The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

DIPLOMATIC DEPARTMENT.

His Excellency her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, &c., is
pleased to make known the following appointments :
Rutherford Alcock, Esq., to be her Majesty's consul
at the port of Shanghae, vice Captain George Balfour,
who retires.
Richard Belgrave Jackson, Esq., to be her Majesty's
consul at the port of Poo-chow-too vice Mr. Alcock.
George Grey Sullivan, Esq., to be her Majesty's acting
consul at the port of Ningpo, during the absence of Mr.
Consul Thom, on sick leave.
John Backhouse, Esq., to be her Majesty's officiating
vice-consul at the port of Canton,
order,By subject to the pleasure
of her Majesty's Government.
Victoria, Kong Aug.. R. JOHNSTON.
ug. 24, 1846.
In addition to the appointments gasetted, the fol-
k% ing changes take place among the interpreters at
the respective consulates :—Mr. Medhurst, of Shang-
Lae, returns to England, on sick certificate; Mr.
Parkes, from Foo-chow-foo, is to act in his stead ; and
Mr. M. C. Morrison proceeds to Foo-chow-foo.

The recent adoption of free-trade principles

- .I. Ja. -ra 0 U •LN e _LONDON TUESDAY EVENIIS
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Macao has compelled the Governor to impose a heavy RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. . ono will, in a short time, be added to the number. These 78th Foot-Joseph P. H. Crowe, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Higginson, promoted in 62d Foot,
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW-STOPPAGE OF are-First, the Manchester and Birkenhead Railway.
income and property-tax, amounting to 10 per cent.,
THE SUNDAY TRAINS. Second, the Ellesmere Canal from Chester, ?sal Ellesmere Oct. 27.
which is creating an outcry in the Holy City, be-
GLASGOW, SATURDAY EVENING.-The sudden intima- Port to Liverpool, by water communication all the way,
rCo
murortieed toin
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ILvieesutt elnnadniat,Rbey_
thl'oovti-ceErrsoingnmoEn cause it is felt to be especially hard upon the Por-tion from the new directors of this railway that, from without change of boat. Third, the River Dee, which purchase,B4 uggere,nep
tuguese, now the only permanent population of the and after the leth proximo, the Sunday passenger affords, by means of steam-tugs, the cheapest conveyance gi Thomasmceiitta%;e,,tice
Curlriie.,Pdeltie2rTan, Gent., to be Ensign, by
trains on this line are to be discontinued, has been re- at present
.existing for goods and minerals to Liverpool. p 86th Foot-Ensign Edward Baker Weav to be Lieu-
place, whose remonstrances against the former ex- trains
by the great body of the public, both in Edin- An extensive project for the improvement of the navi- tenant, without purchase, vice Ar .1 deceaseder
July
,1 .
cessive restrictions and imposts, which drove away
burgh and Glasgow, alike with surprise and dissatisfac- gation of the Dee is • in progress. The fourth means of Ralph Fitzgibbon Lewis, Gent to E r,jwithout ;
cier..
, be nsin, pur-
the entire foreign community, were disregarded, when tion. This feeling pervades to a very largo extent not communication
,with Liverpool will be the Cheshire chase, vice Weaver, Oct. 27. *
they might hays prevented the subsequent decay of only the business community, but a vast portion of the Junction Railway and the bridge over the Mersey near 89th Foot-Ensign Edward Buller Thorp, from 14th Foot
best and most pious men in both cities, who regard the Runcorn. While holding. these views as to the future to be Ensign, vice Mulloy, promoted ; Lieutenant Robert 13:
rade. resolution as the triumph of intolerance and bigotry and not remote success et the line, the directors think Hawley to be Adjutant, vice Edmunds, promoted, Oct. 27.
Murders and highway robberies-hitherto coin- over enlightenment and sound sense. The facts are it right to caution, the shareholders aot to raise their Rifle Brigad.e-Sergeant-Major William Stillwell to be
mitted exclusively upon Indians and Chinese-are, these :-Since the 21st of February, 1842, when the rail- expectations too high as to the result of the first opening. Qu_adrtlvienssitslnecri,i,,,aiegMhmacednotnald, appointed Adjutant, Oct. 27.
Capt. William Thomas Harri-
ecomin alarmingly way was opened, up to the present time, two trains have It will obviously require some time to form conexions °
son, from half-pay Unattached to
as you will see from the papers, b g
left each end daily-that is, morning and evening, the with the various districts of Shropshire, Montgomery- John ; • •
probably encou•
de Blaquiere, who exchanges; Lieut. Pennant Athel-
common, and the perpetrators are
present hours being 8 A.M. and 5 P.M.thus 11 • shire, Denbighshire, and Merionethshire, the traffic
~ a owing
wold Iremonger, from 84th Foot, to be Captain, by purchase,
for their depre• every servantof IF
raged by the impunity they enjoy
t • company to attend Divine service if of which, in goods and passengers, will be brought upon vice Harrison, who retires, Oct. 27.
dations on the river- The police-who, to do them he felt inelinedlikeloreover, the trains have been uni- this line, as their natural course; and until these arrange- BaevCaptain William Thomas Harison, of the 3d
' certainly efficient in protecting life and versally conductedv n the most orderly manner, gene- ments shall have been in some degree carried out, it is West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Nov. 23.
justice, are
rail y carrying country people from the villages to scarcely to be supposed that the traffic will afford a fair HosriTAL SrarF.-Surgeon Robert Lawson, from 43d
Sate to property ,within the town-have no force adequa e the town churches, or young men engaged in indication of the future prospects of the undertaking. Foot, to be Staff Surgeon of the First Class, vice Backshall
the purpose on the roads and villages upon the island, the respective cities to visit their parents, , The directors are endeavouring to facilitate such arrange- Lane Sandham, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
manta by every means in their power. This cannot be ..11,,Tribsitir
Fnouoetoi-s-gehrenaCrhdristian name of Ensign M'Cabe,
and they have as yet been able to devise nothing bet- whose residences might be situated in the
neighbourhood of the line. For instance, hundreds done effectually, however, in any way but by open coin- ()I tn
OFFICE OF iORDNANCE, Ocr. 26.
ter than to counsel the inhabitants not to go alone or
petition, called into action by the wants of the public.
of Roman Catholics have been in the habit for two
Royal Regiment of Artillery-Second Captain Gilbert
n
unarmed beyond the bounds of the town. A few years past of ' • It is i order to effect this, at as early a period as
coming every Sunday from Campsie andpos- John Lane Buchanan to be Atfuta t
Bible, as much as with a view to immediate profit, that i
81 vices Cockburn,coiid ca whot.
thousand dollars spent in maintaining a rural police Kirkintilloch to attend Divine worship in the chapels resigns the Adjutantcy only, Junej 29n
in Glasgow ; and, indeed, Christians of all denomina- directors have beenldanxionuds to Open the line with as Charles James Buchanan Riddell to be Adjutant,e by augpmeanin
would render such counsel unnecessary; but permis-
t littleh e
w en it shall have been tation, April 1, 1846; Second Captain George Ashley Maude
lions have been wont to use these trains to attend t.he
fully velayas
t 3 co.
feel
sion from home must be obtained before even this
accomplished, theyconfident that the most to be I djutant, vice lir,
.. , eman, promoted, April 7 • Second
ministration of clergymen according to their respective
step is adopted by the local authorities. creeds. They have never been required or used as trains sanguine anticipations of the shareholders will be Captain Charles Colville Young to be Adjutant, rice Ormsby,
lised. promoted, April 26 ; Second Captain George Robert Barker
Warren Delano, jun., Esq., who goes a passenger intended for the purposes of pleasure or recreation. They
ren"
The directors ' named in the Act are-William to be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, promoted July
22; Second
have, in thousands of instances, subserved the ends of
1 ieuten int Frederic Hervey le '•
Ormsby G Esq.,3 ' • •
ore, M. ~ William Wardell, Esq., Sir Bathurst Phillips to be First
in the Lady Mary Wood, is the bearer f dis t h -
6 ispa ces those who travelled on errands of necessity and mercy ;
to the Government of the United States.
and, at the same time, have been of incalculable service Richard Jenkins, K.C.8., Robert Aglionby Slane},
' Lieutenant, vice Eliot, Oct. 20.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation to tourists andcommercial travellers. But by this reso-
Brown, John Williams David Harriso
lution all the communication between the two sides of , n, John Bethune of York.
Company have permanently appointed Mr. Old" ing
island, having. a population of 350,000 at the western Ross, John Royle, George Mackintosh, William Bevan, Right Hon. J. S. B. Wharncliff tb D
e, o e Deputy Lieutenant;
their agent at Hong-Kong, an arrangement which terminus, and 200,000 at the eastern, is now to be en- and Frederick Richard West, Esqs •allofLLEsq., to be ~
eligible for re-electron, and offer themselves accordingly. Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ;C. Hardy, Esq., to be Deputy
we are very sure will give general satisfaction to the tirely stopped one day in seven ; and thus, instead of
It will be necessary that this meeting appoint two Lieutenant ; G. Ramsden, Es
going forward, we are retrograding to the practice of the
ta, to be Deputy Lieutenant;
foreign community in China.
days of our great-grandrathers- Up to the opening of auditors, and fix the remuneration of the directors and W. B. Martin, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Oct. 22.
ADMIRALTY, Ocr. 27. '
CHINA COMMERCIAL. the railway the mail coach ran regularly on the Sunday, secretary. The directors recommend that Mr. Robert
With reference to the dispatches
l from Rear-Admiral Sir
a post-chaise could be got when desired ; but every con- Roy be continued in the office of secretary, with a salary
Thomas Cochrane, C.B ,
HONG-KONG, Auausr 28.
of 5001. per annum. The directors recommend that Mr, appeared in the Gazette of
veyance of this kind has been long driven off the road ;
, the 29th of September la.sawthneeh
At Canton the market continues dull in the extreme.
and those, therefore, who feel a necessity to travel on James Smith, acceuntant, Chester, and Mr. Thomas Hill, have taken place, dated the Bthof following Naval Promotions
July, 1846, the day of the
None of the staple imports are in demand, or can be
accountant, Oswestry, be appointed auditors, with a
Sunday, are now utterly helpless..
capture and destruction of the forts and batteries on the river
disposed of above prime cost, while the prices asked for
This running of Sunday trains has certainly been the salary of 201. each."
Brune, Borneo Proper :-To be Commanders-Lieutenant
offer immediate prospect of eligible invest-
exports no .
of the railway ; but on no former occasion The lion. CHAIRMAN in moving the adoption of the
vexed question
,George Edwin Patey, Lieutenant James Aylmer Dorset
meat. No present inconvenience is thus experienced by '
have the directors taken it upon themselves to settle it. It report, stated, that since it had been printed, a letter had Paynter. The Board have also directed that Edward Bur-
butthe scarcity of money, caused by the drain for India;
has always been left in the hands of the shareholders. been received from General Paisley, in which the gallant (Amu, carpenter's crew of the Iris, shall receive a carpenter's
it may be severely felt should an improvement take
At every successive half-yearly meeting Sir Andrew officer said, " I have made a very favourable report of warrant, in the event of his being found qualified on his exa-
Mattersplace in the export trade.
urination.
Agnew, with his friends, has appeared to move the dis- your works." The proprietors would be extremely
are rather better in the north. At Amoy
cotton and cotton goods fetch remunerating rates, but continuance of those trains ; but uniformly his motions gratified at hearing this, and he was happy also to bear
BANKRUPTS.
Andrew William
have been defeated by majorities varying from three to testimony to the amicable manner in which the arrange- ,
Nov. Angus, grocer, East-street, Walworth,
the market is a limited one, and must so continue, until
the native dealers are induced, by a sustained demand, seven against one. It was often publicly and authorita- went with the directors of the Chester and Birkenhead '
surrendertowelveatthe.Nciou 5, ati3 half past twelve, and Dec. 9, at
Johnson, official assig-
to bring exports to that market. At present returns are lively stated at these meetings of the company that there Company had been carried out, for it was most essential nee, Ba'singhall-strereit ofßlanikrautpidte
asinghall-street.
chiefly made in cash, was a majority of the Scottish shareholders in favour of that all the lines running from the Severn to the Mersey William Palmer, hos.ie;
hosier, Strand, Drewe,Nov. -9, at half-past
At the date of the very lest advices from Shanghae this moderate amount of railway traffic on the Sunday, should be in union and goodlello.vship. This line had and Dec. 7. at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham,ore,
there was a perceptible, though slight, improvement in irrespective of the English proxies altogether. Mr. before it the prospect of as great a traffic as this country official assignee, Coleman-street ; Hardly. k Co.,
ic e and 0., Ba-
the market. Leadbetter, the first chairman of the company, was could produce. It had not only the mineral fields of singhall street.
The loss of the Duke of Lancaster will probably give averse to these Sunday trains, and resigned on account South Wales, and the trade which was now carried on sally Budd, grocer, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, November
of them. Mr. Learmonth, the ousted chairman of the coastwise, between Bristol and Liverpool, but also the 10 and December 8, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court.
it a further impetus. Stocks of shirtings are light both
ii‘alianratiit,:illicial assignee, 'Paul-street, Exeter; Terrell,
in first and second hands, and there is a demand for both late ousted directors, was equally opposed to them ; but prospect of very considerable traffic from the districts in li
St. Martin's-lane, Exeter; Watson and Son, Bouverie-
they were carried on by both in deference to the wishes the neighbourhood of Birmingham. Under these cir-
street, fleet-street, white and grey, especially the former, in which aeon- ,
London.
of the shareholders. The new Anglo-Scottish board has, cumstances it was essentially necessary that• harmony
Thomas Baterieneat
siderable business has been done since the hot weather
victualler, Coventry, Nov. 12 and Dec. 2,
however, knocked them on the head, without saying any- should prevail; and he had the gratification of stating, that at twelve, at the Birmingham District.. Court. Valpy, official
thing to the shareholders on the matter. It appears that at meetings of two other companies over which he pre- assignee, Birnain I
cash, are on a much sounder basis than during the
g lam ; Smith, Birmingham.
the English deputation, which was headed by Mr. sided, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrews-
monopoly of the now bankrupt Hongs, a pernicious
Cheethain of Manchester, and which drove the former bury and Hereford, the shareholders were deeply im- LATE -----
system which we trust will never be revived. Un-
ST PRICES OF SHARES,
directors from office, have associated with themselves in pressed with the necessity of the trig juncta in uno.-
bleached goods also have been sold, but to a limited ex-the new direction several gentlemen who are prominent (Hear.) The Chairman then adverted to a feeling of some IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM
tent, and at from 50 to 60 cents. less than white. The
stock of opium is very large, most of the receiving vessels
members of the Free Church-such as Mr. H. Dunlop of dissatisfaction with the shareholders, concerning the
being full; there is, therefore, no immediate prospect of Craigton, Mr. Hogg of Newliston, &c., and Mr. lien- purchase of some shares. They had mainly had the PANIES' STOCK.
*D.
amended prices. In the new crop of tea scarcely any derson of Park, who, though a member of another dis- interests of the proprietors in view; and, under these
transactions have taken place. The musters hitherto seating body, was the first chairman of the Evangelical circumstances, they had deemed it right to issue circu- From Vie Official List,
ÜBLISHED
produced are not of a first-rate quality, and the prices Alliance ; and to this connexion must be traced the lars to all the shareholders, to the effect, that if they
LO EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.
v,ON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27.
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asked are such as no one, looking at the advices from removal of the very modest and moderate allowance of wished to be represented at the present meeting, they
England, is disposed to give; and it is probable that railway accommodation which the Scottish public en. might send their proxies to whomsoever they pleased. 3OXI7T-STOCIC 23.0.1VM5.
among the first operations for this article it will be taken ./03red on the Sunday. The general impression here is To himself alone there had been confided proxies repre-
Dividend Amount
in exchange for opium. It is said that the number of that many good men oppose the Sunday trains from senting capital to the amount of 357,290/., the votes on Name of Company, per
of Paid. Price
chops to b brought forward at Shanghae will fall greatly conscientious motives, but that the larger number de- which were 7,466. This was entirely independent of the
...-_____-_ Annum. Share. -- --
short of the amount last year. claim against them to support a character of " I am votes he possessed in his own right, and of the interest £ s. d. £ s. d.
A similar indisposition to enter into transactions in holier than thou art." And the people here con- he had in the line. The gross capital of the company gisttsrhalasia •••••• • • .• 62. per cent.
40 0 0 40 0 0 -
sider it the " unkindest cut of all " that they should be was 543,9901., the votes on which would be 12,420. :,,cninnercoiratlioAfirLierican 5/. per cult. 50 0 0 50 0 0 -
silk is manifested, the prices asked being such as to leave
deprived by means of the usually liberal-minded Eno_ The proxies he held were independent also of those '.2olonial.. ......
ont:lo.n
‘t per cent.cent 11goo 0 0
22(5) 0 oo T-5
no prospect of profitable investment. The native dealers,
lishmen of a privilege which the latter enjoy so largely which had been sent to other parties. lie returned his Iri(din and Westminstr 6/. perl)ar cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
who have gone to the interior to make purchases, are
themselves, and the use of which in Scotland has been thanks for the confidence which the majority of the s !Intro°
pnoJnotainnt:Stoek ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 -
said to have hitherto made little progress, the producers
7 10 0
proved rather to help than to. harm the cause of tali- proprietors reposed in him. The Chairman then ad- Provincial of Ireland.. 81. - nt. 15 00
0
holding out for prices higher than the foreign merchants
gion and morality. The public are of course resolved ratted to another list for directors which had been sent Ditto, New.........
8/. rerr cent.
10 0 0 r 0 00
g -
are disposed to give, and therefore leaving no profit to
to resist the resolution which has been come to ; and in, and stated that though he hsd no objection to their ItLatt.icuraoi of
*lreland -5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 -
the dealer. It is said, however, that a leading firm in
per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 -
the question is likely to give rise to greater discord than names, he could not consent to those who had borne the Ditto,r Inecwial..°.f Eng,
51.
Canton has made a contract fur from 3,000 to 4,000
this divided company has yet seen. In other respects brunt of the battle being now turned out. If any one Union of Australia:: :.• 5611.. perp cent.ent.
2250 0
0o
2150
00
00
25
,ii
bales, peculating on the higher prices last year obtain-
of L0nd0n.....
the new directors are making every effort to meet the went out he ought to be the first, seeing that he had Union,
5/. per cent. 53 0 lO -
able at the southern ports. Another sale of about 500
bales is stated to have taken place, consisting of Tsatlee, wants of the public, by ordering new engines, car- come in only at the eleventh hour. Some doubt had -------------------
INStra.tusacE COMPANIES.
riages, &c. been expressed as to the payment of arrears ; but the
first and second qualities, in equal proportions, at 400
company need not be ashamed when he stated that since s Dividend Amount
dollars for sycee, or say 420 dollars. Of this year's crop
SHREWSBURY AND CHESTER. the sth inst. 20,125 Z had been paid up on those arrears. esame of Company. per of Paid. Prie.--.
but little really good has made its appearance, being ' ~.„
Annum. Share.
L.FIESTER, MONDAY, OCT. 26.-The first general He was further happy to say, that until the whole line --------__
probably held until better prices are offered. Instead of
meeting of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway was was opened from Chester to Shrewsbury, no more would A:won . X s. d. £ s. d.
being deficient, as was reported, the crop is new said to
3/. 105 500 0 0 50 0 0 75
held to-day in the Westminster assembly-room of the be called for than 6/. per share-(Hear, hear)-and that Alliance. Brit. and F-o•r•
be abundant; and therefore it will soon be proved
Royal Hotel, for the usual purposes. This undertaking, upon the North Wales Mineral Old Stock there would Ditto Marine....... 3 Zpe teen, egg
0
0 0
g ire
whether the unfavourable advices from England will
as the railway world are aware, is formed by an erne'. be only one equalising call of 1/. per share.-(Hear.) Atlas .. ••• • • ..... .... in:
os.P6d. pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 15 71
have the effect of forcing the Chinese to lower their de-
7s.per share 50 0 0 50 0 7%
mends, or whether they will be able to hold, or take the gamation into one company of the Nerth Wales Mineral The Chairman concluded by stating that the line from itslreirtitesilionarcial ..
e.......en.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0
silk into consumption among themselves. and Extension, the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Chester to Ruabon would be opened to the shareholders county .. •• •• 31. 100 0010 0 0
Junction Railways and their branches, for which an Act and their friends on Monday, Dec. 2, and to the public Crown •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ios. 50 0 0 50 0 -
CANTON MARKET-AUGUST 24. was obtained in the late session. The attendance was the following day. Eagle • •
Eng. & Scot. Law .. 57. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3
(From the China Mail.) very numerous, and Mr. William Ormsby Gore, M.P., The motion for the adoption of the report was then European Life •••• • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
IMPORTS, presided.seconded, and unanimously carried. Freemasons' .•••• • • • • 51 per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Cotton-Low rates continue, without the slightest in- After the usual preliminaries, Mr. DARBY moved, and Mr. POTTS seconded, the re- Globe ......... ••• • . • 6/.. per cent. Stock. 135
dication of improvement. They, however, appear to The SECRETARY read the report from the directors, election of the directors, and that they be paid an allow- Guardian ....... ••• • • 51. per cent. 100 00 36 -10 0 48%
Imperial Fire .... •• • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 0 `3O
have had their due effect upon clearances, which stand as and explained the Parliamentary progress and present • mace of 8001. per annum.-Carried unanimousl Imperial Life -••- • •
follow for the month ending the 20th inst. :---1 position of the company, with information down to the The salaries of the secretary and of the auditors. were Indemnity' Marine• •• • ti.
ays, a 100 0 0 10 0 0 -
&b . 100 0 0 513 1 31
Deliveries. Stocks. latest dates on the following items:- fixed at the sums recommended in the report. Law Life.. -•••••• .. 11. ss. 100 0010 0 0 - A
Legal and General Life 40 0 0 0 0 6
Bombay, bales ... ... 26,689 53,840 " STA.TR OT THE COMPANY'S TENDS. Mr. WILLIAM JACKSON, Chairman of the Chester and Loudon Fire 1-13-
Bengal, ditto ••• ... 421 4,440 1. Of the share capital of the North Birkenhead Railway Company, moved the thanks of the London Ship 7...17.7. 10:: n 0 0 12:
10 0 IV4 Re,
Madras, ditto ... ... 3,170 8,115 Wales Mineral Railway X2 70,000 shareholders to Mr. Gore for his conduct in the chair, Marine.. ....•. ...4 .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 -la •0 0 L'A 11 ir,aelli.lnvlld&Gen.Life air 1. per et. 50 0020 0 - A
There has been called up £210,000 and congratulated the meeting on the amicable relations
American, ditto ... ... 373 165
onal Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 - P
2. Of the share capital of the Shrews- subsisting between the two companies. Mr. Jackson National Life......... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 o 8%
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bury, Oswestry, and Chester included other directors and the solicitor in the same Falladitun Life ...... .. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. Os. I
be ombay
Total ... ... 30,653 66,560
l'heenix . • - - 205 B
y q
Junction of 410,000 vote, and it was unanimously carried.
The rates ma be 4a 6 taels net for B ;
Protector Life.... ... 5/. par cent. 20 0 0 1o 0 - 1
-- The CHAIRMAN ha ' ving returned thanks, a similar Provident Life ........ 11. ss. lOO 00100 0 23 l'
Banda 6.8 a 7 taels ; Tinnivelly, 6.4 a 6.6 taels. The
680,000 compliment was paid to the engineer and the secretary, Rock Life-- •••• •• • • 43. 5e o 010 0 47,; B
stock at the corresponding period last year was 70,458
Royal Exchange ...... 5/. per cent. Stock. - v
-
bales, and in 1844, 117,893 bales. There has been called up 120,000 and the proceedings terminated.
Sun Fire .. - - 210 1
-------- 333,000
Ditto Life • • • . • • 11. 68,
49 M
Cotton Yarn-Owing to the heavy arrivals, dealers
_
Leaving applicable to the cornple-
Universal Life - Ct
became unduly alarmed, and prices receded below what
lii
tion of the main lines
.£347,000
s* I. att ~..0 tabtict
the circumstances justified. During the last day or two
0 LIST OP SCOTTISH r.........-
- -,...s.rdiNlES' PRICMS. 1-3'
3. Of the branches capital of 276,0001.
an improvement has been manifested for low numbers,
aR! 4j:e ;3• .4e
- Se
but the high numbers are in very limited request. The . there has been paid up only a de- Dividend Amount
following are the prevailing rates, duty paid :-Nos. 1G posit of 11. per share. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share. la]
. to 24, 26 dolls. ; Nos. 28 to 42, 2$ dolls. " In addition to their share capital, the company were •es,
- ,
Long Cloths-Considerable parcels were placed entitled to borrow to the extent of one-third of their TIIE LONDON GAZETTE. Bank of Scotland ••.• • SI. per cent. '
X 5. cl £ s• d
100 O o 176
against tea at the beginning of the month, but owing to whole capital, and they have already availed themselves
Roy-al Bank of Scotland 6/. per cent. _ 100 0 150
the suspension of purchases of the leaf, long cloths have of that power, on the North Wales Mineral Railway to (THIS EVENING.) * British Linen Company 81. per cent. _ 100 0 0 225 ap
again relapsed into their former dull state. Consider- the extent of 90,0001 ~Commercial Bank •• • • 61. per cent.
6/. per cent. 100 0 0 162% Tii
able quantities have been removed to the north during " STATE OF THE WORIS.-The North Wales Mineral DOWNING-STREET, OCT. 27, 1846. National Bank-
1. pr cent
the month. The quotations are :-72 reed greys weigh- Railway is now completed from Saltney to Ruabon. It The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Union Bank of Scotland 7%
Western Bank .. ••• . -6/. per cent: 10 0 0 12%
50 0 5 94, aci
ling 101 b., 2 dolls. 60c. ; 665, ditto, weighing 91b., 2 dolls. was inspected on Wednesday of last week, by Major- Sir Henry Ic3otiteinger, Bart., K.G.C.8., Governor and Coin- North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. = 5g 0 g 514 tin
20c. ' 60s. weighing 81b., 2 dolls. :5c.-all long. 'Whites General Pasley, and there is every reason to believe that i
Good dei-lict-np-e ht. of lin ander overi‘ia the settlement of the Cape of Clydesdaleaßnaknk.... •• • : q. pere cent. ......
10 0 0 131.4'1. enl
may be quoted 1 doll. 90c. for common, up to 2 dolls. his report will be perfectly satisfactory. The stations at the settling' and adjustment Majesty's
?ee affairs of Commissioner for for Eastern B
.....:.
75%1p, cent.et. _
territories Caledonian Bank 10 0 0 11% ~.,'
210 0 41. 4s. or
90e. for fine 745.-also long. Ruabon, Wrexham, and the intermediate places, though adjacent or contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern Edi nb.& Glasgow Bank 6/. per cert. =
5 0 0 71. Os. cot
City of Glas-owi tasl.sll)xerr cent. _
American Goods-Domestic 40 yds. are becoming not all completed, are in a state to afford sufficient ae frontier of the said settlement. And her Majesty has furtherlo 0 0 13/. 6s wm,
rather scarce, and are worth 2 dolls. 50c. to 2 dolls. 75c. commodation for traffic. The stock of engines, carriages, been pleased to appoint Richard Woosnam, Esq., to be Se- Herculesott Union Co.c
Insurancei. Co. 71. per cceenntt: _2O 0 0 1 0 0 245. 6d -
100 0 0 to 0 si OR
0 14;8
long ; drills 40 yds. have declined to 3 dolls. 15c. waggons, &c., required, is in readiness. A temporary cretary to such her Majesty's High Commissioner. Insur. Co. of Scetlnd. • 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 .f.Oll paid. 10 till
Long Ells continue in fair demand with 'et slight ad- agreement has been made with the Holyhead Company WHITEHALL, OCT. 27. North British Insur. • • 5 l• pr cent. 200 0 0
vance in price. Good assortments of HII mark corn- for the use of that portion of the line between Saltney The Queen has been pleased to order a 007196 d'elere to pass Caledonian Fire Insur. 10/.. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 r 416 (
the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Edinklsizrg,tii Llialinhsvuar):
11.10 x. peers
rt. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1g ii mo:
mend 8 dolls. 25c. long • brown are scarce, and command and the Birkenhead terminus at Chester. Similar
Ireland, empowering the Dean and Chapter of the cathedral Edgito,(ll-Aas;hares .• .• 7s. 6d.Pp.r 8e: 58 0 0 50 0 0 70% lig/
8 dolls. 50c. ; scarlet and purple, 8 dolls. 40c. ; mazarine arrangements have also been concluded with the Chester
i2lO 0 All paid, 18 f
church of St. Asaph to elect a Bishop of that see, the same Edin., Leith, & Grantn -
blue, 80 dolls. 20c. ; black, yellow, and green, 7 dolls. and Birkenhead Company, after rather rotracted neg 20 0 0 20 0 cam
being void by the death of the Right Rev. Father in God Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 71. percent, 50 0 o All 0 18
slot
20c. ; ash, 6 dolls. 20c. dations, and from the fair and friendl Ps
irit in which
paid. 69 M
Doctor William Carey, late Bishop thereof ; and her Majesty Glasgw& Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All •
Spanish Stripes also continue to improve, and good the directors have been met, and the 3rP
obvious benefit to has bee also ple e t aislec _ o recommend to the said Dean and vie Garnkirk Rail. 51. per cent 25
(13)1usigle& Arbroth Rail. 6/. percent..l 25 paid. 16% that
0 0 All paid. 39!i libl•
assortments saleable at I doll. 25c. to 1 doll. 35c. long ; be derived from the traffic of companies so intimately Chapter the Rig. t
.Rhev. Father in God Doctor Thomas Standard LifeAssernee.l 51. per cent. 5,, p 0 All paid. 37 clars
purples are worth 1 doll. 30c. to I doll. 45c. ; mazarine connected being placed upon terms of mutual advan- VowlerSh tor , non =is hop of Sodor and Man, to be by them 0 0 210 0 9
blue I doll. 25c. to 1 doll. 35c. ; scarlet, 1 doll. 20c. to tage, they feel confident that the details of the a tee. elected •
Bishop of the said see of St. Asaph. CANALS. Ii
1 doll. 30c. ' gentianella, 1 doll. 15c. to 1 doll. 20c. ; meat entered into will be properly carried out. gThe WHITEHALL Oc-r 26.
i Flat
black, 1 doll. Sc. to 1 doll. 15c. ; brown, 95c. to 1 doll. directors have learned with satisfaction that the The Queen has h ' .
een pleased to present the Rev. William 1 „; I
Names of e, ;Dividend price Nam„ of e Dividend and
10c. ; green, and light blue, 85c. to 90c. ; yellow, 70e. Chester and Birkenhead Company have also made con- Williams to the • f G •
vicarage o waenyscor, in the county of Companies.
_,..1 Per ; ' Compute,. per Price. gent
to 80c. ; ash and white, 60c. to 70c. siderable progress with preparation for their proportion Flint and diocese of St. Asaph, void b • the cession of the Ei. I Annum.,
I e: Annum.
ce 111
Camlets continue dull and without demand, of the goods traffic of the Shrewsbury and Chester line. Rev. Robert Henry Matthews Hu 3
Hughes, M.A. 1---- ------ - -__ seve
Lead is still saleable at 5 dolls. 50e. long.i The directors have likewise turned their attention to The Queen has also been pleased to the Rev X !
E
Iron has improved considerably. Bar and bolt are the means of providing for the carriage
by water from bert Elliott, M.A. to the district
parish of St. Mar' 1 b • present Trinity, .' Gil- Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. ec' 70 Monmouth 4
rectory of in the
,Lshby-d-la-Z,1113; 4/. 70 Mnt sh 100 81. - COCO
y e
.one, in the county of Middlesex and 13arnsle . - Il6o' 12/. 180 macirrYsh 100 51. _
worth 3 dolls. 50c. long. The large sizes of nail rod Saltney, for such portion of goods as may be more ad- diocese of London , , esneid. 100 - _ nigh
3 dells. 20c.; smaller, 2 dolls. 80c. Hoop is worth 3 dolls, vantageously conveyed from thence by the • river Dee or Penfold. n, void by the death of Dr. George Saxby Basil Y .
igstoke..,loo; - - Neath .•• • • • 100 171. 340 prati
Tin Plates have slightly improved, being quoted from the Ellesmere Canal. The mineral branch is •
raidly WHITEHALL, OcT. 26. Brknk&Abrg'lsol 5/. 85 Nottingha
Cromford.... 100 14/. - Peak Forest.In • 150 121. - stet/1
78 31 40
6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. progressing, and will be in readiness for workin in - The Queen has
g the been pleased to present the Reverend ib)udley lOO 4/. - Regent's.... 33 n. ;,. ceive
Betel Nut-A parcel of old has been forced upon the ensuing spring, when a considerable quantity of coals James Valance to the church and , 100 6/. 73 Rochdal .
arish of Tinwald, in the BE
market at 2 dolls. 30c. A cargo of new has arrived by lime, and iron, will be brought upon the line, although presbytery and county of Dumfries,) Egby. e.&•C•lis• 133 4/. 55 Shropshiere • • 18255 4j,
:
the Sophia Fraser, for which about 3 dolls. is wanted. the full resources of the mineral field will necessarily tation of the Reverend Joseph C. vLaocant by the trans ore Erewa
rraine, M.A., to the Forth & Clyd
sh - Somrset Co.al 150 81. '--
100 4/. - Do.LkFd St 12 sperc
71. IN. 130 5,085
The prospects for the article are very bad. take a longer time to develop. The works upon the church and parish of Caerlaverock,
county of Dumfries. in the presbytery and GrandJunctni 00 71. 82 Stffrd &Wore 140 613 p. c. -
28/. 270 on a
Rattans are duller than we ever saw them, and there Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester line have hitherto Grand Union:100 I/. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 lA/.
is a considerable stock. Good Banjarmassing are quoted been mainly confined, as stated in the former report, to 4th Dragoon Guards-Surgeon.-OFFICE, Ocr. 27.
'William Ge • Glamorgnsb.'l72 13%1. - Stourbridge.. 145 201 - catas
• 315
istr&Brkl - 100 - - Str
Gardiner from 3
tfrtion Av 79 1/. 10s. Sil"'
grantham •
only 3 dolls, to 3 dolls. 25c. long., and Straits 2 dolls. to the Dee viaduct, which requires a considerably longer 69th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Bickerton'
Flanagan,• 150 12/. - Severn and) Or
period to finish than the rest of the line. It is progress-who retires Hudde 11 ld
2 dolls. 50e.
upon half-pay, Oct. 27. re e. 57 - - wye Ra11..5 26 11. Bs. 32 '
four •
in vet satisfactoril • Agreements Kennt & A.vu 39 7s. 6d. 6% Tent &91r-3 Putchuck remains neglected at 6 dolls. to 6 dolls. 50c. y )., have already been 7th Light Dragoons-Surgeon Stephen Lawson Lancaster. 47 1/. 10s. - sey, % sh. 50 30/. - COWS,
made for the purchase of the greater portion of the land ' 30th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice James Low Warr' from
Leeds&Lir
long.
Warren, A.l io
, ----, Leicester rP , 100 341. 520 Thams &II ,
ed 13 - - SA'
for the whole line. On full consideration, the directors who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27. ter ..• • !140 10/. 105 'wo '
Cloves have improved, and will command 32 dolls.
Leiestr &Nth! 83 4/. 52 rcstr SO . from
have decided on pressing on the formation of the line Bth Light Dragoons-Cornet Philip S 1 a tmarshe to be Ilinnine j'B V. 43
long.
Lough borogh ( 142: 701. 850 W 1 ".
on, ii
Rice seems to have fallen to its lowest point. Arracan from the Chirk viaduct to Salop, so as to permit 17 miles Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen, who retires; Francis Its & Brks 67 1/. 11
1 doll. 20c.; cargo Manilla and Belli 1 doll. 50e. of line to be opened, and prove productive, before it is Edmund Macnaghten, Gent. to be Cornet b
Saltmarshe, Oct 27. , y purchase, vice
e___._._____._.........___
DOCzei, At
T-1"..,..,
Opium-Malwa-The accumulation of stock seems at possible to complete the heavier works. The directors 'Nth I ;A,. 1,......___ ..-. - -
are hannv ft% clay, .1,... 4.1.-:- __ _ •
length to have alarmed hnhiere earl .4.... -_:__ g__ __

Leaving applicable to the cornple-
tion of the main lines £347,000
3. Of the branches capital of 276,0001
there has been paid up only a de-
posit of 11. per share.
" In addition to their share capital, the company were
entitled to borrow to the extent of one-third of their
whole capital, and they have already availed themselves
of that power, on the North Wales Mineral Railway to
the extent of 90,0001
" STATE OF THE Wonis.—The North Wales Mineral
Railway is now completed from Saltney to Ruabon. It
was inspected on Wednesday of last week, by Major-
General Pasley, and there is every reason to believe that
his report will be perfectly satisfactory. The stations at
Ruabon, Wrexham, and the intermediate places, though
not all completed, are in a state to afford sufficient an
commodation for traffic. The stock of engines, carriages,
waggons, &c., required, is in readiness. A temporary
agreement has been made with the Holyhead Company,
for the use of that portion of the line between Saltney
and the Birkenhead terminus at Chester. Similar
arrangements have also been concluded with the Chester
and Birkenhead Company, after rather protracted nego
tiations, and from the fair and friendly spirit in which
the directors have been met, and the obvious benefit to Ibe derived from the traffic of companies so intimately
connected being placed upon terms of mutual advan-
tage, they feel confident that the details of the agree.
ment entered into will be properly carried out. The
directors have learned with satisfaction that the
Chester and Birkenhead Company have also made con-
siderable progress with preparation for their proportion
of the goods traffic of the Shrewsbury and Chester line.
The directors have likewise turned their attention to
the means of providing for the carriage by water from
Saltney, for sueh portion of goods as may be more ad-
vantageously conveyed from thence by the river Dee or
the Ellesmere Canal. The mineral branch is rapidly
progressing, and will be in readiness for working in the
ensuing spring, when a considerable quantity of coals,
lime, and iron, will be brought upon the line, although
the full resources of the mineral field will necessarily
take a longer time to develop. The works upon the
Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester line have hitherto
been mainly confined, as stated in the former report, to
the Dee viaduct, which requires a considerably longer
period to finish than the rest of the line. It is progress-
ing very satisfactorily. Agreements have already been
made for the purchase of the greater portion of the land
for the whole line. On full consideration, the directors
have decided on pressing on the formation of the line
from the Chirk viaduct to Salop, so as to permit 17 miles
of line to be opened, and prove productive, before it is
possible to complete the heavier works. The directors
are happy to say that their engineer reports that he will
be able to open this portion of the•line early in the spring
of 1848, and the whole line he hopes to be able to open in
the autumn of the same year. The directors beg to
refer to the engineer's report, in the appendix.
" NEW BRANCHES.—The directors having had their
attention called to the requirements of the important
districts around Mold, and on investigation having
ascertained that the best mode of affording railway ac-
commodation to Mold, and the immediate neighbour-
hood, would be from this line, they have caused a surrey
to be made for the purpose ageing to Parliament. The
length of the line is about eight miles; and the expense
of construction will be moderate. They also recom-
mend an application to Parliament to enable them to
form a commodious terminus at Chester, either by them-
selves, or in connexion with any or all of the neighbour-
ing companies, so as fully to accommodate the largo
traffic, which must concentrate at Chester, for Liverpool
and Manchester, and other important towns.
" PROSPECTS.—Tho directors haring thus explained
the progress andipresent position of the Shrewsbury and
Chester line, cannot help congratulating the shareholders
upon the result of the proceedings in the last session of
Parliament. Every line which in any way threatened
to affect their interests having entirely failed or been
thrown out of Parliament, whilst there have been ob-
tained, first, their two valuable branches; aud, secondly,
two lines by independent companies, one from Shrewsbury
to Birmingham, and the other from Shrewsbury to Here
ford, equal to this company's line in extent, running into
it, and placing it in the position of being the connecting
link between Bristol and Liverpool, and betwcen Bir-
mingham, by North Wales to Liverpool. Further, the
line traverses, in its whole length, a populous and highly
cultivated country. The mineral field extends over six-
teen miles of the central portion of the line, from which
already a very large traffic flows towards both termini,
although the minerals have been won, and worked only
to a small extent. The line possesses the advantage of
running from the sea into the interior of the country, a
position always favourable to the development of traffic.
It is completely protected from the competition of car-
riage by water, which in so many cases presses heavily
on other lines. It further possesses this peculiar advan-
tage, that on arriving at the terminus or shipping port
on the Dee, there are already existing three different
means of communication with Liverpool and Birkenhead,
competing for traffic; and a fourth and most valuable

Rice seems to have fallen to its lowest point. Arracan
1 dolL 20c.; cargo Manilla and Balli 1 doll. 50c.
Opium—Malwa—The accumulation of stock seems at
length to have alarmed holders, and the price has re-
ceded to 650 dolls. to 660 dolls. for the beat. In Bengal
drug the market continues to be ruled entirely by specu-
lation, and the Chinese are making strong efforts to sup-
port it. Nearly all that the foreigners held has been
bought by Chinese at three weeks and not cleared, who
thus have all the stock in their hands. Notwithstanding
that in many instances the time had elapsed and the
buyer not able to clear, the system is still pursued,
though hitherto unsuccessfully. The clearances have
been extensive, but have latterly been greatly falling
off. Patna may be quoted at 602 dolls. 50c. ; Benares
scarce, and worth 5 dolls, more ; Turkey is in demand at
500 dolls.

BIRDS AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGIIAPH.—Aper
the spara-
graph having lately gone ther
electric the round of
telegraph
daily papers,
stating that birds sitting on wires
would, were the instruments at work at the time, fall
dead to the ground, we have be en informed byaparty
who is thoroughly conversant with the electric telegraph
that such cannot be the case. The only reason he as-
signs for the above supposition is that birds in their
light fly against the wires, and being stunned fall to the
ground to all appearance lifeless. The fact is
simple
enough, there being nothing to connect the birds with
the earth, which must be the case for such an occurrence
to happen.
ACCIDENT IN THE STRAND.—This morning, shortly
after twelve o'clock, the following. melancholy accident
occurred in the Strand, opposite the Adelphi Theatre,
during the bustle usually prevalent on the conclusion of
the performances at that establishment. A young woman
with a child in her arms had just left the pit department
of the theatre, and whilst attempting to cross the road
was knocked down by a cab, at that moment drawing up.
The woman was instantly assisted to rise, but before the
child could be picked up it was trampled upon in a shock-
ing manner by the fore-hoofs of the horse. The injuries
sustained were of such a nature that the
child (a b
about four years of age) is scarcely expected to live.oy of
THE LATE VICTORIES IN INDIA.--Mt. \\Telford, of
the Royal Mint, has received an order from the East
India Company for the execution of 30,000 medals, to
commemorate the victories a Moodkee, Ferozesl;ala,
Aliwal, and Sobraon, to be presented to the officers,
non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Com-
pany's service and the Queen's troops which took part in
those actions.

WARFFE, Ocr. 27.
4th Dragoon Guards— -OSurgelC on 'William Gardiner, from
69th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice John Bickerton Flanagan,
who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
7th Light Dragoons—Surgeon Stephen Lawson, from
30th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice James Low Warren, M.D.,
who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet Philip Saltmarshe to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen, who retires; Francis
Edmund Macnaghten, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice
Saltmarshe, Oct. 27.
12th Light Dragoong—Duncan M'lntyre, M.D., to b
Assistant Surgeon, vice Harthill, promoted to the 69th Foot,e
Oct. 27.
Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Alexander
Kinloch, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice the Hon. H. A. Neville, promoted, Oct. 27.
Scots Fusilier Guards--Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge King.
scote, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice tlankey, appointed to the 22d Foot, Oct. 27.
2d Regiment of Foot—Colour Sergeant John Mansfield,
from 3d Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice William Hadley,
who retires upon half-pay, Oct. 27.
12th Foot—Henry Robson, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Poitier, who retires, Oct. 27.
14th Foot—Cadwallader James Smith Dodsworth, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase vice Thorp, appointed to 89th
Foot, Oct. 27.
17th Foot—Philip M'Pherson, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Onslow, promoted in the 29th Foot,
Oct. 27.
28th Foot--Captain John Olans Moller, from 44th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Browne, who exchanges, Oct. 27.
29th Foot—Lieutenant John iEneas Duncan to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Coventry, deceased; Ensign Henry
Philips Onslow, from 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Dun- can, July 30.
30th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Thomas D'Arcv, from 56th
Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, appointed to the 7th Light
Dragoons, Oct. 27.

42d Foot—William Henry Mackintosh, Gent. to be As-
sistant-Surgeon, vice Dawson, promoted in.s4th Foot, Oct. 27.
43d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Patrick Davidson, ➢I.D.,
from 70th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Lawson, promoted on
the Staff, Oct. 27.

Name of Company. I Dividend
per I Amount
of I raid. Price.
Annum. I Share.
—_-..
I X s• d* 4 8. d*
80
___
Commercial .• . •• .• 3/. per cent. i Stock.
142
.....
East and West India. .. 1 61. pr cent. I Stock.
21
91. Katharine
:. • . " ..
I 451.1).peerr cent.cen I
lEast Country ... ... I 11. per sh. 100: 0 0
_ andon ............. 51 pr cent. I Stock. _
113
99%
0 so 0 0
50Stoock. _

Name of Company. .I)lvpiedrend Am
....
WATER,-VITORIES..
oofunt
Paid. Prl(
Annum. Share'
ez
brand Junction ..
E £
0. d. East L0nd0n..........
3/. 181
bs 100 0 0 204
41 13 4
Vauxhall V. lOs.. 100 0 0
West Aliddles
51.55. pr cnt.
5/• per cent. 100 0 0 57
63 12 9 130
MA rt 1r TT w- lr TilTdr•

44th Foot—Captain Andrew Browne, from 28th Foot, to
be Captain, vice Moller, who exchanges, Oct. 27.
56th Foot—William Deeble, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice D'Arcy, promoted in 30th Foot, Oct. 27.
62d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Maynard llerbert to be
Captain, without purchase, vice Napier, deceased; Ensign
Thomas C. Higginson, from 78th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice
Herbert, July 8.

no:ng purposes
--ARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of October 27.)
St:GAIL—To-day there were numerous purchasers of every
went with spirit at
rdeTription of West India Muscovado Sugar for grocery and
the utports but the hi • insisted upon by importers
tended to check high prices
opertions, still a good business was transacted,
, and many orders were in the market for
and at prices showing a rise n those ot Friday of 6d per cwt for
all sorts. The purchases °amounted to 460 hhda and trcs,
whichincluding at public sale 127 hhas and 8 trcs Barbadoes,
auction of fully es
-d per t la risevellow bringing 47s to 48s,
middling 48s 6d to 50s 65,wg, odwsls 6d to 52s 6(1, and fine at
53s to 53s 6d per cwt. The market closes stiffly for every
on the rates of the last
kind of Sugar available for home consumption.
REFINED...-. To-day refined goods were much in request,
and further advanced rates offered, but few parcels are to be
met with. Standard lumps according to quality fetched
66s to 66s 6d, and brown grocery 64s to 655. In Bonded
Crushed Sugar only a moderate business was done at 32s 6d
per cwt for first quality.
MAuturius.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with
attention, and 1,194 bags at auction sold at rather higher
rates, good grainy yellow syrupy at 49s to 50s, and drainage
been so
damagedld . 50s 6d per cwt. Privately
several parcels have
FOREIGN.—There has been a considerable increase in the
demand for Manilla Sugar for home consumption, and a rise
in the value of ls. per cwt. has occurred. Java has
been in excellent request by private contract, and brought
prices 6d to is per cwt above those previously current.
iu the value has taken place. All kinds of Brazil have been
in much better request, and brought rather higher rates. 1

63d Foot—Ensign Henry White to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Bookey, appointed Adjutant, August 25 ;
Ensign William Hunt to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
White, whose promotion, by purchase, has been cancelled,
Oct. 27; Thomas Francis Rolt, Gent. to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Hunt, Oct. 27; Lieutenant Power Le Poer
Bookey to be Adjutant, vice Fairtlough, promoted, Aug. 25.
69th Foot—Assistant Surgeon Robert Harthill, from the
12th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice Gardiner, appointed
to the 4th Dragoon Guards, Oct. 27.
70th Foot—James William Fleming, Gent., to be Assist-
ant-Surgeon, vice Davidson, promoted its the 43d Foot,
Oct. 27.

AY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 18

None has been offered at auction. Havannah of all sorts
has met with more attention, and prices are improving. For
other kinds of Foreign the market has an improving appear-
ance, and the supply is on the decrease. Foreign for exporta-
tion is held for the former currency, but there are few pur-
chasers for any description on the spot.
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was abundantly
supplied with Bengal Sugar, and seven parcels, amounting
to 11,400 bags, were offered at public sale, but the trade were
eager purchasers, and the whole sold at prices showing an
advance on those of Friday of 6d per cwt.
COIT'FIE.—This afternoon Ceylon Coffee was purchased with
more freedom, and 3,033 bags at public sale were nearly al
disposed of at full rates, and in some cases even rather abovel
CINNAMON.—The quarterly sales of Cinnamon have gone
off with more spirit than any during the year, and a large
proportion sold ; in fact nearly all of good quality found
ready buyers ; the superior first and second sorts at an ad-
vance of 3d to 4d per lb, and superior 3d sort ld so 2d per
lb on the prices of the last sales ; the inferior qualities of 2d
and 3d sorts are still neglected, an d much remainedunsold.
—SPIRITS.—There has been little desire evinced to operate
ii Leeward Island, and prices assumed a downward ten-
dency. East India is wanted at previous rites, but the stock
is nearly all in second hands. Jamaica has not improved in
value, but the home and export demand has been good at
previous rates. Demerara is held with firmness, but there has
been only a limited business transacted ; the quantity sold not
exceeding 100 puns at 38 3d to 3s 4d for 32 to 34 per cent
Brandy has been in excellent request for actual consump-
tion, and prices rule firm. The deliveries are on the in-
crease. For Corn Spirits the demand is as brisk as ever, and
prices are very firm ; the Distillers havr more orders on
hand than they will be able to execute for some time. We
buote English at Ws 9d nett cash, Scotch and Irish lOs 8d
to lOs 9d per gallon. s
SPICES.—To-day Malabar Pepper met with less demand,
and 1,798 bags at auction were only in part sold at the former
value.
TEA.—In the middle part of last week there was a gond
business transacted in Black and Green Tea; the rates paid
were rather above those previously current for the former;
but holders were unable to obtain any adyance for the latter,
on account of the large quantity on offer.
Hors.—Holders for the most part are unwilling to submit
to any further reduction in prices, but there has been only a
limited business transacted, and the quantity of all sorts of
Hops at market is yet large. The duty for the Kingdom is
estimated at 220,000 A
011.s.—The market has still an improving appearance for
Seal Oil, large purchases have been made, and a further ad-
vance in prices has taken place. Southern of all descrip-
tions have been much sought after, and the supply at market
being on the decrease, a further advance in the value has oc-
curred. In Cod a good business has been done, and prices are
fin proving, there not being sellers under 271. Sperm has been
in extensive request, and a considerable advance has again taken
place in prices; the supply bein ; on the decrease, and the
consumption getting even greater. Of Fish Oils none have
been offered at auction since this day week, and the arrivals
during that time were unimportant; whereas the deliveries
are good. The market has decidedly an improving appear-
ance for Fish Oils, and stocks in first as well as second
bands are small. Of Cocoa Nut, the supply being inadequate to
the wants of the trade, a further improvement has taken place.
The supply is less than it was last season, and the consump-
rion greater. Palm met with eager purchasers; the stock is
diminishing, and prices are rising. American Lard Oil has
not attracted much notice by private contract, and 100 casks
at auction were taken in at 38s per cwt. Rape Seed Oil has
further declined in value, but the demand has been brisker
during the last few days. The consumption is going on
satisfactorily, and likely so to continue. In Olive there
has been a good deal done, holders evince much firmness,
as the stock is diminishing, and the consumption
going on largely. Linseed Oil has been in excellent request
by the home trade on the spot, and many purchases have
been made for exportation, chiefly for America; prices ad-
vanced to 25s a 25s 3d per cwt; although the cruisers
are working freely. For forward delivery several contracts
have been entered into at 25s 6d. The consumption of Lin-
seed
Oil is even greater than it was last year.
TALLOW.—Although prices rule high for every kind of
Tallow, still the home are inclined to further increase their
stocks, as arrivals are small, and far from sufficient for
the consumption. Russian on the spot has met with a
ready sale for soap and candle-making purposes, and further
advanced rates have been obtained, fine Petersburgh yellow
Candle bringing 50s 6d per cwt. For forward delivery a
good business has been transacted. Of Town Tallow there
is not sufficient for the wants of the trade, and the market
has been again cleared at further advanced rates.
All other sorts of Tallow meet with a brisk sale privately,
and must again be quoted higher.

SALES OF RAILWAY SHARES BY
AUCTION.—(THIS DAY.)
At Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s, to- day, the market was
firm, and rather better prices were obtained. A good
many shares were in demand, and a good proportion of
them sold. The following are a few of the principal
sales:—

Great Southern of Madras £0 4 6
Cornwall
0 14 6
Great Indian Peninsular
East Indian
Yorkshire and Glasgow Union 0 13 0
Shropshite Union and Canal
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 215 6
South Wales
3 17 6
Louvain ala Sambre •• 1 14 6
Manchester and Southampton .. 1 2 0
London and Blackwall, New . 5 3 0
London and Croydon, Thirds 9 14 0
Paris and Lyons
5 7 0
Madrid and Valencia
Goole and Doncaster 1 18 0
South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4
Namur and Leige 3 12 0
Eastern Counties, York Extension.....„
Sambre and Meuse 4 18 0
Great Eastern and Western 0 17 0

COURSE OF EXCH.

Amsterdam • ......C.F. 12 8
6u Ditto, at sight. ...... 12 5%
15 IA Rotterdam 2U. 1-2 81,.
)s!h Antwerp 26 15
11,17,11aurgh ••• • • • V.B. 13 14
Minna.
Paris, 3 days' sight ...• 25 85
8 Ditto, 3 months...... 26 10
Os. Marseilles ••••• • • • .... 26 15
)5 Bourdeaux.... ... • . • • 26 15
Frankfort on Maine.... 122
3 Petersburgh, 3 U 5......

Berlin . —
Venus, effec.flo•••••• 10 10
Trieste, ditt0......., .. 10 10
Madrid •••••••• •• •• •. 35%
Cadiz •• • :
8i1ba0...• ......
Barcelona
Seville. _
•
On the 23d inst., in John-s'
lamy, Esq., aged 81.

LNGE.-(THIS DAY).
Gibraltar.. • • . ..... • —
Leghorn .... • ... •
Genoa .... • ..... 26 20
Milan
Venice........ •
Naples ..... .• • 30%
Palermo, per oz. ...... . 119 X
Lisbon.... • • • •
Oporto •.•• .. • • 52 X
Rio Janeiro 2-1 X
Bahia .... •• • . ...... .
Buenos Ayres •• ..
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia •...•• • • • • •••-

1 PRICES OF BULLION: PZRO.Z.
Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
New Dollars .. •• • 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
Silver in bars .. .. •• • • 0 0 0
treet, Bedford-row, John Bel.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
MALTA, OCT. 16.—Up to this moment there is no
appearance of the India mail, bor is there any of the
'l4 Tagus with the outward mails. It is feared that some
.
!3,2 accident must have happened, as she is three days over
to
time. The mails, viaMarseilles, reached yesterday at
UDC o'clock, A.M.
4s*
i Early this morning the Dutch frigate Prince Von
ti
4s. Orange, having his Royal Highness Prince Henry in
es. command, and the two corvettes, Juno and Sambre,
6s were in sight, and at half-past ten, A.M., entered port,
i% on their return from Genoa. The Prince will not land
) till to-morrow, at ten o'clock.
On Wednesday night Malta was visited by one of the
i% most violent storms ever remembered. The forked
)% lightning illuminated the air, the thunder roared in
fearful claps, rain in torrents descended, and hail-
stones (almost unknown) fell; so large were the latter,
Ili
,Bi that were Ito name the size of some I should infal-
libly be accused of imitating the celebrated Baron Mun-
chausen.

In the midst of the storm, her Majesty's steamer
Flamer, Lieutenant Lavie, entered port. The dexterity
and seatnanlike skill manifested on the occasion form the
Ice. general theme of conversation.
Much damage ensued, and the electric fluid struck
several houses.
Early on Thursday morning (four o'clock, A.m.), a
second squall, even more violent than the storm over
night, was felt. Her Majesty's brig Siren, which took
pratique that morning, was taken, and fouled the Hecla
steamer. The Siren lost her jibboom, but the Heela re-
ceived little or no damage. •
Between Gozo ani Comino, two Maltese boats, called
speronaras, were wrecked, by which misfortune nine per-
sons perished. One man, named Gausi, was picked up
on a plank thirteen miles distant from the scene of the
catastrophe by a fisherman. The boats are named the
Susanna and the Santa Filomena.
One house at Gozo was blown or washed down, and
four persons killed; and an old cowherd, with his two
cows, were washed away and lost.
SATURDAY, OCT. 17.—The Pottinger, with the mails
from India, has arrived, and the Tagus, from Southamp-
on, is coming in.
At ten o'clock, A.M., his Royal Highness the Prince
Henry of the Netherlands landed under a royal salute.
A guard of honour from the 42d Regiment received his
Royal Highness at the Custom-house, where he was
landed from the barge of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis,
and where also he was received by Colonel Balneavis,
our acting-governor. Hence they proceeded to the
palace, where a second guard of honour, supplied by
her Majesty's 88th Foot, and commanded by Captain
1
Irwin, was drawn up, and where also the staff of the
Mg garrison assembled to welcome his Royal Highness on
his return to Malta.

On the 16th, her Majesty's steamer, the Trident,
having completed her repairs, went on a trial trip to
Ice• sea. She returned in the afternoon, and appears to have
answered remarkably well. Her average speed was
nine and a halt knots per hour.

Oci. 17.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN SQUADRON.
In Malta Harbour.—The Ceylon, 12, receiving ship,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir L. Curtis, Bart.,
second in command and Superintendent of Malta dock-
yard, the Siren, 16, Commander Le Hardy, the
Ueda war steamer, Commander C. Starmer, the Locust
steamer, Lieutenant-Commander Power, and the Wee
Pet steam tug.
On Surveying Duty.—The Bonetta, Commander T.
S. Brock, and the Research cutter, Lieutenant Spratt.
At Sea.—The Hibernia, 120, Captain Peter Richards,
C. 8., bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker,
Bart., G.C.8., the Commander-in-Chief.
At Gibraltar.—The Phmnix steam-vessel
J.
launLunnder Dennis, and Virago war steamer, Commander
.
At Corfu.—The Meteor, Lieutenant Commander
Ruttier, the Tyne, 28, Captain W. N. Glasscock.
At the Pirmus of Athens.—The Jackall ,
Lieutenant-Commander W. M. J. G. Pa3CO, the Amazon
19, Captain J. J. Stopford.
At Beyrout.—The Inconstant, 36, Captain C. H. Free-
mantle.
At Constantinople.—The Bloodhound steamer, Lieut.
R. Phillips.
At Smyrna.—The Harlequin, Commander Curry.
MAIL STEAM-PACRN:TS.
At Malta.—The Volcano, Lieut. Crang, the Spitfire,
Lieut. J. A. M'Donald, the Flamer, Lieut. Lavie, and
the Trident, Lieut. C. E. Rigge.

ADMIRALTY, OCT. 24.
AIPorIITSILNTS.
lope ; W.
OCT. 24.—W. F. Rains, second Master, to the Pene-
J. Cunningham, second Muter, to the Raven ;