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tl e determination or the country not to suffer him to av so pitiful a character.—Morning, Chronicle. In the House of Commons, last night, time ballot was taken on the ' Carlow election petition. The ‘naim its arc Reformer::, and Mr. Francis Darin ,. As cbosen Chairman. The doors were closed at four o'clock, and remained so until seven, when the Com mittee were sworn at time table. The cause of this delay was an application made by Counsel on behalf of the High Sheriff of Carlow, to be allowed to defend I,in ls elf f rom some, gross imputations on his character s returning officer, contain,d in the petitions that have been presented a t cainst the return. This application was ably snpported by the Irish Attorney-General, by Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Roebuck anti others ; and was resisted by Sir IL Pee!, Lord Stanley, and the Tory party generally. A most uproarious discussion was kept up fcr two hours, when a division took place on the general proposition, that it was competent to the House to grant the returning officer's application. This proposition was affirmed by a majority of 128 to 118. It was next moved that the House do concede time prayer of the High Sheriff in the present case. The Speaker having given it as his opinion that there was but one petition before the House, and that time High Sheriff could not properly be made a party iu the defence of the return, this motion, which was vi )nlently opposed by Lord Stanley, was negatived by a majority of 131 to 115—ten of the Reformers, who voted in the majority on the first division, having voted with the Tories on the second.—Morning Chronicle. The English law is made up of fictions, which are no doubt often, though in an odd enough way, sub servient to the ends of justice. It sometimes, how ever, happens that a circumstance, apparently unessen tial, deprives the suitor of the benefit of fiction. Every one knows that in cases of seduction the action can only be brought against the offending party for loss of services ; and that juries give verdicts for large sums in cases in which a father not only re ceives no services from a daughter, but would gladly pay a large sum to be freed from her mainte nance. In fact, the Jury consider themselves bound to extort from the seducer something like a provision for his victim. In a case. reported in the Chronicle of yesterday the circumstances under which seduction took place appear more than usually aggravated. The plaintiff placed his daughter with the defendant's wife, as an apprentice to the business of a milliner, and gave with leer 251. a year. The defendant, who was particularly bound to take care of the morals of the girl, sent her home enceinte. One would have thought, if ever redress was due for seduction, it was in such a case. But no ;—the letter of the law interposes. The plaintiff having parted, with the services of his daughter, could not sue for loss of that to which he had no claim. The whole matter is a fiction, as we have said, but still there must be a literal pretext to enable the Courts to afford redress. Foreigners will hardly believe that, in the middle of the nineteenth century, the law of England still remains in so bar barous a state.—Morning Chronicle. The proceedings in the House of Lords last night were precisely what might have been anticipated by any one who had taken pains to examine the position of the respective parties, and the obligations imposed on the Conservative Peers by their own antecedent policy. Lord Melbourne proposed the second read ing of the Irish Municipal Bill, in a speech which (always wishing to act fairly by the Noble Viscount) we must state to have been in its general spirit and temper less objectionable than some others which have been lately delivered by him. In argument, as is in variably the case with Lord Melbourne, he made a conspicuous failure. The Noble Lord described the present Bill to be one which differed only in one par ticular from that which the Home had rejected last Session, and that single point of difference was the giving the Lord-Lieutenant a power of nominating Sheriffs from among successive lists of three indivi duals each, whose names were to be sent up to him by the corporate bodies—a change of little or no im portance, and- one which could not weigh a feather against the collective and ponderous vices of the measure. It was, we presume, in a fit of natural carelessness, or bacchanalian jocularity, that the Noble Viscount first resolved on paying the House of Lords so hu mourous a compliment as that of recommending to them a certain measure, because it was almost word for word the same as they had last year refused to pass without many and important alterations. His Lord ship attempted another topic in the way of argument with just the like success. He told the Peers that the beneficial working of the English Municipal Bill was an example to them of the good which might be ex pected from the Irish measure. But in this it did un fortunately happen that Lord Melbourne lost sight of th one grand consideration on which the resistance to the Irish Bill, both in and out of Parliament, is founded, inasmuch as the good working of Corporate Reform in England, where it has wrought well, arises from the nature of the community upon which it operates ; and to bring forward a loose analogy from the mere fact of local Government in this country, to prove what must be its effects in another country, which differs from this in the first elements of its social system, is to beg the whole question, and assume that thing of which the existence - is denied. The Noble Lord, the Whig Prime Minister, desires us to accept a code of local self-government in Ireland —first, because it has succeeded here ; and next, be cause it substitutes a dispersed and district power for a " centralized power far off from the spot, of which there is too much in Ireland." The Conservatives re ject the inference drawn by Lord Melbourne from the operation of the system here, seeing that there is no monopoly here ; and the prime and fundamental charge against the Bill is, that the self-government proposed for Ireland can, in the nature of things, be nothing else but a monopoly, a monopoly by the rulers of a particular sect, organised avowedly into a political force, and directed against all who are of a different religious communion. The Conservative revolt at the nonsensical pretext set up by Lord Melbourne of taking refuge from an excess of " centralization" in the enact ments of such a Bill as this, because, forsooth, of its es tablishing " local authorities" everywhere, instead of the supremacy of the Castle, when the truth insisted on by us Protestants is, that all the powers created by this Bill, instead of being exercised by responsible Ministers of State in Dublin, would be flung into the hands of a Popish priesthood, wholly irresponsible to the State, acting under a single authority, moved as a single man, with all the mechanical subserviency of a puppet, and with no more moral discrimination between right and wrong than the same puppet, hut obeying the mandates and promoting the dominion • of one undivided auto crat—viz., the Church of Rome, which presents the most perfect image of " centralization," that is to say, of a central despotism, that ever this world afforded. The Dulae of Wellington declared broadly and em-• phatically that he never would support the present Bill ; and, amongst other striking remarks put fort h by his Grace upon its multifarious vices, he mentioned tha power enjoyed by a five-pound rabble of levying rates upon all the inhabitant proprietors in the borough, the scale of which rates should rise in this pkportion— viz., on occupants of houses or premises valued between .5/. and 10/., sixpence in the pound ; on those between 101. and 20/., ninepence in the pound ; on those above 201., one shilling in the pound ; while the beauty of the invention is, that the five-pound burgesses, who constitute the bulk of the corporation, and therefore the main body of the tax imposers, are themselves exempt from paying a single halfpenny ! There is legislation for you. There is foresight. There is equality of protection. What a pity that the Lords will no pass such laws under the Watchword of " Jus tice to Ireland I" The Duke of Wellington, however, conceived that the Peers were bound, as they had last year felt themselves, not to reject the principle of abo lishing the actual corporate bodies of Ireland, which had shown themsdyes to be exclusive and objection able—he would therefore vote for the second reading, and reserve his arguments against the 'passing of the Bill' until it should be committed on sonic: future day. Lord Lyndhurst << entirely agreed" with the .Noble Duke " that this Bill ought to be read a second time;" and we notice the expression more particularly, that , it may serve to silence the silly but malignant gossip re iterated hourly by the Radical prints, and more fur tively circulated by their masters, to the effect that -there is discord, or at least difference of opinion, among Conservative leaders, as to the course to be pursued— 'when we do believe that if the annals of English party THE SUN, LON DON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1837. lege claimed. Mr. 'Waldo argued that in this case . there was more than one petition, viz., first, the peti tion from the parties impugning the return, and se condly, the petition from the parties praying to be heard in defence of the return. Mr. Thessiger and - Mr. Austin, protesting that they were taken wholly by surprise, replied with much ability, contending that within the intention of the Act of Parliament there was here hut one petition—that the Legislature did not in this clause contemplate such a petition as that hich merely prayeed the substitution of a defence by electors for defence by the sitting Member. The point raised, then, was this—was there one pe tition, or more than one petition, before eie.House ? ' On this point, for the raising of which the Mem bers on the Conservative side of the House were wholly unprepared, and upon which it was impossible for the House to seek information, the doors being locked, and all access even to the Journals in the Library prevented, the King's Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. \Voulfc—and the master of 'the King's Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. O'Connell, deli vered elaborate orations. They had had intimations which had not been given to the House ; they had had glimpses of coming events which had not been exhibited even to Mr. Speaker. Sir Hobert Peel was left to the hasty decision of the moment, and Lord Stanley might refer to cases with a doubtful memory ; but, to secure perfect impartiality, it had seemed ne cessary to send the Solicitor to the Member for Kil leenny, and to furnish the Attorney-General with a brief. The Attorney-General moved that the House give leave to the High Sheriff to join in striking the Committee. However, these two Learned Gentlemen argued in vain that in this case there were within the meaning of the Act of Parliament two petitions. After a discussion, in which several Members took part, an appeal was made to the Speaker, who decided that all the Parliamentary law of the Attorney-General and his master, though studiously conned and elo quently delivered, was bad law ; that within the mean ing of the Act of Parliament there was here only one petition. Mr. Hardy moved, as an amendment to the motion previously made by the Irish Attorney-General, to affirm the decision of the Speaker, " That there was but one petition before the House." This motion was negatived by a majority of 10, the numbers being, on a division, for Mr. Hardy's amendment 118, against it 128. There remained the main question upon the motion of the Irish Attorney-General, " That the House give leave to the High Sheriff to join in striking the Committee;" for the Speaker, though pronouncing Mr. Woulfe's law bad, and Mr. O'Con nell's argument wrong, nevertheless by a different road, had come to the same conclusion at which those exemplary gentlemen, by their bad law and their wrong argument had previously arrived. The Speaker, construing an " and" in the dtsjundive which every other gentleman who had taken part in the de bate had construed in the conjunctive sense, and— possibly construing it rightly so—had expressed an opinion that, though there were but one petition, the House might, in the exercise of its discretion, allow he High Sheriff to join in striking the Committee, at ;he same time suggesting that such a discretion had CI C., been never or rarely used, and ought to be used with the greatest possible caution. 'With this warning ringing in his ears, the Irish Attorney-General pro ceeded to repeat his claim on behalf of the High Sheriff of Carlow. And who was the High Sheriff of Carlow, ard what was the claim made for him ? The High Sheriff of Carlow was Mr. Keogh, as stout a supporter of :Mr. Vigors as Colonel Bruen may be supposed to have been of his opponent. The claim made for him was that he should come in as a third party, distinct from Mr. Vigors, to exercise a separate right of striking for the Com mittee. The effect of the admission of the claim would have been this—that Alt. Vigors and Mr. Keogh, heir interests being, to all practical intents and purposes, identical, would have had the power of striking off two names, where the opposing parties would have had the power of striking off but one ; and thus it was expected to forma Committee upon which even Mr. O'Connell might have smiled his approbation. Lord Stanley, we are informed, exposed this despicable chi canery i 4 a most powerful address. He pointed out the absurdity of representing the High Sheriff as having a " distinct interest" from Mr. Vigors, when the Counsel for Mr. Vigors had beat observed prompting the Counsel of Mr. Keogh in his speech, and ‘s hen the agent for Mr. Keogh and the agent for Mr. Vigors was a;:tually one and the same man. He appealed in most energetic terms to his political. opponents, " as gentle men and as men of honour," against the gross and scandalous iniquity which the House was called upon to commit, and asked how any reliance could be placed hereafter upon decisions of the House on these ques tions if the House, from obviously party motives, should now deliberately pack a partial tribunal for the trial of a question on which legislation had done all in its power to secure a perfect impartiality. Reason is 'sometimes heard, and honour is sometimes remembered. After a discussion, in which the views of Lorcl Stanley were ably enforced by Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, and other Members, and in which the wrath of Mr. Woulfe and the bitterness of Mr. Roebuck were equally ludicrous and disagreeable, the question was put from the Chair, in words, that the High Sheriff be per mitted to strike ;" in fact, " that Mr. Vigors be per mitted to strike two for one." Thirteen Ministerial Members crossed the floor ; and this scheme, of which, without imputing motives to its concoctorS, we may say that its effect would have been all that the meanest trickery and the foulest injustice could de sire, was defeated by a majority of 16 ; the numbers being, for givinr . to Mr. Vigors only his right, 131— for giving to Mr.' Vigors twice as much as his right, 115. We will add an anecdote, instead of comment. In the trial of the Dorsetshire election petition against Lord Ashley's return, in 1831, it was proposed by some of the legal advisers of Lord Ashley to prefer, on the part of the returning officer, a similar claim. The propriety of preferring such a claim was referred to some of the Conservative leaders, and the claim was at once declared by them unfair and indefensible. Per haps Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Charles Wynn may for get that, in 131, they discountenanced. a demand, by urging which, 'in 1837, Mr. Woulfe and - Mr. O'Con nell, and 113 more Honourable Gentlemen, have earned nothing but the uncomfortable recollection of a dis creditable defeat. ---Morning Post. DUELS Olt JUDICIAL COMBATS IN NEW HOL LAND.--" It has long been known that the Aborigines of New South Wales leave all quarrels between individuals to be settled by a solemn judicial combat, the community interftiring no farther than to see fair play. But their notions of fair play differ considerably from ours if it, indeed, does not appear clearly which is the party aggrieved, they fight it out, man to man ; the tribe being present as by-standers, while the com batants engage with spears or waddles (wooden swords) till the satiefaciion is complete. But if one of the parties is ad judged to have the preponderance of justice on his side, lie is allowed to bring a friend with him as an auxiliary - and in every flagrant case, even two or more, according to the cha racter of the offence to be avenged. In all cases the offend ing party, however clear his guilt may be, is allowed to fight fur his life; but in some cases, of course, against such odds as render it next to impossible he should escape."—Account of an Expedition into the Interior of New Holland, edited by the Lady Mary Fox. HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—A Meeting of the London shareholders in this railway was held in London on Tuesday last, when Mr. Broadley made a report of the past oi.erations, which was unanimously approved of. Mr. Walker, the engineer, attended the Meeting, and explained fie line of the railway, which he stated to be superior to almost an, other as respects straigi to ‘ss, cheapness of forning, work ing, and maintaining aft 're a As. Tl,is railway, he said, was the last link of the (Treat chain of railway communication between Liverpool and Hull, or the Atlaotic and German oceans. The railway between Liverpool and Manchester is already in ope ration ; then comes the Manchester and Leeds, which is now in progress. This connects with the Leeds and Selby, which has been opened for several years, and which the Hull and Selby will continue to Hull. The length of this last railway is thirty miles. It requires comparatively small capital, and being under Hull directors and managers is little known in London; b u t, l oo ki ng u p on it as the completion of th e great line across E ng l an d, i t ma y well be regarded as a national underttesing. Notwithstnnding the unfavourable state of the wea ther on Monday, 4,453 persons - passed over the line of the London and Greenwich Railway, thereby realizing to the Company the sum of upwards of I 77/. ROBBING A CONNOISSEUR.--A correspondent of the %Newell/a, who attended the late sale of Sir Francis Frecling's pictures for the purpose of reporting the result to that journal, states that the sale was attended by " artists, picture-mongers, and pickpockets," and that some of the lat ter, " from love of vertu—not virtue, appropriated our pocket book, in which the prices were registered." were searched, there never yet was a body of public nen engaged in the furtherance of a great cause amongst whom such er.tire harmony, both of purpose opinion, existed. For Lord Lyndhurst's clear and convincing reasons in support of the line which :ee'adopted, we refer to his Lordship's brief address, \ellen-in, however, he took care to promise, not only that he would never pass this Bill, but that he would nevertheless do his utmost to introduce such amend ments into it as ought to meet the support - of all friends to good government in Ireland. The Bill is to he com :flitted to-morrow week.—Tintes. Thr-, second reading of the Irish Municipal Reform Bill was, last night, on the motion of Lord Melbourne, agreed to in the Lords without a division, no greater show of opposition being manifested than a determina tion expressed by the Duke of Wellington and Lord Lyndhurst never to consent to the passing of the Bill in its present form. The Noble Duke expressed his astonishment that, after the manner their Lordships had dealt with a similar Bill last Session, Ministers should think of offering the present Bill—in some 'in stances worse than the preceding--to their Lordship' consideration. If the Noble Duke really entertained the belief that their Lordships' insulting end outrageous manner of treating the Bill of last year would conduce to a compromise of the claims of Ireland, he has strangely deceived himself, and proved unaccountably regardless of his previous experience ; for, as his Grace was most appositely reminded by Lord Melbourne, the Bill for Catholic Emancipation was more fre quently rejected, and more strongly denounced than the present Bill, not only by that House, but even by his Grace himself ; and yet the Noble Duke afterwards esteemed himself fortunate in becoming the instrument of its accomplishment. His Grace also declared that he would not abolish a system of exclusion in favour of one party for the purpose of establishing a system of exclusion in favour of another ; but as this remark does not apply to the present Bill, which recognises no sectarian distinctions, it would be almost needless to reply to it, did not the Tories inveterately persist in ►misrepresenting the Bill as designed for the destruction of Protestantism. The whole weight of this objection rests on the fact of the great majority of the Irish people being Catholics ; wherefore, it is argued, that to admit them indiscriminately to municipal privileges, would give that religion an ascendancy. But this ascen dancy is not the ascendancy of Catholicism, but the ascendancy -of the majority—an ascendancy which must ever prevail in countries possessing free institu tions. This ascendancy is not a religious ascendancy, nor has it anythi►►g to do with religious purposes ; it is purely the ascendancy of the people as opposed to party —anti this is the real ground of the hostility of the Lords. This observation of his Grace was as infeli• citous as the preceding, tor to what purpose did he carry the E►ancipation Act if Ireland is now to be excluded from the enjoyment of municipal institutions, merely because the great bulk of her population is Ca tholic ? It it not a manifest cheat to profess hostility to systems of exclusions, to pretend a friendship for general religious emancipation, and at the same time legislate against a particular creed, because it pos sesses a majority of followers? Ireland, we presume, would be considered entitled to municipal government were the Catholic population a minority ; but as they are a majority, she is to be excluded from the rights possessed by England and Scotland. What, then, becomes of the principles of emancipation, which, to have recognised in an Act of Parliament, was an achievement that will enhance the Gallant Duke's fame more than any or all his victories. But we are inadvertently discussing a question on which ar gument is completely exhausted ; even the new point of opposition—" the indifference of the public"—put forward by the Standard last night, with such a ludi crous air of superior astuteness, is undeserving a reply. It would be premature here to speculate on ti►e change which the Peers will effect on the Bill in Committee ; but we have little hope of its beipg passed without such alterations as will render it utterly unworthy of being , accepted by the House of Commons, and still more in sufficient to appease the just claims of the Irish people. We must wait till we hear what are the " material alterations" threatened by Lord Lynd hurst, before we proceed with the further consider ation of the subject. It may not, however, be amiss to remind the Lords, that alterations emanating from a man formally denounced by the Irish people as an enemy to the peace of the country and the stability of the Throne, are not introduCed under auspices ad vantageous to their temperate discussion. In the ad mirable speech which prefaced the motion, Lord Melbourne forcibly and felicitously contrasted the present state of the English Corporations with the results which the Tories had prophesied as certain to follow the English Municipal Reform Act. Every concession, however, to the claims of justice and the people has been preceded by similar appalling vaticina tions ; but whether the fears of the faction be feigned or real, theme is now no alternative ; and if there were there would be no safety but in progressing with that mighty movement to which an appreciation of their just rights, consequent upon the advanced state of popular intelligence, natUrally and necessarily impels the people.—Morning Advertiser. In the House of Commons last night an extraordi nary scene took place on the ballot for the Carlow elec tion petition, before the opening of the reporters' gal lery. We have done our -best to obtain an accurate account of it, and we believe our statement will be found substantially correct. That those of our readers who are not Members of the House of Commons may un derstand as they read we must begin by briefly de scribing the course ordinarily pursued by the House in choosing Members to sit on an election Committee. At four o'clock the Speaker counts the Members present. If enough are in attendance to form the ballot he directs the parties and agents in the case to be called in. The names of the Members of the House, written on folded pieces 'of paper and en closed promiscuously in glass vases, are then handed to the Speaker by the chief clerk. The Speaker pro nounces each name successively, the Member, if pre sent, answering in his place. When thirty-three have answered the list is. delivered to the parties, who proceed, as it is termed, to strike the Committee. The parties claiming and defending the seat strike off one name from the list alternately, until the number is reduced to eleven. The eleven constitute the Coln.. Illittee to whom ethe petition is referred. It is hoped that in this manner, each party having on equal terms exercised the right of excluding such Members as may be, from personal or political considerations, pre eminently objectionable, a reasonably fair tribunal may ultimately be constituted. And now let us proceed to last night's manoeuvres. It will be remembered that Mr. \rigors, the sitting Member for Carlow, some time ago declined to defend his seat against the petition which attacked it. Certain electors of the county of Carlow petitioned to be heard i►► defence of the return in place of Mr. Vigors. The parties, therefore, be fore the House of Commons last night were, on the one hand, the petitioners who complained of the return, and, on the other hand, certain electors, who defended the return ; and in the ordinary course of proceeding each of these parties would have struck off eleven from a list of thirty-three, and would have submitted the merits of their case to the remaining eleven. But this, which would have been equal justice, would not satisfy the friends of Mr. Vigors. The petition which had been presented against the return of Mr. Vigors imputed several illegal acts to the .High Sheriff, the returning officer. It complained that he had ap pointed a notorious partisan as assessor, that he re tained votes improperly on the poll, and that be had excluded votes improperly from the poll. Those of our readers who are at all conversant with the com mon frame of election petitions know well that such allegations are to be found in far time larger half of those on which the House of Commons has to de cide. In this case, however, it was thought proper to put forward a new and unprecedented claim. Mr. Maule .was instructed to appear on behalf of the High Sheriff, and to claim for him the rigi►t of the striking the Committee conjointly with the parties contesting the seat. Mr. Maule cited the Act of Parliament, the 9th Geo. IV., which regulates the procedure of the House in these cases. It appeared from that Act that in case the sheriff shall appear, and in case there shall be more than one petitoin from distinct parties,. and complaining on di rent grounds, then, and in that case the House has the power, ?_/' it shall think ft, to give the Returning Officer the privi- PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS. ASSETRANCE COMPANIES, &c. &c. LONDON, - TUESDAY, APRIL 25. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Shares. Annum. Paid. Share. 1 , 780 7 pei cent. Ashton and Gidham....Average 971 . IS a . sh. 1:-.5 1,042 42. Ashby-de-le-Zone!' .........Average 113/. sh. '7O 1,201 Basingstoke lOO/. sh. 51 1,005 51, Breckneek and Abergavenny 150 . sh. Joe 8 ,000 1-10 sh. 9/. 9s. Pirmingharn, I-16th share R. & 71/. 218 4,000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...l2s/ eh. 100 pd 31 6(10 , Bridgewater and Taunton -.IOU sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater 1(10/. sh. 102 500 48 1 . 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Wilts an., Berk" .. Average 177/. 10s. Bd. *h. 600 3/. Wyrley and Essington 195/. sh 126 Wisbeach lO5/. sh. 905 1/. Wey ant Arun llOl. sh. DOr.'KS. 2,600 & 3 3 P. c. Commercial 1001. sh. 493,6671/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 3,232,31011. sfis.p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 4 340,000/. i/. per et. West India 2.'200 21. 19s. Bristol 413,324/. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,752 4 per eent. St. Katharine Stook 590,01)3 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds 200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds tur 10 years Shoreham I la i bour ....... Deptford Pict 2Ol. sh. 3/. BRIOGES. 1,(100 Ifs. Ilammersm.ti 5O/. ch. 7,231 Southwark, Old Av. tl3/. 2s. Bd. sh. 1,700 11. Iss. Ditto, New, of 7/ per cent. 5Ol. sh. 5,000 5,000 ISa. Rd. Date, Old Annuities of V/. 6O/. pi 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 401. pd 60,000!. 51. per oent. L'itto Bonds 5,918 141 Vauxhall Avsrige 701. 10s. 3d. sb. AS , URANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 21 104 Albion 500!. sh. 50/ pd 50,000 fbr, c a t 'l Alliance, British k Foreign 100/. sh. 101/. pd 50,000 A per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. W. pi 24,000 11 per sh. Atlas 1,200 Isle. 41. Birmingham l ire 20,000 41 per cent. British Fire 250/. eh. 501. pd 12,000 6/..per cent. British Commercial 504 sh. 5/. pd 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi .al,Bte. Life. 100/. sh. 12/10s pd 4,000 21 Its Ceunty 1001. sh. 10!. pd 20,000 Bs. Eagle . A . I's per cent./ Economic Lila lOOO/. sh. 250 /. pd '''' and 30/ bs.l 2,271 225. percent. European Llse 2O/. ah. all pd 40,000 a 2e, Ditto, New . 90/. sh. 21. pi 1,000,000/. 71. per et. Globe Stock 20,000 11. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 40,000 es. lid. Hope 501. sh. 51. pd 2,44)0 i/. 75. lid. Imperial Fire.. 500/. sh. 50/. pd 121 7,500 9s. Imperial Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 10 13,453 Ns. per sh. Indemnity Marine POI. sit. 81. pi 16 2,020 3/ lOs Kest Fire 501. ah. all pd 82 V. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 10!. pd 27 5 000 10s. London, Fir* 25/. sh. 191. 10s. pi 151 3,900 10.. London, Ship 0 51. eh. 121. 10s. pd 151 30,000 ;:l. per neut. Palladium I.ite 501. sh. 2/. pi 2/3s 04 50,002 Protector Fire 901. sh. 2/. pd Ills 6d 2,500 1/. Provident laie lllO/. sh. 10/. pd sf) 100,000 51. per Nast. Rock Life 20/. sh. 21. pd 51 459,220/ it per cent. Royal Exchange . Stock... 220 6,000 5 per cent. University Lite lOO/. sh. 51. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kin2dom Life 2l. pd JOINT STUCK BANKS _ . 2.500 25,000 ...... ... Agricfautliomin.oFfielZid 25/. sh. 10!. pd 5,000 Australa'ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 10,000 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 5(l. sh. 10/. pd 10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank ......... ...... 501. sh. 5/. pd 20,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster-100/ ah. 20!. pd 3,000 4 per cent. Lancaster 100/. sh. 20/. pd :5,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 50,000 71 per eent. Manchester and Liverpool] 1001. sh. 15/ pd Discount 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251 pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of Ireland 100/. sh. 251. pi 20,' CO National Bank of Ireland 5 O/. sh 1711. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. - lOW. sh. 351. pd 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 10!. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ 5s 431 Bath 2O/. sh. Pg. pi 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 1(1/. pd 5/ercnt. 5,000 t a ,',4 R. ,. e 58. 1 Ditto Provincial 20/. ah. 19 pd 929 5110 a Birmingham 5Ol. sh. 4,250 21 Os Bristol 2o' sh. 1,500 8' 108 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 750 31 ifs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 2,471 5 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all pd 4,000 41. Continental Consolidated lOO/. 621/. pd 1,000 10/. City of London lOO/. sh. all pd 1, 1 00 6/. Ditto, New 4,000 4/. lee. Equitable 10, 1 00 21 per cent. Imperil 5O/. sh. 800 swl per cent. Isle orl'hanet 9 51. di '2O/. lid 2,350 Cl. per cent. ' ndependetit '3o/. fib. all pd 9,000 2/. per eant. Phoenix ... 5O/. ak. 391. pd 1,000 41. per cent. Rate1ifr.............- ................ 100/. sh. $Ol. pd 4,0 , 0 South Metropolitan S OL sh. I'll. ixl 2,200 5/. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 401.1x1 240 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 111/. per cent Wakefield 25/. sh. 12,0110 sr. Westminster Chartered 0,000 12e. .. Ditto New . 51/. sh. 10/. pd Ks Yannoutli 2O/. sh. 181. pd ' WATER. WORKS. 4,800 9a. Birmingham 25/. sh. 251 pd 4,434 W. East London lOO/. sh. 5,500 21 lOs or and Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. sh. 2,000 '2l. Kent. 100/. lib. 372 10/. Liverpool Bootle 9 20/. sh. 1,500 2/ lOs Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,180 11 15s Menchestei and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 5,294 31/. West Middlesex ....Average 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1,360 11 Its York Building Co. Lessee Prop ..... -1001. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 41,000 Birmingham and Derby 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 101 pd 7,500 Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction 15,0110 Bristol and Exeter lOO/. sh. 5 pd 660 ......... Calcutta end Siturtir 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 ......... Cheltenham and G. Western... 100!. ah. 711. 3,001 Clarence lOOl. sh. 1001. pi 11,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny lOW. sh. 21 pd 20,000 ... ...... Eastern Counties 25/ sh. 21 pd ((rand Junction 1001. sh. 50/. ist Great North of England 7l. pd 25,000 2,000 I lertlepool 1001. ah. 100/ pat 0,000 ..... ~.. Hull and I(elby .501. sh. 51. pd 10,000 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 5/, pd 7,100 I.eeds and Selby 1,500 Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...loUß'). 100/.141 ' Ditto Quarter Shares '2s/. pd 10,000 London and Brighton (00/. sh. 5! pd 45,14)0 Ditto ditto (Gibbs') -.20/ sh. It pd 16, 0 00 Ditto ditto (Rennie)...sol. sh. 3/. pd 1,0.4 Ditto - ditto (Cundy)...loo/. sh. 3/. pd 12,1100 London and Blackwell 501 ah 31 pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich .......20/. sh. '2O/. pd 25,000 London and Birmingham ...1001. sh. 851, pd 110"10 'l,OOO London and Croydon ' 2O/. eh. 151. pd 11,000 " - ..... 5 /. sh. 31. pd 10,010 M.nchester South Union 1410/.sh. 5/. P 4 North Midland"., 100/. sh. 151. pd Northe-n and Eastern lOO/. sh. 3/. ptl 2,000 ...... ~. Preston and Wyre 501. sh. 84 pd :8,000 ......... South Eastern and Dover 7/. pd 1,000 6/.per cent.• Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 9,000 Titter es Haven 5O/. sh. 2/. 100. pd 1,400 6,000 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5/. sh. lip. pd 4,000 ' IL se. Alten 15/. sh. 121. 10. pd 10,000 ........ Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sr). all ix! Ditto Subscription 9.5/. pa 2,000 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. Si. pm 351. oh. 'lO/. pd 6,0 (1 [decanting & Cacaos United 2 5/. sh. 231/. pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 20/. its. 9/. pd 10,48)0 .... ..... Bolivar Copper Company 20/. sh. :201. pd 10,000 ...-.... Ditto Scrip • lO4 di. 8/. pd 90,000 British Iron 512. sh. 50/ pd 6,000 ......... British Copper Cats Branca... 1)41. pd Candonga 10,000 11. Copiapo 2O!. MI 1211 pd ri,500 Columbian, iss 51. pm 2,0;i0 31. English 121 Ks. pd 20,000 General Mining Association...2o/. sh. IS!. pd 6,155 Mexican Company 100/. sh 541/. p 4 3,000 Pollierou Consols 10/. sh 8/. pd 11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5Ol. pd 30,060 United Mexican, iss. 2 pm ....40/. sh. all pd Dit t. Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5/ pd West Cork 50/. sh. 501. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket 75gr. sh. 1,500 ... ...... London University lOUL sh. all pd il) 0 Russell 25gs. sht King' College lOO/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....lool. sh. 2fl!. pd 6,01 61. per cent. British American Land Company 2:3/. poi 10,000 61 per cent. Canada Comony 1004 sh. 241. pd 900,000 51 per cent. Upper Canada Loan City Bonds, 4 per cent s s s 15,000 1 / In. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 13/. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. ch. 8,000 Caoutehouc Company 9 5/ sh 211. pd New Brunswick Land Company 43/. pd 2,754 5/. per cent. Reversionary InterestSoc...loo/. sh. 100/. pd 1,633 5/. per cent. Ditt o N ew sh. 451. pd 4,000 10,000 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. APRIL 6, 1537. 2 It ANKS..---.... 1,500,00 4 . (2. p. et. Ban't of Scotland 5.3/.firesetl. sh. all Pd M. 2,000,0.1(1. 51 p. et. Royieg(Scotland v 1001. its. all pd 1581. 1:00.0 IU Bp. et. BritiMllllW4 Company ItAlteli. :31 pd 236/. 3,000,00 Ce 6/. P. et. Commercial - 5OOl. sh. 1001. pd 175!. 5, iOO,OOO, •o et National lOO/. sh. 10!. pd 151/. 2,000,0 0 01. 51 p. et. Glasgow Union .. '250/. eh. 50!. pd 102. 4,000, X.Ol. 4p. et. Wellborn- q 4 Scotland jOOl. sh 30! . pd 361/. INSURANCL 4 4:DIVAXIES. 251 .000 sh. 61 is. et. Scottish Union ..,..„r 20/. sh. /.pd 25s - ,500 sp. ct. Hercules lOO/. sp. 101. pd 141 Os. 11)1,000 5 p. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland ....10/. sh. all pd 2!. 50,000 6p. et, North British 2001. sh. 10/. pi 15L 1,000 kp. et Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 141/58 5,000 6 p. et. Edinburgh life 100/. (h, 10/. pi, 14110* 00,000 . West of Scotland lOl. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS. 4,ii10 ...... ... Edin. and iii; ln7e;nal...fioi. sh. all pd 221. Ditto Allocated ,,p6/. ch. all pd § 51. 5,400 5 per cent. I:Min h:Joint Stock Water.... 25/. sh. all pd 117 i/. Carron Iron Company ......2501. ch. all pd 4111. 2,0005 h 15 per cent. notts Iron Foundery sash 38/. pd 441 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 20/.4h- la Pd Si. 4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gras 251. sh. all pd 561. 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 0 5/. ch. all pd 611 750 79 per cent. Leith Coal (tas 20/.sh. all pd 451. 4t06 Edinborgh pild Dalkeith Railway...so/.9h. 601. 3 1 000 5 per cot. Zqu*ble ;Ann Coutpail.,:4sl. gh. 91. ed IQ4 FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE At the Court at St. James's, the 19th day of April 1.37, R ESE NT, The King's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. His Majesty having been pleased to appoint Henry Earl of Il chester to be Lord Lieutenant of the county of Somerset, his Lord ship this day took the Oath appointed to be taken thereon, instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy. TITHE COMMISSION OFFICE, APRIL 21. The Tithe Commissioners for England and *ales have appointed Charles Howard, of Melbourne, in the county of York, Gent., to he an Assistant Commissioner under the Act for the commutation of tithes in England and Wales; and the said Charles [lnward was sworn in on the 2.lst instant, before Sir N. C. Tindal, lin . ght, his Majesty's Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, according to the provisions of the said Act. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, ArtuL . l, 1837. The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household has appointed Thomas Verner, of Church-hill, County Armagh, Ireland, Esq., one of the Gentlemen of his Majesty's Most lion. Privy Chamber in Ordinary. CROWN-OFFICE, AritiL 25, 1837. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. COMBINED COUNTIES OF Ross AND CIIOMA HTY.—Thomas Mackenzie, of Applecross, in the county of Ross, Esq., in the room of James Alexander Stewart Mackenzie, Esq., who has accepted the office of Governor of Ceylon. BOROUGH or ROCIIDA LE. —John Fenton, of Crimble, hi the county of Lancaster, Esq., in the room of John Entwisle, Esq., deceased. WHITEHALL, APRIL 24. The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint the Right Hon. Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be his, Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, APRIL •21. The Lord Chancellor has appointed William Plaskitt, of Gains borough, in the County of Lincoln, Gent., and Charles Shepherd, of Tenterden, in the County of Kent, Gent., to be Masters Extra ordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Commissions signed by the Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Aberdeen.—T. A. Fraser (now Lord Lovat) to be Deputy Lieu tenant; P. Irvine, Esq., to be ditto, Aug. 4, 1836. Aberdeenshire Regiment of D. Dingwall, Esq., to be 1)lajor, vice the Earl of Erroll, resigned, March 25, 1837 ; C. &bright, Gent., to be Ensign, vice T. Gordon, promoted, Dec. 17, 1836. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JONATHAN ADAMS, wine -merchant, Banbury, Oxfordshire. JOSEPII A RNOULD, bookseller, King William-street, Strand. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM ROBERTS, shipwright, Newport, Monmouthshire. JOHN ROBERT GREER, provision -merchant, Bristol. BANKRUPTS. JOHN EXLEY, corn-factor, Riches-court, Lime-street, to surrender May 8, at half-past one, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Clarke, official assignee, St. Swithin's lane ; Tilsons, Squance, and Tilson, Coleman-street. CHARLES HIM, hotel keeper, Salisbury-square, London, May 5, at one, and June 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official assignee; Clark, Stfaight, and Cooper, Sessions-house, Old Bailey. WILLIAM WICKHAM GREENHILL, cattle-dealer, Cob ham, Surrey, May 2, at one, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lackington, official asOgnec, Basinghall-street ; Allen and Nicol, Queen-street, Cheapside. WILLIAM JEFFERY, horse dealer, Little Chester-street, Tielgrave-square, May 2, at two, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, official-assignee ; Sanford, Adelphi-terrace. DAVID RIDDICK, tea-dealer, Gloucester, May 5, at twelve, and Juno 6, a' one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Official Assignee, Abchureli-lane ; Bennet and Bolding, Cannon-street, London. RICHARD HEAP and JAMES HEAP, cotton-manufac turers, Collie, Lancashire, May 22, and June 6, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston. Weeks and Gilbertson, Cooke's-court, Lin coln's Inn-fields; Harley, Collie. JOIIN 'MACDOUGALL, merchant, late of Buenos Ayres, May 8, and June 6, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool Adling ton, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London ; Rad cliffe, Duncan, and Lowe, Liverpool. CHARLES PARKER, flax-spinner, Haughton-le- Skerne, Durham, and Raweliffe, Yorkshire, May 1, and June 6, at eleven, at the King's Head Inn, Darlington. Tilsons, Squance, and Tilson, Coleman-street, London ; Allison, Darlington. JOHN LEES, draper, Bilston, Staffordshire, May 9, at ten, and June 6, at eleven, at the Lion Inn, Wolverhampton. Austen and Hobson ' Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ; Hinehliffe and Hayes, Westbromwich ; Brown, Bilston. WILLIAM DUNN CROW, tanner, Ecclesfield, May 11, and June 6, at eleven, at the Town-hall, Sheffield. Atkinson and Pilgrim, Church-court, Lothbury ; Smith and Hinde, Sheffield. ROBERT GADSDEN and RAYMOND PRCIVAL, printers, Upper St. Martin's-lane, May 5, at half-past one, and June 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Copthall-buildings ; Lawrance and Blenkarne, Backlers bury. JOHN GREEN, cattle dealer, Bushey, Hertfordshire, May 5, at one, and June 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street ; Cow ley and Son, Watford, Hertfordshire ; Sanger, Essex-court, Temple, London. WILLIAM BURGE, tanner, Wareham, Dorsetshire, May 3, at the Black Bear Inn, Wareham, and June 6, at the Angel Inn, Poole. Phippard, Wareham, Dorset:hire ; Weller, Essex-street, Strand, London. JOSHUA and JOHN MILNER, tailors, Bradford, Yorkshire, May 9, and June 6, at twelve, at the Court-house, Bradford. Battye, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery.lane, London ; Wagstaff, Bradford. JOHN BRITTOItI and JOSEPH WESTERMAN BRISCOE, linen manufacturers, Darlington, Durham, May 16, and June 6, at eleven, at the Vane Arms, Stockton. Skinner, Stockton ; 'fawns, Squance. and Tilson, Coleman-street, London. GEORGE CASWELL, bookseller, Kidderminster, May 12, and June 6, at eleven, at the Lion Inn, Kidderminster. Black stock, Bunee, Vincent, and Sherwood, Inner Temple ; Boycott, Kidderminster. • DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Morris, carpenter, Regent-street, May 19, at one—S. Hub son and 0. Marshall, cornfactors, Crescent, Minories, May 19, at twelve—R. M. Frisby, wine merchant, Mark-lane, May 22, at ha,lf-past eleven—J. Alaberly, banker, Bread-street, Cheapside, May 11.1, at twelve—R. Martindale, broker, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane, May 18, at two—W. Collings and Co., merchants, Bishopsgate street Within, May 19, at two—J. Young and Co., merchants, Calcutta, May 18, at eleven—J. Laing, corkcutter, Great Tower street, May 18, at twelve—C. Bean, coachmaker, Long-acre, May 18, at eleven. In the Country. J. J. Sparrow, victualler, Chesterton,' Cambridgeshire, May 18, at one, at the Sun Hotel, Cambridgeshire—R. Wrigley, corndealer, Rochdale, Lancashire, May 26, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester--T. W. Clarke, victualler, Horncastle, Lin colnshire, May 29, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spilsby—J. Hebblewhite, woollendraper, Kingston-upon-Hull, May 17, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull—B. Lay, car penter, Colchester, May 1 , 7, at eleven, at the Three Cups Hotel, Colchester—T. Hall, lime burner, Hulland, Derbyshire, May 22, at the rfew Inn, Derby—NV. Newstead, grocer, Thetford, Norfolk, 'May 19, at ten, at the Castle Inn, Norwich—T. Vinor, jun., coachbuilder, Sheffield Yorkshire, May 18, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield—G. Godber, woollendraper, Liverpool, May 25, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—A. P. H. Bowen, druggist, Bristol, May 17, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol, CERTIFICATES.-111AT 16. G. Collier, mercer, Wellington, Shropshire—E. Passey, china dealer, Bedwardine, Worcestershire—J. Green, civil engineer, Exeter—J. Clarkson, currier, Nottingham--G. B. Robinson, coal factor, Cross-lane, St. Mary-at-Hill--C. Harber, innkeeper, Croydon, Surrey—B. Bensley, printer, Andover, Southampton— S. and T. Darwin, roller manufacturers, Sheffield, Yorkshire—C Humphreys, timber merchant, Beer-lane, Christchurch; Surrey— J. Fox, saddler, Bromyard, Herefordshire—J. Busseli, jun., t,ilor, Taunton, St. Mary Magdalen, Somersetshire—J. Edwards, jun., grocer, Brighton—W. Wilson, scrivener, Newcastle-upon-Tyne— J. Bates, furrier, Long-lane, Bermondsey—J. Mould, cheese monger, Newgate-street. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Pratt and R. Wray, ship carpenters, York—G. Edmondson and A. Halliday, tea dealers, Preston—R. F..and H. R. F. Jame son, ale brewers, Herbert's- passage, Beaufort-buildings, Strand— J. 13ridger and E. Chanell, mercers, Godalming, Surrey—J. Ban nister and H. Shoesmith, worsted manufacturers, Travvden, Lan eashire—G. Whalebone and W. Caston, coach platers, Union street East, Spitalfields—J. Burkill and G. R. Willoughby, timber merchants, Louth—H. Williams and P. I'. Hoare, silk throwsters, Derby—T. Minshull and W. Calvert, tailors, Worthing, Sussex— S. and W. E. Tayler, brush makers, Bristol—S. Barker and W. Pullen, joiners, Leeds—E. and T. Jacobs, common brewers, Taunton, Somersetshire—G. Loudoun and C. Balfour, Brussels— R. Holland and Co., cotton spinners, Little Bolton, Lancashire— A. Wynne and J. Field, coal merchants, Great Cambridge-street, Hackney-road—E. Weeks and T. Wright, horticultural builders, King's-road, Chelsea—H. Marsh and G. Boddington, coach makers, Warwick—G. MacMorine and R. Hyslop, wine djalers, Liverpool—W. Kilner and F. Cope, preserved provision merchants, Mincing-lane—J. Page and Co., haberdashers, Nottingham—T. Ainsworth and Co., cotton spinners, Preston—J. Bowell and W. Stephenson, drapers, Leeds—W. Tredwell and G. Wall, coal mer chants, Droitwich, Worcester—M. Dixon and Co., dressmakers, Kirby Stephen, Westmoreland. MARKET INT ELLI GEN CE. ( From the New London Price Current of April 25. ) St:GAL—Last week the British Plantation Market was barely supplied with Sugar; however, the several arrivals, consisting of Jamaicas, Antiguas, Trinidads, and Mauritius, which will no doubt be announced immediately will meet the demand. The sales have been confined principally to Berbice and Trinidad, low browns sold at 515., good ditto 535. to 555., and coloury 58s. to 60s. The letters received last week from Jamaica and other islands of the West Indies, state that the crops were universally considered short of an average one ; the effect of this intel ligence, together with the present limited stock had the effect of rendering the Market firmer, and full prices were obtained ; the sales last week comprised 500 casks. Rather a novel parcel of Sugar was offered on Friday, con sisting of 2,673 loaves and 1,202 bags, partially Refined in Lumps, and some not unlike Bastards, a sort not calculated to be admitted into the Foreign Markets, and, of course, not ad missible here, the broken Lumps brought 21s. to 21s. 6d., and the moist and pieces in bags 16s. for ord. to 20s. for good yellow ; the parcel was lately imported from Calloa. There was rather a better show this morning of the West India Sugars just arrived, but the demand was moderate at former prices ; the smallness of the stock will very likely enable the importers to keep up the prices ; we quote coloury Jamaica 595. to 605., good coloury Grenada 615., bright An firma 61s. to 635., middling Trinidad 565, tid., and low brown Berbice 51s. per cwt. The sales of raw Sugar this day com prise about 350 lihds, • The stock of West India Sugar is now 3,940 hhds. arid trs., being 6,128 less than last year. The stock of Mauritius is now 60,076 bags, which is 28,331 less than last year (in. eluding the East India Dock.) The delivery of West India last was week was 1,850 hhds. and trs., which is 523 less than fast year. The delivery of Mauritius was 10,049 bags, bein g 1,281 more than the corresponding week of last year, includ ing the East India Dock, _ The Haug Market 3 / 4 ; re sen t s no alteration worth/ of no. tice ; were quote Crushed at 355., and small Lumps 7650 per cwt. The Refined Market remains unaltered : no offers under 355. accepted for crushed; large Lumps 735. a 745., small 745. 61. to 75=. 61. p.2r cwt. ; BAstards 403. to 565. per cot. Tite R, fined trade has li , come dull ; Crusied Su_TE , rs have ecn sold at 345. to 3-I=. 6d. ; Lump to pass the standard 755. to 755. 6d. MAURITIUS —The chief feature in the Market to-day was two public sales, amounting to 3 368 ban - 5; the first sale (85 2 bags) consisted of a very fair parcel, and holders took in a part rather than submit to lower prices ; the second talc con tained some good quality, but in general not much to boast of, aad the whole went off at a declin, of 61. to Is. per cwt., good yellow 575. 61. to 603. 61, mid. 535. 6d. to 565., inferior and brown 50s. 6d. to 533. EAST INDIA.—Of East India Sugar the sales last week were considerable ; they consisted of 2,100 bags Bengal Sugar in bond, which sol.•l Is. 6d. lower, mid, white soft and damp :18s. 6d. a 329. 6d. The sale of 9,369 bags blanill r, of which about 5,000 bags were withdrawn, good dry brown sold at 16s. to 193. 6d ; 144 bags Cochin China low white 255. 6d• FOREIGN.—By public sale on Friday 1,631 boxes Havarmah Sugar, in bond, good fine yellow 265. 6d. a 283., ord. yellow 255. 6d. a 265. 6d., brown 233. 6d. a 245. 6d. Considering the quality, which was mealy and without strength, prices were fully supported. A floating cargo of Bahia was sold at 19*. for brown, and 30s. per cwt. for white deliverable at Ham burg. White Havannah inquired for, and sales made at 38s. Nothing has occurred to cceasion alteration in price ; Re _ _ quote white Havannah of quality at 38s. per cwt. MOLASSES.-The total deliveries of West India Melassea from the warehouses for home use, for the week ending April 22, were 7,979 cwt. COFFEE.-The sales last week consisted of some few parce ls of Brazil by private treaty, at 40s. for good ord. pale quality: the demand for other sorts of Foreign as well as East India Is so limited, that if sales were forced, prices would decline mai terially. Of British Plantation 45 casks were offered, hilt ° a sort which is not suited to the wants of the dealers, cense sequently low prices were offered, which the holders relucte antly accepted; fine ord. foxy Jamaica 70s. to 725., ord. 45 5• • to 50s. per cwt. ; 3 lots fine ord. grey Demerara sold at 79 9 . to 813. per cwt. ; good clean coloury qualities continue in de" mand, and support former prices. The Market continues very dull, and scarcely a transaction has occurred worthy of notice; the prices are unaltered, but in the absence of business must be considered nominal. The total deliveries of Coffee front the warehouses for home, consumption for the week ending April 22 are 156,163 lbs. 01 East India, and 177,243 lbs. of West India. CGCOA.-The private sales to notice last week consist a s parcel of Brazil Cocoa at 38s per cwt. 218 bags Guayaquil sold steadily at 31s. a 323 per cwt. The total deliveries of West India Cocoa from the ware' houses for home use for the week ending April 22, wer e 16,8801b5. COCIIINEAL -135 bags Honduras by auction on the 1 8 t 11 inst. sold, Silvers, dark and foxy 6s. a 6s. 7d., black 7 e . id. 7s. 3d. per, lb., being 3d. per lb. lower. On Friday 35 hags Honduras were put up to auction, and sold without alteration in prices, Silvers 6s. to 6s. 3d., and a few ord. blacks 6s. 11d* to 7s. 4d. per lb. TALLOW is quoted at lower prices, 445. to 445. 3d. per cwt• for present delivery, and the last four months of this year' 41s. to 41s. 3d. There is very little disposition to make ea' tracts, and the demand is confined to the actual wants of th e trade. By public sale 360 skins South American on Friday, the first lots, 435. 6d. ; and afterwards declined to 425. 6 d . per cwt. OIL.-By public sale 50 tuns Southern Whale Oil sold at 351. to 36/. per tun. Galipoli dull at 561. per tun. Linseed Oil has been sold at 271. per tun. COTTON.-The Market still continues dull, and sales COn* fined to only 520 bales, chiefly Surats, at 3d. to sd. per lb., and a small quantity Bengal at 3d. to 4d. per lb. TEA.-The total deliveries of all descriptions of Tea, (1 1 which duty has been paid, for home consumption for the wee` ending April 22 are 454,755 lbs. Serarrs.-About 350 puns. Leeward Island have sold 1 4 frcm 2s. sd. for 5 over proof to 3s. 3d. for 36 over, and a small parcel of Jamaica at 2s. 9d. to 3s. 9d. for 9 over to 3 0 over. A small parcel of Jamaica Rum 37 over proof sold a t 4s. 2d., and a large parcel of Demerara 34 over proof sold It 3s. Id. per gallon. Yesterday a parcel of Demerara 40 over proof was sold at 3s. 4d., and another parcel 32 over proof I S 3s. to 3s. id. INDIGO.-Since the sale a few chests have been takea out of the Market at or about sale prices. On Friday 31 se, runs Guatemala ord. Cortes taken in at 2s. Bd. to 3s. 9d. Pe; lb. Madras Indigo has been enquired for since our last, an d an advance of Id. to 3d. per lb. on sale's prices has been paid ; other sorts are not enquired for. The total deliveries of i n ; digo from the warehouses for home consumption for the Wee" ending April 22 are 22,210 lbs. of East India. FRUIT.-Nothinc, doing except in Currants, Patras 74 9 . 8 765., Zante and Cephalonia' 675. to 68s. per cwt. Low de scriptions of Raisins are in demand for shipping, and Rea Smyrnas would be taken readily if there were any to be bad- TOBACCO.-There was a considerable public sale on the 21st, consisting of 229 hhds. Kentucky, 188 hhds. Virginia the former was nearly all taken in at 2P. to 3i-d. per lb. ' • t he Virginia Leaf was taken by the trade at 30. to 44d., and th e Stemmed 51d. to Go. per lb. ; 12 cases Havannah Segal l Bs. 9d. to 9s. 9d. per lb. JUTE.-By public auction on the 19th inst. 300 bales Jail partly sold at 141. los. per ton. PROVISIONS.-Dutch Butter has declined to 965. to 9 8 s' per cwt., but the demand is very general in consequ ence oft"' , scarcity of Irish ; the prices of the latter mey be quoted 14 100 s. to 102 s. for prime quality, and 965. to 98 s . f or inferior. Bacon firm, and Waterford Sides landed have brought 483. t o 495. ; Middles 425. to 465. per cwt. Lard in request at 6 8 s• to 725. per cwt. SPICES.-On the 21st inst. 515 bags Pepper sold about per lb. higher, good heavy 34d. to 3id., greyish and inferr er 30. to 3 3 1 d. per lb. 121 barrels and 3 casks Jamaica Whits, Ginger, the ord. sold at 51. Bs., the fair 91. 95., and the fe e 10s. 19s. per cwt. HIDES.-Salted New South Wales Hides sold at 21d. l° 3d. per lb. RICE.-By private contract several parcels of East Int l have been sold 6d. per cwt. higher, Bengal at 12s. 6d. to 139. 6 ° Java 10s. to 10s. 6d. ; and at Auction on Friday 235 WI Java Rice, in bond, damaged sold briskly at 7s. per cwt. By public auction this day 2,541 bags Java sr e . '„i offered ; the first parcel consisted o f goo d c l ean qua lity, e' d found buyers at I Is. to I Is.. 6d. p e r cw t., rat h er info ' brought 10s. 6d., and ord. 9s. 6d. per cwt. PRESENCE OF MIND.---If you should happen f meet with an accident at tabl e , en d eavour to preserv e 1° 0 1. composure, and do not add to the discomfort you have crellt e a by making an unnecessary f uss a b ou t i t . I remem b er hcer,„,l it told of a very accomplished gen tl eman , t h at w h en ca rvil l k o f tough goose, he had the misfortune to send it entirely O A the dish, and into the lap of the lady next to him ; on ol i o , he very coolly looked h er f u ll i n th e f ace , an d sa id , " Ma s g I will thank you for that goos e ." Thi s manner o f beel. sach a mortifying accident gained him more credit ills!) lost by his awkward carving. OMP — ... 11_ . .....,....../j . -- C.. ol PATENT LEVER WA TCH " 0 With silver deuble-bottom cases With silver hunting cases 6 )6 bich 6 This celebrated construction (th e most accurate on 1, - oh watch can be made) is offered, with the latest improvera r „ o l, i. e. the detached escap emen t, j ewe ll e d i n f our h o l es , el_Pr o et hand to mark the seconds, hard enamel dial, and maintaining r to continue going while winding up, at the above price, by T. COX SAVORY, Working Silver and Goldsmith, 47, Cornhill, London' N.B.—Second-haul Watches purchased in exchange._...,o 121 13; 1(15 211 284 1181 14 BIRTHS. On the 23d inst., at West Farleigh, Kent, the lady of Wi ll° Fitzherbert, Esq., of a daughter. On the 22d inst., Mrs. Wm. Lintott, of College. plane, Ce ° ' lees town, of a daughter. 11 the e, On the 23d inst., in Bryanstonc-square, Mr.:. George a of a son. r. On the 22d inst., the lady of W. Widdin, Esq., of a daught e- 0 , 0 , On the 24th inst., Mrs. George Walstab, o f T o ttenhaia - g r of a daughter. On the 15th of January, at the Mauritius, the linly of Le e aI Drusina Hamburgh Consul, of son. , ilt r ' On the 18th inst., near St. Omer's, a Mrs. Win. Tomlin Ma of a On the 2 daughter. 4th inst., in Portugal-street, G r o sven or-square, tJe st } ' of Chevalier de Kantzo u , hi s S we di s h an d N orweg ian Charge d'Affaires at the Court of Lisbon, of a son. ddle r, On the 24th inst., at Upper Cl a pt on , M rs . W. F. Sa daughtex. MARR. T i . On the 23d inst., at Betchworth lED Church, Surrey, . 0 " e ? t -. man, Esq., of 'Cambridge-heath, Hackney, to Mary, relict ° 13 i late Nathaniel Cogswell, Esq., of New York. 10' 0 ' lB On the 24th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Wm. We - i s , t jun., Esq., of Tavistock-place, Ru sse ll- square , t o Anna sPl 3eo ch' second daughter of T. Chapman, Esq., M a r s h a l o f the Kinff. g On the 19th inst., at St. Mary's, Somerset, Mr. D. 1 Gre s of Princes-street, Hanover-square, to Miss Sarah Foster, James-street, Bedford-row. DIED. On the 22d inst., in Curzon .street, aged 39, Francis tio Russell, Esq. ,hy , On the 24th inst., in South Audley street, Agnes S°l 03° youngest child of Edward M. Foxliall, - Esq., aged seven Y es four months. be veii On the 21st inst., at Vic ar ' s C our t, Li nco l n , aged 67' the George Jepson, for upwards of ,half a century a Pccb en Senior Vicar of Liln Cathral. On' the 22d inst., n co Henrietta ed 11 , the infant daughter of . I'll 3 Esq., of the Nash, near Worcester. f co' On the 14th inst., at Nice, in Piedmont , Charlott e, wife ° ,l Ls ji tain George Hope, R.N., an d d aug ht er o f Vice-Admiral an 4, Elizabeth Tollemac inst., at aed 22. so ap' On the 23d flington, Mary, widow of John 0 . Esq., of Barnsbury-park, ag e d 63. of 13fLil On the 22d inst., Mary, wif e o f M r . It. J. 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