The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-25 00:00:00

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by su-211 a new partition. You may add to this, our
reluctance to embrace a measure which would neces-
sarily tend to the extinction of lease.; and franchises,
together with this main reason in morals, that we
did not deem it just to propose that a man should have
the right of selling that which he had not purchased.
"On the other hand, the measure of improvements
—compensation, suggested by the Irish Council,
would not interfere with any existing right, interest,
or custom ; but, leaving whatever means the country
at present possesses to be 'enjoyed by the rightful
owners, would take effect only on the new wealth
which it might itself be the means of calling into ex-
istence—would give the whole of that new and addi-
tional wealth to those whose capital and labour had
created it—would deny any part of it to the lazy and
unimproving—would tend to the universal granting
of beneficial leases, and in all cases would be just.
That such results should be attained without trouble
is as little to be expected as that the improvements
themselves should be effected without labour; but any
machinery necessary for that purpose would be much
less troublesome and cumbrous than that for a rent
valuation, such as any legalization or extension of the
tenant-rights of Ulster would require.
" Do me the justice to take notice, that neither do
I, nor, as I believe, does any other member of the
Irish Council, object to existing tenant-right interests,
such as they are, and when they have bona
.fide exis-
tence. Some of us—l among the number—believe
that the prosperity of Ulster has been ascribed in an
undue degree to those relations ; and, for my own
part, I would much prefer a general system of thirty-
one year leases, to an uncertain custom grounded on
mere indulgence by individuals. The tenant right,
however, in your own immediate neighbourhood,
stands on a different footing; and perhaps if the
tenant- farmers, under the London Companies, were
more generally assured of the rule and practice of all
corporate bodies, to renew, on liberal terms to their
ancient tenants, we would not have so much dissatis-
faction with existing institutions emanating from the
capital of your county.—Believe me to be, my dear
Sir, very sincerely yours
" yours,
FERGUSON.

"11, Henrietta-street, Dublin, Nov. 25,1847
In commenting on this communication, the Stan-
dard favours us with the following account of the
origin of what Mr. Ferguson truly calls the " novel
feature" of a valuation rent :

" Mr. Ferguson is in error, when he supposes that
Mr. Crawford imported' from Ilolycrose, or from
any similar locality, his proposition for the equitable
determination of rents. His idea of having it done
by a public valuation was his own, but if he im-
ported' the principle of the thing from any extraneous
quarter whatever, it was from Derry, where the
whole subject was familiarly discussed by him and
the leading members of the Tenant Right Associa-
tion, some weeks before the meeting of the Irish
Council.' The principle in question seemed, however, to
have occurred to Mr. Crawford's own mind, and to have
been maturely considered by him long before his visit
to Derry, so that he was, in no respect, indebted for it
to the members of the Association. We are not, our-
selves, advocates for the valuation proposed, because we
conceive that it could never be made otherwise than ad-
proximately suitable to local circumstances ; but that
the legal establishment of tenant-right, without some
competent and convenient tribunal for an equitable
adjustments of rents, would be utterly useless is not
only our own opinion, but that of all the friends of
the Ulster tenant-right, with whom we have ever
been in communication."
If so, I apprehend, prudent men will generally be
If opinion that it would be better not to attempt the
legal establishment of rights which would be useless
nnless aided by a violation of the rights of property.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

[Although we do not agree with the writer in
many parts of his arguments, we very willingly give
insertion to his letter, which explains the views of
many persons anxious, by every means in their
power, to promote the best interests of Ireland. The
subject is probably the most important relating to the
sister kingdom, and the more fully it is discussed the
better, as the cause of truth and justice must be bene•
fited thereby.—ED. Sun.]

CHRIsTMAS.

" Note of preparation' was given of Christmas, in
the " olden time," some weeks previous. The min-
strels traversed the streets, singing carols; and the
mummers, or masquers, in their quaint disguises,
went from one neighbour's house to another, partak-
ing of Christmas cheer. Traces of the former
custom still remain in many places. With us " the
waits" announce the approach of Christmas, by making
more or less " sweet music" break on the dull ear of
night. In the north troops of boys and girls go
round, from house to house, singing a simple carol,
beginning

God rest you, merry gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay;
Remember, Christ, our Saviour,
Was born on Christinas-day.
To save poor souls from Satan's fold,
Who long had gone astray;
And bring tidings of comfort and joy.

They always concluded, by wishing the inmates
" A merry Christmas and a 119.ppy New -Year."
Several of these parties will somet►mes visit you in
succession the same evening; and in Yorkshire it is
considered unlucky not to give something to the first
troop who may stop at your door, and hail the inmates
with " God rest you, merry gentlemen."
The singing of " Carols" is a very ancient custom.
They were sung by the bishops with their clergy ;
who introduced them into the services of the Church.
They were not, however, according. to Warton, al ways
of a devotional character. Wynkyn de Worde, in
1521, printed a set of carols, which Warton tells us,
he had seen. j. " They were festal chansons, for en•
livening the merrinents of Christmas celebrity; and
not such religious songs as are current at this day
with the common people, under the same title, and
which were substituted by Puritans."l: An excellent
Anglo-Norman Carol, of the thirteenth century is
preserved—which has been spiritedly translated by
Mr. Douce.

CAROL.
(From a MS. in the British Museum.)
TRANSLATION.
Now, Lordings, listen to our ditty,
Strangers coming from afar;
Let poor minstrels move your pity,
Give us welcome, sooth our care:
In this mansion, as they tell us,
Christmas wassail keeps to-day;
And, as the King of all good fellows,

Reigns with uncontrolled sway.
Lordings, in these realms of pleasure
Father Christmas yearly dwells;
Deals out joy with liberal measure,
Gloomy sorrow soon dispels:
Numerous guests, and viands dainty,
Fill the hall, and grace the board ;
Mirth and beauty, peace and plenty,
Solid pleasures here afford.
Lordings, 'tis said the liberal mind
That on the needy much bestows,
From Heav'n a sure reward shall find ;
From Heav'n, whence ev'ry blessing flows.
Who largely gives with willing hand,
Or quickly gives, with willing heart ;
His fume shall spread throughout the land,
His memory thence shall ne'er depart.
Lordings, grant not your protection
To a base, unworthy crew,
But cherish, with a kind affection,
Men that are loyal, good, and true.
Chase from your hospitable dwelling
Swinish souls, that ever crave;
Virtue they can ne'er excel in,
Gluttons never can be brave.

* *

THE CHORUS.
Hail, Father Christmas! hail to thee!
Honour'd ever shalt thou be!
All the sweets that Love bestows,
Social pleasures, wait on those
Who, like vassals, brave and true,
Give to Christmas homage due.
The singing of carols is by no means so general as
it was. Mr. Howitt, writing id 1838, remarks that
the carols heard twenty years ago, and which
were sang from door to door for a week at least
are now unknown in the midland counties ; Lanca-
shire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, and
Wales, still retain them ; and in Yorkshire, the
residents are generally roused on Christmas morn-
ing, by young men and maidens singing under their
windows.

Many popular superstitions are connected with
Ch rist mas-eve.

Some say, that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour's birth was celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long;
And then, they say, no spirit stirs abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch ath power to charm;
So holy and so gracious is the time.
Here Shakspeare embodies, in his elegant verse, the
prevailing opinions relative to this holy season, which
were common in his day; and they teach us with
what reverence it was regarded, and how deeply im•

pressed the multitude must have been with the purity
and the benevolence of the Redeemer's character, and
with the extent of his power, when such ideas could
have sprung up in their minds.
In the North of England, there are many obser-
vances still kept up on Christmas Eve. Friends meet
and pass the night in singing, dancing, or playing
merry games involving fothits. The table is spread
with furmety, plum-cake, cheese, and mince pies;
the song and the joke g ) round, but (in Yorkshire at
all events) all must end—the guests must quit and
be at home before the clock strikes twelve. It is
considered unlucky to let any one out of your house
after twelve o'clock, till the lucky bird ' has been,
i. e. till some one has wished you the compliments of
the season on the following morn. Should a dark man
be the first who greets you, the charm is complete.
Many persons will not sutler a light to go out of their
houses on Christmas-eve. Another Yorkshire supersti-
tion is, that as many different " spiced [plum] cakes,"
or " mince-pies," as you taste during the Christmas
holidays, so many happy months will you have in
the following year. These spiced cakes and cheese,
with wine, are offered to visitors in every house; and
it is considered unlucky to the occupier if they are
not partaken of.
" Yule candles" were formerly (but the custom is
now generally discontinued) sent round by the grocers
in Yorkshire to their customers on Christmas-eve ;
which, when darkness approached, were lighted by
the youngest member of the family, and were not
suffered to be snuffed during the night : great was
the lamentation if this light was extinguished by any
cause before the family retired. The " Yule-clog
a large block of wood—was also burned onChristmas-
eve ; being kindled with the remains of the last year's
" clog." This custom is commemorated by Herrick ;
who sings,
Come, bring with a noise,
My merry, merry boys,
The Christmas log to the firing ;
While my good dame she
Bids ye all be free,
And drink to your hearts' desiring.
With the last year's brand
Light the new block, and
For good success in his spending,
On your psaltries play,
That sweet luck may
Come while the log is a teending. §
Drink now the stroll... beer,
Cut the white loaf here,
The while the meat is a shredding ;
For the rare mince pie,
And the plums stand by,
To fill the paste that's a kneading.
A more modern poet alludes to the same custom,
Thy welcome Eve, lov'd Christmas, now arriv'd,
The parish bells their tuneful peals resound,
And mirth and gladness every breast pervade,
The pond'rous ashen faggot from the yard
The jolly farmer, to his crowded hall,
Conveys with speed; where, on the rising flames
(Already fed with store of massy brand),
It blazes soon; nine bandages it bears,
And, as they each disjoin (so custom wills),
A mighty jug of sparkling cyder's brought,
With brandy mixt, to elevate the guests.l
On Christmas eve, the churches and houses are
decked with mistletoe and holly ; anciently, the
gathering the former was a process of great cere-
mony—the village lads and lasses going in procession
to the woods to fetch home the highly-valued plant.
In the middle ages, a sort of saturnalia prevailed
in the halls and mansions of the great on Christmas
eve.

Then open'd wide the baron's hall,
To vassals, tenant, serf, and all,
Power laid his rod of rule aside ;
And ceremony doffed his pride.
The heir with roses in his shoes,
That night might village psrtner choose,
The lord, underogating share
The vulgar game of" post and pair.'
All hailed, with uncontrolled delight
And general voice the happy night,
That to the cottage and the crown,
Brought tidings of salvation down.
The " Eve" past, Christmas- day dawns upon us
—" our joyfull'st feast." It is ushered in with music
—with ringing of bells—and with singing of hymns
of praise; and, if old customs have passed away,
much of the genial spirit of the season still remains.
Neighbour meets neighbour, and friend greets friend,
in a kindlier spirit : the members of the same family
send round " their compliments," with their cup of
chocolate or tea; and young and merry hearts are
made happy with Christmas gifts. Then, the
Church's rites invite us ; and how extremely tender
and inspiring are they at this season ! " They dwell on
the beautiful story of the origin of our Faith, and
the pastoral scenes that accompanied its announce-
ment. They gradually increase in fervour and
pathos during the season of Advent, until they break
forth in full jubilee on the morning that brought
peace and good will to man.' " There cannot be, to
our thinking, " a grander effect of music on the
moral feelings, than to hear the full choir and the
peeling organ performing a Christmas anthem in a

cathedral, arid filling every part of the vast pile with
triumphant harmony."'" Let no one think, that an
attention to these services, blunts the pleasures of the
day ; on the contrary, it causes " a tone of solemn
and sacred feeling" to blend with our conviviality,
at:d lifts the spirit to a state of hallowed and elevated
enjoyment."
These duties performed, those of hospitality begin.
This virtue, as old Fuller quaintly says, "is three•
fold : for one's family ; this is of necessitie: for
strangers; this is of courtesie : for the poor ; this is
of charity :" and Christmas can never be enjoyed if
the poor are forgotten :

At Christmas be merry, and thankful withal,
And feast thy poor neighbours, the great with the small,
Says old 'Fusser : we hope the precept is duly ob-
served.—And then, for self and friends the festive
board is spread ; the turkey and chine, or the Nor-
folk sausages,—the glorious surloin,—the magnifi-
cent plum-pudding, and the savoury mince-pie,—
the generous wine, and the stout old ale,—garnish the
table, which groans with the weight of the good
things it bears,—and Christmas is in his glory.
The quip and the crank, the laugh and the joke,
the song, and the toast, alternate, and make the
heart glad :—and, when mirth was at the height,—
the ceremonies of the " mistletoe bough," wore not,
in " olden time," forgotten. And where is the man,
as Hervey apostrophises in his " Book of Christmas"

—" where is the man, whose school days are gone
by, in whom that word conjures up no merry me-
mories ? Oh the mistletoe bough ! who sees not,
at the name, thronging visions of sweet faces—that
looked sweetest in those moments of their startled
beauty, beneath the pendant bough." And where is
the female who has not some pleasant reminiscenses
of the same mystic branch—which we do not see
now so generally displayed amongst us, as was its
wont.

So runs the gay and festive race of Christmas ; and
who does not feel the genial influence of the happy
faces and bright eyes, and winning smiles which beam
around him ? Surely happiness is reflective, like the
light of heaven ; and every countenance, bright with
smiles, and glowing with innocent enjoyment, is a
mirror, transmitting to others the rays of a supreme
and ever-shining benevolence. He who can turn
churlishly away from contemplating the felicity of
his fellow-beings, and can sit down darkling and
repining in his loneliness, when all around is
joyful, may have his moments of strong excite-
ment, and selfish gratification, but he wants
the genial and social sympathies which constitute the
charms of a merry Christmas.* Then

Welcome Christmas—welcome Christmas—
Oh! a reveller bold art thou!
With the mistletoe and holly
Wreath'd about thy jocund brow.
Though the blast is bitter piercing,
And the year is well nigh dead,
Quaintly smile thy frank rough features,
Out among thy berries red.
Some say thou'rt not, oh Christmas!
Now, as thou wast long ago,
That thine ancient spell has vanish'd—
But I scarce can deem it so;
They who say so—they are altered—
Chang'd in feelings, heart—not thou!
Thou art still the kindly visitor,
That cheers all here below.

" Carols, from carols (Italian) signifies a song of joy
and exultation ; a song of devotion ; and sometimes
simply a song.
t History of English Poetry ; vol. p. 142.
Brand's Popular Antiquities.
§ Burning.
II Christmas ; by Romaine Joseph Thorn ; 1795.
¶ Scott.
** Washington Irving.
* Washington Irving.

CHRISTMAS-DAY IN THE WORK-

HOUSES.

For many years past it has been our annual custom
to lay before our readers an account of the treatment of
the poor in the various metropolitan and suburban
workhouses on Christmas-day. The following will not
only be found to detail in a succinct manner the
treatment of the poor, both old and young, in the
various establishments referred to, but also a consi-
derable amount of valuable statistical information :

St. Marylebone—Nutnber of poor in the house,
2,070 (last Christmas• day, 2,044.) The fare allowed
on Christmas-day, by order of the board of guardians,
is 6oz. roast beef, 11b. potatoes, bread, 11b. plum
pudding, and 1 pint of strong porter each adult, to-
gether with tea, coffee, tobacco, and snuff to those
who desire it.

St. Pancras—ln the workhouse, 1,671 persons (last
Christmas, 1,521). The Christmas fare is Ob. of
baked beef, free from bone, 11b. of potatoes, 11b. of
bread, 1 pint of strong porter each adult, with an
extra allowance of tea, sugar, tobacco, snuff, and other
indulgence. The children fed at discretion, and al-
lowed 2d. each. Number of out-door poor, 6,189

(last Christmas, 5,489).
St. James's, Westminster—in the house, 677 (last
Christmas, 606). The Christmas fare is Vb. roast
beef, 11b. plum pudding, 13oz. bread, Vb. potatoes,
1 pint of table ale for dinner, and 1 pint of porter to
all who are in the house at five o'clock. The children
have fruit and sweetmeats. Holidays on Mondays
and Tuesday. Increase of in-door poor, 61.
St. Mary, Islington--Number of inmates in the
workhouse, at Islington, is 450. The Christmas fare
is 6oz. roast beef, free from bone, baked potatoes, and
bread as required, 1113. boiled plum pudding, and 1
pint of porter.
St. Mary, Lambeth —lnmates of the workhouse,
1,028 (last year, 1,053). Christmas day fare :—Baked
beef a Id potatoes, boiled plum pudding, and porter.
St. Mary, Newington—lnmates of workhouse, 316
(last year, 300). Fare :—Roast beef, potatoes, plum
pudding, and 1 pint of Broadwood's stout, and those
who wish it loz. of tobacco or loz. of snuff. In-
crease, 16.

St. Matthew, Bethnal green—Number in the house,
1,198 (last year, 762). Regaled with roast beef,
plum pudding, and porter.
St. George-in-the-East—ln-door poor, 1,049 (last
year, 900). Christmas fare :—Roast beef, potatoes,
and plum pudding ad libitum, and 1 pint of porter
each, with tea, sugar, &c.
St. Luke's, Middlesex—Inmates 677 (last year
600). Christmas-day fare : alb. of roast beef, lib. of
plum-pudding, lb. of potatoes, 1 pint of ale, tea, and
sugar without distinction to age or sex,
St. George-the-Martyr, Southwark—ln the work-
house 428 (last Chrismas 400). Fare : Roast beef,
plum-pudding, and porter.
City of London Union—Chrismas fare : Roast
beef, roast pork, plum-pudding, and ale. One shilling
each is given to the out- door poor.
West London Union—lnmates of the workhouse
520 (last year they were 513). Fare : Roast beef,
plum-pudding, potatoes, and porter.
East London Union—lnmates 598 (last Christmas
540). Fare : Roast beef; plum-pudding, baked pota-
toes, and one pint of porter each.
Stepney Union—Total number of inmates in the
four workhouses of the union 1,329 (last Christmas
1,238). Fare : Roast beef and plum-pudding, with
one pint of porter for each.
Holborn Union—Number of poor in the work-
house, 754. Fare : Roast beef, plum-pudding, and
porter.
Hackney Union—lnmates 490 (last year 424).
Fare ;—For breakfast—tea and bread and butter.
For dinner—lib. roast beef, baked potatoes, 11b. of
plum pudding, and 1 pint of ale. For supper—tea
and bread and butter.

Brentford Union—lnmates 485 (last Christmas
444). Fare :-11b. roast beef, 11b. potatoes, 11b.
plum pudding, one pint of porter; and tea and snuff
to the aged.
Strand Union—Number in the workhouse 576
(last year 528). Fare :—Boiled pork with peas pud-
ding and potatoes 11b., porter one pint each.
Edmonton Union—Total inmates 442 (last year
420) Fare : }lb. roast beef, potatoes, 11b. plum pud-
ding, and one pint of porter each.
St. Olave's Union—lnmates 436 (last year 375).
Fare :-7 oz. roast beef, 12 oz. potatoes, and 8 oz.
pudding. No beer.
Wandsworth and Clapham Union—Inmates 443
(last year 358). Fare roast beef, 11b. of po-
tatoes, 11b. plum pudding, and one pint of porter each

adult.
9 Bloomsbury.—ln-
mates Union.—lnmates 1,100 (last year
1,000). Fare :—Roast beef, plum pudding, and
porter.
(last year 577). Adults ill). baked beef,
with potatoes ad libitum, plum pudding, and 1
meStets. G
75G (last
and St. George's,
pint of porter. Children, 6oz. beef, pint of porter,
pudding and potatoes as above.
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it being
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Norwood Infant Poor Establishment
--Inmates
1,000. Regaled with roast beef,
plum pudding, and
eveoiogvegetables.
Grove House Establishment, Brixton (Drouet9)—
for dinner, ad libitum, and coffee in the
A good dinner consisting of roast beef, plum pud-
porter,wittoh tveiasit
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Monday.
St. Luke, Chelsea—Inmates 635 (last year 516).
Fare to the adults, alb. roast beef, potatoes, bread,
Vb. of plum pudding, and one pint of porter.
Children's .Estate, Enfield Fare : Breakfast,
milk porridge, and 4 to Goz. of bread and butter. Din-
ner-4 to 6 oz. of baked beet; with vegetables, and
12 to 14oz. of plum pudding ; for supper, bread and
butter and milk and water.
St. Martin's-in- the-Fields—lnmates 646 (last year
560). Fare :-11b. of beef, Vb. of plum pudding,
potatoes ad libitum, and one pint of porter each adult.
Children in proportion.

Kensington Union---Intuit:s 320 (la:t year 290).
—Fare: 11b. of roast beef, 11;,. of plum pod
11b. of potatoes, and 1 pint of Baro;ty's bast porter.
Royal Free Hospital—The intnates ,)f the
whose bodily stat 4 may all ,w of their partiking of
the ft-stivities of Christmas-day, are to be entertained
this day with roast beef and plum pudding.

IRELAND.
PROCLAMATION BY THE LORD-LIEU-
TENANT.

DUBLIN, DEC. 23.
The Lord-Lieutenant with great promptitude has
already availed, himself of the provisions of the Act
fo the better Prevention of Crime and Outrage in
certain parts of Ireland, which received the royal
assent on Monday last.
Shortly after two o'clock this day a Privy Council
was held at Dublin Castle, when the proclamation
was submitted and approved of. His Excellency and
the following members of the Council attended :—Sir
William Somerville, Bart., Sir Edward Blakeney,
the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Mr. Justice
.Moore, Baron Richards, Baron Lefroy, Judge Ball,
Mr. Keatinge, Judge of the Prerogative Court; the
Recorder, the Attorney-General (Mr. Monahan), the
Marquis of Headfort, the . Marquis of Clanricarde,
Lord Cloncurry, Sir Thomas Esmonde Bart., &c.
The Dublin Evening Post, published this after-
noon, contains the following announcement, which
may he regarded as official, specifyint: tile various
counties or portions of counties to which the procla-
mation extends, and which came under the operation
of the Act from and after the 29th of December

(Wednesday next) :
" No time has been lost in bringing into operation
the recent Act,for the Prevention of Crime and Out-
rage in Ireland, so that we may confidently expect
that its effect will nut be impeded or di,hiuished by
any want of vigour on the part of the Executive. We
understand that the Privy Council hare this evening
adopted a proclamation declaring the Act t,) be in
force from and after the 29th December, hi the fol-
lowing districts :
" The County of Limerick.
" The County of Tipperary.
"The Baronies of Bunratty, Tulla, Islands, Inchi-
quin, and Clonderlaw, in County Clare..
" The Baronies of Glenabiry and Upperthird, in
the county Waterford.
" The Baronies of Clonlish, Ballybrit, Eglisb, and
Garrycastle, in King's county.
" The Baronies of Athlone, Ballintobber, Roscom-
mon, Ballymoe, Boyle, and the parishes of Crieve
Kilcoursey, Kilnemanagh, and Kilcola, in the Ba-
rony of Frenchpark, county Roscommon.
' The Baronies of Leitrim, Mohill, and Carri-
gallen, county Leitrim.
" The Baronies of Clonmahon, Tullyhunes, and
Upper Loughtee, coun►y Cavan. And—
" The Baronies of Longford, Granare and Ardagh,
county Longford.
" The principal effect of this measure will be to
prevent persons in those districts carrying arms with-
out licence after the 29th of December. We have
no doubt that in those districts where the possession
of arms indiscriminately, even in dwellings, is con-
sidered dangerous to the public peace, the powers of
the Act for calling in arms will be made use of—and
then no person will be allowed to have arms, even in
his dwelling-house, without licence.
"We understand the stipendiary magistrates will
be the parties empowered to give licences."
An extraordinary edition of the Dublin Gazette
will be published this evening, containing the procla-
mation, and several thousand copies of that document
will be dispatched to the proclaimed districts this
night or early to-morrow morning, to be posted at all
places of public worship,, police barracks, sessions
houses, &c., within those districts. At foot of the
proclamation will be appended an abstract of the pro-
visions of the Act, for public information.
STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

Further accounts of insubordination have been re-
ceived to-day, and from districts heretofore compara-
tively free from agrarian crime. The Dublin Evening
Post contains the following communication from
Captain Sandes, the brother-in-law and agent of Sir
Charles Coote, Bart., one of the best resident landlords
in the country, upon whom a threatening notice has
been served :

" ladiaville, Portarlington, 22d Dec., 1847.
" think it right to make known to you that
on Thursday last, Sir Charles Henry Coote, Bart.,
received through the Montrath Post-office, a notice
signed by ' Fireball from Kyle,' threatening to shoot
him and me, as his agent, for having brought eject-
meats against some of his tenants.
" The notice stated, if he had police day and
night, with his double- barrelled guns and pistols, and
his gamekeeper armed to the teeth, on the top of his
carriage, shot you' 11 be before you go to Germany,
and that I would have got it in Roscommon last
week, only for a mistake.'
" If Sir Charles Coote, who is acknowledged to
be one of the most indulgent and best landlords in
Ireland—who resides and spends nearly the entire of
his princely fortune in his native country—is threa-
tened to be shot for %hat he does not know, what is
at last to become of this wretched country ?

" Having written so far, and the notice having been
signed ' Fireball from Kyle,' I think it is only just to
that part of the Queen's County (the greater part of
which is'Sir Charles Coote's property) to state, it is
the full impression on my mind that the notice did
not come from Kyle; and lam strengthened in this
opinion by a letter which I this day received from
that excellent man, the Rev. Michael O'Connor, the
Roman Catholic clergyman of that parish, assuring
me that it could not have come from his parish, in
which Sir Charles Coote is loved and respected as a
landlord, and requesting, if there was a reward
offered, that his name might be put down for a large
sum. In his letter he states—' On Sunday, when I
addressed my poor people on the painful subject, their
outburst of indignation and horror could Only be
equalled by the honest sincerity with which it was
expressed.
" I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" C. L. SA.NDES."
The provincial journals contains the following
details :
KING'S COUNTY. —The King's: County Chronicle
of yesterday gives the particulars of several outrages
committed by armed parties in search of fire arms.
In the case of an attack on the house of a person
named Martin, his daughter (a true heroine) made off
through the field with a gun; however, the fellows
having perceived her running, at once ran after the
young woman, whom they quickly overtook, knocked
her down, beat her severely, and possessed themselves
of the wished for booty. They afterwards re-entered
Martin's house, and gave him a desperate beating
with the butt ends of their guns and pistols.
Martin's daughter, not withstanding the injuries she
had received, ran to the police•station and gave such

information as led to the arrest of nine notorious
characters. The same journal, after remarking that
several notices have been posted threatening any
pers9ns who should pay poor rates, says—" A large
party of military, from this garison, was yesterday
employed at Rathcabin, in the county of Tipperary,
protecting the sub-sheriff, when executing some
ejectments."
THE LATE ALLEGED ATTACK AT CASTLE BAR-
N/MD.—The Kings County Chronicle gives a flat con-
tradiction to the report whieh has been going the
round of the papers, to the effect that the out-offices
of Captain Bernard, Castle Bernard, were attacked,
and also states that the report of the Gallant Captain
leaving the country is without foundation.
PARSONSTOWN, DEC. 22.—1 t is the intention of the
authorities to sendforty cavalry in a few days to this

garrison.
MURDER or THOMAS Muarnr. —On Thursday
night a most cold-blooded murder was committed on
the lands of Lodge, the estate of the Earl of Kenmore,
near Hospital, in this county. The unfortunate
victim, Thomas Murphy, was a most respectable
farmer, and a very intelligent, well-educated man.
As early as half-past six o'clock in the evening,
Murphy's servant maid went out of the house to
bring some turf, three armed men rushed in, and after
being there about a quarter of an hour, and taking
all the money they could find (351.), one of the party
outside called to the man who was standing next Mur-
phy to " do his duty," upon which the miscreant turned
round, put a pistol close to Murphy's breast, and fired.
The contents lodged in his chest and lungs. Murphy

survived in great agony until Saturday morning,
when he died. No excuse can be assigned for this
murder, as Murphy was a most respectable larmer,
and much liked in his neighbourhood. It was known
that he was to come next day to the city to pay his
rent. The unfortunate victim has left a young
wife and six children, the eldest seven years
old, to deplore his loss. The money was
kept by Murphy in a bottle in the thatched
roof of his house, and the servant-man in
the house, named Leahy, and who is at present in
custody, is strongly suspected of knowing where the
money was, and giving the party who entered the
house intimation of it. Verdict at the inquest—
" Wilful murder against persons unknown." The Lord-
Lieutenant has offered a reward of 1001. for the ap-
prehension of the murderers.
The Rev. Mr. D'Arcy, P.P., of Loughmore, gave
an energetic exhortation at the altar on Sunday last,
denouncing the armed gang who attacked the house
of Mr. Peacocke, Doneen.—Limerick Chronicle.

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NEWRY, DEC. 23. MURDER OF A PROCESS
SERVER.—On Monday, the 20th instant, ac inquest
was held at the police barrack, Tandragee, on the
body of William Greer, one of the civil bill officers
for the county of Armagh. A verdict of wilful
murder was returned against a man named Thomas
Spears, an attested recruit in the Royal Artillery,
and against a women named Spears, for aiding and
assisting in the murder. It appeared that the un-
fortunate man went to the lands of Cornascriebe,
within about two miles of Tandragee, on the Bth
instant, to serve a civil bill process on a man named
James Spears—that, after serving it, Thomas `pears
and Margaret Spears ran at him, and seized a black-
thorn staff which Greer carried, and took it from
him—and that with the same staff Thomase Spears
he
beat him in a most inhuman manner.
died.llingered
until Friday, the 17th instant, when
CLONMEL, DEC. 22.—SERVING A THREATENING
Noncs.—About four o'clock on Friday morning, as

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1

'—'
ik -iiiiii;7-' aferv au t boy of Charles Mick+ i, ., ~ ,
coole, was about going to Clonmel Da
.::,41is‘farin at
liallintohor, two men unknown me. tii \g"the!glite• -,
.t
One ~t them steneri a-ide viivii.t t CXiiicfnireTer:l'>
if Frank .Morris was within. Ile w. (totcattvlifMA
ou", locking after his tn:lster's sheep. The men then
hauded him the fo;lowißg: --•
iC Take notice, Frank Morris. that if you don't give
up minding Cearagh, that one month will not pass by
until you may have your bearer. This is the last
warning.
:. .
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" A DETERMINED MURDERER."

ROBBERY AND FIRING AT.—OB Monday night,
about nine. o'clock, as Thomas Colman, a carman,
living near Ballinacree, was proceeding to his hay-
rick, he saw William Meehan stealing his hay. On
approaching, Meehan presented and snapped a pistol
at him, which burned priming. He then decamped;
but COlinan having sworn information before Charles
Hunt, Esq, a warrant was issued against
Meehan, who has been arrest( d and cornmittecl to
gaol. lie is a native of the county Limerick.—Tip-
perary Free Prep?.

FACTS FOR RAILWAY SHARE-

HOLDERS.

TO THE EDITOR OE THE SUN.

SIR,— Ile fatal error of making railways with
curves and gradients to suit the country, instead of
adopting the country to suit a level and straight line
of railway throughout, i, now e%e;-y day becoming

more apparent.
The friendly warnings reiterated by me, both to
Government and the pub]. c, were disregarded ;
therefore the calamity which has now fallen upon the
unfortunate shareholders must continue in full force,
till the frightful expenditure in working all locomo-
tive engines by adhesion shall at last rouse the public
to reflect and inquire into the cause of their ruin.

It will be well for mankind to make themselves
acquainted with the awful extravagance now attending
every locomotive steam-engine—the perpetual repairs
and the overwhelming expense surpass all belief.
These are a never-failing course of profit to the con-
tractors—the sure ruin of all shareholders—the curse
of every railway—and an unwarrantable imposition
on the public.
One half the number of trains working on every

line is more than sufficient for the traffic of the
country, as every train might have double the num-
ber of carriages now drawn by each locomotive en-
gine, at the came expense of superintendence required
for the present Lilliputian trains.
There is one particular feature in the railway
which hitherto appears to have escaped all comment,
or even observation—l mean the extremely broad
surface of every rail. One quarter of this surface is
more than necessary for all carriage wheels, which
would greatly reduce the weight of metal on every
rail, and also the expense attending the extra
quantity now used, merely to accommodate the ad-
hesion of the wheels of the present locomotive engine.
Compare the quantity of work to be done on con-
vex rails by driving wheels working in cog-rails with
plain wheels of locomotive engines as now in use on
plain rails, and all the world will then acknowledge
the infinite superi6rity of Blenkinsop's plan over all
the engines working on every railway.
It is a melancholy reflection, with Blenkinsopta rail-
way daily before our eyes ever since 1811, to see how
deplorably ignorant our engineers have been in con-
structing railways as mere toys of pleasure. The
monster trains are truly ludicrous, being worked with
a power quite sufficient to impel five times the load ;
and by this system of intolerable extravagance, not-
withstanding all the delusive speed, the whole plan is
one hugh blunder throughout, ruining every share-
holder; and in order to bolster up the trickery a
little longer, the companies are now issuing railway
debentures, which will completely annihilate the
original shareholders' interest, in the same manner as
amalgamation !
Notwithstanding the boasted skill exhibited on
railways, which has been so liberally applauded and
rewarded by a deluded public, our poor suffering
shareholders at last find out that experience may be
bought too dearly, and that wisdom may come too
late. It is painful to be told that we have only begun
wrong in order to get right. But as all my admoni-
tions and remarks have hitherto, in the time of sup-
posed prosperity, proved ineffectual, I now confidently
rely that the present miserable state of the railway
share market may in the hour of affliction bring the
proprietors to a sense of their duty to themselves, to
their children, and to the public.
I now call upon all parties, in furtherance of their
duty and interest, to listen with strict impartiality to
my humble suggestions, which are written expressly
to promote the welfare of mankind in every part of
the world, and on this account alone will have fuffi-
cient weight with my fellow-countrymen, to claim
their unqualified support, and thereby gain universal
consideration, in proportion as every quarter of the
globe is interested in the proper construction both of
the rail and the locomotive engine, hitherto so imper-
fectly un3erstood and planned.
When economy and safety are the prevailing
characteristics of railway traffic, then, and not till
then, will the shareholders' interest progressively
improve ; the prosperity must be reciprocal to all in
every respect, in order to be lasting ; the public pay
the shareholder, therefore they command good service.
By reference to my inr umerable circulars awl
petitions to the public— to Parliament—to Ministers
of State—to Members of Parliament-,-to Postmasters-
General—to the Board of Trade—to the Board of
Agriculture—to the Corporations of London, of
towns, and cities—to the East India, West India, and
London Dock Companies, &c., it is quite unaccount-
able how railways should have been made 'on the ex-

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travagant principle which pervades every line ; the
reckless expenditure throughout is both disgraceful
and injurious iu every respect, and all these evils,
daily attending every transaction and every train,
might have been avoided, provided my plan of a
national railway board had received due considera-
tion : see my petition to Parliament—and also to
Government, advertised in the Times, Aug. 1, 1826.
THOMAS GRAY, the Raiway Pioneer. -
Exeter, Dec. 20.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Badsworth hds., 'files., Street-house Bar ; Thurs.,
Red House; Sat., Darriugton, 101. "
Mr. Lumley's hds , Mon., Gringley; Tues., Siviznow
Wood; Thurs., Rossington Bridge; Sat., Grove Hall,loi.
Rutiord hds., Mon., Kirklington ; Thurs., Epperstone
Village; Skit., Thoresbv Park, 101.
E.lrl of llarewood's hds., Mon.. Bilton Banks; Wed.,
Hook Moor; Fri., Deighton Bar, f to 11.
Lord Yarborough's hds., Mon., Pelhars's Pillars ;
Wed., Laughton Wood; Fri., Elsham Hall, 11.
Lord Henry Bentinck's hds., Mon , Somerby Hall;
Tues., Panton; Wed., Pile House Beck; Thurs., Boult-
ham ; Sat., Norton Place, 11.
Sir Tatton Sykes's hds., Mon., Birdsall House; Wed.,
Aldby Park; Fri., Scampston Bridge, 101.
Ilolderness hds., Mon., Beeford ; Tues., Walkington;
Thurs., Winestead ; Sat., Londesbro' Park, to 11.
Earl Fitaw•illiam's lids., Mon., Nassington Lodge ;
Wed., Giddiug Windmill; Fri., Castor Hauglands, 10.
Cottesmore lids., Mon., Witham Common ; Tues.,
Ayston; Thurs., Wytchley Warren; Fri., Knossington,
10k.
Duke of Rutland's lids, Mon., Croxton Park; Tues.,
Hough-on the-Hill ; Wed., Staunton Hall ; Fri., Wea-
ver's Lodge, 10k.
Sir R. Sutton's hds., Mon., Kilby Wharf ; Tues.,
Quorndon Wood ; Wed., Ratcliffe Hall ; Thurs., Key-
thorpe Hall; Sat., Wimiswold, 11.
Donnington hds., Mon., Sandey's House, Holmo Lane,
Notts; Wed., Chaddesden Hall; Sat., Hathorn Turn.
Mr. M. Ingram's hds., Mon., Foston; Thurs., Bagot's
Park Lodge; Sat., Chartley Park.

LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER.--A cor-
respondent at Nice sends us an account of the reception
given to Sir Charles by his fellow- countrymen on his
arrival in that city. Being apprised of the intention of
Sir Charles to visit Nice previous to his return to Eng-
land, the British subjects resident there unanimously
agreed to the following congratulatory address, which
was presented to Sir Charles by a deputation, on the
1-Ith:—" On the part of our fellow-countrymen at Nice,
ay d r ab a d
we-most heartily welcome your arrival amongst us; and
we b-g to express our very high and grateful sense of
your long, arduous and brilliant services—especially in
Lthoengtwmoayglo;oiouuslivvei,ctsoirriecs
haofrlehiea
s, to nee
enjoyn
d your ll .
hard-
won honours! and long may your country
the health and happiness of one who has rejoice in
served her so
well, and whose name (in Lord
Hardinge's ap-
propriate language) has been so
' gloriously pre-
eminent.' " Signed by C. Lamb, Esq. (in the chair),
the British Consul, and a long list ot British now resi-
dent at Nice. Sir Charles ng
Napier
replied as follows :
"Gentlemen,—lt is difficult to express my strong feel-
ings of gratitude at the flattering reception given to me
To on my arrival from India. he thus received by such
a number of my holding countrymen •
ng various political
opinions and of various
professions, would produce in
me an unbecoming vanity, I •
were not conscious of hay-
ing no cl •
claim to your praise, except as the representative
of those brave troops that won the victories which you
have been pleased to mention so honourably. I have
probably bid those excellent soldiers an eternal adieu ;
but, far as I may be removed from them, I shall always
acknowledge that to their bravery I owe everything, in-
cluding the marked honour which I have this day re-
ceived from you, and for which, gentlemen, allow me
again to return my sincere thanks."
CHRISTMAS-DAY A HOLIDAY FOR THE NEWSPAPERS.
—The festival of Christmas falling on a Saturday, the
printers and publishers of the daily newspapers are
enabled (for once in six or seven years) to celebrate the
event as a complete holiday. Those of our provincial
contemporaries usually published on Saturday morning
have, with scarcely an exception, anticipated matters by
issuing their broadsheets yesterday (Christmas eve),
pleading the apology of the " season. The Paris press
take matters far more easily, and shut up shop alto-
gether on these great festivals of the Church.
LONDON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.—James Symes,
E-q., Regius Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Uni-
versity ot Edinburgh, has been appointed by the council
to the chair of Clinical Surgery, vacant by the decease
, of the late Mr. Liston.

LATEST PRICES OF SHARES,
IN BANKS, ASSUFANCE, AND OTHER COM-
PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List,
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24.
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Dividend A-mown
Nalee of Company. per of Paid. Price.
1 Annum. Share.
1 £ -- -
s. d. £ s. d.
' nstralasia •••••• • • • • , 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
ItritshNorth American ;51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Ceylon ••••..•• • • • • • • 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Commercial of London i 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
Colonial.. ' 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 per cent. - - -
lonian ••••••- • • • • • • ; 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23%
Ditto •••••••• • • • • • • I - - 13 0 0 -
London Joint-Stock ... ' 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
Provincialof Ireland.. I 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New....... ... •• • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -
National of Ireland .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
Ditto, New.- -• • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 -
SouthAustralla ••• • • • - - 22 10 0 -
Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
Ditto
- - 2 10 0 -
Union of London... .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1036
Union of Madrid ....• - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
ciusrax.s.
1 Names of 21 Dividend Names of Ei Dividend
per
Companies. ;i per Price. Companies. .3
41 Annum. Price.
a: Annum. 4
..--- - --.
Ashtn& Oldh 97! il.ss. p e 70 Macclesfield • 100 - 15
Barnsley •• • • ,160 121. 180 Neath .. •• • • 100 201. 340
Brknk&Abrgllso 51. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200
Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Coventry ....1100 251. - itegent's ••• • 33 11. 4s. 18N
Derby . • -.1100 ' 61. 63 Rochdale ..• • 85 41. 54
Ells r re&Chsll33 41. 81 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130
Ere a ash . - 1160, 321. - Do.Lk Fd St 12 6L p. c. -
GrandJunctnllool 51. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275
GrandSturey 1001 - 30 ShrewsburY•• 125 151. -
Grand Union 1001 11. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305
Grantham • . 1501 121. - Severn and/
Kennt & Avu 391 7s. 6d. 514 Wye Rail. j 26 11. 88. 30
Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 505 Warwick& 1 ,
Leicester .... ;1401 101. 75 Birming. j 00 W. 65
Leicstr &Nthl 83' 41. 36 Warwick& 1
Loughboroghll42 701. 530 Napton- 3 1 - 46
Monmonthsh 100 81. 1 - Worcstr 8/
78 2/. 39
1 Mntgemrysh i 100 Si. - Birming.
Melltaltwbrylloo 101. - Wilts & licks, b• 11. , 11
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
.• Dividend Air oar*.
Name of Company. per o:* Paid. I Price.
Annum. Snare.
-
Z a. d. 1 X s. d.
Albion ••••••- • • • • • • 31. 10s. 500 0 0 150 0 0 75
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 01 11 0 0 17
Ditt ) Marine. ••• • • • 6/, per cent, 100 0 0 1 5 0 0 5%
Atlasl3B.6d.pr sh. 50 0 0 ( 5 6 8 13%
British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 , 5 0 0 6%
Cleriel,Med.& Gen. Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0I 10 0 0 2036
County - ........ •• • • 31. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 -
r3s. 50 0 0, 5 0 0 11
Eagle ...... ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 i 5 ES 0 636
Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 ' 212 6 -
European Life •••• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. -
Family Endownor. t Soc. 40. & bs. 4 0 0 4 0 0 -
Freemasons' .•• • • .... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 1 -
Giobe - 120
Guardian .... •••. • • .• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 44%
Imperial Fire ••.•• • • • 12 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 214
imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 -
Law Fire -••••• • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 3
Law I ife •••••• • • • • .. 11. Ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
_Landon Fire •• ••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1336
London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 1331
Marine • • •••••• - • • • • - 100 0 0 15 0 0 -
Med. Invlid& Gen. Life 1 ~,,“. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2%
National Lean Fund- I -.1. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 -
National Life ••• • • • ... •'• per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 -
Palladium Life ...... .. Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 -
Pellan • • • • • • • • • • •• • • - - - 37
Pmenix .. •• • ..... •• • . 47. p. et. & bs. - - -
Pi otector Life •••• . .. 31. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 -
Provident Life •••• • . • • 1/. 53. 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
Rock Life •••••• • • • • • • 4s. 5 0 0 010 0 4%
Royal Exchange .• • ... 50. per cent. Stock. - -
Sun Fire - - -
Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - -
Universal Life.... •. - 107 1. pr cnt. 100 0 0 810 0 -
Yi etoria Life ••-• • .• • - - I 4 0 0 3%
LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
I
£ s. d. £ s. d
Bank of Scotland
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201
Caledonian Bank • •
City of Glasgow Bank
Clydesdale Bank-- • •
Commercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 160
Eastern Bank.. •• •
Edlnb.&Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5118 s
Exchange Bnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 50
Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 70 0 8%
National Bank ...... • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1336
North of Scotland
North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 6%
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 146
Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 8436
Western Bank ••• . • •
Aber leen Flee and Life 121. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 ,818.6 d.
B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s.
British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 las.
Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2236
Church of England Ins. - SO 0 0 2 0 0 2
City of Glasgow Life 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 8s
Edinburgh Life Insur 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17%
East of Scotland Life _ 10 0 0 0 15 0 12s.
Eng. & Scot, Law Life Si. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2%
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 11 A,
Insur. Co. of Seetlnl 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7
Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 5s
Mercantile Life - 10 0 0 010 0 Bs,
National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245.
North British Incur s%l.pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23
North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. ls
Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 I %
Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 1 0 0 015 0 138. 6d
Scottish Union 'names. 634/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 , 11. 2s
Staniard Life .... - . 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 934
United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 , 12s.

Dividend Amount
NAlee of Company. Per of Paid. Pries.
1 Annum. Share.
s. d. s. d.
ustralasia •••••• • • • • 40 0 0 40 0 0
BritshNorth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0
Ceylon •••• .. • • •• • 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Commercial of London i 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0
Colonial. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Gloucestershire ••• • • • 151 per cent.
lonian ••• • • •••• • • 1 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 23
13 0 0
London Joint-Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Provincialof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto, New. • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0
National of Ireland .• ! Si. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 1 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0
Ditto, New......... 1 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
SouthAustralla • • ••• • 22 10 0
'Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0
Ditto
2 10 0
Union of London... .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 104
Union of Madrid ....• 40 0 0 40 0 0

ciusrax.s.
• 1
Names of r?, Dividend Names of ii Dividend
Pri. 0 per
Companies. ;i per ce Companies.
41 Annum. Price.
az Annum. 4
...-..--..-...---- ----..---- ---•
X , X
Ashtn& Oldh 971;1.55. p e 70 Macciested • 100 - 15
Barnsley •••• 160 121. 180 Neath .-• • • • 100 201. 340
Brlink&Abrgll6o 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 200
Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak Forest. 78 31. 40
Coventry .. • •1100 251. - itegent's ••• • 33 11. 4s. 1s Sy
Derby . • -.1100 ' 61. 63 Rochdale .. • • 85 41. 54
Ells r reltChal 133 41. 61 Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130
Ere A. ash ..•I 'l6O 321. - Do.Lk FdS,t 12 61. p. c. -
GrandJunctnllool , 51. 80 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275
GrandSturey 1001 - 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. -
Grand Union 1001 11. 10s. 21% Stourbridge.. 145 201. 305
Grantham • . 1501 121. - Severn and/
Kennt & Avu 39 7s 6d. 5U Wye Rail. i
1 • 26 11. 80. 30
Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 505 Warwick& 1 ,
Leicester .... 4401 101. 75 Birming. j 00 W. 65
Leicstr &Nthl 83' 41. 36 Warwick& J
Loughborogllll42 701. 530 Napton- 3 1 - 46
Monmonthshlloo 81. - Worcstr &1 7, 21. 39
Mntgomryshi 100 51. - Birming. 3
Meltatwbrylloo 101. - Wilts & Brks, 6, 11. 11

DOCKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
- -
Xs. d. £ s. d.
C ,mmercial .. •...... 41. per cent. Stock. - 70
East and Wsst India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 119
East Country ••.• • • • . 1/. per sh. 100 0 0 - 20
Landon .• •• • • ....... 5/. pr cant. Stock. - 99
Ditto Bonds •••• • • -4/. per cent. - - -
St. Katharine •••• • . • . 5 per cent. Stock. - 8134
Ditto Bonds •••• .. • • 134/. pr cent. - - -
Southampton •• • • .... 21. per cent. 50 0 0 i 50 0 0 ' 25
WATER-WORKS.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Birmingham .•••• .• .• IBs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
East London..•- ••• • • • 8/. 100 0 0 - 170
Grand Junction .•• • • • 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 82
3/. 100 0 0 - 84
New Itivr Lndn Brdge 2/. 10s. - - 55
Vauxhall .• •.••• • • • • • 100 0 0 - 104
West Middlesex • • . 51. 15s.prcnt. 43 12 9 - 118
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
' Dividend Amount- }
Name of Company. ' per of Paid. Price.
1 Annum. Share. 1
A. s. d. X. s. d.
British • • •........... I 1/. 40 0 0 18 0 0 17%
Ditto Provincial.... I/. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 24
Bristol ••,•••• • • • • . - 16/. per cent. 20 0 0 - 1 -
Brighton ••• • .. ...... 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - i 19
City of London .. •• • • 10/. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 290
Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share: e 0 0 39 5 0 54
Ditto, New • • ...... 'Bss. pr share CO 0 0 37 10 0 5134
Equitable-. ••••.. • • • • 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 38
Imperial ............ 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7834
Independent ......... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 1 64
London. • ..... • ...... 2% /. pr cent.) 50 0 0 50 0 0 40
Ditto.... .... ...... 6/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 48
Phoenix .-..••• • .. . . 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 0 i 3634
Ratcliff ..... ........ 5/. and bns. 100 0 0 90 0 0 ; SO
United General ••• • . . 4341. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 17
Westminster Chartered 3/, 50 0 0 - 58
Ditto, New .... •- .. 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 10 •'
BRIDGES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. :X. s. d.
Hungerford .......... - _ - -
Southwrk, Nw Sub. Av. - 632 12 8 - 214
Ditto Nw of 734 p. c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
Waterloo •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 -5%
Ditto Old Ann. of 4/. l/. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 30
Ditto Nw ditto of 71. ; 1/. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 28
Vauxhall .... ... Av. 1/. Its. 70 10 0 - 2734
MISCELLANEOUS.
Dis ioerd Amour. t
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. s. d. X. s. d.
Australian Acrriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 20
Anglo-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17
Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -
Canada ... ...... •• .. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 30
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. .- - -
City Bonds.. • • ...... 3%1. pr cent. - - -
Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 -
Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 100
Equitable Reversionry 434 /. pr cent. 100 0 0 95 0 0 90
Gen. Stearn Navigation if. Bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2334
London Institution . • • - - - 9
Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 58
Reversionary Int. Soc. 3161. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 97
Royal Mall Steam.... 3341. pr cent. - 60 0 0 -
South Australian - .
per .• 61 cent. 25 0 0 20 0 0 -
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 00,23 0 0 4
Urdversal. Salvage.... - 25 0 0 5 0 0 -

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New _Price Current of Dec. 24.)
SUGAR.—Our report of the proceedings in the raw
Sugar market is at length of a more favourable
nature, the home tradel
, whereaving operated with more
freedom this week
arise
shMerchants are less dis-
posed to press sales, and
the value of most
descriptions of Colonial has taken in the
Slave labour
cannot be obtained at any furtle reduction, and the
supply is decreasing. There is, r,
improve-
ment From
observable in the demand from
exporters.o ~
all quarters the arrivals have been triflin
wrote. For West India the demand hasgb:ince we last
the rates obtained generally exhibit an advaenneegood, and
on those
previously currer.t of 61 per cwt. The purchases Pr
vately for the three market days amounted to I,2sohhdis
and trcs.
REFINED.—There is yet a favourable opinion enter.
tined towards Refined Sugar by the home trade ; the
supply is small, whilst the town and country demand has
been active all the week, and for every description. The
rates obtained are fully equal to those previously cur-
rent, and in some cases above. For Wet Lumps there
is an extensive dema;al, prices are firm at 51s to sls 6d
for low and middling, and at 52s to 635 per cwt for good
and fine. The steel.. is small, but there is a large con-
sumption, which is :Ikely to continue. Prices for re-
fined goods are expected to remain firm during the next
two or three weeks.
MA. lIRITIUS.—There has been more activity in the
market this week, whilst holders are firmer and offer a
less quantity for sale. There are, however, further ar-
rivals o f the new crop. All qualities have been in good
request for grocery and refining purposes, and the par-
ca P disposed of privately were at prices showing an ad-

vance on those previously current of 6d per cwt. At
) auction 2,687 bags and 6 casks of the new crop were
disposed of.
EAST INDIA.—For Penang the demand is brisker, and
the rates obtained are rather above those previously
current, they are, however, yet under the cost of im-
portation. At auction 560 baskets, 252 bags and 19
cases were sold. Siam is more in favour, and a public
sale of 4,432 bags went off with fair spirit, and
in most cases 6d per cwt above former rates. In the
market for Bengal there has been more activity, whilst
the supply is not so plentiful. At auction 685 bags of
grainy were sold at stiffer rates. By private treaty
several parcels have been taken, and-stiffer rates are
paid. There has been no public sale of Madras.
FOREIGN.—Holders have shown firmness this week,
and refrained from submittinag any to public sale,
whereas privately the quantity on offer is less than of
late of all kinds. We have no improvement to notice not-
withstanding the low rates current. The sales concluded
privately have been trifling by exporters, and are con-
fined principally to 100 chests of low and mid brown
Bahia at 15s 6d to 17s per cwt, which are previous quo-
tations. From the home trade and our refiners working
under bond, the demand has been limited, but they can-
not make purchases under previous rates.
CODlEE.—Although West India can be obtained at a
further reduction in the value, still all kinds have been
dealt in with reluctance by the town and country trade.
None has been submitted to public competition, but pri-
vately there is a fair quantity on offer,
consisting chiefly of the inferior and mixed kinds.
Merchants are willing sellers, as the consump-
tion continues to progress unfavourably, and is
4,000 cwt less than last season, whereas the stook
is nearly 3,000 larger, and the increase of the imports-•
tion over that of the past year is 2,900 cwt. All sorts
of East India can be obtained upon lower terms, although
the market has been moderately supplied all the week,
but on the part of exporters or the home trade little dis-
position was manifested to make purchases. The
sales concluded privately in Native Ceylon
have been limited. At auction 684 bags
were disposed of. Plantation is offered rather
under previous quotations, yet all kinds have been dealt
in with caution by private treaty, and 798 bags 10 casks
at public sale were only in part sold. The market is
quiet for Mocha, prices tend downward. At auction 98
bags from the Mauritius were sold. Of Foreign Coffee
none has been submitted to private sale, and privately the
dealings have been of a limited nature, although sellers
are willing to make a slight concession in the value.
Cocoa.—There is more firmness on the part of holders
of West India, and the supply is on the decrease. A fair
demand exists for all sorts, grey at 38s to 435, and red
40s to 495 per cwt. The market is in a dull state for
Foreign, and 35s to 37s is the value of red Bahia.
TEA.—We have at length to notice an improvement
in the position of the market for .Congou, and the rates
paid are id to 3d per lb above those previously current.
Purchases to a fair extent have been made in all sorts.
Pouchong is dull of sale at 3d to 8d for low to good
quality, but in Souchong the operations are upon a more
extended scale, at previous quotations. The quantity
of Black on offer is not so large as of late. Prices cannot
be quoted higher for Green, but on the part of holders
there is more firmness, whereas the demand is brisker,
and the supply is not so large as of late ; upon the fol-
lowing terms several parcels have bLen sold, consisting
chiefly of the better kinds. In Scented Teas the opera-
tions have been of a limited nature, and prices keep low.
SPIRITS.—With Jamaica Rum the market is plenti-
fully supplied, and there are sellers upon rather lower
terms, still the purchases made by exporters and the
home trade have been trifling in all sorts, We quote
28 to 38 per cent over proof, of middling and plain
quality at 3s 4d to 33 Bd, good 3s 9d to 4s, fine 4s 2d to
4s 6d. For Leeward Island rather lower prices having
been taken, induced buyers to operate with more
freedom, and the sales amount to 300 puns at Is bid to
Is 7d proof, but chiefly at the latter rate. East India is
not cheaper, but the demand is limited, and the sales
are only 200 puns, at is 6d to is 7d, a small parcel
of Penang at is sd, and limited parcels of Mauri-
tius at Is 514 proot strength. The purchases made
in Demerara have been trifling, and there are
willing sellers at 2s 8d to 3s 2d for 28 to 36 per cent
over proof. Jamaica Rum is higher in price than any
other description. For Brandy the market has a firm
appearance, previous rates are well sustained, whilst
the demand has been good, and the deliveries still
exceed the arrivals. Prices are fully as high as on
Friday last.
SPICES.—There is yet much inclination manifested by
importers of Pimento to sell, and they submitted to a
reduction on previous rates of id per lb. Privately the
sales made have been to a small extent only, but at
auction 229 bags were sold. Although holders
of Nutmegs are willing to accept previous rates,
yet the sales concluded by private treaty have
been of a limited nature by exporters and the home
trade. At public sale 14 cases and 2 bags were sold.
Mace sells slowly upon previous reduced terms. At
auction 5 cases were disposed of at 2s 4d to 2s 5d for
middling, and at 2s 2d to 2s 4d for low middling.
The sales made in Cloves have been of a trifling nature,
and holders are inclined to sell. On the part of holders
of Black Pepper there is firmness, and they supplythe
market sparingly. Previous rates are obtained for
the parcels sold by private treaty. In Ginger the sales
are small by exporters as well as home consumers.
Cassia Lignea is not much wanted, and the supply is
small, still former rates are not to be obtained. There
are still few buyers of Cinnamon, although holders are
willing to accept low rates. .
INDIGO.—The market has a favourable appearance for
all descriptions of East Indie, the home and export de-
mand having been good during the week, whilst further
purchases have been made by speculators, and the rates
paid exhibit an advance on those of the last
quarterly sale of 2d to 3d per lb, at which there are not
generally sellers. and the market is scantily supplied.
That the upward tendency will continue appears to be
the general impression. The stock at this port is 1,073
chests smaller than last year, whilst the total deliveries
are 1,700 greater; the arrivals do not come up to those
of that time, whereas all sorts are lower in value. For
Spanish previous rates are well sustained; the supply is
small, and a fair demand prevails.
RICE.—To-day East India Rice was more in demand,
and there were not sellers generally at former rates.
COCHINEAL.—Previous improved rates are well sus-
tained for all sorts, although the market has been well
supplied during the week, but the demand is not yet
active. The parcels offered at auction were all
disposed of.
OILS.—The market is still improving for all common
Fish Oils, and the supply is less plentiful. None has
been submitted to public sale this week, whereas the
arrivals are of little moment. In Seal a good business
has been concluded, chiefly by the home trade ; prices
continue on the advance. Iu Cod several purchases have
been made at 251 to 251 10s, and some parties will not
sell upon these terms. Southern of all sorts is more re-
quired; the supply is scanty, and prices have advanced.
For Sperm there is few buyers, and holders are still
willing sellers, as the stock is large, and 791 to 811 is the
value of good and fine quality. Linseed Oil is cheaper,
and the home demand has been good. For forward de-
livery a fair extent of business has been concluded at
23s 9d to 245. Rapeseed is more required, and in con-
sequence of the smallness of the stock buyers :are com-
pelled to pay 38s 6d to 39s for pale, and 37s 6d to 38s
for brown. Olive does not improve in value, although
several parcels have been sold. Palm met with little
attention.

TALLow.—This afternoon the public sales of Tallow
went off quietly at rather lower rates ; 2,446 packages
of South American were sold at 39s 3d to 40s 3d ; 28
casks of East India 43s to 47s 3d; 351 casks of New
South Wales 40s to 4Gs ; 112 casks of Odessa 44s 3d to
44s 9d, and 50 casks of Petersburgh Soap Tallow taken
in at 43s per cwt.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF
FRIDAY.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 22, 18-17.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, constituting and ap-
pointing the Right Honourable John Russell (com-
monly called Lord John Russell); the Right Honourable
Sir Charles Wood, Bart.; William Gibson Craig, Esq.,
Henry Rich, Esq.; Richard Montesquieu Bellew, E,q.;
and Henry Petty Fitzmaurice, Esq. (commonly called
Earl of Shelburne), Commissioners for executing the
offices of Treasurer of the Exchequer of Great Britain
and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.
WHITEHALL, DEc. 22.

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the office and
place of Advocate- General and Judge Martial of her
Majesty's Forces to William Goodenough Hayter, Esq.
C ROWN -OFFICE, DEC. 23.

MEMISTRIS RETURNED TO SERVS IN THE PRESENT ?kg-

LIA WENT.

City of Kilkenny—Michael Sullivan, Esq., of Inch
House, in the county of Kilkenny, in the room of John
o'Connell, Esq., who being chosen for the said city of
Kilkenny, and also for the city of Limerick, hath made
his election to sit for the said city of Limerick.
Borough of Rye—Herbert Mascall Curteis, of Wind-
mill-hill, in the county of Sussex, in the room of Her-
bert Barrett Curteis, Esq., deceased.
WAR OFFICE, DEc. 24.

sth Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant William Sandford
Wills Sandford, from 83d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Crawfurd, who exchanges, Dec. 24.

6th Dragoon Guards —Veterinary Surgeon Alfred
Henry Cherry, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be
Veterinary Surgeon, vice Johnston, resigned, Dee. 24.

7th Dragoon Guards—Major. General the lion.
Henry Murray, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-
General Sir George Scovell, K.C.8., appointed to the
4th Light Dragoons, Dec 18.
4th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-General Sir George
Scovell, K.C.8., from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be
Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir James Charles
Dalbiac, deceased, Dec. 18 ; Assistant-Surgeon John
Reid, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mure,
promoted in the 72d Foot, Dec. 24.
15th Light Dragoons—Cornet .eAmund Ruck Keene,
to, be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hoare, who retires;
IK.,riirenedghesralieseeyki
vice
William Keene,
elie. G opl defe. ra2p4, Gent., to be Cornet, by
P
16th Light Dragoons—Veterinary Surgeon John
from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to be Vete-
rinary Surgeon, vice Cherry, appointed to the 6th Dra-
goon Guards, Dec. 24. 37'
3d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Richard George
Amherst Luard to be Adjutant, vice Maude, promoted,
Dee.
Willia-n Hopson Hopson to be
7t 24.
Foot—Lieutenant
Captain, by purchase, vice Ileauclerk, who retires ;
Ensign John Busby, from the 13th Foot, to be
wo exchanges,
1)
Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Hopson,DDanece.,
24.
h
11th Foot—Surgeon John Strange Chapman, from
63,c.
11127 t, to be Surgeon, vice
13th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Stone, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Dec. 24.
Busby, promoted in the 7th foot,

14th Foot—Lieutenant Colonel Maurice Barlow, from
44th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-Colonel
Matthias Everard, who retires upon half-pay 3d Foot,
Dec. 25 ; Brevet Major Charles Rayner Newman to be
Major, without purchase, ♦ice Barlow, promoted in 44th
Foot ; Lieutenant Edward Protheroe to be Captain, vice
Newman ; Ensign Henry Townsend to be Lieutenant,
vice Protheroo ; Gentleman Cadet William Richard
Bennington M'Gwire, from the Royal Military College,
to be- Ensign, vice Townsend, Dec. 24.
44th Foot—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice
Barlow, from the 14th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel,
without purchase, Dec. 24 ; Lieutenant-Colonel James
Oliphant Clunie, from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Lieu-
tenant-Colonel, vice :Barlow, appointed to the 14th
Foot, Dec. 25.
47th Foot—Lieut. James Villiers to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Evans, who retires; Lieut. Samuel Toosey
Williams to be Captain, by purchase, vice Armstrong,
who retires; Ensign George William Armit to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Villiers; Ensign Thomas
Roper to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Williams ;
William Octavius Lawrence, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Armit, Dec. 24; Charles Aldersey
Stevenson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Roper,
Dec. 25.
63d Foot—Major Charles James, from the 84th Foot,
to be Major, vice Green, who exchanges ; Surgeon
Richard Dane, M.D., from the 11th Foot, to be Surgeon,
vice Chapman, who exchanges, Dec. 24.
66th Foot—Lieutenant Hardress De Luttrell Saun-
derson to be Captain, by purchase, vice Maunsell, who
retires ; Ensign Walter Serocold Pearce Serocold to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Saunderson ; Charles
Perrin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Serocold,
Dec. 24.
69th Foot—Ensign William George Daniel to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Brown, who retires, Dec.
24 ; Henry Beauchamp Brady. Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Daniel, Dec. 24.
72d Foot—Ensign Alexander Crombie to be Adju-
tant, vice Rice, promoted; Assistant-Surgeon John
Mure, M.D., from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Sur-
geon, vice Gray, appointed to the 75th Foot, Dec. 24,
75th Foot—Surgeon Edward William Gray, M.D„
from the 72d Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Patrick Nicol-
son, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, Dec. 24.
83d Foot—Lieutenant Robert Henry Payne Craw-
furd, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant,
vice Wills Sandford, who exchanges, Dec. 24.
84th Foot—Major George Green, from 63d Foot, to
be Major, vice James, who exchanges, Dec. 24.
86th Foot—Lieut. William Edwards to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Brevet Major Holland, deceased,
Dec. 13 ; Ensign George William Robinson to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Barry, deceased, Sept. 2 ;
Ensign John Richardson Stuart to be Lieutenant, vice
Edwards, Dec. 13 ; Gentleman Cadet Hopton Bassett
Scott, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign,
vice Robinson, Dec. 24.
89th Foot—Ensign Bowes Mein to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Kennedy, who retires; Charles Watson,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mein, Dec. 24.
UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel
Dilman Pritchard, from Major half-pay Unattached, to
be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, Dec. 24.
Hosprre.r. STAFF.—LocaI Deputy Inspector-General
of Hospitals Robert Moore Peile, M.D., to be Deputy
Inspector-General of Hospitals, March 31 ; Deputy
Inspector-General of Hospitals Robert Moore Peile,
M.D., to be Local Inspector-General of Hospitals in
Ireland, Sept. 30; John Robertson, M.D., to be As-
sistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Reid, appointed to
the 4th Light Dragoons, Dec. 24.
BREVET.—The undermentioned Cadets of the Ho-
nourable the East India Company's Service, to have the
local and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period
of their being placed under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, of the Royol Engineers, at
Chatham, for field instruction in the art of Sapping and
Mining :
Edmond Southey, Gent.. Dec. 24.
John Edwards Donne, Gent., Dec. 24.
David Jobson Nasmyth, Gent., Dec. 24.
Lindsay Russell, Gent., Dec. 24.
John Goddard, Gent., Dec. 24.
Swinfen Charles Jervis, Gent., Dec. 24.
Gordon Dennison, Gent., Dec. 24.
John Frederick Fisher, Gent., Dec. 24.
Charles Scott, Gent., Dec. 24.
Donatus Cameron Henchy, Gent., Dec. 24.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 21.

The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Vice Admiral Charles
Carter, on the 20th instant:—
Rear Admiral of the Red Francis Temple to be Vice
Admiral of the Blue.
Rear Admiral of the White Edward Ratsey to be Rear
Admiral of the Red.
Rear Admiral of the Blue Henry Hope, C.B. to be
Rear Admiral of the White.
Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen to be Rear Admiral
of the Blue.