The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-05 00:00:00

purchases made in black and green Tea have been upon ra-
ther lower terms. Ta-day some parcels of Tea were forced
off for cash ; the trade generally are not inclined to purchase
more than present wants require.
SPICES.—The market for black Pepper has again been in
a quiet state, and the rates accepted are rather under those
of this day week. Of white Pepper some parcels have been
disposed of, but at easier rates. With Jamaica Ginger the
market has been better supplied, still prices have
ruled firm. East India is still wanted, and fetch full rates.
This afternoon African Ginger at 55s to 57s for middling, and
53s to 53s 6d per cwt for sea damaged. Bengal withdrawn.
Nutmegs fetched 2s 4d to 27s 7d for middling bold. Ben-
coolen Cloves taken in at 100 per lb.
RICE.—In cleaned Rice several purchases made at 12s 9d
to 16s for Patna, and 21s to 26s per cwt far Caroline. This
afternoon the market was in a quiet state for East India Rice.
Madras at r decline on former rates of 3d to 6d per cwt ; good
yellow fetched 8s 6d to 9s, middling 8s to 8s 6d, low 7s 6d,
and sea damaged 6s; Bengal fetched lOs 6d to lls 6d for low
and mid white, lOs 6d for repacked, and lOs for sea damaged,
being about the former value. Java fetched 8s for mid yel-
low, and one lot of low 7s per cwt.
RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Jamaica Rum, 38 per
cent 0 P, part faulty, has been sold at 3s 4d per gallon. Lee-
wards at 2s 20 per gallon, proof, and good brown ditto at
2s 3d. Demerara at 3s to 3s 4d for good and fine sorts. Cal-
cutta Rum at is lld to is 110, proof, with certificate.
Havannah Rum taken in at ls 64d for 11 per cent under proof,
but since sold, the price, however, is not allowed to transpire.
For Brandy prices rule as follows ;----Cognac, best brands of
the vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 4d, pans 5s 2d ; ditto 1139, hhds
5s 2d, puns ss; ditto 1340, hbds 5s ld, puns 4s lld ; ditto
1841, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto 1842, hhds 4s 9d, puns 4s
7d; mid to good mid 3s to 4s 6d, and low 2s 8d to 2s 10d
per gallon. Geneva, for shipping, at is 9d to is 10d; fine for
home consumption is 2s 6d to 3s 4d per gallon. English
Corn Spirits have fetched former rates.
INmaG.—The quarterly sale of East India Indigo will com-
mence on Tuesday, the quantity declared being 15,146
chests ; the demand has been very limited for all descrip-
tions this week, but, at present, prices cannot be quoted
lower.

OlLS—Linseed Oil at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt on the spot.
Rape Oil is not much wanted, pale at 38s, and brown 37s
per cwt. Olive Oil is again cheaper. Gallipoli at 481,
Spanish 46/ to 471, and Barbary 451 to 45/10s per tun. Palm
firm, fine quality 281 to 29s per cwt. Cod, 33l 15s to 34/, pale
Seal 35/ lOs to 36/, and Southern 30/ to 33/ lOs per tun.
Sperm Oil is still wanted, and the advanced rates of last week
are well supported. This afternoon Southern Oil at 3115 s to
33/ 5s for mid to fine ; Sperm 80/ 15s to 83/ lOs ; Ceylon
Cocoa Nut Oil taken at 30/.
Ter.f.ow.—Prices cannot be quoted higher for Russian Tal-
low this week ; on the spot, P.Y.C. has been fetching 41s 3d
to 41s 6dper cwt.; for delivery in the last three months of
the year at 42s 6tl to 42s 9d per cwt. Town Tallow at 41s to
418 6d per cwt, nett cash ; in other descriptions of Tallow
there is no variation to notice. This afternoon 397 pipes 17
hhds of South American at auction were only partly sold at
37s to 40s, 140 casks New South Wales .375. 9d to 41s 3d
per cwt.

THE LONDON GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, JUNE 26, 1844.
MEMOILANDUM.—Her Majesty has been graciously pleased
to permit the under-mentioned regiments to bear, in addition
to any other badges or devices heretofore granted, the follow-
ing distinctions, in commemoration of tieir services during the
second campaign in Affghanistan, in the year 1842, namely,
3d Light Dragoons, 9th Foot, 13th Foot, 31st Foot, " Cabool,
1842 ; ' 41st Foot, " Ghuznee and Caboel, 1842." Her
Majesty has likewise been graciously pleased to permit the
16th Lancers, the 39th and 40th Regiments, to bear the word
" Mahnrqjpore," and the 9th Lancers, the 3d and 50th Regi-
ments, the word " Punninr," in commemoration of the dis-
tinguished gallantry displayed by those corps in the actions
fought at the above• named places, respectively, on the 29th of
December, 1813.

_
WAR-OFFICE, JULY 5.
3d Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant I. R. Warner to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Nugent, who retires ; Cornet C. P.
Coote to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Warner ; F. A.
Oakes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase. vice Coote, July 5.
17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H. R. Boucherett to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Broadley, who retires ; Cornet S.
Le Hunt Hobson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bouche-
rett, July 5 ; Cornet N. M. Innes to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Taylor, who retires, July 5.
12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign G. H. M. Johnston to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Butcher, who retires; C. Malt.
land, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Johnston, July 5.
23d Foot—Sergeant-Major C. Grant, Grenadier Guards, to
be Quartermaster, vice G. Moore, who retires upon half-pay,
July 5.
43d Fuot—Captain R. N. Phillips, from 53d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Havelock, who exchanges, July 5.
46th Foot—Captain G. P. Mansel, from the 53d Foot, to
be Captain, vice Clarke. who exchanges, July 5.
48th Foot—Lieutenant G. S. Tidy to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Hall, deceased ; Ensign W. F. Wyndowe to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Tidy; Sergeant-Major J.
Mancor to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wyndowne,
July 5.
53d Foot—Capt. C. F. Havelock, from 43d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Phillips, who exchanges ; Capt. W. H. H. F.
Clarke, from the 46th Foot, to be Captain, vice Mansel, who
exchanges, July 5, 1844.
60th Foot—G. Warburton, Gent. to be Second Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Roche, who retires ; Lieut. J. F. Jones to
be Adjutant, vice Mitchell, who resigns the Adjutancy only,
July 5, 1844.
88th Foot—Ensign S. Dunning to be Adjutant, vice Max-
well, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, July 1.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieut. A. Lautour to be First Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Dawson, who retires ; J. C. Nichol!,
Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lautour,
July 5.
Royal Canadian Rifle Ilegiment—Ensign J. N. Holmes to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mortimer, who retires ; S.
Peel, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes, July 5.
UFATTACHlD.—Lieutenant G. Man, from the 54th Foot,
to be Captain, without purchase, July 5.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JULY 3.

Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieutenant P. IL
Cocks to be Second Captain, vine Caddy, retired on half-pay ;
Second Lieutenant W. F. Lock to be First Lieutenant, vice
Cocks, Julie 9.

IVEMORANDUM.—The dates of promotion of the under-
mentioned officers have been altered as follow, viz., Second
Captain G. D. Warburton, May 28; First Lieutenant the
Hon. W. Kennedy, May 28; Quartermaster-Sergaant Alex-
ander Steele to be Quartermaster, vice Fortune, retired on
full-pay, July 1.

ADMIRALTY, JULY 3.

Corps of Royal Marines.—Gentlemon Cadet F. C. Knigh
to be Second Lieutenant.
WHITEHALL, Jinx 4.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Shand, of Edin-
burgh, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High
Court of Chancery, in that part of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland called Scotland.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
SIMEON
ANKRUPT
HARTLEY SI'ENCE, maltater,
Leeds.
BS.

THOMAS HENRY SKELTON, stationer, Southampton,
to surrender July 13, at one, and Aug. 9, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-
street, London ; Cox, Piriners'-hall, Old Broad-street.
FRANCIS STOKES, importer, London-wall, July 16, at
two, and August 16, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Aleager, official assignee, Birchin-lane ; Lawrance and Flews,
Buckersbury.
PETER TANSLEY, straw-plait dealer, St. John-street,
July 16, at half•past one, and August 16, at half-past twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Ba-
singhall-street ; Hurst, Milk-street, Cheapside.
MICHAEL CASANAS, wine merchant, Fenchurch-
street, July 19, at half-past one, and August 16, at twelve at
noon, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee,
King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street ; Sole, Aldernianbury.
JOHN RAMSAY, cheesemonger, Chapel-street, Somers'.
town July 13, at half-past one, and August 19, at eleven, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Old
Jewry-chambers; Dods and Linklaters, Leadenhall.street.
THOMAS JAMES SWAINE, innholder, Newland-street,
Eaton-square, Pimlico, July 12, at half-past twelve, and Aug.
19, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official
assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Wade and Pen-
ningtou, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Wade, Baldock, Herts.
THOMAS HINDMARSH, grocer, Hartlepool, Durham,
July 11, at eleven, and Aug. 26, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-
Tyne District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne ; Wilson and Turnbull, Hartlepool.
FREDERICK PLANK, perfumer, Plymouth, July 24
and Aug. 15, at the Exeter District Court. Hertzel, official
assignee ; Lockyer and Bulteel, Plymouth ; Surr, Lombard-
street, London ; Moore, Exeter.
JOHN VERNON, licensed victualler, Monks Coppenhall,
Cheshire, July 17 and Aug. 14, at twelve, at the Liverpool
District Court. Morgan, official assignee ; Froggatt, Clif-
ford's-inn, London ; Latham, Sandbach.
RICHARD LODGE, innkeeper, Thornhill, Yorkshire,
July 19, and Aug. 7, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court.
Freeman, official assignee; Wigglesworth, Ridsdale, and Crad-
dock; cjke;nnGerr,aysh'soeNlnmonatsqieurc,aErisesr,il:oltoiFdnd,llesNsuesrxore;fiC.vrEonNhcelym., Leeds.
A. Jacobs, dealer in jeweller)', Princess-st., Ratcliffe-highway.
H. W. Thomas, innkeeper, Andover.
S. W. Morris, law writer, Carey-street, Chancery-lane.
G. Watson, undertaker, Weston-street, Somers'-town.
J. R. Chapman, schoolmaster, Ferry-hill, Durham.
J. Whillier, baker, Hereford-street, Landport, Forties..
T. C. Fletcher, schoolmaster, Ilkeston, Derbyshire.
S. Jeffery', snaltster. Arnold,Nottinghamshire.
J. Bennett, licensed victualler, Nottingham.
S. Wheatley, farmer, Unstone, Derbyshire.
R. Hollier, stonemason, Birmtngham.
J. Downing, butcher, Thorne, Yorkshire.
J. C. Adams. fish-curer, Great Yarmouth.
J. Falshaw, farmer, Bradford, Yorkshire.
E. Stevens, builder, Stanbridge, Bedfordshire.
J. Howgate, tanner, Pudsey, Yorkshire.
G. Livesey, dealer in ale, Chorley, Lancashire.
H. Cornish, butcher, Woolwich.
C. Clifford, plumber, Norman-street, St. Luke's.
G. Haigh, beer retailer, Broad Ing Bottom, Yorkshire.
W. Claringbold, barman, Lower Edmonton.
J. Anbury, shoemaker, Clay-lane, Berkshire.
T. Raymond, builder, Bishop's-road, Paddington.
T. Hamp, farmer, Wood Ham, Buckinghamshire.
M. Nicholson, linen-draper, Bedlington, Durham.
H. R. Wood, philosophicil instrument-maker, Islington.
J. D. Magee, cabinet-maker, Ely, Cambridgeshire.
A. Longl.ind, butcher, Northampton,
L. J. Randall, broker Cambridge-road, Bethnal-green.
W. Smith, auctioneer, Wilmington-street, Clerkenwell.

PRICE OF SUGAR:
The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, for the
week ending July 2, 1844,. is 345. lid. per cwt., exclusive
of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im-
portation thereof into Great Britain.

THE DERBY DISPUTE.
WOOD v. PEEL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

am, as the solicitor of Mr. Alexander Wood, the
plaintiff in the above issue, desired by him to beg you will
insert in yonr Journal the follow ing exculpatory statement :
Mr. Goodman being the owner of the horse called Running
Rein, and indebted to Mr. Wood in a considerable sum of
money, sold the horse with his engagements to Mr. Wood,
in consideration of the debt, and of a further advance, upon
the terms that if the horse should be the winner of the
Derby, Mr. Wood should, in addition thereto, pay Mr. Good-
man, or his nominees, so much of the stakes as should exceed
the amount of the debt, the advance, and subsequent ex-
penses. This transaction occurred after the horse had been
proved, to the satisfaction of the stewards at Newmarket, to
be Running Rein, and Mr. Wood was assured by Mr. Good-
man that there were numerous other witnesses who could
prove that fact, besides the one who was examined at New-
market. The horse having been entered for the Derby in
the name of Mr. Goodman, was, upon the sale taking pIAM
transferred into the name of Mr. Wood ; ttie Luse being
afterwards alleged to be foul: ygg4 old, Mr. Wood caused him
to be examino eiperienced person, who pronounced