The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-22 00:00:00

LITERATURE. A JOURNEY THROUGH TEXAS. By Edward Smith, HD., LL.B., 6-c. The attention of emigrants having been recently iirected to the North American Province of Texas as a suitable, and indeed desirable, place for location, the appearance of this little volume is singularly appropriate, and assumes to some extent a certain degree of imp ,, rtance. Even from the wording of the title page it would appear that the writer adventured upon his very agreeable journey across the north eastern portion of the province during this present year, with the express intention of furnilling a report calculated to aid the purposes of (migration. hlowever th'it may have been, it is certain that the narrative of 1)r. E. Smith will afford an ample store of information to those who a-re at all solicitous to acquire some knowledge of the resources of the country before actually pro ceeding_ thither with the view of a final settlement within its boundaries. And considering the immense _ • number of the individuals at the present moment prep 'red to forsake their mother country for the Purpose of seeking some better fortune elsewhere, the Utility of the descriptions here given by our traveller is obviously entitled to all consideration ; for as nothing is more disastrous to the would-be settler than to attempt to cross the Atlantic without some previous consciousness of the difficulties to be encountered and the exertions required on the oppo site shores, so nothing can possibly tend so materially to secure the prosperous termination of such enter prizes as a capability of making all necessary cal euletions and of adopting all requisite precautions beforehand. Such a capacity is only obtainable through the assistance of some trustworthy depicter of the characteristics of the western continent, and such a man Dr. E. Smith appears unquestionably to be from his very able, lucid, and impartial delinea tion of North• Eastern Texas. The extremely com prehensive nature of his report leaves scarcely anything in the way of intelligence to be desired. Besides giving a minute and exten sive picture of the condition, the position, and the advantages of that province of the United States, the report likewise furnishes a copy of the Constitution of Texas, a list of articles, tables of temperature, and other useful particles of information, such as the subjoined relating to the relative value of the English and American currency : "The American dollar is worth 4s. 2d.; the cent id.; • the New York shilling, sixpence, and penny, are respec tively worth one-half of the like English coins, and the 6 4 of the Southern and Western States is equal in value to the New York shilling." In addition to the particulars collected together by the writer, it would moreover appear that his report Was accompanied to this country by specimens of the rod and black soils ; of iron ore and other minerals ; of Bois d'Arc and other kinds of timber; and also of articles of native manufacture. All these things were s ubmitted, in the first instance,:to the body of gentle- Men at whose instance the journey was orginally Undertaken—a body presided over by Mr. Henry Frearson—and the report is now opened to more general scrutiny in its present form of publication. Those who refer to its pages for instruction will not f ail to be arrested by the admirable maps prefixed to the volume, in illustration of the geographical position of Texas. What we have now, however, more Particularly to refer to is the amount of practical in formation condensed into the report by our North American traveller, specimens of which must, even When separated from the context, prove sufficiently i nteresting to justify our subsequent quotations. diving opened the narrative by a rapid account of his progress to the country he has now undertaken to delineate, the writer proceeds at once very explicitly to describe the different kind of mineral, animal, and 'regetable productions of the province, prefacing that a ccount with an analysis of the various kinds of soil "-black, red, grey, ash, and mulatto—all of these kieds being alluvial in character. Of the Texas timber he speaks as follows "Cass, Titus, Smith, Van Zampt, Upshur, and Har rison counties, are exclusively covered by wood; whilst 0 1 Kaufman, Hopkins, Red River, Lamar, Fannin, C° llinst Grayson, Cooke, and Dallas, both prairie and l 'oedland are found, with the former usually prepon derating. The varieties of wood are the black oak, white oak, red oak, post oak, and black jack, which e xist universally ; with pine, live oak, ash, t nis, sycamore, • hickory, walnut, sweet gum, cotton wood, wild plumb, cherry, and blackberry, te ll' commonly ; and the beautiful boil d'Arc, the !eclat., and the cypress, in isolated localities. The pine very much esteemed, and we met with it in certain Darts of Cass and Titus counties, and e n Upper Red River „, also at the heads of the Trinity, and on the and in all the parts west of Marshall, in ?-terrison county. It is found but sparingly I O Hopkins county, and not at all on the northern prairies. It is yellow, and of fine f inality, being exceedingly full of resinous matter. At three feet from the ground it is usually from two to three feet in diameter, and in common with the sweet " 11 ° , , cotton wood, white oak ash, and sycamore, grows, lespecially in the vallie.,) to the height of 100 (~r 120 Lett. The varieties of oak are not (coal to the E ° a l, , but the live oak is highly esteemed in ship building. The white and red oak grow to a I:rge size, whilst the Post oak and black jack is a scrubby wood. The Ash, ° ln, and b , ech are excellent. The bole d'Arc, is a b eitutiful yellow ' hard wood, very enduring, from which a rc made exc.-tient waggons, and articles of furniture. T he French use the yellow as a dye, and beautiful ";being sticks use made from the twigs. The hickory I : a heavy dark coloured wood, very suitable for tool ' , tidie s and fuel for domestic purposes, and vast herds " Pigs feed upon its nuts. The red cedar splits readily, a nd is very enduring when used as fencing, being even a ueerior to the Week locust tree of the Western States. r, 3press is used most commonly in the manufacture of W ater -butts and troughs, and is the best fuel fur steam eegines." Most of the principal roads are enumerated, and a mong the rivers of Texas especial mention is made I) ,t' Shreeveport, Jefferson, Sulphur Fork of Red River, Upper Red River, the Sabine, and the Trinity. After re f err i ng to the cap a biliti es a ff or d e d by T exas !or railway enterprise, Dr. E. Smith expatiates upon e - price, the quality, and the quantity of the divers Products pouring annually from the bosom of the P r ovince—cotton, corn, wheat, oats, rye, grass, wire calamus grass, the musquite, vines, ,tobacco, 44 x, wool ' cattle, horsee, mules, pigs, salted meats, honey, wax, game, figs, peaches, apples, nuts, olives, 01!s, and vegetables ; the salt springs, sulphur springs, mineral springs, iron, coal, clay, limestone, soap stone, l and stone, &c., &c. Here is his account of the 4 Pabilities opened in Texas in the way of " MANUFACTURES. "Perhaps no country offers so many advantages to m anufacturers as does Texas. There the great staple articles, cotton, wool, silk, and flax, grow in perfection; Whilst the mechanic would be surrounded with the ne %series and comforts of life at a very small cost. Water power is met with ca the Cypress Creek, L illy's Cr e ek, the Sulphurs, Sabine, Bois d'Arc, Sister T mreve Creek, East Fork, and other heads of the ; but it cannot be said to be plentiful, and th erefore steam power must supply its place. The 41 for this purpose is purchased at half-a-dollar per acre and the only expense would be for cutting and is' 'arrtin g it. " Cleaning and carding of cotton and wool; tanning ; a loe and harness making; tobacco manufacturing ; wine, br andies and spirit making; wood sawing and grain trending; iron smelting, casting, and working; the m anufacture of agricultural implements, d all kinds of W ood -work, with a thousand other occupations, could be most profitably established. Those who are acquaintel with Texas believe that it will place itself in the first ra nk as a manu'acturing as well as producing country. 41 , t present the length and breadth of the country is open ‘° the manufacturer, and he would be welcomed with ° Port arms by every settler." As to the security afforded to human life and pro petty 'in that province, he says— " The most perfect security to life and property re gns , Ill roughout N. E. Texas, far m , re perfect than can be 4 °Litict in the Eastern States or in Europe, or indeed in „ 1111 Y well peopled country. We travelled alone by day ":1 night, and never received incivility or injury; and the 111 3 7 attempt to impose upon us was by one of our own countrymen. The inhabitants behaved very kindly to us, 41 4 on several occasions would not be paid for our board 141 (1 lod g i ng . They are exceedingly desirous to receive Il 'ov settl ers , knowing that the resources of their coun tPY will thus become developed, and their own property ,; 11 ,,ereased in value; and therefore they are not likely to injury to those whom they desire to receive amongst , - ",:ta• They are too rich to render theft worthy of their Cention. Unprotected loaded waggons, which have w aken down on the high road, have been known to re -"aul unmolested for many days. They boast of their admitted,, hone s ty in paying their debts, and in a legal re gard for the rights and prosperity of others." • In illustration of the foregoing, he gives an In teresting anecdote, which may be found at Page 41. Another subject of immense im- Portance to all emigrants is treated upon with with a remarkable degree of particularity, we mean the dangers and annoyances likely to befal the settler 11 Consequence of the various kinds of beasts, insects, 411 , r1 reptiles—for example, bears panthers, wolves, weld; cats, racoons, alligators, alligator -gars, rattle 'lakes, moccasin-snakes, tarantulas, centipedes, l m prairie fli es , an d usquitoes. With reference to the la st mentioned, namely, the enusquitoes, he speaks thus emphatically : wit 4 A efferson we were much annoyed with them; but this exception, and that of portions of the riv.r iunens and hog-wallow plac. s, we never saw them in the ' , LE. Texas, as a whole, is free from them may pi settlers do not use musquitue bars. Trees be i„"ted around the dwellings in dry places, without '" 4 ring to harbour these creatures; but in wet localities it lightl to live away from the wood. They are of a very frame, and a light breeze blows them away." All the f o r ego i ng advantages above enumerated are " tl !'gularly enha n ced by the extraordinary salubrity of , ‘L e province, as described by the writer, himself a ysician and consequently well calculated to pro. +l.o 4n ee an opinion upon the subject. Dr. Smith not di l:y eulogises the healthfulness of that particular th l 'ion of the American continent, but enumerates salubrity - followitiz as among the principal causes of its .6 ity 4. The elevation of the country, or of parts of the Wharton, c. is spoken t sprung daurhiu sunk this eiY.) XL. lOs Od ; is Od to to 9d; ey Fowls, ) 7s Od ; le ; Fresh 5,12 s Od l per 100 ; 1 to 25 Od; to 3s 6d ; 9d to 25 to is Od; Widgeons, Od to 48; to 48 4d 2s 10d to c, 2s 8d to to 14s; Whitings, o 2s eacb; lb.; Large 8d ench ; i 9d per lb. .5, is 3d to Is; Scotch to 60s per 5 to Is 6d 'opolis are I per 41b8 to, 641 b to 24d; ditto, 3 to 3141; o 1121 b, Od 111, 58 6d to 58 od to d ; DownB! Is; Clover 11 8s "per Os; Clover 1/ 9s•por to 31 80'; to li 71 pa' auxiand., )LK. F LAND —* 's Wensum, banks, and sable land, ning sheep, kc., forcing doing infix those parts a. Blundall, Haddiscoe, e hundreds s not been m Ni r /rich Ist peeping in crr a sing p the t-ains ing washed, nds are en )uld occur, y accident. acing eyer have b. en t time pre !urred, and he rail way Reedbarn; 10 sheep, floating on round hare n the high and home strict some der, and in [utford, for , oats, hays the rising h cannot be Cottages filled with and malt} Boned, and lens, where 1, are now g away th . e all that ti Its between lit of more Ind is now ,he railwel )le limpid :eipcs of Rail' to which trig of the same U!!. 173 1,21 346 673 282 3,520 1,22 6 590 596 901 653 3.109 ).520 13,622 1,462 1,123 2,41 2 791 3,33 6 18,4 , 62 9,967 1,757 7, 170 pit 1, 0 ! 7 `a 17 0 13,10 9 7.327 AND I'l - directors ?,1d et the tanseetio ° the sfisi t° ew, cot- - I account° 3oun ted t t loners t! ome o f ' D o interest ° &ding 355 1 ' oer Of pi"' well as t° aged to n el • g y, Berth t. hat t h : n et drnic— iy-tlie-.bit. reveah 4 the artP 6 14. THE SUN, LONDON, country, ab;ye tte love of the mu mil of the b.d of great rivers. " 2d. The nature of the soil. " 31. The climate, as it resp3cts temp r 4 ure, rains, and winds. " 4th. The food and water. " sth. The temperance and cleanliness of till e)plc. " 6th. The appearance of the country." We cannot better close our allusions to the inte resting little volume before us than by transcribing from it the following vivid and charming portraiture of the general appearance of the province:— "In N. E. Texas no barren rock nor arid waste, nor offensive marsh exists; but the spirits and the mind are healthfully excited by the appearance of a country having a beautifully undulating surface, agreeably dish rsified by woodland and prairie, and with an infinitude of little rip- pling rills, bresking it up into hills and valleys. The surface is everywhere covered with the most lux uriant vegetation. The foliage of the trees and shrubs has a variety, beauty, and symmetry, unknown to less genial climes. Flowers of the richest hue, and suited to every taste, adorn the prairie; and even the unsightly river bottoms are rendered more detestable by the twining of the beautiful cactus, and other climbers, which form the ornaments of European hot-houses. The birds flitting from tree to tree are very numerous, of elegant form and of beautiful colours; and many of thew warble too. The ground, and the grass, aid indeed every thing, swarm with insects of hi/Ruffin' forms and colours unknown to us. The birds of prey, even, as the goshawk and the forked-tail hawk, are lovely creatures. The dreaded rattle and mocassin snakes have most beautiful painted skins, and the tarantula, to my eye, an elegant form and colour. Nature there exists in a million forms to which we are strangers; and everywhere Ebe clothes herself in beauty. You cannot but admire the green-headed prairie fl:, a hicb maddens 3 cur horse in the mid-day sun ; and the mo:quito which torments you at night is unsurpassed in ligh tress and elegance of torm. So soon as the evening sets in, the grasshopper, locust, and other- insects, fill the air with their beautifully tuned songs ; and the tree frog, and the various kinds of night birds pleasingly swell the chorus. To my mind no country oilers so much beauty and luxury. and it is probable that the poet and the painter will ere long rank there as ordinary inhabitants; and whilst Texas has an indisputable right to its title of the Italy of America, it also lays claim to the not less enviable one of the garden of the world. No description of a remote country could be at once more circumstantial and more fascinating than the one here given by Dr. Edward Smith of the province of Texas, one of the most fruitful, beautiful, and salubrious countries in the whole extent of the American Continent. CITY ELECTIONS. BRIDGE WARD. Yesterday being St. Thomas's Day, a wardmote of the freemen and home hollers of the ward of Bridge was held at nn)n, in the Vestry-room of St. nignus Church, Fish-street hill, for the election of Common Councilmen and other officers for the ensuing year; Alderman Sir Chaptain Marshall in the chair. Atter the clerk had read the precept, Sir CIIAP3I.IN MAnsnam. said they were all no doubt aware that since they met last year for the election of officers a new Act of Parliament bad been passed (the 12th and 13,h of Vic.), which altered the elective franchise and the mode of voting, and he was happy in being able to congratulate them that these alterations would conduce to the benefit and welfare of the respective wards of the city of London. The election of the inquest, whose duty it is to sup press all nuisances, to prevent the using of false weights and meaurce, and to report to the Court of Aldermen the names of all persons carrying on business in the ward without being freemen of the city, was then pro ceeded with, but excited no opposition. Mr. HENRY GIBBS said, as the different members of the Common Council whose term of office had just ex pired offered themselves fur re-election, he had very great pleasure in nominating them again as candidates for the - Ace for the ensuing year; but in doing so he had no in ention whatever of shutting out any other gentleman who igh t think fit to present himself, and he was actuated only by the conviction that every inhabitant of the ward felt proud of the sincerity, worth, and ability of the class of gentlemen who composed the Common Council of the past year. He begged, therefore, to propose the follow ing gentlemen:— James Lowe, stationer; Thomas Pewtress, stationer; Vk illiatn Knott, haberdasher; John Bills, needletneker; Jacob George Cope, fishmonger ' • Henry Mathew, stationer ; William Chadwick, builder ; Charles W het ham, leather-seller. Mr. EATRY seconded the motion, expressing a hope that they would enjoy health and prosperity, and be enabled long to fulfil the duties of their &ice. Mr. TUCKER wished to know whether Mr. Lowe and Ir. Pewtress were qualified to present themselves as can lidates for the ofhee, and whether the new law did not render their election illegal. The CLERK said that those two Honourable Gen tlemen were perfectly qualified. The ancient law of the city was that any inhabitant householder who was properly rated could offer himself as a common councilman, and the new law did not in any way destroy the right or alter or vary the nature of the quali fication required, but it brought into existence a new class of persons who could stand for the office, and this was done by opening up the Parliamentary register. He apprehended chat it did not now matter whether a candidate was of one ward or of another. Atter a discussion with respect to the wretched state of the drainage in the neighbourhood of Hart -street, Lombard-street, which it was alleged had placed the lives of several pereons in jeopardy, and to which the at tention of the Common Council was invited, Mr. TUCKER proposed the name of Mr. W. Gain, felt maker, as a common councilmwto. The CHAIRMAN then put the names of the c sndidates seriatim, when the number of hands held up for each was as follows: James Lowe ... Thomas Pewtress Wm. Knott ... John Hills ... Jacob George Cope Charles Whetham Henry Mathew ... Wm. Gain ... Wm. Chadwick ... The CHAIRMAN then declared that the first eight gen tlemen were duly elected common councilmen of the ward for the ensuing year. Mr. CHAnwicte said he would not give the wardmote the trouble of going to a poll, and, in perfect good feeling, he thaeked them for the trust and confidence which they had reposed in him during the past year, and bowed with all submission to thtir present election of Mr. Gain in his place, for owing to his long residence in the ward and his ether qualifications, he would no doubt serve them better than he h d done.—(Cheers ) After the transaction of some other business the ward mote separated. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Christmas books and Christmas boxes are just now the order of the day, and notwithstanding the intellectual attractions of the former, the latter, are, we apprehend, the greatest favourites with the great majority. The bazaars and toy shops are now filled with glittering tempta tions, and crowded with groups of happy anxious oungsters " home for the Holidays." Having inspected the bazaar of Mr. Cremer, 10, Bridge. street, Westminster, we can safely commend it to the notice of all seekers of Christmas presents. To give a list of the attractive articles therein displayed would be an impossible, or at least a difficult matter. Conspicuous among them all are the Christmas-trees, loaded with wax-tapers and every branch heavy with pendent toys and bon bons, ready for distribution among a party of juve ❑iles. Bonbonieres of various forms, some remarkable for grace and elegance ; toys of every imaginable va riety ; co juring tricks for amateur wizards; houses and furniture fit for the royal family of Lilliput ; all the animals of the Ark and many more ; strew the tables of Mr. Cretner's bazaar. Having enumerated so much , and yet leaving much untold, we recom mend, for further particulars, the curious in such matters to apply personally at Bridge -street. FINE Alt Ts. DRAWINGS BY EDWIN LANDSEER,R.A. Three admirable coloured drawings by the inimitable Landseer have just been engraved and issued from the Messrs. Grundy's establishment. Having ♦ery recently seen these remarkable sketches at the Gallery in Regent street, we are able to ap preciate the fidelity with which they have been copied by the hand of the engraver. One of the drawings represents "Napoleon's Eagle" perched on the summit of a crag in a dejected posi tion, with a recumbent phantom of the Emperor visible on the disc of the setting sun—a pen ciling of extraordinary power and solemn effect, being very finely emblematic of the setting of the great man's fortunes. The second drawing is that of a " Iluntsman," sue rounded by the hounds. The bristling tails of the pack, and the rounded and symmetrical limbs of the hunter having a most felicitous and animated appear ance. The third and last of the series is the original study of the great picture from the hand of this distinguished artist variously termed the " Challenge" and " Coming Events cast their Shadows Before. " What i 3 mosiremarkable in the three sketches is the wonderful effect produced by a f,,w apparently random touches thrown in by the hand of a master genius a power visible not only in the original drawings themselves, but also in the three beautiful and emi• nently successful engravings ju,t published. RIAIIIIIELL'S PERFUMED ALMANACK, 1850. This is the second year of the appearance of this elegantly got up, tastefully ornamented, and deli ciously perfumed Alrnanach de Luxe, and the Alma neck for 1850 is even more richly decorated than was its predecessor. In the lady's writing-desk, and on her boudoir-table, the Perfumed Almanaoh should always be found. We opine that there will be great demand for these almanacks as Christmas and New Year's presents. THE RANKING ALMANACK FOR 1850 This most useful publication is a complete Banking Directory. It contains a Diary, the Calendar, the Funds, the Note Circulation Returns, abstracts of Parliamentary Returns, Bank of England Statistics, an Analysis of the Acts passed last Session, and an abstract of the new Bankruptcy Act, the Stamp Act, with the legal decisions thereon ; a Par- liarnentary Directory, a Life Assurance Directory, and a complete Banking Directory. It is, in short, a perfect mirror of Banking and Monetary Statistics. MR. WYNN PAYNE'S MAP OF CEYLON. We have been favoured with a view of the original design of an illustrated map of Ceylon, 8 feet by .5. This gigantic map is the work of Charles Wynn Payne, Esq , who resided on the island many years, the whole of which he devoted to the study of the geographical features, and the numerous and valu able resources of this splendid colony, which has enabled him to produce a map more correct than any which has been hitherto published, comprising the altitudes and names of mountains, the true course of the rivers, the depth of the bays, the geological indications, the sites of the British plantations, and the climate, latitude, longitude, and depth of water in each Port. The map, which has obtained the pa tronage of the East India Company, and of several of our notabilities connected with the East, will be illustrated by views of the scenery of the island. Mr. Payne is already favourably known to the public as the author of a series of pamphlets on our eastern empire ; and from the first of them we extract the following description of Ceylon, the capabilities of which have been, it would seem, strangely, not to say culpably, neglected by all the promoters of various schemes of emigration : " the key of the East,' situated between 6 and 10 degrees of north latitude, and between 79 and 82 degrees of cast longitude, is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean, on the north and east by the Bay of Ben gal, and on the west by the Gulf of Manaar ; and is divided into five provinces —namely, the northern, the southern, the eastern, the western, and the central. Its climate, tempered by the genial breathing of the trade winds, is peculiarly benign ; and the fertility o f a so il irrigated by countless crystalline streams, render this island one of the most enviable possessions which any country can boast. Thickly wooded and mountainous in the centre; the cost flat and planted with cinnamon groves and cocoa-nut trees, it presents the subtimest and most interesting features; and to the geologist and the natu ralist it must ever be a sphere of the greatest attraction. Countless herds of wild cattle wander through its hills, forests, and valleys. The deer, buffalo, wild hog, and other animals which the nati ves h o l d to have been driven from the main land across Adams Bridge,' a name given to the narrow strait be tween the Ea s t I n di a Com pany's territories and the island, are exceedingly nu merous, and the flocks of wild fowl of almost every genus would win many an English sportsman, were they willing to seek a good exchange for powder and s h ot i n a fcreign ramble—to leave the artificial preserves of England for the well-stocked forests of Ceylon; while to the brethren of the angle the clear waters offer all that they can desire. The forests of teak, satinwood, black ebony, tulip-wood, beetle nut, and cocoa-nut trees, which tow.r in sublime altitude, are most extensive; and the numerous plaintains, like genii of hospitality distributed through the luxuriance of the land, afford at once sustecance and a shelter. In a word, the resources of the country, whether i we look to its esp,ibility of sup porting animal li fe, to its commercial an d m i nera l trea sures, or to its inducements to the naturalist, the emi grant, and the sportsman, elevate it to the first rank as a colonial possession, and as a sph e r e towards which the surplus population of Great Britain might b e di rec t e d — a course and current of humanity which it i s h o p e d ma y find its source in the philanthropy and paternal solici tude of the Home Government. Asa spice island it is invaluable, and the growth of !pobscco, sugar, and cotton might become, by a little politic encouragement, of incal culable value." THE NOTTINGHAM SAYINGS' BAN E..—EERATHM.-- In a communication which app.qired in our paper on the Bth inst., explanatory of the legal position of depo sitors in savaigs' banks, by a ►lip of the pen the word Nottingham was written for Northampton, by which a reference to a dcialcation in a savings' bank, a few years ago, was made to apply to Nottingham instead of licirthaispicw, ALDERSGATE. Aldermaa Sir P. Laurie presided. Some discussion took place upon the subject of the Act recently passed with regard to City elections. Mr. Beasley complained of it as disfranchising one-third of the voters of the ward, whilst the number was small enough before. The wardnaote then proceeded to ,the election of Common Councilmen; the votes were as follows :—*Mr. Wood ward, 65; Mr. De Jersey, 54; Mr. Godson, 66; Mr. Stacey, 58; Mr. Lorking, 50; Mr. Norris, 70; Mr. Wood, 73; °Mr. Chaplin, 66; *Mr. Allcock, 38. Sir PETER LAURIE declared the first eight gentlemen elected; whereupon a poll was demanded on behalf of Mr. Allcock. It takes place to-day (Saturday) be tween 10 sad 4 o'clock. BILLINGSGATE. The following gentlemen were elected Common Coun cilmen :—Mr. Curling (Deputy); Mr. B. Bower; Mr. J. Knill; Mr. J. Roberts; Mr. R. M. Phillips; Mr. W. Williams; Mr. W. G. Baines; Mr. J. Carter. BISHOPSGAtE WARD. The following gentlemen were candidates in this ward:—Messrs. W. Stevens, W. A. Peacock, J. R. Carr, R. Ashby, H. Patten, T. llall, W. H. Filcher, S. S. Owden, R. Thomas, W. Jones, C. Gilpin, M. Hopgood, George Taylor, °R. C. Lambe, J. Edmiston, *W. F. Ross. The first fourteen gentlemen were cicc:cd. BIiOAD STREET. Members returned to the Common Council:—Massrs. T. Cot ney (Deputy), T. W. Forster, IL W. Jupp, S. Baker, H. F. Gadsden, 11. Brown, C. Warton, and *J. Humphreys (new member returned in the room if Mr. H. Marriott (decocted). CANDLEWICK. Sir G. Carroll presided. Mr. Evans, Mr. Dakins, Mr. Bond, Mr. Towse, Mr. Elliott, and Mr. Blades, Iv( re &lewd Common Councilmen. CASTLE BAYNARD. Alderman Samuel Wilson presided. There was no opposition, and the following gentlemen were re-eleeted:—Messrs. J. Bayley, 11. Muggeridge, W. Barber, J. Hoppe, F. Farrar, R. Hicks, R. Adlard, and W. H. Carlin. _ _ CORDWAINERS. WAIN ERS. _ _ Mr. Alderman Salomons presided 7 The old members of the Common Council were re elected without opposition, via., Messrs. Lott (deputy), H. L. Taylor, Tress, Joyce, Croucher, and Clark. CHEAP. The following gentlemen were unanimously elected Common Councilmen :—Mr. Brooke (deputy), Mr. Eu genius Fenn*, Mr. Edward Watson, Mr. Edward Dixon, Mr. George Oliver, Mr. R. G. Pead, Mr. William B.►rnes. Mr. Jonathan Thorpe was chosen in the room of Mr. Hardwick, who retired, having been already that day elected for Bassishaw. CORNHILL. The Lord Mayor, in consequence of the severe indis position of Sir John Pine, presided. The following gentlemen were, without opposition, elected Com mon Councilmen for the ensuing year:—Mr. J. W. Har rison (deputy), Mr. J. Carter, Mr. R. Randall, Mr. J. Waterlow, Mr. R. Devey, and Mr. Robert Johnson (in the room of Mr. Hunter, retired). CRIPPLEGATE WITHOUT. Alderman Challis presided. The following gentleman were proposed, and the numbers taken for each. The names and numbers were—Mr. R. L. Jones, 90 ; Mr. Saddler, 65; Mr. William King, 56 ; Mr. S. Reed, 54 ; Mr. J. Smith, 53; Mr. Meadway, 52; Mr. Johnson, 52. Mr. SORRELL proposed, and Mr. LARTIE seconded, Mr. J. Eyke, for whom 35 hands were raised. Mr. BATLEY proposed, and Mr. SPENCER seconded, Mr. George Cuthbert, for whom the numbers were 24. Mr. SPENCER, on the part of Mr. Cuthbert, demanded a poll, which was fixed to commence this day at ten o'clock. FARRINGDON WITHIN. Mr. Alderman Kelly presided. A vacancy was occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Ridley. There were three new candidates, viz. —Mr. E. Phillips, Mr. Nicholson, and Mr. Bundy, each anxious to fill it. On a show of hands the Alderman gave the num bers against Mr. Watkinson, an old member, and Mr. Bundy, one of the new condidatee. Both these gentle men declining to go to a poll, the old members, with the addition of Mr. C. Phillips and Mr. Nicholson, were elected. FARRINGDON WITHOUT. This Ward assembled in the New Court, Old Bailey, and was presided over by Sir J. Duke, M.P., to pro ceed with the election of councillors. The following was the list:— St. Sepulchre's—Mr. J. T. Bedford (Deputy), Mr. J. M. Barnard, Mr. T. Turner, Mr. T. H. Fox, Mr. C. E. Butler, and Mr. H. Williams. :---- St. Andrew's—Mr. Richard Taylor and Mr. Buck master. St. Mart'n's—Mr. James Anderton and Mr. Nicholas T. Isherwood. St. Dunstan's—Mr. E. Hodgson, Mr. Henry John Liss, and Mr. George Walter. St. Bride's—Mr. R. Obbard (Deputy), Mr. S amue l S. Edkir.s, and Mr. Theodore C. Bates. Sir J. DUKE asked if any other gentleman had a name to propose. Mr. T. PARRY proposed Mr. T. Cotterell as a fit and proper person to serve as a common councilman, and handed it in. Sir J. DUKE said that in consequence of the new Act of Parliament the ballot should commence the following day at ten o'clock, and close at four precisely. Mr. COTTERELL complained that although a lease holder of seven houses, and a ratepayer for fifteen years, his name was by an accident omitted from the registra tion list. Mr. MASTERMAN also complained of being, a% a free man, deprived by the late Act, the 11th and 12th Victoria, of the privileges he enjoyed under .the 11th George I. Under the latter Act, to be an occupier was sufficient, but by the 11th and 12th Victoria his name should appear on the registration list. Sir J. DUKE said that in a conversation he had with Lord John Russell on the subject of the Bill, he com plained of that and other things in the Bill, and the Noble Lord promised to have them rectified. Sir J. DUKE then put the name of each candidate separately, and called for a show of hands, when it appearing that Mr. Henry John Lies was in a minority, a poll was demanded in his behalf, which takes place this day at ten o'clock and closes at four. LANGBOURN. The members of the Common Council for the past year were re-elected, viz.:—Samuel Unwin (Deputy), J. Dixon, W. J. Frodsham, T. Snelling, Ebenezer Howard, E. Shaw, J. 11. Gibson, 11. Miller. TOWER. The following gentlemen were chosen Common Coun. SKTORDAY EVENING, DEC_EMBER. 22, 1849. ilavn for the ward:—Mr. Briggs, M►r. Redhead, Mr. Young, Mr. Aitcheson, Mr. Turnbull, Mr. Buckley, Mr. Wylie, and Mr. Ward. VINTRY. Sir W. Magna) , presided. The following Common Councilmen were re-deo:a :—Mr. Archer (l)epury), Mr. Sprague, Mr. Leptud, Mr. D. White, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Coleman. Mr. Coleman wished to move votes of thanks to the City Court of Sewers and to Mr. C. Pearson, for their services on the late gas movement; but Sir W. Magnay declared the subjtcts to be out of order, and declined to receive them. short of water, and towed her nearly all the way from the Straits of Bence. Most fortunate it was that the Reynard fell in with her, as ships have been at this season of the y ear a fortnight doing a distance which did not occupy the Reynard two days, even with the Cleopatra in tow. She averaged a speed of 41 knots, notwithstanding the intense heat (136 deg.) in the stoke-hole. She would have been here some days ago but at Anjeer, where she arrived on the 7th, she found orders awaiting her to call at Batavia, where she arrived on the next day, and found the Meander, 44. Captain the Hon. H. Keppel, just about to sail for Port Essington, New South Wales, and California. She had been relieved by the Amazon, 24, Captain Troubridge, which ship is now here, and Captain Troubridge is for the present senor officer in the Straits, with the Alba tross, 16, Commander Farquhar, under his orders. The Albatross and Nemesis have just had 27,7001. sterling awarded them as head money for the de struction of some pirates in the Borneo rivers. The Re} nerd sails to-morrow for Sarawak and Labuan, and the::ce joins the Admiral at Hong Kong. The Cleopatra sails on the same day for Hong-Kong, but calls at Labuan only. The Reynard is the first ves sel on the screw principle that has ever doubled the Cape, and has made a most favourable voyage, highly promising in every respect. She encountered a dreadful gale off St. Paul's. The following is a summary of her working out:—Total period at sea from England (June 6), 99 days 10 hours; total period at anchor, 24 days 16 hours • total distance run, 14,973 mit es; consumpt i on of fuel, 65 tons only. Woonwicis, Dac. 21.—The wind has blown so strong during the whole of the early part of the present week that it was with the greatest difficulty Captain Johnson, with his assistant, was able to take the bearings of the Archer steam-sloop when at the moorings at Greenhithe. A temporary lull in the recent gales enabled the vessel to awing round on Tuesday, and the Gallant Captain, after nearly five hours labour in the pelting rain, was enabled to have the compasses satisfactorily adjusted. It was in tended to make another trial of the brass screw-pro peller on Wednesday last, and the whole of the officers studying steam at the factory, with Mr. F. P. Smith, of the screw-propeller department at the Admiralty, went down to Greenhithe on that day for the purpose of being present, but the wind was so strong that the vessel did not leave her moorings. The officers studying steam also went down to Green hithe on Thursday, with Mr. Tricket, assistant to the chief engineer, but they were again disappointed, as the weather continued unfavourable. Mr. Hen derson, master-attendant at Devonport dockyard, having joined from leave, would wait no longer for further trials of the Archer, and left Greenhithe yesterday morning in that vessel, to navigate her round to Devonport, where she is to be commissioned The Tiger steam sloop, recently launched at Chat ham, and brought round to the East India Dock s a t Blackwell, to have hor engines put on board, was only able to be taken into the dock on Monday. She is five feet longer than the lock of the dock, and could only be taken in at extreme high water. The Desperate steam-sloop was taken into the East India Docks yesterday, to be fitted with her engines by Maudslay, Sons, and Field; and the Horatio steam-guardship was taken out on the same day, to be towed to the City Canal Works, to have her en gines put in by Messrs. Seaward and Co. The Monkey steam-vessel, Master Commander William Bryant, went down the river this morning to Tilbury Fort, to convey a company of pensioners to Woolwich, where they will embark as a convict guard on board the Bengslore hired convict-ship, at present taking on board 300 male convicts for Van Diemen's Land. NEW ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. The interior of this beautiful little theatre was lighted up on Thursday evening as for a performance, and a large party of gentlemen assembled within its walls by the invitation of Mr. Watts, the enterprising lessee, for the purpose of having a private inspection of the fittings up and decorations preparatory to its being opened to the public, on Wednesday. It was only on the 29th of March last that the old Olympic was burnt down, and on its site there has arisen, as though by magic, the present elegant structure. The box entrance is the centre door of the theatre frontage in Wych street. A noble staircase of fire-proof Port land stone conducts the visitor to an elegant saloon, passing through which to a spacious cloak room, admission is immediately gained to the dress circle, constructed to accommodate about three hundred per sons, and elegantly fitted up in separate seats, with arm and back supports to each, cushioned and covered with crimson velvet. The private boxes, twelve in number, are arranged to contain six persons each, and fitted up in the best possible style of comfort and elegance; the box slips' approach is by a distinct staircase apart from the dress circle. The stalls (the approach to which is by the box entrance) are separately disposed, to give ample room to sixty visitors, each being superbly provided and fitted with cushioned arm and back supports, and the whole covered with crimson velvet. The pit entrance is on the right of the boxes, in Wych-street; a short fire proof paAsage leads to the pit itself, which is capacious in the extreme, and so constructed as to accommodate easily one thousand persons, and affords the greatest facility for see . ng at every point of its ample and commodious area. The gallery entrance is in New castle-street ; the approach is by a bold and ample fire-proof staircase. The gallery has been fitted up in a most comfortable and substantial mariner, and calculated to give accommodation to eight hundred visitors. Four air shafts have also been constructed (on an entirely new and original principle), two from the pit and two from the boxes, for the general pur poses of ventilation and equable temperature. The stage is constructed on the most approved and nos el principle by Mr. R. J Strachan, late of the Lyceum Theatre. The decoration of the theatre has been entrusted to Mr. Aglio, in which he has been assisted by tir. Aglio, jun., and other numerous artists; the following outline will convey a faint description of their joint labours :—The ceiling is divided into four compartments, in each of which is represented a figure emblematical of one of the four seasons. Spring, a young female crowned with flowers ; Sum mer, a young woman crowned with wheat ; Autumn, a female in attitude with the produce of the grape; and Winter as an old man flying from the blustering winds. These four compartments are separated by ornamental divisions in the arabesque style. The front of the gallery tier is divided into compartments by gold-rt eded columns, each compartment decorated with various groups of arabesque ornaments, divided by chiaro-scuro cupids on a blue ground ; the com partments contain a varied centre of masks and musical instruments, with cameos. The box tier, corresponding with the above, and connected with figures of cupids, in the same style. Gold and bronze columns supporting them, and each compartment richly decorated. It has been a particular plan of the artist to keep the proscenium in its decoration sepa rated, so as to form only a frame to the decorating of the stage. The predominant colours are white and gold, and the ornaments principally of the arch are chiaroscuro, in the centre of which is a group of the Nine Muses, with their attributes. The drop scene is a beautiful architectural composition, and is exqui• sitely painted. The audience portion of the theatre is lighted by a magnificent glass chandelier, manu factured by Apsley Pellatt and Co. This chandelier has three hundred jets of gas. The construction of the theatre is as nearly faultless as the confined nature of the ground on which it stands will permit. A full view of the stage is commanded from every portion of the stalls, pit, and gallery. The company engaged is very strong, including Messrs. G. V. Brooke, Frank Matthews, Compton, Wigan, Meadows, John Reeve, Scharf, Davenport, Ryder, and Holl, and Mes dames Mowatt, Fanny Vining, Seymour, Marshall, L. Marshall, A. Wigan, and C. Horn. The gratitude of every playgoer is due to Mr. Watts for the intro duction of the reform announced in the following notification :—"lt is respectfully intimated that no charge will be made at the box office for booking places, neither will any fees or gratuities whatever be allowed to be taken by the box keepers. And any inattention on the part of the servants will be imme diately noticed. Each person entering to either the boxes or pit will be presented with a bill of the night's performance." This is a reform which every other manager must eventually adopt, but to Mr. Watts is due the credit of its introduction, and the support which the public ought always to bestow on those who thus minister to their comforts. CORN-LAWS, or LANDLORD FELONY. TO THE EIM OR of TILE SUN. SIR,—I aro not a politician, and therefore shall not follow the winding courses of a false-named and base expediency ti•rough any of its tortuous fallacies. But I profess to beta Christian, to understand some thing of morality, and to have a little common sense ; and if I allow this letter to become a long one I shall fail in my object, for no long articles can be better written than your own excellent leaders. I wLnt (without argument) to ring in the ears of a knavish or mistaken aristocracy the conclusions and positit ns to which I find all parties of sense with whom I converse have arrived on the subject of taxing car food. We all say that, if for the purpose of keeping tl,e wealth of the landowners, you raise the price o food for the rest of the nation, you will justly have i revolution ; for the masses will not endure such in famous injustice. We say it is immoral and scandalous on the part ol the few landlow ners (who roll iu wealth or competent} ) to raise the p r i ce o f f oo d f or t h e many, in order to ge• their ovsn high rents. We tenants now say, that we are not such fools as nor to see that the object of the landowner, by raising the loaf, is, that he may keep up his rent. We all believe that it is best for us to get our food at as low a price as we can, and plenty of it. We all say it is s h ame f u l, i mmora l , and diabolica for some few to wallow in their useless and banefu wealth, while the many have scarcely food to eae, and that those few should still wish further to tax our food to keep up or increase their hoards. We say it is no use their attempting to gull the community with any pre tension for a tax than that they wish to keep up their rents. Sir, v e ask what right have our landowner law makers to keep the food of the world from us ? We have common sense, and we have the Scriptures of Truth to guide us, and we declare, Sir, with solemn assurance, that it is as right for us to take a part of their ill-gotten land as for them to keep away our rightful food. 1 should like, Sir, to see the man for half an hour, or to meet him in your journal, who should dispute this moral position. It is time that a nation of pro. fessing Christians were not treated and talked to like fools by a base interested or blinded landowning. ocracy. Sir, strong or quaint as my words may be, I write with a calm consciousness of the condemna tion I hurl at them ; they are not poor ignorant, mis guided, uneducated men, but men who ought to know better, and if they will no t t a k e warn i ng i n t i me the denunciation of Holy Writ will be ere long thundered out to them—" Go to now, ye rich men. howl and weep, for your miseries are come upon you." Sir, I am not one who does not allow that it is hard times for the tenant-farmer. I am a tenant-farmer myself (using 170 acres), and I know in some cases we are losing our money, but can I, in conscience, think that the loaf of ten poor men and of five tradesmen should be taxed to benefit me and my landlord ? Should fifteen be ruined to save two I Monstrous injustice! Have not I and my landlord more pride than to seek relief of the poor and of the tradesmen? If not perish us both! Let the landowners reduce their rents, and Government take off taxes, and then the whole coun try (tenant-farmers included) can have cheap food, and abundance of it. Why should landlords, or we farmers, have our circumstances kept up by any unjust or any other legal means than the tradesman adopts ? My wine merchant says business is fiat, but if Government would but give him protection, and clap a higher duty on foreign wines, that so large is his stock in hand that it would put thousands in his pocket. And so may the grocer say regarding his sugars, and various other branches of trade the same. Is the rich landowner then the only mean, selfish rascal that is to have a law made in his favour, and be left to make the law himself ? Will the nation so befool them• selves ? I repeat and conclude with the position which I am ready to defend, that it is as morally right for the nation to justly divide the land as for the land lords to keep away the nation's food. 1 am, Sir, yours obediently, Cheltenbam, Dec. 21, 1549. DALETH. THE WELSH CHURCH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having observed in your paper of yesterday. the Gth of a series of letters upon the Church in Wales, signed " Gorbonian " in which is detailed thy number of disgraceful pluralities held by the Dean of St. Asaph, amounting to no less than six, producing an income of 3,2111. per annum, I was induced to examine the Clergy List to see if such a monstrous abuse W2S possible, when I found the statement not only fully verified, but I discovered that another member of the Luxmore family equalled, if not ex ceeded, his relative, the Dean, in the number and amount of his benefices—this gentleman is the Rev. H. M Luxrr,o7e; he is Canon of St. Asaph S. Rector of Llanawon S. R. of Whitford Rector of Marchneil P. C. of Alorston . 669 Rector of Llanymynech 394 Vicar of B:rriew . . 356 Producing an income of 3,288 and although, it will be seen, the greater portion of these incomes are derived from Wales, neither of these pluralist recipients can read, write, sp,..uk preach, or even give a blessing to the people, in thr language of the country. I trust " Gorbonian " will continue to write, and I will defy the most, searching inquirer into the Clergy List to find out such abuses iv the Church of England as are commonly to be met with in the Church in Wales. Could not " Gorbonien " give your readtrs some insight into the proceedings of St. David's College, Lampeter, and inform the public what has become of the salary which belonged to the Welsh Professorship ? The Bishop of St. David's is the Visitor of that College, but the Chan cellor he has appointed for his diocese is a Mr. Mel. 'trifle, who knows as much of the Welsh language as did Commissioner Lin or Queen Pomare I am, Sir, your obedient servant, CLERICUS. Dec. 21, 1849. SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE. WOLVERHAMPTON AND BREEWOOOD STEEPLECHASES. TH tIRSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, and 30 added. Four mile s. Moseley's Jerry, llst (Frisby) I M . Horlock's Donnybrook, I Ist 71b (Groom) 2 Mr. Tempest's Pegasus, lOst 71b (Wainwright) 3 Mr. J. Lowe's Cowslip, 9st 7lb (Talbot) 4 Three others started. Won by two lengths. The winner was sold for 104 soya. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each, and 10 added. Three milts. (5 Subs.) Mr. W. H. Mytton's Wee-bit, 10at 71b (Mr. Walker) 1 Mr. King's Lord Stafford, llst 71b (Bradley 2 Sir. Talker's Tenbory Lass, 10,t 121 b (Owner) 3 Mr. Davies' Camphine, lOst 21b Won cleverly. The winner was sold for 451. The Handicap Hurdle Race, for a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added, two miles (3 Subs.), was won in a canter by Mr. Mytton's Mind-your-own-Business, llst 71b (Thrift), beating Mr. Lowe's Cowslip, llst 71b, and Mr. C. Gifford, na Wee-bit, lOst 71b. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. CHESTER CUP.--1,000 to I 5 agst Dough—(offers to take the rest as before). DERnT.-9 to I offered agat Bolingbroke, 12 to 1 sgst Ghillie Callum (t), 1,000 to 60 offered agst Nigger, 750 to 37i agst Voltigeur (t), 600 to 20 agst Mayers (t), 1,000 to 20 agat the Swede (t). Nothing else backed. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Albrightou hds., Mon., Dudmaston; Thurs., Hunning ton, near Ilagley; Sat., The Plough, Weston-heath —loi. Mr. S. Allen's his., Mon., Catershook-gate; Piechestown Quarries-11. Berkshire hda., Mon., Buckland-park; Wed., Calbam bridge; Fri., Buscot-park; Sat., Bagley-wood-10i. Monmouthshire hda., Mon., Clytha-lodge; Thurs., Blackbrook— 10i. Mr. Morgan's lads., Mon., Viverdon; Thurs., Keane] Oakley his., Mon., Easton-gorse; Thurs., Pertenhall turnpike • Sat., Brogborough. Py 'eu hds., Mon., Cransley ; Wed., Crick; Fri., Ashby St. Ledger; Sat., Nazeby-101. Surrey Union Lids., Mon., Leatherhead-downs; Thurs., Ewhurst Village; Sat., Second milestone on Kingston road. Tiverton Ws., Mon., Sampford Peverell-village; Thurs., Killerton-park-10i. V. W. H. hds., Mon., New-lodge; Wed., Elm-green, Thurs., Cricklade- town; Sat., Barrow-Elm-10i. Dumfriesshire hda., Mon., Hoddon-bridge; Fri., Nethercleugh.station-10i. Puckeridge hds., Mon., Stsrk way ; Wed., Peverils; Sat., Great Munden-14. Somerset Subseription hds., Mon.. Blackiown; Fri., Buncombe-hill-10i. Cambridgeshire hds., Mon., Childerley-gate; Wed., Shearhatch- wood ; Fri., D _wning 'Arms-10i. York and Ainsty, Mon., Strensall; Thurs., Pill moor Brafferton; Sat., Skipwith-bridge-10i. Bedalo hds., Mon., Salutatitm inn, Leeming-lane; Wed., Tanfield; Fri., Hipswell Village-lo}. Cleveland hds., Mon., Hinderwell; Thurs., Lackenby whin. Mr. Hilt:yard's h errs., Mon., High-]even; Fri., Newton bridge-104. P. B. hth., Mon., Perran-wharf; Wed., Ladock; Fri., Kennel—lo}. Durham County, Mon , Brancepeth; Wed., Lumley park; Fri., Easii gton-10i. Ruby hds., Mon., Tudhoe; Wed., Kininvie; Fri., Winston-bridge-10i. Tindale hds., Mon., Heugla, Countess-park; 'Thurs., Wittiezton; Sat , Walwick-10i. Morpeth harry., Mon., Hepscott; Fri., Widdringtoe village-10f. Mr. Purse's lads., Mon., Putheridge; Fri., Winscott moor-gate-10. Mr. Marshall's hda., Mon., Golden Inn, Highlaampton; Thurs Kennel—wk. Sir Henry Seale's Ma., Mon., Cot, Dartington; Fri. Kennel. Blackdown hde., Mon., Wellington.pillar; Thurs., Welleeford-house ' near Langford Budville-101 t . North Devon hde., Mon., Newton-cross, near nor wood; Wed., Codder -hill; Sat., Merwyn Arms-104. Dulverton h rrs., Mon., Skilgate ; Fri., Bampton— Mr. Fine's harrs.,Mon., Joynter's Farm; Sat., Sheep ley'. High 'Peak harm, Mon., Ba ewell; Sat., Wardlow Mien— 11. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF FRIDAY. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 19, 1849. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Res rt Liston Humphrys as Consul, at .Antigua, fo: the Re.. public of Venezuela. DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 21. The Queen has been pleased to appoint James (Moved, Es.q., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-GeLeral for it e Idand of Tobago. WHITEHALL, DEC. 19. The Queen has been pleased to app 'lnt John Kincaid, Esq., to be an Inspector of Factories, in the room of James Stuart, Esq., deceased. WAR OFFICE, DEC. 21. _ _ Ist Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet James Ainslie to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir Charles W. C. Burton, Bart., who retires, Dec. 21. 4th Regiment of Foot—Quartermaster -Sergeant J. hn Leahy to be Quartermaster, vice Knott, sppointe t Ln sign, Dec. 21. 17th Foot—Ensign John Barthorp to be Lieute ,aut, by purchase, vice Pollard, who retires, Dec. 21. 19th Foot—Ensign Henry Hill Dawson to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Braddell, who retires; Henry Turner Uniacke, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, v.ce Dawson, Dec. 21. 24th Foot—Major William Gustavus Brown to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, viee Harris, who retires; Captain Charles Henry Ellice to be Major, by purchase, vice Brown ; Lieutenant John Bulkeley Thelwall to be Captain, by purchase, vice. Ellice; Ensign George Wedderburn to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Thelwall; Ensign Robert Joseph Logan Crutchley, from the 17th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wed• derburn, Deo. 21. 40th Foot—Ensign Daniel Pennefather to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Wilson, who retires, Dec. 21. 60th Foot—Second-Lieutenant Richard Freer to be First-Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Payne, deceased, Dec. 13. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince walked early this morning in Osborne grounds and park. The Prince of Wales and Princess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family, rode and walked as usual. Them was no addition to the royal dinner party yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent left her residence, Frogmore House, Windsor, yesterday morning, at halt-past nine o'clock, and proceeded to town, to Clarence House, St. James's. Her Royal Highness dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester Rouse, in the evening. Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess of S sae- Weimar, the Princesses Anne and Amelie of Saxe. Weimar, and the Princes Edward and Gustave of Saxe-Weimar, left Marlborough Howe, Pall-mall, yesterday morning, for Bushy House, Bushy Park. Earl Howe and the Hon. William Ashley attended at Bushy House. The Duchess and the Princess Anne and Amelie of Saxe-Weimar proceeded to Kew to pay a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and afterwards returned to town. . . A deputation, consisting of Mr. Seager, Mr. Wil liam Nicholson, Mr. John R. F. Burnett, and Mr, Joseph Boord, bad an interview with Earl Grey yes. toasty at the Colonial-office. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Right Honourable Sir Francis T. Boring, Bart., left the Admiralty yesterdiy, for the country, during th holidays. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundm, C. 8., M.P., will also leave town this day, for a week or ten days. PROMOTIONS. The following lieutenants have been promoted to the rank of comiT)antier Lieutenant Robert W. Suckling (1838), now serv ing as first of the Rattlescake, surveying New Guinea. He entered the navy in 1828, passed his examination in 1829, and served nine years as a mate. Lieutenant James Francis Ballard Wainwright (December, 1841), flig-lieutenant to the late Rear- Admiral Sir F. Collier, commander-io-chief in the East Indies. He entered the navy October, 1832 ; passed his examination, January, 1840. As a lieutenant be served in the Constance, .50, pre viously to being appointed fl +g-lieutenant to Sir F. Collier. Assistant Surgeons—John A. Corbett (1840), of the Pluto, steam vessel, on the coast of Africa; and James Fisher (1840), of the Powerful, 84, in the Mediterranean, have been promoted to the rank of surgeon. APPOINTMENTS. It will be seen by a notice elsewhere that one of the vacant captains' good service pensions has been conferred upon that distinguished Arctic voyager, Captain Sir James Clark Ross. Lieutenants—W. H. Haswell (1845), formerly of the Penelope, late flag ship on the coast of Africa, to the Inve3tigator ; Joshua Berkeley (1849), to the Phaeton, 50, fitting at Sheerness; Thomas Bremer, from the Penzance coast guard-station to command the revenue cutter Eagle, vice R. Poole, to the Illus trious, depot ship of Portsmouth ordinary ; Robert Hopkins, from Haddocks coast-guand station, to Townshend, vice Pearson, removed ; Walker Taylor, from Milk Cove coast-guard station to Glandore, vice George Burtchael, to 31 tower station, vice J. B. Stewart, previously removed. Masters—William Sanders Hele,to be in command of a coast-guard station ; William Harry Emes, !rum Crow beck coast-guard station to Newhaven Harbour, vice Lieutenant Henry Gordon Veitch, to the Fis gard, flag-ship, at Woolwich. Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor of the Navy, arrived at Moreshead's Hotel, Devonport, on Wednesday evening, and visited the yard at nine o'clock on Thursday morning. He repaired on board the Indefatigable, 50, where he was met by the master shipwright and Captain Smart. He also officially visited several parts of the yard, and did not leave it before 4 P.M. The Artic searching ships Enterprise, Captain Col linson, C. 8., and the Investigator, Commander M‘Clure, now rapidly fitting at Woolwich, will pro ceed as soon as manned to the Sandwich Islands, where the Plover, Commander Moore, will join the expedition and be under the orders of Captain Col linson. The Enterprise will be taken out of dock on the 22d inst„ and the Investigator will be corn. pleted by the 29th. They have entered only half-a dozen men yet. The inducement of double pay, to commence only after they have rounded Cape Horn, is not deemed sufficient. The new screw for the Termagant, 24 screw steam frigate, has arrived at Portsmouth, and the ship has been hauled under the shears in the basin to have her old one taken out and the new one shipped; the latter is 15 feet 6 inches in diameter, with a pitch of 17 feet 3 inches. She will come into dock early next week. The Sidon, 26, steam-frigute, is alongside the Portsmouth yard jetty. There is so much to do to her that she will not be tried along the measured mile till the first week in January. The Penelope, steam-frigate, is being examined in the new dock at Portsmouth, o. 7. She was taken in when the Birkenhead went out. The blocks at the slip vacated by the Argus at Portsmouth are being placed for the reception of the Royal Sovereign. Shipwrights are getting her stem piece and keel ready for placing. The new steamer, the Argus, will probably IT docked when the Devastation comes out. The latter is in a forward state, and has a number of ship wrights on her to hasten her completion. The Gladiator, steam-frigate, at Devonport, is to be brought forward fur commission. , The Lucifer, steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commander Lloyd, is complete and ready for sea, at Devonport. She was to be paid wages on Thursday morning, after which she was to sail for Cork. The Eurydice, 26, has been towed up Portsmouth Harbour, but will be brought forward again for com mission soon. The Philomel, 8, has been taken out of No. 2 dock at Devonport, and is to be masted for com missioning. SUPERARRUATIONS AT DRYONPORT. —Nicholas Luke, locksmith, 241. pyr annum ; Robert Wright, shipwright, 241. ditto; Charles Jope, shipwright, a gratuity of two months' wages. PORTSMOUTH, FRlDAY.—During the week the halfzyearly examination of the students at the Royal Naval College in this dockyard has been held. To-day the result has been promulgated, by which we are enabled to announce the names of the successful officers:— Mr. Alfred P. H. Helby, mate, R.N., has earned his promotion to the rack of Lieutenant, having passed the best examination of his class of candidates. This officer is the eon of Commander John H. Helby (1847), and was the first recipient of the prise for proficiency in study established by the late Lord Auckland amongst the numerous other boons given by that First Lord to the service—the Naval Cadet ship to the Royal Naval School at New Cross. Second-Lieutenants Jull and Bridges have also passed their examinations, and been found qualified for their appointment to the Royal Marine Artillery Corps. The following gentlemen cadets hare been found qualified for commissions in the Royal Marine Corps at this examination : Messrs. Maul], Williams, Foster, Tait, and Harrington. Messrs. Foster and Harrington have been recom mended to study for the Royal Marine Artillery, and will return to the Royal Naval College at the close of the recess. Mr Harrington received his appointment as cadet from the Royal Naval School, New Cross, last Mid summer, which was awarded him for his proficiency in mathematics and classics. He also carried off the gold and silver medals. The students of the Royal Naval College broke up for the Christmas recess this day. They will re assemble on the 21st of January. Yesterday the Royal Marine Artillery, under the command of Colonel Gibsone, its Commandant, went out to Fort Cumberland for practice, when some most effective firing was exhibited with spherical case from 6.pounder guns, 12 pounder medium guns; 12 pounder, 24 pounder, and 8 inch howitzers, at targets placed seawards, at the respective ranges of 700 and 1,100 yards. The firing was most admirable. There was also rocket practice from the 8-pounder rocket guns, 6-pounder, 12-pounder, and 24 pounder rocket tubes. In consequence of the high wind this practice was not so good as we have witnessed on former occasions ; still the firing from the 3-pounder guns showed the great advantage, in our opinion, of the gun (when it can be used) over the tube. This day's firing concluded the practice for the year. There is a new sea-service practice battery to represent the lower-deck of her Majesty's ship Howe, 120, in course of erection at Fort Cumberland, under the able direction of Mr. Benjamin Bramble, Mayor of Portsmouth, who has the contract for that and other important works connected with this dockyard and defences. Much speculation is rife as to whether the suc cessor to Sir Francis Collier in the India and China command will commission a ship for his flag, or take to the Hastings, 72, Captain Morgan, already out there. Our letters from the station express warm hopes of the latter, as the Hastings has only been 18 months in commission, and is in first-rate order in every respect; her officers and crew are admirably assorted, and she has not lost a man by sickness or any other cause since she was commissioned—a most extraordinary and remarkable fact. In pint of economy, too, the retention of the Hastings in her present position will be highly advantageous. The repair of the damage done to the Contest by her late collision with the Fairy will be complete by Wednesday next. She will be paid advance here, and will sail from Spithead on or about the 28th, for Plymouth, to ship the mail for the coast of Africa. The Fairy is to be docked on Monday, to see if she has sustained any damage in fouling the Contest. IN POET AND FITTING. In Harbour—The Victory, Excellent, Illustrious, Blenheim, Contest, Rolla, Fairy and Elfin royal yachts, Portsmouth yacht and Echo tug, the Sidon, fitting as an advance steam•frigate. In Dock—The Dauntless, L Queen, Britannia, Fantome, Lily, Devastation, Fox, and Penelope. In the Basin—The Princess Charlotte, Argus, Termagant, and Bee steam vessels. In the Steam basin—The Ajax, Basilisk, Urgent, Victoria and Albert, Blazer, Pike, and Asp. SINGAPORE, OCT. 18.—Her Majesty's ship Renard, 11-guns, Captain P. Cracroft, arrived at this port at midnight on the 14th inst., having picked up the Cleopatria, 26, Captain Massey, becalmed and very ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20. The following promotions have this day taken p h ee consequent on the death of Rear-Admiral of the White, Sir Francis Augustus Collier, Rear-Admiral of the Blue, Manley Hall Dixon, to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Denbighshire. Denbigh Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia Sir Thomas Erskine, Bart , to be first , Lieutenant, rice Edwards, deceased, Dec. IS. WHITEHALL, Dun- 7. The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Merritt Shugar, of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in th© High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Charles Wynne Davis, licensed victualler, Brovrnlow street, Holborn, to surrender Dec. 31, at one, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman -street; Linklaters, Charlotte row, Mansion-house. Joseph Henry Clegg, cotton spinner, Royton, Lanca. shire, Jan. 2, and 23, at eleven, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. rott, official assignee, Manchester; Cob boat, Manchester. Richard Yenning, cider merchant, Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. 1 and 29, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hermann, o ffi cial assignee, Exeter; Freemen, Totnes ; Stogdon, Exeter. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall street. J. C. Addington, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square, grocer, Jan. 11, at twelve—l. Terry, Haymarket, watch and clock manufacturer, Jan. 11, at eleven—J. W. Gowing, East Derehaw, Norfolk, stationer, Jan. 11, at half-past eleven—H. Rogers, Southampton, draper and outfitter, Jan. 12, at twelve—C. E. Coils, nigh-street, Poplar, draper, Jan. 12, at twelve—L. A. and W. Bard gett, Old Broad-street, City, merchant, Jan. 12, at one —H. G. Aatle, Margate, to) man and tobacconist, Jan. 11, at eleven. _ _ In the Country. M. D. Protherce, Bristol, West - India merchant, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—Elizabeth Aydon and T. W. Ferguson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, grocers and tea dealers, Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—W. Lee, Sunderland, irunfounder, Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne -11. Bourne, Wolsingham, Durham, rcrivencr, Jan. 18, at hall-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-T . ) ne— M. M'Gtverin and J. Johnson, Manchester, unaware manufacturers, Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court Man. chester—W. Sutton, Stockport, cotton waste dealer, Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—W. Brook, Manchester, aEd Goldsmith-row, London, stuff merchant, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester— F. De flinne, Matichestt a, stuff and gingham nrznu'actu rer, Jan. 15. at twelve, at the Court, Manehestc r—W Hague, S. Hague, au d W. Shatwell, Manchester, eutn• miasion egents, Jan. 14, at twelve, at the Court, Man- cheater. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. Beddow and Berryman, Little Love I.ne, Wood street, Scotch and Manchester warehousemen, bid., un lay, Dec. 22, and three subsequent Saturdays. between the hours of elev, n and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abehapch-lane. S. Williams, Reading, coach proprietor, 2s. 50., on Saturday, Dec. 22, and three subsequent S4turdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, A bchurch-lane. T. Whi s kin g , St. John stroet, Brick-lane, t'rober merchant, I Id., can Saturday, Dec. 22, and three subsea (vent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, tachurch-lane. H. Itotherhum, Che,tertield, Derbyshire, plumber and e,llzier, 5s , on Tu, *day, Jan. 8, or any subbequent Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester. J. Bell, South Shields, Durham, shipbroker, 6kd., in addition to 6i. previously declared, on Saturday, Dec. 22. or any subsequent Saturday, between the hours of eleven and thrte, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle upon-Tine. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basingball-street. Eliza Neuens, Bread street, watch and clockmitker, Jan. 11, at half-past one—G. Sedgwick, Moorgate-street, stationer, Jan. 12, at eleven. In the Country. M. Laird, Birkenhead, commission agent, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Jackton, Birmingham, builder, Jan.l7, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—A. Davies, coal merchant, Aston park, Snrop6hire, Jan. 14, at half past ten. o' th , • Birminuh%M. DIAmuLND 1111 bT. (From Eliza Cook's Journal ) Pleasure may be called the short cut to tne tomb, as it shortens time, which is the way. If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your vise counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Time, patience, and industry, are the three grand masters of the world. Death falls heavy upon I in wEo is too a uzli known to others and too little to himself. THE GOLDEN HORN.—SINGULAR EXHIBITION AT KNIGHTSBRIDGE.—Among the many fine displays of prize meat in the metropolis at this festive season, the following is remarkable:—Mr. Cowell has in his window the head of a thorough-bred Highland ox, fi d by Mr. Kirkby, of Epping; it was three years and ten months when exhibited, the whole carcase weighing 130 stone. The length of the horns, which Mr. Cowell has caused to be profusely gilded and decorated, are three feet two inches, the breadth between three feet five inches. The head is of beautiful symmetry and has osused great attraction. THE HUNGARIAN REFUGBES.—The ship Mount-. stuart Elphinstone arrived at Greenock, on Monday night, from Glasgow, on her way to New York, having on board the Hungarian exiled company of thirty-five gentlemen. The exceedingly handsome sum of 251. has been subscribed for them here, and was handed to a deputation of their number on Monday afternoon. The offering was received with many expressions of thanks for the kindness of the people of Greenock to them in the midst of their misfortunes. The party consisted of Major Beranyi, their president, Dr. George Pomuta, their secretary, and Captains Bette and Hamvasy, th e latter the treasurer. They are mild and gentlemanly in their bearing, and Dr. Pomuta speaks English so as to be quite understood. In the evening these gentlemen were entertained by the brethren of the Masonic Lodge Greenock litlwinning.—Greenock Advertiser. _ _ THE BORNBAN kiltsTzs.—Singapore advices of the 6th of November mention that a certificate had bee* granted by the Judges of the Court of Admiral►y at tbss port to Captain Farquhar, of her Majesty's ship Alba tross, for 20,7001. head money, for the late slaughter of the Serabas Dyaks. During the late expedition the Sarawak Dyaka cut off the heads of the Serabas Dyaka by scores, and smoked them in view of several Euro peans. Raja Brooke was desirous of relinquishing the appointment of Governor of Labuan, provided he could retain that of her Majesty Consul and Commissioner to Borneo. THB FIRS AT MESShRS. WARD 8, AT BELl'Elt Every particle of stock in the warehouses was consumed, or so entirely injured as to be worthless. The amount of damage, we are informed, is at least 30,0001, without including the almost total destruction of the compact and substantial building, which must amount to several thousands more. The loss is all covered by insurances. —Nottingham Guardian. PORT Louis, OCT. 18. - (Extract.)—" General Sutherland is in great force, and has given the troops several brigade field-days under a burning sun. The new Governor is not popular with the troops; they see nothing of him, he lives in great seclusion at bis (wan try seat; but I hear ho is about making sweeping re forms in the law and other departments, which doubtless are much wanted. I hope soon that we shall have a steam communication to Aden, which will reduce the passaga to England to thirty-two days. Seven thousand ponds per annum have been voted by this colony, and if Bout. bon will give 3,0001, the affair will be arranged by Messrs. Gower forthwith. I believe we shall then have the New South Wales letters and passengers by this route, and it will be an immense thing for the island, which is already improving after the shock credit re ceived last year." Sir Robert H. Inglis had an interyi.?w yeatereey with Earl Grey.