The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-10 00:00:00

DR. LIVINGSTONE. trouble to neither friends nor foes. But they ex pected more from Sir Charles. They thought he ---.....--. The Rev. Dr. Livingstone is expected in London : would strike a blow here and there ; that he would this day. He arrived at Marseilles from Tunis on make the best use of his means, and then leave the the 6th inst., and was then in good health. His res p onsibility of failure on the Government and left arm is, however, broken and partly useless, it his country, that would not be content without something or other. We had a right to expect , having been torn by a lion. When he was taken on board her /11ajesty's ship the Frolic, on the Mo- that at all events he would make an effective diversion in the Baltic, and keep the Rus zambique coast, he had great difficulty in speaking suns in such a state of alarm as to detain a sentence of English, having disused it so long while travelling in Africa. He bad with him a on those coasts the regiments that were ulti mately sent to the Crimea. Sir Charles did native from the interior of Africa. This man, when he got to the Mauritius, was so excited with the nothing that a man of no enterprise or ability could steamers and various wonders of civilisation that not have done with half his fleet. So he may now he went mad, and jumped into the sea - and was write a letter a day and a pamphlet a week on this drowned. Hr. Livingstone has been absent from subject, and he will only stamp deeper the inapres- England 1 years. He crossed the great African sion of disappointment which he has left on the 7 British mind. Ile may not do much harm, for, to continent almost in the centre, from west to east, use his own words, " he is not th e S am p so n to pull has been where no civilised being has ever been before, and has made many notable discoveries of down the pillars of the State, and crush the Admi great value. He travelled in the twofold character nistration beneath its ruins." But he will do no good by his present course. If he really wishes to of missionary and physician, having obtained a be of service to the State, let him give it the bene medical diploma. He is rather a short man, with fit of his experience by stating at length the wants a pleasing and serious countenance, which betokens of the British navy. Supposing this unfortunate the most determined resolution. le continued to 1 hitch in the execution of th e t r eaty leaves us all h wear the cap which he wore while performing our work still to do, and next summer sees another wonderful travels. On board. the Candia, in which fleet , in the Balti c , w h a t sugges ti ons h as he to of he voyaged from Alexandria to Tunis, he was re- fer . We do not wa n t a p am phl e t o f mere abuse in markable for his modesty and unassuming man- the plausible form of advice, but distinct and simple ners. He never spoke of his travels except in an- propositions for the improvement of the British ewer to questions. The injur travelling with a friendly tribe of Africans. A herd of lions broke into their work expect e d f rom it. W e w ill assume his pro positions to be good ones ; in that case, if they are camp at night and carried off some of their cattle. adopted, then his credit is redeemed. If, on the The natives, in their alarm, believed that a neigh other hand, they are disregarded, and some disas bouring tribe had bewitched them. Livingstone trous result shows the wickedness of that neglect, taunted them with suffering their losses through in that case, too, Sir Charles's wisdom will be cowardice, and they then turned out to face and hunt down the enemy. The doctor shot a lion, justified, and posterity will draw the conclusion which dropped wounded. It afterwards sprang on that he did wisely himself to attempt nothing with him and caught him by the arm , and , after wound - such inadequate means. ing two natives who drew it off him, it fell down -. dead. The wounded arm was not set pro perly, and Dr. Livingstone suffered excruci ating agony in consequence. Great honours await the doctor in this country. Lieut. Tickell, the Admiralty agent of Candia, and the fellow- passenger of Dr. Livingstone from Alexandria to Marseilles, arrived at Southampton yesterday, an d immediately called on Mrs. Livingstone there, to deliver messages from her husband, whom ehe has not seen for four years and a half. Before that period she shared with him some of his African labours and dangers. She is staying at the resi dence of Edward Randall, Esq., one of the magis trates of the borough, and has ben suffering much from anxiety on account of the delay in the arrival of the Candia. Some time previously her husband had been mourned as dead for months. She was almost overwhelmed with emotion to hear of the safety of her husband after so maiay perils, and was deeply grateful to Lieutenant Tickell for his kindness and attention. As she is unwell, it is thought likely that Dr. Livingstone, after pre senting himself to the London Mission House, will proceed to Southampton, where probably he will narrate his interesting experiences. SIR C. NAPIER AND HIS TRADUCERS. (From the Al liming A dvert iser ) The generous and decided terms of approbation in which Lord Palmerston speaks of Sir C. Napier, in the correspondence which we published yester day, cannot fail not only to confound, for the pre sent, the calumniators of the gallant Admiral, but to silence them for ever afterwards. Lord Palmer ston has, in the most handsome and manly manner, calmly and deliberately declared, that the entire conduct of Sir Charles during the protracted period that he discharged the duties of naval officer, was everything that could be wished—that it com manded his complete approval—and that with re gard to the circumstance of his not attacking , Cronstadt, he displayed a sound discretion, inas much as it would have been impossible for him to have taken that formidable fortress ; while, had he unwisely made the attempt, the British fleet would most probably have suffered very great damage, and the Russian commander, knowing the fact, would then have come out, and, in the disabled state of our ships, might have achieved a success alike disastrous to our naval in terests and discreditable to our naval name. As the friends of Sir Charles Napier, we now beg of that warm hearted, though not always—when on shore—the most discreet of men, to repose hereafter quietly on his laurels. He will never more be called on to defend himself. Lord Palmerston has triumphantly vindicated him, not only from the charges which ignorant men, and, in some cases, buffoons to boot, have thought proper to prefer against him, but from all the charges which folly and malevolence may hereafter bring forward. As for Sir Robert Peel, if he had a spark of honour or an atom of self-respect, he would at once resign his situation at the Admiralty ; for it would not be possible to imagine a more severe rebuke than that which Lord Palmerston administered—by impli cation—to his ignorance, impertinence, and unfit ness for the office which he fills, when declaring in the strongest and most explicit terms, that the Gallant Admiral could not have taken Cronz+adt, and that he acted most wisely in not maki g the attempt. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SMITHFIELD CATTLE SHOW. THE PUBLIC DAY. The first public day at the Smithfield Cattle Show offers attractions considerably in excess of those of the private view, when only the quadrupedal results of scien tific feeding present themselves to the gaze of the mini ous spectator. Oa the public day the aristocracy rush in, the "distinguished foreigners" congregate, and the butchers accumulate, in order that they may make selec tion amongst the fat martyrs of mangold-wurtzel for the Christmas entertainments of their anxious customers. At the crivate view the audience fit but few, while on LA W IN TELLIGENGE.—Dec. 9. COURT OF APPEAL. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK Sir F. Kelly concluded his argument yesterday, shortly after three o'clock, at the termination of which a conversation took place between the counsel engaged relative to an arrangement to allow the Court of Bank ruptcy to administer the assets, and that application be made to the Court of Chancery to appoint a receiver to act in concert with the official assignee. Lord Justice Knight Bruce said such an arrangement ought to be made out of court. In the event of no agreement being come to the Court would deliver judg ment on the 19th inst. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. HOWE V. KENNEDY AND ANOTHER.-NEGLIGENCE OF THE SHERIFFS OF MIDDLESEX, Mr. Joyce and Mr." Doyle were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Quain represented the de fendants. SIB CHARLES NAPIER. ( Prom th,e Times. ) Sir Charles Napier is the fire-eater of - the old comedy, who, in the utter absence of achievement, contrives to keep up an immense amount of cha racter. Had he only displayed against Russia a tenth of the fury he has wasted on his own coun trymen the Baltic would not be now so inglorious. Give him the provocation of a random word and put a pen into his hand and he will scribble till he goes to the bottom before he will haul his flag down. In this bloodless and waterless field he has never shrunk from a battery, and never feared either wind or current, rock or shoal. When the exploits of our great admirals come to be written Sir Charles Napier's career will be a splendid addi tion, not to the naval, but to the literary annals of our country. Unfortunately, he is a piece that will not go off when it is wanted, but is no sooner taken up to be examined than it incontinently bursts, and blows away all the fingers, or the eye, or the jawbone of whoever is unfortunate enough to touch it. He has a passage of words with the Board of Admiralty in general, and Sir James Graham, Admiral Berkeley, and Sir Robert Peel in particular ; with nearly all, if not all, the press, and with more others than we can remember. He was very anxious to obtain his command, but no sooner was he afloat than he began to abuse all his captains and crews, and by the time it was too late to correct the deficiency he began to abuse his ships also, declaring that without another de scription of armament he could do nothing. Such a course has not procured him much credit or con solation at home, and in despair he has attempted to re-establish his character by two rather unusual appeals—the first to that "frank, open-hearted Bailor," as Sir Charles coaxingly calls him, the Russian Imperial Admiral ; the second, to one of his " best friends" our Premier. _Both of these per sonages, evidently entertaining a profound horror of Sir Charles's pen, are i inmensely civil. The G rand Duke Constantine admits Sir Charles's account of the conversation between them, anti:adds, that he did not say a word to Sir R. Peel about Cronstadt. Lord Palmerston says that, in his opinion, Sir Charles " acted with sound judgment in refraining from attacking Cronstadt with the fleet under his command." The iirst accomplishment learnt by meti in high power is to express their meaning by silence ; and what, perhaps, they don't mean, by words. Accordingly, the Grand Dake does not say a word on Sir R. Peel's real statement, which was a general allegation, founded on common report, that from the lowest midshipman in the Russian navy to the Grand uke there was only one opinion of Sir Charles's want of enterprise. Sir Robert Peel did not allege that the Grand Duke had said anything about .. Cronstadt to him, but only spoke his opinion as a matter of common report. As to the G ran d D u k e ' s 'con. versation with Sir Charles, of course would naturally enlarge on the dfficultiesof an l ' i f attack e upon Cronstadt, and could do so with sin cerity, for nobody disputes those difficti l ltie r s ' : r' Not withstanding the kindness of Lord Palmerst ' cousolatious—supposing Sir Charles to have gi °, 7 1 :13 8 us a fair selection from them—we beg to call the Admiral's attention to the significant fact that the Premier does not justify Sir Charles's doing nothing i at all in the Baltic ; and as little does he account for • ham,/ himself th .consented to supersede him in e command. But there himself has n is another point which Sir Charles his ever yet explained, necessary as it is to justification. uommd Why, in the world, did he take a result ? wh y an which must be inevitably void of was impr;lTlertake to attack Cronstadt if it hugs fleet if it 1 ,7, Why scour the Baltic with a Had Sir Charles s to be an idl e demonstration ? declined the c o m m a nd on these grounds he w ou ld by coru hav u e rendered a real service to his country supply the fatal defect s of 11172 the Administration to our navy. He and a few of his brother Admirals would haveslone a still greater service if, years ago, when th e R uss i an difficulty was only looming in the di s t ance , th e y had urged the formationofaflotilla adapted for shore and creek warfare, wh at Sir Charles may is notorious this subject does have whispered or hint i e t d toar.ious that there not much signify, for who was not never was an admiral or seai,ciag--si.„ always for the building of P more tonnage always the bigger the better ; more and build more, nips of the and room above. When we h a d 50 o n s c,age below line rotting the cry was still to over allth i -n the face of the notorious ancient fact that see, Sir Charlesare het signal l victories had been won by small ships ones. Indeed, as far as we can knew all the elements of the question when knew the command. He knew, for all the world what sort of a place Cronstadt was, and th e ew, proaches to it. If there was any error it was that the Russians had industriously magnified the dan gers. The island of Cronstadt, the nature of th e north and south passages, their respective width and depth of water, the narrow and circuitous channel that alone admitted ships of the line south of the island, the fortresses that commanded it at different points and protected one another, their triple tiers of guns—in a word, everything as it stood at the beginning of the war, had been de scribed by every traveller, for they could not but be seen on the way to St. Petersbn/* Everybody a' knew th a t Cronstadt was impregnable in the com r_sense of that word, and everybody had the turreon. to know that the forethought which made it so would not neglect any other great Port of the empire. What, then, did Sir Charles mean by undertaking to do anything at all, and whatdid he su the command of the fleet ? Our own expectations were by no means Charles's friends highly raised ; and when Sir went into those extravagances at 1 the Reform Club We ventured on some gentle re monstrance against a too confident tone. Sir Charles, however, himself did lead the country to ex pect that he would do something—something more than show ingenio us nothing, after abusing in reasons for doing turn the officers, fleet, Admiralty, Government, and everything of his own country. Sir Charles may now just as well every word so swallow quietly all that has been said about him, more that comes from his pen will h fore sur plusage. All the world knows how it much They knew well enough that the difficultieswaosi the un dertaking were immense, but then they expected a Napier to find a way to surmount them. But for this hope Government could easily have get found many a pleasanter fellow, who would smoothly with his officers and men, and on smgive ANOTHER PEER AND THE PRESS, (Front the Norfolk News.) Lord Hastings, in accordance with his threat, came to Norwich on Saturday last, and presented himself at No. 5, Exchange-street. He was at once introduced to our publisher, who received him with proper respect, and attentively listened to him for nearly half an hour. His lordship expressed his wish to ascertain who wrote the article which appeared in our last number, acknowledg ing the receipt of his threat, and making sundry com ments thereon. Our publisher politely declined to gratify his lordship's curiosity, especially as the noble lord had broadly intimated that his object in requiring that information was to wreak his vengeance in some way on the writer. Thin communication and the brunt of his lordship's persevering interrogations were borne without the exhibition of alarm or irritation. Finding ail efforts at expioratian ite this quarter unavailing, the ne:ile lord then declared that he knew who the writer Was ; and after declaiming against the cowerdice of those who wrote scurrilous articles end were afraid to avow them, intimated his determination to seek an interview with the presumed culprit. He accordingly left No. 5, E ,change-street, turned sharply to the right, and hastened to the house which fronted him at the bot tom of the street. He rang the bell, was asked in, and then up stairs into the room where the master of the house was. The domestics certainly were a little asto nished at the rapidity with which the stranger ascended the stair:, but without hesitation they ushered him into the apartment. His lordship began by asking sundry questions. Oar readers know how very easy it is to ask questions. This part of his mission the noble lord dis charged with great fluency ; but the answers not corn ing with corresponding rapidity, his lordship became very much excited, and some strong coarse words, pre fixed with other words coarser stilt but shorter, came forth explosively as from a little volcano. His lordship flung out his words in showers—as children fling hand fuls of sand and stones on the sea beach. They do it playfully, hut not so his lordship ; he seemed to be in earnest, and declared that his object was to blow out the brains of the individual who stood before him. He was informed, with as much gentleness as was possible under the circureetalices, that his wishes on that point were not reciprocated. He was reminded—and obviously there was need for it—that he was a justice of the peace. Tois pertinent observation he disposed of with one of those ready phrases not necessary to be repeated in our columns, and which we hope his lordship will not let fall when sitting on the bench. Then followed in rapid succession the words " scoundrel," " coward," " villain," " blackguard"—all, or almost all, with em phatical prefixes. When he had relieved himself of these be was informed that if he had come with the intention of behaving as a nobleman or gentleman he should be treated with all possible courtesy ; but if he lowered him self to the level o f th e bl ac k guar d he should be treated as he deserved. The doctrine was obviously reasonable. No one could complain of being treated as he deserved. A justice could not object to justice, and if Lor), Has tings had forgotten that he was a lord he could not be surprised were the memories of other people no less de fective than his own. His lordship revived under this intimation, and discharged a fresh volley. He was then told plainly that he had not complied with the specified condition, add could not be suffered to remain where he was. A finger was pointed to the door, and the noble lord was requested to say whether he would walk out himself or would require assistance. His lordship looked at the door, and for a moment seemed undecided. Apparently disposed to linger on the forbidden spot the peremptory order was repeated—" Move off, and be gone !" Certain " lords in waiting" manifested signs of impatience at his lordship's waiting so long. His motion towards the door was certainly at first very slow. Those " lords" there upon making their thumbs into bayonets, gently pro pelled the lingering nobleman towards the path of duty, which led to the outer door. It was for a moment an anxious question whether his lordship would not be saved the trouble of walking down stairs, but happily he was permitted to do so. He was as much as possible spared indignity. Though the house resounded with his oaths and his threats, better discipline than his lordship prac tises saved him from violence and excessive insult ; and his lordship at length departed, we trust a wiser, and— we are sure—a sadder man. The echoes of his maledic tions died away, and all was still except the laugh that a lord could be so silly, and the sigh that one pos sessed of no mean talent and large powers . of doing good, s h ou ld h ave j ourneye d to N orw i c h on such an errand and have made the grievous mistake of thinking (if he thought at all) that a lord in lording himself was me still a lo r d, and that the supreme master o f M e lt on fe l r ei °° a nn Is t h t a r t : h a le : s o had a ticket-of-leave which exempted him have curses or d e d rv H an a c s e tin ,o .g f B l e a n. w t , er o s r a de h r, ou o s r e d a e n c d e n d c o y a . l The next time L s out m as t h h i e s occasion. as pea ce f u l an exit w fa a s s h favoured h w o p i t e h h o e n this will DEODORISING 1:----A.N11 have ,recently constructed some tanks for purifying The Town Council of Glasgow the sanitary committee .4 since been appointed to advise water, and a clip /l i st ,have making the necessary experi ments. The council e wi n c ow three tanks, 60 feet in diameter ; and six deep, 'diameter, an engine of are in a minnte, the eaten eir , ht b -h a mixing well 10 feet in capable of raising 1,000 e o crite capable of purify ing power, and a pump the Pinkston Burn. lation being that these tanks gaged to 1951 ing the whole of the contents work the engine The cost is 7501., but that includes months, At Mr. , for which sum the contractors have en Leicester, precipitation. for three months, or 250/. it forisix Wickstead's works, in the neighbourhood i i 3 elatter, the deodorant used is lime, the process i It is thus described :—The whole of the L preci including the refuse from dyers and scourerwsalfse by the main sewers of the town to the works at th ro e u o g u h t t . fall, and in its passage to the reservoir the p roper pro portion of cream of lime is pu m p ed into th e pipe through which the sewage water passes. 4 lt is then passed through agitators before entrance into the reservoir, a n d, when admitted, the solid matter begins to precipitate immediately, while the sewage water, thus gradually freed from impurities, flows into the river in a disin fected state at the further end of the reservoir. From the beginning to the ending of the works no unpleasant smell whatever was perceivable, although the subsiding talcs, and all the processes mentioned are in the oovered part of the buildings. The deoderisation is complete. - - the great public opening the whole area is thronged, specimens of every variety of the Anglo-Saxon race abound, while in addition the prevalence of whiskers and moustaches, of dark skins and sparkling eyes, proves how widely extended is the interest taken in British bucolic progress. Groups of sturdy farmers are encountered at every corner, six feet high by four across the shoulders, looking with sympathetic complacency on the results of country air and high feeding on the oxen and the pigs and the sheep, the metropolitan butchers may be seen in groups poking and punching, and measuring, and making mental calculations as to how a beast will turn out "sinking the offal," and foreigners from France, Italy, and Germany glide about, and admire, and wonder at bovine, ovine, and porcine—results such as they had never seen realised in their respective coun tries. Perhaps some Russians—for there are Rus sians everywhere—might be singled out in yesterday's crowd ; and, if so, they must have been not a little astonished at the difference of rotundity exhibited by the honest, placid short-horns and Herefords of England as compared with the scared, four-footed skeletons that flash across the gaze of the traveller between St. Peters burg and Moscow. The Parisians may have their Ver sailles with its tawdry decorations, and the Russians their Kremlin with its barbaric splendour, but we have our Smithfield show with its unmatchable cattle, and pigs, and sheep, and in them the materials for that muscle which enables us to push our way from one end of the world to the other. One could almost imagine yesterday that the splendid animals were conscious that they were on their trial before the world, the "observed of all observers." The massive but still graceful oxen stood proudly in their stalls, or reclined with dignity on the soft couch which Mr. Balnoie had prepared for them, while some few regaled on delicate slices of Swedish turnip, which an obsequious herd offered to their fas tidious palates. The sheep showed off their dense fleecy pile to the best advantage, and the pigs kept up a con stant discussion (we suppose) on agricultural statistics, which was quite as vociferous and almost as intelligible as some which the papers have recently had the honour of reporting. Fair ladies generally caressed the adipose monsters ; while the latter in gentle grunts testified their high appreciation of the honour conferred. It was, in truth, a sight at once national and charac teristic to see all classes of society thus doing homage to a first principle by their undisguised admira• tion of the success achieved in the production of human food. !Amongst the visitors might be recognised many members of the aristocracy, of course including the Duke of Richmond, who came to pay his respects to the animals from whom be derived a medal as useful, it not so glorious, as that which his grace brought from Waterloo. The heir-apparent of Oude was also among the visitors, attended by his interpreter, Captain Brandon, and made a most careful inspection of the contents of the exhibition. Taken altogether there has seldom been known a better attendance than thronged the Bazaar throughout the whole of yesterday. As usual on these occasions, the galleries offered a va ried collection of agricultural machinery, including steam ploughs, reaping-machines, and an r•lmost endless collection of clod-crushers, beetle-traps, patent churns, and reaping-machines. The last-named invention would now appear to be naturalised in the country, seeing that so many of the great machine-makers have essayed im provements in its construction. Not only are specimens exhibited, but the walla are ornamented with attractive landscapes, in which the machine forms the centre figure, while swathes of golden corn fall on every side as it urges along its fiery course. The comparative merits of the different principles is still under discussion, and far be it from us to pronounce dogmatically where " doc tors disagree." In the galleries are also exhibited numerous samples of green crops, turnips, beet, .and mangold-wurtzel, and the enormous size of the specimens shows how much care is now being devoted to their cultivation. The Royal Dublin Society have a well•furnished stand, which is worthy of note as being the only contribution from Ireland, the land of beeves and porkers, sends to the Cattle Show. With all these combined attractions, it is hardly to be wondered at that yesterday, the first day, should be so fully and fashionably attended. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Report of the Registrar• General.) An increase of death is the effect which was generally anticipated of the late sudden changes of the atmosphere. The amount of sickness in a population, at any time, is measured only approximately by the mortality; and that part of it which is fatal is of various duration, and is recorded, therefore, not in one week, but a succession of weeks. The deaths in London, which in two preceding weeks were 1,261 and 1,158, rose in the week that ended last Saturday to 1,313, The mean temperature, which fell on the 25th ult., and continued below the average during ten days, was on Tuesday last week. only 27.7 deg., which is 14 deg. below theaverage. On Saturday it rose to 52.2 deg., which is 11 deg. above the average. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the average number of deaths was 1,291. If for com parison with the present return this average is raised in proportion to increase of population, it becomes 1,420. The deaths of last week are therefore less by 112 than the corrected average. The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, which in the previous week were 296, rose last week to 368 ; and the mortality under this head is higher than is usual in the first week of December. The prin cipal diseases in this class are bronchitis and pneumonia —the former rose from 173 and 154 in the two previous weeks to 194 last week, and the latter from 110 and 108 to 125. In the same three weeks the deaths from phthsis or consumption were successively 169, 186, and 164. Hooping-oough, which was fatal in 41 cases last week, appears to remain unaffected by the weather. Of 42 deaths from measles almost half occurred on the south side of the river ; 9 were recorded in the district of Lam beth. Of 45 from scarlatina, 5 occurred in the sub-dis trict of St Paul (St. George-in-the-East) and 4 in that of Kent-road. In St. Peter, %Valworth, at 34 v, Trafalgar street, three children have died in seven days of scarla tina in one family ; and one child in another family in the same house. In most of these cases the scarlatina terminated in low fever. One man and five women died last week who were 90 years old er more. The two oldest were widows, of the age of 94 years. — Last week the births of 755 boys and 765 girls, in all 1,520 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-55 the ave rage number was 1,487. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.675 in. The highest reading occurred on Thursday, and was 29.96 in. The mean temperature was 35.5 deg., which is 6 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily tem perature was below the average from 10 deg. to 14 deg. till Friday, when it rose 6 deg. above it. The lowest reading of a thermometer in the air was 19.4 deg. on Sunday ' • the highest was 56 deg. on Saturday, and th e range of the week was 36.6 deg. The mean dew point temperature was 32.3 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 3.2 deg. This difference on Friday was only 0.6 deg. The mean tem perature of the water of the Thames was 39.3 deg. The temperature of the river varied from 37.1 deg., the lowest on Thursday, to 42,5 deg. the highest on Sunday and Saturday. The wind, which at the beginning of the week was in the north or north-west, blew at the end from the south-west, sometimes in gales. The amount of rain was 0.30 in., most of which fell on Wednesday and Thursday. On the evening of Thursday an increase of 10 deg. of (temperature took place between six and eight o'clock, followed by a nocturnal rising tempera. ture. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAITSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 6. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases .. 205 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 5B Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . _ _ 368 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations .. 2 _._. Premature Birth and Debility 3B Atrophy Old Age `:udder. 7 Viole , - P- - ' Col Id Intemperance 4l ,Id, an, i iolence, :rivation, Causes not specified DZATHS PROM ALL CAITSICS Population Deaths In corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1851. of 1855. Week. West Districts North 'Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South. Districts 616,635 ... . 283 Totals 1,099 1,318 Males Fomales BIRTHS IN THE WEEK Males Females , 755 765 Total .••••...... * 1,520 Xams FOR SWEDEN. — The packets conveying ma ils, once a week, between Grimsby and Gothenburg, under a contract with the Swedish Government, having ceased runiiing, no more mails can be sent by that route until the r a-opening of the navigation next spring, of which due z take will be given.—By command of the Post mash ir General, RowLAND HILL, Secretary.—General Post , •office, Dec. 9,185 g. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a printer, to recover from the defendants, Messrs. Kennedy and Rose, the late sheriffs of Middlesex, 211. ls. 2d. for their neglect ing to execute a writ of capias ad satisfaciendum for that amount, which had been issued against Mr. Sheridan Smith, at the suit of the plaintiff. From the evidence it appeared :that the writ in question was, on the 19th of February, placed in the hands of Barry, the follower of Lawrence Levi, the sheriff's officer, with instructions that it was to be put in force that evening against Smith, who was to act under the name of Swanborough at the Strand Theatre for his own benefit. It, however, happened that a Mr. Fox Cooper, a 'dramatic author, who was in treaty with Mr. Levi to take the Garrick Theatre, of which he was the proprietor, was at Levi's office on the day when the writ was in the hands of Barry. Barry endeavoured to obtain some information about Smith, and finally re vealed to Mr. Cooper that he had an execution against him, who, wishing to save his friend from being arrested, immediately obtained an;interview with Smith and put him on his guard. Subsequently Mr. Cooper, according ' to appointment, met Barry at the Spotted Dog, in the Strand, and banded him 10s., which had been " mustered" amongst the theatrical brethren, on the understanding that he was not to put the writ into execution. This arrange • ment having been completed, Smith proceeded to regale himself in the saloon of the theatre, and during the time be was there Berry went in, looked at him, and retired. Subsequently these facts came to the knowledge of the plaintiff, who instituted proceedings against the then sheriffs, and hence the present action. The substantial defence set up was that the plaintiff had sustained no injury, as even if Smith had been arrested he would not have been able to liquidate the claim, he being at the time in insolvent circumstances. The jury, without calling on the learned judge to sum up, returned a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed-211. ls. 2d. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE ROYAL BRITISH BANk.-PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER. Mr. Lawrance—l have to apply to your Honour to name a day for determining the question as to the appointment of a receiver. I have made previous applications to your Honour on this head ; but I must now ask the Court to name a day for formally hearing the application. The Commissioner—Would it not be better to wait until the Lords Justices have given their decision? Mr. Lawrance—l make this application upon the strength of an arrangement suggested by the Lords Justices for the purpose of settling all questions—a suggestion dropped by their lordships yesterday. I hare to inform the Court that this petition is presented at the instance of the solici tors to many of the creditors, though our names alone ap pear affixed to it. I would also observe that the presenta tion of this petition is quite a matter of course, whatever course your Honour may think fit to pursue when the peti tion comes on for hearing. It is most important to have this question discussed and determined before your Ho nour at the earliest possible moment. The Commissioner—Why ? Mr. Lawrance Because, as I told your Honour on a former occasion, proceedings are being taken against indi vidual shareholders. The Commissioner—l cannot possibly hear it until the Lords Justices have come to a decision upon the matter before them. If I fixed a day for hearing the petition, and the Lords:Justices had not given their decision before that day, I should, of course, postpone the hearing of the peti tion. Mr. Lawrance—l submit to your Honour that I have a right to have a day now named for hearing this petition. Of course it will be in your power, when the day arrives, to postpone it again. But the two matters are quite distinct. The Commissioner—Well, then, suppose we name a day about a fortnight hence. Mr. Lawrance—That will throw us into Christmas. I submit that I have a right to a day eight days from the presentation of the petition. The Commissioner—You might have it advanced, if necessay. Mr• Lawrence—Perhaps not, air. That could not be done without the consent of all parties, and all parties might not consent. I must press on the court now to ap point a day. Of course, it will be in the discretion of the court to postpone the hearing when that day shall arrive. His Honoir then appointed Thursday, the 18th inst., for hearing the petition. IN .RE GLEN.-BETTING ON HORSE RICING.-APPLICA TION FOR DISCHARGE. The bankrupt, Adam Glen, late of the White Bear, Pic cadilly, had his certificate refused in March last, on the groand of his having lost more than 201. in one day by betting on horse-racing. The protection being withdrawn , he was shortly after taken in execution, and has remained in prison ever since—now nearly nine months. An appli cation for his disoharge was made a few weeks ago and refused. Mr. Johnson now renewed the application, which was fortified by a medical certificate, stating that the bank rupt's health was seriously impaired by his confinement. As the matter was entirely in the descretion of the court, it was submitted that this was a case for the exercise of that power, the bankrupt having a young family and an aged mother dependent on him for support. Mr. Metcalf a opposed the application, alleging that there were grounds to suspect that the bankrupt had still pro perty possession or u n d er hi s con t ro l. H e ma d e over in his aonsiderable property to ,a woman who had lived with him, and the creditors were convinced that he had control over that property. The best proof of this was the ex pense that was incurred by the bankrupt iu making these continual applications to the court for his discharge. His Honour said that the application was altogether ir regular. After the former application was refused, the bankrupt, if dissatisfied, ought to have appealed. He had no locus standi, and the application could not be enter tained. It ought not to have been allowed to bo placed on the paper. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT—SEraEwsuuRT, DEC. 9. (Before Mr. Baron Watson.), Martha Trorrall, aged 24, single woman, was charged with the wilful murder of her infant child, tit High Ercalt on the 12th of September. Mr. Scotland and Mr. Corbett appeared f er the prosecu tion ; Mr. Boughey defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was em• ployed by Mr. Shakeshaft, a farmer in hary eat work. On. the 12th of September last she had been engaged for save ral hours in washing, and afterwards eon) plained to her mistress of being extremely unwell. Her mistress asked her if she could do anything to assist her, and eventually she lent her a shawl, and gave her leave to go home. She left at four o'clock p.m., in the directio a of Rowton, where her mother lived ; and at half-past four she was seen sitting by a footpath at a ditch side, at; a distance of about half a mile from her home. She a ppeared to be very ill, but said she should be better soot', and told the witness not to tell her mistress that she wag sitting on the ground. She was next seen at six o'clock the same evening at her home. In the course of 'the eventng a woman named Sarah Rogers came to her from Mrs. rihakeshaft to inquire how she was. She told the wane is to tell her , mistress that she was a great dent better ; a nd, observing that her mistress seemed to think she was i n the family way, she denied that such was thi 3 case, and appealed to her sister in confirmation. A witness named Elizabeth Nicholls, who lived next door to the prisoner's mother, said that some time before this event oleo had noticed that the prisoner was in the family way, and that the prisoner had mentioned the fast to her. About six o'clock on the evening of the 12th of September the wi tnees saw the pri soner in her own h ouse , a nd asked her if Bite had been un well. Th e the child i n a di tc h , an d as k e d her if sh e - would fetch i t. prisoner said she had been con fined and put The witness s a id s h e wo uld as soon as she had h ad her tea. Sh e as k e d if th e c hild was dead or alive, and s he (prisoner) said "Oh ! I have killed it . " The wa ness said, "L or d, M ar th a ! what did y on do that for ?" The prisoner r e pli e d, " What could Ido • - with it ?" The witness did not go for the child, beca xtl ie she said she durnet. On cross-examination thelwit: le is said the pr:e sonar had had a child before this, and had b rought it up at her mother's house till it was six years oh i, when it was taken by the putative father. John Hug' am a labourer in the employ of Mr. Adeney, a farmer, pi :ov• d that on the 21st Sept. he found the naked body of :i eb ild in a ditch with a garter tied round its neck. The * pc ,t was retired, and a short distance from where the prisoner was seen sit ting, on her way home on the 12th Sept. The garter was tied twice round the neck, and tied in a 1 :not. Beeston, a police officer, proved that he charged tb e prisoner with murdering her child and putting it in adi h belonging to Mr. Adeney, at Rowton. The prisoner e aid " Yes,did I it." Mr. Baron Watson here condemned i' a fart mg terms the practice which prevails for policemen tc , make long charges against prisoners, as in this case, and ? ,o gettit !g admissions of their guilt. A prisoner might mis' indersta. nd some part of the charge, and thus the practice ( wkicir his lordship there was no room to attach a ligature, and the child must in any case have died of hemorrhage within ten minutes or a quarter of an hour of its birth. Mr. Boughey, for the prisoner, contended that there was no sufficient evidence that the child was born alive ; still less could it be said that the prisoner had wilfully destroyed it. The learned counsel suggested that it was a case of pre mature labour, brought on by washing, and that, even if the child was born alive it might have died of haemorrhage, or from the effort of the prisoner to deliver herself. The prisoner might be convicted of endeavouring to conceal the birth. Mr. Baron Watson, in summing up the evidence, said that if the child was born alive, and the prisoner applied the garter for the purpose of strangulation, and not, as suggested, in order to deliver herself, the jury must find her guilty of wilful murder. His lordship then went care fully through the facts as proved in evidence, and when he came to the evidence of the policeman, observed that from his heart he entirely deprecated the practice of policemen getting admissions, as had been done in this case, from pri soners. He had no doubt that the policeman Beeston was an honest man ; but it was well known that policemen were sometimes dishonest, and tried to get admissions, in order that they might convict. In such C2BOB the police man had it all his , own way, and could not be contra dicted by the prisoner, ,and thus a jury might be led to dip their hands in innocent.blood. It was impossible for a jury to say how much of the charge the prisoner might have heard, or how much she intended to admit. His lordship said he felt bound to say this much for the interests of public justice, and he hopel that what he said would not be confined to this court. If the jury felt that they could place implicit reliance on what the policeman stated they must do their duty, and find the prisoner guilty of murder ; but if, on the other hand, looking at all the evidence in the case, they had any doubt upon that point, they were at liberty to find her guilty of endeavouring to conceal the birth, if they should be of opinion that the evidence would sustait that charge. The jury found the prisoner guilty of endeavouring to conceal the birth. Mr. Baron Watson then sentenced her to be imprisoned with hard labour for three calendar months, Alai Hollis, alias TVilliains, was charged with the wilful murder of Benjamin Bromley, at Shrewsbuty, on the 29th of October last. Mr. Scotland and Mr. Corbett prosecn:ed ; and Mr. Rupert Kettle and Mr. Talfourd. defended. The prisoner pleaded "Not Guilty." The circumstances of this homicide will be readily re membered, having recently been reported. On the night of the 29th of October the prisoner qua/lolled under the market-hall with a young woman named Usier, with whom he had been accustomed to consort. Later in the evening he found her with Bromley, and she, feariog his violence, ran away. Bromley said to the prisoner, " Stand off ; what did you hit the girl for ?" Upon wh ch the prisoner inflicted upon him a mortal wound with a k n if e . The evidence was remarkably clear, and the prisoner had admitted that fact. His counsel addreted the court to show that the crime was manslaughter, and the judge having pointed out the legal bounclaris between that offence and murder, The jury returned a verdict of guilty of manslaughter, and the learned judge sentenced the prisoner to be trans ported for fourteen years. DECEMBER 10, 1856% complained might sometimes lead to the conviction of the innocent. His lordship had occasion frequently to make the same complaint at Stafford, and hoped that tho practice would be discontinued. The matron of the gaol proved that she received the pri soner on the 23d Sept. She was very ill for about a fort- night. On several occasions the prisoner wished to speak to her, hut the matron refused to have any conversation with her in regard to her case. But on one occasion when she was in the cell the prisoner was in tears, and said " Ob, I have throttled that child ; I tied the garter round its neck." She was in great distress, was always crying, and seemed scarcely to know what she said. Mr. Hayes, a surgeon of Wellington, made a post-mor tem examination of the child. It was a fully developed child. It had a piece of list doubled and tied round the neck with two knots. He formed an opinion, before the ex amination, that the child died of strangulation, from the list tied round the neck. That opinion was afterwards confirmed by the examination. The body was perfectly healthy, and in his opinion it had been born alive, though the appearance of the blood in the lungs might have arisen from the child's having breathed before it was completely born into the world, or from putrefaction. The umbilical cord was torn from the body close to the abdomen, so that had been recently marrie , l, but he di i not on those occa- 7 sions make any demand for money. It appeared in the course of the investigation that the prisoner had also writ ten to the prosecutor a letter containing the serious charge, but as that letter was made the subject of a separate in. dictment it was not given in evidence in the present case. The prosecutor was examined as a witness, and denied the accusation in a most emphatic manner. The learned Judge, in summing up, observed that the gist of this offence consisted in the attempt to exter . c. money, and there was this peculiarity in the present case that the prisoner, instead of keeping the charge secret until he had applied to the prosecutor for money, pro claimed the accusation to others in the that instance, which would tend rather to defeat any purpose of gain, if that was his object ; but the jury must consider the evidence, and if they were quite satisfied that the prisoner really made the accusation with the object of extorting money from the prosecutor, they were bound to convict him. The Jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty. His Lordship then said, that although the truth or false hood of the accusation was not in question upon this charge, yet, as he was satisfied that the accusation was in fact false, it appeared to him that that circumstance must be taken into consideration as an aggravation of the of fence, and ho felt bound to pass upon the prisoner the ut most sentence of the law, except the infliction of corporal punishment, of which, in the case of men, he did not ap prove. The sentence was, that he should be transported for life. Country LIVERPOOL—DE.C. To-clay there was a thin attendance of the trade, and buyer-s showing little disposition to operate the business )1 wheat was extremely limited, at a decline of 2d per 701bs. for red, and 3d on white, on tho prices of this day week. Flour difficult to move, and the turn in favour of the buyer. Oats and oatmeal ~ vere iu rather better request, at previous quotations. Barley, beans, and peas saleable in retail at late rates. Indian corn, although still in very limited request, was firmly held at 33s to 35s 3d per qr. for mixed, 33s 9d for yellow, and 3-.13 to 35s for white, es quay. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YoRg, DEC. 8. The commission was opened hero on Saturday evening by Mr. Justice Erie and Mr. Gurney. The York City Assize was held this horning. There was only one case, a charge of forgery against a young man named Barrow, who had forged the name of his uncle and guardian to a cheque for 5/. He was found guilty, and sentenced t 4 12 months' im prisonment. _ At noon the learned judges commenced the county bust ness, which is exceedingly heavy, there going about 120 prisoners for trial, and many of the offences charged being of a very heinous character. In Charging the grand jury Mr. Justice Erie alluded to an extraordinary case of bigamy, in whichthe prisoner is a man named Harrison, who became notoriois as the "Leeds Wizard" on account of his dealings with Bove, the person executed at the last assizes for poisoning h:s wife, at Leeds. His lordship remarked that the prisoner Ivo charged on the depositions with three marriages, and scam objection had been raised before the magistrate as to the ]roof of the valid or first marriage. A valid marriage must be proved, and not by mere repute or cohabitation ; but it the registry of the old church at Leeds there was an entryof the first mar riage. Nobody could be brought forward is a witness, but some person believed the writing in the register to be that of the prisoner, and perhaps that would 1 e enough. But what seemed abundantly sufficient was the, that after the marriage, unknown to the parents of the girl, had taken place, the prisoner claimed to be the husiand of the girl. The fathor and mother questioned them Aosely as to the fact of their being married, the mother req i i re d th e daugh ter to produce the marriage lines, as they were called ; and, in the pretence of the prisoner, the dajghter produced the marriage certificate, and repeatedly declared to her, father that they had been married. So they had been per mitted to cohabit together, aitd.had had children, and that, coupled with the register, he should thi n k abundant to establish the first marriage, and make the prisoner respon Bible for the second and third marriages. If by any acci dent the proof of the first marriage should fail, an indict ment might then be prepared treating the second as a valid marriage, and alleging the of fence to have hem committed with respect to the third marriage ; and it the prisoner e gl , it w would brought forward the first marriage as a d be requisite to adopt procee dings cgdeifngace ; but which it prisoner would thus be placed iu a dilemmasea appeared to his lordship there carteainly viould be no escape. F af e ANSLAycalrEn. RAILWAY COLLISION AND CIiZARaRO th e mansilughter George Spivey, 24, was indicted for on !e y e u last ti of o n . ; John Coupland, at Churc h Fenton,2 t 6 h t e h p J r o k Mr. Blanshard and Mr. Matae conducted M r . Digby Seymour de fended the prisoner. The case arose out of a conision o n the North:E as t ern Railway, at the C hurch Fenton station. On the ),sth of July an excursion train left aarket Weighton, wile% t h ere had beau , Au ,, A aricu..nra show, it I for Selby and Weth er h y . Raving passed Selby, the train reached Church Felton little after 1 2 o'cloc k, where it had to bo drawn u p fir the p u rpose of shunting a horse box. This occupied soh e 10 or 15 minutes ; and while part of the excursion trail was standing in an oblique direction across the main lue a h ea vy luggage train of 40 or 50 trucks came up, at a steed of about 30 miles an hour, and ran into the excursion train with snob force as to , break several of the passenger e ar . lines to splinters, and to throw the engine of the lugg age train off the line, and upset it. One of the passenge r ' s, John Coup land, was killed. The p ris o n er was night pt r . ter and signalman at the station, and it was his duty turn on the semaphore signal, and also the distance signi whenever a train arrived. The charge was that by culP ne gligence he had not done so. There was an importam discrepancy in the evidence of the drivers of the respective trains. His Lordship remarked that the driver of the luggage l train, knowing that he had started before his time, and that he was travelling beyond his proper speed, had an interest in showing that the signals wore not on. The jury found the prisoner not guilty. He was further arraigned for the manslaughter of Godfrey Braine, who was killed at the same time, but the prosecution offered no evidence, and he was thereupon discharged out of custody. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—LINCOLN, DEC. 9. (Before Mr. Justice Willes.) George Wright, aged 17, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Phoebe Horton, a child under 10 years of age, at Leake, on the 10th of October last. Mr. Flowers prosecuted. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutrix and her mother, that the child having been sent an errand, was met in a field by the prisoner, who asking her whe ther she knew where any mushrooms wore growing, and receiving a reply in the negative, knocked her down and violated her person. This statement was fully corroborated by the evidence of the medical man who had examined her; and the jury having found a verdict of guilty, the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for life. Daniel North was indicted for accusing, and threatening to accuse, John Sampson Wells with an infamous crime, with intent to extort money. Mr. Roberts conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was not defended by counsel. It appeared from the statements made by several wit nesses that the prisoner, a butcher at Grantham, had for several months previous to July last, as well as in that month, frequently made an accusation against the prose cutor, who was also a butcher in the same town, of having committed an abominable crime about four years ago ; and that to one witness he had said that he meant to have money from the prosecutor now that ho (the prosecutor) had got into business and was a householder. On two occasions in July ho had made the same charge in the public street of Grantham to the prosecutor himself, who From the London Gazette of Last Night. NEW WRIT FOR LANARKSHIRE. The Gazette of this evening contains the Speaker's war rant for the election of a Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire, in the room of the late William Lockhart, Esq. WHITEHALL, DEC. 9. The Queen has been pleased to order a conge d'elire to pass the Great Seal, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral church of Ripon to elect a Bishop of that See, the same being void by the translation of the Right Reverend Father in God Doctor Charles Thomas Longley, lath Bishop thereof, to the See of Durham ; and her Ma jesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said Dean and Chapter the Reverend Robert Bickersteth, M.A., to be by them elected Bishop of the said See of Ripon. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Walter Harding, Esq., to be Recorder of Natal, and John Staples Findon, Esq., to be Colonial Engineer for her Majesty's Settlements in the Gambia. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 6. The following promotions, dated the Ist instant, conse quent on the death, on the 29th ultimo, of Rear-Admiral of the White Frederick William Beechey, have this day taken place Rear-Admiral of the Blue Peter Richards, C. 8,, to be Roar-Admiral of the White. Captain the Most Hon. John Marquis Townshend to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved Half-pay List. Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe to be Rear-Admiral on the Reserved Half-pay List. Captain Sir James Clarke Ross to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Captain Wm. Hamley has also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Admiral on the terms proposed in the Lon don Gazette of Sept. 1, 1846, without increase of pay. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. William Davenport Bromley, Esq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant of Staffordshire. Castlemartin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry—Deeimus Byers, Esq., to be Lieutenant of a Troop. WHITEHALL, DEC. 5. %he Right Hon. Sir Alexander Edmund Cockburn, Set., Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's Court of Com mon Pleas, at Westminster, has appointed George Capes, of Gray's-inn in the county of Mid desex, Gentleman, to be one of the Perpetual Commissioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be• executed by married women under the act passed for the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substitution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for the city of London, also in and for the city and liberties of Westminster, and also in and for the county of Middlesex. BANKRUPTS. Jacob Isaac de Jonge, merchant, Mark-lane, to surren der Dec. 19, at one, and Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards official assignee, Sambrook court; Tucker, Greville, and Tucker, St. Switbin's-lane. John Hunter, merchant, Little Tower-street-chambers , Eastcheap, City, Dec. 27 and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderman• bury ; Linklaters and Hackwood, Sise-lane, City. John Green, patent rope manufacturer, Sunderland, Dec. 27, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldernianbury ; Messrs. J. and J. H. Liuklater and Hackwood, Siso-lane. Lewis Benjamin, fish merchant, Jewry-street, City, Dec. 19, and Jan. 20, at half-past twelve, at tho Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee , Aldorma n b ur y ; Messrs. Thomson and Son, George - street, Minories. Charlotte Robertson, licensed victualler, RatclitT, Mid dlesex, Dec. 19, at half-past two, and Jan. 20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alder manbury ; Piercy and Hawks, Southwark. William Phillips, currier, Norwich, Dec. 23, at half past two, and Jan. 27, at half past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Jay, Bucklerabury ; Jay and Pilgrim, Norwich. John Wheen and John Malin, joiners, Sheffield, Dec. 20 and Jan. 31, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Unwin, Sheffield. John Houldsworth, builder, Sheffield, Dec. 20 and Jan. 31, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Fernell, Sheffield. David Smith, licensed victualler, of the Lord Nelson, Duke's.road, St. Pancras, Dec. 22, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sheen and Grant, Kennington-cross. Richard Cowper Steele, merchant, Fenchurcb-street , Dec. 17, at two, and Jan. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Lovell and Co., South-square, Gray's-inn. tle le p c onyne Howelearpen carpenters, Deptford,veso nan dsnenudtehrlbaeordt Riel.ragasioind G Fe rS b jea . vm s e , su° a eal t half-past twelve, at the Naives.: 30 and Jan. 12, ,rDyisnteri;ctßCriogunrati., Durham. .official assignee, N wcastle-upon at half-past ten, at the Shireha L w, Stamford ; Hodgson George Roberts, draper, Stamtd,i,lpoeteti. official assignee, Nottingham ; a and Allen, Birmingham. Nottingham. Harris, Bath, Dec. 2., ant • . , Kingsmead-square , Court. Miller, official assignee, at the Bristol District David Lansley, publican and b c, rewe i r J , a ß o lacl 2 : o H a o t r e se le l v n en n, Bristol ; Moger, B . at . h. he Birmin2;ham District Court. White Hart Hart Inn le a r nd Jan. 15, at tw Henry Coatteesn,,matilthner, Birmingham,. Dec. 31 and Jan.l4, ston, official assignee, Birminglam ; Harrison and Wood, o, the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Cole 'aßmtialdrhim:lierf:m-Pghadhansaartdraik:eßlerrikshe,, Dec-licsiesd, victualler, one, tual at -street-buildings W. and H. P. Sharps, Leadeuhall- Gw l y f er ß , Da j en u pk n rre . ue , pt m acyn ei d :ch cA an au t ns , ntea G ni ; o e t ec ac h ui v ar r le e na h se - se s i. t gi r an e ne e ee t i , and Jan. 23, at eleven street. c it E y ; im p t e l e n . d 2o, at half-past eleven, aikethi J det o eah li rPei n ns jaC S dne l o e b.u e ur , rtY ni anufaclnrer of hoisery, Loughborough, Dec. 30 and Jan. 20, at half-past ten, at the Sbirehall, Not tingham. Harris, official assignee, Nottingham ; Browne, i Nottingham. ho Bakerne, street,a atuTrheharloshalf-past prliaass Dec.Bof o s lß w 7a e , a l k , t r tu c wp o l ot o c, yu an sd m t j a a na n sn u f. f e2 a , o c t • atnt Poplar, pj C laa o r ar u , e r t official assignee ; Hodgkinson and Freud, Little Tower street, City, William Lamont Bailey and Richard Harvey, jun., merchants, Chttched Friars, Dec. 18, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Place, Guild hall-chambers. William Sealy, baker, Torquay, Devon, Dec. 24, and Jan. 14, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Presswell and Michelmore, Totnes ; Stogdon, Exeter. James Constantine, cotton spinner and manufacturer, Scout, Lancashire, Deo. 24, and Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Man chester; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Riddick, clothier, Dumfries. Simon Fraser, grocer, Inverness. Alexander Ramsay, engineer, Kerr-street, Saint James's road, Glasgow. John Chalmers, blacksmith, Spittalfield. John Chalmers, jun., cattle dealer, Spittalfield, Perth shire. Robert Stewart, painter, Perth. Thomas Todd, druggist, Tillicoultry. JOHN SADLEIR AGAIN.—We have received a letter kern a man on whose word we can place reliance, that turawindler-sooundrel, John Sadleir, is alive—lives on tie hanks of the Murrumbidgee, or ssmewhere else in Antralia. We shall give our correspondent's letter, ani offer a few comments on the matter in our next isske.—Sydney Freeman's Journal. [A.ovEaussmENT.l—We quote some interesting cures with out medicine of indigestion (dyspepsia.), flatulency, constipa tion, nervous, bilious, an d liver complaints, cough, asthma, consmaption, and debility, by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta Arabica. 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Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Uro ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey ; Dr. ' Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de Deeies ; the Dowager Countess of Castle stuart; 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.; Bibs., 115. ; 121b5., 225,; super-refined, Ilb., 6s. ; 21bs., Ils. ; Blbs., 225.; 101bs. ' 335. The 101bs. and 12 1 bs. car ria g e free, on receipt of post-offlce order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., Purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60, Gracechuich-street ; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; 61, Cornhill ; 49, Bishops- , gate-street; 55, Charing-cross; 64, Upper Baker-street; 63 and 1.50, Osiord•etreet, HULL-DEC. 9. A small supply of wheat this morning, and the condition not so good as last week, and such was not easy to sell even at is to 2s decline. Fine malting barley in reqtrast, but grinding sorts are without demand. Beans is to lower. Oats is dearer. Linseed quiet, with less doing in oil and cakes. Rape cakes neglected. Bones inquired for. 8 s Wheat, English, red 60 to 63 Ditto white 65 to 70 Dantzic and Konigs berg 66 to 72 Pomerauianand Ham- Peas, grey and black fAi nsee d , Black Sea._ Ditto Petersburgh Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel to 62 to C 5 50 to 158 41 to 0 burgh Danish,Holstein,and 44 to W Friesland 54 to 58 Russian and Odessa 53 to 63 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 29 to 31 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 35 to 38 Beaus Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 40 to 42 Par T. Lins.c., Hull —/ Os to IAY 0 Ud Ditto fine for. 81 Os 9' 151 oa Ditto inf. for. 0/ Os 061 to Ot Os Rapeseed.. 00/ Os to 001 Os Rape cakes —s Od to 1270 6d Tares, English Ol. to Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os 81 tol2/ 15s Bones Flour, per brl. 350. 38s LEEDS-DEC. 9. The best dry samples of wheat command about Friday's rates, but other sorts are easier to buy, and, on the whole, the trade rules slow. Fine barley supporta late prices.-- inferior rather lower. Beans, oats, and other articles un altered in value. The damp weather affects the condition of the samples generally. Average price of grain—Wheat, 59s id ; barley, 46s ld ; oats, 26s 7d ; beans, 46s 4d; peas, 163. 4d. ; rye, 40s. 6d. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. STOOK EXORANOE.—The Stock Exchange to-day was doing a quiet business, and prices were a shade lower. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 974 7—Great Western, 694 -- Midland, 81, 7 ,- 2—North Eastern, Berwick, 21—Londo n and North Western, 105i—North British, 9.18.9.—Di/te ll Rhenish, pm., t3a. 9d.—East Lancashire, 21 i—Grea t Western of Canada, 244—South Eastern, 221—Birkeir head, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late Birkenhean and Choi' ter), 27/. i shares, 171—Eastern Counties, 94 10s, Od.- - Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34 i• BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 9. c hiefly EXOBANGE.—This business to-day was confined to local stocks, with a fair demand. Worn° , Canals were done at 19—Great Western Stour Val le ' Guaranteed 62. MANCHESTER, DEC. 9. STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market opened quiet tcfr uly with rather firmer prices. Midlands, 82—East Lfoie'v shire, 21 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolns , 341— ; South Eastern and Dovers, 222—Leeds, 97i —8 6 ' 113114 4 Perth, and Dundee, 9—Great Western, 694—Ditto , per cent., 1001 cash—Eastern Counties, 9 9-16. :ANGE.--YESTERDAT. ........-• •• Gibraltar ..•• •• •• •• •• Leghorn .. 9 82 Genoa .• Milan ............ Venice. ...• 43 4 Naples Palermo .... ..... • •• •• Messina ... ........ ••• 13° 4 Lisbon ... • •• - Oporto „ Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres...• •• •• •• New York,6o days sight Philadelphia • ......... z. raters or sord.rox, pas 0- Foreign Gold in Bars £ 0 g Portugal Gold Coln .• 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... n ° 0 New Dollars 0 ; 1% Silver in bare • • 0 COI7IISE OF EXCH. km5terdam............ 1114 Ditto, three months .. 11 17%. P.otterilam •• •• •• •• •• •• 11 17 1 4 .kntwerp .............. 25 32 yi Brussels .. ........ 25 32i4 Hanaburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 7y, A.ltona .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Paris•• •• •• •• .••• •• .... 25 25 Ditto, three months .. 25 65 Marseilles 25 67 31 Bourdeaux ... • Frankfort.on- %fain° .• .. 119% Berlin •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• Vienna • • •• .• •• • • • • 10 41 Trieste • • •• •• •• • •• •• 10 42 Petersburg ............ 37 Yi Madrid 45% Barcelona • • • e • • • • •• •• Saville • .• ........., SEABORNE MAILS. [When the date remains open until mail, via Southar evening previous for making up a mall falls on a StindaY , In i the day following; except in the case o f the tio npton, which, on such occasions, is made uP evening previous.] ... Faidg____, FOR Made up at W hence the • des- `vessel , ---- -- 4 ____ Post-Office. patched. Allts lu Lisbon... •.. 1 7th ,i7th, 1 . south- &mine Dec. 14 bra su...t. ......... M 27th of the m „,.. . . Gibraltar .. moat.: Gibraltar .."1 Malta . ..... 1 4th and Egypt '•'• • • I 4th & 20th South- Ceylon -.. II of the amp t ua the , , /owl 20th of :olotil l f s t India B V 3r e ss el. what expectedlVhen BYle; el ea t Mauritius J I ( viaCeylon)J China Penang .. •• i M the a t u p t i b en "•• • • • • 'ran. 4. Itedis: Singapore / South - E li " - iiov.— ja c% o Australia(viai 10 Dec. 12 -• j a mpton Pean so the Cape). • Cape of Good a glo l4 Hope .. - - mouth W.S. Jan. 25 E India 'AClea3ulrointius E Tan. 5•• • • mouth Lindsay Lisbon.. • • 1 Madeira . • CapedeVerds i I South- Sun. 9•• •• •" 1 ampton ' • '•' • " Jan. 12 , " Brazil ... •• • M BuenosAYres I Falkland Is j lands . W es t Indies -) 1 (except Oa-, 'voila and Honduras). 2d and 17th ist an d god ' Venezuela .. South- 16th° 1 1 lel' i M of the Grey Town.. the Yew Granada month. I ampton :Atrato month. as California sati .. .... _ —• • M Dec. 17 ..1 1 PeruClli C hill : : . . . . de Honduras .. 16th o f isg, H avana ..:: M Tan. 2....} South- i tra t o the le ampton niontl i • Mexico .. South- ........ Jan. 1 ampton bp i Madeira .... me 6 C V Teneriffe • E Dec. 23 ..} Ply . Niger .---' ar.- W.C.ofAfrica mouth 0 ' British North 15 514° America .. E E very Fri. } Liver- Europa Dec. British North E alternate I United States pool United States 1 Dec. 9 and BritishAlle America Tuesdays. • 19 °li c°i° Liver- Ha w n De • Wei; United States 1 M Dec: Dec: 17.. P Gel 31 inii - South- Fulton Dee. ' CO America .. i dio Canada .... I E Dec. 23 .. amp t on Liver- °i 5 l. r . i A c a n m e - j . a 12 1 - .... _ _ . M --Morning E-E' WOBONZOFF ROAD.—A London eorrespOndell of 00 (Russian) Brussels journal Le Nord, in speakii&jonf long residence of the late Prince Woronzoff ill n r -- 11 00 , says, "It is not the English aristocra cy alone 13 '9 • n eer v _ e s n ociety Prince Marshal Woronzoff was rearded with re l e s ,oo in f this country ; his name was revegred by all ° ir come to a iriEn c g om ia ve ry r o e , pnodsebdecoafus.e_ll: Wa ll a a . i d no to the distressed. lf you go from Prioir ,o, hill, behind the to. - towards St, Jolinfil i'm .L.egent's - par ,-, wood, , that pleasant town of cottages and villas, yon 10 ...tv comfortable boo dan in fi rm Veit houseswhich squ a re , are inhabited by age to' The next street is called V ' 1 oronz iff-road, and I W ill ~, rected for 9._ you why. Some time ago the almshouses e _ .oi a relief of unfortunwe dt d eople of the boru io oo and age ra esp of Marylebone (a co • t which is far more PoP ° d id mmuni y . do- , than the city of Brussels) had fallen into ruins, an sc hoo not be rebuilt for want of funds. The prin ce ' I t i) be P benevolence • is proverbial, was begged for socue..ely it!' remedy this state of things. He took a very 1 1 l 0 00 1# terest in the matter, and thanks to his truly OP el , fi c ence, and to his discrimi natin g patronage, tur f by r e : whictill have mentioned to you was built 0 " AIO V : chboanttnent, and forms at this time the Meryl of be uses. It is to commemorate the genero9ity, ow. founder of this asylum that, the inhabitantsf St. J ° Of at to Wood have • given the name of Woronzoff-roon their streets." ______---- LONDON • Printed and Published by AED() lif°v-ji, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 170 Sun Oilleeo'ioti 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Zavoy, in til e of MiddleEex, Wednesslay, December 10, 1866. B IR T H S.' o rai 01 A OM aor' On the 9th inst., at 5, Chapel s treet, Gregg° ifif° th On the 9Me Hon. th rs inst., at. Francisthe London - bridg e 'raver" Stonor. , ' th° of John Wallis. 1 ti# OF A DAXTGEITER. wife ° On the 7th inst., at Lydgata Rectory, the vi iii Rev. John Gordo. I. 1, the On the 9th inst., at Blomfield-road, Maids -hi of Walter Butler, Esq. 0, MAXRIED. cor les On the 4th inst., at West Hackney Church. so Turner Rattray, of Westerham, to Elizabeth o folio. eldest daughter of the late Alexander Hall, s c i'' ,15' , Is , well. . 1,0 10 "te' On the 29th ult. at Bassano, in Veueb6n —ol ~ , k tri John Ball, Eq., M.P., H.M.'s Under Sere t a t r YO O • i 0 for the Colonies, and eldest son of the Itighrool„,i" Justice Ball, to Elize, daughter of the Count A nstP -. Bassano, Groom-in-waiting to the Emperor o Ai til i) D I E D. l i z abe l ''' On the 9th inst., at 2, Salters'-hall -court, r id' wife of Mr. Deputy Condor, aged 66- Dos, sere On the Bth inst., at 21., Castlenau Villas, BO 0 0 ' 1 Thomas Camplinaged 75. ,4iiag 1 On the 7th inst. at 4, Warwick Villas, rf. . j S o t h a n nlif w °r i q u ot , i " the infant daughte ' r of Lieut.-Col On the 4th inst., at Isleworth, 311i r : 0" 44. 0 130 11°1' 6 1 ' rd On the 6th inst., at his son's residence, ClT,lford Stephen Westbrook, formerly editor of the ,-, ilr , nicle," aged 67. • I: C . On the 7th inst., at St. Jam d 0 Frecierle oil The , Seymour, Esq., aed 59. s etsh ire ' On th e 6th i rk -A., at Castle Cary, tho °' Spencer Phelps, rector of Maperton, Sere" j 52. / _---- __-- ..rl P