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London, England, 1845-12-17 00:00:00

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IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
PANIES'STOCK.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 12, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint
Alexander Pringle, Esq., sole and only Clerk and Keeper of
the General RQ;lsterfor Seasines in Scotland, and of the par-
ticular Register of Reversions and Seasines within the shires
of Edinburgh, Haddington, Linlithgow, and Batlig•ate, in the
room of the Right II mourable D•andas, deceased.
WHI rEHALL, DEC. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Alexander
Maclean, D.D., to the church and parish of Kiltearn, in the
presbytery of Dingwall, and county of Ross, vacant by the
death of the Rev. James Mann.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 10.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint James
Forbes, Esq., British Pro-Consul at St. Jago de Cuba, to be
her Majesty's Consul at that port.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 16.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Ensign E. F. Wingfield, from
the 56th Foot, to be Cornet and Sub-Lientenant, by pur-
chase, vice Langley, who retires, Dec. 16.
10th Light Dragoons—T. Fraser, M.D., to be Assistant -
Surgeon, vice Anderson, promoted in the Rifle Brigade,
Dec. 16.
17th Light Dragoons—H. Kendall, M.D., to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Anderson, promoted in the 77th Foot, Dec. 16.
2d Regiment of Foot—Captain A. W. Wynne, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice O'Grady, promoted;
Lieut. T. Addison, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Wynne,
who retires • Ensign A. Gillespie, to be Lieutenant, by pur-
ebase, vice 'Addison ; F. Mathias, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Gillespie, Dec. 16.
Bth Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel T. Butler, from half-pay Un-
attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice C. St. Lo Malet, who
exchanges ; Major H. W. Hartley to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
by purchase, vice Butler, who retires; Captain H. W. Roper
to be Major, by purchase, vice Hartley; Lieut. T. Clowes to
be Captain, by purchase, vice Roper; Ensign E. J. Charter
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clowes ; M'Kay Rynd,
Gent., to be Ensign. by purchase, vice Charter, Dec. 16.
12th Foot—E. Herrick, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Uniacke, appointed to the 71st Foot, Dec.l6.
25th Foot—Major H. F. Strange, from the 26th Foot, to be
Major, vice D'Urban, who exchanges, Dec. 16.
26th Foot—Major W. J. D'Urban, from the 25th Foot, to
be Major, vice Strange, who exchanges, Dec. 16.
43d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon R. Lawson, from the 47th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Millar, promoted on the Staff,
Dec. 16.
47th Foot—G. Saunders, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Lawson, promoted in the 43d Foot, Dec. 16.
52d Foot—Ensign M. Du Pre Stronge to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, •ice Peel, who retires; C. C. Ross, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stronge, Dec. 16.
56th Foot—k. Fellows, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wingfield, appointed to the 2d Regiment of Life Guards,
Dee. 16.
65th Foot—Ensign J. H. E. Elwes to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Trafford, who retires; G. C. Pemberton, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elwes, Dec. 16.
68th Foot—Lieut. J. Johnston to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Barlow, who retires ; Ensign H. Stewart to be Lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Johnston ; H. G. R. Carmichael,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, Dec. 16.
71st Feot—Ensign E. J. A. Gore to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Brice, who retires, Dec. 16 ; Ensign A. Denny to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir T. Erskine, who retires,
Dec. 17 ; Ensign J. Uniacke, from the 12th Foot, to be En-
sign, vice Gore, Dec.l6 ; B. Brochas, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Denny, Dee. 17.
77th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon G. Anderson, from the 17th
Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Burrell, promoted on
the Staff, Dec. 16.
Rifle Brigade—Assistant-Surgeon A. Arderson, M.D., from
the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice White, pro-
moted on the Staff, Dec. 16.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign W. Cooper to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Cox, deceased, Oct. 31; H.
Wheeler, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Cooper, Dec. 16.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment--Lieut. J. Jago, from half-pay 32d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Clare, promoted; Second Lieut.
J. S. Tulk to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jago,
who retires ; A. J. D. Smith, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Tulk, Dec. 16.
UNATTACHED.—To be Captains, without purchase—Lieut.
J. Ralph, from the 6th Foot ; Lieut. W. Spring, from the 24th
Foot, Dec. 16.
BREVET.—Captain A. W. Wynne, of the 2d Foot, to be
Major in the army, Jan. 10, 1837.
Hosprran STAFF.—To be Inspectors-General of Hospitals
—Deputy-Inspector J. Gillkrest, M.D. ; Deputy-Inspector
T. Kidd, M.D. ; Deputy-Inspector A. Stewart, Dec. 16.
To be Inspectors-General of Hospitals, with Local Rank—
Deputy-Inspector M. M. Mahony, M.D. ; Deputy-Inspector
H. Franklin, Dec. 16.
To be Deputy-Inspectors-General of Hospitals—Staff-
Surgeon of the First Class J. French, M.D., vice Gillkrest ;
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class A. Stewart, M.D., vice Kidd ;
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class W. Henry, vice Mahony ;
Staff-Surgeon of the First Class J. W. Watson, M.D., vice
Franklin,. Dec. 16.
To be Staff Surgeons of the First Class--Surgeon J. Millar,
from the 43d Foot, vice Stewart; Surgeon Moses White,
M.D., from the Rifle Brigade, vice Watson ; Surgeon W. H.
Burrell, M.D., from the 77th Foot, vice Henry, Dec. 16.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Flintshire.
R. J. Mostyn, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Sept. 6.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia.—P. D. P. Dun-
combe, the younger, Esq., to be Captain, Dec. 5.
WHITEHALL, DEc. 5.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Francis Bodham, of
Wellington, in the county of Somerset, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 8.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed David Thomas
Willis, of Winslow, in the county of Buckingham, Gent., to
be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 11.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Robert John Francis
Oldacres, of Leicester, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in
the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEc. 15.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Morgan
Thoma, of Langbarne, in the county of Carmarthen, Gent.,
to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
William Kearton, cheesemonger, Lamb-street, Spitalfields,
to surrender Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Hutchison, Crown-
court, Threadneedle- street.
Michael Jones, grocer, Theobald's-road, Dec. 24, at two,
and Jan. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, offi-
cial assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Miles, Brunswick-
place, City-road.
Thomas Pool, builder, Princes-road, Notting-hill, Dec.
SO and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Foster, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ;
Wright, Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn.
William Gill, poulterer, Leadenhall-market, Dec. 22, at
eleven, anti Jan. 27, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers;
Tippet ts, Pancras-lane.
William Humphryes, hotel-keeper, Haymarket, Dec. 29,
at eleven, and Jan. 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Lewis, Arundel-
street, Strand.
Frederick Cordaroy, hatter, Liverpool, Dec. 31 and Jan.
16, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Minshull,
official assignee, Liverpool; Vincent and Sherwood, Temple,
London.
James Reynolds, farmer, Fazakerley, Liverpool, Dec. 30
and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird,
official assignee, Liverpool ; Bridger and Blake, London-
wall, London ; Dodge, Liverpool.
James Hulme, paper dealer, Manchester, Jan. 2 and 16, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official
assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Charlotte-street, Bedford-
square, London ; Atkinson and Saunders, Manchester.
Thomas Ibbetson Hellawell, James Nortcliffe, and John
Beaumont Hellawell, dyers, Halifax, Dec. 29 and Jan. 21, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee,
Leeds ; Taylor, Nicholas-lane, London ; Clegg, Bradford ;
Cariss, Leeds.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
T. T. Barker, cotton doubler, Sandiacre, Derbyshire—first
div. of 3s. 9d. in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of
Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
J. Palmer, sen., and T. T. Barker, cotton doublers, Sandi-
acre, Derbyshire—first div. of 3s. Bd. in the pound, any
Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy, Birmingham.
T. Bourne, corn factor, Liverpool—first div. of 10d. in
the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Cazenove,
Liverpool.
R. Nicholson, bookseller, Stocton—first div. of 3s. 3d. in
the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, New-
castle-upon-Tyne.
W. Reay, shipbuilder, Walker, Northumberland—first div.
of Bd. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr.
Baker, Newcastle- upon-Tyne.
T. Johnson, sen., W. Johnson, and C. Mann, bankers, Rom-
ford—a div. of Is. in the pound, Dec. 17, at the White Hart
Inn, Romforal, or any subsequent Frid ty, at the office of Mr.
• Follett, Sambrook-court, Basing
NhaltDS -street.
DIVIDE.
At the Conrt of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
E. P. Harding, hosier, Gravesend, Jan. 6, at twelve—J.
Tinson, .innkeeper, Farringdos, Berkshire, Jan. 6, at one—
F. Gautier, merchant, Gould-square, Crutched-friars, Jan. 6,
at eleven—W. Dettmer, pianoforte manufacturer,Upper Mary-
lebone-street, Jan. 6, at half-past eleven—J. Hart, builder,
Greenwiei, Jan.-6, at half-past twelve—W. D. Townsend,
pawubroker, Little Russell-street, Covent- garden, Jan. 9, at
half-past eleven—J. Spofford, linendraper, Chatham, Jan.
20, at eleven—F. W. E. Barandon, merchant, Philpot-lane,
Jan. 16, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.
J. Pearson, fe:lmonger, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 9, at
• eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court—C.
Yates. banker, Stafford, Jan. 16, at twelve, istat the Birming-
ham District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
E. P. Harding, hosier, Gravesend, Jan. B—T. Pemeller,
coal Inerchant, Tysoe-street, Spatields, Jan. 3—M. Barnes,
cherdist, Woodbridge, Suffolk, Jan. 16—J. Spofford, linen-
draper, Chatham, Jan. 13—J. Harvard, lamp maker, Brook-
street, Bond-street, Jan. 9—C. Best, printer, St. James's-
street, Clerkenwell, Jan. 7—A. Lack, saddler, Stockbridge-
terrace. Pimlico, Jan. 7-11. J. Owen, surgeon, Madeley,
Shropshire, Jan. 16—R. Shanklin, druggist, Salford, Jan. 7
G. Luckin, bootmaker, High Holborn, Jan. 6—J. Dawson,
calico printer, Manchester, Jan. 6—T. Davies, merchant,
Liverpool, Jan. 6.--j. Thompson and J. Thompson, stock-
brokers, Leeds, Jan. 6.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Stevens and G. Alexander, civil engineers, Clement's Inn
Munt and T. Johnson, bricklayers, Layton, Essex—C.
James and A. James,
sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—
G. Taylor and W. Foord, plumbers, Old Brentford—R. Foot
and R Taylor, g.reengrocers; Stoke Newington—J. Fawcett,
T. N. Bardwell, jun., and F. Bardwell, stockbrokers, Sheffield
—J. Swaine, J. Swaine, W. •_)Yood, W, Bell, and J.
worstedWil-
spinners, North Bierley, Yorkshire J Barber,
W Thompson;and A. NV 11er—be; grocers,
J. Barber, jun., F. -W.
Norwich (so far as regards A. W. Barber) _W.
t b. Derbyshire._.. Walton
J. Bradshaw, solicitors, Chesterfield, Derb—Z. blelland and
and J. Smith, brickmakers, Coven, ryt
t F. g-r6d and J.
B. Lutes and C. Irea
Lainson, hosiers, Rotherhithe B.re_! , Hall, and
R. Forbes, linendrapers, Halifax—J.
Northamptonshire "'
limeburners, Kingsthorpe-lodge,
Car-
Wyllie, M. Wyllie, and A. Wight, Long
.Isiand Mill,—C
J.
lisle (so far as regards A. Wight)—J. Schofield and J. Collin,
machine makers, Oldham--li. Smith and R. Worthington
bankers, Manchester—R. H. Clark and W. Clark, jun., tea-
dealers, Birmingham—W. B. Adams, S. Adams, a_n_d. W...
A. Adams, machinists, Bow (so far as regards
Adams)—T. Genn and D. Genn, grocers, Sheffield IV
Ward and T. Barrow, shirt manufacturers, Manchester—
J. Platt, J. Toole, and W. Platt, ironfounders, Oldham—J.
Owen and A. Hopkins, woollendrapers, Swansea.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Alexander Gracie, sen., cattle dealer, Two Merkland,
Dumfries-shire, Dec.. 19 and Jan. 8, at twelve, at J. Donald-
son's Inn, Minnyhive.
Alexander Gracie and Robert Gracie, cattle dealers, Two
Merkland, Dumfries-shire, Dec. 18 and Jan. 7, at twelve,
at E. WKinnelPs Inn, Thornhill.
Archibald Donaldson, jun., tailor, Edinburgh, Dec. 23 and
Jan. 14, at twevet at the cambers of Messrs. Imes and Ro-
bertson, Edinburgh.
John Brown, grocer, Air.htsrarder, Dec. 25 and Jan. 15, at
eve, at the Saintatioa hotel, Fir%

From t%e Official List.
ÜBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16.
JOZNT-STOCE. SANKS•
•

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Name
of
company. Divipderd Amount
a
\ I
Paid. Price
ha
th
Annum. Sham .
£ s. d. X s. d.
ra'
Australasia ••• • • • .... 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 28 19
Tiritsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 47 st;
Commercia of London M. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24 is
Colonial ..• ••• • • ...... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15
Londn and Westminstr i 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 25
r,ondon Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14 ar.
Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0 of
Provincial of Ireland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 46% fb
Ditto, New. ••• • • ... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 214 B
National of Ireland .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 194
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 5 36 P,
Ditto, New.. - -5/. per cent. '2O 0 0 10 0 0 gi
Union of Australia.... - 25 0 0, 25 0 0 24%
Union of London. - - 51. per cent. t5O 0 0 110 0 0 13 w
------- v
WATER-WORKS
Dividend Amount - d
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. b
Annum. Share.
---......
£ s, d.
East London • • ..... 81. 100 00 , - 230
Grand Junction ••• • • • 31. 46 13 4 , - 52 c
Kent ...... •• • • ...... 2/, 10s. 100 0 0 - -
Vauxhall ••.. ..
West Middlesex ••• • .. 4/. 16s. pr ct. 63 12 9 - 130 t
(
rNsuzzawcz COMPANIES. 1
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. 1
Annum. Share.
----- ,----
£ s. d. '£ s. d.
Albion ••••• • • • • ....• 3/. 10e 100 00150 0 0 74 I
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
Ditto Marine. • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6%
Atlas
British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 7%
Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6%
31. 100 0 0 10 0 0
Crown •••• . • . • ...... I:9s. and 1 40 0 0 5 0 0 -
6/. ss. bs.
Eagle •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 60 0 5%
Economic Life., •••• .• • 158gorsebt;} 1000 0 0 250 0 0
Eng.& Scot. Law .•. • •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
European LIM ••• • • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Freemasons' .. •••• - • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe 61. per cent. Stock. - 142%
Guardian •• •• •• •••• •• 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51
imperial Fire •• •• •• • • 1.21. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 235
imperial Life •• •• •• •• 12s. 100 0010 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine •• • • 1/. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 29
Law Life .• •••.• • • • .. 11. es. 100 0 0 10 0 0 50
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6%
London Fire .... •. • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15%
London Ship .. ..... . 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15%
Marine - ......... 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 10%
• Ided.ln vlid & Gen. Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
) National Loan Fund• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
National Life.. ....... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 9%
! Palladium Life...... -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 , 2 0 0 2210 s
Phoenix . -
Protector Life .•• • • ... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 3s.
Provident Life •••• • • • • 1/. ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24
t Rock Life.. ••••• • • • • • 4s. 50 0 010 0 41A
Royal Exchange Si. per cent, Stock. - 186
Sun Fire . - -
Ditto Life . 1/. 6s. - - 18
' Universal Life
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
• Dividend Amount
• Name of Company. per of Paid. I Price
Annum. Share. 1
1 ---
£ s. d. £ s. d
• Bank of Scotland .• ... 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 171
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 0 165
1 British Linen Company Si' per cent. - 100 0 0 230
Commercial Bank •• - 61. per cent. - 100 00 ' 166
• National Bank 6l. per cent.
h -- 10 0 0 15%
Union Bank of Scotland 7 %1. pr cent. -- 50 0 0 98%
Western Bank ••• • • • - 50 0 0 04%
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7
43 Cly 7,,,
desdale Bank ••• • • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14%
Eastern Bank •••• • • • . 5/. per cent. - 10 0 0 11
18 Caledonian Bank - 210 0 6
n• Edinb.&Glasgew Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 'n,,
5. City of Glasgow Bank . 5/. per cent. - 815 0 15%
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 51. per cent. ,20 0 0 10 0 114
- Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
)1. Insur. Co. of Scotind• • Si. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10%
North British Insur. -5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 281%
•• Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 24%
• Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19%
Edin. & Glasg. Railway 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65
.1 Ditto, 4 Shares 5l. per cent. 12 10 0 All paid. 15%
' Edin., Leith, it. Grantn - 20 0 0 20 0 0 21%
,6 Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70
Clasp, & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 21
r, Glsgw & Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45
Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 61. percent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36
e .T' Standard Life Assernce.l 51 per cent. 150001 2 10 0 S

DOCKS.
Dividend i Amount
Name of Company. per of i Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
, s. d. :X s. d.
ommercial •• • •
_ /nr rent_ Stock. 134

.£ e. d.
Commercial
East and West India
East Country ••.•• •• I 1/. per sh. ;100 0 0
Lmdon •
St Katharine •• • • .... 5 per cent. I Stock.
Southampton •••• • • • • 4/. per cent. 50 0 0

50 0 0

I 112
1023 i
30

CANALS.
.; I .; Dividend'
Names of L;) Dividend, Price. Names of . , Price.
er
Companies. A i per Companies.
..,4 Anpnum. I Pri
Go ! Aimum.; :a I
--- --•
£!
.£
Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.51. pel 72 Monmouthsh 100 91. 160
Ashby-d-la-Z1113: 41. '( 70 Mntgomrysh 100 Si. 98
Barnsley •• .. ;160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 95
Basingstoke..lloo - - • Neath ..
Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham l5O 121. 2GO
Cromford....lloo lel. 150 Peak Forest
Dudley. ..• ... ; 100, 41. - Regent's •. •
Derby .• • ... ;100; 81. 103 'Rochdale ..• •85 41. 64
Ellsmre&Chs 133 41. 80 Shropshire -
Erewash •.. ;100 321. 300 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 123
Forth & Clyd,loo 4/. - Do.LkFdSt 12 6/.p. e. 11
GrandJunctn 100. 71. s 100 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 440
Grand Union 100, 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. 230
Glamorgnsh . 172 13%1. 210 Stourbridgo - 145 201. -
Glstr & Brkly , • 00! - - Strtfrdon Av 79 11. 10s. -
Grantham • • 1501 121. 100 Severn and} 126 11. Bs. -
Huddersfield.. 57 - 20 Wye Rail.
Kennt & Avn, 39 7s. 6d. 22 Trnt & Mr-1 50 30L -
Lancaster .• •' 47 1/. 10. 40 sey, sh. 3
Leeds&Livrp 100 341. 525 Thams &Med ,19 - 10
Leicester ....,140 101. 105 Worcstr Scl 178 41. 49
Leicstr &Nth, 831 41. 62 Birmlng. 1
Loughberogh 142' 70/. 650 Vilts k Brksi 67 11. 4s. 11
yr' z ---..............

DEEP SEA FISHINGS.
BY MR. DEMPSTER.
(From the Caledonian Mercury.)
Annually before the 24th of June there arrives a
Brassy Sound, in Shetland, a fleet of fishing vessels,
amounting at times to above one thousand. Those
vessels are called busses, and principally belong to the
Dutch, Danes, and Germans. The vessels are from 60
to 80 tons burden. They are decked, strong built, and
carry a crew of from 14 to 20 hands. The busses are
regularly fitted out with every requisite material, both
for catching, curing, and packing the herrings in. The
crews of those busses become sailors, fishers, curers, and
coopers by turns.
On the 24th of June the fishing fleet sails from
Brassy Sound in quest of the deep sea herrings; their
track is known and the shoals of herrings followed with
the vessels. The herrings caught in deep water have a
certain quantity of fixed oil in them, and are superior to
those caught in shoal water, as they go there to yawn.
When herrings are caught by the Dutch they are very
carefully handled, so as not to injure the scale. They
are assorted into three kinds, namely, mattes, under-
sized—voles, full-sized—ylen herring, shottea herring.
Gutting, gilling, and bleeding with a knife, is the next
process (which can be done cleanly and effectually en
board ship when weather permits), they are then cured
with Mediterranean Bay salt and a salt prepared in Hol-
land. which gives them an excellent flavour.
The Dutch are particular about the wood their barrels
are made of, choosing well seasoned oak to any other,
as they think other descriptions of wood give to the
pickle a bitter taste. Whilst packing the herring the
Dutch are also particular; they wish to retain their full
plump shape as much as possible. They don't squeeze
them into the barrels. In all foreign countries herrings
are mostly eaten in a raw state, so that a full plump
clean-looking appearance is a recommendation to the
Dutch cured herring. The Dutch get very high
prices for their early caught herrings in the continental
markets.
Accompanying the fishing fleet there are always a
nuinhir of fast-sailing yagers, or cutters. When a quan-
tity of herrings have been caught and cured on board
the busses, they are sent direct to the continental
markets by those yagers. They have been known to
realise a clear profit of from 131. to 15/. per barrelfor
early herring.
It is asserted by De Witt, a grc at statesman of Hol-
land, in his " Interest of Holland," that 3,000 busses
and 40,000 sailors were employed in the fishery, and
that the United Provinces thereby gained according to
his calculations five millions sterling per annum.
The most of Dutch fishing vessels belong to joint-
stock companies.
The next of importance is the superior mode carried
on by the Dutch and English fishing, for cod and other
white fish. They mostly use hand lines, and so soon as
the fish takes the bait they are immediately hauled up,
hooked by the mouth or lip. If the fish be alive they
are put into a well; if dead, they are shortly afterwards
cut up and pickled into barrels.
The most general mode of catching white fish in
Scotland is by setting long lines with a great number of
hooks. Those lines are allowed to lie in the water for a
considerable time before being hauled, so that should a
fish happen to take the bait shortly after the line is set,
by struggling they soon die, and if long dead before
being brought to the shore, they are not in such a good
condition for curing as they are immediately after being
caught.
Amongst other improvements in the Scottish fisheri__,
the trawl net might be introduced. It is well known
there are plenty of sole and other descriptions of deli-
cate flat fish, about sandy bays and banks on the coast
of Scotland, that are principally to be caught with the
trawl net.