The Express. — London, England, 1866-05-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OP LORDS.-MONDAY, MAY 7. - , Tha LORD CRANORLI.OI took his east on the erodes& at I Abe. Lord WODIHOOOI and Lord DRUMM took the oaths sheil their seats. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Dryeloagli, Shaw a nd Rochdale Roads ; But %Mon Moor End Ro ad BM ; North Eastern Railway (Leeds and Wetherby Besnek) Bill ; Hull and Homes sad North Eastern Seaways Ball Wrexham, Mold, and Cannel's Quay Railways (additional capital) BiR ; and Drayton Junction Railway Bill, were severally read • third time and palmed. AUSTRIA, PRUSSIA, AND ITALY. The Ben t CADOGAN pm notice that to-morrow he should inquire of the noble earl at the head of the govern ment whether her Majesty's government had made any agars of mediation, either alone or in concert with the aararat of the French and the Emperor of Russia, to the everts of Austria, Pima* and Italy, with • view of m isting the governments of those countries in arriving at a pacific mettlement of the questions at issue between them. PROSECUTION EXPENSES BILL - - - Lord CHELMSFORD, in moving the second reading of ibis bill, explained that its object was to enable magis trates to allow expenses to utors and their witnesses eases where no committal took plaoe. The bill was read a second time. DOCKYARD EXTENSION ACT AMENDMENT BILL This bill, on the motion of the Duke of Somasarr, pews& the second reading. CONTAGIOUS DISEASES BILL Thu/ bill wee also read • second time. SELLING AND HAWKING GOODS ON SUNDAY BILL. Lord CHELMSFORD moved that the house should go Into committee on this bill. Earl RUSSELL was in favour of the principle of the bill. They ought either to repeal the act of Charles IL, which forbade Sunday trading, or endeavour to make its previsions efficacious without too great severity, and too =ohaervanee. It appeared to him that whether the " i ls ord had succeeded or not, or whether anybody could ineseed in attaining that object, the object itself was • right the, sad therefore he was quite in favour of the prin ciple of the bill. At the same time be thought there was something in the objection that people had not had time to asistider the bill, and he should be 4lad if more time was given before they were asked to go into committee. The matter was one in which exceptionsmust be made, because there were many people who had not the money in their beads on Saturday night in time to enable them to make their purchases. Lord CHELMSFORD consented to postpone the order till that da week. Lord TE VNHAM gave notice that on the motion for going into committee he should move and divide upon the vacation, that the house go into committee that day six math& DRAINAGE AND IMPROVEMENT OF LAND (IRE LAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. EXCHEQUER BILLS AND BONDS BILL This bill was read a third time, and pared. Their lordships rose at a quarter to 6 o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, MAY 7. The SPEAEIR took the chair et 5 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. Mr. S. TAIMYR! took the oaths on his election and his seat for Reading. Mr. CAMPBELL took the oaths and his seat on his suction for Ralston. DEVONPORT ELECTION. Mr. C. W. WYNN, chairman of the Devonport Election Oommittee, reported that George Poppleetone, having been guilty of prevarication, had been committed to the cue. Cody of the Serjeant-at-Arms, but as the said George Pop plestone had subsequently by letter expressed contrition for such misconduct, the hon. member moved that he be discharged from custody without payment of fees. Agreed to. HEREFOkD ELECTION. Admiral DUNCOMBE, the chairman of the Hereford election committee, reported that Mr. Richard Beggsllay and Mr. George Clive had been duly elected as members to nerve in the present parliament ; but it bad been proved that certain persona had been bribed, but not with the con. Dent either of Mr. liaggallay and Mr. Clive or their agents, and that the committee had no reason to believe those gen tlemen were cognisant of such bribery. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a third time and tressed. Bristol Harbour Junction Railway and Wharf - Depot, Lynvi Valley and Ogmore Valley Railway Companies, Nel son Local Board, Slough Gas, and Whitmarsh's Disabilities NEW WRIT. Upon the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a new writ was or dered to issue for Aberdeen, in the room of Mr. William Leslie, who, since his election, had accepted the steward ship of the Chiltern Hundreds. CHURCH RAITS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he wished to renew a notice which had lapsed in consequence of the count-out on Friday night. He begged to give notice that he would to-morrow evening move for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the abolition of compulsory church rates. REDISTRIBUTION OF SEATS. The RIGHT HON. GENTLEMAN also moved fora return of the particulars with regard to boroughs proposed to be partially disfranchised. (Hear, hear.) Agreed to. PROBABLE DURATION OF COAL SUPPLY. Mr. If. VIVIAN gave notice of his intention on an early day to move the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the probable duration of the coal supply in this country, specifying the quantity used for domestic purposes, and for manufactures, navigation, and ex portation. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Mr. IL (OCHRANE gave notice that on Friday next he would move for the appointment of a royal commission to inquire into the constitution of the Metropolitan Board of Works, in connection with the government of the me trbpolis. CHELTENHAM ELECTION. Mr. AYRTON brought up the report of the committee on the l'heltenham election, stating they had determined that Mr. C. Schreiber had been duly elected. The com mittee bad further resolved that two voters had conspired to prevent certain other voters from voting or the other candidate, the Hon. Fitzhardinge Berkeley. but that it was not proved that the sitting member nor his agent had any knowledge of such conspiracy. They also reported that bribery IsaJl not extensively prevailed at the last election for the borough. STATE OF CONTINENTAL AFFAIRS. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS asked the tinder Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he could give the house any information on the present untoward aspect of continental affairs, and if her Majesty's government had either by itself or in accord with France made any friendly offers to the governments of Italy and Austria, with a view of soothing existing differences and averting from Europe the threat ened calamities of war. Mr. LAYARD—I regret to say I am not able to give my hon. friend any satisfactory information or any satis factory assurance with respect to the present untoward state of affairs on the continent. The opinion of her Majesty's government on the causes and events which have led to that state of things is well known. It is equally well known to Austria, and Italy, that her Majesty's government would, with the greatest pleasure, make use of their good offices, sad do their utmost, for the purpose of preserving peace, if those good offices were applied for, and if there was any prospect of such good offices leading to any satis faetory result. The wish of her Majesty's government has been expressed to the French government to act with them ' with a view to that object. It is quite evident that it would be uniulvisable on the part of her Majesty's government to enter alone into any offer of good offices to any of those powers which I now fear are on the verge of going to war. In the present critical state of affairs it would be unadvisa his and improper to enter into any details on the subject. (Hear, hear.) Mr. RAILLIE wished to know whether any proposal bad been mule for a congress? Mr. LAYARD said no proposal had been made for a congress, but the question had been under discussion. COMMONS METROPOLIS BILL. Sir W. JOLLIFFB asked the First Commissioner of Works if it wa. the intention of the government to refer the Commons Metropolis Bill to the consideration of s •elect committee. Mr. COW PER thought the best course was to refer the bill to a select committee, and would be prepared, after the second reading, to propose that that course should he adopted. THE INDIAN ARMY. Major JERVIS asked the Under-Secretary of State for India when he would be prepared to make his statement respecting the Han ant.y. Mr. STANSFELD said he would make the statement not later than immeiliately after the Whitsuntide recess, and earlier if possible. THE REFORM BILL Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from the Reform ••e against the Ifith clause of the Reform Bill, diefran dockyard voters, which, they said, wee opposed to the spirit of that beneficent measure. (Hear, hear.) WHITSUNTIDE RECI/118. In reply to Mr. BOUVIRII, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was his intention to make the usual motion with regard to the 'Whitsuntide mess—viz., that the house should adjourn ou Friday week until the following Thursday. Admiral DUNCOMBE asked whether it was prop to adjourn over the Derby-day ? ( Laughter and ohms.) a r, I . . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I do not think that is ever made the subject of a previous under standing. Matters take their natural course on that day. (A laugh.) PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.—REDISTRI BUTION OF SEATS BILL. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER pro oeeded to explain the provisions of the bill, premis ing that his remarks would be divided under three heads—the details of the redistribution scheme, the exterwion of boundaries, and the mode of pro. tending with the whole subject. He reminded the house that in reoent bills the seats necessary for rectifying . . the balance of representation had not been obtained by the extinction but by the limitation of the repre sentation of small boroughs, and, in discussing the merits of these constituencies, he came to she con clusion which he illustrated from recent expe- Turning to the subject of boesidaries, the right hon. gen- Bernier laid Vial there was notlisosition to disturb ex isting boundaries. It was pro posedto enact, first, that wherever the municipal area did not coincide with the par liamentary men, the latter should be extended to effect that object ; and, secondly, that hereafter parliamentary boun daries should follow the local rule ; that is, if any borough was enlarged for local purposes, it should be enlarged for perliamentary purposes also. In regard to procedure ion the bills—if leave was given to bring in this bill, it would Fer that the terms of the recent amendment were com plied the whole scheme of the government being fore the house. More, however, was asked in the debate ; some guarantee was asked that the redistribution of seats should be dealt with by the same parliament as dealt with the Franchise Bill. He pointed out that in order to carry out all the measures it would be necessary to have en autumn session -, and stated that the object of the government was not to lose the present year in further inglegislation on reform. The government was ready to adopt any suggestion, with the condition only that the question was to go forward. If there was to be minute controversy on the redistribution of seats, that probably could not be e ff ected in the present session , though the rienee--that while they did not deserve condom nation by a special liability to corruption they bad not earned any title to prolonged existence by discharging the function of returning young men of promise to the House of Commons. The government, therefore, had determined to proceed on the principle of providing the means of ex tending to the large and growing communities of the country that adequate share of representation which they did not at present enjoy, simply by restricting the present superabundant representation of small boroughs ; and after considering carefullythe degree of leniency with which the principle should be applied—remembering always that the small boroughs could say now what they could not say at the time of the reform bill of 1832—that their members represented a real constituency—it believed it would beet meet the claims of equity and the state of public opinion by not extinguishing any borough, bat resorting in lieu to the Scotch system of grouping. A strong reason for this course was that experience had shown grouped boroughs to be almost entirely free from corruption. Having to take votes in a plurality of places was found to be an obstacle to bribery. After some fur ther prefatory remarks, balancing the merits in this respect of the bills of 1854 and 1860, he stated that the bill proposed to obtain for disposal 49 seats by the double operation of withdrawing one member from every borough at present possessed of two with a population of less than 8,000, and by grouping together as many of inch boroughs as could be collected together with geographical convenience. Groups having a population of under 15,000 would have one member, those above that limit two mem bers, and while the lowest in population would have 10,000, the highest would have 21,000. Perhaps (continued the right hon. gentleman) the house will desire, having thus stated the principle on which these groups are formed, that I should state what the groups are. (Hear.) They consist of No. of Member,. Woodstock, Wallingford, and Abingdon Liskeard, Bodmin, and Launceston Totnes, Dartmouth, and Ashburton Bridport, Honiton, and Lyme Dorchester and Wareham Malden and Harwich Tewkesbury, Cirencester, and Eveshani .. 1 ~ 2 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 government would be ready to go on. The government would not prepoile a prorogation until the whole question of the franchise and the redistribution of seats was settled, if the bows desired that both subjects should be considered together. Mr. DISfl ARLI—Sir, I rise merely to touch on one of the three subjects which the Chancellor of the Exchequer has brought under our consideration, and when he rose I did not contemplate that I should have to trouble the house on either of those subjects. I shall con fine myself entirely to the question of procedure. I must say I have listened to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on that subject with feelings akin to asto nishment. (Hear, hear.) It is generally considered the duty even of a private member of the house, when he brings forward • bill or proposes a measure , th at he should at least indicate the mode in which be intends to ask the opinion of the house, and the time he thinks it may be convenient to ask for that opinion. But as I could collect from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he has not at all given any means to the house by which they can arrive at a conclusion as to the course which the government pose the house should adopt in this matter. spective of the Chancellor of the Exchequer being • member of this house the Chancellor of the Exchequer brings for ward this measure as leader of the House of Commons, and it is his duty to regulate the general course of the business of the house. But here is the mostimportantbuainess before the house—buainess which has already engaged its attention during a great portion of the session, and which is contemplated by the Chancellor of the Exchequer as being likely to engage the best of our time. So far as I can collect, the right hon gentleman has abdi cated his duty, for I am at a loss to know what is the day and what is the hour when the opinion of the house will be elicited upon the measure of the government. (Hear hear.) I hope the right hon. gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer will inform the house what course he pro- Nies to follow, or that some other member upon the government bench will state what day the opinion of the house will be taken upon this very important measure. (Opposition cheers.) Mr. BOLTVERIE, after a pause and after some ironical cheers and cries of "Gladstone," said he apprehended that the proper time to name the day for the second reading of the bill would be after the bill had been introduced and read a first time—(hear, hear)—and he also apprehended that though the question might seem to be one about pro cedure, it was one which lay much deeper, and really was a question whether the house should go on with reform or not. (Hear, hear.) There was a . party in the house opposed to all procedure in reference to the borough franchise, and that party was headed by the right hon. gentleman who sat beside him (Mr. Lowe) and the right hon. and gallant gentleman the member for Huntingdon (General Peel). They were op posed to the Borough Franchise Bill, and though that party was influential in point of numbers and weight--consider bag the individuals who belonged to it—yet they did not represent the opinion of the house, nor represent the great bulk of opinion in the country. (Hear.) He thought that these bills should be placed together, and committed to the same committee, with instructions to join them, when the house would have the whole of this great question before it, for let him say that it was a great measure. (Hear, hear.) They should be able to discuss the question as a whole, and to accept or reject, if they disapproved, all together. Sir H. CAIRNS urged that no information had been given as to what the procedure on the bills was to be. He taunted the government with leaving to the house what they ought to settle themselves. General PEEL said the right hon. member for Kilmar nock had alluded to him as one of those who wished to de feat the measure of the government by indirect means ; but he could assure the right hon. gentleman that his (General Peel's) opposition should be direct and straight forward. He wished to see the question settled, and not to have reform bills buried and dug up as might suit the purpose of a government. He should be glad to see the right of voting given to many persons who were now with out it, but he should oppose the present bill at every pos. aible opportunity. (Laughter.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—I cannot accept on the part of the government any portion of the rebuke which the right hon. member for Buckinghamshire has bestowed on me. Only a fortnight ago we were charged with domineering over the house, with dictating to the house and as we then believed ourselves to be innocent of that charge, so now we are convinced that we do not abdicate our functions or are chargeable with the conduct which has been imp uted to us. Our course has been this. We have stated our ideas generally as to the best mode of procedure for obtaining the object we had in view, that object being the settlement of the entire question. But I am not aware that by that declaration government was or is vecluded from accepting any suggestions of amend ment even in the substance of the measure, without regard to the quarter from which such suggestions might proceed. Much less was it precluded from such arrangements as courtesy and deference to the house should dictate as to the order of proceeding. Not having kept back my own notion as to the best mode of procedure, I asked for the wishes of others on the ques tion, in order to ascertain whether any modification the? Andover and Lymington Ludlow and Leominster Eye and Thetford Horsham, Peters - field, Midhurst, and Arundel Chippenham, Malmesbury, and Calne Westbury and Wells Devizes and Marlborough Ripon, Knaresborough, and Think Richmond and Northellerton Besides these groups there are eight of the towns that I have described, namely, those with a less population than 8,000, which we have not found it practicable to bring within the reach of any geographical group. Those towns are— Bridgnorth. Lichfield. Buckingham. 1 Marlow. Stafford. Stamford. Cockermouth. Newport. That ends the question of disfranchisement. We now l i come, sir, to our proposals for enfranchisement ; and here again, I must say, that the transactions of former peri ods have laid down lines which are sufficiently clear and fixed to leave very little doubt as to the general course which should be pursued. A considerable proportion of the seats liberated by disfranchisement have in all cases been assigned to counties or divisions of coun ties; and there has been a tendency—a just ten dency perhaps--to increase the number of seats so assigned in proportion as the number obtained by disfran chisement has been enlarged. But, besides counties, there are the claims of the towns to be considered, ancl these may be ranged under two bends-Ist, those large town communities which have reached such a point as to make it expedient to divide them, or which, at all events, have claims to some addition to the actual number of their re presentatives : and 2ndl7, those new towns, those growing populations, those rising communities, which in • country like this, with its varied developments of industry and commerce, are continually coming into existence and assuming visible shape and mag nitude. proceeding with our operations we have dealt with those seats as follows : —We propose to give 26 seats to counties in England as follows. We propose to divide the southern division of the county of Lancaster, which has • population of 627,000, into two districts, and to give to each three members. The whole division has at present three members, and thus three seats of the 26 will be disposed of. We then take every county or division of a county not already possessed of three members, and having a population of above 150,000. Omitting one exception, which I will mention directly, we find that there are of these 'Xi ; and we propose, therefore, to give them 11 members. These calculations, I should say, are made upon the census of 1861, which we have fol lowed as our test both in disfranchising and enfranchising. It must also be understood that when I speak of the population of counties I exclude the popula tion of the boroughs which are already, or which we may expect are likely to be, enfran chised. The two divisions of South Lancashire will be the Hundred of Wait Derby and the Hundred of Salford. The 23 counties or divisions which will each have a new member are : might propose was compatible with our own views, or with the end which we propose to reach. That was a course which, it appears to me, is practised every day in this house, and I hope the time will never come when G . will not be practised. (Hear, hear.) What I gather from the speech of my right hon. friend is this, that the real question with regard to the order of proceeding will be determined between the second reading and the com mittee, and that that will be the time best suited for ascertaining the course proper for the final attainment of our object. Bearing that in view, I think I can hardly go wrong in saying that I will to night propose to read the Bill for the Redistribution of Seats a second time on Monday next, postponing the Franchise Bill until that day ; and I might say, not only that I am justified in the course I take, but that I could not, with propriety or decency, take any other course, knowing, as I do, that gentlemen were waiting to learn our proposal for the distribution of seats, and could not possibly form their own judgment until they were ac quainted with our plain. But if any gentleman infers from our anxiety to exhibit deference to the house that govern ment has altered its mind or abandoned its determination as to the main issue, I hope that in a very short time suffi cient of our proceedings will have occurred to undeceive him. (Loud cheers.) Mr. ROBERTSON merely rose to repel, in the strongest manner that parliamentary language would allow, the accusation which the hon. and learned member for Belfast had made againstthe Scotch members. (Cheers.) Until he had heard the words of the Chancellor of the Exchequer he hail not the remotest idea that Scotland was to be included in the redistribution of seats. (Hear, hear.) Sir K. KNIGHTLEY said the position taken up by the government reminded him very much of what hon. mem ; hers might have seen on returning home late at night when they mule across a gentleman who had been dining, " not wiaely, but too well "—daughter) mg a lamp-post, utterly unable to advance, unwilling to and resolved at all hazards not to fall. (Renewed laughte-.) That appeared to be about the posi tion of the zovernment, and the Chancellor of the Exche quer now came to the House of Commons and asked for a stretcher to take him home. (Cheers and laughter.) The motion for leave to bring in the bill was then put and carried. THE SCOTCH AND IRISH REFORM BILLS. Chester, N. Lancaster, N. Chester. S. Lincolnshire (part Cornwall, W. of Lindsay). Derby, N. Norfolk, W. Devon, N. Somerset, E. Devon, S. Somerset, W. Durham, N. Stafford, N. Durham, S. Stafford, S. Essex, N. Surrey, E. Essex, S. York, N. Kent, W. West Riding, N. Kent, E. West Riding, S. We have not included in this list the county of Middle sex. We have forborne from doing so because upon the whole the county of Middlesex for this purpose may be re garded as having an affinity with the metropolis rather than with the rest of the country. In dealing with the me tropolis, though we shall propose some increase, we do not propose to apply to it the same principles of representation as we apply to more distant places, because it is quite plain that the representation of the metropolis is owing to its proximity, and to other circumstances, more efficient, and gives greater weight with parliament than a similar number of members would in any other portion of the country. We, therefore, do not propose to give the metropolis the very large—the extraordinarily large number of members to which it would be entitled if its claims were regarded with respect to population alone. Twenty-six seats have already been disposed of. We propose to give a third member to four boroughs which have a population exceed ing 200,000, namely, Liverpool Manchester Biriningham Leeds. That raises the number disposed of to 26. We propose next to give a second member to Salford, which has but one, though it has at pretest a population exceeding 100,000. It is, in fact, the only borough in the whole country which is in that predicament. Mr. BRIGHT—The only one in England. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—We have now disposed of 31 seats. We propose to divide the Tower Hamlets, which has the largest population of any repre sented district in the country, a population exceeding South Lancashire by about 201,000 ; the population of the Tower Hamlets in 1861 having been 1347,000. It is pro posed to divide the borough, therefore, into two divisions, and to give each two members—thus, in fact, creating an additional metropolitan borough, without altering the general standard of representation for those boroughs. We propose also to take Chelsea and Kensington (which in 1861 hail a united population of 133,000) out of the county of Middlesex, and to make them into a borough returning two membe rs. (Hear.) It will be borne in mind that Chelsea and Kensington embrace a district of con siderable extent, and that they have a very rapidly growing population. We then propose to give one member to six unrepresented boroughs, having a population exceed ing 18,000, namely :—Burnley, Staleyhridge, Gravesend, Hartlepool, Middlesborough, and Dewsbury. In all of these, except Hartlepool, we shall follow the existing municipal boundaries. We have now disposed of 41 seats out of the 49. The 42nd we propose to give to a consti tuency which is now numerous, and which is constantly and rapidly increasing—the University of London. (Cheers.) The claims of Scotland to increased representation, the right hon. gentleman said, were next to be considered, and it was proposed to give to that country such an increase. It bad to be considered whether that should be met by • transfer of seats from England or by an addition to the number of members of the house ; and it bad been thought most advisable that the remaining seven seats should be given to Scotland. It was proposed, therefore, to give as , additional member to the counties of Ayrshire, Lanark , shire, and Aberdeenshire ; • third member each to Glas gow and Edinburgh ; • second member to Dundee, and one to the Scotch Universities. It was not intended to make any addition of members in Ireland or Wales. The LORD-ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in the Reform Bill fur Scotland. In regard to the franchise, it was proposed to reduce the franchise in boroughs to 71., which would bring about 26,000 of the working classes within the electoral pale. AS regarded the counties, the qualification would be reduced from 50/. to 141., which would give about 20,000 additional voters in the occupa tion franchise. It was not considered desirable to intro duce the forty shilling freehold system into Scotland, but it was proposed to reduce the property franchise qualifica tion from 10!. to 51. Having spoken of the seats proposed to be added as stated by Mr. Gladstone, he said that the Registration Acts for Scotland would be consolidated into one act. After some discussion, leave was given to bring in the bill. Mr. C. FORTESCUE moved for leave to bring in the Irish Reform Bill, and said that the condition of the re presentation of the people of Ireland was not such as to require any considerable alteration ; a great alteration of the franchise having been made in 1850, waking the county qualification a 121. rating, and the borough 81. He stated that the number of county electors was now 142,000. It was not proposed to make any change in the county franchise. In regard to the borough franchise—the number of electors being about 30,000—it was pro. posed to reduce the 81. qualification to a 61. rating, which would add about 5,500 electors to the registry. The lodger franchise would be created for Ireland in the mane manner as in England ; the rating clauses would be also repealed. In reference to the 3111111 boroughs, none of the very smallest returned more than one member ; but the popWahm, and number of electors in moat of them was very small. It had been determined that there were only three oases in Ireland which required a transfer of Beata, vis., Dublin City, Cork City, and the Queen's IJni varsity The two former of these would have an additional member, sod the latter would receive a repro- - , EXPRESS 1 I ESDAY Evimasi. G, MAC' 8 1866. mutation also by one member. To obtain the necessary members the following boroughswould be grouped to return one member, via.—Bandon and Kinaale, Fortarlington and Athlone, Dungannon and Enniskillen. There were seven other boroughs with populations below 8,000, and it was proposed to augaent thee , sad they mould be New Ross and Ennisoorthy ; Ennis, Bflrueli, and Ennistimon ; Tarand Queenstown ; Coleraine and Ballymena ; and Fermoy • Cashel, Nenagh, and Tipperary ; Downpatrick and Naiwtownards. Thom were the altera tions m regard to Ireland it was proposed to make. Mr. WHITESIDE expressed himself eminently diesatis tied. It seemed to him that Ragland was to loss a great deal, that Scotland was to pt everything, and Ireland nothing. Sir C. O'LOGHLEN, amidst some laughter from the opposition, suggested that the University of Dublin should be grouped with the Queen's University. General DUNNE thought the bill ill-considered and ill devised, and intended merely to create political capital for the government in Ireland. Mr. Blum and Mr. KINNEDY dwelt on the necessity of protecting the Irish tenant from landlord influence at elections. Major Kaox and Lord C. HAMILTON expressed their in tention to oppose the bill, and Mr. EKARDENprotested against Athlone being wedded to a town fifty miles distant. After some further discussion leave was then given to bring in the bill. ..—..—.--, wooed to receive 60 sou. Two miles, over the old course. (62 !MIA.; 14 declared.) AV 115 Aft• se 11) 4 • The Csar Dna Mb es) I I I Mrinc. 141 b extra) 6 10 Was Haworth (inc. Brown Bread 6 9 Mb ex.) 3 II 6 Cathedral Houhey 5 7 =ad 3, 6 2 natal' inc.l4lbextra) 5 4 Windham Redcap (isc.6lbattra) 6 0' Yi ltiMlalos 35 SS Raglan 6 10 Crammer' Bucktoot 6 12 Bavernake Friday 4 11 Hawkswell 3 611 LlOll 4 10 El Cid Salpinctes 4 10 Dolan S 6 7 Harry Brailstord .... 4 6 Duty Free Watchbox Bradamante 3 li 7 Treasure Trove (inc. Dark Agnes IMb ex) (Milne Callum Zenobia St. Magnus 4 8 F• SURREY SESSIONS. The May adjourned semions for the county of Surrey commenced yesterday at the Sessions-house, Newington causeway, before Mr. J. G. Johnson (chairman), G. R. Adams, Hon. W. Broderick, H. Peek eeter ß P . =, Mr. T. Dalby, Lieutenant-Colonel Macdonald , 8.. Sharp, and R. 8.. Roberts . The calendar contained t he names of 58 prisoners for trial-49 for felony, and nine for misdemeanour. The status of education was as follows : —Eight could neither read nor write ; seven could only read ; forty-one could read and write imperfectly ; one could read and write well, and one was of superior educa tion. Among the offences are two for housebreaking, four for embezzlement, ten for robbing from the person, three for cutting and wonnding, and the remainder are those usually tried at these sessions. The chairman suitably addressed the grand jury, and then dismissed them to their room. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Johnson, Chairman.) Elizabeth Payne, 48, appeared before the court on recog nizance• to receive judgment, she having been convicted at the March sessions of conveying into Horeemonger-lane Gaol a certain article—to wit, a crowbar—with intent to facilitate the escape of a prisoner. The case was brought before the Court of Error last week as to the meaning of the words " instrument or other article," and after a very able argument on both aides, the court was of opinion that a crowbar came within the meaning of the act, and confirmed the conviction. Mr. Thompson who appeared for the prisoner, urged in mitigation of punishment her rewectable position, there having been several witnesses called who gave her an ex cellent character. He was afraid she had been made the dupe of some designing person. The Chairman thought that Each may have been the cue, but he could not overlook the enormity of the offence, however respectable she may be. Under all the circum stances he sentenced her to six months' hard labour. THE POLICE COURT& MANSION-HOUSE.. A series of three summonses, issued at the instance of Mr. Thomas Bevan, of 155, Fenchurchetreet, merchant, against the Egypti an Commercial and Trading Company (Limited), came on for hearing before the Lord Mayor, and occupied the court until an unusually late hour. Mr. Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Sward, of Finsbury. pavement appeared for the complainant ; and Mr. Murray, instructed by Messrs. Bircham, Dalrymple, and Drake, appeared for the defendants, and also for the secretary of the company, upon whom the summonses had been served. In opening the circumstances under which the first sum mons had been issued, Mr. Metcalfe stated that the pro cess had been taken out against the defendants under the 25th section of the Companies Act, 25 and 26 Victoria, cap. 89, for not keeping a proper register of the members of the company, as well from its original registration up to the pre sent time. The application for the summonses had been made on behalf of Mr. Bevan, who was the holder of 100 shares in the concern, and who, from certain information he had received, was desirous of seeing the register to which, under the 32nd section of the same act, every member or shareholder was to have access for the purpose of inspw tion during business hours at the company's offices. That access and inspection bad been refused him, and hence the present proceedings . It appeared that on the 13th, 14th, and 27th April last Mr. Bevan had applied to see the books, some of which were shown him by the secretary, which did not afford him the information which he re quired, and was desirous of obtaining ; in fact, the books produced to him were not prepared and made up in ac cordance with the provisions of the act of parliament. This interview with the secretary took place on the 13th ult., and on the 14th Mr. Bevan again went to the office of the company, accompanied by Mr. Sward, his solicitor, and required to see the books, under the 25th section of the statute 'and only the address-book and some others were presenter{ for their inspection, but they wholly failed to afford the information that was desired to be obtained. In those books there were pencil entries made some of which were partially rubbed out and obliterated. On the 27th they went again, and asked to see the share ledger, which was refused them by the secretary. The act required that the original shareholdors should be regis tered, and the allotment register should be kept ; and those were not presented for the inspection of the complainant and his solicitor. This was an offence under the section of the statute under which the first summons had been taken out. Mr. Murray addressed the Lord Mayor for the defen dants, remarking that the complainant had not only an noyed this company, but had worried others under the sem blance of obtaining information. He was a discontented shareholder, who seemed to revel in these sorts of annoy ances. lie (Mr. Murray) should show by the evidence of the secretary that all the books required by the statute were shown to him, but the share ledger was refused under the advice given to the directors by Mr. Drake, the solicitor to the company. Mr. Maitland, the secretary of the com pa ny, produced the books, and stated that they were placed on the board room table for the inspection of the complainant. These consisted of the "address book," the original register of shareholders ; the transfer book, the annual returns made pursuant to the statute, the numerical registration of shares, and the call books, two in number. The witness underwent a lengthy crow-examination by Mr. Metcalfe, but his direct testimony was in no degree shaken. . . . The Lord Mayor, after a minute examination of the books, and a careful perusal of the section of the act of parliament, held that the books were in accordance with the requirements of the law, and therefore his judgment was that this summons must be dismissed. Mr. Metcalfe then opened the second summons, which was based upon another section of the Companies Act of 1862, for refusing to produce the books when required. The evidence of the witnesses on both sides, taken in the preceding case, was then read over to them, and in the end, after a long conflict in examination and cross examination, The Lord Mayor said that though there was a conflict of evidence, it predominated in favour of the defendants, and in this case the summons must be dismissed. The third summons, which was against Mr. Maitland, the secretary, was then called on. It charged him with re fusing to produce the registry of all mortgages and charges on the company when required by the complainant to do so. _ _ In this case it was contended that there were no mort gages or charges specifically fixed on the resources of the company, and hence, there was no record or register, and consequently the secretary could not be responsible. It transpired, however, from the examination of Mr. Cator, one of the directors of the company, that debentures to the amount of 700,000 1 . had been issued, and these were chargeable on the capital of the company, which was 2,000,0001. It was admitted that there were no books recording these charges, and The Lord Mayor held that this was a non-compliance with the act, and therefore in this case the judgment must be for the complainant. On the motion of Mr. Murray, the Lord Mayor granted a case for an appeal. HAMMERSMITH. Charles Abraham Johnson, a tall, thin young man, who appeared to have received a superior education, was placed in the dock, before Mr. Ingham, on a charge of begging. Mr. Henry Hobart, a gentleman residing at Scarsdale terrace, Kensington, stated that on Sunday evening he was walking through the High-street, when he was accosted by the prisoner, who asked for his assistance to get him • night's lodging. He refused, when the prisoner made use of threatening language towards him. On returning shortly afterwards the pnsoner accosted him a second time, evi dently not recognising him. He again refused, and the prisoner then declared that be would not walk about the streets as he had done, and that he would make somebody give him a night's lodging. Witness communicated with the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. He did not notice that the prisoner was tipsy. Police-constable 132 J said the prisoner was not sober. The prisoner's account of himself was that he was the son of a physician, and that he had come up to London to be treated for epileptic fits. He bad friends in London, but did not like to go to them on account of his dress, he had lost his clothes, and that caused him to be excited. He begged of his worship to inflict a small fine, and not to send him to prison, as his brother was coming to town and would not know where to find him. Mr. Andrew, the clerk, informed the magistrate that there had been complaints of a man answering the pri soner's description stopping persons in Kensington in similar manner, and causing them great alarm. The complainant was recalled, and he stated that the prisoner stopped him a week ago, shortly after 11 o'clock at night, in the High-street of Kensington and he then wanted money for a night's lodging. Not liking his ap paranoe, he walked away from him. When he accosted him on Sunday night he at once recognised him. Mr. Ingham decided upon remanding the prisoner for a week for inquiries to be made. MESCHLBT Swim's 0111.PHAN Asys.ux.—Lord Alfred Paget has oonsented to preside at the anniversary festival of this institution, to be held on the occasion of the visit of their Royal liniltnesees the Prince and Prisons of Waled to the asylum on the 213th of June. WAYS AND MEANS. The house having resolved itself into a committee of ways and means, resolutions abolishing the duties on wood and timber, and wooden ships; altering the duty on wine imported in bottles ; abolishing the duty on pepper ; re ducing the duty on stage-carriages and hones let on hire ; and imposing the income tax were agreed to. In committee on the National Debt Act, a resolution was agreed to declaring it to be expedient that powers be granted for cancelling the charge on the consolidated fund for savings banks of 2.4000,0001., and for creating equiva lent terminable annuities in lieu thereof. The Waterworks Bill passed through committee, and the Harbour Loans Bill was read a third time and passed. The Naval Savings Banks Bill and the Landed Property Improvement (Ireland) Bill were reed a second time. The land Drainage Supplemental Bill and the Inclosure Bill were passed through committee. Other bills were advanced a-stage. Leave was given to Mr. Cardwell to bring in a bill to remove doubts as to the effects of letters granted to certain colonial bishops, and to amend the law with respect to bishops and clergy in the colonies ; also, to the Attorney- General for Ireland, a bill to amend the law relating to life insurances in Ireland. The house adjourned at a quarter past 12 o'clock. Etnibtroiftg intriligtnte. CAMBRIDGE, MAT 7. CLARE COLLEGE. —Mr. John Peter Taylor, 8.A., twelfth wrangler, and first in the first class of the moral sciences tripos, 1865, and first in mathematical honours at Dublin, 1859; Mr. Robert Walker, RA., fifteenth wrangler, 1865, and Mr. Thomas James Sanderson, RA., nineteenth wrangler, 1866, have been elected foundation fellows of Clara College. *parting Intrifigrnre. TATTKRSALL'S.—Moaner. A feverish excitement taken possession of all ranks of racing men on the eve of the Derby, but to no class of sportsmen is the issue of each day's transactions in the turf market of such vital importance as to the professional layer of the odds. At all times the slightestinclination of the balance la watched with intense anxiety, but at no other period are the delicate vibrations of the "odds" caught up and dealt with in such an earnest and appre ciative spirit as on the Monday before Bath rums that meeting so fatal to many pretenders to the " Blue Mond " of the Turf. Saturday's doings gave strong indications that something sensational would be enacted on the Monday, and sure enough any anticipations on that score were realised in the furore about Blue Riband, whose opening price at the Victoria Club was 12 to 1. But after one or two shots were tired at those odds layers reduced their price one point, and 11 to 1 was taken to £lOO. There was no other feature deserving of mention, and at Knightsbridge the general tone of things —u far as the fa- vourites and " the Riband" were concerned—was much about the same. At first it was supposed that Rustic would salter materially from the advance of his stable cum. panion, but the demonstration against him was by no means " official." A certain Northern bookmaker (who has been good-humouredly breveted into the ranks of Mars; was singularly industrious in his efforts to " knock out" the Duke of Beaufort's horse, but his several offers of 100 to SO were responded to, while, at the same time, S to I was taken in moat substantial quarters, on the quiet. 2to 1 was the highest price, to money, that could have been obtained about Lord Lynn, although we saw rase gentleman bettor avail himself of a quiet opportunity of hedging some good money at 9 to 4, which he did to £2OO. At the commencement of business, 1,200 to 100 was laid against the Marquis of Beatings' horse, and shortly after 1100 to 100, but the continued firmness of the " lout " stalled off many intending backers of " the Doctor's tip," conse quently the latter price was procurable to the very last. There was a strong party behind Redan, but nothing would satisfy them under 11 to I, which was booked to about £2OO. Vespaslan was friendless at 20 to 1, but Monarch of the Olen found a soli tary backer who took 1000 to 45. An outsider, Strathoonan, that was supposed the other day to be hors de combat, discovered some signs of returning animation, 50 to 1 having been taken just at the finish Another outsider must not be forgotten. Hare field was "thrown in" with Redan for ten "fifties. ' The Bribery colt was undergoing a "trial" here as well as on his "native heath ;" but the result was by no means satisfactory to his early hackers, 1,000 to 90 having been laid, and subsequently offered. The Great Northern was almost entirely swallowed up by the Derby, but if any partiality was shown at all, it was in favour of Regalia, Cathedral, and a horse with the Fenian-sounding name of Dolan. The settling on the previous week's racing, like that of all previous weeks, provoked the usual amount of contradic• tory comments under these circumstances we may fairly come to the conclusion that the number of winners and lasers was about equal. Closing prices: GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 6 to 2 9 to 2 Marquis of Hastings' Redcap, 5 yrs, 74 91b (Inc. slb ex.‘ 6to 1 Mr- W. Hudson's Cathedral, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (t; Bto 1 Captain Gray's Windham, 5 yrs, 84 3M 't; tl to 1 Mr. W. G. Bennett's Dalby, 5 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Ine. 141 h es. ,t) 10 to 1 Mr. Pryor's Friday, 4 yrs, 7st Illb 't) 10 to 1 Mr. G. Carr's Dolan, 3 yrs, ret 71b1) DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Mr. It. Sutton's turd Lyon toff to take 9to 4; Sto 1 Duke of Beaufort's Rustle 't; 11 to 1 Lord St. Vincent's ltedan 12 to 1 Marquis of Hastings' Blue Mend .:t.) 20 to 1 Mr. 11. Chaplin's Vespastan,of) 1000 to 45 Mr. B. C. Naylor's Monarch of the Glen 1.7 • . • 25 to 1 Mr. Jacksoni Stabirer (off 25 to 1 Lord Exeter's Knight of the Crescent 'off. 1000 to 90 Lord Allesbury s colt by Stockirell--Bribery t and nil) 1000 to 20 Sir. Watts's ljtrathconan ,t) 3000 to 30 Mr. Savile's Leybournc 2000 to 25 Mr. 0. Bryan's Lancet t, 100 to SO on Lord Lyon and Rustic .t, 100 'gat Blue ittband fora place t, BETTING AT MANI sOMKRAETSHI 2 to 1 iget The Miner ;t: GREAT NORTIIE 7 to 2 Wit Regal 4 Ct) 6 to 1 (Itthtcle&l CH.I*3TER.—MoNDAT. IRE STAKES. I S to 1 agst Dalby (off) ERN HANDICAP. 100 to 8 apt Harryßrallzford,t 100 to 8 Thilby off. 100 to 7 Dolan .1 freely . ; 100 to S TressuieTrove;C Wendt (taken) RBY. _ . 8 to 1 Windham 'off) 7to 1 Redcap t. 100 to 3 &gat 5 to 2 mat Lord Lyon 3) 3to 1 Rustic .t; 10 to 1 Slue itihand 12 to 1 Itedan toff) 20 to 1 Vespasian (off) 25 to 1 Knight of the Crescent ,off, 25 to 1 agit Monarch of the Glen (off , 33 to 1 Bribery colt (off, 40 to 1 Stabber 't. 1000 to 15 Westwick A 40 to 1 Lord Glasgow's lot (t) YORK SPRING MEETING.—TnuasnAT. TEN STAND STANZA of 5 sore. each, with 50 added; 2-yr.olds, 7st ; three, 9st ; four, 10st 31b; five and upwards, 10st filb ; selling allowances, tko. T. Y.C. THE CNA% EN STAINS of 5 sore. each, with 50 added ; 3-yr-olds, let; four, fist 71b; five, 9st ; six and aged, Pet Sib; m and g allowed 31b ; a winner of 100 sovs, at any one time, 61b ; twice, or ?00 sous., 10Ib extra; second to save his stake. One mile. ,9 subs.) Age Age Punster 3 Theotald Stalker... Wise Han 9 Hanover .. 3 Archimedes 3 Pedant data Alum• 4 nus; Cr,nmMß TEN EITTLAND STAKES of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for 'l-yr. olds ; colts, list 10lb , allies and geldings, Sat 61b a winner once, tib ; twine, or, a stake amounting to 200 soya., 71b extra; beaten horses allowed 21b. ; second to save his stake. T. I.G. fur -41 yds'. • 22subs ,—Tinted Venus, Gutman, Tom Thtunb,Artesia, Louis of Hesse, Sorcerer, Pea Blossom, c by Warlock—Slut, f by Vedette—Alice Bray, by Venison, Variation, Nice, Araminta, Thermometer, Gentian, Honestish, Liveryman, LitUeport, Manuella, Bel-tub, Gipsy Queen, Gibraltar, Amsterdam. THE WRESHIIti HUNT PLATS of 60 eon's. for hunters; 4-yr olds, list . five, list Nib ; six and aged, 12st , thorough-breds. 101 b extra ; the winner of a flat race value 50 *ova., 7fib ; twice 50 or 100, 12Th extra. Two miles. Age Age Age Poetess 6 Owsterick (I bl 8 Helen , II b) Falun (Mb) .... 5 Sister toOwirtwick St. Clair (It I:0 .. Barometer ltedpole 8 Mischief (h b) .... 5 dam half-bred. . a Highflyer :h W 6 Banasford (b b) .. 4 Southern Croas 1213 , a My Friend It b, Tigress (h b, 8 (emus Rosalyn a Bathronan (h bl.. a The Market Girl Maid of Kent ,h b) • The General (lt b . , 8 at b; Earwig (11 b' 4 Lady Sykes (h it;.. 4 Fly-by-Night ch IP, a Bolero ~ 16 hi Miss Henkel, lh b) 6 Volunteer kh b` .. 5 THE KNAVISHIRII PLATE of 100 eon. in specie: 2-yr-olds, 7st . three, Sat 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 3lb ; maiden 2-yr-olds allowed 31b ; 3-yr-olds &lamed 71b . winner of a plate or sweepstakes of 200 eons. In 1885 or 1888, ender the distance of a mile, 71b extra. Half • mile. Age Age Belmont epstow 3 Minna Stabber 3 Ladylike Flora 3 The Admiral .... 2 Lord Craven 3 ' Esmeralda Wentworth S Festival 2 Lady Eaton Venturesome .... 3 Nimble 8 Lady Audley .... S Min Wlllikan.... 3 Lute Harlan Jona _ 2 •- THi< GRIOT NOITHIRN HONDICAP of 200 son. in specie, added to s sweepstakes of 20 son. each, 10 ft, and only f 12 de clared ; the winner of any handicap value 1,000 son. after Mardi 20, A 10 ►ss., 1411); of any handicap value 500 soya, 151 b; of any handicap value 200 son., 71b ; of any handicap valise Ise eon., or the second for one value 1,000 mom, 521:0 extra; the .RKET& Importd. pellvort. 2,615 1,187 18,9.8 4.146 3,11 F eee 10,101 SA6 3,714 414 217 186 6,181 UT 1,166 3,257 1,480 1,178 - 1,004 LONDON Sums—W. L hhau *tie& Do Dr& & bop Mauritius bap Past India to" Siam Manilla bap Havana boxes Ll . :2nYnseovado Mkt packages Best Soot Do. Corm—W. Ceylon De. & bags Mocha paeans, Other K laths Bradt& Cala &bagsel 0000.• Foreign Mgt Do hbdn uma l Deco, lasi 1,15.3 TALLOW.—blosstav disposition to buy tallow to-day for 01 her, and an advance of 6d. per cwt. havi that period, nearer periods have 'leo imi to the same extent ; business was done at which, however, there are buyers s market leaving off firm. Spot, 475. ; Jllll October to Deoember, 465. Town is cash. The stock of sorts is small, as nominal, the parcels on the way from 7 America being held far higher rates steady for Cochin., but flat for other soi to Mo. 6d. ; Ceylon, 455. 6d.; Sydney, 44 to fine. Palm oil steady ; fine !AM Palm nut oil, 41a.--(From the circular and Charles.) COTTON.—LivnaPooL,Mar demand to-day, and a very dull and prime in favour of buyers. The sales which 1,500 are for export sad epeculah WOOL AND WORtITED.—Bunn market is again very quiet. The more of continental politics and the depteseb put almost an end to business in the prospect of war seems to be the Ambit Lion, and both buyers and sellers rein present. Prices have a drooping tee yarns the same indisposition maaftsi limit business operations to the utmcal if not more strongly indicated. Fa entirely out of the market, and i there is scarcely sufficient doini which, however, must be reported re buyer. The piece market is very st orders placed to-day are very few. Tb a tendency to improve business in th home merchants. The American how inquiries, but, so far, more with a view to place orders. The tendency of price wards. CATTLE.—LimPooL, MAY 7. -fl sheep at market was leas than on L in good demand at higher prioes. Mai without material alteration in prices. per lb. ; mutton in wool, 10.1 to Ile wool, Bd. to 9d. ; lambs, 30s. to 40a. e ket, 907 ; sheep, 3,768. COALS.— LONDON, MAT 7.—Hastim Walls End Goforth, 164. 9d. ; 18s. 6d. ; Walls End Helton, 18 e. Hatton Lyons, 16s. 9d. ; Walls End Walls End Hartlepool, 17a. 9d. 17e. 3d.; Walls End Tees, 18e. 3d. • 38 ; sold 36. TRAFFIC RETIII Mlles Pas ZAILWATe. open 10131011. Week ending April 7. Northern of Canada Ditto April 14 Week ending Apill 14. Orand Trunk of Canada 1877 11,0e8 Week wading April 19. Detroit and Milwaukee lB9 Week ending April 20. Great Western of Canada . 346 Week ending May 5 . London, Brighton, and S Coed South Eastern — 16,546 SUEZ, MAY 6. The Mess steamer Mozambique arrived here to tins and Reunion mails, and brings bi THE CHOLERA.—Upon inquiri our Liverpool correspondent learn two cases which occurred on Sul have been no additional seizures, invalids on board the Jessie Munn s improving. Yesterday Drs. Bochum the Helvetia, and thoroughly inspe passengers. The National Compan; ments to transfer the healthy Gen] emigration sheds at Birkenhead, wh fully attended to under medical d healthy British passengers will be 1 War Cloud in the river, while the si be transferred to the Jessie Munn. CHOLERA PRECAUTIONS.—The extract from an order in council pub] third supplement to the London G certain infectious disease, that cholera, is prevalent in cert.i and whereas it is expedient 1 munication between persons on infected with that disease and t jesty's subjects : Now, therefore, powers conferred upon the lords o hereby ordered-1. That in case of in any port of the United Kingdom on board, no person shall land froi space of three clear days after her permission of the local authority. 2 shall forthwith cause all persons on to be examined by a physician c permit all such persons to land imms certified by such physician or sung such disease. 3. All persons certif or surgeon to be affected with symp shall be removed, if their condition hospital or place to be designated ft authority ; and no person so such hospital or place until some shall have certified that such psi said disease. 4. In the event of and taking place on board of such yes taken out to sea, and committed t loaded, to prevent its rising. 5. The of all persons who shall have died, of cholera, on board such vessel during any foreign port, or on shore at su passage to the United Kingdom, shad necessary) destroyed, under the dire the customs. 6. The local authoritj this order, shall be the local board of is such local board ; and in any corps no such local board the local author council of such corporation. 7. A against this order shall be liable to SI imposed by the said act of parliamen fulagainst the provisions thereof." Advertisement.l—MOLLOWAl PlLLS.—There is no question whatever t Rio, and such like painful maladies, are than for some years past. The aerobe r effected by Holloway's remedies is unp be enforced on the attention of all puff plaints. The parts in pain should be suites with warm brine, dried, and is with the Ointment. It will pass Into th give the greatest relief. Many valuable which might be saved if early recourse these remarkable remedies, which non neficial, and cannot do harm. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, BIRTHS. BELL—May 4, at Fairfield, Durdham 1 Bell, EN., of a daughter. JEFFKINB.—May 4, at Stoke Newlost .leihins, of a diughter. PRATT.—MI 4, at Newark-on-Trent, t of a son. ItItILLY,—May 4, at Canonbury.park . , T. W. Reply, of a son. WRAY.—May 4, at Eliot-place, Black Wray, Eau., of a daughter. WYMA.N.—May 4, at St. John's-park, 1 wife of C. Wyman, Jun., of a daughter ItAitRIAGEE BOTTINO—HIND.—Mar S, at St. Mar)' the Be'. J. F. Hodgson, Mr. It. H. Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. J. h ham: HARTMANN—DRIVER —3l ay S. at the Rev. R. Ellis, A. Hartmann. of to Jenny, daughter of H. Driver, Ocke SOLOMON—SOLOMON. —May 3, at Samuel, son of P. Solomon, of Canter] of the late H. Solomon, of Brighton. DEATHS. IRDMANN„ —May 4, at Chelsea, Wok FEROUSON.—May 4, at Waterloo-PL Mary, daughter of the late J. rergUi o KEIRON.—May 3, at Red lion-oourt, 7 LANG.—May 4, at Me'moth Lodge, C e_J•P, aged K. LUCYLR.—May 4, at Great Portiande Ladle, 78. BTILLINGMM.—May 3, at Rotham fleet. N.D., aged 84. Printed sad Published by War.tat Lombard-street, in the City ot Mee In Lombard-street, In the Pr TCUPAY, MAT 8. 1811 663 8,4 746 lea 1,788 d l l