The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-23 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1854.

THE WAR.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Ganges, 84, has completed her repairs, and is in the
graving dock, Sheerness.
The Hornet, 17, screw, Commander C. Forsyth, will
leave this day for the East Indies. She must trust to her
canvas, as her steam-power is an utter failure. Her boilers
are too small, and her cylinders too large; consequently
she cannot keep steam.
Lizard, paddle, left yesterday afternoon on her return
to Woolwich.
Mercury, cutter, arrived yesterday morning, from the
Channel Islands, to receive wages and refit.
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Diligence, store-ship, was towed out of harbour yester-
morning, by Echo, steam-tug, and sailed for the western
ports.
Janus, steamer, is hourly expected at Devonport from
Woolwich with a screw propeller and other machinery for
the Algiers. The plumbers and founders are working
extra in the yard, making castings, &0., for her. She is
expected to be ready by the 26th inst.
Phaeton, frigate, is in the Sherness basin, getting ready
to be put in commission.
Horatio, screw, is expected soon to go into the dock at
Sheerness. She appears to have sustained sow &wage by
getting on shore in the Humber. All her crew have nearly,
however, been drafted to the Algiers.
Pylades, screw corvette, is expected to be ready to
launch in about two months more, in the dockyard at

Sheerness.
Valorous, paddle, Captain Buckle, has nearly completed
all her repairs ; that is, as far as the shipwrights are con-
cerned. Her paddle-wheels are wanting some repair. The
crew return the beginning of next week from their leave,
when her rigging will undergo a thorough overhaul.
Another week and no doubt she will be ready to leave
Sheerness dock; and fit out again for foreign service.

PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION of 1855.

The following are the committee which have been
formed to co-operate and correspond with the Board of
Trade (Department of Science and Art,) in procuring-a
proper representation of the Arts and Industry of the
United Kingdom, its Colonies and Dependencies, at the
Paris Universal Eichibition of 1855 :
FINE ARTS.
Painting—Sir Charles Eastlake, P.R,A. ; Copley
Fielding, president of Old Society of Painters in Water
Colours ; F. Y. Hurlstone, president of Society of
British Artists ; Henry Warren, president of New
Society of Painters in Water Colours.

Sculpture—Sir Richard Westmaoott, R.A., Calder
Marshall, R.A., John Bell.
Architecture—Professor Cockerell, R.A., Professor
Donaldson, G. G. Scott.
Engraving and Lithography—J. H. Robinson, R. J.
Lane, A.E., R. N. Wornum. Mr. R. Redgrave, R.A.,
is ex officio member of each of the fine arts committees.

MACHINERY AND CIVIL ENGINEERING.
The Council of the Institution of Civil Engineers—
President : James Simpson, F.G.S. Vice-Presidents—
George P. Bidder, Isambard B. Brunel, F.R.S., Joseph
Locke, M.P., F.R.S., R. Stephenson, M.P.,
Members—Joseph Cubitt, John E. Errington, John
Fowler, Charles H. Gregory, John Hawkshaw, Charles
Geach, M.P., Thomas Hawksley, John R. McClean,
Charles May, John Penn, J. Scott Russell, F.R.S.,
Henry Arthur Hunt. Secretary—Charles Manby,
F. R. S.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY AND IMPLE-

MENTS.-- -
CoMmittee appointed by the Royal Agricultural So-
ciety—William Miles, M.P., Colonel Challoner, An-
thony Hamond, W. Fisher Hobbs, Chsndos W.
Hoskyns, Humphrey Brandreth, B. T. Brandreth
Gibbs.
PHOTOGRAPHY.
Committee appointed by the Council of the Photo-
graphic Society—Sir W. J. Newton, A. Roslin, P. Le
Neve Foster, Roger Fenton.
• GENERAL IRON TRADE.
William Bird, Joseph Robinson, S. H. Blackwell.
TRADE COMMITTEES IN THE' METROOLIS.
Secretary to the ComMittees—John Humphreys.
Silk Trade—George Tawke Kemp, chairman ; John
Casey, Robert Harrison, Thomas Winkworth, Henry
Soper, J. Kirsop.

Shawls and Mixed Fabrics—W. H. Clabburn, John
R. Lavanchy, Henry Campin, John Scott, George
Haires, John Morgan.
Goldsmiths and Silversmiths—James Garrard, John
Gray.
Cabinet Makers and Decorators in Relief—Peter
Graham, chairman ; William Smee, William Holland,
John Jackson.

Paper Stainers and Surface Decorators—Samuel M.
Hubert, George John Morant, John G. Grace.
Clock and Watch Makers—Alderman Carter, chair-
man ; Chas. Frodsham, F. Dent, George Frodsham, T.
E. Loseby. - -

Philosjphical Instrument Makers—A. Ross, George
Knight, H. Newton, Frederick Henry Elliott, William
Henry Thornthwatte.
Musical Instrument Makers—Robert Addison, chair-
man ; Alfred Wornum, George Murphy, John Paske,
Richard Carte.

General Metal Work—George Cottam, chairman ;
Mark Feetham, John Lee Benham, Charles Hart, D.
Hewlett, William Pierce, William Jeakes.
Saddlers and Harness Makers—Robert Cuff, chair-
man ; Edward Swaine, John Shipley.
Furriers—John A. Nicholay, Samuel Bevington.
Tanners, Carriers, and Leather Dressers-4. B. Be-
vington, Daniel Roberts, Clement George, Samuel
Morris, William Stockbill, J. R. Hepburn.
Carriage Builders—J. W. Peters, chairman ; G. A.
Thrupp, Edwin Kesterton, W. Cook, G. N. Hooper,
David Davies.

Letterpress, Surface Printing, and Type Founders—
W. H. Caslon, chaieman ; Thomas Longman, H. Brad-
bury, George Clowes, Henry G. Bohn, Robert Bosley,
Wm. Mayor Watts, John Gadsby, George Baxter,
Charles Whiting.
Bookbinders—Robert Leighton, Robert Riyiere, T.
R. Eeles, John Wright.
Copperplate, Lithographic, and Anastatio Printing—
M. Hanhart, William Day, Vincent Brooks.
Tailors and Clothiers—Thomas Bousfield, Arthur
Harvey, S. Winkworth Silver, Donald Nicoll, Brice
Poem.

Boot and Shoe Makers--James Medwin, chairman ;
W. Hickson, Sparkes Hall, John Hook, J. Cr. Atloff,
C. Sully.
Manufacturing Chemists—Peter Squire, chairman ;
Jacob Bell, Thomas Morson, Theo. Redwood, Lloyd
Bullock.

Carpets—Alfred Lapworth, chairman ; William Lowe,
John Henderson, Thomas Tapling, Henry R. Elling-
ton, William Fawcett, James Pardue.
Rope, Twine, Canvas, and Matting Makers—Charles
Dagnall, chairman ; John Robertson, John Trudgett,
J. M. Patterson.
Paper Makers and Stationers—Thomas De la Rue,
chairman ; T. Hollingworth, R. Turner, T. H. Saunders,
George Buebridge, A. C. Waterlow.
Brush Makers, Comb Makers, and Turners—John
James Kent, Henry Brown.
Hat and Cap Manufacturers—C. Tress, chairman ;
Chas. Games, Alfred Johnson, Thomas Townend, An-
tonio Berni.
COMMITTEES IN THE PROVINCES.
AHRRDHEN.—The Lord Provost ; the Earl of Abor.
deen, Lord-Lieutenant of the county ; the Lord James
Hay ; the Hon. Admiral Gordon, M.P. for the county ;
George Thompson, jun., M.P. for the city ; the Sheriff
of the County, arid in his absence the Sheriff-Substitute ;
the Convener of the county, or in his absence, Mr.
Newell Burnett, county clerk ; the Convener of the
county of Kincardine ; the eldest Baillie of Aberdeen ;
the Dean of Guild of Aberdeen ; the City Treasurer ; the
Provost of Old Aberdeen ; the Principal or one of the
Professors of Marischal College ; the Sub-Principal or
one of the Professors of King's College ; the Convener
of the Incorporated Trades ; Sir Michael Bruce, of Sten-
house, Bart. ; Sir James D. 11. Elphinstone, Bart. ; Sir
Andrew Leith Hay, of Rannes ; Henry Lumsden of
Auchindoir ; Alex. Henderson, of Caskieben ; James
Giles, R.S.A. ; David Blaikie ; Alex. Morrice ; George
Thomson ; David 111'1:lardy ; Frederick Holland; Patrick
Pirie ; Hardy Robinson ; T. A. Curtis ; Thomas Todd ;
James Crotnbie ; Alexander Low ; John Stewart ;
George Davidson ; James Hall ; Walter Hood ; William
Duthie ; A. Pirie, jun. ; Robert Arbuthnot ; William
Hogarth ; Benjamin Moir ; William Allardyce ; J. B.
Bothwell ; Alexander M‘Donald ; James Berry ; Geo.
Jamieson •, James Adam ; William Rattray ; John
Millar ; William Smith ; J, D. mane, jun. John
Angus and W. L. Reid, honorary secretaries.
ARBROATH. —Provost Lyon, chairman ; John Lum-
gair, jun., Alexander Mann, William Curr, Andrew
Lowson, William Johnston, Alexander Gordon, Baillie
Esplin, W. H. Corsar, George Duncan, James Brown,
Douglas Fraser. John Macdonald, town clerk, honorary
secretary.
BELFAST.—Chairman : James Bristow, president of
the Chamber of Commerce ; Frederick Harry Lewis,
mayor ; S. G. Fenton, William Richardson, William
Charley, John McMaster, John Henniny, Michael An-
drews, John Holden, Robert Roddy, William Dunville,
William Coates, James Kennedy, William Bottomley,
James Darbishire, N. D. Cromtnalin, jun., John Hard-
man, Robert Workman, jun., John Charters, Thomas
McClure, John Hind, William Ewart, jun. James
McAdam, jun., honorary secretary.
BIRMINGHAM.—J. Baldwin, mayor ; Alderman Lucy,
Alderman Palmer, Councillor B. W. Goode, Councillor
J. Owen, Councillor C. Truman, Councillor J. Allday,
Councillor H. Holland, Councillor J. Brookes, G. R.
Elkington, R. W. Winfield, J. Aston, E. Healey, C.
Ratcliff, W. C. Aitken, W. P. Marshall, J. Hardman,
C. Lawden, W. Middlemore, T. P. Salt, G. A. Everitt,
E. Cotterill, S. Timmins, J. W. Ingram, G. R. Collis,
J. Hammond, W. Greener, F, Elkington, W. Morgan,
town clerk ; R. F. Sturges, J. 0. Bacchus, L. Chance,
J. T. Chance, W. Elliott, H. Wiggin, C. Geach, M.P.,
J. Harlow, G. Hamilton, R. W. Harris, jun., H. Jen-
nens, J. F. Ledsatn, S. Messenger, W. Potts, A. F.
Jo.sel
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C. Reeves, W. Richarri, S. Thornton, C. Shaw,
W. Browett, J. H. Hopkins, H. Wright, J.
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E. Marshall, G. B. Lloyd, jun., J. Gillott,
J. Edelsten, E. Gem, H. Van Wart, W. Scholefield,
MP., W. Chance, jun., G. Dixon. Edward John
Payne, secretary, 1, Bennett's-hill.
BRADFORD (including the Worsted District of the
West Riding).—The Council of the Bradford Chamber
of Commerce. President—William Rand. Vice-Presi-
dent—William Edward Forster. Joshua Appleyard,
mayor of Halifax; Samuel Smith, mayor; H. W. Ripley,
William Murgatroyd, Jacob Behrens, John Brigg,
Samuel Bottomley, R. Milligan, jun., J. A. Unna' W.
B. Addison, Robt. Milligan, M.P. ; H. W. Wickham,
ALP. ; Sir C. Wood, Bart., M.P. ; Frank Crossley,
my.; Geo. Anderton, Edward Akroyd, Titus Salt,
Joseph Craven, John V. Godwin, John Whitworth,
John Crossley, S. C. Lister, R. S. Butterfield, Robt.
Crosland. John Darlington, secretary. Office—Swaine-
street, Bradford.
DEnnT.—Thomas Madeley, mayor ; Henry Boden,
Matthew Kirtley, Arthur Holmes, James Haywood, John
Barber, Alfred Smith, A. J. Berneys, John Sandars,
H. F. Gisborne, Joseph Hall, Joseph Allen, Thomas
Crump, Andrew Handyside, J. S. Reed, James Poet,
Douglas Fox, James Heygate, M.D. ; Thomas Bent,
M.D. ; W. H. Barlowe, C.E. ; S. W. Fearn, Henry
Cox, Josiah Lewis, J. L. Davenport, W. M. Cooper,
John Gamble, Francis Shaw, Robert Chadwick, H. J.
Stevens, B. W. Spurgeon, the members of the Town
Council. John Moody, honorary secretary.
DUBLIN.—The Council and the Committee of Manu-
facturers of the Royal Dublin Society. Committee of
Manufacturers—Walter Sweetman, Michael Errington,
James Sayers, M.D., George Macdona, Henry Darley,
M.D., Cheyne Brady, George Yeates, William M.
M`Cay, William Thomas Lloyd, Richard C. Atkinson,
William Courtney. Secretary—W. E. Steele, M.D.
DUDLDT.—Thomas Badger, Thomas Badger, jun.,
Samuel H. Blackwell, John N. L'agnall, West Brom-
wich ; Josiah Cresswell, Edward L. Cresswell, Ben-
jamin Gibbons, jun., Lloyd, Wedoesbury ; Thomas
Jeeson, West Bromwich ; Russel, Wednesbury ;
Thomas Spencer, West Bromwich ; Henry Smith,

James Solly, Edward Terry, sen., Joseph G. Walker.
Henry M. Mainwright, honorary secretary.
DUNDER.—Thomas Bell (chairman of the Chamber of
Commerce), chairman; the- Provost Rough, the direc-
tors of the Chamber of Commerce, John Moir, Wm.
Martin, jun., David Baxter. Robert Sturrock, how-
rary secretary.

DUNFERIif LINE. —ProvAst Erskine Beveridge, chairman.
EDII.IBMIGH.—The Right Hon. the Lord Provost,
chairman ; Baillie Fyfe, J. F. Macfarlane, Rev. Pro-
fessor Kelland, A.M., David Stevenson, C.E Dr. Geo.
Wilson, W. H. Lizars, Richard Whytock, Jolin Steell,
R. S. A., John Milne, D. Cousin, J. Ballantine, John
Clark, Charles Lawson, Thomas Purdie, Thomas Bon-
nar. James Tod, W.S., honorary secretary.
GrAWHIELS.— Adam H. Cochrane, Messrs. Walter
Laing, Hawick ; John Paterson, Elawick ; William
Brown, sen., Selkirk ; Robert Scott, jun., Dumfries ;
James Paton, Tilliconitry ; James Crombie, Aberdeen ;
George Bowman, Langholm ; John Hileon, Jedburgh ;
Adam Dobson, Inverleithen • Messrs. Robert Gill, Geo.
Lees, William Sanderson, John Sibbald, Richard Wat-
son, William Paterson, John Roberts. Adam L. Coch-
rane, honorary secretary.
GLASGOW.—General Committee : The Hon. the Lord
Provost, chairman ; Sir James Anderson, M.P., Sir
James Campbell, John Tennant, Robert Dalglish, Wal-
ter Crum, William Bankier, Alexander Anderson, Thos.

Auchterlonie, James G. Adam, Samuel R. Brown,
William Brodie, Dr. W. G. Blackie, James Clark,
Hugh Cogan, John Clark, jun., James Couper, Wil-
liam Cockey, James Craig, deacon convener ; Francis
Edwards, Francis Finlayson, William Gourlie, J. G.
Gilbert, Thomas Gould, Charles Gray, James Hannan,
dean of guild ; J. Hutcheson, John King, Andrew Lid-
dell, James Lumsden, jun., Andrew M‘Lure, David
M‘Donald, M‘Bride, John M‘Gregor, Peter. Win-
tosh, Archibald M‘Nair, Daniel Macnee, William
Macadam, John Mair, William Murray, J. Monteith,
J. Moir, P. V. Manhoussin, French consul; R. Napier,
Andrew Orr, Rt. Paterson, Jas. Scott, W. Stirling, H.
L. Schwabe, James Templeton, J. Turnbull, G. Thom-

son, J. Wilson, Hugh Wilson, Robert Whyte, William
Whyte, Lorraine Wilson, Andrew Wingate, jun., G. L.
Walker, chairman of Chamber of Commerce ; Adam
Pringle, James Playfair, William Johnstone, D. C.
Rait, Professor Thomas Anderson, James Gourlay,
George Mitchell, Alexander Harvey, James Watt
M'Gregor, John Fyfe, J. H. Young, Andrew Berrie,
D. G. Howatt, Alexander Paul, Malcolm M'Caul,

David Todd, William Johnson, J. R. Napier, John
Napier, Matthew A. Muir, William Tait, William More,
John Erskine, George Harvey, W. G. Langdon, Allan
Arthur, George Smith, Richard Smith, David Smith,
James M'lntosh, Robert Macnab, James Drummond,
Joseph A. Wright. John Strang, LL.D., honorary secre-

tary. •
GREENOCK.— Provost Martin, Sir Michael Robert
Shaw Stewart, Bart. ; Provost Birkmyre, Port Glas-
gow ; Baillie Spiers, John Scott, Robert Steel, James
T. Caird, Charles C. Scott, John Bourne, John Hastie,

John Gray, Andrew Lindsay, John Fleming, Alexan-
der Tough, Andrew R. Orr. Charles Gray, honorary

secretary.
HUDDERSFIELD.—WiIIiam Williams, chairman ; John
Brooke, George S. Tolson, Joseph Wrigley, Joseph
Travis. Clay, Samuel Oldfield, William Keighley, Ed-
ward Huth, George Nelson, William Learnyd, Edward
Stavenhagen, Thomas P. Crosland, Robert Kell.
Frederick Greenwood and William Hastings, honorary
secretaries.

LEEDS.—The Mayor ; William Beckett, M.P., presi-
dent of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce ; Sir George

Goodman, M.P., J. Gott, J. G. Marshall, J. Kitson,
Joseph Bateson, Darton Lupton, Peter Fairbairn, Joseph
Lambert, Francis Carbutt, James Walker, John Cooper,
Joseph Buckton, Thomas Tannett, Thomas Wilson,
W. W. Hewitson, G. E. Donisthorpe, James Holdforth,
George Smith, William Williams Brown, John Kendall,
jun., Christopher Empson, Charles Pegier, Win. Paw-

son, Martin Cawood, honorary secretary.
MACCLESFIELD.—John Smith, mayor ; S. Higgin-
botham, honorary secretary.
MANCHESTER DISTRICT.—The Mayor of Manchester
(E.), chairman ; the Mayor of Salford (E.), Sir John
Potter (E.), Thomas Bazley (E.), president of Manches-
ter Chamber_ of Commerce ; J. Aspinall Turner (E.),

president of Manchester Commercial Association, vice-
chairman ; Henry Ashworth, Malcolm Ross J. . Har-
ter, Robert N. Philips, Sir John Potter, Ross,
Elkanah
Armitage, William Neild (E.), E. R. Langworthy, R.
Barnes, W. Fairbairn, F.R.S., R. Barbour, W. B. Wat-
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kins, Thomas Ashton (E.), Joseph Witworth, Alfred
Neild, John Butterworth, Archibald Clarke, George
Peel, J. F. Bateman, Alexander Henry, Edmund Pot-
ter (E.), Oliver Heywood, Richard Birley, Samuel
Brooks, William Entwisle (E.), Samuel Fletcher, James
Watts, Thomas Fairbairn, R. H. Greg, J. Harland,
Arthur Neild, James Higgins, Thomas Hilton, P. F.
Willert, Thomas Agnew, Joseph Adshead, Kessel-
meyer, Alexander Ireland, Ivie Mackie, Alexander
Bannerman, James M'Connel, James Murray, Edmund
Buckley, G. R. Chappell, Edward Westhead, Thomas
Sowler, jun., George Doveston, Nathaniel Shelmerdine,
William Harvey, John Kay, E. R. Langworthy, James
Renshaw, James Worrell, James Higgins, Henry Hig-
gins, Thomas Ashworth, Wright Turner, William Pear-
son, William Wanklyn. Joseph Heron (E.), town-
clerk), J. A. Nicholls, Thomas Worthington, honorary
secretaries. _

Those gentlemen to whose names the (E.) is affixed
form the executive committee.

Nonwiosi.—Sir Samuel Bignold, mayor, chairman ;
Joshua Swann, honorary secretary.
NOTTINGHAM.—Jonathan Reckless, Esq., mayor ;
Alderman Heymann, Alderman Birkin, A. J. Mundella,
J. Tomlinson N. Hurst, Thomas Ball, NV. Vickers,
' jun. W. Felkin, L. Berenhart, E. Steegmann. W. En-
field, honorary secretary.
PAISLET.—Provost Macfarlane, chairman ; Baillie
Sharp, Treasurer Walker, John Morgan, Thos. Coats,
Archibald Hutchinson, W. Mackean, W. Wotherspoon,
R. Kerr, W. Abercrombie, William Macalister, James
Robertson, Sheriff Glasgow, William Sharp, William
Philips, David Murray. William Hodge, secretary.
PRESTON.--Thomas Walmeley, mayor • Thomas Batty
Addison, ' resorder • Thomas Miller, William Ainsworth,
Edward Hollins, J. B. Booth, Richard Slater, W. White-
head. Robert Ascroft, honorary secretary.
SHEFFIELD.—Francis Hoole, mayor; W. A. Matthews,
master cutler ; T. Dunn, E. Vickers, R. Younge, J. J.
Smith, R. Sully, W. Overend, F. Bury, J. Marsh, T. Jes-
sop, H. E. Hook, J. Robson, S. Casbin, L. Moss, C.
Peace, J. W. Hawkswortb, J. Butcher, G. Wilkinson,
T. Mappin, Young Mitchell, Sterling Howard, W. Faw-
cett, H. Dickson, J. Nelstrop, H. D. Wilkinson, G.
NVostenbolme, T. Turton, R. Jackson, Thomas Oates,
A. Murphy, Mark Frith, W. Fisher, jun., Dr. Bran-
son, Thomas Bradbury, W. R. Harrison, E. Hudson,
R. Leader, J. Alger, B. J. Eyre, H. T. Skelton, S.
Newbould, Charles Smith, M. J. Ellison, W. Lock-
wood, R. Sorby, jun. Young Mitchell, honorary
secretary.
STAFFORDSHIRE POTTRRIRS.—Mr. D. Hollings, Stoke-
upon-Trent, chairman ; Thomas Battam, John Ridgway,
Cauldon-place ; C. Meigh, jun., Shelton ; G. Wedg-
wood, Etruria ; J. Pinder, Bursleni ; S. Alcock, Bur-
stem ; W. Baker, Fenton ; W. Davenport, Longport ;
E. Wedgwood, Tunstall ; J. Bridgwood, Longton ;
John Pratt, Fenton ; Jos. Mayer, Dale-hall ; W.
Brownfield, Cobridge. J. Stringer, honorary secretary.
STOCKPORT.—The Mayor, Alderman Eskrigge, Samuel
Ratcliffe Carrington, Councillor John Eskrigge, Coun-
cillorWhittaker, Counsellor Longson, Councillor Sander-
son, Councillor Risque, Councillor Sadler, David Bow-
lay, John Clay, Samuel Walker. John Vaughan,town
clerk, honorary secretary.
SUNDERLAND.—The Mayor, Alderman Hartley,
Alderman Mordey, Alderman Lindsay, Alderman
Brown, Alderman Ranson, Alderman A. J. Moore,
Alderman Reed, Councillor Lain', Councillor Williams,
Councillor Todd, Councillor Hodgson, Councillor Cross-
by, Councillor Dannatt, Councillor W. Dixon, Coun-
cillor Potts, Councillor Rippon, Councillor Candlish,
Councillor J. M. Smith, Councillor R. Dixon, Councillor
Austin, Councillor Rose, A. Ettrick, H. Morton, Niche.
las Wood, Rev. Richard Skipsey, C. M. Webster, M.
Louis Thiercelin, vice-consul of France • T. Meik,
C.E. ; Wm. Crozier, C.E. ; T. W. Panton, 'Win. Wade,
Geo. Lindsay, W. D. Burliason, W. H. Richardson,
George Rochester, George Hume, W. Knott, Robert
Vint, Reginald Orton, C. G. Matteson, G. S. Moore,
John Godley, Win. Wight, Wm. Pile, jun., T. Burn,
Dr. Ogden, Geo. Hardcastle, Samuel Greenwood, James
Wakinshaw, Win. Stobart, Morrison, Jon Hughes,
Geo. Hedley, G. R. Taylor, Geo. Elliott,
Hadley, J. J. Kayll, Thomas Burn, jun., Septimus
Bourne, John Watson, R. James Brown, Geo. Forster,
John Taylor, Wailes. Treasurer—Henry Arm-
strong, Union Bank. Hon. Secretaries—Thos. Moore
and John M'Rae.
TROWBRIDGI.—Jesse Gouldsmith, Thomas Clark,
jun., John Stancomb, George Stancomb, John Hay-
ward.
WALSALL—SamueI Lowe, mayor, chairman ; Henry
C. Windle, Charles Greatrex, Henry Brace, Charles
Brookes, Thomas Hill, Thomas Newton, Richard Jer-
son. J. W. Newman, honorary secretary.
WOLVERHANTTON.—The Mayor ; F. Walton, secre-
tary ; C. B. Mander, C. Clark.
H. C. OWEN, Captain, R.E., Secretary.
Marlborough-house, Pall-mall, Sept. 14, 1854.

TIII CUSTOMS.—So great is the pressure of business
on the landing department of the Customs in the port o
London at this time that the staff of officers have been I
found insufficient for the emergency. Over 200 vessels I
were reported on Monday and Tuesday last, and many
of them have cargoes consisting of sugar, tea, and other
high duty goods. Every exertion has been made to
prevent inconvenience to the trade, and for the despatch
of business. The electric telegraph has performed its
office, and landing waiters have been drafted from the
outports. In the early part of this year we had to
chronicle the enormous increase which had taken place
in the amount of imports into London during the year
that had passed, but we learn that, great as the increase
had been, it has been exceeded this year, between 700
and 800 more vessels being reported inwards than in the
corresponding period of 1853. At some of the docks we
understand that it has been found necessary to work
beyond the legal hours, notwithstanding the increase in
the staff of Custom officials, and that it is with difficulty
so large a fleet of vessels as that which has just arrived
can be berthed,—Civil Service Gazette.