The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-20 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Captain Charles Hope Rcid (1822), on the retired
list of 1846, died a few days since. He had served
afloat 22 years, and his career is thus sketched by
O'Byrne, in his "Naval Biography":-" Charles Hope
Reid, a protégé of the Hopetoun family, was son of the
late Charles Reid, Esq., of Watermeetings, county of
Lanark, steward or agent, wo believe, to Lord Melville,
by Wilhelmina Grunshield, nice?, of General Fingland
Douglas, of Dumfriesshire, This officer (originally in
the Hon. Fast India Company's service) entered the
navy in March, 1797, as A. 8., on board the Colossus,
74. In the following summer ho was constantly engaged
in rowing guard under the walls of Cadiz; and on one
occasion the boat in which he served was so well de-
fended that Lord St. Vincent promoted the commanding
officer, the late Lord William Stuart. The Colossus
being wrecked on a ledge of rocks in St. Mary's Road,
Scilly, Dec. 10, 1798, he joined, in the course of the
ensuing month, the Magnificent, 74. From October,
1801, until November, 1804, 11r. Reid acted, off Oporto
and in the North Sea and West Indies, as master of the
Netley, schooner; in which vessel he co-operated in the
reduction of Ste. Lucie, Juno 22, 1803, and assisted in
'the following September, at the capture of Demerara,
Essequibo, and Berbice. In 1805, having passed his
examination, he was again placed midshipman on
board the Nimble, cutter. On his return in her,
as sub-lieutenant, to the West Indies, after
having served in the Channel and off the port
of Cadiz, he received an acting order from Rear-
Admiral !Hon. Alexander Cochrane to assume command
of the Trinidad schooner of 14 guns. While on his pas-
sage to join that vessel in the Hart sloop-of-war, the
latter, in a gust of wind, fell over on her beam ends, and
was only saved from foundering by his great activity
and presence of mind. Attaining the rank of lieutenant,
Jan. 22, 1808, he was subsequently appointed to the
Brunswick, 74, part of the force employed in the exee-
dition against Copenhagen, where he assi2ed-at thiile-
barkation of the troops under Lord Cathcart, officiated
as senior-lieutenant during the equipment of the Danish
fleet, and ultimately, owing to the illness of his captain,
assumed the sole charge of the ship, which be conducted
home. In the Victory, 100, he aided in bringing home
the remains of Sir John Moore's army after the battle
of Corunna at the commencement of .1809, and thence-
forward, until promoted to the rank ofeemmander, June
2, 1812, served as flag-lieutenant to his patron, who had
been appointed captain of the Baltic fleet. He com-
manded the Fervent, 12, and Calypso, 18. In January,
1816, as acting-captain for four months to the Trident,
64, guard-ship at Malta, where, as senior officer, ho eon-
ducted the duties of the port and of the naval arsenal,
and Dec. 12, 1817, was appointed to the Driver sloop, in
which vessel, until paid off in October, 1821, he had
charge on the coast of Scotland of all the small cruisers
under the orders of Sir William Johnstone Hope and
his successor Rear-Admiral Robert Waller Otway."
Captain John Mead (1847), on the retired list of 1840,
died a few days since. He was born March 2, 1782,
and was son of the Rev. R. Meade, by the Hon. Mary
Do Courcy, daughter of John, 25th,Lord Kinsale, and
sister of Admiral Hon. Michael De Courcy. He entered
the navy September, 1794, as midshipman of the Mag-
nanime, 48, and served afloat for 16 years during the
war. In the Magnanime, besides contributing to the
capture of several privateers, he assisted at the taking,
off Cape Finisterre, August, 1798, of La Decade, French
frigate, 36, and at the defeat of Bonaparte's squadron
intended for the invasion of Ireland. He was in the
Canada when she saved the Mars, 74, from being
wrecked on the rocks to the eastward of Ualiant. On
the 20. h November, 1802, Mr. Meade was nominated
acting lieutenant of the Cambrian, 40, to which be was
confirmed April 19, 1803; the Leopard, 50, also on the
Halifax station. On June 22, 1807, he assisted in en-
forcing the surrender of the United States frigate Che-
sapeake, in consequence of a refusal on the part of the
latter to allow the British to search her for deserters.
He subsequently, from May, 1808, until advanced to
the rank of captain. Nov. 4, 1812, officiated as flag-lieu-
tenant to his uncle in the Tonnant,, SO; Diana, 38; and
Fourdroysnt. He assisted, in the, Tonnant, at the em-
barkation of the army after the battle of Corunna in
January, 1809, and was employed is the other ships on
the Brazilian station. Commander Meade married,
Sept. 19, 1814, Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson Quin, and by
that lady had issue ten children.
Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H.,
in his flag-ship the Cumberland, 70, Captain Seymour,
was still at St. Helen's, yesterday, the wind continuing
to blow from the westward, with foul weather. Tho
Sprightly steam-tender is sent down to her daily with
letters, &c.

Mr. Charles Greig, second•maater of 1842, the senior
(214,Yible o❑ the list, and now acting master of the Sea-
lark, 8, on the coast of Africa, has been confirmed to the
rank of master.

Mr. Bellamy, whose death we announced yesterday,
was formerly assistant-master attendant of Portsmouth
Dockyard, and lately mast>r•attendant of the Wool-
wich (not Chntham), from which establishment he was
obliged to retire, in consequence of being seized with
paralysis.
An accident occurred t) Mr. A. Balliston, master-
commander of the Eifin steam tender, who fell from her
paddlebox, while et Cowes, into the water; but it only
resulted in a ducking, for he resumed bis duties imme-
diately afterwards.

LAUNCH OF THE SCREW LINE•OF•BATTLE
SHIP SANSPAREIL

Tuesday having been the appointed day y for the launch
of the Sanspareil, at the royal dockyard, Devonport,
large number of persons of the county of Devon had
determined to be present on the occasion. A great many
arrived by the railway from Exeter and other places,
and the applications for accommodation were more than
usually numerous; but, unfortunately, the morning was
Wind most inauspicious, for a strong ; r
irom the south-
west, accompanied by heavy rain, continued all the fore-
noon. About one P.M. the rain ceased, and the wind
shifted to the west, still however blowing strong. At
three P.M. the dockyard gates were thrown open, at
which time the street was densely crowded up so far
as the Hotel, when a rush was made for the ship,
the road to her slip being marked out by a strong
body of police and labourers. About 3.30 the car-
riages of the Port Admiral, Sir W.g. Gage, G.C.H.,
and the Commander-in-Chief of the district, General
the Hon. H. Murray, entered the yard, and soon
after the Commodore Superintendent Lord John Hay,
C. 8., and those assembled at his house, proceeded to the
ship, where the dockyard band were placed, playing
several national airs, &e. The ceremony of naming the
Miss Sophia Gage, niece of
ship was then performed by
the gallant Admiral, and at 3.45, a lull having come on,
those in authority thought the sooner she went off the
better, and at eight minutes before four the string which
suspended the ballast was parted by Miss Gage, and as
it fell on the dog-shores they were knocked away, and
the Sanspareil went off in gallant style, amid the cheers
of the multitude.
It should be remarked that some hundreds had per-
mission to be launched in the ship; but in consequence
of the strong wind, and fearing accidents might occur,
all communication with her was cut off, and very few
wore left on board who wore not useful in assistiug to
moor the vessel.
Many thousands who were in the dockyard saw very
little of the launch, and after the ship was in the water,
hundreds still flocked to the scene.
The Sanspareil, as we have several times stated, was
originally laid down on the lines of the old ship of that
name, captured on the Ist of Juno, 1794. We believe
the man is now living in the neighbourhood of Plymouth
who fired the first gun at her. In the British navy she
was a favourite ship, as she was then as superior to our
two-deckers as the 84s are to our 725, and bore the fiag
of Lord Hugh Seymour. The old ship was the sheer
hulk in Haniosze for many years, and it was on being
condemned to be broken up that it was determined to
take off her lines, and to perpetuate her form and dimen-
sions, as well as her name. She has, however, been
materially altered since she was first laid down, and
since it was determined to fit her With screw propeller
and machinery of 350-horse power. Her dimensions are
now as follow: Ft. in.

Length ... ••• "• ... 200 6
Ditto keel for tonnage •
165 6
Breadth, extreme ••• ••• „. 52 2
Ditto for tonnage ••• •
51 6
Ditto, moulded ... ..• ••• 50 8
Depth in holds... ••• •••
... 22 8
Tonnage •••• ••• 2,335
He armament is to be 81 guns, instead of 67, as for-
merly arranged; the odd gun being a 10-in. 85 cwt.
pivot-gun, to be fitted on her forecastle.
The Sanspareil is the most powerful screw two•deckdr
afloat in the world.
His Netherlands Majesty's schooner Atalante, com-
manded by the Hon. Lieutenant Clerek, from Flushing,
bound to Curaloa, put into St. Helen's Roads on Sunday
last, and rent up to Spithead. She will proceed on the
first fair wind.
Alecto, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Lavie, was paid
advance at Devonport yesterday, and will proceed to-day
for the coast of Africa with a mail.
Birkenhead, steam transport, Master Commander
Salmon, is now entering her own complement, and re-
quires about 50 blue jackets to make up her crew of 130.
She is ordered to take troops and stores to Canada.
Bonetta, 3, brigantine, Lieutenant Commander Wake,
was raid advance at Devonport on Tuesday morning.
She drew her charts for the South American station,
and is now ready for sea.
Prince Regent, 90, Captain Harris, has received her
new biwsprit and lower warts. She will not he out of
the hands of the dockyard for three weeks.
EDNESDAY.—Courti-martial are or-
dered to be held on Friday, on board the Victory flag-
ship in this harbour, on the First Lieutenant (J. Moore)
and the remaining officers and ship's company of the
late steam-sloop Flamer, for the loss of that ship; also
on Mr. Baker, mate of the late Flamer, for inebriety;
On Commander St. Leger end the officers of the watch of
the Flamer, also for her loss; and on a marine, named
Elam, for having shot and killed', a Krooman.
A Portuguese man•of-war steam•sloop, arrived in
Cowes Roads last evening, and saluted the Royal sten-
dant at Osborne this morning. She is supposed to be
laden with goods for the Great Exhibition of the Indus-
try of all Nations.
The Sprightly steam tender, Mr. G. Allen Master
Commanding, proceeded this morning out with Admi-
ralty and other dispatches Bud lettere to Vice-Admi-

ral SiriGeorge Seymour, K.C.8., in the Cumberland,
70, at St. Helen's, where she still remains wind-bound.
The Pyrenees convict-sloop, weighed from Spithead
to-day and dropped down to St. Helen's.
The Vixen steam-sloop, having been overhauled and
repaired for recommission, has been removed from dock
to-day.
Penelope, 22, steam-frigate, Captain Lyster, fitting for
the pendant of Commodore Bruce, was taken into the
steam-basin to-day and docked to have her bottom over-
hauled, some accident having happened to a steam-pipe
under water.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 18.—The schooner Maria, of
London, Captain Forbes, arrived in Catwater on Monday
evening, from Bermuda, having on board Government
stores and sundry articles intended for the Great Exhi-
bition in Hyde Park. She also brings home between
40 and 30 discharged convicts.

WooLwicn, hlsacti 19.—Lieut. Samuel A. Derriman
(1842) is appointed to be borne on the books of the Fis-
gard flag-ship, at Woolwich, to superintend the fitting
of the Caradoc steam-vessel, of 350-horse power, in-
tended to serve as a mail packet on the Mediterranean
station. It is expected Lieutenant Derriman will be ap-
pointed to command the Caradoc whe❑ she is ready for
the pendant.
Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master-Commander Petley,
arrived at Woolwich at 2 o'clock P.m. from Yarmouth.
The Vulcan steam troop-ship, Master-Commander
Penn, now on her way with troops for the Cape of Good
Hope, when she left Sheerness, on the 7th inst , for
Spithead, steamed round at from eight to nine knots per
hour, the engines having averaged that speed with 58
revolutions per minute, steam at 71b. pressure to the
square inch, barometer 27k inches, and burning only 22
cwt. of fuel per hour. The engines are 350-horse power,
and the consumption of coals only 71b. for each nominal
horse power, or 2ilb. per indicated horse power, the
engines exerting nearly three times greater power than
they, were contracted for. The result is highly satisfac-
tory, as the vessel is fully 2,000 tons burden, and her
draught of water 19 feet 6 inches. The Vulcan, after
leaving Plymouth for Queenstown to embark the 47th
Regiment of Foot, had a very boisterous passage, and
carried away her foretop and maintopgallant masts. The
engineQ, under these disadvantageous circumstances, are
reported as everything that could be wished, and every
part worked satisfactorily. The Vulcan will be the
first large iron vessel of such magnitude used by the
Government for so distant a voyage as the Cape of Good
Hope, and the utility of her and her sister iron steam-
frigate of 350-horse power now fitting for sea at
Sheerness, will be an excellent test of the comparative
merits of iron ♦easels and vessels built of wood when
used as troop-ships.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the malls are sent front the General Post-office
by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.]

When made up in From what
PLACES. General Port-office port din- When
due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N March 28 Liverpool.. March 26
America (by U.S. pkt.) N March 21 .. Liverpool .. April 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 2G Southampt. April 5
Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth April 3
Alexandria* ........ N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. March 28
Belgium .. N Daily ......Dover .. Daily
Brazil .. M 9th of the month Southampt. April 12
Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the mouth Soathampt. April 12
California(viaChagres)M 17th of month Southampt. March 20
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth • • April 3
Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. March 20
Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. March 20
Channel Isles . • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tn. Th. S a
Chili M 17th of the month Southampt. March 20
France M& N Twice daily .. Dover .. Twicedaily
Greece* • • .. • • N 7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover March 20
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
M Wednes. & Satur. London .. Mon.Tht-r
Honduras .. . N,l7th of the month Southampt. March 20
Ireland .. •• M & *Twice daily .. „Holyhead .. Twicedaily
India (via Southamp.) 20th of the moniii,Southarapt. March 2i•
India (via M arseilles) Nl7thec 24th ofmonth 'Dover • • March 20
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. 31,20 th of the month Southampt. March 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month Dover • • March 20
Mexico .. 2d of the month..lSouthampt.April
Madeira • • •• 9th of the month Southampt. 'April 12
31alta. N f 7tb,17th,19th,27th
Dover March 20
& 30th of month
Naples* .. • . • • N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • March 22
Papal States* 1415th 15t1125th of moDover .. March 92
Peninsular.. Mi7th 17th 27th of mo'Southampt. April 26
Peru .. 11,17 th of the month I Southampt. March 28
Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • . March 22
West Indies Mil7th of the month ISoutharapt. ,March 22
West Indies (except I
Havanna & Nassau) lit.2d of the month .. Southampt. ;April 5
The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by
French packet via Marseilles.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EASTERN COUNTIES.

The sharPholders of this company assembled yester-
day at the London Tavern, to receive the report of the
scrutineers on the poll demanded at- the meeting of the
company on the preceding day with reference to the
election of three directors. Four o'clock was the hour
appointed, but the result was not announced until a
quarter to six o'clock, at which time Mr. Glynn took
the chair.

The CHAIRMAN said that as they had met merely for
the purpose of announcing the result of the scrutiny, and
as the whole of the business of the ordinary meeting had
been concluded the day before, they would confine them-
selves to the matter he had mentioned, and not go into
anything else.
Mr. GEACH and other shareholders having objected to
that course,

The CHAIRMAN said he had made up his mind on the
subject not to go into anything else, and as soon as the
business was done for which they had assembled, he
would leave the chair. On being pressed for an expla-
nation, he stated that he would send in his resignation
to the board that night.—(Cheers.)
Mr. RONEY then read the result of the scrutiny, from
which it appeared that 273 proprietors voted for the
election of Mr. Margrave, representing 561,2401. stock
in the company and 8,468 votes; for Mr. Boyd, 155
proprietors, representing 189,6801. stock and 3,169 votes;
majority in favour of Mr. Margrave 5,269 votes.—
(Cheers.) In favour of Mr. Smythe, 235 persons, re-
presenting 503,2001. stock and 7,368 votes ; for Mr.
Gesell, 161 persons, representing 265,7001. stock and
4 039 votes; majority in favour of Mr. Smythe, 3,329
votes.—(Cheers.) In favour of Mr. Waddington, 268
persons, representing 538,070/. stock and 8,196 votes ;
for Mr. Whalley, 157 persons, representing 237,680/.
stock and 3,833 votes; majority in favour of Mr. Wad-
dington, 4 363 votes.
This result was received with loud cheers.
The CIIAIRMAN then declared the meeting dissolved,
and left the room,
Mr. GEACH said, he hoped they could have confidence
in their directors, for without the confidence and support
of the proprietors it would be impossible for the direc-
tors to do what was essential to promote the interests
of the company. He said he was glad that he had
not been elected a director. He came forward on this
occasion at the request of a largo body of the pro-
prietors residing at Manchester, and he trusted that
what ho had done would have the effect of promoting
their interests.—(Cheers,)
Mr. WADDINGTON, M.P., said ho was extremely gra-
tified by the confidence reposed in him by the pro-
prietors, and he could assure them that if he found the
directors did not work in concert he would be the first
man to declare it, and to give back the confidence re-
posed in him. The Great Northern Company had
thrown off the mask, and unless they were prepared to
defend themselves they must suffer materially; but if the
directors worked day by day as faithful trustees, he had
no doubt the position of the company would be very
much improved. He would endeavour to do his utmost
for them—(Loud cheers)—and he believed the first thing
would be to examine the locomotive department; and if
he found he could not bring it into a state of economy
ho would consent to let the working of the line by con-
tract, provided that it could be worked cheaper by that
means, but not otherwise. He would say that if a re-
sponsible contractor could work the line for less than
they could, by all means let him work the line. He
would make it his business to go into the whole of the
traffic arrangements and the working of the line, and he
would endeavour to show his gratitude for the confidence
they had placed in him by their votes that day. lie
was glad they had given him an opportunity of promoting
their interests, and he could assure them that it his exer-
tions should fail that his health would fail first.

Mr. MARGRAVE apologised for the statement he felt it
his duty to make at the meeting the day before, and
judging from his position on the poll he thought he
might conclude that they sapproved of his conduct on
that occasion. He was glad that his conduct had been
justified by their vote that day in electing him one of
their trustees. He felt satisfied that their affairs only
required to be conducted with vigour and honesty in
order to place them in a position to set all other lines at
defiance.—(Cheers.)
Mr. SMYTUE was then called upon to express his
opinion with regard to the undertaking, and in doing so
stated that while he had the confidence of the proprie-
tors he would work for them to the best of his ability.
He said he held a large stake in the company, and having
no shares in any other line they might depend that he
would do everything in his power to promote the pros-
perity of the Eastern Counties Railway.—(Cheers.)
The proprietors then separated.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MARCH 19.

STOCK ExcnArfont.-=Prices were rather on the fall to-day.
The transaction were as follow:—Great Western Stock, 9014
—Ditto, New 171. Shares, 214 dis.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 27% ex div.—Vale of Neath, 4 dis.—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 621,¢ ex div.— York and North Midland, 27%.
LIVERPOOL, Macs 19.
STOCK Excitioroz.—The market has been rather heavy
to-day, and prices generally are lower. There was a largo
amount of stock offering, but buN ers did not seem inclined to
give the prices asked. The transactions were as follow :
Ambergate and East Junction, 3 dis.—Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire (late C. and B.), 221. Shares, 43/,i di3.—
Caledonian, 15—Ditto, Preference, 6%—East Lancashire,
1718 Great Northern, 1814—Lancashire and Yorkshire,
61 I:4, c.—Ditto, Fifths,
dis.—Ditto, Preference, 6 per
cent. I n 1
--,;A—Leedg and Tbirsk, 19—London and North-
Western, 131—Ditto, New Quarters, p.—Ditto, Fifths,
is I Quarters (C), 3 p•--Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire, 3614 Ditto, Preference, 121/4—Matlock
and Midland 3 5-16 Pdidland, 6414—Ditto, Halves, 123,', dis.
—North British, 10%--North Staffordshire, 61, dis.—North-
Western, 1015 dia.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 6%
—South-Eastern and Doter, 27X..7hite9haye and 4r•

news, 87ii—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, unpaid
up, 11A dis. —York and North Midland, 273/—Waterford
and Limerick, 18—Dutch Rhenish, 4153 dis.—Northern of
France, 14 die.
MANCHESTER, MARCH 19.

STOCK EXCHANGE:—There lhas been a fair amount of
business to-day, but the market closes weak at the quotations.
The transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, 14 4—Ditto,
Preference, 6%—East Anglian, 43/4—Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, 38—Leeds Stock, 61—Ditto, 201. F, 11,4 dis.—Sheffield
Stock, 353/4—Ditto, Preference, 12 'A—Ditto, New 61. Prefer-
ence, 5A p. —North-Western, 101 A dia.—South-Eastern and
Dover, 2714—Eastern Counties, 7 % —Fleetwood, 7 dis.—
London and North-Western, 1311,4—East Lancashire, 17 1.16
—North Staffordshire, 6143 dis.—Whitehaven and Furness,
9—Leeds, 6 9-16 dis. Aberdeen, 181,4 —West Riding Union,
554 dis.—Ambergate, 3 4! dis.—York and North Midland, 27%
—Great Northern, 18%.
BIRMINGHAM, Bl.l.Ecn 19.
_ _

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better to-day,
and Shrewsbury and B:rmingham were in request. The
transactions reported were—Birmingham, Wolverhampton,
and Dudley (calls not duly paid), 7% p.—Shrewsbury and.
Birmingham (A), 4 dis. —Ditto (B), 3 1-3 dis.—Ditto, Pre-
ference, 11—South Staffordshire, 3 1-3 dis.
YORK, ftlAncit 18.
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The transactions to-day were as
follow :—Great Northern, 18%—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Newcastle Extension), 17—York and North Mid-
land, 273/4.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Rettlill of
Traffic for the week ending March 16:—
Passengers, parcels, &c. £21,237 8 2
Merchandise ... ... 16,971 7 11
Cattle ... 791 16 0

Total ... £39,050 12 1
Corresponding week last year 40,144 15 9
Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the
traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North
Union, Preston and Wyre, South 3-unction. Manchester and
Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor-
tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North
Staffordshire Company.
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAT.—Return of traffic for the
week ending March 16 ... .£13,538 18 1
Corresponding week last year... 13,914 0 6

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Grow traffic receipts for
the week ending March 15:--
Passengers ... ... ... £6,676 18 1
Carrying account .. ... 2,040 16 2

Total ... £8,717 14 3
Corresponding week last year ... 8,267 18 3

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. —(Miles 0pen,112.)--
Return of traffic for the week ending March 9:—
Railway and canal ... £4,739 0 0
Corresponding week last year 4,370 0 0
Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available
under the agreement with the London and North-Western
Railway Company.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (NO mile•
open.)—Traffic for week ending Mar.16....£13,923 4 11
Corresponding week in last year, (219
miles open) .. ... ... ...£11,813 411
LONDON AND BLACEWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of revenue
for the week ending March 16:—
Passengers ... ... ... zas 8 0
Goods ... .. ... ... 23 5 0

Total ... ... ...Z738 13 0
Corresponding week last year ... 598 14 4
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD HAILWAY.-..TraffiC for the
week ending March 16 :

MAIN LINK.

Passengers ... ... ... £843 1 5
Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 59 9 11
Goods, cattle, Sc. ... ... 452 5 6
Mails ... ... ... ... 575 0 0

Total .. £1,929 16 10
MOLD.

Passengers ... 11 11
Parcels, H. C. and D. .. 2 4 8
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 88 18 11

Total ... ... ... £122 15 6
STEAM-BOATS.

Passengers ... ... ... £ll6 0 8
Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 14 12 6

Total ... £l3O 13 2
SnnOrSHIRE UNION RAILWAT.—(Open 29 miles.)—Tralilic
for the week ending March 16 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. £303 5 7;
Goods and live stock .. 204 8 3

Total .. £5lO 13 10}
Corresponding week last year ... 427 011
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-(160 miles opened.)—Return of
traffic for the week ending March 9 :
Passengers, Ste. £1,966 11 111
Goods, ezc. ... 4,071 1 10

Total• £6,037 13 91
Corresponding week last year ... 6.009 14 7
• Including Wishaw and Coltneas, now in charge of a
factor.

FRENCH RAIL WAY TRAFFIC.
The following are the last returns of the gross re-
ceipts of the principal French Railways :
NonTnEux.—From Mar. 5 to Mar. 11: Passengers,
132,648 f.; goods, 202,652 f.; total, 385,300 f.
ROUEN.—From Mar. 3 to Mar. 9 : Passengers,
59,8001'.; goods, 79,842 E; total, 139,6421.
HAVRE.—From Mar. 3 to Mar. 9 : Passengers,
21,209 E; goods. 36,240 f. ; total 57,449 f.
ORLEANS.—From Mar. 3 to Mar. 9 : Passengers,
67,3101. ; goods, 118,3061'.; total, 185,616 E
BORDEALTX.—From Mar. 3 to Mar. 9: Passengers,
30,305 f.; goods, 45,151 f.; total, 75,456 f.
ViEnzort —From Mar. 3 to Mar. 9 : Passengers,
32,438 f.; goods, 51,1721'.; total, 83,610 f.
BouLoGNE.—From Mar. 3 to Mar. 9: Passengers,
12,2861'.; goods, 16,4841'.; total, 28,770 f.
DIEPPE.—From Mar. 2 to Mar. 8 : Passengers,
3,058 E; goods, 8,875 f.; total, 11,9331'.
NANTES..—From Feb. 22 to Feb. 28 : Passengers,
16,643 E; goods, 17,852_ f.i• total, 34,495 f.
STRASBURG.—From Mar. 5 to Mar. 11: Passengers,
66,4541.; goods, 53,231 f.; total, 121,685 f.
BALE.—From Feb.' 24 to Mar. 2 : Passengers,
18,705 f.; goods, 22,5141'.; t0ta1,41,219f.
MONTEREACT.—From Feb. 26 to Mar. 4 : Passengers,
9,053 f.; goods, 14,0621'.; total, 23,115 f.
MARSEILLES.—From Feb. 2G to Mar. 4: Passengers,
32.961 f.; goods, 24,026 f.; total, 56,987 f.
LYONS. —From Feb. 23 to Mar. 1 : Passengers,
102,278 f.; goods, 38,7141'.; total, 141,092;

THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 18.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall:street.

N. Gray, March, Isle of Ely, Norfolk, common brewer,
April 8, at twelve—W. Whitwell, Bethnal-green, soap
manufacturer, April 4, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
T. Dyson, Bradford, Yorkshire, liaendraper, Aprillo,
at twelve, at the Court, Manchester.
NOTICE OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. W. Irving, Gloucester-street, Queen-square,
Bloomsbury, merchant, April 10, at half-past
eleven—G. Milton, Elizabeth-terrace, Liverpool-road,
Islington, contractor, April 10, at half-past eleven—
A. Willsher, South Island-place, Clapham•road, Surrey,
livery-stable keeper, April 10, at eleven—J. B. Larke,
Norwich, draper, April 9, at twelve.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

J. Haley and W . Thomason, Manchester, cotton ma-
nufacturers, certificate of the first class—W. Pitcher,
Pershore, Worcestershire, corn dealer, certificate of the
second class—W. S. Cowper, Bishopsgato- street With-
out, City, and New-street, Dorset-square, grocer, certi-
ficate of the third class—T. Skam, Claremont-terrace
and Pen sbury-place, Wandsworth-road,and York-cottage,
York-road, Battersea, builder, certificate of the second
class—J. Roden, Stamford, Lincolnshire, draper, certifi-
cate of the second class—J. Brown, Gravesend, grocer
and cheesemonger, certificate of the second class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Conibeere and C. Allsup, Maidstone, Kent, glass
and china dealers—J. Mellor and H. Donaldson, Liver-
pool, coal merchants—J. Barnes and R. Barnes, Has-
lingden, Lancaster, grocers—G. M. White and G. E.
Stanger, Nottingham, surgeons and apothecaries—J.
Clarkson and G. Parry, Liverpool, painters—J. Carr, J.
Poots, G. Taylor, and T. Briggs, Glossop, Derby, cotton
spinners—C. Fluck and C. Atkins, Wootton.under-
edge, Gloucester, grocers—J. Keighley, C. Sutcliff, and
H. Booth, Leeds, iron and brass founders (so far as re-
gards H. Booth)—T. H. Hill, A. Smithies, and M. Nel-
son, Bradford, Yorkshire, slate merchants (se far as: e-
gards A. Smithies)—J. G. Reeves and R. G. Beers,
Birmingham, merchants—A. Loftus and L. Whitsrp
Nantwicb, Chester, innkeepers—W. ItaYnor
elanl and
Brooks, Pendleton, Lancaster, bakers—
E. M. Pegge, Hastings, Sussex, auctioneers—
and Maus
chain
and J. Heughten, Billings Lancaster. netAnclerten
Saville, Leeds, brick-
manufaoturers—J. Swale and T.
layers—C. Knight and T. W. Poole, Pudding-lane, City,
Hurst, Hamer-hall,
tmiths—J. A. Armstrong and
near Rochdale, and Manchesteß.r, cotton spinners—T.
clale, York, painters—
J.inhso t
Bucktrout and J. Bucktrout,
13itn, and J. Boucb
Wilson, J. Wilson, J. manufac-
,
pen., Whitchaven, CutuberSland, thread
turers (so far asregards J. Bouch, sen.)—
J. R. A. Oetzroann and Cl ark e, Somers-town, St.
Pancras, general dealers—C. Turner and J. Goodyear,
Huddersfield, York, manufacturing chemists—W. R.
Corson and E Is Trobe Bateman, Leeds, architecta—W.
Alexander and IL J. Palmer, Shoreditch, ladies' shoe-
makers—W. Whitmore and J. Footman,Stowmarket,
Suffolk. linendrapers—J. Chapman and T. Heaps, Mac.
clesfield, Ch
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.

John Farndale, Middlesborough, Yorkshire, labourer.
Henry Whitmer, Barnard Castle, Durham.
Isaac Garbutt, jun., Stainsbury, Yorkshire, tax collector.
Benjamin Walker, Begunll, Nottinghamshire, carpenter.
John Bernard Mtailtenlack, Stockton-upou•T‘es,
Dur-
ham, merchant.
William Smith, Westmark, Southampton, farmer.
George Austin, Madeley, Shropshire, saddler.
George Hodgkin, Measham, Derby, baker.
John Atkinson, Blakayhouse, Yorkshire, innkeeper.
Thomas Forster, Crownland, Lincolnshire, schoolmaster.
John Chandler, Norwich, plumber.
John Davies, Cathedine, Breeknoek, labourer.
llituu Addison, Lirerp99l, liofnuti tiotuslOr.

SCOTCH ...QUEL
J. Graham, Portmahomack, Rosshire, fishcurer and
provision merchant, to meet within Mackay's Crown and
Anchor Inn, Tain, March 24 and April 21, at ono.
W. Storie, Johnston, baker, to meet within the Sara-
cen's Head Inn, Paisley, March 28 and April 14, at one.
W. Sharp, Altos, merchant, to meet within the Royal
Oak Hotel, Alloa, March 21 and April 15, at twelve.
J. Mackie, Greenock, draper, to meet within the
White Hart Inn, Greenock, March 21 and April 11,
at one.-
W. Scoon, Edinburgh, cattle dealer, to meet within
the Waterloo Hotel, Edinburgh, March 24 and April 16,
at two.

R. S. Harding, Glasgow, tea dealer, to meet within
the Union Stock Exchange, Glasgow, March 24 and
April 14, at twelve.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS,
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED is
THE WEEK ENDLITGISATURDAY, MARCH 16, HAI.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ....*283
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 55
Tubercular Diseases 233
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 123
Diseases of the Heart and 8100d-vessels
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ••• •!. ... 352
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organ&
of Digestion... ... ..• -••
Diseases of the Kidneys, Sze. ••• •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ...
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c. ••• •••
Malformations...
Premature Birth
Atrophy
••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age ..• ••• •••
..• •••
Violence. Privation, Cold, and Intemperance
Causes not specified ...

... 67
... 14
10

... 39
... 24
... 74
... I 8
... 38

DEATHS FROM ALL CAII9E9 ... ... 14401
.t.•
Population Deaths in oorre. • DeathE
Enumerated, sponding week in the
1841. of 1850. Week.
West Districts... 301,189 .. 139 ... 220
North Districts.. 376,568 .. 179 ... 293
Central Districts 374,199 ... 187 ... 251
East Districts ... 393,067 ... 198 ... 281
South Districts.. 503,346 ... 264 ... 356

Totals... ..... 1,948,369
Males ... ...
Females ... ...

967

... 1,401
... 684
... 717