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N DIANT - P - TIOIVI - OTiON. trrom the Supplemen to` ondon Gazette of last Evening). WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9, 1846. Iler Majesty h as been pleased BREVET. to appoint the under-men tioned Oflicers, of the Est India Company's Forces, to take rank by Brevet in her Majesty's Army, in the East Indies "lb as follow. The commissions to be dated 9th Novem ber, 1846. MAJOR- GINERALS. Hugh Stacy Osborne. Sir James Liilyma n K.C.B. George Carpenter. John Luther Richardson. Sir David Leighton, K.C.B. James Welsh. Sir James Russell, K.C.B. Martin White. David Courtney Kenny. Richard Podmore. Sir Robert Houston, K.C.B. John Greenstreet. Manasseh Lopez Pereira. Thomas Pollok, C.B. Sir Joh n Rose, K.C.B. George Rees Kemp. john Munro Charles Thomas George Bishop. John Alexander Paul Macgregor. Sir Jeffrey Prendergast. Sir William Richards, K.C.B. Alexander Duncan. Sir Thomas Whitehead, Robert James Latter. Thomas Stewart. Jerry Francis Dyson, William Douglas Cleiland. William Hill Perkins. Sir John lloveton, K.C.B. Alexander Fair, C.B. Sir Duncan 11I'Pherson. J ames Law Lushington, G.C.B. u'eniarnin William Dowden Sealy. William Charles Fraser. William Gilbert. To be LIEUTENANT-GENERALS. James Stuart LIEU TENANT -COLONELS. Charles ()van's. Henry Willi Hewitt. Saha John Rotrme 11. George William Aylmer Lloyd, C.B. Francis Flalernan. - Alexander Tulloeb, C B. Archibald Brown Dyee.. Frederick Buckley. John Wheeler Cleveland. Robert Blackall. David Capon. George Donaldell. iN'Milia) Robertson. ePh Orchard, C.B. 'allies Frushard. Duncan Sim. Charles Maddison Bird. To be COLON-ELS. 4illiana Struthers. Edward Servante. Thonias Pasley Hay. Robert Wroughtoz. llenry Templer. George Thomson. William George Lennox. George Templer. Thomas Donnelly. William Rawlings- Roert Alinan. Richard Ch arles Ricketts. C harles Edward Faber. Charles J ames Gr een . J o h n joint Tho mas Smith, J o h n enry C ramer. Jo h n Lap Hu me . James Stevens. George Wright. Honghton J Ames. George Turnbull Uarshall. John Byg. Walter Rutherford. William ge eo r P Pitt lla c G Joseph Mant. donald.eter La Touche. Prancis Charles Scott. John Sanson. Frederick Joseph Clerk. Archibald Neil lNlaclean. Alexander ISPDonald Elder. John Robert Sandford. Xenneth Campbell. Jaizes Roxburgh. George Thornton. Gilbert James Richardson. Richard Blood. John Horatio Clarkson. Cowper Rochfort. James Rainsay BirrelL lienvy Calming Boileatt. Jesenh Cosfield. Alark Blaxland. John Lewis. Edward Stanton. Edward J William Tinton. Sava ry. ohn atson. Andrew Coventry. Alfred Borradalle. Francis Forbes. il, °lnas Fisher. Pe kelvill Arelvill. f,"01111 Reacl Brown ,k,eerge Munro Arthur. gobert CCodringthn orge tnxbani Arbuthnot. a rtner. Charles Pbert Plenry miles, William Reece. Francis Wheeler. Robert bewail white. 41an Platt J o ' eel% Leverton Revell' r\niarnin Crispin. ',vid Carstairs. William Andrew Ludlow. rt hkr C ol drew Spottiaw°°de. ailetlrY Rail. I:4pePh Graham. IC, e,.‘l, Howland. A,.—`lli.oftua Tottenham. 14e1'p'`"',Ur el glaorn Wight. 19 ePower, Dlnles Templeton Brett. )1,1,114rd Wheeler Sparrow. ben Campbell c_L'reNe Parrner . pc)rge pert, . lilli-aristl'ller Simpson Malin& ant Saurin: '1,.,..tu(413- RikmoreJellicoe. -,i„ ,der A.dam anatitl Richard Hicks. Charles Pooley 44111445/, ."4;111°1-1211.% Hodgson. it qlt •-", Ard Parsons. . rt \.arret. 'are% Waik„ ti , Williatn ga , al'ieY• John liayers'aY tootifellow. John Watkins. John liened, 111(Causl (I. Charles JaMes Lewes. an GeNe kehard Talbot. Montague William Perreau. 1344tr°(in Whitl°ck Camberlege. Edward alter. aWilliam lln oopere,aurnont. ps° atobert Alarsh Hughes- John Edmonstone Landers. 'l9lCharles James Olddeld. n CuMberlege ti illiam Carlestmi Ormsby. p'illn Ilutchings. b'e°, ,rge Renry Harper. •.:I,eQard Woodward. ..-tleatancler Corse Scott Pavid Davidson. tarquharson Tweedale. Willia nter. ~„J ° ,1 4 1 Robson.ll(°°rniis John Nuthall• rilL9 lindleaton. "°lln Wlchtnan. PArthur snyvett. iftlter Scott. ,Q 4 F ox y Bowden Congdon. tteea Fraser Hannah. Alfred Lewis. .lohn Shepherd. Funnel Roberts. . nels Edward Gamtnell 'Kenny. b,1119 Augustus Hornsby. 'li%gall Rau. eXander Macleod. 'lexander Peter Le Measurier. „Charles Brooke Morton. I.44llitleas ysagh. 4 ard .A.ngelo. pt/,,114 Lealand Idowatt. f.,--„.s4witrd John Dickey. ,oriat,pher H enry Naylor. William Fergusson Beatson, 4%rge Rowley. Will Trevelyan. aqua Back. Charles Hunter. ..,,,John Skardon RarnsaY• Ip7tin Keary Atkinson. i4.quarn ijig. ellr3' Keaton Hobson. p"4ttes ender Machraire* trederick Charles Elwall. Ittderick Coventry. qodrely Charlton. kti'abate 8 well. iii.„ll,. ti‘lutrles Lucas. 11,nri Willoughby Trevelyan :i"nta Eaton Colgrave. -01 m 'hornas philpot. Frederick William Birch. rgl'erge Coat. q,aries Chester .I."°°ftt I,PNair el l 1 1„ e 8 kacken.zie. .7gliant Benson. .uulstrode yrave. ~,4°,11n Charles _Hawes. b 4 Tho th Candy. r."°ort William lionner. Yen,,eorge sidney Wilkinson. ry Bower. ,trithony Harrison. kinnel Auchinleck Grant. W illi acaulay. eh% rnlle'rekm ard - Itlex r a e snders.ll . D avid G rstin Shirr uavid Araeiier.. Richard llickley Ricardson. kic hael Jobn ovelalihdson. H ilary N lorl R aiid. Prederick William Todd- William alPin• till. I Glendwr Ottley , do tlit.:44a. - . CAPTAINS. '',,,,,,.____ Francis Anthony Clarke. J‘ din Hill. Robert Grant Cam lichael. Thomas Nlaynor. Charles Woodfall. Francis Dudgeon. Gustavus Cowper licnhfort. Richard Lambert. Arthur Trotter. John Gordon. Ddvid Scotland. Hubert .Marshall. John William Hicks.. Ha ; lyn Havicount H arris. Arnold Rawson Wilsoin. Rawson John Crozier. John Liddell. St. George Daniel Sho wens. John W‘n Strettell. Charles Moray Maantne. William Scott Adams.. Robert Nicholas Tat i er. John Free. Herbert Beaver. William Stewart. Stephen Williams. Henry Drummond. George St. Patrick I.,..).wrence. Charles G riffin. Charles ommeline. Henry Nelson Worth .y. Somerset James Grov e. George Le Grand Jaca Henry Griffith. Henry Stamford John Grant. Edward Anstruther I 'urquharson. Honourable Harry Bt irrard Dalzell. Edward Madden. Edward Henry Ludli Hampden Nicholson. Pepper. Philip Goldney. Thomas Ditmas. William Macgeorge.. John Chicheley Ploy den. George Moyle Sherer . Frederick Lewis Nict day. Lockyer Willis Hart.. Augustus Samuel Hs wkins. Alexander Robert Edward Darvall. William Henry Atkinson. William Freeth. Robert Long Shaw& William Mitchell. James Drummond. William Rinfield W . ernyss. James Pope. Francis Trimmer. Hugh Augustus Bos cawen. Peter Abbott. Richard Drought. Frederick Vaughan Alt'Grath. William Russell. Donald Mackay Scobi.c. To be MAJ; ORS in the Army. VAR-OFFICE, Nov. 9. Ist Regiment of Life u. .0 ards—Major and Lieutenant-Co lonel John Hall to be Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel, with out purchase. Brevet Major Richard Parker to be Major and Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Hall. Lieutenant William A zderton to be Captain, vice Parker. 3d Light Dragoons—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel George Henry Lockwood, C. 8., to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase. Captain John Yerbury to be Major, vice Lock wood. Lieutenant James Marlin to be Captain, vice Yerbury. _ . Cornet Charles Russell Colt to be Lieutenant, vice Martin. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Brevet Colonel Charles Anthony Ferdinand Bentinck to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchas e. Brevet Colonel Henry John William Bentinck to be Major, vice Charles A. F. Ben-%tinck. Lieutenant and Capi ;ain Robert Vansittart to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel,, vice Henry J. W. Bentinck. sth Foot—Major David England Johrison to be Lieutenant Colonel, without purchase. Captain John Spence to be Major, vice Johnson. Lieutenant William Seymour Scroggs to be Captain, vice Spence. Second Lieutenant Job n Swaine Hogge to be First Lieu tenant, vice affoggs 67th Foot—Major Edwa rd Basil Brooke to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase.. Brevet-Major Thomas James Adair to be Major, vice Brooke. Lieutenant William Pilsworth to be Captain, vice Adair. Ensign John Cuthbert Murray to be Lieutenant, vice Pils worth. 78th Foot—Major Jonathan Forbes to be Lieutenant-Colo nel, without purchase. Brevet Major Rawdon, J. Popham Vassall to be Major, vice Forbes. Lieutenant Digby St. "Vincent Hamilton to be Captain, vice Vassall. Ensign George Flower 'ydenham to be Lieutenant, vice Hamilton 92c1 Foot—Major John Alexander Forbes to be Lieutenant- Colonel, without purchase. Brevet Major Mark Kerr Atherley to be Major vice Forbes. Lieutenant Charles Edward Stewart Gleig to be Captain, vice Atherley. Ensign George William. Hamilton Viscount Kirkwall to be Lieutenant, vice Gleig. 94th Foot—Major James Brown to be Lieutenant-Colonel without purchase. Captain William Davenport Davenport to be Major, vice Brown. Lieutenant George Abbas Kooli D'Arey to be Captain, vice Davenport. Ensign Henry Hamilton Pratt to be Lieutenant, vice D'Arcy. 2d West India Regiment--Major James Allen to be Lieu tenant Colonel, without purchase. Captain John James Peck to be Major, vice Allen. Lieutenant William Anderson to be Captain, vice Peck. Ensign Conway James George Williams to be Lieutenant, vice Anderson. Commissions to bear date 9th November, 1846. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 11. With reference to the paragraph which appeared in the Gazette, of the 6th instant, announcing that Com mander Francis William Austen would be promoted to the rank of Captain, as soon as he had served the required period at sea, the Board have this day signed a commission conferring that rank upon Commander Austen. The Board have also been pleased to promote Lieutenants Edward Halked Beauchamp Proctor and Lauchlan Bellingham Mackinnon to the rank of Com mander, for the services during the recent operations in the Parana. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 11._ With reference to the announcement which appeared in the London Gazette of the 10th instant, in the list of Com manders to be Captain s, the name of Richard Burridge, Esq. should have been included between the names of Captains Ralph Barton and Frederick Henry Hastings Glasse. And the name of Captain Charles Hope Reid is to remain on the retired half-pay of eighteen shillings per diem, as ori ginally announced in the London Gazette of the 3d o f November. MEMORANDUM.—The surnames of the under-mentioned Officers of the Royal Navy should be spelled in the following manner : Commander John Thomas Nott, for Knott. Lieutenant James Stephen Dare!, for Darrell. Lieutenant Thomas 'rocker Hambley,for Hawley. Mr. Robert Hayward (Surgeon), for Haywood. Mr. Edward D. Back (Paymaster and Purser), for Bach. Mr. Joseph E. Autey (Paymaster and Purser), for Antey. And the Christian names of Mr. Ruffell Dalton, are William Ruffell. _ _ . LIST OF SiIRIFF". FOR 1846. (From the London Ga zette of last Evening.) The names of those who were nominated for Sheriffs by the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer, on the Morrow of Saint Martin, iu the tenth year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hnndred and farty-six: BEDFORDSHIRE—Robert Newland, of Kempston, Esq.; Thomas Abbott Green, of Pavenham, Esq.; Richard Gilpin, of Hockliffe Grange. Esq. BERKSHIRE—NV ii ian Henry Stone, of Stieatley-house , Esq.; John Hopkins, of Tidmarsh, Esq. ; Robert Allfrey, of Wokefielt! Park, E,q. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE—Tbe Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild, of Mentmore ; William Lowndes, of the Bury, in Chesham, Esq. ; John Kay, of Fulmer, Esq. CAMB. AND HUNT.—Robert Francis Pate, of Wisbeach, Esq. ; John Vipan, of Sutton, Esq.; William Whiting, of Manea and Thornev Abbey, Esq. CUMBERLAND—GiIfrid William Hartley, of Rose-hill, Esq. ; Henry Dundas Maclean, of Lazonby, Esq. ; Andrew Fleming Hudleston, of Hutton-John, Esq. CHESIIIRE—RaIph Gerard Leycester, of Toft-Hall, Esq. ,• Henry Brooke, of Grange, Esq. ; Thomas William Tatton, of W p ith E e ß n ß tailvmE__J , Esq. ohn Bell Crompton, of Milford, Esq. ;_ Sir Robert Burdett, of F oremar k, B art . ; J e didi a h St ru tt, of Belper, Esq. . . DEVONSIIIRE.—Sir John Palmer Bruce Chichester, of Arlington Court, Bart.; Henry Champernowne, of Darting ton, Esq. ; Henry Richard Roe, of Guaton House Esq. DORSETSHIRE.—Thomas Bowyer Bower, of Iwerne Min ster, Esq.; Henry John Reuben Earl of Portarlington, of Milton Abbas ; John Goodden, of Over Compton, Esq. DURHAM—John Fawcett, of South Bailey, Esq.; Sir Wil liam Eden, of Windleston Hall, Bart.; Henry John Spear man, of Newton Hall, Esq. EssEx—William Coxhead Marsh, of Park Hall, Thoydon Garnon, Epping, Esq. • Beale Blackwell C o l v i n , o f Mang ham's Hall, Waltham Holy Cross, Esq.; Charles Preston, of Luthers, near Sewardstone, Esq. GLoucEsTm -- tsuißE.illiam Edwards Lawrence, of Greenway House, Badgworth, Esq. ; Charles Greenaway, of Little Barrington, Esq.; Thomas Barwick Lloyd Baker, of Hardwick Court, Esq. llEnEFoansmax.—Thomas Hill, of Felton, Esq. ; Sir Yellers Cornewall, of Moccas, Bart. ; Robert Manikin Ling wood, of Lystone, Esq. HERTFORDSIIIRE.—Humphrey Harper Burchell, of Bushey Grange, Esq. ; William Parker, of Ware Park, Esq.; Fulke Southwell Greville, of North Mimms Park, Esq. KENT.—John Pelly Atkins, of Halsted, Es q . ; John Ashley Warre, of Ramsgate, Esq. ; William John Evelin, of Saint Clair, Esq. LEICESTERSIIIRE—WiIIiam Wootton Abney, of Sweep stone, Esq. ; Henry Freeman Coleman, of Evington-hall, Esq. ; J'ihn Goodacre, of Lutterworth, Esq. LINCOLNSMIRE—TheophiIus Fairfax Johnson, of Spalding, Esq. ; Richard Ellison, of Sudbroke-Holme, Esq. ; James Whiting Yorke, of Walmsgate, Esq. MoNmourrismn—Charles John Kemeys Tynte, of Cefn mably, Esq. ; William Mark Wood, of Rumney, Esq. ; John Jones, junior, Llanarth-Court, Esq. NonFor,x—Wyrley Birch, of Wretbam, Esq. ; Sir Jacob Henry Preston, of Beeston St. Lawrence, Bart. ; William Mason, of Necton, Esq. NonTnAmpTossittnE.—Thomas Tryon, of Bulwick Park, Esq. ; John Moncton, of Fineshade Abbey; Esq. ; the Hon. Henry Ilely Hutchinson, of Lois Weedon. NoaTnumnEaLAND.—James Henry Hollis Atkinson, of Angerton, Esq. ; George Burdon, of Redden House, Esq. ; William Hodgson Cadogan, of 13rinkburn Priory, Esq. NOTTINGHAMIHRE—John Vere, of Carlton-upon-Trent, Esq.; John Whetharn, of Kirklington, Esq.; John Henry Manners Sutton, of Kelharn, Esq. OXFORDSHIRE Samuel Weare Gardiner, of Coombe Lodge, Whitechurch, Esq. ; Matthew Piers Watt Boulton, of Great Tew, Esq. ; Henry Baskerville, of Crowsley Park, Esq. fiI , TLAND , HIRE Wadi Noel. Inchley Tayl,r, of Preston, Esq. ; Jahn \Yardley, ; the 11 , .nourable Charles Gorge .1111,10111 y called Lord Viscount Campden, of Flitteris SHROPSIIINE Jo ;enll Venal)les Lovett, of Belmont, AlawliT Hall, Esq. ; John Salwey, o i i:~l ~n I tit.? atiuW , Lsq . SOMERSETSIIIIIE—John Matthew Quantock, of Norton , sub-Harndon, Esq. ; Edward Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 14 2 1846. Court, Esq. ; Sir Charles Abraham Elton, of Clevedon, Bart. STAFFORDSSIIRE—Sir }Award Dolman Scott, of Great Barr, Bart. ; the Hon. Frederick Gough, of Perry Barr; Charles Arkwright, of Dunst,dl, Esq. COLIMA OF SOUTHAMPTON—LanceIor Archer Barton, of Woodlands Emsworth, Esq. ; John Wood, of Thedden Grainge, Alton, Esq. ; William Gamier, of Rookesbury Wickb,am, Esq. SuiFFoui—Henry James Oakes, of Nowton Court, Esq. ; Thom a s James Ireland, of Ousden-Ilall, Esq. ; Charles An dre..e Lord Huntingfield, of Hivengharn Hall. SURREY—Joseph Bonson, of Poulsden, Esq. ; Francis Boyle Shannon Wilder, of Busbridge Hall, Esq. ; Lee Steere, of Jayes, Dorking, Esq. SUSSEX—William Gratwicke Kinleside Gratwicke, of Ham, Esq. ; Sir Southerton Branthwaite Beckham Micklethwaite, of Iridge-place, Bart. ; Sir Henry Shifter, of Coombe, Bart. WArtwicKstußE—William Congreve Russell, of Leaming ton Priors, Esq. ; George Whieldon, of Springfield House, Esq. ; Thomas Dilke, of Maxtoke Castle, Esq. WlLTsurßE—Wadhain Locke, of Ashton Gifford House, Esq. ; Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, of Everley, Bart. ; ',John Bird Fuller, of Neston House, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE — Edward Gresley Stone, of Chambers Court, Esq ; Joseph Frederick Ledsam, of Northfield, Esq.; James Moilliet, of Selly Hall, Esq. - YORKSHIRE—George Lane Fox, of Brambam Park, Esq. ; Joseph Dent, of Ribston Park, Esq.; Yarburgh Greame, of Sewerby, Esq. THE FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mr. Mitchell commenced his campaign last evening, and much obliged are we to Mr. Mitchell for having commenced his campaign so soon, thus affording to us during the dreary nights of winter, one of the most delight ful and int e ll ec t ua l o f amusements. Th e fi rs t piece was La Jeunesse de Henri V., by Alexandre Duval. .(The Henry V. b e i ng t h e st h of Englan d . ) Thi s pi ece i s the comedy which is known to the English playgoer as Charles 11. The one is a literal translation of the other. If we mistake not Mr. Howard Payne in the preface to Charles 11. a c k now l e d ges that hi s p i ece i s an adaptation from the F renc h , but we can hardly suppose that it is a mere translatio n o f t hi s p i ece o f Al exan d re Duval , s for in thi s p iece R ochester figures as the companion of Henry V. We can scarcely imagine that any French author would have been guilty of such an anachronism; and, therefore, we imagine that Mr. Howard Payne's play must have been a liberal adaptation of some French piece, and that Mr. Duval must have re-translated Payne's play for the French theatre substituting Henry for Charles, inasmuch as, during the reign of Charles X. a play entitled Le Jeunesse du Roi Charles would have scarcely passed the ordeal of the censorship. The character of the piece was the Captain Copp of M. Cartigny, which was quite equal to the Captain Copp of Fawcett, and that was perfect. The King of Rhozevil had not the calibre of Charles 11. of Charles Kemble, but we know of no actor on either the English or the French stage who can at present compete with M. Rhozevil in this character. Lady Clara was well sustained by Mademoiselle Amelie Khin, who is engaged for the season, and whose debut was most successful, and the part of Copp's Niece was given with the most piquante mixture of simplicity and espieylerie. Mdlle. Celine Vallge, whose engagement will greatly strengthen the corps dramatique of the theatre. Regnard's comedy of Les Folies Amourreuses followed, in which Mdlle. Brohan, the premiere soubrette, of the Theatre Francais, made her first appearance before an English audience. She is the very beau ideal of soubrettes, pretty, exigbinte, full of fun, volu bility and life, and yet polished withal. She keeps the audi ence in a constant roar of laughter, and yet " ne'er:o'ersteps the modesty of nature." In the first scene she made a decided hit, and in obedience to the enthusiastic call of the audience, appeared to acknowledge the plaudits which were most deservedly lavished on her. We hope that during the course of her engagement, and that of Perlet, who appears next week, Moliere's Tartuffe will be produced. The Tartuffe of Perlet is inimitable; and from what we saw of Mademoiselle Brohan last night, we are convinced that her Docine will be quite equal to Perlet's Tartuffe. Mademoiselle Edith, a new member of the corps, was the Agatha ; and, as Agatha, she exhibited great versatility. Nothing could exceed her acting in the mad scenes. She was alternately the Fanatica per la Musica—the foolish old lady and the bullying young officer, to the life. Cartigny's old guardian Albert was a most careful and artistical piece of acting ; and the Crispin of M. Lucien was ex^,essively quaint and humourous. We could not help feeling a degree of regret that Mr. Lucien was not an English actor. He would be the best Cap tain Bobadil that ever trod the boards. Pigault Lebrun's petite comedic: of Les Rivaux d'eux-memes concluded the evening's amusement, in which Mademoiselle Brohan sus tained the part of Lira, and elicited shouts of laughter and applause. The National Anthem was sung b y the whole of the company betwee n th e two last pieces. The house was well filled in every part. DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, Nov. 10.—On the debate upon the ad dress, several members of the Second Chamber made objections on the subject of pauperism. M. Von Pan buys, member of the Committee for drawing up the ad dress, brought forward some highly interesting consider ations. The draft of the address, he observed, made no mention of the increase of pauperism in our country, nor expressed any desire that a new system of taxation might be introduced ; in the first place, because it is not proper that these delicate questions should be brought for ward in the address, and secondly, because the Nether lands is not the only country which, at this moment, has to lament the increase of pauperism. We hear of numerous complaints in all the neighbouring countries. If, with us, some of the inhabitants seek for means of subsistence in other climates, is it not the same in other nations ? Pauperism increases in proportion to the population. May not this distress be caused by the increased wants in all classes of society, in propor tion to the progress of civilisation ? We have heard one of the speakers in the Chambers give such a picture of the state of our country that, according to him, both here and in our colonies, there is nothing encouraging in the prospects. Let us beware, however, of conceiving so deplorable an idea of the state of the country. Do we not observe, on the contrary, many signs of prosperity ? Are there any complaints respecting agriculture ? Are not manufactures advancing in many places ? Do not the great works of embanking and draining lakes and marshes, insure important advantages for the future ? If we examine all these questions with impartiality they will doubtless be answered in the affirmative, and in our opinion the state of the country is far from being so un favourable as some are pleased to represent it. The question of introducing a new fiscal system, and reducing the imports on the principal articles of subsist ance has been discussed. Undoubtedly important ques tions, worthy of all the attention of a Legislative Cham ber, will be brought forward on this subject when we come to the discussions of the budget, but it would be imprudent to mention them in the address. The excise, which some would desire to suppress, or at least reduce, produces annually a revenue of 19 mil lions. What tax equally productive, can be substituted for it ? Shall it be an income or a property-tax ? The nation, said M. Von Panmys, is not disposed to bear these new burdens. THE HAGUE. Nov. 10.—We are informed of the death of one of the superior officers of the Netherlands army who acquired a great reputation by his conduct in the East Indies, and in his own country in the most try ing circumstances. Lieutenant- General Van Geen died at his country seat at Ryswick. After the battle of Waterloo, he was appointed to the important Govern ment of Namur, where he acquired general confidence. His thorough knowledge of the organisation of an army appeared in the composing of the battalion of infantry, with which he was charged in 1815 at Louvain, and afterwards in India, where he arrived in 1820. In 1824 and 1825, he was placed at the head of the expe dition against Celebes, the success of which greatly con tributed to confirm our power in the East Indies. In the war of Java, Lieutenant-General Van Geen equally distinguished himself, and when he returned to the Netherlands, he was called, in 1830, to new dangers, under the most critical circumstances.—Dutch Papers, November 11. FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP. AN APPEAL FROM AN, IRISH CLERGYMAN TO HIS ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BRETHREN IN ENGLAND, IN; BEHALF OF DESTITUTE AND STARVING POOR INHABITING A DIS TRICT WHICH HAS SUFFERED DFPLORABLY BY THE FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP. SPORTING IN NEWPORT PAGNEI Acceptances for the Newport : Sweep; st. lb.i Switcher (including 71b ITELLIGENCE. L STEEPLE CHASE. Pagnel Annual Steeple Chase )stakes. st. lb. Ambassador ..... 11 0 Kilmore Glebe, Drumsna, Ireland, Nov. 9, 1846. extra Saucepan l2 0 Latitat lO 12 Salute Discount Culverthorpe Eagle Christopher North ll 4 St. Swithin Peter Simple Nimble Harry Rocket Everton . HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Reverend Brethren,—l take the liberty of addressing you from an early knowledge which I obtained of your feeling and sympathy towards Ireland. Certain of those manifestations of your charity com municated through my hands I still fondly retain, as illustrating that liberality which it has been my lot to observe on the part of yourselves and the lay members of your community towards this country, it is now my painful undertaking to solicit your humane exertions within the spheres severally allotted to you in mitiga tion of the most heartrending sufferings which our na ture can be subjected to endure. I allude to the appal ling spectacles of starvation, which are daily witnessed here, of fellow-creatures sinking under the most aggra vated privations, combating the agonising pangs of hunger, sharpened in no rare instances by the afflicting clamorous wails of their craving children. Whilst engaged in addressing you thus far I have more than three times been obliged to drop my pen and to attend to persons supplicating for one morsel of food. Need I apologise to you under such circumstances ? Far be it from me, Reverend Brethren, to desire your alms upon the terms of an overcharged representation. Alas 1 language ceases to exaggerate where it proves insufficient to express. Doubtless you are aware that the most strenuous exertions are being used under the Irish Board of Works, in conjunction with district relief committees, to avert the prevalence of such general dis tress, through the medium of extensive employment, as also that poor-law unions are in existence ; that many private individuals have come forward, besides public bodies, comprising troops on foreign service ; the Com missioners of Woods and Forests, &c., in augmentation of grants liberally bestowed from the Treasury. Not withstanding such is the extent of the sad visitation, that further scope for benevolent exertion remains, as above described, and especially in regard of a certain portion of sufferers, whose necessity is at length only revealed at their last extremity to their overtasked parish cler gyman ! May I then entertain the hope of your kind inter ference and assistance towards furnishing aid for the re lief of such famishing fellow-creatures around me, with out effecting any withdrawal of your bounty from other localities whose exigencies may, with not less veracity, be further represented to you? And, while inviting your utmost scrutiny, and pro posing to supply through the intervention of a local magistrate and the churchwardens of the parish such returns as your benevolence, moving under the impulse of discretion, may fitly ask in reference to the rigid ap plication of sums afforded in response to this appeal, I beg leave to subscribe myself, Reverend Brethren, your respectful applicant in behalf of suffering fellow members, ROBERT KING, A.M., Rector of Kilmore, diocese of Elphin. Whitleigh harrs., Mon., Camel's ilead; Wed. , Elbureon Cross-10. B. V. IL, Tues., Mauston, Fri., Cross Roads-11. Sherwood harrs., Tues., Lyndhurst Farm ; Fri., Hanibleton Rufford hds., Mon., Kennels; Tues., Fox and Hounds Inn; Thurs., Dean Hall; Sat., Clipstone Village-10i. Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Chartley Park; Thurs., Gresley Wood; Sat., Black Slough-10i. Donington hds, Mon., Cote's Toll-bar; Wed., Flourish Inn-104. Quoin hds., Mon., Kilworth ; Tues., Widmerpool Inn ; Thurs., Bardon Hall ; Fri., Billesdon Kennels-11. Lord H. Bentinck's bds., Mon., Langton by Wragby ; Tues., Wickenby ; Wed., Sudbrooke ; Thurs., Normanby by Stowe ; Fri., Lea by Gainsbrough ; Sat. Norton House-11. ASHDOWN PARK COURSING MEETING—T.IIO4BOAT. The Derby—Second Ties. Wyandote beat Lightning I Stockton beat Baltimore. Oaks—Second Ties. White Rose beat Lucy Neale I Waterfall beat Caprice. The Cup—First Ties. Fancy beat Lamprey Will the Smuggler beat Wit tle beat Lothario I Bronze Star Elegance beat Enford Lass The Craven Puppy Stakes. Mr. Lawrence's Lanercost ran a bye. Mr. Bowles's Zariffa drawn. Mr. Goddard's Gladiator beat Mr. Gordon's Cabrera. Sir H. Fleetwood's Flash beat Mr. King's Worthless Winks. Sir 11. Fleetwood's Flower of Orange beat Mr. Etwall's Wit. The Craven All-Aged Stakes. Mr. W. Etwall's We won't be beat, beat Mr. Gocidard's Creeper. Mr. King's Wee Pet beat Sir H. Fleetwood's Foundling. Mr. Rake's Reserve beat Mr. Bowles's Blessington. The Ashdown All-aged Stakes. Mr. Etwall's Etonian beat Mr. Bowles's Beat-me-if-you-can. Mr. Rake's Roxana beat Mr. Gordon's Cockfighter. Mr. King's Winnibald the Wise beat Mr. Rake's Rasper. The Weyland Puppy Stakes. Mr. Goddard's Bracelet beat Mr. Bowles's Bohea. Mr. Etwall's Whitefoot beat Mr. King's Warminster. SWAFFHAM COURSING MEETING--TuuRsDAY. MARHAM — SMEETH. Second Ties for the Cup. Silesia beat Garlick. I Baksheesh beat Mawworm. r Db. True Blue beat Steamer. Second Ties for I Buona er parts ran a bye. Second Ties for the Oaks. Amy beat Cobweb. I Twilight ran a bye. Narborough All-aged Stakes (First Ties). Camilla beat Titchfield. I Camilla beat Gertrude. Match. Mr. Wythe's Fir e fly beat Lord Stradbroke's Mac. WINGLAND, THE NOVA TERRA IN THE COUNTIES OF NORFOLK AND LINCOLN.—In addition to the large tract of land which has already been reclaimed from the sea, a further reclamation of five hundred acres has been made during the last few weeks, and measures are now being taken to bring it at once into cultivation. It is said that such is the productive nature of the soil that the greater portion of the land will not be sold for less than 1001. per acre. The success which has attended these and other operations connected therewith, entitles to the highest praise the zealous and respected Chair man of the Commissioners of the River Nene Outfall, Tycho Wing, Esq., after whose name this district has been called. Much credit is also due to the engineers, Sir John Rennie and Mr. Hamilton Fulton, for the ability and economy with which the works have been carried out. TROTTING. Two MILE MATCH FOR 251. ASIDE.-Mr. Greatorex's diminutive pony, under eleven hands, and Mr. M'Donald's Jim Crow, trotted their match for the above sum yester day, on the Western-road, near Hounslow, from the eleventh to the ninth milestone. By the conditions Mr. Greatorex received two minutes' start, which was, as the event proved, of small service to him, inasmuch as his little quadruped not only started slowly, but when urged, broke so many times, that a short quarter of a mile only was covered in the given time; the pony on each occa sion being pulled and stopped American fashion. Jim Crow started at a rattling pace, and made his vehicle, to which he was attached, " wheel about" to such tune, that he caught his opponent in the first mile. The tiny one now trotted in an improved style, and Jim Crow came in the winner by rather better than t hirt y y ards, which, how ever , it struck us, might easily have been in creased, had his owner and driver so wished. CENTRAL BARRACKS IN BIRMINGHAM.—Our Bir mingham correspondent says:—" Government has just concluded a purchase of about fourteen acres of land, on the east side of the town, for the erection of a great central barracks for England. The site is on the angle of the junction between the London and Birmingham and Birmingham and Derby Railways, and will cost, we hear, 25,0001. The new barracks will be the largest yet built in the United Kingdom, and troops stationed in them may be in any part of England, by one or other of the railways, in a few hours after receiving notice from head-quarters. We understand the electric tele graph is to be bronght into a centre at the barracks, and communicate with all parts of the country, extending along every line of rail that may be made." Loss or 3001.—0 n Wednesday the clerk of an extensive linendraper in Oxford-street, whilst proceed ing from that district to Cornhill, either lost or was robbed of a pocket-book containing, in addition to other valuable papers, Bank of England notes to the extent of upwards of 3001. No clue being obtained likely to lead to the recovery of the property, a large reward was offered for its restoration. RENFREWSHIRE ELECTION. Colonel Mure, of Caldwell, the Tory candidate, is likely, we hear, to be returned without opposition, the Liberals not being pro vided with a candidate, and being naturally reluctant to engage in a contest under that disadvantage, and so close upon the period of a general election.—Scotsman. GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Yes terday a general meeting of subscribers to the above in stitution, for affording temporary assistance or perma nent annuities to aged and distressed governesses, was held at the Hanover-square Rooms, for the purpose of electing three annuitants from a list of 77 candidates. The chair having been taken by Lord Ashley, it was announced that the committee were enabled to propose three candidates for election, instead of two, through the kindness of a gentleman, who had engaged to raise 300/. towards the expenses of a third annuity. A lady had also offered to give 501. to meet nine other donations of the same amount, to found a fourth annuity. The last report stated that during the year the committee had received no fewer than 300 applications for temporary relief, of which 253 had been entertained. The Dowager Lady Grey, an early friend of the society, had made a suggestion, which the committee had readily adopted. The number of governesses in the country was assumed to be 15,000, and by circulating shilling receipts through lady collectors, an opportunity was offered to governesses to show their own interest in the institution by founding an annuity by the mere gift of an annual shilling. Scrutineers having been appointed, the election took place, after lthich the meeting separated. RIGHTS OF THE WIFE.—The New York Consti tutional Convention has adopted the following section, by a vote of 58 to 44:—" All property of the wife owned by her at the time of ler marriage, and acquired by her afterwards by gift, devise, or descent, or other wise than from her hubsand, shall be her separate pro perty. Laws shall be passed providing for the register of the wife's separate property, and more clearly de fining her rights thereto, as well ES to property held by her with her husband." THE BIRDS IN ST. JAMES'S PARK .—The past season has been very successful in addiiig to the number of interesting specimens which form so great an object of attraction tr, the ornamental v, - . e.ters. The number of nes exceeds 350, and there i additions 1 - ,y the breeding of youn: ° s in fact, now almost a grb: aier , - n r um nri b ( e i r th o , f , aquatic, fowl than the resources of the wet._ - as of plantations will convenientl3 admit of. Upwai,... twenty swans have thus been added to the collection, and the Ornithological Society, with whom the mana ,e -, merit of the watk:rs is inrestLd, has been ei able Ito L out, to a considerable extent,* one of the l' prin ' ciple c S aly for r- which it and the present collection was established, the distribution of birds amongst its =tubers. THE WEATHER, CROPS, &c. (From the Inverness Courier.) tri The a h t a u s r n r i e p c o c v r e o r p e recovered in fr o t m h i s t he mquarter,m i lde w w in h i m e h o s a t p o p t e h a e r r e d d iss o formidable in October. It is doubtful, however, whether the crop will be so good as that of last year. Most of the farmers say that the bulbs are considerably smaller ; but they are still growing, and the soft weather has been favourable. The demand for sheep continues, and prices are almost unprecedented. Lambs are particu larly in request. As a farmer said to us the other day, •` Any lamb th a t h as f our l egs , an d c an go to a mar k et, is worth 10s." Th e a b un d ance o f pasture is, no d ou b t, one main cause of this demand. Hill farmers who have known the north for forty y ears , ass u re us th at t h e pas tures at this advanced time o f th e year are b eyon d w h at they ever witnessed at any former period. A correspond ent i n Strathspey states that the weather in that district is favourable for turning down stubble land and general farming purposes. He remarks that about the half of the potato crop in Strathspey is free from disease ; and the grain on the barn fluor tells re markably well. The flocks are in excellent condition and smearing has commenced. The prices obtained in Strathspey for sheep this seaso n are hi g h er t h an at any previous period since the war. The turnip fields tire reviving after the blight of August and September. There has been a considerable export of grain lately from most of the northern f poor the rts,assßouetahuelryti, I ni nv a e r r k g e o ts rd ; c• an : Ban &c. On the east coast, we observe, the re were l ast we At vessels ,0 a O kingin q uarters were to be exported.— Times. WORTHY OF IMITATION.—The Sanatory Commit, tee of the City Commi ssioners of Worc ester have issu(!ti a list of questions, to which answers are invited ; and which might be beneficially propounded in other places. They are as follow: -1. Do you experience any annoy ance arising from bad draina g e, o p en ces spool, Pigstye slaughter- house,or other nuisance,in your neighbourhood ? —2. Are there any houses in your neighbourhood whicl have no privies attached to them, or if any houses hay e the joint use of the same?-3. Is the spring water use by you of good quality and abundant in quantity, or is it , at any time contaminated with leakage from cesspool''-' &c.— 4 . How often are the streets or cour ts in you 7 neighbourhood swept, cleansed, and the refuse moved b. ; the scavengers?-5. Are there any other particular within your knowledge which in your opinion the Com .- mittee should be made acquainted. with? T H E ART-UNION OF PRAG UE , AUSTRIA.—Th .e i nteres t which the pub lic take in such establishment increases even in these hitherto re p uted half - civilise , the numb er o f v i s i tors; twenty on shareholderi bought .1 f 10,434 fl or i ns (1,00 0 1.).. ' it 4r e B l ot a h, s e t a e sn x ud h m i b i o t The Union purch ased forty-six pictures for 8,353 florins . countries. fion retryears iecdt u troes At lf6 t o h , The number of shareholders increases not only im Prague and Bohemia, but also in Silicia and Galicia, where hitherto no such association existed. In the year 1845 the number of members was 2,473, who possessed 3,149 shares—,this year the proportion has increased to 2,966. members and 3,622 shares. The Prague Union has also, put aside a separat e fug for executing public monu-- merits, whica amounts now to 18,000 florins. Th e y tend to begin with the plcasure pavilion of the Emperor Ferdinand X, in'the palace gardens at Prague—a beau- I tifnl structure in the brat'Renaissance Style ' which has been already perfectly' r estored, and which the Unior, , intends to have ornamented with frescos from Bohemie history. The estimated costs will be 30,000 florins The Builder. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 12.—Her Majesty's sloop Rose, having landed the specie which she brought from the West Indies, has sailed for Sheerness to be paid qf. The Scourge, mortar steamer, remains at Spithead ready for sea. The dockyard officers having reported that the Re sistance can be repaired, and got ready again as a troop ship, the Admiralty have ordered her to be cleared out, and washed throughout with Dr. Sir William Burnett's solution, to destroy the bugs and vermin which swarm in her. When the dockyard people have finished the Re sistance, Commander Lowe, and the crew of the Croco dile, are to be turned over to her. Captain Sir William E. Parry, of North Pole celebrity, comptroller of steam machinery, is to succeed Captain Carter as superintendent of Hasler Hospital, and of the Clarence victualling-yard at Gosport. Captain Sir J. G. Sinclair, Bart., has commenced duty as superintendent of the packet service at South ampton. Dr. Moseley, the Government inspector of public schools, has been officially occupied here for two days in the examination of the dockyard apprentices (amounting to upwards of 200) who attend the schools in the yard. Dr. Moseley has gone to Devonport and Pembroke Dock yards, to examine the apprentices of those schools in a similar manner, and on his report being sent to the Ad miralty of the result of the inspections of the six dock yards, a selection is to be made of eight pupils, whom he may recommend as eligible to be placed under the professor of the Naval College, to be educated in the higher branches of mathematics, and other subjects con nected with ship-building, steam, &c. By the promotion to the rank of Lieutenant-General of the Hon. Sir Hercules Pakenham, K.C.8., the situa tion of Lieutenant-Governor of this garrison, and Com mander-in-Chief of the south-west district, becomes vacant. - . • Colonel Thompson Astlett, from Plymouth division, is to succeed Major-General Jones as commandant of this division of Marines, and Colonel Ed. Smith Mer cer succeeds Major-General Beatty as commandant at Plymouth. Commander Thomas Challoner is appointed to the Siren, 16, vice Edgell, promoted. This officer goes to join her in the Mediterranean by the packet from South ampton, and carries out orders for the Siren to go to the coast of Africa. Lieutenant Amphlett, from the Actaeon, and Mr. Twee dale, surgeon of the Prometheus, have returned inva lided from the coast of Africa. Rear-Admiral Dacres, with his flag in the President, 50, was at the Mauritius, all well, on the 10th of August. The Thunderbolt steamer was in company. DEATH OF ADMIRAL OF THE RED, PHILIP STEPHENS, Ese.—The London Gazette announcing the general pro motion, and including in it that of Admiral of the White, Philip Stephens, Esq., to be Admiral of the Red Squa dron, had only been published a few hours when the in telligence has reached us of the above gallant officer's decease at Little Plumstead Hall. Admit al Stephens was a Lieutenant in June, 1792, and his promotion was as rapid as Sir E. Codrington's, for he was made a com mander in March, 1794, and Captain in October the same year. He obtained his flag-rank of Rear-Admiral in December, 1813, Vice Admiral in July, 1821, and Admiral in 1847. For many years he held the civil appointment of Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of N ork lk. By the Gallant Admiral's decease another promotion will take place among the flag officers, viz , Frederick Watkins will be promoted from the White to the Red Squadron, being now the 10th Admiral on the list ; Sir John West, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, will hoist the white at the main on board the Queen, 110, in stead of the blue ; Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Henry Heathcote will be promoted to the rank of Admiral of the Blue, being the 20th flag officer on the list ; Vice- Admiral of the White Bendall Robert Littlehales to the Red Squadron ; Vice-Admiral of the Blue Sir Charles Dashwood will be promoted to the White ; and Rear- Admiral of the Red Charles Carter will be promoted to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue Squadron, being the 75th on the list of flag officers, and the 45th on the list of Vice- Admirals. In the extract from the London Gaze to of Tuesday we find that 14 of the senior Rear-Admirals were pro moted to the rank of Vice-Admiral, which left four on the list of Rear-Admirals of the Red. It appears, how ever, that the Gave* has only promoted 20 Rear-Admi rals of the White to the Red, making 24 instead of 25. Rear-Admiral of the White Archibald Duff should have been included in the promotion to the White, Rear- Admiral of the Red Edward Walpole Browne having died on the 15th October. By the Admiralty circular of August 31st last the number of Rear-Admirals was to be fixed at " 75, or 25 of each squadron;" but the general promotion having added 20 Rear- Admirals to the list (then 76), and taken 14 from it for Vice-Admirals, there remained 82, or seven above the permanent number. Adding, however, Rear-Admiral Duff to the Red from the White (omitted in the GazeNe), and now, by the death of Admiral Stephens, promoting Rear-Admiral of the White the Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay to the Red squadron, being the 100th flag officer on the list, and then promoting Rear-Admiral Inglefield, C. 8., of the Blue, to the White, vice Duff, and Rear-Admiral Sir Wm. A. Montagu, C. 8., K.C.11., from the Blue to the White, vice Mackay, we shall then have 81 Rear-Adtni rals of the Blue squadron, or six above the permanent number. THE CAPTAINS' GOOD SERVICE PENSIONS.—We gave on Tuesday several officers who had been mentioned as successors to the good service pensions relinquished by the captains promoted to the rank of rear-admiral. We 'have reason to believe that, although virtually deter mined on, the names of the captains on whom the good service pensions are to be bestowed will not be officially published for some days. Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier, C. 8., K.C.H., has hauled down his broad pendant as Commodore super intendent at Woolwich Dockyard, but not for the pur pose of being succeeded by Captain Houston Stewart, C.B. He will hoist his flag (blue at the mizen) on board the William and Mary, as rear-admiral superintendent, until the arrival of Commodore Sir J. J. Gordon Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H., who has his broad pendant flying on board the Trafalgar, 120, Captain J. N. Nott, at Lisbon, as second in command of the Channel squadron, who has been appointed Commodore Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, vice Collier, promoted. Sir G. Bremer is a captain of 1814, and is now 33d from the top of the list. Captain Houston Stewart, C.B. (1817), the 59th captain on the list, recently Acting Superintendent of Woolwich Dockyard, in the absence of Sir F. Collier, has been ap pointed Comptroller of the Coast Guard, in the room of Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, C. 8., promoted on Monday. It will be seen that the report of the appointment of Captain Ellice to be comptroller of the coast guard was unfounded. That of the re-appointment of Captain Sir J. Hill (1815), on the expiration of his command at Deptford, December 11, 1846, to be captain superin tendent of the victualling establishment and the dock yard must be equally fallacious. Sir John has had several successive lucrative shore appointments, and will doubtless, now remain on half-pay until he gets his flag rank , to which he will naturally succeed in a very short time. Captain Frederick Hutton (1844), a lieutenant of 1825 and a commander of 1838, who was lieutenant of the Tees during the Burmese war, was also first lieute nant of the Magicienne, with Captain Plumridge and likewise of the Vanguard, has been appointed to the Tortoise guard•ship, at Ascension, as governor of that island, vice Morrell. Commander Arthur Morrell, of the Tortoise, and governor of Ascension, has been appointed to the Hydra, steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa, vice Young promoted. The Hydra is ordered home direct from Ascension. Lieutenant Thomas S. Lysaght (1841), recently ap pointed to study steam at Woolwich, has been appointed to command the Grappler, steam-vessel, proceeding to the coast of Africa, vice, Hawkes, promoted. Lieutenant Lysaght was promoted for services on the coast of China in 1841.) WALES. ANGLESEY—The Right Hon. Spencer Bulkeley Lord New- Lorough, of Treiddon ; Sir Harry Dent Goring, of Trys glwyn, Bart. ; Richard Griffith, of Bodowyrisaf, Esq. BRECONSHIRE.—Rhys Davies Powe], of Graig-y-Nos, Esq. ; Penry Williams, of Cefu Parc, Esq. William Pearce, of Ffrwdgrech, Esq. CARNARVONSHIRE.—Thomas Wright, of Derwenfawr, ; George Augustus Hdddart, of Brynkir, Esq. ; William Henry Foley, of Bryn Eryr, Esq. CARMARTHENSHIRE—Seymour Philips Allen, of Kencerd, Esq. ; Thomas Morris, of Greencastle, Esq. ; Sir James Cock burn, of Ddobgwrn, Bart. CARDIGANSHIRE—AIban Thomas Davies, of Tygiyn, Esq. ; Abraham Grey Harford Battersby, of Peterwell, Esq.; Matthew Davies, of Tanvbwlch, Esq. DENBIGHSHIRE—Richard Lloyd Edwards, of Bronhanlog, near Abergele, Esq. ; Richard Jones, of Bellam-place, Rua bon, Esq. ; Christopher Leyland, of Nantelwyd-Hall, Ruthin, Esq. FLINTSHIRE.—LIeweIyn Falkener Lloyd, of Nannerch, Esq.; Sir William Henry Clerke, of Mertyn, Bart.; John Whitehall Dod, of Cloverlay, Esq. GIAMORGANSIIIRK—Thomas 'William Booker, of Yelindra, Esq. ; Nash Vaughan Edwards Vaughan, of Rheola, Esq. ; Rowland Fothergill, of Heneol Castle, Esq. MONTGOMERYSHIRE—Edward Gatacre, of Nantymeichied, Esq. ; Christopher Bullin, of Brynllwyarch, Esq. ; John Vaughan, of Psnmaen Dovey, Esq. MERIONETHSHIRE.----John Griffith Griffith, of Faltreuddyn fawr, Esq. ; Hugh Jones, of Gwernddelwa, Esq. ; Robert Davies Jones, of Cyfronydd, Esq. PEMBROKESHIRE—Thomas Davies Lloyd, of Kilehew, Esq. ; William Henry Lowi3, of Clynfiew, Esq. ; Owen Owen, of Cwm Gloyn, Esq. RADNORSHIRE.—John Abraham Whittaker, of Newcastle court, Esq. ; John Williams, of the Skreen, Esq. ; Henry Miles, of Downfield, Esq. DUNST-BLE RAILWAY COM PANY. Aspecial general meeting of the proprietors of the above undertaking was held yesterday afternoon, at the offices of the London and North-Western Company, Euston square, for the purpose of considering an offer made by that company for the purchase of the line ; Mr. George Stephenson, the chairman of the board of directors, in the chair. The CHAIRMAN stated that the offer of the London and North-Western Company was to refund them all the mercy they had expended, take upon themselves the debts and liabilities of the company, and pay them four per cent. on the whole. The terms must be con sidered as exceedingly good, because it was pretty clear that the line would not, as an independent line,'yield any profit to the purchasers, and he was quite convinced, if they kept it in their own hands, they would lose money by it. The terms were considered highly favourable, and were unanimously agreed to, and a vote of thanks having been carried to the Chairman, the meeting separated. THE Alt3l Y. The following is a Return " showing the Average Effective Str(ligth of the Army in the year 1843; specifying severally Dragoon Guards, Dragoons, Foot Guards, and Infantry of the Line":— Life Guards and Horse Guards—Corporals,l32; trum peters, 27; rank and file, 1,043. Dragoon Guards—Sergeants, 181 ; trumpeters, 44; rank and file, 2,256. Dragoons—Sergeants, 552; trumpeters, 121; rank and file, 6,877. Foot Guards—Sergeants, 262; drummers, 133; rank and file, 4,505. Infantry of the Line—Sergeants, 5,318; drummers, 1,636; rank and file, 95,135. West India and Colonial Corps—Sergeants, 315; drummers, 103; rank and file, 5,308. . . TOTALS IN EACH YEAR FROM 1834 TO 1843. Years. Corporals and Trumpeters Rank and Sergeants. and Drummers. File. 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 (Signed) JOHN MACDONALI), A.G. Adjutant-General's-office. GOVERNORSHIP OF BOMBAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Sundry rumours are afloat with respect to the appointment of Mr. Clarke to the Governorship of Bombay. Without pretending to be intimately ac quainted with all the circumstances of this appointment, -it does appear rather more than strange, and partaking somewhat of the character of a dodge, that after a most unprecedented delay in filling up the office, a gentleman who, however experienced, is neither a Munro nor an Elphinstone, should at last have been selected, when it is a matter of notoriety, that he is very unlikely to ac cept the appointment after all. Is Mr. Clarke a warm ing pan? We are satisfied that neither Lord John Russell, nor the Government generally, would lend themselves to anything underhand, or like an intrigue, but has or has not the President of the Board of Con troul sacrificed his own conviction to Sir J. W. Hogg's prejudices, for the purpose of excluding Mr. Villiers, who was originally named for the appointment, whose nomination gave great satisfaction to the public at large, and who is so well qualified for the office, by his expe rience, his talents, and his generally comprehensive views. —Yours, &c. AN INDIAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I am very glad that your attention is directed to the thoroughly disgraceful system of conveying real property, but fear the landed interest are too ignorant to consent to registration courts, where title deeds could be deposited. Aluch, however, might be done by Govern- ment introducing an intelligible title deed, which ought to be printed, so that only the description of the pro perty and price would have to be written. Indeed, a short endorsement might suffice when there was once a clear deed, whether it was transferred to a purchaser or mortgagee. To have more deeds than one to represent one property seems to be absurd. If the Government required a tax on every transfer—and I see no reason why they should not have it—it might be levied in the form of a receipt stamp, rendering the transaction illegal without one, and imposing a fine on parties witnessing a transfer without seeing that the tax waft paid.— I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A. B. EN GLAND. ight's Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, fo/ the 7th day of November, 1846. 'ARTMENT. Government debt . • 11,015,100 Other securities .. . • 2,984,900 Gold coin arid bullion 11,724,111 Silver bullion .... • • 2,511,774 X 2 8,235,885 3E. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. T, 1846. MPARTMEN T. Government securi ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,808,119 Other securities •• • • 12,153,009 Notes . 7,264,620 Gold and silver coin • 524,621 £32,750,369 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. 1846. ROYAL MARINES. Appointments—ln v consequence the promotion of Brevet Major Wilson, Assistant-Adjutant General, Royal Marines, to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in that corps, the appointment he has so long held in the Royal Marine Office, New-street, Spring-gardens, has became vacant. Captain Thomas Wesley, Royal Marine Artillery, has been appointed Assistant-Adjutant General, vice Wilson, appointed to the Chatham divi sion, in the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Fergusson, pro moted to second Commandant of the Plymouth division. Second Commandant Thomas Aslett, of the Plymouth division, is appointed to the Portsmouth division, as Commandant, vice Jones, promoted to Major-General ; and Colonel Mercer, second Commandant of the Wool wich division, is promoted to be Commandant of the Plymouth division, vice George Beatty, Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Swale is promoted to the second Commandantship of the Woolwich division. These steps in the Royal Marine corps are conse quent on the promotion of Colonels Jones and Beatty to the rank of Major-General ; which also promotes first Lieutenant George A. Ayles, and first Lieutenant and Adjutant Gascoigne, of the Chatham division, to the rank of Captain ; and second Lieutenants Walter Bur nett Haberfield and Thomas C. Gray, to the rank of first Lieutenant, in the corps of Royal Marines. PORTSMOUTH . ,. Nov. 12.—1 t is th e i n t en ti o n of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that in future the engineers in steamers shall mess in the ward-room, and be considered as ward-room officers. Mr. Baker, of the Victoria and Albert yacht, and Mr. Brown, of the Bee steamer, tender to the Excellent, have already been apprised of their position. The alteration is most cre ditable to the board, as most of the engineers are highly educated men. u Captain ADMIRALTY CHANGE. —It iS rumoured t-at p m lem th e e nt d o e- f tßeerrmkienlneytiownillofretthireebofraormd tothreedAudcme Admiralty, the adifffuelrleenotmsphleipmse'nct.rews, he having always contended A i r rnsWm.in G theos s et t, Houseof the o ßoyal m o Commons, will f Engineers, or in S e rCgoelaonnte the future rank as Major-General the Army, which he first entered in 1798. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN TERMINUS,—.HUN• DERFORD.-BRIDGE.-Th e desirableness of getting the extension of the London and South-Western Company's line to Hungerford-bridge carried out with the greatest practicable expedition is said to have been one of the leading topics under consideration at the recent meet ings of the directors, and, from the arrangements which are making, and the facility with which they are obtaining griund in cases where they anticipated vexatious obstructions and delays, they are now con fident they will be able to take up and put down pas •nzers at Ilungerford-bridge by June or July, 1848; • in little more than a year and a-half trotn this is calculated that in another year and a-half to.complete their further extension to :hat IN date; and L. they will be 44. London-bridge,. THE NAVY. (From the Times.) A letter signed " Navalis," in our paper of" yesterda3r, expressed a ,dissatisfaction, which is prob a b,:r general amongst the members of the writer's profession, at the reduction of complements which all ships of war are forthwith to suffer. The intimation, however, of this determination on the part of the Admiralty was not the only remarkable piece of information contained in our naval intelligence of that day from which our correspon dent extracted the subject of his comments. If our readers had looked carefully over the column in question, they might have observed several statements bearing rather a striking relation to each other. It was there reported that the Vengeance had great difficulty in en tering any seamen; that the Penelope was in similar straits; and that the Victory had been almost drained of her crew to supply sea-going vessels. Yesterday, too, we announced, in our intelligence from Portsmouth, that the Mercury tender had left that port for Plymouth with " one supernumerary." And at the moment that we were presenting the public with a record of Lieutenant Green's services and rewards, it was openly stated that the Admiralty had been involu,ltarily driven to the proposed reductions as regarded the officers in consequence of the " difficulty experienced in finding lieutenants to serve." Few persons will have any trouble in putting these facts together, and extract ing a moral .for themselves. That lieutenants should p not ris eb,eceoanssi considering procured ring tbe pricew il will offeredha r d l y by a matter y e a grateful country sur prise, ur - tor their lives and labours; nor is the appearance of the bargain much bettered by the fact that, instead of the honourable and useful services on which Lieutenant Green had the gratification of gratuitously expending his strength, an applicant for employment would now be almost certainly dispatched to the Gulf of Guinea, there to consume his health and his ardour in a task promising danger in abundance, but which he can hardly represent to himself as a patriotic service of his country, except by a most liberal interpretation of the phrase. The western coast of Africa seems as serviceable to our navy as the northern coast is to the French army. A superfluity of professional zeal can be admirably expended in the plain of Algiers er the Bight of Benin, and any troublesome tendencies to activity or enterprise may be effectually counteracted by the prospect exhibited of their issue. Connected—and very inconveniently too—with the circumstances to which we have been alluding is the report which was partially current not many days ago concerning the immediate equipment of a strong squadron of line-of-battle ships and frigates. That this rumour is incorrect may be very true, but the condition of Europe and our relations with foreign Powers have experienced such alterations since the last session of Parliament as to leave it at least possible that a speedy augmentation of our force afloat may be considered desirable. And at such a crisis what will be our condition ? There are ships enough in Portsmouth harbour to fight another Trafalgar—there are guns and shells enough at Wool wich to sweep the Channel like the ditch of a fortress— there are steamers enough in our royal and mercantile navies to blockade the ports of the Atlantic and the Me diterranean from Dunkirk to Toulon—but when we come to bring these powers into action it is found that we can hardly man an eighty-gun ship ! If the destina tion of the Penelope be considered as rather damaging her attractions, the same excuse cannot be alleged of the Vengeance ; yet here is an example of the resources sup plied by the present system immediately under our eyes, at a period when rumour proclaims, and reason suggests, that we may speedily have to put these resources to a very trying proof. We do trust that the reduction of ships' complements may not be a necessity imposed on Government by the deficiency of ready volunteers, but we must express our regret that the measure should have been adopted on any principle or from any cause except that of its avowed expediency. It has been a question, though one admitting perhaps of an easy solu tion, whether a very strong crew was not liable to more severe losses in action than a less crowded vessel, and we can understand a reduction confessedly proceeding on this principle; but an involuntary diminution of the complements of our ships must argue a mal-arrangement of our resources, or a miscalculation of our means. No Minister need for a moment hesitate to demand a vote sufficient to man, fully and effectively, by fair means and on honourable terms, as many vessels as the credit and interests of the country may be shown to require. But is it not now abundantly clear that our present system is utterly unequal to any emergency? Admitting that seamen are naturally less numerous in time of peace— that the prospect of active and honourable service would allure hundreds of excellent hands— that war would release the crews of many a merchantman—and that the coast-guard and the yachtsmen would form a very pretty little reserve—yet it must be obvious that this increased supply would bear no kind of proportion to our increased demand. Three ships of the line we might thus, perhaps, turn out splen didly in a week or two, but what is to be done with the next ten or twelve ? We fear that our old system of impressment is counted on with complacency by Govern ment and with resignation by naval men as the expe dient by which carelessness is to be compensated and forethought supplied. Our condition then will be this; —Presuming matters to proceed in the most favourable manner, we shall tyrannically seize upon the services of thousands of our countrymen whose free aid we were neither prudent nor liberal enough to engage ; we shall hand these captive victims over to their respective officers, who will necessarily have to subdue the ignorance, obstinacy, sullenness, or vicdictiveness of such a class by arbitrary and repulsive means ; and at length, when lashes and labours have formed a passable crew, we shall send them to face death for our honour and glory. This is the most favour able issue that can possibly be prayed for from our ad herence to the ancient system. If we can discover and seize our victims, if we can crush them into shape, and if we can escape a mortal struggle till these prelimi naries are completed, we have then got everything we could have hoped. But, suppose the course of our in justice to run a little contrary—suppose the more eivi-_ lized state of public opinion to revolt and rebel at acts of daily oppression and brutality which it passed unheeded forty 3 ears ago—suppose the improved condition of the individual seaman to interfere materially with the pro jected discipline—suppose common cause to be made with the sufferers in these nightly razzias—and suppose the energy, strength, and discipline of the enemy to allow us no such law and license as in past generations we enjoyed—what will be our condition then? And which is the more probable of these hypothetical alter natives ? We have never been inconsiderate alarmists on the state of our navy ; we believe our resources to be unbounded both of men and means, but it is strange that successive Administrations, while so laudably organizing the latter of these requisites, should so pertinaciously conspire to neglect the former. BANK OF (From last Ni AM Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturday, ISSUE DEP. X. Notes issued...• .... 28,235,885 I £28,235,88 5 Dated the 12th day of Novembei BANKING D Proprietors' capital .• 14,553,000 Rest ••••••• • •• . • • • 3,468,352 Public deposits (in eluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings-banks, and Di vidend accounts). • 5,428,783 Other deposits . . Seven day and other bills. .... • . • .. Z 32,750,369 Dated the 12th day of Novembe] ILLNESS 01 TUE POET MOORE. — A I lament to have to tell you of the rapidly decinei private letter . ing health of Ireland's most honoured poet. rrhesun l i i s te ee i e s r f a a t st h s e e e t d ti . nL, Baned llin it es i i s ce fe s a i r e e r d . that hisdissolution this LY theatre TAT reh H a E sen ß j E. oyed Th w e as pr b o r sp ou e g r i o l u t s to se a aso c n lo wch se hi on Wednesday night. The performances comprised To Parents and Guardians, Mrs. Harris, and the Magic Horn, presenting no novelty beyond the transfer of a " tag," or finale, with which the burlesque concludes, from the good fairy to Mr. Keeley, who, not without emotion, briefly expressed his and the company's grati tude for the patronage they have received, and pro mised they would do their best, en re-assembling, to wards the promotion of "a merry Christmas." The Keeleys have produced, since the 20th of last December, when they opened with the original dramatic version of the Cricket on the Hearth, four burlesques, crammed with whimsicalities, and splendidly put upon the stage, and eight new farces, all more or less successful, from which we may select the Marble Maiden, and Mr. Wigan's Loan of a Wife, as excellent specimens of their class. In comedy of larger pretension, they have pro duced, exclusive of a judicious revival of Jerrolti's Nell Gwyne, three dramas of considerable merit, one of which, To Parents and Guardians, ran fifty-one conse cutive nights. The season, therefore, has been prolific of attractions, and we are pleased to find that the public patronage has been so well bestowed. ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE FROM FlRE.—Thursday morning a public exhibition of the use of the society's new machines for the preserva tion of life from fire took place in Queen's-square, Bloomsburg, and excised great attent i on. T he machines are a great improvement on those hitherto used, being calculated to receive several persons at the same time. Two new stations are fixed, one at Knightsbridge -green, Brompton, and the other in the West Strand, near St. Martin's Church. .s , cioty have uow t;: iitj-tutu stations, extending over more than one-third of the metropolis. THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER. On the sth of October we made the following state ment:—" We understand that a department of the Go vernment, hitherto carried on under a chief, is, for the future, to be managed by the same chief, assisted by a board of unpaid commissioners. The names of the latter we are not yet at liberty to disclose, but, if we mis take not, they will throw a very curious light on the present state of parties in this country." There is now no longer any necessity for preserving the secrecy that was at the time imposed on us. The department al luded to is that of the Duchy of Lancaster, and the in tended board of commissioners—however surprising the fact may appear to our readers—will be composed of the Earl of Spencer, the Earl of Lincoln, Sir James Graham, and the Earl of Hardwicke ! We were strictly correct in saying that these com missioners will receive no pecuniary emolument ; but we do hear that certain arrangements have been made in reference to the distribution of patronage, by virtue of which the new Board Will not be left altogether without influence. Indeed, it is hinted that this provision is so ample as to have already excited no inconsiderable indig nation in a Noble Lord who imagines that he has been unfairly deprived of the advantages he formerly pos sessed. Of this, however, we know nothing ; it is for the present, quite enough for us to know that two members of Sir Robert Peel's late Cabinet, and a noble man who held an appointment in the royal household under the same Administration, have accepted office at the hands of Lord John Russell. Were we altogether wrong when, five weeks ago, we ventured to say that the circumstance would " thro w a ver y curious light on the present state of parties in this country ?”—Post. [We do not believe there is any truth in the above. A commission of inquiry may be appointed, but no per manent Board superseding the present.—ED. Sun.] DEATH FROM LAUDANUM.—Thursday Mr. Mills held an inquest at the Percy Arms, Great Percy -street, Clerkenwell, on the body of Mr. Samuel Matthieson, aged 26, a wine agent, living at 22, Soley-place, in the above neighbourhood. Mrs. Perrins, deceased's land lady, said he had resided in her house since March last. Latterly he appeared much depressed in mind, and com plained of having no friends. His complaint, however, was without foundation. On Sunday night be retired to bed at a late hour. On the following morning she knocked at his door as usual, and not d rec z ivir n an instantly called in, and pronounced the c ase a hope insen sibleanswer, bed.slie e3nitre.rFedegheirstyb,edarsouorgme,oann.idwssfaosuinnstah one. Deceased having proved Several witnesses died in the afternoon. Murs.eFoofgdaeitayt:liwassd saipnoe;sleox7ned the body, and said th e ca in duced by laudanum . taking opium as a remedy, the jury returned the follow ing the disturbed . state of deceased's mind, and habit of That the deceased died from the effects the effects of insanity; but whether he drank it for the d " runk whilst labouring under toefinipe v ue e rd r : d rn i y c u t m ; purpose of destroying himself, or took an overdose as a remedy, there was not evidence enough to prove." NEW MATORS.—Basingstoke, R. Cottle, Esq., re elected; Bewd]ey, T. T. Lankester, Esq.; Bolton, Jas. Slowcroft, Esq.; Chichester, W. Mason, Esq.; Evesham, J. B. Haynes, Esq.; Hastings, F. Ticehurst, Esq.; Here ford, R. Archibald, Esq.; Hertford, J. M. Carter, Esq.; re-elected (sth time); Leominster, T. B. Stallard, Esq. Ludlow, Francis Massey, Esq.; Newport (Isle of Wight), R. Sewell, Esq.; Portsmouth, B. Bramble; Romsey, Josiah George, jun., Esq. •, Stockport, Alderman Orrell; Wigan, Thomas Morris, Esq.; Winchester, C, B. Thomas, Esq . _ TESTIMONIAL TO THE REV. THOMAS DALE.—••• On Thursday evening, at a numerous and highly -respect able meeting of the parishioners of St. Bride, Fleet street, held for the purpose, the following resolution was unanimously agreed to :—" That the Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A., late vicar of the parish, having been ap pointed to the vicarage of St. Pancras, this vestry cannot allow him to leave them without recording their great regard for him individually, and their acknowledgment of his invaluable services during a period of twenty years, in promoting the welfare and harmony of the parish, in administering to the necessities of the poor, in increasing the funds of the charities, and the efficiency of the parochial schools ; and, above all, in his very able, faithful, and affectionate attention to the spiritual wants of the parishioners. They desire also to express their deep regret at losing him, and their hope that he may be equally liked in his new parish." , !t-; -4kft