The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

51. per cent. 1100 0 0 I

West liiildlesex • ..... 51. Scpr ent. 163 12 9

LIST Or SCOTTISH CODIP.A.NVES' PIRacEs.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ a. d. £ a. d
Bank of Scotland - 100 0 0 171
Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. -- 100 0 0 158
British Linen Company 8/. per cent. I - 100 0 0 223%
Commercial Bank .. 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 164%
National Bank 6l. per cent. - 10 0 0 141.14 s
Union Bank of Scotland 7%1. pr cent. - 50 0 0 92%
Western Bank ••• • • • 6/. per cent. - 50 0 0 85
North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 714
Clydesdale Bank •• • • 61. per cent. - 10 0 0 13/. 88.
Eastern Bank 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 11
Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 41. 4s.
Edinbit Glasgow Bank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 71. 4s.
City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 131. 8s
Scottish Union Ins. Co. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 245. Ocl
Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 143
Incur. Co. of Scetind- 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9%
North British Insur 5%1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27%
Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 22
Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18%
Edin. &Ulan. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72
Ditto, 34 Shares •• • • 78. 6d. p. s. 12 10 0 All paid. 17%
Edin., Leith, & Grantn 20 0 0 20 0 0 18
Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 76
Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 16%
Olsgw & Garnkirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 40
Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 37
Standard LifeAssarnee.l N. per cent. 50 0 0 210 0 9
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(THIS DAY).
Amsterdam ....C.F. 12 8% Gibraltar... •. •• • , -
Ditto, at sight ••• • .. 12 5% Leghorn ......... ..... 30 to
Botterdam 2U. 12 9 Genoa .. •• • • ...... •• .. 26 15
25 15 Milan .. • • ............ -
liamburgh ......M.B. 13 13% Venice .... .• •• • •
A1i0na....... •.••• • • • • - Naples ••••• • • • • • 39%
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • • 25 80 Palermo, per oz . 119
Ditto, 3 months...... -26 10 Lisbon ..... 52%
marseilles .......... .. 26 15 0p0rt0.... ..... .••.. • . 52%
Bourdeanx •. . .. 26 15 Rio Janeiro ••. . • . .• • 25
Frankfort OH Maine.... 122% Bahia .. -
PeterSburgh, 3 U 5.... - Buenos Ayres -
Berlin - New York, 21 days' sight -
Vienna. effec.flO ••• • • • 10 12 Philadelphia ..........

COURSE OF
Amsterdam C.P.
Ditto, at sight • •
Botterdam 2 U.
Ramburgh •• .. —31.8
Paris, 3 days' sight .. • •
Ditto, 3 months......
Marseilles • •••••••••
Bourdeaux...... • • • . •
Frankfort OH Maine....
Petersburgh, 3 Us
Berlin • • • • •
Vienna, effec.flo • • • • • •
Trieste, ditto.... • • • • . •
Madrid •• •
Cadiz • • ... : •. .• • •
Barcelona • • • • • • • • • • • •

10 12
10 12
35)

PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ.
Foreign Gold in bars ...£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coln .. 3 17 5
New Doubloons . ..... 0 0 0
New Dollars .... ... 0 4 93
Silver in bars ........ 0 4 11N,

BovUls...

THE RIVER PLATE.
(From the London Gazette of this Evening.)
ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 7, 1846.

Dispatches have been received at this office from
Rear-Admiral Inglefield, in the River Plate, addressed
to the Secretary of the Admiralty, of which the follow-
ing are copies or extracts :
IT. M. Ship Vernon, off Monte Video, June §.
Sir,—lt affords me the utmost satisfaction to have
it in my power to acquaint you, for the informa-
tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty,
that by the arrival of her Majesty's steam-vessel
Alecto from the Parana yesterday evening, I
learned that the convoy, consisting of one hun-
dred and ten vessels of all sizes, had passed
the batteries erected at St. Lorenn, by General Rosas,
to obstruct their passage down that river, and had ar-
rived in safety at Obligado, with the exception of the
British barque Caledonia, and two Monte Videan ves-
sels, which, having grounded opposite the batteries,
were obliged to be burnt by our people to prevent their ,
falling into the hands of the Buenos Ayreans.
Captain Hotham's anxiety to communicate this in-
formation
to me, appears to have prevented him from
sending me by this opportunity an official report of this
operation, which cannot fail to reflect great credit upon
all who took part in it ; as soon, however, as I receive
his report, I will forward it for their Lordships' in-
formation.
In the meantime I should mention, that the English
and French steam-vessels were upwards of three and a
half hours engaged with the batteries of St. Lorenzo,
and although scarcely a vessel of the convoy escaped
being hit, yet most providentially not a single casualty
occurred on this occasion on board any of the vessels.
I am sorry, however, to add, that the satisfaction ex-
pressed in the foregoing part of my letter is not un-
mixed with great regret for the loss of life on board the
Lizard on her passage up the river, of the parti-
culars of which their Lordships will be informed by the
accompanying copy of a letter from Captain Hothain,
inclosing reports from her Majesty's steam-vessels
Alecto, Harpy, and Lizard, of their passages from Monte
Video to the Bajada of Santa Fe, the Commanders of
which vessels appear to have acted, while passing the
batteries, with great judgment and gallan try.—l have, &c.
(Signed) S. H. INGLEFIELD,
Rear-Admiral and Commander•in-Chief.

H. M. ship Gorgon, San Lorenzo, May 30,1846.
Sir,—l have the honour to transmit official reports
from Commander Austen, of her Majesty's steam sloop
Alecto ; Lieut. Tylden, of her Majesty's sloop Lizard ;
and Lieutenant Proctor, of her Majesty's sloop Harpy,
accompanied by a list of damages of their respective
vessels. It is my duty to bring the good conduct of
these several officers in their engagements with the bat-
teries of San Lorenzo to your notice.
The Alecto was especially placed at a great disadvan-
tage, her progress was retarded by towing three heavily
laden vessels against a current of three knots, and a head
wind; she was exposed to the fire of seven or eight guns
during an hour and a half, and unable from the height of
the cliff to make much impression in return.
The two little iron vessels, Lizard and Harpy, were
enabled, from their light draught of water, to run close
under the cliffs, and thus escaped many of the shots in-
tended for them ; the state of their hulls, and the list
of killed and wounded, prove that, notwithstanding the
precaution of their commanders, they suffered much ;
and those officers deserve credit for the able way in
which their vessels were handled.—l have, &c.
(Signed)
CHARLES HOTHAM, Captain.
H. M. Steam Sloop Alecto,
River Parana, 9th April, 1846.
Sir,—ln obedience to your orders, I have the honour
to report to you, for the information of the Com-

mander-in•Chief, that on the afternoon of Mon-
day, the 6th inst., whilst passing up the river in her
Majesty's steam sloop under my command, with three
schooners in tow, I observed the enemy assembled in
force in the battery lately erected in the heights of San
Lorenzo. At twenty minutes past two I commenced
firing shell and rockets, with a view to disperse them.
At half-past two the enemy opened a fire with round
and grape from a masked eighteen-pounder, placed on
the edge of the cliff, which was immediately followed
by the rest of the enemy's guns, seven in number, all
of them apparently long eighteen-pounders. The fire
of the enemy was quickly returned from her Majesty's
sloop under my command with shot and shell.
In consequence of the current, and strong headwind
blowing, our progress past the batteries was very slow,
enabling the enemy to keep up a smart, and, at first, a
well-directed fire with grape and round shot, for an hour
and ten minutes, within musket range.
Her Majesty's steam sloop was struck by eight round
shot in her hull, besides by numerous grape, but I am
happy to say, that, on this occasion, we had not a man
hurt. •

The schooners in tow were likewise fired into by the
enemies, and were hulled in several places. lam unable
to state what damages the enemy sustained from our
fire.

I have the honour to inform you that, in passing
Tonelero, where, on the 10th February last, a e were
engaged in her Majesty's steam-sloop Alecto with the
enemy's batteries, and had five men wounded, I ob-
served a large party at work, erecting embrasures along
the edge of the cliff.
I was enabled to make out ten altogether, three of
which are finished. From having suffered by the
enemy's fire at the same place on a previous occasion,
and having reason to believe that guns were mounted
on the three finished embrazures, I opened fire upon
them with shells and rockets, but finding they did not
return, after a few rounds I ceased firing. I inclose a
list of damages received by her Majesty's sloop Alecto,
from the enemy.—l have, &c.
(Signed) F. W. AUSTEN, Commander.
Captain Charles Hotham, H, M. steam-ship

Gordon, Senior Officer.
H. M. Steam-vessel Harpy, off San Lorenzo,
Parana, 11th May, 1846.
Sir,—ln pursuance of orders from the Commander-
in-Chief, I beg leave to acquaint you, that I arrived
here in her Majesty's steam-vessel Harpy, under my
command, after experiencing, this morning, a galling fire
from the forts of San Lorenzo, both-of musketry, field
pieces, and other guns, within a distance of about sixty
yards. The fire was kept up with great determination
for more than an hour, and we were followed up by
field Fieces, together with a large body of concealed
troops, who lined the banks, firing musketry as we
passed. About ten minutes before we passed out of gun
shot, I was hit by a round shot on the fleshy part of the
right arm, but am going on favourably, although inca-
pacitated from doing duty. I am happy to state no
other easualty occurred on board. The Harpy is greatly
cut up about the rigging, and has many musket balls
and grape in her hull, funnel, topsides, and boats.
I beg you will bring to the favourable notice of the
Commander-in-chief, Mr. Bruce, mate, who took charge of
the ship when I was wounded, and also Mr. Ward,
second master, for his cool and steady conduct in attend-
ing to the steering of the Harpy ; as also the other
officers and men under my command, for the able as-
sistance they rendered in their respective duties; the
pilot behaved with great credit, and has proved himself
so far an excellent pilot.
I am now repairing damages with all possible despatch,
and shall be ready for sea very shortly.—l have, &c.
(Signed) E. H. B: HROCTOR, Lieut. Commanding.
Captain Charles Hotham, H. M. Frigate Gorgon, Senior
Officer. Parana.

H. M.'s Steam-vessel Lizard, above Fort Lorenzo,
River Parana, Five P.M., April 21.
Sir,—l have the honour to state, for the information
of the Commander-in-Chief, that this morning, at the
distance of six miles from Lorenzo, I observed large
batteries had been erected on a commanding point,
and" that the adjacent coast was lined with artillery
and field pieces. At half-past eleven A.M. the
southern batteries opened a heavy fire,, and on ap-
proaching nearer, the other batteries and artillery
commenced a quick and well-directed fire also,
which was returned by the Lizard by rockets
and the forecastle gun, until the rocket stand was shot
away, and the gun could no longer be elevated suffi-
ciently to bear on the enemy; at the same time the
heavy shot, grape, and musketry riddling the vessel from
stem to stern, I ordered the officers and men to go be-
low, but the step, I regret to say, had not the desired
effect, two officers being killed in the gun-room.

The Lizard received seven shot between wind and wa-
ter, besides nine cannon, fourteen grape, and forty-one
musket balls in the hull and bulwarks, and seven cannon
and grape in the funnel and steam pipe.
The boats, main mast, and rigging, fore and aft, are
shot through and through by cannon.
I hoisted three ensigns before we entered the fire, and
rejoice to state came out with two flying, only having
one at the main shot away.
The firing commenced at half-past eleven A.M., and
continued with rapidity until twenty-five minutes past
one P.m., the wind and current strong against ui, and
great quantity of water in the hold, delayed us much in
passing. I beg to say the officers and crew evireed
great coolness, particularly John Trillia, the pilot, who
conned the vessel with great judgment through the
whole of the action.
A list of the killed and wounded are named in the
margin.

KILLED:
Mr. Barnes, clerk in charge.
Mr. Webb, master's assistant.
William Fox, A.B.
Charles Williams, A.B.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED.
Mr. Miller, Assistant• Surgeon, and three

(Signed)

I have, &c.
H. M. TYLDEN, Lieutenant,
commanding the Lizard.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.
(THIS EVENING.)

WIIITEEIALL, SEPT. 7, 1846.

- The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. William
George Nott, 8.A., to the vicarage of Sutterton' in the
county and diocese of Lincoln, void by the death of the Rev.
Charles Boothby.
WAR-OFFICE, SErr. 8.

sth Dragoon Guards—Major W. 11. Archer, from the 14th
Light Dragoons, to be Major, vice. King, who exchanges,
Sept. 8.
3d Light Dragoons—A. A. M. Campbell, Gent., to be Cor-
net, without purchase, vice Sale, whose appointment has been
cancellep, Sept. 8.
14th Light Dragoons—Major J. W. King, from the sth
Dragoon Guards, to be Major, vice Archer, who exchanges,
Sept. 8.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain the Hon,
G. A. F. Liddell to be Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice J. T. G. Taubman, who retires; Ensign and
Lieutenant G. W. Mercer to be Lieutenant and Captain, by
purchase, vice Liddell; A. W. H. Meyrick, Gent., to be En-
sign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mercer, Sept. 8.
12th Regiment of Foot --F. Sitwell, Gent., to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Drew, who retires, Sept. 8 ; H. Cole, Gent., to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sitwell, appointed to the
85th Foot, Sept. 9.
20th Foot—Lieut. G. Thomson to be Adjutant; Serjeant-
Major J. M.Gee to be Quartermaster; Ensign W. H. Dow-
ling to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Thomson, ap-
pointed Adjutant; R. E. W. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign,
vice Dowling, Sept. 8.
22d Foot—Ensign G. P. E. Morrison to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Aplin, who retires ; J. B. Gardiner, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice .florrison, Sept. 6 ; Sergeant..
Major W. Hughes to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Hol-
brook, cashiered by the sentence of a general court-martial,
Sept. 9.
27th Foot—Captain Sir A. Brooke de Capel Brooke, Bart.
from half-pay 17th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Smith, promoted; Lieut. J. Lewes to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Sir A. Brooke de Capell Brooke, who retires;
Ensign F. C. Herring to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Lewes ; Ensign E. Barnes, from the 67th Foot, to be Ensign,
vice Herring, Sept. 8.
28th Foot—Lieut. A. Browne, to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Stirling, who retires; Ensign J. V. Ellis to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Brown ' • L. S. Cotton, Gent., to be
Ensign; by purchase, vice Ellis, Sept. 8.
30th Foot—C. W. Cubley. Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice D'Arcy, appointed to the 67th Foot, Sept. 8.
40th Foot—Lieutenant L. A., Forbes, from the Ceylon
Rifle Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Miller, who ex-
changes, Sept. 8.
41st Foot—Captain A. J. W. Northey, from the 51st Foot,
to be Captain, vice Farmer, who exchanges, Sept. 8.
51st Foot—Captain T. M. Farmer, from the 41st Foot, to
be Captain, vice Northev, who exchanges, Sept. 8.
67th Foot—Ensign NV: D'Arcy, from the 30th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Barnes, appointed to the 27th Foot, Sept. 8.
85th Foot—Ensign F. Sitwell, from the 12th Foot, to be
Ensign, vice Thompson, appointed Adjutant, Sept. 9.
87th Foot—Second Lieut. H. S. Bawtree to be First
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cruickshank, who retires ;
W. Murphy, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Bawtree, Sept. 8.
92d Foot—D. Erskine, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Gillies, whose appointment has been cancelled, Sept. 8.
97th Foot—Ensign W. H. Beatty to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Bindon, appointed Adjutant; Lieutenant
W. G. Bindon to be Adjutant; C. E. Stainforth, Gent., to be
Ensign, vice Beatty, Sept. 8.
Rifle Brigade—. Quartermaster P. Macdonald to be Ad-
jutant, with the rank of Second Lieutenant, Sept. 8.
3d West India Regiment—Captain J. Straker, from half-
pay York Chasseurs, to be Captain, vice J. P. Berry, who
exchanges ; Lieutenant E. Poitier to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Straker, who retires; Ensign B. D. Wemyss to
be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Poitier; H. Crofton, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wentyss Sept. 8.
Ceylon Bifle Regiment--Lieut. P. W. Miller, from the 40th
Foot, to'be Lieutenant, vice Forbes, who exchanges ; Cap-
tain J. E. Boggis, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be
Paymaster, vice Richard Jefferson, who retires upon half-
pay, Sept. 8 ; Lieut. and Adjutant H. G. Remmett has been
permitted to resign his commission of Adjutant only, June 16.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—W. 1). Marchant, Gent., to be As-
sistani-Surgeon to the Forces, Sept. 8.
BREVET.— Captain Sir A. Brooke de Capell Brooke, of the,
27th Foot, to be Major in the Army ; Capt. J. Straker, of the
3d West India Regiment, to be Major in the Army, Jan. 10 ;
Lieutenant and Brevet Captain A. C. Pears, of the Madras
Artillery (an officer to the Hon. East India Company's
Depot at Worley), to have the local and temporary rank of
Captain in the Army, while so employed, vice Thornier, dated
Aug. 20.
C,)mmist,ion by the Lord Lieutenant of Banffshire.
John Fraser, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant.
BANKRUPTS.

Thomas Cooke, plasterer, Bridge-terrace, Harrow-road,
Paddington, to surrender Sept. 24, at eleven, and Oct. 20, at
half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, offi-
cial assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Willoughby and
Jacquet, Clifford's Inn.
John Diitchman, builder, Thurlow•place, Hackney-road,
Sept. 25, and Oct. 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jury ;
Overton and Hughes, Old Jury.
William George Barley, draper, Northampton, Sept. 25, at
twelve, and Oct. 20, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry;

Mardon and Pritchard, Christchurch-chambers, Newgate-
street, London.
Richard Walton, hosier, Wardour-street, Soho, Sept.l7,
at eleven, and Oct. 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Tayloe.
LothLury.
Joseph Graham, wholesale stati,ner, Jewry •street, Aldv ate,
Sept. 22, at two, and Oct. 20, at eleven, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-
street ; Waller, jun., Finsbury- circus.
Frederick Arnold, stationer and perfumer, Bond-street,
Sept. 25, at one, and Oct. 20, at two, at the Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane ; Gen,
Carlton-chambers, Regent-street.
Edwin Augustus William Taylor, bookseller, Kirkgate,
Bradford, Sept. 22, and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds Dis-
trict Court. Freeman, official assignee, Leeds; Jones and
Ce., John-street, Bedford-row, London; Harle and Clarke,
Leeds.

Joseph Dodsworth Browning, cabinet-maker, Bristol, Sept.
24, at one, and Oct. 22, at two, at the Bristol District Court.
Hutton, official assignee, St. Augustine's-place, Bristol;
Messrs. Bevan, Bristol.

Thomas Wright, cheese factor, Derby, Sept. 24, and Oct.
24, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whit-
more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Smith, Derby ; Reece,
Birmingham.
Benjamin Carreg Sothern, coal dealer, Liverpool, Sept. 24
and Oct. 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court.
Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Kearns, Red Lion-
square. Holborn, London; Tt,dd, Liverpool.
Christopher Dickinson Johnson, victualler, Liverpool.
Sept. 18, and Oct. 12, at twelve, at the Liverpool District
Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Norris and
Co., Bartlett's-buildings, Holborn ; Toulmin, Liverpool.
John Birley, card manufacturer, Lancaster, September 21
and October 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Barker, Manchester;
Fisher and De Jersey,
John Hignett, sack manufacturer, Manchester; Sept. 21,
and Get.. 14, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Fraser, official assignee; Norris, Allen, and Simpson, Bart-
lett's- buildings, Holborn. London.
James Tuckett, herbalist, Exeter, Sept. 23, and Oct. 14,
at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, offikial
a-signee, Exeter; Terrell and Roberts, Exeter; Terrell,
Gray's Inn-square, London.