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there was nothing before the court to justify a convic-
tion in so highly penal an act.
Mr. Elliott could not concur in this opinion ; but, at
the same time, considered that the evidence, and the
whole of the circumstances, required some considera-
tion ; and he should, therefere, defer his judgment to a
future day. In the interim he should admit the whole
of the defendants to bail on their own recognisances,
exeept Mr. Henry N. Simmonda, and he must find two
sureties in 20/. each and himself in 201. to appear, with
the others, on a future day.

SAFETY OF CAPTAIN COLLINSON.

IMPORTANT FROM THE ARCTIC REGION.

NEWS OF THE MISSING SHIP ENTERPRISE,
SENT TO THE RELIEF OF SIR J. FRANK-
LIN.-NO TRACE OF SIR JOHN FRANK-
LIN'S EXPEDITION.

(From the San Francisco Herald, Sept. 30.)

Her Majesty's ship Rattlesnake, Commander Henry
Trollops, arrived in our bay on Monday morning, having
left Port Clarence, Arctic Ocean, Aug. 23, at 8 p.m.
This ship wintered at Pert Clarence the last winter, and
as soon as the ice broke up endeavoured to reach Herald
Island, cruising as near, or nearer, the edge of the ice
than safety justified from Point Barrow, on the American
side, to Serdze Kamen, on the Asiatic side of the Arctic
Sea. Neither this vessel nor the Enterprise brings any
news of the missing whale-ship Monongahela, of New
Bedford. Captain Trollope states, that on the 21st of
May some Indians referred to a vessel with three masts
(which they indicated by holding up three fingers, and
speaking the word which, in their language, signifies a
vessel, which he understood) having gone up to the
northward. The captain gave no credence to what they
said, not knowing of the missing whaleman, and made
no inquiry further. It is barely possible they might
have referred to the Monongahela. Captain Trollope
expresses much regret that he had not been aware of
this ship being carried into the ice, that he might have
more particular inquiry.
The most important news brought by the Rattlesnake
is the arrival at Port Clarence, on the 21st of August,
of her Britannic Majesty's ship Enterprise, Captain Col-
linson, from his long expedition into the Arctic Sea in
search of Sir John Franklin. It will be recollected that
this vessel sailed from England in the same season, and
at about the same time, as the Investigetor (Captain
M'Clure), that arrived on the Atlantic side of the con-
tinent a year since, having navigated the north-west
passage. No news having been received by the Enter-
prise, almost as much anxiety was felt for her safety,
and that of her officers and crew, as for the expedition
she was seat in search of, so much so as to induce the
English Government to station for her relief and assist-
ance the Rattlesnake at Port Clarence, and the Plover
at Point Barrow, during the last winter, and they were
both arranging for their succeeding winter quarters at
the time of her arrival, at the ending of which season the
Government had given orders is abandon the search for
them.
The Enterprise went into the Arctic, in the summer of
1851, and passed through the Prince of Wales Straits,
but finding the ice impracticable for her advance, she
passed the winter of 1851.2 in latitude 71 deg. 35 min.
N, longitude 117 deg. 35 min. W. After making every
exertion to obtain the object of her voyage, the winter
of 1852-3 was passed in Cambridge Bay, Wollaston
Land, 69 deg. N, 105 deg. 30 min. W. Still proceeding
on her voyage, the winter of 1853-4 found her in Camden
Bay, 70 deg. 8 min. N, 145 deg. 30 min. W.
The ice released the vessel July 15, 1854, when she
eprnmenced her return passage, but did not reach Point
Barrow until August 2, having baffling southerly winds
and calms. Immediately on fier arrival at Point Cla-
rence, on August 21, finding the Plover had left for
Point Barrow a few days previous, for the purpose of
assisting and relieving her, as soon as her supplies could
he put on board from the Rattlesnake, at three p.m. on
the 22d she started to overtake the Plover, and commu-
nicate with and recall her, which duty performed, she
would immediately proceed to Hong Kong-, and the
Plover to Valparaiso, where the latter will meet the
Rattlesnake, which leaves this port to-day.
During the the three years the Enterprise has been
in the frozen sea she has lost but three men—May 15,
1353, William Driver, ship's cook ; Nov. 24, 1853,
William Greenaway, able seaman ; June 27, 1854,
Cheeseman, private marine. The commander,

officers, and crew, 59 in number, were in excellent
health. We regret to state that no information was
obtained of the fate of Sir John Franklin. The Enter-
prise found traces of the Investigator's passage in many
places, and went within 90 miles of Winter Harbour ;
but not being able to proceed further, on account of the
ice, went up Wollaston Strait, and there fell in with
traces of Dr. Rae's searches. It will be recollected that
Dr. Rae was in command of the expedition sent out by
the Hudson Bay Company.
In the spring of 1852 travelling parties were dis-
spatched near the ice, one of which reached Melville
Islands after great hardship. The natives met with dur-
ing the voyage were of a peaceable and kind disposition,
ready at all times to be of assistance in any manner in

their: power.
Probably no more interesting news, save information
of Sir John Franklin, could be given to the world than
the safety of this ship. Embarked on an errand of
mercy, which drew the attention of almost every civi-
lised being toward them, it was feared they had met the
supposed fate of those they had proceeded to save. The
news of their extrication will everywhere be received
with joy.
List of officers of her Britannic Majesty's relief-ship

Rattlesnake : —Commander Henry Trellope, Lieutenant 3,
acting, F. C. Handfield, P. R. Sharpe ; Master T. Bou-
dice, Assistant-Surgeon T. B. Forger ; Paymaster, Mr.
Sparke ; Clerk, Mr. Gilpin ; Second Master, Mr. Nixon.

HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE FVEEIr..

(Front the Report of the Registrar-General. )

The returns for London for the week that ended last
Saturday give 1,252 as the number of deaths registered
from all causes. Ira the corresponding weeks of the ten
years 1844-53, the average number was 983, and if this
is raised in proportion to increase of population the re-
sult obtained is 1,081. Hence it appears that 171 deaths
occurred last week above what the calculated rate of
mortality would produce. _ _

Cholera exhibits a continued decrease. The deaths from
it, which in the four weeks of October were 411, 249, 163,
and 66, in the last week were only 31. In the same five
weeks diarrhoea was fatal in 98, 102, 78, 46, and 33
cases.

Last week the births of 814 boys and 761 girls, in all
1,575 children, were registered in London. In the nine
corresponding weeks of the years 1845.53 the average
number was 1,424. _ _ _

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the reading of
the barometer rose to 30.29 in. at noon on Wednesday.
The mean daily reading was above 30 in. on every day
of the week except Tuesday. The mean temperature
of the week was 49.7 deg., which is 3.4 deg. above the
average of the same week in 33 years. The mean daily
reading was above the average on every day except the
last two, and on Monday and Tuesday it was respec-
tively 7.4 deg. and 10. 5 deg. above it. The highest
temperature occurred on Tuesday, and was 63.6 deg. ;
the lowest on Saturday, and was 36.1 deg. The mean
dew-point temperature was 44.7 deg., and the difference
between this and the mean tempemture of the, air was
5.0 deg. The wind blew generally from the south-west.
No rain fell in the week.

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MORTALITY IN'THE METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEA.TEIS FROM ALL CiUSES REGISTERED

IN THE WEEK ENDING SATITit:DAY, NOV. 4.

359
42
195

Zymotic Diseases ...
Diseases of Uncertain Seat
Tubercular Diseases
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 45
Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of
Respiration . >.
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c.
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c.
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations 2
Premature Birth and Debility
Atrophy
Old Age
Sudden 6
Violence, Privation, Cold, and Inte2np:Drance ......
Causes not specified

DEATIS FROM ALL CAUSES
Population Dea.ths in core- Deaths
Enumerated. sp.s.ndinq week in the
183 i. of 1553. Week.
West Districts - 168
North Districts 490,396 . 215
Central Districts 393,256 . 159
East Districts 485,522
gouth Districts . 616,635 . 335

7252
Totals
Males
Females

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.

Males
Females

814
761

Total

1,575

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS
FOR CHINA.

GENERAL POST-OFFIa R, October, 1854.
Letters for China, forwarded by the overland mail,
and conveyed by British packet to ELong Kong, will, in
future, be chargeable with the sam a reduced rate of
postage, as letters directed to the: British colony of
Hong Kong, viz. : ,
Via Marseilles—Weighing under ii oz., 11d. ; weigh-
ing i oz. and not exceeding i oz., ls. 4d. ; exceeding
A oz. and under J oz., 2s. 3d. ; weii hing i oz. and not
exceeding 1 oz., 2s. 8d ; exceedin g 1 oz. and under
11 oz., 4s. Id. •
and not" andingVkaozB"tharepton—Not exceeding' i oz., Gd. ; exceed-
n.ot exceeding 1 oz., 13.. ; exceeding 1 oz.,
4 oz., 4s.
The Postage of letters2.' f2'l. ;
exceedingelceoezduT exceed ing 2 oz., and not
~ ". ; exceeding 3 oz., and not exceeding
rates , )1
Newspapers for Cl=. inadvance.
anlcZ °en' g
Hong Kong,
mustbepaid
any par..,' of China, except
continueeach
whe
when
i a
sentble to v the epresent (gong
:
postage,
viz., will2
d .
Southampton, a rad 3d. each when
sent via Marseilles.

THE LOSDON GAZETTE OF LAST _NIGHT.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 3.
It is hereby notified that the Earl of Clarendon, her
Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
has received from the Lords Commissioners of theAdmi-

rally, a copy of a despatch, dated " Duke of Wellington,
off Faro Sound, 21st October, 1854," from Vice-Admiral
Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., Commander-in-Chief of her
Majesty's Naval Forces in the Baltic, informing their lord-
ships that he had raised the blockade of the Russian ports
undermentioned from that date.

" Islands of Aro, Uto, the Aland Archipelago; Nystad,
Bjorneborg, Christianstad,Wasa, Walgrund Islands, Little
Garleby, Jacobstad, Great Carlby, Lotto, Salajoki, Bra-
histad, Uleaborg, Karla Island, Ijo Gestila, Komi, and all
intermediate Russian ports to Nader Tornea, situated at
the head of the Gulf of Bothnia, in lat. (about) 65 deg.
50 m. N., long. 24 deg. 15 m. East."
WHITEHALL, Nov. 6.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir
William Hall Gage, Knt., the office or place of Vice-
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, in the
room of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, deceased.
The Queen has ales been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral
the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., the office or place of Rear-
Admiral of the United Kingdem of Great Britain and Ire-
land, and of the Admiralty thereof, in the room of Ad-
miral Sir William Hall Gage, appointed Vice-Admiral of
the said United Kingdom.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 6.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, appointing Vice-Admiral
William Bowles, C.B. ; Lieutenant-General Sir John Bell,
K.C.B. ; Robert Fitzßoy, Esq., Captain in her Majesty's
Navy ; Robert Baynes Armstrong, Esq., one of her Ma-
jesty's Counsel ; and Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Esq., to
be her Majesty's Commissioners for enquiring into the pre-
sent state of the River Tyne.
DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 6.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Richard Graves
Mac Donnell, Esq., C. 8., now Lieutenant-Governor of the
Island of St. Vincent, to be Captain-General and Gover-
nor-in-Chief in and over the colony of South Australia ;
Edward John Eyre, Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor
of the island of St. Vincent • Colonel Gore Browne,
C. 8., now Governor of St. Helena, to be Governor and
Commander-in-Chief in and over the colony of New Zea-
land.; Edward Hay Drummond Hay, Esq. now Lienten-
ant-Governor of the island of St. Christopher, to be Gover-
nor of St. Helena ; Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Eiq., now the senior Member of Council administering the
Government of Montserrat, to be Lieutenant-Governor of
the island of St. Christopher ; Arthur Edward Kennedy,
Esq., now Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and
over the colony of Sierra Leone, to be Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over the colony of Western Anstra
lia ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen John Hill, now Go-
vernor and Commander-in-Chief in and over her Majesty's
forts and settlements on the Gold Coast, to be Captain-
General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the colony of
Sierra Leone.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, NOV. 1.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of the
Right Honourable Lord Foley, to appoint Henry Weller
Ladbroke Clarke, Esq., one of her Majesty's Honourable
Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, vice Hamilton, retired
CROWN OFFICE, Nov. 7.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.
_ _

Borough of Frome—The Right Honourable Richard
Edmund St. Lawrence Boyle, commonly called Viscount
Dungarvon, of Marston, in the county of Somerset, in the
room of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Robert Edward
Boyle, deceased.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 6.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a Despatch, from her Majesty's Minister at Frankfort,
reporting that the Znllverein Conference, at Darmstadt,
has prolonged until the end of Sept., 1855, the permis-
sion to import free of duty corn, pulse, meal, and all cereal

productions.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 4.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
Gentlemen Cadets to be Second-Lieutenants.

Vivian tiering Majendie, vice Blakiston, promoted, Oel
92

James Edward Blackwell, vice Kaye, promoted Oct. 23.
Sir John William Campbell, Bart., vice Smith, pro
meted, Oct. 23.
lErnilus De Vie Tupper, vice Maitland, promoted, Oct
23.

John Charles Francis Ramsden, vice Stocker, promoted
Oct. 23.

Francis Arthur Whinyates, vice Burrowes, promoted,
Oct.'23.
Frederick Coulthurst Elton, vice Clarke, promoted,
Oct. 23.
Charles Richard Franklen, vice Joy, promoted, Oct. 23.
Clennell Collingwood, vice Thornhill, promoted, Oct. 23.
Rodney Ashbrook Mitchell, vice Pearse, promoted, Oct.
23.

Frederick Augustus Anley, vice Carey, promoted, Oc'
23.

Lewis Paxton Walsh, vice Walker, promoted, Oct. 23.
Power Digby Le Poer Trench, vice Shakerley, promoted,
Oct. 23.
William Rooke, vice Alderson, promoted, Oct. 23.
Sidney Augustus Bazalgette, vice Hutchinson,- pro-
moted, Oct. 23.
CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS.

Gentlemen Cadets to be Second Lieutenants, with tem-
porary rank.
Robert Grant, vice Teesdale, promoted, Oct. 23.
Edward Harding Stewart, vice Graves, promoted,
Oct. 23.
Edward Donald Malcolm, vice Anderson, promoted,
Oct. 23.
Arthur Robert Macdonnell, vice Du Cane, promoted,
Oct. 23.
James Hamilton Wilson, vice Crossman, promoted,
Oct. 23.
Charles Anne Law de Montmorency, vice Marsh, pro-
moted, Oct. 23.
Hen. William Le Poer Trench, vice Stuart, promoted,
Oct. 23.
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
County of Norfolk—To bo Deputy-Lieutenants—The
Right Hon. Charles Lord Suffield , Sir Jacob Henry Pres-
ton, Bart.; Wm. Burroughes, Esq.; Francis Hay Gurney,
Esq.; Edward Howes, Esq.; Robert Blake Humfroy, Esq.;
Henry Josias Stracey, Esq.; Clement Win. Unthank, Esq.;
Richard Ward, Esq., Oct. 28.
Royal BucksKinbs Own Militia—E award Hyde Hewett,
Gent., to be Ensign.
Bedfordshire "Regiment of Militia—Captain Robert
Hindley Wilkinson to be Major, vice Russell, resigned,
Oct. 30.
sth Regiment of West York Militia—Theophilus Smith,
Esq., to be Captain, Oct. 24.
6th Regiment of West York Militia—William Coates,
Esq., late Captain of the 98th Regiment, to be Captain,
Oct. 24 ; John Rodgers, Esq., late Captain of the 26th
Regiment, to be Captain, Oct. 24.
3d Regiment of West York Militia—Ensign Kynaston
Walter Smith, of the Royal Lancashire Militia to be En-
sign ; Ensign Alfred Augustus James, of the Royal Lon-
don Militia to be Ensign, Oct. 31.
2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—Edwin George Hel-
yar, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Houlten, resigned,
Nov. 1; Ensign Frederick Joseph Blake Spurway to be
Lieutenant, vice Williams, resigned, Nov. 2.
Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Robert Octa-
vius Cumming to bd Captain, Sept. 23 ; John Andrew Fell
to be Captain, Oct. 14.
Hampshire Regiment of Militia—Seymour Horace Mor-
gan, Gent., to bo Ensign, Oct. 30; Frederick Francis
Fereday (and not iFereby, as before advertised) to be
Lieutenant, Sept. 4.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.
Samuel Zagury, merchant, Cullum-street, City.
BANKRUPTS.

Henry John Todd, warehouseman, St. Pancras-lane,
City, to surrender, Nov. 17, at one, and Dec. 19, at two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee,
Basingliall-street ; Linklatere, Sise-lane.
James Dungey, grocer -and tea dealer, Rochester, Nov.
17, at half-past one, and Dec. 19, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. enim, official assignee, Alderrnanbury;
Stevens and Satchell, Queen-street, Cheapside.
Joseph Greenstreet, commission agent and dealer in
cigars, Leicester, Nov. 21, and Dec. 12, at ten, at the Bir-
mingham District Court. Harris, official assignee, Not-
tingham; Haxby, Leicester; Moiteram and Knight, Bir-
mingham.
Adolphe Davin the younger, wholesale jeweller, Red
Lion-square, Holborn, Nov. 21, at half-past one, and Dec.
19, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stanst:ld, official
assignee ; Heathfield, Featherstone-buildings, Holborn.
John Pollard, miller, South Cerney, Gloucestershire,
Nov. 21 and Dec. 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol • Mailings,
Danbeney, and Chubb, Cirencester; Bevan, Bristol.
Walter Longhurst, builder, Queen's-buildings, Knights-
bridge, Nov. 20 at half-past two, and Dec. 19 at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Basinghadl-street ; Chidley, Gresham-street.
John Winkfiold, cement merchant, Greenwich, Nov. )0
at twelve, and Dec. 20 at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basiughall-stroet ;
Aldridge and Bromley, Gray's-inn.
Henry Lucking, grocer, Corringham, Nov. 17 and Dec.
20, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Linklaters, Sise-lane.
William Wade, leatherseller, Northampton, Nov. 21
at eleven, and Dec. 19 at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Sta.nsfeld, official assignee ; Butler, Toolcy-street.
William Cross, Hackney, printer, Nov. 17, at twelve,
and Dec. IS, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Peddell,
Cheapside.
Henry Hadlow, apothecary, Jewry-street, Altigate,
Nov. 17, at half-past two, and Dec. 19, at half-past eleven.
Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Harris,
Mooigate-street.
John Samuel Smith, drysalter, Liverpool, Nov. 24, and
Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Wilson, Man-
chester.
William Waithman, manufacturer, Manchester, Nov.
23, and Dec. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Herneman,,official assignee, Manchester; Barlow
and Aston, Manchester; Clark, Lancaster.
Thomas Bunyard, grocer, Maidstone, Nov. 16, and Dec.
21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official
assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Nichols and Doyle,
Gray's-inn ; Morgan, Maidstone.
Edward Buehler, merchant, 4, Cullum-street, City, Nov.
17, at eleven, and Dec. 21, at one, at the Court of Bank-
, ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings;
Crowder and Maynard, Coleman-street.
John Fell and John Learoyd, woollen manufacturers,
1 Huddersfield, Nov. 18, and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the
1 Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds;
Clough and Bantoft, Huddersfield; Barker, Hudders-
field ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds.
D. J. Fynney, corn merchant, Liverpool, Nov. 17, and
Dec. 14, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Tur-
ner, official assignee, Liverpool; Francis and Almond,
Liverpool. •
Esther Blenky, sometimes called Esther Blenkhorn' lod-
ging-house keeper, Liverpool, Nov. 17 and Dec. 14 at
eleven, at the District Court. Bird, official assignee, Li-
verpool ; Yates, Liverpool.
John Thornton, the elder, and Joseph Ridgway Thorn-
ton, cotton waste dealers, Godley and Hyde, Cheshire,
Nov. 23 and Dec. 21, at 12, at the Manchester District
Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Sutton,
Manchester.

DIVIDENDS. DECLARED.
Samuel Luke Pratt, of 47, New Bond-street, upholsterer,
first dividend of 28.6 d. in the pound, payable at the office
of Mr. W. Pennell, 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-
street, on any Tuesday.
George Jarrett, of Wickham, Welford, Berks, builder,
first dividend of 4a. in the pound, payable at the office of