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. MOSES and SON'S ESTABLISH VENTS will be CLOSED at
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they will be open till 11 o'clock.

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It is usual for Christmas to be precededot byof phroepsoeyntg%dthisetrrlinbgusteodf
with true English enthusiasm and liberality. The heart overflows
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at E. moms and Sost's Establishment and their West-end Branch—
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cannot be equalled for novelty, elegance, utility, or cheapness,
magnitudenessliirts
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are offered in variety, excellence, and economy, exceeding previous
seasons—ls-bile the Hat and Cap and the Boot and Shoe departments
supply first-rate samples of English and French productions at the
most reasonable prices.
The Wholesale Department which E. MOSES and Sots keep at their
public
ohoac: against
‘,llmep:
City Establishment is unrivalled for extent of stock, and secures
unequalled advantages in outlays to large or small amounts.
C AUTIO
--E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
„fablijeon
reasons,No r connectedthwighyTHb o
statew rheEs
haabvehmen
the same concern ycitionetrht-.llnlietarntahteed: that the thletenntradter
as been resorted to in Many instances'
OTC/ER noosE IN Olt oand for
DT 0! LONDON,

This was an information of libel, tried in the Court of
Queen's'Bench yesterday, before Lord Campbell, against
William Harrison, the publisher of the Times newspaper,
for having published an article, in which the characters of
the lion. Francis Scott, as chairman of the South-Western
Railway, and of his brother directors were aspersed. The
defendant pleaded not guilty.
The Attorney-General, Mr. Bramwell, and Mr. Bovill
appeared in support of the information ; Sir F. Thesigor,
Sir F. Kelly, and Mr. Cowling were counselfor the defend-
dant. _

The article complained of appeared in the Times of the
22d of November, 1853 :

" The shareholders of the South-Western Railway have had
the spirit and the prudence to take the management of
their affairs into their own hands. By a small nominal ma-
jority—but, in point of fact, by a very considerable one—
they have determined that their directors shall not engage
them any further in the losing adventure of improvident ex-
tension. They have seen their dividends decreasing year by
year contemporpously with the extension of their File, and
from these facts they have drawn the very obvious and very
legitimate inference, that to foster branches at the expense of
the trunk is a policy which, at least, will ' not pay.' The few
figures upon which this calculation is founded are so easily
got together, that it is difficult to suppose much uncertainty
could prevail upon the point. Certainly, if the shareholders
could have been brought to see that their own interests were
largely concerned In the extension of the line, that their shares
would become more valuable, that their dividends would in-
crease, we know of no principle in human nature which should
induce them to fly in the face of 8 per cent. as opposed to 2
or 3. The directors were addressing themselves to a most will-
ing audience. They need not have been very right, they need
only have been not very wrong, and their arguments would
have obtained implicit credence. Let us take such a point
as the extension —already executed—of the South-Western
line from Southampton to Dorchester. The majority of the
shareholders assert that this extension has been a losing
concern ; the directors, with their packed minority of
bankers, lawyers, engineers, and what not, maintain that it
has returned good interest on the capital invested. Now,
we should be very sorry to be in the secrets of either party,
but we are bound to say that, if the men who should have
received the splendid dividends stand forward and say not
only that they have not received them, but violently pro-
test against any further continuance of a policy which
should have filled their pockets with gold, there appears to
be a violent presumption that they are speaking the truth.
Thus far for ono point—namely, as to the truth of the
assertion, that one extension has already answered the
views of the company, and therefore another should be
tried. We pass to the next assertion of the chairman and
directors, which stands thus :—They assert that they were
empowered by a full meeting of the shareholders to conclude
this improvident bargain, and to give a pledge to Parlia-
ment for the formation of the extended line within a given
time. The shareholders say that this assent was unfairly
and improperly obtained from a packed meeting, and was
directly contrary to the wishes of the majority of the share-
holders. What grounds for belief have the public on either
side ? We can but see that when the attention of the
shareholders is called to the point, they upsat the resolution
of the board, although that resolution is backed by the enor-
mous influence which a railway board can at any time com-
mand. We have surely heard of such a thing as tampering
with some votes, and creating others of a fictitious character,
for the purpose of carrying out any scheme upon which a
body of railway directors may have set their hearts. In the
absence of direct evidence, all we know is, that the directors
of the South Western assert that their shareholders gave
them authority to make a bargain for them, and the share-

brethren of the South-Western, we shall begin to believe in
the possibility of such a result."
The Attorney-General having stated the case for the
plaintiff, and Sir F. Thesiger for the defendant,
Lord Campbell addressed the jury as follows :—Gentle-
men of the jury, after the very able speech which you have
heard from the learned counsel, Sir F..Thesiger, you will
::autiously and deliberately cieterrnine the case, which is a
;use of great importance as affecting the liberty of the
press, aid also of the greatest importance as far as the
arotection of private character is concerned. The infor-
mation charges an alleged libel on Francis Scott and other
lirectors of the South-Western Railway Company, and
the defendant merely pleads that lie is not guilty—not
onfessing that the article was an improper publication ;
but, on the contrary, saying he had not written anything
which imputed dishonour or misconduct to the prose-
cutors. By the law to which reference has been made,
,here is now an opportunity to a defendant on an in-
formation for libel to say, "I know that I have written
nothing but what is true." Formerly in this country
there was no such privilege, and it was said, "the
treater the truth the greater the libel;" but, gen-
tlemen,to say that that obloquy has
been removed lam
movedfrohm7py us, and that now a defendant, in scale
of libel, has bad an opportunity of showing what he hid
written had bean written with a laudable object. In,this
case an opportunity was granted to the defendant, if it
were alleged that the publication had imputed dishonour
to the prosecutors, of saying it is all true. He, however,
does not do that : he'acknowledges thatall the prosecutors
are honourable men, but he says that nothing had been
done by him except in the way of passing fair comment.
ff, gentlemen, this be your opinion, then for God's sake
find a verdict for the defendant. The liberty of the press
is of inestimable value, and God forbid that you or I should
do anything to impair it. I have no difficulty in saying
'that the conduct of railway directora is a fair subject for
discussion by a public journalist. They are public func-
tionaries, and their conduct may be fairly considered,
and condemned if deserving of condemnation, but to
them or to no 'public man can misconduct be imputed
without proving that the charge is true. The judg-
ments delivered by a judge may be said to be
erroneous, and there is no cause of complaint if there
be arguments to- show that they are erroneous, but you
mist not say that he took a bribe unless you are pre-
pared to prove it, and then you may allege it. Nothing
can be more fair than-the criterion by which the learned
-4entleinan wishes this article to he judged—does this article
impute private misconduct and dishonour to the prosecu-
tors, er does it apply to their public characters? But you
must not impute public dishonour, and then say I have not
touched upon private character. You must not say a minis-
ter of state has been guilty of receiving a bribe from a
foreign power, and then say you imputed nothing reflect-
ing on his private character. It is not competent to a man
to impute gross misconduct in a public capacity, and then
without proof justify it on the ground that it was
imputed to the person charged, not as a private citizen,
but as a minister of state. Gentlemen, you will take
the whole article into consideration, and will say if it
imputes dishonour or misconduct to the prosecutors. I
give no opinion on the character of the article, but if the
proprietor of a newspaper is at liberty to make impu-
tations on the character of persons which cannot be sup-
ported, then the liberty of the press, instead of being a
great blessing, would be a curse to the country. When the
press breaks out into licentiousness, it is necessary that it
4hould be at once repressed. We may rejoice, for it is an
honour to the country, that the press is now conducted with
the greatest credit and propriety and to the usefulness of
the public, but if the columns of a newspaper were to be
open to calumnies on individuals, then it would be neces-
sary for the law- to interpose. It was unnecessary that any
of the directors should have been called into' the box as
witnesses, but in the most manly manner they had pre-
sented themselves, and had given ample opportunity for
examination into any improper conduct that might be al-
leged against them. If, gentlemen, you find that thisarticle
was only a fair comment on the public conduct of the di-
rectors, then by all means find averdict for the defendant,
but if you find that it imputes that which is unbecoming
to their conduct as directors and to their conduct as gen-
tlemen, then you will find to that effect. You will con-
sider the article as a whole, but there are some passages
to which, if I did not refer, I should not be doing
justice. The article says, "We have surely heard of such
a thing as tampering with some votes, and creating others
of a fictitious-character, for the purpose of carrying out
any scheme on which a body of directors have set their
hearts." It is said on behalf of the defendant that the
prosecutors were not aimed at in this sentence ; but in a
case of slander or libel it is not necessary to show that there
is a direct imputation—to show it was alleged that Mr.
Smith murdered Mr. Johnson ; but that the article is of
such a nature that when read by persons it can be applied
to those against whom it is aimed. If you think this does
not apply to these directors, then, for the purposes of this
day, the sentence is harmless ; but if you think it does,
then you say, is it not a very grave charge ? Then the
article goes on, " It is of course competent to the direc-
tors to show that the former meeting was a bona fiche
one by the publication of the voting lists," but you must
not say that a man has committed a felony, but he may
bring forward evidence to prove his innocence. I think
it is not creditable to insinuate without proof that a per-
',on is guilty of an offence, and then say he may proceed
to prove his innocence. Then it goes on to say "if the
Hon. F. Scott made it," meaning the pledge, "in defiance
of the wishes of his constituents, of course the transaction I
thereis
eaenndet ledi s ant
e
theen belief
d of
that
it in defiance of the wishes of his constituents, and then
aotuhewdilild saydoif
athi s more
sentenceswindle,
that bait that the .

oat —ug so
Does the liberty of the press requiresuch language as that?
The learned counsel said he knew of no such term as a
swindle, but it was a term of great opprobrium, and to
aanpdplyin
jtourae
hmiaenehthe arateetremr. swind
lertrnut
ainssaelVallwdalisis
a feelingsswindle
then he who took part in it was a swindler. Who then
was the swindler? No doubt the "Demon of Specula-
tion" does a great deal of mischief, but it is for you to
say whether by the phrase in this article it was in-
tended to imply that these directors privately had a
speculation which was to be served by the course pur-
sued. " The Demon of Speculation was aroused, and the
chairman and directors of the South-Western appear to
have been infected by the general mania to a higher
degree than the rest of their neighbours"—and here follow
words which, gentlemen, I implore you to mark as show-
ing in my opinion the animus of the writer-.--" We trust it
was no worse." These words of seeming candour appear
to me to contain a sting, showing the animus; of the writer
of this article. Did it not imply that he who could express
so candid a statement knew what be said, and that it
could be strictly relied upon ? If the directors had entered
into a combination for packing meetings and creating fic-
titious votes to attain objects of their own, then they could
be indicted for conspiracy, and would be liable, if con-
victed, to be imprisoned. It will be for you to say whether
all these charges have been made, and, if made, are
they unfounded ; but for myself I will say that Ido ink
that if such publications as those are repressed, that the
liberty of the 'press cannot in the slightest degree be im-
perilled.

The jury immediately returned a verdict of "Guilty."
The defendant was not called up for judgment.

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Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
4.heilleld Branch, 36. Fargate.
Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot ane
3hoo Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPOETANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be
oxchanced if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returnee
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, trona which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments aro closed from sansot on Fridays to sunset
on Saturdays, whet) business is resumed till 11 o'clock.
A new Book for Autumn and Winter. " The Commercial Cornu-
copia," containing full lists of price, in. our system of self-easure,meut&c., mcy be had on application, or post-free.
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iolders come forward and say-they did nothing of the sort.

It is, of course, competent to the directors to show that the
former meeting was a bona fide one by the publication of the
voting lists. They might so succeed in proving that their in-
constant constituents have changed their mind, and should be
held to their bargain with Parliament as a terror to the neigh-
bourhood. But as to this Parliamentary pledge, of which so
much has been said, it does not appear to us to be worth the
breath with which it was made. If the Hon. F. Scott made
it in defiance of the wishes of his constituents, of course
the transaction is a mere swindle, and there is au end of
it. But, even if this were not so, what reason is there
why a company which has given a pledge to Parliament
should not have recourse again to Parliament, and ask to be
relieved from the consequences of that pledge i Wo are not
meddling with a point of law, but dealinc, with a great inte-
rest which involves the welfare and comfort of many hun-
dred families. Are we, then, gravely to be told that, in a
ease of this kind, no account is to be taken, by men who
make some little pretension to statesmanship, of alteration
in times and in circumstances. If it should be brought home
to the apprehension of the houses, that to persist in en-
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iteceipts.
1853. 1854.
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911 i Chester and - w *** 3,862 4,390
Dundalkllublin Holyhead... •••• • • • • • ** • • 137 136
20 Cork,
196 238
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rogheda• • •• •• • • • • • • • . 1,-072 1,211
50 849
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ki°. . .. ..
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418
a,- Dundee end Arbroath • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
-2: Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Ilg 869
782 85'4 67% East An lia 4,563 4,746
81% East Langeasti;e• ••
: ••
••
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••• ••• •-•- • • ••
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283 Great Northern 417 Eastern Counties and•No•rf•olk.. • • • •1 19,803 19,917
Eastern Uni0n.......... • • .•
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fris
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6 n 'ugh, Perth. and Dundee" " -
Exeter and Credlton.. • • • • '• - • • • • • •
22 - -
Furness Rail • • • • • • • •
MLA Glasgow, and S th IVestern........ 4,818 5,114
rn‘ °aund - E.
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18,456 23,619
Easterna ndw. .
*l2, Great Western ... ....... .......... 20,623 23,273
25- -
5,134 5,046
90 Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • •
. •• •• •• •• 17,041 18,393
, .
... 6. e. , , Londonderry
Manchester,
20 Lancashire and Yorkshire. • .
- - Leeds Northern • • • • '' • • ••
••
• • - • • 270
.161 Liverpool, c resh•• d Southport.... 250
Y.-en ...„•47,544 50,869
*53% Lyndon and North Western • ' .
..•...... 1,040 1,142
s% Landonand •,•• II • • • • •
Blac.we • c t• 10 019 10,746
174 London, Brighton, and South OAS • • t
Western
:(..1:r..e:l an: : 4:
..) 5,353 1 ,733
10 616 12 037
267,. London and 13 )uth Western. - • •
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•_331 '590
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7,435 8,367
'A Manchester, Shetlleld,and Line° ns e
567 627
!!‘ Manchester and South Junction.• •• ••
730 20
~, Maryport and Carlisle • • '' .• ••
• • ••
••.
25,790 26,127
..cf 'X Midland .....- • • •• • • '' • • • • ••
••
2 609 3 071
126% Midland Great Western (Irish) ** • • • • "
_ -
37 Monklands - • • •• " " • ' • • • . - ••
••• ••
- -
7854 Newcastle and Carlisle .• •• • • • • • • • • .•
.. 4 321 4,527
149
- North British • • •• • • •• - ••
• • ••
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North Staffordshire ••
• • • • • • • • • " • • '•
883
48% North-Western .• • • " - " **
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726
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8,14 Scottish Central • • • • • • ' . - :•. • ' • • 712 824
32 Scottish Midland • • • • • • • • •• - • ' •
29% Shrewsbury and Birmingham •..... - -
48 Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • •• • • • • • • 1,654 1,910
30 Shropshire Union •• • • •• •• ' ..... •• •• 693 797
57% South Devon.. •• •• •• • " '''• ••
••
••
•• 1,736 1,837
16234 South Wales .. • • • • • • .. •• • • • • • • .• .. 3,7.13 4,7114
289 South Ea5tern...................... 12,820 13,470
97 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .• - -
38 Taff Vale • • • • •• ..... "• • • •• 3,183 2,856
26 Ulster . .
........... -• • . . 1,209 1,238
77 Waterford and Limerick • • • • .• • • • • • • 601 785
25 West Cornwall .• • • • • "• • • ' • • • • • ''' 586 441
12 Whitehaven Junction ... • • •• •• • • • • •• 273 350
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds -- _
FOREIGIN,
57% Dutch Rhenish .. • • • • .. • • • .
185 Lyons and Mediterranean • • • •
63 Montereau and Troyes
63 Namur and Liege .. • • - -
445 Northern of France ................ _ _
ounSen. •••• •••• •••• •••••••• •••• •••• ••
•• •••• 7,512 7,649
697 Orleans and Central* .....•........, _ _
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28420
Parisl's. r i s
and,an d Lyons
392 Paris and Strasburgh ..........., ..
88 finnan and Havre...-. ...... •• • • . 3,689 3,352
118 Western of Fa•ance ••••••••.. _

forcing this pledge would simply bo to complete the ruin of
many hundred individuals who might have been so impru-
dent as to contemplate a speculation which they could trot
carry out, save to their own destruction, can it be supposed
that Parliament would insist that that speculation should
be carried out at all events. Would there be anything
in the affair from first to last, even assuming it to
have been conducted with the most perfect good faith
on all sides, which should shut the shareholders out
from Parliamentary relief ? Of course, as we have before
said, if there was bad faith on the part of the chair-
man and directors, the whole proceeding has been a
mere swindle, and niust necessarily drop through. But it has
been said that the Great Western Company are the parties
principally damnified. Had it not been for the opposition of
the South-Western, Parliament would have granted the ap-
plication of the Great Western for leave to run their broad
gauge over this barren tract of country. If this be true, the
utmost amount of loss which either the Great Western Com-

pang or the inhabitants of the district can possibly have suf-
fered, will be the postponement of the construction of the
line for some 24 months. As the South-Western has made

abnegation of any claim it might have possessed to occupy
the country, all that remains is, that the Great Western Com-
pany, or any persons whom it may concern, should make
application for the necessary Parliamentary permission at
once ; or, if they are shut out by formal objections this year,
no doubt the district drill not perish for want of a railway
during the next twelvemonth. The general meaning of this
contest is obvious enough. Here were two great companies
contending for possession of a country which cannot as yet
pay the expenses of a rail ; but which may, according to the
views of the more sanguine among the number, do so at a future
day. One company bade against the other, promise followed
promise, and each side had something more to urge in its own
favour than the other had just uttered. The demon of specula-
tion was aroused, and the chairman and directors of the South-
Western appear to have been infected by the general mania
to a higher degree than the rest of their neighbours—we trust
it was uo worse. Under theie circumstances Parliament
granted powers for making the line to the most splendid pro-
misers, and they in this instance were Mr. Scott and his im-
mediate fellows. With this portion of the story, however,
the public are concerned but in a secondary degree. We
chiefly call attention to the contest, because from it two great
advantages would seem to have been gained by the share-
holders throughout the kingdom. The first is this—the
South-Western shareholders have proved to the world that
persons in their position can, when they choose, throw off
the tutelage of their directors, and insist upon having a voice
in their own affairs. The second point is, that this victory of
the South-Western shareholders must necessarily administer a
death-blow to the system of improvident extensions—in other
words, of mulcting the passengers along the main lines of the
kingdom for the benefit of the inhabitants of outlying dis-
tricts in which the public can be but remotely concerned. It
is a matier of the gravest public importance that the railway
interest should be kept in a solvent and prosperous condition.
If the shareholders of other lies follow the example of their

* The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or-
leans and Beideaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE OF Br-
GElSTEL—Upwards of 300,000 cases of cure of various
diseases have been effected by Morison's' medicines,
which cases are recorded in the Ist, 2d, and 3d vols. of
" Morisoniana.” Such is the practical experience of the
British College of Health, New-road, London, on which
hygeists rely when they proclaim that all diseases arise
from impurity of the blood and that alone.

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COVENT GARDEN.
We were well supplied with both fruit and vegetables.
The demand ruled steady, as follows :

FRIIIT.—Pine apples, English, 4s Oil to 7s per lb; apricots,
Os to Os per doz. ; hot-house grapes, 4s 6d to 9s Oil per lb ;
foreign ditto, 10(1 to is 8d ; melons, Os Od to Os each
peaches, Os Od to Os ; nectarines, Os 0(1 to Os per dozen ;
apples, 4s Od to 12s Od per bushel ' • pears, 2s Od to
Os Oil per half sieve; Orleans plums and green gages Os to
Os Od per punnet ; ditto, Os to Os Od, and common plums,
3s 0 i to Os 0,1 per half sieve ; cherries, 01 to Os per pound ;
lemons, Gd to is per doz.; oranges. 4s Od to lOs per 100; fil-
berts, 95s per 100 lbs; cobnuts, 160 s to 180 s ; almonds,
Os to Os per lb. ; walnuts, Od to o_l per 100; figs, Is Od
to 2s Gd per lb.
VEGETABLE.—Savoy cabbages, 6d to is 01 per dozen ;
red ditto. 2s Od to 4s per dozen ; French beans, Os 0
to Os per half sieve ; brocoli, Gil to is 3d per bundle ;
potatoes, 95s to 125 s perton ; vegetable marrow, Od to Os each;
peas, Os Od to Os Od per bush.; broad beans, 9d to is per half
sieve ; turnips, 2d to 4d per bunch ; carrots, 3d to Gd per
bunch; cucumbers, is 6d to 2s each ; garlic, Os 6d to
Os Btl per pc unil ; spinach, is to Is Gd per sieve ;
onions, 2s Gd to 4s 0,1 per bush. ; Spanish ditto, is to 3s
per doz. ; leeks, 2d to 3d per bunch ; shallots, 4d to 6(1. ;
horse-raddish, 2s Od to 5s 03 per bundle ; parsley, 2d
to 3d per bunch ; celery, 9(1 to is 3d per
bunch ; endive, 9(1 to is 3d per score ; beet, 6d to is 3d
per doz. ; parsnips, is Od to 2s Od per dozen ; small
salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; mushrooms, is Od to is 6d per
pottle ; artichokes, 4s to Os per doz. ; cabbage lettuces, Od
to is Od per score ; sorrel, Od to is per half sieve ;
radishes 9d to is per dozen hands ; tomatoes, 3s Od to 4s
Od per half sieve ; chillies, 1s to is 6d per 100; Brussels
sprouts, is Od to 2s Od per half sieve ; capsicums, is to 2s
per 100.

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THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT.

CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 20.

MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN TILE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

County of Gloucester—Eastern Division—Robert- Stay-
ner Holforcl, Esq., in the room of Sir Michael Hicks
Hicks Beach, Bart., deceased.
Borough of Marylebone—Hugh Fortescue, Esq., com-
monly called Viscount Ebrington, in the room of Dudley
Coutts Stuart, Esq., commonly Lira Dudley Coutta
Stuart, deceased.
WAIL-OFFICE, DEC. 22.

Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Veterinary Surgeon Thos.
Jex, 2d Dragoon., now serving on the Staff in Turkey, to
be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Percival, deceased, Dec. 22.
2d Life Guards--Lieutenant Henry Dalton Wittit Lyon
to be Adjutant, vice Sherwen, who resigns the Adjutantcy
only, Dec. 22.
fah Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thos.
W. McMahon to bo Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase,
vice Brevet-Colonel Scarlett, promoted to the rank of
Major-General ; Captain Richard Thompson to be Major,
without purchase, vice McMahon ; Lieutenant Alexander
James Hardy Elliott to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Thompson ' • Cornet Richard G. B. Bolton to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Elliott ; Sir Edward Synge
Hutchinson, Bart. to be Cornet, without purchase, vice
Honourable Grey Neville, deceased, Dec. 22.
Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant Walter John Coney to be
Captain, without purchase, Dec. 22.
Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet James Baker, from the
Royal Horse Guards, to be Cornet, without purchase,
Dec. 22.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—To be
Lieutenants and Captains without purchase—Ensign and
Lieutenant W. Verschoyle ; Ensign and Lieutenant Fdk.
T. A. H. Bathurst ; Ensign and Lieutenant Honourable
Wyndham H. Wyndham Quin, Dec., 22. To be
Ensigns and Lieutenants, without purchase—Lieute-
nant the Hon. John-B. J. Dormer, from the Royal Horse
Guards; vice Fergusson, promoted, Dec. 181-11•o17- Fos-
shawe Davies, Gent:, vice Davies, diea of his wounds,
Dec. 19 ; Patrick Keith Murray, Gent., vice Verschole,
Deo. 20 ; Sudoley Charles George Hanbnry Tracy, Gent.,
vice Bathurst, Dec. 21; William Henry Parnell, Gent.,
vice Quin, Dec. 22.
Scots usilier Regiment of Foot Guards—To be Ensigns
and Lieutenants, without purchase—The Hon. Edward
Brownlow, vice Knollys, promoted, Dec. 21; Henry Jeff
Sharpe, Gent., vice Lindsay, promoted, Dec. 22.
Ist Regimet of Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Henry Bree-
don to be Captain, without purchase, vice Carter, de-
ceasel ; Ensign George Rowe Fenwick to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Breedon, Nov. 28 ; Ensign James
William Hassell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Fenwick, whose promotion on the Bth December, 1854, has
been cancelled, Dec. 8.
3d Foot—Ensign George Noble Roe b be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Macneil, appointed to the 13th
Light Dragoons, Dec. 22.
7th Foot—Brevet-Major Arthur John Pack to be Major,
without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Wilbra-
ham, whose Brevet rank has been converted into substan-
tive rank, in accordance with the Royal Warrant, 6th
Oct. ; Lieutenant Hugh Robert Hibbert to be Captain
without purchase, vice Pack ; Ensign George Henry Wal-
ler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Hibbert ;
Lieutenant H. N. C. Thurstone, from the 3d West York
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lord R. H.
Browne, promoted, Dec. 22.
11th Foot—Acting-Assistant-Surgeon Francis Henry
Macfadin, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice
Young, promoted on the Staff, Dec. 22.
12th Foot—Henry Nesbitt, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purcase, vice Stirke, promoted, Dec. 22.
13th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Mark Kerr, from
half-pay Ceylon Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant-Colonel
vice Brevet-Colonel Stuart, who exchanges, Dec. 22.
24th Foot—Ensign Henry William Heaton, from the 3d
West York Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase,
Dec. 22.
21st Foot--Major John Ramsay Stuart to be Lieute-
nant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Ainslie, died of his
wounds; Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Paul Haines
to be Major, without purchase, vice Stuart; Lieutenant
Edwin Ashley Tucker Steward to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Haines ; Ensign Richard Stephens to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Steward, Nov. 15 ;
Ensign William Cairnes to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase, vice Stephens, whose promotion, on the Bth De-
cember, 1854, has been cancelled, Dec. 8 ; Isaac Tristam
Coffin, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Cairnes,
Dec. 22.
31st Foot—Lieutenant Alexander Francis Ball to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Minnitt, who retires ; Ensign
William George Herbert Taylor Fairfax to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Ball; Thomas Christian Rycroft, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fairfax, Dec. 22.
37th Foot—John George Jervis, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Evered, promoted, Dec. 22.
3Sth Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel John Jackson
Louth to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Sir John Campbell, Bart., promoted to be Major-General;
Brevet Major Joseph Samuel Adamson to be Major, with-
out purchase, vice Lowth ; Lieutenant J. T. Craster to
be Captain, without purchase, vice Adamson ; Ensign
John Bolton French to be Lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Craster, Dec. 22.
41st Foot—Lieutenant Isaac King, from the Royal
Bunks (King's Own) Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Fitz Roy, promoted, Dec. 22.
49th Foot—Major John Thornton Grant to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel
Adams, promoted, to bo Major-General ; Brevet-Major C.
S. Glazbrook, to be Major, without purchase, vice Grant ;
Lieutenant J. A. Conolly to ho Captain, without purchase,
vice Glazbrook ; Ensign Patrick Cahill to bo Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Conolly, Dec. 22.
50th Foot—Edward John Miller, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Antrobus, promoted, Dec. 22.
60th Foot—Ensign James Arthur Morrah, from the
Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Ensign, vice Fox, pro-
moted, Dec. 22.
73d Foot—Ensign Bryan George Davies Cooke to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires ; James
Frederick Henley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Cooke, Dec. 22.
77th Foot—Lieutenant William Seward Le Feuvre,
from the Hampshire Militia, to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Carden, promoted, Dec. 22.
78th Foot—Captain Jacob Meek, from half-pay Unat-
tached, to be Captain, vice Bentley, who exchanges ; Lieu-
tenant Lawrence Pleydell-Bouverie to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Meek, who retires; Ensign John Finlay to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bouverie ; Montagu Alex-
ander Kirby, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fin-
lay, Dec. 22.
88th Foot—Ensign Courtenay William Aylmer Thomas
Kenny to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mattle,
died of his wounds, Nov. 16.
Ensign William Lambert to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Kenny, whose promotion on the Bth Decem-
ber, 1854, has been cancelled, Dec. 8.
Lieutenant William Little to be Adjutant, vice Mettle,
died of his wounds; Berkeley Mitchell, Gent., to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Lambert, Dec. 22.
89th Foot--Captain Daniel Tom, from half-pay 36th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Knipe, who exchanges, Dec. 22.
90th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur D. Swift, from the Hamp-
shire Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jack-
son, appointed Quartermaster, Dec. 22.
93d Foot—Ensign Maxwell Wither Hyslop, from the
39th Foot, to be ensign, Doc. 22.
Rifle Brigade—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel W. S. R.
Norcott to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice
Brevet-Colonel Buller, promoted to be Major-General ;
Brevet-Major Alexander Macdonell to be Major, without
purchase, vice Norcott ; Lieutenant the Hon. Leicester
Curzon to: be Captain, without purchase, vice Macdonell,
Dec. 22 ; Second Lieutenant the Hon. H. Walter Camp-
bell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tryon, killed
in action, Nov. 21; Ensign Alexander Heywood to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Campbell, whose pro-
motion on Dec. 8 has been cancelled, Dec. 8 ; Ensign John
Brett to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Curzon,
Deo. 22.

_
BREVET.
Captain Jacob Meek, 78th Foot, to be Major in the
Army, June 28.
Brevet-Major Jacob Meek, 78th Foot, to be Lientenan-
Colonel in the Army, Nov. 11.
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley, Royal
Marines, to be Colonel in the Army, Dec. 13.
Captain George Colt Langley, Royal Marines, to be
Major in the Army, Dec. 13.
Brevet-Major George Colt Langley, Royal Marines, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, Dec. 14.
The undermentioned Cadets, of the East India Com-
pany's Service, to have the local and temporary rank of
Ensign during the period of their being placed under the
command of Colonel H. D. Jones, of the Royal Engineers,
at Chatham, for Field Instructions in the Art of Sapping
and Mining :—Eneas Robert Ronaldson Macdonell, Gent.;
Edward Jones, Gent ; Henry Alexander Lindsay Car-
negie, Gent ; Edward Talbot Thackeray, Gent. ; William
George Douglas Dick, Gent. ; John Greenlaw Forbes,
Gent. ; Hugh Robert Meiklejohn, Gent. ; Frederich Colvin
Mytton, Gent.; Harry James Grant Gordon, Gent.,
Dec. 22.