The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-20 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

WAKEFIELD, DEC, ID.—The arrival of wheat this
week is considerable, but this does not appear to lower
the pretemions of holders, and though the trade is slow
tn." prices of last week are generally supported. There
is a fair sale for barley at full prices. Oats are offered
more freely and id per steno cheaper, and shelling de
clines Is per load. Beans are rather cheaper.
Old

WHEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— s. s.
Saolk,Essex, and Kent, rod ... —to
Ditto, white ...
Norfolk and Hunts., red ... ——
Ditto, white ...
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red
Ditto, white ...
Yorkshire, red
Ditto, white •..
Dantzic and Kouigsburg, white
Lowerßaltic and Hamburgh, red...
- red •• - -

New•
a. 2.
38 to 41
41— 48
33
40 44
34 37
33 -- 42
34 37
-- 42
40 46
35 37
39 35

Mediterranean, red ...
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:—
Norfolk and Suffolk... ...
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Scotch • ••• •O• .
Grinding'per 30 stone
Foreign
BEANS, per qr. 631bs to the bushel :
Small, fine ... ... 33 —35 30 —32
Ticks ... 32 31 30 31
Foreign 28 —29
OATS, per stone:—
Mealing . —d to —d 10d to lld
Feeding ... •.. —d to —d 9d to 10d
Foreign ... —d to —d —d to —d
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b —— 25 —27
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels -- 35 —37
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter:—
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

26 - 23
--- 26 - 30
26 - 30
„„„ 23-25
25-28

l• • •• 28 - 31
--0-3 G
VAL.%

ARE:
QrB.
Wheat ... 21,430

Barley ..• ... 4,913
Oats ... ... ••• ..• 618

Rapeseed ... ...
Sheiling ... ... ...
Linseed .. ...
Malt ... ... • • ...
Flour ... ... ... ...

Beans... ... ... ... 455
Peas ... ... ... ... 159

Tares... ...

BRISTOL SUGAII MARKET, DEC. 19.—The market
is :still very dull, and prices have further declined 6d
per cwt., without inducing the trade to purchase beyond
th:!ir actull requirements for immediate purposes. Re-
tinal is 1 te.tdy and firm. Rum is in rather more de-
mand at former rates.—Bristol Mercury.

EXETER, DEC. 19.—Cattle—There -was little or no
business doing to-day in consequence of the Christmas
market. Prices were the same as last week. Beef 7s 6d
to 8s per score. Sheep from 4d to 5i per lb. York
Carcases--A large supply at from 6s to 6s 9d per score.
Pannier—There was an in:macaw supply this morning
in the market and at the poulterers' shops. Turkeys
4i 6d to 123 each; geese 4s 6d to 6s; ducks 4s to 5s per
couple; fowls 3s to 4s 6d; pheasants 6s to 6s 6d per
brace; partridges 2s 93 to 3s; woodcocks 6s per couple;
snipes is 4d to is 6rl; widgeon 3s; wild duck 4s; teal
2a 6d; roasters 4s to 5s each; hares 3s; rabbits 10d;
butter is per ib; eggs 10 for Is. Corn Exchange—
Transactions were not numerous. Wheat may be quoted
at about 5s to 5s 3d per bushel; barley 3s to 3s 9d; oats
and fine flour about the same as last week. Wool—Tho
ruling figure was 7d per lb.
NEWBURY, DEC. 18.—The supply of wheat to-day is
but moderate, and the condition is somewhat deterio-
rated. All our mills are suffering from want of water,
which lessens the demand for wheat; our trade is con-
sequently inanimate, and although we do not note any
decline, still the turn is rather in favour of the buyer.
Barley of fine qualities is short, and in good request at
full prices; and other sorts, contrary to general carve-
lion, maintain fully the rates of last week. Beans, oats,
and peas, short supply, with a doll sale at last week's
prices.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 19.—Much more firmness has been
felt in our grain market the last two days, arising from
two causes—the probability, according to the accounts
just received, of a less quantity of wheat and flour com-
ing from the United States and France during the winter
months, and the likelihood of decreasing deliveries of
wheat by the British farmer. Our stocks in granary
have been sensibly decreasing, as will be seen by the fol-
lowing statement of the imports and exports of wheat,
flour, and Indian corn, during the last ten weeks:—lm-
ports—Wheat, 78,580 qaarters; flour, 158 446 barrels;
Indian corn, 33.983 quarters. Exports—Wheat, 23,632
quarters; flour, 103,474 barrels; Indian corn, 30 865
quarters. These arc entirely independent of our Lugo
towns and neighbouring consumption, which has been
chiefly on American flour for several months, nor do
they contain any portion of what has been transmitted
by railway and water conveyance into the interior. At
our Corn Exchange this morning there was a fair busi-
ness doing in wheat and flour by millers and dealers, at
Tuesday's prices, the tone of the trade being decidedly
stronger. Oats and oatmeal were likewise as on Tues-
day, with a scarcity of fine quality of the former.
Egyptian beans improved 6d per quarter. There was
no observable change in the value of Indian corn, barley,
or of peas.
BANG,R, DEC. 19.—There was a good attendance at
our market today. There was no alteration in the
value of wheat and barley. Oats had an upward ten-
dency, best samples realised from 16s to 18s; oatmeal,
25s to 26s per 240;bs.
WREXHAM, DEC. 18.—A large quantity of wheat was
offered at our market to-day. Much beyond the demand,
and prices were low in consequence. Wheat, per measure,
58 6d to 55 7d; barley, 4s to 4s 3d; oats, 2s 4d to 2s 6d.
Mengel wurtz:l, 18s to 20s per ton; Swedish turnips,
15s to 16s per ton; potatoes, 28 4d to 2s 6d per measure
of 901bs. Turkeys, 5s 6d to 6s each; geese, 3s 6d to 4s
erch; ducks, 2s 91 to 3s per couple; fowls, 2s 2d to 2s
6d per couple. Butter, lOid to 12d per eighteen ounces.
MOLD, DEC. 17.—Wheat, 12a 33 to 12s 9d per hobbet
of 1681bs; her' ey, 8s 61 to 9s ditto 1471bs;.oats, 5s 6d
t 6s ditto 105 lbs. Fresh butter, lld to 12d per lb.
Good Hay, 2. 93 to 3s per cwt. Wheat straw, is 2d
ditto.
WETHERBY, DEC. 19.—White wheat, lis to 15s 6d, red
ditto 14s td to 0050 d per load ; barley 26s Od to 27s Od per qr.;
beans 145 Od to 00s Od per load ; oats 9d per stone.
RIPON, DEC. 18.—White wheat 5s to 5s 6d, red ditto 4s 93
to 5s 31; beans 4s ed to 4s 6d per bushel; barley 28s to SOs ;
oats It's Od to 23s per qr.
KNARESBOROUGH, Dee.l7.—Wheat 5s Od to 5s 6d; beans
4s Od to 4s 3d per bushel ; barley 26s to 28s; oats, 18s to 22s
per qr.
INVERNESS, DEC. 16.—Wheat, per qr, . weighing 621 b
per bushel, 3tis 6d to 37s Id; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per
bushel, 00s Od to 00s Od; barley, per quarter, weighing
541 b per bushel, 21s 6d to 22s ; oats, per quarter, weighing
imperial
boll, per bushel, 17s 6d to 18s Od. Oatmeal, per
boll, 15s Od to Os Od; ditto second, 14s Od to COs Od; barley-
meal,stone,
013157d8dt
ot 003050
dOd; ;fi pasrsete
flour,mea 1 ,
perO 02seOodi
bt. 03s2sOodd ;
tbor3a3ns,
order;
second ditto, 26s Od to 27s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b
imperial, is 6cl to Os Od; ditto second, Is '2d to Os Od; barley.
d2tsoodOsoasOeth:
2fisrs4tdflour,
cash,lsld 2tso,OdsoOtedd;it
cre-
dit. Potatoes, per stone, 3d to Od ; beef, per pound, 4d
to 6d; veal, 44 to sd; mutton, 4d to
.6d; pork, 3d to 4dl;
P;easseecmonedai'diPttso°,
meal,
6a ld
fowls,each, I2d to 15d; chickens, per pair, 12d to 16d; ducks,
each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 10d to Od; butter, fresh,
10d to Od per lb; ditto, salt, 8d to 10d;. croudie (curds), 2d to
stone. 7d to .
; four-pound loaf, casher ,sdto 6d ; dittOdo credit, sid to 60;
coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, p

THE CLOTHING MANUFACTURES.
THE WOOL TRADE, LONDON, DEC. 18. The im-
ports of wool into London during the week ending to-
day have been only 632 bales, of which 232 were from
Taganrog, 117 from the Cape, and 89 from Spain, 82
from Boston, 60 from Mogadore, and the rest from Italy
and Germany. Some small pablic sales of foreign and
East India have been held, viz., 2,527 bales of the former
and 1,054 of the latter.
ENGLISH WOOL, LEEDS, DEC. 19.—There has been
a rather improved feeling in this branch of trade this
week, and there have consequently been more sales
effected, at firm prices.
FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, DEC. 19.—We have
no change to report in the foreign wool market, prices
being firm at late quotations, but sales comparatively
limited.
LIVERPOOL WOOL, DEC. 18.—The market is firm for
foreign wools, and prices steady. English and Irish
combing fleeces in much better demand at improving
prices. Tho imports for the week consist of 876 bales,
comprising 32 Constantinople, 47 Malta, 158 Smyrna,
201 Gibraltar, 242 Lisbon, 190 Morocco, 6 Buenos
Ayres. Public sales of East India, &e., will be held to-
morrow.

TRADE OF LEEDS,—The low prices of goods com-
pared with the price of wool, and a general impression
that business will improve after Christmas, have induced
the buyers for the home trade to purchase more freely
than for the last few weeks, and in consequence markets
have been better at the Cloth Halls; but there is much
less than usual at this season in hand to direct order,
hence the mills are doing less business. There has been
rather more business done in the warehouses since this
day week, but the wholesale London houses are almost
the only buyers.

_ -
TRADE OF LEICESTER.—Both the London and country
houses being engaged in preparing for the usual Christmas
stock-taking, but little is doing. Yarns continue the
same in price, and though wool remains very firm, they
still are difficult of sale, so that the spinners curtail their
production at present.
BRADFORD, DEG 18.—Wool—There is more doing in
most kinds of combing wools. The supply of good wools
is very liinitcd, and held for firm prices. Yarns are
better sale, both for home consumption and export.
The prices sought for wool makes the position worse
than ever, and unless higher prices are realised, we fear
the short-time working must continue. PIECES.—There
is more inquiry for goods, which it is not improble may
lead to active business, as every one seems satified that
they have seen the lowest point.
TRADE OF MANCLINSTER, DEC. 18.— There have been
some fair operations to-day cotton yarn and manu-

factored goods, the advices from India by this mail be-
ing more favourable than for some months past. There
have been some buyers also in the market for the home
trade, and the united operations of these parties have
diffused a little more cheerfulness among the frequenters
of the Exchange, though the rule remains as it has been
from the commencement of the French outbreak—to
confine purchases to the immediate wants of the moment
and to th,^ smallest limits. 70,m. Gerrnsny we have unu-
sually a limited demand at this period of the year, and
the present state of the continent operates as a double
motive for buying sparingly and with caution. Under
the influence of a drooping cotton market, prices con-
tinue somewhat easier, and the repeated advices Irons
the United States of a very hrge crop to come forward,
induce buyers to hold bark in the txpntation of laying
out their money to better advantage than at present.

• COAL MARKET.---YESTxRDAY.
Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market :
Buddle's W. Hartley.. 14s 64 Lawson lGs Od
Carr's Hartley ..... ... 153 Od Yorthumberland
Holywell
Howard's W. H. Neth. 15s 0,1 9-a5We 11 lBs 64
New Tanfield
15s o,llRugsell's Hetton
RavensWorth'sW.Hart 15a OdlStowart's . 18s Od
Tanfield Moor ......... 15s 3.llSoutk Hartlepool
Townley.. ........ ....„. 15s 6d;South Kelloc l7s Od
\Vest Hartley
Wyltm
Wall's End, &c. Hartley .—.... ....... .... 14s Gd
Bensham ... 16s 3d Nixon's Merthyr and
Clarke ..... . •.. .... Hs 9d Cardiff
Hebburn; ........ ... ... 16s 3(llSidney' Hartley
Ships at market, 81......501d, 39.

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec. 19.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 19, 1851.
4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain Charles
Henry Douglas Donovan, from 9th Light Dragoons,
to be Captain, vice Coles, who exchanges, Dec. 19.
6th Dragoon Guards—Alfred Job Owles, Gent., to be
Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Cherry, appointed to the 7th
Dragoon Guards, Dec. 19.
7th Dragoon Guards—Veterinary-Surgeon Alfred
Henry Cherry, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be
Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Edlin, deceased, Dec. 19.
9th Light Dragoons—Captain Josias Rogers John
Coles, from 4th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice
Donovan, Dec. 19.
13th Light Dragoons—Cornet the Hon. Windham
Henry Wyndham Quin to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Mosman, who retires, Dec. 19.
14th Regiment of Foot—Ensign Frederick Smythe to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice De Wilton' who re-
tires; Dawson Stockley Warren, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Smythe, Dec. 19.
17th Foot—Lieutenant Johnson Bourne to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Bourchier, promoted; Ensign
Frederick Henry I%lylius, from the 15th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Bourne, Dec. 19.
37th Foot—Captain Louis Henry Bedford, from 51st
Foot, to be Captain, vice Manners, who exchanges,
Dec. 19.
51st Fcot— Captain Herbert Russell Manners, from
the 37th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bedford, who ex-
changes, Dec. 19.
MEMOBANDUM.—Second Class Staff Surgeon James
Archibald Duncan M'Bean has been placed at the bot-
tom of the list of Second Class Staff Surgeons, to take
rank after Second Class Staff Surgeon Wilburn Arden,
whose commission bears date 25th July, 1851.
B ANKRUP TS.

Edmund Curties, cheesemonger, Blackfriars-road, to
surrender Dec. 30, at two, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street; Morgan, Old Jewry.
John Rutty, draper, Gerrard-street, Soho, Dec. 31
and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Graham, official assignee; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer,
Old Jewry-chambers.
Edward Wills Uren, builder, Totnes, Devonshire,
Jan. 2 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter.
John Hadfield, cotton Fpioner, Manchester, Dec. 30
and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Mackenzie, official assignee, Manchester; Worthington
and Shipman, Blanchester.
James Duggan, draper, Maryport, Cumberland, Dec.
31, at eleven, and Feb. 5, at one, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New-
castle-upon-Tyne; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman,
Manchester; Griffith and Chrighton, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.
Peter Lawton, chemist, Liverpool, Jan. 6 and 20, at
eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cezenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Christian and Jones, Liver-
pool.
John Thompson and William Leith, timber merchants,
Liverpool, Dee. 31 and Jan, 29, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Robinson and Duke, Liverpool.-
Edward Wilkinson and Thomas Bentley, tailors, Li-
verpool, Jan. 5 and 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Morgan, official Tsignee, Liverpool; Toul-
min, Liverpool.
George Pryde, David .Topees, and John Gibb, sail
makers, Liverpool, Dec. 24 and Jan. 19, at eleven, at the
Liverpool District Court. Moigan, official assignee,
Liverpool; Davenport and Collier, Liverpool.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Bainghall-street.
W. Brown, Brunswick-strost, Stamford-street, engi-
neer, Jan. 9, at twelve-J. S Stopford, Austin-friars,
City, merchant, Jan. 9, at eleven-NI. Blswick, Nor-
wich, wino and porter merchant, Jan. 9, at twelve-R.
Michael, Bury-street, Sc. Mary Axe, general merchant,
Jan. 9, at eleven-G. Laws, Waltham Abbey, Essex,
linendraper, Jan. 15, at eleven-E. Martyn and H. Mar-
tyn, Aldgate, High street, woullendrapers, Jan, 10, at
eleven-J. Paul, Oxford-street, milliner, Jan. 12, at
half-past eleven-11. Bcal, Shoe-lane, Fleet-street,
bookseller and publisher, Jan. 12, at eleven-W. H.
Luckins, Kennington row, Surrey, coachmaker, Jan. 12,
at half-past twelve-T. walla, jun., and S. Wallis,
Leeds, linendrapers.
Jan, 12, et eleven-W. Strange,
jun., Paternoster-row, bookseller, Jan. 12, at half-past
twelve-J. Valentine, Northampton, tea-dealer and
grocer, Jan. 12, at ono-J. Cook, Assembly-row, Mile'
end-road, Jan. 12, at half-past one--D. Allan, Coleman-
street and Lothbury, merchant, An. 12, at eleven-J.
Ball, Martin's-lane, C street
merchant, Jan. 13,
at twelve-E. Turrell, Fleet street, publisher, and Ox-
ford-street, straw hat maker„ Jae. 13, at one.
In the Country.
J. Dewlmrst and J. S. Dawhurst, Skipton, York-
shire, cotton-spinners, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court,
Leeds-J. D. Woodcock, Leeds etalenderer and finisher,
Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-M. Pattison,
South Shields, Durham, ironmonger, Jan. 13, at eleven,
at the Court, Newcastle .uponslyne-W. W. Spence,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, woollen draper, Jan. 20, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-IL D. Stevenson,
Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, merchant, Jan. 23, at one,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-/yne-T. Hutchinson,
Sunderland and Wingate, tea dealer and grocer, Jan.
23, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne-C. Isaacs, Bristol, furrier, Jam 16, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol-S. Tibbits, Ssuckburg, Warwick-
shire, dealer of mineral ores, Jan. 13, at half-past ten,
at the Court, Birmingham-J. philips, Longton, Staf-
fordshire, grocer, Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.
W. Parkinson, Newcastle-upon• Tyne. merchant, Is,
91d. on new proofs (in part of first dividend of 45. 43.),
on any Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of
Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Teece and T. Peate, Oswestry, Shropshire, 35.10 d.,
on any Thursday before Jan. 30,1 between eleven and
three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham.
J. S. Welch, St. James's-street, Piccadilly, printseller,
4- 1., on any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-
street. _

I. Solly and Son, St. Mary Axe, tnerchantr, sid., on
any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers, thsinghall-street.
J.Cu.,tbounshT, nurseryulicesndnayin,gtDonec,.K3e,not,rany,subsequent Tues.
and seedsman,
3s. 4d
Tues-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pen-
nell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
W. Whitehead, Lancaster, cabinetmaker, 3s. 80., on
Tuesday, Dec. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and one, at the office of Air. Pott, Manchester.
S. France, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer, first and se-
cond dividend of 43., and second dividend of Is., on
TI
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subsequent Monday, between
n a
office of Air. Hope, Leeds.
nve .
d es
Denham,
dh Da
ne3
at
nndyDolphinholen, worsted spinner,
eleven
and
two,
I.4ee 23,
Leeds
o sh re
and
17s. 6d., on 'ruesday, Dec. 23, ,or any subsequent Mon-
day or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. Dachau), Leeds and Dolphinholme, 205., worsted
Mon-
day or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office
subsequent Mon-
spinner, on Tuesday, Doc. 23, or any
of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
W. A. Hindes, Leeds and L..ilphinholme, worsted-
spinner, 205., on Tuesday, Disci 23, or any subs( quent
Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr, Hope, Leeds.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.

ex• At the Court, Baagghall-street.
E. W. Cherrill, Ramsgate, clibinet maker, Jan. 15, at
twelve—J. B. L. Buckland, threadneedle-street, and
Regent Villas, Avenue-road, ,4egent's-park, insurance
agent, Jan. 13, at half-past one. Ritbordon, Mill-wall,
Poplar, ship-builder, Jan. 15,- at one—S. Wallis, Leeds,
linendraper, Jan. 10, at half-palt one—T. Wallis, jun.,
Leeds, linendraper, Jll3. 10, at bill-past one—W. Powell,
Jeffery's-street, Camden-town, builder, Jan. .10, at
eleven—E. Herring, Trinity-adet, Southwark, manufac-
turing chemist, Jan. 10, at har-past eleven—P. Bayn-
ham, Hounslow, Middlesex, grocer and cheesemonger,
Jan. 10, at half-past eleven—T. E. Slate, King's Head -
court, City, and Hatton-gardeta; bookbinder, Jan. 9, at
half-past one—C. C. C. Geary, Colchester, cheesemonger
and grocer, Jan. 9, at twelve—l. Isaacs, Swan-street,
Minories, jeweller, Jan. 9, at eleven.
In the Couatry.
C. Isaacs, Bristol, furrier, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the
Court, Bristol—P. M. Hadley, Cardiff, corn and provi
Bien merchant, Jan. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court,
Bristol—J. Toy, Wolverhampton, innkeeper, Jan. 15, at
half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmingham—S. Hall,
Tipton, Staffordshire, miller, Jan.ls, at half-past eleven,
at the Court, Birmingham—R. Till, Worcester, grocer,
Jan, 20, lit one, at the Court, Birmingham—D, I, wo•

dron, Birmingham, grocer, Jan. 17, at one, at the Court,
Birmingham.

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
J. Matte, Edgware-road, iromcnger, certificate of the
second class—W. W. Holman, Bath, draper, certificlte
of the second class—R. D. Mercer, Church-passage,
Spital-square, Bishopsgate-strt et Without, silk mer-
chant, certificate of the second class—J. Willisma,
Ca-
doxton•j+ix'a-N Glamorganshir', ironmaster, certi•
fic,tte cf the first clas.s—M.L,ster, Painsc% lek, Glouces-
tershire, clothier, certificate Of the socend class, after the
30th April next—R. -Bow, Selby, Yorkshire, grocer,
certificate of the third class, after two years from Dec. 5
—J. Beach, Bradford, Yorkshire, apothecary, certificate
of the first class, after 21 days from Dec. 11—W. Speak,
Hali'ax, Yorkshire, atuffmartufaclurer, certificate of the
third class, after 21 days from Dec. 12—J. Nicholson,
Sht 15,1 d, surgeon, certificate of the first class, after 21
clays from Dec. 13—J. L. Carpenter, Eardisland, Here-
fordshire, miller, certificate of the first class—T. Ross,
jun., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, braid manufac-
furor, certificate of the first class—J. Brownsword, Not-
tingham, buther, certificate of the first class.
PA R TNE R SHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Barlow and R. Powell, Manchester, millwrights—
G. .D.,cids and T. Railton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, coffee
roasters—J. Harrison and J. Gill, Sheffield, builders—
\V. A. Bishop and T. Bishop, Norwich, carpenters—E.
Johnson. Susan Johnson, and 11. Johnson, Manchester,
grocers (so far as regards E. Johnson)—E. E. Ludlow
and C. B. Rogers, Cornhiil, East India army agents—
J. 11. Smith and J. S. M. Reeds, Liverpool, cottonbrokers
—J. bl'Alpin and W. M'Atpin, Leicester and Melton
Mowbray, clotbiers—W. Pitt and T. Harding, jun.,
Birmingham, coal dealers—E. Banks and H. Banks,
Chorleyi Lancashire, ironfounders—W. Roberts and W.
Linccine, Manchester, printers and manufacturers—G.
C. Giro, G. di Denactrio, and D. Palcologo, Manches-
ter, and Cairo, in Egypt, merchants—M. A. Young and
J. Meikle, Manchester, builders—V. T. Higgins and T.
L. Morecroft, Liverpool, iron and general brokers—R.
Carr and J. B. Carr, Bardsley, Lancashire, common
brewers—F. Pinder and H. Hull, Exeter, common
brewers—T. Gilks and E. Gilks, Fenchurch-buildiugs,
City, engravers on wood—Mary Sherley and Sarah
Sherley, Egham, Surrey, schoolmistresses—P. Le Co.-
pelain and A. W. Callen, Parliament-street, Westmin-
ster, patent agents—J. Bell and J. Bell, Sheffield, fruit
knife manufacturers—W. Laws and W. A. Reed,
Brooksby-street, Islington, coal dealers—T. Helmore
and W. Carter, Exeter, linendrapers—R. Gould and S.
Cooper, Manchester and Oldham, cotton spinners—R.
Skelton and Susannah Skelton, Layton, Essex, smiths
—W. Mills and T. Mills, Birmingham, silversmiths—J.
B. Dunn, F. J. Long, and R. Barter, Maesteg, Glamor-
ganshiro, drapers—W. Booth and IL Coffey, Manches-
ter, fent merchants.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Anne Jones, Bagillt, Flintshire, grocer and provision
dealer.

Weldon Underwood, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire,
schoolmaster.
Joshua Western, Wragby, Lincolnshire, watch and
clockrnaker, and hairdresser and barber,
Owen Johu Hammond, Chertsey, Surrey, grocer and
cheesemonger.
Thomas Addison, jun., Salford, Lancashire, land

surveyor.
Martha Cooke, Chester, beer retailer.

Samuel Larcomb, Stockbridge, Hampshire, licensed
victualler.
Joseph Sayer, Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland, slater.
George Batchelor, Walton-upon-Thames, Surrey, dealer
in coal., &c.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
A . Schulz) and H. Schultze, Leith, merchants and
sagar refiners, to meet within Stevenson's Rooms, Edin-
burgh , Dec. 24 and Jan. 14, at tree.

J. Scott, Mllnathort, wright, to meet within the Salu-
tation Inn, Kinross, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at
ten.

J. Barclay, Glasgow, iron merchant, to meet within
Comrie's Hotel, Glasgow, Dec. 23 and Jan 13, at one.
W. Fulton and D. K. Sliman, Glasgow, ham curers
and provision merchants, to meet within Carrick's Royal
Hotel, Dec. 25 and Jan. 6, at twelve.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 16,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain:—
From the British possessions in America 225. sd. per cwt
From the Mauritius ... ... No return „
From the East Indies ... 225. Id. „
Average price of the two foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 225. 2'41. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Dec. 19.

SIR CgARLES NAPIER AND THE 111 -

DITERIMIVEAN COMMAND .

The following correspondence has been published
by Sir C. Napier :
" Sir,—l inclose you a correspondence that bas
taken place between Lord John Russell and myFelf
relative to the Mediterranean command, in order that
the country and the navy may see that Ministerial and
Admiralty jobbery are of more importance in the
eyes of a IVhig Prime Minister than either rank or

(to make use of his own expression) brilli;;;Fex-
ploits.' Ido not dispute the right of the Prime
Minister to choose whom he pleases to fill important
commands, but I dispute the right of the First Lord
of the Admiralty in the first instance, and the Prime
Minister in the second, to damn the professional cha-
racter of an officer by attributing to him a want of
discretion, when documents at the Admiralty for 50
years prove the contrary.
" Were the navy ruled by a professional man, he
would not have dared to dishonour an officer ; that is
left to Lord John Russell and Sir Francis Baring,
who appear not to know what military honour is, and
thank God I am in a position and independent enough
to tell them so. I remain your obedient servant,
" CHARLES NAPIER.
" Mercbistoun, Dec. 17."

(No. 1.)
" TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
" 18, Albemarle•street, April 11.
" My Lord,—You finished your not very pleasant
letter on the 25th of January, 1850, by stating,
'Your brilliant services on the coast of Syria evince
the energy and boldness of your professional cha-
racter, and will always be remembered by me.' Now,
my Lord, as it is to be presumed Sir William Parker
is not to remain in the Mediterranean all his life,
your Lordship has an opportunity of rewarding '.my
brilliant services.' The appointment to the Mediter-
ranean command is, I believe, a Cabinet question, or,
at all events, it is not made without the concurrence
of the First Minister of the Crown and Lord Pal-
merston. I therefore request your Lordship to take
my services into consideration, and I venture to say
they have not been surpassed by any admiral in the
Navy List.
" Your Lordship is no doubt aware, had I not dis-
played the energy and boldness' you have thought
proper to compliment me upon, that the probability
is this country would have been involved in war, and
our foreign policy overthrown. The time may again
come when an experienced and an energetic (Slicer
may be wanted in the Mediterranean, and I feel
neither my health nor energies as yet impaired.
" Sir Francis Baring thought proper to tell me that
he ' doubted my discretion'—not a very complimen-
tary opinion to be given by a First Lord of the
Admiralty to an officer of my standing, but he de-
clined to tell me on what occasion. Could it have been
at any period of my services during the war ? they
were approved by every admiral and Admiralty I
served under.

" Could it have been when I dethroned the usurper
Miguel, and put a constitutional Queen on the throne
of Portugal ?
" Could it have been when I upset the Grand Prince
of Lebanon, the ally of Mehemet Ali, defeated his son,
and drove his troops out of the mountain ?
" Could it have been when I stormed Sidon and
made the garrison prisoners ?
"Could it have been when I served as second i❑
command at Acre ? Or could it have been when I
signed a treaty with Mehemet Ali, which was:ap-
proved by Lord Palmerston and all the foreign Mi
nisters in London, in opposition to the Ministers of
the Sultan and all the foreign Ministers at Constan-
tinople ?
" Another word, my Lord, and I have done. You
disapproved my letters. Nevertheless, they have done
much good. Many of the evils I pointed out have
been remedied, and.if my suggestions were attended
to there would have been money enough saved in the
dockyards to make it unnecessary for the Chancellor of
the Exchequer to lay on a house-tax.--I have the
honour to remain, your Lordship's obedient servant,
" CHARLES NAPIER."

(LORD J..)RN'S REPLY.)
" Downing-street, April 11.
" Sir,—l remember very well the passage in my
letter of the 25th of January, 1850, to which you
allude. Nor have lin any way altered my opinion.
The energy and decision evinced by you on the coast
of Syria in 1840 were, I conceive, among the main
causes of the success of the critical interference in
which, with other powers of Europe, we were then
engaged.
" The Mediterranean command is not now vacant,
and I do not know that it will Boon be so.
" I must preserve my opinion quite unfettered till
that period arrives, and I can only say at present that
when Sir Francis Baring consults me on the subject
I shall weigh only the merits of the officers who
may be eligible to that important appointment.
" Z remain, y9ur faithful servant,
" Jouli AIMSZIL."

(No. 2.)
" 18, Albemarle street, Sept. 29.
"My Lord,--I believe there is no doubt that it
is the intention of Sir Francis Baring to confer the
cc:to:nand of the Maditerranean on Rear-Admiral
D undas.
" When.l.last wrote to your Lordship on the sub-
ject you reiterated your expression that my energetic
services on the coast of S 2, ria would ever he remem-
bered by you, and that when the Mediterranean
command became vacant, you would only consider
the merits of the officers eligible for that important command. I therefore think that this is a fitting
opportunity for me to bring under your notice what
these services have been, and I think I may say,
without fear of contradiction, that they have had
more influence on the state of Europe than those of
any other officer in the navy. When I went to Por-
tugal I did so at my own risk ; and though not au-
thorised by the Government it was well aware of the
fact. The battle of Cape St. Vincent changed a
dl nasty, as well as the whole political face of western
Europe. Had that battle, been lost Dal Miguel would
have been on the throne of Portugal, Den Carlos on
that of Spain, the dynasty of Louis Philippe shaken
to its centre, the foreign policy of England over-
thrown, and, most probably, Lord Grey's Adminis-
tration.

" When I commanded the Powerful in the Medi-
terranean in 1839, I was most indecorously deprived
of my legitimate right—the command of the squadron
in Sir Robert Stopford's absence—by the unprece-
dented step of sending the superintendent of Malta
Dockyard to command it, thus proclaiming to the
French and English squadrons that I was incapable.
Nevertheless, when Mehemet Ali sent a fleet and
army to reinforce ,his troops at 13eyrout, I urged the
Admiral to go there and take possession of them all;
and I have it under the hand of Lord Minto and Lord
Palmerston that I had t .ken the right view of the
policy of the Government had I been in a position to
have carried it out.
" Why I was not in that position was no fault of
mine. Had it been otherwise, the Eastern question,
which had so long agitated Europe, would have been
settled at one blow.
" Your Lordship is well aware that in the absence
of Sir Charles Smith the command of the allied forces
was conferred upon me by Sir Robert Stopford, and
I have it under his hand that he had no one else to
trust to.
I believe I em the only naval officer who ever com-
manded an army of from 8,000 to 10,000 men, only
1,600 of whom were British. I fought on the heights
of Lebanon two battles, and gained them both. On
the last Ibrahim Pasha in person commanded, and I
drove him out of the mountain to Zschli, Solyman
Pasha retiring from Beyrout at the same time, leav-
ing his artillery behind. I had not even a marine to
assist me. I also stormed and took in open day the
fortified town of Sidon with a battalion of Marines
and Turks, and made the garrison (3,000 strong)
prisoners. Before these successes I strongly resisted
the project of removing the Turkish troops to Cypruß,
and abandoning the mountaineers to their fate. Had
that been done the expedition would have failed, Acre
would not have been attacked, Mehemet Ali would
hare triumphed, war with France would have been
inevitable, our policy overthrown, and with it the
Melbourne Administration.

" In addition to these successes, I signed, on my
own responsibility, a treaty with Mehemet Ali which
took from France the last pretext of declaring war, at
the very moment when else stood with the lighted
match in her hand, ready to set Europe in a blaze.
" For these services, my Lord, I was made a Com-
modore and a K.C.8., and got orders from the Allied
Powers, and Sir Robert Stopford was appointed Go-
vernor of Greenwich Hospital; he also got foreign
orders.

" Now, my Lord, there is no blinking the question :
the Government were either aware that these suc-
cesses were owing to my exertions, or they were
guilty of very great injustice in not conferring a
peerage on the commander-in-chief, instead of refusing
him a baronetcy.
" When your Lordship became Prime Minister I
was appointed to command the Channel squadron,
which I held for only two years, to the entire satis-
faction of the Admiralty and the Government, and
when Sir Francis Baring came into office he hauled
my flag down. When the squadron was re-formed
the following year, instead of re-appointing me,
which was my natural right, the command was con-
ferred on my late second in command. These are the
rewards I have received fur saving a Ministry and
preventing a war with France. Compare these ser-
vices, my Lord, as well as my war services, with
those of Admiral Dundas. Without meaning any
disparagement to him, to whose personal merits I
render full justice, I must be allowed to say he has
not had the opportunity of performing services of
equal importance ; he hardly ever saw a shot fired,
and has not been actually at sea for upwards cf 30
years, with the exception of going as Sir William
Parker's flag-captain to Lisbon, for a few months,
upwards of 20 years ago. Ask yourself, then, if I
have not reason to complain of the intended arrange-
meat.
„.," My Lord, I feel almost ashamed to speak of
myself, but I have no interest with any party. I owe
my position to my sword alone, and I cannot believe
that the Prime Minister of this country, so famed for
justice and straightforward oanduct, will permit the
services I have performed to the State to go unre-
warded.—l remain, your Lordship's obedient servant,
" CHARLES NAMER.

" To Lord John Russell."
(No. 3.)
(Loan JOHN'S REPLY.)
Rhyl, Oct. 4.
" Sir,—l have received your letter of the 29th of
September, and considered its contents.

4 I am far from disputing the value of your services,
but in making the appointment of a successor to Sir
William Parker in the Mediterranean command, it
will be necessary to choose an officer who shall pos-
sess the full confidence of the Government as well as
of the Board of Admiralty—he must be an officer on
whose secrecy and discretion the Queen's Minister
can fully rely. lam sorry to say that, notwithstand-
ing your many brilliant exploits, I could not place in
you that implicit confidence which is required.
" I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" JOUN RUSSELL."
" Gedsham Rectory, Oct. 7.
"My Lord,—l received your letter. Had you
been as candid in your reply to my first as you are
now, your Lordship would have saved yourself and
me some trouble.

" Your Lordship's present opinion of me, and your
opinion when I wis serving both in Syria and in the
Channel, are not the same. There was no want of
confidence in my ' secrecy and discretion' then ; I
must, therefore, conclude that you are now punish.
ing me at the suggestion of the First Lord of the Ad-
miralty for exposing our defenceless state and waste-
ful expenditure. had your Lordship read the notes
to my letters, you would have seen that these abuses
are in a great measure corrected.
" When I was last employed I enjoyed the entire
confidence of that upright and just man, Lord Auck-
land, and his board, which I shall at a future time
take an opportunity of showing; and I venture to
say I also enjoyed, and still enjoy, the confidence of
Lord Palmerston, and I have no doubt ho will tell
you so if you ask him.

"If I do not enjoy the confidence of the present
board, they must have changed their opinions, biassed
no doubt, by the First Lord, who took the earliest
opportunity of insulting me,. for reasons best known
to himself.

"I shall con 3lude this letter by expressing my regret
that, ' notwithstanding my many brilliant exploits,'
as you are pleased to call my services, I do not enjoy
your confidence, and I hope the officer you have
chosen for the Mediterranean command may, should
difficulties arise, be successful and discreet enough to
uphold a tottering Administration.
"I remain your obedient servant,
"CHARLES NAPIER."
erchistoun
"Bl
"My Lord,--I told you in my last f Dec. 16.
letter that I
should at a future time show you that I enjoyed the
full confidence of Lord Auckland and his board.
orr,dimAeurcsktolann, dr.,
I now beg to send you not only extracts of letters
fMroirantol,
Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Parker, Admiral
obilustonablsyo, fromsir Lords Melville,
Dundas, and Mr. Ward, late Secretary of the
effect,
Ad-
miralty. I have also many others to the same
Francis Baring,
that you are
much too voluminous for your Lordship's
These letters will show your Lordship
fi)rtaed of of me.
perusal.
not j ustified in the opinion you. bayou
is
your opinion,
Indeed, my Lori, Ido not I
you should only
"In your first letter you • d
eligible fur the Medi-
terraneanbut only a cloak to cover anbteoalcietvoienfeirjustice.
You then thought Admiral
commend.
Admiral, and you could
weigh the merits of the officers
Dundas would be a Vice- .
but
when not to wait till that time, it was
easily throw me overboard as
. not being eligible ;
when you
necessary to find another excuse to get rid of me,
and that was by telling me that I was not to be
trusted.

“I don't dispute, my Lord, your right to appoint
to the Mediterranean command whom you please ;
but I dispute your right to damn my professional
reputation by sending me the letter you have done.

404*.
" This is"rot the timm y Lord, affront an
officer who ha rendercc, .to his Qieen
and country, when France, with 400,000 men, is in
"Your Lordship is renowned for writing indiscreet
epistles, acid, as it would be a pity to withhold your
last, I shall send it to the press."
Then follow a number of extracts from letters
commendatory of the services of tho gallant Admiral
from Lord Melville, the Eirl of Mints, Lord Pal-
merston, Lord Ponsonby, the Earl of Auckland, Sir
F. Baring, &c. Among them are two from Admiral
Dundas, who has obtained the coveted command,
which we insert :

"Parker will not be relieved for another year, and
then I hope you may be alive and well, and active, as
you are now, when, as far a 3 I can, I will as3ist you
to the Medito•ranem.

"Feb. Gth, 1848."
" I see a silly report of my going to the illedi`(r-
ram an—contradict it whenever you can.
"Nov, 21, 1i48."