The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-09 00:00:00

~,- THE BOER WAR. The Gazette of -last night contains the following f . patch from §ir g: G. Smith, :datedthe 30th of Augu s t. supplies the details of a complete victory obtained over re Beers at 'a place called Bloem Plaats. Immediately after intelligence of this important event reach e d th e C ape, a Government notice was issued, setti ng f ort h more briefly than the subjoined dispatch does the history of i , the conflict Camp "Bethany," two marches from Bloem Fontein, Aug. 30. My Lord,—ln continuation of my dispatch to your Lordship of the 23d instant, reporting that, by means of that most perfect and inimitable invention, the caout chouc pontoon float, I had established myself on the right bank of the deep and rapid Orange River, 200 yards in width, with four companies of the Cape Mounted Rifles, three 6 pounders, two companies of the Rifle Brigade, and two companies of the 45th Regiment, I hare now the honour to state, that the detachment of the 91st Regiment having arrived on the 25th instant was imme diately carried over, with the exception of fifty men. These, with 20 of the Cape Corps, were posted on the left bank of the river in charge of a boat and a halser, which, for the purpose of securing my communication, I had succeeded in passing across the stream. I marched on the morning of the 27th instant, pro vided with 30 days' commissariat supplies, to Philip polis; and on the following day to a bivouac, at a stream near " Vister's Hock." Up to this period no positive information had reached me as to the spot at which the rebels proposed to make a stand, although rumour re presented that they would probably do so at a place called " Bloem Pleats," on the Kroom Elem Bok River, a celebrated position for the interruption of a march. Early yesterday morning I received intelligence, much to be relied on, that such was their positive intention; and on my march on this position, in order of battle, a shepheA informed me that he had seen many fires during th e n i g h t , an d that he believed the w h o l e r e b el 0 force was there s t rong l y posted, num b er i ng a b ou t 1, 00 men. I was soo n su ffi ciently near to reconnoitre t heir position, of which, from my previous journey through the country, I had some knowledge; my troops were prepared for the attack, and scarcely had the a dvanced F party of r econno i ssance , accompanied by mysel , arrived within shot; when the rebels sprang up, like the men of Roderick Dhu, from behind bushes and rccks, every height was in an instant covered with them, and they opened a well directed and very destructive fire. The position chosen was a succession of ridges of hills on either side of a stream, called the Kroom Eel's Bok, strongly undulating, and covered with large stones and bulb, most favourable for defence. Its advance was formed,.by• a lower range, the hills on the oppcsite bank of the river being much higher, and consequently en potence and in support. The Cape Rifles, in advance, being by no means cal culated, from being mounted, to stem this torrent of musketry, were ordered back, and three guns opened a rapid and well directed fire upon the points where the rebels appeared to be the most numerous. The Rifle Brigade, supported by the two companies of the 45th Reiftwent, were directed to attack their left flank, so as to turn it, and the detachment of the 91st Regiment was held in reserve in the rear of the guns. A more rapid, fierce, and Well directed fire than that kept up by the rebels I have never seen maintained, and for some time they manfully held 'heir ground, when a rush of the Rifle Brigade upon their left flank, of the 45th upon their left centre, and of the 91st, whom I now brought into action, upon their right centre, carried everything before it, and gallantly dislodged the rebels. Mean while a fierce and determined conflict was going on be tween the Cape Mounted Rifles and the right of the rebels, who descended the hills far in their direction for the double purpose of turning my left flank and insu lating our baggage and commissariat stores, which were collected on the plain below. I have seldom seen a sharper skirmish, the rebels ad vancing moe rapidly and successfully into the plain until their impetuosity exposed their left to the fire of one of the guns, by which they were checked, and the gallant Hottentots, nobly headed by their officers, then drove them back pell-mell into the hills. During;this time the victory on our right had rapidly progressed, the rebels in about three-quarters of an hour having been driven from their position on our side of the river, the higher ground upon the opposite bank of which they most obstinately endeavoured to hold. The gallant efforts of our infantry along their centre and on their left were, however, soon crowned with success; and at the same moment their right was driven by the Cape Corps across our front, by passing which they alone could gain the road leading over the neck of a range of hills by which they must retire. They were thus exposed to the fire of two of our guns posted on the hill first carried by the Rifle Brigade and 45th Regiment, and from which they suf fered greatly. At this time Lieut.-Colonel Buller, of the Rifle Bri gade, who, with much judgment, gallantry, and ability, showed great knowledge of his profession in the com mencement of the attack, was, by vigorously endeavour ing to intercept the retreat of the rebels, I deeply regret to say, very severely, though I hope not dangerously, wounded above the knee, the same shot killing his horse; and I was thus deprived of his services at a moment when they were much required. Ahe rebels, thus driven at every point from the posi tion, endeavoured to make a final stand at the neck in the high ridge of hills behind it previously alluded to, and which they successfully maintained against the Cape Mounted Rifles, and a body of about 250 Griquas, who this morning joined me under their faithful chiefs, Waterboer and Adam Kok. The guns and infantry were, however, advancing as rapidly as the heat of the day would permit, and the neck, the last hold of the rebels, was wrested from thorn. One of the most severe skirmishes ever, I believe, witnessed, thus terminated in the complete success of ber Majesty's troops, aided by the best intentions on the part of the Griqua chiefs, whose conduct merits my per fect approbation. A conflict of this nature, in a position so formidable, cannot be attended with complete success without con siderable loss. The rebels left dead upon the field forty nine men, twelve having been killed with one cannon shot; and their wounded is, of course, in proportion. A great number of arms were thrown away, and many horses taken. The Boer never fights without his horse, from which he usually dismounts to fire over the saddle; and consequently, when vigorously pressed, he has not time to remount. The loss on our side has, I truly re gret to say, been also considerable, viz., one officer mor tally, and six severely wounded; and eight men killed, and thirty-nine wounded. The gallant conduct of every officer and soldier calls for my warmest encomium; and renders it my impera tive duty to impress upon your Lordship the merits of the troops, as deset ving her Majesty's consideration. In doing so I beg leave to point out to your Lordship the difficulties of the service in which I have been engaged, owing to the necessity of passing the Orange River, and the immense distance in this wild country, of one point from another ; and likewise to assure your Lordship, that the nature of the rebel position was such as to call forth, not only judgment, but personal gallantry, on the part of the different officers who, I therefore venture to hope, may be deemed to merit her Majesty's gracious favour. Lieutenant-Colonel Buller has very fully evinced his talent for command, and his gallantry in the performance of his duty. This officer's exertion, and that of Major Beckwith, in superintending and effecting the passage of the Orange River, wad as laborious as instrumental in its important object. Major Sidney Beckwith, of the Rifle Brigade, a nephew of the late veteran of that name, and of such Rifle renown, greatly distinguished himself in command of the Infantry, and has succeeded Colonel Buller in the command of the troops. To Captain Bien kinsopp, commanding the detachment of the 45th Regi ment; to Lieutenant Pennington, commanding the de tachment of the 91st Regiment; and to Lieutenant Dyneley, commanding the Royal Artillery, an officer of great promise, the service is greatly indebted; and of Captain Armstrong, in command of the Cape Mounted Rifles, I cannot speak in terms of too great praise. In fact, every officer and soldier performed the arduous and gallant duty demanded of him, in avenging the insult and indignity thrust upon him her Majesty's authority, as - previously reported to your Lordship in detail. Major Warden, the British Resident, was with me; and by his exertions was most useful in his civil as well as his mili tary capacity. Pie only officers of my personal staff with me are my rivate secretary, M a j or G arvoc k , and my Aide-de- U 4 p. Lieut. Holdich. The former, who also acted as ztav Adjutant-General an d Q uartermaster-General, is an officer the Sut and I ho conferred upon myself,wifzome eel mark of h er Majest)'s were gracious appro b ation conferred upon him. The latter was my Aide-de Cam n the Sutlej, and severely wounded at Subraou. Buthpoof these officers were of the asywour greatest use to use, I do assur e difficult and hazardous duty ; _ in most of the Ride Brigade, Field-Adjutant of tnt e c ut • Gly° ' tals, for- Dr, Hall, deputy inspector -general oe,re.ol,,spi litfieerri:ices; 1 did tnnately came up with me from Cape not imagine I should have such.occasion for and the wounded, under his able care, have vided for as I could desire. I have been obliged, ILT . ever, to leave some of them at a farmhouse near the rigid of action. In other countries, where distances are mode rate, communications are generally simple; here nothing can be accomplished under a ride of from 20 to 30 mil es , through a country abandoned by its inhabitants; and the difficulty attending the prosecution of war under such circumstances exceeds belief, requiring all the energy of experience- As everything roust be carried with the army, a train of 150 commissariat waggons has been necessary; and for the arrangements connected with this department the services and the troops are much indebted to Deputy- Assistaet Commissary -General Green. I must not omit to bring to your Lordship's :notice Mr. It chard Southey, my secretary, as her Majesty ' s High Comm i ssioner. This gentleman's activity, in his direct position, is most meritorious ; but his exertions in the passage of the Orange River, and his endeavours to obtain information respecting the rebels, have been of the greaten utility. Ilis courage was conspicuous also in the field. No prisoners were taken, for none of the rebels would yield. Captain Armstrong was treacherously wounded by a man to whom he offered quarter, and thi s was not the only instance of its being refused. I followectup the success obtained until dark, and again marched two hours before daylight this morning, with the efficient portion of my troops,. in the hope of overtaking the rebels, and capturing their train of waggons, said to be 95 in number; after, however, s long march to this abandoned missionary station, de stroyed and gutted by the rebels, I have seen nothing but tired and wounded horses lift upon the road, the spoor or track of the i nsurgen t s b e i ng vi s ible in every direction, as if they had fled in dismay. A Boer has just been brought into my cam p, w h o d escr ib es th e m as hay ing hurried off in twos and threes, and that their cause ia regarded Ws hopeless: I shall reach Blown Fontein' on the 2d proximo, by Beans, Peas Tares THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, I 848: which time I shall have been joined, if my anticipations be correct, by a great many loyal inhabitants ; and when my proced ure s h a ll t a k e a legs' and most deter mined turn.—l have, &c., H. G. SMITH. The Right Hon. Earl Grey, Secretary of State. A list of killed and wounded is enclosed. N.B.—Since I closed this dispatch, two rebels have been brought in, taken near the field of battle. If found to have taken a prominent part I shall try them by a general court-martial, on arrival at Bloem Fontein, and the sentence shall determine their fate. The friendly Boers are gathering thickly round me in great delight at their future prospects. lam framing a proclamation, to be published at Bloem Fontein, a copy of which shall be transmitted to your Lordship after it is issued. H. G. SMITH. Return of Killed and Wounded in Action with the Rebe: Boers, at Bloem Plaats, 29th of August, 1848. General Staff-2 horses wounded. 45th Regiment (Reserved Battalion)-1 man killed, 19 men wounded. _ __ ______ .• ______. 91st Regiment (Reserved Battalion)-1 officer, 2 men, wounded. i : e ti weo i urn i gdae d d.e ...._3 men, 2 horses, killed ; 2 officers, 12 Cape 9 horses, kill e d ; 4 officers, wounded.d en ed. 11 horses, killed ; 7 officers, 39 me n , 6 Mountedmen, 11 horses,Rifles— 131'hootrasle—s:3" muenncied bficers Wounded. Lieutenant-Colonel Buller, Rifle Brigade, severely. Captain Murray. Rifle Brigade, mortally (since dead). Captain Armstrong, Cape Mounted Rifles, severely. Lieutenant Sall s, Cape Mo unte d Ri fles, dangerously. Lieutenant Mill, Cape Mounted Rifles, severely. Ensign Steele, Cape Mounted Rifles, dangerously. Ensign Crampton, 91st Regiment, dangerously. JoHN GARvocK, Major. THE MILITARY COLLEGE, I The ADDISCOMBE. public half -yearly examination of the Gentle men Cadets at the East India Company's Military Se minary, Addiscombe, was held yesterday before the Chairman, Lieutenant -General Sir J. L. Lushington, G.C.8.; the Deputy-Chairman, Major- General Sir A. Galloway, K.C.8., and several other members of the Court of Directors. There was a large attendance of visitors on the occasion. Among them were—his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury; Lieutenant Generals Sir Thomas Downman, C. 8., K.C.H., and Sir Thomas M'Mahon, Bart., K.C.8. ; Major-General s Si r G eorge Pollock, G.C.8., James Grant, Whish, and M'Leod (Bengal Engineers); Colonels Sir James Dennis, K.C.B. (3d Buffs), Sir H. Smith, R.E., Hay, Bonner, Har dinge, RA., Leslie, C. 8., Dundas, C. 8., R.A., Brereton, R.H.A„ English, RE., Underwood, Sturt, Derville, and Spiller; Majors Cuppage, R.A., Walpole (Sap pers and Miners), Davis (52d Foot), Stun, Showers, Coghlan, Roxburgh, and Fanshawe, R.E.; Cap taius M'Kerlie, RE., Talbot, RA., Savage, R.A., Moorsom (Scots ‘ Fusilier Guards), and Warden; Messr. P. Melvin, C. G. Prendergast (Bombay Civil Service), S. IL. Christie (Royal Military Academy), W. T: Ildoper, Mullins, A. T. Willoughby, W. A. Ve nour, Penrhyn, M. T. Turnbull, James Bandinell, Southey, Donne, Wilkieson, Garrett, and Hitchens ; the Rev. Messrs. Hodgson, G. Coles, Park, and An drews (Ordnance School). The examination was con ducted by the Public Examiner, Major-General Sir C. Pasley. Thirty-eight of the 154 gentlemen cadets were brought forward for examination. For the Engineers (s)—James John M'Leod Innes, Edmund Walker, George Tomkyns Chesney, Alexander Davidson, and John Archibald Ballard. For the Artillery (12)—Theodore Emilius Gahagan, John Mullins, Thomas Netherton Harward, Andrew Hugh Bogle, Frederick Henry Turnbull, Francis Hast ings M'Leod, William Hamilton (2), Burnett Ash burner, Robert Atkins Peach, William Ingilby, Adam Gordon Newall, and Henry John Evans. For the Infantry (21).—De Vic Francis Carey,Henry r Dundas Gloag, Edward Deere Fraser Lewis, George Johnson Reeves, Henry Charles Astley Cooper, Edward Adolphe Mottet, John Campbell Hobson, Alfred An thony Des Vceux, James Dupre Lance, Francis Booth Norman, Francis John Craigie, Richard Round Carnell, Edward Brandt, William Hamilton (1), Edward Samp son, Whish, Alfred Johannes Clarke Farre, Philip Han trey Comyn Burlton, William Frederick Stewart, John Philip Pedler, Alexander Egerton Cumming, and Tho mas Dyer. The mathematical examination was according to the following course:—Logarithms; trigonometry, part 1 ; mensuration. (The foregoing is the test for the service of infantry.) Geometry, chaps. 4 and 5; application of algebra to geometry; trigonometry (analytical), part 2, chap. 3; statics, chaps. 1,3, and 4; dynamics, to the end of projectiles, chap. 5. (The foregoing is the minimum for the service of artillery.) Hydrostatics and hydro dynamics; theory of curved lines and conic sections, chaps. 1,2, 3,5, 6, and 7; the second and third parts of algebra, chaps. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 16, comprehend ing the theory of equations and expansion of series ; differential calculus, chaps. 1,2, 3, and 4. (The fore going is the minimum for the service of engineers.) Differential calculus, chap. 5, and integral calculus, chaps. 1,3, and 4; spherical trigonometry; astronomy, chaps. 1,2, and 3. The proceedings in the fortification department com menced in the spacious sand modelling hall. A hand some model of the Tete de pont (or bridge-head) of In goldstadt, on the left bank of the Danube, was explained by cadet Ballard; a sunken battery by cadet Evans, and an elevated battery by Cadet Reeves; two methods o defending the ditche s of fi e ld redoubts (by covered cam• ponieres and by reverse galleries) by Cadet Hobson; Fort Alexander, near Coblenta, by Cadets Gahagan and Bogle; a front of Vauban's Ist system, the enceinte showing the fansse braie tracing, a countergnard being before the ravelin, by Cadets Hargrave and Walker; a second front of the same system, the enceinte showing the orillon and retired flank facing with tenaillons before the ravelin, by Cadet Innes; while a third f ront o f Vau ban showed the Ch em i n des Rondes tracing in the en ceinte, the ravelin being strengthed by demi- tenaillons by Cadet Mullins; and lastly, a double direct sap was explained by Cadet Norman. These models were well executed on scales of from one-eighth of an inch to two inches to a foot. The plans in this department were of the usual description. The cadets were further examined by Sir C. Pasley in the examination-hall on fortification and other subjects. FIRST CLASS MILITARY DRAWINGS EXHIBITED. Ballard 1 , „,, ~ Peni s col a Mullins, Fort St. Philip. Chesney fk ' ''"J - - Newall, Ground in Spain. Innes, Several ably done con- Carey, Mequinenza. tours from models. Evans, Part of the environs Walker. Sagonte. of Corunna. Bogle, Penisc o l a , Turnbull, Fort d'Oropesa, con Hamilton (2), Peniscola. touring and sections. Gahagan, Ground near Tor- Peach, Passage of the Douro. tosa. Norman, Tarbes. Davidson, part of St. Helena, Lewis, Foz d'Aruce. from a model. Itiloag, Ground in Spain. Harward, Sagonte. tarnell, Vimiero. Reeves, Passage of the Douro. SECOND CLASS MILITARY DRAWINGS. Donaldson t (Prize), Gr oun d'B rown , G round near Pampe- Blagrove $ about Saragossa. i luna. Montgomery, The Addington J. Martin, Battle of Vimeiro. Hills. ;Hardy, Belchite. Ryves, Orthes. iMaynard, Contours of models. Hughes, Almeida. Fitzgerald, Belchite. Cotgrave, Ground near Pam- M. Steuart, Sabugal. peluna. IG. C. Martin, Passage of the Lucas, Battle of Maids. 1 Ceira. Murray, Battle of Salamanca. Grume, West Part of Adding- Nicholls, Algiers. ton Hills. Malcolmson, Tarragona. i Landscape Department —Many very beautiful paint ings in water-colours on a large scale were exhibited, comprising landscapes, figures, marine views, &c. The first prize in this department was given to Gentleman Cadet J. A. Ballard, of the First Class; but many others by Gentlemen Cadets T. Harward, J. M'lnnes, T. E. Gahagan, G. T. Chesney, A. H. Bogle, J. Mullins, T. H. Macleod, T. H. Turnbull, A. Davidson, G. Reeves, H. Evans, &c. (all of the First Class), evinced a great degree of talent and care. Other drawings of the Second Class, by Gentlemen Cadets L. Donaldson, E. R. Bla grove, T. E. Hughes, H. Murray, J. R. Martin, and R. E. T. Cotgrave, displayed proofs of great improvement The second prize was awarded to Gentleman Cadet L. Donaldson. The lithographic specimens were very creditable. The examination lasted nearly four hours. At its conclusion, Mr. Clarke, the Chief of the Cadet Depart ment, read the report of Sir C. Pasley, recommending to the Court the 38 gentlemen whom he had selected, and whom he had just publicly examined. Sir C. Pasley also reported favourably of the progress of all the classes. The report of the Lieutenant-Governor of the seminary, Major-General Sir E. G. Stanus, was also favourable; it contained the following passage:—" The Lieutenant- Governor has the satisfaction to report, for the informa tion of the Chairman and Military Committee, that since the interruption which the tranquillity of this seminary experienced at the commencement of the present term, the Gentlemen Cadets have fully supported their usual character for honourable conduct and strict attention to t,l'e regulations ; and he feels justified in entertaining the " ef Pe i that nrge vwu ill they arefr from nowm evens o t d h e e ep v l e y ry i mmpordeisfiseedd systemwith the o f that we shall :envege"ing efforts use standing th w e n appears to have prevailed here, notwith recurrence ofany : i again have the pain of witnessing the d for its suppression, establishment." ' bUted as follows: radar breach of good order at this The prizes weee.,iisgtrjr, James M. Innes--2d Mathematical, 2d Fortification, • ex RaT e LA addressed Mr. gouwrshijachthotheenviable distonction to receive, and the Pollock Medal; p th re o s s e : ti y n Inn ll e i s and mine the pleasure of presenting medal—(Cheers)—instituted by the inhabita ntsYothe Pollock Cal cutta as a prize to the most distinguished cadet of n term at this seminary, and to commemorate theiga;aacr, and most important services of Sir George Pollock, who has honoured us with his presence this day—(Cheers)— and whom we are all most happy to see in such good health.—(Renewed cheers.) I congrat u l ate you, sir, that by your talent and conduct you have been selected to receive this most valuable mark of the Court's appro bation. Edmund Walker-Ist Mathematical, French, Ist Hin dustani. George T. Chesney -Ist Fortification, Military Sur veying, Geology, Ist Good Conduct; In presenting which Sir JAMES LUSHINGTON spoke to the following effect:—Mr. Chesney, it is in the per formance of a most pleasing duty that I present you this sword, on behalf of the Court of Directors of the East India Company, as a testimony of their approba tion of your exemplary conduct at this institution, and which has been sofavourably reported by the Lieutenant- Governor. From the auspicious manner in which you have commenced your career we may confidently hope j that, with the blessing of God, it will b e throughout 1 your service one of honour and distinction. You can not, I am certain, look upon this early prize without its awakening feelings in your mind which will determine you to continue in the same meritorious course, and which will secure to you the esteem and regard of your superior officers and all who know and serve with you. John A. Ballard—Military Drawing, Civil Drawing, 2d Good Conduct. Theodore E. Gahagan—Latin, 2d Hindustani. SECOND CLASS. J. G. Ryves—Mathematics. Thomas G. Montgomerie-3d Good Conduct, Fortifi cation, Hindustani. Leverton Donaldson —Military Drawing, Military Surveying, Civil Drawing. E. F. Cotgrave—French. T. E. Hughes—Latin. THIRD CLASS. W. E. Warrand-4th Good Conduct. The CHAIR3IAN then having completed the distribu tion of the prizes, closed the proceedings with the fol lowing address:—Gentlemen Cadets,—lt is with the most sincere regret that on this, the last occasion that ever I shall address you from this chair, I am unable to express myself with that perfect approbation and satis faction of your conduct I have hitherto always been en abled to do. It is not my intention or wish to enter into any of the details of the circumstances which have caused this dissatisfaction ; you are all well acquainted with them, and that the consequence to several of your number has been the marked and severe displeasure of the Court of Directors for disobedience to posi tive orders, followed by a disgraceful and un manly assault upon au unoffending member of your body. On this painful subject I will only further say, that the Court are firmly determined to punish with the utmost severity any attempt to revive the practice of " fagging " at this institution, which is utterly op posed to the first principles of military usage and of gentlemanly demeanour.—(Mtieh cheering.) It is, how ever, gratifying to learn by tno report of the Lieut.- Governor, that since the interruption which the tran quillity of the seminary experienced at the commence ment of the present term, you have fully supported your usual character for honourable conduct and strict con formity to the regulations; and I trust I am justified in entertaining the hope that we shall never again have the pain of witnessing the recurrence of any similar breach of good order as that to which I have alluded.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) The favourable reports of the Public Examiner, and the proceedings and result of this day's examination, must have proved moat acceptable and pleasing to those of my colleagues who are present, and equally so to the distinguished individuals who have fa voured us with their company. You must all feel-greatly indebted to the attention, care, and guidance which have been bestowed upon you by the Public Examiner, Lieut.- Governor, officers, professors, and masters; and I hesitate not to express the acknowledgment of the Court of Di rectors to those gentlemen for their continued and well directed exertions.—(Cheers.) For you, gentlemen cadets, who ail' return here after the vacation, I entreat you to reflect seriously on what I have already said to you, and the consequence will be to your advantage.— (Hear.) I must ever feel the warmest interest in the welfare of a service to which I owe all of honour, rank, and independence I possess; and it is this feeling and this conviction which urge me to offer to your acceptance, my young friends who are about proceeding to your destination, a few friendly observations in the nature of advice.—(Hear, hear.) In the performance of your mi litary duty, endeavour by your punctuality, activity, and cheerful obedience, to satisfy your commanding officer that you are worthy of his approbation and confidence. In your conduct towards the Sepoys, whose courage and fidelity have stood the test of many actions and many temp tations, be kind and indulgent as regards their religion and habits, and you may rely on their devoted attachment. But there is one thing necessary to produce this good— a knowledge of the native language.—(Hear, hear.) Indeed, so forcibly is the Court of Directors impressed with the absolute necessity that their officers should possess this knowledge, that without it you can neither hope nor expect to be appointed to any staff situation, regulations having been made to that effect.—(Hear.) Finally, I most earnestly advise you to be moderate and temperate in your mode of living, and economical in your expenditure. If you adopt these recommendations, you have the best possible chance, under Divine Provi dence, of ultimate retirement from the service with an unbroken constitution and perfect independ ence . I n bidding you an affectionate farewell, I most sincerely wish you one and all health and happiness.—(Cheers.) The directors and the visitors then retirad to the Lieutenant-Governor's residence, where a handsome repast was provided; after partaking of which, the com pany separated and.departed to their homes. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. B.—The Superb, 80, Captain Pur cell, has entered 350 out of her complement of 466. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., M.P., will not return to the Admiralty, from Barton Court, until the end of next week. Commander Richard Wilbraham (1814), died at Clif ton Tale, in the 92d year of his age. He was a lieute nant of 1801. By his death Commander F. Y. Pogson (1819) succeeds to the senior half-pay of 10s. per diem. PRIZE MONEY FOR THE CURLEW.—Mr. Petty Mus pratt has given notice, that an account of the tonnage bounty received for the slave schooner San Antonio, captured and destroyed on the 29th of May, 1842, by her Majesty's brig Curlew , John Foote Esq., lieutenant commander (now Commander of the Rosamond, steam sloop), will be delivered into the registry of the High Court of Admiralty, on the 26th instant, agreeably to / Act of Parliament. We expect that there arejvery few of the " Curlews" to claim in propria persona. The Centaur steamer, of 1,269 tons, and 540 horse power, to be fitted immediately, at Portsmouth, for the broad pendant of Commodore Fanshawe, C. 8., to suc ceed Commodore Sir C. Hotham, K.C.8., on the coast of Africa, is having her spars got ready; her after-pivot gun will be displaced, and a poop is to be built. She is to be ready by the Ist of February. We understand the Termagant was to have been the vessel for the com modore's broad pendant, but she is having some new wheels made to her machinery, to prevent the excessive noise the engines made when at work, and which will not be completed for the next three months. The present armament of the Centaur is six heavy pivot guns and two carronades. The pivot guns at the bow and stern are eight-inch guns, of 95 cwt., ten feet long; the four broadside pivot guns, are ten-inch guns, 84 cwt. each, and nine feet long, and the carronades are 32-pounders, on shifting carriages. One of the pivot guns will be dis placed by the building of the poop, and some of the other pivot large guns, as they can be of little use on the coast of Africa, will no doubt be exchanged for long guns of less calibre. She has ports on her main deck, but mounts no guns; however, these ports will do good service on the coast, by improving the ventilation of the ship. The Centaur's engines are by Bolton and Watt, and have been sufficiently tested during her services on the Irish relief business. The Cyclops, 6, steam-frigate, Captain the lion. H. F. Hastings, made the voyage out from Plymouth to Sierra Leonein twenty days, of which she was at anchor two days at Madeira, and three days at the Cape Verd's Islands, so that she made the run in fifteen days. It is probable, on the Cyclops joining the Penelope, Commo dore Sir C. Hothatn may leave Captain Hastings in tem porary command-in-chief of the African squadron, and return to England; if so, the Penelope may be expected about the first week in January. The Siren, on her voyage home after leaving Sierra Leone, met the Ranger, 6, Commander Newland, proceeding to join Commodore Sir Charles Hotham. The officers and crew of the Ranger having succeeded in recovering that vessel after her sinking at the Cape Verds, they managed to get the hatches battened down and secured, and on pumping her out she floated, without being much injured. As we have before stated, Sir C. Hotbam has inti mated his desire to be relieved in March; but he had not then received his dispatches by the Cyclops. It was reported at }Portsmouth yesterday, that the Prince Regent, 92, Captain W. F. Martin, at Spithead, will, when the wind permits, sail direct for the Medi terranean. DEVONPORT THURSDAY AFTERNOON.—The weather is still foul, the wind blowing from S.W. Nothing dare go out, and we have nothing come in before this evening, about four o'clock, when the Llewellyn, Holyhead steam packet, Master Commander Gray, from the Thames, arrived. She is come into harbour. She must have caught it coming round. The Confiance steam-tug, Mr. Martin, master, that arrived on Tuesday evening, from Woolwich, took shelter at Dartmouth for a day or two, on her way down. The Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship at Portsmouth, having had her pistons repaired and completed, was to have been out of the steam-basin yesterday, but the weather would not allow of her removal. She will be brought out on Monday next, when the Centaur will also be taken round to the old basin, to be fitted and rigged for service. The Sharpshooter, screw gun-vessel, Lieutenant-Com mander Bailey, has had her new water-pipes completed at Porstsmouth. She is now receiving another coating of Mr. Hay's composition, and will be taken out of dock on Monday next. The Fairy, royal yacht, went to Southampton, to convey a Queen's messenger to Osborne. She afterwards took over to Portsmouth the Countess of Gainaborough, from Osborne House, who landed at Gosport, and pro ceeded to Anglesey. The Fire Queen went to Osborne, yesterday, with the letters and dispatches. The Garland, D over steam-packet, Lieutenant Com mander Aplin, is ordered to Woolwich for new boilers. APPRENTICES IN THE DOCKYARDS.—The Admiralty have issued an order to all the dockyards to the effect that those apprentices of the establishment who may during the period of their apprenticeship, and against the express terms of their indentures, contract matri monial engagements, are not to be entered upon the establishment when their term of apprenticeship has expired. THE WEATHER AT PORTSMOUTH—For the last six days, with but little intermission, we have had a violent gale of wind, at times accompanied with heavy squalls of s rainfromae Lns a .ot n fhr d emi g occasionally nawcteh.,N .w W.N.W. t o thewithlightning, S.W. points of f t w h i e n d veering compass. trohpegalsicisenattdmr:sl at on Spithead have nhwaveednreilidneyn mornings securely c Eu awayr n e e ly o ut h with het eer rre i h n er th v e iol h e a n r t b m ou o r tio t n h , a c t f s r e o a m timber-heads by the strain on the bylashin art s hri which she was secured alongside her hulk. She has g ben brought alongside the pitchhouse jetty to have new timber rdd b t o oa d ts a ' someth h e e Ed dllswthdpeouttYkWiyanar. FIVE 43 '7 .v o wi e nwic R thie i nhatr P int - i M.—lt . blows hard from fi lle c h ers n , li a n t . tem T p h te le d The Daring , m t o o r g n o i n t g o Spithead to the St. afterwards went in tow o y f the , but could not get out on account of the sea ; the Echo, steamer. . . returned itl into harbour, and (.Ih2attuaem or dered to be sent from Sheerness to CHATHAM, DEC. B. , br t i e g, bies re paired, and to be fitted for service. The ship Hercules, Mr. Lightfoot master, arrived yesterday from Quebec, with timber for the dockyard ; and the Goodwill, Pledge, master, arrived from Ply mouth with stores; and the Rochester, Sidweeks, master, sailed with stores for Plymouth; and the Aid, Small man, master, remains loading stores for Portsmouth. The Poictiers, 72 guns, Captain Sir Thomas Bour chier, K.C.B.—David Westmeat, an able seaman, had been sentenced to twenty-eight days' imprisonment in the county gaol at Maidstone, ten days of which term is to be solitary, and the remainder with hard labour, for having absented himself from the ship one day. The prisoner descended into the river from the bow of the ship unobserved, and swam to the new stairs. ---- CHESTER WINTER ASSIZES. CONVICTION OF CHARTISTS.— The Sun of yesterday contained the trial of the Hyde Chartists up to the close of the case for the Crown. Mr. Temple and Mr. Townsend respectively delivered very able addresses for the prisoners; after which the Attorney-General replied. His LORDSHIP then summed up at considerable length, end The jury, after being out of court nearly an hour, Acquitted Ralphs, Done, and Kenyon, and found the others Guilty of conspiring to snake and levy insurrec tions and breaches of the peace. The Court rose at eleven o'clock. Yesterday the following pleaded Guilty of conspiracy and riot at Dukinfield:—John Wilde, 22; John Leech, 21; William Shepley, 17; Robert Farnworth, 35; James Thomas, 24; Thomas Greenwood, 19; Moses Lee, 19; John Smitb, 24; Richard Shorrocks, 22; Samuel Sug den, 21; John Leigh, 27; James Sugden, 17; William Hewitt, 19; William Plant, 19; Charles Kelsall, 26; Thomas Leech, 24; and The ATTORNEY. GENERAL having recommended them to mercy, they were ordered to enter into recognizances to keep the peace, and were discharged. The other prisoners convicted on the previous day were then put up. Sellers, 'Shore, and Mantle were sentenced to two years' imprisonment; Cheetham, Hin dle, Collier, Armitage, and Markham to eighteen months; Scholefield, Shawcross, Wild, and Maddocks to twelve months; and Hall and Shaw to nine months' imprison ment, all to bard labour; and at the expiration of their sentence severally to find sureties for their good beha viour fora like term. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • MANSION HOUSE. THE LATE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF POLYGAMY.— It is fresh in the recollection of many of our readers that a man named Henry Bramell, alias Beaumont, was convicted` at the Central Criminal Court upon three distinct charges of bigamy, and sentenced to transpor tation for fourteen years, and that the marriages were contracted by him under circumstances of singular hypocrisy and cruelty. Since the trials took place, it has been represented to the Lord Mayor that Eliza Tinley, the poor young woman who became the second wife of Bramell, is in a state of the most mi serable destitution, and suffering from severe indispo sition; and that, in fact, if it were not for the bene volence of a few gentlemen to whom her case was made known, and who contributed to her assistance, she must have perished for want of thecommon necessaries of life. At the time of her marriage to Braman she was pos- sessed of furniture, plate, jewellery, clothes, and some amount of money. The prisoner succeeded in disposing of the whole of her property, including her wearing apparel, and abandoned her in the condition of a pauper. It was represented that she was a person of irreproach able character, and that she had attended the trial of Braman - at the haaard of her life, in order to give her evidence of the wrongs she had endured, and was, in some measure, instrumental to checking the career of a person, the object of whose life appeared to be to betray and destroy, and then to discard his victims. His LORDSHIP directed that the poor young woman, whom he said he considered to be a great object of charity, should have medical and other assistance, and stated that, in all probability, the representation of the melancholy circumstances of her condition to the mass of benevolent readers of the newspapers would procure her some friends. GUILDHALL. UTTERING I FORGED CHEQUE.—DERBY SWEEPS.-- Yesterday, Richard Hewitt, alias Robert Hodson, was charged with feloniously uttering a forged cheque, for the payment of Si., with intent to defraud. Mr. William Granger Benning, assistant to his father, Mr. William Benning, of 43, Fleet-street, law book seller, said that on Saturday last, between the hours of five and si x o ' c l oc k i n t h e e vening, th e p r i soner entered the shop a n d as k e d f or " Williams's Ex ecutors, " the price of whkl was 31.85., but he let him have the work for 3/. Is. 6d. In payment the prisoner presented the cheque produced,.which was for 54, and purported to be signed by John Scott. He gave him the balance of 11. 111 s. 6d., but on taking it to the bankers, the answer was " no effects," and the signature was afterwards dis covered to be a forgery. The prisoner said he was going to take the books to Mr. Scott's son, at the Bolt-in-Tun, to go by railway:" The following was the cheque:— " 2d of December, 1848. " Messrs. Ransom and Co., Pall-mall. " Pay office (law books), or bearer, five pounds, on my account. ~ £5. " Joatt SCOTT." Mr. John Scott, solicitor, of the firm of Milton and Co., Southampton -buildings, said the cheque p ro d uce d was not his wr i t i ng , nor had he authorised any one to write it. He never saw the prisoner, nor did he or any of the firm keep any account at Ran som ' s , as t h ey banked at Di xon ' s in Chancery Pl ane . John Alger, bo okseller, in Little Turnstile, Holborn, Isaid, that o n W e d nes d ay l ast the prisoner called on him with the two books, called " Williams's Executors," and asked him the value of them. Not being a judge of law books, he told him to leave them and call the next day, at the same time giving him 105. as a security. On Thursday he took the books to Mr. Amer, of Carey street, who, suspecting they were stolen, put a mark on them, and directed him to give the prisoner into custody it he called again, which was accordingly done when he repeated his visit on Thursday evening. Mr. Amer identified the books which he received from the last witness, and which he gave to the officer; and the prosecutor, although he would not swear posi tively to the books, on account of their similarity to others in his shop, yet believed them to be his. When taken into custody by Henry Rowe, of the City police force, and searched, there was found on the pri soner. thirty Derby Sweep race tickets, which bad been purchased on the , day he uttered the forged cheque, be iltyteindghim for trial. anythirg, and The depositions being mad e out, he was conveyed to be sides a number of paid bills o f exc h ange, from which it would seem that he had b een somewhat extensively engaged in business under the name o f Robert Hodson, A Th ld e e p rm ri Newgate. asonnGeriudnescleinoemdms FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 6, 1848. The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord Foley, to appoint the under -mentioned gentlemen to her Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms:— Herbert Rice, Esq., vice Richbell, retired. Francis Vanderlure Mills, Esq., vice Walker, retired. Philip Salomons, Esq., vice Perkins, retired. WHITEHALL, DEC. 6. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Rev. John M'Lennan to be Preacher to the church or chapel at Cromarty, vacant by the transportation of the Rev. Hugh Mackenzie to the third charge of the parish of Inverness. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 8. 2d Dragoon Guar ds — Lieutenant Bryan Thornhill, from 62d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mansergh, who exchanges, Dec. 8. 4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Archibald Grant to be Captain, by purchase, vice Fraser, who retires ; Cornet Edward Tredcroft to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Grant ; Ed and Hylton Jolliffe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Tredcroft, Dec. 8. lath Light Dsagoons—Cornet Luke White to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires, Dec. 8. 4th Foot—Lieut.-Colonel William George Gold, from 53d Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Breton, who ex changes, Dec. 8. 18th Foot—Paymaster John Mackenzie Kennedy, from 44th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Francis Levett Bennett, who has retired upon half-pay as a Lieutenant, Dec. 8. 36th Foot—Ensign William Henry Ackland Dash wood to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Ellis, who re tires; John. Crawford Langford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dashwood, Dec. 8. 37th Foot—Raynsford Taylor Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stead, who retires, Dec. 8. 41st Foot --Paymaster Thomas Miller Creagh, from 52d Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Dickson, who Ex changes, Dec. 8. ' 52d Foot —Paymaster Francis Dickson, from 41st Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Creagh, who exchanges, Dec. 8. 53d Foot--Brevet Colonel Henry William Breton, from 4th Foot, to• be Lieutenant-Colonel, rice Gold, who exchanges, Dec. 8. 58th Foot-=Lieutenant George Damerum, from half pay 104th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ilely, appointed Paymaster, 11th Light Dragoons; Ensign George Henry Wynyard, to be Lieutenant, by purchase vice Damerum, who retires; James Duncan, Gent., to‘be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wynyard, Dec..S. 62d Foot—Lieut. Robert -Humphrey Haviland to be Captain, by purchase, vice Jauncey, who retires ; Lieut. John Southeote Mansergh, from 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, vice Thornhill, who exchanges ; Ensign George Vautier Seale to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Haviland ; George Hainpden Wilkieson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi ce S ea l e , D ec . 8. 72d Foot Assistant Surgeon Anthony Dickson Home, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be As sistant Surgeon, vice Irwin, deceased, Dec. 8. 82d Foot—Lieutenant Luke Fitzgerald Bernard to be Paymaster, vice John Mockler, who has retired upon half-pay, Dec. 8. 91st Foot—Penrose John Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Johnstone, whose appointment has been cancelled, Dec. 8. 3d West India Regiment—James Bolton Knott, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Francis John Byrne superseded, being absent without leave; Acting Assistant-Surgeon William Johnstone Fyffe to be Assistant -Surgeon, vice Home, appointed to 72d Foot; Acting Assistant-Surgeon George Hyde to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Browne, appointed to the Staff, Dec. 8. HOSPITAL STAFF.— Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Browne, from 3d West India Regiment, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice English, deceased, Dec. 8. WTEHALL, Nov. 30. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Jobn Pattinson Guy, of the city of York, Gent., to be a Master Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. James Henry Garrood, grocer, Yaxley, Suffolk. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Benjamin Robinson, dyer, Huddersfield. BANKRUPTS. William Edward Houghton Guillaume, timber mer chant, Botley, Southampton, Dec. 11, at half-past one, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ; Guillaume, Angel-court, Throgmorton- street. John Slaney, cabinet maker, Wellington-place, Hack. ney, Dec. 18, at twelve, and Jan. 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as signee, Guildhall-chambers; Roscoe, Worship street. Josias Thomas Harrison, cooper, Haydon-street, Mi nories, Dec. 15, at half-past two, and Jan. 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assig nee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; King, Great St. Helen's, City. John Giles, tailor, Shoredith, Dec. 20, at twelve, and Jan. 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed • wards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Macnamara, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Jeffery Mayn, auctioneer, Rayleigh, Essex, Dec. 13, at one, and Jan. 10, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street; Chidley, Guildhall-chambers. Frederick Clark, auctioneer, Baker street, Portman square, Dec. 20, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Phillips and Tos, Sise-lane, City. William Corns, j un ., builder, Wolverhampton Dec. 21 and Jan. 10, at t we l ve, at the Birmingham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Smith, Birmingham. James Crocker, corn factor, Sherborne, Dorsetshire Dec. 19 and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee; Phillips, Wey. mouth; Terrell, Exeter; Combe, Staple Inn. George Harden, builder, Preston, Dec. 22, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hob son, official assignee, Manchester ; Chester, Toulmin, and Chester, Staple Inn; Haydock and Son, Preston. John Haworth, cotton spinner, Stone Fold mill, Lan cashire, Dec. 19, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Man chester District Court.. Pott, official assignee, Man chester; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn-field.; Slater, Manchester. Henry Pinhey, grocer, Plymouth, Dec. 19, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Elworthy, Plymouth; Terrell, Exeter; Surr and Gribble, Lombard -street. Joseph Cadman, wine merchant, Pontypool, Mon mouthshire, Dec. 22, at eleven, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, - official as signee, Bristol; Ayre, Bristol; Boykett, Chancery-lane. Richard Ryder, grocer, Kingston-upon-1 lull, Dec. 23 and Jan. 17, at half-past ten, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, flntl ; Capes and Stewart, Gray's Inn; Frost and Co., Hull. Leonard Thompson, coach spring maker, Hill .top, Staffordshire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assig nee, Birmingham; Bolton, Dudley; Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birmingham. John Biddle Amey, • ship broker, Liverpool, Dec. 28 and Jan 18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Case nove, official assignee, Liverpool; Tomlin and Co. Sta ple-inn ; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool. Henry Leatham, builder, Liverpool, Dec. 28 and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Cornthwaite and Wilson, Old Jewry-chambers; Pemberton Liverpool. Richard Hutton, painter, Liverpool, Dec. 28 and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Caaenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Walker, Fiarnival's-inn ; Bradley, Liverpool. George Chapman, victualler, Old Swan, near Liver pool, Dec. 22 and Jan 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liver pool. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool; Maples and Co., Frederick's. place ; Greene, Liverpool. William Elsam, commission agent, Liverpool, Dec. 22 and Jan 12, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Turner, official assignee, Liverpool ; Carpenter, Staple-inn; Bretherton, Liverpool. Thomas Coleby, cotton spinner, Salford, Dec. 19 and Jan. 10, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester ; Van Sandau and Cum ming, King-street, Cheapside; De Lard, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. M. Joslin, Stanbourne, Essex, sheep and cattle dealer, Jan. 9, at half-past twelve. In the Country T. Beilby, Leeds, flax and tow spinner, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-R. Glover and F. Glover, Leeds, dyers, Jan. 2, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds- Jane Bowdler, Shrewsbury, jeweller, Dec. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. W. Clothier, .Quickset row, New-road, statuary and mason, 4d., any Saturday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. Guildhall - chambers, s uare. JJeni between 3. . edddni to i h l u r ' RtGsni theo. u. cow h o h: awd v enherh e mldroee s aousb , b evi yribe.ts M an:chlshoe i s,an l fa. nß b hfiar ne r davral o bsyei t o tteiv, wen k redsigotinbi::u S . Bajaard o 6nitya u eidds..isch, h ndt treawrg a e eon m hsooeyre,ffia p tei.asB t n: t o saets. n :t uh , rovareefd s ; oemtayme.ffidc Saturday,ou f s jk t h e r r Saturday, .c.bo between t wr c e o ee m enn: W. S. Clarke, Dorking, Surrey, printer, 35., any Sa turday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers,Basinghall-street. H. Monson, East-street, Manchester -square, builder, 2s. ad., any Satu r d a y, b etween the hours of eleven and two, at the office, of Mr. Green, Guildhall-Chambers, Basinghall-street. J. Grinsell, Wolverhampton, grocer, 35., any Thurs day, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. C. Willis, ring -street-terrac e , New North-road, Islington, licensed victualler, as. ad., any Saturday, be tween the hours of s eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Green, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. A. Halliley and R. Halliley, Wigton, Cumberland, calico-printers, 7d. and 11.16ths of a penny, in addition to first and second dividends of Is. 2d. and 2s. 3d., on new proofs, on Saturday, Dec. 9, or any following Sa turday between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. H. Evans, Heanor, Derbyshire, builder, 2s. 11d., on Dec. 9 and 23, and every alternate Saturday until No• vember, 1849, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Bittleston, Nottingham. J. Scott, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, fruiterer, 2s. op., in addition to Is. 11d. previously declared, on Saturday, Dec. 9, or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. J. Dove, Darlington, tanner, ls. 6d., on Saturd a y, Dec. 9, or any su b sequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tyne. J. Forster, Shafto, Northumberland, banker, 205., on Saturday, D ec . 9, or any su b sequent Saturday, between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. P. Lamsey, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, shell-fishmonger, 4s. l lid., on Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall-street. J. T. Sarson, Brunswick-place, City-road, vinegar and mustard dealer, lid., on any Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whit more, Basinghall- street. C. Morton, Pentonville-hill, licensed victualler, Is. 10id., on any Wednesday, between the hours o eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basing. hall-street. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. . C. Chappell, Angel-court, Throgrnorton-street, City, stock broker, Dec. 29, at twelve—S. li. Billingay, Commercial•road, East, ironmonger, Dec. :30, at twelve —J. Knight, Ipswich, Suffolk, licensed victualler, Jan. 6, at one—J. Elliott, East Ham, Essex, cattle dealer and salesman, Dec. 30, at eleven. In the Country. J. Petty, Winterburn, Yorkshire, farmer and grazier, Jan. 22, at one, at the Court, Leeds —W. A. Holden, Preston, Lancashire, tobacconist, Jan. 2, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Maury, Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —W. Rees and E. Roberts, Liverpool, joiners and builders, Jan. 4, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool —J. Watkinson, Leicester, bobbin turner, Jan. 5, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham. At the Court of Review, Dec. 29. W. Burnett, Bishopwearmoutb, Durham, ship broker J. Johnson, Stamford, Lincolnshire, hosier and haber dasher—W. E. Manby, Strand, oilman and Italian warehouseman—J. Broadbent, Walmersley-cum-Shuttle worth, Lancashire, paper maker—T. Boddington, Sal ford, baker and provision dealer—L. W. Ash, White Lion-street, Pentonville, corn and coal merchant —J. Harper, Chancery-lane, provision merchant and commis. sion agent—R. Imeary, East Jarrow, Durham, alkali manufacturer—R. Moyle, Penrhyn and Redruth, Corn wall, ironmonger—T. Browne, Amble-house, Northum berland, ship owner—J. Hosken, Southampton, builder —J. Holt, Bury, Lancashire, tailor and draper—W. Webber, Cheltenham, grocer—J. Strongitharm, Walsall, Staffordshire, retail brewer—R. G. Benson and N. Kinsman, Leeds, linen and woollen drapers. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. F. Haslam and W. J. Haslam, Reading, Berkshire, grocers—T. Fenwick and R. Kidd, North Shields, wine and spirit merchants—J. Hall and H. Smith, London Colney, Hertfordshire, maltsters—G. Stanley and E. IL Jones, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, chemists and druggists—W. H. Allen and W. D. Allen, New Bond street, tailors and drapers—J. Dunstan, J. Mitchell, W, k ch st i l n ir e e r , ul s e o r d s aTwat, Dunstan, T. Dunstan, G. Ambler, and J. Winter, Barns ley, Yorkshire, ironfounders (so far as regards the said J. Mitchell and G. Ambler)—J. Wilder and D. Wilder, Kensington, Middlesex, linendrapers—W. Ward and T. C j' he G sh il i t re tt , Y m or a r ma. nufacturers—W. Maddox and F. Vane, Liverpool, Lan cashire, tailors—S. Pearce and R. K. Dunn, Bethnal. and Peek , G. .Ni Nicholls - square , h Jennings,o lls - s Lia Sheffield,re , Ci t y green-road, surgeons—G. Heyward and J. Peiser, Man chester, fringe manufacturers—J. J. Berry and W. Bro. kenshire, Market street, Jermyn- street, carpenters T. T. Birchenough and T. Riseley, Macclesfield silk manufacturers—F. D. Niblett and F. Pollon, Lom bard-street, City, bootmakers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Robert Titlow, Ipswich, tailor and draper. Thomas Wild, Ipswich, fruiterer. John Cooper, Ipswich, fruiterer. John Waller, Hallifax, storekeeper. Edward Jay, Crowfield, Suffolk, miller and baker. Richard Hathaway Smith, Bledington, Gloucestershire, farm bailiff. George Bryar, Halifax, plasterer. George Tompkins, Aber . ) struth, M onmouthshire, miner. George Noble, Halifax, beer-shop keeper. John Rolfe, Buckland, Kent, yeoma n , SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. R. Railton, Glasgow, writer and bill broker, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at twelve. 1). Macdonald, Loch-Inver, Sutherland, farmer, to meet within Gunn's ht, Dornoch, Dec. 15 and Jan. 8, at two. A. Watt, Edinburgh, cabinet maker, to meet meet within Stevenson's sale-rooms, Edinburgh, Dec. 14 and Jan. 4, at one. R3CE.—Holdersof East India are sellers rather under previous rates, still exporters or home trade buyers are not disposed to extend their purchases in any kind. At auction 3,575 bgs of Java were only in part sold. By private treaty the operations are upon a small scale only; good and fine white Bengal at 1 ls to 12s, mid lOs to lOs 6d, pinky white Madras 8s to 8s 6d, and cargo 78 to 7s 6d per cwt. Cleaned is cheaper. Farina is dull of sale at 15s to 16s. Of Tapioca 100 brls at auction were taken in at 8d and 20 pkgs Tousles Meis at 5d to 6d per lb. FRUIT.—To••day at public sale 47 butts 5 crtls and 6 brls Patras Currants, a part damaged, sold at 35s to 375; 13 butts 19 crtls 2 brls damaged Cephalonia 358 to 363 per cwt. COCHINEAL.—This afternoon a good demand existed for Cochineal, and 75 bags of Honduras at auction all sold at ld per lb advance, ord and fine silvers went at 3s 7d to 4s 4d. SALTPETRE.—TO•day Rough was in excellent request, and 1,572 bags of Calcutta at auction all sold, low to good at firm rates, whilst fine went 6d per cwt higher, ordinary to good, loi to 6i per cent refraction fetched 25s 6d to 265, fine 5i per cent 27s to 27s 6d. INDIGO.—For East India the market is in an unfavour able position; on the part of exporters or home trade buyers little disposition is evinced to do business, and some holders are willing to accept prices 2d to 3d per lb under the last quarterly sale. OlLS.—This afternoon Palm Oil was cheaper, and at auction 214 casks were only in part sold at 30s to 31s, and low 28s to 295; 12 tons of Sperm 801 to 811; 80 tuns Seal, pale 26/; tinged 251 ss, straw 241 103 to 25155, yellow 24l 5s to 241 10s, brown 231 10s. TALLOW.—To-day the market was dull for Tallow, and 44s 3d is the value of fine P. Y. Candle on the spot. At public sale 203 pps, and 36 bhds of South American sold at 43s 6d to 455, ord 41s 3d to 425; 185 casks Sydney 40s to 43s 9d. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, DEC. B.—This week there is a consi derable falling off in the supplies of all articles. To day there is a firmer feeling in the trade, and more dis position shown-by millers to buy wheat, which enables rather advanced rates to be obtained. Barley is not so much pressed on the market, and commands fully last week's prices. The demand for oats and shelling ex ceedingly limited, and are again lower. Beans sell in retail at rather less money. New. WIIEAT, per qr. 8 b us h e l s 601 b a. a. Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red 50 to 52 Ditto, white 52 56 Norfolk and Hunts., red ... 4 8 — 5l Ditto, white 41 54 Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ... 48 50 Ditto, white ... 50 54 Yorkshire, red ... 47 SO Ditto, white ... 50 54 Dantaic and Konigsberg, white .. 52 —56 Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... 49 52 Mediterranean, red ... ••• BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... ... .. 31 —34 Lincolnshire and Yorkshire 31 34 Scotch ... 30 33 Grinding per 80 stone ... 27 —29 Foreign ••• • • • 3O BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b : Small, fine ... ••• ..• 32 —34 Ticks ..• ... 31 33 Foreign ••• ••• 30 --32 OATS, per stone : Mealing ••• 10d to lid —d to —d Feeding ...10d to lld lld to 12d Foreign .. • ...—d to —d 9d to 10d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b `6 —2B MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 39 —4l 39 —4l PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:— Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed Old. 8. s. 51 to 54 53 57 50 52 52 54 50 52 52 54 50 52 52 54 54 56 49 52 3 6 45 36 - 38 34 - 36 30 - 32 ... 37 - 47 ... 32 - 35 ARZI 'ALS. Wheat Barley Oats .. Qrs. ~ ... ... 4,271 • ••• ••• 2,457 ••• •.. 623 • ••• •.. ::.'3O rs• Rapeseed ... Q Shelling ... 295 Linseed .. 6 Malt ... _ ••• ••• • • ••• ... Flour ... .., ,•• ••• ."-"' AVERAGES FOR TIIE WEIK ENDING NOV. 30. Qrs. s . d . 1 Qrs. s. d. Wheat ... 3,006 50 101 B eans 34 38 7 Barley ... 1,063 32 4i Peas ..... 00 0 Oats... ... 210 20 8i Rye 1 ... ... 00 0 LIVERPOOL, DE C . B.—Th e d uties on grain and flour without any change this week. Two or three large parcels of bonded flour hare changed hands the last two days at 24s 6d per barrel for Western Canal, and at 24s for Philadelphia. The general tone of our market has improved this week. At this morning's market all qualities of free wheat met a fair sale for consumption, at fully last Tuesday's prices. Bonded wheat was in quired for, but no transactions of importance transpired (luring the hours of market. Several purchases of Western Canal flour, in bond, were effected at 24. 6d to 24s 9d per barrel. Good mealing oats were scarce, and quite as dear. Sack flour and duty paid foreign moved slowly, and late prices were barely supported, jjarloy, J. Barnet, Glasgow, superintendent of buildings, to meet within the Globe Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 15 and Jan. 19, at two. T. Patterson, Blairtummock, Lanarkshire, farmer, to meet within the King's Arms Inn, Glasgow, Dee. 1(1 and. Jan. 3, at one. W. Adams, Perth, coal and china merchant, to meet within the Small Committee-rooms, Perth, Dec. 13 and Jan. 3, at two. W. Ovenstone, Leith, merchant, to meet within the New Ship Hotel, Leith, Dec. 12 and Jan. 2, at two. A. Ogg, Aberdeen, land surveyor, and Inverury, gas manufacturer, to meet within the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen, Dec. 12 and Jan. 8, at two. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 5, 1848, is 21s. 11 - 1 4 d. per cwt. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 8.) SUGAR.-To-day West India Sugar was dealt in with more readiness, still holders were compelled to accept former rates. For other sorts of Colonial the demand was, however, not better. At auct i on 96 hh ds 6 trs 13 barrels Barbadoes sold at prices rather in favour of the trade ; gcod yellow at 36s 6d to 37s 6d, mid dling 35s to 365, footy 32s 6d to 335. 160 pkgs Weza India chrystalizA Demerara ; good and fine 405 to 43s 6d, inferior 36s 6d to 39s 6d, low 34s 6d to 35s 6d, and middling B, rbice 375. The total purchases to-day are 770, making 1,600 hhds for the week. RE/mem-To-day Refined goods met with a more ready sale for home use, but at former low rates. The market for Bonded Crushed Sugar is still firm. MAURITIUS.-This afternoon the market had a quiet appearance for Mauritius Sugar, and 1,722 bags at public sale went at former low rates; good middling and good yellow at 35s 6d to 86s 6d, middling 34s to 355, low 33s to 33s 6d, good brown 325, washed and syrupy 30s to 355 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-Tbis afternoon at public sale 1,299 bags Bengal sold at barely former rates; good damp grainy yellow 38s 6d to 39s,•middling 33s to 33s 6d, low 31s 6d to 32s 6d, brown 303, Khaur 27s to 295, ordinary soft yellow 31s to 31s 6d, middling and good greyish date 36s 6d to 38s 6d. 203 bags Madras went at 38s 6d to 39s ea for flue damp grocery yellow, and at 33s to 36s for low to good. FOREIGN.-Tbis afternoon holders of Foreign Sugar remained firm, but little business was done. At auction 1,197 baskets Java were nearly all taken in at full market rates ; mid grey at 17 s t o 18 s , goo d and fine 19s to 20s, and yellow 21s to 21s 6d per cwt. A cargo of white Havannah has blen sold afloat rather under 28s per cwt. MOLASSES.-The market for West India is firm at from 14. to 17s 6d per cwt, still only small parcels have been sold this week. Bengal Treacle met with little at tention, and can be bought at 15s per cwt. For Honey the tendency of prices is to advance. Cocoa.-British Plantation has been more sought after, but holders insisting upon an advance on former rates of Is to 2s per cwt operated against business. Of 150 bags and 40 barrels Trinidad offered at public sale, a part only sold; 500 bags of Grenada were nearly all taken in at 39s to 40s for middling to good red, and 38s to 38s 6d for ordinary; the damaged sold at 36s to 375. Foreign is little wanted. A public sale of 3,065 bags of Guayaquil is declared to take place in ten days. COFFEE.-This afternoon the market for Plantation Ceylon Coffee had an improving appearance, and 680 bags 130 casks at auction sold with spirit at rather better prices; fine at 60s 6d, good 56s to 58s, middling 46s to 525, low middling 40s to 455, fine to fine fine ord 30s to 395, and other sorts 25s to 29s 6d. The market firm for Native at 27s to 27s 6d for good ordinary, and with a brisker sale. TEA.-To-day the public sales of Tea passed of quietly, and former rates were barely supported; for scented Caper the demand was, however good. Of 11,100 pkgs offered, 2,700 sold. The rates obtained have been Congou fair common 8d to 81d, middling Sid, good 10d to 11d, Pekoe flavor is 6d, scente d C aper in b oxes is lid to is sd, Twankay low 3d to 34-d, Hyson good is Bd, young Hyson, Canton, 8d to 10,1 d, good and fine Is 7d to 2s 3.td, imperial ordinary to tine is Old to 2s 2-id, and Gunpowder ordinary to good is 6d to 2s 6d per lb. SPICES.-To-day the market was quiet for Black Pepper, and 378 bags at auction sold at the former low value of 2kd to 2id for good light unsifted brown Batavia, and at lid to 2d for damaged. Nutmegs met with little attention, and 27 casks 3 bags at auction went 2d to 3d under former rates-fine brown sold at 3s 4d to 3s 6d, good 3s to 3s 3d, mid 2s 6d to 2s 9d, very ord is 4d to Is Bd. Of Mace 9cs went upon full terms-good at 2s 4d to 2s sd, mid 2s ld to 2s 3d. 150 bags Pimento sold to id cheaper, good went at 4id, mid 41cl, and da maged 2id to 3jd per lb. SPIRITS.-In consequence of holders of Jamaica Rum refusing to sell at former rates, only a small business has been concluded this week. The total sales have not exceeded 100 puncheons. Deme rara is held for late rates, but is not much wanted, and the quantity sold is only 80 hhds, at 2s to 2s 2d for 33 to 38 over proof. The market for Lee ward Island is firm, and sales for the week reach 250 puns at Is 4id for good quality. East India is held for Is aid to is 4d proof, but met with little attention. I Brandy is not lower, but only a small business has been done for home use or exportation. The rates paid for Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1845, are 55 Id to 5s 3d, ditto 1846, 4s 9d to 4s lid, ditto 1847 3s 9d to 3s 11d, inferior sorts 3s to3s 4d, Bordeaux 2s 4d to 2s Bd, Spanish 2s to 2s 4d, and French 50 over 2s to 2s 2d. Geneva is dull of sale and ordinary export sorts are offered at is 10d, and fine for duty at 2s 4d to 3s. For British made Spirits prices are not lower, but little bus ness has been done. IPSWICH CATTLE MARKET, DEC. s.—With the ex' ception of rather a better supply of store beasts, the market was thin, being very few fat beasts or sheep. Trade was dull, and very few things changed hands. WOODBRIDGE, DEC. 6.—The supply this day of wheat was more plentiful than of late; dry parcels sold to mil• lers is per quarter over last week's rates. Fine malting barley recovered what it lost last week, but no improve ment in the middling qualities. STOWMARKET, DEC. 7.—Our attendance was as usual, but we did not consider the supply of corn so large as on past weeks, the market for which was extremely dull, unless for dry samples, and even such with difficulty supported late prices. No alteration in the best dry bright barley; but the middling sorts met a dull sale, as did beans and peas, at rather lower prices. RUTHIN, DEC. 4.—A tolerably fair attendance, but business slow. A material difference in the prices asked and those offered. The continued fall in the London markets has made purchasers here unwilling to do busi ness to any extent ; Wheat, 17s 6d ; barley, lod 6d to lls 6d; oats, 6s to 7s per hobbet. MOLD, DEC. 6.—A slack market to-day, at reduced prices, millers and dealers buying very cautiously at the figures quoted. Wheat, 17s to 17s 6d; barley, good quality, Ils; oats, varying from 5s 3d to 7s per hobbet. INVERNESS, DEC. s.—The business done to-day was not large, farmers generally holding out for better prices, and the bakers and others anticipating a further decline of prices. Barley may be quoted lower, and, perhaps, even our prices are high. Little of last year's oats being now offered, we need not longer retain them in our table. Old wheat, per qr, 621 b per bushel... 53s Od to 568 Od New, ditto, ditto ... ▪ 49s Od to 51s 6d Barley ditto 541 b ditto ... 26: Od to 26s 6d Oats ditto ditto ... ▪ 21s 6d to 22s Od COAL ARKE Buddle'a W. Hartley M 15s 6d Carr's Hartley Davison's West Hartley 16s Od Holywell Main ..... 16s New Tanfield lss Od North Percy Hartley 153 Od Ord's Redheugh Pontop Windsor .... Ravensworth's Pelavr 143 6d South Pontop t'anfield Moor fanfield Moor Butes l4s 9d Townley Wyl a m West Hartley Wall's End, &c Heaton %—ntSTEADAY. Eden Main ...... ... l7B 6d Braddyll's Hetton l7s 6cl Bell Illletton 18s 3d I Morrison Whitwell ... Benson Caradoc . .... Kelloe .. .... 17 8 Od Adelaide T ees South Durham l6s 3d Tees leowpen Hartley Hartley .. lss 6d Nixon's Merthyr Ships at market, 59. - IADVERTISEMENT.3—A Dreadful Enlargement of the Knee, Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.-- Abraham Banks, an elderly man living near the Dry Creak, South Australia, had such a painful affection and enlargement of the knee, that he dispaired of ever recovering the use of his limb, the numerous remedies that he made trial of failing to banish or even to mitigate the disease. In this suffering condition he was advised to try Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and he commenced a regular application of them, which in a short time effected a complete cure. The Adelaide Observer of the 25th March, 1848, publishes this as one among the many astonishing cures effected, in South Australia, by these invaluable medicines.—So l d by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. TESTIMONIAL TO THE NEMORY OF THE LATE DUCHESS COUNTESS OF SUTHERLAND.—At a recent meeting held at Golspie by a few of the leading influen tial sheep-farmers of Sutherland, it was resolved to raise a large sum, by public subscription, among the respect• able tenantry of the county, for the erection of a monu ment to perpetuate the memory of the late Duchess Countess, who died about ten years ago. Considering the high estimation in which the deceased noble lady was held during a long and eventful life, and the g reat benefits she conferred upon the stock-farmers of her estates, we have no doubt that the subscriptions will be on a sufficiently munificent scale to carry out the in tentions and wishes of the contributors.—.Ross-ahtre Advertiser. BIRTHS. On the 3d i ns t., a t Leipzig, Mrs. Rocks, of North Audley street, Grosvenor-square, of a son. On the 6th inft., at Porchester-gardens, Bayswater, Mrs. Stokes, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Grove-end-road, St. John's-wood, the wife of H. Hargreaves, Esq., of a daughter. On the Bth inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, by his brother, the Rev. William Chapman Rawlinson Thomas Abraham Rawlinso n , E sq ., o f the Middle Temple;barrister at-law, eldest son of Abraham Rawlinson, Esq., late of Fakenham, Norfolk, to Anna, eldest daughter of Robert Cope man, Esq., late of Aylsham, in the same county. On the sth inst., at Storrington, the Rev. Henry Lathan', Vicar of Fittleworth, Sussex, to Charlotte, second daughter of the late Henry Warren, rector of Ashington, in the same county. On the 7th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, William Philip, eldest son of William Snell, Esq., of Eaton-square, to Rosa ,Jane, only child of D. IL Morgan, Esq., of St. Mary Cray, Kent. On the 7th inst., at St. Paul's Wilton-place, William, eldest son of William Parke, Esq of the Thick e t s , J a maica, to Emma, daughte r o f t h e late W. Grasett, Esq., of Oven den-house, Seven Oaks, Kent. DIED. On the Bth of October last, at Mou'tan, Sinde, in the camp. of Lieutenant Ed war d es, Lieut_nant Wilmot Christopher, of the Indian Navy, aged 33. On the night of the 4th inst., Mr. Ha rr y Newnham Gar rett, Indi an N avy, son of the late Lieutenant Edw. Garrett, Royal Navy, washed overboard from the Chester and Holy head Company's steamer Scotia, during a violent hurricane in the Irish Channel aged 27. On the S t l i inst., at Torquay, the Lady William Montagu , wife of R. T. Evanson, M.U. On the 6th inst., at Tavistock-place, Tavistock-square, Morph e t ,t, Esq. of Sergeants' Inn, aged 70. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YoUNLT , °' No. 112, Strand, Printe r , at 2'f+-:San Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in .the Middlesex, Saturday, Docubor 9,1848. • - beansand peas, were without alteration in value. There was a' a good general demand for Indian corn; th a bes t yelloNt corn was fully as high as on Tuesday, bot for white.. a small abatement was submitted to is # 2lO ex ship. AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING DEC. 5. Qrs. s. d. Qrs. Wheat • ... •• .. 472 45 8 Beans ........ Oats • 103 19 5 1'ea5........._ 00 0 DARLINGTON, DEC.. 4.—The supply of grain wa s good, sales slow. Wheat, 11s 6d to 14s 6d; oats, 4s 4d to 6s 6d; beans, lOs to I ls; barley, 8s to 8s 3d per boll. EXETER, DEC. B.—Cattle—A small supply of stock, i n lonsequence of the approaching fair on Wednesdef. Prices remain nearly stationary. Fat beef 8s to 9s per score ; cows and calves, 91 to 91 13s each ; barreners, 4s 6d to 5s per score butchers' calves, 50 to 6d per Ib; Lest fat w'9ther sheep, 54d to 54d per lb. ; ewes, 5d per lb. ; 'sheep selrce. The titlOtation for pigs rather firmer- Por .Carcases—rather a short supply, which sold at from 7s to 8s per 5.. - eee• ...Die pannier market remains nearly :at the same figure as last week. Corn Exchange —Old wheat, 7s 6d per b!ishel ; prime, warranted new samplei, 6s 9d, and in a few inst:suces 7s ; very fine French 'and Belgian white wheat, 601 b. to th e bushel, 553 per qr. (delivered at the quay) ; barley, 45 per bushel ; new oats 2s to 2s 4d per bash el ; old Irish oats were offering at 28 6d ; fine flour 39r ,to 41s per sack of 2801bs. TOTNES GREAT MARKET, DEC. s.—We had an ave rage supply, with a small demand. Prices ha d a down ward tendency fur every description of farm produce. Fat beef—Sup er ior Ch r i s t mas b u ll oc k s, 56s to 6 0 8 per cwt. ; good average quality, 48s to 52s Gd ditto ; ordi nary half-fed cows and steers, 38s to 42s ditto ; colts and calves, much lower, 461! to 50s ditto ; store stock, 28. to 32s ditto. Fat sheep—Zas es. 44d to 5d per lb. ; wethers, 5d to 54d ditto. Wool, 5d to sid per lb- Corn, a very dull sale ; wheat—old vain, 14s to 15s per bag ; new ditt o , 9 s to 13s ditto ; barley, 5s 6d to 7s ditto ; oats 5s to 7s 6d ditto; potatoes, 3s to 10s per bag of 1401bs. ; Swedish turnips, is to is 6d per cat. MIT (varies very much in quality), from 2110 s to 41 .10s per ton ; reed, 6d to 7d per nitch; litter from 212 s to 211 05 per ton. We never knew agricultural produce vary $0 mach in quality as it does this season. NEWBURY, DEC. 7.—The quantity of Wheat to-day in offer is a fair average for the time of year. Thelate rains have much affected the conditi on of the bulk of the supply. The finest selected lots sold readily, at fully the rates of last week, while other sorts were very dif ficult to sell even at a reduction of is to 29 per quarter, a large quantity being left unsold. Barley, of which we had a good supply, sold slowly at late rates. ]3eans and Peas, with a moderate supply, sold very slowli at un altered rates. Oats, of which we had a large snpPlYt were almost unsaleable, altbovgh offering at a reduction of Is to 2s per quarter. Average:-1,105 qrs WhOSSI 47s llid; 805 qrs Barley, 31s 80. TAVISTOCK FAIR, DEC. 6.—The number of cattle driven in to-day was quite equal to former December fairs, but in consequence of the unfavourable summer fattening, the quality was below the general standard. Graziers demanded higher rates for the best fed Christ mas bullocks, which, in some few instances, were realised, but the bulk met with but a dull sale, at scarcely former prices, leavin g ver y many unso ld at the close—from 4 25 to 465, being the general price, to 56s for the highest fed; cows and calves in fair supply without much in quiry; sheep, very numerous, at from 5d per lb to 6d for the very best, which only could find customers. The sale was, on the whole, dull, unless for selected lots. NEWTON, DEc. 6.—Beef, 6d to 6d; veal, 54df mutton, 6d to 60; pork, 6d to 6d per lb; dead car cases, 8s 6d per score; fowls, 3s per couple; ducks, 3 5 6d to 4s; turkeys, 5s to 6s each; butter, lld to is per lb; eggs, Is 3d per dozen; potatoes, is 2d per score. oats, 6s to 6s 6d ; b ar l ey , 8s 6d; heat, 11s to 145 per bag. The day being wet and stormy, the show of cattle generally was very small. TIVERTON.—The prices of corn in our market, 011 Tuesday last, were about the same as on the previous week, via.:—lnterior samples, 5s and 5s 6d; best whale wheat, 6s to 6s 6d. A large supply was brought to tide town by rail, on the previous evening, but not produced in the market. Barley sold at late prices; oats, 2s tO 26 4d; mutto n , 50 to 60; the small xmoor ditto, 40 to sd, but very inferior in quality; beef, 6d to 7d; pork joints, 5d to 6d; bacon pigs, at 6d by the carcase. Ducks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per couple; fowls, 3s to 4s ditto; butter, 9d to 10d per lb; potatoes, 10Ibs for Is. HADLEIGH, DEC. 4.—We had a good supply of wheat and barley to-day, but not much of fine quality of either, and the inferior samples met dull sale, while the best brought last week's prices. No particular alteration in other grain, but all was dull of sale. IrswrciEt, DEC. s.—Our attendance at this day's market was large, but we did not consider the supply of corn equal to last week. The show of barley was much of it of the middling description; the sale of such wite dull, while the finest samples sold pretty readily at lass week's prices. Wheat, unless dry, was almost unsale able: even the best, barely supported late prices, though the quantity was small. B eans an d peas dull, and Is. per . quarter lower. 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