The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-26 00:00:00

LKSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

J. W. Sharp, Tmk•roati,l.Mnia,h vocalist—J. Mere', amt., CM.
reare.plae-, S. Genrge's New Town. IKent•etreet, Southwark, Bather
ew .meller—W. NI tinberg, Britko etreet, lire7y etabk
keeper—T. CAN, Great Marlow.etree., Absnchorer.equare,
bone, trkklayer —J. Smaith, Plough court. Potter.lane, bet mak, r
W. 11. Smith, Blackkian•rod, Surrer. retired cum 3 and r in the
royal navy—E. W. Perry, Bromley, Mlddleees, amount-3M —J. Su.eed,
Drummood•ermoent, Easton-equare, baker.
DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS.

Gamma limms-rr, Duke.atreet, Westminster; Bristol and Bridg-
water, Soinetec:tebire • and Plymouth and Tcignmouth, Lk von.
shire, railway cootnictor —lit div. of 2a. 611., Nov. 23, and any
subeequent Monday, at Cannan'e, Aldersaanhury.
WttAams liollll.loll, Maidstoot, Kenr, er-Ist die. of 80. I Id.,
Dec. I, and three sabot:uncut Thursdays, at buszadelies,
BoeingLoll-
street
Witusai Palaver', Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, cordwsiner—lst di..
of is. ed., Nov. 2G, and these suliseq•ent BMus days, at Dorris%
Nottingham.
!Mums ELWOOD, Leicester, merchant-Ist die. of Ss., Nov. 26, sad
three auteequent Saturdays, at Dania's. IN ottingliam.
Buicsows. East etonehouse- Devonshire, and Jon, Cuonow,

Plymouth, beer brewer-anal or 6d., ay Tuesday or PALMY,
at Heroaman's,
oar NW ausrar, Jur-, Sbrombury, grocer-2nd and anal dim of
M., any Thursday, at Whltemort's, Birmingham.

Dee. 16. J. WLeehlsn, SpitaLegusre, Norton-folg/te, auctioneer
Dee. 16. J. Hunter, jun., Barge-yard, Buckletsbury, merchant—Dee.
19. C. S. Beadle, Brool.terrar t Kenruid, and Buxton-hill,
boot manufacturer—Dec. 16. It. Jacque., •Cottenbam-court.road, was
chandler—lke. 19. S. King. Newestosueet, City, warehouseman-
-Dee. 19. D. Nutt, Stratford-green, Eeeea, merchant —Dce. 17. 8.
Lichfield, Bhmingbarn, druggist—Dec. 19. J. Aekey, nheltou, Staf-
fordshire. timber merchant—lke. IS. W. Bradshaw, Ihruinighatu,
victualler—Dec. 19. G. Greenstock, Bristol, nalllicier—Dec. 19. J.
Medford, Bath, Sonurratshire, mimic feller —Dec. 19. T. Townsend,
Bath, hat ruanufacturer-1)e. 17. J. and F. Plgrin, Wolverhatnixon,
Stattordshire, shoe manufacturers—Dee. 19. J. Strachan Newcastle-
upoet-Tyte, coalman brewer—Dec.l9. S. C. Harrison, Sandsrlsnd.
by-the. Bea, Durham, linen draper—Dee. 16. IL Jones, Chester,
grofier—Doe. 19. 6. Dardier, Liverpool, merchant.
CLIITIFIC.ATES to be ranted, unless eanws be shown to the contrary
on the day of meeting.
Dee. 16. 11. Mountain, Pitoadilly, and Gunter's.grorr, Bromplon,
draper —Dec. IC. W. O. Edgbill, nigh-street, Southwark, ebinaman
—Doc. 17. J. Dummelow, jun.. Yenchurch-street, City, eunimisslon
agent —Dec.l6. 11. Solomon, Holborn-hill, City, and Cumberland.
plasm and Surrey.piaer, Oki Kegt-ros.l, furniture broker—Use. IS. A.
Clarkson, Reading, Berkshire, Semmes brewer—Dec. 16. J. Gam-
mon, Woo:with, Kent, butcher —Dee. Id. J. Heath, Chadians, Buck-
inghamshire, chemist —Den. 19. 8. L. Oppeobenn, Broad...trent-
buildings, Cite
~ merchant - Dee. 19. B. Rolla and It. A. Moore, Park-
ville-street, Piccadilly, tailors-Jan. 9. T. Cullingwortb, wodlry
Mills, Yorkshire, oorn oilier —Dec. 11. J. Pollitt, jun., Manchester,
packet—Dec. 21. 9. B. WWII, Bristol, hatter—Dec. 20. F. Ptytoo,
Birminghsm, brick tuaker—Dne. 22. W. Watson, Audlcy, Stafford-
erre, saddler.

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PAIITNEIUMIN DISSOLVED.
P. J. Burnett and L. NAM, Eastcheap, City. 'issuance senate
—O. nehmen and J. Basilian, Knott Mill, provender millers
—II. Taylor and W. G. llird, 113 cup, Lancashire cotton
spinners—G. Millthorp and F. Millthorpt Wakrflei York.
shire, Paulen' ink manufactutete —T. Wbicher and J. Legit.
P Doreatabire, grocers—O. Idenett end T. Slimes, War.
wick. Regent-street, silk mercers-0. Marshall and F. Mar-
shall, Plymouth. Devonshire, solicitirs—ll. Martyr and C. Martyr,
Laurence Poinstney.lane, City wholesale tea dealers—T. Munro. jun.,
and D. Tote, Salford, Lancashire, braid manufacturers It. B. Sewell,
C. W. Estcuurt, and J. A. D. Wake, Newport, Me of Wight, attains.'
—C. Dean and E. Critters'', Liverpool, cotton brokers—B. White and
R. Barber, Plough-bridge, Rotberhithe, manufacturing chemists
J. England and IL England, Kingston.upen-Hull, attorneys—H.
Crowther and J. Berry, Lockwood, Yorkshire, woollen cloth mans
facturers—kliasbeth tirundy and Jenne Kidd, Altrinclum, Cheshire,
milliners—J. Plimpton and W. L Thomas, Crseratreet, Finsbury,
dairy (amen —C. Humble and T. P. Cocks, Newcastle.uptin.Tyne and
Gateshead, brewers—lt. Ye es and J. Ingham, Duekworth.hall
Colliery, Lanearbire, coal merchants-1. U. Gibb and A. Calder,
Aleppo—P. M. Goodwin and G. Goodwin. Higb.atreet, Portland.
town, general linen draper.—J. Jl. Morris and J. ii. Anderson, eshi.
Wars of the Aztec Lilliputian.—J. Wilson, Gateshead Durham ; T.
Wilson, Pones, North Britain; and G. Coulson, Felling, Durham,
timber merchants, so far as regards G. Coulson.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC DURINAI IHE PAST WEEK.

(From Her apalk's Railway Journal.)

Mlles opened. Name of Railway. Remote. 1
1852. ' 1853. 18.52. 1853.
BRITISH. - -
72 72 Aberdeen
374 374 Belfast and Ballymena
17 17 Belfast and County Down 172 196 I
33 33 Birkenhead, Lane.,& Cheshire 1,484 1,798
86 854 Bristol and Exeter
189 1894 Caledonian and
1
69 891 Edinburgh and Glasgow
94 941 Chester and Holyhead
2 61 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage 1361 149'
20 Cork and Bandon
56 66 Dublin and Belfast Junction BB2 1,113
63 624 Dublin and Drogheda 944 -
6 6 Dublin and Kingstown
161 161 Dundee and Arbroath
31 31 Dundee,Perth,AberdeenJunc 6BOl 756
19 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen -
68 68 East Anglian
79 8.4 East Lancashire
122 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk 16,211 16,912
95 96 Eastern Union 2,351 2,426
78 78 Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 2,124 2,744
6 6 Exeter and Crediton
19 19 Furness 307 618
1711 1711 Glasgow and South Western 4,017 4,817
2231 283 Great Northern& E.Lincolnsh 14,237 18,116
188 188 Great Southern & Western(lr) 4,622 6,249
277 3191 Great Western 19,324 19,604
fa26l Irish South Eastern
104 Kendal and Windermere
41 Killarney Junction 2OO
90 90 Lancaster and Carlisle
260 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire ..'
181 181 Liverpool,Crosby, & Southport 248 -
- 18 Londonderry and Coleraine - 211
536
5 Lon 663 rnon and
ai Itiorth:Vauestern
0434 V?:605
066
17 1734 London, Brighton, and S. Coast 10,744111,087
2441
2531 London and South Western 110,480
34 41 Londonderry and Enniskillen 40.5 493
1671 1671 Manchester, Sheff., & Lincoln 6,5161 7,877
81 94 Manehesterand South Junction 6251 696
28 28 Maryport and Carlisle 729 883
4981 4981 Midland 22,163 23,867
126 126 Midland Great Western (Ire ) 2,285 2,677
37 37 Monklands 823 1,062
60 784 Newcastle and Carlisle
149 149 North British
47 47 North Western 702 1,051
35 89 Ozt,Wore.,& Wolverhampton 6.5.5 2,448
77 82 Scottish Central and
- - Scottish Midland
741 294 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 717 867
47 47 Shrewsbury and Chester .... 1,510 1,777
29 29 Shropshire Union
68 68 South Devon 1,6671 1.980
MN 2881 'South Eastern
1004 131 South Wales 2,414. 3,793
77 77 SouthYork.,Doncaster& Goole 1,345 1,421
40 40 Taff Vale
36 36 Ulster 1,017 1,15.5
39 39 West Hartlepool & Co.'s Doc 1,8591 1,965
13 29 Waterford and Kilkenny 6l 129
60 68 Waterford and Limerick
25 25 West Cornwall 464 540
12 12 Whitehaven Junction 270 288
660 682 York, Ne w.& Berwick, &York
&N. Mid. & Leeds Northern M,790i 26,974
FOREIGN.
1:4
157 Dutchos
annesli 1
211 21 iaria Antonia
84
Mediterranean .. , . 6,98.5 7,363
2'22 -
63 63 Montereau and Troyes
63 83 Namur and Liege
421 4431 Northern of France
49 677 Orleans and Central* 123,035 33,652
MO Paris and Lyons 115,752,17,689
84 84 Paris and Rouen 6,591, 8,403
194 392 Paris and Strasburgh 16,192 20,009
69 69 Bourn and Havre
241 274 Sambre and Meuse
68 86 Western of France I 3,6611 4,114

• The recsapts Wein& the trait° on the Orleans and Comma, M-
ims sad Bordeaux,. and Tours and Nantes JOSS.

EXTENSIVE FORGERY IN LIVERPOOL—A dis-
covery has been made during the past week that a forgery
was committed on the Borough Bank of this town by Mr.
William M'Curtin, of the firm of M'Curtin and Riley,
merchants, Mathew-street, so far back as October last. Mr.
M'Curtin carried on an extensive trade, and until the du•
covery of the forgery to which we allude, was supposed to
be possessed of considerable means. It would appear ti at
on this 18th October last, a bill of 1,5401., drawn by Mr.
M'Curtin, and purporting to be accepted by Sir David
Roache, of Limerick, who is extensively engaged in flour
and corn operations in the south of Ireland, was coshed at
the Borough Bank. The bank officials bad not the slightest
suspicion that the acceptance was a forgery until, on the
presentation of the bill, Sir David Reache repudiated it,
and denied having soy knowledge of the party by whom
it was drawn. It was accordingly returned protested, and
then the fact that a forgery had been committed by Mr.
M'Curtin was clearly established. The matter was then
placed in the hands of tho police authorities, but up to the
present Mr. M'Curtin bas succeeded in eluding their vigi-
lance. It is suspected that similar other forgeries will now
be discovered to have been committed by Mr. M'Curtin,
some of whose private friends are also likely to be heavy
losers en his account.

NEW ZEALAND FLAX.—The Council have received
from the New Zealand Society the one ton of Phormiwn
Tenax, or New Zealand Flax, mentioned in a previous
number of the Journal, which has been cleansed in rather
an inferior to the usual mode, and has had much
less labour bestowed upon it than native-dressed flex. The
object of the New Zealand Society in sending this sample
is to enable experiments to be made, with a view to the
introduction and application of such machinery and pro-
cesses as aright lead to improvements in the preparation of
the flax, so as to render it fit for exportation. The New
Zealand Society has placed in the hands of the council a
draft for 30 guineas, which they are willing should be
awarded to any person who will furnish them with modes
' of operation, models and specifications of machinery, by
which the flax may be dressed at a cost not exceeding dl. per
ton (this price to 'prepare the flax as a raw material), reck-
oning the wages of an ordinary labourer at 4s. per diem,
aad of artisans at 6s. to Gs. Bd. The mathiue to be of two
kinds • one analogous to the old spinning wheel, that may
be used in every cottage or shepherd's hut, and the other
suitable for more catenaryo operations.—Journal of the
Society of Arts.