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LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—JAx. 3. (Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.) IN THE MATTER OF CONSTANTINO NICOLA . COMBOTTIS. This insolvent, a native of Greece, applied to be dis charged from prison. The case was somewhat peculiar. Mr. Cooke appeared to oppose on the part of Messrs. Ingate and Malteso, merchants in the city, and Mr. Sar good supported. The insolvent had traded in this country and at Patras, in Greece, as a merchant. He made a consign ment of currants to the house of Ingate and Malteso, at Patras, and obtained an advance. The currants were sold, but the markets were affected, and after the sale a balance was claimed from him, and the opposing credi tors had brought their action to recover the same, and had arrested him on a judge's order. The case was before the court on Saturday, and stood over for an interpreter. It was stated that the insol vent could not speak a word of English, and the officer of the Queen's Prison said he could not make him un derstand that he wanted his fees. An interpreter was now in attendance. The insolvent on his examination, stated that he had been a bankrupt at Patras, and had given up all his pro perty there ; he had now no property. Mr. Commissioner Phillips inquired the grounds of opposition on the part of Messrs. Ingate and Malteso, who were the only creditors, with the exception of the insolvent's own attorney. Mr. Cooke said there had been a vexatious defence , and an improper commencement of a suit in Chancery. The circumstances, as stated, respecting the currants, were mentioned. The insolvent, it appeared, had been six months in prison, at the suit of the opposing creditors. Mr. Commissioner Phillips directed some amendments as suggested, and under all the circumstances of the case thought justice would be answered by allowing the insol vent to be discharged. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN BE JANES CBOFT. _ _ This insolvent was opposed by Mr. Dowse for a cre ditor named Hill, and supported by Mr. Reed. The case was before the court on a former occasion. The point was a vexatious defence. The insolvent swore that he had not authorised the defence, and that his op posing creditor knew he had petitioned the court. Several witnesses were examined to-day, and the evi dence was of a contradictory character. The court thought that :under all the circumstances the insolvent was entitled to his discharge, and it was granted. Mr. Commissioner Murphy sat to-day at 10 o'clock, and will continue to sit at the same hour instead of 11 o'clock. It is necessary to call public attention to the alteration. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—Jan. 3. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) George Flume was indicted for wilful and corrupt per jury. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke conducted the nosecu tion ; Mr. Robinson was counsel for the defendant. Mr. Bodkin, in opening the case, said that the defen dant was formerly a member of the Metropolitan Police Force, and the present prosecution was preferred against him by the direction of the Commissioners of that force, who, he said, while they felt it their duty to protect every member of that body while acting properly in the discharge of his duty, considered it was equally required of them to take care that the law was put in force against any person belonging to the police who was guilty of any gross misconduct, such as was imputed to the pre sent defendant. The learned counsel then proceeded to state that the prosecutor of the indictment was a, person named Whitley, who it appeared had been to Kingston fair on Nov. 15, and on his return home stopped at a beer-shop called the Leather Bottle, at Merton, and it would seem that the defendant, another constable named Howe, and three other policemen, were at this place drinking. The prosecutor and the constables drank to gether, and for some time would appear to have been on very good terms, but at length they commenced " lark ing, ' as it is termed, and the prosecutor knocked the defendant's hat over his eyes. Upon this he threw the prosecutor down twice with considerable violence, and when he got up he complained that he was hurt, and said that he should report the defendant's conduct to his inspector on the following morn ing. The defendant was very angry at his making this threat, and insisted upon taking the prosecutor into custody, and they walked together towards the police station at Wandsworth, but just before they arrived there the' defendant expressed his willingness to let the matter drop. The prosecutor, however, would not consent to this, and they all proceeded to the station, where the defendant charged the prosecu tor with being drunk and assaulting him. The case was investigated on the following morning before Mr. Beadon, the magistrate, and the defendant then swore that the prosecutor had assaulted him, and he also de clared upon his oath that he had not been drinking with the prosecutor at the beer-shop. Howe, his companion, was called as a witness to support the charge, and he also swore that neither he nor Hume had drunk with the prosecutor, but upon the declaration of the prosecutor and other testimony, the magistrate was satisfied that the statement made by both the constables was false, and he consequently dismissed the charge against the prosecutor, and upon the facts being reported to the Commissioners they directed a prosecution for perjury to be instituted against both the constables. _ _ Evidence was - adduced which established in the clearest manner, the case, as it was stated by the learned counsel. Mr. Robinson addressed the jury for the defendant, and he also called witnesses to prove that he had been in the police for several years, and, that up to the time of this transaction he had borne a very good character. The Recoider having summed up the whole of the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of guilty, but re commended the defendant to the mercy of the court, on account of his previous good character. Ephraim Knight Howe, the constable referred to in the transaction, was then placed at the bar to take his trial for a similar offence. Mr. Joyce, who appeared for the defendant, said that the charge rested upon the same evidence as that which was adduced in the former case ; and after the verdict that had been returned by the jury, he considered it would be uselss to go over it again, and the defendant would, therefore, by his advice, plead guilty. The defendant, who, it was stated, had also up to this time borne a good character as an officer, accordingly pleaded guilty. The Recorder said he should take time to consider what sentence ought to be pronounced. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP -STREET.—Thomas Stone, an athletic fellow, described as a journeyman tailor, was charged before Mr. Hammill with having violently assaulted, and seriously injured a young married woman, named Maria Bayley, residing in Flour and Dean•street, Spital fields. The complainant, a delicate looking woman, in an ad vanced state of pregnancy, who gave her evidence with manifest pain and difficuity, stated that she lived oppo site to the house occupied by the prisoner, and that she had repeatedly h a d occas i on to interfere for the protec tion of his wife from his brutal treatment. At a late hour on the previous night she was disturbed by a terri ble uproar, accompanied by the cries of murder, in the prisoner's apartment, and on proceeding there to ascer tain the cause of the disturbance, she found him stooping over his wife, who was lying on the floor, and beating her unmercifully about the head and face with a heavy iron candlestick. The father of witness, who had ac companied her into the house, instantly seized the pri soner, and was attempting to wrest the candlestick from him, when he knocked her down by a violent blow on the forehead, and at the same time commenced a similar attack upon witness, whom he, also knocked down and kicked her in a savage manner about the lower part of her person. The prisoner then made a rush towards his wife, who was crouching down in a corner of the room ; and after mounting upon a wooden bench, so as to place his feet on a level with her head, dealt her a brutal kick in the face, which dashed her back against the wall in a state of insensibility. The prisoner was then in the act of renewing his attack upon witness and her father when a policeman fortunately made his appearance, and, after a desperate resistance, he was overpowered and taken into custody. The witness added that she had been ever since in a state of extreme suffering and debilityfrom the maltreatment she had received, and which was likely to result in very serious consequences, as she was in the last stage of pregnancy. Police -constable Jackson, H 59, stated that upon en tering the room the prisoner commenced a furious attack upon him, in the course of which he grasped hold of,his throat, until he was nearly strangled, and he was com pelled to draw his truncheon in self-defence ; but it was instantly forced from his hand by the prisoner, who re peatedly struck him with it about the head, until he ob tained further assistance, when the prisoner was at length secured, and conveyed to the station-house. In answer to a question from the magistrate, it was in timated by Sergeant Suggii that although the prisoner's wife bad been so dreacfully bruised about the face that her features were scarcely discernible, she positively re fused to prefer any charge against her husband, and was not now in attendance. Mr. Hammil said that it was a most brutal outrage, and sentenced the prisoner to six months' imprisonment, with hard labour, for assaulting the witness Bayley, and also an additional term of one month for the attack upon the officer. SOUTHW ARIC.—Geo; - geDarliton, a young man de scribed as a joiner, residing. at No. 2, Brandon-street, Newington Causeway, an d Amelia Holloway, a young w oman with whom he cohabits, were charged with with holding the necessary sustenance from their' female in fant, about 15 months' old, and breaking its arms, burn ing it, and otherwise cruelly ill-treating it. Mary Harvey, the wife of James -Harvey, the occu pier of the house of No. 2, Brandon-street, said that about three months ago the prisoners hired a furnished apartment there as man and wife. They had a female infant with them, and a little girl to nurse it. The , 4 *per utonfil to come backwards and forwards at ti mes. Zif Mt infittit then about twelve months' old, and the ' girl told hel' e prisoners used to beat it very much. 'ti-' , t . The , child apt). ed to be i n an unhealthy condition; b u t ( el% 4... , she did not the ,see any bruis es a bout it, as she saw it 'stripped. Seerf',after that she heard it scream, when . , Was - mother wept out leaving the man at home, She then heard .that about two months ago he had put the infant on the fire and burnt it. Mr. ABeckett—How could you swear that the male prisoner was the party who beat the child ? Witness—Because the female had gone out and no one was in their room but him. _ Mr. A'Beckett—How did you know the child Ras burnt ? Witness—They told me so, and I heard it cry very much, but did not got up to see what was the matter. I saw the child with the mother at four o'clock the same afternoon, when the man was gone out. She called me up to look at it. The throat and legs were covered with bladders and blisters. The girl told me that the man beat the child, and I saw bruises. That girl is not present. She is 11 years of age. I have heard the infant cry, but I never saw it beaten. One dAy the child was nearly suffocated under the bedclothes. Mr. A'Beckett—How do you know that ? Witness —I heard the noise. I know nothing only what I have heard. The child was put out by the female prisoner for a fortnight, and was brought home on Monday week last. On the Wednesday afterwards I saw the child, and the limbs were broken or dislocated. Mr. A'Beckett—Before the child left, did you notice anything of the kind, or any bruises. Witness—l noticed some on the chest, but they have disappeared. The male prisoner told me it fell off a chair into the fire. On the Wednesday night, when the female called me into her room I discovered that one of the child's arms was twisted, and the other bruised. I told her of it, when she said, "Oh, it's nothing." There were fresh bruises on the cheeks since last Sunday after noon. The next witness was Mr. George Odling, who said I am a surgeon, and reside in High-street, Southwark. I was called at two o'clock this morning by the police to go to the station-house and see this child. I found the upper part of the left arm broken, and it did not appear to me to have received any attention, neither was the bone in any way united. Mr. A'Beckett—Can you say whether the infant bad been attended to by a surgeon ? Mr. Odling—l can't say, but there is no appearance of it. I examined the right arm, and found that also broken a little above the wrist. There bad been no bandages or splints used such as surgeons always use in such cases. The child's arms must have been in that state some time. Very likely three weeks or a month. Callosity was formed on the left arm where it Was broken, which assured me that such must have been the case. I don't think the right arm had been broken so long, as there was not so much hardnesi about it as the other. The right knee to the ankle joint appeared as if it had been burnt. It is now much inflamed. The other leg is only slightly so. Mr. A'Beckeit—Canyou say whether it is caused by burns? Mr. Odling—l have no doubt on my mind about that, but the inflammation does not extend beyond the burn. The child is much debilitated, and appears to have been greatly neglected ; but by care I think it will recover and get on. Mr. A'Beckett here directed the constable who appre hended the prisoners to fetch the girl who had nursed the infant, as her evidence would be very material. At the latter part of the day that witness was ex amined. She said her.name was Elizabeth Coker, eleven years of age, and lived with her father in Morton.street, Newington-causeway. She knew the prisoners, and was engaged by them to nurse their baby. She had nothing to say about the mother, but she had about the male prisoner. She had seen the latter beat the child about the posteriors until it was black and blue, That was about a fortnight after she came to live with them. There was nobody in the room but the male prisoner and the infant at the time, and witness told him not to be so cruel, when he turned her out of the room. She took the infant afterwards to her mother's, and showed it to her, when she saw the marks and fed the baby, because she thought it was starved: She also showed the infant to Mrs. Harvey, the landlady. The female prisoner ap peared always kind to the child. The male. prisoner said it was all false what the girl had stated against him. The female said the child fell down and hurt itself, and Mrs. Harvey knew that she took it to a doctor's, and to Guy's Hospital where she was supplied with lotion and bandages which she had used. Mr. A'Beckett said there was clear evidence a 3 to the assault by the male prisoner, but not against the female, although there had been great neglect on her part. As there was expected to be further evidence he should adjourn the case, but allow the female to go at large until then by entering into her recognisances. No doubt the parish authorities would in the meantime see the necessity of prosecuting them. THAMES.—folat Hagley, a carpenter, about 45 years of age, and residin g a t N o . 19, St. George's-ter 7 ., race, Commercial-road. East, was brought , 13efore_Mr. Ingham, charged with cruelty to his wife. Harriet Hagley, a wretched, careworn looking crea ture, ill clad and half starved, who carried a puny infant in her arms, said her husband was a most incorrigible drunkard, and had for a long time expended the greater part of his earnings in strong drinks. He had neglected his home and children, who were now in a state of utter destitution. She had been married to her husband 20 years, and he could earn 30s. per week with ease, and support her and her children, but he preferred a course of dissipation. She had been repeatedly beaten and kicked by her brutal husband. Sometimes he was con tinually drunk for three weeks, and it would take him a week or two to recover himself. His ill usage had con tinued for seven years, and he had lately sold or pawned his goods to raise money to satisfy his cravings for ardent spirits, and he would beat her when she could not provide him with the means of indulging in drink. Her husband had pawned his working tools, and spent the proceeds in gin, until he was brought home almost raving mad from the effects of drunkenness. He had drunk three weeks until Christmas-eve, and she had suffered dreadfully in the course of that time, from his brutality. On Boxing-day her husband recommenced drinking, and kept it up ever since. On Saturday last, between two and three o'clock, her husband was crav ing for more drink • and, after making use o f th e mos t dreadful threats and curses, he struck her a violent blow in the mouth with his clenched fist, because she could not provide him with some gin. In conse quence of her husband's continued ill usage, she had been compelled to sleep away from him, in a separate room, on the bare boards, without any covering ; and she had not been in bed for three weeks, until Monday evening, when she laid down on her bed with her infant ; and, to pacify her husband, indulged his propensity by providing him with a quartern of gin. After he had drunk it he gave utterance to a most dreadful oath, and said he would kick her through the wall if she did not get off his bed. She went upstairs with the children, and he demanded a penny, the last she had, and went out. Being very ill and fatigued, she laid down on the bed again with her infants. Her hu s band soon re t urne d and pulled off his jacket, but on seeing her on the bed put it on again and ordered her to get up and give him some money, for drink he wanted and drink he would have. She told him she had none, on which he made a blow at her mouth and knocked out a front tooth, the one he had loosened before, and he got her up into a corner, pinned her and struck her several times about the head and face. She held him as fast as she could hold him, but he sprang away from her, rushed towards the bed, and seizing the child by the arm threw it at her, exclaiming, "Take it upstairs." She was fearful that her husband would take away the life of herself or child. Mr. Ingham, who listened to the woman's affecting tale, interrupted, as it repeatedly was, with sobs and tears, with great attention, said her case was a very affecting one indeed. He observed the contortion of the prisoner's face, and asked how that was caused ? The wife—That arises from paralysis. Mr. Ingham —I thought so. When was he attacked with paralysis ? The wife—Eight years ago, sir. Mr. Ingham—Was that caused by drunkenness ? The wife—l am sorry to say it was, sir ; and lam afraid he will have another and more formidable attack. He is seldom sober. Mr. Ingham—How many children have you ? The wife--Six, sir ; and we are literally starving. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, in a sullen manner said—" Three parts of what she says are most gross falsehoods." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. Betting here is still very dull, the attendance at the rooms exceeding limited, and speculation not expected to improve at present. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 250 to 25 agst Peter (taken). CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 50 to 1 agst Friday (taken). 3000 to 45 agst Catspaw (taken). 2000 to 30 agst Typee (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Lancashire Lass (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Warhawk (taken). 1000 to 10 agst Black Doctor (taken). 3000 to 90 agst Virago (taken): DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Ruby (taken to 251.) 500 to 15 agst Metoora (taken). dEETING, APRIL 6. EAT METROPOLITAN STAKES. nd a quarter. Yrs Event Rataplan Jujube 3 Punch Box Mr. Sykes Brother to Little Swift 3 Cleveland - 5 Black Doctor Domino Dagobert 4 Rattle Brigadier c by Cotherstone, out of Duchess of Lorraine 3 Poodle 5 Nightshade 3 Talfonrd Caliph Baalbec 2 Marchioness a Pantomime 4 Feversham Gossip Little Toni (late Cory bantes Jonathan Martin Maria f by Vernlam, out of Jennala Epaminondas Selina Ireland's Eye Doctor O'Toole Muscovite Torment Adine Mortimer ..,. 3 Windsucker 5 Goldfinder Lurley Queen's Own Royalist Shakspeare Stamford 6 Defiance Cable Midsummer 3 Arthur Wellesley 3 Puritan Farsa Candlewick St. Clare Brown Brandy 3 Bridesmaid Nabob Cat's Paw 4 Virago 3 The wife (wringing her hands, and looking towards her husband) said—You know you are starving us to death, and that my life has been one of sorrow. Mr. Ingham asked the prisoner if he had any ques tions to ask of his wife, or any witnesses to call. If the prisoner wished, he would adjourn the case. The prisoner—l have no witnesses, and nothing more to say. Ingham—This is one of those shoeking cases where a man, able to support his wife and family in comfort, reduces them to complete misery by his drunkenness and dissipation, and follows it up by acts of cruelty. I shall not pass on the prisoner the extreme sentence of the law for this most aggravated assault on his wife, be cause I hope he may be reformed ; but I sentence him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correetion. The magistrate then afforded the woman and her family some relief from the poor box fund, to enable them to obtain clothing to cover them during this most inclement weather. THE PUBLIC. THOROUGHFARES.—The continual falls of snow, succeeded by severe frost, necessarily make the pavements and roads of the metropolis in a more slippery and dangerous state than they have been for a long period of time, and although the sharp frost pre vents the entire cleansing of the pavements or roads, still much may be done by individual as well as joint endeavours to mitigate the danger which is at present experienced by the inhabitants of this metropolis. The proceedings of the authorities in the Chelsea district may be followed in this matter with beneficial effect. The extraordinary care and attention which is bestowed on the public thoroughfares in this part of the town is fully maintained, even at this inclement period, when a num ber of men are employed in laying many cart-loads of sand daily on the roads and pavements of the principal thoroughfares. It is hoped the parish authorities in other parts of the metropolis and the suburban districts will at once adopt similar means of affording their effec tual assistance to the public in this matter. THE CHOLERA IN SCOTLAND.—No farther cases of cholera have been reported in Edinburgh since our last, although two are stated to have occurred in Leith. In Glasgow, we are glad to say, it seems on the decrease. There were on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 74 cases, and 32 death ; and, in addition, 61 cases of dim.- rhcea are reported. Dimdee is now almost entirely rid of the disease ; but during its stay there it has carried. off 313 victims. In, Kilwinning and Dairy the malady has also made its appearance—in the former locality with great malignity, carrying off its victims after a few hous' indisposition. in Coatbridge there have been some eight or ten cases of the disease.—Scotsman. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1854. 0 CTI , BER. Chester Autumn 3 Warwick Autumn 17 YorkshireUnionHunt... 5 Caledonian Hunt 17 Wrexham 5 Newmarket H 23 Newmarket S 0 9 , Worcester Autumn 31 NOVEMBER. Epsom Autumn 2 I Cowbridge Hunt 8 STEEPLECHASES TO COME. JANUARY. Stretford West Kent and Brom- shire (3) 25 _ . ley (3) „ 11 Oswestry (2) I Oundle (5) 17 ham-court-road, linendraper--H. Young, Hackney-road, cheesemonger—J. Freeman, Great James-street, Bedford row, attorney—G. T. Norris, Dudley-street, Bloomsbury, pattern book maker—J. W. Giles, Aldersga.te-street, City, haberdasher—J. Clark, Bromells-road, Clapham, shopman to a grocer—R. Pridmore, Trignon-terrace, Kennington, and of the Linwood. Gallery, Leicester-square, exhibitor. RUSSIA IN THE BLACK SEA. - -4 .---- The Cologne Gazette, of the 30th ult., contains the following details relative to the positions of Russia on the eastern coast of the Black Sea : " Anapa is the most northern point on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. It is a celebrated fortress. which the Turks originally constructed to protect their commerce with the tribes of the Caucasus. Since then the Russians have made it the most important military position in Circassia. The harbour is open to every wind, and is useless except in the fine season. At Anapa, where the western chain of the Caucasus commences, is situated the real limit of the Russian empire, as it is to the bastions of that fortress that extends the coast, so dreaded, of the Circassians. In spite of their utmost efforts, the Russians have only succeeded in establishing isolated forts, the garrisons of which cannot stir out without running the risk of being cut off. This coast extends from Anapa to Gagi, a distance of 300 kilo metres (187 English miles). Between these two places the traveller passes over a rocky coast, crossed by valleys and crowned with verdant hills, and forming a singular contrast with the masses of white chalk which serves as I their base. These hills are covered with a rich vegeta tion and impenetrable forests, amongst which are dis persed the cabins and straggling villages of the Circas sians. The first port on the coast is Sudjouk-Kalil, which the Russians have defended by three redoubts. In this port the Russian squadron captured the English vessel the Vixen, an event which produced so great a sensation in 1837. Some way further down is the bay of Guelendjik, the finest and safest on the coast, and the most important station of the Russian flotilla appointed to watch the movements of the:Circassians. Further on is the bay of Pehiat, at the entrance of which the Russians have had a fortsince 1837. Along the coast inhabited by the formidable tribe of the Chapsuks, are the little bays of Nonlan, Djonhou-hon, Kodos, Subachi, Naidau, and Mamai. This part of Circassia, which is marked by a rich cultivation and numerous villages, opposes the most determined resistance to the Russian rule. Beyond Mamai the western coast of the Caucasus assumes a more imposing character, the rivers being larger, and the gene ral aspect of the hills more rugged and lofty. First of all is seen the fine valley of Sutchali, then the fort of Navakinskoi, Cape Senghi, called the Cape of Hercules by the ancients, and the bays of Komomichelaz and of Kinschuli ; next, the sombre fortress of Gagi, com manding the entrance into Circassia on the side of Aba sia, behind which rise the precipitous rocks which con stitute the most elevated points of the Caucasus. In quitting Gagi, the mountains of Abasia are inset with. The princes of Abasia have been forced to admit the sovereignty of the Czar. Pozunda, famous for its church, which is said to have been founded by the Emperor Jus tinian, is the first important point of Abasia ; then comes Bomborai, a fort, the garrison of which is decimated by sickness ; next, Guelendjik, one of the best bays on the coast, where the Russians have a fort built in 1575 by the Sultan Amurath ; and lastly, Iskuriez, where the learned imagine was founded the celebrated Greek colony of Dioscuria, known in the time of the Romans by the name of Sebastopolis, about 25 kilom. (151 Eng. miles) below Cape Iskarias. The river Gilazkha forms the limit between Abasia and the principal point of Jamurzalchaz extending to the banks of the Ingur, at the mouth of which is the fort of Inaklia. On the left bank of this river, commence the alluvial plains of Mingrelia, which join at a distance of 150 kilom. (93i Eng. miles) in the interior those of Smeretta and Gouriel. The mountains of the Caucasus on the north, and those of Akhalzick on the south, surround this magnificent basin, watered by the rivers Khopi and Rion (Phasis). Redout- Kal4 and Poti, situated at the mouth of these two rivers, form the principal points of landing. But it is only small vessels that can enter, on account of the sand banks which exist there. Large vessels are forced to anchor at 600 metres' distance from the coast. Since the suppression of the transit and free trade in 1.832, Redout-Kale and Poti have lost all commercial impor tance, and all prospect of a happy future. It would seem as, if the Russian Government intends to abandon these towns to their sad fate. They are surrounded by marshy plains from which exhale fetid miasmata. At 20 kilom. '(81 English miles) above the Phasis, the little river Nassa-Nelea. (Lisis, of Arrian), separates the Russian territory from that of Turkey. In proportion as Fort Nieholas, which is the last military station of Russia in the Gouriel, and which the Turks have lately seized on, is departed from, the low grounds which sur round Mingrelia disappear insensibly. The Akhalzick mountains approach the sea, and at Batoum enormous masses of rocks rise above the coast. From Witzeh, the shore falls from the east to the west, as it bends to the south. At the western extremity of this curve rises Cape Joros. In the middle is situated Trebizond, be come, since the commercial blockade of Russia one of the most important places of the Black Sea, being the great entrepot of all the articles of importation and ex. portatiou from Northern Persia and Turkey in Asia. England has seized on the trade of Trebizond, which amounts to 50 millions of francs, and which is carried on with Constantinople by a regular line of steamers. Trebizond sends into every part of Asia the products of British industry, so that England has the greatest in terest that this place should not fall into the power of the Russians. But, abstraction made of that considera tion, the situation of Russia, in appearance so powerful, is exceedingly critical on the eastern shore of the Black Sea. She possesses there only detached forts, and the Turks have taken one of them, that of St. Nicholas, which the Russians, notwithstanding all their efforts, have not as yet been able to retake." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, JAN. 3. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Respeto, from Terceira ; Rattler, Callao • Sir Robert Peel, N ew Y or k ; Ri c h ar d Cobden, do. ; Rainbow, do. ; Sir James Ross, Calais ; Wilhelmine Marie, Monsoorcottah ; Comet, Algoa Bay ; I. 0., Fayal ; Dometia, Madras ; Thomas Mitchell, Cal cutta ; Lady Newborough, Messina ; Sarah, Malta ; Gnil harmina, Oporto; Tartar, Sydney; Cado, St. Vincent ; China 8., Antwerp ; Palmerston, Moulmein ; Catherine, St. 'Claes ; Union, Seville ; Black Cat, St. Michael's. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Sir Robert Peel, for New York ; Isis, Portland Bay ; Waterwitch, Melbourne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO —The Ann, for Dun- kirk ; Henriette, Arendal ; Martha, Antwerp; Helene, do. ; James, Dunkirk. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3. The Albert Edward, arrived from Bombay, having made the passage out and home in seven months and one day, having left Liverpool June 2. The Fingal, from Quebec, for this port, was abandoned at sea, Dec. 21; crew taken off by the Euxine, arrived here. The chief mate of the Fingal was washed overboard and drowned a few days previous to her abandonment. RAMSGATE, Jan. 2. -- The steam-tug has been endeavour ing all day to tow a wreck of about 200 tons, floating on her beam-ends, from the fairway, at the outer edge of the Goodwin ; but has been obliged to abandon her, and it is believed she will be still be driftinc , in the navigation. BRISTOL, Jan. 3. - The Mary Ann Peters, from Qnebec to Sharpness Point, picked up part of the crew of the barque Grace M'Vea, M'Cowle master, from Quebec to Greenock, and brought them in safety. The remainder of the crew are supposed to have been saved by a baique bound to Bremen. The Leipzig (s. s.) was aground on the Longlutzen Sand, six miles below Bremerhaven, and the river full of ice ; assistance has been sent for. The William, from Uleaborg to London, was lying in Themi Roads previous to the 17th December, water logged and abandoned ; assistance has been sent to en deavour to secure the vessel and bring her into safety. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Granite City, of Aberdeen, from Calcutta, Oct. 6, lat. 26 S., long. 58 E. The No. 5,687 Ist d. p. (ship), from Bomlay to the Clyde, Nov. 2, lat. 27 S., long. 5 E. The Carabio (Spanish brig), from Callao to Cowes, Nov. 19, lat. 5 N., long. 23 W. The Ariadne (ship), from Liverpool to Calcutta, same day. . Tho Sir A. N. McNabb, Nov. 21, lat. 9 N., long. 2G The Flora (b r i g ), f rom N ew f oun dl an d t o Poole, out 18 days, lat. 49 N., long. 15 W. The Caucasian. from Madras to London, Nov. 3, lat. 8 S., long. 14 W. The Lady Nugent, from London to Adelaide, S.A., Nov. 19, bd. 1 N., long. 21 W. The John Phillipps, London to Sydney, N.S.W., Nov. 25, lat. 9 N., long. 24 W. The Jacob (Swede brig), from Gothenburg to Algoa Bay, Dec. 8. The Zuid Holland, from London to Java, Nov. 16, lat. 10 N., long. 25 W. The Samuel Boddington, from London to Pori. Philip, Nov. 16, lat. 5 N., long. 20 W. The Lisette (Russian barque), from London to Singa pore, same day. The Thomas Rayden, from London to Port Philip, Nov. 19, lat. 2 N, long 24 W. The Justyn, from London to Sydney, same day. The Ensign, to Liverpool, Dec. 4, lat. 31 N, long. 42 W. The George Canning, outward bound, Dec. 27, lat. 49 N, long. 9 W. The Maria (Dutch ship), from London to Batavia, Oct. 20, lat. 6 N, long. 17 W. The Thenan eassland (Dutoh ship), to Port Philip, Oct. 30, lat. 6 N, long. 24 W. The Collingwood (barque), from the Clyde to Mauritius. The Vigilant, from the Clyde to Australia and Conra dine (new clipper ship), all the same day. The Flying Dragon (brig), from London to Port Philip, Nov. 1, lat. 7 N. long. 21 W. The Isabella (barque), of Boston, America, 3d, lat. 10 N, long. 23 W. The Leguan (ship), from the Clyde to Demerara, 17th, lat. 31 N, long. 38 W. The Mariano, of Livorpool, Dec. 9, lat. 44 N, long. 17 W. .RA /LTCAY SHARE M ARKETS. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCECANGE.—The market opened steadily, and slightly improved in the middle of the day, but clos3d fla Lancashire and Yorkshire, 65 ii—London and N o rth- Western, 104 3—Midland, 61 . :.'!--North British, 71— South-Eastern and Dever, 18 3- 6c. FEBRUARY. Newton (1) Derby (2) 8 Carmarthensbire 91 MARCH. Liverpool (1).... Beverley (1) .... 1 I Birmingham 27 10 APRIL. Liverpool Hunt Club I Cheltenham (Hoylake) (2) 8 Rothbury . NOVEMBER. Cowbridg® Hunt g ..18 ..19 IRISH STEEPLECHASES TO COME. JANUARY. 11 I Curragh Tallaght . FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. ADMIRALTY REGULATIONS. (This Article is substituted for that which appeared in the " Gazette" of Friday last.) _ _ By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Whereas by an Act of Parliament, passed in the 51th year of the reign of his late Majesty King. George the Third, chapter 159, intituled " An Act for the better re gulation of the several ports, harbours, roadsteads, sounds, channels, bays, and navigable rivers in the United King dom, and of his Majesty's docks, dockyards, arsenals, wharves, moorings, and stores therein, and for repealing several Acts passed fox that purpose," it is enacted (among other things) that no person or persons shall take any ballast or shingle from the shores or banks, or any portion of the shores or banks, of any part, harbour, or haven of this kingdom, from which the Commissioner; for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the time being shall find it necessary for the protection of such port, har bour, or haven, or the works thereof, by order, under their hands or the hands of their Secretary, and published in the London Gazette, shall prohibit the taking or removing of such shingle or ballast upon pain of forfeiting for every such offence the sum of ten pounds. And whereas we, as Commissioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, have found it necessary for the protection of the port of Ports mouth, in the county of Southampton, and of certain shores and banks thereof, to prohibit the taking or remov ing of any ballast or shingle from the shores or banks of the said port, or any part • thereof, between high and low watermark, between Hill Head and Lee Point. And we do therefore hereby order, that no person or per sons shall take or remove any ballast or shingle, between high and low mater mark, from the shores or banks, or any portion of the shores or banks, of the said port, between Hill-head and Lee-point aforesaid. Given under our hands this 28th day of December, 1853. R. S. DUNDAS, ALEX. MILNE, Two of tho Commissioners for exe cuting the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom. WHITEHALL, DEC. 19. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Nethersole% of No. 3, New-inn, Strand, Gentleman, to be a' London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Conrt of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 20. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Elliott Fox, of No. 40, Finsbury-circns, Gentleman, to be a London Com missioner to administet'oaths in the High Court of Chan cery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 21. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Wheelock, of No. 10, Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, Gen tleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chancery. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 2. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Poreign Affairs, an ex tract of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Tripoli, dated 18th November, 1853, addressed to the Secretary to the Government of Malta, announcing that, Ofter !Me Bth of December next, until the git&ring in of the new crops, the exportation of wheat will be prohibited from all parts of that province. The said committee hav3 received a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, enclosing the trans lation of an edict from the Lisbon Board of Health, per mitting suspected vessels bound to Oporto to call at Aveiro or Vianna. BOROUGH COURT OF:BIRMINGHAM. By an Order iu Council, dated. Windsor, December 29, 1853, her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the re port of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dated December 8, 1853, and to direct that the jurisdiction of the Borough Court of Birmingham shall be excluded in all cases whereof the County Court bath cognisance. COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING CHURCHES. By an Order of Council, dated December 29th, 1853, her Majesty has been p' eased to approve of a representation of the Commissioners for Building Churches, and to order that the consolidated chapelry therein mentioned for the Church of St. John the Baptist, at Kidmore-end, in the parish of Caversham, be accordingly formed. And, by an Order of Council of the said lastmen tioned date, her Majesty has been pleased to approve of a repro sentation of the said Cortimissioners, and to order that the consolidated chapelry therein mentioned for the consecrated church of St. Mary, at Llanerchymedd, in the parish of Llanteulan, be accordingly formed. BURIALS IN THE METROPOLIS. By an Order in Council of the said last-mentioned date, her Majesty has been pleased to order that the time for the discontinuance of burials shall be extended in Lam beth burial-ground, in High-street, and in the churchyard of St. John, Waterloo-road, until the Ist of June of the present year. And by a further Order in Council of the same date as the last, her Majesty has ordered that burials be discon tinued in the parishes and places therein mentioned (ex cept as therein excepted), viz., St. Anne, Limehouse ; St. Peter-ad-Vincula, St. George-in-the-East, St. Matthew, Bethnal-green ; St. Nicholas, Deptford ; St. Paul, Dept ford ; Holy Trinity, Brompton ; Lambeth, and St. Pancras, from and after the 9th of January next. And by another Order in Council of the same date as the last mentioned order, burials are to be discontinued (except as therein directed) from and after the 9th of January inst. in St. Marylebone, St. Luke, Middlesex ; St. Mary, Stratford Bow; Stepney, Wandsworth, St. Stephen, Coleman-street, and Putney. Aud by other orders in Council of the same date as the last-mentioned order, her Majesty has been pleased to give notice of the representations made by tht Right Hon. Vis count Palmerston, under the act of her Majesty's reign relative to the burial of the dead, concerning the various• parishes therein named, and to direct the said orders to be published in the Gazette ADMIRALTY, DEC. 30. Corps of Royal Marines. Gentleman Cadet Albert Wappel Sharp to be Second Lieutenant, Gentleman Cadet Richard Augustus Fitz Gerald Studded to be Second Lieu tenant, Gentleman Cadet Henry Boscawen Savage to be Second Lieutenant, Gentleman Cadet Charles Francis Coppin to be Second Lieutenant, Gentleman Cadet Robert Abernethy Bretton to be Second Lieutenant, Gentleman Cadet Charles Throckmorton Witham to be Second Lieu tenant, Gentleman Cadet Albert Higman to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Ist West York Regiment of Militia—John Whitacre Allen ' Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Nelson, promoted, Nov. 8. 6th Regiment of West York Militia —Major Charles Hind, late of the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenau t- Colonel Commandant, Dec. 28. Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Suffolk, Dec. 23. Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry— William Beckett Denison, Gent., to be Cornet, Sept. 24. BANKRUPTS. William Burnett Anderson, merchant, Billiter-street, Leadenhall-street, to surrender Jan. 12, at one, and Feb. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, offi cial assignee;Aldermanbury ; Jacobs and Forster, Crosby square. Thomas. Ward, hosier, Goswell-street, Jan. 11, at two, and Feb. 14. at half-past one. at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Thompson, Sise-lane, City. William Sims, linen draper, Redruth, Jan. 12, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, offi cial assignee, Exeter ; Peter, Redruth ; Stogdon, Exeter. Edward Hall, tailor, York, Jan. 17, and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the LeedfPDistrict Court. Hope, official asigneo, Leeds ; Lees and Humble, Bradford ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. _ _ John Howitt, draper, Sheffield Moor, Jan. 14, and Feh. 11, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Brewin, offi cial assignee, Sheffield • Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester ; James and Hamilton Richardson and Gaunt, Leeds. Edward Sumner, licensed victualler, Waterloo, Liver pool, Jan. 11 and Feb. 15, at eleven, at Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, Liverpool, official assignee ; Atkinson, Liverpool. George Pearson, grocer, Birkenhead. Jan. 11, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Brotherton, Liverpool. John Gray, butcher, Hulme, Jan. 17, and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Partington, Manchester. Fdward Thomas Lodge, stock and share broker, Throg morton-street, Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-ehambers. Richard Brownlow, starch manufacturer, Ardwick, Lancaster, Jan. 20 and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Lee, official assignee, Manches ter; Kershaw and Bullock, Manchester. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Allan Rodger, farmer,3liddle and South Ledaig, Argyle shire. William Ogilvie, bank agent, Grantown. Millie and Wardrop, contractors, Hamilton. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. E. B. Lovell, New-square, Lincoln's-inn, and Plowden buildings, Middle Temple, barrister-at-law—J. P. B a il e y, Surrey-place, Rotherhithe, journeyman naptha distiller— D. H. Scott, Lower-marsh, Lambeth, boot dealer—J. Jones, Horsleydown-lane, Southwark, lighterman—G. Kennedy, John-street, Southwrrk, chair maker—Mary Ann Cann, Lower-marsh, Lambeth, assistant to an eating house keeper—.J. Jacobs, Bury-street, City, clothes dealer —G. Soper, Great Guildford-street, Blackfriars, linen draper—S. Isaac, Pickering Mews, Paddington, fire wood cutter—J. P. Newman, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn fields, tailor—E. Page, Tachbrook-street, Pimlico—G. Brown, Slough, Buckinghamshiae—J. B. Cash, Cannon street, St. George's-in-the-East—J. Milligan, Dover-road, Southwark, collector of debts—C. A. Mortimer, Duke street4 Grosvenor-square—W. P. Carter, Charles-street, Manchester-square, barrister-at-law —T. Kirtley, Totten- DECL &RATIONS OF DIVIDEND. Samuel Salter, Hunton-bridge, Hertfordshire, maltster, let div. of 3s. 4d., Jan. 3, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's Guildhall-chambers. Hugh Ferguson, London-street, 3d div. of Bs. Oid. (making 205.), Jan. 2, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Pennell's, Guildhall-chambers. Thomas Matthew Bowden, Old Brentford, Middlesex, basket maker, Ist div. of 2s. 10d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall- street. Ephraim Levy Green, Bevis Marks, City, wholesale clo thier, Ist div. of 2s. 6d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's Basinghall-street. Alexaider Dalrymple, Lime-street, City, merchant, let div. of 45., any Wedn:sday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall street. Richard Faithful, King-street,George-street, Portman squaro, coach builder, Ist div. of Gid., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghall:street. Joseph Nash, Lewisham, Kent, draper, Ist div. of 3s. 5d., any Wednesday, at Whitmore's, Basinghhall street. _ Thomas Bretell, Rupert-street, Haymarket, printer, Ist div. of 7id., Jan. 5, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Stansfield's, Basingball-street. Henry Winchester, Buckingham-street, stationer, 2nd div. of ls. 2d., Jan. 5, and three subsequent Thursdays, at S tans field's Basinghall-street. Marius Merentie, King William-street, City, merchant, final div. of 1 15-32 d.. Jan. 5, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Stanfield's, Basinghall-street. Robert Frederick Gower, jun., New Broad-street, City, and Valparaiso, merchant, Ist div. of ls. on new proofs, Jan. 5, and three subsequent Thursdays, at Stanfield's, Basinghall-street. ohn Scott, Tichbourne-street, Haymarket, hosier, Ist div. of ls. 10d., Jan. 7, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Groom's, Abchurch-lane. James Millard, Reading, ironmonger, 3rd and final div. of sid., Jan. 7, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Groom's, Abchnrch-lane. William Edmund's, Tottenham and Wenlock-road, draper, 2nd and final div. of Bd., Jan. 7, and three subse quent Saturdays, at Groom's, Abchurch-lane, William Frost , Macclesfield, Chester, silk throwster, Ist div. of 3gd., Jan. 10, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Lee's, Manchester. _ _ Joeph Fowler,`Macclesfield, Cheshire, provision dealer, Ist div. of ls. 11d. Jan. 10, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Lee's, Manchester. Hugh Jones, Chester, grocer, 2nd div. of ls., Jan. 4, and any subsequent Wednesday, at Turner's. Liverpool. Hugh M'Coll, South Shields, Durham, Bookseller, Ist and final div. of 3s. lid., Jan. 7, and any subsequent Sa turday, at Wakley's, Newpastle-upon-Tyne. George Rowell, jun., Carlisle, glazier, div. of ss. 10d., on proofs made on Dec. 23 only, Jan. 7, and any subse quent Saturday, at Wakley's, Newcastle-upon. Tyne. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 24—F. W. Harris, Hatton-garden, general hard ware factor—Jan. 24. J. Matravers, Skinner-street, City, brewer—Jan. 26. Sarah Clabbon, Stapleford, Cam bridgeshire, newspaper proprieter—Jan. 25, R. Peni stan, Staverton-row, Walworth, draper--Jan. 25. C. Sea grim, Winchester, scrivener—Jan. 25. C. Jacob, Ingram court, City, merchant—Jan. 28. T. Ballard, Southwick place, Paddington, apothecary—Jan. 24. W. Scammell, Old Brentford, Middlesex, shoemaker—Jan. 26. R. Thor man, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, engine builder—Jan. 26. J. Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn factor—Jan. 26. R. Nelson, Mary Nelson, and R. Nelson, jun., Darlington, Durham, provision merchants—Jan. 26. T. Crook,Preston, Lancashire, manufacturer—Jan. 25. J. Stock, sen., Ash ton in Mackerfield, Lancashire, coal proprietor—Jan. 25. W. Stock, Ashton in Mackerfield, Lancashire, coal pro prietor—Jan. 25. W. Rainford, Liverpool, upholsterer— Jan. 25. G. Pryde, D, Jones, and J. Gibb, Liverpool, sag makers—Jan. 24. R. Bell and G. W. Campbell, Liver pool merchants. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on tha day of meeting. Jan. 25. J. Palmer, Howe, Sussex, builder—Jan. 24. J. Ker, Gloucester, draper—Jan. 24. I. Fineberg, Manches ter, jeweller—Jan. 27. D. Bradbury, Derby, builder. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. C. Milne and T. D. Price, Manchester and London, manufactirers—W. Barber and T. Howse, I. Mead, and J. Barber, St. Paul's churchyard, City, woollen ware housemen, so far as regards W. Barber and J. Barber — R. Carter, H. W. Wood, and H. W. Carter, Leadenhall street, City, commission merchants, so far as regards R. Carter—C. Foard and R. King, Bath, silk mercers—J. Majors and It. Getty, Liverpool, shipbuilders—B. Cole and W. Middlebrook, Bradford, Yorkshire, worsted spin ners—R. Blenkinsop and R Marriott, Manchester, drapers —S. Thompstone and M. Thompstone, Macclesfield, Che shire, grocers—J. W. Mit i chell and J. Blain, Great Tower street, City, te9.ebg•QL:ollobrkson and C. Johnson, Prescot, watclyn Nowell and F. Robson, Idle, YorksbilicTiSd'Rei Pancras-wharf, Mid ' :dlesex, atone merchants-,---W.5-th and W. H. Gibson, Hereford, Gloucestershirm ..Led.bury, Leominster, and Rington, Herefordsire ; Ludlow, Shropshire ; and Aber gavenny, Monmouthshire, common carriers—T. H. Bus bridge and G. F. Busbridge, East Mullin.- Kent, paper manufacturers—E. Eustance and W. B. AT"arry, Bristol, jeweller—Charlotte Prudentia Carstairs and D. W. Linde say, • Mill-street, Hanover-square, and New London street, City, wine merchants—J. W. Workman and C. H. Gamble, Reading, Berkshire, surgeons—J. Smith and F. R. Salter, wholesale milliners—C. Stewart and A. It. Cox, Liverpool, general brokers—R. Ellice; G. Kinnear, G. Forsyth, and W. Ellice, Leadenhall-street, City, merchants —T. Tilson, W. Clarke, and D. S. Morice, Coleman-street, City, solicitors, so far as regards T. Tilson—J. Lawrenson and B. Hopper, Hartlepool, Durham, wino merchants—J Thompson, E. Kilpatrick, and G. B. Thompson, Liverpool, corn merchants, so far as regards J. Thompson—R. Zwil chenbart, P. Blessig, and F. Braun, so far as regards R. Zwilchenbart—J. Collins and T. Walker, Philpott-lane, City, wholesale grocers—C. Sewell, S Hanbury, and T. Sewell, Adelaide.chambers, City, merchants, so far as re gards S. Hanbury—Mary Green and J. Nicholson, Liver pool, River Plate, and South Coast of America, commission merchants—E. W. Fernie and' R. Sanders, Old Jewry chambers, City, manganese merchanta—J. Morgan and W. B. Sloan, Cwm Avon and Britonferry, Glamorganshire, general drapers—J. Valentine and G. Hancock, Birming ham, shoemakers—W. H. W. Burnett and H. Lang, Ser jeant's-inn, City, solicitors—J. W. Mills and W. Critchley Bradford, Yorkshire, commission merchants—B. Hipwood and J. Steeple, Birmingham, die sinkers—S. Saddington and W. D. Saddington, Wood-street, City, brush and sieve makers—E. Chaloner and Q. Fleming, Liverpool, timber measurers- - T. P. Paine and Son, Hornsey•row and Hedge ow, Islington, plumbers -- G. T. Rice and G. W. Treasure Marylebone-streets Regent-street, woollen drapers—J. Knight and I. Arrowsmith, Worcester, general printers— G. Cram, H. Cram, and F. H. Powell, Liverpool, ship brokers, so far as regards G. Cram—J. G. Kelsey and G. Kelsey, Church-street, Bethnal-green, silk warehousemen— G. Gladman and C. Gladman, Wood-street, City shirt makers—T. Sheldrake and G. Boby, Stowmarket, Suffolk, grocors—J. Fraser and E. M. Wendt, Billiter-square, City ship brokers—C. Butler, P. Butler, F. Pryor, and E. Hale, Bush-lane, City, so far as regards E. Hales—T. Wright and W. Copland, Manchester, tinplate workers—W.Pibson and G. Gibson, Deeds, commission agents—S. de Zoete and S. H. H. de Zoete, Old Broad-street, City, stockbrokers—W. Cas well, sen., and W. Caswell, jun., Queen's-road, West, Chelsea, builders—E. Taylor and W. Edge, Salford, Lan 'cashire, spread plaister manufacturers—J. H. Buckley, J. Buckley, jun., and Elizabeth Sarah Buckley, Saddleworth, Yorkshire, cotton waste spinners—J. I. Sands and H. E. Onttrarn, Holborn-hill, drapers—J. Dumayne, B. Bernard, and T. Smith, Ironmonger-lane, City, woollen drapers, so far as regards J. Dumayne—J. R. Laurie, J. Hamilton, and J. Hyde, South-place, Finsbury, fringe manufacturers —H. W. Lucas and R. Kirby, Liverpool, sharebrokors— S. Taylor and W. Fisher, Fenchurch-street, City, ap praisers —W. Abrey and Elizabeth Abrey, Pinner, Mid dlesex, farmers — H. Stansfeld, W. Brown, and T. W. Stansfeld, Leeds and Bradford, stuff merchants, so far as regards H. Stansfeld—C. Hargrave, G. Hargrave, and E. Hargrave, Wortley, Yorkshire—F. Dickson and J. Dick son, Chester and Newton and Upton by Chester, Man chester, and Newtown, Montgomeryshire, nurserymen— W. M. Hutchings and D. Roberts, Wigan, Lancashire, bookbinders—T. B. B o urn e an d W. Steele, Liverpool, cotton brokers—B. Lovibond mid J. H. B. Carslake, Bridgwater, Somersetshire, attorneys—B. Brayshaw and Agnes Brayshaw, York, grocers—H. Barrick and W. Rose, Wapping, general ship chandlers—T. King and J. H. King, Bartlett's-buildings, City, type founders—T. Nor bury and It. Bindloss, Manchester, silk manufacturers— R. Ripley and B. Webster, Whitby, Yorkshire, surgeons —G. Battcock and S. Paine, Brighton, surgeons—M. Ricketts and S. S. Roden, Droitwich, Worcestershire, medical general practitioners—H. Shewell and P. R. Thorne, Liverpool, pawnbrokers—E. White and H. Baylis, Dowgato-hill, City, coffee dealers—W. Bayliss and G. Fletcher, Wolverhampton and Monmore green, Stafford shire, iron hurdle manufacturers— W. Macfie and Co., Edinburgh and Leith, sugar refiners—R. Macfie and Sons, Greenock, Glasgow, and Liverpool, sugar refiners, so far as regards J. Macfie and W. Macfie (both of Liverpool)—J. Macfie, Edinburgh, so far as regards his connexion with the firms of W. Made and Co., Edinburgh and 1.611 h ; R. 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Benvenuto Jouvence 4 Newminster. 6 Bracken Kingston Indian Warrior Charity 4 Cariboo Dove 4 Gamekeeper 3 Surgeon General 3 Sine qua non Toggery Br to Grey Tommy 4 Jack Frost Jacob Petler 3 11/4yor of Hull 4 Heliogabalus • 4 Chief Justice Bit of Blue Janey Dear Polly La Belle Annie Sutherland Peggy Robin Hood 3 Lindrick Contentment Veteran Lincoln's-inn Ariosto 6 Vingt-un Catherine Hayes 4 Daniel O'Rourke 5 Tros 3 Nonsuch (h b) 5 Vixen King Alfred 3l, Little Jem Exact Winkfield 3 Billingham Grapeshot 4 NOMINATIONS FOR THE CITT AND SUBURBAN HANDICA:P. —Weights to be published on the 20th of January, and the 5 soya. ft to be declared on the Ist of Feb ruary. Yrs. Huncamunca 4 Jouven co .......... Lysisca, by Sting 3 The Novice 3 Poetry 3 Woodcote 3 Eulogist Indian Warrior Phcenix 3 Lord Lieutenant 4 dloratitr Little David 4 Old Noll Rack apelt 4 The Friar, by Cowl 4 Orestes 4 Twinkle Determination 3 Conspiracy Falcon (late Grub) 3 Jephson Brock et Preeident 3 Vanderdecken 4 Bianca TheP Orinoco 4 Hatchet 4 Mishap 3 Nutpecker Pug Orrock . 4 Calliope Daniel O'Rourke Ethelbert 4 Adelaide Village Lass 3 Vixen King Alfred . . 3 King of Trumps 5 Cheshire Marquis Cardinal Wiseman Humboldt Don Qaixote 4 Lambton Winkfield 3 Billingham Khadidjah Inder 4 Winter 4 Mr. Sykes Brother to Little Swift 3 Voucher Sine qua non 3 Toggery Madame Landeau • 4 Yrs. Brother to Grey Tommy 4 The Empire 3 Pollard 3 Miss Peddie 4 Itch Red Lion 5 La Belle 4 Annie Sutherland 'Shipwreck Kennyside Hero 3 Hazlenut 4 Tonic Hybla Grimalkin Prime Minister Eva Spider Nabob Catspaw Virago 3 Merry Monk fby Ascot out of Sea- Weed 3 Spicy Marc Antony 3 Ireland's Eye 3 Stonehenge 3 Mistletoe 4 Fr antic 5 Adine Invasion Scarecrow The Reiver The Queen's Own 3 Mr. Sykes Brother to Little Swift 3 Kohinoor. Tyrois, by Pyyrhus the. First Harbinger Pharos 4 Rattle Orson Pelion Ptolemy Baalbec .. 3 Pauline 3 The Field Marshal 3 Sextus Surprise . 5 Sandhurst Foxhunter Ticton Epaminondas . 3 Mississippi )11LEY STEEPLECHASE, J AN. ACCEPTANCES FOR THE BRi • 11 :- A. lb. Ploughboy ll 2 Sam Hood lO 9 Needwood lO st.. lb Barsel Cigar lO. 0 Reindeer LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLiE. CHASE. Subjoined are the entries made up to midnight on Monday :—Blk g by Faug-a-Ballagh, Miss Mowbx ay, Peter Simple, Half-and-Half, Lobster, Oscar, Daphne, Kilquade, Everton,. La Gazza Ladra, Lady Arthur, Tom of Tuam, The Prince, Labyrinth, Conieaw ay, Crabbs, Beware, Jumpaway, (late Quickstep), Cols arl bine (late Derby Dilly), Peter, Sir Peter Laurie, Rci bin Hood, Calmar, Squire of Malton, Geraldus, Si all fincher, Maurice Daley, Pride of the North, Frederi ck, Luck's-all, Star of England, Mountain Maid, Spri ag, Clansman, Abd-el-Kader, Vainhope, Bourton, Tr 7 ut, Napoleon the Second, Chester, Burnt Sienna, bw, by Algar, dam by Wanderer, Victress, The Colonel, Mai ria, Day, The Old Rake, Simple Peter, Forest Lad. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. The Jockey Club having determined to commdbc4 their season on ;Easter Monday (April 17), the prig ici pal meetings—supposing the usual arrangements are ob served—will stand as under. Should the stewards,. in any instance, determine to vary the fixture, it will be advisable, as a guide to others, to give us immedi ate notice : FEBRUARY. Newton Spring 2 Derby Spring 1 Lincoln Spriug 14 1 Nottingham Spring..... 2l ROIL MA Liverpool Spring 1 Doncaster Spring 7 Salisbury Coventry Spring l4 Warwick Spring ..21 Catterick . .27 Northampton - .29 Abergavenny .30 AP Croxton Park 4 Epsom Sprinr , 6 Cheltenham S pring' l2 Newmarket Craven 17 Catterick Bridge ...19 Abergavenny ...20 York Spring .25 Malton .27 IA Y. Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S l6 Shrewsbury l3 1 Lothians and Edinburwl 118 i Lewes ... .19 Bath .23 Liverpool Hunt Spring —.24 Epsom 30 'NE. JU. Manchester Ascot Heath. . 13 Newcastle-on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle JU] Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 Bibury ..28 gtock bridge ....29 Ludlow .30 Winchester Stourbridge ..17 Stamford Nottingham Goodwood .25 Ripon ~ .31 AUG Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolv er h amp t on I 4I SEPTE , lIST. Egham ..22 York ..23 Hereford Ecc1e5....28 Chelmsford ...29 Derby Plymouth .30 Lincoln 3l ATBER. Bedford l9 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 21 Lanark •?,5 NesNimarket F 0 Northallerton Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochesterand Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 MANCHESTER, JAN. 3. - - STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market opened very heavily and at lower rates to-day, but it rallied towards the close, and closed something higher though the improvement did not generally equal tho fall in the morning. The sales were —Dovers. 18—Leeds, 65k I—Caledonian, 26 i—East Lancashire, 16—Midlands, 614—London Stock, 103— ditto Eights, Y dis.—Leeds fifths, 7 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-clay the market was extremely inactive, and prices, as for the last few days, had a down ward tendency. At noon, and before the receipt of the latest telegraphic communication from London, the follow ing were among the quotations :—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 9, sellers 91—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, buyers 35 Shrewsbury and Birmingham Preference, buyers IN—South Stafford shire, sellers lf die. BRISTOL, JAN. 3. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very little business bails acted to-day, but quotations were higher, and the market closed firm. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam ............ 11 ,14 Ograltar „ Ditto, three:months .. 11 16 ,Leghorn 30 3= Rotterdam ............ 11 161 Genoa 25 55,'" Antwerp .............. 25 22Y, Milan Brassola .............. 25 22)4 Venice ...••••••••• Hamburgh ..... ... 13 5 Naples ........ • • 4214 Altona ................ Palermo ...• •• .• 126 1 4 Paris..„ •• • • .... 25 5 Messina ....... . 126% Ditto, three months .• 25 32% Lisbon 53 Marseilles, .. 25 32% Oporto ...• •••• • • •• •• 53% Bourdeaux ..... ....... Rio Janeiro ... „ Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% ,Buenos Ayres Berlin INew York, 60 days' sight Vienna 11 45 Philadelphia .... • • Trieste „ „ „11 48 plucks Or BULLION PEI OZ. „. 37% Foreign Gold in Bars ' .f3 17 9 Madrid •„ „,„ „ „ 50% Portugal Gold Coin 00 a ,„ .. Bare el on a . .......... • • New Dollars ...... 00 o Seville ,Silver in bars o'b 1% SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent Prim the General Post-of ee by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.) Daywhen made up From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. Englam I. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N Jan. 15 .......... Liverpool ... Jan. 7 America (by U. States packet) ..........N Jan. 17 .. .• Southampto; !Dec. 25 Australia (via South ampton) .....• Jan. 4 ...• ..•..... Southampton Feb. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan, 8.. Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...... • • ..N Feb. 4 .. .• Liverpool ... Uncertain. Africa (West Coast) .. N 13d of the month .. Plymouth .. Dec. 2$ Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... Jan. 16 Alexandria.... 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 4 Bahamas .. --Id 17th of the month Southampton Jan. 1 Belgium ............N Dover ...... Daily Brazil M 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15 Buenos Ayres 9th of the month.. Southampton Jan. 15 - Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. -Arrived Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verds ......N 9th of the month.. Plymouth .. i Jan. I Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .......• ......N 14th of the month Plymouth ..!Arrived Channel Isles ........N Mon., Wed.,&Frid. Southampton ITILT Ch111................M 2d& 17th o f month SeuthaliiptouJan. I China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7 , 1 3;17,21,&27 * 0fm. Dover .... Jan. 10 Constantinople .... •• • • 4th is 20th of mon. South ampt o . 'Jan. 4 Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ......'Twit edgily Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily.... Dover Twie , edally Gibraltar .. —ld 4,7, 17,20, 27 ofm. Southampton/Arrived Greece (see India) GreytoWn ....M ;Ind & 17th of mon. SouthamptonlJan. Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..,..I liavannah ........M 2nd of the month Southampton Jan. Holland Daily.. 1... Dover 'D a ily Honduras 17th of the month. Southampton Va., i India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Jan. 21 India (via Marsellies)4Bth&2lth of month Dover lonian Isles (see Indla)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Dover.. .... Ireland ........M & NiTwice daily ...... Holyhead ..Twleieilitily Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton 'Jan. 116 Madeira ........ 51 9th of the month Southampton Jan. 116 Madeira ............ N 23d of month •... Plymouth .. 'Dec. 10) Malta (see India) ll Malta .......'.......N 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover .. 241 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth ..lArrive I Mexico 2nd of the month.. SouthamptonlJan. ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover Jan. 2 New Granada ......M 2d & 17th pf month Sonthampton'J an .1 New Zea1and........ By privat6 ship .. Various ports tUncert:.aln Papal States N s thlsth2sthohnon. Dover ...... Jan. 2 Peninsula ...., M 7th 17th28 thotinon. Southampton 'Arrive d Peru 7d & 27th of mon. Southampton ! Jan. 1 Port Natal N 14th of the month Plymouth .. !Arrive d Sicily N s thlsth2sthofmon, Dover ...... Jan. 2 Tuscany s thlsth2stholinon. Venezuela 2d & 17th of month Southampton Jan. 1 Van Diem en's Land (see Australia) .......... West Indies 24 SG 17th 01 month Southampton Jan. 1 • When any of these dates tall 01 a Sunday, the malls vtl.ll be dispatched on the following day. with the exception of the India via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be dispatched. the day preceding. __ DREADFUL MURDER.--We deeply regret to hare to record that blood has stained the soil of our quiet and orderly county—blood shed by hand of the murderer, prompted, as it would appear, solely by the thirst for money. The unfortunate occurrence took place early on the night of Friday, the 23d inst., and the victims were Thomas Ball and his wife, who resided in a small cabin on the roadside at Rylands, near Clohamon, in the ba rony of Scarawalsh. They were dealers in apples, oats, and other small commodities, and invariably kept a stand in Newtonbarry on Saturdays. The dreadful fate of the unhappy couple was not known until the afternoon of Saturday, when a man named Curran, brother to the woman, missing them from their usual stand in the mar ket, went to the house about three o'clock in the after noon. He found the door shut, and all silent. He then went to another relative, and both returned to the cabin and raised the door of its hinges, when the appalling spectacle of the lifeless bodies of the man and wife met their sight, their heads being literally beaten to atoms The weapons used by the murderers (for there were evi dently more than one engaged in the horrid brutality) were a spade, a pair of ,tongs, and a blunt billhook, which belonged to the house, and were found in it covered with blood. The spade appears to have been the instrument with which the man's skull was first cloven, and breaking, the handle - was then often used, The woman was found dreadfully battered about the head, and the floor covered with clotted gore. The object of the murderers was to possess themselves o money, about 701., which Ball was known to have, and which his wife was in the habit of carrying in a kind of purse ,with a string round her neck. That they gained their unhallowed end is too certain, for the broken string was still round her neck. They also rum maged the house, for a broken box in the bedroom, the only one in the cabin, a shirt stained by the bloody hand of one of the murderers was found. The mur ders were perpetrated at an early hour. before the couple had retired to bed, perhaps just as they were preparing, for Ball had his shoes and his wife her cap off. About 9 o'clock a neighbour had seen them at their fire, the w ife plucking a goose, which was found on the table, as if laid aside when finished. The murderers on going a way locked the door, so that the cabin being closed so long in the day did not create any suspicion, the owners being supposed to be, as usual,•at market, until Curran, as mentioned, went to inquire about their absence. The Lord-Lieutenant has offered a reward of 1001. for the discovery of the perpetrators of these brutal murders.— Wexford Independent. THE FRENCH IN RO3IE.—On Easter Sunday I observed what must have been to the Romans most galling. In their own city and their own cathedral preference was given to the French ladies, for whom the best seats in the church were reserved. The balconies over the co lonnade were restricted to them alone. I also noticed that in addition to the troops drawn up in battle array on. the . piazza, large numbers, in knot s o f e i ght or ten, so distributed themselves amongst the people that no part of that vast concourse was free from them. They acted like casual spectators, but to us, who observed them from above, they appeared far too skilfully and uniformly located to leave a doubt that they were there by command, so as to be ready, in case of disturbance, to co-operate with the troops outside the crowd. The French army is in the highest state of discipline ; their patrols, at every point; their drums and trumpets re sounding at all hours. To a casual observer, there ap pears no disposition to revolt, for the multitude seem as if they thought that, however bad their present condi tion, it might be worse. French rule is better than Austrian, and the Romans are happier than the Tuscans. The city that once ruled the world is contented so long as others are under a heavier yoke than themselves.— The Porn in and the Vatican, by Newman Hail. BIRTHS. OF A BON. - - On the 30th ult., at Worthing, the wife of James D O'Burn, Esq. On the Ist inst., at Ilyde-park-gardens, the wife of Thomas Dent, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Ist inst„ the wife of the Rev. John Ingle, M.A., Head Master of Ely Grammar School. On the 31st ult., at Teignmonth, the lady of Herbert Taylor, EQq. MARRIED. On the 28th ult., at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Gl as . gow, the Rev. John Sherwen, M.A., Bolton, Cumberland, to Agnes, daughter of the late John Edward Hill, Esq., Hutton-hall, Dumfriesshire. On the 31st ult. ' Win. Parker Griffin, Esq., m erc h an t of St. Domingo, and New York, U.S., to Mary Anne Coven try, only surviving daughter of George Linley, the com poser, and granddaughter of Dr. John Borthwick Gil christ, H.E.I.C.S. AUSTRIAN FlNANC ES. — According to the German papers the Austrian Budget for 1854 will show a deficit of 45,000,000 florins ( 4 ,500.0001.) on the ordinary ser vice, and 50,000,000 florins (5,000,0001.) on the extra ordinary—a result that may lead to a serious catastrophe, and fully accounts for the refusal ofthe eminent bankers at home and abroad to enter on a contract for a new loan with the Austrian Government. ' WHO WILL CUT THE TIGER'S NAILS Valiance appeared at the police-court, Hull, last week, and called the attention of the sitting magistrates to the miserable condition of the tiger at the Hull Zoological Gardens. He said that it had for some time suffered much in con sequence of its nails growing and cutting its flesh, the poor animal being almost unable to put its feet to the ground. He understood it was considered dangerous to do anything to the nails, but he nevertheless thought it a proper case for investigation by the magistrates, and he wished to know whom he could summon ? Mr. M‘Manus suggested that chloroform should be adrni- -- nistered to the animal, under the influence of which he LONDON : Printed and Published by MUBDO YOUNG, thought its nails could be cut without danger. The i of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Ere Sun 04ce, Np. 112, magistrates said they had no power to interfere in the Strand, in the Precinct cf Vie Savoy, in the county of matter.--Hull Paper. Middlesex, Wednesday, January 4,1854. DIED. On the tat inst., at his soat at Thickthorn, near Nor wich, IL H. Gurney, F ! s9._, aged 7J. , . tains'ate, Charlotte Hinchliffe, youngest daughter 29thult., ofatthlelaee Bishop of Peterborough, aged 72. On the 31st ult., at Bonn, Helen, wife of the Rev. Rid ley H. Hersehell. On the 2d inst., in jermyn-street, St. James's, E. Laws, Esq., of the Royal Dockyard, Pembroke, aged 62. ~, , ..