The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-30 00:00:00

LITERATURE. CHA :fLES DICKENsi . NEW Little Dorrit. No. I. By Charles Dickens. Brad bury and Evans. Gratefully, affectionately, earnestly we here re peat what we have already so frequently expressed in these columns—we honour what Charles Dickens has written, we love his very name, we glory in his genius. But not for this. Not for the first number of Little Dorrit. Compare it—this intro ductory instalment of the new serial story from his master-hand, but just published within the last few hours—compare the initial pages of Little Dorrit with the memorable opening chapters of Pickwick, of Oliver Twist, of Martin Chuzzlewit, of glorious Nicholas Nickleby, of our great novelist's un doubted masterpiece , his exquisite and ini m it a bl e history of David opperfield ! Compared with these, and judging it (as we have a right to do, so far) by its prefatory number, we conceive " Little Dorrit" to be capable alone of being aptly described as shall we say it I Bleak-House and-ditch-water I It is as though Charles Dickens—to our thinking incomparably the most delightful humorist in the whole range of English Literature—sat clown to write his new serial story with a painful and even overwhelming conscious ness of his immense powers, of all that is expected from them, of the magnitude of the responsibilities involved in his far-spread and unparalleled popularity. The result being a constraint of the I most distressing character—a constraint almost amounting to intellectual paralysis. Insomuch that the greatest living master of fiction, in his own peculiar and unapproachable department, seems scarcely to know exactly what to be at while pen ning these introductory pages of his new story, entitled " Little Dorrit." Had he been as shrewd in taste and as sagacious in judgment as he has often and often shown himself, by our tears and our laughter, to be matchless in hum our an d inimi table in pathos, he would never have written any single one of the works ho has actually produced since he penned those last thrilling words of his exquisite story of "David Copper field." As Prospero broke his wand and buried his book—so he, too, should have thrown his pen aside for over, rather than use it as he has since then used it, after completing, as we all of us remember he did complete so wondrously well, that noblest of his works as a whole, a masterpiece marking the loftiest point in the progress of his genius, a point which might be regarded not in correctly as that of its veritable culmination. In stead of which, however, in lieu of reposing thus wisely upon his well-won laurels, Charles Dickens has since then been more and more adventurous— Writing almost always, as we have said, under the constraining influence of his great powers, of his vast popularity, and of the immense responsibilities resulting from their combination. Rather than write them thus, he should never, we repeat, have penned another of his extended serial stories after bringing to so fine a close the twentieth instalment of "David Copperfield"—as he should never, for toe same reason, have produced another Christmas story after he had given to the world those five staves of his immortal " Carol." We grieve to remember that in neither instance has our glorious Charles Dickens acted thus prudentially. Bine illce lachrymcv. Hence, too, Bleak Bouse, and -Hard Times, and now at last Little Dori•it. " Bleak House" revealing to us his fine genius —as when first tainted with the signs of its decay. "Hard Times"—presenting to us barely anything More of it than its dry bones. "Little Dorrit"— bringing us, as by a lamentable climax, to the contemplation of the cold dust or crumb ling loam into which even those have in turn been resolved. And what is worst of all, judging from these four first chapters of the new serial, " even in his ashes" lives not, alas I one spark of the "wonted fires" of our great novelist. Chapter one describes Marseilles in the glare of a summer's day at noon—describes it, too, without one touch of Mr. Dickens's hitherto magical Powers of description. Chapter two intro duces us to a group of travelling companions just released from the " durance vile" of Quaran tine —men and women almost as vague as those of Mr. Browning, personages sketched in without a jot of Boz's heretofore marvellous skill in the de lineation of character. Chapter three brings us under his wandering guidance to a corner of Lon (Ion as squalid as Tom-all-Alone's, but altogether More dim and indistinguishable. Chapter four Makes us acquainted with certain shadowy creatures More mean, repulsive, and detestable than even the repulsive,and detestable family of the Small- Weed s . No—Charles Dickens will be remembered (let him rely upon that) for the sake of such crea tions as Tom Pinch, and Sam Weller, and John Isrowdie, and Betsey Trotwood : not for the sake of Such beings as Edith Dombey, or Mademoiselle II or tense, or filmy Mrs. Gradgrind, much less for that of spectral Miss Wade, of horrid old Jeremiah P lintwinch, of his " gh o stly, gr i m , an d anc i en t r aven" of a wife, Mistress Affery, of serious Mr. criennarn, and jolly Mr. M eag l es , an d d e t es t a bl e Jo hn Bapti s t Ri gau d, an d unaccounta bl e Si gnor C avalletto, and oddest of all, as regards both name and nature, that preposterous wench Tattycoram ! }Jere is about the only passage in the whole of these thirty-two pages making up the first number ° f " Little Dorrit," about the only passage and one brief enough, alas ! in all conscience, which we feel in any way tempted to give by way of illus trative quotation. It is where mention is made of Monsieur Rigaud's ghastly aspect when he emerged from the dark prison into daylight to March aw a y, an d be judged on a charge of mur dering his wife, once the widow of Monsieur Bar ronneau ! Thus, iu the spirit of Henri de Balzac, Writes Dickens "Ther e is no sort of whiteness in all the hues under the sun, at all like the whiteness of Monsieur Rigaud' s ace as it was then. Neither is there any expression of the human countenance at all like that expression, in every little line of which the frightened heart is seen to beat. Both are conventionally compared with death ; but the difference is the whole deep gulf between the struggle d one, and the fight at its most desperate ex tremity. 4.11 d so, with this brief extract, close we this first Lumber of " Little Dorrit"—(having obtained through it merely a momentary glimpse of its girl heroine)—as we lay its green leaves aside, thinking of both novel and novelist, with a sense of very Poignant sorrow, and of a moot bitter and even Painful disappointment. The Duchess of Atholl has left the St. George's Hotel fur Dunkeld Lions . The Marquis of., Anglesey has left the St. George's Rotel for Beaudes 7 trt. The Msn. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The M.trqui s o f L ans d owne, E ar l G ranv ill e, th e D u ke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Sir L a b ouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl C. Wood, th e Ri g h t H on. R . V ernon Sm i t h , t h e of Harrowby, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the lion. M. T. Baines were present at the Cabinet dinner given by Viscount Palmerston on Wednesday evening. Despatches from the Governor of New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. A dep u t a ti on f rom the committee of the Dissenting deputies of the three denomi na ti ons f or th e p ro t ec ti on o f ( ..,°:r civil r i g ht s h a d an i nterv i ew w i th S i r George 'rey yesterday, at the Home-office. The deputation „U__insisted of Mr. Apsley Pellatt, M.P. (chairman), Mr. illiam Gover, Mr. James Carter, Mr. Charles Reed, and the scretary, atten d e d b y th e R ev. G eo. Smith, th© secretary of the Congregational Union, and the Rev. J. 11 ,.,Rinton, the secretary of the Baptist Union. ATIONAL GALLERY. --A large picture by Paolo veronese formerly in the church of St. Silvestro,f in Venice has been purchased for the National Gallery. The subject is "The Adoration of the Magi;" a reduced copy of part of it, attributed to Carlo Cagliari, is at liampton Court. The date on the St. Silvestro picture is 1573, when the artist was about 45. The picture is noticed by Sansovino in his Venetia Descritta, published eight years later, and is described by subsequent writers, such as Ridolfi, Boechini, and Zanetti, as well as by more modern authors, in terms of the highest praise ; it 18 said to be in excellent preservation. Some alterations in one of the walls of the principal room in the National Gallery have been recently made under the direction of the Office of Works. The masons' work being coin- Pleted, some changes have taken place in the arrange inept of the pictures, and the large Sebastiano del Piocabo has been transferred to the east side of the room. T he arrangement is, however, temporary, as a further its will be required when the Paolo Vero ne se makes ePeearance ' probably early in the new year. DEATH OF AIRS. WILLOUGHBY MOORS.—It is with deep regret that we have to announce the loss of another valuable life, sacrificed at the shrino of duty,—that of ' l.B . Willoughby Moore, lady superintendent of the officers' hospital at Scutari. Mrs. Moore was the widow Of that gailant soldier, Colonel Willoughby Moore, who Perished in the Europa, rather than forsake the burning s hip so long as any of his men were in it. She went out this last summer with a band of nurses to organise and superintend an hospital at Scutari for sick and wounded officers similar to those for the men under Miss Nightin gale ; and the unequivocal testimony of those who were under her care proves the zeal, the diligence, and the Judgment evinced by this devoted lady in her sacred, Mission. A dysentery which lasted three weeks proved fatal, and she died on Thursday last, to the deep regret of all around her. The loss of such a woman is not easily replaced. Not only from the high qualities and devoted spirit which she brought to her work, but from being the wife of ono so universally honoured among his brother officers, her services were received with less jea lousy by those in command than otherwise, perhaps, Would have been the case. Her memory will long be cherished by those relatives and friends whose society she resigned in order to devote herself to that sacred Mission for which she felt herself called ; but she has left an example to England's daughters, as her gallant husband did to England's sons, how noble it is faithfully to live and unflinchingly to die in the discharge of duty -c THE sti tii"; LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINti, NOVEMBER BO 1855. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) 1 all 1 Agne. Fria ..... ..... .. ... . 1 all Anglo Anstrin. G o ld ~. . ... W 3. all !Anglo Calitornia rt i 1 20 6 Vastraliam . 1 - 1 all Australian Cordillert ... ... 1 ail Ave Maria,.....,.,,., .. 1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of i if 50 all blamarvon Iron and Coal ..~. 20 14 British 1r0n......~. 35 26 3razilianlnap.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuie.ty 2f 31 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 30 —32 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica ..... , Ad An 40 all Cobre Copper ........ 63 67 65 5 1 Colonial G01d..,., ... _ ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng 27 32 x 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 3 ld ... 1C Copiapo . lB 20 9 , 1. Ll'ortuna Al - it, 20 all General ..... .. 1 all lt.NuggAVeittßeg 4 1 41 all i•Grest Polgootb ..... 14 2 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 • -, 5d 1 all Liberty....,.,. - g 3 all f.inares. 5 11 Lusitanian 3 - 1I) 1 all Aariquita.. ...... ..... 3 - I 1 I all Now Granada . 1 all Nouveau M on d o .... . 30 all Pontgibaud Silver 1 Lead Min. & Smelt. 13 14 125 5 I Port Philip ... _ #" 50 1 all quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. Now 30 12!; iantiam ' o de Cuba 3 _.4 31 1 all 'oath Australian.... - 1 all Do. Scrip... . 0 1 4 Do. 10 per cent Pref ... . 10 9 Pin Croft ... ........... i. 4 23 all United Mexicali ..... 45 1 all Waller ................. 1 all West Mariposa,..... A 1 12s Worthing Milling o; Australia 1 tell Tuba MIS CELLANEOUS. - - 25 17i Australian Agricult. 27 28 IP all A nsl . .raln. Royal Mai ~. ... 10 85 1 Berlin Wat e r Werke 7 75 X d 50 40 brit. American Inca ... ... I.OD 32! Canada 145 150 149 53 474 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. ana Jaly ...... 5 all Crystal P a l ace 2 21 24 5 5 Do. Preference 4„ 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc ... ... 1 # Duston Iron Ore ... ••• 20 11 Eastern Steam. •• •. 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 1/ 15 14 25 24 Electric Telegraph, 1 74 -- 185 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir all Gen. Iron S c C o lli er ... ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat ... • 1C all General S crew St eak ... ... ... 16 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sr.iga ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig .., ... 10 all Nediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 I . l exican&S.America 51 64 64 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fire' ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land l4 3i 10 10 all Do. D o. 5 1 Do. 8 pePissatl d 4 die— par 2 1 g. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... 00 80 New B. &N . Si... . Land ... . 1 *ll N. B, Au s t ra l as i an 3 4 4 20 15 Nrth. of EuropoStaara ... ... 1 all Oriental Gas /I 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " ... ... all Peel Rr. La.& Minrl. 2i 24 2 1 4 si) all Peninsular& Orients ... . Y‘ 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co ... ... 00 60 royal Mail Steam I All Scot. Austral. Invest l4 —1/ 1 4 Ditto New IZ , all South Austral.Lan 1 34 I al: Submar. Tel. Scrip i -- 4 I a ll 4 i),,,, Registered i 3 4 fO5 Trust &L. Co.IT. Can -- 00 25,1 Vikr. FHA, 0,3*. '4”30 , 14 16 RAILWAYS. 18th Foot - -Lieutenant E. H. Wilton, to be Adjutant, vice Jex-Blake, who resigns the Adjtatantcy only. 21st Foot—Major Honourable W. Stuart Knox, from a Depot Battalion, to be Major, vice Hobbs, who exchanges; Ensign Robert Crossinan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Image promoted ; Charles Clitlaerow Gore, Gent., to be Ensign, without p urc h ase, v i ce Green, promoted. 224 Foot—Thomas Roworth Parr, Gant., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ellis promoted. 234 Foot—Lieutenant C. S. Millelt to be Captain, with out purchase, vice Bruce, promoted. To be Lieutenants without purchase—Ensign Edwin Utterton, vice Holden, died of his wounds ; Ensign W. D. Bloxsome, vice Back, died of his wounds ; Ensign G. W. H. Bussell, vice Utter ton, whose promotion, without purchase, on 16th October, has been cancelled; Ensign Artbur Hill, vi ce Bl oxsome, whose promotion, without purchase, on 16th O c t o b er , h as been cancelled. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Lieu tenant Charles Jacquet, from the sth Middlesex Militia, vice Bussell ; Allan Graham, Gent., vice Hill. 25th Foot —Ensign Gerald Fitzgerald, from the Kerry. Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Mitchell, ap pointed to the 29tIioot. 28th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Lyndon Bell to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Donnie, who retires upon full pay; Ensign William Collum to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bell. To be Ensigns, without purchase— Ensign C. H. Newbatt, from the 76th Foot, vice M'Cor mack, promoted ; Captain Edward Brett, from the West Essex Militia, vice Collum. 29th Foot—Ensign Thomas Stanley Mitchell, from the 25324 1i oot, to be Ensign, without purch. F Foot—Evelyn Charles Hill, Gent., ase to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Harmar, promoted. :331 Foot—Edward Tanner, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Crease, promoted. 34th Foot—Lieutenant John Byron to be Adjutant, vice Chapman, promoted. 36th Foot—Lieutenant J. A. Brockman to be Captain, without purchase, vice Rotten, deceased ; Ensign C. Hodg son to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Brockman ; Richard Lloyd Hawkes, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Hodgson. 47th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Samuel A. Cusack has been permitted to resign his commission. 49th Foot—Lieutenant C. Fitz Gerald to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hopkins, whose promotion, with out purchase, on 2d Oct., has been cancelled ; Ensign R. H. Spratt to be Lieutenant, w ith ou t purchase, vice Fitz gerald ; Charles Bruce Knight Alleyne, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Grossman, promoted. 50th Foot—Captain G. P. Drought, from the 924 Foot, to be Captain, vice Macfarlane, who exchanges. 60th Foot—Ensign T. R. Parr, from the 224 Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. The name of Ensign Austin is Frederick, and not Frederick Piercy, as previously stated. 61st Foot— Lieutenant C. It. Richardson to be Captain, without purchase, vice Powys, deceased; Ensign William Dowler to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Richard ' son ; Samuel Bucknall Elkington, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dowler, promoted. 634 Foot—Alexander Finder, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Fraser, promoted. 67th Foot—Captain Nelson Fleming Suckling from half pay unattached, to be Captain, vice Pilsworth, who ex changes ; Lieutenant Daniel Thompson, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Suckling, who retires; Ensign A. F. Ro bertson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Thompson; Assistant-Staff Surgeon Alexander Clark Ross, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Manifold, promoted on the Staff. 69th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon George Edward Gains, from the 55th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hyde, promoted on the Staff. 72d Foot—Quartermaster-Sergeant Donald Munro to be Quartermaster, vice M'Donald, died of his wounds. 76th Foot—Lieutenant William Winn, from th e I s t Durham Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Newbatt, appointed to the 28th Foot. 79th Foot—Lieutenant James Sinclair, from the Edin burgh Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 85th Foot—Lieut. R. C. Glyn to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Knox, promoted in a divisional battalion; En sign W. Galbraith to bo Lieutenant, Francis Arthur 7L'hoemas, Gent., vice Galbraith; Chester Doughty, Gent., vice Reeves, promoted. 87th Foot—Lieut. the Honourable D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne to be Captain, by purchase, vice Robertson, pro moted. To bo Lieutenants, by purchase —Ensign Robert Leuven, vice Osborne ; Ensign John Rawson Simpson, vice Graham, who retires. 90th Foot—Major Thomas Smith, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Major, paying the diff e r ence , v i ce D uncan Campbell, who exchanges,i receiving the difference ; Lie u t. A. G. Daub en y t o be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Smith, whose Brevet Rank has been con verted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oot., 1851; Ensign C. D. Barwell to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Daubeny ; Ensign Wm. Ronnie, from the 731 Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase ; and Adjutant, vice Daubeny promoted; Ensign and Quartermaster Annesley Eyre, from the Galway Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barwell. 92d Foot—Captain R. H. Macfarlane, from the tOth Foot, to be Captain, vice Drought, who exchanges ; Second Lieutenant E. S. Tritton, from the 87th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. 95th Foot—Lieutenant William Hill to be Captain, by purchase, vice Taylor, who retires ; Ensign C. E. Fisher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill ; Lewis Cubitt, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Paske. For Ensign C. E. Fisher to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garrard, promoted, dated 9th November, 1855, which appeared in the Gazette of 9th instant, read Ensign H. G. Puska to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Garrard, promoted. 97th Foot—Major Isaac Moore to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase; Captain Fowler Burton to be Major, without purchase, vice Moore (not to carry back pay) ; Lieutenant Robert Children Whitehead to be Captain, without purchase, vice Burton ; Ensign T. W. Sheppard to bo Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whitehead. Rifle Brigade—Ensign H.M.Moorsom to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Carey, deceased; Ensign William Johnson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bo rough, deceased ; Albert Divett Rickman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murdoch, promoted ; Cornelius Davenport Broadbent, Gent., to bo Ensign, without pur chase, vice Moorsem. The surname of the Ensign pro moted to a Lioutenantcy in the Gazette of the 234 inst., is Austin and not Austen, as previously stated. The Chris tian names of Ensign Somerset aro Aylmer Howard Tynte Henry. Ist 'West Indiaßegiment—Captain Charles Henry Knox, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Hamilton, who exchanges; Lieutenant J. S. Macaulay to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Knox, who retires. 2d West India Regiment—Edward Dudding Lye, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Brinckman, de ceased. Cape Mounted Riflemen—Talbot de Bashall Hughes, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Miuto, pro moted in 97th Foot. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS.—Brabazon Miller Hallowes, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Whelan, whose appointment has not taken place. For Colour-Serjeant William Mayne, from the Royal Artillery, to be Cornet, which appeared in the Gazette of the 23d instant, read Company-Serjeant William Magee, from the Royal Artillery, to be Cornet. The Christian name of Cornet Smith, appointed on the 23d instant (Colour.Serjeant, 86th Foot), is Joseph. The Christian names of Cornet Foster are Redmayne Burrell. Provisional Depot Battalion—Major T. F. Hobbs, from the 21st Foot, to be Major, vice Hon. W. Stuart Knox, who exchanges; Paymaster Francis Lovett Bennett, from the 44th Foot, to be Paymaster. BRITISH SWISS 'LEGION. IST LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT. Baron Jacob Von Blarer to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Joseph Buchser to be Assistant-Surgeon, Tice Bonvin, whose appointment has been cancelled. 2D LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT To be Majors—Friedrich Ginsberg and Ernest Mar tignoni. To be Captains—Alexander Dorchatz, Conrad Wild berger, Heinrich Steinmann, Jean Louis Duringer, Alois Vogel, Phillip B. Loffiug, and Heinrich Blattmann. To be Lieutenants—Louis Hasslimann, Emanuel Boss, Georg Hitz, Jules Guigner, Peter Johann Kasai, and Joseph Solioz. To bo Ensigns—Freidrich Kobli, Melchior Schmidt, Karl Funk, Julius Wierg, Gaston Hurt Binet, Heinrich Combe, Eusobo Trincano, Robert Pfyirer, Jean Francois Den tan. To be Adjutant—Lieutenant Joseph Solioz. To be Surgeon—Johann Oschwald. To be Quartermaster—Thomas Martindale. To be Paymasters— Thomas Hamber, and Frank Potter, UNATTACHED.—Brevet-najor Thos. Smith, of the 90th Foot, to have his Brevet Rank converted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854. STAFF. Paymaster George Thos. Benson, from the 28th Foot, to be Paymaster for Army Services. Captain John Holland, from the Pembroke Militia, to be Paymaster for Army Services, vice Captain Willan, ap pointed to the Pembroke Militia. Erratum in the Gazette of 23d October—For Major and Brevet - Lieutenant -Colonel George Talbot, 43d Foot, to ba Deputy - Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Troops serving in Madras, "with the rank of Colonel in the army," read Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel George Talbot, 43d Foot, to be Deputy•Quartermaster-General to the Queen's Troops serving in Madras (omitting the rank of Colonel, this Staff Appointment not carrying that rank.) M.ONEY MARKET AN L '~511~iJ. ~~.4iL . 3.r....0 _ "1 aa:t~ i :33y i 3 6i. 01TY, Two o'CLooK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly at extreme prices for all kinds except New Boweds, from 51d. to 6d. per lb., which were rather easier, being freely offered. The sales were from 9,000 to 10,000 bales, 2,000 on speculation, and 500 for export, comprising in addition to Americans, 1,100 Egyptian, at 51d. to 9d. ; 2,000 Surat, at 31d. to 4id., and 80 Sea Islands, at 10d. to Is. sd. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady, closing with a firm feeling. In Colonial produce this week there has been an absence of speculation, and the demand for im mediate use has considerably diminished. Scarcely any sugar has been offered publicly, and the quo tations therefore are merely nominal in the ex pectation of a further decline. Coffee also has ruled dull. Full prices have been obtained in some cases, but Native Ceylon is ls. to 2s. lower. The public sales of tea went heavily at previous rates. For rice there has been very little inquiry, but no alteration in prices has occurred. RUM has ruled steady, and saltpetre inactive. Spices have in F : most cases declined, but mace is an exception, hav ing risen ld. per lb. Arrowroot has remained at last week's rate, and tallow has been rather flue- E tuating. The aspect of the Paris Bourse was very ani- g mated during the whole of yesterday. Both in the 1 Stock and Share Markets there was much business doing, and all had an upward tendency. At the s close the French Rentes showed an advance in the ?.-! 3 per Cents. of 20c. for the account, and 30c. for si money, which raised them above 66 francs, si while the 4i per Cent. Stock was elevated s i 25 centimes, both for money and account. Si These prices were assisted by the favourable news u from the English Stock Market, telegraphed during sc the day. A rumour was circulated that the Bank if of France intended adopting some modification of It their measures at the weekly meeting, but this 3 passed over without anything particular taking n place. Some important transactions in shares of St, the Credit Mobilier were entered into, which 2t6- added a further improvement in that company's stock of 12f. 50c., making a total rise in the week 12 of 45 francs. It is said that this company have 11 6 ' o t • concluded a purchase of the line of railway from Saint Rambert to Grenoble. Shares of the Lyons, a 5 Mediterranean, Geneva, and Midland have been s t in demand at an advance. Other shares have not 25 been much noticed. 4/2: 10 The latest accounts from the Vienna Bourse St. affirm that the state of affairs there is anything but satisfactory. The public funds continue to decline, g and all other stocks display great feebleness. The IGO 5 per Cents. for money fell g, the 41. per Cents. Bank Shares 2 florins, North Austrian Stock 'to National Loan g, and Austrian Railways lifl. Exchange on London is lowered to 10 58, and on Paris to 130. Accounts from Copenhagen state that the con ference of delegates from the nations interested in the Sound dues took place there on the 20th inst., when all were present excepting the United States delegate, whose presence was excused by the Ame rican Minister on the plea that they had a special treaty with the Danish Government on the subject, which could not be affected by the result of the confe rence. The average amount of revenue derivedfrom this toll by Denmark, taken from the years 1851, 1853,inclusive,was stated to amount to 7,993,300 fr., which would give a capitalisation of (in round numbers) 160 millions, in proportions as follows : Russia 47, England 46, Prussia 20, France 6, Low Countries si, North America 34, Norway 2 mil lions of francs, &c., while at present England paid about si, Prussia 34, Norway 2 4-sths of thb re venue, and Russia only 1,219,800 fra,ncs. A meeting of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada was: held yesterday, at which the usual half-yearly report was read. The amount to the credit of the revenue account was 8,4301. 18s. Bd., which included 8,2781. 19s. 7d., the net profits for the half-year, and a dividend of 7 per cent. per annum was declared. The directors recommended that the reserve fund should be increased to 7,9631. 4s. 6d. The prospects of the company were stated to be encouraging, and the report unanimously adopted. The English Stock Market opened with a further upward tendency, Consols being 89a ft for money and account, but owing to the realisation of pro fits they have since declined to 891 for the former and 894 for the latter. For January the prices have been 891 to 90, being now 89a Z. The Un funded Debt is steady at 7s. to 3s. dis., and India Bonds are Cs. to 2s. discount. Bank Stock is flat, viz., 209, and India Stock is quoted 226. The New 3 per Cents. are 884 to 891, and the Reduced, 884 to The amount of business doing is small, owing to the necessary arrangements in the Share Market, this being account day. The foreign market has improved for most secu rities, and Turkish 6 per cents. are fully 1 per cent. higher, having been 82/ to 83. New Scrip is 31 discount. Spanish 3 per cents. are firm at 391, the New Deferred at 20i, and the Passive at 6t. Venezulan Bonds are quoted at 26. Dutch per Cents. are 63. to 631, and Cuba 7 per Cents. 99. Peruvian 44 per Cents. are 74k, and French 3 per Cents. 66 francs 75 cents., with the exchange at 25 20. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 19i to 19/ ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 96 to 98 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 86 to 88; Spanish New Deferred, 20 ; 1- to 20i; ditto Three per Cents., 39i to 391 ; ditto Certificates, 44 to 4i ; ditto Pas sive, 61 to 6-i. Railway Shares are generally at enhanced quo tations, but the dealers are principally occupied with the closing of the account. South Western are about 11., and North Western 153. higher. Eastern Counties have declined to 81 and 81, owing to the report of the Committee of Investigation being of an unsatisfactory character. Foreign lines are generally at previous rates, but Great Western of Canada have advanced. • - Mining and Banking Shares rule steady, but Canada Land Shares have again risen about 8/. 3RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING (Prom az Oficial Lilt. ) Ens:miss don. Bank Stock 3 tor Ccut. Reduced Annuities BS$ 3 per Cent. Consols Annnities , New 3 per Cont. Annuities Lim!! Annuities, Expire sth Jan.., 18811 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 161 India Stock India Bonds, .C101,0 Ditto, under £lOOO 6 2 no Bola for Account 8 93 a a i Etchequer Bills, 24d. £lOOO E. 500 1 4 Exchequer Bonds 1.858, 3i per Cent.... U Ditto 1859, ~ 98A ri .7 3 d PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. firazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. ... — "Ditto Small Cuba 7 per Ct. (Matanzas &Sa.banilla Bonds) 90 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent ......... ..... ... ........... Equador Bonds td-nrican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account 193 Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent 744 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto for the Account B6 S panish Bonds, 3 per Cent 3°A Ditto Few Deferred, Ditto for th e account P Ditto Passive 6¢ Turkibh Bonds, 6 per cent B2 Ditto for the A ccount 824 a 3 2 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent Ditto for the account .. . 31 VCriezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent, rriviciAnda on the above payable I:l 7 ,Ondln. French Reutes, 41 per Cent ... Ditto 3 per Cent. C6f 75c ex 25f 20c Ditto Scrip 2nd Loan of 1853 ... P Austrian Bonds 5 per Cent. 10 Cu. £. .. ..... 66 Dutch Exchange, 2j per Cent. 12 Qua." 631 -'• 2 TERRI? O'CLOCE. Consols Ditto for Account Dec. 6... ............ 891 The following notice was issued from the General Post-office yesterday; Gothenburg.—A mail for Sweden will be made up at this office on the evening of Satur day next, the Ist of December, for transmission by the Swedish mail packet London. Letters forwarded by this vessel will be liable to the same rate of postage as when sent via Ostend, and upon newspapers a rate of one peony must be paid in advance. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stoughton have taken their de parture from Edwards's Hotel for Owlpen Park, Glou cestershire. 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OA • ••• -- ••• 36 - 38 3 8 ; 90 52 •. "'"" ... ... - ~ 41 . 73 - 75 8 9 30 a si Sporting Intelligence, TATTERSALL'S—THIIRSDAY. 0 wing to the meeting at Harrow, this was a blank day at " the Corner." THE NEWMARKET HANDICAP. It is officially announced that the Newmarket Handi cap, with 200 sovs added, will be renewed, to be run on Thursday, instead of Tuesday, in the Craven Meeting, and will close on the Ist of January. HARROW AND METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASE MEETING. THURSDAY. A Scurry Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft ; gentlemen riders ; professionals 61b extra. Three-quarters of a mile. 6 subs. Mr. S. Jacob's Victory, 6 yrs, lOst 21b (including 61b extra) (llSaclean) 1 Mr. Thornton's Roving Betsy, 3 yrs, 9st 131 b (includ ing 61b extra) Mr. Davies's Minerva, 5 yrs, 115t...(W Davenport) 3 The following also ran ;—Pharos, Sandboy, and Twm Shun Catti. Betting-2 to 1 agst Sandboy, 3to 1 each agst Victory and Roving Betsy, 4to 1 agst Minerva. Won by a length ; half a length between the second and third. Sandboy was fourth. After passing the winning post Roving Betsy slipped up near the turn, fell, and rolled upon her rider, who was severely shaken. Handicap Plate of 401. The winner to be sold by auc tion. for 40 sovs, &e. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Thornton's Sine-qua-non, 4 yrs, Bst 41b..-(Wells) 1 Mr. Brook's Anglo-Saxon, 5 yrs, B=t 101b...(Kendall) 2 Mr. B. Land's Gossip, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (carried Bst 91b) (Land, jun.) 3 Mr. Mason's Sidney, 4 yrs, Bst (carried Sat 31b) (Palmer) 0 Betting —7 to 4on Anglo-Saxon. Won by half a length. The winner was bought in for 60 guineas. The Harrow Plate, a Sweepstakes of 5 sore each, with 25 added ; for two-yr-olds and upwards ; the winner to be sold by auction for 30 sovs, &c. Three-quarters of a mile. 8 subs. Mr. Hadland's John o'Bruges, 4 yrs, Bat 61b (Palmer) 1 Mr. S. Jacob's Victory, 6 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 11b) (Maclean) 2 Mr. Salt's Alfred the Great, 6 yrs, 9st (carried 9st 31b) (Owner) 3 Mr. Wood's Vine, 2 yrs, Est 61b (Bollands) 4 Betting--2 to lon John o'Bruges. Won by a neck ; three lengths bel;ween the second and third, and a length between the third and fourth. The winner was bought in for 50 guineas. Handicap Steeplechase of 5 soya each, 2 ft . , with 50 added. Three miles. Seven subs. Mr. Davies's Minerva, list (R. Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Jones's Lord of the Isles, lOst (Green) 2 Mr. Ellmore's Ja nus, ll et 71b (G. Darby) 3 The following also ran ;—lronbrace, Goodlad, Liver pool Boy. Betting-6 to 4 agst Goodlad, 3to 1 a gst Lord of the Isles, 8 to 1 agst Ironbrace. Liverpo o l B o y fell on charg ing he brook the first time and got loose. On coming to the water jump the second time, Janus, who was lead ing, fell, and Minerva came into collision with him ; Lord of the Isles then went on with the lead, but was caught by Minerva at the distance and beatea by half a length ; Janus was third ; Goodlad, who was beaten early in the race, and Ironbrace, were pulled up some distance from home. A Hack Steeplechase Plate of 301., for horses carrying lOst 71b each. A winner of a steeplechase once in 1855, 71b extra; twice, 101 b ; and three times, 141 b extra. The winner to b e so ld b y auct i on for 251., &C. Two miles. Mr. Weatherglas's Ginger, lOst 71b (R. Sly, jun.) 1 Mr. Lucas's Massaroni, list 71b (Burrows) 2 Mr. Salt's Nom de Guerre, llst (Owner) 3 The following also ran :—Lambay, Sailor, Humter (late the Moor), Ironbrace, Mustang. Betting -2 to 1 agat Sailor, sto 2 ngst Nom de Guerre, 3to 1. agst Massaroni. The Sailor went the wrong course, mad was pulled up and brought back to the enclosure, before the race was over. Massaroni and Lambay fell into the brook the first time ; the former was remounted, but the latter was not per severed with. The Hunter fell at the fence into the " dip ;" Ginger won easily ; Massaroni broke down ; Nom de Guerre walked in third. Only the three placed passed the post. The winner was bought in for 70 guineas. A Handicap Hurdle-race of 5 soya each, 2 ft, with 30 added. Two miles. 11 subs. Mr. Johnstone's Sailor, 10 st (Green) 1 Mr. Weatherglas's Ginger , B st 111 b (R. Sly, j un. ) 2 Major Bringhurst's Humboldt, lOst 61b...(Hammond) 3 The following also ran :—Nonsuch, Stamford, Anglo- Saxon, Royalty, Gossip, and Nicholas. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Nonsucb, 3to 1 agst Sailor, 5 to 1 agst Royalty, 6 to 1 each agst Ifuraoldt and Gossip. Won easily by a length ; three lengths between the second and third ; Royalty was fourth, Nicholas fifth, Stamford sixth, Gossip seventh, Nonsuch eighth, and Anglo-Saxon last. The proceedings were creditably conducted, a n d t h e efforts which were made to improve the character of the " Metropolitan Steeplechases " were well directed, and are likely to meet with en couragement. On Wednesday, the "grand day," spectators mustered very numerously, but yesterday there was a marked falling off in the attendance. A further dividend of 33. in the pound will be paid on Monday under the estate of Messr.3. De Lisle, Janvrin, and Co., making, with the previous distribution, a pre sent total of Bs. The realisation of the assets is pro gressing favourably, and it is anticipated a third divi dend will be announced early , in February. SERIOUS FlBS.—Wednesday night a fire occurred in Princess-street, Little Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn -fields, and was unfortunately attended with considerable loss of property. It took place in the premises (formerly th e swimming baths) in the o ccupancy of M essrs. Tamplin and Pearce, wholesale feather bed manufacturers ; Mr. Eehelby, currier ; and the Tilbury Glassworks, No. 6, Princess-street, Little Queen-street, within a short dis tance of High Holborn. In a very few minutes the brigade engines attended, as well as that of the West of England Office, and the firemen , under the directi on o f the principal officers, went to work, and by ten o'clock —four hours after the outbreak—they succeeded in get ting the fire subdued. Messrs. Tamplin and Pearce's stock is almost entirely destroyed, as well as the con tents of Messrs. Eshelby and Co.'s premises, and serious damage is done to the costly stock of Messrs. Basire, engravers and printers. As to the origin of the fire no thing could be gleaned. b riVit t IA tit N g SUN OFFICE, Seven, o'Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS. —(This Day.) The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty this afternoon : Captain Symonds, C. 8., to commission the Conqueror. Commander De Horsey to commission the Victor. Commander Ennis Chambers to commission the In trepid. Commander McKillop to commision the Recruit. Commander R. Risk to commission the Coquette. GUN-BOAT APPOINTMENTS. The under►nentioned Lieutenants have been appDinted to gun-boats : Beville G. W. Nicholas to the Sandfly. Montague P. O'Reilly to the Seagull. Cortland H. Simpson to the Sheldrake. Hon. Henry W. Chetwynd to the Skipjack. Charles J. Balfour to the Tickler. Keith Stewart to the Plover. Alfred F. Maresceaux to the Pincher. William 11. Rason to the Cheerful. CLERK. John Biddle to the Salamander. ASSISTANT CLERKS. J. R. Starling to the Illustrious. R. H. Hansell to the Perseverance. THE BATTLE OF INGOUR. Official Despatch. (Front the Gazette of this Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 29. The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from Major Simmons, her Majesty's Commissioner attached to the artily of Omer Pacha in Asia, of which the fol lowing is a copy :--- Camp, Shangrvano,'Nov. 7th, 1855. My Lord,—l have to inform your lordship that Oiner Pacha, having collected a depot of provisions at Tchim shera, moved on by the sea-coast to the mouth of the river Ertiss-Tchal, where a standing tridge was imme diately constructed for the passage of the troops. Th e advanced guard, consi s ti ng o f 16 battalions of infantry and 3 battalions of chasseurs under Lieutenant-Colonel Ballard, the whole commanded by Ferhad Pacha, (Baron Stein), moved on the 28th of October to the village of Ertiss-zkalsk. From that day until the Ist November, his highness was occupied in sending up provisions to the advanced guard, in moving other troops to support it, and in esta blishing depots at Godova, at the mouth of the Ertiss- Zehal, whence to provision his army for a forward move ment. On the first instant the advanced guard moved about ten miles forward, having its advanced posts on the River Ingur, opposite an old ruined castle called Rooki, on the road to Sugdidr. His highness joined the advanced guard himself on the 3d instant, his total force consisting of 4 brigades (32 battalions) of infantry, 4 battalions of chasseurs, and 1,000 cavalry, with 27 field pieces and 10 mountain guns, or in all about 20,000 men; the remainder of his force, about 10,000 men, being employed to protect the depots at Godova, Tchinthera, and Soukoum. On the 4th inst nit his highness commenced construct ing batteries on the right bank of the Ingur, with a view of menacing the enemy by the ford at Ruki. These batteries were armed on the following night, and opened their fire on the morning of the 6th instant about noon. On the same morning his highness moved 3 brigades of infantry (24 battalions) with 3 batteries, with an ad vanced guard of 31 battalions of chasseurs and four guns, under the command of Colonel Ballard, down the right bank of the river, a distance of about seven miles, where a branch of the river was forded to an island, which is some miles in length, and from a half to two miles wide. After proceeding along this island for about two miles some Mingrelian militia were encountered near a ford, which crosses from the island to the left bank of the river; they speedily retired, when the enemy opened a fire of artillery and a heavy fire of musketry from the in trenchments on the left bank, thrown up for the protec tion of the ford. It very soon became evident that to force a direct passage at this ford would be a very difficult undertaking. His highness, therefore, while occupying the enemy at this ford, sent officers to the right and left, and fords were discovered in both directions ; one about three quarters of a mile above or to the left of the main ford, the other about one mile and a half below or to the right of the main ford. Troops were immediately sent to pass these fords ; that to the left was unprotected. The passage was made by two battalions of infantry and three companies of chasseurs by about 4 p.m. His Highness having en trusted me with this command I moved them by a wag gon track through the forest unperceived by the enemy, until within 600 yards of the position at the main ford, which his troops were occupied in defending from a direct attack. The Turkish troops advanced readily to the attack, taking the enemy and his entrenchments in reverse. The enemy immediately fell back, and attempted to break through the Turks in column, but being met by a heavy fire in their front and on both flanks, they broke and dispersed in the forest, leaving us masters of the field, with three pieces of their field artillery and six ammunition waggons in our possession. At the moment that the Russian columns attempted to break through our line, I grieve to say that my aide-do•camp, Captain Dymock, 95th Regiment, having first had his horse killed under him, was wounded close by my side, encou raging the Turkish troops. He died soon afterwards. His death is to be deplored, as her Majesty has lost in him the services of a most promising and brave young officer, for whom his highness Otner Pacha has frequently expressed to me his high esteem. This young officer had accompanied me from the commencement of the war in Turkey. Whilst this operation was proceeding on the left a brigade moved down to the right, under Osman Pasha, and forced a passage in front of a force believed to be of four battalions, but without artilieryand not entrenched. This operation succeeded, and soon after dark the Turk ish forces on the left bank were in communication from right to left, and complete masters of that side of the river throughout this length. The loss o❑ the side of the Turks has been 310 killed and wounded, of whom 63 are killed, and 4 missing. His highness has been pleased to express himself in terms of the highest satisfaction of t l / 4 e conduct of the Bristish officers who accompanied his force. Lieutenant- Colonel Ballard conducted the advanced guard, and sus tained a very heavy fire from the enemy at the principal ford, about 100 yards wide, from noon until dark at 5 p.m., occupying the enemy until his position was turned by the Turkish left. Captain Caddell also rendered good service, attached as Second Senior Artillery Officer to that branch of the service. His interpreter was killed. The loss on the side of the enemy has not yet been ascertained, but up to the present time (noon) 347 have been buried, of whom eight officers, among which the prisoners report there are two colonels. The prisoners report that there were eight battalions of infantry, besides a great number of Mingrelian militia opposite the main ford.---I am, ac., (Signed) JOHN L. A. SIMMONS. The Earl of Clarendon, &c. LONDON GAZETTE —{This Evening.) ADMIRALTY, Nov. 26. Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H., to be an Admiral of tho Blue, during such time as ho may rotain the command of her Majesty's ship 3 and vessels on the Mediterranean station. FOREIGN -OFFICE, Nov. 29. It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has received from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty an official communica tion addressed to them by Captain Baillie, R.N., late Senior Officer of her Majesty's White Sea Squadron, an nouncing the raising, by the Allied Squadrons, on and from the 9th October last, of the Blockade of the Russian ports and places in the White Sea, the establishment of which Blockade was notified in the London Gazette of the 17th July last. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 28. The Queen has been phased to appoint Thomas Glen, Esq., to be Receiver-General for the Island of Newfound land. WAR OFFICE, Nov. 30. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Brevet-Major H. Briscoe to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant. Colonel P. Lo Poor Trench, who retires ; Lieutenant C. S. Hutchinson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Briscoe ; Cornet G. H. Allfrey to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hutchinson ; Walter Colquhoun Grant, Gent., to be Cur net, without purchase, vice Chadwick, promoted. Ist Dragoons—Lieut. Robt. Clarke, from the Antrim Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, without pur c h ase , v i ce Gratrex, appointed to the 13th Light Dragoons. Royal Artillery—The appointment of Lieut. Alexander Doull, dated 24th of September, 1855, has been cancelled; Lieut. George Kepple Taylor, on the Supernumerary List, to be Second Capt sin ; Lieut. Richard Oldfield to bo Second Captain, vice P. F. Miller, deceased. The dates of promotion of the undermentioned officers to be altered as follows :—Second Captain F. Carey to 10th October, 1855; Second Captain H. Heberden to 18th Octo ber, 1855 ; Second Captain T. C. Moiony to 27th October, 1855. Grenadier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant George A. Ferguson to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Hon. R. R. Best, who retires. Cold stream Guards—Lieutenant and Captain William Henry Reeve to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Burton, who retires; Frederick Charles Buller, Gent., to be Ensign and Li eu t ena nt, by purchase, vice Ives, who retires. 2d Regiment of Foot—Heber Reeve Tucker, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Gape, appointed to the 3d Foot. 3d Foot—Ensign L. E. Lewis to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Peachey, died of his wounds. To be En signs, without purchase —Ensign G. T. Gape, from the 2d Foot, vice Greg, promoted ; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary Wm. Kerr, from the Field Train Department, vice Mor ley, promoted ; Ensign Charles Dudley Henry Mann Clarke, from the West Norfolk Militia, vice Lewis. 6th hoot—Serjeant-Major William Wastle, to be Ensign without purchase. HOSPITAL STAFF. To ba Assistant-Surgeons Assistant-Surgeon John Moans, from the 31st F oo t, v i ce C or b ett, appointed to the 68th Foot ; Acting Assistant-Surgeons Patrick Andrew M`Derinott and John Michael. To be Acting Assistant - Surgeons—John Lizars Lizars, Thomas Henry Nowsam, Thomas Perkins, Herbert Beres: ford, Henry AP./sTiece, William Harry Cooke, Edmund Greswold and Benjamin Cowan Kerr, Gent. Acting Assistant-Surgeou D. Bridges has been permitted to resign his commission. BREVET. The Commi ss i on as C o l one l i n the Army of Thomas 2otl Stirling Begbio, E late of 44th Foo t, to bear data June, 1854, and not 20th June, 1835, as stated in the Gazette of 9th ultimo ' etiied full pay, 28th Captain H enry Willi am D enn is , r Foot, to be Major in the Army, the rank being honorary only. 67th Foot, to b e Captain Nelson Fleming su cklin g' Major in-the Army- Suckling 67th Foot, t o Brevet-Major Nelson Fl e ming , belLieutenant-Colonel in the Army. Captain Charles Henry Knox, Ist West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army. Brevet-Major Charles Henry Knox, Ist West India Re giment, to be Lieut.-Col. in the Army. Edward Smallwood, Esq., to have the temporary r an k of Captain while serving on the Staff of the British Italian Legion. The date of the Commission of Capt a i n 11 . L. Cafe, 94th Foot, a , m a jor, with temporary rank whil e employed, with 14 , and not N ov. 2 , the British Swis s Le g ion, to be May 1855, as previously stated. For Brevet -Major Henry Atwell Lake, of the Madras Engineers, to be Lieut.-Col. in the A rmy, for his services in the defence of Kars, which app eared in the Gazette of the 13th inst., read Brevet-Major ilenrY Atwell Lake, of the Madras Engineers, to ha ve th e rank of Lieut.-Col. in the Army in th East Indies, for his services in the defence of Kars, Nov. 2, 1855. The following gentlemen to have the temporary rank of Acting Assistant-Surgeon while employed with th e T ur ki s h Contingent :—Willi am J . m i Ke nzie and James Gery. The commission of Major-General Sir Willi a m Eyre, K.C.8., as Lieut ena nt-General with local rank in Turkey, to boar date sth Aug.,1855, - instead sth 0t , 1855 General Sir James Simpson, ofe n, G.C.8., th B Senior .Super numerary General, to be placed on the fixed Establishment of Generals, consequent on the death of the following Officers : General Sir G. Napier. General H. D'Oyly. General Sir John Brown. The under-mentioned Officers of the Beet India Com. 2(4 100, 20 20 100 100 100 20 20 Paid• RAIL‘IATS. St. 1.01) Alerdeen......„ ..... 12i Ambg. Nottng Bost. and Eastn. Junet... 50 all B3i fast 3.; I3i all air-.. Hind. Woiverb Stour Vall,y 11 Os oirl e ie.d, Laa , . Ed.. 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Riding LT D . all Li v.Crsby.&Southpt all London & Blackwall 100 Land. Bright&S.C,t. 100 Loud. and N. Westn TO ,Do. Fifths i)o. Eighths . 100 London andS. Wcatn Do., £5O. 38 Do., £4O all Lndndrrydt Col oral all Ludndrrv. & Enntak 100 Mawli.Sher.& Linda all Do. Shares, No. I 82a. Do., Man. & Liu. Un 1 Metropolitan 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. &Derbl all Kidld.G. Wost. all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. & Flrfd 8: 1 . Newry & Enniskillen all . Newry Warreapoini and Rostrevor. 1)0 Norfolk 3 Northu.Co unties the 100 North British all North Devon, No. 1 ail Do., No. 2 all Do., A Deferred all 1)o., B Guaranteed 1.00 N.Eastern—Berwie4 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G. N. E. ?uroh all ao. Leeds on Do. York 100 North London . N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamr • stead, and City Jn 17A North StaffordshirE , all North Western all N. &S. Wes trn. June 3 Nuneaton, Hinckley nod Leicester........ 00 os, Wore., & Wolv. 8 i'ortsraoutb i.OO 8, o,tish Central 106 ":eettishlllidland...„ [OO Bhropshire Un' on al Rooth Devon 1)_) Rooth Eastern all Routh Wales 13 Yrksh. & Riv. Dun U -;taines, Wok. &Wok a* . toekton & Darll:i 1t 4tc,2,kten Ift.rtlepl •)(.) %if Vale . 100 :)o. Prof.,, No. I 213 Rminer, Hay. D.& R triverstone & Lanes all Vale of Neath all Watern & Kilkenny all , Vaterford&Limeriek all West Cornwall 8 ~ Vest End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A 3 Do. B ali West London. all Witnbledn & Croydon FOR' .11 tntwerpt.Rott,,rdan: 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes ilelgian Eastn. June. 10 ors to Grp.isw.ssac 4i Bombay, Baroda, Or:ntral India,Scrit all Do. all Domerara 11 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France 10 Do. New all East Indian , g. sp. 10 Do. Er tension an Do. do. do., '59, do 20 Gd. Th of Cana:lAA is all Do. St. Lawrence S Atlantic do. 70 Do. Cert. of Deben. .:on. into Stk. till '62 all no. Comp. 6p. c., do JO at. Ocutral of Frau , , all (4t. Indian Poninsul, guar. 5 per cent 1 Do. Now 5 per cent 2 no. Extensions__ 13 (heat Luxembour, Constituted Sharok all Do. Obligations all Gt.Wosternof Cauad Shares 5 Do. New all Do. Eds., payable's7,' with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O ' all D: - .4 do., '73, without option.. all ilamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 17 Lake Const. k Rash , all Lierro and Turnhout 10 Lyons and Genova 14 Lyons di Moditorran. ail Madras 10 Do. Now ............. all Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Nlaniur ds Liege (with Interest) all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all D 0.20/ Sbs all Do. 201. 3 p. c Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs ' all NT e rweg i anTrunkPre 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ..... all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen... t'arisCaen & Cherbrg. all Do. 5 Rome and Frascati all Rouen and Havre all Roy al Danish 5 Royal Swedish all Do. Obligations all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 5i p. cont. Prof 5s Scinde all Do all southern of Franco 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) , e l West Flanders..... 411 IDo 5i per e. 18 Western of France... all D 0... 411 ZeAland. JOINT-WM 11klustralasia 50 Bank of London all tri. Col. Bk.&LIJ. C . all 3ritizh N. American 5 'Thartd. Bank of Asia 4 (ihrtd. Enk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 25 Oolonal 20 Oornrnercial of Loud all Ping. Scot.& ius.Cht. all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia 5 'Mao New 20 r , ondon and County. 50 Lnd. &E. &kg. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock 20 Good. & Westminster 35 [National Pro.of Eng. 10 Do. New 221 gational of Ireland. all gew South Wale 3... all Itienhl Bank of Corporation. 25 ?rovincial of Ireland I all De. Now 1 Royal Anstraln.Bkg. 4013 imp Co 50 floyn.l British...., , all loath Anstralia all Union of Australia 2i Do. Now 10 Union of London 20 20 10 10 5 5 24) 10 20 5 18 13calnesadoi e this day. 3 i i 55i 6 11a 8 i i 17 i 67i 8j 50 89 8 7433 101 50,E i 49 50 771 7 6i J 95 t 94 § i 126 5f 64 f 37 H i l i 7 68 7i i 571 31i 21k 20j 1k 10 911 231 21 31 74 1021 341 5 4a 48 i 731 74 3)1/ 50 2 00 /0 1 00 pany's Service, retired upon full pay, to have a stop of har honorary rank, as follows : To be BColo omba nel—Lieutenant Edward - A n it ruther Farqu- son, y Artillery. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major Charles Sampson, St. Selena Infantry; Major George Stephens Brown, Bom bay Infantry ; Major William George rfebbert, Bombay Engineers ; Major Peter Eyles Lingen Rickards, Madras Infantry ; Major Josiah Smith, Madras Infantry ; Major Charles Hagart, Bengal Infantry. To be Majors—Captain John Andrew, St. Ha. Jena Infantry ; Captain Charles Kitson, Bengal Light Cavalry. WHITEHALL, Nov. 30. The Queen has been pleased to approve of the Stirling shire, &c., or 93th Regiment of Militia, bearing the title of " The Highland Borderers Light Infantry." COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. East Kent Regiment of Militia—Thomas Joseph Atkin son, Esq., to be Paymaster. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia —Harry Lee Carter, Esq., to be Paymaster from the 21st September, 1855. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Kent —The Honourable Francis Thomas De Grey Cowper, commonly called L ord Viscount Fordwich, to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Samuel Long, Eeq , to be De puty Lieutenant; Sir Thomas Noel Harris, Knight ; William Monins, Esq., Lieutenant -Colonel of the Es.st Kent Regiment f Militia, to ba Deputy Linant Ed ward Charles Hales Wilkie, Esq., to beep puty Lieu tenunt; Robert Matthew Isacke, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery—John Stanziard,, Gent., from the sth Middlesex Militia, to be Second Lieutenant. let Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia.— Captain William Assheton Cross to be Major, vice Fielden, resigned ; Lieutenant Charles Mackay to be Captain, via. Cross'promoted ; Ensign Howard Thos. Spence C a mpi on to be Lieutenant, vice Mackay, promoted; Ensign John Scott to be Lieutenant. 2d Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia.— Ensign William Wogan the younger to be Lieutenant, vice Keen, resigned. Cambridgeshire Militia.—Ed ward Muriel Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Morley, promoted. Norfolk Militia Artillery—The Honourable Edward Stourton to be Second Lieutenant, vice Tredcroft, pro moted. Hertfordshire Militia—Ensign Robert Bruce Fellows to be Lieutenant, vioe Samuel Wood Graves, resigned ; Arthur Provis Wentworth Bennett, Gent., to be Ensign, vice George Thomas Gape, resigned. Ist, or South Durham Regiment of Militia—Thomas Charles Johnson Sowerby, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Winn, promoted. 90th, Stirlingshire, &c., Militia, or Highland Borderers Light Infantry—John Guise Dougal, Esq., to be Lieu tenant, vice Graham, promoted. Royal Flintehire Militia—Ensign Geo. Gordon Warren to be Lieutenant; Jos. Booth Gretton, Gent., to be En sign, vice Warren, Prince of Wales's Royal Regiment of Renfrew Militia— Ensign Robt. Dunmore Napier to be Lieutenant, vice Scott, appointed to an Ensigncy in the 47th Regiment ; Frederick Wm. E. Cameron, Gout., to be Ensign, vice Napier, promoted. West York Rifle Regiment of Militia Ensign James Lees liar war to be Lieutenant, vice Mason, re signed ; Assistant-S urgeon HenryMuscroft to be Surgeon, vice Muscroft, resigned; Ensig n J ames Urquhart Moss. to be Lieutenant, vice Allen, resigned; Christopher John Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Meese, promoted. 3d Regiment (Light Infantry) of West York Militia-- Lieutenant Frederick Durham to be Captain, vice Faviell, resigned ; Ensign Arthur Joliffo Tufnell to be Lieutenant, vice Durham, promoted. 4th Regiment of West York Militia—Charles Thomas Canty, Gent., to be Ensign. sth Regiment of West York Militia—John Whitacre Allen, Gent., to be Lieutenant. 6th Regiment of West York Militia—John Stanfield, Gent., to be Ensign. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-House, Nov. 29. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now making for the intended distribution of proceeds arising from the Russian barque Carl, captured on the 25th April, 1854, by the Avon, ten- der to her Majesty's ship Impregnable. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand uuliquidated against the said proceeds are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the " Accountant -General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset House." Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the com mencement of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be announced. BANKRUPTS. William Mitchell, Henry Mitchell, and John Mitchell, worsted spinners, Hoarstones, in the Forest of Pendle, Lancaster, to surrender, Dec. 13 and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official as signee, Manchester; Wavell, Philbrick, and Foster, Hali fax, Yorkshire. John Museott, engineer, Pembridge, Hereford, Dec. 12, and Jan. 9, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Col more and Beale, Birmingham. Thomas Pagett, zinc worker, Birmingham, Dec. 15, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson and Allen, Birmingham. Samuel Meek, innkeeper, Kendal, Dec. 11 and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Stone, official assignee, Liverpool; Wilson, Kendal; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Samuel Priestly, grocer, Accrington, Lancashire, Dec. 10 and Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester ; Ainsworth, Blackburn; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manches ter. Frederick Delacouit Blyth, factor, Birmingham, Dec. 15 and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Jagger, or E. and H. Wright, Birmingham. Johe Simmons, bill broker, 18, Bucklersbury, City, Dec. 14, at one, and Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; J. and J. H. Linklaters and Hackwood, Sise-lane. John Daiby, carpenter, Knights Hili-road, Norwood, Dea.lo, at one, and Jan.lo, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Armstrong, Old Jewry. James Morrell, leather dresser, Bermondsey, Dec. 11, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Chidley, Gresham-street, City. Henry Thos. Horwood, Gifford.street, Caledonian-road, manufacturer of paper-hangings, Deo. 10, a t h a lf- past eleven, and J as . 10, a t one , at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Martina and Prichard, Nowgate-street. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Gray, cattle dealer, Oudcnard, Bridge of Earn, Perthshire. Joseph Miller, bookseller, Edinburgh, now deceased. Simpson and Wilson, coach builders, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. Account peek ars.uant to the Act 7th an d Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the W ending on Satunlay the 21th day of Nov., 1855. les CE DEPAUTat ENT. r Notes issued .... .... 24,5-T3,545 t Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...—. 2,984.9P0 Gold coin and bullion 10,543,545 Silver bu11i0n........ £24,';43,5 15 £24,543,b45 :. MAIISIIALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 29th day of Nov., 18 :pARTMENT. Government socuritfog (Ind udg.Dead Weight Annuity) 10,339,643 Other securities 18,f 31,439 Notes .. .. 6,492,646 Gold and silver coin.. 596,392 £35,080,324 kf. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. i 5. B4NRING D Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .• • ... 3,236,502 Public deposit E (in cluding Exchequer. Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and . Dividend Accounts) 4,798,954 Other deposits ...... 11,529,345 Seven Day and other Bills • 962,483, 435,08 (1 ,3 24 Dated the 29th day of Nov., 18J PRICE or ° MuscovadoB Ij GAR. 110 the S The Averagef , ar, coin. pu t e d from the returns made in week e nding Nov. 27, 1855, exclusive of the D uti es of Cuatoma paid or payable PriceE ll A ofG B Brown thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : ff u scoval do the produce of the E as t Indies ... 47a. Hid. F rom the British Possessions in America...... 48s. 94d. M u scovado, the produce of the Mauritius...... 48s. Id. Average of the three foregoing descriptions ... 48s. Sad. ______ COURSE OF EXCI TANGE.—Tars DAY. Amsterdam .....• • • .... 11 17% Gibraltar .... —•••• •• •• Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn —•• • •••30 15 Rotterdam. ...... ••• • •• 11 19% Genoa ...... ...• ...... 25 77% Antwerp ...• • • .....• .. 25 52% ' Milan •• •• •• • • •• • HBrussels .....• ........ 25 52% Venice .. . . .. .. • • .. . . amburgh •• ••••••• • • • 13 10 Naples ••—• • •• • 44% Alt°na ••••••" •• •• • ... I Palermo .... ...... .. 25 30 ;Messina ... • ..• 133 M Ditto, thr ee months .. 25 65 ILisbon .•• ---- Marseilles ............. 25 6”% i ' Oporto ................ 53 Bourdeaux .... BFrankfort-on Lr dile . .• .. 120 Buenos Ayres .... —•. .. Vierlin „„ .. ..... ..... New York,6o days' sight enna.. „ ......•.,„. 11 17 Philadelphia •• .. ...... Trieste• ••••••••••••• •• 11 20 PRICES OF BULLION, PER 01. .R 3 17 9 Petersburg ............ 33 '4 Foreign Gold in Bare .R 3 0 o Madrid ....... .... 49% Portugal Gold Coin •• ;,' 0 0 Cadiz .........• . ..'..,'.. 49% Mexican Dollars ..•• ;', 0 0 Barcelona .. .. •• •• •• •• New Dollars ...• •• 6 0 0 Seville...". ........... Silver in bars • SHARE MA.RIIIITB. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 29. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tone of the market WU yel l steady to-day, c l os i n g with a firm feeling. Caledonian, 27i if—Lancashire and Yorksh ire, 76i i i i— Midl and, 63t 4431 i i— South Eastern , 170 6s. 39 .—Shrewsbury ant Hereford, 8i o.—London and North-Western, 941 4 —Man c h es ter, Sheffield , a nd Lincolnshire, 223 _ 7, t "' m-rea Western of Canada , 23 k 4. onANGB. — Tho tone of the market has been BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 29. and shares generally firmer. Great Redeemable 44 per cent. Stock, 87—Midlands 6ondon and North-W.esterns, 93s T; S ers T et o es O rno S ti e —South Stafford:, 2i di&—Crystal Palace, dis.—ilirtningham and Stafford ebire Gas, halves, 48. Edte°e- At a meeting of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada held yesterday the report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum was declared. • Three officers and 75 men of the Armagh Artillery Company, co mman d ed by Captain Kidd, moved 01 Mon' day from Charlemont to Armagh-30 complete. wanting m en to 38i