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ATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1851.

SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY TO MR. PENNY.
Admiralty, Oct. 15, 1851.
Sir,—Having laid before their Lordships your letter
of the 10th instant, I am desired to acquaint you tha
an opportunity of making such explanations as you may
wish, with regard to your late proceedings, will be
afforded you; and that my Lords will communicate
further with you on the subject.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) W. A. 13. HAMILTON.
MR. PENNY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY.
437, Strand, Oct. 14, 1851.
Sir,—l hope there will be no objection on the part of
their Lornships to my having returned to me the reports
and journals of my officers and myself, as I am anxious
that some account of what has been done should appear
in print as soon as possible.—l am, &c.,
(Signed) Wet. PENNY.
SECRETARY OF THE ADMIRALTY TO MR. PENNY.
Admiralty, Oct. 16, 1851.
Sir,—ln return to your letter of the 14th instant, re-
questing that the reports and journals of your proceed•
ings, and those of the officers under your command, in
the Lady Franklin and Sophia, may be returned to you,
I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty to acquaint you that the documents will be
returned as soon as the public service will admit.—l am,
&c,, (Signed) W. A. B. HAMILTON.

Ppon-
trict Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle
Tyne ; Payne, Eddison, Ford, and North, Leeds; Earle,
Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, and Be 'feller-
bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court, Basinghall•street.
F. Coker, Shipdham, Norfolk, timber dealer, Dc Pc, 30,
at eleven—F. Davis, Luton, Bedford, merchant, Dt)c, 30,
at eleven.

In the Country.
J. Midgley, Kingston-upon-Hull, carpenter, Dec- 91,
at twelve, at the Town-hall, Kingston-upon-Hull - -H.
Canniford, Ottery Saint Mary, Devon, innkeeper, J n n. 6,
at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—J. blonkman, 01( lb am,
Lancashire, cotton-spinner, Jan. 8, at twelve, the

Court, Manchester. -
PAYMENT OF DIVIDEND.
F. Fincher, Ivy-bridge, paper manufacturer, 9(1.. , on
Saturday next, and three subsequent Saturdays, bet v Teen
the hours of eleven and two, at the of of Mr. Goc

Abchurch-lane, City.
NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES.
In the Country.
J. Sykes, jun., Sovverby, Yorkshire, tea dealer and
woollen manufacturer, Jan. 20, at eleven, at the Cc urt,
Leeds—M. Lees, Salterhebble, Yorkshire, woollen ma-
nufacturer, Feb. 1, at cloven, at the Town-I sail,
Kingston-upon-Hull—B. Bayliffe, Chipponham, W rilt-
ehire, surgeon and apothecary, Jan. 1, at eleven, at the
Court, Bristol—J. Heywood, Liverpool, provision .mer-
chant, Dec. 29, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool.
CERTIFICATES GRANTED.
T, E. Williams, Exeter, wine and spirit merchant, cer-
tificate of the first class—J. Schofield, Alderman b• ury,
warehouseman, certificate of the second class—J. D hur-
ray, Gresham-street, City, woollen warehouseman, cer-
tificate of the third class—T. Hurst, Warrington, -Lan-
cashire, printer, certificate of the first class—J. V? ilde,
Salford, Lancashire, builder, certificate of the s o cond
class—E. Dickinson, Wolverhampton, corn and pro ve ision
merchant, certificate of the third class.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
W. Skeffington and T. M. Southwell, Piccadilly, b aok•
sellers—J. Fallows, T. Lynill, and J. Keymer, Mai it 'Lin-
ter, manufacturers (so far as regards T. Lynill ). —R.
Horne and J. Richardson, Whitby, Yorkshire, pri .ters
—J. Swindells and J. B. Williams, Manchester. and
Wigan, manufacturing chemists—W. H. Story, E.
Browne, and G. M. Story, New Bond•street, tailor..; (so
far as regards G. M. Story)—W. Haynes and W. Elf,: ynes,
jun., Fore-street, Cripplegate, saddlers—G. H. Bat 3 eson
and W. Batteson, Chesterfield, malsters—R. Ca p stick
and W. Atkinson, Kendal, Westmoreland, line u, and
woollendrapers—S. Goodall and W. Webster, Ski .rcoat,
Yorkshire, dye ware grinders —T. 11. Barker, J. Burn-
ley, and J. Brook, Birstal, Yorkshire, blanket a man-
facturers—J. Clayton and J. Clayton, Bradford, wool-
staplers—A. H. Ulph and E. West, Newgate-m a rket.
cattle and meat salesman—J. Taylor, M. Taylor, r.r dG.
Taylor. Denton, Lancashire, hat manufacturers ( ) far
as regards J. Taylor)—F. Barlow and T. &aqua Pil-
kington, and Manchester, nankeen manufacturer rs —T.
Shaw and J. Shaw, Liverpool, saddle tree manufac: irers
—J. Lythgoe and E. Corn, Burslem, Stafford s hire,
earthenware manufacturers—J. Kay, J. Birch, ra id J.
Warburton, Droylsden, Manchester, manufac A firing
chemists—G. Percival and C. G. Rad, Liverpool, pas-
senger brokers—A. Thompson, M. Wilson, and J. Wil-
son, Bradford, confectioners—J. Halstead and J. Hal-
stead, Burnley, Lancashire, power loom cloth in anu-
facturers—G. T. Davies and F. D. Davies, Schc field-
place, New Brompton, statuaries—W. Kirkham r,f id J.
S. Chappell, Manchester, manufacturers of small iivares
—J. M'Nicholl and R. Amery, Liverpool, sawyer s —G.
Lashmar and W. Duke, Torrineton, Sussex, seed
crushers—J. Sheldon and E. Felton, Birminghar a , vic-
tuallers—R. Saville and J. 11. Saville, Yorkshire, 'bread
and biscuit bakers—J. Ross and S. G. Dark, Nr a row-
street, Limehouse, mast and block makers.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS.
Benjamin Poyman, Oxford, journeyman bricklayer.
C. J. Lancaster, Aldmondbury, Yorkshire, innkeeD er.
John Lippiatt, Wellow, Somersetshire, baker.
Henry James Smith, Bath, butcher.
Robert Rutter Porter, Bath, baker.
David Hiley, Trevethin, Dlonmouthshire, labourer..
John Kemp, Linton, Cambridgeshire, tailor.
Abraham Coates, Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, grocer.
Mark Albery, Horsham, Sussex, accountant.
John Boustead, Botchergate,
George Edward Moulson, Gresford, Denbighshire.
John Yokes, Bath, farmer.
John Thomas Davis, Bath, licensed victualler.
Jonah Bulman, Carlisle, hay dealer.
William Williams, Merthyr Tydvil, haulier.
Thomas Douglas, North Shields, chemist and drug (gist.
Henry Prichard, Risca, Monmouthshire, brewer.
David Morgan, Newport, Monmouthshire, coal ins pector
Thomas Morse, Newport, Monmouthshire, ironna.mger.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
J. Nicholson, Gardenstown, fishcurer, to meet within
Gillander's Hotel, Banff, Dec. 12 and Jan. 2, at is valve.
J. Cabbell and P. Dewar, Glasgow, merchants, to meet
within the Star Hotel, George-square, Glasgow, I ?cc. 11
and Jan. 2, at twelve.
J. Loban, Stornoway, builder, to meet within 01 ark's
Commercial Hotel, Stornoway, Dec. 12 and Jan, 2, at

THE LONDON GAZETTE, Dec, 5.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 2, 1851.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to aopoint the
Hon. Richard Edwardes, now First Paid Attach 4 to her
Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to be Secretary to her Ma-
jesty's Legation at Frankfort.
WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 5.
sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Alex-
ander James Hardy Elliot to be Adjutant, vice Robbins,
who resigns the Adjutancy only, Dec. 5.
7th Dragoon Guards—John Joshua Nunn to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice William Stuckey Wood, who
retires; Lieutenant Thomas Edward Dowbiggen to be
Adjutant only, vice Middleton, who resigns the Adju-
tancy only, Dec. 5.
Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and
Captain George Wentworth Alexander Higginson to be
Adjutant, vice his Serene Highness Prince William
Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar, who resigns the
Adjutancy only, Dec. 5.
2d Foot—Frederick Stephen Steele, Gent., to be En-
aige, without purchase, vice Lord Charles Edward Hay,
promoted, Deo. 6.
3d Foot—James Bullen Dennis, Gent., to be Ensign,
without purchase, vice Ramadge, promoted, Dec. 5.
4th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Martin, from 18th
Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice De-Robeck,
dismissed by the sentence of a General Court-martial;
Lieutenant Montagu Hamilton Dowbiggin, from 7th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Ramsbottom, dismissed
by the sentence of a General Court•martial ; Ensign
Patrick Robertson, from the Cape Mounted Riflemen, to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Coryton, dis-
missed by the sentence of a General Court-martial,
Dec. 6.
sth Foot—Second Lieutenant William Henry Petty
Meara to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Knapp,
who retires; Ensign George Henry James Mowbray
Chapman, from 6th Foot, to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Meara ; Lieutenant Frederick Blanco
Forster, from 64th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Potter,
who retires on half-pay. Dec. 5.
7th Foot—Ensign Standish de Courcy O'Grady, from
64th Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Dowbiggin, appointed to 41st Foot, Dec. 5.
18th Foot—Ensign Frederick Herbert Suckling to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Martin, promoted in
the 4th Foot; Ensign Thomas Esmonde, from 77th
Foot, to be Ensign, vice Canavan, promoted; Gentle-
man Cadet George Henry Pocklington, from the Royal
Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice
Suckling, Dec. 5.
26th Foot—Ensign William Mosse to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Thomas, who retires, Dec. 5.
47th Foot—Ensign James Armar Lowry to bo Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Perceval, who retires, Dec. 5.
49th Foot—Lieutenant Cadwallader Adams to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Biggs, who retires; Ensign
Arthur Savory Armstrong to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Adams, Dee. 5.
51st Foot—Ensign Robert Coke Glover to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Nunn, who retires, Dec. 5.
54th Foot—Ensign Charles Alexander Thomson to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Cave, promoted,
Nov. 11; Alfred Robert Ord, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
' out purchase, vice Thomson, promoted, Dec: 5.
64th Foot—Ensign Frederick J. Hutchinson, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Grady, whose pro-
motion, without purchase, on 9t May, 1851, has been
cancelled, May 9; Lieutenanh t Standish de Courcy
O'Grady, from 7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Hutchi-
son, whose promotion, by purchase, on 6th June, 1851,
has been cancelled; Lieutenant Thomas Eyre Lambert,
from half-pay 47th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice F. B.
Forster, appointed Paymaster 6th Foot; Assistant-
Surgeon Robert Thomas Buckle, M.D., from the Staff,
to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Short, deceased, Dec. 5.
76th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward William Fre-
deric Acton, from the Royal Military College, to be En-
sign, without purchase, vice Colthurst, appointed to 83d
Foot, Dec. 5.
' 77th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Joseph Carden,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice
Esmonde, appointed to the 18th Foot, Dec. 5.
80th Foot—Ensign William Paterson to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hickson, deceased; Gen-
tleman Cadet Robert Poore, from the Royal Military
College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vise Paterson,
Dec. 5.
83d Foot—Ensign Francis Henry Digby Marsh to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Mainwaring, ap-
pointed Adjutant, Sept. 11; Ensign James Nicholas
Colthurst, from 76th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Marsh,
Dec. 5; Lieutenant E. M. H. Mainwaring to be Adju-
tant, vice Hall, deceased, Sept. 11.
89th Foot—Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Robert Vandeleur,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Major, vice Brevet
Lieut.-Colonel Robert Lewis, who exchanges; Brevet
Major Caledon Richard Egerton to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Vandeleur, who retires; Lieut. Butler Dun-
boyne Moore to be Captain, by purchase, vice Egerton;
Lieutenant Hans Robert White to be Captain, by pur-
chuse, vice Caue, who retires; Ensign Alfred Nixon to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Moore; Easign Charles
Heycock to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice White,
Dec. 5; John Longfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, Dec. 4; Gentleman Cadet Francis
the Royal Military College, to be
Kc briaaste o,
hvbiuc
11, frEnsign, by purchase, vice Ileycock, Dec. 5.
95th Foot—Ensign Alexander James John Macdo-
nald to be Lieutenant, without pu:rchase, vice Dowdall,
promoted, Nov. 11 ; Gentleman Cadet Godfrey Clerk,
from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Macdonald, Dec. 5.
2d West India Regiment—Lieutenant John Ilarger
to be Captain, without purchase, vice Howell, deceased,
Sept. 5.
3d West India Regiment—Ensign Henry James
Rainsford to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
th; Ensign Reginald Guards
without purchase, vice Rains-
ford, whose promotion, without purchase, on 31st Oct.
has been cancelled, Oct. 31; Frederick Tichfield Great-
rex, Gent., to be Ensign, without,purchase, vice Palmer,
promoted, Dec. 5.
HOSPITAL STAFF.—Acting Assistant-Surgeon Stuart
Moore to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice
Buckle, appointed to the 64th Foot.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire.
The Earl of Chester's Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
—Josiah Higginbotham, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Ro-
binson, deceased, Nov. 20.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
and Bristol.
The Royal South Battalion of Gloucester Light In-
fantry Regiment of Militia—Swinburne Fitzhardinge
Berkeley, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice James, deceased,
Dec. 2.

7'HA ill ES.

eleven.
D. Chapman, Edinburgh, grain dealer, to meet within
Dowell's Rooms, George-street, Edinburgh, Dec. 12 and
Jan. 2, at two.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from returns made in the week ending Dec. 2,
1851, exclusive of Customs Duties paid or payable thereon
on the importation thereof into Great Britain
From the British possessions in America 21s. 40. per cwt
From the Mauritius 265. 4d. „
From the East Indies ... 18s. „
Average price .;)' the three foregoing de-
scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as
above, and exclusive of duty ... 21s. 4id. „
By authority of Parliament,
HENRY BICKNELL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company.
Grocers'-hall, Dec. 5.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 28.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Kedgwin Hos-
kins Fryer, of the city of Gloucester, Gent., to be a
Master Extraordinary. i 21.. the High Court of Chancery.

condemned somewhat unjustly. It had, among other
things, been urged that they were in the habit of taking
briefs and neglecting to attend their client's cause. Now
it generally happened that briefs were delivered a week
or more previous to a case ccming on, when it was im-
possible to say at what particular time counsel's attend-
ance would be required, and if, in consequence of other
causes being struck out, or for many other reasons,
their duties should happen to clash, it was no fault of
theirs.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
•
William Long, an omnibus conductor, who was placed
at the bar before Alderman Cubitt on Monday last on
the charge of stealing a coat, value 31., the property of
Mr. Marsden, of the Goose and Gridiron, St. Paul's-
Churchyard, was again brought up, and a variety of
charges of stealing goods from the London and North-
Western and South-Western Railway stations were pre-
ferred against him.
The orignal charge having been completed by the pro-
duction and identification of the coat, other charges were
then taken.

From the number of largo trunks, portmanteaus,
packages, &c., which had been found at prisoner's lodg-
ings and yesterday produced in court, it appeared that
ho had been carrying on a very extensive system of
plunder.
The officer said he had still a number of other charges
against the prisoner.
Alderman CIIBITT said it would bo useless to go on
with them on the present occasion, as there were already
five or six complete cases, on which he intended to re-
mand the prisoner.—Remanded accordingly.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _ _

Thomas Cammans, a foreigner, was brought before
Mr. Hardwick, charged with having stolen a piece of
silk from the Zollveroin department of the Great Exhi..
bition.

Tho constable said he went in pursuit of the prisoner,
and took him in custody at the Life Guards public•house.
On their way to the building the prisoner dropped a
length of satin, which was afterwards proved to have
been stolen from a trunk.

The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully coin
witted. •

Ann Taylor and Susan Morgan, two well-known
thieves and prostitutes, were brought up before Mr.
Ingham, charged with stealing three 5/. Bank of Eng-
land notes from Mr. Alexander Brodie, the master and
owner of the ship Woodman, lying in the London Docks.
Police-sergeant Macintosh, No. 9 H, said he had been
unable to trace the notes, and that the prosecutor was
too drunk to appear.
Mr. INGISAM ordered the prisoners to be removed till
the prosecutor was sober, and they were detained till
the afternoon, when they were arraigned in the dock,
and Captain Brodie, the prosecutor, reeled towards the
witness-box.

Inspector White, of the H division, said Capt. Brodie
bad been again drinking that morning, and was 6‘ half
seas over," and not in a fit state to give evidence. A
large sum of money in gold, of which he would have
been plundered if a woman named Brown had not inter-
fered, was taken from him, and the sergeant had charge
of it.
Mr. INGHAM commented on the disgraceful circum-
stance of the owner and captain of a ship mixing with
such company as he had done, and coming into a court
of justice in the state he was in. Ho ordered the pri-
soners to be again removed, and Captain Brodie was led
to a seat in the corner of the court, where he remained
with his head hanging down in a maudlin condition for
another hour, when
Mr. White said the captain was going to sail with his
ship that night, and there was no chance of his being in
a fit state to give evidence that day.
Mr. INGHAM directed the prisoners to be sent for, and,
after they had entered the dock, addressed them and
said—lt was, perhaps, fortunate for them the captain
was not iu a fit state to give evidence, and that his ship
was about to sail. He discharged the prisoners, and
said that, considering the company and the neighbour-
hood Captain Brodio was in, he was extremely lucky
that he had not lost his gold as well as his notes.
Captain Brodie, who appeared to have been drinking
very freely, and was in a very disorderd state, said he
knew he was groggy, and was led out of court by the
police, who took charge of him and said they would re-
store the gold when he became sober.
WANDSWORTH.

Mr. Benjamin Baugh, of No. 21, South Lambeth
New-road, Lambeth, and described on the charge-sheet
as a gentleman, was brought before Mr. Paynter and
placed in the dock charged with so violently assaulting
Charles Cox, aged 14, the son of a gardener, living in
Nile-cottages, Larkhall-lane, Clapham, as to render him
incapable of attending to prefer the charge.
Police-constable Thomas Newman, 250 V, produced
the medical certificate, of which the following is a
copy:—

" Preston-lodge, Larkhall-lane, Dec. 5.

" This is to certify that I have attended Charles Cox,
who is suffering from the effects of a severe kick on the
groin and scrotum, which will confine him to his bed
for some days. There does not appear to be any symp-
toms of rupture consequent upon the injury.
"G. S. MlaucaruN, Surgeon."
The constable stated that about half-past six o'clock
on the previous evening he saw the defendant in South
Lambeth very drunk, and running after several boys,
who, he believed, had been annoying him. The injured
boy, who was coming from a contrary direction, and
had no connexion with the other boys, was assaulted by
the defendant, who kicked him in a most brutal manner
before he (the constable) could interfere. The lad was
carried to his home, and he took the defendant to the
station-house, who there stated that he was a gentleman
of no profession.
Mr. PAYNTEIt did not call upon the defendant for any
defence, but said he should require him to find two re-
sponsible bail in 401. each, and himself in 801.
The mother of the boy was called into court, and,
in answer to a question from the magistrate, said her
son suffered very severely throughout the nigh*,
The defendant asked the Magistrate if he might speak
to the boy's mother.
Mr. PAYNTER—You may do so if you choose, but I
shall go on with the case.
The defendant, after hearing some further evidence,
was then removed to the cells, and had not been bailed
out when the court closed.