The Press.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

Friday, January 6.

BANKRUPTS.—HERni ALBERT ....INFORD and WILLIAM
RICHARDSON, Girdlers' Arms, hherbourue lace, tavern and eat.
ing-house keepers—GEoßuE Hairy, Strand, ironmonger—Wm.
BOWLER, Old Kent-road, hat nianufasturer—WiLtaam THOMAS
ASHWIN, Montpelier Vale, Kent, 01101L1111t.—!AVID LEOPOLD
LEWIB, Salters'-hall-court, Cannon-street, merchant—ROßEßT
THOMSON, St. John's-street-road, linendraper—'THOMAS BATE-
MAN MANNINO, Deptford, iron and brass founder—JAMEB
MOST, Birch, Essex, lIENRY SAUNDERS,
Pontypool, Monmouthshire, grocer—Jarma Lon, Chertsey.
Surrey, buiIder—JONATHAN WAILES, Dewsbury, rag dealer—
CHARLES MARION CROOKS, Church-row, hlouudaditoh, licensed
victualler—OwEx THOMAS, Maliobester, taiIor—HARRIET
JOSEPH, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, victualler—.JAMES
Barnshurv-place, Islington, innkeeper.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—THOMAS WILKIE, Bothwell,
near Hamilton, joiner—WlLE-um BI.►GLUT, Glasgow, coal
merchant—ALExArthEß WATSON, Auchinleck, Itenhowshire—
JOAN ROBERTSON, Edinburgh, cattle dealer.

Tins present year of 1855 not onl3 commences on
the same day of the week as 1849, but by a coinci-
dence will not recur for a long period, as in 1819 all
the moveable holidays from Septuagesima to Advent
fall on the same dates and the same days. The
almanacs of 1849 might, therefore, serve for the cur-
rent year.
ACCORDING to returns made up to the 31st ult. at
the Admiralty, her Majesty has 142 vessels of war
propelled by steam-power afloat and in commission,
and 104 sailing ships—total, 240.
A LARGE SHOAL Or PORPOISES was found stranded
on the Solway last week. One of them measured
twenty feet in length, and the captors are likely to
realise a considerable profit from the oil.
FOR two months, says the Times, all Europe was
crying shame on the want of lint to dress the wounds
of thousands of British soldiers lying at Scutari, and
scarce a household in this country but was busily
employed in supplying the want. It now appears
that the lint was there all the time, only some brutal
official thought it less trouble to sa,- nothing about
it than to give it out to the hospitals. What the
fellow meant to do with his lint slid other stores at
the end of the war, should it ever arrive, it passes us
to say.
THE Black Prince, screw steam-transport, No.
161, from London to the Crimea with Government
stores, put into Falmouth on Wednesday for fuel.
MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY WILLIAM ADAMS, C. 8.,
died on the 19th ult., at Scutari, from effects of
the wounds which lie received at the battle of luker-
mann' on the sth of November. The deceased gene-
ral had been raised to his rank only on the 12th of
December, for the distinguished gallantry which he
displayed throughout the operations in the Crimea,
whilst in command of the brigade of the 2nd division,
composed of the 41st,47th and 49th Regiments, from
the last named of which he was taken to fill the post
of brigadier-general. Few commanding officers have
been more beloved as well as respected by their corps
—both officers and men. General Adams entered the
the service in 1823, and attained the rank of lieute-
nant-colonel in 1840; at that time he was in the
18th Royal Irish, which distinguished regiment he
commanded through the operations in China, inolud,
ing the first capture of Chilean, the storming of the
heights above Canton, the capture of Amoy, the
second capture of Chusan,: the storming of the
fortified heights of Chinhae, and the capture of Ningpo.
The 49th Regiment, which was likewise serving in
these operations, was shortly afterwards returning to
England, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adams exchanges
into it. He has since been with his regiment in this
country, Ireland, and the Mediterranean. McOr-Geni
ral Adams being on the supernumerary list, his death
will not cause a vacancy on the general officers' list.
THE Suabian Mercury states that in Spain, Hol-
land, and Hamburg, depots for receiving volunteers
for the Foreign Legion which England is about to
raise, are being established under the direction of
English officers. The old English reputation for
liberality is bravely maintained by the Suabian jour-
nal, which says each volunteer is to receive 25f. on
entering, and :300f. when he shall have joined his
regiment. He is also to receive "as much tea, liquor,
&c., as he likes."

THE WAR OFFICE has been invited to investigat
the merits of a novel description of siege cannon, tl
iuventicn of a Mr. Williams, of Pembroke. Tl •
great difficulty experienced at Sebastopol is tht
enormous labour required to get the siege pieces
into position. The cannon of Mr. Williams can bt
carried with ease on men's shoulders, they being
cast in pieces which can be fitted together in a fee,
minutes by a person of the conmeneet uncial)
standing.

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