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Somerset-place, Dec. 19, 1851. et ti t . „o r anlissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral k ti • united u-; v ' e, that Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby gal e Mil b e on TUESDAY, the 13,11 January next, at One o'clock, they , ~tract f or re adY to treat wth such persons as may he willing to NavalCon -4lrd aiL b PPlYing and deliv,ring into Store at her Majesty's .o.non's Town, Cape of G )od klope, nt fo r t„ 2,500 Tons of SOU fII-AVALES COALS, service of her Maj e sty's 'A. tcam-vesscls. l ' e n at tbConditions ofthe Contract and a Form of the Tender may be stud office. her illtender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, heth or t e r noticed, Wiless the party attends, or an agent for him duly Itr in Writing. ti t trY_ Tender mast be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, r o : e r t in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Coals," id„ 41,0 be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a with th:"vvi by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound ace s Person tendering in the sum of 1,4901. for the due per form- Contract. 0 I ZON to DUBLIN (via Holyhead) in ,2111. 4 , et __ T . IIIRTEEN nouns and a 7011pas„._e'umunications daily on eek days ; two on Sundays. 4 ettfr a ",K our Hours and a Half. First class, second, 21. Stea m I•lckets (available for a fortnight), first class, 4/. ios.; For ' ft ai fi Children under twelve half-price. Zullan d Particulars of the booking-throu.;ll system between o ifiri a nci Ireland, see Bradshaw's Guide, page 122 ; Walsies Pt l 3e 20 ; Fisher's Irish Guide, page 2. O l r STER S, FI S 11, &c. t e :N.tVgx MEETING always has the largest d w ai h lf o s i tr a pp e l - of supply n _t n i n the . vr ,_ r a . rs the Bur ham river N r atig m Oyj i t e ers, beds, per Eastern ti aroßall o wa ki ,, s a n ttis er F .r i s s?i ld an fo d u o r y h s o te u r 'lEstablishment, 159, Cheap ll'airrinin g the Post-office, London. Very „em, 65., Bs. ''d., 103. 6d. ; Bags for Clubs, &c., 10s. `CUPerior with Rooms. Reid's Stout, and Steefs 6 A L le. Ordersa P.O. Order or reference promptly executed. t 4 QUIT --- -_ ABLE FIRE and NATIONAL LOAN , - : IND LIFE INSURANCE CONIPANIES, 26, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTO3S. tttp . A t'q. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Chairman. N u "' . Bennett, Esq. *John Moss, ESQ. t y. ilh Croft, Esq. t*John Rawson, Esq. ttch'„ ) lic tson, M.D. E.B.S. *John Shaw, Esq. aitc • Fuller, Esq. t 'Edmond S. Symcs, Esq. ttle ll G Ollgh E , sq. .nwEsq . . D. 4 , g p u t s lm , ipg t * Clement Ta bor, Esq. 1 o s s u eh s Tuho silo::EEs q s q . ! St Iri . 7 ,, iol j r j ftutagyh,t, n m . x . „ o' • Hillary, Bart. tsamucl Walker, Esq. 1 ~ Maher, E sq . 4 Fire. f Life. t* Both. 1 ' EQUITABLE FIRE OFFICE. Capital, 500,000/. The , (ncorporated under 7 and R Viet., can. 110.) e tirt.. ' el leY Holders in this office are respectfully informed that the , t„,roas r, ' 4 + - 7Ditth, - "mats, are in the hands of the several Agents of the .• I' 'ate 1:" arld should be paid on or before the 9th of January. • 14ezienrialtable Fire Office, by a constant analysis of ita own 1. 4 , 114 kre orerom time to time, adopts such rates of premium as . the — "On t, .ne risk justifl s ; d with tots view an annual inN esti be a-ettnde into each e cl and with tots view an annual lnvcstl -0 ach class of risk, and a return of polices er cent. ...' l In - f r tee ' s ; made to all classes of Insurers whoseleave 'arm orce for three years. tl4 ,_nle. ug St ock insured at 3s. per cent. without the Average • fr .'osses a tkti _ x re th,,, 0 A T without deduction or discount. '''''' LOAN FUND LIFE OFFICE. Capital £500,005. -° a LI th NEW LIFE TABLES. M rsA e With "'nerd drawal Table the assured is entitled, by sim p le en etc ' b) re ceive an immediate advance of one - half the amount ;Ith a usDifaid annual premiums, without security or deposit t 'll'end a - i 4 Y ; or half-premium for the whole continuance of life. On Ti;lto Anaone-half of the annual payments will be returned. tertn -- " j es granted, also Deferred and Contingent Annuities. lo 'ri d,2 ,r-e's resent ,the Society are peculiarly favourable. w'vLPU/ ; ;,„ "L annual income of the Society from premiums,. .exceedsiip. h:: 1 8 of i' 2 amount covered by the policies of the Society is s l' a • °"ni• ; and the reserve profit applicable to future BOA prospect assured, amounts to 90,5021. 14s. Od, 4 at t 64 " ,_aa', and every informat g ion, may be ebtained, on app lica- ' n ine, or to any of its Aents. ....,_ W. S. B. WOOLHOUSE, Actuary. I ‘I ET ROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. dtie 6 bireeter No. 3, Princes. street, Bank. *hi:: th e 5t 7 hereby given otice to Members whose Premium; fall Tit ' T hirty ' of Januar next, that the same must be PAID th e 5 , P rerei days from that date. , 1114„ t h of J r i s are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on Yea r ° l whinary, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October, Clet7 as w R erni,e several days constitutes the commencement of the th, ir Iternb c rs * Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So , rs on the sth of January next, should appear or lodge v t Lisg c ,;,_7 l s at the office on or before that day. t o . °le tr I . e t7, for llntual and General Assurance, appropriates the r t he p r _ tor ti nele t _`. to the benefit of partiesar assuring their own lives e year .m of life as Members e Society. l'ear t .' 4 be e , ' n ding the sth of Ap r il, 1552, an abatement of 51 p er t tand de clared on the P r emiums of all Members of Five N tes. 4 ' 4 and upwards. S t reet t RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintenden t . , December 11, 1851. 1--....,....... . . 4 0x1 30 „ ''''' SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, _ , u...,,Y(:ililer"DAY 1 1 EXETER HALL. December 22, 18 51 , ,The o r i o Handel's Ora'torio—MESSlA 11. z otv oc e m ilts „. morga P ti receded by the new Cluistmas Ar.them, com -rs 'pi Y, end Ai • Sunderland, Mrs. Temple, Miss Dolby, Mr. C t l iatid I. ' 11 . Phillips. - IT„oucto r a ,d chorus wi consist of• 800 Performers. i ereed - a Pseri r ,V, lr • SIIRMIN founder of the Exeter Hall Oratorios. lik e i l _ aeat„, ''' oll to the Societ is U. is per annum, or for Re cetibt.uer SubscribeL i 'previous to the 22d of L 8 it swenia ? entitled to Four Tickets and Reserved Seat . Sub d espy of the Oratorio, or the London Psalmist. taltllteolkturst,out, price gd. on Paper. Is. on Satin, tAti''', u , 8 PERFUMED MINIATURE -4--b.,;„„,--"-Cli, for imparting a delightful and lasting Scte.nfotitlyo et lig ess ed, e lard. c ues, Desks Work-boxes, Sce. It is be t ai f i r i en _ s 81:41.4t16 of abr fenny a Most acc ' eptable Christmas Present o i a 15, 4 by t „°a, Sent by post for 7 or 13 stamps. __ 80.. ei Ord at'tS°hehE- Cli c rrard • ' ll ititEL 1 % Ile ,. ; - street Perfumers, ant ° London ; by all Booksellers, • l i:O pos e it p i r e o n p , rietor of the Toilet Vineegar, .. 58, Baker-street. 11 ° WL AN TO LADIES. t'rktirs al —1)8' KALYDOR for the SKIN and itten' botanic CO.MPLEXION. to _ i's n ...c ae nti ....._ al or its extremely .bland, "ckles,' ft lin tit.4.ll4oertriee-; a.zrkisolutzteien.g e ge . , ts pa d s is s h t9 h u g , a p is e h r u f e e nd et .f ly free from all mineral e e er ri c. e t ,:t s o n th e I c a Sit while by its .actionf on %al ti I ' s 1 .1) at a 3' llas ereedrnYest s e , n t Z a n nv , ce i; m to f i inflammation,e. ' els all impurities from b trts' ttntl other th e . te tb. r ctitancous visltatiors. lora and bloomsthduseoen e leil oaris e heck,os'eel and the softness and delicacy which It induces of T sp h o e ts ;adient the s 'sl i ter - sb" arrils, render It indispensable to every toilet. ries e "lal, and rider will find it all irritation and tense of spe o . l . !io n kALlTeader itGentle ?p utterly o _ li cal ' i, 44 to tb,, n° RS' • for salcontaining misieral astringents endangering a aft, and pleasant. B ale t- Tb." ceraPlexion e,dl, et til e ”.." wordstheir repellant action _ " 1113 ii;IAND S b y ;'ALIDOE" are ou the wrap _ eullUlne article eb !fe by it -si stit sloe DroPrieto; Price 4s• • 6d and Sc.l per bottle. at 2n, e Perfumers. ' et/ t . i , II . atit•on-garden, London, and by 4111. IttLlEr IN BRONCHIAL AFFECTIONS, tlii. BAR ..„ lIOOPING COUGH, &c. G h t ,44, tort it Y ' S SALINE and SOOTLIIN tia,„ - ak f m --'. are most invaluable to persons afflicted with afflict h a l'l n , cs elllty ° ef e ~. resPiratory organs such as Influenza, Ast mthe, Th at, 400_, esreathing, Coughs 'Hoarseness, Irritation of Nth " to P z i e ng °u tth, &c. ' ,sect r ing m t n ges often relieve Severe Hoarseness or Excessive tli . 4 tiros w.eatY-four hours, and have a peculiar beneficial 1,, ~,,,re,„.,. chial Inflammation' Iliel:,serii+ Inflammation. ~ -Natters, • and Vocalists —one t_ak e e a n to b a e e for t e o s Sei c i' e _,• Will cu mulate the thoracic organs, and giv "eile on 't Mtk s t 238, Strand, Deice la b ez - - ,1 and Co.'s medicated cream depo , e tl kingdom lillt or ,:t!ttei3Xd.; or sent free to all parts of i ' au " t een Post l b ,St zli age stamps. t 117 , 1 ,41 th e L A LIEUM .4 TISM 4 . Ilstbs b `„ . .2,K , GRAVEL, LUMBAGO, R E R GLEET, &e. 1, • LIE T ; •101s T, DEBILITY. STRICTU , 14 h. 4 uOOS'S RENAL PILLS, . as their for ss4 vsse tn ,' l - ? anal (or the kid s) in icates, = cup .. _. top h ,of theVgeroUs com 1 ' n ts ey dichatges of , any kind, and_ a _ l l - " t ierie e itt oeYs and P a ri in ' ens generally, resulting ' d ro w n , %ir e t o t ,_ o r otherwise u italic or . !,a neg , f lected, frequently enthe lir e : e et bi•l: bladder and a ' rin le rin^ l death. By their action thereby tit lis ti j°4 tit i t a r l Indigestion lingering the renal secretions, thereby P r (' all t b `' lorrnation of ;tone and establish the healthy 41 „,tai"„4 i i,e, ergans. ' Vin.ta el s„l e Ye 1 - „_." 2 c• 9d 4s 6d 11 and 335. per box, through all ~,- , ,atain n „ ,- " 'e; or Rill " s ' en rec Apt of the price - iie - es b- T ., be sent free Holborn-hill, Lon tightte b Y . ~, ... , r. De B ons 35 , Ely-place, --+ 844 - o lu a Y be consult d CI il • from Ten till One, and Five --/ e leePted, uness 4 3 previous arrangement. Advice and Medicine. If. ° ITIS V FIRST 14 1. c0x, i ,... , APO LEON, PRESIDENT, ._ . ' +le N r tioe -L ' E NIPEROR 1 Such are the events for whien ... riot. Ne ed of the French e — I re ared. How far they 1r.11,1 I , 4l .7ltb ete or otherwise i p . , op e are p . P d One thing is certan , list,n+4l e n t l i ng the greae 3et eventsto be pro I h ‘ f e or • a moment astounded theks Ile t " 801 1 ,. II afterwards a. E w pe nc the shops are open, the stoc ke t Ler til e ; eontin°e firm, an u d ro the ' places of emus,. went are open. so , sA rte 'id-.. th rench fashions, which once gave the tone to those, in 'el f,... --g e. A e , 3 ',. e re gone 1 Everybody in Paris appears in London o Opera, 114 3 ,-e, le o .. nails and- assemblies, on the Boulevards, at the 2 Sect bate- -s i r s all English and a vast majority of the gentlemen N' hose ,"I o ' AA ,U the newest ' F MOSES and SO , , N . N. me 4 14' 4.0 1*, ' e ,Y have mono I T' e' l 11 il ' i • - best artists end work_ _ n ‘4totinDoA,Zaaends to allt ° e: e ita n ls in that quarter of the Fl ue magnificent i o N ai tk e ° l. ele ji ,l, ° conceive that one p firm could provide so magni show. ss - Perb i 's th e f i r "trig as that which now fills their extensive and _ cr ireili-fleoor'en+treh Mart, in Aldgate and the Minories, _ tl? ew l tie ~,Zrest at ,,, • ed Premises at the corner of Hart-street and in a 64 -. L f . .e1,, * i ne most recherche materials are made up I cele ,_ltio a c,o other cloth' in the w o rld can imitate ; and whether . i, ~ o Iv eie and clothiers . I.Caat 4 nt e „,, walking, sporting, or hard work, it is impos u-"oo, ~„ O4 r '..' ,rimes, e suited. It is only desirable that ble .91tr.`r, they ess, from the wealthy man of fashion to the most hum n "44 ;they l u t l ,d, Y;sit one of the establishments of this powerful fir k i , " Prt ee ; l aee that of the best manufacture, and tailors 483 than half that charged by the best ordinary tai . 140 11 E. MOSES and SON, 4% 1 1 City riell, S 3, ~_ , , 4 45 st ablishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Ti n a ° Ung 14 1 - 7 40 111 p ' gatc, opposite the Church, all commu e • _ z t + tilert..„,t-end traria, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-Street, 1,7) ,Nefi t ,; - :treet. an communicating. ~.;411rorkshire Branch, 15, Bridge - street. 0 1 .;" Bch, a 6, F argat , Z t its ~,_.' e.,,, i ._ .4 ,-.4% a O --- -4 Matters , Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Shoe cat'Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen. tl a . blish in . ,_ Oh . 5 Wil `a. are closed from sunset Friday to sanest on .‘ l . tt I,T, en business is reeomed till Twelve o'clock. L'ittLari, W n nook, entitled " The Exhibition for All Nations," in ‘ li tle -i dir -4gec . Vi z . :—English French, and German, and contain 4, or ptlons for self measurement, can be had gratis, on appli- IN; los ed :rwitrei e d Post free to any part of the kingdom. Pplit ittiot . A anniac, for the year ending 1852, can be had gratis, I l'o It er 4 Dario Francalse. Qui sl parla Italian°. 41, aPricht man Deutsch. Aqui so liable Espanol. -44 CAI ADVI CE With ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF 44, .... pi, YO'UTil AND MATURITY. -§, o b 4ll , pl., l2,l rections for their Prevention and Cure. 41 +11 - " e ahci C OLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL. fe, F er n +,;u French, English German, Dutch, Spanish, and N 5 o gled Envelope, 25. , 6d., or post-free from the Author 14 two Stamps, et TY , P , 'PRESERVATION; a zsis„,, - yriro.l-Aa+ Treatise th Phtole of Marriage, and on the hip s aS ""', ' t lea and " e Youth y d M turity usually ac- Disorders of an a , ..alti e ' s al D ow n early Period of life, which destroy the physical and )•!‘ te • the vi M, d iminish and enfeeble the natural feelings, and ex 'ct s_r_tillo vi e nergies of Manhood ; with Practical Observations D o t n . il lsk t •Ze s sis o :tementiott and successful Treatment of Nervous eb all 4, , eq.! Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and t d 1,. "gerniuniue,rangervients resulting from Indiscretion, as a op e of ki,,,, - abg • w it ,. atieord, and other eminent members of the faculty the* slot,. ++ Fifty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, ‘ t aiit,ctu r an d iseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining "'aced r i is i + use D s, and functions. and the various injuries that t. them them by solitary habits. excesses, and infection. Is L .„By SASSIFEL LA•MERT, M.D., i h...,?t,,ted i ~_" 11. olt D-S QUA R E, LONDON. 4,„ clue, Matriculated Member of the University e s f o E e d e i t n 3 - e n rllas e 417 0 Member of the London Hospital Medical aa e i ria z ; i liiizqu s oci , thecaries' Ball, London, Member of the H t „tto 3 , Work „,,e'Y of Edinburgh, &c., &c• Ciei t lNll,hi - sgitallis a plain and complete description of the ana sitbest!!!* to h ° _ l °gY of the reproductive organs, and of their relative , ro iti e les se e e414;,10th and disease. Dr. La'Mert, who has taken .. the te e : A tts e :ted to th n e e w urs, as the by the diplomas and medical man h itt b t of ti , Y, and for many years, devoted his studies to the lTres„ k y all th `:_e-so complaints. He may be consulted with advan ites ~+++. snot Whose constit • become debilitated ' 4 4, sWear s " Practice s • constitutions may have excesses of +4 "' ‘rhereb acquired in youth, or by the e baleil frlistr _ Y the pleasures of life aro marred, the objects of P e . ery . ated, and existence itself rendered a term of unceas %e_ se°,llalie,4" and r egret. 4 ) - kW • --Y the Author, and as 4 . t aari r .2 . llissm a, 63 b.., m ly be had of . J. filbert. ,.ib), 49. Pater ,etioise b-yo4B92rdon, 146, is;aoardeo-street a l oo d , c 2 1 3, .ne-street, Cornhill ; Y I, f or fe e r c l .`/ Tglira, „,__ Y e s a t w these st " disordersPfrom the author's residence, pore ally, or by letter, ' l T o )44dtrom fila MI E i g h t, kfl_ 4o ' 05196 A 0 . 4"." PUBLICATIONS. MR. WARBURTON'S NEW NOVEL, In 3 vals. post fivo,, D NRIEN; or, 'TIE MERCHANT PRINCE, By ELIOT WARBUTI.TO.N, Esq., Author of the " Cr. scent aid the Cross," &c., WILL BE READY ON FRIDAY, DEC. 21i. Those who desire early copies are requested to send their orders immediately to the Libraries. Colburn and Co., I'ublin , 2:3, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Saturday, January 3, 1552, will b 3 published, price 21.. the First Number of a New Series of TILE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR, under the title of THE ILLUSTR A'rED EXHIBITOR and MAGAZINE of ART. This work, though published at so small a price, will greatly sur pass everything that has yet appeared, even at double or treble the sum. The Engravings will form a Gallery of Fine Art. The first artists in the world will he employed upon them, and the printing and all the details will be executed with the greatest care, a new Printing Establishment bring flirted up expressly for the purpose of bringing out this New Series of the Illustrated Exhibitor. The First Num)er will be ready with the Magazines for January, 1852. Mcnthly Parts Bd. ; or, when Five Numbers, 101. each. The ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR and MAGAZINE of ART will not only form a Gallery of Pictorial Illustrations, but will also contain ably-written articles en a variety of subjects, interesting and instructive to I. ll WclOßKSasses, arranged uGRE neer AT MASTERS. the f t filowing heads : Copies of the most celebrated Works of the Great Masters of .all Nations in Painting', Sculpture, and other branches of Art. 11. The PORTRAIT GALLERY. Which will be enriched with Biographical Sketches ant Reminis cences. The Portraits will be engraved with the greatest care by first-rate artists ; and, together with the Biographies, will prove of deep interest and profit. 111. HISTORICAL EVENTS. Each article will be accompanied by a splendid Engraving. As the most striking events in the hiStory of other nations, as well as our own, will be included, this will prove a medium for the communica tion of much valuable and instructive information. IV. ARCHITECTURE. This department will comprise the finest specimens of the Archi tecture of Europe, including the Cathedrals and other Ecclesiastical Buildings of England and the Continent, Norman Castles, Noble Re sidences, Public Institutions, aad other buildings possessing daily's to architectural taste and beauty. V. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES, INVENTIONS, and I M PROVE M EN TS. This department will embrace a vast range of subjects ; and as the articles will be written in the clearest and most practical style, and illustrated and explained by a number of suitable diagrams and en gravings, it will be deeply interesting to all who desire information on such subjects, but especially to youthful artisans and mechanics. VI. The WORK,4IOPS, MANUFACTORIES. and LA.BJRATO DIES of ENGLAND and the WORLD. In this department one grand object of the recent Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations will be fully carried out, namely, tee deve lopment of the faculty of invention. It will include minute descrip tions of the proce sses b y which the various raw material it s wiesith whic the earth abound s are made to supply the necess, and to minister to the comforts and clegancies oft life. The nctorial trat i o ns will be numerous , and the descripions will be written in an educational style, Stich as to convey instruction and cntertamment to fasnilles and general readers. Fn. LOCAL. and DOMESTIC SCENES. These will include come of those events which occur in cities, in towns, and in familiar life, which are well deserving of notice, and which admit of beautiful pictorial illustration. Such are national commemorations, the internal arrangements of Government este ' blishrpents, scenes in domestic life, &c., &c. VIII. REMINISCENCES' of the GREAT EXHIBITION. Consisting of Pictorial and Literary Illustrations of those interest ing objects in Art and Science for which space could not be found in Volume the First. Although the Illustrated Eshibitor contains a larger and more choice collection of the valuable contributions to the World's Fair than has been ever before attemnted, yet the various and unique sut jects still to be introduced will be found worthy the reader's best attention. IS. The LADIES' DEPARTMENT. This curious and useful portion of tins work d will be un of der theday su perintendence of one of the principal fornmes 'aiguilles tho , and will be made peculiarly acceptable to female readers, as it will be accompanied by a series of Dins:ration of the mostmzntal novel and ele gant designs in embroidery, and every kindwork, the latest fashions in dress, &c., &c. 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To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cernhill ; or direct from the author ; price One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. "Health, F.ecreation, and Rational Use of Time." CONTENTS :—Early Rising•—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills, Forests, Fields, high roads, and other pleasant places —Country Trips and Refuges—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home —Music —The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air, Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c. FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. Two Vols. Vol. I. VISIT TO THE LAKES ; SKETCTI OF EBINBURGII, &c, "Vol. 11. TIE LAKES OF KILL iBNET ; REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, &c. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three scare years laid ten our course may run." 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Open daily from Eleven to Five, and every Evening, except Sa turday, iron Seven till Half-past Ten. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD, DEC, ID.—The arrival of wheat this week is considerable, but this does not appear to lower the pretemions of holders, and though the trade is slow tn." prices of last week are generally supported. There is a fair sale for barley at full prices. Oats are offered more freely and id per steno cheaper, and shelling de clines Is per load. Beans are rather cheaper. Old WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s. Saolk,Essex, and Kent, rod ... —to Ditto, white ... Norfolk and Hunts., red ... —— Ditto, white ... Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red Ditto, white ... Yorkshire, red Ditto, white •.. Dantzic and Kouigsburg, white Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red... - red •• - - New• a. 2. 38 to 41 41— 48 33 40 44 34 37 33 -- 42 34 37 -- 42 40 46 35 37 39 35 Mediterranean, red ... BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:— Norfolk and Suffolk... ... Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Scotch • ••• •O• . Grinding'per 30 stone Foreign BEANS, per qr. 631bs to the bushel : Small, fine ... ... 33 —35 30 —32 Ticks ... 32 31 30 31 Foreign 28 —29 OATS, per stone:— Mealing . —d to —d 10d to lld Feeding ... •.. —d to —d 9d to 10d Foreign ... —d to —d —d to —d SHELLING, per load of 2611 b —— 25 —27 MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels -- 35 —37 PEAS, per Imperial Quarter: — Blue and white boilers Grey and Feed 26 - 23 --- 26 - 30 26 - 30 „„„ 23-25 25-28 l• • •• 28 - 31 --0-3 G VAL.% ARE: QrB. Wheat ... 21,430 Barley ..• ... 4,913 Oats ... ... ••• ..• 618 Rapeseed ... ... Sheiling ... ... ... Linseed .. ... Malt ... ... • • ... Flour ... ... ... ... Beans... ... ... ... 455 Peas ... ... ... ... 159 Tares... ... BRISTOL SUGAII MARKET, DEC. 19.—The market is :still very dull, and prices have further declined 6d per cwt., without inducing the trade to purchase beyond th:!ir actull requirements for immediate purposes. Re tinal is 1 te.tdy and firm. Rum is in rather more de mand at former rates.—Bristol Mercury. EXETER, DEC. 19.—Cattle—There - was little or no business doing to-day in consequence of the Christmas market. Prices were the same as last week. Beef 7s 6d to 8s per score. Sheep from 4d to 5i per lb. York Carcases--A large supply at from 6s to 6s 9d per score. Pannier—There was an in:macaw supply this morning in the market and at the poulterers' shops. Turkeys 4i 6d to 123 each; geese 4s 6d to 6s; ducks 4s to 5s per couple; fowls 3s to 4s 6d; pheasants 6s to 6s 6d per brace; partridges 2s 93 to 3s; woodcocks 6s per couple; snipes is 4d to is 6rl; widgeon 3s; wild duck 4s; teal 2a 6d; roasters 4s to 5s each; hares 3s; rabbits 10d; butter is per ib; eggs 10 for Is. Corn Exchange— Transactions were not numerous. Wheat may be quoted at about 5s to 5s 3d per bushel; barley 3s to 3s 9d; oats and fine flour about the same as last week. Wool—Tho ruling figure was 7d per lb. NEWBURY, DEC. 18.—The supply of wheat to-day is but moderate, and the condition is somewhat deterio rated. All our mills are suffering from want of water, which lessens the demand for wheat; our trade is con sequently inanimate, and although we do not note any decline, still the turn is rather in favour of the buyer. Barley of fine qualities is short, and in good request at full prices; and other sorts, contrary to general carve lion, maintain fully the rates of last week. Beans, oats, and peas, short supply, with a doll sale at last week's prices. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Much more firmness has been felt in our grain market the last two days, arising from two causes—the probability, according to the accounts just received, of a less quantity of wheat and flour com ing from the United States and France during the winter months, and the likelihood of decreasing deliveries of wheat by the British farmer. Our stocks in granary have been sensibly decreasing, as will be seen by the fol lowing statement of the imports and exports of wheat, flour, and Indian corn, during the last ten weeks:—lm ports—Wheat, 78,580 qaarters; flour, 158 446 barrels; Indian corn, 33 . 983 quarters. Exports—Wheat, 23,632 quarters; flour, 103,474 barrels; Indian corn, 30 865 quarters. These arc entirely independent of our Lugo towns and neighbouring consumption, which has been chiefly on American flour for several months, nor do they contain any portion of what has been transmitted by railway and water conveyance into the interior. At our Corn Exchange this morning there was a fair busi ness doing in wheat and flour by millers and dealers, at Tuesday's prices, the tone of the trade being decidedly stronger. Oats and oatmeal were likewise as on Tues day, with a scarcity of fine quality of the f ormer . Egyptian beans improved 6d per quarter. There was no observable change in the value of Indian corn, barley, or of peas. BANG , R, DEC. 19.—There was a good attendance at our market today. There was no alteration in the value of wheat and barley. Oats had an upward ten dency, best samples realised from 16s to 18s; oatmeal, 25s to 26s per 240;bs. WREXHAM, DEC. 18.—A large quantity of wheat was offered at our market to-day. Much beyond the demand, and prices were low in consequence. Wheat, per measure, 58 6d to 55 7d; barley, 4s to 4s 3d; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d. Mengel wurtz:l, 18s to 20s per ton; Swedish turnips, 15s to 16s per ton; potatoes, 28 4d to 2s 6d per measure of 901bs. Turkeys, 5s 6d to 6s each; geese, 3s 6d to 4s erch; ducks, 2s 91 to 3s per couple; fowls, 2s 2d to 2s 6d per couple. Butter, lOid to 12d per eighteen ounces. MOLD, DEC. 17.—Wheat, 12a 33 to 12s 9d per hobbet of 1681bs; her' ey, 8s 61 to 9s ditto 1471bs;.oats, 5s 6d t 6s ditto 105 lbs. Fresh butter, lld to 12d per lb. Good Hay, 2. 93 to 3s per cwt. Wheat straw, is 2d ditto. WETHERBY, DEC. 19.—White wheat, lis to 15s 6d, red ditto 14s td to 0050 d per load ; barley 26s Od to 27s Od per qr.; beans 145 Od to 00s Od per load ; oats 9d per stone. RIPON, DEC. 18.—White wheat 5s to 5s 6d, red ditto 4s 93 to 5s 31; beans 4s ed to 4s 6d per bushel; barley 28s to SOs ; oats It's Od to 23s per qr. KNARESBOROUGH, Dee.l7.—Wheat 5s Od to 5s 6d; beans 4s Od to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 26s to 28s; oats, 18s to 22s per qr. INVERNESS, DEC. 16.—Wheat, per qr, . weighing 621 b per bushel, 3tis 6d to 37s Id; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per bushel, 00s Od to 00s Od; barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 21s 6d to 22s ; oats, per quarter, weighing imperial boll, per bushel, 17s 6 d to 18 s Od. Oatmeal, p er boll, 15s Od to Os Od; ditto second, 14s Od to COs Od; barley meal,stone, 0 1 3 15 7d 8d t o t 0 03 05 0 d Od ; ; fi pasrsete flour,mea 1 , per O 0 2 s e O o d i b t . 0 3 s 2s O od d ; t b o r 3 a 3 n s , o r d er ; second ditto, 26s Od to 27s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, is 6cl to Os Od; ditto second, Is '2d to Os Od; barley. d 2 t s o od Os oas Oet h : 2 fi s rs 4 t d flour, cash,lsld 2 t s o , O d s o O te d d ; it cre dit. Potatoes, per stone, 3d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d to 6d; veal, 44 to sd; mutton, 4d to . 6d; pork, 3d to 4dl; P ; ea s s e e c m on e d ai' di P tt s o ° , m eal, 6 a l d fowls,each, I2d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; ducks, each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 10d to Od; butter, fresh, 10d to Od per lb; ditto, salt , 8 d to 10d;. croudie (curds), 2d to stone. 7d to . ; four-pound loaf, cash er ,sdto 6d ; ditt Od o credit, sid to 60; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay , p THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES. THE WOOL TRADE, LONDON, DEC. 18. The im ports of wool into London during the week ending to day have been only 632 bales, of which 232 were from Taganrog, 117 from the Cape, and 89 from Spain, 82 from Boston, 60 from Mogadore, and the rest from Italy and Germany. Some small pablic sales of foreign and East India have been held, viz., 2,527 bales of the former and 1,054 of the latter. ENGLISH WOOL, LEEDS, DEC. 19.—There has been a rather improved feeling in this branch of trade this week, and there have consequently been more sales effected, at firm prices. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, DEC. 19.—We have no change to report in the foreign wool market, prices being firm at late quotations, but sales comparatively limited. LIVERPOOL WOOL, DEC. 18.—The market is firm for foreign wools, and prices steady. English and Irish combing fleeces in much better demand at improving prices. Tho imports for the week consist of 876 bales, comprising 32 Constantinople, 47 Malta, 158 Smyrna, 201 Gibraltar, 242 Lisbon, 190 Morocco, 6 Buenos Ayres. Public sales of East India, &e., will be held to morrow. TRADE OF LEEDS,—The low prices of goods com pared with the price of wool, and a general impression that business will improve after Christmas, have induced the buyers for the home trade to purchase more freely than for the last few weeks, and in consequence markets have been better at the Cloth Halls; but there is much less than usual at this season in hand to direct order, hence the mills are doing less business. There has been rather more business done in the warehouses since this day week, but the wholesale London houses are almost the only buyers. _ - TRADE OF LEICESTER.—Both the London and country houses being engaged in preparing for the usual Christmas stock-taking, but little is doing. Yarns continue the same in price, and though wool remains very firm, they still are difficult of sale, so that the spinners curtail their production at present. BRADFORD, DEG 18.—Wool—There is more doing in most kinds of combing wools. The supply of good wools is very liinitcd, and held for firm prices. Yarns are better sale, both for home consumption and export. The prices sought for wool makes the position worse than ever, and unless higher prices are realised, we fear the short-time working must continue. PIECES.—There is more inquiry for goods, which it is not improble may lead to active business, as every one seems satified that they have seen the lowest point. TRADE OF MANCLINSTER, DEC. 18.— There have been some fair operations to-day cotton yarn and manu factored goods, the advices from India by this mail be ing more favourable than for some months past. There have been some buyers also in the market for the home trade, and the united operations of these parties have diffused a little more cheerfulness among the frequenters of the Exchange, though the rule remains as it has been from the commencement of the French outbreak—to confine purchases to the immediate wants of the moment and to th,^ smallest limits. 70,m. Gerrnsny we have unu sually a limited demand at this period of the year, and the present state of the continent operates as a double motive for buying sparingly and with caution. Under the influence of a drooping cotton market, prices con tinue somewhat easier, and the repeated advices Irons the United States of a very hrge crop to come forward, induce buyers to hold bark in the txpntation of laying out their money to better advantage than at present. • COAL MARKET.---YESTxRDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 64 Lawson lGs Od Carr's Hartley ..... ... 153 Od Yorthumberland Holywell Howard's W. H. Neth. 15s 0 , 1 9 - a5We 11 lBs 64 New Tanfield 15s o,llRugsell's Hetton RavensWorth'sW.Hart 15a OdlStowart's . 18s Od Tanfield Moor ......... 15s 3.llSoutk Hartlepool Townley.. ........ ....„. 15s 6d;South Kelloc l7s Od \Vest Hartley Wyltm Wall's End, &c. Hartley .—.... ....... .... 14s Gd Bensham ... 16s 3d Nixon's Merthyr and Clarke ..... . •.. .... Hs 9d Cardiff Hebburn; ........ ... ... 16s 3(l l Sidney' Hartley Ships at market, 81......501d, 39. THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 19. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 19, 1851. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Charles Henry Douglas Donovan, from 9th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Coles, who exchanges, Dec. 19. 6th Dragoon Guards—Alfred Job Owles, Gent., to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Cherry, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards, Dec. 19. 7th Dragoon Guards—Veterinary-Surgeon Alfred Henry Cherry, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Edlin, deceased, Dec. 19. 9th Light Dragoons—Captain Josias Rogers John Coles, from 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Donovan, Dec. 19. 13th Light Dragoons—Cornet the Hon. Windham Henry Wyndham Quin to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mosman, who retires, Dec. 19. 14th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Frederick Smythe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Wilton ' who re tires; Dawson Stockley Warren, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smythe, Dec. 19. 17th Foot—Lieutenant Johnson Bourne to be Captain, without purchase, vice Bourchier, promoted; Ensign Frederick Henry I%lylius, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bourne, Dec. 19. 37th Foot —Captain Louis Henry Bedford, from 51st Foot, to be Captain, vice Manners, who exchanges, Dec. 19. 51st Fcot— Captain Herbert Russell Manners, from the 37th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bedford, who ex changes, Dec. 19. MEMOBANDUM.—Second Class Staff Surgeon James Archibald Duncan M'Bean has been placed at the bot tom of the list of Second Class Staff Surgeons, to take rank after Second Class Staff Surgeon Wilburn Arden, whose commission bears date 25th July, 1851. B ANKRUP TS. Edmund Curties, cheesemonger, Blackfriars-road, to surrender Dec. 30, at two, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam brook-court, Basinghall-street; Morgan, Old Jewry. John Rutty, draper, Gerrard-street, Soho, Dec. 31 and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry-chambers. Edward Wills Uren, builder, Totnes, Devonshire, Jan. 2 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter. John Hadfield, cotton Fpioner, Manchester, Dec. 30 and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Mackenzie, official assignee, Manchester; Worthington and Shipman, Blanchester. James Duggan, draper, Maryport, Cumberland, Dec. 31, at eleven, and Feb. 5, at one, at the Newcastle-upon- Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester; Griffith and Chrighton, Newcastle-upon- Tyne. Peter Lawton, chemist, Liverpool, Jan. 6 and 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cezenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Christian and Jones, Liver pool. John Thompson and William Leith, timber merchants, Liverpool, Dee. 31 and Jan, 29, at eleven, at the Liver pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Robinson and Duke, Liverpool.- Edward Wilkinson and Thomas Bentley, tailors, Li verpool, Jan. 5 and 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis trict Court. Morgan, official Tsignee, Liverpool; Toul min, Liverpool. George Pryde, David .Topees, and John Gibb, sail makers, Liverpool, Dec. 24 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Moigan, official assignee, Liverpool; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Bainghall-street. W. Brown, Brunswick-strost, Stamford-street, engi neer, Jan. 9, at twelve-J. S Stopford, Austin-friars, City, merchant, Jan. 9, at eleven-NI. Blswick, Nor wich, wino and porter merchant, Jan. 9, at twelve-R. Michael, Bury-street, Sc. Mary Axe, general merchant, Jan. 9, at eleven-G. Laws, Waltham Abbey, Essex, linendraper, Jan. 15, at eleven-E. Martyn and H. Mar tyn, Aldgate, High street, wo u llendrapers, Jan, 10, at eleven-J. Paul, Oxford-street, milliner, Jan. 12, at half-past eleven-11. Bcal, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street, bookseller and publisher, Jan. 12, at eleven-W. H. Luckins, Kennington row, Su r rey, c oachmaker, Jan. 12, at half-past twelve-T. w a l l a, jun., and S. Wallis, Leeds, linendrapers. Jan, 12, et eleven - W. Strange , jun., Paternoster-row, b oo k se ll er , Jan. 12, at half-past twelve-J. Valentine, Northampton, tea-dealer and grocer, Jan. 12, at o no -J. Coo k, Assembly-row, Mile' end-road, Jan. 12, at half -past one- - D. A llan, Coleman street and Lothbury, merc h ant, An. 12, at eleven-J. Ball, Martin's-lan e , C street merchant, Jan. 13, at twelve-E. Turr e ll, Fl eet s treet, publisher , and Ox ford-street, straw hat maker„ Jae. 13, at one. In the Country. J. Dewlmrst and J. S. Dawhurst, Skipton, York shire, cotton-spinners, J an. 20, a t twelve, at the Court, Leeds-J. D. Woodcock, Leeds etalenderer and finisher, Jan. 20, at eleven, a t the Court, Leeds-M. Pattison, South Shields, Durham, ironmonger, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle .uponslyne-W. W. Spence, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woollen draper, Jan. 20, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne-IL D. Stevenson, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, merc hant, Jan. 23, at one, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-/yne-T. Hutchinson, Sunderland and Wingate, tea dealer and grocer, Jan. 23, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon- Tyne-C. Isaacs, Bristol, furrier, Jam 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-S. Tibbits, Ssuckburg, Warwick shire, dealer of mineral ores, Jan. 1 3 , at half- p ast ten, at the Court, Birmingham -J. philips, Longton, Staf fordshire, grocer, Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham. PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS. W. Parkinson, Newcastle-upon• Tyne. merchant, Is, 91d. on new proofs (in part of first dividend of 45. 43.), on any Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. J. Teece and T. Peate, Oswestry, Shropshire, 35.10 d., on any Thursday before Jan. 30,1 between eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. J. S. Welch, St. James's -street, Piccadilly, printseller, 4- 1., on any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall street. _ I. Solly and Son, St. Mary Axe, t nerchantr, sid., on any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers, thsinghall-street. J.Cu ., tb o u n sh T , nursery u li c e s n d n ay in , gt D on ec ,.K 3 e,not,rany,subsequent Tues. and seedsman, 3s. 4d Tues day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pen nell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street. W. Whitehead, Lancaster, cabinetmaker, 3s. 80., on Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and one, at the office of Air. Pott, Manchester. S. France, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer, first and se cond dividend of 43., and second dividend of Is., on T I e u subsequent Monday, between n a office of Air. H o pe, Leeds. nve . d es Denham, dh D a ne3 at n n d y Dolphinhol e n, worsted spinner, eleven and two, I.4ee 23, Leeds o sh re and 17s. 6d., on 'ruesday, Dec. 23, ,or any subsequent Mon day or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. J. Dachau), Leeds and Dolphinholme, 205., worsted Mon day or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office subsequent Mon spinner, on Tuesday, Doc. 23 , or any of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. A. Hindes, Leeds and L..ilphinholme, worsted spinner, 205., on Tuesday, Disci 23, or any subs( quent Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr, Hope, Leeds. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. ex• At the Court, Baagghall-street. E. W. Cherrill, Ramsgate, clibinet maker, Jan. 15, at twelve—J. B. L. Buckland, threadneedle-street, and Regent Villas, Avenue-road, ,4egent's-park, insurance agent, Jan. 13, at half - past one. Ritbordon, Mill-wall, Poplar, ship-builder, Jan. 15,- at one—S. Wallis, Leeds, linendraper, Jan. 10, at half-palt one—T. Wallis, jun., Leeds, linendraper, Jll3. 10, at bill-past one—W. Powell, Jeffery's-street, Camden-town, builder, Jan. .10, at eleven—E. Herring, Trinity - adet, Southwark, manufac turing chemist, Jan. 10, at har-past eleven—P. Bayn ham, Hounslow, Middlesex, grocer and cheesemonger, Jan. 10, at half-past eleven—T. E. Slate, King's Head - court, City, and Hatton-gardeta; bookbinder, Jan. 9, at half-past one—C. C. C. Geary, Colchester, cheesemonger and grocer, Jan. 9, at twelve—l. Isaacs, Swan -street, Minories, jeweller, Jan. 9, at eleven. In the Couatry. C. Isaacs, Bristol, furrier, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—P. M. Hadley, Cardiff, corn and provi Bien merchant, Jan. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. Toy, Wolverhampton, innkeeper, Jan. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—S. Hall, Tipton, Staffordshire, miller, Jan.ls, at half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—R. Till, Worcester, grocer, Jan, 20, lit one, at the Court, Birmingham—D, I, wo• dron, Birmingham, grocer, Jan. 17, at one, at the Court, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. J. Matte, Edgware-road, iromcnger, certificate of the second class—W. W. Holman, Bath, draper, certificlte of the second class—R. D. Mercer, Church-passage, Spital-square, Bishopsgate-strt et Without, silk mer chant, certificate of the second class—J. Willisma, Ca doxton•j+ix'a-N Glamorganshir', ironmaster, certi• fic,tte cf the first clas.s—M.L , ster, Painsc% lek, Glouces tershire, clothier, certificate Of the socend class, after the 30th April next—R. - Bow, Selby, Yorkshire, grocer, certificate of the third class, after two years from Dec. 5 —J. Beach, Bradford, Yorkshire, apothecary, certificate of the first class, after 21 days from Dec. 11—W. Speak, Hali'ax, Yorkshire, atuffmartufaclurer, certificate of the third class, after 21 days from Dec. 12—J. Nicholson, Sht 15,1 d, surgeon, certificate of the first class, after 21 clays from Dec. 13—J. L. Carpenter, Eardisland, Here fordshire, miller, certificate of the first class—T. Ross, jun., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, braid manufac furor, certificate of the first class—J. Brownsword, Not tingham, buther, certificate of the first class. PA R TNE R SHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Barlow and R. Powell, Manchester, millwrights— G. .D.,cids and T. Railton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, coffee roasters—J. Harrison and J. Gill, Sheffield, builders— \V. A. Bishop and T. Bishop, Norwich, carpenters—E. Johnson. Susan Johnson, and 11. Johnson, Manchester, grocers (so far as regards E. Johnson)—E. E. Ludlow and C. B. Rogers, Cornhiil, East India army agents— J. 11. Smith and J. S. M. Reeds, Liverpool, cottonbrokers —J. bl'Alpin and W. M'Atpin, Leicester and Melton Mowbray, clotbiers—W. Pitt and T. Harding, jun., Birmingham, coal dealers—E. Banks and H. Banks, Chorley i Lancashire, ironfounders—W. Roberts and W. Linccine, Manchester, printers and manufacturers—G. C. Giro, G. di Denactrio, and D. Palcologo, Manches ter, and Cairo, in Egypt, merchants—M. A. Young and J. Meikle, Manchester, builders—V. T. Higgins and T. L. Morecroft, Liverpool, iron and general brokers—R. Carr and J. B. Carr, Bardsley, Lancashire, common brewers—F. Pinder and H. Hull, Exeter, common brewers—T. Gilks and E. Gilks, Fenchurch-buildiugs, City, engravers on wood—Mary Sherley and Sarah Sherley, Egham, Surrey, schoolmistresses—P. Le Co.- pelain and A. W. Callen, Parliament -street, Westmin ster, patent agents—J. Bell and J. Bell, Sheffield, fruit knife manufacturers—W. Laws and W. A. Reed, Brooksby-street, Islington, coal dealers—T. Helmore and W. Carter, Exeter, linendrapers—R. Gould and S. Cooper, Manchester and Oldham, cotton spinners —R. Skelton and Susannah Skelton, Layton, Essex, smiths —W. Mills and T. Mills, Birmingham, silversmiths—J. B. Dunn, F. J. Long, and R. Barter, Maesteg, Glamor ganshiro, drapers—W. Booth and IL Coffey, Manches ter, fent merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Anne Jones, Bagillt, Flintshire, grocer and provision dealer. Weldon Underwood, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, schoolmaster. Joshua Western, Wragby, Lincolnshire, wa t c h an d clockrnaker, and hairdresser and barber, Owen Johu Hammond, Chertsey, Surrey, grocer and cheesemonger. Thomas Addison, jun., Salford, Lancashire, land surveyor. Martha Cooke, Chester, beer retailer. Samuel Larcomb, Stockbridge, Hampshire, licensed victualler. Joseph Sayer, Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, slater. George Batchelor, Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, dealer in coal., &c. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. A . Schulz) and H. Schultze, Leith, merchants and sagar refiners, to meet within Stevenson's Rooms, Edin burgh , Dec. 24 and Jan. 14, at tree. J. Scott, Mllnathort, wright, to meet within the Salu tation Inn, Kinross, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at ten. J. Barclay, Glasgow, iron merchant, to meet within Comrie's Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 23 and Jan 13, at one. W. Fulton and D. K. Sliman, Glasgow, ham curers and provision merchants, to meet within Carrick's Royal Hotel, Dec. 25 and Jan. 6, at twelve. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 16, 1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 225. sd. per cwt From the Mauritius ... ... No return „ From the East Indies ... 225. Id. „ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 225. 2'41. „ By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Dec. 19. SIR CgARLES NAPIER AND THE 111 - DITERIMIVEAN COMMAND . The following correspondence has been published by Sir C. Napier : " Sir,—l inclose you a correspondence that bas taken place between Lord John Russell and myFelf relative to the Mediterranean command, in order that the country and the navy may see that Ministerial and Admiralty jobbery are of more importance in the eyes of a IVhig Prime Minister than either rank or (to make use of his own expression) brilli;;;Fex ploits.' Ido not dispute the right of the Prime Minister to choose whom he pleases to fill important commands, but I dispute the right of the First Lord of the Admiralty in the first instance, and the Prime Minister in the second, to damn the professional cha racter of an officer by attributing to him a want of discretion, when documents at the Admiralty for 50 years prove the contrary. " Were the navy ruled by a professional man, he would not have dared to dishonour an officer ; that is left to Lord John Russell and Sir Francis Baring, who appear not to know what military honour is, and thank God I am in a position and independent enough to tell them so. I remain your obedient servant, " CHARLES NAPIER. " Mercbistoun, Dec. 17." (No. 1.) " TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. " 18, Albemarle•street, April 11. " My Lord,—You finished your not very pleasant letter on the 25th of January, 1850, by stating, 'Your brilliant services on the coast of Syria evince the energy and boldness of your professional cha racter, and will always be remembered by me.' Now, my Lord, as it is to be presumed Sir William Parker is not to remain in the Mediterranean all his life, your Lordship has an opportunity of rewarding '.my brilliant services.' The appointment to the Mediter ranean command is, I believe, a Cabinet question, or, at all events, it is not made without the concurrence of the First Minister of the Crown and Lord Pal merston. I therefore request your Lordship to take my services into consideration, and I venture to say they have not been surpassed by any admiral in the Navy List. " Your Lordship is no doubt aware, had I not dis played the energy and boldness' you have thought proper to compliment me upon, that the probability is this country would have been involved in war, and our foreign policy overthrown. The time may again come when an experienced and an energetic (Slicer may be wanted in the Mediterranean, and I feel neither my health nor energies as yet impaired. " Sir Francis Baring thought proper to tell me that he ' doubted my discretion'—not a very complimen tary opinion to be given by a First Lord of the Admiralty to an officer of my standing, but he de clined to tell me on what occasion. Could it have been at any period of my services during the war ? they were approved by every admiral and Admiralty I served under. " Could it have been when I dethroned the usurper Miguel, and put a constitutional Queen on the throne of Portugal ? " Could it have been when I upset the Grand Prince of Lebanon, the ally of Mehemet Ali, defeated his son, and drove his troops out of the mountain ? " Could it have been when I stormed Sidon and made the garrison prisoners ? "Could it have been when I served as second i❑ command at Acre ? Or could it have been when I signed a treaty with Mehemet Ali, which was:ap proved by Lord Palmerston and all the foreign Mi nisters in London, in opposition to the Ministers of the Sultan and all the foreign Ministers at Constan tinople ? " Another word, my Lord, and I have done. You disapproved my letters. Nevertheless, they have done much good. Many of the evils I pointed out have been remedied, and.if my suggestions were attended to there would have been money enough saved in the dockyards to make it unnecessary for the Chancellor of the Exchequer to lay on a house-tax.--I have the honour to remain, your Lordship's obedient servant, " CHARLES NAPIER." (LORD J..)RN'S REPLY.) " Downing-street, April 11. " Sir,—l remember very well the passage in my letter of the 25th of January, 1850, to which you allude. Nor have lin any way altered my opinion. The energy and decision evinced by you on the coast of Syria in 1840 were, I conceive, among the main causes of the success of the critical interference in which, with other powers of Europe, we were then engaged. " The Mediterranean command is not now vacant, and I do not know that it will Boon be so. " I must preserve my opinion quite unfettered till that period arrives, and I can only say at present that when Sir Francis Baring consults me on the subject I shall weigh only the merits of the officers who may be eligible to that important appointment. " Z remain, y9ur faithful servant, " Jouli AIMSZIL." (No. 2.) " 18, Alb emar le street, Sept. 29. "My Lord,--I belie ve th ere i s no doubt that it is the intention of Sir Francis Baring to confer the cc:to:nand of the Maditerranean on Rear-Admiral D undas. " When.l.last wrote to your Lordship on the sub ject you reit era t e d your expression that my energetic services on the coast of S 2, ria would ever he remem bered by you, and that when the Mediterranean command became vacant, you would only consider the merits of the officers eligible for that important command. I therefore think that this is a fitting opportunity for me to bring under your notice what these services have been, and I think I may say, without fear of contradiction, that they have had more influence on the state of Europe than those of any other officer in the navy. When I went to Por tugal I did so at my own risk ; and though not au thorised by the Government it was well aware of the fact. The battle of Cape St. Vincent changed a dl nasty, as well as the whole political face of western Europe. Had that battle, been lost Dal Miguel would have been on the throne of Portugal, Den Carlos on that of Spain, the dynasty of Louis Philippe shaken to its centre, the foreign policy of England over thrown, and, most probably, Lord Grey's Adminis tration. " When I commanded the Powerful in the Medi terranean in 1839, I was most indecorously deprived of my legitimate right—the command of the squadron in Sir Robert Stopford's absence—by the unprece dented step of sending the superintendent of Malta Dockyard to command it, thus proclaiming to the French and English squadrons that I was incapable. Nevertheless, when Mehemet Ali sent a fleet and army to reinforce , his troops at 13eyrout, I urged the Admiral to go there and take possession of them all; and I have it under the hand of Lord Minto and Lord Palmerston that I had t .ken the right view of the policy of the Government had I been in a position to have carried it out. " Why I was not in that position was no fault of mine. Had it been otherwise, the Eastern question, which had so long agitated Europe, would have been settled at one blow. " Your Lordship is well aware that in the absence of Sir Charles Smith the command of the allied forces was conferred upon me by Sir Robert Stopford, and I have it under his hand that he had no one else to trust to. I believe I em the only naval officer who ever com manded an army of from 8,000 to 10,000 men, only 1,600 of whom we r e B r i t i s h. I fought on the heights of Lebanon two battles, and gained them both. On the last Ibrahim Pasha in person commanded, and I drove him out of the mountain to Zschli, Solyma n Pasha retiring from Beyrout at the same time, leav ing his artillery behind. I had not even a marine to assist me. I also stormed and took in open day the fortified town of Sidon with a battalion of Marines and Turks, and made the garrison (3,000 strong) prisoners. Before these successes I strongly resisted the project of removing the Turkish troops to Cypruß, and abandoning the mountaineers to their fate. Had that been done the expedition would have failed, Acre would not have been attacked, Mehemet Ali would hare triumphed, war with France would have been inevitable, our policy overthrown, and with it the Melbourne Administration. " In addition to these successes, I signed, on my own responsibility, a treaty w ith M e h eme t Ali which took from France the last pretext of declaring war, at the very moment when else stood with the lighted match in her hand, ready to set Europe in a blaze. " For these services, my Lord, I was made a Com modore and a K.C.8., and got orders from the Allied Powers, and Sir Robert Stopford was appointed Go vernor of Greenwich Hospital; he also got foreign orders. " Now, my Lord, there is no blinking the question : the Government were either aware that these suc cesses were owing to my exertions, or they were guilty of very great injustice in not conferring a peerage on the commander-in-chief, instead of refusing him a baronetcy. " When your Lordship became Prime Minister I was appointed to command the Channel squadron, which I held for only two years, to the entire satis faction of the Admiralty and the Government, and when Sir Francis Baring came into office he hauled my flag down. When the squadron was re-formed the following year, instead of re-appointing me, which was my natural right, the command was con ferred on my late second in command. These are the rewards I have received fur saving a Ministry and preventing a war with France. Compare these ser vices, my Lord, as well as my war services, with those of Admiral Dundas. Without meaning any disparagement to him, to whose personal merits I render full justice, I must be allowed to say he has not had the opportunity of performing services of equal importance ; he hardly ever saw a shot fired, and has not been actually at sea for upwards cf 30 years, with the exception of going as Sir William Parker's flag-captain to Lisbon, for a few months, upwards of 20 years ago. Ask yourself, then, if I have not reason to complain of the intended arrange meat. „.," My Lord, I feel almost ashamed to speak of myself, but I have no interest with any party. I owe my position to my sword alone, and I cannot believe that the Prime Minister of this country, so famed for justice and straightforward oanduct, will permit the services I have performed to the State to go unre warded.—l remain, your Lordship's obedient servant, " CHARLES NAMER. " To Lord John Russell." (No. 3.) (Loan JOHN'S REPLY.) Rhyl, Oct. 4. " Sir,—l have received your letter of the 29th of September, and considered its contents. 4 I am far from disputing the value of your services, but in making the appointment of a successor to Sir William Parker in the Mediterranean command, it will be necessary to choose an officer who shall pos sess the full confidence of the Government as well as of the Board of Admiralty—he must be an officer on whose secrecy and discretion the Queen's Minister can fully rely. lam sorry to say that, notwithstand ing your many brilliant exploits, I could not place in you that implicit confidence which is required. " I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, " JOUN RUSSELL." " Gedsham Rectory, Oct. 7. "My Lord,—l received your letter. Had you been as candid in your reply to my first as you are now, your Lordship would have saved yourself and me some trouble. " Your Lordship's present opinion of me, and your opinion when I wis serving both in Syria and in the Channel, are not the same. There was no want of confidence in my ' secrecy and discretion' then ; I must, therefore, conclude that you are now punish. ing me at the suggestion of the First Lord of the Ad miralty for exposing our defenceless state and waste ful expenditure. had your Lordship read the notes to my letters, you would have seen that these abuses are in a great measure corrected. " When I was last employed I enjoyed the entire confidence of that upright and just man, Lord Auck land, and his board, which I shall at a future time take an opportunity of showing; and I venture to say I also enjoyed, and still enjoy, the confidence of Lord Palmerston, and I have no doubt ho will tell you so if you ask him. "If I do not enjoy the confidence of the present board, they must have changed their opinions, biassed no doubt, by the First Lord, who took the earliest opportunity of insulting me,. for reasons best known to himself. "I shall con 3lude this letter by expressing my regret that, ' notwithstanding my many brilliant exploits,' as you are pleased to call my services, I do not enjoy your confidence, and I hope the officer you have chosen for the Mediterranean command may, should difficulties arise, be successful and discreet enough to uphold a tottering Administration. "I remain your obedient servant, "CHARLES NAPIER." erchistoun "Bl "My Lord,--I told you in my last f Dec. 16. letter that I should at a fut u r e time show you that I enjoyed the full confidence of Lord Auckland and his board. o r r , d im A e u r c s k to la n n , d r. , I now beg to send you not only extracts of letter s f M ro i ra nto l , Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Parker, Admiral o b i lu s t on a b ls y o , from sir Lords Melville, Dundas, and Mr. Ward, late Secretary of the effect, Ad miralty. I have also many others to the same Francis Baring, that you are much too voluminous for your Lordship's These letters will show your Lordship fi)rtaed of of me. perusal. not j ustified in the opinion you . bayo u is your opinion, Indeed, my Lori, Ido not I you should only "In your first letter you • d eligible fur the Medi terraneanbut only a cloak to cover an b t e o a l c ie t v o i e n f e irjustice. You then thought Admiral commend. Admiral, and you could weigh the merits of the o ffi cers Dundas would be a Vice- . but when not to wait till that time, i t was easily throw me overboard as . not be i ng e ligible ; when you necessary to find another excuse to get rid of m e , and that was by telling me that I was not t o b e trusted. “I don't dispute, my Lord, your right to appoint to the Mediterranean command whom you please ; but I dispute your right to damn my professional reputation by sending me the letter you have done. 40 4*. " This is"rot the timm y Lord, affront an officer who ha rendercc, .to his Qieen and country, when France, with 400,000 men, is in "Your Lordship is renowned for writing indiscreet epistles, acid, as it would be a pity to withhold your last, I shall send it to the press." Then follow a number of extracts from letters commendatory of the services of tho gallant Admiral from Lord Melville, the Eirl of Mints, Lord Pal merston, Lord Ponsonby, the Earl of Auckland, Sir F. Baring, &c. Among them are two from Admiral Dundas, who has obtained the coveted command, which we insert : "Parker will not be relieved for another year, and then I hope you may be alive and well, and active, as you are now, when, as far a 3 I can, I will as3ist you to the Medito•ranem. "Feb. Gth, 1848." " I see a silly report of my going to the illedi`(r ram an—contradict it whenever you can. "Nov, 21, 1i48." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Qaecn and Court leave Osborne for '‘Viadtor early this morning. The Fairy screw-'.ender is or dered to bc , roady by nine o'clock. Captain Lord Adolphus Fi'zalarence has arrivcci at Portsmouth, to be in readincss to attend on board the yacht. Ti l e two oilicels, the assistant-surgeon, and crate of the Fiy, 14, lately paid off at Devonport, frow Now Z-alztlicl, who dcnrted the ship and went on a cruise to they gold diggings, are on board the Impregnable 113F-sLin at Devonp .- )rt, —rig a court -rnlrtial, to G lace on them this day (Sa!'.ur:la . ),), the O't hoard pregnabk—Commoiore Seymour presid nt. A 3 Soon as • the books of the Impregnable are . ,re turned, whi c h are now in London, that ship wLI be ~`f and re conamilsionea with a complement of 208 officers and men. A court of inq u i ry h as b een held at Malta on Mr. Newbury ; th e engineer of the Medina steam - pac k et, to investigate c h arges of drunkenness an d insubor dination. Toe result has been reported to the Admiralty. Sharpshooter iron screw gun-vessel, having been payed with Mr. H ay's compositi on , came o ut of dock at Portsmouth yesterd ay. Edinburgh, 60, screw-ship, will be taken into the dock vacated by Sharpshooter on Monday. The St. Vincent, 120, will be undocked on the 24th instant, and will be completed been painted under cover . by the 31st. She has Sprightly steamer, Master Commander Allen, left Portsmouth for Plymouth last evening, t a ki ng down a party of seamen gunners (with their wives and children) to join the Hotspur, to form a nucleus for the new gunnery establishment at that port under Captain Howlett. The Sprightly brings back a barge and two cutters for the Britannia. MALTA, Dac. 12.—A Neapolitan schooner, the Cassiopia, regularly plying between Syracuse and this island, was some few days ago, when on the point of leaving the former place, boarded by a body 01 p o li ce; Their first act was to turn the captain, Cassia, ou t o f his cabin, and then commence a close search of his desk, lockers, Sze. Here were found several letters and parcels, the seals of which being unscrupulously broken, and their contents known, Captain Cassia was permitted to proceed to Malta. On his arrival here the mater was brought before Ad. miral Sir W. Parker, who had Captain Cassia brought before him, and the whole affair investigated. The result of the inquiry was a resolve on the part of the Admiral to enter a protest against the iniquitous proceeding, and forwarded the information to the Board of Admiralty in London. Yesterday a sad accident happened on board the Vengeance to a youn g gentleman, 11Ir. Hugh Magrath, wh o , w h en employed aloft, fell from the mizentop to the poop, by which accident be fractured the base of his sku4l, and received a violent concus sion of the brain. The poor lad was removed to the hospital, where he yet, I believe lingers, but has not spoken since his accident. There does not seem,frcm the concurrent opinion of all the professional gentle men who have spoken on the matter, the most remote hope of the poor lad's recovery. PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, Dsc. 19.—Commander J. Y. C. Campbell, of the Devastation steam- sloop, on the West India station, arrived home on Wednesday evening in the United States mail steam-ship Atlantic, on Admiralty leave, to attend to pressing private affairs. The Devastation, pro tern ,is commanded by Lieut. Kynaston, of the Cumberland, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, K.C.8.. the Commander-in-Chi e f on th e W es t India and North American station. The Cunabarland was towed out of Bermuda har bour on the 20th ult. by the Devastation, and sailed on that day with the Sappho, 16, Commander Coch race, in company, for Bathadoes. After coaling, the Devastation sailed on the 24th ult. to join the Cum berland at Barbadoes. Letters state that there was the greatest excitement at New York in consequence of Kossuth'a arrival; and that the affair of Grey-town is also much com mented on ; a portion of the press is most violent on the subject. APPOINTMENT. WooLwrcii, DEC. 19.—Commander Charles G. Phillips (1848), having given up his study of steam in May, 1850, before he had completed the requi• site period allotted for that purpose before officers are examin€d, in order that he might proceed with Sir John Ross, in the Felix, has been again appointed to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard, to complete his course, and joined ,the other officers studying steam to-day. A series of experiments was carried on last week before Mr. Lang, master shipwright, and Mr. McDonald, master attendant, to test the qualities of a life-boat, 21 feet long, with a breadth of beam of 6 feet 6 inches, and weighing only 11 cwt., being con structed on a plan of Mr. Clarkson, of Paris, of material composed of alternate layers of sheet cork, canvas, and wood, varied as circumstances may re quire. Mr. Lang and Mr McD ona ld h ave reported favourably of the boat, and consider it well adapted as a life-boat for small steamers, as it possesses great buoyancy and is easily rowed. When filled with water, and at the same time having one ton of iron ballast on board, and one person standing on the gunwale, it could not be upset. Several pieces of the material joined with marine glue were tested at the factory, one of the pieces being put under a pres sure of forty tons, which compressed it to three eighths of an inch without its spreading in surface, and on the pressure being withdrawn it resumed its original size in a short time without having sus tained any damage. It was subsequently placed under Nasmyth's steam hammer, and at the first blow of a footfall it yielded about one-third of its thickness, but subsequently returned to its original size ; white deal and oak timber when tested with a similar stroke were broken into splinters. The piece of the mate rial was again placed under the large hammer with a fall of two feet, and received three blows, calculated to be about nineteen tons each, before it broke. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, FRIDAY. The Queen and Prince took their usual early walk yesterday !northing with the Royal Children. ' Sir George Grey remained on a visit, and left early this morning for London. The Marclioness of Douro has also left for London. The' Court will leave Osborne to-morrow morning, at half-past ten o'clock, for Windsor Castle. filer Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent, at tended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, arrived at Clarence-house, St. James's, yesterday morning, from her residence, Frogmore, near Windsor. Her Royal Highness paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house, and in the afternoon left town on her return to Frogmore. Sir George Grey arrived in town yesterday from a visit to her Majesty at Osborne, Isle of Wight. , The Oxford University Commission had a if t e t ell o n r s yesterday, at the official residence of the of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present, the Master Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle,l-r. J L. Dampier, E , q., the . of Pembroke, the Rev. H. J. Liddell, the Rev. A. P. p F re i s r ent, the Stanley (Secretary). t cif to the Governors of Hong.. Dispatches were se 3 n lalts, and to the Lord High Kong, Ceylon, and lonian Islands. G. li. S. Johnson, Commissioner of the within Ordnance authorit ies •T he number of additional days fur a considerable F h ave FLOGGING given instructions I N THEARMY enlargementgarris garrison pr o is f prison in Portsea, the ABOLITION o that establish. - consequence of an intimation from the Commander ment, in , in-Chief 's oflice, of ilitar3. the desirableness of sending ac many serious offences as possible to the prison for punishment in an d T a l : a i tA fo r' r a general extensive lieu of flogging, which it is thought will be erased from the cells to be fe L v ilt at them Mutiny Act altogether before the close of the ensuing session of Parliament. Be this as it may, the tenders for thel above works have been received at the Or dnance -office, Pall-mall, and their formation will be proceeded with as soon as the authorities have decided on the various estimates which have been submitted for their approval. The advocates for the abolition of corporal punishment are therefore very likely in a short time to see the accomplishment of their desires. GREAT WESTERN ATMOSPHERIC EXTENSION RAIL WAY.—On Thursday Master Senior struck out the names of Sir James Anderson (for whom Mr. Field appeared)and Major Moore from the list of contributories, upon the groun d the mere fact of these two gentlemen having Attend ed 1,0... tha pre liminary meetings of the provisional committee wasthine ili elect to make them legally liable for pro posed scheme. A claim by Mr. T a ylor t a h ; d il e n i b r t r . ing for engineering, and another for 1,0001. 13. Mitchell tl'iiloir. ther investigation. 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