The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-03 00:00:00

THE PEACE CONGRESS.
CUAT MEETING AT MANCHESTER.
(Fnom OUR OWN REPORTER.)

MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.
Last night a crowded meeting was held in the Free
Trade Hall, Manchester, to receive the report, of the
delegates to the Peace Congress at ParisranO. to meet a
foreign deputation consisting of M.. Horace Say, Coun-
cillor of State, M. Francesgue Bouvet, M. Bastiat,
Members of the Chamber of Deputies; M. Pontoni6, M.
Guillaumin, editor of the Jcurnal des Economistes; M.
Joseph Gamier, secretary of the Paris Peace Congress.
On the platform were John Bright, Esq., M.P., E. Fry,
Esq., Sir Elkanah Armitage, President Mahon, of Oberlin
College, United States, and many influential gentlemen
of the neighbourhood. Riedard Cobden, Esq., M.P.,
ens unavoidably prevented from being present. • Tho
chair was taken at a little after seven o'clock by George
Wilson, E.q.
The French deputation on their appearance were
greeted with repeated cheering.
The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that
for some years it bad often afforded him great pleasure
to see this hall crowded with persons intent upon obtain-
ing information upon moat of the great questions of the
day; and he might say that speeches had been delivered
in this hall which had exercised an influence throughout
the world; yet he thought no meeting heretofore had been
held there which would have a, greater effect upon future
generations than the present one. They had met to-
night to show that whatever cries Governments might
raise for national defences, there were in the country
men of no small influence who thought that pro-
per understanding might be preserved by better
means than by those which Governments had
hitherto used. This was the third meeting this
week at which• the foreign gentlemen prevented
themselves; this was the third meeting in England which
had arisen out of that glorious Peace Congress at Paris
held this year. He need not allude to the rapid progress
of peace principles. Some time ago we had been terrified
by letters showing that there was great danger that a
French fleet would sail up the Thames some fine morn-
ing and run away with the Queen and the Lord May or.
Well, their fears had come to pass, an army of French
had invaded our shores, but instead of running away
with the Queen they had sent us their King.—(Laugh-
t( r.) They had dined at the Mansion-house, but he
did not know that the First Magistrate had been in any
great fear during the repast. The peace question was
one which would very soon have to be grappled with
by the Government; it would press upon them
for settlement in its moral and in its financial bearing.
There were great numbers (:f men in the country who
now thought that there were better uses to which to
apply the muscle and sinew of our population
than to employ them in aggressive war, other
methods of employing surplus capital than in
laying it out on cannon-ball; other duties fur
our clergy than to call upon them to degrade
their religion by consecrating the colours of the regi-
ments. The two great nations represented here had
often led the van in the field of battle, but he hoped from
this time forth that they would do all they could toge-
ther to repair the injuries which they had done
to society. It would cost millions to raise
up another Wellington or another Napoleon. It was
time then to turn to other methods of employing the
energies of the two nations, and the results of such co-
operation would not be reckoned by the number of slain,
nor by the millions of debt, but by the universal benefits
conveyed to society.

Letters were then read from Victor Hugo, Lamartine,
the Archbishop of Paris, Girardin, editor of La Presse,
excusing themselves from being present on this occasion,
owing to political engagements. The names of these
gentlemen, especially that of M. de Lamartine, were
received with enthusiastic applause.

Mr. EDMUND Fla then came forward and said—
It was pleasant to him to have to speak of the
great kindness which had been shown to the Eng-
lish and American delegates to the Peace Congress
by the French Government and people. The Peace
Congress committee had now been organized one
year, to which two duties had been committed. First,
that of instituting a series of operations in support of
Mr, Cobden's projected motion in the House for the
substitution of arbitration treaties for war. Meetings
in pursuance of this duty had been held all over the
country, and the consequence was that more than a
thousand petitions had been poured into the House
is support of those principles. A great effect had been
produced upon the House by these petitions, and on the
motion being brought;iforward, eighty-one Members
voted in Mr. Cobden's minority. The second duty, to
make arrangements for the holding of a Peace Congress
at Paris, which had been suggested by the Congress at
Brussels the year before. Certainly the Times news-
paper had attempted to sneer them down,but the friends of
peace were not to be put down by such means, and the
committee continued to make its arrangements, and Mr.
Elihu Burrit and Mr. Richards proceeded to Paris to
endeavour to institute a sympathy there, notwithstand-
ing that they had been told that the French people
wero so essentially a war-loving people, and their
errand was a fruitless one. But, in truth, on try-
ing the pulse of the principal men in France, they
encountered more encouragement than they had dared
to hope. In July, these gentlemen paid a second visit
to Paris to obtain autho: ity for holding a Congress, as
Paris was at that time in a state of siege.
Having obtained this from M. Dupont, Minister
of the Interior, they received from him, as
well as from M. do Tocqueville, the assurance
of the highest sympathy. The consequence was that
700 delegates from England and America were ready to
attend the Congress in Paris. These gentlemen were
received by the French Government with the highest
demonstrations of respect and confidence. During
the whole three days which the Congress lasted
not one incident occurred to disturb the general
harmony. The result was that three resolutions were
arrived at, the first expressing that the war system was
utterly opposed to the principles of justice, humanity,
and religion ; the second, that the principle of arbitra-
tion should be adopted by all nations, instead of
war; and thirdly, as a result of the other two,
that all nations should proceed to a general
and simultaneous disarming. The whole Congress bad
passed off amid the universal respect and admiration of
the French people. He believed that if the Congress had
dune nothing more, they had done this—they bad pre-
vented the Government of France and the Government
of England ever going to war with each other.
They had brought a new element into the
settlement of all international disputes for evermore.
tie asked the foreign gentlemen now present to tell the
French people, when they returned to their own country,
that for the future, when any point of dispute arose, and
they were told by their newspapers that it could not be
settled except by war, to tell them, from what they bad
seen in this country, that there was a spirit growing up
here which would prevent for the future any sudden or
hasty return to the iniquitous system which had so long
prevailed; that there was a spirit growing in this coun-
try which was better expressed by two lines in a song
known over all the country—
. " Let those who make the quarrels
Be the only men to fight."
The first resolution—," That this meeting desiring
international arbitration as a substitute for the un-
Christian system of war, disapproving of loans for the
prosecution of war, and believing that the permanent
prosperity of nations cannot be secured but byi a
general disarmament, rejoices to hear of the signal
success which attended the European Peace Congress
lately held at Paris, and of the unanimity which pre-
vailed in the deliberations of that large assembly"—was
then moved by Mr. A. Prentice, and seconded by Mr.
Alderman Harvey, the delegates from Manchester to the
Paris. Peace Congress. After the resolution had been
put and carried,
Mr. BRIGHT. M.P., came forward amid repeated
cheers. He thought that the English people were emi-
nently a practical people, and yet it they were to believe
the dicta of certain wiseacres, the English people
had of late become a very visionary race,
seeking after all manner of impossible things
which they !never could hope to attain. In
London and Birmingham the principle of peace
had been rapturously and enthusiastically re-
ceived by thousands of this practical people. The ques-
tion was worth asking whether the present object which
they were pursuing was visionary or not, whether it
was one they could ever obtain. Every morn-
ing the newspapers published what they called
" leaders," but which he thought were now
got to be followers, and he believed that
as far as leaders went, the public press had much less
influence over the public mind than it had before this
time. Tho friends of the peace movement came before
the public in a more favourable position than
any others,. inasmech as they advocated a question
which all men allowed to be a blessing. What
was their experience of war ? Blood without
reckoning, treasure without reckoning, wasted industry,
poverty, taxes, and crime. One-halt' of the gaols of
England, one-half of the poor-houses in the land, were
the monuments of the wars of the last fifty years—wars
between this country and France. The principles of
peace which were advocated here to night had
made suoh progress in this country and in America,
that he believed it was impossible that war
ever could arise upon any small question; but still, if
there were a treaty of arbitration between the two
countries, the war would be rendered actually impos-
sible. Armies and fleets wero now only kept up on
pretence; but if the arbitration scheme were adopted,
what minister or what statesman would ever
dare to keep up armaments for the purpose
of settling questions which it had already been deter-
mined should be settled in another manner. When
armaments were put down, there would be more chance
of the spread of liberty. For look now at the state of
Europe. What was their state? Did kings rule? Did
the people ? No, the armies. And so it would ever be,
while the present system was continued. He had had
put into his bands a resolution regarding the foreign
gentlemen here present, and in reading it over ho could
110 t help thinking what a change had come over him
wasa nd
worth it
since his childhood, when it was urged as a charge
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chester would give to the gentlemen who had visited
' knew how to give. (The meeting here r
enthusiastically for mend minutes.). lie could

tell the gentlemen that if they went further
north, they would find as enthusiastic a welcome
there as they had here found. And he hoped that when
they returned they would be able to tell their country-
men that there was a spirit abroad in England which
might be expressed in the words which had been put
by an English dramatist into the mouth of a French
statesman—

" Take away the sword; states can be saved without it."
The lion. Gentleman concluded by moving the second
reso'ution—" That this meeting rejoices in the oppor-
tunity of welcoming our French brethren to the matiu-
fscturing metropolis, and of acknowledging to them per-
sonally the fraternal reception given to the English dele-
gates at Paris by the Government and the people, and
expresses a confident belief that conferences such as
these will pewez fully tend to remove long-cherished
feelings of hostile rivalry, and to fuse all nations into
one peaceful brotherhood."

M. Neenneer seconded the resolution.
The CHAIRMAN then introduced the deputies from
France, who were each, on their appearance, received
with three distinct rounds of applause.
M. HORACE SAY then came forward, and said, it had
given him and the other members of the deputation
great pleasure to receive the invitation to attend this
meeting, though it was somewhat mingled with regret
that they bad not been enabled to be introduced by
Richard Cobden. He was proud to meet the people of
Manchester, who had been foremost in all the great
questions of civil and religious liberty, in this palace
of free trade. France like England was now bending
under au accumulated weight of debt, the fruits and in-
heritance of a long series of wars; increiscd also by the
consequences of keeping up an army and navy fit for
war in a time of peace. War had never. been profitable
to France. In endeavouring to put down piracy, France
had been conducted to the north coast oiAfrica, and had
taken possession of Algiers. For twenty years they had
bean sending annually to that catente;. 20,000 men
and millions of francs to no good the Ministers
every year had congratulated the cuantry upon the
opening of a fresh market for their manufactures. But
what sort of a market was it? They had certainly been
;ending out manufactures to Algiers, but they were ma-
nufactures which they had to buy with their own money,
sent out along with the manufacturers. This would always
be the fruit of;such conquests. lie was rejoiced to meet this
assembly of Manchester men, because it contradicted the
line of a French poet who said, that " common sense was
exceedingly rare."
M. F. BASTIAT then came forward, and said he dared
say that they all had heard of the dumb child who, seeing
his father in trouble, had been so much moved that he
had burst his bonds, and cried " Father, take
care." He was in a similar state; he could only say
" Englishmen, I thank you from the bottom of my
heart." Eight years had elapsed since the right
of search question had called up the papers of both
countries, and two years ago a ridiculous cry of French
invasion had been raised, and who would have believed
that this year 560 Frenchmen would visit England,
and that in the presence of such a large meeting,
a body of Frenchmen should be so enthusiastically
received? They had been called Utopian, but he
thought that all the auguries were in their favour. They
were in the place where the great Anti. Core- law League
had been established, they had one of the heroes of the
campaign, Mr. Bright, they deeply regretted the absence
of Mr. Cobden, and were not the proceedings of this even-
ing presided over by Mr, Wilson, the chairman of the
League. They had the same batthefield, and he did not
see any reason why they should not have the same
triumph.
M. GARNIER then proceeded to address the meeting
in French to the ,effect that he regretted not
being sufficiently versed in English to address
the meeting in that language; but he was so far
competent as to catch some expressions which fell
from the chairman, respectiug the flight of Louis Phi-
lippe to England, and his mind had ,instantly reverted
to the causes of that event—a reckless expendi-
ture in the instruments of war, in the absurd
fortifications which might yet perhaps be used
to build houses. The philosophers of France dur-
ing the last century had examined the prin-
ciples of commercial liberty, but it had remained for
Manchester to show that commercial liberty was not an
Utopian idea. He deplored the existence of an armed
peace. During his three days visit in England he had
gone from wonder to wonder, and the greatest of all
seemed to him to be this meeting.— (Hear, hear.) He
regretted that the greatest poets of France, Victor
Hugo, Lamartine, and Beranger, all friends of peace,
were not present at this meeting, to embody this meet-
ing in a glorious ode, which should take the place of
the Rule Britannia" and " Marseillaise."

Mr. POTONIER next addressed the meeting in French
to this effect:—He was happy and proud to find himself
in the Temple of Free Trade, and in a city which had
secured commercial freedom for this country,and perhaps
for all the world. There were individuals in France who
could appreciate the brightness of the idea, because it
was associated with the ideas of progress and liberty.
Light was beginning to penetrate France, and even as
far as some of the greatest rrutectionists iu-tho °ham.
ber, for one of that party had lately moved for the im-
portation of English printed goods, not for the use of
French ladies, but fur purposes of ro-exportation. He
looked forward with great pleasure to the exposition of
arts which was contemplated in England. He concluded
by wishing prosperity to the interests of England.
Dr. BEARD moved " That this meeting, considering
the greatness of the work to be accomplished, calls upon
all patriots and Christians for renewed personal and pe-
cuniary assistance, in the prosecution of the efforts for
the abolition of the system of war." Ile wished to
express to the meeting the deep gratification they had
given to him, by flocking together to welcome their
friends from the other side of the Channel. It had
been said that this was a magnificent spectacle,
but strangers did not know what a magnificent
spectacle was—if ho were to say that the! wealth of
Manchester, the science, and -the intelligence, he
was sure no ono would be able to contradict it. In
this audience, ho fancied be could see what would soon
be the case, not in Manchester, or England, or in France,
but all over the world—countenances and minds which
would disdain to appeal to brute force to settle all the
disputes which might arise among them. Good men
were generally in the minority; but when they appealed to
bad means for a good;end, they put themselves on a level
with the majority. He thought that moral force alone,
which was divine and came from God, was irresistible.
President MAHON, of the Oberlin College, Ohio, Uni-
ted States, se onded the resolution.
After a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the large
meeting separated at a late hour.

Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Theo-
philus Clement to be Captain, without purchase, vice
Remmett, deceased, Oct. 25.
BREVET.—Captain Caesar Bacon, of the 6th Foot, to
be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
MEMORANDUM.—The names of the gentleman ap-
pointed to the Ist Foot, on 19th October, 1849, are
Edward Thomas St. Lawrence MocGwire," not
" McGuire," as previously stated.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Edward Pickering, silk mercer, Yorkshire.
BANKRUPTS.

William Hale, rocket and shell manufacturer, Wool-
wich, to surrender, Nov. 17, and Dee. 18, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell. official assignee, Cole-
man-street-buildings; Hudson, Finsbury-place South.
Cornelius Robertson, steel manufacturer, Masborough,
Yorkshire, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Leeds
District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield;
Unwin, Sheffield.
Edwin Ryder, jeweller, Birmingham, Nov. 13, at
eleven, and- Dec. 10. at ten, at the Birmingham District
Court. Whitmore, official as.ssiguee, Birmingham; Letts,
Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn; Reece, Birmingham.
William John Sage, chemist, Great Portland-street,
Regent-street, Nov. 17 and Dec. 18,0 t eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, doleman-
street-buildings ; Rawlings,. John-street, Bedford-row.
Oliver Robbins, japanner, Wolverhampton, Nov. 14
and Dec. 13, at twelve, rst the Birmingham District
Court. Christie, official aszignee, Birmingham; Harri-
son, Birmingham.

James Robert9on Pryera., stay manufacturer, Little
Love-lane, Wood-street, Norv. 12, at half-past twelve, and
Dec. 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra-
ham, official assignee, Cole man-street ; Hubbard, Buck-
lersbury.
Thomas Trefiry, seedsman, Tregoney, Cornwall, Nov.
14 and Ike. 12, at eleven, v,,t the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee„ Exeter; Edmonds and Son,
Plymouth ; Stogdon, Exotc.r.
Joseph Crook, merchant, Plymouth, Nov. 13, and
Dec. 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Herna-
man, official assignee, E=ater ; Lavers, Plymouth ;
Stogdon, Exeter.
John William Prior, sil.vorsmith, Newington-cause-
way, Nov. 8, at eleven, acid Dec. 18, at one, at tho
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, offiial assignee,
Basinghall•street ; Peddell,, Cheapside.

DIVI DENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.

J. N. Hart, Kingstree t, Finsbury, watch manufac-
turer, Nov. 23, at one—J. Woodhams, Tonbridge. Kent,
grocer, Nov. 23, at half-mast twelve—R. Tate, Regent-
street, silversmith, Nov. 23, at one—G. 11. Blake, Mount-
street, Grosvenor-square, cabinetmaker, Nov. 23, at
eleven—G. G. Coldrey, Ltovrencc-lane, merchant, Nov.
23, at eleven—J. Strange, Abingdon, Berkshire, wine
merchant, Nov. 23, at twelrfe—F. Macnaghten, Nicholas-
lane, Lombard street, Nov-. 26, at eleven—R. Satchel',
jun., Winsley-street, Oxford-street,,brewQr,;Nov. 24, at
eleven.

In the: Country.
E. Rogers, Newport, Monmouthshire, fire brick
manufacturer, Nov. 28, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—
J. B. Pritchard and J. U. Croft, Liverpool, oil merchants,
Nov. 23, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G. Burnett
and H. A. Thompson, Ne wcastle-upon.Tyne, soda and
alkali manufacturers, Nov-. 29, at one, at the Court,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J.. Bell, South Shields, ship
broker, Nov. 29, at halt vast ten, at the Court, New-
castle-upon-Tyne—J. W.vodhouse, Darlington, butcher,
Nov. 27, at one, at the C.Yurt, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—J.
Steele, Neweastle-upon-17:yne, innkeeper, Nov. 29, at
eleven, at the Court, Nevcastle upon-Tyne—A. Lead-
beater, Sheffield, grocer, Nov. 24, at twelve, at the
Council Hall, Sheffield—. W. H. Osborne, Sheffield, wine
and spirit merchant, Nov.. 24, at twelve, at the Council
Hall, tsheffield—H, W. Wilkinson, Sheffield, silverplater,
Nov. 24, at twelve, at thic Council Hall, Sheffield—T.
Francis, Birmingham, n manufacturer, Dec. 12, at
twelve, at the Court, Bi,rviingham—C. F. Cotterill and
W. H. Hill, Walsal, Sta Efordshire, merchants, Nov. 27,
at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.

A. Gardiner, jun., Chr.tpstow, Monmouthshire, timber
merchant, first dividend, of is. Old., any Wednesday,
between the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr.
Miller, Bristol.
R. Mawkins, Standish, Gloucestershire, cheese dealer,
first dividend of 61d., ony Wednesday, between the
hours of eleven and one„ at the office of Mr. Miller,
Bristol.

W. Todd, Whitehaven, ironmonger, fourth dividend
of ls. 6d., any Saturday, between the hours of ten and
three, at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
R. Imeary, East Jorrow.„ Durham, alkali manufacturer,
Is. 50., on new proofs, Fin part of first and second divi-
dends of 2s. and 5d., any Saturdoy, between the hours of
ten and three, at te offize of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.
J. R. Baskett, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn merchant,
9id., any Saturday, betwoe n the hours of ten and three,
at the office of Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
O. Cunningham, Nortliwich, Cheshire, grocer, first
dividend of 6s. 5d., any Monday. between the hours of
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
G. T. Arnold, Liverpool, stationer, first dividend of
4s. 10d., any Monday, be tween the hours of eleven and
two, at the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
R. Taylor, Liverpool, ironmonger, first dividend of 75.,
any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
S. F. Williams, Liverpool, hosier, first dividend of 9d.,
any Monday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Bird, Liverpool.
H. Williams, Birkenhead, builder, 3s. 2d., on new
proofs, on account of the first dividend of 4s. id., any
Wednesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at
the office of Mr. Morgan, Liverpool.
T. Barrett, Oxford, timber merchant, 203., any Wed-
nesday, between the hours of ten and two, at the office
of Mr. Turquand, Guildhall-chambers, Bssingball-
street.
Sarah Stone, Cheetham, Lancashire, baker, first divi-
dend of 2id. any Tuesday, between the hours of ten
and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
J. Jones, Stokport, ironmonger, first dividend of
6s. lid., any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one,
at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.

N. Batho, Manchester, machine maker, final dividend
of 5d., any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one,
at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall•street.

S. Leon, Rathbone-place, tailor, Nov. 24, at one—J.
Hooker, New-cross-road, Deptford, paperhanger, Nov.
24, at eleven—C. Cheel, Paddington-green, victualler,
Nov. 24, at half-past eleven—T. Inglis, New-street, St.
Martin-in-the-Fields, baker, Nov. 24, at half-past one.
In the Country.

J. Dolphin, Hunter house, nearllanchland, Durham,
banker, Nov. 30, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne—G. P. Waterhouse, Birmingham, coal mer-
chant, Nov. 24, at half past ten, at the Court, Birming-
ham—J. Roberts, Smethwick, Staffordshire, steel manu-
facturer, Nov. 24, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—
W. Turnpenny, Birmingham, jeweller, Nov. 24, at ten,
at the Court, Birmingham—B. Holmes, Birmingham,
boot and shoemaker, Nov. 27, at twelve, at the Court,
Birmingham.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

J. Davis, Stalbridge, Dorsetshire, chemist, certificate
of the third class—G. H. Bore, Stanway, Essex, surgeon,
certificate of the second class—J. Fitzgerald, Portland-
place, and Pendleton, Lancashire, coal merchant, certi-
ficate of the second class—R. Williams, Liverpool, tailor,
certificate of the second class—J. Honias, Cheltenham,
paper-stainer, certificate of the class.
By the Vice-Chancellor, unless cause be shown on or

befOre Nov. 23.

J. Williams, Westminster Bridge road, licensed vic-
tualer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

J. Elphick and H. Elphick, Heighton, SaISSOX, farmers
—G. Foreman and F. Forster, Liverpool, drapers—E.
Pinkess and G. Jordan, Liverpool, varnish manufacturers
—R.J. Linnington,E.Pinkess, and G. Jordan, Liverpool,
varnish manufacturers—R. Jones and T. Godwin,
Salford, plumbers—J. Weary, IL M. Croker, and W.
N. Harper, Devonport, slate quarrymen (so far as re-
gards W. N. Ilarper)—J. Warwick and C. Warwick,
Carpenter's-buildings, London-wall, commercial agents
—E. Littlewood and F. Cutts, East Retford, grocers—
T. J. Earl and Sarah Earl, Kendal, patten makers—J.
Donovan and P. Valiance, Davies-street, Oxford-street,
timber merchants—M. H. Osborn and J. Abbott, Wis-
beach, drapers—R. Hall and F. Jackson, Liverpool, en-
gravers—J. Bradbury and J. Bradbury, Manchester,
drysalters—R. Lord and J. Gibson, Howgill Mill, near
Gisburn, cotton spinners—J. Bryan and I. Lee, Roch-
dale, ironmongers—J. Battan, J. Carne, and P. Marrack,
Penzance, bankers—E. Jotham and H. Jacobs, Hadley
and Barnet, surgeons—Mary M'Farlane and T. Briggs,
Manchester, machine makers—H. Saul and E. Perdue,
Itotherhithe, coal tar refiners—Emily Foley, C. Roberts,
H. Ebirhardt, and F. Bradburne, Tipton, miners.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
George Wilks, Fairford, Gloucestershire, plumber.
Charles Mercer, Birmingham, fishmonger.
Isaac John Woodward, Birmingham.
James Chamberlain, Birmingham, butcher.
George Payton, Mitchley-road, Staffordshire, carpenter.
Robert Smith, Yetminster, Dorsetahire.
Francis R. Ellis, Ipswich, boot and shoemaker.
Joseph Skinner, Portsea, Hants, grocer.
William Fox, St. Lawrence, ner Ramsgate, baker.
John Thomas Bing, Margate, hairdresser.
Joshua Gem ge, Bedford, assistant to a tea dealer.
Henry Meeson Ellis, Walsall, Staffordshire.
William Adnsms, Gosport, pork butcher.
Samuel Owens, Cardiff, boilermaker.
John Williams, Dinas Po wis, Glamorganshire, carpenter.
Joseph Cheadle, Goldthorn-bill, Staffordshire, boot and
shoemaker.
Edward Hawkins, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, corn
dealer.
John Brown, Ipswich, whitesmith.
Frederick Ramsden Waite, Huddersfield, brassfounder.
Nathaniel Pycroft, Norwich, butcher.
William Moreton, Bishop's-wood, Staffordshire, shoe-
maker,
James Tarte, Rock, Worcestershire, mine sinker.
Thomas Morgan, Lantrissent,
Glamorganshire, shoe-
maker.
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, eom.

puted from the returns made in the week ending October
30, 1849, is 245. 10d. per cwt.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PROMOTIONS.

Commander Edward C. T. D'Eyncourt (1841), to
the rank of captain. Captain D'Eyncourt is second
son of the Right llon. C. T. D'Eyncourt, M.P. for
Lambeth, and has served about 16 years afloat. He
entered the navy through the College, August 3,
1826. As cadet and midshipman he served in the
Samarang, Asia, Britannia, Actw•-m, and Rapid;
passed his examination October, 1832 ; served in the
Excellent for three years, and in the Jupiter, to
India ; was promoted February, 1837 ; for a few
months Rig-lieutenant at the Nore, and subsequently
sailed with Sir Thomas Herbert in the Calliope to
South America and China, and at the latter place was
actively employed in the operations under Sir Thomas
Herbert, to whom he was aide-de•camp. In Novem-
ber, 1846, he succeeded Captain Thompson in com-
mand of the Comus, on the Brazil station, and paid
her off a few months since.

Commander Thomas Henry Mason (1841), to the
rank of captain. He entered the navy November 7,
1822 ; passed his examination 1830, and was promoted
July, 1837. As a lieutenant,' he commanded the
Algerine, 10, at China. In that vessel he obtained
mention for his zeal and alacrity at the capture of Chu-
san, in July, 1840. In the attack made upon Can-
ton in March, 1841, he enacted a very conspicuous
part, as he subsequently did in the operations re-
newed in the following May against that place, and
subsequently aided in the capture of Amoy. He was
appointed to command the Medea, steam-sloop,
January, 1847, and took her to the East Indies and
China, and was removed to the acting command of
the Melampus, 42, en the late Captain Campbell
invaliding, and that ship he paid off about two months
since.

Commander James Anderson (1842), late of the
Ranger, sloop, on the coast of Africa, to the rank of
captain. This officer has served afloat nearly thirty
years, in addition to coast-guard service. He entered
the navy, Sept. 17, 1808, as first-class volunteer, in
the Royal William, and whilst serving in the Myrtle,
18, contributed to the capture of two slave-vessels on
the coast of Africa, in the Ramillies, 74. He took an
active part in the chief operations of the American
war, including the blockade of Commodore Decatur's
squadron in New London, the attacks upon Wash-
ington, Baltimore, and New Orleans, and the bom-
bardment of Stonington. Ho also, among other
detached services, assisted, in the boats of the Ramillies
and of a squadron, at the capture, Dec. 14, 1814, on
Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under
Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the
British, after a fierce contest, had been occasioned a
loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. Passed his
examination in 1817, and was promoted March, 1823.
Lieutenants—Augustus Gordon (1836), who
passed his examination in 1830, and served in the
Talavera and Howe, and subsequently as senior of
the Thunder, surveying in the West Indies ; and
William T. Rivers (1841), who has served twenty
years afloat, and last in command of the Nautilus, 10,
one of the most able and deserving officers in the
service, have been promoted to the rank of com-
mander.

Assistant Surgeons—Dr. Alexander Mitchell

(1809), additional, late of the Royal Sovereign,
yacht, at Pembroke, 223 on the list; and Thomas
Nelson (1840), the 24th on the list, long serving and
meritorious officers, to the rank of surgeon.
Clerks—Frederick C. Dusanloy (1840), acting
paymaster and purser of the Flying Fish, 12, on the
coast of Africa, to the rank of paymaster and purser.
This is a most fair, just, and deserving promotion, he
being the senior eligible by service.

Having brought the Elephant to bear N. by W., bring
the Pilct Bush to bear N. E., and keep it on this
bearing until the Elephant is brought to bear W.N.W.,
when haul to the N.W. into the river.
As you bring the Elephant to bear to the westward of
N. by W. you will deepen into seven fathoms or more
on the flood tide, and when Elephant bears N.W. by W.
W., being then in the narrowest part of the channel,
you will shoalen into five fathoms and again deepen into
six or seven fathoms inside the river. At low water you
will not have less than three and a half fathoms in the
channel with the above bearing of the Pilot Bush.

With the Pilot Bush N. ;IE7, Elephant N.W. by W.
W. you are on the edge of the Spit; with the Pilot Bush
N. kE , Elephant N.W. by W. W. you are on the edge
of the one-and-half fathom bank; with Pilot Bush N. to
N. W. you are on this bank with the same bearings of
the Elephant.
Having entered the river, keep on the west side to
avoid au extensive mud flat that runs out half the river's
width from the cast side ; being abreast of Basscen
Creek on the west side, you .must edge over to the east-
ern side to avoid the De Silva Sand, situated about one-
t'lird from the western side, and directly abreast of a
steclta,le on the same side of the river ; while you avoid
this danger (which has a fathom at low water), you
must be careful' not to get set into Choke Bight, whore
the tide sets very strong, and the water very deep, 16 to
17 fathome. Having passed the Chokey, the river be-
comes more narrow, but it is free or danger • -being
abreast of the stockade on the point above the Clokey,
and on the same bank of the river, keep on the east
side of the river, to avoid the 521130 sand
that runs parallel with the western bank, from
the commencement of the Dallah high trees to
Dallah point ; whrn Rangoon Reach is well open,
haul to the westward to pass between the north end of
the Larn Saud and the Nesting Sand. This rand is
situated at the junction of the Pegue and Rangoon
Reach, and extends some distance- up the Rangoon
Reach. The You- e-thet high trees kept a quarter of a
ship's length open south of the King's Wharf is a good
leading mark for this channel. Having passed this
danger, you can steer to anchor at discretion abreast of
the ita",-staff. _

liEbienics.—During the springs in the S.W. monsoon
it at times blows very strong, when great care should be
taken not to get eastward (in cloudy weather) of the
middle ground between which and the Zingut Moun-
tains or Martaban shore the sands extend a long way to
seaward, over which the Bore rushes with the flood,
which makes it very dangerous when near them. As a
general remark, applicable to the whole coast from Am-
herst to Point Fenian, when the position of a ship is not
known, and you get into hard sounding, you should haul
to the southward to get into soft sounding. While in
soft sounding, with good anchor and cable judiciously
used, a ship will seldom drive on the flood tides unless it
blows a gale of wind, which is seldom known on this
coast.

BANK OF
(From last nig
An Account, pursuant to the Act?
the Week ending on Saturday,

ISSUE DP
X.
Notes issuel•:...... 28,470,565

X 28,470,565

Dated the Ist day of November,

BANKING DJ
X.
Proprietors'capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • ........... 3,132,780
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,

ENGLAND.
;ht's Gazette.)
'th and Sth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
,the 27th day of October, 184 b.
'AMM.LNT.

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities .. . • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 14,193,488
Silver bullion • ....• 277,077

X 28,470,565
[. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1849.

Commissioners oP
National Debt, SaV-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) .. 4,858,589
Other deposits ...... 10,732,142
Seven day and other
bi 118 .......... .... 1,080,914

X 34,363,425

Government Beene-

ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 14,228,068
Other securities . • 9,826,691
INotes • • ••• • .. 9,520,015
Gold and silirer coin.. 788,651

Dated the Ist day of November,

£34,363,423
➢i. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
*, 1849.

SUPPLY OF MILK TO LONDON.—The London and
North-Western Company have made arrangements for
the carriage of milk from Willesden, Sudbury, Pinner,
Aylesbury, and other numerous places on their line.
They engage to bring it for id. a gallon from Willesden
and other places classed together; lid. per gallon from
Cheddington and other places classed. Milk sells in
London for is. 4d. a gallon. We do not know exactly
the price of milk in the several places named, but, judg-
ing from the price of it in other country places, we
should say it is not higher than Bd, a gallon. or half the
London price. The cost of carriage will admit of a large
profit in London, even under reduced London prices.
Farmers and cowkeepers will find an inexhaustible
market for their milk, at a price which, before the ex-
istence of the arrangement just made, they could not
hope to obtain; and the inhabitants of the metropolis
will have the advantage of having country,pupplics
as though they were living in the country.—Herepatlea
Journal.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT CAMBRIDGE.—OII Wednes-
day evening last Mr. Ord, of Caius College, and a
friend, were taking horse exercise between Swaffbam and
Bottisham, in this county ; they had started on their re-
turn home about dusk, when Mr. Orde, who is short-
sighted, either thinking he saw something in his
road, or mistaking the way, suddenly pulled his horse,
which was doing a good pace, round on to a bank on the
side. The animal stopped short, and rigidly setting his
fore-legs, flung Mr. Ordo from his seat. Assistance was
immediately rendered by his friend ; the unfortunate
gentleman was taken up and found to be insensible. The
first medical aid was procured in all haste from Cam-
bridge, and Mr. Orde was found to be labouring under
a concussion of the brain, from which he never rallied,
and died on Thursday evening. Mr. Orde was a son
of Mr. and Lady Orde, of Rydo Castle, Isle of Wight,
and the occurrence was rendered morn distressing from
the fact of Mr. Orde, senior, being in such a delicate
state as to preclude his presence at Cambridge. Tbo
horse was Mr. Ordu's own property, and usually a quiet
animal.

THE EX-POLICEMAN AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.—
With reference to a statement made by William Trafford,
an ex-policeman, at the Mansion-house, on Thursday,
the Ist inst., before Alderman Carden, we have caused
inquiry to be made into the alleged circumstances. The
statement bears an imputation of neglect, if not injustice,
towards a deserving man by the heads of the metropoli-
tan police force; but we are informed that Trafford
joined in October, 1843, and after completing a service
of five years, proved incapable of discharging the duties
of his office, and that he resigned in June last, and re-
ceived a gratuity -of 20/. by order of the Secretary of
State. We aro also informed that this van's unfitness
arose from a chronic inflammatory condition of the
veins of the legs, proceeding from constitutional causes,
and not from any injuries received at the fire at Camden-
town; and that his conduct did not entitle him to a certi-
ficate of good conduct in the police; he, therefore, only
received a certificate of his having resigned according
to the regulations of the service.— Times.
SWEARING IN OF THE LORD MAYOR ELECT.—
Alderman Farncombe, the Lord Mayor Elect, proceeded
shortly after 10 o'clock yesterday morning, from the
Guildhall to the residence of the Lord Chancellor, to be
sworn in before his Lordship. The Lord Mayor Elect
was preceded by one of the City Marshals, the City
Pleaders, Under-Sheriffs, City Remembrancer, the Town
Clerk, and other civic functionaries. The Lord Chan.
cellor signified to the worthy Alderman her Majesty's
approbation of the choice of the citizens; and, after
having been sworn in, the Alderman, and those who ac-
companied him, withdrew.
NEW HIGH PRESSURE STEAM GAUGE. This
gauge, which is more particularly applicable to locomo-
tives and high pressure engines, is the invention of Mr.
Wrather, and consists simply of a small plunger, fitted
steam -tight into a cylinder, the upper part of the plunger
passing through a spiral spring, to which it is attached,
and having connected to it a hand to indicate the pres-
sure, which hand is made to revolve on the rise of the
plunger, and points to a number on a circular plate
equivalent to the pressure. The whole is extremely
simple, and can be placed under lock and key; and, by
an improvement recently introduced, is made to register
on a card the variations of pressure in a boiler during a
day's work. The necessity for an efficient, portable, ac-
curate pressure gauge, to show in a clear manner to an
unobservant workman the amount of force in a high
pressure boiler, is a desideratum long looked for bythose
who desire to diminish the risk of loss of life and limb.—
Architect and Building Operative.
TRIAL Ey LOT WITH A *JURY AT LEEDS.--A.
young female named Leggot, of respectable connexions,
and whose father keeps a music shop in Leeds, was tried
at the Leeds Borough Sessions, which terminated on
Monday last, on the charge of stealing a violin from the
shop of Mr. Muff, a gentleman engaged in the same
trade. The jury wrangled about the verdict for upwards
of three hours without being able to come to a decision,
and then,,t
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their opinions should draw two pieces of quill pen of
unequal length, and that if the short piece
came out first
the verdict should be guilty, and if the long one it
should be not guilty. The short piece happening to be
first drawn, the jury at once walked into court, and
upon their oaths, which bound them to return a true
verdict according to the evidence, pronounced the pri-
soner guilty. Under the recommendation of the Re-
corder, who presided at the trial, the fact, embodied m
the affidavits of three of the jurymen, has been sent to
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with a
memorial praying for his interference in the matter.

FOREIGN CHESNUTS.—Very large importations of
chesnuts have commenced taking place, from Frans.
especially, and also from the Channel Islands and other
places. The vessel George, from St. Malo, has brought
18 tons weight; the Pearl, from St. Male, 15 tons; the
Carolinda, from Redon (France), 30 tons; the Augus-
tine, from Redon, 37 tons; the Spy, from St. Malo, 15
tons; and the No Joke, from St. Maio, an entire cargo
of this production of nut, the produce of France and
the Channel Islands mentioned. The chesnuts now im-
ported are of a remarkable large size, and fine quality,
and it is remarked that those brought at the present
time from France are the largest ever imported into this
country from that or any other foreign state.

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