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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, March 31. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) TENANT-RIGHT (IRELAND) BILL, Mr. S. CRAWFORD presented a great number of petitions from various parts of Ireland in favour of tenant- Tight in that country. He then moved the second reading of the Bill, and said that in doing so he felt a deep and weighty responsibility rested upon him, for he was not bringing forward a puppet of his own, nor standing there as the organ of any sect or party, but as the messenger of a nation. He asked their assent to the principle of the Bill because it had received the sanction of the nation. The number of petitions presented from various parts of Ireland in favour of the measure justified him in making that assertion. He was in the remarkable position of not having a single petition presented against the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) Such a circumstance was nearly unparalleled on a question of such vital import ance to a country. The preamble of the Bill recited that it was the practice in Ireland to let lands to tenants without the necessary buildings, and that in the event of their quitting, they could not obtain any allowance for the improvements they might have effected on the land. This was proved to be the case by all the evidence ad , tuce.l to the H ease on the subject of tenant right in Irelend. If a tenant made any improvements in his land he had no alternative but to rely upon the honour of the landlord for compensation; for there was no law in Ireland to secure to him the value of the capi tal and labour he hal expended. Now ha proposed to remedy this anomaly.—(Hear, hear.) Land was the chief means of existence to the Irish population, and it was necessary that some fair protection should be given to the poor occupiers for the outlay of their labour and capital. The priec'ple he proposed with the view of attaining that object he believed would be gene rally acceptatla for it was that improving tenants should have a fair and full compensation awarded to them, having regard to the custom of the particular dis. trict in which the land was situated. In case of a difference an arbitrator was to settle the terms be tween the landlord and tenant. The provisions of the Bill were entirely consistent with the civil law of the land. The Bill recognised putting the onus upon the tenant of proving the custom which existed and the value of the tenant's goodwill. He proposed to do nothing more than assimilate the law of Ireland, in regard to tenant right, to that of England. In some counties in England the tenant was required to prove the local usages and customs, and the value under them. He would fairly state to the House that the object of his Bill was to give the tenant a legal property iu the im provement which he effected upon his farm, and if the Bill did not accomplish that he had no hesitation in declaring that it would be worthless. The other day, the Noble Lord the Secretary for Ireland, at his election for Coleraine made a speech, in which he acknowledged the justness of that principle, and he now called upon the Noble Lord to support his own views, and vote for the second reading of this Bill. The Noble Lord distinctly stated that the object of the present Government ought to be to hold out to the te nant farmers some inducement to improve the land; and as that was the main purpose of the Bill he thought the Noble Lord was bound to take it up. If, however, he would consent to tie second reading of the Bill, he should be quite ready to postpone its future stages until such time as Government should have decided whether they would adopt it, or introduee some measure of their own, as they had promised to dl.—(Hear.) The tribu nal which the Bill would establish for the settlement of disputes bets een landlord and tenant, when they could not be adjusted by amicable arbitration, was of a simple and inexpensive character. Ire cases where the compen sation claimed was under 1001., he proposed that the dis pute should be referred to the revising barrister of the county, and in all other cases the reference should be to the judges of assize, where decisions should at all times be final and conclusive.—(Hear, hear.) He thought there could be no objection to that provision, nor indeed could there be any objection urged against the next dense, which made provision for the adjust ment of contracts petered into previous to the repeal of the corn-liawe—(ilear, hear.) The 13th and 14th clauses did not origiaally form part of the Bill, but the altered circumstances of Ireland had rendered their in troduction necessary. The first of these clauses would prohibit evictions fur a limited time of tenants who were iu errear of rent, while the other clause would make provision fur the pre vention of thst sulferir g which had recently attended the eviction system, by securing the tenant some relief or some alternative in the place of the misery and starvation which otherwise would inevitably overt Ike him.—(Year, hear.) He, however, did not urge these claims upon the attention of the House as a matter of right duo to the tenant, but as a law rendered necessary by the dictates of humanity, and im peratively called for to avert that scourge ofd extermination which was now raging am ongst that portion of the Irish tenantry who were the least able to protect themselves from wrong or opprea sion.—(Hear, hear.) Let the House remember that a whole nation was interested in the success of this mea sure, and in the name of justice and humanity, and as they valued the prosperity of Ireland, he implored the House to allow tale Bill to go to a second . readine (Hear, hear.) The l an dl or d' s t i g h t cou ld never be safe, so long as those of the tenant were neglected or despised by the law ; and, as a landlord deeply interested in the maintenance of his own rights, he wished the House to do tardy justice to the tenant in passing this Bill.—(llear, hear.) It was ridiculous to tell him that this Bill Rout I confiscate the property of the landlord, because it could not possibly de any such thing.—(Hear, hear.) It would, however, take care that while the improvements in the land were secured to the landlord, the tenant should be secured his share through the medium cf a money valise. Arlogising t) the Houk for having trespassed so upon its Wme and attention, he begged leave to move the secend reading of the B.ll.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. NAPIER could assort) the Hon. Member for Rochdale, and the House, that there was no subject more worthy of the ennsidesation of Parliament than this.—(Bear, hear.) E was of the utmost importance that the cultivators of the soil in Ireland shcu'd be en couraged to the fullest possible extent, but at the same time he hoped the question as it now stood would be discussed clearly and dispassionately, and without any re f e rence to party feeliates or party motives.—(Hear, hear.) He allowed that the Hon. Member for Rochdale was entitled to great credit for the manner in which he had persevered with this Bill, and he could assure hire end the House that for years this very subject of tenant right had commanded his constant attentien.—(Hear, bear.) Every spare mo ment he could tied had been devoted to it, and nothing gave him a greater pleasure, when he was called into °jaw', than the prosy-cr , which it opened up to him of being one day nabs to give his labours a practical shape. — (hear, hea-.) He had, therefore, no hesitation in telling the House that he hoped at no distant period to be able to lay upon the table of the House a Bill which should satista.cto r ti e tenant in Ireland, reform the law of l a ndlord and end secure to each party his just aed equitable rights.—(hear, hear.) He had always been an advocate for compen:ating ihe tenant for nnexhausted improvements. The tenant had nothing but his labour and strode capital to app so has ought to reap, 'T apply to the laud, and as he so wed A if wh en h e l e f t his farm there was any portion of his laboar unrealised, he was en titled to demand some money thehands of his landlord.—(flear, hosr.) Con' ti o '' i nsation at cal culated.to improve the social condition was mo d re than ton of Ireland the settlement of this question, and able to tell the Heusi, that in so!ution of this minnentous his he was rejoiced to ue cinestio et i t i em s p h t o t u o ld ob b t e ain o t_ hear)nour of serving sisted by two gentlern-n who had the honour Nothing, on the Devon -Commission.—(Hear, however, could produce snore evil than and he Rouge,truted raising th an h d oC h e e s which never could be realized; therefore begged to impress upon the the present Government intended t 110 in tis tl e% v ii h te a r t woul.i be based upon the report of the Dpron Com m i s The measure which he hoped to 'nave the honour of '. in troducing would be made as simple as possible, o r i would be better to leave the matter alone, a s it would only serve to create unnecessary agitation if the measur e was of a complicated and cumbersome character, a n d he requested that the House, in its legislation upon this very difficult subject, would take care to render its enactments as simple and as free from complication and restriction 33 possible.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the Bill immediately under discussion, the principle was no doubt good, indeed, no one could dispute that ; but still its provisions were not sufficient to amend, simplify, and consoli date the landlord and tenant code of Ireland. The Bill in its provisions was not sufficiently simple or general is its scope, and that was the great objection which ho entertained to its details.—(Hear, hear.) Whenever those objects could be carried out by agreement so much the better, for though legislation could do much, it could not by itself make a good land !ord.—(Heer, hear ) But in effecting this there were some difficulties, one of the principal of which was the limitation of property for family purposes. In such cases it was most important that they should be regulated in such a beneficial mannner as not to interfere with the cultivation of the soil. It was more consistent, however, with the commercial system of the country and the temper of the times to act as far as possible on a system of contracts. One of his principal objections to this Bill was that it was a dealing with the existing state of things, f ur the purpo s e o f perpetuating by Act of Parliament the custom—after all not a legal one—which was not calculated to work an y important improvement. If they could get a sys t e m arranged by which the tenant would receive a compensation for unexhauated improvements, it would very much tend to increase the prosperity of Ireland. The course to be taken was this, to secure to each tenant such a period of enjoyment of the improved soil so as to enabl e hone fairly to reap the fruits of every improve ment whi c h he might have made ; and if it were neces sa r y' y' a f t rom any reason, to interru p t the p ossession, that, the ex piration of his possession , c alcu l ations ShouLd made and ho "h• ld still be able ta, reap the benefit of l a b s improvements.--(Hear, hear.) - That in his opinio n was t h e plain justice of the ease— (lleer)—l fair Pnincipi e against which no righteous tenant or landlorde . consistently object. — (Hear , hear) But th e present Bill d id not go to effect this; the rropositions which it,a s a l ineel were such as to startle men from a ri g h t vi of the case. It in teetered with ex i st i ng - in his opinior, Parliament ought contracts, and that, not by the violati on ofthe net to do. It was Tights of property that Ireland was to be benefited, with the fixed principlea of nor by interfering couragement of industry, hy property,invitista but by the en capital, and by promoting the spreade ,3 application of knowledge.—(Hear, hear.) The proceetil t o analyse and animadvert o n How Ge f n agrieultural tieraan then main state ments bich had been put forth Right League, which he showed to , e e Tenant withourtoundation. He was perfectly tie invite ect fall and fair di scu ssion on this important subj, 1 us he thought it would be allowed that to put forth statements of this nature would only have the effect of rousing an un founded eu t of tspirit greatof b question.—(Hear.) t u e e r a n t e i os us,.—ar an dretard the He ultimate objected settle ment ttlhee ussection of the Bill which related to the power of dispossession, because he thought it confounded good and bad landlords together, and mixed them all up in ono universal measure of com pulsion. Whatever measure might be adopted on this subject ought to be based on the great principles of property, which all were equally interested in maintain ing, and which were the right of the poor as well as of the rich. They were about now to a certain extent to provide for the wants of the future, and they ought to do that in a spirit of justice and fairness to all parties. How was it likely that they would encou rage persons from this eountry to lend money in Ire land, for the purpose of cultivating the soil, if there was to be a continual change of legislation on this sub ject? In his opinion the fixed principles of pro perty must be the same in every part of the United Kingdom, although he did not deny that there might be certain special cases in the circumstances of Ireland which would require special arrangements. He quite agreed with the Hon. Gentleman opposite, that they ought to provide just compensation to the tenant in all cases of unexheusted improvement, and that when a tenant did make improvements he should have a full and fair enjoyment of them, but to effect this benefit for the occupier of the land he was not ready to go out of the fixed limits of the rights of property. They hail now an opportunity to eff_et for Ireland a ereat and permanent good, and he believed that all Hon. Members were sincerely actuated by that desire; but the subject was a difficult one, and though h e beieved that with the assistance and co-operation of his friends he had arrived at a safe and satisfactory conclusion on the subject, he was placed at the present moment in a very peculiar position. At the beginning of the session, and after ascertaining the intention of the then Govern ment not to propose any legislation on the subject, he had prepared the outline of the measure which he in tended to lay on the table of the House, and as an in dependent Member of the House to ask their co-opera tion in passing it into a law. Being now, , however, a member of the Government, he thought that uny mea sure which was introduced ought to be under the responsibility of the Government. It was but right that the Government should have an opportunity of consi dering such a measure, and he could assure the House that the measure which he had prepared should be sub mitted to the Government at the earliest period. Ho had shadowed forth the principal points of this measure, and talked with his colleagues on the subject, though he bad not yet submitted his plan to them in a formal way. The first was a Bill by which no less than sixty Acts of Parliament relating to the subject of landlord and tenant would he consolidated.—(Hear.) Secondly, there would be a complete investigation of all the remedies of landlord and tenant on both sides, and the third would be a measure having regard to those cases in which no agreement had been come to between landlord and tenant; for though it would be better in all instances to have an agreement concluded sponta neously, yet where ouch was not the case, it was but right that the law should step in, and say what would be a fair and reasonable arrangement. At present he had consolidated and amended no less than 104 statutes. He should be able to reduce the complicated lave of landlord and tenant to three statutes. —(Hear, hear.) , The first would be for the con solidation of existing laws ; the second would provide for a ready means of investigation and appeal, for the purpose of defining agreements, and the third would give compensation for improvement where no agreement existed. These were the great outlines of the measure, which, if passed, he believed would go as far as legislation could go to b ene fi t t h e tenantry of Ireland. There was no exertion, no in dustry, no means of information which he would not use diligently, and without any unnecessary delay, in order to bring this question to a complete and satisfactory conclusion. In regard to agrarian dis turbances in Ireland, the Learned Gentleman stated ' there was no power he could wield in his office which he would not wield f e arlessly, to put down all criminal csnfetleracy with a high hand and a strong arm.—(Hear.) He concluded by expressing a hope th a t, w i t h t h e aid of the measures he proposed, an d t h e b lessing of Go d , t h e con di t i on of Ireland mi g ht, b e greatly improved, and a better feeling promoted between all classes of the people.—(Cheers.) Mr. E. B. ROCHE agreed in saying that, in the name of justice, mercy, and fair play, let the law be the terror of evil doers; but all the evils of Ireland were not confined to the Ribbon lodges. The Learned Gentleman said they could not make a gcod landlord by an Act of Parliament, but they might prevent a bad landlord from being mischievous by it.—(Hear, hear.) Though ho listened with great attention and pleasure to the first part of the Learned Gentlemen's speech, he was sadly disappointed at its conclusion, for if ho ever heard good and sound reasons alleged for going into Committee upon a Bill, they were those mentioned by the Learned Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) In the present unhappy state of Ireland it was of the utmost importance that the principles enunciated by the Secretary for Ireland (Lord Naas) at Coleraine, repeated by the Learned Gentleman in his speech, and contained in the Bill of Mr. Sharman Crawford, should be embraced in an I Act of Parliament,—(Hear, hear.) The mainspring of all the evils in Ireland was to be traced to the unsatis factory state of the land question. These evils might be divided into three classes—first, the frightful decrease of the population; secondly, the agrarian disturbance, out of which arose the insecurity for life and pro perty; and thirdly, the vast accumulation of local taxa tion. The great increase of emigration and the dimi nution in the number of houses in Ireland clearly proved the decrease of population. In regard to agrarian crimes, he denied that the people did not respect life, for why did tenants not shoot labourers, or labourers shoot tenants? Though ho denounced the perpetrators of agrarian crime as rank and b'se murderers, he thought instead of strengthening the law they ought to try and remedy the evils which gave rise to these proceedings. Ile was one who be lieved that the increase of local taxation would never be stopped unless the Legislature inter fered. Tenant farmers were the only class of people in Ireland who had capital to lay out on improve ments, though he admitted they did not possess it in sufficient abundance. There was, however, an immense amount of property in the savings banks; but this would never be applied to land except some security were given to tenants for the ollay of the capital. No measure would, therefore, be satisfactory which did not give ample compensation for all improvements on land. The Government took no objection to the principle of the Bill, but only to some of the details, and if they refused to go into Committee upon it, th e p eo pl e o f Ireland would say that all their declarations and professions as to the settlement of the gees:ion were mere sham. Lord CASTLEREAGH said it appeared to him that if any difficulty more than another had arisen on that side of the House, it was that the Government had not solved the dilemma in which the country was placed in reference to this question by positively bringing in a Bill at once on the subject.—(Hear.) A popular journal had termed the Bill of thetHen. Member an annual claim for the purpose of obtaining a false popularity, and not with the view of benefiting the tenant farmers, but it was his earnest conviction that the calamities of Ire , land were mainly to be alributed to the unsettled state of the question. It wee the duty of the Government to allow the Bill to go into Committee unless they pro posed to do more than simply delay the question, and cast it into the dim future. He would not bind himself to the details of the measure, because ho thought some parts of it were objectionable. Ile scorned the idea of cozening the tenant farmers by false promises, and of obtaining support which ho did n o t d eserve. I t was was not h e t ot em a hiswish to treat the question as a tenant's one ,i m ply for the settlement of it, he thought it was neces sary for the good of the landlord as well as the tenant.— (Hear.) Thera was now a ray of sunshine an d h ope for Ireland which he had not seen for a length of time; and he trusted that the Members around him who were anxiou s to settle the question would not adopt uny ex treme the treasure sui nor be too severe in finding fault, t o r r em or e iti v e i i e s w in s upon i „t, which the Government pro posed to bring t re came before them. At present, however, he earnestly ask ed all parties in the House t o allow the Bill to go into Committee, so that the session second m referredr. r G e t a l t i o z u t i hzge N . might not end without something being done for Ireland. He owed it as a duty to his constituents to vote for the .......I.Tlete .coulld° of having th© Government hill laid the necessity ll laid upon the table and im portance which°autdrgereadti upon o'n. f Select Committee. Mr. V. er question, and the disappointment the same relation to l o r p la e t i o a f i t r a e ched . to down if this Bill was defeated, which they _ bear testimony to the kstood • England, and he knew for in thlartelYanordkht did towards fecor The r f h a e ct c ti:f t r y om o f e c o to the city of Cork Bill. No doubt there people wore in favour of the Bill. were defects in • its details, but he believed they were all and he therefore insisted that its Principle, agreed as to read a second time, and its clausesthe Bill ought to be Coleraine and amendment. He was at ae left for discussion the speech of the Attorney-General to understand, from Government supported or opposed theorlreland, whether of the Bill, and he h o p e d t h e M ember who second reading from the Ministerial b enc h wou l d tell ther itdressed o d u them what course they inte n d e d to pursue with regard the Bill itself. At all even t s , whether they regard to it or not, he insisted that the promised Bill oTpported vernment ought to be introd uce d at once or im the G t -e l; raed after Easter. A judicial move m i g h t deprive thenia°je of the services of the Learned Attorney-General us then what would become of the pl e d ges and declarations and with regard to his proposed Bill. Why t h e Government would treat them as mere moon s hi ne; and again t ho urged the House to pre ss f or the immediate pr eduction of the Bill. He admitted the difficulty of legislation upon this subject, but it was by no means im practicable or impossible, and it was therefore the duty of the House to attempt it if the Government was not disposed to do 50.—(Hear, hear.) As he understood ' this Bill its principle was plain and simple; it provided indeed for no more and no less than this, that when a tenant a ished to terminate his tenancy on account of the extravagance of the rent which he paid, his landlord should compensate him for the improvements he had made in the land, or continue his 1 tenancy at an equal zed rent.—(Hear.) That was what the Bill provided, and seeing much of the distress and I crime which prevailed in Ireland was attributable to there being no law in existence of this nature, he was at a loss to understand how the House could refuse to read the Bill a second time.—(Hear, hear.) it EMERSON TENNENT bore his willing testi mony to the perseverance and ability with which the Hon. Member for Rochdale had from time to time introduced this subject to the House, and he regretted that his efforts would have to be followed up by a Bill of other partieo.—(dear, hear.) He at once admitted that the e principl • ' of compensating the meritorious te nant 1 , 16.`,1 sound and just, but the Bill, in attempting to put that principle in operation, encumbered it with so many novel and cumbersome provisions that he was bound to oppose it passing into a law.—(Hear, hear.) The tenant right of Ulster was believed, and he concurred in the belief, to be based upon equity and justice, but those who enjoyed it were apprehensive that if it was extended to certain parts of Ireland that could not sympathise with it the system would be eventually crippled, if not abolished.—(hear.) The fact was this right or custom could not bo made the subject of a law, and in attempting to legislate upost it he was afraid; if they did not proceed with ex trrme caution, they would render the existing state in Ireland more disagreeably complicated than it had ever been.—(Hear, hear.) For instance, this Bill at tempted to solve in a few words a problem that had oc cupied years in its discussion, and upon which volume upon volume had been written, namely, it defined the meaning of the term of " a fair rent." It must have required some courage to induce the Hon. Proposer of the Bill to ♦enture upon that definition, and although he admitted the ingenuity of the definition he was bound to confess that it was so indefinite that it would of itself render the Bill inoperative, supposing it was carried.—(Hear, hear.) It would, however, be impossible to work such a Bill without some such definition, and he confessed that he was not prepared to propose a better than the one contained in this Bill ; but still this defi nition was extremely uncertain, being liable to various constructions, and again ho repeated that as the success of a Bill of this nature must depend upon the simplicity of its provisions, it was useless to pass a Bill the very mainspring of which must inevitably give rise to endless discussions and disputes.—(Hear, hear.) Looking, therefore, at these defects, ho did not think it would be prudent to pass the Bill, because it would disturb the stability of landed property, if it did not in feet altogether destroy its value; and if the House wished to see the land maintain its position in the estimation of investors, it would unhesitatingly with hold its sanction to this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) The Noble Viscount the Member for the county of Down had taunted the Government with a want of courage to meet the question with a direct negative. Viscount CASTLEREAGH did no such thing— what he said was this, that in the absenco of the Go vernment Bill the House had a perfect right to adopt its own.—(Hear, hear.) Sir EMERSON TENNENT repeated that the Noble Viccount threw out a taunt. Viscount CASTLEREAGH rose to order. An Hon. Member had no right to make an accusation against him when he had disclaimed the imputation which it conveyed. Sir EMERSON TENNENT had put a natural con struction upon the language of the Noble Viscount, but as the Noblo Viscount disclaimed the meaning which they conveyed, why, of course, there was an end of the matter.—(Hear.) But he was authorised to state that the Government measures were to be introduced with as little delay as possible, and, in conclusion, he begged leave to move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months.—(g ear .) Mr. KEOGH said that had it not been for the spe ec h which they had just heard he should not have felt it necessary to add ress t h e House. Il e had beard with great pleasure the conciliatory speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Attorney-General for Ireland, but the speech of the Honourable Gentleman had been marked with so much asperity that he could not help throwing ba c k the insinuation that on th at side of the House there was any desire to treat of eatthtehesubiceocnt.inany Gentleman butci,l)andcilibaeteonryton directede The speech en tirely against the details, and not, as it ought to have been, against the principle, and ho could not help sus pecting that the speech was intended really for the mo• tion of going into Committee. The laws of England and Ireland were very different; in England landlords were accustomed to let their farms just as they would furnished houser, while in Ireland tenants were thrown on a naked soil, and everytbing which they could get out of the soil by their own industry was extracted from them in the shape of rent, and no compensation whatever provided. He appealed to this country whe ther in a time of expected invasion they would not put a stop to a system which in a space of ten years had diminished the population of a fertile island by more than two millions. Mr. 11. GRATTAN was astonished at what had taplace. Ho thought it was unknown in the pro ceke ed l ings of Parliaments that the principal law officer of Ireland should come forward m an e d nab ap er pro g v e e t o u f p a the principle, and another subordinate short time after and find fault with that principle. All that the Right Hon. Gentleman the Attorney-General had said had been ruined by his friends, and it was a great pity that there had not been some one on the Treasury bench to keep down the Hon. Member for Lisburn. Mr. B. OSBORNE regretted that a debate which had commenced so auspiciously should, in some way or other, he knew not why, have turned all at once into a spirit of bitterness. As a friend to Ireland and her in terests he should vote for the second reading of the Bill. He was not, however, so steeped in party prejudice as to resume his seat without expressing his admiration of the wise and sincere statement of the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Attorney-General for Ireland, and if the subject were taken up in the same spirit by the other members of the Government, he did not despair of seeing the question of tenant-right effectually settled. If he could hear from that Right Hon. Gentleman an assurance that a Government Bill would be laid on the table of the House at as early a period as possible he should then consider it bitter not to press fur a division on the present occasion; if not, however, he should certainly vote for the second reading of the Bill now before the House. Mr. WHITESIDE said that, with all due deference to the Hon. Gentleman, he was called on now to give his vote on the merits of the Bill before the House. He (Mr. Whiteside) quite agreed that some measure on the subj ect was necessary, a measure which ought to be founded upon a just appreciation of the rights of property. The present Bill, however, had no such foundation, but was, in fact, completely opposed in almost every one of its clauses to the fixed principle of the rights of property.—Tear.) The ground of his objection to the Bill was, not that he was unwilling to do what was fair and equitable to Ireland, but because it was an incomprehensible and impracticable measure, unjust to landlords and unjust to tenants. It was the earnest object of the Government to introduce not a flimsy Bill, but to pass as soon as possible a law on the subject, such as would be beneficial to the country and creditable to the House. Mr. BUTLER moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr. KEOGH hoped the Hon. Member would not per sist in his motion, but allow the House to go to a division. The motion was then withdrawn. Mr. CONOLLY (who was received with loud cries of " Divide," which rendered him for some time inaudible) was understood to say the question was not whether a compensation should be given to tenants for any improvements which the tenant might effect in the land, on which all were agreed, but whether or not that compensation should be fixed by one-sided arbitration. The Hon. Gentleman was addressing the House when the hour of six o'clock arrived, and the Speaker declared the House adjourned. FRANCE. THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The following is the opening speech delivered by M. Billault : " ssicurs end dear Colleagues,---Our presence in this p!ace marks a new era for us and for the country. Saved from most terrible eventualities by a hand whose calm energy is slow in thought (mediter lentement) and rapid in action, France looks upon her, chief with a con fidence which is unprecedented in history. " By a vote whose astonishing (ecistant) numbers stand unparalleled, she has asked at his hands strong and protective institutions, which will restore her security and her greatness. " Placed under the invocation of the great principles of 1789, fortified by that Governmental spirit which marked the Consulate, these institutions have received an evident consecration by the scrutin by which we aro elected—ours is the duty to infuse into them practical life. That is the commencement of our mission; and that mission, whatever may be said of it, is certainly not altogether without grandeur and authority. " We shall not, indeed, see the Legislature surrounded by parties, which incessantly hold the Ministry in check, compelling it to concentrate all its forces upon its own preservation and defence, and by so doing not un frequently enervating the power of the State. When ever, as Ministers or Deputies, we may employ - these Parliamentary tactics, it is to business now that we shall be obliged to consecrate them—serious and practical business. This is our part in the Constitution. It consists in voting the taxes, the discussion of the budget and of the laws. It implies not merely the right of deliberating freely and publicly, of adopting or re jecting, but also that of amendment, no longer, un doubtedly, with the same facility of improvisation, aga i ns t which previous Assemblies vainly endeavoured to defend themselves, but with a degree of m a t ur i ty which can only prove fatal to utopian projects. " In such functions there is, believe me, a gre a t an d real power, if we use it, as I am certain we shall, seri ously, w ithout reservation, with loyal fid e li ty to the electoral sentimen tswill which have sent us h ere . Thi s power will con stitute in our new Govern men t one of those active f o rces which are the moat usef u lly effi cacious. " It is in order to proceed with you on this patrioti c Path that the Chief of the State has called me to the honour of presiding over you. Grant me, my dear col leagues, as muc h good-will as I offer you devotion, and, being all united in the holy love of our country, let us give to the world no longer the spectacle of an assembly o f impassion e d men , con tinually agitated, but of a Yen table Assembl y of Legislation, ca lml y and gravely as the law itself enacting statutes upon the great interests which are submitted to us." At the conclusion of the sitting the President an nounced th a t there would be held a private sitting, to decide wh e th er the Members shou l d b e required to wear the uniform on the occasion of public sittings. The following is the collective letter addresse d b y General C ava i guae,lll. Carnot, and M. Henon, to the President of the Legislative Corps : " M. le President,—The electors of Paris and Lyons sought us in our retreat, or in our exile. Wo thank them for having thought that our names would serve as a protest against the destruction of public liberties and the rigours of despotism. " But we do not admit that they meant to send us to sit in a legislative body wh ose powers do not ext end to the point of rep a i r i ng the violation of r i ghts. W e repudiate the immoral doctrine of silence, or of mental reservation ; and we refuse to take the oath required on admission to the Legislative Corps. We pray You, Paid. .E a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 :5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 INSUICANCIN 00211PA3XTIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. 1 p er of Paid. Price Ann um. Share. £ e. d. ' X e. Albion •••••• • • - - •• 81.10 a. 500 0 0 50 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.145. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 22 Ditto Marino. •• •• •• 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 41X Atlas .•••• •• • • Argus Life •••••••41. cent. 100 0 0 16 0 -- British C om mercial .. 7 e . 6,:i. 50 0 0 5 0 Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life s pr et.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 25 6 X County ••••••• • • • • • •• 4/, 100 0 0 10 0 97 148, 50 0 0 5 0 16% .. 58, 50 0 0 5 0 7% Ea_lle •• • 4 34 per cent., 100 0 0 5 0 4X 10s, 20 0 0 All pia . 12 General •••••• • • •• •• ._ 5 0 0 PP 534 Globe ••••• • • • •• 61. per cent. Stock. 137 Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51, per cent i 100 0 0 48 0 0 56},1 imperial Fire •• ••• • • • 121. per cent.; 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 Imperial Life .• ••• • .• 123, 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% European E qitY and Life Law : : : : : • I I n demnity Marine.- 11. ski. & 1,8.1100 0 0 20 0 0 49 Law Life •. •......... - 100 0 0 lO 0 0 46% Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 5u - London Fire .....• •• 103 & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - 51. per cent. • 28.& 2 3.b5. 100 0 0 210 0 334 Marine •• ••• .. •... .• 15 3 . per share 100 00,15 0 0 15 1 4 LLoanwdoiirse:ip..... ........: Vied. Invlid & Gen. Life 4341. per et. 50 00 , 20 0 IN 103. & be . 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Monarch -...... _ •• 0 0 1 0 0 225. 6(1 5 ........ 5/• Percent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 234 N(•tional Lean Fund.. 51. Per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life Professional Life.. •• .. I:f:cent' .. •• •• ."•• • • • 31 . P. sh. &b 8 - - 161 Provident Life • ....... 6 5 0 010 0 158.0 d 0 lO 0 0 30 11.53. & bs. 100 0 Roc:: Life .....• .• •• 53. 5 0 0 010 0 7% Royal Exchange."... er .n P.M. & bs. Stock. all 227 Sun Fire. -6/. 103. -- PP 213 Ditto Life .••....,,• 11. 48 Cs. - , Of United Kingdom .. • • 41. p. et, 8, b s. 20 00 ' 40 0 4% Universal Life-. .• • • 10% et. & ba. 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 39% Victoria Life .... .. 5/, per cut. - ,412 6 15%, BAIDGES Divid en d Amount Name of Company, of Paid. Price. Annum. per share. -------- --__ ----- ----- --,- Ilungerford .. •• . • ..• • x• a. d. X. a. 4. - - - - Southwrk .......... 100 0 0 - - Ditto Nw of 73 y p.c. 705. per cont. 50 00- 16 Waterloo .. .. •• .. .. - lOO 0 0 - 3 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 21. 83. Od. - 60 0 0 28% Ditto Nw ditto 0f,71. 21. 23. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall .... ••• Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 18% W AT E R.V7O RX 0 . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- ----- -______ -.---.-- - X 8. d. £ a. d. East London. .... 8L per cnt. 100 0 0 - 155 Grand Junction •••• •• 41. per cnt. i 50 0 0 - 67 Kent...• .. .. •• •• •• •• 4/. per cnt. 1100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth -.. ••• • •• 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Now River Company.. 2/. 103. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - West Middlesex •• •• •• 161.05. pr cnt. - - 10234 ZIOCICX. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.---_. -.__- - --. £ s. d. £ 5. d. Commercial .... .. •• •• 4/. pr cent. Stock. - 90% East and West Ind'a... 6% /. pr cent. Stock. - 114 East Country - - London •• • . .••• • •• 51. pr cent. Stock. - 12134 Ditto Bonds • • •.• 41. per cent. - - St. Katharine -•••• •• 33% per cent. Stock. - - 82 Ditto Bonds •• •• •• - 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• - .; \Anlu. Price. CALIVA.23. I I 1 Names of 1 .., Dividend is Annum. ..) -- .£ I XI Ashtn& Oldh 98 IL p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 100, 21.105. 50 Barnsley.• •• 1 1601 Neatk •••• • • 1001 161. ldrknk& Abrg 1,1501 51. 85 Oxford.. •• •• 100 , 13/. 135 Birminghaml 40, 41. Peak Forest. 7 g 3/. 18 s . 70 Coventry.. •• , 100 1 251. 200 Regent's •• . • 33 1/. 3s. 16% Derby ••• • • I 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 21. 42 Ellsinre&Chsl 69 2% p. ct. 33% Semrset Coal 1 5 01 Grand.Tunctn I 100 3/ pr. ct. 43 Do.LkFd St 121 'Do., 6 pr.Ct.; l lO 61. pr. et. 1114 StiTrd &Wore 1 40 281. 405 Grand Surrey, 100 21. Os. 3234 Sbrewsbury.. 125 liramt Union 100 1/. 103. 24 Stonrbridge.. 1 , 5 201. 290 Kennt& Avn 39 4s. Od. 5% Severn and 1 ' Lancaotar . 100 Wy e R a il . ( 2 6 21. Os. 24 Leods&Linp 100 201. 455 Warwick& Leicester j 1 100 51. 66 Birming. 100 41 . 40 Leiestr &Nth ,83 41. 4_4% W it ar ir w m ic in k: 78 31. 83 Lou,:hborogh, 142 701. 510 Naptog...s 100 31 . 28 Monmouthsh l , 100 Worcstr &1 Mntgsmrysh 100 Meltnlfwbry 100 Wilts & Brhs --, lls. 6d. 7% OAS-LIGIIT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share, -- -- --_, -__-_-- Z. s. Z. d. British ••••••.• •• • • .. 11. ,40 0 cl. s. 0 18 0 0 lON Ditto trovincial- •• 11. BS. 120 0 0 20 0 0 18 Brighton ••••..•• • • .• 51. r 20 0 0 - 15% City of London .. - - 61. 100 0 0 150 o 0 128 Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 50 I - Equitable -••••• .. • • •• 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27% Great Ce• Aral ....... 51 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 13% Imperial • • .... •• .• •• 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 I 66 Independent ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London • • .... --•• .• - 50 0 0 50 0 0 I - Do., Par!. Preference 61. 25 0 0 7100 1 - Phenix .••..•• • • • • .. 311. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 25 % Ratcliff ..... ~ .... _ 51. 100 0 0 30 0 0 - United General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 16% 5 0 0 0 - 39 % Sir D es i t t . t n o l 7N st e c w r C . l4 . a . r . t . e . re . d . 5 5 1 1 . . p p e e r r e c e e n n t t,. 1 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% St3T OP SCOTT'S," COMP.eusuzgs p 2. ICES! Dividend Amount ' Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ 5. cl. X 8 . d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 201 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 Clydesdale Bank -• •• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12! 3s Commercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180 Eastern Bank .....• •• 61. percent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 9% Edinb.&Glasgow Bank 3/. per cent. 50 0 50 0 3ii Exohange Bnk of Scot.. - 100 0 0 38 0 0 4% National Bank 6% Percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% North of Scotland Bank 5/.percent, 20 0 0 210 0 2% Royalßank ofScotiand 5/. per cent. 100 0 0' 100 0 0 132 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 85 Western Bank .....• • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 65 " Alliance Fire and Life .14/.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur lol.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. as Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21% Eng. Sa Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.percent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 275.6 d North British Incur. •• Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 31 Scottish Union Insrne. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 305.0 d Standard Life United Dep.Aasurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s id MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -.-- --__,__ Assam Tea • • ...• .... -- X. s. d. X. s. d. 20 0020 0 0 7% kuctian Mart • • • • • • • • 21 ' 58. 2634 fiustralian Av•iculturl 11 , 100 0035 0 0 16% Australian Trust •• •• 6/. per cent. - 35 0 0 21 Lnglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s, 10 0 0 10 0 0 23 Ditto, Half Shares.. - 210 0 - - British American Land ..... 38 10 0 Canada ... •• •• •• •• •• 61. per Cent. 100 0 0,32 10 0 49 Do. 5 per cent Bonds _ - - 100 Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent, - -109 3 i City Navigation Bonds 31 p er cent. l - - 93% Gen. Revers. & Invest• 51). c•Sabs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto Wew ........ -- 50 0 0 7 10 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10P.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 Hudson's 8ay........ - Stock. - 206 Ffungerford - ........ 21. 53, - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... PcninslrSa Orient.Stm. 81. P. cAbs. 5 2 0 5 0 0 1 78 15 0 5 New Zealand Company 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 12 1 0 0 00 78- Ditto, New ........ .-. ussell Institution.... 26 5 0 - Reversionary Int. Soc. 4 %1. 0 0 50 Royal Mail Steam- - 41. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 101 11. per share . . 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% P• Share 100 0 01 60 0 0 80% South Australian ..... Van Dieman's Land.. -- 100 0129 0 0 - ____ THE SUPPOSED MURDE R NEAR BARNSLE7.-011 Swmhoith, were e ed fow 23,u dandnlylinmg iilyll Carlton-lane Saturday an Ma t . 11 "- w as opened before Thomas Lee, E sq ., coroner of Wakefield, and a repectable j ury, at the Wood man Inn, Smithi es, near Barnsley, on the bodies of Annis her a lf o a n n - t la c n h e il , d, s a in g i ed tti l e o s, m on o n t t h h s e previous Wednesda37, W i t h both their throats cut. The ia , quiry lasted the whole of Saturday, and was adjourned to Tuesday. Th e b odies havin been ' discovered under very suspicious circ umstances, a g man named James Gleadhill, with whom An n i s S mith had been cohabiting for the last twelve months, was taken into custody on a charge of being concerned in th e appalling deed. After a lengthened inves tigation (ninete en witnesses having been exam i ned), theg jury brought in th e following verdict :—"The deceased, An nis Smith and E m il y Smith, were found with their throats cut, and quite dead, on the morning ' of Wednesday, 24th March, but by w h om the act was done we have no evidence to show." The prisoner, James Gleadhill, is under remand by the magistrates. OLD MAIDS AND BACHELORS. -- The North Fri sians are very unmerciful to people who don't marry. One of their legends says, that after death old maids are doomed to cut stars out o f the sun w h en it has sunk b e l ow th e horiron, and the ghosts of the old bachelors must blow them up in the east, running, like lamplighters, all night op and down a ladder... Dickens's Household Words. THE UNITED STATES, The accounts from New York by the America show increasing activity and confidence. The fresh arrivals of gold from California, together with moderate impor tations of European goods and the temporary suspension of specie remittances, were producing a powerful in fluence on the market. unchecked by counteracting circum stances of any kind. Under these circumstances, if, in addi tion to the large amount of United States' stocks lately purchased on this side, there had also been an incautious disposition to take all the railway and other bonds that have been offered, there would have been considerable danger of inflation. At present, however, there is no reason to apprehend any such result. In addition to the accounts from California, the papers contain renewed particulars of gold to be obtained elsewhere. In New Mexico a person, who has had two years' experience in California, is said to have formed a party of 38 to proceed to some deposits which he alleges he has discovered on a branch of the river Gilts, about 350 miles from Santa Fe. Accounts from Oregon also revive the rumours as to the existence of rich quartz on Qum Charlotte's Island. The speci mens shown were brought by one of the crew of the Una, a vessel lately wrecked there. Another statement has ap peared that a mine ot auriferous quartz has been found in Virginia, about 80 miles west of Richmond. " The vein," it is sail, '' is exceedingly rich in threads, thickly sprinkled with the metal, while the rock itself, in which none is visible, contains eleven dollars to the ton." fhe tract comprises about 1,300 acrss, but it is a sus picious circumstance that the parties proposing to work it were endeavouring to raise capital in New York instead of in their own State. It appears that the engineers sent out by the Nouveau Monde Company had arrived at San Francisco on the 11th of February. They were twenty-four in number, hut ono of them died of fever shortly after leaving Panama. Three others had also been attacked, but were now re covering. The superintendent reports that he was about to proceed at once to the mines. The de mand at Neff York for passage to San Francisco was unabated. The vessels by both routes were full up to the end of May, and through tickets, via Nicaragua, were sought at 100 dolls. premium. It was announced that a portion of the Panama Railway would open on the 15th March. There had been one or two small failures at New York, and another of larger amount at Savannah. The merchants' Exchange in Wall-street was to be sold on the 16th March. It was built after the great fire, but the rt turns have not been sufficient to pay the interest on its bonds, and the mort gagees had at length resolved to foreclose. An applica tion for postponement, with the hope that the requisite sum of 8.50,000 dollars, or the greater part of it, might be raised by loan in London, had been made and refused. At Philadelphia an adjourned meeting of the stockholders of the United States' Bank had been appointed for the 17th March. A report from a committee on the best mode for speedily closing all its affairs would then be sub mitted. The struggle in Congress on the question of an increased subsifiy to the Collins line of Liverpool steamers was still unfinished. Among the public grants awarded by the .House of Representatives was one of 100,000 dollars to Dr. Morton for his discovery of the stew sthetic properties of ether. A Bill authorising an organization for the construction of a crystal palace had been passed by the Legislature of New York.— Times. HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK, (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The mortality has bee❑ great in the London districts during the whole of March. In the first week of the month the deaths registered were 1,128, in the two fol lowing they rose to 1,232 and 1,208, and in the last week, as shown by the present return, they were 1,219. It must ba observed, however, that the small increase which now appears over the preceding week arises from more than an average number of coroners' cases. Ex cluding from the returns deaths from poison, injury, and other external ceases, of which inquest cases principally consist, the numbers in the last three weeks stand thus: —1,160, 1,183, and 1,161. In the ten corresponding weeks of 1842 51 the aver age number of deaths was 1,126, whicb, if raised in a certain proportion according to increase of population, is 1,239. The deaths registered last week differ, there fore, little from the calculated amount; but this as a comparative test of the actual mortality is disturbed at the end of the quarter, when cases on which inquests have been held, and many of which occurred at previous dates, are entered in more than a fair proportion in the register books. - The efft ct of tho coldness of the season is still very apparent in the mortality produced by diseases of the respiratory organs. This class, which comprises bronchi tis, pneumonia, asthma, and a few less fatal maladies, num bers this week 243, while the average is only 193, or with a correction for increase of population, 212. In the re turn for the week preceding the number was 269; there has, therefore, been a reduction in the interval, but it will be noticed that while pneumonia and asthma have decreased from 83 and 29 to 72 and 22, bronchitis continues quite as fatal, the numbers being 126 and 128. Consumption (in the tubercular class) is also fatal at present, 151 lives having been destroyed by this disease in the previous week, and 160 in the last, which is more than in any corresponding week, with one exception. Th ,, re were 3 from laryngitis, 5 from laryngismus stridulas. Seventeen children and six persons of 15 years and upwards died of small-pox; in three cases, at the ages of 14, 19, and 29 years, vaccination is reported to have been previously performed. Thirty-eight children died of hooping- cough, which is less than the average, and eight of croup. From scarlatina thirty-one deaths oc curred, and from typhus, remittent fever, &0., forty-seven. The unusual number of nine persons, eight of whom were children under 1 year, are recorded as the victims of syphilis. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—One-fourth part of the sky was generally covered with cloud during the morning and afternoon, at night the sky was clear; cirri and fleecy clouds. Electricity —Positive, and tension moderate generally throughout the day. DIONDAY.—The sky was clear till lb. P.M., three-fourths were generally covered with thin stratus till 5h r.m., and the whole was clear afterwards. Electricity—Positive, and ten sion strong throughout the day. TUESDAY. —The sky was for the most part one-half covered with stratus. Thick haze prevailed during the morning. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate throughout the day, WEDNISDAY.—The sky was free from cloud until noon, and overcast during the remainder of the day; cirrostratus. Thick haze prevailed during the earlier portion of the morning. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate at noon. THURSDAY.—The sky, with slight exceptions, was free from cloud till l lh. A.M., and generally covered during the remainder of the day; cumuli, cirrocumuli, and cirrostrati. Electricity—Vositive, and tension moderate during the morning and afternoon. FRIDAY.—The sky for the most part was covered with cloud throughout the day; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirro strati. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. SATURDAY.-The sky was covered with cloud throughout the day; cumulostratus and cirrostratus. Electricity— Nothing was shown throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 45.3° ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 4[l° ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 46.0 Q and 40 . 8 Q respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.99 in. at the beginning of the week to 30'03 in. by 9h. AM. on the 22d ; decreased to 2914 in. by noon on the 24th ; in creased to 29.90 in. by 9h A.M, on the 25th; and decreased to 29.49 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. SUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, HARM' 27, 1552. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*204 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 47 Tubercular Diseases ... ••• ••• 224 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 118 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 53 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 243 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &o. •• ••• Childbirth, Diseages of the Uterus, &e. ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, So. Malformations• • . ••• .. • • • • • • . Premature Birth ••• ••• ,•• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age Sudden ... 1 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 62 Causes not specified ... ... 80 ... 28 ... 30 ... 55 DEATUS FROM ALL CAUSES Popalatien Deaths In eorre- Enumerated, sponding week 1851. of 1851. West Districts... 376,427 . . 202 North Districts.. 490,396 .. 289 Central Districts 393,256 ... 231 East Districts ... 485,522 ... 299 South Districts .. 616,635 ... 397 T0ta15........ 2,362,236 ... 1,418 1,219 Deaths in the Week. 191 221 204 273 330 Males Females ... 1,219 . - 615 M. le President, to be so good as to communicate to the Assembly this declaration. (Signed) " CATAIGNAC " CARNOT. " HENON. " :aria, March 29, 1852." PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COl5l I'ANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. tUBLISILED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 30. 70IZIT-STOCIL ZANSB. Same cf Company. Dividend per anoun t or Share. Atintim. Australasia •• Brash North American Commercial of London Colonial . • ... Gloneestershire lonian •• • • •• •• • • •... London aid County .. Londe and Westminstr London Joint-Stock ... PrOVilleialof Ireland.. Ditto, New... .. •• •• National of Ireland .. Nat. Provneial of Eng • Ditto, New. • Oriental Bank Corpora. south Australia • ..... Union oaf Australia.... 51. per tent. 61. per Cent. 61. per cent. 21. per cent. 115/per cent. 61. pr cent. 61. per cent. W. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 41. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. p et. & Us. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 71. per cent. Z e. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 AO 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 Ditto •• ......•• •• •• Union of Union of Madrid .••.. 50 0 0 40 0 0 Price BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 814 ... 798 Total ... 1,607 *ln this number are included 31 by Scarlatina, 42 by Typhus Fever, and 13 by Diarrhoea. GULLIBILITY.—We were shown a i c n the provinces. circular, which has been very extensively disseminated It explains (with patterns of the articl e produced) a pre tended patent for the manufacture of afabric in universal demand. It promises to each subscriber for one sha re , price ss. (to be sent, of course, per money-order), not a paltry return of 300 or 400 per cent., but a good round income. "Subscribers," we quote the precise words of the printed bait, "will, for every ss. they invest, realize from 751. to 300/. sterling per annum !"—to be paid, it is politely stated in another part of the prospectus, quarterly, N ow, that the wild e x t ravagance of such rational people will say a promise, exceeding all possible gullibility, would be its own defeat. The said rational people, ho wever, will b e ( as th e y sometimes are) in error. Credulity has no bun ds.t is a fact that since the isme of that golden circular, o the Post l office authorities have paid to its concoctor—not hundreds, but thousands of pounds. Post office orders have poured in from believers in impossible profit at such a rate that 300/. were handed over to the successful schemer in the course of one single week.—Dickens's Household Words. Two fires occurred in London yesterday, one at a lucifer-match manufactory in Bethnal-green, which was de stroyed ; and th e ot h er at a floor-cloth factory in Lambeth, which was considerably damaged. The origin of both fires accidental. RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. (From the Spectator.) The actual position of the leaders of parties is full of valuable instruction. It is a position of disappointment and trouble. Taking Lord Derby, Lord J. Russell. Lord Aberdeen, or the Duke of Newcastle, and Mr. Cobden, as chiefs of the parties into which the country is divided, not one of the four can be either satisfied with the present or hopeful as regards the future. On the contrary, every one of them is in a mesa, and without any clear prospect of getting out of it. And, what is of more importance, because it contains the moral of the lesson, each case is one of retributive justice; the discomfort endured being in the nature of a punishment justly incurred by the auf• ferer's wilful misconduct. Lord Derby has to swallow free trade. That is ine vitable. He cannot do it at a gulp, as nauseous doses are taken with the least inconvenience, but must needs sip, and suck, and taste to the uttermost the gall and wormwood which the nature of things has pre scribed for him. And why? why cannot he embrace free trade, like so many before him, without this pain ful loathing and slow tortur e ? Because of his own behaviour in 1846, and down to the time when the Queen sent for him the other day, at Lord John leussell'e suggestion. He was the author and has been the stay of the Protectionist party. If he is not a Protectionist, he is nothing. His rash quarrel with Sir Robert Peel, his leadership in the persecution of that true statesman, his delusive promises to landlords and farmers and shipowners, his professions of confidence in the triumph of a lost cause, his mis leading eloquence—all these things now rise up against him, it not to torment his conscience, at least to sting his pride, by making his recantation itself shameful, and so compelling him to recant in a doublefaced, shameful manner. In leading an Opposition for fun or spite, he could pretend what ho liked with impunity; but the responsibilites of power at once unmask the impostor, and without relieving him from the necessity of going on with the detected sham. Our first simile is not quite exact: he has not merely to swallow bitterness sip by sip, but to swallow it and bring it up over and over again till truth shall be fully avenged. No wonder that Lord Derby should have avoided office as long as possible. He might hare avoided it altogether but for Lord John Russell's parting advice to the Queen. That ad vice was unconstitutional and improper, because given after constitutional responsibility had ceased. But another responsibility attaches to Lord John Russell in this matter. He is still responsible to his party; and he appears to have done them a great disser vice. lie probably imagined that Lord Derby would not swallow free trade, and would therefore have to repeat last year's process of in and out again; the Whig chiefs getting back to office, "as you were," with the advantage of having this time seriously fright ened the least thoroughgoing of their supporters. It was a sad miscalculation. Lord Derby, really aban doning Protection with whatever wry faces, may keep the government for a long while. Any change would be endurable after Russell-Grey rule for six yews; and the actual change, as it pro mises the benefit of useful Whig labours in opposition, has merits independent of the mere novelty. Lord John, accordingly, is now reproached by many of his party with having betrayed them by his awkwardness, or perhaps through the singular jealously of his dis• position. They ask why, if he took on himself to pro pose his successor, he did not name somebody who might perhaps have restored the Liberal party to the position, which his Government never held, of being supported by a majority of its own in the House of Commons. And this question suggests a well-merited reproach. For years the ex-Premier was urged to strengthen the Liberal party—to obtain for it the con fidence of the country and a majority of its own in the Commons—by getting rid of the moat inefficient and unpopular of his colleagues, and calling to his assistance such Whigs as Lord Clarendon, and such former colleagues of Sir Robert Peel as the Duke of Newcastle, Mr. Gladstone, and Sir James Graham. But no; his inordinate but feeble self-sufficiency, combined with his belief in the indefeasible right of certain Whig families to govern, could not stomach th© proposition that his Ministry needed improvement. So he went on, depending on the frail support of being squeezed between two Oppositions, till the general in capacity of his Government became too manifest for longer toleration. Deserted by his adherents, turned out of office by himself, and disregarded by the country; he is provoked by the consequences of his blunder in proposing Lord Derby as his successor into making a plunge or two in Opposition; but having been justly reproved for quarrelling with Lord Derby's Government because, like his own for six years, its party is a minority in the Commons, for threatening to stop the supplies, and for otherwise seeking to embarrass the Government of which ho is the principal author, he is now pretty quiet and seems to be conscious that he has " made a mull of it." If his party know their own in terest, they will keep him as inactive in Opposition as he was in power. As intending to be again Prime Minister of England, he is a heavier encumbrance to them than their own errors and neglects in having allowed him to make a Tory Government for some years to come far from improbable. The colleagues of Sir Robert Peel cannot be much better pleased with themselves than Lord John Russell and Lord Derby. Their great chief has been gone nearly two years, and they have not yet even chosen a leader, They have seen the Russell Government slowly dying out for want of a policy, and have themselves neglected to promulgate, it may be even to construct, a policy of their own. They must know that wbat the country at large has needed and desired for a long while is statesmanlike purpose in the leaders of parties; of any party, it may be said; for the old party distinctions and associations have been almost extinguished by the struggle about free trade, and a large preponderance of public favour would be given either to Lord Derby, or to Lord John Russell, or to any of the Peelites (they have no leader to be named), or to Mr. Cobden, if ho would declare a sufficient policy of Conservative reform, and give evidence of possessing the will to carry it into effect. The Peelites have had ample opportunity of satisfying the country in this respect, and they have almost entirely neglected it. They had a great prestige to work upon, and many other advantages; but nave neither done, nor even said, anything of consequence. Self-imposed obscurity is the defect of their position. If Sir James Graham, the only one of them who has not appeared asleep since 1846, had lately taken a more distinct line of his own, a course moro independent of the Russell-Grey Whigs—still more, if men of the ability and patriotism which private circles attri bute to the Duke of Newcastle and Mr. Gladstone, acting in concert with the respected Lord Aberdeen, had formed a clear view of the public exigencies, and had made it known by actively sharing in the business of Par liament, the Queen, it is very likely, would not have taken Lord John Russell's advice about sending for Lord Derby. In the politics of a free country inaction is a personal dis ability. And the Peelites cannot say that they were not warned long ago of the consequences of their torpor. If they regret a general election upon all sorts of false lefties, and the prospect of a new Parliament without fixed ideas, led by a Government of pretenders without a policy, they must feel guilty of having neglected op portunities of action by which the mischief might have been averted. The Manchester gentlemen are out of court. Though they have not been deficient in a bustling kind of acti vity, their views of national policy consist of vague generalities suited only to the platform. They m a y enjoy a triumph in seeing Lord Derby swallow free trade ; but when that spectacle shall be over, they will have no function or distinctive character. In deed, they greatly resemble the Protectionist party in having but one idaa, and one which is on the point of disappearing from our politics; so that, in two or three months, they will probably break up through differences of opinion on other subjects. There would have been just the same prospect for the Derbyites if any of our parties were now capable of supplying the country with an acceptable policy, and the Queen with a man qualified to carry it into effect. WHY DON'T YOU CRY, YOU FOOL! The trial at the Salisbury Assizes, lately, of an unlucky wight, who had been helping himself to his neighbour's goods, gave rise to a piece of ingenuity on the part of a well-known lawyer, which to us, who chanced to witness it, was somewhat amusing. The prisoner had been defended by counsel, and every thing that could be said on his behalf had been said, but the case against him was too palpable to admit of a shadow of doubt, and a verdict of guilty was pronounced. The Judge seemed to look upon the culprit, who was a rough-looking lellow, destitute alike of friends and cha racter, with some degree of pity, and previous to passing the sentence of the law upon him, commenced giving him a few words of advice. The benevolence of his Lord ship's tone was not thrown away upon the lawyer, wh o seemed to feel that so long as there was a chance o f helping his client he was bound to do his utmost. Una served, therefore, ho at once whipt behind the do c k, and month V 4 a t Y putting his hands to the sides of his mouth, whispered o the prisoner as loud as prudence would permit —. 4 t - don ' t you cry, you fool! Be quick—you'll save at least I"rhe culprit, who before this was standing as un moved as a statue, immediately took th e hi nt, rubbed tis coyomese by with a h se is bs k a n b u f ck t l b e e s, d a eg nd rad fo e r f,l4 situation moment stood. The dodge answered. trust (said his Lord 4wehdicohve ilre ship) that the sense of shame which you now feel will prevent you from appearing a • galn in such a situation in a court of justice, and in that hop e I am induced to pass upon you a much lighter senten ce than I should other wise do, which is that you be imprisoned in the House of Correction, in this county, f or th e space of one ca lendar month." The fellow, we were afterwards in formed, is a most hardened rascal.—Devizes Gazette. T -HE COST OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS. According to Mr. Brayley, in " Britton's Public Buildings of London," which contains a plan and five views of the structure, fall half a million of money was ultimately expended upon Somerset House, and it was then left have unfinished. recently Th The turned wholeup,and of thea willc ount e ' w may mention,probably ° afford matter forpu judgmenthlication as to the prob a bl e cost of. That Chamb ers was not more correc% in his the work than some architects of modern days, is proved by the circumstance that, in a report presented by him to the House of Commons, he said ho thought, though there were difficulties which prevented accurate computa tion, that the cost certainly would not exceed 250,0001. What do we now care whether it cost a quarter of a million or half a million ; and how much do , s the question affect the opinion we form of the building and its designer? Nothing. Nor will any ask a century hence, when contemplating some of the buildings " run up" in our time (If they last so long), what these cost, or find in the small outlay, if they should ask, any reason for withholding condemnation. Prudence and circumstances must, of course, regulate expenditure. If we must have a building for a particular purpose, and bee only certain Qt Plash the hahlipg laaet MYNA A N Z AMPS III( .....:LI9,II•IM. London: Printed and Published by MIIRDO YOUNttify No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e Sun Office, 2 50 :, Strand, in thQ Precinct of the Savoy, in the coosPo kLidcll94ex, Thumlay, April 102', necessarily be just what we can get for that morei• But those who build f or th e appro b at i on o f posterity must care nothing about the outlay: they must do their best, so far as they go, and leave those who come after to finish it. Posterity will not ask, What did it coil.° Builder. FATAL SHIP WRECK. On the morning of the 23d instant the ship Emile'? of London, 450 tons register, from Honduras to QU9COS . town for orders, with a valuable cargo of mahogani? logwood, &m, struck on a sunken rock a little to the east of Fileareel Bay, Dun worley, and instantly became a total wreck, when, melancholy to relate, 15 out of the 18 hands on board met with watery craves. It seems , from what can be gathered from the survivors, that there was a head wind at an early hour that moning, which coal' pelted them to Lack, and a dense fog prevailing at th e same time prevented them seeing where they were? until the vessel, with the weight of 800 tons cargo? thumped with dreadful violence, and then speedily west to pi eces . A s 6 , 013 as the crew perceived their den' ger they all ran on deck, and were all co ll ec t e d on the poop, when a terrific sea caught the vessel and brok e her right amidships, at the same time capsiz:ng the poop and its living freight into the surge. After, being ki ockrd about amid the h eav y b au lk s of mahogany aid the furious seas, three poor dripping? halt-naked and sorely bruised sailors made their will to a rock, from which airy were cast back three or four times by the angry waves, but at last they sue' ceeded in holding on (in one instance a poor folio*" had to ctitcli the moss with his teeth) until as' sistance was procured, which was speedily rendered by Messrs. Hawkes Leary, and Tresilian, of 1 1)0; worley, whose intimate knowledge of the coast and soundings rendered their proffered aid invaluable . The coast guards from the Fileareel station were also promptly on the spot, and by means of hawsers, &c., the poor survivors were quickly rescued front their perilous position. The vessel was completell smashed and her valuable cargo strewn over th e wirere, but we are happy to say a great deal of the mahogany (we believe 97 baulk s ) h ave b een save d, . 0 4 are now bett" , . salvaged on Den worley strand. The ships p a p er a l so , an d ;, large sum of money, have been reccr vered by Mr. John Heard, one of the salvors. Among many affecting incidents connected with this melanchoW catastrophe is one particularly remarkable. While beat' ing out of the bay of Honduras some of the crew disco; vered something which excit e d th e i r a tt ent i on in OD water. Having put out a boat they discovered, much 10 their amaz :meta, a poor sailor lashed to a plank. Till quickly put him on board, and having applied restore' Lives, they soon had the satisfaction of seeing him ree° . ver. His story was a short one. He had been ship' , wrecked, and lashed him se lf t o a p l ank, in hopes (11, escaping a watery grave. He did escape, but to Me e; a similar fate on the iron-bound coast of tho south e` Ireland.—Cork Examiner. RAILWAY IN TELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The secretary of this company, Mr. W. Harding, h ° , addressed a long l e tt er t o t h e c h a i rman of the Cit) Markets Improvement Committee on the advantages establishing the proposed Metropolitan Cattle-marl° near to the above company's line at Brentford. Ho s tatel that the relative distances from St. Paul's as a centre , point in the City to the different sites for the New W e tropolitan Cattle-market are—to Blackwell, 4/ miles to Bow•common, 4 miles; Hornsey, 5/ miles; Finchlef 8 miles; Forest-gate, 6 miles; Osk-common, 7 mill Brentford, 9i miles; Barnes, 7/ miles; and Copenbage, fields, 2/ miles. In th e event o f the cattle-mar k° , placed at the p ro p ose d s i te at Brentford, , company would be prepared to lay down a short brall, line of 300 yards in l engt h, i n or d er to connect t' cattle-market by railway wiih the tideway of the That? 9 ° l and that at a place f ree f rom t h e i nf l uence of the tlOl but still within rea c h o f i ts agency when needed;,tb, ~, basin at Brentford b e i ng l oc k e d o ff from the river. II; cattle-market, if pla ce d a t t h e s i te suegested, w ill immediately adjacent to the South-Western Kailo ll , l including its Wind sor an d ot h er b ranches, and in i ro ns . diate communicati on w i th t h e whole narrow-gs° g , , railway system of E ng l an d , a l so w i th the river That and with the Grand Junction Canal. That the Lond e ; and South-Western C ompany w i ll undertake ,t, run market trains at an y h our of the night or 0,10 which may suit the fre quen t ers of the market, direc t Brentford in 15 minut es . Th e present fares are, M. k , double journey by the first class, l s . 6d., an d b y second class ls. ld. The company would make t' 4 second-class double jo urney f are by these market tra to ls. from the Waterloo station to the centre of the, t° 6l ; , ket at Brentford. From the Waterloo station to o j , Paul's or Farringdon-street is one mile; to Ilungetf °t o l market half-a-mile; and to the steamers on the river, le, the Hungerford an d W aterloo piers, about half-a-03 I After stating that 240 omn ib uses each way communlett o i with or near t o t h e W aterloo station, he states tha t means of the N or th an d S out h-W estern Junction Nt',6 way and the now East and West India Dock line, Wu will be from and to Brentford frequeat and 'Pe e, communication to Wille s d en , A c t on , C am d en-town , p lington, Kingsland, Hackney, Stepney, Bow, and 13164 0 t wall; and that 32 omn ib uses a l so run daily frau, ip City to Brentford, the best of them doing the distanc e ,,, 65 minutes. Ho ma i nta i ns t h at no one of the other enumerated can present anything like equal accessibi; from London generally, and the City especially as °, ° lo Brentford. He the n p rocee d s to show how precisely 're proposed site at B rent f ord meets the requirement° 51, furred to by the C omm i ss i oners in their report of 160. as essential to a n ew s i te f or a cattle market. In c i o io elusion, Mr. Hardi ng states that be is authoriseuv r od company to the M ar k ets I mprovement Committee, that company are able and willing to give every facility 5 1 , 6 accommodation if the Metropolitan Cattle Market fixed at Brentford. It AIL WA Y SHARE MARKETS' BRISTOL, Martell 3L STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was little or nothing d0 1i ; 3 4 the share market to-day. The only sale reported 1 "" Bristol and Exeter, 90 1 4. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31. Brocx EXCEIANGH.—The business to-day was rathe r mited, and prices h a d a downward tendency. The tr~d' lions were as follow :—Ambergate and East Junetiom ile dis.—Caledonian, 18 ' 1 4—Eastern Counties, 9 3.16- 1 !il shire and Yorkshire, 71 . —Liverpool, Crosby, and 19 1 „ ti port, 19 Midland, 61—North British, 8 5-16 —oort Eastern and Dover, 211,i—Great Southern and WesteXub ference, 37. MANCHESTER, MARCH 31. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened bea n ' this morning, b u t a f terwar d s i mproved, and a fair go3lo of business was done at better prices. The trans3e l were as follow—Blackburn (No. 1), 5 1 ,4—Caledonian, —Eastern Counties, 9 5-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire , bi —Ditto, F, 1 dis.— West Riding Union, 4 dis. ham Alliance, 29 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 22, Anglian, 7 per cent., 2 7-16—London and North-West e c New Quarters, 5 p.— Manchester and Birrninghatu Quarters, 2 1-16 p —Manchester, Sheffield, and Linc, f shire, 34—Ditto (No. 1), 11 —Ditto, Preference, 1 " , Ditto, New Preference, 11-16 p.—Edinburgh and Glase' c.--York and North Midland, 25. TILE COUNTRY MARKETS. of NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 30.—SupP,'1; boasts 724 head. Trade bri s k at 3d p er s t one on l ast d s all sold. Number of sheep, 4,380; the better qualitief '' r e' making last week's prices, but trade was slow, and par t D es mained on hand. Pricer—Beef, 4s Od to 5s 6d per st ° sheep, 41d to 6d per lb ; lambs, 7d to Bd. EDINBURGH MEAL .MARKET, MARCH 30.—There rier , o 4 the meal market to-day 8 sacks oat mea l , each we ig' i si 2801bs. imperial, whereof 6 sold thus at 33s Odr i 'lis 32s 6d, 3 at 323 Cd, and 1 at 31s ed sacks' average price , 0 1 ,1 whole 11 12s Od 10-12ths. 5 pot-barley, which thus: —1 at 32s 6d, lat 31s, 1 at 28s, and 2at 27s 6d. 0 / EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, MARCJI 3,;0.0; Oat straw, from 8s Od to 9s 6d per kemple o f 16 stones wheat ditto, 8s 6d to 9s 6d; barley ditto, 7s Od to 31 Hay, from 9d to 1 Id per stone. rd D ALEEIT H MEAL MARKET, M ARCH 29,—There fo weak n t he ; mbaarrkieeeryt sack,mt o e a - i d os y fo i3d24Baobt readiabb so.o f t oFparitremsvtei previous u l , s s l r a B etceo o sn f ;d b p a o r and 4of pot barley ; salesy. Oatmeal the fame lets l ,,, BC:1 unsold.aai r tmm l e pyeeamrl ial e; ditto " 1.0 0 1 4 ' 31s Od 30s Od 29 3 0,1 23i Od 22s 3cl Peaseineal ••• Od —s Od cgl Flour ... —s Od —a Od •.. Pot barley • ••. —s Od —s Od 0.6 od -----__ COAL MARKET.—YESTXRDAY. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market Carr'e Hartley ..... ... 12s 9d Pensher Chester Main ............ 123 6d Russell's Hetton Dean's Primrose Holywell Howard's W.H.Neth 123 6d Kelloe ............. .. Tanfield Moor ranfield Moor Butes l2s Od South Kelloe Wall's End, &o. !Whitworth . Gosforth •••• Harton Hehburn Northumberland Walker l2s 6d Woodhouse Close •-...,,, 0t : 136 -0 1 . 91 • FP oi . 16 5 o ▪ 14 , 4,1 Po id 14 5 01 14 , 6d IV 0 , 19 0 ei 13? o's;. IP oil ' 13 5 , 0 . l'A 0 22 5 0 IV 23 6, Eden Main ....•....... 143 o Airehg. Graig. (hp7l.) Lambton Primrose ... 14s 3dlCorrpen Hartley Braddyll Batton Lambton Ships at market, 83 Sold, 56. BIRTHS. OF On the 28th ult., at U N. IO ,nsir p A per Berkeley-street, port- - square, the wife of A. H enr i ques, Esq. ./f On the 28th ult., at Cleve -grange, Kingston-on-MP' Surrey, the wife of W. M. Cochrane, Esq. OF • DAUM:ITEM. On the 29th ult., at Lawshall Rectory, Suffolk, the if ife°l , the Rev. Evan Baillie. On the 27th ult., at Whatcroft-hall, Cheshire, tholvie° f William Maxwell, Esq., of Dalskairth, Scotland. / MARRIED. Ch al° f, On the 30th ult., a t St . Mary Abbot's, Kensington, C- 0 11 1 youngest son of P ro f essor Cowper, of King's College, es / don, and Kensington- park-villas, to Isabel Agnes, your i f o o , daughter of J. Thompson, Esq., of Carupden-hill, Kensing li oD On .the 30th u lt., at Hampstead, Middlesex, Wi.` Gribble, jun., Esq , of Lombard -street, and Nesbourne-p ar of road, to Margaret, eldest daughter of E. Tuller, Es'F' Hampstead. DIED. On the 24th ult., at Malmesbury, Wilts, aged 58, the William Fletcher, vicar of Harwell, Berks. 4 . 10 On the 25 t h u l t., at Leam i ngton, aged 75, Margaret, r of the late J. Hanbury, Esq. On the 27th u lt., a t Ch e lt en h am , R o b ert Inglis, Eta" f ' manly of Canton, aged 58. On the 29th ult., at Brighton, Eliza, widow of WOO Montague, EN li o Oa the 30th ult. at Th a m es Ditt on, S urrey, Harriet, ra of the late B. Gibson, Esq., aged 98. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL l, 1852.