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AP:Ws, ~~; "'~ Siff I tjr, Al a IMPERIAL PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 19. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yester day.) COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. On the order of the day being read for resuming the adjourned debate upon this Bill, Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought it would be very inconvenient to go on with a debate which was not likely to be attended with any practical result. Ho hoped that when the Secretary of State for the Celonies had stated his views on the subjeet he would move the adjournment of the debate. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said, after the course taken by the Right Hon. Gentleman the Member for the University of Oxford (Mr. Gladstone) he felt it his im perative duty to explain to the House the views which he entertained with respect to the Bill. Though at first sight the Bill appeared to be very simple and straight forward, yet, on looking into it more closely, it would be found that it was the worst measure on ecclesiastical matters which had for years been introduced into the House. If passed in its present form it woalci be the first step towards changes which might be desired in our ecclesiastical polity by a certain party, but which were opposed to the wishes of the great body of the people both in this country and the colonies. While he admitted that the Right Hon. Gentleman was actuated by most pure and conscientious motives, he would not yield to him in attachment to the Church, or in a desire to hand down to their descendants in the possessions of the British Crown all the blessings of the Church, with its Protestant simplicity, purity, tol ration, and charity. —(Hear.) He wished our distant colonies, which in herited our language, laws, literature, and freedom, to possess also the blessings that were to be derived from the reformed Christian faith, which w as so closely associated with freedom. The wa n t s of the Colonial Church *vete chiefly threefold—. first, its inability to make regulations for its own discipline ; second, it s want of synodical action, and, lastly, its want of power to adopt Its forms and liturgy to the requirements of a missionary Church, which the Colonial Church to a great extent was. Sir J. Pakington then alluded to the agitation which took place in Australia respecting the Gorham case, and to the resolution come to by the colonial bishops to exclude every one from the Church who dissented from the decision of the Privy Council in that case- Meetings of the cl erg y an d l a ity we r e held in the colony on the subjece•and addresses were presented to the Crown against the resolution of the bi s hops. Now, though (Bir J. Pskington) wool' never be a party to narrow the broad and comprehensive basis of the Church, he ugreel with his Right Hon. Friend that there ought to be some change of the law. In conse quence of - the representations sent home, the attention of the Archbishop of Canterbury was drawn to the sub-: ject, and he fel:, it was time some le gislation should take place, in order to put the Colonial Church on a better tooting. He wrote to the Bishop of Sydney, and he re ceived a reply from him sating that he would as nemble the clergy and laity, and collect their opi nions with the view of estistieg towards the pre parsticn of some leg;sletive measure. Now did the Right Hen. Gentlemen think it expedient to press the Bill while this iequiry was pendires? He thought the mach hstter cents- would ha to eithdraw it for the present session. The Bill was drawn in terms so iedistincc, and in lan g uage so open to doubt that he ques tioned whether any two lawyers ce,ul.l be found who would agree as to its reel effect. lie doebted whether any colony would venture to adopt the Bill, or whether any church would vsionre to regulate its proceedings by it. If pess(-d, the Bill would have a threefold eff,et; first, instsrot ot eirieg the Colonial Church that evality which had beta meetioned, it would place it in a state of dominstion which it rover before possessed; secondly, it wcuid tend to brink up the Church Eog land into a number ot small :separate churches,. and; thirdly, it would tend to destroy the supremacy of. the-Crown. One part of the hilt provided that no person - should be confirmed, consecrated, ordained, or presented to any living who had not previously taken the oath of allegiance. This involved an alteration of the service ot the Church of England, because tee oath of supremacy which is es now required to be taken had been dispensed with, and the oath of allegiance sub , stituted for ihee(Loud cries ot " Hear, hear.") This was the first time of its being proposed to appoint persons to ecclesiastical posts in the Church of England without requiring them to take the oath of supremacy. It might be said, however, that the reguls tion did not extend to the colonies; bat as early as the reign of Elizabeth, it was enacted that the sepre• many of the Crown in matters ecclesiastical extended to all the realms and dependencies of the Crown. With reference to the demand made by the colonies themselves, he fully agreed that from Canada, Australia, and the Cape of Good Hopo.there had proceeded re quests for legislation in order to give them more liberty of self-government; bat be did not know of any request having proceeded from any one colony praying to have this Bill passed as it now stood, or of any 'desire having been manifested to separate from the connexion of the Church of England, or to reject the supremacy of the Crown. In fact, the desires of the colonists were by no means directed to such a sepatation or repudiation, their only object was to obtain greater freedom of action, and he held in his hand expressions of opinion from Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, and Cape Town, which entirely repudiated any wish to separate from or to weaken the connexion with the Church at England, but rather to strengthen it. Being convinced, therefore, that this Bill went to ' destroy the connexion—though he thought that the Right Hon. Gentleman him self would be slow to du that if ho know it— he could have no other coarse but to oppose this Bill. He hoped that the Right Hen. Gentleman would not proceed ihrther with this Bill, seeing that negotiations were now going on between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Metropolitan of Sydney, from which, no doubt, some measure would result, and he would say this mnch, that if the H.mourable Gentleman would consent not to go farther with this Bill it should not be his fault if in another year some legislation did not take place. Agree ing, to a considerable extent with tee principle of the Bill, he would not move tbet it' he reed a second thee ou that day six mouths but wotild propose that the House shoukl now pies to the other orders of the day. Mr. ADDERLEY rose to move that the debate on this Bill be postpetted for three days. The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Gentleman that there being already one amendment before the House, that must be disposed of before a second one could be proposed. Mr. GLADSTONE said that he would not now at tempt to reply to the speech of the Bight Hon. Baronet, for the reasons he had already given; but he had a pain ful duty to perform, that of noticing in the speech of the Right - flon. Baronet one of the grossest misrepresewa times he had ever heard. The.main part of the Right Honourable Gentleman's objections to the Bill had rested on the assertion that there was the first attempt to dispense with the supremacy of the Crown is the colonies, and that in the ordination of priests the oath of allegience was only required to be taken, and not the oath of supremacy. Nor was the selaseription of the 36th canon. The Right Hon. Gen t4eaten, in reading the 7th clause, in which he said thdispensatio n was contained, had stopped short in t h e m iddle of th e sentence , a nd had forborne to • tell the ~ Itt3e what was the tha,, es real condition imposed on the eau it sh for ordination. The teal condition was not tnat -child be unlawful for any one to be ordained artier havin taken el ause g went merely the oath of allegiance, bat the the Theft ". to say that he should likewise subscribe his unfeigned :articles, and further declare gYe'eadialassent and consent to all that was contained Now, the 37th. o f r thG B k of C3MMOLI Prayer. avican t vr ia d a9 Articles contained as full and coMplete an Crown, and a ropudittet* gement of the supremacy of the of Rome, as was con tain ed of the authority of the Pope in the oath of supremacy, and the 366 h canon, ana, ed t to his view, the re quiring a subscription 01 Bill, by t t h he 39 Right Hon Articles—a fact which had been k e p t ba ck by asserted the principle of the. Gentleman — qu ite as fully supremacy of th e Crown as it cou l d have dens e in say other manner. With regard to t he ve to of the on asr tir ew e is, that he should considerabley; if they chose • leave in the hand s of the Rou se to retain it he t hou g ht it would be ofser vice, but if not he should acquiesce lia its rejection. ' Sir J. PAKING TON said he was S eery that h Hon. Friend shou ld have had occasion to thinkllaa ni t th h e had been misreprese nted by him, he had not, for form's sake, read t- e and he regretted th out O remainder at of the 7th clause. Notw ithstanding the remainder of clause, he still believed, and still asserted, that this Bill dispensed with the oath o f su p remacy and w k ibe in s 3 6t h canon of the Church. Mr. OSWALD said the Right Hon. Baronet gie Se cretary of State for the Colonies seemed strangely ignorant of the Book of Common Prayer, or he would havelnovro that the service for the ordination of deac on , contained a subscription of the oath of supremacy and a renunciation of Papal authority, and as this Bill required the consent of all persons to be ordained to everything contained in th e B od k o f Common P ra yer it could scarcely be objected to it that it did away entirely with the oath of supremacy. The Right lion- Baronet's speech only showed that the Government bad n ot been able to make up their minds on this as on every other subject, political or ecclesiastical. Mr. ADDERLEY said, it w a s w ith great pain that he found himself compelled to differ from those with whom he generally acted, but he could not consent to submit to a delay of this measure, on grounds which he considered so wholly futile as those which had been given by the Right Hon. Baronet. He felt the two alternatives which the House had to choose between were the second reading of thistßill or an interminable postponliment of a measure acknowledged on all sides to be necessary. He therefore pressed upon the Right Hon. Gentleman who had brought forward this Bill—who was the great authority and support to whom, as he knew, the colonies chiefly looked—the responsibility of not consenting to this delay, and he urged upon him the necessity of great consideration before acquiescing in the course suggested by the Government. „Sir R. H. INGLIS disputed the position which the e'tous Gentleman the Member for North Staffordshire had t a k en up, while he denied the fundamental princi pleepoh W bleb it was proposed this legislation should proceld. Neither the Church of England nor the Church of It em the local tlibunal e had ever permitted the existence of Which this Bill contemplated. There was a unity of action in all churches, and in the heads of all was disputes between Its ves ted the !sewer of settling and me fel bers.—(Hear.) That was the rule which prevailed in reference not only to the Church of England and Church of Rome but also in reference to the Wesleyan Church and the Free Ch ur ch of Scotland. — (gear. )putt of n all th these churches, ' evh4o4 had ministers in every world, the ap sospahilsfaitcaees of dispute was to the eentri e l head at home,. I.anCiOwes an every-day occurrence to have t thori such appeals tgiehath Sou. Bar onet of I hdiephestA of by the superior ecclesiastical \',1041%ie4 —(Hear, hear.) Like the Ri g h t ! e tart' for the Colonies , he was one of those'. Jo ehh Le e , ‘‘,.7y THE SUN, who could not reconcile the various clauses of this Bill with each other; for instance, mulct the provisions of this Bill, men who were not members of the Church of England in full communion might overpower those who were, by their majorities, and thus be enabled to change or alter the liturgy of the Church.—(Sear, hear.) And yet another clause professed to give. a dominant cha racter to the Church of England, but before such a legislature as that which prevailed in Canada and other colonies, the Church of England would be powerless, and declared members of the Church would have no difficulty in overriding, for sinister motives, the feelings and wishes of those members of the Church of England who were in full communion.—(Hear, hear.) Besides, if this Bill passed , the local s y nods w ould he iu a position to place the home authorities at defiance, and he was sure the House would never consent to the second reading of a Bill which sanctioned such a prin ciple as'that.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.') But it was said some change in the existing law was absolutely neces sary, and it was suggested that a Royal Commission should be appointed to inquire into the matter in the colonies themselves.—(Hear, hear.) He, however, did not acknowledge such a necessity, nor did he think this Bill was demanded by the colonies, and as it would have the effect of separating the Colonial Church from the State, he must give his vote in favour of the amend ment.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. A. B. HOPE denied that the object of this Bill was to place the Church of England in the colonies in a state of supremacy, as was alleged by the Right Hon. the Secretary for the Colonies, or to put the Church in a state of degradation, as was declared would be its effect by the last sp ea k er .- (Hear, hear.) The object of the Bill was to leave the disputes which might arise in the Colonial Church to be settled by the local clergy in connexion with the local legislature, and as that was an object which was desired by the colo nists themselves, while it would elevate the character of "the Church, he was at a loss to understand why the House should ha called upon to withhold its sanction to the motion for the second reading.—(Hear, heat) The ATTORNEY. GENERAL said there were one or two points connected with this Bill upon which he wished to say a few words. He fully admitted that the Right Honourable Gentleman who had charge. of this Bill had made out his case that the Colonial Church was in a most unsatisfactory state. It did not enjoy the laws which appertained to the mother Church, nor had it the same powers and privi leges which existed at home. There was no efficient ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the colonies, and the colonies were, in fact, without the institutions which were known at home as ecclesiastical courts. The only power which the colonial bishops enjoyed was that of removal without appeal, but the clergyman obtained his stipend from the local lagialattrrt-, Over which the bishop had no control whatever. There was, absolutely no power of appeal or correction vested in the bishop under the existing law, and as parts of this Bill Wi37.t upon the supposition that there was, it must be cleur to the House that it would prove wholly inoperative. But, then, it might be said the Bill would do this good—it would empower the Colonial Church, both clergy an I laity, to men and make rules for their own internal government in the manner ahthorh:ed by the 25th of henry VIII.; but the House must be made acquainted with the fact that, in a lege! sense, the 25th of Henry VIII. did not apply to the colonies, and was wholly inapplicsble to the circumstances in which the eelenies were at .present placed.—(Hear.) It would, therefore, be quite impossible to carry out the provi sions of this Bill unless the Colonial Church were sepa rated from the State, and at once constituted a free and independent church, which he was sure neither the Houste" - nor the colonies wished to tee accomplished.— (Hear.) Of what use, then, would be the passing of this Ili!)? It would indeed be little less than a dead letter, and he therefore hoped the House would refuse the second reading.—(Hear.) Mr. BETHELL did not think that the Act of Henry VIII. gave the right of synodical action to the Church. Mr. Gladstone had said that the mem• hers of the Church of England its the colonies were under great disabilities as compared with other religious communities; but this was not so, the fact being that the law afforded them the same faci lities for the regulation of their affairs as other religious bodies. The Bill would interfere with the prerogative and supremacy of the Crown, and that being so, he should give it his opposition. Ho hoped the Right Honourable Gentleman would withdraw the Bill, and introduce it again in a shape more acceptable to the House. Sir W. P. WOOD said it was admitted on all hands that the Colonial Church ought not to remain in its present state. He denied that the Church had all the privileges of Dissenters in regard to the management of her affairs. The Right Hon. Gen tlemen who introduced the Bill said its principle was simply to remove the obstacles which prevented mem bers of the Church assembling and regulating their affairs in the same way as religious Dissenting bodies, and if any of the clauses deviated from that object there would be ample opportunity to amend them in Com mittee. He was far from saying that all the clauses were free from objection, If they gave the Church of England fair play, and left her unfettered, he had so much confidence in her integrity, that he believed she would exert herself, as she had done in America, to pro mote the cause of religion. Though there was not much chance of passing.e. Bill this session, he trusted the time was not far distant when Parliament would seriously direct its attention to the subject. Mr. HORSMA.N observed that Mr. Gladstone had stated his object was to leave the Church in the colonies entirely unfettered. Did he mean to say there should be no State restriction on the one side, nor State advan tage on the other? He agreed that perfect religious equality was the best principle to adopt in the colonies. The. Secretary for the Colonies had given a pledge to Isgislate on the subject next year, on the ground that the condition of the• colonies, in regard to the Church, was in an extremely unsatisfactory state, and under those circumstances he suggested the Bill should not be pressed. He warned the Secretary for the Colonies that legislation on such a question would be attended with great diffi culty, and would require much caution and delicacy. The effect of the present Bill would be to establish one state of church government at home and another in the colonies, an arrangement which he thought was cal culated to give rise to considerable evils.—(Hear.) It was impossible to show that the provisions were consistent with the rules and regulations of the Church of England. The proposer of the Bill said h wished eci to ua g ii i ty give to the members of the Colonial Church o that which was enjoyed by voluntary religious bodies, but that could be done without an Act of Parliament The Free Church of Scotland made rules for her own government, but sheedid not ask for the in terference of the Legislature to enable this to be done, because it wee unnecessary. Mr. GLADSTONE inquired if the Right Hon. Gen tleman the Secretary of State would have any objection to lay on the table of the House the correspondence 'between the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Sydney ? Sir J. PAKINGTON said, that . as the correspond ence was a private one, he could not undertake to lay it before the House. The an,ntimeat was then curried without a division, and the 1i,06e proceeded to the other orders of the day COUNTY ELECTIONS POLLS BILL. Lord uonaT GROSVENOR moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. B. DENISON said that, having had some p Hence in county elections, he was satisfied ex' that county electors might be polled in one (ley. H e h a l sca rcely ever known an itee.anee where the result of the first day's poll bad been reversed by the second day. A county election was always a holiday, and gentlemen who were acquainted with the manufacturing districts would acknowledge, as he did, the evil effects of the second day's election. Mr. PACKE opposed the Bill. Col. SHIT/WRY said the Bill was a disgrace to a civilised community, and he hoped that the House would give a decided negative to it. Mr. W. BROWN thought the Bill would be a great benefit to county constituencies, and he should therefore support the Bill. Mr. LOCKE KING supported the Bill. Mr. B. OSBORNE thought that every Hon. Member who had any wish to put an end to the system of inti midation at county elections , would vote for this Bill. To say that there was no such thing at county elections was absurd, when they remembered the very singular correspondence which had been given to the world within the last few days between Mr. Ker and the Marquis of Londonderry. Mr. BRAMSTON opposed the Bill on the ground that if a third candidate were suddenly started without notice on the polling day, there would be no time to carry out the arrangements. Mr. R. PALMER thought this was an alteration which ought to be made at some time, though he did not think this the proper season. After some remarke from Sir J. Pakington, Lord R. Groiiven_br, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Bill was read a second time. motion for M "NOOTH COLLEGE.—ADJOURNED DE- Onloth the • the ßA fa T r E th . er adjournment of this many Hon. de m ba r t e. Members thought said, as that was a day on which exist, at anyrate thought that this House would not allow of an t that it would be too near its end to he in vestigationwhivedto of this nature to be carried out, those who hive instituted what were the real intentions of said that as his Hon. Colleague Mr. NEvin Ea ltt=d the motion? urpOse - (Mr. Spooner to ) ' w b E li:* et with an accident he had h° had made e d progress of this motion. he th i e l F de o s r ired thi h s im p uo inquiries,give himand as her Majesty's the first day on which ward with a view 'to faodunayd specially I f n e t r h the; purpose—(ironical cheers)—he this motion could be brosugghtitelvfa94o: re it ho L ti l ec n i : . ia which the country mt o h b oe t t a i i e n a i n i renewal of the debate for that day. discussion. As this was h of f hadth e felt House him self in i ll id th b e efo . Lord J. RUSSELL said that fizin he thou ht g the debate for so late a period was, . g , a mere mockery If twh ae form as desirous to fix h fi oe x f was to be an inquiry into the system offsd - • there sued at Maynootb , it could not b . ucation w could not comm otion n 7 a Com mittee, which its sittings before the 18th of June, and could not continue them longer than a few d a y s. He thought thi s was treating disregard and the question with gre at, h e hopede that if the question could no t be brought on sooner, that it would not be brought 011 at all. tie himself ~. subject, but not opposed to inquiry on this L.l°bject, but still ho could not say that he was was prepared to vote for the motion of the llon. Gentleman, for it was one thing to propose to inquir e whether the sp i t e , of education at the College of Meynooth was such es i t ought to be, supported by a Government grant, and another thing to question the very grotrndi - on . w hi c h the grant was , . s made. LON DON, He thought the inquiry would be much better insti tuted by the Government, according to the powers which they possessed. He regretted that the speech of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Home Secretary had not been more explicit as to the intentions of Government, on the subject of the Maynooth grant, and he hoped that by the time this debate was renewed they would have made up their minds on the subject and be prepared to tell the House whether or not they meant to propose the abrogation of this grant. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that the Government had no intention of proposing the abro gation of the grant to Maynooth; nor had anything fallen from any member of the Government calculated to raise any such impression. He him self was not inclined ,to concur in the grounds for the inquiry which had been given by the Hon. Mover, although he did think it desirable that an inquiry should be made, and that too in the manner now proposed, and he considered there were great objections to the mode of a Royal Commis sion, as proposed by the Noble Lord opposite. With regard to the Government not having granted a specific day for the resuming of the debate, he thought that the press of business which they bad at present was a sufficient answer. _ _ _ Mr. B. OSBORNE said that there was no motion fixed for Wednesday next. Surely a race was sot of so much importance as Maynooth.—(Laughter.) Mr. C. ANSTEY moved that the debate be adjourned until Wednesday next. Mr. NEWDEG ATE said he could not agree to the amendment. The Hon. Gentleman was addressing the House when Six o'clock arrived, and . The SPEAKER adjourned the House until to morrow. THE SEARCH for SIR JOHN FRANKLIN The following are the Admiralty instructions to Sir Eivrard Belcher, relative to his search for Sir John Franklin : 1. Having appointed you to the command of the ex pedition (to consist of the ships Assistance, Resolute, Pioneer, Intrepid, and North Star), preparing• for the further search of Sir John Franklin, you are, whenever such ships shall ba in ail respects ready to put to sea, and proceeding down channel, or north about, make the best of your way to Barrow's Strait, calling at Disco (if in your way) for such replenishments as the place affords and a supply of dogs for sledging purposes. 2, We hare entrusted you with this command, in the full persuasion of your thorough acquaintance with its obligations, ar2el of your judgment and ability to meet them. 3. We do not therefore consider it necessary to en cumber you with minute instructions for your guidance at each step of your proceedings; but furnishing you with papers which point out tho views of the Admiralty, as successive expeditions have been dispatched from this c.untry, and those also relative to the difficultiea occur ring to oppose those views, we leave it to you to decide, as the case shall present itself. 4. We deem it right, however, that a certain course of proceedings should be pointed out to you; and adopting the recommendation of the committee appointed in Oc tober, Issl, to inquire and report upon a previous ex pedition, the plan of faturo operations there proposed is to be considered es the basis of ycur proceedings. By that plan, Beechy Island, is the point indicated as the basis of your operations, and you are to consider it as the grant rends zvous to which you are are to push for ward, there to establish the North Star as a general &eat. 5. Arrieed at this point, two great objects will en gego your attention :- 1. The endeavouring to pass up Wellington Channel with one sailieg vessel and one steamer. 2. The advance of a similar force towards Melville Island. 6. The object of the firs of these expeditions will be the endeavour to recover those traces of Sir John Franklin which ceased at Cape Bowden, to the north of Beechy Island; and to follow up such traces, if they should be found. The object of the other expedition will be, to deposit, if possible, at Winter Harbour, Melville Island, or failing that, at Byam Martin Island, a supply of provisions, fuel, and clothing for any parties that might roach such positions from Captain Collin son's or Captain M'Clure's ships. 7. As regards the first-named expedition, and the possible contingency of coming upon Sir John Frank lin's track; we cannot too strongly impress upon you the necessity of your establishing along your line of route, cachettes of provisions sufficient to supply your crews and those of the missing ships, should any accident happen to your own vessels, and reader it necessary for you to return without them to the general rendezvous at Beechy Island; and you will be most careful along the line of such route, as well as in every other direction you may have to take, to avail yourselves of every re markable promontory, point of land, or other distinctive locality, to deposit exact notices of your condition and intended proceedings; and you aro to give positive orders that these notices or records are to be deposited ten feet true north of the cairn or staff, and likewise beneath or in the cairn itself. 8. With regard to the expedition to be dispatched towards Melville Island, it is scarcely to be contemplated that, under the most favourable circumstances, more could be done in then first season than to reach that point; and the officer in charge of that service will of course have to take into account the having to winter in that quarter. _ _ 9. his earliest attention in that case, in the ensuing spring, will be-Ist. The depositing such supplies at Melville Island as he can spare, or endeavouring to con vey them thither by sledges, if he should not reach the island with his ships; and 2d. The detaching travelling parties in a westerly direction for the combined purpose of a search for traces of Sir John Franklin, and of de positing notices in conspicuous situations as to where the supplies are left, but being at the same time strictly en joined to return to their ships before the usual period of the breaking up of the ice, in order that such ships may return to their rendezvous at Beechy Mend or other wise prepare for quitting Lancaster Sound to return to England, according as the supplies on board of his ships, and the length of time consumed in the above service shall require. 10. And here we think it necessary more particularly to call your attention to the instructions to be given by you to the officer charged with this branch of the ex pedition; for whilst there is a possibility of your calculating on an early return of such officer from Melville Island, in the summer of 1853, and of his being able to afford you support in any particular direction, it is on the other hand not improbable that, from a prolonged detention to the westward, it may be his bounden duty not to hazard a further stay in those seas, but to make the best of his way home; in which case ho must endeavour to com municate with the rendezvous at Beechy bland, before finally quitting Barrow's Strait, in order to obtain in formation of the other ships, and to deposit records of his proceedings. 11. He should, therefore, be made to understand the nature of the responsibility that devolves upon him, both as to the execution of his orders, in the first in stance, and determining the point at which the power of compliance with those orders ceases. 12. It ie, of course, possible that seasons such as wore experienced by the expedition in 1850-51 may again occur to prevent a passage by ships up Wellington Channel, or to the west of Griffith Island, and, under such circumstances, it w ill bo for you to consider how far it might serve any useful purpose to undertake an examination by travelling parties from Baring Bay, or Prince Alfred Bay, in the direction of Jones's Sound, in addition to those which it will be your duty to send out to the north'and north-west, fur traces of Sir John Franklin, in the direction of Queen's Channel. 13. Our instructions, therefore, are without reference to the possible circumstance of records still being found at Beech) , Island, or elsewhere (and for which it will be your duty to search) at a certain distance from the re spective cairns, where it has been stated it was Sir John Franklin's custom to deposit them ;*, and if by such re cords it should prove that Sir John Franklin proceeded to the eastward out of Lancaster Sound, after he win tered at Beechy Island in 1845-46, you will still con tinue to push forward two of your ships towards Mel ville Island, as .already directed by us, and with the other two you are to act as circumstances may render necessary, depending on the information which those records may convey ; and adverting to the report of two ships having been seen on the ice in the North Atlantic, inithe spring of 1851, we think it expedient to draw your attention to this subject, that you may adopt such steps on your way from Baffin Bay, with reference to search and !inquiry on the shores of Davis Straits, as you may consider most advisable under the circumstances above stated, and - the information the records may convey. 14. You are aware of the deposit of stores and provi sions at Port Leopold, and of the steam launch left there by Sir James Ross; you are at liberty to employ that vessel in any way that her services may be made available; but with reference to the store of provisions at Port Leopold, and also those for 100 men, which were landed by Mr. Saunders on an island in Navy Board Inlet, it is our directions that such provisions and stores shall on no account be touched by any of the vessels under your orders, unless compelled to do so by abso lute necessity. 15. We have furnished you with copies of these in structions, which you are to deliver to the captain and officers in command of vessels under your orders. And we deem it necessary that you should be directed to communicate freely and unreservedly with your second in command, and the officers in charge of the other soar views and intentions, apcoqiunatisnteedonwnietehteydo with the expedition, k s h e i e p p s in g o n t h e a m l happening to yourself, or a sthepaat,raintioenasoefotfhes ships, p s accident pp these h o a ffic e e rs may be fully aware of the course of proceedings intende d to be ado p ted b y you, and when the ships are separated from y ou for the purpose of carrying out our orders, the same un reserved intercourse and communication is to be main tained between the officers in command of the respective ships. 16. You are, no doubt, aware of the Prince Albert private vessel being engaged in a like search in the Arctic Seas; you are to afford that vessel every aid and assistance, in the event of falling in with her, but you are in no way to interfere with her orders or take her under your charge. 17. The various logs and private journals, with draw ings, plans, &c., are to be sent to this offi ce, ou t he re turn of the expedition. And you aro to be careful that from the date of your parting company with the ships sent to assist in towing you, your own letters to our secretary, together with those of the officers addressing you, are duly numbered as well as dated; and you are invariably, should an y o pp or t un ity offer, to leave letters for us at such places as Cape Werrender, Ponds Bay. &c., provided no delay he incurred thereby. 18. Your ships have been fully equipped for the ser vice they are going upon, and it has been our desire that you should be provid e d w i t h every means an d resource that might be made avail a bl e . -W e h ave an en tire reli- THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 2O, 1852. fano° on the best use and application of those means on your part, and we have equal confidence in the care to be exercised by you for those employed under your orders; but there is one object which in the exercise of I that care will naturally engage your constant attention, and that is, the safe return of your party to this country. 19. We are sensible, however, that notwithstanding a wish to keep this part of your duty prominently in mind, yet, that an ardent desire to accomplish the object of your mission, added to a generous sympathy for your missing countrymen, may prevail in some degree to carry you beyond the limits of a cautious prudence. 20. You are, therefore, distinctly to understand our directions to be, that the several ships under your orders shall each be on its way home, and to the eastward of Barrow Strait, whenever their stock of provisions shall have been reduced to twelve months' full allowance; and commending you, and those employed under you, to the providence of God, we trust that success may crown your efforts, and that you may be the means of affording suc cour to those of our countrymen whose absence we have so long deplored. Given under our hands this 16th day of April, 1852. NORTHII3IBERLAND. HYDE PARKER. PHIPPS HORNB7. THOS. HERBERT. ALEX. MILNE. To Sir Edward Belcher, C. 8,, Captain of her Majesty's ship Assistance, at Greenhithe. By command of their Lordships, W. A. B. HAMILTON. * The piece of tin or copper, said by Adam Beck to have been dropped from a staff, should also be looked for. See Evidence before Arctic Committee. THE UNITED STATES NAVY. The " United States Navy Register for 1852" has just been published at Washington, from which we learn that the United States navy consists at present of the following vessels:— SHIPS OF THE LINE. Pennsylvania 120 guns, Franklin 74 „ Columbus 74 „ Ohio 74 „ North Carolina Delaware 74 ff Alabama 74 „ Vermont Virginia New York New Orleans Independence 54 „ Bainbridge FRIQATES. United Staten ...... 44 .. Perry lO ' BcHoo um as. Constitution Potomac 44 „ Pccenix 2 Brandywine Columbia Congress 44 „ Mississippi .. lO Curnb ~r land Savannah Raritan Santee 44 „ Saranac 6 Sabine 44 „ Princeton S'. Lawrence 44 „ Fulton Constellation Macedonian 36 „ Alleghany 2 SLOOPS OF WAR. Union — Ssratoga . ... 20 „ Vixen 3 John Adams Vincennes Warren Falmouth ... 20 „ Engineer Fiirfield V3ndalia 2O „ STORE SHIPS. St. Louis 2O „ Relief 6 Cysne ... 2O „ Lexington 6 Levant Portsmouth 2O „ Supply Plymouth RECAPITULATION. Vessels. Guns. Ships of the Line ••• 12 914 600 21 402 Sloops Frigates Brigs of War. ..: 40 4 3 Schooners ••• ••• ••• 4 Steamers ... ... ••• ... 16 63 Store Ships ... ... ••• 5 24 St. Mary's 20 guns. _ _ Jamestown Albany 2O „ Germantown Ontario Decatur l6 „ Marion Dale Preble ... 16 „ BRIGS. Total ... ... 75 2,047 HEALTHOF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The mortality of the metropolis exhibits in this return a considerable increase on that of the preceding week. In the week that ended the Bth of May the deaths fell to 972; in the week ending last Saturday they rose to 1,070. Last week was marked by a rise of mean temperature from 48.1 deg. to 52.7 dog. The wind, which had blown with remarkable constancy for nearly three months from the north-east, changed to the south-west on Friday, the 7th, and continued in the same direction throughout last week, and there were frequent showers of rain. In the ton corresponding weeks of 1842-51 the average number of deaths was 907, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, becomes 998. The deaths of last week, therefore, exceed the estimated amount by 72. Compared with the facts of the previous week, the present return discovers an increase in deaths caused by epidemics from 193 to 234, while in those from diseases of the respiratory organs the numbers are almost iden tical. There is an increase from 130 to 142 in deaths by phthisis. Diseases of the heart also rose in the two weeks from 37 to 45; those of the digestive organs from 60 to 74. Amongst epidemics the increase arises chiefly from small-pox, and in the next place from scarlatina. The former malady was fatal last week to 38 children and 8 adults --altogether to 46 persons; the latter to 44. In only 4 cases of small-pox is it stated that vaccination had been performed, apparently with effect, and in these the ages were as follow: -5, 18, 287 and 41 years. Zymotics in the aggregate produce at present conside rably more than the average mortality of the season. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part one-half covered with cloud till noon, and clear during the remainder of the day. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. MONDAY. —The sky was generally covered with cloud throughout the day; cirrocumulus and cirrostratus. Rain fell in the afternoon. Electricity—Negative, and very active during the afternoon. TUESDAY. — The amount of cloud was very variable throughout the day ; cumulus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Showers of hail and rain were frequent. Electricity—Nega tive, and very active during the time of hail falling; sparks were shown. WEDNESDAY. —The sky was overcast till evening, and clear afterwards; cumulostratus and cirrostratus. Showers of rain fell frequently. Electricity—Negative, and active during the morning. TLIURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus and scud. Frequent showers of rain. Electricity —Nothing was shown at any examination. FRIDAY.—The sky was overcast till noon, three-fourths were covered till sh. P.M., and clear afterwards ; cumulus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Rain fell between 7h. and Bh. P.m. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the a fternoon. _ SATURDAY.—Three - fourths of the sky were covered till noon, and mostly clear during the remainder of the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension variable throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 55.0 Q ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 5 . 2.0°; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 54.6 e and 51.0" respectively. The reading of the barometer at the beginning of the week was 29.93 in., and this reading continued with very slight changes till after noon on the 9th; then decreased . to 29.72 in. by 9h. P.M. on the 10th; increased to 29.81 m. by 9h. A.M. on the 11th; decreased to 2944 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 14th; increased to 29.97 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 15th; and decreased to 29.89 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1152• Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*234 Diseases of Uncertain Seat - 46 Tubercular Diseases „. ••• ... ••• 200 ••• ••• Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ••• 121 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... •-• 45 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... .„ ••• ••• ... 169 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• ••• 74 "' 8 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Utorus, &c. ••• ••• 11 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 6 Diseases of the Skin, &o. ... ••• ••• ••• 2 Malformations... ••• ••• ••• 1 ••• Premature Birth ••• ,•• ••• ••• 33 ••• Atrophy ••• ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 30 Old Age ••• ••• 46 ••• ... ••• ••• Sudden ... ... ••• 3 ••• ... ... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 34 Causes not specified ..• ••• ••• ..• 7 ••• DEATHS PROM ALL CAUSE S ... ". Population Deaths in cone- Enumerated, sponding week of 1851. Districts...NCWeoenrsttrhalDi strioDistricts is.. 34 3 99 7 1 03 6 8 : ,4 5 23 1 59 27 165 .. . 66 .. : 171 . . .. .. 186 ..• East Districts ... 485,522 ... 225 ... South Districts.. 616,635 ... 255 ••• T0ta15........ 2,362,236 Males ... ... Females ... ••• 1,002 ••• ••• 1,070 Deaths In the Week. 193 178 209 212 278 ... 1,070 ... 529 ... 541 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... ... 712 Females ... ... ... ... ... 689 Total ~„ ... 1,401 *ln thi s num b er are i nc l u d e d 4 4 b y S carlatina, 36 by Typhus Fever, and 16 by Diarrhea. t 9 k n a t n h t e k w e ipnodoorw- darks ill, Ona II m °MRS.— yr hat do we find in too many of our houses? Not a picture? Not a "thing of beauty,' of any description; often not a thought of it. Even where reign thrift and carefulness, there sometimes shines no joy ; wed h t a h v e e c d l e a e y p - er bo c u o n n d so s l p a i t r i i o t n n , p ev u e r r e r r t e s a a c c h i e i is: ,higherg r igh t elevation ; the occupants groan instead of living. But there is a Bible G yo re u ek wi ; ll b s u a t y T ; white ceilings, drab walls, and bare, gloomy looks; constant care; lamentations for ills which are not and never may be; thoughts only for the animal life ; a shutting out of the light, and refusal to be joyous. If you do not know of such houses, searc incitement,recui requires w he e want not Apello. True, you are lucky in your friends.—Correspondent of the Builder. PENNSYLVANIAN BONDS.--The Act authorizing the Governor and State Treasurer to negotiate a loan of 5,000,000 dollars, and issue there for 5 p er ce nt. coupon bonds for the purpose of liquidating the 6 per cent, loans lalling due in 1853 and .1854, was lately agreed to in the Pennsylvanian Senate without division. The loans to be advertised for in London, Amsterdam, , and , Pari s , . _ _ i C. 15.13111.1.8.. 4 .3 Dividend Names of '4 Dividend Names of 4 Companies. 2 per nice. Companies. as panies. Aenetfra. Price. v:. Annum. v. .......va. ....M..... .......-.. ................, t .......... •••••••••• X Ashtn &01 .h 98' U. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 100 21.105. 50 1 Barnsley. • -- 160 1 Neath .... • • 100 161. Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford ••• • • • 100) 13/. 185 Birmingham 40 1 41. 10036 , Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 1001 251. 200 Regent's • ... 33 11. 3s. 16 Derby ••• -- 1 00i 61. 63 Rochdale.. • . 85 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 83% Semrset Coal 150 GrandJunetn 100 i N. pr. ct. 4/14 D o.Lk Fd St 12 1130., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. et. 1136 Sterrd &Wore 140 281 . 405 Grand Surrey 100 1 21. Os. 3236 Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stottrbridge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt & Aria 39 48. 04. 5% Severn and 1 21. OS. 24 Lancaster . 100 1 Wye Ran. 126 Leeds&Livrp 100 201. 495 Warwick& 1 41. 40 Leicester .... 1001 51. 66 Birming. j 100 Leiestr &Nth 83 , 41. 44% Warwick&l 28 Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. 3 100 31' Monmouthsh 100 ' Worestr &1 ~,„ 31. 83 Mntgomrysh 100 --- Birming. '" Meltraiwbry 100 Wilts & Brks —118.6 d. 7 % 43.4.E-XXO•litT AND COIE3II COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ -- A. a. d. X. s. d. British -••-••• • •• •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10% Ditto Provincial .• ll. 811. 20 0 0 20 0 0 183¢ Brighton -••••• • • • • , 51. 20 0 0 - 16 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 City of London .. ••• • 61 . Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 45% Equitable.. ••••.• • • • • bOs. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Great Central' •••• • • • 5/. 0 0 0 10 . 0 0 13M 31.1 b bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Imperial ... ..... • • • • • • Independent ......• • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 50 0 0 50 0 0 - London.• .... • • • • • • • • Do., Pad. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 25 eheania 3 ll. p er cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26% 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General .• •• • • U. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 W e stminster Chartered Si. per cent, Sc) 0 0 - 39% 14 Ditto, New •••• - • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7 % 1a57,7 or SCOTTISH CIONIEPAZFIE S - ' PR ICES ------ Dividend Amount r of Name of Company. Ann pe um. Share. Paid. Price. .., 4 , 4 a. d. I 8. d Bank of Scotland 7l. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 186 British Linen Company 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202 Si. percent. to 0 g 102 1 0 0 o o 3/. l l o l m s. Caledonian Bank •• •• City of Glasgow Dank 6/. per cent. 10 0 Bank "• ...: 6% per cent. 20 0 0 ' 10 0 - Clydesdale 0 12/ 4s Commercial Bank •• • • 7/. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180% Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 61. percent. 25 0 0 i 0 0 0 10 Edinb hen ..IkGlasgow of Bank . 31. per cent. 10 5 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 05 0 0 5 4 E a eßnk Scot - Na ti o nal Bank 634 per cent. '5O 0 0 10 0 0 Ik% tiorthof Scotland Bank 5/.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 27 , ,, Boyalßank ofScetland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 ' 100 0 0 133 k Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90 Western Bank ...... • . 71. per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69% A lli a nce Fire and Life 8% /.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% Br itish Guarantee 43 17s 6d Caledonian Fire Insur lol.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 " 0 41. 6s Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 1 22 Eng.& Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.perc en t . 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 11 0 0 285.6 d North British Insur 6l. p er cent. 200 0 0 ) 2 0 0 0 32% Scottish Union Ingra %l. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 30s 6d Standard Life ....Si. p er cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 • United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0° 1 208 24 Cd imascasaaiarzious. , - Name of Company. Dividend Amountper of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --.-. ------- --. Assam Tea -.. • • .... - A. s. d. X. I. 4. 20 0 0 20 0 0 9% kuctien Mart.. •... .. 21. 52. 80 0 0 - 26 Australian Agrionitarl 1 1. 100 0 0 35 0 0 16 34 Australian Trust ...• Gl. per cent. - 35 0 0 21% kngio•Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - British American Land 15s. -- 38 10 0 55 Canada ••••••••• •• - 61. percent. 100 0 0 82 10 0 50 Do. 5 per cent Bonds - - - .- Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. percent. - 11334 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 97 Gen. Revers. to Invest. 5 p.e.lcbs,2lloo 0 0 100 0 0 94% Equitable Iteversienry ,51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto New ........ - 50 0 0 710 0 - Gen.SteamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2 8 34 Hudson's 8ay.... ...• - Stock. - 206 Hungerford .......... 21.55. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 5 New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 AO 0 - Ditto. New ........ - 25 0 0 12 1 0 0 0 - 260 - Russell Institution • • - - Penins l rBcOrient.Stm. 81. p. C.& bs. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Reversionary Int. Soo. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 104 Royal Mail Steam-. 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 t 6% South Australian.-- 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24 34 l eo 0 29 0 01 - Van Dieman's Land.. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. The following extract from a letter dated Hong-Kong, March 28, is not without interest to the public " There have been here no leas than 37 whalers from the Arctic seas. It may interest you to know, that they almost all believe that Sir John Franklin is safe, an d that be has got throug h the ic6 barrier into inner waters, where he will not be reached until a mild season arrives, which they say the present will be. Most of them have now departed. They say Franklin will not suffer for want of food. They give strange accounts of the Esqui. maux vibrating from the Asiatic to the American conti nent and back again, carrying their boat s , ma d e o f s ki ns and whalebone, over the ice, and launching th em w h en They they meet with open water. all confirm th e f ac t n that the whales fo un d i n th ehring'a Straits and in Bsffin's Bay are th e same species, B proving the existence of a passage ; f or a whale t he Arctic species, they say, has never bee n seen to the e south of 22 deg. of latitude, e d so they can no t hav e d oubled either of the Capes (of Good Hop e or Cape Horn), and the whale is under the necessity of making his presence known by coming to the surface to blow." P- _ ERIWINKLEB.—We have previously referred to trade springing up between the West Highlands and London in the small shellfish called periwinkles, in consequence of the ample and cheap means of conveyance. No less than 660 bags were sent by the screw-steamer Metropolitan on her last two trips, each bag weighing two and a half 'cwt., ,and making in all eighty-two tons and g half.—Gree nock Advekiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • BOW-STREET. Mr. John Chapman, bookseller, Strand, appeared to a summons, oho. , gieg him with having neglected to sup ply the British Museum with a copy of the Westminster Revieth. Mr. Bodkin, on behalf of the trustees of the British Museum, stated the case, and called Richard Edward!, clerk to the solicitors of the Mu seum, who deposed to having purchased the number produced (for January, 1852), at the shop of the defen dant, in the Strand, for ss. The work was published four months before the date of the purchase, which took place on'the 10th April last. Mr. A. Panizzi, keeper of the printed books at the British Musum, stated that no copy of the number pro duced by the last witness had been sent to the Museum by Mr. Chapman. The printed circular produced, ap prising all publishers of the obligations imposed upon them by the Act, was sent to Mr. Chapman, in com mon with other booksellers ; besides which, he had been once before fine a nominal penalty for a similar offence. Mr. Chapman, in answer to the charge,' stated that the whole of the business in connexion with the West minstsr Review, was managed by a clerk in his employ, named Gill, who told him that he packsd up the number in question, directed it to the British Museum, and sent it by the porter in the usual way. In a book containing a list of places to which the Review was sent gratui tously, the number in question was duly entered; and in a second book there was also an entry of the same date (January 14), to the effect that a copy of the Review and Story's Life were sent on the same day. It therefore appeared that the non delivery of the number must have resulted from some accident; and when the summons was served, ho (defendant) sent his clerk, Mr. Gill, to explain the circumstance, to express his regret at the omission, and to beg that, as there had been no ne glect on his pert, the proceedings against him might he withdrawn on his paying the expenses already incurred thereby. Now he (Mr. Chapman) had hoped and ex pected that Mr. Panizzi would comply with this very reasonable request; but he refused to do so, and accord ing to the statement of Mr. Gill, the clerk who waited upon him, he accompauied his refusal with some re marks which evinced a degree of animus against him, on the part of Mr. Panizzi, which he could not help regard ing as extremely Unjust. After the clerk had been trying for a long time to induce Mr. Panizzi to abandon the prosecution, under the circumstances named, that gentleman exclaimed, " No, I will nor. Mr. Chapman has brought me forward iu his Review. He has noticed me, and I will notice him." Mr. Chapman then ex plained that there was an allusion to Mr. Panizzi in the Review. founded on a quotation from the Literary Ga zette. The remarks were never intended to be personal, and if the quotation was offensive to Mr. Panizzi, he (defendant) was not responsible for it. Mr. Panizzi denied the imputation that he was in fluenced by anything that had appeared in the Review. What he said to the clerk of Mr. Chapman, was said fortunately in the presence of another person, who wes present, and his words were to this effect—" Mr. Chap man has accused me of pursuing booksellers, and com pelling them to pay large fines, which is not correct; for in his own case, when he was summoned before, he was only fined Is. by my request, es a caution, which he has neglected to observe." The clerk, Mr. Thomas Gill, was about to take his version of the interview with Mr. Panizzi, but Mr. Hail directed him to confine himself to the facts respecting the alleged transmission of the Review to the Museum. Lie then produced the books referred to by Mr. Chap man, and stated that he did not neglect to send the copy, as indicated, to the Museum, although he admitted that the officers usually furnished a formal receipt for all books received at the Museum, and that he had not seen any receipt for the copy in question. By Mr. Bed/dn.—Ho had seen in the files, a receipt for the two volumes of Story's Life, which were supplied at the same time. Mr. HALL acquitted the defendant of any wilful ne glect, but he had certainly failed to give that attention to the subject which was promised, or evidently implied, by the mitigated penalty which followed a previous convic tion. The receipt usually given by the officers of the Museum should have been inquired for, as a matter of business, and this attention to a very ordinary duty would have led to the discovery of the fact that the work had net been supplied, owing to some neglect or over sight on the part of one of his servants. If the em ployers were not to be held responsible for their servants, the trustees of the Museum would be left without re dregs, and the Act rendered perfectly nugatory. His Worship then inflicted the mitigated penalty of 405., with 55., the cost of the book, and 25., the cost of the summons. Mr. Bodkin stated, that on the former occasion, when Mr. Chapman was fined 22., Mr. Jardine adjudged the costs to be V. 53. Mr. HALL wOuld only order the cost of the summons in the present case, namely 2a. Mr. Bodkin then suggested that the penalty might, under one of the provisions of the Act, be paid to the trustees of the Museum. His WORSHIP, however, decided that the penalty must go to the Queen, although in all previous cases, we believe, it has been paid to the trustees. LAMBETH. Mr. Games, solicitor, addressing Mr. Elliott, begged to be allowed to say a few words on a matter that very seriously effected the character sod reputation of an old client of his, Mr. Alves, of St. Mary's-street, Walcot square, the gentleman who then sat by his Bide (referred to, though not by name, in our Lambeth police report of yesterday). The matter of which he had to complain was a sta ement that appeared in the morning papers of that day, purporting to be the particulars of an trpplica tion by an attorney's clerk, iu reference to some bill stealing transactions. He (Mr. Games) trusted that his worship, in giving his magisterial asiistance to protect the public against the bill -stealing impostors, would feel it to be equally his duty to afford an injured party an opportunity of setting his character right before his fel low-men. His client (Mr. Alves) felt himself seriously , injured by the statement that had gone forth to the public, and was anxious through him (Mr. Games) to state the whole of the circumstances, so far as they actioname u o n t d etrh the 's ecroggynmizaann,cse connected with the trans and by them it would be seen that he was perfectly innocent and free from the slightest imputation. The brief facts, then, were these:—Mr. Alves was at present, what he had been for some years, a bill discounter, and in the course of his business an application had been made to him to discount the 60/, bill of a clergyman in Suffolk. Having no per sonal knowledge of the reverend gentleman, he took time to consider whether he should be sate in advancing his money on the security, and therefore took the ordinary means in such matters, of writing to the gentleman him self. To come persons this mode of procedure might appear suspicious, but when it was recollected that the party lived a distance in the country, and that the bill itselt might be a forgery, the course pursued could not be wondered at. Besides, the mode adopted by Mr. Alves of writing to the reverend gentleman was much more delicate than that of going about amongst hie friends in town, and inquiring from them whether the 1111 was in his handwriting, and whether it was likely to be paid at nnurity. On subsequently ascertaining that the bill in question had been impr Terly obtained, and that the Messrs. Trinder and Eyre, the solicitors, were making some inquiries on the subject, his client, Mr. Aires, actually called at their office, to give them any explanation they might think proper on the matter. Mr. ELLIOTT—Do you mean to say that your client called at the offices of Messrs. Trinder and Eyre, before any application had been made to him at his house, on the subject of the Bill? Mr. GAMES —I am instructed so; but Mr. Alves will set me right if such was not the case. Mr. Alves said it was so, and that he was always from home when the clerk of Messrs. Trinder and Eyre called at his house. applicant that he hadthatTTobservemdadeliv y effort every do seefrom the Mr. Alves without being able; and the statement in the newspapers was a correct one, of the representation of the party complaining. Nothing had been said by the clerk of Mr. Trinder about Mr. Alves having called at the office of his employers, or offering the slightest ex planation of his conduct in the transaction • and if he had done so, and had offered to give an explanation, he had now a perfect right to complain, and contradict that part of the statement in the fullest manner. Mr. GAMES, on the part of his client, as well as his own behalf, begged to tender his thanks to his worship for the kindness be had extended, and the patience with which he heard them, and here the matter dropped. THE LATE FIRE IN BERMONDSEY It is to be regretted that circumstances have arisen in connexion with this fire which led In do a suspicio n th a t it yesterdaymay have morningbe e n wilfully i l ful threely occasioned.t persons were tatkheencoinutroseo cus tody. Two of them have since been liberated, but one remains under the surveillance of the police. It is be lieved that this person is a discharged servant of the Messrs. Owst, who he appears to have held out a threat w w h o o ul w d as sd fi t rs fi t re se t e o n that, if dismissed, warehouse. Theby the boy histo employers' n pl o ny u e t r o ll ; the premisesbrigade officer belonged to one of offence ,_ the moored alongside. He had given some the v esse l s , T , "he follownilneligmi ship a lo pu. captain, and was denied admission to his is the official report:— • Messrs. R. Owst and oop merchants and coopers, Bermondsey-wall, Co., ViTarehouse and contents. destroyed; dwelling-house much damaged; contents in sured in the Imperial and other offices. Building in sured in the Alliance. "Mr. J. Brindley, slate merchant—warehouse burnt, and contents muoh damaged; both insured in the Alliance. " Messrs. W. and J. Hayward, boatbuilders—stock much damaged; insured in the Phcenix. "Mr. W. Downing, sail and tarpaulin manufacturer— building much injured, and stock damaged; insured in the Alliance. " Mr. Thomas Fox, private house—furniture da maged; insured in the Atlas. Messrs. Loader's granarie s —front scorche d , and st oc k injured. " The Providence sma ck, laden wi th hoops—burnt with the exception of the hull . I ~ The Violet, of Montrose, schooner — similarly de stroyed. " The Ellen and Esther, a w e l ch y-repaired sc h ooner, schooner —much b urn t ; and various smaller craft mo off Messr s . S to k es ' s ways. She " Tho Providence was a new! re or less inj ure d. and bad only just come was lying alongsido, waitin g for her cargo." , I , V1.4. •••••131•••••-- E N D - SUDD.b- 13 with feelings of regret that we record the Sudden death of Mr. James Fielded, of the f irm of Fitlden Brothers, of Waterside, brother of the late Fielden,. M.P. On Sunday night he went to bed in good .he alth, was fo un d . d ead.a short time after by wire. bte was mach respected by the i.vollikeoPle._ die died from disease of tle heart, -Manchester Courier. RAILWAY - INTELLIGENCE. THAMES HAVEN DOCK AND RAILWAY COMPANY. 01 Tuesday a special general meeting of this Compaq WT.; herd in the . Gresham Rooms, Basinghall-street, to cantider the prop rie ty o f re d uc i ng t h e nom inal amount . or value of the s h ares i n t h e sa id com pany,. and ` G resolve and determine the amount to which this - sat" shall be reduced, and to authorise the issue ad nelv f share in respect and t o th e ex t en t o f the anloa nt capital of the company, which, by reason of stit: h reduction iu the amount or nominal value of 5W first-mentioned shares, shall be unrepresentod by sharer, and to determine the nominal aweettnt of Axel; new share-, and at what times and on what condition` the same should be issued, the • annual dividend in al l eases not exceeding 6 per cent,; also to receive a rePort from the directors on the state of the company's affi,s , and to take the sense of the proprietors as to • immediati proceeding with the woiks, and • raising the necessail amount for the same. Mr. LOWDEN took the chair, and having read the report and alluded to the past misfortunes of the CO statel that their position was this—they h ad already a sea wall and a large portion of land, he la.lioacd 137 acres, on which they might erect. their wharfs. It was the intention of the directors to make only a single line from Itom'ord to Thames Haven. They could there balle t ' a harf 1,800 feet in length, where the depth of irote: i . was from 15 to 20 feet, and ships of a certain class coal always be accommodated. Fie therefore advised the PP o " prieters to take immediate steps to effect that desirable • object, which he had •rto doubt, looking to the Loer chandise and traffic that would come on the railw* would amply pay the proprietors. 11'.% SHEPHERD asked if they had any binding en • gaement with the Eastern Counties Company.' Til- Tee . CHAIRMAN said they intended to oppose the bury line. Ile was corny there was no legal agreen3es' with the E.!stt rn Counties Company. Mr. SHEPHERD wished the names of the parties to be trrntioned who had signed on the part of the Easta i) C , - unties Company. The CHAIRMAN said the o n ly names th e y h a d to thl document they posse sse d were t h ose o f Mr. Bidd e r 1 111 ' Mr. Lang. A PROPRIETOR. asked what the estimated cost of the line was? The CHAIRMAN read an Estimate, from which it,or n petered that the total cost of th e li ne f rom R aw forn Th emes 11 4 , ; c 211 woohl ty) about 2 9 5,000/. Mr. SHEPHERD wa's much surprised at there being no balance-sheet for the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said their position might be Will a stated. They had 2,6001. at the bankers', their lan was paid for, and they hid certain liabilities to a sol: amount unl'quidated. There was a balance-sbaet '— host January; the present was not the time for a balan_tn sheet. He might say that. the call in 1847 protine7 40,0001., which, with the balance ho now mention; was fairly accounted for. An opportunity wu.nicl,..4 aff,rded to the shareholders to inspect the batancreuy next week.—(lletr, hear.) A PROPRIETOR thought a tidal dock should be 1 9 1/(1 00 ° , at least to siford securi:y to vessels at Thames Sea o without going to the expense of docks. di# The CHAIRMAN said that was the view of the rectors—(llear, hoar.) The report was then adopted. tbe A resolution was proposed for the reduction 0- f y shores from 50/. to 25/. each, on which 18/. must be co si(tT(d to he paid. The CHAIRMAN said these new shares would he iota to the proprietors in preference, but the directors issue them at such times as they might deem expedie% Alter some discuasioa bt twoen the solicitor, Mr. Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Lee, Mr. Robertson, and others , to the price at which the shares ought to be issued, The resolution of the directors was carried Wie n tuously. The CHAIRMAN said they had filed a petition in I '4 House of Lords against the Tilbury line, and he bop; they should be supported by the proprietors.—(Hea r ' ) A vote of thanks was th en p asse d to t h e c h a irman '— directors, when the meeting adjourned. SOUTH DEVON.—Among the surprises in store fo r the proprietors of thi s ccmpauy, we may mention the prey° . rations of opposition to the board en account of its siding d the Cornwall. Rea sona bl e p eo pl e h ave hitherto flitter, o themselves that, if an unbroken connexion with lb west were once established, the wor s t days of "'f South Devon would be passed ; but some few, o " the good folks of Plymo u th, it wou ld see m, are °I b e entirely different opinion. They consider that struggling port should be the only terminus of the 1113 14 and that no traffic which once reaches Plymouth shc c be suffered to go beyond it by land; and, as a legitim ate consequence, that there should be no entry of good s e a t passengers to their town by the same transit. Th ee are the sages of Plymouth, and this is the ninete enth century ! • CORNWALL.—WO are glad to learn that the e 000 0; ragement already received by the directors is of 3 n 3ce o f satisfactory character, notwithstanding the divergenc e ° , public opinion to election matters at the present _T or , ment. Influential parties are busily engaged in u rti vassieg their neighbours; and, when their r e p o aro sent in and compared, we doubt not they willP re we sent an advance in practical bu s i ness , a like hoot:still be to the praiseworthy exertions now making and t i e Ire object they have i n v i ew . Thi rty m il es of lae fr u pia - 0 already contracted for, the price being liberally tak en shares; and of the rem a i n i ng 35, i t i s ant i c ipated - - r• at least a moiety will b e se t t l e d f or i n t h e sam e men.n e —Railway Times. LEEDS NORTHERN. On Saturday last, 51 ;.2, 11 ; portant extension of the Leeds Northern (late Jai — ihe and Thirsk) Railway was formally opened. witb " re usual manifestations of rejoicings and festive c e • o f monies on such occasions. The new portion the line opened is nearly thirty miles in leug 0 extending from the Melmerby station, beti vec o f Ripon and Thirsk, to the port and tow Stockton, in the county of Durham. A further' exii; sion of the company's line to Hartlepool, about t „ miles from Stockton, will be opened on the let of ei, : ti e ° l and then the Leeds Northern Railway will form A du o¢ communication between two of the most rising Port e ,.,, i • - g the north-east coast of England and the manufsete k i7, lo districts of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the Who of Lancashire. THE COUNTRY MARKETS' a LIVERPOOL, MA Y 18.—Holders of wheat and flour slitl d. more firmness, and full rates of last week were tnaints i ". o r The weather being more favourable fo r cro p s , a ll kinds of s r rl e i; corn dull sale, at ba re ly f ormer ra t es . I n di an corn au' 1 , lower. Arrivals, I re l an d an d coastw i se— Wh ea t, 77; wa„ - 199; oats, 139; malt, 1,469 ; fl our , 28. F ore i gn wheat, barley, 672. - wa de LEEDS, MAY 18.—A rr i va l s o f w h ea t f a i r thi s week. decidedly firmer, and for fresh qualities rates of Friday s° 7 ,r ° ,..' what exceeded, with mod era t e exten t o f b us iness Pass,, l Barley and beaas as la s t wee k. O ats an d s h e lli n gs atoll price. Peas and other articles as before. NEWCASTLE CORN M ARKET , M A Y 18.—A l t houg h was a great want of animation, trade ruled ruled firm l y f or wheat; Saturday's 'prices fully maintained. Barley witbaL change. Oats continue steady at previous terms. In-do and other articles no change. NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, MAY 48.—The saPPII from 6d beasts was 673; quality good ; trade exceedingly b r i s k, . 1 ' ed to Is advance, and all sold. Number of sheep and lam bs , 4,926. Demand steady at former rates, with a good clearance' Prices Beef,:s3 to 6s per stone; shorn ch eep , 4d to sd; lambs, 7d to 8d per lb. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, MAY 18.—There Ware i 0 the meal market to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each weigh ? 2801bs. imperial, which sold thus :—2 at i l Ils 2 at 1 1 1036 4 and 1 at 11 10s Cd ; average price of the Whole 1/ 105 2-12tha. 2 sacks pot-barley, whereof 1 sold at 29s ed. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET, MAY Oat straw, from 7s Od to 8s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tre e 7 wheat ditto, 6s 6d to 7 s 6d ; barley di tto, es Od to 7s Hay, from 9d to lid per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 17. There were aothuaedtmbmaearairlek,yeprateretaosi-adgeaukyi,ck7 of .7 b ags of oatmeal an dlof b arl e e no peasemeal or pot-barley in market. Sales for the eatin -280 lbs. First Second Th ir 6 ci c i imperial ... 30s Od 30s Od 29s a Barleymeal, per ditto . 233 6d —3 Od ° ,l Peaseineal ••• —3 od od -- 0 Flour ... ::.• —s Od —a Od O d Pot barley ... —s Od Od •••41 COAL MARKET.-YESTIRDAY. . Prices of Coal per ton at the clos e o f th e ma rket ..--' s a Carr's Hartley ..... l4s Od Pear e th ( uns .) ......... 120 0 Davison'sWestllartley lls Od , Eden Main ...... ...... 1 58 o j Hasting's Hartley 145 Od Lambton Primrose ... 151 fid Holywell New Tanfield - 15s g 6 l Ravensworth Pelaw .. 12s Od Lambton 14s ";1 - Ravensworth'sW. Hart 133 9d Pensher . 15s 6 " South Peareth ranfield Moor Butes- l2s 6d, Richmond 1 65 ~..S 1 g. uo Walker's Primrose ... lls 6d Stewart's .. ... -..-- i‘z as West Hartley Wylam Wall's - End, &c. Haigh Hall 15 5 '- Brown n s 6d Gosforth ..... .......... 14s Od South Hartlepool - Od Heaton od Riddell ..... ... ...... ... 13s 9,1 Ramsay's Garasfield 2 35 Harvey Wylaca (uns.) 12s Od Ships at market, _ . 27C Sold, 66. BIRTH& OF A SON. On the 14th in s t., at Westbourne-terrace, k_ lllo wife of Thomas Falconer, Esq. On the 15th i ns t. , at Upper Bedford-place, Russell-340p the wife of Richard Garth, Esq. OF • DAUGHTER. On the 120 i inst., at Bilboa, the wife of Francis T. BOY' Esq., 11. B. M.'s Vice Consul. Oa the 17th inst., at Maida-hill West, the wife of J -61111 Morris Hogan, Esq. MARRIED. At Irornsey Church, on the 18 h inst., by the Rev. Thomas Nolan, A.M., of St. John's, Bedford-row, James Stuart/ Esq. (of Gordon, Stuart, and Co.), Calcutta, to Mary Agl eldest daughter of Co r n e li us Ni c h o l son , E sq ., The ' Ilornsey. DIED On the 4th inst., at Villafranca, near Genoa, the —ge e ' John Capel Hanbury Tracy, third son of the Right He n ' Lard Sudeley. d On the 15th inst., aged 64, Hsr r i o tt, the wile o f Edward Grant, Esq., of Higbbury-place. On the 15th inst., at Sydenham,_ Emily, wife of Mr. S. r• Low, of the Madras Military Fund-office, aged 28. o f On the 16th inst., aged 20, "William Thomas, eldest soil the Rev. W. Quarterman, Bowater -crescent, Woolwich. On the 15th inst., in Hanover-st ree t, L on d o n, age_ 130, William Winstanley, M.D., of Preston. of Oa the 15th inst., at Folkesto ne , M r . J ose ph Harve v Bermondsey, Surrey, aged 80. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YUUNG,f, No. 112, Strand, Pri nter , at The Sun Cate; VNI, Strand, in th Precinct o f th e S avoy , i n the cow° - 3•Liddleipx. Tlwriday i 1 , 14 y 20,102 PRICES OF SHARES IN B , ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. • PUBLI,SIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. L9NDON, TUESDAY, MAY 18. XIIITAT' 1 -3TOC= ISZLITMS. ....,,- Dividend Amount Name of znpany. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - ----- ----- x B . d. A s. d. Austral, Isis ........ • • 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 47 1 3ritahN orth American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 56 Jammer , dal of London 61. percent. 100 o'o 20 0 0 - fiolontal V. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 14% Gioucest erohire ••• • • • 15/per cent. - - - lonian •. - • •......... 6/. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 nondn and Westmlnstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 29% London Joint-Stoek... 1 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 8 36 Provinc. is.lof Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 46 Ditto, New... •• •• • • 8/.p or cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 41. per cont. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -- Nat. Prnivncial of Eng. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • .. 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. ,11/. p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - South A astralla •• .• •• 1 6/. p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Anstralla•• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 Ditto ••• • • .... •• .• • • 61. per cent. - 210 0 - onion of London. •... 171. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Onion of Madrid ..... 1 - 40 0040 0 0 - I IZTSIML.II.3IO7III COMP./113,13C303. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - ------ ----. £ s. d. £ s. (1. Albion .. • .... ••• • • • 11. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance-Brit. and For. 71. 143.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 22 Ditto Marine. •• •• •• 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Atlas .......... • • ••• • • 135.6 d. 50 0 0 510 0 18% Argus L ife •• • • - • • • 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British . Commercial - 7s. 66. 50 0 0 5 0 0 674 Clerici,leed.& Gen.LIR spr ct. 8s bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% County ... ............ 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 Crown •• ............ 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 163 Eag1e.... Eqity and Law •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European,. Life •• •• • 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 12 General - .......... - 5 0 0 II 5 34 Globe • •... -.. .. .. 61. per cent. Stock. 141 Guardian -•••-• • • • • • 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 56 imperial F ire.... -•• 121, per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 Imperial X,'l fe -..- • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19% indemnity marine .• 11. szt. & I,s. 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 Law Fire . .. .. .••• .. 2s. & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% Law Life ............ - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and Ueneral Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire ........ 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 25 London Ship - Marine •--••••• • • • • .. 15s er snare 100 0 0 15 0 0 15% Med. In 'lid &Gen.Llle 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Monarch .- •••••• .. .. - 5 0 0 1 0 0 19s.id tiational Lean Fund.. 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 236 Palladium. Life ...... • • 5/. per cent. Mt 0 C 2 0 0 2 34 Pamnix • • 31. p. sh. & bs. - - 160 Professional Life ...... 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 155.0 d Providef•tiife • • ...• • • 1L ss. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 40 Rock Li. b........ .... ss. 5 0 0 010 0 7% Royal E. [ch ange . - ... 6/. p. et. &bs Steck. all 2253 Sun Fire - 61.105. - „ 213 Ditto T:lfe 11. 6e. - 55 0 United I Cingdom .... 4/. p. ct.&bs. 20 0 0 4 0 4% u niverf Si Life.... .. .. 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 8936 Victoria Life......... 5/. per cnt. - 412 6 bli 13RIDGES ..... Dividend Amount Name tf Company. per ' of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ..................1..... .......,..... £. s. d. X. R. d. Hungerf0.q.......... - - - - Southwrk ........ „, - 100 0 0 - - Ditto I.4'w of 7 39 p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo -- ........ - - 100 0 0 - 834 Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 24% Ditto lirw ditto 0(.71. 21.25. Od. - 40 0. 0 22 Venal/an .... •• • Av. 21. 70 10 8 - - `67.11.TMV,- - 47031X15 - Dividend Amount `Tame if Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - - ----- - - £ s. d. £ s. d. East Lon. 10n.... •• •• •• 81. per cu t . 100 0 0 - 156 Grand .fla notion .• •• •• I 4/. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 6 5 36 Kent-. ---•• .• • • 4/. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth .... -..•• • • • • W. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Now River Company.. 21. 10s. - - 60 Southwark & Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - - West Mid.Cesex • • • • • • ,61. Os. pr mat. - --- - • DOMES. ...., Dividend Amount Name of COnipany. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 0....".....1. Own •••...M........p ............,.... ................ ./......... ~.n...4. o. d. Commercial .......... 4/. pr ce n t. X £ o. d. Stock. - 9034 East and West Ind , a ... 6%1. pr cent. Stock. - 160 East Country •• .•• • • . 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London .- • • .••• . • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 127 Ditto Bonds •• •• • • •• 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine -•••••• 3% per cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds • • •• .. • • 4341. pr cent. - - - Southampton ........ 1/. per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 2634 1- /ff:t