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LONDON, SAI URDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1857.

From the London Gazette of Last Night.

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of
July, 1657, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty n
Council—Her Majesty baying been pleased to appoibt
John henry Philips, Esq., M.P., to be her Majesty's Lieu-
tenant of the town and county of the town of Haverfoid-
west, be this day took the oaths appointed to be take3n
thereupon, instead of the oaths of a_legiance and supie-
tnacy.

Captain William Ready, upon half-pay Unattached and
Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major.

COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS.
Ist Devon Regiment of Militia—Richard Anson Brine to
be Ensign.
Devon Militia Artillery—Andrew Frederick Dunster-
vine to be Second Lientmant.
Prince of Wales' Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia—
Assistant-Surgeon William Frederick Lewis Gompertz to
be Sureon, vice Bell, resigned.

ADMIRALTY, JUNE 16.
The following promotions, dated the 9th inst., conse•
quent on the de.Ah, on the Bth inst., of Admiral of the
White Sir Robert. Howe Bromley, Bart., have taken
place :7- _ _ _

Admiral of the Blue John Sykes to be Admiral of the
White.

Vice-Admiral the Right Hon. Granyllle Levoion, Earl
of Carysfort, on the Reserved HaTf-ysy List, to the Ad-
miral on the same list.
Vice-Admiral of the E,cd the Right Hon. George, Earl
of Cadogazi, C. 8., to be Admiral of the Blue.
Vice-Admiral of the White Sir C. Napier, K.C.8., to
bo Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir G. Rose Sartorlus to be
Vic3-Admiral of the White.
Re?r-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List •
His Grace Algernon Duke of
NorthumliTlamd, K G.,
John Carter,
Henry Afeynelf,
to be Vices, ALniralson the same list.
Rear-Adontral of the Red Arthur.Faushawe, C. 8., t 3 be
Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Rear-Admiral of the White Sir George Robert Lambeit,
K.C.8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Red.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Charles Ramsay Drinkwater
Bethune, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Whit 3.
Captain William Hargood,
Captain Sir Thoinas Raikes Trigge Thompson, Bart., to
be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved Half-pay List.
Captain Robert Smart, K. H. , to be Rear-Admiral of the-
Blue.

Captain William Robertson, on the Retired List, has
also been promoted to be a Retired Rear-Admiral on the
terms proposed in the London Gazette of Ist September,
1819, without increase of pay.

NAVAL PRIZE MONEY.
Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy,
Admiralty, Somerset-house, July 16, 1857.
Notipe is hereby given, to all parties interested therein,
that preparations are now making for the intended dis-
tribution of proceeds arising from the slave brigantine;
name unknown, supposed to be the Chatsworth, captured
on the Ist Jan., 1853, by her Majesty ship Hecate.
Agents or other persons having any just and legal de-
mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds, are required
to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re-
gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the
same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer,
and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said
Court.

Agents and all other persons holding powers of attor-
ney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by
virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the
share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little
delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by
the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Depart-
ment of the "Accountant-General of the Navy, Admi-
ralty, Somerset-bouse.”
Due notice will be given, by future advertisemen's in
the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence-
ment of distribution; and at the same time, the amount
of an individual's share in the respective classes will be
announced.

BA.NKRUPTS.
William Girling Balls, tailor, Islington-green, to surren-
der, July 30, at eleven, and Aug. 27, at half-past one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Carman, official assignee, Al-
dermanbury ; Harrison, Walbrook.
Edward Barons Bowman, apothecary, Highbury New
Park, Islington, July 29, at two, and Aug. 31, at half-past
one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official as-
signee, Basinghall-street ; Digby, Finsbury-circus.
Charles Ituat, cheesemonger, Surrey-place, Old Kent-
road, July 28, at twelve, and Aug. 31, at half-past two,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street; Lawrence, Plews and Boyer Old Jewry.
William Heron, cloth merchant, Huddersfield, July 31,
and Aug. 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Young, official assignee, Leeds; Upton and Tcwdall,
Leeds.

Henry Spiller, lime merchant, St. John's Wood-terrace,
Regent's-park, July 29, at eleven, and Aug. 21, at half-
past eleven; at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assignee, Basinghall-street ; King and George, King-street,
Cheapside.

John Walter Gray, commission agent, Bishops
Waltham, Southampton, July 29 and August 31, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ni,holson, official assig-
nee, Basinghall-street; Watson and Sons Bouverie-street,
Fleet-street ; Way, Portsea.
Ralph Wharton, engineer, Nottingham, Aug. 4 and
Sept. 8, at half-past ten, at the Shire-hall Nottingham,
Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Bowley and Ash-
tingham.

William Lake, brewer, Topsham, Devonshire, July 3J
and Aug. 13, at elevenr4t the Exeter District Court. Hirt-
zel, official assignee, Exeter; Fryer, Exeter.
Stephen Rowley, farmer, Cambridge, July 29, at
twelve, and August 31, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers;
Sole, Turn.; and Turner, Ald.ermanbn-y.
Joseph Nelson, auctioneer, Oxford-street, July 28, at
twelve, and Aug. 31, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cham-
bers, Basinghall-street; Chidley, Basingiall-street.
Philadelphia Bravery, furniture broker, Union-lanes,
Brighton, July 28, at eleven, and August 24, at two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee,
Basinghall-street ; Taylor, South-street, Finsbury-square.
All parties claiming; to be creditors of the London, Har-
wich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited)
are to present and prove their claims at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, on Monday, the 27th inst.; or they will be pre-
cluded from all benefits.

•
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
Roderick M`DonAld, Wino and Spirit Merchant, No. 2,
Broughton-street, Edinburgh.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Sattirda:

ENGLAND.
-7th and Bth Victoria, cap, 32, fi r
y, the 1! th day of July, 1817.
'ASTNEST.

Government debt.... 11,015,100
Other securities ...... 3,459,900
Gold coin and bullion 10,938,395
Silver bullion.... .... -
-

£25,413,39
311013IIALL, Chief Cashier.
,7.
PARTMEXT.

Government s entities
(Includg.Desd Weigh t
Annuity) ••••• • • • • • 10.218,724
Other securities .... .. 16,455,17
Notes ••.. • • .. 5,451,180
Gold and silver coin .. 633,765

RAILWAY INTELLIGENUE.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN.

The directors of this company have isaned a 4-
port to the shareholders. on the subject of the Man-
chester,. Sheffield, --and Lincolnshire Company's.
breach of their agreement. It states that in 18*
when the Sheffield Company were in great peen-
niary difficultic3, their directors induced the Lon-
don and North-Western Company to outer into a
general traffic agreement with them, de,ertninable-
only upon :seven years' notice ; that the known and
intended pecuniary oporation of that •agreement
was very decided!y ih favour of the Sheffield com-
pany for the earlier years ; and that agreemeent
has been acted upon until now, the Sheffield Coln-
pany receiving under it lsrge amo_nats half-yearly
in aid of their dividends ; and thit when the ex-
pected change in, the pecuniary operation-of the
agreement appeared tobe at hand, the Sheffield Com-
pany have declared it altogether and at once at an
end, without any previous notice, and without
appealing to the arbitration provided for by it.
The report also states that the alleged grievances
and pretended negotiatioas, on account of which
the Sheffield directors say they adopted this course,

and the utter absence of foundation for any such
allegations, will appear_ in the correspondence,
Minutes and resolutions of the boat (1, which are
appended to the report. That it will further be
seen by these* dominants that the Sheffield
Company have not ventured to avail themselves
of their power to have their charges and pretended
grievances referred to either of the impartial arbi-
trators to whom they were bound to leave all dis-
putes which might arise betweenthe companies as to
the letter or spirit of the agreement. The London
and North-We-tern directors indignantly d.,:ny all
the charges against them, declaring that they have
from first to last most fully and honourably, and
in a liberal spirit, performed the agreement on
their part. The report concludes with the follow-
ing observations :—" There isnot the slightest pre-
tence for saying that any sum of money ever was
due to the Sheffieli Company under the agreement,
beyond that actually paid to them. The charges
now brought against the London and North-Wes-
tern Company of illiberal conduct in witholding
traffic and in deducting 50 per cent. on the
deficiency are contradicted by the repeated pub-
lic declarations of Mr. Chapman, of the Shef-
field Company as evidenced by extrab's from
the reports of the Sheffield board and the
proceedings at the general meetings of their pro-
prietors. But if either in this respect or in any
other, they really believed, that the agreement had
at all been infringed, they were bound to avail
themselves of their undoubted right of arbitration
under it. The conduct of the Sheffield directors and
the entanglement and competition which must, for
,a time at least, follow, cannot but be matter of re-
gret to your directors, in common with all interested
in railway property. Your directors, however, con-
fidently believe that, by a temperate but firm main-
tenance of your just rights, they will be enabled to
protect the traffic of this company against any seri
ous injury from those causes ; and the directors
rely upon the cordial and united support of the
proprietors in such measures as may be necessary
under the circumstances in which they are so un-
expectedly placed."

MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LIN-

COLNS HIRE.

The half-yearly report of the directors of this
company has just been issued. It states that the
accounts of the half-year show a total revenue of
291,0811. earned, in connexion with the railways
and canals, a total expenditure of 141,7341., and a
balance of net pi-4)6;A of 149,3451., which, with the
balance of 4,5001. from the previous half-year, gives
a total sum of 153,8471. available for interest and
dividend. The debenture and other interest
charges against the half-year amount to 63,5101.,
the canal annuities to 13,7341., the dividend on de-
b3nture stock to 2501., on the preference shares to
23,6151., on the 31 per cent. stock to 5,9581., and.
on the 6 per cent. preference stock to 26,1601.,
making a total preference charge of 133,2991., and
leaving 20,5471. availab'e for dividend on the ordi-
nary stock of the company. The dilectors recom-
mend a dividend of 10g. per 1001. on the ordinary
ston)c,,or at the-rate of 1 per cent. per annum,
leaving a balance of 1,0461. The receipts for passen-
.%
ger traffic increase of 4,615/. over those of
the correspi)T4, ng half of last year. The increase
iu the goodslratfic amounted to 16,5131., and in
the'mitieral traffic to 3,983/. There has been a de-
crease of 4981. in the receipts for parcels, 4:5.3.c., and
of 981. in live stock. The receipts for dues, wharf-
age, &c., at Grimsby Docks amounted to 2,618/ ,
against 2,1581. in the first half of 1856, showing an
increase of 460/.

Under the agreement with tho Great Northern
traffic between Manchester and places west of Man-
chester will be worked continuously to and from
London on and after the Ist of August next. The
net profit of the year ending the 30th of June,
1853, was 175,0841. ; and that of the year just
ended, 300,6451., showing an increase of 125,561/.
in the course of four years. The total expendi-
ture on capital account amounts to 8,841,016/.