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ent wag, h i ri o o n. an saw' t the entice ths mention the n i°° o llo ;h and in -v se a they prcf 1 00 maintai tong The out 70, 8 jte% nd thet l P -1 00/ ordnance, L . l er branc h of t he E, o bit 0 larger tii• r 110 oil Pin s o y , 11 3 fa 1 sere by 44, ',would be the means of affording a complete indus- C'toeeeetiation to the people of this country, enabling them ():e(1, he increased competition to which they are ex tio art of this space is intended for the erection of a the e tta m __ l Gallery. But this is not the only object which that tt i 7issioners have set before themselves. They wish Isy b e i .t_e Should. be a great commercial museum, in which They wi "tuld specimens of all the raw produce of the world. Q . the sh that that should be followed by a repertory of l a lia• 9 li llerY which the ingenuity of man has devised, gete n , eq ,,vise• So that the machinery which is to mann -140 1 1 , 8 ".,„" e raNy produce and convert it into other forms '44 , t Pudied by the people, and that they may find in AN, the a stimulus for their invention. (Hear, hear.) chi c e machinery we wish to have another department r 1„, ell will be seen the result of the machinery upon the Prod o , fls,„ l e• National Gallery and the Glillery . of Art t 1 4% 11 '" l4 .'ll'e will form the fourth division in this great t 6 6 industrial education. (Hear.) Sir, we hope that thac ee nnt ittee will assent to the proposal which I submit, retehpoe shall do m ore th an th a t w hich I have briefly I'/tie" than the four divisions to which I have ad -1%45-that of the raw material, the machinery, the mann tete e, and the a r t w hi c h i nsp i res th em — we shall over .l a4f• ac ultY experienced in this country by all learned the inability to confer together. (Hear.) Ltke the Royal Society, so long a light shining bailliancy ever since the days of Newton, ," 1,6 0f - .,„ e lllerienced the difficulty which is now sascepti- Zeleti e 7,9 l wal for the first time. Almost all the learned ZPort; !' i n . the kingdom will feel that there is now an ;,, 111 A bY afforded to them of assembling on the same 'en'e,:" we look forward to the time when we will find • rO - r m i and art, and all the learned societies in the coun 17:11inz an accumulated radiance of intelligence, in- Oitea k , - Ou l' onlY the metropolis, but every part of the ,1 oulcy -•- • • f li gcleln. (Hear, hear.) This is not to be done i; °r eed means. All we recommend is that space e afforded, because on space systems depend -1110111'cer)—ancl that when space is afforded, that we ; 11 ,7;of the plan proposed to be fairly developed. Sir, 4 aew that I can say any more upon this subject. 4 c wish it t o b e clearly understoo d t h a t it i s no t a gross ,11`3 o 1 Ine neY which the house is called to vote merely for se of e ulat . an equal amount of liberality. • I - ` 4l3 w whether many have read the report which is th : t ln e ebin to g o to n n e e of . herM in e e st e a m. Minis . ters, but to me there shillings of the millions being klkltc",:dation for the great movement of education, which Ntr,7 ° the character and elevate the morals of the I'll o, ch( ll ear, hear.) I think it is a legitimate appeal • 143 e L•" . ". tnaking to the committee, and I trust that the u" of ▪ agrees to the vote which I now propose—That a ,000/. be granted for the purchase of land at fo r tn (Hear.) It e - EY3lolTRsaid that we had been imagining that mkt:tLro,,,r° on o ' •to all other countries in mann tZs sni p arts i , and having had the advantage of ;taibition, we had seen that unless we take care '"Ird( 1 be left behind hand in the race, he therefore kgt e - LY agreed that something should be done to pro industrial education of the people—(hear)— I 'r f • ar they ought to feel grateful to the commis_sioner w s " 1 2tle generous gift. For his part, however, he sa 'arti '"Fueulties in the way before the report could be fully 11 „ ed 'vat i n °-- • For instance, there were societies now which . Sat E ,,,,7„ 0 ,000/. a year for the maintenance of their differ t it would Now, if they could all be brought to the one a% 4 at'tl, - would. be very well, but the report did not show behest societies would consent to such removal. So far '', l )je et ," . ° l lld ascertain, he understood that they strongly 4 4 '1 to being removed to Kensington, as such a dis- Ob) tifr e Tena, town would be very inconvenient to them. He hear that, with regard to those commercial museums, 111 , 14 eurns for the raw produce as well as for the dis- Ipsdynaehinery and manufactured articles, that they 'hes e i., 'lave. t o be built with public money. They were 41 ( 1 th -re i, entering into a very large scale of expendAure, vp # e „"ouse should be aware of the extent of the scheme. L tl ik4e(H -4 the re was no plan or map of the property'to be pm.- ~,u e for;'„ Thia ought to be laid upon the table of therhouse 19 've th•l 4 Y sum was expended. If the House of Common's • P eß n money he would like to know in whom it was to it •"`• All these things should be clearly und . erstood, Illo ll kras necessary that the house should be cautious and I, o , 4 l)r° eeed with some regard to economy. Na t ,7 J. RUSSELL said that he was one of the royal cee4lBBl o ners, but he was afraid that the information he hr f a P l ace at the disposal of the house would be very im eet • v et indeed. M uc t a d epen d e d u pon her Majesty's Go • e re and it was upon their assistance the commi onksttild rely. The commissioners were, however, i ' )1 1144 - 1. 3 r .t there should be some institution or some uehep - '-'' ll of an institution which might perpetuate the 11 4 4r4 derived f rom th e G rea t Exhibition of 1851. It lo t ; 4n. ° l lght right not to allow those benefits to be transi tbj,:t and nothing seemed more likely to accomplish the Znd proposed than by giving the advantage of science eb te to the i n d us t r y o f the country. Every one who e Vi lle - Z: 4 the E x hibiti on w ith care must have been con th 1 ; 4 t hat, as it is stated in the r eport, from henceforward th: Will be a greater competition in works of industry Vai l 7 the re was heretofore, and that that competition will re e greater attention to the intellectual part of the ma lebaetilre than has been formerly bestowed. (H ear, th y ) Looking at the subject in another point of view, r4 ll . ad been slow appropriating large sums to 4067, 4 , e Purposes. (Hear, hear.) No one can consider, '44 " n standing the sums voted for the British Museum, h ., Ill ed _ -411 3' years can elapse before some decision re oe,„ll that institution must be arrived at. They •Z`t to have a great national library. They had already tiltrseat number of books, and he did not think the space of" . „,!ient for them and the other treasures which they had er e - ',,,toral history. If they had a sufficient site, they might other buildings suitable to these treasures. This to y the general object which the commissioners proposed v ver emselves. Now he h a d no doubt if these grounds to ot e ,t ' i to, be purchased very large sums , of monpy w.dd be lkilLooted, which would enable them to erect sufficient a -44 4 , ga• He thoht that the collection of manufactures el l i n 'tle chemical lectures,together with the display of ma ter„, would form an bject of great manufacturing ir toe,ll,.', and which it would be well worth the while of this —lll to Possess. He had own one instance which was ht.lsratrative of what he said— te a building Geology h e ad y alreadY I see a ge. The Museum of Economic to,- ( If. the greatest use in enabling pe t rso o n tain s to . obtain Although th'ira,ition which they otherwise could no rnste b d °it 4 1 • n 'was at present imperfect, he t that the spi lvoto`ee commissioners . and the disposition_ of the house institutionh e such as h' lead to the establishment of an s e i 4l ,, described. His noble friend stated that some . of the 111 - e 7. w. fie societies would be unwilling to go to Kensmgt fre r aight be very possible • at the same time . theye were • cille °tpetitions to by scientific so cleti sent the Treasury . . that unless th e e s, Praying for assistance, and complainingr rate, they tv4.,were enabled to obtain rooms at I, °. be forced to dissolve their societ e ies ea . pe l such in- O e ,`? 8 they would be glad to have rooms allocated to them. ,I:aple whole, he could not but believe this was the co_m_- 01„ 1 . 1z ent of a great improvement, and he was very glad Is vh that, under the guidance of the illustrious prince, ' 4 4 already rendered such great service to the cause of 4e r 4 ' l l and education, that it would arrive at a pros- O tis kr I,conclusion. l'hich',, - trICE was very anxious to promote everything bat - ° 111 (1 lead to the advancement of science and art, may :•Ppeared to him that there were difficulties in the t his scheme which the noble lord (Lord Seymour) til o c ' o „lad lately' spoken had pointed out. For his part he 1 4 , 3Q, 0 .' t, and ha had already stated, that the . surplus S g t,'„ ° °.,l- 1 1d not be better applied than in converting Ken se " - r!lace into an institution of the sort now pro ha% Joke had an objection to public they.g voted 1 . 1 e , t, Y before they knew whether the spot wished ita tc € l v i e was the spot best adapted for the purposes they L'e had heard that it was intended to remove vieli,,, - • °11 al Gallery to Kensington, where it would not b lesr e --''"•„ by one out of the ten persons who now went Pore 3 cle doubted whether the pictures would not suffer ?era - du"' from removal than they possibly could receive impurity of the atmosphere to which they were Ist r slib ieeted. Debli;...., b itlJMMOND said that, as far as related to the N a - s !Ktvanta ge of giving every person the advantage of .4 1 Z in g himself in the principles of art and science, he Was d oubt that the British Museum in all its details :•" t ,e,ttnal to the task. But the question was whether • he "'KT 'were embarked in a foolish attempt to . excite ~te 1, - „,PeOple of this country a taste for high art which n,!- was a „ - "'";a•enied them. (Laughter.) He believed that it v icha - b a ° B llrd. an attempt nationally, as it would be indi „,,baasi,l•Y, to make the same man a sculptor, a painter,. a "lep -441, a poet orator, a statesman, and a warrior. divisill knew that was impossible, for there should be a ° ll of labour in everything. To attempt to make the • I ; ts ' % 'ste ge d ° :tbis count r y appreciate or like high art, was as , s, - "e hates to make an Italian like beef-steaks and porter. e"IeVZ Exhibition gave the ple a very useful lesson. I ,,,te r " ' e e s ve,r did excel in the . highest department of mann 01,11'eetin'„um• Instance at no time have they attained to the * - 1. 1 • 0 a4 - "„„ef working in iron which they have attained 4 1' 1 1 eh • „, - _-° ,o se altar screens which are so beautiful, and tri . `"I'Y be seen in perfection in the north, are ti of cede of wood.- I n Sp ai n, they are made co n of stone or made a s well, and the :tr ill at e liata and they are just familiarly as a paint -15 ICS ° ]mown as to be a Corregio or a t ha e l . °tn. in this wun o,_Pre gen , lont you never atta7n to anything of the sort. ;;: l entb: e q:) . lu• cloth-manufacturer tr is inferior to that of m over been able to supply pat hat ~_f ° r the cot e t i On printing press ; and not one . of 1°011.1;v40!, Painters knew how to draw. (Laughter.) It is a Zew t o sa wn fact that Sir Joshua Reynolds never knew h t Sir Thomas 4‘\ll.e'leeraw. It isequally notorious )' You will find it +llfClealt , never did either. (Hear, 4 Wit t get a person in this country hear• to take an outline t o , gOf a , , t aste fo _ great painting. o p lo o k r a nese thi ngs ,into your own lobbies :ehi ev i n jrour own frescoes, and ee what you are capable • conlyWeell you are going to form *o. ett oens there and regale yourselves with the no us British art and British taste. (Laughter.) It A orth at n zo r that 2,500,0001. ,3" re o 4°Po o Bed to purchase 70,0001. worth of land. Did was spent in the erection ' - '"ce in which they were assembled, .and . that .111131 e tni ctr l a; „ e ' ce dience which ought to be the chief in the enough to contain them ? It • Nv ere l lnte to be heard in it when it was built and e t t o eba r k in frozen exit of it in the winter. They were .t now e t rid, g lIPon a sea, and they did not know where i_ e wa o _ his • T hereC olui , was only one thing which the pee le ' l 7 did appreciate, and that was landscape alld he could foreigners showed their perfection with us, say— " That which with them is always goilt. 1. With us is only ot " (Laughter.) N fe 4ll*. 'iVART g u de atMent, the that this would be a wise 1141 presenrtl e land now bought at the price named Mood reach a higher one in the market. He un ?tie drawing formed part of the system of instruc- I th e ,s_ur national schools, and he believed, if the minds 7orl ta o P 4 . th _: ) nle were only educated, they would appreciate co 2 th e 1 „; 4 .1. 1't, as well as the inhabitants of any other country rei eN Z o .;,"2 ILe did not despair of the proposition of the he k a„.,":,r!' being brought to a happy consummation, fil"%ear, 1,7"i1a. be quite ready to support the present vote. hear) c ello; 'EBIKELE to of th e Y expressed a hope that the Chan- Prev e ,, Exchequer would use his powerful influence eeiug speliation of the splendid works of art now h , °n the National Gallery. (Hear, hear.) ,o k / ; e NER could not consent to give his vote until ;lav e th , s 'e Whom the land would be conveyed, who would ',tad v nu ili c ( ?ntrol of the land, and for what purposes the The w ore 1, be employed when they had purchased it. it b ut d the new National Gallery was to be erected ex n ... ii ,_ue submitted there would be some question of '41,11 t he ready of removing the National Gallery so far . vvs he ea tbe metropolis. (Hear, hear.) no p i . o ‘ 3 " -1 ‘.•%-LLOR of the EXCHEQUER said there ion al „ Position before the house to build any new fla ttop g4L ert or t o • Ca°aition ' raise any other edifice whatever. The 11 lite exern the house was whether they should con e°l4mistil e q u al ellm with that already voted by . the Royal e" to the Purchase of wale 14nd, which was the only pie t of land which ever could be purchased in this me tropolis. (Hear, hear.) Hereafter, if it should be submitted to the house that it was a convenient site among other things for the National Gallery, which must be removed somewhere or other, for at present there was not a single place where works of art could be deposited in safety— (hear) —it would be for the house fairly to consider that question, and it would be entirely under their control. All he wished the house now to do was to agree to vote this sum of 150,000/., which he desired to see under the control of a Minister of the Crown, according to the lan guage used in the commissioners' report. He had never proposed that the house should vote a sum of money to be applied out of the control of a Minister of the Crown re sponsible to the house. They had heard some remarks on the locality. It was the locality to which not only the population of this metropolis, but the whole population of the United Kingdom resorted not two years ago, and he could not believe that if the inducement were equal, the locality would be found convenient. The hon. member for East Surrey seemed to imagine this was an attempt to force a feeling for fine pictures among the general community, when the fact was the reference to the national pictures was a very subordinate portion of the commissioners' report. The scheme they recommended was neither more nor less than to give an industrial educa tion to the people, and to bring the influence of science, especially, and of art upon the manufacturing production. A plan more practicable, more important, and more urgent to the interests of the country could not be conceived. (Hear, hear.) This land was, in fact , virtually purchased, because the commissioners had entered upon a contract for its purchase, with the confident expectation that Parlia ment and the country would assist them. (Hear, hear.) When the purchase was fully completed, all further plans must receive the consideration of the house, and he was sure the house would not consent to raising any buildings, or any expenditure, without a very rigid scrutiny into all the arrangements, and taking care that the whole talent of the country should be brought into public competition. (Hear, hear.) He hoped the committee would agree to this vote. By doing so they would not agree to any ex penditure beyond the purchase of valuable property, which hereafter might be dealt with as Parliament should think fit. (Hear, hear.) Mr. V. SMITH complained that the Chancellor of the Exchequer hael not answered the question satisfactorily of the noble lord the member for Totnes. The estimate was not produced in the usual form, no detail was given, and no plan of the property they were about to purchase was forthcoming. They ought to have information of the pro bable further sums which would be required, and who would be responsible for the expenditure. Lord SEYMOUR said they had not yet heard what was tho quantity of ground to be purchased, or what portion was to be made over to the public. Mr. CLAY wished to know if a conditional contract had been entered into for all the land, because it was reported that the owner of a small portion of the land, four acres only, asked 70,0001. for it, and said nothing should induce him to take a farthing less. (Oh, oh.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that offer was treated with the contempt it deserved. (Hear.) There was no conditional agreement whatever. Seventy acres had been purchased by the surplus of the Exhibition, and the commissioners offered to give the whole of their purchase to the public, provided the nation would assist them in the object they had in view. There could be no difficulty in making arrangements satisfactory to the house for its control and management, but he wished it to be dis tinctly understood that the whole of the land purchased would be given to the public. (Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME was satisfied with the assurance that the land should be under the control of a Minister of the Crown, but hoped the vote would be postponed until the plan of the property was before the committee. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be very convenient if the committee would now dispose of the vote. The country would understand they were paying 150,0001. and receiving property worth E SUN,' LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1852. 300,0001. Mr. M. CHAMBERS was at a loss to know whether they were contributing to the purchase of 70 or 140 acres. He intended to vote against the proposition, because he knew not what was to be done with the money. It was exceedingly desirous that the committee should know the purpose to which the laud would be devoted, whether it was proposed to erect a building on it, or whether it was proposed to use the land for nothing. (Hear, and a laugh.) He apprehended this was only the commencement of claims for larger sums for the erection of buildings upon this piece of land. He would not concur in any vote where information was not given of the appropriation of of the money. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. YOUNG suggested that the Government should undertake to produce the maps before the money was paid out of the Exchequer. Mr. GREENE thought the vote would be unanimous if the map was before the committee. Mr. J. LOCKE, having a strong opinion on the prin ciple of this vote, was induced to enter his protest against it. He did not agree with the hon. gentleman opposite, who had given them a very low estimate of the character of Englishmen, nor did he attribute their great perfection in mechanical and industrial skill to the Government schools in other countries. He had no objection to one of the pro positions made in the course of the discussion, that more space was wanted for the exhibition of some of our excel lent works of art ; but if it was intended to introduce a central school in which degrees were to be established, and from which individuals might be excluded—(hear, hear) — such as the Polytechnic School at Parr —he felt bound to raise his voice against such a proposition. It might be that this was only the first vote, and that it was only in tended for the purchase of land, but he apprehended that first vote meant other votes which would follow, and the consequences of which he dreaded. Mr. COWAN suggested that the vote should be post poned until the plan in its details was more completely be fore the committee. Mr. HUME thought if an institution was intended similar to the Polytechnic School in France, as the hon. member for Honiton (Mr. Locke) seemed to apprehend, there would be great danger in sanctioning the vote with out further inquiry. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Locke) made a startling as sertion, for which there was not the slightest foundation, and raised an argument against the vote which the hon. gentleman already approved of. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) had heard of the hon. member's suggestion re specting this school for the first time ; and he could say with the most perfect confidence, that there was not the slightest imaginable ground for it (cheers). The vote was then agreed to without a division. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The next vote proposed was that a sum not exceeding 80,0001. should be granted for defraying the funeral ex penses of the Duke of Wellington. Mr. HITME thought the house ought to have an account rendered of the expenses of the funeral, before they pro ceeded-to this vote ; indeed, if reports out of doors were true, he was not certain that they ought not to have a com mittee appointed to examine into many of the items of the .expenditure. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON said he could assure the honour able member for Montrose that immediately after the funeral took place means were taken to collect the various accounts, and he held in his hand an abstract of those ac counts so far as he had been able to obtain them. The principal items were as follows :—Accounts in reference to the public works, 25,000/. ; the Lord Chamberlain and Earl-Marshal, 33,000/. ; and expenses connected with mov ing the troops, 8,5001. (exclusive of the cost of lodging the troops prior to the funeral, not yet ascertained). The whole of the accounts which had been received up to that moment amounted to 47,000/. ; and he believed the total expenses would not amount to 80,0001. He could assure the house that every care should be taken to enforce the most rigid and stern economy in the settlement of those accounts. Lord DUDLEY STUART said he was second to no man in the veneration he felt for the illustrious hero whom they had recently interred ; but he had to complain throughout of the conduct of the Government in this business—first, in delaying the funeral, and next, in refusing the request made by his honourable friend the member for Montrose before the funeral for an estimate of the expenses, and which was not even ready now. It would have been more constitutional to have deferred asking for the money until the estimate was complete. He was not prepared to say the sum was excessive—(hear, hear)—but 80,0001. did appear a very large sum. He should be disposed to be li beral, so far as he was concerned, when they were voting money on (such an occasion ; but when it was borne in mind that the funeral of Nelson cost the country only 14,0001., he must say there was a wide difference between that sum and the one they were now called on to vote. He wished to know whether the expenses of foreign visitors of distinction on the occasion of the funeral were included in the Lord Chamberlain's account, or whether they were intended to be provided for in the vote of 80,000/ ? He would now advert to a circumstance connected with the funeral which had given him personall eth y grat pain. Though the arrangements on the day of tho funeral were such as to command general approbation, and to reflect credit on all concerned, it was a deplorable fact that a few days before several persons lost their lives in the eagerness of the people to pay their respects towards the remains of the departed hero at Chelsea Hospital. (Oh, oh, from the Ministerial benches.) Was it then a matter of surprise that ho should advert to a circumstance which cost the lives of at least three of his fellow-creatures on that occasion? It was only justice to say those lives might have been preserved if greater precautions had been taken, and better arrangements made by those who were responsible. He did not wish to say more—(cheers from the Ministerialists)—except to express his very great regret that the general success of everything connected with that solemnity was marred by that most deplorable event which better arrangements might have prevented. Lord J. MANNERS said, having been responsible for a great share of the arrangements to which the noble lord now took exception, he could assure him and the committee that from the first momenta public funeral was determined upon he was most anxious that an estimate should be pre pared ; but he found, on inquiry, that, owing to the limited time for making the great preparations which were requi site, and to the novel nature of the service, it was perfectly impossible to arrive at an estimate on which any reliance could be placed. (Hear, hear.) So far as his part of the busi ness was concerned, the heads of all the expenditure had been collected, and he believed the noble lord and the house generally would shortly have an opportunity of testing the expenditure which had been incurred. In the department over which he (Lord John Manners) presided ' a great a mount of time and the most assiduous labour had been expended, not only with the view of carrying out the ar rangements in the most effective manner, but with the grea test economy consistent with the importance of the oc casion. (Hear, hear.) He repeated he did not think it was possible to prepare beforehand an estimate upon which reliance could be placed. Mr. HUME said if the house was not furnished with an account of the actual expenses that had been incurred, he should divide the house. (Shouts of " Oh, oh," from the Ministerial benches.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER made an observation across the table, but it was lost in the uproar occasioned by the hon. member for Montrose's intimation that he would divide the committee. Mr. S. CARTER then endeavoured to address the house, but was received with such loud cries of " Oh, oh," that he was unable to proceed. After the lapse of several minutes, he moved that the chai rman do re p ort p ro g ress, and ask leave to sit again. (Oh, oh.) Mr. HUME said the house was acting in a most dis orderly way, and if the Government would .not keep their friends in better order, it would be quite impossible to proceed with business. (Oh, oh.) He felt bound to sup port the motion of his hon. friend. Mr. G. HUDSON then rose, but his remarks were nearly drowned amidst loud cries of " Oh, oh !" and the most discordant noises. We understood him to express his regret at the course taken by the hon. member for Mon trose, and his hope that the resolution would have been agreed to without a dissentient voice. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) em ber Mr. HUME said he had no objection to the hon. mem but fli as vi a n t g reet a chequeefor r thefor t p h u e hh am e, o h 7t our out . um his e r: e r c tk n e o t t , conrsent to the course now Pursued' (Oh, Mr. HUDSON—The hon. member talks about giving a cheque. I will give a cheque for as much as he will. (Roars of laughter.) The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place. On our re-admission. Mr. CARTER was found on his legs, but not one word in ten reached the gallery. He complained that the sum asked for was a great deal too mu ch. (Oh, oh.) He was, however, almost surprised the Government were content with so little as 80,000/. Judging from the temper of the house, and the manner in which the other sums had been voted, they might have obtained twice as much. (Oh, oh.) A good deal was formerly said about precedent ; but in stead of the Government confining themselves to the pre cedent of Nelson's funeral, they required five times as much. (Oh, oh.) What was the use of consulting a pre cedent if they were to multiply it by five? (Laughter.) Following the same course, if another public funeral should take place, they might ask the country for 400,000. (Oh, oh, and laughter.) Colonel SIBTHORP had heard scarcely anything that had fallen from the hon. member, but he understood him to have used the word " metal." Now in some metal there was a great deal of dross, and he thought the metal alluded to by the hon. member would never circulate through the United Kingdom. (Laughter.) There was not a man or woman in the country who would not gladly give their penny to testify their veneration for one of the greatest men who ever lived. (Hear, hear.) The amendment was then by leave withdrawn. Lord D. STUART wishedto know if the expenses of the foreign officers of distinction attending the fu neral were included in the 80,0001. Mr. HAMILTON was not aware whether any expense had been incurred for foreign officers, but if that was the case he believed it to be included in the vote. (Hear.) Mr. CARTER said he also had a question to ask. (Oh, oh.) What was the cost of the funeral car ? (Oh, oh.) No answer was returned to the question, and the resolu tion was put and agreed to. The Chairman then reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again. TENANTS' COMPENSATION (IRELAND) BILL. The order of the day having been read for the purpose of postponing the second reading of this and the other Irish law bills introduced by the Attorney-General for Ireland, Mr. KEOGH wished the honourable and learned gentle man to give the house some opportunity of discussing these bills, two of which were of the most objectionable nature, during the present week. One of these bills was so objectionable that he did not believe it would receive the sanction of fifty members. The honourable and learned gentleman had been negotiating a postponement, but the Irish members were anxious to test his sincerity and consistency in the form of his bills as soon as possible. (Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL for IRELAND said if the honourable and learned gentleman in reality enter tained any objection to these bills he should have put an honest notice on the paper that they be read a second time this day six months. (Hear, hear.) He understood there would be no objection to the principle of the bills. The fourth bill, the Landlord and Tenant Right Bill, was sub stantially the same as that which had been introduced for the last three sessions. (Mr. Keogh : Certainly not.) His intention was to have postponed the bills, inorder that they might be considered during the recess, but he was quite prepared to bring them on for discuss i o n at an y time. (Hear. hear.) Ultimately the second reading was fixed for to-day. The West India Colonies, &c., Loans Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. The Commons Inclosure Bill went through committee. STAMP DUTIES ON NEWSPAPERS. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in moving for leave to bring in a bill to amend the law relating to stamp duties on newspapers, observed that the schedule in the act of George 111. defined newspapers to be papers containing public news, intelligences, or occurrences published within the United Kingdom, or any remarks' or observations thereon, or such as were published periodically, or in parts or numbers, or at intervals, not exceeding 26 days. There was a publication called the " Household Narrative," published by Bradbury and Evans, of which Mr. Dickens was the author, and it was the opinion of the Stamp-office that that paper, altheagh published at intervals of not less than 26 days was liable to stamp-duty ; and accordingly an information was filed against the publisher to recover the penalties and duties incurred, the object being to obtain a decision of the court as to whether the publi cations were liable to stamp duty or not. The case was argued before the Court of Exchequer. Three judges were of opinion that the publication was not liable to stamp duty ; the fourth, Mr. Baron Parke, being of opinion that it was. The difference of opinion between the judges turned entirely upon the question whether the definitions that he had read to the house were distinct and separate definitions, or whether the third was merely a qualification of the first. The three judges were of opinion that the third was merely a qualification, and that therefore no publication was a newspaper which was not published at intervals of less than 26 days, Mr. Baron Parke being of a different opinion. This argument took place before the present Government came into office. When he came into office, he found that the law officers who preceded him were of opinion that the decision of the Court of Exchequer was not satisfactory, and that it was necessary to take the opinion of a higher court on the sub ject. He certainly quite agreed in the course adopted by his predecessors. And whatever might have been, his opinion, he should certainly have felt it his duty to follow the course which they had pointed out, and therefore the appeal to the Court of Exchequer Chamber was deter mined upon. His right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought, however, that it was right to adhere to the opinion which was expressed by the majority of the Court of Exchequer, and he was extremely desirous, both for the sake of the public and to prevent litigation, that a measure should be introduced to support the opinion of the ma jority of the Court of Exchequer. This bill had, there fore, been introduced, which repealed that part of the schedule ta which he had called nticknfien. aud galre BUCII a definition of a newspaper as would exclude from the operation of the stamp duties publications published at in tervals of not less than 26 days. He trusted that no hon. gentleman would on this occasion enter into the discussion of the general question of what were called the taxes on knowledge, and that he would be allowed to introduce and pass through all its stages as rapidly as possible a measure which was calculated to be of so much public benefit. Mr. M. GIBSON said that he wished first to advert to a point of form. The learned Attorney-General said that he was going to introduce a bill to declare what a news paper was in such a way as to exclude from the operation of the present Newspaper Stamp Act certain monthly pub lications. He (Mr. Gibson) thought, however, that the de finition which the learned gentleman had given would ex tend the operation of the Stamp Act to publications which were not now liable to duty ; and if that were so, he presumed that the house should resolve itself into a committee upon the newspaper stamp laws before the bill was introduced. He thought that the proposed bill would extend the opera tion of the Stamp Act, because, from the Attorney-General's remarks it appeared that no papers were for the future to be considered newspapers which were published at a longer interval than once in 26 days, but that all papers published at less intervals than 26 days were to be considered news papers. Now all papers of more than two sheets, and at a higher price than 6d., might now be published more fre quently than once in 26 days, without being liable to stamp duty. These, h owe ver, would be brought under the operation of the Stamp Act by the new definition given by the Attorney-General, and therefore he thought that the introduction of the bill should be preceded by a committee of the whole house. Great injustice had been done to small newspaper proprietors throughout the country whose papers had been suppressed by letters from the In land Revenue-office. When, however, they proceeded against Mr. Dickens, a gentleman of great influence and popularity, they were frightened out of their proceedings, and brought in a bill to declare that these publications never had been newspapers. What compensation did they intend to offer to those persons whose papers had been suppressed on the ground tha t the y were newspapers ? (Cries of " Hear, hear.") He was con vinced that when the new bill came to be discussed it would appear that the new definition of a newspaper was just as unsound as the old one ; and, if under it they prose cuted persons for publishing unstamped papers, they would again be obliged to introduce a new declaratory bill. In a future stage of the bill he should feel it his duty to point out how completely inadequate this bill would be to define what was a newspaper. In conclusion he begged to ask the opinion of the Speaker upon the point of form to which he had alluded ? The SPEAKER said that no doubt, if the effect of the bill was to impose an additional stamp duty, it should be introduced by a committee of the whole house ; it was, however, impossible for him to say whether t his would be its effect ' until it was introduced, and he had an opportu nity of examining it. Mr. GIBSON asked whether it would not be better for the Attorney-General to keep himself on the safe side, and to move the bill in a committee of the whole house ? The ATTORNEY-GENERAL remarked that, in his opinion, the bill would not bring within the definition of newspapers publications not now liable to the stamp duties. He would, therefore, take his chance, and introduce the bill then. Leave was then given to introduce the bill, which was forthwith brought in by the Attorney-General. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. ----- Mr. HENLEY then moved for a select committee to consider the principle of amalgamation, as applied to rail way and canal bills about to be brought under the conside raton of Parliament. No doubt the house was aware that there wore at present public notices given fora very considerable number of railway bills, he believed for 150 or 160,amongst which were more than twenty which were called amalgamation bills. Some of these were of so extensive a character that the house had not hitherto had to deal with similar questions of anything like equal importance. It was not necessary for him to call the attention of the house to the vast magnitude and importance of this subject, because it would be evident to every one who considered this matter at all, that, if these amalgamations went on they would lay the foundation of a state of things which at no very distant period would force the house to consider whether the whole locomotion of the kingdom should or should not pass, or be liable to pass, into one and the same management. For if the amalgamations proposed this year were allowed to be car ried into effect, there would beta natural tendency on the part of the groups thus formed to coalesce again, and to go on in this way until all the railways were united in one concern. The first practical question to which they had to turn their attention was, what was to become of these bills when they were sent, in the ordinary course of pro ceedings in the house, before the select committees ? He thought every one would agree with him, that it would hardly do to let matters of such vast importance go for discussion to any five gentlemen without some general view having been taken beforehand, and some general either or regulation having been laid down , by which either in the shape of standing orders or other wise) t e attention of these several select committees might be drawn to particular points, and they might be desirre to express an opinion upon, or to call the attention of the house to those particidar points as they arose in detail. Of course, if the house agreed to appoint such a committee as he recommended, the first point which they would have to consider was the prelimi nary question whether these large amalgamations should be sanctioned or not. Of course it would naturally occur to honourable members what power the railways had of effect ing these amalgamations by arrangements concluded with out reference to the house, and it would bo a question for them to consider whether such an arrangement, over which they had no control, might not press much more severely upon the public than if they were made wider the sanction and upon the conditions laid down by Parliament. Sup pose it should be considered prudent not to negative amal gamations, but to place them under sound regulations, the course of inquiry would naturally branch into three or four distinct heads. (Hear, hear.) There would be first, the conditions to be laid down to guard the interest of parties who proposed to amalgamate, which were by no means of a simple character. (Hear, hear.) It must be deter mined whether the parties should be obliged, before they got their amalgamation act, to consolidate their own laws, so that the shareholders should know what their interests were ' • and, at all events, their rights and interests should be defined in so clear a manner that when the Legislature came to marry these parties together, they should have a better chance of knowing what their inter ests were, and how they would be affected by amalgamation. (Hear.) Another class of parties whose interests should be guarded were the lessors of railways. There were rever sionary interests in these lessors which may or may not be injured by amalgamation. But Parliament should take care that their interests were properly looked after. There was also another class of persons who perhaps might have no locus standi before a select committee, but who might be deeply interested in amalgamation. These were pro prietors of canals or lines of railway running parallel or near the parties who proposed to' amalgamate, who might be deeply affected by this amalgamation, and who should not be shut out from having their interests properly secured. They came, then, to the larger and more important question —how the public interest was to be guarded and watched. The first question was by what means security should be taken that the railways should be kept open through their entire length and breadth ; and that no portion should be shut up, by which means the public would be deprived of accommodation which they had previously possessed. How far such a course as he proposed ought to be enforced as to the gross returns on these lines, and on each parti cular portion of these lines, was also a question to be con sidered. The next point was as to fares. At present the railways were running within the maximun tolls allowed by law ; but he thought it quite proper that it should be carefully looked into by this committee, what provision should be laid down to guard the public against having tolls unduly levied. Another point was as to the general power of regulating railways, and this mast also co me under the committee's consideration, who, lowever , co uld not judge of it without looking closely, not only int o the powers already existing by law, but also into the way in which they had been exercised. As regarded the desira bility of any Government control, there was, he thought, no question that any such must be limited to this extent--that you should not in any way relieve the railway bodies of the responsibility of their acts ; that you should tot carry it to such a point as to i run any risk of an interference which, under any pretence whatever, - could be thought to relieve the railway bodies of their responsibilities in carrying on their affairs—which they did, though, generally, he was bound to say, for the advantage ani benefit of the public as well as for their own. Before concluding, he would say a few words with regard to the quantity of acci dents which had occurred on railways, with a view to dis sipating the erroneous impression that accidents had very much increased. The different railway companies were obliged to make returns to the Board of Trade of all acci dents where any serious injuries occurred. " Serious in jury " might perhaps be an indefinite term, on the signifi cation of which the railway authorities and the sufferers would in certain cases disagree • but, however this might be, there was no reason why railway authorities should view such injuries differently in one year and another. So far therefore, the comparison would hold. His list com prised the last three years, and accidents arising from causes out of the control of the parties injured. In 1850 there were 117 such accidents • in 1851, 122 ; and in 1852, up to the 30th November, 104. There had then certainly been no increase of accidents ; on the contrary; rather a di minution ; and at the same time the traffic had very much increased, and especially the excursion traffic—the kind of traffic to which many of these calamities had been attri buted. He begged to conclude by moving for "A select committee to consider the principle of amalgamation as applied to railway or railway and canal bills about to be brought under the consideration of Parliament ;" and he had been requested. to add, "to consider the principles which ought to guide the house in railway legislation." Mr. LOCKE was glad that it was not intended to dimi nish the responsibilities which at present attached to rail way bodies. If he understood the right honourable gentle man correctly,' the committee was to inquire into the powers of railway companies, and also to inquire how far the powers allowed had been fulfilled. He would put this case :—A company came to Parliament, and asked for powers to complete a railway ; these powers it allowed to expire, and after the lapse of a con siderable time left the landowners and the country totally without the line the y had expected. Such companies there were in Parliament this year, asking for other power', whilst not having exe cuted those already granted them. That was a case requiring consideration. But he could instance a still stronger one. A railway company obtained power from the house to execute a railway of given length; after three or four years their funds became deficient; they determined to stop all fur ther proceedings ; they appointed a committee ; that com mittee recommended them to go half way, and no further ; the shareholders agreed. What, he asked, would be the disposition of Parliament with reference to such a company—a company which, having obtained powers on the supposition that it had a right to take merely a portion of the line ? He wanted to know whether a case of that kind would come under the operation of the committee ? If so, he should be satisfied ; if not, he must himself press it upon the attention of the house. Mr. HUDSON hoped that Parliament would not force upon companies the execution of schemes which must in volve considerable loss. He trusted that the right hon. gentleman would confine his committee to the principles which he had already laid down. They were extensive enough ; indeed, he thought far too extensive. Do not let them go into the question of abandoned railways, and call upon companies to complete worthless schemes. He was rather surprised to find the hon. member opposite (Mr. Locke) proposing what he did. Mr. LAING, himself interested in railways, thanked the right honourable gentleman for this measure, as well as for the terms in which he had spoken of that interest. These questions were of that importance that made it desirable they should be investigated, and settled, as soon as pos sible, on some sound and intelligible footing. No persons were more anxious than railway directors for this, and he did hop, tirat-carvftbrb would new 1.11,7 made: by rentody evils of railway legislation, and settle it on a sounder and better basis for the future. In 1844 a select committee was appointed, and, after very careful investigation, laid down principles which he thought were never impugned. Those principles, unfortunately, were swept away by the torrent of speculation in 1845. And what was the conse quence ? The consequence was that we had now about 7,000 miles of railway, which had cost on the average about 36,0001. sterling per mile. Look at the cost in other countries—in France. for example--where, the price of iron and materials being higher, you might expect the cost of a railway to be greater even than in England ; it was, in fact, many thousands a mile less. He believed there was no more certain propositions than that the cost of anything, whether railway travelling, corn, or cotton, would in the long ran be regulated by the prime cost of the article. If they, therefore, multiplied lines of railway where one would suffice, they incurred so much the more expense, and in the long run the public would have to pay so much the more for the accommodation afforded. A great source of the complaints now so rife amongst the public arose from the state into which the property of th e companies had been brought by legislation and other cir cumstances ; for, after so many years i ncreas i n g traffic, it would be found, on looking at th e s h a re list, that the great bulk of it was at a discount, or paying very inadequate returns for the capital invested. With regard to the acci dents on railways, their number had been much overrated. Looking at the number and speed of the trains, and the number of passengers they conveyed, the wonder was,_ not that so many, but that so few, accidents should have taken place, and that the number should be small when compared either with what took place under the for mer system of travelling or on the f ore ign railroads. The true interests of the public and the companies were, he believed, identical ; and if amalg am ations were to be carried into effect, it must n o t b e on the ground of ad vantage resulting to the rail way i n t eres t, but to the public. The extravagant cost of th e ra ilways of this coun try sufficiently showed the vice o f th e sys t e m under which they had been constructed , W e had now 7,000 miles of railway, which had cost at an av erage 36,00 0 /. a mile , or 250,000,0001. in the whole ; whereas the French lines had b ee n constructed at an avera ge of 25,00 01 . a mile, and W e from 15,0001. to 20,0001. for the branch lines. There was thus a positive loss shown, as incurred by the English companies, of 10,0001. a mile, o r 70,000,000/• in th e whole, which, for all practical ro a m - doubted might as well have been thrown into the sea. He oubted not that if our railway s had to be made over again, the saving of cost mi g ht amount to fully this sum. Mr. GLADSTONE was g l a d that th e r i g ht hon. gen tleman proposed to appoint this committee. It was quite obvious that the subject of railway amalgamation among the great companies deserved every attention. Even if it had not now been proposed to a ma l gama te those concerns, yet the state into which railway companies without legis lative powers of regulation had come would by this time have deserved the attention of Parliament, and the amalgamation which it was now proposed to effect gave a favourable opportunity of re-opening the whole question. He agreed entirely with what fell from the right hon. gen tleman the President of the Board of Trade, so far as it went ; but he could not help hoping that the matter would be carried a little further, and some solution attempted to the great difficulties which had heretofore attended the question of railway legislation. One great effort to solve those difficulties had been made by the Government of Sir R. Peel in 1844 and 1845 , which failed in the face of diffi culties which had undoubtedly pre ven t e d its being fol lowed up hitherto. At the same time, he thought the ex perience of 7 or 8 years had produced great regret in the public mind that it had not been followed up. They had s een enormous evils resulting from th e incapacity—he was sorry to use this term , and other subject would he consent to use it—or the cowardi ce of Parl i amen t in dealing with the subject. Parliament had never grappled withloss of 70,000, 0001 . of ca p ital, as stat ed by his honour able friend who spoke last, the executi on o f t h e wor ks in had been the aless its perfect difficulties,style, and and t a h e consequencesg reat increase of public dis satisfaction. Not only this, but railway speculation in times of commercial prosperity assumed so extravagant and feverish a character that all parties ran mad with it, and it ad ilw v a ar y it c a o g ra eo p us anies and became one of the great causes of commercial derangement. (Hear, hear.) He was one of those who thought no good of government de partments. The only method to whic hillg of a community of he looked with results and lead to the public. He trusted that Government would not rest satisfied without an endeavour to introduce not only better hin°tPeeresatss likely y e t e t Y l i n e e ld rit wasa b better t e b r e system,effected was by t t h h e e n establishment te rine principles, but better regulation in the conduct of railway business. great satisfaction what ha i r fallee°nWfrANom btahaehrearreasideTthof the Board of Trade. He wished to know what the effect of the committee would be with regard to proceeding w ith the new railway bills ? General ANSON felt that increased control on the part of Government would be necessary if the amalgamation of companies should be carried out, and was of opinion that the public interests would thus be better cared for. , He wished to assure the house that the company with which he was connected would be satisfied with any dedsitni to which Parliament cam; the system hitherto pursued being extremely injurious to all who had invested their capital in railways. Mr. MANGLES hoped the right hon. gentleman would .not stop short merely with the report of the committee, and thus throw the whole subject over to any future com ' mittees that might be appointed. Mr. E. DENISON thought that most of those who had examined the question had come to the conclusion that competition was no security to the public as regarded rail way; and trusted that their legislation might be founded on this principle. Mr. HENLEY said it would be for the committee to de cide whether the new bills should be suspended or not. With respect to its composition, he thought it should con sist as much as possible of gentlemen unconnected with the railway interest, and hoped that would be the general wish of the house. The motion was then agreed to. The other orders of the day having been disposed of, the house adjourned at a quarter before two o'clock. CAPITULAR, APPOINTMENTS-THE NEW COMMISSION. VICTORIA R. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith ; to the Most Reverend Father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved councillor John Bird Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Most Reverend Father in God, our right trusty and right entirely beloved councillor Thomas Archbishop of York ; our trusty and well-beloved John Winston Churchill, Esquire (com monly called Marquis of Blandford),- our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin Dudley Earl of Harrowby ; the Right Reverend Father in God our right trusty and well-beloved councillor Charles James Bishop of London ; the Right Reverend Father in God, Samuel Bishop of Oxford ; our right trusty and well-beloved coun cilors Sir John Dodson, Knight, Doctor of Laws, and Sir John Patteson, Knight • our trusty and well-beloved Sir William Page Wood, Knight, one of our counsel, learned in the law ; Christopher Wordsworth, Doctor in Divinity ; Walter Farquhar Hook, Doctor in Divinity ; John Jack son, Clerk, Master of Arts ; and William Selwyn, Clerk, Bachelor in Divinity, greeting : Whereas the recom mendations of the commission of inquiry into the state of the Established Church in England and Wales, touching tho cathedral and collegiate churches therein, proved most beneficial in enabling parliament to devise measures for the greater efficiency of the Established Church, especially by making better provision for the cure of souls in populous districts where such assistance was more immediately re quired. And whereas it has been represented to us, that the said cathedral and collegiate churches may be rendered more available for promoting the high and holy purposes for which they were founded, and for further extending the efficiency and usefulness of the Established Church : Now, know ye, that we, reposing great trust and confidence in your zeal, knowledge, and discretion, have authorised a nd appointed, and by these presents do authorise and appoint, you the said John Bird Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Archbishop of York, John Winston Churchill, Esq. (commonly called Marquis of Blandford), Dudley Earl of Harrowby, Charles James Bishop of London, Samuel, Bishop of Oxford, Sir John Declaim, Sir John Patteson, Sir William Page Wood, Christopher Wordsworth, Walter Farquhar Hook, John Jackson, and William Selwyn, to be our commissioners to inquire into the state and condition of the several cathedral and collegiate churches in England and Wales, and into the duties of the members and minis ters thereof, and other matters connected therewith, with a view to the suggestion of such measures as (regard being had to the purposes for which such cathedral and collegiate churches were originally founded) may render the same more efficient and useful in promoting and extending the means of public worship and religious education, and in enforcing ecclesiastical discipline in the several dioceses in which they are situate, and also (where occasion may seem to require) with a view to the suggestion of such measures as may make the said cathedral and collegiate churches, and the revenues thereof, available, in aid of the erection of new sees, or of other arrangements for the discharge of episcopal duties. And for the better effecting the purposes of this our commission, we do by these presents give and grant to you, or any four or more of you, full power and authority to call before you, or any four or more of you, such persons as you shall judge necessary, by whom you may . be the better in formed on the subject of this our commission, and every matter connected therewith ; and also to call for, have access to, and examine all such official books, documents, p a pers, and records as may afford the fullest information on the subject ; and to inquire of and concerning the pre mises by all other lawful ways and means whatsoever. And our will and pleasure is, that you do receive and consider all such suggestions as the several deans and chap ters of the said cathedral and collegiate churches may sub mit to you in writing, as to the means by which the objects of this our commission may be best obtained, so far as re gards their respective churches. And our further will and pleasure is, that you, or any four or more of you, do and shall, within the space of two I years after the date of this our commission, or sooner, if the same can reasonably be, report to us in writing, under your hands and seals, respectively, your several proceedings in this matter, as the same shall be respectively completed and perfected. And we will and command, and by these presents ordain, that this our commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, our said commissioners, or any four or more of you, may from time to time proceed in the exe cution thereof, and of every matter and thing therein con tained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment. And for your assistance in the due execution of this our commission, we have made choice of our trusty and well beloved Richard Jones, clerk, master of arts, to be secretary to this our commission, and to attend you, whose services and assistance we require you to use from time to time, as occasion may require. Given at'our Court of St. James's, the 10th day of November, 1852 , in the 16th year of our reign. By her Majesty's command. S. H. WALPOLE. COUNTRY MARKETS. CHELMSFORD—DEC. 3. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, old 445 Od to 56s Od, new 42s to 54s ; red, old 40s to 475, new 35s to 42s ; barley, 26s to 30s ; chevalier, 28s to 33s ; grinding, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oats, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 30s to 35s ; white, 31 s to 33 s ; boiling 37s to 40; ; dun, new, 298 to 33s ; beans, tick, 32s to 34s ; harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; mazagan, 29s to 325. COLCHESTER—DE o. 4. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 44s to 525 ; red, 38s to 485 ; barley, 28s to 34s ; oats, 185 to 245 ; beans, mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 34s to 38e ; peas, white, 40s to 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, - Rc•, received In the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 29th to the 4th December, 1852, both inclusive : t;. , +) A PI - - - - 418 693 103 - 208 500 2: Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 184 87 1200 10 1999 2251 899 KIRKALDY—DEC. 4. The following are the quotations for grain. : Wheat. I Barley. Oats. I Beans. First sos Oct 30s 91 21s 6d I Os Od Second 47s Od 28s 6cl 20s Od Os Od. Third 40s Oct 24s 6d 17s 6d I Os Od. Oatmeal, per bag of 801bs imperial, 28s Od to 00s Oct. COAL MARKET—Dsc. 6. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : s. d. e. d. Carr's Hartley ............15 6 Lambton l6 6 Chester Main .. . ............ 14 6 Russell's Hetton 16 6 Hasting's Hartley 15 6 Stewart's 16 9 Pelton Main .- . - .... ... 15 6 West Belmont 15 9 RavensworthW. 'Hartley 15 6 , Heugh Hall l6 0 West Wylam Trader 14 0l South Hartlepool ........16 3 Wall's End, &c. West Kelloe 15 6 Riddell ..................... 15 0 Whitworth 15 6 Johnson 14 9 Adelaide Tees l6 3 Willington Hartley l4 9 Pease's West 14 3 Stewart's Hartley 14 6 Tees l6 9 Belmont 15 9 Gwaen Cae Gurwen 24 0 Hetton l6 9,Powell's Duffryn Steam 23 0 Ships at market, 119 Sold, 49. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho share market is not quite so good to-day, and we have had only little business doing. Bristol and Exeter, 111; Caledonian, 33i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86/3 ; Leeds Northern (late Leeds and Thirsk), 18 ; London and North Western , 127 i ; ditto, Fifths, 44 prem. ; Midland, 804 ; North British, 101 ; North Staf fordshire, 4 dis. ; South Eastern and Dover, 24g. MANCHESTER, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was weaker to-day, and the business transacted was not very large. The closing prices were :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 6i dis. ; Caledonian, 34 ; Eastern Counties, 13 3-16 ; East Lancashire, 19 12-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86i ; ditto, Fifths, 3/ dis. 2 • London and North Western (M. and B.) Quarters C, 11546 prem. ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire £lO Pref., 11 7-16 ; Midland Railway Consols, 801 . ; North Staffordshire, 3i dis. ; South Eastern, 24 5-16. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 6. • STOCK EXCHANGE.—Tho railway market, influenced by the improved state of the funds, and the improvement of the London share mar ket, o p ened firmly this morning. A fair amount of business was done at advanced rates. The following sales were reported on 'Change :—Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Preference 6 per cent. 9 ; Shrews bury and Birmingham Stock, 67i. BRISTOL, DEC. 6. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market to-day was rather inactive, with prices firm. The sales wore : —Bristol and Exeter Preference Shares, 110 ; Waterford and Kilko nny Preference ditto, 38. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-office by the night—and Mby the morning—dispatch.] From what Wh, Port dm Dispatched. 'Liverpool:— . 'Dec. Liverpool ...IDee. 8 ISouthilmptonlArrivi SouthamptonlDec. 2 Dover ...... Plymouth .. Nov. 3( Plymouth .. Dec. 4 Dover ...... Dee. 11 Dover ...... Daily Southampton Dec. 11 Southampton Dec. 1, Southampton Dec. 1 Plymouth .. Nov. 2 Plymouth .. Nov. 2 Dover ...... Dec. 1 Southampton Dec. 11 Southampton Tu Th Southampton Dec. 1 Dover ... Twice, Dover ...... Dec. 2 London Tues.. London ..... Sun.Tl Southampton Dec. I Holyhead ... Twice Southamptonver .... Dc Dec. e D Plymouth Plymouth . NoT. Southampton Dec. DOYer; .. .. .. Dec. Southampton Dec. Southampton Dec. Dover .. •... D e c. Doug ...... Dec. Doverl.• • . •• Dec. southampton Dec. Southampton Dec. Dover ...... Dec. Southampton Dec. COUNTRIES. America (byßrit.pack.N America (by United S ta. packet) N America (by 11. States packet. Australia (via South ampton... ...... Ditto (via Marseilles N *Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ...• • N Africa (West Coast) N Alexandria* ...... N Belgium .. • • • • •••• • N Brazil ...• • • • • •• • 1 . 1 Buenos Ayres ...... California ..... •ld tCape of Good Hop e N Cape de Verdis •• • N Constantinople*..• N Central America Channel Isles.. • • N Chi 11...... X France .• .• Mk N Greece* ........ N Hamburgh .. • • N Holland • • ........ Honduras .• • • N Ireland .. • • .... M /!csl' India (viaSenthampt.) 3l India (via Marseilles) N India (via Cape of Good Hope). Mauritius .• • • N Mediterranean (via Southampton Ditto (via Marseillea) N Mexico • Madeira ....... Malta* .N Naples* • • • • • • PapallStates * .. Pentnsula .. Peru •• • M Tuscany * • • N West Indies Van Diemen's Land (see Anstalt%) O• • • •• •• 0. Day when made up in General Post office, London. IDec. 11— •• •• •• 'Dee. le.. • • • • •• • • 120th of each month 24th of ;the month 13th of December.. 23rd of the month, 19th&30th of mon Dai1y............ 9th of the month., 9th of the month., 20; 17th of month 14thof the month.. I4thof the month.. 7thl7 th 27 thof mo.. 2nd & 17th of mon. Blon.Wed.brriday 2d & 17th oemonth Twice daily 7thl7th27th Tuesday & Friday Wednesday & Sat. 17th of the month. Twice daily 20th of the month.. Bth& 24th of month 4th of the month. .4th of the month, 20th of the month., Bth & 24th of month 2nd of the month.. 9th&23dof the nion. 7th,17th,19th,27th, &30th of the month sthlsth2sthofmon. sthlsth2sthofmon. Ithl7th27thofmon. 2d & 17th of month sth 15th25th of mon, 2d & 17th of month BA NS. (From the London Gazette of Tuesday.) Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth ictoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 20th day of November, 1852 : Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co. Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,719 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham—G. and T. Copeman 4,289 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Z. D. Hunt 24,747 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock—Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple--Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—T. Barnard and Sons 33,368 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester—ll. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham Attwoods, Spooner, and Co 23,248 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham—J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,778 Blandford Bank, Blandford—Oak and Co. 7,039 Boston Bank, Boston—Garfit and Co 68,625 Boston Bank, Boston—H. and T. Gee and Co 15,391 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. and J. L 25,656 9,358 13,350 5,158 33,078 Sealey Bristol Bank, Bristol—Miles, Miles, and C 0... Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds— Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury Gillet, Tawney, and Co Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 27,878 Bath City Bank, Bath—G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard—Bassett, Grant, and Co ... 35,007 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham—Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire—H A. and W. M. Harris and Co Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co • 68,703 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington— Harding, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds — J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge—Mortlock & Co Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge—Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury—Hammond and 32,227 Co Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons 22,932 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey—La Coste and Son. 3,055 Colchester Bank, Colchester—Round & Green 15,424 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colehester-r-Mills Bawtree „Aro. Co 29,756 Cornish Bank, Tru—Tweed;:ana, Co 44,555 Coventry Bank, Coventry—Little & Woodcock 6,856 City Blhaks Exeter—Milford' and Co 19,288 Craven:Mink, ,Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and 19,108 67,095 12,339 2,657 15,765 41,210 75,675 6,539 Co - Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-- - --Prowgood and Co Chepstow' Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow—Bromage, Snead, and Co 9,143 Derby Bank, Derby—W. and S. Evans &Co 9,717 Derby Bank, Derby—Samuel Smith and Co 39,216 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby—Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes—Locke 25,593 9,000 10,050 and Co Disc Bank, Diss—Oakes, Fincham, and C 0... Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster —Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse &Co 86,490 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co 9,417 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester—R. and H. Williams 45,859 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Fos ter and Co 104,265 East 'Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 53,997 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelmsford—Sparrow, Round, and Co 40,388 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 28,55" Fakenham Bank, Fakenham—Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godahning—Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 6,040 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and C 0... 29,245 Hastings Old Bank, Hastings—Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford— Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford—S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead —Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin Sharpies, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Arehenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Hereford — Morgan and Co Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich— Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Mercer, Randall, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington— Davies and Co. .% Knighton Bank, Knighton—Davies and Co Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough—Terry and Co. Kendal Bank, Kendal—Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering—J. C. Gotch and 65,150 19,419 5,754 14,053 6,127 17,830 19,570 18,487 42,4& 22,069 33,238 18,952 18,949 56,683 18,782 25,919 9,186 19,551 45,3GG Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End—C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds—Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds—W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester—Pagets and Kirby, Lewes Old Bank, Lewes—Molineux and C 0.... Lichfield Bank, Lichfield—Palmer and Greene Lincoln Bank, Lincoln—Smith, Ellison, and Co. Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery—D. Jones and C 0... Loughborough Bank, Loughborough—Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington—St. Barbe and Co. W. Walters .......................................... Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and C 0...., Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Richmond Bank, Richmond—Rope r an d C o Rochdale Bank, Rochdale—Clement, Royds, and Co. Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches ter—Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Itugby—A, Butlin and Son Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis—Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis— Jarvis and Co 12,1 45 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield—Brocklehu rst 15,037 and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree--Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and 2,296 Son Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth—Bromage, Snead, and Co Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, Nury—Bunny & Slocock Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham mond, and Co Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 45,440 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton!Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and C? Naval Bank Plmouth, Plymouth-1111ms 24 042 and Co ,33 5 New Sarum Bank, Sarum —erett an Co. Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry—Croxon and Co. ..... ........ ....... s . Oxford Old Bank, Oxford —Rob i nson, farson and Co. ........................ Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tunbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W Clinch and Co. H Pease's Old Bank, Hull the Hull Old Bank and Beverley Bank, H u ll—Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and 8,893 15,002 29,181 15,072 26,766 48,411 21,700 18,838 11,473 10,32 8,095 40,747 10,397 7,943 12,180 26,332 29,264 6,055 4,548 7,048 9,990 9,562 17,932 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and C 0....;. Roes Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Prick - ards and Allaway Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron- Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and C 0..................................................... - Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough — Wooda ll and Co. ............................................... 23,917 Shrewsbury Old B a nk and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytongs and Co. ..................................... .......... Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, Fell, and Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton— Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—Bitt cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring - - - - W. Led 4,280 28,143 13,560 .36,414 2,636 12,150 15,103 3,501 405 10,597 31,036 24,396 24,771 12,071 7,326 9,345 11,221 12,558 8,561 wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and Co, Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick — K. Greenway and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Poi, Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and C 0... Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co 19,605 Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester 9,577 9,730 14,857 7,019 23,496 5,893 44,499 13,485 6,160 —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, W e ymouth—Eliott and Pearce 15,811 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co 35,804 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good ricke and Holyoake 10,311 Worcester Bank, Worcester —Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 70,410 W or cestershire Bank, Kidderminster —Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster 580 and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton — R and W. F. Fryer 11,841 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co 36,710 Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and 39,960 6,617 7,555 Co York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and Co 11,326 43,807 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal 10,755 Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley 9,452 Bradford Banking Company, Bradford 48,209 Bilston District Banking Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven , Whitehav en 31,380 Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 19,999 Burton, Uttoseter, and Staffordshire Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking C om pany, Chesterfield . 8,633 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work- 50,281 37,069 9,419 43,228 1,514 21,262 35,066 1,235 53,805 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTILIISALIIS--MoNDAY. WOLVERHAMPTON STEEPLECH.A 5 to 2 agst Carrig. 5 to 1 Vengeance. 8 to 1 Simple Peter. 8 to 1 Heroine. WOLVERHAMPTON HURDLE RACE. 5 to 2 agst Victress. 4 to 1 Odiham. CHESTER CUP. 2,000 to 30 agst Nancy (taken). 2,000 to 30 Scarecrow (taken). 2,000 to 30 —; Muscovite (taken). 1,000 to 15 Merry Bird (taken). 1,000 to 15 Weathergage (taken). DERBY. 2,000 to 30 &get Fionn-ma-Coul. LAW INTELLIGENCE. ington Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry 25,098 Covent Coventry Union Banking Company , ry 12,583 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel t 99,540 enham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank , Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley 36,631 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, 18,425 Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, Norw i c h 24,621 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 146,425 Halifax joint Stock Bank, Halifax 18,056 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 34,319 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 12,963 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough ................................. ..• •• 27,503 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge-. 3,682 Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster • 22, 58,083 Leeds Banking Compa n y , Leeds 969 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester.... 69,380 Li n coln and Lindsey Banking Com p an y 47,182 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking C o mpany, Leamington Prior s 8,719 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 9,680 Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham 25,935 Newcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London V1,866 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 4 5, 755 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 65,111 Northamptonshire Banking Company, Ni'ot . 22,424 ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool ....... 37,694 Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester . 45,462 Saddleworth ........ Company, Saddleworth. 2,112 Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 33,266 Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Cora -1 Stpsuhcaiknreyfri3ank, Company, Bristol Somerset ,sStaßanrilfkoit ......... and Somersetshire Bank, Lang p ...... 341,402 port Shropshire 43,748 Banking Comp?ay, Shiffnall Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge 56,671 Sheffield and Hallamahire Banking Company, Sheffield 21,771 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 51,490 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Storey and Thomas' Banking Company, Shaftes- 9,753 bury Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton .............. 35, 236 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, 'wow- 12 field. ........................... . , D4l Whitehaven Joint-Stock •Banking CoinPan7) Whitehaven............................. .......... 29„D89 Warwick and Leamington Banking ComPanY, Warwick ............... 30 goo .......... West of England an d South Wales District Bank, Bristol .. . 73,08, Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury 703 560 West Riding Union Banking Company, nu& dersfield ............... Com ............... 2 2,682 Whitchurch an d Elles ra ere Banking pany t Whitchurch 1 0 28 3 ;2 5 7 4 g Worcester City and County Banking Coin. pally, Worcester ................................. York Union Banking Company, Y0rk.......... A4'860 York City and County Banking Company, .9,530 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds Rdurno. Inland Revenue, Somerset House November 27, 1852. 2,452 EXCHEQUER COURT—DEC. 6. LANGLEY V. ROSE. In this action, for breach of promise of marriage, the jury, after being locked up for nearly four howls, re• turned a verdict for the plaintiff, for 3354. 5,439 8,010 52,237 36,894 28,734 35,034 13,120 92,076 26,253 7,760 3,645 ~ a r