The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. SATITRDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1846.

assignee, Leeds - Fiddey, Inner Temple, London ;
Lofthouse, and *Non, Leeds.
John Anderton, stock-broker, Bradford, Yorkshire, Dec. 3
and 23, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman,
official assignee Leeds ; Williamson and Co., Gray's Inn,
London ; Bond,
John Bowker Dunkerley, draper, Chorlton-upon-Medloek,
Manchester, Dec. 4, and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Manches-
ter District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester;
Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; Taylor,
Manchester.
Charles Thomas, grocer, Llivior, Montgomeryshire, Dec.
8, at eleven, and Dec. 22, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Gregory and Co.,
Bedford-row, London; Jones, Newtown.
Mary Lewis Wait, boarding housekeeper, Bristol, Dec. 4,
oallci3all,asastigneleeveeniriastothec Bristol District Court. Hutton,
Richard Lea, surgeon, Bewdley, Worcestershire, Dec. 5.
and 24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham; Hair, Kidderminster;
Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
William Ostler, grocer, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, Dec. 11
and Jan. 8, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court.
Bittlestoit, official assignee, Nottingham; Flewker, Derby;
M.tttram and Knowles, Birmingham.
George Atkinson, carpenter, Bradford, Yorkshire, Dec. 9
and 22, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, offi-
cial assignee, Leeds; Clarke, Chancery-lane, London; Terry
and Watson, Bradford ; Bond, Leeds.
William Carpendale, jeweller, Kingston-upon -Hull, Dec.
2 and Dec. 23, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Kynaston,
official assignee, Hull; Shaw and Co., Ely-place, London;
Thorney, HulL

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
W. Darnbrough, Richmond, Surrey, tailor and draper,
Dec. 11, at half-past twelve—W. Smith, Curtain-road,
Worship-street, timber merchant, Dec. 11, at twelve—A.
Applegarth, Crayford, Kent, silk-printer, Dec. 11, at eleven
—F. Jones, Canterbury, wine and spirit merchant, Dec. 9, at
eleven—W. Rogers, Lewes, Sussex, draper, Dec. 9, at
eleven—T. Standen, Maidstone, Kent, brewer, Dec. 9, at
twelve—J. Philpot, St. Swithin's-lane, Cit 3, victualler and
general agent, Dec. 9, at one—Eleanor Botbam, Speenham-
land, Speen, Berkshire, innholder, Dec. 9, at twelve—A.
Macdonald, Leadenhall-street, merchant, Dec. 9, at half-past
eleven— A. H. Simpson and P. H. Irvin, Blackfriars-road,
engineers, Dec. 9, at half-past twelve—B. Baldwin, Liverpool,
Manchester, and Old Jewry, London, warehouseman, Dec.
9, at half-past one—W. H. Pease, J. IL Pease, and W. H.
Thompson, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, and Lime-street,
wine merchants, Dec. 10, at eleven.
In the Country.
H. Hutchinson, Liverpool, merchant, Dec. 11, at twelve, at
the Court, Liverpool—J. Richardson, Liverpool, merchant,
Dec.- 15, at twelve, at the Court, vp—B. Marshall,
Selkridge-abbey, Kildare, Ireland, woollendraper, Dec. 11, at
twelve, at the Court, Liverpool—W. S. More, Liverpool, wine
and spirit merchant, Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liver-
k pool—R. F. Breed and W. Ecclesten, Liverpool, merchants,
t Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Stonehonse,
Scarborough, Yorkshire, mercer and draper, Dec. 12, at
eleven, at the Court, Leeds—R. Edwards, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire, woollendraper, Dec. 17, at eleven, at the Cour`
I Leeds.

PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS.
G. Watson, Gateshead, bookseller, 2s. 6d., on Saturdays,
between the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr.
Baker, Grey-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Fearnley, Windsor-terrace, City-road, worsted stuff
manufacturer, 25., on any day after Nov. 23, between the
hours of ten and four, at the office of Mr. Young, Park-
row, Leeds.
S. Griffiths, Wolverhampton, wholesale druggist, Is. 2d.,
any Thursday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Valpy, Waterloo-street, Birmingham.
P. Bury, Manchester, calico printer, 4s. 2jd., bn Tues-
day, Dec. 1, and any subsequent Tuesday,between the hours
of eleven and one, at the office of Mr. Fraser, George-street,
Manchester.

NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basinghall-street.
H. Woodthorpe, Aveley, Essex, grocer, Dec. 14, at two—
W. H. Pease and J. R. Pease, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-
street, and Lime-street, City, wine-merchants, Dec. 10,
at one.

In the Country.
J. Walker, jun., Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, woollen cloth
manufacturer, Dec. 15, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—D.
White, Bristol, potter and pipe maker, Dec. 21, at twelve, at
the Court, Bristol—J. S. Lyddon, Birkenhead, Cheshire,
chemist and druggist, Dec. 15, at twelve, at the Court, Liver-
pool—W. Beamer, West Derby, Lancashire, joiner and builder,
Dec. 11, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—S. Page, Not-
tingham, currier and leather dealer, Dec. 11, at twelve, at the
Exchange Rooms, Nottingham—C. C. Clancey, Chorlton-
upon-Medlock, Lancashire, sadler, Dec. 14, at eleven, at the
Court, Manchester.
-At the Court of Review, Dec. 11.
W. Gay, Cheltenham, builder—H. Elphick, Wardour-
street, St. James's, licensed victualler—J. Knights, Great
Melton and Thurgarton, Norfolk, cattle dealer—J. Pace, St.
Cornhill, general merchant—J. D. Herrick,
Colchester, Essex, grocer—J. Smith, Wellington-street,
Newington-causeway, cheesemonger—R. More, Norwich, coal
merchant—E. Sylvester, Agar's-field, St. Pancras-road, con-
tractor—R. S. Perrott, Exeter, grocer—R. Pattinson, Exeter,
grocer—J. Came, sen., Truro, Cornwall, provision merchant,
—P. N. Page, King's-road, Gray's Inn, builder—T. Wain-
wright, Barnsley, Yorkshire, surgeon.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
S. Savage and T. Coyle, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell,
jewellers—W. Edgcomb and E. Kimpton, Budge-row, whole-
sale stationers—F. E. Morrish and F. A. Morrish, Leicester-
square. linen-draper—E. Early and W. J. Clinch, Witney,
Oxfordshire, sharebrokers—S. F. Higgott, J. Collins, and J.
Wensley, Liverpool, boot and shoe manufacturers (so far as
regards J. Wensley)—G. Rippon, T. Fox, C. Barrett, R.
Darling, C. A. Wawn, W. Lishman, owners of West Corn-
forth Colliery (so far as regards C. Barrett and R. Darling)
—T. Christmas, Robertsbridge, and T. Christmas, Mount-
field, Sussex, brewers and farmers—T. Hollins and W. Hol-
lins, Manchester, commission agents—E. Holden and W.
Osborn, Reading, money scriveners and accountants—C.
Tuckett, C. Tuckett, jun., and R. D. Tuckett, Little Russell-
street, Bloomsbury, bookbinders—T. G. Horridge and T.
Holmer, Raikes, and Manchester, Lancashire, bleachers—J.
U. Heygate, Southend, and E. Kilworth, Southchurch,
Essex, farmers and graziers—J. Heaven and W. C. Heaven,
Bristol, timber dealers and grocers—W. M. Hunter and T,
Brocklehurst, Holmfirth, Yorkshire, linendrapers, printers,
and stationers—T. J. Maltby and A. L. Grant, Broad-street-
buildings, attorneys and solicitors—R. Mark and W. Mark,
Carlisle, tanners—F. Martin, S. D. Murray, and W. J. Young,
Bombay, and J. G. Bird, Taplow.hill, Berkshire (so far as
regards J. G. Bird).
PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending November 17,
1846, is 345. 2% d. per cwt.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—The Terrible steam-frigate,
Captain Ramsay, arrived at Spithead this morning at
eleven o'clock, and saluted the Commander-in-Chief with

seventeen guns.
The Myrtle steam-vessel, Second Master Commander
Balliston, is ordered to Cowes to-day with the band of
the Royal Marine corps, the attendance of which is com-
manded by her Majesty to perform this evening at
Osborne during dinner, and to serenade the Princess
Royal to-morrow morning, on the occasion of the sixth
anniversary of her Royal Highness's birthday.
A most severe gale has been blowing here since six
o'clock this morning, and the tide having risen unusually

high, has caused much damage to goods and property in
ground stores alongshore.
The Emerald tender arrived last night from Plymouth,
from which port she sailed on Monday afternoon. Be
tween twelve and one on Tuesday morning, being off the
Start Point, with a fresh southerly breeza, and going
about eight knots, she ran on board a schooner going in
the opposite direction, and who, having strangely enough
taken her to be a fishing-vessel trawling, thouLht she
could pass her ahead. The collision was so violent that
the schooner sank in about a quarter of an hour. Her
crew (five in all) were fortunately saved by the Emerald,
and landed at Dartmouth, to which port they be-
longed. The vessel was called the Fancy, and belonged
to Brixham. The night is said to have been very dark,
and the weather thick. The Emerald has received but
little damage: her port bulwarks are partly stove in, and
her bowsprit iron wrenched out.
The Rhadamanthus steam-transport, Master Com-
manding Thomas Laen, arrived this afternoon from Ply-
mouth, with the extra marines brought by the Terrible
from Sir William Parker's squadron.
The Scourge steam bomb-vessel, Commander James
C. Caffin, is ordered into harbour to land her mortar and
shells, preparatory to taking stores, dispatches, parcels,
&c., for Vice Admiral Sir William Parker's squadron at
Lisbon. Can any commentary be necessary after such
acknowledgment as this of the inefficiency of a steam
bomb-vessel? _

In llarbour—St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Vic-
toria and Albert, and Rattlesnake; Penelope, Myrtle,
Echo, and Fairy steamers.
At Spithead—Terrible, Scourge, and Rhadamanthus.
In Dock—Prince Regent, Edinburgh, Leander, Ajax,
Resistance, Serpent, and Champion.
In the Basin—Vengeance, Crocodile, and Naiad.
WooLwica, Nov. 20.—Rear-Admiral Sir Francis A.
Collier Knight, C.B. and K.C.11., accompanied by Com-
mander Smith, of the William and Mary yacht, went
on board the Avon steam-vessel, Captain Denham, to
inspect the crew and vessel on their return from the coast
of Africa, to be paid off at Woolwich. The captain,
officers, and crew enjoy excellent health, and the captain
has succeeded in accomplishing the object for which the
vessel was fitted out—to survey a difficult part of the
coast of Africa, and went over a greater extent of coast
than was originally contemplated, with satisfactory re-
sults.

Captain Denham has brought home a number of live
botanical specimens in perfect health, with various seeds
of rare plants—some beautiful live love-birds, and pre-
served specimens of the quadruped and insect tribes.
He has also numerous specimens of the dresses, arms,
and canoes of the natives, and other objects of a rare and
interesting nature. On the hearth-rug, in front of the
fireplace in the captain's cabin, lay a beautiful African
gazelle, one of the smallest species of the deer tribe, evi-
dently in the enjoyment of the best health. It is full
grown, and only betwixt 12 and 13 inches high, although
three years of age ; it is of delicate symmetry, the
thickness of its fore legs, below the knees, being under
half an inch in diameter, with the hairs of its skin
scarcely longer than the soft surface of a piece of velvet.
Its head is proportionably small, and tapering to a point
almost as pointed as the bills of the feathered tribes.
Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Collier, on leaving the
Avon steam-vessel, proceeded on board the Gorgon steam-
vessel, Commander Crouch, to inspect the crew on the
return of the vessel to be paid off, after three years and
ten months' service on the South-American station. The
Royal Marines, Marine Artillery, and crew, were
mustered on deck to receive the Rear-Admiral, and
went through their duties on board in a very efficient
manner.
The Encounter steam-sloop was towed up the river
to-day, having been brought round from Pembroke,
where she was launched, to have her engines fitted by
the Messrs. Penn.
The Seringapatam, 42-gun ship was towed down the
river yesterday by the African steam-vessel, to Sheer-
ness. It is said the Seringapatam will be fitted with jury
masts, and taken to the Cape of Good Hope, to be used
as a coal depot.
SHEERNESS, Nov. 20.—The Belleitle troop-ship, Cap-
tain Kingcome, having completed. her refit and drawn
charts for the Mediterranean and South American sta-
tions, sailed on Saturday for Devonport to receive her
final orders.
The Rose, 18, barque rigged, Commander Pelley, ar
rived on Sunday from Spithead and the West Indies.
She was towed into harbour on Monday, and will be paid
off this day.
The Mutine, 12, Commander Tryon, arrived from
Chatham on Monday, and having undergone the usual
inspection by the Commander-in-Chief, sailed on Tues-
day for Spithead, where she is to be paid advance wages
before proceeding to the Mediterranean station.
The Euryalus, 42, convict-ship, will be ready for sea
this day, but as she leaks considerably, it is intended to
take her into dock to recaulk her bottom.
The Speedwell, tender to the Blazer, has arrived from
Harwich to be refitted.
The Raven cutter, Commander Stephen, was paid off
on Monday, but will be immediately re-commissioned.
The Goodwill, lighter, has sailed with stores for
Devonport.
The Birkenhead, steam troop-ship, Commander In-
grain, is progressing rapidly with the many alterations
in her interior fittings.
In Dock—The Formidable, 84, Horatio, 44, the
Birkenhead, and the Dart, 3, building.
In Harbour—The Ocean, 80, Rose, 18, Raven, 3, and
Wildfire steamer,
CHATHAM, Nov. 20.—The Mutine, 12 guns, Com-
mander Tyron, owing to the wind and tide, did not leave
the harbour until the 16th instant, when she was towed
to the Nore by the African steam-vessel, and thence
proceeded to Portsmouth the following day. The Al-
batross, 16 guns, Commander Farquhar, is in harbour,
gring
thereto,an dainsdcomsopmleetea,
netxicceippatitnegd
works on this vessel
progressingatrlitTflerihnaeti alterations
jnoosxbsei
nrwincidental
the cabins.
gunboat—The
are ordered to be suspended, and the works of the Eury-
alus are also suspended, waiting for orders for the situa-
tion of the screw.
The Duck sailed this day with stores for Sheerness
Dockyard.
The Rochester remains loading for Portsmouth, Ply-
mouth, and Milford.
Mr. Whittle, chief clerk in the Captain Superinten-
dent's office, is promoted from third-class clerk to that
of second -class.
This morning a detachment of the men of the Royal
Marines from this division proceeded en route for Wool-
wich, where they will remain for further orders.
Admiral Sir E. Co Arington, G.C.8., is on a visit to his
son-in-law, Captain Sir Thomas Bourchier, K.C.8.,
Captain Superintendent of this yard. The Gallant Ad-
miral is expected to remain some days.
e

THE REPRESENTATION OF
WEYMOUTH.

WEYMOUTH, FatDAY.—Last night a meeting of the
Liberal electors of this borough was convened at the
Royal Hotel to receive the new Liberal candidate,
Colonel Freestun, and hear his political sentiments.
The late mayor of the borough, Mr. W. Devenish, took
the chair.
Mr. CHRISTIE came forward anid loud cheers, and
reminded the electors that on a recent occasion he had
referred to Mr. Gordon's conduct towards himself, and
had stated at a public meeting in Weymouth that he
had received a letter from Mr. Dodson, avowing that he
had strong reasons for believing that Mr. Gordon had
been engaged in intrigues against him (Mr. Christie),
understood
dneorts t
o given,o d to
not there, but elsewhere. He added that, for the sake
of Mr. Gordon's character as well as his own, there
should be inquiries and explanations elsewhere. He was
afterwards called on to explain, and informed that if an
explanation pml aunsatt i or
ens
o r
t to satisfactorythat which
oicilh Mr.
wasG ord on wasusually
be the resort on these occasions.—(Laughter.) Now he
(Mr. Christie) was not ashamed to say in that public
meeting what he said to the friend who brought him
the message, that he had long since made up his mind
that under no circumstances whatever would he be a
party to aduel.—(Ceeers.) It was a crime forbidden by
the laws of the country and the commands of God; he
considered it his duty to use his utmost influence for the
purpose of preventing others from following it, and/with
these views he had joined the London Association for
the Prevention of Duelling. But, although he would
not fight a duel, he considered it a duty to repair to the
utmost of his power any wrong that he might uninten-
tionally have committed, and he therefore placed himself
in the hands of an experienced and discreet friend, Sir
Denis le Merchant, who, being of opinion that the
words amounted to a charge against Mr. Gordon,
he (Mr. Christie) made the amende honorable in the
following words, which he sent to Mr. Gordon:—
" Mr. Christie, having placed himself in Sir Denis le
Nlarchant's hands, and finding that he views the words
extracted by Mr. Gordon from Mr. Christie's speech as
amounting to a charge of intriguing elsewhere, feels
bound to take upon himself the responsibility which Sir
Denis le Merchant attaches to the words, although he
had no intention of making a charge, and he therefore
readily states that he had no sufficient ground for the
charge, and expresses his regret that he should have
used .vords which had that effect."
The Hon Member then adverted to the part he took in
Parliament last session. He was a friend to the poor-
laws, and believed the principles of the Poor-law Amend-
ment Act to be sound, just, and benevolent ; but the ad-
ministration of it by the present Commissioners had been
as bad as it could be—(Hear, hear)—and he believed
the Weymouth Union would afford an illustration even
as strung as that of Andover of the necessity of summary
removal of men who had so abused their trust. The
Hon. Member concluded by recommending Col. Freestun.
Colonel FREESTUN thea stood forward, and shortly
addressed the electors in a speech in which he avowed
himself a staunch supporter of the present Government.
inquiry
into was, he also said, an advocate for a searching
into and revision of the Poor-laws.
The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. Tasker,
Mr. Robens, Admiral Ferris, and Mr. Raggett.
Resolutions pledging the meeting to support Mr.
Christie and Colonel Freestun at the next election, were
carried.,

STATE OF TRADE IN SONIERSET.—At Chard some
of the manufactories in the bobbin-net trade are work-
ing day and night continually.—Sherborne Journal.
It is calculated that 260,0001. are paid weekly to
railway labourers in England.

THE ARMY.
DISCHARGE 0F
,arroffiLeDe,lENloivS..
17. 1846.

Sir,—The arrangements for the settlements with sol-
diers on their discharge from the army and the allow
ances made to them on such occasion, haring been under
consideration, I hive the honour to signify to you her
Majesty's pleasure that iu every case of the discharge of
a soldier in Great Britain or Ireland, whether with or
without pension or gratuity, except when he is dis-
charged by purchase, or for bad conduct, the following
rules shall be observed from and after the Ist of January,
1847, instead of those hitherto applicable, viz.:—
Rule 1. The discharged soldier, whatsoever shall
have been his rank or the rate of his pay at the time of
his discharge, shall receive an allowance of one shilling
per diem for twenty days from the date of his discharge,
and if he shall have necessarily attended at Kilmainham
for the completion there of his discharge, this allowance
shall be extended to twenty-five days ; and in case the
soldier shall be entiTled to a higher rate of pension than
one shilling a day, he shall receive the difference be-
tween the allowance of one shilling and his rate of pen-
sion for the twenty or twenty-five days respectively.
Rule 2. He shall also be provided at the public ex-
pense with a conveyance to his home, or intended place
of residence, if not more distant than the place of his
original enlistment, by steam-vessel or railway, as far
as either shall be available and least expensive, and
when not available, by such other suitable means as
shall be found, at a cost not exceeding railway fare.
Rule 3. If any part of the distance shall be necessarily
travelled on foot, and the pension of the discharged
soldier shall not exceed Is. a day, he shall re-
ceive for every complete ten miles, and the pro-
portion over, if not less than five miles of such
part of the distance, an allowance of 6d.; or if
his pension exceed Is., and be less than Is. 6d. a
day, the difference between these rates. But no allow-
ance for distance travelled on foot shall be issued to
a discharged soldier whose pension amounts to Is. 6d. a
day.
Rule 4. The stoppage to be made from the discharged
soldier for rations when actually supplied to him on
board any steamer or other vessel in proceeding to his
home or intended place of residence, shall be 6d. a day.
Rule 5. For the discharged soldier's wife and children,
conveyance at the public expense shall also be provided
for the-same distance, and in the same manner as for
himself, as stated in rule No. 2. And for such distance
as shall be necessarily travelled on foot, as adverted to
in rule No. 3, an allowance of 14d. a mile shall be issued
for the wife, and Id. per mile for each child not above
14 yearn of age.
Rule 6. If the discharged soldier, with his wife and
children, shall be unavoidably detained at any port
waiting fcr a passage by steam or other vessel to proceed
to his home or intended place of residence, an allowance
of 10d. per day for the period of such detention, except
for the slay of arrival and that of embarkation, shall be
issued for the wife, and 6d. a day for each child not
above 14 years of age. And when rations in kind at the
public expense shall not be supplied on such passage, an
allowance of 6d. per day for the probable period of the
passage shall be issued for the wife, and 3d. a day for
each child not above 14 years of age.
I have to add that appropriate forms for charging
these allowances will be supplied from this office upon
requisition in the usual course.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant.
F. MAULE.

THE NEW SYSTEM OF PRISON DISCIPLINE.
War- office, Nov. 17. 1846.

Sir,—lt being very desirable to ascertain the effect
produced by the new system of prison discipline, as
adopted in the military prisons, on the general character
and conduct of soldiers who have been confined therein,
I am directed to request that you will cause the enclosed
forms of return to be filled up in duplicate, and trans-
mitted to this office for the half-years to 30th of June
and 31st of December, 1845, and to 30th of June, 1846;
and that you will in future cause similar returns to be
made up and forwarded to 30th June and 31st December
in each year.
These returns should in future be completed and sent
off at the expiration of three months after the above half-
yearly periods, so as to allow of sufficient time to enable
you to form a judgment of the character and conduct of
men who may have been released from confinement in a
military prison on or shortly prior only to the 30th of
June or 31st of December. _ _ .

When a regiment is ordered to proceed abroad, the
return for the previous half-year should, if possible, be
transmitted prior to its embarkation, and a return for
the whole regiment should be forwarded for the broken
period to the date of separation of the service companies
and depot by the former, at the expiration of three
months from such date.
The depot companies will, of course, render a separate
return from the date of their separation from the service
companies to the end of the half-) ear, and continue
similar returns half-yearly.
The service companies of a regiment arriving at a
foreign station where a military prison is established,
and set apart as such by the Secretary-at-War, under
the 28th section of the Mutiny Act, will render similar
returns for the half-yearly periods subsequent to its
arrival at such station, but not otherwise.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
L. SULLIVAN.

HEALTH OF SOLDIERS IN MILITARY
PRISONS.
War-Office, Nov. 17, 1846

Sir,—lt having been represented to the Secretary at
War that when a prisoner is committed to a military
prison with appearances of recent medical treatment,
or symptoms of being affected in his mind, the medi-
cal officer in attendance on the prison, unless fur-
nished with full information on the subject, has fre-
quently much difficulty in deciding on the cause of
the former or the truth of the latter, and whether
the man is malingering or not ; and he is therefore
obliged to depend for the discovery of the facts on his own
tact and judgment, or on the prisoner's own statement of
his case. lam directed, therefore, to request, in order
to avoid the risk of injuring by hard labour a prisoner
debilitated by recent illness previously to his commit-
ment, and to defeat on the other hand imposition on the
part of malingerers, that you will direct the medical
officers of the regiment under your command to transmit
to the medical officer of the prison, in all such instances,
a special medical report of the prisoner's case, in addi-
tion to any remarks that he may think proper to append
to his certificate in the body of the form of commitment.
I am further to acquaint you that when it is found ne
cessary to remove soldiers confined in a military prison
before the time stated in their commitment as the ter-
mination of their imprisonment, a short notice of the in
tended removal should be transmitted to the governor or
officer in charge of the prison, by postt or otherwise, in
order that the medical officer of the prison may have
due intimation of the prisoner's removal, and time for
inspecting them medically previously to the arrival of
the escort.—l have the honour to be, &c.,
L. SULLIVAN.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From last Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for
the Week ending on Saturday, the 14th day of Noverner, 1816.
ISSUE DEPARTMENT.

gotes Issued . • • • .... 28,216,295

Government debt • . 11,015,100
Other securities • . 2,981,900
Gold coin and bullion 11 ,739,837
Silver bullion .. •• .. 2,508,458

£ 28,246,225
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the 19th day of November, 1846.
BANKING DEPARTMENT.

£28,24G,295

Proprietors' capital.. 14,553,000
Rest • • • • • . • • .. 3,474,506
Public deposits (in-
eluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National Debt, Say-
ings-banks, and Di-
vidend accounts) • • 6,777,777
Dther deposits . • . • 7,995.422
Seven day and other
bills • • • • • • • • • • • • 972,112

Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity). • 12,808,119
Other securities •• .. 12,525,905
Notes . • ..... 7,836,335
Gold and silver coin•• 602,458

4 33,772.17

£33,772,817
If. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
1846.

Dated the 19th day of Noveml

CEYLON.—APPEAILANCE OF THE CHOLERA.—By
letters from Ceylon of the 9th of September, it appears
that the cholera was rife at Randy. Several soldiers or
the 95th Regiment had died of the disorder. The sittings
of the Supreme Court had been removed from Randy to
Colombo, on account of the sickness.—The Lancet.
THE TROOPS IN SINDE.—The following is an ex-
tract of a letter just received from John Lavell, a private
in the Ist battalion of the 60th Royal Rifles, by his
friends residing at Oakley-green, near Windsor, dated
" Camp, Kurrachee, Lower Sinde, September 24, 1846 :"
—" This is one of the most unhealthy stations in India.
First, there is nothing but a barren deser! for hundreds
of miles around us ; and, secondly, it s visited with the
very worst of diseases, such as dysentery, jaundice, liver
complaints, brain fever, and several others equally dan-
gerous to Europeans. We have also been visited with the
true Asiatic cholera, the most fatal disease of all others.
That disease visited us with dreadful violence in June
lait. It broke out in the camp on the 15th of June, and
took from the 86th Regiment of the Line about 200 men,
from the Bombay Fusileers 150 men, and from our
regiment, the most fortunate in the camp, 83 men, in
only five days. On the 15th we buried 18 men in one
large grave we dug for them, and on the following day
27 of my comrades and one child in another large pit.
Coffins could not be provided, and the immediate burying
of the bodies was indispensable. They were, therefore,
sown up in canvass, and laid in one grave, packed together
like herrings in a barrel. Lime was then strewn over
them, to consume the remains, and to keep off infection.
The number of the natives who died during the time the
cholera raged was estimated at 6,000 ; but no accurate
accounts can be given, as they fled from their homes at
the first outbreak to the mountains, and those who sur-
vived did not return until the expiration of upwards of
six weeks afterwards, when all further danger was sup-
posed to be over. The scene, during the raging of the
cholera, was awful in the extreme. Since we have been
in the country we have lost in our regiment, 1 officer, 122
men, 22 women, and 47 children. Lieutenant-Colonel
Marsharn is now in command of the battalion."

SEVERN NATIGATION.-It is expected that in the
course of a fortnight the works will be so far completed
as that a clear six feet channel will be open from Stour-
port to Gloucester. The company wall then be em•
powered to exact tolls. The engineeers express their
belief that the present number of locks and weirs will be
sufficient, and that the required depth may at all times
be maintained by dredging.— Worcester Journal.
Sir Benjamin Brodie had an interview yesterday, with
Sir George Grey, at the Home-office.
Colonel Mitchell had an interview, yesterday, with
,Earl Grey, at the Colonial-office.

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