The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-02 00:00:00

EMIGRATION.

We are happy to give publicity to the following im -
portant information communicating the terms and con-
ditions fixed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies
upon which military and naval settlers may obtain land
in the British colonies. It will be seen that the amount
to be remitted in favour of purchasers has been doubled.
" Horse Guards, Aug. 26, 1848.
" The Commander-in-Chief publishes, for the infor-
mation of the officers of the army, the annexed copy of
a letter and enclosure from the Colonial department,
communicating the terms and conditions, fixed by the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, upon which military
settlers may obtain land in the British colonies.
" By command of Field Marshal
" The DUKE OF WELLLINGTON,
" Commander-in-Chief."
"JOHN MACDONALD,
" Adjutant-General."
(Copy.) "‘ Downing-street, Aug. 18, 1848.
" My Lord,—Having laid before Earl Grey your letter
of the 22d ultimo, I am directed to request that you will
move the Commander-in-Chief to cause the accompany-
ing copy of the paper entitled ' Information for the use
of Military and Naval Officers purposing to settle in the
Colonies,' to be republished for the information of the
Army.

" His Grace will perceive that the amount hitherto
allowed to be remitted in the purchase of land by such
officers has been doubled. " I have, &c.
(Signed) " T. FRED. ELLIOTT.
" Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset,
G.C.8., &c. &c."
" INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY AND NAVAL
OFFICERS PURPOSING TO SETTLE IN THE BRITISH
COLONIES.

" 1. The colonies in which military and naval officers
are allowed privileges in the acquisition of public lands
are the following :—First, the Australian Settlements,
consisting of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land,
South Australia, Western Australia, and the northern
province of New Zealand ; secondly, Ceylon ; thirdly,
the Cape of Good Hope ; and fourthly, Nova Scotia and
Cape Breton, the only provinces in North America where
privileges arc still allowed.

" 2. —ln the different Australian settlements in Ceylon,
and at the Cape of Good Hope, land is disposed of by
sale only; but officers purchasing land, are allowed a re-
mission of the purchase-money, according to the under-
mentioned scale:—

" Field officers, of twenty-five years' service and up-
wards, in the whole, 6002
Field officers, of twenty years' service and upwards,
in the whole 5001. _ _

... ..._ ........_ _..
" Field officers, of fifteen or less years' service, in the
whole, 400/. - - -

" Captains, of twenty years' service and upwards, in
the whole, 400/.

" Captiiins, of
_fifteen years' service or less, in the
whole, 3001.

" Subalterns, of twenty years' service and upwards, in
the whole, 3001.

" Subalterns, of seven years' service and upwards, in
the whole, 2001.

" Subalterns, under seven years' standing are not en-
titled to any remission in the purchase of land.
" Regimental staff officers, and medical officers of the
army and navy, are allowed the benefit of this rule.
"In Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, allotments of land
are granted to officers on the following scale and condi-
tions:—

To a lieutenant-colonel ... 1,200 acres.
To a major •••• 1,000 acres.
To a captain
• ... 800 acrd.
To a subaltern es.
... 500 acres.
" 3. Officers of the army or navy, proposing to proceed
to the colonies, in order to take advantage of this in-
dulgence, should provide themselves with certificates
from the office of the Commander-in-Chief, or of the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, or of the Master-
General of the Ordnance, showing that their emigration
has been sanctioned, and stating exactly their rank and
length of service. No document from the office of the
Secretary of State is necessary.
"4. Officers on half-pay, residing in the colony where
they propose to settle, are admitted to the privileges of
military or naval settlers, without referring to this coun-
try for testimonials, provided they can satisfy the Go-
vernor that there is no objection to their being allowed
the indulgence, and that the statement of their rank and
length of service is accurate; and provided, if they be-
long to the navy, they produce their letter of leave of
absence from the Admiralty.
5. Military chaplains, commissariat officers, and
officers of any. of the civil departments of the army ;
pursers, chaplains, midshipmen, warrant officers of every
description, and officers of any of the civil departments
of the navy, are not allowed any privileges in respect of
land. Although members of these classes may have been
admitted formerly, and under different circumstance.
they are now excluded. Mates in the royal navy rank
with ensigns in the army, and mates of three years'
standing with lieutenants in the army, and are entitled
respectively to corresponding privileges in the acquisition
of lands.

6' 6. Gentlemen who have ceased to belong to her
Majesty's service, are not allowed the advantages to
which they were entitled while in the army or navy.
This rule, however, is not to affect officers who desire
to quit the service for the express purpose of settling
in the colonies ; it is only required that when they re-
sign their commissions, they should apply for a certifi-
cate from the Commander-in-Chief, or from the Lords
Commissioucrs of the Admiralty, or from the Master-
General of the Ordnance, that they do so with the view

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of emigrating, and such certificate, if produced to the
Governor of any of the colonies before•mentioued
within one year from its date, but not otherwise, will
be a sufficient warrant for allowing the bearer the
same advantages as officers who are st,ll in her Ma-
jesty's service.

"'7. An actual residence of two years in the colony
must he proved before the titles can be granted, except
in cases in which death may have occurred before the ex.
piration of that period.

"8. For the convenience of officers, the following
heads are subjoined of the rules for the sale of laud in
the Australian settlements :

" All lands are disposed of by sale alone, and must
have been once at least exposed to public auction.
" The low est upset price is not less than 11. per acre.
but the Government has power to raise the same by
proclamation, though not again to reduce it.
" The lands are distinguished into three different
classes, viz., town lots, suburban lots, and country lots.
" Upon town and suburban lots, as well as upon a
proportion not exceeding one-tenth of the whole of the
country lots offered for sale at any auction, the Go-
vernor has the power of naming a higher than the ge-
neral or lowest upset price; these last to be designated
' special country lots.'
" Town and suburban lots are in no case disposed of,
except by public auction, but country lots, which have
already been put up to public auction, and not sold,
may be disposed of afterwards by private contract at the
upset price.

No lands are sold by private contract, except for
ready money. When sold by public auction, one-tenth
at least of the whole of the purchase money must be put
down, and the remainder within one calendar month, or
the deposit is forfeited.

"Lands are put up for sale in lots not exceeding one
square mile in extent.

" 9. In Ceylon, land is sold by auction at an upset
price, which is to be fixed by the Governor, but which is
not to be less than 1/. per acre. Before the lands are
exposed for sale they will he surveyed by the Govern-
ment and duly advertised.

" 10. The several prices above-mentioned are of course
subjected to a revision at any time by the proper au-
thorities, and the pecuniary amount of the remission
made to officers cannot be increased on account of an
increased value set upon the lands.
" August 26, 1848."

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF FRIDAY.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
B. M. Chrees and J. Boyd, Bow Church-yard, silk
manufacturers, Sept. 26, at twelve.
In the Country.
C. Broad, Bristol, timber merchant, Sept. 23, at eleven,
at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—G. Francis, Liverpool,
tailor, Sept. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—G.
Wilkinson, jun., Louth, Lincolnshire, builder, Oct. 11, at
half-past ten, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Conrt, Basinghall-street.
J. Gloge, Portsmouth, tailor, Sept. 25, at one—D. W.
Weddell, Gosport, scrivener, Sept. 26, at one—F. W. N.
Crouch, Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square, music
seller, Sept. 26, at eleven.

In the Country.
J. Dodgson, Wakefield, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Oct. 9,
at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. W. Tebbs, Wakefield,
Yorkshire, dyer, Oct. 9, at twelve, at the Court, Leeds—
J. Morfitt, jun., Wortley, Yorkshire, flax spinner,
Sept. 22, at ten, at the Court, Leeds—D. M'Hardy,
Crosland-moor-bottom, Yorkshire, innkeeper, Sept. 22,
at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Bowdley, Shrewsbury,
.jeweller, Oct. 10, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—
J. Lowe and T. F. R. Shaw, Birmingham, factors, Oct.
10, at eleven, at the Court, Birmingham.
At the Court of Review, Sept. 22.
E. C. Blackwell, Nevrbiggen-by- the-Sea, Northumber-
land, brewer—J. Stockham, Bristol, licensed victualler—
J. Metcalfe, Princes-street, Red Lion-square, carpenter
—H. Gibbs, Oxford, grocer—J. S. Dobson, Harlow,
Essex, surgeon—J. S. Rayment, Thomas-street, Mill-
wall, Poplar, builder—J. Adams, Longton, Staffordshire,
manufacturer of earthenware—R. Thompson, Basing-
stoke, stonemason—J. Prue, New Windsor, grocer—W.
Harling, Stob House, Durham, shipowner—F. T. Smith
and A. Smith, Cambridge-heath Nursery, Hackney,
seedsmen—ll. Roxby, Lime-street, City, ship broker—
G. Francis, Liverpool, tailor—S. Pratt, Coventry, licensed
victualler—R. Wilson, Hartlepool, Durham, shipowner—
W. Plumley, Bristol, poulterer—R. Sawer, Brough,
Westmoreland, shoemaker—T. H. Holford, Dudley,
Worcestershire, grocer.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
M. Walker and W. Howe, York, glovers—H. Pilking-
ton, and J. Spencer, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire,
tanners—J. P. Osborne, C. Nicholl, and T. Corton, Col-
chester, Essex, common brewers (so far as regards the
said J. P. Osborne)—J. Satchell and T. Wilcox,
Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, ironmongers—C. E.
Beddoe and W. E. Brayshay, Skipton, Yorkshire, n.er-
cers—Caroline Horseman and Hannah Amos, Green-
street, Grosvenor-square, dressmakers—J. Billingham
and J. N. Billingham, St. John-street, St. Sepulchre's,
curriers—Eliza Earles, Deborah Earles, and Martha
Earles, Shoreditch, hosiers—T. F. Maples, P. J. T.
Pearse, C. Stephens, and F. Maples, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry, attorneys—J. Robinson and J. Milne, Liver-
pool, wool brokers—W. Lodge, and J. Oakes, Sheffield,
Yorkshire, grocers—R. Turley and W. Jeffery, Maid-
stone, Kent, hatmakers—J. Barber, W. Barber, and R.
Barber, Padfield, Derbyshire, cotton spinners—J. Pear-
son, jun. and J. W. Keighley, Halifax, Yorkshire, iron-
founders—J. Crane and E. Bach, jun. Birmingham,
brass founders—B. Wrangham, Sheffield, steel con-
verter, and F. Horner, Manchester, steel merchant--
T. Wadsworth, J. Howard, J. W. Hall, J. Walker,
Ashton-under-Lyne, cotton spinners—J. Stannard and
R. Death, Stutton New Mills, Suff)lk—J. F. Cockia and
T. Seamer, Milk-street, City, silk manufacturers—J.
Aspinall, and T. B. Hughes, Liverpool, stockbrokers—J.
Stanley and J. J. Wilkinson, Bartlett's-court, Holborn-
hill, printers—S. Dadd and E. Puckle, Gerard-street,
Soho, ormolu manufacturers—R. M`Gachen, E. R. Ash-
ton, and D. Trier, Liverpool, merchants.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
William Barnett, Winwick, Northampton, farmer.
George Johnson, Devonport, carpenter.
Nicholas baker, Heigham, Norwich, ironmonger.
George Oxley, Brayton, Yorkshire, labourer.
Christopher Bulmer, Ripon, Yorkshire, hairdresser.
James Osborne Leamington Priors, Warwickshire,
shoemaker.
Samuel Owen, Shrewsbury, hatter.
Charles Rickets, Monkton Combe, Somersetshire, car-
penter.
John Jennings, Bath, wheelwright.
Rickinson Pickhills, Halifax, attorney's clerk.
Joseph Selby, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, painter.
Samuel Varley, Sparth Hagg, Yorkshire, farmer.
William Burge, York Castle, Yorkshire, barrister at law.
John Wilkinson Harwood, Darlington, Durham, earthen-
ware dealer.
James Hewitt, Bradford, Yorkshire, tea dealer.
Edward Scott, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, builder.
John Forrest, Colley Orchard, Worcestershire, clerk.
John Burton, Selby, Yorkshire, shoemaker.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRA TIONS.
J. S. Gentle, Glasgow. baker, to meet Sept. 5 and 26,
at one, within Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh.
J. Donaldson, Alloa, draper, to meet Sept. 3 and 26, at
two, within Thomas's Oak Hotel, Alloa.

J. D. Lowe, Edinburgh, publisher, to meet Sept. 6 and
27, at one, within Dowell's Sale-room, Edinburgh.
W. Wilson, Granton, baker, to meet Sept. 7 and 28, at
two, within Stephenson's Rooms, Edinburgh.
Shiels and C. Carnie, Glasgow, merchants, to meet
Sept. 9 and 28, at one, within Carrick's Hotel, Glasgow.
W. Blackwood, Coltun, Fifeshire, banker, to meet
Sept. 7 and 2S, at one, within Hutton's New Inn, Dun-
fermline.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. l.—Rather a
!arge amount of business has been done in our sugar
market this week, at about former rates. The refined
market is firmer.—Bristol Mercury.
INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT.—This court will sit
On Tuesday next, the sth instant, for bail cases and mo-
tions. The hearing of cases will be resumed on the 14ta
instant, and will be continued until nearly the eisd of the
month, whin another short vacation will take place, but
bail days will be appointed in the interval. The pre-
sent sittings are fixed as follows:—Thursday, September
14, cases before the Chief Commissioner and Mr. Com-
missioner Law. Friday, the 15th, cases befoeerrfetehe four
Commissioners. Saturday, the 16th, casesonda
Com-
missioners Harris and Phillips. Monday,
the 18th,
cases before the four Commissioners.
siO Tuesday, the
19th, cases before the four Commissioners. °Cmhiieief Commissioner and
Wednes-
day, the 20th, cases before the
before the Chief ,
four C •
Mr. Commissioner Law.
Commissioner Thurasnddayiirt.hce
Commissioner
Law.
cases before the ommia.
the Royal assent during the
HOTAL ASSENT TO RAILWAY BlLLS.—Eighty.
au. oris to
resent-
o,,odses,dsi°t4ne.l37
by Is se Bills is 10,79496601.; and the sum to
Bt:rne three rrs daa:Btihl Bills 2
TO
received
The amount of capital *b • e-d
,6101., when half the capital is paid
be borrow*.
up; making together 14,887,2701.. This money is re-
quired to complete certain railways in course of con-
struction, to establish steam-boats in connexion there-
with, and to construct 418 Liles of new railway, con.
sistjng principally of branches.
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foron
EARLY CLOSING.—A public meeting
Thursday evening last, at the Hall of c was heldrce
the purpose of securing an earlier hour of closing
s in the
wholesale grocery, tea, coffee, and spice trade. The
meeting, though a merely preliminary
one, and not-
withstanding the vetrteynudnelda.voumrar.bLleils,stvaetiei o(ftbthee lsh
numerouslyt7tsheGGeneral
a
Association) stated that, on being'eat secretory
seor
licited to turn his attention to the hours of employment
g
in the wholesale general
rocery business, it appeared to
him that it was desirable to ascertain, as far as possible,
in the first
place, whether those engaged in the before-
mentioned important branches of trade were of opinion
that a curtailment of those hears was practicable; and,
in the second place, whether they thought such curtail-
ment desirable. This, observed the secretary, was the,
more immediate object for which the meeting was con-
vened. A resolution to the following effect was then
unanimously passed:—" Encouraged by the success
which has marked the early closing movement in con-
nexion with the bankers, merchants, and various other
trades, and believing that the wholesale grocery, Sc.c.,
business may with ease and advantage be suspended at
the uniform hour of six o'clock in the evening, this
meeting hereby resolves that a respectful memorial re-
questing employers to effect that alteration shall be pre-
pared by the secretary; and that the same shall be sub-
mitted at a subsequent meeting." The names of those
present baying been taken, pledging themselves to do
their utmost to carry out the spirit of the above reso-
lution, the meeting, which was a highly intereresting
one, separated.
Tho Lord Mayor bad an interview with Sir George
Grey, on Thursday, at the Home-office.