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London, England, 1855-12-28

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London, England, 1855-12-28

TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS and
11 Others.—The TRAVELLERS' and MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY grant Policies of Insurance against EVERY DESCRIP-
TION of ACCIDENT, whether occurring whilst travelling or other-
wise.

CAPITAL, 250,0001.
TRUSTEES.

The Right Honourable Earl Fitzwllliam, K.G.
Matthew Marshall, Esq. (Bank of England).4
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Sir Charles Fox.
EXAMPLE OF RATES.

Annual Premium. I Sum at Death. I Weekly Allowageo.

£2 0 0

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.£5 0 0
London, England, 1855-12-28

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LONDON.

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according to the conditions contained.ln the Society's Prospectus.
The Premiums required by this Society for insuring Young Lives
aro lower than in many other old-established offices, and Insurers
are fully protected from all risk by an ample guarantee fused, in
addition to tke accumtlated funds derived from the investments of
Premiums.

Policy stamps paid ny the Office.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the Office in Threadneedle-street,
London, or of any of the Agents of the Society.
CHARLES HENRY LIDDERDALE, Actuary.

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Full security to parties Assured by means of aTapital of ONE
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vested.

Premiums particularly favourable to the younger and middle
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Prospectuses, with Lill Tables and Details and Forms, may be had
at the Company's Offices, or of the Agents.
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N.B.—Life Insurance Premiums are allowed as deductions in In-
come Tax Returns.
London, England, 1855-12-28

THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.

Considerable consternation has been caused during the
last few (lays amongst the employjes at the Poet-office,
in consequence of a rumour being circulated throughout
the department, that half of the " compensation" money
granted to the body at the period when the salaries were
revised, was to be taken away. It appears that there
was, moreover, good grounds for the statement, inas-
much as some of the officers were summoned before the
comptroller and informed of the intention of the autho-
rities to make the reduction in question. Since then,
however, a counter order has been issued, and in some
instances the men have been told that they will not be
interfered with at present, but that the matter remains
in abeyance for a short time. This appears to be a very
blsimshamlle dnet:
singular, and indeed an unprecedented proceeding, and
certainlyddissatisfaction
faactcihoanracttherrollligkielloy to u
the cause no
ao
one
ef
Why such a step has been proposed, it is not easy to
learn ; nor is it possible to guess accurately. Such,
however, is the fact. It does seem to be very hard that
the men in the Post-office, who receive the lowest amount
of wages are the very first upon whom the official parsi-
mony falls, those in the higher classes escaping every-
thing except the inconie•tax. If it could be shown that
these inferior offices are too highly paid, there might be
some reason for the reduction, but as this cannot be
done, such a step appears to savour in no small degree
of injustice, and is likely to do no small damage to a
service where unanimity and good feeling between the
several classes of officers is most desirable, and indeed
really essential to the welfare of the establishment and
the good of the community at large.—Morning Adger-
user.
London, England, 1855-12-28

LOAN.—The NEW RIVER COMPANY aro
prepared to receive TENDERS for SUMS of MONEY (raised
under the provisions and requirements of (heir Acts of 1852 and
1554) on Bonds of not less than 5001., for three, five, or seven years,
at 4% per cent. Interest, payable half-yearly.
Further information may be obtained, if required, of the under-
signed, at the New River Office, New River Head, Clerkenwell, be-
tween the hours of Ten and Fonr, to whom Tenders are to be addressed
for the Directors.

By order. FRED. INGLIS, Clerk.
New River Office, Nov. 30, 1855.
London, England, 1855-12-28

to the increasing knowledge of the distant or de-
serted parts of the world. The illustrations are
not the least attractive part of the volume. They
aro numerous and beautiful, the colours of the
various species being given with great brilliancy.

The Wonders of science ; or, Young Humphrey
Davy. By Henry Mayhew. David Bogue.

It will be remembered by all its juvenile readers
that Mr. Mayhew has furnished them with a work
similar to the present in the "Story of the Peasant
Boy Philosopher," a narrative of the early life of
Ferguson, the Shepherd Astronomer. The present
volume narrates the early efforts and adventures
of " the Cornish apothecary's boy, who taught
himself natural philosophy," and who subsequently
became so eminent in the scientific world. This
kind of book is a very excellent one for juvenile
readers, boys especially. It instructs them in some
of the principles of science, and makes them ac-
quainted with the incidents in the early career of
the great men it describes ; and, more than that,
it awakens an interest in scientific knowledge, and
shows them what man has done, and what he may
do. It is handsomely bound, and has numerous
illustrations, forming a most attractive and in-
structive Christmas present.

The Spirit of the Bony. By Mrs. Owen.
Routledge.

Mrs. Octavius Owen is well known as a pleasing
and agreeable writer. List year she gave us the
" Chronicles of the Heroines of History." Her
task is now less ambitious. She has contributed to
our Christmas library a domestic tale of error and
and amendment, anger and reconciliation, a child
lost and found. "The Spirit of the Holly" is a
somewhat vague personage, it not being very plain
whether the writer intends her to be taken as real
or ideal. The spirit of Christmas, influencing kindly
words and deeds, may, however, be looked on as a
household fairy, and as such we suppose Mrs.
Owen intends us to take it. We could have wished
there had been less of romance and more of simple
daily life in the story, but to many it will be none
the less attractive, and to all its readers it will form
an entertaining companion for a leisure hour.
London, England, 1855-12-28

BonouGu HOP.

Good and fine hops are in fair request, at full prices.
Otherwise the trade 15 heavy, at late rates. Mid and East
Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 0/ Os per cwt; Weald of Kent,
3/ Os to 41 15s ; Sussex, 2/ lfis to 4/10s.

THE RETHELET MURDER.--The report of the death of
Palmer, who has been committed for trial at the Stafford-
shire assizes, charged with the wilful murder of Mr.
John Parsons Cook, his companion upon the turf, is
without foundation. Palmer is yet a prisoner in the
Stafford Gaol, waiting the termination of the analyses
upon the stomach and intestines of the prisoner's de-
ceased wife and brother, which have been commenced by
Dr. Taylor, of Guy's Hospita'. The police are making
another and more strict seaioh for the missing betting-
book of the deceased, Cook--the discovery of which, or
any trace of it, will be au important fact in the case.
With a view t 3 the recovery of the book, articles and
places apparently the most unlikely to form the secreting
Place of such a thing are being overturned and opens 4
up to the

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London, England, 1855-12-28

BREAK DOTVN OF THE LAND TRANS•

POET CORPS.

The following memorandum has been forwarded to
the several divisions of the army :
Head-quarters, Dec. 9, 1855.
The Commander of the Forces directs that, until
further orders, no portion of the Railway or Lind
Transport Corps shall be employed in the transportation
of huts, except for the purpose of covering their own
horses.

Generals of Divisions will therefore see the necessity
of those men now under canvas remaining so, and they
will, therefore, cause all the men so situated to have
their tents doubled ; and by a requisition upon the
Quartermaster-General, and employment of fatigue par
ties from their divisions, boarding, &c., can be had from
Balaklava for flooring the tents. By these means, and
by drawing provisions daily from the reserve stores
upon the plateau, it is hoped that the Laud Transport
Corps will recover itself by rest.
Those huts requiring completion must be completed
by fatigue parties proceeding to Balaklava, and fur-
nished by the divisions in which the unfurnished huts
are situate.

Should fatigue parties be sent the Commander of the
Forces directs that they shall be under the command of
a full proportion of officers, and shall leave camp at as
early an hour as possible.--By order,
(Signed) C. A. WINDHAM, Major General,
Chief of the Staff.
London, England, 1855-12-28

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London, England, 1855-12-28

34-R. GORDONCUMMING has the honour
IL to announce that TWO NEW PICTURES were added
to his AFRICAN ENTERTAINMENT on the 26th. The subjects
will be, Ist, The Hunter's Troop of Sixteen Horses attacked by Five
Lions, painted by Harrison Weir ; 2d, A View of the River Limpopo,
with large Llerd of Hippopotami, by Richard Leitch.-232, Piccadiiy.
London, England, 1855-12-28

inn CAVERNS OF THE GNOME BRITANNICUS IN

SUBTERRANEAN U SSI A.
Gnomes—Britannicus (a fine old English Gnome), ono of
the olden time, bearing a close resemblance to the " Old
Gentleman," fully answering to his co-Gnome-en ; a pure un-
adulterated British Spirit, strongly opposed to anything in the
shape of Foreign Wines, French Brandy, and great in hi■
in Beer, 'Baccy, Beef, and Boxing—Mr. John Neville.

Ballabile des Diablotines, by Mesdemoiselles E. Honey,
Hicks, Arlington, Cleveland, Granville, Losh, Brown, Page,
Gregory, Rose, Kendall, Martinez, Gosselin, Turtle, Ford,
Stewart, Ranoo, and Clare.
Assistant Gnomes—Blue Fire, Mr. Williams ; Phosphorus-
ton, Mr. Samuels ; Candescentington, Mr. A. Smith ; Match.
well, Mr. Saunders ; Ignisfatty, Mr. P. A. James ; Red-
blazes, Mr. Voller ; Cratervomit, Mr. Spindle ; Torchlight,
Mr. Jaffer ; Blazeton, Mr. Parkes ; Sulphuritc, Mr. Topham ;
Flamington, Mr. Pitman ; Gassington, Mr. B. Brown ; Crater-
♦omit, Mr. Simkins ; Hotspark, Mr. J. Jones; lllutninoso ;
Mr. Blockey ; Nitrebauk, Mr. Pratt.

Scone 11.
THE LAND'S END, CORNWALL, WITH THE CAR

OF THE DRAGONS.

Good Humour—(a familiar spirit, whose familiarity is con-
ducive to the very reverse of contempt. The prettiest page in
the whole volume of the Pantomime)—Mies Harriet Gordon.

Diorama—No. 'l.

THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON'S ARRIVAL IN
LONDON,
And his Enthusiastic Reception.
Diorama —No. 2.
London, England, 1855-12-28

MANCHESTER, DEo. 27.

STOCK EICTIANGE.—The market to-day has been dull/
but prices steady. Midland, 64i—Leede, 77—Dover, 1
3-16—London and North-Western, 944—Sheffield, 231—"
Groat Westorn of Canada, New, 2i pr.
London, England, 1855-12-28

CHILBLAINS (broken or not), frost bites,
woundc, scalds. burns, tic douloureex, lumbago, rheumatism,
cured by JONES'S MINERAL COMPOUND. So many
varinni cures have been effected by this pre?aration that it is called
by those who have benefitted by it a won terful discovery. Sold in
Mottles, Is. 1144., 2s. hid., 4s. lid., and 89., at Bridge's sarsaparilla
depot, 270, Regent-street.
London, England, 1855-12-28

TRADE AND NAVIGATION.

The Trade and Navigation Returns of the United
Kingdom, in connection with foreig❑ countries and
British possessions, in the year 1854, have just been
issued. The subjoined report, signed by Mr. Fonblan-
que, precedes the statistical tables :

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS Ott THE COM.
London, England, 1855-12-28

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, DEO. 27.
This was to have been the principal market day, if.
stead of Tuesday (Christmas-day), but the arrangement
does not appoar to have been well understood, and there
has not been a full attendance of either buyers or sellers.
Probably this is partly owing to many parties not hey'
ing returned from their holiday excursions. There AS
been but little business, but a good healthy feeling Pre-
vails, with firm prices. Manufacturers are mostly well
engaged, and the stocks are generally so low for all the
standard makes of cloth that anything beyond ♦ery mo-
derate quantities could not be obtained for early dell
very. In yarns only a moderate business is doing, but
prices are steady.
There was a meeting of Mr. James Cheetham's cre-
ditors yesterday, when the debts were stated at 111,000/4
exclusive of the money on mortgage upon the buildings
(about 70,0001 ), which is said to have been converted
into a rent charge. The assets wero estimated to be
equal to a dividend of 7s. 6d. in the pound sterling.

NOTTINGHAM, Dxo 2T.
The Christmas holidays have this week prevented
much busi❑ess being done in the lace trade here ; mann.
facturers are, however, looking forward to an sail's
trade in the spring.

In the hosiery department a number of buyers mad*
their appearance at our warehouses this morning. The
general hosiery trade ie, on the whole, tolerably active.
Yarns are firm.

Country Markets.

DERBY SMITHFIELD.—DEc. 26.

The supply of fat beasts to-day was quite as largo as wag
expected for the market following the Christmas old war
ket. Tho number of buyers small, but the animals atostll
disposed of. several pens of sheep, which sold readily.
Bacon pigs were scarce, and porkers more numerous. Fat
calves more plentiful than of late.

Tho following were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to 60;
mutton, 60 to 7d ; lamb, Od to Od ; real, 7d to 7d 14Ir
lb. ; pigs, lOs Od to lOs 6d per score ; rough fat, 6s 0,1 to Oe
per 141 b. ; hides, 4d to 4td per lb ; calf-skins, 3!(1 to b
per lb.
London, England, 1855-12-28

BREAK DOWN OF THE LAND TRANS.

PORT CORPS.

The following memorandum has been forwarded to
,he several divisions of the army :

Head-quarters, Dec. 9, 1855.
The Commander of the Forces directs that, until
further orderg, no portion of the Railway or Land
Transport Corps shall be employed in the transportation
of huts, except for the purpose of covering their own
horses.

Generals of Divisions will therefore see the necessity
of those men now under canvas remaining so, and they
will, therefore, cause all the men so situated to have
their tents doubled ; and by a requisition upon the
Quartermaster• General, and employment of fatigue par-
ties from their divisions, boarding, &c., can be bad from
Balaklava for flooring the tents. By these means, and
by drawing provisions daily from the reserve stores
upon the plateau, it is hoped that the Land Transport
Corps will recover itself by rest.

Those huts requiring completion must be completed
by fatigue parties proceeding to Balaklava, and fur-
nished by the divisions in which the unfurnished huts
are situate.

Should fatigue parties be sent the Commander of the
Forces directs that they shall be under the command of
a full proportion of officers, and shall leave camp at as
early a❑ hour as possible.—By order,
(Signed) C. A. WINDHA', Major General,
Chief of the Staff.
London, England, 1855-12-28

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Dec. 28.—Wind this day at noon, S. ;
light breeze and fine.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 27...-IViod S.W.—Arrived—Adele,
from the Chinchas ; Poictiers, (tpt.), Malta; Independent,
Girgenri, for Rotten, leaky. Sailed—lmperador (s. tpt.),
for Scutari ; H.M.S. Niger, eastward. Put back—H.M.S.
Transit, for Malta.
FALMOUTH, Dec. 27. —Arrived—Lamont, from Alexan-
dria, leaky, and part of cargo thrown overboard.
LIMERICK, Dec. 2G.—The Cockerills, from Athens to
England, put into the Shannon, on the 24th inst., leaky,
and will discharge.

(PER ELECTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning.
Arrived.—Wonder (8.), from Jersey ; Flora (s.), Dub.
[n.

LIVERPOOL, Friday Moruing.

Wind S.
Arrived.—Northern Chief, from New Orleans.
Off.—Donald M`Kay, from Melbourne.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2G.

Wind W.N.W.
Arrived.—Taciarchue, from Ibrail; Fancy, Paraiba ;
Jane, Mazagan ; Diana, Crimea, and Star of the East,
Alexandria ; Aar, Foochoofoo ; Maid of Athens, Scodia ;
Themis, Ibrail ; Confidence and Diana, Freya; Pyrrhus
the Great, Syra ; Cesar, Africa; sultan, Cadiz.

(ET SUBMARINE ANT) BRITISH TF,LEGRAPIT.)
GRAVESEND, Friday, 9.57 a.m.
Wind S.W.; tide, six hours' ebb; fine.
Arrived, Dec. 27.—Grecian, from Jamaica; Isis, Fe-
ronia, and Frolio, St. Michael's; Mary and Sarah, Tarra-
gona..

Arrived, Dec. 28.—Warburton and Stephen 'Araby,
from Now York ; Star, St. Domingo ; Number Ono and
Chatman, Colombo ; Inca, Demerara ; James, Port-Ade-
laide ; The Friends, Rouen.
Sailed—Cairngorm, for Bombay. _

DEAL, Friday, 9.21 a.m.

Wind S.W. by S., fresh.
Passed—Jano and Mary, from Terceira, for Hull ; ship
G. B. Lamar, from New York, for London.
Anchored.—Effort, from London, for Balaklava.
Sailed, in tow.—Governor Morton, for London.
Sailed.—Margaret Evans, for New York.

MONSTER SIIELL.—tI monster shell, l feet 5 inches
in circumference, and 36 inches in diameter, and one of
a number which the Lowmoor Iron Company are under
contract to supply to Government, is at present lying
under the Clarence Dock sheds, Liverpool, waiting for
transmission to the Duke of Devonshire's residence, Lis.
more Castle, Ireland, the company having, at the duke's
request, presented him with one uncharged. Its weight
is 1 ton 6 cwt. 1 qr. 7 lbs. The aperture by which it is
charged and the fusee inserted is 21 inches in diameter,
and the shell itself 2,1 inches thick, and at the aperture
34 inches. The cost of each shell unfilled will be 201.
to 251., and they are intended for the use of the Baltic
fleet of 1856.
CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 27. lIIILSEAN DISSERTATION
PRlzE.—The Hulsean prize fur the best dissertation, in
the English language, " On the evidences in general, or
oa the prophecies or the miracles in particular, or on any
other particular argument, whether the same be direct
or collateral proofs of the Christan religion, in order
to exince its truth and excellence," to be given to any
member of this university under the degree or standing
of M.A., has been this year adjudged to he divided
equally between Win. Ayerst, 13. A., Gonville and Caius
College, and Wm, Jennings Rees, 8.A., St, John's
College,
London, England, 1855-12-28

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.

TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
Injunction was granted by the High Court of Chancery, and
on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph
Franklin and others, to restrain them under a penalty of one thou-
sand pounds, from imltatincr this MeCileMe, which Is protected by
Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the
Ecolo de Pearmacto de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.
London, England, 1855-12-28

BIRMINGHAM, DRa. 27.

STOOK EXCHANGE.--No change to-day, and very little
business transacted. Birmingham Banking Co.'s share'.
33f to 31—Crystal Palace, 1 to 2f—Great Western Bir•
mingham, 664 to 67—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, ...a
Stour 'Valleys, 7f to Bf.
London, England, 1855-12-28

DIED.

At Cross-street, Islington. Henry Rheff, Esq., for fifty.
four years in the Bank of England, aged 79.
On the 26th inst., at liurntwood
the Rev. R. L. Towns-
end, vicar of
f All Saints', Wandsworth, aged 56.
On the 25th inst., William John Chetwynd, Esq., late
Captain 52d Regt., aged 72.
On the 25th inst., William Blakesley, Esq., of 14, Lom-
bard-street, aged 75.
Ou the 25th inst., Peter George Patmore, Esq., late of
Southampton-street, Fitaroy-square, aged 69.
On the 26th inst., at Sudbury, Suffolk, Mrs. Ann God-
frey, aged 91.
On the 21st inst., at Brighton, Mr. William Pritchett,
of London, aged 60.
On the 24th inst., Hamilton C. Smith, third son of the
Rev. John Smith, Head Master of the Mercers' School,
London, aged 18.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG
of No. 112, strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No, 112
Strand, hi the Precinct of the Savoy, in the omit
biiddlelexs Friday, December 28,15b6,
London, England, 1855-12-28

THE WEST END AND TIIE CITY.

Scott's Tavern, Haymarket, and Samuel Brothers, Ludgate-
hill—Measures and men--Hits and Skits at Everything and
Everything—lnns and Outs— Shoe-black Brigade—A Polished
Gentleman—Comic Duet between the Clown and a Blacking.
Bottle—Howlett's Hair Dye—A Dyer's Material—A Dire Art
for Falsehood framed— Coloured Imitations—The Sydenham
Trousers—Height of Fashion—Genuine Malt and Hops—All.
sopp's Pala Ale—The East and the West—Scott's Lot, and a
Race for Public Favour.

NUMBER ONE, LONDON.
A Visit to Dakin's Tea Establishment, St. Paul's—" In to
apes cat"—Bohemians and Teetotallers—Great Drawing Mate-
rials—The Magic Chest and the Enchanted Teapot—Clown
gots Tea in it, and Pantaloon gets into Hot Water in conse-
quence—Omnibus Companies on the Old System and the New
System, and the System that don't assist 'em—Strong Opposi-
tion, and final discovery of the " Right Men in their Right
Places"—Whack, bang, flip-flap, hey, presto, and Change to
" LAST SCENE OF ALL that ends this strange eventful
History."
Doors open at Half-past Six, and commence at Seven.

INTERESTING PRESENT.
Second Edition, Revised, in 2 ♦ols., 21s. bound,
TUE OLD COURT SUBURB ; or, Memorials
of Kensington, Regal, Critical, Anecdotical.
By LEIGH HUNT.
" A delightful bock that will be welcome to all readers."—Exarni-
ner.
Hurst and Blaokett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.
London, England, 1855-12-28

NEW SERIAL WORK BY MR. CHARLES DICKENS.
On the 31st of December will be Published, to be completed in
Twenty Monthly Parts, Price One Shilling each, Part 11. of
LITTLE DORR I T.
By CHARLES DICKERS.
With Illustrations by IIAULOT K. BROWNE.
Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-Street.
London, England, 1855-12-28

BIRMINGHAM, D Ea. 27.

STOOH MCCRAW:IR.—No change today, and Tory little
business transacted. Birmingham Banking Co.'s Asir'
to 31—Crystal Palace, 1# to 2k—Great Western
minghan3, 66 to 67—Birmingham, Wolverhampton, a°
Stour Valleys, 7i to 84.

LEEDS, Dn. 27.
STOOK EXCHANGL—A very inactive business te.daYr
and the only sales were in Midlands at 64, for the 'wow"
middle of January.

DUBLIN, Duo. 26.
STOOL EXCHANGX.—Three per Cent. Console (shut), 881
Ditto for Account Jan. 8, 8817—New Three per Cent'
Stock, 88k—Ditto, for Account, Bth of January, 882:—,
Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, (halves), 32
—Great Southern and Western, 51i—Ditto, 6 per eolith
Pref., Ti—National Bank (221. 10s. paid), 32—i•Yq
Bank, kW—Dublin and Wicidow,—Waterford WI
Limerick, 23i—lliuing Co. of Ireland, 131 of
Dublin shares of 1836, 28.

BIRTHS.
OF A BON.
On the 27th inst., at 37, Curzon-street, the Han. Mrs.
Frederick Byron.
On the 25th inst., at 61, Upper Sepiaour;striet, the
wife of Lieut.-Colonel Hatton, Grenadier Guards.

OF ♦ DAII6IITEB.
On the 27th inst., at IR.oecliffe, Leicestershire, the wit'
of Sir Frederick William Heygate, Bart.
On the 18th inst., at Ringrone, Devonshire, Lady King"
sale.

On the 27th inst., at 4, Chesham-plaoe, the iiife of Geo.
Warrender, Esq.

MARItIED.

eldest daughter of the late
On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras, New-road, Charles J.
Mitchell, Esq., youngest eon of the late Peter Mitchell,
Esq., of Camberwell, to Louisa Harriett, second daughter
of the Rev. Edward Osborn, vicar of Asheldam, Kent.
Sidney
On eto27
jthessiniestA.,nante Howaveenrfordwebt, John Belt, Esq.,
Thos. Owen, Esq.' of Haverfordwest.
On the 22d iust., at St. Peter's, Pimlico Mr, John
Hussey, to Elizabeth, youngest (laughter of the late John
Pearson, Esq., of Nottingham.
DIED.

four years in the Bank of England, aged 79.
On the 26th inst., at Burntwood, the Rev. R. L. Towns-
on(l ,
vicar of All Saints', Wandsworth, aged 55.
On the 25th inst., William John Chetwynd, Esq., late
Captain 52d Regt., aged 72.
On the 25th inst., William Blake'ley, Esq., of 14, Lom-
bard-street, aged 75.
On the 25th inst. Peter George Patmore, Esq., late of
Southampton-street', Fitzroy-square, aged 69.
On the 26th inst., at Suduury, Suffelk, Mrs. Ann God-
frey, aged 91.
At Cross-street, Islington, Henry Khlft;
Esq., for fifty*
On the 21st inst., at Brighton, Mr. William Pritsboti,
of London, aged 60.
On the 24th inst., Hamilton C. Smith, third son of Or
Rev. John Smith, Head Master of the Mercers' Scheel'
London, aged 18.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNt
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 774 Sun (Mee, No. 112;
kltrand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the @suet'
Middlesex, friday, December 28,18A5,
London, England, 1855-12-28

Waugh to be Lieutenant ; William Douglas Legge, Gent.,
to be Ensign.

Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham-
lets Militia—George Leslie, Esq., late of her Majesty's 77th
Regiment, to be Lieutenant; George Stormont Murphy,
Gent., to be Ensign.
6th Regiment of Royal Lancashire Militia—Ensign R.
Murray Thompson to be Lieutenant, vies Walshe, resigned;
Ensign Chas. Berington to be Lieutenant, vice Mawdsley,
promoted ; Loviek Loftus Reade, Gent. to be Ensign.
2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—John Smart
Evans, Gent., to be Ensign.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant
Samuel Ashworth Finnamore to be Captain, vice Harris,
resigned; Ensign Joseph Fitzpatrick Wm. Hamm to be
Lieutenant, vice Finnamore, promoted ; Thomas Ramadan
lshwoz th, to be Ensign, vice Gray, resigned.
Argyll and Bute Rifles—Lieutenant William Campbell
to be Captain.
90th, Stirlingshire, &c., Militia, Highland Borderers
Light Infantry—Ensign Alexander Robert Abercromby
Boyd to be Lieutenant, vice Richard Carr, resigned; John
Wm. Doering, Geut., to be Ensign, vice Boyd, promoted.
Ross, Caithness, Sutherland, and Cromarty Regiment of
Rifle Militia—Patrick Mac Lean, Esq., to be Captain, vice
George Wzn. Holmees Ross, promoted.
London, England, 1855-12-28

OP A DAITORTZE.

On the 27th inst., at Roeeliffe, Leicestershire, the wife
of Sir Frederick William Heygste, Bart.
On the 18th inst., at Ringrone, Devonshire, Lady King•
sale.

On tho 27th inst., at 4, Chesham-place, the wife of Geo.
Warrender, Esq.

MARRIED.

On the 27th inst., at St. Pancras, New-road, Charles J.
Mitchell, Esq., youngest son of the late Peter Mitchell,
Emq., of Camberwell, to Louisa Harriett, second daughter
of the Rev. Edward Osborn, vicar of Asheldam, Bent.
On the 27th inst., at linverfordwest, John Belt, Esq.,
Sidney, to Jessie Anne Owen, eldest daughter of the late
Thos. Owen, Esq., of Haverfordwest.
London, England, 1855-12-28

LEEDS, DAL 27.

STOOK EXCHANGE.—A very inactive bnaineas to-day.
and the only sales were in Midlands at 64, for the accoardi
middle of January.

DUBLIN, Dzo. 2G.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols (shut), 88i
Ditto for Account, Jan. 8, 88i—New Three per Cent.
Stock, ES —Ditto, for Account, Etk of January, 881--
Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, (halves), 24
—Great Southern and Western, 611—Ditto, 6 per cent.
Pref., 71—National Bank (221. 10s. paid), 32—Royal
Bank, 20A---Dublin and Wicklow, 5 1--Waterford and
Limerick, 23i—Mining Co. of Ireland, 13i —City of
Dublin shares of 1886, 28.

B I It T II S.
OP A SON.

On the 27th inst., at 37, Curzon-street, the Hon. Mrs.
Frederick Byron.
On the 25th inst., at 61, Upper Seymour-street, th•
wife of Lieut.-Colonel Hatton, Grenadier Guards.
London, England, 1855-12-28

ESTABLISHED 1837.
BRITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE COM-
PANY.

Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION,
Empowered by Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent.
MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER, Blackheath-park, Chairman.
Every description of Life Assurance business transacted, at tke
lowest possible rates consistent with security to the assured.
E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
London, England, 1855-12-28

GAS EXPLOSIONS.

A terrine explosion of gas took place on Christmas-
day morning, about half-past 5 o'clock, at the residence
of William Greenwood, Esq., of Stones, near Tormor-
den. It appears that Robert West, one of Mr. Green-
wood's servants, proceeded at the time stated to light a
fire in the dining-room, where he felt a disagreeable
odour of gas, but did not imagine any danger was at
hand. The fire had not been burning above a few mi-
nutes, however, before a tremendous explosion took
place, by which the door of the closet in which the meter
is kept, and contiguous to the dining-room, was driven
through the windows of the room and carried to a dis-
tance of about 30 yards. The very paper on the walls
of several of the rooms was burnt off; and the building
was shaken to its foundation, while portions of the fur-
niture were broken and scattered about in the greatest
confusion, as if an earthquake had taken place. 1 gen-
tleman visitor who was in his bed-room was awoke by
the top of his bed falling upon him. He was greatly
alarmed, but fortunately escaped without injury. The
man West also managed to crawl out of the room, but
with his head in flames. Another of Mr. Greenwood's
men had a narrow escape from being seriously injured by
the falling of a large bookcase as he was leaving his bed-
room. The most remarkable incident in connection with
the event occurred in the kitchen, where a Christmas bush
was suspended, and a portion of which was carried away
and deposited between the calling, which was closed so
compactly that the bosh could not be displaced without
the aid of some strong instrument. It is supposed the
gas had escaped from the meter.—Leeds Mercury.
On Wednesday a serious gas explosion occurred in
Nest-street, Hull, at a newly fitted up shop, tenanted
by Mr. Wilford, greengrocer. Three or four of the
floors, wood and flag, were torn t 1 p, and nearly all
the windows blown out. It seems that a plumber had
been at work, a short time before, at the main gas-
pipe, which bad been stopped up, that a quantity of
gas had escaped, and that just after a joiner had com-
menced working near the door in the shop fronting the
street, the explosion took place. The joiner, whose
name is Dick, was found buried beneath the shattered
boards, and on being taken out was quite insensible and
fearfully injured ; both his legs were fractured, and he
was also injured in other parts of his body. He was
removed in a state of insensibility to the infirmary.
Mr. Wilford's sister-in-law was also found seriously in-
jured, and was also taken to that institution, where she,
like the other unfortunate sufferer, received prompt
medical assistance. Mr. Wilford's sister-in-law was in
the act of lighting a fire in the room adjoining the shop
when the gas ignited and exploded.—Eastern Counties
Herald.
London, England, 1855-12-28

IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY.
TRIESEMAR.—On the 29th of May, 1855, an
Injunction was granted by the High Coart of Chancery, and
on the 11th June following was made perpetual, against Joseph
Franklin and others, to restrain them, under a penalty of one thou-
sand pounds, from imitatinz this Medicine, which is protected by
!loyal Letters Patent of England, and eccurod by the Seals of the
Ecolo de P oarmaeie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine,
Vienna.

TRIESEMAR, NO. I,
's a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhcea, and Exhanstlon of the
system, whether arising from excesses, accident, or climate.
To those persons who are prevented entering the married state by
the consequences of early errors it Is invaluable.

TRIESEMAR, No. 2,
effectually, in the short spars of three days, completely and entirely
medicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivl and Cnbebs
Inve so long been thought an antidote for, to the ruin of the health
If a vast portion of the population.
TRIESEMAR, No. 3,
Is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which
nn,ortunately the English physician treats with Mercury, to the in-
evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the
sarsaparilla In the world cannot remove.
TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell,
ind of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table
without their use being suspected.
Sold in tin cases at I Is. each, free by post, 2s. extra, divided int,
separate doses, as administered I,y Valpeaa, Lallemand, Roux,
&c.—To be had Wholesale and Retail in London of Johnston, 68
Comhill; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; and Sanger, 150, Ox-
ford-street ; R. H. Ingham, druggist, 46. Market-street, Manchester ;
(1. Bradbury, bookseller, Deansgate, Bolton; J. Priestly, chemist, 52,
Lord-street, Liverpool; Powell, bookseller, 15, Westmoreland-street,
Dublin;
bookseller, High-street, Birmingham.
London, England, 1855-12-28

BANKRUPTS.

Joseph Farman, builder, Portobello-terrace, Notting-
hill, to surrender Jan. 10, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 4,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; Woodbridge, Clifford's-inn.
George Frederic Craggy, wholesale fancy stationer, Co-
loaurg-row, Old Kent-road, Jan. 10 and Feb. 5, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Sambrook-court ; Young, Warwick-square.
William Edmonds, hosier, Kidderminster, Jan. 11 and
Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Boycott, Kid-
derminster; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham.
John Grimwood Perkins, stockbroker, Throgmorton-
street, City, Jan. 11, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 8, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official a.-
signee, Basinghall-street ; Chidley, Gresham-street.
Moss Davide, milliner and bonnet salesman, Middle-
row, Holborn, Jan. 8, at half•past two, and Feb. 12, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assig-
nee, Aldermanbury ; Moss, Moorgate-street.
George Taylor, silk manufacturer, Derby, Jan. 8 and 29,
at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris,
official assignee, Nottingham; Crowder, Maynard, and Co.,
London ; Dunnicliff, Derby ; Motteram and Knight, Bir-
mingham.
Thomas Johns, grocer, Dowlaiis, Merthyr Tydvil, Jan.
14, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Henderson, Howard,
and Wilcooks, Bristol.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Matthew Henry Hunt, wholesale woollen warehouse-
man, Glasgow—Creditora meet in the Globe Hotel,
George-square, Glasgow, Jan. 5, at twelve.
Robert Fairgrieve, merchant, Galashiels Creditors
meet at the Salmon Inn, Galashiels, Jan. 7, at eleven.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday the 22d day of Dec., 1855
19617 Z DSPAITNEXT.
A
Notes Issned 24,844,595

Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 10,369,595
Silver bu11i0n........ -

£24,844,695

.C 24,844,595
'. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 27th day of Dec., 18

BANKING DE
X
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
__ _

ing's Banks, and
Dividend Accounts) 5,314,753
Other deposits ...... 12,241,157
Seven Day and other
Bills ........ . 851,088

£36,210,175

Dated the 27th day of Dec., 18
London, England, 1855-12-28

TBE ARMY IN THE EAST.

By the latest General Orders we learn that between
the 7th and 10th Dec., both days inclusive, 27 officers
have left the army on leave, out of which number three
are on medical certificate, and fifteen " on urgent private
affairs." Amongst the latter are Lieut.-Colonel Munro,
39th Regiment, of Grecian Temple notoriety ; Lieut.-
Colonel Adye, C. 8., H.A., A.A.G. ; Major Wells, let
Royals; and Lieut.•Col.Wilton, 50th Regiment. Lieut.-
Colonel Haveley, C. 8., 44th, has gone home sick, and
Lieut.-Colonel Ainslie, 03d Highlanders, is about to re-
tire on half pay.
Lieut. Eyre, Rifle Brigade, is made paid A.D.C. to Sir
Wm. Eyre, vice Major Robertson, gone home ; and Cap-
tain B. Van Straubenzee, 9th Regiment, is appointed
A.D.C. to Brigadier General Van Straubenzee, vice
Lieut. Newton, 3d Buffs, who returns to his duties.
The officiating chaplains have had an easy time of it
lately, for owing to the weather there has been no mili-
tary morning Divine service for the last three Sundays.
By No. 8 order, Dec. 10, Brevet-Majors are to draw
allowances and forage as Field Officers.
London, England, 1855-12-28

viz.:-

Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,964,375
Average circulation of the Scotch banks ... 4,547,997

Average eileuhtion during past month —£11,512,372

On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the
several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
following appears to be the state of the circulation :
The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £609,831
The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue 1,460,78

Total above the fired issue,

£2,070, 669

The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
of the several banks during the past month have been as
follows :

Gold and silver held by the Irish• banks V2,264,677
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,951,027
_ . • • -

Total of gold and silver held £4,215,704

The above statements complete the returns of the cir-
culation in England, Scotland, and Irelaetllor the month
ending the 24th of Nov.
These returnF, combined with the average circulation
of the Bank of England for the same period, will give
the following results of the circulation of notes in the
11/ALA Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month :

Showing a decrease of 984,664/. in the circu--
lation of notes in England, and a decrease of
563,2421. in the circulation of the United Kingdom,
when compared with the month ending the 27th of
Oct. ; and, as compared with the month ending the
25th of Nov., 1854, the above returns show a decrease
of 513,101/. in the circulation of notes in England, and
a decrease of 110,949/. in the circulation of the United
Kingdom.
The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng.
land in both departments during the month ending the
24th of Nov. was 11,234,308/., being a decrease of
4n7,011/., as comnared with the previous month ; and
a decrease of 2,343,042/. when compared with the same
period last year.
The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks
during the month ending the 24th of Nov. was
4,215,704/., being an increase of 385,887/. as compared
with the previous return, and an increase of 422,089/.
when compared with the corresponding period last year.

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London, England, 1855-12-28

EDINBURGH GRAIN.—DEo. 26.

There was an average supply of grain to-day. Sales were
rather heavy for all sorts, and a decline en all deseriptioas
of grain.
Wheat, top, is up, and on the average 3d down•
Barley, top, 6d down—average, 5(.1 down. Oats on the
top is 4d down—average, 9d down. Beans on the tor
2s down—the average, 2s 4d down.

AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
Wheat £3 16 10 4-12 the.
Do. now -12ths.
Barley -12ths.
Oats 1 9 5 3-12th.
Beans
London, England, 1855-12-28

£l,OOO

Annual Premium. I Snm at Death.

£2 0 0

£1 5 0 ' 1

Weekly Allowance.

.£5 0 0

£5OO I £3 0 0

Forms of Proposal, Prospectuses, &c., may be obtained at the
Chief Offices, 42 and 43, Poultry, London, between 10 and 4 o'clock.
FRANCIS COBHAM., Registrar.

This day is published.
PALMERSTON'S LIST JOKE ; or, the New
Pension Warrants Considered. A Bolt forged by Vulcan.
Price Is. ; or sent by post on receipt of thirteen stamps.
London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross.
The profits derived from the sale of this pamphlet will be given to
the Officers' Widow and Orphan Permanent Fund.
London, England, 1855-12-28

Autweri,PaMott rdam
Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs.coa.
in Sli. at par till '64
Ardennes
irlgian Eactn. June,
Beziers to Grai straw
Bombay, Baroda, an'
Central India,Serii
Do.
Demerara

>nteb Rhenish

Eastern of Franco

Do. New
East Indian, g. 5 p.c

Do. E;ten;ion...,
Do. do. do., '59, do,

Gd. Tk of ClinadiA is
Do. St. Lawrence &
Atlantic do.

Do. Cert. of Debon.,
con. into Stk. till 'CI
Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do.
'Gt. Central of Fran%
Gt. Indian Peninsula'
guar. 5 per cent.
Do. Now 5 per cent.
Do. Extensions
Great Lu x emboli rr
Constituted ShareF

Do. Obligations
Gt.WestornofCans.d
Shares
Do. New

D o. Bds" payablo's7,l
with option till '55
Do. do., '62, p. '56
Do. do., '76, p. '6O
Do. do., '73, withou'
option
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 por cent.

Lake Corset. & Bask
Lime and Turnhout
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons & Mediterran
Madras
Do. New
Maria Antonia►
Do. do. New
Namur & Liege ( 4rithi
interest)
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France
D 0.201. Shs

Do: 5!07. 3 p. c Bds
(imy.B.& Ams.Shs.
Norwe g anTrunkPro`
Paris and Lyons
Ditto Bonds
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen...
tParisCaen & Chorbrg
Do

Rome and Frascati.:
Ronen and Havre...„
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Do, Obligations
Sambre and Meuse...
Do. p. cent. Prof.

scindi;

Do..
Southern of France
St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
West Flanders
Do 6 per c. Pref
Western of France—
D 0... ......
Zealand
London, England, 1855-12-28

On the lit of January, 1856, will be published, No. -1., prices Is., of
THE POPULAR HISTORY OF ENGLAND
An ILLUSTRATED HISTORY of Society and Gorermesent from
the Earliest Period to our own Times, By CHARLES KNIGHT
The PortuAa, HISTORY OF ENGLAND will be bertatifuPy printed in
medium octavo —ilhestrated with about 1,000 Wood Engravings;
and will be divided into 36 Monthly Parts.
London : Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie Street.
London, England, 1855-12-28

viz. :-

Average circulation of the Irish banks £6,964,375
Average circulation of the Scotch banks 4,547,997

Averuigo ciitulation during past month ...211,512,372

On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the -
several banks, as given in the Banking Almanac, the
following appears to be the state of the circulation :

The Irish banks are below their fixed issue £609,88 I
The Scotch banks aro above their fixed issue 1,460,786

Total above the fixed issue..

£2,070,669

The amounts of gold and silver held at the head offices
of the several banks during the past month hare been as
follows :

Gold and silver held by the Irish banks E2,264,677
Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks 1,951,027

Total of gold and silver held £4,215,704

The above statements complete the returns of the cir-
culation in England, Scotland, and Ireland for the month
ending the 24th of Nov.
Those returnF, combined with the average circulation
of the Bank of England for the same period, will give
the following results of the circulation of notes in the
United Kingdom, when compared with the previous
month
London, England, 1855-12-28

SOUTHWARK.

DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Edward Manner, a
ruffianly looking fellow, was brought before Mr. Combo,
charged with the following daring highway robbery.
William Saturday Graham, the master of a ♦essel
trading between the Port of London and Saint Michael,
stated that last evening, between seven and eight o'clock,
he was proceeding along Wellington-street, Southwark,
towards London-bridge, with his wife and brother, and
when passing Saint Thomas's-street, the prisoner sud-
denly rushed up to him and grasped his watch-chain and
attempted to pull his watch out of his waistcoat pocket.
Fortunately the watch was rather securely fixed at the
bottom of the pocket, but the prisoner broke the
chain, and a portion of it dropped on the pave•'
ment. Witness caught hold of him, and while they
were struggling together a constable came np and
secured him. Witness produced the chain, a very strong,
gold one, which he stated was round his neck and fas-
tened to the watch with a swivel. It was broken about
two inches from it, and the robbery was committed with.
great violence.

In answer to the charge, the prisoner said he had'
been drinking with some of his pals, and was so drunk
that he did not know what happened. He must hays
accidentally pushed against the gentleman and °aught
his chain.

Mr. Combo told him he must endeavour to make a
jury believe that story, as he should commit him for

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day).

CORN EXCHANGE.
To-day's market was very moderately supplied with all
kinds of wheat of home produce. The demand, however,
was heavy, at prices barely equal to those obtained on
Monday.
Over 8,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come to hand.
Importers generally were firm in their demands, but. as
little business was transacted that the quotations were
nominally unaltered.
Floating cargoes of grain were very dull.
We had a very slow sale for barley, at about Monday's
currency.

The malt trade was heavy, at the late detlime.
Oats, the supply of which was moderate, sold slowly, at
late rates.
Beans, peas, and flour were very dull. The imports of
the latter are large, viz., 7,31)0 sacks, and 14,200 barrels.

ARRIVALS ,T4lll MUM
I Wheat. Barley. I Malt. t Oath. Tlanr.
Znglish .. 1,870 920 711 139 160
Irish .... 2,200
Foreign I I
/ , 8,120 1 530 7390 Of
i I ' I 14200bi0
London, England, 1855-12-28

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
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January 3, 1856.
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Loudon : Whittaker and Co.
London, England, 1855-12-28

BOSTON—Daa. 26.

A scanty supply of all kinds of grain to-day. For wbi
the demand ruled inactive, at about last week's rates.
Spring corn also met a slow inquiry, at about the privieig
prices.

Prioes :—Wheat, red, 63s Od to 783 Od; white, The Od
80s Od : extra, 82s Od. Barley, Me Od to 41e M. Oste.
203 to 293. Beans, 43s Od to 50s Od. Peso, 42. to 4Pe Od•
per qr.