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London, England, 1855-08-14 00:00:00

BANKR,I7pTs.

carpenters, Upper
Hayne,WEhietnejcarmosisa-sHtrae:YertaondsuCrhraenrldeesr, -ug. 24, at half-past
twelve, and Sept. 29, at half-past one,-at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
.13„gagh,,,8.
street ; Digby, Circus-place, Finsbury-circus; Baylis,
Redcross-street.
Arthur Cooling and Henry Marcham, soap makers, Lon.
don-wall, Aug. 114 and Sept. 29, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. C. 'imam, official 'assignee, Aldermanbury ;
Philpot, Gracech urch-street:
Richard Gooda(kre, grocer, Nottingham, Sept. 4 and 25,
at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Harris, official
assignee, Nottingham ; Clarke, Nottingham.
Charles Merit Riigg, apothecary, Upper Stamford-street;
Blackfriars, Aug. 24, at half-past one, and Sept. 29, at
half-past twelve, at Go- Coiiit of Bankruptcy.- Whitmore,
official assignee, Basinghall-street; Hopgood, King
ham -street, Strand_
John Augustus Neel, wine and spirit merchant, South
Shields,-Ang. 24, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at-the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District. Court. .Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; "stsorr, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Shield
and Harwood, Cleinexetia-lane, City. -
John Grover, envelope maker and stationer, Strand,
Aug. 23 and Sept. 25, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall•
street; Beathfield,
John Rushton, plasterer, Carlisle, Cumberland, August
28, and October 2, at eleven at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Baker, OEIII4 assignee, Newcastle-upon.
Tyne ; Bendle and Son, Carlisle, Grey, Armstrong, and
Monnsey, Staple-inn; London; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
William Hackett; gas and water engineer,' Oxford, Aug.
25, at eleven, and Sept. 29, at two, at the Court of Bank-
rnptey. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbnry; Parker,
Rooke, and Co., Bedford-row.
John Field, draper, Burnham, Westgate, Norfolk, Aug.
25, at half-past•one, and Sept. 27, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,- Dasingliall-
street; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury.
William Charles Goode, warehouseman, High-street,
Borough, Aug. 31; at twelve, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Al-
dermanbury ; Linklater and Hackwood. Sise-lane.
Charles Horanell, ironmonger, Chelmsford, Aug. Tit, at
two, and Sept. 28, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basingh,lll-
- ; Goddard and Eyre, Wood-street.
Louis Ahborn, toy dealer, Liverpool, Aug. 27, and Sept.
27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan,.
official assignee,. Liverpool ; Neal and Martin, Liverpool.
Wm. Backhouse, timber dealer, Latham, Lancaster,
Aug. 27, and Sept. 27, at eleven, at the Liverpool District
Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Harvey,
Falcon , and Harvey, Liverpool.
Charles Phillips, potter, Weston-super-Mara, Aug. 28
and Sept. 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bevan and Girline,
Bristol.
William Fear and Williem,Fcar the younger, sawyers
-and engineeri Bristol, Aug., 28 and Sept. 25,.at•eleven, at
the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, -
Bristol; Wells, St. Swithin's-lane ; AbboV,and Lucas,
Bristol.'
'William Fairey, provision merchant, Bedfotd, Ang. 31,
at two, and Oct. 2, at tweive, at the Court orßankruptcy.
Nicholson, official assignee, Basiiighall-street ; Sole, Tur-.
ner, and Turner, Aldermanbnry; Herby, Leicester.
Joseph Spencer, ironfounder, BilsOn, Aug. 25, and
Sept. 22,14 eleven. at the Birmingham District Court.
Whitmore, official assignee, Birminghain ; De akin and,
Dent, Wolverhampton ; James, Birmingham.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
John liilgOur, baker, A.uchtertool, Fifeshire.

COIIIISA OF EXCHANGE. Tats DAY.
1 4.insterdam .. .. .. .. • . 11 16 % Gibraltar .. . ..
Ditto, three months .. -i1 18 a rat:gbOrn •.•••• . • a •• • •
Rotterdam ........•• .. 11 la 4 Genoa •.... . .. •..... •• 20 .' Al Antwerp .......• ...... 25 ,5 Milan ...... •• .. -... ••
I
Brussels .... •• ..••• ~.. 25 35 Venice.—
liamburgh ...........; 13 8 Naples ...• ..., „,......• 44%
Altona ............... Palermo • .1... 132%
Paris .........-.•• • • .... 25 10 1 Messina ... ... 132 K
Ditto, three months —25 37% Lisbon ...... ...... —•• 53
Marseilles ....
Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro ..... .•• ....
Frankfort-on slaine .... 118% Buenoi Ayres.... • • ....
Berlin ................ --- New York, 60 days' sight
Vienna.......... •• .... 11 47 Philadelphia ...
Trieste .......... •..... 1 l 49 PRICES OF RVLLICN, PER oz.
Petersburg ............ 35% Foreign Gold' fn Bars £3 17 9
Madrid .........., ~.. 50 Porttigal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Cadiz .........• ..... ~, 50% Mexican Dollars .... 0 5 0 %
Barcelona .....• ...... New Dollars ...... 0 0 0
Seville.. ••.. .. ...... ... Sliver in bars ...... 0 5 1%

ADVENTURE WITH GREEK BRIGANDS.

The following letter is from an Irish officer in the
navy to his relatives in Dublin, dated Athens, August'
1 :—" Since my last letter, in which I gave you an ac-,
count of our cruise among the islands looking for pirate'',
we have been left quiet for some time; but this state of
affairs did not last king, for there has been a great deal
of excitement caused by an adventures in which some of
our fellows were the principal heroes. On Sunday last
two pic-nic parties left Athens for the day, going to
the mountains around Pentilicus, one of which was
Greek, and the other an entertainment given at our
camp at Pentilicus by the French Secretary of Legation
to 17 or 18 gentlemen. Two 'of our officers rode out to
the camp, which is situated in a very cool, pleasant
place, and' the day having passed over, they were re-
turning slowly down a hill, between' 9 and 10 o'clock id
the evening, within two miles of Athens, when they
saw two carriages at a standstill, which they sup-
posed were the parties of pleasure stopping for a
while. At the moment that the officers were pau-
iug, out jumped three fellows with muskets, who,
pointing them close to their beads, seized the
bridles of their horses and demanded money in
Greek. Being completely done for on all sides,
and not having the revolvers they usually carry along
with, them on these 'country excursions, they were
obliged to yield and deliver up their purses. While
handing theth out they were led towards a valley, where
they saw a set of ladies and children crying, with some
disconsolate men, who had just given up their watches
and money to the robbers. In taking the money from
one of the officers, the brigands let go the bridle of the
horse, which the other seeing, he cried out to his friend,
'Now is your time ;' with that he gave the rascal a blow
between his eyes, which sent him, gun and all, flat on his
back, and then they spurred their horses, darting forward
about six yards, when two shots were fired at them, one
of which stiuck the horse in the heart, killing him on
the spot, and throwing the rider on the road headlong.
The other half went through coat above the
grazing the skin, and passing afterwards by his
friend's head. -Up again he got to mount the other horse,
when another Shut was fired, and the horse fell groaning
on the ground, very nearly catching the rider under the
saddle. No sooner down than up again, and seeing no
one closer than 1,200 yar le, the officers ran for it, as
hard as they could, making a guess that the muskets
,could not be so quickly reloaded, and that the brigands
wouldhave enough to do to mind their prisoners. Lucki•
ly, the officers got clear and reached Athens uncaplvde
having lost their caps in the scrimmage. They then
went straight to the police-office, but they seemed so
slow, sending about to different people, that they thought
it better to complain to the ambassador, who sent so
special messenger down to make the Greek autboritil
energetic, as it was thought the French Secretary'*
party were still in durance vile. Even !la, the.
authorities seemed afraid, and sent back to
.tl!
Nvb a sa era, daonr
d, tot
late—the
ere even
gwohtolOthOensolwdeieerts,hbimutsetlfoo
escaped. If the people can be believed, none were
were9o
known to be about the place. The brigihried
Minister
eerosf
would have cut their throats if they
mad at the escape of the two officers thathad
ea
thought the whole
for attempting to make off,
as
theyhen the information
garrison would be out on them when yugshatidthtehmey,
of the detained was the Secretary
and
ns
io due rreda lu,nai :testa:.
and, and make the
a souvenir,
ali Governmental
reached—therefore
th
6y k kept
pt a
st they set all t., wph prisoners
of
opf nal": rsesel free.d
One
whose
robbers for a tailor, hhe
have some energy
rapidity. I
Greek police of reports are flying,mostly
meantime all kinds
dhoornowurilsi.
lekTehethieFrehnecainesaedminirahl
The brigands are 16 in number, and if
on
.the
_whole„
aaaa.could be caught and
the first threeshot the rest •would
They were lying in wait f
disPerse. which they had or the captain'.
pity also (of. notice), but, not returning
Berated, bat it
desperate
to Athens until 3 o clock in the morning; they escaped)
and got home safe. Our officers will always in faturn
carry their revolvers with them, so that both French
and English will not surrender again in a
_Dublin Freeman's Journal. -

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of Ku de yt
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SOUTHAM
Duke of Ca b• • a4d-u g. 13.
RoyalH. e r R
Highnessyal High.the
n his
nage arrived at the' docks. to-day front
08 borne o
Cris Pin n board the Royal yacht Fairy, Captain
,
and proceeded per South-Western Railway in
the` R' 6Yal:tarriigtis to, London at 3 o'clock. .Viiicount
Qod nget Commander-in-Chief, left in_ -the Fairy- lor
._itie on a visit to her Majesty and Prince Albert.
Tug FRENCH LOAN:-Messrs. Baring and Co. issued
Yesterday. their circular lettersof allotment of the French
loan. The last price of the scrip wag 21 to .1 premium.
PORT or Lora:corr.—ln the general business of thief
port during the past week there has been considerable
activity, and among other heavy cargoes three of tea hate
been reported. The total of ships entered inwards.Wie
240; being 10- more than in the previous week. The
number cleared outward was 144, showing an increase
of 26. Out of theen44-kvere in ballast—an unusually
large quantity—the proportion of foreign and British io
clearing being..ls of the former and 29 of the latter.
CROWN LANDS (SCOTLAND).—It appears that the gro
amount realised from sales of Crown lands in Scotland
amounted in 1846 to 6,540/. ; in 1848 to 3,4161.; ss
1853 to 12,04 C/. ; and in 1854 to 2,9651. The gr?'if!
amount realised from the rents on pr 2oduce thereof d;
rl. to
the 10 years front 1845 to 1854 ; varied from •a
3,1911. per annum.