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London, England, 1845-01-01 00:00:00

THE SUM_ LONDON, WEDNESDAX.ET7E*-ING, JANITARY 1, 1345.

very high or very satisfactory interest to treat.
If the custom had not been upon these prudent
grounds abandoned, there would be a great tempta-
tion to resort to it this day—for never in our
history had an English journalist so many and so
solid grounds of congratulation to offer at the
commencement of a year, as we have at this day.
Thanks to the Giver of all Good, the whole of
our political horizon scarcely presents a cloud,
save one or two slight specks that are rapidly
diminishing in distance, and upon the very verge
of sinking altogether from our view. Peace
abroad, established upon principles of reciprocal ad-
vantage and reciprocal good-will, that afford the best
pledge for its permanent continuance—peace at home,
resting upon a basis no less firm—the real substantial
union, and concurrence in the same honourable pur-
suits of industry, of all classes of the people. Dimi-
nished crime, to be for the first time noticed in the re-
cords of a nation advancing in population and material
wealth, and in refinement. Improved education
Commercial prosperity unexampled. Financial pros-
perity never exceeded. The disturbing influences
that threatened disorder or evil—the Repeal Associa-
tion, the Anti-Corn-law League, the Tractarian
heresy—all, if not extinct, staggerin4 under the
death blow. Under such happy auspices opens
the year which we commence this day: Have
we t not, as a nation and as individuals, a
solemn duty to pour out our hearts in thank-
fulness to Heat to whom all this is due ?
Have we not new cause to cherish the reit-
' giour duty of hope—additional reason to abhor the
sins of "fearfulness and unbelief?" The history of
the last few years tells us plainly, as if the truth
were written in characters of light, that our confi-
dence in the mercy of our Creator, and in the practica-
bility of improving the moral and material condition
of our fellow creatures, ought to be unbounded.
The numerical diminution of detected crimes in the
last year—a diminution absolutely considerable, but
much more considerable when we take it into ac-
count that every (lay adds to the amount and effi-
ciency of the means by which crimes are detected—
this single testimony to the change in our social state,
proves all that we claim to have conced—proves, that
if only the Legislature, the Executive, and the more
affluent classes of the nation (10 their duty—the
people may be indefinitely elevated in the moral scale.
The Legislature, the executive, and the affluent
classes have begun the work, and they are already
witnesses to its great success ; the current of
crime, which from the beginning up to the present
time had been increasing, has been effectually
checked, has been even made to retrogade. Is no this
the highest of encouragements to persevere. The
Legislature, the executive, and the affluent,
thus encouraged, are persevering, and under the pro-
vidence of Him whe has prompted them so far,
they will persevere. They have made the dis-
covery, a discovery, alas ! too long concealed or
neglected, that the character of the humble class of
Englishmen comprises all the elements of good-
ness that can be found in human nature,
and comprises them probably in richer abundance
than they can be found in any other order of
mankind. Our people are naturally . patient,
laborious, enterprising, firm lovers of truth, just,
grateful, affectionate, merciful, and with the
strongest tendency to religious feeling. These
are the materials upon :which those who wield
the power of the community, whether they are in
public or in private stations (and immeasurably the
greater portion of that power is in private hands)
havi to deal. And for the result they who have the
power owe a heavy responsibility here and hereafter

THE PAST YEAR.
The year that is past has been, beyond all recorded
parallel, a year of successful peace. As such, one can
hardly expect it to contain much that is remarkable.
'The events of peace are seldom so conspicuous as the
events of war, and regular legislation passes almost un-
observed by that vast majority of minds which suffer
themselves to be dazzled by sudden and violent change.
Yet the quiet developments of tranquil days are often far
more important and abiding in their real issues than the
showy miracles of war. The most prudent, as well as the
mostaudacious conqueror, in the justest as well as in the
most flagitious cause, may live to see all the fruits of con-
quest torn away, or all the careful settlements of dearly
purchased treaties utterly annulled. An empire may
boast an unrivalled series of victories and conquests,
which to all profitable purposes, might as well have
been performed in the cheap and bloodless arena of the
theatre or- the circus, for the amusement of chil-
dren, instead of the vexation and hurt of man-
kind. They only warn the world of an ambition
perpetually overreaching itself. By no sound test do
we fear a comparison of the past year with any former
eras, however they may seem to stand out in the
page of history ; nor are we afraid to predict that pos-
terity will thus regard it. There are grounds for a con-
fident hope that we are at a turning point in the path of
civilisation, at a beginning of better things. Even in a
world of unforeseen accidents, incalculable forces, and
passions ever ready to burst their bonds, honest endea-
vours after the general peace and welfare, though ever
so thwarted, are never quite thrown away. To say that
we are still at peace with all the world might seem only
an old story. But the lmsst year has singularly abounded
in earnests of international amity of a most encouraging
character. Two of the most powerful potentates of
Europe and the world have personally interchanged with
our Sovereign assurances of affection and respect.
Usually regarded as the heads of opposite principles and
interests—as the two extremes of the European family,
we have seen them bent on the same errand, accordant
in the same peaceful design, of which our Sovereign
has been made the felicitous type and centre. In
the one visit we beheld the renewal of a long friend-
ship ; in the other, the now happily established re-
paratian and oblivion of a long and disastrous hostility.
It is thirty years since this island was equally, if then
equally, honoured. It was then to heal a feud, and in-
cidentally to humble a rival. The reception our visi-
tors then met with was of that mixed sort which agreed
too well with the painful variety of its circumstances,
and the scarcely extinguished fires of war. The less
questionable object of our recent visitors secured for
them an unanimous welcome. But compliments and
professions are proverbially hollow. Trial is necessary
to ascertain their value. On two occasions the necessi-
ties of empire, and the impetuosity or personal vanity of
subordinates, have threatened to cloud our relations with
one of these great Powers. More than ordinary wisdom,
and something more than wisdom itself, was called for
to
.avert, without weakness and "discredit, a collision
really so dreadful and seemingly so near. Passions
had betrayed themselves which needed only t 9 be
met in kind, as apt to be, to involve all Europe in
a blaze, and cast away in one idle hour the care-
fully-saved and accumulated benefits of a whole age
of peaceful progress. Both parties came with honour
out of these perilous differences. They showed to
the world that they were rather maintaining a friend.
.hip than overcoming a jealousy. In the largeness of
one common cause, the common cause of all nations.
they perceived the just dimensions of a false nationality
and an empty glory. And it is only expressing a
general belief, to say that such are the growing feelings
of the whole European continent. All seem conspiring
for peace. No one now apprehends a war, even of prin.
ciplcs, or claims for his country the solitary and dcbious
honour of holding the balance in that fearful struggle.
Not so unsocial is the part each nation now demands,
not so intrusive are the methods it proposes to employ.
Yet in a sure but silent way, the British empire is ful-
filling a peaceful and beneficent destiny, which tells
lather in other nations than upon them, and is matter as
much for their domestic as for their political historians.
It is becoming an European conviction that every par-
ticular State is deeply interested in the peace and good
government—the prosperity and improvement of every
other. As it is an unspeakable benefit to us that our
island is not planted in an impassable ocean, is not sur-
rounded by deserts, or savages, or indolent and unproduc-
tive tribes of men, but by brothers in race, and genius, and
cultivation, so is every step of our further progress tied
to theirs. The more we can refine their habits, the mote
will they be ready to receive ; the more we can increase
their resources, the more will they be able to give. Their
crippled powers, their burdened finances, their restricted
commerce, their discouraged industry, their humbled
spirits and checked expectations, are little less our injury
than theirs. Never was this community of interest so
recognised as at the present moment. Never was it so
proved by the universal evidence of facts, by the political
and commercial condition of every nation in the world,
as in this past year. And, as far as this country is con-
cerned, to the existing Government must be conceded a
chief share in establishing that opinion, and still more in
bringing about those facts. In no former year has the
commerce of the country been more flourishing and more
hopeful; Never was the national credit in a better state,
and Government able to assume so bold a tone with the
public creditor. Never before (lid so grievous a
burden as the income-tax lie so lightly on
the industry and temper of the people. Never
was there so large a surplus. Never was the
currency and the banking system in a healthier
and §ecurer state. And these are important,
though not very poetical, superlatives. Further from
home, the Chinese treaty has thtis far not disappointed
the most sanguine anticipations. In India, thus far, the
ambitious temerity of the late Governor-General has
not been convicted by any further ill results. The sub-
stitution of a wiser head has arrested the danger. Still
the empire increases. In the universal wreck of native
i
thrones, the British name
Scarcesthe a whisperonlystab of resist-
ance, ilityr,asntd-
grows by surviving change. a
nc e ,
nt rge n saonudr ofprosperous agitation
dominionrema. s .
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there
aller e b
ap-
pearances e -
fore us. In British America, thus far, firmness and dis-
cretion have built on the ruins of rebellion a loyal and
reasonable Legislature. These are but fleeting pros-
perities, and therefore to be thanked for year by year.
Within our own shores, the year has been marked
by the absence of any serious political agitation.
Be it good or ill, party has been all but confounded
and destroyed. • The Anti-Corn-law League has
been stroked down to civility, and almost to si-
lence, by some concession and much prosperity. Their
craft has been taken from them. The determination
exhibited against the Irish Repeaters appears to have
answered all the purposes of a verdict. To a judicial
storm has succeeded comparative national calm. The
faction enjoys the name, rather than the fruits of victory. Meanwhile, methods securer than State Strialil are
already in various stages of design and actual' otieration,
which promise to impart to Ireland at last the duties
and the blessings of the British rule. Pity that there
should be one dark spot to mar the brightness of this re-
trospect, and this still brighter future. But that one is

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too dark, too large to be hidden, and will be told. The
nation thrives, but the people deterioate. The Irish
peasant and the English labourer have not seen this year
any remission of their wretchedness. The sun of pros-
perity shines, but not for them. The departing year
has left their condition the subject of the day—but no
mo-e.— Times.

CORONERS' INQUESTS.

DEATII OF A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE FROM
PRUSSIC AClD.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock,
Mr. Wakley, ALP., held an inquest at the Holly Bush
Tavern, Hampstead, on the body of Frederick Clissold,
ESq., aged 52, who died at that house on Saturday last,
under very painful and singular circumstances.
The deceased belonged to one of the oldest and most
opulent families in the county of Suffolk. Three
brothers of the deceased, and several other relatives were
present at the inquest, amongst whom were observed the
Rev. Augustus Clissold, M.A., rector of Stoke Newing-
ton ; the Rev. W. Clissold, rector of Wrenton, Suffolk ;
and the Rev. Arthur Clissold.
The evidence in substance was as follows :
George Higgs, waiter at the Holly Bush Tavern, de-
posed—l was the first person who saw Mr. Clissold after
he was t'ead. He was then in bed. On Friday after-
noon he came to the Holly Bush and ordered dinner,
with which he drank half-a-pint of ,port. He took tea
at seven o'clock, and immediately afterwards retired to
rest, giving me specific directions not to call him. He
remained in his bed. room until two o'clock on Saturday
afternoon, when I went and knocked at his door several
times, but receiving no answer, I entered the room and
found him in bed. Life was extinct, and had apparently
been so for some time. When deceased went to bed on
the Friday evening he was quite sober.
The Rev. Augustus Clissold said—l am rector of
Stoke Newington. The deceased was my brother, and
during the last few months he has been residing at 21,
Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square. He has for a long
time laboured under extreme mental derression, and has
been under the care of Dr. Copeland. At one time he
took tincture of digitalis, and subsequently he had re-
course to tobacco and opium as a remedy for his com-
plaint. A short time since he said to me, " I have found
out a medicine better than any I have ever yet used, and
I now think I shall be well."
Mr. WA KLEY—It was another poison, I suppose ?
The Reverend Mr. Clissold—Yes, Sir. It was prussic
acid, of which afterwards he took large quantities. He
was a man of very studious habits, and has for some
years been engage d on a metaphysical work, which he
expected to complete in about fifteen or sixteen years.
I do not think my brother took an over-dose of poison
with a view to destroy life. No man would sooner have
revolted at the idea. My belief in this respect amounts
to a moral certainty.
Mr. Herbert Evans, surgeon, of Hampstead, deposed
to being called in to see deceased, who, had been dead
some hours. He did not smell of poison, but there were
two bottles on his table, one containing laudanum, and
the other prussic acid. Both were labelled " poison."
Had no doubt but the immediate cause of death was an
over-dose of prussic acid.
Verdict, " That the deceased died from taking an
over-dose of prussic acid."
SUICIDE IN CRIPPLEGATE.—Last evening, at six
o'clock, 'Jr. Payne, the City coroner, and a respectable
jury, assembled in the board-room of St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, to inquire into the circumstances attending the
death of Noah Flood, aged 40, lately carrying on the
business of newsvender in Whitecross street, Cripple-
gate, who committed suicide, after first attempting to
destroy his only child.
Mrs. Alice Smith, of No. 206, Upper Whitecross-
street, after describing the discovery of Mr. Flood in a
dying state, said, I knew he was very much depressed in
his mind on account of recently losing his wife, whom he
buried but a few days previously. He often said to me
that he was in such trouble he did not know what to do.
He was much attached to his wife, but never spoke to
me of destroying himself. The child is about eight
years of age.
By the jury—The child was out of bed and retching,
but I cannot say whether she had taken anything dele-
terious or not. The deceased was very much attached to
the child

Mrs. Catherine Scott, of No. 51, Whitecross-street,
said—l have known deceased and his late wife about
five years, and attended her during her illness. I saw
the deceased at half-past ten o'clock on Friday night,
when be appeared very much depressed. I had been ill
that day, and not able to dress the child, which I had
done for him since the death of his wife. On telling him
of ray illness, he said, " If anything occurs to you what
will become of my child ?" After some further conver-
sation, he made use of t':e following :—" If I should
die, Mrs. Scott, I have one request to make—that is,
that you will bury me by the side of my wife, and follow
me as you did her." Shortly after I left him.
By the jury—He shook bands with me, and hoped I
should be better. One thing that greatly depressed him
wi.s the refusal of a Mrs. Thomas to watch over his
child, after she had promised the mother, in her dying
moments, so to do. He was a most kind father. The
child had been put to bed before I saw him.
Robert Groom and Daniel Douglas, two City police-
constables, spoke to going into the room and finding a
bottle and glass which had contained laudanum, and a
piece of paper to the following effect :
" My wish is to be buried with my poor wife ; and
Mrs. Scott, of 51, Whitecross-street, and Mrs. Kings-
mill, living at a cornohandler's, near St. Giles's Church,
should bury me, and have all my goods.

NOAH FLOOD."
Mr. J. P. Hurlock, resident medical officer at St. Bar-
tholomew's Hospital—On Saturday last, about one
o'clock, all means were resorted to to try and rouse him,
but without effect, and he died in two hours after his ad-
mission. The cause of death was opium.
Catherine Elizabeth Flood, an intelligent child, said—
I am eight years of age, and was in the habit of sleep
ing with my father, in the same bed. On Friday night
I was awake when my father came up to bed. When he
came into the room, he poured some stuff out of a white
bottle into a wine-glass. I heard him drink it, but I did
not see him, and then he got into bed. After he had
been there about five minutes he got up again, and I,
supposing he was going for his papers, said, "Father,
do not go yet ; you are such a comfort to me." When
I saw him take the stuff, I screamed, but no one came.
I sat up in bed all night, and did not sleep. I put my
hand to his mouth, and found he did not breathe. He
was habituated to breathing hard.
By the jury—He put me to bed between nine and ten
o'clock, when he gave me a table spoonful out of the.
same bottle.—(Great sensation.) I felt a burning pain
in my throat and chest when I drank it. When he gave
it me he said, " Here is some medicine I have brought
from Mr. Doughty's, and I am going to take some my-
self." I drank all be gave me, and was sick in. a minute
or two after. He.asked me if I would have any more,
and I said, "No ; I can't take any more." lam posi-
tive I. was awake all night, as I heard all the clocks
strike.

Mr. William Ponder, of liedcross-street, surgeon,
found the deceased in a state of coma, evidently from the
effects of some narcotic poison. The. child had been
violently sick. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."

STATE OF TRADE.—For some days past there has
been a much better demand, both for goods and yarn,
than is usually experienced at this season, and a fair
amount of business has teen done at very firm rates.
The purchases of manufactured goods have been made,
we believe, principally for the home trade ; but there
has been also some demand for several of the principal
foreign markets ; and stocks of all descriptions are un-
usually light. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MON-
DAY, DEC. 30.—The market to-day has been but thinly
attended, and the little business transacted has been at
former prices. Between Christmas-day and the first
market which is always the first Monday after the
Twelfth-day (the 6th instint), there is but little business
transacted. The demand for Wool is better, and prices
stiffer.—Manchester Guardiau.
The Bishop of Worcester and Mrs. Pepys are
passing the Christmas recess at Hartlebury Castle. We
are happy to say that his Lordship and Mrs. Pepys have
not experienced any ill effect from the alarm occasioned
them by the fire which occurred at the Castle on Thurs-
day last. The Right Reverend Prelate and Mrs. Pepys
were awoke at four o'clock on Thursday morning by a
strong smell of fire in their bed-room, upon which his
Lordship immediately quitted the apartment, and has
tened down stairs, when opening the door of the school-
room found that apartment enveloped in flames. His
Lordship, with great presence of mind, immediately
closed the door, and having secured his family and do-
mestics, sent for the fire-engines. In the interim his
Lordship expressly forbid the door of the burning room
to be opened, and to which judicious step the' preserva-
tion of the whole of the mapificent building and its
valuable contents may be mainly attributed.
DVERTISEMENT.3—A BAD LEG, AND CURE
EXTRAORDINARY, EY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND• OINT-
MENT I—Alrs. Jackson, a monthly nurse, residing at 30,
Stanhope-street, Clare-market, had a bad leg, of a most
desperate and alarming nature.' Independent of every
other bad symptom attending the limb, it swelled most
alarmingly, and was likewise accompanied with great
inflammation, which made her ease one of extreme
danger. She was taken to King's College Hospital,
where they could do nothing with it. The leg, however,
like " thousands of others" which are given up as in-
curable at the hospitals, was soundly healed in about a
fortnight, by the use. ef Holloway's Pills and Ointment.
Sold at Professor Holloway's Establishment 244, Strand,
where adviee may be had gratis)) and by almost all
respectable vendors 'of medicine throughout the civilised
world.
Sir James Graham left Drayton Manor, 'Stafford-
shire, the seat of. Sir Robert Peel, yesterday, for his
residence, Netherby, near Carlisle.
An application was made on Saturday to the
Civil Tribunal of the Seine, on the part of an English-
men named Cottrell, to compel Mr. Harvy Leach, who
has been exhibiting the children of Cottrell at the theatre
of the Bazaar Bonne-Nouvelle, to surrender them to
their father, who, being a poor man, had agreed with
Leach for a certain sum to allow his children to proceed
from London to Paris, and to perform for him at any
theatre where he could obtain an engagement. The
ground of the application for restitution was ill-treat-
ment of the children on the part of Leach. The applica-
tion was resisted, on the ground of the parties being both
foreigners, and therefore not liable to the jurisdiction of
a French Court • but this was overruled, and the Presi-
derint ordered the immediate restitution of the children,
with the clothes belonging to them. It transpired, how-
ever, that although the defendant had pleaded the incom-
petence of the tribunal, he had in reality already surren-
dered the children to their father, with a portion of their
e ffects.— Galignani.

Lord Eglinton's game old horse, the Potentate,
the victor of many well-contested races, has been turned
out to roam in a park for life. This is good treatment
to a faithful servant.—Caledonian Mercury.

101.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE:---:
(From the London New Price Current of Dec. 31.)
SuaAn.—The importation of West, India has ex-
ceeded that of the former year by 1,752. hhds and tierces
and 2,370 barrels. Of Mauritius the quantity received
has been large, exceeding that of the former season by
65,091 bags and 9 1,000 casks. The home consumption
has been very good, the deliveries :exceeding those of
1843 by upwards of 50,000 bags and-800 casks. The
quantity of Bengal imported has been excessive, ex-
ceeding that of 1843 by 81,535 bags and 868 casks.
For home consumption the quantity, taken was 2,850
bas less, but of • casks 484 more than last season.
REFINED.--The market has a firm appearance for
Refined Goods; the home trade are disposed to increase
their stocks, and the supply is small, especially of the
low and middling descriptions ; Browh Lumps are 72,s to
72s 6d, Standard Lumps 73s to 73s 6d; Tittlers, ordinary
to middling 72s to 73s 6d, good 74s to 755, fine ,76s to
83s; Hamburgh Loaves 73s to 82s, double 83s to 90s, and
wet Lumps 70s to 71s; fine yellow West India.Segar is
worth 681, whereas Standard Lumps are only-fetching
73s to 73s ad per cwt. Bastards are not much wanted.
Pieces aro in good demand, and prices rule firm. Treacle
is wanted ; boiled from West India Molasses has been
fetching 19s 6d to 20s, patent 21s to 22s .6d, and golden
syrup 23s to 27s per cwt. In bonded 'Crushed Sugar
many contracts have been entered into for forward' de-
livery at 30s 3d to 30s 6d per cwt, even at which rates
the refiners are not free sellers. The market has a firm
appearance for Loaves.
MAuernus.—There has not been much inquiry by
private contract, but previous rates are supported ; On
Thursday, however, prices will be put to the test by a
public sale of 5,000 bags. Arrivals are on the increase
The quality of the Sugar is superior to that of last leer.
EAST INDlA.—Former prices are supported for all
descriptions of Bengal, and several purchases have been
made by private treaty ; the cheapest' descriptions are
middling yellow. For public competition 4,000 bags are
announced. There have been further arrivals. The
market is firm for Foreign Free-labour Sugar, anclit is
still the cheapest suitable for shipping or, refining here
under bond.
FOREIGN.—The market;has been in a quiet state, as
is usually the case at this period of the season, but
holders are firni, and none of any description is pressing
for sale. There are some purchasers of yellovi, Ha-
vannah rather under previous quotations, but hohlers
refusing to sell thereat, there has in consequence been
scarcely any business done. The supply is scanty of
brown Brazil. White has been taken sparingly, but the
offers of lower rates are rejected by holders. In the
value of other kinds of Foreign Sugar there is little
alteration to notice.
TRA.—The market has presented a healthy appear-='
ance. The trade are still increasing their stocks, of black
and green Tea, and none has been submitted to public
competition. Congou has been in excellent - request,'
common fetching ltd to 1 lid, and good conmlon
to Is per lb. Of Pouchong there is only' "a small
quantity remaining in first hands, and the con-
sumption continues to be very large. Twankay,
is much wasted • sales of common have been- made- at
Is 3d to Is 30brightish leaf Is 4d to is 9d, and Hyson
kind is 10d to 2s scl. Hyson, common selling at 2s 6d
to 2s 7d ; middling 2s 8d to 2s 9d • good 2s 10d to 3s ;
fine and very fine 3s Id to 4s 6d. Young Hyson has been
in excellent request at previous rates. Scented Orange
Pekoe has met with ready purchasers at 3s 4d to 3s sil
per lb. The parcels of Gunpowder disposed of have
been at firm rates, Imperial is firm in price, and ih e*-•
cellent request. Other descriptions of Tea are in fair ,
demand at firm rates, and very few parcels are offering
for sale. )

RICE.—The market is still sparingly supplied with
Bengal ,_• low white fetching lls to lis 3d, mid lls itd
to Ils 9d, better 12s to 12s 6d ; the sorts most In' re!-'
quest are those from Ils to lis 9d. For yellow Madras
a good demand exists at 8s to 8s 6d ; for she( bitter
kinds of Java there are not many purchasers. "'''
COFFEE.—There has been more inclination nvanifested
by the home trade to purchase West India Coffee....ln
East India little variation has occurred. For,,Ciyinn
previous improved rates are sustained,. and by'prirate
contract several purchases made in good ordinary at 52s
to 53s per cwt. In Plantation kinds the operation* are
upon a more extended scale, at former terms.--" Mocha
has been little called for, but at present it cannot be pur-
chased upon lower terms. In Java very little doing, and
Company's prices are little better than nominal l: The
business done in this kind of Coffee has been very small
for some weeks. The value of Singapore, accordisig.to
quality, is 30s to 42s per cwt. Holders, of other-Nast
India sorts are not inclined to press sales, pricas ruling
very low,
24s to 2 owSuma9tse
Sumatra being
cwt.
eingworth only 205 to 245, 'and
very low, Sumatra being worth only 205 to 24*, 'nd
Pada n
Run, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Since our last report
holders of Leeward Island Rum have shown-firmness,
and at previous rates there has been a good business
transacted ; sales of proof made at 2s 3d to 2s 30, And
five per neat overproof at 2s 4d per gallon. Deme-
rara 3s to 3s 4d per gallon is the value of strong descrip-
tions. The market has a dull appearance for Jamaica ;
9s 6d to 3s 9d is the worth of low and middling,ls'lod
to 4s 4d for good, and 4s 6d to 5s 6d per gallon for fine
and superior. Calcutta at 2s 2d to 2s 2id per 'gallon,
proof with certificate. A favourable opinion en-
tertained towards Brandy: Cogi ac, best brands of the
vintage of 1838, hhds 5s 2d, puns ss; ditto, 1839,
hhds 48 Ild, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1840, hhds,.lld,
puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1841, hhds 4s 10d, puns 4a 8d ; ditto,
1842, hhds 4s 7d, puns 4s 5d ; ditto, 1543, hhds 0, sd,
puns 4s 3d, common 2s 8d to 2s 11d, and middling to
good middling 3s to 3s lod ; Bordeaux common 2s 6d to
2s ed per gallon. Geneva for exportation at is ItOd to
Is I Id, and fine fit for duty, 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon
English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per gallon, cash.
SPicEs.—Black Pepper is held for the previous cur-
rency, and a fair demand has existed. Sumatra has been
fetching 24d to 21d, Penang 24d to 2FI, and .Malabar
lid to aid per lb. The market has a firm appearance
for Cassia Lignea, and the purchases made by private
contract have been at fully former rates: ord fetching
52s to 535, good and fine ord 54s to 55s 6d, low mid 56s
to 58s, mid 59s to 60s, good mid to good 61s to 645, -and
fine 65s to 66s per cwt. In some cases there are sellers
of Cinnamon rather under the rates of the last quarterly
sale, but few purchasers are to be met with. f
SALTPETRE.—The market has a firm anpearance for
rough, and the parcels disposed off privately have been at
very full prices, common fetching 24s to 24s 6d, mid 258
to 2.5 s 6d, good 26s to 26s 6d, and fine 27s to 27s 6d
per cwt. The consumption has not been so good
as it was last year, and,- which is to be attributed
to the low rates that
.4fr prevailed for Ni-
trate of Soda. English Re ed has secured a faftilks
at 29s to 29s 6d ; prices eceitsd of December, 1843
were 30s to 30s 6d.
NITRATE of SrlDA.—nomer#Amormer, an romilive
12s to 13s per cwt in bond4ut at pFe*anfOere'llas been:
little doing. The market. is; Rip. dual slate for, G.gaap,.
and prices for African are going "aown. '-
CociilNEAL.—There has 40,05 i dgmand by pri-
vate contract for Honduras, and the rates paid are in
some cases rather above those preliously stunted for blickl,,:
and silvers ; low and iiald kind's re the m6:4 in request,
and speculators are adtturnifig their attention towards
the article.

INDroo.—Speculators are still turning their attention
towards East India. There—lidi bVen a 'do:od Zusiness'
transacted in Bengal, in consepience of the merchants
accepting prices 2d to 4d per 111, under those of the
October sale ; low and mid qualities are, however, still
the most preferred. Other kindscof East India sell more
freely at a small discount on the ratek-pf the, last qirar,.
terly sale.
TALLOW.—Holders of Russian manifest ',firmness, and
a fair business has been transacCed,on- the spot ;.P Y-
Candle of first quality has been' aeltink , rrently- -at;
40s 3d to 40s 6d per cwt ; but forf6rWard delivery there
are few purchasers. In Town Tallow there has. been' a,
good deal doing, but at the moderate- rates, of 40s 6d to
41s per cwt, nett cash ; the market-has been well -sup-,
plied. In the value of other kinds- of. Tallow theie-it
scarcely any alteration to notice.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE:
• ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEc..3l, 1844.
The Queen has been pleased to; appoint the
Charles Augustus Murray to be Extra Groom in Waif
in; to her Majesty.
WHITEHALL, DEc:.l2.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Norris,
of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, Gent.,'to be a Master.
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.- -
FOREIGN•OFFICE, DEC. 31, 1844.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appOinttlie
Hon. Charles Augustus Murray to be Secretarytd" bet'
Majesty's Legation at the Court of Naples.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 30. ,
The Queen has been pleased to grant unto the'Rer.'
Frederick Anson, jun., Master of Arts, the place and
dignity of a Canon of her Majesty's Free Chapel of St.
George, in her Majesty's Castle of Windsor, void by the.
death of the Hon. and Rev. Richard BruCeStopford.. --
PRINCE OF WALES' COUNCIL-CHAMBER,—
SOMERSET-HOUSE, DEC. 28. •
her Majesty has been pleased to direct- that-'-letters'
patent shall be prepared for the appointment of Edward
Smirke, Esq., to be Solicitor-General to his Boyitl
ness the Prince of Wales.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 31.
2d Regiment of Dragoons—Captain J. Stuart, from,
half-pay Unattached, to be Captain (repaying the differ-
ence), vice M. G. Adams, who exchanges; Car. E. C roker,
from half-pay 84th Foot, to be Captain viae.T. Stttart,
who exchanges ; Lieutenant H. M. damPbell .to'. be
Captain, by purchase, vice Croker, who retires; Carnet
W. F. Carruthers to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ':vi'ce
Campbell ; George Henry Earl of Mount-Charles to bp.
Cornet, by purchase, vice Carruthers, Dec. 31.
16th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieut. W.
Waugh to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bonham, who
retires ; Cornet W. K. Orme to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Waugh; G. B. Williams, Gent., to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Orme, Dec. 31.
Scots Fusilier Guards—Major and Brevet -Colonel
B. Drummond to be Lieutenat-Colonel, by purchase,
vice W. H. Scott, who retires upon half-pay Unattached;
Captain and Lieutent-Colonel Henry Colvile to be
Major, by purchase (with the rank of Colonel in the
army), vice B. Drummond; Brevet-Colonel J. E. Cairnes,
from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain and Lieute.—
nant-Coloael, vice Colvile ; Lieutenant and Captain.
C. J. J. Hamilton to be Captain and Lieutenant--
Colonel, by purchase, vice Cairnes, who retires
Ensign and Lieut. J. H. E. Dalrymple to be Lieutesuinl
and Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton ; Ensign Sir
Poore, Bart., from 32d Foot, to be Ensign anti Live
tenant, hy purchase vice Dalrymple, Dee..3l: .
20th Regiment of root,— J. G. Hay, Gant., to 'be .12
sign, by purchase, vice Coffin, who retires, .Dec. 31.
27th Foct--Lieut. W. Butler, to be Captain, )14,
purchase, vice Byrne, deceased ; Ensign A..' Dalzell,;,
be Lieutenant, vice Butler, Sept. 20 ; Gentleman Cs, let
B. Thomas, from the Royal Military Coll. tge, tn '
sign, vice Dalzell, Dec. 31.
29th Foot—Ensign St. G. M. Nugent to be
nant, by purchase, vice Mackworth, MA retires CA. :4
Dick, Cent., to be Ensign, by pute;oase, vice Nugent,
Dec. 31,

t" 32d Foot—J. W. Boissier, Gent., to be Ensign, by
I purchase, vice Sir E. Poore, appointed to the Scots Fu-
silier Guards, Dec. 31.
35th Foot—Lieutenant A. Leslie, from half-pay Glen-
garry Light Infantry Fencibles, to be Lieutenant, vice
Ward, promoted ; Ensign F. G. Elkington to be Lieu-
tenant; by purchase, vice Leslie, who retires ; C. B.
Daveney, Gent, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Elking-
ton, Dec. 31.
46th Foot—Lieut. D. D. Wemyss, from the St. Helena
Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Lacy, promoted, Dec. 31.
51st Foot—Ensign E. C. Singleton to bo Lieutenant,
• by purchase, vice Doveton, who retires ; Ensign W. L.
F. Sheaf% from the 57th Foot, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Singleton, who retires, Dec. 31.
57th Foot—J. H. Lothian, Gent. to be Ensign, by
purchase, vice Sheaffe, appointed to the 51st Foot,
Dec. 31.
60th Foot—C. F. B. Dawkins, Gent., to be Second
'Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hetherington, whose ap-
pointment has been cancelled, Dec. 31.
66th Foot—Lieut. E. M. Davenport to be Captain by
purchase, vice Rainsford, who retires ; Ensign W. M. S.
Caulfield to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Davenport;
R. Gordon, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Caul.
field, Dec. 31.
69th Foot—H. Peard, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, Dec. 31.
98th Foot—Ensign R. Young to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase, vice Dallas, deceased, July 28 ; Quarter-
master-Sergeant J. Reardon to be Ensign, vice Young,
Dec. 31.
Rifle Brigade—Second Lieutenant Sir H. Tyrwhitt,
Bart., to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Dundas,
- who retires ; F. A. Thesiger, Gent., to be Second Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Sir H. Tyrwhitt, Dec. 31.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Second Lieutenant G. T.
Dawson to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smith,
who retires ; J. Hill, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Dawson, Dec. 31.
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Lieut. A. J. Campbell
to be Captain, by purchase, vice Brevet Major Nash, who
retires ; Ensign L. G. Cox to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Campbell ; A. F. English, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Cox, Dec. 31.
STAFF.—Paymaster J. H. Matthews, from the 31st
Foot, to be Paymaster of a Recruiting District, vice
Macbeath, deceased, Oct. 1.
BREVET.—Captain E. Croker, of the 2d Dragoons, to
be Major in the Army, Jan. 10, 1837.
• BREVET.—The undermentioned Cadets of the Ho-
nourable East India Company's Service to have the local
and temporary rank of Ensign, during the period of their
being placed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir F. Smith, of the Royal Engineers, at Chatham, for
field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining, viz.:—
C. D. Newmarch, Gent.; F. C. Grindall, Gent., J. Crofton,
Gent.; W. W. H. Greathed, Gent.; J. Jones, Gent. ;
F. J. Moberly, Gent. ; C. T. Boddam, Gent. ; J. T.
Walker, Gent.; J. Bean, Gent.; F. T. Haig, Gent., Dec. 31.
MEMORANDUM.—Lieut. J. B. Hamilton, having been
appointed Adjutant of a Recruiting District, has repaid
the difference he received on exchanging to half-pay of
10th Light Dragoons, in December, 1828.
The under-mentioned Officers, having been appointed
Staff Officers of Pensioners, have repaid the differences
they received on exchanging to half-pay, viz. :—Lieut.
J. M. Tittle, half-pay Royal African Corps ; Lieut. R.
N. Rogers, half-pay Unattached.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 27, 1844.
Corps of Royal Marines.—Gentlemen Cadets to be
second Lieutenants.—B. B. Herrick, W. K. Ireland,
A. F. Sutherland, E. Richards, F. H. Noot.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
John Cooper White, draper, Canterbury.
BANKRUPTS.

George Bartlett, cement ornament manufacturer, Wel-
lington-street, Goswell-street, to surrender Jan. 14, at
two, and Feb. 11, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Oriel,
Alfred-place, Bedford-square.
William Ellis Gould, carver and gilder, Finsbury-
place South, City, Jan. 7, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee, King's
Arms -yard; Yenning, Naylor, and Robbins, Token-
house-yard.
Frederick Dudley, builder, Rochford, Essex, Jan. 7,
at half-past twelve, and Feb. 22, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury,
London; Turner and Hensman, Basing-lane, City.
John Taylor, carpenter, Market-street, Mayfair, Jan.
7, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 18, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Graham:, official assignee, Cole-
man-street; Kirks, Symond's Inn.
Ralph Eldridge, innkeeper, Bletchingley, Surrey, Jan.
8, at one, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court of Bank
ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ;
Russell and Mackenzie, High-street, Southwark.
Thomas William Burford, victualler. Brydges-street,
Covent-garden, Jan. 15, at one, and Feb. 7, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee,
Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Henderson, Mansell-
street, Goodman's-fields.

Emily Sarah Ann Findlay, dress-maker, Grafton-
street, Fitzroy-square, Jan. 15, at half-past one, and
Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom,
official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street ; Ro-
berts, Spring-gardens, Whitehall.