The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

'IIE GREAT ATLANTIC SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH CABLE. About a mile or so below Greenwich stands the factory of Messrs. Glass and Elliot, where the great submarine cable by which it is hoped to con nect England with America is . in rapid course of completion. The Wig of wire, tons of hemp yarn, and singular-looking drums from the Gutta Percha Company, which are incessantly pouring into the works, betoken the presence of an unusual kind of manufacture, and this idea is quite borne out by a mere glance over the premises themselves. The first object which attracts the visitor's attention on entering the yard is the vast bulk of cable already completed. On each side of the path are two large -circular docks or pits, in which about 600 miles are piled away in four massive coils, each 35 feet in diameter. It appears so manageable and so supple as the men drag it from the building in which it is manufactured that it is difficult to realise the fact that the greater part of its bulk is iron wire, or that a light and slight-looking rope of that kind is intended to form a perpetual medium of communi cation under the 3,000 miles of one of the deepest and stormiest seas in the world. Such, however, is the result which it is hoped to achieve, though whether it will do so or not is quite another question, and one full of doubt and difficulty. Before entering further into the subject we may as well mention that the whole cable is being constructed in two equal portions— one-half being made at Messrs. Newell' works at Birkenhead, the other at Messrs. Glass and Elliot's at East Greenwich. The reason for this subdivi sion is that it was quite impossible for one manu factory to complete such a gigantic undertaking within the allotted time. Each firm is bound by contract to have 1,250 miles ready for shipment by July, and as many miles more as they cm get com pleted in that time. - Already at the two manufac tories about 1,200 miles have been made. Glass and Elliot produce at the rate of 70 miles per week, but with an additional machine, in course of erec tion, they will, in a few days, be able to 'increase that amount to .100 miles. We believe both firms expect to have about 1,400 miles completed within the period specified in their agreement. The in terest with which the progress of this great work is regarded on both sides of the Atlantic will excuse our giving a brief description of the var i ous pro cesses thr ough which the cable passes in its course towards cordpletion. The conducting wire through which the electric current will have to pass, consists of seven No. 22 copper wires twisted into one strand the thickness of a No. 13 w:re, or about • 1-16th of a inch. This, we believe, 'is made by the Gutta Percha Company, or at all events coated by them with three folds of gutta percha, which in creases the diameter of the whole to of an inch. In this form it is delivered at the manufactories, coiled on wooden drums in two-mile lengths, with a short piece of the copper conductor left out at each end for the purpose of joining. As these ar . rive at Greenwich, the ends of the conductor are carefully brazed togther, bound round with • gutta percha, and so joined to the entire length of the cable, which, all in one piece, is going through the different stages of manufacture in the various floors of the works. One end of the cable is con nected with a sand battery of 240 cells, which maintains a continuous current through tbe whiele, in order that the connexion and insulation of every , new two-mile length may be ascertained with the galvanometer as each piece is joined. The work man, therefore, who joins the ends, being in con nexion with the current, is obliged to be insulated from the floor with thick pieces of gutta percha under his feet, to prevent his receiving severe proofs of the perfection with which the current is carried tbrougb. The wire thus coated and joined is then wound off to the "serving" machine, where it passes up the centre of a horizontal wheel, on which are placed five bobbins, each of which is supplied with many hundreds of yards of five-thread yarn soaked in a mixture of pitch, tar, oil, and tallow. As the wire moves slowly through this tbe bobbin wheel revolves at the rate of 375 times a minute, spinning the five strands of yarn tightly about it, so as not to leave the smallest interstices It passes from this through a gauge, which shows its diameter to be 9-16ths of an inch exactly, and the electric current with which it is in connexion proves by the needle of the galvanometer that the connexion and insulation of each fathom as it moves off has been uninjured by the "serving" process. It then only remains to "close" or bind it up in wire. In this operation au enormous amount of wire is consumed daily ; indeed more is wanted than all the wire drawers in England can supply, though to do so, they are now tasking their powers of production to the very utmost. Of the amount required our readers may judge by the fact that, when completed, the whole cable will contain enough wire to encircle the globe nearly 16 times, or nearly to reach to the moon and back again. The wire used for closing the outside is No. 22. Seven of these are twisted into one strand, and 18 strands are twisted round the cable. The strand machine in which the seven wires are placed re volves 450 times per minute, binding the seven into one strong compact strand, the same diameter as the conducting wire —viz., 1-16th of au inch. Each of the strand machines, working night and day, spins 98 miles of wire into 14 miles of strand. There are 21 machines at work, which thus every 24 hours convert 2,058 miles of wire into 294 miles of strand, which suffice to cover about 10 miles of the cable. After the strand is spun it is wound on to bobbins, and, having been carefully oiled and passed through a number of gauges to insure its bring of the requisite diameter throughout, the bobbins are placed in the closing machine, which is, of course, similar to that used for serving the yarn, but very much larger. By the revolution of 18 bobbins round the cable the 18 strands of wire are woven round it so as to form an almost CM pact metal case. When their great size and weight are taken into consideration these closing machines revolve at fearful rapidity, and the centrifugal forca sometimes causes the massive bobbins to fly off, carrying every thing before them. Fortunately as yet no casual ' ties have occurred. The cable thus completed is drawn from the " closing" machines at the rate of 30 feet per minute through a gauge of five-etliths of an inch diameter, and then carried by revolving wheels through a tank of hot tar, issuing forth into the yard as fit as ever such a cable can be for its submarine duties. In the yard, as we have already said, it is coiled away in huge piles ready for ship ment, each day's labour adding some inches to the height and bulk of the already ponderous masses. The half of the cable made at Ne wall's works will be shipped in July on board the Niagara Ameri can screw-frigate, the longest and largest vessel of its class yet built. She will be accompanied for the occasion by the Mississippi frigate. The line made at Greenwich will be coiled on board the Agamemnon, which will also be accompanied by one of our largest steam-frigates to assist iu laying down. The four vessels will pro ceed in company to the centre of the Atlantic, where the ends of the cable will be carefully joined, and each ship will make the best of its way to its own shores, the Niagara steaming to Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, near the Peninsula of Avalon, and the Agamemnon to Valencia Bay, county of Kerry, on the south-west coast of Ireland. By this method the whole cable is expected to he laid in a week or 10 days at most. Five miles of the cable, where it joins in the centre, will be made of steel wire, to enable it to bear the great strain at start ing. For 15 miles from the coast of Ireland it will also be made of extreme strength and thickness, to insure it from injury from ships' anchors. The same precautions are also to be adopted at the other extremity at Newfoundland, though only for five miles' distance from the shore as the water there is very much deeper. It is intended to sink the cable across the extensive plateau or bank formed I y the • course of the Gulf Stream on its northern side. The greatest depth here is 2,100 fathoms, or nearly two miles and a half. The average depth of the whole route is 1,400 fathoms, or a little more than one mile and a half. The direct distance from Valencia to Newfoundland is 1,690 geographical miles, so that between 400 and 500 miles of cable are allowed for "slack" and casualties. The Atlantic cable, of the construction and ulti mate destination of which we have thus given an outline, is beyond all doubt a beautiful specimen of maunfacturing skill. It possesses several essential • requisS es. lts coat, we believe, is only 1001. per mile ; its weight only one ton per mile. It is core t racted for to bear a strain of 3 tons 2 cwt., but it is stated to stand 4 tuna with safety. Its specific gravity is between 3 and 4, its diameter is small, and it is as flexible as an ordinary rope. These are great advantages, but the sets off on the other side are numerous and most important. In -the first place, there is no wire for the r e t urn current, and the conducting wire itself is ridiculously sm e ll (1-16th of an inch in diameter), when it is coni dered that it is intended to carry a current for nearly 3,000 miles. The latter is a most serious fault ; es also is covering the outside with s o fi„ e a diecription of wires that three month s , ru s t will entirely destroy them. But the greatest fault of all is that, in our judgment, the whole cable .is constructed on a wrong principle. In a pre vious article on the subject of submarine telegra phie commueication we pointed out the errors which have already led to the destrtiction of so many cables, and the simple manner in which they are remedied by Mr. Allan's patents. This Atlantic cable, though with regard to I . ghtness and cheap ness a step in the right direction, is still not in the right path. Whenever a cable is constructed with spiral wires round a soft cord any severe strain in paying it must, by stretching the outside wires, either attenuate or break the copper conductor or THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY ErENINGs APRIL 22, 1857. injure its insulation. This is a simple fact which i those least conversant with mechanics can easily. uliderstand. - At the lowest computation the Atlan tic ca'ble will stretch two feet per mile. At the deepest parts where it must be . laid six miles will be suspended at one time. What becomes of the conducting wire during this elongation , of 12 feet ? It must either break or become attenuated. The atter accident, we believe, will be as bad as the lormer, for at present it will be most diffieult to get the current through 3,000 miles of 1-16th of an inch wire, and quite impossible if either strain or pressure reduce it in ary part to 1-24th or 1-32 d of an inch diameter, as in electricity the weakest part becomes the standard of the whole. We do . not mean to say that the present cable will not suc ceed, but the chances are against it, and it is al most cert am that before it has been down 12 months it will, like others similarly constructed, be per fectly useless. If it does answer temporarily it will not be due to the plan on which it is made, but in spite of it. The first locomotives built answered the purpose for a time, and were undoubtedly loco motives, though neither of these reasons would justify a company at the present day in ignoring recent improvements and having their engines made after those bygone models. It is the same with submar'ne cables. The present one, though lighter, cheaper, and more flexible than the pon derous iron coils through which shareholders have lost hundreds of thousands irretrievably, is still made on the same old principle of self-destructive ness. Why is not the new patent adopted which, by the use of a large conductor, makes the core of the cable its strength, and does away altogether with the necessity for outside spiral wires By this patent cheapness, lightness, increased conductibility, and therefore certainty of electric action, . are in sured. Only by the adoption of plans like these can the public ever hope for any extensive and use ful scheme of submarine communication. If this Atlantic cable fails, what will be the result? Why, that another, or a somewhat similar one, will be ordered immediately. Is it likely, then, that manu facturers will ever press upon the notice of com panies a very cheap cable certain to do its work, when under the present system they make two or three very expensive ones, often (as in the Mediter ranean) with no other result than that of benefit ting trade while making it, and depositing it when made at the bottom of the ocean ? Shareholders must look into these matters for themsAves. We can only point the way, and it rests with them to follow it. In conclusion, we may mention that it is intended to work the c able with Smee's batteries —a most costly and troublesome plan. Morse's recording telegraph, once a very valuable instru ment, though now behind many recent inventions, is to be used. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF C U.S TOMS. .- The first annual report of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs, prepared in compliance with au order from the Lords of the Treasury dated November 27, 1856, was presented to Parliament shortly before its dissolution, and has just been printed. The commissioners commence their re port with observations on the origin and formation of the customs department, on the mode of collect ing customs, the appointment of the board, and on the consolidations and reductions which have been effected in the management since 1'792, at which period there were nine commissioners for England, five for Scotland, and nine for Ireland. The three boards have since been consolidated into one cen tral body, and the number of - commissioners has been reduced by successive Treasury minutes to six. Corresponding reductions have been made in the subordinate branches of the department, so that the number of offices abolished in the ten years ending January 5, 1830, amounted to 3,408, and. the salaries thus saved ex ceeded a quarter of a million, and sUbsequent re ductions were made in 1849. These reductions are represented to be not the most important of the improvements that had been introduced in the first part of the present century. "Formerly," the re port says, " a large proportion of the functionaries, in every grade, from the highest to the lowest, owed their appointment to political or local influence, and not uufrequeutly received their offices as sine cures, or made them such." The report then pro ceeds to notice the reformation of that system, and the recently introduced plan of appointments and promotions as a great improvement on the previous practice, and to point out the progressive advances chat have beeu.made in the efficiency and economy of this branch of the public service. The reductions made in 1830 are contrasted with the great increase and value of the imports, which, in the quarter of a century which has since elapsed, has increased upwards of 163 per cent., while the number of offi cers employed has increased only 14 per cent., and their aGgregate salaries only 18 per cent. The facilities and diminution of customs work by digests and consolidation of the laws, by reduction in the number of articles paying duty, and by other arrangements, are dwelt upon by the commissioners at considerable length, and then the report proceeds to notice some of the practical results arising from the facilities afforded to passengers in the examina tion of their baggage : " The examination of the baggage of travellers arriv ing from foreign parts has constantly been a subject of natural, bnt by no means always reasonable, complaint. The customs authorities are often most unjustly blamed for impediments and deficient accommodation, for which they are not responsible, and over which, in fact, they have no control. Railway and steamboat companies land their passengers where they please and on their own premises, and all that the revenue officers can do is to attend punctually and perform their functions expediti ously and civilly, in such buildings as the companies in question have provided for the public—buildings often no doubt quite inadequate for the purpose. The com missioners have, however, done all in their power to obviate real difficulties and to meet reasonable wishes. In many cases baggage is now examined on board the steamers, an ,experinelit which has perfectly succeeded, and which is now extended (or in process of extension) to the case of passengers arriving in sailing vessels from long voyages, who can now take their personal effects away with them at once, and pay the duties on such articles as May be liable to duty in the baggage ware houses, and without the intervention of agents. Travel lers, too, in possession of dutiable goods, and who are merely passing through the country (say from France to America via London and Liverpool), were formerly put t ) some inconvenience ; this is now obviated by a very simple arrangement, in virtue of which they pay the duty as a deposit at their port of arrival, and receive an order for its repayment at their port of embarkation.' The great increase of the commerce of Great Britain is shown satisfactorily by the maintenance of the customs revenue, notwithstinding large re ductions in the duties. On this point, and on the ' decrease of smug ;ling, the commissioners observe : "IJuder the influence of the various circumstances upon which we have touched in the preceding pages—the simplification of the tariff, the reduction of duties, and the facilities afforded to merchants and shippers—th, commerce of Great Britain has shown a marvellous in crease, and the revenue a still more marvellous elasticity. Between the years 1831 and 1834, the first very exter sive steps were taken in the removal of prohibitions, and the reduction and remission of customs duties. Tbel3o were follow ed, in 1842 and 1844, by still bolder advances in the same direction, and every successive year has seen further progress, culminating in the vastly reduced and simplified tariff of 1853. The net aggregate of these re ductions amounts to above 10 millions. Yet, notwith standing, the customs revenue has scarcely varied for the last 20 years, ranging steadily from 22 to 23 millions. In 1835 the gross income was 23,149,000/. ; in 1855 it was 25,482,000/. "In order to produce such a result, it is obvious that both the industry and the consuming power of the mass of the nation must have augmented in an extra ordinary ratio. From the peace in 1815 to . the year 1826 the increase of ear commerce had been very trifling. The entire imports, as measured by official value, showed no great augmentation, but fluctuated about a medium of 33,000,000/. The total exports fluctuated in like manner about a medium of 52,000,0001. They were 58,000,0001. in 1815, and 51,000,000/. in 1826. From that date, however, both branches of commerce took a new start, and have never looked back.. The following table will give the most remarkable picture of this in crease : OFFICIAL VALUES. Total British and Imports REAL VALUE. Total E xports Irish Produce (in millions). (In millions). Ex p or ted nilo s). n *lBl4-15-16 ... 314 ... 53.8 ... 4 .2 1823-4-5 ... 38.8 ... 55.9 .. 37.5 1833.4-5 ... 48.1 '... 85.4 ... 42.9 1.843-t-5 ... 73.6 / ... 142.9 ... 57.0 1853-4-5 ... 121.6 ... 248:1 ... 97.2 * These years are t a k en b eca use the records of 1813 were Average of Time Years. destroyed by fire. "The same encouraging tale of the commercial pro gress of the country is told by the fables of vessel, built and registered at various periods of this century. Thus the average tonnage annually added was— For 1823-4-5 „ 1833-4-5 162,800 „ „ 18 3-1.5 174,5u0 „ 1853-4-5 413,900 "The Navigatio n L aws, i t w i ll be remembered, were repealed on the Ist January, 1850. " With the reduction of duties, and the removal of all needless and vexatious restrictions, smuggling has greatly diminished, and the put lic sentiments with regard to it have undergone a very considerable change. The smuggler is no longer an object of general sympathy, or a hero of romance ; and people are beginning to awake to the perception of the fact that his offence is less a fraud on the revenue tban a ' robbery of the fair trader. Siougglinu proper is now almost entirely confined to to bacco, spirits, and watches ; though lace, silk, and other tufting articles are st i ll occasionally seized on the person or in the baggage of unprincipled or inconsiderate pas sengers. But all these cases are on the decrease ; in then last 10 years they have diminished about one-third. The thoughtless habit, however of so packing dutiable arti cles within the folds of ladies' dresses as to answer the purpose, or at least to give the appearance, of fraudulent concealment, still prevails among passengers arriving from abroad, and gives rise to many disagreeable dis putes. This practice is the more indefensible, because the very parties who thus dishonourably endeavour to frustrate the purpose of a partial, rapid, and polite search, are the I.)udest and most vehement in their com plaints if that search be minute or tedious." After taking a general view of the customs de partment, the commissioners proceed to report more especially on the changes and improvements that were introduced in 1856, which, in fact, com mences their annual report. After noticing vari ous trifling alterations in the tariff, improvements in the arrangements for assessing sugar, and the introduction of the patrol system on shore in sub stitution of boarding tide waiters, the report gives the following particulars of the arrangements made for the examination of passengers' baggage at Lon don-bridge, and their results : " For nearly three years it has been the practice to acccommodate the through passengers from. Paris to London res Dover, by the night mail, by allowing them to have their baggage examined at the railway terminus in. London-bridge, instead of at the place of landing. The packages registered, in Paris were placed in 1 eked vans, and continued in charge of the railway guard till delivery in London, by which means the travellers were relieved from all anxiety and necessity for personal vigi -1 lance during the journey ; while, as the trains arrived punctually ata fixed hour (7.45 a.m), little inconvenience was entailed upon our officers by the arrangement. Early in last year the directors of the South-Eastern Railway memorialised your lordships, praying for the extension of a similar privilege to the baggage of travellers arriving in London from Paris, Amiens, and Boulogne, by the special tidal train via Folkestone. It was obvious this arrangement would entail upon the custo ms , o ffi cers a considerable amount of inconvenience, inasmuch as the trains in question varied their hours of arrival every day, and sometimes reached the terminus in the middle of the night. Bat as it appeared that these 'trains bad become the favourite mode of transit for passengers between the two countries—the number of passengers from London to raris by the sight mail in the six months ending 30th November, 1855, having been 3,151, while thcse arriving by the tidal trains was 41,788—it was thought properto concede the privilege requested, and arrangements were accordingly made, commencing on the lst of August, by which officers were in attendance at the specified -hours to examine the arriving baggage, while the directors of the railway facilitated the operation by the enlargement of the building employed for the purpose. " The number of packages belonging to through pas sengers thus examined 'was in August 2,749 ; September, 3,970 ; October, 3,563; November, 1,538. e • "The board were careful to order the attendance of a sufficient number of officers to insure all possible de spatch ; and in Sept., when the system of examination had been perfected, the number of packages on each occasion averaged 153, and the time occupied was only 21 minutes. "Early in Nov., however, the special trains from Paris to Boulogne in connection with the tidal service ceased, and the South-Eastern Company followed the example, and availed themselves, wherever practicable, of their ordinary trains; The rapidity of transit was thus greatly diminished ; and this circumstance, iti connection with the advancing season, so materially diminished the num ber of passengers, that the railway company ceased to de sire, and your lordships deemed it advisable to discontinue at the end of Nov., the privilege conceded in August. " "There can, we think, be little doubt .that, while the arrangement lasted, it was attended with considerable comfort and advantage to the public ; but we submit, as a matter for consideration on asubsequent occasion, whi ther the same objects might not be obtained as effectually, and with less trouble and expense, by the adoption of some arrangement—which it appears to us migbt easily be contrived—for examining the registered through' baggage at Folkestone (giving it precedence of the effects of other passengcrs) during the interval that always elapses between the arrival of the boat and the departure of the train—an interval which usually exceeds )that (21 minutes) which experience has shown to be sufficient for the examination of the baggage at London bridge station." ' The increase or diminution of trade and revenue at particular ports is an object of great general, as well as of local, interest, and on this subject the commissioners report : " With a view of showing the condition of trade and revenue in each different district throughout the king dom, we. have •prepared a series of tables giv . ing a con densed comparison of the produce of the revenue in 1855 and 1856, and of the more important articles in which increase or diminution bad taken place in the !atter year, with such remarks respecting the causes ,of the fluctuation as seemed instructive or sugges tive. These tables are full and complete, but it is impossible to concentrate their substance into a few sentences, or, indeed, to convey their information in a terser form than that which they themselves present it. They offer a most encouraging picture of the general ac tivity and prosperity both of the commercial interests and of the community at large. Some of the increased importation of the year is attributable to the cessation of the war, and it is observable in nearly all districts. Be sides London and Liverpool, the most remarkable in crease of business has taken place at Hartlepool, Hull, Folkestone, Gloucester, Snsderland, Plymouth, and Southampton, in England ; and at Greenock,- Glasgow, and Leith, in Scotland ; and perhaps timber and wood goods are the articles in which the most universal in creage is reported. a - "The accounts from Ireland are especially satisfactory. There has been an increase in the revenue receipts at every port, with three exceptions, and in these the aggre gatadecrease scarcely exceeds 1,0001. This general im provement is by our officers unanimously attributed to the flourishing state of agriculture, and the remunerating prices of farm produce, which enable the cultivator of the soil to indulge in the comforts and luxuries of life to a far greater extent than formerly. "It was deemed advisable in 1854 and 1855 to increase the customs duties on four of the principal imported arti cles of consumption, with a view of providing means to wards defraying the expenses of the war. The taxes on tea, coffee, sugar, and rum imported into Scotland and Ireland were severally augmented to an extent of which the details are given in the appendix. No more striking illustration can be adducer: of the continued prosperity and vast consuming power of the country than the very trifling degree in which-this augmentation in the tax af fected the use of 'the articles in question. The duty on coffee was raised 33 per cent.; the utmost diminution of consumption was only 6 per cent. The duty on tea was raised 17 per cent.; the falling cff in consumption was not a quarter per cent. The duty on sugar was raised on the average about 25 per cent., and the price of the arti cle in bond rose also upwards of 30 per cent. between 1854 and 1856 ; yet the entire difference of consumption in these two years was short of 10 per cent. In all three articles, it must be remembered, the duty forms a very large proportion of the cost to the- consumer." At the conclusion of the report the commissioners allude to the improvementswhich have been already effected, and to the further improvements contem plated in the statistical tables furnished by their department ; noticing particularly that they have substituted the real value of each article—carefully ascertained from the most reliable sources—for the unsatisfactory official values heretofore given. There are many valuable appendices to the report, stating in detail numerous facts connected with the improvement of the customs depa:ctment, and the increased revenue and commerce of the kingdom. THE LATH EXPLO .510 N AT LUNDBILL. LUND HILL, APRIL 21. The drawing operations have been continued since yesterday, and the water has now been so much reduced that I .7ne cisterns will not, fill at the bottom of the shaft, There is still a considerable depth of water the " dip" levels, and men are actively engaged, in baling it into the cisterns, so that the drawing continues, though at a slower rate. This morning Messrs. Woodhouse and Elliott, two of the mining engineers controlling the operations, descended the pit, accompanied by the son of Mr. Nicholas Wood, and also by Mr. Coe and several other colliery viewers, for the purpose of ascertain ing the state of affairs below; In consequence of the reduction of the water they were enabled to penetrate further than the viewers who had pre viously descended. At the conclusion of the ex ploration Mr. Woodhouse made the following state meet to the representativei of the press : Mr. Woodhouse said—We Wave been down the pit to-day and carefully examined the progress that has been making for drawing put the remainder of the water and for the recovery of the bodies. We found a very strong current of air running through the parts of the mine we have been able to explore, without any appearance of fire. Indeed there appears tp be no fire in existence in the pit what ever. We were stopped in a complete exploration by a fall of earth from the roof. This will shortly be removed, and then the exploration Will be corn pleted. That done, measures for the recovery of the bodies will be proceeded with. We do not think that the recovery of the bodies can take place very rapidly, but the viewers employed here appear to be conducting their work very carefully and properly, and are proceeding very diligently and energetically, so that we hope before long the whole thing will be complete. In reply to your correspondent, Mr. Woodhouse said—Our exploration was not sufficiently complete to enable us to say beyond question that there is no fire, but so far as we proceeded we found no ap pearance of fire. My opinion is that the lire is quite extinguished, but that is and can only be an opinion to long as the exploration is incomplete. Mr. Morton, the Government inspector, said—. The measures taken thus far are quite satisfactory to me, as also are the plans suggested forour future operations. I have joined and fully concur in thew. The viewers are intending to descend the pit again this Tuesday evening for the purpose of pre paring, as far as practicable, for future exploration, and it is expected that more bodies will piobably be recovered to-morrow (Wednesday). DANGER OF CEINOLINE.—On Wednesday afternoon a servant was crossing the Wellington bridge, Dover, with one child in her arms and another by her side, when two ladies, magnified by crinoline, , rustled past, and actually swept the little toddler into the water. Provi dentially, assistance being at hand, the chil4 was rescued. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-April 21. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, and (Justices Wightman, Erle, and Crompton.) THE VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS V. MORGAN. This was a special case, in which the question to be determined was, whether, under the local act for lighting and paving, the vestry of St. Pancras were entitled to bring an action to recover an amount claimed by them for repairing the road opposite the defendant's house, the act providing that when a claim of this kind was not paid the vestry might distrain upon the person's goods. Mr. M. Smith was heard on the part of the de fendant ; and Mr. Kean for the vestry. Lord Campbell was of opinion that the action could not be maintained, a specific remedy having been devised by the statute for the recovery of the money, and that judgment ought to be for the de fendant. The other judges were of the same opinion. Judgment accordingly for the defendant. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings at Nisi Priu9, at Middlesex, before Mr. Justice Williams and a Common Jury.) BLAKE (ADMINISTRATRIX) V. RVSIITON-FATAL ACCIDENT. This was an action brought bythe widow ofJohn Blake, to recover damages for the death of her hus band, as was alleged, through the negligence of the deTendant's servants. The pleas were not guilty, and that the deceased's death was not caused by the negligence-of defendant's servants.• Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Joyce appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Hawkins was for the de fendant. It appeared that the deceased was 74 years of age, and was a carman ; and on the 12th January last he was wa'king across St. John-street, Clerk enwell, along which street one of the defendant's horses was trotting at the rate of four or five miles an hour. The horse struck the plaintiff and knocked , him down. He was taken home, where he remained for some time, and ultimately died on the 2d of February. The plaintiff had been put to certain expenses in burying the deceased, for doctor's attendanc', &c. Application had been made to the defendant for some compensation, but she had not received any, and the present action was brought. Several witnesses were called to make out the plaintiff's case, but none were called for the de fendant. Mr. Hawkins, however, addressed the jury, and contended that the accident bad not happened by the negligence of the defendant's servant ; and if the deceased had used due and ordinary care the accident would not have happened. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Dam ages, 50/. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. (Before F. Bayley, Esq.) OLLIVIER V. THE EARL OF KINGSTON. This was a judgment summons against defendant ) the Earl of Kingston, residing at No. 35 E, Park s'reet, Grosvenor-square, obtained by the plaintiff, music publisher, New Bond-ktreet, to show cause why his lordship had not obeyed the order of the Court by paying in thereto, for plaintiff's use, the sum of 101. 4A. On the hearing of the case in the first instance his lordship, who was not present, it was stated, had incurred the debt by the hire of a pianoforte, and judgment going by default, an order for immediate payment, with costs, was made, and which order, not being complied with, the pre sent proceeding was adopted. The defendant, cn being called on in the usual form three times, and not answering, The Judge observed—Then his lordship is com mitted for ten days. SURREY SESSIONS.-April 21. James Diamond, 23, James Hannagan, 22, and John Jordan, 19, private soldiers in the 2d batta lion of Rifle Brigade, stationed atAldershot Camp, were indicted for assaulting Joseph Ottaway, Farnham, and robbing him of half a sovereign and sixteen shillings and sixpence. The prosecutor, an elderly man, whose head was bandaged up, stated chat be was a brickmaker, and worked for Mr. John Andrews, of Farnham, who had a brickyard on the highway leading from Wey borne to where he lived. On Friday evening, the 3d inst., witne9s left Farnham in company with Larby,Win. Charles Larby and his wife, to go home. It was then about two o'clock. They got as far as his master's brickyard, where there was a heap of straw. Witness safe several soldiers about the straw, when he said, "My lads, don't tear the straw about any more than you can help, because I have to use it." Immediately after that the pri soner Hannagan came up to him and said, "I am a man, you -," at the same time he up with his fist and knocked witness down. He fell on the top of Diamond, who was,lying in a ditch. Hannagan then jumped over him into the hop-ground, and he came back with a hop-poll. Witness had then got up, and was standing near the road. Hannagan again came up, to him as he was looking out for his friends, and knocked him down, when he struck him on the head with the hop-pole. While lying on the ground, nearly stunned, he caught Dia mond's hand in his trousers pocket, where he had a purse containing a half-sovereign and 16s. 6d. As soon as he recovered he got up and washed the blood off his head in the ditch, and on putting his hand into his pocket he missed. his purse and con tents. He called out for assistance, when Hanna gan again came up t o hi m and knocked him down with the hop-pole, He also struck him on the head until he was stunned, being assisted by Jor don. The next thing he recollected was Charles Larby conveying him home. On the next morn ing, at 7 o'clock, while he was going to his work, he saw all the prisoners in th e lae leading to Aldershot Camp, and he beard them say to some labourers that they had knocked an old man down on the previous night, and served him out. Wit ness then went up to them, and at Once accused them of the assault and robbery, when they all ran away. _ _ Tile prisoners having been identified, The Deputy-Chairman summed up the evidence, when the jury at once found them all guilty. The Court sentenced each of them to four years' penal servitude. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-April 21. I BOW-STREET.—A ;vell-dressed Frenchman, named Lotds Leroy, was charged with having ut tered to Mr. L. E. Engleback, clerk to Messrs. Coutts and Co., of .the Strand, a forged draught for 921., purporting to be signed by M. Trognon, se cretary to Prince de Joinville. Mr. Engleback proved that M. Trognon banked with Messrs. Coats and Co. At about half-past 10 o'clock that morning the prisoner presented the order produced for payment at Messrs. Coats's. It purported to be signed by' M. Trognon, and was in favour of aM. Moreau. The prisoner said, iu re ply to questions from witness, that M. Moreau, who occasionally did writing . for the Prince, bad handed him (pri.oner) the draught in payment of a debt of 321., and that he was to take the balance, 601., to M. Moreau, at 72, Regent.street, or, if he had left, to forwatd it to him at Geneva. He also said that he had met M. Moreau, by appointment, at the South-WeAern Railway station' that morn ing, having come from Southampton the night be fore. WI neSs then gave him in charge. Th e n ot e was not in the handwriting of M. Trognon, but was somewhat like it. Witness had inquired at No. 72, Regent-street, and found that no M. Mo reau was known there. Anscombe, F 102, took the prisoner into cus tody. He said he could explain the matter. He de clined to give his address. Witness searched him at t.ne station and found 11 sovereigns on him. 'The prisoner said in French that he wished M. r frogn o n to be produced. He declined to state where he had lived at Southampton. He had only lately come to England from the United States. Mr. Henry remanded him to give time for M. Trognon to be produced. WESTMINSTER.—A person about 45 years of age, of very respectable appearance and good ad dress, who gave his name Nathaniel Ward, was charged with two assaults. Defendant, on being placed in front of the table, addressed the magistrate in French, and after as suring him with much earnestness that he was half brother to the King of Naples, and co nnected with Prince Albert, turned round to the ?auditory, and apologised to them in the same langu age for being there. He, however, subsequently ispoke English with so much fluency as to induce the belief that he is a native of this country. John Carmody, 148 B, said he irlas on duty in White Lion-street, Chelsea, at aq• trader past one that morning, when he was attract '.;ed by a cry of " Police !" and found a man lying i in the ground, and the defendant standing over hi m with an um brella in his hand. The former to Id witness that the defenda n t b a d k nocked h i m a. 3WII, and upon witness sto o pi ng to assist him tp the defendant gave him (th e w it ness ) a v i o l ent b l ow on th e eye. , Mr. Arnold inquired whether t 1 to person who had charged the defendant with assaulting him, as de scribed, was in atteniance ? The constable replied that he w r.s not. Mr. Arnold asked whether tha defendant was intoxicate ? The constable tAought not. He ap, peared thep. as at the present moment, and his impression was that he was of unsound mind. Mr. Arnold felt there was too much reason to fear that such was the case, and remanded the ac cused until this day, in the hope that his friends might come forward, or that the police might learnt something about him. He is described as a surgeon. Benjamin Richardson, Thomas Woodworth, and Emmanuel Barker, the first two privates .of the Scots Fusiliers, and the latter of the Coldstream Guards, were charged with a series of desperate as saults and serious conflicts with the police. It appeared from the lengthy evidence adduced that Richardson conducted himself in a very offen sive manner in the • private' passace of Mr. Hath way, a newsvendor, at 62, Tothill-street, when the latter having quietly remonstrated with him, seeing he was intoxicated, left him and went into his shop. In two or three minutes afterwards the defendant Richardson rushed into the shop, and, after drag ging Mr. Hathway_ about until lie had literally torn all the clothes off his back, swore he would split his head open, and taking his belt off made a blow at him with it. Mrs. Hathway, seeing the imminent peril her husband was in, seized the belt, when the defendant struck her several blows about the head with his fists. The police were sent for, and Rich ardson taken into custody, when the other defend ants and a third soldier, not in custody, came up and attacked the police. An indescribable riot en sued, in the course of which the soldiers took off their belts, and after a serious affray Richardson was rescued, but was subsequently apprehended in the neighbourhood. The other two defendants having taken shelter in a public-house the police waited outside till a guard was fetched from the Wellington Barracks, whither they were taken in custody, and produced at this court yesterday. On their way to the barracks Woodworth rushed away from the guard and again assaulted the police. Richardson pleaded drunkenness as an excuse, and the others said it was altogether a mistake re specting them, as they hal not left the public-house 'for hours before the guard came in and took them. fir., Arnold observed that this was one of the most serious cases of the kind that had ever come before him. .As Woodworth and Barker asserted they were innocent, he would remand the case, to give them an opportunity of bringing evidence. He, however, remarked that Barker was proved to have assaulted the police on his way to the barracks. WORSHIP-STREEZ—William Wick., a thick set bargeman, was charged with the following scan dalous outrage : Mrs. Fanny Badcock, landlady of the Marion Arms at HackneY, whose head was bandaged, her voice almost inaudible from exhaustion, and who was obliged to be seated and supplied with water during her examination, stated :—On returning home on Saturday evening I noticed some very improper conduct going on between the prisoner and some women who were standing in front - of the, bar. I had noticed the same conduct between them before I went out, and now expressed my surprise to my husband that he should not have checked it. The prisoner used some disgusting language, and asked me what business it was of mine. I had not spoken to him, but now told him he had much bet ter go home to his wife, and threatened if he did not desist to tell her' of his behaviour. The pri soner on that cllled ms two most disreputable epi thets, and feeling exasperated at them I thtew , at hint a pint pot I had in my hand, but which did not strike him. He then callei me by more dis gusting appellations, and I threw another pot and a tin can at him, but neither struck bim, and, if they had, they could not have hurt him. I was then turning to enter the bar-parlour, when the prisoner seized a quart pot, which was standing on the counter with some porter in it, and flung it at my head with such force that it cut my tem ple open. I staggered against the bar, felt my self instantly covered with blood, and on reaching the,house of a neighbour entirely lost my senses. I bled very much and was taken to a surgeon, who dressed the wound, but I still feel very weak and exhausted, and intend on leaving here to go to the hospital. My husband was present all the while, but did not interfere for my protection, as the prisoner and he are always together. Sergeant Townsbend--fler husband treats this woman very badly, and has himself been charged with assaulting her. He is not here now, and said he should not trouble himself about it, and that he wished the prisoner•had killed her. On her being conveyed to the surgeon's he said that the tempo ral artery was cut through, and that it was surpris ing the woman was not killed on the spot. He could scarcely stop the blood, and thought erysipe las was likely to supervene. Mr. D'Eyncourt—As she wishes to go to an hos pital, let it be so, as it may be better fur her, but see that she is conveyed there in a cab. Williams, 102 N—l was called to a house in Pritchard-row, where I found the complainant smothered in blood. I told her husband, and he said it served her right, and that it would be a— good job if the prisoner had killed her. I then went to the house of prisoner, who looked out of the window, but refused 'to open the door, and upon my threatening to break it open swore he would shoot me. I directly after heard the noise of a ramrod being forced into a gun, and a female voice saying, "For' God's sake don't." I thought it not safe to enter, but watched outside, and he promised to surrender next morning, if I came fur him. Sergeant Townshend—l afterwards got admitted by an old lady and took the prisoner, who admitted the assault, but said the prosecutrix had attacked him first, and that he was intoxicated. In the room I found the gun I produce, which I believe to be loaded, but cannot get it unscrewed. Powder comes out at the nipple, and I can feel the shot, I think, with the ramrod. John Rawlings, a labourer, gave a similar ac count of the transaction, but said that one of the pots thrown by the 'prosecutrix struck the prisoner on the arm. He was standing about nine feet from her, picked a pot up,, threw it at her, and struck her on the head in such a mannor that "she bled wonderfully, all down her bosom and on to the counter. She appeared not to know what she was about after that. Prosecutrix was in a passion when she threw the measures at the prisoner, which she did one after the other; but, of courie, a woman could not throw them with such force as a man." A certificate was put in from a surgedn named Morgan, describing the injuries received by the prosecutrix, who was conveyed from the court in a cab ; and the prisoner was remanded till that day week, with liberty to put in substantial bail, the magistrate at the same time giving directions that the woman's husband should at the next examina tion be in attendance. SOUTHWARK.—Elizabeth Liberty, the wife of a respectable mechanic, .was charged with steal ing half-a-sovereign, the property of Mary Ann Williams. The complainant, a widow, residing at 8, George-street, Blackfriars'-road, said that the prisoner and. her husband lodged in the same house. On Saturday afternoon, between four and five o'clock, she took a half-sovereign from a caddy in her room for the purpose of paying for something, when she • went downstairs and spoke to the pri loner on the kitchen stairs. She then accidentally dropped -the half-sovereign from her hand, *hen the prisoner stooped down and picked up some thing, which she did not give to witness. : She ac cordingly looked on the floor; and not finding her half-sovereign she asked the prisoner for it, when she said it' was only, a penny that she had dropped herself. The prisoner had no money on Saturday morning, but after witness lost her half-sovereign ,she went out, and on her return paid her is. 6d. She also had other money about her. On cross-examinaton by Mr. Solomon, witness said she - Was' positive that it was a half-sovereign she dropped, and she had never promised to say nothing more about it if she had her money. She was positive that the prisoner picked up her money. Sarah Ann Fensom, the female searcher at the station house, said she had searched the prisoner, and found 85. , 11c1. on her. Mr. Solomon contended. that • his client was too respectable. to commitinich a paltry theft, but Mr. Combe committed her for trial, accepting bail for het appearance at the next sessions. LAMBETH.—AIfred Arney, a smartly-dressed young man, with a showy pair of mustachios, was charged before Mr. Elliott with plundering his em ployers. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been for some years a shopman and coufiden tial servant to Mes-rs. Simpson, Maule, and Co., praciical and manufacturing chemists in an exten sive .way of bUsiness in the-Kennington-road, who treated him with great liberality. The extrava gance of his habits, as disclosed to the firm, gave rise to considerable suspicion as to his honesty, and the consequence was that Sergeant Coppis, a de tective of the P division of police, was consulted in the matter, and he soon put the question of Ira honesty to the test. He marked a half-sovereign, and two shillings and a sixpence in silver, and seat a woman to the shop of the prosecutors to purchase articles to that amount. After the goods we re purchased. and' paid for the till was examined, and it was then diwovered. Opt the prisoner had poc keted the half sovereign. and put only the silver into the till. • When the half-sovereign was.-found on the prisoner he at once admitted it, and said it was his first eft:once, though there was every reason. to believe that he had carried on his system of plun der to a considerable extent. His conduct was considered more reprehensible from the fact that it was not many weeks since a porter in the service of his employers had been committed to Wands worth B.ouse of Correction for six months for rob. bing them, and this circumstance, it was thought, should have acted as au example to him. The prisoner pleaded for mer. y, and wai ser tenced to six months' hard ldso;:r. Mary Anu Brown, who stood remanded from Sa turday last on a cliar o fte of bur Lary . and r. - .bb:-ry at the house of Mr. Budd, in Lion street, New Kent Road, was again brought up. It appeared t hat .be tween 2 and 3 o'clock on the Saturday mr)rring the prosecutrix was awoke by the noise created by the prisoner's drawing a chest from under the bed on which she (prosecutrix) lay, and the prisoner was taken into custody with a quantity of proporty tied up in her possession. The evidence of the witnesses was taken, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial at the Cen tral Criminal - Court. From the London Gazette of Last Night. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS County of Stafford—Lieut.-Col: James Horton to be . Deputy Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—Lieut. Frederick Alfred Augustus Whyte has been permitted to resign his commissiou. Royal Wilts Militia—• Ensign Alfred Wyndham to be Lieutenant, vice Paton. appointed Quartermaster ; Ensign Thomas Edward Pinkett to be Lieutenant, vice Robinson, promoted. Royal South Glonclster Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—Thos. Lyford Champion, Gent., to be Enmign. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Ca valry—Henry Chariton Staunton, Esq., to be Cornet, vice Lowe, promoted; Henry Beev ar Gent., to be Cornet, vice Clowes, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Leonard Dalton, stone merchant, Canal-bridge, Old Kent-road, to surrender, May 5, at half-past two, and June 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official a.simee, Alderruanbury ; Lawrance, Plows, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers, City. George Brooke, provision dealer, Leadenhall-market, City, May 5, at twelve, and June 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall btreet ; Lawrance, Pl ows , an d Boyer, Old Jowly chambers. Robert Ashling, brewer, Duxford, C9.mbridgesbire, May 4, and June 3, at eleven, at the Court of B:inkruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Aldridge and Bromley, South-square, Gray's-inn ; Probert •at,d Wade, Saffron Walden, Essex. John Shaw and Joseph Shaw, woollen drapers, Shef field. May 2 and Juno 6, at ten, at the Council-hall, Shef field. Browin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Broadbent, Sheffield. John Pepper and Edwin Addy Holmes, grocers, -Shef field, May 9 and June 6, at ten, at the Council-hall, Shef field. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Chambers and Waterhouse, Sheffield. Michael Neville, brassfounder, Liverpool, May 8 and 28, at twelve, at the Liverpool Dist r ict C our t. Bi r d, official assignee, Liverpool ; Dodge, Liverpool. John Wick, electro-plater, Sheffield, May 2 and June 6, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Brewin, official assignee, Sheffield ; Smith and Burdekin, Sheffield. ' Thomas Evats, grocer, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, May 4 and June 1, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Jones, New town. Sarnitel Joseph Smith, auctioneer, Birmingham, May 1 and 22, at half-past eleven, a t th e Bi rm i ng h am District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Knight and Suckling, Birmingham. Henry Noel!, accountant, Phillack, Cornwall, April 30 and May 28, at one, a; the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Roscorla and Davies, Penzance ; Stogdon, Exeter. fiedeiiek Bliedberg and Marc Saran, commission trier °haat!, Liverpool, May 4 and June 1, at eleven, at the Li verpool District Court. Cazonove, official assignee, Liver pool; Holden and Soo, Liverpool. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. The Stansfield Printing Company, Stansfield. and Man chester, calico printers—J. Galley and Co., Felling. Dur ham, iron workers—A. Grundy and Co., Bedford, Lanca shire, cotton spinners —W. Miskin and T. E. H. Halls, Queen Elizabeth-street, Southwark, surgeons— Payne, Slee, and Slee, Church-street, Bermondsey, vinegar makers; as far as regards W. Payne—Morris and Co., Harpurhey, Lancashire, cotton spinuerg— J. W. and J. T. Mead, Westbourne-park-villas, and Hereford-road, Paddington, nilders—T. Estwick and W. Tyler, Plaistow, japanners Long, Smith, and Wellings, Wotton-under-Edge. and elsewhere, clothiers • as far as regards J. Smith—H. and K. Billington, Salford, and Manchester, smallware manu facturers—E. Wilding and Co., Manchester,' mercantile stationers—Smith and Lockwood, St. Swithin'sdane, and Place Vendome, Paris, engineers—Townend, Wood, and Ackroyd, Bradford, Yorkshire, colliery proprietors—For ster and Harris, Cardiff, carvers—R. Haworth and G. Bailey, Wigan, manufacturing chemists—T. Cooke and R. Smith, Cheltenham, farmera—J. Foster and T. S. Ron t ledge, Stockton, and Middlesbrough, tailors—W, and G. Ryder and J. Jessop, Leicester, engineers; as far as regards G. Ryder—Armitage and Co., Manchester, manufacturers; as far as regards W. Heap—Wilkinson and Heap, Man chester, commission agents—Walliss and Wynn, Dews bury, cabinet makers—J. Greames and Co., Liverpool, and Dublin, and Greatne, Brothers, Kingston -upon-Hull, wool brokers—Toogood and Whitfield, Everton, near Liverpool, coach proprietors—R. R. Allen and T. W. MacCallum, Belper, manufacturers of bricks—M. White and Son, West Ham, Essex, and Wapping, corn merchantF. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. T. C. Hawkes late of Abi ng d on - s t ree t , coal merchant —third and final div. of lid. on Wednesday next, at Mr. Lee's, Ablermanbliry. W. O. Young, Manchester, and Liverpool, sbipbroker —first div. of 3s. 2d., on Wednesday next, at Mr. Lee's, Aldermaubury. F. B. FareSrother, G. W. Bremner, and J. H. Collyer, Stockwell and Manchester, wax merchants—first div. of 35., on Wednesday next and three subsequent Wednes days, at Mr. Edwards's, Sambrook-court, Basinghall streel. W. Pickering, Piccadilly, bookseller—fifth di r. of le. 6d., on WeLloasday nest and three subsequent Wednes days, at Mr. Edwards's, Sambrook-court, Basinghall street. Whitmore, 'Wells, and Whitmore, Lombard-street, bankers—tenth div. of ld., any Thursday, at Mr. Stans feld's, Basin hall-street. S. Amer, Bradford, grocer—second div. of 11id., any Friday, at Mr. Hope's, Leeds. J. Sngden and G. Webster, Bradford, woolstaplers— first div. of 11 1-16 d., any Friday, at Mr. Hope's, Leeds. J. Clayton, Bradford, commission agent—first div. of ls. 6t1., any Friday, at Mr. Hope's, Leeds. E. Wood, Bingley, worsted spinner —first div. of 18. 7/d., any Friday, at Mr. Hope's, Leeds. R. J. Heleby, Garston and Warrington' builder—first div. of 6s. Bd., any Monday, at Mr. Bird's, Liverpool. J. Reid, Liverpool, tailor—first div. of 48., any Monday, at Mr. Bird's, Liverpool. J. Roberts, Holyhead, shipbuilder—second div. of 61d., any Monday, at Mr. Bird's, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS May 12. J. Smith, Egham, Surrey, cattle dealer—May 14. It. Woollatt, late of Crown-court, Philpot-lane, tea dealer—May 12. J. Bishop, Crosby-hall-chambers, Bishop gate, and elsewhere, wine merchant; F. Reunison, Milk street, Cheapside, merchant, and Matson-terrace, Kings land-road, schoolmaster; F. Dimadale, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, dealer in iron; W. P. Hammond, Scotts yard; Bush-lane, shipowner —May 11. J. Cooper, sen., Chisworth, near Glossop, Derbyshire, cotton spinneL— May 18, R. Cooper, Oldham, Lancashire, wholesal e grocer—May 19, T. Ki ng , Spalding, Lincolnshire, licens ed victualler ; B. Li n f oo t, Mansfield, Nottinghamsh ire, builder—May 13, H. S. Parker, Birmingham, licensed vic tualler—May 15, It. R. Charles and W. Fordyce, Hough ton, Northumberland, paper manufacturers —May 12, J. Rose, St. Helen's Lancashire, miller; W. Sherratt, Crewe, Cheshire, innkeeper; J Jones, Chester, draper. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. May 12, J. Smith, Egham, Surrey, cattle dealer—May 14, C. Cooper, Wandsworth, grocer —May 13, H. Bunting, Colchester seedsmam— -F. Morse, DUnster - c ourt, Mincing lane, rice merchant—E. Mosley, Hyde-street, Bloomsbury, gold-beater—R. Harvey, jun., Crutched-friars, merchant ,—May 12, H. Campin; Watling-street, warehouseman—R. 'Muckleston, Haekney-road-crescent, wholesale boot and shoe manufactu'er--May 14, D. Smith, Harriet-street, Sloane-street, anothecary—D. Lloyd, Cannon-street and Lewisham, merchant —G. Cavaco, Carlisle, jeweller—M. Kirkup, JavroW Durham, brick manufactFer—G. Spill_ bury, Wolverhampton, builder —J. Suckling, jun., 134- reinghain, hop dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Mathew Dunlop, farmer, Middleriggend, Slamannan. Hugh Haddow, coal Merchant,• Newhaven. Alexander Fraser, coal merchant, Inverness. William Shaw. grocer and potato merchant, Dumbarton Thomas M'Gill, draper, Kilmarnock, • , THE POTSONED -BREAD AT HONG KONG.—A corre spondent of the Courrier de Paris, writing from Munich on the 17th inst., says, "The whole universe has been made acquainted with the celebrated case of the Chinese baker, immortalised by the English newspapers. A box has just arrived here, addressed to Baron Liebig, and y con t a ining several of those terrible loaves of bread whi c h were manufactured by Alum at Hong K ong , and by which, it is alleged, the death of maby English people and some Chinese was caused. The bread is t o be sub witted to a chemical analysis by the most eminent livin g . lessor of that science. I will take care to inform yeti 'B2colotnong, opticians, 39, pro GENTLEMEN OF TIM of the result. 'combined With great AR [ m An y vsAli a D ri N sti A lra vy rr .— .l s --;S an ro d ri w v H s . m . Albe- Racecourse. Opera, anti general outdoor milaortleT.trotr,taPhijeuctayd,ilelyom, tainne. I2a ' ass"' Observe—apposite the York power in Field, will Powerful • wait.teffet pocket Perspective (;lasses, day aria night only four entices, each con wow distinctly lenses' weighing countenance two ace a half ' and three structed. of German g'ass, con and ships are clearly l 7 a h person's every purpose on the race-course, and atinthieeso.pera hey servo country scenery, seen d at 8 to 10 miles. They are also invaluable for shooting, yachting. Single ones, t eer-stalki - g, the szi of o a o , l w n i g ion , po , sesxreg . l ' i and tlie same great power,. Bee Maje , ty's Coat-Gu ,rds are making us: of teem as a -'Y and night glasses, in preference . o all others; they have also ' a r n e d -o h ma iu,general use by geutlemen, of the Army and Navy, telescopes, possessing keepers, and tourists. The y throe and a-half inches,su' most aP °il " O e w n a i fu l andgentlemen, brilliant m e - o t m ba ie t ai sel e rn ye e : h w e i x ti t i ra a o u r d e i n i P a t z powerast-on p cc° will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, .stturn's ring, and the double stars; with the same telescope can, be seen a per san's countenanie three-and-a , half mile, distant and an object from 14 to 16 miles. All t e above can be had of larger and all sizes] with increasing pewers, and are secured by , ter Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. Newly-invented Spectacle Lenses of . the gr..tat est transparent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision bevoinea preserved and etrengtkened ; very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with these louses of a much less i n a g n if y ina power—and they do not require the fre quent chaugeAo the dangerous effects of further power ful assistance. Persais :eau be suited at the most remote part of the world by sendin , one of the glasses out of their, spectle'es in a letter, and stating the dist ince from the eye they can read =mall print with ii, and those who have net made use of Spectacles by sta in; their age. Deafness.—A newiy-iiivented instrument lox extreme cases of deafness, called the Sound Magn for, Organic Vibrator, and inviible Voice Conductor. It fits so into the ear as not to be in the least perceptible; the unpleasapt sensa;iou of singing noises in the heat is entirely i emoyed. It a,ffords instant relief to the deafest persons, .and enables them to hear distinctly at church and at public assem ,, liea., .39, Alieemarle-street, Picea dilly--:.-opposite the York Hotel.. -Naval and l Unary intelugence. Yesterday the depot of the 99th Light Infantry, thehead-qua..l r a dik4+l. h have embark& I for Chins, inoved fr, m Portsm , )i , th to Cha iam, for tho pur pose of joining the depots of the Provisional Bat talion at that g , ri - ison. The strength of the 90 11 depot consists of 19 sergeants. 1.1 corporals, and 80 rank and file, with C. , p,ain Hammond, Lieutenant C. D. Barwell, and. Lieut. H. C. Tr acher. The authorities at the War office having decid.d on at taching the whole of the depots of those regiments ordered to China to the Provis:oaal Battalion, pre parations are being made at Chatham to provide, barraek accommodation for the large number of troop's expected ; and the 26th and 37th Regiments have been removed to Walmer and Chichester, to afford quarters for the 23d Welsh Fusiliers, 82d Regiment, 90th Light Infant r y, an d 93d high' landcv, at Chatham garrison. The Adventure and the Assistance, iroji steam troop-ships, have been commissione'd at Portsmouth for the conveyance of troops to China. The Furious, IG, paddle frigate, Capt. Oshorne, C. 8., was paid advance at Spithead on Monday, and was inspected by Capt. Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., for the Commander-in-Chief, prior t o sailing for China, convoying out the gun-boats Cormorant, Janus, Drake, and Firm, all of which were officially inspected on Monday by Sir T. Maitland. The Cormorant left yesterday with two of the gun-boats. The Furious was at anchor at sunset. • The Agamemnon, 91, screw two decker, is fitting at Portsmouth to be employed, in conjunction with the American frigate Niagara, iu laying down the Atlantic telegraph cable. The Amphitrite,, 25, Capt. Tatham, was takenout of the basin at Portsm ou th on Monday fitted out for the Coastguard service. The Boscawen, 70, discharged, her powder on Saturday, went from Plymouth Sound into Hama aze on Monday, and is ordered to be paid off oe the 29th inQt., when she will be recommissioned for service at the Cape of Good Hope. The Euryalus, 51, Capt. G. Ramsay, will be paid off at Plymouth to-morrow. Le Cot se, French s . eamve,sel of war, Commander Garoault, which left Falmouth on Monday maw ing, arrived in the afternoon at Plymouth, where she will remain a few days in relation to the fish' eries. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Midshipman—B. 11. M. Molyneux to the Vesuvius. Paymasters—Howard E. L. P. Bailey to the Assistance/ Robert 'l'. Rayne to the Adventure. Clerk—Edward A. Burmeister to the Vesuvius; Henri V. Forrest to the Cambridge; Byron St ra tf or d to the Assistance. Staff Surg eon—James JEnkins to the B e ll e i s l e . Assistant Paymasters —Frederick F. Miller to the Adve rt lure • Charles G. Smith to the Excellent; Robt. H. Lewd 'to the Royal William ; T. D. Conconi (in char ge ) to 0 0 Nerius ; Richard Sainthill to the Nerius ; T. W. Harrie tt to the St. Vincent ; Edwin Harris (in ch arge) to the Dee; Richard Muuday to the Hastings. Assistant-Clerks— Henry B. Robinson to the Tortoise James B. Bertrand to the Excellent. Country Marketr. LIVERPOOL—APRIL 21. At this day's market there was a good attendance ° t buyers, and a large business was again clone in wheat, an d a further advance of ld to 2d per 701bs established since Friday. Flour more inquired for, but not saleable . l above 6d per barrel and i s pe r sac k over T ues d ay ' s currell rates: Fine oats in good demand at full pricer, and inferior •and oatmeal were ld per 451bs and is per load dearer on the week. Barley and peas unaltered. Beans is per clr• more money, 40s be 4 ng asked for Egyptian. Indian CO met with less attention than during th e p as t f ew dap, Oa prime mixed obtainable at 31s 6d, yellow at 32s 6d, IP prime white at . 36s per qr. LEEDS, APRIL 21. The arrivals of grain are Moderate ; the weather is 6 06 .; which rather checks th e t ra d e , but all fresh wheats tsk'"' off at fully Friday's rates, an d other sorts meet with 13 1 ° .d, _'" attention. Barley steady, w ith ou t a lt era ti on in vat°. Beans more in demand at rath er improving prices. Oa" and other articles do not vary from last week. Average prices of grain —Wheat, 53s 6d ; bailey, A 8d ; oats, 23s --d ; beans, 40s 5,1; peas, 30,s rye, 335. Bd. NEWCASTLE —Arm. 21. a A short delivery of farmers' wheat, and better &Dan at fully S4turday's prices. South country in goo d' l e quest at a trifling advance Foreign also s e lls more ro on better terms. Barley firmer. Oats good s a l e , and 11, ther dearer. HULL— APRIL 21. We had a moderate supply of whe a t to-d a y, w hich i net* l a free sale at fully 2s over last week—an attempt to ob ta more than this fi gur e c h ec k e d b us i ness. Fi ne b a rley is p.• dearer. Beans, if d r y an d h ar d , i s more money. Oats saleable at 6d advance. Linseed has recovered last wee k " depression, with more tone. Cakes dull • , but the stock ;,;" small, and make falls o ff ow i ng to several mills be clos e' ,Peas, grey and black -- 0 ('Linseed, Black Se a 66 to 7 0 Ditto Potersburgh 5G r Ditto Rigaand Arch -48 to 1 6 I angel Ditto Konigsberg and 6 Memel 5O Per 'e ,Lins,e. Hull 9108 to 9 1 5 v a s ; Ditto Le f0r....81 Os Od 9 2, 7 0 - • Ditto inf. for. 010 s Od to . 1 0 , Rapeseed...... 001 Os to Ot o i Rape cakes —8 Od to ono, ( Taros, English Ol. to Ditto foreign Guano OOl Os 81 to l3 ' ' O 4 Roues l3os Od to 13 5 ' Flour, per brl. 305.351 s i Wheat, English, red 54 to 58 n Ditto white 5B to 62 1 Dantzic and Konigs berg Ponicranianand Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and . I _ . Friesland - 45 to 50; Russian and Odessa 50 to 60' Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 26 to 30 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 36 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 36 to 381 COU RSE OF EXCIIANGE.—YEBTEEDAY. • ' m y s i t t e to rd , in m reo . 7nOnt . h . ; 191 GLeibgrahoirntar Rotterdam •• •• ........ 11 1954 Genoa ..... ........ 2 6 ; k n twerp •• •• ••• ••• •• •• .• •• 25 60 Milan .• •• •• •• •• ...„•• tsrusseis 25 50 Venl"". •• •••• •• •• ••• qamburgh •• •• •• •• •••• 13 8% Naples •••:••• .... •• •• 130 Altona •• •• •• .• •• •• •-• Palermo Paris •••••• •• -•• •• •• .25 ZS M ess i na • • 1304 . Ditto, three months .. 25 67% Idaho"' .. so Marseilles .• •..... 25 70 Oporto Bourdeaux •• • •• .•-•• WO Janeiro , Frankfort-on-Maine 119% Buenos Ayre5........" Berlin •• •••••••••••• New York,6o days' eight Vienna•• •••• •• •• •• •••• 10 33 Philadelphia Trieste •• •• •••••• ••.... 10 34 rams or BULLION, r" • 0 Petersburg ••••••••••• 56% Foreign G o ld i n B ars £0 0 a , b urg ••••• •• 495,, Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Cadiz ••• •• •••• •• •• .... 49% Mexican 1)ollars 0 0 Barcelona ... New Dollars 8 0 i* Seville— •••• itmer in bars 0 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 21. n a jet STOCK EXCHANGE. —The mar k e t was somewnau he to-day, and riot much busin ess d o n e closing at abon 6 t quotations of yest er d a y. The following were the salesi o Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 33—Y I L i re and North W es t ern , 105 — South Eastern, 2:i —taa,% - eo t Counties, 11.11.3. 4,—Grand Trunk of Canada, 161' 1 ;10 Western of Canada, 254—Blackburn 8 Lattca . '' and Yorkshire, 1 018—Midlands, 824 • MANCHESTER, APRIL 21. . n g STOOK EXORANGE.—Th e market to-day was (Oh. ti t very steady busine ss , b u t prices were slightly eat e n - A the close. Lond on an d N orth Western, 104i- 311° .,Wi1--• 82k—South Ea s t ern and Diners, 22 7-16—Leeds Eastern Counties, 114—East Lancashire, new, Blackburns, Preference, 23I—Great W e t - of Canada, 251. LEEDS, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t was qu i e t v micas without much variation. North Western, Midlands, 82—Eirwin2ham and Derby, 54. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 21. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The market was doing 6 , 1 ,1 good business to-day, and prices remain stoady. Bristol, and Birmingham, Six per coot., 133—Great .1 tern Birmingham Guaranteed, 731—Birmingham CDfrgi 91—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Irallol4v,. —South Staffords, 91 . 6 s. 3 d. -- Birmingham Fire, 1' —London and North Western, Eighths, d. BIRTHS. OF ♦ SON. ,f. John 8. °nib° 19th inst., at Stockwood, the wife a Crawle, Esq. On th y e 21st inst., at St. John's-road Brixton, th ° /cif. of John Feltoe, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. wifo On the 20th inst., at Waltham Abbey, Esse x, the the Rev. Rolla C. M. Rouse. On the 20th inst , at 10, Gloeester-road, Old BroroP t°r4 the wife of Edward Mansell, gsq. MARRIED. -sr gen / On the 18tls inst., at St. John's, Hampstead, - , --r . d, to Nightingale, of 'Harrington-street, Hampstead.ro!obers Maria Jane, youngest daughter of the late Mr. l'' Jupe, of Bulstrode-street, Cavendish-square. ingt °lll On the I6th inst., at the parish church, Learn r fo, the Rev. Albert Boudier, assistant minister of St- : t a t ; sir Warwick, to Ellen Letitia, second daughter of th° ' James Bruce, Bart., of Downhill-park, county of Ld° l3°ll. derry. On the 21st inst., at Montague-place, Clapham."'" 06 Manning, Egg., aged 87. S e p t , gia/ On the 20th inst., at the Vicarage, Bexley, -. 1 - -- Mary Newbolt Hardng, aged OW On tbe 19th in at 22, U per Baker-street, xr ,,e • park, Mr. William Cattell, lat e Emseote, Virarl/1 aged 73. volt, On the 19th inst., at 9, Singswood - plac e, D acre.. Lee, Robert Harriss, E2q aged 67. esab ire ' On the 19th inst., at Esq., near Bury, .Lan Riebard Ashton, Esq., sged 531 ;eagt's- On the 17th inst., at 50, Upper Albany-street, 0,,k, park, M —ary , widow of the late William BARR+ •L'''' of Rhynie, Ross-shire, N. 8., aged 58. ' Lady ft". 'On the 17th inst. , at 39 Grosve nor-square , ~ , —.., ces Ryder, aged 32 -- —--- -- -,JO, ' LONDON : Printed and. P u blished by MITBDO YOU". • 14 0 * of No, 112, Stra nd, Printer, ,at The Sun OW , ty 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Nu° of Al iddlcaex, WeineaJay, April 22, 1857. I !-''' At . CI eE Ar