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TI3E NEW REFORM BILL. 4. A letter, of which the following is a copy, has been addressed by Mr. Tillett to Lord John Rll-- sell, on the above important subject : My Lord—The people are expecting a New Reform Bill. Being desirous that the promised measure should be 'efficient and satisfactory, I respectfully submit a few practical suggesticns to the consideration of your lord ship as the member of the Cabinet most likely to be en gaged in its preparation. The extreme difficulty of the task which the Govern ment has undertaken is obvious. One seems at a loss to conceive of any scheme of Parliamentary Reform 'which would at the same time satisfy the people and be deemed a. safe concession by the aristocracy. Yet all will agree that the proposal of a meagre and unsatisfac tory measure, containing no substantial improvement of the existing system, would be very mischievous, and that, rather than make such a proposal, it would be better that the Government should not touch the que3- tion at all. It being, however, understood to be a necessary thing • that a New Reform 13111 shall be proposed in the coming • session, it becomes no less necessary that the contem plated measure should be above contempt, or, at least, a step in the right direction —something that reformers may consistently support and accept. I take leave here to correct an impression that exists in some minds, and possibly in the mind of your lordship that radical reformers are so bigotted that th e y w ill op . pose any proposition which may not come up to their ideal. This is a misapprehension. I venture to assert that they would accept any measure which would en large the liberties of the people, if by so doing th e y did not compromise their principles, or prejudice the de mands left unsatisfied. Any proposition for the extension of the franchise could only be rejected by them on the ground that it was based on a, bad principle, the re -1 cognition of whioh would be argument against them lathe future. However far .),might fall short of what they believed to be due to th.. 1 ),30p1e, it would be taken, not as a Battlement, but as r`rnuch on account. Radical •reformers would not obstruct "moderate reform, provided it were real. The New Reform Bill must deal with three important subjects 'see-- lst. The Electoral Qualification. 2nd. The mode of Voting. ' • 3rd. The Distribution of Repilmentativeg As there appears to be a general understanding that the county franchise is to be lowered from 50/. occupy tions to 101., and as no opposition is anticipated to such a proposal, I may confine my observations almost en tirely to the borough franchise, which is likely to be the main difficulty. In regard to the borough franchise, p erm it me to b eg your lordships serious attention to the fact that your own measure—the IVlunicipal Corporations' Act —con ferred the right of voting on householders. Every inhabitant householder within a borough subject to cer tain conditions as to rating, which are but tests of occu pancy, is an elector for municipal purposes. Your lordship is aware that municipal corporations have great power. They appoint the police, and manage the paving, lighting, sewerage, and many other import ant matters, and for these and other purposes levy and %;;Xpend large sums of money annually. These corporations have of late, in many places, been constituted Local Boards of Health ; and, if I remember rightly, it was proposed last session, by your lordship, still further to add to their powers by entrusting to them the execution in the boroughs of a measure relating to the all-important subject of popular education. Your lordship will see that it is very difficult to con tend, and impossible to prove, that a man already consi dered by Parliament to have intelligence enough, and a sufficient stake in the community to entitle him to a municipal vote, is too ignorant or of too little consequence to be suffered to vote for members of the House of Commons. Householdership, tested by rating, then, having been adopted as the basis of the municipal franchise, it would be not only consistent, but easily practicable, to make it also the basis of the borough Parliamentary franchise ; and thus establish a uniformity much to be desired, and avoid the expense and trouble of two distinct registra tions and revisions of votes in every municipality. In adopting this suggestion, it would be necessary, at the same time, to make the system of rating uniform throughout the kingdom, and the actual payment of rates--whether directly by the tenant himself, or indi rectly through the landlord in the form of an increased rent----the sole conclusive test of occupancy. To the simple proposition of making all burgesses Parliamentary electors, might be added provisions coie tinning the freehold'qualification in cities where it is now in force, and even extending it to all boroughs, and enfranchising payers of direct taxes of a certain amount. The next point to which I beg your lordship's atten tion refers to the mode of voting, and on this I must again allude to the practice under the Mu nicipal Act. That act directs that the poll in each ward shall be taken by an alderman and two assessors ; the assessors are elected by the burgesses, and no burgess is entitled to vote for more than one. The result almost invariably is, that.one of the assessors in each ward is a Conservative and the other a Liberal. The alderman is selected from the list of alderman by the majority of the councillors for each ward. These three—the alderman and two assessors—receive the voting papers of the burgesses when handed in at the appointed place, and deposit them usually in a box pro vided for the purpose ; and, after the poll is closed, these papers are examined and corrected, and the next day or the clay after that, the result is publicly declared. It is usual, in case of a contest, for each party, by per mission of the Alderman and assessors, to have a "cheek-card writer" in the polling place, to report from time to time how each burgess has voted. This, I ap prehend, is allowed, to meet the wishes of the contending perties, and not as a legal right. Now, I would suggest that the alderman and assessors should take the poll in the several wards at Parliamentary elections, and that the polling should be conducted in the same way, with one exception only—that it should be impossible for any one to know, as the poll progresses, how each burgess has voted ; and that the voting should be kept secret, at all events, until the poll had closed. I must strongly urge this point on your lordship's at tention. The temptation to bribery becomes almost irresistible in a close contest, when it is known almost tv a certainty towards the end of the day, that a few • votes would determine the result this way or that, and that the required number may be readily secured. I have no doubt that a large proportion of the bribery that takes place might be prevented, if the polling were not published until the election was concluded, which seems to have been the intention of the framers of the Muni cipal Act. But, my Lord, I would go further than that—l would - bind the scrutineers, like Income-tax officers, to absolute secrecy, unless called upon to give' evidence before a Parliamentary Committee or a Court of-Law, on some question connected with the validity of the election, or certain votes then recorded. This mode of taking the votes would riot only check bribery, but shield the ho nes t voter from an oppressive landlord or employer, and from the various forms of official or popular intimidation. At the same time, whilst it disappointed the curious or the revengeful, it would preserve a faithful record of every vote, and en able the proper authorities to ascertain how any elector had voted, in case such information were required in a scrutiny, or for the purposes of justice. These advan tages might be secured without the adoption of any novel expedient, by simply carrying out the obvious in tentions of the Legislature in regard to municipal elec tions, and extending the same to the elections of mem bers of Parliament. Similar arrangements could b e made for taking the poll in each of the polling districts of the several counties. Some such plan as this, would be a step in the direction of the Ballot ; and, if it worked well, might possibly be accepted as a substitute for it. • Whilst on this point, permit me, my Lord, to observe that the extension of the 101. franchise to the counties, with due protection to the voter, would be a very seri ous evil indeed. Take, for instance, a village, (and the major part of the county voters would generally be found in the villages), in which the clergyman, the landowner, and the farmers (his tenant), are the ruling power— what are the shopkeeper, the blacksmith, the publican, the wheelwright, and the schoolmaster, to do with their votes ? If the " influence "is all on one side, the conscience of the voter would, in most cases, yield to necessity, and the whole parish would vote in one way. But if the pressure is as much on one side as on the other, what are these poor dependents to do ? They must " split" their votes, if that be possible, or not vote at all. In almost all agricultural districts, the conferring of the right to vote on those occupiers, would virtually be the addition of so many more voters to the predominant power in each district. If the right to vote be acknow ledged, they certainly should be enabled to exercise it without fear of expulsion and ruin. On the last point—the distribution of representatives —but little difficulty would arise, if the franchise ques tion and the mode of voting were satisfactory settled. Whether numbers or wealth be taken as the basis, is quite immaterial; numbers and wealth, I believe, almost always go together. It is only requisite, therefore, that doPrinciplmae de without or rule be laireference, down and that to personal t or party in erbe ts. Before I: E !sn lude, my l or d, I wou ld say a few words on b em ehalf the the working cl asses . U n d er the present tri syst ous , men, ese ' as a class, excluded. Thes e indus the' ot roducers of our wealth, the source and defence l ness, treated by the Cnnstitutioru of its own theory. ,4 nationa : e s helots, greatin directare violation people„_ aristocrat have their house, but " the common re tl o 7the vast majority of no as a neatliiosned political existence. • the nation—have What should we be, W,arwitho.ut these work ing What in case oe men I sly lord, they'are beginning what even in peace intelligence and powers of combination. Some dread the consequence of admitting too many of t ra he a g y men on the register ; but I am sure your lordship does -e not think it safe to eYclucle the whole of them, . and thus drive them one day into a class-agitation for the en '. forcement of their electoral rights, A new es. eform Bill; without an enfranchising clause in favour o f th ,, operatives, would be sure to provoke a movement, which party, and would again break up the Liberal in the en d become irresistible. Begging your lordship'; a tt en tion to these suggestions,.eet will oe and confident that the i m portance of the subject deemed a suffici e nt j us tifi ca ti on for what might other wise appear presumptuous in an in • - dividual.—l have the honour to subscribe myself your lordship's obedient ser ant, .J . HENRY TILLETT, Norwich, Nov. 30, 1853. i COALS EXPORTED.—It is shown that the value of coals and culm exported between January and Novem ber was 1,359,346 g., a large increase on last year. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10. 1.853.. owners which sometimes occurred after an Act had been obtained, might be avoided. The estimate for the docks was given by a gentleman of high standing, and of such reputation for exactness, that contractors deemed him always a safe man to follow. It might be said, if they had got such a good thing to offer, why did they come so far from home ? He would reply that the people of Carlisle were chiefly young men engaged in business, and therefore requiring their capital ; but they had al ready raised 30,0001., a great sum for a place like Car lisle. (Hear, hear.) They came to ask their friends in London—gentlemen connected with Cumberland and the South of Scotland—to take an interest in this matter. They showed them how feasible a seheme it was, and they asked them to recommend it to their friends. Those who would not assist directly, might do so by indirect means, The deputation had thought it better to call this meeting than to wait on each of them separately, men of business as they were, and whose time was valuable. (Hear.) If he had not made the matter quite clear, he should be happy to give any further information any gentleman might re quire. And he would add, before sitting down, that they had a striking instance only last week of the ad vantage of a harbour with thirteen feet of water over the bar at low water springtide. A vessel, a collier, put into Maryport harbour, a dry harbour, accessible only at high water, about ten days ago ; and though empty, she lay there neaped—there was only eight feet of water. All that time, they had had nineteen feet at low water over the bar f Silloth Bay. Captain Robin son, of the Admiralty, had made a survey at their re quest, which confirmed the soundings he took some years ago. In his report to the committee he said they had a clay bottom, and ships were never known to drag their anchors ; and the bar, acting as a break water, vessels might lie there in the roughest weather. It had three feet more water than at Liverpool, four or five feet more than at the Tyne ; and it was altogether a place of great capabilities for shipping. The SECRETARY (Mr. Carruthers) observed that the engineer, Mr. Bluth, remarked that the whole line would be one of light earthwork; they would require only two bridges, nor those of any difficulty ; and the steepest gradient was 1 in 200. Another important circumstance was, that trade with Belfast and other parts of Ireland went round the island, at heavy cost for freight and insurance ; whereas it could pass on their line to Newcastle, and thence to Rotterdam, Hamburg, and St. Petersburg. A great portion of Lho American trade was also carried on through Newcastle. They had the very cordial support in this undertaking of the New castle and Carlisle Railway Company ; indeed, he believed it would be worked by them, making a great saving in the expense. There was a very large quantity of cotton carried to St. Petersburg, a good deal of which they might expect to take this route. W. ARMSTRONG, Esq., of Aldermanbury, .was invited by the Chairman, as acquainted with Hawick and the 4arrounding country, to give an opinion on the subject. He confirmed Mr. Irving's representation of the import ance of that district, both for agriculture and manufac tures, and pronounced the projected line to be an excel lent one, and likely to be peculiarly useful to Hawick and its vicinity. They wanted very much a communi cation with Liverpool and Ireland. They had them selves projected a railway from Hawick to Carlisle ; as the trade of Roxburghshire—including a considerable quantity of woollen goods—had to fetch its material from Lancashire and Ireland. Besides that, they grew a great quantity of wheat, some of which was consumed in Carlisle, only fifty miles distant, but bad to go 150 miles round by Edinburgh. He thought the scheme one likely to pay a good interest. Mr. IRVING rose again, and said be bad an interview with Mr. Wood, chairman of the Newcastle and Car lisle Railway, and managing director of a Newcastle Bank, who was prepared to confirm the statements they bad made, and had given them a letter to a gen tleman of standing and influence in the City, but who was unfortunately from home. They had likewise had an interview with Mr. Clayton, town clerk of New castle, who was fully impressed with the advantage likely to accrue from this scheme. Another gentleman with whom he had an interview along with the mayor of Carlisle, who was chairman of the provisional com mittee, said that he would allow 30,0001. more than they estimated for the works, and yet recommend the invest ment to his friends as one likely to pay 10 per cent. That gentleman was not a rash mar, and would not make such an observation without good grounds. They would also, as had been stated, effect a considerable saving in the working of the line, always in much larger proportion on short than on long lines. The Newcastle company could work it at a very reasonable rate, as they could run coals, coke, and other traffic, right on to their own line. W. EDGAR, jun., Esq. (of Piccadilly), said, he knew nothing of this scheme till the previous day ; but the statements he had heard, his knowledge of the gentle man from whom they came, and the faces he saw in the room, convinced him he should only be expressing the sound and general conviction of the meeting in moving that this meeting deemed the statement now made highly satisfactory, and considered the scheme worthy the support of capitalists. W. ARMSTRONG, Esq., seconded the resolution, which was then put and carried unanimously. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, moved by W. Story, Esq. (of Crutched-friars,) seconded by W. Irving, Esq. (of St. Paul's-churchyard,) the secretary invited the names of intending shareholders, and a con siderable number of shares were subscribed before the meeting separated. work well without any mechanical pumping, as steam power could be added, if found necessary, for discharg ing the sewage matter into the Thames at high water. Comparisons were drawn between Captain Veitch's plan, and that now proposed to be carried out by the Commissioners of Sewers. It was urged that Captain Veitch's " long covered tank, reaching far into the dis trict to be drained," retained some of the most objec tiOhable features of the present system, and that the coti►missionerslan of flushing from the Thames, being dependent for its success on the steam engine pumping out the water as fast as it was let in from the Thames, was undesirable, and liable to be entirely frustrated by accident. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE Y ESTERDAY.! OSBORNE-HOUSE, DEC. 5. This day had an auuience of her Majesty :—The Count de Lavradio, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary from the King of Portugal and the Algarves, to deliver a letter from the King Frdinand, Regent of the Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves during the minority of his Son the King Don Pedro V. notifying the death of her Majesty Queen Donna Maria 11., and renewing the credentials of the Count de Lavradio ; and Brigadier- Gen' ral Francisco Solano Lopez, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Para guay, on a temporary mission, to deliver his letter of re call ; to which audiences they were respectfully introduced by the Earl. of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 16. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James Hannan, Esq., to be Agent on the part of Great Britain in the Mixed Commission established under the Conven tion concluded at London, February 8, 1853, between her Majesty and the United. States of America, for the settle ment of outstanding claims. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 30. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint the Hon. Henry George Howard, now Secretary to her Ma jesty's Legation at Vienna, to be secretary to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 7. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Jose Joaquin de Mora as Consul-General in the United King dom, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 8. The Queen ha; been graciously pleased to appoint Ro bert Campbell, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Dun kirk, to be her Majesty's Consul at Rhodes, and the other Turkish Islands in the Archipelago. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Niven Kerr, Esq,, now her Majesty's Consul at Rhodes, to be her Majesty's Consul at Dunkirk. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Major-General Henry Godwin, C. 8., Brigadier-General Scudamore Winde Steel, C. 8., of the Madras Army, and Commodore George Robert Lambert, of the Royal Navy, to be Ordinary Members of the Mili tary Division of the Second Class, or Knights Command ers of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath ; and of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Alan Holdich, of the 80th Regiment of Foot, and Captains John Walter Tarleton and Charles Frederick Shadwell, of the Royal Navy, to be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third - Class or Companions of the said Most Honourable Order. Her Majesty bas also boon graciously pleased to make and ordain a special Statute of the said Most Honourable Order, for the purpose of authorising the admission into the Military Division of the Third Class of the sai, I Most Honourable Order of the undermentioned Officers in the Servi .e of the East India Company—and to give order for appointing them to be extra members of the Military Divi sion of the Third Class, or Companions of the s lid Most Honourable Order, viz.:— Lieutenant-Colonel James Colley Tudor, of the Bengal Fusiliers; Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Fraser, of the Bengal Engineers, and Captain Henry Blosse Ly nc h , of the Indian Navy. dividend of Sid, in the pound, payable at 11, Eldon-cham bers, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday. George Smith, of Liverpool, tailor, second dividend of is. in the pound, payable at 11, Eldon-chambers, South John street, Liverpool, on any Thursday. William Marshall, of Shields, Durham, shipowner, first dividend of 2s. Gd. in the pound, payable at 21, Royal Arcade, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on December 17, or an following Saturday. y INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Thomas Howse, of Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, porter—Joseph Hopkinson Holgate, Cross-hills, Yorkshire, out of business—William Stanford, of Nateley Scures and Worthing, Southamptom, farmer and farm bailiff—Abra ham Hartley, of Halifax, Yorkshire, provision dealer— John Russell, of Sidmouth, Devonshire, baker—John Rushy, of Hebblebridge, Yorkshire, bookseller—Samuel Dean, of Burnley, Lancashire, t a p room keeper—James Bubb, of Lady Wooten's-green, Kent, gentleman—John Pritchard, of Cheltenham, brewer—George Ellis, of Chel tenham, painter. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. George Philo and Edward Bresse, Robinson, of High street, Poplar, machine sawyers James Ric:lcett and Alfred Rust, of 32, High-street, Islingtor„ hosiers— William Wilkin and John Turner. of Hove, Sussex, linen prapers—James Richardson, John Cross Richardson, William Richardson, and Edward Richardson, of Whit field and Manchester, fancy drill manufa c t ur b rs ( so f ar as regards Edward Richardson) John Gordon and Samuel Brown, surgeons—Henry Freeman and William Davies, of 34, St. John's-lane, Clerkenwell, embossers —William Maude and Nathaniel Maude, of Stayley Cheshire, woollen manufacture r s—J. E. Sh earman —J o h n Edw. Buller, David Brandon, and Fras. Slater, of Ponty Pridd, of Machen, Monmouth and Glamorganshire, col liers—B. Lambert and J. Clark, of Collyhurst, Lancashire, painters—Thomas Lamb and Arthur Magraw, of Liverpool, joiners —John Woodhead, Robert Smith, Sarah Co )per, and Thomas Smith, of Manchester, ironmongers—David Shaw and Joshua Shaw, of Golcar, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers—John Boorman, Thomas Blake, John Holmes, and Thomas T. Blake, of Dymchurch, Kent, farmers (so far as regards John Holmes and Thomas T. Blake)—Adolphe Frankan and S. Frankan, of 25,Clement's lane, Lombard-street, City, importers of foreign and fancy goods Joseph Lewis Chadwick and William Watkins Chadwick, of 22, Bowling-gre n-lane, Clerkenwell, watch jewellers—Moses Price and Bold Aldred, of Rumworth, Lancashire, coal merchants—Thomas Littlewood and Jas. Littlewood, of Chow oent, Lancashire, wire drawers— Ti , om is Crampton and John Moore, of Sheffield, t.abinet makers—Frank Charles Saunders and William Gollop, of Southampton, ironmongers —John Brown and Edward Ruekell, of 137, Oxford street, drapers—William Kaye and Henry Thornly Simister, of Manchester, commission agents—Thom as Faulconer and John Faulconer, of Herst monceux, farmers. _ _ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Cowan, of Glasgow, cabinet maker, December 16, at one, of the Claremont Hotel, Glasgow. James Baillie ]'ender, of Lochmill, Linlithgow, paper maker, December 19, at two, at the Star and Garter Hotel, Linlithgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pur.uant to the Art 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 72, for the Week ending on Saturday the 3d day of December, 1e53 CARLISLE AND SILLOT.II BAY RAILWAY. A meeting of gentlemen interested in Carlisle and the surrounding country, was held on Wednesday (Dec. the 7th) at the London Tavern, to receive a deputat on from the directors of this company. J. P. Forster, Esq. (of Wood-street, City), was called to the chair, and imme diately introduced to the meeting J. Irving, Esq., of Carlisle, to make a statement on behalf of the deputa tion. _ Mr. IRVING said, the objects for which the meeting had been called together were just these. He had the honour, with two friends who accompanied him, to re present the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway Company. That undertaking they looked upon as a first-rate in vestment ; but not being able to get the whole of the capital from the neighbourhood of Carlisle, they had deemed it wise to come t o L on d on , an d see what assist ance could be got from their friends from the north. The only communication between Carlisle and the Sol way Frith was a canal, 12 miles long ; this was, however, being converted into a railway, to be finished within about three months. The canal was made 13 ye a rs ago, and had added very materially to the prosperity of Carlisle, until that time almost land-locked, their trade with the west and north being carried on by land carriage. They looked upon the opening of that line of communication by railway as a most important step towards getting into the deep waters of the Frith, a little lower down, which could not be don e excep t b y com munication from that line to Silloth Bay, where they had deep water at all tim e s, and which was the only place on the coast that was not inaccessible except at high tides. The rest were dry harbours. They had the report of thedeand lights t o th e e ff ec t, th a t th e the bar at Sill o th was 19 f ee t pt i h nsp o e f ct svet or i3r o f b o u v o er yli at neap tides low water; at spring tides 13 feet. They could get over the bar with only 10 or 11 feet of water. His remark as to dry h ar b ours app li e d t o M arypor t, Whitehaven, and P ort C ar li s l e. If t hi s pro j ect were carried out, they would have formed another link in the great chain of communication between the German Ocean and the Irish Sea—a communication of great public utility, independent of the local advantages that would be conferred upon Carlisle and the county of Cumber land. To give an idea of the interest taken in this mat . ter, he would mention that the secretary had that morn ing received a letter from their dock engineer, who said : "My Dear Sir,—l have been down in the south of Ire land to advise about the construction of a dock at Cork by the Great Southern and Western Railway Company, and in my interview with the directors and officials, reference has several times been made to the proposed dock at Sil loth, and much satisfaction expressed at the prospect of floating dock accommodation being afforded in that loca lity. It appears that this railway company, as well as others, get all their coal for the manufacture of their coke from Newcastle, via Maryport, and they complain greatly of the detention they are subjected to from vessels getting neaped, &c They tell me that the trade in coal with Sil loth, should facilities be afforded for their shipment, would be something very large indeed, as the Newcastle coals alone will suit their purpose ; and I think it well to inform you of this in order that your attention may be directed to this source of traffic, and I have no doubt that by a little inquiry you will find strong evidence to the effect I have stated. If you wish to be informed more fully as regards the shipments of the Great Southern Company, Mr. J. M. Millar, their engineer, will, I am sure, be glad to furnish you with information. His office is in Dublin. " I am, my dear sir, yours very truly, " JOHN B. HARTLEY. "Dockyard Liverpool, December 5, 1853. " John Carruthers, Esq." Such was the language of Mr. Hartley, of Liverpool, an engineer of great reputation, through the construe- tion of docks there, and at Hull and other places. A striking instance had occurred within the last fort- uight, Showing the superiority of this place (Sißoth Bay; over any other on the Solway Frith. They had a letter from the superintendent of the Solway to the directors, in which he says : " On Thursday last, at daybreak, I observed a brig run ning up channel with a signal for a pilot flying. I imme diately manned a boat and pulled down to get on board her off the Lee Scar Lighthouse. I found her to be the brig Mary Ann, of Belfast, Captain J. West, coal-laden from Maryport, bound to Belfast. The Captain stated that he left Maryport the previous evening, and when off Kirkcud bright he met a strong gale from the S. W., with a heavy sea, the vessel began to make much water, and the tiller broke off by the rudder head ; in this disabled state ho ran back to Maryport, but the wind being southerly. he could not make that harbour, consequently he ran up to Silloth Bay for anchorage, where he rode out the gale in safety ; and after temporary repairing, proceeded on his voyage to Belfast on Saturday." Silloth had been used a a harbour of refuge by ves sels frequenting Solway Frith from time immemorial. The difficulty of access to Maryport in stormy weather was very great ; frequently vessels ran aground, and were much injured ; any person acquainted with the history of the shipping of Cumberland would bear him out in that. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps many of them were aware that a line was projected from the North British Railway at Hawick to Carlisle, a distance of forty-five miles, running through a very important agri cultural district, as well as a district abounding in ma nufactures, Galashiels, Hawick, &c. These districts had now no railway communication with the south, and it was intended to join the Lancaster and Carlisle line, and so get that communication. But it was still more im portant to those people 'to have communication with Solway Frith, and by that with Ireland, Liverpool, and the western parts of England. This was not only of local importance, but regarded in a national point of view, the advantages were great. It was also proposed, besides a railway, to construct a dock, n - hereby they woo d be able to carry on trade with the other side of the Frith—Dumfriesshire, the lower part of Nithsdale, and Annandale. The lower part of Nithsdale was one of the best cultivated districts of Scotland—it might be compared even with the Lothians. The people there raised more than they could consume, and would send large quantities to Cumberland if they had any com munication. If they had docks at Silloth Bay they would be able to run steamboats at all times of the tide, bringing stock for the Liverpool market, for they were great stock feeders on the border. It was an instance of the way in which railway companies treated these people, that they charged the same for the convey. ance of stock from Gretna as Shep, though the latter was forty miles nearer south. Now, with regard to the cost of construction. The report of the engineer, Mr. Blyth, stated teat the line of 12i miles in length would cost but 5,0001. per mile, or 65,0001. in all, including the purchase of land and other expenses. He (Mr. Irving) had not time to go into the details of the estimate ; but he was assured that highly re spectable contractors could be found to undertake these works at that price. Mr. Hartley had estimated the construction of the docks at about 60,5001., making 135,0001. in all, with Parliamentary expenses. He (Mr. Irving) had compared the cost of construction on sixty five railways, and found the average cost per mile 33,6001. This, therefore, was a little more than one sixth of the average cost ; an advantage which could not fail to strike any man—(hear, hear)—as having a most important bearing on.the question. The docks, if pro perly constructed, economically managed, and a fair amount of tonnage charged—and the sum charged in the dry harbours of Cumberland was 6d. per ton—must yield a good interest on the outlay of money. At this time the dry harbour of Maryport yielded some 5,0001. a year, and theirs would not yield less than that, which would be about 5 per cent. on the cost of construction. As to the railway, the yield might be reckoned at 201. to 251. per mile per week,—for the lowest in England, the East Anglian, yielded 12/. ; the lowest in Scotland, 181. ; so that at 10/. per mile per week, the Scottish line would yield an ample interest, say 5 per cent. on the outlay. The traffic tables they had had prepared, and would submit to Parliament, supported by evidence beyond dispute, would show a larger return than that just named. They were all aware that, from the ex tensive manufacturing works carried on, something like 100,000 tons of salt and sulphur ore were required. The estimates taken at these figures showed that the. great bulk of these commodities was taken from Che shire and from Wicklow, and was got round to New castle with great d elay, and required a great amount of shipping. There was no doubt that they would com mand that traffic. They took it at a very low estimate id. per mile —or for 12,1 miles, 6d. per ton. Another article of traffic was coal, which, calculated very low, was 150,000 tons annually. There were at present two companies under contract for supplying Ire land with 100,000 tons of coal, independent of that for household purposes, and independent of that sup plied from Lord Carlisle's, South Tyne, and Blenkin sopp pits. They took this at the low average of id. per ton per mile, and Bd. per ton for the whole line. These estimates as to salt, and coal, and sulphur, they had showed to gentlemen connected with these trades, and were fully borne out by them in those esti mates. Mr. Cookson, connected with the Micklay colliery, under contract for supplying a large quantity to Ireland, thought they would send for more than the estimate. Then there was a general contract carried on with Carlisle and port Carlisle, whose interests were identical ; and a trade between Carlisle and Silloth Bay, which might be estimated at 60,000 tons annually. This they would take at is. 3d. per ton, a very low average. Their passenger traffic might be taken at 60,000, at ls. each—reckoning all as third-class pas sengers—which would produce 3,0001. These items added together gave them a gross revenue of 16,1311. They reckoned that the harbour, accessible at all times of the tide, would produce 6,000/. per annum, giving a total of 21,300/. They took took the charges at 50 per cent. for the railway, 750/. for the docks. The two would thus yield a revenue of 13,0001.—fully equal to a return of 9 par cent. (Hear, hear.) It might be ne ces,ary to add that this question had been fully gone into by gentlemen connected with the trade of Carlisle, many of them men of standing and character in the commercial world. They had taken great pains to in vestigate the subject, and placing their names on the provisional committee, they were thoroughly convinced that the undertaking was sound. They were the same parties who some fourteen years ago helped to establish in Carlisle two joint-stock banks, shares in which were now worth double their original cost. Many of the same parties projected the gas works, which had proved so productive that 251. shares yielded about 451. per share : the works were now in the hands of the corporation, who had been enabled, at the price of 4s. per thousand feet, to add fro ten to fo ur t een t h ousan d poun d s i n f ourteen years b een e th capital. Th e L ancas t er an d C ar li s l e R a il way h a d paying committee. They by gentlemen of this line( 8 per cent.—and that also was undertaken "len some of whom were on the provisional possessed. advantages for the construc tionLon:actors would he forthcoming at owners of the count the proper time) scheme. cs from y three their peculiar relation with the land ofthe fn s i c . who had taken a very favourable They had that morning received whose land the line must pass ; v applications iew and s gentlemen through land owners undertook to make such a a a rr c a ommittee of valuation of the land, that the difficulties with foiranthde. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the last meeting of this society, Mr. James Nies' dows Rendel, president, in the chair. The paper read was "On the Drainage of the District south of the Thames," by Mr. J. T. Harrison, M. Inst. C.E. The district south of the Thames, comprised in the "Surrey and Kent division of the sewerage of the metropolis," was briefly described as extending between Battersea and Greenwich, over an area of upwards of 9 miles in length, and widths varying from half a mile to 2/ miles, bounded by the river Thames on the north, east, and west sides, and by the rising ground on the south. Its chief peculiarities were, that the surface was almost entirely below the level of high-water mark—that it was to a considerable extent formed of alluvial deposit, permeable to and surcharged with water—and that it was, moreover, subject to frequent flooding from the adjoining high land. For such a district, the points de manding attention were shown to be—thorough drainage of the land—means of preventing the inflow of water from the neighbouring high land—the rapid discharge of the rain water falling on the area—and the regular convey ance away of the sewage matter, not only from the houses, but from the main sewers. The present system of drainage was shown to be very defective, but the author expressed his conviction of the possibility of reme dying the existing defects, and of taking advantage of the assistance of the rise and fall of the tide, and of other local circumstances, for thoroughly effecting both the cleansing of the sewers and the drainage of the district, by means inexpensive in themselves, and independent of the casualties of steam pumping machinery or of the caprice of ratepayers. It was shown that the existing sewers acted partly as drains for the land water, but they only extended over a portion of the area, whilst, from their being so frequently full, and even being under pressure, the sewage matter escaped from them and saturated the ground ; it was, therefore, contended that a system similar to ordinary agricultural drainage should be carried out. The question was incidentally raised for discussion, whether advantage might not be taken of the known rapid filtration of the chalk formation to facilitate this operation by sinking several wells, into which the land drains might converge. The intercep tion of the up-land water by catch-water drains was insisted on, and the necessity for it pointed ont. The rain water was proposed to be conveyed away by the existing sewers, which would require some addi tion. The conveyance of the sewage matter from the houses of the district was next discussed. This was divided into two stages—the first, from the houses to the public streets ; and the second, from the streets to its destination. The means of obtaining the first point was simple, and the stone-ware pipes were recom mended as sufficiently good, if of large diameter, and laid properly, on a system of separate rather than of combined drainage. For the second point, Greenwich Marshes being fixed upon for the temporary reservoirs, or recipients of the sewage matter, and the Thames as the ultimate distributor of it, it was proposed to take advantage of the fall of the Thames between Battersea and the Greenwich Marshes—which was stated to be 3 feet at the lowest neaps, 5 feet 6 inches as a mean, and 7 feet 6 inches at the highest spring tides--ard by a copious use of Thames water to flush out the main sewer daily. This could be accomplished by forming a main sewer 8 feet in diameter, from Battersea to Green wich Marshes, having the same fall as the Thames at low water neap tides, its invert being one foot below low water, and having a communication with the Themes at each end, so that water from the river might flow through at low water ; forming also reservoirs for ar resting and collecting the sewage, and a canal for receiving the liquid after the filtration or precipita tion of the solid matter, this canal, excavated 6 feet be low low water spring tides, extending across the marshes, and being connected with the Thames at each end, with proper gates, &c., so that water from the river might flow through it, towards and at low water, leaving it full of pur e wa t er , w h en th e ga t es were s h u t, on th e rising of the tide. The overflow from the reservoir into the canal might be 2 feet above the highest low-water mark, so as under the most unfavourable circumstances to give that depth for the filtered sewage water and that used for flushing, to accumulate during high water. It was contended that, by having the mouths of all the cross sewers communicating with this main duct fitted with flaps, the head of water derived from the Thames, which would be 15 feet at spring and 10 feet 8 inches at neap tides, would give a velocity through the main sewer of about 2 feet 6 inches and 2 feet per second respectively, which would be sufficient to clear away any deposit. This canal might also be used for loading barges to carry away the sewage, either for agricultural purposes, or for discharging lower down the river, or out at sea. It was further proposed to form cross drains, at convenient distances apart, from the Thames to the main sewer, which should' be flushed by a head of water from the riverat high water, all the collateral drains into these being fitted with flaps. These, it was con tended, might be kept nearly level, the head of water , being abundant for thoroughly flushing them. The col lateral drains, being constructed with a good fall, and communicating, at each end, with the cross drains, could be thoroughly flushed at stated periods. The question of the applicability of the existing sewers was then exa mined, and from data afforded by Captain Veitch's sec tions, it was considered that they might be made avail I able ; the large proportion of 41 miles of open ditches (in 1848) to 30 miles of closed sewers was urged as a strong argument for the introduction of an entirely new system. It was urged that the chief point to aim at, was the adoption, if possible, of a system that would The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or „eans and Bordeaux, and Tour, and Nantes. OPIUM. —The quantity of opium imported in the first ten' months of the present year was 146,626 lbs., and the quantity exported was 73,670 lbs. [ADVEUTISENENT.] - -The Earl of Aldborough and Hol loway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraculous medicine after every other means had failed. See ex tract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the Continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ALDBO- RouGH." These wonderful pills will cure any disorders of the liver or stomach.—Sold also Holloway's ointment, at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London and by all medicine venders throughout the kingdom THE NORTHERN COAL TRADE. SHIELDS, Dec. 7.--The coal freights to London still keep about half-a-guinea a ton on Newcastle-quay, and in the neighbouring coal ports. There does not seem to be any reason to think that they will fall much lower during the winter quarter, inasmuch as we have now nearly all the available colliers in the trade, the Baltic and American fleet being at home, and the Hamburg and Dutch trades about closed for the season. We have a large number of foreigners in our harbours at present, and any one taking a run by steamer from Newcastle to Shields would be astonished to witness the quantity of foreign tonnage under the coal spouts and at the ballast wharves. Freights are equally high to the Conti nent, and, in fact, it is admitted by the most grumbling Protectionist, that the British shipping interest is in a flourishing, sound, substantial, and healthy condition ; and, as far as can be seen, the ensuing commercial year promises to be equally profitable to the shipowner with the one that is closing. The shipowners this year have got over their losses from shipwrecks during past seasons, and the most of them have a handsome balance to their amount besides. A person casting his eyes over the shipping events of the past three or four years, and comparing the predictions of the utter ruin of owners of collier Vessels that were made four or five years ago, arising out of the threatened competi tion of the railways and steam colliers in supplying the London market with coals, with the value of this trade at the present time, will judge very meanly of the prophetic forecast of the alarmists of that period ; col lier vessels are now worth one-third, and in some in stances one-half, more than a similar class of property in 1850. The Justinian, an old collier, well known in the Tyne for many years, has been put up to auction. Competent seafaring men state, that three years ago she would not have fetched more than 1,000/. After a smart competition, she has been knocked down for 1,800/. Another shipowner stated to the writer to• diy, that a year ago last June he bad a collier vessel offered to him at a price ; and, that if he had her this day he could realise just double the price she was then offered for to him. The following is probably the most rational mode of accounting for the scarcity of collier vessels :—Five or six years ago, the princi ples of free commerce, despite the apparent open hostility of the shipowners, were being silently acknowledged by them. Ft ee trade in corn was open ing out sources of regular employment to British vessels in trades which previously had only been occasional and irregular. Coincident with this gra dual opening out of the markets of the world for the employment of the capital of the British owner, railways and steam colliers appeared, with the object of competing with him in the coasting trade, more especially in carrying coals to the London market. Along with those circumstances, shaking the confidence of the owner in the London coal trade, profitable em ployment was also offering to owners of large vessels to convey steam-coal on distant voyages. From one shipping place on the Tyne alone about a million tons of steam-coal is shipped abroad annually. During the past two or three years the Australian trade has also held out inducements to owners to trade from home. Hence, beginning with the alarm about steam colliers and railways, and ending with the large increase of the Australian trade, and arising out of the development of events in the history of our commerce, every influence has been in operation to in duce the British shipowner to embark his capital in a larger and more valuable class of shipping property. It might be thought that though owners had taken their capital out of collier vessels and embarked it in vessels of a larger tonnage, when those vessels lost their classification at Lloyd's, they would fall into the coal trade; but this is not the case. Every vessel is not adapted for collier purposes, and few of -the vessels built during the last few years possess properties which go to form " a useful collier." Owners, therefore, after their vessels have come off the "letter have been induced to " rip them up," and re-classify them, rather than put them into a trade for which they were not adapted. This circumstance, with the severe loss of collier vessels last year and the year before, has greatly diminished the means of conveying coals to London. Other circumstances have occurred this " back end," however, to account for the extraordinary excessive freights that are paid in.the coal trade. The high rates given in the Baltic trade induced the owners to send their vessels on the "fall" voyage, when, in ordinary times, they would have fallen into the coal trade. Another inducement to owners who had their vessels out of the coal trade to keep them out of it so long as profitable employment could he found elsewhere, has been the insubordinate conduct of the sailors at the coal ports, and the consequent difficulty in getting vessels to sea. About seven or eight steam colliers run between the Tyne and London. They are not solely engaged in the conveyance of household coal; they carry a good deal of steam and gas coal. With the present rate of freights they must be very profitable property. A large capitai is embarked in them, and they will launch one vessel every six weeks at Messrs. Palmer's works, at Jarrow, to add to the fleet. So far the present winter has been a very fortunate one for the mutual clubs in which our collier vessels are insured. Very few vessels have been lost on the coast, and the only impediment to the navi gation of vessels in the North Sea has been the recent very foggy weather, which has occasioned several colli sions. There seems a strong disposition in our district to have a complete " overhaul" of the system of brokerage, fitting, Newcastle coal-tax, passing tolls, loc., at our end, and the factorage system and corporation charges upon coals in London ; in fact, all the expensive ma chinery adding cost to the Londoners' ton of coal be yond the expense of working it, and its delivery by ves sel at the wharf. It is too large a subject to treat of in a brief and discursive paragraph, but it is a question of great interest to the consumer, and wherein by rational discussion a large amount of saving can be effected to him. RAILWAY TRAFFIO RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1853. 1882. 1853. BRITISH. 72 Aberdeen ..... ••••.. • • .. £1,670 1,884 3 7% Belfast and Ballymena •• • • •. •••• • • 620 67 17 Belfast and County Down.. • • • • .. 190 190 33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,407 1,692 - Bolton, Blackburn, and West York • • • • 85 34 Bristol and Exeter • • ...• • • ••• •••• • • • 3,869 4,261 1891 4. I 13,306 14,628 89 !‘ Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... .• •• .. 94 % Chester and Holyhead • • ... . 3,108 3,480 6 34 Cork, Blackroek, and Passage ...... 137 163 2 0 Cork and Bandon ...• .............. 182 193 56 Dublin and Belfast Junetfon ........ 826 823 6 .!3.1, Dublin and Drogheda.... •• • •••• 965 1,123 6 Dublin and Kingstown • •••. •• 935 96G 16% i 'Dundee and Arbroath .......... 495 465 31 Dundee, Perth, and AberdeenJtmetton 693 '-- 19 1 Dundalk and Enni5ki11en............ 100 178 68 East Anglian.....• ••• • • • • ......... 733 898 81 34 East Lancashire .• • • ................ 4,313 4 379 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk 14,663 16,004 95 Eastern Union.... ••.• • • • 2,140 2,131 7 8 Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee-. 2,816 2,374 6 Exeter and Crediton.. • • 80 124 19 Furness Railway ••.. • ... 351 432 171 % Glasgow, and South-Western- ...... 3,926 4,577 283 Great Northern and E. L..... 188 Great Southern and Western (I-eland) 4,551 5,111 31 • Ya Great Western .• • 251 lush South Eastern • • • • ............ 165 193 90 Lancaster and Car1i51e.............. 4,388 5, 1 64 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... - Leeds Northern .. • • .. • ............. 18 t Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 270 262 5 55 34 London and North Western 42,075 45,530 534 London and 81ackwa11.............. 1,008 1,050 173 1 ,4 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 8,992 10,519 2535 London and South We5tern......... 8,527 9,871 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 368 416 - Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &o. - 167% Ntanchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 6,164 7,802 914 Manchester and South Junction."... 496 549 28 Maryport and Carlisle 672 708 498% Midland • • •••••• • • • • • 22,265 23,853 126 Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... 2,131 2,441 37 Monklands • • •••••-- • • • • •••• •• • • 848 1,035 7354 Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • .......... 2,482 2.7 -.5 149 North British .... • • • • • • • • • • ..... • • • 3,693 4,081 North Staffordshire •••••••• • • • • • • • • - 47 North-Western ....................746 1,035 50 Scottish Central ••••••••• • • • • • • • 1 2,480 2,739 Scottish Midland •••••••• • • • • • • • 2954 Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• • ... 726 728 47 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • •• • • 1,514 1,571 20 Shropshire Union .. •••••••• • • • • •• • • 603 562 58 South Dev0n........ .. ••• • .• •..... 1,635 1,743 284 gout ..... ....... 11,103 12,307 131 South Wales ...... ••••.•• • • • • • .... 2,369 3,269 77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1,371 1,481 40 Taff Vale • • • • • • •• • .. • • • •• • • 2,670 3,246 36 Ulster. • • • • • • • • • • •• • • •• 1,120 1,172 G 3 Waterford and Limerick • • 474 638 25 West Cornwall ...• • • •.•• • • • •• •• 409 512 12 Whitehaven Junction .•••• • • • • • ... 227 302 682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds 23,946 25,238 FOREIGN. 57l Dutch Rhenish . • • •• • • 860 985 183% Lyons and Mediterranean ••• • • ..... 6,435 7,761 f:3 Montereau and Troyes 833 1.026 63 Namur and Liege .. • • ...... • • . • . 1,337 1,681 443% •Northam of France .. •••••• • • • • • 24,890 27,394 577 Orleans and Centrals .... 20,417 29,445 210 Paris and Lyons ... 84 Paris and Rouen. .. • • • • 6,411 7,544 392 Paris and Strasburgh ..........., 14,333 20,036 59 Rouen and Hsvre.- ........ 2,523 3,606 G 6 Western of France ..... ............ WHITEHALL, DEC. 7. The Queen has been pleased to grant the place of one of the Lords of Session in Scotland to Hercules James Ro bertson, Eq., Advocate. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 7. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of tho Privy Council for Trade aniiPlantatiOns have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a desnatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, reporting that the free importation of wheat, maize, and oats into the Lombardo. Venetian territories has been pro longed from the 31st instant to the end of March, 1854. By order, JAMES. BOOTH. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 8. 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 copy of a declaration issued by the Russian authorities at Bu charest, from Her Majesty's Consul-General at that place, respecting the navigation of the Danube by vessels of neutral powers, a translation of which is hereto subjoined. (By order) JAMES BOOTH. (Translation.) DECLARATION. In virtue of V. e orders of his Majesty, the Emperor, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial troops appoints the ports of Braila and Galatz for the commerce of neutral powers, both as regards exportation and importation. The vessels of such Powers coming from the Black Sea can return freely into that sea after having received cargoes in the ports above mentioned, on condition always that they abstain, before entering the Black Sea, from touching at any port of the Danube. Consaquently these vessels be fore quitting the ports of Braila and Galata must present their documents to the Russian Consular Agents, who will furnish them, gratis, with a certificate showing the destination of the ship, and bearinr , the formal declaration that if before entering the sea they should disembark corn or provisions upon any point of the right bank o t the Danube they will by this contravention incur sequestration. Neutral vessels whi ;I wish to ascend the Danube, in order to proceed at once into the Austrian States, and which carrydown car goes destined either for Braila or for Galatz, or for expor tation by the Black Sea, will be liable to the same forma lity of a Russian certificate indicating their destination and prohibiting them, under pain of sequestration, from enter ing into any traffic on the right bank of the Danube. Neutral vessels wishing to descend the Danube will not meet with any hindrance, provided that on their passage by Orsova they furnish themselves at the Russian Consu late with a certificate stating that they belong bona fide to a neutral power, and that, their cargo is not destined for one of the Turkish ports of the Danube, WAR-OFFICE, DEO. 2. 20th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Henry Godwin, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Major-General Sir William Chal mers, C. 8., removed to the 78th Regiment of Foot, Oct. 25. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 9. BREVET. Colonel Sir John Cheape, of the Honourable Bast India Company's Service, to be an Honorary Aide de-Camp to her Majesty, Dec. 9. Major Francis Wigston, 18th Foot ; Major Arnold Chas. Errington, 51st Foot; Major Clement Alexander Edwards, 18th Foot; Major Augustus Thomas Rice, 51st Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonels in the Army. Captain Archibald Neil Campbell, 18th Foot ; Captain William Tyrrell Bruce, 18th Foot, to oe Majors in the Army. _ Major Joseph Turton, Bengal Artillery ; Major John Welchman, 10th Bengal Native Infantry ; Major William Hill, Ist Madras Fusiliers; Major James George Neill, Ist Madras Fusiliers ; Major John Came Boulderson, 35th Madras Native Infantry ; Major Hugh Fraser, Bengal En gineers ; Major George Craven Armstrong, 47th Bengal Native Infantry; Major Henry Cotton, 67th Bengal Na tive Infantry ; M a jor Ch ar l es Samuel Reid, Bengal Artil lery—to be Lieutenant -Colonels in the Army in the East Captain William Augustin John Mayhew, Bth Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain Sydenham George Charles Renaud, Ist Madras Fusiliers ; Captain Grant Allan, 3d Madras Native Infantry ; Captain Alexander Robert Dallas, lst Madras Native Infantry ; Captain William Frost Nnthall, 18th Bengal Native Infantry ; Captain Albert Fytche, 70th Bengal Native Infantry—to be Majors in the Army in the East Indies. Commissions to bear date the 9th December, 1853. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 7. Corps of Royal Engineers • -Lieut.-General Sir Charles William Pasley, K.C.8., to be Colonel-Commandant, vice Sir Augustus de Butts, deceased, Nov. 28. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 5. The following promotions have this day taken place con sequent on the death, on the 4th instant, of Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres :—Rear-Admiral of the White Sir William Fairbroth , r Carroll. K. C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red ; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Provo William Parry Wallis to be Rear-Admiral of the White ; Captain the Hon. Montage Stopford to be Rear-Admired of the Blue ; Retired Captain William Hotham, K.H. has also been promoted to be Retired Rear-Ad m iral o n the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September, 1846, without increase of pay. COMMISSION SIGNED RY THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. South Durham Regiment of Militia—William Maude, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 5. BA • - ICRUPTCY ANNULLED. John James, trunk maker, Oxford-street. BANKRUPTS. James Sadler, tallow chandler, Vere-street, Clsxe-mar ket, to surrender Dec. 19, at two, and Jan. 19, a.t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Kinsey, Bloomsbury-square. Samuel Bartholomew, licensed victualler, Birm ingharn, Dec. 19, and Jan. 14, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Stand bridge, Birmingham. Philip Oliver, dealer in mining shares and machinery, Brompton, Dec. 20, at half-past one, and Jan. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official as signee ; Heath, Artillery-place West, Finsbury. Thomas Shenton, grocer, Bethnal-green-road, D ec. 19, and Jan. 19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-b u ildi ngs ; Hill az t d Mat thews, Saint ary Axe. Francis Salter, apothecary, Tradegar-square, IKfi ile-end, Dec. 20, at half past two, and Jan. 24, at twelve,, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee. ; Blake and Snow, College-hill, City. John Delaney, wine merchant, Mark-lane, Dec, 20, at N7O, and Jan. 20, at half-past one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Pagden and: Hodg kinson, Mark-lane. John Lowther Ward, cotton spinner, Fullege, Lanca shire, Dec. 19 and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Maui '3hester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Mawr./ tester ; Cooper and Son, Manchester. Charles Samuel Twig, brickmaker, Cardiff, Dec.: 22, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan an i Gorling, Brist4 )l. George Alcock, draper, Macclesfield, Dec. 23, an d Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Taylor, Manchester ;. Sole, Turner and Turner, Aldermanbury. DIVIDENDS. Thomas Chivers, Pavement, Moorfields, licen s ad vic tualler, first dividend of 7s. in the pound, payab 1 e at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Abraham Clarkson, of Reading, Berkshire, lice a. sed vic tualler, first dividend of 3s. in the pound, payab le at 18, Aldormanbury, on any Monday. Thomas Delf and icholas Trubner, of 12, Pat arnoster , row, booksellers, second dividend of is. in th e pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. Edward Green, of 21, Cork-street, St. James"s, tailor, first dividend of ls. in the pound, payable at 18, A Merman bury, on any Monday. Thomas Foster, of 5, Barge-yard, Bucklersbc rry, wine merchant, first dividend of 7d. in the pound, p ayable at 18, Aldermanbury. Henry Solomon, of 45, Holborn-hill, and of C un aberland place and Surrey-place, Old Kent-road, furnitur( s broker, first • dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at 1. 3, Alder manbury, on any Monday. Benjamin . Rolfe and Beaufoy Alfred Moore, of S. a ckville. street, Piccadilly, tailors, first dividend of 3, in thee pound, payable at 18, Aldermanbury, on any Monday. John Hemsworth, of Micklefield, Yorkshire, farirn first dividend of ss. 6d. in the pound, payable at 8, Comex Lorelei buildings, Leeds, on any Monday or Tuesday. Robert Campion, of Whitby, Yorkshire, banker, , third dividend of 3d. in the pound, payable at 7, Coma: ercial buildings, Leeds, on any M nday or Tuesday. Richard Gill, of Richmond, Yorkshire, grocer, tbir d divi dend of id. in the pound, payable at 8, COMM ercial • ' buildings, Leeds, on any Monday or Tuesday. , Thomas Hillier, of Birkenhead, Cheshire, scrivene first , ISSUE DEPARTMENT, £ £ votes issued 28,404,590 'iovernment debt.... 11,016,100 Other securities ...... 2,9/44,900 Gold coin and bullion 14,404,590 diver bul ion ...... • • - 4211,406.540 £28,406,590 M. MAR'4IA.LL, Chief Cashier Dated the Bth day of Dec., 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT Proprietors' capital 14,553,000 Rest.. 3,175,626 PtVilic deposits &in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of Nat•onal Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 7, 59.921 Other deposi a Seven Day and other Bills Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) ..... 13 622,039 Other securit , es .... 16,58G,*18 N tes • • 7, 00 790 Gold and silver coin .. 685,1 77 £38,005,b24 X 38,095,624 '. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated tho Bth day of Dec., 1853. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week erding the 6th day of Dec., 1853, is 245. 41. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. BEACON AND LIGHT IN THIEL FIORD, Nov. 25, 1853. Her Majesty's Government has been officially informed that a beacon has recently been placed on tho extremity of the covered part of the reef, off Frie&lrieh's Ort, in Thiel Fiord. It consists of an iron rod, fixed in the ground, and carrying by day three balls, placed in the form of an equilateral triangle on the following marks :—The old beacon on the point bearing W. 4 N. (mag.), and the small light shown on the rampart, W.N.W. At night, when the weather will permit, a lantern is suspended from the above new beacon, 16 feet above the sea, and when prevented by storms, drift ice, or other causes, a lantern will be hung on a pole in the immediate ne,ighbourhood of the beacon, but a little above it. CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 9. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Julius Caesar, Augusta, from Riga Riga ; Don, Cronstadt ; Promise, do. ; Prospect, do. ; Cactus, do. ; John and Isabella, do. ; Maisel, do. ; Two Sisters, do. - Bordeaux, do. ; Lively, d o . ; M a t anzas , d o . ; Emanuel, do. ; Henrette, de. ; Percival, dc. ; Isabella, Rotterdam ; Christian, Swartsvech ; Concordia, Bilboa ; De Vrouw Trientje, Ditzm n ; N ew t on, D an t z i c ; Johanna, Memel ; Noord, Norway ; Opgaaendi Sol, Swartsvech ; Vesta, Gefle ; Robert, Bjorneborg ; agile, Patras ; Furst Blucher, Rostock ; Catharine, Emden; Curt, Hernosand ; George, Memel ; Othello, Stockho in ; Baron Vay, Sa loaica ; Hans Horwald, Sonnesund ; Pegasus, Riga ; Elizabeth Conway, Montreal ; Ludo v i c , M on t e Vid eo ; Waldemar, St. Petersburgh , Elise Marie, Langore ; Argus, St. Petersburgh ; Bussorah Merchant, Bombay ; Stately, Chrigtiania ; Harson Eeq, Svendborg ; Balton, Groperseil ; Sydney, Memel ; Mayflower, Swartsvech ; Britannia, Gothenburg • Mercier, do. ; Endymion, do. ; Magnifici, Dantzic ; Oak, Memel ; Medora, do. ; Mar garetha Gezma, do. ; Sophia, Frederickstadt ; Bertha, Konigsberg • Hildos,. Sundswall ; L ev i a th an , W y b org ; Penelope, St. Petersburgh ; Chieftain, do. ; Hermann, Louis, Altona ; Raven, St. Petersburg,h ; Marian Zaqury, St. Michael's ; Czarina, Narva ; The, nley, Cronstadt ; Caroline Rotterdam ; Mountaineer, Frederickshaven. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Jonge Cor nelius, for Hamburgh ; Constance, Launceston ; Taymuuth Castle, Adelaide ' • Ban Moist Dhiei, C a p e ; P arne ll Pro spera, Boston ; Celeritas, Antwerp ; Donna Francisca, Bahia ; Jeune Adolphe, }lavre • Jean d'Acre, do. ; Ce cilia, Launceston ; Sarah Ann, Leghorn. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The San Bruno, for Nuevitas ; Fortuna, Kormor ; Angenese, Leer ; Vic tory, Swan River; British Isles, Demerara; Siren, Algoa Bay ; Albert, Newport ; Albert Louise, Fecamp. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. The Granada, from New Orleans, has n o t arr i ve d. Liverpool Ships at Foreign Ports The Shenandoah and Tuscarora, at Philadelphia ; Queen, at New Orleans ; and Good Intent, at Cadiz. Sailed for Liverpool—The Cygne, Dec. 4, from Mar seilles ; Camilla, from Malaga, Nov. 25. Arrived—The Fortuna, from Porto Rico ; Ca nbria (s), Havre ; Esther, Antwerp ; Juan, Gibraltar ; Iris, Que bec ; Morea, Larache ; John Saukville, N.B. ; Dom, Alex andria ; Cornelius Grinnell, New York; Ernestine, Buenos Ayres ; Susana Christina, Amsterdam; Marys, Cronstadt ; Industrie, Skein ; Peri, Terceira. Off Port—The Blackhill, from Pernambuco. ISLAY, Dec. s.—The schooner King Olave, of the Isle of Man, bound north, in ballast, was wrecked, Dec. 1, on one of the Ardmore Islands, near the entrance of the Sound of Islay ; crew saved. • VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Slains Castle, of London, Dec. 4, lat. 50 N., long. 7 W. The John Brown, of Shields, from Quebec to Hull, lat. 31, long. 9 W. Th • Helen Thompson, from Troon to St. John's, N. 8., Nov. 4, lat, 45 N., long. 79 W. The Pomona (brig), from St. John's, N. 8., to Leith, Nov. 14, lat. 44 N., long. 52 W. The Bell Rock, from New Weans to Liverpool, Nov. 3, lat. 31, long. 80. The Guiseppo, bound W., Nov. 16, lat. 41, long. 67. The Covenanter, of Liverpool, from Bombay, lat. 35 N., long. 36 W. THE FOG AT GLASGOW.- A dense fog covered this city on Tuesday, and most of the shops and places of business had to be lighted up with gas throughout the entire day. The river traffic was completely suspended, and no steamer either arrived or 'sailed during the day. A man named Henry Tuff, who was wanting to proceed to Dublin with the Herald, on stepping on board of the vessel at the harbour, about five o'clock in the evening, fell into the river. He was immediately got out by one of the hands of the steamer throwing him a rope, and beyond a wetting, he was nothing the worse.—North British Mail. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.—The Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's treasury have caused to be transmitted to the Commissioners of Customs, for the information and guidance of their officers at the several ports in the United Kingdom, copy of a letter from the Foreign Office, and of a note from the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister at this Court, together with pat terns of the stamp to be hereafter affixed to the works imported into this country from the States of Germany, parties to the International Copywright Convention with this country. [AnvEazisEmENT.]—Fifty thousand Cures have been effected by Du Barry'sdelicious Revalenta Arabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies). ---"Twen ty-fiveyears' nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen." —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomittings, has been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. Maria Jolly, Wortham Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Copies of testi monials of 50,000 cures (including those of Lord Stuart de Decies, Major-General Thomas King, Drs. 17re, Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full instructions, 11b., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 4s. 6d. ; 51b., Ils. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; also, Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, Piccadilly. COUNTRY Ai AIiKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. Wheat still ld to 2d per 701bs. under those current oil this day week. For flour the extreme depression noted_, Friday was partially recovered, 35s per barrel for West Canal, and 35s ed to 36s for Baltimore and Philadelphill being obtained. Oats sold at a reduction of id per 4:5 1 b 4 and 6d per load. Indian corn is per qr. lower. WAKEFIELD—DEC. 9. Having a poor show of wheat to-day, last week's Pril are in consequence, fully maintained. Barley at nea r ly last week's rates, and a steady sale. Beans rather chesPw' Oats and shelling each recede in value. EXETER—DEC. 9. CATTLE.—Prime beef, 10s 0d per score ; cows and can 101. OOs to 121. ; butchers' calves, Gd to Od per lb., rert; calves OOs to 00s each. Sh ee p, Gd to 60. Lambs, v. Od per lb. Store hogs, 35s to 50s each. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from 80 1, to 93 Od. Malting barley, 4s 3d to 4s 8d ; grinding d°- 66. 9d to 4s 3d. Oats, 24s Od to 26s Od. Beans, 52s Od per qr. Prices of Flour to-day— Fine, 50s to 51s; seam" 4sll 49s per sack. INVERNESS.—DEC. 6. CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per busby: 72s Oct to 74s Od; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 34s Od to 3 6s Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 25s Od to 27s Od. • gym; second, pe r i m p. b o ll 20 s Oct t o 21s Od; second, 00s Od t o O s Od ; b ar l eymea l , 15 s Oct to Os n 5; peasemeal, 15s Oct to O s Od ; b ran , per s t one , Os 7d to Or o Ist flour, per 280 lb, 54s Od to 563 Od; 2d ditto, 47s n u u oa 49s Od ; oatmeal, b es t, per s t . o f 141 b i m perial "1g as to 2s 2d ; ditto s econ d, O s Od t o Os Oct ; barleymeal to is 6d ; peasemeal, i s 6d t o O s 0,1 ; Ist flour, 2s 9d 3s - 3s Oct credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—DEC. 9. g , 70 ; The demand continues steady, b u t i s no t very A C 7 O OI still the trade take off any f res h l o t s offering at I, ° lot rates, and a moderate business has been done since ourotio without altering our quotations. Refiners produce dull of sale, but prices are not lower. COAL MAR. MT.—Dm. 9. he close of the market Prices of Coal per ton at ti s. d. Burnhope 2l 0 Davison's West Hartley 21 6 Hasting's Hartley 21 Elolywell Howard's West Hartley _ _ Wallsend, Ito• s. . Pensher 26. Russell's Hetton ......... Riehmund................ 2 4 5carb0r0ugh............... Ste wart's . ................. ,24 Whitwell .................. 24 Dawdon . ..... 24 Framwellgate ............ P1ummer.................. fK; Caradoc .................... 25 Ca550p....................6 Hartlepool ............... . . 26 Heugh Hall . ............... Keiloe ...................... 26 South Hartlepool ........ South Kelloe ............ Thornley .................. • , a 7 w hit worth .................. Backhouse ................• 26 Tee 5...................... £rimdon6 Adelaide Tees ................ South Durham St. Helen's Tees ......... 23 6 Clavering Tees ............ 6 Pease's West. .......... 21 0 .... Wittou Park .............. 2 1 9 Cowpen 26 0 Gwaen Cae Gurwen 40 Milford Stone ...... •••"0 Watney's Anthracite ....... 19 Gawber Hall . .............••1 : Perkins' Anthracite ..•.• Netherton 2l 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley2l 6 Tanfield Moor 2l 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 21 0 Walker Primrose 2O 6 West Wylam 21 0 Wylam 22 Winsor's yontop 4 3 _ _ Wallsend, &e. flosforth 24 6; Harton 24 f Hebburn 24 0 Fiedley 24 r; Lawson 23 1-$ Northumberland 2B r Northumberland E. 2l t Riddell 24 6 Wyland (unscreened) 2 $ fi Bell's Primrose 20 0 Eden Main . ........... 25 0 Bell 24 9 Belmont 25 Braddyll 25 6 Hetton 26 6 Haswell 2 3 Kepier 25 0 Liam btoq 25 'I Ltunley 24 6 North Hetton Lyons 24 Ships at market 29 18 I Sold 273. RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9. ,1 STOCK EXCEIANGE.—The market has been stroll $ 0 good to-day, and we quote a rise i n p r i ces o f a bout ;a, cent. Sheffield stock is inquired for, an d b u t little offe,o Caletlonian, 283 5 ; Eastern Counties, 134 ; East bit e r shire, 16 7-16 3 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 683 k ror til don and North-Western, 103 A; Midland, 644 4 ; British, 83 5 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 185 11-16. MANCHESTER, DEC. 9, STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has apparently bees 001. go oi confidence felt on the stock exchange to-day, and * business has been done at better prices. The sales sl ec ti —Eastern Counties, 134 5-16; Sheffields, 244 1; Stock, 684 i; North British, 8i ; Dovers, 181 1346; f; t i lands, 64i 4 ; Sheffield New Preference, 4 p. ; Nana and Birmingham C. Quarters, 5-16 prem. BRISTOL, DEC. 9. STOOK EXCEANGE.—The prices were maintained 'mod tolerably active market. Great Westerns, 84,f ; Stock, 64i (at the close 643). COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. Amsterdam 11 14% t law Ditto, three:months .. 11 15% ..eghorn .. • • •......... 30 Rotterdam 0 otterdam ...... • • .... 11 16 Genoa 25, Antwerp .............. 25 17 Brussels .............. 25 1'34 Venice • • 4f a li flamburgh 13 • 5% Naples ..... • •• •• 1 6 7 Altona .............• • • Palermo 0611 , Paris .. •• . • 25 5 Aessit la 53 . , Ditto, three months .•25 3 I Lisbon .............• •• 53, Nlarseilles. • • .... 25 32% Oporto .......... ..... .• Bourdeaux ............ 111, , • Janeiro .. Franktort-on • Maine .... 119 (Buenos Ayres...— ••• •, Berlin . .............. 'New Y or k, 60 d ays ' s i g h. Vienpa 11 3 , , lPhliadelphia • • oltt Trieste 11 40 PRICES OP BULLION, rn 9 Petersburgh............ 38 Foreign Gold in Bars 23 0 0 Viadrid 505 Portugal Gold Coin .. 6 I Cadiz 50% Mexican Dollars • 0 0 8arce10na.......... Seville SEABORNE MAILS. N Yignities that the mails are sent from the General post qy the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when roof u, Front wile iv, COUNTBIE:4. in General Post- Port Office, London.* Dispatchett. " DfO, kmerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpoo, . • 01 " - America (by United Sts. „ 2 1 packet) .... • . N Dec. 13 Liverpool . • America (by U States packet) • • • • ...... Southampto Australia (via South ii - ampton) M Jan. 4 • • .... tiouthampt ,, ..l )° ' 0 Ditto (via Mat seilles) N Jan 8.. .. Dover .. . • '. o `" ,. Ditto (via Cape of Goedl OlO nc 9 „2 Elope) 4 ...... • Africa ( West Coast) ...NI t3d of the month ..(Plymouth .. 0 16 Alexandria.......... N'B, 9, 24, & 30 of m. 'Dover .... • p eG 9 0 klexandria..........M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas ...........51 17th of the month Southampton:n . l Belgium ...........,NI tally Dover.... • •13,,,, 8 t r Brazil 5119th of the month.. Southampton, 16 Buenos Ayres ........M,9th of the month Southampton!D e ?,; 96 Cape of Good Hone ..Nll4th or the month Plymouth ..!.1 4 °" 16 Cape of Good Elope ..Nll4th of the month. Southampton' p."„,.90 Cape de Verds ......N '9th of the mo n th.. Ply m outh •• 1 ' 1 " Ceylon (see India) NO 5 ; 0 Ceylon ..............N 14th of the m on th Ply mou th .. /11, Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&E'rid. Southampton 16 Chili. M 2d & 17th of month Seuthamptorip ec ' China (see India) I na 1 0 Constantinople ...... N 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Dover .... •• 9 0 al Constantinople ........14th & 20th of m on. South a mpton:D7 c o , Cont. of Europe M & N'Twice daily ...... D over ...... 'l* Egypt (see India) France ........ M& N Twice daily__ Dover ...• • • Al _ so . Gibraltar ..........M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m . Southampton•v Greece (see India) ib e°' Greytown & 17th of mon. Southampton !D at' Hamburgh ....N Tuesday & Friday London 1 , i f Havannah .. M,2nd of the month Southampton •I ' 0 11 ) " Holland ............1111Wednesday & Sat.lLondon Honduras ..... Mll7th of the month.,Southampion 17 India (vlaSoutliampt.)M,4th & 20th of mon.Southampion Dc' e 90 India (via Marseill es ) if Bth/kls4th of month!Dover •• g e e ~ lonian Isles (see Indla)!7, 17, &27 of mon' Dever .• •• Ireland .... & NiTwice daily ec' head .•1 D 1- ' 1. 9, 17, &28 of m. , Southampton o, 6 Madeira ............ N 1 !9th of the monthlSouthampton l,oec• adeira ............ Nl23d of month .. Plymouth •• Malta (see India) .. 1 (1 1 Malta ............N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. l Dover ...... D ec. Mauritius (see India) 50 . 2 6 Mauritius 14th of the month 'Plymouth •• JO 1 Mexico M 2nd of the month.. Southampton vec• 1 6 Naples . N sthlsth2sthofmon. , Dover .. • • • 411 New Granada 2d & 17th of month Southampton New Zealand By private ship ..IVarious ports,;„ Papal States sthlsol2'.thonnon. 'Dover ..... . e c. Peninsula, ...• M 7tlll7th2Bthofrnon.lSouthampto.. 'B, Peru .. 4.. & 27th of mon ;Southampto n tT' o p. 7 ; Port Natal 14th of the month! Plymouth . . I, P e, sthlsth2sthotmon,'Dover .• •• • • ec. 16 Tuscany ~.......,Nlsthlsth2.stholinon.ll)over .• •• t! ye. Venezuela M 2d& 17th of month ) Bouthatnpto o i Van Diemen's Lanu Oee 16 Australia) .......... West Indies .... 17th o: month'SouthaulPt°l_, Wil l 'a nu illS Pi o • When any of these dates 131 o• 1 a Sunday, the wile ,b 0 dispatche i on the following day with the exception of * c o oled ' Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be d i ' P day preceding. —.--" BIRTHS. ' Or A BON. iThile igil On the Bth inst., at the East India College, the wife of Monier Williams, Esq. St. Johll '°4l°°44 On the Bth inst., at 22, Blenheim-road, Mrs. Robert Hare. .t. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., at 1 .13A , Woodlands - terr ace ' , of the wife of J. A. Moore, E. On the Bth inst., at the Rectory, T° °ting ' the Wife the Rev. R. W. Greaves. 1 . At the British Embassy, Berne, MA ARIED. f oir Will i am Dyllvir l .1 son, to Ads. Thornhill. -Ai r 5 On the 3d inst., at St. Marks, Kenningto, the .1 Medley-, to Helen Isabella, third daughter of William George Jarvis, of Kennington. Lewis, of the 2 N d o. in 7 s , t. r , DIED. „ 4 . gr Le cti° formerly of Lloyd's, wood, aged 50.. EA.' On the sth inst. Robe Steen' at Boulogne, •a 01 0 ,g il" o M r . t a la rY nd An -place, it,. 5 - c' llifr in his 84th year- r D e ss-* Ou the sth inst Benjamin _Ledger, 0' Cite a town, Kingsland, and . 14, Basinghall On the 7th inst., at 0, St. Mary's-terrace, Froj,eo'l" Mr. John Drinkwater Lomax, of the Orduan c o. law' 211r* ment, aged 57. 0 . ..oet On the Bth inst., at the house of his .00 ,13 4 lad 0.10/ Brewer, Bath-road, Peckham, Mr. -b g ' -....-‹ aged 73. -street, te,,, rrvrno L')NDON : Printed and Published 1)1 1 4 , oen "--45idm, tyaai Ijo,- of of No. 112, Strand, at at Vie oo Strand, in the Precinct of the Savo w* Y,,,,Lin Middlesex, Saturday, December 10, Q 1 : 1 E: 1., • wth:Laon 41, 4 , N as. rm ec ro $ 4 l (* woe. 4 'mt. „ 44 , 4 4ta l 1 , ta 17: 4, 1. 1 4 1 4 Ap o , laz in ' e p a ppe rg t r i t tte 'l*e l e 4:l t o , e "41 k kei t io ta, are 1 14 t r, w4, 1 -- .2 4 41 E .4 eh h._ p t Ztst, 'L4l4l r 10 is . at f ta „, " 41 bi — " t Al la , receiv e li ke ee d uni' ery tv Wri e kt • bee teed C. Wit ` 4 ll rin ti .44 4 also With rsi Il kt :P e Peh gned c the col CONT Ii ll ePartm 001 tr, rdt lig 44ei ~..kteriL, at raon s ‘ ; Ntle r -4, Into he: ulentiozie Pt As. 4 Ts (for mit li n —b), Portion, ' 4 0 3 ' wei luara:nder ght Dot l' or or / te ttnt 'nPl " P ; tae t k t l e° n e di b t?:, l 4 , tu i t i l e rilnatol ander •tr ' I,v kt hl y dul !at, nor a y e auti db e l r lender taint u r a t , he VIQ n( por, Of ttstuers enrol ••••.. from 7 41416 3 , Pella