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      FROM THE LONDON 'GAZETTE . Taesdnt ; , I'vbruary 19 . BA . KKRIIPTS — Auxmjstus WiitTTiNQiiAM , "Woolwich and Old Kent road , ciriitter—James '' White , i > runtw 6 od , carpenter— Ja mes Tdbneb , Bishopsgate-street and elsewhere , baker—Fkancis Louis Simond , Cullum-street , merchant—Cuarles Wolf , St . taul ' s-churehyard and clsuwheie , cook —William : Welch , Birmingham , packiug-cnse maker—Joseph ISdce ,. Kidderminster , carpet manufacturer—Thomas Stu&ton ajid lipwAKo Key , Holbeach , Lincolnshire , scriveners— Davjd l \ l > AVis , Menhyr-Tydvil , general shopkeeper , William Massa , Sheilleld , hatter—Thomas Bann . Liverpool , clothierr-fclENaY Akdhew , Ty Wesley , . Lancashire , shopkeeper . SCOTCH feEQUESTRATIONS . —T . Robertson , Glasgow , taker—W . Bodger , ( ilasgow , tea merchant—\ V , Horn , Glasgow , flesher—T . Bowiu , Foires , shoemaker—W , -Kennedy , itdinburgta , grocer—A . Watt , iNungate , Haddingtoii , fiirmer , Friday , Ftibruarii 22 .

      BANKRUPTS , —Henut Mahtin and Samuel Foot , Battersea-fieWB , brewers — Ebenezer Dat , Kdgware-road builder—William Smith Slateb , Birkenhead , titnber merchant— Thomas Da vies , Abergavenny , butcher—Edwin ItoDGEus avnd John Fiiost lioDOEus , Wallsull , SuHbi-dshire , grocers—J . osia ^ i Jo&epu Hatcu , Fridny . street , furrier—Xuomas TuaTpoN Clarke and James Wade , Uml < ler ? iU'ld , woollen yarn manufacturers— Wm . Pavne , Jermyn-street , St . James's , hotel keeper—SIaby Oakolina . Ulojcsosie , Cardiit " , wine and spirit merchant . SCOTCH . SKQUJESTKATION . —John GALmiAiau , Glasgow , miller .

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      MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . m ' London , Friday Evening , Fob . 22 , 1850 . The wants of the Chancellov of the Exchuniiur amount , aft . « r all , to 6 , 000 , 000 Console and 3 . 000 , 000 Exchequer Bills . The loan Uaa been taken at 90 , nnd the scrip haa been at \\ premium per cent . The buoyancy of Consols , notwithstanding the pressure for money , fa very remarkable . 11 serves to » how how eoon the market will recover itself should a pence bo patched up . The Conferences , which commence next weelr , may bo ( suddenly broken up ; « nd the article in tho Ueole-lf it mount anything aeilous-would aeoni tliufc tho Jbmperor of France will inalet upon tho abandonment of Nlcolniott ' . Will Uusaia consent ? That Tower niunt be more thoroughly bqaton , nnd demornlitjed to a Kieiitcr extent thaw any owe baa yet believed , if Hho consents ! . Assume tho Conferences over t and peace established , wlmtttupa will be tuken to make Turkey reform herself ? Mow many troops of tho AUieB will bo permanently pruriititnicd iu and about the shores of the Black Sea ? Tho Au « lrinn occupntlon of t |> e I ' rincipalitiea , and their brutal rulu there—tho question of indemnification , or none—iiure lu a field of doMbt

      --a mystery to speculate upon . At home , » j ; ttln , evon with poapo , there , are a few thorns ready for the Ministry , and we should have had n dissolution at their Ih'st defeat , but they wait n " ory " to go to the country . ConuQla—bajTrinBunluoky acoldontB will probably boo 03 all Juno , but boyond that they do not go la tho ForciKn Stooka , ( 1 i > or Cuut .. Turku keep n wood prico , and nre inquired after . The Now TurltiMi i iicrOwit . ilagH . All railway shares are good , piiriioiilarly Oroivt-WeHtcrn and IMrmlnglmin , Tine sad olrcumntiiuooa attending the death of Mr . Sadlolr render it ponaibio i hat ho wua cmbarrniBsod in hlu aflWre , nnd have deprecintod ih « prioo ol tl » e Hoyal Bwediah Hailwny , of whlon ho wan Ctmlnnnn . 1 lie uweotoru have issued a notiou warning lnowburti oi tho Htook J&xchango from detiliug In lhe » o tthurcp , i » n thvro nr « aeverid improperly Issued . The new JUunk Blmrcn » ro somewhat lower in their reaped ivo prumltim |> vIcuh . 'i ho great tightness of money , and the vvitlulrawul of Inrpo amount * lor the new loiui , &c , hae oauaed a full in many of the ki >« -

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      between the ; directors of the bne and those of other competing , lines . " The accounts for the half-year ended 31 st December , 1855 ,, show that the capital expended to the 30 th June , 1855 , was £ 10 , 905 , 717 5 s . 3 d . ; the payments rnade during the half-year to 3 ist December , 1855 , w-ere ^ £ 155 ^ 802 8 s . 6 d . ; niakiug the whole capital expended , £ 11 , 061 , 519 13 s . 9 d . The balance of earnings beyond expenses is ^ 820 , 773 ' 8 s . 10 d ., being larger by £ 14 , 00 , 3 8 s . 2 d . than the balance at the end of 1854 . This bsdance , after being applied to the payment of rents and other fixed charges , interest on the mortgage debt , and to provide for dividends on the . various preference stocks , -which altogether amount to £ 185 , 461 4 s . &d ., becomes

      The Prptoess ClAiiiTzaN- —With refsrenoa to & statement recently made at the MarJborough-stre ' efc police-office ^ -to the effect that the gopds o £ the Priitc ' eSs GalitziH , n ^ e glpurorofi v had been seized for debt , and that the lady herself was in : the custody . of astieriEP ' s of&cer , the Princess writes to a localpaper &b Brightqn , jn . whioh . town , she resides , stating that slieis . theoiily ^ Briftcess Galitpiji now- tivxng xa JEngland : that ; the , assertions , made with respect to -her

      are altogether incorrect ; and that she remains voluntarily in this , country because # he has abjured the Greek church , and become a -member of the Cltuxch of rEngland . The . Rdncess . icoif ^ ludes ; hy " saying , :-r " Therefore , sir , I solemnly denounce every one of the statements of theanpnym ' ous ^ male , of respiectable appearance , aia ^ ,: O ^ . Jnspecidr Wwh && perfectly false , — as a comedy played in the sacned vaults of justice , and as a trick , the hidden , cause for which I Iteep for mysslf / ' . < : ¦ . , . " .= > » , « i . ¦ < . : , : ¦ ¦ . . . - ¦ i ! - . ; -

      The : I / eomwisteii EJleoho ?? . — -The pal 1 term . ina . ted on-Tuesday , when Me . Hardy , the Conservative candidate , wias returned by a majdiufcy of 78 over Mr . Caaipbel ' l , the Liberal candidate ; the numbers bemg 179 foi- Hardy , andiOl ^ for Campbell . . ' . ' . ' ,. THisi'LoGAt Dues on Shippinc * Bill . —The report of the . Consolidated Qommittee on this bill anpbinfed by the City of Xondon was read ¦ on ISiesday in the Court of Common Council .. It denotmced the

      intention of abrogating tne dues' witiaotib graritih ^ compenasitioji i anS $ a'esoiutiou ; adopting th ^ report was -tjdqia ^ imomiyrcaEiieaV ^ ef ^^ xnevd ^ cus ' sioxi ^ , A < peti ' 1 & ^ 3 i v ; % ' Q" > iPiwliaWent ' s % ^^ tt&d \ : '' agr ^ ed on .- —^ Meetin ' gs witji a j similar , obje . ct have Jeen held a ^ He > ve , ast ! e ttpon-Tyrie and jinverp ^ ol ; t )^/ tl ^ e , corporatidnsipf Npirij ^ aiid > South , Sbleids ,, ; 5 ^ empiitb ! ,. ^ underlana , Durham , « 3 id GfatSsheady have held meetings , and ^ dd pted ; petitions , ih- ' -favpiil ^ - of , tile Govei'nnlenfc xneaSurp . - ' . • ' -i ' > ' ' " ; : . '¦' . ' : v < / . ' ' ' ' ¦ ¦ '' '

      The Chajsge of Eerjubt aoaistst a Lobb of 1 KB MAMOE .- ^ This case , of which we gave the ' particulars last we , ek , came Ion . " . for $ ixirfjhLe £ considleration on iiionday , when 3 fc . Arnold , : the Westminster . magistrate , said he was " of opinion that there was no chance of a , ; sati ^ a «^^ c 3 sejbeing ,, tti 6 tde out in . this in ^ t&ce , ;^ d' 3 ^^^ iy : ^'\ . ^^ i ^| i s ^<*^ l $ < 3 . cqitnpiaiixt . Mb , FlrzHABDiNGE BEBEELEy ^ has hrpuglit an aciaon against -the i 4 Wmnce ne-wspaper ; forlibel ; The paper in : qTlestipnis an orgatt of the ^ abbatariisun , party , antl 'it imputed . to " $£ > ' Berkeley that he had tLnfau ? l y packed his ; Parligioieniary .. Committee on the iPubliclioTise Gldsirig Act of 1854 , and'had called one-sided

      Tartnesses . These attacks / TTere persevered in week after week . -. Sir . i ' redetick T $ Lesiger ,. Qn | Jiefparfc of the proprietpm of ; %% J 0 AaMc 6 ^ ^^^ tte ^^ a ^ t ' - the-Viouuds . of fair discussion had ^ beeii . ' jeStcge'SeS , ; and pffered an apology , which was 'accepted ^ and a . verdict " with nominal damages ( five guineas ) was , given for Mr . '¦ T ^ v ^ AiiiUBE \ b ?;> Mb .. SGoWiRusSBLii . —t-A meeting pf ; th e Biastern'SteaiDa Navigation Company was held pja Tuesday , at which it Vas stated that no difficulty can arise ; with respect totke property , &c , comprised in the vessel as ib stands , the directors having taken the precaution to secure in their own right the ground on , which the works have been conducted . Tha other

      contracts , . it is also believed , . are in a position to insure the interests of the company , even should Mr . Rliss ' plVs apaij-s ^ eyentuallyjass jitito banlcruptcy . The total amount of these engagements were pat down at £ 332 , 250 , of which , the company have advanced £ 292 , 295 , leaving abpiat ^ 40 ^ 000 to be paid ' on the completion of thie , cpjitracfia . , T , hb security possessed for their performance , is ^ OQO ^ astern Steain Navigatipn a > ares , belonging to " Mr . BLussell , on which JE 10 per shave has been paid ,,. making an aggregate of ; £ 20 jOOO , and which were deposited in the hands of the compaijiy , Some . ticae previpixs to the stoppage , the company found great delay in the execution of

      th , e contyact ; and in anticipation of a break-down , and wishing to , avert ifc , they made > some prepaynients to Mh Ruasell on acootint of wages . ' , r StrspEHsioN oi ? a , Qviwm . ttovm *— Tlie suspension has been announced of Messrs . Gambouvoglou JLeno and Co . ; one of the Qrepk houses engaged in the J ) anube c 6 , rn . ira < ie . , Thpir dif ^ pulties arp attributed to the circumstance of naany of-ihoii- cai'goos being detainBdin the Bftnube , and th « ii * friends expreaa p onfit | e ^ fc ' fl , ' nt ^ pipatipn ^ \ p . oit the assets ' pf the firm wjll be sufficient ; ultimately to naeot all claims iu full . Their uncovered liabilities ave '¦ onl y about ^ J 20 , 000 . The MursidAN BondWoIlptiIis , throuah their

      committee , announce that the President of Mexico has issued a decree , estabji ^ hdng a noyv financial board of Wven niembov ^ . fouif | 9 ? whom , inclUcfiqg the' ohairman / are to fee nonnnKtoq by tlie . Govoratneufi , tho fifth'by , the national creditor , the sixth by the maim-^^ f ^ s ^ 'tod tlxo aeventU by thp ngricultnrista . Tho ^ V ^/ P ^ H VW- ^^ ^' Vti ftrtiolo of tho dooroe onu-^ ° * $ ? . * ' among ( ther functions of tho boiwd that of * $ !^!^ & $ ^ ° ^ < the duties aeaigned to tho forejfcri ^ ebtiM' < ff roinittlng it to London to » uch m ^^ ^ " ^* ^ J'owfd mny appoiut . " ' ¦ rJ ^ ' ^^' Si ^ Ff - Rai * W 4 flf ^ . Tho Imlf-yoarly VS ^ '&v * ^ TOWffl ^ MWWea , and contftina some pomta of gonW&tO , owing to the dispute

      reduced to £ , " 14 : 5 }§(> 5 7 s . 5 < i . " . yarious circumstances have combined to keep down the dividend to a lower rate thau the direotors anticipated . " The , available balance , however , admits of dividends upon the original , stock at the rate of 6 per cent , ' per annum—< hy for' the half-year , 3 per cent . ; on the B stock 3 f percent , for the half-yeai '—making 6 percent , for the year 1855 ; and upon the A stook 2 | per cent , for the wjjpl je ! year 1855 ; and ihe directors recommend that , dividends be paid at these rales , leaving the small surplus of £ 112 4 s . lid . to be carried to the next account ; . But if the company had also kept all that th , ey have earned , instead- of paying ovei about £ 81 , 214 to the London and North Western and the Miaikrid ' Gpmpaniesi . tinder the agt ' eehient "with those eompaniep ( kriawn as tho Gladstone award ) , and other

      £ 29 , 86 ; 7 to other railway companies , under -what was termed the ;' - b ' ctuple agreement , " the dividend on the original s ^ bek , after paynienfc of preferenoe dividends and mortgage- interest , woald tlien have been at the rate of abb ' nt £ 5 8 s . per cent , for the whole year 18 5 5 . Bjpth these agreements terminated Hvitbl the year 1355 . " The dii-ec'ois complain that , the London and North Western , the Midland , and the Manchester , Sheffield ; , and Lincolnshire Railway . Companies have begun an unfair competition against them , and have endeavoured to deprive them of a portion of the traffic to Manchester and the" vicinity . At the commenpenaent of the present year , d « piities frbba the competing railways canie to an tirraugemenf , to which the Great Northern directors refiise to agree ^ tliongh sanctioned by their deputy , alleging ; that their representative was not empowered to conclude anv such terms .

      The Counties and Boboughs J * oticE BiLt . ^ - Meetings have been held at Westminster and Manchester , against the bill . - The Lord Mayor of York presided over the former , which was addressed , among other speakers , by Mr . Eoebtick . At both meetings ' it was contended that the ejOfect of the bill would be a dangerous centralisation ; andmotions expressing that opinion -were carried .: A deputafcibn from the Westminster meeting has waited on Sir George Grey , who refuses ^ to withdraw his bill .

      Attempted StJitiiDE by a Hver ^ ool Merchant . — Mi \ William Tatbam , a Liverpool merchant—a young man with a newly-mairied wtfe--has cut his throat , and is not expected to recover . The event is stated to have been caused by heavy losses—the firm with which lie was connected suffering severely by the failure of an extensive soap-boiliug house , which suspended payments a few days ago , and also by a Bristol house inthe African trade , which also stopped payment on the same day .

      Kail'way Accidents . —A coke train , on Monday , ran into a dbWn passenger train from Manchester \ fO Leeds , a . 3 the latter was crossing the up-line at the usual points- The passenger truin was driven back some distance , but the passengers were not hurt . Th © stoker of \ the coke train , / however , was severely wounded in the left foot . —A very shocking accident has occurred on the Great Northern Railway near Doncaster . The drivei- of a train from that town saw .

      in the dusk of tho evening , something on the line , which he afterwards found to be a child . The steam was turned off , and immediately afterwards Mrs . Gibbons , the gatekeeper ' s wife , was soen to run towards the child , which was her own . The driver , seeing the danger in which both were placed , reversed his engine ; but it was too late . Tho buffer struck mother and child , killing the latter and shockingly mangling tho former . No hope is entertained of the recovery of Mrs ; Gibbons .

      , HATroNa on ^ mpBpA , UD ,- ~ A vordiot for £ 87 10 s ,, in addition to -tlio ^ Bum of £ l 2 10 ^ . paid into court by the defendant , 1 $ ^ boon givon ngainstthe proprietors of the ship Shftlimiuytho oook on board wkioh , when bound from Melbourne to Liverpool , provided food whiah was alnq . oat unentabjo . Tina Revolutions of 1848 . T-A public moating will bo hold by tbe " International Revolutionary Conninitteo" at the Soiontifto Institution , John-stveot , on the 25 th inst . to commomorato the , iSurppoan Bti-ugglo of 1848 . Liborals of all Bhadeu arc invited to attond , "in order to cement the union of all thoao who , in tlio various denio « racios , afcrugglo for tho onfra . noh ) Homont ; of tho people from tlio oppresdon , whiph now more than over weigho upon all Europe . Tho admiseion is free . Mr . Fontaine superintends tho arrangements . Adui / mciu . i ion oif Flquk . — Another flour-mo * - chant hua boou lined fur adulterating flour .

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      IBB . Tmm LEADiEl [ No : 309 f Satv ri > a y ,

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      BIRTHS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS BlttXHS . COCIIRAKE .---On the 15 th in < st ., at Bedwell-park IIei ^» the Lady Ccchrane : a duugMtcr . ' t 3 > LINCOLN . —On the 16 th inst ., at RiseJioIme , Lincoln tl »« r , X £ V £ ? - Bi 8 hoi > of ; Li » coln : » daughter , . till born ' ° U -n I- ° 3 ? tllc ai-t iEst -at 29 . Korland-squaro . Nottinff hill , the wi £ l > of George Udney . of LincolnVimi barrister at-law : a son . - "ai . tr-

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      MABRIAGES . BKO 3 II . EY—FANE .-On the apt !* ^ nst ., Henry , eldest son of Admiral Sir Itobert Hoaro Bromley . Bait of Stoke Hall , to Georfiiana Ellen , youngest daughter of Yore IVn ^ Esq ., 1-ittle Ponton llaU , Xineolnshire" r'n rA . YmVC « JlfF ..-Ou the 3 rd of Octpber , 185 o at Akaroa New ZeiUa . nd . Henry Payitt , to Elizabeih , third d-. u « httr ofJolm . Cp-2 ; Esq . ; aUo , at the same t . ine , Frank 1 'Svitf to , Annette-, fouru-i djiu ^ hter of the above . ' SANJDJiMAJST-rMO ^ COiiVO .-On tho 14 th iast at St James ' s Ciurch , Padtlington , hy the ltigltt Hon . Lord -Auckland , Bishop of Bath and Wells , Albert Goor ° eldest so ^ jo £ Gepree Glas , Sairieiiiaa , jcsq , Of HyOe-po ? kI cfirdens . nsid . qiiialehampton hodge . Oxou , to Ma . iu Carlottii , Fcrpotuii do Moraes Soimento , eld&-t duuuhter of the late Viscount d < i Torre do Moncorvo .

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      DEATHS . RASSANO —On the nt inst ., at Balaklava . of fovor inthe 32 ud year'Of his age . much lamented by his brother officers and friends , Christopher lJaUewell Bassano , K ? n , staff Surgeon , son of 1 <\ M . Bassahp , Esq ., Apothecary to the I'orees . UITCHEN-S . —On the 31 st Pf December , 1855 , at Goneo ^ oco , Mmas Genres , Brazil , Mr . William Hitcheas Cashier , and one pf the Af cm bora of tlic Committee of Management . of the Imperial Brazilian Alining Assooiatiou . IIOLrLINGWOnTn . —On the 19 th inst ., at the Rectory House of St . Margai-et , LKjtlibUvy , the Vvn . Jolni Banka Hollmgworth , for forty-two years rector of that parish and Archdeacon of Huntingdon ,. in his 77 th year . ' KEHR . ^ In Junt > , lSdo , Henry Ashburlon Ken-, third son of thalut * JL , Di ; d ' Robert Ke , n % and Clonainander of H . JI S JSerbudaa , which is supposed to ituve foundered at sea in a gale , off the souttxeoast of Africa . STQDDAIt'J . ' . —On tlie 17 th insfc , at i ^ Brompton-sqiiare , ¦ in his § 4 th year , Sir John Stoddart , formerly ohief Justice of Malta ,. and Judge of the Admiralty Court there ; some time proprietor of a journal called The JVav Times . TUKNiiK . —Un the 28 tli ; ult ., at Car . tlia « ena , Spain , Charles WalsiiigJsam Turner , Esq ., Brivish Cbnsul at tliat city , tldest son of the late Edmund Turner , Jisq M . P . of Truro , Cornwall , aged 37 .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 23, 1856, page 188, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2129/page/20/