The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

Whereas by an Act, passed in the s - ession of Parlia new, filfSeu,„in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of tho reign, of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to amend awl conYolidate the laws relating to the customs of the United Kingdom and of the Isle of Man, and cer tain laws relating..,to trade and navigation and the Bri ti6h posseasion4,'" , it is enacted that " if the Legislature or Proper g laigliGtive authority of any of the British pos sessiottaarCuad shall present an address to her Ma jests', praying her Majesty to authorize or permit the conveyance of goods or passengers from one part of such possession to another part thereof, in other than British ships, it shall thereupon be lawful Jro her Majesty, by Order in Council, so to authorize the conveyance of such goods or passengers on such terms and undor such conditions as to her Majesty may Jew. good." And whereas an address has been presented to her Majesty by the Legislative Council and the House of ARsembly of the Cape of Good Hope, praying her Ma jesty. to authorise and permit the conveyance of goods and passengers from one port of that colony to any other port of the same in other than British vessels. :Now, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority com mitted to her by the said recited act, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the day of the date of this order, goods and passengers may be conveyed frorn any one port of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope to any other port thereof in other than British ships. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commiseioners of her :Majesty's Treasury and the Right Hon. Henry L.thouchere, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions herein as to then) may respectively appertain. C. C. GBEVILLE. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 3. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James Brant, Esq., now hor Majesty's Consul at Erzeroum, to be her Majesty's Consul at Damascus. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Chatles Wilthew, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Aca pulco, to be her Majesty's Consul at Islay. FOREIGN OFFICE, JAR. 5. The ()neon has been pleasea to approve of Mr. John Edward Naylor as Consul at Liverpool for the Republic of Peru. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 7. 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 Agent and Consul-Gene ral in Egypt, reporting that the Viceroy of that country has revoked the decree prohibiting the export of grain from the Egyptian dominions. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, TAN. 8. The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,lthrough the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a note addr esse d b y Count Walewski to her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, stating that, in consequence of a representation from her Majesty's Government, the French Government has con sented to allow British passenger steamers, which are by law obliged to carry a cannon and twelve charges of pow der for making signals, to enter and quit French porta without depositing on shore tho powder carried. ttrb 45bIttou SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty this afternoon : COMMANDERS. Fairfax Moresby, to the Sappho. W. T. Bate, to the Mariner, vice Cochran, invalided. LIEUTENANTS. 11. T. Ryveß, to the Impregnable. Douglas Walker, to the Devastation. MATE. Thomas T. Mackenzie (acting), to the Intrepid. SURGEON. Hugh O'Hagan, to the Impregnable. ASSISTANT-SURGEON. Robert Madden (acting), to Haslar Hospit%l. DESPATCH FROM GENERAL SIR W. CODRINGTON. (Front the Gazette of this Evening. ) WAR DEPARTMENT, JAN. 8. Lord Panniure has this day received a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Lordship by General Sir William Co st 01, drin po gton, K.C.B. Seba December 25, 1855. My Lord, --C. otwithstanding the recent severe wea ther, the thermometer a few nights ago having fallen nearly to z3ro, the general state of health of the army ba.s continued good. The roads are in fair working or der.; and though the efficiency of the locomotive en• g i„ e s was impaired by the frost, the damage has been made good. The final operations on the Docks have been some what delayed on our side, by the influx of water, and by the frsiz.iog of pumps: The fire from the forts on the northern side of the harbour continues, and it is at times heavy ; but the ca,nalties, I am happy to say, are few. • There has been no movement of importance on the part of the enemy in our neighbourhood of late. A detach meet of French troops surprised a Cossack post near Tenion, a few days ago, killing several men, and taking the rest prisoners. rile general drill of the Army makes good progress. I have, &L!., W. J. CODRINGTON, General-Commanding. The Lori Panmure, &e. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Evening.) At the Court at Windsor. the 213 t day of Nov.. 18.15, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by an Act passed in the session of Parlia ment, holden in the sixteenth and seventeenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled " An Act to a:uencl and eonsolidate the laws relating to to the Cus toms of the United King . dom and of the Isle of Man, and certain laws relating to trade and navigation, arid the British possessions," it is enacted that, " if the le•gis ature, or proper legislative authority, of any of the British possessions abroad, shall present an address to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to authorise or permit the conveyance of goods or passengers from one part of such posseasioa to another part thereof, in other than British ships, it shall thereupon be lawful for her Ma jety, l.y Order in Council, so to authorise the convey. acee of such goods or paseerigere, on :well terms and under such conditions as to her Majesty may seem good." And whereas an address has been presented to her Majesty, by the Legislative Council of Ceylon, praying her Majesty to authorise and permit the conveyance of goods and passengers from one part of that island to any ()tiler part of the same in other than British ships - New, therefore, her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority c - inunitted to her by the said recited Act, cloth order, god it is hereby or lered, that from and after the day of the date of this Order, goods and passengers may he c.mveyed from one part of tee Island of Ceylon to an other part thereof, in other than British ships. And the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and the Right Hon, Henry Label'. chere, one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, are to give the necessary directions heroin, as to them may respectively appertain. WM. L. BATHURST. At the Court at Windsor, the ith day of Dec., 1855, Present, Tile Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Royal London Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Fitzgerald, which appeared in the Gazette of the 28th tilt, read Captain Edward Charles Grant, from the Royal London Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Fitzgerald. 31st Foot—Ensign J. J. Robinson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cromartie, deceased ; Lieutenant Charles Gabriel Alfred Barnes, from the West Essex Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase , vice Robinson. 36th Foot—Ensign H. E. Willett to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Rice, promoted. 39th Foot—Ensign F. H. Chambers to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Daunt, deceased ; Ensign Nicholas Gosselin, from the Cavan Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Chamber& 40th Foot—Lieutenant Denis Jackson, from the North Mayo Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Helyar, appointed to the 82d Foot ; Frederick Helyar, Gent., to be E ns ign, by purchase, vice Osborne, promoted. 42d Foot—Captain G. E. F. Kauntze, from the 3d Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Sir P. A. Halkett, who ex changes. 43d Foot—Ensign Stanley Crozier to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mere, promoted in the 7th Foot. 47th Foot—Ensign Andrew John Hicks, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 48th Foot—Lieut. Dennis James Connor has been per mitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission. 49th Foot—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class James Hamilton Bows to be Surgeon, vice Davies, promoted on the Staff. 51st Foot—Capt. Henry Edmund Austen, from half-pay Sub-Inspector of Militia, to be Captain, vice Crookshank, who exchanges ; Lieut. Chas. Acton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Austen, who retires ; Ensign Dunlop Gloag to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Acton ; Wm. Henry Saunders, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Gloag. 5311 Foot—Lieut. B. Walton to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Weilderburne, who retires. 6301 Foot—Lieutenant K. B. Stuart to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Fraser, deceased ; Ensign G. de Lacy Lacy to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Stuart. 65th Foot—Andrew John Hicks, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Lewis, promoted. 67th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Augustus Shiell, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Doff, pro moted on the Staff. 68th Foot—Ensign C. E. Beaty-Pownall to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Watson, who retires. 611th Foot—Acting Assistant-Surgeon James Robert Crawford t 3 be Assistant-Surgeon. 76th Foot—The restoration from half-pay fSth Foot to full-pay of Captain James Young, vice Senhouse, who ex changes, as also the two brevet steps of the former officer, as well as the promotion of Lieutenant Preston, as stated in the GazAte of the 28th ultimo, have been cancelled. Bi?d Foot—Ensign Frederick Helyar, from the 40th Foot, to be . Ensign, without purchase. 84th Foot—Captain Honourable Augustus H. A. An son, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain, vice Stewart, who exchanges. 85th Foot—Lieutenant Montagu Barton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Manners, promoted by purchase, to an Unattached Majority. 89th Foot—Ensign Netterville J. Barron to be Liente r ant, without purchase, vice J. W. Gray, deceased ; Lieu t3nant James Pott, from the Edinburgh County Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barron. 92,1 Foot—Ensign Alexander Forbes Mackay to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Beetham, who retires; Grisdale Hicks, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mackay. 93d Foot—Lieut. R. S. Williams to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major 'R. L. Ross. whose Brevet Rank has been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1851; Ensign Fitzßoy McPherson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wil liams ; Lieut. VT. F. b'elarton, from the 2d Royal Lanark Militia, t.) be Ensign, without purchase, vice McPherson. 95th Foot—Captain C. J. Patterson, the 2d West India Regiment, to bo Captain, vice Hill, who exchanges ; Csptain G. Brown, of thu 95th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Wethered, appointed to a Depot Battalion. Rifle Bri g ade —Captain P. C. Stewart, from the 8 tth Foot, to beCaptain vice Hon. A. H. A. Amon, who ex changes ; Lieut. W. Norris to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. H. W. Campbell, appointed to the Cold stream Guards; Ensign G. M. L. Egerton to be Lieuten ant, by purchase, vice Norris; E. H. Chamberlain,Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Egerton. 2 1 West India Regiment—Captain William Hill, from the 95th Foot, to be Captain, vice Patterson, who ex changes. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Alexander Moore Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Donald, appointed to the 10th Foot. Gold Coast Corps—Henry Butts Bernard Owen, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Andrews, promoted. LIND TRANSPORT CORPS. The appointment of Second Captain William Handysido to baar date the 7th Sept., 1855, instead of the 25th of that mouth, as previously stated. 'rho surname of tho Cornet appointed on 23d Nov., 18)5, is Gatt, and not Galt, as previously Stated. BRITISH GERMAN LEGION, 3fl Jager Corps—The name of the Lieutenant, appointed in the Gazete of the 23th ultimo, with date 25th July, 1355, is Paul von Suemon, and nut Paul voa Shepsop, as previously stated. BRITISH ITALIAN LEGION. Robert William Burdett Ddsinges, Esq., to be Pay mn sten _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2,1 Regiment—Captain Robert Cranford, lab Rifle Bri gade, to be Major. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ferdinand White, C. 8., from half-pay. Unattached, to bo Nfajor, vice Brevet-Lieutenant- Colonel E. A. J. Muller, who exchanges. UNATTACHED. VAR DEPA RTMENT, JAN. 8. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Cornet George Bull, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet without pur chase ; and Adjutant vice Sutton promoted. sth Dragoon Guards—Cornet A. W. Travers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bolton, who retires. 3,l Light Dra goons —Captain Sir P. A. Halkett, Bart., from the 42d Foot, to be Captain, vice Kanntze, who ex changes. Dth Light Dragoons—Captain James Young, from half , pay 88th Feet, to be Captain, vice Thomas J. Kearney, who exchanges, receiving the difference between cavalry and infantry ; Lieutenant L o rd Walter Charles M. D. Scott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Young . who n tires; Cornet Robert Lesley P ar k er t o be Lieutenant,' by purchase, vice Lord W. C. M. D. Scott. loyal Artillery—The nn derrneni lotted Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz :—Edward Au gus t us Sl easor, Louis ' Charles Augustus Adrian De Cetto, Henry Anderson, Charles Trench, Henry Colebrook Lewis, the lion. Ralph Bare, and Arthur Sutherland Macartnoy. Royal Engineers The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz. ; —John Knox Tisdall, Willi m thistavus Temple Stem, and John Barr e tt Len hard. R„/,l"' Sappers and Miners—Li e nt e nant-C o l one l Frede rick Atigrietus Yorke, Royal Engineers, to bo Assistant Adjutant-General; Second Captain Francis Edward Cox, Loyal Engineers, to be Adjutant.; Serjeant-Major Michael Bradford, Royal Sappers and Miners, to be Quartermaster. Grenadier Guards —,The Honourable William Edward Sackville West to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vi ,, 3 Honourable A. Poulet, promutdd ; Henry Osborne Gould. Gent., to be Ecsign and Lieut e nant, b y purchase , vice Fergußon, promoted. let Regiment of Foot —Ensign Frederick Alban to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Todd, promoted. 31 Foot —A, L. Cousstnaker to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Charles Hood, whose Brevet Ran!bas been converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Ensign John Awdry to be Li(mtenant, without purchase, vice Cons-- maker. 6tir Foot—Captain H. E, Jones, from the 2 ,- ;th Foot, to be Captain. vice Spoor, eet, —0 exchanges. ith . Foot—Brevet-Major C. , E. Watson to be Major, without purchase, vice Rose, whose promotion without purchase on nth August, 1855, has been - cancelled ; Lieu tenant Chas. R. Mure, hem the 43d Foot, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rose, who retires. 14th Foot—Lieutenant William Bangor Bower to be Captain, without purchase, vice Townsend,deceased ; F.l)-ign Arthur Molony to be Lieutenant, without pur base, vice Bower. 2.. i .t Foot—Serjean t-Msjor William Honey Quartermaster, vice Ast on , appointed Pant Smith to be Foot,—Captain N. A. Sp oor , f rom the 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice Jones, who exchanges. nth Foot--For Captain Edwar d Charles, from the Captain Herbert Russell Manners, from tho 85th Foot, to ho Major, by purchase. The undermentioned Officers to have their Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal War rant of 6th Oct., 1854 : Brevet-Major Robert Lockhart Ross, 93d Foot. Brevet-Major Henry Warter Meredith, 41st Foot. Brevet-Major Charles Hood, 31 Foot. HOSPITAL STAFF. To ho Staff-Surgeon of the First Class—Surgeon John Davies, from the 49th Foot, vice Cameron. To be St:dr-Surgeons of the Second Class—Assistant. Surgeon William Watson Somerville, M.D., from the 69th Foot, vice Alexander Knox, M.D., placed on half-pay; A ssistant-Surgeon John Duff, M.D., from the 67th Foot, vice Bows, appointed to the 49th Foot. To be Assistant-Surgeon —Acting Assistant-Surgeon Alexander Robert Kilroy. To be Acting Assistant-Surgeons.—Yorke Hobart John son, Gent. ; Benjamin Hall, Gent.; John Alexander Harvey, Gent. ; John Good win, Gent. ; John Storey, Gent. ; Edward Wadbam Ward, Gent.; James Bonny man, M.B„. John Shoolbraid, M.D. ; Henry Jeremiah Mayhew, Gent. ; Archibald Hamilton Hilson, Gent. ; Curtiss Martin, Gent. ; Thomas Brickenden Blandford, Gent. ' • Washington Patton, Gent. ; George Edward Whitton, Gent. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel Ashton Ashton Shnttleworth, of the Royal Artillery, having completed three years' service in the rank - of Lieutenant-Colonel, to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of the 3d NeTimber, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Aokers Shone, retired full pay Royal Artillery, to be Colonel, the rank being hono rary only. Captain Henry Edmund Austen, 51st Foot, to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major Henry Edmund Austen, 51st Foot, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Captain James Young, lith Light Dragoons, to bo Major in the Army. Brevet-Major James Young, 15th Light Dragoons, to be Lieut.-Colonel in the Army. Brevet-Major Edwyn Sherard Bnrnaby, Grenadier Guards, to have the temporary rank of Lieut.-Colonel while employed in the British Italian Legion. Quartermaster Thomas Walsh, half pay 44th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain from the date of his retirement, under the Royal Warrant of 17th Dec.. 1855. Lieutenant William Herbert Malden, of the Turkish Contingent Artillery, to have the local rank of Captain while $0 employed. Tho Commission, as Brevet-Major, cf Captain and Bre vet-Major H. W. Montagu, of the Royal Engineers, to be dated April 24, 1855. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Brevet-Major K. D. Mackeazio, 92d Foot. Brevet-Major J. E. Thaekwell, 22d Foot. Major Edmund C. Legb, 97th Foot. TO BB SIA.JOIIS IN THS ARMY. Captain D. C. Greene, 43d Foot. Captain William Warm ,34th Foot. Captain W. E. Dominie Fitzgerald, Unattached. Captain Edward Nevidigate, Rifle Brigade. Captain F. E. N. Tinley, 21st Foot.. Captai❑ G. E. Brown Westhead, 34th Foot. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL IN THE ARMY. Brevet-Major Herbert Edivrdee: oThtliei;gal Army. TO BE MAJORS ipr THE ARMY. Capt. Anthony Blake Rathborne, 24th Bombay Native Infaatry. Captain James Travers, 2d Bengal Native Infantry. Captain Henry Joseph Pelly, Bth Bombay Native In fantry. Captain Edward Leehmere Russell, 12th Bombay Na tive Infantry. Captain Robert Romer Youpghusband, 20th Bombay Native Infantry. 4' Captain Henry Frederick Dunsmore, 59th Bengal Na tive Infantry. Captain James Macleod Bannatyhe Fraser Tytler, 37th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain John Mill, Bengal Artillery. Captain Charles Reid. 10th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain Arthur Wellington Chichely ?lowden, 3d Ben gal Light Cavalry. Captain Richard Strachey, Bengal Engineers. Captain Richard Baird Smith, Bengal Engineers. Captain Charles Frederick North, Bombay Engineers. Captain Philip Arthur Fleydell Bouverie, 35th Bengal Native Infantry. Captain John Reid Becher, Bengal Engineers. C%ptain John Hill, Bombay Engineers. Capt a i n Archibald John Middy Boileau, Madras Engi neers. The Commissions, as Brevet-Major, of the undermen ttii'vneeldn°fafrfitteryers, : o n 4 be th a „Tout: Griffithtli:dt 1811. Br under : Bre v et- Maj or Francis Charles Wells, 15th Bombay Na- Brevet-Mnjor Edward G Austin, Bengal Artillery, to Brevet-Major' 4thlay, iB42iurray Mackenzie, Ban galßengalArtillery, to 30th Dec., l a B i 4 o 6 r . 4 th Bengal tol r e e t v A ut p . l o l r B4 T 7 h . nmas Quin, Bengal Light A c r a t v il a le lry ry : i a li jor lB4 B B a . unders Alexins A to ß p 2 r l e s v t e A t y s l Native Infantry, to 3d Augu s t, 1850. bbott, 51 s t Bengal Royale al _ u tt ri rt ul i e ll r e m ry en t t n io h n u e v cl e tNhouniCnnaor rmanikesinofnLedinOutfanneearnst o in fthe J the Turkish Contingent : Company Serjeant James Therburn. Company Serjeant George Smith. Company Serjeant Mathew Nelson. Serjeant John Devine. Serjeant Conductor Neil Dogherty. Serjeant Daniel Dowling. Serjeant Conductor Robert Bruce. Serjeant Jona Harris. Serjeant Conductor John Devine Serjeant John Ford. Serjeant Thomas Murphy. Serjeant Samuel Bradbury. MEmoRANDum. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Charles James en hal -pay 12th Foot, has been permitted to re tire from the service by the sule of his commission, he be ing about to become a settler in Nova Scotia. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. East laaffoik Dlilitia, Artillery Corps—Jacob William THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1856 . Carey Whitbread, Esq., to be Captain, vice Walker, pro moted ; Heber Thomas Hardinge, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia—Lieutenant Stewart Forbes to be Captain. Hampshire Militia Artillery—John Annesley Brown rigg Gent., to be Second Lieutenant. Hereforshire Regiment of Militia Henry Wood Willett, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Landon, appointed to tho 55th Foot. Queen,s Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Han{- lets Militia—Robert Pipon, Esq., late a Captain in the King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, to be Capt lin, vice Jennings. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lien tenant Samuel James Remnant to be Captain, vice Pipon, app tinted to the Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment or Tower Hamlets Militia. _ _ . [The following Appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of 14th December last.] Worcester Regiment of Militia--William Joseph Tibbs, Gent., to be Ensign. BULL CELRISTHAS SESSIONS. The Christmas General Quarter Sessions for this borough opened on Thdrsday morning, in the Sessions Court, before Samuel Warren, Esq., Q,C., D.C.L., Re corder. The usual proclamations having been read, The Recorder proceeded to deliver his charge as fol lows : Recorder, or Chairman of Quarter Sessions, can now try any felon for which, if a first offence, the prisoner may be transported for life, and the prohibition extends to a long catalogue of other offences of greatly inferior enor mity, as specified in statute 5 and 6 Yic., o. 33. We can still deal with offences punishable with 15 years' transportation; but observe—we can try, and continually do, a case of housebreaking ; but are prohibited from one of burglary ; as if the time of committing the offence made no real difference for such a purpose. I could men tion a long list of other offences of a much less heinous nature, which we have been prohibited from dealing with, for no earthly reason that I ever saw, or now see ; except that possibly they were thought such as ought not to be left to those more liable to make mis takes than the judges of the superior courts. But ob serve—that reason has totally fallen to the ground, since the very recent establishment of the Celia of Criminal Appeal, one of the most admirable acts of modern times, and which provides effectually against almost every kind of judicial miscarriage, at either Quarter Sessions, or Assizes. Why not, then, restore the jurisdiction to courts which are henceforth, owing to the late summary Jurisdiction Act, left with so little to do, and yet have so effective a staff, and machinery ? This simple step would remedy most, if not all the evils now complained of in the administration of criminal justice—would save prosecutors and witnesses the trouble and expense of travelling to, and being detained at, the assize towns-- and leave cases to be disposed of promptly, and on the spot, by those possessed of local knowledge, and acces sible without delay, inconvenience, or expense. This would diminish the criminal busi.ness of the assize by per haps two-thirds—and in other ways be for the public be nefit. Other changes could be easily engrafted on such a measure ; and I hope that the legislature will take it into their earnest consideration. All these matters, gen tlemen, of great public importance and interest, and directly affecting the administration of criminal justice here, I have thought proper to submit to you for practi cal purposes, and not without hope that it may prove useful ; for what is done in Hull is net done in a corner ; and it is evident that the whole administration of justice in this country is in a state of transition. Gentlemen, having made these fe N remarks to you, which I submit to your attention, nod which, I hope, will meet with consideration, not only by yourselves, but by the intelli gent public of the town. I have only to observe that the duties devolving upon you to-day are not of that onerous nature, and w►ll not take up so much of your time as has been usual on these occasions. I bays looked over the cases in the calendar, and have read most of the depositions, and I :ant happy to see that none of the cases are of the serious character which I have pre viously had to deplore. lam glad to see an entire ab sence of those cases which have called for salutary seve rity. I say salutary severity, for I am happy to know that the sentences passed here have inspired salutary dread among that class of persons upon whom they were imposed. There were, as you remember, many cases of coining, an offence which I was anxious at the last two sessions to suppress ; for I consider that these cases, which bear with great hardship upon the industrious and trading portions of the community, are usually perpe trated by persons of a class who wander from town to town, to put in practice measures against the public in terest in places where they think they can reap the greatest harvest with the least danger of detection. I am exceedingly happy to see that there are no cases of that kind to come before us to-day. I don't see, also, any ca , es of violence, such as we have seen heretofore, by ruffians upon the police. Gentlemen, I trust that a dis criminating administration of justice has had also its salutary influence on persons liable to fall into this class of offenses, which I am determined ever to visit with severity. Gentlemen, lam not aware that any of the cases in the calendar cell for any particular remark. Yes, there is one, by the way, with reference to stealing some fixtures. That is a clear case of felony, if you find there are fixtures attached to a house, and if you find that a tenant has removed theta with any intention of appropriating them to his own use ; and you will find a true bill for felony if there is good ground for patting the party on his trial before us. You don't try the case, but if you see from the evidence of one or two witnesses that there is sufficient in it, as, unanswered—l say as unanswered—to amount to felony, you will send the case here for trial. The trials possessed no general interest. BANKRUPTS. Malcolm Ronald Laing Measou, merchant, Winchester buildings, City, to surrender, Jan. 17, at eleven, and Feb. 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, 13a,singhall-street ; Stubbs, Moore' ° ate-street. Elizabeih Benson and Sarah Benson, hotel keepers, Mansfield-street, Portland-place, Jan. 22, at two, and Feb. 19, at oae, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Sta.nsfeld, offi cial assignee ; Eland, Trafalgar-square. William Thomas, sail maker and ship chandler, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Jan. 22 and Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Bevr.n, Bristol. John Hardman and Company, iron founders, Sutton, Lancashire, Jan. 17 and Feb. 13, at eleven, at Liverpool. Bird. official assignee, Liverpool ; Bretherton, Liverpool. John Deakin, joiner, Sheffield, Jan. 26 and Feb. 23, at ten, at Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Chambers and Waterhouse, Sheffield. Joseph Johns, innkeeper, Hertford, Jan.l7, at two, and Feb. 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptey. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Mason and Strut, Gresham-street ; Longmore, Sworder, and Longmore, Hort ford. John Page, coach builder, Chelmsford, Jan. 22, at two, and Feb. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, offi ial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Prall, jun., Essex-street, Strand. Joseph Hughes, fustian manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 1R and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Leeming, Man chester. _ Bancroft Pierpoint Brooke, grocer, Heaton Norris, Jan. 21, and Feb. 11, st twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Higson and Robinson, Manchester. James Craggs Herring, merchant, West Boldon, Dur ham, Jan. 2:4, at eleven, and Feb. 12, at ono, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Kidson, Sundorland ; Pringle, Shorn, Wilson, and Crossznan King's-road, Bedford-row. Charles Slorach, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Jan. 22, and Feb. 12, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham Dig s riot Court. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Bow ley, Nottingham; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Edward Ladd, draper, Cambridge, Jan. 17, at half-past Eno, and Feb. 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee , Basinghall-street ; Bristow and, Tarrant, Walbrook ; Bell, Cambridge. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. • John Andrew Smith, baker, Edinburgh. Charles Otto, hotel-keeper, Glasgow. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tins DAY. Am5terdam............ 11 17 Gibraltar...... •• •• •• •• ••••• iDitto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn 30 17% Rotterdam ••••••• • • • • • I 19 Genoa .......... ••••• • 25 BO Antwerp 25 50 , Milan Brussels ••••••• • • • •• • • 25 50 j Venien.. ••••••• • • • • • •. tianoburgh ............ 13 9)4; Naples •• 44% Altana •• • • •• •• •• •• •• • • - Palermo •• .• 00000 .• •• 133 Par 5........ 25 35 i Messina .... a•........ 1Z31,4 Ditto, three months .. tr, 77 X,l Lisboa .. ~. . „.. 5.; 1 ,4 Marsetl.,!s ............. 25 7714' Oporto ................ 534 !lotircleanx ............ IUo - Janeiro ..... .• • .••• Frankfort-on Maine •• .. 12D P_,",-,,,, Ayres.. •• ••• • •• Berlin ................ i New York, 60 days' sight Vienna.. .. •••• •• •• •• •• !I ;Ji Philadelphia • • ••• .• Triegte........•• •• •... 1k 24 PRICES OF WOLIICN, PER OZ. Petersburg ........... Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 madrld ..... , 49% Portugal Gold Coln •• 0 0 Cadiz •• •• •• •• •• 49% Mexican Dollars .... 0 4 lIN itarcelona ..•• , New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSA LL'S-MONDAY. The publication of the entries for the leading Spring Handicaps induced subscribers to muster somewhat numerously. Speculation, hoirever, was almost at a stand-still, and was marked by no movement of im portance. The Rugeley poisoning case was, as usual of late, the ruling topic of conversation, and some interest was ex e!ted in the course of the afternoon by the presence of Captain Hatton, chief of the Stafford constabulary, who was accompanied by Mr. W. V. Stephens, executor to the late Mr. Cook. Their object was to make inquiries relative to the money received of, or paid te, Mr. Cook. Notes, with the undermentioned names endorsed on them, were in the possession of Mr. Cook, and the par ties are requested to come forward and give infirrnation respecting them :—Two 51. notes endorsed respectively " " and Faulkner ;" one 51. note, endorsed " A.nsell " and Seager ;" ore 5/. note, with the names of " Bricknoll " and Neville " written on it ; and one 1001. nuts, endorsed " W. 0. C." and " Reeves." The persons whose names are mentioned are requested to communicate with Captain Hatton, explaining from whom they received, or to whom they paid the notes. The following notices were posted in the room : " Any gentleman who saw William Palmer in Lon don on Saturday, the 24th of November. is earnestly requested to communicate with J. H. Hatton, Esq., Chief of the County Constabulary, Stafford, or with Mr. V. Stephens, No. 11, Cambden-grove, Kensington, executor to the deceased." " Any gentleman who paid the late Mr. Cook money at Shrewsbury Races, or who had or witnessed any 'money transactions with him at that tithe, is earnestly requested to communicate with J. H. Hatton, Esq., Chief of the County Constabulary, Stafford, or with Mr. W. N. Stephens, &c., &c." Captain Hatton will be in attendance at Tattersall's on Monday next to receive any communication which may be made to him. The following were the only bets that came under our notice : THE LIVERPOOL BTEEPLECHASE. 20 to 1 agst Bourton (taken) 20 to 1 agat Sir Peter Laurie (taken) THE CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 20 agst Imogene (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Rifleman (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Minie (taken) 1000 to 20 agst Flatterer (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Aleppo (taken) 1000 to 10 agat Vandyke (taken) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Wentworth (taken to 2501) 10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken to 1001.) 15 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 1000 to 60 agst Artillery (taken twice. 20 to 1 laid to 501.) 20 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken.) 33 to 1 agst Peter Wilkins (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Prince (taken) 50 to 1 agst Aleppo (taken) 4000 to 60 agst Ringdropper (taken) Offers to take 10 to 1 about Fly-by-Night. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING.—FEB. 26. Entries for the Liverpool Spring Cup. Mile and a half. 30 subs: Age Little Davie Prince of Orange Pollux 3 Staffordshire Nan 3 Lady Florence Surgeon-General ... Lightning Bolton Omer Pacba g Age Alonzo Bobby Taft De Ginkel 3 Boer Saraband blary Shelah Hoddam 3 Baroness Bold Bucclench 3 Jemmy the Black a Prince Plausible Laura Selina f by Birdcatcher—lnheri- Berezina The Rajah St. Clare Van Brakel Cossey Eulogist Gamekeeper Entries for the Aintree Plate. One mile. tress Age Menzie Pollux Janet Pride The Assayer Gamekeeper General Picton De Ginkel 3 Mary 4 Entries for the Sefton Hand 18s Age Sholah Sir R. Trenchard Hoddam 4 Salmon Gathorcnle 3 Village Cock 3 Pora licap. Mile and a quarter, lubs. Age Little Davie Menzie Prince of Orange Bolton Tho Rajah 4 Eulogist 6 Gamekeeper General Picton Alonzo Alfred.. D 9 Ginkel Mary Shelah Sir P. Trenchard Roddarn 4 Bold Bnoeleucli 3 Prince Plausible Laura Selina It is reported that Mdlle. Cruvelli's rnarziage with Baron Vigier, which was to have taken place on Satur day, has been hroken off. A PEACE OFFER.—The Presse republishes the follow ing advertisement from a contemporary :—" A young man drawn under the conscription, and to join the ranks on the 18th inst., having no relish for the military pro fession, wishes to marry somebody who can procure him a Fnbstitnte.—AddresF, A. 8., &c.". . _ _ , The Austrian Lloyd steamer Asia, which was re ported to have been on fire betwean Beyront and Alexandria ' bad reached the last mentioned city on the 23rd of December. A letter from St. Petersburg, in the Cologne Gazette, contains the following :—" Prince Galit inspectcr of the Imperial manufactory of armc, has arrived here from Moscow, with reports on the question of the new levies of troops which are to be raised independently of the arriere-ban. The heads of the artillery published to-day an official notice for the adjudication of the tranzport of cannon and munizaon3 of war, the weight of 99,899 puds ( 3,835 ,9601 b.), from Kalouga to Briask. Besides a large supply of mortar platforms, which are demanded for Cl oni t aci t, carpenters, locksmiths', and blacksmiths are required in as great numbers as can be obtained. Individuals of these trades will be engaged for the first six months of 1856, in the artillery dockyard." Gentlemen of the Grand Jury,—ln addressing you at the beginning of a new year, I shall make no allusions whatever to the tremendous war which reflects a crim son glare on our past, present, and future, except to ex press gratitude to God that, notwithstanding that war, the country is more steadily and vigorously than ever prosecuting another war—the War against Crime. What progress has the glorious reformatory move ment made even since I eat here last— three short months ago! We now can scarcely take up a daily paper, without seeing county after county bestirring itself in the good cause,—the good, the great, the titled, the wealthy, the gifted—men of all shades of politics—of every form of our common Christianity—Protestant and Catholic here joining their force against the common enemy—all giving their counsel, their money, their per sonal exertions, their influence, to do what ? To give a chance to the poor outcast of being once brought within the fold—and afford society the heart's luxury of seeing prodigal sons returning, in all directions, from the far country of vice. Oh, gentlemen, I address you in this strain with an emotion which I feel a difficulty in re sisting ; for the country is exhibiting itself iu a nobler attitude, to my eyes, than when bearing in her hand the ensanguined laurel of that other war in which she was engaged. It has taken her a long time to convince her what a concurrence of considerations exited to stimulate her into carrying on that other war with which we are here concerned ; but having put her hand to the plough, she will not look back ! The juvenile and the adult criminal have become to her objects of equal, and now enlightened solicitude ; and she finds that the only way of dealing with the latter is to diminish the recruiting their ranks from the former ; to prevent the unhappy urchin who is too often driven irto crime by bad example, growing up before our eyes into the grim ticket-ofleave man 1 Gentlemen, I speak of enlightened solicitude ; for during the last six, and especially the last three months, I have been most forcibly struck with the discreet practical tone pre vailing all that is being said and written on this great subject. I rarely iniss reading a' report of any charge to a Grand Jury, any report of a Chaplain to a Gaol, any account of a meeting called on the subject of a Refor matory institution ; and instead of vague though elo quent declamation, it appears to me that we now see a cautious Red discriminating spirit, dealing with general principles, and the important and often difficult facts connected with the origin and progress of crime, not fall ing into the errors of a false philanthropy, on the one hand, nor, on the other, into those of a harsh and india ' eliminating severity. We may perceive, for instance, an anxious attention paid to the question of imprison ment, with reference to the length of it, as affect ing its efficacy as either a deterrent or a punitive act ; and age, character, temperament, and the cir cultestee6nees of each particulaar case—its antecedents end probabilities—taken into careful consideration, as the elements of the question to be kept steadily in view, in dealing with the question for practical purposes. Gentlemen, we are beginning to feel that in a criminal we have a seri: n; and often difficult case of morbid hu manity to deal with ; requiring much knowledge of hu man nature, sound and unsound, and also of the. moral healing art., and every one who has a criminal to deal with, judicially, i s b iun d to b r i ng to b ear on each one' s Case all knowledge attainable by experience and reflec tion, enabling him to satisfy his conscience that he has awarded that curt of punishment, in kind and degree, which will tend to vindicate public justice, but in doing so, deter the offender by barely sufficient penalty from again offending, and also give him adequate means and inducements to return to a life of honesty and virtue. I know by considerable experience how diffi cult a task this is to a conscientious judge, who ought, considering the inestimable value of a human soul, to deal with each ease as anxiously as though it was the only one he should ever have to try ; feeling that only just too much, or just too little punishment, may make all the difftrenc e in the particular instance, between ruin and salvation. Now, gentlemen, this question arises in its commonest form in the case of imprisonment, and the proper duration of it ; and that touches the whole of the great quest i on o f a wise, that is an efficient Re formatory System, and is attracting to itself, I rijoico to say, the best consideration of those hest qualified to deal with so momentous a subject. I humbly think that in the eye of our Almighty Judge, beheldieg his crea tures sitting in justice upon one another, you ought to keep as steadfastly in view the effects, upon society and the individuals of even punishment, in the case of a petty first theft by a child, a fiftieth theft by an adult, or the gravest offences of any kind with which earthly tribunals are called upon to deal. Applying this principle to reformatory discipline, you see the true difficulty with which we have to deal, and which requires the utmost practical sagacity in those who undertake the duty. We must take uncommon care not to disturb and dislocate our entire system of punitive justice, in devising the scheme of our reformatory pro cedure ; we must take care to keep punishment, punish ment prison, a prison : and preserve a bright distinction between guilt and innocence. I say this last with em phasis, because considerable sections of the humbler ciaeses of society may begin to be injuriously affected by the treatmeet which they sec administered to those who hare yielded to temptation which others have resisted. Gentlemen, you may see two principal, practical ques tions rising uppermost in men's minds, in the recent and present stages of the reformatory movement. The first is, whether the State, or individuals, should originate and support these institutions. A doubt on this point is at the present moment palsying much energy, or at least suspending its action—and I know that doubt to be entertained by many hearty well-wishers, and in high places, too, to this great movement. It is certainly difficult to a degree to see why a prison, or a lunatic asylum, should stand on a different footing, as to volun tary or compulsory support, from a Reformatory Insti tution, which is but a branch of prison discipline—and that is a matter directly, unceasingly, and vitally affect ing the public welfare. But the Legislature has not hitherto recognised the obligation, and we know not when, or whether it ever will, but, in the name of all that is good and holy, is that any reason why those who see a great evil to be cured, and are able to contribeta to cur ing it, can stand ootiscientiously acquitted if they abstain from doing sot Oh, let us all hasten to have practically a hand in this good work—to give our individual impulse, however slight, to the machinery for amendment, if we would please Him who came to seek and to save that which was lost. The second practical question which you may observe discussed by the sincere and zealous friends of this movement is, whether they should be content with small local reformatory institutions, or seek to esta blish is principal and central one in given districts. Ido not wish to speak too confidently on this subject ; but I always was and continue to be in favour of the for mer. All I want to see is an actual beginning made on a limited scale, and with limited funds. Let the public see a nucleus established-=in working trim ; and if they be hold five or six little brands actually plucked from the burning, it would go furthe r th an a th o usand speeches, and all ' the rank and influence which are so laudably brought to bear upon their efforts. If you have the plough in the field, put man and horse to it, and begin to turn up the soil! We are all of tis, in all things, only too apt to hang back frottt individual sacrifice and exer tion of any kind, as long as we have a secret conscious ness that our doing so will induce some ge_neral mode of action diminishing individual pressure, With these few remarks offered in an earnest and candid spirit for your consideration and that of the public, I leave this great and pressing social problem, commending it faithfully to your individual, and, front your public position in this populous and influential borough, responsible considera tion. I pass on to point your attention to a matter of great interest and importance, even as affecting ourselves here, and our duties this very day t I mean the opera tion of the act of the lad seesion, for enabling Justices of the Peace, hi petty sessions, to deal summarily with what I may conspicuously term the minor cases of larceny. It had been in operation for a short time before the last ttession, and of course has been so ever since ; and what is the result on our labours this ses sion ? Very decisive. Nearly, if not quite, 24 cases have been dealt with summarily under this act since I last met you, which but for it would now be before us ; and we have left only 22, or at most '23 cases to deal with, which is indeed a novelty at these sessions. What ever may be the result. as affecting the professional inte rests of the bar practising at sessions, and which seems likely to be extremely serious,—all that concerns you and me on the part of the public is,—to see that the ser vice of this summary power acts well. Now no one can venture to form an opinion concerning the propriety or impropriety of a judicial dealing with any particular case, who either was not present, or has not had authen tic information from competent authorities. But from such source as I have of judging—the police reports of your weekly newspapers- —I think these responsible powers have been exercised in their place, with discri mination and care. But it is manifest that here, and wherever the act is in operation, may be seen exempli fied the paramount necessity of applying the principles regulating the infliction of imprisonment, so as to make it salutary and effective for reformatory purposes. As far as concerns myself, I cannot repress the anxiety I feel in apportioning punishment fitly, in the cases of new or old offenders —and I entertain no doubt that those feelings fully influence the exercise of their new and great important jurisdiction, in their place, in petty ses sions. • The act very wisely provides, that if the pri soners have been previously convicted, or if the justices (or stipendiary magistrate) consider the charge to be, from any other circumstances, fit to be proceeded with here, rather than before them—they are to send it hither : and the efficient working of the act depends in no small degree on the exercise of this vigilant discre tion. Now, I know of a case, I will not say where, in which the ju Cate dealt with a case as it was presented to him, as if it were a first offence, whereas in truth, the offender had no fewer than eight convictions for felony standing against him—which did not come to the know ledge of the justice till it was too late to act upon such important information. I would recommend a little delay, gentlemen, if it were only for a day or two, in these cases, in order that due inquiries should be made nto the antecedents of the prisoner, which may lead to a hardened and incorrigible offender being sent hither, where a fitting measure of punishment may be awarded. Gentlemen, connected with this subject, I wish to call public attention to the existing state of the law— as I have done in very high quarters since we last met, and to offer a suggestion which appears to me of no little practical importance. A few years ago, the Courts of Q , arter Sessions were stripped of a very large shore of the jurisdiction which they had previeuely exer cised, and it was consequently transferred to the assizes, at no little additional inconvenience and expense. No Ag© A letter from Singapore, of Nov. 22, gives the'follow ing movements of and in the China squadran :—At the time of her Majesty's ship Spartan leaving Nangasaki, her Majesty's ship ezybille, 40, Commander the Hon. C. Elli ,t ; Hornet, 14, Commander Forsyth ; Encounter, 14, Captain O'Callaghan ; and the Barracouta, 6, Com mander Fortescne,, went to the northward again, it was said to the Gulf of Tertary. The Tartar, Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's vessel, has been purchased by Government, and commissioned with the following officers :—Lieut. Nares (flag to Sir James Stirling) in command ; Mate, Mr. Twiss, from the Co mus ; Second-Master, Mr. H. D. Sarratt, from the Spar tan ; Assistant-Surgeon, Mr. T. Warren, from the Co mus. It is supposed that she will be employed in the suppression of piracy in China. Several courts-martial ha-e been lately held fur the trial of various officers of or belonging to the fleet. The second-lieutenant of the Pique was tried on a charge of drunkenness, and was sentenced to be dismissed his ship, and placed at the bottom of the li,t of lieutenants. Mr. Thomas Wilson, of the Rattler, was tried for riotous and insubordinate behaviour, and for being drunk ; ho was sentenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service, mulcted of all pay, prize money, &c , and to be imprisoned in one of her Majesty's gaols. Lieutenant Phipps, of her Majesty's ship Nankin, was tried on a charge, preferred against him by Captain the Hon, Keith Stewart, for writing a certain letter, the tone and spirit of which implied insubordination and subversion of discipline ; he made no defence, but threw himself on the mercy of the Court, which sen tenced him to be severely reprimanded, and admonished to be more ca.utieus in future. The 10-gun brig Rapid, Commander Blane, was to be sold by auction on the 15th of December, and most of her officers will proceed home, it is expected, in her Majesty's ship Grecian, 16, which sails shortly for England, Captain Blane to corn. mind. Her Majesty's ship Spartan, 26, Captain Sir William Hoste, relieves the Grecian et Singapore, pro tern. She has a portion of the Russian prisoners on board, who are to be conveyed to Trincomalee. Captain the Hon, G. D. Keane, having obtained post rank, left for England by the mail of the 15th of December. Her Majesty's ship Winchester, 50, Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, was expected to arrive at Singapore about the 15th of December, en route to Bombay, to be docked for repairs. Mr. Johnson, her second master, has been promoted to the vacancy occasioned by the death of the master of the Bittern, Mr. W. Tur ner, who was killed in a brush with the pirates off Ningpo." The following members o the pendant, fitting out, or lishnient at i'ortaM'outh':— Guns. Duke of Wellington l3l Marlborough l3l Victor Emmanuel 9l _ Ciagar 9l Calcutta B4 Colossus Bl Blenheim Ajax Shannon 5l Imperieuse 5l Arrogant GUN-: Guns. Dapper Stork Gleaner S winger Biter Skylark Snapper Havoc.. MORTAR Bomb. the fleet are preparing for .efitting, on the war estab• Guns. Fox (steam transport) 42 Pylacies Harrier .. 14 Ariel Sampson Gorgon Dragon Centaur Fury Geyser Vulcan Pincher Jackdaw . . . Starling Hind Weasel Beaver Guns. 1 1 1 1 1 1 VESSELS. Bomb. Blaser.. Porpoise All these are in commission, except the Marlborough, Victor Emmanuel, Shannon, and Fox, and they are be ing expedited for the pendant. So many ships, and fresh arrivals nearly every day, give ample employment to every department in the port. The Clarence-yard, Gos port, is full of stores in readiness for shipment. The newly-launched screw etean -sloop Flying Fish, in charge of Assistant Master-Attendant Tonkin and a navigating party, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from Pembroke, to join the fleet fitting out. She is a fine vessel, and her lines promise great speed. The following are her principal dimensions . Feet. In. Length between perpendiculars 2OO 0 Length of keel Breadth, extreme 3O 4 Ditto for tonnage Ditto moulded Depth of hold Burthen, 871 tons. Her engines are to be of 350 horse power. The Hee:a, 6, steam sloop, Commander Mecham, and the Avon tender, Master-Commander Veitch, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the westward, the latter with supernumeraries. The Perseverance steam-trausport did not get away clear on Sunday, but was detained until yesterday to carry out a number of Royal Marines, whom she em barked from the steam tender sprightly yesterday after noon. Her Majesty's steamer Driver, Capt. Gardner, is to proceed forthwith to the Baltic. The cylinders which form the pontoon of the experi mental mortar-raft, having been strengthened and re paired, were yesterday morning received at Woolwich from Messrs. Seaward's factory. The raft will be imme diately readjusted and conveyed to Shoeburynoss for a continuation of proofs. A number of schooners having arrived off Woolwich Arsenal from Hull are discharging their cargoes of mixed shet and shell from the contractor's foundry at Low• moor. Piles of shut and shell of every description now encumber all the available epace along the wharves. The monster bombs form a prominent feature there. The following appeared in our late edition last night : PROMOTIONS. Lieutenant John Hutchinson to be Commauder on the reserved list, under the Order in Council of 1851. • • ••• - APPOINTMENTS. Captain Francis Liardet, to CAreenwi.h Hospital, vice Cll2pago, deCPaF4f?fi. MASfER. James Pyper to the Ajax. PAYMASTER.' Bernard T. Colley (confirmed), to the Barracouta, STAFFORD, Jan. 6.—The excitement occasioned in this town and district by the committal of Mr. Palmer, of Rugeley, for wilful murder, in connection with the death from poison of Mr. Cook, so far from having sub sided, appears to be still upon the increase. In fact, it is almost impossible to exaggerate the public feeling upon the subject, or to over-estimate the alarm created in the minds of some people by the facility with which a man tituated like Palmer may deal destruction around him, and by the apparent ease with which de tectioe, if nut altogether eluded, may be long deferred. Statemeets implicating Palmer in the sudden deaths of individuals, of recent or comparatively remote occur rence, in and around Rugeley, become day by day more rife, and are day by day more readily received by the public as demonstrative facts, and if only a small portion of these statements should turn out to be true, Palmer, the surgeon of Rugeley, will leave behind him a fame as a poisoner, compared with which that of a Laffarge, a Brinvilliers, or even a Borgia, will dwindle into insigni ficance. Int, whatever may be the result of the trial for the murder of Mr. Cook, and of the coroner's in quest, to be concluded on Friday, as to the cause of death of the prisoner's wife and brother, Walter Palmer, many of the statements alluded to are doubtless entirely destitute of foundation, as in the present state of excitement it appears to be quite suf ficient for the mere fact of a endden death, or death under circumstances at all out of the common way to be mentioned, in order to lead to the conclusion that Palmer, the surgeon, was accessory to the fact. The more en lightened part of the public receive these rumours with greater caution and reserve than the mass of the people ; but everywhere an intense anxiety is displayed in antici pation of the proceedings before the coroner on Wed nesday, as, although the fact seems to be established, or at all events taken for granted, that both in the case of the prisoner's wife and that of his brother death resulted from poison, the precise nature and qualities of the poison used are at present only matter of con jecture. As is by this time pretty generally known, as soon as enspicion was entertained by the London offices in which the life of •Mr. Walter Palmer was assured for a heavy amount, that the death of that gentleman had not been strictly natural, Field, the experienced detective, was employed to investigate the circumstances. Being, how ever, from some cause or other, unable to give the case his immediate personal attention, he committed it to the care of Simpson, a shrewd and intelligent assistant, who at once came over to Stafford and made preliminary inquiries. Ife then proceeded to Rugeley to continue his investigation. Finally, little doubt was left an his mind but that Mr. Walter Palmer had died from poison, and that if en, his brother, to whom the assurance policy had been assigned, was the person who had ad ministered it. Positive proof as to the 'cause pf death was altogether impossible, without the exhumation and examination of the body of the deceased, for which Simpson had no authority at that time, his only object being to do justice to his employers by protecting them against a demand for the amount of a policy supposed to be illegally claimed. To accomplish hie object he obtained an interview with Mr. Palmer, at itegeleh where be found him at home seated over his wine, and apparently as much at ease as possible. After some commonplace remarks, Simpson turned abruptly to the subject of Mr. Walter Palmer's • death, hinting that suspicions were enter tained by some that it wad of a mysterious nature, and alluding to Palmer himself an being best qualified, both from his relationship to the deceased and his medical knowledge, to set suspicion at rest. A momentary shade of anxiety passed over Palmer's features, but nothing more. He replied that he was not aware of an y suspi ci3us circumstances connected with the death of his brother, that he did not think there were any such cir cumstances, but that if there were, strict inquiry' ought to be made, and the murderer, if discovered, punished. All this was said in an unfaltering voice, and with the most perfect command of feature. Simpson, without further beating about the bush, suddenly announced that the assurance offices had decided convictions that the death of Mr. W. Palmer had been accelerated or pro cured by poison, for the purpose of obtaining payment of the amount for which his life was assured, and that if the claim for payment were preferred it would be met on their part by a charge of murder. Palmer sipped his wino, apparently still unmoved, repeating that if there was ground for inquiry, inquiry ought to be made, and that guilt, if it existed, ought to be punished, and he hoped it would be. Simpson repeated his warning, and they parted. A day or two later, while Simpson was sitting in the coffee-room of an hotel here, Palmer entered with an easy air, and perceiving his recent visitor, crossed the room hastily, shook hands with, and expressed great pleasure at seeing him, a,ithough there can be little doubt that a more unwelcome sight could hardly have presented itself before him. After a brief conversation, they shook hands again, and Palmer quitted, him with the most cor dial air possible. _ _ A fev; days more, and Mr. Cook died, and Mr. Palmer, who even under present circumstances is said still to pre- serve remarkable self-possession, was an inmate of our gaol upon a charge of murder. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 5, 1856 £18,7 3i 19 7 Corresponding w ee k l as t year 17,291 18 4 Increase in 1835 ••••••• . ,;1,417 1 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 5, 1816 ........................................... ; ,C10.5.18 5 5 .. . 1:(4:ti 01 Lou LAO-year to airyUM , ' loet 10,548 5 5 Total of the h a lf-year to this date, 1855 10,171 3 2 GREAT LUXEMBOURG RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the weak entlingDec. 30, J.SO 1 ,i,,,,,;,,,,,, ,,,,,£293 10 0 , ~'~ ~~. Naval and Military Intelligence. :. ~• . ~~ :.. ~: . THE R UGELEY POISONING CASES. Yesterday Captain J; 11. Hatton, the chief of the Staffordshire county police, had an interview with Sir George• Grey, and was afterwards engaged in inquiring into circumstances connected with the death of Mr. J. Persons Cook. It is believed that he has succeeded in gaining most important evidence, which will be forth coming at the trial of the alleged prisoner in March next. The inquest on the bodies of Mrs. Mary Palmer, the wife, and Mr. Walter Palmer, the brother of the accused, which was to have been held to-morrow (Wednesday), is post posed until Friday, when it will be held at nine o'clock, in the Town-hall. It is expected to last all Fri day and Saturday, as a large number of startling cir cumstances, which have come to the knowledge of the Coroner and police, will be strictly inquired int The rumour which prevails in reference to the con nexion of Palmer with Lord George Bentinck does not appear, judging from the evidence taken upon the in quest on the body of the noble Lord, to rest upon any solid foundation. The great object of Palmer in the mur der of Mr. Cook seems to have been to possess himself of his betting book, and thus to destroy the evidence of a sum of money he is supposed to have owed him, aris ing out of betting transactions upon the turf. Lord George Bentinck'e betting book was not lost, neither dill there appear to be any poisonous matter in his sto mach. At the inquest on his lordship, which was held at Welbeck, before Mr. Faulkner, the coroner, it did not appear that any person of Palmer's description had vi sited him at the residence of his father, the Duke of Portland, from the time of his arrival there until his death. Loi d Geor,ge arrived at the Duke's house (Wel beck Abbey) oa the 11th of September, on a visit, which was to extend over several days. Ton days later, viz., on the 21st, William Perks, who had been in the service of the Duke fsr many years, waited upon Lord George at breakfast, as he had done on previous days, and par ticularly noticed that he Aever saw him in better health and spirits than on that occasion. At three o'clock Lord George left Welbeck Abbey unattended, for the pur pose of proceeding to Thoresby Park, the seat of the Earl Manvers, with whom he had engaged to dine. Len thall, another of the Duke's servants, saw Lord George pass through the Rein Deer Park, and, at about 4 o'clock, a man, named Evans, saw him standing by a gate, suffering apparently from spasms. He soon after wards, however, walked on. Not arriving at Thoresby, men wore sent out with lanterns, and they found him i❑ the course of the night lying dead in a lane, about 6 miles from Welbeok. Whether any one was with him during the time which elapsed between Evans seeing him and the discovery of his body, it is of course impos sible to state. Mr. J. Shirley, an assistant to Mr. Ward, surgeon, of Wellow, was examined at the inquest, and said I was sent for on Thursday night, and was at Welbeck Abbey when the body of Lord George Ben• tincle was brought there. It was then about 2 o'clock, and life had been extinct some hours. I was present when his lordship's clothes were examined. There were no external marks of violence, except a considerable contusion about the left eye. It was such a contusion as would be produced by a fall. The bridge of the nose was injured, and the left side of the tongue appeared to be injured by the teeth. There was also some extravasated blood under the skin of ►he chest on the right side. His pockets were opened in my presence. There was 121. 10e. in gold, and it. Bs. 4d. in silver, and in his pocket book there was a cheque fir 1001. and two 51. notes, besides other papers. I understand there was a promis sory note for 5,0001., but I did nut see it. His betting book, his gold pencil, watch, and chain, were also found in his pockets. I this morning assisted Mr. Ward in ' making a post mol'tein examination of the head and body, and, from that examination, I are of opinion that he died of violent spasms of the heart. We found the or gans of the body generally healthy with the exception of the right lung, to which there were adhesions to the side." Mr. Ward, surgeon, of Wellow, said— " I have known Lord George Bentinck many year, and when in the country Was his regular medical attendant, but I had not seen him since he came from town last. I have this day opened the body, and am of opinion that he died from spasm of the heart. There was very little food in the stomach, but there was no mor bid appearance beyond congestion, which prevailed over the whole system. There was emphysima of the lungs, and old adhesion from former disease. The heart was large and muscular, and covered with fat. It oontained no blood, and time the appearance of a regular contrac tion. The brain was perfectly healthy, with the excep tion of a little venous congestion, in the same ratio as the other organs." Upon that occasion the verdict was "Death by the visitation of God, arising from spasms of the heart." It is a somewhat curious fact that the noble lord's death took place within a week after the St. Leger at Doncester. M'. Cook's death having taken place shortly after Shrewsbury races. It is more than probable that his hettieg•book may still be in the possession of some members of the Portland family, in which case his con nexion with Palmer, if any such existed, may be easily traced. OATS. Country Markets. CHELMSFOIW-JAN. 4. The trade for wheats excessively dull ; the best qualities barely maintaining last week's prices ; inferior, Is to 2s per qr. cheaper. • Spring corn dull, but a larger supply than of late. Oats is cheaper. Barley from la to 2s per qr. less money. Peas and beens is cheaper. Wheat, white, old, per s. s. qr 68 80 Oats, ' 78 I Peas, red, old 61 76 new 59 74 29 36 Per qr Partridge White Boiling Dun e. 8. .23 ZO .39 41 .40 tO .43 50 .37 39 Barley __ Chevalier 3l 38 Beans, Tick 36 Grinding 26 Harrow ticks 38 Malt 70 74 Mazagan 33 Chevalier 72 76 Ditto, new... 35 COLCHESTER- JAN. 5. A moderate supply of wheat ; best dry samples realised last week's prices, but damp and inferior difficult of sale. Malting barley unchanged in value ; grinding and distil ling rather lower. Beans and peas unaltered. Prices to-daywere as follow ;—Wheat, white, 80s to Ms; red, 72s to 808 ; barley, 363 to 44s ; oats, 28s to 34s ; beans Mazagan, 42s to 41s ; middle and small, 41s to 50s; peas, white, 51s to 56s ; grey, 44s to 465. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, &c., received in the port of London, from the following ports, from the 31st Dec. to the sth Jan., both inclusive. 0 0; g Colchester Harwich ll7 40 620) 2 1020 Leigh Mallon 1535 283 i 143, 56 , 340 372 870 KIRKCALDY—JAN. 5. To-day we bad the smallest supply of grain brought for ward of any market day since harvest, consisting of 66 qrs. wheat, 137 barley, and 185 oats. Wheat and oats a quick sale, at little variation in price. Barley a very slow sale, and fully is per qr. lower. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. 1 Beans. I First Second Third 6os Od I 33s 04 I 2.:s 04 Os Od a.—JAN. 7. •he close •f the market. WsNand, lie. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t. s. d. Bate's West Hartley 18 0 Buddle W. Hartley l9 0 Tanfield Moor l7 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 17 Tyne Main 17 6 West Felton l7 0 Grey's West Hartley l9 0 Wood's Hartley 16 i Haswell Hetton Kepier Grange rambton North Hetton Plummer Stewart's Hartlepool Heugh Hall ~17 9 Kenos .18 3 South Hartlepool ~19 9 Whitworth _l9 6 Birchgrove Graigola Belmont 19 6 Wallsend, &e. Hilda Riddell Eden Main Bell Ehips at marlrot... 70 I Sold SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post dad v,37 the night—and M by the morning--despatch.) Day whm made til Froi••• Whit' When COUNTRIE&. in General root - I Port due in Woe, London. , -, lisp•tch• . •;,.e lan& Anierica(byltrit.pack)N Every Friday •• • • Liverpool Jan. 14 trnericr. (by United Ste. packet) .... .. ....N ••• • •• ••• • Liverpool . Jan. 8 !merino (by U. States packet) ..........N •• .• • • • • Southaraptp , Jan. 26 Urtralia (via Sont:'- ampton) ..........11. ...••• ••. • • • • Southamptet :tato (via Marseilles) NI Bill° (via Cape of G0 ,, ,1 Hope) ...... •• • .1i I OOOO • • ... Uncertain ifrica (West Coast)..N; 23 d of the month .. Plymouth .. Jan 6 4.lesandria .... .... .. N ' 4 , 9 , f• - ;•& 30 of in • Dover ..... klexandria ........ .. hi 1 4th & 211th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ...........11.7th of the mouth Southarnoto, Belgium ............N' Dail,' ••••••• • • • • • Dover ...... daily Brazil .............. 2,l'9th of the month.. Sonthe.mptun lan. 15 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Sinthn m r ti'm San. to Cape of Good Hope ..N Various port ;Jamie.," (tape of Good Hope ..20 7a - i , o de Verds ...„. N 9th of the month Southampton as. lb Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .. .. .... ......N, C hAnnel Isles .... ...NlMon.,Wed.,/q P r l3 . Routhamptor .Tb. Sat mill __ ........„ w2d ki7th of nOntl , bonthanaptot China .... . !Once a month.... Tan. 20 , Constantinople .... .. N .4,13,18,23,&48 of m i Dover ..... .. Constantinople . !4th & 20th of mae.',Santhampton Cont. of Europe PE & N Twice daily ...... I Dover ...... TWlCedalls Egypt (see India) France ........ hi & N; Twice daily.-- Dove: ...... Tvrieedlll, Gibraltar ..........ni, 7,17, 20,27 qm. Southampton Greece (see India) 1 Groytown ..........14,2nd & 17th of mon. South emptos ilainburgt .... ~ ....N ; Tuesday Fri & ey London • •• •• damin,,,h ..........M 2nd of the month! Southampton lan. 16. Holland ............M Daily •••. • • .. Honduras .... ...... 111 17t a r ?the month. Southampt on 16tholmen (lithe (viationthampt.) sl 4th t 20th of mon. Plymouth • • Jan. 20 India (via Marseilles)M 19t1 25th of month Dover ....... lonian Isles (see India); 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver......' Ireland ........M & N 'Twicc daily ..... . 1.101,7 head ... Twieedlll37 Lisbon.. • • • • • ....... IV 7, 9 , 17, & 2 7 of m. Southampton Jan. lb Siadeira ............ hi ; 9th of the month Southampton 'Madeira ............Nl 23 d of month • • • . Liverpool ..., Matte (see India) 1 . • Malts ..............N 8, 18 , a 23 of mon , Dover ......... Jan. 20 Mauritius (see India) v anr iti us .........,N 14th of the month &Lexie , ............. hi and of the month.. Southampton Jan. 16 Naples ..............N sthlstli2Sthofmon. Dover ...... I Now Granada, ...... 9t Ii & 1 7th of month Southampton; By private sk ip ip New Zealand.. ~...... Various port, Uneerta Papal state , ........ N sthlath2r , thot mon. Dover ...... Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th27thoftnon. Southampton Peru .............. m ad & 27th of mon. Aouthampton • Port Natal ..........N ; Ey private ship... Various ports Unooll2llll Sicily ,••• .. .... .. .. Nsthlbth2hthofrnon, Dover ...... Tuscany ............N'thif , thia s thormon. Dover .. y onezue l, ..........34 Id& 17th of month I Southamptor 1 k 16 me Van Diemen'm Land (see Australia) .......... WI& 17th of month ISonthamptesill & 16 mon West Indies ...... _at il &IS mob When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the malls will be de• spatched on the following day. with the exception of the India (vie Southampton), and the Malta. both of which will be despatched tt preceding day. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills for the Cure of Asthma are unpreoedented.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Wyld, of Hyde, Cheshire, dated August 5, 1854 —"To Professor Holloway. Sir,—Mrs. Newton, re siding in Hanover -street, in this town, was afflicted with asthma many years, a difficulty of breathing, and a vio lent cough, causing acute pains in her side, more parti cularly so when she took cold ; she tried many remedies, and consulted different individuals, a ithout obtaining any favourable result. I then advised her to take your pills, and after a few weeks she was considerably better, and by persevering with them she is now perfectly cured."—Sold by all vendors of medicine ; and at Pro fessor Holloway's establishments, 244, Strand, London; and 80, Maiden•lane, New York. [Acvsarissitsirrd—SlGHT AND lINA.RING.—DRAFNE3II AND DEFECTIVE Yenox Retisvnn.- Messrs. S, and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—oppo. site the York Hotel. Deafness—New Disee#ery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely re moved ; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.—Newly-constrneted Spectacle Lenses of the greats. est transparent power. The valuable advantage &rivet: from this invention is, that vision becoming imp a i re d i s preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation.- can see with these lenses of a much lees magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By bier Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of groat importance to the army, navy, and others. Those telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye• piece, still show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be Bet n a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary. ing rom 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above and the Georgian :svith his 6 satellites, &e.—The R o y a l Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very sma ll, powerful waisteksat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by whiek a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, an,l ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They aro invaluable foe . shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, g, - enekeepen, and tourists. Opera, race-course camp, and pt;:speetive glasses, with wonderful power.-39 , Albemarle-street, Piccadllly. Observe--upPositb the York Hotel. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 6th inst., at 5, Eaton-square, the wife of H. Toogood, Esq. On the 7th inst., at Thames-bank, the wife of Rdwari Carter, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 4th inst., at Woburn, Chertsey, the Hon. Mrs. Locke King. On the th inst., at 11, Glocester Villas, Maida-hill, the wife of Stephen Cholmeloy, of Lincoln's-inn. MARRIED. ol Oa the sth inst., at St. Marylebone Church , Montag, Clough, fifth son of tho l a t e James Wilkinson, E N . R.N f ormer ly of Malta, to Maiia Amelia, only daugh ter Nathaniel Grant, Esq., M.D., York-street, P or t man . square. On the 3d inst., at Upton. Church, Torquay, the Rev. R. W. Barnes, vicar of Probtin, Cornwall, and prebendary of Exeter, to Anne Catherine, daughter of the late Pulte ney Mein, Esq., of Airth Castle, Stirlingshire. DIED. On the sth inst., John Welch, Esq., of Sydonham-hill, Kent, and Garlick-hill, Loudon, aged 52. On the 7th inst., at 2 4 , Tavisteek-squaro, D. M'lntesb, Esq., aged 56. On the 4th inst., at Kingsdown, Bristol, Wm. Mallard, Esq., aged 61. On the 4th inst., in the Downham-road, Mr. Edward T. 'Male, of Messrs. Truman, Hanbury, Buxton, and Co.'s brewery, Brick lane, Spittal6elds, aged 33. 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