The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-03 00:00:00

The future progress of submarine telegraphy may e said to depend in a great measure upon the re mits which will be achieved by the companT which .as laid the present defunct wire bet Ween England nd America. If the cable is capable of being re• Cored to such a condition as will permit the trans tiission of signals, all, of course, will go well. If, n the other hand, as is most probable, the wire is 'und to be useless, and the company fail to obtain guarantee for the capital required for a new cable rom the Government, then the advocates of long ines of submarine communication are likely to be hecked in their enterprises until such time as the ieavy loss entailed by the present unsuccessful Aterapt has been forgotten in the mercantile world. rhe chances of restoring the line to a healthy con lition, as regards the transmission of messages, appear to be very small indeed ; in fact, the tests or faults give such results as almost to lead to the )elief that continuity has ceased and the wire is ompletely parted. Nevertheless, in spite of this lost discouraging state of things, !there are not 7anting able men who express themselves confident _hat the wire is still capable of being restored to 'cod working order. Of these various schemes and .repositions only two deserve notice. The first is lade by a gentleman of skill and experience, who a-oposes to better the earth connections of the wire, :hich at Valentia were always bad, and which now rom oxidisation of the plates, are worse than ever. 3y enlarging to a considerable degree • the present surface of earth plates, and saturating the earth ound them with a solution of sulphate of copper, there is no doubt that the condition of the wire may e much improved. His plan is next to charge the 'vire itself till in a state of electrical equilibrium, and so keep it in circuit with a battery, and, on the .nake-and-break principle, disturb the electricity in the wire and transmit the signal. This gentleman has made several experiments in the presence of the Lord Lieutenant, in Phoenix-park, upon an uninsu lated wire, upwards of 100 yards in length, immersed in water, and through which signals were freely sent. This, however, is by no means a new discovery, as some time since messages were sent across the Ser pentine under water by means of a perfectly unin sulated wire. But during the experiment in Phoenix Park the experimenter -not only sent messages through the core of the wire, but through the con ductor and the outside metal covering of the rope, simultaneously. From the results of these experi ments the inventor thinks that, even in case of the copper conductor in the Atlantic cable being severed, he could still transmit signals along the outer cover ing of spiral wires, though this hope is not enter tained either by eminent electricians or even by the officers of the company. Another proposition is to underrun the wire till the most serious faults on the English and Newfoundland side have been raised and repaired. Such a plan, however, would not only be most expensive but hazardous in the ex treme, as, in case of the cable parting under the strain of raising in deep water, even the value which it now undoubtedly possesses as a medium for the return current, in case of a new wire being laid, would be utterly and totally lost. A costly attempt, likely to be attended with such injurious results, is therefore rather to be deprecated than regarded as a means by which the state of the cable may be im proved. In the meantime, as we have said, the con dition of the wire is as bad as it can possibly be. About the middle of last October very powerful batteries were put in circuit at the Newfoundland station, in order to force the signal, if possible, past the fault on the English side. This dangerous ex pedient, however, was attended with very slight success, the only and the last signal which reached the English shore being the words, " Daniell's in circuit.' Almost immediately after this a large and most important fault was discovered at the New foundland end, apparently about 400 miles from land, and caused beyond all doubt by the use of the powerful batteries referred to. The tests to discover the exact distance of this fault from land have given the most uncertain and contradictory results. At ono time the injury has appeared within 300 miles, and the tests for several days has given the dis tance as exactly 371. After that, however, the distance fluctuated between 400 and 900 miles, settling down finally at about 750 from land. This fault is supposed to be even of a more serious nature than that on the English coast. About a month since the words " Henly" and " You understand" were received at the station at Newfoundland, and for a time revived the hopes of those in charge at that side of the Atlantic that successful means had been found to restore the cable to working order. Unfortunately, a comparison of dates showed that on the day these words reached Newfoundland the station at Valentia was locked up and deserted, and the signals, therefore, were merely due to the con stant and perplexing vagaries of earth currents. The fault on the English side remains in just the same state and position as when it was first disco vered at the beginning of September last, about 270 miles from land. This distance, calculating the amount of slack wire payed out during the last days of the submerging operation, would place the fault at about 220 statute miles from shore, or somewhere upon the now well-known mountain range which divides the deeps of the Atlantic from the comparatively shallow waters of the Irish coast. The logs and diaries kept by those on board the Agamemnon during her las- successful cruise show that this range was crossed between 4 and 5 o'clock on the afternoon of the 3d August, or more than an hour before the time when it was expected the ship would arrive upon it. It was intended by Sir Chas. Bright to allow a great quantity of slack cable to run while crossing this ridge, in order that there might be amply sufficient to reach the bottom of all inequalities - which might exist there undiscovered by the sounding line. But, through the defective and most uncertain method of ascertaining the speed of a ship at present in vogue - in the Royal Navy,the Agamemnon through out the whole cruise steamed at a greater rate than was registered by the log line. Owing to this cir cumstance the range of high submarine land was reached at least an hour before the expected time, the first intimation given to those on board being a sudden decrease in the registered strain upon the dynamometer and an equally rapid falling off in the speed of the cable's paying out, the Agamemnon all the time maintaining the same rate registered by the log. Sir Charles Ilright's attention was called to the circumstance, and he, seeing that the shallow water was approach ing, or had actually been reached, at once ordered the weights to be taken off the brakes, and allowed a quantity of slack cable to go overboard by the rim. The doubt, however, is now whether the falling off in the strain and speed of the cable was observable at all till the top of the ridge had been gained, and, if this was the case, it is more than probable that the cable remained suspended upon some projecting points of the steep till its insula tion was gradually injured and destroyed by its own weight. This, of course, is only a conjecture, but it is quite borne out by the distance at which the fault is situated exactly coinciding with the arrival of the Agamemnon at this ridge. This steep range is often mentioned as a sloping bank, though upon what ground it is so called it is hard to say, for but t wo soun di ngs were t a k en upon it—one a- the bottom and another at the top, and these, though only e i g ht miles apart, show a difference in elevation of 7,300 f eet ! Of t h e nature of the inter vening space n o one can, o f course, form any thing but conject ures , an d w h et h er the s i des of this submarine mountain are broken by ravines and precipitous cliffs, in the s ame way as the sides of mountains on land, nothing but a close and accurate series of soundings will ever determine. The Atlantic Company, in case all methods to resuscitate the cable fail, have applied to Govern ment for a guarantee of 4-1- per cent, on a fresh ca pital of 500,000. This application is based n o t alone on thesuch ground of State necessity for a means of instant communication with our North American provinces, but also on the precedent o f the Treasury kaving already .given guarantees to other submarine lines, especially to the Red Sea Company, whose capital of £BOO,OOO is guaranteed to the same amount. If the principle of a guarantee for a submarine line to India is admitted, it appears difficult to see how it can be withheld from a hne to America, for none can foretell the hour when such events may occur as may render telegraphic com munication with Canada not only desirable, but of vital importance to the interests and well-being of the nation. During even the brief time that the Atlantic telegraph remained in use one message alone, countermanding the embarkation of the 39th and 62d Regiments for India, probably saved this untry some ,£50,000 sterline- If te imense ts• importance of such a means of communicationcat on was thus shown in the course of a single fortnight, what results may not be anticipated when such a can . line is laid asbe implicitly depended upon to remain in work for • years From the additional information whi c h has now d been gained as to the best means of subm erging ease el-sea cables, no doubt exists but that, in the be a fresh wire being laid, contractors cou ldfound for to undertake to perform the work successfuly ti a nd given sum, in short, to insure both company Governmentfromany against loss. No proposition, however, Atlantic Company has much chance in the share market without the sanction of a Government oliarantee. Reform Reform Population. Reform Assessed Taxes, and Seats • Population. Act. Counties. Population. Act. 1859. Act. in proportion to Taxes, Counties. 1831. 1851. Seats. Seats. (Estimated.) Seats. 1856. 1 - Chester 2 Durham 239,256 10 390,997 10 451,054 10 22,830 6 Durham 2 3 Gloucester 4 Kent 5 Lancashire 1,336,854 26 2,031,236 26 2,343,233 26 120,953 32 Lancashire 5 6 Middlesex 7 Nottingham 8 Stafford 9 Surrey 486,434 11 683,082 11 788,003 11 101,634 26 Surrey . 10 Warwick 11 Worcester 12 West Riding (York) 984,609 18 1,325,495 18 1,529,091 18 71,559 19 West Riding (York) 12 - - Total .... .... 6,800,937 169 9,478,764 169 1 0 , 934 ,7 02 169 £1,0 13 , 921 , 263 Forty Counties, and N. &E. Riding (Yk.) 7,095,860 331 8,448,8 45 331 9,085,887 $3l 912,629 237 Fifty-two Counties... 13,996,797 500 17,927,609 500 20,020,589 500 £1,926,550 500 SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 1831. 1851. 1859 . £ ge population per seat in 'l2 counties of first group.. 40,240 56,087 64,701 . Assessed taxes per seat in 12 counties of first group 2, 5,992767 do. in 40 counties of second table 2 1 ,440 25,525 27,449 - Do. in 40 counties * Some seats were left unappropriated by Mr. Bright, and the Times also. We have supposed them to be added to the twelve counties, to ma] t Mr. Bright's plan gives 17 seats to Scotland and 5 to Ireland, making up 500. lll.—Three Tables showing the Number of Seats allotted respectively by the Reform Bill of 1832, by Mr. Bright's Plan, a; January 28, 18:59, to the population and property of England and Wales, in Two Groups of Counties, twelve densely poi populated:— :e the totals correct. Lnd by the Times Plan, pulated, and forty thinly Reform Act seats Reform Act seats Deficiency in the forty counties for the Twelve Per Seat. for the forty Per Seat. per scat. Counties. Counties. Population, 1859 61,701 persons 27, 449 persons 37,252 persons Income Tax, 1857 169 £3 331 / £233,20 Income Tax, 1857 Assessed Taxes, 1856 £2,757 £3,242 Assessed Taxes, 1855 556 Population, 1859 Income Tax, 1857 Assessed Taxes, 1856 Times' Plan, Jan. 28, 1859, including in First Group the 11 unappropriated Seats. 217 { 60,390 persons £298,913 £4,672 283 { 32,105 persons £176,092 £3,224 18,18.5 persons £122,821 £1,458 Population, 1859 Income Tax, liis7 Assessed Taxes, 1856 Mr. Bright's Plan, including in First Group the 7 unappropriated Seats. • P opu l a tion, 1859 Income Tax, 1857 . ., 228 / I £ 284,492 250 / L 199,332 £85,160 Income Tax, 1857 ' A ssess ed Taxes, 1856 , ... £4,447 £3,650 £797 Assessed Taxes, 1856 MAIDA-HILL COLLEGIATE SCHOOL. A FRENCII SOLDIER DESERTING TO On Friday evening, Jan. 28, the scientific depart ment of the above college was formally opened by an eloquent lecture on "Common Things, in Educa• tion," by the Vice-Principal, Dr. Reid. At half-past seven p.m. a large and distinguished assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, chiefly the patrons and friends of the numerous alumni of the college began to as semble, when the lecturer proceeded, amidst the heartyapplause of the audience and the marked atten tion of the students. After cautioning his audience against the danger of falling into a course of in struction calculated to stimulate the memory, more than to dra w f or th th e p owers o f th oug ht an d faculty of observation, the lecturer proceeded, by a great varietyto show of amusing and lucid argumentative details, that the young should be instructed to observe an d understand the common objects of the created world around them. Much of this might be mi shown nds of lads by \vre very e simple * experiments, and the appreeiating such thh?silite alive to learning and the great statementgs.ln elaborating and en forcingto the essential difference bet of Lord Macaulay, as between information and knowledge, and eloquently importance and infinite Muir's arrangements and en superiority of the latter, Dr. Reid explainede forcing the paramount i tt forat haden s that the practical plans of Dr. the scientific department of the collegebeen most .anxiously matured, and Were founded on a that in the young " th e , deep . convi c tion . is great inlet for improving the mind the observation' and observati on keeps whatever tends to create habits o f keep open the principal avenue to knowledge." Other approaches to the mind are useful as side entrances, but the observation is the street-door. If we can excite this faculty and let the youths use it in their own way, we lay the founda tion of more knowledge than by any mass of facts which we could cram into their 'heads. The lecture lasted nearly two hours, being, as we noticed last week, introductory to a course of Friday evening lectures on Chemistry and applied sciences, by the Principal, Vice-Principal, and several of the Professors of the College, in their various depart ments of science and literature. Captain Spencer, the able and popular author of " Travels in Turkey, Asia, and Africa," is to lecture at the c o ll ege on F r id ay, F e b . 18 , a t h a lf- pas t 7 p.m. We doubt not but this will prove a most interesting and instructive evening. Any lad -orgentleman y is free to attendthese 1 . ectures on the preseneation of a private card. of you afterwards P " " I remained a prisoner in the town." " After some time you had a desire to return to France, and you came back as stoker in the Don steamer. Did you know the fate that awaited you as a deserter P" " Yes." "It was in October last that you arrived at Marseilles ?" " Yes." "On the Bth of November last you got into - a quarrel with several Russian sailors in a public-house at La Jolliette, and were arrested by a police-officer ?" " Yes, and I told him that I was a deserter." " Did you not tell him that you had received 30f. or 40f. from General Gortschakoff for the information you gave him ?" "No ; what I said was that on Ist Jan., 1858, I, as a deserter, received 900 f. from the Russian Government ; and that pre viously I had 20 kopecks (about 16 sous) a day." " You said that you had nothing to fear from the French authorities, as you had become a Russian subject." "I said that I had become a Russian, but I did not say that I had nothing to fear from the French authorities." " Did you not declare you would sooner come to France to die than live in Russia?" " Yes, sir." Some sergeants and an ex-soldier of the 39th then proved the various facts touched on in the interrogatory, and a police officer detailed the man's arrest at Marseilles. One of the sergeants and an ex-soldier who had been prisoners of the Russians at the time of the desertion stated that when they and the other prisoners in the Northern Fort at Sebastopol knew that he was a deserter, they called him a scoundrel ; and added that even some other deserters abused him, because, in addition to the crime of deserting, he had indi cated the position of the French mines. The public prosecutor insisted that he ought to be convicted not only of desertion, but of having borne arms against France, and having given the enemy infor mation calculated to injure the operations of the French army. The tribunal, however, convicted him only of desertion, and for that it condemned him to death. Had he been convicted of the other two crimes, he would have been condemned to degradation as well. In the course of the proceed ings it was stated that Grosjean, the man whom the prisoner stabbed, was killed in the attack of Sebastopol on the 18th of June. TILE _RUSSIANS. The military tribunal of Lille, the day before yesterday, tried a man, named Legoff, for having in April, 1855, when a soldier in the 39th Regi ment of the line, before Sebastopol, deserted to the Russians. " You were, on the 22d of April, 1855, in the camp at Sebastopol ?" said the president. "Yes," answered the man. "You had a quarrel with a comrade named Grosjean ?" ." I do not re member." " Several persons present say that you and Grosjean quarrelled whilst on duty, and that a corporal silenced you ; but that, after returning to your tent, Grosjean called you a dirty Breton,' and challenged you to go out to fight ; that you did go out, and that you stabbed the other twice with a knife." " I do not remember." "After this you went away in the direction of Sebastopol, and you ran so fast that, though pursued, you could not be overtaken. You arrived at the enemy's camp—were you ar rested there ?" " No." " You were confined in the northern fort ?" " Yes." " You found some French soldiers there ?" " Five." " They asked you if you had been taken prisoner ; you at first pretended that you had, but at last you confessed that you had deserted, and you falsely said that you had done so because you had stabbed with a bayonet an officer who had struck you for refusing to work in the trenches ?" " I did not say stabbed with a bayonet, but that I had given him a blow with the butt-end of my musket." " The tale, however, was not true ?" " It was not." " The other prisoners suspected that you were a deserter, because you had on epaulettes, though in your division the men employed in the trenches did not wear any, and they questioned you on the subject ?" " Nothing was said on the subject,saidr thatyou Fort, eyabsent remained with o a hh n a d ddi , in fact, I had not epaulettes on." " You once left th e N or th ern and were u absent four -and-twenty hours ?" " No, I always 2tdlb4i dined hours,tee a nd ewt taken kt hheanenr and that him,ht ah t, beforea, Theythat Gen he yen co. au G s ur a so y er td returnst y h e oh a lai t kt youyooobf c w dressed like a Russian officer, took you to the Flag. staff battery, and that you indicated to him the situation of the French mines ? " " I did not say that." " You were taken to Simpheropol? " Yes, on the 27th or 28th of April." " How long did you remain there ? " "To the month of June, and I was with the same prisoners as in the northern fort. Afterwards, however, I left for Tom bock, and they went to Odessa." " What became THE FATAL OCCURRENCE AT CAMBERWE LL , Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Carter , coroner•for East Sur rey, hold an inquest on the bo d y of the unfort unate young woman, Mary Ann TITn, who met her death from gunsh o t wounds accidentally .inflicted by her brother, at Camber well, as mentioned in our columns yesterday. Several w itnesses were examined, but no further facts were elicited than those we have already given. The jury returned a verdict of "Death by misficiveuture," THE MAILS, &C.—SOUTHAMPTON, Feb. 2.—The Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena, Capt. Baynton, took her departure to-,l a y with the mails for the West In dies, Central America, Mexico, the Pacific, &c., £ l2O in specie, jewellery value XlO,OO, and a full cargo. She has 68 passengers, including Col. Mores Cooper and h is secre tary, the Lord Bishop of Guiana, Capt. and Mrs. Harvey, Mr. Peter Heys and family. The screw-steamer Barcelona, Captain Don Jose Tapias, arrived to-day from the Spanish ports, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1859, _,. THE ATLANIIC TELEGRAPH THE PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION OF ENGLAND AND WALES. MR. BRIGHT'S REFORM . + + future progress of submarine telegraphy may CLAIMS OF THE COUNTIES. . dto depend in a great measure upon the re- We present our readers to-day with some brief Such a scale we had indeed arranged, but its mul- twelve counties - a difference, too, which has vhich will be achieved by the company which We have been favoured with chi id the present defunct wire between England tables, which we are confident will do more to guide tiplicity of figures could only annoy the great ma- doubled since 1831 !" _ merica. If the cable is capable of being re- them towards an impartial decision on the great jority of readers. We have therefore calculated The second table shows, by a moment's inspec- Schedules of Disfranchisement and I . went which Mr. Bright will propose a to such a condition as will permit the trans it point in dispute between rival schemes of Reform the results, in a form so simple that they will re- tion, the claims ofpopulation s and of property as re of his promised Reform Bill :- n of signals, all, of course, will go well.. other hand, as is most probable, the wire is than any they have yet seen. We would even quire but small patience, indeed, from those who presented by the income tax assessment, and the to be useless, and the company fail to obtain advise them to preserve these tables - within easy are at all interested in forming an impartial con- average between the two. If anything can enable . •antee for the capital required for a new cable SCHEDULE A. he Government, then the advocates of long access, as a sure and ready means of testing the fair- elusion. us to arrive at a conclusion that should satisfy an BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 56 )f submarine communication are likely to be ness of the different proposals. The Ballot will, of We ,have arranged our tables so as to illustrate the impartial mind, this table will furnish the materials Id in their enterprises until such time as the WHICH ARE TO CEASE TO RETURN ANY course, be one clear issue between the two great claims of both the parties in the impending for doing it. Here are seen at once what members loss entailed by the present unsuccessful MEM • BERS TO SERVE IN PARLIAMENT. pt has been forgotten in the mercantile world, parties. Argument has, however, settled that struggle. Our readers will see at a glance are allotted to each class by the _Worm Act, by [The column of direct taxes payable by ea( hances of restoring the line to a healthy con- question ; and not a single public meeting has been that we have compared the twelve most populous Mr. BRIGHT, and by the Times. One amusing as regards the transmission of messages, made up from Parliamentary returns for the 3 called, or could be called, not favourable to it by and busy counties of England and Wales with all result-a striking one, too-is, that, taking PRO ,r to be very small indeed ; in fact, the tests PERTY alone as the 'basis of representation, it t a x, being the tax on real property and on trg alts give such results as almost to lead to the immense majorities. On . this question mystery the others. An obvious distinction between the ' that continuity has ceased and the wire is is impossible. It is simply - " Shall the coercing cou nties is, DENSITY of population. Now, we find exactly reverses the allotment given us by the fessions, the Tax on Inhabited Houses, the At letely parted. Nevertheless, in spite of this classes at elections retain the coercing power or that twelve counties, reckonin g the 'West Riding Times in its competition for fairness with Mr. and the Land Tax. The Assessed Taxes and discouraging state of things, !there are not ing able men who express themselves confident not ?" The subject is yet b u t i mper f ec tly under- of Yorkshire as one, have all a population which BRIGHT. The Times gave 217 members to the 12 House Tax are not levied in Ireland. the wire is still capable of being restored to s tood-the one, therefore, on which the ruling gives less than two acres to each person-that the thickly-populated counties, and 283 to its favourite Boroughs marked x were to have lost one working order. Of these various schemes and classes and the journals in their interest, attempt remainder all give more than . two acres to each thinly-peopled counties. The proportions required those marked xx were to have been wholly di! Isitions only two deserve notice. The first is by a gentleman of s kill and experience, who to mystify us is, the re-distribution of the seats individual. The population also of the first class of by the income tax give 283 to the populous emu- the Government Bill of 1854. uses to better the earth connections of the wire, taken from boroughs wholly or partially disfran- counties increases at more than double the rate of that ties and 217 to the others ! The column of 110 electors includes £8 ra iat Valentia were always bad, and which now . Ireland.] climes). Two classes fight for them. One, the of the agricultural counties. They are, in fact, the The last columns in this table afford the only oxidisation of the plates, are worse than ever. Direct T larging to a considerable degree' the present LANDED interest-an interest very small in its life and soul of the kingdom. means of deciding on the proportion of members Population Paya in 1851. in 11 , e of earth plates, and saturating the earth numbers, and wholly distinct from-indeed, in Our first table, therefore, gives the population fairly belonging to each class of counties, quite Arundel, xx . . . 2,748 1,86( them with a solution of sulphate of copper, Honiton, xx . . . 4,427 1,844 with-the AGRICUL- of each of the 12 counties at the time of the old apart from mere party considerations. is no doubt that the condition of the wire may many respects in antagonism Ashburton, xx . . . 3,432 1,55( ch improved. His plan is next to charge the TURAL interest ; and the COMMERCIAL interest. Reform Bill, at the time of the last census, and their The third brief table speaks for itself ; but what Lyme Regis, xx . 3,516 4,075 1 2 , , 7 6 7 8 ] tself till in a state of electrical equilibrium, Thetford, xx . . .. This last class, iiroperly, includes the fa rmers estimated population for the present year ;- that of does it tell us ? Unquestionably that Mr. BRIGHT ) keep it in circuit with a battery, and, on theTotness, xx . . • 4,419 2,209 and-break principle, disturb the electricity in and their labourers. Theoretically, they were the other counties is given in the total only. This has been moderate indeed in his demands for the Harwich, xx . . . 4,451 2,161 ire and transmit the signal. This gentleman always food manufacturers ; and they are startling fact results, that in 1831 the twelve busy counties of progress, increase, and wealth. Accord- Dartmouth, xx I% . 4,508 1,84 f Lade several experiments in the presence of the Evesham, xx . . 4,736 4,489 ' assuming in their modes of production counties had more than a quarter of a million less ing to the scheme of the Member for Birmingham, . . 4,605 327; Lieutenant, in Phoenix- ark upon an uninsu- daily wire, upwards ofloo yards in length, immersed the appearance of manufacturers. Look at them inhabitants than the other forty counties,-but every member for the sparsely populated counties Wells ' xx ' ' Reigate, xx • . . 4,927 4,83£ ter, and through which signals were freely sent. how we will, the land is but the raw material of that in 1851 t he y surpassed the forty in population would still represent 11 , 626 persons, £ 85 , 160 income Richmond, xx . . . 4,969 4,864 Northallerton, xx . however, is by no means a new discovery, as their manufacture, and the farmers and proprietors by upwards of a million, and surpass them this tax, and £797 assessed taxes, LESS than a member . 4,995 1,81 , time since messages were sent across the Ser- Marlborough, xx . . 5,135 4,72: ne under water by means of a perfectly unin- of land have no interests in common beyond those year by more than one million eight hundred thou- for one of the populous counties .l ! c a b le , x x . . . 5,195 3,67 , We defer additional remarks for the present, Leominster, x . . . 6,214 2,741. : ... .: 6 5 g:3 2 3 8 179 2 6 33 3 , , ,0 2 264 4 'd wire. But during the experiment in Phoenix which exist between the American growers of cot- sand inhabitants ! All this time they have had but Lymington, x . the experimenter -not only sent messages Ludlow,Thirsk x . ton and the spinners and weavers of it at Man- the same number of Members, and that number is, merely observing that, in two respects, these tables gh the core of the wire, but through the con r and the outside metal covering of the rope, chester. Give the farmers political independence, it will be seen,l62 11Iembers fewer than their stand- are favourable to the members for thinly-peopled taneously. From the results of these experi- protect them, as we propose to do, by the Ballot still neighbours ! To this table we have added counties. First, In some manufacturing counties, Andover, xx . . . 5,395 3,63 i the inventor thinks that, even in case of the r conductor in the Atlantic cable being severed, from those who can deprive them of their raw ma- a column showing the proportion of assessed taxes like Glamorganshire, the development, though Petersfield . . . 5,550 3,17( Knaresborough, xx . . *5,536 2,63 , . . lld still transmit, signals along the outer cover- terial, the land ; and they and the borough voters paid by the Twelve and the Forty c ounties res p ec- ra p id, has not brought the population quite up to Tewkesbury, x 5,878 3,74 f spiral wires, though this hope is not enter- will row in the same boat. tively. It will be seen that the former pay nearly the two persons per acre, at which we have drawn Malden, x . . . 5,888 3,04: Horsham 5 947 3,5 C I either by eminent electricians or even by the 7s of the company- Another proposition is to For these and other reasons we have always £lOO,OOO more than the others, and are, therefore, the line. Secondly, We have placed the unappro -run the wire till the most serious faults on . . ;946 3,93 Launceston . thought that the representation of the kingdom so far as this test, as well as that of population priated members in the plans of Mr. BRIGHT and Abingdon . . . ' nglish and Newfoundland side have been raised . . . 6,005 2,94! Ripon,. x . . . • 6,080 3,59 .epaired. Such a plan, however, would not could be best considered in counties. We would goes, entitled to more members. Indeed, as things the Times' with the populous counties. Were these Brecon, x . . . . 6,070 4,03 be most expensive but hazardous in the ex- ascertain, by the tests of population and property, now stand, each member in the agricultural coun- members either distributed amongst the 40 counties, s, as, in case of the cable parting under the Liskeard . Cirencester, x . . . 6,096 6,77 what number of members each county ought to ties represents less than half the taxes represented or given to Scotland or Ireland, the case against aof raising in deep water, even the value which . . . 6,201 2,83 , w undoubtedly possesses as a medium for the have, and then adjust, on the same principle, the by the members for the busy counties! - While, the latter class of counties would be so much Huntingdon, x . . 6,219 6 , 1 , 71 n current, in case of a new wire being laid, proportions which should be returned by the in regard to population, the difference, it will be stronger. Chippenham, x • . 6,283 4,75 Bodmin, x . . . 6,337 2,58 d be utterly and totally lost. A costly attempt, boroughs and the rural population in each county. seen , is enormousl y in favour of the members for the' 7to be attended with such injurious results, is Dorchester, x . . . 6,394 4,89 More rather to be deprecated than regarded as 1.-The Parliamentary Representation of England and Wales, divided into Two Groups of Counties, according to Density of population and Annual Great Marlow, x . . 6,523 2,70 ins by which the state of the cable may be im- rate of increase. _ Devizes, x . . . 6,554 4,29 ed. In the meantime, as we have said, the con- 1. Eleven Counties, and the West Riding of York, in all of which the area gives less than 2 acres to a person (1851 census). The rate at which the ' Radnor Hertford, x . . . 6,655 5,90 aof the wire is as bad as it can possibly be. population increases is 1.96 per annum. .. . 6,653 3,43 Lt the middle of last October very powerful 2. Forty Counties and the North and East Ridings of York, in all of which the area will give more than two acres to a person ( 1851 census). The rate Guildford, x . . . 6,740 4,91 ries were put in circuit at the Newfoundland at which the population increases is 0.967 per annum. Malmesbury .. . 6,998 4,42 Lichfield, x . . . 7,012 4,48 'II, in order to force the signal, if possible, past 3. A column is added for the Assessed Taxes paid, showing the relative number of seats to which the two groups of Counties are respectively entitled. suit on the English side. This dangerous ex- . nt, however, was attended with very slight Population. Reform Reform Population. Reform Assessed Taxes, and Seats . ss, the only and the last signal which reached Population. Droitwich . . . 7,096 5,2 t: Counties. Act. Act. 1859. Act. in proportion to Taxes, Counties. 1831. 1851. nglish shore being the words, " Daniell's in Seats. Seats. (Estimated.) Seats. 1856. Wycombe, x. . • 7,179 3,88 .t." Almost immediately after this a large and - - - Wareham . . . 7,218 3,2( 1 Chester important fault was discovered at the New- Cockermouth, x . . 7,275 3,87 2 Durham 239,256 10 390,997 10 451,054 10 22,830 6 Durham 2 [land end, apparently about 400 miles from 3 Gloucester and caused beyond all doubt by the use of the 4 Kent rful batteries referred to. The tests to discover 5 Lancashire 1,336,854 26 2,031,236 26 2,343,233 26 120,953 32 Lancashire 5 Christchurch '. . 7,475 4,71 xact distance of this fault from land have given 6 Middlesex lost uncertain and contradictory results. At 7 Nottingham 8 Stafford ime the injury has appeared within 300 miles, 9 Surrey . 486,434 11 683,082 11 788,003 11 101,634 26 Surrey the tests for several days has given the dis - 10 Warwick 10 Melton, x . . . 7,661 4,63 )as exactly 371. After that, however, the 11 Worcester nee fluctuated between 400 and 900 miles, 12 West Riding (York) 984,609 18 1,325,495 18 1,529,091 18 71,559 19 West Riding (York) 12 - - ng down finally at about 750 from land. This - Totals . . 332,590 199,7] Total .. .... 6,800,937 169 9,478,764 169 10,934,702 169 £1,013,921 263 is supposed to be even of a more serious nature lßlSH BOROUGHS TO CEASE TO RETURN Forty Counties, and that on the English coast. About a month N. &E. Riding (Yk.) 7,095,860 331 8,448,845 331 9,085,887 331 912,629 237 NINE IN NUMBER. the words " Henly" and " You understand" - received at the station at Newfoundland, and Fifty-two Counties... 13,996,797 500 17,927,609 500 20,020,589 500 £1,926,550 500 Direct r. Population Pay time revived the hopes of those in charge at time 1841. in 1 side of the Atlantic that successful means hadSUMMARY OF RESULTS. Portarlington . . . 2,964 6' found to restore the cable to working order. 1831. Average population per seat in 'l2 counties of first group.. 40,240 1851. 56,087 1859. 64,701 Assessed taxes per seat in 12 counties of first group£ ~, Dungannon . . . 3,851 9: 5,992 Downpatrick . . . 4,854 1,44 rtunately, a comparison of dates showed that Do. do. in 40 counties of second table 21 , 440 25,625 27,449 - Do. in 40 counties 2,757 Le day these words reached Newfoundland the Kinsale 3 . . . . 5,565 1,71 311 at Valentia was locked up and deserted, and Deficiency p er seat in the 40 thinl y - p o p ulated counties 18,800 persons. 30,062 persons. 7,252 persons. Deficiency per seat in the 40 thinly-populated counties 3,242 Mallow . . , . 5,683 9 lignals, therefore, were merely due to the con- Enniskillen . . . 5,094 1,51 t and perplexing vagaries of earth currents. The estimated populat ion for 1859 is obtained by reckoning the increase to have taken place at the same rate as that at which it increased between Coleraine . . . . 6,517 1,61 fault on the English side remains in just the the census of 1831 and the census of 1851. Lisburn • . . . 7,673 1,6' state and position as when it was first disco- The amount of assessed taxes paid is taken from the return moved for by Mr. J. B. Smith, July 29, 1858. Bandon . . . . 7,942 1, i lat the beginning of September last, about - niles from land. This distance, calculating IL-THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN TWO GROUPS. . . mount of slack wire payed out during the SCOTCH CONTRIBUTORY BURGHS WHICH A 1. Twelve Counties, in all of which the area gives less than two acres to a person. * lays of the submerging operation, would place 2. Forty counties, in all of which tha area gives snore than two acres to a person. TO CONTRIBUTE TO RETURNMEMBERS TO suit at about 220 statute miles from shore, or 3. Columns containing the present number of seats-the number proposed by Mr. Bright, and the number proposed by the Times' plan, Jan. 28, 1859. 21 IN NUMBER. where upon the now well-known mountain Direct' 4. The number of seats to which these counties are entitled, calculated upon population and property, and upon an average of both-or 1851 and for which divides the deeps of the Atlantic from Population Pay 1859, in separate tables :- . in 1851. in 1 comparatively- shallow waters of the Irish • . The logs and diaries kept by those on board Ref 'm .0 Times' Income Tax Act :. I '4 4 Plan, Population, Calculated up . :) ..v n e. 1859' Calculated upon Ave- New Galloway . . . 447 Kintore . . . . 476 l' 4: that during her las- successful cruise Counties. Assessment, Seats, ..t,.-11 Jan. 1851 Pro- Popu- rage of Population , Pro- Popu- rage of Counties. that this range was crossed between 4 and 5 1857. 1832. 44 P-4 28. ' Census. perty. lation. both. (Estimated.) perty. 'ration. both. • Dornoch . • • 599 1. - - le on the afternoon of the 3d August, or more 1 Chester £2,201,813 --- 10 12 13 455,725 10 12 11 525,724 10 12 11 Chester an hour before the time when it was expected 2 Durham 1,675,049 10 12 10 390,997 7 H 9 451,054 7 11 9 Durham 2 Inverbervie . . . 934 5 hip would arrive upon it. It was intended 3 Gloucester it Chas. Bright to allow a great quantity of 4 Kent 5 Lancashire 14,382,814 26 46 40 2,031,236 63 57 60 2,343,233 63 59 61 Lancashire 5 Lochmaben . . . 1,092 1 cable to run while crossing this ridge, in 6 - Middlesex r that there might be amply sufficient to reach 7 Nottingham bottom of all inequalities which might exist 8 Stafford e undiscovered by the sounding line. But, 9 Surrey. ugh the defective and most uncertain method 10 Warwick seertaining the speed of a ship at present in 11 Worcester - E rein the Royal Navy,the Agamemnon through- 12 West Riding (York)... 4,194,574 . 18 24 20 1,325,495 19 37 28 1,529,091 18 38 28 West Riding (York) l2 Kingthorn . . . 1,568 the whole cruise steamed at a greater rate than _ registered by the log line. Owing to this cir - .........• Twelve Counties..... L 64,864,195 169 228 217 - 9,478;764 283 263 273 10,934,702 283 273 *278 Twelve Counties. Cullen . . . . 1,697 t, stance the range of high submarine land was Forty Counties 49,834,136 331 250 283 8,448,845 217 237 227 9,085,887 217 227 222 Forty Counties. Oban .. . . 1,742 !led at least an hour before the expected - - Cromarty . . . . 1,988 al- 4..,4 4..,4;yn.4;nia oiven to those on board £114,698,331 500 478 500 f 17,927,609 500 500 500 20,020,589 . 500 500 I'soo . Inverary . . . . 2,264 Sanquhar . . . . 2,381 `,- MR. BRIGHT'S REFORM BILL. We have been favoured with the following Schedules of Disfranchisement and Enfranchise- went which Mr. Bright will propose as a portion, BOROUGHS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, 56 IN NUMBER, WHICH ARE TO CEASE TO RETURN ANY MEMBER OR [The column of direct taxes payable by each borough is made up from Parliamentary returns fur the year 1857, and includes Schedules A and D of the Property and Income tax, being the tax on real property and on trades and pro fessions, the Tax on Inhabited Houses, the Assessed Taxes, and the Land Tax. The Assessed Taxes and the Inhabited House Tax are not levied in Ireland. Boroughs marked x were to have lost one member, and those marked xx were to have been wholly disfranchised by the Government Bill of 1854. The column of £lO electors includes £8 rated electors in Ireland.] Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO Ei fn 1851. in 1857. Electors.. Arundel, xx . . . 2,748 1,866 130 5 Honiton, xx . . 4,427 1,844 193 2 Ashburton, xx . . 3,432 1,556 198 1 Lyme Regis, xx . . 3,516 1,771 293 1 Thetford, xx . . . 4,075 2,685 217 2 Totness, xx . . • 4,419 2,204 '295 2 Harwich, xx . . . 4,451 2,167 297 2 Dartmouth, xx `. . 4,508 1,848 301 1 Evesham, xx . . 4,605 3,279 305 2 Wells, xx. . . . 4,736 4,484 228 2 Reigate, xx . . 4,927 4,838 297 1 Richmond, xx . . 4,969 4,864 342 2 Northallerton, xx . . 4,995 1,814 299 1 Marlborough, xx . . 5,135 4,723 250 2 Caine, xx . . . 5,195 3,675 145 1 Leominster, x . . 6,214 2,745 340 2 Lymington, x . . . 5,282 3,242 322 2 Thirsk . . . . 5,319 3,064 352 1 Ludlow, x . . . 5,376 3,244 394 2 Andover, xx . . . 5,395 3,631 226 2 Knaresborough, xx . •5,536 2,634 226 2 Petersfield . . . 5,550 3,176 333 1 Tewkesbury, x . . 5,878 3,741 318 2 Maldon, x . . . 5,888 3,042 247 2 Horsham . . . . 5,947 3,545 349 1 Abingdon . . . 5,945 3,939 240 1 Launceston . . 6,005 2,942 349 1 Brecon, x . . . . 6,070 4,034 343 1 Ripon, x . . 6,080 3,593 35T 2 Cirencester, x . . • 6,096 6,771 316 2 Liskeard . . . . 6,201 2,836 353 1 Huntingdon, x . 6,219 5,170 338 2 Chippenham, x 6,283 4,755 327 2 Bodmin, x . . . 6,337 2,584 360 2 Dorchester, x . . . 6,394 4,899 429 2 Great Marlow, x . . 6,523 2,705 310 2 Devizes, x . . . 6,554 4,295 355 2 Hertford, x . . . 6,655 6,903 462 2 Radnor . . . 6,653 3,435 362 2 Guildford, x . . 6,740 4,912 546 1 Malmesbury . . . 6,998 4,420 325 2 Lichfield, x . . . 7,012 4,486 424 1 Midhurst, X X • . 7,021 2,472 285 2 Westbury . . . 7,029 3,076 289 1 Droitwich . . . 7,096 5,233 379 1 Wycombe, x . . . 7,179 3,881 354 1 Wareham . . . 7,218 3,207 407 2 Cockermouth, x . . 7,275 3,875 2 0 1 Bewdley . . . 7,318 4,284 384 2 Helston . • . 7,328 2,771 329 1 Christchurch . . 7,475 4,719 297 1 Eye . . . . 7,531 3,288 333 1 Bridport, x . . 7,566 2,781 464 2 Bridgenorth, x . . . 7,610 4,738 340 2 Mahon, x . . . 7,661 4,631 553 2 Woodstock . . . 7,983 3,366 326 1 Totals . . 332,590 199,713 18,163 87 IRISH BOROUGHS TO CEASE TO RETURN MEMBERS, Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO in 1841. in 1857. Electors.A. Portarlington . . . 2,964 612 80 1 Dungannon . . . 3,851 912 184 1 Downpatrick . . . 4,854 1,444 123 1 Kinsale . . . . 5,565 1,792 142 1 Mallow . . • . 5,683 954 228 1 Enniskillen . . . 5,094 1,532 91 1 Coleraine . . . . 6,517 1,692 226 1 Lisburn . . . . 7,673 1,674 217 1 Bandon . . • . 7,942 I,f 00 197 1 Totals. . . 51,146 12,412 1,558 9 SCOTCH CONTRIBUTORY BURGHS WHICH ARE NO LONGER TO CONTRIBUTE TO RETURN MEMBERS TO PARLIAMENT, 21 IN NUMBER. Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO a in 1851. in 1857. Electors. New Galloway . . . 447 178 14 it, Kintore . . . . 476 437 41 Dornoch . • . 599 124 17 1-6 • • . 605 118 23 1-5 North Berwick . . . 863' 616 79 1-5 Inverbervie . . . 934 507 30 1-5 Inverary . . . 1,064 423 46 1-5 Lochmaben . . . 1,092 146 38 1-5 Lauder . . . 1,105 378 54 I 5 Fortrose . . . . 1,148 250 70 ± South Queensferry . . 1,195 194 33 1-5 Crail . . . . 1,247 655 37 1-7 ~....._ Pittenweem . . . 1,450 816 46 1-7 Kingthorn . . . 1,568 364 45 i Whithorn . . . . 1,652 312 72 i Cullen . . . . 1,697 574 45 1-6 Oban . . . . 1,742 585 73 1-5 Cromarty . . . . 1,988 377 33 1-6 Inverary . . . . 2,264 926 128 1-6 Sanquhar . . . . 2,381 275 41 1-5 Kirkcudbright . . . 2,687 756 112 1-5 Total . . . 28,204 8,975 1,091 .. SCHEDULE B. BOROUGHS, 69 IN NUMBER, EXCEEDING 8,000 AND UNDER 16,000 INHABITANTS, IN FUTURE TO RETURN ONE MEMBER EACH. THOSE OF THEM, 34 IN NUMBER, NOW RETURNING Two MEMBERS TO LOSE ONE MEM - BER EACH. Irish Boroughs are printed in small capitals ; and Scotch Borough in italics. Direct Taxes Populaton Payable £lO in 1851. in 1857. Electors. ri ATHLONE . . . 8,014 1,100 160 1 Newport, x . . . 8,047 5,687 693 2 Wallingford . . . 8,067 4,887 396 1 Buckingham, x . . 8,069 5,267 346 2 Tavistock, x . . . 8,086 7,920 339 2 CARRICKFERGUS . . 8,520 1,625 389 1 Rye . . . . 8,541 3,250 408 1 Wilton, xx . . . 8,607 5,294 231 r Tamworth, x . . . 8,655 2,988 348 2 Chichester, x . . . 5,662 7,394 641 2 Peterborough . . . 8,672 7,992 428 2 Banbury . . . . 8,715 8,072 493 1 ARMAGH . . . 8,856 3,160 . 366 1 Stamford . . . . 8 , 933 7,734 438 1 St. Ives . . . . 8,972 2,621 399 1 CASHEL . . . . 9,069 646 125 1 Poole, x . . . 9,255 5,614 60 3 2 Weymouth and • Meleombe Regis, x . . . 9,458 6,518 721 2 Shaftesbury . . . 9,404 4,678 435 1 Windsor, x . . . 9,596 8,186 686 2 Lewes, x • • • 9,533 7,132 602 2 You GHAL . . . 9;653 1,430 149 1 Haverfordwest • . 9,729 4,559 404 1 Morpeth . . 10,012 6,037 328 1 Beverley . . . 10,058 7,126 478 2 NEW Ross . . . 10,145 1,678 189 1 From e . . 10448 4,641 389 1 DUNDALK . . . 10,253 4,076 290 1 Bridgewater . . 10,317 6,244 660 2 ENNIS . . . 10,519 1,178 149 1 Newcastle •under-Lyne . 10,569 6,283 997 2 Truro . . . . 10,733 3,817 604 2 Grantham . . . 10,873 7,152 639 2 Warwick . . . 10,973 9,046 604 2 Whitby . . . 10,989 6,986 484 1 Tiverton x . . . 11,144 6,563 467 2 Newark 11, 330 7,568 381 2 . • • Barnstaple . . . 11,371 6,265 526 2 Clitheroe . . . 11,480 5,056 156 1 Pontefract . • . 11,515 6,138 512 2 DUNGARVAN . . 11,582 1,634 184 1 CARLOW . . . 11,587 1,974 199 1 Sansbury 11,657 9,288 666 2 Bedford , 11,693 8,366 609 2 Cardigan . . 11,760 6,180 133 1 Kendal 11,829 7,515 374 1 Stafford 11,829 5,037 434 2 Hereford • • • 12,108 7,643 712 2 Great Grimsby • . 12,263 7,680 612 1 Sandwich • • • 12,710 5,910 693 2 Beaumaris • • . 12,752 4,585 488 1 Stirling '•• • • 12,837 4,528 513 WEXFORD • . . 12,863 3,080 222 1 Scarborough 12,915 10,187 810 2 Hythe • • . . 13,164 6,796 898 1 Durham 13,188 8,245 558 2 Penrhyn and Falmouth . 13,656 6,021 739 2 Winchester . . . 13,704 8,114 796 2 TRALEE . . 13,759 1,232 269 1 Bury St. Edmund's 13,900 10,415 702 2 St. Andrew's, Cupar, Anstruther, and Ifil- renny Taunton . . 14,182 9,224 612 1 . 14,176 8,296 723 2 Wick, _Kirkwall, Dingwall, and Tain . . . 14,212 5.153 585 1 SLIGO NEWRY 14,393 3,647 337 1 14,734 Itochosi.c Berwick CLONMEL 3,881 448 1 7• 14,938 10,332 928 2 15,091 6,288 447 2 15,204 6,393 309 1 Dunfermline and Inver keithing . . 15,688 4,216 617 t Totals 779,916 387,000 3 3 , 359 W 2 SCHEDULE C. DonouGns, 41 IN NUMBER, EXCEEDING 16,000 AND UNDER 25,000 INHABITANTS, IN WHICH NO CHANGE IS PROPOSED, EXCEPT WITH REGARD TO THREE OF THE LARGEST SCOTCH GROUPS WHICH ARE TO BE DIVIDED, AND TO HAVE ONE MEMBER PDX EACH DIVISION; AND AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER TO BE ADDED TO KILKENNY. Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO in 1851. in 1857. Electors. `,.71 Lancaster . . . 16,168 23,162 408 2 Dumfries and Annan . 16,592 7,263 691 1 Denbigh . . • 16,614 6,160 612 1 Pembroke . . . 16,700 6,556 521 2 Hastings. . 17,011 16,452 1,137 1 . Haddington, Dunbar, Ted burgh, Musselburgh, and .Portobello . . 21,125 10,305 1,104 1 Boston . . . 17,518 11,223 864 2 Lincoln . , . 17,636 14,744 824 2 Glocester . • . 17,572 17,989 1,001 2 Ayr . . . 17,624 5,895 581 1 Montgomery . . 17,887 8,131 843 1 Canterbury . 18,398 10,868 1,072 2 Kidderminster . . 18,442 8;790 506 1 Flint . . . 18,814 8,624 663 1 Hamilton, Lanark, and Lin lithgow . . . 18,851 5,260 668 Whitehaven . . 18,916 11,917 541 1 Carmarthen . . 19,234 10,649 769 1 Inverness, Forres, and Nairn 19,238 King's Lynn 9,139 835 1 Colchester . . . 19,355 13,551 975 2 . 19,443 12,009 790 2 Banf and Peterhead 19,238 14,227 756 1 Shrewsbury . . 15,681 17,945 1,121 2 DROGHEDA . 19,829 4,923 , 372 1 LONDONDERRY . . 19,973 8,124 723 1 Cardiff . . . 20,424 20,707 824 1 Wenlock . . . 20,588 12,805 740 2 Maidstone . . . 20,801 • .17,727 1,284 2 Ifirkaldy, Burntisland, and .Dysart . . . 21,240 6,647 683 1 .Kilanarisock . . 21,443 4,342 671 Reading . . . 21,456 18,275 1,388 2 .Dumbarton, Port Glasgow, .Renfrew, and Butherglen 21,922 10,319 743 I Wakefield . . . 22,057 14,317 964 1 Garnarvon . . . 22,210 7,840 756 1 Dover . . . 22,244 15,610 1,042 2 Irvine, Campboltown, Wig ton, and Stranraer . 22,273 6,502 1,044 1 Falkirk and Airdrie 23,187 5,835 795 Warrington . . 23,363 13,356 692 1• Arbroath and Brechin . 23,623 17,990 846 Perth . . . 23,835 14,458 947 1 KILKENNY . . 24,182 4,621 541 1 Montrose and Forfar . 24,549 14,526 699 I Totals . . 821,553 470,772 33,034 51 SCHEDULE D. BOROUGHS, 43 IN NUMBER, EXCEEDING 25,000 AND UNDER 54,000 INHABITANTS, TO RETURN Two MEM BERS EACH, OF WHICH 16 BOROUGHS NOW RETURN ONLY ONE MEMBER EACH. Direct Taxes pi Population Payable £lO 7, in 1851. in 1857. Electors. Gateshead . . . 25,568 10,186 739 1 Walsall . . . 25,680 22,593 1,067 1 Carlisle 26,310 14,750 825 2 Monmouth . . . 26,512 21,836 1,582 1 ___ _ Northampton . . 26,657 18,956 1,520 2 Aylesbury . . 27,794 13,636 1,308 2 Worcester . . . 27,528 24,595 1,602 2 Chester . . . 27,766 30,336 1,099 2 Cambridge . . 27,815 26,753 1,980 2 Oxford • • • 27,843 19,765 1,638 2 Chatham . . . 28,429 11,817 1,339 1 South Shielthi . . 28,974 13,394 866 1 Rochdale • . , 29,195 22,833 1,205 1 Tynemouth and N. Shields 29,170 17,648 98 , 8 1 Ashton-under-Lyne . 29,791 14,973 971 1 Shoreham . . • 30,553 20,667 1,552 2 Huddersfield . . 30,880 27,372 1,415 1 Yarmouth . 30,879 14,945 1,268 2 Leith • • 30,919 54,980 1,375 1 Bury • . 31,262 24,757 1,056 1 Wi gan . 31,941 16,655 7 1 46 2 WATERFORD . . 32,604 9,333 622 2 Ipswich • • 32,914 22,955 1,516 2 Halifax • . . 33,512 26,052 1,218 2 GALWAY • . 34,146 3,142 461 2 Cheltenham . . 35,051 32,232 2,258 1 Southampton . . 35,305 28,237 2,313 2 Cricklade . . .. 35,503 25,529 1,521 2 Stroud . . 36,535 11,356 1,221 2 Greenock . . 36,689 26,404 1,405 • 1 Coventry . 36,812 26,367 888 2 Dudley . , • 37,962 18,614 919 1 Macclesfield • • 38,048 14,168 1,103 2 York . . . 40,359 42,112 1,691 2 Derby . . . 40,609 24,582 2,101 2 Exeter - . . . 40,688 30,253 2,272 2 Swansea . . . 45,123 24,225 1,337 1 East Itetford . . 46,054 30,689 2,262 2 Blackburn . . 46,536 27,603 1,325 2 Paisley . . 47,952 17,441 1,305 1 Devonport . . 50,159 17,363 2,390 2 Plymouth . . 52,221 32,091 2,462 2 Stockport . . 53,835 20,300 1,403 2 Totals . . 1,490,153 965,191 60,087 70 SCHEDULE E. BOROUGHS, 23 IN NUMBER, EXCEEDING 54,000 AND UNDER 127,000 INHABITANTS, OF WHICH FOUR BOROUGHS NOW RETURN ONE MEMBER EACH, AND THE REST Two MEMBERS EACH, TO RETURN IN FUTURE THREE MEMBERS EACH. Direct Taxes. Population Payable £lO. in 1851. in 1857. Electors. Bath . . . . 54,240 46,904 3,142 2 Nottingham . . 57,407 56,018 3,107 2 Leicester .. . . 60,584 43,940 2,565 3 Bolton . . . . 61,171 30,695 1,724 2 Merthyr Tydvil . . 63,080 29,872 985 1 Sunderland . . 67,394 42,598 2,153 2 Norwich . . . 68,195 41,271 2,387 2 Preston . . . 69,542 44,594 1,824 2 LIMERICK . . . 69,561 15,710 1,550 2 Brighton . . . 69,673 75,593 3,670 2 Aberdeen • . . 71,973 65,924 2,346 1 Portsmouth . . . 72,096 29,840 3,526 2 Oldham . . . 72,357 24,182 1,978 2 Dundee . . . 78,931 65,456 2,343 1 78,354 53,274 3,283 2 BELFAST Stoke-upon-Trent . 84,027 55,224 1,983 - 2 Hull . - . . 84,690 74,994 3,074 2 Salford . 85,108 43,981 4,009 Newcastle-upon-Tyno . 87,784 '107,417 3,551 2 Bradford . . . 103,778 62,848 2,723 2 Greenwich . • . 105,784 58,026 6,907 2 CORK . • . . 114,232 37,704 2,275 2 Wolverhampton . . 119,748 66,112 3,499 2 Totals . . 1,799,709 1,162,078 64,604 42 SCHEDULE F. BonouGus, 12 IN NUMBER, EXCEEDING 127,000 AND UNDER 270,000 INHABITANTS, INCLUDING THE BOROUGH. OF THE TOWER HAMLETS, DIVIDED INTO TWO DISTINCT BOROUGHS. OF THESE BOROUGHS, ONE NOW RETURNS FOUR. MEMBERS, AND THE REST, INCLUDING THE UNDIVIDED TOWER HAMLETS, RE TURN Two MEMBERS EACH. IT IS PROPOSED THAT, IN FUTURE, EACH OF THESE 12 BOROUGHS SHOULD RETURN FOUR MEMBERS EACH. IT IS INTENDED THAT EACH OF THESE BOROUGHS SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO TWO WARDS, RETURNING Two MEMBERS EACH; EACH ELECTOR TO BE REGISTERED IN ONE WARD ONLY. -.___ Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO 8 in 1851. in 1857. Electors. X London . 127,869 1,097,028 13,582 4 . . Sheffield . • 135,310 81,474 5,612 2 Bristol . • • 137,328 144,640 8,378 2 Edinburgh. . • 160,302 219,341 8,297 2 172,270 112,422 61400 2 u e thwark . . 172,863 185,961 10,604 2 Birmingham . Leeds, . • . 232,841 192,781 8,780 2 Westminster . 241,611 524,176 13,355 2 Lambeth . . 251,345 198,909 18,522 2 DUBLIN • . 265,252 168,950 5,103 2 Tower Hamlets, A 269,555 151,684 12,668 1 Tower Hamlets, B 269,555 151,684 12,668 1 Totals . 2,436,101 3,229,050 123,969 24 SCHEDULE G. BOROIIGHS, FIVE IN NUMBER, EXCEEDING 316,000 IN HABITANTS, NOW RETURNING Two MEMBERS EACH WHICH IT Is PROPOSED SHALL IN FUTURE RETURN Six MEMBERS EACH. IT IS INTENDED THAT EACH OF THESE BOROUGHS SHALL BE DIVIDED INTO Two WARDS, RETURNING THREE MEMBERS EACH; EACH ELECTOR TO BE REGISTERED IN ONE WARD ONLY. Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO in 1851. in 1857. Electors. A Manchester . . 316,213 394,947 17,826 2 Finsbury . 323,772 348,129 20,707 2 Glasgow . 329,097 337,032 18,418 2 Marylobone . . 370;957 641,578 20,377 2 Liverpool . . 375,955 602,305 13,050 2 Totals . 1,715,994 2,223,991 90,078 10 SCHEDULE H. _ E NGLA ND, NEW BOROUGHS, SEVEN IN NUMBER, TO HAVE MEMBERS. Population No. of in 1851. Members. Gravesend . . 16,633 1 Leamington . . 15 , 692 1 Stalybridge • . 20,760 1 13nrnley . . , . 20 ,828 1 Birkenhead . . 24,175 1 Chelsea . . -. 56,533 2 _ Kensington • . 44,053 2 Total/3 , 198,679 9 SCHEDULE I. ENGLISH COUNTIES AND DIVISIONS OF COUNTIES HAVE 18 ADDITIONAL MEMBERS. Population ed in Present 1851. Electors. Members. 310:11b' 37,153 2 6 Westßiding of York, 2 divisions . 794,888 South Lancashire, 2 divisions . . 500,711 20,460 2 4 York, North Riding 176,224 12,015 2 3 0 North Lancashire 316,804 12,105 2 ' South Devonshire.. 217,884 9,625 2 3 West Kent . 231,711 8,993 2 3 ,, South Stafford . 206,305 11,202 2 '',, West Cornwall . 165,167 4,542 2 ° North Essex . 165,541 5,553 2 3 South Essex . 173,995 6,169 2 Lincolnshire, parts of Lindsey . 192,074 12,435 2 3 West Norfolk . 168,979 7,179 2 3 0 East Somerset . 172,189 10,735 2 '',, West Somerset . 160,512 7,510 2 ' SCHEDULE K. IRISH COUNTIES, SEVEN IN NUMBER, TO WHICH IT is PROPOSED TO GIVE EIGHT ADDITIONAL MEMBEItS' A Population Members. Prop of in Electors , now. 11° ',... ° rs 1851. Menu's . 180,158 5,582 2 3 . 208,684 6,243 2 3 Q .251,983 8,206 2 u . 255,661 8,423 2 3 . 320,817 10,690 2 3 . 331,569 7,262 2 3 . 563,676 13,473 2 4 Wexford . Limerick . Antrim . Tyrone . Down. Tipperary . Cork . . 2,111,848 58,885 14 '22 SCHEDULE L. SMALL COUNTIES IN SCOTLAND TO BE UNITED, i' l49 MEMBERS TRANSFERRED TO LARGE COUNTIO• s ed Population Present Ptop o o f in Electors. Members.N No. of l ein ° be ,rg. 1851. . 9,809' 362 1 1 1 . 10,738 394 1 ; _ Selkirk Peebles . —.— --. 20,547 756 2 1 The member gained by the union of these Null' ties to be given to Lanarkshire. Sutherland . . 25,194 261 1 1 1 Caithness . . 31,987 779 1 1 57,181 1,040 2 I _, The member gained by the union of these Nu' . ties to be given to Aberdeenshire. Lanark . . . 167,506 3,124 1 2 Aberdeen . . 130,031 4,682 1 the Bute and Arran to be added to Ayrshire, and united constituency to return two members : Bute and Arran, . 16,608 489 1 12 Ayrshire . . 143,257 3,976 1 ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULE A. Direct Taxes Population Payable £lO No. 4 in 1851. in 1857. Electors. 13oroog 9 . 332,540 119,713 18,163 b 6 9 51,146 12,412 1,668. England . Ireland . Scotlarid (Contribu- 0 tory Boroughs) . 28,204 8,975 1,091 21 . 411,890 141,100 20,812 . 86 Totals TTOVi' GENERAL ABSTRACT OF SCHEDULES, ING THE RESULT OF THE pßOrvw CHANGES. FIRST DIVISION. --BOROUGHS TO RETURN NOT.I/00 THAN TWO MEMBERS EACH. Direct Taxes _ Population Payable £lO No. of Mfg in 1851. In 1857. Electors. Boros. rror 69 Schedule B 769,916 386,900 32,689 69 Schedule C 821,553 470,772 33,034 41 ,86 Schedule D 1,490,153 965,191 60,087 43 . Totals 3,081,622 1,822,863,125,810 152 214 SECOND DIVISION.---BOROUGHS TO RETURN molts Two MEMBERS EACH. Direct Taxes • Population Payable £lO No. of —7le ese a in 1857. in 1857. Electors. Boros. FOY" 69 Schedule E 1,799,739 1,162,078 64,604 23 A Schedule F 2,436,101 3,229,050 123,069 12 1 - 6 Schedule G 1,715,944 2,223,991 90,078 5 Totals 6,951,784 6,615,119 278,651 40 141 too Note.—lt will be seen from a comparison of the Divisions of the General Abstract here given, that presentation of the large Boroughs even as now pro .fie is greatly below that which they may fairly claim °' ground of population, taxation, and number of eleotorS" The following Abstract shows the Borellls Population of England, Scotland, and Irelana.pi the arrangements proposed in the forego , 4 , 0 Schedules ; the Number of Ten-Poun'd Electors , 1 ",:h Number of Members, and the Population for ell:. Member. In the proportion of Members for /51:, land are included Seven Members not yet Who priated, and for which additional new Borolig may be advantageously created : ro t putell Population No. of £lO No. of or ber. in 1851. Electors. Members. g eni nt 3 18 . 17,3D,961 417,441 301 r./691 - 1,107,918 48,577 40 g.,"/0 827,284 28,075 38 England . Scotland Ireland . Total . 19,255,163 494,093 379 COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWARK---FEE. 2. 0 :104/ Wo have to report a good supply of wheat at mfor and prices at about the same as last week, with a ve i l t‘s. business. Fine barley in fair inquiry, and at late Clete ßeans scarce and is up. Oats a small supply at about rates. * f 0 6 White wheat, new, 48s to 52s B ar l e y, grinding.. 41 „, 0 4 . -4) , 0 6 Red do. 4os to 45s Oats, old, .. 27s L. 33 , Old white 4Ba to 52s New do 30s t° 4 0t Red do. 4os to 45s Beans. 4Se _.O Barley, malting .... 36s to 42s Peas ste ....--- HULL—FEB. 2. A fair supply of wheat, which was in good condition, l'4 sold fully at last week's prices. Oa Wheat.... Old white. ...per qr ... 40s Od to 48s 0 4 Old red New white .. 7, , 7 New red .... ~ Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 508 Od to 630 ,. 04 Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Oct to 4, 1 ° Od Baltic and Hamburg, red . . 43s Od to 4°6 Od St. Petersburg and Riga, ad. 38s Od to 3 90 od Barley.... English malting 33s Od to 370 Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 3 ", s od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 29s Od to , s o a l' od Grinding 268 Od to 7 , °,, 0 6 04 Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per st Os lid to 1 0 4 Friesland and Dutch' oBllld to Is . ,a Swedish and Danish Oslld to O slI M Beans ....English, old, per qr 44s Od to 460 uO-4 New pigeon 4os Od to 4 20 04 New tick Egyptian 3ss Od to 366 od Peas Foreign breakers . 4os Od to 41 5 0 d Grinding Tares ....Winter Indian Corn Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) Foreign 4 4 83 8 5 3 5 0 0 :8 8 o °l 3° o d da d d t tt t t 0 00 0 0 6 4539 09 1 , 4:11 5 6555 0 Rape cakes Bones 689 1 1 0 05 0 00 to o : 4 689 , 111 655° 0 5 12 6to ' DUBLIN—FEE. 1. della' At this day's market there was only a moderate a- uo t t ante of buyers, and the demand was dull for w_., o ' d. except for the lest qualities, which met a brisk deTO O - ..i We do not alter our quotations of Friday for any arti cl e ' j. s. d. s. d. S. d. Ts 0 Wheat, white 22 6t0256 l Do new . 1 1 6 to 0 0 Do., red 2l 6to 23 0 I Bere . ...... .. 10 0 to 0 9 0 Do., new Barley Oats 11 oto 13 0 Bakers' flour .. 13 3 0 Do., black lO 6toll 0 Indian-corn .. 27 oto - i ,4 at ' [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment. c,l eases are prevalent everywhere, and everywhere, 1 •00 known that Holloway's matchless ointment is a se remedy. The demand for it is extraordinary. ointment is applied to the diseased parts the effect i5.,". - 0 1 derful. It is more like that of magic than inedifTaid but the relieved patient need not let his astonishment delight be dashed with, fear or doubt as to the tilt result of so sudden an action on the system, for this fAl3l,it ointment is as innocent and benign as it is powertu.Vlf does not throw the disease inwards, but insinuates l through the pores of the skin to the original cause 01g evil, and effects a thorough cure. 77' Or LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office,l 4 ° . „, of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e coun t y Middlesex, Thursday, February_3, 1859, sex ( Rrea BIRTHS. Crrnism.—On the lat inst., at Hoddesdon, Mrs. Christie, of a daughter. thewGREENHOW.—On the 2d i n st., a t E s h er , S urre y, of W. J. Greenhow, Esq., barrister-at-law, of a dater. AUGREGOR.—On the Ist inst.,- a t 2, Gloucester-place, - p 13 ° 0 man square, the lady of Sir Charles It. M'Gregerf - of a daughter. MILLs.—On the Ist inst., at Howrah House, East I.lA ir road, Poplar, Mrs. Mills, of twin sons. MARRIAGES. .00 BRUCE.—BURGOYNE.—O n t h e I s t i ns t., at St. Ga bll o l Church, Pimlico, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Brace , ,ter Royal Welch Fusiliers, to Mary Caroline, only datCt, / of the late C o l one l Si r J o h n Montagu Burgoyne, of Sutton -park, Bedfordshire. DEATHS. ,gll9 BLAIR.--On the Ist inst., at Beechwood, near Edine l. "'„ot• Alexander Blair, Esq Treasurer of the Bank of Ps' land. ter CHESSHYRE.—On the Ist inst., at Barton Court, n bury, the Rev. W. J. Chesshyre, canon of Canter bw ' &c., aged 53. COWLEY.—On the 31st inst., at 1, Park-crescent, Porgy place, Samuel Cowley, Esq., aged 81. rjOir PHILLIPS.—On the Ist inst., at his house, 39, G° v e i l square, Charles Phillips, Esq., one of the Commissie, of H.M.'s Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debt.vos deeply regretted by his sorrowing family and a null ° circle of friends. PAor.T.—On the 2d inst., Victoria Alcxandrina, tho c of Lord Alfred Paget, aged 11. A . to a Met tiou the °ti t , loot thr( way lane data Ti 011sj 1088 Will Ch Will cast;the voh i , Char NVII ii II uaNi Ugh h, fog Rich Of Thor Audi tr Ifc Solis Th rnin. 495( -sifi; bet of r e Pat ace Ulf 1 )a( t I