The Sun. — London, England, 1851-12-26 00:00:00

-431A.1„, g, t tt SUI , 7 OFFICE, Seven d Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 24, 1851. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Percy William Doyle, now Secretary to her Majesty's Legation to the Republic of Mexico, to be her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary to that Republic. The Queen has also heen graciously pleased to appoint Edward Thornton, Esq., now Paid Attach4e to her Majesty's Legation to the Republic of Mexico, to be Secretary to her Majesty's Legation to that Republic. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 26. 7th Regiment of Light Dragoons-Surgeon Archibald Alexander, from the 50th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Cowan, who exchanges, Dec. 26. 8-h Light Dragoons-Lieutenant George Lockwood to be Captain, by purchase, vice the Hon. James Sandi" lands, who retires, Dec. 26. Lear 17th Light Dragoons-Lieutenant Alexender t he Ad mouth to be Adjutant, -dice Ross, who resigns jutancy only, Dec. 26. M`Leod 6th Regiment of Foot-Captain Robert sp. _ Fraser to be M.::jor by purchase, vice Brevet Lieu tenant rFraser ;ieutenant, Colonel John Stuart, who retires; Lieutenant Godfrey Armyaage to be Captain, by purchase , vice _ wounds ; Ensign John Richard Blake to b© L without purchase, vice Norris, died of Ensign and Adjutant William Lee to have the rank of Lieutenant; Ensign Edwa rd Lloyd to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice ArmYtage; Gentleman Cadet Walter Tyler Bartley, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign vice Blake, DCC. 13th Foot-Assistant 26. Surgeon John s'Thomas Clarke, M.D., from the Staff, to be AssistanteSurgeon, vice Tupper, promoted in the 66th Foot, Dec. 26. 15th Foot-Gentl eman Cadet Hamilton Tennent Jameson, f rom the Royal Military College, to be En sign, v i ce m y ii u s, promoted in 17th Foot, Dec. 26. 16th Foot -Captain Henry Copinger to be Major, by purchase, v ice Ashmore, who retires; Lieut. Lovell Stanhope- Richard Lovell to be Captain, by purchase, vice C oPinger; Ensign Cook Sibba Flower to be Lieu tenant by purchase, vice Lovell, Dec. 26. 24th Foot-Lieutenant Francis Clark, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Williams, who retires ; Ensign Robert Lind, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clark ; Ensign Henry Haveraham Austen, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Lind, Dec. 26. 25th Foot-Lieutenant George E. Lane to be Adju tant, vice Walker, promoted, Oct. 21; Ensign George Skene Hallowes to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Lane, appointed Adjutant; Gentleman Cadet James Gregorie M‘Donald Tulloch, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Hallowes, Dec. 26. 27th Foot-Gentleman Cadet Henry Bethune Patton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Maguire, promoted, Dec. 26. 37th Foot-Ensign Francis Hubble Douce to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Evans, who retires, Dec. 26. 50th Foot-Surgeon Augustus Henry Cowen, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Alexander, who exchanges, Dec. 26. 57th Foot-Captain Charles Jeffries Carter, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Casean, who exchanges; Lieutenant Charles Edmund Law to be Captain, by purchase, vice Carter, who retires; Ensign William Edward Brown to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Law, Dec. 26. 61st Foot-Lieutenant Frederick Robert Eyre Burn side to be Adjutant, vice Henry Edward Hillman Burn side, promoted, Dec. 26. 631 Foot-Major Park Percy Nevin, from half-pay 12th Foot, to be Major repaying the difference, vice James, who exchanges; Captain A. T. Allan to be Major, by purchase, v.ca Nevill, who retires; Lieutenant Francis Charles Annesley to be Captain, by purchase, vice Allan; Ensign Falkland Logan Townshend Pater son to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Annesley, Dec. 26. 66th Foot - Assistant-Surgeon Frederick William Tapper, from the 13th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Robert Giles Montgomery, 2,1. D., who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 26. 67th Feot-Gentleman Cadet Henry Havershem Austen, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign. vice Clarke, deceased, Dec. 26. 68th Foot-Ensign William Francis Garforth to be Lieutenant, by aurchase, vice Carmichael, who retires; Herbert Vaughan, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Garforth, Dee. 26. 71st Foot-Capt. Thomas Bulkeley, from half-pay Un attached, to be Captain, vice Robertson, who exchanges; Lieutenant Arthur Charles Parker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Buckley, who retires, Dec. 26. 74:h Foot-Ensign Sir Arthur Henry Dillon, Bert., to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Corrigan, who re tires, Dec. 26. 88de Foot-Brevet Major Robert William Balfour to be Major, by purchase, vice Irwin, promoted in the 3d West India Regiment; Lieutenant Bryan Holnee Holme to be Captain, by purchase, vice Balfour; Ensign Henry William Grcgan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Holtne, Dec. 2i. Rifle Brig ante-Captain Alfred H. Horsford to be Major, by purchase, vice Frankland, who retires; First Li uteuant George Palmer Evelyn to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hereford; Second Lieutenant Robert to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Evelyn, Dec. 26. 2,1 West India Regiment-Ueutenant Stephen Blaney Gordon to be Captatn, without purchase, vice Brevet 31,3j9r Hill, promoted; Ensign Willi, m Thomas James Simmons to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Harger, promoted, Sept. 17; Ensign and Adjutant Thames Birley to have tbo rank of Lieutenant, D.-c. 26; Ensign .Itinr2s Lambert Byrne to be Lieutenant witnout purchase, vice Gordon, Dt c. 27; Ensign Joseph William Iluleman to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice 21`PhErson, who retires, Dec. 26. 31 West India Regiment-Major William Irwin, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur chase, vice Abb-At, who r-tires, Dec. 26. BREVET.-Major Park Percy Nevill, of the 633 Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army; Captain Thomas Bulkeley, of the 71st Foot, to bo Major is the Nov. 11. HOSPITAL STAFF.-Assistant-Surgeon Robert Brown, from the 48th Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class; Assistant Stuff Surgeon Themes Waller Barrow, to be Staff Surgeon of the Second Class ; Acting Assistant-Surgeon Francis Cogan to be Assistant- Surgeon to the Furcee, vice Clarke, appointed to 13th Foot, Dec. 26. A.TTAC II ED. -Lieute nan t William Allen Courtenay, from Adjutant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without purchase, Dec. 26. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 23. Corps of Royal Marines-Colonel Second Commandant John Rawlins Cory ton to be Colonel Commendant, vice Gordon, retired; Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Giles to be Colonel Second Commandant, vice Coryton, pro moted; Brevet Major James Whi'comb to be Lieu teeant-Colonel, vice Giles, promoted; First Lieutenant Richard Farmer to be Captain, vice Wnitc , 7.mb, pro moted; Second Lieutenant Dixon Whidbey Curry to be First Lieutenant, vice Farmer, promoted. Commissions by the L :rd-Lieutenant of Cuper. John Anstruther Thomson, Etq., to be Deputy Lieu tenant; It ) h er Sinclair Aytoun, Esq , to be Deputy- Lieutenant; Jam( s Townsend Oswald, Esq., to be De puty-Lieutenant, Dec. 17. BANKRUPTS. Timothy Tilden, maliter, Hayes , Kt-nt. William Matlibrand, folloaonger, Claybrook, Leicester. Richard Talbot, dealer ttnq chapmao, Lincoln. Hebert McKeon, engine er, Liverpool. Charles Low Mentes, grccer, Conduit- street, Hanover square. Hugh Dixon and Leuncelet Dixon, merchants, Liver pool. Henry Armstrong, linen draper, I-Tor - dela Francis Tandy, ironmonger, Stourbridge. William Gas age, manufacturing chemist, Widnes, Lancashire. William Farrell, provision dealer, Liverpool. John Sherwin, baker, Liverpool. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, corn- Puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 23, " 5 1, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon On 1.13,, importation thereof into Great Britain. From the B r i t i sh possessions i n America 21s. 7d. per cwt From the Mauritius From the East Indies No return 17 .• • ... 18s. ld. „ Average price of the two foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty 20s. 103. , authority of Parliament, HENRI' BICKR:l u l . h clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, Dec. 26. MA RKET INT`i -- ; L LIGEN CE. (From the London I\ 7 cw Price Current, Dec. 26.) SUGAR. — Foreign !nt bupnly importers are . less Ai ‘ - ,lP`led to ' realise, and of at market has both Colonial and t_o preceding , much fallen short of hvi " - I the tendency has also ceased, aud there proved ex port demand ; at p rese nt, however, snore deale rs are n u t disposed to operate, but this is not likely to ho t h e cam, long, as consumption is satisfactory, prices ,on the average 6s per c st under this time last season, and on t a ,,,,, descripti ns there is a very small profit on the importa tion; indeed, on brown East India merchants are sus taining a loss. Of all kinds arrivals here aro this season 203 390 tons, sgainst 180,890 in the preceding one; home trade deliveries amount to 161,600, and in 1850 to this time 875,680; for exportation the quantity taken has been 17,400, and last season 24.300; stocks are now 87:9(0, and in the preceding year 59,00 tons. Former terns are obtained for West India; only limited trans actions, however, have taken place, low to fine brown a', 281 to 30s 6d, yellow 303 61 to 38s 6d, and refining qualities 293 to 31s per cwt. the latter descriptions and brown having been the least in rmquest. Purchases oat Tuesday an d '.Vcdnesday were 700 hilds, &e., including at auction 194 1,11 '!a , 6 tierenv Barba.does, which realised steady pr.css, !off yellow selling at 31s to 32 3 Gd, middling 43s te 34s 6d, good mid t o goo d 35s to 374 61, tind fine 38s to 39s 6d. Stick of `'tiro:t India i s 11 ; 900 tons more than last season. At the princi pal ports clearances for home consumption of all sorts are this year 5,706,8 4 0 ewt. Arrivals of East and West Indio. Sugar have been large this week. Colonial is cheap( r than Foreigu Sugar, but this is not expected to be the case long. REFINED.—Then 3 is a further increase in the home trade demand for Refined Sugar, and an improvement in prices has taken place of 6d. Per cwt; the market is nearly cleared, and lower qua lit ies have been most in de mand; consumption continuos to be greater than in the previous season, and rates rule 3 to 4s per cwt under that time. For brown lumps the prices paid have been ‘1,13 6d L to 444; Tirtler s , low to fire 443 to 483 6d, double 49s t o A - bOsi' liamburgh Loaves 443 6 d to , 49 s tid double 508 to -,t..\-A 51s; and Standard Lumps 44s 6d per cwt; there are few sellers for delivery at these rates, the difference being only 12s per cwt between the raw and refined material. Wet Lumps have been in brisk demand, and stiffer rates are obtained—good to fine selling at 43s to 445, inferior 423 to 42s 6d; the supply is on the decrease. Foreign Refined Sugar rather more in request; stocks are mode rate, and rates firm, low to fine Loaves realize from 433 6d to 493. Bastards have been operated in with more freedom, in consequence of the low terms taken, and which are from 23s to 278. Pieces have been in good request; prices, however, remain at 29s to 34s for low to mid, and at 35s to 40s for good to fine. Of Treacle many parcels have been sold, and there is a further de crease of supply; boiled from West India Molasses rea li zes 115 to 12s, Patent 12s to 13s, and Golden Syrup 14 3 to 153. Few sellers are to be met with at present rates, as consumption is evidently on the increase. Crushed Sugar has been operated i n with reluctance for exportation, and there being a fair su pply, a desire is evinced to sell British at 26s 6d to 275; Dutch, low to mid 22s to:24s, better sorts 245 6d to 275; and Belgian at 24s to 255, but refiners are obtain ing oily small profits. Treacle continues to be wanted for slipping at 12s 6d to 13s. In Pieces operations are Email at 243 to 255, and Bastards 19s to 21s. Loaves continue to be purchased with reluctance for exporta tion, and there are sellers of Turkey 1 to 53 . - lbs at 403 to 455; Hambro 6 to 15 lbs 303 to 31s 6d; Tittlers 22 to 30 lbs 28s 6.1 to 295; Prussian 40 to 45 lbs 283; Bel gian made Leaves 10 lbs 26s to 28s; and Dutch 10 lbs 29; 6.1 to 31s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.-In Kbaut Bengal an extensive business has been concluded privately, about 10,000 bags having bean disposed of at 22s to 23s per cwt; a part has been taken for distilling. For other sorts of Bengal rather lower rates having been taken, occrsioned a fair de mand to prevail. At auction 6,400 bags were nearly all disposed of; fine white Benares went at 37s to 38s 6d, mid to good 35s 6d to 36s 6d, low 34s 6d to 355, damp and washed 34s to 37s 6d, mid and yellow like Mauri tius 30s to 335, fine 34s to 34s 6d, common:, 285 to 295, fair and good date yellow 26s to 28s. Privately. grainy yellow has been selling at 33s to 395, brown ditto 29s to 325, and white diito 40s to 455. Penang is in more plen tiful supply, and a slight reduction has taken place: but 3,368 bags at auction were all sold; soft brown went at 23s to 243 6d, yellow 25s to 30s, and a few lots common to mid white 31s 6d to 335, the value of better sorts is 34s to 375. In brown Madras a good deal has been done privately in consequence of previous low terms of 223 to 23s 6d per cwt having been taken at auction, 1,500 bags were disposed of; ord to find soft brown at 223 6d to 24a, common grocery 28s 6d to 29s 6d, mid and good ditto 30s to 34s 6d white at 30s to 335. Of Ceylon none has again been offered at auction. FOREIIIN.-There is less desire on the part of holders to sell; and the quantity offered is smaller than for some weeks. A good business has been concluded for s hipping and refining under bond, but grocers have operated with caution. The rates obtained are equal to those of this day week, and privately transactions to that time have been 5,000 chests yellow Havannah at 32s to 355, for low to mid, small parcels is good to fine 36s 6d to 38s, florettes 38s 6d to 40s; 400 chests Brazil brown 26s 6d to 29s 6d, yellow 303 to 335, white 34s to 395; 3,000 bags Manilla 27s to 323, small parcels J ava in bo n d at from 143 to 235, white Havannah 22s to 265. Only one public sale has been held this week, comprising of 2,722 bags clayed Manilla which realized 293 to 31s 6d for yellow, but chiefly 313. Floating cargoes are rather more in de mand, but moderate rates are offered, and one has been sold at 19s 3d per cwt equal to 13i. COFFEE.-Although Native Ceylon is offered at a small reduction, yet privately operations are limited, low to good ord at 383 to 395, and better quality 393 6d to 403. Of 700 bags at auction a part only found buyers. The market is not expected to remain long in a quiet state on account of the reduced stocks held by dealers. A fair business has been concluded in Plantation Ceylon, previous moderate rates are ac cepted for all qualities, and home dealers the chief operates. At auction 270 casks and 100 bags were nearly all disposed of ; fine went at from 60s to 63s 6d, good mid to good 54s to 58s, mid 503 to 545. low mid 48s 6d to 49s 6d, fine to fine fine ord 44s to 48s, other sorts 42s to 433 fid, triage 36s to 423, and very ord 31s 6d to 35s For superior sorts of Coffee the rates demanded are 64s to 70s, and pea berry from 56s to 645. Of Jamaica none has been submitted to public sale, and privately transactions are trifling; prices, how• ever, remain for good and fine at 58s to 803, low mid to mid 493 to 56, fine to fine ord 41s to 48s, and in ferior 37s to 40s; stock rather exceeds that of last season. Of *oche, there is an increasing supply, and dealers operating with reluctance, prices have further declined 15 to 2s; of 330 bales at auction a small portion only sold, mid small greenish clean garbled went at 653 6d, fine yellowish long berry at 80s, good ditto 753 to 765, and triage 315 to 453; stock varies little from this date last year. Other East India sorts continue to meet with little attention; supply is, however, not larger; prices for Padang and Sumatra rule at 35s to 375, Madras 39s to 445, better sort 45s to 475; Telli cherry, good to fine 50s to 565, low to mid 40s to 495: Singapore Java 385 to 425, Company's 46s to 50s, and Mysore 38s to 455. In consequence of the limited demand for Foreign Coffee previous rates are barely sustained, although only a moderate quantity is on offer : the chief transactions fur the week are 2,000 bags Rio at 38s 6d for good firsts; there are sellers of other kinds at from 35s to 38s, washed 40s to 443 ; St. Domingo 375 to 395; Costa Rica, ord to good ord 41s to 435, fine to fine ord 44s to 495, low mid and mid 40s to 565, superior 58s to 645 ; Laguayra from 393 to 563; Porto Rico 39s to 545, and Cuba from 40s to 603. MAURITIIIS.-There has been no further reduction, and only one small parcel was submitted to public sale; privately, however, operations have been of little moment, both for the pan and scale; the value of fine and good yellow is 32s 6d to 375, low to good mid ditto 303 to 325, good to fine brown 27s to 293 6d, low to mid 233 to 263 6 I, refining qualities 27s to 345, and erystal ized 32s to 40s. Cocoa.—Prices have ceased to decline for West India, and a less amount is on offer ; dealers, however, are little disposed to operate. The valuo of low to fine Tri nidad if from 39s to 465, grey 33s to 38s, and Granada 31s to 38e. Foreign is offered at moderate rates, still transactions have been trifling. At public sale 400 bags Para were taken in at 26s 6d, and 200 bags Bahia at 255. MOLASSES.—The parcels sold were at from 11s to 12s 6d, but chiefly at I is to 125. Porto Rico and Cuba are wanted at 12s, and there are few sellers. Bengal and Mauritius in small supply, and wanted at 13s 6d to I is per cwt. There continues to be a fair demand for Honey, and supply is less than for some time past; prices for Jamaica rule at from 34s to 48s, fine at 503 to 555. There are still several buyers of Tamarinds; East India at 8s to 12s, and `Vest India 20s to 30s. TEA.—There is no reduction to notico in the value of Congou, there is a reluctance to operate for all purpos% s, and stock continues to increase. The value ot low quality is 7d to 7d, good ord sound 8d to Bid, blackish leaf 9d to Ild, superior and Pekoe kinds Is to 63. Few buyers of Souchong are to be met with, and there are sellers of good to fine at is to is 10d, low to mid 8d to 11d. Oolong continues in fair de mand, still rates remain is 2d to is 4d for good to tine, and inferior to mid 9d to Is 13. For commong Young Ilyson and clean :Canton Gunpowder there are free buyers at previous currency. Other sorts of Green met with little attention, and former rates are barely sus tained. The general quotations are for Hyson, low to mid lld to Is 2d, good so fine is 3d to 2s, superior 2s 2d to 23 10d; Gunpowder Canton 9d to Is, llyson kind good to fine is 7d to 3s 4d, low to mid ditto is Id to Is 6d, Imperial Canton l Id to is id, Hyson kind is 2i to 23 6d, Young Hyson, good to fine is 3d to 2s 6d, other sorts is to is 2d. Twankey is to Is 3d, and Hyson skin I Id to is 3d. The better qualities of Scented Orange Pekoe continues to be wanted, but there are few buyers of inferior. Prices for fine rule at is 4,1 to is Bd, mid to good is to is 3d, and common 9d to I Id. In Flowery Pekoe there is still little doing low as prices rule; ord and mid being offered at is to is 3d, good to fine is 4d to 2s, and superior 2s 2d to 2a 9d. In Caper purchases are yet trifling at lOs to is ld and Scented 11d to is RlCE.—White Bengal can be obtained at from 9s to 103 6i, cargo 7s 6d to Bs, Madras pinky 8s to 8s 6d, Bengal grain Ss 6d to 9a, white Java 9s to lOs 6d, Ar raean and Pearl Barley 8s 3d to 9s per ewt. Rico is still cheaper than at this date last season. There is at present little business doing in Cleaned, yet prices are firm;i Caroline at 51s to 275, Patna Its 6.5 to 16s, and broken 10s 6d to I ls. Ame rican is still in small supply, and held for 174 to 18s. Orders are limited for Sago, small pearl can be obtained at 15s 6d to 18s, and large grain at 20s to 235. Sago Flour is wanted at 12a to 12s 6d, and Farina at 13s to 14s. In Tapioca rather more is doing at lid to 4id. Prices for Arrowroot rule firm; there is at present only a small demand, Bermuda at is to is Id, other sorts West India lid to Bd, Brazil and East India lid to 2d. • SPlCES.—Holders of Pimento are still desirous to sell, and submitted to a reduction of I hd per lb. A fair busi ness in consequence has been concluded privately. At auction 312 bags were all sold, mid and good at 44d to 4-id, low and good old 3-1- i d to 4d, and damaged 31d to 4d. Prices are d to Id per lb lower than at this time last season. Pepper is not cheaper. The value of Malabar is 3id to aid, Sumatra and Penang 3d to 3fd per lb. There are several buyers of white from 6d to I Id. Cloves are purchased with caution, and prices are rather lower. At public sale 350 bags Bourbon sold at sid to 6id, and damaged sid to 6d. Privately, sound Amboyna can be obtained at 7d to 74d, and Penang 10d to is Id. Th ere i s no in crease i n t h e supp l y ot C ass i a Li gnea, b ut the de "'l' (lly for small parcels from 110 s to 120 Cassia Vera met • 3. with a slow stile at 43s to 555. Buds are still ttk a n t, not be bought under 135. For Cinna o 2g 2d ?retcouf ter Ginger yi ro t d etwlr es ,,,atfi nn i dm2 a d3 n2 p os ds f eo6s nu, sgi , a rth an on tdd d2 e present ev d e l s yC e na t i ao-ts mscoanrce,thaenrde s evinced to sell first sort 2s to 3s 3d, s i e s It limitedon j ci qHolders an tot yr of u : P 2 ': o f ilet o a s t ; e s. ,al l e 'r m ices of Ja fine ditto for shipping ca a us i c tt 2 r 6 u s e Indiat o r i o 6 n1 63 3 4 3 t, 0 0 3 1 o t 1 0 w7 2 s 2 .d o i t t c h a v 43 ben ort trifling; first sort is offered at 2s 3d to _ _ 5 sd, second Is I Id to 2s 2J, and third Is 8d to ls 10d. Operations prices hav e ceased in Nutmegs have been trifling', but to decline; brown being held for Is 8d to 2s 10d, 3s to 3s 3d, and limed is 6d to 2s 4d. Cayenne Pepper is quoted from 9d to is 3.1 per lb, and stcck is less than it mrs a few years back. FRI:IL—Thu() now few buyers of Currants, and holders are desirous to sell at the low rates of 30s to 363 for new, old 19s to 275. Raisins met with little attention' New Valencias can be obtained at 32s to 36s old 22s to 28s; Muscatels, new 42s to 80s; Sultanas 545; and Eleme 358 to 388. Figs are dealt in with caution, and 35s to 65s is the value of new Turkey. Prunes are dull ot sale at 183 to 255. French Plums are dealt in with canton from 56s to 200 per cwt. been P. aaglazisn—mlan Demerara de,andprices ß r u u m le mfiramnyatp2ursclhdastoes 2a aa4ved for 30 to 40 per cent over proof. Leeward Island has been sold to a fair extent at is 5d to is 6d proof; sup ply remains limited. East India is wanted, and realises is 3id to is 4d. Prices :are firm for Jamaica, and a good demand exists, the lower qualities being most in request, and of such the quantity on offer is less than of late. The rates paid for fine 34 to 38 overproof were from 3s 2d to 4s 2d, good mid and good 32 to 35 over 2s 9d to 3s, mid 2s 6d to 24 Bd, and common 28 to 30 over at 2s 3d to 2s 5d per gallon. For Brandy the de mand continues brisk. Sales of Cognac best brands Of the vintage of 1861 have been made at 4,s Id to 5s 3d 1850 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1849 ditto 4s 9d to 4s ltd' 1848 ditto 5s 3d to 5s sd, older 5s 7d to 6s 6d, low to mid 2s 10d to 4s, and Bordeaux 2s 2d to 2s 4d. The market is firm for British made Spirit at 9s 8d to 9s 9d, net cash; and for Gin at 8s for 32s under proof ; there is also a good business doing.LSeveral transactions Savo taken place in Geneva, common at Is 7d to is Bd, and fine is 9d to 2s per gallon. INDIGO.—There is yet little business doing in East India for any purpose, and the rates taken are 2d to 3d per lb. under those of the last quarterly sales, although deliveries are equal to last season. Spanish has been sold to a fair extent at previous rates of 2s 4d to ss, low and clean is 3d to 2s 2d. COCHINEAL.—The demand is not brisker, and previous rates are barely supported. At auction 100 bags Hon duras were mostly sold at 2s 9d to 3s Id for ord to good Silvers; black 3s Id to 4s 3d for common to fine; 18 bgs Mexican Silvers 2s 7d to 2s 8d; and 60 bgs Teneriffe 3s Id to 3a 3d per lb. TALLOW.—The stock is 10,000 casks more than at this time last year; there is an increase in deliveries of 6,000, and prices rule rather under that time. Russian on the spot is not offered at a further reduction; there is, however, only a limited business doing. Fine old yellow Candle can be obtained at 35s 6d to 37s 3d, and new ditto 36s 6d to 36s 9d. Few transactions have taken place for delivery, and there are sellers at 36s 9d to 37s for the early port of next year. Home melted, ❑owever, remains in good demand, but is offered at 36s 6d to 375, net cash, there being no decrease of supply. Other sorts of Tallow have been operated in with caution. South American at from 34s to 365, Australian Sheep 34s to 375, and Ox 33s 6d to 36s 6d. OILS.—The demand remains good;, for Cod Oil at 321 to 321105, and there are not free sellers. Seal is held with firmness, and several transactions have taken place pale at 321 331, straw and tinged 31s to 31s 15s, yellow and brown 291 103 to 301 13s. Of Southern there is still only a limited quantity on offer, and the rates paid have been from 321 to 351 for low to fine quality. Ope rations in Sperm are upon a small scale, and a desire is evinced to sell at 841 to 851103. Prices for Head matter rule et 921 to 951. Cocoh Nut is in good demand both for home consumption and shipping, and few par cels are on offer, rates in consequence range firm: Ceylon and Cochin at 32s to 355, Sydney 29s to 31s. There is a reluctance to operate in Palm; and fine can be obtained at 265. The market has a quiet aspect for Rape Oil, and prices are on the decline; brown being offered at 31s, pale 325, and Foreign Refined at 33s to 33s 6d. Olive is not cheaper; there is, however, less busi ness doing; but consumption is not smaller; prices for Galipoli rule at 421 to 43/, and other sorts 451 10s, to 411 10 per tun. Linseed Oil is in less request for all purposes. and prices :have slightly declined ; but there is no decrease of consumption, or is supply,larger. On the spot rates rule at 26s 9d to 27s per cwt. There are sellers for delivery up to the middle part of next year at 27s per cwt; yet few contracts have been entreed into. Lard Oil is still scarce, and held for 49s to 505.: BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32 for the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of December, 1851. IssUIS DEPALATBILENT. _ Notes i55ued........ 30,818,250 Government debt •• 11,015,1C1 Other securities .. .. 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 16,784,875 Silver bullion • • • • • • 33,375 s `ii c 1 <~-, THE LONDON, £30,818,250 1 430,818,250 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 24th day of December, 1851. BANKING DEPAETMEN T. Proprietors 'capital •• 14,553,000 Kest • • -••••• • • • • • 3,132,978 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accoamr) .. 9,202,522 Other deposits .. .. 9,3;0,449 Seven day and other ,Government seenri- ties(including Dead Weight Annuity)• • 13,244,220 Other securities •• 11,366,148 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 12,142,05 Gold and silver coin.. 595,314 Bills ••:.••• . • • • • 1,098,788 £37,347,737 £37,347,737 M. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier. e, 1851. Dated the 24th day of Deckrnl COURSE OF EXCH &msterdam .......... 11 16% Ditto, three months.. 11 114 Rotterdam .... ••.. •• 11 18 intwerp ••••••• • •• • • • • 25 40 Brussels.• ...... 25 40 aamburgh M.B. 13 10 aatona• • ........ • • .... Paris, 3 dayi'aight .... 25 22% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 42% Marseilles • • •... • • 25 46 80urdeaux......... • erankforton Maine.... 121 3er1in.....• ...... • • •• Vienna, effec. tio •••• •• 12 35 Trieste, ditt0.......... 12 35 Potersburgh,9ll. Rble.. Madrid •••. •• ........ 49% Barcelona ............ - Beville ..... ....... • • NGE.-(111IS DAY.) Leghorn ........ ••.. • • 30 85 Genoa .... • • ...... •• .. 25 60 Venice.. .. .. •• • • .... Naples .. .... • • .... •• 40 Palermo, peros 121 Messina 120 Lisbon.... • • .......... 52% Oporto .. 52% Rio Janeiro •.... • • Luenots Ayres ........ New York, 60 dayesight Philadelphia .. .. • ..... ?BIM OF BULLION, PIZ OS. Foreign Geld in bars .. X 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin •• 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars •• .. •• 0 4 11 1 4 Ailver in bars ........ 0 5 0% MURDERS BY ARSENIC IN FRANCE. One of the most extraordinary cases ever brought before a criminal court has just been tried by the Court of Assizes of the Ille-et Vzlaine. Tne prisoner was a female, named Helene Jagado, who for several years past has been a servant in different families of the department. She stood at the bar charged with several thefts committed in and since the year 1846, and with seven murders by arsenic in 1850 ; but the evidence showed that although only seven cases had been selected, as more recent, and therefore more easy of proof, not less than forty-three persons bad been poisoned by her with arsenic. The victims were either her masters or mistresses, or fellow servants, who had incurred her hatred. In some cases no motive of interest or hatred could be assigned. The prisoner appeared to have been actuated by a thirst for destruction, and to have taken pleasure in wit nessing the agonies of her victims. The suddenness of the deaths in the families where she was a servant excited the greatest sensation, but for a long time no suspicion as to the cause, for the murderess appeared to be very religious; she attended in many instances with apparent solicitude on the persons whom she had poisoned, and so successful was her hypocrisy that even th e d ea th s o f th e mo th er an d ano th er re lative of a phy s i c i an i n w h ose f am il y s h e li ve d raised no suspicion of poison in his mind. The frequency of deaths, however, in the families by whom she was successively engaged excited a sus picion among the peasantry that there was some thing in her nature fatal to those who w e r e near h er , and it was customary with them to say that her liver was white, it being believed in that part of France that persons who are dangerous have white livers. The prisoner herself frequently exclaimed, after the death of the victim, "How unhappy I am; where ever I go, death follows me." The oases on which she was brought to trial were established by the evi dence beyond the possibility of doubt. The prisoner, throughout the trial, which lasted ten days, con stantly declared that she was innocent, and seemed to anticipate an acquittal on account of there being no proof of her having had arsenic in her posses sion. It was proved, however, that in one of the families in which she was a servant some years ago there was a large quantity of arsenic, which was not locked up, and that it had suddenly disap peared. This arsenic had, without doubt, been taken by the prisoner, and had served for the commission of the successive murders. The only defence set up for her was founded on phrenological principles. It was contended that the organs of hypocrisy and destruc tiveness were developed to a degree which over powered the moral faculties, and that, although it would be unsafe to leave her at large, she ought not to be condemed to capital punishment, the peculiarity of her organization rendering her rather an object of pity. The defence failed entirely ; and, the jury baying delivered a verdict without extenuating cir cumstances, the Court condemned her to death. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office oy the night—and M by the morning—elispatch.] When made up in From what FLACKS. GeneralPost-Mike port dis- When London: patched. America. (by Brit. pkt.)N Dec. 26 .. Liverpool •• Dec. 29 America (by U.S. pkt.) N Jan. 6 .. .. Liverpool .. Jan. 1 America (by U.S. pkt.) Mi •• Southampt. Dec. 25 Africa (West coast).. N,l4th of the month Plymouth Jan. 3 Alexandria* • • ...... N,1911' & 30th of mo. Dover .. Dee. 24 Belgium • • .. •• N Daily • • .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 Buenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. Jan. 16 California(viaChagres) M 2d & 17th of month Southampt. Arrived Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month IPlymouth•• Jaa. 3 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo I Dover .. Dec. 30 Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. Dec. 20 Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. Southampt. Tu. Th. Sat Chill .. •. M 17th of the month Southampt. Arrived France .. & N Twice daily .. .. Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* • • . , • • N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover • . Dec. 30 Ilamburgl2 N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Tues. Sat. liolland • . • . M Wedn es . & Sattir.Londen T har HondurasN"l7th of the month 'Sontharept. t l rrived Ireland .. M& NI Twice daily .. .. Holyhead .. Twicedally India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the monthSouthampt. Jan, 23 India (via Marseilles) NBth& 24th efmonthiDover .. Jan. 2 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month i Southampt. Jan. 23 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. Jan. 2 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. Jan. 5 Madeira • • .. 9th of the month Southampt. Jan. 16 . 7th,17th,19th,27th } Dover Dee. 28 51altai* • • ••& 30th of month Naples* . • • • N l sth 15th 25th alms Dover • • i Jan.2 Papal States* .. 5t1.115th 25th of mo Dover .. Jan. 2 Peninsular.. 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt.lJan. 6 Peru .. • • • • 111117th of the month Southampt. Arrived Tuscany. •• N 15ths5thofmo Dover • • 'Jan. 2 West West Indies M 17th of the month Southampt. 'Arrived - .m7Gn 1 Peru .. •• •• gl7th of the month T liSleanYa .• •• Nrsth 15th 25th ofmo, WWestest Ind ie s (except M 17th of the month Havan a fk Nassau) M 2d of the month .. The mails to those c onntries thus mar' French packet via Ma/Ilene,. A "cl 7 1 3outhampt. IJAn. 5 cod (*) are conveyed by _ccording to an advertisement in the New York papers the firm of Hamden and Co., who suspended on the 25th of November at Liverpool, and subsequently at Boston, have made arrangements for the payment of their sight draughts which bad been issued to immigrants and others desirous of sending small remittances to their relatives at andho m muche . Tb d e i4 se 4 d ti rx i li u ts ti T e n re o f u Q ng 9 t W o an be aggregat etiyort od of 12,0001., FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMRE THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. REPLIES OF CAPTAINS AUSTIN, OMMAN NEY, AND PENNY, AS TO THE FATE OF FRANKLIN. CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S REPLIES. First Question.—Do you s uppose it probable that Sir John Franklin, or any portion of the crews com• posing his expedition, still survive ? If so, in what direction ? Reply.—Having most carefully and most anxiously given this question the fullest consideration, lam compelled, with deep regret, to state, " I do not be lieve, nor suppose it probable, that Sir John Franklin, or any portion of the crews composing his expedition, still survive." Second Question.—What are your grounds for forming that opinion ? Reply.-1. The protracted period of their absence —a period of six years in July last having elapsed since the expedition of Sir John Franklin left the Whale Fish Islands, provisioned at that time for three years. 2. From my own knowledge, and from the opi n i ons and reports of the officers made to me during the time they were actually in the performance of duties under the responsibility of my orders. Those re ports were to the effect that resources could not be obtained for the support of a party either in the neighbourhood of our winter quarters, or of ice parts visited by any one of the expedition under my charge. This conclusion is borne out by the circumstance, that although native encampments have been con stantly met with by our parties, yet nothing has been seen to indicate the existence of a human being for a lengtheried period ; from which I assume, that the inability of the natives to procure subsistence had com pelled them to abandon these parts for others. 2. The ill effects of a second winter on the mind and body, arising from the want of fresh food (both animal and vegetable), are much greater than is gene rally considered, and are much greater than even those who have experienced its intensity are willing to ac knowledge when they are no longer undergoing the privations. Our crews were free from scurvy, yet at the close of the winter season they had, I am sure, lost a considerable portion of their original physical strength, and to such an extent in some that they could not proceed with the travelling parties ; and my belief is, that those individuals would not have survived a second winter. 4. It further occurs to me, that even after a second winter, although Sir John Franklin's crews would have been much debilitated and rendered less capable of encountering the fatigue of travelling, yet still that some individuals amongst those crews would have been dispatched in the hope of effecting a communi • cation with whalers, or for the purpose of reaching Melville Island (as they knew that animals had been seen there), or that they would have pushed forward for the American Continent. This opinion may be considered as opposed to the representation that has been made to the committee, that Sir John Franklin had " gone away in clear water beyond our reach" (say 500 miles). From my experience lam unable to place any confidence in such a representation, and I believe that those who are thoroughly conversant with Arctic navigation will entertain similar distrust. 5. In addition to the grounds which I have offered for supposing it to be impossible that Sir John Frank lin and his crews are now alive, I beg to refer to the opinion of Captain Penny—not the opinion adopted by Captain Penny since his return to England, and after communication with other parties—but I beg to refer to the opinion of Captain Penny, written by him upon the spot, in his letter to me of the 4th of August, 1851, at his winter quarters. After ex pressing his intention of returning to England, Cap tain Penny concludes his letter thus—" Poor Lady Franklin, and the friends of those brave men whose fate will ever remain in oblivion! Was it not a strong conviction of my sense of duty, the very thought of meeting any of them without intelligence would almost tempt me to another winter." This letter is in the hands of the committee. Third Question.—Shauld a further search be de cided on, what measures do you recommend for this purpose, and in what direction ? Reply.—lt is with much diffidence that I offer any opinion on this subject. But first as to the direction : any search up the Wellington Strait would in my opinion be fruitless. I cannot bring myself to search at all with the hope of success in any direction. I found this conclusion on the circumstance of the late extensive search, having discovered no traces beyond those in the neighbourhood of the first winter quar ters ; and I cannot resist the conviction that the mis sing expedition did not advance in the second season beyond Beechey Island. I am confirmed in this belief by the following con siderations :—Assuming that my opinion is correct, that Sir John Franklin did not advance in the second season beyond Beechey Island ; I have then to observe that he had failed in prosecuting his discovery during the previous season, even as far as had been accom plished by the expedition of 1819 ; that expedition reached Melville Island, and it was the generally re ceived opinion that that point might be reached every season, and under every circumstance, and did not depend upon favourable seasons and ice navigation. Sir John Franklin would, therefore, have tocom- mence his second season, with his crews suffering from the prejudicial effects of an Arctic winter, with the additional discouragement of their success not having been equal to even what had been accom plished twenty-five years before. It is also reasonable to suppose that Wellington Channel was blocked when _hie ships took up their winter quarters in 1845. Impressed with these con siderations, I feel that a prudent commander, duly regarding his responsibily, would not have considered himself justified in prosecuting north-west in an unknown region, bearing too in mind that he bad only some twenty months' provisions, in search of a passage to the Pacific, a distance of 1,100 or 1,200 miles of ice navigation, and approaching 3,000 miles from any place where supplies could be obtained, and that difficult navigation to be accomplished in the five or six weeks only which is open during each year for that purpose. With regard to Wellington Chan ne l it w ill b e seen from my report that that channel was bl oc k e d i n Sep tember, than erl thirty and that, a lth oug h a i ded by steam, not more rty miles of direct advance to the west ward in Barrow's Strait (a far more extensive channel) was made ; and although Wellington Channel was re ported favourably from aloft in 1819 and 1820, yet knowing that in Arctic navigation how frequently the reports of a clear sea from the crow's nest in narrow waters are followed by the end of the lead or a block being seen within an hour, it was not a sufficient in ducement for a former very experienced Arctic navi gator either to prosecute in that direction, or to ex amine the extent of the water seen, in the hope of suc cess in the object of a north-west passage. Furthermore, I am convinced by late experience that the navigation of Wellington Channel is most critical ; as all narrow straits in icy seas are, more or less, of which good proof is furnished in the cases of Griper, Fury, Victory, and Terror. In that of the Fury, my recollections are fully alive to our state of helplessness. In passing Radstock Bay in the Resolute, in Au gust, 1850, the ice came in so rapidly towards the shore, that had not steam been at hand, she might have been beset and carried to the eastward. A similar event occurred to the Intrepid. The Pioneer, when rounding Beechey Island with the Resolute in tow, in August, 1850, found the effect of the ice in motion was such that she was driven into shoal water, where she grounded; and it was not until after considerable labour that she was hove off at the expiration of two days. The Resolute nearly experienced a similar disaster at the same time, gaining the fast ice with considerable difficulty, and avoiding being set on shore or drifted out of the channel. The Assistance and her tender were subject to very severe pressure in Wellington Channel, when the Intrepid had her rudderhead carried away ; afterwards, from the easterly set with pressure off Cape Hotham, the Assistance was in a very critical position. Lieut. De Haven informed me that in September, 1850, while attempting to make his way up the channel, when near Point Innes, his vessels were in considerable danger from the movement of the ice when affected by wind or tide ; indeed, he of neces sity employed every effort to reach security in Barlow Inlet. The situation of the Resolute and her tender in September, 1850, when drifting from above Barlow Inlet out of the strait, I consider was very critical and helpless; had they been nearer in they might have been torced on shore, and, had it not been for the aid of steam, I believe that they would have been carried away to the south-east in the pack—the pack being all but tied together for the winter. In the case of Captain Penny, when crossing from Union Bay in September, 1850, his brigs were nearly forced on shore at Cape Spencer. The accounts that have recently been received of the drifting of the American expedition in Welllington Channel appear to confirm these views. _ _ , If Wellington Channel gave much hope for ad vancing in the second season, is it not fair to infer that parties would have been dispatched if only to re connoitre for places of security as the expedition pro ceeded ? but it appears that these did not extend beyond Cape Bowden to the northward, and Caswell's Tower to the eastward. A bottle was found at Cape Bowden; meat canisters at Caswell's Tower; the re mains of a coal fire at Cape Spencer (most probably of a shooting party) ; and more extensive remains at Cape Riley ; but in no case beyond those places. And I would submit as a just inference that if it had been Sir John Franklin's object to prosecute up 'Welling ton Channel, economy of his fuel would have been a matter of most rigid care and anxiety, and that he would not have left at his winter quarters a quantity of materials that would have served for fuel, and which at the time did not escape remark. Further, it appears most probable that if Sir John Franklin's expedition had proceeded up Wellington Channel, a record of it would have been left. It is also reasonable to consider that vessels could not have passed through a narrow passage between the islands which appear in Captain Penny's chart without de tention ; and (being new discovery) possession would have been taken and some mark of such discovery left on them. I may also mention that Sir John Ross, Captain Ommanney, Lieutenant De Haven, and Captain Penny, all left the Wellington Channel and proceeded towards the south-west. I have now offered my views of Wellington Chan nel, and expressed some of the grounds upon which I entertain them ; but there are other grounds—there are opinions which have influenced and guided me— there are recorded opinions of our most eminent Arctic navigators and men of science far from favour ing the search for Sir John Franklin by the way of the Wellington Channel. The committee will re member that the orders to Sir John Frankli❑ himself laid no stress upon the importance of that channel, but pointed his especial attention to another direction. I may here remark, as bearing upon the present in quiry, that Lady Franklin in a letter to me upon my departure expressed her anxiety that particulor search should be directed to the south-west of Cape Walker; but not one word of Wellington Channel. With all these important considerations before me I am at a loss to account for the strong feeling that is abroad in favour of a further search for the missing ships in the direction of Wellington Channel. With reference to the extent of open water reported in the upper part of Wellingto❑ Channel, it is well known to those accustomed to ice navigation, that much de ception arises from ice covered by water being mis taken for open water, particularly in the months of June and July; the snow being melted on the sur face of the ice, the latter becomes transparent and acquires a sea tint; and has, combined with the al most constant deceptive state of the atmosphere, not only the appearance of water, but with numerous pools upon it presents also the appearance of an open sea, in which the undulating wave can almost be fully recognised; and it is to this optical deception that much that is said to have been seen may be fairly ascribed. Beyond six or eight miles the fbe ice upon the horizon frequently presents such a peculiar sur face, that much caution and determination is neces sary to avoid being led into error. In explanation of the water said to have been seen " on each shore, and for some miles distant from the places of observation," without its following that there was a navigable sea or outlet, I would observe that the situation of our wintering corresponded in a manner with that of the head of Wellington Channel, and although much limited in extent, the west side being formed by islands, and a bay with an outlet at the head, yet water made to the northward two to three miles from our position, while we were fixed to a fixed barrier, and blocked in to the southward. The Intrepid afterwards sailed in this water, which then proved of limited extent. It had before given the idea of an extensive navigable space, and although there was much more water in Barrow's Strait in the autumn of 1851 than in that of 1850, yet there was very little difference as to the power of navigating Wellington Channel. Having therefore very naturally weighed all these circumstances, I cannot but be strongly impressed that Sir John Franklin did jnot prosecute beyond Beechy Island, but that leaving his winter quar ters, he was either beset on that occasion, or was attempting to return to England. The loss of whalers in the pack will fully account for the complete destruction of any vessel or vessels ; and if at a period of winter instead of summer, also for the total loss of the crews. Contact with bergs would also sufficiently account for the disappearance of the ships, with all on board. Many whalers having large numbers of casks on board have been destroyed in Baffin's Bay, without scarcely a vestige having ever been found, and I am not aware that any part of the hull or the spars of the Fury have ever been found. In reply to that portion of the third question which requires what measures I should recommend if a fur ther search be decided on, I have to say that the two ships and the two steam-vessels which composed the late expedition under my orders were found to be well adapted for the service upon which they were then employed ; and that (except in some little mat ters of detail) I have no improvements in their equip ment to suggest. I have now completed my answers to the written inquiries of the committee, and i have endeavoured to lay before them, through the medium of those an swers, not only all the information in my power, but every opinion and answer which my own experience has suggested. If from inadvertence or forgetfulness I have failed in affording the committee all that they may require, I will at once supply the omission as soon as I am made acquainted with their wishes. HORATIO T. AUSTIN, Captain R.N., Late of her Majesty's ship Resolute, and in charge of the Arctic Expedition. London, Nov. 15, 1851. CAPTAIN OMMANNEY'S REPLIES. Question I.—Do you suppos e it probable that Sir John Franklin, or any portion of the crews composing his expedition, still survive, and, if so, in what direction ? Answer.—l am of opinion that neither Sir John Franklin, or any portion of the expedition, can be now alive. Question 2.—What are your grounds for forming that opinion ? Answer.—First, from the fact that on leaving Whale Fish Islands in June, 1845, the expedition was then provisioned for three years. It was, pro bably, August, 1846, when they quitted Beechey Island. Th us th ey had less than two years' provi sions left to last them up to the present time ; even allowing that their numbers diminished, I main tain that no English constitution, or people habi tuated to civilized life, could exist so long on reduced allowance. Secondly, I place no reliance upon the support they are likely to procure from the quantity of game or animals found in those regions. The whole amount of game procured near our winter quarters this summer amounted to about one bird a man for the whole expedition, although parties were sent out ex pressly to shoot; and bear in mind these were obtained with some labour by people in good health. Ad mitting that there are birds and animals—the former are migratory, as are most of the latter—then there are but eight weeks out of the whole year on which you can depend for this supply. There is nothing to induce me to suppose that any party could kill suffi cient food to sustain them for the remaining ten months. The numerous old Esquimaux settlements met with along the south shores of the Parry group lead me to believe that a change has taken place in those seas, in the course of time, whi c h, becoming blocked up with ice for a longer period of the year, deprived the natives of the means of living, which caused them to emigrate eastward. I consider the opinions of Continental travellers on this subject as fallacious, for it does not follow that because animal life abounds on the American continent, the same should be found 400 or 500 miles further north. I see no analogy between the two countries—the coast of America and Parry group. Thirdly, if they abandoned their ships northward of the Parry group, in all probability their travelling parties would have retraced their steps towards their first winter quarters, or made for Melville Island, where it appears there is more animal life, of which they, of course, were quite aware from Parry's voyage. Lastly, there are reasons to suppose they did not prosecute the north-west passage after leaving Bee chey Island. We know that three of their men (young men) died the first year, from which we may infer they were not enjoying perfect health. It is supposed that their preserved meats were of an inferior quality. No records being left does not look like ad vancing, as Sir John Franklin and Captain Crozier— the latter of whom has served in four expeditions— were alive to the importance of depositing records. Again, look at the position of Cape Riley ; they had made little progress in the object of their voy age ; all their work was still before them, for I regard that position merely as the threshold of the north west passage. Under these circumstances, and sup posing that Franklin had examined the seas beyond Cape Walker in the fall of 1845, and by travelling parties found this impenetrable barrier of ice across the Wellington Channel, spoken of by Penny's expe dition, what other course had Franklin left but to re treat ? That two ships could be lost in the ice without meeting a vestige of them afterwards is a catastrophe I can easily conceive possible, especially if the two ships happened to be beset close to each other. Assuming that they did advance through the Wel lington Channel, and became blocked up in some in accessible place, my firm conviction is, that none can now survive; for I think it impossible for the consti tution to endure the climate and the privations ne cessarily exposed to, even with a moderate allowance of provisions for so long a period. Question 3 —Should a further search he decided on, what measures do you recommend for this pur pose, and in what direction ? Answer.—Should another search be considered de sirable, I would recommend that the expedition be composed of vessels fitted with screw-propellers, so as to act without the encumbrance of a sailing-vessel after reaching the ground of operations. From the indefinite statements made with regard to the channel seen by Mr. Penny's expedition since his return to England, and the impression excited in consequence on the public mind about a navigable sea in that direction—viz., north-westward of the Wel lington Channel, it seems to me to require a further examination. To accomplish this, two questions pre sent themselves :—" First, whether it would be re quisite to provide for a prolonged absence ? Secondly, whether it would not be more desirable to arrange for a rapid execution of this service ? In the former case it would involve the necessity of a depot ship being stationed at Beechey Island ; in the other, I would be attended with one depot ship to accompany the 26, 1851 steamers as far as practicable, so as to secure her re turn to England the same season. My firm conviction is, that if ever the Wellington Channel is navigable to any considerable distance, it must be only on an occasional open season. Should an expedition be so favoured as to bit on such a sea son the year of its departure from England, we should gain an advanced position, from whence an extensive search would be effected i❑ the ensuing spring; ac cordingly I would recommend preparing an expedi tion for rapid movements. I propose having two steam screw-propelling ves sels; they cannot have much power because you want all the space you can gain for your crew and provisions ; to accomplish a rate of seven knots per hour at full speed is quite sufficient, and in my opi nion, their size should not exceed 500 or 600 tons, drawing about 12 or 13 feet water. They should not be so long as our last steamers were, and broader in proportion, being so constructed, as far as may be pracricable, preserving her efficiency as a steamer, to possess all the qualities of a sailing-vessel—one that would work quickly in narrow lanes of water in the event of being solely dependent on the use of sails. They ought to spread more canvas than our last steamers, and be provided with square sails on the mainmast. Vessels of this description would require to use their steam less frequently than we did on the late expedition. To stow the same proportion of fuel, on reaching the Arctic seas, as was effected by our last steamers, is ample; being unencumbered with a sailing-vessel, that quantity, or even less, would produce a greater result in distance than before, and I am satisfied, as before stated, be less frequently used. As a depot-ship to carry out the ultimate supplies for these two steamers, I would take the Assistance, which is ready prepared for such a service ; she has great capacity, and will stow 100 tons more than on the last voyage. Let her have 50 working hands, with a limited number of officers. She should ac company these steamers, as far as the nature of the season would admit of, to the entrance of Lancaster Sound, if possible. Port Dundas, which I visited, near Cape Warrender, would be a good position to complete up with fuel and provisions. This accom plished, the Assistance would return, and the steamers proceed with the search. The Assistance would have to carry 300 tons of fuel, independently of the stores and provisions for the steamers. This would be effected by removing the warming apparatus, dispensing with unnecessary anchors, cables, boats, &c., and all the stores which we carried for three years' use, would in this case be substituted for by provisions, and with only sufficient executive officers, a large space would also be gained; she would be quite adequate to answer this purpose. Should it prove a very favourable season, I would carry the depot ship as far as 13eechey Island, there complete up, and make a depot on shore as well before advancing. From my experience, and looking to all previous Arctic navigation, it is impossible to follow up any previously defined line of operations to pursue; no two seasons are ever alike; whoever he may be he must be guided by circumstances ; assuming that we reach Cape Riley (which may not be gained in all seasons —refer to Sir John Ross's Expedition, and to the North Star) with the two steamers, efficient in all respects, and with leads before you up the channel, then I should push forward while the season lasted to gain the most advanced position for wintering in, and with travelling parties would in all probability effect the desired search. But taking such a season as we met with, there is no alteration but to winter at Beechey Island, from whence it would also be practicable by travel ling (through the experience of the late expedition) to set at rest the question respecting the channel seen by Mr. Penny ; it may terminate in a deep gulf, which I not unprepared for, from what I re marked about the tides in Wellingto❑ Channel. Another proposition here presents itself; you find the Wellington Channel blocked up, but all promises well for advancing to the westward; as some people express a wish for Banks Land to be explored, the leader of the expedition might have authority for de taching one vessel in that direction. I would not recommend advancing up the Wel lington Channel a second time, unless certain of your retreat again, for it almost amounts to a certainty that the vessels would be blocked up, as may have been the fate of Franklin. Having gained an advanced position to the north westward of the Wellington Channel in 1852, in an open season, in all probability a succession of close seasons will follow, leaving the expedition blocked up. We must, therefore, be prepared to sacrifice the ships. The spring of 1854 would, therefore, be' the period to abandon the ships, and retreat with the crews to Port Leopold and the depot left by the North Star near Admiralty Inlet. I have no faith in the theory of a Polar basin, con sequently my opinion is that the success of a search ing expedition to the north-westward of the Wel llington Channel depends entirely on the state of the navigation next year. The commander of the expe -1 dawn should have full discretionary power, and every one who joins must understand that their lives are to be risked, not only with a hope to save others, but to ascertai❑ the fate of the missing expedition. The travelling gear should be of the most perfect description, and in ample quantity, availing ourselves of all the improvements recommended by myself and the officers of the late expedition, and given in to Captain Austin at his request; the details of all the travelling equipments have, I believe, been all laid before you. Some description of light boat on runners, for car rying over ice, would be most desirable. A large quantity of Bickford's fuze should be car ried for ice blasting. We bad to prepare all our charges, which involved loss of time, and the occupa tion of two or three working hands when most re quired. These might be prepared by the Ordnance of the proper weight, and stowed in cases, ready for use and the application of the fuze. We found the blasting most invaluable in clearing away a short trip, and I recommend it for all future Arctic expe ditions. The expedition ought not to be les s e ffi c i en tl y equipped than the last, which in all respects was most complete. There was a superabundance, perhaps, of some stores, which might be dispensed with. The provisions and vegetables might consist of a greater variety with great advantage ; and the salt provisions, the beef particularly, should be cured without so much saltpetre. Travelling boots should be prepared before starting. Glass shades for the protection of the eyes for all the crew should be supplied, and of the best description. I would recommend that no more officers than are actually necessary be employed. The non-executives only occupy space, require attendance, and curtail the accommodation for the crew. It is also important that the officers should be well versed in practical astro nomy, with some knowledge of surveying, sufficient to lay down a coast line correctly. The engineers must be ready to perform any other duty when not navigating, or at work about their engines. It is my decided opinion that none but naval officers should be employed on such a service, selecting those who have already proved themselves competent to undergo the privations in the former expeditions, and by their ability and dispositions adapted for such peculiar ser vice. More time should be allowed for fitting out the expedition than we had; and I consider the middle or end of May quite early enough to sail. The selection of men is most important, and I much prefer the " man-of-war's man." The system of having ice quarter-masters answered admirably, and I would re commend the same again. In selecting steam-vessels such as I have described, for independent operations, it will be necessary to provide for a larger crew and more officers ; but they should not exceed GOO tons, and seven knots is the utmost limit of speed required. A large steamer should accompany the expedition to the edge of the ice or disco. I have thus stated my general opinion for a further search on the basis of rapid operations, which I con sider, under the present circumstances, is all that is required. As we are i❑ possession of all the details necessary for equipping an Arctic expedition, it is needless here to enter into them. The officer, se lected from former experience, will be fully compe tent to make his own arrangements, as was done in the late expedition under Captain Austin ; and of all things, let the officer in command be unfettered from co-operation with other expeditions. ERASMUS OMMANNEY, Captain R.N., Late her Majesty's ship Assistance. London, Nov. 12, 1851. CAPTAIN PENNY'S REPLIES. Question.—Do you suppose it probable that Sir John Franklin, or any portion of the crew com posing his expedition, still survive ? if so, in what direction ? Answer.—l do think it possible that Sir Joh❑ Franklin and his crews or a portion of them may still survive. My grounds for thinking so are, first, my knowledge of the habits of the Exquimaux, who live to a good old age in an equally inhospitable climate ; the same mode of procuring food which the &qui maux have is open to our countrymen, who have amongst them men, Mainely, 131anky, M'Donald, and Bead, well acquainted with the means employed by Esquimaux in obtaining food. Secondly. Independently of their guns and snares they could subsist by fishing for seals, walrus, nar wals (till of which I saw in Victoria Channel), and poss ibly whales; this can be done by harpoon and lance, and drag s; th ere are also thousands of eider and duck which may be easily snared upon their nests in the season. It may not be out of place here to mention that on one small island on the east side of Davis's Straits during my last voyage we loaded a whale boat with eggs, and might have done so again and again if they had been in season ; and from what fell under my observation I have no doubt 0 ..-___ -----..-------.-------.." the same thing occurs more to the north where tb ice is more broken up. . AA to the next part of the question, in what direc• first, the tion, I am firmly of opinion that Sir John Franklin Euirsued 11;s course through IVellington Strait: end the effect B V e c h toria Channel, and has got far advanced toward: Straits; my reasons for thinking so ste: fron ; the strong easterly gales which we experience had August 18 to Sept. 5, 1850, bad counteracted cleared Victoria Channel by the westward ; o the_ e latter date, with my officers, from the top o f CePe g toa . I'ncer, I saw beyond the fixed ice in Welho Point sea. Again, on the 17th of May, an Straits n th e channel free from ice to then orthward On atif 25 . S u rpri se , open water was found to the extentt miles t o the west, and was visited at differehne intervals channel up to the 513 d of July, 1851, vrhen t,a9 to the westward of Hamilton and 1)110, Islands was clear of ice as far as the eye could reachal from the top of a hill 600 feet above surel o f t 0 1851, wile sea, with a dark blue sky beyond indication a of water. t Sir John Franklin must have been well awareb°.: the presence of this water, having passed first , i l s winter at the mouth of Wellington Straits, an y ch c a o n ul n d el o t b h s a e t rv t e he a y n watch tent having been discovered north o f CIP h e t S ti p e encer, about four miles from the ships, from ob.c.„ a d t hvesnettaagtee r a lso the y co c u h ld ang ta e ke iu the ruts of loaded sledges which apparently had be es . sent . t o exam ine the channel. These circurnstance2! tr,-.k. into con•ideration with the second clause oir John Franklin's instructions, and his own well',s known preference, and that of his officers, forelsivo p m 1.14 s •ge by Wellington Strait, is quite conclusilv to i mind that he has gone in that direction, whi e, , r , finding no cairns or appearance of his having ye seems to me to indicate that the' passage ti' llst t and t hat ben open and nothing to stop him in 846► a he took o n f „ ice every advantage of it. ided Third Q ues tion. —Should a further search be dee ~is on, wh a t further measure do you recommend for lA' purpose, and in what direction ? - Answer.—For id ere the plan cf operations 1 svouvri;oi. pare n five vessels, namely, two steamers, LadY ' ea ; h and Sophia; a store-ship'd L 150 1 1, manne wl , ,ike the they would be all k' Vessels " ld wor mg men. , ou Pioneer and Intrepid will do very well, °D'Y.,b mo ot be better • steam if they were a little shorter, and wl' &n ot power. The store ship to be lift ens r I t o , ship at Beechey Island, rather than at Pfjo, higher up, because it is so ea sy of access from • rd gland. Their crews din collectl would be employe 1 P°• t to provision from Navy 1131'0 Board Inlet and WW I se to the above-named position. The other four y es se 01 proceed through Wellington Strait, leoiog• depei4oo provisions . at every 100 miles. After advancing , 0 miles I should leave another of any vessels to 0 n t _, t c w on ee n n ecting link to keep up the corn so d the searching vessels and Beechey bitili Will thence to Engl vessel one . England. From this s econd •bed, proceed upon the deser' 1 same plan as already , _ uo ti either with the remaining ships orb oat sleage, a point be reached in Behring's Straits. tbroagh But should a barrier preclude our poosse, six boot Wellington Strait, I would be prepared v ,711 " wh• b wblc 30 sledges to drag deg' , have min no . doubt will be again found in lat. i f the Y e°. " iong. 27 deg. at a very early period o fib, min., 00. 11 ' Four boats will continue to pursue the west an lies to west, the other two boats kee • P thesuPP fbi ping ule t advanced positions, 0 as directed by tbe n o ticeslf 1 . 0 04 5 the adva • tieing boats for their information. icotet fuel could be procured, I would establish 11,..30ed quarter for two boat crews, at the farthest sa,:rotly aided by of course. This expedition would be t rip g's by vessels comin g mee t it from e" to Straits. OBSERVATION S. I wish to first, it is my opinionmake a few observations beside. 1 0 11 ' west not that Albert Land extends to tbe i jeb a Franklin h less than 600 miles, and tbat Sl:,t_sprl as kept along this shore to tbat exte'u'obly that at this be found another distance from Cape Becher will Po ns° for thinking so another winter quarter. Dly r!a,,drest distance t are that had this land not extenclea;te,o filled with° the west, Victoria Channel would:ad, bsti driven the iciee, whereas the north-west the driven e round Melville Island channel'tbe can shore, in place of filling up this It may b No. 2. not help thinking e a singular opinion, but I caabs, 01;1 that a place from migration of Esquiraatti ~,de, so° that the a people living in a bigher lat.it",.forp tbe y came d __ • ,eriiit, 11 , ,he remains of sto own Wellington P , , aide or '" e channel, and ne huts along tbe north -ens' ', e c, ca/ may still that the stock from vvbich to J , ott h ~°` the 0 ue existing on expectoe land to tlie 13 3e.' riniespen sea , which I to find leading tliote and resources, Straits. From what I have said of tbe e i j pot there is by sai d his shoos of be so, and Sir John no reason w ion s Franklin and his coMPse f have found a In refuge among thern. ~,, of 0 ace d ''. Eiquimauconnexion with this view, I 100 ~ 3 on ° I covery 1x at llogarth's Inlet, as I nam ed L ecsi oe - believe ' it 840, or rather re-discoveriog it , v.to, bot since improperly called Northumberland Inbeoe,eer, either on*quimaux is far superior to nil I 'ts. °3 I the east or west side of Davis'6 tr!iniprofe. opinion have formed of the cause of th e . / 0 cov e went of this race !s I that it has taken place , do er quence of their amalgamation' men of early discovery ships, W Lt. sop 0 boi decidedly iscovery ships, mall d i . t,l3;ye, .S:c•, European cast of features. —4 ii° l 3'orif• IV 10,1.4 g . The Secretary of the Arctic Committee, Nov. 15, 1851. TUR NS. foi gex RAIL WAY TRAFFIC 13 afiutilo BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY. Sr 6 ending Dec. 14 : £2, 310 10 0 Passengers ... ••• 1,253 313 Goods ... 15 4 Parcels ••• 22 3 Mails ... 0 I,t) A.,0 recoil Total ••• SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER RAILWAf for the week ending Dec. 21 :- 5 5 Passengers ••• 4 i f Parcels, horses, &c. ••• L O3 •• 6 8 Merchandise, minerals, &c. • X 1 ,556 10 D oi Total .. ••• " 1,5 11 gear Corresponding week last year nec i . ).•••• CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— (19.9 i mile s °Pe 9 O n j t traffic for the week ending Dec. 14 02,81 v, is Passengers, &c. ..• *" 4,7 5 ° Goods, &c. X7. 57 `, 0 " ,feel‘ Total .. •.. -" 7,27 6 be 1 , Corresponding week last yea r ..• for . t TOG SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY.-- - ending Passengers 10 (6,549), parcels, h orses ' x 704 , 3 11 and carriages •.. •.• ••• 903 Goods, cattle, &c. ••• i t 6 ' Total .. ••• ** 1, 53 • 6 Corresponding week in last year... 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Thousaons toble,siobie _i ered their cases hopeless, and who were th ese O o ' o o I b t , d oll e fh r l f te u hg l mh e ai r ffi gn r id e ' o a e f g c s e t y i s i o n o r g f ilr_r is n ae;t in vih be ie d h hpaovsesebseseenxtrreasoterdreiodatroy health by 0 01 4, 0 0 ' acharacterhe Hollows a l tchayn ' action s be piiis.—Sold 1 944, Holloway'sa st a is London. E adducedt °btl ie n:l i n u n e i pangb:,:° f:°l cithr:otgr! ---------'-- sil'' B,TBTHS. D ocie ,f OF A sos• 13 ' C. ehe On the 22d inst., the lady of Alexander oeuea, of an heir. On the 23d inst., at St. Leonard's-terr Ace, ip of wife of the ReT. John Patteson the OF A DAUGHTER. is st. too At Westbourne-terrace, on the 24th 1 ' 0 06 Charles Lyall, Esq. n eat 13 On the 20th inst., at North Cliff-house, f,sq. Quay, Yorkshire, the wife of E. R. liardig, ------- r it ' P MARRIED. go ly r f ivi tch On the 23d inst., at the Church of the w6stel pqa James D. 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