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CRIMINAL COURT.—Der, 15, OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE QUALIFICATION FOR PARLI LMENT. Mr. Bodkin applied to the court for an order that the usual proceis might issue for the appre heusion of a person named Edward Auchmuty Glover, against whom the grand jury had returned a true bill for misdemeanour in having made a false statement to the House of Commons as to his quali fication to sit as a member of that house. The Recorder said it was contrary to the usual course for the court to issue process, stra in cases where there had been an inquiry by a magite without notice being given, but the proceedings that had trken place in the House of Commons in reference to this matter were quite sufficient notice to the defendant, and therefore the application might be granted. Mr. Bodkin said that the prosecution was in stituted by order of the House of Commons, and the matter was fully discussed before that decision was come to. The Recorder asked the position of life of the defendant I __ Mr. Bodkin said that all was known of him was that be was elected member for Beverley, and that he had made a false statement as to his qualifica tion. The Recorder then made an order that a warrant should be issued for the apprehension of the defend. ant, and fixed the amount of bail at a personal re• cognisance of 5001., with two sureties in 2501. each, 3117RDEROITS ASSAULT ON A WIFE. Thomas Fawn, 33, was charged with feloniously cutting and wounding Harriet Fawn, with intent to do her grievous bodily harm. The circumstances on which this indictment was founded have very lately been published at large. The prisoner only married the prosecutrix last June, and on the 18th of last month, while he and his wife were making preparations to go to Chiches ter, he, without previous quarrel, dealt her a truly murderous blow on the head with a life preserver, and then went his way, leaving her insensible. It has since been ascertained that he was keeping up an illicit connexion with another woman, by whom he had three children. The Recorder sentenced him to ten years' panal servitude. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCUIT. —DERBY, Dec. 14. The commission fur this county was opened on SAturday afternoon before Mr. Baron Channel], and the business of the assize was commenced this morning at 10 o'clock. Henry Buxton, aged 21, labourer, was charged, in separate indictments, with a highway robbery, on the 17th of Oct., at Ashford ; with another high way robbery, on the 7th of Nov., at Rowsley ; and with two burglaries on the night of the 6th of Oct. at Rowsley, and the other at Stanton Leigh. He pleaded guilty to the two burglaries, but not guilty to the other indictments. Mr. Meyn.ell conducted tho prosecution. The prisoner was undefended. In the first case the prosecutrix, Harriet Bag shaw, proved that on the afternoon in question she was going along a high road in the parish of Ashford, when she was assailed by the prisoner, a tall, powerful man, who put his hands upon her shoulders and demanded money. She offered him fome silver, hoping that that would satisfy him, but the hope was vain, for he seized her very roughly, put his hand on her month to stop her crying out, and threw her down upon the ground. He also tore off her scarf, which was fastened by a broach, snatched her gold chain and watch, and rifled her pockets. In her pocket was a purse con taining five sovereigns ; but she luckily succeeded in turnin the money out into her pocket, and though the prisoner got possession of the purse he failed to secure the gold, some of which was found afterwards in her pocket, and some on the ground. The prosacutrix swore distinctly to the prisoner as the man who had robbed her; and ,later the same afternoon he was proved to have offered for sale the gold chain which had been taken. In the second case the prosecutor, Albany Daniels, p rove d th a t on t h e even i ng of the 7th of November he was going along the Rowsley-road, when the prisoner suddenly started upon him and gave him a violent blow on the face, and knocked him down and took his purse from his pocket, con taining 2/. 13e. Information having been given to the police he was afterwards apprehended, and secured in spite of violent resistance. The con stable, who was very severely kicked upon the legs, and had suffered considerably from the effects of the prisoner's violence, was commended by the judge and ordered a reward of 5/. The jury convicted the prisoner in both cases, and The learned Judge sentenced Lim to 20 years' penal servitude. WESTERN CIRCUIT. —EXETER, Dzc. 14. Mr. Justice Willes opened the commission in this city f,r the county of Devon on Saturday last. There are about 30 prisoners for trial ; some of the chArges upon which they have to be tried are of a very serious nature—murdtr, intent to murder, burglary and intent to murder, manslaughter, ob taining money by threats. and bigamy. James Bog - burst, Thomas Brown, and James Coleman, who had been committed on a charge of burglary in the house of William Braddon, at Plympton, and with h av i ng assau lt e d William Brad don, with intent to murder, were placed at the bar. -al- - Karslake then stated to the Court that he had an ania-x , it made by a surgeon, who stated that Mr. Braddon was not in a condition t o g i ve evidence in th e case, but he thought that by the next be might be able to do so. Justice ustice vr. had any objection to , 8(A . tpe . prisoners if they trials. - --rnAnt of their The prisoners said they would rather be tried now. Mr. Justice Willes said, under the circumstances, ho should recommit the prisoners to the next assizes, Henry Barrington Hooper was indicted for utter ing a forged check for V. odd, with intent to defraud John Harris. Mr. Bare conducted the prosecution. It appears that Harris kept a public-house at Uxmouth. The prisoner went there to lodge on the 28th of September, and remained there until the 15th of October, when his bill amounted to upwards of 4/. He then offered Harris the check in question, which purported to have been drawn by his uncle. The check was proved to be in the handwriting of the prisoner. She Judge having summed up, The Jury remained some time in consultation, and then returned a verdict of Guilty of false pre tenceq, but the forgery was not made out to their satisfaction. The Judge then to'd the jury that the prisoner was not charged with the offence of false pretence3, but with uttering a forged check, he knowiug it to be for g .id. The Jury then returned a verdict of Guilty of the uttering. Toe Judge said he should not do his duty if he treated such an offence with leniency. The sen tence would therefore be four years' penal servitude. 2 011. 1 rEIERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14. (Before Mr. Justice Williams.) THE HULL FORGERY CASE. Henry Smith Bright was indicted for forging on the 4th of July, 1853, at Hull, a deed of trattsfer, purporting to be signed by Robert John Taylor, of certain railway shares in the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail wa y C ompany, w i t h i ntent to defraud. He was further charged with uttering the saute deed knowing it to be forged. Mr. 0 verend, Q.C., Mr. Daarsley, and Mr. Maude appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Edwin James, Q. C. (specially retained), and Mr. Price for the defence. The prisoner, an exceedingly intelligent and !espeAable looking man, appeared at the bar with 11i sarin in a sling, h av i ng me t w ith some acc id en t . v ,Throughout a th e t r i a l b e took an active interest in t was going on, and wrote many notes to his counsel. Th e • , 31 - try returned a ver di c t o f gu i lty of forgery, an(l ot uttering the same with intent to defraud. Mr. Ov eret said, the re were several other cases of th e name character, but he did n o t thi n k h e cou ld cha=os.farther marry th e . iie th an thi s, and with his lordship's nauctioli did not propose to g o on . Mr. James said, the charges as to th e bill s ex change were very p eculiar. Lordship said ho Was h ound to say that he cur Id not understand the Can e as to the bill, of ex _ chango after reading the clepoitioai. Mr. Overend said, on the part of the prosecution they did not wish the bills of exchange case to be' taken into account at all in the punishm ent. The prisoner was then called on if he had any thing to say why judgment should not pais upon The prisoner, in a firm, l c 7 e ar manner, said,_. " My L or d, may I b e a ll owe d to say that I have no fault to find with the way in which this prosecu- Con has been conducted, and I thank the jury for the p a ti ent attention they have paid to the case. What I n ow say i s with the full conviction t h a t the erime of which , I have been convicted was a few years ago punishable with death ; but what I wish to Say is, that the whole of the transactions con nected with ray firm carried on, as a speculative account in wy own name, were so carried on for the sole purpose of retrieving the position into which the firm had got by railway engagements in. 1846 ; that the principle of those speculations was known to my partner, and that it was with his knowledge and his privity entirely that we entered on these specula' ion 3; that they were intrusted entirely to m y management, and were kept from the knowledge of his son, because it was notorious that his son was not a man of business; and they were kept from the knowledge of the clerks because their knowledge would have been ruin to the firm. My lord, the jury have found me guilty and I submit to the punishment which your lordship may award. His Lordship then proceeded to pass sentence. He said, I entirely concur with the verdict of the jury, and therefore I need not say 1 do not believe what you say just now. Nevertheless, I have com passion for you—a man fallen from the highly respectable station in which you stood. You say truly that a few years ago your crime would have been expatiated on a public scaffold ; and though I have compassion on you, I should do wrong if I did not pass a sentence on you commensurate with your crime, which is one of great enormity. The sentence of the Court is that you be kept in penal servitude for 10 years. The prisoner was then removed after acquittals had been taken in eight other indictments against him. We understand the prisoner has expressed his obligations to his learned counsel for his defence of him, which he states was the truth. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, DEC. 14. (Before Mr. Justice WigLtman.) Thomas John Ouseley surrendered to take his trial for having on the 16th of October last, pub lished a certain defamatory libel concerning Robert son Gladstone, a member of the Town-council of the borough •f Liverpool. Mr. Brett and Mr. Lushington appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Sowler and Mr. Wheeler for the defendant. The case, which has attracted some attention in Liverpool, was a prosecution for libel preferred by Mr. Robert3on Gladstone against the proprietor and editor of the Liverpool _Herald. Mr. Robert son Gladstone is brother to the member for the University of Oxford, and well known in Liverpool as an opulent merchant and a zealous politician on the Liberal side, as well as an active magistrate and member of the Town-council. The Liverpool Herald is a weekly journal professing extreme Orange and Protestant views. The circumstances of the case will be readily understood from the libel itself, which appeared in the form of the fol lowing leading article on Saturday the 10th of October last : " Some people cannot exist without a grievance ; like the hyena in his den, they are constantly moving about and uttering discordant sounds Mr. R - bertson Gladstone is one of those grumblers ; no one can satisfy him. At a meeting of the Town council on Saturday last the monthly meeting, which should have taken place on Wednesday last, was post poned, owing to that day being set apart by the Qieen's proclamation for a general fast and humiliation, TiaiS did not meet the approval of the ever discontented mem ber for Abercromby Ward, who observed that— " 'He could ❑ot di,.cover, really, what the Council had to do with the order of humiliation and prayer. Of the necessity for humiliation and prayer, and the duty which was incumbent upon each of them in respect of those two objects, he did not pretend t 3 hold any ques tion for a moment. But, considering that the parties really is fault were the East India Company, who had had golden opportunities of doing good, but had neglected and abused the trust reposed in them, why other parties were to be held responsible in the sight of God for the acts of that company was really a matter which he, for one, could not comprehend. He did not propose upon that occasion going into the subject. He felt very strongly upon it, and perhaps upon no point more than this did he enter his protest against it than because a day in the week was selected, a day of laVur, when the pooror classes must of necessity be the sufferers by the loss of that day's work. Why they could not have imitated their brethren of the Roman Catholic church, and fixed Sunday as a day of humiliation, he could not comprehend.' " Mr. Gladstone questions the necessity for praying to God to protect our fellow-countrymen, women, and children from the merciless Sepoy, because the East India Company neglected their duties. We ask this brutal specimen of humanity whether the soldiers, their wives, and children are to blame for the conduct of the Government of India ? Other parties' are not held responsible in the sight of God ' for the acts of the Com pany, but it is our duty as Christians to implord the Divine mercy upon those who are surrounded with peril. He objects to a week day being fixed upon. Had Sun day been selected there would have been no sacrifice of selfish interests, and but few would have recognised the day more than the usual Sabbath. As for imitating the Pope's sepoys, as proposed by Mr. Gladstone, that would only be exhibiting a disloyal spirit. Why could not the Papists, the same as the Jaws, and all other sects, obey the Queen's mandate ? And what benefit do the poor Papists derive from having Sunday set apart fur their day of humiliation, when their chief sacerdotal ruffian well knew that all - work would be stopped on Wednesday. We are not surprised at anything ema nating from Mr. Gladstone. A. man who can jnmp from Toryism to extreme Radicalism may, if it suit him, rash from Christianity to infidelity, or, what is as bad, Popery, of which latter creed he now appears to be the champion. According to the theory of Mr. Gladstone, as the East India Coripany are in fault, we have no right to attempt to relieve Lucknow, but leave nearly 1,000 of our fellow.countrymen, women, and children to be butchered. The power of British troops, we admit, is great, but the power of God can avert all evils ; therefore to Him we pray, for His strength is not the strength of mortal man. The Town-council of Liverpool is disgraced so long as this English sepoy has a place at its table ; and we hope the electors of Aberoromby Ward of all political opinions will combine to oust him when his term of office expires. We had thought he had reached the lowest depths, but we are sorry to find there is a lower st . ll—one that smacks strongly of blasphemy, as well as disloyalty." The ordinary proof of publication was put in evidence, and Mr. Robertson Gladstone was called into the box. On cross-examination, he admitted ti . - bi 1 47 a ti apA , a dismissed o _ , that on the day after the "Fast-day" he had sat _,..zes against P s .7,U2 i tileTr houses open on the Fast-d a y, b u t sa id hi s reasons wore that it was in each case a first offence, and it was uncertain whether the publicans had really re calved the notices distributed by the police ; and, in answer to the question whether he had not once been a Tory and was now a Radical, he said, " I was a Tory once, I'm sorry to say." An objection was then taken by Mr. Sowler that the allegation in the indictment, " the defendant well knowing the said libel to be false," was not approved ; but His Lordship said, that was a fact to be inferred by the jury from the character of the epithets ap plied, and the other circumstances of the case. Mr. Sowler then addressed the jury for th• de fendant in a very humorous speech of two hours, making light of the abusive terms used in the libel, and appealing to the jury to take care of the liberty of the press. _ _ Mr. Justice Wiglitnnn, in summing up, said that undoubtedly it was the privilege of a newspaper olitor to comment upon the conduct of public men with considerable freedom ; but, upon the other hand, there was a limit which no one had a right to exceed—a limit to be determined with reference to the occasion and circumstances. In the present instance the question for the jury to decide was whether the terms used in the libel were within the limit of fair and reasonable comment, and were warranted by the occasion. The jury retired to consider their verdict about 2 o'cl )ck. At 6 o'clock, when the Court was about to rise, they had not come to any conclusion. Under these circumstances, by a suggestion from Lis Lord ship, the counsel on either side endeavoured to come to sonic settlement. After a considerable discussion between the coun sel on the part of Mr. Gladstone and the defendant, the latter stating that the defendant had never wished to convey any imputation against Mr. Glad stone's private character, and was now willing to express his regret for all the terms in the libel com plained of except that of " disloyalty," the former requiring an expression of regret for the whole ar ticle, and insisting that Mr. Gladstone would ad mit no distinction between his private and public character, it was finally agreed that his Lordship should bo asked to dictate an apology to be signed by the defendant's counsel, that the prosecutor should accept it in satisfaction and take no further proceedings, and the jury be then discharged. His Lordship having expressed his entire approval of this course, then wrote the following apology : "Mr. Ouseley regrets that, under the influences of strong feeling on the subject of Mr. Robertson Glad. stone's obsez %rations in the Town-council on Saturday, the 13th of October, relative to the day of Humiliation and Prayer, he should have used expressions ealculated ,o wound the feelings of Mr. Robertson Gladstone, and withdraw such expressions, and regrets that he used them. Which was signed by the counsel on both sides. The jury were thereupon sent for into court. His L)rdship, addressing them, said—Gentle men—This is a private priAccution ; the parties have a gree d t o sett l e the matter, and there has been no compromise of justice. Mr. Ouseley ex pressed his regret for some expressions which are, no doubt, stronger than any gentleman in calmer momenta would wish to use towards another. There has been no compromise of apology has very rightly been demincled on the one side,principle, but an and made Oa the other. There were some expremions which were not warr an t e d, b u t th ey have been withdrawn, and therefore, meu the jury, yo u w i ll not be called on for gentk a verdict. of The result of the trial seemed to give great satis factin r. O some of who che ere d vociferously and ficono to Museleym's fri en d s in the body of Vie 1 that gentleman. outside the hall u i r il t y , greeteL - SeN', LONnON, WEDNESDAYwtVgNING, 16, with fresh rounds of applause and the Kentish sre. le. the course of the day Aaron Mellor ; found guilty of the wilful murder of his wife at Bolton, and .sentenced to death, was placed in the dock. His Lordship, in addressing him, said he bad caus ed him to be sent for that he might be informed thait, in consequence of a point of law that had arisen as to the legality of the jury panel upon his trial, and which was not discovered till a day or two after the trial (a juryman named William Tihorneley having entered the box and tried the p risoner instead of Joseph Henry Thorne, whose name was on the panel), the execution of the sentence has been respited until the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeal should be obtained on the matter. His lordship exhorted the prisoner, however, not to suspend the preparations for his end, as the sentence was only temporarily respited on a point of law. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 15. MANSION-HOUSE.—A young man who gave his ago as 24, and his name as Richard Johnson, but who was said to be the son of a clergyman and brother of a baronet, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with stealing a bag value 25., from a shop door in Gracechuroh-street. Evidence as to the robbery having been given, The Lord Mayor put some questions to the pri soner, who said he came from Australia by the Argo last May, and he had since been living on about 12J1,, which he had received out of 6001. left him by his father. A gentleman in court said he knew that the father had been dead 15 or 16 years. The same gentleman made a private communication to the Lord Mayor, in consequence of which his lordship, addressing the young man said—l now know all about you, and I find that you have had plenty of money during the last month, but that you have been a di , grace to your family since your childhood. You have been imprisoned twice be fore ; once for two months, and once for threa months. I shall now send you for three months more with hard labour, and rest assured that your next offence will be followed by penal servi tude. The prisoner, who wore an air of sullen melan choly, and who was attired in a half-sailor costume, was again locked up. THAMES.—Frank Smith, a marine, belonging to the Peruvian war frigate Amazonian, lying in the East India Docks, was brought up on remand before Mr. Self*, charged with attempting to mur der a police constable named John Blake, No. 83 and with assaulting several other persons. An affray arose between American and Peruvian sailors in Ratcliffe Highway on Saturday night last. That neighbourhood was disturbed for seve ral hours, and nine or ten persons were injured. There were about 20 Peruvians belonging to the Amazonian in a public house, they were all armed with knives, dirks, and daggers, and they met a number of American seamen whose hands were covered with weapons called knuckle dusters, made of brass, with small and sharp spurs in them to rake out the eyes or tear up the flesh of any person struck with them. Rymes, No. 189 H, kept back the Peruvians and obtained a reinforcement of police, who escorted the Americans to a place where they were out of danger. Some of the Peruvians then made an at tack on Rymes, who kept them at bay with his truncheon, and took a long knife out of a Peru vian's hand. The Peruvians then went into Ship alley, Wellclose-square, where there was another disturbance among them, and they ill-used some English seamen, who knocked down several Peru , vians with their fists, and got away. Blake, 83 H, went towards the alley to suppress the dis turbance among the Peruvians, and the prisoner, who was concealed in the dark recess of a wall, with a dagger in his hand, made an attempt to stab the policeman, who jumped back, and the dagger pierced his own under-coat, tore it up, and slightly injured his chin. He was immediately closed upon by one of the prisoner's shipmates, who took his truncheon from him and knocked him down. The prisoner then ran away, followed by another police-constable, and the prisoner struclgat everyone he met with his dagger, and several narrowly escaped being killed. A poor and infirm woman was knocked down by him in his headlong retreat and seriously injured. At length an English seaman put his foot out, tripped up the Peruvian, and he was secured and his knife taken from him, but not before a police-constable whom he bad attempted to stab had struck him several blows on the head with a truncheon, which completely disabled bim. On Sunday night there was another disturbance between the Peruvians and Americans, which was suppressed by the police who took from them several long knives and knuckledustera. A collection of daggers, stilettoes, bowie knives, and knuckledustera taken from American and Peruvian seamen were exhibited by Inspectors Gernon and Dandy. The Magistrate addressed the captain of the Peruvian frigate Amazonian, for whose attendance a summons had been issued, and said he was very sorry to say a great many cases of assault, wound ing and robbery had taken place among the crew of the Amazonian. There had been one death owing to the reckless use of the knife. A considerable number of Peruvians had used dirks, knives, and daggers in a most reckless and dangerous manner. The commander of the Amazonian regretted that his men had behaved so badly on shore, and attri buted it to intoxication. Mr. Selfe said it would be as well if American and Peruvian seamen were prohibited from wear ing, or having in their possession, bowie knives, daggers, knuckledusters, and dirks while they were on shore. He wished to preserve amicAl i r relations with Peru, 2,311 4 ia 1 ir took -1 h i c departure. re. iudeed. when thy , •• „ h _ could not be permitted in this cluntry, however they might suit Peru and the United States. He should pass a very light sen tence on the prisoner, which was, one month's im prisonment in the House of Correction, but if there was any more of this, severe punishments would be inflicted. The captain of the Amazonian said he would give the injured woman compensation, and stop it from the wages of the prisoner. Several Peruvians and America - us asked for the restoration of their murderous weapon 3. Thc3e applications were peremptorily refused. LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING COIIIPA.NY. EDINBURGH, MONDAY AFTRENOON. Mr. Sheriff HALLABB, according to adjournment, held a Court this morning at 10 o'clock for the purpose of proceeding further with the examination of Mr. J. E. Stephens, the late manager of the London and Eastern Bank, Mr. Finny, the judicial trustee, was present, with Mr. Young and Mr. Webster, his coun el and agent, but no appearance v a made either by or for the bankrupt. Mr. WEBSTER stated tl he had received a letter from tte bankrupt, dated on Saturday, bearing the post mark of Sunday, and received by him this morning. It intimated to him that be would not b. present that morning, and that he desired an adjournment of the proceedings, on the ground., first, of his present ill health, and second, of his desiring more time to examine the books and documents on which he had been ques tioned. He (Mr. Webster) had at 9 o'clock that morn ing written to the bankrupt, intimating that his letter was unsatisfactory to him, and that unless he appeared before his lordship at 10 o'clock it would be necessary for the trustee to ask a warrant for his apprehension. As the bankrupt had not appeared, and as no applica tion had been made for adjournment and no cause shown why he had not appeared, he had now to present a peti tion on behalf of the trustee, praying his lordship to grant a warrant for his apprehension, and to detain him in custody for such period as may be necessary. The SHERIFF —The only thing in the letter that gives any reasonable ground for craving adjournment is his statement with regard to his health, but as he has not given the only legal evidence of it, a medical certificate, it cannot be admitted. Mr. WEBSTER said he had seen the bankrupt on Fr:- day when he called at his dace, arid so far as he could judge he appeared i❑ perfectly good health. In answer to the SHERIFF, Mr. WEBSTER stated that he had had no communica• tion from Mr. Wilkie, the bankrupt's agent. The SHERIFF—The bankrupt says he has instructed Mr. Wilkie to move for an adjournment. Mr. YOUNG—Probably the better course is to leave the petition in your hands, that ycu may sign it at a later hour if be does not appear. The SHERIFF—Seppose he was to produce a medical certificate that he cannot come; that would be enough? Mr. YOUNG—Yes, quite. The SHERIFF—I think, in all the circumstances, there should be some little delay in granting the warrant. Mr. WEBSTER—If there were net some reason to fear that this is rather a mode of obtaining time to — The SHERlFF—Satisfy yourself of that. The warrant can remain with ens till—what o'clock shall we say ? Mr. YOUNG—At what time would you be satisfied if there be no certificate, and if Mr. Wilkie does not come ? The SHERIFF—If you choose to take the resp3nsibility of it you may have it now. But perhaps it would be as well to nelourn the court till 12 Mr. YOUNG —Yes ; and it may be well to let the Lankrupt's agent know that if any delay is to be asked appeara,cc) must ba made. The SHERIFF--A note will be sent stating that if appearance is not made at 12 o'clock the bankrupt incurs the danger of having this warrant granted. The Court was adjourned to 12 o'clock, when Mr. Wilkie, agent for the bankrupt, appeared, as did also Mr. Binny and Mr. Webster. The bankrupt did not appear. - Mr. WILKIE expressed his regret at being unable to bo present i❑ the morning, not having returned from the country in time, He begged to crave adjournment of the proceedings for the reasons stated in the bankrupt's letter, which he desired should be entered on the record. Mr. WEBSTEE—The letter is not limited to matters properly relating to the application for delay, but goes into other detaile which will come out in his examination upo❑ oath, so that I do not think it would be proper that the letter should go on the record. Mr. Ste phens, when he reappears, may make any explanation he thinks fit. The only statement in the letter which could relevantly be considered here is the plea of ill health. Now, I submit that this statement by the person himself is not sufficient, and ought to have been accompanied by a medical certificate. In these circumstances the trustee is entitled to apply for a warrant. Of course, if the officer finds the bank rupt not able from ill health to attend, he will not exe cute the warrant; but we have no reason to believe the statement of his health. The SHERIFF—The more regular way will be Mr. Wilkie to move for adjournment in respect, first, of his client's ill health, and second, that he requires time to examine the books; but I do not see my way to admit ting my name upon the record. Mr. WILKIE—This seems to have been a very unusual examination, ar,d has opened up many matters on which the bankrupt was not prepared to answer, and he has been referred to many books and documents which he bad almost never seen. The SHERIFF—That answer was available to the bank rupt whenever the difficulty occurred, so he was under no hardship on that point. Mr. WILKIE—There is no saying to what extent they may go on with tills line of examination, and I think it is a reasonable request that ha should have further time to prepare himself for such examination. I must make application to have that letter entered on the record. Tile SHERIFF—I am afraid I can scarcely sustain this application to enter the letter. A copy of it was also sent to me, which was an irregularity. The Sheriff then gave judgment on the question of adjournment. He overruled both grounds of the bankrupt's application, and granted warrant as craved by the trustee. To his decision he appended the following:— "Note—The agent for the bankrupt, in opposition to the above warrant, moved for a further adjournment of the proceedings on two grounds—first, his client's ill health ; and, second, the necessity of giving him farther time to examine the books and documents with a view to his examination. With regard to the first of these grounds, and considering that the bankrupt is in the hands of competent legal advisers, the Sheriff Substitute has considered himself bound to overrule the plea of ill health, it not being in structed by medical certificate in common form. Of course, if such a certificate be presented to the officer executing the warrant, it will be for the officer to re port the matter to the sheriff substitute. With regard to the second plea for delay, it is sufficient to say that if any question ba put which the bankrupt finds he can not answer, without a further examination of books and documents, it will be competent for him when such questions are put to call for such books and documents. But the sheriff substitute will not anticipate that neces sity before it arises." Mr. WILKIE gave notice that within the time pre scribed by the statute an appeal would be presented against this deliverance. Appeal under the act is taken to the Court of Session, but it does not necessarily stay execution of such war rant. Accordingly the warrant was immediately signed by the sheriff and handed over to Mr. Webster, the applicant being the person to undertake the cost and risk of execution. The following is the bankrupt's letter to the trustee, which was handed to the press at the instance of Mr, Wilkie : "24, Northumberland-street, Edinburgh, December 12. " Sir—l regret that my health having suffered greatly from the long-continued and harassing examination to which I have been subjected, I must aik for an adjourn ment to some future day befcre concluding it. Such adjournment is not only called for by the state of my health, but I require it to enable me to make a careful survey of the bank books. I was quite unprepared to go into such an extended and minute investigation of the bank's affairs, with which, as was repeatedly urged, my estate has no concern. " It was unreasonable to expect that I should, on the instant, account for the coatents of the many ledgers, books, and documents kept by the subordinate officers of the bank, or that I should have the responsibility of the entries therein fixed upon me. " At the last examination the 'Deposit Journal' was placed in my hands, and I was shown the entry of a transfer of 3,0001. from the account of ' Stephens and others' to my personal account. I was askel whether such transfer had been made T Presuming that the entry Was correct I erroneously answered that it had been ; hut a subsequent inspection of the book in Mr. Webster's hands convinces me that the entry was an error, that such transfer never did take place, and Mr. Webster has since admitted to me that the said entry was wrong. "I submit that the discovery of so serious an error requires that ample time should be allowed for a thorough investigation of the bank books, and lam certain that after it I shall be able to rectify any inaccuracies my lengthened examination may have produced. The ad journment will also enable me to show that all the ad vances made by Colonel Waugh were brought to the knowledge of and sanctioned by the directors ; and the eacurities covering the same were considered ample ; and, that so late as Feb., 1857, Col. Yates, one of the Com mittee of Lhaidation and a director, assured me that C.lonet Waugh's ' security only wanted time to make it worth a million.' " I have instructed Mr. Wilkie to make the necessary application for an adjournment, and also for an orthr on the bank to produce the books in the custody of the sheriff-clerk, that I may delib3rately and carefully go through them, after which I shall be prepared to corn. plate my examination.—l am, sir, your most obedient servant, " J. E. STEPHENS. " Graham Biuny, Esq., Trustee, 9, Hart-.street." The bankrupt, it appears, is not unknown in Edin burgh, having received his medical education at the University there. .He is a good-looting man of proba bly4o, and when he first appeared at his exami na ti on h e wax co ol, collected, distinct, having all the b ear i ng an d manner of an intelligent man of business. He gradually, however, lost his easy self-possession, and by the fourth day the mental rack had evidently begun to tell severely upon him, he having by this time quite renounced his previous self-satisfied and complacent air. IThe subjects of examination on Thursday appeared very much to take A;;;;;;:" wh ich gave, ;Le. ,!nniaeCtira'ziii repeated. He frequently exhibited, perhaps assumed, the appearance of confusion ; sometimes did not understand, oftener did not remember. His hesita tion and ambiguity of answer were particularly seen in reference to his father's trust account, the loans from Lord Gough, and the alleged transfers to his private account, which he admitted, though he denies it in his lett, r. Twice during Thursday he held private consulta tions with his agent and counsel, under whose advice evidently he withdrew answers that were rather danger ous admissions, and also changed his vague "I do not remember," to the more frank, but equally evasive, " I decline to answer." The bankrupt has certainly en c3untered both an inquisition and a publicity which he did not expect, and, no doubt, hoped to elude by coming to Scotland ; and if he has fled it is nothing to be sur prised at. The only wonder is that he should have been so long in making up his mind, if this was his ob ject. The examination was adjourned from Thursday last to Monday, and the bankrupt was certainly in Edinburgh up to Sunday erening. wh e th er h e h as since fled to London, or further, whether he means to return or has fairly gone off, a day or two will perhaps clear, up ; but certain it is that he is not to be found at Edinburgh, and the universal belief Northumberland-street, stha t unless the messenger-at-armsbe diligent and successful he is not likely to be heard of again here. MURDER AND SUICIDE AT CROYDON. The case of murder and suicide at Croydon came un• der the investigation of Mr. Carter, the Surrey coroner, yesterday afternoon, at Croydon. It appeared from the evidence that Mr. Wm. Smithers, a clerk in the Bank of England, resided with his mother and a younger brother at Thornton-heath, near Croydon. The younger brother, Mr. Chas. Smithers, was a clerk in the factory of Mr. Bennett, an engineer, at Deptford, —an appointment he was about leaving for the purpose , of entering upon a situation he had been promised in the Bank of England. On the morning of Thursday last Mrs. Smithers knocked at the door of Elizabeth Morgan, a servant residing in the house, and desired her to get up, as she heard Mr. William moving, and supposed he might be wanting to go out. It was then a little after 5 o'clock. At that time he was in Charles's bedroom, which was adjacent to that of Mrs. Smithers. As soon as she had dressed herself William calle I on her, and requested her to bring him a wineglass, as he had got souse medicine for his brother. On receiving the glass he went back ag ain into Charles's room. When she prepar e d breakiastshe went upstairs to see whether the gentlemen Isere coming down. She knocked at the door, and receiving no answer, listened, when she heard one of th eta snor i ng. She wes t down stairs again, thinking she would let them sleep on. About 9 o'clock a lad brought a letter, which he said was to be given to Mr. Wm. Smithers at Once, and Elizabeth Morgan took it up. Not being able to obtain any reply to repeated knocks, she opened the door, when both th e . young men appeared as thou g h t h ey were lyi n g dead in bed. Charles was foaming at the mouth. She asked a young woman residing in the next house to accompany her upstairs, and upon entering the room they found that both the young men were dead. Morgan then cx claimed, " Good God, Anne ! here is a poison bottle and the wineglass I gave Mr. William this morning." They were lying on the bed between the two brothers. Morgan then went into her mistress's bedroom, and found her in a half post. called in, at once decided that th e two b rot hers had died sitting s he was post ure, quite Mr. Bottonaley, who was from the effects of prussi c ac i d, and there cou ld be no doubt that William administe re d a d ose t o his brother, probably in his sleep, and that h e th en t oo k the poison himself. It appears that he a d m i n i s t ere d P Morgan mother between the hour wh en s h e ca ll e d ler7an to his and the time Morgan found her dead in bed. Some explana tions were given as to the probable cause for the coni• mission of this dreadful series of crimes. William Smithets had been speculating in the city, and had been unsuc cessful. to had borrowed 70/, of a friend, which he was unable to pay ; he had appropriated to his own u,e 201. which his mother had entrusted to him to pay some acco unts, and from letters w hi ch have b een found i t seems that he was about assigning some life policies as security nr his engagements. The mental depressi on produced by his unsuccessful speculations drove him to the use of brandy, of which within the last few weeks be commonly drank a pint a-day. The jury deliberated for an hour, when the following verdict was returned :—That Mary Smithers and Charles Smithers were wilfully murdered by the administration of poison by William Holton Smithers, and that William Holton Smithers afterwards committed self•destruction while suffering under temporary mental derangement. SUPPOSED MURDER AT MIDDLETON, NORFOLK. Information was received yesterday from the Home office to the effect that a stt ict investigation should take place into the circumstances attending the finding of a human skeleton, supposed to be the remains of a gentle. man named Bell, who was missed at Middleton eight years ago, and has never since been heard of, and who was supposed to have been foully murdered at that place. It appears that this Mr. John Bell, at the time of his disappearance, was living upon his private means, an i had reached nearly 80 years. He had several relatives who exerted themselves to the utmost to discover when and under what circumstances his disappearance took place. All, however, that could be elicited was that, on the 13th Nov., 1849, the old gentleman was seen walk ing near a bridge in the vicinity of a field called, in the ne:glibourhood, the Four-mile-fitll, on the London-road. An inquiry was set on foot, and rewards were offered from time to time till they increased to the sum of 1201. Even that inducement failed to lead to any satisfactory result. In addition every river in the neighbourhood for some miles round was dragged, and every expedient that the circumstances of the case suggested was adopted. During these inveztigations a hat was found that was supposed to belong to , the missing gentleman; and a canvas purse and a large knife were also found in a drain mar Middleton. The purse, which was quite empty, was identified by his niece as the property. of the missing man. The search continued for some months, but no further clue of any kind being obtained it gradually cooled, and eventually ceased altogether. A. few days ago a human skeleton was accidentally dug up. The site of the discovery is a small triangular shaped piece of land adjoining Town-lane, leading from the Norwich turnpike road. The ground was formerly part of the property of a Mr. Wythes, who some years ago sold it to Mr. Richard Chilvers. It remained in his possession some time, and about 18 months ago h e so ld it t o a Mr. John Wicks, in whose possession it was at the time of the discovery. In the course of last week Mr. Wicks ordered some of his labourers to plough this field ; and while one of the men (Burton) was digging down about 15 inches below the surface hie spade came in contact with some bones. He proceeded to clear the earth away, and more became visible, until what ap peared to be a whale skeleton was exposed to view. The position in which the skeleton was found was peculiar. It was lying on the hack, but the head and legs were raised rather above the trunk, and one leg was ertaised over the other near the node. It appeared that the body had been thrust into a hole not sufficiently long to allow of its lying at full length. Upon or near the chest was found a piece of corroded steel, incrusted with dirt, and bearing an exact resemblance to an ordinary razor blade. In fact, from subsequent investigation there is no doubt that such is the case. The labourers, being ignorant or careless, did not attach much importance to the disco very, and began to re-cover the bones with soil. The rumour, however, soon spread, and their master, accom panied by the Rev. Canon Kersley, the rector of the parish, went to the spot and stopped their further pro ceedings. The bones were exhumed in the most careful manner, and decently conveyed to the parish church. Two medical men, Messrs. Kendall and Coulcher, were then called in, and made a minute examination of them, and they gave it as their opinion that it was the skeleton of a man who bad been buried for some years. The skull was broken in several pieces, the jaw was fractured ; but a good set of teeth remained. Supposition immediately became rife in the neighbourhood that the remains were those of old Mr. John Bell. or those of , some other man who had been murdered in a mysterious manner, and whose body had been hastily interred. Information was conveyed to Mr. Wilkin, the coroner of the district, who came down, and in the presence of the medical men and others viewed the remains. He then summoned a jury, who have since met, and after a view the coroner informed them that, as the case was so mysterious, they could not at present come to any decision, that he should adjourn the inquiry, and lay the facts of the case before Sir G. Grey, the Home Secretary, and request the advice and assistance of the Government upon the sub ject. In the meantime the most energetic inquiries would be made by the police, and he hoped the next time they met he should to in a position to lay such evi dence before them as would enable them to arrive at a satisfactory solution of this mystery. The jury assented to this course, and the inquiry was adjourned. HEALTH OP LONDON DURING Till WEEK. (Prom, the Report of the Registrar General.) The public health of the metropolitan districts appears to be returning to a more satisfactory state. In the previous week the deaths registered were 1,428 ; in the week that ended on Saturday (Dec. 12) they fell to 1,240. In the ten years 1847-56 the average number of deaths in the weeks correspond ing with last week was 1,297. But, as population has increased, it is necessary for comparison that the average should be raised proportionally to the increase, in which case it will become 1,427. In consequence of the unusual prevalence of influenza in the second week of Dec., 1847, the deaths from all causes rose to 2,416 ; and if the average is cor ' rected with reference to this circumstance, it will be found that the rate of mortality now prevailing differs not much from that which may be expected at this season when no epidemic is present. The births of last week exceed the deaths in the same period by 563. The deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory organs, which in the preceding week were 415, de clined last week to 336, which is still, however, a rather high mortality. Fatal cases of bronchitis declined in the two weeks from 242 to 185 ; those of pneumonia were 129 and 119 ; those of asthma. 20 and 17. The deatlig from F l-61,:aca iur consump tion) which in the previous week ware 168, were last week only 114. Influenza was probably more fatal far the cases returned than the tables indicate uesignatiou in the two weeks were respectively only 22 and 19. Scarlatina is at present more fatal than any other disc Ise in the zymotic &ass ; it was fatal last week in 55 cases ; 4 of these occurred is the sub-district of Latnbeth church (first part). 36 children died of measles, and 14 of those in the east districts. Of 47 deaths from whooping-cough, the 'neatest num ber (15) occurred in the north districts, and so many as 5 of these in the Regent's-park sub-district, while only 5 occurred in the south districts. A. man died of cholera in Lambeth, after 4 days' ill ness. Two deaths are recorded as the result of in sufficient nourishment, while three persons were the victims of intemperance. :Seven persons had attained the age of 90 years or upwards ; one of these was a man ; the rest were widows, three of whom had reached the age of 94. Last week the births of 961 boys and 842 girls— in all 1,803 children—were registered in London. In the 10 corresponding weeks of the years 1847-56 the average number was 1,507. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 30.369 in. The meaa daily barometrical rending was above 20 on Saturday, the sth inst., and continued above that point during the whole of last week. The highest reading was 30 . 57 in. at the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 45 deg., which is 4.5 deg. ab ive the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). On Monday the exc*s of mean tempe rature above the average was so great as 10.2 deg. The highest temperature was 55.3 deg. on Sunday, the 6th ; the lowest was 35.3, deg., and Occurred en Tuesday. The mean daily range of the week was 10 . 8 deg. On Saturday the range was only 5 . 6 dog. The me in dew point temperature was 43 . 3 deg., and the difference between this and the mean air temperature was 11 dog. The mean tempera ture of the water of the Thames was 45 9 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 93, com plete saturation being represented by 100. A dense fog prevailed on Tuesday. The mean temperature of the air ou that day was 41 . 7 deg. ; that of the Thames considerab'y higher—viz., 46.2 deg. The wind was iu the south-west throughout the week. There was no rain. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEA.TLIS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 12 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases •. 162 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 46 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 336 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Di seases o f t h e Uterus, &c. Diseases of th e J o i n t s, B ones, and Muscles Diseases of th e Ski n , & c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age udder: Violence, Privation ' Cold, and Intemperance 4O Causes not specified 34 36 58 21 DEATHS PEON ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. eponding week in the 1851. of 1856. Week. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts 1,243 Totals Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males .... Females.. 1,240 623 617 ()GI . 842 Total From the London Gazette of Last Night. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 12. MEMBERS RETURNED TO BERATE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Town of Paisley--Hunapbray Ewing Crum Ewing, Esq., of Strathleven ' merchant, in Glasgow, i n the room of Archibald nestle, Esq., dccoased. DECEMBER 15. Borough of Scarborou,gb—John Dent Dent, of Ribston Hall, in the county of York, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. George Augustus Constantino Phipps, com monly called Earl of Mulgravo, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Hempholme, in the county of York. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 12. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade Knd Plantations have received, from the Imperial Austrian Consulate General at London, a copy of a Notification issued by the Central Government at Trieste, modifying as follows, from the 7th Nor. last, the Quarantine Regulations hitherto in force. A.—REGULATIONS AGAINST THE PLAGUE. (a.)—Vessels, from whatever part, arriving with foul bills of holth The ship and crew, after the disembarkation of merchan dise and suspected articles, 15 days. Suspected merchandise, after being opened in the laza retto 22 days. , . . . _. Passengers, not including the captain and clerks, when they go straight into lazaretto, 14 days. Ditto, if their effects are fumigated, from the commence ment of the quarantine, 12 days. Ditto, if they are fumigated towards the close of the quarantine, 13 days. Vessels of war, from the period of disembarkation of suspected goods and articles, 12 days. (b.)—Vessels with clean bills of health. I.—Arriving from any Turkish port of Europe, Asia, and Africa, including Egypt and Syria•— Vessels, orews, and cargoes, when the latter comprise no goods especially suspected, and when the bill of health is given up or confirmed by the Consul of any European Power, free pratique. Ditto, in the absence of a consular certificate, 21 hours. Ditto, if furnished with a consular certificate, whenever there may be on board suspected goods, after the latter are landed, free pratique. Ditto, in the absence of the above certificate, 24 hours. Suspected articles (rags and left off wearing apparel), from the period of their being opened in the lazaretto, 5 days. IL—Arriving from any Christian port of the Black Sea or the Sea of Azof, or from the mouth of the Danube, without having touched at any intermediate Ottoman port : - Vessels, crews, and cargoes, having cleared in free pra tique, free pratique. Ditto, having cleared in suspected pratique, but with a clean bill of health, free pratique. Vessels having cleared in suspected pratique with a foul bill of health : I.—Vessels anti crews, immediately after discharging into the lazaretto the suspected merchandise and articles, 14 days. 2.—Suspected merchandise, from the period of its being opened in the lazaretto, 20 days. lll.—Arriving from the coast of Africa and Asia, not including those ports comprised under Section 1., &ad from Australasia Vessels, crews, and cargoes, whenever furnished with a clean bill of health accorded by an authority of any Euro pean Power, free pratigne. Ditto, without a bill of health as above, 24 hours. B.—REGULATIONS AGAINST YELLOW FEVER. (30—Vessels with foul bill of health, whencesoever arriving. Vessels, crows, and carg oes, 10 days. (b.)—With a clean bill of health, whencesoever arriving. Vessels, crews, and cargoes, free pratique. The maximum amount of quarantine against the plague is fixed at 40 days. Ditto, ditto, yellow fever, 15 day s . BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DE°. 14. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, enclosing copy of a French Imperial Decree, repealing the export duties upon all articles except the following, and modifying as undermentioned the export duties on walnut wood, millstones, and grindstones and raw skins : List of Articles still Charged with Export Duty.— Almonds and nuts, weapons for war, rams and sheep, oxen, wood for burning, oak for construction exported by sea ; walnut wood gunstocks, rough or finished ; fibs silk ; bottles, crystal or glass, empty or full ; millboard, cereals, hats, felt or silk, wood and hemp charcoal, thistles, dogs of a powerful breed, pirated works of literature, horns of animals except in leaves, • rags, brandy (eau de vie), bark for tanning, manure, spirit of turpentine, artificial flowers, pianofortes, fodder, dessert f ru it, seed grain, pink and colewort seed, coal, fixed oils, pure from oleaginous seeds : dried vegetables and meal of dried vegetables, green vege tables, liqueurs, marl, merceries ' furniture, iron ore, lead ore, mules, bone black s fowl and game eggs, gold and ail ver (coined or otherwise), oreillons, works in iron, fashions, bread and sea biscuit, white or lined paper, coloured paper for hangings, perfumery, skins (tanned), poles, pota toes, porcelain, pigs, pottery, powder, projectiles of war, silk in cocoon, silk dy e d (p ure or mixed), sulphate of iron, oilcake, cows, glass and crystal (not specified), and ordinary wines. Export Daties on Walnut Wood, Millstones and Grind stones, and Raw Skins—Walnut wood, sawn or rough, of all dimensions, 30fr. per 100 kilos. ; millstones. 4f. each per 100 kilos ; Grindstones, 200. do. 010. ; Raw skins, large, wet, or dried (cows'), 101. do. do. ; do. do. (bullocks', kc.), 2f. do. do. ; do. small, (horses'), 201. do. do. ; do. do. (all others), 2f. do. do. No skin will be considered as a cow skin should its weight exceed 35 kilos, when in a wet state, or 15 kilos if dry. BOARD OF TRADE WHITEHALL, Dxc. 14 The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a De spatch from her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Lubeck, report ing that the Government of Lubeck has established qua rantine regulations at the port of Trasemunde, as regards the plague, for all vessels arriving from ports in the Black Sea and Turkey, with the exception of Turkish ports in the Adriatic, from Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Tri poli, and Tunis ; and, as regards yellow fever, from all ports on the west coast of Africa, between the Cape of Good Hope and the Straits of Gibraltar. WAR-OFFICE, DEO. 15. 12th Regiment of Light Dragoons --Arthur L'Estrange Hamilton Holmes, Gent., to be Cornet, without pur chase, vice Gower, proinoted ; David Roche Vandeleur, Gent., to be Cornet, without purohase, 'moo Stoddart, promoted. an. TT V-”mnria William Henry M'Cleland to be Captain, without purchase; Lieutenant Thomas John Grant, from the 58th Foot. to be Captain, without purchase ; Ensign John Hunt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice M‘Cleland. 9th Foot—Ensign William J. Massy, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Taylor, promoted; Richard Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Massy. 58th Foot--Ensign Chas. Stapp to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Grant, promoted in th e 6th F oo t ; Ser geant-Major Wm. Bolton to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Stapp. 89th Foot —Major Leslie Skynner to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase; Brevet-Major William Boyle to be Major, without purchase, vice Skynner ; Lieutenant Francis Knatchbull to be Captain, without purchase, vice Boyle; Ensign Henry Latham Brownrigg to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Knatchbull. 91st Foot—Henry Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Perkins, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Berks Militia—Ensign Henry Bayntun to be Lieutenant, vice Barker, resigned. County of Norfolk —Robert Chamberlin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Norfolk Militia Artillery —John Storer Brown, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Shovell Henry Broraton, promoted. 2d. Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Francis Lloyd, late Lieutenant in the Ayrshire Rifles, to be Captain, vice Newton, resigned. Shrop'shire - Regiment of Militia —Frederick Henry Mainwaring, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Wood ward, resigned. Warwickshire Militia-Ist Regiment —Henry Charles Palmer, Gent., to be Captain, vice A. T. H. Shaw, re signed. _ Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Jolin Lynch Fletcher, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Bertie, retired. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Christopher Henry Hooke, Gent., to he Ensign, vice Payne, resigned Forfar and Kincardine Regiment of Militia Artillery— Second Lieutenant John Clervaux Chaytor to be First Lieutenant, vice William. Henry S mar t, w h os e Commis sion has been cancelled; Serjeant-Major William Wilson, from the Royal Artillery, t o b e Fi rs t Lieutenant, vice Alexander Leighton, resigned. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Robert Bradley, paper stainer, Trafalgar-road, Old Kent-road. BANKRUPTS. Frederick Stone, hotel keeper, Oxford, to 'surrender, Dec. 22 and Jan. 28, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Chapman, grocer, Sevenoaks Dec. 22, at half past eleven, and Jan. 21, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Henry Bedford Lemero, draper, High-street, Notting hill, Dee. 29, at half-past two, and Jan. 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Henry Tyzack, tool manufacturer, Old-street-road, Dec. 29, at two, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Eank ruptcy. Robert Falk, merchant, Little Tower-street, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John M`Bean, shoemaker, Pillgwenlly, near Newport, Dec. 29 and Jan. 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. William Swain Roberts, music seller, Leicester, Jan. 5, and 13, at half-past ten, at the Shirehall, Nottingham, Joseph Freeman, wool top maker, Bradford, Dec. 31, and Jan. 29 at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. Thomas Hill, timber, merchant, Areley Wood, near Stourport, Warwickshire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Ann Hayward, innkeeper, ,Shrewsbury, Dec. 31 and Jan. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. . . William Bates, licensed victualler, Surbiton, Kingston upon-Thames, Jan. 6, at two, and Jan 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Wheals, tailor, late of L owes t o f t, Jan. 6, at half-past one, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward - Haigh, cotton spinner, Hipperholmecum-Brig house, Yorkshire, Jan. 11, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Charles Pilkington and Thomas Pilkington, joiners' tool makers, Sheffield, Jan. 2 and 30, at ten, at the Leeds Dis trict Court. Samuel Huline, cotton spinner, Heaton. Norris, Lancas ter, Deo. 29, and Jau. 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Ellis, steel manufacturer, Ileeley Tilt, Shef field, Jan. 2 and 30, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Thomas Diver Roach, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 6, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston upon-Hull. David Hill cattle dealer, Edenhall, Camberland, Dec. 23, at eleven, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Agop Beshiktaslian, merchant, Manchester, Dec. 2P, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas M`Cartan, linen draper, Kingston-upon -1101,, Jai , . 6 and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull. Jamos Crabtree and John Crabtree, cotton manufac turers, liabergharn Eaves, Lancashire, Dec. 30 and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Notice is hereby given, that all parties claiming to b a creditors of the Householders' Genuine Bread and Flour Company (Limited), are requested to present their claims at the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday, Dec. 29. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Cruickshank, baker, Glasgow. Hugh Nair, boot and shoe maker, Glasgow. Grant, Douglas, and Company, engineers, Glasgow. Charles Crotchie, jeweller, Inverness. James Anderson, grocer, Dundee. Country Markets. LIVERPOOL-DEC. 15. There was a good attendance of the town and country trade to-day, and several buyers from Ireland and the in terior. Wheat met with a good consumptive demand, and a considerable business resulted at an advance of 3d per 7011e4 on this day week. Flour more inquired for, and may be quoted Gd dearer. Oats unchanged, but oatmeal 6d per load more money. Barley, beans, and pease met buyers to a fair extent, but at Gd per qr and 2d per 6016 s decline. Indian corn more inquired for, and slightly dearer; Prim" yellow and mixed American 33s Gd to 31s, and prime GI" latz and Odessa at 33s 6d per qr. HULL- DE S. 15. Wheat, English red, 48s to 51s ; white Ms to 6Cs; oats, 29s to 32s ; barley, 42s to 463 ; Indian corn, 39s ; linseed cakes, Hull, 11/ Os to —1 —s Od; ditto, foreign, 8/ 15s to. , 10/ lOs ; rape cakes, 61 5s Od to 6/ lO s ; guano , 81. to 1 51 . bones, 140 s Od.; flour, —s to —s; tares, —s to —s• LEEDS-DEC. 15. The supply of grain is limited ; there is a better tone ill the trade for wheat, and all good useful qualities are fully as dear as on Friday, and secondary descriptions And P. rather better demand. Barley steady at late rates. Beans and other articles without material alteration. NEWCASTLE—DEC. 15. A small supply of farmers' wheat, which was taken off at is per qr. advance on Saturday's rates. South country and foreign held more firmly, and in the little business done Saturday's decline was recovered. Flour quiet, with out change. Other articles as before. COURSE OF EXCH. 11 18 f Ditto, three months 12 2% itotterdant ............ 12 2% Antwerp .............. 25 90 Brussels •• ••• •• ••• •• • • 25 90 aamburgh ............ 13 13% Altona •••••••••••••••• •• Paris•• ••••••••••••••••• 25 50 Do. three months .. 25 5 Marseilles •••••••• • • •• 2G 5 Bourdeaux •• •••••• •• « .. Frankfort-on-Maine .... 122 Berlin •• •• •• •• •••• •• • • Vienna •• •• •• •••• .... 11 14 Trieste.. ••••..» 11 ls Petersburg •• •• •• •••• •• 334 siadrid ..• •. •• •• •L •• 47 1 ,4 Cadiz • •• •• •• •• • • •• 47 3 4 Barcelona •• •• •• •• •• • • Seville.. LOCAL SHARE MARKBTL LIVERPOOL, DEO. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were ID" e lively, and prices were higher, closing firm. North Western, 94i B—Great Western, 50!—Lancash ire and Yorkhire, 914—East Lancashire, ,891—Midlands, „ 4 Sheffields, 368—South Eastern 19.' 2 —Birkenhead , 6 5 5 Dovers, 19 g—Grand Trunk of 'Canada, 9. bu S t T v o e o r lt y E li a tt LEEDS, DEc. 15. North Westerns, 7s. ° lo llAll bu G si E neTs T w h a e s mtraanrkseattetldaylitiredloarnedsa,ctBl--e9 MANCHESTER, DEa. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market o p en ed easier today, with a moderate business, and p r i ces were better at the close. Dovers, 194—Eastern Counties, 11 15-16—Leeds, 92 la—Sheffields, 36,E—North Eastern, Berwicks, Grand Trunk of Canada, Midlands, 86/—East Lanes," shire, 894—Ditto, Fifths, 3-16 p. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. r. SrocK EXCHANGE.—Business in the market genorallY brisker, and prices firmer. London and North-Western, 94—Birmingham and Stour Valleys, 84 —Birmingha m Banking Company, 26—Brightons, 102 103—South Stsf' fords, B.l6.3.—Birmingham Canals, 884. TROOPS CROSSING TUB DESERT.—A correspondent hag favoured us with the following sketch of the arrange• ments made on the arrival of the troops at Alexandria : As soon as the men had dined boats came alongside the ship, and they were packed into them about threp p.rthe with a blanket, knapsack, and sea-kit bag, with havre sack and water bottle over their shoulders. The former are put into a truck, the knapsacks being previously °overact with canvas and sewn round, so as to prevent the straps being out off by the Arabs when crossing the desert. The heavy baggage has previously gone on with an officer, sergeant, a a n n d d two men e a n t atsngenaxrdile.wwheinshtawrta, About .in fi e ve n p . f . ; at a time, and on our arrival at the other side, which cross by a floating bridge, taking about six carriages is called Kafa-Layat, the men in these six carriages have about a good supper, with coffee, all ready prepared, and by the time they are done the remainder have crossed, and these then sit down. We they proceed to Cairo, arriving about 12 p.m. ; change engines, and on to No. 12 station in the Desert (25 miles from Suez), and here the rail terminates, the men having a good breakfast bum.. diately on arrival, which is about seven o'clock a.m., and a glass of grog besides. About eight o'clock •we start in relays of 16 vans, each holding six persons, and. in every four hours after a similar numbei, each party arriving at Suez in five hours, and are then immediately put on board ship. The journey is thus accomplished in about 16 or 18 hours. The government must think we are a week in doing it, for they have sent Dr. Fraser with a lead of champagne and other wines, a ton of jelly, and other luxuries in the fame foolish proportion as the jelly, to form a hospital at Suez. Such nonsense ! for water has to be carried 15 miles and the place is most unhealthy ; and, moreover, there is no chance of any man being very ill, for sh ould any man be ill before starting he is left behind and sent back to Malta, and as the journey is so shore, if a man should fall sick he has the surgeon of the ship at Suez to attend him when put on board. Dr. Frazer has written home showing the uselessness of forming the hospital. He has, however, taken two or three rooms at Shepherd's Hotel, at Sues, in case anything may require his services. It has amused the English residents very much, the idea of an hospital at such a place. The Australian mail steamer Tamar arrived on the 27th of November, and leaves in the evening. She has brought 281 men of the 69th, under Major Fenwick. They start At 5 p.m. The Sultan is expected with more of that regiment in two days, and another vessel belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company a few days after that with the remainder of the regiment. The weather is delightfully cool, and nothing could be better than the time of year for the troops crossing.—United Service Gazette. 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