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APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS.
IPHOIVITIONS.
The following promotions have taken place, consequent °nthe
decease, on the 2.5t.ii ult., of Rear-Admiral of the Blue John
Leitic—Captain Uetaviva Vernon Harcourt, Captain the Right
Bon. floury Johu Chetwynd, Earl 'Talbot, C. 8., captain sir
William Symonds, lint., to be Rear-Admirals of the Re-
served Half-pay Llst; Captain James Scott, C. 8., to be Rear-
Admiral of the Blue.
The following promotions have taken place, consequent on the
decease, on the the atith ult., of Vice-Admiral of the Blue
Richard Arthur, C.B.:—Hear-Admiral of the Red William F 11.7..
william Owcn to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue; Rear-Admiral of
the White Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., to be Rear. Admiral of the
Red; Rear-Admiral of the Blue Ed ward Boxer, C. 8., to be Rear-
Admiral of the White; Captain Williams Sendom to be Rea-
Admiral of the Blue; Retired Captain Johu Fitzgerald htuddert
has been promoted to the rank of Retired Rear-Admire', on the
teruis proposed in the Lututon Gazette of let September, 1646
but without increase of half-pay.
LiLieutenants—Frederick A. Curdlip, who brought home the
ghtning from the Baltic; John J. S. Josling, of the Eurydice,
to the rank of Commanders.
Acting Mate--Charles W. Manthorp, of the Miranda, to be
Acting Lieutenant.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captains—Lord Edward Russell and Henry J. Codrin glow, C.B.
to be Naval Aides•de-Camp to the Queen; Thomas Birch w the
Eak; Hugh Dunlop to the Tartar; Joseph Nuts, C. 8., to be
Captain-Superiutendent of the Royal William Victualling-yard,
at Plymouth; Robert Craigie to be Captain-Superintendent of
the Packet Service, Southampton ; Horatio T. Austin to be Cap-
tain-Superintendent of Deptford Victualling and Dock Yards;
William if. Hall to the Victory.
Commander—Henry S. Hawker to the Hecht.
Lieutenants—Benjamin L. Letroy and Edwin C. Chaplin to
the Tartar ; Robert P. Jenkins to the Esk.
Surgeons—'Thomas H. Lowry, M.D., to the zak;
Lewis C.
Urquhart, N.D., to the Tartar.
AssistanteSurgeon—Johu it. Holman to Greenwich Hospital.
Acting Assistant-Surgeons--W. S. Roche to the Snake; W.
S. Meiklejohn to the Harrier.
Masters—Richard T. Saunders to the Esk; Thomas 11. Fraser
to the Tartar.
Second Master—James H. Lawrence to the liritiumia.
Masters' Assistants—J. U. Morgan to the l'owertul; W. IT,
Jones to the Swallow.
Mate—James A. Poland to the Excellent, for service in the
Pelter.
Paymasters—G. Penfold to the Tartar; J. D. Parminter tothe
Esk ; David F. Clow to the Formidable.
Clerks—J. Lewis to the Victory; John Freshfield to the Wel-
lesley; kiugh H. liuruiston to the lioscawen ; John Li. Richard*
to the Tarter; Frederick Borne to the Ea.

NOVEMBER 11, 1854.

SAFETY OF CAPTAIN COLLINSON.

BY the Californian journals just received we learn
the welcome news that Captain Collinson and the
Enterprise, so long missing on their Arctic discovery
voyage, have arrived safely at Port Clarence. This
intelligence was brought to San Francisco by H.M.S.
Rattlesnake, Commander Sir Henry Trolloppe,which
anchored there on the 23rd ult. The Enterprise,
she reports, reached Port Clarence on August 21st.
after a long and, it is almost needless to say, un-
successful search for any trace of the Franklin
expedition. Captain Collinson sailed from England
in the same season, and at about the same time, as
the Investigator (Captain M‘Clure), that arrived on
the Atlantic side of the continent a year since,
having navigated the north-west passage. No news
having been received of the Enterprise, much
anxiety was felt for her safety, and that of her
officers and crew, and the English Government
stationed for her relief and assistance the Rattle-
snake at Port Clarence, and the Plover at Point
Barrow, during the last winter, and they were both
arranging for their succeeding winter quarters at the
time of her arrival, at the ending of which season the
Government had given orders to abandon the search
for them.
The Enterprise went into the Arctic Sea in the
summer of 1851, and passed through the Prince of
Wales Straits, but, finding the ice impracticable for
her advance, she passed the winter of 1851-2 in
latitude 71 deg. 35 min. N., longitude 117 deg.
35 min. W. After making every exertion to obtain
the object of her voyage, the winter of 1852-3 was
passed in Cambridge Bay, Wollaston Land, 89 deg.
N., 105 deg. 30 min. W. Still proceeding on her
voyage, the winter of 1853-4 found her in Camden
Bay, 70 deg. 8 min. N., 145 deg. 80 min. W.
The ice released the vessel July 15, 1854, when
she commenced her return passage, and did not
reach Point Barrow until August 9, having baffling
southerly winds and calms. Immediately on her
arrival at Point Clarence, on August 21, finding the
Plover had left for Point Barrow a few days pre-
vious, for the purpose of assisting and relieving her,
as soon as her supplies could be put on board from
the Rattlesnake, on the 22nd she started to overtake
the Plover, and communicate with and recal her,
which duty performed, she would immediately pro-
ceed to Hong Kong, and the Plover to Valparaiso.
During the three years the Enterprise has been in
the frozen sea she has lost but three men :—May 15,
1953, William Driver, ship's cook ; November 24,
1853, William Greenaway, able seaman; June 29,
1854, William Cheeseman, private marine. The
commander, officers, and crew, fifty-nine in number,
were in excellent health. No information was
obtained of the fate of Sir John Franklin. The
Enterprise found traces of the Investigator's passage
in many places, and went within ninety miles of
Winter Harbour ; but not being able to proceed
further, on account of the ice, went up Wollaston
Strait, and there fell in with traces of Dr. Rae's
searches. It will be recollected that Dr. Rae was in
o immand of an expedition sent out by the Hudson
Bay Company.
In the spring of 1852 travelling parties were des-
patched near the ice, one of which reached Melville
Islands after great hardship. The natives met with
during the voyage were of a peaceable and kind dis-
position, ready at all times to be of assistance in any
manner in their power.

ADVERTISEMENT.—SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WITH THE
DISPATCH.—The unexampled interest which attaches
• to every incident connected with the operations of
the Allied Armies in the East, has determined the
proprietors of the Weekly Dispatch to devote a greater
space to the intelligence from the Seat of War than
the ordinary limits of this, the Largest Newspaper,
could possibly afford, and, with the view of giving the
amplest details, have resolved upon the issue of a
Series of Supplements, which will include every par-
ticular connected with the Siege and decision of the
contest at Sebastopol, and will be continued whenever
demanded by the progress of the campaign. By the
publication of these Supplements, the portion of the
paper usually devoted to incidents of domestic and
political importance will be reserved intact, and the
engrossing subject of war will receive the fullest and
most varied illustration. A supplement will be pub-
lished to-morrow and on Sunday next, November
19th.

Pub puke auli 6itg ntelligtita.

FRIDAY EVENING.

The English funds this week present the aspect
of a gradual and continuous decline, so that Consols,
which on Saturday last were at 941 to 95 for the
account, and 94j for money, closed heavily this
afternoon at 93i to 93k, both for money and the
account. The chief causes of this decline are ru-

THE PRESS.

mours of a new French loan, and the absence of
news of a decisive character from Sebastopol: the
accounts are not regarded as positively unfavourable,
but some expressions in Lord Raglan's despatch are
considered ambiguous, and may be interpreted in
either sense, good or bad. Stocks generally are
lower than they have been, but in the bonds issued
on account of the new Turkish loan them has been
considerable agitation. These bonds, which were
at the close of last week at about 2 premium, fell iu
a few days to 2 discount, so that at one time capital
invested in them would have borne interest at the
rate of 71. 14s. per cent. The cause of the fall is
not attributable to political events, but chiefly to
certain peculiarities in the form of the bonds, and
the amounts for which they were issued. Instead of
being manually signed with pen and ink, the signa-
tures were, it appears, lithographed, and instead of
being for amounts of 501., 1001., 5001., and 10001.
each, which alone are warranted by the &man au-
thorising them, other amounts of 2001. and 4001.
were inserted in some. But these irregularities are
now being rectified, the bonds will all be signed, and
those which are for improper amounts withdrawn
and others substituted. The bonds have in conse-
quence partially recovered, and are now at about 1
dis. The total amount already issued is understood
to be 480,0001., of which only 80,0001. were in the
London market, the bulk being taken on the Paris
Bourse. Large orders from Paris to sell accelerated
the panic in those securities.
The committee of the Stock Exchange having re-
fused to admit the bonds of the domestic debt of
Peru into the " house," those securities also expe-
rienced a decline of from 11. to 21.
Corn has again risen, and is now 2s. higher than
it was before the recent fall. In the manufacturing
districts, although trade is sound, there has been a
diminution of orders in some branches of industry,
especially of orders from South America and the
United States, and in some instances firms have
commenced working short time.
Money is abundant, the demand for it brisk, and
the rates of interest from 2 to 3 per cent.
The arrivals of gold this week are inconsiderable,
whilst the demand of it for exportation has slightly
increased. The following are the shipping returns
for the month ending the 10th of October, compared
with the two previous years:—
Entered inward
Tonnage for the Month ending Oct. 10.
1852. 1853. 1864.
British vessels 380,888 552,218 581,604
United States vessels .. 85,479 99,087 114,985
Other countries .. 184,899 258,816 175,409

811,000 909,919 tt21,008
The clearances outward were :-
11452. 1853. 1854.
British vessels 456,169 46'4,807 470,588
United States vessels .. 83,835 112,788 113,958
Other countries 208,631 243,580 245,070

70,635 819,179 836,611
Exchequer Bills are at Os. to 9s. premium ; India
Bonds, Ils. to 14s. premium.
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Stock has fallen generally on the Continent as well
as at home. In French rentes the decline has been
about '2 per cent.; at Amsterdam securities of all
descriptions were dull, while at Vienna they had
scarcely recovered from the recent panic. The other
subjects of interest in the foreign market we have
noticed above.
SHARES AND MISCELLANEOUS STOCK.
Railway Shares have been well supported, consi-
dering the depressed condition of other securities.
The transactions, however, have been few; the
following are amongst the latest quotations in some
of the principal lines:—Shares of the London and
North-Western Railway were quoted at 1001 to 11:
Great Westerns, 711; Lancashire and Yorkshires,
721 1 ; Midlands, 691 1; York and North Midlands,
261 1 ; Eastern Counties, 111 ; Caledonians, 301 ;
Great Northerns, 221 ; South Easterns, 181 4 ;
Northern of France, 331 4; Paris and Strasbourg,
321 1; Paris and Lyons, 201 pm.
Mining shares are also well supported. A meeting
of the proprietors of the Imperial Brazilian Mining
Association was held yesterday, and, after a rather
angry discussion, the reports and accounts were
received, and the proceedings adjourned until the
6th of December.

RAILWAYS--

Aberdeen
Moberg., Nottng., Bata
a Hart Junotion
Birm. W olv.B Stour Vol
Dtrk., I an. A. Ckes.Juno.
Du. elies. & Dirk , 601.&

Do. do. 201.
Bristol and Exeter
Caledonian
Chester and Holyhead

Cork and Bandon
Dublin a Dollar% Juno ,
Dundee, Perth, d Aber)
deep Junction
East Anglian
Eastern Union

East Lancashire
E.& W. I. Dka. & Dir. dn !
linburgh A Glasgow
Eastern Counties
Ednbrgh., Perth, Dund
Great Northern
Ot. 6th. and Wet of Ire
Great Western
Hull and Selby
Irish South-Eastern
Lancashire & Yorkshire
Lancaster end Carlisle,
Leeds Northern
Lon., Tilbury, it Sthend
Lon., Brighton,
London laud Blackwell
London and Nrth-West.
Londudrry. & Coleraine
Londuarry. at Euntlalli.
Luoolnah.l

Midland
1)o. Dirm. and Derby
Newmarket,
Newp.,Aber.RHereford
Newry and EnntaktDen'
New., Warrnpnt.,a Road

N orfolk
Nrthrn. Counties Union'
North liritish
North Devon
North Staffordshire
North-Western 1
N. & Sth.•Western J unc.l
o:f., W roar., and Wolv.
Scottish Central .
Scottish Midland .
Shrewsbury & Dlrining.l
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shrewsbury & Chest
Shropshire Union
South Devon
South-Eastern and

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