The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING-, NOVEMBER, 29,

THE CATASTROPHE ON BOARD THE ROYAL
MALL STEAMER PARANA.

SOUTHAMPTON, Fit3D4.Y NiauT:

The inquiry into the circumstances attending the boiler
explosion on boarchthe Royal West India Mail Company's
steam-ship Parana, opened yesterday, was resumed this
afternoon, before Mr. Coxwell, coroner for the borough of
Southampton.
Captain Robertson; R.N., of the engineering department
of the Board 'of Trade, was present to watch the inquiry
cm the part of the Government. Captain List, managing
director of the Royal Mail Company, Captain Vincent,
the: superintendent, and Mr. Mills, chief engineer of the
. company, were also present.
• Mr, Robert Ritchie was then called. It; said -I am
foreman, under Mr. Mills, iu the engineering department
of the Royal West India Mail Steam Packet Company. f
was acquainted. with. the engines and the boilers of the
steamship Parana. I have examined the 'loleis to"?ris'y
and yesterday. The Starboard forward bailer has a rent
in the after part, at the root of the steam chest of the
length of 8 feet. in the forward part we found a rent to
the extent of 14 feet, and of a width from the point
of the steam chest to the shell of the boiler of 9 feet.
There are 16 cross-stays in the boiler, all of which are.
carried away. Fourteen of these stays are one inch
and a-half in diameter, and secured to the shell of the
boiler by angle irons 9 inches long and 31 by 2,t inches
wide. Two of them are 11 inch diameter only, and one of
these is a little defective now, so as to be equal to only,
five-eighths of an inch in fact. These stays were secured
to the boiler by nuts fastened inside and outside, and the
fol-ward stay hal been strong enough to tear a piece out of
the 4s, hell of tho beAes; / caved la anything' to rleted
nQ t11:177(7-t110 was not in an efficient state at
the time of, the accident. The general substance of the
plates of the boiler is three-eighths 'of an inch—that is,
the ,general thickness. I have seen thinner plates used
for boilers of the same description, but we do not use
them at Southampton. I have been inside the boiler,
and have examined 'carefully the edges of the rents; there
is no -part presents any particplar,:appearance. The salt
writer and steam which escaped at the time of the hcci-
. debt, combined with the heat, have so blackened the edges
that nothing can be ascertained from them. In the after
...rent there is a patch,, where a piece of iron' was put on
when the boilers ware repaired two years ago; but I remem-
ber verrwell that that was done not for the purpose of
strengthening the boiler, but to stop a leakage of 'steam,
observed.in the passage of the ship from London. I can
discover nothing to account for the accident. Yesterday,
on first going into the boiler, I found the safety valve open
to the extent of about an eighth of an inch. This would
not be sufficient for the escape of a large quantity of steam.
It,,bowever, showed the state in which the chief engineer
had left the valve.
By Capt. Robertson—With the valve in the state I dis-
covered it I don't believe there could have been 171 b. prase
sure on the boiler. There might have been 121 b. The valve
was loaded.to 161 b.
Examination-in-chief—l was on board the ship when
the explosion occurred. I know that experiments were
ping on just before the accident. They were to ascertain
what the heat might be in the "up-take." That expel imeut
could in no manner affect the amount of steam generated
in the
By Capt. Robertson—The original thickness of the
boilers was 3-Bths of au inch, and there has been no per-
ceptible diminutiOn. The-leak which I have described to
have been repaired by a patch arose from some defect in
the rivetting or the caulking, and not from any defect in
the plate of the boiler, •The patch was about two feet long
.by three or four inches wide, and one rent goes directly
through it. The patch was secured by 14 tants, four or five
inches apart. Ido not think <the insertion of these nuts
would have weakened the boiler. Had it been a strength-
ening patch twice, the number of rivets would have been
inserted. The steam had been up to 171 b. during the ex-
,
!pariments which have been spoken of, but it had fallen to
1.21 b. before the explosion.
By the Foreman—"T ca`n give.,no opinion, setting aside'
the indicator and the valve , aud everything else, whether
this boiler really exploded at a pressure of 121 b.
By,Caytain Robertson—There is only one safety-valve
to each boiler in the Parana. This is the GovernMent
safety-valve, which is always ept under hick and key. The
lock of this valve was opened by Z4lr. Sumner's instruc-
tions after the accidett. We broke the lock, as the captain
had the key in London. The valve was open by the lever,
and ou examining it we could discover nothing to inter-
fere with its free action. ' _

Capt. Robertson—But do you mean to say that that boiler
knowing it as well as you do, would have burst with a pres-
sure of 161 b. or 171 b. ?

Witness—l can account for the accident in no other way.
The Foreman—Do you consider the other three boilers to
be safe and in working condition T . _ .

Witness—Well, after what has happened, from what I have
seen of the other boilers, I think it might be prudent to put
in a few more stays. (Murmurs among the jury.)
By the Foreman—Bearing in mind the valve being open to
the extent of one-eighth of an inch, to what degree would
that retard the rapid increase of pressure you have spoken of?
Witness—Not very materially, I believe. I cannot tell
without making a calculation.

Mr. Alexander Wylie, recalled and examined by the Coro-
ner—My object in keeping the pressure at 121 b. on Wednes-
day afternoon, when the ordinary pressure at sea is 151 b.,
was, that I had no object at the time in having strong steam
—and as the machinery was not in motion I used the safety
valve as a means of taking away the steam which, under ordi-
nary circumstances, would have been consumed by the en-
gines. It is the usual practice when the engines are not under.
way to have the safety valves eased. The safety valve was
not eased on Wednesday from any apprehension of danger.
Capt. Robertson—How do you account for the accident—
all these circumstances taken into consideration ? •

Mr. Wylie—l am of opinion that by a different method of
staying in the original construction of the boiler this accident
might have been prevented. lam able to form this opinion
now after the explosion. I never entertained that opinion
previously to the accident.
Capt. Robertson—l can't understand this. You have been
working at sea at 151 b., and more lately at 171 b., and now
the boiler explodes at a pressure of 121 b. ?

Mr. Wylie can only account for it by this, that a piece
of iron will stand a certain number of years, and at last give

way.

Mr. Sumners was sworn and examined. He said—l am in-
spector of steam machinery at the port of Southampton under
the Board of Trade. I am acquainted with the machinery of
the Parana, On Sunday morning last I received a letter from
Mr. Mills, requesting me to survey the machinery of the Pa-
rana. I understood the steam was to be got• up on Wednes-
day. I went on board the ship at a quarter to 4 o'clock on
steam gauges. My attention was
first of all called to this one
that day, and found the steam was up. I looked first at two
which I hold in my hand. (The witness produced a steam
gauge.) This was fixed near the foot of the engine room stair-
case, and I observed that it stood at 121 b. to the square inch.
The steam at that time was blowing off freely from the waste
pipe. The donkey-engine was at work keeping , the boiler
supplied with Water. The men were firing the furnaces readily
and steadily from time to time, but they were firing easily.
I saw the water.gauge, and there were several inches in the
glass, which was about 3-4ths full. I observed at this time a
little steam coming up under the gallery where I was stand-
ing, near to the after end of the gallery, which has been rup-
tured. I looked round about the engiries, and made a remark
to Mr. Wylie and Mr. Ritchie that their donkey was a very
noisy one. I remained until 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, and,
after asking several questions of Mr. Wylie, inquired how
long he was going to keep up the steam in that boiler. Ile
replied until half-past six o'clock, because he was trying
some experiments on the heat of the smoke or gases escaping
by the '' uptake" into the chimney. Be said, We have
put into the uptake' one ladle containing a quantity of tin,
ancther containing a quantity of lead and a pyrometer." I
forgot to observe that when I saw the leakage of steam I
have spoken of I inquired where it came from, and tried to
find it myself, but was unable to do so at the time. As I was
passing up the staircase of the engine-room, on my way out
of the ship, I again took particular notice of the steam gauge,
and it was standing still at a pressure of 121 b. On reaching
the deck, as I was passing
the forward hatchway of the stoke.
hole I looked down at the men who were at work there, and
then I looked up from where I was standing at the waste
steam-pipe, from which the steam was blowing steadily. I
then left the ship and went home. About 9 o'clock that
evening I received a note from Mr. Mills informing me a
serious accident had occurred, and requesting my attendance
on board the next morning. I went on board in pursuance
of his request, and with Mr. Mills, Mr. Wylie, Mr. M'Crae,
and Mr. Ritchie, went into the boiler irt question. The man-
hole had only previously been disturbed. I examined the boiler,
and found the whole of the 16 thwartship stays had separated
from the casing. Fourteen of these stays were secured to
the shell of the boiler by angle-irons, 3,} inches by 21 inche3
in diameter. Two of them were only 1 inch diameter, and
one of the latter was so defective as to be equal to not more
than ilthe of an inch. There was a rent at the after end of
the boiler about 8 feet long, and one at the forward end 14 feet
long. The " uptake" of the boiler had partially collapsed at
that part to which the stays had been attached. I saw
over the fractured parts at the after end of the boiler a
plate about three feet long had been put in and secured
to the boiler by 14 three-quarter inch bolts. At the
time I was iu the boiler the water was about two feet
below the top of the flues. I saw no appearance of defect
in any, of the flues, and I am certain they had not been
overheated, The boiler was very clean inside. It had been
painted all over the interior of the steam chest, and the paint
was still there. On looking up into the aperture of the
safetY•valve inside the boiler I saw it was open about
the aperture of one-eighth of an inch. I thou lOW into

the stop of the valve inside the boiler, and saw it was open
about five inches. I then got out of the boiler and went to
satisfy myself of the cause of the small leakage of steam I
had before noticed. I found that a small nut 'used to secure
the lagging to the boiler had broken, arid through it a small
quantity of water had escaped, producing the steam which I
had observed. I then asked for the key of the safety-valve,
and was informed the captain of the ship had it, and that he
was in London I ordered the lock to be broken, the cover
removed, and the valveaud its weights taken out. I saw this
done, and I had water poured..dovin into the.valve-chest in
ceder to see if the waste waterpipe was clear. It was per-
fectly clear. 'I then had the . weights and the safety-valve
taken to the Royal Mail Company's factory and had them
weighed. I found the weight on the safety-valve exactly equal
to 161 b. on the square inch. I then returned to the ship and
had the gauge disconnected from the steam-pipe of the boiler
which had exploded, in order to see if the steam-pipe'vfas
clear; and when I blew a breath through it its • action was
such as to satisfy me it was clear. I marked the gauge which
I now produce, and sent it to nay- factory to be tested. It
was done by. my cousin.

The Coroner—This result certainly shows that the gauge
did not mark the amount of steam correctly. Are you able
to account fox' the accident iu any way ?
• • Mr. Summers—My impression is that the defective
stay before refereed to first gave way, and that then the wind
pressure of the side of the boiler came upon the ends, and
caused the rents.l have already described. I consider the
partial collapse of the " uptake" occurred also in consequence
of the:breaking of the. stays. This' is the only, manner in
which I can account for the rending of the boiler easino.s.
By Captain Robertson--I made an official survey of this
boiler In Juue last, and granted.a declaration of sufficiency to
the sth NoVember inst. •
By the CoroPer•-,--The,boklerg were made by an eminent en-
gineer, and had,l gone into there and examined them before as
'{ have do& itr.clayrshotilliliay(fkonsidered myself warranted
in giving them. tt. eleeimektion orstitlicieuoy for the peat six
months.
By the Coroner—l 'do not think the:accident would affect,
the condition of the steam gauge. It is quite clear to my mind
that the valve being raised only 1-Bth of an inch would not be
sufficient to keep the boiler safe. The valve ought to have
-risen witi. a pressu,re of 101 b. Supposing the valve had been
entirely open, I believe the escape of Steam generated Would
have-been sufficient, though the engines Were not working.
By the Forenniu—l do not believe the boiler exploded at a
pressure of 141 b. nor of 201 b. When the boiler burst the
pressure must have. been quite 241 b. (Sensation.)' The pres-
sure must have been'greater than that indicated at 171 b. or
201 b. at an earlier period of the afternoon.; .
The Coroner—All circumstances considered, to *hat do
you attribute the accident ? '• • . • - •
-Mr. Summers—l believe the accident must be attributed
to the giving way of the defective stay:, When that stay
gave way the piess.ure was thrown upon the sides; and here
the rent commenced, extending itself towards the steam.
chest, near to WhiCh the principal expldsion has occurred:
After a lengthened consultation, the proceedings were ulti-
mately at a late hour adjourned. - •
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THE HUDDERSFIELD MECHANICS'
r JN,STITUTR. •

The anniversary proceedings of this institution com-
menced on 'Wednesday evening, with a public distribu-'
tion of prizis to the students in its classes. The hall was
well filled, there being upwards of a thousand persona pre-
sent, among whom were many ladies:: -
t Mr. F. CURSOR, the secretary, read a pliort report, from
which it appeared that the award of prizes last year had
immediately produced an increased punctwality in the at-.
tendance of the pupils, besides attractipl, public attention
to the institution. '

Lord GODERICH, who was much cljeerpd, said this was a
very interesting occasion, for they were all 'brought' that
night fats to. face with a large number of the young men
of the town, who had been decided, by competent judges,
to have shown great ability and groat `industry in various
branches of learning. Now that men were becoming con-.
vinced that in every, kind of employment, public or pri-
vate,- it was' more than ever necessary to look less to the'
sort of coat that a man might wear, or to the name by
which he might be called, than to those intellectual qua-
lifications which Were tested and derrionatrated by exami-
nations such as the one just concluded, and also to
those moral qualifications which must rule and direct the
ethers. It gave him and the rest of the meeting very much
gratification to meet, out of so large a number as from 700
to 800 young men of that toven, those who had been nicked
out as tho inostproficient. • (Applause.) It had been said,
anti truly so, to a great extent, that the undergoing of such
an examination was not merely a dieecie evidenceof intellec-
teal attainnents, but was also some indirect evidence of
moral superiority. But if young men studying at the uni-
versities, or seeking clerkehips under Government, showed
themselves,, by undergoing such examinations, to be pos-
sessed of self-denial and self-control at the time of life
When those qualities aro most difficult to exercise, then it'
could not be doubted that those qualities were displayed in
a yet higher and more meritorious degree by poisons of a
different class who pursued their studies under all the daft.'
culties which must laaset the path of many of the members
of this institution. Itemust therefore be of 'creatitopent•
ante to the employers of labour, if they were alive, he would
not say to their duty, but to their own plain interest, to
find out such young men. But there were strangers present
also, whose motives for coming were of a more public
character. The Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution was
well known for its instruction class organisation, from
which had sprang these examinations for the last twoyears ;
and though the gentlemen there present who felt a special
interest in popular education would perhaps find in the
institution some faults to point nut, he did flatter
himself, without exaggeration, that the example of Hud-
dersfield would give them some encouragement in their
noble endeavours, and convince them that there was no
reason to despair, or to abate one jot of those high hopes
of the progress of education, those utopian desires as
some persons had called them, which the zealous friends
of the cause had been wont to entertain. (Cheers.)
The distribution of prizes was then commenced, and
occupied nearly an hour.
The Right Hon. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, M.P., then rose
to speak, amidst great cheering. He said he rejoiced to
have witnessed the successful result of the classes in this
institution: His own experience prevented him from say-
ing that this was the first institute to establish such classes,
because in his own part of England (Worcestershire) he
was acquainted with a very well-conducted mechanics' in-
stitute which had established them, but he could not say
that the results obtained in Worcestershire were anything
equal •to those he had now seen at Huddersfield. He
understood that this was one of the institutes which
composed the Yorkshire Union, and that he had the plea-
sure of speaking in the presence of the president (Ur.
Baines) of that association. If there were differences of
opinion between Mr. Baines and himself as to the best
mode of attaining a great object, he was glad of this oppor-
tunity of stating publicly his opinion, and not for the first
time—that there was no more distinguished or more sin-
cere friend to the cause of popular education than that
gentlemen. (Cheers.) He believed this was one of upwards
of 100 mechanics' institutes which did honour to the county
of York, and that the members of these institutions num •
bared not less than 20,000. Now he would humbly suggest
that the great county of York, with its 1,800,000 inhabi-
tants, ought not to be content with 20,000 members of such
institutes. (Applause.) Positively, it was a great number,
but comparatively it was not many. (Hear, hear.) He
hoped that encouragement would be derived from the ad-
mirable example of Huddersfield. It was because he had
been informed that there was not one such more dis-
tinguished than this institution, in its efforts for the bene-
fit of the working classes, that he had accepted the invita-
tion to be present, doing so for his own pleasure and in-
struction. (Applause.) One thing was most striking to
any friend of education who had the privilege of seeing
such a sign of progress, and that was that the classes in this
institute embraced a wider range of study than it was
possible for any ordinary elementary school to bestow.
(Hear, hear.) He had heard this evening little
boys of nice years old called out to show that they could
read; but he had heard others of the salve class, but more
advanced years, called out to show that they had occupied
their leisure to their own honour and great benefit in the
more difficult attainments of science; he had bad proof that
some devoted their attention to the softer charms of music;
and the walls of this room were covered with proofs that
the art of drawing had been amply cultivated. (Hear.)
These were gratifying proofs of the eagerness for knowledge
which existed in all classes, when the means of knowledge
were fairly held out, and those who thus exerted them-
selves might rely that they would find, in every walk
of life, their toil sweetened byt
hintellectualintellectualhappier acquirement.powers
cygultivating the noble gifts of
Theyvrsrac:lh noau:V7Vst liccinmh ebGnfiytnostd:lh uahstnah(ddl thus
givencuttiisi directing
them. (Hear, hear.) He
trusted that this institution might long continue to increase
in
numbers and in effiekency, and to bestow upon the rising
generation of Huddersfield those advantages which he must
believe it now conferred. (Loud cheers.)

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From the London Gazette of Last Night.

TREASURY, Nov. 27.
The Queen has been graciOusly pleased to appoint Vis
count Monek, the Right Hon. Lord Belper; the Right Hon.
Sir Edward Ryan, Sir Alexander Young Spearman, Bart.,
and Thomas 'Matthias Weguelin, Esq., Governor of the
Bank of England, to be Commissioners to enquire into the
existing regulations under which allowances on retirement
are granted to persons who have held civil offices in her
Majesty's service.

BOARD OF TRADE, WITITEHALL, Nov. 21.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a O&M
of a despatch from her Majesty's 'Ambassador at' Madrid,
reporting the following alterations in the Spanish tariff :
Bookbinders' prepared cloth to pay an import duty of 8
reals per lb. under the national flag, and 8 reals 10 cents
per lb. under foreign flag.
Tarred tow and felt, 10 reals 60 cents per quintal under
national flag, and 15 reals 90 cents under foreign flag.
Saltpetre, raw, 28 reals per quintal under national flag,
38 reels under foreign flag.
Saltpetre, in lumps, 36 reals per quintal under national
flag, 46 reals under foreign flag.
Saltpetre, refined, 49 Teals per
quintal under national
flag, 58 reals under foreign flag.
WAR DEPARTMENT, PALL-MALL, Nov. 28.
16th Light , Dragoons—Thomas Duffield, ,Gent., to be
Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Williams,
who has retired.

• Scots Fusilier Regiment, of Foot Guards—Lieutenant
and Captain' and Brevrit-Major Edward Neville, to be
Captain and Lleutenan'o-Colonel, by purchase, vice Frank-
lyn Lushington, C.R., who retires ' - Ensign and Lieut.
Robert Farquhar Shaw Stewart to be Lieutenant and
Captain, by purchase, vice Neville ; Henry Hardinge,
Denne Stracey, Gent. 'to be Ensign and Lieutenant, vice
Shaw• Stewart.

14th Regiment of Foot—Ensign William Noel Watson
has been permitted to resign hia commission.
16th Foot —Ensitri Richard Calvert Healy, to be 400,,,,
tenant, without purchase, vico,Moyle, deceased.
26th*Foot—For James Bridge, Esq., to be Paymaster,,
vice Craigie, appointed to a districit, appeared.in the
Gazette of 24th October, 1856; read,'Lientenant James
Bridge, from the. Land Tiansport Corps, to be Paymaster;
&c.

32d FootL—Quartermister John Giddings to be Paymasi
ter, vice William Garforth, deceased.
• • i
49th Foot—Captain John Hopkins, from half-pay of the
49th Foot, to be Captain, vice W. W. Maitland; deceasecL
70th Foot— Assistant-Surgeon Joseph Watts from the
94th Foot, to be Assistanf-Surgeon, vice Grant', deceased'
86th Loot—Ensign George Albert, Conran, from th
50th Foote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice LepPeri
promoted; Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Stamen Barry, from
the Staff„ to be Assistant-Surgeon; vice Fitzgerald, apl- •
ppinted to Ur 94th}Foot. . - . I
88th Foot—Lieutenant Joha Berkeley Michell has bee
permitted .to resign his commission ; Assistant-Surgeon
Richard William Meade, from the Staff, to be Assistan '
Surgeon;vice Harris, resigned. , - -
94th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Francis Lewis Fitzgeral ,
from the 68th Foot, to lie Aesistant:Surgeon, vice Watts,
appointed to the 70th Foot. * , . • -
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur Wm. tin
to be Lieutenant, without purchese, vice Callana ,
deceased ; Ensign Alexander M. W. Samson to be Lie -
ienane, without 'purchase, vice Barton, whose piomotio ,
on 31st 0ct.,1856, has been cancelled.
2d West ndia Regiment--Lieut. Edward* D. Lye has
been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of Ilis
CommissiOn. • i
Gold Coast Corps—Lieut. Charles Fox Duke to be C -
tain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Bird, prom:Ste ;
Ensign Edward N. RObeet Gatehouse to be Lieutena t,
without purchase, vice Duke.
'HOSPITAL 'STAFF. . \ e '% I
Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, .Tqin Mac -
drew, M.D., to be Inipedor:Gbnerar of Hospitals, vke
Dawson, placed on half-pay. . ,
Assistant-Surgeon.,William Alexander ~
Davidson, M.D.,
Supernumerary in the Ist Dragoon Guards, to be Assibtaet-
'Surgeon to the Forces, -vice Bafrry, appointed to the 80th
Foot.
Acting Assistant-Surgedn John Bayly,has ceased to do
duty, there being no longer occasion for his services.
* ' - 'BREVET.
Major Jobn James Great,‘ Unattached, employed on a
particular service in South Africa, to have the local' rank
of Lieutenant-Colonel in South Africa, while so employed.
, COMMISSION SIGNED BY • THE QUEEN.
4th West York Regitoent of Militia—John Kendall,
Gout., to be Quartermaster. '
COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANtS.
4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militi
Joseph Samuel Levies, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice .Geo ge,
resigned. - '
Prince Albert's Own Leicestershire Yeomanry C,av lry
—George Henry Finch, Gent., to be Comet, vice Heygater
promoted.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Henry Fitzwilliam
Hallifax, vice Macdonald, resigned. . 4..
let Devon Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Adkic
Courtenay Trower, late'of the 9th Lancers, to be Adjutant;
vice Little, deceased. 1 •
North Devon Regiinent of Mounted Rifles—The lon.
Mark George Kerr Rollo to be Cornet, vice Marshall, re-,
motel,. . . __
[The following appointment is substituted for that which
appeared in the Gazette of the 28th October last.]
6th Regiment of West York Militia—Charles Musgrave
Norris, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Maher, appointed to
the Glamorganshiro Militia.
CROWN-OFFICE, Nov. 28.
Days and Places for holding Special Commissions of Oyer
and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, et the following
places.
Northamptonshire, Thursday, Dec. 4, at Northampton.
Lincolnshire, Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Castle of Lincoln.
City of Lincoln, the same day, at the City of Lincoln.
Nottinghamshire, Thursday, Dec. 11, at Nottingham.
Town of Nottingham, the same day, at the Town of Not-
tin ghap ..

Derbyshire, Saturday, Dec. 13, at Derby.
Warwickshire, Wednesday, Dec. 17, at Warwick.
BANKRUPTS.

George Danby, wine merchant, late of Watford, Hert-
fordshire, now of Old-street, to surrender Dec. 10 and Jan.
14, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee ; Chidley, Basinghall-street.
Alfred Guest, grocer, Kidderminster, Dec. 12, and Jan.
3, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Gourt.
Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Batham, Kidder-
minster ; Knight, Birmingham.
Simeon Lord and Edward Lord, millwrights, Bacup,
Dec. 9 and 31, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Cobbet and Wheeler,
Manchester.
Samuel Palmer Chapman, grocer, Lincoln, Deo. 10 and.
Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court, Kingston-
upon-Hull. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Chambers,
Lincoln.

Dan Asquith, innkeeper, Halifax, Yorkshire, Dec. 12,
and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Wavell, Philbrick, and
Foster, Halifax.

William Briscoe, timber dealer, Ashton-under-Lyne,
Dec. 12 and Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court: Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale,
Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester.
Charles Oswald Robson, wharfinger, Belmont-wharf,
York-road, King's-cross, Dec. 10, at one, and Jan. 12, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Guildhall-chambers; Giles, London-wall.
Michael Willis, fire wood manufacturer, Shot Tower
Wharf, Lambeth, Dec. 12, at twelve; and January 12, at
eleven, at the Court of. Banlauptcy. Pennell, official as-
signee, Guildhall-chambers ; Lawrence, Plows, and Boyer,
Old Jewry-chambers.
William Hughes builder, Liverpool, Dec 12 and Jan. 9,
at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official
assignee, Liverpool ' • Evans and Son, Liverpool.
George Sleddall Wright and John Wright, brewers,
Liverpool, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Liverpool
District Court. Cazenovo, official assignee, Liverpool ;
Evans and Son, Liverpool.
Margaret ,Tane Stoveld, ship builder, Blyth, Northum-
berlandshire, Jan. 16, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District 'Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Bell, Broderick, and Bell, Bow Church-yard;
Thomas and William Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.

At the Court of Bankrupty—E. F. Ellis, stockbroker,
Royal Exchange-buildings- V. Chauldron and F. Babin,
dealers in perfumery, Dec.l9—A. Eves, flour factor, Judd-
place, West, Dec. Benson and S. Benson, hotel-
keepers, Mansfield Hotel, Mansfield-street—W. Duncan
and T. Hamper, hop merchants, Tooley-street—F. Brig-
den, harness maker, Arundel—S. L. Sanville, merchant,
Skinner's-place --L. Ensoll, Great Titchfield-street—W.
Button, builder, Erith—J. Gathercole, gas manufacturer,
E:tham —W. Crole, jun., merchant, Rood-lane—F. J.
Utting, ironfounder, Wisbeach--W. C. Strange, builder,
Henley-on-Thames, Dee. 19. At the Manchester District
Court—T. Shannon, manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 16—
W. E. Cooper and D. Cooper, tallow chandlers, Manches-
ter and Mottram, Dec. 22. At the Liverpool District
Court—H. Flynn, grocer, Liverpool, Dec. 22. At the Bris-
tol District Court—H. W. Hobhouse, J. Phillutt, and C.
Lowder, bankers, Bath, Jan. 8. At the Leeds District
Court—J. Mackenzie and S. Cotton, machine makers, Leads
—J. Bapty, woollen yarn manufacturers, Hunslet—H.
Leadbeater, woollen cloth merchant, Huddersfield, Dec. 19.
At the Sheffield District Court—W. Marratt, attorney,
Doncaster, Dec. 20.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, or
the Week ending on Saturday the 22d day of Nov., 1856.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

Notes issued • • .... •• 23,761,025

423,701,025

Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities .... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,280,025
Silver bu11i0n........

Dented the 27th day of Novonl

BANKING DE
Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000
Rest ........ ..... 3.203,571
Palle deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
NaticmalDebt,Sav-

£23,761,025
31.kRSIIALL, Chief Cashier.
!,r, 1856.
PARTMENT.

Government securities

ing's Banks, and
Dividend kzeonnts) 5,106,831
Other deposits ...... 9,735,455
Seven Day and other
Bills ........ 858,122

£33,5N.979

(Ineludg.DeadWeight
Annuity) .. • • ...... 10,454,867
Other securities... 184,232,446
Notes ..... ,218,055
Gold and silver coin 611,611

Dated the 27th day of November

X 33,616,979
M. MARSHALL, Chief eager.
;r, 1856.

AVERAGE PRICE .OF SUGAR.
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending Nov.
25, 1856, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great
Britain : a. d.
From the British Possessions in America 36 3
Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 14 111
1 Average of the three foregoing descriptions , 3,3 3i