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

THE SUN LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1 8 54. , ...___________, - _____-._ . LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA. infantry also pouring in a tremendous fire. The effect 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-.Dec. 26. sum of money, which they were disappointed in, as he Ito the above services, the gallant deceased was present I resigned ; Jonathan Christian Thomas, Gent., to be En- i COUNTRY MARKETS. __ e __ was that horses and men fell thick and fast ; but ev . en a seldom kept much in the house. They, however, broke !at the Battle of Waterloo, e liere he we e wo un d e d, ! sien ; Charlee Stevees , e, e . ., • ? , ent,. te be ree,e,--, :. - re e l's / eels , .1 ~, i• , , , s t > e • 0 -- , rd reeh Ail the Thieeien i 1 , , ~,,.. _, ~ ~- / -„ ;i7 .! e , • , ~. ~, ~, ~,, -'l'',' " 11 ' l- " '.."';''es ',' ';', ' ' , • -,` •.- .' , • • , - ' . • - ~, - , , . , li tI. , - oa . c ,, i ,,,,. i me ,„ oi I•din i ,,,,,____ c ji ,,,, 0i j , 1 , 11 , , itd ( 1(1 1,. ,', ~..1-Cp. ~i .r nee - • , The following extraet from a letter of an officer of the LIXEISPOOL-DEc. 26. artillerymen were aebred, an d f e r an instant we were 1 s's'a-1`:"-i- ( '-‘-'• la.° -- - e- - . -‘-'''"'-'s -a" ''"--"' --- '-. --- lo•in. Iro,ii a Lin L.,,,X ill 60(% c+.lpou:tru et 01., 1,2,ir0t..11 . ,i( W.Ol, ior peieeeeeet Cu .e. , eluet,ers et_ cancers awe 77th Regiment is dated " Camp before Sebastopol, 27th ere charged in fank fore nected with parliamentary agency, was summoned be- 4/ lOs in gold and silver, and some of his daughter's 700 men ; the 2d Warwick, embodied at Leamington, I Ca - i:nito - T 11, " yn:atta'che . d, Jo be Lieutenant-Colon:A, Dec 18. I - At to-day's market there was a small attendance of the Nov." :- masters of the guns, hut, having no support could not keep them. In this cond . ition we w es of Russian infantr 'and AIA W•I f - h ' fd t th •• - • ' • - • •-- •er man 1 son, or aving re use o pay e rings That was all tney had missed at present. 22 officers and about rJO men. Thu N•N es,, Essex Militia-Alexander Daniel Gilson, Gent., be Eeeign Dec 12. • i trade, and the business done altogether of a retail charae fare of threepence, demanded by the conductor of a ' ter. Wheat and flour, a moderate demand, at full prices ; " I have been quite a lion ever since the engagement, and rear by numerous regimen . , . y Mr . Co be here asked the irl whether she heard how The total number of volunteers from the militia to the to War;ick - sh' ire M . owing to my having been made prisoner by two Russians, cavalry, and but for the desperation with which our fel ould not have been ings an omm us K• 1 d la for conveyance from Kingsland to ' in 2 Sh g r d 1 le d l• 1 d d 7 000 they entered the house .- e rep ie that they un oc -e ino a rea y exceo s , . ilitia-lst Regiment-William George Featherstone, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; George Young, oats and oatmeal the same. Barley, beans, and peas were neglected-no alteration. Indian corn in good request. and having escaped by killing one of my captors, and lows out their way, there • e l, the Bank. the street door with some sort of a key. The naval coast volunteers at Yarmouth are ordered Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15. Only a limited business was done at 6cl to 9d per qr. ed ge. s or myself, I in front, as a grape shot went making the other prisoner in his turn, bringing him into man return from the fat w al char A f a sin ° W. Luckie, the conductor said-the defendant got into my omnibus. The fare was threepence, and there Mr. Combo asked how the prisoner was apprehended ?to be embodied under Captain Broadhead. Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia-The Right Honour- vance on prices of this day week. cams - - • never reached the guns Edward Hewlett, police constable, 253 M, said he re- Yesterday morning the East Middles e x Militia, Colo- able Alexander Fraser, Lord Saltoun, to be Lieutenant was a stoppage on account of the pavement in Thread "lt is rather a long story, but, as it may be interest- through my ' busby, a ' bout two inches above my head, ceived inf o rmation of the robbery on Monday morning, nel Thomas Wood, mustered at Hampstead-heath for Colo . nel-Com_mnndant, Dec.:l. HULL-Dee. 26. - - side ano needle-street, so that we could not get on to the Bank, and a description of the men who committed it. On the permanent duty. City of Edinburgh Artillery Regiment of Militia - ing, I will relate it. On the morning of the sth of No- knocking it on one , _ ther through the calf of my We had a moderate attendance of farmers to-day, with vember, about 3.50, I started, unluckily very unwell, to leg, and t ... he next through my horse's head (a fine black and we turned round in Bishopsgate-street. He refused same evening he went to a beer sho •II t t The West Essex Militia muster this day for perma pin arper-s ree , T G li en o r m g a n s R AI l e a x n a d n , 41 e i u r n H"ill G , w uyers, an unness in a ric e . ver fe b d b • • 11 at'l s so completely re . t,rl as to afford no scope for comment. Linseed is firmer , relieve D-, of the 23d, on picket at a place about two mare). Well, here 1 was at the mercy of their lancers °P Y t a the fare, because we did not t,ake him to tke where he saiv the prisoner. He called him out, and nent duty at Chelmsford. lanein our d . - Th d ' Bank. amounted men. e emons asked him where his companion was who assisted him The Royal South Glotsester Militia assemble on Tues- sue oil dearer. Cakes rather better to buy. Rape stakes 92 • T 1 sR . le 'so Criffithe et d'utant to said corps, , ioma. lc eri , n I .. , +. J . e G n , t , net . , o y r b a e n c L i s i e A u i t o e n n t a a n g t n , e D s e m c i t 7 h ;, . y miles from camp, called ' the house in the ravine,' one whom I saw t h g The defendant-I am very much in the habit of going in robbin h t' h • 1- b H d •d d tth Sh . 111 C' loeester, and the North Gloces- ' gt e prosecu or s ouse, c ose y. e erne ay a e e ire- ia , 7 go off as they arrive for feeding. M give no quer er wen you are down. At this moment . of our most advanced, and a very important post. y 8 ...., . . . . Gent., and John Mecdougall, Gent., to be Ensigns, Dee. to serve with the rank of Captain, Dee. 20. party coiasisted of 40 men. Our orders were to defend the . th eaussars came b with a horse without its rider. in omnibuses, and have been often inconvenienced by all knowledge of it. Witness took him to the station- ter at the Tovau-hell, Cirencester. let Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia- WI t E 1' 8 8 F. E. lea , ng ish red 74 to 77 Peas, grey and black -to - I mounted, df Y f h Bth lit the place until fresh orders or a reinforcement was sent. Tins an ormed in rear ot e as i the conduct of the conductors, who are very glad to house, when the girl was sent for, and she at once The 2d Chester Militia have received notice to hold Colour-Serjeaut Thomas Oswell to be Ensign, Dec. 18. Ditto white ' 7B to 84 Linseed, Black Sea... 68 to 69 ine were my own regiment and da.shed on ; but, worse avail themselves of the opportunity of setting down identified him as the man who held her while the other themselves ready to be em b o di e d. Th e y w ill muster at King's Own Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia- As the name implies, we were posted in a deep ray e a, . 13 we w bl. , Dantzic ' and Konigs- Ditto Petersburgh . 58 to 65 the hills on one side being occupied by our troops, d an d 7tri a s i t i hr u 1 • h b t h ere o iged to whee ' rig t , a on ~ and t o passengers upon the most frivolous excuses short of the hi h distance the vehicles are bound to go. To be put down robbed the house. Stockport. John Maurice Foster, Esq., to be Captain ; Assistant berg The • here said that he knew nothing what- The West Kent Artillery Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel Surgeon Edward Waddington, late Essex Rifles, to be prisoner on the other bran advanced picket from the Secon• ln p _ og a strong body of . the enemy s cavalry w c PomeranianandHam- an -a . 52 to 56 gel at the top of Threadneedle-street when a person expects 1 Dec 18 ever of the robbery, and he could prove that at the Cator, Commander, muster for permanent duty at Dover, Surgeon, vice Ashwell, resign& , . . . ear cutting off our retreat Division. Just before daybreak D--- had calle t 4 em had gathered in our r , . burgh his men, - and was on the point of marching 12 "Of course, with our handful it was life or death- it b ut down at the Bank is amongst the annoyances t i t th h o e p me he was no near e ouse. on the 3d of January, Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry-Lieutenant Thomas Chawner to be Captain, vice Danish, Holstein, and Memel 5O to 56 the hills over ich I been subjected and I refused to pay the to wh , James Green, beer-shop keeper, Harper-street, New Friesland 7O to 75 Por Ton back to camp when a volley was fired oa so we rushed at them to break through them ; but as a ..., . , . tO Scott, resigned ; John Coltman Davenport, jun., E q , ted. We fare upon public grounds, in order toehave the question Keut-road, said the prisoner was in his tap-room about Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 L 1112 Od 00 ins.c. Hu /7s to 10 ns where the Second Division picket were pas soon as we got through one body there was another to be Captain, vice Ackers, promotsel, Dec. 21. order, under ldbf •t t sett e e ore a maga ra e. Oats, English immediately placed our men in skirmishing engage. At any rate, with five or six of our . fellows at half-past 6on Sunday evening, and remained there a GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. BANKRUPTS. leen the e Alderman Wilson-Was the word " Bank" placed Ditto Danish - Ditto inf. for. 010 s Od to 010. cover of the walls of the ruined house. W nemy my rear, I galloped on, parrying with the determination . . s or une. h tt . - ese Edward Jenner Stannard, wine merchant., Trinity we re-OPened fiTO on nisi et e mem us .- e eenan - o nal ean d h I) t Th d f d t Bth • •cl d 'd th h Ditto Friesland appeared on the hills above us, of one who would not lose his life, breaking the lances Hewlett here sal at t e beer-shop was nearly °P - At the last meeting of this society, Sir C. Lyell, V P., square, Tower-hill, to surrender, jan. 1, at balf•past ed. W h l ' outside the omnibus. Restell's house and twelve and Feb. 10 at two at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ditto Russian 3O to 32 Rape cakes...l3os Od to 00s Oa: them,.,which they immediately return _ ee d the of the cowards who attacked us in the proportion of a por.ite Mr. , the prisoner was seen in in the chair, Mr. J. Colquhoun, Mr. G. Burnand, aud . _, , . Barley, malting of an hour, until the Russians h , Alderman Wilson (to the defendant)--You must b the neighbourhood by several persons. 1' • 'B• si hlltr t • Ashurst, Nicholson, alma assignee, a ng a -8 ee i plaeneabont three-quarters , on 11 catchio one a ale t ree or four to one, occasi a y g Dr Grindrod were elected Fellowa. The following Ditto grinding 3l to 31 Ditto foreign ne towards us d h ' aware that you are under an obligation to abide by the William Beard, a brewer's man, said he lived in the ' • Son, and Morris, Olcl Jewry. began to advance up the ravi _. t _ . ,ant us with the sword across his teeth, and giving another the communications were read :- • Beaus list of laces at which you profess to put down pas- d• • • 1 to the pros t Watson gasmen, painter, Bridge-house-place, Newing a joining iouse ecu or, an etween six an dbd • - take us in flank. We then, finding heir fire began to point in his arm or breast. They still pre3sed on me P Wh ii . 1. "On some Fossiliferous Deposits of the Drif Ditto f reien owards cam •bu th kb to God sengers• yid you not, when you found the stoppage, seven on Sunday evening he was standing at his door, ton-causeway, Surrey, Jan. 1, at half-past eleven, and _ 0 . e tell, commenced a retreat % e 1 3 , t y o u may till I got sight of our Heavies, when, an s e Period "ByMr J Prestwich F.G.S. Three localitie . Peas, white and. yel. 46 to 48 Rye Meal ' drive round by Cornhill to the Bank I-The complain- 1 eb. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. N s ichol- _ imagine our dismay at find t i g, atter we had only gone they stopped pursuing me, and I got clear without a when he saw the prisoner ass and r pass him several • - • ' 'At Fishert ar Sl• were described in detail :-Ist. on, ne a is n son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rcse, Sali hury• about one hundred Yards, hat the enemy had entirely scratch from their lances. (Oh ! the sabre before the ant-The Excise make us pay for all distances we go, • A little before seve P n o'clock e he heard a s h times. ma s bury, drift beds are found along the whole length of val street, Strand. IPSWICH-DEc. 26. driven ia our picquets on the hills, and had got at leaat lance !) I found that I could not dismount from the . and we are not licensed to go round by other streets. at the rear of the house, but he took no notice of it at • 1 ' h hlk 1 • . sl b but never reach t Edward Wright, draper, Welwick, Holderness, York eys, in t e c a p ains near als ury, , We find an average supply of wheat. The trade is not V 1 b h • Alderman Wilson- ery ro er yso • ecause, w en the time a mile in our rear. No sooner did they see u s retreat wound in my right leg, and so was lifted off, and then . P P , . . any great height up the sides of the slopes. They ar Jan. 10, and l'eb. 7, at 12, at the Leeds District Court. quite so firm, and the growers give way 1s per qr. A good than they charged down the hill on us in hundreds, the how I caressed the noble horse that brought me safely it would suit your purpose, you would go wherever you Edward Symes, a lad residing with his parents on the com d f bbl 11 . t d h' Ils sand, and brick Carrick, official assignee, Hull ; Wells a.nd Smith, Hull. supply of barley, and the trade steady at last week's prices. pose oru e, in , an c a , fellows on the top firing all the time. We were sur- out 1 I will not disgrace yon as a soldier, take my word. d . 1 ot trictl dealt ith. please , i you were n s y w , . , ogier side of the street said he saw the prisoner and earth, in various proportions. Three of these smal Francis George Ekins, watchmaker and jeweller, Green- In some instances le per qr. more is made for choice quality. rounded by Russians on three sides, and on the fourth Your affectionate son, The complainant-If we had gone to the Bank, we another man lounging about the street at four o'clock on . ' , vile s are confluent at S dishury and on the flanks 0 wich, Jan. 4, at two, Feb. 8, at one, at the Court of Bank- Beans and peas as of late. wa s . a nearly inaccessible cliff. Oar only chance was "W. H. PENNINGTON." must have come down Cornhill, and that is so much out Sunday afternoon. The other man looked into their win- die Y • irl 'dF• la t 0 b one running up past i ton an is er on ae es ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; PER QUARTER. NCR WARM. tol endeavoue• to escape by climbing this, and accord- of the way we should be sure to be fined. dow four times, and theY remained about there nearly sections are obtained. Bones and teeth of red deer Wealle and Berkeley, Falcon-court, Fleet-street. Wheat, red (01d)... 74s to 76s arley, grinding ... 32s to 33s ingly we all ran for it, with the enemy close after us. Alderman Wilson-Not under the circumstances re- two hours. ox, elephant, and rhinoceros are found in the brick Henry Savill, erocer, Colchester, Jan. 3, at half-past Ditto (new) twelve, and Felef'7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. We also afforded a splendid mark to their sharpshooters HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE presented e Excise by you. If you represented to th Mr. Combe told the prisoner that the beer-shop earth ; and Mr. J. Brown, F.G.S., has collected twelve Ditto white (new) 80s to 82s eas Stansfeld official assignee; Abell, Horsferry-road, West- -. le ' Id itto (o ) -s to -s, i o w nte) ote the °thee side of the ravine, who kept up an awful WEEK. that Threadneedle-street was stopped up, and you had keeper whom he had called corroborated the testimony species of land shells and eight of freshwater shells, none minster ; 'Jones, Colchester. Barley e malting .., 3,s to 38elFlour, per sack fire on lea I can now only speak of what happened .--.....--.. no other way of getting to the Bank, I awt satisfied the of the last two witnesses as to his being about the of which are extinct. 2d. At Wear Farm between John Evans, bookseller, Exeter, Jan. 4 and Feb. 1, at to me individually. I climbed as well as I was able (Prom the Registrar-General's Return.) authorities would not have charged you an) thing extra spot, and the girl gave her evidence so clearly that he Grove Ferry station and the Reculvers. This depo- ono, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as- AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK EbIDING DEO, 23, 1854. exPecting every moment to be my last, to within twelve Twelve hundred and ainety-one persons-viz 639 e for doing whet was unavoidable. T • 1 dh . h Id • he complainant-I enure your or sipt ey wou . had no doubt upon his mind that he was one of the par- sit, like the last described, is spread over the base of signee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter. Wheat feet.:loUthe brow, and then found a big rock, which I ties who broke into the house His eon ianion, how- h• 11 1 ' d t river valley. It is mainly Samuel Tyler, Innkeeper, Denham, Buckingham, Jan. 5, Oats _ males and 652 females, were recorded in the London re- They have already fined us for going out of the line we . t l . d . • 1 . ai , s oping own o a Peas could not ascend. I was so ill and exhausted that I sat gisters of deaths in the week that ended last Saturday. are licensed to go. ever, was 4 al ge, an to give the constable an oppor- f f h t gravel and sand. Bones of the ox anti our res wa er at eleven, and Feb. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. n official assienee Baaiu -hall street • Spicer Stu ki- Johns() , e , a , , P Bears down in despair behind a large stone, which sheltered This is nearly the same number as was returned in each tunity of apprehending laim he should remand him for hll •th • fbl us (marine) and nume- Ald W'l L t •t b I th t s e s occur, wi remains o aan erman i son- e i e so. assure you a Harley a week, when he should commit him for trial for house- rous marine cytheres. 3d. At Shackleweli-lane, East inc. are a good deal from the fire. The Russian soldiers of the two previous weeks. In the ten weeks cerres- bound by act of Parliament to take your pas- Thomas Standen, general dealer, Goudlaurst, Kent, Jan. bre ' aking. Newington. Here a section is afforded of brick earth, - who had pursued ns up the cliff caught sight of me, and ponding to last week of the years 1844-53 the average you are sen t th d t• t . t wh . h you engage to con gers o e es Ina ion o lc 4 and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. ...,_ Mi!.......a.c.___ flint, gravel and sand, sandy clay, and gravelly sand. , Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street • Parker, St. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-Yxseiona.Y. made towards me with fixed bayonets. I drew my re- number of deaths was 1,249, which, if a correction is ev them on the table of fares you exhibit in your om volver, and took three deliberate shots at the smallest made for increase of population, becomes 1,374. The n V ii; I know that this is an im T C d posi ion prac Ise The clay contains the bones of a large animal (ox 1 NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. ), Paul's-churchyard ; Hinds, Goudhurst, Kent. Amsterdam ........... ii 15% Gibraltar' ----•• . • •• - and ' wickedest' looking of them. Each time the pistol mortality of last week is, therefore, less than the esti- uses. on the publie to a great extent, and with excessive .._____...._ the ste.ns and leaves of trees, and thirteen fresh• Charles Maidlow, builder and auctioneer Adelaide- Ditto, three months .. 11 17% I,ghorn .. - •......... 30 52% missid fire. This was entirely owing to my fault. It a-ater and ten land shells, all of recent species. terrace, Westbourne-erove, Jan. 9 and Feb. 2, at twelve, Rotterdam ....,....... 11 17% Genoa ...... ..•• ...... 25 52% mated amount ; but as the latter is increased by the in- i convenience, es ecially to the female part of the The Nile 91, screw t le . ived from tbe Balti A..ntwerp .............. 2i 36 linen ...............• - had been loaded more than two months, and entirely , s eam-s ip, arr c The author . Consider:3 these new localities of fos- at the Court of Bank b ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, fluenza whick prevailed in 1847, the present return is n ulation. The P br h lal• d t M pule are mue o lee e r. brussels .............. 25 30 ' Venice - .............. - neglected. You can imagine my remorse at not having on Monday. A bower enehor was sent out to her front •i• deposits as beloneing to a Sambrook-court ;J. and J. 11. Linklater, Size-lane. less favourable as regards the public health than the l ii u r P own for the trouble he has taken in bringing the , - • • • siliferous pleistoeene i i amburgh .......... 13 5% Naples .- •• .. . . ..... •.. 4334 been more careful. Well, the fellow them fired at me, the dockyard yesterday, and she well leave Spithead for geological horizon marked by other similar depo '• G e B II • k eor,,e . ussey, inn eep , y er Pl mouth, Jan. 8, and Alt ma .... ~..., ...... Palermo .......... .... 130% comparison appears to indicate. matter forward. I have, as a magistrate, nothing to Feb. 5, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell, parts but by the mercy of Heaven he just missed me, and hit a Pl th to-morrow m ' ymou Co s orning• . sits in the south of England (as at Clacton, 1 .. • ..25 7% Messina .. .• • 13834, Three hundred and sixteen persons, of whom 223 were do with the regulations of Excite. You are too glad official aesignee, Exeter ; Gibson and Morro, Plymouth. Ditto, three months .. 25 32% Lisbon .. 23d man, who was endeavouring to escape just behind 6 addl The Geyser„ p e•sloop, was taken to her moonnes • ford, Brentford, Grays, &c.), and on the opposite coast children died from diseases of the zymotic order, a num- to find a street stopped, that you may have an excus Ja,ne Warren, haberdasher, Bristol, Jan. 10 and Feb. marseines ............. 23 32% Oporto - ............ •• 5 3 1. me. As he was on the point of transfixing me with his ber ' • h d• trty at for t • - - - eup Portsmouth harbour yesterday' of France, which indicates a terrestrial epoch subse- Bourdeaux .. .... _,, 1 Rio Janeiro •• .... - somewhat in excess of te or 'nary mor a i turning out your passengers. You put on your 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acramau, bayonet I took a fourth and successful shot, and he rolled The Black Prince sere t -es 1 havin taken on w s eaui v se , g quent to the glacial period, and to the original exca,va.- official aseignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girling, Bristol. F. allkfor t-on Maine .... 117% Buenos Ayres.....• .. .. - this eriod. Scarlatina is less prevalent than it has been table of fares " three ence to the Bank." You have • neinn ................ - New York, 60 days' sight over the cliff, but before I could again use my pistol I t 1 1, :: if the deaths from it, which were 100, 95, and not on this oecas•on p fulfilled cont t and th i . your rac , board a large portion of siege guns, &c., at Woolwich, tion of the existing valleys, but previous to the John Hall, wharfinger and carman, C'amden Town, Vienna , the second fellow had his bayonet at my throat, and 7 a 9 e i " e was taken up on Saturday afternoon to the dockyard to eeks may Ise received in evidence. re-excavation of the valleys after tAe dispersion of the Jan. 9, at half-past one, and Feb. 6, at one, at the Court Trieste .........• •• .... 12 45 PRICEs or BLILLICN, PER OZ. n the last three w , defendant was not bound to pay you. I shall make I saw that further resistance was useless. My worthy From small-pox there died 20 children and 14 adults • be coaled, and relays of labourers having been engaged, superficial gravels of the district. The outspread of of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Smith and Son, l'etersburg ............ 354 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 capter seemed rather struck with the eligibility of the f - 39 Widren ; from hooping-cough, 41 ; aria : o ord n er. ~ . continued at work all Saturday night, all Sunday and these last-named gravels Mr. Prestwich regards as Barnard's-inn, Holborn. . Madrid ............... 50% Portugal Gold Coin .. 00 0 rom measles c i Feb caulx •••••• •• • • The corn lainant-If that is our lordshi 's decision P 9 P ! Sunday night, and until dusk on IVlonday ; when her bbl d t e ful and sudden aqueeue John Hannell, tobacconist, Manchester, Jan. 6 and . place - I had chosen, as it was tolerably sheltered from fom fever, 60 persons. Two boys died last week (both pro a y ue o a pow r it areelona "..yie 0 0 Dollars ....•• 0 ire, and he therefore sat down quietly by my side, ,:. D h)f om cholera ; one from Asiatic clea n 22d ecem er r we must of course go round where the street is stopped coaling was completed, she left for Greenhithe to have aeeney. The author considers that at the period 1, at twelye, . at the Manchester District Court. Herne- s ."•••'••• •• •• Seville., .... .........• Silver in bars . .... 0 5 1% keeping his rifle pointed towards my head, and making her compasses adjusted, preparatory to her proceeding 9 i h t R• 1 B 1 fficial assienee 5 anc es er ; ichar( son o ton ; lera, in Mornington-crescent, the other from infantile uP i h or the old valley depotits, the relations of the sea Inan , °- e very expressive signs, which I could hardly misinterpret, cholera, in Marlborough-court, Whitechapel. A woman th n diseh d. e summons was e arge . to the Crimea and land very nearly approached those at present Cobbett and Wheeler, anc es er. '5l h t ' . . that if I moved he would put an end to my miserable died of " ruptured intestines ; a towel she had round her TV. Searles and C. Anderton were sentenced, the n oir The Lady Eglinton screw steam-transport is embark existing ; for, among other reasons, these fossili- Isaac Barton, grocer, Stafford, Jan. 4 and 27, at SEA BORNE MAILS. twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, existence. He, no doubt, intended to take me prisoner becoming entangled in the spindle of a dryin h g mac me • to three moiths' imprirnment, th! other to one mo th s ieg the other portion of the siege train at Woolwich, and ferous beds referred to bear evidence of being more offichl as-ienee Bireeingham ; Hand, Stafford ; Motteram _______...-.....-- when the fire slackened a little. I, of course, lay per- Drisonment for stealing poultry in Leadenhall-market at the washhouses in Smith-street, Westminster ; ill 7 Im • - - - , . . , when ready for sea will follow the Black Prince. , , „ , and more of a marine character as they near the and Knight, Birmingham. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-Wilco fectly quiet, and was, in fact, so exhausted that I fell weeks." and D. Hopkins was sentenced to one month s Imprison- The Locust paddle-wheel steamevessel, Lieut.-Com- existing coastline. Of the fossils, the mammals are of DIVIDENDS DECLARED. by the night—and Mby the morning-despatch.) into a kind of doze or faint. When I re-opened my eyes Last week the births of 741 bo d 713 • I • 11 ye an . gir s, in a ment for stealing two pads of herrings in Billingsgate- mender G. F. Day, arrived at Woolwich on Monday extinct f t• th t d h• tl Jolen Martindale, of New Bond-street, wine merchant, orms, excepsing e s ag, an per eps la OX. _ the hill in front was still swarming with skirmishers ; market. from the Baltic, and went down the river a short dis- . ' ea As to the shells, Mr. Preetwich observes that, although final dividend of 30. in the poun(Mpayable at 76A, Benn e 1 474 children, were re ' t d • L d I th • gis ere in on on. n e nine Day when male L , K , From wb at When but i • you cannot magma my delight when I saw some of ' tance again, to enable the engineeril of the factory de- hree followin hall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 28, and t g COUNTRIES. , n General Post- Port due in many of the species are distinct at theee several desee3ite corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the average CLERKENWELL -Char/ Kbl 11 d d es em e, a w . e • !ease d Thursdays. Office, London.* Diseetchas. Enema. them with their 4 bearekins' on, proving that they were b 1 429. partment to report on the sta.te of laer eneines. yet all agree in being identical with recent forms ; an the Guards, and that they had repulsed the Russians. nu A n t er tb w e as ßo , tb aged 14 was charged before Mr Come with en you „ • The sprightly steam-vessel was anch b ored yesterday L • Cool-e liPrt 1t of TJnion-court, Old Brola-street, ----- al Obsery t Green • h the a ory, wic , are such as, for the most part, are associated in like eeerice(byisriteeftekee r:very Friday - Liverpool ... Eack Zen m ! an , tering the house of Mr. Taylor, of Albion-terrace, er e l l nt, fir ' st divid s m e ni of 18s. 21. in the ound, flyable ''' at Portsmouth after being overhauled, and the Cygnet metica (by Unite I Ste. This sight seemed to restore all nsy strength, and hei h y • t of the barometer in the week was 29 594 in. position and under like conditions at the present day ; m at 76: .• ieh - Th d D P 28 an P (l three ' I thought that now or never I must make my Stoke Newington, and stealing therefrom plate and , Bas n,,, all street, on urs ay, ec. , placed in the vacant dock for the same purpose. pc:to) ...... -.. N •••••• •• • • Liverpool .... Jan. 3 by g 9 h. Th d th read' • r s d to a.m. ;on yrs ay e mg Inc ea. e the special differences being necessai•ily due to local following, Thursdays. 3.__terica (by U Stato I escape. My friend, seeing me apparently hel less - ether property. The Eaele steam-transport hauled alongside the jetty - The • P ' 30'01 in The mean temperature of the week was 40'5 conditions of the laud and water oifference of • . s h, of 124, Wood-s , , , .. ) .. : .......a , Daniel Keit treet Cheapside ware- packet N I •• •• •• •• •• Southampton bad removed his rifle for a time from the unplea- •• • I M F T 1 'cl th t St da ''' d - d 11 rs. ary rances ay or sal a, on a. ur Yat Portsmouth yester ay to take ea a cargo of woo en deg. which is 1.6 dT. above the avera eof the same author reserves for a future communication the other houseman, first dividend of 2s. Old. in the pound, payable euetralia (via South-1 sant proximity to my head, and I, taking Beltran- ' • e - g . morning, about half-past ten o'clock, she left her par- huts , eek in 33 years. On the first three days the mean daily series of fossiliferous pleistocene deposits of more ancient at 70A, Basinghall-street, on Thursday, Dec. 23, and three ~ 1 Jan. 4 ..... ...• • • South.= ton Feb f aclAcc) ‘ ....., ....N _ 9 ,_ , p . tage of this fortunate circumstance suddenly w • - lour, after having raised the window, which looked into The Imperatrice will be ready by to-morrow to receive I)itto (via Aarseilles) N Jan • Dover ...... temperature was below the average • on the next two date, as well as the consideration of the whole subject of following Thursdayi. Ditto (via Cape of Good! sprang to my feet. He did the same but in ' his astonish- in front of the house about an inch or so to , . a garden , , , troops. da • • ys it was about 1 deg. above it, and on the following the drift period. Charles Farn worth, of Upper Tharnes-street, tin-plate f i cpc) .... „ .... ~N Dec. 4 ... Uncertain ment he dropped his gun. I instantl ' y hit him in the face air the room. When sbe returned to the room again merchant, anal dividend of 1 1-161 in the pound, payable day (Friday) was 13 deg. in excess. On Saturday it was ' • d 2. "On Lea Surfaces beneath the drift gravel beds." efrica (W . est Coast) ..N i l3d or the month with my fist with'all my strength, and this being a mode about half-past eleven o clock, she found the win ow APPOINTMENT'S. at 76A, Basinehell-street, on Thursday, December 28, aud A. , ,ainairia..•....... lti T , , 9, 24, &30of in Dover ...... 4 . 5 dee above the average The highest temperature in • By Mr. R. G. Austen, Sec. G.S. In this paper atten of attack for which he was totally unprepared, be k fd . f t th t On . wide open, and mar a o irty ee on e carpe . Lieut. Archibald D. W. Fletcher (1845), recentl9 Con was called to the importance of well observing all ' l 7 tl• foll ' ' o wine Thursdays. eiexar•dria..........31 4th & 20tli of mo , • Aouthampton tumbled down the cliff. I rolled over with him, and the .* * • week was 54.3 deg. en Fiaciay. The lowest was a search she found that a silver sugar-tongs the tops of r eichard Cle a rk and John In V f K.' ' 1 g is, o ing s-cross, ( rapers, , . eaeames ........... eellth of tbe month Southampton 29'2 de on Thursda . The mean dew-point tem era- • , ' . . serving in the Royal William, 190, guard-ship of ordl- traces of old terrestial surface beneath the gravels. The N' DallY• •••••• • • • • . Dover IDally: we went down together for 20 or 30 yards, until checked the cruet-bottles, and a child s money-box, contai o ning i first dividend of 3e. in the pound, payable at 761, Basing- ''' `! - ,.. 1gi : 1 '1l •••• • • :• ••• ::31,9th of the 1 th S -.•-• ture wa5 g. 37 . 3 de a y nd the difference between this P and nary at Devonport, has been appointed to command the author first referred to the unmistakeable instance he uthampi on Jan. 16 hall-street, on Thuraday, December 28, and three follow e,.'iaezn'es*A.;;:e.s .... .* : . .. m ,9th of the Zi l ith .i, ) , by the stump of a tree. Luckily, I was then at top. some silver money, had been taken away. On . th sil iithamplon the mean tem g* ; f h • 32 d Th perature ot o air was . eg. Triton, iron paddle-wheel steam-veseel, serving as a mail had already recorded as occurring at Peasemarsh, ing Thuesdays. Cape of Good llo . pe .. N He now began Ite roar out ' Sonde ! Sbnde ! most • e f the window outside she found a button which she vertu., pods unoertanr. dbl 11 f th th t d th o • win ew genera y rom e sou -wes an nor - ' steam-packet, on the Mediterraneaen station. near Guildford, but which Mr. P. Martin has lately William Henry Holland and Richard Bradburn, of Man- Gape of Good Ilope ..N 404. I do not know what it means, but, as I was took to the station, and gave information of the robbery. Mate Thomas T. Bullock (1852), serving in the Tra- dd• • I d t d•t T • tl • t bt • •-• ateents first dividend of 4d. in the appeare isinc ine oami . wo o ier ins ances ces ei, commisaou e , Cape de Vera ......N 9th of the month Southampton il - d of his cries bringing some one to his assistance, west. And the amount of rain in the week was 0 . 71 in" K.night, hackney-carriage attendant, 164, said that on e India) I hit him on the mouth eve t ry ime he shouted. This the greater art of ' W d which fell on ednes ay. Saturday night a Jeweller named Thomas, who resides . falgar, 120, o n the M e dit ereeneen an d m ee k S e a stations, in that vicinity, in the Tillingbourne and neighbOUT- pound, on the separate estate of William Henry Holland, F.,elt i l ('`'' ..., EXTRACTS F P ROM THE RETURNS FOR THE WEEK ENDING IS promoted to the rank of lieutenant. ing valleys, are now added by the author. Two more also a first aivide . nd of 161 in the pound, on the seps.rate ,;e-' In" ••'• ' i''. m enanne ses ........le , on ~Wed.,Aarli. Southampton Tn.Th.Sitt soon produced the desired effect ; he crossed his two near his cab rank in the Kingsland-road, told him that b' at 15 Geo 0-e -street estate of Richard Bradburn, paya .e . , r e , Chile ~..............m 2d &I7th of moral, Southampton forefingers and said, ' Pardon.' I was very glad to hear DEC. 2. a boy wanted to sell him a broken sugar-tongs. The - have been noted on the Isle of Wight ; and Mr. Austen Manchester on Tuesday January 9, and any subsequent China (see India) ARMS FOR THE CRIMEA. , records another as presented in the cliff near Dieppe. it, for my strength was fast failing me ;so I nodded At 1, Cow-court, near the Thames Tunnel, on Ist prisoner was pointed out to him ;he stopped him, Tue ' ' sday. Constantinople ......1 , , 8,13,111,23,t28 of m Dover . .... my head, and, pulling out my revolver, I watched him d ' December a labourer died whose a e was s at his g tated and took him to the station-house. Great activity prevails at the small-arm department After noticing the present physical conditions of the Sampson Langdale, John Eyton, and Ma,sta Joscelin Constantinople .... _ _ 4th & 20th or nlon. Southampton in nty turn. I did not shoot him, because he spared eath to be 101 years. Serjeant Gearin,* 16 N, said- I was on duty at the of the Ordnance Enfield Lock in the manufacture of chalk district of Northern France with the bedded clays, Co ke of Newcastle-u )on-Tyne merchants second divi- cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily .... - Dover ...... Twieedati Egypt (see India) my We. previotudy. .Presently a 23d man who had At the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, on 25th November', station on Saturday night, when the prisoner was o d I; es , b t rifle d t . *stols ravels, and sands overlying the plateaux, and the mis- d o l Of ld. in the 1 ' '• ' ''' h d sw rs,ea r , ayone s, . s, an repea ing pi pound (in addition to 9d. in t e poun France & N Twice daily.... • • Dover TwicedaiW escaped, passed. near us, and I sent him to P* k the the widow of a pensioner died of " diarrheea (5 days),' char d Ih d • dthb tt f th 1 d • ge . a receive eu on rom eay in g ll It . •th 11 th th • - en'. I ri 1 1) bl tth R 1 A I New- ' • •• •• -•• M 4717 ' •••••• - for the arina.ment of the reinforcements about to pro . - e! aneous accurnu a ions in eva eys, eau or in ppeviOUS.y -ec.arec , paya e a e oya ma( e, Gibraltar - - ... —DI , , , 20, 27 ofin. Southampton Deo. 26 Russian's rifle and to watch him vehile I we - lu * uP at the age (as reported) of 100 years. ceed to the Crimea, and the premi.ses not being suffico timates that, in his opinion, the wealden and chalk castle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, December 30, and any eub- Greece (see India) , nt m search the daytime. Without saying a word to the prisoner, of my sword which had droliped in the in s . - R av i. In Bethnal-green, at 7, Type-street, on 21st Nevem- I went to him, and on lookin li* • t t I gat is wais coa ently commodious, the Board of Ordnance are about to areas were destitute of detritus before the drift gravel sequent Saturday. greytown - - --MITA & 17th of mon. Southampton Jan. 1 Flamburgli .. - _ _ „NiTuesday & Friday London ..... kuna it, I returned and marched him into ... I t bey, the son of a carpenter, aged 8 weeks, died of proceed with extensive enlargements and improvements. period, and presented a terrestrial surface, the peaty DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. - missed the lowest button off it. lat once cut off the ilavannah .......... 5112nd of the month Southampton Jae. 1 with his own rifle, which I now have, and shall certainly " inanition from want, pneumonia (1 week)." next button, and on comparing that with the one I had -- Portions of which are occasionally met with preserved, Robert Mulock Wright and Joseph Smith Anstie, of 41 tiolland .......... -11 Daily...." •• • • keep as a memento. of my providential escape. In Bethnal-green, at 53 Seabright-street, the (laugh- - tionduras .......... AS 17th of the month. Southamp ter of a weaver died at tie g e f y 44 . u • \received, they agreed both in make and pattern. I cut STORES FOR THE CRIMEA. as in the instances above stated ; that the wide expanse and 42, Upper Thames-street, City, drysalters, Jan. 17 . , ton " Of my unlucky 40 men, 27 were killed or wounded, ,a , dee.- ..aving F . rnmercial•road East India (viaSouthampt.)l3l4th & 20th of mon. Pipit( aith •• Deo. 29 ensued, accordin g to th: led? 5 - e off the button because, as they were made of wood and Yesterday v. considerable number of newly-invented of gravel surface of the north of rence and the south of George Fox, of 23,eomb u e e s k -r7, ~ ,o meta (via Marseilles)sl rh& 25th of month Dover seven taken, and six only escaped unhurt. So you see etu,, tut, prisoner mi g ht have eaten England . is due to a mor ! or les . s tranquil accumulation .clothier, Jan. 17-. pn H n I f Nottin ham, g (ice; queue° of her having been " unnecessarilr salivilT . e ' d ° :7l 7 l them to prevent iron bedsteads, with sackin g centres, for the sick and • : I r o c nian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 2 . 7 of mon Dover...." , we really had sone sharp fighting. I was struck by a identity. wounded, were delivered at the 'rower wharf. -for coo- of materials in an extorts 1R b ' • - t W • 1 g f Leic r ester ive basin of fresh water, mocb- Jan. 23—John Chap in anc oel ig ay, o mercery by a quack." Mr. Ralph, the medical attend- I land ..„ ......11 & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead lTwlcedaly spent ball just above the left knee, but it only raised a The • • d f •cl th thhd • k d t th C i • b f prisoner, in e ence, sai a e a pic e up veyance o e r mea , a num er o newl • t d y-inven e fi.7o. occasionally by the action of ice floes ; and that, 7,.r i P rs, imin - r Jan. 2:3—John Scott, of Notting . , g occr, Lisbon. ..... ........M i l, 9, fi, &37 of rn. Southern ie '.7 . ant, adds-" This neighbourhood is infested with quacks i subsequent to the elevation of th s area, the chalk val- i 30-James Evans and George Davey, of Britten Ferry Nfadeira ............31,9th of the me P n an* is contusion which lamed me for a week. I also had m the su t th d h i h water beds, which will save a vast amount of suffering gar- ongs on e roa as e was go ng ome. Iron W k GI If - • t J ..f. d ; , nuesouthamet on Y who assume the title of surgeon fraudulently, and prac- leys have been formed by the slow process of the removal Th or s, emergent lie, ironmas ers, anuary 5- 5 a ea•a ........ ~.. _,,23d of month .... 'Liverpool iltee. IS S • t G ' -The r'soner our worship, has to the wounded, are ordered out to the East. erjean earm p i , y omas Norbury and Richard Bindloss, of Manchester, Malta (see India) boot grazed, and one of the rings shot off my scabbard tise medicine in 0 dfi fth tdf t . pen e ance o e presen e 43C ive of the chalk by atmospheric water, and the gravelly ma -rather narrow escapes." been convicted before. Government havino agreed to the transmission of silk manufacturers, Jan. 17-John Sagar, of Birkenhead, .al , ta . ............ „. NS, 18, &28 of mon. Dover laws," ' terials so undermined have been subjected to various Imaatius (see india) .......- e Mr. Corrie-Tken he must go to trial for this offence. whisky duty free to England from Scotland, donations . , es ire, rower, an. -i. war ragg, o en( a , Ch h . b J 18 El d C f K 1 1 Mr. Waller, the registrar of Greenwich East, writes : modifications at the lower levels. Mr. Austen consi- Westmoreland, innkeeper, Jan. 24. Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Of 1 t th • d'strict of the metro olis includin of that spirit rum or ale would be of the greatest ae e uppet 1 s p , g . , , . , . , w i l e° „, „„ a „ „ee2nd of the month.. SouthampteiliJ 1 The Caledonian Mercury publishes the following -" Onl 24 'fi f f 1 • • h y certi cates o success u vaccination ave Highgate, Holloway Barnsbury-park, &c., have been service to the solders in the Crimea. A steamer in the ers LI d t' at the date to be obtained as to the solution of CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Naples .... >..... ~51 isthloth2stholmon. Dover ... extract of a letter from Neil M‘Leod,4th company, been received by me from lst July to 30th September, lime in rain water, and to other effects of sub-aerial NOW Granada .. •...M Id & 17th of month ••• Southampton infested b nume;ous a f o n bur la s who Thames is ready to receive them, if sent to Messrs. y a gngo yug g r, i William Batchelar, of Croydon, Surrey, baker, Jan. l it New Zealand.. ~. „ „ 'By private ski 12th battalion Royal Artillery :- and but 7 since the latter date." practise with the greatest impunity robberies of ever . ) , Cravrford and Easton, Gordon-street, on or before ency, may supply a guidance in future researches as -Thomas Waghorn, of Rochester, Kent, draper, Jan. Papal titates . •• N Sthlsth2sth P - Varions pert. lincerhin oflnon. Dover " Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 18, 1854. With reference to the death of a child at 3, Harvey's- descri • t tl ' h ' t It . Saturday next. ption a gen emen s ouses, in mos cases se ec ing i t t ! the la ft . f th It . fth I 17--Geor pse o ime rem e e eva ion • e grave E CI h •f F • d - t t C't Poninsula ...:'• "• •• ' . ' go rasmus ap am, o erring on s ree , iy, ......M ithl7th27thoftnon. Southampton "'My dear Brother-I have forgotten you this long . buildings in the Charing-cross sub-district from cou- ' • rda the labourers in the Tower were engaged fluent • 1 • , the hours from five to seven in the morning, when the Yeste y 's for licensed victualler Jan. 16-Henry Perks of Liverpool Peru •••••• •• •• ....Al 3,1 & 27th of mon. Southam beds to the present day, and thus afford some basi , , , pton, Port Nat 1 potter inerchant, Jan. 18-John Durable, of Sunderland, N By private ship... Various portstrhoertahr time, but bettor late than never. lam in good health, ot vaccinate Mr Leonard remarks • ~• t a no a, n . d, . military Commissariat, and medical stores, the calculation of a geologic chronology. Sicily a , •• •• •• •••• police are being changed. Numerous complaints are be- in s • hipping , that commission agent, Jan. 23-John Thornton, seu., and N s thlsth2stholinon, Dover Tuscan;; .: •• • • •• •• • • thank God, to whom all deliverance will be attri- he mother died of the same disease on 19th No- ing made of the affair, and it is to be hoped they will be besides a large quantity of engineering materials, fire- - ..•• a ....N s th ls th2sthollnon. Dover ..... ,Toseph Ridgway Thornton, of Godley and Hyde, Cheshire, Venezuel buted, and especially on the battle of the Ith of No- All the il vember. ch dren were vaccinated, but this one looked to. looks, sabres, &c. These proceeded in lighters to THE LONDON GAZETT.III OF LAST NIGHT. a .........,M 2dBol7th taiMonth Southamntnn • sr , cotton waste dealers, Jan. 18-John Clay, of Wednes- Van Diemen'sLand (sec -- r an ' • vember. My deliverance was so great that I was f d • twice without effect. House clean and without fa • e uvia - Woolwich and Sheerness, where they will be transship- field, Staffordshire, timber merchant, Jan. 18-John Australia) ....... lost in thinking how it was possible, the enemy's shot rom rams. The father and 4 children, who have all LAMBETII.--Mr3. Yond, a middle aged female of ped to vessels proceeding to the seat of war. --este Brown, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, corn factor, Jan. West Indies •. •• •.- 31 2d& 17th ol month ,Southampton \ jJan. 1 hissing so numerously bY my head_ W. ee.e. asee-ese been ill, are convaleseent. The Vaccination Act requires e, • ~ e 11,VTI TIT/VI, rimivrri-r. -r,,.,.. nr, 9a—Pescl. T.oncyman_ of WnlvArh.r,,b-,,, q+.42P.,,,1-1-.;.- " Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 18, 1854. "My dear Brother—l have forgotten you this long time, but better late than never. lam in good health, thank God, to whom all deliverance will be attri buted, and especially on the battle of the sth of No- Yember. My deliverance was so great that I was 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 had no thing to eat before we turned out. It was a very misty snorting, 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 cur two gulls in the hands of the Russians. There was no one of us stuck to the guns but me and one gunner named Gor don. 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, and I drew back to use my sword, but it was for nogood against thousands of them, and all of them firing in my face. I waslike a man on whom the lead had no 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 Re,gt., who was stand ing behind, looking what was to come of me, and I walked back quietly. Nothing came near my body. We took our guns five minutes after that, and then the battle began anew. Earth and stones 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 the m back e very 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 jaw. 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 2 Now, my brother, Sebastopol is not taken yet. We are lying against it, and keeping up the siege day and night, and a'reere fearful conflict is expected than ever. When the infantry came up on the sth November, the enemy an d 'them were falling down in couples—the Russians with their bayonets in our men, and our men's in the Rus sians, 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 I screwed it out again. Your letter came to hand on 19th Nov., after I closed the letter, which gave me pleasure to hear from you, so true a relation as you are. 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 slot off; and when the Russians took our guns, Mr. Miller rushed among th em on h orse b ack, and killed tw o of them, and saved the guns. We keeping them baek with our sponges, so you may guess what kind of weiho-we had. We pulled off our coats in the heat of the S b a t t l e. I was scarcely able t o wa lk h ome t h at night. ome of our horses were shot in two ; some all legs , some head, ta i l, &c. I got credit from Mr. Miller that day.', They ollowing letter 1 .-- , rom one of " the gentlemen ow serving as a of Enand" , private hussar, is spirited and intvrestieg before ~• . The writer had only six weeks' training his service in the field of battle : .. ..._ " General limosoisrintl, Scutari, Dec. 7. received a letter this no letter f n r g ora , which. I was surprised to hear that my father e er had reached of October, describing you, as I wrote a month shies to one in so far the Light Cavalry charge cn the 25tla ate cinorich as it concerned myself. I also received you said that Mr. .Angell, the postmaet e , tinople, had written to inform you that I was wotr a t t l 3 ed n- I am sorry to say that I have not had one of th e news. . papers which you say that you have almost daily sent to me. Though four months' pay is due to tee, / can _ not get a penny—in fact, I should be glad to buy a leaf of bread, as hospital fare does not suit my appetite. My wound was from a musket ball through the calf of the right leg, but is so far healed that I begin to walk upon it for an honour or so hi the day. I enjoy excellent health, as, I thank God, I have done since we left Turkey, though cholera and war have made sad devastation in our ranks. It was a mad, though gallant, charge made by our Light Cavalry, at Balaklava. The newspapers will let you see our posi 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, shell, and canister, aria With reference to the death of a child at 3, Harvey's buildings in the Charing-cross sub-district, from con 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 ohildren, who have all been ill, are convalescent. The Vaccination Act requires amendment. In this district, since Ist August, 1853, 396 children have been entered in the book, but only 229 appear to have been successfully vaccinated. Thus more than two-fifths have not complied with the act. There seems to be ne person appointed to enforce the laws." Mr. Watts, the registrar of Islington West, writes as follows :—" 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 net know who should receive the duplicate certificates, but if a uniform course were adopted, and all vaccina tio❑ certificates were sent to the registrar whose name is on the notice paper, together with the number of tke 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 medicaN practitioners of Isling ton have most readily assisted in carrying out the new Vaccination Act, notwithstanding important defects in its provisions." FROM RETURNS FOR WEI= ENDINE 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 bas 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." Ir.- quest. On 6th Dec., in the West India Dock, a Lascar, aged 27 years, died a natural death, accelerated by exposure t) 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 FOR 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 AUL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATSIRDAY, DEC. 23. Zymotic Diseases - 316 Diseases of Uncertain Seat - 55 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 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ...... 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterms ' &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bores, awl Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility 22 Atrophy — 4 O Old Age — Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and In temperance 64 Causes not sp ec ifi e d LAMBETH.—Mra. Yond, a middle aged female of dissipated appearance, who 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 house in the most comfortable manner for 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 acd to herself. Her conduct had be come of so :ntolerabl• a character that ho found it quite impcssible 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 he 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 ❑ut 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 10s. a week. - --- The prisoner agreed to be content with this, and hav ing promised not to molest her husband again she was discharged. DEATHS VEOII ALL CAUSES .... Population :Deaths in cone- Deal SOUTHWARK.—John Baker, a tall, powerful-look ing man, was brought before Mr. Combe, charged with being concerned with another, not in custody, in com mitting the following daring robbety, during divine ser vice on Sunday evening : Eliza Bateman, a young 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 hi's son and daughter went to chapel, leaving her alone in the house. She saw the street doer fas tened as soon as they left, and went iuto the back par lour, where she sat near the fire, reading a book. Abobt half an hour afterwards she heard a knock at the door, and, on her asking who was there, some one called out, "Oh, I am come to pay Mr. Restell seine 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, whea he came down stairs and broke open the cupboardsand thedoors in the parlour. After ex anaining 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 so frightened that sse 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. Combo asked her whether she saw them take any property away Witness replied that she did not, as she was too frightened to look at what they were doing. When she began to scream, the prisoner seized her by the throat, and said he would throttle her if she - called oat again. Mr. William Restell said that on Sunday evening, shortly after six o'clock, he 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 latch, and the outside gate, s'nven feet high, he locked after him. On his return home at nine o'clock he was surprised to find the latter open, and on eatering the house he saw the girl in the passage crying. The place was all in confusion ; and she informed him that two men bad 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. Combo asked what property he had lost I—He replied that the thieves evidently expected to find a large THIS 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. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 26. The Earl of Clarendon has received from her Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of France a copy of a Note 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'AlinAMlDEnit, 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 well 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 countries 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) DROUYN DE LEM'S. Paris, Deo., 19, 18►1. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 23. ~ 1,291 The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Augustus Kaufmann as Consul at Melbourne for the King of Hanover. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward Fratzscher as Consul at Melbourne for the Grand Duke of Mecklenbur 411-Schwerin. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Biting Were as Consul at Melbourne for the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEO. 26. William Batchelar, of Croydon, Surrey, baker, Jan. 16 —Thomas Waghorn, of Rochester, Kent, draper, Jan. 17—George Erasmus Clapham, of Farringdon-street, City, licensed victualler, Jan. 16—Henry Perks, of Liverpool, porter merchant, Jan. 18—John Dumble, of Sunderland, commission agent, Jan. 23—John Thornton, sen., and Joseph Ridgway Thornton, of Godley and Hyde, Cheshire, cotton 'waste dealers, Jan. 18—John Clay, of Widnes sold, Staffordshire, timber merchant, Jan. 18—John Brown, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire, corn factor, Jan. 25—Fred. Longman, of Wolverhamptol, Staffordshire, wholesale druggist, Jan. 18—John Berry, of Coventry, licensed victualler, Jan. 25—Charles Alelen, of Birming ham, baker, Jan. 22. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Enumerated. sponding week In the 1851. of 1853. Week. West Districts North. Districts 490.396 253 Central Districts 393,256 205 East Districts 485,522 323 south Districts ----- Totals ......... 2,362,236 1,353 1,291 Males ........... ........ .. 639 Females....,, . 652 George Duke, of Birmingham, collar maker—William Broadway, of Birmingham, out of business—Henry Wood full, of Birmingham, journeyman German silver turner— John Waterston, sen., of Birmingham. horsekeeper—Wm. Heron, of Birmingham, traveller—Wm. Freeth, of Bir mingham, iron candlestick maker—Peter S. Maybury, of Birmingham, journeyman silversmith—T. Groom, of Bir mingham, scale beam maker—E. Richards, of Birming ham, out of business--J. Needle, of Birmingham, Windsor chair maker---Josiah Wardell, of Birmingham, baker—R. Woodward, of Birmingham, journeyman die sinker —John Brown, of Birmingham, fishmonger—Stephen Hodgson, of Sheffield, journeyman mason —John Auty, of Sheffield, mason—Charles Atkinson, of Sheffield, join ers' tool manufacturer—John Gorden, of Sheffield, out of business—Thomas Moulson, of Sheffield, journeyman saw maker—Frank Beatson, of Sheffield, brass turner—Wil liam Brown, of Macclesfield, out of business—James Price, of Cardiff, Glamorganshire, beer seller--Joseph krainprica Bland, of Fordharn, Cambridgeshire, grocer— James Cochrane, of Hastings, Sussex, bootmaker—Renry Watson, of Reading, Berk.eur e , pl um b er — James Mag rath, of Market Weighton, Yorkshire, licensed hawker— Thomas Wilkinson, of Keswick; Cumberland, cart and wheelwright joiner —Aaron Sisson, of Torpenhow, Cum berland, miller. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. WIND AND WEATHER .R.MPOIT. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Antoine PysehPri as Consul-General in London for the Sublime Ottoman Porte. DOWNING-STREET, Dza. 23. TIIiSDAY, Dee. 26. Stations. Coarse of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich . 5.W.......... Cloudless. Lothbury Dublin 5.W......, ... Fine —Cold. Liverpool Holyhead Bangor S.W Windy. Stamford W. ........... Fine: Normanton 5.W...... Rain—Very windy. Chesterfield 5.W.......... Fine. Burton-on-Trent W Fine. Leicester S. Nottingham Masborough Manchester W.5.W..... Fir e Cold. Sheffield Wakefield Whitehaven Maryport Lancaster . W Carlisle Stoke-on-Trent ... W.. Clear. Bradford ........... - Unsealed. Leeds Bristol N.W...' ...... Fine. Plymouth Torquay W. ........... Cloudy. Taunton W. ........... Unsettled. %Bath Cloudy. Gloucester ...... S. Fine. Cardiff N Swansea W.. Cloudy. Haverfordw es t Brighton W Fine. Boston W............ Cloudy. Great Grimsby Ipswich Leamington......., W Cold—Fine. Southampton...... S.W ' Portsmouth .... . N.W Fine. Poole Dorchester W Fine. Hague S.W Fair—Very cold. Whitby ............ N.W Cloudy. Scarborough York . . Hull .................. W.N.W. Bridlington Glasgow ............ W. Sunderland ...... W. Berwick ............ W Snow and sle e t. Edinburgh ......... W Fine. Aberdeen., S.W Snow. Perth ............... N.W Fine. Dunde e Forfar S.E Snow. Cupar S.W ...... .... Clear. Darlington W... .. .. .... Fi ne . Kirkcaldy W . ... ......... Dull. Stirling Newcastle Fine. W... ......... Showery. 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 Barlee, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the colony of Western Australia, and John Henry Finniss, Esq., to be. . Receiver of Registration Dues and Conservator of ,R Mortgages for the Island of Mauritius. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 26. Coldstreanr Regiment of Foot Guards.—Lieutenant Wil liam T. Markham. from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieute nant and Capt al'n, by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted ; Ensign and Li eutenant Michael Walker Heneage, to be Li , 3utenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Eliot, killed in action, Dec. 23 ; Lieutenant Lord Eustace Henry Brewnlow Gasco yne Cecil, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieu tenant and Captain, without purchase, Dec. 26. Scots Fusilier G uards—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 Ennismore, Ensign ttnd Lieute nant James Ross Farquharson, Dee. 26. To be Ensign and Lieutenant without purchase—John Payntor, Gent., Dec. 26. Henry Pullin, of Horton, and James Pullin, of Wy raidisbury, Buckinghamshire, farmers—Hartley Wiltnan and Edward Hartley, of Burnley, Lancashire, ironmongers —Samuel Graves Feetham and .Robert Bates, of 1„ Charles street, Grosvenor. square, Middlesex, builders —Alfred Wilson and Charles John Packman, of Newgate-market, City, meat salesmen—James Redgate and Herbert Red gate, of Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, lace manufacturers— Wm. Frederick French and John Martin, of Liverpool, bottled ale and porter dealers—John Kenyon and Thomas Kenyon, of Miles Platting, Lancashire, proprietors of Newton Bank chemical works—John Godwin, Samuel Thomas Evans, and Edward Barclay; of Park-place, Chelsea, and 173, Shoreditch, paper hanging manufacturers (so for as regards Samuel Thomas Evans)—John Over and Edward Over,' of 1, %rosin:ter race, Cambridge-heath, Bethnal-green, oilmen —Robert Smith, Richard Smith, and Joshua Lord, of Bacup and Manchester, manufacturers and commission agents (so far as regards Robert Smith)—Thomas Brookes and John Brookes, of Lymm, Cheshire, butchers—Ja mes U nswort h and John Cash, of Liverpool, accountants. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ _ BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males .................... Females ........................ Total ..... 1,474 David Smith and Wm. Gardner, of Glasgow, joiners and builders, January 5, at twelve, at tho ,Globe Hotel, Glasgow. James M`Lintock, boot maker, January 3, at two, at the White Hart Inn, Greenock. R. and A. Macdonald, of Glasgow, tea merchants, Janu ary 3, at one, at Carrick's Royal Hotel, Glasgow. Wm. Macnair, of Glasgow, bookbinder, January 5, at two, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. LONDON' : Printed and Published. by MURDO Y l O TING, of No. 112, Strand, Printer y at Th e S un Office,. No. 11 Strand, in the, Precinct of the Savoy, in the.icou Middlertex I fedneadaY, lJecember 27, 1854' MISCELLANEOUS. The Board of Ordnance have given orders for the constructien of a formidable redoubt at Freshwater, Isle of Wight. The Commander-hi-Chief having decided on the for mation of an artillery barrack at Devonport, the Ord nance are taking steps for its immediate construct i on. the order for the non-entry of landsmen having again been rescinded by warrant of the Lords Commissioners, a very large number of fine, athletic young men, from 18 to 21 years of age, and 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 jes;y's ships and vessels. The majority of the number were approved and sent on board her Majesty's hip Crocodile, to bo borne on her books until sent on board the various guardships. MILITARY. The 10th Hussars are under orders to proceed to the Crimea. Captain Hussey, 1 serjeant, and . 5 0 men of th e 19th Regiment; Captain Hacket, 2 serpents, and 100 men, 38th Regiment ; Ensigns . Kenny and Preston, 2 ser j eants and 100 men, 88th Regiment ; Lieutenant Balfour, 1 serjeant, and 59 men, 2d Battalion Rifl e B r i gade ; and Staff Assistant-surgeon Hall, in medical charge, em barked yesterday morning at the dockyard, by means of steam-vessels, on board the steamer Adelaid e , lyi ng at Spithead, and sailed in the evening for the Black Sea: On Christmas-day one of the soldiers b roug h t 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 invalids to the military 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. S top f ord, in charge of an officer belonging to that ship, and taken in tow by the Calcutta's cutter, in charge o f 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 Plyraoutb. As ao preparations fir landing had been made there Dr. Baxter was obliged to zeek 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 conatituting 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 tread -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 .51. t Light Infantry, and had received the war medal, with five clasps, for the battles of Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, and Orthes. He was also for many years major of brigade at Corfu, and military secretary to Sir Alexander Woodford at Gibraltar. In addition 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, &a. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20.. ' Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant John Yate Holland to be Adjutant, vice Cooke, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. - - County of Buckingham—DUjor John Bent to be 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. Bedferdshire Regiment of Militia—Welbore Ellis, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sharpe, promoted; Dec. 21. Ist Regiment of the Dake of Lancaster's Own Militia— Lieutenant Thomas Hinde Thompson, to be Captain, vice Assheton, resigned; Ensign James Ruthven Elphinstono Gouldsbury to be Lieutenant, vice berford, promoted, Dec. 21 ; Myles Sandys, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 22. 3d Regiment of thc; Duke of Lancaster's Own . Militi— a William Read., Gent., to ho 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 Grimston 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—William Tumou r lranville (late a Captain in the Ith, the King's,•Regiment of Foot) to be Captain, vice de Robeck, resigned ; Ensign George Williams to be Lieutenant, vice Walters, resigned; Roland Davies, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Maunde, RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 23, 1854 £12,045 18 10 Corresponding 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 RA.lLWAY.—Traffic re. turn for the weeklending Dec. 23, 1854 £15,549 3 3 Corresponding week last year 14,145 7 4 ;acreage in 1. M £1,403 15 11 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 23, 1854 £5,1:;6 3 3 Corresponding week last year 4,950 8 2 --._ ----__:: Increase in 1854 ............................ 1' , 205 15 THE CIINARD AND COLLINS STEAMERse—The agents at New York of the - United States mail steam-ships have followed the example of the agents at Liverpool, and will despatch the Pacific) from New York on Wed nesday, the 27th instant, and 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 extraordini.ry run of seven days from Dublin. She was to have sailed frm 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 9101. BIRTHS. F A SON. On'tbe 26th i ns t., at St O reatham-hill, Mrs. Francis lei cks. On the 23d inst., at 94, Eaton-place, Mrs. Irving. OP A DAUGHTIER. On the 24th inst at W elwyn Rectory, Harts, lady • Doothby. MARRIED. On the 21st inst., at St. Paul's, Islington, John tin art. Esq., of Newington•green, to Ellen Matilda, yo- an gest daughter of the late Colonel F. H. Pierce, C. 8., and'. like., 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-clay, Wm. Simpkin, Tgil , of Great Surrey-str ee t, Bl ac kf r i ars - roa d, formerly "l d l. e firm of Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., of Stationers4hall court, aged 83. th e Roe. On the 19th inst., at Ve n t nor , I s l e o f Wight, Charlotte E. Trench. On the Bth inst. at Scutari, from the effec ts of a w nand, Lieutenant Hugh ' Charles Harriott, H. M. 41st Regi w en t, aged 21. On the 23d ult. before Sebastopol , of cholera, bran ht on by exposure and bard. work -in the trenches, Richard Morris, R.N., of H.M.S. Tiresp,. youngest son of the late Richard Morris, Esq., of Ballycaman, county Watt rford, aged 22.