The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE. G Jones, a refiner of gold and sil ver, carrying on business in Wilderness-row, was sum moned before Alderman Humphery under the following circumstances : Mr. R. R. Rowell said he was a watchmaker, residing a:, Oxford, _utd on the 19th 0 last July his shop was broken into, an vv, 1— value of 801. stolen.. Nothing was traceu of toe in ~p erty until the 28th of October last, when one of the missing watches was offered to him for sale by a dealer with whom he had done business. He traced the watch to Barnard Philips, of Castle-street, Houndsditch, who said he purchased it of Mr. Jones. Complainant went to the defendant, in company with Philips and an officer from Oxford, and at Mr. Jones's request he left the watch with him, to try and discover of whom he purchased it ; but at the end of six weeks he called on Mr. Jones, who said he had learned nothing respecting the watch, and refused to give it up unless complainant would give him a guarantee that be should hear no more of the matter. Complainant de clined to do so, and left the shop, but was shortly after called back, and the watch was restored to him on his giving a receipt for it. Alderman Humphery—Well, Mr. Jones, can you tell now of whom you purchased this watch ?—Mr. Jones— I have asked a great many of my customers, and among them Myers, but they all know nothing of it. Alderman Humphery —Of course, any one would deny having sold you stolen property. Have you no books by which you could ascertain who you bought it of?—Mr. Jones—l have my cheque-book by which I can always account for transactions of a large amount. Alderman Hurophery—Did you pay the cheque for 15/. that was found upon Myers, who stands charged with being concerned in the robbery at Leighton Buz zard ? Mr. Jones—l did, sir ; but it was in exchange for cash, and not for goods. . . Alderman Hunnphery--Di you ever buy any watches of Myers ? —Mr. Jones—Oh yes, sir: I should think, as many as 150 during the three years I have known him. He has sometimes had parcels from America, which he ha. sent on to me directly he received them. Alderman Humphery—Do you keep any account of the purchases you make ? Mr. Jones—l have so many small transactions during the day that it would be im possible to keep an account of all of them, as it fre _qtiently happens that I buy a lot of one customer and sell it to the next that comes in. Alderman Humpbery—l suppose you have crucibles in your establishment ? Mr. J o nes—Certainly, sir. I am a gold alid silver refiner, and a dealer in plate and watches, and have crucibles always at work. Alderman Humphery-:—Then I think you ought to be more careful in purchasing property of this kind. Mr.. Jones—l do business with dealers who are known in the trade, and if I were to refuse to purchase of them. I might as well give up business. A friend of Mr. Jones's, who said he was a watch. maker,, said that everybody was liable to purchase stolen property, and he had no dontt that if he took a parcel of watches to .11 - r. Jones, he would buy them without asking many questions. Alderman Ifurnphery—That is the very thing com-• plained of. ..There must be some way of gettingjid of valuable property, and if more inquiries were nAde by , purchasers, there would be less inducement to persons to steal. But when watches are purchased without any questions; and thete are crucibles always at work handy, there is very little chance of detecting either receivers or thieves. Mr. Jones's friend said, the fact of Mr. Jones always having his crucibles at work was nothing out of the ordinary course, as nearly every jeweller had crucibles to melt their own metals, and I believe there is not one in twenty "free from having, at some time, bought stolen property. Alderman Humphery—You must not tell me that so many respectable jewellers are; or have been, receivers of stolen property. If every jeweller is allowed to melt his own metals, the facility for the disposal of stolen goods is greatly increased. Mr. Jones—lf Mr. Rowell will let me have the watch again, I will see if I can find the person I bought it of. Alderman Humphery—l don't think Mr. Rowell feels inclined to trust you, as you may want a guarantee be fore you give it up again. Mr. Jones—Certainly not, sir ; and I should not have required it. in the present case, but I was labouring under the mistake, that it was Barnar(l Philips •that deposited the watch with me. Inspector Shelford—When I called on Mr. Jones, he said he never gave a cheque to Myers, and on my telling him_l had one of his that was found on Myers, he then said it must be numbered as given in exchange for cash. There was a 101. note found on Myers, which Mr. Jones paid to him for some gold chains. Alderman Humphery then dismissed the summons, with a recommendation to Mr. Jones to keep an ac count of all business - transactions, and as he was ex ceedingly liable to have stolen plate and jewellery offered to him for sale, to make a little inquiry before purchasing. Mr. Rowell said he saw the circumstances of a cheque of Mr. Jones's being found on Myers reported in the newspapers, and thought it due to public justice that the facts connected with this case should become known. The parties then retired, CLERKENWELL.—Just before Mr. Tyrwhitt left his seat on the bench, Captain William Martin, of the Conqueror, lying in the London Docks, was placed at the bar, charged by Mary Ann Macklin, a young woman of respectable appearance, and good-looking, a gover ness, residing with her widowed mother, at No. 17, Clarendon-street, Somers-town, with having intermarried with her while his first wife was alive. It appeared from the evidence, that about 12 months ago, she met the prisoner at a party, when he 'intro duced himself to her as a single man, and professed attachment and love towards her. His addresses were sanctioned by her mother, and he corresponded with her by letter in such terms that left no doubt on their minds that he was truthful and sincere. He passed his time at her mother's house, took her out, and treated her in every, respect , as if his intentions were purely h?nour able ; at length he proposed marriage, which was con sented to, and they were married on Tuesday llst, at St. Andrew's Church, Holborn. Aftet the ceremony the prisoner proposed that the prosecutrix and her mo ther should go ,to the London Docks to see his ship, when. 'they - went together in a cabriolet to Blackwall, where the prisoner left them in the , 'vehicle for upwards of three hours, and, on making inquiries after the pri soner, they ascertained that he was a married man, and that his wife was living at Hartlepool. They left Black wall ; and prosecutrix, to satisfy herself, immediately addressed a letter to his wife, at Hartlepool, to which she received the following reply, viz.:— " " Hartlepool, Dec. 15. It is with sorrowful heart I received your kind letter, which I received this morning, and, in answer to your re quest, I am the wife of William Martin, and if you will be so kind as to write and let me know where he is, and what, he is doing, and, if y ou see him, as to tell him to write home to me and let m e k now what he intends to doi as he is well acquainted with my present circumstances. Tell him, if he has made up his wind to forsake me and his dear children, to write and let me know. I should have been in London to-night, but I was so ill. I am not able to leave my bed. I have been very ill this last fortnight, and also my youngest child.—l remain, " William Martin's broken-hearted wife and your well-wisher, MARY MARTIN." The prosecutrix, on receiving this letter, gave m on Illation to the police, when the prisoner was traced and given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt inquired whether the prisoner said any. thing when he was given into custody Sergeant William Mepham, 147 S, replied that when asked by the inspebtor at' the station-house if he had his first wife living, he replied that his former wife was alive. The prisoner now said nothing to the charge. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner for a week, with instructions that all necessary evidence should be brought forward at the next examination. He was then conveyed to prison. It was stated that the . prisoner h as f our children, and his wife is now enceinte. SOUTHWARK.—Murray Hollis, a cos!ermonger, was brought befo're Mr. Combo, alleged with commit• Ling a violent assault on Mary Hollis, his wife. The complainant, a decent-looking young woman, whose face was literally covered with cuts and bruises, stated that she had been married to the prisoner a little more than three years, and had one young child living. She lived with him at No. 6, Windtniil-street, New-cut. and assisted in selling fish in the street, while her mother remained at home to look after the child. On the previous day she returned to their lodgings, and handed the money she had taken for the fish, retaining only one shilling to get supper with. He immediately abused her, telling her that she had been with other men, and when she remonstrated with him he knocked her down like a bullock, and dragged her sev-ral times Loss the floor by the hair of the head. He then lifted e ,Yup, and threw her on the ground several time:;, and po l i was sure ha would have murdered her had not a do. "man entered the house and prevented him from hi s ir furt ba her injury to her. He not only beat her with cut her an t threw the chimney ornaments at her, and poker when t he arms and face. He also seized up a to knock uepolice-constable entered, and threatened both their brains out. I n fl our i s hi ng th a t about he struck her on the arms. The poor cre a m, egiet ra ra here exhibited her head, neck, and arm; to the m black and blue. sh Z, ',which were a mass of bruises, h arge agaiest ezw an e . ver, appeared reluctant to press tlin 0 •Mr. Combe—Has lie ev us e d or ill: Com lainantYes, sir, fre_aun you before ? it patiently. ntly ; but I p u t up with Mr. Combe—trave you complained here about his I have taken out t wo summonses conduct before ? Complainant—Yes. against him ; but when they came for hearing Tny mo . ther prevailed with me not fo appear against him. 2 k STERN COUNTIES. should have been murdered last night had net the ea! A special general meeting of the Eastern Counties . n stable come to my assistance, and took the poker f r , - t , Railway Company was held in the London Tavern on him. Monday, to consider the propriety of authorising the The prisoner declared that his wife was a vixen. She directorsa i to carry into effect certain arrangements for made his ho use lik e a t a p ro om with her relations, and the yarnation of the Norfolk Railway Company robbed hi m d a il y; an d w h en h e remonstrated with and the Eastern Union Railway Company with the her about her extravaeance, she abused him and aggra- Eastern Counties Railway C In a circular letter h address o e n d W b a y ny the chairman and se- Mr. Combo asked him what he had to say for brutally cretary to the share ilders, the basis of the agreement ill-treating her on the previous night, as well as other was desc,ribed,a,s being:that companies i and e s a shallf te r h t e h e carried e o d f times ? Janusay, 18i, these He replied that it was all her own fault ; she should on by the Eastern Counties Comany, under a working not aggravate him, and treat her family with his money. agreement, until the *lanai() Parliament can be ob- The wife here declared that she worked as hard as he earned for a complete amalgamation, for which applica did, and only kept her old mother at home to take car: . tion will be made in the The terms of of h er young child, as it was cheaper than having a girl. ; the proposed arrangement afes,estshoan. Boardthe lines shall worked by the Eastern Counties t the.vireseeds As he had made such a false accusation against her, she beof Directors must tell his worship that only a fortnight ago he broke ' with. the assistance of two directors from each of the , her head with a ppker, and she was compelled to go to J Norfolk and Eastern Union boards • that the hospital. She then put up with his brutal conduct without complaining - . -- p o li ce , cons t a bi e . 134 L; said .he was on duty on the previous evening, when he heard cries of murder proceed from'Windmill-street. He went towards the spot, and on entering No. 6, he saw the prisoner dragging his wife a,yros. the room by the hair of her head. . He then seized up ,a poker and, threatened to smash his brAins out, ab well as his wife's, if he interfered, lie s however, 'wrenched .the poker from, him, and conveyed.him to the station-house. of the entire working tore: out common fund, out of which the Eastern Union and Norfolk Companies shall each receive 1-7th, subject to the deduction of 46 per cent. for working expenses to be allowed to the Eastern Counties Company, and subject also to a proportionate deduction of any loss that may arise to the Eastern Counties Company from the working of the Royston and - Ritchie, Newmarket and Chesterford, and East Anglian lines, -the remainder of the proceeds to be re tained by the Eastern CoUnties Company. The. work ing plant of the Eastern Unipn to be taken and paid for by the Eastern Counties Company upon a valuation ; the Norfolk and Eastern Counties Companies to consi der all claims upon each other as settled." The - CHAIRMAN explained the circumstances connected with the proposal to effect an amalgamation. In reply to the Eastern Union directors, he had stated that the Eastern Counties Company were prepared to meet the other. One condition of the agreement then adopted was that the Norfolk Company should be made parties to the union. An interview having been held with the directors of the Norfolk line, they stated that, agreeing in the opinion that it was desirable to secure peace and harmony for ever, they would forego the advan tages which were considered as attaching to the ex isting agreement up to .1855. The three companies met by deputation, and finally arranged the details, which produced the result now laid before the meet ing. The Chairman then entered into a statement with respect to the receipts of the three railways, from which it appeared that the united amount of the traffic alto gether would, it was estimated, be 1,100,0001. in June, 1854 ; and that if the railways were worked all to zether, the shareholders would receive 15s, 5(1, per share ;if separately, 14s. 11d, per share. He antici pated a much larger development of traffic in the dis trict than had hitherto taken place, and concluded by moving "That this meeting approve the proposed ar rangement for the amalgamation of this company with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Companies ; and they hereby authorise the directors, till the sanction of Par liament is obtained, to take the working management of the lines of all these railways on the terms submitted to this meeting." After some discussion, with reference especially to the working expenses, a shareholder objecting that 46 per cent. was not sufficient, the resolution was unani mously agreed to, and the proceedings terminated. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. WOOLWICH, DEC. 20. A board of officers of the Ordnance corps assembled in the hall of the gentlemen cadets' barracks, in the Royal Arsenal, at 11 o'clock a.m. to-day--Lieutenant- General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, G.C.8., Royal En gineers, President ' • Lieutenant-General Sir H. Dal rymple Ross, K.C.13., Royal Aetillery ; Major-General Griffith George Lewis, (LB., Royal Engineers ; and Colonel Thomas Blanchard, C. 8., members—for the pur pose of examining the gentlemen cadets of the practical class as to their qualifications for obtaining commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Colonel James A. Chalmer, Inspector of Artillery ; Lieutenant- Colonel Wilson, Director of the Laboratory ; Lieute nant-Colonel Alexander Tulloh, Inspector, Royal car riage department • Lieutenant-Colonel Harding, K.H., Superintendent of Royal Military Repository ; Lieu tenant-Colonel PortFock, inspector of the Royal Military Academy ; and Captain Eardley Wilmot, Captain of the Gentleman Cadets, were also present to witness the exa mination ; and Lieutenant-General Sir Charles William Pasley, Y.C.8., Royal Engineers, with a number of officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, were in the hall during the examination. The examination of the senior division, Practical Class of Gentlemen Cadets, comprehended a thorough know ledge of practical artillery, the initial force of gunpowder and its effect upon a projectile when fired from a gun, the laws of windage, the velocity of projectiles, the use of wads and their various descriptions, the most ap proved method of forming a breach, the resistance of the atmosphere to projectiles when moving with a cer tain velocity, the use of lever sheers for raising guns, the rests for mortar beds, the materials of which the moulds for bronze guns are composed, the construction of guns and their three principal points requir ing consideration, the proofs they are subjected to before being admitted into the service, the construction of gun-carriages, the composition of Congreve rockets, add the rate of burning of meal powder, fuze composi tion, and port-fire composition. The gentlemen cadets were algo examined in the raising of field works, mili tary wining, the pas,age of rivers by trestle bridges,. rafts, and other means when an enemy disputed the pas sage, and the whole was concluded by examining them as to their knowledge of surveying, when the following gentlemen cadets were passed as qualified for comini , ,- sions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers, on the list •being approved by the Master-General of the Ordnance : • Mr. Combe told the prisoner that he was a brutal fellow, and deserved to be severely punished. There was no pretence for such ill-treatment, therefore he should give him the full penalty of the law by sentencing him to six months' hard labour.in Wandsworth House of Correction. Mr. Combe received 10/. for the poor-box from "C. V.," which the donor requested the reporter to acknowledge. WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Charles F. Higgins, was charged upon a peace warrant with having threatened his wife, Mrs. Amelia Vertue Higgins, the daughter of Sir Richard Joddrell. The warrant had been granted upon an application made by the lady on the previous day to Mr. Arnold. She stated that her husband, who was constantly in difficulties, and who had only supported her by getting into debt for two years, was in the habit of treating her cruelly and threatenino , her. He was discharged from a debtors' prison in July last year, and was in the habit of coming to the house where she was being maintained by her father, and forcing his way at all hours of the night, while in a state of intoxication, into her bed, where he pinched her, and forced the bolster and pillows over her face. She had taken all sorts of precautions for her safety, but he , had repeatedly threatened her. He had been for the last nine months in the Queen's Bench prison, during which she was in no peril ; but as his last words at parting with her before he went, were, that he would do for her, she now felt, upon his being again at large, serious apprehensions for her safety. • Defendant urged that the threat complained of had, been made nine months ago and had not been since re peated. Mr. Broderip expressed himself in some di ffi culty in that respect. He could not say whether during that lengthened period defendant might not have reformed, and inquired whether, under the circumstances, Mrs. Higgins's solicitor would be content with defendant's entering into his own recognizances to keep the peace. The solicitor said he would, if the warrant were sus pended, so that it might be again executed if necessity required. Mr. Broderip could net doubt that, but intimated that another warrant could be immediately obtained, if needed. Having again pointed out the difficulty which arose in the case, Ths,solicitor reluctantly consented to defendant's dis charge upon his own recognizances. ; 1. The Hon. Cameron Wrottesley. 2. Mr. Lonsdale Augustus Hale. 3. „ Arthur Kennody Hideout. 4. „ Henry William Hart Davis Dumaresq. 6. „ William Henry Watson. 6. ~ Arthur Reid Lempriere. • 7, „ George Longley. „ Henry Peru. Tillard. 9. „ Edward Chichester Bolton. 10. ~ Oliver Henry Atkins Nicholls. 11. „ Donald George Campbell Maclachlan. 12. „ James Barton. „ . Charles James Hope Johnstone. 14. „ Robert Horsley Cockerel 15. „ Benjamin Humfrey. 16. , „ Charles Watson Wilson. 17. „ Legh Delves Broughton. 18. „ George Albert Augustus Walker. MARYLEBONE.—BURGLARY AND EXTENSIVE ROB BERY OE JEWELLERY, &c.—Yesterday three determined looking fellows, named Frederick Green, Alexander Green,, and Thomas Burdett, were brought up hand cuffed, and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughtnn, charged with having burglariously entered the pre mises of Mr. George Thomson, a pawnbroker, jeweller, &c., in Harmood-street, Hampstead-road, and stolen property to the amount of several hundred pounds. The table in front of the bench was almost covered with gold and silver watches, jewellery, &c., • forming only a small portion of the plunder. - The watches, jewellery, &0., were produced, and iden tified by Mr. Thomson, who said that had it not been for the vigilance of 71 S he might have been plundered to the extent of 2,0001. Mr. Thomson said he was of opinion that the property taken away by the prisoners, and picked up in the road and gardens, and which be now valued at 1001., was not more than a third of the property which be had lost. He could not as yet say to what extent he had been robbed, as he had not had time for examination. The following gentlemen cadets of the practical and theoretical classes were then called forward to the board-table, and the prizes which had been awarded to them for merit in particular branches of study were pre sented by Lieutenant-General Sir John Fox Burgoyne, President of the Board. On being asked what they had to say, the first pri soner said, in the most impudent manner, " I'm sorry I did not get away with the swag." The second said, " I wish you would give me a clean shirt, old fellow, as I dirtied mine in getting over the wall ;" and the third said, " I'm blest if I was in it at all." They were remanded till Tuesday next. --- RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK. RAILWAY C.OMPANY. A meeting of shareholders in the above company was held on Monday at Guildhall-buildings for the purpose of considering,. and, if approved of, of ratifying an agree ment or, amalgamation with the Eastern Counties Rail way Company. The chair was taken by S. M. PETO, Esq., M.P., who, in opening the proceedings, said—Before reading the resolution which it would be his duty to propose it would be necessary that he should make a few remarks upon the business which had called them together. The last time he had had the pleasure of meeting them in that . room he had not the slightest idea, nor had he seen ang prospect, of again meeting them, at least on the present subject, on so early a day ; but the fact of the Eastern Union Company having entered into a nego tiation with the Eastern Counties, and the receipt of a communication on the subject from Mr. Waddington himself, made it appear to his (Mr. Peto's) colleagues and himself that it was all-important to the interests of the three companies that all should be parties to the agreements about to be entered into. That was the view taken by Mr. Waddington also, because all parties foresaw that it was only by a combination of all the in terests in the district that the wisest results could be obtained for the public and the best dividends for the respective shareholders. He had stated to them on the last occasion they had met together that he never would be a party to the acceptance from the Eastern Counties Company of a less dividend than had been paid up to the 'Present time, and he thought he could now put before the meeting a few figures and facts which would show them thlt they could never have a worse dividend than they received at the present moment; besides which, there was the great fact that, by the 'combination of all the interests in the district, the greatest possible *Mount of development would be given to the traffic, the greatest prospect of: augmentation in the receipts, and the best hope of a,minimum of working expensee being obtained. (Hear. The arrangement which' had been acquiesced , in by the Eastern Union and the Eastern Ccunties boards, and their own, was that the gross receipts of the lilies should be divided into sevenths, of which -five sevenths were to go to the Eastern Counties, one-seventh to the Eastern Union, and one-seventh to the Norfolk. He found their last receipts from all sources up to June 1„ 1853, to be 137,817/. He - found the increaie of receipts from the Ist ',July, up to the - present period, and ,from thence up to the Ist of June, 1854, calcu lating the rate of increase at that of the similar .period thic. , year, to he 15,7984, being a total of 153,615/, This, deducting 46 per cent, for working expenses, left 82,9531. Now, taking the receipts of the three companies collectively to be 1,100,0001., then deducting 46 per cent, for working expenses, and one-seventh of the loss arising from the East Anglian, Northern, and Newmarket arrangement, he found the residue applicable to Norfolk dividend would be 81,9571., being within a trifle of the amount they had received under the old arrangement. (Hear.) In an agreement of this kind he need hardly, say that it was very import. ant that all parties should see that their interests were mutually served, so that when once ratified it might be carried out with mutual good faith and good feeling. (Hear.) His belief was that a more equitable agreement than that now submitted by himself and colleagues had never been entered into,by any company. Because, iu the first place, they got results equal to their whole pre sent receipts, and under what he did not hesitate to say were the most advantageous circumstances for Mork jug- Besides this, he felt that he should not have been a e ti ng faithfully in his capacity of chairman of their company had he permitted any separate agreement to have been made with the Eastern Union while they, (the Norfolk) had another agreement with the Eastern Counties, as in that case there would have been skrisk_ of having them worked one against the other. They had, therefore, entered into the present negotia tion, and in securin g a dividend at least equal to what elyeahaadt a Prreigshetn he felt that they t got no more lde t r h s an en t t less would not have been worthy their acceptance. The loss sustained by the agreements with the Great North ern could be easily explained, as it was simply a matter of account. The proportion of that less which fell on the Norfolk Company was about 401. a week. He did not hesitate to tell them that in consequence of the agreement entered into by Mr. Waddington with the Great Northern, there would be an increase of five times the receipts , on the whole line. (Hear, hear.) It was not proper to go into details at present, but any proprietor calling at the office should have full information: Another point. to which he must allude was their dividend. Last year it had been 2i.per cent. He took it at that, and working out the resu lt as given by e the gross receipts and deducting the hit' loss, 1 1 would leave them .return for dividend of 27, 78 ~ or 2i on their capital. He did not think that that total would represent their earnings when they came to work conjointly, as he did not hesitate to say that the recent increase in their traffic had arisen solely from the good understanding with.the Eastern Counties Company. A similar understanding with the Eastern Union would, he had lie' .doubt, produce similar results. (Hear.) If they made any concession to the Eastern Union Com pany in this agreementit was more than counterbalanced by the effects which would arise from the 'good under standing between the three companies. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was then put ratifying the agreement, upon which a few' questions were asked, and on being answered to the . - ,.atisfaction of the meeting, the resolu tion was carried unanimously. The proceedings termi nated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. ! T.., 1 1,9 r t ir rl , - tN- 9 . THE SUN LONDON, WEDW r YENIN Cr, -D-EC -ME-R 21, - EASTERN UNION. A special meeting of this company was held on Monday at Radley's Hotel, to consider, and, if approved, 'to sanc tion and authorise the directors to carry into full effect, an arrangement with the Eastern Counties Railway Company, for the permanent working by that company of the line of the Eastern Union Railway, in conjunction with those of the Eastern Counties and Norfolk #tailway Companies, on certain conditions ; to authorise the directors to raise the sum of 200,0001. on shares, and to borrow 66,6661.; Mr. J, C. Cobbold, M.P., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that for a long time there had been on the part of the Eastern Union shareholders a conviction that. sooner qr later, it would be necessary that the three lines in the Eastern Counties district should become one. He regretted that differences had prevented this project being car ried out three years ago. He then adverted to the hostilities and rivalries that had existed between the companies which had distracted their internal affairs, and at length it was unanimously agreed that an end must be put to such a state of things. The arrangements now pro posed were as favourable as they could expect. The traffic receipts for the year ending the 30th of June last amounted on the Eastern Counties to 756,548/. • on the Norfolk, to 137,817/. ; and on the Eastern Union to 125,1171. The expenses were respectively as follows : Eastern Counties, 293,4031., or about 40 per cent. ; the Norfolk, 66,2021., or .48 per cent. ; and the Eastern Union, 71,2021., or 56 per cent. In proportion, there fore, the expenses of the Eastern Union were greater and the receipts were smaller per mile than either of the other two companies. It was intended to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for powers to carry out the agreement, but, in the meantime, under a man aging committee, operations would commence on the Ist of January next ; the proceeds of the entire working to form one common fund, out of which the Eastern Union and Norfolk Companies are to receive each one-seventh, subject to a deduction of 46 per cent. for working expenses, to be allowed to the Eastern Counties Company, and subject also to a deduction of any loss which may arise to the Eastern Counties Com pany from the working of the Royston and Hitchin, the Newmarket and Chesterford, and the East Anglian lines. The Eastern Union plant would be taken and paid for by the Eastern Counties Companies at a valua tion. It was thought that, while this arrangement would afford a great increase in .the accommodation to the public, it would .also prove remunerative to the shareholders. The Eastern Counties Company were constructing the Loughton Line,. and under the agree ment they are to receive 4 per cent. on its cost be fore the proceeds of the traffic fall into the common fund ; and similar deductions would have to be made foj stuns expended by other companies, such as the amount on the Woodbridge line expended by the Eastern Union Company. He concluded by moving a resolution for the adoption of the measure. Mr. T. STURGE objected to the proposal, and put in a formal protest against it. A discussion ensued, in which Mr. L. WEBB and other proprietors took part, and, after explanations from the CHAIRMAN, formal resolutions were passed autho rising the directors to enter into the necessary arrange ments with the Rtstern Counties and Norfolk Com panies to raise the requisite capital, and to borrow 66,6661. or. mortgage. The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. On Monday an influentialineeting of the holders of the 61. per cent. guaranteed shares in the above company was held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best measures to be adopted for the protection of their interests with reference to the proposed scheme of the directors for the destruction of the privileges of these shares ; Mr. G. E. Taunton, of Liverpool presided. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, stated that he represented a large number . of gentlemen in Liverpool, the holders of 7,000 shares, 4,000 of them guaranteed, and the remaining 3,000 of various classes. Since he had entered the meeting he had received letters froM numerous gentlemen, all of whom disapproved of the scheme of the directors, and one of them so entirely expressed his opinions on the subject that he would read it to the meeting. The miter stated that the statutes of the company could only be altered by the Belgian Legis lature ; that if petitions were presented by the sharehold ers, showing the injustice of their being made liable' to f-irther calls of 10/, a share, the sanction of the Legis lature would not be obtained, and the Belgian Govern ment would be jealous of the French influence in the company, and of the gross injustice proposed to be car ried out. The letter concluded as follows :—" If it is said the company offer to pay preference shares at par, it may be assumed that it would be most unfair. I myself purchased them at a premium ; but there are still the other shares, as to which no such offer was made. The above should be brought prominently be fore the meeting, as it is generally supposed that the arrangement is complete if voted at a meeting here and at Brussels, and consequently holders are inclined to think it is hopeless to stir in the matter." Having remarked that it was stated at the meeting last week that the objection able scheme had only been settled' the, day before, and then presented to the shareholders in an elaborate re port, he said that such a report' should have been given to them at least one week before, for it was impossible, from the hurried wayin which it was read over, to form any adequate idea of its details. He might mention here that their interests were not identical with the general body of the shareholders, for they had bought their shares at a premium, or at a great cost. He should now read the pa ragraph in the report which referred to them, and which wA.s as follows :—" For the holders ofthe 60,00010/. half shares guaranteed 6 per cent., upon which five pounds have been paid, the following is the amount proposed:---, That they shall receive in exchange 30,000 shares (101. paid) to beater, subject to the payment of the other 101., and a bonus of 30,0001. paid up 4/. obligations, bearing in terest at 51. per cent., and reimbursable at 51.; there would thus be given to the shareholders of this class one share of 201. (101. paid) and one 41. obligation, reimbursable at 51. for two half-shares of 101, each, upon which 51. have been paid." By that paragraph they would See that they were called upon to receive 5 per cent. instead of 6 per cent., and which, with the obligations, was tantamount to buying, shares at a discount of 4. The gentlemen whom he represented did not want any change, and would sooner remain as they were than accept the terms pro posed by the directors. He had purchased his shares as a security, and !not as a apeculation ; and he knew se veral persons who had invested trust-money in them. After entering into the subject at length, ho concluded by moving the following resolution :—" That this meet ing disapproves of the proposed scheme of the directors for the conversion of the 6 per cent. guarantee shares, as submitted to the meeting held at the London Tavern, on the 14th inst., and pledgee itself to resist the same." Mr. READE seconded the motion, and said that the plan proposed by the directors was a deception and a cheat. Mr. MOORE entered into a lengthened statement, to show that by the plan proposed by the directors, he should, by selling his 5001, worth of the proposed new tock, at the current quotations of to-day, viz., 71, be a direct sides tg s ai t n h e a r t of sw, ict 0 r ; eanodrs, plansaidt wouldhat i greatly benefit was admitted on all the company. A PROPRIETOR stated that he was so dissatisfied with the directors' proposal, that he had written a letter to the board, in which he told them that lie would not ac cept their terms, and that if they attempted to force it upon him lie would take thetamkaetnteprlaincte? the e e m la o w ti c o o n u w rt a s s . puAt k a c ln( : (l 7 - i c m ad i ri it ic e el e dl: l B ::v n in h g a b v e in e g n appointed, and subscriptions entered into, the meeting separated. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dee. 17,1803 £12,819 19 5 Corresponding week last year 12,329 3 2 £490 16 3 Increase in 1853.. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 17, 1853 £10,019 9 8 Corresponding week last year 10,004 4 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 348,325 17 0 Total of the half-year to this date, 1852 315,408 17 8 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WISTEBN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re .urn for the week ending Dec. 17, 1853 £ `,565 19 0 corresponding week last year 3,832 10 5 Increase in 1853' ' £73 3. 8 7 PRACTIdAL CLASS. Practical Artillery—Mr. Dumaresq, a best military telescope ; Mr. Lampriere, next in merit. Chemistry—The Hon. Cameron Wrottesley, a blow pipe apparatus. THEORETICAL CLASS. First Class Mathematics—Mr. Darrah, a case of mathematical intruments ; Mr. Gosset, next in merit. Second Class Mathematics—Mr. Smith Neill, best prismatic compass, with silver ring ; Mr. Boileau, next in merit. Third Class Mathematics —Mr. Marindin, a sketching case ; Mr. Daniel, next in merit. Fourth Class Mathematics—Mr. Wyndham, a recon uoiting telescope ; Mr. De Molyne, next in merit. First Class . Fortification—Mr. Magnay, a work in French ; Mr: Darrab, next in merit. Second Class Fortification—Mr. Frankland, a work on the sieges in Spain and Portugal ; Mr. Pitt next in merit. First Prize, French—Mr. Eden, Voyages on Zigzag ; Mr. Darrah, next in merit. Second Prize, French—Mr. Stockley, a work in French ; Mr. C. Wilson, next in merit. First Prize, German, and History and Geography, two prizes —Mr. Malcolm, a work in the German language ; Mr. Ellis, next in merit for German. Second, Class, German—Mr. D e C e ll o , a wor k i n Ger man ; Mr. Straubenze, next in merit. History and Geography—Mr. Malcon, a work on Greek and Ronian Antiquities ; Mr. Grant, next in merit. Historical Themes—Mr. Majendie, a dictionary of dates. Military Plan-drawing and Sketching, and Fifth Room Landscape Drawing, two prizes —Mr. Hewett, a photo graphic camera ; Mr. Hall, next in merit. sixth Room, Landscape Drawing—Mr. Stace, a work on Italian painters ; Mr. Sandys, next in merit. The examination of tile gentlemen cadets and presen tation of the prizes were concluded shortly after one o'clock, and the whole obtained leave for the Christmas vacation; which will expire in six weeks from this time, and during that interval the gentlemen cadets who passed to-day will be appointed to commissions in the Royal Ar tillery or Royal Engineers, and, on • returning to Wool wich, will join the respective branches of the Ordnance corps to which the Master-General may appoint, after her Majesty has signed their commissions. The gentlemen cadets of the theoretical class studying at the Academy on Woolwich-common obtained their leave for the Christmas vacation yesterday. Previously to their departure an examination took place, when the following were found qualified forthe practicaiclass, and, on returning after the vacation, will join that class at the Royal Arsenal C. J. Darrah. J. j. Magnay. Constantine P. Carey. John M. Henniker. Edward 0. Hewett. W. R. Cosset. R. N. Dawson. • Frederick R. Mould. Oswald Carr. H. W. Briscoe. Frederick G. Baylay. P. H. Sandilands. William J. Hale. • Morton P. Eden. William G. Martin. Charles D. Gilmour. Henry A. de Vismes. Alexander D. Burnaby. Charles G. Luard. Edward J. Ward. Wilmot B. Ellis. , SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—YESTERDAY. A very moderate attendance, and speculation still very flat. 'LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 9.t0 1 agst Miss Mowbray (taken). 16 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie (taken). 20 to 1 agst Charley (taken). . CHESTER CUP. 40 to 1 agst Virago (taken and offered). 5000 to 100 agst Newminster (taken). 2500 to 50 agst Tom (taken). 2000 to 30 agst Kennyside Hero (taken), 1000 to 10 agst Astonishment (taken). DERBY. 7to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 9to 1 agst King Tom (offered). 13 to 1 agst Dervish (offered). 20 to 1 agst Ruby (taken to 701). 33 to 1 agst Meteora (taken). DEATH OF THE REV. DR. WARDLAW.—The Patriot thus announces the death of a gentleman extensively known beyond the limits of the community which he adorned :—lt is our melancholy duty to announce to the Congregational body the loss of one of its brightest orna ments by the decease of the Rev. Dr. Wardlaw. We have received the intelligetce too recently to do justice to so great a name and so 'night a character, and can at tins moment do no more than mingle our griefs with those of our brethren in all parts of the United King dom at this so great a oss ; remembering, however, amidst our lamentations, the rich legacies of piety and learning which the veneratle deceased has bequeathed to the Evangelical Nonconformist Church. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-11oloway's Pills, an Effectual Remedy for Gout and Rheumatism.—Extract of a letter. from Mr. W. Moor, at Messrs. Godwin's, auc tioneers, Winchester, dated April 8, 1852. To Professor Holloway.—Sir,—l beg to inform you that for years I was a sufferer from chronic rheumatism, arid often laid uy for weeks together, una)le to move. I was attended by the most eminent surgeons here, but obtained no relief ; and was induced to go into our county hosPital. 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Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, ftegent-street, London ; also, ,Fortnurn, IVNgn'i and to her Majesty, ; Pk' Willy. ROYAL SOCIETY. At the last meeting of this - society, Professor bell, vice-president, in the chair. The following extractiof a letter, from Dr. Vogel to Colonel Sabine, was read. Dr. Vogel is engaged in a scientific expedition in (..3en tral Africa. The letter is dated Mouzuk, October 14, 1853 :-- " You will receive, through the Foreign-office, a packet of astronomical, meteorological, and magnetical obser vations made on the way from Tripoli, and since; my arrival here. My instruments are almost all in lood condition,, although their eases have been split from the effects of heat and dryness, notwithstanding their double, and in some instances triple, leather protection. I saw the great cornet for the first time on the 23d Aug., but others bad seen it three days earlier. Its necleus was very bright, resembling a star of the first magnitude, with a distinctly defined disc of the apparent diameter of Jupiter. The tail made an angle of 86 deg. or 87 deg. with the horizon, inclining to the north. It was a single tail, with almost precisely parallel sides. Its length was 10 deg. on 25th August, 12 deg. on the 26th, and 15 deg. on the 27th and 29th of August. I have repeatedly seen here the apparent fluctuations in the position of stars which is spoken of in the third volume of Cosmos, and have sent the particulars of my observa tions to Baron von Humboldt'. There is no regular rainy season at Mouzuk ; but slight'showers occur sometimes in the winter and spring ; seldom in the autumn. A heavy rain is considered a great calamity, as it destroys a] the housei, which are built of .mud dried in the sun. It also kills the date trees, by dissolving the salt which exists in large ,quantities in the soil. About 12 years ago above 12,000' date trees perished in the neighbourhood of Mou zuk on account of rain which continued for seven days. The' 'prevailing winds are south and east, the strongest generally 'west or north-west. I have seen whirl winds two or three times pass through the town, a phe nomenon which was common in the desert, between Bencolond and Mouzuk. All the whirlwinds which.l observed turned •in the direction from east by . north ; and west to soith. In December, and during the first half of January the thermometer falls at sunrise at Mouzuk as low as 42 deg. ; and in places exposed to the wind water freezes during the night. At Sakna I e , ,uld not find any one who could remember having seen -mow. At Tripoli we had heavy dews at night, and I observed the same until we had passed a email chain of mountains fifteen miles north of Sakna. From thence we hid no dew, and it was often impossible to obtain the dew point with Daniell's hygrometer. In the desert the thermometer generally rose till four p.m., from the sand (which was Sometimes h ea t e d t o 140 eg. at one p.m.) giving out its heat. Earthquakes are sometimes felt. 'Shooting stars were observed in great quantities (about forty an hour) on the 7th, Bth, and 31st of July ; very few on the evenings of the 9th, 10th. and 11th of August, averaging 15 an hour, mostly coming from Cas siopea and Ursa Minor. They were very numerous on the Ist, 2d, and 3d of October." A paper was read, " On the amount of Acid, Sugar, and Alcohol in Wine, Beer, and Spirits," by Dr. Ben-Je Jones, F.R.S. The author states that all the wines, beer, agd spirit which he examined were furnished to him by parties of the highest respectability, and thus all the samples experimented on were genuine. The method which he adopted for testing the amount of acid was as follows :—A standard solution of caustic soda was so prepared that each division of a graduated tube con tained 0.15 of a grain of caustic soda. A thousand grain bottle was filled with the fluid to be examined, it was weighed at 60 deg. Fahrenheit, and the quantity of test alkali necessary for neutralisation was determined by Clarke's test paper. The same method was followed throughout all the experiments, and the general results may be thus stated : In a quantity of sherry equal in bulk to 1,000 grains of water, the quantity of acid was equivalent to from 1.95 grs. to 2.85 grs. of caustic soda. gr- In Madeira 70 to 3.6 Claret Port Burgundy 2.55 to 4.05 Champagne 2.40 to 3.15 Rhine wine Moselle 2.85 to 4.50 Brandy 0.15 to 0.60 Rum 0.15 to 0.30 Geneva 0.07 to Whiskey Bitter ale 0.90 to 1.65 Porter Stout 1.35 to 2.25 Cider 2.85 to 3.90 The result of the examination of the samples for sugar was that, out of 18 samples of sherry and other wines, no Sherry, Port, Madeira, or Champagne was found that did not contain sugar ; and the author met with no Claret, Burgundy, Rhine, or Moselle, excepting only one sample of Sauterne, which was not free from. all traces of sugar. In bard cider no trace of sugar was found, whilst in all kinds of ale, porter, and stout, much sugar was present. Usually spirits contain no sugar, but one sample of genuine French brandy had cane silgar added to it. The results of the examination of the samples for the amount of alcohol correspond very nearly with those obtained by Mr. Braude and others in the or dinary distillation process. Tile discrepancies were found to exist in Burgundy and Claret, which have less alchohol. The sherry was stronger ; the port not so strong ; the Marsala weaker, and the rum and porter much stronger than formerly. • LVSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the last meeting of this society, Mr. James Mea dows Rendei, president, in the chair, the discussion was resumed on Mr.. Harrison's paper, " On the Drainage of the District South of the Thames," and was continued throughout the evening. . - The complete system of sewerage introduced at Ham burg, since the great fire, by Mr. Lindley, M. Inst. C. E., was alluded to, as a good instance of the efficiency of the plan of flushing sewers, even in very flat districts, and with syphon dips, when there existed a head of water like that from the Alster lake, which was 13 feet above the high-water mark of the Elbe. The culvert through which the river Froome passes beneath the float, and flows into the Bristol river, was also described, and from these and other examples of the advantages of flushing sewers, that system was urged to be preferable to the labour and expense of pumping up from depths below low water the ordinary sewage contents, without dealing with the rain water falling during thunder storms, which it was contended could not be raised by any amount of steam power which could be practi cally adopted. In fact the employment of steam power for pumping out the sewage was opposed on the grounds of the constant expense, and the liability to stoppage from accidental causes. It was also argued that the drainage of fen lands by steam power was not ana logous, as the fen water-courses were so large as to form reservoirs, whence the pumps lifted the water. in a given, but lengthened period of time ; and even then, not so as to avoid such back flooding as could not be admitted for town drainage. The best systems pro posed were stated to be the interception of the highland waters, the carrying away by gravitation all the con tents of the sewers which could be discharged into a low point. of the Thames by natural means, and re sorting to pumping only for such portions of the metro polis as were too low for any other system. Such, it was contended, was the plan which had been proposed by Mr. J. R. M'Clean, to the Commissioners of Sewers, in 1849 ; and iri a review of the syStems proposed by Capt. Veitch, the late Mr. Forster, and Mr. Bazalgette, the ac cordance with and deviations from the original plan were pointed out and commented on. The necessity for provid ing against any chance of flooding the basements of the houses, by allowing the male sewers to become filled and beunderpressure, wasinsisted on. Doubts were expressed as to the possibility of obtaining sufficient velocity to scour out such main r3ewers as those proposed to he flushed from the Thames, and'having their outlet at Greenwich. The question of pipe drains and brick sewers was again entered upon, and it appeared that experience confirmed the previous impressions, of the applicability of the pipes to house drainage only, when they had rapid fall and were of sufficient area, but that nothing could be relied upon for street sewers, except brick constructions sufficiently large to permit access within them ; they should also be permeable, so as to,aot as drains in conveying away the land water from the district which they traversed. It was stated, that in Lambeth there were spots which about 25 years since were full of water, but which at present, during the summer, were found to have been thoroughly dried by the action of the sewers passing through or near them. It was urged that the question of the proper outlet for the sewerage could only be fixed by careful investigation of the period during which the matter remained suspended, and the distances it travelled up arid down the river with the ebbing and flowing titles. The experiments already made on this point did not appear to be received as authority. In treating the questions of detail, it was shown that the brick sewers neVer, practically', became elongated ces , ;- pools. as had been asserted ; that there was really greater scouring power in an egg-shaped sewer than in a pipe drain ; that the alleged smooth interior of the pipes was illusory, as their joints were more liable to occasion stoppages than the joints of the brickword ; that the interior of the latter (lid, prac tically, soon become covered with a slimy matter, which aided the, flow, and that deposits rarely occurred, except when the sewers were too flat and too small. As to the question of cost, it was shown that the state ments of the comparative expense of the metropolitan and of the miuntry drainage works, as published "by authority," must be received w'th caution ; the cases were not. analogous, from the impossibility of comparing the ducts made to convey sewage one quarter of a mile, with those intended to convey the cumulative proceeds , of many miles of dwellings. The mere difference of the cost of labour between London and the country would preclude comparison as to the expenses of works ' • and the local difficulties of cutting under ground in large cities must be taken into consideration. . . The discussion occupied so much time, without any definite point being arrived at that it was decided to ad journ the further' consideration of the question until the evening'of Tuesday, Jan. 10, 1854, when it was hoped the members and visitors would come prepared to argue the best mode of attaining the general drainage of the two districts north and south of the Thames, on ascer tained principled, and with due regard to the questio ns of practicability and expense. 1853. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEPARTMENT, DEC. 19. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade and Plantatiobs have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Afrtirs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, inclosing copy of a notification issued by the Danish Go vernment (a translation of which is subjoined), of an im provement about to be made in the Eastern Beacon Light at List, on the Island of Sylt. (Copy.): (Translation.) NOTICE TO MARINERS. In order that the Eastern Beacon Light at List may be more easily distinguished from the western one, the former will be raised from 97 to 110 Danish feet above the sea. _ _ This is hereby made known to Mariners, with the ad dition that, as soon as the work is completed, a further notice will be published. Ministry of the Navy, Dec. 3. (Signed) STEEN BILLE. COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Hampshire Regiment of Militia.—Leonard Aust Law mace, Surgeon, to be Assistant-Surgeon, Dec. 12. BANKRUPTS William Hinde, plumber, Bedford, to surrender, Dec. 31, and Feb.- 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Sise-lane. Caleb Ambrose, ironmonger, Sheerness, Jan. 9, at eleven, and Feb. 8; at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pen nell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Wetherfield, Bas inghall-street. Henry Wheels-,, baker, Richmond, Dec. 29, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 26, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy- Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Reynell, Staple-inn. William Cutler, jun., carpenter, Ryde, Dec. 29; at eleven, and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Buchanan, Basinghall-street. . Robert Frederick Miller, coach builder, Hammersmith, Jan. 4 and 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stang fold, official assignee; G. and C. Smith, Southampton buildings. Thomas Hayward, confectioner, Gloucester, Jan.. 4 and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Sinslinage, Gloucester. John Innell, grocer, Weston, Herefordshire, Jan. 2 and Feb. 1, at half-past twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Kearsey. Stroud. Joseph Johnson, jun., estate agent, Liverpool, Jau. 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cue nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liver pool. Jonathan Andrew, commission agent, 9th January, and Ist February, at twelve, at t'ie Manchester District Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; De Lard and Fogg, Manchester. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST -----7 .NIOHT. j 71 T , !gT ) , 1 f ‘;. 71 Liverpool to Calcutta, 'Tub" .0 MujeAtic, from the Clyde to Calcutta, Aug 50 4 i 1. 27 W • • The Content, from Aberdeen to Melbourne, A.fig•lo, 22 S., long. 28 W. DIVIDENDS. John Smith Daintry, John Ryle, and William Richard Ravenscroft, of Manchester, bankers, second dividend of 11d. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte-street, Man-. cheater, on any Tuesday. John Malley, of Lancaster, - silversmith, first dividend of 4s. 3d. is the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte-street, Mau chester,.on any Tuesday. Joseph Raleigh, of Manchester, merchant, third divi dend of 4 11-32 d in the pound (separate estate), payable at 7, Charlotte-street, Manchester, on any Tuesday. James Rothwell Hunt, of Manchester, flour-dealer, second dividend of ls. in the pound, payable at 7, Charlotte street, on any Tuesday. Joseph Peverelle, of Liverpool, hardware dealer, first dividend of Bs. in the pound, payable at 11, Eldoe-chain bers, South John-street, Liverpool, on any Thursday. Joseph Skaife, of Keighley, Yorkshire, corn miller, first dividend of ss. in the pound, payable at 5, Park-row, Leeds on and after the 22d inst. Jane Walker,-of Halifax, draper, first dividend of sid. in the pound, payable at 5, Park-row, Leeds, on and after the 22d inst. Joshua Shaw, of Huddersfield, Yorkshire, fruiterer, first and final dividend of ls. in the pound, payable at the office of Mr. F. R. Jones, Queen-street, Huddersfield, on and after the 20th inst. Thomas Spiller Pickard, late of Exeter, hat manufac turer, a dividend of is. 014 d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Richard Thomas, late of Hirwain, Glamorganshire, grocer, a dividend of 2s. in the pound, payable at 5, Por tugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Richard Worcester, late of Pembroke Dock, Pembroke shire, shipwright, a dividend of Ys, 7,1 d.. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal- street, Lincoln's-inn. Jessup Halliwell, late of Virorsley, Lancashire, farmer, a dividend of 4s. 54d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. EdlVin Hutton, late of Sheffield, publican, a dividend of 2s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lin coln's-inn. Henry Bird, late of John-street, Upper Holloway, sur ;eon, a dividend of le. 84d. in the pound, payable at 5 Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. William James Mingaye, late of Southwark-bridge-road. captain R.N., a dividend of 54 d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Vvllliain John Verity, late of Greenwich, cheeiemonger, a dividend of ls. lid. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. Joseph Allort, late of Winsford, Cheshire, out of busi ness, a dividend of is. in the pound, payable at 5, Por tugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Michael Wardle, late of Seaham-harbour, Durham, grocer, a dividend of 10d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. S•imuel Wood, late of Old Brentford, Middlesex, hair dresser, a dividend of 2s. 2d: in the pound, payable apt 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Eleanor Brown, late of Hayes, near Uxbridge. Mildle sex, out of business, a dividend of 2s. sd. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Job Goodey, of Belchamp St. Paul's, Essex. miller—So. lomon Beal, of Millbrook, Bedfordshire, tailor— Williatt Seddon, of Manchester: watchmaker—Charles Abbott, o 1 Chelmsford, Essex, innkeeper:—GeOrge Choyce, jun., 01 Heather, Leicestershire, licensed victualler— William Stone, of. Exeter, baker—Jane Sicklemore, o f L eaves , S ussex , baker—Charles Malpass, of Lower earn, Gloucestershire, tailor—George 'Weisman; of Exeter, upholsterer—Arehi. bald Gillespie, of Morpeth, South Shields, prison warder-- Thomas Trafford, of Goulceby, Lincolnshire, boot and shoe. maker—Charles Aphs, of Worcester, tailor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Thomas Cardus, Thomas Armstrong, Edward Dixon, and Bernard Samuelson, of Eling, Southampton, brick manu facturers (so far as regards B. Samuelson)- -Nicholas Wood, Martin Dunn, Robert Hanselt, and R, P. Philipson, of the Westerton Colliery, Durham- J. Hickson and T. Stanl ferth, of Sheffield, masons—S. Moses Lotinga, Calmer Moses Lotinga, jun., and Noah Samuel Lotinga, of New castle-upon-Tyne and North Shields, coal fitters—William Rich and Thomas Cox, of 20, Maddox-street, Regent-street, tailors—Stephen Bromley Johnson and William GallOway, jun., of Afanchester, corn dealers—John Byles Eisdell and William Jannings, of Burdett-street, Walworth-coramon, brewers—John Howard and T. Howard, of Norwich, but chers, Jabez James Purkiss and George Augustus of 256, High-street, Southwark, bath keepers—Richard'La tham and Richard Latham, jun. of Bahia, Brazils, mer chants Emma Lacey and Jane fiacey, of 25, Little Wild street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, bookbinders—George Walter and Thos. Walter, of Week, Coombe, and Chillaton, Devonshire, farmers—Robert Huntley and Andrew Johnson Manfltan, of 40, New Gravel-lane, sailmakers E. Sigley, C. Stgley, and Walter Sigley, of Ashton-under-Ly ne Lancashire, con tractors—Joseph Bagshawe and Robert Kelah Humphreys, of Liverpool, marine store dealers—Alexander Adams and Thomas William Maddox, of Tavistock, Devonshire, prin. iers--Edward Challis and William Challis, of IT, Church street, Greenwich, oilman—Jane Herbert and William Walters, of Pontypool, Monmouthshire, maltsters—Regi nald Massey and Henry Clegg, of Accrington, Lancashire, cotton manufacturers—Samuel Solomon and Benjamin Solomon, of 43, Borough-road, Southwark, cigar dealers — Charles Beardshaw and Anthony Penrith, of Leeds, stock brokers—Joseph Staples and Samuel Lea, of Newbury, Berkshire, ironmongers—Henry Charlton and Benjamin Vanes (deceased), of Dudley and Halos Owen—nail mann facturers—Albert Smith, Robert Dymond, Charles Bar tholomew, Percy Smith, and John Knight, of Rotherham, Yorkshire, flax spinners (so far' as regards John Knight)— William Jordan and William Islip, of St. Neots, Hunting donshire, carriers—Thompson Johnson and Thomas More ton Johnson, of Lichfield, architects—Edward Walter Haines and Samuel Haines, of 16, Great Marlborough street, attorneys—Richard Noverre Bacon and William Kinnebrook, of Norwich, printers—John Dolan and Ber nard Dromgoole, of Harrington, Lancashire, tailors. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Hunter, overseer, Grandholm-works, Aberdeen, to meet at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen, Dec. 28, at two. Simon Mackenzie Ross, Aldie, Ross-shire; to meet Dec. 27, at Mackay's Hotel, Tain. Fenton and Barles, builders, Maryland Quarry, near Glasgow, Jan. 4. James M`Pherson, draper and hosier, Perthshire, Dec. 29. Daniel M'lntosh, shipowner, Campbeltown, Argyleshire; to meet at the White Bart Inn, Dec. 31. SHIPPING( INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM HOUSE, DEC. 20. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Ebenezer, from Aveiro • Har binger, Cronstadt ; F rang i s k a , Rostock ; Spring, Wiburg ; Ceres, Stettin ; Sef, Odessa ; American Eagle, New York ; Mayaden, Galatz ; Llas, Smyrna ; Adelma, Seville ; Han nah COdner, Tenedos ; Teneriffe, Patras, ; Champion, Miro Castle, New York; Urnea, Cadiz ; Catharina, Gothenburg Alfred Heloese, Bordeaux ; For tune, Valparaiso ; Loch lebo, Callao, Grampion, Callao ; Florence, Zeeplocq, Oporto ; Vestalinden, Drammen ; Abraham and Sarah, Para ; Devereaux, Quebec ; Atkinson, Belize ; Heroine, James Gibson, Demerara; Mangeston, Bombay. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Antje Brons, .for Odessa ; Catharina, Antwerp ; Nonsuch, Malta ; Wil liam and Mary, Dunkirk ; Odessa, Constantinople ; Ame rica, Geelong ; Lady Franklin, Algoa Bay ; Helene, Ant werp ; John Banks, Melbourne ; Tom Bowline, ditto ; Alice. Dunkirk ; Joshua Bates, New York ; Derby, Bou logne ; Wave, Dunkirk ; Othello, Rio Janeiro. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Norden, for Calcutta Ceira, Sydney ; Triton, Geelong ; Chri s ti ne , Tonsburg ; Chalmers, San Francisco ; Active, Malmo ; Antelope, New Orleans ; Faith, Africa. !ESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Diamond, from Grimbsy to Aden, Nov. 30, lat. 40 N., long. 12 W. The Margaret Elizabeth, London to the Cape, Dec. 5 lat. 47 N., long. 10 W. The Charles Hamerton, of Whitehaven, Dec. 5, dis masted and stripped of everything moveable. The Nimrod, of Bristol, Dec. 15, lat. 50 N., long. 7 W. The John o' Gaunt, Sept. 3, off Cape Pnnurs.n. The Victor, from Singapore to London, in the Straits of Sunda. The Baltimore, of Amsterdam, from Calcutta to Lon don, Oct. 6, lat. 26 S., long. 57 E. The Countess of Elgin, from Bothbay to Liverpool, Nov. 7, lat. 7 S., long. 15 W. The Tictoria Regina, from Calcutta to London, Nov. 5, lat 1 N.,long. 21 W. The rins Carl (Swedish ship), bound southward, Nov. 11, lat. 3 N., long. 23 W. The Janet, from Callao to Liverpool, Nov. 17, lat. 12 N., long. 31 W. The Thomas Mitchell, from Calcutta to London, Nov. 27, lat. 31 N., long. 35 W. The Tonnej (Dutch ship), from Callao to Queenstown, Nov. 28, lat. 35 N.,long. 34 W. The Bato, from ondon to Australia; Deo. 6. The Hungarian, bound to Calcutta, off Tinier, Sept. 18. COUNT.RY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Drs. 20. A good attendance of millers and dealers at our C°,.l . exchange this morning, who bought to a moderatey L, extent of wheat and flour, paying an advance on thriT, of Tuesday last of 4d to 6d per bushel on wheat, and Od. w is per barrel and sack on flour. One large parcel of choc! Alichigan white wheat changed hands at Ils 3d per 701 0 . For Indian fine yellow round corn 44s fi d to 45s per 4SOlb s , was obtained. In oats no change. Oatmeal 6d per 1 * dearer. Barley, beans, and peas unchanged in value. IPSWICH—DEO. 20. We had a large show of wheat and ba rle y at market day The sale of both was free and animated, Pel 3113 vance of 3s to 4s , per qr. on,wheat, and 2s to 3s per. tir; fully established, high prices being asked and obtaut before the buyers could make purch.tses. Beans and P e ' also dear...r. PEE gal; to 7 PER, QUAR'PEE. ' 365 to Wheat, - red (old) 72s 8a Barley, grinding ... Ditto (new) t o b! 5 Ditto, white (new) 78s to 86s Peas ************* 48s .................. i to 01 Ditto (old) Barley, malting AVERAGES FOR THE WEER ENDING Dec. 17, 1853. Wheat Barley , Oats Beans PP Peas HULL—DEC. 20. At to-day's market we had a good show of wile ' t the farmers, who were generally asking Tell e ltre de prices, and showed no disposition to moderate thei;; mends. The business done was at au advan ce of fu to 4s per qr. upon the rates current last week. bl )s paid for good reds to the farmer. For foreign there good demand, and 803 paid for good Dantzic, 601bs• ley may be quoted 2s. per qr. dearer, with more clev'ef. For beans more specUlative inquiry, at is to 2s more ta,e;,/ New foreign, if dry, cannot be quoted at less than 005/00, qr., 5041b5. Oats and Indian corn attract, more att ell ' i o re The linseed and cake markets very quiet. Bones area inquired for. t° Peas, gray and-*A W 5, Linseed, Black t ' .; w Ditto Petersburg • Ditto Riga and.:ArChl, to, angel.... ....... Ditto Konigsberg and 0 44 Memel ............. per ito• P Lins. c.,HulllO/ Os Odtovv,,, io Ditto fine for. 9i Os Od v' e o f Ditto inf. for O/ Os Oa t°4004 Rapeseed OO/ Os t ° 004 Rape cakes 125 s Ocl t 0 UO4 ! rares, English...... o°s' 001 1 Ditto foreign .. ON t0,,,0, .. 1 Guano o 04 Bones llss OJ ) Rye Meal .................. s s Wheat, English, red 76 tc? 8U Ditto white BO to 84 Dantzie and Konigs- berg 76 to 80 1 Pomeranianand Ham - burgh Danish,Hob3tein, and """ Friesland 6B to 72' Russian and Odessa 60 to 68 Oats, English Ditto Danish . 25 .to. 27 Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 28 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 3l to 33 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and ' yel 52 to 60 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEO. 20. a t t . STOOK EXCHANGE.—We have to report a' ste p n ett' ness in the Stock Exchange, closing firmly at the (1 90 tions :—Caledonian, 28 ; Eastern Counties, 13, Lye Lancashire ' 16.3 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63 'don caster and Carlisle New Third Shares, 134 prem.; ' - ' ° •tislit and North-Western, 104* ; Midland, 64i ; N,-,rth 13 ; 1 0 ; Shrewsbury and Hereford, 1i dis.; South and Dover, 19 5-16. MANCHESTER, DEC. 20. 4 bti t STOCK EXCHANOE.--There is but a small businesil,l6; at slightly, higher prices. Eastern Counties, 13 East Lancashire, Pref. Qrs., 8 13-16 ; Manchester mingham, C. Qrs., 5-16 p ; Midlands, 64,; She' 236 ; Dovers, 1945-16 ; Leeds, 686. LEEDS, DEC. 20. STOCK EICHANGS.—The share market this morniL a g quite recovered the decline of yesterday, and closes mr,vr the highest quotation. The following are the latest ' 4 1 : ; , . actions :—Midland Stock, 44f ; North-Westerns, 81 ' 9d.; Lancashire and Yorkshires, 68k. DUBLIN, DEC. 20. / 0 P` si STOCK EXCHANGE.—BeIfast and B a llymena, s—; 1j : 43 ea Cork, Blackrock, and Passage, 201. paid : 00 Dublin and Belfast Junction, 454. paid,. 46i; D u blin a , - Wicklow, 61. paid, 3i ; Great Southern and Western, paid, 524 • COURSE OF EXCHANGE—ArEsTERDAT. 14% (1 ntar ••• • • 35 0 3 0 Ditto, three:months .. 11' 16 Leghorn ........ ••• • • • ~ 60 Rotterdam ..... II 16% Genoa .. ... • • • • • • • Antwerp .............. 25 20 Milan .. ... ••• • • Brussels 25 2 , 1 -V..anlee ••-•• • • • " 4'2 4 ,lamburgrh ...... 13 5% Nao'es • • • •• • 116 1 4 Altona ................ Palermo .... .•• • • i pi , 4 Paris .............. .... 25 5 olessina ........ . •• • 53 Ditto, three months •• 25 32% Lisbon Mar5ei11e5............... 25 35 Oporto Bourdeaux ............ Si Janeiro ..... Frankfort-on• Maine .... 11816 Buenos Ayres.; Berlin ................ New YorK, 60 days' sight. Vienna ................ 1138 Phitaaelphla Trieste ... •• 11 42 PRICES OF BULLION, PO: 0 9 Foreign (Sold in Bars £ 3 . 50V . Portugal Gold ....... P , ter , ! , ur.4ll Ma:l Ca liz B ire' iva igal Gold Co: 504 , Mexican Dollars New ... SEABORV/ WAILS. • • • .t. 5 6 0 ' 0 0 5 p •Ignitles that the midis arc senc From the General - ° 3 t-Ci by the night—and M by the tnorninv, —dispatch.] COUNTRIES Day whe❑ malt: ut in General Post- Office, London.* America(bylirit.pack):: Every Friday America (by United Sts: packet) .......... N Dec. 27 America (by U States packet) ..........N Australia . (via South- - ampton) ..11 'Jan. - 4 • Ditto (via. Marseilles) NT Jan, Ditto (via Cape of Good - Africa (West Coast) ..N,l3d of the month Alexandria -9; 21 , & 30'of ni. Alexandria /4 - 20th-of mon: Bahamas ...,........11117th of the month Belgium • ..... . Daily._ Brazil • • M ,9th of the month Buenos Ayres M '9th of Ihe month Cape of Good -1Io;Je ..N 14th of the month Cape of Good 'Hope • . Nillth of the month. Cape de' Verde N'9th of the month Ceylon (see India) Cey10n.............. 14th of the .month Channe; Isles ........N Moo ..Wed.,&Frid. Chi1i........ • . NI 2d & 17th of month China (see India) Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 of m. Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Egypt (see India) France ...... M& N Twice daily. — Gibraltar ...... M 4, 7,17, 20, 27 am. Greece (see India) Greytown ........ NI 2nd & 17th of mon. Hamburgh .......... N Tuesday & Friday Havannah .......... 2nd of the month Holland .. M, Wednesday & Sat. Honduras . . India (viaSouthampt.)Ml4th & 20th of mon. Iftfla (via Marseilles)sl Bth&24th of month lonian Isles (see. India)l7, 17, & 27 of mon Ireland & N Twice daily Lisbon.... ........ Ml 7, 9, 17, &230 f m. Madeira ...... of the, month Madeira .......... 23d of month .... alta (see India) Malta . ..... ........N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexico lll 2iid of the month. Naples . N isthisth2sthofmon. New Granada 12d & 17th of mo n th New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Papal - fit atel N 3 thisth2Nthofinon. Peninsula ........ M %thl7th2Bthotinon.l Peru . M & 27th of mon Port Natal ..N 14th or the mono N ls thlsth2stho.raon. Tuscany ....„ _Nlsthi6tll2sthotmon. Venezuela , • i 2d & ,7th of month Van Diemen's Lam, (see Australia) • West Indies From what Port Dispatched, I Fly.> Liverpool .• • o°' 1 Liverpool . • . 1 1 " C. 9 Sou hampto , Dee. ~outhitm pto, Dom' y 0 I)over ...• • • :D e°. - DO Liverpool . • • ti ne° Pl3'rn.un ..,Dee' DQver pee. 7. 86ath atii pton 'Jan. 4 !"outilarnpton Jall Dover 'patty Southampton .Tall• , 1 " S out h ampton Jall• „"g Plymouth afoc. Southampton( Plymouth fin. • Plymouth ..1 10 „..1 1 4, Aouthampton Southamptorv i Jan• ' Dover • SO 4 a Southamptor! a"' „pw Dover JO; s D o o u v t e h r .. 1 atn 07, D T `". t7th 11 triont I r;butharopton Jall• Lendon I Southampton Jan' Loudon ....•1 1(l. I 6 Southampton JO' 2 4 Southampton Dec 9 0 Dover ..... D ec ' 19 , Dover .. ....., I Dee• Holyhead .. Southampton •ft.'• 1 6 ,Southampton 9$ Plymouth Deb PlVritouth NO T ', Southampton Jan' 9 9 Dover ......'D ec ' Southampton4 o o l° Various portcitTlP 9 3 Dover 96 S u t h a ottitutilipton JO' 14 elymoulg 99 Dover lover •4outhampton i •lo' gouthamptoo ,„n. iDover ...... • • * When any of•these dates ; o I...;nnday, the Anil: 04 dispatche•l on the following .l n y w ith th e except i on o f the e i t Southampton), and the ll a lt a . b o th o f w hi c h w i ll be diVate day preceding. s veA A VORACIOUS 13.3 CONSTRICTOR.—On Friday l Wombwell's magnificent collection of wild beasts O r ; its .in this city from St oc kt on . A. few days previous tred, arrival in this c ity a s i ngu l ar c i rcums t an ce occ ur , o o' throwing Charles Dickens' story of the blanket the pletely pletely into the sh a d e . D ar i ng th e co ld weather P et it beginning of last week the boa constrictor, to PI rie from the cold, was carefully wrapped in flannel , a n n ot' young crocodiles put beside it, with the object of io ing heat ; on th e k ee p er , h owever , open i n g out theft be nel to look aft er hi s charge, tO his utter astonisholaved discovered that one of the crocodiles had been stvt!A e lefl by the boa ! This is considered to be a feat unpa" in natural history.- 7 -Durh,am Chronicle. BIRTHS. ' OF A SON. On the 18th inst., at Torquay, the wife of Sir ter. Bart. the sr if. On the 19th inst., at No. 11, hfansfield-streeto - of James Hill, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. Wil l, Of On the 19th inst., at Carlton-hill, Kilburn, th e Edward . Stillwell, Esq. rge L5Sr On the 19th inst., at Highgate, the wife of Geo ford, Esq. MARRIED. On the 16th inst, at St. Peter's Church, J Neville, Egq., to Amelia E. R ans om, eldest (120,0-tys., Dublin', P e fo i the Hon. Leander Ransom, Surveyor-Gellertu' America.es, Tboa' re On the 23d nit., at St. Thomas, West Inds cian gbte l ' H. Schwabe, Esq., of Glasgow, to Tully, eldest of S. Rothschi.d, Esq., St. Thomas. East, itert' ~to DIED. On the 16th inst., at 15, Park -village the paOn rk, the 17th inst , at , ,iy the Chnrch-house, vv ' n somor Rev. John Hawtrey. , rector of Kingston Sern'ar' setshirethe , aged 72. _, e ss o n,' On 17th inst., at Watford , Herta, Sussurolu, daughter of the late Jonathan King, Esq. or-sclu sr* On the 19th inst. at 53, Mount-street, Grove° Mrs. Fox, of Huddersfield, aged 57. 1(0/ 10 1 C4 iurrTRIX ) LONDON : Printed and Published by .-- - Office 20. 1 11 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Se i l i t i m , ! MOW Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Middlesex, Wednesday, Decesher 21, OM Eliit 1