The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

17 ON E V MAIt K E T A 11 D COMMERCIAL TNT ELL fa KATE. CITY, TNN 0 o'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 700 American and 300 Surat taken for export. The market was heavy, and no change in prices. The sales com prised 6,000 American, 120 Pernam and Maran liam, at 61(1. to 6i(1., 200 Egyptian, at 51(1 to 81(I., and 700 Surat, at 31d. to 3id. per lb. Railway shares were dull. The official statement of the public income and expenditure for the year ended the 10th October is far more satisfactory, under all circumstances, than might have been expected. It appears that, notwithstanding the costly nature of the conver sion, there was still a fair balance in hand at the date mentioned, although not equal to that exist ing on the corresponding day of 1853. The com parative figures stand thus : . _ Balances, Oct. 10, 1853. £6,780,241 6 6 „ „ 10, 1854 5,62 6 ;529 9 11 The amount of delit created during the year was — Exchequer Mils £19,730,900 0 0 Consolidated Fund Bills 1,290,000 0 0 The amount of Funded Debt paid off was The excess of Income over Expendi ture was The English Stock market has been very ani mated for one security, Reduced Threes, in which numerous bargains have been made in prices rang ing from 91} to 9n. Consols have been firmer, at 911 to I. Exchequer Bills have been at 4s. to 7s. premium. The New Three per Cents. realise 91i to I. Foreign Stocks were but little dealt in ; but an improvement has occurred in the Turkish Scrip to 6 and 5 discount. Peruvian Bonds have been firm at 70i. Spanish Deferred Stock is worth 19. Dutch 4 per Cents. have brought 911 to 912. There has not been a bargain in any other security. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6; Mexi can, 21i to 211 ; Peruvian, 69 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41 to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18i to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 391 ; ditto Certificates, 5i to 5a ; ditto Passive, 4/ to 4i. The English Railways have improved a little in most instances, with a very limited business doing. The chief transactions have been in Great North ern, Midland, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-Western. The Foreign lines have been without alteration generally, but East Indian Extension are flatter, and also Great Luxembourg. In the Colonial and other Mining Companies the transactions have been limited, and at ba;rely pre vious rates. The Joint Stock Banking Shares have been very dull. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Line have risen, and the South Australian Land are better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES, ( From the Ouicial List. ) Bo qiness done Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 li MIW New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuitiei Expire sth Jan., 1 8 0 India Bonds, £lOOO . Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, Yid. 21000 Small 4 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small ........... ....... ... P e ruvian Bonds, 41 per Cont. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cent Turkish Scrip 6 per cent 6l 51 i d Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent. 12 Guil 6li Ditto 4 Der Cmt. CJrtifieates THREE O'CLOCK. flonsoli Ditto, January A ...... .. ... 914 I x d The Russian couriers manage to get from Sebastopo, to Moscow, by way of Odessa, in 96 hours ; from Mos cow they reach St. Petersburg by an extra train in 12 hours ; thus already 108 hours suffice, when no accidents occur, to convey Prince Menschikoff's despatches from the seat of war to the centre of government. On Saturday last, about ir,o navvies in the employ of Messrs. Peto and Co., engaged for the construction of the railway from Balaklava to the trenches in front of Sebastopol, left town by a special train for North Shields, -whence they were to be conveyed to the Austrian ter ritory. The men are to have ss. per day, and their lodging, food, and clothes found them. The total num ber to be sent out will, we understand, exceed 2,000. A POTHEC HALL.--Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise on Thurs day, Dec. 14 :—Edward Russell, Liverpool ; Robert Henry Moon, Ilfracombe, Devoe ; Edward Towndiow France, Sheffield; William Moxon, Rugeley, Stafford hire. ROYAL COLLEGE Or SURGEONS.—The following gentle- , men having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at , the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 15th inst.: 1 —Messrs. Henry Wakefield, Hon. East India Corn- 2 parry's service, Bombay ; Edmund Reeve, Brancaster, 2' l Norfolk ; James Hinton, Clifton , near Br istol ; George 2i Nicholas Cheek, lion. East India Company's service, Bengal ; William Whytehead Boulton, Beverley, York shire ' • George Uttermarck, Guernsey ; Matthe w Brown 100 - field, Milton, Gravesend ; Edward A. Rogers, Man cheater ; Walter Board, Burnham , So merset ; Joseph 100 B. Murphy, West Ella, near Hull ; and John Griffith, 20 Barmoeth, North Wales. 25 BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday morning last, 25 the wife of a labouring man named Booth, living at 25 Howden Clough, near Bir stal, West Riding, gave birth to four children, three boys and a girl. They were all 100 alive at the time of birth, but died shortly afterwards. , 1 0 0 R AIL W A Y SLEEPERS FOR THE CRlMEA.—During last 20 week the works of Messrs. Reed and Co., proprietors of 5 the creosote works at the North Dock, Montwear- 5 mouth, have been employed night and day cutting and 20? preparing sleepers for the intended new railway in the Crimea. About 20,000 of these are now ready, and 100 will be conveyed by the North Eastern Railway to the Tyne, where they will be loaded on board seve r a l lar g e 100 100 screw-steamers, chartered by the Government, and sail 100 direct for the Crimea.—Sunderland Times. LIMERICK COUNTY ELECTION.—The writ for holding 20; the election was received on Thursday by the High 100' sheriff, who has appointed Tuesday, the 26th, for the 20 nomination. Mr. Stephen De Vere will be returned 5 without opposition. He is brother of Sir Vero De Vere, of Curragh Chase, nephew of Lord Monteagle, 20 and cousin of the Ea rl of Limerick. FOOD CONTRA.CTS.—During the past week the food 20 4 con tracts for many years of the unions in Devonshire have been taken (fro m Christmas to Lady-day) at prices, N as it will be seen, by no means so exorbitantly high as 20 many persons predicted would be paid during war time. 33 , The contract for bread at the Tiverton union has been 10 accepted at 74d. to lid. per 41b. loaf ; flour, 575. per 29 sack ; mutton, sd. per lb. For the Totnes union con- 20 tracts for bread have been taken at lid. to 81d. per 41b. loaf ; seconds flo ur, 565. sd. for 28 01 bs. ; beef , s d. to 20 64d. ; mutton, 5.1 d., and pork, 6id. per lb. ; fresh but- 111 ter, is. 4d. ditto. A rather extraordinary fall in the price of pork occurred at the Exeter market last Friday. Ou the previous market day the price was as high as 10s. 3d. per score, whereas on the following Friday the price fell to Be. and 9 s. per score. A very large quan tity of pigs was left unsold even at this reduction. ARMY AND NAVY SERVICES.-- From a return yester day printed, on the motion of Mr. Disraeli, M.P., it appears that the total payments made by the Bank of England, up to the 11th of December inst., in respect of the sum of 12,874,5051., appropriated under the 17th and 18th of Victoria, cap. 121, for the navy services of the year 1854, amounted to 8,825,000/. ; the same pay' ments in respect of the sum of 8.810,059/. appropriated for the army se rvices, to 5,029,0001., and the same pay 10 5 20 20 went in respect of the sum of 4 ,583,701/., appropriated I V to the Ordnance, to 2,950,000/. The balances of credits, 20 • . 20 &c., now in the Bank are respectively as foll ows , viz. . —On account of th e army, 38,1041.; the navy, 5 029/ ; , and the Ordnance , 37,8361. The above payments . m" 10 '' prise the full sums a dvanced up to the 11th of Deccoem ber ; but it will b e im p ossible to state how much of 20 20 these advances wi l l ultimatel y be chargeable upon th e vote of credit of 3,000,0001. (a pp ropriated by the said 6 act for "additiona l ex p enses") until accounts and .F- O vouchers shall have b een received, including all the re- turns from abroad, showing the actual disbursements 40 for each separate service. Out of the said vote of credit 40 for 3,000,000/., the sum of 500,000/. constitutes the total amount of payments made by the Bank up to the 11th 50 of December inst.; but this sum does not represent. the 25 f u ll amount expended up to t hat da y on account of the 20 vote of credit, for the reasons already stated. The ne- 100 cessary transfers from the vote of credit Ordnance ai of th 100 ex t ra expenditure for navy , army, and ser e - 20 vices cannot be made until the accounts of actual dis bursements shall have been received and audited ; hut 20 any addition to the expenditure chargeable against this vote will be, pro tante, a reduction from the expendi- 50, tore as stated above, for the navy, army, and Ordnance a votes. 100 C HA RGES OF FELON Y AGAINST A BRISTOL MERCHANT. --The Bristol mag istrates were occupied yesterday in 20 investigating several charges of felony against an oil- 50 merchant of that city, M r. John Gilbert, jun., and a man 20 in his employ named Davey. Testimony was adduced 25 in support of the presumption that the prisoner had com- 100 mitted robberies to a seriou s extent, from the fact that for some time past he has sol d oil at a much lower rate 1-05 than other persons in the trade could afford to do. The result of the investigation was, that the prisoners were 25 both committed, Davey on the charge of stealing, and 25 Gilbert for receiving the •*l.l, knowing it to have been 50 si9lon, ... SUARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Paid•l RATIATATe. 'Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. 100 Aberdeen .... 6 8: tmbg. Noting Bost., and Eastn. Junct... all Belfast & Ballymena. all Birming. Wolverh. Stour ...... 29? Birkenlid. Lancsh. & Cheshire Juliet 6 all Do. Chesh. & Birk. £5O and 4:25 Cons. 19 Do., £20..... 30 Rl y th & Tyn orig ins .£2s (issd. at £45 100 Bi istol and Exeter , 100 Caledonian 21s. Carmarthen and Car digan all Chester el Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pass 16 C )rnwall 11 Crieff Junction 45 Dublin &BelfastJunc all Dundee Perth &Aber ,leen Junction all Do. New , 100 East Anglian F.,astcrn Counties , 100 r:ilastefu Union, A Stock 10€ Do., B. Stock 8: Do., New A......... 100 east Lancashire 100 ii:diubur g b & Glasgow 1 1 ]dinb. and Peebles._ 100 Ed in. Pah & Dundee 1 ' , orth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Wester], 100 beat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 'lOO l)o., B. Stock R. SO. &We st.(lre. , 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle i 4, Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds ....• 100 Lancash.audVorksl: 19 Do., Fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding Un all Liv.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwal 100 Lon& Brigl it S.Cst 100 Loud. and N. Westu. 12 l)o. Fifths 1 Do.lo/.Sh.,M&B 26 Do. Eighths 100 Lordon and S. Westn 426 Do., £5O. 34 Do., £4O all Lndridrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisli. 100 llanch.Slief.&Lincln 44 Do., Man. & Lin. Un 100 Nlidland 100 .o. Birmng. &Dcrb;% all dfidld. G. West. (Ire,; 22: Do. Half Shares 111 Newcastle & Carlisle Newinkt.BuryExten 21: Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrfd 8 Newry &Enniskillou all Newry Warmnpoint and Rostrovor 100 Norfolk 3?, Northn.Connties Un 100 North British... all 4 North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., 6 A Deferred all Do., 6 B Guarantee(' 100 N. Eastern—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch. all Do. Leeds ......... 100 Do. York all North London 8: Do. New £lO If 1i \T.SLS.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jo 17i North Staffordshire all North Western.., all N, &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcester,& Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth 100 4cottish Central 100 Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & llorcfd 1,1 Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,full paid up at per , al South Devon '')f) 'Oath Eastern dl south Wales 5 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui 5 Do 8 Aaines,Wok &Wok 11 tockton & Darlin Stockton & Hartlepl 100 ilafr Vale 9 )c). £lO shares. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 21 rhamcs Haven Dock and It-iilway all Vale of Ncath all Waterfd. & all . Vaterford&Limeriek 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West Loudon 11l s. Wimbledn &Croydon, 20 - 4i - 5 8 - 8 12i 16i - 17 7 - 6 93 - 95 61 - 61 14 - 15 9 - 11 ••• ''. • v. ... - .. 4 - 3 -7, 15 - 16 118 - 11 70 - 72 53 - 55 1(34 67 - 69 90 - 91 78 - EC) 23 - 125 88 - 8 ) 704 70i 58 - 62 72 77 6 8 6 8 7n -73 i 51 bk i 7/1 B i i !06 107 .001 1004 d d 83 84 9 • 81' 9 8 23 - 24 66 - 69i 41 - 42 id -- par 10i -- 94 14 -- 2 49 - 51 3$ 3A 31 ... 32 8 10 11 6i 74 75 7 61 41 3g 12A 13 52 53 55 -in 1 4i 6 id -4p 31 - 32 93 - 95 60 - 62 7i - Sir 43 - 45 --,31 591 • 591 29td ••• _.d 35 - 37 - 33 766 176 4 - 4? ? 20- 6 - 7 ... ... 6 - 7 N'O 14 EIGN. all Joatwerp&Botterdam 3i, Belgian Eastn. June. 8 Beziers to Graissessae 2s. Bombay, Baroda, and Central India.Serip ... Central of Italy all Demerara ... 14 Dijon and Besancon.. 10 !)itch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do. Extension all Do. 4l p. c.l3ds., pay '57, convertible all Do. do. do., '59, de 10 Gd. Junct. of France 121 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence Si Atlantic do. all Do. Cert. of Deben , con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of Frauc , i a ll Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent. all Gt.WesternofCana4; Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 all Ds. do., '62, p. '56 all Ds. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, without option all ilamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Coust. & Basle all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c. prof 12 Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations 10 Lyons and Geneva 12 Lyons & Mediterran. 16:1 Madras 2 Do. New 3l h Maria Antonia al Do. do. New 2 Melbourne Die. di Ry all Namur & Liege (with interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.201. Shs.late Char leroi and ErTiclines guar. 34 p. c. & red. at 221. dur. 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 185 L... all Do. 201. 3 p. e Bde. (fmy.B.& Ams.Shs.) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and Rouen 10 ParisCaen di Chcrbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i p. cent. Prof 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) a ll West F landers all Do 5. per c. Pref 1 1 2 Western of Fr ance 0 ) West. a ll Wiesbaden o of Switzer land 20 Zealand , all Australasia ............ all British Colonial Bank -- and Loan Company all British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Bond 16 English Scottish and Anatralian all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 20 Loudon and County 10 London Joint Stock 20 Lond. & Westminster 35 National Provincial of England 10 Do. New 22?, National of Ireland. all Now South Wales... all Oriental Bank of Corporation 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co all South Australia all Union. of Australia 2 Do. New yiel.ou oY Loud° - 6 1 - - ..., d It P - P 3/ - 31 0 , 31/ - 31/ 4i - 5 i 1 - liP - - 8 - 7 9 - 8d 10 81 IP 413 iP 16i - 171 id -: ip 2 d pari 2 d par l 2 d parl ~ diF 3 3:4 2A 2t A d 1p .. ... 1 d par 6A - 7 34} - 34 121 .12 R. - 9k 10i - 20 2i 1 # 46 48 $8 40 pm 20 3 / 4 4 d 21 1 P 7t 7 ••• --- ..• ... - pm 4 d 5 Nr 3i - i•6i= ii -__L-1-:------ - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ___---_ n 1 I'd id 3 - 201 21i -22 h ••• .. 36 j. 40 38 *- 40 41 - 43 67 - 69 .. • :7-- „., ••• = M 25 St. 20 St. 20 20 10 10 St. 10 St. 25 20 20 50 20 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING . " DECEMBER 19, 1854. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(T.ELIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commisioner Pane.) MERCANTILE FAILURES AND FIRST-CLASS CERTIFI'LIATES. IN RH MACKEY. Ibis bankrupt was described as of Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, merchant, and came up for his certificate. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Paul and Turner, Basinghall-street, commencing January, 1853, and ending August, 1854, shows—debtor to creditors, 5,0371. 2s. 7d. ; ditto holding security, 26,0211. ; profits, 2,0601. 10e. 2d. ; creditor by good debts, 5371 doubt ful, 1,3041. ; property in hand of creditors, 23,4321. 16s. sd. ; property given up, 6321. 7s. 6d. ; losses, 3,5291. ; trade expenses, 3581. ; house expanses, 8161. ; interest, 5271. ; deficiency, January, 1853, 2,3571. His Honour asked what the property in the hands of the creditors would realise. The official assignee could not make an estimate---a great portion of the property was saltpetre, and the market was rising and likely to rise. His Honour ■aid the expenses were small, and consi derably under the profits ; the bankrupt was therefore entitled to an immediate certificate of the first class. THE ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND ART, LEICESTER-SQUARE. The affairs of this institution having been brought under pub is discussion by a pamphlet circulated to the shareholders by Mr. Alfred Rosling, we have been re quested to give insertion to the following authentic state ment of facts : In December, 1853, the institution being then in an unfinished state, it became necessary to raise a loan of 20,0001. for its completion. This was effected by means of a mortgage, Mr. Henry Hoare, the banker, of Fleet street, privately advancing part of the money, and the remainder being obtained from two City firms upon notes of hand, given by eight of the then members of Council, the three remaining members refusing to take any share in the liability. Shortly after the opening of the institution in March lnst it was discovered that the fund so raised had been exhausted, and further liabilities incurred for Parliamen tary expenses, which it was necessary to liquidate. These liabilities having become pressing, a scheme was drawn up, by which it was agreed that such members of the Council as were willing to aid in extricating the in stitution from its difficulties, should take up at par, i, e., at 101. per share, 2,000 shares, which remained unsold, the previously issued shares being at the time at a di s . count of 50 per cent. To this scheme those members of Council who had previously assisted the institution by their personal security gave their adhesion, and the 2,000 shares having been disposed of, an available sum of 20,0001. was realised, sufficient not only to cover all current liabilities, but to reduce the mortgage debt from 20,0001. to 12,0001. At the same time, the builder, who was made a party to the scheme, consented to take a second mortgage for the balance due to him on the settle ment of his account. As a condition of this arrangement it was stipulated, with the concurrence of the principal shareholders out of the council, that none should hereafter take part in the management of the institution who did not take part in this scheme, on the principle that power and responsi bility should go hand in hand. The three members of council who had refused to take part in the previous ar rangement, again declined to take any partin this second scheme, and in conformity with the stipulation before referred to, were requested to reign, Two of them complied with this request, but the third refused to do so. It then became a question whether the institution should be suffered to go to ruin, or whether the majority of the shareholders, including the members of Council who had come forward at their personal ex pense and risk to save the institution, should make use of the power vested in them by the deed of settlement to enforce that gentleman's retirement. After repeated and fruitless efforts to induce him to resign, the necessary steps were eventually taken, and after a discussion, which was satisfactory to nearly all present, at a special general meeting called for the pur- Pose on the 14th inst., he tendered his resignation, the proxies alone which had been sent in previous to the meeting in favour of the Council, exclusive of those in the room and the votes not exercised, amounting to up wards of 4,200 out of 6,400 available votes. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IN THE BALTIC. Sr. PETERSBURG, Dec. B.—lt ought not to be sup posed in England that because Russia remained entirely passive this summer in the Baltic, and allowed her ships to be cooped up at Cronstadt and Sweaborg, that she in tends to follow a similar course in the ensuing campaign in the Baltic. It may with truth be asserted that the declaration of war took Russia by surprise, and that, with all the gigantic resources she possesses, neither the army nor the fortresses were at all prepared for active warfare. The same may be said with regard to the navy, and to a much greater extent, both in the Baltic and the Black Sea. But the extensive preparations now making in the imperial arsenals for putting the Baltic fleet in a condi tion not only to carry on a defensive war, but even to assume the offensive, are of such vast magnitude that they ought not to be overlooked in England or thought lightly of. The most important of these measures is the immediate formation of no less than twenty-six reserve companies of sailors, or ships' crews, to replace those that may be swept off by British and French cannon-balls next summer. According to the Russian system, the Baltic fleet is divided into three divisions ; the head quarters of the first and second being at Cronstadt, and of the third at Sweaborg. The new companies or crews are to be formed of those sailors now on furlough, and those whose time of service expires on the 13th January next. - _ _ _ The old line-of battle ship Andreas, 84, is to be con verted into a block ship in lieu of the Arsis, 74, which will be fitted for active service. The new screw three decker building here is to be called the Emperor Alex ander, and is to be ready for service by the end of March next. The impracticable old ship Emgeiten, 84, is to do duty only as a harbour-ship, and will be re placed by the Natromennia, 74, and receive the Bth equipage or crew. The old line-of-battle ship Empress Alexandra, 84, the frigate Proserpine, 44, and the brig Kasansky, 20, are to be broken up as being perfectly unserviceable. Tile steam squadron which, as I informed you ;in a former letter, had left Sweaborg for a cruise on the withdrawal of the British fleet, consisted of the Kam , tschatka, 16, 540-horse power, carrying the flag of Vice- Admiral Tirinow ; the Smilui, 12, 400-horse power ; the Olaf, 16, 450-horse power ; the Cbrabroi, 6, 300- horse power; the Gremiasehei, 6, 400-horse power ; the Burik, 6, 300-horse power; the Otwaschnoi, 6, 400- horse power ; and the Bogatyr, 6, 300-horse power— all paddle-wheel steamers. Since then another squadron has left the port of Sweaborg and been out on a cruise, consisting of the line-of-battle ships Procher, 84, with the flag of Vice- Admiral Rumjanzow ; the Pultawa, 84 ; the Brienne, 74 ; and the Vladimir, 84—towed respectively by the steam frigates Olaf, Gremaschoi, Rurick, and Srniloi. At the completion of their cruise they proceeded to Cron stadt, where they remain for the winter. There are, therefore, four line-of-battle ships and four steam frigates less now at Sweaborg than there were in the summer. FIRST BATTALION ROYAL REGIMENT. TO TUB EDITOR. OP THB BUN. Sin,—.Will you be so kind as to publish the following in your valuable paper? It appears by some mistake this return was omitted when others were sent home, and people are anxious about their friends. I have the honour to be, &c., GEORGE BELL, Colonel Royal Regiment. Camp, near Sebastopol, Nov. 27. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Shr Paid. RAILwAlre. Compans Leasing . Closin thii g day, t Prices hi :i da ; 50 all Bedford and London Bletchley N. West ..• St. 100 13uckghamsh. L.&N.W. 95 100 St. 100 ClydesdaleJe. Caledon 98 100 St. 1.00 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. at.Nrthn. 133 135 133 25 all Was. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct 25 all Do. New. Do ••• ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Gt. Vrestn ••• 100 all lirtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway Sr terw. 50 all [Tull & Selby Y. &NMd 102 104 101 25 all !Do. 3 Shares. Do • ••• 123 all Do. Shares. Do — 12a all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 13 133 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 10 all Lon ,Til.,&S. Peto &Co ll 113 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk — St. WO Do. 6 per et. 5A all Ifanch. Bxtn. L.&N.W and Matlock & AWN 2 —2l 50 all , Nliddlosbro' & Stekton & Redear. Darlingt. ..• 1G: ali Nlidld.Bradfd. Midland 9l 93 93 50 all Northern arEr' Easternsp.e. E. Count. 57 59 50 all Do. 6 per et. Do ..• ^ ..• 50 all Do. Fixeds p Do .• ••• 25 all Prost. & Wyrt L. &N.W &Ln&Yk „, 123 all Do. 3 Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.&llit. GtNorthr , 133 135 25 18 Slief•Roth a^c Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. —• 12 9i S. Staflordsh. Vl.MClear 23 2 d 50 all WearValleygi -;tockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do ')o. St. 100 Wilts&f;omrse .4tWestn. 92 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 St. tlOO Aberdeen Do. No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 501) Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhea' Guar. 5i per cent De. do. Pref. Ne. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork &Bandonsip.c Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (x 3 los 6 per cent Do. (£5) 7 per cent Do. (£7 l7s) 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tension ,5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent.. Do. 51., 10 ner cent. Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh- Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. ets. East and West York shire June. Fifths Edinb Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow &S.Western Guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 4i p. c Gt.N. of Scot. 1 st Pref . Gt. Southn. &Westm. (Ireland) Eighths) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i p.c Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. o. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Stk Do. do. de ... . Do. do. de Lan. & York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock London and Brighton, Guaranteed 5 p. C Do. Prof., 5 p. e. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Lon.&N. 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It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel, and se much of the evidence as had been gone into np to the time of going to press, that the defendant had [formerly been in business as a tailor, but being unsuccessful in business in the year 1852 went into the employment of a Mr. Andrews, a tailor, of Cook-street, as commercial traveller. Whilst so engaged he obtained from Messrs. Grayson aid Burwash, the well-known jewellers of Golden-square, some buttons, sleeve-links, and other articles of jewellery. These he had, it appeared, obtained upon his account ; and upon Messrs. Burwash bringing an action against Mr. Andrews, the defendant not being forthcoming, they failed to prove that the defendant had the proper autho rity to pledge the credit of Mr. Andrews for the goods in question, and the ♦erdict was given for the de fendant, Mr. Andrews. After that the then plaintiffs (Messrs. Burwash) sought to obtain a new trial, and the defendant made an affidavit under the new Common Law Procedure Act, upon which affidavit was the per jury assigned. a• The case, which was of a very complicated character, was proceeding when we went to press, and not likely to conclude until a late hour in the evening. In the New Court during the day the only cases tried were prisoners for passing bad money. It ap peared from the evidence that there are in circulation some very ingeniously constructed base gold coin, which are most difficult to detect, being stamped out of a very hard metal, and beautifully gilt. MABEET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. A moderate supply. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 16s to 5/ Os; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 10s per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. WIIITEORAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 12s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL MARKETS. SUGAR.—The market is flat, and with no disposition to do business this week. There is a fair supply upon the market. Refined is at 42s 6d to 43s for brown lumps, and 43s to 49s for grocery. Barbadoes molasses sold at 16s per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and Wect India Docks, was 844 hhds 59 tierces, 130 barrels. There were taken for home consump• tion 1,668 hhds, 175 tierces, 373 barrels. The stock in the same places is 15,880 hhds, 2,396 tierces, 3,262 barrels. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon was in moderate demand at barely previous rates. Or& to fine ord 41s 6d to 465. RICE.—The market continues dull, and nominally prices are a shade lower. RUM.—The market is dull, some lots of good Jamaica sold at 5e Bd, and Leewards 3s 3d to 3s Gd according to quality. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 404 puns 53 hhds, there wore taken for home consumption 307 puns 60 hhds, and exported 63 puns 84 Mids. The stock in the same place is 12,856 puns 3,255 hhds. SA LTPETRYS.—At auction 396 bags Bombay were all taken in at 21s Gd to 23s for ord to good 30 to 83 per cent. refraction. _ _ . TEA.—Not much has been doing, but good fair shipping congou is steady at 9id to 10d per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been dull at 643 per cwt on the spot, and 63s 9d all the year. TALLOW.—Since our last the tallow market has been quiet, and lower prices have again been accepted. On Saturday sales were made at 63s 6d, for all this year, and the market closed without animation at that price. To day the same price was again taken for all this year, whilst for the spri ng mon th s th ere was ra th er a fi rmer feeling. At the clos e o f th e mar k et there was ra th er more dis position t o b uy, a l t h ough no a d vance was o ff er ed. On the spot, new, 64s to Gis 3d • 1853, 63s 6d ; all the year, 63s 6d. to 63s 9d ; January and March, 63e 9d ; February a n d M arc h , 645. No Austra li an s h eep offering. Beef, 63s 6d. South American, 655. Tallow Elaine is quoted 57s t o 57 s 6 d ; town tallow, 63s net cash ; tallow oil, 39s 6d t o 40 s ; palm oil (Liver p ool arrival), 45s to 45s 6d; linseed o il, 37 . ; cocoanut oil, Ceylon 48s Gd, Cochin 49s 6d. LLOYD'S SHIPPING---(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 19.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, with fine clear weather. Breeze, o urH , Cork. ri ee.lB. SOUTHAMPTON, De c . 18.—Wi n d, N. Arrived—Ri c h a rd Cobden, from Q ue b ec ; Argyle (s), Carentan. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wi n d, N.W. Arrived—H. M.S. Penelope, f rom the Baltic; H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, do. ; yL h N a . m w p . t o n A , r f r e i r y e N d eir J. Y e n o s r e k n . P Sailed —Wind 2°u t N. (Swedish ship), for Constan tinople; Ranger, Corunna ; Punch, from London, for Genoa. FALMOUTH, Doc. 18.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—San Luigi, from Constantinople ; Gothenburg (s s), London, for Const an ti nople ; Duke of Cornwall (s), Dublin, for London. s ;1 —a—ed—Adciph Van Nassau, for Adelaide, S.A. ; John Souchay, Demerara ; Mediterranoe (French steamer), Algiers ; Alcides, Constantinople ; H.M.S. Calcutta, Plymouth • Venilia, Bristol. MILFORD, Dec. lE.—Wind, N. Arrived—Economist, from Quebec. SIT "BEA, Dec. 18.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Bella Donna, from Quebec , Alice Ann, do. ; Pearl, Cuba; Sir Charles Napier do. . CARDIFF, Dec. 18.—Wind, N. Sailed—Alice, for Bahia ' • Rover, Constantinople ; Bella Donna, Alexandria, Florist, Rio G ran d e ; Ad o l p h, P e rns.mbuco. - HULL, Dec. 18.—Wind, W. Arrived—Catharine, from liertch ; Emily, St. John's, N.B . ; Sir Isaac Ne wton , Richibu c t o ; M. B Taganrog. Sailed — Gerelania , for St. Thom as ; Mary B. Terceira ; Nester , Copenhagen ; Arthur, Stetti n. QUEENaTowx, Dec. 17.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Pakenham, from Callao, for Dundee ; Belmont, Quebec ; Athenian (s s), C o nstantinople, for Liverpool , short of coals. Sailed—Britannia, for Constantinople ; Sir A. M`Nab, London ,• Sally, Liverpool ; Breeze, Portsmouth ; Mary Ann, London, (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIYERPOOL, Tuesday, 11.21 a.m. Wind, W. Arrived—lsaac Wright, from New York—fifteen days. Wind, N. DUBLIN, Dec. 18. Arrived—Talbot, from Seville ; Mercurius, Dordt. (BY rIIIBMARINII AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRATESEND, Tuesd a y, 10.3 a.m. Wind, N.W. by N. ; . . tide, two hours' and a half Rood ; weather fine. No arrivals. Sailed—Crystal Palace, for Hobart Town; Mooresfoot, Port Philip ; Saladin, Black Sea. DIAL, Tuesday, 9.53 san. Wind, N.N.W. ; strong, and hazy. A large ship is observed to be on shore on the Four-foot North Breakhead, near Rantegate. Sailed—Speedy, for Sydney. Mr. Mather, of Dean-Street, Newcastle, has entered into a contract with the Government for the supply of tools aid locks for the use of the army,—Sunclerlanp News. _ Vaughan, the t r h e e ee w iT e e l d l- f u Ni n de Messrs. .o ß f k dd ° l y e sabnod lru r o ug a le, h the Government for the supply of 100 tone o f cannon balls per week, the period of supply t o exten d over fifty two weeks.—Yorkshire Gazette. k o n r3e w orders from ron IRISH UNIVERSITY REFORM.— All official notification from the Board of Trinity College announces the con templated relaxation of the statute which debarred Dis senters and Roman Catholics from attaining the honours and rather scanty emoluments attached to the scholar ships. The board, it seems, have resolved to create some additional scholarship, " which shall lie open to students of all religious denominations, without distinc tion." They are to be called " Non - foundation Scholar ships," and will be tenable for the same period and endowed with the same emoluments• as the chartered scholarships, and the candidates for both will be exa mined at the same time and in the same subjects. Four of the new scholarships will be filled up at next Trinity Term examination. A firm owning extensive aaw mills at Gloucester is engaged in getting ready 2,000 wooden huts for the French army in the Crimea, to order of the French Government. These huts, packed in " shocks," bound with iron hoops, will be sent from Gloucester by the Great Western Railway to Basingstoke, there trans ferred into the trucks of the London and South Wes tern line, and so delivered alongside the ship in the docks at Southampton. REINFORCEMENTS FROM CORFU. CORFU, Dxc. 2. On the news arriving here that reinforcements for the Crimea were leaving England and France, his Excellency Sir H. G. Ward, with Major-General Macintosh, com manding H.M. troops in the lonian Islands, decided upon sending a regiment from this. A transport being in port at the ti me wa iti ng f or i nva lid s and the wives of soldiers who had previously left this for the seat of war, they were ordered to embark immediately. Two days afterwards the regiment was ready, and the Major-General issued a general order in terms highly complimentary to the officers and men. On the regiment being ready on their parade ground at Fort Neuf, under the command of Major Goodenough, his Excellency Sir 11. Ward and Major-General Macin tosh, with their staffs, proceeded from the Palace to where the regiment was waiting, and, after their forming square, Sir 11. Ward addressed them as follows : " Major Goodenough, Officers, and Men of the 34th Regiment,—Having taken upon myself, in concurrence with the Major-General, the responsibility of sending you to the seat of war, I cannot see yow leave Corfu without telling you how sincerely I sympathise in the sentiments which General Macintosh has expressed in _general orders this morning, or without thanking you it the Queen's name for the excellent spirit which you have shown upon this occasion, and expressing to you my confidence that the honour of England cannot be in safer keeping than in your hands. I have seen few regiments since I came here that can boast of a finer body of officers or better-conducted men. "I have done all that lies in my power to expedite your passage, feeling, with the Major-General, that the fate of this campaign may turn upon a few weeks, or even days. You go to meet an enemy whose numbers and discipline it would bo wrong to underrate; but you meet him in a most just cause. You will have the best troops in Europe fighting by your side ; and arriving, as you will do, in the Crimea at the same moment with other large reinforce ments both from England and France, I feel satisfied that you will reach it in time to take your part in bringing to a glorious issue the greatest struggle in which your Queen and your country have ever been engaged. " Good bye ! God bless you! And if we meet again, as I trust that we shall do, in Corfu, may I see the word ' Sebastopol' inscribed upon your colours—for that must now bo the end of the campaign." _ On the conclusion of the address the men and all present gave three hearty cheers. The regiment was then ordered to march, preceded by the beautiful brass band of H.M. 71st Highland Light Infantry, followed by the band of the regiment. Then followed the Lord High Commissioner, the General, and staffs, and the Major Commanding—the regiment proceeding through the town to the place of em barkation. On the band of the 71st finishing, the band of the 34th began playing " Cheer, boys, cheer"—the men singing the air. Such a eight was never before seen here. The men looked remarkably well ; and they are commanded by a very worthy officer, Major Goodenough, whose departure, as that of the other officers of the regiment, is much re gretted. THE ,!TEAM TRANSPORTS MEDWAY AND ORINOCO. We have been requested to give insertion to the fol• owing : TO THE EDITOR OF TEE TIMES. Pimlico, 18th December, 1854. SIR,—By the last mail from the East I have received a letter from an officer on board the Medway steam transport in the Black Sea, an extract from whieh I beg to annex, believing that the error referred to is not the result of any spirit of partiality in reporting the action in question, but rather of an oversight of the claims of individual ships, and that therefore yott will not hesitate to do justice to the transport service by inserting this letter in an early impression of your paper, the perusal of which will give that satisfaction to tho officers and men of the Medway and Orinoco which they as well de serve as those of the Cambria and Colombo. Trusting to your generosity in this respect—l beg to remain, sir, your obedient servant, M. (Extract.) " I wish much to see an error in the Timer corrected with reference to the services performed by the transports on the day of the bombardment of Sebastopol. "The Cambria and Colombo get more credit that any other ships, whereas we did as much as them, and have net been mentioned for our services on that day. . _ " The editor of the Times could not have been aware of what we did compared with the others, else he could not possibly have given such undue credit to two ships, to the exclusion of ours. . " An officer came from the Britannia to say that the Agamemnon had signals for assistance flying, and Admiral Dundas crdered the nearest transport steamer to go and assist her. We were just heading in for her when we saw her coming out by herself ; and it turned out that she wanted another man-of-war to assist at the fort, which they might have knocked down if all the ships had been as close as the Agamemnon was. She and the Albion were ashore and eye Fort Constantine a good hammering. It is reported nearly all the gins were dismounted by the fleet ; so if they had had daylight a little longer they would have done Czar Nicholas's property no small damage. " We don't look for special mention of anything we do; but we do think we deserve at least the same notice in the papers, which we all anxiously read, as other ships of the transport service. "The correction of this in the Times world make many a man well pleased in this ship and the Orinoco." SIR CHARLES NAPIER. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.- - Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., disembarked from the Duke of Wel lington in the Fire Queen steam-tender at Spithead, shortly before nine o'clock this morning, and, with his flag at the fore, steamed up to this harbour. Whew off the saluting battery he left the Fire Queen in the Port- Admiral's barge, and was steered to the town sally-port, alongside the Victoria-pier. Notwithstanding the severe inclemency of the weather (it had been blowing hard all light, and raining heavily all morning), and the early hour of disembarking, a large concourse of the inha bitants of Portsmouth assembled on the Victoria-pier (which was handsomely dressed in flags in token of wel come), and on the walls of the garrison, to greet Sir Charles. These increased in numbers after he landed, and they cheered him most vociferously as be passed up the town on his way to the Port Admiral's, where he breakfasted. Information of his arrival having been last night sent to Merchistoun-hall, Lady Napier and Colonel Napier arrived early this forenoon, at the George Hotel, to meet the Admiral, who left Portsmouth for the Admiralty by the 4.25 train on the South-Western Railway. The gallant Admiral looked in good healtk and spirits. Merry peals were rung from the parish church bells in honour of his safe return. The gallant Admiral arrived in London last evening from Portsmouth. THE WESTMINSTER PLAT. The second performance of the Eunuchus of Terence by the Westminster scholars took place last evening. The little theatre was again crowded. Among the many distinguished persons present were Lord Wrottesley, Baron Alderson, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. G. Corne wall Lewis, Mr. It. Monckton Milnes, Archdeacon Lane Freer, Dr. Haggard, and Dr. Sutherland ; and, as before, the representation was graced by the pre sence of a brilliant assemblage of ladies. We have little to add to what we have said of the first performance on Thursday last. The play went off with increased spirit ; the young performers evidently feeling m ore at home on the boards. Their attitudes and ges tures were more easy and unconstrained, and they gave the points of the dialogue—the delicate traits of wit and humour with which Terence abounds—with in creased animation and effect. The best performances, as before, were that of Parmeno by Mr. Dickson, Thais by Mr. Fisher, Thraso by Mr. Wells, Gnatho by Mr. Freeman, and Chorea by Mr. Harrison ; but there was another part, that of Pythias, a waiting-woman, deserving of especial notice from the archness and vivacity with which it was acted by Mr. Thompson. On this occasion there were a prologue and epilogue ' both spoken by Mr. Dickson, the captain of the school. The prologue contained a tribute to the memory of se veral eminent persons connected with the school who have lately died, particularly the late Mr. Clinton, the author of the "Fasti Hellenici -" and some allusions to the great topic of the day. It has been usual for the epilogue to be a little dialogue or dramatic scene of a comic and satirical description, full of jokes upon passing events. But last night's epilogue was an address, also delivered by Mr. Dickson, in which the speaker, after saying tbat, in the present state of public affairs and tone of the public mind, this was no time for indulging in jests and merriment, entered into a train of reflections on the subjects most congenial to , the feelings of every one at this time. This little poem, written with considerable power and beauty, and exceedingly well delivered, was enthusiastically applauded. The third and last performance takes place on Thurs day next. NEW YORE.—The commercial advices from New York this week are uninteresting, and describe little change. The diminution in the exports of specie has had the effect of preventing an extension of the confusion and alarm in the money market, but there had been no definite signs of a return of confidence. The amount by the present steamer is only 32,0001., and the Baltic, which may be expected on Wednesay, will probably not bring much more. With regard to the prospects of the spring trade, in imported goods an improved opinion appeared to be entertained, the falling off in the sup plies during the past four or five months having brought the market into a better coaditien. The total value of the foreign manufactures taken during the first eleven months of the present year exhibited a reduction of 3,000,0001., or about 19 per cent. from that of the corresponding period of 1853, chiefly observ able in articles of woollen and silk. Still it was likely to be long before a steady demand would again spring up. As regards wheat and flour the possibility of the high prices lately reached on this side being maintained seems from the first to have been doubted, and hence, although a decline bad taken place and the arrivals from the interior had increased, there was less activity in shipments than might have been anticipated. The canals were just about to be closed for the winter, and hence forth the quantities brought in would depend upon the facilities offered by the railroads. There had been no new failures. Messrs. Reeve, Buck, and Co., of Phila delphia, whose stoppage was announced by a former packet, have undertaken to pay all their liabilities in in stalments commencing nine months hence and terminat ing in 27 months. Their debts are 200,0001. and their nominal assets 600,0001., of which, as they consist chiefly o f questionable railroad bonds, only 250,0001. are repre sented as available. Messrs. Selden, Withers, and Co., of Washington, the financial agents of the State of Vir ginia, had also made an assignment. Advices a week later had been received from California, but they con tained nothing new, and the gold production continued satisfactory. From Texas the accounts show that Cara vajal, whose insurrectionary incursions have been re peatedly put down by the Mexican Government, is being encouraged by subscriptions and other aid to commence a, frail inroad. RETURN OF BALED AND WOUNDED IN THE ABOVE CORPS. Capt. W. K. Allix, killed, Nov. 5, battle of Inkerman Private Richard Rolf, killed, Oct. 17, before Sebastopol Private William Hutton, killed, Oct. 17, ditto Private John Walsh, killed, Nov. 5, battle of Inkerman Private William Webb, killed, Oct. 17, before Sebastopol Private Henry Burnett, killed, Oct. 11, ditto Private William Noonan, wounded, Oct. 23, ditto Lieut. J. M. Brown, wounded, Oct. 23, ditto Private John Rea, wounded, Oct. 17, ditto Private John Deverall, wounded, Oct. 17, ditto Private William Goose, wounded, Oct. 17, ditto Private William Brislawn, wounded, Oct. 27, ditto Private Robert Keenan, wounded, Oct. 27, ditto Private Peter M`Aweeny, wounded, Oct. 27, ditto Private John White, wounded, Oct. 31, ditto Private William Kenny, wounded, Nov. 4, ditto Private William Broughton, wounded, No v 6, ditto Serjeant 'William Knowles, wounded, N ov . 21 : ditto Lance-Corporal John E. Tye, wounded, Nov. 21, ditto MR. OLIVER'S AFFAIRS. An attempt is being made on the part of a gentleman named Evans, a creditor on the estate for about 7,0001., to make Mr. Oliver a bankrupt. The trustees under a deed of assignment, executed on the 7th of October, and advertised in the Gazette, as required by the statute, are opposed to the affairs being liquidated in bank ruptcy ; but, according to the Bankruptcy Consoldation Act, the deed is valid if signed by six-sevenths of the creditors against the minority who do not sign, provided that no petition in bankruptcy is successfully filed with in three months of the date of the deed of assignment. The three months, in this case, will not expire until the 7th of January next ; and, consequently, an adjudica tion may be founded upon this deed of assignment at any time before that day. With a view, it is supposed, to prevent an adjudication, the deed has been so securely deposited that it cannot be found ; and the object of the private examination of witnesses before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, at the Bankruptcy Court, on Friday and Saturday, was to discover, if possible, where the deed was placed. With that view, a considerable number of persons were put under examination ; butt without, as yet, leading to the discovery of the missing deed, all the witnesses disclaiming any knowledge whatever of its place of concealment. The question therefore arises, whether an act of bankruptcy cannot, nevertheless, be substantiated against Mr. Oliver. The result hinges on a point of law upon which the Court, as yet, has not given its decision, judgment being postponed until to-morrow. The examinations were strictly private, greatly to the disappointment of a large number of gentlemen wbo repaired to the Court in the expectation of watching the proceedings. The names of the witnesses have not transpired, but, of course, in such a case, the trustees and their solici tors as the parties entitled to have possession of the deed must have been the persons examined to account for its apparent loss. Sir George Stephen, instructed by Mr. Crosse, is the counsel for the petitioning cre ditor. The private examination was resumed yesterday (Monday), but with no better success. Mr. Commis sioner Stevenson will give his judgment on the point of-law referred to above to-day. If it is favourable to the application of the creditor, it is presumed that a petition will be allowed to be filed immediately. The trustees are opposed to the affairs of Mr. Oliver going into the Bankruptcy Court, because, they say, the Ame rican creditors would seize all the property belonging to the estate on the other side of the Atlantic, and that the interests of the English creditors would, there fore, be damaged to that extent. On the other hand it is argued, that while this would no doubt be the case, the loss would be counterbalanced by striking from the list of creditors a number of items which, it is alleged, would not bear the test of scrutiny. EXPENDITURE FOR THE ARMY, NAVY, &O.—THE WAR WITH RUSSIA.—From the account of public income and expenditure issued on Friday, it appears that the expen diture in the year ended the 10th October last on ac count of the army was 7,060,8821. ; on account of the navy, 10,057,7691. ss. 10d. ; on account of the ordnance, 3,690,8901. lls. 9d. ; Kafir war, 230,000/., and the vote of credit ; additional expenses, war with Itunia: 220,000?. 111 I 2' 21 I 21 89 90 1 90i 7$ 80 124 60i ex arra I St 2+ 73f I 22 IM6 6 1008 / i / 84i 4 23i 69 i i i SI 42 si 31i I 1: 74 I Si 12 SI 5 2 4 1, 13 I 8 I 5° 3Gi L 70/ i 1 all 1 all Os all 20 6 1 all 1 all all 1 all 30 113.5 35 <5 15 1 1 t O all 5 1 3t. all ?,5 all 5 I all 2 !O all 1 all 3e 4 1 all 3 all 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all 1 all !,0 all 5 I 1 1 1 all .5 I all all LO 74 !N all 1 all 1 all 1 12s , 25 1' 20 [OO 3`. St. t 0 20 25 2 1 al 15 1.- 20 al 20 11 20 1 1 10 al 1 al 10 1 20 - 6-. ) I 41 2 al tOO 61. 1 5 ate I I.` 3 i i I 2i 22 a 62 x d 54 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The report of the new directors of this company— namely, Messrs. T. Close, J. Hutchinson, W. Reed, and M. Uzielli, who, on the requisition of a large and influential body of shareholders, became directors on the 11th of August last, states that the accounts which have hitherto been presented to the shareholders have not in every instance explained the mode and purposes in and for which the money had really been spent. The accounts which they now bring under the con. sideration of the shareholders set forth the true nature of every item in the expenditure from the com mencement of the undertaking down to the present time. They show the large amount of money which has been spent in matters which have little or no oonnection with the execution of the canal and railway works. The pro ductive expenditure on the undertaking up to the present time appears to stand as follows:—Land and works on the canal, 34,3791.; land and works on the railway, 426,4391.; on the permanent way, 80,3021.; and rolling stock 39,2241. —together 580,344/. There is also the balance of cau tion money due from the Belgian Government, 16,0001., as well as the sum under that head which has been transferred by the State from the funds of the con. pany to the credit of the Grand Junction Railway, 20,000/., making a total of 616,344/. They state that this must appear a small amount, compared with the aggregate of the expenditure up to the present time— viz., 1,355, 2961 ., but of which 176,3301. has been re. turned to the shareholders in the form of interest upon calls, during construction, in conformity with the sta tutes. This is independent of 9,2701. interest paid on the obligations. On their accession to the board they found the actual financial position of the concern most de plorable. There were no funds whatever wherewith to carry on the works ; bills of ezobange had been given to contractors, which were approaching or had arrived at maturity ; considerable d e b ts were due to bankers and other parties in London, whe were ur gently pressing for the repayment of their advances; the credit of the company was entirely destroy e d, an d th e ruin of the whole property imminent. There was no alternative but to make an immediate call, w hi ch was responded to by 64,390 shares out of about 79,000 shares in the hands of the public. The snm actu. ally received from this call, less the interest, is 9 7,9021., which has all been absorbed by the pressing w an t s of the undertaking. The large amount of arrears is peratively necessary for the payment of the works in progress, and they urgently recommend these arrears to be immediately discharged. Mr. J. Locke, civil en gineer, who has inspected the railway and the district through which the line is intended to pass, deems it ne cessary to provide a sum to complete the undertaking, with all its appliances, nearly identical with that which the company have the power to receive from future calls, from the obligations not yet issued, and from the return of the remaining caution money; They are of opinion that the portion of the line, thirty five miles in length, between Brussels and Namur, will have a considerable traffic upon it, and that it will be much above the mileage average of 2,5001. per mile now received on the Belgian States lines. The new direc• tors believe that there are sufficient elements of suc cess to warrant them in recommending the shareholders, by a prompt and effectual support of an efficient administration, to rescue their property from its present position. They strongly recommend that the energies of the company be for the present confined to the making of the main line of railway. They re commend the whole beard to place their seats at the disposal of the proprietors, in order that proper per sons may be elected. Since the 31st of December, 1853, there has been paid about 270,000/. for works, land, &.c., irrespective of a further sum of 20,000/. which has been deposited as caution money on the Grand Junction lines. The share capital appears to be repre sented by about 90,000 shares of 201. each, 121. called up, and the bond capital, 120,000 bonds of 41. each. These matters are in course of investigation. There are 8,960 shares in the company's hands, against an advance of 58,000/. from the company's funds, and it is probable the money will not be forthcoming. Should this anticipation be realised, they recommend the shareholders to authorise the distribution rateably of the 8,960 shares among the proprietors who have paid the last call of 2/., upon payment to the corn. pany of a similar sum per share on their allotment. Appended to the report is an historical aocount of .the share capital. It appeared that, of the 142,436 shares upon which the deposit of 2/. per share had been paid in 1845, only 36,902 remained after the third call was made, and 71. paid, the remainder of the shares hav ing been forfeited. On the 21st of July, 1848, the board determined to issue bonus shares to all holders of shares who had paid up their calls to 71. ; every holder of five such shares might, on application and payment of 1/. per share, receive one share of 101. written up as paid. 5,839 10/. shares were issued for this purpose, on which was paid 11. On the 31st of Oct., 1848, the directors created a number of 10/. shares, and had them sold in the market for what they would fetch. In the course of three years 18,788 of these 10/. shares were sold, on the average, for 365. 6d. per share, and produced 33,868/., the nominal value being 187,8801. In 1849 the board ordered 8,000 10/. paid shares to be created for secret service. These shares were sent to Mr. J. Ashwell, at Brussels, to be there issued to various influential persona in Belgium, for the pur pose of securing their support. No money was paid to the company for these 3,000 shares, but in their books 5,92 - 1 was entered as lvirg roc, ived f)r than and placed per contra to the following accounts : Works and engineering, 1,500/. ; land and compensa tion, 1,925/. ; law charges, 2,500/. ; total, 5,925/. Of 60,000 Six per Cent. guaranteed shares created 42,329 shares were issued to the proprietors ; 5,000 at Si. (25,000/.) to Sir W. Magnay, in connexion with the Grand Junction Railway ; and 9,000 were disposed of in 1854 ; leaving 3,671 in the hands of the secretary. The accounts to the 31st of December, 1853, showed that 1,093,189/. had been received in various ways, and 1,064,151/. expended, leaving a balance of 29,037/. MAJOR GLAZBROOS.—We are happy to be able to correct an announcement of the death of Captain (now Major) Glazbrsok, of the 49th Regiment, which ap peared in the Daily News. Accounts from Constanti nople state that on the sth the gallant major was progressing favourably at Scutari. THE IRISH MILITIA.—An order has issued from the authorities to have the Kerry Regiment embodied. Major Verner, of the Queen's Royal Antrim Rifles, issued orders, on the 12th inst., in conformity with in structions from the Secretary at War, for the immediate embodiment of the volunteers already enrolled. THE POST-OFFICE AT BALAKLATA.—A privale cor respondent at Malta writ es : " I h ave b een i nforme d by officers just returnei from the Crimea, that on apply ing at the post-office at Balaklaya for newspapers, they were desired to enter a large mom, and take their choice, as they had no time to sort them, and from the immense number accumulated together, this is an Her culeanteariny labour, and a e n n d va l o results in the party number of any that comes b first to band. This will account for so many miscarrying." p g e e:cr o a f l generally C HR ISTMAS IN THE CRIMEA.—We are gratified in being able to announce that Mr. Edward Churchill, of the Calverley Hotel, Tunbridge, has put the resources of his splendid establishm ent in re q ui s i t i on for the purpose of m aking r i, a king and supplying our troops with plum-pud dings to the number of 160 , and which, when cut into h a lf•pounds, will enable several thousands to partake of that cheer without which an Englishman's Christmas is not complete, and we believe it is his intention to remit to Cheltenham orders that the same course may be adopted in his establishment there.—Sussex Express. CAMBRIDGE PARCEL FOR THE CRIMICL. A uollection of left-off wearing apparel and other useful articles has just been made by the members of the University, for our brave countrymen in the hospital at Scutari ; and consigned to the care of Miss Nightingale. The following are some of the articles :-250 pairs trousers, 80 coats, 76 waistcoats, 15 dressing gowns, 265 flannel waistcoats and jerseys, 140 shirts, 110 pairs of stock ings, 42 pairs of shoes, 40 caps. Several dozen pairs of gloves, muffetees, handkerchiefs, &c. 31 packets of tobacco, and some cigars ; 1 box of pipes, 6 packets of cocoa, and some tea ; 480 volumes of light literature, several bibles and prayer books ; a surplice, and 1 King's scholar's-gown. The whole were received and packed by Messrs. Metcalfe, and Bulstrode, in nine large cases, weighing together upwards of one ton, and forwarded on Wednesday last by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, who kindly conveyed them to London free. —Canibrid, e Chronicle. PRISO NERS OF WAR.—A. copy of th e Convention be. tween her Majesty and the E m p eror of the French re specting prisoners of war, signed at London May 10, 1854, was laid before Par liament a few days ago. It con tains five articles. The first article provides th at the prisoners made in th e course of the present War shall a b w e hg er d en i a v e tv i e d er e r divided number mber of prisoners, an account of the e xc equally of the between twocountries the two shall woco hunatvreies and that maintained of expenditure shall be rendered every three months, tes wxu exchange anonr tgt hee d e orbfeyspb prisone r s,eontthi r e t h n e u nb G joe o FE. distinction two and repayment be made of the half of the amount by the Government of the other country. Depot s esta blished for prisoners in any foreign country are to be regardsAet.shem Gove r nmentsadethhe who may have been captured priority of the date of th e i r capture. Th e , but their liberation is to be stipulated, except in sp ec i a l cases, according to the fiftk male refers to the ratification of thi s convention, which too k place in London on the 20th of May last. p, THE WRECK OF THE CHARLOTTIL--0 f! taia Affleck, late of the Ch ar l otte, from London a nd Cork for Cal cutta, with tro o s wrecked in Alga Bay in September last (as previously reported in The Sun), landed at Deal last Friday morning from the ship Shepherdess, reports his son, chief officer, steward, and butcher, and three of the ship's company saved ; 113 souls lost ; saved. 5 offi cers, 102 men, and five women, of the 27th Regiment. A PLURALIST. —The Rev. C. A. Thurlow, who has just been appointed to the chancellorship of Chester diocese, has at present on his hands the duties of the following offices :—Rector of Malpas (worth 1,0001. A year), prebendiary of York Cathedral, rural dean of Malpas, canon of Chester, and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. THE CRIMEAN ARMY FUND.—The committee of the Crimean Army Fund have freighted a steamer to con vey various articles of necessity' and comfort to the troops in the Crimea. They comprise beer, wine, spirits, bacon, preserved meats, soups and vegetables, tobacco, arrowroot, soap, stationery, ironmongery, books, &c. Among the latter are 10,000 volumes collected and pm. rented by Mr. Albert Smith. 61i i 80 la 1 I al 5 I al - 11 - i ti i 71 25 3 110 I