The Press.
London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
APPOINTMENTS.
Llentenants—George E. IL Gore to the Royal William ; John
W. Webb to the Curacoa; William Lambard to the Victory; Wil-
liam Henry Liddell to the Curacoa; Louis Geneste to the Cos-
sack ; John Ward and liasil S. de IL 11111 to the Salamander ;
John 13. Field to the Cossack.
Surgeons—Frederick James Whipple to the Salamander ; Ro-
bert T. Easton to the Cossack; John Rower. M.D , to the Cars-
cos ; Henry Slade to the Harrier; Johu Jack to the Curlew;
James Atchison, M.D., and Thomas Crawfbrd to be Surgeotit
for service in the prison ships in the Midway ; Joseph Caldwell
to the Wuterloo.
Masters—James D. Milne to the Malacca ; Thomas Hart to
the

Curacoa: George H. Loveridge to the Salamander.
Assistant-Englneer of the Third Clue—Henry Bi enford to

the Fleet.
Ounuer—Thomas Harris to the Curlew.
Paymaster—Joseph H. W. Bowman to the Salamander.
Clerk—Henry M. Moore to the Supply.
Boatswain—William Beverley to the Curlew.
Carpenters—George Hughes to the Curlew ; Bevil Kingston
to the Supply.

PROMOTION.
rohn de Couroy A. Agnew (flag) to be Cote-

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday, August W.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.--JAMea HART, Borough-
road, Southwark, engineer— rem). Miura, Newport, Essex,
corn merchant WILLIAM PILLINO, Shudehill, Lancashire,
publican.
BANKRUPTS: 4one M'CALLA and ALEXANDER FOTIIERTIIe•
HAM, Friday-street, Cheapside, warehousemen—Oro. Patecn
and JAMES PRINCE, Regent-street and Carlton-street, West-
minster, wine merchants—EßENEZEß KEMPRTER, MACXENZIII
CoRNSITUR PROUT NEwcomng, and FNANcia Tito*.
GRIFFITHS, Graceohureh•etreet, City, and Liverpool, shipovmeri
—GEORGE HAMMOND, King's-TOW, Walworth, carpenter—Om.
HENRY TUOMAN and JAMES EvENS TUOMAN, Great Tower-street,
City, provision merchants—SAMUEL HELBERT ELLIS, jun., Stock
Exchange, City, dealer in stocks--TnoNAH MAIN, Albert•street,
Walworth,engineer—RlCKAßD BENCH. Birmingham, flour dealer
—HENRY WIT.RON, Old Swindon, 'Wiltshire, grocer—BENJAMIN
SMITH, Kildwick, Yorkshire, worsted spinner—ALEX►Nntit
SMITH, Liverpool, merchant—Hoon BROWN, Liverpool, mer-
chant.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—JAmze Nont.E, Edinburgh,
tavernkeeper—JAMES IVNAIN, Glasgow, temperance hotel-
keeper.

Friday, August 25.
BANKRUPTS.—NICHOLKON MASON DAY and JoiPk TURNER,
Bunhill-row, engineers ADAM Humrzn, Oxfoid, draper—
WILLIAM ALDER VINCENT, Wolverhampton, printer—.JOHN
CHAPLIN and ROBERT {VIOLET, Leicester, tern Jong
JOREPR WRITING, Cambridge, apothecary /cts Nitestry,
lilackfriars-bridge, manufacturer of mantlew—Jonx kftufzit,
St. Peter's, Islington, stock and share broker—WILLIAM FLEX-
MAN the younger, High-street. Kensington, corn and seed
merchant—JOHN CLARKE, Beividere•road. Lambeth, butcher—
CHARLES GROVE, Birmingham, licensed victualler—Saint:mt.
11 ourou, Edgware-road, builder—Oxonoit WEBB, Shoreditah,
cheesemonger--Jouu PATIRKON WATERKON, Alexander terrace,
Paddington, builder--Jcatzs WRIGHT, Rood-lane, ShIcOWTHST,—•
JOSEPH WINDLE COLE, Birchin-lane, merchant—Cncetii
HEYNE, AL Benet's-place, Oracechurch•street, broker—WILLIAM
WAILER the younger, Chesterfield. ironfounder— HOWARD
BUSHY Fox, Liverpool, metal broker—JOSEPH Rontusow,
Nantwich, brazier.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. DIONT6IIIII Omura!
Minix/fast, Hamilton, quarrier.

A TERRIBLE. INSTANCE Or INDIAN SUPERSTITION in
relation to debt is recorded by the Calcutta Englishman as
having lately occurred in Oude. A milkman, being in-
debted to a certain Lallah, his neighbour, in the amount
of sixty or seventy rupees, was inees.antly troubled by the
creditor to pay his debt, but which the ill-fated milkman
was not in a position to perform. From harassing impor-
tunities the Lolls ruthlessly threatened to have his house
sold or razed with the ground, and himself thrown into
prison. This decided the unfortunate man in his deed of
desperation. Forthwith-he decided to destroy himself and
family rather than suffer the indignity of having his do-
mestic privacy invaded ; and, after winning his wife over
to his sad determination, he proceeded, in order to pre-
clude the possibility of escaping, to bind her, together with
his children, firmly down to the ground, and locked the
door of the apartment, and, after having placed plenty of
combustible matter, such as straw, cow-dung, and bam-
boos, about the house, the poor wretch, with stoical firm-
ness, wrapped his body well round with cotton, and, barri-
cading the doors, set the house on fire, which, being
rapidly enveloped in flames, was soon consumed, along
with the unfortunate suicides.

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