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London, England, 1846-11-18 00:00:00

NOVEMBER 18,

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE, William Rolfe, Leyton, Essex, corn-dealer.
James Churchyard, carpenter and builder, Brixton, Surrey.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 16, 1846. Alexander Augustus Mackey and Nathaniel James White
It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her Ma- Holt, merchants, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street.
jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has Stephen Woodgate, auctioneer, Westmoreland-place
received from Mr. Southern, her Majesty's Charge Southampton. street, Camberwell.
d'Affaires at Lisbon, a dispatch, inclosing a note addressed John Marston, surgeon, Birmingham.
to him by Mars! Saldanha, Secretary of State for William Hunter, quarryman, Huyton, Lancashire.
Foreign Affairs of her Most Faithful Majesty, announcing John Thomas, builder, Aberdare, Glamorganshire.
the establishment of an effective blockade of the river David Gostick, grocer, Keighley, Yorkshire. - -
Douro, together with a copy of the decree declaricg the Robert Parkinson, jun., stock-broker, Leeds.
said blockades Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires also John Knight, timber merchant, Birmingham.
transmits a note from Marshal Saldanha, annonncing that
positive instructions have been given to the ships of Henry Leonard, ironmonger, Cheltenham.
war establishing the blockade, to allow British ships of war Charles Taylor, common brewer, Mirfield, York.
He
to enter the port unmolested, and not to prevent the deli- Henry James Palmer, grocer, \Vantage, Berks.
very, and reception there, of the mails conveying the cor- Jamesn Ullathomet Spe.ncer-place, Brixton-road.
respondence, or the landing of passengers, or even the de-
parture of British subjects who may wish to embark in the
packets.
At the Court at Windsor, the 14th day of November,
1846,—Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in
Council.—Her Majesty having been pleased to ap.
point the Right Honourable George Augustus Earl
Cowper to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum
of the county of Kent, his Lordship this day took the oaths
appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of alle-
giance and supremacy.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to be
passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir
David Gould, G.C.8., the office or place of Vice-Admiral of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, and also Lieutenant of
the Navies and Seas of the said United. Kingdom, in the
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room of Admiral Sir George Martin, .C. 8., promoted to the
rank of Admiral of the Fleet.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9, 1846.
Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the
six Officers under-named to be Naval Aides-dc-Camp to her
Majesty :-
1 Captain Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8.,
Captain the Honourable George Alfred Crofton,
Captain Sir George Rese Sartorius,
Captain Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8.,
Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
Captain Sir George Augustus Westphal,
vice
Captain Henry Hope, C. B.
Captain Sir S. John B. Pechell, Bart. C. B. K. C. H.
Captain Phipps Homby, C. B.
Captain Sir Francis Augustus Collier, C. B. K. C. H.
Captain Sir Charles Napier, K. C.B. and
Capt. the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Nov. 17.—Wind S.S.E., fresh breeze and cloudy
DEAL. Nov. 16.—Wind S.E. to S.S.E., moderate.—Sld
Hallebokka, Bailey, Adelaide, South Australia; the Eliza-
beth, Lloyd, of and for Limerick, from London, was in con-
tact last night in the Downs with the Assam, from Calcutta,
the former lost bowsprit, and proceeded to Ramsgate; the
latter had her head and cut water startod, &c., and sailed for
Leith.

DOVER, Nov. 16.—The Chance, of this port, in leaving the
tuirhour this morning grounded, but is expected off next
title.

Con Es, Nov. 16.—Wiud S.E.—Arrd. Marie, Ruyter, Tri-
nidad de Cuba.
PLYM.,IITII, Nov. 16.—Wind S.E.—SId. Princess Royal,
Van Zuliecom, Anstralia.
MILFORD, Nov. Is.—Wind S.E. strong.—Sld. Wellington,
Scott, Sierra Leone.
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 16.—Wind S. fresh.—Arrd. Victoria, St.
John's , New Brunswick ; Manchester, Quebec. Sid. Vibilia,
du Froeq, Hayti; Severn, Wiseman, St. John's, New Bruns-
wick. Off Port.—Albatross, Romp, Tribune, and Foig-a-
ballagh. . _ _ _ _

FAlnrourri, Nov. 16.—Wind S.S.E. strong breeze.—Arrd.
Joven Pepete, Ysasi, Havannah.
TRURO, Nov. 11.—Arrd. Sportsman, Williams, South-
ampton, leaky and pumps choked.
Coni, Nov. 14.—Wind E. fresh.—Sld. 13. Mozambique,
Pickarne, St. John's, New Brunswick.
OFF CAPE CLEAR.—Sir John Beresford, Madras.
CROOKRAVEN, Nov. 10.—Arrd. Norman, Lavan, New
Orleans, for Liverpool.
SLIGO, Nov. 13.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. 12th, Jane Blair,
Killala, Quebec.
BELFAST, Nov. 14.—S1d. Exchange, Darkie, Yarmouth,
United States ; Independence, M'Capper, New Orleans.
NEWRY, Nov. 13.—Sld. Seraphine, Affieck, New Orleans.
LONGHOPE, Nov. 6.—Arrd. Woodhouse, Tait, St. Jollies,
New Brunswick ; 10th, Traveller, Simpson, Davis' Straits.
PENTLAND FIRTE Nov. 11.—Arrd. Brilliant, Elliot, Que-
bec, for Montrose ; 12th, William Herdman, Marshall, ditto,
for Sunderland ; St. Lawrence, ditto, for Aberdeen.

C.B. K.C.H.
promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
And her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to ap-
point Captain Lord .Adolphus Vitzclarence, G.C.H., to be an
Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9.
Doctor Gilbert Sing, M.D. Deputy Inspector of Naval
Hospitals and Fleets, to be Inspector of Naval hospitals and
Fleets.
John Mortimer, Esq., and,
Henry Parkin, Esq.
Retired Deputy Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets, to
be Retired Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets
Doctor James Veitch, M.D.,
Mr. William Colvin, and
Doctor James Scote(B), M.D.,
Surgeons Royal Navy, to be Retired Deputy Inspectors of
Naval Hospitals and Fleets.

GRANGEMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Arrd. Liverpool, Quebec.
SHIELDS, Nov. 16.—Wind, S.S.W., fresh.—Sld. Josephine,
Hawes, Havannah.
HULL, Nov. 16.—Wind S.S.E., fine.—Sld. Intrepid, Wil-
son, Savannah.
SHEERNESS, Nov. 14.—The Teviot, Purvis, of and from
Newcastle, for London, got on the Nore Sand yesterday, but
came off after discharging part of her cargo. 15th, the
Dutch smack has not been got off the Nore Sand as reported
yesterday.
DUNGENESS, Nov. 16.—The Isle of Wight, Whitehead,
from London to Mauritius, went on shore last evening, near
No. 1 Battery. The specie is landed, and it is expected she
will be got off without much damage.
PILL, Nov. 14.—The Elizabeth, of and for Bristol, from
Newport, foundered off Black Nore 12th inst. ; master and
one man drowned.
. CORK, Nov. 14.—The Mozambique, Pickanic, for Ber-
muda, in proceeding to sea last night, missed stays twice
near the western shore, outside the lighthouse, struck the
rocks, unshipped her rudder, started stern frame, and has six
to eight feet water in her hold. She was towed back to the
harbour to-day.
HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 15.—The Portia, Wrightson, from
Wyburg, bound to the westward, has put in here leaky, and
it is expected will have to discharge her cargo.
SCARBOROUGH, Nov. 14.—Part of the topside of a vessel
about 200 tons, was picked up at sea last night.
YARMOUTH, Nov. 16.—The schooner Industry, of Whitby,
got on the Scroby Sand last night, and sunk ; crew saved.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9.
Corps of Royal Marines.
Colonel and Second Commandant Thompson Aslett to be
Colonel Commandant, vice Jones, promoted, to be Major-
General in the Army.
Colonel and Second Commandant Edward Smith Mercer to
be Colonel Commandant, vice Beatty promotee to be
Major-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel William Fergusson, to be Colonel and
Second Commandant, vice Aslett, promoted
Lieutenaut Colonel Richard Swale to be Colonel and Se-
cond Commandant, vice Mercer, promoted.
Captain and Brevet Major John Wilson to be Lieutenant-
Colonel,'vice Fergusson, promoted.
Captain Robert Mercer to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Swale,
promoted.
First Lieutenant John. Hawkins Gascoigne to be Captain,

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vice Wilson, promoted.
First Lieutenant John Urquhart to be Captain, vice Mercer,

promoted.
Second Lieutenant Thomas Carstairs Gray to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Gascoigne, promoted.
Second Lieutenant William Godfrey Rayson Masters to be
First Lieutenant, vice Urquhart, promoted.

EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY
POST-OFFICE ORDERS.
From the advertisements in the daily papers the public
are fully aware that Mr. John Morse, chemist and
druggist of Barnet, and the deputy-postmaster, has
absconded, and a reward of fifty guineas has been
offered for his apprehension by the Post-office autho-
rities on the charge of forgery. The case is one of
a most extraordinary description arising from the
extent of forgeries committed, amounting, it is un-
derstood, to some thousands. From the particulars which
have transpired it appears that Morse, who is highly
connected, carried on a most extensive business as a
chemist and druggist, and, from his supposed respect-
ability, was appointed one of the deputy-postmasters
of the county. In consequence of the traffic carried
on at Barnet, especially during the great cattle fair (Barnet
possesses the privilege of issuing and paying money-
orders) the whole of this department came under
the control of the accused. As soon as this depart-
ment came into operation, Morse commenced his sys-
tem of forgery by drawing from the chief office, St.
Martin's-le-Grand, from 151. to 201. a week on Post-
office orders, alleging that he had taken bills at short
dates for the money. His supposed respectability and
extensive business allayed all suspicion, and if any doubt
was created it was allayed by the money paid on the
Post-office orders being duly transmitted. As the new
system of money-orders increased, so did it appear that
the business of the post-office of Barnet multiplied, for,
from pounds, the orders increased to hundreds; and, as
the sums due were regularly transmitted, unlimited
confidence was placed in Morse. This course •of busi-
ness went on until souse thousands were due from Morse,
who, at first, allayed the suspicions of tha Post-office
authorities, by saying that the great pressure which had
been occasioned by the extraordinary speculations of
last year, coupled with the state of the agricultural in-
terest, had caused a slight temporary suspension, but
within a week or two, at furthest, all would be made
right. The period thus stated was granted, bat on the
expiration of it, and the money not forthcoming, some
of the Post-office authorities went down to Barnet, when
it was found that Morse had drawn out the whole of his
money from his bankers, and that he had decamped with
a female. _ It is anderstood that he was traced as far as
Liverpool, and that he had embarked for America, but
whether any steps have been taken for the American
Government to deliver him up is not known. The
amount obtained by the Post-office orders, and which,
upon inquiry, have all proved to be forgeries, is some
3,000/ or 4,000/.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 16.
The name of Captain Joseph Needham Tayler, C. 8., has
been added, under special circumstances represented by him,
to the list of Captains of the Royal Navy who have accepted
the rank of Retired Rear Admiral of her Majesty's Fleet.
And with reference to the announcement in the London
Gazette of the 2d October last, respecting the admission of
Officers now residing abroad to the retired list, the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to fix
the 15th of December next, as the day on which the list will
be finally closed. •

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 16.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
To be Colonels.
Brevet Colonel James Stokes Bastard, vice Forbes.
Brevet Colonel Thomas Gore Brown, vice Munro.
Brevet Colonel Duncan Grant, vice Cockburn.
Brevet Colonel Henry Alexander Scott, vice Birch.
Brevet Colonel Thomas Dyneley, vice Armstrong.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Russel, vice Paterson.
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Rudyerd, vice Oliver.
Brevet Colonel William Cator, vice Lacy.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cornwallis Dansey, vice W. G
Power.

To be Lieutenant-Colonels.
Brevet Major Charles Otway, vice Macdonald, removed as a

General Officer.
Brevet Major William Cockrane..Anderson, vice Bastard.
Brevet Major Reynolds Palmer, vice Browne.
Brevet Major John Romaine Hornsby, vice Grant.
Brevet Major Richard Say Armstrong, vice Scutt.
Brevet Major Mark Evans, vice Dyneley.
Brevet Maier George Tempest Rowland, vice Russel.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Nisbet Colquhoun, vice
Rudyerd.
Brevet Maor Anthony Robinson Harrison, vice Caton.
Brevet Major Henry Richard Wright, vice Dansey.
To be Captains.
Second Captain Alfred Tylee, vice Otway. •
Second Captain Charles James Dalton, vice Anderson.
Second Captain William Henry Forbes, vice Palmer.
Second Captain David Edward Wood, vice Hornsby.
Second Captain Hugh Manly Tuite, vice Armstrong.
Second Captain William Emerton Heitland, vice Evans.
Second Captain George Innes, vice Rowland.
Second Captain Frederick Eardley Wilmot, vice Colquhoun.
Second Captain James William Fitzmayer, vice Harrison.
Second Captain George Robert Harry Kennedy, vice Wright.
To be second Captains.
First Lieutenant Frederick Alexander Campbell, vice Tylee.
First Lieutenant Henry Philip Goodenough, vice Dalton.
First Lieutenant George Bucknall Shakespear, vice Forbes.
First Lieutenant Richard Henry Crofton, vice Wood.
First Lieutenant Matthew Smith Dodswortli, vice Tuite.
First Lieutenant Murray Octavius Nixon, vice Heitland.
First Lieutenant Henry Lynedoch Gardiner, vice Innes.
First Lieutenant Benjamin Bathurst, vice F.Eardley Wilmot.
First Lieutenant Henry Bouchier Osborne Savile, vice
Fitzmayer.
First Lieutenant Robert Parker Radcliffe, vice Kennedy.
To be First-Lieutenants.
Second Lieutenant Joseph Godby, vice Campbell.
Second Lieutenant Dominick Sarsfield Greene, vice Good-
enough.
Second Lieutenant Philip Francis Miller, vice G. B. Shake-
spear.
Second Lieutenant William Wigram Barry, vice Croft.
Second Lieutenant James Thomas Orme, vice Dodsworth.
Second Lieutenant George Hatton Colomb, vice Nixon.
Second Lieutenant William Drummond Hay, vice Gardiner,
Second Lieutenant Thomas Henry Harding, vice Bathurst.
Second Lieutenant Philip Paves Margesor, vice H. B. 0,
Savile.
Second Lieutenant Mervyn Steward, vice Ratcliffe.
Dated 9th November, 1846.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 16.
Corps of Royal Enghieers.—To be Colonels.
Brevet Colonel Sir Sohn Mark Frederic Smith, vice Cardew
removed as a General Officer.
Brevet Colonel Rice Jones, vice Fyers, removed as a General
Officer. •
Brevet Colonel Thomas Moody, vice Fanshawe, removed as
a General Officer.
Brevet Colonel John Oldfield, vice Cunningham, removed as
a General Officer.
i Brevet Colonel Matthew Charles Dixon, vice Colby, re-
moved as a General Officer.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels.
Brevet Major Charles Jasper Selwyn, vice Smith.
Brevet Major William Matthew Gusset, vice Jones.
Brevet Major Daniel Bolton, vice Moody.
Brevet Major Frederick William Whinyates, vice Oldfield.
Brevet Major Alexander Watt Robe, vice Dixon.
To be Captains.
Second Captain John Williams, vice Selwyn.
Second Captain Edward William Durnford, vice
Second Captain Edward Thomas Lloyd, vice BoltonGosset..
Second Captain Henry James.
Second Captain William Robinson, vice Whinyates, pro-
moted.
Second Captain Thomas Rawlings. Mould.
Second Captain George Wynne vice Robe, promoted.
To be Second Captains.
First Lieutenant Harry St. George Ord, vice Williams.
First Lieutenant David William Tylee, vice Durnford.
First Lieutenant Hampden Clement Blamire Moody, vice
Lloyd.
First Lieutenant John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, vice Robin-
son.
First Lieutenant George Archibald Leach, vice Wynne.
To be First Lieutenants.
Second Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hutchinson, vice Ord.
Second Lieutenant Edward Metcalfe Grain, vice Tylee.
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Buckinghamshire.
William Jenney, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John
Kay, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry Thomas Worley,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; and William Capel Clayton,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 31.
Commission by the Lard Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Owen Owen, Esqi., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 5.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Southern Regiments of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Richard Milward, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Samuel
Surplice, resigned, Nov. 2.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia.
Thomas Walker, Gent., to be Ensign Oct. 22.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 'l9th of May last.
Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia.
For " Henry" Shiffner, Gent., to be Lieutenant, read, " Ed-
ward Thomas" Shiner, Gent., to be Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 12.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward Francis Slack,
of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the high Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 16.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry Stiles, of North-
leach, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.

PREVENTION OF MARKS FROM SMALL Pox.—lt
appears that the most effectual means is the exclusion of
light. Experiments made at New Orleans seem to afford
very satisfactory evidence on this point. During the
eruptive and ripening stages of the disease, a certain
number of patients were confined in a dark ward of the
hospital, and not a pit or scar, or other deformity of the
skin was left, though some of them had the disease most
violently in its worst or confluent form. These experi-
ments were first performed by Dr. Picton (a relative of
Sir T. Picton, of Waterloo celebrity), a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania. Notices of their confirma-
tion have lately appeared in several of the European
medical journals.
THE LATE INUNDATION IN FRANCE..—NO fewer
than 1,500 casks of wino have been picked up along the
banks of the Sao ae, and which were carried away by
the late inundation.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Thomas Smith, hackney man, Burrowes-mews, John-street,
Blackfriars 'road.

BANKRUPTS.
Thomas Lambert Powell, cabinet-maker, Romsey.
William Hodges, cloth worket, Kingsgate-street, Holborn,
Richard Kent Payne, grocer, Brighton.
John Dodgson and George Bradbury, ironmongers, Bishops
gate street, Without.
William Reeves, live stock dealer, Horseferry -road, Lime-
house.

George Mann, chemist, Huntingdon.
John Eckstein, Ilighitrcet, Notting-hill, ironmonger.

We understand that arrangements are concluded
for the amalgamation of the Ipswich, Bury, and Norwich
Railway, with the Eastern Union, from Colchester to
Ipswich, by which the former company's shares are
converted into half-shares of the Eastern Union; this is
a desicable arrangement for the shareholders, as well as
the district from Colchester to Norwich, as the line will
be under one management, the Eastern Union Company;
it is expected that the whole line down to Bury will be
°penal on the Ist of December.
CHARGE OF BIGAMY AGAINST A RESPECTABLE
FEMALE.—On Friday a very respectably-dressed female,
named Lydia Tyson, the wife of Mr. John Tyson, the
proprietor of an extensive shoe shop in Tithebarn-street,
Liverpool, was brought before Mr. Rushton on a charge
of bigamy. The prisoner wore her black veil so much
over her face, that it was with difficulty a glimpse of her
features could be gained. She seemed to be about 40
years of age, and remarkably well-looking. Mr. James
Tyson deposed that be was a bookbinder, and that the
prisoner was his sister-in-law. lie was present when
she was married to his brother, John, on the 30th of
October, 1827, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hill, by the
Rev. Mr. Swainson. Witness signed the register of the
marriage, so also did his sister, Mary, who was present
at the ceremony. The prisoner continued to live with
his brother until within the last four or five years, when
they separated. His brother had a house in Bootle, and
he still had a shop in Liverpool. In cross-examination, •
the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family
to keep. J. Simpson, clerk at St. Martin's Church,
stated that he had not known the prisoner prior to the
morning of the 10th instant, when she called at the
church and was married to a person of the name of
Thomas Holmes, by the Rev. Mr. Harper, the curate.
She stated herself to be a widow, and gave her maiden
name, Lydia Martin. Witness produced
a opryovetd the
second marriage certificate.—Constable Lloydp
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apprehension of the prisoner, at her residence,
heels, when t
mend-row. Holmes,
was committed for
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T.ne
prisoner,took whoto his
de-
clined to say a word in her defence,
trial.—Liverpool Chronicle.
FOREIGN CATTLE.—The steam-ship Sirius, which
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was mentioned as having made a first voyage from the
Nieu Diepe, to the British metropolis, with
Dutch port,
a cargo of cattle, has made' a second from the same place,
which is especially remarkable on account of having on
board 118 cows, being a full complement of horned
beasts, and 858 sheep, the largest number of that de-
scription of cattle which has at any one time been
brought in one vessel from the continent of Europe to
this country. This fact is doubly interesting on that
account, conjointly with the consideration of the port o
supply having but just commenced a traffic, by means o
this steam-ship. A second arrival has likewise taken
place from Brouwershawen, by the City of London,
arrived at Blackwell, with 97 oxen and cows, and 121
sheep on board( which is, on a similar account, of in-
terest and worthy of remark. The General Steam
cargo
roge h
butter,station,
vegetables, has br ou brought,
grain,in addition
seed, to
horse-
radish, e-a-
pany's fine steam-ship Trident, which has been placed
quantity of live cattle, and
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freshpork,
meat,c the
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been brought
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shipsrealsdoi s of fl
to the port of London from the
mentioned, having 30 baskets and
beef, and 12 baskets of other de •
fresh state, and 84 oxen. The importationscrip
Hamburgh has generally comprise Hanseatic port
one barrel of fresh
descriptions of meat, ins
250 f oxen from
from to 50 head
of cattle at the most; the present'
is, therefore, a large
proportionate increase upon the average number sup-
plied, the mention of which, in an especial manner, can-
not fail to be of interest, as it is undoubtedly of im-
portance to the general public, as well as to those mere
1 immediately concerned in such matters.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Nov. 17.
THOMAS V. BLACKMAN.-JUDGMENT.

The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in
this case, which came before the Court upon an appeal
from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce.
His Lordship was clearly of opinion that the proposed
purchaser's case had failed on all grounds, and that the
appeal must, therefore, be dismissed, with costs.
BELL AND OTHERS V. THE EARL OF MEXBORDITGE AND

OTHERS.
The arguments in this part-heard appeal from the deci-
sion of the Vice-Chancellor of England, were resumed and
concluded to-day.
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he should carefully con-
sider the- decisions on this subject in the courts of law,
before he gave judgment. Tile case was a most im-
portant one, inasmuch as he believed this was the first
time this ourt had been called upon to act upon the
decisions come to in the courts of law relative to the
liability of provisional committee-men to make good
the losses of shareholders in bubble railway companies.
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL 79. THE CORPORATION OF