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_ -A Bailwat from France to Enoi ^ and . —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 slight 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 .
Thb Rk-buectiows . —The Hon . "W . F . Cowper , and the Bight 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 pre-Bent 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 .
D <> wNiNa-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 not 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 Lifk o ; s Westminster Bridge . —An accident happened on Wednesday to one of the diving bells employed in the construction of the new Westminster Bridge , owing to vhich , the iron cog-wheels burst asunder , and the cog 3 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 . Sklf-actino Points on Railways . —A collision , owing to the defective working of these points , occurred a few days ago at the Boltou 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 injury was received .
Boyle v . Wiseslyx , —On 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 are , that the defendant is to pay 100 / . towards the costs of the abortive trial at Guildford , and the- whole of the- taxed costs of the trial at Kingston , and 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 be paid , it was said , would amount to nearly 1200 / .
Tmc Case of Straiian , Paitt ., and Bates , again camo on at Bow ytreet on Wednesday ,, when further evidence was received touchingone of Dr . Griilith'saecurities which had been traced to a Mr . Levy , for whom it is held by Messrs . Coutts , the bankers . Mr . Straiian and Mr . Bates have now obtained bail ; but Sir . 1 . D . Paul has been unable to find sureties . SmrwKKCK . —The Loire , iron steamship , was lost in a fog on Sunday morning , ofFLundy Ialaml . All hands were saved . IIiCAi / m ov London . —The returns of the metropolitan registrars are still of a satisfactory character . In the week that ended last Saturday , the total number of deaths registered was 1 WI . In the corresponding weeks
of 181 !) and 18 f > l , when so many lives were attacked with oholera , tlio deaths ro . no to nearly double that number—to lDOi ) in the former year , and to 1832 in the latter . The deaths of last week occurred in an increased population , ami the proseut rate of mortality is therefore comparatively low . Tho returns announce only 6 cases * > f cholera for lust week , Jt of whieh vcro " choleraic diuril ><» . 'u , " or " cholera infnutum . " M ( i f ) 0 raoii 8 have died of diarrhain , of whom no lesn than 125 wore- under two yours of age . Last week , tho births of 888 boys and 760 tfirlrt , in nil L > 8 . ' J children , worn registered In London . In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1846-51 , thu aver / jgo number was 1087 . —/>•<>»? the Registrar-General ' s MVtMy Jteturn .
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BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . DAULI NT * .--August 19 , at Oovornmont House , St . John ' s , Newfoundland ' . " tho wife of his Excellency Charles Henry Purling , Ksq .: a son . TIIIMMV— August 11 . at 3 , Hrook-strcot , Grosvonor-squaro , tho wife , of Franz Thinim . Esq .: a son . WILSON . — -August 14 , at the Vk-arago , Eastry , tho wife of tho Rev . Charles Carus "Wilson : a sou . MARRIAGES . CHILD—BELL . —August 14 , at All Sainta' Church , Fulham , Charles Baylis Child , Esq ., of Gosford Lodge , Fulliam , to Charlotte , second daughter of William Doll , Lsq ., of Urooin Villa , Pulhnni . COLERIDGE — BARTON . — August 0 . at St . Andrew ' s Church . Plymouth . William Ronuoll Coleridge , Esq .. South Dovon Militia , son of tho lato Bishop Ooloridgo . of Salston . Dovon , to Kathorlno Francos , only surviving daughter of the Into Capt . U . Cutts Barton , of Burrough , Dovon . IIAN OOCK—SMITH . —August 11 . at Great Grccnford , John Havdwick Hancock , only son of tho lato John Hancook , Kso . of 2 . Vornon-plnco , BloomHl ) ury » squnrc \ t (> Sarah Ann o tho youngest daughter of William Smith , Esq ., of tho Manor Uouuo , Grconford .
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DEATHS . CLAY . —August 14 , at Swinton , near Rotheratn , John Clay . Esq ., of Cottingham , Swedish and Norwegian Tics-Consul HOOF . — August 11 , from disease of the heart , at his residence , Madeley House , Kensington , William Hoof , Esq ., aged sixty-seven ; and , in a few hours after , from the _ , sudden shock , Elizabeth , his wife , aged fifty-six . ™ AIR- —August 13 , at Biddings House , near Alfreton , Margaret Eliza , wife of Dr . Lyon Playfair . and daughter n , « ™?« ? « s Oakes . Esq ., aged thirty-four . « r * 7 u ~ l -i ? £ at Balaklava . Sergeant-Major Thorp , of wi mmSt' K ° < ' son of J . R . Thorp , of Tottenham _ Hale Mj * aiesex . aged thirty-five * B £ ? T& r ~ T > 2 F * T llf S * ? X ' Devonshire-place , his Excellency Don Pedro Juan de Zelueta , Count de Torre Diaz , aged seventy-two .
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A Stobmy Peaob 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 v . oted 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 carriedthough by a very bare majority .
, Mrs . Galbbev , 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 . Poisonbd by Mistake . —An infant has been poisoned by its mother-in-law giving it , in mistake , an embrocation instead of a draught . India . —The last mails from India bring absolutely no political news of interest . Lord Dalhousie , who continues at the Neilgherries , is improving in health ; some valuable presents have been sent to the King of Bunnah ; 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 .
Thje 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 .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , August 14 . BANKRUPTS . —Bexjamin- and Charles Hat > k , Upper Whitecross-street and Aldersgate-street , carpenters— Aemcu Cooling and Hexby Mibcsav , London-wall , soap makers—William Hackett , Oxford , gas engineer—John Field . Burnham Westgate , Norfolk , draper—Chabi . es Merit Rigo , Upper Stamford-street , Blackfriars , apothecary—joas Gkover , Strand , envelope maker—William Chari . es Goodk , High-street , Borough , warehouseman—Cjiarues Hohsnell , Chelmsford . ironmonger—Wilxiam
Faikkv , Bedford , provision merchant—Joseph Spexcee , Bilston , Staffordshire , ironfounder—Samuel and Joseph Few , Birmingham , tailors—John and Thomas Monk . Tipton , Staffordshire , boiler makers—Richard Goodacre , Nottingham , grocer—Charles Phillips , Weston-super-Mare , and Burnham , Somersetshire , potter — William Fk \ u and William Fear , jun ., Bristol , sawyers—Louis Ahlboujt , Liverpool , toy dealer—William Backiiovsb , Latham , Lancashire , timber dealer—John Bushton . Carlisle , plasterer—John Augustus Noel , South Shields , wino merchant
. __ ... SCOTC H SEQUESTRATIONS . —J . Kilgour , Auchter tool . Fifcshirc , baker .
Friday , August 17 . TUNKRUPTS . —James Cartes Daltost , Colomanstreet . City , trader—John Withers Taylor , Nottingham , hosier—Thomas Earlk , Parliament-street , Westminster , railwav contractor — William Leei > iiam and William Vlfrkd Wild . Shellield , opticians- John BrownniLL , Tipton , Staffordshire , shoemaker—William Backhouse , Lnthom ( not Latham , as in last Tuesday ' s Gazette ) timber dealer— William IUktlett Whiteway , Kingstbiguton , Devonshire , miller — Edward Willes Knight . Bath , dealer in china , glass , and oarthenwaro—Gustavus Gi » ley , Tornuav , Devonshire , share broker — Charles Husky Wall * and Christopher Holt , Sainlesbury . Preston , cotton apiunersr- Samuei , Lewis Walter , Manchester , coal merchant—Joseph Whittle , St . Helen ' s , Lancaster , provision dealer— Edwin Latham and Wilfrid Latham , Liverpool , merchants—George Wharton , Manchester , furniture broker — Joseph WirrrKiiorsK and William Jkffeiues , West Bromwich , Staffordshire , ironmasters .
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . 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 heavy 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 be vastly increased , that we may see Consols at 92 before the account . ' Four o ' clock . —Consols close at 91 } , 91 f ; Turkish , 941 , 94 ft Russian , 102 , 103 ; Peruvian , 82 , 82 £ . Caledonians , 63 J , 64 ; Chester and Holyhead , 12 , 14 ; Eastern Counties , lit , HJ ; Edinburgh aud Glasgow , 54 , 56 ; Great Northern , 89 . 90 ; Ditto , A stock , 68 , 70 ; Ditto , B stock , 127 , 129 : Great Southern and "Western of Ireland , 104 , 106 ; Great Western , 55 J , 56 ; Lancaster and Carlisle . 70 , 75 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire , 83 , 84 ; Loudon and North-Western , 96 j , 97 ; London aud Brighton , 98 , 100 ; London and South Western , 85 , 86 ; Midland , 71 * . 71 f ; Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire , 25 J , 26 ; Berwicks , 73 , 74 ; Yorks , 48 , 49 ; South Eastern , 62 , 63 ; Oxford and Worcester , 25 , 27 ; North Stafford-, 7 , 6 £ dis . ; South Devon , 13 J , 14 J ; Antwerp and Rotterdam , 9 J , 10 £ ; Bombay aad Baroda , li , 2 pm . ; Eastern of France , 39 i , 39 i ; East ludian Five per Cent ., Guaranteed , 24 i , 24 |; Ditto . Extension , 3 , 3 ?; Grand Trunk of Canada , 6 , 5 dis . ; Great Central of France , 4 i , 5 | pm . ; Great Western of Canada , 24 , 24 i ; Great Luxembourg . 3 f , 4 ; Madras , 19 J , 20 ; Paris and Lyons , 49 } , 49 ]; Paris and Orleans , 49 , 50 ; Rouen and Havre , 27 , 29 ; Paris and Rouen , 50 , 52 ; Sain ore and Meuse , 9 | , 91 ; Great Western of France , 124 , 1 3 * pm . ; Agua Frias , f , 3 ; Imperial Brazil , 2 £ > 3 ; Cocaes , 3 f . 4 i ; St . John del Roy , 27 , 29 ; Clarendon Copper , i f pm . ; Cobre , 59 . 61 ; Linares , 8 } , 8 J ; Liberty , i . I ; Santiago de Cuba , 45 , 5 J ; South Australian , J , f ; United Mexican , 3 i , S |; Waller , | , f ; Australasian Bank , 94 , 95 ; London Chartered of Australia , 19 £ , 20 : City Bank , 9 , 11 pm . ; London Bank , 43 , 6 }; Union of Australia , 73 , 74 ; Oriental Corporation , 42 . 43 ; Australian Agricultural , 29 J , 30-1 ; Canada Land . 130 , 135 ; Canada Government . 6 per Cent . Loan . , 115 ; Crystal Palace , 2 j , 25 ; North British Australasian , 5 , 1 ; Oriental Gas , li . If ; Peel Rivers , 2 i , 2 |; Scottish Australian Investment , li , 1 J ; South Australian Land , 364 , 37 } .
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CORN MARKET . Mark Lane , Friday Evening , August 17 , 1855 . THBRE 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 Rye and Potato crops in the North of Jtp-ope , and by the probability of a demand for the Continent , holders do not press sales , and the very trifling amount of business doing is at Monday ' s rates . The supply of Barleyis fully equal to tho 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 are out of condition prices are most irregular . The trade in floatimrcargocs during the week has been small . A cargo of Roman wheat has been sold at 73 s . ; one- of Galatz , at 07 s . ; ono of mixed Egyptian , 41 s . Cd ., to tho Continent ; and ono of the same at 39 s ., to tho United Kingdom , all cost , freight , and insurance . The deinaml for Maize has been very limited . A cargo of Ordou , arrived in good condition , has been sold at 333 . 6 & . ; aud ono of Galatz , on passage , at 39 s .
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BRITISH FUNDS FOR THB PAST WEEK-( Closing Piuoes . ) Sat . Mon . Tues . Wed . T 7 wrJFrid . Bunk Stock ' 214 214 J 215 J 2144 I 3 por Cent . Red 911 : l > l ! 0 U 91 ? ' 91 { 914 3 per Cent . Con . An . 91 I 01 $ 901 91 ' 91 I 901 Consols for Account 91 } 01 } 91 * i 91 } 91 t i 91 3 } por Cent . An . ... l | i - New H per Cents ... ! ' Long Ans . 1800 1 4 1-10 I | . 4 India Stock I 2311 231 ! j Ditto Bonds , £ 1000 31 31 30 I M i Ditto , under £ 1000 31 31 Ex . Bills , . £ 1000 21 21 21 18 18 |* 13 Ditto , £ 500 22 20 ' ! } l Ditto . Small 22 22 U > ' 17 _ .
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FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation duiufo the Wf . sk Kxvma Thuusday Evening . ) Brazilian Bonds 1024 Uumiian «? V , ' 1 > or 1 QOi Buenos Ay res 0 por Cuts . Ot ) j CoVtSl ' i j ,, «" ,: V ViVts ''" Chilian 0 por Cents 105 Kiwwjnu 4 j ^ i "'" ^} - »™ ; : ; ' ft Danish A por Cunts I 5 | MMI "i . VUnnnittcoOt Ecuador Bonds *» s 'l 'l lT 4 } Mexican 8 porConts .... 2 « ven % uX " n » orCo " , its . 31 } Mexican 3 por Ot . for jjXiaii 41 por Cents .... » 5 Ace . August H ) ......... ... nXj "" ,, orCont 9 « 5
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August 18 , 1855 . 1 THE LEAD . ER ; 801
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 18, 1855, page 801, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2102/page/21/
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