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ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. D'URHAM, DEC. 10. THE EXTRAORDINARY MURDER BY SLOW POISONING. Mr. Baron Martin took his seat at nine o'clock, and the trial was immediately proceeded with. Police Sergeant J. Brown detailed the circumstances of his taking possession of the prisoner's house after his apprehension, his-receiving the medicine bottles from Ann Taylor, and Akre and with whom the various ar ticles were subsequently deposited. Police Superintendent Anthony Robson corroborated portions of this evidence, and stated the finding of the I n di an basket of medicines on the 14th July. He searched for, but did not find, a bottle of Fowler 's solu tion of arsenic. Eleanor Middleton, of Haughton-le-Skerne, had some times in her visits during Mrs. Wooler's illness given her medicines, but never was present when injections were given. In cross-examination the witness said she had never, during a close intimacy of 12 months, seen any thing but the greatest kindness between Mr. and Mrs. Wooler. Mrs. Wooler had said that her husband was exceedingly kind to her. Valentine Devey, surgeon, Wolsingham, had known Mr. and Mrs. Wooler a year and a half, and attended her a week in October, 1854, but not again till 6th of June last. He ascertained her treatment, and made no alteration in it. He had conversed with Mr. Wooler on drugs and chemica's, of which Mr. Wooler seemed to have a knowledge, and to know the nature of some pre scriptions Mrs. Wooler had had some time before. Cross-examined--The prisoner manifested the greatest kindness for his wife, and was overwhelmed with grief once when she was ill at Wolsingham. Mr. Henzell mentioned no suspicions, and witness heard of none till after the death. Ann Breckaell, sister of Mrs. Wooler, went to visit the deceased the Monday evening before her death. She corroborated the evidence as to Mrs. Wooler reading Dr. Jackson's letter on the Friday after dinner. (She was very painfully affected in giving her evidence.) Cross-examined—Witness had been living at Burdon ever since the death, in consequence of a letter from Mr. Wooler. Mr. and Mr 4. Wooler always had the greatest affection for each other, and witness believed Mrs. Wooler had her own way in everything. Witness once lived three months with them at Liverpoel, and was afterwards with them at Ramsgate. On the morn ing of her sister's death she saw Mr. Wooler in the room, but witness was so confused she could not re member particulars ; she saw hint weeping several time 4. During the greatest part of the night he was reading the Bible to Mrs. Woofer. Margaret Wooler, a niece of the prisoner, went to stay at Burdon on the Ist June, and stayed till her aunt died. Witness was not present when any injections were given, but had given her aunt medicine on three occasions. Cross-examined—Ann Taylor cleaned the store-room out by Miss Brecknell's directions, whilst the prisoner was at Wolsingham. The whole house was cleaned at that time. The prisoner and his wife were apparently very fond of each other, and during her illness the pri soner appeared very attentive and anxious about her, and very much distressed at her death. Ann Taylor recalled—She did clean out the house after Mrs. Wooler's death, but did not recollect finding any bottles, or throwing any out. She catried the bottles out of the storeroom, to clean it, and put them back again when it was cleaned. George Seymour Dixon, M.D., of Gateshead, had re ceived a letter from the prisoner about mid-day on the 11th of June, requesting him to go to Burdon to see Mrs. Weeder, who was dangerously ill. In reply witness wrote that he was going to Scotland next morning. On his return, about the 15th of June, he found a letter from the prisoner (which was put in), dated the 11th of June, stating that the doctors had had another consulta tion, and maigre the incessant vomitings Mrs. \\reeler was better than for five weeks past, and requesting him, if he bad not set out for Burdon, not to do so. IV. Brecknell, of Gateshead, a brother of Mrs.Wooler, stated ths he had not been informed by the prisoner of the time when Mrs. Wooler's funeral was to take place. He xeceivsod no request to attend it, and was not in farmed beforehand that there was to be a post mortene examination. Witness is the prosecutor in this case. He did not go to Burden to see his sister. He had had no misunderstanding or dispute with the prisoner or his wife. Cross-examined —Witness bat always been on friendly terms with them, but had not visited them for 20 years. He lives 32 or 33 miles from Burdon. Wit ness was at the inquest part of the time. He was the father of Sir John Fife's pupil. He received information of his sister's illness on the 16th of June, and had seen Dr. Hazlewood's letter to his son. Re-examined—Witness received a letter on the 19th of June. Though lie had not visited the prisoner since he married witness's sister, Mrs. Wooler was at Gates head five years ago, and dined with witness, and the prisoner visited him about three years ago, took tea with him, and they parted in a friendly way, with an invita tion for witness and his family to go to Burdon. Wit ness had never had any dispute with him, and had known him since childhood. Ralph Fortune, late registrar of deaths, when regis tering the death of Mrs. Wooler, about one o'clock on the 29th June, saw the prisoner, and asked if he had a cer tificate of the eauee of death, and the prisoner said "No." Witness asked it Mrs. Wooler had had a medical man, and prisoner stated that she had bad three—Dr. Jackson, Dr. Hazlewood, and Mr. Henzall, the last of whom lie said he considered "an extraordinarily clever man." Witness could not remember what the prisoner stated was the cause of death. [The registrar's book being pro duced, the entry was read—" Ulceration of stomach and bowels—not certified."] Various letters of the prisoner were then put in and read. In one letter to Mrs. Rjrner, after the death of his wife, the prisoner refers to the allegation of poison having been administered, and says—" There is n'o ques tion that Jane's case was improperly treated, and I told the doctors so in no mild terms." " A host of lies are afloat." "It is all malice • but my time will come." " If it was poison, it must have been given in their me dicine ; for in no other way could it have access t > her." Jas. Fothergill, surgeon, had practised five years in Darlington. Had attended Dr. Christison's lectures in Edinburgh. About a week before the death the prisoner desired witness to lend him a syringe, which witness did. [The[remains of this syringe were produced and identified.] . The syringe was not r,ew. His ilea was that the tube was now. Witness found it in the surgery, wrapped in paper, a day or two after Mrs. Wooler's death. He tried to pump water through it, but it was stopped up, and he put it away. It afterwards struck him that it might contain arsenic, and he took the tube and found it con tained arsenic. He used muriatic acid in testing, and tested the acid both before and afterwards ; on the latter occasion he found arsenic in the acid. Cross-examined—Witness discovered the test was im pure tke day after giving evidence before the magis trates, and told Mr. Henzell, but never agreed not to divulge it till the assizes. Witness went to the magis trates to give evidence in c n•rection of his former state ment about a fortnight after his first evidence. Reexamined—Witness discovered his error before lie had any communication with Professor Taylor, or any of the medical men. After the discovery witness took the earliest stops to rectify the analysis. Mr. Henzell did not advise him to conceal it. By the Judge—Witness assisted in examining a por tion of the liver. Mr. Henzell and Dr. Hazlewood acted along with witness. Dr. Jos. Andrews stated that he gave everything to Dr. Taylor he had received from Superintendent y Robson. Professor Taylor recalled—l have to the symptoms se l ec t, had listened attentively prevai e ledii during the illness of Mrs. Wooler down to the time of her u ea i th. I am not aware of any other cause to which all toms before death could be attributed, ex cerp t o L o o ‘ a s i e ,rige ß F ev p a i poisoning. I have examined 125 cases of arsenic, during an experience of a quarter of a century, The earlier symptoms, anterior to the tingling, might indicate other causes than poisoning by arsenic. I heard and attended to the evidence which was given as to the character of the urine on the 23d of June, and the urine examined before and afterwards. From the evidence I heard I should consider that urine did not come from the same per Son. I attended to the description given by Dr. Hazlewood of the pest motion examination. Tee appearances indicated poisoning by arsenic. I believe that the deceased died from arsenic, and no other cause, administered in small doses. I tested the three syringes. The two brass ones were first tested. There was no arcen.c in the syringe without the tube (Fothergill's). There was no arsenic in the other brass syringe. In the pewter one I found arsenic. In the pewter itself there was no arsenic. It consisted of tin and bismuth. There was no arsenic in the metal which could be extracted by the process that produced arsenic from the tube. There were two bottles mis-labelled. There were 70 varieties of medicine. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Serjeant *Wilkins addressed the jury for the de fence in a powerful and eloquent speech. I will endea vour, said the learned serjeant, to lay before you the merits of the case, and I may venture to say that the pri soner is the last man in the wor ld w h o oug h t to h ave stoo d before you on this charge ; and, but for the •l• prejuc ice which h ag surrounded this case, I should have addressed you with but little anxiety for the result. Had education obtained the height one could have wished i n thi s coun try, there would not h ave b een p u bli s h e d an d c i rcu l ated such malignant le rn iir n d sland erous re p or t s ca l cu l ate d to de stroy a When I observed a ma n i n cour t so far forget his position as to indulge in the exhibition of his feelings as if at a theatre I was ashamed. I w ill s how you that it is impossible that the prisoner can be guilty of this charge. v. —very ge ground except one upon which Mcm Mr. James rested his has broken down. But for the infamous conduct of the medical witnesses that poor woman might not h ave died. When you find a gentleman has been applauded for the manner in which thought theyth ebya should o(esi dis covered d he gave his evidence, ask in g Dr . Taylor his a d v i ce upon a question of morals wheth er h e thou make known to the magistr ates that covered that Dr. Fothergill's test was worthless, d o - u think him a man of good sense a nd right feelini s o ri [While the learned serjeant was here referring in pathetic terms to the mental sufferings the prisoner had under. gone, particularly by reason of the repeated examinetion e of the deceased's body, a painful scene took place is court. The prisoner was attacked with a violent hysteri cal fit of sobbing, which lasted some time. He shortly recovered.] recov e I will say as little as I can to increase the sufferings of that poor man. When, in addition to the conduct of MH 11 r. enz e , I draw your attention to Dr. Jackson's and the prosecutor's, you will not wonder that prejudice has gone dnneaihroad. I have observed your atten tion, and I w through your foreman, a t th e request you ma d e , sta he allow e d t o a tt en d a place of worship. I trust that you did then supplicate that God who disposes and turns the hearts of m en as seems best to his unerring wisdom for that guidance and in struction and influe nce , so as t you to come tojuet conclusion. Mr s . Weeder en erw abe as l a lady.having . , The prosecu- I perfect control over her own household. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY Eir_gNlNG, DECEMBER 12 1855 tor was her brother. No one can doubt that he is actuated by bitter feeling towards the prisoner. The prisoner was an indulgent husband. The pr. secutor, although her brother, had never from the day of her marriage till her death crossed the threshold of her door. Unless you believe that the prisoner has vio lated all the instincts of our nature, it is impossible to believe him guilty. It is said Mrs. Wooler died by arsenic. I admit it. But if, as Professor Taylor says, it might have happened by accident as well as design, I do not think that I damage my client by this admission. But when I recollect that one of the medical witnesses has stated that another patient whom he attended died, as he believes, by arsenic, I repeat that, but for the infamous conduct of the medical attendants, Mrs. Wooler might not have died. Had they divulged in time the suspicions they entertained on the 7th of June she might have been saved. They say that the poison must have been administered by a person of skill. What says Dr. Taylor ? He says that the poison might have been administered "or taken." He drew the distinction between administering by skill and taking by mistake. What think you of the production of of that poor man's will ? What has that to do with the merits of this case ? I am not seeking to accuse anybody, but I will show you that the prisoner is the last person who ought to have been charged. They say the poison must have been administered by a person of skill who had the means. Dr. Jackson, Dr. Haslewood, and Mr. Henzell were each such persons. Why should not they be accused ? It may be said, they had no motive ; no more had he; his motives were all the other way. It is said that the prisoner evinced indifference at her death. They say Mr. Simpson came, but he was sent for by the prisoner to pray with her. He sees the prisoner partly undressed and washing himself, but he did not know that the prisoner had been up nearly all night, and that in the wife's room there were Miss Lanchester, Miss Middleton, and Ann Taylor. Mr. Simpson says he con soled him. Did Mr. Simpson then perceive that he re quired consolation? Did he not use the words of genuine feeling when, looking at his dead wife, he said, " She has been a good wife to me ?" Oh ! but, he whispered to Mr. Simpson, " Are you going to Darlington to-day 1" Had he not a brother there to whom the intelligence ought to be conveyed 1 When his wife died he left the room. He did not make a show of grief in the presence of strangers ; but was he not weeping when the old gar dener came ? They say that he was unwilling to call in medical aid. How can my learned friend have been so instructed ? Was not Dr. Devey called in ? And Dr. Jackson and Mr. Henzell, besides Dr. Devey? Did he not suggest Dr. Strother ? Dr. Strother was mentioned, but he did not suit Mr. Jackson, and he recommended Dr. Devey, his brother-in-law. Mr. Jackson suspected poison on the 7th. On the Bth he told the prisoner he be lieved she was consumptive. He admits that doctors do now and then cheat each other. If the prisoner was poisoning her, why, when he got Dr. Jackson, who attri buted her illness to natural causes, did he call in other medical aid? Generally speaking, a criminal is a coward, and seeks to - conciliate the man who can detect his guilt. Yet the prisoner abuses Dr. Jackson, and speaks of him in terms of anger. The prisoner requests Dr. Hasla wooi to write out a history of his wife's symptoms, to be sent to his nephew, in order to be laid before Sir J. Fife. Dr. Haslewood was requested to give a faithful statement. He left out the last symptom—the tingling of the hands. Why did he suppress it ? Then with regal d to his letters. It is said that he wrote to his brother-in law in London, who could not come, but not to his bro ther-in-law in Gateshead. But he did write on the 16th and 19th to the latter, and on the 23 , 1 to his son. It is untrue that he gave a false account of the cause of death when the registrar was at his house ; he had received the medical certificate of Mr. Jackson. It is untrue that he left his house on his wife's death, and did not return till after the funeral. It is said the doctors desired him to inform them of the tingling when it should take place. They have all denied that they desired him to do so. Then it is said that he substituted other urine than his wife's on the 23d. After furnishing his wife's for many days before, they would have you believe that he im posed upon them on this occasion. He sent afterwards the urine he had all along sent. Ann Taylor says she brought the urine out of the coachhouse. One of the medical witnesses denies that any urine was there that day, but Dr. Haslewood suggests the solution of this. He said at the time a mistake had been made. Miss Lanchester slept in the deceased's room. Other persons were there also ; might not the wrung urine have been taken without any evil intention on the part of any one ? Then as to the possession of a variety of medicines. On one occasion Dr. Haslewood asked for ipecacuanha. Why did he bring the basket full of bottles? Why not bring the ipeca.cuanha, only ! Bu;; it was Mrs. Wooler who produced the basket ; she was the daughter of a surgeon. But it is not proved that one drop of Fowler's solution was in that basket. What was supposed to be Fowler's solution was only a teaspoonful and a-half, and the same quantity was observed twice, which was not enough to have produced death, neither was the quantity in the bottle diminished. I admit that deceased died by arsenic. What advantage would Mr. Wooler have derived from her death ? My learned friend over and over has admitted that he can suggest none. The prosecutor can suggest none. But he had a motive to preserve her. Grant what his enemies say, that he is a selfish man. Was she not ne cessary to his comfort? He is a cripple, and wili be for life. They loved each other tenderly. Every witness has testified to this. I grant that a mask may be worn for a short time, but not for 20 years. A word upon Miss Brecknell. She resided in the house ; she has been there since. She came down to nurse her sister. She believes the prisoner innocent. She never saw anything but kindness between them. She has heard her express affection for him. My friend, Mr. James, admits they lived on terms of affection from the time of their coming to Burden. Do you believe, then, that he inflicted agony on the object of his love, and that day by day ? Will you seek to clear up the mystery which surrounds this case by the mere meteoric glare of suspicion ! I will now call your attention to another point. They say that the prisoner was well acquainted with drugs. But what evidence is there of this ? But if he was, why did he administer arsenic at all ? No poison is so easily detected. He had strychnine, which is more difficult to discover. If he was well acquainted with poisons he knew all the symptoms of arsenic. Why did he call in a doctor at all ? His wife resisted it. He furnishes the medical attendants with her vomits and evacuations. " I kept a book in which I entered all her symptoms." Can it be said that any entry is incorrect He informs the doctors of the tetanic spasms. He consents to the post mortent examination. After the inquest he causes portions of the body to be examined at his expense by Professor Taylor. They have not shown that he ever purchased any arsenic. The bottles were long kept in the house, and anybody might have access to them. The ver dict of the coroner's jury, that Mrs. Wooler died by poison, is the only verdict to which any jury can come. By whom administered it has not been shown. Whatever prejudice exists without, let it not enter into the jury box. I implore you not to let prejudice assail you. The learned Judge summed up with some masterly observations upon the case and the evidence. He ob served that the accu.ation against the prisoner was, that by continued small doses of arsenic he poisoned his wife, and in cas 3 of conviction he would undoubtedly forfeit his life. Much has been said about prejudice in this case, but observing your calm demeanour and attention, I should not have observed upon it except for an exhibi tion of feeling on Saturday. That deceased died by anenic was early in this trial admitted by the prisoner's counsel. The next question is, whether there is suffi cient evidence to show that the prisoner administered it? In most cases of murder certain facts are clearly estab lished, from which, although circumstantial only, juries may safely draw conclusions. This ie the first case of poisoning extending over so long a period. The law requires that the conclusions of a jury should be drawn from proximate and evident premises, not from slight and far-fetched surmises. I have collected the circum stances which the learned counsel for the prosecution relies on to prove that the prisoner is guilty. If you have read his speech, I pray you not to rely on it, but on the evidence. It is clear that the prisoner had a large collection of drugs in his possession. Dr. Jack son and Dr. Haslewood state that Fowler's solution was among them. At the inquest it is said that this bottle was not produced, but no importance appears to have been then attached to the circumstance. It does not appear but that, if the prisoner had been asked about it, he could have produced it or given an explanation ef it. The next circumstance relied on was that the prisoner had not furnished proper medical advice for his wife. Of capitulatedtth ehera finds un s r d g o seudfamuwulztsst with d g H h a [ v ll in e g re c t a h ll e ed lea in rne n d r. J iT u a d c g k e s o r n e ,. thetheavtidtheue ce prisonero nth i s lke h p e t a c a l .] boo T k h i e n n w ett ic m h ahte entered his wife's symptoms v . may assume that no entry appears to make against him, or it would have been read. But indeed Dr. Haslewood fully explains all a bout this book. The n ex t matter is very important. It is that the doctors having desired the prisoner to commu nicate to them the tingling of the hands if it should oc cur, he omitted to do so. Upon this point the counsel f or the prosecution has been misinstructed. Dr. Jack son and Dr. Haslewood say they never so requested the prisoner to inform them of this, neither do they agree as to the exact time or manner in which th e pr i soner did communicate the circumstance. [Here the learned judge read their evidence on the subject.] The learned coun selspoken in harsh terns o f for the prisoner has the me dical witnesses. Ido not adopt those terms, but it does seem to me that their conduct, as detailed by themselves, was reprehensible. But people are often wise after the event, and I believe that those witnesses now think that their suspicions were stronger at the time than th©y really were. Why did they not sooner find out I Mrs. Wo t ole is r symptom of tingling of the hands by asking d herself ? If they suspected that arsenic was b ein g a m i nistered, they should have gone before a magistrate, instead of simply using twice an antidote. The learned judge commented severely upon Dr. Jackson's state ment, that ho had withheld from Dr, Haslewood his sus picions. I think that Mr. Henzell was the first to sus pect, and that the others aid not pay much attention to his Puspicions. The supposed substitution of another person's urine might have been a mistake. The conduct of the prisoner at the time of his wife's death is said to have been impropor. You have evidence on this head en which you must form your own opinion. But I would recommend you not to attach much weight to it. !Ilerent men have different modes of evincing their feelings. As to hi s c on d uc t on rece i v i ng t h e note f rom Jackson, it was opined that he gave a false account of the cause of death. Would a man who believed he was writing to a mu r d erer have written in the terms Dr. Jackson used ? Does the prisoner take the lett er a s an imputation up on hi mself of murder lt seems to me not. The will had elddently been prepared by a lawyer, and it would require a curiou s imagination indeed to dis cover from that will any intention to murder. As to the correspondence, the opinion of Dr. Haslewood and Dr. Jackson did not quite concur. There remains the dis covery of the arsenic in the enema pipes. How it got there is involved in.more mystery than I have met with in any other case. No motive is suggested. The pri- soner's supposed knowledge of drugs is a two-edged sword. He pays Dr. Taylor for examining parts of the body. He does not evade the charge by absconding. I have commented on this case, and am prepared to read through the evidence if you desire it. [The jury intimated they did not.] The law requires not suspicion only, but plain and natural consequences, not far-fetched ones, from the evidence. It is for you to say whether you can safely come to the conclusion that the prisoner administered the arsenic. lam unable. I may observe that, if I were to make a surmise, there is a person upon whom my fancy would rest rather than upon the pri soner. The jury retired at a quarter to six o'clock, and after an absence of 10 minutes returned with a verdict of not guilty. The learned Judge said—The country are indebted to you for your great attention, and I myself feel ex tremely thankful for the care you have bestowed. I would have interfered sooner, but thought it more satis factory to allow the case to be fully heard. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WE EIS. ( From the _Report of the Registrar-General.) In the week that ended on Saturday 1,099 persons, of whom 554 were males, 545 females, died in London. The total number differs little from that of the preceding week, which was 1,124. The average number of deaths in the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 was 1,277, and this, if raised by a tenth-part for compa rison with last week's mortality, which oocurred in an increased population, becomes 1,405. But this result represents more than the normal rate of mortality, in consequence of influenza, which was epidemic in 1847, and, together with bronchitis and pneumonia, carried off in the corresponding week of that year about 850 persons. It may be stated, however, in general terms that the present mortality is not high for London at the beginning of December. Of 242 deaths assigned to diseases of the respiratory organs, 119 were caused by bronchitis, 93 by pneu monia, 17 by asthma, 13 by pleurisy, laryngitis, &c. Phthisis, which made a larger contribution to the mor tality than any other special disease, was fatal in 137 cases, about one-half of which occurred to persons be tween the ages of 20 and 40 years. To the class of zymotic diseases 229 deaths are referred, and they are thus distributed :—Small-pox, 14 ; measles, 27; scarla tina, 53 ; hooping cough, 39 ; typhus, 46 ; croup (which was unusually fatal), 18 ; diarrhcea, 17 ; erysipelas, 10 ; metria, 4 ; thrush, 3 ; remittent fever, 6 ; syphilis, 2 ; rheumatic fever, 1 ; and dysentery. 1. Starlatina shows a disposition to decline ; the greatest number of cases occurred in the eastern districts, the disease being rather fatal in Bethnal-green, where seven deaths from it are recorded. Two persons died of disease brought on by intemperance, and two from delirium tremens. Last week the births of 780 boys and 751 girls, in all 1,531 children, were registered in London. In the ten ' corresponding weeks of the years 1845-54 the average number was 1,463. The air was cold throughout the week, and on five days the thermometer fell below the freezing point. At the Royal Observatory, the mean temperature, which had been above 39 deg. in the two previous weeks was 36.1 deg. last week, which is 5.1 deg. below the ave rage. On four days the mean was from 5 deg. to 8.7 deg, below the average. The highest temperature oc curred on Tuesday and Wednesday, and was 45.1 deg. ; the lowest on Monday, and was 28.5 deg. The mea❑ temperature of the water of the Thames was 32.1 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air tempe rature was 40 deg. The highest reading of the baro meter was 29.92 in. on Monday. The mean of the week was 29.564 in, The wind blew from the south-west on Wednesday ; at other times it was in the north, gene rally north-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0.23 in., most of which fell on Saturday. Snow fell on the night of Monday, and the mornings of Thursday and Saturday. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS, NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 8. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 52 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion . - 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 29 Atrophy 26 Old Age Sudden ll Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 22 Causes norspecified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1854. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 1,331 1,099 Males 554 Females 545 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females 780 751 Total 1,531 The London Gazette of Last Evening. At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of December, 1855—present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Her Majesty having been pleased to deliver the cus tody of the Privy Seal to the Right Hon. Dudley, Earl of Harrowby, the oath of Keeper of the Privy Seal was this day administered to hi -A, and his lordship took his place at the board accordingly. At the Court at Windsor Castle, Dec. 7. -- • - • • Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lan caster to the Right Hon. Matthew Talbot Baines, the oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster was this clay, by her Majesty's command, administered to him accordingly. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 8. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Mrs. Alexander Gordon to . be one of tho Bedchamber Women in Ordinary to her Majesty, in the room of the Hon. Amelia Murray, resigned. FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 22. The Qneen has been graciously pleased to appoint Thos. Joseph Hutchinson, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul in the Territories on the Western Coast of Africa, comprised within the Bight of Biafra, and lying between Cape For mosa and Cape St. John, to be also her Majesty's Consul at Fernando Pe. The Gazette of this evening contains a notice for the elec tion of a temporal peer of Ireland, in the room of the late Viscount De Vesci. WAR-OFFICE, DEo. 11. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Parker Campbell, C. 8., l'Oth Regiment, to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army, for his distinguished Service in the Field. To be Aides-de-Camp to the Queen, with the rank of Coloael in the Army : — Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Montagu Scott 141`Murdo, Director-General of the Land Transport Corps ; Brevet - Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Robert Wetherell, Scots Fusilier Guards. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 11. Vice-Admiral of the Blue John Coode, K.C.8., has been appointed to receive a pension of 150 t. a year, as provided for in her Majesty's Order in Council of June 95, 1851, vacant by the decease of Admiral James Carthew ; and the name of Vice-Admiral John Coode has been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly ; and, in conse quence of this removal, the following promotions, dated the 30th ult., have taken place : Rear-Admiral of the Red Alexander Renton Sharpe, C. 8., to bo Vioe-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White William Walpole, to be Rear-Admiral of the Rest. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Michael Seymour, K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Charles Graham, C. 8., to be Roar-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Captain John Wilson (B), to bo a Retired Rear- Admiral, on the terms proposed i n th e L on d on G azette of lst September , 1846, without increase of pay. Joseph Pargeter Brindley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice • Mecham, resigned. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Wm. Cecil Penn, Gent., to be Ensign. East York Regiment of Militia—Wm. Handcock Mid dleton, Gent., to be Ensign in augmentation ; Theodor© Francis Haskoll, Gent., to be Ensign in augmentation ; James M`Creery, Gent., to be Ensign in augmentation. North York Rifle Re g i men t o f Militia—Ensign John Swainston Strangwayes to be Lieutenant ; Thomas Hall, Gent., to be Lieutenant. sth, or Royal Elthorn Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Robert Henry Sawyer, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Walker, promoted. Ist Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Raymond Wilson Radford, Gent.., to be Ensign. North t'omerset Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain P. W. S. Miles, to be Major, vice Gore, resigned ; Lieutenant Napier to be Captain, vice Mildmay, r es i gne d ; Alb any B.uchier Savile, Esq., to he Captain, vice Miles, promoted; Hedwosth Hylton Jolliffe , Esq , M.P., to be C a pt a i n , v i ce ' Tudway, deceased Cornet the Hon. E. B. P or t man t o b e Lieutenant, vice Napier, promoted ; Richard Charles Strachey, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Nor man , res i gne d ; William Henry Milos Gent., to be Cornet, vice Portman, promoted. W. Blake, John-street. Bedford-row, solicitors, as far as regards F. Blake—R Rhodes and P. Taylol, W.-lel, Whit tle, Lancashire— W. Andrew and C. Sueviu, West Wood Wharf, West India Docks, timber merchants—M. Dale, W. Jackson, and R. Millner, Bridlington, ironfounders S. W. Lavender and S. H. Fitz Henry, Liverpool;drain pipe manufacturers—J. Taylor and T. W. Toulon, Mar ket-street, Paddington, carmen—C. K., G. I'., and S. Woods, Liverpool, hosiers and glovers, as far as regards S. Woods—W. Parrot and J. T. C. Winkfield, East Green wich, cement manufacturers--J. H. and A. Elford, Great Pulteney-street, St. James's, tailors—J. and J. Cunliffe, and J. Myers, Manchester, lithographic and generri prin ters—J. Arnot and J. Smith, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, joiners —C. Griffiths, D. Jones, E. Griffiths, and B. Ro berts, Wrexham, Gresford, Hamner, and Oswestry, mil lers, as far as regards D. Jones and B. Roberts. CHARGE OF FRAUD AGAINST TWO CAPTAINS OF TRANSPORTS. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 11.—A case, involving the em bezzlement of Government stores, by two captains of transports in her Majesty's service, was heard by the Mayor of this borough, G. C. Stigant, Esq., and B. W. Carter, Esq., this afternoon. The pasties charged were Mr. William Atkins, master of the transport S.dacia, and Mr. Robert Simpson, mils ter of the transport Equator. Mr. Swainson, of the firm of Greetham and Swainson, crown solicitors at this port, prosecuted, and Mr. A. Low, of Portsea, appeared for the defendants. _ Mr. James Whiting Parsley, an officer of the Board of Trade, produced the official report, containing the deposi tions of several witnesses, of a naval court held at Ruin klava on the 3d October last, held under the provisions of " The Merchant Shipping Act of 1854," which had been officially received by the Board of Trade yesterday. This court had been ordered to be held by Rear- Admiral Freemantle, chief of the department of Bala klava, and consisted of Capt. C. B. Hamilton, of her Majesty's ship Diamond, Capt. Cartkew, of the Colombo, and Capt. C. H. Sibbald, of the Charity, transports. From these depositions it appeared that the Salacia hal been sent out from England with a cargo of government biscuit, and that late on the night of 28th September a quantity was put into a boat and conveyed on board the transport Equator, reaching this vessel when the crew were asleep. One ma., however, hearing a noise, got up to see the cause, and found the captain and others engaged in getting some bags of biscuit on board ; some person telling the others not to make a noise, so as not to dis turb any one. Information being given, a search was made on board the Equator, and five bags of biscuit, that in question, were found. It was attempted to be shown that these 5 bags were part of some that the Salacia had pro cured from a trading vessel, the Tartar, and was not Go vernment biscuit at all. The court abovenamed decided that the two defendants should be sent to England, to be tried by law for the embezzlement by collusion of biscuit, the property of the Queen, the court adding that they thought it requisite to say that the biscuit found on board the Equator was Government biscuit, whilst that purchased from the Tartar by the Salacia was of a totally different character. The bench took some time to consider their decision, and having done so gave it as their opinion that they were bound to believe the evidence in the depositions produced, and to commit the defendants to tria'. The defendants were then formally committed to the assizes at Winchester for trial, bail in 4001. each and two sureties each of 2001. being accepted. Naval and Military Intelligence. We learn by electric telegraph that the screw steam ship James Watt, 91, Captai❑ George Elliott, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning, after a passage of only four days 17 hours from Kiel. The Orion, 91, Capt. J. Erskine, which left Kiel in company with the James Watt, arrived shortly after her at Plymouth. The Majestic, 80, screw steam-ship, Capt. J. Hope, C. 8., arrived at the Great Nore, from the Baltic, on Monday, at 3.30 p.m. She was towed into Sheerness Harbour yesterday. _ _ _ The Manilla and Telegraph steam transports left Ports mouth for Southampton on Monday evening, and the Queen of the South went into Portsmouth harbour yes terday to land a few stores, and prepare for the recep. tion of upwards of 1,000 troops for the East. The Tran sit steam troop-ship, Commander C. R. Johnson, R.N., is also ordered to take in trove, to be ready to embark them by the 14th inst. The Thalia, 42-gun frigate, being converted to a floating chapel for the Roman Catholic seamen of the fleet at Portsmouth, and the Gleaner gun boat, were taken out of dock yesterday. Rear-Admiral Dundas of the Duke of Wellington, 131, saluted the Port Admiral of Portsmouth yesterday morn ing, and afterwards landed to report himself. The Blenheim, 60, screw,' Captain W. H. Hall, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon. The hired steam-transport Europa, No. 55, Captain Leitch, from Portsmouth, which arrived at Plymouth on Sunday, having on board Col. M'Beath, 68th Regiment, Lieut. Heywood, and 49 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 3d Buffs, Lieut. Pursdo, Ensign Hubert, and 31 non-commissioned officers and men of the 46th Regiment, and 65 members of the Medical Staff, for the Crimea, went into Hamoaze on Monday, where she is appointed to embark about 400 men of the Land Trans p )rt Corps, expected from Bristol yesterday. She will nbably sail to-morrow. The keels of the steam gtin-hosts Ant and Antelope, now being built in slips Nos. 2 and 4 at Devonporr, were laid on Monday. The Thunder, 14 guns, floating battery, was commis sioned at Sheerness yesterday by Capt. G. G. Randolph, promoted from the Rodney, Nov. 18, 1854. The Trusty, 14 guns, floating battery, was also commissioned yester day by Capt. F. A. Campbell, promoted from the Har rier, Sept. 13, 1854. Capt. Luce yesterday presented himself to the Com mander-in-Chief, at Sheerness, on his appointment to the Wanderer, 4, screw steam-vessel, of 200-horse power, now building at Blackwall. The Merlin having completed her repairs has been taken out of dock at Woolwich, where she has been re placed by the store-vessels Alma and Inkerman, which are to undergo a complete overhaul. The labourers at Woolwich have been withdrawn from the demolition of the Janus, and the greatest activity prevails in the Master Shipwright's department in fitting out the mortar and gun boats. The iron mortar-float, No. 2, will embark her ammunition, and proceed to Shoeburynees for experiments daring the course of the week. A new species of knapsack has been produced at Woolwich, and now lies for the inspection and approval of Lisut.-Colonel Yorke at the head-quarters of the Royal Sappers and Miners. The invention belongs to a private of that corps. The framework of this new knapsack consists of two steel plates curved and padded so as to fit the shoulders without inconvenience. Un derneath the shoulder•pads are loops, through which two cloth straps are to be passed, to cross over the shoulders azd button t• the plates, provided with two centre studs for the purpose. A steel lever is affixed, and formed so as to pa , s over the head and rest upon the plates. This lever is sufficiently wide to admit the knapsack, which is secured to the end of the lever by two additional straps. That part of the lever which covers the chest is formed in the centre as a regulator, by which it can be reduced or expanded to the requisite fit. The end of the regula tor is pierced in order to hook the waist belt on either Bile of the plate. The waist belt is.also provided with a li❑k and buckle, which are placed in the centre of the belt at the back. Another strap containing two links is attached to the coat straps, going round the knapsack, and buckling to the runner, which prevents it from moving. The advantage which this improvement holds out as an inducement, to supersede the old knapsack is that it relieves the chest and back from pressure and sets the arms at perfect liberty ; it can likewise be put off and on without assistance by the wearer in 10 seconds. The aggregate weight of the knapsack and kit are 181 b. Some cases of smallpox having manifested themselves during the past week in the garrison at Woolwich, occa sioned by the extremely crowded state of the barracks there, the whole of the troops have undergone a special medical examination, and, where necessary, have been vaccinated. It is in contemplation to make a complete alteration in the management of canteens in barracks en horns sta tions. The rent usually paid by the master of the can teen for a house, together with the monthly charge per 10 men, is to be abolished. A board of officers is to assemble every month fur the purpose of fixing the prices of such articles as are usually sold in canteens ; by which change the canteen will be let, subject to certain rules laid down by the authorities, the soldier being greatly benefitted. Acting Assistant• Surgeons B. C. Kerr and W. B. Hall are ordered to proceed forthwith, the former to Portsmouth, the latter to 'Winchester. The Rev. Charles Hart, for several years the inde fatigable Chaplain of Dublin Garrison, is about to em bark immediately as one of the chaplains to the army in the Crimea. Colonel Lord West, 21st Fusiliers', arrived in London from the camp before Sebastopol on Monday evening last. APPOINTMENTS. The following appeared in our late edition labt night : LIENTINANTS. J. A. Vanronen, to the Thunder. William Clark, to the Trusty. Hon. R. A. Capel, to the Forth. J. A. R. Dunlop, to the Sampson. G. W. Carter, to the Forth. A. G. Wootton,rto the Coquette. R. P. Gresham, to the Calcutta. IfASTR7I3. Richard H. Warren, to the Forth W. E. Edwards, to th e Thunder, . . Edward A. Carey, to the T rus t y. Robert W. Roberts, to the Victory. PIIRGEONS. John M'Swiney, to the Forth. John Gunn, to the Thunder. John Jeffrott, to the Trusty. Henry M. Speer, to the Victor. A letter from Moscow states that the Emperor, in returning through that city devoted the short time he stopped there solely to religious acts. He visited in succession the numerous churches of the Kremlin, and paid his devotions to the relics, and at his departure he received from the bishop the image of a saint. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 11. which appeared i n th e S upp l ement to the -Lnihcl'<)gn With reference to the despatch from Ad m i ra l Si r Ed mundot tie on the 7th inst., repor ti ng t h e destruction of 's resources in th e Ghi es k-Li man, the additionalfol lowing promotions h ave t a k en p l ace, dated the Mr. George D. Perry to the rank of Master. Mr. Richard Verey confirmed to the rank o f G unner, and advanced to the second class. The medal and gratuity for conspicuous gall an t r y h ave b ee n granted to the undermentioned men : 7 1 ow l a t i ne ns L t c G ny : - - - Peter Haulm, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Curlew, 51., (dangerously wounded). David Parry, A. 8., her Majesty's ship Cracker, 5/. Thomas Kerr, Gunner, R.M.A., her Majesty's ship Ve suvius, 51. [Erratum in Gazette Extraordinary of Sept. 22 : —] 30th Foot—For Lieut. C. J. Moorsom, slightly wounded, read severely wounded. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Lieutenant and Acting Quartermaster George Copeland to be Paymaster, vice Poussin, resigned ; John Tibbles, Gent., to be Quartermaster, vice Copeland, resigned. let Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—James Prosser, late of the 4th Royal Middlesex Militia, to be Ad jutant, vice Captain Peter Macdonald, removed to Turkish Contingent Force. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Regiment of Royal London Militia—George Barnes Hob son, Esq., late Captain 72d Bengal Native Infantry, to be Captain, vice Henry John Rydo, resigned ; Robert Wal. len Jones, Esq., late of her Majesty's 84th Regi ment, to be Captain, vice William Robertson, resigned • Alfred Chicheley Plowden, Esq., Captain 50th Bengal Na_ tive Infantry, to be Captain, vice Henry Martyn Kennard, retired; Ensign Arthur Cumming Thomas Barrow to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Mackinnon Walmisley, promoted; Ensign Edgar Wainwright Bishop to be Lieutenant, vice Henry Mar+yn Kennard, promoted ; Ensign Edward Kelly Obbard to be Lieutenant, vice Henry James, re signed ; Ensign Frederick Peto to be Lieutenant, vice Wil liam Bunco Greenfield, resigned • James Cunningha m , Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edward' Sackville Smith, p ro . mete ; Alexander Renwick, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Arthur Cumming Thomas Barrow, promoted ; Augustus Henry Garland, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Edgar Wain wright Bishop, promoted. 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Edgar Gardner, Gent., to be Ensign. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia —Ensign Fre derick Rhodes Ilazell to be Lieutenant ; Henry Marston, Gent., and Louis Perre Goodchap, Gent., to be Ensigns ; Lieut. Wynn De Cerjat, vice Acheson, resigned, to be Captain. City of Edinburgh Regiment of Artillery Militia—Alex. Tait, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice John Macdou gall, promoted ; William Edward Wingate, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice William Cameron Geddes, ap pointed to an Ensigncy in the 96th Regiment. 6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Capt. John Hickinbotham Chambers to be Major, vice Mathias, ap pointed Lieut.-Colonel of the 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia ; Lieut. Henry Mawdsley t o be Captain, vice Chambers, promoted. Royal Montgomery Rifles—Ensign Samuel Thomas Cur rie to be Lieutenant, vice Nicholls, promoted. Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia—Alex. D. Mackay, Gent., to be Ensign; Matthew Jas. Cameron, Gent., to be En sign. I ' 2 d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— TREASURY WARRANT. Whereas an Act was passed in tho fourth year of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the regulation of the duties of postage." And whereas another Act was passed in the eleventh year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act for giving further facilities for the transmission of letters by post, and for the regulating the duties of postage thereon, and for other purposes relating to the Post-office." And whereas another Act was passed in the eighteenth year of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to amend the laws relating to the stamp duties on newspapers, and to provide for the transmission by post of printed periodical publications." And whereas it is expedient to make provision for re gulating the transmission by the post of the newspapers hereinafter mentioned. Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury (in exercise of tho powers reserved to us in and by the several before-mentioned acte, or either of them, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf), do by this war rant under the hands of two of us the said Commissioners by the authority of the statute in that case made and pro vided, order, direct, and consent that the several printed newspapers mentioned in the schedule to this warrant an nexed shall and may be transmitted by the post between any part of the several places mentioned and set forth in the said schedule to this warrant annexed, in conformity with and under and subject to, the several orders, regulations, con ditions, and restrictions hereinafter mentioned and con• tainod, and that the rates of postage for the transmission thereof, in lieu of any rates of postage now payable by law on such newspapers, shall and may be those which aro men tioned and set forth against the said places respectively in the said schedule, according as the said rates of postage shall be mentioned or set forth against the said places re spectively in the said schedule : 1. Every such newspaper shall be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides. 2. There shall be no word or communication printed on any such newspaper after the publication thereof, or upon any cover thereof, nor any writing or marks upon any such newspaper, or upon any cover thereof, other than and except the name and address of the person to whom the same is sent. But the name or title of such newspaper, and the name and address of the publisher, newsvender, or agent by whom the same is sent, may be printed on the cover thereof. 3. There shall be no paper or thing enclosed in or with any such newspaper. 4. Every sue;: newspaper shall be put into the post-office at such hours of the day, and under all such regula tions, as the Postmaster-General may appoint, in cluding therein the payment of postage when put into the post-office, if the Postmaster-General shall so require. And we do further order, direct, and consent, that every printed supplement, or additional sheet to any newspaper shall, for the purpose of charging the postage under this warrant, be deemed a distinct newspaper, unless sent in the same cover, or together with the newspaper to which it is a supplement or addition. And we do further order, direct, and consent, that every British newspaper which shall bo hereafter sent by the post to places out of the United Kingdom, shall be posted in the United Kingdom within fifteen days next after the day on which the same shall be published, the day of pub lication to be determined by the date of such publication. And we do further order, direct, and consent that her Majesty's Postmaster-General shall and may charge all or any newspapers sent by the post otherwise than in con formity with the terms, conditions, and regulations estab lished by or under the authority of this present warrant, with such rates or rate of postage, not exceeding in amount such rates or rate as would be chargeable upon the same as letters or a letter, as to him shall seem fit. And we do further order and direct, that on any news paper transmitted by the post under the regulations of this warrant, or under the regulations of a certain warrant of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bearieg date the 22d day of February, 1848, or under the regu lations of a certain warrant of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, bearing date the 13th day of October, 1852, or under the regulations of any other Warrant of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury at any time here tofore made, or under any Post Office Act at any time heretofore passed, any foreign rate payable on any such newspaper for passing through the Isthmus of Panama, shall be charged and paid thereon, iu addition to any British postage, nevertheless nothing herein, or in the said schedule hereunto annexed, contained, shall affect or alter, or be deemed or construed to affect or alter any British rates of postage, made chargeable or payable upon any newspapers sent by the post, under or by virtue of the said Treasury Warracte, bearing date the 22nd day o f F e b ruary , 1814, and 13th day of October, 1852, or either of them, or to render any newspapers thereby authorised to be sent by the post free of British postage liable to British postage, notwith standing the same shall pass through the Isthmus of Panama. And wo do further order and direct that the term " by the port" used in this warrant, or in the schedule here unto annexed, shall include the conveyance by any British, foreign, or colonial packet-boat, and also by private ship ; and that the term "British newspapers," shall mean news papers printed and published in the United Kingdom, whether they bear a newspaper stamp or not, and that the several other terms and expressions used in this warrant, or in the schedule hereunto annexed, shall bo construed to have the like meaning in all respects as they would have had if inserted in the said Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of her present Majesty hereinbefore recited. And we do further order and direct, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the time being of her Majesty's Treasury, by warrant under their hands duly made, at any time hereafter, to alter, repeal, or revoke any of the orders, regulations, conditions, and restrictions hereby made, and to make and establish any new or other rates, orders, regulations, conditions, and restrictions iu lieu thereof, and from time to time appoint at what time the rates which may be payable are to be paid. THE SCHEDULE TO WHICH THE FOREGOING WARRANT REFERS. British Rates of Postage chargeable on Newspapers trans mitted by the Post under the foregoing Treasury Warrant. On British Newspapers—From the United Kingdom to any British Colony or Foreign Port, via Panama, one penny each. On Colonial Newspapers—Between one British Colony and another British Colony, via Panama, or from a British Colony to a Foreign Port, via Panama, without in any such case passing through the United Kingdom, one penny each. On Foreign Newspapers—From a Foreign Port to a British Colony, via Panama, without passing through the United Kingdom, one penny each. Whitehall, Treasury-chambers, Dec. 7, 1855. DUNCAN. H. BRAND. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED • Dec. 7, Henry Osborne, Water•lane, Lower Thames. street, wine merchant and licensed victualler. BANKRUPTS. • William Thomas, publisher, Catherine-street, Strand, to surrender, Dec. 21, at eleven, and Jan. 25, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Gregory, Guildford-square, Russell-square. Thomas Varty and Elwin Henry Owen, booksellers, Strand, Dec. 26, at twelve, and Jan. 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Bower and Cotton, Chancery-lane. George Butcher, ooal and stone merchant, Northern- Wharf, King's-cross, Dec. 21, at half-past one, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy ; Pennel, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Hind and Sons. John Henry Hodd, licensed victualler, Brighton, Dec. 21, at two, and Jan. 21, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Adams, Cloak-lane, Cannon-street. John Bond, shn.wlman, Ludgate-hill, Dec. 21 and Jan. 25, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basin,ghall-street ; Dale, Furnival's-inn. Richard Hudson, Berlin and fancy wool warehouseman, Grove Library, Church-street, Hackney, Dec. 19 and Jan. 22, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Stubbs, Moorgate-street. John Hayward Colborne, draper, Poole, Dee. 23, at 11, and Jan 25, at half-past 11, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Mardon and Prichard, Christchurch-chambers, Newgate-street. Thomas Bennett, tailor, Margaret-street, Cavendish square, Dec. 18, at two, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Brad don, Gray's-inn -place, Holborn. John Jameson, shawl warehouseman, Honey-lane, City, Dec. 19, and Jan. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Linklaters and Hackwood, Sise-lane, City. John Fuller Shallis, straw plait dealer, St. Albans, Dec. 22, and Jan. 26, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Sole and Co., official assignees, Aldermanbury ; Nicholson, Basinghall-street. William Bourne, cabinetmaker, Barnes-place, Mile-end road, Dec. 20, at two, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook court ; Clutton and Ade, Southwark. Samuel - Weller, leather dealer, Giltspur-street, Dec. 20, at eleven, and Jan. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Bothamley and Freeman, Coleman-street. Samuel Davis and Thomas Bryan, engineers, Birming ham, Dec. 27, at eleven, and Jan. 17, at half-past twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Henry Abijah Shilton, trimming manufacturer, Coven try, Dec. 28, and Jan. 18, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Davis, Coventry ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. William Sweet, house carpenter, Davenport, Dec. 17, at one, at the Hall of Commerce ; and Jan. 14, at one, at St. George's-hall, East Stonehouse. Hirtzel, official assig nee, Exeter; Beer and Rundle, Devonport. John Stephenson, joiner, Lincoln, Jan. 9 and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon -Hull. Carrick official assignee, Hull ; Farrow, Milford. , Frank Jaques, Droyls2en, Lancashire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Herna man, official assignee, Manchester; Partington, Manchester. J. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED Wormald and G. P ollard, Bridgefoot, V. auxhall, en gineers and tool makers—J. Dunstan and J. French, haulers of granite from the Haytor Quarries to Laira— J. Rutty and G. Terey, timber merchants, &c.—H. Shep herd and G. Barker, Longton, Staffordshire, dealers in earthenware and china—J. and C. Winchurst, Birming ham, manufacturing jewellers—A. Lewis and I. Elkins, Little Alia-street, Goodman's-fields, cigar manufacturers G. F. Greon, F. E. Bingley, and W. J. Powell, Bucklers bury, accountants, 5. Westmacott and F, and F. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. E. Castendieck, Mincing-lane, ship agent and merohant first div. of id. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. R. Bond, Brighton, builder—first div. of 4s. Gid. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. A. Wilson, Manchester, timber merchant—first div. of ls. ld. in the pound, any Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. J. X. Noel, South Shields, wine and spirit merchant — first div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound. any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. W. Graham, Wingate and Low Spennymoor, Durham, grocer— first div. of 81. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Ruston, Carlisle, plasterer—first div. of ss. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcas tle•upon-Tyne. R. Bartlam, Wolverhampton, grocer—first div. of 4s. Gd. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. J. W. Jones and T. Carrier, Wolverhampton, hosiers.— first div. of Bs. ld. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. W. Jones, Wolverhampton, hosier—first div. of 9id. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. T. Carrier, Wolverhampton, hos;er first div. of I.s. in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. Parkinson, Leicester, hosier—first div. of 15s. in the pound, Dec. 3, and three subsequent Mondays, at the office of Mr. Harris, Nottingham. S. Lowe, Derby, silk manufacturers—first div. of 12s. 6d. in the pound, Dec 3, and three subsequent Mondays, at the office of Mr. Harris, Nottingham. H. F. Newell, Bradford, draper--first div. of 3s. 6d. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Carver and Son, Halifax, machine-makers—first div. of 15s. in the pound, any day, at Mr. Young's office, Leeds. Seaton Brook and Co., Huddersfield, bankers--fourth div. of s.6ths of a penny in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. R. Hammond, Ripon, builder- -first div. of is 6d. in the pofind; any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. Dyson, Huddersfield, draper—second div. cf 7d. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. F. W. Holmes, Leeds, wine merchant—first div. of is. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. J. E. Watkinson, Halifax, grocer—third div. of 2d. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. Fell and Searoyd, Huddersfield, manufacturers—first div. of ls. in the pound, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. W. Jennings, Bradford, draper—first div. of 6s. Bd. in the pound, any day, at the office of Mr. Young, Leeds. S. and W. Briggs and A. Banks, Keighley, machine makers— first div. of ls. 6d. in the pound, any Monday or Tuesday, at the office of Mr Hope, Leeds. L: Browett, Bradford, Yorkshire, innkeeper—first div. of 2s. 6 , 1. in the pound, any Monday or Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 3. W. A shton, Loughborough road, Brixton, builder —Jan. 1. D. Edwards, jun., Portsea, corn factor ; T. E. Shales, Brighton, linendraper—J an . 10. J. B. M organ an d J. Lewis, Yystalfera Graig, Glamorganshire, diapers— Jan. 8. T. Dixon, C roo k, D ur h am, grocer—Jan. 3. T. Kitts, Bolton, cotton-spinner—Jan. 8. T. and G. Gaukroger New-bridge, cotton-spinners ; .1. and T. Gaukroger, and W. Slater, Hebble End Mill, cotton-spinners. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. j,an. 2. W. Dicey, Bradvrell near the Sea, Essex, inn keeper; E.-Laurance, New Barnet, builder; P. Slatter, Woodstock, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, innkeeper—Jan. 3. W. Ashton, Loughborough-road, Brixton, builder —Jan. 1. T. Keating, St. Paul's-churchyard, druggist—Jan. 10. D. Pratt, Birmingham, thimble-manufacturer—Jan!' 9. E. Squire, Kingston-upon-Hull, timber merchant. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. Dec. 6. W. J. Waller, Herbert-street, New North•road, printeeller (2d class) ; P. Leicester, Birchin-lane, iron mer chant (2d class)—Dec. 7. S. Mayer, E. and S. Boulton, Bristol, Nailsea, and Wharf, City Basin, potters (3d class) —Dec. 6. T. Williamson, Truro, draper (2d class) —Dec. 4. J. Winspeare, Middleton, Durham, ship builder (3d class) —Dec. 6. T. Younger, Sunderland, builder (2d class) — Dec. 5. T. Macbeth, Preston, tailor (3d class)—Dec. 8. S. L. Walter, Manchester, coal merchant (3d class)—Dec. 4. S.Bridge, Manchester, builder (2d class) ; J. A .Jacques, (2d class)—Dec. 3. G. Stanton, Birmingham, brewer (3d class) ; I. Belcher, Wolverhampton, augur manufacturer (3d class) ; H. Thomas, Walsall, saddler (3d class) ; J. Whitehouse and W. Jeffries, West Bromwich, ironmasters (2d class); T. Hemingsley, Willenhal, Staffordshire, cut nail manufacturer (3d class); G. Hancock, Fenton, Staf fordshire, builder (3d class.) INSOLVENT D 'VIDENDS. T. Freestone, St. Ives—div. of 3s. 101 d. in the pound, any day after Dec. 13, at the office of Mr. Margetts, Hun tiagdon._ _ _ T. Ashley,Warboys—div. of 9 id. in the pound, any day after Dec. 13, at the office of Mr. Margetts, Huntingdon. SCOTCH SEQ TJESTRA.TIONS. Anderson and Currie, wine merchants, Glasgow. John Glen, flesher, Alloa. John Carter, merchant, Glasgow. John Trail, cabinetmaker, Edinburgh. Sporting Intelligence. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDAY. THE Two THOUSAND. 7to 2 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) sto 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 6to 1 agst Porto Rico (taken) 7to 1 agst Milton (taken) 7 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken.) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 20 agst Coroner (taken) 1000 to 15 apt Early Bird (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 1000 to 10 agst FataliA (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Van Dunck (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (taken) 9to 1 agst Wentworth (taken) 10 to .1 agst Ellington (taken) 12 to 1 agst Yellow Jack 17 to 1 agst Coroner 20 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 20 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Sugar Plum (taken) 1000 to 5 agst Van Dunck (taken) RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending, Dec. 8, 1855 .£10,'43 4 11 Corresponding week last year 10,840 1 11 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 368,008 12 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 356,133 6 3 LONDON AND SOIITII-EASTERN RATLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Doc. 8, 1855 £15,304 19 9 Corresponding week last year 14,029 18 7 Increaso in 1855 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 1, 1855 £5,61.1 9 7 OcaTesponding week last year 5,070 7 6 Jneromse in 1855 rfountry Markets. LIVERPOOL-DEC. 11. Wheat met with considerable attention, at a decline of 3d to 41 per 701bs on last Tuesday's prices. Flour in mo derate demand, at 6d per barrel and is per sack under last Tuesday. Oats and oatmeal neglected, and td to 2d per 451bs and 6d to is per load lower. Beans and peas offered at is per qr. less money. Barley maintained its value. Indian corn in brisk request, at 44s per qr. for prim e mixed, but before the close 44 s 6tl per qr. was freely paid. £552 2 1 A NOVELTY.—A boot-cleaning saloon, to which is attached public lavatories and dressing-rooms, has just been opened in Brydges-street, Covent-garden. The admission to the former is ono penny. PRIVATEERING.—The story which obtained currency in England and France regarding the fitting out of a Russian privateer in New York, referred to the barque Maury, which was seized by the British consul on the plea of having on board articles contraband of war, and which was subsequently discharged and known to be no privateer at all. The English and French press do not seem to have been properly pasted on the subject of privateering. It is a settled and recognised law of nations that unless two-thirds of the crew of a vessel fitted out for a privateer are natives or subjects of the belligerent party under whose flag she se ils, that she is not legally a privateer, hut a pirate, and may be treated accordingly. Hence, when we commenced the war wi th Mexico, we gave public notice that all privateers sailing under the Mexican flag, unless two-thirds of the persons on board were citizens of Mexico, would be treated as pirates. Under this view of the case it will b e seen that, even were the Americans disposed to fit out private ars under the Russian flag, it would be impossible to man them with Russian sailors. In all New York, indeed in the whole country, it is believed that not enough Rus sian sailors could be found to man a single vessel. Had the English papers fully comprehended the nature of the case they would not have exposed themselves to ridicule by giving currency to such an absurd rumour.—New York Herald. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Fifty Thousand Cures without Medi cine, by Du Barry's delicious Revalento. Ambles Food, of in digestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver complaints, debility, cough, asthma, consumption, dle.—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon. the Lord Stuart do Decies—" I have derived considerable benefit from Du Barry's Revalenta Ara bica Food, and consider it due to yourselves and the public to authorise the publication of these Iines.—STUADT DS pECIES. " —Cure No. 49,832—" Fifty years' irdescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach and vomit ing, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent food:— MARIA JOLLY, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk."—From the Dowager Countess of Castlestuart. Cure 52,612.—" Ross trevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Oastlestuart feels induced, in the in terest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excel lent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medi cines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great rervousness, and irritability of many years' standing." This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be eonsidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully answered.-- In canisters, 1113. 2s. 9d.; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51b. lls. ; 121 b. 22e. Tho 121 b., carriage free, on receipt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry & Co., 77, Regent-street, , London ; also at 152 , Piccadilly; 60, Gracechurch-street ; 330, and 451, tr an d ; 4, Cheapside ; 60 and 68, Cornhill ; 49, BD-hopsgato-street; 55; Charing-cross; 54, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 89, hi g h-street, Camden-town ; 18 , P all. mall; 7, Pall-mall-East; 132, New Bond-street ; 24 , Mot• comb-street ; 13, King William - s tr ee t, City ; 30, Conduit.street; 21, Cockspur-street ; 95, Fa rringdon-street; 67, st. Pain's churchyard; 6, Edward-streOtj POrtmez.squaro4 li IJLL-DEC. 11. A moderate supply of wheat, in indifferent condition. Factors and millers slow buyers, and quotations 2s to 3 1 lower than last week, but the decline not generally and very reluctantly submitted to. Foreign unaltered. All kinds of spring corn may be bought on easier terms. Lin' seed dull, chiefly owing to peace rumours, and consequent indisposition to go beyond daily wants in the purchase of oil cakes. 8 a Wheat, English, red 75 to 78 Ditto white BO to 86 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham- - Peas, grey and black to -*- Linseed, Black Sea 7$ to 82 Ditto Potersburgh 74 to 76 Ditto Riga and Arch angel (Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 65 to 70 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 75 to 8(i) Russian and Odessa 72 to 751 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 2B to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3B to 40 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 5l to 601 Per Ton. Lins. c. , Hull 1410, Od to 14!5s !Ditto fine f0r.121105 13/, 15 , Od Ditto inf. for. 0108 Od to 010* Rapeseed...,, 001 Os to 001 Os Rape cakes 150 s Od to 155 s 6d Tares, English --a to Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os 81 to 1211 5 ; (Bones lißye Meal LEEDS—DEc. 11. Small supplies of grain to-day. The trade very inactive for wheat, and so little business was done that prices mal almost be considered nominal. Barley and beans a glow sale, and rather lower. In oats and other articles there 15 no alteration. IPSWICH—DEo. 11. A. tolerable supply of wheat on sale, and buyers able to purchase at a reduction of 2s to 3s per qr. A large q tity of barley, and a free sale at 2s to 3s per qr. &sloe. No beans or peas excepting white, but the prices &slog prevented any chances of buying. !BR QUARTER. nit ouzo , . Wheat, red (old) 76s to 821 Barley, grinding 38* to 40 Ditto (new) Ditto, white !Os to 85s Peas Ditto (old) —s to Barley, malting 4as to 43s Flour, per sack —s to -• AVERAGES FOR TES WEBS ENDING DEC. 8, 2856. Wheat Oats *— SP —s Od Peas ~ -L .'s Oa Barley Bears DUBLIN—Dim 11. There was a flat trade to-day. The best qualit les of 611 kinds of grain barely supported the currencies of FridliP A dull business done in Indian corn, at about 641 lower. White wheat, 40s Ocl to 44s Od ; red ditt o , 40 s to 43= 0 , barley, 16s Od to 23s Od ; oats, 15s Od to 16s 3d ; rapeoe ed t 40s Od to 44s Od per brl ; oatmeal, 16s Od to 178 6d ; hakt',. l % flour, 25s 6d to 293 Od per cwt ; Indian corn, 45 s 6d to 47e °" per 4801bs. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YzsTEIin kmsterdam ............ 11 17% Ditto, three months .. 11 12 Rotterdam • • • • • • •••• • • 11 12 Antwerp .............. 25 55 Brussels 25 55 Ramburgh •• •• •• •• •• • • 13 9% Pari5........ .. • • .... 25 35 Ditto, three months .. 25'75 Marseilles 25 15 Bourdeana .• • • ........ Frankfort-on Maine 120 Berlin ...• •• •••••. • • •• -- Vicuna .......... • • .... 11 8 Frie5te.......••••••... 11 12 ; soULLICN, 9 Petersburg .. 34% !Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 Gibraltar .. o Leghorn ...• •• •• .. ••• 30 111 Genoa ........ 25 7 0 Milan .......• •• Naples •• Palermo .... Messina .. Lisbon .. s ti 4. 3,9 Oporto .. •• .• •• •• •• •. •• - Rio Janeiro ....... ....• Buenos Ayre5,..... .. New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia • • PRICES Or BULL - • ?XI OS. kladrid Portugal Gold Coin .. Cadiz ........ ..... 49% I Mexican Dollars .... 0 o 6 5 04 ►3arcelona •• •• •• •• •• •• 4oville— •• •• •• •• •••••• New Dollar. Silver in bare ...... 0 0 0 0 ,,‘ 5 17. SEABORNE MAILS. ail signifies that the mails aro sent from the General Poet offie l by the night—and M by the morning--Aespatch.) Port Day when Battle ut From carat IVO,. 40 4 COUNTRIES In General Post- 1m tad. Office. London.* Dispatch° En ‘7.....• .........---- . - kmerica(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool Dec. 11 +merles. (by United Sts . packet) ....... ..N ••••• • •• • • Li ve rp oo l Dec. 16 . St kmerica (by U. ate.s packet) ..........N .* •••• - •• SOuthamptu• kustralia (via South ampton) .. --..- M ....•• •• • • Southatapto , Ditto (via Marseilles) N •• • ..... •• • Dover .. ')itto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N .. •• • • Caro& Africa (West Coast) ..N 23d of the month • Plymouth . • Dec. 6 Vexandria..........N 8,9, 24, & 80 of n. Dover .... 4.1exandria........ _ m 4th & 20th of mon. gouthamptor. 50 Bahamas ...........M 17th of the montl Southamptor. Belgium ...........N Daily.. - ... •.• • • • Dover Brazil ..............M 9th of the month .. Sr uthamptcn. Dec. l b Buenos Ayre5........ bd 9th of the month • • Southamptoi, Dec. 2 ' Cape of Good Hope .. N V ar i ous port 1:1nc.....- .. 11 Cape of Good Hope .. N Southamptm Dec. 16 Cape de Verde ...... N 9th of Oa Month Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .............. N Channel Isles - - ...N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid Southampt o • Ta,T11.F46 Chili-- - - ...... ../dl2d 8517th of wont : gouthanipt. China .... Constantinople ...... antinople .... _ N18,13,18,23,&28 of o 1 4th & 20th of tom ,Bouthampt- Y. 5• 011 Cont. of Europe M IV N Twice daily . 'Dover .. Tell. Egypt (see India) France ........ 31 & N 'Twice daily .... Dover .. Twig s Gibraltar - .... ....M 4,7, 17, 70, 27 ef m Southeint,,,, Greece (see India) 1 Greytown ........„ m,2nd & 17th of mon. gouth,,mpt•.,. Hamburgh .. .... ....N , Tuesday & Friday London ..... Savannah .......... m 2nd of the montl.lgouthampto Dec. 1 • Holland ............M l DailY.. •• • • ...... Dover .. ~ 1DatiY,,... 0 Honduras .. - _ _ „ mll7t a 5 , the month. gout hemp to 116tb ow' India (viagouthampt.)ml4th ic 20th of mon. Plymouth .• Dec. 4 India (via Marseilles)M ,9th&Mth of month Dov er ......1 lonian Isles (see Indi Olt 17, & 27 of mon Dover.-- , „di Ireland ........M & NlTwice daily ....,. H o l y h ea d ,roriow -- Lisbon ..... ......... M'7, 9, 17, & 27 of ?h. gouthamptot !Dee• l b Wadeira ............319th of the month gouthamptos. y fado i ra .......... _IQ 23d of month .... Liverpool ... Halts (see India) /Latta ............ _ 3'8,18, &28 of mon. Dover -.- Dec. 4 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .. _ _ _ _N 14th of the month Mexico ........... , M 2nd of-the month. goathampt..s. Dec. i Naples ~.... ........N bthlsth2sthormon !D over .. . New Gra na d a .... _in 21 & 17th of mono , gentha mp t o , New Zealand BY private 4/1P • • Various port Um:o 4° Papal States ........N bthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... Peninsula ..........m Ithl7th27thofmon.,Southampton port° UM: 4ll° ari Peru ..............m 2d & 2 7 th of mon. . Sou thampton Port Natal ..........N By private ship..;V ous Sicily ~.......... _ N sthlsth2bthofmon ,l Dover .... Tuscany ........ _ ..N Ath ls th 2s thofmon.lDover .... . Venezuela .... ~....m 2d& 17th of month Southampton 1 & i6O Van Diemen'e Land (se , Australia) ........., 24 & 17th o i month SoUthampton'l It •- 54 P , 0 1/ We3t Indies .. . ..3 , 1 . Southampton litci6 oB , s When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will toe d e i ; ,patched on the following day, with the exception of the lOU 1 Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatche d preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEO. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho t one o f the market Was p e g much improved on yesterday, and puices have advanc e , Lancashire and Yorkshire, 771 I—Eastern Counties, 8 1,, Caledonian, 28i i—London and North Western, Ditto f shares C, dis.—Ditto shares, new, 1 Midlands, 641. 4—North Union A, 224—Manchot ° ,.' Sheffield, and Li nco l ns hi re, 23i—D utch Rhenish, Lancaster and Carlislo, 72. MANCHESTER, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day has been rather,„ Du easier, but a f a i r b us i ness d one. G reat Western, , Leeds, 77}—Sheffields, 23I—Dover, 17 5-16—Caledon ia 37 - Midlands, 644—L on d on and North Western, 941 Eastern Counties, 8. LEEDS, DEC. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a quiet business t 0 .4 11,; The only transactions up to on e o ' c l oc k were—Lansasb, o and Yorkshires, 77i—Mulland s , 64 1 —Eastern Co/Intl?. 8 11-16—North Western, P ro f., 14 —Manchester, She field, and Lincolnshire, 231. BIRTHS. OP A SON. On the 9th inst., at 41, Westbourno-park, the wife °f Thomas Charles Oldham, Esq. On the 10th inst., at West Harling Rectory, the if of the Rev. Oliver M. Ridley. OF A DAUGHTER. On the as inst., Mrs. John Cameron MaePhee. On the 10th inst., at Streatham, the wife of Mr. IV • Coupland. On the 10th inst., at 6, Charterhouse-square, airs. G e° ' Wakeling. MARRIED. On the Rth inst., at St. George's, Hanover -square, 1 3 2. ; George Ellis, H.M.'s Customs, London, to Mary Ann, t eldest daughter of Mr. Beach, Salisbury. On the 9th inst.. at St. Mary's, Islington, Win. S 1 3 0; Esq., of Albion-square, Dalston, to Elizabeth, the °,l, daughter of James Buckenham, Esq., a Langdon•b h Essex. DIED. On the 1 0 th inst., Mrs. Nightin ga l e, P ar k Village East, Regent's-park, aged 71 On the 10th inst., at H o ll oway, J o h n Parkinson, Pq" formerly of L incoln's - inn-fields. Roberta, On the 10th inst., a t Greenwich, Mr. Richd. 1 1 °'' u aged 38. of On the 10th inst., at Brighton, Harry Phipps, Egl" Bombay. On the Bth inst., at Brighton, Richard Burroughg eas, Esq., late of Hitchen House, Herts.• T bow On the Bth i nst., at 76, Hamilton-terrace, St. s wood, Thomas Robt. Clarke, Esq., late of the H E.I.C• aged 56. On the 4th in s t. at Cheltenham, the Rev. Jas. o let, formerly o f Halsted-place Kent, aged 70. On the 3d inst., at Chiohester, Robert Raper, aged 56. LONDON Printed and Published by MURDO Y °U lo ► of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Strand, in the Precinot of the Savoy, in fate colinti e Dii4dlosex,_Weduesday, Deoembor 121001 Mfg el taken fr without Represer at 3 o'el( Egypti TR' Esquire, evening f One Mlill ARG a Piston. Laurent's M R. giving a r 4 featares, e TAINME taneens I Panorama every eve] ing-eross. Names of t have been 1 from the epi Part 1. —Act Capabilities of 11 .7 magie that lon, and illustr the air. Act 2. The of producing ai the possibility complex forms Act 3. Le I Pocket Book, evening's enter ruinous from a out of ininuten for its existence in bringing for Place for to be Act 4. Magi( ble. In which ding Ring, the in the position Act 5. L'Ee tkongt and suspended the Wizard wit itself, and rain locked, and th, Act 6. Clair of Opacity. Act. 7. A N and Spirit Stor bottle," inasmi exhaustible; bt Word of corn; Epsom salts, iloyeau, or an proving to be f and occupying Act 8. Half spirit-rapping. tocsin of the . ii Act. 9. Grai the Wizard's phoses, and, s transformed iu land, Frauee, ' Act. 10. 111 seats himself NI the audience, I tion as peculia: Act. 11. The Nucleus of the audience will h of the evening, in mid-air, into all will be pro,: Act. 12. 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