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Th-, resolution was then agreed to.
On the motion of Mr. ARNAUD, of Liverpool, the undit
committee was appointed, and on the motion o :the
CHAIRMAN the auditors were re-elected.

The meeting was then 'rade special, when, on the mo-
tion of the CHAIRMAN and in conformity with the De-
benture Act of last session, power was given to the
directors to convert debenture bonds not exceeding
5,000,0001. into perpetual stock at a dividend of not
more than 3 per cent.
A resolution was also adopted empowering the direc-
tors to enter conjointly with the Midland Railway Com-
pany into an agreement with the Manchester, Buxton,
Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway Company for
the lease of that line and the Cromford canal.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman and the
meeting separated.

THE
DtOwNNDINOG.NsTRGEAETZ,EATtiGT.
11,
1852. Au Aug. 13.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Philip Allen,
Dq., to be her Majesty's Treasurer for the District of
Natal, in South Africa.
Commission by the Queen, dated July 3.
Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia-Thomas
Harpur Colvin, Esq. (late Captain in her Majesty's 71st
Regiment of Foot), to be Adjutant, from the 17th July,
vice Evelugh, resigned.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County Pa-
latice of Lancaster.
Thomas Miller, Esq.. to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Thomas
Ainsworth, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Aug. 9.
CROWN-OFFICE, Auu. 12.
7,IEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PARLIAMENT
HOLDEN
OF Iku
LDENAGrTT, 8
TsWESIT3SII2.N STER, ON
FSURMID3AIuyNFT:DHET2OOTBHE
DAY
nu ,Cirpnatrykoifn l3trheelcsianiodii-
cco-uSnitry.Juseph Bailey, Bart., of Gla.
Borough' of Brecknock-Charles Rodney Morgan, Esq.,
of Tredegar Park, in the said county.
BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Delf and Nicholas Ti iibner, booksellers, Pa-
ternoster-row, to surrender Aug. 20, at half past eleven,
and Sept. 24, at eleien, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Cannan, Official assignee, Aldermanbury; Hughes,
Chapel-street, Bedford-row.
George Batt wine merchant, Fenchurl-street, Apg.
20, and Sept 24, at one; at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basin gh ail-street ; Linklaters ;
Size-lane, Bucklersbury.
Robert Gleave Sutton, dealer and chapman, Landport,
Southampton, Aug. 20, at half past one, and Sept. 28, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official
assignee, Basinghall•street; Briggs and Sons, Lincoln's
Inn-fields; Parnell, Portsea.
John Strevens, sail maker, Bermondsey-wall, Surrey,
Aug. 27, at one, and Sept. 28, at two, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Hill and Matthews, St. Mary Axe.
Hyman Cohen, paperhanging manufacturer, Booth-
street, Spitalfieldf, Aug. 20, at twelve, and Sept. 28, at
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as-
signee, Basinghall-street; Jacobs and Forster, Crosby-
square.
William Hollamby, grocer, Hurstperpoint, Sussex,
Aug. 25, at half-past one, and Sept. 27, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee;
Sowton, Great James-street.
Edward Butt, laceman, Newcastle-place, Edgware-
road, Aug. 18, at half-past twelve, and Sept. 25, at one,
Bristolea
and
Gdt heldeaCprosiduserunt:octfEcßriodaunargkytr..risutprteceyt: Pennell, official assignee,
GGivaimidoohrraggleal:c7hhaiiirmleiab,_meArsißi, Basinghall-street ; Reed, Langford,
maJno.honffiSciwailfat,sgsirgonceeairen,t,
sSetrii)tc.kl,BS, watantwseealv;e7
at the ecellinson, Great
tsogt2Hnthha:etvul3ealknl
yoiiedcns
Sept.on
official
iv2ai
12c
,ta
assignee,
gleelnree,
eleven,
aiSwansea,tothle
Sheffield;
p e r ,dDGserprieibiyost storbiDieicr etralbffinoAdeulurdygt,..e
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York-
shire, Free-
man,
Thomas Lampolnffigebia,
official assignee,
Sheffield.
shire, Sept. 1 and 22, at twelve,
Hull; Leeds District
Court. Carrick,
Driffield.
Joseph Roberts, grocer, Chester, Aug. 26 and Sep
23, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Evans and Son, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.
H. Evans, Ilcbester, Someraetshire, carpenter, Sept
15, at one, et the Court, Exeter-T. Hitchene, St
Thomas the Apostle, Devonshire, timber merchant
Sept. 15, at one, at the Court, Exeter.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
J. Carter, Liverpool, merchant, third dividend of 3-
32ds of Id., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday after
Oct. 4, between eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Bird,
Liverpool.
G. Blake, Liverpool and Dublin, soap boiler, second
dividend of lid., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any Monday
after Oct. 4, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Bird, Liverpool.
W. MacCann Liverpool, 1 9-16 d., on Monday, Aug.
9, or any Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
Dickenson, Brothers, and Hodgson, Liverpool, fourth
dividend of 3.32ds of Id., on Monday, Aug. 9, or any
subsequent Monday after Oct. 4, between eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Entwistle, Manchester, cotton dealer, 65., on Thurs.
day, Oct. 7, and every following Thursday, between ten
and one, at the office of Mr. Lee. Manchester.
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Parsons, Merton, Surrey, retailer of beer, Sept. 4,
at eleven.

In the Country.
J. Jones, Manlier), Monmouthshire, coal owner, Sept.
8, at eleven, at the Court. Bristol—J. DaHow, Wolver-
hampton, cooper, Sept. 7, at half-past eleven, of the
Court, Birmingham—G. W. Walter and W. H. Walker,
Staffordshire, silk tbrowsters, Sept. 7, at half-past
eleven, at the Court, Birmingham.
CIUTIFICATES GR A NTED.

H. Brett, Port,ca, grocer, certificate of the first clasa
--J. S. Jones, High Holborn, wax aad tallow chandler
--J. Parki❑s, Cuipside, clothier, certificate of the third
class—S. .1.1. Brooks, Gresford, Denbighshire, wire ma-
nufacturer, certificate of the second class, after twenty-
one days from Aug. 10.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

C. Morris, W. Pruett, and W, Davis, Kingston, He-
refordshire, timber merchants—J. Lucas and J. Holme,
Broughton, Lancashire, joiners and builders—G. Slater,
Sharpies, Lancashire, J. Slater, and J. N. Slater, Tu-
tor), Lancashire, bleachers (so far as regards G.
Slater)—F. Larom and C. Burgon, Sheffield, cutlery
manufacturers—W, H. Palmer, T. France, and C. J.
Palmer, Bedford-row, attorneys-at law (so far as re-
gards T. France)-11. Marks and F. G. Marks,
Blackman-street, Southwark, carvers and gilders—W.
W. Webber and R. Bidgood, Merriott, Somersetshire,
malsters—G. Barnes, Maria E. Clarke, H. Blenshard,
T. T. Margrave, W. Gambier, F. G. Hoare, John
Sivewright, J. Pittman, C. J. Smith, A. A. Ra.sch,
G. A. Smith, C. Marshall, J. U. Shears, P. Smith,
James Sivewright, and F. R. Crowder, Crosby Hail-
ohambers, Bishopsgate-street and Llanelly, .Car-
marthenshire, COAL owners---J. 'Clephand and C. Wilson,
Liverpool, plumbers —W. Latimer and J. S. Ilorseley.
Carlisle, cigar merchants—J. B. L. Farrant and D.
Fisher, E..rl. street, Finsbury British et:
Wilkinson and J. Barber, W elm, Shropshire, ironmr wog _
—R. J. He al and E. Pearlss Peterborough, drapers—M.
wabiste•
Bunten and W. 0. Whitehea'cl, Manchester.. °
Wan neglon-street,
dealers—F. Boreman and T. Davin:, •-j.-0.'86-„, Bolton,
Strand, tailors—R. Johnson and
I.
and W. Wheel-
wine z.nakers—
Lancashire, coal dealers—C. Turner•turers—J. Cowan and
Wheel-
house, Sheffield, edge tool nianutancgers_
T. Scaife and
U. Laidlaw, Manchester, uorano
brokers—R. Carver
4101, corn .
C. Kelsey, Kingston.upon
sonersetsbire, architects—
end C. E. Giles, Tuunton,w
Blackmon, High-street,
F. W. Blackmon and J. •shepherdeas-walk, linen
Hoxton, and Bull'sM:oe,
u parrisnn, Sheffield, tailors
-by an 'Birmingham,br
aziers—J.
—W. Soren Marsh,
—W. Marsh and •,0
Townsend, Woua-street, Cheapaide.
4
4 Field and C. P. here.... 4", Watson, see., J. Davy, and
wholesale bribeKidderminster, carpet manufacturers.
J. o
Watsonjo".„,,* oil SEQUESTRATIONS. . .
Watson,
,ow, niunufaciurer, to meet wihin the
J. Hood, °his"' Glasgow, Aug. 16 and Sept, 6, t
at.tw.o.
A „„s Ina,
King's ''''.:- n Kildalton, Islay, distiller, to meat within
J. Aforriso„,o,o,
Inverary, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10,
- • ...vll Motel'
sbe ..' b'''
at two.
A. Johnson, Banff, spirit merchant, to meet within
Giliander' s hotel,
P B anff, Aug. 20 and Sept. 10, at twelve.
RICE OF SUGAR.

Tlle average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
peted from returns made in the week ending August 10,
1852, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain
From the British possessions in Amenca 228. 11 d, per cwt
From the Mauritius ... ... ... 215.4 h d. From the East Indies ... ... ... 255. Oct.l „
-I;
Average price of the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ...
... 23,. lid.
By authority of Parliament, It
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company
Grocers'-hall, August 13.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Aua. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was more active to-day.
and prices are better. Bristol and Exeter were done at 1011,E
—Great Westerns, 0512.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened well th.
of
is,
morning, but declined towards the close, with a good deal
stock offering. The transactions were as follow: —Eastern
Counties, 101,4—East Lancashire, 17
East Linconlshire, 37% —Lancashire and Yorkshire,
sonthport, 20
Ditto, Fifths, 41/2 dis.—Liverpool, Crosby and
New
Quarters,
—London and North-Western, 125—Ditto, /,_ _ o7r7t trf,
01/2 Midland,
31—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnahir, j
and Dover, 21.
171/—Great /1
71%—North British, 734 South-Eastern. n
MANCHESTER, AuG. I°
was a fair amount of business
STOCK EXCHANGE,—There
an upward tendency. rph,
done to-day, and prices__
badßlackburn (Preference, B)_, 24;.1
transactions reported were—
r t n Counties, 10.1; East Lanes-
-Caledonian, 19N--"as-enreasbire and Yorkshire, 78 N
shire, Quartars,
North-Western,l7%—Lancashire
New Quarters, 31 Ditto,
London and .0,h,,,u (C). Quarters, 1:-!.i p.—
Manchester and Birmlapr'",d Lincolnshire, 30%—Midland,
Manchester, Sheflieniclo,n,,o%.
71'A—Shropshire .17- i
BIRMINGHAM. AUG. 13.
STOCK EcirANClt —The share market opened heavily
. .
r.
•x improved du ing the day, and closed better
this morning, but h
T ere was tritlin!,; improvement upon yes-
this afternoon.tions.
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B),
yes-
terday's (1h("6. Among the closing quotations were—
were done at
70 4,—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby).
l hd buyers'h
Mid a , Srort Stafforshire, buyers, 6ii dis,--South
43--‘
sellers, %
__2.
Staffordshire, df_

The Cambridge
University Commission had a meet-
ing yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord
of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Bishop
of Chester, the Dean of Ely, Sir John Herschel, the
Master of the Rolls, Professor Sedgwick, and, the Rev.
W. I.l.Bateen (Secretary).