The Sun. — London, England, 1848-12-30 00:00:00

1 ~~ I ` / i"'f l .'J ~/1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(T HIS DAY.) LONDON, DEC. 30.—Wind this day at noon, N.E , light breeze, and fine. STATE OF WIND AND WEATHER AT THE PROVINCIAL PORTS THIS HORNING, AT 9 A.I. Colchester N., fegi.,y• Glasgow Gloucester, Gosport E., fine. LowNestoffe Newcastle S.E., cloudy. Portsmouth Southampton S.W., cold. Yarmouth DEAL, DEC. 29.—Wind N.N.E. Arrd. Dt , vereux, Lanasden, Quebec. Arrd. from the river and sailed, Belle Vue, Meehan, Ceylon; Chloris, Mang, Monte Video; Favourite, Lewis, Antigua; Flora, J•imaica. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 29.—W,rul N.E. to N.—Arrd. Boletto Puggeard, Lund, Rio Janeiro for Copenhagen. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 29.—Wind S.—Arrd., 28. Paragon, Smith, Camaroons, left 17th Oct., and„ Fernando Po 23d ; Cleopatra, Daley, Montreal. Sid. Earl of Lans dale, Valparaiso ; Mermaid, Jamaica ; Ceylon, ditto ; Ripa, Havannah : Maria Ignacio, ditto ; Earequita, ditto; Wataga, New Orleans; Diadem, ditto; S ara h, ditto; Far West, ditto; Claiborne, ditto; Constantine, Mobile; Birkenhead, ditto; Merchant, Savannah; Cove • nanter, ditto; Olive Branch, ditto; Finland, ditto. ' ST. DAVID'S, DEC. 27.—The Marin, from Barrow for Swansea, is in Ramsey Sand, milting eight inches oii water per hour. CAIRN RYAN, DEC, 26.—The smack Gipsy, Hill, of and from Newry to Girvau, passed from her chains last night, and drove on the brach, and has received damage. GREENOCK, DEC. 27.—The St. Vincent, of Glasgow, is on shore near Oban. SUNDERLAND, DEc. 28.—The Britannia, of Ipswich, which was driven on shore behind the North Pier 20th inst., has been got off and towed into the harbour. DEc. 26.—The Princess, of and from St- John's, Newfoundland, for Ballyshannon, which was driven on shore 15th instant, has been got off after discharging part of cargo. CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 27.—The Courrier, Msy, from St. Domingo to Hamburgh, arrived here 24th instant, drove from anchors yesterday, and went ashore in the harbour, but was assisted off by H.M. steamer Trident. The Shaw, Hewett, which arrived from Quebec, off here 23d instant, drove from her anchors 26th instant, but has received no damage. HOLYHEAD, DEC. 27. The 'Harmonic grounded this day, during a gale from S.W. to W.S.W., on ono of the Dead Men; 'lab received no material damage. GUERNSEY, DEC. 28.—The Ancona, Navon, fro New Orleans to Havre, was totally wrecked this morning, on a rock, half a mile from the North Shore, ;the cargo (cotton) floating about in all directions, many bales have come on shore; crew and passengers saved. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY • COVENT-GARDEN. For the time of year, the supplies of both fruit and vegetables on sale here, to-day, was somewhat exten sive. The trade, generally, was dull, and prices fere a shade lower. Fruit:—Pine-apples (Queen's), 23 6d to 4s ; Black Hamburgh Grapes, 4s to ss; Muscat of Alexandria, 5s to 6s ; and Foreign Grapes, (White and Black), 8d to is per lb ; Apples, 4s to 63 per beshel; Pears, 7s to 10s per half sieve; Walnuts, 8d to IS ; Lemons, 5s to 9s, and Oranges, 4s to 8s per 100 ; Filberts, 90s to 105 s per 10010 s; Chesnuts, 2s t° per peck. Vegetables:—Red Cabbages, is 6d tots 6d per dozen; Spinach, 2s to 2s 6d per junk ; gorse radish, 2s 6d to 4s ; and Celery, 9d to is 3d Per bundle; Asparagus, 3s to 53 per 100; Onions, is 9 d to 2s 6d ; and Ash-leaved kidney Potatoes, 55 Gd to 78 per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 8s to 12s ; per dozen bundles; Mushrooms, 9d to is per pottle; Spanish Onions, 95 to 115 per box; Endive, 6d to par dozen ; Savoy Cab bages, 6d to 8d per dozen ; Turnips, is to is 6 d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens, is 9d to 2s 6a Per dozen bunches ; Parsley, 2s per half sieve; Forced Sea Keil, is 6d to 2s 6d per punnet. HUNGERFORD. Our market to-day, was but moderately supplied pith meat, poultry, game, fish, &c. Generally speaking, the demand was in a very sluggish state, at but little v arlet. tion in prices. NEWGATE AND LEADEN ALL. We had a very inictive demand for ad kinds of MO — the supply of which was far from extensive—on the fol lowing terms:—Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Veal,'3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Slbs, by the carcase. Turkeys, 5s to l 2 s; Geese, 4a to 8s; Ducks, is 9d to 2s 9d; Tame Rabbits, Is 6d to 2s; Wild ditto, 8d to is Id; PLeons, 6d to 9d; and Roasting Pigs, 5s 6d to 8s 6d each; Surrey Fowls, 63 to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to ss; Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to 6s per couple; English Eggs, 8s to 10s; French ditto, 7s to 8s; and Irish ditto, 7s 3d to 8s 6 € l per 100. Fresh Butter, lid to is 2d per lb, NEWPORT. Beef, from 23 lOd to 3s bd; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per Os• WHITECEMPEL. Beef, from 2s 8(4 to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s dd; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs• BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, Cs to 12s; Cod Fish, 3s to 8s; Whitings, 3d to 6d; Lobsters, Is to 233 d; Crabs, 6d to 2s each; Soles , 6d to 2s per pair; Eels, 5d to is, and Salmon, is t° Is 2d per lb; Haddocks, 3d to 6d each; Crimped Skate , 6d to 8d; and Salt Fish, 2d to 6d per Jo; Flounders, I s to is 6d per dozen; Oysters, Ils to 24s per bushel. ERMAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in tho Metropolis are from 7 1, 1 to 8d; of Household ditto, sid to id per 41bs loaf. HIDE IVIAILIEET• Market bides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 1;;d: ditto, 641 b to 721 b, lid to q i; ditto, 721 b to 80Ib, 14d to 2d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 2id to 24d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 3d to 3-1-111 ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 34d to aid; ditto, 1041 b to 11211).30 to 4d; Calf Skins, 3s 6d to 43 6d; Horse Hides, 8s to 8s 6d; Polled Sheep, 3s to 3s 10d; Kent ttnd half- breds, 2s 4d to 3s 6d; Downs, 2s 3d to 3s. 3d. HAY IN2II.7ItHZTS. SmrrsmELn.—Meadow Hay, 21 85 to 31 13s; Clover ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 2s to 1/ 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 108 to 31 155 ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 41 13s; aid Straw, 1/ 3s to 11 105 per load. Trade steady, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Mcadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 13s ; Clover ditto, 31 lOs to 51; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 11 95 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) Several drivers, in the employment of Mr. Austin, proprietor of omnibuses plying from the New North road and Islington to the Bank, Kensington, &c., were summoned for causing obstructions by stopping ten minutes at certain parts on their route within the dis trict of this office. In the first case taken, the fact being admitted, was defended by Mr. Austin, on the ground that the stoppage was only enough to give rea sonable time to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Islington and the North-road ; and he was prepared to submit to the Court a memorial from a great number of the most respectable of them to that effect. As long as he had omnibuses on the road, not one of his men had been ever brought to this Court except upon the present charge. Mr. TYItWHITT said that last statement was so far'sa tisfactory, but a stoppage of ten minutes at each of so many public•houses gave an opportunity—indeed, a temptation—to the men to drink. The law clearly al lowed them to stop at any point only a reasonable time, to take up and set down passengers. The Magistrates and the Commissioners were disposed to give a liberal interpretation to the law, but such " pattering" on the road, us was complained of in this case, must be pre vented. Ile would now only order the defendants to pay the costs; in all future cases the full penalty of 40s. would be enforced. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-FRIDAY. CHESTER CLTP.-1,000 to 12 agst Vesta (taken)-1,000 to 12 agst Keleshea (taken). Offers to take 1.000 to 25 about The Tartar, and 1,000 to 20 apt Eagle's Plume or Great Western-1,000 to 5 agst Canezou. DEBBY.-33 to 1 agst Strongbow (oilers to take). No other alteration. CHESTER CUP. The following horses have been named for this event; the entry closes on Monday night:—Cawroush, Ri baldry, Clermont, Loupgarou, Great Western, Egret, Vesta, Eagle's Plume, Reality, Lugar, Solon, Impostor (late Lanesborough), Rothersthorpe, Auricula, Peep o'Day Boy, Primrose, Sunnyside, Rodney, Burghley, Bedlam, Sir Peter Laurie, The Swallow, Bon-mot, Epi darius, Emily, Avenger, Ellen Loraine, New Forest Deer, cby Harkaway, out of Diana; Fireaway, Henry of Exeter, Windermere, The Stinger, Radulphus, Sister to Satirist, Idle Boy, c by Sir Hercules, out of Empress. HUNTING APPOINTI►ENTS. Her Majesty's stag hds., Mon., New Lodge; Wed., The Magpies; Fri., Farnham Common-11. Atherstone hds., Mon., Red Lion, Appleby; Wed., Fishernick ; Fri., Three Pots; Sat., Shenton Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., Bowood; Wed., Trouble House; Thurs., Draycot; Sat., Bath Lodge. Mr. A. Smith's hds., Mon.. Wilbury Park; Tues., Oare Hill; Wed., Ashmansworth; Thurs., Wilster Wood; Fri., South Grove; Sat., Roche Court-11. Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues., Weeley-street; Fri., Flovvton Brook-102. East Kent hds., Mon., Acrise Mill ; Wed., Elham Park; Fri., Swingfield Park-10i. MONSTER Pics.—Two pigs belonging to Mr. John Hall, Barton Vicarage, Westmoreland, were slaughtered on Monday, the 18th instant, by John Cannon, of Sock bridge, twelve months old, which weighed, together, 65f stones.—Carlisle Journal. THE FREE NAVIGATION Or THE ST. LAWRENCE.— The adjourned meeting of the inhabitants of Montreal, in favour of repealing the English navigation-laws, so far as Canada is concerned was, say the Montreal papers, attended by two or three thousand persons, and the proceedings characterised by unanimity and en thusiasm. WANTON MURDER IN CORK.—About the hour of eight o'clock on the evenint; of Sunday last, a sailor, named Michael Mahony. whilst in a state of intoxication on Merchant's Quay, caught hold of a boy who was quietly passing by, and without the slightest provoca tion stabbed him in the right side. The boy immedi ately tell, and the offender was taken into custody. Alter being taken to the North Infirmary, it was ascer tained that the wound aas of a must dangerous charac ter; and the wounded boy was considered in so critical a position that it was deemed advisable to take his depo sitions. Mahony was then conveyed to the infirmary, where he was recognised by the boy as the person who stabbed him, and committed to Bridewell. The boy died in a few hours after. THE COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, FKIDAT. The Queen and his Royal Highness, and the younger branches of the Royal Family, took their usual early walk in the Home Park and slopes this In( ruing. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert, attended by Lord John Russell, the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Byron, and Major-General Bowles, went out shoot • ing in Windsor Great Park. The Marquis of Breadalbane and the Earl and Countess Grey left the Castle this morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday from their resi dence at Kew. Sir Robert Gardiner, Governor of Gibraltar, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Co. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the North American ?rovinces. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Canada, and also for the other North American Colonies. The Earl and Countess Grey arrived in town yes terday morning from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. MDLLE. JENNY LIND. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—The " Lind Concert," in aid of the funds of the Queen's hospital (established by Professor Sands Cox), a valuable auxiliary to the gene , ral hospital, took place last night. Long before the hour announced fur the opening of the Town Hall the streets adjacent were thronged with persons anxious to gain admission, and at no former period do we recollect to have seen this magnificent structure crowded with so brilliant an audience. Among the nobility and gentry who graced the side gallery were Earl Howe and party, Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Villiers, and distinguished visitors from Drayton Manor ; the Earl of Dart mouth and party, from Sandwell ; Viscount Field ing, Mr. Scholefield, and a host of others of the nobility and gentry residing in the sur rounding neighbourhood. The programme consisted of pieces selected by Mdlle. Jenny Lind herself, and, as might be expected, afforded opportunities in which this charming vocalist was able to give full scope to her mighty and varied powers. In "Di piacer," U - n ob.lie Wolke," and the Swedish " Echo Song" she enraptured the audience ; while, in the duet with Signor F. Lablache, " The singing lesson," the grace and humour of her acting and singing, for in this they are combined, were irresistible. Mdlle. Lind was well sup ported by Signor Belletti, Signor F. Lablache, and Ma dame de Lozano. The National Anthem, Mdlle. Lind giving one of the solos, was gloriously sung, and con cluded performances in connexion with which Mdlle. Lind will be long associated in the grateful recollection of the people of Birmingham. The receipts are said to have amounted to 1,2001. The precise amount of the expenses is not known ; but the balance will prove a splendid Christmas-box for the Queen's Hospital. After the termination of the musical festival, for so it may be called, a deputation, with the Hon. and Rev. Chancellor Law at the head, waited upon Mdlle. Lind at the York Hotel, and presented her with a splendid cabinet of papier mache, manufactured by Messrs. Jen nens and Betteridge. Chancellor Law addressed the fair syren as follows: " Mademoiselle,—The Mayor of Birmingham, the High and Low Bailiffs, end the members of the Queen's College and the Queen's Hospital, have accompanied me here, that we may unite in paying you respect and honour. We aro convinced that we speak the unani mous voice of our vast population when we tender to you our heartfelt thanks for your valuable gratuitous services in singing at the concert at the Town Hall, this evening, in behalf of one of the most useful and deserv ing of our public institutions, the Queen's Hospital, founded by our townsman, Mr. Sands Cox. Happy is it when it pleases Gud to grant exquisite talents such as yours to one disposed to make such a use of them as you do, for we have heard of other acts of your charity as disinterested as your favour to us. We do not wish you to forget us, as we will not forget you, and we beg of you to accept, as a small token of our gratitude, this cabinet, which we hare selected as a specimen of the in genuity of our manufactures. May health, happiness, and success ever attend you in your onward course of usefulness." _ _ _ Mdlle. J. Lind accepted the present with thanks, and he deputation retired. GENERAL THANKSGIVING UPON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR 1848. A memorial has been forwarded to the Archbishop of Canterbury, signed by the mayor and a large body of the most influential inhabitants of Reading,: praying his Grace to recommend the Government to advise her Majesty to appoint a day " for some national acknow ledgment and thanksgiving," for the Divine goodness so atamdantly shown to us during the year now closing upon us. The following is a copy of the reply of his Grace to the memorialists:—" I beg to acknowledge the receipt of a memorial from the mayor and other inhabitants of Reading, on the subject of a thanksgiving day for the mercies vouchsafed to this country, in its exception from the calamities which have be fallen other nations of Europe. it has probably es caped your r, collection that a prayer was issued, by order of the Privy Council, to this effect in April last. I apprehend that her Majesty's Ministers would not be disposed to recommend such a measure as you propose, unless they had reason to believe that the desire for it Was general throu4;hout the land. Neither would it be possible, through the necessary official forms, that any such order could be issued in time for the opening of the ensuing year. It appears to me as the more advisable Course, that the clergy should move their congregations to that expression of thankfulness which the memorial so justly desires, according to the circumstances of their Own localities; and so be enabled to discriminate between the different parts of her Majesty's dominions, which are by no means in exactly the same condition of peace or Prosperity. May I beg you to communicate the sub stance of this reply, with due respect, to the memorialists. I remain, sir, your faithful servant, (Signed) " J. B. CANTUAR." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. SUN, LONDON, PonTsmount, FraDAY.—ln reference to a statement mad e by t h e pil o t (b u t not admitted in evidence at the c ourt-martial), which has gone forth to the public, that he Was mainly instrumental in extricating th e Sharp shooter f rom h er s t ran ded position after she got ashore, we are requested to insert the following, which is at tested by nineteen gentlemen who were on board the vessel at the time, and thoroughly cognizant of all the facts:— " This is to certify that, in our opinion Joseph Bur nett, pilot, was not in any way instrumental in extricat ing the Sharpshooter from her difficulty when on the ground off Worthing, on the 14th of December, 1848. 110 did not assist by one single suggestion, or even action," their real and alacrity in a time of danger, at Cook's straits, and tender their thanks for services rendered on the southern coast of New Zealand. Ships Spoken.—October 19. two days before arriving at Rio Janeiro, the ship Eleanor of Bristol, with coal for Coquimbo, had been into Rio for water. November 8, just outside Rio, near Cape Frio, the schooner Wil liam Harrip, bound to Rio. November 14, hat. 19 23 S., lon. 30 25 W., 93 miles north-east of Trinidad, the screw-steamer Alligator, 56 miles west of her reckoning; received from her a man named Rose, a runaway ap prentice found concealed on board after the Alligator left England. November 15, exchanged colours with a large 50-gun Dutch frigate, bound to the south ward. November 16, lat. 12 S., lon. 33 W., the ship Sobraon, 35 days from Bristol, bound to Bom bay. November 18, passed English barque Ina, 59 days from London, to Singapore. November 25, lat. 1 40 N., lon. 24 16 W., exchanged colours with the steam-ship Bombay, standing S.W., bound to Bombay. November 30, lat. 7 29 N., lon. 25 56 IV., brig Tagus, standing to the southward. December 2, let. 9 15 N., lon. 26 18 W., the Swedish ship Prince Wear, from Got tenburg, standing to the southward. The Dutch galiot schooner 1)o Kaapstadt (Cape Town), Captain Vanhall, was towed in yesterday by a pilot boat. On Sunday last, the 24th inst., lit. 4S 30 N., Jon. 7 W., she was overtaken by a hurricane from south south-east and south, which threw the ship on her beam ends, and so kept her from 8 A.M. for five hours, with the water up to her main hatchway. The crew were com pelled to cut awry topgallant and topmasts, yards, sails, &c. She belongs to, and was bound from, Amsterdam to the Cape of Good Hope. Last night it blew heavily, with rain, from the east ward, south-east, and southward. To-day it has veered more northerly, and appears fine. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—By the latest advices (the 29th of October) Rear-Admiral Reynolds, C. 8., in the Southampton, 50-gun frigate, had not arrived at the Cape, to relieve Vice-Admiral Dacres of the command of the station, although he had been daily looked for for some time. The President, 50-gun frigate, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Dacres, was in Simon's Bay at the above date, as were the Nimrod, 20-gun corvette, Captain Bel grave, and the store-ship Seringapatam , Mr. Russell, R.N., Master, commanding. The Eurydice, 24-gun corvette, Captain Anson, and the Brilliant, 24, Captain Watson, were at the Mauritius. The Dee troop steamer, Mr. Filmer, Master, R.N., commanding, was in Table bay. THE SQUADRON or EXERCISE.—Sir Charles Napier's fleet had not made the Tagus on the 23d instant, nor does the packet just arrived bring any news of having spoken him. The Admiral and his force had been ex pected for some time. MEN OF WAR IN THE TAGUS.—Her Majesty's ships Harlequin, 14, Commodore Moore, and the Racer, 10, Lieut. Bacon, off Lisbon. AT CADIZ.—The United States frigate United States, 44 guns, Commodore Reed. OFF LISBON.—The French Republican steamer of war El Dorado, the Brazilian steamer of war Affonso, and the American screw steam-sloop the Allegheny. GIBRALTAR, DEC. 19.—Her Majesty'a steamer Rosa mond, Commander Foote, arrived here this day, in nine days from Plymouth, and is coaling prior to proceeding to Naples, with dispatches for the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, G.C.B. _ WOOLWICH, Dec. 29.—The Basilisk steam-vessel is under the shears in the basin, having masts put in her, before trial with the Niger steam-vessel, and the former will be tried dawn the river on the 4th of January by herself, to ascertain the working of her engines before the trial of speed to test the merits of paddle-wheel ves sels compared with those fitted with screw propellers. fast evening a seaman of the Superb, named Devon shire, fell from her main yard on to the main deck, and fractured his skull, and otherwise injured himself. He Was conveyed with all possible dispatch to Haslar hos pital, but surgical aid was unavailing. His injuries were so dreadful that he expired in the course of the night. This vessel is still proce, ding in her dismantling. All her topsail yards and her fore and crossjack yards are down, her maintopmast unrigged, as well as the fore one, the latter having been got entirely down ; the seizings of the puttock shrouds are cast off, and, from the ratlines of the fore rigging being cast loose, there js every appearance that those shrouds will come on., Her bulk-heads are down on board, and the caulkers, at' work] inside; and out, fore and aft. There every reason to think she will have to be docked, and her copper sheathing stripped off and renewed. So much for Paying off all standing, and rehoisting the pendant without refit. The Duck lighter, with stores from Chatham, arrived this morning. In Port and Fitting—Victory, 22, flag-ship of Com mander-in-Chief ; Illustrious, 10, flag-ship of Admiral superintendent ; Victoria and Albert, Royal Yacht ; Blenheim, 56, guardsbip of steamers; Superb, 80; Ex t, gunnery exercise-ship; Rolla, exercise - brig for nova i apprentices; Driver, steam-sloop; Sharpshooter, steam - schooner ; Fairy, Fire Queen, Myrtle, steam tenaers ; Bee, steam-exercise vessel for Naval College ; Echo, steam .tug; Fanny, Port Admiral's yacht; Ports moth, Admiral Superintendent's yacht. At Spithead—None. 1 11 , 1) °,ek—Princess Charlotte, 104 ; Collingwood, 80 ; Pen 3 L'A .° ae, 72 ; Vindictive, 50 ; Flying Fish, 12 ; and Fire Queen steam tender. In the Old Basin—Leander, 50 ; Defence, convict hull ; Malabar, coal depot. • In the Steam Basin—Ajax, steam guard-ship ; Ter magant, Centaur, and Retribution, steam-frigates ; Cormo rant, Phoenix, Salamander, and Birkenhead steam slooßs ; Otter, Jackal, and Urgent steam-vessels. Wind N.E. by N. ; light breezes and dark hazy weat her. DEc. 28.—Her Majesty's frigate Calliope, 26, C 3 _,P ta ln Edward Stanley, came in late last night, from 1 -' 4 _,ew Zealand. Her dates are Wellington, New August 26 ; she arrived at Rio Janeiro October 21; left November 5; and passed Terceira December 21 . je affair s of New Zealand were in a prosperous con dition; ,The only man-of-war at Wellington was her Majest) s ship Did°, 18, Captain J. B. Maxwell. Her MajeStY s sloop Fly, 14, Commander Richard A. Oliver, had left for a southward cruise towards Otago. At Bio Jandro were her Majesty's frigate Inconstant, 36, Captain John Shepherd, and her Majesty's packet brig Crua' Crane, 6, Lieutenant Commander John homeward Parsons, bound, waiting the return mail. The brigan tine liestrel, Lieutenant Commander Henry Baker, was gone southward with the Crane's mail. The American frigate Brandywine, and the French corvette Triom phante, w i th several Brezilian men-of-war, were at Rio. The United States' corvette St. Louis had sailed for the River Plate. F rom Ri o th e C a lliope brings specie valued a t ab out 150,000 1 . The Calliope is rather crank and overmasted, but otherwise is considered a fine ship, and sails fairly. Her crew are in a healthy state, and have been so during their absence from England. Slits has only lost five hands, viz., three by casualties and two in action —one, a blue jacket, at Orokiwi, and another, a marine, at Ruapekarka- The Hon. Henry Petre comes home passenger from New Zealand. Some of the officers of the Calliope are under arrest on a charge of forgery sit New Zealand, which will lead to a court-martial. H is Excellency the Governor-in-Chief had just pub lished, in the New Zealand Government Gazette, an ex tract from the minutes of the Executive Council, dated /August 19, 1 848, in which they express their gratitude to the captain, officers, and crew of the calliope, for SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1848.: RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH DEVON, BRISTOL, DEC. 29. A meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking numerously and respectably attended, convened by a circular issued by the Bristol committee, was held at two o'clock at the Commercial Rooms, John Chilcott, Esq., in the chair, for the purpose of considering several matters :in rela tion to the special general meeting of proprietors con vened by the directors, in compliance with two requi sitions addressed to them, which is to be held in Exeter on the 6th of January. F. FRY, Esq., formerly one of the directors of the company, drew the attention of the meeting to the most important question for the consideration of the special general meeting, which was, whether or not they should at once give up the atmospheric system of traction, and adopt the locomotive, or otherwise act upon the sugges tions contained in the pamphlet recently published by the late chairman of the company, Mr. Gill, The CHAIRMAN said the point had not been lost sight of, but had been embodied in one of the requisitions ad dressed to the directors. Mr. SECCOMBE recommended that the shareholders wait until the statement of the directors, which he un derstood would be printed in the course of a few days, had been published. A long discussion then ensued as to the policy or otherwise of abandoning the atmospheric system, and adopting locomotive power, but no decision was come to. Two resolutions were adopted, the first thanking the directors for convening the special meeting, and the other expressing the belief of the meeting that a committee of inquiry to investigate the business of the company should be appointed. The meeting then separated. YORK AND NORTH MIDLANIT.—Such is the extent of the traffic in corn on the York and North Midland, that the company want 10,000 corn sacks. In consequence of other arrangements, the express trains on this line, between Hull and Beverley, will be discontinued at the close of the 'car. NEW LINEFROM FAVERSHAM TO CHILHAM.—At a meeting held at Faversham on Tuesday, resolutions were passed in favour of this line, which is to be applied for in the ensuing session. Letters were received from Lord Sondes and the Right Hon. S. Lushington in its behalf, with assurances from the South-Eastern Railway, at whose main line he proposes a junction with Chilham, coupled with an intimation of regret that they could not subscribe any capital tow ards it. GREAT NORTHERN.—As yet the Great Northern have rendered no weekly returns of the traffic on their line, as is the custom of other companies; but the average traffic is understood to amount to 1,3001. per week, in cluding passengers and goods. The traffic between Lin coln and Hull is the most remunerative. Last week, the Christmas conveyance from Louth and Spalding were very great; 25 tons of poultry came over the line to London from the former, and 30 from the latter place. It is said the company intend to apply to Parliament, in the next session, for an alteration in their tolls, or, in other terms, for power to raise the charges upon pas sengers anti goods. GALLS.—The calls for January next, already an nounced, amount to 2,587,1251., being one million and a quarter more than during the present month of December. EASTERN UNlON.—Traffic for the week ending De cember 23d, 1848, 1,210/. 4s. 4d.; ditto for week ending December 26th, 1847, 1,2021. 10s. 3d. SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER.—Traffic for the week ending December 24th, 1848:—Passengers, first class, 1491. Os. 4d.; second class, 356/. Is. ld.; third class, 123/. 18s. 6281. 12s. 9J.; parcels, horses, &c., 49/. ss. 6d.; merchandise, minerals, and live stock, 827/. ss. 3d.; total, 1,505/. 10s. 6d. Corresponding week last year—Passengers, parcels, &c., 263/. 13s. ld.; mer chandise and live stock, 262/. 103. Id. = 5261. 33. 2d. Increase, 9791. 7s. 4d. CHES.,TER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY, —Traffic for the week ended Dec. 23, 1848:—Coaching traffic, 1,0301. ls. 6d.; parcels, 411. 15s. 3d.; goods and eattle,l6s/. 7s. ld.• ' steam-boats, 1341. 19s.—Total, 1,372/. 2s. 10d. SOUTH DEeorz.—Traffic for the week ending Dec. 22 1848, including passengers, goods, &c.:—Passengers 8,049, amount 1,733/. 2s. 10d.; Great Western Railway, 570/. 7s. 4d.; South Devon Railway (including 167/. 4s. 6d. for goods), 1,330/. A/kIIENS AND BOULOGNE (open from Amiens to Bou logne). —Traffic from December 17 to December 24, 1848:—Passengers, 25,391 f. 25c.; merchandise, 6,353 f. 25c. Total, 1,270/. Receipts since March 15, 1848, 54,241/. Total, 55,511/. DUBL/N AND KINGSTOWN. —Traffic for the week ending the 26th of December, 1848:—Daily passengers, 6381. Bs. Subscriptions, 6L 14s. 4d. Total amount, 6451. 2s. 4d. Corresponding week of 1847:—Daily passengers. 5811. 18s. 3d. Subscriptions, 11. Total amount, 589 L 18s. 3d. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN, IRELAND (open to Carlow and Limerick Junction, 1301 miles). — Return of traffic for the week ending Saturday, 23d of December, 1848 :—Passenger traffic, parcels, and mails, 3,0701. 7s. 74d. ; merchandise and cattle, 6401. 15s. 4d. Total, 3,711/. 2s. 11d. BELFAST AND BALLYDIENA.—The traffic on this rail way, for the week ending Saturday, 23d December, 1848, was as follows•—Passengers, 6,134; amount, 3081. 2s. 10d. ; goods, 991. 16s. 3d. Total amount, 407/. 19s. ld. ORLEANS AND BORDEAUX.—Receipts for the week ending December 22,1848. —Passengers, 5,330 ; amount, 22,737 f. 30c. ; goods and cattle, 39,396 f. 15c. Total, 62,133 f. 15c. Corresponding week of last year, 93 ece 4i me 4f b 7 r s : 1848, l, .Tota7 8 1 0 7 ,2 ceif f t . s 77 fr c o . m the Ist July to 22d D EXTRAORDINAR Y TELEGRAPIIIO FiiT.—President Polk's cumbrous message, containing upwards of 50,000 words (I), was flashed all the way from Baltimore to St. Louis in twenty-four hours, and this, too, with the mi nutest punctuation mark in the document. Copies were also dropped on the way, at York, Harrisburg, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Bedford, and Pittsburg, in Pennsyl vania; Massillon, Cleveland, Zanesville, Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati, in Ohio; Madison aad Evans ville, in Indiana; Louisville, in Kentucky; and Saline, in Illinois. The gentlemen who accomplished this won der ful mental, mechanical, and electrical feat are Messrs. 0' R4411y, of the Atlantic and Lake Telegraph Company, and H. J. Rogers, of the American Telegraph Company, who wished to prove beyond all cavil that the lightning line can be made available for the transmission of large documents as well as for short messages, and we think they have pretty well satisfied the public of their ability to do it. Messrs. Reddish and Hough, of Philadelphia, connected with the O'Reilly line, were detained for the most important part of the duty to be performed, that of writing the entire document in Baltimore. Their arduous task was begun on Tuesday, shortly after the message came to hand, and at a few minutes before two o'clock on Wednesday afternoon finished their almost Herculean undertaking—at which, hour the signature of James K. Polk and the Washington date were written as plain and legibly as the caption had been, 24 hours previously. The two operators were at work, re lieving each other occasionally, during the entire time, with the exception of a couple of hours, when they were interrupted by a storm et the western end of the line.—New York Express. POWER OF THE PRESB.—The Ilants Independent says—" The press is very powerful—but it oan't atter all induce its correspondents to write only on one aide of the paper when they want their letters printed." THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Hero of Waterloo Tavern, Waterloo-road, on the bodies of John Costello, aged 13 years, and William Phillips, aged 11 years, who were killed by the giving way of the rail of the lower flight of stairs at the gal lery entrance of the Victoria Theatre, on Tuesday evening. The jury viewed the bodies, which lay in the vaults of St. John's Church. Tho following evidence was adduced:— Mary Phillips sworn—l am a widow, and reside at No. 6, Wood's-buildings, George-street, Chelsea. I have seen the two bodies under the church, one of which is coy son. He was ten years and eight months old, He left his home about four o'clock in the afternoon of Tuesday, for the purpose of going to the Victoria Theatre, it being the first time he ever went to the above theatre. Hearing from the newspapers that two youths had been killed, I came on the following morning to the church, and there saw the deceased. Thomas Costello of No. 2, Plough-court, Plough place, Fetter-lane—l am a labouring: man. I have seen the bodies at the church, one of which is my son. His name is John Costello, and was thirteen years and five months old. The last time I saw him alive was on the morning of Tuesday last. He was then in an excellent state of health. I next saw him on Wednesday, dead. Mr. Benjamin Verge, sworn—l am a baker, and reside at No. 79, Lower Marsh. About ten minutes before six o'clock on Tuesday evening, I was passing by the Victoria Theatre, when, hearing a terrible noise at the gallery entrance, I crossed over to ascertain the cause. I should think there were between 400 and 500 persons about the door ; they were mostly boys and lads. I had been standing there about two minutes, and observed the mob to be crowding up the stairs, and I also observed two lads being handed down to the bottom of the stair case. The first one appeared to be dead. The second one was handed down directly after. He did not appear to be quite dead. They were both conveyed to Mr. Sewell's, the surgeon. Immediately after the two had been taken away, I saw three or four fall. They appeared to come from above into the landing-place. At this time dreadful screams commenced. I cbserved no movement on the stairs, the whole mass being wedged together. _ _ _ William Franklyn, a drover—About four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon I went to the Victoria Theatre, and got up as far as the second landing. After I was there the persons began to increase very much. At the time of the accident the door which leads into the house was closed. I had been on the stairs about an hour and a quarter before the accident—the heat of the place was oppressive, and several lads fainted away. I passed out six or seven boys, they appeared to me to be nearly suffocated; one of the lads that I pulled out appeared as if he were dead. From my position I was the only person that was enabled to get them out. The lads were on the second landing, next to the window; they bad fallen from exhaustion. There was a private of the Rifle Brigade next to me, and I said to him " for God's sake can you go round to Mr. Edgar, and tell him to get the doors open, otherwise some of them would be mur dered." One of the boys whom I lifted up was bleeding from the mouth ; he appeared to have been trodden on and dead. The boys were rolled down over the heads of those below and handed down. Some of them were thrown down. When I went in there was a rail all the way up ; I subsequently heard the rail snap, but I did not see what occurred, for where the breaking took place was below me. I heard the cry of "murder" at the time the rail was broken. The soldier to whom I spoke went down in that way, and returned in the same manner. The door of the gallery was shortly afterwards opened. I am positive there was nothing done to any of the lads, or that any one was maliciously thrown over. I think there were from 300 to 400 people on the stairs. Mr. Osbaldiston, who came into the room in the course of tho inquiry, informed the jury that if they wished to see the gallery he would have it lighted up. Accord ingly, after the above witness had been examined, the jury proceeded to view the spot where the boys had fallen. Mr. Henry Knight, assistant to Mr. Sewell, of No. 59, Lower Marsh, sworn—On last Tuesday evening I received six persons at the shop of Mr. Sewell. The first one brought in appeared to be about fourteen years of age. He was dead. He was very much disfigured in the taco, the upper lip was bruised, and his neck hung back. There was a trifliag portion of blood on the lip. The next was suffering from a concussion of the brain. I did not observe any injuries on his person. He reco vered in about ten minutes. The last one that was brought in was dead when I examined him. Ho ap peared to be about twelve years of age. Leonard Titchner sworn—On Tuesday I went to the Victoria Theatre, and arrived there at half-past two o'clock. I was in company with two other lads. We stood against the gallery door, which was opened about half-past three o'clock. We went up and sat down on the stairs. About four o'clock a man in a brown coat came pp and pitched me down the first flight of steps. At this time there were about fifty persons present. I was not then hurt. After this tour men came up, and pushed me against the wall under the window. I said to one of the men, "Let me out," and he said he could not, for I was in a vice, and I must stop. The man continued to push and get higher and higher. I then got so hot that I called out " Murder!" for the purpose of getting out. I then slipped down, and tried to get out through the men. I again tried to call out " Murder!" but could not. I think I was down a quarter of an hour, when a man put his hand down and caught me by my hair. I was then handed to another man, who placed me on a beam. I was afterwards handed down, and subsequently taken into the stree►. I was not thrown over the bannisters. I never made a statement that I ►vas t'►rown from the top to the bottom, and fell on a boy's head. If such a statement has been published it is incorrect. The CORONER proceeded to sum up; when the jury returned a verdict of—" Accidental death from suffoca tion; and we the jury wish to impress on the mind of the Lessee the necessity of a greater ventilation, and that the doors of the theatre bo not opened in future at so early an hour." ,t The jury awarded Franklyn !Os. in addition to his expenses; they also made a collection for the parents of the deceased boys. NEW PORTS IN THE CAPE OF Goon HOPE.—Last night's Gazette orders that Waterloo Bay and East Lon don shall be constituted free warehousing ports for all goods which can bo legally imported into the other ports of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. FOREIGN REPRINTS OF ENGLISH Booxs.—The Gazette announces that the prohibition against the im portation of foreign reprints of British copyright works into any of her Majesty's dominions has been suspended as far as regards the island of Barbadoes. _ _ _ M. Canuti, charged with a special mission by the Roman Government to the Cabinets of France, Bel gium, and Great Britain, was to leave Paris on Thursday for London, via Brussels. his mission being from the Government established since the flight of the Pope, the French Government was said to have declined receiving him.— Times. Tics lcE.—The curlers have at last had the plea sure of enjoying a game. On Saturday the pond at Culcabock was frozen over, and the ice sufficiently strong. A muster took place accordingly at mid-day, when u hearty game took place of several hours' duration. Many were the hopes that the frost would hold over Sunday till Christmas day. But fortune was unkind, and though the club mustered on Monday, the ice was not suitable. Skating was prosecuted on Lochnashanish under many disadvantages, by bands of adventurous youths. On Friday, on this loch, a narrow escape was made by a skater, who had ventured too soon, and who was only rescued by timely assistance, after having been for at least twenty minutes in the water.—lnver ness Courier. Snw Leuiccu.—On Wednesday last a new iron steamer, called the Porvenir, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., west aide of the Brunswick Dock. She is 250 tons burd,n, and will be fitted with engines of ninety home power, manufactured by Forrester and Co. It is understood thet the is intended to be sent to one of the principal seaports in Spain, to be used as a tow boat.—Liverpool Mercury. COUNTY COURTS.—TWO orders in council, issued in September last, make a number of alterations, which come into force on Monday next, with regard to the sittings and the districts of the County Courts of Berk shire, Kent, Essex, Sussex, and other counties adjoin ing the metropolis. By the first of these orders, the Berkshire court, now held at Beading, is also to be held at Henley-on-Thames, notwithstanding that place is in Oxfordshire; and the County Court of Kent, held at Greenwich, is also to be held at Woolwich; whilst the other court, held at Deal, is to sit also at Sandwich. The second of the Orders in Council is a mere adjust ment of districts, with a view to the accommodation of suitors who resort to these tribunals. Tim WEATuan.—Since our last the weather has been very changeable—cold blustery winds, heavy rains, and keen frosts, presenting themselves in alternation. A hard frost set in on Wednesday night, and still conti nues.— Carlisle Journal. JURY COURT, EDINBURGH.-011 the 17th October, last year, Mr. Wilson, dentist in Edinburgh, was killed at the Trinity-station, by falling down a stair. This stair led immediately from the station-room down to a cellar, being separated only by a door, which Mr. Wilson had opened, supposing ho was entering a passage leading to another apartment. Mr. Wilson left eight children, and an action was raised in their name, against the Edin burgh and Northern Railway Company, concluding for 8,0001. damages. The case was set down to be tried by a jury yesterday (Wednesday), but after the Court had met, we understand a compromise was agreed to, by which the company bound themselves to pay to the chil dren of Mr. Wilson the sum of 1,100/., each party pay ing their own expenses.—Caledonian Mercury. On Wednesday a man unknown was brought from the ship Hottinguer, lying in the river. Ile was in a deplorable state, his body being worn almost to a ske leton. It is said that he stowed himself away at New York, and, when found, could not be induced to leave the place where he had secreted himself; that subse quently, in consequence of refusing sustenance, he lost the use of his reason, and so relapsed into the state in which he was when brought to the hospital. An inquest will be held to-day, when the circumstances of the case will be fully inquired into.—Liverpool Mercury. Loss OF THE BARQUE " ROSANNA." —We are sorry to learn that this vessel ran on a rock near Cape Wrath, on the morning of the 16th current, and has become a total wreck, all hands, with the exception of the captain, having perished.—Dundee Advertiser. EXTRAORDINARY FORTUNE.—A. labourer named Worth, employed in the rope-yard at Devonport dock yard, has, by the death of his uncle, come into very considerable property. We have not heard the exact amount, but it is stated to be above 20,000/.—Flyinouth paper. 1 1 41 trb i etttOn FRANCE. We read in the Moniteur : " An exemplary punishment has just been inflicted on the first division of the Ecole Special° Militaire, in con sequence of grave disorders which took place in the night of the 19th of this month, of which it is important to make known the motives. The participation of the pupils of that division in all the events which have oc curred at Paris since the revolution of February, their long absence from the shoo], the antici pated advancement accorded to the promotion which preceded them, and the hopes they had themselves conceived, left in their minds an agitation injurious to the discipline of the schools, and thus caused the Minis ter of War to send them to their families to the month of October last. From that time to the present calm was re-established in the schools, and the studies con tinued their course in a satisfactory manner. But the entry of the newly admitted students caused some bsd traditions, which have never been completely destroyed, to be restored, and thus drew on a small number of pupils punishments from which they had tho pretensions to re lieve themselves on account of the importance they at tached to the services which they rendered in Paris, and the praises they had received for them. These punish ments became the pretext of tumultuous demonstrations, forbidden by the regulations, and, at length, in the evening of the 19th, the agitation assumed the charac ter of open revolt, during which the authority of the chiefs was completely and grossly disregarded. In con quence of the investigation which took place on these events, the first division was dismissed, and immediately re-organized by a special commission, which only admit ted the pupils who, by their conduct and industry, of fered the strongest guarantees for securing order in the school, and good officers to the army." The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on the 28th of December, 1848 A SSETS. . . f. 143,243,781 44 . . 115,335,537 00 198,677 80 Cash and ingots ... Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 14,651,874 f. 77c. are from the branch banks 58,458,853 08 Bills in the branch banks ... 104,833,577 22 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 17,560,918 00 Ditto on French public securities ... 32,754,368 85 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,560,310 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du TrCsor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... 34,771,288 62 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... ... 12,806,741 39 Hotel and furniture of the Bank 4,000,000 00 Real property of the branch banks ... 2,273,658 00 Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris 5,500,000 00 Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00 Ditto branch banks 230,000 00 Bills protested at Paris ... 11,256,525 42 Ditto at the branches 5,259,618 00 Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches Miscellaneous ••• Consolidation of Treasury Bonds ... 32,663 00 ... 749,102 20 7,848,032 50 E 668,873,682 47 U~BILITIEU. Capital •.• •• • • ••• Ditto of the Branch Banks Reserve fund ... ... f. 67,900,000 00 ... 23,350,000 00 ... 10,000,000 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,980,750 00 Reserve•immobiliere 4,000,000 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 392,780,700 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 16,317,225 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 437,218 65 Account-current with Treasury creditor 25,176,814 35 Various accounts current ... 82,011,436 04 Ditto in branches 25,959,324 00 Bills payable at sight ... 3,022,300 00 Ditto at branches ... 940,356 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ..• 5,188,015 86 Ditto'of the Bank payable by branches.. 2,509,630 00 Dividends payable . 4,279,176 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank 341,384 04 Discounts, and diverse.interest... ... 608,788 04 Ditto branch banks 99,990 00 Ro-discounts of the last six months ... 246,051 47 Ditto in branch banks -.. ... 455,275 00 Miscellaneous ... 262,747 77 f. 668,873,682 47 XEMEER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Ring's Lynn—The Hon. Edward Henry Stanley, in the room of William George Frederick Ca vendish Bentinck, commonly called Lord William George Frederick Cavendish Bentinck, deceased. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 29. 3d Light Dragoons—Samuel Pearson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Hodgson, promoted, Dec. 29; John Dunkin Bennett, Gent., to be Cornet, by pur chase, vice Brasses, whose appointment has been can celled, Dec. 30. lath Light Dragoons—John Davis, Gent., (Riding master), to be Cornet, by purchase, vice White, Dec. 29. 15th Light Dragoons—Lieut. John Hallowell Ca raw, from half-pay 16th Light Dragoons, to be Lieute nant, vice Bennett, deceased, Dec. 29. Ist Regimeat of Foot—Captain Charles Henry Dow ker, from 6th Foot, to be Captain, vice Isaac, who ex changes, Dec. 29. 4th Foot—Ensign Augustus Edward Henry Ansel!, from 70th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Knott, appointed Quartermaster; Ensign Thomas Knott to be Quarter master, vice Perry, appointed Ensign 70th Foot, Dec. 29. sth Foot—William Alarcon Carter, Gent., to be Se cond Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Al.aylor, who retires, Dec. 29. 6th Foot—Captain John Matcham Isaac, from lit Foot, to be Captain, vice Dowker, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 7th Foot—Ensign Stanton Senior, from 13th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carter, who retires; Ensign Henry Dixon, from 41st Fool, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice &Hairs, who retires, Dee. 29. Bth Foot—Lieutenant George Edward Baynes to be Captain, without purchase, vice Marsden, deceased; R sign John Biggs to be Lieutenant, vice Baynes, Oct. 17; William Raymond Ximenes, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Macadam, who retires, Dec. 29; Graham Egerton Huddleston, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Biggs, Dec. 30. 9th Foot—Lieutenant Sydney Darling to be Captain, by purchase, vice Harvey, who retires; Ensign Charles William Loinsworth to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Darling; Ensign William Daunt, from the 88th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Loinsworth, Dec. 29. 13th Foot—Edward Boyd, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Senior, promoted in 7th Foot, Dec. 29. 15th Foot—Ensign Augustus Frederick Warburton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Walters, appointed to 6th Dragoons; Richard Milbank Tilghman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warburton, Dec. 29. 17th Foot—Surgeon William Smith, from the 64th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Archer, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Edmund Gilling Hallewell to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hennessey, who retires; Ensign Nathaniel Steevens to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vico Hallowell, Dec. 29. 22d Foot—George Onslow Deane, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice M'Grath, who retires, Dec. 29. 26th Foot—Lieutenant Count George Rivarola, from 91st Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice the lien. A. E. G. Sin clair, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 41st Foot—William Edward Leche, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Dixon, promoted in 7th Foot, Dec. 29. 44th Foot—Ensign John Charles Parks to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Hotham ; Frederick Wil liam Gregory, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Parks, Dec. 29. 54th Foot—Captain Thomas Frederick Hill Alms, from 70th Foot, to be Captain, vice Hay, who exchanges, Dec. 29. 61st Foot—Major William Jones to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Burnside, who retires; Captain Francis John Stephens to be Major by purchase, vice Jones; Lieut. A. W. Gordon to be Captain, by purchase vice Stephens ; Ensign Julius George Mangen Strode to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gordon ; John Craw ford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Strode, De cember 29. 62d Foot—Captain Francis Henry Kilvington, from, 64th Foot, to be Captain, vice Sibley, who exchanges, December 29. 64th Foot—Captain Charles William Sibley, from the 62d Foot, to be Captain, vice Kilvington, who exchanges; Ensign William Bell, to be Lieutenant, by ;purchase, vice Heath, who retires; Surgeon George Archer, M.D., from the 17th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Smith, who ex changes, Dec. 29. 70th Foot—Captain John William Hay, from the 54th Foot, to 'be Captain, vice Alms, who exchanges; Colour - Sergeant John lslowlan to be Ensign, without purchase, vies Ansell, appointed to o be Foot, Dec. 29. 71st Foot—Lieutenant Henry Loftus to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sutton, whose promotion has been cancelled, Dec. 22. 91st Foot—Lieutenant the Honourable Alexander Erie George Sinclair, from 26th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Count George Rivarola, who exchanges, Deo. 29. 96th Foot —Ensign Octavius Lowry to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Magill, deceased; Donald Wm. Dundas, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Lowry, Dec. 29. Rifle Brigade—Captain William Henry Frankland to be Major, by purchase, vice Fitzherbert, who retires ; Lieutenant Thomas Cochrane Inglis to be Captain, by purchase, vice Frankland; Second Lieutenant John Ross to be First Lieutenant , by purchase , vice Inglis; George 'Lord Bingham to be Second Lieutenant,,by purchase, vice Ross, Dec. 29. 2d West India Regiment—John Dean Reece, Gent. , to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Swanzy, whose appoint mint has been cancelled, Dec. 29. MEMORANDIIM.—The commission of Quartermaster Robert Webster, of the sth Foot, has been antedated to the 19th July, 1847. Erratum in the Gazette of 22d December 1448.- 0 8th Regiment of Foot—For Gentleman Cadet " Vesoy Truell," from Royal Military College, to be Ensign, &c., read Gentleman Cadet " George Vesoy Truell," &c. WHITEHALL, DEC. 21. The Lord Chancellor has appOinted Lawrence Pem berton Rowley, of Bilston, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Tho Lord Chancellor has also appointed Alphonso Rowland Varley, of Bolton-la-Moors, in the county, palatine of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master Extraordi nary in the High Court of Chancery. WHITEHALL, DEC. 23. The Lord Chancellor has appointed George Williams, of Cardiff, in the county of Glamorgan, Gent., to be Court of Chancery. Master Extraordinary in the high BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. William Burchett, chymiat, Whitechapel-road. BANKRUPTS. George Thomas Saltmarsh, wine merchant, Hounds ditch, City, to surrender, Jan. 9 and Feb. 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Whittington, Dean street, Finsbury-place. John Samuel Story, banker, St. Albans, Jan. 11, at one, and Feb. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Follett, official assignee Sambrook-Court, Ba ainghall-street; Letts, Bartlett ' s -buildings. Erederick William Luck, tailor, ch e i tep h ign 7j . An. 12, and Feb. 8, rat twelve, at the Bristol District Cow: Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Lindo, King's - rms- . yard; Packwood, Cheltenham. . Richard Eminson, scrivener, Grantham, Line bire; Jan. 12, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Birming to Di> trict Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Nottnig4im; Thompson, Grantham. John Whitworth, millwright, Leeds, Jan, all Feb. 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. --- official assignee; Lambert, Gray's Inn; Preston, L6da., ; 1 , Robert Sullings Spurge, linen-draper, Halstead, Essex, Jan. 12, at eleven, and Feb. 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street; De Jersey, St. Ann's-late, Aldersgate. Henry Cook, needle manufacturer, Studley, Warwick shire, Jan. 18 and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Birming ham District Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birming ham; Browning, Redditch, and Hodgson. Birmingham. Samuel Taylor, butcher, Poynton, Cheshire, Jan 12 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Williamson and Stile, Great James-street, Bedford-row ; Worn:laid, Ashton-undor-Lyne. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. I. Denning, Titchbourne-street, St. Jamee's, West minster, watchmaker and jeweller, Jrn. 26, atone—Ann Dr,,w, Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, stationer, Jan, 22, at eleven—R. Greig, Maiden-lane, King's-cross, timber merchant, Jan. 25, at one—G. Heathcote and R. Heathcote, Clapham, Surrey, coach and jobmaster. Jan. 25, at half-past twelve—H. C. Brown, Winchester, builier, Jan. 19, at one—W. Reeve and R. Reeve, New Bond-street, Westminster, upholsterers, Jan 26, at one —R. K. Payne, Brighton, grocer, Jan. 26, at twelve—E. Smith, Slide, Isle of Wight, brick and tilemaker, Jan. 19, at two—ll. Haynes. Scole, Norfolk, innkeeper, Jan. 19, at two—J. Miller, Oxford-street, bookseller, Jan. 23, at one. :'~.. _~~,r ;)r ~~y I; In the Country. J. Wilkinson, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, wharfin ger, Jan. 23, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—Mary Ramsay and R. Ramsay, Scotswood, Northumberland, paper manufacturers, Jan. 24, at half past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—Mary Ramsay, Scotswood, Northumberland, paper manufac turer, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne—R. Ramsay, Scotswood, Northumberland, paper manufacturer, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—J. Carter and J. Baines, Liverpool, merchants and ship-brokers, Jan. 23, a t eleven, at th e Court, Liverpool—G. E. Dinsdale, M iddleham, York shire, scrivener, Jan.l9, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds— J. Pulleine, jun., Selby4Yorkshire, brewer and maltster, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—W. Cole, Cal verley, Yorkshire, consulting engineer, and W. Cole, jun., Bradford, Yorkshire, tea dealer, Jan. 19, at eleven, at ,the Court, Leeds —W. Cole, Calverley, Yorkshire, consulting engineer, Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. E. Alanson, Liverpool, wine merchant, los., Jan. 1, or any subsequent Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool J. Coupland, Liverpool, 3s. boo. on account of first dividend of 55., on Wednesday, Jan. 10, or any subse quent Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool. D. Williams, Ruthin, Denbighshire, cattle-salesman, 41d., on Thursday, Dec. 28, or any subsequent Thurs day, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool J. E. Warden and V. Wanostrocht, Liverpool, mer chants, 2id., on Wednesday, Jan. le, or any subsequent Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool J. S. Daintry and J. Ryle, Manchester, bankers. 3-1-1, on Tuesday, Jan. 16, or any subsequent Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Potts, Manchester. J. L. Bourdon and P. J. Meugens, Finch-street, Whitechapel, sugar refiners, second dividend of lljd., and first and second dividend of 3s. .sfd., this day and three following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, ,Frederick's place, Old Jewry. G. Clarke, Isham and Burton Latimer, Northampton shire, carpet manufacturer, sd., this day and three sub sequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. _ J. Rotting, Poole, Dorsetshire, currier and cord wainer, second dividend of 2s. 9d., and first and second dividends of ss. 9d., this ' day and three subsequent Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's place, Old Jewry. E. Elwell, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, ironfounder, •warrants for interest, on any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Christie, Birmingham. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street: J. King, North Audley-street, Grosvenor-square, coach-builder, Jan. 26, at one—C. T. Ansdell, Barnet, coach-proprietor, Jan. 22, at half-past one —J. I. Win stanley, King William-street, hosier, Jan. 26, at half-past one—J. Humphreys, Grove-street, Hackney, furnishing ironmonger, Jan. 22, at two John Price, Belle Sauvage Hotel, and Plaistow, Essex, innkeeper and farmer, Jan. 19, at one—W. Brook s , G reat Queen street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, carver and gilder, Jan. 25, at two. In the Country. H. Nicholls and T. Hilliar, Eastham, Cheshire, steam packet owners, Jan. 24, at eleven, at th© Court, Liver pool—J. Ingram, Liverpool, merchant, Jan. 24, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—F. Brown, Tunstall, StiLffordshiro, tanner, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, Jan. 19. J. Lee, Manchester, paper hang r—E. Smith, Shide, near Newp ort , Isle of Wight, brick and tile maker—T. Carden, Oxford-street, silk mercer—F. Davis, Luton, Bedfordshire, merchant—J. liippax, Pirnet-bridge, near .* Colne, Lancashire, cotton spinner —T. Ridpath, Leeds, auctioneer--j. Walters, Union -street, Southwark, and London-wall, bottle merchant—G. Webster, Royston, Yorkshire, nail and bolt maker—A. Peters, Manchester. spirit merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Hull, T. H. Riches, J. Smith, and H. Hull, Ux bridge, bankers (so far as regards S. Hull)—J. Jackson, J. Astin, J. Balker, J. Jackson, J. Astin, and B. Sut cliffe, 'Rochdale, millwrights —J. Dawes, sen., and J. Dawes, jun., Wednesbury, Staffordshire, tailors—W. and J. Sutton, Knightsbridge -terrace, Knightsbridge, general drapers—J. P. Whitmore and H. W. Goulding, Bartholoarew-close, City, Foreign and British lace ma nufacturers—S. and J. Boyle, Altrincham, Cheshire, grocers and corn dealers —G. Knight and T. Cardus, Leamington, Warwickshire, railway contractors--E. Sheldon and J. Turley, Cowley, Staffordshire, iron founders—R. Anderson and W. Rewcastle, Llexham, Northumberland, tailors and drapers—W. Appleby, R. Strong, and C. D. Makepeace, Birmingham, screw makers (so far as regards W. Appleby)—T. Hunny bun and E. Venden, Cambridge, coach manufacturers-- C. J. Parry and J. Parry, Manchester, boot and shoe makers—M. Cragg and J. Lancaster, Colne and Burnley, Lancashire, tea dealers—G. Price and G. Williams, Wolverhampton, printers and stationers—G. Birdseye and C. Harding, Fenchurch-street, City, tea dealers— Elizabeth Saul and R. Saul, Tylor's-court, Newgate market, meat salesmen—E. Smith and J. Jordan, Bir mingham, surgeons—l. Jay a n d E. U nwin, Addle street, Aldermanbury, City, warehousemen Frances Montgomery Kleckhoefer and Emma Collins, Bank, Highgate, schoolmistresses —J. Parkin and J. G. V. Millingen, Battersea, lunatic asylum proprietors—E. A. Bignell and C. Fryer, Kingsbridge, Devonshire, brewers—J. Corbett, sen., J. Corbett, and J. Corbett, jun., Birmingham, carriers— T. and R. Butler, White haven, tobacco and snuff manufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Jonathan Thorp, Huddersfield, eating-house keeper. William Tipple, King's Lynn. Walter Hendry, Grimstone, Norfolk, butcher. George Eldridge, King's Lynn, engraver. Ellis Brook, Huddersfield, waste, size, and flock dealer. Edward Cooke, Fartown, Yorkshire, attorney's clerk. Frederick Peters, Swindon, Wiltshire, clerk. Mark Tomlin, Downholme, Yorkshire, joiner. Joseph Priestly, Stainland, Yorkshire, stone delver. William Clegg, Barkisland, Yorkshire, farm labourer. William Bowen, Trevinon,Brecknockshire. John Davies, Senny- bridge, Brecknockshire. Thomas James, Llethergnien, Brecknockshire. Clement Keys, Derby, publican. James Down, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, black smith. John Baldwin, Borough -green, Cambridgeshire, black smith. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. T. F. Smith, Dumfries, writer and nurseryman, to meet within the King's Arms Inn, Dumfries, Jan. 2 and 28, at twelve. A. Richardson, Edinburgh, silk mercer, to meet within Stevenson's Sale-rooms, Edinburgh, Jan. 4 and 26, at one. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown orMuscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending December 26 1848. is 225. 3;i41. per cwt. EMIGRATION.—PrTMoirriI, DEC.2B.—The Spartan, Captain Pain, from London, the 25d, with 100 passen gers, left the Sound to-day for Adelaide and Port Philip. The Jullindar, Captain Burn, from London, having embarked 184 free emigrants for Sydney, sailed also this morning. The Mary Ann, Captain Darby, arrived on the 21st front Bristol, bound for South Australia, took 173 statute adults, and sailed yesterday for Ade laide. The Lady Amherst, Captain Myhill, is now in the Sound preparing for the embarkation of her passen gers for Sydney direct. 164 free emigrants are waiting the expected arrival of the David Malcolm, of London, Captain Smith, bound for South Australia. The John Mitchell, from London, bound for Adelaide, and the Sir George Seymour, Captain Millman, from London for Port Philip, are hourly expected; the free emigrants for the latter ship assemble on Monday, Jan. 1. The William Watson, for Adelaide and Port Philip, sailed on the 16th inst., and the Pakenham, bound for Port Adelaide, and the Digby, for Sydney, o n the 17th. The Hamburgh ship Nord America, C apta in Ratlije, from Hamburgh for New York, sailed on the 18th. Tho Coromandel, for Port Adelaide, Port Philip, and Syd ney, on the 19th, and the General Palmer, which ar rived on the 20th from London, left for Port Philip on the 22d. In exca va ti ng f or th e ne w sewer now maki ng i n Quay street Bristol, the workmen came upon the found. anon of th e o ld c ity wa ll, w hich, centur ies ago, it is pro bable, was washed by the tide, as, at a considerable depth from the su r f ace , th e y discovered a canoe , f ourteen feet long, and f our f ee t w ide, shaped from a singl e t run k o f timber, th e woo d b e i ng comparat ively sound. Unfortu nately .. nately this r e lic o f antiquity bad to be sawn through, as it was fou n d i m p oss ible, without great risk of inj ur y to the workmen, to ;owi e t entire.—. Bristol Gazette. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, says that the Prussian Ambassador at Rome received orders to express to the Pope the profound interest which his position excited in the mind of the King, and to beg his Holiness, if obliged to abandon his States, to take up his residence in the royal palace of Bruhl, on the Rhine. AUSTRIA. The Prince deWindischgratz, by decree of thel 9th, declares Presburg and the comitat in a state of siege. He promises protection to the peaceable, and orders that the turbulent, the seditious, or those who shall attempt:to seduce the soldier?, shall be tried by court - martial. He shuts up all clubs, dissolves the National Guard, orders the citizens to give up their arms, for bids any communication with the Diet or the Com mittee of Safety, &c. The draft of the Constitution presented by the com mittee in the sitting of the Austrian Constituent Diet at Kremsier, on the 21st, is composed of 29 para graphs. It guarantees personal freedom, right of property, and equality in the eye of the law. It abolishes privileges, admits all citizens to all Govern ment employments, and declares that !no titles or rewards can be conferred on any other ground than personal merit. It guarantees unrestricted right of petitioning, right of association without arms, freedom of education, and equality of rights between the dif ferent nationalities. FRANKFORT. We learn from Frankfort, on the 24th, that the Central Government had convoked 211 the plenipoten tiaries of the empire to communicate to them the law on the fundamental rights of the German people. Generally speaking, the plenipotentiaries expressed themselves in a satisfactory manner. Austria, how ever, refused to publish the law, on the ground that the relations between it and Germany were not yet settled ; Saxony and Hanover declared that they would submit the law to their respective Diets ; and Bavaria expressed no opinion, having received no in structions. The Prussian plenipotentiary expressed himself more favourably than any other. BELGIUM. We learn by an official return made to the Belgian Government that the exports from Belgium in the first eleven months of the present year were as follows :—Coal 1,347,148,000 kilogrammes, bark 9,007,567 kilos. ; cast-iron in pigs 55,858 ; wrought cast-iron 253,270 ; forged iron 785,563 ; nails 6,118,463; linen threads 603,124; flax 5,495,226; books 126,964 ; machines 2,178,095 ; refined sugar 9,001,291 ; tobacco 13,090; cigars 111,302; cotton tissues 750,531 ; woollen cloths 624,833 ; other descriptions of tissues 36,286 ; flax-hemp and other tissues 1,310,144, glass 1,578,023, zinc 13,149,071. On the ►hole, these exports, compared with those,of the corresponding period of last year, show a falling off of only 352,360,127 kilos. The ex ports of arms in the eleven months of this year were 5,049,755 francs, being an increase on the same pe riod of 1847 of 935,034 f.; and on several other arti cles there has also been an increase ; the great falling off is on coal, owing to the demand having greatly de clined in France in consequence of the stagnation of manufactures. ITALY. The following is the proclamation issued by the Supreme Junta of Rome : " Although we consider ourselves quite incompetent to the exiled dignity and mission to which we were called by a decree of the deliberating chamber of the 11th instant, ',yet being conscious of the extreme neces sity felt by all to give the state a government, and public literature an aegis, after overcoming just hesitations we obeyed the imperious appeal of the country. Our con stant solicitude, together with the co-operation of the other Powers, will enable us to maintain internal order, promote the development of free instiutions, re-establish prosperity among all classes, and co-operate with all our might in the realization of national independence. But we declare, at the same time, that we only intend to as sume these functions pro tempore, and until the consti tuent Assembly of the Roman States shall have delibe rated on our political order. That constituent, claimed by the unanimous wish of the nation, will be convoked as speedily as possible. People of Rome and the pro• vinces, confide in our zeal as we confide in your union and determination to crush the fatal design of our enemies. Let us maintain order entire and unalterable, as well as tranquillity and obedience to the laws. " Rome, in our residence, Dec. „ c 20th,1 , 1 8 0 8 E . ana. " GALETTI. " CAMERATA." TURKEY. Advices from Constantinople to the 6th instant are communicated by the Augsburgh Gazette of the 25th. They announce the departure of Maslum Bey fur Alexandria with the firman of investiture for the new Paella of Egypt. From Syria accounts have been re ceived to the 16th of November. The cholera still prevailed in St. Jean d'Acre, Alexandretta, Latakia, and Tripoli, but with less intensity The Lebanon was perfectly tranquil, but in the southern districts of Hauran an attempt to take a census of the population had provoked a formidable insurrection, the inhabitants being apprehensive that the census would be followed by a compulsory con scription for recruiting the ranks of the army. A strong detachment was dispatched from Damascus to put down this revolt, and enforce the census, if necessary. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, DEC. 29.—This has been a blank week in our sugar market, the offices being closed for the Christmas holidays,.—Bristol Mercury. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) Major-General Thomas James Wemyss, C. 8., has aucceded to the unattached pay of 255. per diem. The Major-General is an old Peninsular officer, and during his home service since the peace, has gained " golden opinions of all sorts of men." We lately gave an account of the presentation of a piece of plate to Major-General Weymss, the result of the high claims he had established to the grateful consideration of the inhabitants of the northern district. ROYAL MILITARY ASYLIM—Doctor Balfour, who has been recently appointed medical officer to this establish ment, has recommended an alteration in the diet for the children, which we are sure will lead to the most bene ficial results. THE ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET.---Upon inquiries at Cavendish-square this morning, we were informed that the gallant and distinguished Admiral of the Fleet had somewhat rallied during the past week, but still con tinued in a very dangerous state. THE ACCOUNTANT GENERAL.—We regret to state that the very much and deservedly-respected Account ant-General of the Navy, John Thomas Briggs, E.sq , is seriously ill at Brighton. RETIREMENT OF THE CHIEF CLERK AT THE ADM RALTY.—We have heard from good authority that Mr. Amedroz, the venerable chief clerk at the Admiralty, having completed half a century's service, is about to retire from his arduous and resp- risible office. His re tirement will promote Mr. John Hay, the senior clerk, to be chief clerk ; Mr. John Briggs. of the second class, to be one of the senior clerks; and Mr. Thomas James, of the third class, to the second class. CONVEYANCE OF TROOPS.—III addition to the subject of the rations of the soldier, to which we referred last week, we find that the committee, of which Lord liar dingo is a member, is considering the question of the best means of providing carriage for the troops, their stores, baggage, &c., in moments of emergency. To avoid the expense of permanent establishment of carts, cattle, &c., it has been customary to levy such means of conveyance just when they aro wanted ; but, as they are not always obtainable when a country is in a state of commotion, some modification of the plan has been deemed advisable. IRELAND. THE CASE OF MR. DUFFY. DUBLIN, FRIDAY.—The Commission Court was again occupied yesterday with the argument on the demurrer to the indictment against Mr. Duffy. Mr. Baldwin, Q.C., on the part of the Crown, was heard in support of the indictment ; and Mr. Butt, Q.C., for the prisoner, sustaißed the demurrer. At the close of his argument, Mr. Butt referred to the demand made by the Attorney-General, contingent upon the possible decision of the Court against the de murrer, for final judgment against the prisoner, and drew a distinction between misdemeanour and 'felony, contending that the Crown could not demand judgment in felony, and that it would be monstrous that, for the offence of pleading a badj plea by his counsel, the pri soner himself should be debarred from trial by jury, and transported 4r life. _ _ The Aitorney-General is to reply, on the part of the Crown, this day. ArronimmENT.—The office of clerkship of the peace for the city of Dublin, hitherto jointly held by the late Mr. George Archer sad Mr. Dickenson, has been con ferred solely on the latter gentleman. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. WINDSOR CASTLE, DEC. 26, 1848. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert has been pleased to appoint the Reverend Thomas Protheroe Chaplain to his Royal Highness at Osborne. WHITEHALL, DEC. 29. The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Carr Alderson, R.E., to be Secretary and Registrar to the Commissioners for the Government of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea, in the room of Richard Neave, Esq., resigned. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 26.