris corres pondent announcement n i 1 I n ielligencer, that the French FRENeRNATURALISATIOtNbeOF:t'tOeBrfioIGf N-BUILT VESSELS. pondent of the Nation a ch nd fl a a c g q , u a i t r t e ra a e ll t th s m e u a c d h va a n t: promulgated a decree allowing foreign- Govtrnment has tages appertaining g our shipping merchants and builders, built vessels to . .bnenttuthrae n aturalised, regard g it as one of the most important w h o generally . for n their intereststhat has taken place for Notwithstanding . the admission of all the m t m e ao n ny t y i e o m n 3,eena a rt n st o Zaterial for shipbuilding into France duty free, there is doubt expressed that our mechanics will still be able to turn out as good, if not superior, vessels as those in the shipyards of Franco at a less figure, notwithstanding the ten per cent. assessment upon them. If this indeed be so, France is so much in want of shipping that I am inclined to think cur yards, which for a long time have. loten almost d eserted, will display an activity fully equal to the days wh en t h e wants of the California trade ga ve them such an i m p e t us. — National ( U.S.) In fell ige ga ve