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SATURDAY
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S DECEMBER 20 1851.

PUBLICATIONS.

CIIRISFMAS HOLIDAYS.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Lecture by George Barker, Esq., on the Ballad Music of Eng-
land, commencing with his celebrated Entertainment; " An English
Christmas," every evening for a fortnight, except Saturday, at Eight
o'clock.—Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq., on Ward's New Sub-
marine Lamp.—Lecture by Dr. Bachheffner on the Philosophy of
Scientific Recreation.—Numerous Prize Models, Works of Art, &c.,
from the Great Exhibition will be explained by Mr. Crispe.—Opti-
cal Effects in Dissolving flews, Microscope, Chromatrope, &c.—
Diver and Diving Bell, &e.. &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools and Children under Ten years of age,
Half-price.
Open daily from Eleven to Five. and every Evenlrg, except Sa-
turday, front seven till Half-past Ten.

factured goods, the advices from India by this mttil 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 frequ enters
of the Exchange, though the rule remains as it has been
from tho commencement of the French outbrehk—to
confine purchases to the immediate wants of the moment
and to the smallest limits. For Germany wo hare usu-
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, pric es con-
tinue somewhat easier, and the repeated advices from
the United States of a very lorge crop to come forward,
induce buyers to hold back in the expectation of laying
out their money to better advantage than at present.

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

CERTIFICATES GRANTED.

MR. WARBURTON'S NEW NOVEL,

In 3 vols. post Bvo.,
NRIEN; or, THE MERCHANT PRINCE,
By ELIOT WARBURTON., Esq.,
Author of the "Crescent and the Cross," &e.,
WILL BE READY ON FRIDAY, DEC. 26.
Those who desire early copies are requested to send their orders
immediately to the Libraries.
Colbarn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great ➢larlborough-street.

J. Matta, Edgware-road, iromonger, certificate of the
second class—W. W. Holman, Bath, draper, certificate
of the second class—R. D. Mercer, Church-passage,
Spital-square, Bishopsgate-street Without, silk mer-
chant, certificate of the second class—J. Williams, Ca-
doxton-jux ta-Neath, Glaworganshire, ironmaster, certi-
ficate of the first class—M. Lister, Painswick, Glouces-
tershire, clothier, certificate of the second class, after the
30th April next—R. Bew, 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,
Halifax, Yorkshire, stuff manufacturer, certificate of the
third class, after 21 days from Dec. 12—J. Nicholson,
Sheffield, surgeon, certificate of the first class, after 21
days from Dec. 13—J. L. Carpenter, Eardisland, Here-
fordshire, miller, certificate of the first class—T. Ross,
jun., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, braid mannfae-
curer, certificate of the first class—J. Brownsword, Not•
tingham, buther, certificate of the first class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Barlow and R. Powell, Manchester, millwrights—
G. Dodds and T. Railton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, coffee
roasters—J. Harrison and J. Gill, Sheffield, builders—
W. A. Bishop and T. Bishop, Norwich, carpenters--E.
Johnson, Susan Johnson, and H. Johnson, Manchester,
grocers (so far as regards E. Johnson)—E. E. Ludlow
and C. B. Rogers, Cornhill, East India army agents—
J. H. Smith and J. S. M. Reede, Liverpool, cottonbrokers
—J. M'Alpin and W. M'Alpin, Leicester and Melton
Mowbray, clothiers—W. Pitt and T. Harding, jun.,
Birmingham, coal dealers—E. Banks and H. Banks,
ehorley, Lan6ashire, ironfounders—W. Roberts and W.
Lincoln°, Manchester, printers and manufacturers—G.
C. Giro, G. di Demetrio, 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-buildings,
City, engravers on wood—Mary Sherley and Sarah
Sherley, Egham, Surrey, schoolmistresses—P. Le Ca-
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-
ganshire, drapers—W. Booth and H. Coffey, Manches•
ter, fent merchants.

COAL MARK'

:T.-TESTIRDAY.

Prices of Coal per ton at t
Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d
Carr's Hartley..... 15s Od
Ifolywell
Howard's W. H. Neth lss Od
New Tanfield
Ravensworth'sW. Hart 15s Od
Tanfield Moor
Townley... lss 6d
West Hartley
Wylam
Wall's End, &c.

the close of the market :-
1 Lawson . 16s Od
I Northumberland
H etton
Haswell lBs 6d
Russell's lletton
Stewart's
Soutk Hartlepool
South hellos l7s Od
Cowpen Hartley
DerwentwaterHartley 153 Od
Hartley —. l4s 6d
Nixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff -
Sidney's Hartley
81 Sold, 39.

Bensham ... 16s 3d
Clarke ...... ........ 14g 9d
Hebburn;
Ships at market,

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.l9.
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 Mylius, 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 Foot—Captain Herbert Russell Manners, from
the 37th Foot, to be Captain, vice Bedford, who ex-
changes, Dec. 19.
MEMORANDUM.—Second Class Staff Surgeon James
Archibald Duncan 15.1'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.
BANKRUPTS.

INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Anne Jones, Bagillt, Flintshire, grocer and provision
dealer.
Weldon Underwood, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire,
schoolmaster.

Joshua Western, Wragby, Lincolnshire, watch and
clockmaker, and hairdresser and barber,
Owen John 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 coals, &c.
SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS.
A. Schultaa and H. Schultze, Leith, merchants and
sugar refiners, to meet within Stevenson's Rooms, Edin-
burgh, Dec. 24 and Jan. 14, at two.
J. Scott, Mtlnathort, wright, to meet within the Salu-
tation Inn, Kinross, Dec. 23, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at
ten.

Edmund Curtios, 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; Lawrence, Flews, and Boyer,
01(1 Jewry-chambers.
Edward Wills Uron, builder, Totnes, Devonshire,
Jan. 9 and 27, at one, at the Exeter District Court.
Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdon, Exeter.
John Hadfield, cotton spinner, Manchester, Dec, 30
and Jan. 22, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court.
Mackenzie, official assignee, Manchester; Worthington
and Shipman, Manchester.
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. Cazenove,
official assignee, Liverpool; Christian and Jones, Liver-
pool.

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, Dee. 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. 31 „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKN ELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Dec. 19.

John Thompson and William Leith, timber merchants,
Liverpool, Dec. 31 and Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Liver-
pool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool;
Robinson and Duke, Liverpool.
Edward Wilkinson and Themes Bentley, tailors, Li-
verpool, Jan. 5 and 20, at eleven, at the Liverpool Dis-
trict Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool; Toul-
min, Liverpool.
makers, Liverpool,
Pr e yde, DDascv.id
24 Jones,aud jana. nd John
19,
at eleven,
G e
venibb, ,
at stable!
Liverpool Morgan, official
DIVIDENDS. assignee,
Liverpool;
DistrictpaTenp orCtoaunrdt. Collier, Liverpool.
At the Court, Basieghall-street.
W. Brown, Brunswick-street, Stamford-street, engi-
neer, Jan. 9, at twelve-J. S. Stopford, Austin-friars,
City, merchant, Jan. 9, at eleven-NI. Beswick, Nor-
wich, wine and porter merchant, Jan. 9, at twelve-R.
Michael, Bury-street, St. Mary Axe, general merchant,
Jan. 9, at eleven-G. Laws, Waltham Abbey, Essex,
linendraper, Jan. 15, at eleven-E. Martyn and 11. Mar-
tyn, Aldgate, High street, woollendrapers, Jan, 10, at
eleven-J. Paul, Oxford-street, milliner, Jan. 12, at
half-past eleven-11. Beal, 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. Wallis, jun., and S. Wallis,
Leeds, liuendrapers. Jan. 12, at eleven-W. Strange,
l.Cook Assembly-row, jun., Paternoster-row, bookseller, Jan. 12, at half•past
grocer,ttwelve-J.
e l
y eJan. Valentine,
12, aet oinneee_ Northampton,j tea-dealer and
Mile-
end-road, Jan. 12, at half-past on D. Allen, Coleman-
street and Lothbury, merchant, Jan. 12, at eleven-J.
Ball, Martin's-lane, Cannon street, merchant, Jan. 13,
at twelve-E. Turrell, Fleet street, Publisher, and Ox-
,
ford-street, straw hat maker„ Jan. 13, at one.
In the Country.
J. Dewhurst and J. S. Dewhurst, Skiplon, York-
shire, cotton-spinners, Jan. 20, at twelve, at the Court,
Leeds-J. D. Woodcock, Leeds, ealenderer and finisher,
Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds-M. Pattison,
South Shields, Durham, ironmonger, Jan. 13, at eleven,
at the Court, Newcastle upon.Tyne-Wr
W. Spence,
Nowcastle•upon-Tyne, woollen draper, Jan. 20, at
the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-11. D. Stevenson,
Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, merchant, Jan. 23, at one,
at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-T. Hutchinson,
Sunderland and Wingate, tea dealer and grocer, Jan.
23, at half-past twelve, at the Court,
Newcastle-upon-
Tyne-C. leases, Bristol, furrier, Jan. 16, at eleven, at
the Court, Bristol-S. Tibbits, Shuckburg, Warwick-
shire, dealer of mineral ores, Jan. 13, at half-past ton,
at the Court, Birmingham-J. Phillips, Longton, Staf-
fordshire, grocer,
Jan. 13, at half-past
.eleven, at the
Court, Birmingham.
PAYMENTS OF DIVIDENDS.
W. Parkinson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, merchant, le.
9V. on new proofs (in part of first dividend of 4s. 4d,),
on any Saturday, between ten and three, at the office of
Mr. Wakley, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
J. Teeco and T. Peate, Oswestry, Shropshire, 35.10 d.,
on any Thursday before Jan. 30, between eleven and
three, at the office of Mr. Whitmore Birmingham.
J. S. Welch, St. James's-street,
Picc,adilly, printseller,
4111., on any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-
street.
I. Solly and Son, St. Mary Axe, merchants, sid., on
any Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Pennell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
J. Cutbush, Kennington, Kent, nursery and seedsman,
3e. 41(1., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, or any subsequent Tues-
day, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pen-
nell, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
W. Whitehead, Lancaster, cabinet-maker, 3s. fila, on
Tuesday, Dee. 30, or any subsequent Tuesday, between
eleven and ono, at the office of Mr. Pott, Manchester.
S. France, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer, first and se-
cond dividend of 45., and second dividend of Is., on
Tuesdey, Dec. 23, or any subsequent Monday, between
eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Rope, Leeds.
R. Derham, Leeds and Dolphinholtn, worsted spinner,
17s. 6d., on Tuesday, Dec. 23, or any subsequent Mon-
day or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of
Mr. Hope, Leeds.
J. Derham, Leeds and Dolphinholme, 205., worsted
spinner, on Tuesday, Doc. 23, or any subsequent Mon-
day or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office
of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
W. A. Hindes, Leeds and Dolphinhohno, worsted-
spinner, 203., on Tuesday, Dec. 23, or any subsequent
Monday or Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the
office of Mr. Hope, Leeds.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
At the Court, Basieghall-street.
E. W. Cherrill, Ramsgate, cabinet maker, Jan. 15, at
twelve-J. B. L. Buckland, Threadneedle-street, and
Regent Villas, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, insurance
agent, Jan. 13, at half-past one-E. Ritherdon, Mill-wall,
Poplar, ship-builder, Jan. 15, at one-S. Wallis, Leeds,
linendraper, Jan. 10, at half-past one-T. Wallis, jun.,
Leeds, linendraper, Jan. 10, at half-past one-W. Powell,
Jeffery's-street, Camden-town, builder, Jan. 10, at
eleven-E. Herring, Trinity-street, Southwark, manufac-
turing chemist, Jan. 10, at half-past eleven-F. Bayn-
ham, Hounslow, Middlesex, grocer and cheesemonger,
Jan. 10, at half-past eleven-'l'. E. Slate, King's Head-
court, City, and Hatton-garden, bookbinder, Jan. 9, at
half-past one-C. C. C. Geary, Colchester, cheesemonger
and grocer, Jan. 9, at twelve-I. Isaacs, Swan-street,
Minories, jeweller, Jan. 9, at eleven.
In the Country.
C. Isaacs, Bristol, furrier, Jan. 14, at eleven, at the
Court, Bristol-P. M. Hadley, Cardiff', corn and provi
stun merchant, Jan. 27, at half-past eleven, at the Court,
Bristol-J. Toy, Wolverhampton, innkeeper, Jan. 15, at
half-past eleven, at the Court, Birmiughana-S.
Tipton, Staffordshire, miller, Jan. 15, at half-past eleven,
at the Court, Birmingham-R. Till, Worcester, grocer,
20,
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(No. 2.)
" 18, Albemarle-street, Sept. 29.
"My Lord,—l believe there is no doubt that it
is the intention of Sir Francis Baring to confer the
command of the Mediterranean on Rear-Admiral
ll undas.

" 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 Stvford's 'absence—by the unprece-
dented step- of •rendbfg die 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 Beyrout, 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 taken 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 am 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 Zachli, Solyman
Pasha retiring from Beyrout at the same time, leav-
ing his artillery behind. 1 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 Cyprus,
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
have 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 she 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 sue-
' ceases 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 iquadron,
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 for 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
disparngement to him, to whose personal merits I
render full justice, I mu,t 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 of 30
years, with the exception of going as Sir William
I'arker's fling-captain to Lisbon, for a few montb,=,
upwards of 20 years ago. Ask yourself, then, if I
have not reason to complain of the intended arrange-
ment.

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 conduct, will permit the
services I have performed to the State to go unre-
warded.—l remain, your Lordship's obedient servant,
"CHARLES NAPIER.

" To Lord John Russell."
(No. 3 )
(LORD JOHN'S REPLY.)
" Rhyl, Oct. 4.
" Sir,—l have received your letter of the 29th of
September, and considered its contents.
" 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,
" JOHN 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 was 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 be 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 cenllude this letter byexpressingmy 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‘itlotrteerminaginAydomurinoibsetdraietinot servant,n .
"CHARLES NAPIER."
"My Lord,—l told " Minerchistoun, Dee. 16.
you
sfohloluolodnafitdeanofoutuorfe tLimoredshorthat I
my last letter
. h
Auckland I now beg to send youboard.
from youl that
dI env
fmr.oimnto, Lord
p
Palmerston 'but
only tarnacts of letters
Auckland 1-,Jut alsofromexLords Melville,
Sir Charles Adam, Sir William Parker, Admiral
Ponsonby, Sir Francis Baring,
Dundas, and Mr. Ward, late Secretary of the Ad-
miralty.much too voluminous for your Lordship's
. perusal.
I have also many others to the same effect,
These letters will show your Lordship that you are
not justified in the opinion you have formed of of me.
Indeed, my Lord, I do not believe it is your opinion,
but only a cloak to cover an act of injustice.
" In your first letter you told me you should only
weigh the merits of the officers eligible for the Medi-
terranean command. You then thought Admiral
Dundas would be a Vice-Admiral, and you could
easily throw me overboard as not being eligible ; but
when you decided not to wait till that time, it was
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,

" When I last wrote to your Lordship on the sub-
ject you reiterated your expression that my energetic
services ou the coast of Syria would ever be 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
dynasty, as well as the whole political face of western
Europe. Had that battle been lost Don Miguel would
have been on the throne of Portugal, Don 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.