The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1854 LETTERS Plto3l TEE CRIMEA. infantry also pouring in a tremendous fire. The effect was that horses and men fell thick and fast ; but even this did not check our onward rush. All the Russian artillerymen were sabred, and for an instant we were masters of the guns, but, having no support could not keep them. In this condition we were charged in Tank and rear by numerous regiments of Russian infantry and cavalry, and but for the desperation with which our fel lows cut their way, there would not have been a single man return from the fatal charge. As for myself, I never reached the guns in front, as a grape shot went through my `busby,: about two inches above my head, knocking it on one side, another through the calf of my leg, and the next through my horse's head (a fine black mare). Well, here I was at the mercy of their lancers, whom I saw lancing our dismounted men. The demons give no quarter when you are down. At this moment the Bth Hussars came by with a horse without its rider. This I mounted, and formed in rear of the Bth as if it were my own regiment, and dashed on ; but, worse again, we were obliged to wheel ' right about,' and to pass through a strong body of the enemy's cavalry which had gathered in our rear, cutting off our retreat. " Of course, with our handful it was life or death— so we rushed at them to break through them ; but as I soon as we got through one body there was another to engage. At any rate, with five or six of our fellows at my rear,'l galloped on, parrying with the determination of one who would not lose his life, breaking the lances of the cowards who attacked us in the proportion of three or four to one, occasionally catching one a slap with the sword across his teeth, and giving another the point in his arm or breast. They still pressed on me till I got sight of our Heavies, when, thanks be to God, they stopped pursuing me, and I got clear without a scratch from their lances. (Oh ! the sabre before the lance !) I found that I could not dismount from the wound in my right leg, and so was lifted off, and then how I caressed the noble horse that brought me safely out ! I will not disgrace you as a soldier, take my word Your affectionate son, The following extract from a letter of an officer of the 77th Regiment is dated " Camp before Sebastopol, 27th Nov." "I have been quite a lion ever since the engagement, owing to my having been made prisoner by two Russians, and having escaped by killing one of my captors, and making the other prisoner in his turn, bringing him into camp. "It is rather a long story, but, as it may be interest ing, I will relate it. On the morning of the sth of No vember,. about 3.50, 1 started, unluckily very unwell, to relieve D—, of the 23d, on picket at a place about two miles from camp, called the house in the ravine,' one of our most advanced, and a very important post. MY party consisted of 40 men. Our orders were to defend the place until fresh orders or a reinforcement was sent. As the. name implies, we were posted in a deep r avine, the hills on one side being occupied by our tro e ops e , S cond on the other by an advanced picket from the called in Division. Just before daybreak D-- his men, and was on the point of m arching back to camp when a volley was fired s th over us where the Second Divisionorder, under immediately placed our men in skirt: . h picketi7eoinrneg posted. We When the enemy cover of the walls of the ruined houswe re-opened fire on appeared on the hills above us them, which they immediately an hour, We held th e place about three-quarter s o hour, until the Russia ns began to advance up the ra vine towards us, and thus take us in flank. a We . the n, finding their fire be g an to tell, commenced a retreat towards camp ; but you may imagine our dis ma y at fin d ing, after we h a d on ly gone about one hundred yards, that the enemy had entirely driven in our piequets on the hills, a n d h a d go t a t least a m il e in our rear. No sooner did they see us retreat than they c harged down th e hill on us i n h un d re d s , th e fellows on the top firing all the time. We were sur rounded by Russians on three sides, and on the fourth wa s a nearly inaccessible cliff. Our only chance was to endeavo ur . to e sca p e by c li m bi ng thi s , and accord ingly we ran for it, with the enemy close after us. We also afforded a splendid mark to their sharpshooters on the other side of the ravine, who kept up an awful fire on us. I can now only speak of what happened to me individually, I climbed as well as I was able expecting every moment to be my last, to within twelve feet of the brow, and then found a big rock, which I could not ascend. I was so ill and exhausted that I sat down in despair behind a large stone, which sheltered me a good deal from the fire. The Russian soldiers who had pursued us up the cliff caught sight of me, and made towards me with fixed bayonets. I drew my re volver, and took three deliberate shots at the smallest and wickedest' looking of them. Each time the pistol missed fire. Thiis was entirely owing to my fault. It had been loaded more than two months, and entirely neglected. You can imagine my remorse at not having been more careful. Well, the fellow them fired at me, but by the mercy of Heaven he just missed me, and hit a 23d man, who was endeavouring to escape just behind me. As he was on the point of transfixing me with his bayonet I took a fourth and successful shot, and he rolled over the cliff, but before I could again use my pistol the second fellow had his bayonet at my throat, and I saw that further resistance was useless. My worthy captor seemed rather struck with the eligibility of the place I had chosen, as it was tolerably sheltered from fire, and he theref ore sat down quietly by my side, keeping his rifle pointed towards my head, and making very expressive signs, which I could hardly misinterpret, that if I moved he would put an end to my miserable existence. He, no doubt, intended to take me prisoner when the fire slackened a little. I, of course, lay per fectly quiet, and was, in fact, so exhausted that I fell into a kind of doze or faint. When I re-opened my eyes the hill in front was still swarming with skirmishers ; but you cannot imagine my delight when I saw some of them with their 'bearskins' on, proving that they were the Guards, and that they had repulsed the Russians. This sight seemed to restore all my strength, hnd I thought that now or never I must make my escape. My friend, seeing me apparently helpless, had removed his rifle for a time from the unplea sant proximity to my head, and I, taking advan tage of this fortunate circumstance, suddenly sprang to my f ee t. H e did th e same, but in his astonish ment he dropped his g u n . I instantly hit him in the face with my fist with all my strength, and this being a mode of attack for which he was totally unprepared, he tumbled down the cliff. I rolled over with him, and we went down together for 20 or 30 yards, until checked by the stump of a tree. Luckily, I was then at top. He now began Ito roar out Sonde ! Sonde ! most lustily. I do not know what it means, but, as I was afraid of his cries bringi ng some one to his assistance, I hit him on the mouth every time he shouted. This aeon produced the desired effect ; he crossed his two forefingers and said, ` Pardon.' I was very glad to hear it, for my strength was fast failing me •, so I nodded my head, and, pulling out my revolver, I watched him in my turn. I did not, shoot him, because lie spared my life previonaly. Presently a 23d. man, who had escaped, passed near Os, amt I sent, him t ick up th e Russian's rifle and to watch him•whilol Went in search of my sword which had dropped in the scuttle. lie-fin found it, I returned and marched him into camp with his own rifle, which I now have, and shall certainly keep as a memento of my providential escape. " Of my unlucky 40 men, 27 were killed or wounded, seven taken, and six only escaped unhurt. So you see we.really had some sharp fighting. I was struck by a spent ball just above the lest knee, but it only raised contusion which lamed me for a week. I Ric.° had boot grazed, and ono of the rings shot off my scabbard —rather narrow cslapes.' " W. H. PENNINGTON." HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (Front the Registrar-General's Return.) Twelve hundred and ninety-one persons—viz., 639 males and 652 females, were recorded in the London re gisters of deaths is the week that ended last Saturday. This is nearly the same number as was returned in each of the two previous weeks. In the ten weeks eel:res ponding to last week of the years 184453 the average number of deaths was 1,249, which, if a correction is made for increase of population, becomes 1,374. The mortality of last week is, therefore, less than the esti mated amount ; but as the latter is increased by the in fluenza which prevailed in 1847, the present return is less favourable as regards the public health than the comparison appears to indicate. Three hundred and sixteen persons, of whom 233 were children, died from diseases of the zymotic order, a. num ber somewhat in excess of the ordinary mortality at this period. Scarlatina is less prevalent than it has been lately, if the deaths from it, which were 100, 95, and 79 in the last three weeks, may be received in evidence. From small-pox there died 20 children and 14 adults ; from measles, 39 children ; from hooping-cough, 41 ; and from fever, 60 persons. Two boys died last week (both en 22d December) from cholera ; one from Asiatic cho lera, in Mornington-crescent, the other from infantile cholera, in Marlborough-court, Whitechapel. A woman died of "ruptured intestines ; a towel she had round her becoming entangled in the spindle of a drying machine at the washhouses in Smith-street, Westminster ; ill 7 weeks." _ _ _ Last week the births of 741 boys and 733 girls, in all 1,474 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845.53 the average number was 1,429. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29 594 in. by 9 h. a.m. ; on Thursday the reading increased to 30 . 01 in. The mean temperature of the week was 40.5 deg., which is I'6 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. On the first three days the mean daily temperature wai below the average • on the next two days it was about 1 deg. above it, and on the following day (Friday) was 13 deg. in excess. On Saturday it was 4 . 5 deg. above the average. The highest temperature in the week was 54.3 deg. en Friday. The lowest was 29 . 2 deg. on Thursday. The mean dew-point tempera. ture was 37 . 3 deg. ; and the difference between this and the mean temperature of the air was 3.2 deg. The wind blew generally from the south-west and north west. And the amount of rain in the week was o'7l in., the greater part of which fell on Wednesday. EXTRACTS FRO3I THE RETURNS FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 2. At 1, Cow-court, near the Thames Tunnel, on let December, a labourer died whose age was stated at his death to be 101 years. At the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 25th November, the widow of a pensioner died of " diarrhoea (5 days)," at the age (as reported) of 100 years. In Bethnal-green, at 7, Type-street, on 21st Novem ber, the son of a carpenter, aged 8 weeks, died of e. munition from want, pneumonia (1 week)." In Bethnal-green. at 51‘, 1, ! .-er.-, trees . the (lanai, ter of a weaver died at the age Of S jears, eat having encased, according to the medical certificate, in tonne quence of her baying been " unnecessarily salivated with mercury by a quack." Mr. Ralph, the medical attend ant, adds—" This neighbourhood ig infested with quacks who assume the title of surgeon fraudulently, and prac tise medicine in open defiance of the present defective awq." The Caledonian Mercury publishes the following extract of a letter from Neil M`Leo(l,4th ccmpany, 12th battalion Royal Artillery : Mr. Waller, fit registrar of Greenwich East, writes : —" Only 24 certificates of successful vaccination have been received by me from Ist July to 30th September, and ,but 7 since the latter date." With reference to the death of a child at 3, Harvey's buildings in the Charing-cross sub-district, from co - fluent variola, not vaccinated, Mr. Leonard remarks that "the mother died of the same disease on 19th No vember. All the children were vaccinated, but this one twice without effect. House clean and without effluvia from drains. The father and 4 children, who have all been ill, are convalescent. The Vaccination Act requires amendment. In this district, since let August, 1853, 396 children have been entered in the book, but only 229 appear to have been successfully vaccinated. Thus more tha❑ two-fifths have not complied with the act. There seems to be no person appointed to enforce the laws." " Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 18, 1854. " My dear Brothcr—l have forgotten you this long time, but better late than never. l am i n goo d hca'th, thank God, to whom all deliverance will be attri buted, and especially on the battle of the sth of No vember. My deliverance was so great that I wa, lost in thinking how it was possible, the enemy's shot hissing so numerously by my head. We were turned out by the sound of the trumpet on Sunday, the sth of November, at half-past six o'clock a.m. We bad no thing to eat before we turned out. It was a very misty morning, and when we came into action with our guns thousands of Russians were round us, and we had no infantry to cover our guns, as we did not think that they were so near us. Consequently, we left our two guns in the hands of the Russians. There was no one of us Mr. Watts, the registrar of Islington West, writes as fellows :—" In a district with an equal population to that of Islington East, say 30,000, and having in it the Small-pox Hospital, I have received up to the present time 1,206 certificates of vaccination, having registered upwards of 2,000 births in 12 months, whereas in the east district (as stated in the previous weekly return) upwards of 1,500 certificates have been obtained. The difference is thus accounted for- -many of the children were neither vaccinatel nor registered in the district. The act as it now stands requires a double entry to be made in the vaccination registrar, while nearly half the original entries remain blanks, as though the children had never been vaccinated. The doctors frequently do not know who should receive the duplicate certificates, but if a uniform course were adopted, and all vaccina- tion certificates were sent to the registrar whose name is on the notice paper, together with the number of t)...e entry, all difficulty would be avoided, and better re sults produced. I entirely concur in the remarks of my colleague, that with few exceptions, and those uninten tional, the majority of the medical practitioners of Isling ton have most readily assisted in carrying out the new Vaccination Act, n o t w ith s t an di ng i mportant d e f ects i n its provisions." stuck to the guns but me and one gunner named Gor ion. He stayed with me, and he was in a minute shot through the heart, and two of the Russians stabbed him through the head with their bayonets, aod I drew back to use my sword, 'out it was for nogood againstthousands of them, and all of them firing in my face. I waslike a man on whom the lead had ao power, and one of them rushed at me, and made ready his firelock to fire, when he was shot in his brain by a soldier of the 57th Regt. , who was stand ing behind, looking what was to com e o f me, and I walked back quietly. Nothing came near my body. We took our guns five minutes afcer that, and then the battle began anew. Earth and stores were swept away from close about me ; and in four hours, in place of ten men at the guns, we were firing with two men, of whom I was one. I kept up firing at them coming upon us in masses, until we covered the ground with the slain. Cannon and musket balls like hailstones round our heads. We drove them back every time. They were half drunk, and fought as desperate as ever a man did. I looked round and saw a Russian lying dead, with a Russian medal on his breast, and I took it off and kept. it. We lost 2,000 men, and the Russians lost 20,000. I lost my good Captain Townsend, made colonel two days before the battle. His head was cut off above the lower jw. It was a mournful sight to see horses, guns, and men smashed down together. The battle lasted from 6 a m. to 4 p.m. We sent for biscuits, as we were very hungry, and much exhausted. I did not sleep that night, as I worked myself so much through the day. I see the power of the mighty God in my case. Who is like unto the Lord, who is powerful like unto God, against whose power no man can come or do harm l Now, my brother, Sebastopol is not taken yet. We aro lying against it, and keeping up the siege day and night, and a more fearful conflict is expected than ever. When the infantry came up on the sth Novemb er , the enemy an d them were falling down in c ou p l e s— the Russians with . their bayonets in our men, and our men's iu the Rua - glans, both lying dead, and us sweeping them with can non case shot, so that the round of case would make an open space in their columns, which was 30 deep. Those that we took prisoners were seized by the neck before they gave up their arms. I got three wheels smashed that day. My gun was once spiked with wood, and - screwed it out again. Your letter came to hand on 19th Nov., after I clo - sed the letter, which gave me pleasure to hear from you, so true arelation as yodare. Once more, tell Murdoch about the death of Lieut.-Col. Townsend, who was marching behind the guns all day until he was killed, without a cap ; and Mr. Miller also got his cap -, shot off ; and when the Russians took our guns, Mr: -. Miller rushed among 'them on horseback, and killed two of them, and saved the guns. We keeping them laZlf" with our sponges, so you may guess what kind of Z i. _ : . 11! had. We pulled off our coats in the heat of 1 : battle I was scarcely able to walk hom e th a t n i g ht. so tie onr tail horses were shot in two ; som e a ll l eg s, &c. I that 4ay.. got credit from Mr. Miller .' ' ,T.hoe.,...fi..„°ll°Vix,g.lyer, from one of " the gentlemen ( o ) ; ir ta . "'„ u ' d i r tetiii ”rving as a private hussar, is wee ks' training_ u f rtg- The writer had only six re hi s . battle : . . ,eervice i n the field of • ' ''• Ct eliii"alti - • - —i " I received -.4 letter thi s intital, Scutari, bee. 7. 'surprised to bear that no letternrat2m fgi;ewhhaidchrelacwheads ......j re rti' a s I wrote a month since to et one in which the Light Cavalry charge on th„ 2.sl. f 4 : l F vf n e r et , o d b e e s r c , r s i o bi f n a g r m yself. I also as it concerned pay is due to tn : p 4 p l _., o you said that Mr. Angel l, the p o stmaste r at Constan ''' tinople, had written to nifor n y ou t hat I was ied woun ''' , Tam sorry to say that I have not had one of th e u • ~papers which yog say tlJlt you have almost d a ily Zs: to rne. Thou g h four months' --, .... ca n ,. • • not get a penny—i n fact, I should be glal to buy a kaf :- of bread, as hospital LIT does not suit myetit My wound . Wa.3 from a musket ball through the calf ~' of the right - ler, but is so far healed that I begin to . walk upon it for an honour or so in the day. I ... jenjoy excellent health, as, I thank God, I have done Since we left Turkey, though cholera and war have Mad.e sad devastation in our ranks. It was a mad, • though gallant, charge made by our Light Cavalry, at Bulaklava. The newspapers will let you see our Pori. , - tion at the time. The word was given to 'charge guns - to the front.' We advanced at a gallop to these guns, • amid a fearful fire from the front, with ' ditto' on the right and left flanks, of_ grape, phell, _and canister, and .-1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 26 MANSION-HOUSE—Mr. Brown, a gentleman con nected with parliamentary agency, was summoned be- fore Alder man Wilson, for having refused to pay the fare of threepence, demanded by the conductor of a Kingsland omnibus for conveyance from Kingsland to the Bank. W. Luckie, the conductor said—the defendant got into my omnibus. The fare was threepence, and there was a stoppage on account of the pavement in Thread needle-street, so that we could not get on to the Bank, and we turned round in Bishopsgate-street. He refused to pay the fare, because we did nut take him to tie • sum of money, which they were disappointed in, as he seldom kept much in the house. They, however, broke open all the cupboards and drawers in the house, and took from a tin box in the cupboard of his bedroom 4/. 10s. in geld and silver, and some of his daughter's rings. That was all they had missed at present. Mr, Combo here asked the girl whether she heard how they entered the house ?—She replied that they unlocked the street door with some sort of a key. Mr. Combe asked how the prisoner was apprehended ? Edward Hewlett, police constable, 253 M, said he re ceived information of the robbery on Monday morning, and a description of the men who committed it. On the same evening he went to a beer shop in Harper-street, where he saw the prisoner. He called him out, and asked him where his companion was who assisted him in robbing the prosecutor's house, close by. Ho denied all knowledge of it. Witness took him to the station house, when the girl was sent for, and she at once identified him as the man who held her while the other robbed the house. The prisoner here said that he know nothing what ever of the robbery, and he could prove that at the time he was not near the house. James Green, beer-shop keeper, Harper-street, New Kent-road, said the prisoner was in his tap-room about half-past 6on Sunday evening, and remained there a short time. Hewlett here said that the beer-shop was nearly op posite Mr. Restell's house, and the prisoner was seen in the neighbourhood by several persons. William Beard, a brewer's man, said he lived in the adj,ining house to the prosecutor, and between six and seven on Sunday evening he was standing at his door, when he saw the prisoner pass and repass him several times. A little before seven o'clock he heard a smash at the rear of the house, but he took no notice of it at the time. Edward Symes, a lad residing with his parents on the other side of the street, said ho saw the prisoner and another man lounging about the street at four o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The other man looked into their win dow four times, and they remained about there nearly two hours. Mr. Combe told the prisoner that the beer-shop keeper whom he had called corroborated the testimony of the last two witnesses as to his being about the spot, and the girl gave her evidence so clearly that he had no doubt upon his mind that he was one of the par ties who broke into the house. His companion, how ever, was at large, and to give the constable an oppor tunity of apprehending him he should remand him for a week, when he should commit him for trial for house breaking. Bank. The defendant—l am very much in the habit of going in omnibuses, and have been often inconvenienced by the conduct of the conductors, who are very glad to avail themselves of the opportunity of setting down passengers upon the most frivolous excuses short of the distance the vehicles are bound to go. To be put down at the top of Threadneedle-street when a person expects to be put down at the Bank is amongst the annoyances to which I been subjected, and I refused to pay the fare upon public grounds, in order to have the question settled before a magistrate. Alderman Wilson—Was the word " Bank" placed inside the omnibus l—The defendant—Both inside and outside the omnibus. Alderman Wilson (to the defendant)—You must be aware that you are under an obligation to abide by the list of places at which you profess to put down pas sengers. Why did you not, when you found the stoppage, drive round by Cornhill to the Bank h—The complain. ant—The Excise make us pay for all distances we go, and we are not licensed to go round by other streets. Alderman Wilson—Very properly so ; because, when it would suit your purpose, you would go wherever you pleased, if you were not strictly dealt with. The complainant—lf we bad gone to the Bank, we must have come down Cornhill, and that is so much out of the way we should be sure to be fined. Alderman Wilson—Not under the circumstances re presented by you. If you represented to the Excise that Threadneedle-street was stopped up, and you had no other way of getting to the Bank, I aus satisfied the authorities would not have charged you anything extra for doing wh-t was unavoidable. The complainant—l assure your lordship they would. They have already fined us for going out of the line we are licensed to go. Alderman Wilson—Let it be so. I assure you that you are bound by act of Parliament to take your pas sengers to the destination to which you engage to con vey them on the table of fares you exhibit in your om nibuses. I know that this is an imposition practised on the public to a great extent, and with excessive inconvenience, especially to the female part of the population. The public are much obliged to Mr. Brown for the trouble he has taken in bringing the matter forward. I have, as a magistrate, nothing to do with the regulations of Excise. You are too glad to find a street stopped, that you may have an excuse for turning out your passengers. You put on your table of fares " threepence to the Bank." You have not on this occasion fulfilled your contract, and the defendant was not bound to pay you. I shall make no order. The complainant—lf that is your lordship's decision, we must of course go round where the street is stopped up. The summons was then discharged. W. Searles and O. Anderton were sentenced, the one to three months' imprisonment, the other to one month's imprisonment for stealing poultry in Leadenhall-market, and D. Hopkins was sentenced to one month's imprison ment for stealing two pads of herrings in Billingsgate market. CLERKENWELL—CharIes Kemble, a well-dressed youth, aged 14, was charged before Mr. Corrie with en tering the house of Mr. Taylor, of Albior-terrace, Stoke Newington, and stealing therefrom plate and other property. Mrs. Mary Frances Taylor said that, on Saturday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, she left her par lour, after having raised the window, which looked into a garden in front of the house, about an inch or so, to air the room. When she returned to the room again about half-past eleven o'clock, she found the window wide open, and marks of dirty feet on the carpet. On a search she found that a silver sugar-tongs, the tops of the cruet-bottles, and a child's money-box, containing some silver money, had been taken away. On the sill of the window outside she found a button, which she took to the station, and gave information of the robbery. Knight, hackney-carriage attendant, 164, said that on Saturday night a jeweller named Thomas, who resides near his cab rank in the Kingsland-road, told him that a boy wanted to sell him a broken sugar-tongs. The prisoner was pointed out to him ; he stopped him, and took him to the station-house. Serjeant Gearin, 16 N, said— I was on duty at the station on Saturday night, when the prisoner was charged. I had received the button from the lady in the daytime. Without saying a word to the prisoner, I went to him, and on looking at his waistcoat I missed the lowest button off it. I at once cut off the next button, and on comparing that with the one I had reaetved, they agreed both in make and pattern. I cut '‘) l7lk t3l , e tti b e u p tt ri n on b e e r bat use, ad e rZtela m til d e7n7 ( to w" p7e prevent identity. The prisoner, in defence, said that he had picked up the sugar-tongs on the road as he was going home. Serjeaut Gearin—The prisoner, your worship, has been convicted before. Mr. Currie—Then he must go to trial for this offence. Of late the upper districts of the metropolis, including Highgate, Holloway, Barnsbury-park, &c., have been infested by a numerous gang of young burglars, .who practise with the greatest impunity robberies of every description at gentlemen's houses, in most cases selecting the hours from five to seven in the morning, when the p Alec are being changed. Numerous complaints are be ing made of the affair, and it is to be hoped they will be looked to. LAMBETH.—Mrs. Yond, a middle aged female of dissipated appearance, wh• was brought up on a warrant by Lockyear, the officer, was charged with having made use of violent threats to take away the life of her hus band. The husband, a most respectable man, who holds a responsible and lucrative situation, informed the ma gistrate that five months ago he had the misfortune to marry the prisoner, and took and furnished a louse in the most comfortable manner far her, expecting, as she had promised, that she would conduct herself well, and that they might go on comfortably together. Before the month was out, however, she commenced a course of in toxication, was seldom sober, and, in fact, it was a per fect miracle that she had not frequently set fire to the house and to herself. Her conduct had be come of so intolerable a character that he found it quite impossible to live with her, and on his tell ing her so she made use of the most violent threats to " do for him," and he, witness, feared, from her gene ral conduct, that she would carry her threats into effect. Lockyear, the officer, said that on going to execute the warrant be was obliged to break into the house, where he found the prisoner in a most beastly state of drunkenness. On examining the bed on which the de fendant lay, he (Lockyear) discovered that a trunk which was placed on the foot of it was burnt through, and a hole was burnt through the bed itself, through which he could pass his hat, and it was astonishing that the place was not destroyed. The prisoner, who seemed very penitent, begged that her husband would give her another trial, declaring she would leave off drinking altogether. The husband said it was net his wish to press the charge, but live with the prisoner again he could not think of. He had no objection, however, to give her furniture enough to furnish an apartment with, and allow her 108. a week. The prisoner agreed to be content with this, and hay ing promised not to molest her husband again she was discharged. SOUTHWARK.—John Baker, a tall, powerful-look ing man, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with being concerned with another, not in custody, in corn mittieg the following daring robbery, during divine ser vice on Sunday evening : Eliza Bateman, a younn , girl sixteen years of age, stated that she was servant to Mr. Restell, an indepen dent gentleman residing in Harper-street, New Kent road, and on Sunday evening, about six o'clock, her master and his son and daughter went to chapel, leaving her alone in the house. She saw the street door fas tened as soon as they left, and went into the Lack par lour, where she sat near the fire, reading a book. About half an hour afterwards she heard a knock at the door, and, on her asking who was there, some one called out, " Oh, I 2M come to pay Mr. Restell some money." She refused to admit him, and returned to the back parlour, and sat down again. Almost immediately afterwards the street door opened, and the prisoner entered with a stout man. The latter rushed upon her, and said they were come to rob the house, at the same time threaten ing to cut her throat if she gave the least alarm. Wit ness called out, when the prisoner seized hold of her and told her if she said a word he would kill her. She was much frightened, and remained in the prisoner's grasp while the other went up stairs and broke open the doors and cupboards. While that was going on the prisoner asked her what time she expected her master to return, she re plied, "Seven o'clock." He then called out to the other man to make haste, when he came down stairs and broke open the cupboardsand the doorsin the parlour. Afterex amining the contents they released her, and before quit ting the house said if she made the least alarm or fol lowed them, they would return and cut her throat. She was 90 frightened that she dare not stir until her master came home, when she told him all that had occurred, and gave a description of the two men. Mr. Combe asked her whether she saw them take any property away ? Witness replied that she did not, as she was too Tightened to look at what they were doing. When she fi began to scream, the prisoner seized her by the throat, and said be would throttle her if she called out again. Mr. William Restell said that on Sunday evening, shortly after six o'clock, be went to chapel as usual with his son and daughter, leaving the last witness in care of the house. The street or house door was simply on the bitch, and the outside gate , se ven feet high, he locked after him. On his return home at nine o'clock he was surprised to find the latter open, and on entering the house he saw the girl in the passage crying. The place waa all in confusion ; and she informed him that two men had entered the house during his absence and, had robbed it. The girl appeared very much frightened, but as soon as she became more composed she gave a description of the men. Witness then went to the police station and mentioned the whole of the circumstances to the police. Mr. Comb() asked what property he had lost 1-11 e replied that the thieves evidently expected to find a-large to the above services, the gallant deceased was present at the Battle of Waterloo, where he was wounded. The let Warwicic, Colonel Boultbee, embodied at Warwick for permanent duty, musters 21 officers and 700 men ; the 2d Warwick, embodied at Leamington, 22 officers and about 700 men. The total number of volunteers from the militia to the line already exceeds 7,000. The naval coast volunteers at Yarmouth are ordered to be embodied under Captain Broadhead. Yesterday morning the East Middlesex Militia, Colo nel Thomas Wood, mustered at Hampstead-heath for permanent duty. The West Essex Militia muster this day for perma nent duty at Chelmsford. The Royal South Glocester Militia assemble on Tues day at the Shire-hall, Glocester, and the North Gloces ter at the Town-hall, Cirencester. The 2d Chester Militia have received notice to hold themselves ready to be embodied. They will muster at Stockport. The West Kent Artillery Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Cater, Commander, muster for permanent duty at Dover, on the 3d of January. GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.. At the last meeting of this society, Sir C. Lyell, V P , in the chair, Mr. J. Culcpalioun, Mr. G. Burnand, and Dr. Grindrod were elected Fellows. The following communications were read :- 1. "On some Fossiliferous Depssits of the Drif Period." By Mr. J. Prestwich, F.G. S. Three loealitie were described in detail :—let. At Fisherton, near Salis n bury, drift beds are found along the whole length of val leys, in the chalk plains near Salisbury, but never reach t any great height up the sides of the slopes. They ar composed of rubble, flint, and chalk, sa.id, and brick earth, in various proportions. Three of these smal valleys are confluent at Salisbury, and on the flanks o the one running up past Wilton and Fisherton the bes sections are obtained. Bones and teeth of red deer ox, elephant, and rhinoceros are found in the brick earth ; and Mr. J. Brown, F.G.S., has collected twelve species of land shells and eight of freshwater shells, novae of which are extinct. 2d. At Wear Farm between Grove Ferry station and the Reculvers. This depo sit, like the last described, is spread over the base of a hill, sloping down to a river valley. It is mainly gravel and sand. Bones of the ox and four freshwater shells occur, with remains of balanus (marine) and nume rous marine cytheres. 3d. At Shackleweli-lane, East Newington. Here a section is afforded of brick earth, flint, gravel and sand, sandy clay, and gravelly sand. The clay contains the bones of a large animal (ox ?), the ste.ns and leaves of trees, and thirteen fresh• water and ten land shells, all of recent species. The author considers these new localities of fos siliferous pleistoeene deposits as belonging to a geological horizon marked by other similar depo sits in the south of England (as at Clacton, Cop ford, Brentford, Grays, &c.), and on the opposite coast of France, which indicates a terrestrial epoch subse cpient to the glacial period, and to the original excava tion of the existing valleys, but previous to the re-excavation of the valleys after the dispersion of the superficial gravels of the district. The outspread of these last-named gravels Mr. Prestwich regards as probably due to a powerful and sudden aqui ms agency. The author considers that at the period of the old valley deposits, the relations of the sea and land very nearly approached those at present existing ; for, among other reasons, these fossili ferous beds referred to bear evidence of being more and more of a marine character as they near the existing coastline. Of the fossils, the mammals are of extinct forms, excepting the stag, and perhaps the ox. As to the shells, Mr. Prestwich observes that, although many of the species are distinct at these several deposits, yet all agree in being identical with recent forms ; and are such as, for the most part, are associated in like position and under like conditions at the present day ; the special differences being necessarily due to local difference of conditions of the land and water. The author reserves for a future communication the other series of fossiliferous pleistocene deposits of more ancient date, as well as the consideration of the whole subject of the drift period. 2. "On Land Surfaces beneath the drift gravel beds." By Mr. R. G. Austen, Sec. G.S. In this paper atten tion was called to the importance of well observing all traces of old terrestial surface beneath the gravels. The author first 'referred to the unmistakeable instance he had already recorded as occurring at Peasemarsh, near Guildford, but which Mr. P. Martin has lately appeared disinclined to admit. Two other instances in that vicinity, in the Tillingbourne and neighbour ing valleys, are now added by the author. Two more have been noted on the Isle of Wight ; and Mr. Austen records another as presented in the cliff near Dieppe. After noticing the present physical conditions of the chalk district of Northern France with the bedded clays, gravels, and sands overlying the plateaux, and the mis cellaneous accumulations in the valleys, the author in timates that, in his opinion, the wealden and chalk areas were destitute of detritus before the drift gravel period, and presented a terrestrial surface, the peaty portions of which are occasionally met with preserved, as in the instances above stated ; that the wide expanse of gravel surface of the north of France and the south of Englaod is duo to a more or less tranquil . ' accumulation of materials in an extensive basin of fresh water en n ac fled occasionally by the action of ice floes ; that, subsequent to the elevation of this area, the chalk val leys have been formed by the slow process of the removal of the chalk by atmospheric water, and the gravelly ma terials so undermined have been subjected to various modifications at the lower levels. Mr. Austen consi ders that the date to be obtained as to the solution of lime in rain water, and to other effects of sub-aerial agency, may supply a guidance in future researches as to the lapse of time from the elevation of the gravel beds to the present day, and thus afford some basis for the calculation of a geologic chronology. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 26. The Earl of Clarendon has received from her Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of France a copy of a Neto ad dressed to his Excellency by M. Drouyn de Lhuys, Minis ter for Foreign Affairs, on the 19th instant, of which the following is a translation : M. L'AItBASSIDEUR, I have had the honour to receive the letter by which your Excellency was good enough to communicate to me the identic Resolutions adopted by the two chambers of the British Parliament in their session of 19th instant. The thanks voted to our army and to our fleet, as wall as to their commanders, could not but deeply affect the Government of the Emperor. The thoughts of his Imperial Majesty are directed with unceasing solicitude to the scene of the contest in which the Allied armies are engaged ; it is, therefore, with the utmost satis faction that he observes the esteem which the soldiers of the two pountries mutually entertain for each other in creased by the courage and perseverance which they dis play in the service of one and the same cause. The Go vernment of the Emperor especially congratulates itself at perceiving in the vote of the Parliament, an evidence of the intimate union which, connecting together the policy of France and England, blends also in one and the same expression the encomiums to which glorious efforts and toilsome labours so justly entitle the two armies and the two fleets which the t .vo countries have sent to share the same perils and the same fatigues.—Receive, (Signed) DBOUYN DE LINTS. Paris, Dec., 19, 1851. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Augustus Kaufmann as Consul at Melbourne for the Kingof Hanover. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward Fratzscher as Consul at Melbourne for , the Grand Duke of Mecklenbur:;h•Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Binns Were as Consul at Melbourne for the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 26. The Qaeen has been pleased to approve of M. Antoine Pyschsri as Consul-General in London for the Sublime Ottoman Porte. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Nathaniel Jones Pile and Nathaniel Forte, Eggs., to be Members of the Council of the Island of Barbadoes. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Frederick Palgrave 15arlee, , Esq., to be Colonial Searetdry for the colony of Western Australia, and John Henry Finniss, Esq., to be Receiver of Registration Dues a nd Conservator of ortgages for the Island of Mauritius. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 26. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.—Lieutenant Wil liam T. Markham, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieute nant and Captain, by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted ; Ensign and Lieutenant Michael Walker Heneage, to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Eliot, killed in action, Dec. 23 • Lieutenant Lord Eustace Henry Brownlow Gascoyne Cecil, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieu tenant and Captain, without purchase, Dec. 26. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Arthur M. H. G. Gregory to be Lieutenant and Captain by pur chase, vice Thislethwayte, whose promotion, by pur chase, on the 15th inst., has been cancelled, Dec. 26. To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase—Ensign and Lieutenant George Grant Gordon, Ensign and Lieu tenant William, Viscount Ennismere, Ensign and Lieute nant James Ross Farquharson, Dec. 26. To be Ensign and Lieutenant without purchase—John Paynter, Gent., Dec. 26. ADMIRALTY, 'DEC. 26. Erratum in the Gazette of the 22d Dec.—For Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley to be Deputy-Adjutant of Royal Marines, kc., read, Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley to be Deputy-Adjutant-General of Royal Marines, &c. ADMIRALTY, DEO. 20. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant John Yate Holland to be Adjutant, vice Cooke, promoted. • COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Buckingham—Major John Bent to bo Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Edward Dew, Esq., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London, to be Surgeon, vice Dr. Joseph Rose Holt, resigned. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Welbore Ellis, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sharpe, promoted, Dec. 21. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Lieutenant Thomas Hindo Thompson, to be Captain, vice Assheton, resigned; Ensign James Ruthven Elphinstone Gouldsbury to be Lieutenant, vice Herford, promoted, Dec. 21 ; Myles Sandys, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 22. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — George William Reads, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 20 ; Charles Goring Minuitt, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 21. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Thomas Byron Whitehead, late Lieu tenant, to be Surgeon Dec. 20. Hertfordshire Militia—Henry Grimaton Hale, Gent., to be Captain, Dec. 22. Royal Montgomery Rifles—Samuel Thos. Corrie, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Rainier, appointed to the St. Helena Regiment, Dec. 23. • Worcestershire Regiment of Militia — W illiam Tu mour lranville (late a Captain in the Eth, the King's, Regiment of Foot) to be Captain, vice de Robeck, resigned ; Ensign George Williams to be Li eu t e nant, vice Walters, resigned; Ro1;914 Dayilm, Guts to be UolAtigants Tito Ainisio, • SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Smith and Wm. Gardner, of Glasgow, joiners and builders, January 5, at twelve, at the ,Globe Hotel, Glasgow. James M`Lintock, boot maker, January 3, at two, at tho White Hart Inn, Greenock. R. and A. Macdonald, of Glasgow, tea merchants, Janu ary 3, at one, at Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow. Wm. Macuair, of Glasgow, bookbinder, January 5, at two, at the globe Hotel, Glasgow. resigned ; Jonathan Christian Thomas, Gent., to be En- I COUNTRY MA RILE; TM sign ; Charles Stevenson , Gent. , to be Ensign ; Frederick I • Clifton, Gent., to be Ensign. i ....._--. Argyll and Bute Regiment of Militia-Colonel John 1 LIVERPOOL-DEC. 26. Campbell, Unattached, to be L ieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 18. l At to-day's market there was a small attendance of tree The West Essex Militia-Alexander Daniel Gilson, Gent., ' trade, and the business done altogether of a re tail chara.c to be Ensign, Dec. 12. ter. Wheat and flour, a moderate demand, at full prices; Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment-William George oats and oatmeal the same. Barley, beans, and peas wore Featherstone, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Young, neglected-no alteration, Indian corn in good request. Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15. Only a limited business was done at Gd to 9d per qr. ad- Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia-The Right Honour- vanes on prices of this day week. able Alexander Fraser, Lord Seltoun, to be Lieutenant - -- Colonel-Commandant, Dec. 4. HULL-Dee. 26. City of Edinburgh Artillery Regiment of Militia- George Roland, jun., Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 7; .We had a moderate attendance of farmers to-day, with very few buyers, and business in all articles so completely Thomas Alexander Hll, Gent., Francis Montague Smith retail as to afford no scope for comment. Linseed is firmer Gent. and John Macdougall, Gent., to be Ensigns, Dec. and. oil dearer. Cakes rather better to buy. Rape sakes 22; Thomas Richardson Griffiths, Adjutant to said corps, go off as they arrive for feeding. to serve with the rank of Captain, Dec. 23. 1 , , 01. 5. 8 a Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Mliti.a- Wheat, English, red 74 to 77 Peas, grey and black - to - Colour-Serjeant Thomas Orwell to he Ensign, Dec. 18 . Ditto white 7B to 84 Linseed, Black Sea... - King's Own Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia- Dantzic and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgh ... 58eto 65 68 to 6l John Maurice Foster, Esq., to be Captain ; Assistant - po t e rg ranianand Ham. angel 75 to B_s i a tt n e l Riga and Arch- Surgeon Edward Waddington, late Essex Rifles , to be Surgeon, vice Ashwell, resigned). Dec. 18. burgh Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Dallis'', Holstein, and M eme l 5O to 5$ Cavalry-Lieutenant. Thomas Chawner to be Captain, vice Friesland 7O to 75 . Per Tole Scott, resigned ; John Coltman Davenport, juu., Esq., to Russian and Odessa CO to 70 Lins.c. Hulll2/ 7s 6d to 001 0 be Captain, vice Ackers, promoted, Dec. 21. • Oats, English 3O to 3 2 Ditto due for. 111 Os 12100 e Od ' B A.NKRUPTS. Ditto Danish - Ditto inf. for. 01 Os Od to Or Os Edward Jenner fetannard, wine merchant, Trinity - 2i to 30 Rapeseed • 001 Os to 001 Os Ditto Friesland square, Tower-hill, to surrender, Jan. 1, at half-past 30 to 32 Rape cakcs...l3os Od to 00e Od. Ditto Russian twelve, and Feb. 10, at ( two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. y,malting Nicholson, official assinee, Basiughall-street ; Ashur st, Ditto grinding al to 3 i Ditto foreign Son, and Morris, Old Jewry. 50 to 52 Guano 4 / lOs 81 tol2/ Os Watson ;;Lemon, painter, Bridge - house - place , Newing• Beans Ditto forcien ton-causeway, Surrey, Jan. 1, at half - past eleven , an d Peas, white and yel. 46 to 4S Rye Meal Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol- - _._. e son, official assignee, Besinghall-street ; Res°, Salisbury-' IPSWICH-Dee. 26. street, Strand. The trade is not Edward Wright, 'draper Welwick, Holderness, York, We find an average supply of wheat. Jan. 10, and Feb. 7, at 12, at the Leeds District Court. quite so firm, and the growers give way is per qr. A good. Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Wells and Smith, Hull. supply of barley, and the trade steady at last week's prices. Francis George Ekins, watchmaker and jeweller, Green- I n so m e instances is per qr. more is made for choice quality. wish, Jan. 4, at two, Feb. 8, at one, at the Court of Bank- Beans and peas as of late. 1 ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; YES. QUARTER- rent QUARTER r Wealle and Berkeley, Falcon-court, Fleet-street. Wheat, red (01d)... 74s to 76s arley, pending ... 32s to 335 Henry Savill, grocer, Colchester, Jan. 3, at half-past Ditto (new) twelve, and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ditto, white (new) 808 to 82s Peas . e , Stansfeld, official assignee; Abell, Horsferry - road , West- Ditto (old) ra minster ; Jones, Colchester. Barley, malting .., 3a to 38e Flour, per sack 11 John Evans, bookseller, Exeter, Jan. 4 and Feb. 1, at . ~ AVERAGES FOR TUN WEBS ENDING DEC. 23, 1854. o- one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirizel, official as of signee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter. Wheat 1Y Samuel Tyler, innkeeper, Denham, Buckingham, Jan. 5, Oats er at eleven, and Feb? 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Peas Johnson, official as'iignee, Basinghall.street ; Spicer, Staple - Bear.S Le- Barley ~ inn. . Lsi, Thomas Standen, general • dealer, Goudhurst. K ent, Jan. ' _ h , 4 and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ru p tc y. e Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall - street ; Par ker, St. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YZSTIBDAY. „" Vi Paul's-churchyard ; Hinds, Goudhurst; Kent. Amsterdam . ......... 11 15% Gibraltar ............... —5234 1 ° - Charles Maidlow, builder and auctioneer, Adelaide- Ditto, three months ..' 11 17% Leghorn ...••• .... ••• 3 2 0 5 las is. terrace, Westbourne-grove, Jan. 9 and Feb. 2, at twelve, Rotterdam ............ 11 17% Genoa ........ •• ...• . )s- at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, iatwer .............. 25 3G Milan ......•• •• ••• •••• •.: Brussels .............. 25 30 Venice .....• •••• • a Sambrook-court ;J. and J. H. Linklater, Size-lane. ilainbtugh .......... 13 5% Naples •• • • ..• •••••• •• •• vi ? 0_ George B. Hussey, innkeeper, Plymouth, Jan. 8, and Altona .. • • ....., ...... Palermo .... ...... • • ••• 1 1 _1 Feb. 5, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell, earls ........ ........ 25 71e Messina ..... ...... • • e!, )p• official assignee, Exeter; Gibson and Morro, Plymouth. Ditto, three months .. 25 32y4 Lisbon .........• •• •• •• 53 ti. art Jane Warren, haberdasher, Bristol, Jan. 10 and Feb. marsetiles ............. 25 32% ta o or . to ..i...........::: 5._33i se ' 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, %ere kfo a r u tfon . al iiin; :: .... — 117% Bueno a s ne .i t y .o re; .. .. .. • ...% • • - va' official assignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. Berlin .........„ ...... New York, G 0 days' the John Hall, wharfinger and carman, Camden Town, Vienna ................ 12 44 Philadelphia ... ..... .. - the Jan. 9, at half-past one, and Feb. 6, at ono, at the Court Trieste ................ 12. 45 PRICES or males, ernes.. of of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Smith and Son, Petersburg ............ 35% 'Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 ! 0 as Barnard's-inn, Holborn. Madrid ............... 50% Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 Cadiz .........• ° luis John Hannell, tobacconist, Manchester, Jan. 6 an d Feb. Barcelona .. •••••••••• --- Mw Dollars ...... 0 0 " i d 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. • Herne- Seville ...... .. i...... Silver in bars • .... 0 5 1 % sea man,official assignee, Manchester ; Richardson , Bolton ; eat Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester. • Isaac Barton, grocer, Stafford , Jail. 4 and 27, at SEA BORNE M A IL S. till.- twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, Lore official assignee, Birmingham ; Hand, Stafford ; Mottoram the and Knight, Birmingham. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-office of DIVIDENDS DECLARED. by the night—and Mby the morning—despatch.) ox. John Martini:l4, of New Bond-street, wine merchant, ugh final dividend ofsd. in the pound,lpayable at 76A, Basing- Oay when ii a , le up FTOUI wbat When site, hall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 28, and thre e followin g COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due la Office, London.* Dispatched. England. an d Thursdays. _--.---------" Lewis Cooke Hertslet, of Union-court, Old Broad-street, . like trnerica(byßrit.paek)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Esak 32 :Q 5 merchant, first dividend of 18s. 2d. in the pound, payable tmerica (by United Sts. a y ; at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 28, and three packet) ..........N ocal following . Thursdays. lincrica (by U. States The Daniel Keith, of 124, Wood-street, Cheapside, ware- packet) .........,N ther houseman, first dividend of 2s. Oid. in the pound, payable iustralia (via South ;font Southampton rob. f "lent at 76A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 28, and three a P ._ : Ditto ( t v ° i n a ) M . a . r . seilfes) NiJan 9 . i Dover et of folio wing Thursdays. Ditto (via Cape of Good! Charles Farnworth, of Upper Thames-street, tin-plate Rope) ~ „,.......N Dec. 4 ........... ids." merchant, final dividend of 1 1-16 d. in the pound, payable' Africa (West Coast)..Nl 13d of the month.. i Plymouth at 76A, Basinghell-street, on Thureday, December 28, and Alexandria ...........N 3,9, 24, , &30 of sit. Dover lien- Alexandria ..........M lth & 20th of m 0 ,)• Southampton three following Thursdays, g all 17th of the month seuteameton Richard Clark and John Inglis, of Kine's-cross, drapers, Bahamas •••• • •• •• • • • • . t -Dany............ Dover The first dividend of 3s. in the pound, payable at 76A, Basing- Brazil. :: :: :: :: :... NI 9th of the mouth.. Southampton Jim. 111 ehe hall-street, on Thursday, December 28, and three follow- R„ enes Ay re s.. ~.... al 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 4 :,.......1....1.1.1.e:1. "SavitexPth:lpto..x. sjan. 3 arsh, ing Thursdays. Cape of Good Ilone ...N. ately William Henry Holland and Richard Bradburn, of Man- Cape of Good hope ..N Various ports Uncertain' ... vices cheater, commission agents, first dividend of 4d. in the, (% ape ...N 9th of the month Southampton p 9 de Verde (see In ea) )our- pound, on the separate estate of William Henr y Holland, Colon .............. N more also a first dividend of 169. in the pound, on the separate Channel Isles ........N non.,Wed.,&Fri Z. Southampton Tu.Th.l4 estate of Riehm e d Bradburn, payable at 45, Geor g e-street, 0bi1i................ 51 2d &17th of moist! Southampton isten re , Manchester, on Tuesday, January 9, a nd an y subse q uent China (see India) ? P"' Tuesday. Constantinople ...... a 4,13,18,23,&28 of ni Dover ...... f the Constantinople .. .. .. .. tth & 20th of mon. Southampton Sampson Langdale, John Eyton, and Mesta Joscelin ' l ay s, Cooke, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchants, secontl divi- Egypt ont.o i f s E ec u l ro n p ui e a) M & N Twice daily ..... Dover ...... Twicedait mis- Bend of ld. in the pound (in addition to 9d. in the pound ece' ........ M& N Twice daily.-- Down ...... Twicethilly )r in- previously declared), payable at the Royal Arcade, New - , 4ibraltar ...... .. .. NI 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Dec. 21, chalk castle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, December 30, and any sub- t e reec t e . (see . lndia) .... NI 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan. 1 ;ravel sequent Saturday. EltLurgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... peaty DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. Gavan n ah .. .. .. .. .. Al 2nd of the month S p o o u v t e h r a . m .. p . t . o . n . Jan. i y 1 ;eyed, Robert Mulock Wright a.nd Joseph Smith Austin, of 41 110 0 1 , 1 i nd ra; ...............M hi 17th of the month. Southampton pause and 42, Upper Thames•street, City, drysalters, Jan. 17— 'i • titaia (vlaSouip.t.)M '4th & 20th of mon. PI uth .. Dec. 21 uth of George Fox, of 23, Cron:tiles-row, Commercial road East, lation clothier, Jan. 17—John Htteknall, of Nottingham, grocer, ill,,indititan(silalesAl(asreseeilllnesdiaNi) 9 7, th& 25th of month Dover ...... 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... I I" Jan. 23—John Chaplin and Robert Wigloy. of Leicester, Ireland . ...... NI & N Twice daily ...... liol, head ... \Twicedaur --,‘,17v: ',.•`-.—....T__ .-_,_ —John Scott-- of Rottinghaen, grocer, f.iat.,...............m 7,9, 17, &27 of in. Southampton Jan. 16 ik val- Jan. 30—James Evans and George Davey, of Isruann Pwry Aacte.tra ............N 9th of the month Southampund Iron Works. Glamorganshiro, ironmastors, January 5- laileira .. ..... ... ' 230 of month .... Liverpool ... Dec. 16 nnoval Thomas Norbury and Richard Bindloss, of Manchester, vialia. (see India) ly ma- silk manufacturers, Jan. 17-John Sa.o.ir, of Birkenhead itaurit ius (see India) %Luta ...............a : .18. &28 of mon. Dover ......IDeo. 29 Parlous Cheshire, brewer, Jan. 18-Edward' Cragg, of feudal, Ntattritir.B ........ .1\ 14th of tho month conSi Westm ore l an d, i nn k eeper , Jan. 24. Nlexica .... ... .al tad of the month. SouthamptenJan. 1 tion of -aerial CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. William Batchelar, of Croydon, Surrey, baker Jen 16 Naplei .... ........ r. sth Ibtb2sthofinon. Dover ...... New Granada ...... 2d & 17th of mouth Southampton , ifew Zealand ........., By private skip .. Various pert. Uneeraen :hes as -Thomas Waghorn, of 'Rochester, Kent, draper,- Jan. ~t.p:1.1 states ~ .... N stlllsthrithoiluon. Dover ...... gravel 17-George Erasmus Clapham, of Farringdon-street, City, i enlasula ...... ~..1I lthl7th27thofinon. Southampton .xis for licensed victualler, Jan. 16-Henry Perks, of Liverpool, Peru • ........ „NI Id & 27th of mon. Southampton Pert . .. 14 Natal ....... By private ship... Various ports Uncertais poi ter merchant, Jan. 18-John Thimbl e , o f Sunderland, slay ~.. ..........N sttilslh2sthotnion. Dover ......I commission agent, Jan. 23-John Th orn t on , stn , an d Tuscany ........ ....N s thl s th2 s thofinon. Dover ...... Venezuela .........10 2d& 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 Joseph Ridgway Thornton, of Godley and Hyde, Cheshire, .Glll% cotton waste dealers, Jan. 18-John Clay, of Wednes. V w 7 Aes i ut D st i nr e ad m ite e n :r :.. L .. e .. n .. e .. : ( : T I. geld, Staffordshire, timber merchant, Jan. 18-John I le& eith o i mete te.outhampten \ Jan. 1 proven, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, corn factor, Jan. 2.5-Fred. Longman, of Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, ' WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. , „ wholesale druggist, Jan. 18-John Berry of Co t ven ry, a J es 'Y g licensed victualler Jan. 25-Charles Melen, of Birming te ,Minis- ham, baker, Jan. 22. - ich the INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. TUESDAY, Dec. 26. Stations. George Duke, of Birmingham, collar m a k er -Willi am Greenwich Course f Wind. State of Weather. receive Broadway, of Birmingham, out of business-Henry W oo d- Lothbu - . . 0,..,,,, Cloudless. ry W nigh to full, of Birmingham, journeyman Germ an s il ver t urner- Dahl - iby the John Waterston, »en., of Birmingham. h orse k eeper -W m. Liver7ool W..,,,,..,.,, Fi ne , ssion of Heron, of Birmingham, traveller-W m . .Freeth, of Bir- Holyhead mingham, iron candlestick maker-Peter S. Mayb ury , of Bangor W. Wi n d y . fleet, as Birmingham, journeyman silversmith-T. G room , o f Bi r- Stamford S.W Wi n dy. y affect mingham, scale beam maker-E. Richard s , of Binning- No rman t on W ghts of ham, out of business-J. Needle, of Birmingh am , Windsor Chesterfield ........ S SI W W . • 'ceasing chair maker--Josiah Wardell, of Birmingh am , b a k er -R . Burton-oil.-Trent.. S -on-Trent.. W w .. . ... .... •.. . . . F FF i ii n n n e ee ... o Allied Woodward, of Birmingham, journeyman di e s i n k er Leicester st satis- -John Brown, of Birmingham, fishmonger-St e ph en Nottingham w.5.w..... FFFiiinnreee.,- Biers of Hodgson, of Sheffield, journeyman mason-J o h n A n t y, M as b orough N,l;ther in- of Sheffield, mason-Charles Atkinson, of. Sheffield, join hey dis- ors' tool manufacturer-John Gordon, of Sheffield, out of sMhanchest ei effield The Go- business-Thomas Moulson, of Sheffield, journey man saw_ Wakefield Cold. itself at maker-Frank. Beatson, of Sheffield, brass turner- Wil- Whitehav en louse of Liam Brown, of Macclesfield, out ~of business-J ames Maryport W.N.W.... Rainy o policy Price, of Cardiff, Glamorgaushire, beer selle r -J osep h La ter he same Mainprice Bland, of Fordham, Cembridgeshire, grocer- Carlisle nel W -on-Treat ... W.. Very windy. orts and James Cochrane, of Hastings, Sussex, bootniaker - Henry St o k e . . Neer Very windy-Rain. and the Watson, of Reading, Berkihire, plumber-Ja mes M ag - ' Bradford Clear. s u e d t yt . led. 'aro the nth, of Mar! , et Weighton, Yorkshire, licensed h aw k er - Leeds Thomas Wilkinson, of Keswick, Cumberland, cart and B r i stol W. Plymouth 1 .:: Fine.TlClno HUTS. wheelwright joiner-Aaron Sisson, of Torpenhow, Cum- S.W berland, miller. Torquay PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. ' T aun t on W...,.....,,. Cl ou d y. Leigustes Henry Pullin, of Horton, and James Pullin, of Wy. Bath . ...... W. ........... Unsettled. N.W Janover. ra idi s b ury , B uc kinghamshire, farmer s -H ar tl e y Wil m a ; Gloucester . S ........ • 3of Mr. an d Ed war d Hartl e y, of Burnley, Lancashi re , i ronmongers Cardiff N. Fine. e Grand -S amue l G r av es Feetbam and Robert B a t es , o f 1 , Ch arles Swa nsea W. Fine. Cloudy. , street, Grosvenor-square, Middlesex, builders -Alfred Haverfordwest ' Mr• ••' • Wilson and Charles John Packman, of Newgate-market, Brighton Cloudy. [anseatic W Fine. City, meat salesmen-James Redgate and Herbert Red- Boston W. gate, of Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, lace manufacturers- Great Grimsby • Wm. Frederick French and John Martin, of Liverpool, Ipswich . W ....... '•• F F i i n n e e : Antoine bottled ale and porter dealers-John Kenyon and Leamington......,, W Sublime Thomas Kenyon, of Miles Platting, Lancashi re , Southampton,.,.,. S . W . Cold-Fine. proprietors of Newton Bank chemical works-John .Portsmouth ...... N.W Fine. God win, Samuel Thomas Evans, Po and Edward B arc l ay, Fine. iel Jones of Park - place , Chelsea, and 173, Shoreditch, p aper . 'Dorchester .... ..... W ra of the hanging manufacturers (so far as regards Samuel Th omas Hague S . W Fine. Eva-is)-John Over and Edward Over, •ofl im , B an ar_osea obe -te rt r- Whitby ............ N.W Fair-Very cold. oilman-Robert R Cloudy. rederick race, Cambridge - he ath, Bethnal- g reen, Scarborough y for the Smith, Richard Smith, and Joshua Lord, of Bacnp and York Finniss, Manchester, manufacturers anti commission agents (so far Hull W.N.W. ... Rain with snow. iservator as regerds Robert Smith)-Thomas Brookes and John Bridlington Brookes, of Lymm, Cheshire, butchers -James Unsworth Glasgow and John Cash, of Liverpool, accountants. Sunderland Sleet. :ETS. TUESDAY, Deo. 26. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich .. . 5.W......,... Cloudless. Lothbury Dublin S.W Fine—Cold. Liverpool Holyhead .. W Windy. Bangor S.W Windy. Stamford W. Fine. Normanton 5.W......... . Rain—Very windy. Chesterfield S.W ......... Fine. BurLon-on-Trent W..... . Fine. Leicester S. ...... ~ Fine. Nottingham Masborough Manchester W.S.W.. Fir e —Cold. Sheffield N.B. Fine Wakefield dy—Much rain. Whitehaven Marypo r t Lancaster Carlisle • N.W... ...... Very windy—Rain. Stoke-on-Tre'at Bradford Unsettled. Leeds Bristol N.W ~. Fine. Plymouth .. .... ... S.W ......... . Unsettled. Torquay Cloudy. 'Taunton W. ........... - Unsettled. Bath Gloucester ......... S. ..... Cardiff. N. Fine. Swansea W. Cloudy. Haverfordwest Brighton W Fine. Boston W. Cloudy. Great Grimsby Ipswich Leamington........ W Cold:—Fine. Southampton...... S.W. Fins. Portsmouth ...... N.W Fine. Poole Dorchester W Fine. Hague S.W Fair—Very cold. Whitby ............ N.W Cloudy. Scarborough York Hull W.N.W. ... Rain with snow. Bridlington Glasgow W. Stormy and cold. Sunderland Berwick W Snow and sleet. Edinburgh W Fine. Aberdeen S.W Snow. Perth Dundee Forfar S.E. Snow. Cupar S.W ...... .... Clear. Darlington W... ... ...... Fine. Kirkcaldy W... ......... Dull. Stirling . N.E. ......... Fine. Newcastle RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 23, 1854... £12,045 18 10 CorresponAing week last year 10,898 12 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 378,924 16 8 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 347,561 12 6 LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN BAlLWAY.—Traffie turn for the ireekiending Dec. 23, 1854 £15,549 3 3 Corresponding week last year 14,145 7 4 Increase in ........................... £1,403 1N 11 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 23, 1851 ...... 25,1 f 6 3 Correspondiur, week last year ............ ......... 4,950 8 2 Increase in 1854 £205 15 1 Dip CUNARD AND COLLINS STEAmEus.---The agents at N e w York of the Unit e d S tates mail stcatn-ships have followed the example o f th e agents at Liverpool, and ' will despatch the Pacific from New York on Wed nesday, the 27th instanLand Saturday, the 23d instant, and the steamer on this line will sail from New York each alternate Wednesday, and the Cunard steamers, from Boston, Via Halifax, on •the intervening Wednes days, thus keeping up a regular weekly communication between this country and the Western Continent. The Royal Mail steam-ship Arabia, Commander H. E. Jud kins, belonging to the Cunard Company, arrived at Mar seilles, after an extraordinary run of seven days from Dublin. She was to have sailed from that port on the 14th inst. for Balaklava, with a large number of troops on board.' As an instance of the improved value of land at pre sent in Ireland it may be mentioned that the fee simple of 20 Irish acres in a rural district of Longford was sold last week for 910/. BIRTHS. F A SON. On the 26th i nst., at St O reatham-hill, Mrs. Francis Hicks. On the 23d inst., at 94, Eaton-place, Mrs. Irving. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 24th inst., at Welwyn Rectory, Harts, Lady Boothby. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. Paul's, Islington, John Smart, Esq., of Newington green, to Ellen Matilda, youngest (laughter of the late Colonel F. H. Pierce, C. 8., and niece to Colonel Goodfellow, Engineers. On the 23d inst., at All Saints' Church, Norwood, John Peter Ashton, Esq., to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of Mr• John Creed Henly, of Norwood. DIED. On the evening of Christmas-day, Win. Simpkin, Esq., of Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars-road, formerly of the firm of Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., of Stationers -hall court, aged 83. On the 19th inst., at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, the Ron. Charlotte E. Trench. ' On the Bth wou inst., nd , Lieutenant Hugh Charles Harriott, IL 41st Regiment, oun of aged 21. On the 23d ult., before Sebastopol, of cholera, brought on by exposure and hard work in the gest son trenches, R the ich late ard Morris, R.N., of H.M.S. Wasp, y Richard Morris, Esq., of Ballycaman, county Waterford, aged 22. LONDOX : Printed and Published by 111ORDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,. No. 11 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the con Dliddlele , Decomber 27, 1804. 78031 RETURNS FOR WEEK ENDING DEC. 9. At 2, Hepworth-place, Hackney-road, on 2d Decem ber, the son of a house-painter, aged 3 years, died of "scarlatina (3 days)." Mr. Murray observes :—" This is the third child in the family that has died in the short space of 36 hours, severally from convulsions, croup, and scarlatina (as registered), though the last is supposed to have been the primary disease in each case. There are no special circumstances attending this sad fatality, except the extreme poverty of the parents." On Ist December, on board the ship Hope, in the London Dock, a Malay mariner, aged 25 years, died a " natural death,accelerated by exposure to cold." It quest. On 6th Dee., in the West India Dock. a Lascar, aged 27 years, died a natural death, accelerated by exposure to cold and want of proper care." In the workhouse, St. Margaret, Westminster, the widow of a saddler, aged 85 years, died of " salivation from mercury ; hectic fever." FROM RETURNS TOR WEEK ENDING DEC. 16. Mr. Watts states that "19 deaths were registered be tween the 2d and 16th Dec., as having occurred in the Small-pox Hospital." MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 23. Zymotic Diseases 316 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases ....................... . Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 67 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 259 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 22 Atrophy 4O 01d Age Sudden lO Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 64 Causes not specified i 4 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES i'opulation Deaths in cone- Deati Enumerated. spending week in the 18x1.^ of 1813. . Week West Listricts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 ' 205 • East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals ........ . 2,362,238 Males' Females 1,353 639 652 1,291 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ....................................... 741 Femak3............... .... ................ 733 Total 1;474 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. • The Nile, 91, screw steam-ship, arrived from the Baltic on Monday. A bower anchor was sent out to her from the dockyard yesterday, and she will leave Spithead for Plymouth to-morrow morning. The Geyser, 6, paddle.sloop, was taken to her moorings up Portsmouth harbour yesterday. The Black Prince screw steam-vessel, having taken on board a large portion of siege guns, &c., at Woolwich, was taken up on Saturday afternoon to the dockyard to be coaled, and relays of labourers having been engaged, continued at work all Saturday night, all Sunday and Sunday night, and until dusk on Monday ; when her coaling was completed, she left for Greenhithe to have her compasses adjusted, preparatory to her proceeding to the Crimea. The Lady Eglinton screw steam-transport is embark ing the other portion of the siege train at Woolwich, and when ready for sea will follow the Black Prince. The Locust paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieut.-Com mander G. F. Day, arrived at Woolwich on Monday from the Baltic, and went down the river a short dis tance again, to enable the engineers of the factory de partment to report on the state of her engines. The Sprightly steam-vessel was anchored yesterday at Portsmouth after being overhauled, and the Cygnet placed in the vacant dock for the same purpose. The Eagle steam-transport hauled alongside the jetty at Portsmouth yesterday to take in a cargo of wooden huts. The Imperatrice will be ready by to-morrow to receive ,roops. APPOINTMENTS. Lieut. Archibald D. W. Fletcher (1845), recently serving in the Royal William, 190, guard-ship of ordi nary at Devonport, has been appointed to command the Triton, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel, serving as a mail steam-packet, on the Mediterranean station. Mate Thomas T. Bullock (1852), serving in the Tra falgar, 120, on the Mediterranean and Black Sea stations, is promoted to the rank of lieutenant. ARMS FOR THE CRIMEA. Great activity prevails at the small-arm department of the Ordnance, Enfield Lock, in the manufacture of swords, sabres, bayonets, rifles, and repeating pistols for the armament of the reinforcements about to pro ceed to the Crimea, and the premises not being suffici ently commodious, the Board of Ordnance are about to proceed with extensive enlargements and improvements. STORES FOR THE CRIMEA., cmsuatcaPriable number of newly-invented isbn 'bedsteads, with sacking centres, for the nick and wounded, were delivered at tliel Tower wharf, for con veyance to the Crimea ; a number of newly-invented water beds, which will save a vast amount of suffering to the wounded, are ordered out to the Risk. Government having agreed to the transmission of whisky duty free to England from Scotland, donations of that spirit, rum, or ale, would be of the greatest service to the solders in the Crimea. A steamer in the Thames is ready to receive them, if sent to Messrs. Crawford and Easton, Gordon•itreet, on or before Saturday next. Yesterday the labourers in the Tower were engaged in shipping military, Commissariat, and medical stores, besides a large quantity of engineering materials, fire leeks, sabres, &c. These proceeded in lighters to Woolwich and Sheerness, where they will be transship ped to ♦easels proceeding to the seat of war. THZ RUSSIAN SHIP PANDIA. Yesterday the preliminary notices with respect to the Russian vessel Pandia, of which Antonio Perbanda was late the master, having expired, the Court of Admiralty will proceed to condemn her as a lawful capture, she having been seized under simulated papers in the port of Hull. The next Russian vessel to be sold as a prize is the Ernest Merk. MISCELLANEOUS, The Board of Ordnance have given orders for the construction of a formidable redoubt at Freshwater, Isle of Wight. The C o mmander-iti - Chief having decided on the for mation of an artillery barrack at Devonport, the Ord nance are taking steps for its immediate construction. The order for the non-entry of landsmen having again been rescinded by warrant of the Lords Commissioners, a very largo number of fine, athletic young men, from 18 to 21 years of age , an d not, less than 5 ft . 6 inches in height, attended at the naval rendezvous, Tower-hill, and volunteered for general service for any of her Ma jesly's ships and vessels. The majority of the number were approved and sent on board her Majesty's ship Crocodile, to be borne on her books until sent on board the various guardehips. MILITARY. Theloth il liuuessesya,rslasreer serjeant, orders o te m p e i n •oc o e f e t d he to l9 th th e Crimea. t Captain Regiment; Captain Racket, 2 serjeants, and 100 men, 38th Regiment ' • Ensigns Kenny and Preston, 2 s er j e ants and 100 men, 88th Regiment ; Lieutenant Balfour, 1 serjeant, and 59 men, 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade ; and Staff Assistant-surgeon Hall, in medical charge, em barked yesterday morning at the dockyard, by means of steam-vessels, on board the steamer Adelaide, lying at Spithead, and sailed in the evening for the Black Sea: On Christmas -day one of the soldiers brought home from the East in the Libertas, now in Plymouth Sound, died while being landed from that transport. It having been determined to send seven of the in va lid s t o th e m ilitary hospital at Stoke, distant by water more than three miles, through a circuitous route, they were placed in the barge of the Calcutta, 84, Captain J. J. Stopford, in charge of an officer belonging to that ship, and taken in tow by the Calcutta's cutter, in charge of an other officer. Five of the sick were in cots, and two were well enough to sit in the stern sheets. They were in medical charge of Staff Surgeon Baxter, and were accompanied by the commanding-officer, Captain Pocock, 30th Regiment. Very heavy weather having prevailed for some time past a considerable sea was running, and the wind having veered a little to the northward and the tide ebbing, it was found impossible, after a long effort, to make any headway, and the cutter accordingly bore up for Plymouth. As in preparations for 'aiding bad been made there Dr. Baxter was obliged to seek a vehicle, and all establishments being closed during divine service, some time elapsed before`an omni bus was procured. Meanwhile, the exposure in the Sound, and the subsequent detention, had produced fatal effects on one of the men—Gentry, belonging to the Coldstream Guards—who unfortunately died from ex haustion in his cot alongside the pier. The poor fellow was afflicted with dysentery. This lamentable circum stance has created considerable sensation. It is evident that the cutter's crew was unequal to towing the barge. The boats were more than an hour in the Sound, and nearly two hours alongside the pier. Had arrangements been made for their coming direct to Plymouth, the sick could have been landed within half an-hour of leaving the ship, THE MILITIA. Yesterday fatigue parties of the Royal Artillery, the detachment constituting the garrison of the Tower, with several extra labourers, were engaged in delivering from the Ordnance stores in the fortress military clothing, boots, and other military stores for conveyance to the several head-quarters of those regiments already embo died, or about to be embodied, throughout the United Kingdom. It is intended to supply each regiment with a limited number of Minie rifles, and the officers, non commissoned officers, and privates will be practised in the use of that formidable weapon, in case of volunteer ing for foreign service. Yesterday intelligence was received of the decease of Major Tyndall, a major in the West Middlesex Regi ment of Militia, who expired at Anglesea, Gosport, on Sunday last, aged 59. The deceased had seen some active service, having served in the Peninsula with the 51st Light Infantry, and had received the war medal, with five clasps, for the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Galles. He was also for many years major of brigade at Corfu, and military secretary to Sir Alexander Woodford M Gibraltar, In addition 60,1 nia Abi 1130 Log ces Ass apr its fell km