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Trim PUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EIvANING, DRCEMBER ll, 1A47.

SMITHFIELD CLUB.

The anniversary meeting of the members of this
club was held yesterday morning, in the ,Ccmmittee-
room, within the Horse Bazaar, King= street, Port-
man-square. The attendance was exceedingly nu.
merous, and included the Duke of Richmond, presi-
dent of the club, who occupied the chair ; the Hon.
Captain Pelham, Mr. Pusey, M.P., the Hon. H. W.
Wilson, &c. _ .

The report of the committee, appointed last year
to re-consider the arrangements of the prize sheet,
was read, and, after some discussion, adopted. The
chief feature it contained was, a proposition to do
away with all restrictions as to feeding the cattle
classes. After other formal business the proceedings
terminated.

The anniversary dinner took place last evening, at
the Freemason's Tavern. The Earl of Hardwicke
presided, in the absence of the Noble President, who
was prevented from so doing by slight indisposition.
There were present the Earl of Yarborough, Presi-
dent of the Royal Agricultural Society of England ;
Captain the Hon. Dudley Pelham, Colonel Sibthorp,
M.P.; and General Wemyss, &c. The cloth having
been removed,
The CHAIRMAN, proposed the toast of the
evening, " Success to the Smithfield Club." His
Lordship, in proposing this toast, dwelt at consider-
able length on the objects of the club, which he held
to be a society having intentions as honest and as
zealous as any ever established. It was one having
for its principle the discovery of the best means of
supplying the people with food at the cheapest rate ;
and in that object, he added, it had been eminently
successful. The object of the Smithfield Club, pro-
ceeded the Noble President, was to encourage the
production of cattle of every description at the
earliest possible period, and at the cheapest possible
rate.—(Hear, hear.) _ _

The CHAIRMAN next read the awards,
After which the following toasts were drunk :
" The Unsuccessful Candidates," " The Judges,"
" The Stewards," " The Father of the Club, Mr.
Gibbs, sen.," " The Royal Agricultural Society of
England," " The Earl of Yarborough," " The
Butchers and the Labouring Classes."
The proceedings then terminated. The attendance
at the banquet was considerable.

THE GAS QUESTION.
Last evening a public meeting of the inhabitants
of Lambeth and Southwark was held at the Literary
Institution, Borough-road, to take into consideration
the measures to be adopted for obtaining a reduction
in the price charged for gas by the various com-
panies; Charles Pearson, Esq., M.P., in the chair.
Mr. SAVAGE read a report, which stated that, in
consequence of the high price of gas in the metro-
polis, compared with the price paid in the provincial
towns, a committee was appointed to inquire into the
matter, and to consult the large consumers in the
district, in order to ascertain whether they were pre-
pared to take any measures for remedying the evils
complained of. The committee had gathered a great
quantity of information, and had waited upon the
board of directors of several gas companies, who had
declared their intention of reducing the present
charge to 7s. per 1,000 cubic feet, after Christmas
neat; but the committee considering that price too
high, had come to the following resolution :
" This Committee, on looking at the position it has
taken, with the view to obtain a reduction in the
price of gas from Bs. to 6s. per 1,000 cubic feet, feel
that the more information they collect, and the further
they prosecute the inquiry as to the comparative
charges of other companies, the more evident is it
that 6s. is a price that ought to command a good sup-
ply of first-rate gas, especially when, they take into
consideration that the gas companies charge 6s. in
Greenwick, supplying the railways at ss. 6d., and the
eastern end of the metropolis at 6s. The price of
gas in large country towns is only 3s. 3id. per 1,000
feet."

Mr. THWAITES moved "That the report meets with
the cordial approbation of this meeting, and that the
proposal made to the several companies of Gs. per
1,000 feet is a just and liberal one." It would be
understood, Mr. Thwaites remarked, that the gas
movement was becoming a most important one, and
it would ere long take a strong hold on the public
mind, in consequence of the vast amount of the in-
terest involved. He proceeded to call attention to
receipts of several gas companies, and he found that
in Ratcliffe, and the east end of London, the price
was 6s. per 1,000.
The resolution was carried, and a committee was
appointed to carry out the objects of the meeting.
A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the pro-
ceedings.

THE REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-
TAX AND SANITARY REFORM.

Yesterday a numerous meeting of the delegates
appointed by all the Metropolitan parishes, took place
at the Court-house, Marylebone, for the purpose of
considering the steps necessary to be taken " for en-
forcing upon the Government the necessity of an
immediate repeal of the Window-tax, without which,
they have themselves declared any measure of sanitary
reform, an absurdity."
Lord DUNCAN, the Member for Bath, was present,
and communications were made from Sir B. Hall,
Lord Dudley Stuart, and other Metropolitan Mem-
bers, expressing regret at unavoidable absence, but
giving their cordial concurrence to the movement.
Mr. GEORGE DANIELL, of Marylebone, was called
on to preside.
Lord DUNCAN, M.P., on rising to address the
meeting, was loudly cheered. After entering slightly
into what had taken place last session with. regard to
the repeal of the Window• tax, he said he intended
again to bring the repeal of the Window-tax before
the House immediately after the Christmas recess,
and he was happy to say that he had not only a great
accession of strength from gentlemen of his own
political opinions, but from a number of gentlemen
who, in politics, generally, were opposed to him.—
(Cheers.) The English people were too quiet. They
should take a leaf out of the book of those parties on
the other side of the water, whose vociferous clamour
called for eight millions, and obtained it.—(Hear,
hear.) He had no doubt they would be met by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer with the same bugbear
as formerly, namely, that he admitted the impolicy
and impropriety of the tax, but the state of the finances
of the country would not permit him to take it off.—
(Hear, hear.) He (the Noble Lord) again said this
country must copy the example of those over the
water, and demand it boldly, and not be so quietly
put down as they had been. He (Lord Duncan)
should bring forward his motion in the most tangible
shape possible, but if he found the Government offered
him opposition, he should bring the repeal of the
Window-tax forward as an amendment to someof the
Government measures, let the result be what it might.
Mr. GEESIN then moved, " That at the adjourned
meeting of the Conference the whole of the Metro-
politan Members of Parliament be summoned to at-
tend."
This resolution was carried nem. con.

Mr. SODEN moved the following resolution :
" That it is the opinion of this meeting that no
measure of sanitary reform can be effective or useful
unless accompanied by a repeal of the most obnoxious
and unhealthy impost of the Window-duties."
Mr. SAVAGE seconded the resolution, and

Mr. H. Jackson, of St. James's ; Mr. Breton, of
St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Mr. Crouch, of St. Pan-
cras ; Mr. Michie, Mr. Nicholay, and several other
gentlemen addressed the meeting, and, after a vote
of thanks to Lord Duncan and the Chairman, the
Conference adjourned.

ENGINEERING IN THE 19TH CENTURY.—We have
an engineer in England who has made a double path-
way, and reared a range of arches under the belly of old
Father Thames; there is another, who has formed the
bold scheme of suspending an aerial tunnel over the
Menai Straits; there is another, who has made the cliffs
of Dover topple into the sea like snow from a house side,
and would think it no great achievement to plaee the
rock of Gibraltar on the other side of the strait. We
have engineers in England who have put London and
Edinburgh cheek-by-jowl; there are others who propose
to join the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and also the Red
and Mediterranean Seas; and last, but not least, there
are others who propose to bore a hole through the Alps.
All this and much more they hare done, and propose to
do.—The Builder.
THE OAK FARM IRON WORKS.—The total liabili-

ties are upwards of 260:000/., the whole of which is
guaranteed by the old firm, except 36,0001., the old firm
holding as security the works. The assets, including
machinery, stock, and book-debts, are over 100,000/.
The liabilities of the new firm are less by 100,0001.
than when the dissolution of partnership took place
in 1845.

DR. limarDEN.—The deanery of Wenlock. in the
diocese of Hereford, under the guidance of its Rural
Dean and two Honorary Canons of Hereford Cathedral,
is about to set the noble example of transmitting a peti-
tion to Lord John Russell and the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, expressive of the warm approval of its clergy at
the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the bishopric of
Hereford. It will be numerously signed.
BlRMlNGllAM.—Notwithstanding the strong agi-
tation in acme parts of the diocese of Worcester, several
of the leading clergy here have signed an address of
congratulation to Dr. Hampden. Among these the
Rural Dean (Rev. J. Garbett), the Rev. John C. Miller
(Rector of St. Martin's), Rev. Sydney Gedge (of King
Edward's School), Rev. E. aarbett, and Rev. J. O.
Oldham.
Mr. Murphy, the weather prophet, whose death we
announced a few days ago, died of influenza. His age
was sixty-five. He deserves to be remembered as a man
of considerable scientific attainments. His " Lunar
Barometer," which he has tested for the last three
years, has been applied to the predictions of the weather
for the next year in his almanack just published.
RUSSIAN BEEF.—An importation, consisting of the
very large quantity of 530 tierces of beef, has lately
arrived from the port of Archangel, the produce of
Russia. So large an arrival of beef from that northern
state is very unusual and remarkable.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked early yester-
day in the pleasure grounds of Oshorne. Her Ma-
jesty and her Royal Consort took an airing in an
open carriage on Thursday afternoon, the Prince
driving.
The Royal Children walked and rode out on ponies
yesterday.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at-
tended by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George
Couper, joined the royal circle, at Osborne, at
dinner, on Thursday evening.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, accompanied by his Serene Highness
Prince Frederick of Hesse, and attended by Lady
Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, left their
residence at Kew, yesterday, to honour the Marquis
of Salisbury with a visit at his seat, Hatfield House,
Herts.

The Rev. Dr. Montgomery and Mr. Tennert,
M.P., had an interview with Lord Morpeth yesterday
at the Office of the Woods and Forests, in White-
hall-place.
A deputation from Manchester, consiQting of Mr.
Richard Birley, Mr. Malcolm Ross, and Mr. Dor-
rington, had an interview with Sir George Grey yes-
terday, at the Home-office.
Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence, in Downing-street.
The Rev. Mr. Dale, the Rev. Mr. Ellis, the Rev.
Dr. Worthington, the Rev. Mr. Lacey, and the Rev.
Mr. Marshall, a deputation of some of the metropo-
litan incumbents, on the subject of intra-mural inter-
ments, attended by Messrs. F. and B. Talbot, had an
interview with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the
office of the Woods and Forests.

Mr. Fitzpatrick had an interview yesterday with
Sir George Grey at the Home-office.
The ceremony of confirming the Right Rev. Dr.
Musgrave as Archbishop of York took place in St.
James's Church yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday, and commenced the hearing of an appeal
from New South Wales, " The Bank of Australia v.
Breilhat." The Lords present were the Master of
the Rolls, Lord Brougham, Lord Campbell, the Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, and the Judge of the
Admiralty Court.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(yawl OUP. OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

DECEMBER 10.

CHURCH-RATES.—A Testry was called yesterday to
" make a church-rate," which was rather numerously
attended. Neither vicar nor curate attending, Captain
Farington, R.N., one of the magistrates for the county,
was called to the chair. It was then stated that the
church was in debt 401., that it would require about 30/.
for the necessary repairs, and that a rate of 2d. in the
pound would produce about the sum required, 701.
John Eames, Esq., proposed a rate of 2d. in the pound,
which Charles Stokes, Esq., seconded; and, before the
anti. Church-rate party could make up their minds who
should speak first, the rate was said to be carried. One
of the leading Dissenters, Mr. Maurice Dear, moved the
adjournment of the question for six months, but was
told he was too late, the rate was made; that they came
to the church for that purpose—not to consider the pro-
priety of making a rate, but to make one—as stated in
the notice. Mr. Dear then called on those who were
for his amendment, and a large majority of the vestry
did so. The rates were heretofore carried by the
country population, but the vicar has so increased
his tithes lately that not the poorest cottager's little plot
escapes him; they, therefore, think ho gets enough to
pay the repairs, &c., himself. The church is more than
two miles from the town, and, excepting on this occasion,
few of the townspeople have attended the vestries.
Many that attended in this instance had been better at
home if they could not conduct themselves better in a
place of religious worship.
We have had a continuance of heavy gales. We have
a large fleet in the Roadstead, but they ride well.
Bar. 29.48; on Sunday night it was 29*08, Monday
night 29.45, Tuesday morning 28•32—at night 28.83 ;
when the gale, which then was from the N.N.W.,
moderated, the next morning the barometer stood at
29•37.

GREENWICH TIME AND OUR TIME.—Mr. Chris-.
tinson, author of the " Companion to the Barometer,"
having to keep her Majesty's clocks at Osborne and the
Custom-house and Post-office clocks at Cowes, to
Greenwich time, and the chronometers of the different
ships, yachts, &c., to true time, has a clock with two
minute hands to it—one points to Greenwich and the
other to true time. This hint may be worth carrying
out by others—even by the Builder, who is universally
respected for his hints.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
N BAN ,S, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List,

PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENT/ 46

LONDON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10.

JOINT-STOCK BANES.

Name of Company.

Dividend
per

Annum.

Amount
of
Share.

Australasia ..........
Britsh North American
Ceylon . • • • • • • • • • • • • •
:lommercial of Londoa

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

:lolonial.. ..........
Gloucestershire .....

lonian . • • • •• .. • • • . • •
Londn and W estminstr

51. per cent.
6/. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
15l per cent.
GI. per cent.
61. per cent.

25 0 0
100 0 0

London Joint-Stock ...
Provincial of Ireland..

61. per cent.
Si. per cent.
Si. per cent.
N. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.

50 0 0
100 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
100 0 0
20 0 0

Ditto, New.• • • • • • • •
Kational of Ireland ..
Nat. Proviicial of Eng.

Ditto, New.•• •• •• ..
South Australia ......
Union of Australia....

61. per cent.

25 0 0

Ditto • • .. . .... .
Union of L0nd0n.....
Union of Madrid .....

6(. per cent,

50 0 0
10 0 0

Price.

CANALS.
Names of :14° Dividend
Companies. 11 per I Price • per Price.
Companies.
to Annum. Annum.
Names of ..cti Dividend
---- --
£
Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. pcl 70 Macclesfield. 100 - 15
Barnsley . • 160 121. 160 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. 340
9rknk&Abrg 150 Si. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200
Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Coventry .... 100 251. - Regent's •• • • 33 11. 4s. 19
Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale ..• • 85 41. 54
Ells r re&Chs 133 41. 51 Somrset Coal 150 7/. 10s. 130
r.•.:en ash •• • 100 321. - Do.LkEd St 12 61. p. c. -
GrandJunctn 'lOO 51. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275
GrandSurreylloo - 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
Grand Union 100 I/. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305
"drantham • . 150 121. - Severn and
Kennt & Ant 39 78. 6d. 154 Wye Rail. 26 11. Bs. 30
Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 605 WarwickBp/ 100 65
Wooster .... 140 101. 75 Birming. "e*
Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 36 Warwick& 1
1 - 46
Loughborogh 142 701. 530 Napton..
Monmoathsh 1001 Si. - Worestr &/ 78 21. 39
Mntgemrysh 100 51. - Birming.
MoltnMwbry 1001 101. - Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11

INSIMANCE COMPANIES.

Name of Company.

Albion . • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Alliance Brit. and For.

Dia) Marine. • • • • • •
itlas •• • •• •
British Commercial .•
ClericLMed.&Gen.Life
Caunty ........ •• • •
Crown .• •• • • • • •• •• ••
Eagle • • • • • . • ..... • • • •
Eng.& Scot. Law ....
European Life ••• • • •
Family Endowmnt Soc.
Freemasons' . • • • • • • • •
Globe
Guardian • • • • • • • • •
lmperial Fire • • • • • • • •
Inver:al Life • • • • • • • •
Indemnity Marine.. • •
Law Fire ...... • . • • • •
LAW L ife • • • • • • • .....
Legal and General Life

London Fire •••• • • • •
London Ship •.••• • • •
Marine • . • •• • • ••• • • •
Med. Invlid & Gen. Life
National Lean Fund• •
National Life ... •
Palladium Lite ...... • •
Phoenix • •
otector Life • • • • • • •
Provident Life • . • • • . . •
Rock Life • • • • • • • • •
Royal Exchange ......
3un Fire • • • • . • • • • • • .•

Ditto Life . •• • • .••
Universal Life.... • • • •
Vieteria Life • • • • •• • ••

Name of Company.

Cmmerciall ....
East and West India
East Country ...
London ... ..

Ditto 80nd5........
St.Katharinej........
Ditto Bonds
Southampton •• ......

Name et Company.

Birmingham.
East L0nd0n..........
Grand Junction
New Rivr Lndn Brdge
Vauxhall ..... .......
West Middlesex . . .

Dividend
per

Annum.

31. 10s.
6 per cent.
61. per cent,
13s. 6d. pr sh.
7s. per share
51. per cent.
31.

51. per cent.
5% per cent,

& be.
51. per cent.
61. per cent.
51. per cent.
12 per ccnt.
_ _

11. sh. & bs.

.....
11. fis.

4141. per et.
51. per cent.
Si. per cent.
51. per cent.

p. et. & bs.
51. per cent.
it. se.
4s.
5/. per cent.
61. 10s.

U. Cc
103(1. pr cnt.l

:sir co

Dividend
per

Annum.

TI. per cent.
81. per cent.
81. per sent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
61. per cent.
71. per cent.
6/. per cent.
71. per cent.

61. per cent.
81. per cent.
81. per cent.
121. per cent.

Le/. per cent

51. per cent.
51. per cent.

51. per cent.
71. per cent.
SI. per cent.
Si. per cent.

Amount
of Pahl.
Share.

X s. 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
4 0 0
20 0 0
Stock.
100 0 0
500 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
100 0 0
1100 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
!00 0 0
5 0 0
Stock.

100 0 •

1 51. per cent.
5% I.pr cant.

51. per cent.
NI. pr cent,
it. per cent.
Si. per cent.

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Amount
of
Share.

Dividend
per
Annum.

41. per cent.
61. pr cent.
11. per eh.
51. pr cent.
41. per cent.
5 per cent.
4%1. pr cont.
21. per cent.

Amount
of
Share.

X s. d.
Stock.
Stock.
100 0 0
Stock.

Stock.

s. d.
50 0 0
11 0 0
5 0 0
5 6 8
5 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
2 12 6
All paid.
4 0 0
3 0 0

36 10 0
50 0 0
10 0 0
5 13 1
2 10 0
10 0 0
2 0 0
12 10 0
12 10 0
15 0 0
2 0 0
2 10 0
b G 0
2 0 0

1 0 0
10 0 0
0 10 0

Price.

17
5%
131/4
61/4
201/4

120
44%
214
14%

165
200
4%
11%
1218 s
160
10X
5/195

6%
146

50 0 0

Paid.

84%
704
,815.6 d.

21. 81

X s. d.

50 0 0

Paid.

18s.
81.
21. 10s.
31.
21. 10s.

£ 5. d.
25 0 0
100 0 0
41 13 4
100 0 0

A s. d.
25 0 0

100 0 0
63 12 9

151. 15s.prent.1

12s.
2%

11. 6s

It. Is

138.64
11. 3s
94
12s.

Price.

Price.

GAS-TAW:IT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
al Consolida t. 928. pr share, harelg 00
----____ __--------
X. B. d. L. 8. d.
British .• • • •• .
, "• 1/. 49 0 0 1 0 0 17X
Ditto Provincial ..
CI. per cent. 20 0 0
11. Ss. 20 0 0 19 0 0 24
Bristol .. • ..... ~ .
Brighton .....
City of London .Si.5/ per cent. 20 0 0 19
Continent 00 1030,
50 0 25907
Ditto, New
Equitable .. ...... , ...
,• per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 80
Independent .........
London .. .... .. ..
... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 64
7..5. pr share' 50 0 0 37 10 0 51%
Imperial
Westminster Charterk.d
Phtenix
~. .
Ratcliff ..... ..... 5
... I.percent. 50 0 0 45 0 0 3614
26,. /p.
eprrec,enntt: 55(01 0 0 5500 00 0 0
Ditto...o 448
5/. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 80
United General
Ditto, New
'IN I. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 17
12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 11%

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Lon( lon New Price Current of Dec. 10.)_
SUGAR.—TO-di ty the demand decreased for all kinds
of raw sugar both for home consumption and exporta-
senprices.
avy Thepea r
In e
lion; holders, ha. wever, refused to submit to any further
declineted i
an
h. market throughoutl,vest
udia
wasthe operated
aptreed-
in with cautio a
,pn,. and for all purposos, whilst only 320
hhds were sold at the former value, and which is gene-
rally 6d per cwt under Friday last. The total sales for
the week are 2,020 hhds and tree.
REFINED.—To-day
there was less demand for refined
goods for home consumption, in prices, however, no
esst.ill fiTrhstesmoratriksentotisto be had under 30s per cwt.
variation took place, but there was a desire to sell all
quiet for bonded crushed
Sugar,plaliti
MAURITIUS.—Tbis afternoon there was little dispo-
sition manifested to operate in
sold at about the former value.
Mauritius Sugar, and of
1,839 bags, 170 casks, and 89 tierces offered at auction,
a smell part only sold at the former value.
EAST INDIA.--This afternoon the demand was limited
all kinds, and of 4,450 bags at auc-
tionf ora
FOREIGN.sm Madrasa l
1S
Pu L'igirie°ornfo
of
no improvement to notice in the
market for any kind
arfe Foreign Sugar, supplies continue
large, and holders
yet willing sellers, whilst the
advices from the Continental markets are of an unsatis-
factory nature,bo th as regards the demand and prices.
any further concession in
I:loLassEs.—For West India there are few buyers;
quantity
bags
sd
lower.
prices, and for sale • the value of
low to fine is 15s to 18s. East India .
Treacle met with
little attention,
• and 17s to 18s is the value. Of Barba-
does Molasses 31 puns at public sale were taken in at
18s per cwt.
This afternoon Na
still :holdersoffdeereali njeessto make
COME.--ThIS ative Ceylon met with less
attention, and the parcels sold privately were at barely
good ordinary Native
6d Atper auctionovvt, lwhich6s bias
COCOA.--Fine and good descriptions of red are wanted,
such being limited, and the supply. of
obtained, bvt inferior and grey sorts have been operated
in with caution, and are easily to be obtained on former
wfoernmteartr3a3tess.
terms. At public sale 341 bags of Trinidad were offered.
Foreign is dull of sale.
TEA.—The G perations in all kinds of black have ;been
to a limited ext. ant only, but no further depression in
the value took place. Congou of common quality i
offered at 7d to lid, good common 8d to B;}d, but midis
and good mid BFd to 10d, mid and good strong blackish
leaf 10id to is 211, fine and Pekoe flavour Is 3d to is 6d;
Bohea 2d to 4d ; Souchong, low and mid 8d to Is ;
good
and fine is ti'd to 2s, and Pouchong 3d to 4d accord-
ing to quality. ( hi the part of the ho . . lders of Green an
increased inelintit ion is manifested to realise, and in
consequence of the large pf.ircels pressed for sale, prices
suffered a flirt': er depression, and exhibit a reduction
lon this day week of id to 4d for Twankey, Id to 2d t, or
ilyson, ld to 2d for Young Hyson, and 2d for Imperi;il
and Gunpowder.
caution, and,
Pekoe Teas have been dealt in wit h
ha ring a plentiful supply, there are sellers'
Id under previous quotations. The quantity offered :at
auction this wee k amounted to 14,560 packages, of whit di
only 4,600 were sold.
liwz.--To-ky there was no public sale of Lot India,

but privately the purchases made were trifling, although
holders were willing to take rather lower rates. For
auction 1,000 bags of 13engal, and 9,000 bags Arraean
are declared.

SPIOES.—In consequence of the large increase in the
supply of brown Nuttnegs at market this week, prices
have suffered a depression of Id to 2d per lb. The
whole, however, offered at public sale, amounting to 143
casks. 21 bags, and 4 boxes of Penang, found buyers. The
market for all sorts of Black Pepper is quiet, and the
limited business concluded privately was at a fall on
former rates of oto id. At auction 703 bags however
all found buyers. White is wanted, but prices have
ceased to advance. At public sale 83 bags were how-
ever sold at the former value, and went at 4d to 4d for
middling. The market fur Cloves is quiet.
Faurr.--Four large public sales were brought forward,
Consisting of 125 butts, 86 crtls, 23 brls old Patras, 60
butts, 60 ertla old Zante Currants ; nearly the whole
were brought in from 32s to 34s ; 766 boxes, 215 lif-do,
188 qr-do, and 800 i-do new Muscatels, principally
layers, part sold at the market prices. Privately there
has been an extensive business done in all descriptions.
COCHINEAL.—To-day at public sale 28 bags of Hon-
duras Cochineal sold at 4s 4d to 4s 8d for low to good
silvers, and good to fine black 6s 6d to 6s 10d; 6 bags
of Mexican silvers 4s sd, which are rather higher rates.
Snarrs,—Jamica Rum has met with more attention
this week, and a good business was concluded in all de-
scriptions; the rates paid were fully equal to those that
existed previously, and the chief buyers were the home
trade; the total sales are 400 puns. Leeward Island
is litle requred, and can be obtained upon easier
terms; the sales are only 100 puns. East In-
dia is dull of sale and rather cheaper. Mauritius
is little required. For strong Demerara there is, how-
ever, a fair demand, but holders show a desire to sell at
last week's rates. The quantity sold is 100 puns, fair
quality 30 to 35 over fair quality 2s 9d to 2s 10d, and
34 to 36 over good and fine 3s to 3s 2d. Brandy cannot
again be quoted cheaper, the demand, however, does not
improve, and supplies are large.
OlLS.—This afternoon the public sales of Sperm, con-
sisting of 90 tuns, went at reduced rates, and only in
part sold at 811. to 821 ss, low 801 to 801. 5s ; Southern
must be quoted higher, 40 tuns selling at 271 5s to 281
for good and fine, one lot 301, low dark and mid 231 to
271. For Seal prices have not further given way. At
Auction 100 tuns mostly sold.
TaLLow.—This afternoon higher rates were obtained,
notwithstanding the large parcels at public sale, 24 pipes,
62 barrels, and 452 boxes South American, were sold at
40s 6d to 42s 3d, fine 45s to 475; 52 casks African 36s
to 40s 3d; 467 casks Taganrog and Odessa 40s to
45s 3d; 367 casks of Australian 41s to 46s 3d for low to
fine.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32,f0r
the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of December, 1847.
ISSUE IDTTARTMENT.

Notes i55ued........ 24,366,085

Government debt .. 11,015,100
Other securities • • 2,984,900
Gold coin and bullion 9,111,038
Silver bullion .•• • .. 1,255,047

1 X 24,365,0811
M. MARSUALL, Chief Cashier.
, 1847.

OF.P.LITMEN T.

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) .. 10,946,594
Other securities .. .. 18,070,409
Notes .. .. •.• . .. .... 5,583,020
Gold and silver coin.. 666,514

1 £35,26G,537
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1847.

97th Foot—Ensign Charles Henry Lumley to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sutton, who retires ;
William Richard Annesley, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase. vice Lumley, Dec. 10.
99th Foot—Ensign Bernard Henry O'Reilly to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Pigott, who retires; Wil-
ham Henry Dowling Reeves Welman, Gent., to be '
Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Reilly; Menry Higgins
Jones, M.D., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Smith, ap-
pointed to the Staff, Dec. 10.
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Captain Bicknell
Coney, from half-pay 17th Light Dragoons, to be Cap-
ain, vice Bindon, promoted; Lieutenant Charles Patti-
son, from 78th Foot, to bo Captain, by purchase, vice
Coney, who retires, Dec. 10.
BREVET.—Captain Bicknell Coney, of the Royal
Newfoundland Companies, to be Major in the Army,
June 28, 1838.
UNATTACHED.— Captain Henry George Boyce, from
the 2d Life Guards, to be Major, by purchase, Dec. 10.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Assistant-Surgeon George Roche
Smith, from 99th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the
Forces, vice Wood, promoted in the 20th Foot, Dec 10.
MEMORANDUM.—Major William Bindon, upon half-
pay Unattached, has been allowed to retire from the
army by the sale of an Unattached Majority, he being
about to become a settler in Nova Scotia, Dec. 10.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 9.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Samuel
Philip Townsend to be Captain, vice Tireman, retired
on full pay; First Lieutenant William Robert Gichard
to be Second Captain, vice Townsend; Second Lieu-
tenant Philip Bedingfield, to be First Lieutenant, vice
Gichard, Nov. 24.

Commissions by the Lord•Lieutcnsnt of the West

Riding of Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Hussars, Regiment of West Riding Yeo-
manry Cavalry—Godfrey Wentworth Bosville, Gent.,
to be Cornet, vice Murkland, resigned, Dec. 1.

Erratum in the Gazette orthe 3d instant.

Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County

Palatine of Chester.

The King's Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry Cavalry
—For Cornet the Honourable Hugh Lupus Earl Gros-
venor, M.P., to be Captain, vice Sir Philip de Malpas
Grey Egerton, Bart., promoted—read, Cornet the
Eight Honourable Hugh Lupus Earl Grosvenor, M.P.,
to be Captain, &c.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 4.

Corps of Royal Marines—First-Lieutenant Galiway
Byng Payne to be Captain, vice Brevet Major Thomas
Scott, retired on full-pay • Second-Lieutenant Henry
Nicholas Gell to be First-Lieutenant, vice Payne, pro-
moted.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 6.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Marlow,
Gent., of Walsall, in the county of Stafford, to be a
Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

Gravesend and Milton Cemetery Company, to surren-
der, Dec. 16, at half-past two, and Jan. 14, at half-past
eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Johnson, official
assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance and Plews, Old

Jewry-chambers.
Julius Johanning, commission agent, Newman-street,
Oxford-street, Dec. 16, at half-past two, and Jan. 19, at
half-past twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Bell,
official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Lawrance

and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
Thomas Burnell and William Shelford Fitzwilliam,
merchants, King William-street. City, Dec. 17, at eleven,
and Jan. 20, at one, at the Court, Basinghall-street.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Lawrance
and Plews, Old Jewry-chambers.
George Clarke, common brewer, Dunstable, Bedford-
shire, Dec. 21 and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Belcher, official assignee; Lewis,
Clement's-lane, City.
William Tiley, common brewer, Reading, Berkshire,
Dec. 21, at two, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court,
Basinghall-street; Belcher, official assignee; Hill and
Heald, Throgmorton-street; _Weeding, and ,Slocombe,
Reading.
Peter Claussen, manufaturer, Newman-street, Oxford-

street, Dec. 20, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 25, at half=
past eleven, at the Court, Basinghall-street. Turquand,
official assignee, Old Jewry-chambers; Lawrence and
Co., Old Jewry-chambers.
John Tanner, carpenter, Minories, Dec. 17, at eleven,
and Jan. 25, at twelve, at the Court, Basinghall-street.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street; Buchanan,
Basinghall-street.
James William Gordon, wine merchant, Cullum-street,
Fenchurch-street, and Church-row, Limehouse. Dec. 17,
at half-past twelve, and Jan. 31, at eleven, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-
street; Brown, Finsbury-place.
Robert Brown, victualler, Sutherland-terrace, Brixton,
Dec. 18, at half-past one, and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the
Court, Basinghall-street. Follett, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basingball-street ; Jenkinson and Co.,
Lombard-street.
Thomas Thompson Cattley, colour merchant, Cousin-
lane, Upper Thames-street, and Viwiera, Wandsworth-
road, Dec. IC at two, and Jan. 22, at half-past eleven,
at the Court, Basinghall-street. Green, official assignee,
Aldermanbury ; Robinson, Queen-street-place, Upper
Thames-street.

William Rankine, boot maker, Gresham-street, City,
Dec. 23, at one, and Jan. 21, at twelve, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-
lane ; Goddard, King-street, Cheapside.
George Windle, haberdasher, Judd-street, Brunswick-
square, Dec. 23. at one, and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the
Court, Basinghall•street. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch-lane ; Lawrance and Flews, Old Jewry-
chambers. _

Samuel Carr, licensed victualler, Newcastle-court,
Strand, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 21, at eleven, r.t the
Court, Basitighall-street. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Atkinson, Carey-street,
Lincoln's Inn.
Thomas Turner, boot and shoe manufacturer, North
ampton, Dec. 21, at half-past two, and Jan. 21, at twelve,
at the Court, Basinghall-street. Groom, official assignee,
Abchurch- lane; Wright and Bonner, London-street,
Fenchurch-street.
James Terrett, victualler, Salisbury-lane, Bermondsey,
Dec. 23, at two, and Jan. 51, at one, at the Court,
Basinghall-street. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's •
place, Old Jewry ; Yonge and Hancock, Tokenhouse•
yard.
Bradnock Davies, druggist and grocer, Birmingham,
Dec. 21, at ten, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Court,
Birmingham. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham;
Spencer and Rawlings, Birmingham.
George Stedman, currier, Forebridge, Staffordshire,
Dec. 21 and Jan. 18, at eleven, at the Court, Birming-
ham. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Bowen,
Stafford.
James Robinson, merchant, Huddersfield, Dec. 21 and
Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. Hope, official
assignee, Leeds ; Wiglesworth and Co., Gray's Inn;
Cronhelm, Leeds.
George Bradford, baker, Bridport, Dec. 21 and Jan.
12, at one, at the Court, Exeter. Hernaman, official
assignee, Exeter; Nicholetts, Bridport; Stogdon, South-
ernhay, Exeter; Brace, Surrey-street, Strand.
Edward Rossiter, jun., builder, Torquay, Devonshire,
Dec. 21 and Jan. 12, at one, at the Court, Exeter.
Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter; Kingdon, Exeter;
Raven, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
Thomas William Crowhurst, grocer, Clifton, Bristol,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 21, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol.
Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Bridges, Bristol.
William Wadman, brassfounder, Montpelier, Bristol,
Dec. 23 and Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol.
Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Surr and Gribble,
Lombard-street; Castle and llenderson, Bristol.

John Birch, grocer, Liverpool, Dec. 24 and Jan. ls, at
eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. Bird, official assignee,
Liverpool; Norris and Co., Bedford-row ; Toulmin,
Liverpool.
Henry Garthwaite, manufacturer of fancy goods,
Hopton, Yorkshire, Dec. 23 and Jan. 27, at eleven, at the
Court, Leeds. Young, official assignee, Leeds; Clarke,
Chancery-lane; Hird, Huddersfield; Sanderson, Leeds.
Thomas Redpath, auctioneer, Leeds, Dec. 23 and Jan.
27, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. Freeman, official
assignee, Leeds; Jones and Co., John-street, Bedford-
, row; Hicks, Leeds.
James Ramsden, woollen draper, Halifax, Dec. 21 and
Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds. Hope, official
assignee, Leeds; Jaques and Edwards, Ely-place; Ma-
cauley, Halifax; Courtenay, Leeds.
George Fox, paper manufacturer, Charlestown, Derby-
shire, Dec. 22 and Jan. 25, at eleven, at the Court,
Manchester. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Hall

and Co., Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn; Leeming, Man
chester.

Francis Smith, innkeeper, Manchester, Dec. 24 and
Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. Hobson,
official assignee, Manchester; Sharp, Verulam-buildings,
Gray's Inn; Rowley and Taylor, Manchester.
Francis Deestoa, carpenter, Stockport, Dec. 24 and
Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester. Hobson
official assignee, Manchester; Bower and Son, Chancery.
lane; Stringer, Stockport.
DIVIDENDS.
In the Country.

J. Judd, Brynmawr, Breconshire, shopkeeper, Jan. 4,
at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—F. Richardson, Orms-
kirk, Lancashire, tailor and draper, Jan. 3, at eleven, at
the Court, Liverpool—J. Leiter, Peu y' Gelle-lodge,
Denbighshire, farmer, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court,
Liverpool—T. Perry, Kirkdale, near Liverpool, builder
and brickmaker, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—S. Stocks and M. L. Tait, Manchester and Heaton
Mersey, bleachers and finishers, Jan. 7, at twelChesve, at t
hire,
he
Court, Manchester—G. C. Nicholls, Upton,
commission merchant, Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Court,
Liverpool—J. 11. Southern and G. Southern, Ashton-
under-Lyne, cotton spinners, Dec. 31, at twelve, at the
Court, Manchester.
PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
T. James, Moorgate-street, merchant, 35., on Monday,
Dec. 13, and two following Mondays, between the hours
of eleven and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-
lane.
F. Ricketts, Moorgate-street, ls., on Monday, Dec.l3,
and two following Mondays, between the hours of eleven
and three, at the office of Mr. Cannan, Birchin-lane.
s
T. M. Lake, Uxbridge, bookseller,
s. 6d., on Mon-
day, Dec. 13, and two following
the Mondays, office of Mr. Cannan,
hours of eleien and three, at between the
Manchester, druggist, 9d., on Tuesday,
Birchin-lane,H.
Barker,
Dec. 21, or on any subsequent Tuesday, between the
hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser,
Manchester.
R. Cogan,
,
Leicester-square, glass, lead, and colour-
merchant, 3s. 6d.
on Friday, Dec. 10, or any subse-
quent Friday, between the hours of twelve and three, at
the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Ba,singhall-
street.
_T. T. Cooke, Manchester, bill vendor, Is. 11d., on
Tuesday, Dec. 14, and every following Tuesday, between
the hours of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Pott,
Manchester.
J. Trewick, jun., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper, 4s. 6d.,
on Saturday, Dec. 11, or any following Saturday (ex-
cepting Christmas and New Year's days), between the

,_wmee

thours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Walley.,
'Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
H. R. Morley, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant, ss. Sid.,
on Tuesday, Dec. 14, or on any subsequent Tuesday, be-
tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr.
Stansfeld, King ston-upon- 11
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
R. May, Shoumers- place, Peckham, stockbroker, Jan.
5, at half-past one---H. Owen, Fleet-street and Argyle-
street, common carrier, Jan. 5, at half-past one—T.
Bewley, Chelmsford, iron manufacturer, Jan. 1, at half-
past one.

In the Country.
A. Jessop, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, auctioneer and
dealer in ale and porter, Jan. 1, at eleven, at the Court,
Leeds—T. Ridehough and J. Ridehough, Halifax,
worsted spinners and manufacturers, Jan. 4, at eleven, at
the Court, Leeds—J. Waddell, Liverpool, wine and
spirit merchant, Jan. 3, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
pool—T. Bushell and G. Bushell, Bristol, masons and
stonecutters, Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—
J. Carter and J. Baines, Liverpool, merchants and ship
brokers, Dec. 31, at the Court, Liverpool—W. H. Grat-
rix, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, silk and ribbon manufac-
turer, Jan, 15, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—
C. F. Cotterill and W. H. Bill, Walsall, Staffordshire,
merchants, Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham
—J. Ross, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, hosier and grocer, Jan.
7, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—T. Moore,
Tipton, Staffordshire, grocer, Jan. 11, at eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham—J. Lenton, Bourn, Lincolnshire,
butcher, Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—
T. Smith, Swinehead, Leicestershire, cattle salesman,
Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham.
At the Court of Review, Dec. 31.
J. Laxton, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, linendraper—J.
Sperring, Chippenham, Wiltshire, innkeeper and car-
penter—R. Heyday, Milk-street, Cheapside, silk ware-
houseman—R. Gisburne, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, book-
seller and stationer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
H. Ward and A. R. Ward, London, merchants—D.
Logan and W. Tarbuck, Liverpool, chain cable and
anchor makers-I'. Henry and J. Henry, Liverpool,
tailors and drapers—J. Lindsey and M. Rodway Aber-
dare, Glamorganshire, common brewers and millers—j.
Ritson, C. Do dsworth, J. Robson, and W. Smith, Hay-
don-bridge, Northumberland, iron and brassfoundera (so
far as regards J. Ritson)—E. Mills and H. Mills, North-
street, Pentonville, artificial flower manufacturers—S.
Milne, J. Milne, and S. J. Milne, Ainsworth and Man-
chester, cotton spinners and manufacturers—H. Haines
and T. Jennings, Fore-street, City, undertakers—P..
M'Hardy and C. Johnson, Huddersfield and Hon!ey,
Yorkshire, sub-contractors--J. Wolstencroft, S. Wol-
stencroft, J. Wild, and J. Brown, Middleton, Lance,-
shire, cotton spinners (so far as regards J. Wild—H.
Osborne and J. Duke, Newark-upon-Trent, plaster
merchants—J. H. Clayton and J. H. Square, Hare-court,
Inner Temple, attorneys and solicitors—J. T. Millard
and E. Margetts, Tokenhouse-yard, City, attorneys and
solicitors—F. Feek and. W. Feek, Heigham, Norwich,
horsebreakers—J. Woodward and G. Mottram, Shrews-
bury, hop, seeds, and porter merchants—T. Forsyth and
J. Hamilton, Liverpool, share brokers—J. Prosser and
J, Harlow, White Hart-court and St. Martin's-court,
Leicester-square, manufacturers of turnery goods—J.
Fletcher and J. Galley, Manchester, cotton and yarn
agents—W. Cole, sen., and W. Cole, jun., Bradford,
Yorkshire, tea dealers—R. Edleston and W. Hilton,
Bolton and Radcliffe, Lancashire, woollen drapers and
tailors—C. Chorlton and J. Leigh, Manchester, linen-
drapers—J. Wodsworth and W. F. Wodsworth, Leeds,
brush manufacturers—W. H. Bates and F. Price, Liver-
pool, commission agents and hardware merchants—T.
Cox, jun., C. Cox, and G. Warwick, Great Malvern,
Worcestershire, woollen drapers and tailors—J. Foulger
and T. Foulger, 'High street, Marylebona, tailors—C.
W. Collins, M. Atherly, and E. Stillwell, Glasshouse-
street, Regent-street, gold and silver lacemen and em-
broiders (so far as regards C. W. Collins)—S. H. Cole
and J. Cole, Waterloo-road, Surrey, pawnbrokers and
silversmiths—T. Mills, sen., and J. Mills, Swindon,
Wiltshire, hop merchants and linendrapers—R. Wylam
and W. Wylam, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wine and spirit
merchants—A. C. Marriott and A. C. Dalgleish, Wor-
cester, brewers—C. Nash, F. Chaplin, and F. W. Nash,
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, tanners (so far as
regards C. Nash.)
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. •

George Ebenezer East, Oldswinford, Staffordshire, clerk.
William Noake, Stratton St. Margarett's, Wiltshire,
innkeeper.
John Hill, Breewood, Staffordshire, plumber.
Richard Kay, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, licensed
victualler.
John Chadwick, Little Horton, Yorkshire, joiner.
William Hamblin, Great Shefford, Berkshire, corn.
dealer.
William Baddcley, jun., Newcastle-under-Lyne.
Ellis Howarth, Little Bolton, Lancashire.

John Morgan, Brighton, eating-house-keeper.
William Garrington, Darlaston, Staffordshire, currycomb
maker.
John Moreton, Stoke upon-Trent, blacksmith.
Joseph King, Homersfield, Suffolk, general shopkeeper,
Thomas Goodwin, Stoke-upon-Trent, warehouseman.
Richard Nelson, Chorley, Lancashire, tailor.
George Brereton, Hanky, Staffordshire, bricklayer.
James Holdcroft, Stoke•upon-Trent, boot maker.

Ann Williams, Bradford, Yorkshire, milliner.
James Exton, Hereford, builder.
John Brown, Whitstable, Kent, mariner.

John Jakeman, Hampton Poyle, Oxfordshire, wheel
right.
Cornelius Hudson, Oldham, Lancashire, salesman.

John Friend, Sandwich, Kent, cordwainer.
Robert Richardson, Walsall, Staffordshire.
Robert Francis Apperson, Walsall, Staffordshire, brass

.. . _ .
founder.
John Elleby, Derby, clockmaker.
William Jones, Llanelly, Brecon, bundler.

David Davies, Pen} ffordd, Brecon, licensed victualler.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.

D. M'Culloch :and J. H. M'Alpine, Glasgow, distill, t
to meet Dec. 15 and Jan. 5, at twelve, within tho
writing-chambers of J. Monteith, Glasgow.
J. Martin, Edinburgh, draper, to meet Dec. 15 EL,3
Jan. 5, at two, within Ferguson's Ship Hotel, Edin..
burgh.
John Sinclair, Inverhagarnie, Perthshire, farmer, tO
meet Dec. 15 and Jan. 13, wit hin Kinross' Inn, Dunblano.
J. B. Cuthbertson, Glasgow, hat manufacturer, to
meet Dec. 16 and Jan. 13, at twelve, within the writing.
chambers of Messrs. Strathan and Douglas, Glasgow.
M. G. Paul and W. Paul, Glasgow, builders, to meet
Dec. 14 and Jan. 6, at twelve, within the counting-houia
of J. C. Foulds, Glasgow.
_ _

J. A. Mathison, Glasgow, grain merchant, to me( t
Dec. 17 and Jan. 7, at two, within the writing-chambers
of Marshall and Co., Glasgow.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending December 7,
1847, is 223. 614 d. per cwt.

A SHIP ON FIRE.

WEYMOUTH, THURSDAY, SEVEN P.m.—A ship is now
on fire in the west bay, about ten miles west of Port-
land. It was first seen from shore about five this after-
noon, and has since been burning with awful fury. From
the extent of the flames and their duration, shel must
be a vessel of considerable size. From what I could
learn I think she must be a steamer, as in the afternoon
one was seen going round Portland, and bound to the
westward. When first seen she was about fifteen miles
off the beach ; but she has been fast drifting towards it,
and is now probably within four or five miles. The wind
is blowing very strong trom the west-south-west, so that
if any part of her survives the flames an hour or two
longer, it will be driven on shore. The greatest anxiety
is felt respecting her fate, or rather that of those on
board her, as, if a steamer, the number is no doubt
considerable. There is a very heavy sea running in
the bay, so as to make it doubtful if open boats could
survive it.

Several vessels have gone to her assistance, but as the
wind is strong, it would take several hours for them to
reach her. It is thought probable that she may hays
been seen from the westward early in the evening,
whence they could soon run down upon her. I have
since heard that two revenue cruisers and two or three
fishing trawls went out in the afternoon to the aid of •
bark which was embayed and expected to drive on shore;
but fortunately she got clear of the land. This was late
in the afternoon, and it is most probable they alight
have seen the burning ship.
sdtriliiftreadgicnlgea, rsoofasthwe
BililliocfhpToorticlaL
Portland.
make it quite impossible for any one to live on board.
The flames Its j
areust
on Thursday, reports as follows :
The Tagus, Captain Evans, arrived at Southampton
" Dec. 9.—Wind S.W., strong breeze. Bill of Port...
land, S.W. 10 miles. At 3 A.M. perceived a fire in shore
of us. Steered for it, suspecting it to be a ship on firs.
which, on approaching, proved to bo the case ; got the
boat ready to take crew out should they not hays al.
ready left the vessel. On nearing, she proved to be g
hoafdhaerir,, Ksrta:
perfectly
ship apparently about 400 tons, wall-sided, scroll figure.
bead, masts and deck burnt out of her, but the bowsprit
was yet
satisfie
standing.d ourselves We
aclose
the
-chead
left. She had, no doubt, from the progress the fire had
made, been on fire several hours. We reconnoitered , ALI
around us, and could not perceive any
masts, tops. or spars floating alongside.
signs of boatel,
We, therefozei
proceeded at Ind speed."

HOME, OR B
boardroom
ta SAILORSO the
ESTABLISHMENT. Thu
Dircetors of theridayfoineutiswicx M1111TM.72
boaTrild noon the Board ')f
above excellent institution met in the
Docks, for the trausacii.on of establishment,tsuaibusetnl Well-street,
eLondort:
for the past year OVA, that dui;ng the tw.elve yearsre of
the society's existmee, it had conferred on many thocr•
send seamen great and lasting benefit. During the lass
year 4,567 boarders have been rcceived into the instittl
"Tit and every effort had been made to improve their
morel condition by affording religious instruction. The
Holy Scriptures are provided in various languages.
There is an excellent library of useful end instructive
works, to which, by the kindness of friends, additione
have been recently made. Lectures are delivered on tho
steam•engine, &c.; a school-master also gives free Js..
struction in navigation, writing, and arithmetic, both to
adults and apprentices. The establishment, which IA
very WOlqUe, is capable of accommodating upwards of
300 individuals, each of whom has a separate cabin, or
sleeping berth. During the last year the cashier had
received and paid on the private accounts of the seamen
94,4801., 4,195/. had been sent to themselves or their
families, at their own homes; while in tho savings bank
in May last, stood 2,2881. 19s. 7d. to the credit of the
boarders. Last year's expenditure left a balance in hand
of nearly 700/.
A fresh persecution of the Christians has broken
1
out in Korea, and nine native Christians—the first, th
Roman Catholic priest in Cochin China—have bees
murdered. There are about 20,000 Christians in the
country, and a Frerch bishop and a European priest KO
concealed i 3 the cuital.: