The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-03 00:00:00

SAILING OF THE BRITISH DISCOvM4I 7 SHIP RESOLUTE FOR ENGLAIND. The British discovery barque Resolute sailed on the 13th ult., at noon, from the Brooklyn navy yard, under the command of Captain H. J. Har stein, one of the cfficers of thelate A.rcti cexpediticn, for Portsmouth, England, where she will be deli vered into the hands of her Majesty's Government as a present from the Government of the United States. Captain Harstein, in command of the English barque Resolute, has been fully instructed by the Navy Department relative to the course to be pursued by him in the execution of his trust, and takes out a letter to Lord Clarendon from the the State Department, closing the joint resolution of Congress for the purchase of that vessel from the American crow who found it, and presentation of it to the British Government, and expressing the gratification of the Administration on behalf of the people of the United States in tendering this token of the friendly feelings by which our country is actuated. The time for this national courtesy is considered here to be opportune, in view of the settlement of the Central American question. The singular history of the Resolute must be fresh in the recollection of our readers. It will be remembered that she was despatched by the British Government in search of Sir John Franklin, and was frozen in among the icebergs ; that her officers and crew had to abandon her, leaving all their effects OD board ; that she was found several months ago by the crew of a whaling vessel belonging to New London, Connecticut, having drifted about 1,200 miles from the spot where she was a bandoned. Nor will it be forgotten that the sum of $40,000 was appropriated by our owu Government for the purpose of purchasing her from the fortunate whalers of New London—the English Government having waived all claim to her ; nor that she has been repaired and fitted with the utmost care at the expense of our Government, with the design of restoring her to the Queen in at least as good a condition as she was iu at the time the exigencies of their situation compelled her crew to abandon her. With such complete ness and attention to de tail has this work been performed, that not only has everthing found on board been preserved, even to the books in the captain's library, the pictures ix his cabin, and a musical-box and organ belong ing to other officers, but new British flags have been manufactured in the Navy-yard to take the place of these which had rotted during the long time she was without a living soul on board. From stem to stern she his been repainted ; her sails and much of her rigging are entirely ncw, tho muskets, swords, telescopes, nautical instruments, dtc., which she contained, have been cleaned and put in perfect order. Nothing has been overlooked or neglected that was necessary to her most complete and thorough renovation. Several thousand pounds of powder which were found on board will be taken back to England, somewhat deteriorated in quality, but still good enough for ordinary pur poses, such as firing salutes. Her massive build surprised every one of her numerous visitors while she remained at the Navy-yard. Her upper deck and between-decks are double planked throughout, while her bows and sides are of three thicknesses. Her builders had regard to the comfort of her officers and crew in the Arctic seas. Under every berth runs a steampipe, and through the entire length of the cabins and between decks are rows of pipes three feet in dfameter, which must have effectually heated the vessel even when the ther mometer fell to 60 or 70 deg. below zero. The pipes in question connected with a huge furnace, which also served as a cooking range. The officers appointed by the Government to conduct the Reso lute to England are, Commander H. J. Harstein, Lieutenants C. H. Wells, E. E. Stone, and Hun ter Davidson. The surgeon is Mr R. T. Maccoum, and the secretary, Mr. Otis. Tile Resolute is un doubtedly a slow sailer, and it is not expected that - she will reach Portsmouth under 40 days. T!.e reception which will be given to her officers and crew will, undoubtedly, be worthy of the generous conduct of the American people.—. New York Times. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS. For some months past poaching has been very prevalent in the neighbourhood of Le ; and, judging from a case which was brought before Mr. Matthew Gaunt and the Rev. T. H. Heathcote at the police-court on Thursday last, and which occu pied five hours in the hearing, has assumed a some what alarming aspect. It appears that the keepers who watch game on the estates of Mr. John Daven port and the Earl of Macclesfield deemed it neces sary to unite their forces in order to repel these nightly depredators. On the previous Saturday night six of the keepers met at a place called Hills wood, near Abbey-green, about a mile and a half from Leek. About midnight they espied, coming along the vroodside, five men, who were setting a long net in the field for the purpose of taking hares and rabbits. Shortly after two more appeared, and the keepers came out of their hiding-place, when a savage scene ensued. The substance of the numerous depositions taken in court from all the injured keepers is as follows :—John Richmond stated that on seeing the seven men they went towards them, when the poachers retired a short distance, and called out to some companions. The poachers then stood still and said, " We are 15 of us, and can beat you if we like." Richmond did not think there were so many, and immediately got hold of one by the collar. They struggled and fell together, the poacher being undermost. Ho had a bludgeon, which Richmond took from him. Three poachers came and commanded him to " leave loose." One said, " Bill, pull thy knife out." The three commenced striking him. He got up and fought again, and he and another went down. He was then thrown against a wall, and became insensible from the injuries he received, and saw no more of the fight. John Kirkland, gamekeeper to Mr. J. Cruso, stated that he had a dog in a strap, muzzled, and one of the poacher's dogs was set at him. One of the keepers separated the dogs, while he laid hold of a man by the collar and pulled him to the ground. When he lad him ' on the ground he heard some of then say, " Get your knives, lads ; we can beat them. The man he had down cried out, "Take this-- off." H e then received a blow on the ear with a bl u d geon which made him insensible, and his head bled pro fusely. When his consciousness returned the me n were gone. He tried to walk home, but could only reach Mill-street, being very weak through loss of blood from the blows be had received. The' poachers had three dogs, and were armed with for- I midable weapons. They had caps, or " tommy hats," with each a piece of white calico fastened to it. Samuel Knight deposed to having been thrown down against a wall and beaten and stoned by ties poachers. He believed the first blow he received broke his arm. He begged of the men not to murder him. He saw seven first, and after wards anoth er party joined them. It was sup posed the total number of poachers was 10. Mr. Williams, sub-inspector of police, stated that message was received at the police station respecting the affray, and Superintendent Woollas ton and himself went' to the bottom of Mill-street, o s where they m e t three _the keepers cov e red with blood supporting themselves state of exhaustion. He against the wall in a asked Kirkl an d what had been the matter, an d her gh replied that he th ou , had been s ome of their men killed. Shortly after a number of men Were eon them. 01) turning the corner Kirklandc s o a s ' e d "Here they are." Mr. Woollaston and h ee seie r e . d i w o o n o e d each, and he gave his man in charge o f astou and the keepers ; lie ran after the others and caught one, a nd having given him in others hecii chased u i rne i t and an other, who jumped into the river escaped. He thereupon pursued an d brought n t a h e e fpri soner another poacher. They to the station, and went back to see if they -o"r find the man who had jumped into the river.eould They discovered a bludgeon and a rabbit on the opposite side, close by the bridge wherewAelnet ssr t 4 i Hammersley wash silk. They then Hillswood, and found 250 or 300 yards of netting, set and part set, and several caps with whit- calk„ fastened to them, and another bludgeon. A great quantity of blood was on the ground. Kirkland', dog lay close by, with his throat cut and 16 or le wounds in various parts of his body. The dog w as muzzled very tightly. They f Tine seven bags, containing eight or nine rabbits, and seven live rabbits in the nets. They examined the wall where one of the keepers, named Whieldon, had been. thrown over into the wood, after beim; beaten until he was insensible. The stories were bloody aiiil part of th e wall was thrown down. They returnee to fetch a surgeon. The nittnee or the prisoners aro Adam Clowes Goodwiu, Sainted Sheldon, and Samuel Dawson. Superintendent Woollaeton gave corroborative evidence. Mr. Turnock, sur geon, deposed to having attended the wounded men and also one of the prisoners. He described the injuries they had received, and said, on the whole, they were progressing favourably. sPecting Knight, who had only just been able TA) be removed, Mr. Turnock said he found a fracture of the left a h r .s th,si very considerable wounds en the back of head, and two in front. The pri soners were committed to Stafford to take their trial at the next aseizes off ordshire Advertiser. C O LLISION IN Tun C uCANNEL AND Loss OF LIFE.—On Thursday morning last a Dublin steamer named the S l lph, on her passage from Lond on to F almouth and Dublin, Tart into a Dutch galliot oft the Foreland. Tho night was very dark, a-,d it is rep irte,d that the galliot had no lig,hts, but that the steamer had. The gallict Was pat tly cut down, and in ten miottes after the occur rents she sank. The crew consisted of six tl3Bll arid it boy, and out of these only four men were saved. The steamer is said to have suAainifd but little damage. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1856. ti, e-locked were nothing but cesspools, and of a most injurious character. The sewage ought always to be in constant motion. The hon. member, on the grounds stated, moved that the report be rejected. Mr. DENNIS seconded the motion. Their engineer's report had never tppeared twice in the same form. He had always opposed the plan as being at the same time an expensive and extravagant scheme, and one that would never answer the purpose. He remained of opi nion that the sewage ought to be carried down to Sea Reach. No one could for a moment believe that the Government would allow this immense nuisance to stop at the point fixed by this plan Be. The board ought to strike out a bold scheme, regardless of expense, and one that would bear inspection by the whole world. After a few words from Major LYON, the motion was put, and, on a division, was negatived, 4 voting for it and 23 against it. Mr. CARPMAEL then rose to move that the resolution of the board of the 22d of October last, which adopted the engineer's plan marked B in his report, be revoked, for the purpose of moving that the report of the engineer in respect of the outfalls at Be, suggested in Captain Burstal's report, and approved by Sir B. Hall, be adopted, when an objection was taken that sufficient notice of the motion had not been given. The CHAIRMAN held the objection to be good, and the motion was postponed till Tuesday, next. The board then adjourned. Naval and Military Inteiligence. The following circular has been forwarded from the Horse Guards to the commanding officers of those regi ments and depots which are now undergoing a course of rifle instruction : "In consequence of it having been found that the practice of snapping ' (which was ordered by the circh- iar memorandum of September 25, 1t355, to be discon tinued on account of the injury caused thereby to the firelock) is of the utmost importance to the effectual carrying out of the position drill as prescribed by the Instruction of Musketry, the late Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief, in concurrence with the Secretary of State for War, decided upon the adoption of snap-caps . . . . of a pattern which has been for some time under trial at the School of Musketry without any brelkage of either cock, swivel, or any other parts of the rifles with which they have been issued. A number of these new snap- caps beibg now ready, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has entered into an arrangement with the War Department for their being issued to every regiment and dopot at home and abroad, according to their esta blishment, and without the necessity of separate requi- sttioni from commanding officers. The snap-caps wilt be attached to the musket by a small chain, or elastic band, and with every fresh issue extra leathers, in the propor tion of 20 per company, will be supplied for the purpose of being fitted into the metal frame in lieu of others as they become worn out, an operation attended with no difficulty, and one which it is stated can be effected by any handy man in a company. In the event of a soldier losing his snap-cap, either wilfully or through neglect, the coat thereof, as fixed by the War Department— viz., 3d. each, will have to be wade good by him at his own expense.—By command. G. A. WITHERALL, Adjutant-General. A letter from Bombay, dated the 3d ult., gives the following particulars of the naval part of the expedition to Persia, in addition to those we have already pub lished :—" When I last wrote to you I was not aware who was to command the expedition to the Persian Gull. It is now decided, and the Governor-General and the Government have accepted the services of Rear-Ad miral Sir H. Leeke, the commander-in-chief of their en- tire navy; the result we all look to as most likely to prove anti-Napier if the war should be a reality ; he will hoist his broad pendant in the Assaye steam-frigate. The first division for the 64th Queen's Regiment and the 20th Na tive Infantry was started yesterday. The second and third divisions of men-of-war and transports to take up the 2d Eeropean Regiment, the 3d Light Cavalry, and two batteries of artillery and Belooch battalion, go oft te-morrow (Nov. 4th and sth) ; and the last division, a very large one, with three batteries of artillery, the siege train, the mountain train, the 4th Rifles (Native), the Poonab Irregular Horse, making 5,000 men and 4,500 camp followers, will start on the 11th, under the Com mander-in-Chief (Sir H. Leeke) in person. The first ren dezvous will be Bundur Abbas, a bay at the entrance of the Persian Gulf right of N.N. W.; thence the expedition wilt run for Bushire, and if the north-westers do not blow it back, they hope to arriveabout the day you receive this tthe 30th of November or the Ist December). There are 48 sail in all, 17 of them are very fine ships, 10 of them mounted •..ith from eight to ten 68-pounders, shell guns; all are well manned with the war complement of Euro• peens and Matins Artillery; there are four small steamer s drawing but little water, eight heavy gunboats, and all the snips' boats also armed. We shall take the island of Karrack for a depot. Nothing has been spared to make the expedition complete, and if the gallant Commodore only has the chance of displaying the same vigour in its command as he has in its outfit and equipment, there will be more laurels reaped by the blue jackets in the east than by those engaged in the late war in the north." By the death of Rear-Admiral of the White Fred. Win. Beechey, recorded in our obituary yesterday, the fallowing promotions take place :—Rear-Admiral of the !glue P. Richards, C. 8., Fourth Lord of the Admiralty, to be Rear-Admiral of the White; Capt. the Most Hon. the Marquis Townshend, Aide-de-camp to her Majesty, to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved List ; Captain the Hon. A. buncombe to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved List ; Capt. Sir J. C. Ross to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. By the promotion of the latter officer a good ser vice pension falls in to the gift of the First Lord of the Admiralty, who also has the patronage of the Aide-de campship to the Queen, vacant by the promotion of the Marquis Townshend. H.M. sloop Plumper, 11, Commander Harwell, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, to be paid off. The Emerald, 51, new screw steamtrigate of 600- horse power, has had her fittings completed at Sheer ness. She is now receiving her seagoing chain cables, So., preparatory to her being placed in the steam re serve squadron at Sheerness. The Melampus, 42, storeship, was taken into No. 3 dry-dock at Sheerness, yesterday, to be overhauled pre paratory to her being commissioned for active service. The Wellington remains in No. 1 dry-dock at Sheer ness, receiving her stores, kc., preparatory to being com missioned for the Coastguard service on the Hull station. The Hermes, 6, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, 220-horse power, Commander William E A. Gordon, remains in No. 2 dry-dock at Sheerness, to be fitted for further active service. The Vestal, 26, Captain T. P. Thompson (1853), has arrived at Chatham from the West India station, where she was attached to the squadron of Rear-Admiral Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief at that station. She has been in commission about four years, during which time she has been employed principally in the islands in the Carribean Sea, and en the coast of Cuba, in the suppression of the slave trade, in which she has been very successful, having captured severe' slavers. She was afterwards ordered to Greytown, to watch over the interests of the British residents there, on the occasion of the hostile demonstration made by the vessels of war of the United States. The Vestal has been very healthy durin g the time she has been in the West Indies, the deaths on board having been but few. She is to be paid off at Chatham as soon as her stores and fittings have been removed. The Meanee, 80, built in the East Indies, but for some time lying in ordinary at Chatham, has been ordered to be removed to Sheerness to be fitted as a screw steamer. The transports Clarissa and Clarendon, having landed their cargoes at Woolwich, were yesterday morning paid out of the Government employ. The whole of the trans port fleet of ships engaged in the conveyance of returned stores from the East to Woolwich have now arrived, con sequently the distinct branch of the shipping department there and elsewhere is ordered to be abolished. It is understood that the authorities intend to make a most liberal allowance to the clerks and others employed in that establishment, and who are now to be nischarged, by granting to those who have served during the period of the war !rem the commencement to the close a bounty equivalent to six months' pay, and to those who have served half that tern a sum equal to three months' pay. The freight ship Agnes, Uapt. Lewis, arrived at Wool wich on Monday night fur the purpose of receiving 579 quarter barrels of gunpowder for Barbadoes, and 150 quarter barrels for Trinidad. She will sail immediately o Gravesend. The iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel Antelope has com pleted her repairs in Woolwich dockyard, and is ready for commission. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty : Capt. the Hon. J. R. Drummond, to the Meaander ; Capt. E. P. Charlewood, to the Southampton ; Capt. R. A. Powell, to the Corn wallis (commissioned as guard ship of the Coastguard and Naval Coast Volunteers). Sporting Intelligence. THE STEEPLECHASE MATCH FOR £5OO ASIDE. It was reported in London that a match for 500/. aside between Lord Strathmore's Abd-el-Kader and the lion. W. Craven's The Clown was to take place at Mel ton Mowbray on Monday last. The announcement of the "fixture" in all the weekly spurring journals occa sioned much interest and curiosity. We are informed, however, that it was never intended that the match should take plafle on the Monday, but that, weather per mitting, it will come off on Saturday next, the orig►nal and only appointment. The distance to be traversed is four miles, and the line of country comprises several stiffish fences and two big brooks. The route, we believe, is the same that was selected some ten years ago by Mr. Crawford and Mr. Leslie. EASTERN COUNTIES' STEEPLECHASES.—In consequence of the continued severity of the weather these steeple chases have been again postponed. They are now fixed for Wednesday, the 10th inst. NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING. NEWMARKET, Tuesday Night. - The coursing is put off from day to day until Friday next, when, if the pre sent severe weather continues, it will be postponed for a fortnight. BETTING AT MANCHESTER —TUESDAY. During the morning and afternoon many of the sub scribErs call e d i n a t the rooms, afternoon s few investments were n ude upon the Chester Cup and the Derby. 100 to 1, with a few exceptions for the former event, con tinues to be the current odds—more than 60 to 1 could not be obtained against Alice Wentworth, Melissa, Tas mania, Polestar, Gemma di Vergy, and St. Giles, all the book ma)-.ers having laid their sums at long odds, and nothing, bat short prices will tempt them to commence making f res h b oo k s , pa rticularly during this season of the r ear , w h en so f ew b ac kers of horses are in the mar ket. F or t h e D er b y , 12 to 1 was currently offered agst Blink B onny, 10 0 to 7 would have been taken -20 to Ito " pony" would have been taken about Tourna m4,nt " hedging" bet of 1,000 to 40 was laid agst Mil, 22 to 1 was the market odds-500 to 10 was o..keu ab( , ut Latnbourn, and 700 to 20 was taken about Saunterer. ; this ber, seemed to indicate symptoms of the horse declining in the betting, and an offer was m ade by way a "feeler," to take 4,000 to 100 abo ut him, wham aLe highest offer became 1,000 to 30 . 25 to 1 was off( red agst Goldfinch, and 40 to 1 against Aram , . Closing :prices : DERBY. to 1 agst Blink Bonny (take 100 to 7) 11 ito 1 agst Tournament (take 20 to 1) 2 to 1 agst M.D. (take 25 to 1 freely) :1 sto 1 agst Goldfinch (offered) 1 1 )0 0 to 30 agst Saunterer (offered) •40 to 1 agst Anton (take 50 to 1) £0 to 1 agst Lambourn (taken) N . ( rr GONE YET.—The Melbourne Leader announces that to e theatrical forces of the colony would be recruite'! by Pel .eral artists from England. We are told that Mr. Jamei , Wallauk, Miss Cleveland, and Mr. Vincent were to lex ve London for Australia on the 6th July; Mica Brno% a Fitzpatrick and Mr. Leigh Murray on the 6th Octot er ; Mdlle. Antoine, and a full ballet troupe on the 6th N ovember • and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dillon, on the 6th J; ►nuary. It is doubtful when the ship which is cony( y this batch of talent will sail for Australia. LA VP I 11 1 TELLIGENCE.—Dec. 2 COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commi,sioner Evans.) IN RE STRAHAN, PAUL, AND BATES-JUDGMENT. His Honour delivered the following decision in this matter, which was fully arcued on Saturday :—This was a petition requiring the Court to decide whether a cer tain sum of money, now in the hands of the assignees, should be considered to belong to the separate estate of Strahan or to the joint estates. It appears that a large sum of money was borrowed by the three partners on the joint account. Strahan deposited securities belong ing to himself as security for the amounts ; there were also joint securities deposited. The debt remained undis charged at the time of the bankruptcy. The assignees had the management of the business, and they sold the securities of Strahan, and with the produce, and also t e Produce of part of the joint securities, discharged the debt. The sum now in question was the produoe of the residue of the joint securities. It is clear that in the case of bankruptcy the as-ignees are bound to keep separate accounts of the joint and separate estates, and that the joint creditors must prove on the joint estate, and the separate creditors on the separate estate, and that the joint and separate estates are entitled respectively to the property belonging to them. This separate property of Strahan thus deposited still continued to be the property of the separate estate, in my judgment, and I think the assignees were bound to use the partnership securities previous to taking any part of the separate property, and that, consequently, the sum in question must go to the separate estate. From the London Gazette of Last Night. -- The Gazette contains the Speaker's writ for the elootion of a Member of Pal liame ,, t, within fourteen dads, for the Eastern Division of the County of Suffolk, it, the room of the late Sir Edward Sherlock Goooh, Bart. At the Court at Windsor, Nov. 28, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Caincil.—This day the Right Hon. and ll,;ght Rev. Archibald Campbell, Bishop of Lon don, was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Ma jesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. COUNCIL-OFFICE, WHITEHALL, NOV. 28. Notice is hereby given that a petition has been presented to her Majesty in Council from the inhabitant householders of the town of Wrexham, in the county of Denbigh, pray ing, under the Acts 5 and 6 Will. IV., c 7G, and of I Vic., c. 78, the grant of a Charter of Incorporation to the said town ; and notice is hereby further given, that her Majes . y has been pleased, by he Order in Council of this day's date, to order that the said petition be taken into consideration by a Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Ho nourable Privy Council on the sth day of January next. WM. L BATHURST. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon William Henry Watson, Esq., one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Emehequer. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 28. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Rowland Macdonald Stephenson, Esq., Civil Engineer, of Gloucester terrace, Hyde-park, and late of Calcutta. BOARD OF TRADE, wHITEEIALL, DEC. 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, fixing, as follows, the import duties on wools combed and dyed :—Combed, in French ships, 70f.; in foreign ships, 80f., per 100 kilos. Dyed of all kinas, in French ships, 100 f.; in foreign ships, 115 f., per 100 kilos. ADIIRALTY, DEC. 1. Vice-Admiral of the Blue the Hon. George Alfred Crofton has been appointed to receive a pension of 1501. a-year, as provided for by her Majesty's Order in Council of June 25, 18 vacant by the death of Admiral Fre derick Watkins, and the name of Vice-Admiral the Hon. George Alfred Crofton has been removed to the Reserved Half-pay List accordingly; and, in consequence of this removal, the following promotions, dated from the 12th ult., have this day taken il , ce : Rear-Admiral Sir David Dunn, K. C.FI., on the Reserved Half-pay List, to be Vice-Admiral on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Fairfax Mores.3y, K C. 8., ' to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Wm. Fanshawe Martin to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear-Admiral of the Blue Thomas Bennett to be Rear- Admiral of the White. Captain the Hon. George Grey to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain William Townsend Dance has also been pro moted to be a Retired Rear-Admiral, on the terms propose 1 in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1843, but without increase of pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Stafford—Joseph Bennitt,.Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. [The following Appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tth November last.] East Kent Regiment of Militia—George Ed ward Arthur Holdsworth, Gent., to Le Ensign, vice Waller, resigned. JULY 8, 1856. The Supreme Court of New South W , les has appointed Samuel Heath, of No. 1, Church-court, Clements-lane, in the city of London, Solicitor, a Commissioner of that Court, for taking affidavits and examining witnesses, at law or in equity, in the city of London, or elsewhere in England. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Perry, confectioner, High street, Southwark, to surrender, Dec. ii, at eleven, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Richardson and Sadler, Old Jewry Chambers. Edgar Adams, laceman, Brighton, Dec. 13, at twelve, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Langley and Gibbon, Great James-street. George Octavio' Manton, surgeon, Bourne, Lincoln shire, Dec. 16 and Jan. 6, at half past ten, at the Shire hall, Nottingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Andrews, Bourne; Knight, Birmingham. Edward Smith, baker, Isleworth, Middlesex, Dec. 16, at two, aad Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; tiilleary, Fenehurch-buildings, City. Leopold Redpath, dealer in ahares, Chester-terrace, Regent's•park, Dec. 15, at half-past one, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wootton and Son, Tok enhouse-yard Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. John Murray, coal-merchant, Middle-wharf, Great Scotland-yard, Dec. 12 and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Ba singhall-street ; Slee and Robinson, Parish-street, South wark. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.WiIIiam Cathrae, slate merchant, Wilton-grove, near Hawick. Angus Clark, tinsmith, Old Wynd, Glasgow. James Howie, farmer, Midton, Craigie, Ayr. John Anderson, draper, Stewarton, Ayrshire. James Young, grocer, Douglashall, Carluke, now de ceased. William Binnie, baker, Rawyards, near Airdrie, now deceased. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A spEcial meeting of this board was held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. - THE DEODORISATION OF SEWAGE. • A deputation from the vestry of St. Pancras, intro. duced by Mr. Wilkinson, and headed by Mr. Garvey, presented a memorial calling upon the board to take into consideration the question of deodorisation before com ing to a final decision upon the question as to the out falls of the sewage. On the motion 9f Mr. WILKINSON the memorial was received. Mr. BOYSON presented a memorial from the parish of St. Mary, Newington, deprecating the extension of the outfall further than necessary to comply with the act of Parliament. MAIN DRAINAGE OF THE METROPOLIS. The report of the deputation of the board, stating the result of the conference with the First Commissioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., on the plans of intercepting sewers, was considered. BAZALGETTE'S REPORT ON THE GOVERNMENT SCHEME. Tke following report of idr. Bazalgette, the engineer of the board, upon the points of discharge for the drain age of the metropolis, suggested in Capt. Burstall's letter, and approved by the First Commissioner of her Ma jesty's Works, &c , was then read : " Dec. 1. " The point and mode of outfalls for the metropolitan drainage which have been approved by the F►rst Con►- missioner of her Majesty's Works, &c., marked B* upon the accompanying map, require an extension of five fur longs further eastward, in klornchurch marsh, on the north side of the Thames, and of one mile in the Erith marshes, on the south side. " The outfalls would now be 15 miles below London bridge, and it is proposed to c_infiue the periods of dis charge from them within 14 hours before high water and 24 hours after high water, with certain exceptions here atter named, giving a period of 8 hours' storeage and 41 hours of discharge per tide. " The official return of the quantity of water now sup plied by the water companies to the metropolis, which has just been issued, shows that the supply has increased from about 7,000,000 to 13,000,000 cubic feet per day within tne last 6 years, and it is more than probable toat the quantity of sewage discharged from the sewers has increased in the same ratio since they were last gauged in 1853-4. Making therefore a liberal allowance for such increase, it may now be assumed to have amounted tti nearly 9,000,000 cubic feet per 24 hours on the north side of the Townes, and 3,250,000 cubic feeton the south side. Tuns, the quantity which would now be collected in the reservoirs during the g hours they were closed would amount on the north aide to nearly 3,000,000 cubic feet, and on the south side to rather more than 1,000,000 cubic feet. " The bottom of the reservoirs would be two feet above Ordnance datum, or at the level of the ebb tide at 2: 4 1 hours after high water, that being the period when the discharge of sewage into the river would cease. "The level of the overflow weir would be 16i feet above datum, and the mean depth of the reservoirs would be 14 feet. The reserv,ir on the north side would cover about 10 acres, and contain about 6,000,000 cubic feet when foil ; that on the south would cover about 4,' 2 acres, and contain about 2,750,000 cubic feet when full; so that the average daily flow of sewage during dry wea ther would about half fill the reservoirs in eight hours. " In order to arrive at a more accurate idea of the time and mode of discharging the sewage from the reser voirs, I have obtained au abstract of the quantity of rain which fell last year, as observed at this office. From this it appears that there were 226 days in that year up oi which there was no rain, 90 days upon which there was less than 1-10th of an inch, and 21 days upon which there were rainfalls varying in depth between 1-10th and 1-sta of an iacb, making 337 days upon which less than 1-sth of an inch of rain fell, and 28 days upon which that quantity was exceeded. "Upon the 226 dry days the reervoirs would, as already shown, be on the average only half full at the end of eight hours; therefore it would be not only uli necessary, but also impossible, to discharge any portion of their contents into the river during the last hour of flood-tide ; because the tide would during that period be above the level of the sewage in the reservoir, and the tide would then be allowea to flow into the reservoir, diluting its sewage, and raising its level to that ot high water in the river. The discharge of sewage would on those 226 days commence immediately after high water, andewould be completed within 21 hours, by which time the tide would have ebbed below the bottom of the reservoir. Upon the 90 days of minimum rainfall it ap pears that, after making the necessary deductions for the amount of evaporation, absorption, and the time occupied by the rain waters in flowing from remote portions of the district to the point of crded, the reservoir would not be more that; about two-third. full, and therefore the period of discharge would ou those 90 days also take place only during the first 22 hours of ebb tide. Upon the 21 days the reservoir would probably be nearly filled during the 8 hours, and the discharge would then commence 1i hours before high water. Upon the remaining 28 days of heavier rain the discharge would take place at earlier periods, varying with the amount of rain that bad fallen. "The reservoirs, as at present designed, will there fore always contain a sufficient amount of reserved space to hold the metropolitan sewage, estimated as being due to the anticipated increase of the population and water supply in future ages, and produced within eight hours ; taking also into consideration the unequal low of that sewage during different portions of the day. The reservoirs might, however, be added to hereafter, from time to time, without difficulty or disadvantage, if considered necessary ; and this mode of enlarging them —by adding a second basin—would be preferable in an engineering point of view to now constructing one basin ot increased area. Ido not, however, recommend any enlargement of the reservoirs beyond the dimensions now named, in order to inciiide within eight hours the rain fall due to the 28 days per annum, because to do this would spread the sewage for 337 days over an unneces sarily large space, while on the 28 days it would be considerably diluted, and the storm overflows into the river would on some portion of those days necessarily come into .action at higher points in the river. "Since September last, when I prep. , red a design for carrying the lower portion of the outlet+ sewer on the north side of the Thames in a direct route across the mouth on Dagenham Gulf to point B, I have ascer tained that a company has been formed and an act ob tamed last year for the conversion of this gulf into a dock, and it is stated that preparations are now being made to effect that object. I have now, therefore, diverted the northern (Jutted sewer round the north side of the gulf, instead of across the entrance. This altera tion has somewhat increased the length, diminished the fall, and necessitated a corresponding enlargement of the sewers, which, coupled with the deepening of the reser voir, has in ceased the estimate beyond what is due to an extension from point B to W. "The drainage fr the high and middle level areas on the north side of the Thames would still be discharged by gravitation, and the lifts and pumping power already provided on both sides of the river would remain the same as originally designed fur discharging at point A. "The total estimate for the metropolitan drainage as now designed will be 2,836,6001." In reply to Mr. Turner Mr. BAZILGETTE stated that the level of the Thames 21 hours aftr high water would be plus feet above Ordnance datum, and the bottom of the reservoir 2 feet above the Ordnance datum ; that he had made careful experiments at Deptford Creek with those results ; that there might be a slight variation at point B*, but that, practically, there would always be sufficient difference of level to insure the discharge. In reply to Mr. Deulton he said the plan was not well adapted to exension, but that its extension could be economically carried out by starting from Barking on the north ride, and Woolwich on the south side ; about four miles of sewer on the north and three miles ou the south would be rendered entirely useless. And, in an swer to other hon. members, he said he did not appre hend much deposit, but would propose to remove any that might Le made by barges; he thought that no nui sauce would arise ; that with regard to the sewer above ground there were few canals in tads country which had not iron equeducte, and no difficulty had ever arisen with these. With regard to the effects of cold the sewage was always warmer than the atmo spheric air, that it would flow fcom two to three miles per hour, and would be from three to four hours pas-ing through the aqueduct; that it would not daring its progress have time to freeze, and in respect to the flat bottoms of the reservoirs a flat bottom was not subject to an equal flo ,v, as there would always be a large stream. As to the capitalisation of working ex pensee, it would be tile same as in plain B, hut the struc tural expense would be greater by 103,0001. ; that it would cost the same money to extend the sewers to the sea whether plan B or plan 13" was adopted, but that in the case of plan B* 103,0001. more would be lost—and that he believed that plan B was better than plan B", notwithstanding Cept. Bursters report, and that cast ' iron pipes bad already been tried in smaller sewers, and had proved to be uninjured by any chemical action of the sewage. Mr. LESLIE said that on the grow's' of the expenses of making long lines of fla--bottorned sewers, and on the ground that reservoirs of 10 acres on the north side and 4? acres on the south side to pond back the sewage for eight hours in every tide would be contrary to the act of Parliament, he should move that the engineer's report etthe I s t o f D ecember now just read be not received. lie considered the plan to commence, progress, and ter minateaizo of the t in he e B r:o vv r. It conime need error in regard to ., the te,oouttittiol6o,osr9t cubic feet. fe f e e t e . t erie In all previous reports the size of h sewe rs side for , aPirisp ch s arte " at ha 3 ( s l 2t n cu c b a i l e cu fe la e t t e p d er o i n ui t r h iu e te l ,a 'r n t l j o t n w t a li s e south 2,257 feet per minute. It ßp ey p r r t o hn g ej r i planu :s progressed inoa' and error, r ruo o n r p o thes b e e- 1 cause it divided the metropolis into two distinct parts, north and south, whereas act the board in assessi by the 170th section of the noltthhe sums to be charged upon alodpulKledii,uoen them. The the city and other parts metropoliseodrainage, the b a e v n e erfier,- gard to the annual value of th e case of expenditure on worksproperty, and also, in the the sever al ecall t h p e a a r t t t s e c n f t derived front suet) expenditure h metropolis affected thereby. R: she ion of the members for the Surrey as only 32,487 ; Dent side to what would be the effect of the proposed ex an i ct Kent w side was 616,6358 acreage on the Surrey and Kent was t 45,542, populs- ' lionwhileon ih t hlVeI iSurreyddles on the Middlesex side 1,745.601 ; the rent on the S e ; Kent side was 2,257,8001,, while on the Middlesex side ald it was 8,894,1391, As he read the act, the whole of this 11 millions odd was to be taxed together, and not in twe separate sums of 2 millions and 9 millions. He had no doubt the whole of the additional work would exceed a m illion of money. Ile objected to four it in 11 tt-bots towed eeweis going into the reservoir causing deposits and becoming title-locked. All the sewers that were THE ROYAL SOCIETY. St. Andrew's day falling this year on a Sunday, the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society was held at Somerset-house on Monday, Dec. 1. Lord Wrottesley, _ the president, took the chair, and delivered the custom ary address, in which the advancement of science and the advantages likely to accrue from intimate relations between the Government and the representatives of science were earnestly set forth. _ _ ..._. .: The proposed Arctic expedition in search of the relics of the Franklin party was recommended in the following terms : " It is net extraordinary that those who are disposed ,o form a low estimate of the value of scientific re• search should also entertain doubts as to the propriety of hazarding human life in its behalf. In the late dis cussions on the expediency of undertaking another Polar expedition, it seemed to be assumed by some that the well grounded anticipation of valuable contributions to physical and geological science would not alone be sufficient to justify the exposing of the lives of gal lant men to peril—not even of those who were most willing and anxious to be so employed, emulous of such distinction, and regardless of the risk. However this may be, it is certain that science has sustained, and does still sustain, injury from the fear of offending against this popular notion that it is wrong to hazard human life for such an object. In case of the proposed Polar expedition the risk would be very small, inasmuch as the exploration, instead of being as formerly a tenta tive one, embracing many thousand miles of unknown coast, would be confined to a fixed and limited locality, hitherto unexplored and possessed of groat scientific in terest. Independently of additions to our geographical and physical knowledge, the possible recovery of the magnetical observations and the journals of the Franklin expedition is a consideration of great moment, since the former must have been made by officers well trained to the task with excellent instruments, verified before the sailing of the expedition, and in localities possessing peculiar interest in reference to the theory of mag netism ; and the latter would doubtless contain a nar rative of the deepest interest, not only to the cultivators of science, but to the public generally. You will not suspect me, I am sure, of being indifferent to the fate of brave men ; but the fact is, it is well nigh im possible to add to our stock of physical knowledge with out some risk to life. The astronomer in his observa tory, exposed night after night to the open air at a freez ing temperature ; the chemist in his laboratory, among poisonous and explosive substances ; the surgeon who handles the dissecting knife, all equally with the adven turous traveller expose their lives to peril. We know what was the opinion of the great Athenian moralist and martyr on this question, from that fine passage in which the dangers of military and civil life are so beau tifully contrasted. 'I should have acted strangely, in deed,' says he, 'if, having stood firmly in the post as signed to me by my general at Amphipolis, Potidma, aid Delium, and braved every danger, I had turned coward and feared to die when God ordered me to be a philosopher and instruct mankind.' " The medals were awarded to the following gentlemen : —The Copley to Professor H. Milne Edwards, for his re searches in comparative anatomy and zeo'ogy ; the Rum ford medal to Professor Louis Pasteur, of Lille, for his discovery of the nature of racemic acid and its relations to polarised light, and for the researches to which he was led to that discovery ; a Royal medal to Sir John Richardson, for his contributions to natural history and physical geography ; a Royal medal to Pr )fessor W Thomson, of Glasgow, for hie various physical researches relating to electricity, to the motive power of heat, &c. At the close of the address the society proceeded to elect a council and officers, and the following list was chosen for the year ensuing : Pi esident—The Lord Wrottesley, M.A. Treasurer—Major-General Edward Sabine, R.A., D.C.L. Secretaries—William Sharpey, M.D. ; Mr. George Gabriel Stokes, M.A., D.C.L. Foreign Secretary—Mr. William Hallows Miller, M.A. Other Members of the Council—Mr. James Moncrieff Arnott ; William Benjamin: Carpenter, M.D. ; Mr. Ar thur Cayley, the Dean of Ely, Mr. William Fairbairn, Arthur Farre, M.D., Mr. William Robert Grove, M.A., Joseph Dalton Hooker, M.D., 111.. William Hopkins, 1V1.A., William Allen Miller, M.A., Lyon Playfair, Ph.D., Rev. Bartholomew Price, M.A., Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R N., D.C.L., Rear-Admiral W. H. Smyth, D.C.L., John Stenhouse, LL.D., John Tyndall, Ph.D. THE WEATHER AND THE TARES, The frost still continues. During Monday night the thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's receiving house fell as law as 19 deg. being 13 deg. below freezing point. At 9 o'clock yesterday morning the mercury rose only to 23 deg., and even at noon in the sun rose no higher than freezing point. The wind was during yes terday variable, but the principal quarter was north west. The barometer indexed during the principal part of yesterday and the previous night 30.12 deg. The Serpentine River in Hyde Park is now completely frozen over, but during yesterday was in such a palpably dangerous state that Mr. Superintendent Williams issued orders that no one was to be allowed to go upon it. It is, however, expected that during the present day the ice will become sufficiently strong to bear without any danger. The Long Water in Kensington Gardens.--The ice is here officially reported as being two inches and a half thick and in first-rate condition, which has induced the various noblemen and gentlemen belonging to the Ska ting Club to patronise it. They have already fixed a splendidly appointed pavilion on the banks of the river. 2,500 skaters and sliders ventured upon the ice during the day. At 40 minutes past 3in the afternoon Fred. Morley, of 47, Queen-street, Edgeware-road, fell through the ice near the bridge, and was immersed in seven feet of water. He was fortunately rescued by iceman Ed ward Cook. He was removed to the receiving -house, where, after being properly attended to and changing his clothes, he wail enabled to go home. Shortly after the above accident Mr. Blomfield, of Fulham, Middlesex, fell through the ice in deep water. He was rescued and taken to the receiving -house, where stimulants were given, and after some time he was enabled to proceed home in a cab. The Royal Round Pond, Kensington-gardens.-- During the day between 400 an.d 500 skaters and sliders ventured upon this pond, and not a single immersion occurred, although the ice Is far from being safe. A gentleman named Brantham, Q.t , 19, Queen's-road, Bays water, while skating, fell ti pon his head, and became insensible. He was assiste , 'l by Joseph Knight, one of the Society's icemen, who found that his head was cut open. After dressing his wounds the gentleman was able to go to his home. The Regent , s-Park.—Ab out 400 skaters and sliders disported themselves during the day upon the ice in this park, which is nearly three inches thick. Several per- Hoes were immersed, but they were so speedily rescued that they ran very little, risk of being drowned. The Royal Humane Society had their tents fixed in the dit terent Parks and thteir stores removed thereto. The beds and hot-water ba the have also been made ready in case of any serious ea malty taking place in any of the Parks. A. great man y amused themselves upon the ice in the Victoria and Clapham Parks, but no accident worthy of record tocik place. THE WEATHER 1.11" THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND,—A heavy snowstorm was falling in the north of Scotland on Saturday. The south mail train, due at Aberdeen at 2.18 p.m., had been, blocked up with snow near Lau rencekirk, buf the, up line was clear. The mails fr o m the north were all more or less behind time ; and there was every :appearance of a long-continued storm-wind from the north-west. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.—TYNEIIOIITH, Dec. 1. —We have not b ad a heavy fall of snow since the storm of yesterday, and it threatens to-night. The snow is lying thick on e.ie moorlands of Durham and Northum beriaud, and, from the number of birds that have come across the sea from Norway, everything has the appear ance of an early and bard winter. A good deal of ice is formed above Tyne-bridge, but there is no cause to think that there will be any material stoppage of the coal traffic. There is no prospect of the large fleet of light vessels, detained by adverse winds, getting down shortly. Above 300 sail are in Bridlington-bay: A considerable number of Scot:,.a vessels are also detained its the Tyne by the adverse winds. The following are the highest and lowest readings, during the past seven days, of the thermometer kept by Mr. Robert Spence, banker, in this town, for Mr. Glaisher, of the Royal Observatory : Highest. Lowest. Thermo. on the ground. Tuesday, Nov 25 ... 34.0 31.0 29.4 Wednesday, Nov 26 33.4 20.5 29.5 Thursday, Nov. 2i' ... 35.4 29.7 29.0 Friday, Nov. 28 ... 33.8 24.4 21.5 Saturday, Nov. 22 ... 3j.7 22.3 21.0 Sunday, Nov. 3u, ... 34.0 , 23.8 22.2 Monday, Dec 1 ... 30.0 '23 0 19.5 MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT.—MANCHESTER, Tues day.—Since our last the transactions for one iinarier, Uhl- a, have bean very considerable ; our market has been relieved of some rather heavy stocks, 16.24 water, for which 1.. Be. advance is now demanded. In other .escriptions there is little or no variation ; some are firmer, and Borne numbers are rather flatter than last week. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy The Royal British Bank, South Sea-house, Threadneedle-street, 429, Strand, 97, Goswell-road, 1, Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico, 32, Regent circus, and 311 and 312, Holborn, 77, Bridge-road, West- Westminster-bridge, and 60, Stoues-en Southwark, bankers, Dec. 22—R. Wollatt, tea and coffee dealer, Crown-court, Philpot-lane—H. J. Betjemann, chair manu facturer, New Oxford-street—J. Stapp, cheesemonger, Snow-hill, Dec. 23. At the Birmingh an District Court — J. Edwardes, wine merchant, Wolverhampton, Dec. 31— H. Horley, horse-dealer, Leamington Priors, Jan. 28. At the Nottingham District Court- Lydia Johnson, nail ma nufacturer, Duffield—G. Newmarch, hatter, Nottingham, Dec. 30. At the Liverpool District Court—J. P. Lace and L. Addison, printers, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES TO BEGRANTTD. - At the Court of Bankruptcy—H. Warne, carpenter, Mill-street, Hanover-square—W. A. Reeves, baker, Wal lingford—R. Wollatt, tea and coffee dealer, Crown-court, Philpot-lane—J. Martin, licensed victualler. High-street, Southwark, Dec. 23. At the Birmingham District Court —C. Peverelle and F. Peverelle, hardware Sealers, Bir mingham—E. M. Davis, licensed victualler, Sutton Cold field, Dec. 29. A RAILWAY JOURNEY IN INDIA. (From, Fraser's Magazine.) That brief whistle, that stropg silent pull, that gradual e glide, that monotonous rattle, have nothing in ti t , h t em e , sarne in the plains of Bengal, to distinguish themedfrao h sounds and sensations so of, en experienced tories of Lancashire, the red cliffs and plains d s f o r t u h r i a , e d n l i a c n c e g: waves of South Devon, the vine-bearing The train travels or the wild jungle of Western 2 A O m miles an hour. About the rugged passes of Styria, the tropicalerea. hills of Havana, at a rate varying every eight miles fi l m cu l r s s of iron r ail still retains its familiar look of as stationone ofw with some e o . m e uncouth The n g entirely sntarmaieglitW lin e e look out as we . t ri " Hooghly," is written in name, circumstances ittl white hi have te becomebu ga I o c e v c o iv ri i e li n s t a a t l io . n,Thhue stationt green open doors ; its those three characters which suggest s s t u ra g n g g e e st fa a t t e e o v f e l r n y di t a tir ; n th t e o th e most careies traveller English plain, business-like capital letters, looki ng as if t h e y were conscious of belonging to the conquering peo pi e ; the graceful Persian curling from riat to left, em blematic of the politeness, the facile dexterity, perhaps, too, of the intrigue and instability of Central Asiatic , , powerful enough to impress on a suscep , ible people a manner which makes every peasant of Hindostan more or less a gentleman, but unable to cope with the plain, honest force which is represented by the Roman capitals; and lastly, the mystical Bengalee, the vernacular of the province, closely allied to every vernacular tongue all over India, which here, at the Hooghly station, is read by thou sands ; while of the two conquering languages one is read by hundreds, the other by units ; the language of the con quered million, yet containing in it the roots of more than half the words spoken by conquering English, close akin to the ancient Sanserit, that source beyond which the stream of human language has not yet been traced. But the train moves on, and, so far as it is concerned, the conquering English has it all its own way. The ancient Sanscrit is still represented by every one of the dull objects which meet the traveller's eye. The ungraceful palm, so strangely associated in European minds with Oriental beauty; the green, melancholy palm ; the occasional glimpses of the yellow, sluggish, corpse-bearing river— these are the witnesses to the fact—so strange, yet so forgotten—that where the English steam-engine now travels, there, just one century ago, the Nawab of Ben gal was marching down on Calcutta to perpetrate the Black Hole massacre—that tragedy from which the Anklo-Indian empire took its birth. Here, centuries ago, the Hindoo walked, and sat, and smoked, worship ping his god Permanence, even as he walks, and sits, and smokes, and worships the same god to -day. [ADVERTISEMENT. SIGH t AND IiSARING SPECTACLES, POWERFUL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIV 3 GLASSES, —Messrs. S. and B. 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They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sports!). en, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Oper,,, :ace-corsse, camp , atd perspective glasses, with wended' I power. N e wly-constrazted Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becomin g impaired 's preserve d and strengttew , d, and very aged persons al e enabled to employ their sight at the most miiinte ocet:- .pation — eau see with these lenses of a much less rangnifi ins powe r --and they do not rel . - air° the frequent change , to the c langorous effects or further p ower f u l assistance P erso ns can be suited at the most remote part of the world, by sending one of the glass es ou t o f th e i r s p ec tacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eyes they can read small newspaper print with it; and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deaf" floss . New Discovery. The Organic Vibrator, an ex traordinary powerful, small, new l y -i nven t e d instrument for d ea fness, entirely differ en t f rom a ll o th ers, to aurpeAs any thing of the kind that h as b een, or probably ever ;an be, p r oduced. Being of th e same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church SOS ass in rho earn ars po i s ibiy entirely could possibly and . at . public assemblies ; th e un pl e as a nt sensation of si n g in g noises emboeveddes;irier—it3a9fr or ds all the , Albemarle street, Piccadilly. Observe--o pposite the York Hot el . ista IN RE BRAGOIOTTI AND TESTA. The bankrupts were merchants, of Lombard-street and elsewhere. This was a choice of assignees. The preliminary statement shows dents about 10,0001.; assets between 2,0001. and 3,0001. Mr. Barber and Mr. Ackerman were appointed as. signees. Messrs. Lawrence, Plows, and Buyer are solicitors to the estate. (Before ➢Zr. Commigeioner HolrDyd.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Phis matter again came before the Court this morning, when Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees. Mr. Yenning, Mr. Reed, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Paddison attended for the directors. After a brief conversation, the order for preparing the balance-sheet, which as nearly as possible corresponds with the form adopted under the bankruptcy of any other trader, was agreed upon. Mr. Lawrence applied for leave to give notice of motion for Friday next to compel the assignees to apply to the Court of Chancery to appoint a receiver under the 28th section 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 111., for the pur pose of protecting shareholders against individual credi tors. The appointment would be of as much benefit to the creditors as the shareholders, and while it protected the latter against the actions of creditors, it would insure an equal contribution. ' Mr. Linklater regretted the coarse adopted by the official manager in persisting in the appeal against the Vice-Chancellor's decision, and that the arrangement had not been come to. The appeal would be heard before the Lords Justices to-morrow (Wednesday.) The assignees would desire Mr. Lawrence to proceed by petition, and not by motion, so that the facts could be understood by the assignees, and the parties might c regularly before the Court. If a receiver was appointed, the effect would he to transfer the administration of the assets from this Court to the Court of Chancery. The Commissioner considered the proper form would be by petition, and declined to accede to Mr. Lawrence's application. The matter bad better stand over until the Lords Justices had disposed of the. appeal. It may be remembered an application was made to the Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, and a rule abso lute made upon a shareholder for the payment of the debt and costs of Mr. W. Morisse, a creditor, which rule has been complied with, and the amount paid to Mr. Chidley, the solicitor acting for Mr. Morisse. All the shareholders are equally liable in this respect, and it is said the assignees did not wish the present application to be made, in order that it should not affect the right of creditors, for were a receiver appointed by the Court of Chancery the shareholders would be protected against these suits at the instance of creditors. The shareholders are in a distressing position, being without relief from the Courts of Chancery, Bankruptcy, and Common Pleas. HILeiLTEE OF LONDON DURING THN WEEK. (Brain the Report of the Registrar• General.) In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths regis tered in London were 1,158. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average number was 1,162 ; and if this is raised by a tenth part, to admit comparison with the deaths of last week, which oc curred in an increased population, it becomes 1,278. The deaths now returned are, therefore, less by 120 than the corrected average. The mortality from diseases of the organs of respira tion begins to increase rapidly at this season ; and last week-the deaths referred to this head were 296, whilst the corrected average of corresponding weeks in previous years is 276. The severe odd, which did not set in till towards the close of the week, will be followed, it is to be feared,. by results of still greater numerical value. Bronchitis was fatal last week in 154 cases, 87 of which occurred amongst persons of 40 years old or upwards ; pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs carried off 108 persons, 88 of whom were children, and nearly all of a very tender age. Eighteen persons died of a,thma ; 136 of pbthisis or consumption, of whom 74, or more than half, were at the age 20-40 years. In the class of zytnotic diseases measles appears very distinctly to be on the increase ; the numbers of children who died of it in the last three weeks haling been 25, 35, and 43. St. George Bloomsbury, Somers-town, Islington, Long-acra, are the parts in which, judging from the deaths that have already occurred from this com plaint, it chiefly threatens to prevail. Typhus or com mon fever was fatal in 53 cases,. of which 4 occurred in the sub-district of Whitecross-,tree`, 4 in that of Hoxton New Town. A child died in Barbican, and the cause of death, as described in the medical certificate, was " hy• pertrophy of the abdominal glands, and foul air." A ease of fever in Westbourne-place, In the Belgrave sub• district, is reported as having been caused in a great measure by the bad state of the drains. Small-pox is returned as the cause of death in 6 cases, scarlatina in 38, hooping-cough in 41, diarrhoea in 19. Of 48 persons who bad attained their eightieth year, or were in a still more advanced stage of life, 7 were 90 years old or more, and the oldest was the widow of a Russian merchant, who died at Clapham-rise at the age of 99 years. Last week the births of 853 boys and 804 girls, in all 1,657 children, were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1816-55 the average number was 1,449. A e h t h i t g h h e e t R r O e y a a d l in O g b w s e a r: a 3 t o o r o y 6 , G in . 1.: e t n t w h i:h b , e g t i t e m, n mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.677 in. T the week. The mean temperature was 39.3 deg., which is 2.5 deg. below the average of the same wee in 38 year (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The highest temperature occurred on Sunday (the 23d), and was 58 deg. ; the lowest on that day was 47 deg. ; and the mean 51 7 deg., which is 10 deg above the average. Tt.e mean of Monday was 7.2 deg. above the average. The temperature then fall coniderably ; the mean during the rest of the week was on every day below the average, and on Saturday it was 29.3 dog., or 12.6 deg. below it. The highest reading on Saturday was only 35 deg., and the lowest 24.3 deg. The range of the week was 33.7 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 34.6 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air tem h . perature was 4.7 deg. The mean temperature of t e water of the Thames ,aas 44.2 deg. The lowest peraturetem fowe n i raindo nb or vrw o e f t nee h enl rivere tseedrdaa ylal.yn from w wo a nw s ta 4 ht s h 2 ao: 3 . nsd2oa d yr e i t t os.iw o on n we es atSaturday.r. fell Tt olThe ohaf e amount oehTft depth of 2 inches early in the morning, and was followed by fiToufeantosheromwoemrseotetrraoinn.graessawSaastusordlaoywnaisgh9t.sthdeegre.ad- MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOV. 29. ---- Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Di sease s of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 47 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . 296 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations ............................................ 2 Premature Birth and Debility .......................... 35 Atrophy ...................................................... 24 Old Age ........ udden................ .................................... 14 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 25 Causes not specified DEATHS THOM ALL CAUSES .................. ... 1,158 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts ' 376,427 . 170 North Districts 490,396 ...... 233 Central Districts 393,256 ...... 190 East Districts 485,522 ...... 222 South Districts Totals Males ............... ............ Fema1e5......... BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. 1,124 1,158 564 594 Males..... Females.. Total . 853 804 1,657 KILLARNEY -T UNCTION RAILViTAT - —The half-yearly meeting of thil; company was held on Saturday, in Dublin. The di rec t ora ' report, which wag unanimously adopted, showed an It apr •vement in every branch ; the net revenue for th.s half-year being 5,1431., out of which a dividend of 5 per ce nt. per annum was drclared, leav ing more than 2,000. to be added to the floating balance. BELFAST AND B ALLYMENA BAILWAY. The half yearly meeting of the shareholders of this line was held at Belfast on Friday; the Hon. G. Ilandcock in the chair. The report gave a very satisfactory account of the state of the company. It showed the reserve fund to be nearly 16,0001., and Fropoeed a dividend of 7 per cent. Colv.t.r'„ - 7 .l.arkt S. LIVERPOOL- - DEC. 2. A firm feeling has pervaded the wheat tit:de during the week This morning there was a goodly attendance, and fair business was done in wheat, at an advance of ld per bushel on useful American re.l. White wheat no dearer. G iod marks of b trrel flour commanded extreme rates — sack flour not so free of sale. Indian corn was unaltered in value ; there were buyers at a small concession in price. Oats and oatmeal firm, at recent quotations. Barley, beans, and peas unchanged. LEEDS-DEC. 2. - - We have severe frost, a continuance of which would soon clos: our canal navigation. The show of wheat to-day is vary small, business is therefore restricted, but prices may ho quoted fully as good as Friday. Barley a slow sale. o,ts, beans, and other articles without material alters ti)D. Average price of grain —Wheat, 62s ld ; barley, 478 6d ; oats, 27s 9d ; beans, 46s Od ; peas, 463. Od. ; ryo, —s. Od. HULL—DEc. 2. A moderate attendance to-day, and a fair supply of wheat in much improved condition ; a free sale at 2s over last week's prices. Foreign in improved demand, and le dearer. All spring corn in somewhat more request. Lin seed firm. A good consumptive demand for cakes. I. 0. Peas, grey and black to -- 'f,insced, Black Sea 62 to 65 Ditto Potersburgh 5O to 5 Ditto Riga and Arch angel , Ditto Konigsberg and Hemel 44 to 50 Per Ton. Gins. c., Hull —/ Os to 10 0: Od Ditto fine for. 81 Os 9 15s Od Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os Od to 0/ us Rapeseed..... 00/ Os to 00/ Os Rape cakes —8 Od to 127 s 6d Pares, English Ol. to --- 1 Ditto foreign Guano OO/ Os 81 ton/ 151 Bones Flour, per bri.' 3ss. 385 Wheat, English, red 60 to 661 Ditto white 65 to 70, Dantzic and Konigs berg 66 to 721 PomeraniallamlHam burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 58 to 6' 4 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 23 to 31 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 4O to 42 COURSE OF EXCH/ insterclam . 11 4 Ditto, three months .. n 17 +totterdarn ......... II 17 klitwerp •....... 25 32 Irass.els ~ •• •• ~.... 25 32g lainburgh 13 7 y 2; Mtona .. • • •• • Paris 25 25 Ditto, three months 25 65 AarseiD es .... ........ 25 67% tiolirdeAux ranitfort-on. lain© •• .. 119% Vieuntt ....... 10 43 Crieste.. . 10 44 Petersburg 37 Aadrid ....... 4Syy :laths .............. 49 1 - 11reelons S•cilln G 8.-YESTERDAY. i4ibraltar ...••• • •• • • -- 29 7 5 , Leghorn • . • • • • •• • • .• • • 25 82,0 Genoa e •• •• • • :mum .. • • ...... •• Naples .• .............. 43% Palermo l3O Messina .. .... 130 g Lisbon 5l Oporto .....• •• •....... 51% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres.. •• •••••• Yew York ,60 days' sight -- Philadelphia •• PRICES OF BIILLICN, PER OS. Foreign Gold In Bars £0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 I'.Mexican Dollars .... 0 e 0 New Dollars ....• 0 () 0 Sinter , n bars 0 0 . = LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2. -mows. ftiotiANGE.—The Stock Exchange to-dAY / / ft doing a very quiet business, and prices closed at ael improvement. North Eastern, Berwick, 211 R- 11 iA Eastern, 22—Caledonian 29i—Manchester, Shefaer and Lincolnshire, 35.i—Ditto, 61 new 6 per cent. , 1-B n . 3d. prem. -- Lancashire and Yorkshire 96 7- 03° — and North Western, 105 i i f 6—Midland, 81k 2 2 I f .. Dutch Rhenish, 1.3.9 prem.—Great Western, 69i. LEEDS, DEC. 2. ;ni'tea STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions ha ve been ---1 ,o Midlands, which opened at 82 a nd closed at 82.1.3. ItANCHESTER, DEC. 2. YMCA SECHANGE.—The market opened firmer ton "-j:,. and prices closed at full quotations. Midlands, 8 1 4 Manchester, Sheffield, and Linenlns, 351 if—Leeds, 69 -South Eastern and Dover, 22 —Great Westerns, ow, —Chester and Birkenhead, 16t—Great Western of 21 nada, 24 11.16—Ditto, new, 2a pm.—East Lancahire, 88.41301111r8 „VI slgmttes that the mails aro sent from the General POW' • y the night—and M by the morning—despatch,) ..y cue wein•—•4..........., ...- —..........„ , t he'i Day when made , p From . I ' 4 doe " I d . - COUNTRUCtr. in General Post- For Mike, London.* D i spa tett d. .........../P ifisn - ----- ---.. . WeeklV &motlea(byßrit.pack)N Every Fade , Liverpoo •• America (by United Ste. weehli packet) ..........N Every Tuesday Bentham e'' knerica (by U. Stet ;s packet) .... .. ....N ••• • Ltverpo.• •• &uetralia (via • Liver-, pool) ............ cdl4th and 18th Liverpool •• woe Ditto (via Marseilles) .15! ••.. Dover .. • • Ditto (via Cape of Good, l2th phi . Voce , the Rope) .... •• •• .• ••11 1 •••••• , ' . sal 0 0, Africa (West Coast), .Nl9Bd of the month Plymou .. . A d s 1 A. , oxandria.. • • .... N 10th & 26th of o. Dover . m ..• A lb ,' tilesandria...,..... —M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamP v Bahamas ... .. .. .. . . M 17th of the month Seattle. P? . ! 1 0 6 2 1 1 Belgium ............N Deily ••••• • • • • • • • r i f aiii pt 0., Otis. Brazil .............. NI 19th of the month thainrton 16th all131108Arell•• •• •• ••M 9th of the mon , - OW Cape of Good slope N sth of the month ~.,_,o w, ports io t a of ns Cape of Good Hope ..N l Uncertain Case de Verdi ...... Nlv• • , i _ , yout.e•lmPwv ginthi., Ceylon (see India) ilOth and 26th... • Ceylon ..............N 4th and 20th ...• ,Aoutbodp -n fu, diettinT:. Channel Isles ...... N. au..., tv.u.,.serl,• c i out hardp on 1 Ch111•—.............M'2d &lit h of month 4 An China .... 4th and 10th ... • • ,D 0,,,, .. .. and 14 Constantinople ......N I Oth and 26th •• • • go „ t h,,raptot 7 __ A .di Constantinople ...„ A . rigior --- Cont. of Europe hI fk N Twice daily ... •• TiVi 080 Egypt (see India) •• 4 2 Gibraltar France ............hi .. ft .. N N T it :y . 7 7 d . 2 a 0 0 , y 2 . 7 . , f.... De go Lh.,m - p . m 6, 7, 4 , d 16 Greece (see India) r,o B" a t.l don na . P ..... I • s m t i gill -6 aratA bu W rg ll la •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • M N 2 D n ail dB ; l , 7 : A t ' h ,;: o ................... Southamp if Ist of II .......... flavannah ..........M and of ..- Holland .......... • . Dover ... ~A A . Dail/ • M Daillo.f the month. Southampton 16th 91 0 91 0 Honduras ........ • • N ili m trithtnt 20th of naon. aan • b ei , 29 India (viaSontlaamPL - 001 9,c6th of mottt Dover „ „... , 1 India (via Marseilles)Nl 1 lonian isles (see M & N r Arica daily Ireland . .... . • • y 2c , of ~ ~ . In: 7 1 : 9 . :: of month Southampton 61';11 1. Lisbon •• •• •• .• • • • NI, 2 , 3:l ,llo, o , f o2f m o:h o e n a t n h ind 0 . 2n . 6t. . h I Do Liv ver erpool ...• 4. is Madeira .......... Madeira • • •• •• • • •-• Malta (see India) s c ^ t , n " ai ii i ;f . the month 4th ' I " wahlsiaaaptinuriltiaceolstiirusuls....(o7:e...e7::in".....a7i.! ......... Dover .... •• iat A 16 New Granada ....... 2cl & .7th of month g ou thampto efevr Zealand ........... 4th and 19th ninth Various po' Air 4. 1 1 Papalpp e e rrut a T. u t a1 1 a a . t a. :•: :::: : : : . ......1 . .: . :15,41% Daily '• • • • • • • • • • • Dover .....- - - e 60 1 - . ..V ic : 11 9, 0f 1 m 7t o h n o t f h m .. 0 . n : Slouutt Variousb a a m na p P p o t ,' : , ; i v a r t e : l l l T Si ti c a ll e y any a • : : . . .• . .• : •• .• .• : : : N I , . 1. 1 !Ix: . .S . a . t . u . r . d . a.y . .. Venezuels ..........b , 2d & 1 Ith oftnonts , 4outharao ' ' Dover .. i 8, 16 0 Van J!emen's t, ql , knstrali a) I ....Jo h and 18th of en 8"tile:::: tat All Weo I,lfo 4.4 , •,• .. ~ li ga________M" 16 Arhen any or these tat siatched on the followhal ::ctithampton), end the 3,1 preeedinz day. I be a' te fall on a Sunday, t h e mai. , s day, with the exception of th `tt d , the delta, both of which wi ll be despcw [AnvEariszmE le rl—The great injury inflicted on In in D e valids by drugs increases the interest the hi' tait s o n! . i e curet.b . Barry's Revalenta Arabic: , Food, which cureslithlocut Wale; indigestion (dyspepsia), flatulency, constipation, nerlaa bilious,. debility. and liver complaints, cough, asthma, consumPtl° of We quote a foo fe d w :_ o F u r t om of Collo ir e this W Castlestuart. Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of C astle'Dovro! land, December 9, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of ~ to stuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering 111103nibsi great nervousness and irritability state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Foo d bile , cured her, after all medicines had failed, of rabic ding. This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and n' a i ldi considered a real blessing. Inquiries will be ell e° iilo. answered.—From the Venerable Archdeacon of Ross. o f 32,836. —Three years' excessve nervousness, withpain g i ll ore thema linyo'vrthaoguesarnd Casesst; of neck and left arm, and general debility, which render dral altb' very miserable, has b • deacony Du Barry's he e , .- been radically re Arch of Ross, Skiber 011.`.c of many, years' stall IA restoring food.—ALEx. STUART, id arTof ' Chemistry Dr. A ndrewU re.; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. - _., 11 1; Wurzer ; Dr ' of Supported by testimonials from the celebratedProfessoro of Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; D r ' Lord Stuart de Decies ; the Dowager Countess of eti , stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other resp . T h ai persons, whose health has been restored by it, afteret!,D2stes, means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all 11 4 1 7 4 6,1,; , with full instructions. In canisters, lib., 2s. 9d.' 21 " ig. 0 slbs • ~ lls. ; 121b5., 225. ; super-refined, Ilb., 6s. ; 51bs., 225. ; 10Ibs., 335. The 101hs. and 121bs. O r Z.,, 0 8 ,. 74 on receipt of post-office order. Barry du B" purvey "ffl Recut-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, an Ca t ., ",, o i r to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Granechn„relctioloPg: 33J and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside : 6P, Corn hill ; 4 uo, — „ e " t; 6 ' gate-street; 55, Charing-cress : 64, Upper i3akerB" and 150. Oxfcrd-street. ___---.•'" S__,,i.llbs., free, BIRTHS. of (Rothe Elw in e s s t , - OB • SON. 4 .1, WO On the let • 30th It cit. , E n s i Congham Lodge, Norfolk, .o'.'e , a e org ° u.. at Russell-square, the wife of Matthey, Esq. ' OF A DAUGHTER . On the 29th ult., at 4, HWarwick -Villas, ra , aaingo th 'II. wof Lieut.-Colonel H. Stamford. 10 .0 of ife On the 30th ult., at Clift onville, Brighton, l'° E. S. Knipe, Esq. MAP.RIEID.the yep' On the 2d inst., at S. Alphage'e, Greenwich, 1 ,, tA Archdeacon Robinson, D.D., Master of the Mary, second daughter of Lieut. Bedford, R. 1 4 •, ° with Hospital. Of Flap WO , oi On the 29th ult., at Trinity Church, , - ,11) i c lovi Henry Clements, of Hythe, Kent, to Harriet, otoopt• R. Kowe, Esq., late of the Royal Engineer Der° DIED. of sit On the let in st., at Charles Atticus Mouck, 000 _... C.ooMan. the :10th 11:,:190ottnhhcknu,iitot.f:Baacttlstahrryao, litNtreoonorrht,ahraucm:iffbaaerr:llan:riyad.eareefic:ac2l:::: the Rev. W. T. Napleton, Penoyre. t . rgab e onlyme ro t ) t nn e d , ttahh E ueeg s 2 cl 2hm 9 l . :t es. h tr ag Auo.E d t tilt., .L, vicaral 5 0 r t: . dt Genoa,oandfThorntonciLt the ;cbiy l izr e Gy - e S z v. e t . e r n e e o t e ,2: h a i rs' 6 ?to ar e ' oat Stoddart,o,W,liii,lilaare -''.":llollth,9' St. John's College, Oxford, and only' surviving 041.- late Sir John Stoddart. Chorielt On the 22d Oct , of dysentery, at Galena*, d op o f aged 17, midshipman of the ship Edendale, 00°13 of ° Mr. William Watson, of St. Ann's -lane, Northieet, Kent. ----" ____---- - - Y0 111.16' of Aliddlesea., LONDON : Printed and Published by per Printer, rlo. of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sum u .Pl__ CO OO 1124 Straed, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in tile' Londo n, Wtdues lay, December 3, Ugh