The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-22 00:00:00

UNITY GENERAL ASSURANCE COMPAN r. [The following appeared in part of our impression of yesterday.] The annual meeting of the shareholders in the Unity Assurance Association was held yesterday at the London Tavern. There was rather a thin attendance of share kOlders present. Mr. Baylis was not present, and his non-appearance was" explained. in the following circular which he had issued that morning to the shareholders : " Ladies and Gentlemen,—Most anxious and careful re flection on the present position of the Unity General As surance Association, and the state of affairs existing be tween myse lf an d th e present board of directors, has led MO to think that nothing but harm could arise from my presence at the annual meeting this day. I have therefore resolved on this ground that I had better not attend. " I could not be present without coming into direct and set ionscollision with the director; the result of which would p ' rove of no benefit to the instit u ti on, b ut must give rise to infinite'confusion and protracted proceedings. As the share holders are fully aware of the causes that led to my resig nation further reference to them is unnecessary. I will therefore proceed at once to explain to you the results of my return to the board mom, and also to indicate the cause of procedure that appears to me to be desirable for the- benefit of the association. " By my circular of the 10th inst. I announced to you that an arrangement had been made between the directors and myself, which enabled me to return to my official dutiee. I expressed my wish to render any assistance I could to the association. It was for this purpose only, at *total. sacrifice of personal feeling, that I consented to identify myself with the board of directors, as at present constituted, for a temporary period, namely, till the annual meeting. I much regret to find myself compelled to acquaint you that my return to the board room has been of no service whatever to the institution. Tha directors have not acted in good faith towards me; they have not co-operated with me " Personally speaking, I will briefly place before yon two facts, involving the proceedings of the directors, by which I show that they have not kept faith with me. "Firstly, I complain that the Directors, on Thursday last, the 16th instant, at the usual board meeting, whilst I had left the room during the discussion of a matter per eons' to myself, gave secret instructions for a printed circular to be issued, signed by Mr. Collins, wherein they pnblished.a Statement of the terms on which I had returned t o m y duties. They did this while I was absent from the beard-room. They did not even acquaint me of what they had done. I therefore consider that in adopting such a course of action, whilst professing to act in concert with MO in the management of the institution, or, indeed, in waking any communication to the shareholders without my concurrence or knowledge, they violated an acknow ledged principle as established between a board of direc tors and a manager. I also feel I have a right to complain of the directors for having published, without my sanction, the terms of my arrangement. They had no right to do this. But if they published anything respecting them, they ought to have published all the correspondence be tween themselves and myself that led to the tin ins. This they did not do, but confined themselves to such parts only as they conceived to be profitable to themselves with the shareholders. "Secondly, I complain of the directors, for their con duct towards me respecting the annual report. On Thurs day week last, the day on which I returned to the board room, the directors passed a resolution, requesting me to prepare the annual report, as usual. I at once devoted myself to it, and worked for two nights. Proof copies were placed before the directors on Thursday last, and I read the document. My report did not suit the directors, and in consequence it was referred to a committee, com posed of Dr. Lloyd and Mr. Jackson. These gentlemen, without any consultation with me, have cut up my report according to their own notions. On Saturday last the directors, held another board meeting , for the purpose of settling the repo r t o f D r. Lloyd and Mr. Jackson They did this in my absence—it being intimated to me by Mr. Jackson that I had better not be present while Use direc tors were settling their report. Therefore the report to be presented to you on Tuesday is the production of Dr. Lfeyd and Mr. Jackson. This is the first and only in stance where the directors have made a report to the share holders-regardless of ray advice. "The allusion to future economy is merely the adoption of a tone wlaiehethe directors deem profitable to their pre sent necessities. If they really mean economy, why don't they show it by their own acts. They have professed a readiness to make personal sacrifices. Where have they made a single sacrifice ? Let them give an example. The,rrow, wish to m a k e th e s h are h olders b elieve that they want tea* economical in the management. They think such a iictfesaion made by them, under present circum stances, will secure popularity for them, and be injurious to me ,Let the shar e h o ld ers once f or all b ear in mind, thatAitelirectors have throughout been partiea to every wing involved in the management of the Institution, whether respecting expenditure or anything else. They hive.themselves been well paid for doing very little towards extending the business of the institution, therefore, when they seek to court favour with the shareholders, by 'sud denly professing a qaalitytkey, never possessed, it is my dtty to warn those parties interested in the association not to be led away by such empty expressions. ".I ask the sharehaidenuto consider facts instead of pro fessions. Is it by - belpiwthemselves to 3601. for attend nricirfees during the; past three months the directors prove their desire for economy ? Is it by holding numerous corn /0400e and board meetings, at each of which large expen ditty() fOr directors' fees is incurred, altogether indepen dent of .the-lose of time on the part of the staff in being called upon to render useless returns? Is it by spending nswirif UpOL in the production of the literati?» et verbatim tens abd-attested report of the meeting of the 11th Sept., whir& by:the:way is, not a true or fair report ? Is it by Ming* compliment to your auditors, in handing over to public accountants, and a large staff of their clerks, the private affairs of the association, including the bonds and secnrities of customers who have transacted business solely on the faith of secrecy, the expenses attending which will be enormous ? Is it by distributing such rubbish:as was contained in tha Herts Guardian, thousands of which were paid for by the funds of the institution ? Is it by these and other proceedings on their part that the directors exhibit, their desire for economy ? Are these the personal saerifiees they are prepared to make ? I leave it to the shareholders to form their own opinion. ".The sacrifices I have made consist of my having re signed a position I had been toiling for, and paid from my own poet a large sum f or expenses i ncurred in the de • fenceprinciple of the institution. "The - directors have thought fit to embody in their re port a statement of the terms upon which I returned to n WM:dal duties temporarily ; and they leave the share holders to decide whether they approve of them or not. Thitie adopting an improper course of action. An annual Meeting Of shareholders is not the place for discussing the teilaS of engagement with a manager. The power is vssta4tbe directors by the d ee d o f sett l ement, and I shined deelinato enter upon the consideration of the ques tion ice the way proposed by the directors. I must not be miatindersteod on this point. I think, under all circum stances,.alull account of the negotiations which led to my tempOrair return should have been placed before the shareholders ; but to canvas the terms' of remuneration at an annual meeting is altogether improper and unneces sary. - " The directors, in their report, allude to the late com promise. The circumstances involved in this case are pre- Cisely, the same as when the shareholders, by their vote of the' of September, practically censured the directors, by ordering payment of the 1,2501. " The interests involved in the Unity General are of a most important character, and I feel that the time has now arrived when it is absolutely necessary for the share holders to adopt such measures as are calculated to place the control of its affairs in other hands. So far as lam concerned, the anxieties of my position aro such that I feel my health affected in endeavouring to discharge them. I have toiled hard for the Uoity Associations, and used all my energies with a view to furthering their interests. They are three great undertakings, in which important principles are involved, and my anxious wish is to see them Lhuraphantly successful. If the shareholders desire it, I aneready, therefore, to render any assistance I can. for a temporary period only, altogether independent of any terms ePfinancial consideration, once t o retir e . or I am ready at ."Possibly I might be useful in reorganising the mr.- nagentint of the institution. I believe this step to be ne cessary and easy. A modification of the present Board of Directors would be an advantage. Four of the present number might retire. For the strengthening of the board thesharehelders might request some of their own body to to - Operate with the remaining directors in restoring the offfee isro - per working order. And here I might state, that befits I ventured to the board room, I had corniuuni satisl*ith some of the principal shareholders on the sub .** otgorming a provisional committee, and the following to as as ,14en, all.of who m are s h are h olders, kindly consented ; seramittee men be. Davis, of Hertford ; J. A. Durham, Esq ~Lond on; Dr. Hearne, Southampton; H. Buchan, Esq., South ainptai n; a.W. Gould, Es q ., L ondon ; G. E. Beckers, Esq., Exete Londo T. Bayley, Esq., Notti ng h am ; T. Sheffield, Esq., Urc. 4'•l ye no doubt but that these gentlemen would be prepared to' act in conjunction with some of the present direetOrs. , They hold a large amount of capital, and I am sure they would without delay be enabled to take some steps calculated to benefit the association, and restore con fidence in it. I can only say that I shall be most h pp to mate y beat energies i n co - operating with them tema poy rarily, but I must frankly state that it is impossible for me to attempt to act with the board as at present consti. tnt6d.i I have, very hastily, endeavoured to place before you some cirlomstenees involved in the present position of matters. I have done this from a sense of duty, and I now leave it to the shareholders to take such a course as they believe to'be for the interests of the institution. —I h ave the honour to remain, ladies and gentlemen, your obedi,ent servant " THOMA.S H. BAYLIS." • The ,repe,rt,' which was read by Mr. Com:lris, the seeretiii'y pre t a m., stated : !!Errnit, the 30th day of June, 1855 (up to whi c h day the last b a l an ce-sheet, as presented to the last *Ulmer ' . gireral meeting, was made) to the 30th V 'Of. June, 1856, the number of policies issued ig assuring 401.0911., and producing in 4 8 i au tidal premiums 13,091 i. 113. 31. Every policy TinlV.,prpviously to acceptance, received the utmost t t ""‘" 4611. • And consideration, all the assu rances on the hooter of the association are of the best description. Th«dutecbors to the , vtir • have much pleasure in calling attention ,„._ , y•sattsfactory character of the business, the 1°4401 arneonting only to 5,6521. 10 3 ., and the pre ~nivaz to - Extract from , Board* „baociltion, of Oetob Minutes of the unity General " h a ving Cirennief.anceLt er3d, 1856 : rigna.tion 6f' the occurred which led to the re called togottler the sha reholders director, the directors which - induced them. unan clders to explain the reasons Um These were fully stated to accept his resigne to the shareholders at tho eitraordinary general meeting, held on th e 11th day of :S e ptembeilast, a verbatim reportir of which has been sent to each share and policy holder. At that meeting a ma• jority determined that the late managi n g b e a ppointed.manager, Pro tail. Te re directors, director s bowinghou t l o d that decision, and to the suggestion and of reqnisitions of certain shareholders , and at the request t the he l y atema paging' di r ector, offered to him terms which consi dered liberal and fair as betwe en this As soc iation himself, which were a cce p ted b y him. Th and Those terms are the following 6. R eso l ve d--That it is absolutely necessary for the p ro - Per oonduct of this association , Ist,- That in the eventa. of Mi. laylre returning to it, he should be appointed manager,. vtithotit a vote at the board. 2 d, That he should be required to discharge the duties of manager telly- sad "effeatually, and confine his attention solely to the business of thit Fife, Life, - and*Dank Associations. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OC COBER 22, 1856 3d, That he should in future never incur, on behalf of the association, any l arge expen di ture , withouti the direct sanc tion of the board. 4th. That he should be required to give an undertaking to the board that he will not, directly or indirectly, mix himself up with or promote any new companies or schemes, but sedulously address himself to the reorganisation and further development of this asso ciation. sth, That his salary be MN. per annum, with a commission at the rate of 3 per cent. on new annual pre miums, less 74 per cent., paid as commission to agents. That this board, in thus tendering to Mr. T. H. Baylis the terms which it considers fair and liberal, as between him and the association, requests him to give them his earnest and attentive consideration, and it trusts that, for the interests of this association, he will, as promised in his letter, be prepared to sacrifice all personal feelings for the benefit of the institution, and assist this board in vigor ously carrying out its operations. (Signed) " THOMAS VAUGHAN, Chairman." To which Mr. BAYLIS returned the following reply:— " Gentlemen,—l beg to acknowledge your letter of the 3d inst., and to say that I accept the terms therein cons tained, and shall at once resume my place at the board. Of course the whole transaction will be submitted to the shareholders at the general meeting, for their opinion and approval.—l remain, gentlemen, your obedt. servant, (Signed) THOMAS H. BAYLIS " After a few remarks from the CHAIRMAN, Mr. JACKSON, one of the directors, then rose to move the adoption of the report, and c a ll e d attention to the fact that Mr. Baylis had thought proper to absent him. self to-day from the meeting, and had issued a circular within the last few minutes to distract the attention of the shareholders from the subject matter for which they had met. He had to inform the shareholders that from what had, taken place within the last few days he begged to say, oa his own part, and also on the part of the whole board of directors, that if Mr. Baylis was elected manager this afternoon they could not sit another day at the board. He attributed the absence of Mr. Baylis to the fact that it was occasioned by the directors refusing to agree to the report which he (Mr. Baylis) had drawn up, and which they, as directors, did not feel they would be jus tified in adopting. The directors', of course, would be responsible for the repot t to be presented, and he felt it was only right that the shareholders should know that the report that was submitted to them to-day was that of the directors, perfectly independent of Mr. Baylis. The speaker then proceeded at great length to tomment on the circular issued by Mr. Baylis, which he characterised as unfair, and in many respects untrue. Among other remarks, the speaker said the manager (Mr Baylis) had taken advantage of his position to have clauses placed on the back of a loan policy in which he was interested, which was irregular and at variance with the objects of the association. (This remark was received with marks of disapproba tion.) In conclusion, Mr. Jackson declared that, in the event of Mr. Baylis being returned manager, nothing on earth would indu ce th em t o s it a t th e board with him, and he thought that, as Mr. Baylis had withdrawn from all interference in the management of the Unity Bank, he ought also to withdraw from the Unity Life Association. He begged to move the adoption of the report that had been read by the Secretary. Previous to the motion being adopted, Mr. PULLEN, the accountant, read a long statement of the financial position of the society, the result of an official inquiry which had taken place with respect to the funds of the association. _ At the conclusion of the reading of the document, .41e CHAIRMAN having put the adoption of th e re p or t tn`the meeting, Mr. HOPWOOD, one of the auditors, drew attention to several items in the b a l ance s h ee t. He thought that a greater loss than ought to have occurred had taken place on certain policies, especially from diseased lungs, which, he thought, was so easily distinguishable. The law darges of 9621., he thought, was excessive, as they had had no law snits. He hoped that a greal deal of : Mining in the expenses of the company would take Once, and objected to such charges as 2501. for gag for illumination, and paying Es. per hundred for quills, which could be obtained at any shop in London for 3s. 6d. Mr. VAUGHAN, a director, said he felt it his duty to explain hOw the charge of 2501. for gas was incurred. It was thought proper to illuminate their offices on the occasion of the celebration of peace, and Mr. Baylis arranged the whole affair. The directors were never consulted—(Cries of " Then they should have been") —and although so large a sum it had been paid for an illumination that was only partially lighted. The iron work, which cost the company 2051., was now rusting in the cellars of Unity-buildings. The directors were never consulted en the expenditure, and were therefore not accountable for it. Dr. LLOYD differed with Mr. Hopwood as to the large sum paid as claims for deaths occasioned by consump tion. He begged to inform him that, taking the whole of the deaths of the United Kingdom, those by diseased lungs would be found to be the most numerous. Though it was easy to discover actual diseased lungs, it was impossible to discover whether the seeds of the disease existed. After a few other questions had been put, The CHAIRMAN put the resolution for the adoption of the report to the meeting, when it was carried unani• mously. On - the motion that the retiring directors he re elected, Mr. Hun said the best way to secure the future pro sperity of the undertaking was to cut down the expenses, and with this view begged to move a resolution to the effect that the board , of directors be reduced to seven, whereby a saving of 5001. would be. effected, and that the resolution, if adopted, be acted upon forrhwith. The resolution having been seconded, it was put and earned unanimously, The retiring directors were there fore not re-elected. Mr. JACKSON (director) proposed a resolution to the effect that Mr. T. H. Baylis be no longer an officer of the association. The motion having been seconded, Mr. HIND thought that Mr. Baylis ought to have been present. He maintained that directors who permitted such pranks to be acted were more culpable than Mr. Baylis. They had petted and fondled over Mr. Baylis, and now that they bad found that they had spoiled the child they were anxious to get rid of him. They had allowed Mr. Baylis to mesmerise the board for six years, but now they had put on their wide-awakes. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) He thought Mr. Baylis ought to have been present to-day to meet boldly any resolution that might be proposed. Mr. HOUSDEN said that all along be had been the ad vocate of Mr. Baylis, but the conviction was now forced upon him, that as long as that gentleman continued manager of the ; b ;ociation it must sink—nothing could save it. The resolution of Mr. Jackson, that Mr. Baylis be no longer an officer of the association, was then put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. The auditors were then re-elected. Mr. JACKSON then declared it was the intention of the board to advertise for a gentleman to fill the vacant office of manager —i n fact, to throw the office open to the best qualified person. It. was not the intention of the board to have a general manager to take the busi ❑ess out of the hands of the directors, but to have a manager to look after the affairs of the institution. A committee of shareholders was then appointed to assist the direction in considering the means by which the expenses of the association might be reduced. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE POISONING CASE AT HACKNEY.—VERDICT OF WILFUL MURDER.—Yesterday Mr. Baker, the coroner, concluded au investigation at the Brunswick Arms Ta vern, Hackney, relative to the death of Elizabeth Gaylor, 30, who died from the effects of a large quantity of sul pl-late of potass, purchased for her by her husband, Win. Gaylor, a j9urneyman carpenter, residing at 2, Camo mile-terrace, Wells-street, Hackney. The evidoice given at the former investigation by the coroner was merely a repetition of that taken at the Worship-street Police. office on Friday last, and which has appeared in this journal. Yesterday Dr. Letheby, to whom the stomach, &c., of the deceased had been submitted for analysis, completed the case, by deposing that deceased died from the effects of a large dose of sulphate of potass, a drag very little used in medicine in England, eseeet in the composition of Dover's Powder, but very popular on the Continent, where it had often formed the subject of legal investigation. The coroner, in summing up, observed that the case was clearly one of wilful murder against the husband, whe had been engaged in a felonious act whereby deceased had lost her life, and if a woman took poison to produce miscarriage, and fatal consequences ensued, she was guilty of self murder. The jury having deliberated said that they had unauimeusly agreed to a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against Was. Gaylor, and also a verdict of " Felo-de•se" against Elizabeth Gaylor. The coroner then issued a warrant for the committal of the accused to Newgate ; and a similar document was placed in the bands of the summoning officer of Hackney, for the midnight burial of the deceased (Elizabeth Gay• lor), whose body will be interred without the usual funeral service. ..... [ADVERTISEMENT.] SI G HT AND H EARING S PECTACLES, POWERF UL TELESCOPES, OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE extraordinary G LAssEs.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and u; ker spective Glasses to inp, improvements in the riaoit powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Racecourse, Opera, and Per inches, with an eats poniess such know the distances. These telescopes extraordinary powers that some three and a-half moons, Saturn's ril l 's. 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Being of the same colour as the skin, is not per ceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the i as 3 iStallee that possibly . could be, desired .- 39, Albemarle, 1 civet s Piccadilly. Observe--opposite the York Hotel. THE PACIFIC DIFFICULTY. (Front the New York Remld, Oct. 4.) It appears from our information from Panama and the Isthmus that if a second bloody riot has not already taken place there it may be expected any day. It seems that parties are divided on the grounds of colour--that the whites outnumber and consequently outvote the blacks ; and that the latter, like the border ruffians of Kansas, appeal from the ballot-box to the machote and the revolver. On the 15th inst. there would have been a riot and mir...h bloodshed but for the United States, Marines, who pulled to the water line and lay there in their boats, ready to interfere in case of a disturbance. We have no positive account of any subsequent riot, but at the time the steamer left Navy Bay a rumour was current that blood bad began to flow at Panama. Our information, which is derived from several trustworthy sources, leads Rs to conclude that no reliance whatever can be placed either in:the will or in the power of the Government of Panama or of New Granada. Many of the officers of Government live and discharge their func tions in a state of abject terror of the negroes, who are always ready with the threat that they will murder any one who opposes them. Others are only too well dis posed to abet their nefarious designs aaainst the people of the United States ; and if all the officers of the Go vernment possessed the skill and the courage to keep the. peace, they would still lack the physical force that alone can impose it upon the populace of Panama. We are satisfied, therefore, that the lives and property of our fellow-countrymen who cross thelsthmus four times a month are in the most imminent peril, and we believe that no less measures are taken to inaugurate a new order of things at Panama the trade of the world will receive a notable check, and the interests of the whole Pacific be seriously injured. Our Government,. after the occurrences of April, sta tioned vessels at either end of the railway to overawe the negro mob. At the time there was reason to believe that this precaution would have sufficed. We are now cn,nvinced that it will not. We have every reason to believe that a settled purpose exists among the half breeds and negroes of Panama to inflict some severe injury on our people in revenge for supposed wrongs, and also to plunder the specie express on the first con venient opportunity. There is no ground for hoping that the deed will be attempted in an awkward or foolish or helpless manner. On the contrary, it is likely that it will be performed with cunning and executed with bloodthirsty daring. The train will not be attacked under the guns of the frigates ; but a few rails will be torn up at some 20 miles from the sea, and in the con fusion created by the sudden stoppage of the train the specie car ntay be robbed, an indiscriminate massacre at least commenced. In such a case our vessels of war would be utterly useless ; they would not know of the mischief until it was past remedy, and we should have no other consolation than a sterile vengeance. Under the circumstances we revert to our original sentiment—which concurs in some respects with Mr. Corwine's report—that the Isthmus should for the pre sent be occupied by United States' troops in the interest of the commerce of the world. When we last made this suggestion it aroused quite a clamour among various organs of opinion in Europe ; it was viewed as a step towards the annexation of New Granada to the United States. Rejection will probably convince the English that we have no such foolish aim as this—that we only seek to insure the safety of our people and our property as well as theirs ; and that national usage, no less than paramount necessity, justifies the measure. There ought to be some men in England who know enough of America to be sure that the annexation of New Granada has not a decent advocate in this country. But whether foreigners like it or not, it seems that it will have to be done. We cannot go on risking 500 valuable lives and a million and a half of treasure every week, either to satisfy the dignity of the imbecile Spaniards and ruffian negroes of Panama, or to defer to the jealous alarm of Europe. We have abundant precedent for the step. England has never hesitated to garrison any territory in the East when the rulers thereof appeared incapable of preserving peace ; she has more than once forced her troops upon her neighbours to help them to rile their territory ; at the present momett she garrisons Greece jointly with France. France garrisons gome, and has garrisoned parts of Northern Africa, in the interest of the commerce of the Mediterranean. Austria has gar risoned Lombardy for 40 years, and only ceased to gar rison the Principalities. It is pretended that in some of these cases a sort of invitation passed between the Power invaded and the invader, but this can delude no one, and in many cases it has been wholly dispensed with. We see no reason why the United States should not garrison Panama, Aspinwall, and the line of road ; and we : see many reasons why, if the precautio n i s neg l ecte d , we may hereafter rue the neglect. From the London Gazette of Last Night. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Oar. 20. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Miguel Castaneda as Consul-General in London for her Majesty 'he Qrkeen of Spain. WHITIIIIA.LL, 00T. 20. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Rode rick Nicolson to the church and pariah of llig, in the pres bytery of Lewis and county of Ross, vacant by the death of the Rev. David Watson, late minister thereof. BOARD OF TR ADE, A .WHITERALL, 00T- 20. The flight Honourable the Lords of the committee or Privy Council for Trade and Plantations ha►e received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, en closing a copy of a French Imperial Decree, prolonging until the 17th October, 1857, the regulations contained in Article 2 of the Decree of the 17th October, 1855, with reference to the nationalisation of foreign ships. A trans lation of the decree of the 17th October, 1855, appeared in the London Gazette of the 6th November of that year. Naval and Military intelligence. Vice-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Joscelyn Percy, C. 8., died en Monday, the 20th inst., at Scotsbridge, Herts, a 3 notified in The Sun of yesterday. The gallant deceased was Lieutenant of the Diadem at the reduction of the Cape, i❑ 1806 ; Captain of the Hotspur, in action with the French flotilla on the coast of Normandy, in 1811 ; he was Commander-in. Chief on the Cape of Good Hope station for three years ending the middle of 1846, and subsequently Commander-in-Chief at the Nore until July, 1854. By his death the following promotions take place on the active flag•list Vice-Admiral of the White Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas, G.C.8., to be Vice -Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Edmund Harvey to be Vice- Admiral of the Mite. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir John Gordon Sinclair, Bart., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White George Frederick Rich to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. Rear Admiral of the Blue the Hon. F. W. Grey, C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the White. Capt. the Right Hon. Lord E. Russell, C. 8., to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. By the promotion of this officer the post of the Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen is disposable. Yesterday being the 51st anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, the time-honoured old ship which bore the hero of that memorable action (the Victory, bearing the flag of Sir G. Seymour, Commander-in-Chief in Ports mouth harbour) was at daylight garlanded at the mast• heads and jack and ensign staffs with wreaths of laurels and flowers in pursuance of annual custom - the poop rail was dressed in flags ent w i ne d roun d it, and supported staves from which flags and ensigns drooped to the quarter deck ; the spot where Nelson fell was encircled with a wreath of laurel ; on the mess deck each mess table displayed a trophy in flowers, evergreens, wreaths, and flags (made of paper), in scribed with such mottoes as "This is Trafalgar-day." The mess kids were piled in threes, and polished brilli antly bright. All this was done by the boys of the ship, which is in most admirable condition, externally and internally, having been newly painted. The crew had a leg of mutton, potatoes, and plum puddings each mess, and a holiday for the rest of the day in honour of the an niversary. Visitors from the shore were very numerous. Retired Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Frederick Hotham died on the 19th inst. at 3,Royal-crescent,Bath, aged 57. He had been much engaged in railway affairs of late years. He entered the navy on the 16th Sept., 1810, as a volunteer of the first class on board the Northumberland, 74, commanded by his uncle, the Hon. Henry Hotham, and served at the destruction of the French 40-gun frigates l'Arienne and l'Andrornaque and the 16-gun brig Mamelouck, off l'Orient, in 1812 ; mid shipman of the Ramillies, 74, during the operations on the coast of America (including Moose Island, Balti more, and New Orleans), and of the Minden, 74, at Algiers. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Fury, 6, Commander Leckie, exercised her crew at Spithead yesterday in practical gunnery. She will be inspected officially to-day by the Port Admiral preparatory to sailing, it is said, for the East Indies, with the Bustard gunboat in charge. She was paid advance yesterday morning. The Dee steamvessel arrived at Spithead yesterday from the eastward, with the gunboats Crocus, Savage, Confounder, and Flamer. The annual meeting of the Seamen's and Marines' Orphan Schools and Female Orphan Home was held yesterday at the institution; Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, in the chair. The report of the committee was very satisfactory. The Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund have placed an award of 2,500/. at the disposal of the trustees, on condition that the committee take in 10 orphans of soldiers who fell in the late war. This sum will not interfere with the usual revenues of the charity, but will form a supplemental fund. The meeting was addressed and the cause of the institution ably ad vocated by Mr. Montagu Gore and other gentlemen. The funds still require aid in furtherance of the benevo lent objects of the foundation—the support of children who are left helpless by those who fall in the service of their country. 30 orphan girls are maintained in the " Home" of the schools, which feature has lately been added to them through the charitable contributions of their supporters. The meeting was fully attended, and very ably presided over by the Port Admiral. After the meeting the children of the schools were regaled with roast beef and plumpudding in honour of the day. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Caesar, 91, Capt. J. Robb, from Portsmouth, arrived in Plymouth Sound on Monday. The crew of the paddlewheel steam sloop Inflexible, 6, Commander John Corbett, were paid wages at Ply mouth on Monday. The screw steam store ship Himalaya, William T. Wheeler, master, was taken out of Keyham dock, and the paddle-wheel steam-sloop Styx was put into dock at Devonport on Monday to have defects made good. The screw steam-ship St. Jean d'Acre, 101, Captain George H. St. V. King, was appointed to leave Ply mouth Sound yesterday for Hamoaze. The Turkish line-of-battle ship Payki Jaffer had her mainmast taken out in Hamoaze on Monday, and was appointed to go into Keyham dock yesterday to be fitted with a screw.: The Daring, 12, Commander G. J. Napier (1852), is to he paid ofr at Chatham on Friday next. The Trident was yesterday morning taken out of No. 3 dock at Woolwich, and admitted into the fitting basin to be prepared for service. The gu . nboati4 Parthian, Prompt, GrSwler, Quail, Porpoise, and Ripple were yesterday morning removed from the inner basin of Woolwich dockyard and placed in the river, preparatory t• a trial of their steam power. A garrison 'order has been issued by the Commandant of Chatham garrison, giving directions to all the officers quartered at Chatham barracks to attend the exercise of the troops at the field-days of the men of the Provisional Battalion held twice every week by Lieut.-Cul. R. N. Phillips. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From, the Report of the Registrar-General.) October is usually a healthy month in London. The summer heat, which, acting on certain local conditions, affects the health of the young, has subsided ; and the winter cold has not begun to excite those diseases to which the old are specially subject. At the present time the rate of mortality indicates a state of health even better than usual. Last week the number of deaths re gistered was 974. In the correspcnding weeks of the ten years 1846-55 the average number of deaths was 1,001 ; and out of the population, as it now stands, the same rate of mortality which then prevailed would pro duce 1,100. The total number of deaths in London from zymotic diseases is 227 ; the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 316, which, however, it should be stated, is in some degree raised by cholera in 1854, which had not quite subsided by the third week of October. Typhus was more fatal this week than any other disease in this class ; the deaths from it were 52, and from scarlatina, which was almost as fatal, they were 49. Six deaths from typhus or common fever occurred in Marylebone, 4 in Pancras, 4 in Shoreditch, 4 in Mile-end Old Town ; 4 from scarlatina in the sub-distcict of St. John, Maryle bone. Newington, Wandsworth, Camberwell, Greenwich, and Lewisham are singularly free from fever, measles, &c. ; or, if otherwise, the presence of those diseases is not shown by their fatal results. The mortality from small-pox has declined lately in London ; for in the last 12 weeks the weekly average of deaths from it has been only 7. The registrar of the Borough -road sub-district adds his own experience in support of the conclusion above drawn from the more ample registration of the metropolis. He states that during the last seven years the average num ber of deaths registered by him on the first 18 days of Oct. has been 30 ; the number this year has been only 3, which, "considering that the population of the sub district is about 17,000, is a proof of th e goo d h ea lth which they now e n j o y." One person died from carbuncle, two from lupus, two from intemperance, four from delirium tremens, one from want. The two oldest persons recorded were a woman aged 90, and a man 91 years, Last week the births of 798 boys and 787 girls, in all 1,535 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average number was 1,433. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.937 io. The mean daily reading was 30 in. or more on four days ; and the highest point reached was 30.23 in. on Friday. The mean temperature of the week was 53.0 deg., which is 2.0 deg. above the average of tho same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily read ing was above the average on each of the seven days. The highest reading occurred on Sunday, and was 64 deg.; the lowest on Saturday, when it was 45 deg. ; the whole range was, therefore, 19 deg. The mean dew-point temperature was 5.5 deg., and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 2.5 deg. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 55.7 deg. Rain fell to the amount of .36 in., nearly the whole of which fell on Wednesday. The air was calm on seve ral days ; on Wednesday (when the motion of the air was greatest) the wind was in the west. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM AI•L CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCT. 18. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases . . 159 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Biood-vessels 44 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration .. l6i Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. .. 17' Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations ... 3 Premature Birth and Debility 24 Atrophy 37 Old Age sudden .. 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance....... 27 Causes not specified 974 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES . Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. eponding week in the 1851. - Of 1855. *eei West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males 461 Females 513 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females • 798 787 Total 974 HEALTH OF LOUIS .NAPOLEON.- THE EMPRESS. The Paris correspondent of the Manchester Guar dian gives the following statement respecting the health of Louis Napolean and the Empress of France : PARIS, OCT. 18, 1856. The Times had, a few days back, a long article upon the agitated state of Paris, upon the extreme pre-occu pation of the Emperor thereanent, and upon the fact of that great pre-occupation having served as a pretext for the reports circulated of Louis Napoleon's ill-health. Now, upon the latter subject I am enabled to give you some details, curious from their intimacy, and as authen tic as they are curious. Hit were possible for me to hint even at the source whence I derive them, you would easily see that they could be no other than precise. Such as they are I can absolutely vouch for them. During all last winter the conduct of his Imperial Majesty had been anything but what can be termed regular, and his health had been much the worse for his excesses. The brain showed manifest signs of weakness, and considerable alarm was felt by those around him. One fair lady, in particular, had been the object of the imperial attentions, but _ a coldness had ensued, when the journey to Plombieres effected a reconciliation. At Plombieres, unfortu na t e l y, more than one witness can speak to the exceeding irregularities committed. Upon his return those nearest the Emperor were painfully affected by the often•repeated proofs he gave of cerebral perturbation. Tue word "absences" was used to Ora. racterise this state, but these "absences" were upon one or two occasions so strong that, between those most im mediately called upon to watch and assist in guiding the progress of circumstances, the near eventuality of a regency was more than once seriously discussed. Toe Emperor was most solemnly warned by his medical attendants, but he left 'Paris for Biarritz undetermined to stay at the seaside, and without giving up his project of retur n in g i n a f ew days to Paris alone. However, at Biarritz his resolution was at length taken to remain during the whole time of the Empress's stay, and when he returned to St. Cloud it was the positive opinion of all his medical advisers that the crisis had been for the moment entirely warded off, but that he absolutely must resolve to lead a regular life, under pain of the gravest possible consequences. Now, as the chronicles of palaces are matters of his tory. I will enter into some tew other details that indi rectly bear upon all this. For the first eighteen months or two years after his marriage, it is a matter of Euro pean notoriety how strictly the Empress was imprisoned in an etiquette which it was one of Louis Napoleon's vanities to render starched and stiff as that practised at the Courts of what are termed the "legitimate" monarchs of Eur Ope. Like all things affected. this was carried to a perfectly ridiculous pitch; and the Empress, by a life so contrary to all her antecedents and habits, was made pro portionably unhappy. This gave way, however, from the moment when, by concessions in his own interior, the Em peror sought to secure indulgence for his behaviour out of doors; and the result is, now,almost free permission for the Empress to resume the habits which were familiar to her as Mdlle. Montijo, and which, however innocent they may appear to us, are regarded by public opinion in this country as unpardonable eccentricities. For instance, two little anecdotes will suffice to illustrate the position. Very shortly after her marriage, the Empress declared she would,go out and take a walk in the streets of Paris • her grand mistress, the Princess d'Essling, appeared, self: summoned, and said the proceeding was contrary to eti. quette, but that, if her Majesty chose, she was willing t o follow her Majesty in a carriage, and go whither heir Majesty thought fit. A scene ensue ; the Empress was g angry, and flew to the Empe ror to be supported e ainst Madame d'Essling ; but th e Emperor, very gently, but inflexibly, supported the grand mistress, and the Em press found that her liberty was lost. The other day, when the Emperor h ad l e ft for Plombieres, Madame d'Essling appeared ready to mount gu ar d over the E mpress, to whom she very quietly observed, t h at the in stant the Emperor was absent, the duties of her office called upon her not to leave the Eolosir thep l r e ess. " That i s w hat we shall see," was the iudignt y—and a tele graphic despatch to Plombieres upon very instant demanded whether it was intended to aoint a du enna bilng to watch over the actions of the Imperial This time the reply was that the Empress princess a s at libertymother ! to do as she liked with Madame Es re spent everything is altered, and In this tbep . ony phaetons driven by the Erhpress herself, her attendance at bull fights dressed in the Sp an i s h costume, and her shooting at St. Cloud, attired in a sort or fancy dress, all these seemingly-little incidents are signs to those who live in the close intimacy of the Imperial Court. You must live in the heart of French noctety to kn ow h ow severely these various f anc i es of the Empress are judged by high and lcw, and by the Imperialists as much as by others ; but Louis Napoleon has lost the r i g ht t o ga i nsay his he wife's wish es , and coulddimity, i now with great difficulty compel her to that, frigid to that perpetual o b• servance of decorum which prejudice in all ran k s exacts from p ersons of exalted rank. One of his oldest friends, speaking to m e y ester d ay of Louis Napoleon, said, "I think I see him now before me, as he went one day with the Empress and all their suite to inspect the works at the Elys6e. The Empress, with a bound, near l y a jump, crossed some planks, when in an' instant, the Emperor,s., telling her sharply to stop, came to he r s id e, took hold of her arm, and said tor her in a loud t one of great displeasure, " Do walk as fei ought to do, Eu gen i e ; w h a t w ill a ll these people think of you ?" and my interlooutOr added, shaking his head, "I am afraid he wot :ld not stop her now ; I am afraid be has no longer t. `le right to make any obse - vatior." . _ Yin will, perhaps, , ay the, go are trifles ; but as h are to the letter true, they art Perhaps, worthy of no tice. No cige of this king s h o nk 1, in such times as ours, be left unuoted by the historian. TRADE OF KURRAOL 7IIB B. stmistics from a We extract the . following 'interesting • the last In recent number of the Sindian, received dian mail. The proximity of the port of It urrachee to Europe renders the development of its cap, I,billties of vast importance to the mercantile world, and the more especially when, by the introduction of railvioy s and steam navigation on the Indus it bids fair, to rack at no distant period with the first-class business centres of our Indian empire : " From the Kurrachee returns of trade for We imet official year--viz , 1855-50, we learn that the impo.rta by sea amounted to 62,98,134r5., and the exports to 60,44,403 re., being an increase in the former e f 5,46,107 re. or 2 per cent. over the previous year', I trade, and in the latter of 25,75,466, or 72 per cent. ; or 31,21,633 re. increase on the whole trade. " The principal articles of foreign production which we imported during the year consist of— Apparel and millinery Books and station er y 1,33,000 Cotton goods, coloured. ~ „ plain other kinds 76,000 P ,f Twist and thread .. ...... 2,03,000 Fruit Grain .. . 2,32,000 Malt liquors ...... 3,20,000 Metals, raw iron 1,62,000 „ other kinds Hardware 1 507,000 Silk, raw ~ goods Spices Spirits and wines . 1,27,000 Sugars Bullion and coin " Our staple products exported during the year were : Horses Drugs 1,42,00) Dyes, indigo 4,24,000 • other kinds If 87,000 Grain, Badjree 1,36,000 „ wheat . „ other kinds Ghee .. 2,34,000 Saltpetre Seeds, linseed ~ jingely „ sursee , other kinds Wool, sheeps' ... 22,13,000 " The value of our trade with the different countries is exhibited below : Imports. Exports. Bombay England • Persian Gulf Mekran. q 11,065 35,895 Mauritius 1,894 17,568 Malabar Coast 97,632 1,69,154 Catch Rattywar 1,29,322 1,21,485 Cowan 2,464 Guzerat Goa and Demaun "The total value of our trade in both branches, im port and export, amounts to rupees 12,342, 537, or very nearly a million and a quarter pounds sterling. The present traffic is not very large, but the improvement which it has exhibited annually since the country fell into our possession affords ground for anticipating a much greater expansion than any it has as yet felt when the facilities for traffic which have been promised shall have been provided. "A view of our articles of import and export shows that the people of Sindh and adjacent countries belong principally to the agricultural and pastoral classes. As manufacturers we hold a very low position, and to make up our deficiencies in this respect we import from other countries. Of foreign productions our principal want appears to be cotton piece goods, of which, according to the return before us, we imported 27 lace worth ; and of twist and thread we required 2 lace worth. Of malt liquor, wines, and spirits, our consumption during the year is valued at nearly 2 lace. Our importations of sager and grain are in equal proportions. " In exchange for our imports we gave sheep's wool worth 22 lacs ; horses, 3 lace ; indigo, 4 lacs ; grain, 51 Ines; ghee, 2 lace; saltpetre, 2 lace; and oil seeds, 13i lace. " Daring the past year we learn further from the Kur rachee trade returns, that 49 ships and steamers visited ns, 15 of which came direct from England laden princi pally with malt liquors, about 21,000 hogsheads, for the troops in the Punjaub, and during the current year we have heard that a yet larger supply for the same desti nation is expected, accompanied by a large quantity of Ordnance stores. We believe it to be the intention of Government to make a yet greater use of the Indus route for the transmission of the whole of the stores and troops for the Punjaub and the north-western provinces. " The large increase in our exports is attributable partly to the influence of the war with Russia, which afforded our Indian empire an opportunity of providing some of those articles of trade for which England had for merly looked to the ports of the Baltic and the Black Sea. India was not found incapable of responding to the call. And among her provinces the Punjaub and Sindh contri buted their respective quotas. But, as the deputy collector of Customs urges, to maintain this increase and to insure yet higher and higher results, we must look homeward and to our own exertions. The porta of Russia are no longer blockaded, and any temporary stimulus which the war may have afforded to our trade has ceased. It espe sially behoves us, therefore, to clear the way for a free and unrestricted flow of commerce to and fro, and through this province. With this view let us complete and maintain our bridged line of roads. Let us endeavour to induce the Khan of Kelat and all other chiefs through whose terri tories our trade may pass, to abolish absolutely and for ever all transit dues as being directly injurious both to their own interests and the interests of their neighbours. Let us endeavour by all means and at any cost to create an unimpeded water carriage by the shortest practicable line from Moultan to this harbour, thereby securing a permanent, sufficiently regular, and speedy transit for bulky goods, thereby not superseding, but preparing the province for the introduction of a railway, and thereby bringing fresh from the Indus that sufficient supply of sweat water without which no port ever yet fairly flou rished or can flourish. Above all, let us imp establish our harbour, so that its improve sad tag advantages may avns may be as great as nature may admit, andits d regulations requirements and appliance s adequateat least to meet the of the present trade, be this trade great or small, in creasing or decreasing. " We are not among those who would see this port of Kurrachee puffed into notoriety. And we are averse to her receiving any artificial stimulus from Government. Ports are not to be written into being and development, neither is trade otherwise than distorted and retarded in its growth when encumbered with the interfering charities of those who are, in truth, its own pensioners. Let nothing be recorded concerning this harbour but what is contained in bold Lona fide statistical returns. Th ese are the indices to the present state of trade—the eloquent harangues upon which merchants base their future trans actions. And so long as these are favourable we may well remain content. Let Government,' again, confine themselves to the exercise of their own legitimate func tions by removing all obstructions as well physical as artificial. This done, the port and its trade must take their chance. If by geographical position and its own intrinsic advantages Kurrachee be the point to which a given portion of the commerce of the world can converge more profitably than at an y ot h er point, the portwill in in. crea-e to a size and de gree o f importance precisely cos• responding to that t ra d e . N o Government, no reports, can to any material degree either accelerate or retard this result. So as s u re d, an d well knowing that eternal n the l a law upon which these conc l us i ons are founded 4 is th irresistible, it beco mes th ose really interested in the wel fare of this port calmly to await the operation of this law. They say that this is the harbour indicated by na ture for direct communication between Central Asia and North-Western India on the one part, an d England, the Egypt, and th e E up h rates on other part. It it b e so, there is no power among mento withstand the force attracting us along nature's current. They say that the Punjaub is dependent upon us fur the possibility of an export trade, we would rather declare ourselves aawait ing the orders of all our northern neighbours as their natural carrier. But They say w e are j ealous of Bombay. our unuccesdoubtedly we are p not so. For we are t rust i ng ss to the develoment of that same l a w which has already secured hers ; and wh ic h we are we ll assure d must in developing our resources increase those of the ports with which we may trade. " But while we ask no direct assistance from Govern ment we cannot but deprecate the pretension unaccom panied by the reality of obstructions removed and appli ances applied. It should not be supposed in England that the Kurrachee bar is removed ; that a pilot is at hand ; that a steamer is ready ; and that only ships are awaited ; when, in truth, as has been so repeatedly proved, only vessels are at band, and all else are want ing. It should not be published to the world that the steam fleet on the Indus is free and sufficient when hun dreds of bales lie mrshipped on the river bank, and when I the wo o d stations are deserted by the peasantry. There is a wide difference between leaving all free and unim peded in reality, or free and unimpaired and aided upon paper only. "Our acting commissioner will doubtless see that fair play is given to our port, and we doubt not that, whil e deprecating all artificial stimulus, ho will nevertheless ar range that those obstructions which are supposed to be removed libel be removed; and that those means which are asserted to have been applied shall be applied. Where are our steam dredges, where our steamer, where our pilot, where our pert officer, and where our damaged ships? Looking inland—where it the promised comple tion of the Graud Trunk-road from ICurrachee to the Bolan Pass ?—where is the remedy of that crying dis• grace to this province, the road between Sukkur and Shia karpoor ? Look at the map—enumerate those countries stretching from the longitude of Herat to that of Delhi —and then mark whither their great lines and arteries of trade tend to converge. Do they not all lead down to this port ? and if so, is it not desirable to complete the lines of these communications ?" MILFORD•HATEN AND W ATERFORD—Since the re cent establishment of th e s t eam transit between these ports in connection with the South Wales Railway, the importations of cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, bacon, but ter, &c., have been v er y i mportant, and now that Pa!' sengers from London reach Ireland in one day by this route, the amount of passenger traffic is largely extend ing, Additional steamers are at once to b e put on, th e two already plying being quite inadequate to the de mands. The works at the Neyland terminus are rapidly progressing, &nd the pier, completing with much de spatch, ADMIRALTY, OCT. 18. Royal Marines.—First Lieutenant and Adjutant Pon sonby May Carew Croker to be Captain, vice T. Forrest, placed on half-pay; First Lieutenant Henry Geo. Elliott to be Adjutant, vice Croker ; Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Macdonald to be First Lieutenant, vice Croker, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY THE QUEIN. 3 , 1 or Royal Westminster Light Infantry Regiment of Middlesex Militia—William Thomas, Gent., late Lieu tenant 3d Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia, to be Quartermaster, from the 18th Sept., 1856, vice Hodgkinson, deceased. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BT LORDS-LIEUTENANT, Royal North Lincoln Militia—John Hampden Waller, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Keyworth, appointed to a Cornetcy in the 13th Light Dragoons. [The following appointment is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of the 14th inst.] County of Middlesex—John Ebenezer Davies, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS. George Knight, licensed victualler, Poole, to surrender, Oct. 31, at one, and Dec. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Manion and Prichard, Newgate-street, City. Joseph Corben Cooke, carver and gilder, Princes-street, Soho, Nov. 3, at half-past ono, and Dec. 8, at twelve, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers • Levy, Button-crescent. Richard Ball, architect, 'Gra.cechurch-strect, Nov. 3, at two, and Dec. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers, Joseph Aron Joseph, mining agent, Bishopmte-street Within, City, Nov. 1, at oue, and Dec. 2, at ip ha!f-past twelve, a• - • the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Dalton, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street. _ _ Alaander Smith Parker. draper, Plymouth, Oct. 27 and Dec. 1, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Elwortby, Plymouth. Joseph Redfearn, manufacturer, Thornhill, Yorkshire, Nov. 3, at twelve, and Dec. 2, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds ; Scholes and Son, Dewsbury ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. Thomas Nash, carpenter and builder, Leather-lane and Kirby-street, Hatton-garden, Nov. 6, at half-past twelve, and Dec. 8, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Boulton, Northampton-square, Clerken well. Robert Wreford, attorney, Exeter, Oct. 30 and Nov. 271 at one at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as signee, Exeter ; Stogdon, Exeter. John Bourne and Thomas Rowson, silk manufacturers, Macclesfield, Oct. 31, and Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee Manchester ; Parrott, Colville, and May, Macclesfield. Michael Hunter Brown and Charles Stonley, builder Bishopwearmouth, Nov. 4, at twelve, and Dec. 2, at half past twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle.npon-Tyne ; Brignal, Durham. Edward Meacher Davis, licensed victualler, Sutton Goldfield, Warwickshire, Nov. 1 and 26, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Bartleet, Birmingham. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. George Smith, watchmaker, Glasgow. Andrew P. Reid and Co., power-loom cloth manufac turers, Glasgow. Mr. Smith O'Brien, in a letter to the Nation, contra dicts the statement that tae massive gold cup which was presented to him by the Irish and others in Australia, and which is now in Belgium, whither it was transmitted to him after his return to Europe, has been suffered to remain there because he declined to pay a duty charge. able upon it on its removal from the Belgian territory. [AD VERTISEMENT.I—The following extraordinary cures with out medicine of Indigestion (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Consti pation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility, effected by Du Barry's delicious health-restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, are not the least remarkable :—From the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.— Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland, 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalenta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability, o f many years ' standing. This Food deserves the confidence of all sufferers and may be con sidered a real blessing. Inquiries will be cheerfully an swered. Cure No: 49,832. " Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomiting, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food,—MARIA JOLLY, Wortham Ling, near Dies, Norfolk." Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. A ndrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Decies; the Dowager Countess of Castle etuart Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. Suitably packed for all climates, with full instructions. In canisters, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b. 4s. 6d.; 51bs., lls. ; 121b 5 ., 225.; su p e r- re fi ne d, 11b ., 6s. ; 211;5., lls. ; 51bs., 225.; 101bs. 335. The 101bs. and 121b s , carriage free, on receipt o f •post:-ol3lce order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyots to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; Its o at 60, Gracechurch-street ; 333 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 68, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops gate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 64,. Upper Baker-street ; 63 and 159, Orkrd-street. Sporting Intelligence. WARWICK AND LEAMINGTON OCTOBER MEETING.—TIIESDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added, for 2-yr-elds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. Five furlongs. Four subs. Mr. Webb's Lady Barbara filly, 2 yrs (301.), Est 2lb (Prior) 1 Mr. Whitehouse's Amaryllis filly, 2 yrs (301.), Est 91b (Fordham) 2 Mr. T. Parr's Nectar gelding, 2 yrs (501.), 7st 7113 (E. Forster) 3 Mr. Evans's Bacon, 2 yrs (50/.), 7st 101 b (Wakefield) 4 Betting-6 to 1 agst Bacon, 7to 4 agst Amaryllis filly, 5 to 1 agst each of the others (offered). Won by a length. Two lengths between the second and third ; a length between the third and fourth. The winner was sold for 48 guineas. Great Warwick Handicap of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added. Certain penalties for winners. The second to save his stake. Two miles. 32 subs. - Mr. Jackson's Lady Tattoo, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (J. srne Mr. J. Barber's Mince of Orange, 3 yrs, Est 13I Ob b o (in ) 1 - cludieg 5l b extra) (Fordham) 2 Lord Cllliden'e Homily, 4 yrs, 7st Plb (J. Wynne) 3 T. e following also ran:—Wild Huntsman, Triton, St. Clare, and The Little Bird. lile:ting-2 to 1 aget Lady Tatton, 9 to 4 agst Wild Huntsman, 4 to 1 agst Prince of Orange, 8 to 1 agst Homily, 10 to 1 aget Little Bird. Homily' made the running t o th e l as t t urn , w h ere she wasjoined by Lady Tattoo and the Prince of Orange ; a fine race in with the three ended in favour of Lady Tatton by a short head, same distance between the second and third, Little Bird was a bad fourth, St. Clare was fifth, Wild Huntsman sixth, and Triton last. The Castle-park Nursery Handicap of 15 sovs each, h ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds ; winners extra. The second to save his stake. Three-quarters of a mile. 31 subs. Mr. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, Bst 9:13 (Kendall) 1 Mr. Dawson's The Little Cub, Est 51b...(Challoner) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Companion, Est (Hibberd) 3 The following also ran :—Fright, Diphthong c, John Peel, Cedric, Leo, The Banner Bearer, Springy John, Maid of Pertb, and Britannia., Betting-5 to 2 agst Gemma di Vergy, sto 1 agst Diphthong colt, 6 to 1 each agst Companion and John Peel, 8 to 1 each agst Britannia and Fright, 10 to 1 agst Little Cob. Springy John made play until rounding the turn into the straight, where he ran out, taking with him Banner Bearer, who was forced against the rails and fell; Gamma di Vergy then took up the running, followed by Little Cub, and after an exciting race home won by a head. Companion was beaten two length from Little Cob. fiui Fright,finished M a b a o i u d t o f f o u P r e t a b n a d b o C b e i dr ud i c, C o close o t e t , e b r, e others were tailed off. The Leamington Welter Cap, value 100 soya, the rest in specie by subscription of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Professionals 61b extra. Once round. 20 subs., 6 of whom declared. Lord Clifden's Poodle, by lon, aged list (Capt. Little) 1 Mr. Jackson's Lord Alfred, 4 yrs, list illb (inc. 111 b extra) (J. Osborne) 2 Mr. Goldsworth's Kidnapper, 5 yrs, 10st 41b (iuc. 61b extra) (Kendall) 3 The following also ran :—Triton, and Stamford. Betting—Even on Lord Alfred. 6to 4 agst Poodle. Won by eight lengths, bad third. Stamford was pulled up and walked in. Handicap of 2 soya each, with 15 a Idol. Tho winner to be sold by auction for 40 soya, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. 4 subs. Mr. Deacon's Ada, by Planet, 3 yrs, fist 121 b (Musgrove) 1 ..(Snowden) 2 Mr. Ward's Chatteress, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Betting--6 to 4 on Chatteress. Won by a. length and a half. The winner was bought in for 50 guineas. Match, 25 soya each, h ft. Two miles. Eden's Alpha, by Arundel, aged 13st, (Nightingall) 1 Mr. Deacon's Mameluke, 5 yrs, 143t...(Mr. Edwards) 2 B,tting-5 to 1 on Alpha. Won easily by half a length. The Handicap Plate of 501. did not produce a race. Mr. LATEST BETTING. CAMBRIDGESHISE STAKES. 10 to 3 agst Vengeance 6to 1 agst Pole Star (offered) 100 to 6 agst Coup de Main (taken) 25 to 1 aget Hospitality (taken) Vi tlrLtr - y DTaricev. LIB - ERPOOL—Ocr. 21. have had a ye ry go o d a tt en d ance o f b o th t o wn old countr millers tqati dealers to-d a y. F or w h ea t we bad more clh'ice of fit se quality on the s t an d s an d less of the secondary . samples ; the latter recovered Friday's declines and the fines' Awe rican new, both red and white, sold at it small reduetioo. Moro Irish flour offering, and prices are easier. Indian coy. ❑ supported Friday's advance of 6d to is per qr., and a 1 tealthy demand from the interior for current consumptita Egyptian beans also commande d Friday's improvemen tofisto is 6d per qr. No change was made in other at titles of the grain trade. English linseed cakes, 10/. lOs. HULL - - OcT. 21. There was a very small sho w of wheat today, the con dition of which was fully as 1 , 'retch° as last week; eac h was extremely bad to sell, and mil:ers found difficulty in supplying themselves with Imo& ble wheats. A good de mand for foreign at full rates. Barley of fine quality scarce, and fully as dear. Beans is dearer. Linseed in good demand, at full prices. Cal:es unaltered. I h •rey and black -- t° ;Litiseed, Black Sea 59 W n (Ditto Potorsburgh 50 to u" Ditto Riga,and Arch -41 to 5 angel Ditto Konigsberg and 44 to 50 Memel Per Ton. Lins.c. Hull —/ Os to 10155 °am 0 :'Ditto fine for. 8/ 5s 9 715 s Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os Od to 100 TR El!, :rp p e e es s ,c e a cd Eknefisl ish O s Os od / otottoolt3oosool-000000 liDitto foreign ...... 00s to o'Guano OOl Os 81 to1211b! Bones ! Flour, per brl. ......3 50. 385 s II I Wheat, English, red 63 to 74 Ditto white 7O to 71 Dantzic and Konigs berg eranianand Ham - burgh Dauiel, Holstein, and Frie;sland 6O to 65 1 Russian and Odessa 58 to 65 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland 1 )itto Russian 29 to 31 arley, malting D itto grinding 36 to 40' B E •ans Dit to foreign pea, 3, white and yel 4O to 42 LEEDS—Ocr. 21. We have a fair supply of wheat and barley; the tr e e li e for the former is lifeless ; really choice qualities are h i l l ' at former rates, but sales are not practicable. Be r g moves very slowly, but scarcely lower than Friday. Be e " oats, and other articles as before. Average price of grain—Wheat, 69s lld ; barley, 6d ; oats, 30s sd; bean s , 503 Od; peas, 465. od' rye, 455. Od. COURSE OF EXCHANGE. —YESTERDA.T. A m j, ..erchtm ........ 11 16 Gibraltar ••• • •- „ -- 7tg Dit to, three months .. 11 19 L e thorn •• . • 2 ,1' 923 i &otter. .. ttntwei . P •• • 25 47y, Hilaa ........., Brussels •• •. • ......... 25 47 a Ventec................ ,„,, ilanburh'h •• .• ........ 13 S) Naples •• •• ..........., 4. .iltori a ... ••••.... .. . . .. Palermo .... - Paris .. .. •• • • ~ .. • • .... 25 40 Messina .• Ditto, ti - tree months .. 25 85 . Lisbo^ .. •• ‘ , 3 1 Marseilles .............25 85 ' Oporto .............• •• ''__%' Bourdes.tur •• • • ........ IRio Janeiro ..... ..• .... Frankfort-os 1- 'Jain° •• .. 120% ; Buenos Ayres .... •• •• •• -- Berlin ...... , .......... i New York,6o days' sight '''' Vienna."... ••• • • • .... 10 45 Trieste.— .• •• •• •• 10 4S Petersburg 37 y, Aadrid •.• • • .• • • r. .... 49 Cadiz ••• •• •• •• •• •• 497 i Barcelona Philadelphia .. . ....... zaidEs OF BULLION, POI In Foreign Gold in Bars £ 0 u 0 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 1 , / , 0 Mexican Dollars 0 . 0 New Dollars 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 ° LOCAL SHAIL E MARKETS. LIVERPOOI , , OCT. 21. STOOE EXCHANGE. —ln the market there was a 7 0 steady business today, and prices ware at a slight sd ls P g upon the current quotations oA r yesterday. The f olio 7 6, are the transactions :—Blackburn, 7. l3.9.—Midlands, rdi —South Eastern, 201 B—Lanca shire and Y o rkshirth Ano 3 —Manchester, She ffi elds, and Lincoln, 32i — I- 41 7-- and North Westerns, 1014 i— -Eastern Countieo„ " ~ East Lancashire, pref. 1-5-sh., 5 pct. cent., 5.11.3.- -4 "' Western of Canada, 22i—Bristol nd Exeter, 924. LEEDS, OCT. 21.. •A STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market has been veil V a . to-day. North Briiish; 9 — Midlands, 76 4 — Gr eat thorn, 22 it —North Eostern, Leeds, No. 1,2/ prem. I": cashire and Yorkshire, 93i—Sheffields, 32. MANCH:a:TER , OCT. 12. . A tO* (110 STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho market was stea dy . got and a fair business done. ProCton and Wyre, 44t---0. Lancashire, 20—Leeds, 93i—Let s da F, i d.—M. and 13.. _ Quarters, par.—Manchester, Shetleid, and Lincolnoblf°o 324 --South Eastern and Dover 204—Midlands, 76e. London Stock, 1011. BIRMINGHAM, OM 21. . STOOK EXORANGE.—The market wary .doing a verf bit business today, and prices were firmer. Great Nrestel 64I—Ditto, Birmingham Guaranteed, 70 — , lfidla nds. —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 931 4—Birm inighaill C5l shares, 901. OBABORNE MAIM. (31 signifies that the malls aro sent from the General Po ey the night—and M by the morning--despatch.) -, - t tWile n. , . die is COUNTRIII% England' .-- —...........-... 1 is o a Y m G w e e 1 l e n :e L n r a o m i n Yo- . 0 1 e n g t . O . 1) D irm isp r m a e t i r t h l . ll ,. A.mericabyllrit Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Weekly (.pack); r krneries. (by United Sts. im po t , : c r (I; . iy ... 8 .. ta . t4 .1s 6 ... ..N Every T ue sday .. Southampton Weekly ' ... Liverpool ... JO ' tustralia (via Liver pool) ............ M 4 th and 18 th .... _Liverp_ool .. Twie 8 , Atte (via Marseilles) N, wino , - 4 . •• Ditto (via Cape of Good , l2th ... 1%0.40 4 „. ...... •• o )opts) ......• •• .. ••N 1. of o h of mot.. Sodthamptoi.. ik 21 tfrica (West Coast) ../.7 M CA & 2 t 23 t d h o a. f the month . Plymouth .. ith of 10 1 , 26th - of h o. Dover ...... ul Is 1 9 l ti i e c x x s a n u df dr i i a a .... .... ......:::N 1 17th o f tbo month Southamptcra 16* de hama lglum •--•• '" ''m 9th of the mouth.. Southampton 16th. Brazil .• •••••• • • •• - 9 ,,, n f th r. ',lnn , ' .. Southampton 16th .nt • Buenos Ayres .... • crneert°t" Cape of Good Hope .. ttl n i c : rtai f th n e month _ various porti At 1111 c C a a: c o d o of Good verd s Hope .. .: : .. .5 4 , - •,. ' " ' ~,, , 1. iinita.uaptor 16th •••.,, 10th and ' 2 6th.... 16 le 119 :51 Ceylon (see India) 22 4th and 20th lth 3 ' . t „„, • • •• Cey10n...... •• •• C eylon. 151e5.........Z i ne t fr..ig h e , tady r, r n T i; so So uutthhaacrtiwp, ooen faan..1)661 4th and 10th .... 4 and ...... . Ci g le ......1% I Oth and 26th .... D over -• •• •• - 1 and 4 C: n ns s t tP an a t t l in no ° p P lo ........ 4th t 20 th of ua t n. Southamptm , I and 2,01 Cont. of Europe M & 18 rwice daily .. . . Dover ...... Mice , ' ~ ggypt (see India) _Aa / 6 France ........ hi &1 4 Tic daily, rivlc' - ..• .. Gibraltar .. ........ M 1 4, 7,17, 20, 27 •f m. Dover ...Southamp,to. d' '7 ' 24, Greece (sots India) , , a n dil 6 Greytown ..........M 2 nd & 17th of mon.JSouthampten a" I Hamburg's ...... • ....N Datil , . ......... !London ...... , - .7 - 0 1 to Haavannah ......... AI 2nd of the month Southampton i ,''',,,,," olland ............M Daily.. . ri — t h ~ 0 flor.duras ...... •• ..111 17 ta of the month. Southampto.n. I and ''' is India (vi aSouthampt.)Al oth it 20th of mon. Indil (via Marseilles)M lOtly,& 26th of moth Dover ...... 1 5 ! , ' 9 lonian Isles (see India) .... .... : ... Dover- •-** Ireland .........M &/c rwico daily'. . ..... Hover.... • • • Lisbsa- •gr •• e• •• •••• Si 2d Or to. • . Mail lira ...• d 1 6 • • ...• ~ .51 Stn of 0100 r ••1,,.. • • 'S an outhampton 6 - Nfaiteira ......., ......N 231 of month ;Liverpool ... Alal.ta (se e I ndia) 3 - - 1411-* -•• ,• • • . - I, 10, 20, and 26 (Dover .. as• • . 4 • 11l ' $ ll Wanritlus (see ina lc ls) tth and 21 ,1 4 uritins •• •.......'S 20 :11 of tt e month 'C.011.0 ............,M had of this. month BoatharOpten Ist APlel ...: ~•.....1N n at1y.......... •• • D0ver...... •317 0 416 N Granada ......iv 2d& t 7thof mooth,SouthamptOn i i let A Sew Zea1and........... 4th and 19th moth Various port, j l f Papal 8 tato!, ........2; Dai1y.....• •• • • !Dover ...... weekO Peninsula ~.......• NI gouthamptor .L. 1601 Peru ... ..........M t-t * 17th of mon.,Boutitamphyp let .." Port Natal ...........N .sth of month .. • • jVarious port, &oily • ............../8 Kvery Saturday. • 'Dever ...... We ekly Tuscany ~ ..........li r) , .111Y • • •- • • • • • • • IDover .....• Venezuclo • .. • . • . ••• M 2d& 17th of month,' Southampton 1 • - kl6o° Van Diemen's Len d (see i Australia) ......... 4th and 18th of ro.' ',,,,,-.nthlf - . Welt 4th and 18th of to.; . ,nuntn: :SonthanantGr I and de When any of those dates fall on a Sunday, the malls wi ll DO. .$ spatched on the following day, with the exception of the titcllA Southampton), and the Malta. both, of which will be despatch preceding day. SALE OF LITERARY PiIOPERTY. —!On Monday 14 , r ; Lewis, at his auction ro oms , F leet-street, concluded t h e sale, by public .auction, of the seventh portion of t ne literary property of the late Mr. Pickering, when the copyrights of the following ',arks were sold at the price affixed to each :—Physical Theory of Another Life, the copyright 511. 9s. ; Dyne's Edition of the Dramati c Works of Green, Marlow, Peel, and Webster, 12 volso„ the copyright 1151. ; Herbert's Works, the copyright et notes, &c., 611. ; Holbein's Dance of Death by Douce, and Holbein's Bible Illustrations by Dibdin, the coPt right and woodcuts 68/. ; Montague's edition of Lora, Bacon's Works , 17 vols., th e copyr i g h t and engrave d copperplates 101. ; Mitford's edition of Milton's Works, 3 vols., one half share of copyright in the life, &e., 241. ; Dibdin's Library Companion, the copyright 61. 6s. BIRTHS. OF ♦ 80N. On the 18th inst., at Sale Hall, Cheshire, the wife of John Peel, Esq. On the 21st inst., at the Grove, Hammersmith, th• wif e of William Cheetham, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 18th inst., at 42, Thurloe-square, the Lady Beau' johns Dont. On the 20th inst., at 17, Lower Seymour•street, the wife of Colonel Birch Reynardeon, C. 8., late Grenadier Guards. MARRIED. On the 15th inst., at Portland Chapel, Southampton, by the Rev. D. M'Laren, 8.A., George Butcher, Esq., of Aylesbury, to Fanny, the youngest daught er o f Mr. ,f.ll, Marshall, also of Aylesbury. On the 21st inst., at St. John's Church, Holloway, A. Radcliffe Harvey, Esq., M.D., KN., to Jane Augusta, youngest daughter of Thomas Sampson, Esq., of Hilmar' Son Villas, Holloway. DIE 1). On the 17th inst., at Seven Sisters'-road, Holloway, Mr. James Element Coventry, late of 261, Strand, ag ed 32. _ . On the 18th inst., at Brixton, Mr. Brattle, formerly of Ryarsh, Kent, aged 71. On the 18th inst., at Colchester, George Brock, Esco aged 78. On the 20th inst., at Clifton, Miss Harriet Stewart, aged 76. On the 20th inst., Annabella, daughter of the late Sir Anthony Carlisle, F.R . S ., &c., of Langham-place. On the oth inst., at Jersey, Mary Anne, daughter of Lieut.-Col. Mahon. On the 19th inst., at Downham..terrace, Kingsland; John Cottell, Esq., formerly of the Hon. E.I. C o .' s R om e Establishment, agd 69. On the 21st inst., at Hampstead, Middlesex, Mrs. Sarah Hoare, aged 80. LONDON : Printed and Published by ItURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the °rut* of Middlentx, Woduessisty,,Ootobor_22,.lB/4