The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-18 00:00:00

E SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN G, NO VEMBER 1846.

the health of the Engineer of the 1 ine, wad of Mr. Scott,
the working engineer.
Mr. Scam briefly returned thi?..ilksw Whilst ho mo-
destly took credit for having 'Aerie his duty, he con-
sidered that they were much ';'adebte d to Mr. Jackson,
the contractor, for the e,tßyfor.t mantle r in which he had
executed the works.—(4J.Leers.)
The CHAIRMAN exen gave the " landowners on the
line, but especiaThi the Duke of Radford," whose pro-
perty, he said, was intersected by tke line to a greater
amount than t' rat of any other !andel vner, and who had
treated the, in the most liberal mannf:r.

The toast 'was warmly responded to.
The 'next toasts were " The Duchess of Bedford," the
Members for the Borough," Mr. P. Polhill and Mr. F.
Steuart, which were all well received, and the company
ser,iarated, the majority returning to London by a train
'which left Bedford about seven o'clock. In backing the
train at Bletchley, two or three of -the carriages ran off
the points, and we only mention the fact to show that
no accident of a dangerous natures occurred, and that
everything passed off, notwithstanding the unfavourable
state of the weather, with much satisfaction.

NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CON-
NECTING RAILWAY—(YESTERDAY.)
Yesterday, at one o'clock, a meeting of the scripholders
in the above railway company was held at the Lon-
don Tavern, to receive and take into consideration the
report of the scripholders' committee, to determine what
steps should be taken in regard to the suits in the
Court of Chancery, and to consider whether any and what
part of the assets of the company can now be divided.
Mr. JOHN CASTENDRICK took the chair, and, after the
meeting was opened with the usual preliminaries, called
upon Mr. Randell, the solicitor to the scripholders' com-
mittee, to read the report.
Mr. RANDELL then read the report, which, after ad
verting to the fact that the company was projected for
the purpose of uniting the London and Birmingham,
South-Western, London and Brighton, South-Eastern'
and Northern and Eastern Railways, stated, that in
December last it was ascertained that the plans
had not been deposited until the Ist December,
and the shareholders then called upon the directors
to wind up the company; but, instead of doing so, the
directors determined upon going to Parliament. Various
had been taken to stay the progress of the Bill, and
effect an immediate dissolution of the company, and on
the 11th June an interim order was obtained from the
Court of Chancery to restrain the directors from re-
ceiving the deposit out of Court. On the 23d July the
company was dissolved without bankruptcy, in pursuance
of the Railway Companies Dissolution Act, and at the
meeting the directors pesented a cash statement, showing
a balance against them of 16,7981.85. 4d., and proposed to
return to the scripholders 11. is. per share. Upon the
balance-sheet, the committee of management remark at
great length, and state that, instead of their being
9,9061. Bs. 11d. at the bankers, and in the shape of
securities, there was only about 26Z, and no securities
whatever. Upon requiring explanation, Messrs. John-
son and Adair stated, that they could not deny
that there had been a traffic in shares by Mr. Graham,
and that the securities were the scrip so purchased.
Mr. Graham was made a bankrupt, and from his pro-
duced statements, it appeared 3,690 shares had been
purchased at a total cost of 9,6131. 155.; all the
cheques given for this share traffic but one had been re-
moved. Mr. Beard, the only director who has answered
said, he never had the custody of any shares, but that
as to 120 of them, which were given to him for a loan
of 2001., they would be delivered to the committee. It
will thus be seen that in addition to the traffisking
in the shares with the money of the company,
the retaining those shares when purchased, in
their own hands, and the secret manner io which the
cheques for the share traffic were drawn, not only is there
no such sum as 9,9061 Bs. Bd.; hat the 3,350 shares, its
representative value, are not forthcoming, and all the
directors can show for this sum is 1,200 shares. Mr.
Howell, the clerk of the company, on the 20th Oct.
handed the committee
by which it appeared that after payment of all claims and
liabilities there was left 7,115/. 17s. id., or 15s. 4d. per
share to return to the scripholders. The cash remain-
ing in Messrs. Twining's now amounts to 12,422/. Is. Bd.;
Messrs. Rogers, Si. 183. 9_1.; Messrs. Hankey's 4/. 6s. 2.1.,
which, with the 1,200 shares, constitutes the present
available assets of the company. The outstanding
claims amount to 6,1001 or thereabouts, exclusive of
the costs of the suits, leaving a present balance
of 6,322/. divisible among a number of shareholders at
present unaseertained. The committee, acting under
the opinion of counsel, stated, in conclusion, that until
the whole number of shares purchased by the directors
were given up, it could not be ascertained who were the
13on1i fide shareholders, or what was to constitute a ma-
jority, or into what number of shares the balance of the
fund in hand was to be divided;' that it would be prudent
to retain the entire fund to abide the decision of the
Court ; and they cannot recommepd any division at
present. Tho committee state it to be absolutely neces-
Mr. DANIELS moved the adoption of the report.
Mr. HOPGOOD seconded the proposition.
Mr. D. CLARKE strongly objected to the report being
adopted that day. It was a voluminous document, and
ought to have been circulated amongst the shareholders
before. He should move that the meeting be adjourned.
sary to prosecute the suit in Chancery, but that the cause
of Adams v. De Burgh- is wholly unnecessary, and may
result in useless expense.
A long and very irregular conversation ensued, but ul-
timately the meeting was adjourned until to morrow fort-
night, to give the scripholders time to consider the report,
' and the steps to he taken to bring the affairs of the corn-
' piny to a speedy termin t:ion.

SOUTE-WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY.

A General meeting of this cimpAny was held at the
principal-terminus, at Nine Elms, yesterday, at one
o'clock; Mr. Chaplin, chairman of the company, in the
chair, which wets very nu:ncrously attended.
The advertisement convening the meeting having
been:read,

The CHAIRMAN called upon the Secretary, Mr.
Campbell,. to read the report, from which it appeared
that, the purchase of the Richmond It eilway hay
ing been completed, the directors have concluded
arrangements with the promoters of the Staines
and Richmond, and Windsor and Staines projects.
Turning to the district intermediate between the main
lines of this and of the Brighton Railway, the director
would assure the proprietors that no pains have been
spared in preparing for Parliament lines from Winklele-
don and Godalming southwards, such as were likely to
satisfy the wants of the public. The Brighton Company
have, in like manner, prepared the preliminaries of other
measures for effecting the same general objects; and
committees of the two boards, have recently met and
agreed on certain leading principles which will ensure an
equal ownership of the Portsmouth atmospheric line
by the two companies. and a general co-operation by
them for supplying the public wants throughout the
country intermediate between their respective trunk
lines. The purchase of the lines between Guildford and
Godalmin,g, and between Portsmouth and Farehane, hes
been complete de—:he shareholders in the Guild-
ford Extension and Portsmouth and Fareliam
Company, with very few exceptions, paid—
and the works contracted for by Mr. Brassey.
In the last session of Parliament this company promoted
a short junction line between Ramsey and Redbridge,
which the Parliamentary Committee refused to. sanction.
The directors propose to repeat an application for this
line in the ensuing session, with an extension up the
valley of the Test to Andover. The directors are de-
terred, by the vast amount of works, from proposing
any line to connect the main South-Western
line more directly with Oxford, but fully recog
nixing the importance to the interests of this
company, of direct and unbroken communication be-
tween the midland and northern districts and the
southern coast, the directors will continue their atten-
tion to the subject. The works on the Southampton and
Dorchester line are making rapid progress towards com-
pletion. Three branches, viz., to Lymington, to Bland-
ford, and to Weymouth, have been projected by the
Southampton and Dorchester Company, and the direc-
tors recommend the company, to take their proportion of
the capital necessary for making the proposed branches,
and to lease them on the same terms as the original
work. The directors have taken snob preliminary steps,
and made such arrangements with other parties, ex-
pedient for securing a continuous narrow gauge system
of lines from London to the Land's end. By obtaining
in the last session the London-bridge Extension, and
Basingstoke and Salisbury lines (the works on which
are now nearly ready for contract), this company is pos-
sessed of the shortest and best possible line from London-
bridge to Salisbury and (to that extent) towards Exeter,
Plymouth, and Cornwall ; and they have, for the further-
ance of that object, though at great outlay, become the
proprietors of the Salisbury and Yeovil Junction project.
The addition of branches to Shaftesbury and Wincan-
ton, and of a cross line extending from the Southampton
and Dorchester Branch at Blandford, by Sturminster,
Stalbridge, and Wincanton to Bruton, will render this
scheme a perfect system for the accommodation of the.
Northern and Central parts of Dorsetshire, in addition
!li greater purpose as part of the proposed South-
Western trunk line. The second section of this great
scheme continues to be promoted by the Exeter, Yeovil,
and Dorchester Company, whose undertaking the pro-
prietors will bear in mind this company have agreed to
hire in perpetuity, themselves holding one-fourth of the
capital; and the directors have great confidence that the
now improved branches towards Bridport and Dorches-
ter, the addition of lines to Sidmouth and Charmonth
(Lyme Regis), with the careful revision of the main
line, will secure to this section that approbation which
its leading characteristics ought to have secured for it
in the last session. The capital for making it has
being necessarily increased by 500,0001., of which
this company • will take up one-fourth, and the
general shareholders the remainder, on tho same
rate of guaranteed return as before ; and the
directors have also given a pledge that, in case of fail-
ure, the expenses of the shareholders, from the com-
mencement of the undertaking, shall not emceed 2/. 15s.
on each 50/. share in the original capital, nor 10s. on
each 25/. share in the new capital. In the last session
an Act was pasadd for making a-railway fr.= Exeter to
Exmouth, its powers being suspended in their operation
until the passing of the Exeter, Yeovil, an d Dorchester
line. The directors have agreed to adopt tl iis important
local line as a part of the Exeter, Yeovil, an. I Dorchester
scheme, if the latter be sanctioned by Par litament, and
that the company shall find one-fourth of t he necessary
capital. The third section of the proposed South-Western
trunk lino comprises that part of it west of Exeter ;
the subscribers towards the scheme of last s ession with-
draw in favour of this .company, and the directors,
therefore, propose that the entire lines west of Exeter
shoulde be undertaken directly by their proprietary. The
entral line to Truro has been considerably shortened
theworks much reduced, and the gradients it aproved, so' as to contrast triumphantly' in security, inclb _talons, d ,
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as before ; and as new and prominent features, there have
been added a line by Tavistock to Plymouth, (to be
connected at Plymouth with the principal commercial
harbour in Sutton Pool)—a branch fro-m Okehampton
to Chulmleigh, (there to be connected with the Taw Vale
line, and so to form a complete railway communication
from the south coast at Plymouth to the north at Barn-
staple), and a branch to Craditon. Of these new mea
sures, by far the most important is the line to Ply-
mouth. Thera is there a population of 100,000, for
whose accommodation there is at present provided
only the South-Devon _ Railway, now in formation,
as a single line, with very steep gradients, and
intended to be worked by atmospheric power.
In order to cement the leading commercial interests of
Plymouth in favour of this company's schemes, the di-
rectors have agreed to take a limited amount of capital
in the undertaking now on foot for improving Sutton
Pool Harbour, and satisfied of the completeness of these
great projects, and of -their claims to success, the direc-
tors do not overlook that they ought to be convinced also
of their remunerative character, and the board have
arrived at a firm opinion, that the whole will pay a fair
dividend out of their own proper earnings, and by the
traffic which they will inevitably accumulate upon the
existing property of this company (now amounting to
upwards of 263 miles of authorised railway), must be
productive of great advantage. With respect to the ne-
cessary capital, the directors are of opinion that the
existing resources of the company in the shape of capital
uncalled, and powers of borrowing, are adequate to the
execution of all the works which this company are at
present authorised to execute, or towards which they
have power to sub cribe. To provide for new works, the
directors propose to give each proprietor registered in
the books_of the company on this day, or who shall on
the 16th day of /February next be so registered in re-
spect of shares consolidated from the recent issue
of tenths, the option of subscribing for one new
share, in respect of each share held by him (ex-
cept Gosport privileged shares). On such new
shares it is proposed that a deposit of ten
per cent. should be paid on allotment. If it shall happen
that none of the works now contemplated are sanctioned
by Parliament, the deposits so paid will be consolidated
into a proportionate number of shares of 501. and 401.
each, entitled to the same privileges as the present new
shares of .501. and 40/. ; and if any, or all the now pro-
posed works, be sanctioned, then the amount for the
time being called on the now proposed new shares, will
bear interest at five per cent., payable out of capital, from
Ist January, 1847, to Ist July, 1853, and at the latter
date will become identified with the other shares in the
company, and take dividend at the same rate per cent. on
the amount actually paid up."
The CHAIRMAN said that it was hardly necessary for
him, after the report, to say anything further of the
future designs of the company, but as some might not
clearly understand the principle on which the directors
acted, he would refer to the chief points. (He then re-
capitulated the heads of the report.) One thing on
which he might congratulate the shareholders was the
cessation of hostility with the Brighton Company, with
whom he was happy to say they were now on terms of
amity.
A series of fifteen resolutions for carrying out the
designs expressed in the report which the Chairman
proposed, were, with little dissent, after some conversa-
tion, adopted by the meeting.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired how it was that, with
prosperous circumstances, the returns of the company
had been reduced?

The CHAIRMAN replied that it was in consequence of
the great reduction of the several fares, but the traffic
had greatly increased, and very shortly the evil, which
was a great benefit to the public, would shortly be
changed into an advantage also to the company.
A SHAREHOLDER inquired whether it was intended to
make calls to the full amount of the new shares ?
The Cmainmax said that it was.

Mr. REID then proposed that there should be an ad-
vance made out of the capital stock of the company to
the extent of 50,0001., as a loan to the New Southamptcn
Steam-packet Company, to enable them the more
speedily to establish a line of vessels to Havre, with a
view to facilitate the continental intercourse.

Mr. W. TITE seconded this resolution, stating that the
Brighton Company were already engaged in the con-
sruction of steamers to run to Dieppe.
After some considerable discussion the vote was
agreed to, and after
.a complimentary vote to the offs•
dais engaged upon the line for their care and attention
in the avoidance of accidents, thanks were passed to the
chairman, and the meeting broke up apparently highly
satisfied with the day's proceedings.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, NOVEMBER 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 24—Ditto,
New, 21/{—Eastern Counties, York Extension, 31. 17s. 6d.—
Great Western, New, 714—Midland, New, 61,4—North Bri
tish Extension, 1/. 6s. 3d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3/. 3s.
9d. p.

and Carlisle, 50s.—GlasgoW, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan,
33s.—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 42s.—Great
North of Scotland, 41s.—Madras, &Bore, and Arcot, 3s.—
Manchester and Southampton, 30s.—North British, Halves,
1714—Ditto, Quarters, 82s. 6d.—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip),
335. 9d.—South-Eastern and Dover,: New (iss. at 151.), No.
4, 625. 6d.—Strathem Junction, 76s.—YorAc. and Newcastle,
Preerence, 6%.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE,
FOREIGN- OFFICE, Nov, 16, 1816.
It is hereby notified, that Viscount Palmerston, her Ma-
jesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has
received from Mr. Southern, her Majesty's Charge
d'Affaires at Lisbon, a dispatch, inclosing a note addressed
to him by Marshal Saldanha, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs of her Most Faithful Majesty, announcing
the establishment of an effective blockade of the river
Douro, together with a copy of the degree declaring the
said blockade. Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires also
transmits a note from Marshal Saldanha, announcing that
positive instructions have been given to the ships of
war establishing the blockade, to allow British ships of war
to enter the port unmolested, and not to prevent the deli-
very, and reception there, of the mails conveying the cor-
respondence, or the landing of passengers, or even the de-
parture of ritish subjects who may wish to embark in the
packets.
At the Court at Windsor, the 14th day of November,
1846,—Present, the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in
Council.—Her Majesty having been pleased to ap-
point the Right honourable George Augustus Earl
Cowper to be Lord-Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum
of the county of Kent, his Lordship this day took the oaths
appointed to be taken thereupon, instead of the oaths of alle-
giance and supremacy.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 17.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to bo
passed under the Great Seal, granting unto Admiral Sir
David Gould, G.C.8., the office or place of Vice-Admiral of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and
Lieutenant of the Admiralty thereof, and also Lieutenant of
the Navies and Seas of the said United Kingdom, in the
room of Admiral Sir George Martin, G.C.8., promoted to the
rank of Admiral of the Fleet.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9, 1846.
Her Majesty has been graciously uleased to appoint the
six Officers under-named to be Naval Aides-de-Camp to her
Majesty :
Captain Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8.,
Captain the Honourable George Alfred Crofton,
Captain Sir George Rese Sartorius,
Captain Arthur Fanshawe, C. 8.,
Captain Lord John Hay, C. 8.,
Captain Sir George Augustus Westphal,
vice
Captain Henry Hope, C. B.
Captain Sir S. John B. Pechell, Bart. C. B. K. C. H.
Captain Phipps Hornby, C. B.
Captain Sir Francis Augustus Collier, C. B. K. C. H.
Captain Sir Charles Napier, K. C.B. and
Capt. the Hon. Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Fellow,
C.B. K.C.H.
promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral.
And her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to ap-
point Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence, G.C.H., to be an
Extra Naval Aide-de-Camp to her Majesty.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9.
Doctor Gilbert King, M.D. Deputy Inspector of Naval
Hospitals and Fleets, to be Inspector of Naval Hospitals and
Fleets.
John Mortimer, Esq., and,
Henry Parkin, Esq.
Retired Deputy Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets, to
be Retired Inspectors of Naval Hospitals and Fleets
Doctor James Veitch, M.D.,
Mr. William Colvin, and
Doctor James Scote(B), M.D.,
SUrgeons Royal Navy, to be Retired Deputy Inspectors of
Naval Hospitals and Fleets.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 9.
Corps of Royal Marines.
Colonel and Second Commandant Thompson Aslett to be
Colonel Commandant, vice Jones, promoted, to be Major-
General in the Army.
Coloffel and Second Commandant Edward Smith Mercer to
be Colonel Commandant, vice Beatty promotee to be
Major-General.
Lieutenant-Colonel ,William Fergusson, to be Colonel and
Second Commandant, vice Aslett, promoted
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Swale to be Colonel and Se-

cond Commandant, vice Mercer, promoted.
Captain and Brevet Major John Wilson to be Lieutenant-
Colonel, vice Fergusson, promoted.
Captain Robert Mercer to be Lieutenant Colonel, vice Swale,

promoted.
First Lieutenant John Ha„•kins Gascoigne to be Captain,
vice Wilson, promoted. •
First Lieutenant John Urquhart to be Captain, vice Mercer,
promoted.
Second Lieutenant Tlinmas Carstairs Gray to be First Lieu-
tenant, vice Gascoigne, promoted.
Second Lieutenant William Godfrey Rayson Masters to be
First Lieutenant, vice Urquhart, promoted.

ADMIRALTY, Nov. 16.
The name of Captain Joseph Needham Taylor, C. 8., has
been added, under special circumstances represented by him,
to the list of Captains of the Royal Navy who have accepted
the rank of Retired Rear Admiral cf her Majesty's Fleet..
And with reference to the announcement in the Loudon
Gazette of the 2d October last, respecting the admission of
Officers now residing abroad to the retired list, the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to fix
the 15th of December next, as the day on which the list will
be finally closed.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 16.
ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.
To be Colonels.
Brevet Colonel James Stokes Bastard, vice Forbes.
Brevet Colonel Thomas Gore Brown, vice Munro.
Brevet Colonel Duncan Grant, vice Cockburn.
Brevet Colonel Henry Alexander Scott, vice Birch.
Brevet Colonel Thomas Dyneley, vice Armstrong.
Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Charles Russel, vice Paterson.
Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Rudyerd, vice Oliver.
Brevet Colonel William Cator, vice Lacy.
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Cornwallis Dansey, vice W. G.
Power.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels.
Brevet Major Charles Otivay, vice Macdonald, removed as a
General Officer.
Brevet Major William Cockrane Anderson, vice Bastard.
Brevet Major Reynolds Palmer, vice Browne.
Brevet Major John Romaine Hornsby, vice Grant.
Brevet Major Richard Say Armstrong, vice Scott.
Brevet Major Mark Evans, vice Dyneley.
Brevet Maior George Tempest Rowland, vice Russel.
Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel James Nisbet Colquhoun, vice
Rudyerd.
Brevet Major Anthony Robinson Harrison, rice Cator.
Brevet Major Henry hichard Wright, vice Dansey.
To be Captains.
Second Captain Alfred Tylee, vice Otway.
Second Captain Charles James Dalton, vice Anderson.
Second Captain William Henry Forbes, vice Palmer.
Second Captain David Edward Wood, vice Hornsby.
Second Captain Hugh Manly Tuite, vice Armstrong.
Second Captain William Emerton Heitland, vice Evans.
second Captain George Innes, vice Rowland.
Second Captain Frederick Eardley Wilmot, vice Colquhoun.
Second Captain James William Fitzmayer, vice Harrison.
Second Captain George Robert Harry Kennedy, vice Wright.
To be second Captains.
s
First Lieutenant Frederick Alexander Campbell,vice Dalton.viceT
Tylee.
First First Lieutenant Lieutenant Henry
B
Goodenough;yPbaileikpnailshakepear, vice Forbes.
First Lieutenant Richard' Henry Crofton, vice Wood.
Fist Lieutenant Matthew Smith Dodsworth, vice Tuite.
First Lieutenant Murray Oztavius Nixon, vice Heitland.
First Lieutenant Henry Lynedoch Gardiner, vice Innes.
First Lieutenant Benjamin Bathurst, vice F.Eardloy
First Lieutenant Henry Bouchier Osborne Savile, vice

Fitzmayer.
First Lieutenant Robert Parker. Radcliffe, vice Kennedy.
To be First-Lieutenants.
Second Lieutenant Joseph Godby, vice Campbell.
'
Second Lieutenant Dominick Sarsfield Greene, vice Good-
enough.
Second Lieutenant Philip Francis Miller,
:ivceicGe .CBro.ftS.
Second hake-
spear.
Secondecond L
Lieutenanteutenant JWamillesian4hWomigarsanoirßinaery ,
vice Dodsworth.
Second Lieutenant George Hatton Colomb, vice Nixon.
Second Lieutenant William Drummond Hay, vice Gardiner,
Second Lieutenant Thomas Henry Harding, vice Bathurst.
Second Lieutenant Philip Davos Margesor, vice H. B. 0.

Savite.
Second Lieutenant Mervyn Steward, vice Ratcliffe.
Dated 9th November, 1846.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Nov. 16.
Corps of Royal Engineers.—To be Colonels.
Brevet Colonel Sir John Mark Frederic Smith, vice Cardew
removed as a General Officer.
Brevet Colonel Rice Jones, vice Fyers, removed as a General
Officer.
Brevet Colonel Thomas Moody, vice Fanshawo, removed as
a General Officer.
Brevet Colonel John Oldfield, vice Cunningham, removed as
a General Officer.
Brevet Colonel Matthew Charles Dixon, vice Colby, re-
moved as a General Officer.
To be Lieutenant-Colonels.
Brevet Major Charles Jasper Selwyn, vice Smith.
Brevet Major William Matthew Gosset, vice Jones.
Brevet Major Daniel Bolton, vice Moody.
Brevet Major Frederick William Whinyates, vice Oldfield.
Brevet Major Alexander Watt Robe, vice Dixon.
To be Captains.
Second Captain John Williams, vice Selwyn.
Second Captain Edward William Durnford, vice Gosset.
Second Captain Edward Thomas Lloyd, vice Bolton.
Second Captain Henry James.
Second Captain William Robinson, vice Whinyates, pro-
moted.
Second Captain Thomas Rawlings Mould.
Second Captain George Wynne vice Robe, promoted.
To be Second Captains.
First Lieutenant Harry St. George Ord,
vies Williams.
'First Lieutenant David William Tylee, vice Durnford.
First Lieutenant Hampden Clement I3lamire Moody, vice
Lloyd.
First Lieutenant John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, vice Robin-
son.
First Lieutenant George Archibald Leach, vice W
To be First Lieutenants.
Second Lieutenant Charles Thomas Hutchinson, vice Ord.
Second Lieutenant Edward Metcalfe Grain, vice Tylee.
Second Lieutenant Arthur Payne Smith, vice Moody.
Second Lieutenant Augustus Meyer Lochner, vice Simmons.
Second Lieutenant Philip Ravenhill, vice Leach, Nov 9.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.
William Jenney, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; John
Kay, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; Henry Thomas Worley,
Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant; and William Capel Clayton,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 31.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire.
Owen Owen, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 5.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottinghainsh L
Southern Regiments of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
Cavalry—Richard Milward, Gent., to be Cornet, vim Samuel
Surplice, resigned, Nov. 2.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Sussex
Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia.
Thomas Walker, Gent., to be Ensign Oct. 22.
Erratum in the Gazette of the 'l9th of May lasi
re.
Royal Sussex Regiment of Militia•
ea u
Ed_
For " Henry" Shiffner, Gent., to be Lieutenant, r
ward Thomas" Shiffner, Gent., to be Lieutenant •
WHITEHALL, Nov. 12. ands Slack,
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Edward r
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
of Chippenham, in the county of Wilts, Gent.,
WHITEHALL, Nov. 16.
Stiles, of North-
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Henry
be a Master
leach, in the county of Gloucester, Gent., to
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
tor be a Master

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
WS, john-atrOot,
Thomas Smith, hackneyman, Barrowe4-111.
Diu/skim -rod,

BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Lambert Powell, cabinet-maker, Romsey, Ham!).
shire, to surrender Nov. 25, at half-past eleven, and Dec.
23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official
assigner ; Husband and Wyatt, Moorgate-street, London.
William Hodges, cloth worker, King4,Tate-street, Holborn,
Nov. 25, at half-past one, and Dec. 29, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Shaw and
Newstead, Ely-place, Holborn. .
. Richard Kent Payne, grocer, Brighton, Nov. 26, at two,
and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Ed-
wards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, 014 Jewry ; Sow-
ton, Great James-street, Bedford-row, London; Blaker and
Co., Lewes.
John Dodgson and George Bradbury, ironmongers, Bishops-
gate-street Without, Dec. 1, at half-past two, and Jan. 12,
at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as-
signee, Abchurch-lane ; Murray, London-street.
William Reeves, live stock dealer, Horseferry-road, Lime-
house, Nov. 26, at half-past eleven, and Dec. 19, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Alder-
manbury ; Wells, Brunswick-terrace, Commercial-road East.
Robert Mann, chemist, Huntingdon, Dec. 8, at half-past
two, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;
Fox and Britten, Basinghall-street ; Hunnybun, Huntingdon.
John Eckstein, ironmonger, High-street, Notting-hill,
Nov. 27 and Dec. 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ; Neal,
Austin Friars. .

William Rolfe, corn-dealer, Leyton, Essex, Nov. 27, at
one, and Dec. 28, at half-past two, at the ourt of Bank-
ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Chambers ;
Ogle, Great Winchester-street.
James Churchyard, carpenter, Sutherland-terrace, Brixton,
Nov. 27, at twelve, and Dec. 28, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Cham-
bers; Jenkinson, Sweeting, and Jenkinson, Lombard-street.
Alexander Augustus Mackey and Nathaniel James White
Holt, merchants, St. Helen's-place, Bishopsgate-street, Nov.
30, at two, and Dec. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ;
Freshtields, New Bank-buildings.
Stephen Woodgate, auctioneer, Westmoreland-place,
Southampton- street, Camberwell, Nov. 27, at half-past
twelve, and Dec. 28, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street ;
Thistlewood, Lawrence-lane.
John Marston, surgeon, Birmingham, Dec. 2 and 24, at
eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, offi-
cial assignee, Birmingham ; Hair, Kidderminster ; Motteram
and Knowles, Birmingham.
William unter, quarrythan, Huyton, Lancashire, Nov. 23
and Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ' • Gregory and Co., Bed-
ford-row, London • Green, Liverpool.
' John Thomas, builder, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Dec. 2,
at twelve, and Dec. 31, at eleven, at the Bristol District
Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Leman, Bristol.
David Gostick, grocer, Keighley, Yorkshire, Dec. 3 and 23,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as-
signee, Leeds; Few and Co., London; Upton, Leeds.

Robert Parkinson, jun., stock-broker, Leeds, Dec. 2 and 23,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official as-
signee, Leeds; Jones and Co., John-street, Bedford-row,
London ; Hanle and Clarke, Leeds.

John Knight, timber merchant, Birmingham, Dec.l and
22, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court Valpy, offi-
cial assignee, Birmingham ; Motteram and Knowles, Bir-
mingham ; Smith and Co., Bedford-row, London.
Henry Leonard, ironmonger, Cheltenham Nov. 30 and
and Dec. 29, at one, at the Bristol District bond. Millar,
official assignee, Bristol ; Bubb and Co., Cheltenham.
Charles Taylor, common brewer, Mirfieldjorkshire, Nov.
28 and Dec. 18, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Hope,
official assignee, Leeds; Yonge and Co., Tokenhouse-yard,
London; Freeman, Huddersfield; Sanderson, Leeds.
Henry James Palmer, grocer, Wautage, Berkshire, Nov. 27.
at half-past one, and Dec. 23, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old Jewry Cham-
bers; Thrupp, Winchester-buildings.
James Ullathorne, builder, Spencer-place, Brixton-road,
Nov. 26, at half-past one, and Dec. 31, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Wadeson, Austin Friars.

THE CORN TRADE-
B R IT'S 11,

The paragraphs which have appeared in the papers '
predicting immense arrivals, together with that natural
reaction which almost invariably occurs after a consider-
able rise in the value of a commodity, have sufficed to
keep the trade in•a dull state, and a further fall of about
2s. per quarter has taken place in the price of wheat at
the principal provincial markets held since Monday,
making the total decline from the highest point 43. to ss.
per quarter. Within the last few days the inclination
to buy has somewhat increased, and we are disposed to
think that the downward movement is about to be ar-
rested. For some weeks to come farmers are likely to
lie occupied with wheat sowing; and as the stocks in the
hands of the millers have been a good deal decreased of
late, it is not improbable that, with an improved de-
mand aid short supplies, a firmer tone may be assumed
by sellers.
The accounts from Ireland do not speak so despond •
ingly of the state of the country this week as before.
There, as on this side of the Channel, the late crops of
potatoes appear to have turned out rather better than
.had been calculated on; which circumstance, and the
dull advices from England, together with the arrival of
several large cargoes of Indian corn at some of the
principal ports, had caused a small reaction in prices of
provisions.
At Mark-lane business has remained in a quiet state
throughout the week. The supply of wheat coastways
into London has been extremely small, only 2,907 quar-
ters having been reported up to Saturday evening ;
whilst, by land carriage scarcely a sample has appeared
since Monday. The trifling nature of the arrivals has,
however, had little effect beyond that of imparting some-
what more confidence to factors. Neither on Wednesday
nor Friday could higher terms be realised for even the
best qualities than in the beginning of the week, but at
previous prices, the few lots exhibited on the Essex and
Kent stands were placed without much difficulty
Holders of free foreign wheat were generally very firm;
and though the transactions were on a restricted scale,
former terms were steadily maintained. A few pur-
chases of low quality were made towards the close of
the week for shipment to Ireland, but, on the whole, the
operations were not of much importance. Bonded heat
has met with some attention for export to France, and
prices have been paid for the article under lock relatively
higher than those at which similar qualities have been
offered free; for a cargo of moderately good red 'sBs.,
and for middling Dantaic 60s. to 61s. per quartet having
been realised. Several purchases were reported to have
been made on Wednesday, and on Friday two or three
cargoes were again taken on French account; as, how-
ever, the imports from abroad have amounted to 11,322
quarters during the week, the stocks in bond have been
rather increased than diminished since our last. The late
fall in the value of wheat has not as yet produced any
effect on the averages; indeed, the last general weekly
return (625. 3d.) is 61 per quarter higher than that fur
the preceding week. There is consequently no prospect .
of the duty rising.
The nominal top price of flour has remained stationary;
Norfolk and other ship qualities have, however, in par-
tial instances, been forced off at slightly reduced terms,
and • American flour has been sold somewhat cheaper.
The arrival of the latter has been small, 595 barrels
having come to hand within the last eight days.
The market has been moderately supplied with barley
of home growth; and of the 4,163 quarters of English
received, only a comparatively small proportion has con-
' sisted of really fine qualities. Superior malting samples
were, consequently, held a trifle higher• towards the close
than in the commencement of the week, bui the rise in
price was not of sufficient importance to render any alte-
ration in quotations necessary. The sale of distilling
and grinding barley was more or less interfered with by
the receipt of 13,129 quarters from abroad, principally
of secondary quality; even these sorts were, however,
not by any means cheaper on Friday than on Monday.
The brewers have bought malt cautiously, and in some
cases they have succeeded in purchasing a little below
previous rates ; but should the present value of barley
be maintained, that of malt cannot well recede.
The arrivals of oats from our own coast have consisted
of only 672 quarters, whilst from Scotland 1,271 quer-
ters have come to hand; and none from Ireland. With
such scanty supplies of home-grown corn a rise in prices
would have taken place, notwithstanding the arrival of
21,244 quarters from abroad, if there had not been some
quantity of the latter previously on the market. The
necessity to clear vessels where the lay days were about
to expire, caused factors to be more moderate in their
pretensions than they otherwise might have been, and
the business done both on Wednesday and Friday, was
at similar terms to those current in the beginning of the
week. The wind having blown constantly from the
eastward for several days past, it is fair to infer that
nearly the who!e of the oats recently shipped from the
near continental ports for this market are now here; and
unless a change of wind should bring us an Irish supply,
the market may soon become bare, a large proportion of
the foreign oats having already gone" into the stores of
the dealers.
Though the quantity of beans brought forward has
been moderate, some difficulty has been experienced in
their disposal, and Monday's currency has barely been
supported for English. Egyptian beans have been held
firmly at former rates, but there has not been much
doing either in parcels on the spot or cargoes to arrive.
Of English peas very few have come to market; and
the best white boilers, as well as handsome samples of
grey and maple, have been held pretty firmly. Foreign
white peas, of which the arrivals have lately been liberal,
have been of:fared on comparatively moderate terms with-
out exciting much attention.
Having scarcely any Indian corn on the spot, its exact
' value cannot be well quoted; cargoes to arrive have, how-
: ever, been freely offered, and where bargains have been
closed lower prices have been accepted.
FOREIGN.

There appears is have been a moderate business done at

some of the principal ports in the Baltic in wheat for
shipment to England ; but, from the generally low
stocks of old in that quarter, and the scanty manner in
which the farmers have hitherto brought forward sup-
plies of new, the actual sales have not been large. At
Dantzic about 240 lasts changed hands during the week
ending the 7th November, a small portion of which had
consisted of fine high-mixed, the growth of 1842, fur
which 575. per quarter had been realised ; but the bulk
of what had been sold had been of ordinary quality,
not weighing more than 591bs. to the bushel, at a price
lequal to 495. per quarter, free on board. The arrivals
from the interior down the Vistula had been very small,
owing to the want of sufficient water in that river to
float down the barges. The weather had become very
cold, and an early close cff the inland navigation was ex-
pected The total exports of wheat from Dantzic, dur-
ing October, had amounted to' 3,182 lasts, upwards of
1,000 of which had gone to Holland, France, Belgium,
and Jersey, and the remaining 2,000 lasts to British
ports. Several vessels had come to hand, which had
the effect of causing a small decline in the rates of freight.
A large ship had been chartered for Liverpool at ss. 10d.,
and another had been placed for London at 6s. per
quarter for wheat.
From Konigsberg we have letters of the 6th instant.
Beyond a purchase or two of oats and peas, the formes
at 19s. to 205., and the latter at 40s. per quarter, very
little appears to have been done there in the grain trade.
In wheat absolutely nothing, and in barley only retail
sales had taken place.
Letters from Stettin, of the 9th inst.,' inform us that
a good many ships had arrived at Swinemunde, the load-
ing of -which would, it was expected, give some impetus
to the business in corn. Meanwhile hardly sale had
been made, and the value of most. articles have remained
nominally unaltered. Barley for spring shipment had,
however, been offered at reduced terms, contracts hav-
ing been closed at 30s. per quarter.
The accounts from Rostock of the 9th are wholly
without interest, no supplies having been brought to that
market of sufficient consequence to allow any business
beyond that of a local character being done.
At Hamburgh some purchases of wheat appear to save
been made on French account, and the advices of Tuesday
last from thence state that quite 4,000 qrs. had been
taken for that destination at a price equal to 535. 9d. per
quarter. Barley had moved off somewhat slowly, and
the value of this grain had tended downwards. New
Seale had been held at 38s. Gd. but the highest bid ob-
tained had not exceeded 375. 9d. per quarter. The de-
mand for oats had also fallen off materially.
In the Mediterranean comparatively little wheat ap
pears to have been brought for shipment to England,
most of the supplies from other, parts having been
directed to Marseilles, where prices continue very high.
A letter from Genoa, dated the Gth of November,
states that a good many wheat laden vessels had ar-
rived there, but that many of them had orders to pro-
ceed to Marseilles. Marianopoli wheat was worth at the
first named port 545. 3d. to 565., and Polish Odessa, 565.
to 575. Eiti. per quarter.—Mark-lane Express.

MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF

BORDEAUX.

We find the following in the Esprit Public:—" The
marriage of the Duke de Bordeaux contains incidents
which it is well for the public to be acquainted with ; it
is a consequence only of the Madrid nuptials, but our
profound diplomatists were far from expecting to reap
this fruit of their skill. We have already said that M.
do Metternich on all occasions systematically opposed
every project of marriage proposed for the young Prince.
He had some resistance to overcome on the part of the
Imperial. Family; but he succeeded in removing it by
demonstrating that Austria was obliged to act with
great prudence towards France, who had the power
to excite dangerous disturbances in Italy, and that
thc concessions of the French Government in this
latter country depended upon the proceedings of Aus
tria, above all with regard to the celibacy of the legi-
timate pretender, of which the cabinet of Paris would
make a national question. But as soon as the Spanish
complications were known, the Empress of Austria, a
woman of strong character, and sister of the Duchess
Dowager of Modena, thought that the danger was no
longer so great in presence of the rupture of the entente
cordiale. She thought herself able, therefore, to nego-
tiate with her sister; in perfect safety, the union of her
niece with the Duke de Bordeaux. The affair was con-
ducted with the greatest secresy,without passing through
the Austrian Chancery, and the letters of the two sisters
thus escaping the imperial censorship. All was agreed
upon and executed with the most perfect understanding.
Dispensations from Home were necessary, and were im-
mediately obtained from the head of the Church, in the
same manner as M. Rossi had obtained them for the
Duke de Montpensier, without making the subject a
question of diplomacy; and when the intelligence of
their having been granted reached M. de Broglie, the
French Charg6 d'A ffaires, it was too late. The mar-
riage was on the eve of being accomplished by procura-
tion at Modena, without the possibility of obtaining re-
dress fo/ a fait accompli.

DItAINAGE.—An important sewer, is now being
constructed at Camberwell, nearly three-quarters of a
mile in length, under the direction of Mr. Newman,
the surionr 0 sowers fa thot diftrictownestbildcr,