The Sun. — London, England, 1850-12-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING , DECEMBER 21 , 1850. " That Commander Thomas A. B. Spratt is to corn- at Inelmacardoch 12 red - deer, and about 30 roe. 1 the chairman, Mr. W. Gascoyne, to be carried. Should C o urt, Birmingham-J. Livesey and J. Pima, New Grecian, from London for Adelaide, on the 16th of Au -- e- a ' i • iii,r )tr ttto a i 1 mission the Porcupine, and proceed to the Greek The Dundreggan party, Sir Henry Meux, Bart., tt e.landowner3 that suFceed i.n obtaining their Bill, and l ulti- Lenten, Nottinghamshire,. lacemakers, Jan. 24, at ten, at gust, in 19. t. 10 S., b oug . 31 W. ' Islands, in order to complete the survey commenced Richard Arabic, Eq.. and Mr. Bateson, shot 17 mate] ficd this railway, like all other . rail ways, the C . ourt, Nottingham-H. Ward, Holhosch, Lin- San Francisco, of and from Hamburgh, for Sydne, should cost a larger amount than they estimate, and the colushire, draper, Jan. 24, at ten, at the Court, Not- New South Wales, with emigrants, on the 7th of Sep- RAIL -. by the officers of the Volage, left uncomleted by stags, 2 hinds; 8 roe, 1,000 grouse, and actual traffic when the lino is completed be less than the tingham, tember, in let. 39 S., long. 33 E WAY COLLISION. them." This statement is at least premature; for no 400 black-game, besides snipe, hares, ptarmigan, &c. amount ca'culated, and the working c xrenscs be greater, CERTIFICATES GRANTED. vessel will be commissioned for the Mediterranean From the Corrybroughrnore Moors, C. H. Cor the per-tentage alluded to may become a serious charge T. Booker, sen., and T. Booker, jun., Mark-lane, mer-(THIS DAY.) RAIL WA Y RE T U lilt S An accident, fortunately unattended with serious re- Surve y in g Service within the next three months. bet, E .q., bagged 492 brace of grouse, and a number on the various parishes. The South-Eastern Company chants, certificates of the first class-ST. Barnes, Hun- - sults although several arsons were severe] cut and _ea THE ADMIRALTY DOVER PACKETS.-These vessels of hares, snipe, and partridges. On the Monar would no doubt be very glad to have 4 per cent. gua- gerford, Berks, auctioneer, certificate of the second TRAFFIC RETU INS FOR THE PAST WEEK. , bruised, occurred this p morning close to the y London- have had to encounter the very heavy weather of the Hills, H. W. White, Esq., shot eight stags and three ranteed on their 9,000,0001. of expenditure by the pa- class-J. T. Brameld, Titchborne-street and Great' bridge Terminus of the South - Eastern Railway. In con- past week in reduced numbers, for the Princess Alice hinds. On the Clune Moors, W. D. Phil p ott, Esq., fi s hes through which the lines and branches pass; but Windmill street, Westminster, china, glass, and earthen Miles NAME OF RAILWAY. 1 Receipts. opened sequence of the dense fog, signal men had been placed has been at Woolwich for above five months, under Captain Musgrave, and C. Capel, Esq., bagged upwards it is evident that 90,0001. a year would prove a very ware dealer, certificate of the first class-j. B. Cross, - 1850. ' - 1819. 1850. between the ticket-platform and the points leading to r e pair, and the Garland has been found so defective of 500 brace of grouse, 51t brace of black game, 30 undesirable charge on the various parishes, in order to Cornhill, watch and chronometer maker, ce rtific a te of BRITISH. raise the dividend of the shareholders from 3to 4 per the second class-J. Hayward, Oswestry, Shropshire, - and from the station, for greater security, and when the 72 Aberdeen .. ~...............• ..... £5BB £1,115 that she has been detained from returning to Dover. ditto of hares, 101 ditto partridges, and a few North Kent train, due in London at half.paet nine cent. scrivener, certificate of the first class-W. H. De Wolf, 37% Belfast and Ballymena ...... . . The Vivid is in a defective state ; and the Undine, snipe and othr wildfowl. At Strathconan Mr. o'clock, had arrived at the ticket platform, and the pas- with RAILWAY TRAFFIC.-The published traffic returns of Liverpool, merchant, certificate of the third class, after 17 B i l elf k ast h and d County D hi own . .. d .. .. ......e - 742 - 9:2 sengers' tickets had been exemined, the nearest signal new et stags, her engineer, is not quite up to the mark. Balfour shot 17 3 hinds, a good railways in the United Kingdom during the 49 weeks of 21 days from Dec. 10-J. Woodward, Ecclesfield, York- 16 3renea , , as re, an Cheshir man sent the man next to him to inquire if the train In fact, had the gale continued for a couple of days bag of grouse and black game, besides 7 7 Bolton Blackburn and West York .... the present year endieg the 7th of December, shows that shire, paper manufacturer, certificate of the third class, 2 85% Bristol and Exeter' • .. . , 3,285 3,548 longer, the Admiralty would have been compelled to roe and 300 hares. From Boleskine and Dun- the aggregate receipts amounted to 12,036,1701. on 6,240 after twenty-one days from Dec. 14. 160 Ca1ed0nian............. ............ 5,931 5,811 could come in; but it appears that this man must have misunderstood the reply, as he gave the signal for the hire vessels to keep up the mail communication. The maglass Moors, J. S. Entwisle, Esq., got 400 brace miles of railway. For the corresponding period of 1849 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. 94% Chester and Holyhead. • • ............ 1,213 2,278 the receipts amounted to 10,397,600/. on 5,160 miles, J. Creft and T. Fuller Royal Exchange-buildings, - train to move into the station at the very moment when real expense o f thi s se rvice does not appear at Dover. of grouse. In Locbcarron Forest, Sir Arthur 3253 Dublinlltiblin a a h u d d p ß r e o l g ta h s e t d J a unction ........ - ........ 595 843 the half-past ni ne t ra i n f o r W oo l w i c h was p ass ing out Ties " PLUMPER '' SCREW SLOOP.-Such has been Chichester, Bart., shot 20 red-deer and 12 roe, showing an increase in the gross receipts of 1,638,5701., mining share dealers-S, (l oug h an d J. Cl oug h, 6 Dublin and Kingstown •. • ..........• 565 530 Lord Vivian and Mr. Shafto Adair shot 953 head or 15•8 per cent ,and in the mileage at the end of the Waterloo, Lancashire, tailors-J. B. Sharpley 349 through the points; the consequence was that the trains the excellent and superior sailing qualities of the 12 -3 16 1 % Dundee, and At b e • r • d • e • e • n • lun - c • ti o • u • - 530 642 came into collision before the breaksmen could stop gun auxiliary screw-sloop Plumper, in the West of grouse and black-game, and 2 roe-deer at Knockie. 49 weeks of 1, 080 miles. The average receipts per mile and T. Lawrence, Louth, Lincolnshire, coal mer -19 Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ --_ them, the fog being so dense as to prevent the guards I n dies, now ordered to the Brazils, reported by the At Torridon, Mr. Mackenzie shot 9 stags. for the 49 we eks in 1850 amounted to 2,111/., and in the chants -W. 0. Tucker and J. Stephenson, 67 % East An corresponding period of 1849 to 2,183/., showing a falling Threadneedle-street, and Brighton, attorneys and engine-drivers seeing the danger until too late, ale Earl of Dundonald, Commander-in-Chief in the West On the island of Harris, Mr. Campbell of Jura shot off in the receipts per mile of 72/., or only 3•3 per cent. at law-Elizabeth Drake and Joseph Storrs Fry, 37212 Fz.ttaslelr.,,,anasilit: ;; ; ;(1 * 'V Orloi1i: : :: • • • • 1 2 5 ,12 , 8 6 .1,4: 4 5 ;4 5 though both trains were moving very slowly. The pas- Indies, that the Admiralty have sent the report to all 43 red . deer, mostly stags. On the Cromdale ikon, 95 Eastern lUidon •..... .. .. .. .. .. :: •.: 1,556 1,706 sengers were necessarily much alarmed, but none were Mr. Bruce of Kennet, and Archer Houblon, Esq., on an increase in the mileage of 20•9 per cent. Chelmsford, confectioners-A. Moore and W. Short, 116% Ediaburgh and Glasgow ... •.. •..... 2,981 3,371 seriously injured. After some little delay the usual the dockyards. BEBRING'S STRAITS SERVICE.-We understand shot 1,004 head of grouse and black game.-Inverness _ North Wharf-road, Paddington, marble-cutters-T. 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee ••• . • • - - traffic of the line was resumed. Willson, W. Willson, and R. C. urray, Sheffield, iron- 18 Furness Railway ... .............• -7: „--, 12721%% Glasgow, elsgow P a a n i d sle S y o , ut ah h that the Amphitrite, 25, commissioned at Ports- Courier. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE founders (so far as regards T. Wilson)-Emma Rowe mouth by Captain Frederick, is to proceed to the OF FRIDAY. and Meta Rowe, Hove, boarding school keepers-E. B. 236 Great Nor .. thern and E. L....... - - 2,615 6,815 FRANCE. Pacific station, taking out as large a supply of stores DOWNFALL. OF POPERY FORETOLD. WHITEHALL, DEC. 19. Webb and C. L. Hensman, Castle Lecky,near Newtown, 188 Great Southern and Westerni(lreland) 3,643 4,121 The Moniteur publishes the returns of the Cus- and provisions as she can stow, for supplying the The Queen has been pleased to appoint Ireland, engiaeers-E. Smith and J. Whitaker, Bir- 262% Great Western the drama of Glastonbury [Extract from tome' duties during the eleven months of 1850, end- Arctic ships now engaged in searching for Franklin. King's Caprice. By T. Williams.] Sir John RomillY, Knight, her Majesty's Attorney- mingham, linen and woollen drapers-F. Tinker and J. 260 La n :e a :shire annd Y r , s e : ........• •• . ~,,,,„ 14,183 - (1 1Ve Greenock s t ern - • •• •• ••• • 2 '87 9 4 5 •' '9 4 3'9' orslure li oo U ing on the let of December, which amounted to C OM MODORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON.-Letters from General; Shaw, Hyde, Cheshire, surgeons-T. Haigh and J. 39 1 Leeds and Thirsk .... - - 620 814 ACT THE THIRD. George James Turner, E_ q.,one of her Majesty's Counsel; Haigh, Leeds, dyers-G. Phibbs, W. Osborn, and T. 12% Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.• • . 74 278 114,883,627 f. They had produced, during the same the squadron state that the Prince Regent, 90, Corn-- SCENE 1.- Whitehall Palace.-Henry and Catharine dis- Richard Bethell, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel; 5181 A London and North Western .•. • Beesley, Crutched-friars, wine and spirit merchants-J. period of 1848, 80,447,893 f., and in 1849 modore Martin, is to come home in command of James Parker, Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel; 5 London and Blackwell ..... covered.-King seated, excited.-Queen pacing the Hammond, G. Horton, T. Cotton, and G. Hawthorne, 171% London, Brighton, and South Coast 7,667 8,308 117,487,282 f. It also contains the returns of the Commander Feed, to be paid off. This is not correct; chamber. William Page Wood•lEsq., one of her Majesty's Counsel; Hollinwood, Staffordshire, coal proprietors (so tar es re -11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 239 London and South western 8,115 8.395 production and consumption of beet-root sugar since the Prince Regent is to remain at Lisbon, and neces- KING. How madam-do you presume! Charles Crompton, Esq., Barrister-at-Law; garde G. Hawthorne)-G. Bowlb), and J. Dalton, Kings- 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen - - the beginning of the season, from which it appears sary stores have been sent out by the Phaeton for the QUEEN (aside). I can no longer disguise, or repress and William Milbourne James, Esq., Barrister-at-Law • 84 112 ton-upon-Hull, stock and share brokers-J. Bradbury, R. Icae Manchester, Shetlield,and Lincolnshire 4,368 5 , 865 that, on the Ist inst., there were 209 manufacturers repair of the defects of that ship on the station. The the glowing sentiments I feel! (To the King emphaticall Y)to be her Majesty's Conamissioners for inquiring into the Anderson, and T. Betten . ey, Longton, Staffordshire, ma- 9%, Manchester and South Junction 277 344 in operation, or thirteen more than in 1849. The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, is the only ship of the Yes, my Lord, Ido presume! process, practice, and system of pleading in the Court of nufacturers of china (so far as regards J. Bradbury)- 28 Maryport and Carlisle ............ •• - .... quantity of sugar manufactured amounted to western squadron coming home, and she is ordered to KING. Amazing boldness !-This to me! Chancery. W. Warneford and E. Warnelord, York, linen and 4 5 9 0 6 Midland ..... ...... ...... 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• 1,159_ 1,220 Midland Great Western (Irish) 21,846,301 kilogrammes ; and that sold for consump- Portsmouth to be refitted. QUEEN. Listen, my Lord! The whole moral world of WHITEHALL, Mc. 17. Oil woollendrapers-J. Harper, J. Moore, J. Carter, and E. - tion, including the deposits in the Government bond- MILITARY EMPLOYED AT THE INDUSTRIAL EXHI- thought, which for so many ages have been chained down The Lord Chancellor has appointed Walbanke Morgan, Whiteeroft, Gloucestershire (so far as regards 146 North British 222 North Staffordshire ing stores, to 13,709,345. BITION FOR 1851.-A number of the most intelligent by the dark fetters of ignorance and superstition, will Baker Barber, of Liverpool, in the county palatine of soon burst asunder its adamantine shackles. Shake off, Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the m J. a C n, ar ß te u r ll. a h n e d ad E . . Morgan)-J. Dewhurst and S. New- 47 North-Western •••• - and well-conducted non-commissioned officers and and topple to the ground those bigotries-those Scarlet High Court of Ctiancery. court, ewgate-street, booksellere-D. 45 Scottish Central .................. . 1,184 1,545 GERMAN Y. Norton, C. L. Hoggart, and J. Oakley, Old Broad•street, 32 Scottish Midland .............„ .. - - privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners are being 30 ; s s o n u r t e h es p a e ir v eziT .. ............... :: ............... CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 19. 47 Shrewsbury and Chester land valuers (so far as regards J. Oakley)-J. Platt and The Bavarian garrison of Frankfort persists in Abominations, d which have so long oppressed and defiled employed as clerks, under the Committee for the it, an stand erect.. that it may contemplate Heaven, in MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR- 3 84 427 refusing to leave that city. Exhibition of 1851, a just tribute to the worth of this the majesty of Freedom, Purity, and Truth! J. Clayton, Stockport, Cheshire, stonemasons-James 1,275 1,521 In the Grand Duchy of Baden the Federal fortress LIAMENT. Waterlow, A. J. Waterlow, W. B. Waterlow, S. 11. 234 South Ea5tern.....................: 8,301 9,314 most distinguished corps. The selections have been KING. What mean yon, madam? County of Limerick-Wyndham Geoid, Esq., in the 75 South Wales ...................... - 688 of Rastadt will be garrisoned by Austrian and Baden Waterlovr, and A. C. Waterlow, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, made partly from the companies at Chatham, and in QUEEN. Mark, my Liege ! A great and glorious room of Samuel Dickson, Esq., deceased. 69 • South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. - 1,308 troops. London-wall, and Parliament-street, law stationers (so 40 Taff Vale ... ,1,458 2,112 part from Woolwiela the head-quarters of the corps. work is now in active progress; of so stupendous, so 'WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 20. far as regards J. Waterlow)-C. W. Squaroy and A. T. 36 Ulster. ........ - •• . 779 834 A dispatch, received in Berlin on the 18th, states 4.sublime a nature, as shall soon command the undivided 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards-Lieutenant Charles ••• ..•• •••• •••• •••••• P MONEY OINDE PRIZE TO BE REFUNDED.-The Squarey, attorneys-at-law. 25 Waterford and Limerick ............ - 366 that General Von Peucker had given notice that, ifattention of all Europe. Edward Walker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Dallas, 13 West Cornwall .. 233 230 Court of Directors having decided that the over-paid INSOLVENT PETI rIONERS. •••• • •••••••••••• the orders given by the Hessian Government were KING. Forbear, madam! These be the foul and pee- who retires; Cornet James O'Hara to be Lieutenant, by Thomas Browning, Bourne, Lincolnshire, farmer. 12 Whitehaven Junction .•............. - - shares shall be refunded, the President of the Council 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 11,989 13,212 not executed, he would allow the execution of the tileut heresies of the day, that have sprung up in the purchase, vice Walker, Dec. 20. John Holmes, Halifax, Yorkshire, woolstapler. 256 York and North Mid1and........... 5.960 6,659 in India has directed that the several sums so over- • • 13th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant Soame Gambier Band to take its course. Untversity of Wurtemburg, and among the crazy Joseph Cutler Fenton, Smethwick, Staffordshire, retail FOREIGN. Paid in the Meanee and Hyderabad portions of the ef.;;e Amiens and 80u10gne............... - 1,192 Baden has returned M. Von Rudt to the Dresden • • • scholars of Germany. Jenyns to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hervey, who brewer. Snide prize money, shall be recovered in six monthly QUEEN (triumphantly). Germany, my Lord, has broken retires; Corner Percy Shawe Smith to be Lieutenant - conferences ; Hanover, M. Von Scheele. instalments, commencing from the first issue of pay, t,h© spell of misbegotten fear, and has given the watch- by purchase, vice Jenyns, Dec. 20. P Paul Greenwood, Halifax, Yorkshire, tailor. 63 Montereau and Troyes .............. - - The following extract from the Weiner Zeilunir will officers returning to Europe being required to make word! But England!-England will soon join the shout, Bth Regiment of Foot-Lieutenant Timothy John Windley, Leicester, printer and stationer. 336 Northern of France - - - serve to throw some light upon the intentions of three Walsh, Alice Holmes, Halifax, Yorkshire, spinster. and echo back with her Island voice from her thousand from the 62d Feet, to be Lieutenant, vice Rynd, who Richard Holmes, Halifax, Yorkshire, woolsorter. 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) .......... - good the amount previous to their embarkation. 72 Orleans to Bordeaux ..........„ ...• - - of the continental powers in regard to Germany :- ; •exchanges, Dec. 20. 82 Paris and Orleans ................. - - NORTH BRITAIN COMMAND.-Major-General Rid- cliffs and craggy shores, in a larger and a louder strain William Howard, sen., Snaith, West Riding of York- 85 Paris and Rouen ................... - " If a reform of the Gorman Confederation in the - dell, K.H., commanding the troops in North Britain, the bright genius of Albion will arise, and fling down 31st Foot-Captain Septimus Alphonso Frederico shire, labourer. 51,34 Rouen and Ilavre ................ _ sense of the more reasonable demands of the age should take place under the auspicea of Austria it would re- has issued an order to the effect that all future guard the gauntlet to surrounding nations! Cary, from the 83d Foot, to be Captain, vice Bray, who John Davis, St. Michael in Bedwardine Worcester. - quire a re-organization of European policy, having for mounting parades will be in folded coats instead of KING. Peace, fool! Where was thy faith before the exchanges, Dec. 20. William Thomas Goodwin, Upper Middleton Cheney, 38th Foot-Ensign Horatio Page Vance to be Lieu- Northametenehire_ SPhonlma.t.r. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. _ . „ . , ~_„_,,,„,„ ____,. ,„„ ~,,„..,,,,,,_,, _,,,,„., ~,,, „.., a „ ~.„, time of these mad-brained Lutherans? T illamrsloa • 1,1, NTAW TY5.WT1,3,12.1,1•• 1? •yr Mil iii 1 - 1,---- -, The following extract from the Weiner Zeilunir b will serve to throw some light upon the intentions of three of the continental powers in regard to Germany : " If a reform of the German Confederation in the sense of the more reasonable demands of the age should take place under the auspices of Austria it would re quire a re-organization of European policy, having for its basis the political alliance of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, which is adapted to the necessities of the times (zeitgerniiis). It would then become the question whether the battle against the revolution should be re gularly fought cut, or whether it should effectually be pnt a stop to by radically extirpating the revolutionary el:ments of nlidern public ' DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. In Schleswig-Holstein the country in the neigh bourhood of Husum is entirely flooded, and in some places the water has risen above the chausse between that town and Tonning. It is stated that in case a long and hard frost sets in the Danes will not attempt to defend Friedrichstadt in its present shattered con• dition if the HoMeiners attack it. They have a strong position to the north-west at Husum, and to the Holsteiners the possosion of Friedrichstadt alone would be of little military advantage. The Wehr Zeitung, the organ of the Prussian army, severely condemns the continual skirmishes and outpost actions carried on as a systcra by the Holstein troops, as they cause a totally useless loss of life and destruction of property. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on Dec. 19:— ASSETS. ... f. 341,731,220 85 . . 117,094,367 0 ~. 136,718 88 Cash in hand Ditto in branch banks Bills past due Bills discounted, but not yet due Bills in the branch banks .. Advances on coins add ingots.. Ditto by the braneh banks _ Ditto on French public securities Ditto by branch banks... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor.. Ditto on the loan of 75 millions Rentes of the reserve fund ... Rentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... 12,952,725 74 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks 3,494,782 0 Interest in National Discount Bank Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 0 Bills protested at Paris 157,000 47 ••• •••• Expenses of administration of the Bank 807,726 14 Ditto of the branches ... 276,138 0 Miscellaneous 528,358 9 53,056,612 10 87,564,584 0 ~. 5,042,100 0 1,106,736 0 8,962,046 10 1,919,703 0 " That Commander Thomas A. B. Spratt is to com mission the Porcupine, and proceed to the Greek Islands, in order to complete the survey commenced by the officers of the Volage, left uncompleted by them." This statement is at least premature; for no vessel will be commissioned for the Mediterranean Surveying Service within the next three months. THE ADMIRALTY DOVER PACKETS.—These vessels have had to encounter the very heavy weather of the past week in reduced numbers, for the Princess Alice has been at Woolwich for above five months, under repair, and the Garland has been found so defective that she has been detained from returning to Dover. The Vivid is in a defective state ; and the Undine, with her new engineer, is not quite up to the mark. In fact, had the gale continued for a couple of days longer, the Admiralty would have been compelled to hire vessels to keep up the mail communication. The real expense of this service does not appear at Dover. THE " PLUMPER" SCREW SLOOP.—Such has been the excellent and superior sailing qualities of the 12 - gun auxiliary screw-sloop Plumper, in the West Indies, now ordered to the Brazils, reported by the Earl of Dundonald, Commander-in-Chief in the West Indies, that the Admiralty have sent the report to all the dockyards. BEHRING'S STRAITS SERVICE.—We understand that the Amphitrite, 25, commissioned at Ports mouth by Captain Frederick, is to proceed to the Pacific station, taking out as large a supply of stores and provisions as she can stow, for supplying the Arctic ships now engaged in searching for Franklin. COMMODORE MARTIN'S SQUADRON.—Letters from the squadron state that the Prince Regent, 90, Com modore Martin, is to come home in command of Commander Feed, to be paid off. This is not correct; the Prince Regent is to remain at Lisbon, and neces sary stores have been sent out by the Phaeton for the repair of the defects of that ship on the station. The Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, is the only ship of the western squadron coming home, and she is ordered to Portsmouth to be refitted. MILITARY EMPLOYED AT THE INDUSTRIAL EXHI BITION FOR 1851.—A number of the most intelligent and well-conducted non-commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners are being employed as clerks, under the Committee for the Exhibition of 1851, a just tribute to the worth of this most distinguished corps. The selections have been made partly from the companies at Chatham, and in part from Woolwioh, the head-quarters of the corps. SINDE PRIZE MONEY TO BE REFUNDED.—The Court of Directors having decided that the over-paid shares shall be refunded, the President of the Council in India has directed that the several sums so over paid in the Meanee and Hyderabad portions of the Sinde prize money, shall be recovered in six monthly instalments, commencing from the first issue of pay, officers returning to Europe being required to make good the amount previous to their embarkation. NORTH BRITAIN COMMAND.—Major-General Rid dell, K.H., commanding the troops in North Britain, has issued an order to the effect that all future guard mounting parades will be in folded coats instead of knapsacks, except on Thursdays, when the men are to be in heavy marching order. The Major General has also recommended to the men the practice of wearing vests with the coatee and shell jacket, which are not padded, in order to prevent the straps bearing too much upon the chest. NEW PATTERN COAT FOR THE INFANTRY.—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge has sent two red frock coats to the Board of General Officers, as patterns for officers and men. RETIREMENT FROM THE GUARDS.—We understand that Colonel Lascelles, commanding the Grenadier Guards, is about to retire from the service, by the sale of his commission. His first commission is dated the 10th of September, 1812 ; was promoted Lieutenant and Captain, June, 1814; Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, February, 1828 ; Colonel, November, 1841 ; Major and Colonel, July, 1843 ; and succeeded as Lieutenant. Colonel of the Regi ment, in April, 1849. Colonel Lascelles served with the Guards in the Peninsula in 1813 and 1814, and has received the war medal with two clasps, for the battles of the Nivelle and the Nive. He was also at the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo. ADMIRALTY AGENTS TO THE CAPE MAIL PACKETS. —The Admiralty have appointed a commander (Commander Wolrige) as the agent to the first Cape Mail Packet, instead of a lieutenant, as in all other Mail steam -packets ; and we understand that in these packets their Lordships have determined to appoint all commanders, in order that they may have an op• portunity afforded them, in the voyages to the Cape of Good Hope in those screw vessels, of making them selves thoroughly acquainted with that principle of propulsion which there is not the slightest doubt will in a few years be applied to every ship of war in the navy. THE MEDITERRANEAN FLEET.—Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker's fleet was at Barcelona on the 6th instant, and was to leave that port for Malta on the 10th. QUEEN (suddenly and aloud). Where you's was not, my Lord, in the written Word of Heaven KING (furiously striking the table). Thou art a— QUEEN. A woman !—who dares, my Liege, to speak her mind, and boldly tell you—from the corruption—the ♦ices, and depravities of your Court—the errors of your Faith ! From— KING. Desist, madam! or 50,000,000 0 ... 50,000,000 0 10,000,000 0 42,227,238 13 f. 791,488,056 50 Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, G.C.8., his friends will be glad to hear, has perfectly recovered from the complaint (water on the chest), which at this time of life (above 80) it was expected would have been fatal. The water has all been absorbed, and this highly gallant and most distinguished vete ran is much batter in health, as from his great age could possibly be supposed. CAPE OF GOOD lioPE.—We gave, on authority of a daily paper, last week, the arrival of Commodore Wyvill in the Castor, 36, at Simon's Bay, Oct. 6. We have reason to believe that this is incorrect, for we have letters from the Castor at Mauritius, Sep tember 28th. QUEEN. From such poisonous elements will Heaven, by a beautiful moral Alchemy that will claim our admi ration, r.ot less than our gratitude, extract that Grand Elixir of Reformed Chris- KING (choking with rage). I'll hear no more !—Thou art a cankered heretic! and—&c., &c., &e. Continuation of this Scene.—Lord Chancellor sum moned.—Queen's commital to the Tower decided.—King vacillates.—Queen's ingenuity sates her life.—Uncere monious dismissal of Guards with warrant.—ltkconcilia tion with the King.—Drama comes to a close by the so lution of the three Problms which Henry had deemed inexplicable. Unexpected demmentent.—Double sur prise! I 38th . Foot—Ensign lloratio Page Vance to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Hugonin, who retires ; Row land Hill Gordon, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vance, Dec. 20. 47th Foot—Captain Jesse Lloyd, from the Ist West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Sinnott, who ex changes, Dec. 20. _ 62cl Foot—Lieutenant McKay Ithynd, from the Bth Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Walsh, who exchanges, Dee. 20. 83c1 FoDt—Captain Edward William Bray, from the 31st Foot, to be Captain, vice Cary, who exchanges, Dec. 20. 98th Foot—Ensign Henry Robert Twyford, from the 44th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Harris, whose appointment has been cancelled, Dec. 20. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Mayer, timber merchant, Batemans-row, Shoreditch. BANKRUPTS. John Yeller, builder, Landport, Southampton, to surrender, Jan. 3, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Ccut t of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; M'Low, Chancery-lane. Samuel JeffryeF, maltster, Eltham, Kent, Jan. 4, at half-past one, and Feb. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street; Hillearys, Fenchurch street. Thomas Evans, innkeeper, FenDitton, Cambridgeshire, Dec. 31, at two, and Jan 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard -street; Trinder and Eyre, John-street, Bed ford-row; Twiss and Marshall, Cambridge. James Mayhew Cansdale, draper, Norwich, Dec. 31 and Jan. 31, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane; Jones, Size lane, Bucklerebury. Samuel Willett, sen., glazier, Cheltenham, J an . 1 an d 29, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Packwood, Cheltenham. John Lindsay, grocer, Neath, Glamorganshire, Jan. 1, at twelve, and Jan. 29, at --, at the Bri s t o l District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Brittan and Sons, Bristol. William Laycock, iron merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 6 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mor gan, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodge, Liverpool. Charles Robinson ' sailmaker, Liverpool, Jan. 2 and 31, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Holden, Liverpool. Septimus Frederick Martyn, draper, Bishop Auckland, Dec. 31, at twelve, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Wakley, official as signee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Cooper, Sunderland. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall street. C. O'Neill, Golden-square, picture dealer, Jan. 10, at eleven—J. Thompson, Piccadilly, linen draper, Jan. 15, at two—J. Johnson, jun., Uxbridge, and Iver, Bucking hamshire, common carrier, Jan. 15, at two—J. H, Arthur, Garlick-hill, wholesale stationer, Jan. 14, at eleven—B. Angle, Moorfields ,licensed victualler, J an . 11, at eleven—A. Paine and G. F. Davies, Southwark, woollen drapers, Jan. 11, at half-past one—W. Pyman, Saint Osyth, Essex, corn merchant, Jan. 11, at half-past one—A. Cranston, Wimborne Minster, Dorsetahire, cabinet maker, Jan. 11, at one—E. Hyrons, John-street, Tottenham-court-road, pianoforte manufacturer, Jan. 11, at half-past eleven—R. Barker and H. Davey, Bicester, Oxfordshire, drapers, Ja n . 11, at h a lf -past e l even—J. S. 11o , d a g t h Hodge and f ;J. s t e u t Pin, Now Oxford-street, tailors, J an . 1 l elve—R. G. W ar d, B rown l ow - stree t, Drury-lane, coach currier, J an . 13, at h a lf- past e l even— J. G. Beach, Woolwich, li cense d v i ctua ll er, J an. 13, at ai half-past twelve—F. Bennett, Clapham, soda water ma nufacturer, Jan. 13, at twelve—J. Leigh, Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 13, at half-past twelve—T. W. Dorn ford, Suffolk-lane, Cannon -street, wine merchant, Jan. 13, at eleven—J. N. Reynolds, Upper-street, Islington, grocer, Jan. 11, at eleven. In the Country. J . williame, Newport, auctioneer, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J, Bird, Cwmavon. Glamorgan shire, grocer, Jar. 14, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Bristol—Mary Bakewell, Manchester, size manufacturer, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Shaw and S. Shaw, Upper Mill and Grasacroft, Yorkshire, timber merchants, Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court, Man chester—J. Gray and R. Williams, Chester, engineers, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—R. Loose more, Tiverton, Devonshire, scrivener, Jan. ii, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Page, Sidmouth, Devonshire, butcher, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. Parnell, East Looe, Cornwall, grocer, Jan. 23, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENTS 01? DIVIDENDS. J. D. Bell, Kingston-upon-Hull, 32. 6d., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, or any subsequent Tuesday, btttween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. W. Rawson, Market Rasen, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, seed and cake merchants, 33., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. shire, labourer. John Davis, St. Michael in Bedwardine, Worcester. William Thomas Goodwin, Upper Middleton Cheney ; Northamptonshire, schoolmaster. James Remnant, St. Margaret, Rochester, wheelwright. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. _ . _ ENGLISH AND IRISH RECRUITE.—Major-General Brown, the Adjutant-General of the Forces, when examined by the Select Committee on the Army Expenditure, stated that not more than one-third of the recruits were natives of Ireland, awl that out of 12,000 men required for the service during the pre sent year, 6,000 or 7,000 would be exclusively Eng lish. The greater number, and better men, are en listed from London, than from the agricultural or manufacturing districts. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-FRIDAY. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.-25 to 1 offered on the field. CHESTER Cur.-1,000 to 15 agst Black Doctor (t), 1 000 to 15 agst Woolwich (t), 1,000 to 12 agst Haricot (t). The others as before. THE DERBY —6OO to 50 agst Newminster (t), 3,000 to 75 tgst Lightfoot (t). The bet agst Lightfoot was all laid by one party. Newminster had several friends at 12 to 1. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851. The following are the present fixtures as nearly as we can ascertain:— Lincoln FEBRUARY. 6 I Liverpool Spring MARCH. Coventry 4 Doncaster Spring: 13 Warwick Spring AP Croxton Park I Catterick Bridge 3 Epsom Spring 4 Newmarket Craven 12 The Hoo Newmk t. Second Spring 6 Shrewsbury ... 8 Plymouth Spring Ascot Beverley, Hull, &c 4 Hampton ll Manchester ll South Lancashire Newmarket Cirlisle ....... 1 Worcester Liverpool .. 9 Ripon Brighton 6 Wolverhampton ..... 11 Kipling Coates Northampton . Newcastle-on-Tyne S 2B Malton l5 Newmark, First Spring 21 Abzrgavenny 24 Chester York Spring Bath Epsom Bibury Newton Stockbridge Winchester Ne wcastle r LY. . 20 • l 9 • 20 .. 23 Stamfurd.......-- Nottingham Goodwood ~ 29 G. Thorpe, Kirton, Lindsey, Lincolnshire, scrivener, 6td. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, or any subsequent Tuesday, betw( en eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. J. Weir, Cumnock, ironmonger and grocer, to meel within the Black Bull Inn, Cumnock, Dec. 27, and Jan, 20, at twelve. 1). Russell, Glasgow, printer and stereotype founder, to meet within the Commercial Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 25, and Jan. 15, at one. J. M'Gibbon and A. Galbraith, Kingston -upon-Hull, merchants and commission agents, 45., on Tuesday, Deo. 24, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Carrick, Hull. R. Campling, Norwich, haberdasher, 2s. 6d., on Satur day next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abcharch lane, City. T. Bason, Buckingham, boot and shoemaker, 2s. 4d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, be tween eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Ab church-lane, City. C. Blackmore, Cork-street, tailor, fourth and final dividend of 3d., on Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane, City. W. Eddison, Rastrick, Yorkshire, fancy woollen manu facturer, 2s. Bid., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, or any subse quent Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. S. Frauer, Bradford, grccer, as., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, or any subsequent Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. N. G. Bond, Huddersfield, stationer, 45., on Tuesday, Dec. 24, or any subsequent Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. R. Knight, Larcaster, tea dealer, bid., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. UST. Lewes 13 or 14 York Egham 27 A. Harthill and W. Salmond, Glasgow, printers, publishers, news and commission agents, to meet within the Star Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 27, and Jan. 17, at two. J. Rougrie, Greenock, cabinetmaker and upholsterer, to wet within Leishman's Temperance Coffee-house, Greenock, Dec. 26. and Jan. 14, at one. SEPTEMBER. Warwick Radcliffe 8 Eglinton Park ... 23 or 24 Weymouth .. Doncaster Saudbach OCTOBER. Monmouth I Richmond PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado• Sugar, corn puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 17, 1850, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain Chester NOVE. From the British possessions in America 28s. 10Id. per oat. From the Mauritius ... 265. 2d. „ From the East Indies —. 29.5. 80. „ Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 28s. 7id. " By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ILL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Dec. 20. BER, Worcester BANK OF ENGLAND. (From last night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fer the Week ending on Saturday, the 14th day of December, 1850. 15801 DIPAMILENT. Notes i55ued........ 29,12,490 First week. SPORT IN THE HIGHLANDS. Among the thousands of productions from nature and art that will be gathered together in the great Glass Palace next spring, there will, in all probabi lity, be collections of stuffed birds and animals. Stags' heads would make a sporting studio for those learned in the architecture of antlers; and of these a goodly array from the Highlhand forests could have been selected from the trophies of the past season. As usual at the end of the shooting season, we subjoin some notices of the sport. The general returns of grousa will not compare with that of several past years, but we have seldom had better accounts from the corries. In Mart Forest the Duke of Leeds and his party shot 93 stags, 40 hinds, and 15 roe-deer. At Ard verikie, Lord Henry B.ntinek shot 49 stags ; and at G lenavou the same nobleman shot 22 in a fortnight. His friends had 16 in the same time. On the Inver broom., moors and corries, A. K. G eorge, Esq., bagged 270 brace of grouse, 7 stags, and 5 hi n d s ; snot 1 I nl stags, v e s r t l a ail „ Felix P r y or , E sq 6 hinds, 1 roe, and andan d m a t r G. Pryorlenb eg h 200 brace of grouse. At Auchintoul, John M. E. Jones, E.q., and S. D. Penrose, Esq., shot 12 stags and 2 binds. F. U. Graham : Eiq., at Fasna - kyle, shot 11 stags ; and at Coigach, H. Brooke, Esq. shot 9 stags. Colonel Porter and friends shot 529,182,490 Dated the 19tk day of December Proprietors'capital•• 14,553,000 Rest .. •...•.. .. • . 3,096,357 Public deposits (in chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts) .. 10,274,389 Other deposits 9,275,629 Seven day and other •........... 1,248,313 538,447,688 Dated the 19th day of Deceml R. Thomae, Bridgewater, Soaaersetshire ' coal mer chant, 81., on any Tuesday or Friday after Deo. 27, be tween eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter. Government debt .. 11,015,100 Other securities .. • . '4,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,136,823 Silver bullion .... •• 45,667 X 29,182,490 E. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1850. W. G. Williams, Accrington, Lancashire, draper, ls. 63., on Tuesday, Dec. 31, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. [Government secnri- ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,228,901 Other securities •. .. 12,678,322 Notes .......... •. .. 10,902,825 Gold and silver coin•. 637,040 A 38,447,688 it. MARSIIALL, Chief Cashier. •, 1850. D. Lees, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, coach step and coach ironwork manufacturer, second dividend of 51,1., on any Thursday, between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. 'Whitmore, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. SEABORNE MAILS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending Dec. 15 : Passengers, parcels, &c. £22,468 6 9 Merchandise ... ... 17,480 010 Cattle ... ... 1,539 510 Total ... £41,484 13 5 Corresponding week last year 40,024 7 6 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tio❑ of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. When made up in From what when PLACES. General Post-office port dis- due. London. patched. Africa (West coast).. America (via N. York by British packet) ..*N January 3 .. Liverpool .. Jan. 2 America (via Boston by British packet) , .. N December 20 .. !Liverpool .. I Dec. 25 America (by United / December .20 Liverpool, & States packet) .. M 3 Southampt. Belgium .. N Daily .. Dover .. Daily Brazil M 9th of the month Seuthampt. 'Dec. 25 Buenos Ayres M 9th of the month Soathampt.lDec. 25 California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. Jan. 5 Cape of Good Hope N January 14 Plymouth.. Central America .. M 2cl & 17th of month Southampt. Dec. 20 Channel Isles Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Se. Chill AI 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20 France .. & N Twice daily .. Dover .. Twicedaily Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat. Holland .. • . Wednes. & Satur. Loudon .. Men. Thur. Honduras N 17th of the mouth Southampt. Dec. 20 Ireland .. •.M & N Twice daily Holyhead .• Twicedaily India (via Soutbamp.) 11i 20th of the month Southampt. Dee. 28 India (via Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • • Jan. 3 Madeira .. N Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southatiapt. Dec. 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. 7th& 21th ofraonth Dover • • Jan. 3 Mediterranean (by French packet via Marseilles) .. •. . Mexico .. 1,1 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan. 5 Peninsular.. 7th,l7th,27th of mo Southampt. Dec. 20 P eru • • .. M 17th of the month Southampt. Dec. 20 West Indies 17th of the month I !Southampt. Dec. 20 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) 1112 d of the month ..ISouthampt.lJan. 5 * N signifies that the by the night—and M by GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 15 ... £15,632 10 1 Corresponding week last year... 14,970 9 3 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Dec.15....£14,182 18 5 Corresponding week in last, year, (210 k miles open) .. ....E10,969 111 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 238 ) Return of Traffic for the Week ending Dec. 8, 1850 : Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £3,812 1 6 Merchandise and minerals ... 2,738 311 Cattle ... ... 264 9 5 Total .. £3,814 14 10 Corresponding week last year ... 2,615 2 0 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY,-.Traffie for the week ending Dee. 15 : MAIN LINE. Passengers ... Parcels, IL C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails Total • •• MOLD. --- -- Passengers ... ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. ... Total ... £836 9 9 ... 73 2 10 ... 518 3 0 ... 575 0 0 ... £2,002 15 7 ... £29 1 5 ... 3 11 7 ... 107 5 9 ... £139 18 9 ••• ••• STEAM-BOATS. At the Court, Basioghall-street. S. Lock, Stoke d'Auberton, Surrey, auctioneer, Jan. 14, at one—T. Wesley, Newport Pagnel, Buckingham shire, hotel keeper, Jan. 21. at half-past eleven—R. Turner, Worthing, Sussex, draper, Jan. 21, at eleven. In the Country. C Jones, Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, grocer, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Taylor, Roch. dale, Lancashire, cotton-spinner, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—C. Pearson, Sheffield, licensed ictuqller Jan. 18, at ten, at the Court, Sheffield—T. Ed wards, Birmingham, ironfounder, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... £llB 0 8 ... 17 11 10 Total £135 12 6 NOITH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. ( Miles open, 112. ) Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 8 : Railway and canal £4,514 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 3,633 0 0 Note. The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY...-. Amount of revenue for the week ending Dec. 15 : Passengers Goods -.4E624 It 4 .. 30 0 0 Total ... £654 11 4 Corresponding week last year ... 588 17 1 SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open miles.)—Trallic for the week ending Dec. 15: Passengers, parcels, &c. Goods and live stock ... £262 19 14 ... 164 6 2 Total £427 6 Oi Corresponding week last year ... 383 16 6} SOUTH WALES RAILWAY. Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 15 : Passengers Parcels Goods £547 16 8 27 11 3 112 4 3 Total (exclusive of mails)... 687 12 2 SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.-TraffiC re ceipts for the week ending Dec. 15 : Passengers ..„ £356 0 8 Collages, horses, and parcels ... 25 2 0 Live stock ... 33 1 7 Merchandise and minerals ... 240 19 4 Total £655 3 7 Corresponding period last year.. 336 11 11 MANCHESTER., BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLANDS JUNC TION RAILWAY. —Return of Traffic for the week ending Dec. 15 i 2d of the month . mails are sent frona the morning—dispa Southampt. IJan. 5 the General Post-office ach. Passengers, &c. ... Merchandise ... ... £45 13 8 ... 66 9 9 Total ... £ll2 3 5 Corresponding week last year ... 83 10 10 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. - (160 miles opened.) -Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 8: Passengers, &c. Goods, &c. SHIP NEWS. Lucifer barque, heading to tho westward, with blue peter flying at the masthead, starboard bulwarks amid ships cut away, but without any other visible damage, was passed, apparently abandoned, on the 9th inst., in lat._4B N., long. I ii W. ... £1,958 8 3i ... 3,654 8 4 Total .. ... ... £5.812 16 7i Corresponding week last year ... .5 ! 931 8 5 GRAVESEND, DEC. 19.—Wind E.N.E , fresh, thick, with rain. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. Arrived—Gambia, from Calcutta; Margaret Evans, from New York; Alice Maud. from Ceylon; Clydesdale and Helen, from Quebec; Magnet, from Amsterdam; Auspicious, frcm Almeria; Penguin, from Rouen; Maria de Is Paz, from Havannah; Charlotte, from Dantsic; City of Rotterdam, from Dunkirk; Rival and Nymph, from Terceira; Guineaman, from Cape Coast Castle; John, from Pilau; Adonis, from Bremen; Thomsons, from Denmark; Fame, from Calais; Charles, from De merara; Unicorn, from Messina; Attwood, Rhine, and Earl of Auckland, from Rotterdam; Concord, from Seville; Flecha, from Ystadt; Cawton, from Hon duras; Laurel, from Stettin; Antwerpen, from Ant werp; Rosscommon and Diana, from Harlingen; Wil liam Jolliffe, from Havre; Adonis from Amsterdam ; Arrogant, from China; Cassibelaunus, from Bombay; Partematta, from Palermo; Toronto, from Madras; Golden Spring, from Bombay; Pomona, from Memel; Grantham, from Wyborg; Thor, from Messina; Gem and Olessa, from St. Petersburgh; Hero, from Messina; Nymphen, from Dantsic; British Queen, from St. Pe tersburgh; Friendship, from Penang; Arendina, from Genoa; Hector and Mary Gray, from Cronstadt; King William, from Madras; Gustav Adolph, from Saata Cruz; Don Colino, frem Guernsey; John Scott, from Demerara; Abigail, from Dalhousie; Phenix, from St. John's; Clydesdale, from Cuba; Asia, from Honduras. Sailed—Fyenoord, for Rotterdam; City of London, for Dunkirk; Acadia, for the Cape; Egham, for Cadiz; Cassiopea, for the Mauritius; Wilberforce and Men a i, for Havre; Soho, for Antwerp. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. WAKEFIELD, DEC. 20.—The arrivaN are good of wheat and barley, and for the former article the demand is slow and prices easier; samples out of condition and of coarse quality much neglec:cd, and sold at irregular prices. No change in the value of barley, and the de mand confined to the best qualities. Oats and shelling rather cheaper. Beans no change. WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. a. Suffolk. Essex, and Kent, red ... to Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red _ Ditto, white ••• •• Dantzic and Konigsburg, white .. Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... Mediterranean, red ... ... BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire .. Scotch ••• ~, „. ~, Grinding per 80 stone -- Foreign ... BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... 29 —3O 28 —2, Ticks ... ... ... 28 —BO 27 —2B Foreign ... 26 —29 26 —2B OATS, per stone : Mealing . Od to Od 98 to 108 Feeding ... Od to Od 8d to 98 Foreign ... Od to 08 8d to 108 SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 24 —25 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 36 — 3B PEAS, per Imperial Quarter Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed Arthur, from Liverpool for China, on the 13th of July, in lat. 21 N., long. 25 W. Judas, from Shields for Coquimbo, on the 221 of July, in lat. 7 N.. long. 18 W. Crescent, for San Francisco, on the 16th of June, in lat. 17 S., long. 33 W. Cecilia, from Valparaiso for Liverpool, on the 21st of June. British Tar, on the 31st of August, in -lat. 20 S., long. 27 E. Caroline, on the Bth of September, in lat. 33 S., long. 19 W. William Hyde, on the 25th of September, in lat. 40 S., long. 37 W. Kelly, from Newcastle for Coquimbo, out 20 days. Elizabeth, from Newcastle for Adeit, on the 31st of Oc tober, off Madeira. Old. New. B. e. 41 to 44 48 50 40 42 46 48 34 41 40 45 35 40 40 45 24 - 28 24 - 28 21 - 29 22 - 23 22 - 26 28 - 30 26 - 2$ ARAI Qrs. Wheat ... ... ... 12,644 Barley ... ... 5,464 Oats ... ... ••• ... 632 ... ••• ... 840 Peas ... ... •• • ... 1 65 ... ... ... Jackin, of Stockholm, for Valparaiso, on tho 6th ult., in lat. 19, long. 25. Roseberry, from Newcastle, on the 28th of October, in lat. 36 S., long. 81 E. Sophia, for Bombay, on the 15th of October, in let. 8 S., long. 85 E. Gwalior, for Calcutta, on the 21st of October, in lat. 7 S., long. 89 E. Catherine Johanna, from Amsterdam for Batavia, on the 28th of July, in lat. 4 N., long. 17 W. CLmberland, from the Clyde for Madras, on the 30th of July, in lat. 3 N., long. 20 W. 'ALS. Qrs. Rapeseed ... ••• ... 50 Shelling ••• ••• ••• 98 Linseed .. .. 300 Malt ••• ••• • • ..• Flour ••• ••• ••• LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—the arrivals of gra i n and flour since Tuesday have been small. At this morning's market the demand for any article was upon quite a re tail scale, and quut4tions remained without the slightest change. Indian corn sold at 303 to 303 6d per 480Ibs for mixed, up to 31s 6d for prime yello w . BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 2 0‘.--There has not been much animation in our market this week, and the transactions sinco our last report are of comparatively small importance, but pribes are about; supported. The refined market continue; dull: rum meets a moderate sale, at former rates.—Bristol Mercury. RIM, DEC. 17.—Wheat, 13s 6d; ba.rley, 8s to 9s; beans, 9s 6d to 10s; peas, 10s to 10a 6d; oats, 5s to 5s 6d per hobbet. Potatoes, 6s 6d to 7:J •per hobbet. WETHERRy, DEC. 19.—Whi te wheat 1G 6d to 19s Od. red ditto 153 Od to 17s Od per load ; barley 25s Od to 29s Od per qr.; beans 111 Od to 14s Od per load ; oats 9d to lld per stone. iltrolf, Dec, 1 9.... White wheat Wad Ur fs Od, red ditto N to s .9d ; beans, 3s 9d to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 24s to oats I's Od to 228 per qr. KIIAREBBOROUGH DEC. 18.—Wheat 5s 3 d to 6s Cd; bean. 2s 6,1 to 4s Od per bus , ; barley 24s to 283; oats, 16s to 915 per qr. 59. 6d to NORTHALLERTON, DEC. 18.—White whea t, 5s 9d, red ditto 5s Od to 5s 3d ; oats is 9d to 2s 3d ; beans 33 94 to 4s 3d ; barley 3s cd to 3s 6d per bushel. SCARBOROUGH, DEC. 17.--New wheat 41st to 4fis Od; old ditto 47s to OOs per qr. of 40 stones; black oats Sid to 9 4 . white ditto 71d to 8d per stone ; malting barley 245 to 2 6 5 , grinding ditto 22s to 23s per qr. of 32 stones; superfine go" 35s to 363, seconds ditto, 27s to 30s per sack of 20 s tones. b Ixyzattass, DEC. 1 7.—Wheat , per qr, weighin4_6.,g , r per bushel, 38s to 40s Od ; ditto, old , w ei g hing Czn) bushel, 00s Od to OOs Od; barley, per quarter , weig hing 541 b per bushel, 22s to 00s Od ; oats, per quarter, weigbil 421 b per bushel, 17s Od to 18s Od. Oatme al, per invert boll, 15s Od to Os Od ; ditto second, 14 s 04 to Os 04; torleY , meal, lls 8d to Os Od ; peasemeal, 12s Od to Os Od; town , Pr ; stone, Os 6d to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 33s lb second ditto, 26s Od to 28s Od; oatmeal, best, per O d storti°e3baf_ imperial, ls 64 to Os Od ; ditto second, Is 4d to Os Od fir ; meal, ls 2to O 01 •p,ls4dto Os Od ; st flour: 2s 4d cash, d 2a Bd s easemeal credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 34; cry dit. Potatoes, per stone, 3d to Od ; beef, per pou"' d _' 4 d ; to 64; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6 d; pork, 341 10, fowls, each, 12d to Isd ; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16ter,d; stacks, each, Od to Od ; eggs, per dozen, 9d to 10d ; t; but per lb, 9d to Id ; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d ; croud ie (curds), 261 d; ; four-pound loaf, cash, 54 to 6d ; ditto , cr edit, 51d "' 9 coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd. THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. At • WOOL TRADE, LONDON, DEC. 19.—The War . „ 1 : steady for all descriptions. The imports into LCen":f 4 7 re , - during the week endusts to-day have beeLlll3w2i,s6 b9t,llll' which 379 were from Van Diem Sydney, 72 from the C ipe of Goodeulisope 429 from Gets many, 92 from France, 260 from Turkey, 255 frn in bay, 121 from Mo.adore, 575 from Spain, 52 ir°lll 't 35_from Peru, and 6463 from Ta inreg FOREIGN WOOL, LEEDS, DEC . .BLPin ess moderately active in the foreign wool ma, ket, and :P r are very firm. e..,1 been ENGL ISH Wool, LEEDS, DEC. 20.—There ha s fe more doing in sales of combing wools. and prices ba it , an upward tendency. We do not quote an y charg e clothing wools. g LIVERPOOL WOOL, DEC. la —There is a firm er in all kinds of wool, and prices rather stiffer. The The of low wool on Friday will comprise 5,00 0 lvde s ' attendance of bayers seems likely to be numerous. fr o BRADFORD, DEC. 19.—Wool—Noils a nd broke4,:are the small quantity making, continue very scarce, as been sought after at higher prices. Yarns—There nn ro w again a disposition to buy yarns Inely at en se' ment on the prices of last month. pi e ces --T be ire ve i s ' tiuns in the piece trade are not usuallyvery extens' e December, but the present month may be sa id t4l bags somewhat deviated from the old course . Large is- od ties of all kinds of goods have been Pnrella,se.": 13 tit orders given out, but there are many comPlion`" ought the prices are ruinous, especially on autu Mn ' yarnv. An DO St TRADE OF LEEDS. — Although the busin ess the Cloth Halls since this day week has not been •Is ° t f s ; there was, nevertheless, quite as much business tia fi f t he might be expected. Considering the low state o ar, stocks, and the near approach of the close of states fides. prices are looking up, particularly in the lower qu i t. bo g- There has also been a pretty fair amount , D ear ness done in the warehouses, considering it is S ' Christmas. is3. NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—Lace—There is not provement since our last; nor is such an event W in ; ,ierl petted now until the new year has fully set in. or The report of our business this week i s ti g7e, ea to turally of a depressed nature, and may be esp continue so for a few weeks.—Nottingham Journal' owes LEICESTER TRADE.—A very small amount of bein i. 40 is being done in the warehouses, this week g, T o w the sLck-taking time, and Christmas holidaYa very close at hand. All the manufacturers are task, l a' O s carefully, and a shortness of emplo y is felt branches.—Nottingham Journal. y oq 10 19 i TRADE OF MANCHESTER, DEC. T hB tosr . ad vices from Bombay and Calcutta have caused It! iu des ket to be much more active. There has be en a h i. ' j i 4ha mend for shirtings suited for India, at an advsne e l 111 to 6d a piece, on the rates current this day wet,' ";160 yarns, i suited for the East, an advance has also take" std of 4 d per lb since Tuesday. In the home trad e Mali ,eugh mestics have partaken of the improvementin price, . 5 a lso nct to the same extent as export goods. Th .° amuch more active inquiry for yarn for home e n— geee; lion, including coss yarns used by manufactilre°, and rally, and they may be quoted ' at an advance of 1 ° ,';rest in some cases of nearly id. per lb. on the prices cl for India, Tuesday. In grey skirtings, gold ends, snits* Tel dire 40 inch, 52 to 72 reel, and Gibs. to 911b5. , I s 0 0 5 extensive business has been done, and stocks bal e r ,: o tart entirely been cleared off the market, the Inst'u"' ever' of 64 reeds and upwards being placed, in altno o foga instance, under contract. In mule yarn, nnun i l l 2 o f ° : No. 20 to 60, there are buyers for India, 5 0 11 1; Germany, to supply immediate wants. The ur''' w ee' are Th operating with decidedly more freedom tbi ° at There is a large business in water twist for ()n i l ate corresponding advance. There is a large d elns i every description of goods and yarns, and O ne ' ir ti an SS l lightened in many cases to an extent never bolo% ""vioP at this period of the year. There is a ;.„,, gn i more 01 S ' degree of confidence in the permanence of th is " .9 ment. . MINING INTELLIGENCE. COPPER ORES SOLD AT REDRUTIT, noa'29: 17; 3,172 tons ; average produ c e, 9a ; quan tity of un - • i r 0 . 305 tons 10 cwt ; amount of sa l e 21,115/ Os ( .. 4 ; r standard, 971 13s Od. L as t S a l e - St an d a rd, 102 16 s ' duce, 8. Average price per 21 cwt, 61 135 1 4 5 COPPER. ORES FOR S A LE A T REDRUT. , United Alines 757—Tresavean 410—Par Consolg t 1 9° , 0 1 South Caradon '22s—South Tolgu. 205—Wh. Coe: lee/ Treleigh Consols 114— Wh. Mary 100 - West 0 59—West Trethellan 14—Richards Ore 14—ResP' Total, 2,398 tons. COAL MARKET.—YESTERDAY. , 1 61 05 Bate's West Hartley 14s Odlßraddyll ............... : os „i Buddle's W. Hartley 14 s 6d Eletton .................. tirii Carr's Hartley ..... l4s Od Haswell ................. 169 3d Chester Main 11 Clavering's N.Tanfield 19 ss 9 Davison'sWestHartley 14s 6d;Jonaohns ............ ,6. 0 3 3 d d 1 I li j e c e h p i n i e u r Grange .. . . ...... ... .... i i 6 4 5, La East Adairs Main l2s 9cl"Lambton ............. • 15 9 0 4 Hartlepcol W. Hartley 14s 6d, Lumley ................. I° 9 l Hol; well - North Percy Hartley l l 4 s ss Ord's Maim ...... Howard's W.ll. Neth l4s 90 Stewart's ............... , 5 9 9 4 ' 5 9 d o t' d d s N c . alrlbeotrtooungLhy..o. n . . s . ....... .. • 1 i 5 . 9 : 603 4 South Peareth 05 4 fanfield Moor Butes l3s 3d ICaradoc ..... .. ••••••• ... 1 50 ni 9 3 Townley `Walker's Primrose West Hartley Wylam Wall's End, &c. 'West Kelloe .......... • 3 104 Acorn Close Brown ... l4s 9d South Kelloe ......••••• 1 °. ti Bewicke and Co. Bell and Brown ...... - ... It '9 3 Gosforth ..... Lawson Hotspur l4s 9d Adelaide Tees ......... ,Ol Hatton Hilda lss Od Maclean's Tees ......... 12 ':0 Morrison lss Gd Pease's Tess... ......•'• 15 ii ail Northumberland Original Gibson Riddell ., 15s 3d Vernon Tees ........ . • 1 4 0 0, Walker Ravensworth'sW.Hart 14s 3d DerwentwaterUartlei ' l 5O 01 Eden Main Lambton Primrose ... 1 1 6 5 5: Bell Belmont O9ll s H n a a r p t Hartley o — r p . e . ....... ........... ..... go , 03 16s Od Ships at market," 01 , p [ADVERTISEMENT.I.—.The most fearfuletls-9' i l ) Dropsy curable by the use of llollowaY ' s Pills.--Tb e il t ed. efficacy of Holloway's Pills in the numerous cures dee their use, it some of the most obstinate cases of Dr.°Ssag truly astonishing. This invaluable medicine acts t on lb. peculiar effect upon the system th a t th e fluids A65 4 4'11,, Fr i ; direful disease are imperceptibly evacuated and v ,i b iVes giti" vented from any further a ccumu l a ti o n. 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Archdeacon Robinson , a o 7lier' 4 , o * tended as a present by that gentl eman t o the Sbah in the hope that this mark of resp ec t w ill prove ac ce r - gew the Shah, and overate favourably with him towards spersi,P, ting the painful condition of our co-religi on ists I n i f of This elegant present of a Christian dignitary on be_futiot ga Jews will be delivered by the ha n d s o f Rabbi IN'',: a ntfi' Solomon, who is on the eve of his d e p ar ture for tha t C " having completed his mission here.—Jeu. ' .is,, BIRTH.S o OF A SON. Ifif On the 18th inst., at Park-terrace, Greenwich , of Thomas the 18thin E. Raimbac st.,a h, tH Esq. ighwood, middlesex, t he Wife the Rev. W. C. Raffles Flint. OF A DAUGHTER. a re On the 17th inst., at Chesterfield-house, the g llione° of Abercorn. ' fre' On the 18th inst., at Park-crescent, Stockwell , derick Heath. MARRIED. e jodg On the 19th inst. at St. Mar.} p t -at-Hill li erul hridg' Hose, Esq., 8.A., Scholar of Trinity College, C a o' o ,, and Mathematic a l L ec t urer o f St. Peter's Colleg e ) ,',,, minster, to Ann, eldest daughter of Benjamin Horn"' ,p of Eastcheap. JoP t . On the 17th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-60 ° , 1 . ° hefr ' Woods, Esq., of Brompton-row, to Charlotte ig r6 fourth daughter of Fr a n c i s R ea d, Esq., of Upper L ' e place, Pimlico. DIED. . 4 for d :gi On the 19th inst., at Stapleford-hall, Colonel Be r,„" e Ju'' On the 17th inst., at Southgate-house, Derby sl : : ; s 0 0 Bruno Bowden, Esq., aged 64. On the 17th inst., Charles Blake, the only son ..,. C Ot/ F. Adams, Esq , of Barkway, Herts. A col. On the 17th inst. Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev" , - r t Herring, of Thorpe 'Rectory, Lou Attie On the 18th inst., aged 35, Louisa Sophia, second ..-- - i of George Cooper, Esq., East Dereham, Norfolk. Turne d ' On the 18th inst.. at Brighton, aged 70, John B. , Of Esq., of Walthamstow, Essex. - On the 18th inst., aged 87, Charles Roworth; P s ''' Bell-yard, Temple-bar. mrll o On the 19th inst., at Wi nc h es t er - p l ace, Pimlico, - I L. Clark, Esq., aged 67. ......._ __ . london : Printed and Publi s h e d b - 37 MIIRDO Y0 173 ;:ill i No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, "%v . tf f . Strand, in the Precinct o f th e S avoy , i s the eaum Middlesex, Saturday,_ December 21, 1850. f tk LIABILITIES. Capital ... . . f. 67,900,000 0 Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 0 Reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... '2,980,750 14 Reserve-immobiliere 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in cilculation ... 398,176,100 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 83,376,150 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 6,419,016 5 Account-current with Treasury creditor 83,586,048 77 Various accounts current 74,403,370 3 Ditto in branches 27,266,076 0 Bills payable at sight ... 3,527,000 0 Ditto at branches 990,989 0 Dividends payable . . ... 257,723 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank 8,730 0 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 3,227,132 24 Expenses anticipated ... ... 536,366 29 Ditto of branch banks ... ... 604,173 0 Re-discounts of the last six months ... 119,474 40 Ditto in branch banks .. 270,407 0 Miscellaneous ... 488,550 33 f. 791,488,056 50 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT . It appears by the preceding account that the cash in hand has increased by 4,000,000 f. The commercial bills discounted have increased by 1,000,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have decreased by 2,500,000'. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 10,000,000 f. Sundry credits have decreased by 3,500,000 f. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) SUPPLIES TO THE BERRING'S STRAITS ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—We stated some months since that Captain Collinson, in command of the Behring's Straits Expedition in search of Sir John Frankin, had been order&, on joining the Plover, Commander Moore, to re-enter as many men of that ship as would volun teer, and to send home the others of the ship's com pany who had served their three years ; and, more over, if he deemed it requisite, he was to dispose of the Plover, and not incur the expense of navigating her to England. Since Captain Collinson, however, has reached the scene of his arduous Arctic opera• tions, some other arrangements have been deemed im peratively necessary, and we believe Captain Collinson has retained the Plover as a reserve ship, to fall back upon in the event of any accident happening to his own ship, the Enterprise ; but, acting upon his former in structions, Captain Collinson will, no doubt, send either the Plover or the Investigator to the Sandwich Islands in the spring ; and to meet this arrangement, we understand that the Admiralty have sent out overland orders to the Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific to dispatch one of the ships under-his com mand, filled with stores and provisions for refitting, repairing and replenishing any vessel that may be sent there ; or if no ship should be met with at the Sandwich Islands, the vessel dispatched will proceed to the rendezvous of the Plover, in or near Behring's Straits; and on fallieg din with the Plover, that ship will be n fit-ed by the united crews, and then from her crew, and the crew of the vessel sent to meet her, a new ship's company will be formed of volun teers ; a n d th ose o f t h e Plover w h o h ave served their time, and are desirous of returning home, will have a passage to Vatparaisf., and the Plover will then con tinue her services in Behring's Straits until the end of 1852, to alcl m prosecuti ng th e search f or Franklin and his missing companions. would be an act o f r (I RLO UG US To E kindness to the soldier it the a (ason f or furloughs in Great Britain were either extend e d another month Or, if this indulgence cc u'o, who the garrison duty , permit; be granted to more than the present number of 10 men per company. At present only 40 men in each company can go on furlough during the four months, as they are seldom issued before the Ist of November, and never aft:r the Ist of March ; so that each man, supposing all wish to go, can visit his friends but once every two years. Tne period of the stay of an infantry corps in England is usually so short, as compared to the length of their service abroad, that it seems hard that every man should not have the option, if possible, of going holm , once a year. Were the periods of half-yearly inspection fixed for the months of Airil and Scptemb?r, the sea son for furloughs would commence on the Ist of October and end on the 31st of March ; and if fifteen non-commissiom d officers and rank and file per cum pany were permitted to absent themselves at a time, every man would have his turn of furlough during each winter. THR SURVEY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.—A report bas been published by our contemporary, stating— ESCAPE FROM THE CONVENT AT BANBURY. The escape of a " nun" from the Roman Catholic es tablishment in this town was the subject of rumour when we went to press with our last number; but we did not allude to the subject, for but little had transpired about i►, and we thought it possible that little or nothing more would be said or known of it. But such has not been the case; and a variety of reports, some of them very strage ones, are in circulation. It appears that the young lady who took an opportunity of withdrawing from the convent was one of the Sisters of Charity, and was chiefly employed in the school, where a number of children are daily taught. She was known in the estab lishment as Sister Antonia, and there is some uncer tainty as to what her worldly name is. She is by some said to be highly connected. The convent at Banbury is not the first at which she has been; we believe she has been at a similar establishment in France and at Notting ham. Her dissatisfaction with a conventual life was first makeknown out of the house by letters,which sheoontrived to have conveyed by children in the school, to parties of the Protestant faith in Banbury. An English New Tes tament, which by chance came into her possession, dis turbed the opinions in which she had been educated; she determined on getting away from St. John's, and re solved to do so early on Monday morning, and again on Tuesday morning, but at the moment of the contem plated escape her heart failed her. Shortly after nine o'clock, the school hour, on Tuesday, while the other inmates were engaged, she took an opportunity of get ting away unobserveJ; and for some reason, instead of going to the parties in Banbury with whom she had been in communication, and who had offered her shelter, set off on the road for Oxford. At Adderbury, three miles from Banbury, she became tired, and inquired for a Protestant minister; she was taken to the house of the Rev. Mr. Crickett, an Independent minister, wheie she was kindly received, both by Mr. and Mrs. Crickett, and with whom she was remaining yesterday. She has been supplied with clothing; and the garments peculiar to the sisterhood, in which she went away, have been re turned to the convent. Before she left St. John's we believe an application was made by the parties with whom she had been in communication, to a neighbour ing magistrate, for his aid to remove her, and he wrete on the subject to Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State; but she did not wait for their interference, but took an opportunity of acting alone, as we have de scribed.—Banbury Guardian. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NAMuit AND LIEGE.—The annual meeting of this company was held on Thursday, in the office of the company, at Brussels, Mr. B. M. Bates, Vice-President, in the chair. The report having been read, the resolu tions which were passed at the general meeting in Lon don, on the 16th inst., were proposed by the directors, and again unanimously adopted. The proceedings con cluded with a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. SOUTH WALES.—It appears, from the statement of Mr. Talbot, the chairman of this company, at the Far mers' Club dinner at Swansea, last week, that the board of directors have come to the determination to proceed immmediately with the works from Swansea to Carmar then, and that they are unanimous on the subject of pro ceeding with the line in spite of all obstacles, and of com pleting the railway from-the latter place to Gloucester. DIRECT BIRMINGHAM, OXFORD, READING, AND BneouToet.—Yesterday there was a numerous meeting before his Honour Master Brougham, with reference to the call of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share proposed to be made on those members of the provisional committee who had been placed on class one of the list of contributories. Mr. Hutton, the official manager, presented his financial statem-nle from which it appeared that the total dis bursemeete were 10,1741, which was raised among the provisional and managing committees, in order to pay off liabilities to the extent of 8,0221., including a sum of 2,1521. in the form of a balance in the company's books, being deposits on shares paid by some allottees, and not reclaimed by them, and the contributions of other allottees towards expenses of the company. In addition to these sums already paid, there are claims against the estate of 6,8951. The official manager proposes a call on the 44 members of the provisional and manag ing committee of the deposit on their shares of 21. 12s. 6d , which would realise 8,216/. Of this number 16 have already paid the deposit, and conse quently in practice the call will not affect them. Messrs. Bennett and numerous solicitors for members of the provisional and managing committee, the representatives of the latter, called upon his Honour to suspend the call until such time as he should review the list of contribu tories made liable for its payment. His Honour granted the application, and fixed Monday for the purpose, but said he should refuse, on re-hearing, the importation of any fresh evidence, and that should he re-settle the parties on the list, he would give them liberty to appeal if they thought fit, both against the decision and the call. LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM EXTENSlON.—Yesterday Messre. Hanslip and Manning, solicitors for Mr. Croys dell, the official manager of this company, appeared be fare his Honour, Master Blunt, and intimated that they had agreed with the parties on the other side to submit to the determination of a referee the amount to which the engineer of this company would be entitled in respect of an alleged claim of 11,000/. MID-KENT AND DOVER.—This lino is promoted by a body of landowners, who have consented to act as a pro visional board of trustees, arid for the landowners gene rally along the line, who, it is said, are willing to gua rantee a minimum rate of interest on the capital, not ex ceeding two per cent., if the profits of the railway are insufficient to pay four per cent. The trustees consider that the guarantee will be merely a nominal affair, pre suming that the line will be cheaply constructed, under special c contract, and that the receipts will be more than sufficient to cover the current expenses and interest at four per cent. It is expected that the project will be opposed by the South-Eastern Company. The land owners, it is stated, have resolved to obtain an Act for constructing the line at all haz%rds, so as to secure railway accommodation to the district through which it is intended to pass. Emissaries representing both parties are on the alert in every parish, and vestry meetings are taking place to test the general opinion of the parishioners on the subject. Yesterday a meet ing took place in the vestry of the parish of Bapchild, having been convened "to consider the propriety of opposing the proposed railway." A resolution, re commending " that the several landowners to be affected by it should dissent from the proposed plan," was put to the meeting, and lost; and an amendment, proposed by Mr. J. Lake, declaring " that no opposition should be offered, but every facility afforded," was declared by pos , /14 toll 111 zoru auw