The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United Service Gazette.)
THE COMMAND OF THE INDIAN ARMY.—Sir George
Napier has, we learn, declined to accept the command of
the Indian army. The grounds of the Gallant General's
refusal of an office at once lucrative, responsible, and dis-
tinguished, are not stated.
We understand that Brevet Colonel Dennis Daly, late
Brigade Major at Portsmouth, is to receive the pension
of 100/. per annum, in addition to his half-pay, for dis-
tinguished tervice.
EDUCATION IN THE ARMI.—It is bruited that, in
addition to the other plans in operation for imparting
knowledge to the officers and men of the British army,
it is intended by the Commander-in-Chief that dis-
trict and garrison schools shall be established, upon
the plan of those which were formed and conducted
by Lord Frederick Fit zclarence. The results of the ex-
periment of Lord Frederick were of so satisfactory a
character, that_ we can only, under the restrictions of our
space, express an earnest hope that the rumour to which
we have referred may prove to be well founded. One
thing is quite certain: a system of examination, prepa-
ratory to the grant of commissions and the promotion of
officers, is decieLd on.
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL TO THE FORCES.—Ge-
neral Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart., G.C.8., and
G.C.H., who has been seriously ill from an attack of
erysipelas, is now pronounced in a state of convalescence,
and will shortly be able to resume his duties at the
Horse Guard F.
ADMIRALTY PACKET SERTICE.—The Admiralty have
given the officers and men employed in the Admiralty
packet service notice that they are not to consider them-
selves entitled to any pension or gratuity.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CHATHAM DOCKYARD.—We
learn with much regret that Captain Sir Thomas Bour-
chier, K.C.8., is so seriously ill that his life is in consi-
derable danger, and that immediate resignation of his
appointment is imperative.
We have heard that Captain W. Peel, lately promoted,
and son' of the ex-Premier, is about to study military
engineering and fortification at Chatham.
THE CHINA STATION.—Our latest intelligence from
Hong- Kong, shows that Rear-Admiral Sir F. Collier,
together with his flag-ship, the Hastings, and the Fury,
steam-sloop, are at Hong, Dec. 30. It was high time
for the honour, if not for the interest of the first mari-
time kingdom in the world, that an efficiently equipped
man-ot-war should arrive at Hong. Kong ; for we find,
that on the appearance of an American corvette, on
the 4th of December, having on board Mr.
Commissioner Davis, and bearing the pendant
of a Commodore, there was no British man-
of-war there with guns on board sufficient to re-
tern; the complimentary salute with which the
Americans honoured the English flag ; but after a great
deal of delay, they managed to fire the usual number of
guns from a temporary battery on shore.
INTELLIGENCE TO THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The
Admiralty have ordered fifty tin cylinders to be manu-
factured at Woolwich Dockyard for distribution among
the whalers proceeding on their perilous service in the
spring, for the purpose of conveying intelligence
to the Arctic Expedition. The patterh cylinder
has been made at the metal mills at Chatham, and on
being submitted to the Admiralty their Lordships ap-
proved of the specimen.
T.. P. COOKE AND THE WAR MEDAL.—Who does
not know T. P. Cooke, the only legitimate hero of the
nautical drama ? Not to know him argues yourself
unknown. Well, T. P. C., or " Tippy Cooke," as his
familiars call him, has received the medal for his share
in the battle of St. Vincent. It is not generally known,
but it is nevertheleas a fact, that T. P. Cooke
is the only survivor of the crew of the Raven
schooner, employed in that memorable engage-
ment. He was sent out into the navy under the
protection of the Marine Society, founded by his re-
lative, the celebrated Jonas Hanway, the philanthropist,
and possesses to this moment the !ergo gold medal pre.
sedted to llanway by the Marine Society at the close
of the war in 1792. We congratulate Mr. Cooke on the
acquisition of the decoration, but what are we to say to
the Lordi of the Admiralty, who could not find a suffi •
cient motive for honouring the veteran with the medal,
without going back to the battle of St. Vincent ? Has nut
T. P. Cooke distinguished himself in a,hundred fights since
then ? Ask the thousands of people on the Surrey side of
the water, who have nightly witnessed his exploits. Ask
them if they have not seen him, single-handed, defeat
and disperse a dozen Algerians, as many Yankees, and a
host of Frenchmen and Turks? Have they not witnessed
the intrepidity with which he has rushed into a host of
smugglers, and stopped their contraband proceedings by
putting a period to their wretched lives? Talk of the
Coast Guard—pooh! T. P. C. has done more for the
revenue (of the Surrey manager) than the whole of the
Government Establishments. Then look at his intrepid
championship of innocence in distress! How often has
he—reckless of consequences—hitched up his nether
gear, and with a " shiver my timbers," or " strike my
top-lights," pounced upon the ruthless ravisher, and
prevented a catastrophe which might have carried an old
father's grey hairs in sorrow to the grave. We consider
it a reproach to the country that such a seaman should
only wear one medal. His breast ought to be covered
with deeorations, and the First Lord's room be decorated
with his portrait in the character of Harry Haulyard,
or William (Black Eyed Susan's sweet William), or the
immortal Long Tom Coffin.
By the recent deaths of Commanders Campbell and
Williams, Commanders James Burnard Tattinall and
Richard John Head (1819) succeed to the half-pay list
of JO& per diem.
CAPTAIN OF GREENWICH IJOSPITAL.—It Will be
seen by our naval service obituary, that the Senior Cap-
tain of Greenwich Hospital, John Simpson (1309), died
on Tuesday last, full of years and services. His suc-
cessor has not been yet appointed; but among the can-
didale: the names of Captains Provo Wallis, Walcot, and
Couch, have been mentioned. Captain Simpson held
the appointment nearly seven years. The pay is 400/.
per annum, with apartments, stores, &e. The appoint•
ment of a successor, will, of course, make a vacancy in
the active list, which, together with the vacancies caused
by the promotion of Rear-Admiral Carrol, and the death
of Captain Campbell, will entitle the new First Lord of
the Admiralty to the privilege of promoting a Com-
mander to the rank of Captain.
A General Court-Martial will be held at Goverment-
house, Mount Wise, Devonport, at eleven o'clock on
Monday next, to try the Quartermaster of the 82d
Regiment on certain charges that will be then preferred
—charges that involve character. Colonel Rowland, of
the Royal Artillery, is to be President.

BAGGAGE OF THE INDIAN ARMY
The following has been omitted for want of room:—
The suspense caused by the delay of the Indian mail
may be beguiled by the perusal of a very opportune
publication by:. Sir Charles Napier, which, though
apparently of confined and technical import, does in
reality bear upon our whole system of Eastern war-
fare. It is in the form of a letter to Sir John
Hohhouse, "on the baggage of the Indian army,"
but the errors which it exposes are so serious, and
their consequences so fatal, that it might almost
have been entitled, " An explanation of the causes which
retard our successes in India, with suggestions for im-
provement." . Such a cemmunication as this from such a
quarter must carry with it _so lively an interest at a
period like the present, that we make no apo-
logy for introducing its details to general notice.
The Indian army, according to General Napier':
statement, both carries and requires a greater
quantity of baggage than any other army in the
world. Most readers will already have some general
notion of this fact, but it may create surprise when we
add that even in the regular calculation of such
requirements the r.umber of camels is estimated
at no less than half the number of men form-
ing the gross total of the army. Thus a force
40,000 strong would actually take with it 20,000
camels, if as many could be procured—a train which
the General reckons would roach full fifty miles ac
cording to the usual order of march in which each
camel is fastened by the nostril to the tail of his
leader. Practically, of
course, •
this "Indian file"
is somewhat disturbed, but our readers will not have
forgotten that Lord
Gough's siege train the other
day did actually extend over a spice of from fifteen
to twenty miles, and however the beasts may be placed,
the encumbrance on the efficiency of the army must re-
main substantially the same. The results are more
serious than any one unacquainted with the
subject could possibly have imagined. In the
first place this unwieldy column of beasts and fol-
lowers invariably costs the army an hour or two
in the coolest part of the morning before a fair start
can be managed; in the next place, it limits the pro-
gress of the army to about one mile and a haf
per hour ; and as the troops themselves any
in wea-
ther and over any ground could al ways be reckoned
upon for an average advance of two miles per hour,.
it follows that every march occupies more time by
one-third than it should do. Lastly, when the day's
march is ended, and the troops arrive at their encamping
ground, they have at the very least a couple of hours to
wait for their tents and baggage, during which interval
they lie down, overcome with fatigue, under a broiling
sun or a deluge of rain, and " the hospital fills with
a quickness proportioned to the slowness of the
camels. All these evils are of course increased
in proportion to the length and difficulty of a campaign.
A camel will not bear overloading. Too heavy a bur-
den infallibly kills him, and as the patience of these
poor animals is notorious and their owners are far dis-
tant, but little mercy is shown them in this respect.
When one of the beasts falls his load is immediately
distributed amongst the survivors, till at length
each back receives the last ounce that breaks
it, and the most miserable confusion soon en-
sues. Elephants stand by their rights with more sa-
gacity and resolution. There was one attached to Sir
Charles's baggagei corps. in Scinde, which quietly per-
mitted the
to load him as much as they pleased.
When they had done, he deliberately removed with his
trunk package by package,until his burden was brought
w
within the regulationeight, and the boldest man in
dared t camp never n
-put one of them on again. The
result of all this is expressed b G e
y war--that
in the
erg:elusion that the first object
of
enemy—is, in India, t at of beatieg
the made subordinate to
that of protecting the baggage, and thus, when
ever, as is at this moment the case in the.
Punjaub, We meet with an enemy who relieves him
self from this impediment, we fight at a great disad-
vantage. No reader will be at a loss to contrast the
successive movements of Shere Singh from Moultan
to Vizierabad, and from Vizierabad to the Jhelum,
with the marches of our columns from Ftrozepore
to Itamnuggur, or from Sukkur to Moultan. To
remedy the evil Sir Charles offers two suggestions—
first, that the baggage should be great reduced ;
an'l' secondly, that the corps conducting it should I e
regularly organized. With Europeans hi India luxu-
ries partake so largely of the character of necessities
that it becomes extremely difficult to draw the line of
distinction. Still, the extravagance of the present
practice will clearly bear great retrenchment, One

officer, says Sir Charles, when some returns upon this
subject were ordtred on a rf et-nt. "cca:sih 0,
list of sixty servants as the low( st possible reps, s.s
Cation of Lis requirements. amt w darn gay t!
General can remember an instance of a poliueal
officer in Scinde who was reported to hare taken
700 camels from the public service to carry his personal
baggage." Sir Charles Napier would now permit
no private carriage whatever. What is necessary to
an officer should be carried with the public stores,
what is not necessary should not be carried at all.
But his chief stress is laid upon the necessity of
organizing the body of men to whom these most im-
portant duties are intrusted. In addition to the
contingencies of loss and embarrassment ahoy( -
mentioned there is also the likelihood, or rather the
certainty, that at the first approach of danger the
hired camel-drivers will decamp, beasts and all, and
the troops be thus left without any means of transport.
Sir Charles's proposal is, that instead of this medley
of drivers and camp-followers there should be a
corps of men subjected to military organization
and discipline, whose exclusive duty it should be
to superintend the transport and delivery of the bag-
gage, to speed it and protect it on the march, to defend
it when attacked, and to be always at hand with the ne-
cessaries for the relief and comfort of the soldier. He
would do, in fact, with the baggage corps precisely what
Napoleon did with the artillery train. He would make
all the drivers soldiers, receiving soldiers' treatment, and
liable to soldiers' duties. "It cannot be expected," says
he, "that men who are hired by the day will risk their
lives for their employers. Such devotion can only be
demanded from soldiers—from men who are drilled, dis-
ciplined, paid, clothed, and fed—men who have a moral
spirit instilled into them—and even then human nature
makes a severe sacrifice." General Napier is judiciously
reserved in his strictures upon the conduct of the present
war, and however we may lament his silence on such
points, it is impossible to complain of the spirit by which
the forbearance has been dictated. " There seems," he
very reasonably remarks, " to have been a want of know-
ledge both of the climate and the state of the Punjaub;"
but he is inclined to think that we were rather precipi-
tate than remiss in our siege of Moulton, and that even
General Whish's expedition should not have been under-
taken. "No man," says he, " who had any correct
ideas of war doubted what a troublesome job Aloultau
would prove to be," and he conceives that the proper
scheme would have been to have aided Major Edwardes
with money and irregular troops to keep up a successful
partisan warfare until the season and the preparations
should have enabled an overwhelming force to appear
before the gates. As regards the final conquest of the
Punjaub, nis ideas are certainly not encouraging, for
although he unhesitatingly premises that " the Indian
army, well commanded, is capable of subjugating all the
countries between the Black and Yellow Seas," yet he is
compelled to acknowledge that a country and population
like that of the Seikhs Lay give us very serious trouble,
and he even adds what is far worse—that after the cons
quest has been achieved, " unless the troops in these
parts be kept constantly ready to move within an hour
after the arrival of dispatches, the Punjaub will be more
troublesome than ever. '— Times.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE

OF FRIDAY.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
G. Currie, Church-row, Upper-street, Islington, and
St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, oil warehouseman,
March 22, at half-past eleven—J. Peterson, Mount-
street, Lambeth, shoemaker, March 19, at twelve—
J. Jillings, Honiton, Devonshire, draper, March 19, at
halt-past one—J. B. Montefiure, Nicholas-lane, City,
merchant, March 17, at eleven--J. Wig,gins, Holborn,
woollen drapt r, March 17, at twelve—G. Streeter, Lis-
son• grove, draper, March 22, at one—D. Moncri. fic
Catherine. street, Strand, victualler, March 16, at twelve.
In the Country.
_

G. Evans, Bristol, carpenter, March 20, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol—J. Vallis, sen., Sparktord, Somerset-
shire, cheese dealer, March 20, at eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—T. Read, Manchester, cigar dealer, March 16,
at eleven, at the Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

W. Knight, Manehester, stock and share broker, Is.
10d., any Tuesday between the hours of eleven and one,
at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester.

T. Wrigley, Halifax, Yorkshire, silk waste spinner,
44d., and Bs.4id., on new proofs, any Tuesday, betw( eu
the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.

J. Anderson and W. Garrow, Liverpool, merchants•,
21-d., any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
J. Wilkinson, Brymbo, Denbighshire, iron master,
ls., any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two,
at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
W. Hulme, Liverpool, rope manufacturer, 4s. 41d.,
any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.

J. A. Forrest, Liverpool, glass merchant, sid., any
Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
I. L. Mocatta, Liverpool, commission merchant, 4s.
2d., any Monday, between the hours of eleve►► and two,
at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
P. S. F. Martin, Halstead, Essex, iron manufacturer,
81, Saturday, Feb. 24, and three subsequent Saturdays,
bstw( en the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Groom, Abchurch-lane.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

F. Thompkins, Sydney-street, Fulham-road, bill
broker, March 16, at half-past twelve.
In the Country.

M. Gaunt, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer, March 20, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Harvey, Weston-super-
Mare, builder, March 16, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol
—E. Taylor, Rockfield, Monmouthshire, miller, March
20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—H. Cook, Studley,
Warwickshire, needle manufacturer, March 22, at twelve,
at the Court, Birmingham—J. Jackson, jun., Walsall,
Staffordshire, miller, March 20, at ten, at the Court,
Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, March 16.

W. Wall, Bridenbury, Herefordshire, cattle dealer—
J. Spence, Queen• street, Charles-square, Hoxton, dealer
in China—W. Stephens, Leigh, Worcestershire, black-
smith—W. Walker, London-wall, and Regent street,
City-road, paper-stainer—W. S. Martin, Brighton,
brush maker—T. Ward, Smethwick, Staffordshire, rail-
way pin and bolt manufacturer—J. Thomas, Newport,
Monmouthshire, apothecary—J. Borer, Exmouth-street,
Clerkenwell, grocer—W. Sugden, Thomas-place, Gravel-
lane, Southwark, stone mason—S. Newton, Burnley,
Lancashire, porter dealer—G. Greenstock, Weston-
super Mare, Somersetshire, ironmonger—C. E. Pears,
Bodmin, Cornwall, grocer—A. Binyon, Tavistock-street,
Covent-garden, music seller—J. Lord, Cramahaw Booth,
Lancashire, cotton manufacturer—F. Clark, Bentinck -
street, auctioneer—C. T. Chapman, Cambridge, livery-
stable keeper—F. Elphick, Castle-street East, Oxford.-
market, glass cutter.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. 011ey and W. Bridger, Shad Thames, coal mer-
chants—F. W. Stevens and R. G. Erlam, Royal Ex-
change—J. and M. Haworth, Church, Lancashire, glue
agents—W. Mason and G. Taylor, Honey-lane-market,
City, town printirs—J H. Braund and J. Hearn, Exeter,
linendrapers—J. Y. Thurlow, T. Thurlow, and W.
Tnurlow, (so far as regards W. Thurlow), Waltham-
cross, drapers and grocers—W. Morris and R. Warbur-
ton, Wheelton and Heapey, Lancashire, quarrymen—
W. Bedford, J. Haigh, and G. A. Haigh, (so far as re-
gards W. Bedford), Gildersome, Yorkshire, coal masters
—J. and 11. Haigh, Halifax, stone merchants—J. and T.
Capper, Wem, Shrorshire, farmers--S. Scowen and T.
IL Brown, Wood- street, Cheapside, stock manufacturers
—A. Knowles and A. Parkinson, Sheffield, steel manu-
facturers—J. Robinson, S. S. Edkins, and T. Aston,
Handsvvorth, Staffordshire, and Salisbury-square, City,
manufacturers of silver and plated articles—F. Dowsing
and J. J. G. Paull, Warwick-court, Holborn, litho-
graphers and printrrs—J. C. Keen and G. Doughty,
Birmingham, brace manufacturers—W. S. Harris and
S. Hamel, Leicester, cotton winders—T. G. Coles
and J. T. Allen, Frome, Selwood, Somersetshire, che-
foists—W. Greenwood, and W. Robinson, Rochdale,
timber merchants—ll. G. L. Long, C. G. Long, and G.
Hawksley (so far as regards C. G. Long), Sheffield,
merchants—J. Bowler and B. Brown, Eastrington,
Yorkshire, brick-makers—T. C. Hincksman, J. Furness,
and J. Cummings (so far as regards J. Cummings),
Preston, Lancashire, flax spinners—G. Ashton, sen., and
G. Ashton, jun.. Lubenham, Leicestershire, graziers—
G. Viccars and H. Rivett, Kingston-upon Hull, hosiers
andgjulon„ glovers._. Watson, F. Broughton, and F. Brough
ton,
Falcon-square, City, attorneys—G. Williams,
jc .
kJo)irsL,iavaedrpWoo.l,Mcaodaidodeekal(esros faTr.apshripegpasrdsesnl.Va.
nMdardr:
dock),
jun., Chipping Norton —Oxfordshire,' ironmongers
—H. Fuller and G. Pollard, King-street, Cheapside,
, stationers.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Charles Cooke, Leicester, clock and
hire watch repairer.
Robert Quirk, Tranmere,
Cheshire,
Robert Dean, Wallasey, Cheshire, quarryman.
Henry Chancellor, Great Yarmouth, groc • grocer.
Thomas Meek, Gorlestone, Suffolk, fish merchant.e.
William Bennett, sen., Wrotham, Kent, farmer.
John Jackson Hughes, Devonport, veterinary surgeon.
Edward. Davies, Shrewsbury.
John Webster, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, boos
and shoemaker.
Josiah Hall, Whitwick, Leicestershire, butcher.
James Copley, Ashton-under-Lyne, shopkeeper.
Thomas Hodges, :Flax Bourton, Somersetshire, black

smith.
John Vosper, Devonport, wait Er.
Samuel Smith, Oldland, Glocestzrslaire, mason.

Jane Cheek, Bristol, milliner.
Edward Orchard, Bridgnorth.
William Nicholas, Bridguorth.
Jonathan Hannath, Caistor, Lincolnshire, butcher.

John Stevenson, Chester, millwright.
Alexander Litchfield, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, tailor.
Richard Reeves, Abingdon, coach maker.
Henry Robinson, Dideot, Berkshire, clerk.
George &midi, Somerton, Someraetshire, saddler.

John George Pugh Chatterton, Brighten, tutor.
Charles Jenkinson, Caistor, Lincolnshire, horse dealer.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
Margaret Henrietta Somerville or Johnstone, Glas•
gow, lodging house keeper, to meet within the Black
Bull Inn, Glasgow, Feb. 26 and March 19, at two.
J. M'Lachlan, Airdrie, sheriff officer, to meet within
the Albert Tavern, Glasgow, Feb. 27 and March 20,
at one.

W. Stewart, Glasgow, merchant, to meet within the
Globe Hotc-1, Glasgow, March 2 and 23, at twelve.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, FEB. 23. —We bave had
a lively sugar market this week, and a large burine:ss
has been transacted in British Plantation sorts at steady
prices. The refined market continues comparatively
dull. In rum there is very littledoing.—Brlstot Mercury

PRICES OF SHARES

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From the Official Liza,

ÜBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AYD YRTDAY EVENING.

JOINT-STOCE 13ANILS.

same of Company.

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Britsh N orth American
.leylon • • • • .. • • • • • • • •
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Cdonial. • •• • •
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National of Ireland ..
sat. Provnelal of Eng.
Ditto, New... • • • .
South Australia • • •
Union of Australia.• • .
Union of L0nd0n.....
Union of Madrid .•...

Name of Company.

Charing-cross.• • • .. • •
3outhwrk•, Nw Sub. Av.
Ditto Nw of 734 p.c.
Waterloo • • • • • • • • • • . •
Ditto Old Ann. of 8/.
Ditto Nw ditto of 71.
Vauxhall • • .. Ay.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

Annum.

51. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
15/per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.

Gl. per cent.
81. per cent.
8/. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.

61. per cent.

31. 10s.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
13s. 6d. pr sh.
Is. per share
.`, pr ct.& ba.

51. per cent.
534 per cent

44 & be.
Cl. per cent.
61. per cent.
Cl.
121. per cent.
128.
1 11. sh. & bs.

11. 165.

4%/. per ct.
51. per cent.
bl. per eent.
51. per cent.

31. p. sh. & be.
54. pox' cent.
11. se. & bs.
ss.
51. per cent.
6/. 10s.
it. 6s.
10% pr cnt.
51. per cut.

Amount
of
Share.

A s. d.
40 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0

A e. d.
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
20 0 0
Stock.
100 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
25 0 0
25 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0
20 0 0
100 0 0
50 0 0

20 0 0
100 0 0
5 0 0
Stock.

100 0 0

Amount
of
Share.

X. 8. d.

I 355. per cent.

632 12 ki
50 0 0
100 0 0

11. 53. 4d.
11. 2s. 2d.
11. 178.

70 10 3

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50 0 0
25 0 0
20 0 0
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100 0 0
41 13 4
100 0 0

New Rivr Lndn Brdge
Vauxhall ............
West Whilasex . . .

25 0 0
20 0 0
13 0 0
10 0 0
25 0 0
10 0 0
22 10 0
35 0 0
10 0 0
22 10 0
25 0 0
2 10 0
10 0 0
40 0 0

21. 101.
31. 108.
, 21. 10e.
51. per cnt.
'6l. Om. pr

Paid.

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CAnmercial ••
East and West India
E Lst Country
London .....

Z. s. d.
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Pr] C,

Ditto 80nd5........
St. Katharine •• ....
Ditto Bonds.— ••
Southampton •• .... ••

DOC

Dividend
per

An-num.

100 0 0

41. per cent.
61. pr cent.
40s. per sh.
51. pr cent.
41. per cent.
4 per cent.
4%1. pr cent.
21. per cent.

Amount

Share.

Price

45g
41 105.

I
,11192.

£ s. d.
25 0 0

Price,

Pr

£ s. d.
Stock.
Stock.
100 0 0
Stock.

Paid.

X s. d.

Stock.

50 0 0

Price.

2O
108%

50 0 0

GAS-LIGHT AND CORE COMPANIES.
Dividend F Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. 1 Price
Annum. Share.
Z. s. d. A. s. d.
l
British ••••••• • • • •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14
Ditto Provincial• •• • 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18
Bristol ••••• • • • lOl. per cent. 20 0 0 - -
Brighton .. --• • • • 5l. per cent. 1 90 0 0 - 16
City of London .. •• •• 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 , 250
ContinentalConsolidat. 925. pr share' 50 0 0 39 5 01 1 45
Egaltable 455. pr share, 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 34
imperial • • .... •... •• 61. per cent. 150 0 0 50 0 0 , 67%
Independent ... .... •• 61. per cent. 140 0 0 40 0 0 ' 64
London - 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ditto
- 50 0 0 50 0 1 -
Phoenix 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 30
Ratcliff ••••-.. • • • • • • 5/. 1100 0 II 90 0 0 , 77
United General 4;4l.pr cent./ 50 0050 0 0 12%
Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 1 48
Ditto, New .... -. 12s. ,50 0 0 10 00 j 9%
CANALS.
. Dividend
Names of t: ,DlThlend I Names of <I.,
CJinpanies. 11 Price. per Companies. cd Anpnum.
er nice.
.ci
v.: Annum. lc
--- - - - -- -- ---
Z .£
Ashtn & Oldh 971 71. p c - Macclesfield . 100 21.105. 40
Barnsley- • • 160 j 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 181. 340
lirknk&Abrg 1501 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 190
Birmingham 351 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78' 31.185. 67
Coventry.... 100, 25/. 210 Regent's -.. 331 11. ss. 18%
Derby ••• • • 1001 61. 63 Rochdale .. • • 85 41. 54
Ellsmre&Chs 1331 56e. 40 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 130
Erewash .•• 100, 32/. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. -
GrandJunctn 100, 51. TO Stffrd&Worc 140 281. 310
qrstidSurrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151- -
Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge- 145 201. 285
Grantham •• 150 - - Severn andl
Kennt & Avn 39 7s. 6d, 5% Wye Rail. j 26 11.8 s. 24
Leeds& Livrp 100 301. 320 WarwickBcl
Leicester ..- 140 101. 100 Birming. j 100 41. 50
'Aeicstr &Nth 83 41. 40 Warwick& i 100 31. 41
Leughhorogh 142 701. 650 Napton..
Nionmouthsh 100 81. - Worcstr &2
78 21. 40
Mntgemrysie 100 - - Birming.
MeltnMwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10
LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
----- --
s. d. .f s. d -
Bark of Scotland
,sritlth Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 9 0 191
lale.donlan Bank
City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 • 11%
Jlydesdale Bank ••• •• 6% per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11
Jommercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 ,100 0 0 150
Eastern Bank.. -•• • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s
EdlnbAGlasgow Bank 6/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 53
Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 31
bile of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 -
National Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13%
Northof Scotland Bank 4/.percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 31.17..
North British Bank - 50 0 0 10 0 0 455.0 d
Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116
union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80
Western Bank.. ... •• • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74
Aber leen Fire and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 20 0 24
B. Accord. Lifeand Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s 6d
ttritish Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 12s Od
.!aledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21
Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. SP
rldlnburgle Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17%
East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 85.60.
Eng.& Scot, Law Life 5:. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 10%
Incur. Co. of Scetind•• AI. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7
Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 it. 6.
Mercantile Life .. • • - 10 0 0 010 0 ,2s. 6d.
National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 I 20s. 6d
North British Insur.
North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1172.6 d.
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 0 11 0 , ss.
Scot. Mao. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 015 0 '106.0d
Scottish Union Inernce. 61,41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s
Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 914
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 155.0 d
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-.-.
.Z. s. d. £. s. d.
Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Anglo-Mexican Mint ll. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -.-
Canada ... •• • • ...... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 29
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. - - 88
City Bonds.. • • ...... 3%1. pr cent. - - 79
Comp.Cppr Mears Eng. 51. percent. 100 0 01 70 0 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& la, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Equitable Reversienry si. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 94
Gen.SteaMNavigation 11. Bs. 15 00114 0 0 21
London Institution .• • - - 78 15 0 -
Russell Institution.. • . - - , 26 5 0 3
Peninslr St Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0i 50 0 0 6434
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90
[Loyal Mail Steam •• - 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 -
South Australian.- • • 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 , 23 0 0 1

NUMBER OP CLOTHIERS IN LONDON.—Every one
admits the importance of dress to all classes; but to, the
professional world especially. Few patients confide their
case to a pedestrian physician in shabby boots; a seedy
coat seldom obtains for an attorney a good crop of cases;
and who will believe that a barrister has much legal
knowledge stored under a bad hat? Hence the propor-
tion of the population engaged in the clothing trades has
next to be considered. Here is the list:-2,717 tailors;
197 clothes salesmen, upon whom hang a thin fringe of
t h
linenose perquisites
~cabb
drapers,ag"cabbage."
4o f;
Othrhaebweporrilafl profession 2 list dealers and 23 "piece-brokers"—that is, buyers
andtt.hioour se lsyel
arele r
denominated,s2lolf;haberdashers,
rodsn,r af2pa2ec4rs
silk mercers (who are neither of the latter), 59; artificial
florists (the fine-artists of ladies attire), 107; and milli-
ners, 1,027. " Where, then," the fair reader is tempted
to ads on perusing the first and last of these sums, " is
our boaste.l vanity in dress when there are in London
nearly three tailors to one milliner?" The reply is
ready :__Female dress is a home manufacture with the
larger portion of our population—that of the middle
classes; while the habiliments of men are invariably
be made, The number of hosiers and
"put out" to h • f the t
who do not join wit t eirs any o rat es
glovers
above enurnerat ,d is 253, that of boot and shoemakers
1.921, and
I that of hatters 477.—Review of the Post-office
Directory in the Daily News.
RAILWAY BETWEEN ARMAGH AND DUNDALK.—
We understand a company is about beingu
formedka to l
, and that
con-
struct a railway between this city and I
s ort y.
a putdic meeting on the subject will be held ere h I
—Armagh Guardian.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—...raffle for
the week ended Feb. 18, 1849:—Coaching traffic, 7341.
18s. 6d. ; parcels, 341. 14s. lld ; goods and cattle, 2281.
3s. Od.; steam-boats,lo2/. 108.6 d. Total, 1,1001, 6s. 11d.