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vafely. These are few purchasers of Rape Seed Oil to be met
with, although Pale can be obtained at 33s 6d to 345, and
brown at 32s 6d to 33s per cwt; the market is still well sup-
plied ; in Foreign Brown there is, however, still a good busi-
ness doing at 32s to 32s 61. For Olive the eemand is still
limited for all purposes, although there are sellers at moderate
rates. Of Linseed Oil large parcels have been disposed of on
the spot, in consequence of the reduced rates of 24s to 24s 3d
being taken.

THE LONDON GAZETTE,
(THIS EVENING.)

DUCKINGHAAI PALACE, MAy 29, 1846.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert has been pleased to
appoint Surgeon Major W. J. Judd, of the Scots' Fusilier
Guards, to be Surgeon in Ordinary to his Royal Highness.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Trinity Term.-9th Victoria.
2d June, 1846.
_ _ _

This Court will, on Saturday the 13th, Monday the 15th,
Saturday the 20th, and Monday the 22d day of June instant,
and the five next following days, hold sittings, and will pro-
ceed i❑ disposing of the business in the Special Paper and
New Trial Paper, and in giving judgmLnt in cases then
pending.

BY THE COURT.

Commission by the Queen.
Argyle and Bute Militia.—Brevet Major C. A, Campbell
to be Adjutant, May 4.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire.
Second Somerset Regiment of Militia.—D. Williams, Gent.;
to be Ensign. vice Perrott, promoted, May 7 ; C. G. ilomer,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Johnston, promoted, May 8.
Cummissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian.

Edingburgh Regiment of Militia-7G. Thomson, Esq , to
be Captain, vice Foulis, resigned; Ensign T. S. M'Call, to be
Lieutenant, vice Hunter, deceased ; Ensign A. W. Shaw, to
be Lieutenant, vice Grieve, deceased ; C. W. Wright, Gent.,
to be Lieutenant, vice Sommerville, deceased; J. W. Orr,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Stewart, promoted; F. Kennedy,
Gent., to be Ensign, vice Reid, resigned ; April 23.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire.
Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry (Worsley
Troop)—G. G. F. Egerton, Esq., to be Captain, April 10;
G. Loch, Gent., to be Lieutenant; J. Jacson, Gent., to be
Cornet, April 11.

BANKRUPTS.
Edward Clark, builder, Mortimer-:oad, Kingsland•road,
to surrender June 12, at eleven, and July 14, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee,
Birchin-lane, Cornhill.

Thomas Roberts and John Tideombe Hazard, paper agents,
College-hill, City, June 12, and July 10, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptsy. Belcher, official assignee; Wollen,
Buckler bury.
James Bird, timber merchant, Club-row, Bethnal-green,
June 11, at twelve, and July 14, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman •street-build-
ings ; Taylor, Moorgate-street.
Henry Shaw, china dealer, Gerrard-street, Islington,
June 9, at half-past one, and July 14, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptch. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-
street ; Yenning and Co., Tokenhouse-yard.
Charles Airs, innkeeper, Newport, Isle of Wight, June 11,
at one, and July 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street, London ; Wilde
and Co., College-hill.
Benjamin Fenwick, linen-draper, Newcastle upon -Tyne,
June 12, at eleven, and July 29, at one, at the Newcastle •
upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Kent, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Messrs.
Nichols and Doyle, Bedford-row, London.
George Steele, grocer, Claypath, Durham, June 11, and
July 28, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District ConConti.Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-upo-Tyne ; Smith, Dur-
ham; Harle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Rogerson, Lincoln's •
inn-fields.

Charles Harris, tailor, Sheffield, June 19 and July 3,
at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official
assignee, Leeds ; Pike, Old Burlington-street, London :
Sheffi.ld.
Anthony Birch, grocer, Birmingham, June 10, at one, and
July 10, at hu lf-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court.
Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Hill and Matthews,
St. Mary Axe, London ; Bray, Birmingham.
Matthew Chapman, painter, Devonport, June 16, at eleven,
and July 16, at one, at the Exeter District Ciurt. Herna-
n an, official assignee, Exeter; Little, Devonport; Soles and
Turner, Aldermanbury, London ; Stogdon, Exeter.
Randle Bower, cotton-spinner, Black Rock-mills, Staly-
bridge, Jane 17 and July 6. at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court. Pots, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott,
Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London; Atkinson, Saun-
ders, and Atkinson, Manchester.
John Hayes, chymist, Manchester, June 18 and July 3, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hobson, official
assignee, Manchester ; Webster, Manchester.
John Nie;d, woollen manufacturer, Manchester, June 13,
at eleven, and July 6, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court. Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Fox,Finsbury-
circus, London ; Worthington and Co., Manchester.
David Thomson, bleacher, Walmersley-cum-Shuttlewortb,
Lancashire, June 13 and July 3, at twelve, at the Manches-
ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Milne, Parry, Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Venables,
Manchester.

NAVAL COURT MARTIAL.

(From the Bermudian of April 29.)

A court martial was held on board the flag-ship Vin-

dictive, on Thursday last, and continued by adjourn-
ment, on Friday, for investigating charges preferred
against James Chimmo, Esq., purser of H.M.S. Alarm,
by Captain Frankland, of same ship.
The charges were . 1. For accusing Captain Frank-
land of tyranny, injustice, and oppression, and for for-
warding the same otherwise than through his command-
ing officer ; and 2, For accusing Captain Frankland of
inviting his (Mr. C.'s) messmates to hear what idle and
malicious persons on shore hail to say.
The Court was composed of—Vice-Admiral Sir F.
Austen, President ; Captains Lambert and Seymour,
Commanders Scott and Coryton ; Mr. Jeans, the Ad-
miral's secretary, officiated as Judge Advocate.
At the opening of the Court, at nine o'clock, the de-
fendant made ,s few observations. lle said, he claimed
the just consideration of the Court on account of the un-
heard of circumstances of there having been but fifteen
hours between the time when a copy of the charges were
delivered to him and the hour appointed for opening the
Court. Up to 45 minutes past 5 on the evening previ-
ous, he was altogether ignorant of what the charges
were. He had been up all night in order to prepare for
trial, while, by the Queen's regulations, he should have
been allowed not less than twenty-four hours. Should
he be guilty of any informality in addressing the Court,
or in putting questions, he hoped due allowance would
be made, as this was the only instance, during his whole
term of actual service, now embracing a period of thirty
years, of his having been before, or even in attendence on
a Court Martial. The President observed that Mr.
Chimmo was at liberty to move, if he pleased, a post-
ponement of the sitting of the Court. This was re•
spectfully declined by Mr. Chimmo ; he wished to take
no step which might delay her Majesty's service, and
put the Court to much inconvenience.
The examination of the respective witnesses on both
sides bore upon the demeanour and conduct of the ac-
cuser and the accused. But the real origin of the rupture
was not looked into, neither could it be ; it having been
investigated and finally settled by the Admiralty long
since. The Court, therefore, exhibited the anomalous
position of a tribunal assembled to investigate the truth
or falsity of charges, while the matters which lay at the
bottom of the whole affair were beyond its reach, having
been conclusively set at rest several years since.
It was proved during the trial, upon the testimony of
Captain Frankland himself; that he had recommended
the gun-room officers to go ashore and learn for them-
selves of the defendant's conduct while he was at Ber-
muda some years ago. As to Mr. Chimmo's character
being in accordance with that of au officer and a gentle-
man while serving in the Alarm, Captain Frankland
admitted in open court that it was perfect, and as to his
position at tho Admiralty, Captain Frankland stated
that Mr. Chimmo's character stands high at the Admi-
ralty Board.
On Friday Mr. Chimmo made his defence. He said,
he was appointed to the Alarm in Novvember last, and
from that, time he had observed, in many trifling eases,
a prejudice against him on the part of Captain Frank-
land. Captain F. wrote to the Admiralty to inquire
into his (Mr. C's) conduct touching certain circumstances
at Bermuda in 1838, to which he received no answer.
On applying personally he found, as he himself stated,
every thing favourable.

The day after the ship arrived at Bermuda, he was
sent for by Captain F., who said that having heard un-
favourable things of him here, he should insist on Mr.
C. leaving the ship. He was refused all opportunity to
explain. He was told by Captain F. that he must not
expect to be happy in that ship--that out of her either
he or the Captain must go—and that while he remained
he (Captain F.) would make his position most unhappy.
His first impulse was to seek to be superseded, but
subsequent circumstances promped him to remain to vin-
dicate his character.

He respectfully wrote Capt. F. requesting a statement
of the malicious reports against his character; this letter
the Captain threw overboard in presence of the officers
and several of the crew. Finding his situation becoming
more and more painful, he wrote the Commander-in -
Chief, and represented the whole state of affairs. The
fate his former letter met with at the hands of Capt. F.
prevented him from transmitting the representation of
his case through that official channel. If he had erred
herein, he begged to express contrition, and trusted
the Court would take all the circumstances into con-
sideration.

With reference to charge Ist, he would observe that
in the copy officially furnished him, the first is stated to
be for accusing Capt. F. of "tyranny, injustice, and
oppression," whilst the charge brought against him on
the trial was for accusing the captain of cruelty, op-
pression, and injustice." The discrepancy, he conceived,
vitiated the charge ; besides, in view of this charge,
he would press the fact of his public letter having been
thrown overboard. Whatever might have been his con-
duct at Bermuda formerly, the matter had been adjudi-
cated by the Lords of the Admiralty, and the fact of his
having been appointed, quite unsolicited, to the Alarm,
is a proof of their Lordships' approbation. To try a
man twice for the same offence was contrary to the just
and humane laws of our country ; yet, in defiance of
this, old and settled affairs had been raked up against
him.

Regarding 2d charge, he would observe that theie
mkht be a difference in the acceptation of the words
invite and recommend; yet Captain F. admitted, in evi-
dence, that he recommended the officers to do what has
been already stated.
Under all the circumstances, he hoped for the favour-
able consideration of the Court ; and in submitting
numerous testimonials of thirty years' highly creditable
service, he fully and confidently relied on the justice and
good feeling of the Court to absolve him from the un-
merited charges with which he had been most violently
assailed.
The Court was cleared for a short time; or;
re-
opened, its decision was pronounced T
Chimmo be dismissed the ship.
That Mr.
lu

Much dissatisfaction having arisen among the artisans
engaged in the production of the Llama Cloth in the West of
England, by reason of a rumour that it was the intention of
the Messrs. Nicoll, of Regent-street, to remove such manu-
a circular denying such to be their purpose, and which has
allayed the fears of a large body of men.
those gentlemen have issued