The Sun. — London, England, 1856-01-15 00:00:00

Danish ,rda th ions as F news a have r date le ves ill re m the miners it is lured, send samp- le mall d as a known of the ity on se and on the Ith, os I be end of Te the gh the Itly of been a most re had ted to le 7th )yr oc :round atinu south- I were and it Reau- le fol- rthern be Em• form rnment melte. ;inning detain. e ch.ta v SUP )(fumed zlation nation, ling 11$ is a the year icers poses ►rgu when MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with less heaviness, though still well supplied. Compared with Friday's rates, prices of all kinds Were much the same. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales, consistingof 150 Pernam and Maran barn, at 6id. to 61d.; 50 Bahia, fid. to 60. ; 300 4Yptian, sid. to 7d. ; 1,000 Surats, 3id. to 4d.; and 200 Sea Islands, Sid. to 2s. 2d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was quiet, and a few trans actions were reported. The latest advices from New York state that the Cotton trade was in a more active condi tion than for some days previously. The market for breadstuffs was also firmer, and in some in stances an advance in the price of flour was obtain able. Some large sales of wheat are reported, and several extensive shipments of grain to Liverpool, Cork, and some of the continental ports, were, being made. There was a fair quantity of rice offered for sale, and the market had 'become quieter. In the sugar market, the stocks to the Ist instant amounted to 5,936 hogsheads and 10,788 boxes, which Was a decrease in the former but an increase in the latter, as compared with the same .date in 1855. The Money Market had become very strin gent, and the effect upon stocks had of course been unfavourable. The exports of specie during the week ending the 29th ultimo, were to the ex tent of 364,798 dollars, making the total for the year to that date 27,539,141 dollars. The latest City banks' returns presented some important changes, which were considered to be of a discouraging character. The mercantile classes were busily engaged in perusing and pre- Paring the usual annual circulars, and it was gene !alb' admitted that the past twelvemonths had been favourable to most branches of business. The agricultural interest had been especially prosperous ; and, although there has been a good deal of dis turbance in financial and monetary affairs, yet the ca ution which has generally been observed pre vented the occurrence of many large and important failures. • Commercial intelligence from Norway shows that the inland and coasting trade of that kingdom is increasing in a remarkable degree, and that the i ntroduction of railway transit into the interior II" opened up many resources which otherwise Would have lain dormant. The principles of free trade are gradually being introduced by the govern /Rent, and a • system of commercial reciprocity es tablished with the neighbouring kingdom of Den mark. A royal ordonnance has just been promul- Arated authorising all Danish vessels of 15 tons and 'llPwards to enter into the coasting trade between the Ports of Norway, during the period that Nor- Wegian vessels possess the same privileges accorded to them by the government of Denmark. The suc cess also of the railway constructed by English contractors, from Christiania towards the Swedish frontier, has caused the authorities= to take the 'natter into their serious consideration of extend lig the line to Stockholm, and thereby unite the capitals of these two Scandinavian States. Notwithstanding what has been said relative to the conference on the Sound Dues being indefini tixely postponed, reliable intelligence from Copen hagen states confidently that it will take place on the 20th inst. Meantime, it is not certain what course the Russian delegate Yongoborski will pur sue ; and it is doubtful whether he will take any particular steps in the matter, for it is generally understood that he is employed upon a more im- Portant diplomatic mission than the one in ques tion. The Bureau Veritas for 1856, or Fl ench Lloyd's Register of Shipping, has just been issued, and contains the usual extensive amount of informa tion. Resident surveyors at London and Liver pool have been appointed, and. the usefulness of the Work is consequently increased. It contains a elassification of 34,000 Foreign and British owned Teasels, and other valuable particulars of the ut %lost importance to those interested in shipping. An improved feeling has been exhibited in the Xnglish Stock Market to-day, and the prices have risen fully per cent. This movement has been Produced by the payment of the dividends and the easier condition of the money market, but there le a disposition in some quarters to entertain the idea that further negotiations for peace will soon made known, which likewise strengthens the quotations. Consols for money have been 864 but they are now about 88} to g. For account the quotations have been 864 4 and 86/ 4. The New 3 per Cents. are 86i to 87k, and the Reduced 86 41. Exchequer Bills are Gs. to 35., and India Bonds 74. discount. In the Foreign Stock Market the business trans acted has been chiefly in Turkish Securities, upon which the rate of " continuation" is rather heavy. The 6 per Cents. have risen 4 per cent., being 814, although early in the day they had ruled at 80a and 81. The New Scrip is dull at 41 to 44 dis count. Venezuela Active Bonds are 254 to 26#, and the Deferred 11. Sardinian Bonds are marked , 82, and Mexican 194. Brazilian 5 per Cents. 994, and ditto New Deferred 98. Dutch 4 per Cents. are flat at 944. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stooks:—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 7 ; M e xican, 194 • Peruvian, 73 5 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 51 3; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 45 7 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 7 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 87; Spanish 3 per Cents., 381 39 ; ditto Deferred, 214 4 ; ditto Certificates, 44 ; ditto Passive, 64 7. The settlement of the Railway Share account is progressing steadily, and the variations in price • mainly influenced thereby. Very few dealings have taken place in foreign and colonial under takings. Mining and Banking Shares are exceedingly quiet. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. f From the Oficial Litt. RiFones done. 3 per Cent. Rodueri B6A 3 per Cent Console Annuities Ne w 3 per rent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1835 l6l India Bonds, XlOOO Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account Exchequer 13111 e, 2d. P.lOOO Ditto Bonds ' 1858, 31 per Cent.. — Ditto under £lOOO 96/ 7 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 5 per Cent., 1829 and 1839 9B litexie.an 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 4i per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cont. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Few Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent Ditto for the Account Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Amount .................... .•••••••• •• • 43 $ Venezuela Bonds, 4i par Cent Ditto Deferred, 1, per Cent. qividende on tug above nayabie in London. Dutch Exchange, 2. per Cent., 12 Guil.,. 63i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. ~ 6 3 d Consols Ditto for Account Feb. 7 .. — BO II x d TEE PEERAGE OF SIR JAMES PARKE, The elevation to the peerage of Sir James Parke, " for the term of his natural life, by the name, style, and title of Baron Wensleydale, of Wensleydale, in the North Riding of the County of York," is the first instance, at least in modern times, of the creation of a peerage not hereditary. It is difficult to conceive the reasons which have induced the noble and learned lord to receive this qualified honour. He has no sons ; and as the uniform modern practice is t o li m i t, i n t h e pa t en t, th e d escen t o f the peerage in strict settlement " to the heirs of the body of the first peer," the peerage which has just been con ferred upon him would, to all intents aid purposes, have been a peerage " for the term of his natural life," without the unusual and extraordinary limitation which his patent contains. The qu est i on wh i c h h as t h us b een unnecessarily raised is ens of great constitutional iin ertance.—Aforning Post. EXTENSION OF FABEINGDON•STREE T . - Yesterday morning the materials of an extensive block of building Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell, and of another in Bowling-street, including the Horse and Groom Inn and severs.' lay-stalls, were sold by direction of the Improve ment Committee of the city of London, their sites being required for the formation of Victoria-street, leading from Holborn-bridge to the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell. It has been decided by the commissioners that the t horoughfaie will be opened for public trafEc next July. SHARE MARKETS. THIS DAY.,' RAILWAYS. RAYIWATO. ICtosini Prises this day. 3 1 3,i 76 - 8 16 - 15 is 14 9 79 81 54 - 84! fo 12 5 - 4 6i -7j 11 - 12 8i 25 2 .17 - 19, B 9 - 71 49 - 51 9} - 9i 19 - 20 - 85 894 - 75 121 104 624 76 - 75 5i - 6i 5 i 6 3 76 76i 934 -- 9 6 9 5 . 4 1 9 14 - I 85 - 8 - 7 fiti $i id 63 634 38 38 •04 ..> i" 10 - • 42 - 44 •••. 28 - 29 66 67 5 - 4i 12 -12 i 44 45 94 --97 it - s'l 19 --• 21 01 -- 103 71 - 73 42 - 44 10i lli 564 - 574 65. - 67 5 - 3d 2d - 33. - 35 • •• ....'' 18i - 19 34 FOREIGN. inbg. Notteg. t 30 ; ,. %nd Eastn. Jnnnt Q. it-East :1 'Arming. Wolynch Stour y e ihd. %centre Junct..., •u. Cheep. & Birk .£5O and £25 C , ..rg 1! Do., .£20...».... all :Ipti J &TyneorigiDa £25 (lead. at £4'. 100 Bristol and Exeter... 100 , !aledonian. ...... . 61s. Cum. and Cardigan al_ Chester 4 Holyheao 11l Cork and Bandon, all Cork, Black, 4 Pus 18 Cornwall all Do. A ............. 8 Do. B .. lei 48 Dnolin&BelfastJunc. all Dun. P. & Aber. Jr.c: all Do. N , w 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties.... 100 nut. Union, A 9tl 100 De., B. Stow? 94' Do., New A „ 7i East Kent 100 East Lancashire 100 Edinburgh & Glasgo all pEdinb. and Peebles 100 Edin.Prth &Dnrph, , 9 Forth & Clyde Jon; all (Furness. all • 'Do Extension 100 ; Glas g ow &S. W , sst _ all Great, N. of Scotlnd 100 'Great Northern 1 00 'Do., A. Stock 00 Do., B. Stock GL sth. &West.(lre. ) 00 'Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Qua. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster k Carlisle 14j;D0., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorkel I 'Do., Wet. aidluglTr ail !Liv.Crsby.&Southit all London & Blackwal 100 Loud. Bright & S„Cst. 100 ;Load. and N. Wootn. '0 t 6 Do. Fifths 0 54 Do.lOI.Sh.,Mlg ll .—C 24 2 1 Do. ISighths • ...... !!. 100 London and.S. Wecit7.l. if, all Do., £5O. 10 all FDo., £44 1., 1.11 Intlndrry& Colersin. l 6 all Lndndrr -- . & Ennil - h • It 100 'Manch.Shef.k Una-, 15 all Do. i Shares, No. .i. ?,, i2s. Dr,„, Mar. &Lin, Un. IA) 1 Metr0p01itan.......... it. 100 Oilicliand .. i ii it e 100 r)o. Birmng. &De. i 0 Al; idld. G. West. f Ire , ; MI all )o. 'Ralf Shares Xi 11l Newcastle & Carlisle- all Nvrpt.Aberg. &Hrf,-7 g Newry & Enniskill , :, '0 ,‘.1.1 "awry Warrenpeir.: atld llostrevor Iflo N - orfolk ...... Nortlin.Counties 100 North British... . all North Devon, No all no., No. 2 .... A Deferred._ all Do., B Guarantoel 100 N. Eastern—Berwieh 214 Do. do. Extension 15 Do.do.C4.N.E.l'ureh a:I Co. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 3: 1p N.&S.Wstrn.,liamr stead, and City in.. 171 North Staffordshiv.. al' North Western .. all N. &S. Westi n. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester.. t. Oa, Wore., Wolv i 8 eorternouth L. 100 °Alai Central I t. 100 lieottish Midland , t. 100 'Thropshire Un'on a'l Aouth Devon t. 1) 0 'loath Eastern 3 all South Wales D 15 3. Yrksh. 4 Riv. Dun I 5 Do 1 11 4taines, Wok. &Wok 5 al tockton & Darli 16 4 4twekton & Hurtlepl. t. 100 Waif Vale t. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 6 21i Names Hay. D.& R. 0 ... ITlverstone & Lanes. 0 all Vale of Neath O all Waterfd. & Kilkenny O all Waterford&Limerick O all West Cornwall 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace 5 all Do. A ......... 5 3 Do. 8...., .. X) all ;West London .0 all ! Wimbledn & Croydon ill :ntwert) , lx fintt vitro 40 Do. 5 p.c. Obigi. con. in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes O ..• 4i ielgian .Kastn. Jung, 10 :Uzi ere to Gra' 88 , 141/. 4i limnbay, Baroda, an frlonti'a) all Do. all !)emeran 11 :)nt.e. Itheni9h •11 Irtastern of Franco . 10 T )(J. New ...... all 1 Indian, g. 5 p.-3 10 ;')G. Ao. do. do., '59, do.. 20 Cid. Mr_ of Canna aA . 1 1 ifio. St. Lawrence 4. ktlantic do. 70 no. Cert. of Dobai.. , lon. into Stk. till 'C! all Do. Comp. 6p. a., do. 10 qt. Ceutral of Fran all qt Indian Peninenin guar. 5 per cent. , all Yew 5 per COW all o. Extensions. id Treat Ltixetubonr. Constituted Sh‘re• 4.11 n o . Obligations,..... 4,11 fit. Western of Camovl 5 i Do. New .11 Do. Ws., payable's7, with option till '55.. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 . a l l Do. do.. '76, p. '60... All Dr,. do., '73, without option... ail Ramilton 8t Toront all Do. A per oent. 17 LAW Conk.. & Baal , a ll Lierre and Turnhout 10 Lyons and Geneva 14 Lyons k Mediterran all Kndras .............. 10 Do. New ............. . a ll Maria Antonia • &11 Do. do. New all Namur ea Liege (oritl, interest) all Do. (ox interact) all Northern of France all D o .201. Shs all Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bdo (fmy. 8.6& Ams.qhs.' all NorwegianTrunkPre` 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds ...... all 'Paris and Orleans all Paris and Ronan... ParisCaen 4; Chcrbrg. all Do 6 Rome and Frascati all ,Rouen and 11avre..... all Royal Danish 6 Royal Swedish all Do. Obligations all ;Sambre and bleuse...l all 5i p. cent. Prof. ss.Scinde I all De... all ,Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) tr. West Flanders all Do 6 per c. Pref 18 Western of France 1 all Do . all I Zealand JOINT-8' all kustralmia 50 hank of London .. all Sri. Col. sic.,Sc I,n ' •c • a ll Rriti N. Amoriesi ; hll 5 Chartd. Bank of kaip 4 Chrtd. Bek. of India Australia, & Chins: 50 City 25 +Jolon al .. 20 Commercial of Loud. +l.l Fng.' , ,cot.&&np.Cht. all bond. Chart. Bk. of Alletrftlil. 5 Ditto Now 20 . i i ryidon and Connty )50 net. &E. Bak g. Co r p 1(, (London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Weetminster 3F IsTational FrO.Of Emg 10 Do. New ........... ••• , National of Irelmtd 1 all' New South Wales, all Oriental Bank of ra Corpotton. vincial of Ireland all ilffio. New 1 p I. Royal Anstraln.Bkg. k Gll,l I mp Co._ 50 Royal 8riti5h.,,,,,,,, all South instralia .... all Union of A.netralls..: 10 .UniOn o Iszaci;elP.l N - Ft 9 ; MP- T IFIXFA) RANTALP. • !W . ,- , iiSy, cit .....,...7.4k AM '.,., :1 V.ll * ti....: , ' - , e„, , i . _-,,,,,. ti i t 0.11 ,;--,,,, -,: ~ . It.- ..,..„. „,„, _ „. . Tia.tlow 1)1:1111firi a J. 1111.: ( M.* this .tto thte Belford Loniot. N. Wert. L.&N.W. E. I.ln. is E. C... mrt E. Count. 4 Jaldonistai SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. Bay tvka.t. (11 , • I at this day. 91 - 93 94 -- 93 NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.) ni l'ii --- iii The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty this afternoon : - -• PAYMASTERS. William P. O'Brien to the Brunswick. Joseph W. Maddox to the Algiers, William Weaver to the Sanspareil. William P. O'Brien to the Colossus. Robert Deveson to the Flying Fish. CLERKS. John Rivers to the Colossus. Henry H. P. Shanks to the Centurion. ASSISTANT CLERKS. George B. Westcott to the Brunswick. W. H. J. Aitken to the Brunswick. Albert Allen to the Algiers. k Richard Drury to the Algiers. Edward Tisdall, to the Sanspareil. W . P. Albin, to the Colossus. C. H. Stone, to the Colossus. Herbert F. Roe, to the .tEolus. W. P. Ellis, to the Centurion. William B. Edkins, to the Centurion. Edwin Thinkstone, to the Centurion. Mr. George Masoa has been confirmed t 9 the r ank o surgeon. Do ...... Westu Yk. New. & Rerw. Y.SzN:S{ , Do. Do 104 LOS Dr. Baste o - 13 11.6 --- 11© IPoto k Co. Norfolk Do L.&N. W & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland 21 - 24 86• - En. Conn. E. Count. k: =-_- D D 0... Do L. &N.W Do Gt Northt. ,Lancash& Yorksh. T. Bra.sseyl M.MClean Stoat. & Darlingt D 0........ . ..• •.• 130 - 123 Convention between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Japan. 7i 8 34 3 a 29i - 304 81 - 83 (From the Gazette of this Evening.) Signed at Nagasaki, in the English and Japanese lan guages, October 14, 1854. [Ratifications exchanged at Nagasaki, Oct. 9, 1855.] CONVENTION FOR REGULATING THE ADMISSION OF BRI- SHARES. 108 = 110 104 - 106 9U - J 2 91 - 93 15 - 16 5i - 61 --- 4 11i - 12; 60 - 62 111: - 113 106 - 108 98 --- 100 - 10 ••• `"". 6 6A 84 - 86 77 -- 79 77 -- 79 9i 7, 9 i 15 94 i -- 61 10 67 -6.; 17i -18 i 8i -- 9 131 ISt 1 -- 132. -• 134 ••• 0411, THE SON, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1856. munication shall be held with merchant-boats, and no exchange of, articles tike place, or trading of any sort. The above being according to the law of Great Japan, all commanders and other officers shall obey the same, and orders shall be given to the crew that the aforesaid law shall not be broken. No regulations for the port of Hakodrtii have yet been communicated. ... ''.. Me ••• N. ••• • P 13 - 131 I - 131. - 133 91 - 1.1 - 4 - 46 98 - 100 87 - 8 I 2i - 3# se '''''' . 6 • i -- id 13 - 14 id - pa , 92 221 94 ... .." , p IPI = 441 LONDON GAZETTE—{This Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, JAN. 14. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William Cunard as Consul at Halifax, Nova Scotia, for his Majesty the Emperor of Austria. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 15. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Stockholm, reporting that by a recent Royal Decree the importation of ballast and pig iron into Sweden is permitted on pay ment of duty at the rate of 1 Rix Dollar Banco per Skep pond, and that the following kinds of iron and manufac tures of iron may be exported from that country at the same rate of duty, viz.:— Pig and ballast iron. Cannons, ordnance pieces, swivels and mortars, un• stamped and inhered. Iron plates of more than 1,1 inches in thickness. Iron for making weights, of more than one skeppund eaolo. Forged or rolled bar and sheet iron r of an inch thick and upwards, less than 12 inches wide, and more than 5-6ths. of an inch square, is admitted duty free. WAR-DEPARTMENT, JAN. 15. 6th Regiment of Dragoons—Cornet William Moule to be Adjutant, vice Weir, who resigns the Adjutantcy only. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Goldie to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Gordon, who retires. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Hon. Charles Rowley Hay to be Lieutenant and Captain, with out purchase ' vice Lieutenant an d C a pt a i n a nd Brevet- Major A. C. Greville, whose Brevet Rank has been con verted into Substantive Rank, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 ; Ensign and Lieutenant George Hay Moncrieffo to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Dawson Darner, who retires ; Ensign Henry George Bowden, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Hay; Lieutenant James Ed ward Ford, from the sth Royal Lancashire Militia, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant John Thompson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Yonne, promoted to a Provi sional Battalion ; Ensign Henry Pye Phillips to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Thompson. 3d Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Merrett, from the North Gloucester Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Awdry. 4th Foot—Lieutenant William Courtenay Vyvyan, from the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Segrave, deceased. sth Foot—Brevet-Major J. E. Simmons to be Major, without purchase, vice Johnson, who retires upon half-pay ; Lieutenant John Koury Chads to be Captain, without pur chase, vice Simmons; Second Lieutenant John Creagh to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Chads ; First Lieu tenant Forster Longfield, from the Cork City Artillery Militia, to be Ensign, withont purchase, vice Creagh. 6th Foot—Ensign Henry Parkinson to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lee, promoted ; Dawson Kelly Evans, Gent., to he Ensign, without purchase, vice Par kinson. 14th Foot—Stephen Watson, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Mohony, promoted. 20th Foot—Ensign Douglas Wimberley to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Young, who retires. 28th Foot—Lieut. H. F. Morgan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Lieut.-Col. E. G. Hallowell, who has been promoted to the Substantive Rank of Major, un attached, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1854 ; Ensign A. M. A. Page to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Morgan ; Captain Douglas Fyfe, from the Ayrshire Militia, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Page. 31st Foot- Joseph Wilding Lomas, Gent., to be Dis penser of Medicine. 36th Foot—Lieutenant B. R. Shaw to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rice, whose promotion on the 28th Decem ber, 1855, has been cancelled ; George Rogers, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice W. C. Hill, promoted ; Charles George Mahon, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase , vice Rogers, appointed to the 49th Foot. 38th Foot —Lieutenant De Vic Tupper to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Samuel Hackett, whose brevet rank has been converted into substantive rank, under the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 1854 ; Ensign C. L. J. Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice De Vic Tupper ; Lieutenant Bury David Wright, from the Wicklow Militia, to be Ensign, without puzcha.se, vice Fitz Gerald. 40th Foot—The appointment of Ensign D. Jackson, to bear date Bth January, 1856. 41st Foot—Mylred Tillet Quayle, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Fitzgerald, deceased. 42d Foot—Ensign F. G. Coleridge, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 44th Foot—Ensign J. R. Newbolt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cooper, who has retired. 46th Foot—Ensign Charles Benjamin Coles Speke, from the 65th Foot, to be Ensign. 47th Foot—Edward Walton Hannill, Gent., to be Dis penser of Medicine. 49th Foot—Ensign George Rogers, from the 36th Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase. 55th Foot—Ensign Charles Edward Lane Bluett, from the Ist Devon Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase. 63d Foot—Ensign R. W. B. Crowther to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fraser, promoted; Serjeant-Major James Slack to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Lacy, promoted. 65th Foot—To be Ensigns, by purchase—Francis Geo. Coleridge, Gent., vice Higgins, promoted — Chas. Ben jamin Cole Speke, Gent., vice Whitbread, promoted. To be Eusiges, without purchase—Lieut. Geo. Pennefather, from the North Tipperary Militia, vice Andrew J. Hicks, appointed to the 4 7 th Foot; Lieut. George Robert Che valier, from the Ayrshire Militia, vice Coleridge, ap pointed to the 42d Foot ; Arthur Francis Maude, Gent„ vice Speke, appointed to the 46th Foot. 67th Foot—Ensign J. R. Crane to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Steward, promoted in the 50th Foot. 77th Foot—Ensign Frederick John Adam to be Lie ute nant, without purchase, vice Basil H. Browne, deceased ; James Peacock, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Ad•vm. 84th Foot—Ensign Alfred Gibaut to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Richardson, deceased ; Ensign John B. Maclennan to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Gi baut, whose promotion, without purchase, on Aug. 26, has been cancelled; Henry Thos. Win. Oxley Kenny, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Maclennan. 85th Foot—Ensign K. W. H. Noyes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barton ; William Chipchase Henderson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Noyes. Rifle Brigade—Ensign G. M. L Egerton to be Lieute nant, without purchase, vice Booth, deceased ; Ensign W Henry Deedes to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vise Eger ton, whose promotion, by purchase, on Jan. 8, has been can celled. Land Transport Corps—The name of the Veterinary Surgeon appointed on the 28th ult. is Joseph Ball, bud not Joseph Bale, as previously stated. BRITISH GERMAN LEGION. STAFF.--Captain William Rainforth, formerly of the 25th Foot, to be Depot Adjutant, at Shorucliffe, with the rank of Captain. Ist Light Dragoons—Major Charles Porceval to be Lieu tenant-Colonel-Commandant, his commission to be dated Bth June, 1815, hut not to carry back pay beyond let of December, 1855. 2d Light Dragoons—Major John Elphinstone Fleming to be Lieutenant-Colonel-Commandant, his Commission to be dated 9th of June, 1835, but not to carry back pav be yond let of December, 18 i 5 ; James Meyer, late of the Austrian Imperial Hussars, to be Lieutenant. 4th Light Infantry—Major John Hambley Humfrey to be Lieuteuaut-Colonel Commandant. PROVISIONAL DEPOT BATTALION.—Captain J. N. K. A. Yonge, from the 2d Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Ferdinand White, C. 8., who retires. UNATTACH EL. —The undermentioned officers to have the Substarive rank of Major, under the Royal Warrant of 6th Oct., 1851:—Captain and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Blane, half-pay, unattached ; Captain and Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Gilling Hallowell, 28th Foot; Captain and Brevet-Major Samuel Hackett, 38th Foot ; Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet-Major Arthur Charles Greville, Scots Fusilier Guards. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting-Assistant Surgeon Curtiss Martin to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Brakyn resigned. BREVET. Lieut.-Colonel Chas. Edmund Doherty, 13th Light Dra goons, having completed three years' actual service in the rank of Lieut.-Colonel, to be promoted to be Colonel in the Army, under the Royal Warrant of 6th October, 1854 ; Chas. Frederick Havelock, Esq., late 95th Foot, to have the local rank of Colonel in Turkey, while serving with the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry, attached to the Turkish Contingent; Lieut.-Colonel J. R. Raines, late of the 48th Foot, to have the temporary rank of Colonel, while at tached to the British Swiss Legion. The undermentioned Quartermasters to have the hono rary rank of Captain, from•the date of their retirement, under the Royal warrant of 17th Dec., 1855 :—Quarter master Wm. Grigg, half-pay 55th Foot ; Quartermaster Chas. Fraser, half-pay 49th Foot • Quartermaster Donald M'Queen, half-pay' ' 921 Foot; Major-General W. T. Knollys to have the local rank of Lieutenant-General in Great Britain, while commanding the troops at Aldershot. To have the local rank of Colonel in Turkey—Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel William Morris , C. 8., 17th Light Dragoons, appointed Deputy Quartermaster -General to the Turkish Contingent. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT. To be Commissary-General —Deputy Commissary-Gene ral John Laidley. To be Deputy Commissa ries -General —Assistant Com missaries-General Thom as G. S. Swan, John M`Farla n, Joseph William Wybault, Francis B. Archer, Philip Tur ner, Henry B. Morse, and Frederick S. Carpenter. To be Assistant C o mmissaries - Genenral.—Deputy As sistant Commissary-Generals—Thos. Williams, Henry Curll, John T. Cowper, John B. Price, Wm. Hewetson ' Charles H. Sheil, Hector J. Macaulay, H enr y C onne ll, Fred W a ldron, Henry Moore, J ames C oxwo rthy, Henry Bartlett, m Alex. C. Crookshank, Henry Robinson, P e nrose G. Julyan, and Philip Rollestan. To be Deputy-Assistant Commissaries-General—Com missariat Clerks Edward Turnbull, Bulmer Hedley, Geo. H. Telfer, Fred. Souter Monk, Robert Handley Dundee, Edward Daniel Lawrence, Arch. Campbell Colqnhonn, Wm. lElmfreville Green, Chas. Molyneux Seel, Croker Lovell Pennell, Arthur Lewis Chaplin, Owen Edward Hayter, Henry Clutterbuck Lewis, Win. Fraser George Servantes, Alf re d R o bt. Thompson, Wm. Charlier, Francis Charles Blunt. WHITEHALL, JA.x., 1856. The Queen has been graciously pleased to approve of the Edinburgh County Militia being designated the " Queen's Regiment of Light Infantry Militia." COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. King's Own (Tower Hamlets) Light Infantry Regiment of Militia—James Richard Gordon, Esq., to be Lieutenant. Cambridgeshire Militia—William Frederick Dennis, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Ramage, resigned ; Thomas Jonas Sherwood, cent., to be Ensign. Royal North Lincoli Militia—Joseph Gibson, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Longstaffe, promoted. Royal South Lincoln Militia—Captain Charles Thomas John Moore to be Second Major, on the decease of Colonel Waldo Sibthorp. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—Johnstone Parke, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Burton, resigned. - Warwickshire Militia—lst Regiment —George Stowell Webb Ware, Gent., to be Ensign ; Erasmus Harris Vanglston, Gent., to be Ensign. 2 d Ee-etraeht -A. Moir Lowndee, Gee., to be Lieute. TISK SHIPS INTO THE PORTS OF JAPAN. It is agreed between Sir James Stirling, Knight, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the ships and vessels of her Britannic Majesty in the East Indies and seas adjacent, and Mezi-no Chekfu-no Karni, Obunyo of Nagasaki, and Nagai Evan Ocho, Omedski of Nagasaki, ordered by his Imperial Highness the Emperor of Japan to act herein ; That,- 1. The ports of Nagasaki (Fisen) and Hakodadi (Matsmai) shall be open to British ships for the 'pur poses of effecting repairs, and obtaining fresh water, provisions, and other supplies of any sort they may ab solutely want for the use of the ships. 2. Nagasaki shall be open for the purposes afore said from and after the present date ; and Hakodadi from and after the end of fifty days from the Admiral's departure from this pert. The rules and regulations of each of these ports are to be complied with. 3. Only ships in distress from weather, or unmanage able, will be permitted to enter other ports than those specified in the foregoing Articles, without permission from the Imperial Government. 4. British ships in Japanese ports shall conform to the laws of Japan. If high officers or commanders of ships shall break any such laws, it will lead to the ports being Cosed. Should inferior persons break them, they are to be delivered over to the commanders of their ships for punishment. 5. In the ports of Japan, either now open, or which may hereafter be opened, to the ships or subjects of any foreign nation, British ships and subjects shall be en titled to admission and to the enjoyment of an equality of advantages with those of the most favoured nation, always excepting the advantages accruing to the Dutch and Chinese from their existing relations with Japan. 6. This Convention shall be tatified, and the ratifi cations shall be exchanged at Nagasaki on behalf of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, and on behalf of his Highness the Emperor of Japan, within twelve months from the present date. 7. When this Convention shall be ratified, no high officer coming to Japan shall alter it. In witness whereof, we have signed the same, and have affixed our seals thereunto at Nagasaki, this four teenth day of October, 1854. (L. S.) JAMES STIRLING. N.B.—The Japanese text was signed by the Japanese Plenipotentiaries. Exposition of the Articles of the Convention of Nagasaki of the 14th of October, 1854, agreed to on the 18th of October, 1855, by their Excellencies the Rear-Admiral Cooamandin4-in•Chiefand the Japanese Commissioners. "1. The ports of Nagasaki (Fisen) and Hakodadi (Matsiemi) shall be open to British ships for the purposes of effecting repairs, and obtaining fresh water, provi sions, and other supplies of any sort they may absolutely want for the use of the ships." Exposition—The first Article of the Convention opens the ports of Nagasaki and Hakodadi to British ships for repairs and supplies. It opens the whole and every part of those ports ; but ships must be guided in an choring by the directions of the local Government. Safe and convenient places will be assigned where ships may be repaired. Workmen, materials, and supplies, will be provided by the local Government according to a tariff to be agreed upon, by which also the modes of payment will be regulated. All official communications will hereafter, when Japanese shall have time to learn Eng lish, be made in that language. A British burial-ground shall be set apart on Medsume Sima, fenced in by a stone wall. and properly protected. 2. " Nagasaki shall be open for the purposes afore said from and after the present date ; and Hakodadi from and after the end of fifty days from the Admiral's departure from this port. The rules and regulations of each of these ports are to be complied with." The second Article provides that at each of the ports of Nagasaki and Hakodadi the Port Regulation shall be obeyed ; but the Japanese Government will take care that they shall not be of a nature to create embarrass ment, nor to contradict in any other way the general tenor and intent of the Treaty, the main object of which is to promote a friendly intercourse between Great Bri tain and Japan. 3. " Only ships in distress from weather, or unma nageable, will he permitted to enter other ports than those specified in the foregoing articles, without permis sion from the Imperial Government." Exposition.—The third article declares that only ships in distress from weather, or unmanageable, shall ertiter other ports than Nagasaki and Hakodadi without per mission from the Imperial Government ; but ships of war have a general right to enter the ports of friendly Powers in the unavoidable performance of public duties, which right can be neither waived nor r,stricted ; but her Ma jesty's ships will not enter any other than open ports without necessity, nor without offering proper explana tions to the Imperial authorities. 4. " British ships in Japanese ports shall conform to the laws of Japan. If high officers or commanders of ships shall break any such laws, it will lead to the ports being closed. Should inferior persons break them, they are to be delivered over to the commanders of their ships for punishment." The fourth Article provides that British ships and subjects in Japanese ports shall conform to the laws of Japan ; and that if any subordinate British subjects commit offences against the laws, they shall be handed over to their own officers for punishment ; and that if high officers or commanders of ships shall break the laws, it will lead to the closing of the ports specified. AII this is as it should be ; but it is not intended by this Article that any acts of individuals, whether high or low, previously unauthorised or subsequently disap proved of by her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, can set aside the Convention entered into with her Majesty alone by his Imperial Highness the Emperor of Japan. "5. In the ports of Japan, either now open, or which may hereafter be opened to the ships or subjects of any foreign nation, British ships and subjects shall be entitled to admission, and to the enjoyment of an equality of advantages with those of the most favoured nation, alweys excepting the advantages accruing to the Dutch and Chinese from their existing relations with Japan." The fifth Article secures in the fullest sense to British ships and subjects in every port of Japan, either now open or hereafter to be opened, an equality in point of advantage or accommodation with the ships and sub jects or citizens of any foreign nation, excepting any peculiar privilege hitherto conceded to the Dutch and Chinese in the port of Nagasaki. If, therefore, any other nation or people be now or hereafter permitted to enter other ports than Nagasaki and Hakodadi, or to appoint Consuls, or to open trade, or to enjoy any advantage or privilege whatever, British ships and subjects shall, as of right, enter upon the enjoyment of the same. 6. " This Convention shall he ratified, and the rati fications shall be exchanged at Nagasaki on behalf of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, and on behalf of his Highness the Emperor of Japan, within 12 months from the present date." 7. When this Convention shall be ratified, no high officer coming to Japan shall alter it." ARRANGEMENT REGARDING SHIPS. An arrangement made subsequently to the Conven tion requires that British ships intending to visit Japan shall be provided with a document in proof of their nationality, and as a check upon the conduct of vessels in Japanese ports ; and her Majesty's Go vernment has directed a form of certificate of registra tion to be adopted*, which has been accepted as satisfac tory by the Japanese authorities ; and merchant ships arriving in Japanese ports are to submit their certificate of registration to the officers to be appointed by the Ja panese authorities, and to permit them to make such ex tracts from it as may seem good to them, before such ships can be admitted to obtain repairs and supplies. Her Majesty's ships of war will not be provided with such d o cuments ; but the officers in command, upon proper application will afford all reasonable information re garding their ships. Regulations for the Port of Nagasaki, communicated to Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling by the Governor of Nagasaki, Oct., 1554. STANDINQ PORT REGULATIONS. Article L Ships shall anchor within Two-sima, and there await the directions of the Governor. Article IL No firearms to be discharged. Article 111. No person to land on any of the islands. Article IV. No sou ndin g s to be taken, nor boats io be pulling about. Article V. 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I ' mu !6 19 LC 01 l 0 SO 40 X) :424 3t. 1.00 5 all 5 5 4 all _1 j 5 I all 1 all 5 all 1.5 14 Le all ;0 10 LO au LO 9 1 all LO 5 10 all 5 1 2 1 00 80 1 Al 1 I all 1 2a. all 50 all io 10 2 .1.11 1 ill 1 I an 1 al: 1.5 5 LOD 213 2f x d 70 63 123 i i 105 f i 6 3 1 P i a 1 LITERATVRE. Laura Gay. 2 vols. Hurst and Blaciett. This is an agreeable and amusing novel, without any very.great amount of talent or originality. In some respects it differs from the usual romances which appear under the head of novels. It is of a more solid and practical character, and its heroine is a very business-like and strong-minded young lady. She is left by the deaths of her father and brother the heiress to large estates, entirely under her own control. Her father, foreseeing this pro bability, had striven to qualify her for her onerous duties by cultivating her mind and accustoming her to exercise her powers of judgment and reflec tion. She was therefore fully impressed with a sense of the responsibilities of her position, and de termined to exert herself for the benefit of all within her influence. Accustomed to the pursuit of severer studies than usually form the education of young ladies, she was quite capable of under standing the management of her affairs, and carried out her plans with judgment and success. The pleasure she felt in theso occupations was, how ever, considerably damped by an event which occurred before she came of age, and which caused her much sorrow. The story opens in Rome, where several travelling parties meet and form each other's acquaintance. Laura Gay and her aunt, who are making a Continental tour, are among the number, and are there introduced to Charles Townsend, the hero of the book. After a short acquaintance he and Laura become much attached to each other, though they part without having come to an s o u p m en mo u n n s de c rs h t a a r n le d s in low asnsaensuddenhome, pecuniary loss and he is un willing, under such circumstance, to propose to the heiress. They, however, contrive to express their feelings, veiled under conventional platitudes, and part each fully assured of the other's affection. The incident which immediately occurs is a suffi cient proof that the writer is an author—not an authoress. Laura being desirous to assist Mr. Townsend requests her aunt to advance him a large sum of money through her agent, and prefaces her request by the information that they are engaged, and, afterwards, when her aunt is expressing her hope of seeing her married before her death, she encourages her by the assertion that she will be married as soon as they arrive in England. This is not very likely, even from so decided and prac tical a heroine as Laura Gay. Her anticipations, however, are not realised, for, owing to a series of unfortunate mistakes, a misunderstanding arises between them, and they are not reconciled for a very long time. A number of other characters are introduced, many of them drawn with ability, and most of them possessing distinctive features. We must demur, however, to the fashion the writer has apparently borrowed from the old novelists, of pre senting each of his characters to the reader with their history and antecedents, so that as soon as a new actor appears on the stage he may expect an account of his parentage, his early education, and all connected with him. The variety of the cha racters and frequent dialogues relieve the tale from monotony, although there are not many incidents of importance. The chief events are all contained in the first volume, yet the second is the more in teresting. Many remarks and reflections on moral and social questions prove the author takes a praiseworthy interest in the happiness and welfare of his fellow-creatures, while a spirit of tolerance and moderation which pervade the volumes is highly to be commended. We are less inclined to admire Miss Gay's analysing and philosophical re marks, which, indeed, sometimes approach the modern school of incomprehensibility. The work, however, has more of a purpose and a moral than is often found in works of fiction, and, as its errors are easily avoided, we may hope for better things from this author. Mia and Charlie. Bogue. This is one of the most attractive of all the Christmas stories, for juvenile readers, that have lately appeared. Indeed it is one of those children's stories in which elder folks need not scorn to take an interest. The adventures that Mia and Charlie met with are certainly not very common, but that only adds the interest of novelty for their young readers, as there is nothing that might not happen in every-day life. Though they had their faults and failings, the good they accomplished by trying to be good themselves forms a very useful lesson for all their juvenile admirers, and the opportu nities they had of serving others they used to the best advantage, till they were able to ren der a valuable and important service. What this was we will not disclose, but com mend all who are curious to peruse the story themselves. The bold and spirited Charlie, who got into so many scrapes, and yet could not be laughed into doing what he thought wrong, and the gentle and sensible Mia, whose influence did so much good to all about her, are the most attractive characters in the tale, but there are many others, both rich and puor, who appear in it. The little daily troubles and trials are very naturally de scribed, and there are few young readers who will not derive a large amount of profit and pleasure from this charming little story. The Birthday Council. .By Mrs. Alaric Watts. Hamilton, Adams, and Co. This is a very pleasing and instructive tale for the young, likely to be productive of quite as much profit as pleasure. Its second title is " How to be Useful," and the subject of the tale is the efforts of a party of young girls to benefit the poor in their neighbourhood. Without any large sums. to expend, and with only the benefit of the advice of some of their elders, these industrious young people contrived to clothe a number of poor chil dren in comfortable :suits made out of their own cast-off things. It will be an encouragement to any of the juvenile readers of this agreeable little volume, should they feel inclined to attempt simi lar benevolent plans, to learn that it is founded on fact, as the scheme was put in practice by the authoress herself and her friends some years since. In the preface she justly observes that one of the great wants of children of age is employment. "Few," she remarks, " are aware of the amount of latent energy that exists in almost every mind, though all are cognisant of the weary ing complaint I don't know what to The plan adopted by the little heroine of the present tale and her companions combines the pleasure of doing good to others with the satisfaction proceed ing from a worthy object of interest, and an inte resting occupation, the difficulties met with in the way only increasing the triumph of success. A mixture of other topics forms a pleasing variety in the little narrative, which we can heartily recom mend to all young people desirous of learnin " How to be useful." THE GOOD-SERVICE PENSION. By the death of Admiral Richard Curry, C. 8., the First Lord of the Admiralty has been pleased to place Vice-Admiral of the Bine Manley H. Dixon (1855) on the reserved half-pay list of flag officers in receipt of ser vice pensions. This officer was born Bth of June, 1786, and is son of the late Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, K.C.B. He entered the navy in June, 1794, as first-olass volun teer, on hoard the Porcupine, 24, commanded by his father, with whom he continued to serve as midship man, master's mate, and acting lieutenant, in L'Espion, 38, the Lion, 64, and Le G4nereux, 74, on the Chan nel, North Sea, Irish and Mediterranean stations, un til August, 1801. On 15th July, 1798, being off Cartha gena, he took part in a brilliant action between the Lion and 4 Spanish frigates of 42 guns each, which termi nated in the surrender of one of the latter, the Santa Dorothea ; subsequently to which, when in company with the Penelope and Fourdroyant, at the blockade of Malts, be further assisted at the capture, 31st March, 1800, of the French 80-gun ship Guillaume Tell, after a tremendous conflict, in which the Lion experienced a loss of 8 men killed and 38 wounded. When in Le Gen ereux, Mr. Dixon witnessed the taking, 24th August, 1800, of La Diane, of 42 guns, and the surrender, in September following, of the island of Malta. On next accompanying his father into the Alexander, 74, he was officially promoted, by commission dated 10th April, 1802. The latter ship being paid off in the ensuing August, he was after wards appoint e d-7th O c t o ber, 1803, to the Ter Terrible, 74, Captain Lord H e nry Paulet, which ship, while in pursuit, in the West Indies of a squadron under M. Villaumez, was t o t a lly di smas ted, and all hut lost daring a terrific hurricane of 36 hours' continuance, 18th and 19th August, 1806—and 4th June, 1807, to the Horatio, 38, Captain Geo rge Scott. On 10th February , 1809, being first lieutenant of that fri gate, Mr. Dixon was badly wounded by a musket-ball, which entered the left groin and passed through the thi g h, while sharing is a long and severe action which company ) oitfh7th men e L a k to il n le a d , 38, and Supdrieure, and 26 wounded— cf ando ther Driverin m terminated in the capture—with a lo ss t o th e Horatio (then ot gun frigate La Junon. F o r his gal it occasion he was eventu a lly promoted t , of commander by cmatnission dated gal lantry eFrench o c nrre o annt sc rank of ° - back to the day of the action ; and, besides the receipt of a gratuity from the Patriotic Fund, was awarded for his wounds a pension of 256/. Capt. Dixon, whose next appointment was, 22d Oct., 1810, to the Fly brig, attained post-rank 28th June, 1811. From that time he officiated as flag-captain to his father, in the Vigo and Montagu, 74's, on the Baltic and South American stations, until 29th July, 1813, when he ex changed into the Nereus, 42. After accompanying the homeward-bound trade to the northward as far as the Equator, Capt. Dixon assumed charge of a small squad ron stationed in the Rio de la Plata. He left the Ne reus 11th Jan., 1815 ; afterwards commanded the Pallas, 42, on the West India station, from 15th March, 1831, until some time in the following year ; and since 22d May, 1845, has been employed as captain of the Cale donia, 120, at Devonport. The late Mr. Rogers's personal property is said to be under 25,0001. The pictures and books are possibly worth 40,0001. In bit later yearn Rogers lived on an azutuity- from the link. nant ; Henry Leftwich Freer, Gent., to be EnsiE n ; H enry Howkins, Gent., to be Ensign. Ist Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia.—T. obe Lieu tenants—Ensigns Maxwell Kui,ghtley Horlock, a ad Egbert Charles Septi ulna Hely. 2d Regiment of the Royal Surrey Militia —Carteret Houstoun Keuipson, Gent., to be Ensign. Royal Cumberland Regiment of Militia—Lieutenant John Skottowo to be Captain, vice Harrison, resigned ; John Walker, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Skottowe, promoted. Ist or Westeirn Regiment of Norfolk Atilitia—Ensign John Boyce Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Paskerson, resigned ; Roseville Brackenbury, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice ➢lanclarke, resigned. BANKRUPTCY AWN - OILED. George Westbury Hall, East India merchant and dry. salter, Lime-street, City. BANKRUPTS: John Todd Merrici,Whie;, - iiialworth-road, to sur render, Jan. 23, at eleven, and Feb. 22, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall news, and Boyer, Old Jewry chambers. Thomas Lawrance, Thomas Woolhouse, Elijah Woolhouses, and Samuel Woolhouse, saw manufacturers, Sheffield, Jan. 26 and Mar. 1, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. ISrewin, official assignee, Sheffield; Yarnell, Sheffield. Robert Forshaw, coal dealer, Liverpool, Jan. 25, and Feb. 29, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodd, Liverpool. James Fraser, spirit merchant, Lower Thames-street, City, Jan. 26, at one, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Alderraanbury ; Mardon and Prichard, Newgate-street. George Brown and William busby, stone merchants, Bankside, Jan. 30, at two, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Hughes, Gresham-street. John Pee, blacksmith, Astley Abbotts, Jan. 25 and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittle- Bt.:; o ffi cial assignee, Birmingham; Saunders and Son , Kidderminster ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. William Corbett, coal merchant, East Dean, and Newn ham, Gloucestershire, Jan. 28 and Feb. 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bearan and Girling, Bristol. Edwin Winacom, pianoforte dealer, Croydon, Jan. 25, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 23, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Reed, Ironmonger-lane. Edward Hooker, contractor and builder, Forest Hill, Sydenham, Jan. 30, at two, and Feb. 26, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Moss, Gracechurch-street. _ _ George Hatt, cowkeeper, New Park-street, Southwark, Jan. 24, at eleven, and Feb. 21, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings ; Tucker, Sun-chambers, Threadneedle-street. Charles Lumley, gardener, Knaresborough, York, Jan. 25 and Fob. 29, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Boulding, Pope, and Simpson, Fenchurch-street, London ; Bond and Barwick, Leeds. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. William Angus, Inveresk, near Edinburgh, Jan. 30, at twelve, within the Subscription Rooms, Lerwick. Thomas Young, baker and victualler, An derton, Glas gow, Jan. 28, at twelve, within tho Globe Hotel, Glasgow. COTTRSB OF EXCHANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam.. ...• • • •• •• 11 1714 1 Ditto, three months .. 12 0 Rotterdam .• .• •.•• •• .• 12 0 4 Antwerp ...... • 25 62% Brussels .... • • 25 62% llamburgh ............ 13 10 Paris ........ .. • • .... 25 40 Ditto, three months .. 25 80 Marseilles 25 52% Bourdoanx Frankfort-on Maine • ... 120% Berlin ................ Vienna .... 11 24 Trie•*te ..... •• • .... 11 27 Petersburg ............ 35 Madrid .........., .... 49 Cadiz ........ • Barcelona ............ Seville.. •• •• Gibraltar ...... •- •• •• •• Leghorn .. •• •• .• . • • 33 25 Genoa ...... '45 Milan .... •• • • •• • • - • Naples• •• • ........ •• • • , Palermo .... • • .... t 231 A Messina . . .. • •• 133 ,, Lisho ......... .• • • 5 1 % Oporto ...... ••••• • • • • • 63 !ni Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres.. • • • • • • • • New York,6o dare sight Philadelphia PRICES OF EULLICN, PEE Z. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 0 0 LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Chief Justice Camp bell, Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Crompton.) DUNBAR V. SMURTHWAITE. Sir F. Thesiger moved for a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted in this case on the ground of misdirection, and that the verdict was against evidence. The action was tried at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell, whe❑ a verdict was given for the de fendant. The action was brought to recover the value of certain goods which had been shipped on board the defendant's barque, the Sovereign, bound for San Fran cisco, and for freight paid on advance on such goods, it being alleged the vessel was lost in consequence of her unseaworthineas at the commencement of the voyage, and that fraud had been practised on the plaintiff by deceiving him as to her being out of class at Lloyd's. rid Rule granted. COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco—Bofore Lord Chief Justice Jervis Justices, Cressvvell, Crowder, and Willes.) HAWKER V. SEALE, BART., CRIM CON. Mr. Slade, Q.C., moved for a rule for a new trial in this case on the ground of surprise. It will be recol lected that this was an action brought by a gentleman of Plymouth, against the defendant for criminal conversa tion with the plaintiff's wife, and was tried before Mr. Justice Crowder, at the Michaelmas after term sittings, at Westminster, when a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages one hundred pounds. On the trial two of the witnesses, a Mrs. Spurling and her servant, Parin de Marebie, swore that the defendant visited the plaintiff's wife at her lodging on West Hoe, and it was there the latter witness deposed the criminal intercourse took place. The learned counsel stated that in his affi davits he was enabled to contradict the statements of the above witnesses by Mrs. Hawker's servant maid, Sir Henry Seale's affidavit, and those of others, the latter showing in his affidavit and those of others that he never stayed late at the above place with Mrs. Hawker, and only visited her as an ordinary acquaintance. The witnesses would deny distinctly the evidence of the two witnes , :es above named called by the plaintiff. Rule granted. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SMITH ELD. —Meadow hay. 4/ 5s to 61 0, niovo , ditto. 41 12s to 6/ 161 ; and straw, 1161 0 , 1 to 1/ 108 Od per lo.id. A moderate supply, and a fair demand. COMBERLAN u.--Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ 6 , : clove' do., 41 12s to 6/ 15, ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 10, per load. Trade firm. _ _ WHITRCIIAT 7 .L.-111ead.ow hay, 4/ 4s to (' Os; clover .10., 4. 15s to 71 0g; und straw, 1/ G 3 to 11 10s per low , . A fair demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The trade have been occupied with the samples of the sales which took place to-day, and very little business has been done by private contract. SUGAR.—Thare has been rather more inquiry, and seve ral parcels for exportation have brought previous rates. The public sales are small and of little importance. In the Refined market there has been more activity than of late. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon has been firm, at fully previous rates, holders refusing to give way. There has also been some demand for Plantation, at last week's rates; but there is little doing in the lower kinds. RlCE.—There has been an increased inquiry, but prices. notwithstanding the rise in the corn market, remain much the same as last week. Rubs.—There have been very few transactions to report. TALLOW.—The market has ruled dull, the demand having been limited. P.Y.C. on the spot, as 9d to GBs per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) 1.010:10N, Jan. 15.—Wind this day at noon, S.E. ; light airs and hazy, with slight rain. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 14.—Wind E., blowing hard.--Ar rived.—Electric, from Cadiz ; Belle Alliance, Sunderland, for Calcutta. Sailed—lndian (s. tpt.), for Southampton. PILL, Jan. 14.—Wind N.E.— Sailed—Avineri , on, for New Orleans ; Venus, Demerara. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. I4.—Wind E.S.E.—The brig Per severance, from Sunderland, for this port, wont on shore gales— olon r a - , this morning on Boalder Ban k, and has become a wreck. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 14.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Vedre (s.).from the Crimea. F' MOM rived.—St.ALl"t Lawrence, FALMOUTH, jaß.l4.lrom Bahia Wind E.S.E.,and fresh Queenstown. S UNDER LAND, Jan. 14.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Rachel Lo h t i i e di T s c h h e a r ß g o e y a l Oak, for Ba al A NEWPORT, .Tan. 14.—Wind N.E., stron...—Arrived— wnhg puta, E l i za Stewart Forbes, from Plymouth, for Sierra Leone. Sailed—Kron Prinz Ernest Augu s t, f or J ama i ca ; Id a , f for N ew e e a w k y l , o will Jamaica, and has put back with loss of foremast and cut water, from collision with the former. CARDIFF, Jan. 14.—The Blanch, of Aberdovey, struck on the Nash Sands and sunk ; two men drowned. RCIFTERDAN, Jan. 13.—Two days since the frost set in again and continues Sharp ; there is much ice in the river. HALIFAX, N.S. Jan. 3. The Speed, for Hull, sprang a leak, and, i n ma:king for Sydney, C.B. went on shore on the North Head of Bridport, on the 24th Dec., but has since got off; cargo damaged. The Bristol Belle, of Li verpool, N.S., from Gibraltar, for New York, put in here on the Ist inst., with fore and mainmasts sprung, and will discharge. (PER ELECTRIC/ TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived.— Indian, (8.t.), from Portsmouth ; Cicely. John, Richard, Mount Thomas, Margaret, Vectig, Para gon, Devan, Flora, Constantia, Premium, Waters, New- Trial, Griffin, Welthin. Corsair, from Sunderland; Effort, port; Maria Whitefield, Riga; the D uke of Glocestur, Poole. Sailed.—Despatch, (s.), for Jersey; Atalanta, (s.), H avre. L IVER POOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Sailed.- Ottawa, for Mob ile ; Volant, St. John'', N.B. . Oamden, New York; Lima, Segunda, Oporto ; Lara.rtine: Barcelona. QUEINSTOWN, S. 13. Wind E.S.E. Arrived.—Barling,fromnarbour Grace ; Robert Hewn Salonica ; Beraza, Islay. Sailed —Cleopatra, for 24.8.11. a. Drattiti, Jan. 14. Wind S.S.E• Arrived. —Thomas Garland, from Athens. Sailed.—Roes, for Charente. CTUY'S IiOBrITAL.—At a General Coot of the Go. vernors, held at Guy's Hospital on Wednesday, the 9th inst,, Mr. Bonamy Dobreo was chosen president of the hospital, in the room of the late Mr. Charles Barclay, deceased. THE ALLEGED HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT ItorroN.—The two men convicted a few days ago of this offence at the Criminal Court, on Saturday received a free pardon, it being thought by the Recorder that there tva3 o foe dation for the charge. ning sty'A dock [et,: .?2d ►od ted 11 ny ,n. r a he 1 100 100 100 20 11 i 83/4 30 3 15f i ad a d