... Portsmuouth, Dec. 20. Vvice-Admiral of the Blue Charles Carter, (lied at his resi- dence, Cold Hlarbour, (inspert, this morning, at 1-1 o'clock, after a lengthened illness, borne with exemplar~y patience. The psi- lenlt deceased was9 the eon of the late Admiral Sir Richard Eod- ney Idligh, RC.G.C. and wvas Lieutenant of the Alexander, 74, when captured by fire French ships- of-the-line in 1794 ...

... (Times.) The parallel now daily asserted between the last seven years of the war and our present railway expenditure is rather a bold attempt on the dulness and credulity of the public. It assumes first, that those seven years were a period of prosperity and improvement, and that the ex- pense of the war fell easily not to say beneficially, on the nation; secondly, that we have not yet ...

... 27Z te ';ro SMeleeios fiobetm Tloma AIsle;ran'srps ilfosnrilz tI Although more failures hare occurred this month than du- ring any similar period for rumany years, the gloom with wh;ih it cormmenced has, to a great eatent, passed away. The m-o nev market is decidedly easier. Console have advanced fire. per cent.; above three millions of bullion have arrived iron, abroad; confidence is much ...

... EDINBURGH SHARE LIST. WEDNEsDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1847. Diddtitd. Desenlptien f ? Nominal B'o-Day's Sales. o P.152 4505- Ga Change. ?? ?! ?? - - - - I Per Cent. Ranks. £ £ £ s. d. £7 Bankof Scotland. 100 100 165 0 0 I 100 100 201 0 0? 8 Linen ?? 10 ?? 4 2 6 6 QtyOfGlO5Afl'C' 10 10 i 11 7 6? 6 Cindesdale Bank 20 10 10 00 ?ommeeei.nl o??g 500 100 i?0 0 n: 6 Eastern BOflk?.??I?4I1e 3013 01 6 1 ...

... AThSHIRL? IRON COMPANY. A meeting of tihe shareholders of the Ayrsh ie Iron C~om- pany, called by the directors, wvas held in the Black Bull Hotel, Glasgow. for the purpose of receiving a report from thei directors as to the state of tho company's affa~irs. ,Tamns SWetson, Esq. was called to the chair. The attendance nras very numrerous. A short report by the directors wvas r :d.l stating that ...

... Portsmouth, Dec. 26. DxLArn or AnOiIRAL SIR GEoGez Panrana. -This venerable and much distinguished veteran officer, cvhose name recalls to mnind somse interesting events of the naval history of this country, expired on the 24th inst. at his residence near Great Yarrnouth. of a severe attack of influenza, in the 8slt year of his age. and after a naval service of more than 70 years. Hie entered ...

... ?? the late severe gales, the smhack Anne of Pool, near Strachur, A. Macnlicol master, ladenl with herrings, f~rom: Loch- finle for Clyde, wvent ashore in the IRyles of Bute, and, in order to} enable her being got off, the cargo had to be landed. The smack Industry of Greenock, Di. C:amphell masteri with a cargo of timber, from Castle Toward for Tarhert,*as also drien; onn the rocks at th~e ...

... Stiming. *ntelffarnfe, The Crispin, Walker, put into Peterbead 25th ult, from Greifmwald for Leith, leaky, and with cargo shifted. Scrabster Roads, Nor. 21.-Put in the James Peacock, Leady from Aberdeen, lost all her sails in the gale of the 22d ult. off Cape Wrath, and must have a complete set before she can pro- ceed on her voyage. North Shieldls, Nov. 27.-The Jane and Jessie, Robinson, of ...

... REVIEW OP lh THRITI WIREK.lAD DURING(- ; (From BelW. W}eecdf~r Mmungr1J| Whbeat-The wveather having become drier, the condition of all tibe new was mnuch imnproved; andr at Mark Ihane last Monday there WvlS a ?? fair quantity offered by larnd carriage samples from Essex and Kent, but from all other counties t'he supplies wvere very limited, and the mnillers being in w ant of good dry parcels, ...

... KattlYsm SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1847. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY. Bank Stock ?? 187 IndiaBonds underl000 Ditto for Account ?? -South Sea Stock . . Three per Cent. Red An. 84i Do. Old ?? Three per Cent Con. An. 85 Do. New ?? New f5per Cent.Ann -3 perCent. Anns. lTo1.. - New 3J per Cent . ?? 8'Consols for ?? So6 1 New 6 per Cents . ?? India Stock for . - Long Annuities to expire Canada ...

... SATU~RDAtY, DECEM3BER 18 1547SA,. PRICkS; OP STOCKiS THIS DAY. Dal~nk Stock ?? 138)- IndiaBonds ?? 18 ltit~o for Accolunt -Seouth beeL ?? Thlree per Cenlt. Red An. 8411 Do. Old Avlnnuities ?? - Thireeper Cent Con. An - Do. New Annute. 1751. ?? - New r5 per Cent. Attn. -l3 per Cent.Ans 51. -i N;ew 34 per Cent. Si Coiteols for Open. u85 |News 5 per C~ents. -lndia Stock; ?? Lvng^ Alnnuities to ...

... $S32Xtvp Intelffrenfe, Falmouth, Dec. 5.-The Wannan, Cornelius, of and from Li- verpool to Rio Grande, which put iln here 1st inst leaky, has been surveyed ?? is discharging. The Arab, Gibs on, of Glas- goiw, from Alexandris, which put in here 1st inst. has been sur- -eytd, and must discharge. The Prince Albert, with loss of bulwarks, boats, foretopgallant mast. &c. standing to the SW. was ...