The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-24 00:00:00

va i yal and Military Intelligence. Yesterday the troops stationed at St. Mary's invalid establishment, Chatham, nearly 1,500 men of all ranks, under the command of Lieut. Col. H. Anderson, assem bled in front of their barracks for the purpose of being inspected, after which the names of those men for whom an order for discharge had been received were announced by Adjutant J. Pope. The number of troops selected for discharge exceeded 200 men, belonging to various cavalry and infantry regiments, nearly the whole of whom were wounded or disabled while serving in the Crimea. The Ordnance transport Somerset, from Chatham, has arrived at Woolwich Arsenal, and commenced unship ping a cargo of overvented guns and otherdamaged stores. The iron screw steamer 13alaklava, W. Pellat, master, built for the service of the Ordnance Jepartment at Woolwich Arsenal, has returned to Woolwich, and is ordered to have her hold lined with woodwork through out, and to have ample accommodation fitted up for the crew, in the event of her being employed in the trans sport of powder and ammunition. The following appointments were made at the Ai rairalty yesterday : Captain W. Loring, C. 8., to the Iris. Lientenants—T. C. Bruce, to the Cressy ; W. A. De V. Brownlow, to the Miranda ; H. K. Leet, to the Tor toise. Surgeons—George B. Hill, to the Megaera, Johnston Christie, to the Simoom. Assistant-Surgeons—Patrick W. Dillon, to the Si moom ; Edward M'Carthy (acting), to the Megmra. Assistant Paymaster George B. Brown, to the Blen heim. THE ARCTIC SHIP RESOLUTE AND THE AMERICAN OFFICERS. PORTSMOUTH, TUESDAY. To-day, at noon, Captain Hartstein returned to the Resolute, from his visit to Viscount Palmerston, where he states he was entertained with the utmost cordiality. This morning the deputation from the S , Apowners' As sociation of Liverpool, comprising Mr. S. R. Graves, chairman, Mr. J. Smith, and Mr. F. A. Clint, arrived at this port and inspected the Victory and Clarence -yard, whence they were embarked by Mr. 3. Davies, master. attendant of that establishment, accompanied by M r . J . Garratt, of the firm of Garratt, Gibbon, and Sons, agents to Lloyd's for the Resolute. They were recei ve d at the gangway by Capt. .H artstein and officer s an d con d ucted below. After an introduction the deputation were in vited to the quatterdeck, where the officers and crew wets assembled, together with Chevalier Pappalardo, the Vice-Consul, and Mr. Davies. Mr. GRAVES then addressed Capt. Hartstein as fol lows:—By desire of the Shipowners' Association of Liver pool, we are here to-day to offer you the congratulations of its members on your safe arrival on our shores. The circumstances which have led to the auspicious event in dicate that in the exercise of humanity, intrepidity, and sympathy our countries - nobly emulate each other, and it is impossible to foresee, he benefits which may result to mankind from a rivalry between two great nations in the interchange of those ennobling sentiments of our nature. It has not pleased Providence to bless with success the generous and bold efforts of your country to restore to us will not say lost—our missing countrymen, yet who can say the sacrifices made have not met with a high re ward ? for this ship, after human skill had failed to ex tricate her from the apparent destruction which await-d her, has been miraculously preserved, that she might he the means of affording the people of America a further opportunity for evincing their strong sympathy, arid drawing into closer union the friendly relations of both countries. If in after years alight differences of opinion should arise between our respective Crdvernments, wa have but to remember the Resolute and her priceless cargo of goodwill—freely sent, and as freely received— to feel assured that the threatening clouds must in time be dispelled and pass away. We have learnt with extreme satisfaction that her Majesty, with that thoughtfulness for which she is so di,tinguished, has placed at your dis posal the means of returning to your homes in a manner befitting the nature of your visit. Yet we cannot help say ing regret is mingled with that satisfaction, for we e deprived of offering to you, your officers, and crew a re• ception more in accordance with our feelings. The trading community of Liverpool is bound to yours with more than common ties of interest, intercourse, and friendship ; we watch with deep interest every act which can disturb or strengthen these ties, and we receive with delight this munificent gift of the President and people of America as an additional pledge of unity. These feelings the shipowners of Liverpool have recorded with the simpli city of truth in the address we have now the honour to present to you : "To CAFfAIN HARTSTEIN, OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY, AND TO HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND CREW OP THE RESOLUTE. " We, the Liverpool Shipowners' Association, desire to offer to you our sincere congratulations on your safe arri val in England, having navigated to these shores the (Us. covery ship Resolute, as an offering of friendship and good will from the United States of America to this country. " We recognise in this act of the United States a gene rous testimony of the kindly feelings of its Government and people to the British nation, and of an earnest wish to foster those sentiments of mutual regard and esteem which constitute the real basis of cordial amity and enduring " The circumstances of a common ancestry and a com mon language, a similarity of laws, and in many respects an identity of interests, to say nothing of private friend ships and personal ties, united your country to ours by bonds which cannot easily be severed, but apontaneuus acts of friendship by the one nation to the other, such as that which it has been your pleasing duty to accomplish, are the best evidence to mankind at large of the indissoluble character of those bonds, and engender the utmost confi dence in the nations themselves that the peace which has so long happily subsisted between them will continue un disturbed. " This association, representing the shipping interests of this port, has witnessed this graceful act on the part of the United States with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction. Our flags and those of your country are blended together in the harbours of commerce throughout the world ; and we rejoice upon every occasion when the good feelings which the heading community of each country beartoward■ each other are encouraged by more than ordinary acts of friendship on the part of either of their Governments. " We have now only to express our earnest hope and trust that the same protecting Providence which enabled you to bring the Resolute in safety to Ertgland through the difficulties and perils of unusually tempestuous w ea . ther will conduct you in safety to your homes, and that you may there individually long enjoy health, happiness, and prosperity. - "S. R. GRAVES, Chairman. " In pursuance of a special general meeting of the asso. ciation, held the 20th day of Dec., 1856." To this Capt. Hartstein delivered the following reply ---Gentlemeu,—T o sa y that I f ee l h onoure d by thi s un mistakeable mark of your consideration would but feebly express my sense of the compliment which you have thus paid throogh me to the Government whose representative I now have the honour to be. Meeting you as delegates from the shipowners of the great commercial city of tin -United Kingdom, I rejoice at the kindly feeling' thus manifested for- a nation with whose i terests you are so intimately conbected. In my present missiin to your Government you can read the spirit of Americans towards the people of this country, and can easily believe that your happy allusion to the mutual bonds of origin and a community of feeli. , g between us will meet with, a cordial response. The advancement of science aed the arts, to which both na tions have, in a spirit of generou. rivalry, so greatly con tributed, tive changed our ancient geographical poi tious. IVliks and seconds have become almost synony mous words, and now the iron messengers of our com merce fly like st e am shuttl es , w e aving betwe en u s a fabric of mutual interest. May that spirit of friendly hayululation, enterprise, and enlightened purpose which given i to our shipping interests the distinguished tpinaiceie.thil occupy throughout the universe ever con gratulatiognennYtoti your expression of friendly interest and con o myself and officers of the Resolute be pleased, The dep esnt e i ra o en, to accept our hearty tbanks. and officers (who bad stood uncovered during the wpahrotoluez the interesting ceremony) then went below and ov of room, presided a splendid dejeuner in the gun by Capt. Hartstein,, Lieut. Wel4, filling the vice-eha7 s r " The (4 th Here the toasts of " the urea," United States," "The United Service Presidentt Briteal America," " The Depu tation from the Liverg i a A n , d s and responded to with g en '. °Ciat kin , " &c., were given slarous enthusiasm ; and on the deputation leaving the crew of the Resolute mounted p in the gig of Mr. Davies, of the Clarence-yard, the the rigging and gave them thre„ hearty t cheers, which were as heartily returned by wi i tation were highly pleased wit', the gig visit to the ship taheiregig. The depu. and their hospitable entertain ment board, and left for London by the 4 5 p.m. train, PRlvAns AND JOINT-SToex B ILLY KS, The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the retur n , of circu lation of the private and joint - sto ck ba nk , in and Wales for the four weeks ending the 22ntl Nov , i oT 1856, and gives the following as the average Weekly e i;' culation.of those banks during the past month, viz. Private banks ... Joint-stock banks £3,1455 ,97j 3,113,886 Average weekly circulation £6,969,857 On Comparing the above with the returns for the pre. ceding month, ending the `25 . h of Oct. last, it shows— kdecrease in the circulation of the private banksof ................................................ A. decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banksof ................................................ £83,039 41,220 Decrease on the month And, as compared with the return for the c orrespon( . l ing pe r i o d o f t h e prece di ng year—viz., Nov. 24 , 1855, it shows— 1:124,309 A decrease in the circulation of the private banks of A decrease in the circulation of the joint-stock banks of 25,!'39 6,617 Decrease on the year On comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed issues the following appears to be the comparative state of the circulation : Th e private banks are below their fixed issues 2662,975 Th e joint-stook banks are below their fixed issues 189,4 1 Tot:d below their fixed ißsiie4 . £852,446 The weekly reviews of the Amsterdam and Rotterdam produce-markets state that the operations continuo limited, but that prices, on the average, are well sup ported. At the close of the year no activity is autici pated. The letters from Rouen mention th,,t the mar ket for manufactures Was steady, although puiebasem recently diminished. BAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLN- SHIRE. The working expenses and other outgoings of this company's railways (exclusive of the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham stated below)* have amounted in the fortnight ending Dec. 14 to 9,0991. 14s„ whilst the corresponding period of 1855 amounted to 8,6081. 2s. 2d. The sum of 99,2781. 3s. sd. already stated for the first eleven fortnights of the half-year, added to the 9,099/. 14s. as above, makes a total ex pended of 108,3771. 17e. 54. as against 112,4601. Bs. 4d for the corresponding twelve fortnights of the previous year. The proportion of the South Junction, &c., re ceipts acrcuing to this compai:y for the fortnight endin Dec 14, amounts to 778/.108. 7d. as against 6521.165. 2d. for the same period of 1855. The sum of 9 , 1651. 12s. 7d., as previously stated for the first eleven fortnights of the half-year, added to the 778/. 10s. 7d. as above, makes a total to Dec. 14 of 9,944/. 3s. 2d., as against 9,6441. 18s. 7d. for the same period of 1855. The proportion of south Junction, working expenses and other out goings for the fortnight ending Dec. 14, is 5211. 7s. 4 , 1., whilst the corresponding period of 1855 amounted ty 3511. Os. 9d. The sum of 4,7801. 10s. already stated for the first eleven fortnights of the had-year, added to the 5211. 7s. 4d. as above, makes a total expended to Dec. 14, of 5,3011. 17a. 4d. as against 4,4531. 2s. 11d. for the corresponding twelve fortnights of the previous year. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1866, being understood by the multitude, were believed to be cries of distress and protestations of innocence. Lagaoa was brought up next, and no sooner had be been placed near his fellow-culprit than his voice was raised in protestations to the Virgin Mary and all the ca'endar of saints. Terrible as was the scene up to this point, it was infinitely more painful when Bar baalo appeared on the drop. The wretched youth was greatly excited, and could not be induced to submit himself quietly to the executioner. He appealed to the priests, and these reverend men, in their anxiety to give the dying man consolation, placed them selves in positions whica obliged Calcraft to call upon them to remove, or it would be impossible for him to perform his office. This was done in a tone loud enough to be heard by the crowd below, from whom a murmur of" shame" arose, probably as much from the length of time already occupied in affixing the nooses and splicing the ropes round the cross beam—a clumsy operation, which, wits the improved example of the metropolitan prison of Newgate open to them, is a disgrace to all the county justices who tolerate it—as from any other cause. At length, atter 13 minutes had elapsed from the period of Pietrici appearing oa the scaffold, during the whole of which time the culprits were exclaiming in Italian, at the top of their voices, and in tones which created the moot painful excitement among all who heard them, the drop fell heavily, and in a few moments the bodies of the wretched men were drifting lifeless in the morning breeze. There were very few spectators present, probably at no period more than 1,000, and as soon as the drop fell st of them dispersed. Tae bodies were cut down after hanging an hour, and botore noon they were buried in one of the courtyards of the gaol. Calcraft's nerve was unshaken throughout the trying daty, but it is confidently believed that bad any amateur undertaken the office some frightful disaster would have happened. The visiting justices, with Lord H. Cholmondeley in the chair, bad a meeting at 10 o'clock this morning. It is understood that one of the subjects under discussion was the great inhumanity of requiring a culprit about to be executed to descend between 70 and 80 steps, which is the number from the basement of the entrance gate way to the drop at Winchester. Anything more disgrace ful to humanity was never insisted on, and the cruelty of it was shown this morning by all the culprits eagerly asking for draughts of water on their arrival in the press room, which is some 20 or 30 steps from the drop. It may be interesting to add teat Pietrici was a Dal matian, and has been in Eugland before, having sailed in a vessel which traded between the Levant and Liver pool. Lagaoa and Barbaalo were both Sicilians. The former sailed in both French and English transports during the late war, and was flogged while in the Eng lish service. Lagaoa, it should be stated, is an assumed name ; his real name is Francesco Libreste, but, having deserted from the Sicilian service, he changed his name to avoid detection. Barbaalo was of better birth than his •omrades, being the son of a law agent. He was brought up in the Marine School of Naples, and carried good certificates of seamanship. AWFUL MURDER AT BIRKENHEAD. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. It is with much regret that we have to report the com mission of another awful murder, perpetrated this morn. ing in the township of Birkenhead. The victim on this occasion met with his death while in discharge of his duty, and in its execution he was acting towards the ruffian who hurried him into eternity in the most humane and len►ent manner. Indeed there caonot be any pallia tion for the atrocious deed. The particulars, as at pre sent ascertained, are as follow : It appears that at a quarter before one this morning, Thomas Smith and Michael Breen, two young men, dock labourers, residing at 9, Eldon-place, Birkenhead, went to the publio-house in Chester-street kept by Mrs. Softly, and knocked at the door in a very boisterous manner. Mrs. Softly asked who was there, when the two men demanded to be served with some drink, which was refuted them, however, and after making consider. able disturbance they went to the next door, a beer hoase, kept by Mrs. Carr, and there Smith kicked in the panels of the door. Mrs. Softly, hearing the disturbance, sent her man servant out by the back door to fetch a policeman ; and the deceased man, Vaughan, No. 3, was brought to the spot, and led the men away down the street. When in Bridge street, police-officer Whitehead came up, and Vaughan having told him what the prizoners Lad done, asked them their names. Smith at once showed fight, and Whitehead saw him strike his brother officer several times. Iu a moment poor Vaughan cried out, " He's got a knife. I'm done, I'm done I" and fell down in the street. Smith then ran away, but he had not got many yards when Policeman Clarke coming up from the oppo site direction, took him into custAly, Whitehead having the other prisoner Breen in his charge. A. struggle with Smith ensuoi, and after a severe fight the fellows were taken to Bridewell, when it was found that Smith had a very severe wound between the forefinger and thumb of his right hand, caused no doubt by the shutting of the knife with which he killed the officer Vaughan. Ou re turning to the place where the murder was committed, close to a pool of blood was discovered a large pocket. knife, the blade of which was covered with blood, and this knife is identified as belonging to the prisoner Smith. A shandry, in which some persons had keen brought down from Billiton to Woodside Ferry, ap proachtd the scene of the murder, and into this vehicle Whitehead put his injured brother officer, and bad him conveyed to the police-station, where Dr. Jeannette, the police surgeon, was very promptly in attendance, and rendered every aid possible to save the life of the suf ferer ; but medical skill was of no avail, for Vaughan died at a quarter to three, three quarters of an hour after his arrival at the police station, and without say ing a word. The wound of which he died was just be low the heart. Superintendent Birnie, who used every effort to alleviate the poor fellow's distress, informs us that he died without a groan. Vaughan was 25 years of age, stood feet 1 inch, was of a very spare habit of body, and had been in the Bir kenhead force since October, 1853, having come over from the Irish constabulary to join it. He was a very promising young officer, remarkably civil to everybody, and amst conscientious in the discharge of his duties. We regret to state that he has left, totally unprovided for, an aged widowed mother, and a sister who has been much afflicted for many years. He was their main support. STRATFORD UPON-AVON. It appears that persons locally interested are endeavour ing to obtain subscriptions for the constructi 'n of a line of railway from the Birmingham branch of the Great Western Railway at Hatton to Stratford-upon-Aven. They state that a very cheap line can be constructed through the district, and that therefore it is likely to prove remn nerative. The assent of the majority of the landowners has been obtained, and a number of shares has been subscribed for. On. object of the proposed line is to connect Stratford with Birmingham, on account of a great deal of the Stratford trade being transacted with houses in Birmingham. SOUTEI WALES. Exertions are being made at the Neyland terminus of this railway to perfect the arranlements for shipping coal and merchandise at Milford Haven. One coal ship ping place is nearly finished and a second has been com menced. CORK AND YOUGHAL. A public meeting of landed proprietors and ratepayers of the baronies of Barrymore and Imokilly, was held at Midleton, on Monday, to ernisider the propriety of con senting to a baronial guarantee in favour of the Cork and Yoogbal Railway for five per cent, on a capital of 100,0001., in order to enable the railway to be com pleted._ Lord FEBMOY opened the proceedings by stating that he would not attempt to influence the meeting either one way or the other, but would ask them to hear patiently the arguments of the speakers on both sides of the question. Lord SHANNON said he was opposed to the guarantee, and that there had been a preliminary meeting . held that morning, at which the railway directors had decided on a course which wou d relieve the meeting from all fur ther difficulty. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BLITT, M.P., chairman of the company, said, that as public opinion in the baronies was very much divided and that there was a strong and ir.fluential oppositio❑ to the guarantee, he had advised the railway directors to withdraw the proposition, and not to press the guarantee. Their predecessors, the English company, had expended 60,0001. without doing one particle of good, while the present company bad, with only 40,0001., nearly com pleted 10 miles of railway, the works being now nearly ready for the raile, and 2,0001. or 3,0001. would put them in complete readiness. He hoped that, though they had not the advantage of the guarantee, they would be able to commence running trains in the ensuing summer. (H-ar, hear ) Lord SHANNON expressed himself, on the part of the opponents of the guarantee, highly gratified at the straightforward and manly course taken by Mr. Butt. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thaaks to Lord Fermoy. LYONS. A railway is proposed to be constructed near Lyons, on steep gradients, with a view to avoid deep cuttings and embankments, or tunnels, and to test a new system of carriage invented by M. Bourget, civil engineer, for working it. A break placed under the carriage holds on to a third rail when the tram stops, but when in motion the part which seizes on the rail opens by the effect of the onward movement and closes with great force the moment the train ceases to go forward. It is stated that a number of trials of the pla❑ were made by the Council of the Ponta et Chaussees, and that they sanctioned the employment of the system. The Lyons journals state that the shares issued for raising v.e necessary capital to execute the line were subscribed in three days. WESTERN OF FRANCE. The works on the section of the rail way from Lisieux to Houlleur are being pushed on with great activity, particularly that between the former place and P, at l'Eveque. On the portion from Pont l'Eveque to Hon fleur the plans for the tunnel from the valley of St. Laurent to La Touque, together with the surveys, have been approved by the Minister of Public Works. PIEDMONTESE AND LOMBARD. The Piedmontese Gazette of the 12th publishes a con vention between Piedmont and Austria for the construc tion of a railway between Novara and Milan. The Pied asontese Government engages to construct a railway , from Novara to the frontier place of Buffatora, and Aus tria engages •n her part to continue it to Milan. It is for the present to have only a single track of rails, but both Governments engage to purchase the ground necessary for a second track. The work is to be conceded to two different companies, one for each state. The Piedmon. tese Government reserves all its sovereign rights, both judicial and political, over the frontier station, which is to lie on its territory. Hence all the Austrien functionaries are, while at that station, under the juris diction of Piedmont, both in a penal and a civil point of view. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTEIta RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 2J, 1856 £16,669 9 7 Corresponding week last year Decrease in 1856 £316 19 8 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 20, 1856... Corresponding weak last year. 12,705 5 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1856 416,5186 16 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1855 391,350 0 1 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 21, 1856 £713 13 4 THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK Meetings have just been held on this matter to settle the list of contributories or shareholders liable to calls, befor e Mr. Pugh, one of the chief clerks of Vice-Chancellor Kin dersley. Two lista were brought in by Mr. Harding, the official manager, one consisting of those shareholders who had taken shares under the original charter, and the other of those who had taken shares under the new or supple. mental charter. Considerable discussion and confusion took place on the question of fraud alleged to have been committed by the company on the shareholders, in the course of which the chief clerk intimated that in his opi nion the question of fraud would not avail the shareholders if fully proved, and he should place them on the list not withstanding, with, of course, liberty to appeal. Mr. Field, who represented shareholders who came in under the supplemental charter, made an application that certain evidence and omissions might go together to esta blish what ho considered to be the general frauds of the company, contending that his clients were not only not contributories under the new charter, but that they w, re entitled to recover back from the company the amounts they had paid on their new shares. The Chief Clerk, however, declined to entertain the ap. plication. The first case of importance, which will probably rule many others of a similar description, was that of Mr. Wlmer, of Islington, who was sought to ba made liable under List A by the transfer of five shares. Mr. H Harris appeared as solicitor for Mr. Ulmer, aril stated that, although the chief clerk had laid it down that no fraud would go in ease of the shareholders, he should, nevertheless, be under the necessity of entering into this case fully. The official manager stated that he should have no difficulty in placing Mr. Ulmer on the list as liable, and then put in the transfer and the deed, the handwriting of each of which was admi , ted. Mr. Gatherer, the company's registrar of shares, was then examined. He deposed that he knew Mr. Loran de Wolfe Cockrane, who was the transferor of the five shares to Mr. Ulmer on 31st March, 1856. He got the shares from Mr. Cameron, the manager of the bank. The bank must, there fore, have held them. He did not know whether Mr. Cock rane ( was a debtor to the bank or not, but being referred to fl ti lirectors' "green ledger," he observed that at the time to the close ofa' evilness 1 question Mr. Cockrane was debtor for several thousand bank atonpopte " tin ". This i e „ k directors' "green ledger" was kept under and key by Mr. Munro, private secretary to Mr. Cameron, e v . t accountl had nev h e r e fo d previously tha seen t it. th Referrin g etime the becaus e th ey He (lid thin Mr. Harris was a debtor for 10,0001. Cockrane ilk the bank held these shares as security, owe rned so small a relative value to the amount formerly a direct they were held bthe bank, but he could not say whether y or the bank or not. Mr. Cockrane was from himself ron, e_f the bank and took 10 shares in 1851 qu alif y te a l d h i e manager, and a second 10 shares to the " green ledg er , Wer r e e cor- The transactions entered in ares was 2501., and they were The consideration for the sh ares kept secret from the clerks. know e the brokers. He found o sold at par. He die not reference to the " green lioeldageerd"that the sum of 2501. was received by the batik and but he sum that formel the the Ist April, 1856. It placed the to Mr. Cockrane's credit on lair. Cockrane had also itco n w s a id s e t r h a e ti i o d n en fo t r ic t a b l e su sh m ares, b or not. ft,.. r could not s whether He did not know in and five shares aho bau Stu become a director p what book 1 books o w l i h e i c o h f a s sold 10 0 1 O tw o o ha m re o s nt t h o s M be ri o ß re u t t h t, e tthoeMbranrthtleelaKcceorur.nts rendered to the entered, but he found, on reference to the iriet • °" were most of the names of the proprietors were ent ere 1 stated to be resolved at t he last y ear ' s meeting, in it was 1856, Mr. Esdaile in the cha ir, that " the ShareholdersinA Au unbounded confidence in the honour and integrity of the directors." (Loud laughter.) He knew, however, th at the meeting in question was no t unanimou s , for sever s l shareholders grumbled, and had not confi dence in th e directors; but referring to the minute-book, he fo un d that the meeting was entered as " unanimous." Mr. Crawford, the accountant, who bad succeeded Mr. Cameron as w ane . ger, could give the best information as to the accounts. EXECUTION OF TR E ITALIAN CONVICTS AT WINCHESTER. WINCHESTER, TUESDAY. The last dread sentence of the law was executed this morning upon the persons of the three Italian sailors, convicted at the late gaol delivery at Winchester of piracy and murder on board the British barque Globe, in the Black Sea, in the month of July last. The conduct of the prisoners since their condemnation has been becoming the awful position in which they were placed. Im mediately after sentence had been pr mount el, and while under an impression that their lives would be forfeited within a few hours, they were fearfully e (cited, and declared loudly thatjus, jos had not been done to them. But the interval which has since elapsed has been so far improved by the rev. chaplain of the prison, Mr. Foster Rogers, and ills Roman Catholic clergymen appointed to attend the culprits, that before the wretched criminals suffered they not only confessed their guilt, but admitted the justice of the sentence by which their lives had be come forfeited. Guiseppe Lagaoa was the first to break silence on the subject of his grimes. About two o'clock yesterday he titian een engaged in prayer with Signor Salvatore Fer re Italian Protestant gentleman, who at the request of the visiting justices came down to Winchester soon after the men were sentenced, to act as interpreter and take down any statements they might desire to make. Signor Ferretti, acting with Mr. Rogers, the excellent chaplain of the gaol, had completed an impressive peni tsntial prayer in the Italian language, and was about to leave the cell, when Lagaoa suddenly seized him 1 . 7 wrist, and after an apparently painful inward struggle with his feelings exclaimed with the most tragic gesticu lations, " Sono colpevole ! Sono colpevole ! Sono colpe !' vole !" (I am guilty lam guilty ! lam guilty !) Before Ferretti could question the unhappy man he added, "Io Bull' anima cinque omicidii" (I have 5 mur ders on my soul.) Signor Ferretti asked Lagaoa what he wished him to understand by the last observation. Upon which the wretched man exclaimed in Italian, " I am the chief sinner, and on my head will rest the murder of the two sailors for whom we are condemned, as well as my two poor companions, whom I dragged into it by the hair of their heads (strascinati per i capella). lam guilty and deserve death." As soon as Signor Ferretti had explained to the chap lain what had fallen from Lagaoa, Mr. Rogers at once had the statement committed to writing, and forwarded to the Home Secretary by special messenger. The joint statements of the culprits had already been laid before Sir George Grey, who saw nothing in then& to induce an interference, and, as might be expected, the confession of one of the prisoners offered no stronger grounds for staying the execution. Mr. Rogers' humane effort was simply acknowledged as follows : " Whitehall, Dec. 22,1836. " Sir,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, report ing that Guiseppa Lagoa has confessed that he is guilty of the crime for which he has been sentenced to death ; and has stated that his fellow convicts were drawn into it by hint. "I am, sir, your obedient servant, „ A. WADDINGTON. ” Rev. F. Rogers, chaplain to the County Gaol, Winchester." Matteo Pietrici, on learning that all hope of a respite was at at end, became greatly excited, and dropping on his knees in the most impassioned manner implored that his life might be saved, adding that he would willingly be a slave for the remainder of his existence. Failing to receive any encouragement he gradually became more tranquil, and listened with attention to the exhortations of Mr. Rogers, interpreted to him by Signor Ferretti, for although a professed Roman Catholic this culprit re fused to receive spiritual consolation during the last few Mays of his life from any other than the Protestant chap lain. About seven o'clock last evening the wretched man partook of the Holy Communion, after which he became still more resigned and tranquil, and shortly before midnight he made the following confession to Signor Ferretti in the presence of the chap lain "I am not guilty of having conspired before hand to plunder the ship Globe. I do not know how the fight began. I only know I was struck and defended myself. I acknowledge it was by my hand the wounds were given of which the sailor died in hospital at Thera pia, but I did not do it fur plunder. I know I deserve to die, not for piracy, bu:, for worse things than I did on the Globe. lam a bad man. I have a bad heart. I de serve to die ;" and after a short pause he added, "I am a murderer. Two years ago I killed three persons at Trieste—one a woman, with whom I cohabited, and two gendarmes who were sent to arrest me. I also attempted to commit a murder at Constantinople, but the person I attacked escaped by jumping into the water and swim ming away." GTovanni Eitsbaalo, who was only 16 years of age, suf fered greatly on learning he must die. For some days he refused to see the Catholic priest, and was regularly attended by Mr. Rogers, but on finding that no hope existed of a reprieve, he returned to the administra tions of Mr. Stone, the missionary apostolic appointed by the Roman Catholic authorities, who attended him to the end. It transpired that, this unhappy youth had not been confirmed, and as he expressed a wish to receive the last sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, the Rev. Dr. Grant, titular Bishop of Southwark, arrived here last evening from London, and performed the cere mony of confirmation in the culprit's cell. That by the joint endeavours of their spiritual advisers all the culprits were brought to a proper frame of mind may be gathered from the fact, that Pietrici last even ing dictated to Signor Ferretti a letter, of which the fol lowing is a translation, addressed to the captain and crew of the barque Globe; &Acing their pardon, and ex pressing contrition for their crimes, which letter was subscribed both by Lagaoa and Barbaalo : " " Winchester Pris on , D ec . 22, 1656 . Dear Friends,—Since we have offended you, pardon us as we pardon you heartily. Jesus Christ pardoned those who put him on the cross. The Lord has been mer ciful towards us, and we hope that he will also be merciful towards you. We shall nut see each other any more in this world, but may God grant we may see each other again in heaven. Embrace for us George Nelligan. " t MATTEO PIETRIOI. t GUISEPPE LAGAOA. GIOYAINI 131.213AAL0. (Witnesses) Foster Rogers. S. Ferretti." Nelligan, it will be remembered, was the boy whose evidence at the trial mainly contributed to the convic tion of the prisoners. Alt the convicts slept well during the early part of the night. At 2 o'clock this morning Lagaoa requested the attendance of Signor Ferretti, and upon his arri►al begged him to offer up a prayer in his nati►e tongue ; having done which the unhappy man appeared much relieved. At 4 o'clock Pietrici rose fram his bed, and having dressed himse if paced to and fro in his cell for more than an hour, exclaiming continually, "Sono peccatore ! Cristo eit mio salvatore." (I ain a sinner ! Christ is my Saviour !) At 7 o'clock he partook of a hearty break fast, and expressed to Signor Ferretti that he did so for t the purpose of sustaining himself at the last moment. As the fatal period approached Signor Ferretti knelt down with the convict, and was in the act of offering up a prayer, when he was completely overcome by his feel - ings, and . was unable to articulate, upon which Pietrici himself prayed aloud as follows :—" Signore abbe pieta di me, it pin scellerato di tutti gli uomini. Ma to set la resurrezione ela vita. Resuscitatni come resuscitasti Lazz Irv." (0 Lord, have mercy upon me ! I /101 the most wicked of all men in the world. But thou art the resurrection and the life. Raise me even as thou raised Lazarus.) The allusion to Laz.trus had been induced by Signor Ferretti having read and expounded just pre vier's!) , the history of Lazarus, from the Gospel of S t John. After this prayer Pietrici repeated to Signor Ferretti that he believed there had never been ~o wicked a man as himself in the world, to illustrate which he eaid be had actually drank the blood of the woman he had murdered at Trieste. Laga .a and Barbaalo were only occasionally visited by Mr. Rogers and the interpreter during the morning, but Dr. Faa, minister of the Sardinian Catholic chapel, and Mr. Stone, both of whom are Italian emigrants, were with them from five a.m., and accompanied them to the scaffold. Lagaoa ate nothing and drank only a little water. Barbaalo was chiefly anxious about some letters which he had dictated to Signor Ferretti, and which he was very desirous should be forwarded to his relations in Italy. He received the Sacrament from the Rev. Dr. Faa, assisted by Dr. Baldacconi, of Gosport, at an early hour in the morning. The drop fad been erected over the entrance gateway of the gaal on the previous day, and all the preparations having been completed, at five minutes to eight o'clock Mr. Harfield, under sheriff, acting for Mr. E. It. Brad shaw, of Fair Oak Park, high sheriff of the county of Hants, formally demanded the bodies of the culprits for execution. The wretched men were now brought out of the cells in which they had been separately confined, and marshalled in the procession appointed to convey them to the gallows. The governor led the way, followed by the Rev. Mr. Rogers, and then came Pietrici, resting one arm upon Signor Ferretti and the other upon an officer of the gaol. Lagaoa came next, supported by two officers, and accompanied by Dr. Faa and Mr. Stone, and was in turn followed by Barbaalo, who was led by two turnkeys, and attended by Bishop Great and Dr. Rildacconi. A mere painful and distressing sight than was presented by this procession as it crossed the court yard lying between the prison and the entrance gateway cannot possibly be imagined. There was nothing of bra. vado in the manner of any of the culprits, though all of them walked without assistance, Pietrici had a smile playing upon his countenance ; Lagaoa looked deathly pale ; i Barbaalo was evidently suffering great mental emotion. The youthful appsarance of all the culprits, with their dark swarthy countenances and seafaring cos tume, as they tripped along with that running step pecu liar to sailors, gave ao the whole scene a solemnity which cap: very rarely have been witnessed on any similar oc casion. Arrived at the ei3trance gateway the culprits were con ducted by a narr , 3w stone staircase to an apartment abut 40 feet abort) the basement floor, where the pro cess of pinioning WAs gone through. Previously to this painful cerew.ony the unhappy men were permitted to embrace each other, which they did with great appa rent affection, and also bade farewell to the chaplain and governor and thei priests, Lagaoa. and Barbaalo request ing the latter zo accoiupany them on to the scaffold. Resigning themselves into the bands of Calcraft they were now severally pinioned During the whole time thi s wa•s going on, Lagnba and BetruaAlo repeated alutid the "Kyrie and other prayers in Latin. At one period Lagaoa directed the attention of Pietrici to the priest, but the latter replied, " The priest did not die for me„ Christ died for me." Pico-lei was tine first to be led on to the scoffold. As soon as Calcraft had paced him under the fatal beam, the most paintul excite ment was occasioned among the c‘owd assembled in front of the gaol by the culprit's exeaimiag, in a loud shrill voice, which resounded across the valley over looked by the prison, " Gesu Cristo, piglia mial" and other phrases of a similar character, which, not ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIIIT.—LEwEe, DEo. 23. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) Chalks Hendrick, aged 18, described as a gentleman, was indicted for feloniously cutting and wo un di ng J u li a ' Payne Blundell, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. Mr. M Hurst condi . mt y ed , w th i e th p lf ro r s . e j cu oh ti n o s n o , n S a e n rj d ea ju n r t . C B r a e l a la s n y: the prose cu ti on , i n open i ng t h e o t innTebheaeht learned e e l af n r d onf e e d td h s ce p o e u c a B el prisoner. for case to the jury, said that the inquiry they were about to enter into was one of a somewhat unusual and extraordi nary, and at the same time distressing character. The pri soner was a young man occupying a position in life among the higher classes, and he was charged with the very serious offence of maliciously stabbing a young woman named Blundell, at Brighton, with intent to do her griev ous bodily harm. He said there would be doubt that the prisoner had stabbed the prosecutrix, and he believed that the only question the jury would have to consider in the result would be with what intent the act was inflicted. The learned counsel then proceeded to detail the facts of the case, and the following evidence was adduced : Charles Henry Harvey, a Brighton police constable, said—l was on duty in Church-str ee t, B r i g ht on , a b ou t one o'clock on the morning of the 17th December, and I saw the prisoner come out of the Volunteer public-house. He addressed me, and said, " Holloa, old boy, lam -- if I don't know you." I said perhaps he did. He then said he had been t o the Casino, and if he had Knight, the keeper of the Casino, th e re, ha would stab him to the heart. While he was saying this he appeared to be in the act of opening a knife, and I said to hire, " Nonsense, you must be joking," and took the knife away from him and shut it, an gave it him back again, and told him to put it in his pocket believe, he and go t the The knife e l . a e then the turned same roun d, time and , I say ing that he would carry it open, and he woul d stab an y one he met who interfered with him , I was about to take the knife from him, but before I could do so he made a stab at the prosecutrix, who was standing close by. At the time he did so he made use of a foul expression to her and said, " Hellos, old girl, I think I know you," and she replied, " I don't know you, sir." The prisoner then said to her, " How would you like this ?" and made a thrust at her groin ; and in a minute or so afterwards the prosecu trix said that she was hurt, and put her hands under her dress, and when she withdrew them I saw they were co vered with blood. I then took the knife from the prisoner, and told him that he must go with me to the Town-hall, upon the charge of wounding the prosecutrix, and he said that he was willing to accompany me. He had been drink ing, but could talk very well, and seemed to know what he was about. The prosecutrix appeared to be very much hurt, and seemed to walk with great difficulty. and when she had gone a short distance I and another constable cal. ried her to the Town-hall, where the charge was taken against the prisoner. He did not at any time express re gret for what he had done. The constable then produced the knife with which the injury was inflicted. It was a very dangerous weapon, shaped like a dagger, and when opened was secured by a spring. Cross-examined—The prisoner appeared to be perfectly thunderstruck at what had occurred. As we were going to the station.house the prisoner exclaimed that he was a drunkard and a blackguard. By the Court—The prisoner stabbed at the prosecutrix with souse violence, and after ho had inflicted the blow he made a step backward and then stood perfectly still, appa rently in lookin g a t th e prosecu t r i x . Julia Pa:ne Bl un d e ll, th e prosecu t r i x , sa id—l was sta' e ing at the corner of Church-street on the morning in ques tion, when I observed the prisoner and the policeman ap parently talking together. The prisoner was an entire stranger to me, and I do not think I had ever seen him before. The prisoner addressed me, and said he thought he knew me, and I told him I did not know him. I ob served that the prisoner at this time had a knife in his hand, and be came up to me and said, " How would you like this r and at the same moment he made a thrust at me with the knife, and stabbed me in the groin, and directly afterwards I felt blood running down my leg, and I was also in great pain. I was cut through two dresses, and also a cloak. The prisoner was then taken into custody by the policeman. Cross-examined—l had never seen the prisoner before in my life. I observed that he had a knife in his hand before he stabbed me. The prosecutrix, who still appeared to be suffering se verely from the injuries she bad received, was carried out of court when her evidence was concluded. Mr. R. Penfold, a surgeon at Brighton, proved that he examined the prosecutrix after the occurrence, and found that she had received's' severe wound in the left groin. It was three-quarters of an inch long, but he could not state the depth. It was a dangerous wound, and such an one as might have been inflicted by the knife produced by the officer. Sergeant Ballantine addressed the jury for the prisoner. Mr. Baron Bramwell summed up. The jury at once found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wounding. The prisoner was then called up for judgment, and his lordship sentenced him to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for a year. George Ball, 22, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Colonel Wyndham, at Brighton, and stealing a workbox and other articles. His Lordship sentenced him to be transported for fifteen years. James Cloutt, 19, was indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of William Farmer, and stealing some articles of clothing, his property. The jury found the prisoner guilty of the robbery, and he was sentenced to be kept in penal servitude for 6 years. From the London Gazette of Last Night AT THE COURT ♦i OSBORNE, Dec. 12, the Queen, as Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, has been graciously pleased, by letters patent under her Royal Sign Manuel and the Great Seal of the Order, bearing date this day, to dispense with all the statutes and regulations usually observed in regard to installo.tion, and to grant unto his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, Abdul Medjid, Knight of the said Most Noble Order, and duly invested with the Ensigns thereof, full power and authority to exercise all rights and privileges belonging to a Kni;ht Companion of the said Most Noble Order of the Garter, in as full and ample a manner as if his Imperial Majesty had been formally installed, any decree, rule, or usage to the contrary nothwithstanding. DOWNING•STREET, DEO. 22. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Henry James Ross, Esq., to be Attorney-General for the Island of Gre nada ; and Kenrick W. Collett, Esq., to be her Majesty's Advocate for the Colony of Sierra Leone. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 22. _ . The Right Hon. the Lords of the Comriiittee 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 Consul-General at Warsaw, reporting that the prohibition to export rye, barley, oats, meal of all kinds, groats, and potatoes, from the kingdom of Poland, has been removed. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEO. 23. 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 Consul at Madrid, re porting that the Spanish Government have fixed the im port duty on floss silk as follows : Floss silk—National flag, 18 reals per quintal ; foreign flag, or by hand, 28 reals per quintal. Floss silk, spun or twisted—National flag, 4 reals 70 c. per lb.; foreign flag, or by hand, 4 reals 80 c. per lb. WHITEHALL, D E C .I7. - The Queen has been pleased to grant unto Theodore Tucker, of Mountsorrel, in the county of Leicester, Gentle man, son of William Tucker, of Upper Brigham, in the county of Devon, Doctor in Medicine, by Arabella, his wife, who is the sister of Thomas Castledine, late of Lut tcrworth, in the said county of Leicester, and formerly of Mountsorrel aforesaid, Gentleman, deceased, her royal licence and authority that he and his issue may, in com pliance with a condition contained in the last will and testament of his maternal uncle, the said Thomas Castle dine, take and henceforth use the surname of Castiodine, in addition to and after that of Tucker. And to command that the said royal concession and de claration be recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to I>e void and of none effect. ADMIRALTY, DE0.19. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant and Adju tant Henry Adair to be Captain, •ice Ireland, deceased Second Lieutenant Colpoys Parkyns Heaslop to be Fire Lieutenant, vice Adair, promoted. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 22. First Lieutenant John Poore to be Adjutant to the Ar tillery Companies, Royal Marines, vice Adair. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Haddington, Berwick, Linlithgow, and Peeblesehire Militia Artillery—John Stewart to be Quartermaster. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. West Kent Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Thomas Royall Silver, Gent., late Cornet 11th Hussars, to be Lieutenant ; Lieutenant Thomas Royall Silver to be Ad jutant, vice Albert, deceased. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia—Charles Mus croft, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon. 2dßegirdent of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeomanry Cavalry—Jonas Foster, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Fuller ton, resigned. [The following Appointments are substituted for those which appeared in the Gazette of the several dates men tioned below.] In the Gazette of 20th July, 1855. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign Bryan Eyre Coote Comber, from the sth Regiment of West York Militia, to be Ensign. In the Gazette of 14th September, 1855. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign George S. Terry, from the sth Regiment of West York Militia, to be Ensign. In the Gazette of 16th October, 1855. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign Arthur Hay Maude, from the sth Regiment of West York Militia, to be Ensign. In the Gazette of 12th February, 1856. 2d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia — Ensign Charles Masterman Smyth, from the sth Regimen' of West York Militia, to be Ensign. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accoantant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Dec. 22. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the Russian barque Clio, captured May 27, 1855, by her Majesty's ships Swallow and Wrangler. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the sane may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possi ble, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual do cuments, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London. Gazette, of the date proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes, will be announced. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Deo. 22. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distri bution of proceeds arising from the Russian vessel Alkn, and the Russian brig Eros, captured on the 28th May, 1855, by her Majesty's ships Swallow and Wrangler. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are re quired to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of tho Judge of the said Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share of any captor, are requested, with as litle delay as possi ble, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual docu ments, to the Prize Branch of the Department of tho " Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset house." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTS. Peter Knight, brewer, York-street, Pentonville, to sur render, Jan. sat two, and Feb. 6 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall•cham bers ; Nicholson, Lime-street. John Bishop, wine merchant, Bishopsgate, Jan. 6, at two, and Feb. 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Rose, Change-alley, Cornhill. TA. -- riiiur Holden, paper manufacturer. Heap Bridge, Lancashire, .Tan. 23 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hemmen, official assignee, Manchester; Grundy, Bury. Henry John Girdlestone, wool dealer, King's-road, Brig,hton, Jan. 7, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at- the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Lawrance, Flews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Ed ward Jenkins, draper, Birmingham, Jan, 5 and 26, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; J ames , Bi rm i ngham, William Buckland, corn merchant, Ealing, Jan. 3, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; King and George, King-street, Cheapside. John James Tagg, innkeeper, Reading, Jan. 5 and Feb. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street Newb urn and Jarvis, Chancery-lane. George Travis, flour dealer, Oldham, Lancashire, Jan. 2 and 29, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Her naman, official assignee, Manchester; Hall and Janion, Manchester. John Peter M'Morland Greig, cabinet maker, Bartlett's buildings, Holborn, Jan. 5, at half-past one, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official ~Baignee, Basinghall-street ; Loftus and Young, New. inn, Strand. Benjamin Callaway, builder, Southsea, Jan. 1, at half. past one, and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman street-buildings ; ,T. and J. H. Linklater and Hackwood, Sise-lane ; Scott, Southsea. Wakefield Pim, commission agent, Kingston -upon-Hull, Jan. 7 and Feb. 4, at t we l ve, at the Town-ball, Kingstown uponngston. Hul upon-Hull.l. Carrick, official assign ee , H u l l ; Corlasp, Ki George Gosling, builder, Sidmouth, Devonshire, Jan. 2 and 22, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtsel official assignee, Exeter; Lester, Radford, and Bremridge Exeter. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. James Adams, Finsbury -square, surgeon —lst dividend of ls. 4d., Dec. 25, and three subsequent Tnursdays, at Grahams, Coleman -street. William Boardsali, Manchest er , pl um b er -I s t di v id en d of is. Oid., Dec. 23, and ev er y su b sequen t T ues d ay , a t Hernaman's, Maachester. Alice Rogerson, Clifton, Lancashire, licensed victualler Ist divid end of 53. 8/d., Dec. 23, and every subsequent Tuesday, at Hernaman's, Manchester. William Hall, Durham, grocer-2d dividend of Is. (in addition to ls. Bd. previously declared), Dec. 27, and any subsequent Saturday, at Baker's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Joseph Rock, jun. Birmingham, factor—let dividend of 125., Dec. 23 , 24 f 26, and e very subsequent alter na t e Thursday, at Bittleston's, Birmingham. Benjami n Slott, Earlsheaton, blanket manufacturer -Ist dividend of 3s. Bd., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at }lope's, Leeds. Thomas Linfoot, York, builder-Ist dividend of 9s, 10d., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Leeds. Thomas Wright, sen. (separate estate), York, tailor— Ist dividend of 135., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Leeds. David Foster, Goole, ironmonger-2d dividend of is. ld., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Leeds Peter Hewitt, Ossett Common, w,r-ted spinner—lst divi dead of 6s. 6d., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Leeds. _ _ Thomas Wright and Son, York, tailors—let dividend of 2s. 10d., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Leeds. William Threlfall, Addingham, worsted spinner-3d dividend of lid., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Lseds. Charles Abson (separate estate), Castleford, earthenware manufacturer—let dividend of 95., any Friday on or after Jan. 9, at Hope's, Leeds. John Swift, Stavely, grocer-2d div. of 6d, any Tues day, at Brewin's, Sheffield. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 15. D. Barclay, Long-lane, Bermondsey, leather manufacturer—H. W. Richardson, Banstead, licensed victualler—B. Brett, St. George's-street, boot and shoe manufacturer. Jan 14, J. Martyr, Union-street, iron monger. Jan. 15. P. S. Donnelly, Twickenham, builder. Jan. 14, T. B. Armstrong, Mount-street, fishmonger—F. Chaffers, Old Broad-street, colonial broker. Jan. 15, M. R. Steele, Leicester, linendraper—J. Close, Stratford, baker—Jane E. Norton, and G. Z. White, Harrow-road, stone merchant— W. B. Dagnall, Wood-street, rope ma nufacturer. Jan. 19, J. Wakinshaw, Monkwearmoutb, iron manufacturer—G. Cowell, Durham, innkeeper. Jan. 16, J. Davis, Shrewsbury, printer. Jan. 14, W. Keeling, • Birmingham, merchant. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Jau. 15. L. Cohen, Bishopsgate-street Within, City, general merchant—Jan. 13. G. Stockbridge, Oxford street, draper— Jan. 14. J. L. Harvey, Chichester-place, King's-road, draper—C. H. Collins ' Winchester-buildings, Southwark, merchant—L. Ensoll, Great Titchfield-street, draper—A. Page, Baker-street, Portman-square, boot and shoe manufacturer—Woods, Weybridge, Surrey, builder —Jan. 17. T. Nash, Leather-lane and Kirby-street, Hat ton-garden, carpenter—Jan. 14. R. Bell, Gracechurch street, City, contractor—R. K. Lane, Argyle-street, Re gent-street, and Union-crescent, Wandsworth-road, bill broker -Jan. 15. J. Wood, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, grocer—T. Gibbs, Burslem, Staffordshire, publican—W. Humphries, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, innkeeper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Blayney and W. Lister, Chertsey, Surrey, plumbers -C. Higham and G. Ho'me, Blackburn, Lancashire, gro cers—J. Palmer and G. Palmer, Liverpool and Ormskirk, tanners—A. F. Timothy and D. E. Timothy, Shan Thames, Horaelydown, wharfingers—A. Fraser and J. Orr, Manchester, yarn commission agents—H. Bown and E. Bown, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, and Low Harrogate, Yorkshire, jewellers— G. Bywater and S. Pol lard, Birstal Smithies, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturers —J. J. Jackson and A. W. Gray, Schofield-place, Waist Brompton, and Lawrence-lane, City, dyers—H. Crick and W. H. Beveredge, Susannah-street, Poplar, New-town, shipsmiths in general—T. Guy and J. Guy, Tottenham court-road wheelwrights W. H. Gardener and J. S. A.rthey, Kersey, Suffolk, farmers J. Treadgold and W. Treadgold, Portsea, Hampshire, iron merchants R. Thomas and B. T. Norton, Bristol, hat manu facturers Mary Mousley, W. Mousley, and B. Mousley, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, tailors, so for as regards W. Mousley W. Drayner and S. Recl aim, Millwall, Poplar, and George-yard, City, rope manu facturers—T. R. Taylor and J. P. Stevens, Arthur-street West, City, isinglass merchants—W. Weeks and R. Pet man, Maidstone, ironfounders—T. Fisher and W. K. Walker, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, hide and skin brokers—F. Besch, sen., F. Bosch, jun., and J. H. Besch, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, tailors, so far as regards F. Besch, sen. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Graham, commission merchant, Glasgow. James 111 4 1tostice, sen., writer, Crieff, deceased. David Stewart, shoemaker, Coupar-Angus. William Wallace, mason, Forfar. Archibald Campbell, coal and commission agent and house factor, Glasgow. Campbell, Yuji', and Co., bleachers and finishers, Glasgow. John Fraser, baker, Inverness. lI.E.i.LTH OF LONDON DURING TIE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) ♦fter a sudden increase of mortality the weekly return again exhibits results of a very favourable character. In the week that ended on Saturday the deaths registered in London decreased to 1,060. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average number of deaths was 1,269 ; but if the excess of deaths in the fifty-first week of 1847, when influenza nearly doubled the mor tality, be excluded from the calculation, and the average thus reduced be corrected for the increased population of the present time, it will be found that the ordinary rate of mortality at this season would have produced 1300 deaths last week, and therefore more by 240 than the number actually returned. The number of deaths referred to the aymotic class of diseases is 187, whilst the corrected uverage of corre sponding weeks is 317. It may be remarked that none of the diseases of this de-cription show a tendency to prevail to an excessive degree. The mortality from small-pox, which numbered 6 deaths last week (all, except one, in the Small pox Hospital), is low ; and the greatest number of deaths in the zymo'ic class is re ferred to scarlatina, which was fatal in 42 cases, the corrected average being 63. Forty children died from hooping cough, and 23 from measles. The deaths from typhus or common fever were 37, exhibiting a decrease on previous weeks. On reference to the table which ex hibits the topographical distribution of six principal epi demics, it will be seen that the eastern division of the metropolis contributes more than its just contingent to the total mortality from scarlatina and typhus ; and, to whatever cause it is to be attributed, the same fact has been frequently observed in the current year. Diseases of the organs of respiration were fatal last week in 230 cases, showing a considerable decrease on the numbers in two preceding weeks, which were successively 368 and 287. Bronchitis was the fatal disease in 110, or nearly half of the whole number ; whilst pneumonia carried off 93 persons, of whom 71 were children. In the last three weeks phthisis, or consumption, which stands in the tubercular class, caused 164, 130, and 119 deaths. The deaths of 3 persons are returned as caused by intemperance. - Last week the births of 868 boys and 823 girls, in all 1,691 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846.55 the average number was 1466. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height; of the barometer in the week was 30.128 in. The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on five days. The barometer rose from 2S 98 io. on Sunday to 30.46 in. on Tuesday, the highest reading attained in the week. The mean temperature of the week was 38.8 deg., which is rather below the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tem perature was below the average on four days, and the extent of depression on Tuesday was 9 deg. The lowest reading in the week occurred on Wednesday, and was 24 deg. ; the highest reading occurred on the following day, and was 48 deg. The range of temperature in the week was, therefore, 24 deg. The mean dew - p oint tem perature was 36.5 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 2.3 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 43.7 deg. The highest temperature of the river was 48.3 deg. on Sunday ;it declined till near the end of the week, and on Friday the lowest temperature was 41.1 deg. The wind, which blew from the north at the beginning of the week, changed to south-west, and again veered to north.north-east. On Saturday it was in rainthe west. feli; The t air was frequently calm. Scarcely an fog or haze prevailed on several days. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERto IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 20. Zymotic Diseases l7 Diseases of Uncertain S ea t 40 Tubercular Diseases ................... Diseases of the Brain,.Nerves and Senses Diseases of the H ear t and Blood-vessels 4O Diseases of th e L ungs and other Organs of Respiration 230 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ...... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of th e J o i nts, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin s &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 23 Atrophy 32 Old Age sudden l7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 57 Causes not specified DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated. eponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week . West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males.. Females.. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total . 538 522 868 823 1,691 tURKISH FUNERAL AT P1;11,10177'11. —An interesting ceremony of this kind took place at the cemetery, Penny cornequick, on Saturday last. The deceased was a seaman belonging to the Peiki Zaffer, Turkish line-of battle ship, now being converted into a screw, at this port. The body was brought on shorn on a bier of rough hewn board covered with a flag, followed by a large cortege of the officers, seamen, and marines belonging to the vess-I. The melancholy and novel spectacle on its way to the burial ground attracted a large concourse of people, and on its arrival at the grave, the officiating priests commenced in a sonorous voice to read and chant the burial ritual, according to the Mos(emit() faitb, the funeral attendants standing, kneeling, and prostrating themselves, during the ceremony. After the conclusion of the service, the grave was carefully dug, and tested by a compass in order to ascertain its bearings in relation to the holy city—Mecca. The officiating priest then went into the grave into which the body was lowered coffiuless. The bier was afterwards broken up and piled in the grave, and the mould well trodden on the re mains, the priests taking up positions at a considerable distance east and west. Oa the procession leaving *the grave the former commenced chanting c rtain passage- , in a loud voice, and finished the ceremony by pouring water around the edge of the grave on both sides. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-Dm. 23. There was a fair attendance of town dealers and many millers from distant parts of the country. Wheat met & good demand, both for consumption and for holding over, at an advance of fully 2d per budiel on Friday's prices. No advance can be quoted in the value of flour. Oats of fine quality and oatmeal were in fair request, at full rates —inferior difficult to quit. Barley and beans unchanged in value. There was an active demand for Indian corn, and little on offer, at an advance of 6d to 9d per qr.; white brought 34s 6d to 35s 61 ; mixed, 33s 6d; and yellow 3is 6d per 4801bs. No market on Friday next. HIILL—DEc. 23. We were moderately supplied with wheat to-day, for which there was a fair demand, at a decline of is to 2s on last week. Foreign a slow sale at late quotations. Barley in somewhat better demand, and the turn in favour of the sellers. Beans are a dull sale at is decline. In oats and peas very little doing. Linseed firmer, but both cakes and oil are easier to buy. In rape cakes nothing doing. 8 5 ‘ 5. 5 • Wheat, English, red 58 to 60 Peas, grey and black to --- Ditto white 6O to 65,Linseed, Black Sea... 62 to 6 ! Dantzic and Konigs- Ditto Peto rs b urg h ... 50 to 5' berg Pomeranianandliam- angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Memel 44 to 60 Friesland 54 to SE, Per Ton Russian and Odessa 58 to 631'n H ull /0 t 9 1 7 ' 6d 1 1 s.c.,— 3 0 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 29 to 30Rape cakes —s Od to 1270 64 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to :*Ditto foreign Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 40 t o 421 Flour, per brl. ......3 5 5 . 381 LEEDS—DEc. 23. Wheat meets with a rather improved detnand, and 1 ! 1 good qualities are held firmly at fully Friday's rates, with a f'ir business. Barley commands l a t e p r i ces . Beans sn oats, with other articles, do not vary from last week. Average price of grain—Wheat, 61s 3d ; barley, 4 , 5 ° ; oats, —s Otl; beans, 49s Od; peas, 425. B d. rye, —s. Od. uOITILSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. tm5terdam............ 11 43 Gibraltar ...... •• •• .• Ditto, three months .. 11 17% L eg horn 29 u' Rotterdam ............ 11 1736 Genoa. ........•• •• ' 45 75 Antwerp .............. 25 37% Milan Brussels ........ ~.... 25 37% Venice . Gamburgh ............ 13 71% Naples • • .........• 42% Altona ...• ........... Palermo ... . rariS ••••••••.•• • • • •• 25 25 Messina •• Ditto, three months .. 25 67% Lisbon ......... •.. •• 51 ; Marseilles ............. 25 67% Oporto hi" Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ..... . •• •• •• Fr ankfort•on• al sine •• .. 119% Buenos Ayres.. •••• • • • • Berlin New York,6o days'sight Vienna 10 44 Philadelphia ........•• [haste.— .. 10 45 ?aim or swami, PJlji ca.. Petersburg 37% Foreign Gold in Bars £3 1 7 7, Wadrid .........., .... 4936 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 ; Cadiz ......... •• 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 Barcelona ............ New Dollars 0 ". 0 ........ ._ ' Silver in bars ...... 0 u LOCAL SHARE MARKETS• LIVERPOOL. DEC. 23. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Th® Stock Exchange to-daY doing a very quiet business, a nd p r i ce s were sh":l3. t l i a , easier. Midlands, 818 South Eastern, 211 Rhenish, 133 9d prem. London and North Western, 1051 Ditto , —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3t per cents., 68—Caledonian, 3IA —North' 3 3i E a stern, P' r wick, 20Z—London and South-Western, 10 6 i 4 -1)11i Lona ° Lancashire, 228—Grand Trunk of Canada, 13 shire and North Westerns, i-sharer, new, and Yorkshire, 968. MANCHESTER, Die. 23. doillg, STOOK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day was TA a quiet business with rather easier prices. Do• 161 j —Midland, 81i—East Lancashire, 221 3—Leeds, ...utb —London Stock, 1051—North St a ff o ids, 5 t die. Pu Yorkshire, 3 d. -- LEEDS, trait 23. livi tea STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions have been y ing to-day, and the market flat, the only transactions int, been in Manchester She ffi eld, and Lincolns, 33 $ — Pvid -61. pref., 44 paid, 15s. ' pm.—East Lanoashires, 22N '— lands, 81g fl. BIRMINGHAM, DEC 23. „ n t ferf STOOK EXMIANGE.—The business to-day Ivo I de, mid ste___ brisk, but the prices were a shade easier. Birrain6• 812 2—Stour Valley Guaranteed, 63i—Great_Birrains• 691 i—London and North Westerns, 103; 4,„_„ t h Staf' ham Guaranteed, 73 i 41—Sheffields, 33 a P" 3 — fords, 9 1-16. SEA BORNE MAILS. the ni l ' [When the date for mlking up a mail falls on a Sunday, the India remains open until the day following ; except in the case th e • mail, via Southampton, which, on such occasions, ma— ivening previous evening previous.] 'NOS FOZ .------- - r --'" : -......, Hy W U ," Made up at Whence By what W ll - 11 e , vow. the des- Vessel. expect Post• Office. patched so' I_ ----- -- • Lisboa.. •• • • 7th,l7th, &I A main- Dee. 24 TWO S o uth- Spain amp ton Gibraltar Gibraltar 1 Malta .. • Egypt .. ••• • I 4th & 20th South- Ceylon • • India • • .. • • month. Mauritius (riaCeylon)..l China - ••••• • • • • Tan. 4.. ampton Colombo m2ootthnheth°.l !V s f ro: Penang , jig Singapore t South- Co • um- ..,,k Aastralia(viaj M Jan. 12 •• 5 ampton bian Dec.— Ja c the Cape) Cape of Good mouthpart- Lindsay,W.S. Jan. 25 ongoi Hope ..... . Ceylon India Mauritius E Jan. 5.. .. Lisbon 1 Madeira . • • • CapedeVerds . South mann ampton BaenosAyres 1 1 Falkland Is -1 lands ...• West Indies ( exc ept Ha- I vac . and Honduras). 2d and 17th I et and Venezuela ••M of the South- Magda- 16th of 0 Chill os o Grey Town the .... New Granada month. • ampton lens 1 month. Pent • ....• California ..) Honduras ..... .. the .• •. Nassau M Jan. 17 .. 1 Smth • . ampton • • month• Mexico .. orine 4° Havana .. :: Al Jan. 2.... South- Magda- Jan. 1 ampton lens Madeira .... 6 06646°. Teneriffe . • E Dec. 23 ..1. Pl y" Niger Ja n. W C.ofAfrica mouth British North „,„ Arabi a Liver- America .. E Every Fri.} pool Asia Dee. •,' United States eta United States 1 Dec. 23 and 19 A tian Liver i ErieSSOD Deo. British North E alternate 1 America .. Tuesdays. pm. ' Arai° United States South- wash- Dec • 26 1 , 00 British North M Dec. 31 •.I 3 a mpton ington Anil () ; America .. . Canada .... I E Dec. 23 .• 7 Liver- N. Ame- Jan. 7 SO" 1_25 1 .1 1 . _ liS._______—•—•---------•an rrl 3E —Morning. E—Evening. A DANGEROUS HOAX.—Several of the West Bid i " papers give an account of the shooting of a burglar b e d Woman who believed her house was about to be attac k ; by robbers. It turns out that no robbery was intendeo• but only a " bit of a lark." A surgeon who lives in th e neighbourhood of the woman's residence was, it siW earg ' in the habit of paying his devoirs to her occasionaliii He was on some such errand on Friday morning at sib° 2 o'clock, and was followed by two or three h boon bin, panions, who had been spending the evening wit and who made their appearance just as he was ender vouring to obtain admittance to the woman's houoe' She, being alarmed at the noise they made, opened be, chamber window,mad, hearing them say something a boo going round to the back door, she fired i horse pistol gbt one of the intruders, who instantly fell, and was s oon afterwards removed b y his comrades. Th e wounded man is the surgeon alluded to, and ne is rather seriouell injured in the neck, where the contents of the pistol principally li)clltl....._._______ BIRTHS. OF A DAUGHTER. O n the 21st inst., at Kinm el- p ark, the Hon. *la _Hughes. C. On the 22d inst., in - tipper Harley-street, the wits ° f Rivers Free ling, Esq.—twins. 07 • NIL 1e Aife the On the 22d inst., at 2, Upper Sensingtonlore , of Hugh ammersley, Esq. Ellis.On h e 23d just., at Barnes-terrace, Mrs . Frederica° MARRIED. On the 23d inst., at S t. Mary's Church, BryslOever, square, Henry Orlando , eldest son of the Hon. and -(4.r Henry E. Bridgeman , t o So p hia Caroline, eldest dsug" - of Lieut.-Cel. Close, of Montagne-square. A-• On the 22d inst at St. . Aiphage, Greenwich, 1%-. ° ' e t Gregory, Esq., of ° Inverness, to Miss Harriett litar,„gsr MacDonald, daughter of the late Alex. MacDonald, Ar'q" of Valley, North Uist. N.B. DIED. At 7, Phillimore - terrace, Kensington, Lieut..Colonol l'' Hall, late Bengal Army, aged 85. -pc•C.O.' Ou the 22 d i nst. . Rear-Admiral Sir Hy. Hart, —• Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. On the 23d inst., suddenly, Mr. Richard Evans ThCirn' of 78, Upper Thames-street, and Lorn-road, BrizLeri;:nau, O n the 22d just., at Finchley•common , Isaac Ake r • E sq ., formerly of the War Office, aged 71. . 2 E ] s s q t . , i l n a s t t e . On the 22d inst., at Ewell Castle, very auddenlYt J 3333 ir e° f Star e .' . ' H S g o h h John Sheriff W elsoyEtglige.,connty 0. bar- On blio, land-street, Strand, and the United Service Club, u On the 21st inst., at 3 Upper Mount-street, Ptiii,g, n eSCi the' Rear-Admiral Frederick Augustus Wetherall, of Ba' Ga o d Middlesex. 1 , On the 21st inst., at Dunt's-hill, Wandsworth, durre Mr. Wm. Day, aged 80. -----•••% of Northum, 8,..3. LONDON : Printe:land—Pub—lished 1 - 3; M lIRD 0 YOUI4? of No. 112, Strand, Prin t e r, at T he Sun Oflice , 14 un ° . 112, Str an d, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coe of bliddletex, Wednes tr-y, December 21, 10e.