The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LO ]JON, TUESDAY EVI-4.:IVING, Dt,CEMI3Eit 29, 1863

Charing,

bridge,

During the last few days a series of interesting tests have been made by Captain Tyler, R.E., on the strength of
this great viaduct, previous to the sanction of the Board of
Trade being given to the opening of the line for public
traffic on the Ist of the new year.
As the works are now quite finished, the Thames bridge,
the largest and most interesting feature of the line, begins
to show itself to great advantage—its magnificent size and
width rendering it an imposing object from the river, while
the open trellis-work of the superstructure, and the ample
water •ways the use of cylinder piers afford, give it an ap-
pearance of greater lightness than is usual with bridges of
the purely girder form.
Looking at it only from the river, it is certainly to be
regretted that the brick piers formerly carrying the suspen-
sion bridge have been allowed to remain. But here, as in
most great undertakings, compromises between appear-
ances and economy have taken place, and in this instance
economy was greatly on the side of retaining the brick
piers. Yet, while retaining these below, we do not at all see
the advantage of the mass of brick and stonework, where-
with they are overtopped above. Mr. Hawkshaw,
whose desigh the bridge is, would have done better
had he trusted to the purely mechanical and prat•
tical nature of the structure, relieved only by the
colour in which it is now being painted, which, with
the lines of gilt bosses and handsome candelabra surmount-
ing the piers, appear far more suitable decorations than
heavy circular cornices for a bridge dependent for its effect
on its good and simple construction, and not on any recog-
nised architectural features.
But it is as an engineering work chiefly that the bridge is
beat worth notice, and presents some•very curious features,
one of these being the enormous strength concentrated both
in the cylinder piers and in the girders in the smallest com-
pass. To understand this it is necessary to call to mind
that in the usual practice of building brick or stone founda-
tions the weight of the superstructure is spread over a very
large eurface, whereas with these cylinder piers it' is all
brought within two areas of not more than 141 t diam. each.
To make up for this difference in extent, the depth to which
the cylinder foundations are carried is far greater than the
brick piers—for while the latter are made to rest on the top
of the clay, the cylinders go 20ft. into the clay, being sunk
on an average 40ft. below low water, thus obtaining for the
column of brickwork built inside them afterwards a founda-
tion as solid as rock itself, and one not likely to be disturbed
by any changes which may occur in the bed of the river by
the scour, which may be expected from the formation of the
Thames Embankment, the scour being a source of evil
which has hitherto proved fatal to the foundations of nearly
all our metropolitan bridges. Again, with the superstruc-
ture, it is usual to have one main girder to half a line of
way, or at least one girder to each line, and to brace them
together overhead as well as below, to form of the whole a
kind of skeleton tube. But in this case it was necessary
that there should not be any obstruction between the lines
of way, as points and crossings are required on very many
parts of the bridge; therefore only two girders could be used
to do what eight, or at least four, have hitherto been em •
ployed to effect. Two girders here carry four lines of way,
and as this causes them to be 50ft. apart, overhead bracing
becomes also impracticable, so that they had to be con-
structed of sufficient lateral stiffness to depend on themselves
alone, and of sufficient strength to carry the public foot-
paths outside, as well as the fear Lines of way within ;
hence it happens that although the span is moderate, 154
feet, yet the quantity of metal required in each of these
girders amounts to 200 tons, and the skilful way it has been
massed together to afford the requisite strength, and yet
give little indication of it in its light and almost elegant
appearance, is certainly unsurpassed.
The result of the tests applied has proved most satisfac-
tory. When loaded from end to end Oil each of the four
lines of way with engines and trucks purposely filled with
stone and iron, so as to weigh four tons per foot, the greatest
amount of deflection in any girder was not more than three-
quarters of an inch, and in the cross-girders less than a
quarter of an inch, and the amount of vibration during the
running off and on was all but imperceptible.
To this satisfactory result the quality of the workman-
ship has tended in a large degree, the contractors, Messrs.
Cochrane and Co., for this and all the other bridges on the
line, having aided Mr. Ilawkshaw materially in this design
of using two girders only to support such enormous strains
17 at once abandoning the rough and unskilful way of con-
structing girders with plates punched and sheared by hand,
and substituting in its stead machinery designed for the
purpose of drilling and planning the plates in the most
accurate manner. It is not too much to state that the ac-
curate and finished character of the work in this bridge has
since caused almost a revolution in the construction of
wrought iron beams of magnitude.
Great praise is also due to the contractors for the skilful
manner in which the actual work of erecting the bridge has
been carried out, and not a single fatal accident having oc
curred during its progress. All the other bridges on the
line have been tested by the Government inspector with
similar severity and with the same satisfactory results as to
proof of strength. All the questions, in fact, connected
with the working of the line have been settled, and we be-
lieve it will open for public traffic on New Year's•day.

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VEUVE CLIQI7OT,
as described in Shaw's " Wine, the Vine, and the
Cellar."—A few miles on the Paris side of Epernay may be
seen a chateau, above the doorway of which is carved
"Mater Filiee," the mater being a lady of world-wide fame,
exceedingly rich, but still living in a small house at Reims,
as she did many a year ago; and although above 80 years
old, it is said there is not a cuve'e made without her opinion,
nor a transaction of importance without consulting her.
Others may have, and have, quite as good wine as hers;
for they have the same opportunities which she enjoys of
buying grapes or wine from growers ; while the preparation
of her liqueur is no mystery, and the fermentation must
everywhere go on in its natural course. The desire of her
house is not to make its wine better one year than another,
but to keep it as close as possible to its known standard pecu-
liarity year after year. if all seasons were alike, this would be
comparatively easy, but some are so bad that not a single
grape will be admitted into cellars of repute; and as two,
three, and more such years often succeed each other, her
and every other house are compelled to keep up stock in
the best way they can. The only plan of accomplishing
this is by searching throughout the district for the beat wine
that can be found in the cellars of growers or merchants, and
preparing them for their brand. Large firms such as hers,
and a few more, will make several cuvges of 53,000 and
100,000 dozens, after a good vintage. Shortly after that of
1861, I saw in her cellar casks that reminded me of the
quays of the London Docks ; and as these had to be pre-
pared, with much liqueur, for the shipments to Russia, &c.,
and less for the portion for England, it may be imagined
what a serious undertaking it is, and how much experience
and discrimination are required, to amalgamate these vari-
ous qualities into a homogeneous whole. But it is just to
add that, in stating that she has no monopoly of the best
grapes, nor of the knowledge of fermenting or converting
them into wine, hers is the only house where no other kind
but the best procurable quality is kept ; and therefore, any
one buying a bottle with her true brand on the cork, may
feel confident that it is the finest she can offer. She presses
her grapes leas than other growers, disposing of the sur-
plus ; while most houses retain theirs for farther pressure,
and then sell according to the result; probably branding
with their own known brand that which proves good, and
with a " fancy " brand that which is inferior.
THE MISSING SHIPS.--Five
weeks have now
elapsed, and there has been no intelligence of the
missing laden colliers which sailed from the Tyne and ad-
jacent north country ports in the last week in November for
London, and it is reduced to a certainty, it is feared, that
they have perished with their crews. The names of the
Tyne vessels that have, it is almost certain, foundered are
Mary, of North
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h3idpDec,so
tshheieEldesth; era,ntahethEerAodnrnicaknsa, aEndlizthabeeLtha, the Spray, and the
James, of South Shields. Another vessel, named the
d
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try close upon 60 seamen will have
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perished with those ships. As far as can be ascertained,
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missing
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s
try seamen and sailor lads have perished by their vessels
foundering at sea with them. This sad calamity is being
realised in all its bitterness by the bereaved families in the
northernt
hope that those ships had been driven towards
the Dutch or Norway coast, and might turn up again,
oihped against seaports,
nsfor, down to about Christmas, they had
Among the vessels included in the number mentioned above
are the Gem and the Cleveland, belonging to Whitby. That
seaport has suffered severely by the gale. A. vessel named
the George, belonging to that port, alter being abandoned,
has been picked up and taken into Gottenburg. As already
reported, several crews of water-logged and disabled ships
suffered fearfully by exposure during the terrific gales of
the first week in December. The George is reported to
have lost four of her crew, including the mato and his son
by exhaustion, before a friendly ship came to their assist.

ante. it would appear that most of the vessels missing.
and of which there is little doubt nothing more will be

heard, had put into the Humber through adverse winds,
and that on Wednesday, the 2d of December, the wind
having got round to the N.W., blowing fresh, they
had put oat of that roadstead with every prospect of
a quick passage to London. But during that night or
Thursday morning the wind chopped round to the S.W.
again, and came on to blow a hurricane. It will be remem-
bered that the force of Thursday's gale was most severe in
the midland counties, and it would catch these ships in
Boston Deeps, the very worst place for laden colliers to en-
csunter such a storm, and there is every reason to believe
that most of the vessels missing perished there or on the
edge of the Dogger Bank. It is to be feared many of the
families of the men that are supposed to be lost are in a
destitute condition, some of the widows being left with large
families.

BRITISH MUSEUM.—The national collections will
be closed to the public from Friday, the Ist, until Thurs-
day, the 7th of January, 1861, inclusive, to afford the at-
tenlants their usual Christmas holidays.
Hornimun's Tea is choice and strong, moderate
in price, and Wholesome to use. These advantages have
secured for this Tea a general preference, It is sold in
packets by 2,280 Agents,

The Late Earl of Charlemon&

The Freeman contains the following interesting
reminiscences of the above noble earl, whose death
we annonncad yesterday :
Another link connecting us with the past has been broken.
The venerable Earl of Charlemont, who inherited the name
as well as the virtues of his great father, died on Saturday.
at the advanced age of 90. Francis, the second earl, was
born Jan. 6, 1774, so that on Jan. 4th next he would have
completed his 90th year. Born at a time of great political
fermentation, and when Irish society reflected more beauty,
brilliancy, and wit than any society in Europe, he loved to
detail the events which made an impression on his boyhood.
Gifted with a retentive memory, he recalled scenes and
characters which at the present day appear to be cast back
into the dim traditions of history. When only In his
fifth year he well remembered the rising of the Irish
Volunteers. Like the Prince Imperial, who is now tho
hope of France, the Irish nation regarded the eldest son of
the Earl of Charlemont. Some of our readers may have
seen an old engraving of a roviesy of the volunteers in
College-green, commanded by the Duke Of Leinster and
the Earl of Charlemont. The young viscount was present,
riding at his father's side. He rccollected distinctly all the
illustrous names of Irish history from 'B2. At the re-unions
which took place at Leinster House and Charlemont House,
at that period the centres of all the intellect, beauty, and
fashion of the metropolis, his lordship mixed with; the cha-
racters of that memorable epoch. With Grattan he was of
course perfectly familiar. Flood he less distinctly remembered,
but he still retained sufficient to give us a more perfect idea
of that remarkable man than history has transmitted to us
His lordship was accustomed to say that his father ad-
mired Flood more than any of the men of that day, so
fertile in great statesmen and orators. That the Earl of
Charlemont and Henry Flood entertained a mutual respect
for each other appears from the publisted correspondence,
which exhibits the highly cultivated tastes and refined in-
tellectual intercourse that subsisted between those eminent
men. He told anecdotes of Grattan, Avonmore, Bowes
Daly, Forbes, Gardiner, together with a long catalogue of
other celebrities, when his memory was more active than it
had been in the decline of his life. He also had a distinct
though less clear, recollection of other figures who played
no unimportant part in the literary and political history
of England. He remembered when a boy having been
introduced by his father at several meetings of the
famous Literary Club. Burke he knew and remembered
well. A short time before his death the earl and
his son visited him at Beaconsfield, and he remem-
bered well one of the first questions Burke asked his father
was what he thought about the progress of events in France.
The education of Viscount Caulfield was conducted under
the immediate eye of his accomplished father, until, in
his 16th or 17th year, he entered college, where he dis-
tinguished himself in classics. On the dissolution of
Parliament in '97 he was elected for the county of Ar-
magh, and, we need not say, voted heart and soul against
the union. His venerable father did not live to see the
measure carried, having died in 1799, when his son suc-
ceeded to the title and estates. Lord Charlemont, not
without some reluctance, • took his seat in the English
House of Lords, to which, however, he was soon recon-
ciled. Thoroughly liberal, loving Ireland and her
people, whenever he spoke in the upper house he advo-
cated the religious and civil rights of his country. He was
a good speaker, aLd always impressed by his clear, good
sense. In the struggle between the Irish Liberals and
Tories, before and after emancipation, he was always at the
service of the Liberal party. He took an active part in the
Moore testimonial, which was one of the last of his public
acts. He gave up Charlemont House to the committee, and
at the public meeting over which he presided he spoke with
feeling and grace of the national poet with whom he was
long and intimately acquainted. His last appearance in
public was at the opening of the Irish Exhibition of 1853,
when he appeared as the senior of the Knights of St.
Patrick, his father having been one of the first creations of
the order. He wee a man of great and varied acquire-
ments. Modest and unobtrusive, he never developed the
eminent qualities which distinguished him, except in
the circle of his private friends, whose hearts he won by
the gentleness of his manner and the brilliancy of his con-
versation, which, it was said, much resembled his father's.
In one respect he differed widely from his father. Equally
national, be was more liberal. His father's opposition to
emancipation he never approved, while he illustrated, in his
whale life, the highest respect for the religious and civil
liberties of his Catholic countrymen. Though he liked
England well, as he was accustomed to say, he loved
Ireland better,' and proved it by an almost unvarying
residence for over sixty years. He said he drew his
income from Ireland, and it should be spent in Ireland.
Whenever he visited England, for Parliamentary or other
purposes, where he was received with open arms by the
chiefs of the Whig party, he always longed to be back at
Marino, or the family seat in Tyrone. Marino, however,
was his favourite. There he exclusively resided for the
last seven years, and there he died. Some three or four
years ago the venerable nobleman might be seen moving
backwards and forwards to Dublin in his Whig uniform_
a bright blue coat, with a splendid high collar gurnislied
with velvet, and the buff waistcoat. We need not say
when recognised all classes treated him with the pros
fondest respect. Agriculture was one of his favourite pur-
suits, and he perfectly understood its principles and pree..
liee, His lordship married Miss Birmingham, daughter of
the direct descendant of the lords of Athenry. He had one
son, who died in his minority. He is succeeded in the title
and estates by his nephew, the Hon. Colonel Caulfeild, lord
lieutenant of Armagh. His remains will be buried on
Thursday next in Armagh cathedral, where his father was
buried. The Irish people will regret the death of a good
Irishman in Francis, second Earl of Charlemont,
" Son of the man
Who led the van
Of the Irish Volunteers,' "

conclusion of the concert which the regiment holds on that
evening. The regiment mustered in force last week, at
• Burlington-house, to welcome the return of Col. Lindsay
from the Continent, and his recovery from the accident he
met with on Wormholt Scrubbs, Ho will present the
prizes on Tuesday.
The companies forming the Ist Administrative Battalion
of Somerset Volunteers had a field day on Saturday. The
men of the Ist; 2d, 14th, 27th, and 18th companies paraded
in Queen-square, Bath, and afterwards marched to Kilston-
park, the residence of Col. Inigo Jones, colonel command-
ant, where they found a detachment of the sth (Ikeynsharu)
company awaiting them. The force was divided into two
bodies,—one under the command of Adjutant Bampfylde,
and the other under Captain Ford. Tho former were sup-
posed to hold tho mansion of the colonel, which was sustain-
ing a siege from an enemy, represented by Captain Ford's
divisions. After some preliminary skirmishing an assault
was ordered, which resulted in the defenders being worsted
and taken prisoners. At the conclusion of the:manosuvrem
the men were regaled, and after the repast Mrs. Colonel
Jones presented the silver challenge cups offered for com-
petition to the battalion of Colonel Jones and Mr. E.
Lovell, clerk of the peace for the county of Somerset.
They are held for this year by Privates Hay and Drake,
of the Ist company. Colonel Jones also said a few
words. He congratulated himself on commanding a bat-
talion in which there were 90 marksmen, and expressed a
hope that there would be a meeting of Volunteers in that
neighbourhood next year. The recipients of the cups having
returned thanks, three cheers were given for Mrs. Jones and
the gallant colonel. The officers on the ground then accepted
the invitation of Colonel Jones to partake of luncheon, the
band playing in front of the how e. Shortly afterwards the
returned

"'_-

Fatal Stabbing by Manilla Men.
A frightful case of stabbing took place in Liver-
pool on Christmas night, by two Manilla seamen,
named Narioz Vrumea and Lorenzo Carpus, belong-
ing to the brig Florriana, lying in the King's Dock.
From a statement made by a young man,
named
Thomas Gallagher, it appeared that he and two
men, named Joseph and William M'Grath (cousins)
the former 22 and the latter 25 years of age, were
drinking together, at the counter in Mr. Holden's
publichouse, in Lower Frederick-street, between 10
and 11 o'clock on Christmas night. William
M'Grath, after drinking, laid the glass on
the counter, and said he would not have
any more drink till next Christmas. He was
rather drunk, and staggered back against
the coloured seamen, who were passing behind
at the time. This made the seamen very
angry, and one of them said he would have revenge.
Gallagher said to him, "My good man, no one
wishes to offend you," but the coloured man (Carpus)
repeated that he would have his revenge. The two
coloured men then went out, but it would seem re-
mained close to the public-house door, for when the
cousins M'Grath went outside they were seized hold
of by the Manilla men, one of them (Carpus) stab-
bing Wm. M'Grath in the back between the shoul-
ders, and the other coloured man stabbing Joseph
M'Grath several times in the abdomen. This state-
ment is borne out by that of a sailor who witnessed
the occurrence, but it differs from what is said by
Police-constable 92, who arrested Carpus. This
officer states that he saw Joseph M'Grath running
away from Carpus, and saw that the former stopped
and moved up the street, when he was stabbed by
Carpus. Joseph M'Grath fell down immediately,
and Carpus, who was about to repeat the
stab, went with much violence against the wall.
Just then Carpus observed him (the officer) and ran
for about 20 yards, when he turned round, and
seeing the officer still in pursuit he ran a short dis-
tance further, when the officer came up with him
and seized him. The prisoner dropped the knife
when taken hold of by the constable. It was after-
wards picked up, but there did not appear to be any
blood upon it. It was, however, very dirty from
being in the mud. Both of the coloured seamen
were taken to Bridewell, and the two injured men
were conveyed to the Southern Hospital—Joseph
M‘Grath on a bearing barrow, and William in a car
—where they received every attention from Da.
Wollaston and Hamilton.
On Saturday morning the police authorities re-
ceived a note from Dr. Wollaston, stating that
"Joseph M'Grath is suffering from a wound in the
abdomen. I think there is but little chance of his
recovery, and that it would be well to take his de-
positions. Wm. M'Grath is suffering from a wound
on the back. Both, of course, are not fit to appear."
Mr. Thomas Mills, one of the borough magistrates,
accordingly went to the hospital on Saturday
forenoon, accompanied by one of the magis-
trates' clerks, and in his presence the following
statement was made by Joseph M'Grath, and
taken down in writing :
"I am a dock labourer, living at No. 2, Forrest-
street, Liverpool. On last night (Dec. 25) at about
half-past eleven o'clock, I was with my cousin Wm.
M'Grath in Lower Frederick-street, and we went
into a publichouse there (Hoiden's), and on coming
out we saw a row. The two prisoners and other
coloured men like them were engaged in it. We
stopped to look on, end one of the two prisoners, I
cannot say 'which, but am sure it was one of them,
turned round, saying, ' This is one,' and the other
prisoner pulled out a knife and struck me with it in
my left side, the lower part, and caused the wound
lam now suffering from. I fell when I got the
stab, and the two prisoners ran off, followed by
some of the crowd, who shouted, They have killed
a man.' I had seen the two prisoners before that
night in a public-house. They were drinking
together. I did not speak a word to them, and
never gave them any provocation. I think they
must have taken me for another person. I was
about half drunk. I knew well what I was doing.
I did not see Wm. M'Grath stabbed. I cannot say
whether the person said, This is one' in English
or not, but he pointed to me, and I understood him
to mean that I was one. There were other coloured
men near me when I was stabbed, but only the pri-
soners were very near. One of the prisoners only
ran at me, and I saw the other run towards William
M'Grath; and the one who seized hold of me had a
knife. I saw it in his hand as he held me."
This deposition having been interpreted to the
prisoners by a sworn interpreter (Mr. Peter Bog
giano), Carpus replied through the interpreter. 1
will swear by the cross of Christ I never saw the
man. I never done the deed. I had n
knife."
The The other prisoner, Vrumea, said, "Somebody
. gave
me a blow here (putting his band to his head).
I struck beck at the person, bat did not hit
him. I had no knife." The magistrate decided to
ays. Theyi were
remand the prisoners for seven d
r remand, Vrumea said,
acquainting them with their
en d there
took were eight
then removed to their cells, and on Mr. oggiaho
eight
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ao"
and
Idt hl elef
nevert c ri ne
yw kodnnoi
ufbeeo
iia atr. dnt .h e Scoambien't a
About midnight on Saturday Joseph Al`Grath
died at the hospital from the effects of the
Wound.
William M'Grath still ies at the same
Institution
in a dangerous state."—Liverpool Cou •

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NARKETS—Tbis Day,
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HAY MARKZTS.
or,
£4
Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, 41 58 to £l, lOs per
SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3
Trade slow.
f Os to £4 102 Od ; clov
load.
£4 Os ItoMewlow hay, £3 Os to £4 los ea ;
_d
loa clover,
A slow demand.
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od
'and straw, £lss to £1 lOs per
wiIITECRAPELLS 1080 .—Meadow hay,straw a£3Os to lOs Od ; clover,
d ; and Ll. 52 to £l. lOs
Trade inactive. Per load.

The market rein ainsCeOloLs
Business 11,, OedNflorAitLhe Christmas holidays.
' hewilt be resumed on Tuesday next, the
sth proximo. ,

MISTA _ _
Jo,
4-11 FOR AN AMBASSADOR.--A corres-
Pondent, Writing from Paris, says I hope it may
never fall to the lot of any of your readers to be mistaken for
an ambassador, as happened to a friend of mine yesterday.
Re arrived at an hotel which, to injure no vested interests,
g half asleep, asked
forhe Went to bed and
being will
a bceadl lr o t E
was nor m
sixe , and,aan., and
to sleep. When be awoke he found himself 'lying in state
in a crimson satin bed, the room lighted up by many
bougies, and quite a vista of looking-glass reflected and
re-reflected his astonished face. He rose; and found
baths prepared in a dressing room, fitted up lbw a lady's
boudoir, and, finally, breakfast arranged on a small table in
the midst of a vast saloon, bright with mirrors and splendid
with gold and crimson. Alarmed, he rang the boll, ' Waiter,
where am I ?" Hotel Enorme, votre excellence I au pre-
mier.' And the price ?' asked my friend. ' Oh, a Naga.
telle, as son excellence will see by the tariffe.' lie looked
and found it was 200 francs. Why put me here ?" I
thought monsieur was an ambassador. We always put
them au premier.' Ambassador I why Because mon-
sieur wore a black coat.'

SECOND EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK.

THE BRAZLS.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAM.)
(By telegraph from Lisbon.)

RIO BE JANEIRO, DEC. 9.
Exchange on London, 27k to 27. Coffee good,
first 6,600 to 6,700. Shipments since the departure
of the last steamer, 80,606 bags, of which 18,009
were for the Channel. Sales, 45,000 bags. Stock,
135,000 bags. Freights, 40s. to 472. Gd.

BAIIIA, DEC. 12.
Exchange on London, 271. Cotton, 26,000 reis.
Sugar, 2,400 to 25,000 reis.

PERNAMBUCO, DEC. 15.
Exchange on London, 27i to 28,1. Sugar, 3,800
reis ; browns, 2,200 to 2,600 reis. Cotton, 26,000

The Messageries Imperiales steamer Estramadure
arrived here on the 13th inst,

lIIIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

LONDON GAZETTE--This Evening.

WAR OFFICE, DEC. 29.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of Colonel Alexander Tulloh, of the
Royal Artillery, having the temporary rank of M ajor-
General while he served as the Director of Ordna to be
an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of thee,hrd
Class, or Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 28,
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Francis Alex an-
der, Earl of Kintore, to be Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal
of the shire of Aberdeen, in the room of Charles, Marquis
Horn hEeanrQui
of
feeextnt fl,s resigned.
too ee:Ln Lieutenant
of Runt;Y, deceased.
nseadattoanadpsphoienrtiffSpirritmipeas
ulatea
of the shire of Kincardine, in the room of Francis Alex an-
derT,

Course of the Exchange—This Day.

Amsterdam ........ Short. 11 17
RDitto ........ 3 Monthz, 11 191
otterdam ..........
__
Antwerp ll 191
.• --
Brussels 25 671
----
Hamburgh 25 671
, --- 13 n
Paris -
Ditto
„, • 0
Marseilles
;45 70
Frankfort on Maine ......
4
Vienna
1219
95
Trieste
_ 2
Petersburgh — 123345
Berlin —
Madrid ... • ••
_,47i
Cadiz
484-
Leghorn
25 87f 2.5 5
Genoa
Milan — 25 874- 25 92/
Na
alermo Naples - 25 95
P
25 87k 25 92i
.. . Messina
25
887 f 225 92/
5
Lisbon
—* 52 25 9
a 7/
52a
Oporto
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 172 /
9
Mexican Dollars .......... .
Silver in Bars (Standard) ... 0 05 0
South American Doublons
- _
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11 WI

12 Oi
12 04-
25 7?
25 72
•13 Si
25 35
25 '7
25 75
119 k
12 30
12 30
33:1

FOURTH. EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 7 O'CLOCK,

BANKRUPTS
The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im•
portance in the Gazette :
Philip Cream, carver, Hull
Robert Brawn, brickmaker, Bradford
George Ledger, glass merchant, Woolwich
Henry Desplan, surgeon, Bristol
George Oglebey, butcher, Golden-hill, near Pembroke
William Watkins, grocer, Canon Pyon, Rerefordshiro
Joseph Trout, beerhousekeeper Jump, rkshire
Charles Bright, coal merchant, 'Niton, Isl Yorkshire
of Wight
Edward Abrahams, auctioneer, Twickenham
Anthony B. Pike, clerk, Woolwich
Charles Walter, publican, Saffron-hill, Holborn
George H. Cooper, stationer, Raquet-court, Fleet-street
J ames Leek, timber dealer,Everton
Robert Jackson, law clerk, Western Hill, Durham
William Busbridge, farm bailiff, Biddenden, Kent
Wilkinson Wilson, general sealer, Durham
Thomas Beattie, labourer, Greystoke
Charles H. V. Charlton, directory compiler, Leeds
John Mitchell, farmer, Meadowbank, by Polmont
Alexander Munn, farmer, Auchintulloch, Dumbarton-
shire

SCOTCH BANKRUPTS.
Robert Marshall, gardener, Edinburgh
Charles omith, farmer, Haddington
John S. Harkness, Wright, Glasgow
Mungo Scott, flour merchant, Edinburgh
William Ignatius Roche, draper, Glasgow
Rutherfoord, Rule, and Co., carpet warehousemen,
Glasgow

We are authorised to state that there is no truth
n ,the report that the Earl of Cardigan has subscribed
either £lOO or £6OO towards paying Col. Crawley's expenses,
or that pending the proceedings of the general court-martial
he has placed himself at the head of a list of subscribers,—
into that
Morning Herald.
SMUGGLING BY MEANS OF CRINOLINE,.--Two
German women who were going out in the New
were hi the York steamer from Southampton on Wednesday Were
de-
tected in endeavouring to smuggle 221bs. of cigars
her dress, and
town from the steamer which lay in the dock, arid
Which
had justl
b come
x es
aftraromngßroreumndenh.er Tpheresocnigaiarsside
Women walked
ordi-
nary boxes, each containing lib. weight. Each of the
women
f.istothe
tohther, and
contraband The
vittesrtyeneeadremto
Ihy7theerihneoxliesner.atAtleldtheortueghoatahl:
a custom-house officer, hearing a strange
Buenos
passed him, suspected that it had a noise as
origin. ewomen
before they were de-
passedThQuebeo on the 18th,. !
gall, Stevenson,
women had got outside the dock
tected. ,
MISSING VESSELS.--The ph.,
from Montreal on the 16th septe
pi
apeoes ed
beento
hheaavred
of.
Tor-
e Promesa do Torry
ejfa'or the
rents, sailed from
Ayres on the Bth July
Channel, and has not s.
nisors
The Figaro -.Prn,nlCe been heard of. sailedAua
longer paid by the
paid Yes I the ' San
-°.anime publishes the following
curious detail--
of a centime a s ricilv b •
" A.le
Millais is for at the rate
xandre Dumas, the novelist, is no
Felice,' which i line, but by the. letter.
eingp
this fact.' letter. we can guarantee the exactitude of
THE N-E.,e,
" ROYAL ACADEMICIANS.—Mi. E. .1-.
übhshed,
Royal A and Mr. E. W. Cooke have been elected
" Academicians, the contest being between Mr.Millais
a 7
'lr. Fuld, between Mr. Cooke and Mr. Horsley. Mr.
Feed i 8 the youngest associate, and it is very unusual for
Such a one to come into immediate competition for the
highest honours of the Academy. Four or five seats are
now vacant among Associates—one of whom must be a

sculptor.
Scholarof Oxford, a comedy in three acts, and in
A FRENCH VIEW OF ANCIENT ENGLAND.—The
Fee virafflard, represented for the first time in the
Francais, July 29, 1824 ; price 2 francs 50
I centimes, Paris, Madame Virginie Dabo, Publisher. I
ought, perhaps, to say that the copy lying before me, stained
and dingy,
but yet in tolerable preservation, I found with
Second prose,
a heap of other works in a by-street, offered at a penny a
volume.
It is neither the better nor the worse for that.
The time of this comedy is the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
The characters are Lord Morden; an ambitious courtier,
hFie ltre-
with a noble mansion in Lombard-street, in a magnificent
park; Lady Morden, his sister ; Miss Maria, who is said
in the list of personages to be their mother, but who is, in
fact, as nearly as I can judge from the drama, their niece
(Miss Maria, leur mere, has an awkward look) ; Lord Straf-
ford, friend of the Morden family; Robert, Professor
of Humanities in the College of Mr. Jackson; Will,
Student of the University of Oxford ; and several ch -
racters of lesser importance. The first scene opens 15'
a forest, which turns out to be in Hydc Park. There
lent a tavern, kept by Goot, on whose sign is see_
il " Excel-
lent porter—loge a pied et a cheval."
Enter Will with
a small bundle and some books under his arse He is 18.
He has just left the University of Oxford, beeaase he has
completed his studies, and also because A
1--8 Unknown pro-
tectors have forgotten to pay his last quarter's expenses.
He has a vague idea that his father, who" name he dos.
not happen to know, has died in (ail°. " Here I am," ex-
wllitihllo,u"taktnloBw, ifnrgeeWbere I go. How the air is good I
/nY own: master, and running the
wcloarimlds,
How I respire at my ease I Ah I this day is the most beau-
tiful of my life. (He throws his books into the air.) Good-
your immortality has cost mon many a flogging. Will, if
good.by Virgil! good-by Horace I
Good-
by Quintus Curtaus I
you believe me, you are fatigued ; you want some refrestv-
ment. Ah, here is a tavern where I can change my first
guinea. Hon° I Mr. Host Mrs.
beer in his hand. " W.eli,
Mrs. Hostess, Mr. Goot 1" '
Enter Mr. Goot, with a
pot
young gentletnan," he says, " you make a good deal of ru Aso
fur one,"
" A put of your best beer, Mr. Geot, and I will
not beat you down on it.', ,‘Hare it is," said the publi can ;
"taste that; by the time you have drunk two glasset i you
will feel a vigour,a fire in the head, you will be furious , and
ready to box with an the world. As for my porter, Ire serve
that for great occasions, such as a prize-fight, or my . wife's
birthday,"— Dickenes".4ll the lear leound," just publ, fished,