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• ; ffltAifcwXY * T & 6 ai Fbance to England . —M . Favre , a French engineer , has just published some observations relative to the possibility of making a railway under the Channel from France to England . He observes that on the coast of Cornwall several mines extend a great many kilometres under the sea , and yet no accident occurs from an irruption of water , though the thickness above is so alight that the noise of the loose stones moved about by the waves can be distinctly heard . M . Favre lays great stress on the fact of the bed of the sea being hard rock , and therefore not likely to be worn through by the action of the waves .
The RB-Bi « EcmoNs . —The Hon . W . F . Cowper , and the Right Hon . Robert Lowe , have been re-elected respectively for Hertford and Kidderminster . In the former instance , there was no opposition ; in the latter , Mr . Boycott , who had started , retired upon finding that he had no chance . At the Conclusion of his speech , Mr . Lowe said : — " Something tells me that a dissolution of Parliament is not very far off , when I shall again present myself before you ; but , if you want money , or beer , or flattery , or what is called clap-trap , you must go to another shop for it . " Mr . Cowper and Mr . Lowe are both earnest supporters of the war .
DowNCMJ-STREET Public Offices . —The Report of the Select Committee on the condition of , the Downingstreet Public-offices contains a plan proposed last year by Mr . Pennethorne , the Government architect . "We find this plan thus described by a daily contemporary : — " The great feature of the design consists of a quadrangle 250 feet by 150 feet , entered in the centre through a wide approach parallel with the return of the Treasurybuildings in Downing-street , Around this quadrangle would be distributed the new offices . A new Foreignoffice would be erected on a plot of ground , comprising the vacant space contiguous to the State Paper-office ,
together with the site of three houses fronting Southparade , and that of other houses in Fludyer-street . The Colonial-office to be built on the site of houses standing between Fludyer-street and Crown-street , and a set of offices , the use of which has uot yet been determined , would be built upon the vacant space and site of houses in Fludyer-street . All the above-mentioned offices would occupy the south and south-west portions of the large quadrangle . On the east side of the latter , northwards , it is proposed to erect additions to the Board of Trade . On the northern extremity of the west side of the quadrangle , a large space would be allotted to the War Department . "
Loss of Life on Westminster Bridge . —An accident happened on Wednesday to one of the diving bells employed in the construction of the new Westminster Bridge , owing to which , the iron cog-wheels burst asunder , and the cogs were scattered completely across the carriage road . A gentleman who was passing was struck in the chest , which was completely broken in , and he died almost directly . One of the workmen was also badly hurt . m Self-acting Points on Railways . —A collision , owing to the defective working of these points , occurred a few days ago at the Hoi ton station of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway . The train , instead of continuing on the main line , went into a siding , and dashed Against a luggage train . The passengers were bruised and skaken : but no serious iujury was received .
Boyle v . Wlskman . —Ou this case , which has been tried twice before , being brought on at the Croydon Assizes on Monday , some surprise was excited by the announcement that terms of agreement had been come to . It transpired afterwards that the terms arc , that the defendant is to pay 100 / . towards the costs of the abortive trial at Guildford , mul the whole of the taxed costs of the trial at Kingston , nnd the present action ; and it was arranged between the counsel that no apology or retractation should be demanded or given . Thus has ended these proceedings . The costs to bo paid , \ t was Baid , would amount to nearly 1200 / .
Thk Cask of Stic a ii ax , Patl , and Bates , again camo on at Bow Street on Wednesday , when further evidence was received touching one of Dr . U ninth's . securities which bad been traced to a Mr . Levy , for whom it is held by Messrs . Coutts , the bankers . Mr . Strnhan and Mr . Bates have now obtained bail ; but Sir , L 1 ) . Paul has been unable to lind sureties . SmrwiiKCK . —The Loire , iron stennmhip , wns lost in a fog on Suiulny morning , oft ' Luudy Island . All hands were eaved . Ukaltii ok London , —Tho returns of the metropolitan registrars arc still of a natisfuctory character . In tho week that untied last Saturday , tho total number of donths rogi . stored was UOi ) . In the corresponding weeks
of 18-ii ) and 186-1 , when no many Iivoh were attacked with cholera , tho death * rose to nearly double that number—to 1009 in tho former year , and to 18 . 'J' 2 in tho latter . Tho deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , and the present rate of mortality is therefore comparatively low . Tho , returns announce only 5 eases of cholera for l «« t week , JJ of which wimo ' ' choleraic diarrhooa , " or " cholora infantvun . " J-KJ persons havodiodof dinrrluuu , of whom no lesn than 12 f > were under two years of / ik «' . I . tint , week , tho births of 88 ^ boy « and 700 girto , in nil 1 i > 8 i » children , w « ro registered in London . In tho ton corresponding \ voekn of tho years 1845-64 , tho avcrngo number was 1387 . —From the Regiatrar-GenevaVa Weekly Return .
A Stormy Peace Meeting ( as peace meetings are apt to be ) was held on Wednesday evening in St . Martin ' s Hall , at the instance of Mr . John Hamilton , " of the Empire , " a paper so called . Mr . Hamilton , having been voted to the chair , made a violent speech against the war , which he said had had the effect of depressing instead of increasing liberty . Mr . Bronterre O'Brien , to speak in legal language , " followed on the same side , " and proposed a resolution embodying his views . Mr . Pasmore Edwards read an amendment , denouncing the war as " a delusion , a mockery , and a snare ; " but the meeting , conceiving that this was no amendment , refused to allow it . Mr . Horace St . John then moved an amendment , recognising the justice of the war ; upon which one of the peaceable gentlemen came forward , and aimed a blow at him with a riding-whip , which , however , was warded off by the chairman . Several other speakers addressed the meeting amidst much confusion ; and in the end the resolution of Mr . O'Brien was carried , though by a very bare majority .
Mils . Galbbey , a lady of Northumberland , has rescued two men from drowning , by wading into the sea , and holding them until assistance arrived in the persons of some other women , when they were dragged up the bank and saved . Poisoxkd by Mistake . —An infant has been poisoned by its mother-in-law giving it , in mistake , an embrocation instead of a draught . IsniA . —The last mails from India bring absolutely no political news of interest . Lord Dalhousie , who contiuues at the Neilgherries , is improving in health ; some valuable presents have been sent to the King of Burmah ; and trade is dull . The West Indies . —Nothing of importance seems to be stirring in the West India islands , the last accounts merely having reference to the state of trade , which is inactive .
The Eagle Insurance Company . — The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this company took place on the 10 th instant , when the chairman stated that the claims of last year on decease of lives assured had been of unusually small amount , notwithstanding the serious degree of sickness that prevailed . A good rate of interest , he added , had been obtained for the company ' s money . Before sitting down , the chairman impressed on the meeting the importance of increasing the number of assurances .
From The London Gazette. Tuesday, August...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , August 14 . BANKRUPTS . —Bjexjamix and Ciiaki . es Hatub , Upper Wliitccross-street and Aldersgate-street , carpenters—Afi-Tni-uConusoand Henry Marcham , London-wall , soap makers—William Hackett , Oxford , gas engineer—Joirsr Fikli > Burnhnm Westgate , Norfolk , draper—Charles Mfrit Kigo , Upper Stamford-street , Blackfriars , apothecary—John Geover , Strand , envelope maker—William Charles Goode , High-street . Borough , warehouseman—Cn intKS Hoksvell , Chehusford , ironmonger—William Furk y , Bedford , provision merchant—JosErn Spencer , BiUton Staffordshire , ironfounder—Samlkl and JosEPn Fkvn , Birmingham , tailors— Jons and -Thomas Monk , Tinton Staffordshire , boiler makers—Richard Goodacre , Nottingham , grocer—Charles PniLLirs , Weston-super-Mare and Burnham , Somersetshire , potter—William Vxktl and William Fbar . jun ., Bristol , sawyers—Louis Ahlborn Liverpool , toy dealer—William Hackhovsb , Latham Lancashire , timber dealer—John Rwsiitok , Carlisle , plasterer— John Augustus Noel , South Shields , W SCOTCH SEQUESTItATIONS .-J . KiLGorit , Auchtertool , Fifeshire , baker . Friday , August 17 . UVNKRUPTS . — James Cakter Palton . Colcmanstreet Citv trader—John Witiikks Taylor , Nottingham , hosier—Thomas Earlk , Parliament-street , Westminster , railway contractor—William Lkkimiam and William \ ifrei ) Wn . n . Shcltteld , opticians-John Browniiili ., Tiptou Staffordshire , shoemaker—William Backhouse , Lathom ( not Latham , as in last Tuesday ' s Gazette ) timber doalor—William Bautlett Whiteway , Kingstoignton , Devonshire , miller — Edward Willes Knight . Bath , doalorin china , glass , and earthenware—Gustatus (« ioi . ky , Toninav Devonshire- share broker—Chahi . es Henry Wall " and Christopher Holt , Samlcsbury , Preston , cotton spiimrrs—Samuel Levtin Waltek , Manchester , coul merchant—Josum W hittle , St . Helen ' s , Lancaster , provision dealer— EmviN Latham and Wilfrid Latham , Liverpool , merchants — Oeorok Wharton , Manchester , furniture broker — Joseph Whiteiiousi : and William Jjuterius , West Broimvieh , Staffordshire , ironmasters .
Births, Marriages, And Deaths. Births. 1...
BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . 1 ) AKL 1 NG .--Augunt 19 , at Government House , St . John ' s , Newfoujidhuul . ' tho wife of his lixeollency Charles Henry DarlhiK . 1 ' jSQ . • a son . T 1 IIMM — Visual 1 * . " . Brook-street , Grosvenor-squnro , tho wife of Fran / . Thiinm . Esq .: a son . WILSON . —August It , at the Vicarage , Kastry , tho wife of tho Rev . Charles Cnrus Wilson : u son . MARRIAGES . 0111 LD—BKIiTi . — August It , at All Saints' Church , Ful ham , Charles Uiivlis Chiht , Vm \ .. of Gosford Lodpe , Fulhaui , to Chariot to . " second daughter of Williaun Boll , Esq ., of lV >\? BttlS'H - « AWK > N .--Ai « uS , t 0 . at St . ^ ndrow ' s Church . Plymouth , William RoinioU Coloridgo , h . xi \ .. South Dovon Militia , son of tho lato Bishop Coleridge , of Salston , i ¦) l ^ von to Katharine Frances , only aurviviiiK da \ ightor of tho lato Cii | tt It . Cutt » Barton , of Burrough , Devon . II ANliOOK-SIMlTlI . —AuRust 11 . at Great Groenford , John llardwick Hancock , only son of tho Jato John Hancock , l «\ sn of a , Vornon-placo , Bloojnsbury-square . to Sarah Ainie tho youngest daughter of William Smfth , Esq ., of tho Manor Houso , Grconford .
Deaths. Cla.Y.—August 14, At Swinton, Ne...
DEATHS . CLA . Y . —August 14 , at Swinton , near Rot her am , John Clay . Esq .. of Cottingham , Swedish and Norwegian Vice-Consul at Hull . . . . HOOF . —August . 11 , from disease of the heart , at his residence , Madeley House , Kensington , William Hoof , Esq ., agea sixtyrseven ; and , in a few hours after , from the T > # *^? T i ' Elizabeth , his wife , aged fifty-six . rxjAX FAlR j —August 13 , at Kiddings House , near Alfreton , Margaret Eliza , wife of Dr . Lyon Playfair , and daughter J ' « lat « James Oakes , Esq ., aged thirty-four . ^ P ^ Kr ^ i ? ??• Balaklava . Sergeant-Major Thorp , of w 2 i ^ tu- ^ V Drasoons , son of J . K ,. Thorp , of Tottenham . / iS rr % . T ^ ldtU » eSeXt a « ed thJrty-five . ii . % Ti pT ^ t Ui at ? ' Devonshire-place , his Excel-«^ sS ^ aty Ueta ' C 0 Unt de Torre Diaz '
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Money Market And City Intei.Ligence. Fri...
MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTEI . LIGENCE . Friday Evening , August 17 , 1855 . Consols are quiet . There was a temporary weakness this morning , on account of some rumours of an unsuccessful assault . Turkish Six per Cents , are very strong at 94 . The new loan of five millions of Turkish is already inquired after , and commands a premium of 31 . per cent . Other stocks are tolerably firm . In the share market there is a continual depression in the heavy share market . Great Westerns are very weak . Foreign lines , having no such heav ^ drawbacks as our home undertakings , are all at a premium . Great Western of Canada traffic returns are so encouraging- that seven and eight per cent dividend is talked of . Money is not quite so easy as last week . The harvest prospects , however , are so good , and the increase of bullion from Australia so likely to he vastly increased , that we may see Consols at 92 before the account . Four o ' clock . —Consols close at 91 i , 91 g ; Turkish , 94 J , 94 i ; Russian , 102 , 103 ; Peruvian , 82 , 824-
Caledonians, 63j, 6*; Chester And Holyhe...
Caledonians , 63 J , 6 *; Chester and Holyhead , 12 , 14 ; Eastern Counties , llg , lli ; Edinburgh and Glasgow , 5 * , 56 ; Great Northern , 89 . 90 ; Ditto , A stock , 68 , 70 ; Ditto , B stock , 127 , 129 : Great Southern arid Western of Ireland , 104 , 106 ; Great Western , 55 J , 56 ; Lancaster and Carlisle . 70 , 75 : Lancashire and Yorkshire , 83 , 84 ; London and North-Western , 96 $ , 97 ; London and Brighton , 93 , 100 ; London and South Western , 85 , 86 ; Midland , 7 U , 71 f ; Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire , 25 J , 26 ; Berwicks , 73 , 74 ; Yorks , 4 S , 4 U ; South Eastern , 62 , 63 ; Oxford and Worcester , 25 , 27 ; North Stafford ., 7 , 6 £ dis . ; South Devon , l * i , 14 J ; Antwerp and . Rotterdam , 9 J , 10 J ; Bombay and Baroda , U , 2 pm . ; Eastern of France , 39 ? , 39 £ ; East Indian Five per Cent ., Guaranteed , 24 i , 24 f ; Ditto . Extension , 3 , Si ; Grand Trunk of Canada , C , 6 dis . ; Great Central of France 4 { 5 £ pin . ; Great Western of Canada , 24 , 24 £ ;
, , Great Luxembourg , 8 | , 4 ; Madras , 19 J . 20 ; Paris and Lyons , 4 . 9 $ , 49 i ; Paris and Orleans , 49 , 50 ; Eouen and Havre , 27 , 29 ; Paris and Rouen , 50 , 52 ; Sambre and Meuse , 9 | , 9 J ; Great Western of France , 12 £ , V $ i pin . ; Agua Frias , f , j ; Imperial Brazil , 2 £ , 3 ; Cocaes , 3 J , 44 ; St . John del Hey , 27 , 29 ; Clareudon Copper , i i pm . ; Cobre , 59 , 61 ; Linares , Si , 82 ; Liberty , J , g ; Santiago de Cuba , 4 f , 5 |; South Australian , I , 5 ; United Mexican , 3 i , 3 |; Waller , I , i ; Australasian Bank , 94 , 95 ; London Chartered of Australia , 19 $ , 20 : City Bank , 9 , 11 pm . ; London Bank , 4 i , 6 i ; Union of Australia , 73 , 74 ; Oriental Corporation , 42 , 43 ; Australian Agricultural , 291 , 30 i ; Canada Land , 130 , 135 ; Canada Government , 6 por Cent . Loan , 111 , 115 ; Crystal Palace , 2 £ , 2 jj North British Australasian , $ . 1 ; Oriental Gas . 14 , 1 |; Peel Rivers . 24 , 2 ? ; Scottish Australian Investment , 1 | , 11 ; South Australian Land , 364 , 37 * .
Corn Market. Mark Lane, Friday Evening, ...
CORN MARKET . Mark Lane , Friday Evening , August 17 , 1855 . Tubes has been but a moderate arrival of foreign Wheat during the week and very little English . The weather continues favourable for the harvest , but the attendance is small , and tho demand is ; confined entirely to the supply of . immediate wants . Influenced , however , by the general belief that the present crop is far short of last year , by tho failure of the Rve and Potato crops in the North of Europe , and by the probability of a doniand for tho Continent , holders do not press sides , and the very trifling amount of business doing is at Monday's rates . The supply of Barley is fully equal to the demand , and with a slow trade there is no alteration in prices to report . There is again a considerable arrival of Oats , and for such as arc out of condition prices areiuost irregular . The trade in floatiiiKcargoes during the week has been small . A cargo of Roman Wheat has been sold at 7 ; 5 s- ; ono of Oialatz , at «! 7 s . ; one of mixed Egyptian , ils . ( id ., to tho Continent ; ami ono of the same at S'Js ., to the United Kingdom , all cost , freight , and insurance , 'the demand for Maize has been very limited . A cargo of Ordou , arrived in good condition , has been sold at 38 s . 0 d . ; and ono of Galatz , on passago , at 3 i ) s :
British Funds For The Past Week. (Closin...
BRITISH FUNDS FOR THE PAST WEEK . ( Closing Fjucjes . ) Sat . Mon . Tues . Wed . Thur . Trid Bank Stock ' 214 2111 2151 ' 214-5 3 pel-Cent . Red l ) li 91 $ » H 91 * . 015 014 3 per Cent . Con . An . 91 91 $ 901 91 91 OOi Consols for Account 911 » U 014 011 , 914 Ul 3 t por Cunt . An ' , * I - jt few 21 |> er Cents i Long Ans . 1600 4 1-10 * India Stock 2314 231 ' Ditto Jiuud . s ,. £ 1000 31 31 30 I 2 ( 5 ! Ditto , under jt'lUOO 31 31 ! ¦•••¦• Kx . Bills , A' 1000 21 21 21 IS IS |' fl Ditto , . 000 22 ! 20 j 17 Ditto , Small 22 ' 22 *!> < j ^ ..- !* -
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FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Laut OriuciAL Quotation mmisfi tiieW . kiik enuiko TjUITKSDAY liVKKISO . ) Brazilian Bonds 10 SJ Uusstaii Voiida , D l >« r BiianoaAymttiporCnts . o « d „ * '" ^ . - . VnSrVfeiVts . Chili , uMi 1 , ere : , nts l « i JO *» » P « ^ " ^ j : ^ anish 5 per Cents h ^ ( ' ( Iinu , ttocCrt . Kcuador ionds * i , fc " ^ f I Oo ' . lll ) t run 4 * Moxcuiia porCViitM .... - ' »« v , ^ uo ail por Cents . 31 i Mexican 8 | i « -r Ol . lor jiXjan U por Cents .... 1 ) 5 Acc . AuKiwt 10 ......... "J K h ^ ,, or Cents 05 l ' ort » gueHo f per < -. M . ' . s . * i » ^ . ^ ContCertif . D O * PortUKiivao a !>• Cnniw . ...
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 18, 1855, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_18081855/page/21/
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