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London, England, 1854-01-04

ASTLEY'S EITROPE'3 NATIONAL AMP 'UTILE ATRE.

Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke.

GRIND JUVENILE NIGHT on TUURSDIY, JAR. 5.

Crowded houses nightly to witnc.ss the wiequalled Attractions. The
most gorgoous and sti,xessful Pantomime ever produzed in this
Theatre.

THIS EVENING, J. 4,
(and during the week, Thursday excepted)

The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE
WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EA.ST; or, THE MAGIC GONG—
In which the wonder of wonders, Mr. W. Cooke's performing Ele-
phants will appear.

Followed by a series of novel and brilliant scenes of Equestrian-
ism in THE ARENA by talented artistes.

After which, a New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC
PANTOMIME, written expressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELSON
LEE, entitled BILLY BUTTON'S ,JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ;
or, Harlequin and the Ladies' Favourite.

New scenery, dresses, decorations, and appointments, maznificent
Car of Industry, &c. Harlequin, Mr. A. Hemmings ; Columbine,
Mdlie. Christine; Pantaloon, Mr. Lehman; and Two Clowns, Mr.
C. Adams and Mr. Croneste ; Sprites, Masters Gee and Bradbury.

Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.
London, England, 1854-01-04

TILE WEATHER.--Strzt OPPICB, JAR. 4.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
39—highest since noon yesterday.
34—lowest this morning and during the night.
38—this day at noon.

BAROMETER, 28'98.
During the night London and its vicinity, for many
miles round, has been visited with the heaviest fall of
snow since 1838—a fall that has delayed the mails and im-
peded the general traffic on the river and railroads. A
gentle thaw continued up to three o'clock, when the frost
again set in.
London, England, 1854-01-04

FEBRUARY.

Newton (1)
Derby (2) 8 Carmarthensbire 91

MARCH.

Liverpool (1)....
Beverley (1) ....

1 I Birmingham 27
10
APRIL.
Liverpool Hunt Club I Cheltenham
(Hoylake) (2) 8 Rothbury .

NOVEMBER.
Cowbridg® Hunt

g

..18
..19
London, England, 1854-01-04

WHITEHALL, DEC. 21.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Joseph Wheelock, of
No. 10, Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, Gen-
tleman, to be a London Commissioner to administer oaths
in the High Court of Chancery.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 2.

The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
the Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Poreign Affairs, an ex-
tract of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Tripoli,
dated 18th November, 1853, addressed to the Secretary to
the Government of Malta, announcing that, Ofter !Me Bth
of December next, until the git&ring in of the new crops,
the exportation of wheat will be prohibited from all parts
of that province.
The said committee hav3 received a copy of a despatch
from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, enclosing the trans-
lation of an edict from the Lisbon Board of Health, per-
mitting suspected vessels bound to Oporto to call at Aveiro
or Vianna.
BOROUGH COURT OF:BIRMINGHAM.

By an Order iu Council, dated. Windsor, December 29,
1853, her Majesty has been pleased to approve of the re-
port of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dated
December 8, 1853, and to direct that the jurisdiction of the
Borough Court of Birmingham shall be excluded in all
cases whereof the County Court bath cognisance.
COMMISSIONERS FOR BUILDING CHURCHES.

By an Order of Council, dated December 29th, 1853, her
Majesty has been p' eased to approve of a representation of
the Commissioners for Building Churches, and to order that
the consolidated chapelry therein mentioned for the Church
of St. John the Baptist, at Kidmore-end, in the parish of
Caversham, be accordingly formed.
And, by an Order of Council of the said lastmen tioned
date, her Majesty has been pleased to approve of a repro-
sentation of the said Cortimissioners, and to order that the
consolidated chapelry therein mentioned for the consecrated
church of St. Mary, at Llanerchymedd, in the parish of
Llanteulan, be accordingly formed.
London, England, 1854-01-04

WEST INDIA MAILS.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.
Information has just arrived by telegraph that
the Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magdalena,
with the West India mails, had put into Weymouth
yesterday afternoon, for fuel, and through stress of
weather.
The mails are landed at Weymouth, and will b
forwarded to London by the 3 o'clock train.
London, England, 1854-01-04

THEATRE ROYAL, lIAYMARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Bnckstone.
THIS EVENING, JAN. 4,

Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters
by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Bnckstone, and W. Farren ; Mrs.
Mrs. Fitzwilliam, Miss E. Grey, &c.
After which, the Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMBIE, called
HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Silverhair
and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown; Harlequin, Mr. J.
Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. 11. Marshall.
London, England, 1854-01-04

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-clay the market was extremely
inactive, and prices, as for the last few days, had a down-
ward tendency. At noon, and before the receipt of the
latest telegraphic communication from London, the follow•
ing were among the quotations :—Birmingham Wolver-
hampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 9, sellers 9k—Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, buyers 35--- ShrewsburY
and Birmingham Preference, buyers 101—South Stafford-
shire, sellers 1i dis.
London, England, 1854-01-04

MINES.

HEALTH OF LONDON. DURING THE WEEK.

( From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The deaths in London registered in the week that
ended last Saturday, amounted to 1,656. Coroners'
cases, that have been accumulating for some time, and
are now registered at the end of the quarter in unusual
number, have partly contributed to produce the excess.
The mortality has been raised principally by the severity
of the weather.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843.52,
the average number of deaths was 1,160, which, if raised
in proportion to increase of population, becomes 1,276.
There is an excess in the number actually returned above
the calculated amount of 380.

The deaths arising from diseases of the respiratory
organs rose last week to 347, while the corrected average
for corresponding weeks is 259 ; to bronchitis 171 are
attributed ; to pneumonia, 118 ; to hooping-cough,
Ten deaths from cholera were registered in the week,
which the following are the particulars :
West Districts.—Population, 376,427; deaths from'
cholera none.

North Districts.—Population, 490,396 ; deaths from
cholera none.

Central Districts.—Population, 393,256 ; deaths from
cholera, two.

Clerkenwell.—Pentonville.—At 1, Cleremont-place,
on 21st December, the widow of a corn merchant, aged
54 years, "cholera (30 hours), collapse (10 hours). Mr.
Morgan, the medical man says :—" On Monday morning
she had spasmodic pain and sickness, which left her at
noon, but the bowels were constipated, and to obtain
relief she took oz. of castor oil, without effect, and the
same night a blue pill, the next morning a blue draught.
Tuesday at five p.m. the bowels began to operate, and
continued to do so violently until two p.m. On Wed-
nesday, on which day I first saw her at nine a.m., and
found her pulseless at the wrist, hands and face livid,
bowels acting involuntarily ; no vomiting or cramps.
She died at nine p.m. in spite of vigorous stimulating
and counter-irritant treatment. The house in which
she has lived for a year is large, airy, well-drained, and
stands on high ground. Her spirits were depressed from
altered circumstances, and she took but little animal
food."

City of London ; South.—At 2, Old Fish-street-hill,
on 28th December, the wife of a carman, aged 49 years,
"cholera (16 hours)."
East Districts.—Population 485,522.—Deaths from
London, England, 1854-01-04

19,119.]

This day, one vol. Bvo., 205.,
DANTE-THE DIVINE COMEDY : THE
INFERNO, PURGATORY and PARADISE. A literal
Verse Translation. By FREDERICK POLL3CK, Esq., with Fifty
Illu,,trations by (;eorge Scharr; Jun.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

Now ready, at all the Libraries,
THE SLAVE SON. By Mrs. WILLIAM NOY
WILKINS. Post Bvo., 9s. Forming the New Volume of
Chq.man and Hat's Series of Orig n'il N'orks.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

Now ready, at Al the Libraries,
CHARLES STANLY. By the Author of
" Ninfa." 3 vols. post Bvo.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piceadily.

This day, Crown Bvo., cloth, Bs.,
SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON'S
POETICAL and DRAMATIC WORKS. Vol. IV., containing
Dramas, "The Lady of Lyons," "Richelieu," &C.
London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

This day is published, in one handsome quarto volume, beauttfulb
bound in cloth, price 21s ,
THE FOREIGN TOUR of MESSRS. BROWN
JONES, and ROBINSON. being the History of what the'
Saw and Did in Belmiurn, Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.
RICHARD DOYLE.
Bradbury and Evans, 11, Bouverie-street.

Now ready, No. 1., price One Penny ; and Part 1., price Five-
rence, of
DR. LARDNER'S MUSEUM of SCIENCE
and ART ; a Miscellany of instruct,ve awl Amusing Trac
on :he Physical Sciences. and on their tiPPlicaiion to the Uses of Lit,
the work will be published at One Penny, in Weekly Numbers
Sixteen Pages, large 121n0., printed on good paper, a clear type.
and illustrated, when necessary, by Engravings on Wood; also,
Monthly Parts, price Fivepence, in a Wrapper: and in Quarterk.
Yolumes, neatly bound, price One Shilling and Sixpence.
The following subjects will form Early Numbers of the Work:—
The Planets, are they Inhabited The Sun and Moon.
Globes? Latitudes and Longitudes.
TotitilTr Falratletilft4MOUntliriTt, Sreviar9Plavtfa.,,,
Physical Science. The Eye and Sight,
Weather Prognostics. The Ear and Hearing.
The Tides. Thunder and Lightning.
Locomotion by Land and Water Light.
in the United States. • The Obsolete Elements—Air
The Elects is Telegraph. Earth, Fire, and Water.
Lunar Influences. Anecdotes of the Arts —No. I. th,
Cometary Influences. Pot,er's Art.
Eclipses. (Stars. The Plurality of Worlds.
Meteoric Stones and Shooting
tondon : Walton and Maberly,
Paternoster-row.

rpper Gower-street : and lvy-lane,

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CCI.
Will I:e pub.ishe 1 on Wednesday next.
London, England, 1854-01-04

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4, 1854.

State of the wind and weather at each of the following
places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
FOLKESTONE —E.,
—E. gentle breeze —overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—S.E. calm—overcast. •
STROOD—N., gentle breeze—overcast.
London, England, 1854-01-04

MINES.

all Agua Fria ....
all Anglo Austrlu. Gold
all Anglo Californian
2 Australasian
6 Australian

all Australian Cordillera
all Australian Freehold
all Ave Maria

all Baden (Gd.Dachy of)
all Bla3narvon Iron and

Coal .
all British Austrin. Gold'
13.5,British Iron

244 Brazilianlmp.(issued
at pm
all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada
15 Do. St. John Del Rey
Carson's Creek
all Cobra Copper
1 Colonial Gold

16 Copiapo \
all Copper Min. of Eug.
all Do. Pref. 7;:13 p. cent.
all English awl Austin.
Copper Smeltg. Co
all General

all Gt. Nugget VeinScrp
2 Do. Registered
all Great Polgooth
all Lake Bathurst
all Liberty
all Livares.
all Loud.ScCaliforu.Gold

Quartz Crush. Co ,
all Mariquita
9 ➢iexieau&S,Americn,
all Now Granada

all INew Linares Minin

and Smelting Co
all Nouveau Moude
all Pontgibaud Silve:
Lead Min. & Smelt.
1 Port Philip
all Quartz Rock
all Rhymney iron
15 Do. New
11i Santiago de Cuba
all South Australian
7 Tin Croft ..
all United Mexican
all Waller
all West Granada

all West Mariposa .
12s. Worthing Mining of
Australia
all Yuba ,
London, England, 1854-01-04

RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854.

The Jockey Club having determined to commdbc4
their season on ;Easter Monday (April 17), the prig ici-
pal meetings—supposing the usual arrangements are ob-
served—will stand as under. Should the stewards,. in
any instance, determine to vary the fixture, it will be
advisable, as a guide to others, to give us immedi ate
notice :

FEBRUARY.

Newton Spring 2
Derby Spring

1 Lincoln Spriug 14
1 Nottingham Spring..... 2l
ROIL

MA
Liverpool Spring 1
Doncaster Spring 7
Salisbury
Coventry Spring l4

Warwick Spring ..21
Catterick . .27

Northampton - .29
Abergavenny .30

AP
Croxton Park 4
Epsom Sprinr, 6
Cheltenham Spring' l2
Newmarket Craven 17

Catterick Bridge ...19
Abergavenny ...20
York Spring .25
Malton .27
IA Y.

Newmarket F S
Chester Spring 9
Lothians & Edinburgh 11
Newmarket S S l6
Shrewsbury l3

1 Lothians and Edinburwl 118
i Lewes ... .19
Bath .23
Liverpool Hunt Spring —.24
Epsom 30
'NE.

JU.
Manchester
Ascot Heath. . 13
Newcastle-on-Tyne 20
Hampton 2l
Carlisle
JU]
Newmarket
Worcester 4
Lancaster 6
Mansfield ll
Liverpool l2
Ipswich 13

Bibury ..28
gtock bridge ....29
Ludlow .30
Winchester

Stourbridge ..17
Stamford
Nottingham
Goodwood .25
Ripon ~ .31

AUG
Brighton
Brighton Club 4
Wolverhampton
Yarmouth 8
Reading
Odiham 9
North Staffordshire 9
Wolverhampton I4I
SEPTE

,lIST.
Egham ..22
York ..23
Hereford
Ecc1e5....28
Chelmsford ...29
Derby
Plymouth .30
Lincoln 3l
ATBER.
Bedford l9
Leicester 2O
Manchester Autumn 21
Lanark •?,5
NesNimarket F 0
Northallerton

Warwick
Lichfield
Western Meeting 7
Rochesterand Chatham 7
Doncaster 12
Pontefract 18
London, England, 1854-01-04

Engelhardt and Colonel Daragan, advanced on
Matschin with the intention of attacking it in
the rear or the north-eastern side. Whilst this
movement was being carried out, the flotilla under
the direction of Gneral Luders, who, with his
staff, was on board one of the steamers, which
did not take au active part in the action, ar-
rived where the canal crosses into the Danube,
and attacked a battery situated on the extreme
left of the town. The fire opened at half-past ten,
and was kept up on both sides till noon, at which
hour it ceased, when the flotilla, abandoning that
point, attacked a second battery on the extreme
right of the town, so as to combine its fire with
that of the infantry, which was approaching the
town. This second battery received the enemy
still more vigorously than the first, and withstood,
unsubdued, the firing of the flotilla till nightfall.
The water of the river being very low, the Russian
guns were all pointed too high above the banks,
and the balls nearly all passed over the battery.
This resistance, joined to the energetic defence of the
garrison of the town, which at noon exchanged a
warm fusillade with the Russi an infantry, completely
defeated the projected coup de main, the only object
of which was to take the place and burn it down,
and_compel the Turkish garrison to retreat into
Ithe interior. According to Russian officers, the
same plan appears to have been adopted to drive
away all the Turkish garrisons from all the points
they occupy on the right bank of the Lower
Danube, and from which they would not fail to
make excursions on to the left bank should the
river become frozen over. An attack is daily ex-
pected on the part of the Russians against Isatchka
and Toultcha... At the very moment this account
was written, a Russian steamer was attempting to
destroy with her guns a small group of houses on
the right bank of the Danube opposite Galatz, at the
entrance of a canal forming a small peninsula ; this
attack, however, was provoked by a few shots fired
into the steamer by a Turkish post quartered in the
houses. Even according to a Russian version, the
Russians had from 400 to 500 wounded at the at-
tack on Matschin. This, however, requires con-
firmation. The troops ming the expedition re-
turned to their respective quarters on the night
between the 13th and 14th. The flotilla received
very immaterial damage, from which it would
appear that the guns of the Turkish batteries were
of very light calibre.
London, England, 1854-01-04

WHITEHALL, DEC. 19.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Nethersole, of
No. 3, New-inn, Strand, Gentleman, to be a London
Commissioner to administer oaths in. the High Conrt of
Chancery.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 20.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Elliott Fox, of
No. 40, Finsbury-cireus, Gentleman, to be a London Com•
missioner to administer oaths in the High Court of Chan
eery.
London, England, 1854-01-04

MANCHESTER, JAN. 3.

- -
STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market opened very heavily
and at lower rates to-day, but it rallied towards the close,
and closed something higher though the improvement did
not generally equal tho fall in the morning. The sales were
—Dovers. 18—Leeds, 65k I—Caledonian, 26 i—East
Lancashire, 16—Midlands, 614—London Stock, 103— ditto
Eights, Y dis.—Leeds fifths, 7 dis.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 3.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—To-clay the market was extremely
inactive, and prices, as for the last few days, had a down-
ward tendency. At noon, and before the receipt of the
latest telegraphic communication from London, the follow-
ing were among the quotations :—Birmingham, Wolver-
hampton, and Stour Valley, buyers 9, sellers 91—Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, buyers 35 Shrewsbury
and Birmingham Preference, buyers IN—South Stafford-
shire, sellers lf die.
London, England, 1854-01-04

UST.

OCTI

IBER.

Chester Autumn 3 Warwick Autumn 17
YorkshireUnionHunt... 5 I Caledonian Hunt 17

Wrexham 5 Newmarket H 23
Newmarket S 0 9 Worcester Autumn 31
NOVEMBER.
•
Epsom Autumn

;ES TO COME.
'ARY.
Stretford
West Kent and Brom- shire (3) 25
ley (3) 11 Os westry (2) 26
Oundle (5) 17

STEEPLECHA
JANT

FEBRUARY.

Newton (1)
Derby (2)

3 I Torquay
8 Carmarthenshire

MARCH.

Liverpool (1) 1 I Birmingham
Beverley (1) 10
APRIL.
Liverpool Hunt Club I Cheltenham
(Hoylake) (2) . 8 I Rothbury ...
NOVEMBER.
Cowbridge Hunt...

9

IRISH STEEPLECHASES TO COME.
JANUARY.
Tallaght ll I Curragh

FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

ADMIRALTY REGULATIONS.

(This Article is substituted for that which appeared in the
" Gazette" of Friday last.)

By the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord
High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Ireland.

Whereas by an Act of Parliament, passed in the 51th
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the
Third, chapter 159, intituled " An Act for the better re-
gulation of the several ports, harbours, roadsteads, sounds,
channels, bays, and navigable rivers in the United King-
dom, and of his Majesty's docks, dockyards, arsenals,
wharves, moorings, and stores therein, and fo,r repealing
several Acts passed for that purpose," it is enacted
(among other things) that no person or persons shall
take any ballast or shingle from the shores or banks,
or any portion of the shores or banks, of any
part, harbour, or haven of this kingdom, from
which the Commissioners for executing the office of Lord
High Admiral of the United Kingdom for the time being
shall find it necessary for the protection of such port, har-
bour, or haven, or the works thereof, by order, under their
hands or the hands of their Secretary, and published in the
London Gazette, shall prohibit the taking or removing of
such shingle or ballast upon pain of forfeiting for every
such offence the sum of ten pounds.
And whereas we, as Commissioners for executing the
office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, have
found it necessary for the protection of the port of Ports-
mouth, in the county of Southampton, and of certain
shores and banks thereof, to prohibit the taking or remov-
ing of any ballast or shingle from the shores or banks of
the said port, or any part thereof, between high and
low watermark, between Hill Head and Lee Point.
And we do therefore hereby order, that no person or per-
sons shall take or remove any ballast or shingle, between
high and low mater mark, from the shores or banks, or any
portion of the shores or banks, of the said port, between
Hill-head and Lee-point aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 28th day of December, 1853.
R. S. DUNDAS,
ALEX. MILNE,
Two of the Commissioners for exe-
cuting the Office of Lord High
Admiral of the United Kingdom.
London, England, 1854-12-28

RUSSIA.

GLOOMY ASPECTS-PASKIEWITCH SENT
FOR-THE NEW LETY.

PFERSBURG, DEC. 17.
The news of tho ' trp. of the 2d of December
being signed has cause a great sensation in our
political circles, and together with the still danger-
ous state of the Empress thrown a gloom over the
Russian capital, which it is difficult to describe.
The court is far from being in a humour to enjoy
the festivities of the approaching Christmas, the
aristocracy dare not give their usually brilliant
balls a nd entertainments, the merchants find their
commarce nearly ruined, the shopkeepers have no
sale for their fancy goods and articles of luxury,
and the prevailing fear of coming misfortunes ex-
tends clown to the very lowest classes.
Never did the Czar apply himself more vigorously
London, England, 1854-12-28

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the
week ending Dec. 17, 1854 £23,569 5 1
Corresponding wsek last year 18,544 8 4
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
turn for the week ending Dec. 21, 1854 219,276 9 6
Corresponding week last year 17,862 3 11
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for
the week ending Dec. 24, 1854 £4,425 14 6
Corresponding week last year 4,236 2 1

..
Increase in 1854 £18) 14 5
CORK AND BANDON BAILWAY.—Traffio return for the
week ending Dec. 23, 1854 £2*o 9 7
Corresponding week last year lBl 17 0
,
London, England, 1854-12-28

GUN COTTON.

The following letter has been addressed to a con-
,empora ry

Sir,— -The successful introduction of gun cotton in the
Austria a artillery has caused a general anxiety to learn
whethar any similar experiments have been made in our
own set vice since the first discovery of this powerful ex-
plosive, at which time, though no official statements
were published, it was generally understood that the
too rapid combustion burst the guns, and proved
gun cotton to be inapplicable to the artillery then in
use.

As the hesitation, which I should otherwise have felt
in addressing, any suggestions en the subject to a public
journal, is removed by the publicity already given to the
matter by a letter in yesterday's Times, I would ♦enture
to ask, knowing how much the very obviousness and
simplicity of the process will sometimes interfere with its
trial—

1. Whether the experiment has been made of using a
wad of gun cotton over the charge of powder ? And,
if, in this case, the gradual ignition of the coarse
powder would not have overcome the vis inertize of the
Nall and forced it forward in the tube of the gun
before the gun cotton could explode ? The danger of
bursting would be further diminished by wrought-iron
grins ?
2. Whether fulminates and explosives of a far more
formidable nature than any now in general use might
not be safely used in the filling of shells, if these ma-
terials were carefully wrapped up and packed into the
shell with gun cotton ? No blow, short of that caused
by propulsion from a gun, would produce heat enough
to exp.tode the cotton.—Yours, &c ,

No CHEMIST.
Oxford and Cambridge Club, Dec. 27.

COLT'S REVOLVERS.

The folrowing letter has been allresseci to the
Editor of Times :

Sir,—ln Cu; Times of the 10th inst. was published a
note from a c ?rrespondent containing- an extract from a
letter purpor.ing to come from St. Petersburg, in which
the writer makes'ithe following statement :—" Co!. Cult
has been or is still here with his machinery to make re-
volvers." Whereupon, without any further delay, lam
attacked by various journals in terms of severe condem-
nation. Through the Times I beg the privilege of
answering the statement and the attacks.
It is not true that I have furnished arms or machinery
to the Russian Government, or that I have contracted
to furnish either arms or machinery to that Govern-
ment. The only truth in the letter, as regards me is,
that I have been in Russia, as I have been in the other
great States of Europe during the last two months.
Ever since my armoury has been established in Lon-
don, both it and my own skill have always been at the
service of the Goverrunent, and it rests with them to
employ either or both to their fullest extent. My offers
to the Government to manufacture any description of
arms at prices much less than are paid to others have
been sufficiently public already, and should afford a
complete answer to all complaints against me of the sort
referred to. It is not my fault if all my facilities are not
now devoted to the British Government.—l am, sir,
your obedient servant, SAMUEL COLT.
1, Spring-gardens, Dec. 27.
London, England, 1854-12-28

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Tre_Allfl447l 70,',011110111 n

SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.

TATTERSALL'S.

(THIS EVENING.)

CHESTER CUP.
1000 to 20 agst Arthur Wellesley.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
9 to 2 agst St. Hubert.
DERBY.
10 to 1 offered on the field.
14 to 1 agst Rifleman (taken).
20 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken).
20 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken).
25 to 1 agst Flatterer (taken).
25 to 1 agst Cruiser (taken).
28 to 1 agst Polydore (taken).
1000 to 15 agst Rambling Katie (taken).

POLAND.

TheUndependance Beige publishes the following
letter from Hamburg, of the 22d. inst.:—
" We received the night before last the Warsaw mai
of the 11th. It was stated in that capital that the last
order from St. Petersburg enjoined the military en-
gineers to terminate the additional works of the citadel
of Alexander, commenced three months ago, in the first
fortnight of January next. Marshal Paskiewitsch had
ordered the organisation of three parks of flying arti'.
lery. The Inspector-General of that arm in Poland,
Lazareff Stanischtsheff, whom he had cspeciaFy charged
with that organisation, returned on the 10th to War-
saw, to report to the Marshal the result of his inspection
in the Government of Mohilev, where one of those
batteries had been completely organised at Bodrujsk.
It appears that, in the two provinces bordering on Prus-
sian Poland, the number of Russian troops is very small.
A few squadrons of cavalry, which arrived there lately,
only stopped a few days. Detachments of Lancers and
Cossacks assist the Customs officers in repressing smug-
cling, which ie orgarde oil on a large scale along that
frontier. The recruits of the now 10,y, <l,vreed by th.
Czar, are intended to create a second grand army of
reserve, which is to be concentrated at Moscow and in
the neighbouring provinces. Those recruits are not to
be incorporated into the reserve battalions of the regi-
ments formed, in virtue of an imperial ukase, issued in
March last, with the soldiers sent home on unlimited
furloughs. Those battalions are included in the different
divisions of the corps of infantry of the six active armies
which Russia has now in the field."
London, England, 1854-12-28

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.
STOCX EXCHANGE.—The following were the sales :
Caledonian, 30i ; Lancashire• and Yorkshire, 72i 3 ;
Man., Shef., and Lincolnshire, 25 ; ditto, 61. new Pref.,
7-16 pm.; Midland, 6S

MANCHESTER, DEC. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market this morning was
firm, but not much business. Leeds, 73; Sheffield, 25j 4;
Dover, 171 1310; Midland, 64n.
London, England, 1854-12-28

IN RE HAMMOND.

G. Hammond, carpenter and builder, of King's-row,
Walworth, applied for his certificate. There was no op-
po•itien. His debts were 536/. ;no assets.
His Honour said the case was a bad one. There was
nothing for the creditors, and the bookkeeping had been
very imperfect. The certificate (second class) must be
suspended for six months.
London, England, 1854-12-28

The Royal George, 120, screw, Captain Codrington,
is still at her moorings in the Fairway, Sheerness. An
order has been received for her to go into the basin,
which no doubt she will next spring tides ; in the mean-
time, everything will be done to lighten her now heavy
draft of water. The crew are all to have leave, and will
be paid this week.
The St. Jean d'Acre, 101, (screw), Captain the Hon.
H. Keppel, was taken out of the basin at Keyham
on TucAday, aryl placed at moorings off the dock-
yard. She is to be supplied with some fittings for the
horses of the officers of the troops to be embarked in hor
for the East.

The foremast of the Monarch, 84, Captain J. E.
Erskine, at Portsmouth, having been found defective,
must be taken out to be examined. •

The Majestic, 81, screw, Captain Hope, is in No. 3
dry dock, Sheerness, with her topmasts and lower yards
struck. Her bottom, we believe, is not injured. Yes-
terday morning a diver of the name of Twigg went down
in the diving apparatus in order to remove some obstacle
that prevented the gates being shut in the above dock ;
he had to ascend in consequence of the iron shoes coming
off that keep them at the bottom. The caisson is
closed, but notwithstanding the dock is half full of
water. Her crew are to have leave, and will, we hear,
be paid to-day, and, no doubt, upon their return, be
turned over to the barracks.
The Cressy, 81, Captain Warren, is in No. 1 dry
dock, Sheerness, with her topmasts struck and lower
yards down. The after part of her false keel is broken,
and the copper rubbed in several places, &c. ; her bends
are being caulked; and rigging put in order in the loft.
Her crew will get paid to-day, when they will jet leave
for either fourteen days or a month ; the men drafted to
her coming from foreign stations will get a long leave of
absence of sixty days. Her crew are all in the barracks
in the victualling department.
The Hogue, 60, screw steam block ship, arrived at
Spithead on Tuesday night front the Baltic.
The Imperieuse, 51, screw st,etun-ship, discharged her
powder and shell yesterday, and. is ready to come into
harbour. ,

The ffelam'pus, 42, frigate, is still in the basin, Sheer-
ness, fitting out as a troop ship. Htr lower masts are
stepped, cue.
The Amphion, 34, screw-frigate, Capt. Key, is still
moored over on the west shore, Sheerness. Her boilers
are very defective, but as yet we have not heard oh her
having received any definite orders. The crew will be
paid this week, and get learn of absence, and those
drafted who have just arrived from foreign stations will
have the long leave of sixty days.
The PylAdes, 20, screw-corvette, is lying under the
sheers in the dockyarl, Sheerness. The Beaver, lighter,
is alongside with her boilers and machinery, which are
being hoisted in. Messrs. 'Jean and Sin's mechanics
are on board, and she is to be brought forward with ail

.e: patch.
The steam-vessels Lizard and African left Sheerness
yesterday for Plymouth, with 100 supernumeraries
draughted from the Waterloo, flagship, for general ser-
vice for ships at Plymouth,
The Adelaide transport got away from Spithead on
Tuesday niglit.
London, England, 1854-12-28

MILITIA.

Eight serjeants of the Gu irds have arrived in Chelms-
ford to a.ssist in drilling the West Essex Militia, which
was to muster yesterday for permanent duty.
FIRST SURREY.—TbiS regiment assembled for perma-
nent duty at Richmond on the 20th inst. The officers
have mustered in their usual strength, and about 500
men have already answered to the roll.
THIRD ROYAL LANCISHIRE.—This regiment was to
assemble in Preston yesterday (Wednesday), and is to
remain there for six weeks, at the expiration of which
time it will probably be despatched to Dublin.
The Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia is to be in-
creased to 1,018 as speedily as may be. This was the
number originally allotted for Sussex. At present they
do not exceed 600 ; but, from the rapidity with which
the men continue to be enrolled, no less than 64 having
joined the corps since their arrival in Brighton, the
complement will, it is expected, be soon made up.
On Monday the let Devon Regiment of Militia, now
eatipclied at Exeter, assembled in the Castle-yard, for
tn purpose of giving the men an opportunity of enlist-
ing into regiments of the line. The colonel, Earl For-
tescue, had informed the regiment on tho day of their
embodiment that the general commanding tho district
would send down an officer, under whose auspices they
could volunteer. Accordingly, Captain Bourke, of the
34th Regiment, attended, and the recruiting serjeants of
the various regiments now stationed at Exeter were also
present. The men were in excellent spirits, and pre-
, seated a clean and martial appearance. Upwards of 60
London, England, 1854-12-28

MILITARY.

A detachment of the 65th Regiment arrived at Spit-
head yesterday morning from Jersey by one of the Royal
Mail packets, from which vessel it was transhipped to
the Euphrates, and will sail, weather permitting, for
New Zealand to-morrow morning..
The detachment of the 15th depot, under the command
of Brevet-Major Henry Grier4ou, vacated the barracks
at Enniskillen on Wednesday, for the use of the Fer-
managh Militia, and is to be stationed with the depot of
the 3d Buffs.
The following drafts, under the care of Captain A
Campbell, will shortly embark at Queenstown, on board
the St. Jean d'Acre, for the seat of war :—The 30th,
33d, 49th, 50th, and 68th, from Ferinoy ; 41st, 47th,
and 55th, from Ternplemore ; 57th and 63d, from Birr.
The remaining nine officers and 122 men of the 17th
Foot will also go in the St. Jean d'Acre, which leaves
Plymouth for Queenstown on Tuesday.
London, England, 1854-12-28

all Nustradasia
all British Colonial Bank
and Loan Company
all - British N. American
5 Chart& Bank of Asia
2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,
Australia, & China
23 Colonial
20 Commercial of Lond
16 English Scottish and'

Australian
all Lona. Chart. Bk. of

Australia
20 London and County
10 Loudon Joiut Stock
"l 0 Loud. Sr, Westminster
35 National Provincial
of England
10 Do. New
22, National of Ireland
ail New South Wales
all Oriental Bank of
Corporation
Provincial of Ireland
sii 00. Now
1 Royal Australn.l3kg,
St, Cold Imp Co
all south n= ,stralia
all liaion of Australia.,

..............
London, England, 1854-12-28

TRIVATE AND JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

!The Banker's Magazine furnishes the returns of circu-
-Ist:Jon of the private and joint-stock banks in England
time Wales for the four weeks ending the 25th of Nev.,
1854, and gives the following as the average weekly cir-
culation of those banks'during the past month, viz. :
Pri veto banks ...
Joint-stock banks 3,134,898

Average weekly circulation £7,081,061
On comparing the above with the returns for the pre-
ceding month, ending the 28th of October last, it
sho.ws—

A *lecrease in the circulation of the private
banks of
A c.ccrease in the circulation of the joint-stock
b auks of

£30,3 '9

Decrease on the month

4,544

£25,203

Arad, as compared with the return for the correspond-
in;,: period of last year—viz., November 26, 1853, it
show's—
- -

-- -
A decrease in the circulation of the private
.banks of
An. increase in the circulation of the joint-stock
banks of

Decrease on the year

£21,531

14,023

£7,803
London, England, 1854-12-28

MILITIA.

Eight serjeants of the Gu trds have arrived in Chelms-
ford to assist in drilling the West Essex Militia, which
was to muster yesterday for permanent duty.
FIRST SURREY.—This regiment assembled for perma-
nent duty at Richmond on the 20th inst. The officers
have mustered in their usual strength, and about 500
men have already answered to the roll.
THIRD ROYAL LANOASHIRE.—This regiment was to
assemble in Preston yesterday (Wednesday), and is to
remain there for six weeks, at the expiration of which
time it will probably be despatched to Dublin.
The Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia is to be in-
creased to 1,018 as speedily as may he. This was the
number originally allotted for Sussex. At present they
do not exceed 600 ; but, from the rapidity with which
the men continue to be enrolled, no less than 64 having
joined the corps since their arrival in Brighton, the
complement will, it is expected, be soon made up.
On Monday the Ist Devon Regiment of Militia, now
embodied at Exeter, assembled in the Castle-yard, for
the purpose of giving the men an opportunity of enlist-
ing into regiments of the line. The colonel, Earl For-
tescue,
had informed the regiment on the day of their
embodiment that the general commanding the district
would send down an officer, under whose auspices they
could volunteer. Acenrdinely, Captain Bourke, of the
34th Regiment, attended, and the recruiting ssrjeants of
the various regiments now stationed at Exeter sand are-
present. The men were in excellent spirits, and pre-
-413 Onted a clean and martial appearance, Upwards of 60
London, England, 1854-12-28

SHIPS AT PORTSMOUTH.

The following is a list of the vessels of her Majesty's
nary at Portsmouth last night :
Remaining in harbour.—Victory, St. Vincent, Excel-
lent, Victoria and Albert, Illustrious, Blenheim, Pene-
lope, Geyser, Seala,rk, Rolla, Fairy, Pigmy, Elfin,
Sprightly, Pelter, Fire Queen, Echo, Fanny, and
Comet.
At Spithead.—Duke of Wellington, Hogue, Impe-
rieuse, and Arrogant.
In Dock.—Hastings, Pembroke, Raleigh, Black
Prince, and Polyphemus.
In the steam basin.—James Watt, Myrmidon, Oberon,
Centaur, and Salamander,
In the fitting basin.—Ajax.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenants.— William N. Cornewall (1853), from the
Bulldog, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, to the Geyser,
paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Portsmouth ; Arthur R.
Wright (1854), to the Calcutta, 84, at Devonport ; Chas.
D. Lucas (1854), to the Caesar, 91, screw steam-ship ;
John Moresby (1551), recently serving in the Driver,
paddle-wheel steam-sloop, to the Excellent, gunnery ship,
at Portsmouth ; James C. Goodenough (1851), recently
serving in the Calcutta, 84, at- Devonport, to the Excel-
lent, gunnery-ship, at Portsmouth ; Charles G. G.
Peiceval (1854), recently serving in the Majestic, 80,
to the Bulldog, at Portsmouth ; George D. Fitzroy
(1854), recently serving in the Cal-,ar, 91, screw steam-
ship, to the Majestic, 81, screw steam-ship.
Master.—James F. Beckett (1846), from the Vulture
paddle-wheel steam-frigate, to the Argus, revenue
cruiser.

Master's•Assistant.—Thomas Coatea, to the Peney®•
raLce, iron screw troop-ship at Woolwich.
Clerk.—Edmund B. Walker (1E51), to the Conflict,
S; 'screw steam-ship.
London, England, 1854-12-28

BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 27.

•
STOOH EXCHANGE.—The market was steady, and prices
generally stationary. Great Western, Birmingham Gua-
ranteed, 7.1 i.

LEEDS, DEC. 27.

STOCR. EXCHA.NGE.—Ths market WaR somewhat more
confined to-d. y. Man., Shef., and Lincoln. 25; Midland,
6S& ; North Eastern (York capital stock), 2di ; ditto,
Leeds capital stock, 12i.
London, England, 1854-12-28

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, Dec. 28.—Wind this day at Noon, N.W.
there was a slight frost during the night, with a light fa]
of snow.

The Margaret Malcolm, from Peterhead to London, was
run into by the Mariner, schooner, of Perth, and sunk off
Woolwich.

Tho Express, from Cardiff to Singapore, was fallen in
with, abandoned, on the 24th October, in tat. 36 S., 23 E.,
by the Ann Bridson, arrived iu the Downs, which set fire
to and left her.
jaw%
y2ob,,Nw-;piranitg,whale,ie Helena
which
repairs.
The Dorothy, from the Mauritius to London, wan, in
PORTSMOUTH', Dec. 27.—Wind, W. Arrived—Abigail,
.S.rc.,WanA .tracks
e puthirntaoSt.
from Quebec ; Northumberland, from Southampton, for
Melbourne. 1

PLYMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Wind, N.W. Sailed—George
Marshall, for Melbourne ; Charles and Jane, Boston.

FALMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Leopold 1., from Ha.
vannah.

ILFRACOMBE, Dec. 27.—Wind,N.W. Arrived—Vienna,
from St. Domingo, for Liverpool, assisted in damaged.
GLOUCESTER, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Tamarac, from Riebi-
bud°.

SWANSEA, Dec. 27.—Wind, W. Arrived—Countess
of Bective, from Cuba.
SHIELDS, Dec. 27.—Wind, W.
.Sailed—Elizabeth Mor-
rison, for Havannab.
BELFAST, Dec. 26.—Wind, W. Arrived—Annie Hall,
from Shediac.
London, England, 1854-12-28

iOn comparing the above with the amounts of the fixed
ismues, the following appears to be the comparative state
of -the circulation :

'rib 3 private banks are below their fixed issues
The joint-stock banks aro below their fixed
issues

£661,292

190,959

Total below their fixed issues ..... £.852,251

LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The dividend
proposed to be declared by the directors of this company
on the unprivileged shares for the half-year en iing the
inst. is ss. Bd. per share, free of income tax.
London, England, 1854-12-28

FOREIGN.

all Antworp&Rotterda.m
h Belgian Eastn. June.

-i-3' I Beziers to Graissessac

2s. Bombay, Baroda, and
Central India,Serip
... Central of Italy
all Demerara

4 I Dii on and Besancon..

10 Dutch Rhenish
all Eastern of France
10 Do. New
all East Indian
2 Do. Extension

all Do. 4 p. c. Bds., pay
'57, convertible
all Do. do. do., '59, de
10 Gd. Juliet. of France
126 Gd. Tk of CanadaA is.
all Do. do
1,11 Do. St. Lawrence &
Atlantic do.

all Do. Cert. of Deben.,
con. into Stk. till '63
all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do.
10 Gt. Central of France
all Gt. Indian Peninsula
1 Do. New 5 per cent.
all Gt. Western of Canad-

Shares
all Do. Bds., payable's7,
with option till '55
all Do. do., '62, p. '56
all De. do., '76, p. '6O
all Do. do., '73, without
option
all Hamilton & Toronto
all Do. 6 per cent.
11 Lake Court. & Basle,
all Lucca & Pistoja 5 p.c.

prof
12 Great Luxembourg
Constituted ShareF,
all Do. Obligations ,
i 0 Lyons and Geneva
12 Lyons & Niediterrau
16 Madras
2 I Do. New

31. I Aaria Antonia ...
all Do. do. Now

2 Niel-bourne Dk. &Ry
all Namur & Liege (wit)
interest)....
all Do. (ex interest)

all Northern of France.
all D o .20/. Shs.late Char-
leroi and Erquelines
gu-tr. 3 p. c. & red.
at 22M. (I'll-. 88 yrs.
from 1 Jan. 1854
all Do. 201. 3 p. e Bclr
(fmy. B. di A.Ens.Shs.
all NorwegianTrunkPref
14 Paris and Lyons
all Ditto Bonds ..
all Paris and Orleans....
all Paris and Rouen._
10 ParisCaen & Cherbrg
all Rouen and Havre
20 Royal Danish
3 Royal Swedish
all Sambre and Meuse
all Do. 54 p. cont. Pref
10 'Southern of France
14 St. Andrew's and
Quebec (A)
all West Flanders
all Do 5A per c. Pref ,
12 Western of France
16 West. of Switzerland
all Wiesbaden
20 Zealand

20
10
20
20

,J 0 INT-S 9
London, England, 1854-12-28

THE FRENCH ARMY IN THE EAST.

The French Minister of War has addressed the
following circular to the prefects of departments,
generals in command of divisions, and military in-
tendants :

" Paris, Dec. 26.

" Gentlemen—Several persons having written to in-
formine of the articles which they intended sending as gifts
to our soldiers in the East, and to inquire how they were
to send them, the government of the Emperor accepts
witk pleasure these manifestations of national gratitude;
which honour alike the braVe soldiers who are the object of
them and the citizens who desire to show their lively
sympathy for the great cause which we support in the
East. I desire, therefore, that the greatest publicity
may be (riven to these generous offers, and that each per-
son may be acquainted with the employment assigned to
the objects which he semis to the army. I have decided
that articles shall be addressed to the intendants of the
military division., who vhall have a receipt given for
the same by their agents, shall classify them according
to the nature of the service for which they shall
be destined, and shall' at once forward them to the
port of Marseilles, and from that place to Constan-
tinople. A notice will be inserted in a journal of
the locality to the end that all gifts may be
known, registered, and. i eceipted, according to a
form prepared for the purpose. A copy of every
form shall be forwarded to my office, where they
will be centralised by a commission composed of
the following persons :—MM. Darrican, councillor of
State, president; Bons:Liver de Bernouis, military in-
tendant ; de Tablay, lieut.-colonel of the staff ; and
de Franconiere, lieutenant-eolonel of the staff and
chief of my Cabinet. I thank you, gentlemen,
for the care which you have been pleased to take
in seconding the intentions of the Emperor by
encouraging the generous enthusiasm of the persons
under your administration. The Government has
largely provided for all the wants of our army ; but
it is exceedingly agreeable to it to see the soldiers
who are fighting se far from their country receiving
these marks of gratitude from their countrymen,
who thus recompense so many fatigues and sacrifices.
Receive, Gentlemen, the assurance of my most distin,
guished consideration,
" VAILLANT, Marshal of France."—

MARKET . .NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

-,_

MEAT MARKETS.
NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade was tolerably
firm, and the quotations were well supported. Beef, from
3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 44 to 4s 8d ; Veal, 4s Od to
gs Od ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s ad per 81bs, by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Dec. 27.—A. very limited supply of stock
was on sale to-day. Sheep moved off steadily, at fall
prices. Otherwise, the demand was in a sluggish state.
Beef, from 38 4d to 4s 104 ; Mutton, 3s 6.1 to 5s 04 ; Veal,
Ss 104 to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 44 per Sibs, to sink the
offals.
ROMFORD, Dec. 27.—Our market has ruled inactive,
yet prices are tolerably firm. Beef, from 3s 4tl to 5s Od ;
Mutton, 3s 44 to 5s 04; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 3s 44
to 4s 4d per 81bs. Quarter old Store Pigs, 21s to 26s each.
London, England, 1854-12-28

THE WESER AND THE RECRUIT.

---
The names of the two gun-boats given in exchange for
the Thetis, 36, by the Prussian Government, are to be
altered—that of the Nix to Weser and that of the Sala-
mander to the Recruit.

THE DEVONSHIRE PRISON SHIP.
The Devonshire' Commander Lloyd, prison ship, has,
we underqand, about thirty Russian prisoners now on
board. The mate, that made his escape a few days back,
has not been caught. It is generally expected he is gone
to Hamburg, as that is his native place, or where he hails
from ; if so, it will be rather difficult to find him out
again.

SHIPWRIGHTS WANTED.
A notice has been posted at the Dockyard gates, Sheer-
ness, that shipwrights and caulkers are wanted for ser-
vice in that yard.

ACTIVITY AT SHEERNESS.
The greatest activity prevails throughout the whole
of her Majesty's dockyard ; the boiler factory is pro-
gressing fast, being now nearly roofed in, and the ends
that are propped up do not appear to sink any further.
Orders have been received te lay down another screw
corvette in the same ~,:raviog dock where the Pylades,
just launched, was built. She is intended to be of the
same armament and size, with the exception of having
more beam, as the Pylades, and is to be named the
Scylla. There is a rumour here that a coal depot is to
be built on the spare place between the boiler factory
now building and the northeast end of the dock. Such
is very likely to be the case, but we cannot voueh for the
accuracy of it. This morning the whole of the yard
were mustered before Captain Tucker, superintendent,
according to the usual quarterly muster.

MISCELL 4NEOUS.
The Imperatrice is expected to be ready to receive
troops at Portsmouth to-morrow.
The number of sailing vessels now employed by our
Government as transports is 108, and of steamers 56,
making a total of 164.
The Isabella 11., a steamer laden with stores of every
kind, the contributions of the public, has sailed from
Irongate Wharf, Tower, under the auspices of the Com-
mittee of the Crimean Army Fund, for Balaklava, where
the comforts thus provided will be gratuitously distri-
buted among the troops.
Yesterday a quantity of waterproof covers for blan-
kets f.,r the use of the Sappers and Miners in the Crimea,
as also several hun,lred hales of warm clothing, blankets,
&c., were put on board lighters at the Tower Wharf, to
he shipped o❑ board the transports at Deptford and
Woolwich fur ctriveyance to the Crimea.
London, England, 1854-12-28

IN RE SPELLER.

This was the certificate meeting in the case of W.
Speller, builder, of Paddington. The debts, secured and
unsesured, were about 2,400/. ; property, which was
wholly held by creditors, estimated at 3,0001.
Mr. Oldknow opposed, for the assignees, on two
grounds—fraudulent preference to a creditor, and vexa-
tious defence of an auction. This was the second bank-
ruptcy.
The bankrupt, who was unrepresented, said his former
bankruptcy was a joint bankruptcy, and that his sepa-
rate estate paid all the expenses, and a dividend of 2s.
6d. on the joint debts.
His Honour observing_that the books had been well
kept, granted an immediate certificate of the third class.