The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-02 00:00:00

FURTHER LOSS OF LIFE AND

PROPERTY AT SEA.

she had struck she slid off the rocks into deep water,
and sank immediately. Two seamen, and a passenger
named Touton, were drowned ; the rest of the crew
reached the shore. On the 3d of the same month the
ship Mary, of Sydney, was totally lost near Manidieu.
The crew were saved. Amongst the other vessels
wrecked are the Shamrock, on the Barnegas Shoals ;
the Curlew, Captain Richie, of Argyle; the barque
Resolution, of London ; the schooners George and
Empress, andtlree others. The loss of the latter was
stated to be 70,0001.

SUPPOSED MURDER 1N NOTTS.

Three weeks ago, a young man of the name of
Millington, of Holme Pierrepont, became suddenly
missing, and fears are entertained that he is mur-
dered. He was on the eve of marriage, and having
been at Nottingham to purchase articles for his wed-
ding, he called at Mrs. Richards, the Town Arms,
Trent Bridge, and had a glass or two of ale.
Mr. John Spencer, of Adbolton, a neighbour,
was there, and sat a short time drinking with
him, and shortly afterwards they parted at
Mr. Spencer's garden gate. No tidings have been
heard of Millington since, although every inquiry has
been made. We understand he wa3 servant to the
Rev. J. J. Cleaver, who is taking every step possible
to trace out the mystery. A mat basket which he
carried has been found, and also his hat, the lining
having been torn out of it, which was found at Hover-
ingham, on Friday morning The conviction is that
he has been robbed and thrown into the river. The
daily reports about him are truly mortifying —Notts
Review of to-day.

LONDON AND DOVER RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)
The Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors
and Directors of this Railway was held this day at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the pur-
pose of receiving the Directors' and Engineer's Re-
port, a statement of the accounts, and to declare forfeit
certain shares.
JOSEPH. BAXENDALE, Esq., took the Chair, and read
the Report, which stated,:" That since the last general
meeting the line had been further opened—to Head-
corn in the month of August, and within the present
week to Ashford. The opening to Headcorn—the
mileage over which the Company's receipts were
taken, being, of course, increased, while, at the
same time, the payment of toll to the Brighton
Company had ceased, that to the Croydon had been
modified under the arrangement referred to below,
and the tax payable to Government had been placed
on a different footing—appeared to the Directors a
proper opportunity for introducing lower fares and
an additional class of passengers. So far as a limited
experience had enabled the Directors to arrive
at a conclusion on the subject, it warranted a be-
lief that the experiment had increased the general
usefulness of the Railway, and the net profit to
the Company. By the opening to Ashford it was
expected that the existing traffic from London to Do-
ver and Canterbury would be diverted into its; new
channel, and that many of the difficulties with which
the Company had had to contend in respect to the
'conveyance of passengers and parcels, beyond the line
of the Railway to their ulterior destination, would be
removed. The full development of the traffic to which
the line was entitled, and the entire freedom from de-
pendence upon arrangements not properly falling
within the province of a Railway Company, could not
of course be looked for until the full advantages of
the new system had been offered to the public by the
opening throughout to Dover.
The proposed extension from the point where the
Croydon diverges from the Greenwich line to the
Grange-road, had occupied the careful attention of
the Directors. In pursuance of the resolution passed
at the last meeting, they had contracted to purchase,
for about 35,0001., so much of the land required as
was necessary in order to secure to the Company the
power of prosecuting the design. Further negotiations
had put them in a position to recommend to the Proprie-
tors the continuation of the line to a point near the Brick-
layer's Arms, still nearer to London than that which
was considered at the last meeting. The advantages
of a West-end terminus, close to the already accus-
tomed point of convergence on the southern side of the
bridges, were great and obvious ; but these did not
constitute the! only inducement by which the
Directors had been influenced. The terminus at
London-bridge, which would shortly he completed,
was very valuable for the purposes it was designed
to serve, but did not afford sufficient space for
carrying out in a safe, creditable, and efficient
manner, the amount and various kinds of traffic in
passengers, goods, and cattle, which might reasonably
be expected at the London terminus of the line.
Twenty-three acres of commodious station room
would be made available if the present suggestion
were adopted; and the Directors were advised by
their engineer that the increased convenience thus
afforded to the Company was a consideration to which
they could not easily attach too great importance.
The Brighton Company had declined to unite in
the proposed extension, and as the participation of the
Croydon Company was uncertain, the Proprietors of
this Company, if they sanctioned the project, must be
prepared to invest the Directors with full powers for
carrying it into effect on the sole responsibility of
the South-Eastern Company. The total cost of this
branch, with the extension now proposed, including
the costs of application to Parliament, and of the line
and station, would probably be not far short of
200,0001. Against this expenditure, besides the ad-
vantages above referred to, must be set the annual
amount saved in tolls, and the confluence of traffic
likely to be attracted to this branch ; and considering
its importance, and the adVanced and promising state
of the undertaking generally, the Directors did not
hesitate to recommend its adoption to the meeting.
The Proprietors were aware, that in order to com-
plete the line according to the estimates laid before
previous meetings, two sums of 120,000/. and
100,000/. remained to be raised under the authority of
the Acts already obtained. The order of a General
Meeting was necessary to enable the Board to raise
these sums ; that for the 120,000/. was given by a
previous meeting, and that for 100,0001. would be
submitted to the Proprietors. The mode proposed by
the Board was the issue of debentures and loan notes,
for the whole amount required.
The Directors have had much satisfaction in
laying before the Proprietors Mr. Stephenson's
elaborate Report, on the surveys made for
lines connecting the South-Eastern Railway, by
way of Calais or Boulogne, with Paris and
other important places on the Continent of Europe.
While this Company, from a sense of propriety as
well as of prudence, had always abstained from any
interference with the projects for railways on the
other side of the Channel, the Proprietors could not
fail to receive with interest a Report ascertaining, by
a careful comparison of engineering capabilities with
existing traffic, the future prosperity of an undertaking
calculated to enhance the value of their own line.
The statement of the receipts and expenditure
showed a balance of 108,375/. 10s. Oid. in the hands
of the Company.
The CHAIRMAN: then read the Engineer's Report,
which stated the line was now opened to Ashford,
and would be opened throughout in the end of next
year. The opening to Folkstone would take place
early in the summer. The Chairman then went on
to say, that in 1836 the Royal Assent was given to
the Bill of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and
the first general meeting of the Proprietors took place
in 1837. Perhaps no railway had ever moved
slower than this one appeared to have done. The
expenditure since the commencement of the Rail-
way had averaged about 100,0001. per an-
w2.
num ; but from March to November last the
expenditure had been 260,0001., and the whole year
makingthe t
time
tthoet ai
railwayof t two
had
been
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of money.
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Duringl
course of completion, the Directors had frequently
changed, and now only one original •
Director re-
mained, and he (the Chairman) happened to be the
third who had presided at that Board. In the six
Years following 1835 there had be en an expenditure
of 320,000/., and the following six months, 250,0001.
From September to October, 1842, the expenditure
was 224,000/. ; since which period up to the 15th
November, it had been 193,0001., the total payment,
therefore, was 2,187,0001. The further expenditure
required, according to the engineer's Report, was
596,000/., making a total of 2,783,0001.; but from
this sum would be deducted the interest paid on the
shares which had been received back, the cost of
the land at the Bricklayer's Arms, and other
items, which would reduce the sum to 2,681,000/.
The line would, therefore, be completed at a
cost of between three and four millions.
The total amount at present at command of
the Directors was 83,0001. The estimate for the
Dover terminus would be considered at a special ge-
neral meeting. The terminus at the Bricklayer's
Arms was a subject of great importance, and would
be brought under the consideration of the meeting.
This terminus, if erected, would place the railway
within about three quarters of a mile of St. Paul's, about
a mile and a half from Westminster-bridge, about two
miles from Waterloo-bridge, and two and a half from
Charing•cross. The necessity for this branch was
very urgent. At the present station it was out of the
question to think of carrying goods. What business
could be conducted when he told them that the station
for three Companies, the Brighton, the Croydon, and
the Dover, stood on ground about a quarter the size of
Westminster Hall. It appeared to him that there
was no earthly reason why the Brighton, the Dover,
and the Croydon should not act in concert, and for
their mutual benefit. The station at London-bridge
for the three Companies was 100 feet by 52, while
at the Camden station of the London and Birming-
ham for one carrier alone the allotment was
227 feet.—(Hear, hear.) He therefore thought
that the Grange undertaking must be beneficial
to the Dover Company. The Chairman then entered
into a long statement to chow that the arrangement
made by the Company with respect to the New Cross

DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 2, 1842.

On Sunday night last, at Strangford, during a
dreadful gale of wind from the south-west, a brig
belonging to Newcastle, named the Echo, commanded
by Mr. Evans, and a crew of seven persons, was
totally lost on the Cannon Rocks, near the north and
south light, and four of her unhappy freight met with
a watery grave. At Newhaven, on Monday morning
last, a vessel, supposed about 30 tons burden, was
found totally wrecked on the rocks under the cliff
westward of the harbour of this port. From the
name of " Manuel" being painted in white letters
on a quarter-board, which was washed ashore
in the course of the morning, she is supposed to be a
French craft. All the crew are reported to have
perished with the vessel. By the barque Venus, which
arrived at Antwerp on Tuesday last, the master re-
ports having passed on the morning of Friday, the
18th of last month, the wreck of a large vessel burnt
to the water's edge. Ile bore round it several times
for the purpose of discovering her name, but was
unable to do so. The wreck was in lat. about 49,
long. 8. Among the accounts received by the Great
Western steam •ship, which arrived at Liverpool on
Wednesday morning, were those dated Nassau, Oc-
tober 21, and New Orleans, November 8, detailing
the destruction of two vessels by fire ; namely, the
Maid of Arkansas, a steamer, and an American ship,
the Ceres, Captain Cliffe, from Mobile to New York.
The Great Western also brings tidings of the loss of
several other ships. The Trial, a fine three-masted
vessel, master's name Le Blanc from Prince Edward's
Island for St. John's, Newfoundland, went on shore
on the night of the 3d of November, at Pompkit, near
Antigouish, and became a total wreck. All hands,
amounting to 25 persons, perished. On the 18th of
the same month, the ship Eliza, belonging to London,
was driven by a furious gale on to the south-east end
of the island of Anticosti. About three hours after

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1842.

Station, had been of great advantage to the Company.
The arrangement being, that instead of paying ls. per
head each passenger indiscriminately upon the line
to the Croydon Company, the Croydon Company
should take a proportionate charge for each,
according to the distance travelled, whereby the Dover
Company had been enabled to carry third-class pas-
sengers. The next point he would call their atten-
tion to was the position of each Company with respect
to each other. He thought the public and the Corn-'
parries would be materially benefited by the Direc-
tors in each pulling well together.— (Hear, hear.)
The Brighton, the Croydon, and the Dover Company
had no possible excuse for not acting as one. He
hoped that the proprietors would take some measures so
as to compel thirty-eight foolish gentlemen to adopt
a course which must be beneficial to all. He had
hoped that common sense would prevail, but it had
not seemed to have gained ground at all. He had
seen the establishments reducing their labourers from
21s. to 195., but this was not the reform that was re-
quired ; what was wanted was to make the three
Companies work as one. They did not want three
Directors, three staffs, or three locomotiv e
establishments. Could any suppose that two stations
were required at Croydon and two at Reigate?
He had heard this bitterly complained of by passen-
gers, who had suffered. What was required was one
staff for the whole, one engineer, one secretary, and
one inspector. He was happy to say that they had
no disputes with their contractors, as many other
railways had. All that they now had to do was to
complete the terminus at Dover, and he hoped that
the one at the Bricklayer's Arms would be sanctioned.
He concluded by moving the adoption of the Report.
Mr. Wisitmv said that according to his calcula-
tions he made the total expenditure on the railway
upwards of 3,000,0001. for its completion.
The CHAIRMAN said that upwards of 300,0001. was
deficient in the calls.
Mr. WIsHAW wished to know why Mr. Yates had
resigned his situation as superintendent of the line,
and whether that resignation had been an inconvenience
to the Company. He wished to know also what the
actual costs of the railway was likely to be.
The CHAIRMAN said the less that was said on that
subject by the friends of Mr. Yates the better. His
resignation had not been an inconvenience to the
Company. The cost of the railway, as was stated at
the last meeting, would be about 2,691,000/. This
was the :tatement they made at the last meeting, and
this was the statement they adhered to now.
After a very long discussion, the motion that the
Report be received, adopted, and printed, was put and
carried. _ .

The CHAIRMAN said the next resolution was em-
powering the Company to raise 220,0001. upon loan
notes.

This resolution was put and carried.
A resolution was then passed, empowering the Di-
rectors to apply to Parliament for a Bill to continue
the line of railway to Dover under Arch Cliff Port.
This resolution was passed without comment.
The resolution come to at the last meeting, forfeit-
ing certain shares, was confirmed.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed a resolution to em-
power the Company to go to Parliament for a Bill
to form a branch of the railway to the Grange, near
the Bricklayers' Arms, and to erect a station.
A great deal of discussion ensued upon this reso-
ution ; several Proprietors opposed it, as not tending
to benefit the Company.
Mr. LEVY said that the principal trade would be
in hops, and it was well known that as Southwark
was the gteat hop-market that the dealers would, as
a matter of course, go to London Bridge rather than
send waggons to the Grange. Ile should, therefore,
propose, as an amendment to the resolution, that the
subject be taken into consideration that day twelve-
months.
Considerable discussion arose upon this, and
The CHAIRMAN said the Directors would abide
by the decision of the meeting. Ile could only
say that the ground could now be got for a low sum,
and if they delayed, they might not have an opportu-
nity of purchasing it except at an enormous outlay, as
the place would soon be built upon. If at any future
time the Proprietors should see the policy of purchas-
ing this land, and the present proposition were reject-
ed, he hoped they would not blame the Directors.
The amendment was then put and lost.
The original resolution, which empowered the
Directors to go to Parliament, either in conjunction
with or without the Croydon Company, for the Bill,
was put and carried.
A .resolution was then proposed, empowering the
Directors to sell the forfeited shares.
This resolution was carried.
A vote of thanks was then carried to the Chairman,
and the meeting separated at four o'clock.

THE LOS1)0N GAZETTE
(THIS EVENING.)

The Queen has been graciously pleased to nominate
and appoint Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Knight
Commander of the Most Hon. Military Order of the
Bath, to be a Knight Grand Cross thereof.
Her Majesty has also been pleased to nominate and
appoint Major-General Sir Henry Pottinger, Bart., to be
a Knight Grand Cross of the said Most Hon. Order.
Her Majesty has further been pleased to nominate and
appoint Major-General George Pollock, Companion of
the said most Honourable Military Order, and Major-
General William Nott, of the East India Company's Ser-
vice, to be Knights Grand Cross of the same Order.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 1.
The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity of
a Baronet in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland unto Lieutenant. General Sir Hugh Gough,
G.C.8., and to the heirs male of his body lawfully
begotten.

WHITEHALL, Nov. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Earl of Lin-
coln, the Earl of Burlington, the Lord Colborne, the Right
Honourable James Charles Herries, the Right Honourable
the Lord Mayor of the City of London ; Sir Robert IL
Inglis, Bart. ; Sir Charles Lemon Bart. ; Henry Thomas
Hope, Esq. ; Henry Gaily Knight, Esq, ; Alexander
Milne, Esq. ; the Hon. Charles Gore ; Sir Robert
Smirke, Knt. ; and Charles Barry, Esq., to be her Ma-
jesty's Commissioners for inquiring into and considering
the most effectual means of improving the metropolis,
and of providing increased facilities of communication
within the sam e.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 2.
The Queen has-been pleased to approve of Mr. Lach-
lan Macintosh Rate, as Consul-General in the United
Kingdom for the Republic of Texas.
WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 2.
2d Regiment of Life Guards—Cornet and Sub-Lieut.
R. Lucas to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice CAL
Drummond, who retires, Dec. 2.

22d Regiment of Foot—Capt. St. J. Mundell, from the
58th Foot, to be Captain, vice Russell, who exchanges,
Dec. 2.

27th Foot—W. N. Irwin, Gent. to be Assistant-
Surgeon, vice Grant, appointed to the 28th Foot, Dec. 2.
28th Foot—Lieut. C. Stevens, from the 2d West
India uegiment, to be Lieut., vice M'Phee, promoted in
the 22d Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon J. Grant, M.D. from
the 27th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Macdonell,
promoted in the 80th Foot, Dec. 2.
53d Foot—Lieutenant R. J. H. Moffatt,' from the Ist
West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice Atkins,
deceased ; Ensign W. B. Bastard to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Moffatt, who retires ; J. Breton, Gent.,
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bastard, Dec. 2.
58th Foot—Captain A. H. Russell, from the 22d Foot,
to be Captain, vice Mundell, who exchanges, Dec. 2.
61st Foot--Lieut. J. T. Bligh to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Philips, who retires; Ensign A. Wedderburn
to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bligh, Dec. 2.
68th Foot—Lieut. H. Smyth to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Hill, who retires ; Ensign W. Rhodes to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Smyth ; T. W. Storer,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rhodes, Dec. 2.
71st Foot—Ensign F. P. S. Mackenzie to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. F. H. P. Methuen,
who retires ; S. H. Stuart, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Mackenzie, Dec. 2.
80th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon A. S. Macdonell, from
the 28th Foot, to be Surgeon, vice Turnbull, deceased,
Dec. 2.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

CGURSE OF EXCHi
Amsterdam C 12 9
Ditto, at sight
Rotterdam ...2 U. 12 91
Antwerp
Hamburgh M. B. 13 14
Altona
Paris, 3 days' sight
Ditto, 3 months 25 95
Marseilles
Bourdeaux 26 0
Frankfort on Maine 152
Petersburgh, 3 Us.
Berlin .
Vienna, effec. fl. 3 M lO 1
Trieste, ditto lO 2
Madrid
Cadiz
Bilbao
Barcelona
Seville . ........... 36

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

91st Foot—W, Stuart, M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice M`Laren, deceased, Dec. 2.
3d West India Regiment—Quartermaster-Sergeant
E. Conron to be Quartermaster, vice Macdonald, de-
ceased, Dec. 2.

MXXORANDLIX.—The half-pay of Adjutant H. Blbnd-
helm, of the Canadian Embodied Militia, has been can-
celled, from 2d December, 1842, inclusive, he having re-
ceived a commuted allowance for hiscommission. The
Christian names of Ensign Mountain, of the 26th Foot,
are Jacob George.
ADMIRALTY, Nov. 23.
Corps
of Royal Marines—First Lieut. T. Holloway,
from the Artillery Companies of the Corps, to be
Captain, vice Brevet Major J. Uniacke, died in action ;
Second Lieut. J. Pickard to be First Lieut., vice Hollo-
way, promoted ; Second Lieut. H. C. P. Dyer to be First
Lieut., vice Trewitt, killed in action.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding

of Yorkshire.
2d Regiment of West York Militia—T. K. L. Walker,
Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Darnell, promoted in the
Ist Regiment of West York Militia, Nov. 26.
Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire (West Riding) Yeo-
manry Cavalry—Assistant-Surgeon B. Dodsvvorth to be
Surgeon, vice Gibbs, deceased—July 26.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
JOHN LANG, SAMUEL ARMITAGE, RICHARD
REDFEARN, and JOHN SYKES, blanket manufac-
turers, Liversedge, Yorkshire.
THOMAS BROOKE, JOSEPH LANG, JOSEPH
WILBY, and JONAS MILNES, blanket manufacturers,
Liversedge, Yorkshire.

BANKRUPTS.
JAMES HEDGMAN, dealer in leather, High Hol-
born, to surrender Dec. 13, at two, and Jan. 18, at twelve,
at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Johnson,
Basinghall-streat, official assignee ; Taylor, Finsbury_
terrace, City-road.
JOHN CUNNINGTON, builder, Newport, Mon-
mouthshire, Dec. 19, and Jan. 16, at eleven, at the Dis-
trict Court of Bankruptcy, Bristol. Hutton, Bristol, of-
ficial assignee ; Hall and Jenkins, Newport.
THOMAS JONES, cattle salesman, Glyn, Merioneth-
shire, Dec. 14, and Jan. 24, at eleven, at the District

Court of Bankruptcy, Liverpool. Cazenove, Liverpool,
official assignee ; Mallaby and Townsend, Liverpool-- ;
Williams and Breese, Port Madoc, Carnarvonshire.
ROBERT HEATIICOTE, victualler, Manchester,
Dec. 12 and Jan. 9, at eleven, at the District Court of
Bankruptcy, Manchester. Fraser, Manchester, official
assignee ; Chew, Manchester ; Gregory, Faulkner,
Gregory, and Bourdillon, Bedford-row, London.
BETTY THORNILEY, grocer, Broadbottom, Che.
shire, Dec. 20, at eleven, and Jan. 19, at twelve, at the
Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy. Fraser,
official assignee, Manchester.; Ferns, Stockport ; Bower
and Back, Chancery-lane, London.
JOHN ELLIS, brush-maker, Mansfield, Dec. 14, at
half-past twelve, and Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds
District Court of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee,
Leeds; Payne, Eddison, and Ford, Leeds.
WILLIAM HOLT, hatter, Mansfield, Dec. 17, and
Jan. 11, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court of Bank-
ruptcy. Hope, fficial assignee, Leeds ; Parsons and
Been, Mansfield.
THOMAS MARSDEN, jun., mercer, Northallerton,
Dec. 14, and Jan. 11, at one, at the Leeds District Court
of Bankruptcy. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Ander-
son, York.
CHARLES ANDREW BRADBURY, draper, Stock-
port, Dec. 10 and Jan 11, at twelve, at the Manchester
District Court of Bankruptcy. Pott, official assignee,
Manchester ; Baddeley, Stockport.
WILLIAM HENZEY BOND, wine merchant, King-
swinford, Stafford, Dec.l3, at one, and Jan. 11, at eleven,
at Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy, Christy,
official assignee, Birmingham; Collis, Stourbridge.
WILLIAM GREEN, cabinet-case-maker, Birming-
ham, Dec. 9, and Jan. 10, at the Birmingham District
Court of Bankruptcy. Valpy, official assignee, Birming-
ham; Gidley, Earl-street, Blackfriars, London.
THOMAS ALLEN, silkman and silk throwster,
Macclesfield, Dec. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Manchester. Pott, official assignee; Brundrett, Randall,
Summers, and Brown, Inner-temple, London; Thompson,
Glossop.
WILLIAM NAIRN and JAMES LISTON, ware-
housemen, Tower Royal, Watling-street, Dec. 8 and
Jan. 12, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basing-
hall-street. Gibson, Basinghall-street, official assignee ;
Cox, Bucklersbury.
ISAAC WINTER, Boxmoor, Hertfordshire, Dec. 15,
at half-past eleven, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Edwards, official
assignee, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; Steele, Lin-
coln's Inn-fields.

RICHARD COULSELL, victualler, Milton, Kent,
Dec. 12, at half-past one, and Jan. 16, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Turquand,
Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Southgate, Gray's
Inn-place.
THOMAS FIELDER, baker, Dec. 9, at half-past
one, and Jan. 13, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy,
Basinghall-street. Belcher, official-assignee ; Weir,
Coopers'-hall, Basinghall-streat.
SAMUEL PARKER, lamp manufacturer, Picca-
dilly, Dec. 9, at two, and Jan. 13, rt half-past two, at
the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. Belcher,
official assignee; Mess. Tyas, Beaufort-buildings, Strand.
HARVEY GARNET PHIPPS TUCKETT, mer-

chant, Poultry, Dec. 8, at half-past twelve, and Jan. 16,
at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee ; Law-
rance and Blenkarne, Bucklersbury.
THOMAS CALDICOTT, provision merchant, New-

port, Monmouthshire, Dec. 16, and Jan. 13, at one, at
the Court of Banruptcy for the Bristol District, Bristol.
Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Leman, Bristol.

been accepted for Cod, and 401 for pale Seal. Newfound-
land Whale Oil at 341 a 411 for fair to fine; pale straw and
brown Seal 3215 s a 381 10s ; Newfoundland. Cod 321 lOs
t0:33/ 5s per tun.
This afternoon Cocoa Nut Oil at 40s Gd to 41s ; straw
and brown Newfoundland Seal 31/15s to 361 lOs, and Cod
281 15s to 31 110 s per tun.
TALLOW.—For Russian Tallow this week, merchants
have been lese dosirous to sell. P. Y. Candle from the
warehouse has been selling at 48s, and from the scale
at 47s 9d per cwt. For delivery up to the end of 'the
year, and for Spring months at 48s to 48s 3d per cwt.
South. American at former rates. Town Tallow has been
in good demand.
This afternoon P Y Candle on the spot at 48s to
48s 3d, and for delivery in Spring months 48s 3d to
48s 6d ; North American melted fetched 47s 3d to
48s 9d per cwt.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Nev. 29, 1842, is
345. Oid. per cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain.

INGE.—(7WIS DAY.)
Gibraltar ... ........... 46
Leghorn ~.. .... 30 75
Genoa 26 10
Milan
Venice
Naples
Palermo, per oz 120
Lisbon
Oporto s2*
Rio Janeiro 23i
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days sight 4611
Philadelphia 4€
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ.
Fo7eign Gold, bars £3 17 9
Portugal Geld C0m...3 17
New Doubloons 0 0 0
New Dollars... 0 4 91
Silver in Bars... 0 4 llg

(From the London New Price Current of December 2.)
SucAu.—Although the demand for British Plantation
Sugar has been limited this week, both for the scale and
for refining purposes, still merchants have shown more
firmness, and have obtained previous rates, excepting for
brown sorts, which have been disposed of in some cases
on rather lower terms. _ _

To-day good and yellow descriptions of West India
Sugar were in fair request, and brought full rates, but
the market was dull for brown and }ow yellow sorts, and
the prices accepted were 6d per cwt under those of
Friday latt. The total sales of the week are 1,350 hhds
and tierces.
REFINED.—Prices have advanced 6d to is per cwt
for Refined Sugar this week, and the demand has been
very good for home consumption.
To-day Bonded Crushed Sugar was in request, and
fetched 26s to 26s 6d per cwt for first, at which rates
there are not further sellers ; the refiners are all cleared
out. The home demand for goods continues, and brown
grocery lumps cannot be had under 73s per cwt.
MAURITIUS.—YeIIow descriptions are wanted, and for
fine 67s to 68s have been paid, being rather above former
rates, and the supply is small ; other kinds have been in
fair request at the former value.
EAST INDIA.--This afternoon the trade were desirous
to purchase Bengal Sugar, and 2,441 bags at public sale
were sold at full rates ; fine brown at 54s 6d, damp and
washed 45s to 525, strong yellow Dobah kind 65s to 65s
6d, low to mid white 62s 6d to 64s per cwt. Siam is still
wanted, and 1,000 bags old common white sold privately
at 22s per cwt.
FOREIGN. —This afternoon holders of Foreign were
firm, and 215 hhds Foreign Muscovadoe at auction sold
at stiffer rates, viz. :—at 17s 6d to 18s 6d for low to
good ; for 500 boxes yellow Havannah afloat 22s 6d
paid ; some parcels white Pernambuco have been sold
at 23s 6d to 25s 6d per cwt., and more business would
have been done if there had been a larger quantity of
Sugar offering.
MOLASSES.—There is more desire shown on the
pert of importers of West India to sell, and the limited
business transacted this week has been st rather lower
rates. To-day lower rates were again accepted for com-
mon ; a parcel of low St. Vincents 3 years old, was
sold at 24s per cwt.
COCOA.—Holders of West India evince firmness, and
privately the demand has been good. This afternoon
200 bags at public sale were sold at 31s to 33s for com-
mon to mtddling Trinidad.
COFFEE.—The market wears an improving appearance
for Coffee adapted for the wants of the home-trade, and
prices have an upward tendency. In Mocha the trans.
actions have been on a more extended scale at stiffer
rates. Holders of Foreign are firm, and supply. the
market sparingly.
This afternoon the market was firm for Coffee of all
kinds, and the home trade were disposed to purchase ;
at auction Berbice and Rio were offered ; the former
sold at full rates—good at 121 s, mid 105 s to 106 s, low
mid 84s to 90s, rnd fine ord 76s ; the latter fetched
42s 6d to 44s 6d for fine ord coloury ;. privately good
ord Ceylon is in demand to 63s to 63s 6d per cwt.
TEA.—The trade have come forward reluctantly this
week, and for both black and green descriptions the
market has been in a dull state ; where sales have been
forced lower rates have been taken. The operations
have been almost exclusively confined to the public sales
which eommonced on Monday, and concluded this after-
noon.

Out of 61,000, pkgs offered only 22,600 have been ac-
tually disposed of at prices which show a decline on last
public sales rates of Id to 2d for Congou, 10. for
Twankay, 3d to 4d for Povchong, 3d for Souchong, and
2d to 4d for Hyson, Young Hyson, Imperial, Gun-
powder, and Pekoe Teas, and at rather lower rates for
all other sorts. _ _ _ _

RlCE.—Java at lOs 6d to lls for middling white ; by
private contract at 10s 3d to Ils 6d for low to good
white, and yellow at 9s to lOs per cwt. Bengal at a
further advance in prices ; cargo at 9s to 10s, low white
10s 6d to 11s, middling Ils Gd, good 12s to 12s 6d per
cwt. Carolina best at 30s, good 28s, and inferior 25s to
265. Patna at 15s to 16s for common, and at 16s 6d to
21s for middling to fine. Rice Meal at 5s to 7s ; and
Rice dust at 4s to 5s per cwt. To-day Bengal mid
white at 11s 6d to 12s per cwt.
Rom, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The market for
Brandy wears a firm aspect, the prices having again ad-
vanced :—Cognac, first brands of the vintage of 1839 at
4s 7d for hhds, puns 4s 5d ; 1840, hhds 4s 4d, puns 4s 2d ;
1841, hhds 4s Id, puns 3s 11d, and low sorts at 2s to 2s 4d
per gallon. Geneva at Is 8d to is 9d for common, and fine,
fit for duty, at 2s 6d to 2s Bd. For English Corn
Spirits 9s 8d per gallon cash is with difficulty
to be obtained. Jamaica Rum, 26 to 32 per cent over
proof mid quality at 2s 9d to 3s 2d, 30 to 34 over good
mid 3s 6d to 3s 10c1, 33 to 36 over good 4s to 4s 2d, 33
to 36 over fine 4s 4d to 4s 6d per gallon. Lecwards have
become dull of sale, proof at is 9d. East India Rum
Is 3d to is 6d proof, subject to the low duty. Deme-
rara of strong quality at 2s 10d to 3s per gallon.
SPICES.--For Cassia Lignea prices has a downward
tendency. Ginger is firm in price . Nutmegs at full
rates for common, and rather higl er fo: good and fine.
The demand for Cloves is good. Cinnamon is held
firmly. White Pepper firm ; Black rather under last
Friday's rates. Pimento is firm in price, but there is
less demand.

SILK.—The market for Bengal Silk is firm, and the
demond has been good ; but for China there are few or-
ders. Italian is in fair request.
SALTPETRE.—To-day lower rates were again taken
for rough ; low sorts selling privately at 25s to 25s 6d
per cwt.

INDlco.—Opinion is very favourable towards East
India Indigo ; the trade are desirous to get well stocked,
and merchants display much firmness ; the tendency of
prices is still upwards, and the supply at market small,
and likely so to continue.
Ons.--For Olive Oil holders are firm ; Gallipoli at
534 Spanish 50/, and Barbary 49/ per tun. Linseed Oil
on the spot at 31s Gd to 31s 9d ; and for delivery at 31s
to 31s 3d per cwt. Rape at 42s for pale, and 41s for
brown. Cocoa Nut has sustained its former value.
Palm Oil has been good at 33s 3d for common
to fine. Sperm Oil, British, at 76/ to 80/ for common to
fine. For common Fish Oils prices have further de-
clined 5s to 10s per tun ; privately 32/ los to 331 have

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.
Yesterday was so near being a blank day, that it
would be Absurd to make a quotation of prices. The
only bets made were 500 to 10 agst Sir G. Heathcote's
Amorino, 1,000 to 15 agst Lord Exeter's Lucetta
Lordcolt
,
quid 1,000 to 10 each agst Mr. Bell's Blackdrop,
Westminster's Languish colt, and the Duke of Grafton 's
Pastille colt.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.
Her Majesty's stag-hds., Mon., New Lodge, Wink-
field ; Wed., Beaconsfield-11.
Brighton hers. Mon., Thunder's Barrow ; Wed.,
Patcbam ; Fri. Dyke. Thurs.,
Brookside h'ars., Mon., Newmarket Hill ;
Telsconibe Tye.
East Sussex hds., Mon., Jevington-10.1.
Ashington
Findon hds , Tues., the Dyke ; Thurs.,
Gate ; Sat., Kennel:
Marquis of Hastings! hds., Mon., Bonne ; Wed.'
Redwood Gate ; Sat.; Hathern Turn-104.
Capt. Candler's hds., Tues., Shrawley Wood ; Fri.,
Tiddesley Wood-101.
Duke of Beaufort's hds., Mon., The Lawn ; Wd"
e
Dyrham Park ; Thurs., Jackament's Bottom, Tetbury ;
Sat., Staunton Park.
Mr. Tudways hds., Tues., Berkeley Lodge, Stander-
wick ; Fri., Brewham Com Mon.
Mr. G. Notley's hds., Mon., Treborough Post; Thurs.,
Wasford Turn pi ke-gate-10f.
Somerset Subscription hds., Tues., Cocker Combe ;
Fri., Raleigh's Cross-10i.
Sir J. Cope's Ws., Tues., Hampstead Norris-10i.
the
Norfolk lids: Litcham Common ; Wed.,
Crayfish, Thursford ; Fri., Edgefield-10f.
Mr. Drax's hds., Mon., Holness Kennel-11.
Mr. R. Cockburn's hds., Mon., Puddington ; Thy''
Washfield.
Mr. Giles's hds., Mon., Holly-bush Hal ; Tbuil"
xi
gnHs3ghfhl;e:
rrhnr.FoetiAmpfrn3oisr.i Herefordshire
esebart io,whrsnedkhes:
d.ht,
__.o,
in 3
Mon.,Teol nsoukeis
fifth
rm.
air
ylio
le 000invo doe s End'
.► Fn,
Hill-road--10• • Wed gllev
s.,
B
eighth
Cher
Essex and Suffolk hds., Tues, 0G 11 Grove
•
Bentley Hall. T.hFurr.:
man's Well-10 4 .
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Little

FIRE AT KINGSWOOD.
(Abridged from the Bristol Gazette of Thursday.)
We have this week to record one of thellwst exted
sive and destructive.conflagrations that has bBPPen
rt y after
in this neighbourhood for many years. Sh°,--iths tb•
seven o'clock, intelligence reached Bri,tt°lo and S.
very extensive premises of Messrs. Ja• at
Budgett, wholesale grocers and general merchantsio.
Kingswood-hill, were on fire, and several Ogled so
mediately started for the scene. The fire re,.54,,,
great a height as to render vain any hopes (I,,4lingere
the warehouses, and the exertions of the fireim—hed to
directed to preserving the dwelling-house ottll°-, of
the buildings, as well as the stabling and the 110"'"
Mr. S. Budgett, which is situated a short dis,tance„ by
the rear. This they succeeded in accomplis ne ulnl'A to
cutting off the communication. The housefly,
shop and warehouses was in extreme and
having caught fire at various points several ull'beeo
but for the change of the wind, could not 101,ensseit,
saved. The whole of the warehouses counting' e 0
and shop present a mass of ruins. 'Of these in
buildings, which covered an area of nearly is and
extent, nothing now remains but tottering, wwcii4tin.
blackened timbers, amidst which lie scattered
guishable heaps the remains of the- valubaehloebsstel:4s); ;resod t;
they enclosed. In one spot may
quantities of coffee, in the berry, completely 5-,h, fire
in another, chests upon chests of tea, burnt by "-tour
and damaged by water ; in a third, saclo °f t Ara
trampled into one dirty mass ; whilst all abt tes
running streams of melted sugar. The the
ss
room, which had been just finished, as well
aies
library lately fitted up for the use of they ung() Id.
employed in the establishment, are both destr2sies
The small chapel attached to the premises re thing
entire. It is impossible, at present, to give de-
like a correct estimate of the amount of pr°ll`,,y petted
stroyed, but we are glad to learn that it Is ,e,"to the
ike insurance will cover the injury done, intense
buildings buildings and stock. It is a fortunate cireuPwhieh
that two cargoes of new fruit, just importetk' ea t°
in another day or two would have been -310!
Kingswood, had not been removed from he I°°'
iish
Budgett's warehouses in Nelson-street, or the
-boohs
would, of course, been much greater.
and papers were also saved. , were
) At the time of the discovery of the fire tne'; % hieb
nearly forty valuable horses in the stables, all °he' Able
were got out safe. It is also satisfactory.
.t°
to state that no lives were lost or any serious I
inflicted. a It wis4,
It is not known how the fire originate,-",t,
first discovered about a quarter to seven, oilroni
room, and it is suposed must have result
And
stove which is placed in a small room aclj°_,.inl.-;:o0111'
from which pipes are conveyed into the
forsub-
Tthee firepurpose
was
at
tf
its keeping
greatest th
height
eestigochkt
aboutdry. to;o
r and the conflagration was distinctly visible no
blued
round. About three o'clock it was so fers"-but wr
to allay apprehension of spreading furtu',r'
embers are still smouldering.
A detachment of the County police:undi,er irteihrpig
intendent Hilcoat, rendered great serice_.,...ejli g the
the way clear for the engines, and -he-re it
property during its removal to the Chu the' eststr
was placed for safety. All the how tang!,
lishment (of which there are about 2' ..-dielsou
employed, the greater number of whoalb,, 04_
premises) rendered rendered every assistance, -exerle"
hours and friends of the Messrs. Budgett4io this
themselves to the utmost. The Rev. Mr. Ga;icol'srlf
respected minister of the parish, Was P3r
active.

FLEET PRISON.—The various records, be°llotb°
were on Wednesday removed from this PIIOO
Queen's Prison (lute the Queen's Bench),niniwrnera°
to the recent Act. The Fleet (according °Pr-feat°
authorities) has been a place of confinerneatt",ystein
time of William the Conqueror, anterior to tate r-nerli,
of imprisonment for debt in this country, and -figsinfsr
a prison for persons committed for offenceAsrle9;
the State ; but since the time of Flag fished)
(when the Court of Star Chamber was env— tort"'
was exclusively a prison for debtors under fegnert'
from the Courts of Common Pleas and,,l,ourS of
and persons charged with contempt of that fire
Chancery. It was burnt during the greatf 080.
1666,_t and again partially during the riots 4;040
to
was a noted place for clandestine marriages plaeej.
the the year 1754, when the Marriage Act lewd IP
various registers of the same were,ce ,he then
chBoo2niuls
i,es
taonrcyl,
Secretary,cbo yu ort rder of
depositedoonf d Lordon.
iu
TSthhiederoor
e:gie s 'o. tooerto
of the Fleet has been held from time te Wes'.
that of Keeper of the Old and New Pere,„cens had
minster, modernly called Westminster • 0-
PRETTY GOOD.—The celebrated Mrs. •E°Ablirhaan:
Anxious
a poem entitled " SapPil° and. Phi,
ch
as all literary ladies are to have the! 310.1 Z.
ing effusions put favourably before the woria, „per in
wrote a confidential note to a leading neWAsnP let
..,?,
London, in which she said—" Dear S..irf
,d,
have a few puffs for Sappho and Phaon. IlieSied le;',.;
—The note was dispatched to the office li
by astsrearuvzte.losNe obwy,
thitehappened th:trothpeuiribrePt'isru;
the printer s,
cook named Boaden, to whom, by Win., to w
• g bleb
sohveerretcheeivdeodorthil\slarns.mlN,e.r's:_mtn took the ,espects t°
Mrs. Robinson ; having sent J.
lEatea,dealiCsthe. Postiffirisbischre
gone ; but he forwards a dozen gooseberrY tgir
ew 11.
hyeorhkopereosu,NizVialll.do for the young ladies es
hold
Galashiels is thriving amazinglY just now, tile°
more orders for shawls,_mantelings,r girl is be erell
ree
about
tbocuant
t;Ni-eellstreexeetcsttea.li Ni-aroot
eatupbioc).ry
vertiser. ah

B IR THS. " ~,,,j, ,-
On the 30th ult., Mrs. John Brown, of ires°ll .14
s•
Brixton, of a daughter. ,mhirel
Dodson,v lady
,00490 n
ninnnoi
tftithhbhatheeerote3fl3o3Noßsaottettehdhihavnaiu.esuullitigGtl.tt.,hE.,..,t,asienaatrttiGs,
BGoorrefuai
Kennard,
altyahhitsotGAenneo:o:dlo
yHouse,.st
daughter.r Ne
e ot r, t
thhaem:s 0 f $
ioi
f s leg
On the Ist inst., at White Hartr-1a5e,1:1194. j.
de , sf*
J. Ranson Cuthbert. of a son.
Zetiot
On the 30th ult., at Mereworth, Kent, Robert 2e
On Westmie•--f .
Beachcroft, Esq., of Upper Stamford-street, to F.lll°l3' ,
daughter of E. %V. Payne, Esq., late of New YorkJokli3O. 010"
On the Ist inst., at St. Dunstan s, StelTheY, osl3'
son of T. Holt, Esq., of Commercial-place, to Mary, 011 01
0'
ter of W. S. Brown, Esq., of Brunswick-terrace, C°11933
road. IV.°
On the Ist inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, wool'
Newell Newton to Eliza, second daughter of Mr. Jou°
lings, of Orsett, Essex
D IR D. Ger
On the 25th ult., at Penton-street, Pentonville, MO'
trude Dogging, late of Tottenham, aged 84.
Oonn tthhee2B2t9hthulutit,.,ataStouctrhaadmjytoHn,ollulsrse;
WCheaertloctitieftßoollgles4,
the wife of Mr. Thomas Fuidge. t Carr
On the 29th ult., Mr. John Davis, of Grosvenor-stree tot,
berwell, aged 51. William irbOtir
Oa the 30th ult„ at Clay-hill, Beckenham,
son Ravres Esq., aged 54. h►k'
On the '3oth ult., on Clapham -common, •John Pull-, ,
late of Gracechurch-street, aged 90. a, wido Di
On the 26th ult., at Lambeth-terrace, Sarah, .---e
the late R. P. Barlow, Esq., of the General Post-offin.otto.
On the 24th ult., in the Grove, Hackney, Mrs. Sert.s.,,kreett
On the 24th ult., Mr. John Asquith, of Oseria...
Haymarket, aged 70. j.
pekes'
On the 25th ult., at Bird's-buildings, IslingtePr
Esq., aged 89. El'esbatist ft'
On the 25th ult. at Saville-row, Walworth, I_..ough.
lict of the late Mr. 'W. D. Clarke, of High-stree!!„-brol,r, oidoir
On the 27th uit., at Brighton, Mrs._....Relorcli
of the late Rev. Robert Winter Mrs
..
aged aged 76.: _
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London ; Printed and Published by MURD°O stolid,'
No. 112, Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 11.10345.
the County of Middlesex, Friday, December 2, '