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

THE FINANCES OF RUSSIA. (Front, 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 *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, atthe commencement of the war, to lie in its finances The Times elaborately endeavoured to prove that the blockade which we had it in our power to enforce would so cripple the resources of Russia that its trade would be annihilated, its Exchequer emptied, and its paper money no better than the -money of the first French revolution. In all this, as in other calculations by which it was attempted to depreciate the capabilities of Russia, the Tames and its supporters and followers reckoned without their host. The Emperor knows what he is about, • and be 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 leading 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 immediately 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, in 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 supplyin g that esta blishment with 2,000 , 0001 . sterling of bullion is 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 I 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 enact men t s , th e i mport of the manufactures of a hostile state. Russia is doubt less doing this. While her produce finds au 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 so 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 iu 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 he 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 t axes , may b e kept fom 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 commercial and financial prosperity of this great nation. There is nothing to prevent England from having cheap money and a sufficient supply of it—a supply which would enable us to bear almost any amount of taxation, and yet to prosper—b u t th e gran d philosophical principle of Sir Robert Peel, viz., gold at 3/. 17s. 1W,( 1 . an ounce ! Let gold be bought and sold, like any oth er com modity, at the price it will fetch in the market, and a paper currency, including 1/. notes, be pr ov id e d for home circulation, and England will be able, as she is willing, to persevere in the just and neces sar y warfare in which she is engaged, till success crowns her endeavours. THE POLISH ASS/VERSA Y AND ITS SUGGESTIONS. Next Wednesday, the 29th of November, is the twenty-fourth anniversary of the famous Polish Revolu tion of 1830. The occasion will naturally be turned to France, by the Polish refugees in Great Britain and -u comin e e , ra w o ho have been in the habit hitherto of annually of their nation an event so remarkable in the history been arran nn ; . and several meetings have, we believe, Englishmen London and other English towns, at which to take part, and to move—in circumstances particularly appropriate—the question of the expediency ot a gi re vi ng a Polish direction to the critical war ba which we Dudley Stuart leavesntre engaged. The death of Lord country without the man whose antecedents would hayo best entitled hi m t o ra i se th e question at the p resent but the whol e na ti on Wednesda has the word " Poland" moment ' its lips, and the mee ti ngs o f y next will b u t is universal. express loc a lly a f eeling which Had this feeling been ripe some months word " Poland" been pronounced ago—had the the present contest — had our Gover leat t an earlier s t age in France seen the nece s sity at first of and that of tt through Poland — the aspect of affairs awoaucliciing Russia. very different from w hat it no w is. Instead have ben of bein g ' a state of panic respecti n g the fate of our brave armies - in ' the East—unCertain whe ther, after all, the issue of the war will be for us or for Russia—we should in a ll pro bability have reduced Russia b y this time i nto a st,aeo 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 sect 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, and 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 be was not prepared f n teach 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 bound 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. So 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 out 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," teen 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 to use such means as may be most efficient to secure her defeat, even to sending emissaries among her disaffected populations, supplying 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. Gallic:la, 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, from the Cabinets of Great Britain and France, would go forth to-morrow. Such 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 nhe is really with us er -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.—Glasuoui Com2nontocalik. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 28. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Nisi Prius Sittings at Westminster before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) COPLEY Y. TUBB. This was an antion 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 sail Le 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 be would "go halves" in that. Plaintiff said he would not. Defendant then asked him to lend him 25/. to buy the horse, and plaintiff drew a cheque on his agents and got it cashed at the bank at Winchester, and gave bins the money. Defendant afterwards told him that the horse had been sold, 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 25/. borrowed of me on or before s- , aturday next, I shall cause proceedings to be taken against you." 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-reem. 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 bad obtained cats for fighting elsewhere. Had seen cats killed by dogs. The other officers had remonstrated with him about killing tho dog in the mess-room, but not because he had fought cats. It had nothing what ever to do with his selling out, mid he was still a mem ber of the mess. John Russell, superintendent of the Parcels Delivery offices, at the George Hot e l, Wi nc h ester, deposed that at plaintiff's request he wrote to. defendant to call upon him. Defendant came, and witness said to him, " You owe Mr. Copley corns money, don't yeu l" to which de fendant replied, "Yes, I owe him 251." Witness told him he had got a bill in his pocket for his n accep ta ce, but defendant declined to put his n ame t o it, and 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 bad 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 t o p urchase 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. Ha said he would "go halves" in it, as Mr. Poole had done in Riga-me-Quick, and he came and lunched at defendant's house, and drew a cheque there, and they went toe-ether to the b an k an d got the money. H e th en wen t to Now market and bought a horse, and after he had brought h mtoWinchest er p l a i n tiff came an d exa mined him. Plaintiff advised him to run the horse at Odiham races, Plaintiff said, and he did, but the h him." The horse erY plaintiff earns to horse did not win. The next time . sle stable he named Jersey to him. won at a sale stakeswell, let him go, but don't lose went , to Jersey, and ran there, and be tween 20/. and 30/. to and they were obliged to give be plaintiff of this, andplaintiff f r his being, sold. He told want t embered see i ng R usse ll . be much prof i t left. He Witness replied, i‘ R i u r s . s c el o l p s l a c i y d le to nt h y im ou , obse rve d t h ere woul d not O U for th e 251. I certainly shall not give it, for I do n 't owe him 251. <<; we baveohuar. had horse transactions together, b u t thatis between THE SUN S LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1854. selves and no one else." Russell then said he should not lend plaintiff any more money, and that was all that passed. On cross-examiaation defendant stated that Mr. Penn, of Basingstoke, was present at the conversation at Twyford races. Ile 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 ls. 6d. in the pound, but could not swear he had 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 had 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 his 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 Cresawell—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, 25/. 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. Phaiiton, 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 artifie3rs 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. Bear-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 his pendant on board the Perseverance lion 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 HALF-DOZEN SCREW DESPATCH CRUISERS. By this time the whole 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 sr in distress. They are:— 'Lynx, Commander Luce Arrow, Lieutenant Commander Joliffe Beagle, Lieutenant Commander Hoare Wrangler, Lieutenant Commander Risk Snake, Lieutenant Commander M 4 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 1/. 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. 11 THE GENERAL ORDER.-MEDALS FOR KAFIR WAR. Houn GUARDS, Nov. 22, 1854. The Queen baying 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., 1853 ; 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 officers 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 fer subsequent misconduct, or who haye 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 whe may have purchased their discharge, are to transmit their applications to the board (tike 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. IVErnmaLL, Deputy-Adjutant-General. FORMATION OF AN ADDITIONAL IRREGU. LAR FORCE IN INDIA. FonT-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 denominatud 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 table 4. 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 anti adjutant to each regiment 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. G. Tho 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 Maunsell, 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, 50tb, 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 SUFFoLIC 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 Government 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 Express. 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 82d Foot, under orders for the East. The Hampshire, Wiltshire, 4th Middle sex, and Lancaster Militia have just given 600 recruits to the ' line and marines, and the Ist Somerset and South Devon Militia regiments 450 volunteers to the Grena dier Guards, the line, and marines. The Middlesex Yeomanry Cavalry is being increased to nearly double its former number, and within the last few days a great many volunteers have been declared at the head-quarters, Uxbridge, THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. FOREIGN-OFFICE, .A.rraL 22. The Queen 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 Tabroez. 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 bo 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 ehonbart, ns 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 M aur iti us , an d t o a ppoint the Reverend Vincent William Ryan, Doctor in Divinity, to be ordained and consecrated Bishop of the said See. WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. The undermentioned officers, who were pl ace d u p oa Retired. Full Pay previously to her Majesty's Royal War rant of the 6th of October, 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 prospecti ve ly o bt a i n re tirement -under the provisions of the said warran t, th e rank in both cases being only honorary. BREVET. TO BE COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Lientonant-Colonels talion Henry L e Bl anc, s t h R oyal Veteran Bat James Lewis Basden, C. 8., 89th Foot William Sall, Royal Newfoundland Companies Robert Terry, 31st Foot James W. Fairtlo - agh, 63d Foot Henry C. Streatfield, 87th Foot Henry Senior, 65th Foot Charles Hughes, 21th 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 Barney, Cape Corps Gerald Rochefort, 3d Foot. Philip Dundas, 47th Foot Richard Willington, 84th Foot Richard Wcstsaore, 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 Edmund do Burgh Sidley, 50th Foot Herbert Mends, 2d West India Regiment TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE ARMY. Majors George Esdaile Elrington, sth Royal Yoteran 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 Clarke, 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 Angas William Mackay, 21st Foot John Bolton, 75th Foot William Barnes, 17th Foot Daniel Riley, 24th Foot Henry Alexander Kerr, Ist Foot William Beale!, 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 G eo rge Adams Barnes, St. Helena Regiment TO BE MAJORS IN THS ARMY. Captains Sir Wi lliam Winn, I t. John Giffard, 11th V eteran Battal ionlnvalids'Kilham Willard, 11th V eteran Battalion s dB Lovet Metcalfe, 6th V e t eran Battalion Alarcus Louis, s th Veteran Batt a li on rlLAGheerocoohnrmgaib:rald Macneil, 3d Veteran Battalion • William Mackay, 9th Veteran Battalion J u d ge 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 Vet eran B attal i on Ri c h a rd Woods, Bth Veteran Battalion Daniell M`Pherson, 2‘l Veteran Battalion Timothy Dillon, 2d Veteran Battalion Alex. Skene, 4th Veteran Battalion Thomas Rarnsden Agnew, 2d Veteran Battalion Brooke Pigot , 69 th Foot Charles Gordon , 93 d Foot Richard Fry, 63 d Foot Peter Eason, 61 st Foot John Adrian Lutman, 24th Foot John Milliquet Hugon, 89th Foot Adam Von Beverhoudt, 58th Foot John Kelly, 6th Foot John Griffith, Ist West 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 Blackall, 39th Foot Mender Mounsteven, 48th Foot Aylmer Dowdall, 54th Foot George Gardine Shaw, 63d Foot George Mainwariug, 22,1 Foot William John King, 21st Foot William Knowles, 50th Foot Richard Thompson, 51st Foot John M`Caskill, 97th Foot David Cooper, 17th Foot William Amstrong Rogers, 95th Foot • Rodney Mylius, Ceylon Rifle Regiment Kenneth Murchison, 29th Foot Philip Bolton, 77th Foot.. William M'Donald, 93d Foot Dennis 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 aituations, 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 THE ARMY. Lieutenant-Colonels Edward Rowley Hill, Ist West India Regiment George Wm. Key, 15th Light Dragoons Fred. Goo. Showell, Bth Light Dragoons Edward Pole, 12th Light Dragoons Arthur Shirley, half-pay, unattached Fred. Holt Robe, C. 8., Deputy Quarter-Master Gegeral, Mauritius Robert Walpole, Deputy Quarter-Master General, lonian Islands Arthur Johnstone Lawrence, Rifle Brigade Hon. Geo. Catiogan, Grenadier Guards John Honoage 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 Hen. Alexander Nelson Hood, half-pay 13th Foot David Russell, 84th Foot Richard William Huey, let Foot Horatio Shirley, 88th Foot William Samuel Newton, Coldstream Guards P.obert Hughes, let West India Regimont Henry George Conroy, Grenadier Guards Nicholas R. Brown, 34th Foot Hugh Andrew Robert Mitchell, Grenadier Guards B. C. Miles Milman, 37th Foot Spencer Pereoval, Coldstream Guards Edward Goulburn ' Grenadior Guards Trenry Cooper, 45th Foot ItAndel Rumley, Depot Battalion atParkhurst William Sutton, Cape Mounted Riflemen Hen. G. C. Weld Forester, Royal Vora° Guards Edward C. Hodge, 4th Dragoon Guards Frederick Rodolph Blake, 331 Foot C. Cooke Yarborough, C. 8., 91st Foot William Henry Cha3. Wellesley, 10th Foot Henry Edward Doherty, C. 8., 14th Light Dra goons Augustus Halifax Ferryman, 89th Foot William Henry Law, 83d Foot Lieut.-Cols. Thomas James Galloway, 70th Foot William Jones, C.B , 61st Foot ,T” R7th Foot Alexander Jardine, 75th Foot Maurice G. Dennis, 60th Foot John Mc Duff, 74th Foot Thoma:: Maitland Wilson, 96th Foot George Staunton, 31st Foot Charles Crutcbley, Depot Battalion Walter Hamilton, 78th Foot Charles Rochfort Scott, half-pay Staff Corps, Assistant-Quarter -Master - General, Northern District Mark Kerr Atberley, 92d Foot Trevor Chute, 70th Foot William Gustavus Brown, 24th Foot Henry Jervis, Pievisional B.kttalion Michael William Smith, hall-pay, 15,1 Light Dragoons John Maxwell Pcrceval, C. 8., 12th Foot Henry William Stisted, 78th Foot Thomas James Adair, Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District Philip Melmorth-Nelson Guy, sth Foot George Hutchinson, 80th Foot Charles Steuart, 14th Light Dragoons Lacy Walter Yea, 7th Foot Phillpotts Wright Taylor, Canadian Rifle Re giment Thomas Graham Egerton, 77th Foot William O'Grady Haly, 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 Do 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., TO. BE LIEUTENANT-GENERALS IN THE ARMY. Major-Generals Frederick Campbell George Turnor, 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 Itacbean, 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 }Tennis, Retired List Thomas Arscott Lethbridge, Retired List Daniel Thorndiko Harry Stow, Retired List William Fraser Charles Gostling Charles Henry Mee, Retired List Theophilus 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. Lieut.-Co F 's r . a C nc h i a s r i els tiu lr g V ier ig T h h t omson Charles Ogle Streatfield Josoph Ellison Portlock Henry Sandham Frederick Henry Baddeley Edward Vicars Thomas Bugdon Henry Powell Wulff John Hawksimw Edward Aldrich Tho Commissions to bear date the 28th November, 1854 WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 28. The following Promotions are to take place consequent upon the decease of the following officers, viz.:— General Sir Gordon Drummond, G.C.8., died 10th Oct. Lieutenant-General J. F. E wart, 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 Gibsone, Ca valry Depot at Newbridge, to be Colonel in the Army. Major Rodolnh de Salle, 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. 21 Regiment of Dragoons.—Francis Beaumont Maeono ohie' 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 the 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 Conrtenay to be Rear Admiral of the Blue. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. Queen's Own Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Charles Joseph Theophilus Haribro', 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 Hooper, Gent., to be Ensign, Nov. 17. sth or Royal Ethel-no 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 llallilay Archer to bo 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 Barfield, Gout., to be Lieutenant, Nov. 4. Dumfriesshire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkshire Militia —James Bondall, 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 'Walston, 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 Addey, 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. Win. Peacock, clothier, Budge-row, City, Dec. 12, at two, and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edward's, 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 - Ty ne. 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, Te war hill, Dec. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 17, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee ' Basinghall street ; Thompson and Son , Ge or g e street, Mnories. Joseph Partridge, corn factor , Wednesbury Oak, Tipton, Staffordshire. Dec. 8 , at twelve, and Jan. 5, a t half-past ten, at the Birmingham District, Court. Bittleston , offi cial assignee, Birmingham ; Adam, Wolverhampton ; Metter= 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, Liverp ool ; Evans d Son, Liverpool. Henry Samuel Parker, licensed victualler, Birmingham, Dec. 8 and Jan. 6 at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Bir min g ham ; Powell, Birmingham. Alexander Halyard, ale and porter mer chant, Liverpool, Dec. 11, and Jan. 3, at eleven , a t the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee , Liverpool; Yates, jun., Liverpool. John Tullock Figfer, auctioneer , Barking-road, Plais tow, Dec. 8, at half-past one, and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell , official assignee, Guild hall-chambers ; Sharp, Gray's-inn. James Johnson, builder, Wimbl edon, Surrey, Dec. 8, and Jan. 13, at half-past twelve, at tie Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Moss, Queen-street, Cheapside. George Parry, jun., ironmonger,l Stafford shire, Dec. 8, at twelve, and Jan. 5, at half-east ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Kitsom, Wolverhampton; Mottoram and Knight, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS DECLA.RED. Peter Emory, of Brighton, Sussex, victualler, a first • dividend of Bd. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall chambers, Bnsinghs.ll-street, on any Tuesday. George , Wm. Merring,ton, of Edgware-road, draper, a first dividend of ls. 101 in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers Basinghall-streot, on any Tuesda y . Nash, and 'Neale, of Reigate and Dorking, surrey, bankers, a final dividend of id. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, on any Tuesday. T'- —1 Re,p2r, Kcnt, first dividend of is. 3d. iu the pound, payable 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. John Dossettor, of 29, Theobald's road, ironmonger, a first dividend of 3s. 91 in the pound, payable at 3, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street, on any Tuesday. John Geo. Lacy, of 21, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate street, City, gun manufacturer, a third dividend of is. Cd. in the pound, payable at 3, Guildhall-chambers, BasinEhall 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, Basingliall-street, on any Tuesday. Tri-1 Ore- , .wieli, Kett, jrwcller, a first ;1 , 1, at, 3, Griil,llmll. en3oiueis, Basingli,i,ll-street, oil any Tuemlay. 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 Addle-street, London, Bristol, and Birmingham, straw-plait dealers, a second dividendof ls. 41. 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 3.0. in the pound, payable at 1, Sambrook-court, Basing hall 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 Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Gateshead, 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 Geo. Young, Leeds, on any day. John Green, late of Castleton, Lancashire, out of busi ness, a dividend of is. 6d. in the pound, payable at 5, Por 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 Rosen, Lincolnshire, carpenter, a dividend of sg. in the pound, payable at 5, Portu,gal-street, Lincoln's-inn. George Henry Laporte, of 21, Paddingten-gr een Pad dington, artist, a dividend of 2s. 6d. in the p oun d, pay able at 5, Portugal-street, Lincoln's-inn. Francis Perry, late of Arundel street, Panton-square, Lieutenant 86th Regiment Foot, a dividend of 2s. 6id. (making 10s. 101 d.) in the pound, payable at 5, Portugal street, Lincoln's-inn. DIVIDENDS TO BE DECLARED. Owen Gray, of Great Tower-street, City, builder, Dec. 20—John Chancellor, of Phcenix-place, Dorrington-street, Clerkenwell, and of Battersea, funeral carriage master, Dec. 19—Giulio Buono, of 29, Fenchurch-street, City, merchant, Dec. 19—Charles Heyne, of 13, St. Benet's place, Gracechurch-street, City, broker, Dec. 19—Ebens 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 Dentoii 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. William Rollason, jun., of Birmingham, tin-plate woilcor, Dec. 22—Henry Basil Bray, of Coventry, grocer, Dec. 22—John Harvey, sen., and Godfrey Gregory Pike, of Birmingham, grocers, Jan. s—Chaths Waldron, of Bil ston, Staffordshire, clothier, Jan. s—Samuel Siviter, of Brierley-hill, Staffordshire, ironfounder, Dec. 23. CERTIFICATES TO BE GRANTED. Thomas Youngman, of 35, Pitfield-streot, Horton, linen draper, Dee. 20—John Clarke, of 20, Belvedere-road, Lam beth, butcher, Dec. 20—William Henry Bartleman Hawes, of 400, Strand, chemist, Dec. 20—George Fox, of 23, Croinbics-row, Commercial-road East, tailor, Dec. 22 Richard Clark, of 447, West Strand, lamp merchant, Dec. 22—William Phillips, of 29, 31.inories, brush maker, Dec. 21—S. 11. Ellis, jun., of the Stock Exchange, City, dealer in stooks, Doc. 21—Bodham Butler Wisker, 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, uheesamonger, Deo. 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 Lowishant-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 Stnelden, of Launces ton, Cornwall, gas manufacturer, Dec. 21—Isaso Beck, of Birmingham, licensed victualler, Dec. 21. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Isabella Oughterson, of Wigton, Cumberland, painter and glazier—William John Angwin, of Launceston, Corn wall, blacksmith—J. Allen, of Bewdley, Worcestershire, out of business—Benjamin Simpson, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, travelling draper—John Simon Rowlands, of Carnarvon, tinman—Roderick Evans, of Carnarvon, bread 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 Arlidge, Thomas Randle, Edward Sabell, Joseph Hawood, sea., and Elizabeth Bud worth, Foleshill, Warwickshire, ribbon and trimming manufacturers (so far as regards Elizabeth Badwortk)— Samuel Cbinnery and Felix Denibas, Folkestone, commis sion and general agents—Francis Smart and John King, Gloucester, builders—Charles Richard Bradley and John Thompson Goodwill, Rotherhithe, coopers—James Tabor and Joseph Tabor, Trowbridge, grocers—John Unwin and John Wing Unwin, Sheffield, corn flour merchants—Ed ward Lumsden, ;ten., and Joseph Limsden, and E. Lums den, jun., Sunderland, iron merchants (so far as regards E. Lumsden, sea.)—Richard Turley and William Wakefield Dean, Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, coal merchants—John Wadsworth and George Carreer, Sheffield, brickmakers— William Canning and Orlando Canning, Stratford-npon- Avon, drapers—John Davies and John Owen Davies, Ply mouth, coal merchants—William Albert Morfoy, Samuel Danford, and James Watkins, Bath•street, City, and Brynmawr, Breconshiro, 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 Wilds, Winchester, painters and glaziers. Day when made ill From wl at When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due in Office, London.* Dispatched. Eng:and. _ - - Every Friday Liverpool ...'E Zen Imerica(byßrit.pack)N tmerlea (by United Sts. pactet) ..........N Nov. Liverpool ... Nov; 22 Imerica (by U. States. Packet) •. • .......N Nov. 22, . ........ Southampton( Australia (via South ampton) Jan. 4 ...• ••• • • • • Southampton Dec- 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Jan. 9 • • Dover ••• • • • 'Roe. 30 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) „„N,Dec. 4 .. Africa (West Coast) N 13d of the month "'Plymouth .. Alexandria.......... N 4,9, 24, & 30 of m. Dover ....... xi texan d r i a ,„ „,„ „ 4th & 20th of mon. ,33uthainptioi 3,ll:tunas ...........tit 17th of the tuontl. .3,uthamptim 3elgium ,„ „N Daily.. .... • • • • . • Dover Daily Brazil „id ,9th of the mouth.. iouthampt, Buenos Ayres .. 9th of the month.. South am st, Cape of Good Hope ..N Various ports Uncertain Cupo of Good Hope c.i3e de Verde „.B 9th of the month Southampton Nov. 16 , 2oylon (see India) Ceylon ..........N Channel Isles „.„ „N Nlon ,, Wcd.,&Pri;.!=louthampton Pu./h.F.at 11 Id & 17th of montl Ssuthampto China (see India) Cenetantinople ..N 8,13,18,23,3E28 oft'. Dover .. Constantinople ........,4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Cont. of Europe M & 'Twice daily ..... Dover • Twicedally Egypt (see India) France ........ M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover TwieedailY Gibraltar Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton, Nov. 20 Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ..... flavannah „ „ „ M 2nd of the month Southamptou• Dec. 1 Holland ............M Dai1y...... „ „ D over Daily Honduras ,„ „ 17th of the month. Southampton! India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon., Plymnuth Nov. 23 India (via Marseilles)M 9th& 25th of monthi Dover lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... • Ireland ........M & N Twice daily .... Holyhead Twicedal 7,9, 17, & 27 of ra. Southampton! Vladeira 9th of the month Southampton! Madeira 23d of month .... Liverpool Deo. 3 Malta (see India) Malta ..............N , 8,18, &28 of men. Dever Stauritius (see India) gaaritigs ...„ 14th of the month Mexico ...• 2nd of the month.. Southampton 1)eo. I N a pl es , N , Sthlsth2sthoimort. over ...... 22 New Granada Ai .241 & 17th of montli Southampton New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various ports Uncertal Papal States „„ N sthlsth2sthofinon. Dover ...... ov. 22 Peninsula Ithilth27thotinon. Southampton [' ors .. ...„ „ at 2d & 27th of mon. Southampton Port Natal ..........N By private ship... Various porta Uncertain Sicily- Tuscany sthlsth2sthofinon. Dover ...... ov. 22 Venezuela 2d& 17th ofmonth Southampton *v. 16 Van Diemen'sLand (see Australia) West Indies ~31,2 d& 17th 01 Month f1reif1,..•„•,..1 !Southampton) SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Charles Major Herbert, of Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, civil engineer, December 8, at one, at Porteone's George Hotel, In vorary. 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 one, 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 ............ n 15% Ditto, three months .. 11 17% Botterdam ............ 11 17% Antwerp .............. 25 35 Brussels 25 35 llambitrgh 13 6 Altona ................ .NGE.-YESIBRD AY. Gibraltar ............ Leghorn ...••• . •• 30 45 Genoa .......... ...• •• 25 52% 11111 an .........• .• •• .• Venice • • . . Naples ........ Palermo ..... 131% Messina ... . •• 132 Lisbon ...... ...• 53 Oporto 53% Rio Janeiro ..... ....... Buenos New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia . PItIC'IS OF autatex, Pea OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 b New Dollars •• 0 0 0 Silver in bars . .... 0 5 154 .. • • .... 25 15 Ditto, three months .. 25 37% Marseilles ............. 25 40 Bourdeaux ........ Frankfort-on- ‘laina •• .. 118 Vicuna ........ • .... 12 40 Trieste.. .• . • •• • •• .... 12 10 Petersburg 35 5 4 Madrid .. • . 50% Cadiz Barcelona •• ••••• • • • • • -- Seville ...... .......::: [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Du Barry's Delicious Revalenta Arabica Food invariably restores health, without medi cine, inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost iu other remedies. We extract a few out of fifty thousand testimonials of cures, which had resisted all medicines. Cure No. 180. " Twenty-five years nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from • which I had suffered great misery, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effec tually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time —W. F. Reeve, Pool Anthony, Tiverton ." Cure No. 4,208.—" Eight years' dyspepsia, nervousness , debility, with cramps, sp asms an d nausea , h av e been effect Food tually removed by D u B arry ' s d e li c ious n a very short time.—R ev. J o h n W. Maven, Ridlington Rectory, I N e n o g r fo er l" Cure , k iwasen N 178 red o. by , D 4 n . l ot ry,s expected t admirable o live six d enh. a r y e s . Health-re storing Revalenta Arabica Food. Magdalen Purvi s , M offat, Scotland. C ure N o . 51,416.—" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, consti pation, flatulency, spasms, sickness at the sto mac h and vo mitings, have been removed by Du Barry's excellent Food. —Maria Jolly, Wortham, Ling, near Dies, Norfolk." Cure No. 3,9o6.—Thirteen years' cough, indigestion, and gene ral debility have been removed by Du Barry's exce ll ent Food.—Jrees Potter, Athol-street, P erth. " Cure No. 81 a .—" Twenty years' liver complaint, with disorders of the stomach, bowels, and nerves, have been perfectly cured by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica.— t T e r e e n v y ag 6a le r r s; Andrew Frazer, Iladdington, East LuBstllli.af.E"ig‘h, Gulval, near Penzance. F e b. 20th, i nervous debility, violent palpitation of the heart, throb bing of the temples, violent pains in the left side and back, shortness of breath, coughs, numbness of the extremities, cramps, spasms, flatulency, retching, and such general weakness, that I was constantly fearful of falling when on my legs; all these symptoms have been removed by Du 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. 6d. ; 11s. ;121b., 225. ; super - refined, 11b., G s . ; 21b., lls. ; 51b, , 225. ; 10113., 335. The 101 b. a n d 121 b. carriage free, on. post office order. Barry d u 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 an d 150 , Oxford-street ; 55, Charing - cress ;4, Cheapside ; 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. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 1 12, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Wednesday, Nov, 9, 1 4.- COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—Nov 2S. 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 now 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. IPSWICH—Nov. 28. 'liotiA) again a fallir,g of in the supply of wheat. We iuust 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, com manded 38s. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat, red (old) 72s to 768 Barley, grinding 320 to 34s 6d Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) Its to 82s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting 35s to 3881 Flour, per sack 00s to 00. AVERAGES FOR THE WERE ENDING Nov. 25, 1854. Wheat Oats - 10 PI 32s Oil Peas Bears Barley HULL—Nov. 28. Our farmers brought a small supply of wheat for this clay's market, and which met a free sale at about the rates current last week; factors tried hard to get prices down, bat could not succeed. The transactions in foreign were gait° 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. a 5 Wheat, English, red 72 to 76 Ditto white 7B to 84 Dantzic and Konigs berg Pomeranianand Ham - Peas, grey and black to Linseed, Black Sea $8 to 69 Ditto Potersburgh 58 to 45 Ditto Riga and Arch angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Dittf;Konigiberg and Memel 5O to 51 Per Ton. bins. c., Hu1112171 6d to 001 Os Ditto fine for. 111 Os 121004 Od Ditto inf. for OlOB Od to 0101 Rapeseed OO/ Os to 001 Is Rape cakes 130 s 041 to OOs 041 Tares, English oos to 00s Ditto foreign Guano 41 10s SI tol2l Os Bones Rye Meal Friesland 65 to 72 Russian and Odessa 60 to 70 Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian 3O to 32 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 32 to 34 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel. 46 to 48, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Nat-office Sy the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) I2d & 17th of month When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, tho mails irill be de,- spatched on the following day, with the exception of the India via Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched the preceding day. 'WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. TUESDAY, N0v.28. Stations. Conroe of Wind. State of Weather. Greenwich' S.W Overcast. Lothbury Brighton W... Foggy. Holyhead Bangor W. Cloudy. Dublin 5.5.W...... Cold—Very Cloudy; Liverpool Yarmouth. N.W. Lowestoft' SAY Cloudy. Southampton N.W. ....,. Cloudy. Cowes W. Cl ou dy. Portsmouth Poole Dorchester W Cloudy. Manchester N.W. Bradford Sheffield Wakefield Carlisle Lancaster Whitehaven liaryport Stoke-on-Trent ... W Cloudy. Leeds Leicester S.W Foggy—Cloudy. Derby S.W Cloudy. Nottingham Masborough Burton-on-Trent., S. Stamfopd W Cloudy. Dundee Stirling Kirkcaldy S.W Cloudy. Perth Forfar E. Aberdeen W. Edinburgh W... Cloudy. Whitby Scarborough York l i o . H ull a i r c s l ka l Bridlin g ton t . o . . n . . . . . .... w N N E ... 8 77 7 Ei . w. .... .": . . Veryl d y. fine. Bristol S.W Unsettled. Torquay ............ N.W. Taunton ......... W ... . Bath ............... N.W. Swansea N.W. Haverfordweat ... N.W. Hague W. Much rain. Newcastle ..... , N.W. Sunderland PATRIOTIC FUND.—The workmen of the factory at Woolwich Dockyard have subscribed 951. as the con tribution to the Patriotic Fund, 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 factory who have largo 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 the 28th inst., at Hornsey, Mrs. Charles Price. A DAUGHTER. On the 20th inst., OP at the British Consulate, Elsinore, Mrs. Bridges Taylor. On the 21st inst., at 36, Albany-street, Regent's-park, the wife of the Rev. W. Keating. MARRIED. On tho 7th ult. at Mean Meer, Lahore, G eorge H. H a le, .57th B. N. I. third son of the Ven. Archd eacon H a l e , of the Charterhouse, London, to Frances Ell en , second daughter of Major George Murray, Bth Regiment B. la. Cavalry. On the 28th inst., at St. Mary's Church, tryanston• square, Thomas Fitz-Gerald, youngest surviving son of the late Captain Wintour, R.N., to Elisabeth l ane , o nly daughter of the late Wm. Hinton, Esq., of Daglingwortb, Glocestershire. DIED. On the 24th inst., at Alphington, near Exeter, Charles Lewis, Esq., for 45 years the respected Secretary of the West of England Insurance Company, aged 68. On the 25th inst., at Brouipton, Phoebe, the wife of the Rev. T. Rowdier. On the 24th inst., Phillis, wifo of Thomas HawksleY, C.E. On the 24th inst., at 15, Cromer-street, Mr. Thom** Yolland, aged 77. On the 24th inst., at Petsgrove, Frederick, son of Mr. Thomas Paxton, aged 32. On the 27th inst., at Blackfriars- roa d, Ch ar l es B r ady, Esq., surgeon, aged 48. Ou the 28th inst., at Coleshill-street, Eaton-square, Mrs. Mary Griffiths, aged 83.