The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDO.Nr. SATURDAY _EVENING, NOVEMBER 22. 1845

Hazard's gun opened its fire about ten o'clock, A.M., and
while the attention of everybody was occupied in observing
its effects, a sudden attack was made on this position from a
very thick wood close in its rear, and Waka's people were
driven from it. I was in the battery, half way dotn the
hill, when this attack was made, when I instantly ordered
up a party of the 58th Regiment, under Major Bridge, who
gallantly charged up the hill so as to turn the enemy's left
flank, and regained the position with the loss of only one
man. _ _ _

This attack showed me the necessity of coming to an im-
mediate decision, and I accordingly determined on attack-
ing the pah by assault, in the afternoon, as soon as the few
shots brought up from the Hazard (twenty-six in number)
were expended; which I expected would so loosen the stock-
ades, as to enable the men attacking them to cut and pull
them down. In pursuance of this resolution, a storming party
was ordered to parade at 3 o'clock, P.M., for this purpose, and
I issued instructions for its guidance, as detailed in the ac-
companying memorandum. The parties for the attack were
enabled to advance within 60 or 100 yards of the point of at-
tack, and there remain unperceived by the enemy, in a ra-
vine under cover. When the advance was sounded, they
rushed forward in the most gallant and daring manner, and
every endeavour was made to pull the stockade down. They
partially succeeded in openimg the outer one, but the inward
one resisted all their efforts, and being lined with men tiring
through loopholes on a level with the ground, and from others
halfway up, our men were falling so fast that,notwithstanding
the most daring acts of bravery and the greatest perseve-
rance, they were obliged to retire. This could not be effected
without additional loss in the endeavour to bring off the
wounded men, in which they were generally successful. The
retreat was covered by the party under Lieutenant-Colonel
Hulme, of the 96th regiment; and too much praise cannot
be given to that officer for the coolness and steadiness with
which he conducted it under a very heavy fire.
I must here remark that the hatchet.; and axes, as well as
the ropes for pulling down the stockade, and the ladders,
were all thrown away or left behind by those appointed to
carry them; and to this circumstance I attribute the main-
cense of the failure.

I trust that it will not be thought that the character of
the British has been tarnished on this occasion. One-third
of the men actually engaged fell in the attack, and during
the eight days that we have been engaged carrying on ope-
rations against this place, one-fourth of the whole strength
of the British soldiers under my command (originally not ex-
ceeding 490) have been either killed or wounded. _

Prot; Lieutenant-Colonel Hulme I have received every
assistance during the time of these operations, independent of
his gallant conduct in covering the retreat. Major Mac-
pherson of the 99th Regiment, who led the principal attack,
and was severely wounded, also deserves every praise for the
daring manner in which he led his men to the assault, and
though slightly struck on the left breast at the commence-
ment he gallantly persevered till struck down by a serious
wound. Equal praise is also due to Major Bridge of the
58th Regiment for the coolness and steadiness with which
he led his men to the attack, and his perseverance till
called off. Where every individual has behaved equally-
well it seems invidious to particularise names; but I can-
not avoid mentioning the unwearied toil, zeal, and energy
displayed by Lieutenant Wilmott of the Royal Artillery, in
conducting that department with the most inefficient means.
Captain Marlow, Royal Engineers, and his department gave
me every assistance in their power while labouring under the
same inefficient means as the artillery. I must not omit
either to mention the able assistance and active zeal that
has been displayed by Lieutenant and Adjutant Deering, of
the 99th Regiment (acting as Major of Brigade), whether
under fire of the enemy, or in conducting the necessary de-
tails. The three officers, with Major Macpherson's party,
were all either killed or wounded, Captain Grant, Lieutenant
Beatie (who volunteered the forlorn hope), and Ensign
O'Reilly. The volunteers from the New Zealand Militia,
acting as pioneers under Lieutenant Figg, deserve to be
mentioned, and that officer himself has undergone unceasing
toil of the most harassing nature with zeal and energy.
Lieutenant Wood and the militia volunteers for the artillery,
desefve to be included in this commendation.

Captain Johnson, of her Majesty's ship Hazard, has given
the most unwearied assistance, in every possible way, from
the commencement of our operations, by sending up supplies
of all sorts, even from his own ship, when our public stores
were deficient. The seamen and marines of her Majesty's
navy have always borne the same character for bravery and
intrepidity wherever they have been employed, and the few,
eighteen in number, that joined this expedition from her Ma-
jesty's ship Hazard have nobly supported the same charac-
ter. Lieutenant Phillpotts, R.N., fell when endeavouring
to force his way through the stockade. I inclose herewith
a corrected list of killed and wounded.

I have the honour to be, your Excellency's
Moat obedient and humble servant,
A. DESPARD, Lieutenant-Colonel 99th Regiment,
and Colonel on th• Staff in New Zealand.
To hii Excellency Robert Fitzroy, Governor, &c.,
Auckland,
P.S.—The wounded are doing well unthr the able care
and constant attention bestowed on them by Pr. Pine, of the
58th, and Dr. Galbraith, of the 99th Regiments.

H. D.

Camp, July 1.
The following are the directions, and the distribution of
the troops, for the attack on the pah, at three o'clock, this
evening :
The principal attack will be made on or near the right
angle on the front face (that face being considered the front
one that is opposite the camp), and the whole column for
this attack will be formed as follows—two sergeants and 20
volunteers from the three corps will form the advance, and
proceed with the most perfect silence till they reach the
stockade.

This party will be followed closely by the assaulting body
under Major Macpherson, composed of 40 Grenadiers from
the 58th, and 40 Grenadiers from the 99th Regiments, and
will be accompanied by a small party of seamen, and by 30
pioneers from the volunteer militia. The seamen, and as
many pioneers as there are sufficient tools for, will be sup-
plied with axes or hatchets for the purpose of cutting down
the stockade. Those pioneers that cannot be supplied with
axes or hatchets are to carry the ladders as well as strong
ropes, which will be supplied by the artillery department, for
pulling down the stockade.
Major Macpherson's party will be closely followed by
Major Bridge of the 58th Regiment, having under him the
remainder of the Grenadiers of the 58th, to be made up to GO
rank and file from the battalion of the same regiment. and
40 rank and file from the light company of the 99th Regi-
ment—in all, amounting to 100 rank and tile.
A supporting party will be formed under Lieutenant-
Colonel Hulme, 96th Regiment, consisting of the whole of
the detachment of the 96th Regiment, completed to 100 rank
and tile by the battalion men of the 58th Regiment.
The moment an entrance is made into the pah, this party
will instantly follow the preceding parties. The remainder of
the force will be under the personal command of Colonel Des-
pard, for the purpose of directing assistance wherever ne-
cessary, with the exception of 40 rank and file of the 58th
Regiment, under command of Captain Thompson, of that
corps, who will occupy the hill overlooking the pah and the
camp; it being considered neceseary to do so, from the at-
tempt made by the natives in the morning to get possession
of it. By order, R. B. DEERING,
Lieutenant 99th Regiment, Acting Brigade-Major.

OXFORD TO ROME, DIRECT.—We have heard a
strange story from Oxford, to the effect that the Rev: R.
L Cohn, vicar of St. Mary Magdalene, in that city, whose in-
tention to resign his preferments was announced in last
week's Church. and State Gazette, was, previously to his
quitting the University, in constant attendance on a poor fe-
' male, named England, the wife of a printer there; and that
the Rev. Mr. Newsham, the Romish priest, at whose chapel
Mr. Newman is a communicant, has become her spiri-
tual adviser. This case, we are informed, has created
a general mistrust of the Tractarian clergy who yet
remain among the inhabitants of Oxford. We should
be agreeably surprised if the report we have above noticed
were to prove unfounded. But we entertain strong fears, on
the contrary, that it is not only well-founded in itself, but
that it might be matched by other cases, similar in spirit and
in detail. If, however, but one such case can be sub-
stantiated, surely the authorities in the University and the
Church will be aroused to the conviction that it is time to
interfere, and cheek the evil, by punishing the evil-
doers. When we contemplate the apathy which exists in
quarters where the most jealous enthusiasm ought to prevail
—and when we behold treachery daily practised without the
slightest censure being leveed at the traitors—we are in-
deiced to imagine that they whose designation in the Church
intimates that they are " overseers," fancy that they are en-
joined, by their official appellation, not to hold high
watch for the interests of that Church, but to overlook all
that is done in the way of injuring her efficiency.— Church
and State Gazette.
SOCIETY OF ARTS. —A third adjourned special
meeting of the members was held on Wednesday evening, to
take into consideration some proposed alterations in the re-
gulations of the Society. It is much regretted by its friends
that, notwithstanding all the attempts that have recently
been made for its resuscitation, some most strenuous exer-
tions are required to prevent its dissolution, although it has
been in existence for nearly a century.
MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PIGRONS.—D uring
the past fortnight, several persons in the vicinity of Drury-
lane, keepers of pigeons, have found their birds, although
healthy but a few hours previous, dead in their houses. On
Saturday last, a person named Chullis, residing in Bear-yard,
found nine out of fifteen dead, and on Tuesday, a young man
named Adams, a neighbour, found the whole of his flight
(thirteen) dead. This led to an inquiry, when it was disco-
vered that the whole of them had been poisoned. The
manner in which this diabolical act has been accomplished is
still a mystery.
fIORRIBLR DISCOVIRT.—The Univers states that
some masans in demolisbing a house in the Rue St. Nicholas
d'Antil discovered nine human skeletons. It was the opinion
of the professional men who have inspected those remains,
that the remotest crime (for the skeletons were those of mur-
dered persons no doubt) must have bean committed 15 years
since, and the most recent 15 months ago. The person who
inhabited the house, which has for many years been known
as a house of ill-fame, has been arrested.

COMPLETION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN HYDE
PARK.—The workmen to the number of 200, that have boon
employed by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
making the numerous improvements throughout every part
of Hyde Park for upwards of four months, have completed
their undertakings. There are now thirty-two long, broad,
and excellent gravel-walks made, which communicate with
eve gate throughout the Park.
ENLARGEMENT OF THE GREEN PARK.—Yesterday
the workmen completed the removing of the iron and wooden
railings which inclosed the garden belonging to Earl Coven-
try, in the Green Park, fronting Coventry House, Piccadilly,
the whole of which is now thrown open to the public, being
an addition of three acres of land to the Green Park. The alter-
ations of widening Piccadilly are proceeding rapidly, and will
be completedin about a fortnight.
EXTRAORDINARY DEMAND FOR Q's.—lt is stated
that the demand by the printers for this little letter q is so
great, that the type-founders are doing nothing else but
casting for it. So many esquires have found their way into ,
print, that the printers have been thrown out of their calcu-
lations, and the supply is not adequate to the demand.

AYLESBURY, Nov. 20.—The adjourned 3essinns for
this county were held yesterday before Sir Thomas Aubrey,
Bart., Chairman, and a bench of magistrates. Baron Meyer
Rothschild took the oaths, and qualified as a magistrate for
the county. At these sessions, Grenville Pigott, Esq., re-
igned the situation of deputy-chairman, in consequence of his
having been appointed one of her Majesty's Poordaw Com-
missioners.

A PROMISING SPECULATION—It is rumoured that
a company is in the course of formation to lease the contents
of Lord Ashley's waste paper basket at a rental of so much
per annum. The enormous number of persons who made
Lord Ashley the medium of subscribing large sums to be-
nevolent purposes, added to his Lordship's habit of throwing
down his letters unread, must render his waste paper basket
one of the most profitable as well as the safest investments
of the present day. Supposing that only two 100/. notes
find their way into this receptacle for his Lordship's corre-
spondence in the course of a week, there will be an income
of upwards of 100,0001. per annum. Several of the waste
have promised to join the direction, and an
committee will be forthwith adver-
tised.—Punch.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 21.
(Sittings in Banco.)
THE ATTORNEY-CAMERAL V. BRYAN.

This was an information filed against the defendant, who
was a paper-maker at Bristol, for infringing the Excise laws,
by sending out paper without the legal and proper stamp
being previously placed upon it, which was tried in the sit-
tings after Trinity Term, and a verdict returned for the
Crown. Mr. Chambers subsequently obtained a rule nisi
calling upon the Crown to show cause why the verdict
should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground
that the Learned Judge who tried the cause had rejected evi-
ence which was of great importance to the defendant's case.
The ATTon.NEv-GENERAL and SOLICITOR-GENERAL, now
appeared to show cause against the rule. The evi-
deuce rejected on the trial was the answer of one of
the witnesses, named George Parkhurst, to a question
from Mr. M. Chambers as to where he got his infor-
mation implicati.:g the defendant in the case, or whether
he was not the source through which the Excise ob-
tained the information against the defendant. The Crown
objected to any answer being given to the question, and the
Court held the objection to be good. The Attorney-General
and Solicitor-General now contended that the Court was
right in allowing the objection, because it was justified by
public policy, for a Government informer was not bound to

disclose the channels by which he obtained his information,

although it might tend to discredit the evidence of the wit-
ness and materially benefit the defendant, inasmuch as such
a disclosure ;night hold him up to public ignominy and ven-
geance. It was a well-established rule that private hard-
ships must give way to the public convenience; but, never-
theless, it was for the Court then to decide whether such a
rule existed or not. Now there was no doubt that it did

exist; and next came the point—upon what was that rule
founded? Why it was founded upon public policy. Well,
then, the Court next had to consider whether it was a para-
mount rule, or whether it was to give way to a rule which,
at first sight, appeared to be an inferior rule. Now they
contended that the private rule and advantage must give
way to the public good, and therefore the Court properly re-
jected the evidence in question, which would have had the
effect of serving the purposes of a private individual at the
expense of publi?. policy and public convenience.
Mr. M. CHAMBER!' admitted that certain parties, such as
attorneys and priests, were exempted from the general rule
of evidence that witnesses were bound to answer questions
calculated to elicit the truth or simplify the circumstances of
the case under consideration, and a witness could claim this
exemption when questions were put to him which involved
a great public policy. In cases, for instance, of high treason,
a wanes* could refuse to answer questions tending to hold
up parties engaged in the public service to odium and con-
tempt, but the present case was not of such great public
magnitude and importance. It was, on the contrary, a simple
petty matter of misdemeanour and finesse, and the privilege
and exemption claimed by the witness Packhurst did not
apply to it. He contended, moreover, that Packhurst was
the informer himself and had an interest in the case, and he
was, therefore, entitled to put the objected question to him,
to test his credibility', unless it would violate some over
whelming public principle, which lie had already shown it
could not do. The other rule relied on the case of 'tardy,
who was tried some years ago for high treason, and he relied
himself upon the same case. In that case the Lord Chief
Justice held that the channels of information for the public
good must be protected, and the names of third parties to
whom information had been given, who did not appear as
witnesses, could not be disclosed. But that was not the
state of the can here. The question put to the witness was,
not "to whom did you give information?" but, "did you do
so and so?" and the Court had never yet interposed to pre-
vent such a question being answered. In cases of high
treason they were prohibited from asking, to whom did you
give such and such information? but they were not pre-
vented from asking, " did you give such and such infor-
mation ?" The case of Watson had also been mentioned, in
which Mr. Dowling,. a short-hand writer, was protected from
answering a particular question, as to whom and whether
he gave certain information, as it would have laid him
open to great danger and held him up to execration. But it
must be remembered, that Mr. Dowling was only a corrobo-
rative witness, and not the informer himself. In the re-
cent case of O'Connell, a witness was protected by the Court
from giving up the names of certain parties, but he was not
privileged from a question as to whether he gave such and
such information calculated to throw discredit upon him or
his evidence.

Mr. Baron PARKH—You admit, Mr. Chambers, that the
question, " to whom did you give such and such information,
or from whom did you receive such and such instructions?"
eaunot be put.
Mr. CrumnEas—Certainly, my Lord.
Mr. Baron PARICI4I—But you can ask, " did yoa give such
and such information ?"

Mr. CITAMBERS—Just so, my Lord.
Mr. Baron PARKF,--Would not this, in fact, then, be dis-
closing the channels whence the Gorcrnment obtained its
information ?

Tho LORD CHIF.P JusTics—Certainly it would; and I ap-
prehend, that if the witness gave the information, he is the
channel whence the Government obtains its information, and
entitled to the privilege of answering the question.
Mr. CHAMBERS submitted, then, if his Lordship's dictum
were correct, they had hitherto been acting erroneously, for
the rule, it would seem, was.to be general and not limited,
and would apply to all cases. Let them look, then, at the
dangerous policy they were establishing. A witness might trap
a third party with a crime, but the counsel for the accused
would be prevented from arriving at this fact, because
the rule just laid down by their Lordships would prevent
him from asking, on cross-examination, " Did you not do so
and so and give such and such information ?" That was
precisely the case here, and he contended that the rule only
applied to higher cases of crimes and offences, and not to
petty cases of larceny and misdemeanoara. Ho humbly
submitted, therefore, that he was strictly in order when he
asked the witness in this case the question complained of.
Mr. Baron PARKA—Mr. Attorney-General : Can you tell us
if it has been the practice to ask the question complained of?
The ArroruiaY•Gl<Etu►i, replied that his experience in
these cases was so very limited, that he could net take upon
himself the responsibility of answering the question of the
Learned Baron. So far, however, as he understood, it was not ;
but their Lordships would be good enough to remember that
this was the first case where the question of "I)id you give such
and such information ?" had been brought before the Court.
The question heretofore argued before the Court was not
" Did you give the information?" but "To whom did you
give it?" _ _

The LORD CHIEF BARON—The matter relates to a rule or
law of extreme importance, and as there are no immediate
eases bearing on the point, the Court will take time to con-
sider the question.

FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.

At the Court at Windsor, the 20th day of November, 1845,
present the Queen's most Excellent Majesty in Council. It
is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the Par-
liament, which stands prorogued to Thursday the twenty-
seventh day of November instant, be further prorogued to
Tuesday the sixteenth day of Dacember next.
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right
Hon. Rowland Viscount Hill to be Lord Lieutenant and
Custos Rotulorum of the county of Salop, his Lordship this
day took the oaths appointed to be taken thereupon, instead
of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy.
In pursuance of the directions of an Act, passed in the
twenty-fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King
George the Third, intituled "An Act to repeal so much of
two Acts, made in the tenth and fifteenth years of the reign of
his present Majesty, as authorises the Speaker of the House
of Commons to issue his warrant to the Clerk of the Crown
fur making out writs for the election of Members to
serve in Parliament, in the manner therein mentioned, and
for substituting other provisions for the like pur-
poses ;" I do hereby give notice; that the death of
John Irving, Esq., late a Member serving in this present
Parliament for the county of Antrim, bath been certified to
me in writing, under the bands of two Members serving in
this present Parliament; and that I shall issue my warrant
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new writ for the
electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for
the said county of Antrim, at the end of fourteen days after
the insertion of this notice in the London Gazette.—Given
under my hand the 19th day of• November, 1845,
CHARLES SIIAW LEFEVRE, Speaker.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Southamptonshire.
North Hants Yeomanry Cavalry—Captaiu W. IL T.
Hawley to be Adjutant, Nov. 8.
POOR-LAW COMMISSION OFFICE,
Somerset-house, Nov. Is. 1845.
This is to notify, that the Poor-law Commissioners have
appointed George Grenville Wandisfort Pigott, of Dodders-
hall, in the county of Buckingham, Esq , to be as As-
sistant Poor-law Commissioner, pursuant to the provi-
sions of an Act, passed in the fifth year of the reign
of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, ia-
tituled " An Act for the amendment and better adminis
tration of the laws relating to the poor in England and
Wales ;" and that the said George Grenville Wandisfort
Pigott, on the 18th day of November instant, took the oath
required by the 11th section of the Act, before the Hon. Mr.
Justice Pat teson, one of the judges of her Majesty's Court of
Queen's Beach.—By order of the Board,
EDWIN CHADWICK, Sectetary.
WHITEHALL, Nov. 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Hugh Beaver Roberts,
of Bangor, in the county of Camarvon, Gent., to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.

John Brown, buikler, Hornsey-road, Middlesex, to sur-
render Nov. 28, at half-past one, and Jan. 10, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Basing-
hall-street; Elderton, Lothbury ; Richards, Croydon.
Charles Bowen, wine merchant, Harp-lane, Tower-street,
City, Nov. 28, at one, and Jai. 10, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Gale,
Basinghail-street.
George Pratt and John Bodle, builders, Queen's-road, Not-
ting-hill, Middlesex, Dec. 2, at twelve, and Jan. 6, at eleven,
at the Court of Bankruptcy, Graham, official assignee, Cole-
man-street ; Leigh, George-street, Mansion-house.
Joseph llamsher, glove manufacturer, Tabernacle-square,
Hoxton, Dec. 2, at half-past ore, and Dec. 30, at half-past
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official as-
signee, Old Jewry-chambers; Brisley, Pancras-lane, Cheap-
side.

James Carse Kendall, tavern keeper, Islington, Dee. 2, at
half-past ene, and Dec. 30, at half-past eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Wells, Bell-yard, Doctors'-commons.
George Sawyer, tailor, Lewis, Sussex, Dec. 5, at half-
past twelve, and Jan. 13, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
William Henry Blackmors, plumber, Dean- street, Soho,
Dec. 2, at half past two, and Jan. 7, at twelve, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-
buildings ; Wood and Fraser, Dean-street, Soho.
John Parr, coal-dealer, Paddington, Dec. 5, at twelve, and
Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groora,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street; Maples,
Pearce, Stevens, and Maples, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
Charles Morgan Harman, veterinary surgeon, Milbank-
street, Westminster, Nov. 28, at two, and Jan. 10, at one,
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official
assignee; Barton, Wolsingham -place, Kennington-road.
Robert Worley, provision merchant, Newgate-street, Dee.
2, at eleven, and Jan. 6, at half-past eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee, Coleman-street;
Lawrance and Plows, Bucklerabury.
William Atkin, grocer, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, Nov.
28, at one, and Dec. 30, at two, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne
District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne; Harle, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Chisholme, Hall, and
Gibson, Lincoln's Inn-fields.

William Lancelot Kelly, printer, Tewkesbury, Dec. 5, at
one, and Jan. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court.
Kynaston, official assignee, Bristol ; Baylis and Drewe, Basing-
hail-street, London ; Richards and Co., Teweebury.
William Chaloner, tailor, Lincoln, Dec. 2 and 23, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official as-
signee, Leeds ; Pocock, Bartholomew-close, 'London ;
Mence, Barnsley; Bond, Leeds.

decline, and the consumption is going cn satisfactorily.
Prices are still under those of last year. Brandy is little
wanted, and the tendency of prices still downwards; the
stock here is a full average one. Of Geneva several parcels
have been taken for exportation. For English Corn Spirits
the demand has been active at lOs 9d per gallon nett cash,
and a further advance it is expected will shortly take place.
Malt Spirits, according to quality, is worth 12s 9d to 13s 6d.
Gin has has been extensively dealt in.
Oms.—Although there are ,sellers of Gallipoli Oil upon
rather lower terms, still the home trade operate with caution,
and there are few export orders. Rape Seed Oil is still
wanted, and prices are kept up, the supply being small. For
Palm the demand has fallen off, and a decline in the
value has taken place. Cocoa at present is not
to be had upon lower terms, but it is little
wanted. For Linseed Oil farther reduced rates have
been taken, and fur forward delivery many contracts
have been entered into at •24s 3d to 24, 6d. Cod has further
declined in value, but in consequence of 28/. per ton having
been accepted, the operations have been on a more extended
scale. In Seal there has been mere business transacted, but
upon easier terms. _

TALLow.—lmporters of Russia have been more inclined
to realise this week, there having been large arrivals, an•i the
rates accepted are rather lower; on the spot, however, the
demand has been very good. 41s 9d to 42s per cwt has been
the current rates for fine new Petersburgh Tellow Candle.
For delivery in tke three first months of next year many
contracts have been entered into at 42e 9d to 43s per cwt.
Home made has met with a good demand at 41e 6il to 42e
nett cash.

COURSE OF EXCHA]
Amitertlam CF. 12 1O
Ditto, at sight l2 7
Rotterdam 2U. 12 11
Antwerp 26 15
Mainbuigh M.B. 13 15
Altcea

Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75
Ditto, 3 months 26 5
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 10
Frankfort on Maine 1221
Petersburgh, 3Us —
Berlin

Vienna, effee. fl® 10 8
Trieste, ditto
)Laded 36i
Cadiz
36

Bilbao
Barrelona . •

Seville

IGE.—(YESTERDAY
......
Leghorn ... 89 75
Genoa ..... ...... 241 10

Hlilsa
Venice
Naples ..... 391
Palarlso, per os.— 1191
Lisbon s2i
BRiOLoora an
Oporto..
Jan•
eiro
Buenos Ap'es
NewYork,2ldyssight
Philadelphia
TRICX3I OF nULLTON, DER OZ.
Foreign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 3 77 5
New Doubloons-- 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 0 0
Silver in Bars .... 0 4

PROMISSORY NOTES.

(From last Night's Gazette.)
An account of the Average Aggregate Amount of Promis-
sory Notes payable to bearer on demand, which have been
in circulation by the Banks in Scotland, by the Bank of Ire-
land, and by all other Banks in Ireland, during the four
weeks ending the Bth day of November, 1843, pursuant to
the Act of 4th and sth Victoria, cap. 50 :

SCOTLAND.
Chartered,• Private, and Joint-Stock Banks Z 5,593,938
INCLLND.
_ _ _

Bank of Ireland 4,374,850
Prirate and Joint-Stock Banks

Total ••• • £11,4111,528

H. L WIOKHAM.
Stamps and Taxes, Nov. 21, 1845.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTI4 FRIDAY.—The Court-martial ordered to try
Second. Lieutenant George Shedden Dunbar, of this division
of Royal Marines, on a charge of drunkenness, which trial
concluded on Monday last, when the sentence was sent up
to the Admiralty for approval and sanction by her Maj •sty,
re-assembled this afternoon at two o'clock in the mess-room
of the Royal Marine Barracks, when the following was de-
livered as the finding :
Charge.—" For having been in a state of intoxication at
the Victualling Store Barracks, Portsmouth, on or about the
afternoon of the 30th day of October, 1845 ; such conduet
being unbecoming the character of an officer and a gen-
tleman."

The Court came to the conclusion, "That Lieutenant
Dunbar was guilty of having been in a state of intoxication
at the Victualling Store-barracks on the 30th of October
last, but did fully acquit him of all conduct unbecoming the
character of an officer and a gentleman, as, in the opinion of
the Court, such intoxicatioa was chiefly, if not entirely, pro-
duced by his previous indisposition, increased by hi. impru-
dent use of violent remedies. The Court having found the
prisoner guilty to the extent above set forth, cloth there-
fore sentence him to be admonished to be more cautious in
future."
The above sentence must be most satisfactory to Lieu-
tenant Dunbar, as, after pt strict and careful investigation
by fifteen officers of high rank and experience, his character
has been cleared from all imputation, and must now stand
higher than if it had not been subjected to investigation by
a public tribunal.
The Victory, 104, Captain Moubray, resumed her old posi-
tion off the Common Hard, Portsea, this morning, her moor-
ings having been examined and repaired.
The Rattler screw steam-sloop, Commander Smith, was
taken into the basin yesterday to complete the repair of her
defects and tit her for service on the coast of Africa.
The Dee steam troop-vessel, Master Commander Driver,
was taken alongside the jetty this morning to complete the
repair of defects and have her machinery examined and re-
gulated.
The Netley tender sailed to-day for Devonport with eaper-
numeraries.
The Manceuvrer naval lighter sailed to-day with stores for
Sheerness and the river depots.
The Leander 50-gun frigate is up in frame and her wales
and bilge-planks; brought on. The workmen are now con-
structing a temporary shed over her, the weather having
much retarded their progress; when the shed is completed
the frigate will be proceeded with with all possible dispatch.

The—Rifleman steam-gun-vessel is in a similar state

progress ; but being in a covered dock, her work is not re•
tarded by the state of the weather. She will be out of hand
by the time required—six weeks frem the day of laying her
keel.

The Dauntless steam-frigate, of 1,454 tons, to mount 36
guns, building on the plan of Mr. Fincham, master ship
wright of this dockyard, is in frame as far aft as the begin•
fling of the after dead-work. She will work with a screw•
propeller, is being built on one (f the new slips, and rapid
progressing in construction. The following are her dime]
Ft. In

Length between the perpendiculars 2lO 0
Length of keel per tonnage lB4 0
Breadth extreme .. .. 39 2
Bi eadth moulded
Depth of bold
Burden, 1,454 tons.
Horse power (screw), 520.
The Arrogant, another steam-frigate, of 1,800 tons, to
mount 46 guns, building on the slip which adjoins the above,
en the design of Mr. White, of Cowes, is in a similar state of
forwardness to the Dauntless.

Some anxiety is manifestei by the dockyard officers in
charge of these two fine vessels on account of the apparently
slow progress which is made in the work. The men appear
not to be properly skilled into the methods used in Govern-
ment yards, being mostly all strangers and hired men. The
shortness of the days also impedes the work. The Arrogant
is only to have steam as an auxiliary, being ordered to be
masted and rigged as a regular sailing frigate. The Daunt-
lees, on the contrary, will be exclusively a steam• frigate, and
hav4 masts and yards of a lighter character, such as steamers
of war usually carry.
The Thalia, 42, Captain Hope, was inspected yesterday by
the Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, and her
crew mustered, as usual, prior t• being paid off.
The President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral
Dacres, is still at Spithead, windbound.
In Harbour—The St. Vincent, Vietory, Excellent, Vic-
toria and Albert, Thalia, Fairy, Dasher, Comet, Dee, and
Echo steamers; Diligence navy transport, and Emerald and
Fanny tenders.

In Dock—The Prince Regent, Amphitrite, Trincomalee;
Leander, harlequin, and Rifleman.
In the Basin—The Nelson, Edinburgh, and Rattler.
At Spithead—The President.
ROYAL MARINES.
_

First Lieutenant S. J. Hadfield, with 11 privates of the
divisional companies, and one sergeant, one corporal, and II
gunners of the artillery companies, are ordered to embark in
the Dee steam-sloop, Muter Commander Driver, for passage
to Pembroke Dockyard. It is supposed the gunners are sent
there for the purpose of taking charge of the ordnance stores,
and manning the guns in the fort lately erected for the de-
fence of the dockyard.

APPOINTMEXIM.
Captain—H. B. Martin, to the Grampus.
Master—J. Hutching-, to the Grampus.
Surgeons—J. H. Patterson, M.D., to the Helena; Robert
Butler, M.D., to the Star.
Mate—W. G. Herbert, to the St. Vincent.
Midshipmen—H. Freeman, to the F.ndymien ; S. C. H.
Robinson and H. R. D. M'Murdo, to the Alarm.

Naval Cadets—G. G. Lomax, to the Agincourt; C. E.
Batty, to the Bloodhound; F. Law, to the Crocodile; R.
Purvis, to the Alecto; G, Borlasse, to the Blazer; A. Gillet
and E. C. Miller, to the St. Vincent.
Boatswain—J. Hall, to the Vesuvius.
Master's Assistant—A. C. Webb, to the Lizard.

The Royal Society and Society of Antiquaries each
held their first meeting for the session at their re-pective
apartments in Somerset-house yesterday evening. The time
of each meeting was chiefly occupied by the announcement
of presents which had been received during the recess. At
the former; Professor Faraday will on an early evening read
a paper on his new theory of the identity of light with heat
and electricity.
ACCMENT TO Two MEN AT ROTHERHITAB.—
Yesterday morning an accident, attended with very melan-
choly circumstances, occurred to two men, named John Hogg,
aged 19 years, and James White, aged 30. They wore en-
gaged with several other men on board a brig named the
Mary, of Bridport, which was unshipping her cargo at the
Lavender Dock, Lower Rotherhithe. The two men alluded

to were weighing heavy stones for making cement, when the
crane or machine for that purpose gave way, and fell with
an awful crash upon them. They were extricated, after con-
siderable difficulty, in a deplorable state. The young man,
Hogg, received a fracture of the skull and extensive lacera-
tion of the scalp. He was placed on a shutter and conveyed
to Guy's Hospital. Very slight hopes are entertained of his
recovery. The other man received a compound fracture of
the right thigh, and other serious injuries about his body.
He was removed with all speed to the Dreadnought Hospital
ship, where he was readily admitted and attended to by the
surgeon on board. He lies in a very exhausted state.
LINCOLN'S INN, Nov. 20.—The undenirvntioned

gentlemen were called to the bar, and were sworn in :—Mr.
J. Browne Mr. E. W. Robertson, Mr. E. Martin, Mr. E. N.
9 Ayrton dr. D. Stuart, Mr. M. Ware, Mr. M. H. Power, and
Mr. A. B. Richards.

THB AMAZING CARELESSNESS OF COLLIERS.—
It was Professor Faraday, we think, who amused the
British Association by stating that when he was in the Has-
well pit. observing the preparations for a blast, and holding a
candle in his hand, he inquired, "Where is your gunpower?"
when a collier answered, "You are sitting upon it, sir." A
still grosser act of incaution, and, unhappily, disastrous in its
consequencies, may now be recorded. -Two pitmen, rained
Dickenson and Crozer, were last week "decanting" some
gunpowder, and one of them was smoking his pipe at the
time. The powder exploded, the men were blown up by the
blast, and they are now totally blind.—Gateshead Observer.
DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACIIERS.—On Tues-
day morning about one o'clock, a gang of about ten or twelve
poachers were discovered at their vocation in Sandridge
cover, Melksham, by Bell and Ponting, Mr. Bruges' keepers,
who in trying to take two of them into custody, were set
upon by the whole gang and very roughly handled. Two
shots were fired at Wells, which fortunately missed their
aim, though one of them carried away the skirt of his coat.
The poachers lost the barrel of a gun, some bludgeons, &c.,
in the affray. Eleven men have been taken into custody by
the police on suspicion of being engaged in this affair, and
are awaiting their examination.—Wiltshire Independent.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS,
LIVERPOOL, Nov. 21.
STOCK EXCISANGE. —The sales ere—Bolton, Wigan, and
Liverpool, 27--Poston, Newark, and Sheffield, 236—Buck-
inghamshire, 236—Chester and Birkenhead, New 201.
Shares, 6,/2—Derby and Crewe, s—Grand Junction, 2:33
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 4214—Ditto, 401. Sharee (L. M.),
54—Goole and Doncaster, Du—Lancashire and North York-
shire, 23/6—London and Birmingham, 321. Shares, 41—Ditto,
Fifth Shares, 21—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby,
DA—Midland, 145—North Union (A), 204—North Stafford-
shire, s—Nottingham and Boston, 48s. 9d.—Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton, 1614—South Eastern and Dover,
35—Ditto, Consolidated Thirds, 1314—Ditto, Half Shares,
3;B—Newry and Warrenpoint, 3%—Great Western Ca-
nada, 3%.

MANCHESTER, Noy. 21.
STOCK EXCNANGZ.—The sales are—Boston, Newark, and
Sheffield, 31/4—Chester and Manchester Direct, 295. 611.
Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 28s. 6d.—Lancashire
and North Yorkshire, 52s.—Leeds and Thirsk, 121 h c. n.—
Leeds Dewsbury, aid Manchester, 20 c. n.—Leicester and
Tam worth, 47s.—Liverpool, Warrington, Manchester, and
Stockport, 37s.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 5/. 7s.—
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters, 11—Manchester and
Bury Atmospheric, 27e. 6d.—North Staffordshire, 5/. Bs. 3d.
—Preston and Wyre, 33—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 314—
South Eastern and Dover, Consol. No. 3,131/4—Trent Valley,
Midland, and Grand Junction, 21. 4s. 6J.—Welsh Midland,
21/4 —West Riding Union, 71. 2s.

LEEDS, Nov. 21.
STOCK Exclwlcaz.—The sales are—London and Croy-
don, !:.01,—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 10:34 p.—
Midland, 142—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 19—Leeds and
Bradford Extensions, 371h—Leeds and. Dewsbury, 20 c. n.
—Newcastle and Berwick, 13A—Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, 15 4-.. London and York, 41. Qs. 641.—Bos-
ton, Newark, and Sheffield, 3N—Direct Northern, 2
Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 414—West Riding Union,
VA—East and Wwst Yorkshire, 2s. dis.—Grand Union, ss.
p. Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 17s. p.—Lancashire,
Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 2s. 6d. p.—Leeds and York,
5-4. di:.—Leicester and Bedford, 10s. p.—North Staffordshire,
51,..‘—North Western, 314—Nottingham and Boston, 18s. p.
—Wakefield aid Harrogate, 15s. p.—Welsh Midlands, 24—
York and Carlisle, 3.

HULL, Nov. 21.
STOCK EXCIANGE. —The sales are—London and Croy-
don, 2014—North British, 24—Armagh, Coleraine, and Poit-
rush, I%—A.xholtne, 7s. 6d.—Derby and Gainsborough,
—East Lincolnshire, 21,4—East Coast, 2—Hull and Barnsley
Junction, 20—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 4 4—Lon-
dm and York, VA—Welsh Midland, 3.
SHEFFIELD, Nov. 21.
S•rocc ExcrrANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties,
2)% Caledonian Extension, 3%—Grand Union, Notting-
ham to Lynn, 13/4—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland
Junction, s%—Shellield and Lincolnshire, 3%—Yorkshire
and Glasgow Union, 3.

HUDDERSFIELD, Nor. 21. '
STOCK EXCIIAXOE.—The sales are—London and York,
414—Wesi Riding Union, 7%—Grand Union, 16s.—Hud-
derstield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 674—Lake:Aar ar.d
Bedford, 375. 6d.