The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-28 00:00:00

.TION AL " The directors have to congratulate the proprietors on the result of the operations of the bank for the past year, whereby they have been enabled to add 5,8671. ss. 3d. to the Reserve Fund, after paying the two half yearly dividends, amounting to 18,7504 " The undivided profits at December, 1844, were..... " Net profits for the year ending Decem ber, 1845 24,617 5 3 58,246 5 " Deduct half-year's dividend to Midsummer, 1845 £8,750 " Do. do. Christmas, 1845 10,000 £18,750 0 0 "Leaving amount of undivided profits at December, 1845 £39,496 5 1 " There are now to be elected four directors in the room of Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P. ; Thomas Lamie Murray, Esq. ; John Clement Ruding, Esq. ; and James Reade, Esq., whose seats at the board are vacated by rotation, and all of whom are candidates for the office, and eligible to be reelected. " Approved by the Court, (Signed) " DANIEL O'CON.NELL, Governor." The GOVERNOR—Gentlemen, it is now my duty, with out waiting to have it moved, to propose this report for your adoption. You are to consider whether the report now read is such as you should adopt, and you are to act accordingly. The entire of it has been already verified. We have, I think, done well, and we have every prospect of doing better.—(Cheers.) A call has been made upon the Proprietors, which has been cheerfully and readily responded to. The entire amount of the call was paid, notwithstanding the diffi culties of the times and the demands for money from other quarters. We have increased our capital -we have increased our circulation—we have increased our deposits ; and our reserved fund has been consider ably increased also. Under these circumstances, I think we are entitled to call on you to consent to the adoption of this report. I have the profit and loss account before me as well as the balance-sheet. We have subscribed no less a sum than 4001. to alleviate the distress in the different localities in which we have branches in Ireland. The contribution has been readily made, and I am glad it has now met with the entire sanction of the Proprietors. The expenditure of this sum has been carefully considered by the Directors ; the various sums have been placed at the disposal of the different beat committees to be distributed under their immediate inspection. These gentlemen had con tributed largely to the funds, and we might, there fore, expect that they will exercise a due vigilance over the proper disposal of them. The six new branches which were opened have been productive, and are likely to be eminently prosperous. I shall now put the question that as many as are of opi nion that this report shall be adopted signify the same by holding up their hands. The question having been put, the report was unani mously adopted. The SECRETARY then read the account of profit and loss and the balance-sheet of the Company, which ap peared to be highly satisfactory to the meeting. The GOVERNOR then said—Gentlemen, there are four Directors that - go out by rotation. By the deed of this Company no gentleman can be appointed for the direction who does not give notice some days previous. There has been no notice given. The retiring Directors are, I be lieve, desirous of being re-appointed if it is your plea sure that they should be so. The SECRETARY then read the names of the retiring Directors, after which The CHAIRMAN said—lt is my duty to put the ques tion as to whether these gentlemen should be re-ap pointe d or not, and y ou w il l s i gnify the same in the usual way. The retiring Directors were then declared to be re elected. The Govaroton—lf any el:4 em g observa tion to mak e , o r to do so. anything to state, has any state, he is now at liberty Mr. TERRY—I shall be very happy to avail my self of that privilege. I have heard with very great pleasure the statement as to the prosperous condition of the concern ; and that, of course, must give every one very great pleasure ; but there is another c i rcumstance that is much more gratifying than that. It is the circumstance of the Directors having subscribed to the fund for the benefit of the distressed people of Ireland. I think, sir, that is a subject upon which every individual no matter whence he comes belonging to the United Kingdom—l think every one, sir, must feele o so.— d truly delighted that the directors have on (Cheers.) We ought to know no distinction at all— (Cheers)—in regard to the distressed individuals, and I am glad the directors have taken that view of the case. I think it might as well have been larger : there may be crying circumstances that require a larger sum to be contributed. I, as an individual—a very humble one—connected with this concern, feel very great pleasnre that the sum has been subscribed. The GOVERNOR—There are many localities that re quire no assistance. I think it is a matter for the pro prietors to leave in the hands of the Directors as to whe ther they shall advance a larger sum or not. One great object that we had in contributing was to stimulate the gentry of the neighbourhood—(Hear, bear)—and the advance was not too large lest they should consider it as an excuse for them not coming forward themselves. These are things which depend upon the circumstances of each locality, and, if you please, you will leave this matter in the hauls of the Directors.—(Hear, hear.) If the sum do not answer, the Directors will take it into their consideration whether they should advance a further sum. It might be imprudent iF we were to give our money to every locality. You will, therefore, please to leave this matter i n th e h ands of the Director; for that, ' mee I think, is the soundest policy.—(ll ear, hear.) me Governor was on th e point of diss o lving th e ti wh, Mr. WHEELER said, before the meeting separates I bee. o thank you cordially, inthe name of t h e proprietors ' , for the interest you have paid to our affairs. I need say nothing further, except to request those present to agree with me in a vote of thanks to the Governor and Directors. Nialtuntiopmais at once agreed to ne.m. con., and th e "A*4"4 0 ;„•,., . " 4 •117- , 1 4 : -_, Anglesea's cutter yacht, the Pearl - I=lOP- 'I , ~- oLa spithaad, to embark his Lordship aril • :•: ja411",r.% . • . . • 3 excarska in the Clasgula . '•: ‘ _,R,-;e:- -- . 7,..." r ( , , 7 4; 0 ' " ' .d.---!•'i:: fr. f .., .s. -- =, 1 - ...• N., . N I s F IRELAND. The eleventh annual general meeting of the Pro prietors of the National Bank of Ireland was held yester day, at the Society's Offices, No. 13, Old Broad-street. The meeting was numerously attended. Among the directors and gentlemen present we observed — Daniel O'Connell, Esq., M.P., Gorernor. A. P. Johnson, Esq. F. B. Heushaw, Esq. J. C. Ruding, Esq. Charles Bianconi, Esq., Mayor of Clonmel. Fowler Newsam, Esq. T. Lamie Murray, Esq. Captain Sir Burton Macnamara. Dr. Fitzgerald, Carrick-on-Suir. J. L. Wheeler, Esq. W. L. Wheeler, Esq. Charles Rule, Esq. Thomas Shewell, Esq. Joseph Wheeler, Esq. The Very Rev. Dr. Magee. Francis O'Neill, Esq. Joshua B. Bacon, Esq. H. M. Jones, Esq. Edward Jones, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Madge. H. Surmon, Esq. W. Wrentmore, Esq. W. Terry, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. Augustus Vigne, Esq. On the entrance of D. O'Connell, Esq., M.P., accom panied by the Directors, into the Board-loom, he was received with every demonstration of respect. The Hon. and Learned Member for Cerk appeared in excel lent health, certainly much improved since the opening of the Parliamentary session. D. O'Connell, Esq., the Governor, presided. The CHAIRMAN rose and said—Gentlemen, I will ca ll on the Secretary to read the advertisement calling th e meeting. N. S. KING, Esq., having read the advertisement, The CHAIRMAN again rose and said—Gentlemen, my next duty is to call on the Secretary to read the report which is to be submitted for your consideration. The SECRETARY then read the following REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE NA TIONAL BANK OF IRELAND MADE TO THE PROPRIETORS AT THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, HELD AT THE OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, No. 13, OLD BROAD-STREET, LONDON, ON WED NESDAY, MAY 27, 1846. " The Directors of the National Bank of Ireland have much pleasure in meeting the Proprietors assembled at this, the eleventh annual general meeting of the Com pany, and in submitting for their approval a statement of the assets and liabilites together with the profit and , loss account of the Bank up to the 31st of December. "In the last annual report the Directors alluded to the proposed measures in regard to banking in Ireland, and by the Act which came into operation on the 6th of De cember, the issues of each bank are definitively limited, and any excess over the fixed amount must be repre- , sented by specie. The Act further requires returns of the circulation and specie to be made weekly to Govern ment, and which are published monthly in the Dublin Gazette. "The Directors, with a view to advance the general interests of the Company, deemed it expedient to aug ment the paid-up capital of the Bank, and a call of 5Z per share was accordingly made upon the Proprietors, payable in two moieties, one on the 15th of October and the other on the 15th of January, thereby increasing the paid-up capital of the Bank to 450,0001, and, although the first instalment of 50,0004 did not become payable until the 15th of October last, the shareholders received the dividend thereon for the full half-year from the 30th of June to the 31st of December. " The potato crop in Ireland last year sustained a general blight, and the deficiency is this staple provision of the great mass of the people has consequently led to much suffering and destitution ; the directors have, therefore, considered themselves called upon on an occa sion like the present, to contribute liberally to the funds which have been raised for the purpose of alleviating the existing distress, and in the performance of these bene volent acts they are confident of having the cheerful con currence of the shareholders. BA: NS. Average Anloot. Oxfordshire Witney Bank Witney-Williams, Clinch, and Co 1C,580 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 45,794 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co 10,450 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-. 8,278 e b t o e r r b o o u r g o h u - g h M es Bank,srs. Yorke p eter bo r 0 u White, and Simpson 11,126 Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters 13,445 Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and Truro Bank, Penzance-Rickets, Enthoven, ' and Co 17,390 Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co 36,375 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens,Blandy, and Co ,495 Richmond Bank, Ri c h mon d-S tapleton and Co 42 6,468 Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and County of Poole Bank, Ringwood-Ledgard and Sons Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, and Co Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter-Day and Nicholson 9,232 Romsey and Hampshire Batik, Romsey-Foot ner and Son 3,639 Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 15,997 Rugby Bank, Rugby-Butlin and Son 14,881 Rye Bank, Rye-C ur t e i s , P om f ret, an d C o 24,438 Reigate and Darking Bank, and Reigate, Croy don, and Darking Bank, Reigate-Nash and Co 12,844 Ross (,ld Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Pritchard and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden-Messrs. Gibson Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, and Co Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co 24,636 Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank, Shrews bury-Adams, Adarbs, and Co 8,871 Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rorke, Eytons, and Co Sittingbourne and Miiton Bank, Sittingbourne -Valiance and Son Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton-Maddison and Son Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co. St. Alban's Bank. St. Alban's-J. S. Story 2,366 Salisbury Bank, Salisbury-Messrs. Brodie 24,205 Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury- Brodie end King - ......... •• • ••• Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton-Atherly and Fall Stone Bank, Stone-W. Moore 7,308 Stourbridge Ban Stourbridge -Rufford, Wragg, and Co 17,115 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co 12,305 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co. Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge-Bate and Robins .............. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury -Beck, Downward, and Co. 25,53. St. Alban's and Herts Bank, St. Alban's-Gib son and Stuart 2.252 Taunton Bank, Taunton-Messrs. Badcock 26,774 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Rundle, and Co 12,805 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Rolph, Yates, and Parslow Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Barne Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire, Thrapston-Yorke and Eland 10,993 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester-J. and S Percival Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, and Co. 25,333 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Wells and Co. 10,315 Warwick and Warwickshire Bauk, Warwick-- Kelynge, Greenway, and Co. 30,205 Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-F ox , Brothers West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-Leatham, Tew, and Co. ... 45,762 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chap man, and Co 14,215 Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester-Bulpett and Co. Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester -Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth-Elliott and Pearse Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirkesworth-Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech- Gurney and Co. Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-Good ricke and Holyoake.. 10,127 Worcester Bank, Worcester-Farley, Lavender, and Co. 14,061 Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 85,382 Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster-Farley and Turner Whitby Bank, Whitby-Frankland and Wil kinson not recd. Walsall Old Bank, Walsall-CharlesFoster and Sons 19,596 Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster-- Everett and Co. Wrexham Bank, Wrexham-J. and S. Kenrick 1,973 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton- Messrs. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurney, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth-Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,238 Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil-E. and J. Batten York Bank, York-Swann, Clough, and Co 46,069 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmoreland, Kendal Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 50,120 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton 9,610 Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad ford ... 16,293 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington . 35,183 Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pany, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 13,832 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company Carlisle 24,243 CarEsle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,569 Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 35,617 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,241 Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com pany, Darlin g t on 28,481 East of England Bank, Norwich Gloucestershire Banking C om p any , Gloucester. 150939 Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 18496 Huddersfield B an ki ng C ompany, Huddersfield 35,,898 Mull Banking Company, Hull 29,151 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 11,620 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax 41,600 Helston Banking Company, Heiston 1,437 Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 22,763 Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 28,137 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,596 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 62,847 Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 49,030 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Leeds and . West Riding Banking Company, Leeds B2B Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 13,119 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Stock Banking Company, 9,685 7ien o og r m e ep a oa n mu d y p . lt aNn oyb o ,i t n tNin s o o gt n ht ' i s annig N h o a t m tinghamshire Bank -29,837 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking NNea;easonatil e p ,S ro h vi ie n kl e s ia , ;d in S ak u_ o nd f e E ri n a wg nd Union Joint- 30,365 Head-office, NBeishopsglate-stre!t-, Lanstdeßirmin 75,481 445,105 London ............................ . - North Wilt:. Banking Company, M ........................ 60,629 81,430 Northamptonshiresad eds Northamptonshiret:wro r.t.. Union Banking Bank, oNincpratnhya Company, North- t o o r n t s ic h o a e r tn ffi th P el a t :n u ß d a lo kß uth Wales Bank, Liverpool ........... 256:,(3)37;63506 Pares's Leic e stershire Banking Companngy:6L.o.me.i.:- 34,611 Stamford, spaliacinni4nkgic.,nogamnCiaßmnoypsa,tnosynh, 5heffie1d......,..... th Stuckey's Banking S C o o ni n t an e y ts 9 h ;r y e ' SB Spalding, re Bristol Bank, Somerset-Lang 51,338 port ..................................... ........ 345,726 , Sh~ffnal ........... 5 44, 9 328 S h p r a o n p y s 11, Stourbridge eB a n k Banking ....................... 0.03. 6 , Stourbridge and Kidderminster Bankin Sheffield and Hallamshiro Bankin C 5 Y, ...... 22 194 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint-Stock Banking Company, St .............................. 47,597 'Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Sheffield ........................ Richmond .. 52,106 Stockton and Durham County Banking Com pany, Stockton.- ..... ................... 6,127 Storey and Thomas's Banking Company, (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) An Acco unt , pursuant t o th e A ct sevent h an d e i g h t h Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 16th day of May, 1846 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Abingdon Bank, Abingdon—Knapp and Co 26,816 Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co 14,895 Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 10,371 Aylshain Bank, Aylsham—R. and E. Copeman 5,173 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Rickford and Hunt 41,335 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade 13aldock—W ells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 33,929 Barnitaple Bank, Barnstaple—Drake and Co 16,417 Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke — Cole, Seymour, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard Bedford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford— Trapp, Halfhead, and Co. Be%dley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Averag Wilts and Dorset Bankin g Company, Salisbury West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Wiiitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch .• 6 Worcester City and County Banking Company, Worcester... . • York Union B an ki ng Company, York York City and County Banking Company, York Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Ret Stamps and Taxes, May 9, 1846. (YESTERDAY.) Crane Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—Tubb, Wootten, and Co. ... 24,230 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Att woo d s, Spooner, and Co 22,895 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming ham---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co 13,072 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Bastard and Oak Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 74,893 Boston Bank, Boston —Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—E. &J. Sealey 9,265 Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Harford, and Co. 43,200 Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Messrs. Pritchard 24,682 Bucking ham Bank, Buckingham —Bartlett, Parrott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market Bank, Bury—Oakes, Bevan, and C 0......- 74,069 BanEury Bank, Banbury—Gillett and Tawney 38,799 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Messrs. Cobb... 50,115 Baer. City Bank, Bath—Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett and Grant 34,374 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H and A. Harris Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 70,003 I3ridport Bank, Bridport—S. and W. E. Gundry 24,826 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co .5,773 4,716 4,185 3,603 PORTBURY PIER AND HARBOUR BILL As the opposition was only against the clauses of the B the Committee declared the us, rwrct.l. Th. dJ. , ...ixtice men aajourned. 9,732 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— .J. Worlledge and Co. Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms grove Bank, Bromsgrove—Rufford, Briggs, and Co. 15,964 Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock and Sons 2,996 23,49 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cain ----' bridge—Messrs. Forsters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and Co . . 27,445 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—Morris and 17,817 Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—Messrs. La Coste Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round, Green, and Co. 21,269 Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester —Mills, Bawtree, and Co 38,415 Cornish Bank, Truro—Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little and Wood cock City Bank, Exeter—Milford and Co 21,474 Craven Bank, Settle—Birkbecks and Co. Christchurch Bank, Christchurch—Tice, Welsh, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff—Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co. Derby Bank, Derby—Messrs. Evans Derby Bank, Derby—Smith and Co. Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak " Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co 25,083 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Hughes, Locke, and Co 19,825 I)iss Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and Co lO,llB Doncaster Bank, Doncaster—Leatham, Tew, and Co. 13,244 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cook and Co. Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co — Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and CO 88,485 I)evonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor- 9,910 2,449 7,221 6,591 man Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-Williams and Co. East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton, and Co. Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank, Chelmsford-Walford. and Co. 55,500 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 35,073 Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co. Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes and Medley 7,150 Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,614 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,014 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 18,568 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon... 15,138 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and C 0.... 31,027 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. 35,310 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware- S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull -Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veasey , 95 Harwich Bank, Harwich-C ox , C o bb o ld , and Co. 5,845 Hemel Hempstead B an k, H eme l H empstead- Smith, and Whittingstall 23,392 Iloniton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co. 15,590 Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples and Co. 36,440 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan, Hoskins, and Co 26,479 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suit )Ik, Iladleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexarders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Mercer Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J Davies and Co 25,163 Knighton Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 9,312 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Kna:esborough-Terry and Co 21,089 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdso n , and Co. 44,492 Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 8,687, Lane E.-7d Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Ham.) , and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and C o 52,229, heeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown, and C 3. 36,380 Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 3,571 Lei'tester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 30;983 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 40,983 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 19,755 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 96,997 Llandovery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando very-David Jones and Co. Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle tons and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-C. and S. St Barba Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis -Gurneys and Co. 41,489 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Massey and Co. Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co Manningtree Bank.Manninc.„tree-uNunn and Co 12,43 0 6539 Marlboro Ba and Wilts Marlborough Bank, Old Bank, Marlborough Graggerrot borough Old Bank and Hun Bank and Hungerfordßank,Marlborough-Tant and Pinckney Marlborough aad North Wiltshire New Bank, 14°76 Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 11,527 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Jones and Williams Miners' Batik, Truro-Willyams and Co 17 ,213 Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey s and Co 2 8 ,693 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmo u th -Bromage and Snead 15,820 Monmouthshire Newport Old Bank, Newport -W. Williams and Sons B,lOO Newark Bank, Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 28,161 NeNweawrkarkanßdanSkle,afNoredwaßrakn_k,ffaanuddiSeyle, Peacock,aford and and Co Newbury Slocock Ham m0nd,34,794 Newmarket ßan B k a , ew n N k,N b e u w ry n ; 22,726 and Son r Newbury -Bunny e t t n - n y E and at o n , Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss-Taylor and Dyson Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudson 41,713 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys end Co 72,944 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham-Hart, Fellows, and Co 10,380 Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddcock and 9,920 2,125 Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and 5,626 Co 26,139 New Srrum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and ;o Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co 30,149 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westrv—Croxon and Co 17,839 Oxiord Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell 13,096 Oxford ')ld Bask, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons, and Thompson f )1d Blnk Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge J Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Weil. and Seyenoaks Bank, Tohbridge— in mil Beeching and Sons ...>> . . ;,.......: ~.... . Shaftesbury .......................................... 10,104 Sheffield and Retfercl Bank, Sheffield ... 677 Suffolk Bankim Gonpany, Ipswich Wolverhampton aud Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton 35,277 Wakefield and Barusley Union Bank, Wakefield 11,985 Whitehaven Joint Stock Banking Company, , Whitehaven Warwick and Letouir_gtott Banking Company, Leamington West of England and South Wales District 1 Bank,Bristel, 4711,1 i, 80,249 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI N -G , MAY 28, 184 Amount. 72,463 31,349 aware that the burdens imposed by law directly upon land in England do not bear so high a proportion in England to the whole taxation of the country as is the case in many foreign states. So far as Prussia and parts of Germany are concerned, this fact may be deducted from the evidence of Mr. Banfield. The same results may be found in respect to Franca, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and other foreign states. This fact, however, ought not to vary the views which may be taken either of justice or policy, neither should it be in ferred that the proportion of land taxes borne by foreign countries enters into the cost of production, or raises the price of produce abroad, any more than similar taxation has been shown to do at home. The facts are, therefore, referred to as bearing upon the principle of apportion ment between one class of the community and another, and not for the purpose of suggesting that the cost of raising corn and other agricultural produce is governed by one principle in England, and by another principle on the continent of Europe." 6,095 72,948 90,638 122,736 urns. RAILWAY COMMITTEES . GROUP XXII. This Committee met this morning at the usual hour, Sir George Grey in the chair. IPSWICH, NORWICH, AND YARMOUTH. Mr. W. H. Palmer, Mayor of Yarmouth, corroborated the evidence already gone into at such great length on the general advantages which would be conferred by tbis line. Mr. J. Douglas Paine, Mr. Alexander Ady, and Mr. George Webb, deposed to the great superiority of land to water carriage in regard to corn. The charge would be less, and the injury to the corn less. Mr. Sturge, a corn merchant at Gloucester, and connected with the firm of Charles and Joseph Sturge, corroborated this evidence, and was of opinion that land carriage was pre ferable to water for corn. Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P., one of the Tidal Harbour Com missioners, gave evidence as to the kind of bridge which should be erected over the Waveney Navigation. In his opinion; if any bridge were erected it should have a clear water-way of 45 feet. Mr. Virtue, a corn-factor in Mark-lane, corroborated the testimony already given as to the superiority of land over water carriage. The Committee adjourned till twelve o'clock to-morrow. COMMERCIAL ROUTES TO THE EAST INDIES. Under the above head ( Handelswege track Ostindien) the following article has just appeared in Lloyd's Austrian Ga zette :—lt is scarcely necessary to say, that Austria looks with longing eyes towards the East, and that she hopes some day to see her favourite child of the Adriatic the central depot for the East Indian market in Europe. Trieste is rising rapidly, and it is but lately that two East Indian ships have landed their cargoes at that port. Trieste is the pivot on which Austria's commerce turns. "A single glance at the map will show that London Trieste, and Sue z , on th e Red Sea, are i n a di rect line. This route to the East Indies and to China will gain doubly in importance, and render Trieste the great market of Indian commerce iii Europe, when the proposed canal across the Isthmus from Suez to Tines is carried into execution; a work, which the universal interests of commerce render indispensably necessary. The British troops in India have just gained new victories on the Sutlej, and have trodden on the ground which witnessed the triumphs of Alexander of Macedon, the rich land ~f the five streams ( l'unjsab.) The navigation of the mighty Indus and its tributaries, will be the consequence of this great step, and British commerce will stretch from East India in a north-westerly direction towards Central Asia to B.,khara, and there meet the Fnglish goods which come there by Tre bizond to Teheran, and thence find their way through, Persia to Central Asia." The Singapore Free Press states a fact which is of some importance for the development of East Indian commerce : —" The Danish Government having sold their East Indian possessions, Serampore, in Bengal, and Tranquebar, on the coast of Coromandel, to the East Indian Company, arc now Dent on occupying the Nicobar Islards, so advantageously situated for the purposes of navigation. The history of the East India Company, the greatest commercial compan v of the old or the new world, contains many useful lessons for com mercial policy. The mainspring of this body of the state, before the English Government had an indirect influence on its affairs, was a wide-extended system of egotism, which manifested itself in the oppression of its own subjects, by monopolising the gains, and by excluding and putting down all commercial competition. Even at the present day, when the field is open to all, immense difficulties are thrown in the way of any attempt to establish new lines of commerce, and it requires great commercial intelligence to overcome them. "The company, as a conquering power, had taken possession of the lands and the rights of the rajas. They are lords of the land. The Indian agriculturist (kuli) is but a limited leaseholder. The monopoly on tobacco, salt, opium, and arrack, which the Hindoos extract from the palm, is still practised. The taxation was formerly of the most oppre'sive nature. The influence of the English Government on the affairs of this company for the good of the country, the welfare of mankind, and the advantages of commerce, is becoming more powerful and evident every day, and the time is not far distant when the English Government will substitute a wise and moderate system of administration for the present management of the company. " The commercial monopoly, such a length of time in the hands of the company, was a blow to commerce in general, without being of any great benefit to themselves. British subjects, to whom all commerce to East India and China was prohibited, were even worse off than the subjects of other states. In 1814, the commerce between England and India was partly thrown open ; in 1834, the whole commercial character of the East India Company underwent a change; the monopoly of the commerce with China was raised. The commerce with India, China, and the East in general, was thus thrown open to competition. This was a most important event the right of trading with all the possessions of the East Indian Company is now open to every state within the regulations prescribed by the English laws of navigation, and the limits of private treaties. Another important point is that the company have not the faculty of entering into com mercial treaties with European powers, that they may not in terfere in the politics of Europe, a privilege which belongs solely to the Crown ; the company may not even declare war against an Asiatic prince, if this latter has a treaty with any European power, without the permission of the English Go vernment, lest it might cause a misunderstanding with the mother country. "After the death of Tippoo Sails, the possessions of the company increased gradually to their present extent. The Carnatic, and all the lands between the coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, became English provinces. The Emperor of Delhi, the King of Oude, the Nizam of Deka, the Nabobs of Bhopal, of Sorondj, of Kumol, those of Lutchin, the Sultans of Mysore and Cochin-China, and numbers more, pay tribute to the company, so that they rule over 120 independent king doms, and a population of eighty-three million souls. The King of Nepaul, in the Himmalaya, has alone maintained his independence. " The wars in Sinde, Caubul, and Affghanistan, four years ago, terminated happily, although at a great sacrifice of human life and money; but the plans which lay in the background of the advance on Caubul wore given up for a time. Those plans were in all probability an expedition against Herat, Bokhara, and Khiva, the conquest of Persia, and the acquisition of a firm footing on the Caspian Sea, to thwart the dangerous influence of Russia in Central Asia ; but the disastrous result of the Russian expedition against Khiva was in itself a severe blow to Russian influence in those parts. " The truly brilliant success of the Chinese war has put the power of England beyond a doubt, and has opened a new field to Asiatic commerce, whose limits it is impossible as yet to define. Hong-Kong became a British settleMent ; the Chinese ports, Canton, Amoy, Fu-t.chen-f u , Ni ngpo , an d Shanghae. have been thrown open, and commercial enterprise advanced boldly at once. The glorious victories against the Seikhs will, sooner or later, subject the Punjaub to Great Britain, confirm on a surer footing the commerce with Bok hare, and the influence of England in Persia. " As the British Government is gradually taking the reins of the administration iii India from the hands of the company, and will, in all probability, take the sovereignty over the lands between the Indus and the Ganges, it is not improbable that England may grant a new charter to the company for the con quest of the rich lands of the great peninsula on the other side of the Ganges. The kingdoms of firma, Anent, Cambodja, Tonkin, Assam, and Siam, would then unveil their riches to European enterprise. " Under such circumstances, England will undoubtedly neg lect no opportunity to establish the shortest and most direct line of communication with East India. What has been done in the last twelve years speaks well for the future. " Thirteen years ago the correspondence with the East Indies, as well as the tra ns p or t o f goo d s, were carr i ed round tioheCC;alctt Cape of was Good never ll v t e , p r ee.xpeAetd undern e answer s to ev a en o lettrereifgrhomt months. London The magnificent idea of discovering a shorter route, as well by the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates, on part of the old ca. rand the Redvanroute Sea, through h Syria, by the yet developed. Indian a The latter route, which off er ed but few obstacles, was s oon carried into execution. A line of steamers was establi s h e d between Bombay and Suez, having for central point Ad en , a t as Egypt, also was the most southern pointof Arabia. British enterprise, seconded by the energies of the Viceroy of Egypt, soon established com munications between Suez and Alexandria, by Cairo. A line of steamers was established from Alexandria to London, by Malta and Gibraltar. To save time, the letters were sent through France, and, owing to late experim en t s , it i s pro b a b le that in future the overland mails will pass by '1 rieste through Germany, so that a regular monthly commun i cat i on w i ll be established between London a n d B om b ay . "But whilst the correspondence is thus rapidly forwarded, the transport of merchandise is principally effected in sailing vessels, which double the Cape of Geed Hope ; there is, there. fore, an immense disproportion between the correspondence and the transport of merchandise, and this causes often the most disastrous results. Thus bills can be sent between East India and England in one-fourth the time of the merchandise. The sudden rise or fall of prices in London is soon known at Calcutta, and has influence on the credit there, and a com mercial house which has goods on the road has not always the means to meet the emergency, which would not be the case if the merchandise arrived at the same time. Those persons who are in any way interested in East Indian commerce are endeavouring to discover the shortest road for the transport of goods, and no doubt in a few years merchandise will be sent by the Red Sea and Egypt, instead of round the Cape. " Trieste and Venice will profit considerably from this new direction given to East Indian commerce, as they are the nearest ports for Egypt and Syria, as well for Austria as the greater part of Italy and Germany. " The shortest route would be decidedly that by the Euphrates, if navigation on that river did not present almost insurmountable difficulties. It is well known what obstacles Colonel Chesney met with, who was the first who endea voured to establish steamers on the Euphrates. The shallow state of the water, the numerous sandbanks, and the preda tory habits of the wanderi ng t r ib es on t h e b anks, which defied all chance of establishing coal-deposits, were obstacles enough to deter the most enterprising. But as the stream of the Euphrates is evidently the shortest route to East India, England has in no way entirely given up the idea. After Col. Chesney, Capt. Lynch, R. N., ascended the Euphrates, as far as it was navigable, in iron boats, constructed on pur pose ; one of them only drew 16 inches. The steamers on the Euphrates proceeded from the mouth of the river, from Bassora, by Hillah, Hit, Hana, and Bakka, as far as Bir in the Pachalik of Marasch. From Bir, Colonel Chesney hoped to establish communication by land to Antakich, turning to account the lake of the same name, and then on the navigable Orontes, to where it runs into the sea at Suvadia. The Bay of Suvadia was formerly but little known, but contains one of the best anchorage in the Syrian waters. From the mouth of the Euphrates a steamer went direct through the Persian Gulf, and past the important commercial town of Maskat to Bombay. Should this route never be established still the enterprise de serves attention. " The route by the Red Sea and Epp is undoubtedly that which offers the greatest advantages. This route was already made use of before the passage round the Cape was discovered. Indian commerce was then in the hands of the Arabs. The Venetians and the Genoese brought the produce of India to Egypt and Syria, and provided the rest of Europe with Asiatic goods. GROUP XXXI. SOUTH WALES. The Committee assembled at the usual hour, and were oc cupied the greater part of the clay in arranging and settling the clauses of the South Wales and Dean Forest Railway Bills. The Bills were ordered to be reported. The Committee then proceeded with the investigation of the BURDENS AFFECTING LAND. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, TO CONSIDER THE BURDENS AFFECTING LAND. The following are the recommendations contained in the report of the Committee of the House of Lords, ap pointed to consider the burdens affecting land:— " 1. The improvement of the law of real property; the simplification of title, and of the forms of convey. ance; the establishment of some effective system for the registration of deeds. "2. An extension of the measure of 1835, by reliev ing the counties and boroughs from the portion of ex pense to which they continue liable for criminal prosecre Cons, as well as the maintenance and conveyance of pri soners. This measure, however, should be accompanied by an adoption on the part of the State of an effective control. "3. The adoption of the liability of the owner of houses under the annual value of 101. to the rates at which the same are assessed. "4. Where establishments exist or may be required for the support of lunatics, and where there are obvious reasons, both of economy and of humanity, for central ising the administration, and where, above all, the re sources of the State can be made available, without any risk of aggravating or increasing the evil proposed to be remedied, the Committee are not prepared to justify the imposition of the whole cost upon one description of pro perty. The Committee, therefore, submit that the charge for the maintenance of pauper lunatics through. out the empire ought to be undertaken by the public. "5. To a certain extent the observations made on lunatic asylums may be applied to some branches of the expenditure for the maintenance and relief of the poor. Mr. Cooke shows, from official documents, that the establishment charges, inclusive of salaries, amount to 17 per cent. on the total expenditure for the relief of the poor, and states that these charges might be provided by the Government, without leading to any evil conse quences in the administration of the poor-law. " 6. A charge is periodically cast upon the land for the militia rate; this is not now levied, th e m ili t i a b eing disembodied; ut, considering the object of the militia to be general, and not confined to any particular class, the committee are of opinion that this charge should be provided for by Parliament, care being, however, taken, that if the public assume the responsibility of the charge, the Government should have authority to insure the effi ciency of the force. " 7. It is most desirable that the experiments for test ing the process of malting barley for the purposes of fattening cattle should be repeated, with the co-operation of persons of acknowledged skill in agriculture. " These measures - appear to the Committee to be ne cessary because they are just. They have confined their recommendations of change in the sources from which certain charges should be defrayed to matter in which every interest is equally concerned, and the expense of which ought to be shared by all. "The committee considered themselves limited to an inquiry into the relative burdens on different descrip tions of property within the kingdom ; a more im portant consideration would probably be the proportion of burdens on the cultivators of land in this country as compared with those borne by the cultivators of foreign countries intended to be admitted into competition with them in the same market. On this subject some infor mation has fallen from Messrs. Cramp and Bantield, who have been acquainted with the condition of farm ing in countries bordering on the Baltic and in the north of France, but the committee were of opinien their instructions precluded them from following up this de scription of inquiry. evi dence, " The i committee p ehnadviex thereto,dainrdecitueddexthe minutes to f e laid before your Lordships." One Noble Lord, a Member of the Committee, who did not approve of the report as agreed to by the Com mittee, drew up another report, which he caused to be printed, and which contains the following re commendations : "1. The improvement of the law of real property, thesimplification of titles and of the forms of conveyance, the establishment of a general office for the registration of deeds ; thus applying principles already adopted in Scotland, Ireland, and almost throughout the Continent of Europe, whereby the security to landed property has been increased, and its value augmented several years' purchase. "2. An extension of the measure of 1835, by reliev ing the counties and boroughs from the portion of ex pense to which they continue liable for criminal prose cutions. The measure, however, should be accompanied by an adoption, on the part of the State, of an effective control. The establishment of an office of public pro secutor, and the conduct of all prosecutions, is recom mended in the strongest manner by the example of , Scotland and of Ireland, as well as by the reason of the case. 4 . 3. The revision of stamp duties, not with a view to the reduction of revenue, but to a better appointment of burdens—an adoption of an ad valorem scale of duty, relieving small properties from the present unjust and disproportionate charge, and making an equitable dis tribution of all duties on the sale and transmission of property real and personal, whether during life or after decease, both on ordinary conveyances and in the shape of probate or legacy duties, so as to remedy all existing inequalities, and to repeal all undue and partial exemp tions. " 4. The adoption of periodical and compulsory re valuations for the levy of all local rates, so as to avoid the injustice and inequality of the present most anoma lous system. This is consistent with the recommenda tion of the commissioners on local rates, and with the evidence now taken. " 5. The consolidation of the present numerous rates, levied by multiplied and sometimes conflicting authori ties. There new exists in law, if not in practice, 24 rates, and 54 species of officers for their imposition, levy, and administration. The number of these officers is now estimated at 180,204. The fact that many of these officers perform gratuitous service does not neces sarily vary the case ; it is far from being universally true that gratuitous service is always the cheapest. "6. It has been explained by Mr. Blake, that the expense of erecting gaols, bridewells, shire-halls, and similar buildings in Ireland, is provided for by the public. Advances are made by the Treasury to meet rtehpeasye a h b e le a , v ,v y it b h r o a u n t ch in e t s er o e f s, e t x b p y enditure ; these adva nces are mad e on t h e security of the county-rate, and are appears every reason w h y this system nsshtoaulmldenhetse. extend. to Great Britain. "7. Where new establishments are introduced, as in the banblet- above there are obvious v without session,s i f at t o lh r l ut c h e f o h f e a h a ge d r m a vianti Statei s n t g r u a a t on i r o h n e, increasingma a n d d e a w v he e ti Ih r a e e. , one descripti on of evil propo se d to be remedied, the committee are not prepared t o j ust i fy the imposition of the whole cost upon e vious reasons both ofeconomy and of huma natrrneays o f i osruirirnsckg t t e h so e support of lunatics, and wh ere property. The committee, therefore, submit, whether the charg e for the maint enance o f luna tics in publi c asylums throughout the empire ought not to be undertaken by the public. " 8. More hesitation should undoubtedly be felt in re spect to any part of the expenditure for the maintenance and reliefof madethe p o o n o r lunaticbu t, to a s a y l e d % certain in may, extent, with the proper ob servations safeguards, be made applicable to other branches of chargett o h e b militia g i e i s t nh i e a oru r a a l Id t ab n ; e dtphrt not provided confined oe n na o fi t fno n er o db w tyo l p e t v ah i re e l charge is consideriperiodicallyng the cas objectt u p on eom t f h let the l ei a am n d i el for ta interests Parliament, e h e r n e t s s ' e r a o t r f . e b a b e i par_ n in g g however ii ty of thtaken charge,that theif Itoo.enlsturise tmheosetffi ticular class, the committee are of opinion that this rity for testing the chemical conclusionsh force. i in e e a n s t su s m ho e u t ld he h r av e autho esponsibi- ci ci e e s n ir e a y ble that the practical experi mentsfessor Graham, Thompson, and Dr. Lyon Playfair have arrived should be repeated , to which . Pro under proper superinten dence, but with the c o - operation o f acknow ledged skill in agriculture. Without pe tu rs i o m ns pugning the scientific acquirements of the l eminent o men consulted by the Government, it is highly interesting that this question should be disposed of in a manner to leave no reasonable be pronounced. dou decision which on the " These measures appear to the Committee in them selves to be defensible be,. —ause they are just ; but at 010- same time, in making these suggestions, they are fully " The Red Sea, which extends from the Straits of Bab-el- Mandeb to the roadstead of Suez to the length of 13 to 30 degree north latitude, was deemed scarcely practicable for Eu ropean vessels, owing to the numerous shoals. The Arabian coasting vessels are badly built, at most half-decked, and stre piloted by men w h o d o not s t eer b y compass b u t by the dif ferent mountain s a n d p o i n t s o f l an d a l on g thecosas ffi t,ninaendt always cast anchor at night. F r om such men t ne ith er em w ith the sufficient speed nor safety is to be expected to entru st h transport of merchadise . Six or eight tons, go yearly E n glish eaind North American merchantmen, from 300 to 800 , through h the Straits of Bab• el-Mandeb to Moch a . where a wheErnernthpseayntavkeessienl cargoes of the so-called Mocha coffee. has seldom advanced so far as Flubeida. " About thirteen years since an attempt was made to estab lish British steamers on the Arabian Gulf, and there is now a regular line between Suez, Aden, sad Bombay. " The great seats of the Ang lo-Indian empire, Bomb ay' Madras, and Calcutta, were already in communicati on b y steamers, to which a new line was added between Hong-Kong, Singapore, and Calcutta ; se that, at the present moment, the whole of Upper and Lower India, and China, with the excep tion of the comparatively short land-journey through Egypt, are in direct communication with Europe by steamers twice in every month. " Between Alexandria and Cairo, on the canal of Dfahmudia, as far -as Atph, and then on the Nile to Bulakh • to Cairo there are various m eans o f transport, comprising datbottomed iron steamers. Between Cairo and Suez, on the desert, every. thing is provided for a tat and sate oairroyancei At Sues there is an English Consulate, and everything arranged for the comfort of travellers. The steamers between Bombay and Suez carry goods as well as passengers. "It has been lately proved that the Red Sea can be navi gated, not only by steamers, but by European sailing vessels, of a certain amount of tonnage, and a moderate draught of water. " The first European merchant vessel that navigated the Red Sea in its full length was the English brigantine schooner, the Clown, in 1843, which arrived at Suez from Calcutta in seventy-two days, with a cargo of Indian merchandise, and having shipped a cargo of European good, returned by the same route to India. This example was followed soon after by a vessel from Bremen. It is therefore proved beyond a doubt that when the canal is cut through the Isthmus of Suez, steamers as well as sailing vessels can enter direct from the Mediterranean into the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. This junction of Asia with Europe is simple, grand, and according with the interests of Europe in general. After cutting through the Isthmus of Suez, the commerce of Europe with East India, China, the Phillippine Islands, and Australia, will pass princi pally by the Mediterranean. different ports on the Adriatic, especially Trieste and Venice, would be considerable gainers by this route, and would become the great staple markets for the com merce with India, and the different railways now in con struction through Austria and Germany would be turned to account." The writer then treads more particularly on Austrian ground :—" Already in this last century the Austrian flag fluttered in the Indian seas. Commercial expeditions were sent from the A ustr i an N etherlands. In 1819, a commercial company was formed at Ostend, and their affairs prospered in Guinea and East India. Emperor Charles VI. established by a patent on the 19th December, 1722, an East Indian Com mercial Company, but owing to the jealousy of Holland, France, England, Prussia, and Sweden, the patent was with drawn in 1727. Nevertheless, until the death of Joseph 11., Austria remained in possession of her conquests in the East, that is to say, in possession of the Nicobar islands and some factories on the coast of Coromandel. On the loss of the Netherlands, and during the following continental wars, these possessions were given up, but not the right to them. " After the re-acquisition of the Austrian coast-lands, and commerce beginning to flourish, an Austrian corvette set sail for Canton, in 1817, with the intention of opening a direct commerce with China. "If these attempts were not renewed at a later period, the fault is certainly not on the side of the Austrian merchant navy, which has increased 3early, and now ranks among the first in Europe. Austrian merchantmen not only trade with the prin cipal ports of America on the Atlantic, but they double Cape Horn and advance into the Pacific to Porto-Callao, and other markets of western America, even to California. Uragua, and the states north of La Plata, are of the greatest import ance for Austrian navigation ; it were well if Austria entered into treaties relative to commerce and navigation with those free states, a• England, France, Sardinia, and even Spain have done. En erprise arid energy are not wanting among the Aus.. trian ship-owners, and they only await the word. " Our industry," says the Austrian w "demands a wider field, and we need no longer be dependent on others for the produce of the tropics. We must import in our own bot toms, and pay the produce as best suits us, with our own wares; thus opening a riew field to our commerce; and we will ourselves become the mediators for sending the produce of India to the rest of Europe. " Three years ago a mission left Trieste for East India, to inquire into all the particulars concerning commerce and navigation in those parts. Almost at the same time, the Austrian brig, Zoachimb, set sail for Bombay with a cargo of Austrian manufactures. Last year the Austrian flag might be seen in the waters of Sunda and Singapore. The conditions imposed on Austrian vessels are, it is true, very hard. At Calcutta the daily expense of an East India merchant vessel, not belonging to Great Britain, is about 201. Large vessels pay less in proportion. The duty on English wares in English vessels is five per cent., for foreign wares in English vessels ten per cent., arid for importations on foreign vessels twenty per cent. on the value. Owing to the treaty of 1838, between Austria and England, relative to navigation, Austrian vessels ought to be treated in Indian-British ports on a better footing." Since the above was written three different expeditions have left Trieste for East India, but the result has not transpired. NEW ASYLUM FOR INFANT ORPHANS. SECOND ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL. The second anniversary festival of this truly charitable and benevolent Institution took place at the London Tavern, on last, evening, Lord MORI'ETH in the Chair. The usual loyal and national toasts having been given and drank with enthusiastic applause, a curtain un veiled, and displayed thirty-nine infant orphans, who sang a hymn. This scene was most interesting and impressive. The eldest of the children did not appear to be more tha❑ ten years of age. They were cleanly and neatly dressed, and their complexions spoke significantly that they were well and comfortably provided for. The CHAIRMAN said he confessed the sight which he had just witnessed struck him with the deepest interest, and he felt sure that the scene formed a most appro priate and pleasant prelude to the toast which it was his duty to submit to the meeting that evening. When pre siding at similar charitable associations, he felt that their merits were sufficiently tested by a long and prosperous experience. Their present society had not yet obtained that notoriety and expansion which he trusted it would obtain ; but there was something in the principle on which it was mainly founded which he considered most commendable, and which, nevertheless, might be looked upon as rather new and experimental. There were institutions in the metropolis erected as asylums of orphans, and he considered it an unjust and querulous mind that could find a reasonable fault with the principle of such institutions ; and though he was aware that there were some objectors, there had been none to object to their leading principle, and to say that it was the legitimate object of benevolence to pre vent, and not to palliate crime, yet he would have them remember, although he must say he admitted the theory, that until they had succeeded in preventing evil, it was their duty to deal with its symptoms—(!fear, hear) — and if they could not get at the root, they should not re fuse to uncurl the leaves of the diseased tree; and thi,ugh there might still be improvidence, though there still might be drunkenness —and there still might be vice— the) should not leave the little ones to their heritage of suffering, over the lot of whom angels would weep. It was not the province of man to harden his heart.—(Hear.) There was only one similar institution to theirs, but it was founded on an exclusive system. He did not, nor could he quarrel with the exclusive system, and while there were so many mingled and multifarious forms of wretchedness, they could not quarrel with whatever im tigated the distress of their fellow-man, nor could the principle of exclusiveness in arty degree interfere with the public benevolence.—(Hear, hear.) They had asked no crozier to point out the limits of their charity, nor any mitre to sanction their humanity—they went on the broad principle preache 1 by their Redeemer, of uni versal love and good-will to all inen.—(Hear, hear.) They cared not whether the objects of their love and charity were brought up in the Divine lessons and sainte I pie;y of a Watts or a Doddridge, the spirituality of a Taylor, the icryld zeal of a Wesley, or Vie self d(nying labeurs of a Fenelou or Bouromeo. Little chil eren were indifferent to those denominations and dis tinctions—they did not find their way into their infant bosoms. They wou'd not interfere with religious dis tinctions ; they were resolved that the education of their proteges should be strictly scriptural; they should be taught that a watchful eye of tenderness was over them, and they would be taught to look up to the Supreme Author of their being with love and gratitude, compared to whom their best of earthly benefactors presented but a faint and feeble image. —(Hear, hear.) They should be taught to look up to the Saviour, who bad said " Suffer little children to come unto me."—(Hear, hear.) They need not fear the denunciations of Westminster or the decrees of the Council of Treat; they would show that they wished to commisserate infant suffering, and that they attached weight to the great principle of reli gious freedom.--(Hear, hear.) He was informed, since he came into the room, that the pre sent institution only held thirty-six children, whilst it was calculated to receive one hundred, and that after the next election forty-seven children more would be admitted—(Hear, hear)—and they would do their utmost to turn as few from their doors as possible. The institution gave a preference to suffering virtue ; but, at the same time, when there were so many public sinners in the world, they would not adopt too much of the spirit of the philosopher, and clos; their door on the claims of those who' were the sufferers, and not the wrong-doers. But for the gentlemen he saw around him, and the other benefactors to the society, those little cherubs whom they saw that night would have had no one to teach them their Maker's name, or clasp their tiny fingers in prayer to heaven. They might not have had even the shelter of a roof to protect them from the " season's difference," and worse than all, far worse, they might, nay, it was too certain, that many of them would have fallen into evil associations, and into habits of vice and profligacy. But the charitable Society, which they had assembled to celebrate, has stepped forward to rescue and save them. The cause, then, of the suffering orphans was certainly in better, abler, and more zealous hands ; and he confidently relied on their future pro sperity and success. Lord DUDLEY STUART, in returning thanks, as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, took occasion to advert to Poland, and stated that the first recipient of the bounty of the Institution was the orphan of a Polish nobleman, a refugee. The Noble Lord concluded his remarks by a glowing eulogium on Lord Morpeth, whom he declared to have distinguished himscic, even in his earliest years, by carrying off the first prizes in Ox ford.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HANDLEY, M.P., said he supp?rted the Institu tion, as it was founded on the principlesfirstlts n amnesty, and as it did not confine benefits f C h t r o l 8 'La; class or faith. T ap h p e ea r r e e p d or a t shamndhtvheer siuo b osc, r 4 ip w t as ion th l e is r t e w sh e l r t e of th th en e days read, It subscriptions.—(Loud cheering.) The CH A IRMAN then gave " The health of the Minis ters who had made c haritable appeals fur the benefit of the Institution."—(Three times three.) " The Stewards" and " The Ladies.' The meeting did not separate until an advanced hour i artistes ight. who assisted du r i ng t h e night were, Tthhee n Messrs. G. F. Taylor, C. Kenny, C. Genge, Farquharson Smith, and Bland. Numerous arias were given, with a great deal of taste and execution. A MAN KILLED IN A SHow.---About nine o'clock on Wednesday evening, while the performers at Parish's Theatre, Waterloo-road, Stockport, were going through the melo-drainatic spectacle, called St. Clair of the Isles, or the Outlaw of Barra, the seats at the upper end gave way, and the spectators were precipitated to the ground, without, as it was then supposed, any i erson receiving personal injury. 'I he place was much crowded, and some difficulty was experienced in restoring order ; and regardless of the wreck of timber which the accident had occasioned at that particular portion of the booth, the performance proceeded. At eleven o'clock the company were dismissed ; and the parties connected with the building began to examine the extent of damage done ; when to their alarm and astonishment, they found a man buried beneath the timber, a piece of which lay across his throat, and lie was a corpse ! As no cries of distress were heard, it is clear the unfortunate man, who was smoking his pipe at the time of the accident, must have been suffo cated. His name and residence was William Rooney, a nail-maker, lodging in Edward-street—Manchester Herald. The venerable Earl of Harrowby,. although still somewhat infirm from his advanced age, Wends to pa tlao seam LI2 tOW I2 ! •is in irnyroved health, and 6,515 INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the meeting, held May 26, Sir J. Rennie (President) took the chair. The paper read was " A memoir on the Re sistances to Railway Trains at different velocities." By W. Harding, Assoc. C.E. It commenced by describing several series of experiments which had been made by different per sons with a view to determining the resistance at various ve locities ; some new experiments made by the writer on broad gauge and atmospheric lines being given in detail. Great difference of opinion on the amount of resistance pre vailed in 1837, when a committee of the British Association examined the subject and reported upon it. Notwithstand ing this, it was found, in 1845, that the estimates taken by some engineers of the resistances per ton at high velocities exceeded those acknowledged by other engineers by as much as 300 per cent. It appeared that the same low estimate of resistance was advanced by the advocates of the broad gauge before the Gauge Commissioners. It became, therefore, a matter of great interest, both in a theoretical and practical point of view, to determine which of these two estimates (differing thus widely) was correct ; and the inquiry was stated to have been facilitated by the application of two novel and direct modes of measuring resistances recently afforded to engineers by the atmospheric railway apparatus, and the application of Morius' dynamometer, to determine the trac tive force required in propelling railway trains, as used by Mr. Scott Russell in his experiments. In arranging the vast number of results afforded by experiments, the author pro ceeded on the following principle :—He collected together al the results of experiments which exhibited uniform velocities maintained on a calm day, and on a line free from sharp curves; these results he calculated and projected in diagrams and he s'.owed that between these results their subsisted the most satisfactory agreement and consistency. He argued that the fact of the agreement of et) many experiments made by different persons with different objects on different lines of railway during tile last seven years, the resistance being measured in no less then four different ways, leads almost irresistably to the conclusion that the increase of resistance with the velocity was such as these various experiments in dicated. The result was that the resistance per ton to A passenger train of, say 30 tons, at a speed of sixty miles per hour, would be upwards of 501bs. per ton, instead of 181bs. per ton, or nearly three times as much as had been estimated by some engineers. The author in pointing to the re sults of :these experiments, stated that he desired not to express any opinion in the papers on the advantages of the atmospheric system, or upon the other practical points referred to ; and then proceeded to apply to the experimental facts a formula expressing the law suggested by Mr. Scott Russell, which appeared to afford results closely agreeing with the experiments. The paper concluded with some re marks on the application of the experimental results ex hibited, which demonstrated the great increase of resistance with the velocity (it being with a light train four times as much as 60 miles an hour as at 10), to the calculation of the power of the locomotive engines, to the propelling power which, he contended, must be provided in the atmospheric system beyond that which had been calculated upon as necessary to the questions of gauge and of gradient ; on all these points the law which at present appeared to be esta blished had, he stated, the most direct and important bearing ; and the doctrines and modes of calculation till recently in use, as regarded propulsion On railways, would, he believed, require great modification. The paper was illustrated by several tables and diagrams. A gas' burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited. The principal feature of novelty was the introduction of a st ream o f a i r to the centre of the flame by means of a hollow b u tt on i s t h e m i ddle of the burner. T h e air passing up throu g h t h e h o ll ow stem of the button was heated and passed out b y two ser i es of fine holes around t h e periphery, and impingi ng it w i t h more force with the flame of the gas cu rve d it outwards in the shape of a tulip, while the oxygen of the a i r m i ng li ng with the carburettic hydrogen gas produced a very perfect combustion. The flame was quite white down the top of the burner, and it was very steady as was amply demonstrated by the excellent light in the theatre of the institution, where these burners have been used for some time. It was stated that in comparing the consumption of these burners with that of the concentric ring burner, and trying the power of the two lights with the Photometer, the new burner gave a better light with ! saving of rather better than one• third of the gas consumec• It was, we believe, called the " univer sa l b urner, " an d was introduced by Mr. M'Neil. The paper announced for Jens 9111 (the next meeting) was " A Description of the Iron Swing-bridge over the Wensum, near Norwich," by G. F . Bidder, M. Inst. C.E. THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—Upon making inquiry at the Northern Hospital this morning we learned that most of the sufferers by the late collision on the river are going on as well as can be expected. Three of them are so badly injured , and have bad so many bones fractured, that little or no hopes are entertained of their recovery. They can scarcely surviv e the next twenty-four hours. The Rambler was floated across the river last night, and is now lying in the Clarence Dock-basin. She will be hauled up on the gridiron to-day, and the necessary repairs will 1 done to her im me di a t e i y. Th e S ea Nymph has been hau l e up to one of th e sout h ern grav i ng docks, where workmen a h r: engaged in repairing h er i n j ure d stein. I t i s t h oug ht s will again be ready f or sea i n t h e course of a f ortn i g ht o r three weeks. The Rambler may probably be ready for sea about the same time. Many rumours are again afloat to-day as to the causes which led to the lamentable catastrophe, but the public will do well to forbear from giving credence to any of them until the inquests in Liverp o ol an d a t th e M agaz i nes s h a ll have jurors may taken place. It i s s i ncere ly t o b e w i s h e d that t h e may be men of practical maritime experience, and that all the evidence will be placed before them which can in any way throw light on the melancholy disaster. The inquest on the two dead bodies now lying at the Northern Hospital will be held before Mr. Curry, the borough coroner, but, as yet, no time has been fixed for commencing the inquiry. We have already stated in our first edition that the inquest on the thirteen bodies lying dead at the Maga zines will commence before Mr. Churton, the Chester coroner. on Tuesday next. It is probable, from what we have just heard, that the in quests on this and the other side of the water will be opened on the same day (Tuesday next), and that, in all probability , they will last several days. — Liverpool paper. RAILWA Sli .RE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— Bristol and. Exeter, New, 1 01 —Bristol and South Wales Junction, 138—Great Wetern, Quar ter shares, 16% —Midland, New, 32—Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New, 8% —North Staffordshire, 4 p.—York and North Midland, 97—Ditto, East and West Riding, I Is. MANCHESTER, Mel 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Cambridge and Oxford, % dis.—Derby and Crewe, 3% p.—Eastern Counties, Perpetual (No. 2), 7 1-16—East Lincolnshire, par—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &el dis. —Lancashire and North Yorkshire, % dis.—Leicester and Bedford, 3-16 p.—Liverpool and Bury, New Shares, 2 p.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 p. —Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, and Southport, IA dis.—Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 21s. 3d. P.- - Manchester and Birmingham, 80%—Ditto, Quarters (B), 8% Ditto, ditto (C), 8 p.—North Eastern, 30s. 6d. dis.—North Stafford shire, 3%,, p.—North Western, 5-16; p.— Shropshire Union, 15-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, Halves, No- 4, ss. p.—South Mid land, % dis.—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, Extension, 6% P. Welsh Midland,24s. dis.—West Riding Union, 2 9-16 p.—Whitchavell and Furness, Extension, dis. LEEDS, MAT 27. STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 17s. 6d. p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 5% p.—Leeds and Dewsbury, 345. p. c.—Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 21. 16s. p.—Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares (B), 8% p.—North British, Carlisle Branch, 1 p.—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos ton, 225. dis —Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, &c., 235. dis.—Chelms ford and Bury, 17s. dis.—Clitheroe Junction, 1% dis.—Direct Northern, % dis.—Glasgow and Dumfries, % dis.—Great Eastern and Western, 30s. 6d. dis.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 295. dis.—Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 78 dis.—Leices ter and Bedford, 4s. 6d. p. —Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, ISi p.—London and York, Is. 6d. dis. — Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 245. p. — NorthumberLand and Lancashire Junction , 20s. 6d. dis. —North Staffordshire, 4/. 15. p.—North Western, 4 P' —Welsh Midlands, 245. dis.—West Riding Union, 4/. 13s. 6d. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAT 27 . STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—Easterri Counties, York Ex tension, li t p.—Liverpool, M anc h ester, and Newcastle Junction, NI dis. —North British, Halves, llawick, 3 p.—North Staffordshire , 3% p. — Newcastle, and Berwick, 10% p.—Northumberland and Lan cashire, 20s.—Perth a n d I nverness, 18s. 6d. dis,—West R i d i ng Union, 2 p. SHEFFIELD, MAT 27. STOCK EXCRANGE.-The sal es are -Midl and, 149- Midl an d, She field, and Rotherham, 34 4 - Grimsby and Sheffield Extensions, lam' dis -Ditto, Quarter Shares, ss. dis.-East Lincolnshire, par-Ma n chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction, 2% dis.- North Western, 6s. p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 3s. 6d. p. HUDDERSFIELD, MAT 27. STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Clitheroe Junetion, 235. 6 d• -Great Eastern and Western, 208.-Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad ford Union, 4-London, Salisbury, and - Yeovil, 365. 6d.-Manches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 3/. 55.-North Staffordshire, 44 North Western, 285.-South Midland, 305.-Welsh Midland, 253 London and York, 23 -Glasgow and Dumfries, 425. HULL, MAT 27. STOCK ExcnArna.-The sales are-London and .Blackwall tension, 2 dis.-North British, Carlisle, 445. 3d.-Derby and Gain , ' borough, 14s. 3d.-Direct Northern, 41s.- East Lincolnshire, 19% 6d.-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 13 / 4 -Hull and Barn s l e y Junc tion, 265.-Leeds, Wakefield, and Midland, 325.-Leicester and Bedford, 255. 9d.-Leicester and Tamworth, 275. 9d.-Manchest e r , Sheffield, and Midland, 2 %-North Western, 275. -South Midland, 34s -Shrewsbury and Birmingh am , 2% -West Riding u n i o n, 41. 16s. V. YORK, MAT 27. STOCK Excnarmz.—The sales are—Leicester and Bedford, 1 1 . s g• Gd.—London and York, 2/. ft—Newcastle and Berwick, 25%—North British, Carlisle Extension, 21. ss. 6d.—York and North Midland, New (East and West Riding), 11%. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The AsSaGleosWa,reA_lAAirx Airdrie and Extension, 28s. 3 . 28. Ba a thg nd a L te. oth s i 9g al, Ayr and Galloway, 22s.—British and Irish Union, 41s. 6d. iit i tt c". Man, 10; 2 —Caledonian and Dumbartonshire wi n iartioc , and rdros gtaswt Generallndian a s l , 6 9 %. —Fo —Glasgowrth a S 1 y d d e B Junction,ett.atk Union,3Bs A . — 4 G 2 s l . a . ! Glasgow and Greenock, 1614 —Glasgow'. san, 285.—Kimarnock and Ayr Direct, 370-- Lanark 41s. 6d.—Lesmahagow, 45s.—Man Perth and Crieff, 325. 6d.—Scottish Central, 15 % — bouth Mid land, 295. ehasterand South -- - Mr. O'Connell, M.P. , and a depu tation, had an inter view with Sir Robert Peel yesterday, BIRTHS lashet House, Mrs. J. Fry, of a daughter. the wife of the J. John Coventry of A Inst., in Guildford-street, Lady Pollock, of a daughter . On the 22d ~ 22d inst., at Titchfleld-terrace, Regent's -park North, .."" On the , fe of George De Morgan, Esq., barri ster -at-law, of a son. wife the 18th inst., at Charterhouse-square, the wife of Alfred D• Garrod, M.D., of a son, On the 20th inst , the lad y of P. C. Maxwell, ll Req., of the GroY 4 Richmond, of a son. r,,,, of daughter. A t t n n e y 2 , 4 n th ear i n s o t ; f a . r t d P , On the 20th inst., at Norwood, the lady of Samuel Laing, ---,' a son. Oti the 20th inst., at Crayford, Kent, Mrs. A. Swaisland, 0,1,0, On the 2lst inst., at Paddenswick-plaee, Hammersmith, tu e ' Of Joint Simon, Esq., b arrister-at•law, of a son. On the 21st i nst., at Ramsgate, the lady of Francis Henry -nom, ••-• Esq., of a daughter. On the 21st inst., at Frittenden, the Lady Harriet Moore, On the 22d inst., the lady of Louis Cohen, Esq., of Sou Finsbury, of a son. daughter . . On the '23d inst., in Finsbury-square, Mrs. Waller, o f a x : EA., Of On the 23d inst., at Italharia-hill, the wife of Thomas F a son. South-street. On the 23d inst., the lady of Major Richardson, York-street, port man-square, of a son. MARRE. On the 15th Inst., at Johannstorff, I in D the Grand Duchy of Meeklen c i burg, Herman Reddelien, Es q ., o f M anc h es t er , t o Clara, second daughter of G. C. Eckermann, Esq., of Johannstorff. On the 23d inst., at Trinity Church, Stepney, Robert Pugh, Es 4,;: of Clapham-common, to Mary Cross, d aug ht e r of the late Rey • `, Williams, M.A., of St. Anne's, Llmehouse. DIED. w ife of On the 23d inst., at Woolvers, near Reigate, Elizabeth, the w William Felgate, Esq. On the 24th inst., John Newland, Esq., of the Middle TemPle,..• On the 24th inst., Mrs. Henry Probatt, of Copenlnig White-conduit, aged 56. On th, 25th inst., at Hoddesdon, Hefts, Miss Lawrence. On the 25th inst., in Sandwich-street, Burton crescent, John Siin mons, Esq., aged 84. oest On the 25th inst., at Southwick-crescent, Frederick Henry , Y oun.-- son of the Hon. H. Manners Sutton, M.P. In the 80th year of his age, It. H. Crabb, Esq., of Grea t Baddoiv, Essex. In Lower Stamford-street, Sarah, relict of the late Walter Edward Barry, of Bridge-street, Westminster, aged 84. London: Printed and Published by MVILDO YOUNG, °CNN,. 11 2, strand, Printer, at 77te Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in th4Trecinct of the SIT , T, In the County of ioddiesfar, nuirtivt, g‘r 21,