The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-18 00:00:00

DOCKS.

2,600 k } Bp. C Commercial OOO/. sh.
1,06515 h
408,6871/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 107
3,233,310 t/. 50s. p.ct. London Stock 5:31
Ditto Bonds 99
1,3.0,000/. 4*/. p. et. West India Stock 95
2,009 2/.195. Bristol
68,324/. Si. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts ll3
stock 99
' 352,752 41 per cent. St. Katharine
500,000 4f per cent. Ditto Bonds lOO
'lOO,OOO 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds ItT 10 years 99*
Shoreham /Labour
2 500 ........ Deptford l'ier
BRIDGES.
1,500 Ifs. liammersmiti: 5O/. O. 221
7,2'31 Southwark, Old Av. t3l. Is. SO. sh. 2
1,700 D. 15s. Ditto, New. of 7i per cent. 5O/. sh. 111
5,000 ... ...... Waterloo lOO/. sh. 3
5,000 18s. ltd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 21. 6Ol. pd 10
5,000 I6s. 40. Ditto, New Ditto of 7' 4O/. pd 161
60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds ll6
5,943 17s
AVSauxhall Avsrage 70/. 10s. 3d. sh. 161
•,URANCE COMPANIES.
0,1100 3/ lOs Albion 500/. sh. 501. pd 51)
50,000 flne,, 15n2.1 Alliance, B ritish & Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 13
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 103/. sh. Si. pd 51
24,000 1 / per sh. Atlas
1,200 Ish. Si. Birmingham t ire 050/. sh. 551. pd 1071
20,000 41 percent. British Fire 950/.sh. 50/. pd 42
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 55/, s 5. 5/. pd fi
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Med t,.-al, Fa. Life, Mash. 12/10s pd 4
4,000 2/ les County 1001. sh. 10/. pd 42
20,000 ss. Eagle
-. {5 per cent.looo/. sh. 250/. pd 375
•Jkl Economic
ana 30/ bs.} Idle
2,271 225. per cent. Eurepean Li. • 00/. sh. all pd 22
50,0553 es. Ditto, New '2ol. sh. '2l. pd lt
1,000,000/. 7/.per ct. Globe Stock 155
20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 27*1 pd 33
10,000 6s. I'd. Hope 50/. sh. 51. pd 6
.2,400 51. 7s. 61. Imperial Fire 500/ sh. 50/. pd 125
7,500 9s. Imperial I.i te 100/. sh. 10/. pd 10
13,458 4!. per cent. Indemnity Marine 11 90. sta. Si. psi 19
2,020 31 10: Rest Fire 50/. sh. all pd lil2
3/. Ditto Life 79
10,'00 I 6s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10/. pd 251
5 000 10s. London, Fire ... ......... ...251 sh. 12/. 103. pd 151
3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. L?/. 10s. pal 151
3e,0 0 5/. per cent. Palladium 1:M, 50/. sh. 21. pd 0/ Os Od
50,003 4/. per cent. Protector Fite 00/. sh. 2/. pd 17.00
'1,500 11. Provident Lne lOO/. sh. 10/. rid 191
100,000 ss. Rock Life 001. sh. 11. pd 61
6341,22.01 Si. per cent. Royal Exch.aigQ Stork- 226
e,llO 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 51. pd 51
50,000 4 per cent. United kingdom Life 2l. pal
JOINT STUCK BANKS
25,110 ti percent. Agric andC,anni. of Ireland 25/. sh. 10/. pd 14
5,050 Australasia 4O/. sh. 40/. pd 53;
10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham se/. sh. 101. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 51. pd 161
30,000 5 per cent. I iondon and Westaninster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd 2(1
3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster... 100/. sh. 20/. pd :ill
2.5,,450 Liverpool 1001 sh. IW. i:d t. 3
50,000 71 per cent Manenester and Liverpi.ol} inn,.
_„ :,. , , ~,,
iau sh. 'at pd <l3
Discount
20,006 7 per cent. Manchester. 100/. sh. 25/ pd 07
20,1100 Provincial Bank of Ireland-(00/. sh. '251. p 0 40
20, 10 'rational Bank of Ireland ...50/. sh 171/. pd 14;
10,110 5 per cent. National Prwincial Eng. ...1001. sh. 35/. pd 32
0,00) Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10/. pd 20
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. M. pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 1/ .5s 60 Bath 2O/. sh. II'!. pd 24
5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 161. pd 21
5/.ercent.' •
5,"" /and Bs. ss. j Da Provincial 2O/. sta. 19 d 221
928 5/ 10s Birmingham 50/. sit. 1)6
1,250 '2l Os Bristol
1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 001. sh. 11
750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 181. pd Pi
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 90/. sh. all pd 17
4,000 4/. Continental Consolidated lOO/. rag pd 85
1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 180
1,103 61. Ditto, New
4,000 4/. 111 s. Equitable 'O/. pd 301
0,, 00 21 per cent. Imperial 5O/. sh. 45
sou a per cent. Isle 'if Thatiet 951. sh. 201. pd 20
2,350 61. per cent. Independent '3O/. sh. all pal 481
9,000 3/, per cent. Phrenix 50/. sli. 39/. pd 211
1,00(1 4/. per cent. RatclifF 100/. sh. 80!. pd 56
4,000 South Metropolitan 501. sh. 19/. pd 17
8,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 461. pd 24
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 50
400 101. per cent IVattefield
12,000 3/. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 101. pd 81
86A/ Yarmouth 20/. sh. 18/. pd 9
WATER WJRKS.
1,200 9s. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25/. pd 011
1,434 6/. East London lOO/. sh. 145
5,500 21 105 Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 54
2,000 2/. Kent 100/. sh. 43
372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 3:16
1,500 21 106 Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 58
6,486 11 15s Manchester and Salford lOO/. sh. 53
1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 87
8,294 41, West Middlesex -.Average 63/. 12s. Dd. sh. 83
1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,000 Birmingham and Derby l5/. pd 61
9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester l2l/, pd 2
7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Oi
15,1110 Bristol and Exeter 100/. sh. 10 pd 2!
1160 Calcutta and Saugur 501. sh. 2/. pd 01
7,500 Cheltenham and G. Western...lool. sh. '7ll. 11
3,000 Clarence lOO/. sir. 100/. pd 30
12,000
8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 100/. sh. 21 pd 0*
60,000 Eastern Counties • 25/. sh. 3/. pal 11
Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. pd 181
.... .... Great North of England 7l. pd 51
25,000 Great Western lOO/. sh. 55/. pd 671
2,000 Hartlepool 100/. sh. 100/. p 0 100
6,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 10/. pd i
10,000..... ... Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/. pd 14
2,100 31.. per cent. Leeds and Selby 100 sir. 4*
1,500 11.55. Leicester and Swannington -.501. sh. all pd 70
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo( /.sh. 100(. pd 195
10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 95/. pd 01
36,000 London and Brighton 50/. sh. 5/ pd 31
12,000 London and Blackwall 50/. sh. 31 p 0 Os
20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich 2O/. sic 5201. pd 141
25,000 ...... ... London and Birmingham ...lOW. sh. 90/. pd 161
... ...... Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd .241
20,600 London and Southampton....sol. sh. 591. pd 351
Ditto ditto New......
7,000
7,000 Ditto Scrip 14!. sh. 2/. pd Fil
12,000 London Grand Junction 501. sh. 5/. pd 01
10,000
North Midland 100/. sh. 25/. pd 251
Northern and Eastern lOO/. sh. s/. pd 94
2,600 Preston and Wyre 50!. sh. 30/. TA
28,000 South Eastern and Dover 71. pd 31
1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 240
9,000
1,400
6,000
MINES.
5,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. 31/. pd 12
4,000 11. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 111
10,000 .... Anglo Mexican, iss. 5!. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd 3
Ditto Subscription 2.51. pa 4
2,000 FL Bolanos
10,000 11. 10s Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 201. pd 20/
6,1 k 0 Macaubas ti; Cocaes United 25/.sh. 231/. pd 6
11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. sh. 91. pd 4
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 20/. pd 5
10,000 .......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 81. pd 6
20,000 British Iron 5Ol. sh. 50/ pd 37
6,000 ... ...... British Copper 5l. sh. 4l/. pd i I
Cata Branca 6//. pd 1
Candonga 7O. pd 6
10,000 11 Copiapo 2Ol. sh 121/ pd II
8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pm.
2,850 31. English l2/ ICs. pd
20,000 Gtneral Mining Association...2ol. sh. 151. pd 30
6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh. 5511. pd 2
3,000 Polberou Consols . lOl. sh. 8/. pd 21
11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered l4/
Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 1121
30,000 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm..... 40!. sh. all pd 21
Ditti, Scrip 2l
Ditto New Scrip
West Cork 50/. sh.. 50/. pd 38

LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
1,000
1,500 London University 1001. sh. all pd 23i
700
King' College 1001. pi 28
MISCELLANEOUS.
10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 2cll. pd 31
6,000 4/, per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 14
10,000 61 per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 261. pd
200,000 51. per cent. Upper Canada Loan 99i
City Bonds 4 per cent .... loi
_

15,000
101. 1/. Os.
cent. Hudson's Bay St General StearriNockavigation ...151 sh. 131. pd 22
per
11.
2,000 London Corn. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 19
8,000 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh. 2j/. pd 11
New Brunswick Land Company 431. pd 11
2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary interest 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd 125
2,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 100/. sh. 70/. pd 66
4,000
10,000 Os. Van Die.ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd ICI

LIST OF SCOTT
NOV 29. IISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
. 837
BANKS.

/.500,0094 6/. p. ct. Ban% of Scotland S 3/. Os. Sd. sh. all pd 1911.
2,000,0X1. 51 p. ct. Royal of Scotland 1001. sh. all pd 161/,
500,00 N. 4p. ct. British Linen Company 1001. sh. 411 pd 2371.
3,000,000/. Si. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl. sh. 100/. pd 1731.
5./00,000c :, n. et. tistional lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 16/.
2,000,0001. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union '230/. at. 501. pd 70/.
4,000,001. 4p. ct. Western of Scotland ..- -2001. sh 30/. pd 39/.
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
250,0005 h 6}p. ct. Scottish Union 201. sh. 1/, pd 27s
7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 131 10s.
100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 81 s
50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd ln.
isooo sp. ct. Caledoni in Fire 1001. sli. 10/. pd 16151
5,000 6p. et. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. pi 14/10s
100,000 Si p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 5t Oa

MISCELLANEOUS
4,810 Edin. Pnd Gins. Un. Canal 501. sh. all pd 22/.
Ditto Allocated 96/. eh. all pd 651.
5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 251. sh. all pd 341
Carron Iron Company 2')o/, sh. all pd 451.
i,ooosh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery 501. sh 381. pd 431.
10,060 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2O/. sh. 161. pd SiL
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 251. sh. all pd 594
4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all tad 611.
750 7i per cent. Leith Coal Gas 20/. sh. all pd 45/.
1,295 Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway...sol. sh 551.
spoo 5 per cent. Equitable Loan Conwany.,.2s/, •lz. 91, pd 101.

LAW OF PATENTS

We perceive that Mr. Mackinnon has given notice of a
motion on the subject of the present defective law of pa-
tents. Our readers will recollect he brought forward a
similar measure last Session, which was frustrated, as
many other useful measures were, partly by a delay which
the Lords could have helped if they had pleased, and
partly by a public event over which they had no control.
The amendments already made in the old law of patents
by the legal authorities of the Government, are admitted
by everybody to be very deficient in remedy, however well-
intentioned. They are inadequate in almost all cases to
produce the objects intended. There is no subject of
deeper importance to the blended scientific and commer-
cial interests of this commercial country, and more worthy
of the talents which the Honourable Member has brought
to bear upon the subject, and of the persevering zeal with
which, Session after Session, he has followed it up. Ur.
gent and expedient as the object is, its consideration by
the Legislature is accompanied with considerable difficulty.
The great problem to be solved is, to reconcile the indivi-
vidual rights of private property with the general claims of
commercial freedom. Minute and explicit distinctions are
therefore requisite in defining the provisions of the Bill.
We infer that Mr. Mackinnon has been alive to this dif-
ficulty, and has taken the adequate course for obviating it
in his proposal for a reform of the present law, of which he
has given notice. He stated on Thursday night, " that
he had found it necessary to divide the Bill into two sec-
tions—one, relative to the alteration of the law with re-
spect to patents ; and the other, with respect to different
scientific inventions." At present the law of patents sub-
jects any given inventor of some useful discovery to too
heavy an expense, and too much obstruction ; and, after
being subjected to both, he is by no means secure from
imitation. On the other hand, it must be admitted that
useful or necessary inventions might be generally locked
up from the nation, and especially in particular locali-
ties, by individuals alleging a right of discovery who have
no exclusive claim, but whose claim it is difficult to
impugn. The incompetency of the law of patents to pro-
tect invention, was one of the prominent grievances esta-
blished by the evidence last year before the " Select Com-
mittee of arts and manufactures." Mr. Martin, the cele-
brated painter, and several architects and sculptors, pro-
duced curious and startling examples of the total incompe-
tency of the patent law to protect the property of individuals
engaged in art or science. Some of the first manufacturers
of the country, on whose combined prosperity its general
commercial prosperity depends—such as iron-masters,
brass-founders, calico-printers, Staffordshire potters, and
the principal manufacturers of silk and cotton goods—all
demonstrated that the present law of patent was deficient
in adequate protection. Invention in their several depart-
ments of commercial enterprise is as badly protected by the
patent law, as the laW of copyright (as urged by Mr. Ser-
geant Talfourd last night) is incompetent to protect literary
property. Having examined this evidence in detail last
year, and in a series of articles expressly devoted to the
purpose, it is not necessary now to repeat the investigation
—to analyze the facts again—or to recapitulate the argu-
ments we founded upon them. We trust that Mr. Mac-
kinnon's Bill may go far to supersede some of the chief
grounds of complaint, the justifiability of which was then
attested by numerous respectable witnesses, and the exist-
ence of the abuse undeniably established. Those great
benefactors of the human species who apply the discove-
ries of science to social comfort—who invent useful
machinery —or give impulse and pre-eminence to
staple branches of national industry and commerce,
ought to be protected in the acquisition of the remu-
neration they deserve for their useful labours —in
whatever way the question is considered, individually,
socially, or nationally. They are not for the most
part men who can afford the sacrifice of their time
without a fair pecuniary equivalent. It ought to be
proaided them in such a manner as to throw as few
impediments in the way of obtaining ample security as
possible. Their labours are more exhausting than any
other labour, and ought at least to be repaid with compe-
tency to those whose health and youth have both been sa-
crificed to the accomplishment of their object. We are
all indirectly interested in this result. Society, when it
repays them, reaps usurious benefit from encouraging those
arts which conduce to its comfort, wealth, and refinement.
That is another reason for securing protection to its
benefactors. It is dictated by self-interest as well as ha-
manity. Finally, there are discoveries by which the whole
nation benefits, and for which the discoverer (looking to the
permanent, universal, and national advantages of his la-
bours,) can never be too highly rewarded. We might in-
stance the steam-engine and the spinning-jenny. What
inappreciable benefits to society have they produced. For
these inventions wealth and power have fallen to the lot of
the inventors—it is true. But how many inventions have
there been which have equally benefited society, while the
inventors have languished in poverty or died in misery ?
The inventor of gas-light died in a workhouse. The first
constructor of a steam-boat died in a gaol. These things
are calculated to make the heart ache. Yet these examples
are only two out of myriads which might be adduced of
private merit in the public service being martyred or aban-
doned. A just and paternal Legislature should apply it-
self promply and anxiously to the redress of so great a
private wrong, which is never inflicted without consecutive
prejudice or ultimate injury to the public which permits it,
or to the nation wherein it occurs.—Morning Advertiser.

NAVAL

GENCE.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 16.—The Hastings, 74, Captain
Shiffner, arrived yesterday from Lisbon, after lying at an-
chor in the Tagus 1,257 days. She left on the 28th ult.,
and has been detained by contrary winds. Vice-Admiral
Sir W. Gage came home in her, his period of service
having expired. Lady Howard de Walden and family
also returned to England in her. The Hastings is or-
dered to Chatham to be paid off.
Extract of a letter from her Majesty's ship Rainbow,
dated Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nov. 12 :—" We sailed from
St. John's, Newfoundland, on the 4th of October, and
arrived at Bermuda on the 18th, at which place we found
the Seringapatam and Pearl ; the latter ship had suffered
severely from fever, but when we left they were fast re-
covering We here received orders to proceed direct to
Halifax. and left on the '2lst, but experienced tremendous
gales, at one time partaking of the nature of a hurricane ;
and we had the greatest difficulty in preserving the masts,
but we arrived all safe at Halifax on the sth of November,
where we found her Majesty's ship Wanderer refitting,
having got aground on her return from Quebec, and having
remained so a whole night, fortunately without material
damage. The Comus is also here ; she has experienced
the same weather, and one man on board died from board
during the gale. Our orders here are to receive on
lumber, &c., for Bermuda."
The Racer, 16, Commander Hope, arrived at the fsa-
vannah, on the 9th Nov., in a very distressed condition._
She had been sent from Jamaica to Belise, with a party of
Artillery to be exchanged, and on her return experienced
•
bad weather from the 21st to the 29th of September. For
three days it had been blowing a gale of wind, and sail was
gradually reduced till none whatever was set. On the even"
ing of that day the vessel laboured much, and at sunset the
wind blew so loud that it is described as "like a steamer
letting off her steam." Soon after sunset she was thrown
on her beam-ends, and remained so for five or six minutes,
until the mainmast gave way, when she righted. Jam"
Martin and Henry Longmead were washed overboard and
drowned, and Charles Gainbridge, a boy, was killed by the
fall of the mast ; a soldier's child was also killed below.
Everything in the hold, cables, shot, beef and pork, fetched
way to leeward. The wreck was cleared away as soon As
possible, but it was found the vessel had seven feet water in
her hold ; by one o'clock this was pumped out, when the
vessel was again thrown on bar beam-ends, but as the fore- .
mast was at the same time carried away, she righted goon,
though the lower hatches were thrown up, and some peoPle
below were bruised. By dint of great exertion jurymas"
sufficient to carry her to the Havannah were rigged, but it
was found all her bread was spoiled, and the water lost;,
she, however, a few days alter, obtained a small supply °f
water and bread from a vessel which left Belise with her,
but which had escaped all disaster. The people of course
had only flour and pork to subsist on, with a very scant)
supply of water and bread until she got necessaries from
the Romney. She was, at the date of the last aceounts
from her, fitting for England with the Romney's main and
foremasts, and may shortly be expected.
By information from Bermuda of the 28th October, we
find that the Dromedary hulk was placed under strict qua-
rantine, having a contagious yellow fever on board. Mr.
Charles Wilson, a quartermaster, and Mr. T. Davis, a
guard, both have fallen victims to its influence, and about
eight convicts out of 100 cases. Mr. John Gold, second
master of the Coromandel, had also died. The Cornwallis,
74, was there, but would, of course, immediately go to sea.
The Edinburgh, 74, has reached Lisbon from Cork ; the
OreStes, 18, from Gibraltar, was also there on the 4th De'
cernber ; and the Minden, 74, was hourly expected from
Gibraltar.
The Melville, 74, with the flag of Rear-Admiral the
Ron. George Elliot, and President frigate, with the flag of
Rear-Admiral Ross, are ready for sea, and will be paid ad-
vance and sail in a few days. The former will call at Ply-
mouth, as will the Thunder surveying vessel, now likewise
,d- -

ready.
The Seaflower cutter, and her tender the Cracker, are
daily expected from Jersey, the fall dredging season having
closed.
The Tyne, 28, Captain Townshend, is moved out of the
basin alongside a hulk, and is getting fast ready for sea.
The Nautilus brig is taken out of dock, and lies in the
basin ready for commissioning.
The Blonde frigate is taken into dock, and to be refitted
for commissioning.
The Gipsy tender arrived on Monday, from Sheerness,
with supernumeries, and on Wednesday the Gossamer ten-
der, from Plymouth ; the former returned yesterday. The
Cornubia (freighted troop ship) arrived on Thursday from
London, and sailed to-day for the Mediterranean.
The Hotspur, transport, Lieutenant Levett, agent, ar-
rived yesterday from Gibraltar ; from contrary winds, she
had been twenty-nine days on her passage ; she took out a
company of sappers and miners, and brought home a com-
pany of the same corps, with old ordnance and naval stores,
with which she is to proceed to Woolwich.
The free trader Sir Edward Paget left Madras on the
18th of August for England, full of passengers ; on the
following evening she was dismantled in a sudden but
short-lived squal, but was enabled to return to Madras to
be re-equipped.
PROMOTIONS AND APPOlNTMENTii.—Lieutenants Tho-
mas Coleman, G. W. Lydiard (late of the Blonde), and
Lord F. Russell (late of the Belvidere), are promoted to
the rank of Commander; Messrs. John Willoughby Con'
way, George Kenyon, and George Western, to the rank
of Lieutenant ; Lieutenant C. Richards to be Flag-Lieu-
tenant to the Honourable Rear-Admiral Bouverie , Lieu-
tenant R. H. Bunbury, to the Princess Charlotte;
Lieutenant Philip Bisson, to the Coast Guard ; Lieu-
tenant H. W. Johnstone, and Mr. James Jeffery, Acting
Master to the Racehorse ; Mr. R. S. Godden, Second
Master, to the Royal Adelaide ; Mr. J. W. Burney,
Second Master, Mr. Henry H. Hammond, Assistant-Sur'
geon, and Mr. Walter Lornar, Clerk-in-charge, to the firi••
tomart ; Mr. Roger Lucius Curtis, Mate, to the Pan..?..
loon ; Mr. Arthur Kennedy, Mate, to the Britannia ; Mr'
E. O'Maley, Purser, of the Excellent, to the Britannia;
Mr. James Street, Purser, and Mr. Lilley, Boatswain,
the Excellent ; Lieut. Wm. R. Payne, and Mr. John
Bulman, Purser, have invalided from the Childers. Nl.'
Thomas Parry, Gunner, to Semarang ; William Tarrant'
Boatswain, from the Minden, to be Supernumerary Boat-
swain of the Victory, for harbour duty ; Mr. John John-
son, Boatswain, to be Supernumerary Boatswain of the Or-
dinary at Plymouth ; Mr. Thomas Jones, Carpenter, t°
the Electra.
The following Mates and Midshipmen passed for Vet:
tenants at the Naval College on Tuesday :—Metr
Dudley Sinclair, D. H. M'Neill, Thomas Davis,Arty.
H. Henry, Osmond C. Feaver, J. B. Willoughby,
H. Pawle, Thomas J. Smyth, no ship ; Lord W. Col
ton, Melville ; Mr. J. B. Keust, Tyne ; and Mr. J•
Bayley, Vestal.
(From the Devonport Independent.) s:r
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 16.—The Malabar, 74, Captalti,;„g
'
William Montagu, arrived on Friday from Lisbon ba-- a
lode
called off Santander on the Ist instant, where she
140 marines.
'5 r
The steam-vessel, Comet, Lieutenant Gordon,
dered to the North Coast of Spain, and is expected to
this day (Saturday.) for
The Canopus, 84, is ordered to be taken into d°°"'
the purpose of being brought forward for commission- be
The Genoa, 74, is ordered to be taken into dock, to
broken up. ))/
The Britomart, 10, was commissioned on
Monday''
Lieutenant Koupar, first Lieutenant of the Alligator,
tender to that ship.
leavee
The Edinburgh, 74, Captain Henderson, was t- _t 0.,
Cork on Sunday last, having completed her complain*"
seamen for Lisbon. ilfde
It is currently reported at Pembroke that Captail e tiew
Parker, now in command of the Rodney, is to be .toliotel"
superintendent of that establishment, but no o°'
ligence thereof has yet arrived there.
,imirel Su-
Rear-Admiral Sir T. Briggs, G.C.M.G., 14-"- Car
perintendent of Malta, will be superseded shortly "J
Woolwich
tain Sir John Louis, Bart., Superintendent of t until
Dockyard. Sir J. Louis will hoist a broad., pee"°°
he gets his flag. f Gam'
The Lieutenant-Governorship of the settlement °of gr'
bia, Sierra Leone, has become vacant by
George Randall, of the pestilential fever. The fallen t°
nant-Colonelcy of the African Colonial Corps has devise
the
the patronage of the' Commander-in-Chief, by
of Colonel lingston." &lea
been a e
The following Captains of the Navy have by tk.
creaoeffiti
to those who have pensions from the fund, of
Officers
'eld d
abolition of the sinecure General and Fl
Sheppard ae
the death
Lieute,
Marines, Capt. Francis Mason, C. 8., Capt.
Capt. R. Henderson. acial Ir s
On Thursday a contract was made at the N 5
00
Quarer
of
tualling Establishment here, to
deliver
'6olb „per bushel
•
Wheat in a month, weighing not less than
at 58s. per quarter, or 14/. 10s. a load.
at
weovin, is ar
Mr. Hall, Foreman of the Coopearls
William Victualling
Garters
pointed Master Cooper at the Roy
Yard, in this port.
On Tuesday the sth instant, t
hy, of the
Murp ,
were awardc.4l to Sergeant James
s for a long and merle
mouth Division of Roy
al
Marlfnew'hich he has been a $ r
rious service of 43 years, 33 o
Fusee"
San Josef, .
geant.
Royal Adelaide,
Ships in Harnoaze—
Comet steam-vessels.
horse, Columbia and
and Britornart.
he medal end grata
In Barnpool—Alligator, a
'lie Sound—Malabar and Pique.

thirty
.arm.
Letters lately received from Milan announce that
♦ery recently the diligence of that city was attacked by about,
young men, and that one of the passeng,crs via
4sl44llll.kttd with poignards,—Frankfort Paper.