The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
PROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
GLOBE.—A week or two ago our readers may
have noticed the appearance of a bulky pamphlet, en-
titled " India and Lord Ellenborough." It purports
to be an examination, under Whig views, of his Lord-
ship's recent conduct in India. Within the last few
days another pamphlet, in " reply," has reached us.
The importance of the subject, in reference to ap-
proaching discussions in Parliament, has induced us
to give each a careful perusal. Neither of the writers
has, in our opinion, made the most of his case ' • but
their labours have served to bring some of the
leading points within a compass somewhat more easy
to grasp than the enormous mass of official papers in
which they were previously buried. The author of
the first-named pamphlet, after devoting some twenty-
four pages to a review of the origin and growth of
our political power in India, enters upon a defence
of the power of recal vested in the Court of Directors,
and recently exercised upon Lord Ellenborough.
That the legal right exists, of course cannot be
• doubted. It is a part of the original power of
the Company over its officers. It was distinctly
recognised by Mr. Pitt's Act (1784), creating the
Board of Control, and has been confirmed by every
subsequent Act affecting the powers of the Company,
down to the present time. It is justified by the large
pecuniary interests of the Company in our Indian
empire, and is properly vested in the Court of Direc-
w tors, as the responsible guardians of those interests.
That its retention by them through every modifica-
tion of their powers and functions made during the
last sixty years, is due only to an "oversight," or to
the absence of any" discussion" or "consideration" of
the matter by the Legislature (as repeatedly asserted
in Parliament during the last session), is manifestly
absurd. In the Act of 1793, and again in that of
1813, the " Governor-General " is particularly
specified as ono of the " officers or servants" of
the Company, over whom the Directors are to
exercise the powers of appointment and recal
"at their will and pleasure." The Act of 1833 is
more general in its terms, but still completely
inclusive of the right accorded by the previous Acts.
In truth, however, the right does not depend upon
) these statutory recognitions of its existence. It has its
b foundation in the original constitution of the Com-
)
7 pany, and nothing but an express enactment can take
it away. The power it affords to the Directors of
checking the career of a nominee of the Ministry,
whose incompetency or dishonesty may place their
interests in jeopardy, is one which, in some shape
or other, cannot fairly be denied to them while
a their interests remain what they are. Whether
3 this particular mode of applying the check be
the best that could be devised, is matter for
discussion. That it ought to exist, and that its
application in this instance was just and necessary, and
134 has been most beneficial in its results, is not to be
doubted. A glance at the particular circumstances
attending his Lordship's nomination and recal most
336 completely confirms the inferences drawn from the
more general view of the question. It is believed
54 that in his appointment the Directors were nearly
unanimous—it is generally known that, as to
his removal, they were quite so. Why this
complete revolution of opinion ? Only about two
years had elapsed between the events, and the
5 change took place where groundless or capri-
)
3N cious changes were little likely to occur. "If any
one quality were to be selected as peculiarly charac-
r teristic of the Court of Directors of the East India
3% Company, it would be caution. Every member of
ss,, the Court has a pecuniary stake in India, and the
o Court, collectively, are the representatives of the
o great body of claimants upon its territory. Among
13L the Directors are men personally acquainted with
India, and with the sources from which danger
'34 in that country is likely to arise ; men trained
by long experience in civil, political, legal,
tary, and maritime affairs ; merchants of great
rM eminence, and bankers of the highest standing ;
514 most of them are of mature age, and the political
5%
3 opinions of the majority are those of the party
e 34 3 with which Lord Ellenborough has generally
acted." For sixty years they have held, substantially,
their present relative position in the government of
4 India, and with it, this right to recal the Governor-
General. Disuse tends to weaken as much as use
1
5 strengthens a mere legal right. They deliberated
long, and heard all that could be urged by the
GoverNment against the step, yet took it unani-
mously, and gave to Lord Ellenborough the first
place on the list of recalled Governors-General.
134 The " eminence" is not an enviable one, but his
5%
5 Lordship has fairly won, and long may he wear it.
The author of the " Reply" (whose work bears upon
rag, almost every page that " damning proof" of conscious
weakness—a resort to abuse in lieu of argument)—
admits the existence of the power of recal, but strenu-
„s% ously denies that it ought to exist. He declares that
s% responsibility fur the acts of the Governor-General rests
entirely with the Ministry, and that an East India
a Director, in giving his vote, his responsible only "to
his own breeches pocket." We cannot pretend to guess
what the proprietors of East India stock may think of
this line of argument; we cannot better declare our
to opinion of it than by culling a single flower from the
5% extensive rhetorical parterre of its author :—it is " the
8
it most contemptible specimen of controversial imbecility
5 we ever remember to have met with." But there is
r!‘ no ground for apprehension. A broad principle of
justice is involved, and a British Parliament will not
3 be blind to it. With this source of confidence we
may look even upon the wounded vanity of the Earl
s of Ellenborough with indifference. A dissection
o° of the " Papers relating to military operations
a in Affghanistan," and the other documents now
a 534 published respecting the transactions of 1842.3. can
a only lead to conclusions more or less unfavourable to
'2— the opinion, that Lord Ellenborough was a fit person
to be entrusted with the government of India. Of
course, these documents furnish, atfer all, but a por-
tion of the materials upon which alone a complete
and comprehensive judgment can be formed. Much
o of what concerns matter of detail must necessarily be
07 left out of consideration, and a large portion of the re-
• mainder can only be judged of with accuracy by those
6 familiar with the real difficulties and the real resources
of a Governor-General acting under such circum-
-7 stances as those encountered by Lord Ellenborough.
7% Such a familiarity is possessed by few in this coun-
s~tryand his Lordship has a fair claim to the benefit
,
7% of its paucity. But where his judges cannot be sure,
2 they can afford to be lenient. There is sufficient
9 evidence to convict without resorting to what is of
s doubtful p;oof. 'What is seen, and of the nature of
a% which no shadow of doubt can be entertained, is
134 quite enough ; though we should stop short, and
4% hesitate to infer the rest. Our space will not permi`
a of our entering upon this part of the subject at pre
e% sent ; but we shall take an early opportunity of re
1% turning to it.
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London, Chatham, and Chilham,
London, Chatham, and Gravesend.
London, Chatham, and North Kent.
Rye, Tenterden, and Headcorn.
South-Eastern—Tunbridge to Hastings, Rye, and St.
Leonards (with the exception (If so much of the line
as lies between Tunbridge and Tunbridge Wells.
South-Eastern—Headcorß to Rye.
iDALHOUSIE.
C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER.
D. O'BRIEN. S. LAING.

all disposed of, Plantation kinds at full rates,
but good ord went again 6d cheaper-Planta-
don, fine fine ord sold at 68s to 745, low mid
765, fine fine ord 635, fine ord unclean 58s 6d, good ord
545, pea berry 86s 6d, inferior 78s 6d, good ord pale
50 6d to 51s 6d ; Mocha all sold, in consequence of a
decline in prices of 2s to 3s having been submitted to-
mid clean yellow long berry sold at 65s to 695, good and
fine ord green 59s to 61s 6d, and good ord brown 58s to
59s ; Costa Rica was taken in-low mid at 58s, fine fine
ord 54s to 555, fine ord 51s, and inferior 44s per cwt.
CocoA.-The dullness in the West India market has
increased, and former rates are barely supported ; there
has been scarcely any business doing by private con-
tract, and at public sale 224 packages were all taken
in-Trinidad mixed red at 41s, ord rather mouldy
40s. Foreign is still wanted, and prices rule
high in consequence of the scanty supply at market.
MoLAsbEs.-This afternoon there was less demand for
West India Molasses, and 152 puns at auction were only
partly sold at 19s 6d for ordinary, and at lis per cwt for
very low quality.
TEA.-The market is firm, and importers still refrain
from offering any at public sale, the deliveries have again
exceeded the arrivals, and the stock consequently has
further diminished. Congou has been more inquired
after during the last few days, and a fair business has
been transacted at full prices, common selling at lld
to Hid, and good common 1 lid to is id per
lb, the market is sparingly supplied with all descriptions.
Pouchong has met with a good sale, but not at higher
rates, common fetching 7d to Bd, and the better sorts
9d to is 2d per lb ; the lower sorts are most in request.
In Twankay the transactions are uon a more extended
scale, common at Is 24d to Is 3id per lb. Hysou is
much in request and in consequence of the short supply
prices are fully as high, common fetching 2a 7d to 2s Bd,
mid 2s 9d to 2s 10d, good 2s lld to 3s, and fine
3s 2d to 4s 6d per lb. There are several buyers of
young Hy son, but there is little in the market. Imperial
and Gunpouder are little inquired for, but prices do not
give way. Fine scented Orange Pekoe is fetching 3s 4d
to 3s 5d per lb, and there is still a scarcity of this kind
of Tea. The clearances of Tea for home consumption
from this port are going on at the rate of half a million
pounds weekly. The trade do net hold a large quan-
tity of black or green. The quantity of Tea in specula-
' tors' hands is less than for some years at this time.
SPICES.-This afternoon black Pepper met with less
attention, and 1,000 bags of Malabar at auction sold at
a decline on former rates of per lb-half heavy selling
at 3d to 310, heavy sid to aid, light 2-ad to 20, and sea
damaged 2id to qa. Cassia Lignea was in good
demand, and 400 boxes at public sale all sold at
full prices for the low and mid kinds, but good went
Is to 2s per cwt cheaper-good thin sold at 65s 6d, good
mid 60s to 61s 6d, mid 56s 6d to 58s 6d, low mid 54s to
54s 6d, ord coarse 52s to 52s 6d, good ord 53s to 53s 6d,
discoloured 51s to 555, broken ends 53s 6d to 54s 9d,
mouldy 51s to 53s 6d, and broken 48s 6d to 49s per cwt
111124, BRANDY, AND HOLLALDS.-The home and ex-
port {,demand for Jamaica Rum has been limited this
week ; only small parcels have been sold, at 3s 6d to
3s 8d for common and mid quality, 28 to 30 per cent
over proof. In Leeward: there has been very little busi-
ness done, and there are sellers of proof at 2s 3d. Calcutta
Rum, 2s to 2s Id per gall proof, with certificate. Demerara
at 3s Id to 3s 3d for good and fine strong qualities. The
stock of Brandy is still diminishing, and for the best de-
scriptions there has been a good demand since our last
report. Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838,
hhds 5s 3d, puns 5s Id; ditto 1839, hhds ss, puns 43
10d ; ditto 1840, hhds ss, puns 4s 10d ; ditto,
1841, hhds 4s lld, puns 4s 9d ; ditto, 1842, hhds 4s Bd,
puns 4s Gd ; ditto, 1843, hhds 43 6d, puns 4s 4d, common
2s 8d to 2s I Id, middling to good middling 3s to 3s 10d,
and Bordeaux 2s 6d to 2s 9d per gallon. Geneva, export
at is 10d, and fine for home consumption 2a 4d to 3s 6d.
English Corn Spirits lOs 2d per gallon cash.
IticE.-This afternoon of Madras Rice 1000 bags at
auction were mostly taken in at 6d to is per cwt above
the value; good yellow at 10s, yellowish white Bengal
kind at lOs 6d, a few lots of damaged sold at stiff rates,
and fetched 8s to 9s 6d per cwt.
SALTPETRE.-This afternoon rough was less wanted,
and 400 bags of Madras at auction were taken in at 25s
to 25s 6d for mid white rather damp 10Eper cent refrac-
tion, being the full worth.
COCUINEAL.-An increased desire has been mani-
fested to purchase this article, and prices are still going
up ; indeed there is not sufficient at market to supply
the wants of shippers or tha home trade. At auction
86 bags of Honduras were nearly all disposed of at
Id per lb advance, fine bold silvers at 4s 10d
to 4s I ld, good 4s 8d to 4s 9d, mid 4s 7d, very
low foxey to ordinary 4s 5d to 4s 6d; 18 bags of Granilla
sold at is 9d to 2t 10d for small ordinary and good bold,
and 3 bags of Garblings at Is 6d to is 9d per lb. The
ships arrived of late have brought a less quantity of
Cochineal than was expected.
Ou.s.-Importers of Cod Oil are anxious sellers on
account of the increasing arrivals, and have submitted
to a reduction on previous rates of lOs to 15s; buyers,
however, are more inclined to do business upon these
terms, and at 291 lOs to 30/ per tun several parcels have
been disposed of. Seal at 321 103 to 33/ for pale; 30/ to
311 for yellow, 311 to 321 for straw, and at 281 to 291 for
brown. Southern 281 to 33/ per tun for low to tine.
Sperm, British 851 to 881 per tun accepted. Linseed Oil, on
the spot at 23s 6d to 23s 9d, and for delivery in March,
April, and May at 24s 3d to 24s 6d. Rape Oil pale
36s to 96s 6d, and brown 35s to 35s 6d per cwt. Of Cocoa
Nut 159 hhds of Ceylon at public sale were all disposed
of, fine at 271 108 to 28/, and good 27/ per tun. Prices
have advanced for African Ground Nut Oil owing to the
scanty supply ; 20 brls at auction fetched 34/ 10s to
35/ lOs per tun. Palm 25s to 26s per cwt paid for
fine quality. Olive 421 to 43! paid for Gallipoli ; 41/ to
42/ fur Spanish, 411 for Sicily, and 391 to 40/ per tun for
Barbary and Levant.
This afternoon prices further declined for Sperm Oil; 150
tuns at auction only partly sold at 801 to 8415 s for oil,
and at 83/ 5s to 84i for headmatter. Southern is cheaper;
100 tuns at public sale partly sold at 29/ 15s to 321, and
Elephant at 28/ to 29! per tun.
TALLow.-This afternoon at public sale 100 casks of
St Petersburgh yellow Candle went at 38s 6d to 38s 9d,
119 casks Soap Tallow at 37s 3d to 37s 6d, 453 pkgs
South American at 35s 6d to 38s 3d, 245 casks New
south Wales 35s to 40s, and 138 casks Ist sort Siberia
yellow Candle at 38s 9d per cwt.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Price Current of Jan. 17.)
Sucsx.—To-day the demand was limited for all de-
scriptions of B. P. Sugar. Prices are still drooping, and
rule above is under that of last Friday for brown and
inferior yellow, and 6d for the better kinds. The total
purchases for the week are only 1,450 hhds and tierces.
'lle market closes flatly for West India, Bengal, Mauri-
tius, and Madras Sugar.
REFINED.—To-day there was not much demand for
refined goods for home consumption, and prices are still
going down ; brown lumps 71s 6d to 725, and standard
lumps 72s 6d per cwt. Of Foreign refined in bond there
is very little of any description offering, and none for
present delivery, very extensive contracts having been
made for six weeks and two months to come, Crushed
has been sold at 31s 3d to 31s 9d, and 10 lb Loaves at
33s 6d per cwt.
2.laulimus.—lmportes of this description of Sugar
are desirous to realise, and having supplied the market
largely, has produced a decline on previous rates of is
to is 6d for middling good and fine yellow, of which
the supply principally consists ; on inferior brown
and grey sorts, the fall has been 6d per cwt.
This afternoon there was little business done is Mauri-
tius Sugar by private contract, 349 bags at auction were
sold at rather lower rates, mid yellow at 54s to 555.
good mid 565, good 58s to 595, aid mid brown 46s per cwt,
EAST INDIA.—This afternoon four parcels of Bengal
Sugar duty paid, amounting to 3,764 bags 143 chests,
were submitted to public competition, and nearly the
whole found purchasers ; yellow, of which the bulk con-
sisted, went at a decline of is to is 6d per cwt, low
greyish selling at 47s 6d to 505, mid 503 6d to 51s 6d,
mid rather bright 51s Gd to 53s 6d, good middling
56s 6d to 575, damp and washed 41s to 565; on white the
decline was 6d, fine selling at 65s to 68s, mid to good
60s to 645, damp and washed 57s to 66s ; 548 bags in
bond went cheaper, that is to say, mid bright yellow at
27s 6d to 28s, damp and washed 25s 6d to 27s 6(1 ; of
Madras 133 bags duty paid fetched 52s 6d to 53s fid for
damp yellow, and 50s 6d for washed.
FOREIGN.—Holders of all descriptions have confidence,
and retrain from offering any at public sale ; at present
none is announced. For yellow Havannah fully former
rates are insisted upon, but there has been only a small
amount of business done by private contract this week,
offers for large parcels rather under previous prices have
been made, but rejected by merchants. In white little
business has been transacted. but prices do not give
way. For Brown Brazil fully late rates are offered,
but the supply is still scanty, and not ample for the de-
mand. The market is firm for white, and the demand is
on the increase.
FRUIT.—For Currants the holders are demanding
higher prices ; new Zante has been sold at 48s, Patras
49s to 50s, and some of the importers have withdrawn
their parcels from the market. Valentia Raisins are
steady, of Red Smyrna and Chesme there is a good
I supply, the demand only limited at present.
COFFEE.—Although the stock of West India Coffee
is heavy, exceeding that of last year by 98 casks 1,611
brls and bags, still merchants have manifested firmness,
and the market
.has been sparingly supplied ; previous
rates are maintained for all clean kinds, but buyers have
been cautious in their proceedings by private contract,
and only 19 casks 7 brls were offered at auction, which
went at 59s to 60s for fine ord unclean Jamaica, triage 40s,
fine fine ord Berbice 58s, good ord 455, and triage 40s, but
a part only was disposed of; unclean sorts may be pur-
chased at low rates. This afternoon the public sales
consisted of 1,993 bags of Ceylon, 883 brls 67 half brls
Mocha, and 553 bags Costa Rica; Ceylon was nearly

THE LONDON GAZETTE,

(THIS EVENING.)

WHITEHALL, JAN. 16, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent
to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity
of a Baron of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto the Right Honourable Sir:Charles Theophi-
lus Metcalfe, Bart., G.C.8., and Captain General and
Governor in Chief of her Majesty's Provinces in Canada,
New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and of the Island of
Prince Edward, and Governor-General of all her Ma-
jesty's Provinces on the Continent of North America,
and of the Island of Prince Edward, and to the heirs
male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style,
and title of Baron Metcalfe, of Fern-hill, in the county of
Berks.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 15.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James
Thompson, as Consul at Gibraltar for the Free Hansea-
tic cities of Hamburgh and Lubeck.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr.
John Fergusson, as Consul at Belfast for the Republic
of Venezuela.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, JAN. 8.
The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household
has appointed Thomas Uwins, Esq., Royal Academician
to be Surveyor of Pictures in Ordinary to her Majesty,
in the room of Sir Augustus Wall Callcott, Royal Aca-
demician, deceased.
WHITEHALL, JAN. 16.
The Right Honour able Sir Nocolas Conyngham
Tindal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of her Majesty's
Court of Common Pleas, has appointed Charles
John Dene, of Barnstaple, in the county of Devon, At-
torney and Solicitor, to be one of the Perpetual Commis-
sioners for taking the acknowledgments of deeds to be
executed by married women, under the Act passed for
the abolition of fines and recoveries, and for the substi-
tution of more simple modes of assurance, in and for
the county of Devon.
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 17, 1845.

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From Friday Night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Eth of Vic-
toria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the
11th day of January, 1845.
1681. TE DEP.

Notes issued ... 28,163,130

£28,163,1301
M. MA]
Dated the 16th day of Jan,

BANKING D:

Proprietors'capi-
tal 14,553,000
Rest 3,194,623
PuLlie deposits
(including Ex-
chequer,Savings
banks, Commis-
sioners of Na-
tional Debt, and
dividend ac-
counts) 4,128,966
Other deposits 8,877,905
Seven day and
other bills 1,019,52E

,RTMENT.

Governmentdebtll,ols,loo
Other securities 2,984,900
Gold coin and
bullion
Silver bullion

£28,163,130
RSHALL, Chief Cashier.
wary, 1844.

'ARTMENT.

overnment secu-
rities (includ-

inglleaciWeight
Annuity) 14,386,839
Other securities 9,001,544
,Notes
Gold and silver

coin

£31,774,0221

--
M. M
Dated tie 16th day of J 1

2d Regiment of Life Guards—Veterinary Surgeon
J. Wilkinson, from the 17th Light Dragoons, to be
Veterinary Surgeon, vice J. Home, who retires upon
half-pay, Jan. 17.
12th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Captain M. Clerk,
from the 19th Foot, to be Captain, vice Forrester, who
exchanges, Jan. 17.
17th Regiment of Light Dragoons—E. R. Dodwell,
Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blathwayt, ap-
pointed to the 23d Foot, Jan. 17.
22d Foot—Gentleman Cadet F. W. T. Caulfield, from
the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur•
chase, vice Weld, deceased, Jan. 17.
23d Foot—Lieutenant F. A. D. Roebuck, to be
Captain. by purchas°, rice Campbell, who retires ;
Second Lieutenant G. P. Philipps to be First Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Roebuck ; Cornet J. F. Blathwayt,
from 17th Light Dragoons, to be Second Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Philipps, Jan. 17.
48th Foot.—Ensign A. A. Chapman, to be Lieutenant
by purchase, vice Fullerton, who retires ; C. Sykes,
Gent. to be Ensign by purchase, vice Chapman, Jan. 17.
16th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant P. Bolton, from
the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice

£31,774,022
KSHALL, Chief Cashier.
wary, 1845.

NEW PROJECTED RAILWAYS.
(From the London Gazette of this Evening.)
RAILWAY DEPAR I MENT OF THE BOARD OF
TRADE, WHITEHALL, JAN. 17.

Kirk, appointed Paymaster, Jan. 17.
19th Foot—Captain the Hon. C. R. W. Forester, from
the. 12th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Clerk, who
exchanges, Jan. 17.
50tg Foot—Lieut. J. J. Enech, to be Captain, without
purchase, vice James, deceased; Ensign J. C. Bishop, to
he Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Enoch; Gentleman
Cadet H. Nangle, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bishop, Jan. 17.
64th Foot—Ensign I. T. Twining to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Horrocks, who retires; J. A. Res-d,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Twining, Jan. 17.
68th Foot—Lieut. W. H. H. Carmichael to be Adju-
tant, vice Cross, who resigns the Adjutancy only, Jan.l7.
75th Foot—Captain P. Delancey to be Major, by pur-
chase, vice Hall, who retires ; Lieut. G. T. George, to
be Captain by purchase, vice Delancey ; Ensign Henry
Nelthorpe to be Lieutenant by purchase, Tice George ;
J. G. Fox, Gent to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Nel-
thorpe, Jan. 17.
89th Foot—Ensign D. D. Muter to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Mytton, who retire; B. D. Moore, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Muter, Jan. 17.
92d Foot—Ensign :W. Moncrieffe to be Lieute-
nest by purchase, vice Nicoll, who retires ; R. Bethune,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Moncrieffe, Jan.
17.

98th Foot—Lieutenant E. Hnythorne to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Gordon, deceased ; Ensign M.
Batt to be Lieutenant, without purchase,: vice Hay-
thorne, Sept. 11 ; Gentleman Cadet W. C. Rose from
the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, vice Batt,

Notice is hereby given that the Board constituted by
the Minute of the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade of the 24th of August, 1844, for the
transaction of railway business, having had under con-
sideration the following schemes for extending railway
communication in the district of North Kent, and in the
districts of Kent and Sussex, intermediate between the
South Eastern and Brighton Railways, viz. :
The Central Kent Railway,
The London and Croydon—Orpington Branch,
The London and Maidstone,
The London and Ashford,
The London, Chatham, and Chilham,
The London, Chatham, and Gravesend,
The London, Chatham, and North Kent,
The Rye, Tenterden, and Headcorn,
The South Eastern—Maidstone and Rochester,
The South Eastern—Turnbridge to Hastings, Rye, and

Jan. 17.
Ist West India Regiment—G. Phelan, Gent., to be
Ensign, without purchase, vice Rose, who resigns,
Jan. 17. _ .

HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon A. Shanks, M.D. from
the 55th Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the First Class,
vice Kinnis promoted ; Surgeon J. M. M4Donald, from
the Ist West India Regiment, to be Staff-Surgeon of
the Second Class, vice G. Ferguson who retires upon
half•pay, Jan. 17.
COMMISSARIAT.

Deputy Commissary General Tupper Carey to be a
Commissary General.
Assistant Commissary General William Randolph Eppes.
Assistant Commissary General Henry Bowers, to be
Deputy Commissaries General.
I)eputy•Assistant Commissary General Joseph William
Wy bau I t.
Deputy Assistant Commissary General Richard Inglis,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General John W. Smith,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General Johannes de

Deputy Assistant Commissary General T. J. Lempriere,
Deputy Assistant Commissary General John J. Smith,
to be Assistant Commissaries General.
Commissariat Clerk Alfred Salwey,
Commissariat Clerk John Thomas Comper,
Commissariat Clerk John Banner Price,
Commissariat Clerk James Charles It. Wood,
Commissariat Clerk James Bell Mundy,
Commissariat Clerk Robert Baker
Commissariat Clerk William Hewetson,
Commissariat Clerk Charles H. Sheil,
Commissariat Clerk William Robertson Cooper,
Commissariat C►erk Hector J. Macaulay,
Commissariat Clerk Henry Connell,
Commissariat Clerk Wm. James Tyrone Power,
to be Deputy Assistant Commissaries-General.
The commissions of the above-named Officers to bear
date the 24th December, 1844.
MEmoriANnum.—The Christian names of Second
Lieutenant Dawkins, appointed to the GOth Foot, are
Clinton Francis Berens, and not Bewes, as previously
stated.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Forfar.

Forfar and Kincardine Regimeat of Militia—J. R.
L'Amy, jun., of Dunkenny, E q., t. be Captain, Dec. 7.
13ANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Samuel Hammond, jun., market gardener, Upminster,
Essex.

BANKRUPTS.
William Aldred, builder, New Kent-road.
Antonio Nicholas Armani, merchant, Bush-lane, City.
Thomas Browning, innkeeper, Old Bailey.
Andrew Donald, bookseller. St. Albans, Hertford.
Jo4eph George Todman, licensed victualler, Gray's
Inn-lane.
Henry Rome Stutchbury, bookseller, Thcobald's-road.
Thomas Richard Withers, brewer, Eling, Southampton.
George Dickinson. farrier, South Portman-mews,
Portman-square.
William Robertson, coffee-house keeper, Eagle- ter
race, City-road.

St. Leonard's,
Th© Southern—Branches to Deal and Walmer, and ex.

tension and deviation at Margate,
The South Eastern—Ashford to Hastings,
The South Eastern—Headcorn to Rye,
The South Eastern—Hungerford-bridge to Tunbridge

and Paddock Wood and Branches,
The South llastern—North Kent, Hungerford-bridge to
Clulham, with a branch to Sheerness, and branch to

connect Greenwich and Woolwich;
Have decided on reporting to Parliament in favour
of tam

South Eastern—Maidstone and Rochester,
South Eastern—Branches to Deal and Walmer, and
extension and deviation at Margate,
South Eastern—Ashford to Hastings,
South-Eeastern—Hungerford-bridge to Tunbridge and
Paddock Wood and Branches,

South-Eastern North Kent, Hungerford-bridge to
Chilham, with Branch to Sheerness, subject to any
modifications which may appear to be cleanable for the
naval and military establishments of the country; and
reserving consideration of the Branch to connec
Greenwich and Woolwich ;
and against the
Central Kent,

London and Croydon—Orpington Branch,
London and Maidstone,
London and Ashford,

THE SUN, LONOON, FRIDAY 1\3:V,1 NIN_A JANUARY 17 IM6,

at the same time with the net, is made as long again
(or even more), and is gathered on the edge into plaits
or puckers, so as to form a puff. The contrast between '
the net and the linen is darker and more striking than
we have yet seen produced, even by the needle, and has
a truly elegant and unique appearance. At present it
is made in stripes, the net being slighted ornamented,
either with bullet holes or the insertion of threads, in
the same manner as traverse warp nets are in general
ornamented. These puffs can, when required, be in-
stantly stopped and succeeded by net, and there is rea-
son to think that puffed or embossed patterns may be
made by the application of the facquard. Frcin what
we can learn, the pusher machines are adapted to make
this article, which it is hoped will be patronised by the
English nobility and gentry in their spring fashions, and
thus give a new impetus to native industry. The article
is perfectly sound and good, and bids defiance to the
ordeal of the wash-tub.—The warp-lace trade is slowly
improving, but: is not much increasing in the extent
of machinery. Every branch and department seems
upon the increase, but the tatting branch appears the
most stable and flourishing.—Nottingham Review.

".HEROIC CONDUCT OF A SAlLOR.—Yesterday morn-
ing, as Mr. Braddy, of St. Margaret's Bank, Roches-
ter, was heir'', rowed up the Medway, he saw -1 boy
fall overboard from a steam-tug, and having given the
alarm two sailors from her Majesty's ship Comus put off
in a boat and rowed to the spot. When they got to the
place he had sunk, but one of them plunged into the
water, dived, and brought up the lad in a state of in-
sensibility ; but he was speedily restored.
On Monday morning, at about four o'clock, a fire,
entirely the result of accident, broke out at No. 6, Edgar-
buildings, Bath, the residef.ce of Col. Strutt, but which, by
timely assistance, was confined to the badroom of that gen-
' tlemaa, in which it originated. We are sorry, however, to
state that,in addition to the alarm which the accident occa-
sioned, the Gallant Colonel suffered personal injury from
the flames, being much scorched on his hands and face,
as did also his daughter, the Hon. Emily Strutt, who, in
her endeavours to extinguish the fire, was very severely
burned on her hands and about her head and face.—
Devizes Gazelle.

We have been informed that at the annual dinner
of a Society, comprising the male members of the Uni-
tarian congregation in Kidderminster, which took place
on Tuesday evening last, at the Talbot Hotel, Mr. H.
Talbot, jun., in the chair, in the course of the evening
" The Health of Sir Robert Peel and her Majesty's
Ministers" was proposed by Mr. Thomas Hopkins, who
warmly eulogised the Right Hon. Baronet for his efforts
in support of Toleration, and his successful carrying
through of the Dissenter's Chapels' Bill. Our informant
also states that the toast was well received.— Ten Towns'
Messenger.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

The following are the results of "A Table of Mortality
in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from
all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the
11th of January, 1845." The Table is issued from the Office
of the Registrar-General :
Weekly
CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of
Five Years
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 223 184
Diseases of variable or uncertain seat 94 106
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 145 159
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration 406 292
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4O 24
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other
Organs of Digestiox 79 71
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c ll 6
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. lO 10
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 9 6
Diseases of the Skin, &c 1 1
Old Age, or Natural Decay 77 70
By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance
Causes specified llO7 954
Deaths from all Causes ... 1109 963
DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER

Weekly Average
of Five Years.
147
36
80
33
33
30
20