The Sun. — London, England, 1854-08-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY .INTELLIGENCE. coupled with the advance in wag es and principal stores used, has mainly contribu rase in the p d the wor ki ng e xpenseafrom 39 . 82 to 42.46 per cent ." tu From a comparative statement given in the report, it appears that from the 31st of December, 1849 , to the 30th of .lune; 1854, the increase in the mileage of the line was 135 i miles, or 27 per cent. ; in the number of passengers booked in the year 3,824,719, or 63 per cent. ; and in the money received for them 123,7511. or 10 per cent. ; in the number of tons of merchandise moved 1,603,173, or 122 per cent. ; in money received, 361,042/. 0r52 per cent.; in the number of tons of coals moved 779,638, or 103 per cent. ; and in the money_ 101,8551. or 142 per cent. ; in the re ceipts for mails, parcels, and cattle, 35,9411., or 15 per cent. ; total increase in traffic 622,5921. or 28 per cent. The increase in the charge to capital for locomotives, during the same period, amounted to 262,1081., or 26 per cent: ; for carriages, to 56,6331. or 13 per cent. ; and for waggons, to 351,492/, or 69 per teat. ; total increase of capital for working stock 670,2331. or 34 per cent. "The short branch connecting the Buckinghamshire Railway with .the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton, near Oxfo r d, was opened early in April. The line between Claydon and Bicester has been doubled, and, al though the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Rail way is as yet incomplete, a portion being still worked as single line, the traffic is carried on as well to the mutual advantage of the companies as to the increase of the public accommodation ; and the bill introduced in the present session by the Great Western Company, who sought special and compulsory powers for working the traffic on the broad gauge over the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company's line, has been rejected by Parliament. The directors have to report that, since the special general meeting, held on the 21st of June, the following measures, promoted by this company, have been sanctioned by Par liament :—A bill authorising a reference to arbitration of all matters in difference with the West London Company, so as to effect a complete settlement between that com pany and the London and North-Western and Great Western Companies, on equitable terms. A bill reducing the capital of the Shropshire Union, and authorising the lease of • that undertaking to this company. A bill to au thorise:the transfer to this company of the Haydon-square branch of the Blackwell Railway Company; for partition of the Wolverhampton joint station ; for extinguishing the right of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company to use the Stour Valley Railway and New-street station at Bir mingham, and for other purposes. The Shrewsbury and Birmingham directors have succeeded in again setting aside, for a time, on technical grounds, the award of the referee selected by themselves to settle the terms for their use of the Stour Valley Railway and of the Birmingham station. An appeal has, by the advice of counsel, been made to the higher courts, as a less costly process than en tering upon a fresh reference. Parliament has sanctioned the bill fcr making a railway from Stockport to Disley and. Whaleybridge ; also a bill promoted by the South-Stafford shire Company for a-line on the narrow gauge from near Walsall to Cannock,_rejecting the line on the mixed gauge, promoted by the Great Western Company. The Shrews. bury and Birmingham and Shrewsbury 'and Chester Rail ways kave been amalgamated with the Great Western Company, subject, however, to clauses protecting the interests of this company, and which prohibit any appli cation to Parliament for power to extend the exceptional gauge beyond Wolverhampton, 'unless the Board of Trade shall hereafter, and five months at least prior to the commencement of the session of Parliament in which such application shall be made, have reported (and published their report) that, for reasons stated in such report, it would; in their judgment, be for the advantage of the public that tbe broad gauge should be so extended, or added, or laid down, and then only subject to such conditions as to the use of the said broad gauge, and the maintenance and continued working and use of the narrow gauge by the Great Western Railway Company as to the said board shall seem expedient.' Parliament havinF, thus dealt with the gauge question, and other matters in dispute, your directors trust that there may now be a termination of the costly struggle which has existed for so many years. The working of _the North Staffordshire lines in cordial co-operation with thiiscompany has resulted in the mutual advantage to the co-operating parties, and, at the same time, in an increased public accommodation and conve nience; the full benefit of which, however, cannot be experienced till a complete amalgamation is obtained. Preparatory to the reintrodUction, in the next session, of the bill for effecting such amalgamation, and in order to remove the: obstacle which alone prevented the sanc tion of Parliament in the present session, a proposition has been Made to the canal interest, offering to make over to them the Tient and Mersey Canal on fair terms. The proprietors are aware that, since the opening of the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, there has ,been an interchange of traffic between that company and this on friendly terms, under an agreement for a limited period • and the directors h ave now come t o th e conc l us i on tbat the time has arrived for establishing more intimate and fixed relations with that company. Having given this subject the most mature consideration, and having exa mined into the resources of the district occupied by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Company, the directors have agreed to the heads of an arrangement under which the lines of the two companies are to be treated as practically one interest, so as to give to the public the fullest ad van tage of both lines, and to the respective proprietors the greatest results which can be obtained. Although the ad vantages of the arrangement may appear. at the outset to preponderate in favour of the Manchester and Sheffield -Company, the directors are satisfied that it will result at an early date in material and increasing benefit to both. The directors have, on former occasions, expressed a strong interest in the completion of the Worcester and Hereford Railway; and, considering the expediency of opening, as speedily as possible, the vast resources of South Wales, by an uninterrupted route, to the-Midland districts and to the metropolis, the directors recommend that, to insure the' speedy completion of this undertaking, this company should concur with the Midland and other companies interested in any application to Parliament which may be necessar* The proprietors are aware that considerable preparations have been made in anticipation of working the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway; circumstances, how ever, have arisen which have compelled the directors to decline proceeding with the working arrangements on the terms proposed. It has been intimated, however, to the Newport and Abergavenny board that this com pany will willingly assist, by friendly co-operation, in developing the traffic of that line. The attention of the proprietors has been called to the circumstance of the great increase in the traffic being principally in the goods department. This, unavoidably, has involved the necessity of new and extensive warehouses, wharves, sheds, and other conveniences. At Camden-station it has been found necessary to remodel the whole arrange. ments, in order to provide that increased accommodation which is necessary for efficiently and economically conduct ing the traffic. The plan of the proposed works has under gone much consideration and the estimated cost of ade quately providing both " for goods and coals is 103,8501. Besides this sum, a considerable expenditure is required, iu order that the accommodation in each department throughout the line shall keep pace with the growing traffic. The particulars are shown in a tabular form at the end of this report, and the directors request the proprietors to - • authorise the 'specified outlay. From the statement of the half-year's account, the net proceeds are 529,5161. Os. 5d • to which add the balance carried from last account 86,0311 9s. ld. ; total 615,5471. 9s. Od. ; less farther allowances o r renewal of rails (abstract II.), 21,8871. 16s. 10d. ; showing a disposable balance of 593,6591. 12s. Bd. The directors recommend a dividend of 21. 10s. per cent. for the last six months, amounting to 552,46 i 1. 14s. 6d., leaving a balance of 41,1971. 18s. 2d. to be carried forward to the next half year's account." An abstract of the statement of accounts has appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN then moved, " That the report, with the half-yearly statement of accounts, be received and adopted, and that it be printed, and circulated among the pro prietors." Mr. BENSON seconded the motion. Mr. lIPCROFT said, he believed that their annual income was reduced at least 100,0001. by losses or guarantees, rents, .sic., to other lines, nit that the 86,0001. balance, which they were reported to have had in hand when they last met, would be insufficient to pay the arrears for Parliamentary and legal expenses. Up to 1847 the same system of manage, ment which still prevailed in this company existed in the Brighton Company. Iu 1848, however, the stock of the latter company had fallen so low that it was determined to adopt a new system, and it was resolved to have nothinc , to do with further branches or extensions, but to exclu sively attend to the development of the lines they already possessed ; secondly, to incur no law or Parliamentary ex penses, but be at peace with their neighbours; and, lastly, that the capital account should be closed. (Hear, hear.) Now, what. had been the result of this policy ? Their in come had gradually increased, their dividend had been raised from 2.1 to 5 per cent., and their stuck was in March last selling in the market at 96, while that of the North- Western with an equal dividend was at 92. (Hear, hear.) That was the result of the Brighton policy, while the pro ceedings of this company had reduced the value of their stock, which stood in 1847 at 176, but was reduced in May of the present year to 96. Whether, under these circum stances, some changes were not required in their present system of management he thought was a subject well worthy of consideration, in order to preserve the company froin ruin. (Hear, hear.). Mr. HADLEY sail, it was quite time the proprietors should take the management of their affairs into their own hands. He concluded by moving an amendment to the effect that the report be not adopted, which was not seconded. ' '- A long discussion ensued, in the course of which Captain Woodgate, R.N., Mr. Dickenson, Mr. F. Smith, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Howard, complained of the manage ment and thageneral state of the company's affairs. Mr. PUNCHER remarked that in all the station construc tions of the company there had always been some blunder or another. No sooner was a station built than it was found to be inconvenient. With a capital of upwards of 30,000,0001., the company ought to be able to command talent equal to prevent such mistakes. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN, remarked that the " blunders" com plained of arose from the fact of the increase of traffic having surpassed the anticipations even of the most san guine. After some further discussion, the motion for the adop tion of the report was carried. Resolutions were passed declaring a dividend of 21. 10s. per 1001. stock, and so on in proportion on shares of a lower nominal amount ; electing Messrs. Du Boulay, J. Har greaves, J. Peckup, J. Tyner, and .J. N. Walker, the audit committee for the ensuing year ; appointing Messrs. Ban bet h uo erlr and IL W. M oore au dit ors o f th e accoun t s o f th e e r n s t ei ryrvac,i ; n e dN a u u n t e h a o t rs oiniußgaittayu,oaunsduivisattiniuu u gthefm certain a f i o u r shares into the gener o a h l t c.pital stock of the company. ruccia ll utralt, r t:l . ewb 3 on.: l fy e . b6 l . set i shora N tre s . frue 12 ortud shareholdersa r: dltp. f or ward b his e a resolution, ppit ed to thatcons consider ecromin rowsuperhitiys i o u f te th u a t t io gr u etaut bringco mp f a u n r y . what 'tar resolution at the meetings of the Great Western and Great Northern Companies , in the hope tha t all matte rs i n dispute between the respective compani es might be th ere b y amicably settled. After some observations fro m M r. F lood, Mr. Puncher, Glyn ' M r . M e li na w i thdrew his motion t a h n e d. M pr r o . c oncluded with a vo t e of thanks to: and ' the chairman. 1 LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Euston-station; the Marquis of Chandos in the chair. Mr. C. E. Ste Wart, the secretary, read the notioe con vening the meeting, and the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed, The CHAIRMAN said they would perceive, from the state ment of the accounts, that the receipts for the half-year ending the 30th of June last exceeded those of the corre sponding period of 1853 by nearly 100,0001. A great por tion of this had arisen from the increase in the goods traffic. The goods traffic had increased c onsiderably, and more regularly than the passenger traffic ; and not only was the increase in the goods traffic shown on their line, but it was the case with railways generally. He found by the report for 1853, issued by the Board of Trade, on rail ways, that in 1849 the percentage of passengers was 53 per cent. of the whole receipts, and the goods 46 per cent. ; but in 1853 their position was reversed, the percentage of receipts for passengers was rather more than 47, and of per cent., showing a considerable goods more than 52 in crease in the goods traffic of the kingdom. He adverted to this, as - the great increase had been in the goods traffic, • and consequently the working expenses were much heavier upon that description of traffic than upon the passenger traffic. Havity! a considerable increase in their traffic during the year, it was necessary to mention that they - had also an incr ease in their ca p ital ex penditure, which now amounted to 32,143,878/.., and all of which was en titled to receive interest or dividend. The sum required t o pay the 'same dividend this half-year upon the capital expended was 20,0001. more than that at the corre sponding period of 1853. The proprietors would also per ceive that the . working expenses were considerably heavier than at the corresponding period. This arose chiefly from two causes—namely, the increase in the rate of wages and the great rise during the past twelve months in the price of stores and all materials required for railways. Those two causes not only affected the additional receipts, but ex tended to the whole traffic on the railway, increasing the working expenses from 39 . 82 per cent. to 42'46 per cent. There was also an increase in the rates and taxes and general charges. The traffic on the line had been con siderably obstructed, and in some places entirely stopped, during the first week or two of the half year. in conse • queues of. the.snow storm. This had 'increased their ex penses to some extent while clearing the line, and reduced 1 their receipt s during the time the line was idle. With -regard to the balance they could carry over this half-year, • it w ould be larger th an th a t a t th e correspon di ng period of 18 53,after paying the same rate of dividend, 5 per cent., on the increased capital. The balance amounted to 41,197/., but from this must be deducted 14,6761., being arrears due from the Chester and Holyhead Company, and paid during the half-year. After deducting this sum, and allowing for the balance they commenced the half-year with, they would carry over a net balance this half-year of 33,2001. against 29,0001. at the corre sponding period of last year. There was another feature in the accounts which he thought satisfactory ; it was with respect to the position of branch and leased lines. In June, 1853, the deficiency that had to be met by the company on the Preston and Were,, North Union, Man-- chester, Buxton, and Midland' and other lines amounted to 42,0501. e but' in June, 1854, in consequence of the ge ',." .'iferal increase of traffic on those lines, the deficiency amounted to only 31,0001., showing an improvement in this respect of 11,0001. In the guarantee on the North Union Railway there was a deficiency in the half-year ending June 3Q, 1853, of 1,0791., while there had been a profit of 764/.-in this past half-year, showing an increase in the receipts of 1,8001. The Buckinghamshire traffio at the corresponding period of last year showed a deficiency of 19,0001., but during the past half-year it amounted only to 12,0001., showing an improvement of 7,000/. Thiswae due in a great measure to the opening of the junction line with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company, by which a considerable amount of traffic was brought over the Buckinghamshire line, and also over the main line of the London and North- Western. He then adverted to an item in the accounts of 11,9001., paid for land, with a • view to sheNethat it was paid i n oor 40 sums, in settle ment, of old claims, and that it was not a new matter. 'Looking at the increase of traffic on the branches during the half-year, and comparing it with the increase in the ex penditure on capital account for the accommodation of the traffic, he came to the conclusion that the latter on the whole was a judicimikeipenditure ; and not only paid its 5 per cent. ; but would tend itr future years to increase the traffic. The goods.tratfic required large and extensive ac e .. commodation, and it was necessar y th e y s h ou ld prov id e f or e * it. In order that the proprietors may not be under the a" impression that they entered into Parliamentary contests • unnecessarily he had a list prepared of the 7 billsthey pre di seated to Parliament in the present session, or in which g their interests were concerned in promoting; -• There were 8 presented by other parties bills affecting in sotnewaj or other 6 their interests or charging the company with undue costs,. or to obtain undue and nnfairpo were over the line orstalions e .- —in all '23 'bills, elany of those bills might not at present have affected them to anY large extent, but they would eventually have Materially affected their interests. Several bills were introduced to Parliament which would have sad dled them with a very undue proportioa of charge for spe • cial and !oval benefit. Bat to show that they had not in curred. needless expense in opposing bills, out of the 23 which were presented, in 1:3 cases the bills were either withdrawn, or protective clauses were inserted, or the ob jectionable provisions expunged, without any appearance for the company before the committees. There were some otherbills, upon which it became necessary, in the opinion , of the directors, to appear by counsel in Parliament. The Great Western Company, for the purpose of obtaining compulsory powers over the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton railways, for the special accommodation of the broad gauge, for the amalgamation of the Shrewsbury and Chester and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com panies, and a bill to introduce the mixed gauge—thebroad gauge, in fact—into the Cannock Chase district to the east , ward of the main line. There was also the Leeds, Bradford, and Halitax Bill. Bethought it right to mention those pal ticular bills, which they felt it their duty to oppose, in order that proprietors might judge whether it was not actually necessary for the interests of the company that they should interfere. The results of their opposition were these :—ln the South Staffordshire district, the Cannock - Chase district, the united scheme of the Great Western and the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcsetershire • ' Companies for the introduction of the broad gauge east • ward of the main line had been rejected, and the line of the • South Staffordshire on the narrow gauge had been sane . tioned by Parliament. He believed the proprietors would admit that was a result, worth contending for. (Hear.) The next was a bill'of the Great Western fOr compulsory powers over the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line in favour of the broad gaug e. This bill th e y p e titi one d against, considering that, a fter Parliament had sanctioned their junction with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolver hampton, line, it would have destroyed the utility of that junction to grant compulsory powers to the broad gauge. That bill they joined in opposing, and it was re jected. The Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax was opposed by them in the House of Commons to obtain clauses protective of thefr interestc, and those clauses were acceded to and arranges,' in the House of Lords. That was an opposition necessary for the protection of the interests of the com pany. • There was also the two bills of the Great Western, one for the amalgamation of the Shrewsbury and Birming ham and the Shrewsbury and Chester, and the other sanc tioning traffic arrangements with those companies. The latter was withdrawn, and the other was sanctioned by Parliament, but no t un til clauses had been inserted r - tective of the comp an y' s i n t erests and making 't p u i necessary for them to obtain the distinct and full approval of the Board of Trade to the proposal to introduce the broad gauge upon the line, a portion of which was the joint pro perty of this company, and the Shrewsbury and Birming ham company. It was the wish of the directors to avoid • such contests and the necessity of appearing in Parliament; • but when bills were presented which might materially in terfere with the interests of the company and their powers: over their own property, the directors thought it necessary • to oppose them, and they had done so, as he had shown, not unsuccessfully. (Applause.) With regard to one bill, the Shrewsbury amalgamation with the Great Western, that had been ipassed by Parliament, deciding the owner ship of the line, dealing with the gauge question. Looking at the result of the Parliamentary session in relation to what was tailed the private legislation of the House, he thought the res ts had been such as to put an end to a great exten those causes of difference which lad long existe , between this and other companies, and he trusted that, as the truce which he had told them before existed between this company and the Great Western for the present session extended over the next session, as re garded new lines, with the exception of the South Stafford shire, it would certainly not be the fault of the directors ' if any new causes of difference should arise hereafter. (Applause.) With respect to the position . of this company • with other companies, nothing was of more importance to the development of their traffic and the increase of their receipts than the most cordial agreement with all those coin• panes whose traffic passed over theirline, and whose lines were in d6nnexion with their own. He believed nothing could be done to develope the traffic on those lines work ing harmoniously and in concert, with them which would I not at the same time add to their own receipts. He then ad verted to the Facility Clauses Act passed in the present see r sion, which'he believed would protect them from aggt ession. But, looking at the report. of Mr. Cardwell's committee, he " could not see the results which were anticipated from that report. No step had been taken to diminish the env . enormous expens e to w hich they were subjected in oppos ing injuriona schemes t mode to Whichthey o protect their property. The only could i look for a diminution of these Parliamentary e ' proprietors to e x r ) a. was by the general feeling of the projects the promotion of which panics, , t tent ti(;y bring n s t g e h them into hostility with other corn- Powerhetodirectors to give every accom modation in their he public. The proprietors might rest assured that e public would have ac me . modation in every distetrct,e and between every place re quired. -for its traffic. yewvionld have that accommo dation, and with that viceowarte _ o ars firmly convinced that providferacperooprieters of existing the most economical ' Pletely deVeloping the traffic, b y ine mz i d h ation for corn . railways 'to adopt was to the station accommodation and warehouse rootnto an s e ' r t . ' goeht:asiuepnoott lnecessaryththeliesnes to receive all the tra ffi c thatcould be brou It was with this view that, on a forme r an d, t o inc rease the rolling stock ; but the mates were presentedto them"for the enlargement of there traffic rociin, traffic had gone on increas ing in a very much larger deeree . thin the directokrs in former times could have antici pated. was still insu ffi cient for the traffi c, pated. , The rolling stoc k 0 aong the merchandise traffic expenses they world se they had had t o Y pa large and increasing sums-4,000) . •in this year—for the use of waggons of other companies. The f ac t wa s, their managers on many occasions had had. • to refuse traffic of a very remune rative to c t. h a i ra n c m te a r ny cases, because they had not warehous e rece i ve i in consequence of the. insufficiency room of warehouse room and station actommo , , lation the waggons themselves had ' been converted into warehouses, and thus diverted. froth their legi t imate employment. He then adverted, ' to the ' increased station accomm oda tion at Camden . STRIKE OP. THE EN. GINE-DRIVERS ON THE - _ ' town and other stations mention s ci t i c in am t d h e e n f t e o p w or n t : sinnd which have • 'waiving au outlay of 103,800/. . LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN. at Haydon-equare of 17,0001., and in the. whole about 1 " 155 ,0001, for the southern division, It is much to be regretted that the disput es • arisen between the authorities and the engine - drivers and 58,6.361. for the nor division, and 4,711/. for the north-eastern division. firemen of the London and North-Western Railway has re . The tecretary read the following report : stilted in a general strike of those men opposed to the con . " The half-yearly statements of account placed in the hands of the proprietors exhibit the following results, as i division of the line, ! tract syste m throughout the southe rn compared with the corresponding period of last year : The intimation was first received per telegraph by the 1853. 1854. In uthorities at Easton station before the half-yearly general Receipts from passengers, 2 • £ 0, a . parcels, mails, Bsc, ... .. 689 747 704,543 1.4 796 ' meeting of the company, which was h e ld yesterday, Ditto, from merchn ' , had terminated, that th e Rugby men had refused en a .. • ' dice, &c. ................ xa , 0r ,., „„, o , 0 ; int mate to take out any trains after four o'clock, and -------- 7 = ___ ll.4u ' uw __°°'": ; a subsequent telegraphic messag e announced that the . , Birming ha m men had, also stru ck, and refused to work , . £1,232,138 21,330,128 £97,990 _ - - Virorkilig e'xiiiinses PeeP7 - 3 7 —7— their trains. 'These announcements naturally created great "It will be 4Thczvdd that t h e ' - ;584,894 increase of receipti has London terminus, and Bin leColiiiil;'the chief of the V 4,157 vitoniishiiiefit 'incr excitement among tlie L o ffi cials at the i t Wins geared some men upon vrhom awn Giggly funa morchanunie tisti o w hi c h • maitu motiTe depirtMen , _ .. I GC tie _ . _ - * The receipts include the traffic ou the Orleans and Central, Or leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. REPRESENTATION OF ABERDEENSHIRE. ABERDEEN, Wednesday.--The writ moved for in the House of Common§ on Saturday, in consequence of Ad thlral Gordon havipg accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, has been received here. Admiral Gordon has also just issued an address to the electors, in which the following passage occurs: . "Gentlemen—Having in the discharge of my profes sional duty, in the ,present circumstances of the country, assumed the command of a naval station, I feel that it will nb longer be in my power satisfactorily to attend to the important duties of your representative in Parliament ; and it hi with great regret that I now relinquish the hon ourable position which, by your favour, I have so long occupied. At the close of a Parliamentary career of not less than thirty-three years, I can look back upon that ex tended period with the satisfaction of having consistently adhered to' those constitutional principles and opinions with which I entered the House of Commons, and which Iconscientiously It is dated "SheirneSs, July 27." Admiral Gordon is a brother of the Earl of Aberdeen. He was a Lord of the Ad miralty from Sept. 1841 to Feb. 1846, during Sir Robert Peel's Administration, and resigned his office when that lamented statesman proposed his free-trade measures. Admiral Gordon, however, afterwards, and at an earlier period than many others, accepted that policy ; though, at the lAst election, Lord Derby and'Mr. Disraeli being then in power, he expressed an intention to give a gene ral support to their Government. Simultaneously with Admiral Gordon's valedictory addre , s, appears this morning the following : "TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF ABERDEEN. "Gentlemen,—The appointment of Admiral Gordon to an important naval command having induced him to relin quish his seat in Parliament, I have been led to believe that the tender of my services to the constituency of my native county inay_not be unacceptable to many of your number. 1 venture, therefore, respectfully to offer my-. self as a candidate for the honour of representing your in terests in Parliament; and, should I become the object of your choice, be assured that I shall enter upon the impor tant trust with the most anxious desire to discharge its varied and responsible, duties in a manuer at. once accept able to you'and for the benefit of our common country. " It would have been my wish, in as far as possible, to have personally solicited your support ' • but I must, on this occasion, throw my se lf upon your indulgence, when I mention that the state of my health will, for the present, necessarily detain me in England.—l have the honour to be, gentlemen, your most obedient and faithful servant, "HADDO. " Great Malvern, August 5, 1854." Lord iladdois the eldest s on o f th e E ar l of Aber- - deen. It is to be regretted that the state of his lord ship's health, which has been weakly for some time, should have prevented him from personally attending to his election ; but this excuse for his abience will of course be held valid by all reasonable men. We shall be prepared' to bear, especially so soon after the Beverley election, which gave a seat to a younger son of the Preinier, an outcry from the organs of faction against the election of Lord Haddo ; but the electors of Aberdeenshire, so far from regarding it as a disqualifi cation in a candidate that he is the son of their distin guished lord-lieutenant, will only welcome him the more cordially on that account. .It is impossible for any family to , be more respected than is the family of Lord Aber deen throughout this district of country. A semi-autho-- rative announcement of the prospective retirement of Admiral Gordon, and the consequent candidature of Lord Haddo, waemade to the electors some time ago, - _but no _candidate has yet declared his intention to oppose• his lordshp's return. It is rumoured that a meeting was held very recently at the Duke of Richmond's seat, Gordon - Castle, Banffshire, where the duke has now• taken up his autumn residence ; and it is thought the Earl of March was named as a probable candidate on the opposing interest. Others would also no doubt aspire to the post had they any chance of success. It is believed, however, that moderate men of all parties will at least acquiesce in the election, whilst the mass of the community will feel that every confidence may be placed in the upright and patriotic intentions of Lord Haddo. It may be mentioned that his lordship was born in 1816 ; that he has largely devoted his time to varied study, and that latterly be has made several public ap pearances in connection with religious and philanthropic movements, particularly those connected with the Church of England. The Sheriff has fixed the nomination for the 22d inst., and 'at present it is believed Lord Haddo will be elected without opposition. ROYAL ASYLUM OF ST. ANN'S Socirr:.—Yesterday a half -yearly general meeting of the friends and suppor ters of this charity was held at the London Tavern, Mr. Aldermoon in the chair. The worthy chairman, who opened the 'proceedings, referred to the past labour of the society, which he considered as a fair ground on which to cliim the continu e d supp or t of th e p u bli c t o enable the committee to ;persevere in making the career of the asylum one of usefulness, both morally and reli giously. Mr. Leeks, the secretary, then read the report, which was unanimously adopted. Aldermoon Moon and th Pownal, E sq., were then elected vice-presidents of candid socieate s ty, and a poll was opened for the election of , which closed at three o'c:ock; when the names of ,th oat. who h a d flounced " from prove& etice6ssful veere an. the chair, alter which the prooeediegs cloned in the usual manlier. THE SUN, LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1854. it is stated he could rely, proceeded down to Rugby and other stations, to' bring any trains up which might have had their engines abandoned by the ordinary drivers, while the telegraph was set to work to urge the locomotive fore men at the various depots to make the best arrangements they could to secure the continuance of the traffic. It ap pears that the turn-out at Rugby and Birmingham had been carried out without concert with the London men, and - the latter had no intimation of what had taken place till the telegraphic message before referred to had reached Euston station. From that moment it was an understood thing that those men who had actually signed to take out their trains were about to perform their final trip, and that on their return they should not go out again. It was ultimately resolved that no more should go out, and at half-past ten last night a body of the engine-drivers went to the locomotive foreman at Camden, and intimated to him that no more trains would be taken out by the men, and they were immediately ordered off the premises. The ground for this determination on the part of the men is the alleged unfair treatment they received when before the lo comotive committee on Wednesday, and their belief that they have no hope of a redress of their alleged grievances. BCrCKINGHAAISHIRE. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the Euston Station, Sir H. Verney in the chair. The report stated that the warrants for the approaching dividend would be issued to the proprietors on the 18th of August. The short line forminc , the junction between the Buckinghamshire Railway and tbe narrow guage of the Oxford, Worffste!, and Wolverhampton Railway near Oxford was opened early in April last, and it has brought a considerable accession of traffic to the Buckinghamshire line. The junction line at Bletchley will be ready for use next month. Active exertions continue to be made by the Londoii and No‘rth-Western Company to develope the re sources of the district. The traffic on the line is increasing, and the directors believe that, with the further extension of the railway system, a large additional traffic will be brought upon the railway. The revenue accounts showed a balance at the banker'sof 5931. after payingthe last divi dend of 24,6631:being at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on 1,245,0001. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, adverted to the increase that had taken place in the traffic. The junction line had brought them a considerable amount of treffic, and from the exertions made to de velope the 'resources of the line, they had no doubt that the result would be very satisfactory. Resolutions were passed adopting the, report and re electitig the retiring auditors. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RET URNS. TRAFFIC 'RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, 1854. NAME OF RAILWAY. , Receipts 1853. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, AUGUST 11. Orders for the Court's going into Mourning on Sunday next, the 13th instant, for his late Majesty the King of Saxony, viz. : The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and, ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the Mourning on Sunday next, the 27th inst., viz. • The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. • The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full-trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Sunday the 3d of September, the Court to go out of mourning. BRITISH. Aberder ....•• •• •• •••• •••• • •••• Belfast ad Ballymena ....•••••..... Belfast and County Down.• • • •• •• •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and - West York •. • . Bristol and Exeter •• .......... •• • • •• .......... Ediabi -eh 7 Id 01- ••• - ank_lasgow ..... Cheiter( , and Holyhead..... • ..... • • • • Cork, Blackrock, and Passage • • • • Cork and Bandon .% • • .............. Dublin and Belfast Junction •• .. •• • • bublin and Drogheda.... • • •••• • • •• Dublin and 'Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • •• Dundee and Arbroath •• •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk an Eruliskillen ••..••• • • • • • East Anglian.... • . ................ East Lancashire ..... ••• • • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • .. Eastern Union ..-.... •• •• •• Edinburgh, - Perth, and Dundee.... ExOter and Crediton.. •• •• -• •• •• • • Furness:ltailway: . Glasgow, and SOUth-Western• • •• • • •• Great Northern and E. L. • • • • • . •• Great Soutliern and Western (Ireland) Great 'Western '.. • ... •• •• •••• •• . Irish SoutlrEastern, ..•• ...• • •• .. Lancaster tine! Carlisle • . •• • • •• • • •• Lanc'tshire arterorkshire..• • • • • • • • • Leeds Northern :. • • .. •• • • •• •• •• •• •• Livertipol, Crosby, and Southport•• • London and — Ncirth Western ..... •• • • Londo& and Blackwall....•• •• • • •• • • London, Brightan, and South Coast.. London aud—South We5tern,......... Londonderry and Enniskillen • • .• Manchester, Bunton, and Matlock, &c. M anehes ter, She Meld; lnd Lincolnshire Maneheker and•Soat h Junction ...... Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •• •• •• .. Midland .... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • •• Newcastle and Car1151e........ • • . North British . t .. • • ............. Nora! Staffordshire • ....... North-Weityrn .................. icotaSh centra1................. Scottish Midland Shrewsbury . anctlusm •• •• Shrewahury and - Chester ............ Shropshire Union south Devon • • • c . • • „ • •• • • iout I: Eigern •••• South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Ulster . •• • . •• ;.• Waterford and Limerick • • ........ West Cornwall .. •• .. Whitchaven Junction ........... Yolk and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds POREIGN. Dutch Rhenish • • • • -- •• •• •• •• •• •••• Lyons and Mediterranean ..... Montereau and Troyes Namur and Liege •••••••••••••••• .• Northern of France •• Orleans and Central* .. . • •• •• •• Paris and Lyons .... •• •• •. .. Paris and Rouen. •• •••• •• •• -• •• Paris and Strasbargh ....•••••• Rouen and Havre.• ....... •-• Western of France 525 60,633 1,865 184M4 16,978 51.4 31,926 FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 10. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John William Foster as Vice-Consul at Hull for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. WHITEHALL, AUG. 9. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, Bart., to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of.the shire of Kinross, in the room of Admiral Sir Lharles Adam, deceased.., ADMIRALTY, AUG. 1. Lord Mostyn has this day been appointed Vice-Admiral of North Wales, in the room of the Marquis of Auglef3ey. CROWN-OFFICE, Ana. 10. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. _ _ Borough of Coekermouth—iohn Steel, of Derwent Bank, in the county of Cumberland, Esquire, in the room of Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, AuG. 11. Ist Regiment of Foot-To be Ensigns without purchase -Serjeant-Major. James Deacon, vice Williams, pro moted, Aug. 9 ; Gentleman Cadet William Freeborn, from the Royal Military College, vice Stuart, promoted ; Ensign Charles Howe Proby, from the Ist West India Regiment, vice Gregory, promotedg Aug. 11. 2nd Foot-Ensign George Pomeroy Colley to be Lieu • - tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 4th Foot-Ensign Cuthbert Eccles to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug 11. sth Foot-Second Lieutenant Frederick J. Mylius to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 7th Foot -To be Ensigns without purchase-Ensign Lord Richard Howe Browne, from the 43rd Foot, Aug. 9 ; Gentleman Cadet George Henry Walker, from the Royal. Military College, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet Napier Douglas Robinson, from the Royal Military Col lege, Aug. 11. 9th Foot-Ensign William Crosbie Harvey to be Lieu tenant, without purchase ; Serjeant Thomas Renant, from the Grenadier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11. 11th Foot-Ensign Richard Hotham to .be Lieutenant, without purchase ; Ensign ;Robert Carr, from . the Gold Coait Corps to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug.. 11. 13th Foot-To be Lieutenants without purchase-En sign Cornwallis H. Chichester; Ensign George Henry Cobham, Aug. 11. 14th Foot-f• Ensign Thomas Prittie Cosby to be Lieu tenant, without purchase; Serjeant Alexander Gordon, from the Scots Fusilier Guards, to be Ensign, without purchase, Apg. 11. 15th Foot-Ensign Philip Alexander Anstruther Twy nam to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 17th Foot-Ensign Evan F. Mcßayne to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 18th Foot-Ensign Robert Hoey Jex-Blake, to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, Aug. H. 19th Faot-Sergeant Thomas Thomson to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11. 20ttr Foot-Gentleman Cadet Wellington Mitchell, from the Rnyal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, Aug. 11. 21st Foot-To be Ensigns without purchase-Gentleman 'Cadet Thomas Buroliell Holloway, from the Royal Military College ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Coakley, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. ?Bth Foot-Ensign Jamee Williams to be Lieutenant, Without purchase; Quartermaster-Serjeant Henry A. Berry, to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug.ll. 30th Foot=Ensign James Cavendish Hobbs to be Lieu tenant without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns with out purchase-Sedeani John Forbes, Aug. 10; Gentleman Ca let Henry Corbet Singleton, from the Royal Military College, 'Ang. 11. 31st Foot-Ensign Ralph Leeson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11 • - 33rd Foot-Ensign Henry Thorold be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without pur chase-Serjeant-Major John Owens, Aug. 9; Gentleman Cadet Charles Whateley Willis, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis, from th.: Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 34th Foot-LEnsign Hector Maclean Lawrence tube Lieu tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 36th Foot-Ensign Alexander Frederick SteVeart; to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 37th Foot-Ensign Charles Edward Ascough Evered to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 38th Foot-Ensign De Vic Tapper to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11 ; Serj ant Philip Homer Eyre to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet Arthur Johnson Allis Ewen to be Ensign, without pur chase, Aug. 11. 40th Foot-Ensign Philip George Hewett to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 41st Foot-Ensign Armar Graham Lowry to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, August 11. To be Ensigns without purchase - Gentleman Cadet Edward Leslie Barnwell Lowry, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11) ; Gentleman Cadet Henry James Nowlan, from the Royal Military College, August 11. 42d Foot-Ensign William G. Everard Webber to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without purchase-Serjeant Major John Wilson, August 10 ; Gentleman Cadet Wilsone Black, from the Royal Military College, August 11. 4tth Foot- Ensign William Arthur Wood to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, August 11. To be Ensigns without purchaso-Serjeant-Major Peter M'lnnis, August 10 ; Gentleman Cadet Arthur de Montmorency Fleming, from the Royal Military College, August 11. 45th 'Foot-Ensign Thomas Augustus Burrowes to 1 , 3 Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 48th Foot-Ensign Arthur George Wyse to be Lieuten ant, without purchase. Aug. 11. . . 49th Foot-:-Ensign George Rochfort to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without pun chase-Colour-Serjeant Patrick Cahill, Aug. 10; Gentle man Cadet Thomas Fox Eustace from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 50th Foot-Ensign Edward Crawford Antiobus to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without purchase-Colour-Serjeant John Turner, Aug. 10 ; Gentleman Cadet Clement Richard Johnson, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 51st Foot-robe Lieutenants without purchase-Ensign Arthur Percy Kerr ; Ensign Henry Rodolph de Anvers Willis, Aug. 11. To be Ensign without purchase-Gen tleman Cadet Francis James Buchanan Reed, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 54th Foot-Ensign Andrew Robert Guy, Evered to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 55th Foot-Ensign Lea Birch to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensign without purchase- Sergeant-Major Henry Burke, Aug. 10; Gentlemen Cadet Richard John Thorley Stone, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 56th Foot--Colour Serjeant Henry Williams to be En sign, without purchase, and Adjutant, Aug. 11. 57th Foot-To be Lieutenants without purchase-En sign Cavendish Venables ; Lieutenant Henry Piggott, from half pay 49th Foot, Aug.ll. To be Ensigns with out purchase - Gentleman Cadet Henry Bird, from the Royal Military College; Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet John Nixon Gooch Macartney, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 58th Foot -Tobe Lieute nan t s w ith ou t p urc h ase -E ns i gn John Hill Crosse ; Ensign Joseph Charles Lake, Aug. 11. 59th Foot-Ensign Edmund Beauchamp, Tucker to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 60th Foot-To be Lieutenants without purchase-Se cond Lieutenant Charles David Cunningharne Ellis; . Se cond Lieutenant Atholl Charles John Liddell ; Second Lieutenant Charles Williamson, Aug. 11. To be Ensign without purchase-Gentleman Cadet, Herbert George Deedes, from the Royal Military College, Ang. 11. 63,1 Foot-Ensign Adrian Wm. Fraser to be Lieutenant without purchase, Aug. 11. 65th Foot-Ensign Ernest Christian Wilford to be Lieutenant without purchase, Aug. 11. 66th Foot-Ensign James Lorenzo Verschdylo to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 67th Foot-Ensign James John Wood to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 68th Foot-To be Lieutenants without purchase--En sign Harry EdinOnd Smyth ; Ensign Henry Lumsden Bat tisnombe ; Ensign Christopher Brice Wilkinson, Aug. 11. 69th Foot-Ensign Richard Cooper Hutchisonto be Lieu tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 73d Foot-Ensign Frederick- Tichfield Greatrex to be Lieutenant without purchase ; Sergeant-Major William Rennie to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11. 76th Foot- -Ensign Charles ThomasCaldecott to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 77th Foot-Ensign Audley Lempriere to be Lieutenant, without purchase ' • Sergeant George Berna rd Mor g an to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant; Gentleman Cadet George Carden, f ro m the Royal Milita r y Colle g e, to be Ensign; without purchase, Aug. 11. 79th Foot-Ensign George Alexander Harri s o n to bo Lieutenant, with ou t purchase, Aug. 11 . T o be Ensi g ns without pu rc h ase - Quartermas ter-Serjeant David Cant, Aug. 10; Gentleman Cadet William Henry Mackesy, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 80th Foot -Ensign William Picton Mortimer to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11 . 82d Foot-Ensign Henry Chandler Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, August 11. 85th Foot-To be Lieutenants without purchase-Ensign Augustine Fitz-Gerald, Ensign Henry M anners Chichester, Ensign William Henry Mathew, August 11 . 88th Foot-T o b e Li eu t e nant without purchase-Ensign George Richard Browne, August 1l: To be Ensigns without pnrchase-Serjean t-Major William Little, August 10 ; Gentlem an C a d e t Horatio Berthon Preston, from the Royal Military College, A ug ust 11. 89th Foot-E ns i gn G eo rge Harmer Pering to be a ClerkFo R ay Lieu tenant,; with ou t p urc h as e, Aug. 1 1 . 90 e t s h mot-TottbreLieutenants w ithout purchase-Ensign Andrew eLewis- ej an Phipps, Aug. 11. T o b e Ens E ig n n s s ignPul without a purchase-Serjeant- Majorch Sr Major Da v id J ac k son , Aug. 10; Percy Julius Deverill, Gent., Aug. 11. 93d Foot-Ensign Charles William Al'Donald to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. To be Ensigns without purchase-Colour-Serjeant William Mcßean, Aug. 10 ; Gentleman Cadet Holland Vincent Sylvester Grim atop, from Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 94th Foot-Ensign Johu Murray to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, Aug. 11. 95th Foot-To be Ensigns without purchase-Quarter master-Sergeant Robert Wield, Aug. 10 ; Gentleman Cadet John William Inglis Stockwell, from the Royal Military College, Aug. 11. 97th Foot-Ensign Robert Bethune Ingram to be Lieu tenant, without purchase; G en tl e man Cadet Charles Hen r y Browne, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, Aug. 11. 99th Foot-To be Lieutenant without purchase-Ensign E. G. Keppel Ravenhill, Aug. 11. Rifle Brigade-To . be Lieutenants without purchase- Second Lieutenants George Smith Wyndham, Philip Le Aug. 11. To be Ensign Belward Egerton, Deedes, without purehas-Serjeant-Major Alexander Heywood, Jdly 12. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. il.. - -..W..lotglit-pesocins-ioltn Crown Agnis, Gent., to be' Assistant . Zurgeon,"'viCe Salter, appointed to the Staff, Aug. 11. 14th Light Dragoons-Oapteiu Arthur giauclamore to be Major, without pnrchase, vice Goddard deceased; Lien tenant Arthur Need to be Captain, without purchase, vice Scudamore ; Cornet Lawrence St. Patrick Gowan to be Lieutenant without purchase, vice Need, June 1. Ist Foot—To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign Edward Andrew Stuart; Ensign Thomas John Gregory, Aug. 11. sa Foot—Lieutenant Jones Harper Reade, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 6th Foot—Lieutenant Henry Robert Twyford, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 13th Foot—Lieutenant O'Neil S. Segrave, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 16th Foot Lieutenant Charles Monckton Gibbons Quantrille, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug._ll. - 19th Foot-Lieutenant George Alexander Warburton, from tho 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 20th Foot—Lieutenant William Lewis Devenish Meares, from the 93th Foot, Lo Ile Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. ' 21st Foot—Captain Samuel William Henry Hawker, from Adjutant of the Depot Battalio❑ at Templewore, to be Captain, vice Charter, who exchanges, Aug. 11. 26th Foo+—Lieutenant William Edward Wallace ,to be Captain, without purchase, vice Johnstone, deceased'; En sign Matthew Holton' Hale to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Wallace, July 9; Sergeant-Major George Me!drum to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant, vice Wallace, Aug. 11. 39th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Frederick Raper, from the 98th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 57th Foot—John Shaw Phelps, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, Aug 11. 62d Foot—Lieutenant George Johnstone White, from the 25th Foot, to b e Li eu t enan t , w i t h out purchase, Aug 1 I. 76th Foot—Lieutenant John Henry Tripp, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Donaghue, promoted to an unattached company, Aug. 11. 82d Foot—Lieutenant Chaves Stubbs Tinling, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, repaying the dif ference, vice Smith, appointed Paymaster of the 97th Foot, Aug. 11. 87th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Dampier Cockell, from the 2,1 West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Car ter, who exchanges, Aug. 11. 92d Foot—Lieutenant Lionel Holmes, from the 25th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, Aug. 11. 93d Foot—Ensign Wm. Salisbury Ewart to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Young, promoted ; Archibald Butter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ewart, Aug. 11. 95th Foot—Lieutenant Philip Savage Alcock, from the 96th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase; Aug. 11. 2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant Robert Carter, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Cockell, who exchanges, Aug. 11. Goldd - COast Corps—Company Serjeant James Taylor, of the Royal , Artillery, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Carr, appointed to the 11th Foot, Aug. 11. Depot Battalion at Templemore—Captain Ellis James Charter, from the 21st Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Hawker, who exchanges, Aug, 11. STAFF —Brigadier-General James Bucknall Bucknall Estcourt, Deputy-Adjutant-General to the Army employed on a particular service in Turkey, to be Adjutant-General to the Forces so employed, Aug. 11. HOSPITAL STAFF.—To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant-Surgeon Arthur Salter, from the 3d Light Dragoons, .vice Murray, appointed to the 66th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon William Kalman Chalmers, M.D., Supernumerary in the 18th Foot, vice Fraser, appointed to the 76th Foot ; Edward Patri c k B o yl e , Gent., Aug. 11 ; Charles Henry Tovey, Gent ; William Ramsay Steuart, Gent. ; Thomas Gollock Furlonge, Gent., vice Hammond, whose appointment has been cancelled, Aug. 11. BREVET.-Captain Walter Colquhoun Grant, Captain Commandant of the Mounted Staff Corps, to have the local rank of Major in Turkey, Aug. 1. MEMORANDI3II.—The second Christian name of Ensign Cochrane, of the 34th Foot, is " Inglis ;" the Christian names of Ensign Pasco, of the Gold Coast Corps are " George Mograth. Ley ;" the Christian names of Robert Sawbridge, Bth Hussars, are " Robert Cooper." COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS.- Charles Chaplin, Esq., to be Vice-Lieutenant of the county of Lincoln, July 24. West Kent Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Lieu tenant Robert Curteis Stileman to be Captain, Aug. 6. East Kent Regiment of Milida—Edwyn John King, Esq., M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, who re tires, Aug. 6. Royal South Lincoln Militia—Charles John Bullivant Parker, Esq., to be Captain, vice Welby, resigned, July 29 ; Thomas Edmond Adams, Gent., to be Ensign, vice W. H. Adams, promoted, August 11;. Assistant-Surgeon Charles. Ferneley to be Surgeon, vice Shipman, resigned, August 9. 2d Regiment of West York Militia—William Hall Wil kinson, Gent., to be Lieutenant, July 27. 3d Regiment of West York Militia—Humphry Brook Ferman, Gent., to be Ensign, Aug. 3. Northumberland Regiment of - Militia-Charles John Reed, Esq., to be Captain in the Artillery Corps; Win. De Pledge, Gent., to be Lieutenant in the Artillery Corps, Aug. 5. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday last.] Ist Sumerset Militia—Ensign George Troyte Bullock to be Lieutenant, vice Standert, resigned, Aug. 1. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth . Victoria, cap 32, fo the Week ending on Saturday the sth day of August, 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT,. £ £ Notes issued 2:,5y3,700 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,944,900 Gold coin and bullion 12,593,700 Silver bu11i0n........ - $26,593,700 £26,593,700 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 10t% day of August, :PARTMENT. Government securities (in cludg.llead Weight Annuity) •• • • • • • 11,3r0, 9 83 Other securities...... 13,638,937 Notes ...• 6,',91,235 Gold and silver coin .. 705,810 chant, final dividend of 2s. 4id. in the pound, payable at 21, Royal-arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Monday and Tuesday, August 14 and 13, and any Saturday after October 7. John Robson, of Durham, miller, first dividend of W. in the pound, payable at 21, Royal-arcade, Newcastle upon-Tyne, on any day before Wednesday, August 16, or any Saturday after October 1. Ralph Hutchinson, of Monkwearmouth Shore, Durham, ship builder, second dividend of ls. 4d. in the pound, payable at 21, Royal•areade Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Monday and Tuesday, August 14 and 15, or any Saturday, after October 7. . Robert Barlow, late of West Derby, Lancashire, watch manufacturer, a dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Linc'ulri's inn. Benjamin Smith, late of Stourmouth, Kent, a dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. Richard Goodfellow Richardson, of 8, Bryan-terrace, Lower Copenhagen-street, Caledonian-road, Islington, grocer, a dividend of 2s. 7d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Joseph Hurren, of 8, South-I , lace Tibberton-square, New North-road, Islington, beer seller, a dividend of 7s. 2d. in the pound, payable at 8, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. Charles Wcodward, of 55, Westbourne.grove, Padding ton, clerk in holy orders, a dividend of 2s. 10. A. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Henry Joseph Dakor, of 22, Juld-street, Berwick square, out of employ, a dividend f 9.'.d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. George Batchelor, of 6, Upper Kennington-lane, Surrey, tobacconist, a dividend of 28. lf,d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. John Jackson, late of Liscard, Cheshire gentleman, a dividend of is. 14d., making 3s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. . . Thomas Williams; of 109, Upper Whitecross-street, pork butcher, a dividend of 6s. 4d., making 1.78.5 d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's•inn. William Halliwel I, late of Oldham, Lancashire, out of business, a dividend of 2s. lid. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal- street , Lincoln's-inn. . TanieS Turner Powell, of 73, Middleton-square, Clerken well, clerk, Paymaster-General's-office, Whitehall, a divi dend of 2d. in the pound, making 2s. in the pound, pay able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William Fulton Bannerman, late of Surrey-street, Strap 1, clerk, a dividend of 2s. 80. in the pound, payable at 28, Great James-street, Bedford-row, on and after Mon day, August 21. DIVIDEND TO BE DECLARED. John Fenton, of il;re; bolt:ittt a;l:rinehoUse, draper, October 5. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Benjamin West, of 173, Fleet-street, and 2, St. James's walk, Clerkenwell, bookseller, September 4—Richard Stringer, of Herefield, near Uxbridge, draper, September 16—Robert Ketnp Philip and Richard Percius Appleford, of 69, Fleet-street, booksellers, September 16—Sir Evan Mackenzie, Bart., Robert Cameron, and James Holmes Boyle, of St. Helen's-place, Bishop sg at e - s treet, merchants, October 4—Thomas Nicholas Vosper, of Launceston, Cornwall, draper, September 16—William John Watson, Upper Holloway, builder, October 4—Ely Kitson, 154, Fenchuich-street, City, saddler, September s—Francis Faxon, 16, Bloomsbury-square, scrivener, October 4 William Henry Chidwickf Dover, Kent, tobacconist, Sep tember 16—John Allen, 3, Courthorpe-terrace, Bermond sey New-road, and 11, York-place, Kent-street-road, grocer, September 18—Thomas Langridge, Bristol, cook, September 12. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. James Coleman, of Bristol, grocer —James Thomas Mashy, of a istol, builder—James Williams, of Bristol, butcher —John Knight, of Bristol, plasterer —Evan Roberts, of Bristol, clerk—Frederick Rider Sutton, of Bristol, printer-William Vaughan, jun., of Bristol, fishmonger— William Carr, of Gate Helmsley, Yorkshire, schoolmaster —Charles &tailcoat, of Yoik, hay-dealer Christopher Ware, sen., out of business—J. Smith, of Aloe, Yorkshire, labourer—W. Russell Shackleton, of Luton, Bedfordshire, bootmaker—J. Tempest, of Blackburn, Lancashire, out of business—Jas. Mellow, of St. Austell, Coen wall, shoemaker, G. Harris, sen., Coventry, lithographic printer—John Wil liam Knight, Coventry, builder—Charles Chinn, Coventry, carpenter—Thomas Green, Coventry, builder—John Walker, Markgate-street, Hertfordshire, wheel wright— John Hotlawell, Halifax, Yorkshire, provision dealer— Lewis Thomas, Merthyr Mawr, Glamorganshire, curate— Benjamin Fisk, Butley, Suffolk, innkeeper—Simeon Lord, Bacup, Lancashire, green grocer—William Vokes, Bath, watch-maker—Robert Rodwell, Tring, Hertfordshire, licensed victualler—George Wilmot Taylor, Kimberworth, Yorkshire, grocer. BANKING DI4I Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,429,748 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,347, 5 90 Other depoiiis Seven Day and other Bills .. :..... ... . 1,056,359 £31,9,96,465 431,996,355 M. MARSHALL, Chief t;ashier. Dated the 10th day of August, 1854. PRICE OF SUGAR. TLe average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com puted from the returns made in the week ending the Bth Aug., 1854, is 20s. BAd, per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs' pf.id or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. BANKRUPTS. George Taplin, carpet warehouseman, Wood-street, Cheapside, to surrender, August 23, at tw e lv e , and Octo ber 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Chidley, Gresham-street. Henry Bennett, linen draper, Christchurch, Hants, Aug. 21, at one, and Sept. 19, at three, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Ashurts, Waller, and Morris, Old Jewry. Michael Soloman, china dealer, Lambeth-walk, Aug. 24, at half-past eleven, and Septa 22. at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghalt street ; Sydney, Aldgate. Frederick Hawse King, carpenter and builder, New Shoreham, Aug. 18, at eleven, and Sept. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Guinan, official assignee, Alder manbu ry ; Cutler, Doctor's-commons. James Wild, cotton spinner, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne, Aug. 22, and Sept. 19, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Ascroft, Oldham; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester. James Wovenden, eating houQe keeper, Manchester, Worthington, Liverpool tc A ro i i i he t e . n 2 C s (ol , eu a rt n t a. d r a S ,l e lla p e t ra . nn l ac s mh , etts : n t t t e, twelve, r.ocli eia at as s t i h g e nmae M teer, a tc n hhi uceahnaentsscit, Liverpool p ! :e,r i or s 1..; e m 'W a o n orfir u tc f hi s ai c ni turer, Liverpool, Aug. Mellor Sept.a n d Samuel a e tl twelve,Eas on, at the Liverpool District 2P Manchester.DH; Thomas tlh g n ' o ro h i cs Ac i t e , lti'suyaegLsp. Court. Sept. aetrpB Nathan, n o t a w z a en tc Sale,°hv eleven, Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Roby, Liverpool. John Ffooks, brewer. Sherburne, Dorset, Aug. 22, and Sept. 29, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Melmoth, Sherburne ; Stogdon, Exeter. Samual Garratt, contractor, Perran-wharf, Cornwall, Aug. 22, and Sept. 28, at one, at the Courtof Bankruptcy. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Smith and Roberts, Truro ; Stogdon ' Exeter. ' John Sturgis, baker, Maidstone, Kent, A ug . 22 , a t half past two, and Sept. 25, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Hughes, St. Swith iu's lane. James Abraham Smith, lighterman, Lambeth, Aug. 26, at one, and Sept. 25, at two , at the Court o f B an k ruptcy. Edwards, o ffi cial assignee, Sambrook-court; Chidley, Gre sham-street. Thomas Frederic Goodger, omnibus proprietor, Bromley, Aug. 25 at half-past twelve, Sept. 23 at one, at Court of Bankruptcy ; Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Sadgrove, Mark-lane. _ Geo'rge Lowry, flax spinner, Salford, August 22, and September 19, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manch es t er; S a l e, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. William Geldart, ship owner, No r th Shi e l ds, August 15, at eleven, and September 27, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court, Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Crosby, London ; Hill and Mathews, London. Edward Staples, the younger, miller, Soham, Cam bridge, Aug. 25, at half : past eleven, and Sept. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official as signee, Aldermanbury ; Wilkin, Furnivana-inn. Thomas Belsham Hutton, wine and spirit merchant, Birmingham, Aug. 18, at twelve, and Sept. 28, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston official as signee, Birmingham; Greeves, Birmingham; Hodgson, Birmingham. William Yorke, builder, Cheshunt, Sept. 2at twelve, and Sept. 23 at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, Bar nafiarcdi,asl-inans:ilignoeiegornAl.dermanbury ; Smith and Son, DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Francis Quick, of Bristol, silversmith, first dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, p l ayable at 2, Basinghall-street, any Wednesday, except between August 17 and November 1. Henry Green, of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk. baker, first dividend of 3s. Rd. in the pound, payable at 2,Basingball street, on any Wednesday, except between August 17 and November 1. James Riley, of 11, South-street, Finsbury , private boarding-house keeper first dividend of 4s. Hid. in the pound, pay a bl e a t 2, 'Basinghall-street, any Wednesday, except between August 17 and November 1. James Roberts, of Coal Harbour, Bbickwall, timber merchant, first dividend of 2d. in the p o u nd, p a y abl e at 2 , Basinghall-street, any Wednesday, except between August 17 and November 1. John Henry Fuller, of Flixton, Lancashire, logwood glinder, and of Manchester, fustian manufacturer, first dividend of 111,,d. in the pound , pay able at 45, George street Manchester, on Tuesday, August 15 , Tuesday, Oct. 10, or any subsequent Tuesday. Thomas Norbury and Richard Bindloss, of Manchester, silk manufactnrers, first dividend of 2s. 4d. in the pound, payable -45, • Geor:e street, -Ms.nchester,` on T ueg o o ._ Align ar 16,"Ttitidar,Oetb,bier ttiOiff e tb s oniiii, Tuesday. Thomas Maginnii Taylor, of liswcastlo-uponlyns mfg. 8 :PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Harrington Parker and Edward Twining, of 5 mall, ale and porter merchants—R. W. Swinburne and Thomas Dixon, of Durham, manufacturers of coke—Sophie Dorothea Candoldni and August Pepin, of 57, Stamford street, 131ackfriars, hat manufacturers—Michael Arthur Gorman and Edmond. Anthony Gortnan, of 9, Warnford. court, Throgmorton-street, City, stockbrokers—Daniel Do Pass and Richard Minks, of King's Lynn, Norfolk, boot and shoemakers—John Howes and Robert Dackombe, of Clapham ' Mitcham, and Merton, Surrey, omnibus proprietors —Brit•ei Richardson liqtry Whitworth, and L. E. Kceffier, of Rochdale, Lancashire, dyers -- John Wilson and George Biuns, of Bradford, York shire, stuff merchants—Thomas Portwine and Horatio Griffiths, of Birmingham, soda water manufacturers — Henry Blackmore and Humphrey Blackmore, of Fuggle ston St. Peter, Wiltshire, carpet manufacturers —Jabez Jones and Henry Perkes, of Worcester, music sellers— Richard Nichols, Moses Mawson, and Charles Livesey Cole, of Manchester, warehouseman—William Davies and Benjamin Evans, of Newport, Monmouthshire, linen drapers—Emma Calvert, John Edward Calvert, and John Calvert Hayes, of Leeds, dyers (so far as regards John Calvert Hayes)—Andrew Briggs and William Shut tleworth, of Clitheroe, Lancashire, ooal agents—Samuel Swan and Christopher Sweeting, of Liverpool, estate agents—Charles Stancliffe and John Stancliffe, of Hud dersfield, tea dealers—George Everall and Thomas Fielder, of Croydon, Surrey, cab and fly masters—Watson Walker and James Snowball, of Gateshead, manufacturers of fire bricks. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Farquharson and Mason, brassfounders, Edinburgh. Robert Reid, bookseller, Leven, Fifeshiro. Thomas Galloway, baker, Glasgow. PARIS INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.—The edifice in the Champs Ely - sees, preparing for the Exposition of neat year, is now in a state that some opii io may be formed of its effects, proportions, and distribution. The leading idea appears to be a vast oblong central hall, since, though the side galleries and double aisles are wide, and the former are abundant in the amount of space they provide, by the nature of the composition they are so shut off from the central portion as in no point of view to be commanded by the eye in conjunction with it. The separation is on the lower story further aided by the heaviness of the iron work, which, unless it be decorated with remarkable skill, bids fair to produce the effect of a wilderness of columns and cross-beams in deep shadow —so intricate as to destroy all intimation of the area be twixt them and the outer wall. Then, the distribution of and shade -or, to speak more exactly, of glare and gloom—may offer difficulties of detail which it will require as much ingenuity as foresight to cope with. In the central hall—,although it is to be glazed with ground glass—the affluence of daylight and sunshine may be come dazzling. In the side aisle -4, on the ground floor, - light is so sparingly admitted that subdivision will he alMost impossible in anything higher than dwarf parti tions. To eyes accustomed to the Crystal Palaces at Knightsbridge and Sydenham, the central hall of the Pa risian building will seem deficient in height—while the curves of the iron work in the roof, when viewed in cer tain positions, have an appearance which is more singu lar than satisfactory to the unscientific eye. The outer elevation of the building, which is solid stone-work, offers less matter for doubt and question. It is simple and handsome.—Athenaeum. THE WHALE FISHERY.—During the past week we have had three or four arrivals from the Arctic retzione. They confirm in a measure the reports formerly circu lated, and supplement the news from that quarter by stating that " there have been only six fish caught in the country up to the time of their departure." Some, of the poor fellows are in a sad plight, having parts of their fingers, toes, and ears frost-bitten—John, o'Groat Journal. 35,029 1,730 1,757 8,005 8,687 1,01)4 1,099 1,542 1,89 27,114 32, 69 29,7 2 35,054 15,302 18,726 9,935 9,447 26,004 2!,747 4,748 4,179 5,993 6,392 612 G3,` 81 1,700 19,1.02 16,163 573 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Lord Duncan, Bristol to Africa, Jane 23, lat. 12 N., long. 20 W. The Cantilla, June 29, lat. 13 N., long. 23 W. ; The Fides, for Africa, June 30, lat. 13 N., long. 23 The Mary Ann, Cardiff to Hong-Kong, July 2, lat: 16 N., long 26 W. The Harriet, for London, July 8, lat. 27 N, long. 36 W . The ainarino, Colombo to London, July 14, lat. 34 N., long 37 W. The Albion (barque), London to America, July 29, lat. 48 N., long. 7 W. A barque, 2.1 dist. pendant 2489, bound outwards, Aug. lat. 47 N., long. 9 W. The Eliza Killick, Valparaiso to Liverpool, July 18, lat. 42 N, long. 42 W. The Maitland (ship) for H o b ar t T ow n, June 29, lat. 1 0 N., long. 23 W. The Copernicus, London to Port Philip, June 7,1 at. 11 S. long. 27 W. The Primrose, Ard rossan t o B os t on , l e t. 45 N., 10 ng. 00 W. The John Davies, of Liverpool, steering to the west- ward, July 23, lat, 43 N., long. 41 W. The Isabella, of and from North Shields to Dalhousie, July 13, let. 48 N, long. 48 W. The Ann Davis, outward bound, July 14, let. 47 N. , long. 47 W. The United Kingdom (shi..), with passengers, outward bound. July 18, let. 47 N., long. 35 W. The Baltimore (barque), and Eliza, both outward bound' with passengers, July 23, let. 48 N.. long. 29 W. The Jane Pirie, from B om b a y, 63 days out, June 4, 114' 36 S., long. 21 E. COUNTRY MARKBYS. LIVERPOOL—AuGusT 11. At this day's market there was a small attendanc e of buyers. Fine wheat and flour brought an advance of 4 . to 6d per 701 b on the former and is to is 6d per barr el an d sack on the latter article. Oats and oatmeal the saw? 1,3; on Tuesday. Barley, beans, and peas 2d per 60 1 b and 2s per qr. lower. Indian corn is per qr. more mono', being obtained for yellow. WAKEFIELD—AUGUST 11. Tho supplies of grain continue short. Fresh wheat 10116 slowly to-clay, and must be noted is to 2s per qr. lower . chambered parcels are also offered at a similar decline, bu meet with little alteration. Barley nominal. Beans Were steady. In oats and shelling not much change. New oi l "' of fine quality sold at is 5d per stone. EXETER—AuGusT 11. go Od CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from -- to 8s 6d. Malting barley, 4s 3d to 4s 9d ; grinding do., 6; Oil to Os Od. Oats, 3s 6d to 3s 9d. Beans, Os Od to Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs 6d per score ; cows and cals:elt 11/. to 16/. ; butchers' calves, 6d to Od per lb., real calves OOs to OOs each. Sheep, 6d to bid. Lambs, 64 ,1 7d per lb. Store hogs, large size, 50s to OOs each ; 6 :lb. OOs to 00s ; small, 00s to OOs. Rough fat, 5d per . Pork carcases from 93 Gd to 108 Od per score. 455 FLOUR. —Fine, 46s Od to 41s Od ; seconds, 418 Od Od per sack. INVERNESS.—AUGUST 8. Od• B. CORN.—Wheat, —Wheat, white, per qr., 58s Od to 620 Od to ley, chevalier, 28s 0(1 to 30s 0.1; ditto, common, 003 OOs Od. Oats, 27s Od to 29s 0.1. ocl • ditto MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 23s Od to 24s ; second, OOs 0(1 to Os 0(1; barleymeal, 18s Od to Os lo; peasemeal, 20s Od to Os 0c1; br a n, per stone, Os 8d t cl a i to Ist flour, per 2801 b, 54s Od to 58s Od ; 2(1 ditto, 4 6 1 ~`"; 3,1 50$ Od ; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperil" 31 to 2s Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleynle 3ll li, to 00s 0d ; peasemeal, 2s Od to Os ; Ist flour, 3 s Od c 0 3s 6d credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 9d cash, 3s Od credit. BRISTOL SI/GAR—AuGusT 11. ' es a ls A better market, and a large business done. Pre_ to o somewhat higher than on this day se'nnight, and th e t an g of dealings is decidedly firmer. There is an active &Lu do . for refined goods, and nearly all descriptions of In" tured meet with purchasers. COAL MARKE Prices of Coal per ton at t r.—AuatrsT 11. ,he close of the market. Wallsend, .4. d. Carr's Hartley lB 6 Elolywell . ..... ...19 6' Howard's West Hartley J. ° I ietton ..................... , I t! aswell ..................... 23 `,; Cassop ................. .2% ; Heugh /jail . ............... 2 , 2 , 6 Kelloe . ... . .................. 6 ( Hartlepool ............... 2% South K.elloe ................ 0" Tees 2l3B 0 ... .................. 0 Whitworth . ........ Birchgrove Graigol a ...... 9 6 6 Cowpen. Netherton 18 0, Taufield Moor l6 6 Wall Fend , &c. New Whitworth l6 0 1 Hilda 20 1 He Hey 2l 6 Lawson 19 6 Belmont 22 0 Braddyll 22 0 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YEsTERDAY. Amsterdam.. • ..... 11 15% Gibraltar •• • • , n 6 5 Ditto, three months .. 1 1 1714 Lt!gi orn •••••• .... • •• °" Botterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa ...... • • ..•• • • 25 45 Antwerp 25 30 Aldan : .. • • rrus•els 25 30 Venice ilanitairgh •••.. •• •• - 13 7 Naples •• • • ...... • • 4 . Altona .. • • Pal 125 S Pari5........ .. • • .... 25 5 Messina .. Ditto, three months .. 25 32 1 ,4 Lisbon ....... ..... 5 3 7" 0 Mar5ei11e5.............2.5 32% Oporto 5 31, • Bourde,ux ........ Rio Janeiro ..... . F ankfort.on- Maine •• .. 119 Buenos Ayres.... • tierliu ................ New York, GO days' sight .... 12 24 Philadelphia • . Trieste • • 2 26 PRICES OF BULLICN PEE 0%• Petersburg ............ Mairid ............... Cadiz Barcelona ........ .... Seville.: 48 PIP •• se .• 36 ki Foreign Gat in Bars 43 17 49% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 50 :Wrenn Do'lars .... 0 5 , a ° - New DolIan; 0 0 Silver in bars 0 0 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the m are sent from the General Post.offlC° by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) penw Day when made up From what „, u , COUNTRIES. in General Post-' Port - land' Office, London.* Dispatched. Z .. 2 1.. .% America(byllrit.pac2c)N Every Friday .. • . Liverpool America (by United Sts. packet) .... America (by U. Statei packet) . •• Australia (via South- :• •• s L o iv u ez t oo m l pt . o • n • i r kUg. 29 am ton M Ditto (via Marseilles) N' Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...... • S p o o u v t: r aM . P . 7 . I L O I iiss . n • Africa (West Coast) Nlq3d of the month .. Plymouth • • Alexandria NA'9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover .. •• • & .20th of mon. Southampt on Bahamas 51117th of the motitt Southama° ° ' 16 Belgium• • • • • Dover .• • • • , 6 Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southam pton. 00 .• 4 • Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. SouthamPl" • Cape of flood (lope N 14th of the moat' Plymouth • Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month. SouthanlOw n Cape do Verds N 14th of the month BouthanlPO u l Ceylon (see India) 2 11 • 9*i Ceylon N 14th of the month •oit Channel Isles Aron ~Wed.,&Frid Southall ) ; '0 I T Chili. M 2d & 17th of mont,, SeutllanlP 1 China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 of m, Dover ...• •• I Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th• of mon. Southan l P W . '/• v rien 6 ,'"" Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ••• • • ,01•' Egypt (see India) l'irnl 1 6 France . ..... M& N Twice daily....:. Dover .• •• Gibraltar ..... M 4.7, 17, 20, 27 of m. South:m:lo°' • 18 Greece (see India) o Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. SoutbstnP W , . Hamburgh NlTuesday & Friday London .. •, .. t. 6 th Ilavannah ;2nd of the mon SoutnamP ',t 16 Holland MlDally.... ..-.... Dover.. • ; .•ogu.,;t Honduras 51 1 17th of the month soot haw'''. Allg— India (raSoutliampt.)M 4th & 20th of m .n. Plym nth : .1 India (via Marseilles)3l Bth&24th of mat tl: Dover •• •• lonian Isles (see Indi a ) 7, 17, & 27 o f mon D ov er • • •• " 16 Ireland .... • —5l & N Twice daily Holy •• ~ io ttls; 1 6 ,7, 9, 17, & 'l7 of in, S o uthampto o i . 130 :5/ Madeira 3119th of the =kith 'Southamp to Madeira Nl23d of month .... Plymouth •• Malta (see India) - -Augu st Malta N..... .7,17,19,27, 30 of in. Dover •• ' Mauritius (see India) t• 1 Mauritius 14th of the mini 06 Meatco ....... Naples sthisth2sthofmon Dover •••• "1 _ 4 ,0 New Granada & 17th of month:SouthamP l g: New Zealand ißy private ship Various!'" Papal States Dover •• ••, 16 Peninsula M tthl7th2Bthofmon. SouthaMPlT ors' Peru & 27th of mon, Southamplo" Psrt Natal .; N 14th of the month Plymouth •• Sicily sthlsth2tsthotruon,,Dover •• •• „ d 16 Tuscany N nthlsth2sthotmon.lnover •"i o 'n "OP - Venezuela ...... M 2d & 17th of month Southall' Van Diemen's Lan d (see 0 116 Australia) . West Indies 2d & 17th o t month:Southall, LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF ENGLAND.—BY AGNES STRICKLAND. Cheap Edition, Vols. 7 and B.—" These two volumes, which are the concluding ones of Miss Strickland's work, contain the Lives of Mary 11. and of Queen Anne—thus embracing, perhaps, at once the most interesting portion of British history, and the most in teresting personages in the whole of this splendid regnal gallery. The whole work has been characterised as uniting the fidelity of history with the fascination of the most engaging romance ; and no portion of it—attrac tive as every volume is—is a better manifestation of this than the section of it now before us. It is pleasing to find now concluded so beautiful an edition of a work of, such sterling merit. The Lives of the Queens is a stan dard historical b iok."—Oiledriiiian, Mercury. {ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pil s hav3 Cured. Weak ness of the Chest and Asthma.—Copy of a declaration of Mr. C. 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Regent-street, London; - Forte nu,.y,Mas? i n and Co., isurveyorf to hsE Majesty,._tic e at The .5471'Uffieet oaf i t ' it&- r iihr cabwri - "tfiiiceohirrCh-street'; of No. 112, Strand, 330 and 451, Strand, 63 and 150 - Oxford-street ; 55, I Strand, in the Precinct of r ihe .. ,..Sa . vm in t he c ' Middlesex, tiatur&Y, August 14 PF" Charing-am ;4, Cheapaide., .. 1 3112 d gc 17th n t month ISoutbalTlPteni ma ils di* * When any of these dates fall o. t a i of unday, th t p 1 e 11 1 , j.ll. despatched on e following da y the tion Southampton), a th nd the Malta. both with of which exce wi p ll be dor preceding day. THE Moans.—ln anticipation of the " 12 ;3 11 ' e ' r ' b it d ) . l7ll:6l s be mentioned that in the il high grounds of D eu c e Forfarshire, &c. the grouse are believed to be c in numbers, and somewhat weakly in coug e q„ ue y n otl eillf. In t Midsummer rains, when the - hird; were v 'idea* nip he i gan l n o di w s e ia r nnvt a iec n ri d npea l st e se ss .ds h. i exposed p g ro round s spe s Of Banff,c a 1 contrary, better th an usua l, and a snccesru' sp ore BIRTHS.. .„. OF A 801 f. On the Bth inst., at Bottesford, Lady .A48110;04 On the 18th inst ., at 14, Dawson-place , Boll wife of the Rev. William Wingate. OF A DAUGHTICE. ;f ob On the 9th inst., at Twickenham, the sy ° . • pher Robson, i nst Clifford's-inn, London, olicito r ' or , On the 9th .at 8, Queen's-terrace, s" wife of the Rev. William Howlett. MARRIED. . 0 4,001 On the 9th inst., at the parish church, Le 813 3; 5 - obi l Joseph Bright, Esq., third son of the late I l f e oral Blight, prebendary of Salisbury, and rector 0 f 030 ;. Regis, Northamptonshire, to Louisa Eliza, o " n 5",, f0 r00 George Bateman, Esq., ll:.]),oflling t ' shire. -.....- DIED. th e 915 t At his residence, Mount O'Niel, Antrim, in o f tbs year of his age, Captain Hector John Weir, late , t wo b o ariso Marines, his commission iu that corps of December, 1782. „ i ota ~ On the 20th June, at Ascension, J. Jones, 1 3 0 -- si ode* . her Majesty's sl o op A ra b, s ec ond son of the l ate Cowl° Chest e ' a ß g i oe c d h n a B r t7 ( h l ,e J mB o at n hry es i,n ( rs a et ) l. , i,c ß att .N ahf . erthreesliadteenceja,harntlygildrynProowicb, late captain of her Majesty's :38th Regiment. e s oots On the 9th inst., at his residence, 93, Pelbarn-cr Brompton, in his 86th year, Maurice Da Cost:'' ___. 2634 104* 307 6th. 6 163( 171% 983 188 31914 25! 90 260 181 653% 17314 253% 167 N 498 % 126 288 w 682 , 57 185 4 44 697 240 84 392 2,393 303 2,742 859 6,044 15,801 6,612 381 . 249 1,374 1,843 1,814 693 922 858 5,965 21,895 3,470 137 74D 5,373 17.355 7,24 26,923 301 M 99 21,391 8,620 .755 751 17,0,3 3,277 98 3,0.10 4,9 th 1,1i7 3,252 80 2,199 709 2,630 21,018 4, 50 1,820 2,697 1,159 2,648 327 2,702 770 6,617 17,123 6,117 289 820 4,571 1,336 0:0 928 842 6,537 22,429 3,513 lit 1,249 5,718 19,581 7, 97 25,933 252 6,174 21,880 9,38 s !;03 28070 3.016 9:)0 3,133 5,792