The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-29 00:00:00

THE FINANCES OF RUSSIA. (From the Derbyshire Courier.) The opinion appears to be steadily gaining ground that we are only at the commencement of a great European war. Unhappily, war is an evil which has a natural tendency to extend. Two or more nations engage in acts of hostility, the interests and passions of neutral powers are excited, and the wild fire spreads till half the world becomes involved in the conflagration. Such is the mournful lesson which history teaches, and which it seems more than probable that our own experience is destined to corroborate. The character of the enemy with whom we are engaged strengthens this t pinion. The Czar is said to be in no wise moved from his purpose by recent events. Were we in undisputed possession of the Crimea, there is no ground for supposing that the Czar would bate one jot or tittle of his high pretensions, or swerve for a moment from the path which his own will has laid down. Nicholas is quite the man to carry out his threat, that as long as he has a man or a dollar he will not succumb. It is no part of wisdom to deprecate or under-value the resources of such an antagonist, but rather to sit down and count the cost, and consider how we may with ten thousand be able to meet him that cometh against us with twenty thousand. Russia was well known to be strong in its capa bility of bringing immense armies into the field. Its boasted million of troops may prove to be not fabulous. The weak point of Russia was supposed, at the commencement of the war, to lie in its finances The Times elaborately endeavoured to prove that the blockade which we h a d i t i n our powr to enforce would so cripple the resources of Russia that its trade would b e annihilated, its Exchequer emptied, and its paper money no better than the money of the first French revolution. In all this, as in other calcul a ti ons b y which it was' attempted to s depreciate the capabilities of Russia, the Times and its supporters a n d f o ll owers reckoned without their host. The Emperor knows what he is about, and he knows much of which those who under value his sagacity are profoundly ignorant. Let it be remembered that at the close of the last war, Russia, consulting the late Lord Ashburton and others of the leadin g financial authorities of Europe, took exactly the opposite course with respect to its circulating medium to that which we adopted. Russia, fortunately for her, had no Peel. Her paper money had, like our own, depreciated. But Russia did not attempt, as we did by the Bill of 1819, to return itnatediately to cash payments. The Russians kept their paper money out just as it was, and when Lord Ashburton was asked in his examination before the House of Commons, iu 1836, "By maintaining the paper at its old depre ciated value, is your Lordship aware whether any great embarrassment has followed in Russia in con sequence ?" his answer was, "I do not believe there has." In the panic of 1847 the Emperor was able to assist the Bank of France by supplying that esta blishment with 2,000,0001. sterling of bullion in exchange for stock. A decree was issued on the 30th March, 1847, for the investment of 4,600,0001. in foreign securities, in which it was stated that the stock of bullion at St. Petersburg was not less than 20,000,0001. sterling at that time. There has been no panic in Russia. It is evident enough that the Czar knows something about the currency question. With respect to the effect of the blockade, it is stated by Mr. Wilson, the Treasury Secre tary, that exports from Russia have been made nearly to the same extent as usual, while the imports have been greatly curtailed. A despotic Government in the matter of exports and imports has a great advantage over a constitutional one. It can at any moment prohibit, by the most stringent penal enactments, the import of the manufactures of a hostile state. Russia is doubt less doing this. While her produce finds an easy transit through Germany, her markets are closed against our goods. The only effect at present produced by the blockade appears to be that the British consumer of Russian produce has to pay a greatly increased price for it. We maintain fleets at an immense expense which do no harm to Russian commerce, but inflict a heavy tax, in the shape of increased prices, on our own people. In payment of goods exported from Russia, gold and silver will, therefore, be sent to St. Peters burg ; their exportation is prohibited by the Czar. The spirit of commercial enterprise is so subtle, and the facility of intercourse throughout Europe BO great, that we doubt whether it will be found possible to prevent Russia from disposing of the flax, hemp, tallow, and timber which it produces of such excellent quality. The Czar will carry on a profitable trade, in spite of all that we can do. Now as to the depreciation of the paper money, what is the fact ? " The exchange at St. Petersburg," says Mr. Wilson, " had, under the first influence of the war, fallen to 32d. per rouble. Latterly it has gradually risen, and is now exactly at par, or 38d. the rouble, notwithstanding that in the meantime an enormous forced issue of paper money has been made, a further rise of a single penny, or even less, will so far turn the exchange in favour of St. Petersburg, that in spite of all effort or all law, gold will be drained from the vaults of Threadneedle-street to replenish the bul lion reserves in the fortresses of St. Peter's and St. Paul's in the Russian capital." The Czar, we repeat, knows what ho is about. He has acted, in our opinion, wisely in providing—by what Mr. Wilson calls "forced," but by what we should call "adequate, supplies" of paper money, a domestic circulating medium for Russia. This paper-money, if properly managed, and received for national taxes, may be kept from any serious depreciation. If the war proceeds, and fresh taxes are raised, the paper currency of Russia will allow the producer, by adding taxation to value, to obtain a remunerative price. Prices of all commodities will rise, then, in this paper money. The prices of the precious metals will also probably rise, but in lower proportion ; for the Czar forbids their exportation,they will no longer be required for money, as their place may, if necessary, be entirely supplied by paper money. In the meanwhile the Emperor will, without difficulty, obtain and retain a sufficiency of the precious metals for all foreign emergencies. Let it be remembered that it is a fact that within the last few months the exchange at St. Petersburg* upon London has risen nearly 20 per cent., and that, in spite of the war, Russia is prospering. And what, let it be asked, is there to prevent this country from adopting the best and most convenient of all currencies ? Why should not we have cheap money ? Engaged as we are in a war which is already heavily taxing our resources, and of which the issue must depend upon ability to crush our powerful antagonist into submission, it is our wisdom to do everything we can to increase the ability of the people to bear the increased demands on their re sources. We receive immense amounts. of bullion from Australia, but it drains away to other nations, and on our power to retain a sufficient amount of gold hangs the comme rc i a l an d fi nancial prosperity of this great nation. There is nothing to prevent England from having cheap money and a sufficient supply o f it— a supp l y which would enable us to bear almost any amount of taxation, and yet to prosper—b u t t h e grand philosophical principle of Sir Robert Peel, viz., 0-old at 3'. 17s. 101 d. an ounce ! Let gold be bought and sold, like any other com modity, at the price it will fetch in the market, and a paper currency, including IL notes, be provided for home circulation, and England will be able, as she is g, to persevere in the just and necessary warfare in which she is engaged, till success crowns her endeavours. TILE POLISH ANNIVERSARY AND ITS SUGGESTIONS'. Next Wednesday, the 29th of November, is the twenty-fourth anniversary of the famous Polish Revolu tion of 1830. Th e occas i on w ill na tu r ally be turned to France, account by the Polish refugees in Great Britain and who have been in the habit hitherto of annually commemorating an event so remarkable in the history of their • ation ; and sev era l mee ti ngs h ave , we b e lieve, been arrannged i which Englishmen London and other English towns, at circumstances particularl y a ,e r n e la to i take part, and to move—in the expediency of giving r Y appropriate—the question of a Polish direction to the critical war l e which we aren Dudley Stuart loaves th: The death of Lord engaged, The the man whose antecedents would haverneobnensttrYentitled him to raise the question at the present on ; but the whole nation has the word " Poland" its a d t a h f e e emeetings which Wednesday next will but locallyexpresisps is universal. Had this feeling been ripe some mon ths ag o —h a d the an e stage i s arlie r word " Poland" been pronoun ce d a the present contest—had our Governm ent France seen the necessity at first of attack in "g Rus - that s o i a l through Poland—the aspect of affai rs would have be very very different from what i t now i s. Instead of be g e'n in a state of panic respecting the fate of our brave armie s in the East—uncertain whether , aft er all, the issue of the war will be for us or for Russia—we should in all pro bability have reduced Russia by this time into a state of weakness from which she could not have recovered, and have been in a position to deal with Nicholas as a van quished man. Had our Baltic fleet, instead of being sent out on an idle mission, to cruise about, blockading the Russian coasts, and trying ball-practice here and there against a stray fort, been sent out with instruc tions to attack Riga, an d land some 12,000 soldiers at that or any other point of the Baltic provinces conve nient for the purpose, the effect would have been to ex plode at once all the eager populations of old Poland about the ears of the Czar, and so to have shattered him and his system. At that time he was not prepared for such a danger ; and the number of his forces in the re gions in which he would have been attacked; were quite insufficient to cope with a Polish insurrection acting in ; co-operation with a small invading army of the allies, supported by their fleets in the Baltic. This is not the mere speculation of newspaper writers ; it is the conviction of all military authorities ; and had our Government judged solely from the military point of view had their sole object been to damage Russia most ruinously, by the most effective means, and in the shortest possible space of time —they would have been hound to acknowledge that this was the plan: But the British and French Governments did not judge solely from the military point of view. Their ob ject was not to damage Russia most ruinously, by the most effective means, in the shortest space of time. They did want to damage Russia ; but they wanted to inflict on her the minimum of damage that would bring her to reason, and put an end to the temporary European crisis. They wanted to beat Russia without rousing new elements which would be beyond their powers of management. They wanted to conduct the war so as to satisfy certain narrow political conditions. They wanted, in fact, to beat Russia without doing anything else in the process of beating her. Hence the plan which they actually adopted—an expedition to the Baltic to block ade the Russian coasts, and fight the Russian fleets if they would come out ; and, latterly, an expedition to the Crimea to assault Russia, in conjunction with the Turks, and with them alone, in one valuable outpost of the Russian empire. Se far from rousing the Poles, it was and has been till now, their policy to keep aloof from the Poles, to discountenance the idea of a Polish rising, and even to reject all assistance from individual Polish volunteers. Some of the ablest Polish military officers who had gone to Constantinople to offer their services to the Turks have, by the influence of Great Britain, been kept oat of employment. So also with volunteers from among the Hungarian officers. At this moment we believe General Klapka, so celebrated for his bravery and ability in the Hungarian war of in dependence, is living idly in a Swiss town, having been obliged to return from Constantinople, where British and Austrian influence prevented his request for a com mand even in Asia from being acceeded to by the Sul tan. In a similar manner Austrian influence has pro cured the dismissal of General Haug, celebrated in the Austrian revolution of 1848-9, from the head-quarters of Omar Pasha. Events, however, have signally proved that this po licy has been a huge blunder. Our Baltic expedition has accomplished next to nothing ; and if our expedition to the Crimea proves in the end successful, it will be at a most enormous loss of gallant men ; and, after all, it will be of little value, unless in so far as larger measures may follow it up. It has been proved that the policy of fighting Russia without calling out those elements of Europe which are spontaneously and traditionally anti-Russian whose historical mission, in fact, it is to do the world's fighting against Rus sia must necessarily be a failure. This is now perceived, and on the principle, " Better late than never," men of all parties and all classes—from writers in the Quarterly Review, on the one hand, to writers in democratic periodicals, on the other—are crying out that we must throw away scruples, and fight Russia by hurling against her nationalities, or whatever other force can be used for the purpose. Being at war with Russia, it is felt that we have the right tense such means as may be most efficient to secure her defeat, even to sending emissaries among her disaffected populations, supply* them with arms, and fomenting insurrection within her boundaries. This is what the nation feels, without distinction of party. Government, of course, still lingers—a Govern ment, with Lord Aberdeen in it, will always linger— before taking the step which the nation is urgent should , be taken. The reason of the hesitation is obvious. Austria is in the way. That wretched Austrian alliance hangs like a millstone round the necks of the Allied Governments. It is an insurmountable difficulty in the way of action against Russia through Polish instrumen tality. Gallicia, now a part of the Austrian Empire, must necessarily go along with the rest of Poland in any movement that takes place ; so that to rouse the Poles is to break with our ally Austria. But for this, and a slightly similar consideration for Prussia, there could not possibly be any hesitation on the part of our Government. We have passed that point at which there can remain in any British breast, save, perhaps, that of Lord Aberdeen, any consideration for Russia herself. Any lingering we may have had not to press too hard upon Russia, has been effectually washed away by the blood of the thousands of our countrymen slain in the Crimea ; and, but for Austria, a summons to the Poles, front the Cabinets of Great Britain and France, would go forth to-morrow. Suoh is the state of affairs to which the proposed meetings on the Polish anniversary on Wednesday next may very opportunely address themselves. The busi ness of these meetings, so far as Englishmen take part in them, ought to be to express articulately the univer sal belief that the war has now come to such a point that, even from reasons of pure expediency as regards Great Britain herself, Poland must necessarily be called into action against the Czar, and to signify this energe• tically to the Government. The Austrian alliance will doubtless be discussed in this connection ; and Go vernment will be called upon to take steps for bringing that matter to an intelligible footing, by openly summoning Austria to say, within forty eight hours, whether she is really with. us •r really against us—whether she will practically be our ally in arms, or whether she will abandon us, leave us free, and take the consequences. This is absolutely essential now ; for what do the last news say ? that the Emperor Nicholas is again inviting a negotiation through Aus tria, on the basis of " the four points ! " Are we going to let Austria lead us another dance of negotiation '• If not, let us tell her so, and be done with her.—Glasgow Consmonwealtio. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 28. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Nisi Prius Sittings at Westminster before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) COPLEY P. TUBB. This was an action by the plaintiff, who was recently an ensign in the 88th Regiment, against the defendant, a horse-trainer at Winchester, to recover 251., lent by the plaintiff to the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue. Mr. Sergeant Atkinson and Mr. Hance were counsel for the plaintiff; and Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., for the defendant. It appeared from the plaintiff's evidence that in June last, and whilst he was stationed with his regiment at Winchester, he met the defendant at Twyford races. Defendant told him that a mare, named Michaelmas Maid, was for sale, and proposed that they should pur chase her between them, and "go halves." Plaintiff said he would, but after the race she was claimed by one of the stewards, so the purchase was not effected. The next day defendant called upon him, and said there was a horse to be sold cheap at Newmarket, and asked him if he would "go halves" in that. Plaintiff said he would not. Defendant then asked hint to lend him 251. to buy the horse, and plaintiff drew a cheque on his agents and got it cashed at the bank at Winchester, and gave him the money. Defendant afterwards told him that the horse had been fold, but that he had purchased another. About six weeks after plaintiff applied to him for repay ment of the loan. He first asked a Mr. Russell to apply for it, and then he wrote to defendant, saying, " Unless you repay me the 251. borrowed of me on or before Saturday next, I shall cause proceedings to be taken against yon." Defendant replied, "I am going to Lon don the first thing in the morning, and will call upon you on Monday, upon my return." Defendant did not call, and had not paid him the money. On cross-examination, plaintiff stated that he sold out of the 88th in September last. He knew defendant through Lieut. Poole, of the 88th, who had "gone halves" with defendant in a mare called Kiss-me-Quick. Plaintiff had no interest in that mare at all. Whilst at Twyford races defendant proposed to "go halves" with plaintiff in Michaelmas Maid, and he consented, but they could not have her. Defendant afterwards asked him to go halves in a horse at Newmarket, and bought a Racing Calendar to show his pedigree. Plaintiff 'refused. Was not obliged to sell out because he had killed a dog in the mess-rsom. Had killed a retriever there because it had bitten a brother officer, and had attempted to bite him. Had not fought cats in the mess-room ; but had obtained cats for fighting elsewhere. Had seen cats killed by dogs. The other officers had remonstrated with hint about killing the dog in the mess-room, but not because he had fought cats. It had nothing what ever to do with his selling out, and he was still a mem ber of the mess. John Russell, superintendent of the Parcels Delivery offices, at the George Hotel, Winchester, deposed that at plaintiff's request Ise wrote to, defendant to call upon him. Defendant came, and witness said to him, " You owe Mr. Copley some money, don't you l" to which de fandant replied, "Yes, I owe him 251." Witness told hies he had got a bill in his pocket for his acceptance, but defendant declined to put his nam e t o i t, an said, " Mr. Copley was to have gone halves in a horse with me, but he afterwards declined it, and I was not sorry, for I wished to have the horse to myself." On cross examination witness stated that he had lent plaintiff money at other times. Plaintiff never told him it was to go halves in a horse with defendent. Plaintiff had repaid all the money borrowed of witness, Mr. James then addressed the jury for the defence, and called The defendant, who, after giving a similar account to the plaintiff about the meeting at Twyford races, and the proposal to purchase Michaelmas Maid, said that plaintiff and he went into a booth together, and had some wine. Plaintiff said, "Never mind Michael mas Maid, we will have a better one, and beat her ; and I will go halves with you." Plaintiff got drunk, and witness saw him home. Defendant had a letter in his pocket from Newmarket about three horses, and the next morning he took the letter to plaintiff, and also the Racing Calendar, containing an account of the performances of the horses. Plaintiff de cided to advance 251. to buy a horse. He said he would " ge halves" in it, as Mr. Poole had done in Kiss -me-Quick, and he came and lunched at defendant's house, and drew a cheque there, and they went together to the bank and got the money, lie then went to New market and bought a horse, and after he had brought him to 'Winchester plaintiff came and examined him. Plaintiff advised him to run the horse at Odiham races, and he did, but the horse did not win. The next time plaintiff came t:7:lrether stable he named Jersey to him. h P i l m ai . n”tiff T s h a e id ii horse w: t well, l e t hi m go, b u t d on 't l ose won at a sale stakes, n an lo ti2 Jersey, an d ran th ere , an d were twee? 201. and 301 . to prevent obliged to give be plaintiff of this, an d plaintiff is bei ng so ld. H e t o ld observed there would not be much profit l e ft. want tembered seeing R usse ll. Russell said to bin, Mr. Copley lent you." Witness replied, teodU for 7 i e the rt 251. ainl y M shall not give it, for I don't owe himp2s/.' ‘' ;w e horse transactions together, but th a t is betweaevne..ohuard selves and no one else." Russell then said he should not lend plaintiff any more money, and that was all that passed. On cross-examination defendant stated that Mr. Penn, of Basingstoke, was present at the conversation at Twyford races. He had made a claim against plaintiff for expenses concerning the horse. The first time he did so was about two months back. He had not made the claim before Russell asked him for his acceptance. He was in business as a linendraper thirteen years ago, but became bankrupt, and had not got his certificate. His debts might ;have been between 2,0001. and 3,0001. Thought he had paid is. 6d. in the pound, bukcould not swear he hail paid 2s. in the pound. Would not swear he had paid 2s. in the pound. Would not swear he had paid a penny in the porld. Thought he had paid more. After that he commenced his present business, but got unfortunately in the hands of a racing man, and lad been obliged to go through the Insolvent Court and make a clean sweep of it. This was six years ago. Had sufficient now to pay all lie debts. Mr. Justice Cresswell summed up, telling the jury it was impossible to come to any other conclusion upon the evidence than that either the plaintiff or the defen dant had committed the most abominable perjury. The jury, after some deliberation, returned a'verdict for the plaintiff, and the foreman added, " There has been considerable difference of opinion amongst the jury, but we have endeavoured to arrive at a satisfactory conclusion." Mr. Justice Cresswell—The 'verdict is entirely in ac cordance with my opinion, and but for the hesitation of some of the jury upon the subject, I should have ordered a prosecution against the defendant for perjury. Verdict for plaintiff, 251. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. Royal Albert, 121, screw, Captain Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Bart., passed down Channel on Sunday after noon. She was seen at sea from Devonport, but too far off to exchange signals. The Exmouth, 90, screw, Captain the Hon. F. Pel ham, was not in commission up to Tuesday ; but Mr. Loney, the master, had arrived, and had taken up his commission. _ The'Phaeton, 50-gun frigate, is to be commissioned at Sheerness forthwith. The Pacific, it is reported, is to be her destination. The Pylades, 20 guns, is now in No. 1 dry dock, Sheerness, being coppered. An additional number of artifiears are put on to expedite her fitment for imme diate service. The steam-vessels Janus, Cuckoo, and Porcupine are ordered to complete stores and provisions and await fur ther directions. APPOINTMENTS. Rear-Admiral Henry W. Bruce arrived at Woolwich dockyard yesterday, and at half-past four o'clock p.m. had his flag hoisted on board the Fisgard, flag-ship, on taking up his appointment as commander-in-chief of her Majesty's naval forces on the Pacific station. The gal lant rear-admiral had his flag struck at half-past five, in the usual form, and proceeded on leave to prepare for his departure to take the command of his new station. Commander William J. S. Pullen took up his com mission on Monday, and hoisted Ms pendant on board the Perseverance iroa screw steam troop ship, in dock at Woolwich, on his appointment to the command of that vessel, and has now commenced entering petty officers, able seamen, and stokers. Commander Richard B. Crawford (1842) is appointed to command the Gorgon paddle-wheel steam-sloop, vice Peter Cracroft, promoted to be captain. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDINESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1854. THE HALF-DOZEN SCREW DESPATCH CRUISERS. By this time the whols of the half-dozen despatch cruisers, each having two of the original 95 cwt. Lancasters (not the spurious old 8-inch guns re-bored) are in the Black Sea, and drawing less water than any other men-of-war there will be most valuable either for bombardment or relief of transports or ships ashore ar in distress. They are : Lynx, Commander Luce Arrow, Lieutenant Commander Joliffe Beagle, Lieutenant Commander Hoare Wrangler, Lieutenant Commander Risk Snake, Lieutenant Commander M'Killop Viper, Lieutenant Commander Lodder The Wrangler left Malta on the 18th to join Admiral Dundas's fleet. COURT-MARTIAL. A garrison court-martial assembled at Sheerness on Monday to try gunner and driver Edward Bulley on two charges—the first for having stolen a letter be longing to a bombardier, containing it. sterling ; the second for stealing a letter belonging to Bombardier Owen Develyn, containing a post-office order for 10s. The following officers constituted the Court :—Captain Cannon, President ; Captain Forbes, Lieutenants Parkin, Smith, Carey, Robinson, and Savage. The pri soner was found guilty on the second charge. The first charge was not proved. The Court sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for two years, and to forfeit all time and pay at his discharge. GENERAL ORDER.—MEDALS FOR THE KAFIR WAR. HORSE GUARDS, Nov. 22, 1854, The Queen having been pleased to eemmand that a medal shall be prepared to commemorate the success of her Majesty's forces in the wars in which they were en gaged against the Kafirs, in the years 1834.5, 1846.7, and in the course of the period between the 24th Dec., 1850, and the Gth Feb., 1153 ; and to direct that one of the said medals shall be conferred on every surviving officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of the regu lar forces—including the officers of the staff, and the o cars and men of the Royal Artillery, and Royal En gineers, and Sappers and Miners, who actually served in the field against the enemy, in South Africa, at the periods alluded to—excluding those who may have been dismissed far subsequent misconduct, or who have de serted and are absent. The General Commanding-in-Chief desires that all claims for the medal in question may be addressed to the secretary to the Board of General Officers, Whitehall yard, London. Officers who served on the staff of the army—as well as those now on half-pay, or who may have retired from the service by the sale of their commissions—are to ad dress their applications direct to the board. The claims of regimental officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, now serving, are to be forwarded through their respective commanding officers ; and pen sioners and men who may have purchased their discharge, are to transmit their applications to the board (tke for mer through the staff officers of pensioners), duly certi fied. By command of the Right Honourable General Viscount HARDINGE, Commanding-in-Chief, G. A. WETRERAIL, Deputy-Adjutant-General, FORMATION OF AN ADDITIONAL IRREGU. LAR FORCE IN INDIA. Forr-WILLIAM, AUG. 14.—The Most Noble the Go vernor-General of India in Council is pleased to direct that a force shall be embodied in Nagpore, which shall be denominated the " Nagpore Irregular Force," and shall consist of : One Horse Field Battery. One Regiment of Irregular Cavalry. Three Regiments of Infantry, of 8 companies each. 2. The establishment and allowances of the battery, and of each regiment of cavalry and infantry, will be as detailed in the tables. 3. One European officer will be attached to the battery ; a commandant, second in command, and adju tant to the regiment of cavalry ; and a commandant and adjutant to each reginaent of infantry. 4. Each senior officer, being commandant of a regi ment in the force, will be also commandant of the force, and as such he will be allowed an additional allowance of rupees (400) per mensum. 5. A medical officer will be attached to each regiment of cavalry and infantry. 6. The artillery and infantry will be entitled to hutting money. 7. No additional or extra pay beyond the rates stated in the tables will be granted to either artillery, cavalry, or infantry while employed in any part of the British territories. 8. The native officers and men of the force will be admissible to invalid and to wound and family pensions, according to the regulations applicable to local .and ir regular troops. 9. Men who may be transferred from the line, or irre gular cavalry, will retain all pensionary claims to which they may be entitled at the time of transfer. 10. The full proportion of camp equipage will be at tached to the artillery and infantry. Captain Mannsell, 85th Light Infantry, has arrived at his father's in Limerick, from the Mauritius. The reserve battalion, 91st, on its passage home from the Cape, expect to arrive' by the end of December, at Cork. The depot, 50th, at Chatham, will embark for Queens town, to join the service companies, and move •n with them to Dublin. Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Watson, 14th, having gone on leave, the command of the depot at Mullingar has de volved upon Captain Newman. Captain Bushe, 7th Hussars, is on a visit with John Singleton, Esq., J.P., at Quinville, Clare. MILITIA. THE SUFFOLK ARTILLERY.--From this corps not less than 200 men have volunteered into the various regi ments. It has been found that the encampment at Landguard Fort has had a most beneficial effect upon the men. This regiment, we believe, would be quite ready, if required, to enter upon any new sphere of duty to which G overnmen t may think proper to appoint them. But it is necessary that the regiment should be raised to its full complement, and whether this is to be done by voluntary act or by ballot, is not yet determined upon. It is stated that there are upwards of 27 parishes in East Suffolk that have not furnished a single man ; the question rests principally with the parochial autho rities, who may avoid the ballot by a little exertion.— Ipswich Expreis. The 4th Lancashire Militia has been summoned to assemble for permanent duty at Warrington on the 4th of December. They will, after a short training, pro ceed to Edinburgh to relieve the S2d Foot, under orders for the East. The Hampshire, Wiltshire, 4th Middle sex, and Lancaster Militia have just given 500 recruits to the line and marines, and the Ist Somerset and South Devon Militia regiments 450 volunteers to the Grena dier Guards, tE4 , line, and marines. The Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry is being increased to nearly double its farmer number, and within the last few days a great many volunteers have been declared at the head-quarters, T.Tabridge, THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN•OFFICE, APRIL 22. The Queeu has been graciously pleased to appoint Keith Edward Abbott, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Teh ran, to be her Majesty's Consul at Tabrooz. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Richard Stevens, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Ta breez, to be her Majesty's Consul at Tehran. FOREIGN-OFFICE, AUG. 10. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ru therford Alcock, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai, to be her Majesty's Consul at Canton. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Daniel Brooke Robertson, Esq., now her Majesty's Consul at Amoy, to be her Majesty's Consul at Shanghai. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Harry S. Parkes, Esq., now Acting British Vice• Consul at Canton, to be her Majesty's Consul at Amoy. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 25. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. E. Zwil chenbart, as Consul at Liverpool, for the Republic of Venezuela. DOWNING-STREET, Nov. 27. The Queen has been pleased to constitute the Island of Mauritius and its dependencies to be a Bishop's See and Diocese, to be called the Bishopric of Mauritius, and to appoint the Reverend Vincent William Ryan, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See. . _ _ WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. Tho un dermentioned officers, who wore pl a ced u p on Retired Full Pay previously to her Majesty's Royal War rant of the 6th of Oct9ber, 1854, to be each promoted to a step of Brevet rank, in order to place them in as favour able a position as those who may prospectiv e ly o bt a i n re tirement under the provisions of the said w a rran t, th e rank in both cases being only honorary. BREVET. TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lieutenant-Cat talion olonels Henry Le Bl anc , sth R oya l V eteran B James Lewis Basden, C. 8., 89th Foot William Sall, Royal Newfoundland Companies Robert Terry, 31st Foot James W. Fairtlough, 63d Foot Henry C. Streatfield, 87th Foot Henry Senior, 65th Foot Charles Hughes, 24th Foot Joseph Kelsall, 70th Foot William Blois, 52d Foot Edward E. Ironson, 13th Foot John Singleton, 30th Foot Joseph Mark Harty, 33d Foot Eyre John Crabbe, 74th Foot William Burney, Cape Corps Gerald Rochefort, 3d Foot. Philip Duudas, 47th Foot Richard Willington, 84th Foot Richard Westziore, 33d Foot Robert Pattison, 13th Foot John Poole, C. 8., 22d Foot Edward James White, 70th Foot Robert Hunt, 49th Foot Edward William Bray, C. 8., 39th Foot Aralander Tennant, 35th Foot Robert Luxmoore, 16th Foot Nicholas Palmer, 56th Foot Joseph Swinburne, 83d Foot, Daniel Frazer, 42d Foot Charles Highmore Potts, 19th Foot Henry Eimund. de Burgh Sidley, 50th Foot Herbert Mends, 2d West India Regiment TO BE LIEU ICE NANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMT. Majors George Esdaile Elrington, sth Royal Veteran Bat talion William Milne, 2d Royal Veteran Battalion John Field Oldham, Bth Royal Veteran Battalion George Lovell Spinluff, Royal Veteran Company Edward Goate, 35th Foot Stephen Noel, 92d Foot George Pinckney, 82d Foot Philip Aubin, 57th Foot Samuel George Carter, 16th Foot George Fitzgerald Stack, 24th Foot Henry Clements, 16th Foot Peter John Willats, 48th Foot William Cox, 54th Foot Richard Handcock, 46th Foot Peter Sutherland, 72d Foot John Bonamy, 6th Foot John Marshall, 91st Foot Richard Manners, 59th Foot James Thomas Moore, 87th Foot Ambrose Spong, 60th Foot John Clarks, 66th Foot Isaac Richardson, 11th Foot Robert Browne, 16th Foot Richard Tatton, 77th Foot James Jackson, 57th Foot Alexander Sharrock, 29th Foot William Raban, 22d Foot Thomas Hinton Hemmans, 78th Foot William Warburton, 67th Foot Martin Crean Lynch, 14th Foot Edward Boyd, 29th Foot Joseph Smith, 14th Foot Ewan M‘Pherson, 99th Foot William Dempster, 41st Foot Charles Rayner Newman, 14th Foot Charlton O'Neill, 97th Foot John Joseph Grier, 93d Foot Alexander Campbell, 38th Foot Henry Dixon, 81st Foot James Poyntz, 30th Foot Charles Donald Campbell, 39th Foot Edward Kenny, 69th Foot John O'Grady, 17th Foot Anthony Robert L'Estrange, 71st Foot John Thomas Griffiths, 25th Foot Robert Alexander Andrews, 30th Foot Benoit Bender, 82d Foot William Aitken, Canadian Rifles Abraham Splaine, 81st Foot James Ward, 81st Foot John Norman, 54th Foot Argos William Mackay, 21st Foot John Bolton, 75th Foot William Barnes, 17th Foot Daniel Riley, 24th Foot Henry Alexander Kerr, Ist Foot William Beales, Staff Officer of Pensioners William Newhouse, sth Foot Henry Francis Stokes, 39th Foot Charles Irvine, 38th Foot John Gage Lecky, 38th Foot Frederick Tudor, 38th Foot George Adams Barnes, St. Helena Regiment TO BE MAJORS IN THE ARMY'. Captains Sir William Winn, Invalids, Marcus Louis, sth Veteran Battalion George St. John Giffard, 11th Veteran Battalion Leonard Kilham Willard, 11th Veteran Battalion Thomas Levet Metcalfe, 6th Veteran Battalion Archibald Macueil, 3d Veteran Battalion William Mackay, 9th Veteran Battalion Judge Thomas D'Arcy, 4th Veteran Battalion Robert Gray, 6th Veteran Battalion Josiah George Hart, 12th Veteran Battalion William Kelly, 2nd Veteran Battalion Joseph Roche, 3d Veteran Battalion Charles Kingsley, 9th Veteran Battalion Archibald Fullerton, 6th Veteran Battalion Richard Woods, Bth Veteran Battalion Daniell M'Pherson, 2d Veteran Battalion Timothy Dillon, 2d, Veteran Battalion Alex. Skene, 4th Veteran Battalion Thomas Ramsdell Agnew, 2d Veteran Battalion Brooke Pigot, 69th Foot Charles Gordon, 93d Foot Richard Fry, 63d Foot Peter Eason, 61st Foot John Adrian Lutman, 24th Foot John Milliquet Hnson, 89th Foot Adam Von Beverhoudt, 58th Foot John Kelly, 6th Feet John Griffith, Ist Wed India Regiment Robert Shepherd, 76th Foot Robert Stuart Ridge, 36th Foot John Harvey, 37th Foot John Campbell, 74th Foot David Dickson, 95th Foot Henry Nicholls, 94th Foot Robert Cochrane, Rifle Brigade John Bla.ckall, 39th Foot 'fonder Mounsteven, 48th Foot Aylmer Dowdall, 54th Foot George Gardine Shaw, 63d Foot George Mainwaring, 22d Foot William John King, 21st Foot William Knowles, 50th Foot Richard Thompson, 51st Foot John M-Caskill, 97th Foot David Cooper, 17th Foot William Ametrong Rogers, 95th Foot Rodney Nrylius, Ceylon Rifle Regiment Kenneth Murchison, 29th Foot Philip Bolton, 77th Foot. William M`Donald, 93d Foot Donnie Dunn, 69th Foot The Commissions to bear date 28th November. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 2. The undermentioned Officers having completed three years' actual service as Regimental Lieutenant-Colonels, or in other appointments equivalent to those situations, to be promoted to the rank of Colonel in the Army, in accord ance with the provisions of her Majesty's Royal Warrant of the 6th October. BREVET. TO BE COLONELS IN TIII? ARMY. Lieutenant-Colonels Edward Rcwley Hill, Ist West India Regiment George Wm. Key, 15th Light Dragoons Fred. Geo. Shewell, Bth Light Dragoons Edward Pole, 12th Light Dragoons Arthur Shirley, half-pay, unattached Fred. Holt Robe, C. 8., Deputy Quarter-Master General, Mauritius Robert Walpole, Deputy Quarter-Master General, lonian Islands Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, Rifle Brigade Hon. Geo. Cadogan, Grenadier Guards John Heneage Grubbe, 66th Foot William Blackburne, half-pay, 69th Foot Francis Skelly, 37th Foot Charles P. Ainslie, 7th Dragoon Guards Henry Daniell, Coldstream Guards Freeman Murray, half-pay 63d Foot Hon. Alexander Nelson Hood, half-pay 13th Foot David Russell, 84th Foot Richard William Huey, Ist Foot Horatio Shirley, 88th Foot William Samuel Newton, Coldstream Guards Robert Hughes, Ist West India Regiment Floury George Conroy, Grenadier Guards Nicholas R. Brown, 34th Foot Hugh Andrew Robert Mitchell, Grenadier Guards E. C. Miles Milman, 37th Foot Spencer Perceval, Coldstream Guards Edward Goulburn, Grenadier Guards Henry Cooper, 45th Foot Randal Rumley, Depot Battalion at Parkhurst William Sutton, Cape Mounted Riflemen Hon. G. C. Weld Forester, Royal Morse Guards Edward C. Hodge, 4th Dragoon Guards Frederick Rodolph Blake, 33d Foot C. Cooke Yarborough, C. 8., 91st Foot William Henry Chas. Wellesley, 10th Foot Henry Edward Doherty, C. 8., 14th Light Dm goons Augustus Halifax Ferryman, 89th Foot William Henry Law, 83d Foot Lieut.-Cols. Thomas , James Galloway, 70th Foot William Jones, C.B , 61st Foot James Campbell, 87th Foot Alesrlider Jardine, 75th Foot Maurice G. Dennis, 60th Foot John Mc Duff, 74th Foot Thorns.: Maitland Wilson, 96th Foot Gcorge Staunton, 31st Foot Charles Crutchley, Depot Battalion Walter Hamilton, 78th Foot Charles Rochfort Scott, half-pay Staff Corps, Assistant-Quarter -Master - General, Northern District Mark Kerr Atherley, 92d Foot Trevor Chute, 70th Foot William Gustavus Brown, 24th Foot Henry Jervis, Provisional Battalion Michael William Smith, half-pay, 151 h Light Dragoons John Maxwell Percoval, C. 8., 12th Feot Henry William Stisted, 78th Foot Thomas James Adair, Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District Philip Melmorth Nelson Guy, oth Foot George Hutchinson, 80th Foot Charles Steuart. 14th Light Dragoons Lacy Walter Y ea, 7th Foot ' Phillpotts Wright Taylor, Canadian Rifle Re giment Thomas Graham Egerton, 77th Foot William O'Grady Italy, 47th Foot John Enoch, Unattached, Assistant Quarter- Master-General William Henry Vicars, 61st Foot William R. Mansfield, 53d Foot James Fraser, 72d Foot Henry Richmond Jones, 6th Dragoon Guards Henry Skipwith, 43d Foot Charles Hagart, 7th Light Dragoons George De Rottenburg, Unattached, Assistant Quartermaster-General, Canada William Yorke Moore, 54th Foot The Commissions to bear date the 28th Nov., 1854. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. ROYAL ARTILLERY. BREVET. TO BE GENERALS IN THE ARMY. Lieut.-Generals Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, K.C.B. Sir Robert William Gardiner, K.C.8., K.C.H. TO BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS IN THE ARMY. Major-Generals Frederick Campbell George Turner, C.B. Peter Margetson Wallace Richard Jones John Mitchell, C.B. TO BE MAJOR-GENERALS IN THE ARMY. Colonels Adam Fife Crawford William Bolden Dundas, C.B. Henry William Gordon TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lieutenant-Colonels William Bates Ingilby Thomas Orlando Cater Henry Pester Robert William Story, Retired List William Fenwick Williams, C.B. Archibald Macbean, Retired List George James, Retired List Henry Palliser Robert Longmore Garstin, Retired List John Alexander Wilson Richard Goodwin Bowen Wilson Burke Cuppage Robert Burn Richard Beaumont Burnaby, Retired List John Hungerford Griffin William How Hennis, Retired List Thomas Arscott Lethbridge, Retired List Daniel Thorndike Harry Stow, Retired List William Fraser Charles Gostling Charles Henry Mee,-Retired List Thoophilus Desbrisay, Retired List Charles Bertie Symonds William Wallace d'Arley, Retired List Edmund Neal Wilford John Tylden, Retired List William Henry Pickering ROYAL ENGINEERS. TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lient.-Co's. Charels Wright Francis Ringlor Thomson Charles Ogle Streatfield Joseph Ellison Portlock Henry Sandham Frederick Henry Baddeley Edward Vicars ' Thomas Bugden Henry Powell Wulff John Hawkshaw Edward Aldrich The Commissions to bear date the 28th November, 1854 WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. The following Promotions are to take place conzequen upon the decease of the following officers, viz. : General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.8., died 10th Oct Lieutenant-General J. F. Ewart, C. 8., died 23d Oct. Major-General Charles Middleton, died 22d Oct. BREVET. Colonel Frederick Markham, C. 8., 32d Foot, Adjutant- General in the East Indies to be Major-General. Lieutenant-Colonel John Charles Hope Gibson°, Ca valry Depot at Newbridge, to be Colonel in the Army. Major Rociolph de Salis, Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant. Colonel in the Army. Captain James Speedy, Bth Regiment of Foot, to be Major in the Army. The Commissions to bear date Nov. 28. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. 2LI Regiment of Dragoons.—Francis Beaumont Macon°. ()hie, Gent., to be Cornet, without purchase, Nov. 28. 23 Regiment of Foot.—Ensign John Lawrence, from the Royal Monmouth Militia, to be Ensign, without pur chase, 28th Nov. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 24. The following promotions have this day taken place, consequent on tho death, on the 31st August last, of Rear- Admiral of the White David Price. Rear Admiral of the Blue George Frederick Rich to be Rear Admiral of the White. Captain George William Conway Courtenay to be Rear Admiral of tho Blue. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD•LIEUTENAN TS, Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Charles Joseph Theophilus Hauibro', Gent., to be Cornet, vice Parke, promoted, Nov. 25. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Matthew Copplestone, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Crowe, resigned, Nov. 17. 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Charles Rivers Wilson, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 17. 4th or Royal :South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Bathurst Charles Bayntun, Gent., late Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, to be Ensign ; Nelson Hoopor, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 17. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia —Ensign Edward Benbow to be Lieutenant, vice Townsend, resigned ; George Lane, Gent., to be En sign, vice Benbow, promoted, Nov. 17. Hampshire Regiment of Militia Artillery—Second Lieu tenant Albert Newby Clay to be First Lieutenant, vice Morgan; Second Lieutenant Richard Clay to be First Lieutenant, vice Goble, Nov. 21. 2nd Regiment of Devon Militia—William Humphry Studdy to be Ensign, Oct. 24 ; Charles Augustus Coles to be Captain ; Richard Halliday Archer to be Lieutenant, Nov. 20. Ist Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia—John Ley Hichens, Gent., to be Surgeon, vice Woolhouse, re signed, Nov. 18. let Regiment of Warwickshire Militia—William Horatio Harfield, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 4. Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkehiro Militia —James Bendall, jun., Esq., to be Ensign ; Andrew Mer cer Adam, Esq., M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, Nov. 10. MEMORANDUM. City of Edinburgh Artillery Regiment of Militia—The second Christian name of Lieutenant Hughes is Jones, not John, as previously stated. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. --- Thomas Houghton, ironmonger, Collyhurst, Manchester, BANKRUPTS. Richard Waistell, warehouseman, Noble-street, City, to surrender Dec.l2 and Jan. 9, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. Henry Markinfield. Ackley, bookseller and publisher, Old Bond-street, Dec. 12, at one, and Jan. 12, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; Kinsey, Bloomsbury-square. Wm. Peacock, clothier, Budge-row, City, Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Harrison, Walbrook. John Entwisle, builder, Carlisle, Dec. 5, at eleven, and Jan. 9, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Bendle and Son, Carlisle ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Wright Bentley, iron founder, Oldham, Dec. 14, and Jan. 4, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Ashcroft, Old ham ; Slater, Manchester. Joseph Feeny, eating-house keeper, Birkenhead, Dec. 8 and Jan. 12, at eleven, at Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hodgson, Birmingham ; Etty, Liverpool, George Day, builder, New Kent-road, Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lee, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Smith, New-inn, Strand. James Scott, provision merchant, Trinity-square, Tower hill, Dec. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicho lson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Thompson and So n, G e or g e street, linories. Joseph Partridge, corn factor, Wednesbury Oak, lipton, Staffordshire, Dec. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 5, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Cour t. Bittleston, offi cial' assignee, Birmingham ; Adam, Wolverhampton ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. John Foden, grocer and tea dealer, Liverpool, Dec. 11 and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpo ol ; Evans and Son, Liverpool. Henry Samuel Parker, licensed victualler, Birming District Court. Christie, official assignee , Birmingham ; Powell, Birmingham. Alexander Hillyard, ale and porter merchant, Liverpool, Dec. 11, and Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Yates, jun., Liverpool. John Tullock Fisher, auctioneer, Barking-road, Plais tow, Dec. 8, at half-past one, and J an. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers; Sharp, Gray's-inn. James Johnson, builder, Wimbledon, Surrey, Dec. 8, and Jan. 13, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall -chambers, Basinghall-street ; Moss, Queen street, Cheapside. George Parry, jun., iron mo nger,lWillen hall, Stafford shire, Dec. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 5, at half - pa st ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Kitsom, Wolverhampton; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLARED. Peter Emery, of Brighton, Sussex, victualler, a first dividend of Bd. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. George Wm. Merrington, of Edgware-road, draper, a first dividend of ls. 103. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-stroet, on any Tuesday. Nash and Neale, of Reigate and Dorking, Surrey, bankers, a final dividend of id. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-oharnbers, on any Tuesday. John Lard Roper. of Kent, I;nendraper, a lust dividend of 7s. 31. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. John Dossettor, of 29, Theobald's road, ironmonger, a first dividend of 3s. 9d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. John Geo. Lacy, of 21, Groat St. Helen's, Bishopsgate street, City, gun manufacturer, a third dividend of is. 6d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall street, on any Tuesday. Wm. Legh, of New Windsor, Berkshire, wine merchant, a first dividend of ls. Bd. in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Alfred Fielding, of Greenwich, Kent, jeweller, a first dividend of 7d. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. Daniel William Lucas and Isaac Dodds, of 11, Arthur street, West, London-bridge, hemp and flax merchants, a first dividend of 3s. 4d. in the pound, payable at 1, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street, on November 29th, and three subsequent Wednesdays. Henry Bates and Charles Hitchman, of Addleltreet, London, Bristol, and Birmingham, straw-plait dealers, a second dividend of is. 4d. in the pound, payable at 1, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street, on November 29th and three subsequent Wednesdays. Michael Emanuel, and Henry Emanuel, of 5, Hanover square, goldsmiths and silversmiths, a fourth dividend of 3id. in the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basing- hall-stieet, on November 29th and three subsequent Wed nesdays. John Hunter, of Manchester, tea merchant, a first divi dend of 4s. in the pound, payable at 45, George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, December 12, and any subse quent Tuesday. Joshua Bowker , Cheshire, of Hyde, innkeeper, a divi dend of 11-32 d. in the pound, payable at 45, George-street, Manchester, on Tuesday, December 12, and any subse quent Tuesday. John and Robert Fittes, of Nowcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshet,d, a first dividend of ss. 6d. in the pound, pay able at the office of T. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on Saturday, December 2, and any subsequent Saturday. George Hobson, of Leeds, grocer, a first dividend of 4s. in the pound, payable at the office of George Young, Leeds, on any day. Thomas Benjamin Young, of York, manufacturer of paper hangings, a second dividend of 2s. in the pound, pay able at the office of George Young, Leeds, on any day. Thomas Avison, of Leeds, stone me rc h an t, a secon d di vidend of 4d. in the pound, payable at the office of Goo. Young, Leeds, on any day. John Green, late of Castleton, Lancashire, out of busi ness, a dividend of Is. 6d.. in the pound, payabl e a t 5, Per tugal-street,: Lincoln's-inn. Robert Ash, late of Torquay, Devonshire, carpenter, a dividend of 64d. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. Matthew Fisher, late of Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, carpenter, a dividend of ss. in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Geo . ;go Henry Laporte, of 21, Paddingten-green, Pad• dington, artist, a dividend of 2s. 6d. in the pound, pay. able at 5, Portxgal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Francis Perry, late of Arundel street, Panton-square, Lieutenant 86th Regiment Foot, a dividend of 2s. 6ikl. (making 103. 100.) in tho pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lineoln's-inn. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. Owen Gray, of Great Tower-street, City, builder, Dec. 20—John Chancellor, of Phoenix-place, Dorrington- street, Clerkenwell, and of Battersea, funeral carriage master, Dec. 19—Giulio Buono, of 29, Fenchurch-street, City, merchant, Dec. 19—Charles Boyne, of 13, St. Benet's place, Gracechurch-street, City, broker, Dec. 19—Ebene zer Heath, of 29, Bridgehouse-place, Newington-causeway, leather seller, Dec. 19—Martin Ward, late of 15, Mark lane, City, corn merchant, Dec. 20—Charles Clarke, of Norwich, maltster, Dec. 22—George M`Millan, of Bennett street, Blackfriar's-road, draper, Dec. 22 William Yeatherd Ball, of 32, Wood-street, Cheapside, and 56, Holland-street, Blackfriars-road, glover, Dec. 22—Louis Adolphe Hollander, late of Winchester-street, City, and Clapham Rise, Surrey, diamond merchant, Dec. 22 Nathaniel Denton, of Gorton, Lancashire, hat manu facturer, Dec. 22—Thomas Norbury and Richard Bind loss, of Manchester, silk manufacturers, Dec. 20— Thomas Parker, of Southport, hotel keeper, Dec. 19— James Osborne, of Kidderminster, tailor, Dec. 23 William Rollason, jan., of Birmingham, tin-plate worker, Dec. 22—Henry Basil Bray, of Coventry, grocer, Dec. 22—John Harvey, sen., and Godfrey Gregory Pike, of Birmingham, grocers, Jan. s—Charles W a ld ron , o f Bil ston, Staffordshire, clothier, Jan. s—Samuel Siviter, of Brierley-hill, Staffordshire, ironfounder, Dec. 23. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Thomas Youngman, of 33, Pitfield-street, Ffoxton, lines draper, Dec. 20—John Clarke, of 20, Belvedere-road, Lam beth, buteher, Dec. 20—William Henry Bartleman Hawes, of 406, Strand, chemist, Dec. 20—George Fox, of 23, Crornbies-row, Commercial-road East, tailor, Dec. 22 Richard Clark, of 447, West Strand, lamp merchant, Doc. 22—William Phillips, of 29, Minories, brush maker, Dec. 21—S. H. Ellis, jan., of the Stock Exchange, City, lealer in stooks, Dec. 21—Bodham Butler Wicker, of Castle-st., Holborn, tailor, Dec. 19—Michael Solomon, of 180, Lam beth-walk, china dealer, Dec. 21 —James Henry Mackey, of 20, St. Helen's-place, City, merchant, Dec. 19—John Willox, of 14, Broadway, Westminster, cheesemonger, Dec. 19—Wm. Paton, of Bread-st., City, warehouseman, Dec. 19 —Wm. Adam, of 34, Great Tower-street, City, merchant, Dec. 19—John T. Jenkins, of Lewisham-read, Deptford, builder, December 19—Henry Simmons, of 6, Northum berland-place, Commercial-road, of 168, High-street, Shoreditch, and of Hackney-road, boot and shoemaker, Dec. 19—Thomas Robinson, of Hexham, Northumberland, currier, Dec. 20—Michael Austin Stuelden, of Launoes ton, Cornwall, gas manufacturer, Dec. 21—Isaao Beck, of Birmingham, licensed victualler, Dec. 21. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Isabella Onghteraon, of Wigton, Cumberland, painter and glazier—William John Angwin, of Launceston, Cora wall, blacksmith—J. Allen, of Bewdley, Worcestershire, out of business—Benjamin Simpson, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, travelling draper—John Simon Rowlands, of Cariarvon, tinman—Roderick Evans, of Carnarvon, broad and biscuit baker—George Robertson, of Bradford, jour neyman finisher—Richard Nelson Gooden, of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, surgeon—Thomas Dick, of Manchester, general agent—George Waters, of Levenshulme, Lanca shire, railway clerk—John Baxter, of Salford, Lancashire, baker—James Woollett, of Lamston, Pembrokeshire, butler—John Bickerton, of Kingston -upon-Hull, potato dealer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Joseph Haywood, jun., John Arlidgo, Thomas Randle, Edward Sabell, Joseph Hawood, sen., and Elizabeth Bud worth, Feleshill, Warwickshire, ribbon and trimming manufacturers (so far as regards Elizabeth Budworth)— Samuel Chinnery and Felix Denibas, Folkestone, commis sion and general agents—Francis Smart and. John King, Gloucester, builders—Charles Richard Bradley and John Thompson Goodwin, Rotherhithe, coopers—James Tabor and Joseph Tabor, Trowbridge, grocers—John Unwia and John Wing Unwin, Sheffield, corn flour merchants—Ed ward Lumsden, sen., and Joseph Lumsden, and E. Lums den, jun., Sunderland, iron merchants (so ar as regards E. Lumsden, sen.)—Richard Turley and William Wakefield Dean, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, coal merchants—John Wadsworth and Gm - go Carreer, Sheffield, brickmakers— William Canning and Orlando Canning, Stratford-upon- Aven, drapers—John Davies and John Owen Davies, Ply mouth, coal merchants—William Albert Morfey, Samuel Danford, and James Watkins, Bath-street, City, and Brynm a wr ' Breconshire, tallow melters—John Stephen Joseph and John Jones, Parkhead Coke-works, near Dudley, and Rowley Regis, Staffordshire, coke and breeze manufacturers—William Taylor and Thomas Newsome, Coventry, watch manufacturers —John Staley Buckle, Cheetham, and William Allen, Pilkington, Lancashire, mixed fabric manufacturers—James Willis and John Henry Willis, Winchester, painters and glaziers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Major Herbert, of Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, civil engineer, December 8, at one, at Porteous's George Hotel, Inverary. Thomas Biggar, of Paisley, manufacturer, December 7, at one, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. Robert White, of Glasgow, provision merchant, De cember 8, at twelve, at the Globe Hotel, Glasgow. George Mount, of Stirling, wool spinner, December 7, at one, at Campbell's Golden Lion Hotel, Stirling. William Mackay, of Aberdeen, machine maker, Decem ber 7, at ono, at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. William Burton and David Thomson, of Glasgow, mer chants, December 14, at two, at the Crown Hotel, Glas gow. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam 11 1514 Ditto, three months ll 171 i Bottordam ll 1714 Antwerp 25 35 Brussels ..... . . Ihunburgh .......... 13 6 Altona Paris ........ 25 15 INGE.—YssimUDAY. Gibraltar .............. .Leghorn •.• ..... . -..- 30 43 Genoa . 25 52% Milan •••••••• •• •••••• Venice •. •• ••:::::::. -- Naples •• • ..... Palermo .... ...... .... 13136 Messina ... • .. 132 Ditto, three months .. 25 37N Marseilles ............. 25 40 Bourdeaux ............ Frankfort-on-M sine 1184 Berlin •• •• • 000000 •• • Vienna •••• • • • • •• • • •• • • 12 40 Trieste.. •••••••• •• 12 40 Petersburg „ „ 35 rx Madrid ............... 50% ..... .• 504 i Barcelona • •••• • • • • --- , &Vine e • • • •• • • • • • • •• w• Lisbon ....... ..... • . 5314 Oporto ... • • 53% Rio Janeiro ..... ....... Buenos Ayres... ..... New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia .... PRICTS OP RTJLIICN, PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars 0 5 0% New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver ba bars . 0 5 1!4 [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably restores health, without medi cine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other remedies. Wo extract a few out of fifty thousand testimonials of cures, which had ve resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. 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C ure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, iDnduigEesatrriopsaenzdeeglelennet r Athol-street, - s b t y r e e t, years' liver compl a i n t , with and ner ves, h ave been N F r a o o l o. debilityd .- 8 Ja . — m e , h , s a vTewP beenot t t ey em r , disorders of the stomach, bow e l s, perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— Andrew Frazer, Haddington, East Lothian." " Trevagler, Gulval, near Penzance. Feb. 20th, 1851 .—Eighteen years' nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, t hrob bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, 1 cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs ; all these symptsms have been removed by Do Barry's excellent Arabica Food. —Mary Gilbert."—ln canis ters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions-11b., 2s. 9d.; 21b., 4s. 61. ; 51b., lls. ; 121 b., 225. ; super-refined, 11b ., 6s. ;21b., lls. ; 51b., 225. ; 101 b., 335. The 101 b. and 121 b., carriage free, on post office order. Barry du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., purveyors to her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; also at 68, Cornhill; GO, Gracechurch-street ; 330 and 451, Strand ;63 and 150, Oxford-street ; 55, Charing -cross ;4. Choapside ; 54, Upper Baker-street ; and may be ordered through all respectable booksellers, gro cers, and chemists. Important caution against the fearful dangers of spurious imitations. COUNTRY MA.RKETC LIVERPOOL —Noy 28. We had a fair attendance of millers and dealers this morning, but their operations were confined to satisfy im• mediate wants. No change was observable in the price of foreign old wheat and flour. The demand upon country new wheat and flour slack. The former declined about 3d per bushel, and flour is 6d to 2s per sack. Indian corn was in good request, at rather better prices than on Friday. Oats steady in demand. Oatmeal a little easier in price. Barley, beans, and peas without alteration in price. InWICH—Nov. 28. We notice again a falling off in the supply of wheat. We must note a slight alteration in price in favour of the buyer, say is a qr. White wheat maintains its price. The quality of barley was below what we have had for some weeks past—ls per qr. cheaper may be written generally. Some choice samples of malting quality, however, earn mended 38s. PER QUARTER. PER qtrAUTIR. Wheat, red (old) 72s to 76s Barley, grinding 32, to 34. Qd Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 735 to 825 Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 355 to 381 Flour, per sack 00. to 00s AVaaAOES FOR THE WEEK E. Nov. 25, 1854. Wheat Oats Peas Beans Barley 741 10d 321 Od 451 6d 49■ 5d 36i 2.1 HULL—Nov. 28. Our farmers brought a small supply of wheat for this day's market, and which met a free sale at about the rates current last week ; factors tried hard to get prices down, but could not succeed. The transactions in foreign were gaits in retail. Spring corn of all kinds unaltered except beans, which are easier to buy. Linseed is to 2s dearer, with a smart advance in oil. Cakes are also in improved demand. ''s Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea_ $8 to 6, Ditto Petersburgh 58 to 55 Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto;Konigeberg and Memel , 50 to 5$ Per Ton. Liis.c., M 11112172 Od to 001 Os Ditto fins for. 11/ Os 12/ 00s Od Ditto inf. for olos Od to 010 s 'Rapeseed OO/ Os to 001 Om 'Rape cakes 130 s OL to 00s 01 (Tares, English oos to 00s Ditto foroign Guano 41 10s 8/ tol2l Os Bones Rye Meal II 111 Wheat, English, red 12 to 76 Ditto white.. Dautzic and Konigs- berg Pomeranianand Ham burgh Danish, Holstein, and .. 78 to 84 75 to 851 ~ 70 to 75; Friesland Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 1 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 3O to 32 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 34 Beans - ,„ 50 to 521 Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 46 to 48 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when made IT From wt at When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. Engiand. --••••• America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • Liverpool Bash Ken kmerica (by United Sts. packet) ........ —N Nov. 14.......... Liverpool ... Nov. 20 tmerica (by U. States packet) Nov. 22.. Southampton kustralla (via South ampton) Jan. 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) Iq IJan. ••• • • • Southampton Dec. 4 •• Dover •• •• • • ov. 30 Ditto (via Cape of (3ood! Hope) ............N Dec. 4 Uncertain Africa (West Coast) •.N 13d of the month.. Plymouth .. Alexandria.......... N 4,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ...... klexandria 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Bahamas 51 17th of the montl. Southampton Belgium .......... ..N Daily...—. • • • • • . Dover Daily Brazil ....M 9th of the month.. Southampton Buenos Ayres...... —3,119 th of the month.. Southampton Cape of Good Hope ..N Various ports Uncertain Cape of Good Hope ..N Capo de Verde N 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 16 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed.,&Fi LI. Southampton Tu•4h.ge,B Chili.. td & 17th of month seuthampton China (see India) Constantinople 8,13,18,23,&28 ofm Dover .... Constantinople ,4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover lcodany Egypt (see India) France & N Twice daily.... • . Dover Twieedally Gibraltar M 4, 7,17,20, 27 ofm. Southampton Ne v. 20 Greece (see India) Greytown ..........s4,2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton ov. 20 flamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ... Savannah ........ _si 2nd of the month Southampton Dec. 1 Holland 51 Daily.• • • • • • •• • • Dover la/1Y Honduras „ ........M 17th of the month. Southampton India (viaSouthampt.)Ml4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth India (via Marseille,s))9th&2sth of month D over . lonian Isles (sea India 7, 17, & 27 of mon ,Dover.... • Ireland & N Twice daily Holyhe a d Twicedai Lisbon 7, 9, 17, &270 f n Southampton Madeira ............M 9th of the month Southampton Madeira • • 23d of month •• .. Liverp00l Malta, (see India) Malta 8, 18, &28 of men. Dever Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Mexico .• •• ..m 2nd of the month.. Southampton Dec. 1 Naples N,sth 15th25thofmon. Dover . Nov. 22 New Granada ad & 17th of month Southampton New By private ship .. Various ports. Unoertai Papal States ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ... Nov. 22 Peninsula ..........M 7thl7th27tkofmon. Southampton P eru 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal N By private ship,,. Various porta Uncertain Sicily s thl s th2sthotinon, Dover .. Nov. 22 Tuscany s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover Nov. 22 Venezuela 2d& 17th ef month Southampton Nev. 10- Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) . ..... West Indies M 2d 1 , 4 17t11 01 InonthSouthampteni ISouthampl When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will be de. snatched on the following day. with the exception of the India vis Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will he despatched the preceding day. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. .TUESDAY, Nov. 28. Stations. Course of Wind. State of Weigher. Greenwich' S. W Overcast. Lothbury Brighton W. Holyhead Bangor W. Cloudy. Dublin S.S.W ...... Cold—Very Cloudy. Liverpool Yarmouth. N.W. Lowestoft' S.W Cloudy. Southampton N.W.Cloudy. Cowes W. Cloudy. Portsmouth Poole Dorchester W Cloudy. Manchester N.W. Bradford N.E. Cold. Sheffiell S.E. Rain. Wakefield Carlisle Lancaster Whitehaven Maryport - Stoke-on-Trent Leeds Leicester S.W Foggy—Cloudy. Derby S.W Cloudy. Nottingham ...... S.W Cloudy. Masborough Burton-on-Trent.. S. Stamford W Cloudy. Dundee Stirling Kirkcaldy S. W Cloudy. Perth Forfar E. Aberdeen W... Very fine. Edinburgh W. Whitby Scarborough Hull N.W. Bridlington Glasgow W.S.W. ... Cloudy. York Bristol S.W Unsettled. Torquay ............ N.W. Taunton W... Foggy. Bath Swansea . N.W. Haverfordwest ... N.W. Hague W. Much rain. Newcastle Sunderland PITICIOTIO FUND.—The workmen of the factory at Woolwich Dockyard have subscribed 951. as the con tribution to the Patriotic Fend, which is independent of the sum that may be collected amongst the shipwrights and other mechanics on the dockyard establishment. It is worthy of remark that the workmen in the f ac t or y who have large families to provide for, and could not afford to subscribe a day's pay in aid of the fund, have expressed an anxious desire to be allowed to work over hours to make up a day's pay as their subscription, and their noble request has been acceded to. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 26th inst., the lady of 0. Younghusband, Esq. On tho 28th inst., at liornsey, Mrs. Charles Price. 011 1 A DAI7GHTER. On the 20th hist., at the British Consulate, Elsinore, Mrs. Bridges Taylor. On the 21st inst., at 36, Albany-street, Regent's-NA, the wife of the Rev. W. Seating. MARRIED. Ou the 7th ult., at Mean Meer, Lahore, George H. Lisle, 57th B. N. 1., third son of the Von. Archdeacon Hale, of the Charterhouse, London, to Frances Ellen, wand daughter of Major George Murray, Bth Regiment B. i. Cavalry. On the 28th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Bryawdoott• square, Thomas Fitz-Gerald, youngest survi v i ng eon o f the late aptain Wintour, R.N., to Elisabeth Anna, 4,aly daughter of the late Wm. Hinton, Esq., of Daglingwartb, Glocestershire. DIED. On the 24th inst., at Alphington, near Exeter, Clis !lee Lewis, Esq., for 45 years the respected Secretary of the West of England Insurance Company, aged 68. On the 25th inst., at Brompton, Phoebe, the wife a the Rev. T. Bowdler. On the 24th inst., Phillis, wifo of Thomas Hawks'lel, C.E. On the 24th inst., at 15, Cromer-atroot, Mr. Thonos Yolland, aged 77. On the 24th inst., at Petsgrove, Frederick, son of lit• Thomas Paxton, aged 32. On the 27th inst., at Blackfriars-r oa d, Ch ar l es Brgba.ll Esq., surgeon, aged 48. On the 2Sth inst., at Coleshill-street, Eaton-square, Mr.' Mary Griffiths, aged 83. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' 1 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112 ; P' : Strand, in the Precinct of th e S avoy , i n the cauutY ° Middlesex, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1554. MIL 11