The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.—DEC• 2. IN RE JOHNSON.—CASE OF AN UNDERWRITER. This was the last examination meeting in the matter of Thomas . Johnson, merchant and underwriter, of Broad-street-buildings, who had traded in partnership with two others, under the firm of Johnson, Peel, and Co. His accounts, prepared by Mr. Turquand, com menced on the 30th June, 1850, with a deficiency of 3,9601. He now owes to unsecured creditors 3531. ; ditto on underwriters' account, 428/. ; secured creditors, 1,933/. ;to Johnson, Peel, and Co., 5,7861. The assets were stated as follows :—Good debtors, 281. ; ditto on underwriting account, 2,8541. ; property held by credi tors, 7071. The receipts on the underwriting account had been 3,0071. ; losses, 1,187/. ; household expenses, 1,3391. ; personal ditto. 1,8451. Mr. Cotterill, for the assignees, opposed, and wished for further accounts to be rendered. The bankruptcy was on the 20th of August, but the firm had stopped payment two months earlier ; but the accounts ought to be brought down to the later period. It was observable that three years ago the bankrupt was in a deficiency of about 4,0001., that he had subsequently expended a very large sum of money, and now owed to his firm upwards of 5,7001. The assets were stated at 2,8001. on the un derwriting account ; but it was necessary to have the accounts to a later period, as in the interval heavy losses might have accrued, and a very searching investigation was necessary. Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, said the main ques tion was one between Mr. Johnson and his partners. The books had been accurately kept, and every part of the accounts were vouched. A question had been raised as to a great part of the assets, whethea they 'were joint or sepn,rate estate ; but that was not now before the court. It might be uncertain whether the whole of the 2,854/. would be realised ; but the amount of assets would be taken into consideration by the court at the certificate meeting. Mr. Cotterill said that a great many of the 'proofs had been made in respect of claims arising since the petiod to which the r.ccounts extended. Mr. Gardiner (representing Mr. Whitmore, the offi cial assignee), said that the books wer e well kept, and the balance-sheet was fully borne out by them. The only question with Mr. Whit more was, whether the bankrupt should take credit for so much on the under writing accounts, also whether he ought not to furnish an account of liabilities on the policies outstanding. Mr. Cotterill said that if -he had gone to Lloyds on the 20th of August, and asked what were the claims then against him, he would have got the amount in a couple of hours. His Honour did not see that any benefit would arise to the creditors from an adjournment. Let the bank rupt pass his examination, but let it be thoroughly un derstood that he was as much bound hereafter as previ ously to give every information to his a ssignees. The accounts were such as in their nature must be varying. Where it was a mere question of buying and selling, a man must exhaust a means of stating what he had bought and sold : but where he was wagering on events that might pass in.distant parts of the globe, the court could not refuse to pass his last examination until every ship he had underwritten should either come home or be lost. The bankrupt passed accordingly, and a day was named for the certificate meeting. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.—DEc. 2. (Before Chief Commissioner Law.) IN THE MATTER OF JOSEPH STAMMERS. This insolvent, the originator of the Wednesday Con certs at Exeter Hall, appeared before the court and ap plied for an adjournment for a fortnight, to enable him to settle with his creditors. The Chief Commissioner remarked that he had already adjourned the case for a month for the same purpose. The insolvent replied that he had negotiated with his creditors and some had agreed to arrange, and he only wanted a short adjournment to complete the arrange ment with all of them. The Chief Commissioner wanted to know why he pre ferred staying in prison to being discharged ? The insolvent answered that he was not in prison, but out on bail. He had succeeded in his application to nearly all his creditors. His Honour declared that he could not see why his bail should be rendered liable from time to time for his attendance. The best thing he could do was to dis charge him. The insolvent intimated that he only required an ad journment to settle with his creditors. The Chief Commissioner said he should not adjourn the case, but should discharge him. That was the best thing-Jte could do. . The insolvent was sworn to his schedule, and ordered to be discharged. IN BE JAMES VICKERS. WEDGWOOD. In this case Mr. Macrae opposed for Messrs. Dean, of Lamb's Conduit-street, lithographers. The insolvent, a young man, had been placed , in business as a lithographer by his father, and an exami nation took place as to some costs he had incurred on a bill of exchange. Mr. Macrae intimated that it was not a case for pro tection. The Chief Commissioner appointed a day for a trial order, and suggested a settlement. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, GUILDHALL. —Robert James Smith, alias Wilkin son, and Anne Wilkinson, alias James, were brought up (n a warrant charged with keeping a common brothel. Charles Morley, the constable of the parish of St. Botolph-without-Bishopgate, said he apprehended the prisoners, and had known the house at 6, Cavendish court, for the last twenty years. John Kilby, the keeper of Devonshire-square, had lived at 3, Artillery-street. Had known the house in Cavendish-court alluded to for the last twenty-four years, and believed it was a brothel. The Court—Have you seen many persons going in and out Witness—Plenty. The Court—ln the day time as well as night ! Witness—All day long, up to eight o'clock in the evening, when I go off duty. The prisoners reside there, but the female has been away two or three times. The Court—Do they keep the house in question ? Witness—l believe they do. The Court—Have you ever spoken to them upon the subject? Witness--No. They knew I was aware of what kind of house they were keeping. It was not my busi ness to speak to them. Cross-examined—l have spoken to the prisoners, but not about the house. I have told them they would get into trouble some day or the other. I have had money from the male prisoner ; but it was given me to keep the girls out of the passage and from quarrelling and creating a disturbanee. I have had ss. per week from the male prisoner for that purpose. Sir George Carroll—O r m other words you were paid to give free access to a brothel ? Witness —I have known the prisoners for the last twelve years, and have received that money during the whole of that time. Sir George Carroll—l suppose the parish authorities were not aware that you were receiving that money ? Witness—Well, sir, I mentioned it to the Rev. Dr. Russell. Inspector Howard —I drew the attention of the parish authorities to the house in question, by writin g to Dr. Russell, who accordingly communicated with the church wardens upon the subject, and it appeared that Rilby, the beadle of the square had been receiving at first lo s . per week, which was afterwards reduced to ss. When be did not get the money he used to stand in the doorway of the house, and refuse to let any one pass in until the money was paid to him. Notwithstanding , however, that these facts have been laid before the proper autho. rities, the man still retains his situation as beadle of Devonshire-square. Mr. Lee, on the part of the parish, said the board of guardians have considered the subject, and think it better to allow Kilby to keep his office until the facts are proved against him in the usual form. The Court—How long have you (Kilby) discontinued receiving this money from the prisoners ? Witness—About a month ago I told the prisoner I would not receive any more money of him. Sir George Carroll—l suppose you thought you were found out, and that was the reason of your becoming so suddenly scrupulous. The Court—Did you ever receive 10s. per week from the male prisoner ? Witness—l received Bs. for the duty I have named. The Court—Did you ever receive lds. ? Witness—Not for that duty. The Court—Did you ever receive 10s. for any duty ? Sir George Carroll—Answer the question. It's no use fencing it now, after having received the money for 12 years. Witness—l have ; but 2s. of it was for drink. The Court—How long did you receive 10s. ? Witness—About two or three years. I never had any dielCulty in getting the money, because the male prisoner 111 ' 4 to meet me in the Ben Jonson, in Houndsditch, and Pay me. Sir m Geo rge Carroll—By whom is this man appointed ? • r. • as a c ., s l4e4 i , sta — bi lle is sworn in by the Court of Aldermen The COurte , but be is appointed by the guardians. • ' men who app (to c „ i RilbY)—Have you ever told the gentle - Witness—N o ntl you that this house was a brothel ? because they are all dead. Th® Court--g -„ else ? e you ever mentioned it to any one Witness—Yes, about t 4 recyears ago I mentioned it to Mr. Turner and Mr. Warwick , in Devonshire-square. an Sir George Carroll—Since th at time you have not said a nything it ? Witness—No, sir. The Court— nave you any certificate of your having beenlFS worn in Witness--N .it for this year. Mr. Lee--How is that ? The fee has been charged to•the parish and paid. I shall see that it is inquired jut°. Sir George Carroll —There is a strong prima facie case made out for a remand, b ut I am afraid the evidence of a • • man who had received bribes to neglect his duty f or twelve years is scarcely to be depended on. Mi. Lee— The guardians are prepared to prosecute, but I am afraid their intention will be frustrated by the collusion between the prisoners and the witness Kilby. The prisoners were then remanded , and Mr, Penson of the " Ben Jenson," in Houndsditch, and Mr. Harri in s, - a plumber and glazier, of Bevis - marks , became bail • 1001. • each for the prisoners, who also entered in their own recognisances in the same amount. THE SUN, LONTION, 5ATT.711,13A7 EV NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2. The Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain Goldsmith, is under orders for the eastward. The Echo tug has just put on board her at Spithead seamen riggers from this dockyard, who are to be co so nveyed to Sheerness, to assist in navigating the Royal George, 120, screw-ship, from that port to Devonport, with the view of her getting manned quicker. A screw -frigate of 60 guns is ordered to be built in this dockyard, on the slip from which the Princess Royal, 91, was launched. She will be 20 feet longer than the Princess Royal. She will be constructed on the lines, or nearly so, of the Agamemnon, with a still sharper entrance, and to achieve a speed of 12 or 13 knots an hour. She will be named after the old Shan non, which fought and captured the Chesapeake. The Fairy Royal yacht under the command of Cap tain the Hon. Joseph Denman, is ordered to be in the Southampton Docks to-morrow at half - past 1, to embark the Duchess of Kent and suite, and convey her Royal Highness to Osborne to visit her Majesty. Rear-Admiral Fanshawe Martin hoisted his flag (blue at the mizen) on board the Nep tune, 120, ordinary guardship, in this harbour, at 9 o'clock, and exchanged salutes with the Commander-in -Chief. WOOLWICH, APPOINTMENTS. Second-Class Assistant -Engineer Charles Tucker to the Edinburgh, 58, screw steam-Ship at Devonport. Clerk—Josiah Y. Messum (1846), recently serving as clerk in charge of the Banshee, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, vice John Pittiss, to the BOSCaWeD, 70, at Chatham. James W. Dennistoun and Robert Kemmis have been nominated naval cadets. , EC. 2. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2. The African Mail Company's screw steam-ship Hope, Captain Bowen, took her departure at 5 o'clock yester day afternoon with the usual mails for. Bathurst, Ma deira, Teneriffe, Sierre Leone, &c., under the charge of Lieut. Ward, R.N. She takes out a full general cargo, and several passengers. The Charity, which arrived yesterday manning with the mails from the west coast of Africa, sailed in the afternoo❑ for London. The Avon . Yeitch, master, arrived on Wednesday from Cork, and sailed this morning for Portsmouth, with supernumeraries. A large man-of-war frigate passed down Channel yes terday afternoon. The Sir Thomas Gresham, 700 tons, chartered by her Majesty's Emigration Commissioners, left this port yesterday for Adelaide, with 252 emigrants. THE EFFECTIVH FORCE OF THE BRITISH NAVY. From a careful calculation of the force of the Roya, navy at the present time, we find that there are 217 ships in actual commission. If fully manned according to the established scale of complements, each for the ser vice for which she is employed, the aggregate comple ments of these 217 ships would be above 44,000, of which number 30,300 may be called seamen, 7,200 marines, and 6,500 boys. But from the great scarcity of seamen, and the numerous desertions that have taken place, probably the effective force of the navy does not amount to above 41,000 of all classes. THE COAST VOLIINTEERS.—If there are no volunteer seamen, there is, at least, no lack of volunteer officers. We hear that the Admiralty have been literally pressed with applications from officers for appointments in the coast volunteer force. We have already stated that a Captain, and not Rear-Admiral Berkeley, is to be the superintendent, and that Captain Smart, K.H. has re ceived his appointment to the office, the head-quarters of which, for the present, is at an office in Admiralty square. We believe the following captains have been appointed under him :—Captain H. W. L. Sherringham (1847), who has been employed for many years in the surveying service ; Captain Jerningham (1851), an officer who has been most fortunate in receiving shore berths and emoluments ; and Captain Peter Fisher, pro moted this year from the coast guard service. THE RATES OF EXCHANGE.—We are glad to hear that the Treasury have under consideration a proposi tion on the part of the Admiralty, to provide against the serious losses to which naval officers serving on foreign stations are subjected from the commercial fluctuations of the rates of exchange. In China and the East Indies the fleet have had to make great pecuniary sacrifices on account of the high rates of exchange against England. When the exchanges are in our favour the inconvenience of cashing bills on foreign stations is most disagreeable, and frequently expensive to the Admiralty ; but when the rates are so high as they are and have been in China, it is some privation, great pecuniary loss, and in some cases absolute ruin to officers requiring the current coin of the country or locality. The justice of this proposi tion of the Admiralty will be a grateful boon to the service. PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE DESTIMEDA.- Messrs. Stilwell have given notice that an account of the balance of pro ceeds and tonnage bounties for the Destimeda, seized by her Majesty's sloop Ranger, on the 15th of March, 1850, will be deposited in the registry of the High Court of Admiralty on the 30th inst. agreeably to act of Par liament. As by the decision Of the Judicial Committee of her Majesty's Privy Council, the sentence of condem nation passed on the Levin Lank, detained by the above named sloop has been reversed, it is intended to appro priate the net proceeds of the above bounties in part liquidation of the legal expenses incurred in the proceed ings, by virtue of an agreement between the officers and company of her Majesty's sloop Ranger, to bear mutu ally the expenses of restored vessels ; consequently no distribution can take place. PRIZE-MONEY FOR A SLAVER.—Notice has been given by Messrs. Chard to the officers and crew of her Ma jesty's ship Cygnet, Henry Layton, Esq., commander, that an account of the bounty-money on the tonnage of the pollacre slave-brig, name unknown, captured on the I7th of November, 1845, will be deposited in the regis try of the High Court of Admiralty on or before the 29th of December next, agreeable to act of Parliament. GE)9GIi4.PETCAL SObIETY. A meeting of this society was held on Monday night, Lord Colchester, R.N. in the chair. After the election: and admission of new members, The CHAIRMAN announced to the society that the sub scription for erec ting a monument to Lieutenant Bellot had now reached th sum of 1,500/. A paper by General JOCHMUS, ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Germanic Empire of 1848, communicated through Sir Roderick Murchison, was then read, des. cribing a journey undertaken in September and October of the year 1847, into the Balkan, or Mount Humus of the ancients, with an account of the defiles through this celebrated mountain range, and a comparison of the routes pursued by Darius Hytaspes, Alexander the Great, and Marshal Diebitsch. The principal passages of the paper are as follows : RECAPITULATION OF DISTANCES.—Serai to Wysa, 4 hours ; do. to Bunarhissar, 8 hours • do. to Jena, 9 hours : do. to Kikkelisia, 13 hours. We proceeded in the afternoon to Dewletagatch, 7 hours' distance, by the Turkish village of Ereki (50 fires), 4 hours ; and another, ' Bulgarian (about 45 fires) 6 hours from Kirkkelisia, _ _ . . seeing en route a couple of depehs, and having severer times on our left, as the road meanders through the hil country before reaching Ereki, a mountain, apparently 11 hours distant, crowned by picturesque ruins, called Eski, or Saieopolis by the peasantry. Our ride lay over barren, stony highlands, chiefly covered with underwood but showing generally along the different rivulets grass and arable soil, and numerous vineyards in the neigh bourhood of the villages. At nightfall, after having tra versed a temporary gipsy encampment, we reached the new Bulgarian colony of Dewletagatch, holding about 40 houses. The village is recovering only slowly from its total destruction during the late war, although situated in the rich valley of the T6k6 river, which the traveller is obliged to cross in its meandering course three times before he reaches the village from the southern side, and as often on leaving it, in the northern direction, by the high road to the Balkan. This main branch of the T6k6 river is the most considerable water-course (not except ing the affluent of the same river an hour before Kirk kelisia) which crosses the main route from Bunarhissar to the foot of tke Haemus, in the direction of Aidos and Misivria • and there can be no doubt that it is the Ar biskus of'Herodus, even if its modern name of T6k6 did not etymologically show the identity. Darius, on his arrival at the Artiscus, " which flows through the coun try of the Odryssae," is said to have fixed on a certain spot, and to have commanded every one of his sol diers to throw a stone as he passed ; this was done ac cordingly, and Darius, having thus raised an immense pile of stones, proceeded on his march (Melp., lib. iv., sec. 92). This pile of loose stones is not to be found near Dewlet, but just opposite the village, upon the heights on the eastern bank of the Artiscus, or T6k6, are still to be seen six large tepehs, or tumuli, and it is likely that the same spot, as the most conspicuous eminence of the neighbourhood, was also chosen by Darius for his head-quarters, and for the erection of the commemora tory pile. His army was encamped along the river. Its winding bed and the adjoining low grounds are cover ed in this part of its course with innumerable large loose stones, a circumstance which probably caused Darius to give the pre-cited order to his soldiers. The double con dition of an immense mass of loose stones in and near the bed of the only watercourse with propriety called " river" on the line of march pursued by Darius from Bunarhissar to the Balkan indicates the immediate. neighbourhood of Dewletagatch as the station mentioned by Heredotus in the King's further advance towards the Ister, or Danube, which was preceded by the defeat of the Getae, and the submission of the people and towns along the Black Sea, from Midia or Salmidessus to Mesam bria of Misivrio. So far, the general line of operations of Darius appear to be clear. He crossed the Bosphorus on a bridge of boats, connecting the two continents at the site of the present new castles of Asia and Europe (Gibbon and Herod., Melp. iv., sec. 87), encamped suc cessively at the sources of the Tearus (Bunarhissar) and on the banks of the T6k6 or Artiskus (at Dewletagach), and following the direction of Burgas and Aiholi, and submitting the sea towns, he passed afterwards the Balkan by the defiles parallel to the sea coast, from Mi sivria to lowan Derwish, moving thus from south to north by the same roads which were chosen by Generals Roth and Rudiger, and by Marshal Diebitsch himself, from north to south, in 1829. The Russians also, in 1828, and Darius, about 2,300 year before them, passed the Danube "at that part of the river where it begins to branch off" (Melp. iv., sec. 89), that is near the modern Issatscha. Suaday, Oct. 3.—From Dewleta gatch, northwards, the country becomes finer. Hitherto it had a character of rather barren highlands, partly covered with underwood, and intersected by numerous rivulets, and now and then by rich valleys. A more luxuriant vegetation becomes now predominant, and the cultivation of the soil improves, especiallyas one approaches Kizilski Klesi, four hours from Dewlet. Park scenery, chiefly along the banks of a rivulet, for the remaining hour, conducts to Faky, a post station in times of war, but now unable to supply us with animals for our onward jour ney. Longdisputes arise between my sabti6h Ali Aga and the tschor-badshis, who are accused by him of having driven their horses in the woods (most likely being afraid of not being paid the hire). At last Ali Aga decides that he will take on our Kirkkelesia horses of far as Aidos, threatening the tschor-badshis with the wrath of the Ferik commanding there, in the evident hope of extort ing from them a good backshish, if on his return he pro mises to be silent. The whole seven hours of our after noon's ride from Faky to Rusukastro lie through a fine oak forest, extending several hours right and left over a hill country, with occasionally open, but uncultivated, though naturally rich soil. Half-way we get a cup of coffee from the dervend guard, established in a log-hut by the roadside. Like most dervendsides in lonely posi tions, these people eke out their scanty pay by furnishing an excellent and refreshing draught of coffee to the weary traveller. The sturdy mountaineer, or Albanian guards man, armed to the teeth with pistols, yatagan, and sword, squats down to prepare a cup of the favourite Eastern beverage, whilst he suspends his musket, ready for eventual use, on a neighbouring tree. At four hours from Faky is the Bulgarian village of Carabuner (30 fires), on a ddrd or rivulet running into the Gulf of Bur gas. A kind and truly Turkish hospitable reception awaits us for the night at Rusukastro, a tschiftlik, or great farm, administered by Ahmed Effendi, for Abdul Ehad Aga, of Drama, himself an intendant of Wehidgi Pacha. On the tschiftlik are five Turkish and thirty five Bulgarian houses ' • its vast grounds are but indiffe rently cultivated. "Rusukastro was plundered and burnt in 1829 by the revolted rayahs, not by the Rus sians," added Ahmed Effendi, " who usually behaved much better during the war than our own Christian sub jects. Sultan Mahmoud, however, forbade us to punish the latter after the war ; on the contrary, they kept what they have taken, and they are ready again to rob and murder the sons of Islam, if the tide of war brings back here the Russian armies." A report was prevalent at Rusukastro that there were just now a good many rob bers and military marauders in the defiles and approaches of the Balkan, and especially in the district of Aidos ; but as the road to the latter place lies over open ground, I declined an additional escort, very readily prof fered by Ahmed Effendi. Distances :—Kirkkelisia to Erekli, 4 hours ; do. to Dewletagatch, 7 hours ; do. to Topshiler,* 8i hours ; do. to Kaibilar,+ 91 hours ; do. to Kizilski Klesi, 11 hours ; do. to Faky,:r. 12 hours ; do. to Carabuner, 16 hours ; do. to Rusukastro, 19 hours ; do. to Benlis§ 201 hours ; do. to Kutsohuk Ali, II 23 hours ; do. to Aidos, 24 hours. The whole road from Constantinople to Kirkkelisia, and thence to Aidos, is a good country road for carts and artillery, ex cept in ...the rainy season, when it is soft and muddy, and eventually nearly impracticable. Oct. 4. The un dulating soil between Rusukastro and Aidos is generally fertile. The waters run off in the direction of the lakes and marshy grounds towards Burgas. In the " Expe dicion de los Catalanes y Aragoneses contra Turcos y Griegos," per el Conde de Osona, it would appear that Montaner must allude to Burgos and its marshy neigh bourhood when he speaks of an important Byzantine arsenal on the Black Sea coast, good forty leagues from ' Paccia, Rodisto, and Modico, calling it "Estanara, pueblo de mucho trato, donde se fabricaren la mayor parte de los navios de Thracia (in the beginning of the 14th century). Ganado el lugar, acometieron los navios y galeras del puerto, que afirma Montaner que fueron 150 vexeles. Fu6 notable el espectAculo de aquel dia, porque turbado el orden de la misma naturaleza anegaren de tierra, rompiendo algunos diques que detenian el agua de las ac6quias y en el mar pegaron fuego h los navios, sirviendo los elementos de ministros de su venganza, y saliendo de sus limites y jurisdiction para ruina de BUS contraries, parceian que volvian a en primur confusion segun andaba todo trocado. Murieron nuchos quemados en el agua, ostros atrogados en la tierra" (cap. xlii.) Estanara, from the coinciding three conditions o the forty leagues' distance, of its arsenal, and its marshy neighbourhood partially protected by dikes, can only be identified with Burgas. The Turkish Burgas is the Greek Pyrgos (tower or castle) ; and the Catalans very probably gave to the present Burgas (on the Black Sea) the name of Pyrgos of the Stranjea, or, by corruption, Estanara. Aidos, the chief place of the card, or district of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan, is situated on sloping ground, with its 200 Turkish and 100 Bulga rian houses, on the banks of a rivulet which flows into a lake north-west of Burgas. A plain, with ten or eleven tumuli, in the neighbourhood of the modern town, ex tends for a couple of hours west and east, parallel to the mountain ridge north of Aidos. With the exception of the tepehs, known to have been erected by the Turkish armies, the numerous tumuli strewed over the country between Constantinople and the Balkan are often seen in clust n e wtt r rhi s tyeh o t f he half a-dozen and more, near the chief places of modern districts and departments, or in situa tions which indicate the sites of ancient towns or resi dences of a northern race. The reminiscences or tradi tuta°ll°f the temporary present inhabitants o r permanentalso connect occupation the ofm ( t i l e le ad co b y u y by c th i Moscow an s andor T S h c r y a t c h i nations.iaannsm(Melp. ip . iv., sec. t7hle, description by Heredotus of the tumuli erected for their "Ingens aperitur tumulo tellus ' 0u r s .—From bour AidosHours over' to th e M A i s i i d v o r s i amt mountain road nta i n r ra( V i :l ( l l :i (z irs e lig ifei °r) b r.P y s t.l:' ) S ve C e"t h S lM l3sce a t.r n Bf) t,i . (30 Turkish fires), and Kara t6P 6 (25 Turkish fires) , to Achly ( 25 Turkish fires), where aga i n i s a cluster of six or !even ancient tumuli— fine scenery through forests of oak and northern trees, indicating a considerable elevation of the country, which is only partially cultivated in the neighbourhood of the villages. We leave to our right the village of Glidstra, celebrated for its hot s p rings, and situate at two and-a-half hours' distance from Aidos on the direct read to Misivria. We change horses at Achly, where an ex pdtor e b s e s p o r r ep e r a the r o e f d fo r G o o u v r e j r o n o o r r o e o y f t A o 'i i‘ d t o i s e i h v r a i d a didd changethem * 40 Turkish fires. t 50 Turkish fires. 65 Bulgarian fires. § Simply a well, and generally a Tura' or gipsy encamp ment. II 50 mixed Area, . -- • - e e hoeses after . foul .hours.ernarch s. is always Ag,reeakle, especially eierTtrrkeyrevizere , the stages are often 8, -10, and 12 hours. The truth; however, is, that we were ' obliged for this civility to the Governor of Aidos, who did not like to incur the responsibility of furnishing me with horses for a three days' journey, although Soliman had found people ready to let them. In fact the roads were far from being safe, notwithstanding the repeated assurances of Ibrahim Bey, that this district was a per fect model administration according to Tanzimatschairje (the good estate), or the reform principles. Two people had been murdered a few days ago between Carnabat and Aides ; a peasant assailed and left naked _on the road to Misivria, and the news had just arrived that in the preceding night a neighbouring farm had been plun dered of 30,000 piastres, and some women violated. Notwithstanding the Tanzimatschairj6, a miller had been established and quietly tolerated at Aidos for several years, although he was well known to have committed nine murders and robberies, which had furnished him the necessary means to build and work his mill. The ingenuity of the Governor of Aidos—persuaded as he said that his head would ache him (bashimiz agrareshak) if anything only unpleasant should happen to his distinguished musafir (or guest)—was therefore direc ted towards finding good reasons for dissuading me from my projected excursion into the Balkan, without betraying the real cause of his alarm, resulting from the unsatisfactory state of his own district, as far as were concered the life, property, and honour of the Sultan's subjects, secured by the hatti sheriffe of Gulhane. Threatening rain, stormy weather, impassible roads, and want of accommodation having been unsuccessfully con jured up, Ibrahim Bey made a last attempt at dissuasion by assuring me that, in an historical point of view, my researches would be certainly useless. " Zulkarnein (the name given to Alexander the Great by the learned Turks), whose line of march you are tracing," he said, "never came here. He was a great man ; how could he have thought of going into those wild and inaccessible mountains ?" This last piece of historical information, however, not having changed my mind nor itinerary, the Governor of Aidos ordered an additional escort, with directs to insist on having the best possible horses at Achley, the limits of his temporary domains. From the latter place to Misivria the roads lies in a fine, po pulous, cultivated, and well wooded and watered valley, running nearly due east, between the forest-covered main ridge of the Balkan and the Aides branch of those mountains. Leaving several villages at a distance on our left, we pass through those of Tatarko'i, Koperan, Barakly, and Indgekca, but can find no trace of the lake laid down in the Austrian map immediately south of those villages, all situated along the southern bank of a dere or rivulet, coming from the village of Nadir, in the upper valley, two hours west from Achly, and fall ing into the sea a little north of Misivria, where in the winter and rainy season it forms a marsh of about one hour long and half-an-hour broad. It was most likely somewhere near Achly that was fought, in the begin ning of the 14th century, the terrible battle between the Catalans and the Masagetae, retiring by the Haemus into Bulgaria, from the service of the Greek Emperor Andronicus, at Constantinople. Misivria, with some remains of the ancient Mesambria and the ruins of some medieval churches, is a miserable collection of 300 houses. The principal export trade in wood is mono polised by the Governor, Sultan Effendi, so called on account of his family connection with the house of the ancient Khans of the Crimea, Dtwlet Gherai. Situated on a peninsula, Misivria would be a military position of considerable !importance, if it had a natural supply of water and a good harbour. Its only two wells, how ever, are at ten minutes outside the western wall of the place ; and the anchorage is so unsafe that the Russians (in 1829), although they occupied Misivria, preferred for their shipping the roadstead of Aeholi. This latter city, of 1,000 houses, is a rising town since the war. Situated also on a peninsula, three hours south of Misivria, it presents, in a military point of view, the advantage of having water in its circuit. Distances—Aidos to Achly, 4 hours; Tatarkei, 5 hours ; Koperan, 5i hours ; Rarakly, 6 hours ; Indesoi, 71 hours ; Misivria, 8 hours. In order to reconnoitre the important line of the Haemus or Balkan, which is so little known that the celebrated historian of the Turkish empire, Herr Von Hammer, reduces erroneously to seven the number of the passages or defiles in the principal mountain chain. I intended to explore the whole ridge, from Cape Emineh (Finis Haemi) to Tirnova, at the foot of the mountains between Schibka and Dranova. I have, therefore, traversed in zigzag, seven times, the principal chain of the Balkan, viz.:--From Misivria to Sudshiler, from Sudshiler to Achly, from Achly to Dobral, from Dobral to Carnabat, from Carnabat to Kasan, from Kasan to Selimneh, from Selimneh to Tirnova ; and seven times the minor ridges of the Haemus, viz., from Tirnova. to Osmanbazar, from Osmanbazar to Kasan, from Kasan to Czalikavak, from Czalikavak to Koprikel, from Koprikoi to Schumla, from Schumla. to Paraivadi, from Paraivadi to Varna. Leav ing Misivria, accompanied by a trusty guide of Sultan Effendi's, we crossed the low ground (marshy in the wet season) extending north of the Misivria, towards the Greek village of Monastirkei, and having to our right the scale of Ajanas, at the bottom of a fine sandy beach, we ascended the steep vine-clad southern declivities of the Balkan, leaving, right and left, various pretty and picturesques villages. The highest point of the mountain chain above Monastirkoi may be estimated at about 2,000 feet, whilst the pass or dervend itself lies about 1,800 feet above the sea, leading to Bane, four hours from Misivria ; the latter two hours and three quarters through thick forest, chiefly oak, crossed in different directions by roads for the carts, which take wood and timber to the neighbouring scales of Misivria, Ajanas, Kosluck, and Erekly. The northern branch of the Kamshik is called the Akully or Wise Kamabik ; its floods being generally more tranquil, and its course wider. Both branches unite between Buyuk Chenga and Koprikei ' and form the ancient Pamysus, falling into the Black Sea between the Black and White Capes (Aspro Bournou and Mavro Bournou). From Isinplu by Sadowa to Papaskei, the gently rising road, on the left bank of the Kamshik, leads through the well-culti vated tree-clad Balkan terraces. In the whole valley are seen numerous Turkish and Bulgarian villages, in habited by a fine, sturdy, and, to all appearances, war like population (especially the Mussulman part). Papas koi is a large place, with one hundred Bulgarian houses in excellent condition, mostly tile-roofed, and one story above the ground floor, whilst the fifty Turkish families of the village live in straw-thatched huts of a single floor. On a height S.W. from this place are seen three tumuli. Beyond Papaskei begins a splendid oak forest, and the ascent towards Kasan becomes steeper. We cross twice the meandering course of one of the affluents of the of the Kamshik, which runs down from Kasen, and at three-quarters of an hour before that town we enter a very strong and deep defile, at first magnificently wooded on both sides, the river running on our left. A little later we cross the torrent, and tie mountain gorge now shows trees only on its western flank, whilst its eastern side presents a successicn of naked, bold, precipitous rocks. The scenery is awfully wild an d grand, but the road, partly hewn is the rock, continues practicable for carts, and measures still ten feet iu its narrowest part. On leaving the mountain pass, Kasan is seen at a short distance, secluded in one of the most inaccessible vales of the Balkan, and situated in a moun tain cahldron, into which descents from the northern or southern slopes of the mighty Haemus lead only through defiles of such natural strength that a few determined men may arrest there entire armies. The industrious city of Kasan owes its flourishing and prosperous state to its municipal government, aid to the circumstance that the Sublime Porte most likely ignores its very existence, whilst the pro tempole governor of the pacha lik, probably too lazy to explore a rugged mountain region, is satisfied to know that a zabit or police officer, and under him a dozen of dervendshisor, guardians of the mountain passes, represent it Kazan the authority of the Sultan. However, the Bulgarian municipality manage the privilege of selecting themselves the zabit and his men. They pick up as many Zinganis, or gip sies, as are required, dress them up as Turks, and pay them handsomely, on condition that they are to claim no allowance from their soi-disent master, the Pacha, who is always found to be well pleased with an arrange ment which permits him to pccket the annual pay of the public servants which the Sublime Porte is supposed to keep in the mountain passes of Kasan for the security of traders and travellers. If tie Pacha is satisfied with this arrangement, much more so the inhabitants of Ka san, who thus have secured a municipal independence, unmolested liberty to carry of very extensive coarse cloth (or abah) manufactures, together with the agri cultural and pastoral pursuits connected with this in dustry. Kasan, whose immediate vicinity is rather bare of trees, though the mountains that enclose it are covered with the secular forest that rovers the whole eastern Balkan, lies above that elevation where wine can be cul tivated, but the wealthy inhabitants of the town have ex tensive vineyards near Papaskce. All the houses of Kasan are tile-roofed, and although :,he general aspect of the place is not cheerful, the streets being narrow and irre gular, yet comparative comfort, and a certain feeling of security and independence, is perceptible everywhere. A church, built in 1834, and embellished by a Russian eagle, a menzil chane, or post-office, and two schools, are the public buildings.. Bulgarian and Greek are the languages taught, Turkish being spoken occasionally, but not studied. Bulgarian is the language of the pul pit. The Bulgarians understand the Russian, and vice versa. The virtually independent community of Kasan has become since the last Russian war the national and intellectual centre of Bulgaria, in lien of Tirnova (the residence of a Turkish Pac:ea), which, however, is always mentioned, with a feeling of veneration, as the ancient capital. The Reboots of Kasan furnish numerous and the best popular teachers for Bulgaria. I admired particularly the fine handwriting of some young girls of 13 and 14 years of age, and took several samples of it with me. Books, especially bibles, come in great quantities from Kiew, and in general the ties of a com mon, origin, language, and religion between the Rus sians and Bulgarians become daily stronger. General Montresor, the Russian commander of Kasen in 1829, is still spoken of with high praise. At this time occur red the great emigration of Christian subjects of Turkey into Russia ; Kasen furnished only a share of twenty families, because in their mountain recesses they were— as their chiefs told me—less afraid of the oppression or vengeance on the part of the Turkish authorities than the poor people of the plains, and, in case of need, pre pared to resist it by arms. Selimneh and its neighbour hood has suffered a good deal from the late war ; but as the Russians kept a strict discipline, and have paid for all their requisites, they have remained very popular in the country. General Montresor had had his head-quar ters at Mr. lowansho's house, and the latter explained to me the details of his audacious and successful march from Selimneh on Kasan. The Russian army being in possession of Varna and Silistria, and having defeated the Grand Vizier in the decisive battle of Kislevdsha, had forced the Balkan on the 16th and 17th of July, by the defiles of lowan Derwish to Misivria and its plains. Having established an additional base of operation along the sea coast from Varna, by Misivria, Aiholi, Burgas, and Sizepolis, Marshal Diebitsch beat the Turks at Aidos, and then, advanced on Selimneh whence 4,000 to 5 0 000 „ineri; with ogly four guns, under General Moti tresor; -dislodged -en- the 14th' of- August one Solitna,n Pacha from Kasan, the possession of which place conso lidated the insurrection of the Bulgarians of the Balkan, who had risen in favour of the Russians. Marshal Diebitsch then advanced safely on Adrianople, where he arrived on the 20th of August, and concluded there the celebrated peace of the 11th of September. After the conclusion of the paper, Mr. HOGG compli mented the writer on the additions he had made to our geographical knowledge of this important district. Some excellent views of South African scenery by Mr. Bain, attached to the staff of Governor-General Lord Cathcart, which were hung round the room, were then examined by the visitors. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. WINDSOR-CASTLE, Nov. 25. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Captain Stephen Bartlett Lakeman, late Commander of Lakeman's Waterkloof Rangers. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 30. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John Pownall Dale as Consul at Port Stanley for the Free Han seatic City of Hamburg. WHITEHALL, DEC. 2. The Queen has been pleased to present the Reverend Frederick Cruickshank to the church and united parishes of Lethnot and Navar, in the presbytery of Brechin and county of Forfar, vacant by the death of the Reverend John Whyte. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, MARINE DEPARTMENT, DEO 1. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a translation of a Proclamation (an extract from which is sub- joined), issued by the Neapolitan Government, giving no tice of a law for facilitating the apprehension of British seamen deserting from British merchant vessels in the Neapolitan dominions, which has been signed by his Sicilian Majesty, as a measure of reciprocity for the Order in Council of the 19th August last, extending to Neapoli tan merchant vessels the benefit of "The Foreign Desert era Act, 1852," By order, JAMES BOOM -* it. " Art. I. Seamen, not being slaves, belonging to the Mercantile Navy of her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who may desert within our Royal dominions, on either side of the Faro, shall, upon application to the authorities of the Kingdom from the Consuls or the Vice-Consuls of her Britannic Majesty, or from persons appointed by them, be appre hended and carried on board their respective ships." * Naples, September 13, 1853. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 2. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons— Cornet George Sil vester Davies, from the 11th Light Dragoons, to be net, vice Gandell, who exchanges, Dec. 2. 11th Light Dragoons—Cornet Alfred Wall Gandell, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet, vice Davies, who exchanges, Dec. 2. 4th Regiment of Foot—John Howley, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Honourable A. H. A. Anson, appointed to the Rifle Brigade Dec. 2. 13th Foot—Surgeon Thomas D'Arcy, M.D., frpm the 30th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Dowse, who exchanges, Dec. 2. _ _ _ 22nd Foot—First Lieutenant William Dobyns, from the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice John Wm. Poole, who retires upon half-pay, of the Ceylon Rifle Regiment, Dec. 2. 30th Foot—Surgeon Richard Robert Dowse, from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice D'Arcy, who exchanges, Deo. 2. . _ . . . 44th Foot—Ensign Levett Thoroton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Willson, who retires ; Alexander Wm. Cobham, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Thoroton, Dec. 2. _ . . _ _ 53d Foot—Captain John 111'Neill Walter to be Major, by purchase, vice Lempriere, who retires ; Lieutenant John Breton to be Captain, by purchase, vice Walter; Ensign William Henry James Clarke to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Breton ; John Rolle Prideaux, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Clarke, Dec. 2. 54th Foot—William Mitchell Firth, Gent., to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice Moorhead, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 2. 56th Foot—Lieutenant John Pye Pye to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hanson, deceased ; Ensign Samuel Henry Harford to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Pye Pye ; Gentleman Cadet John Henry Campbell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur -1 chase, vice Harford; Assistant-Staff-Surgeon Francis Wal ters Knox to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Lawson, deceased, Dec. 2. 61st Foot—Lieuten ant Edward Shawe Powys to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Frederick Huson, who retires ; Ensign Thomas Edward Gordon to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Powys ; Ensign John Joseph Paterson Fox, from the St. Helena Rgiment, to be Ensign, vice Gordon, Dec. 2. 72d Foot—Mostyn De la Poer Beresford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smith, who retires, Dec. 2. Rifle Brigade--Ensign the Hon. Augustus Henry Archi bald Anson, from the 4th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hale, who retires, Dec. 2. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Moor head, M.D., from the 54th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Knox, appointed to the 56th Foot, Dec. 2. Erratum in printing the Gazette of the 25th Nov.:- 34th Regiment of Foot—Fur Francis Richard Hurt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel, read, Ensign Fran cis Richard Hurt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Peel. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Merionethshire Militia—Robert Mamie Taylor, Esq., to be Adjutant, Oct. 4. COMMISSIONS SIGNED EY THE LORD•LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham• lets Militia—Joseph Erlam, Gent., to be Lieutenant. West Suffolk Regiment of Militia—John Welchem, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 25. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. WOOLWICH, DEC, 2.—An examination of candidates for admission as gentlemen cadets at this institution took place during the past month, and the following are the names of those who passed satisfactorily, and have been subsequently approved by the Master-General :-- G. W. Vansittart Yule. 1" Edward Robert Festing. L. 11. Hardress Parsons. A. Angus Airlie Kinloch. Edward Richard Marshal. Richard Moresby. Fleetwood Hugo Pellew. John Knox Tindall. John Barrett Leonard. Robert David Dewar Hay. Horace Harvey Webber. J. C. Smyth Wyndham. The above-named young , to join at the Royal Militar; after the Christmas vacatioi Richard Decie. Edward Mitchell. Edward Hovell Thurlow, Charles Edward Luard. H. P. PRstrange St. George. Frederick Tynte Warburton, Hon. Alexander Stewart. William Rice Bowen. H. D. Stutevillo Isaacson. Joseph Egerton Cockburn. Francis Beresford. entlemen have been ordered Academy on its re-opening THE LATE BOARD OP ADMIRALTY AND ITS AMERICAN CRITICS. (From the Press.) . , Poor Mr. Cobden ! We almost pity him. His plan of arbitration has been tried in the Eastern Question, and has, according to Mr. Gladstone's notion of success —illustrated by Spain, Belgium, and Syria—succeeded completely ; as it has already resulted in a bloody war. To those odious soldiers, whom Mr. Cobden would dis band, life and property are, in Lancashire, indebted for present security. And now it appears that the ungrate ful Americans, whom he so much admires, are about to divest themselves of those claims to his regard which have hitherto been so attractive in his eyes. " Look at the navy of the United States," exclaims Mr. Cobden, " and see what it consists of !" This the Americans have been doing for themselves ; and they have discovered that it consists of eleven ships of the line, one raz4e, twelve large frigates, two second-class, and ab ou t f or t y sma ll er ships. nt the feeling lex citedoodeel in navy the American mind by contemplating their m is exactly the reverse of that created in Mr. Cbd n' aby the same delightful object. Mr. Cobden is fired by enthusiastic admiration . Jona than, our brother , filled with intense disgu st ! "The Mississi p pi," says the New York .Herald, "is so badly armed, and her guns so light, that an E ng li s h war - steamer, with only one large gun, could destroy her before her fire could take the slightest effect. What is this force , even Britain or evenas a nucleus, t o contend Twoor three English against the fleets t e steamers, a Grea t France ? e n rs te , am wi n t r h in gun o s s o se f a l s o i n on g range, could sink every ship and of the Government." Jonathan l oo k s not only p at his fleet, but also at his navy list, and on it he observes " old fogy captains " to such an alarming extent that, for five frigates which he names, fit captains could not be found. From this sad sight the writer mournfully turns, an d casts his eye over the eastern waves, till it rests on ' Eng land and the continent of Europe ; and there he sees "France and Russia actively engaged in increasing the numerical force of their navies. And there, too, he sees, "at Spithead, a fleet such as the world never saw" before ; and England with a preponderance of strength on the ocean that guards her shores and protects her erica + and as , ..o u c ° o r i u np ul e e lle u ( e l Cab i net" wh er e v a e f r te h r e r e rn a l e n t r e , e o t r , flag e i r s l i b j o i r A n em, h tamely submit" to the observance of treaties —those re lating to the fisheries, for instance. The inference the American draws from all this is that "the true way to maintain p eace is to be pi epared f for war in pace ostendite ferrum," and concludes wi aick n inquiry whether the spirit of Washington, Pa th tr Henry, and Andrew Jackson is extinct, on which point, perhaps, Robert Owen may give him some information. Thus, then, we have an influential journal of New York, the capital of Mr. Cobden's model republic, denouncing the organisation of that branch of the United States service, which has to him appeared to be the emanation of ai,solute wisdom, and the perfection of national naval efficiency. Is this blow as much as Mr. Cobden can bear? Alas ! the American journalist is yet more cruel ! He lamis and holds up as an example to the people of the United States the administrative conduct of the late "Tory" Government of Great Britain, and not only of the "Tory" Government, but of that par , ticular portion of it against which Radical orators and Writers more especially delighted to discharge their en venomed arrows of malignant falsehood. Yes, it is to thatoant attributes fleet pr which the Duke of Northumberland t d ri t b p h u o e Board of Admiralty of the Government of Lord Derby called into existence, that the New York Herald well proud position which England then main tained,and whi c h ou she might hold now, could the present Governmentweapon which their iv ed eoewiselyaaora created wield t a h n e d b magnificent eciunathed to them. BANKRITPTS. Louis Diespeckor, dealer in general fancy articles, Little Moorfields, City, to surrender Dec. 9, at half-past eleven, and Jan, 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Solomon, Fen church -street . John Wills, builder, Exeter, Dec. 8, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Fryer, Exeter. Edward Bladon and Henry Coates, stuff merchants, Manchester, Dec. 19 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court. Putt, official assignee, Manches ter ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. Edward Cox, plane and lathe manufacturer, Great Queen street, Dec. 14, at one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham official assignee ; Greig, Gray's-inn-square. John James Harris, brewer, Waterloo-road, Dec. 9 at eleven, and Jan. 12 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, B as i ng h a ll- s treet ; Neale, Austin-friars. William Brown, wine and spirit merchant, Portsmouth, Dec. 15, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Bas inghall-street ; Low, Chancery-lane.; Ford, Portsea. Hugh Williams, senr., and John Williams, tailors, West Smithfield, Dec. 12, at eleven, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street • Sheard and Baker, Old Jewry. John Edward G'rockford, grocer, Wendover, Bucking ham, Dec. 9, at one, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, 13asinghall street ; Amory, Travers, and Smith, Throgmorton-street ; Benson, Aylesbury. Wm. Andrew, baker, High-street, Shadwell, Dec. 9, and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Newbon and Evans, Doctors' Commons. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS. Benjamin Clark, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde-park, dentist —lst div. of 20s , Dec. 3, and three subsequent Saturdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court. Edward William Cherrill, Ramsgate, cabinet maker -Ist div. of 91, Dec. 3 and three subsequent Saturdays, at Edwards', Sambrook-court. Henry Bates and Charles Hitchman, Addle-street, City, Bristol, and Birmingham, straw plait dealers—let div. of 3s. id., Dec. 3 and three subsequent Saturdays, at Ed wards', Sambrook-court. Sidney Sherlock, Liverpool, wine merchant-2nd div. of Rd. Nov. 21 and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liver pool. Power and Wallace, Liverpool, merchants-Ist div. of 4d. Nov. 21 and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liver pool. Henry Cowie, Liverpool, shipbroker—lst div. of 25., Nov. 21 and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool. Isaac Lindo Mocatta, Liverpool, merchant-4th div. of 6 3-161, Nov. 21 and any subsequent Monday, at Bird's, Liverpool. Joseph Armitage and Sons, Marsden, Yorkshire, wool len cloth manufacturers-2d div. of 3-16 d., any Monday or Tuesday after Nov. 29, at Hope's Leeds. William Yaw, Halifax, Yorkshire, corn and flour dea ler-Ist div. of 4.fd., any Monday or Tuesday after Nov. 29, at Hope's, Leeds. George Hirst, Horncoat, Yorkshire, manufacturer-Ist div. of 3s. id., any Monday or Tuesday after Nov. 29, at Hope's, Leeds. Frederick William White, Castleford, Yorkshire, linen draper—lst div. of 2s. 7d., any Monday or Tuesday after Nov. 29, at Hope's, Leeds. John Sanders Walton, Northallerton, Yorkshire, money scrivener-3d div. of 9.16 d., any Monday or Tuesday after Nov. 29, at Hope's, Leeds. Edward Smith, South Shields, Durham, linen and wool len draper-Ist div. of Bs., on new proofs, Dec. 3, and any ' subsequent Saturday, at Baker's Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Richard Bulmer and Joseph Bulmer, South Shields, Durham, ship builders—div. of 10s. ' on new proofs, Dec. 3, and any subsequent Saturday, at Wakley's, Newcastle upon-Tyne. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Robert Middleton, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, farmer— George Parnham, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, saddle maker —W. North, of Wellington, Shropshire—J. Mather, of Little Moorfiat, Lancashire, grocer—Thomas Linton, of Canterbury, furniture dealer—William Abrey, of Fing ringhoe, Essex, market gardener—William Storey, of Guts borough, Yorkshire, butcher—John Poole Hans, of Pur leigh, Essex, blacksmith—T. Reading, of Leamiogton Priors, Warwickshire, broker—J. Mullings, of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, woolsorter—W. Luff, of Landport, Southamp ton, out of business—R. Boxall, of Portsmouth, baker— John Henry Perkins, of Landport, Southampton, grocer— Robert Elliot, of Swansea, Glamorganshire, beerhouse keeper—John Middleton, of Jesmond, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, licensed victualler—James Oldham, of Newcastle upon-Tyne. grocer's assistant—David Jeremy, sen., of Swansea, Glamorganshire, grocer —George Bond, of Fres sing,field, Suffolk, grocer—Elizabeth Peek, of Merthyr Tydfil, eating-house keeper—William Carpendale, of Lei cester, out of business• Matthew Ibbotson, Stalybridge, Cheshire, grocer—Charles Vining, of Kingsdown, and Tyihing, Bristol, corn factor —George Bull, of Bristol, dealer in milk—John Colledge, of Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, grocer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. John Oliver Scott and George Innes, jun., of Newcastle upon-Tyne, ship and insurance brokers—James Williams and Enock Roylance. of Macclesfield, painters—George Hornbuckle Betts and John Thorpe, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, corn merchants—Edward Edwards Colley and Henry Coules, of Cook's-ground, Chelsea , mill wrights—James Leare and William Turner, of Eltham, Kent, brewers—William Blenkin and John Belt, of Gilling, Yorkshire, farmers—John Jefferies and George Purser, of Birmingham, brass-founders —George Clare and Thomas Clare, jun., of Clanfield, Oxfordshire, farmers George James Bingley and John Thomas Woods, of Hammersmith, painters—W. L. Canton and J. W, Neill, of 7, Arbour-tame, Coramerciskor4 gnat , e s tags; dentists—Luke Blumer and George Blumer, of Hartle pool-and Stranton, Durham, ship builders—Francis Ford and William Rice, of Southampton, nurserymen—Peter Haworth and James Haworth, of Manchester, curriers— John Heugh, George Edmund Balfour, and Malcolm Stewart Riach, of Manchester, merchants (so far as regards Malcolm Stewart Riach)—John Green and Elisha Pepper, of Shelton, Staffordshire, engravers--Abel Schofield, James Royston, and William Wilkinson, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, stonemasons—John Nay ' for and John Hardaker, of Leeds, woollen cloth manufacturers—John Travis and William Clegg, of Shaw, Lancashire, cotton spinners —Sidney Smith and Joseph Wesby of Nottingham, and John Thomas Griffith, of New Basford, Nottinghamshire, manufacturers of ma chinery (so far as regards John Thomas Griffith)—Richard Parkinson and James Craven, of Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—John Snow and John Williams, of Bristol, coal merchants—William Henry Hodges and James Clifford Hodges, of 14, Little Tower-street, Eastcheap, and 20, Harp-lane, Great Tower-A. ? City, hemp merchants — Isaac Lambert and Ellis Cowgill, of Manningham, York shire, joiners—James Thompson, of 36, Hunter-at., Bruns wick-square, and Henry Lester, of 69, Pocock's-gardens, Green-st., Bethnal-green, congrevo manufacturers—Wm. Ruddock and Grevile Ruddock, of Bristol, tobacco manu facturers—W. Vizard and James Leman,tof 51, Lincoln's inn-fields, attorneys—Richard Reads and Emma Flick, of St. Alban's-place, Edgware•road, hosiers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Duncan M`Kenzie, of Dingwall, inn-keeper, December 12, at twelve, at the Caledonian Hotel, Dingwall.. Kenneth k`Kenzie Thorburn, Esq., of Edinburgh, writer to the Signet, December 12, at two, at Messrs. Cay and Black's sale-rooms, Edinburgh. ERRATA IN GAZETTE OF NOV. 29, 1853. Hugh Frazer, of Irvine, Ayrshire, merchant ; the date of lodging claims for the first dividend should have been March 24, 1854, in place of May 24 next. Alexander Callender, of Paisley, portioner ; the date of lodging claims for the fist dividend should have been March 25, 1854, in place of May 26 next. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 26th day of November, 1853. ISSUE DEP,ULTMENT. Notes issued ..•..... 28,394,025 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,394,025 Silver bu11i0n........ £28,394,01i £28,394,025 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tho Ist day of Dec., 185: BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,184,137 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7,531,179 Other deposits 11,012,432 Seven Day and other Bills ........ ...... 1,267,037 PART MENT. Goverrunent securities (Indudg.Dead Weight Annuity) , 13,489,037 Other securities ...... 16,315,862 X 37,550,7841 Dated the Ist day of Dec., 1853, PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the !returns made in the week ending the 29th day of Nov., 1853, is 235. 114 d. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. Notes 7,049,826 G i (Gold and silver coin.. 696,061 £37,550,785 4 ` :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 5' SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. TAGANROG, Nov. 12. The Russian Mission, and all the public functionaries having left Turkey, the certificates of health required by the quarantine authorities can no longer be furnished, and consequently ships that arrive from Constantinople will have to perform 14 days' observation before they can ob tain free pratique, in lieu of four days. This will prevent any more vessels proceeding into the Azoff at this advanced period of the year. CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 2. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Prince of Wales, from Gra velines ; Zillap, Oran ; Ranka, Uleaborg ; Adonis, St. Petersburg ; Maria, Denis ; Jean M'Crae, Genoa ; Sall boda, Christiania ; Mary Stewart, Penang ; Europa, St. Andrews, N.B. ; Thomas Chadwick, Rotterdam ; Robert Matthews, Alexandria ; Julia, Quebec ; Susan Denis ; Terranova, Sundswall ; David Faye, Sannersund ; Mar garet, Marseilles ; Tom Bowling, Madras, &c.; Trefollium, Smyrna. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Ada, for Syra, &c.; Oriental Queen, Mauritius ; Nimrod, Sydney ; Dion, Mossel Bay and Cape of Good Hope ; Challenger, Adelaide ; Heinrick, Hamburg ; Wiltshire, Palermo, &c.; Dorothea, Canada;. Koh-i-noor, Port Philip; Constance, Adelaide ; Thomas Chadwick, Hobart Town ; Indian Chief, Ceylon ;_ Peter Godefroy, Sydney. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Ellen, for Havre • Christina, Stavanger ; Endeavour, Dunkirk ; Skulda, Christiana ; Elwine, Stettin ; Essex, Port Philip ; Jonge Johannes, Hamburg ; Bee, ditto ; Mentor, Rouen ; Oliver, Caen ; Pauline, ditto ; Active, ditto ; Bessel, Odessa ; Catherine Isabella, Amsterdam ; Calcutta, Bos ton ; Gloriana, Jamaica and Calcutta ; Daphne, Bahia ; Cornhill, Hobart Town. LIVERPOOL, Dza. 2. The Edward Johnson, hence to Mobile, Nov. 29, has put back, with bows damaged, having been in collision with the Wansfell, from Bombay, Nov. 30, in a thick fog, off Bardsey. The latter lost bulwarks, cathead, anchor, and 45 fathoms of chain. The Liana, ror .a_trica, has put back, with jaws of main boom gone. An attempt was made yesterday to get the Lucy, hence to Mobile, off the strand near Jurby Point, Isle of Man, but it was unsuccessful. Another attempt will be made to day. The Sarah, M`Lay, hence to City Point, has put into Queenstown, leaky—out twelve days. Avon, from Bristol to Monte Video. was spoken Nov. 2G, lat. 48 N., long. 9 W. Lardmans, from Liverpool to Rangoon, was spoken Nov. 4, lat, 5 N, long. 19 W. PORT ISAAC, May 25.—The Maria started her stern moorings, hove up athwart at high water, and has done considerable damage to her hull. PRA.ViTLE (near Plymouth), Nov. 30.—A board was picked up here this morning, with Jane Archibald, in large Roman capitals engraved on tt e wood, supposed to have been washed off a vessel's quarter. ST. HELENA, Oct. 12.—The Maria Charlotte, of Stock holm, from Hong Kong to Port Philip, was seen ashore, Aug. 6, on a reef, and assisted off by the Rajah of Sara wak, arrived here, which staid by her till Aug. 10. WELLS, Dec. I.—The Victorine, from St. Petersburg to Rouen, is on shore opposite this harbour—part of her cargo is being discharged, and should the weather continue fine, it is hoped that she will be got off on the tide to night. LEMVIG, Nov. 24.—Part of the cargo of the Courier, from Newport to Corsoer, which was stranded off Huns byl, on the 19th Nov., has been saved, and more is expected to be got, if the weather keeps fine. PILLA.u, Nov. 27.—There has been some frost here these two days, and a little ice already driving out. The George Carl, hence to Hull, is on shore on the bar, and will have to lighten to get off. CAGLIARI, Nov. 25.—The Tona, from Alexandria to England, which put in here Nov. 11, leaky, and with loss of rudder, has discharged her cargo, and fears are enter tained that she cannot be repaired here. The Shamrock, from coast of Africa to London, which was stranded near Quitta, became a total wreck ; mate drowned. A wreck, of about 400 tons, with nothing but bowsprit standing, was passed Nov. 21, in lat. 44 N., long. 13 W. A large vessel, abandoned, with painted ports, and bow sprit only standing, was passed Nov. 22, in lat. 44 N., long. 13 W., by the Villiers, arrived in the Clyde. The Jane Morrison, of Cardiff, for Quebec, was spoken Nov. 13, in lat. 46 N., making a great deal of water. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Laura Smith, from Messina to Dartmouth, Nov. 17, off Cape Trafalgar. The Albion, for Monte Video, Oct. 21, lat. 6 N., long. 23 W. The Theaphyra, from New York to St. Michael's, lat. 40 N., long. 39 W. The Robertina, Oct. 15, lat. 8 N., long. 22 W. The Eliza Hart, 19th, lat. 12 N., long. 24 W. The James Lumsden, 25th lat. 25 N., long. 33 W. No. 9,310, 2nd dia. pend. and Harold, both Nov. 24, lat. 47 N., long. 11 W. The Amenter, from Calcutta to London, lat. 35 S., long. 20 E. The Blenheim, on the line. De Marne, from Newcastle to Constantinople, Nov. 1, lat. 38 N., long, 5 W. The Stadt Havoren, from Amsterdam to Odessa, Nov. 12, lat. 40 N., long. 10 W. The Maria Engdulena, from Rotterdam to Batavia, Nov. 23. A Spanish ship, from Cadiz to Valparaiso, Oct. 30, lat. N., long. 23 W. A French ship (supposed Beaufort), Nov. 11, lat. 24 N., long. 33 W. The Alipore, from Calcutta to London, 26th, lat. 47 N. long. 16 W. B ship (supposed Texas), showing No. 125 on a white flag, with emigrants, lat. 28 N . ., long. 35 W. The Aroma (brig), of Liverpool, outward bound, Nov. 25, lat. 48 N., long. 10 W. The Martaban, bound S.W., Oct. 25, lat. 15 N., long. 25 W. [ADVERTISEMENT.]--DARK DAYS AND LONG NIGHTS.—The necessity of having the most perfect eye sight and hearing.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians and oculists, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe — opposite the York Hotel. Newly-invented preserving Spectacle Lenses. Immediately they are placed before extremely imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct ; the most aged, defective sight becames bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori ginal state.—RoyalExhibitions, 1851,—A valuable, newly invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person Gan be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Telescopes—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extraordinary powers that some, 3 inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket. and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful power ; an object can be clearly seen, from 14 to 16 miles distant. D e af ness —N ew Discovery—The Organic Vi brator, an extraordinary powerful and newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as th e s ki n, it is not perceptible ; it enables deaf pers ons t o h ear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpl easa nt sensation of singing noises in the ears is e n ti re ly remo ved ; and it affords all the assist* ante that possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe, opposite the York Hotel. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST_ _ ` Receiptl• NAME OF RAILWAY. BIITISH. r_2 Aberdeen .. . ' 7 7 % I B Be lf lfaa east t a an nd d c 8 a a1 a r ty e D n n a wn •......................: . 13 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire \ Bolton, Blackburn, and West York •• • • 54 Bristol and Exeter ••..••••.. • • •• • • • • • 9% Caledonian. g 9% Edinburgh and Glasgow . • ..... •• •• 94 6 Chester and Holyhead.• •..•••• • • • • • • 6 % Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • 2 ) Cork and Bandon .. • • .... • • • • • • • • • • 56 Dublin and Belfast Junction ........ 62!i Dublin and Drogheda. ••• • • ••••• • • • • 6 Dublin and Kingstown' • • • • . • • • • • • • • • 16% Dundee and Arbroath ••••••• • • • • • •• 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.... • • • • • • • • 68 East Ang1ian........... • • . • • • • • • • 8131 East Lanca5hire............ —••• • • • 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • • • • • 95 Eastern Union •••••••.•••••••- 78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee • • • • • • 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • .... • • • • • • • • 19 Furness Railway ... ••..•••• • • • • • • 171 % Glasgow, and South-Western •••• • • • • 283 Great Northern and E. L. • • • • • • •• • • 1 88 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 3 19 % Great Western .... 25% Irish South Eastern ••••••••.. • • • • • • 90 I Lancaster and Carlisle •••• • • • • ..... ' , 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire..• • • • • • • • • • 1 Leeds Northern .......• .. • • • • • • • • • • I 18k Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 55536 London and North Weatern .• •••• • • • 5% London and Blackwall. ••••••• •• • • • • 173 1 4 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 2533( London and South Western. •• •• 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen • • • • •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &C. 167% Manchester, Sheffield,and Lincolnshire 936 Manchester and South Junction...". 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) •• • • • • 37 Monklands .................. • • • • .. 7836 Newcastle and Carlisle.. —..•••• •• •• 149 North British North Staffordshire • ••••• ..... ..... 47 North-Western ................ •• . 50 Scottish Central ........ ...... .1 32 Seottish Midland • • • .• • • • • 2936 Shrewsbury and Birmingham ••• • . 47 Shrewsbury and Chester .... • • • • • • 29 Shropshire Union ...........• • • • • 58 South Devon .• • • • ... ~ ............ 288% South Eastern •••• • • • • ............ 131 South Wales ...... 77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole 40 Taff Vak ...... • • • • ...... • • .- 36 •••••• ,g Waterford and Limerick • • .... • • 5 West Cornwall ...... ......... ,2 Whitehaven Junction ... • • • • • • .. 2 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish . • ••• • .. Lyons and Mediterranean ....• Montereau and Troyes ........... Nrmur and Liege ............., Northern of France ........... Orleans and Central* .......... Paris and Lyons .... •• • .. .. . Pails and Rouen. .....• •• •. .. • Paris and Strasbnrgh •• .. •••• • Rouen and Havre •... ........ • Western of France ...... • • • • .. • 25,43 0 21,612 14,75 2 6,149 15,36 4 2,488 3,531 The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Contali°, cans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. COUNTRY MABICETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2. f t bt At this day's market there was a fair attendance °A.OO town and country trade, and some millers and dealer7o a distance, and a moderate business was done in Whoa flour at a decline of 2d to 3d per 701bs, and is to is oi barrel ; good American white wheats having been 00.4 d ' los to lOs 2d per 701bs, and flour at 34s per barrel for By tern Canal, and 35s for Baltimore and Philadelphia. 1 0 . 1 and oatmeal must be quoted ld per 451bs and 6d but lower. Barley and beans offered on easier terms, ,111.jol little effect. Indian corn neglected, although a 00°7; 4 of is per qr. would have been made by holders in oras" effect sales. WAKEFIELD—DEC. 2. L4 ' o o Our arrivals of grain continue very short. Whe s l4 o be noted is to 2s per qr. lower, but the business p*P7 o , f, to a very limited extent. Barley dull sale, and 11/ 0 0 per qr. cheaper. Beans fully is per qr. lower. C"'"" „. , shelling the turn in favour of the buyer. BRISTOL—DEo. 1. English wheat in damp condition, and 2s per 4r..4P , Foreign wheat is very slow sale, and at is to 20 50 , decline on recent requirements. Flour is per hem: of, sack cheaper. Malting barley 2 s to 3s per qr. chs a no f grinding parcels is lower. Beans scarce. Irish 00Y maintain the prices of last week, but that out of caw' difficult to quit at lower rates. EXETER—DEO. 2. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 0d per score ; cows and 74 101. 00s to 121. ; butchers' calves, 6d to Od per lb., a r calves Oos to Oos each. Sheep, 6d to 4.1. Larnbh' Od per lb. Store hogs, 00s to 00s each. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted fr° ll/ 01, to 9s 3d. Malting barley, 4s 6d to 4s 9d • grinding, p r Od. to 4s 6d. Oats, 24s Od to 26s Od. Be a n s , 52s 0 3 per qr. ,IP Prices of Flour to-day—Fine, 53s to 545; sewn "! 52s per sack. INVERNESS.—Noy. 29. et, CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighin g 621 b per bor 72s Od to 748 Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditt o, 35 s Od to Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 25s Od to 27s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 20s Od to 21s vu ; second, 00s Od to Os Od ; barleymeal, 15s Od r peasemeal, 15s Od to Os 0(1; bran, per stone, Os 7d 1, otig Ist flour, per 2801 b, 54s Od to 56s Od; 2d ditto, "aan imps rla ' V 49s Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b A 1, to 2s 2d ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barleyulen Or to is 64 ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os ; Ist flour, 2 s 3s Od. credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 74 credit. , BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 2. A good demand for all descriptions of raw O! a pi p experienced, but the samples offering being inisone.3, the amount of business is necessarily restria7 foreign there has not been much business doing not on account of any indisposition to buy. TO market is a shade more active. '.—Dso. 2. 'e close of the mark °o Wallseud, k I s. d. Huddle W. Hartley 23 6 Northumberland ....... 'P A Hol ywell 0 6 0 Peusher . .... . ... .......... *, Old Adairs . . ......20 6 Whitwell ............. . 1 West Hartley Tanfield W. Wylam 25 0 • Ships at market 2 I Sold COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YEsTERDA Am5terdam............ 11 14% G'braltar ........ •• " 0,9 Ditto, three:months .. 11 16% Leghorn Rotterdam . ..... 11 16 1 ,1 Geuoa ...... ••• • •• Antwerp .............. 25 2N Milan .......... • • •'. Brussels .............. 25 22 Venice • • ••‘. Hambargh . l3 6 ;Naples ........ •• Paris .............. .... 25 5 Ditto, throe months •• 25 33 25 30 Palermo Messina .. .. •• " Lisbon .... (Oporto •• • „ • Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro •• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 119 Berlin •.•• . • • ..... •• •• •• - Vienna .. ............ 11 40 Trieste . ...... ..... •• .• 11 42 Buenos Ayr '.. ..... ✓ New York, 60 days Philadelphia. •• • • tgi PRICES OF R11LL10..;,0 Petersburgh............ 38 Foreign Gold in BO Portugal Gold Coln •• 0,10 Cadiz : — •• •• ••••••••.• •• 50% 8arce10na.....:......:: Seville •• .• .• •• • • •• •• •• Adexian Dollars " 0 New Dollars •• •. 0 Silver in bars ...." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Pills, a- tro t Remedy for Gout and Rheumatism.--Bi • letter from Mr. W. Moon, at Messrs. Godyn° r Jo, tioneers, Winchester, dated April 8, 1852. •••° Holloway.—Sir,—l beg to inform you that forofoji was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism, an d , o tije uy for weeks together, unable to move. I wZ tai iiiStf by the most eminent surgeons here, but t, h01_54 relief ; and was iuduced to go into our eounbi ng The medical treatment there, however, b e ' - w hir4 avail, I left, and commenced using your pills,rfeet am happy to say, in a short time effected a P e Oir and enabled me to re sume m y em pl o yment. -- 1 ;; druggists, and at Prof essor Holloway's Est 244, Strand, London. BIRTHS. e l° l OP A SON. o m e n` Captain the 28th of September, at SingaPor e, 4 ,o Captain J. W. Goad, Deputy Assistant General, and Superintendent of H.M.'s Coal v e yorr'r On the 30th ult., at Knottingley Parsonage' the wife of the Rev. J. Denman. )10 OF A DA.UGHTEB. 0 0 0 On the tat inst., at Westwood-house, Ls l3 ooll lady of W. G. Walnutley, Esq. Brotao °lll On the Ist inst., at Ovington-square, Henry Haggard. 1653. - 1:645 4,6 53 14, 343 3,519 143 X 1,505 598 3,990 [3,826 3,123 824 973 798 507 712 734 4,497 4,13 4 2,225 2,420 3,974 16,583 4,621 15,759 4,423 L 6,083 285 43,3 95 976 9,082 8,89 2 490 6,84 3 496 645 22, 383 2,2 15 813 2,235 3,622 727 2,419 • , ... ! ...•"- -- ---7.4, 37tigpo /017111 LONDON : Printed ani Published Ile' Z Soi ° 1 1 ° •0 1 of No. in, Strand, Printer , 6 " in w"' Strand, in the Precinct of the fiefoV.,,A, . . Middles X, Wurdio Deeember 11 / 2 Ja° _____ COAL MAR] Prices of Coal per ton at tl Itoo CU.] Irn ] ~,, + oBes o n F 4 ing.stree' tvein n , Of .1 , tAST T. 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A, , gnu kre e iiire e( 4 On haand et° .., ~,e at m ood for • "` th 8001 m ost --'.. roo et3 '; an d 44110:19 full; thernller:iasd...,3Pt' 474,1 *to ge ' t ° l 7 11Pr°11tab allot_ le . take °Mee • —l4,c 3 , 22, 46, 2 " I.o ls 0, 40 9,64 S 7,5 79 0 6 765 93, 0 2,4 54 4o 23,950 98 4,794 944 drAl l I LI Henry naggarci. ---------•.-"'"'" ~, tO MARRIED. x 1. 17 d 1 ' flet On the let inst., at St. Martin's, Stanafer; n o 0. Alexander, M.D., of Dundonald, Ayrshire, to ir ':" of eldest daughter of Robert Michelson, Esq. , bil ' n— r' red town On . tile 1 (1 the 29th ult., at Mountstuart, RothesaY, oo love d dence of the Marchioness of Bute, Lieutenanira so..tp, C. Yarborough, C. 8., of the 91st Regiment, t u ou pt,,,Y - fi, 3 the late John Cooke Yarborough, of CaniP sill r of ) 0 (1 ' caster, to Flora Sophia Emma, only thiu ghte an d grub' Grant, Esq., of Cambridge-villas Notting-hillißriOr° (laughter of the late Nicoll Ra ni3ford, Esti. , e ' , 0 00 ° hall, Northamptonshire. Y E a st, l' s e IP On the 30th ult., at St. George's-in-the-ICoro )15, Coles, Esq., third son of the late Captain Sl l ll, O lat' e to Elizabeth Mary Ann, eldest daughter o _________, Edward Wellard, shipping master, Calcutta. DIED. gevi isPIP On the let inst., at Bath, Mary, relict of the ot , Carr Rider, vicar of Stoke, Kent, aged 71 ' ce 9°l°lB ' ' On the 29th ult., aged 44, at her residen.dof A.tes villa, Cheltenham-road, Bristol, Eliza Hall , ;l es t jseg e R. Warren, iron merchant, of Bristol, and eldest her Age' of the late Rev. Robert Hall, A.M. ar of et On the 29th ult ,at Brixton, in the 79tli Y e o f Acre' , Ann, relict of the . late Frederick Deggettci . ,_ t of Brixton, a member of the Society of Frien s A no, r eliv e On the 29th nit., at Camberwell, garYf: o f b e of the late Henry Toller, Esq., in the 79th 917,7 001 , fit", of On the 30th ult., at the Grove, Charlt,o2,lest:r, rev" fifth daughter of he late Rev. nthony Freston, Edgworth, Gloucestershire. _ ant; ~sta .i 1