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IMPERIAL/PARLIAMEN T. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 28. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) ABOLITION OF UNIVERSITY TESTS. Mr. MONCRIEFF moved that the University of Scotland Bill be read a second time. Mr. F. SCOTT was in hopes that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman would have stated some grounds to the House for suggesting the approval of this measure, and he regretted that, in the absence of any grounds being advanced, he was compelled to give it his opposi tion. This, however, was no new question to the House or to the country. It appeared to him a great misfor tune that a Bill involving a principle in which the people of England and. Scotland took so lively an interest should be submitted to the House without sufficient reasons being shown for its necessity, The petitions in favour of a repeal of these tests were few and scanty, and the number of signatures attached to them were insigni ficant when compared to the extent of the community. On the other hand, the petitions which were opposed to the repeal ought to carry great weight with them, not so much on account of the number of signatures, as from the standing and influence of the peti tioners. He considered that the House ought to be very careful before it sanctioned any measure so subversive of the Scotch Universities and the position of the Scotch Church, and detrimental to the education of the youth of Scotland. At the time of the union a contract was made to the effect that no professor, minister, or other functionary should be ap pointed in connexion with the universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, and Edinburgh, who should not subscribe the confession of faith of the established religion, and their intention of conforming to the Presbyterian Church. Now he contended that a treaty ratified in so solemn a manner should not be set aside but for strong and convincing reasons. He perfectly admitted that university tests were not at all times rigidly enforced, but the object of imposing them on the professors and instructors of youth was to give some guarantee to the people of Scotland that their children would be imbued with sound religious principles and be brought up in the faith of their forefathers. There was no nation Of religionists who did not think it of the greatest importance that the teachers of youth should be attached to the purest form of worship recognised by the great mass of the community. The practice of imposing tests had existed 150 years in Scotland, and its bene ficial effects had daring that period been thoroughly re cognised. In what country was the education of the people more moral or religious? Where was there found among the lower orders more signal instances of moral worth, and what people had more distinguished themselves by their advance in life in all quarters of the globe? Ile considered that no institutions were more valuable than the parochial institution in connexion with the Church, by which the people received education. In 1826, in consequence of some relaxation of these tests, and the rigid interference and control on the part of the municipal authorities of Edinburgh over the university of that city, a royal commission was issued to inquire into the course of education adopted in the University of Scotland. That Commission was com posed of the Earl of Roseberry, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Medwyn, Chief Justice Hope, and other distin guished persons, and after considering the subject of university tests they unanimously agreed that they should for the future be rigidly enforced. The report of that Commission, com posed of these able individuals, was directly opposed to theproposal of the Hon. and Learned Member. The Hon. and Learned Member, when he brought forward his Bill last year, argued that the Universities in Scot land were not founded with the intention of their being mainly devoted to the education of the clergy—that they were not appendages to the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and that there was no necessity for a professor in those Universities entertain ing any religious opinion or notions whatever. Now he contended that, inasmuch as the Universities of Scot land wore not founded mainly for the education of the clergy, as the English Universities were, the legislators of Great Britain ought to take great care that religion was carefully instilled into the minds of the laity, and that the youth of the country should have a sound moral combined with a religious education.—(Hear.) There was, in fact, in England no parochial system of education whereby the schoolmaster was appointed to act in co-operation w th the parish authorities ; whereas that was the case in Scotland, and there was an in timate connexion between the Universities and the Church. Now, the object of this Bill was to sever that connexion, and he wanted to know upon what ground it was proposed to make the change. Was it that the Church had unduly exercised its authority, or was it that the Church had not rigidly enforced the tests? If this BiH was proposed upon either of those grounds, he was prepared to controvert the position. Had the Church rigidly enforced in all cases these tests he could have un derstood the motive for introducing the Bill; but as the Church had wisely, and judiciously, and graciously exer cised its authority, the House ought to hesitate before it adopted this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) But he might be told that the Church was not so powerful as it was for merly, and its followers were on the decline. Well, if that really was so. why introduce a measure which could have no other effect but to still further weaken the Church?—(Hear.) On all g rounds then he opposed the principle of this measure.—(Hear, hear.) Then, as re gards the professors, were they to reduce the qualifica tion of those officials? Certainly not, and as the pro fession of Christianity, as taught by the Established Church of Sootland,was considered the main qualification, he could be no party to its abolition in the manner pro posed by the Bill.—(Bear, hear.) But were these' tests peculiar to the Established Church ? He believed not, for all the doctrines of the Christian Church required that their collegiate teachers should subscribe to some test of one sort or another, anti if this were not so, he wanted to know what security there would be against the teaching of irreligion and the growth of scepti cism. —(Hear, hear.) It was for this very reason that not only Scotland, but every other Christian country, insisted that their university professors should give tome guarantee of their religious belief, and if the House determined to alter that system as regarded Scotland, he was convinced her Universities would rapidly decline.—(Hear, hear.) If this measure were to pass a very great injury would be inflicted upon the Universities, because it would admit professors into their chairs who were followers of no religion at all, and as the present was not the time for abolishing any of the oaths established by law, he demanded that the Bill should be thrown out.--(Hear, hear.) The Protestant religion of the country was not so free from attack as to make the passing of such a Bill safe, and ho would undertake to say that nothing was more cal culated to promote scepticism and irreligion than the abolition of the tests enforced by the Universities of Scot land.—(Hear, hear.) Recent events had served to bring to light the enemies who were prepared to assail the Church of England, when the opportunity for doing so shall present itself ; and he could assure the House that those enemies were comparatively feeble when compared with the enemy which this Bill, if it was passed, would raise up against the Church of Scotland.— (Hear, hear.) It was one thing to relax the tests, and another to repeal them altogether; and since the Church had displayed a sound discretion in the administration of the testa, ho protested against any change being made in the system.—(Hear, hear.) He should there fore_ move as an amendment that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. not • MONCRIEFF said the subject of the Bill was new to th e Ho use , for as far back as 13 43 the matter therefore di dund erwent a full discussion, and ho motion for the the not think it necessary to preface the (Hear, hoar.) second reading with any remark.— Ile would, however, now explain the grounds up on that the Governm ent he proposed it. He was sorry to the adoption did not see their way former Government s of this measure, because of those Honourable had agre e d to it, as well as some Gentlemen who now odcepicd the Ise Treasury bench. favour r derstood that 52 petitions had fav u been presented in not the Bill, and 48 against it, but these latter did come from the people of S co tland, but the Church, while ac the former came prin cipally from your councils n conclusively corporations, a fact which showed pretty conclu that the people of Scotland were not oppos e d s_VY wish to maintain Ile knew, indeed, that they"hanl3olll.7-(llear, hear.) these tests; they did not value them , but, on the . _ and as the con trary, they wished to see theta a b olished, away writ.hhe Chureh could not enforce them it —a him that this Bill, if passed, would endan g er to tell He proposed to do stabi lity of the Church. practical evil, for a religious test which wa s / t so reli a i gre r disregarded was worthless.—(Hear, h ear.) I o co u u s l y d only be enforced for the sake of ca price, while i t ex eluded those from the Universities whom th e framers ex eluded the tests had no desire t o exclude.—(Hear, hear .) Bu s t the tests were: worthless because the Chur c ho had net the power to enforce them, nor h ad it any control' over the professors. (Hear, hear.) All classes of religionists attended the Universites of Scotland, as there was no domestic or religions discipline observed such as was to be found prevailing i n the English Universities, and when the student left the university he was beyond the control of his professor. Now, what was the origin of these tests? Wh y the y were established by t wo Acts, one passed in 1690, and • the other in 1703, and it would seem the object of these Acts was to exclude Episcopalians from the Universities. That was certainly the object of the first Act; while in 1708, when the union between the two countries was under discussion, it was urged that England being a supporter of Protestantism, the union would injure the Presbyterianism of Scotland, and the second Act was passed to meet that objection.—(Hear, hear.) It was clear, therefore, that the object of both Acts was to exclude Episcopalians, and the Acts provided that all the professors appointed to Scotch Universities should declare their adhesion to the Presbyterian institution of the coun try. Well, then, the object of this Bill was to modify that law, which had never been rigidly enforced, and which was openly violated by the Bolingbroke Act shortly after it was enacted.—(Hear, hear.) What had been the effect of the law? Why it had produced more miserable bickering s and dissensions in Scotland than anything else, and he was at a Tia to understand upon what ground this remedy for w sa uSa_a evil could be resisted.—(Herr, hear.) The s e , a in i olo . placed the Church of Scotland in m ow ... il not whom with the people, but its nothi n - aj t ur of differed with the Church in at leastth vet law law.— (Hear, hear.) The law ex cludednotwithstandineMf °f is the people from the Universities, et he insisted it L." they were sound in doctrine,and eft+, was . 4 - ghoy wore the h sot just to maintain those tests. barb e e.• is r aibiej•ethey were of no ti _ . _ remains of a less enlightened ta rei,. ,z, : le— WO, e . :at injuri es '"uwhatever, but, on the contrary, , ,e, a , ' you , err : to abolish th the s People, and the House ' eet, wits ittird' i : 3 necessary t " n • --- (llear hoar.) But it t o p . ..._., g irr eligio n wad ,these tests for the 1 r . - I-i ' 4: e" scilt4Vi • - RC - ' "'aerie ' in ir • ~f t ; test 0 that? ri -Attalla scepticism; but did - is ": . 4 ,.. .i professors Would unot, oman f 4r 1 4 1 i -, •.4 e , ha y o . our " e obtained e ft . i.. , ),.-• • & . - . THE SUN, chairs. Indeed, had the tests been rigidly enforced, such men as Forbes and Brewster, who were Episcopa lians and could not take the oaths, would have been precluded from accomplishing the wonders they had done?—(Hear, hear.) Of the eighty professors in the Universities, twenty-four had not subscribed . to the tests, while in reference to many re cent appoint manta many eminent men, who were sound in doctrine and unblemished in reputation, had been exclu ded from c h a ir s because the Church authorities sud denly took it into their heads to enforce the tests.—(Hear, hear.) Now, was that a state of things which ought to exist, for the sake of keeping up an old and obsolete law? Well, then, upon these grounds he asked the House to pass this Bill, and to do away with the needless and useless tests.—(Hear, hear.) They might, perhaps, be modified, but that was no reason for rejecting this Bill, while, with regard to the Act of Union, these tests could be modi fied or abol ished, as they had served their turn, without in anyway violating the principles contained in the Act of Union.—(Hear.) He therefore thought the time was now come when he might appeal to the House that for the advancement of science and religion those tests should be repealed. Sir R. li. INGLIS said that the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had either proved too much or proved nothing at all. Whatever were the numbers of the Es tablished Church of Scotland, they had certain privileges to which they had a ri▪ ght, and he would oppose any attempt to deprive them of them. It was said that they bad no ri▪ ght to impose these tests; now he would ask any Roman Catholic gentlemen pre sent whether he would admit into any college which ho su pported a Presbyterian professor, or any Presbyterian gentleman whether he would admit a Roman Catholic professor? Ho contended that the superintendence over the education of the people of Scotland was a vested right in the Established Church, and against this he could listen to no petition, however great might be the personal qualities and respectability of those from whom they might proceed. For this rea son he should oppose this Bill. Mr. BETHELL supported the Bill. Mr. WALPOLE said that though the Right Ho nourable Gentleman opposite had said that the Bill was opposed by the Government, even before any mem ber of the Government had spoken, it was still quite true that that was the case, and indeed he could scarcely understand how any Government, whoever they might be, could do anything but oppose this Bill.' In the first place, the Bill was a direct violation of a national con tract at the time of the union, which it would now be a breach of faith to interfere with, except on very strong and conclusive reasons. At the time of the union the Commissioners were precluded by the preliminary conditions from interfering with the manner of public worship and with the universities already esta blished in that country. He thought that the case which had been made out for disturbing the Act of Union was one of the weakest which ho had ever heard made out. The Honourable Gentleman opposite had cited the fact that 24 professorial chairs were now filled by gentlemen who could not take the tests as an argument for doing away with testa altogether—(Hear, hear)—whereas he took it as a proof that those who had the control over these matters did not put into force the fall stringency of the power in their hands when they found that it was not necessary for the purpose of preventing the ingress of persons likely to misuse their position. He had not heard, and he did not know, that these tests had worked ill with regard to the education of the youth of Scotland— quite the other way, in fact, as far as his knowledge went. Another objection he had to this Bill was that it was a violation of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of Scotland; and if they did it in this instance they must do it to England and Ireland as well. He had objections to the details of the Bill, and ho thought that the second section of the Bill, which went to retain the testa as applie d to the theological and church-history chairs, was of itself a proof that the framers of this Act thought that it was to a certain degree! necessary to fence about with tests the religious education of the country. For that reason he felt it his duty to oppose this Bill . . Mr. ANSTEY supported the second reading of the Bill. He considered the opposition as prompted by the bigots of the Church of Scotland. Mr. E WART said the Bill was necessary, in the first place, because the law had already been violated, and secondly, because they had now only an uncertain tribu nal to regulate these matters. Sir A. CAMPBELL joined issue with the Hon. Member who had just sat down as to the violation of the treaty of union, which he had said afforded a suffi cient reason for passing the Bill. Ho did not consider that either the alteration of the representation of Scot land by the Reform Bill, or the alteration of the right of patronage in that country, was en infraction of the treaty. That treaty was made between two independent countries, and any interference with its articles would bo a positive violation of good faith. The House could not fail to arrive at the con clusion that the Bill originated with those who opposed the Established Church of Scotland and the church esta blishments generally, and ho warned the House again s t giving its sanction to a principle which, if adopted, would lead to the entire subversion of the established religion of that country. Mr. HUME entered into a statement of the number of students who matriculated at the colleges of Cork and Galway, for tho purpose of showing that Roman Catho lics were not afraid to send their sons to seminaries presided over by Protestant professors. Ho considered that this measure was consistent with the wishes and wants of the majority of the Scotch people, who were opposed to the continuance of any religious tests in universities. Sir G. CLERK observed that the tests were first im posed to guard against the Jacobite party, who wished to see the exiled family restored to the throne of Scotland. He thought that the recommendations of the Royal Com mission to continue the imposition of the tests ought to have great weight with the House, composed as it was of members of different denominations and of every shade of political opinion. It was the general opinion in Scot land that these tests ought not to be abolished, because they were the only link connecting the Universities of Scotland with the Church of that country. When the tests were enforced, in consequence of the suggestion of the Commission, no dissatisfaction was occasioned, though it was a time of great excite ment, when there were loud outcries for the redress of all kinds of grievances. On the contrary, a disposition was evinced by the people to maintain that form of re ligion to which they were sincerely attached, and for which their forefathers had bled. Neither was there any objection to the tests during the excitement produced by the Reform Bill. The movement which originated the p rese nt Bill took its rise on a more recent occasio n —h e a ll u ded to that great seces sion from the Church in 1844, which he,_ as a Scotch man, looked upon as o ne o f the most unfortunate and melancholy events which had ever taken place in the country. Ho contended that the people of Scotland were justified in availing themselves of their ancient right to prevent persons becoming professors who would not submit to the discipline of the Church. Ho was de sirous that Scotland should maintain that proud distinc tion for learning and science for which it had been so long distinguished, but the effect of the Bill would tend in the other direction, and, besides, he thought it was only the first step towards a greater alteration in the constitution of their universities and seminaries. He hoped the edu cation of the youth of the country would never be entrusted to tho hands of those who would not subscribe to the belief and great doctrines of the Christian faith. This was only the commencement of a very grave change in the edu cational system of the country as by law established, and, once sanctioned, it would bo impossible to maintain the Church of Scotland in its integrity. The Bill was intended to apply to Scotland, but would bo extended to the English Universities, and also to private schools. It was on these grounds that ho opposed the Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL owned that he had heard nothing which ought to induce him to oppose this Bill. Tho speech of his Hon. Friend who had charge of the Bill, he thought, was unanswerable, and the last speaker had failed to controvert any arguments which had been urged in favour of the Bill.—(flear, hoar.) It was said, indeed, that the law as it now stood was not obeyed, - and the House was asked of what use the repeal would be. —(Hear, hear.) And ho was surprised to hoar the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department following up the same ar gument, for ho for one believed that a law, which was systematically disobeyed, ought no longer to remain in force. In point of fact the law was never enforced at all except in some few individual cases, and in the generality of those cases the law never contemplated touching those individuals. Well, then, ought such a state of things to continue? He confessed he was favourable to a change, and nothing which he had heard in the course of this debate was calculated to alter that opinion. The last speaker told them that the students were not subject to any test, and the consequence was_ all cla sses o f re li g i on i sts were a d m issible into the Universities, and yet he wanted to impose teas upon the professors who were to teach these students.—( ll ear, hear.)_ Such an anomalous state of things was a dis grace to the Legislature; it was both unjust and intole rant,lightly to at practical an d he owned to a conviction tha t the House ought gree. C. put an end to it.—(llear, h ear.) the existence be BRUCE insisted that the law ought not re ens for repealed and done away with.—(Hear.) The inconvenience was supposed to arise from already heard, h e further r the Bill than those which ho had of these tests, and in the absence of any rapst offer his decided opposition to cation tehhenruil iandriaTie° no t es'— (Hear, effect people of (Hear, hear.) Religion and edu us:operated and that, he believed, inionlioett SehoetlHanodu;seand thenas this pay was the o posed to it.—(Hear, hear.) ieth°oPut more d they ... were unanimously op- Bill would P e and f er e n agree t w h _ the great body of the highly objectionable, becau.ae irreligi elay to r • eject this ao e o me l e d , 2klr. OSWALD claimed the attention ous meaaure. a short time upon this momentous ioti of the House for question. He • in the least disguise the momentous nature ' ofdid not jeet, but in 1843 the House neglected to take the sub. of the crisis that then existed to settle this advantage matter, and they had only themselves to blame for th e delay which had taken place in the settlement i of it. hear.) He had listened attentively t o t h e arguments ' which had been urged from the Treasury bench against this Bill, and he confessed without hesitation that he had heard nothing which should induce him to reject the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) It was said in the first place that the Bill was opposed to the Act of Union, and in the second that it would endanger the religion of Scotland.—(Hear, hear.) Now ho was not lawyer enough to decide upon the first of these objections, but he thought there was nothing in the Act of Union which ought to prevent the House doing justice to the people of Scotland—(Hear, ; hear)—while, as to the oth e r objec tion, he knew that the existence of these tests retarded rather than promoted the interest of religion.—(H ear .) It would have been much better, therefore, if the Go vernment had issued another Commission to inquire into this subject, rather than oppose the Bill.—(Hear.) Had the Government taken that course he should have been prepared to support them, more espe cially as it was exceedingly desirable that this session should be shortened as much as possible.— (Hear, hear.) He should, however, vote for the Bill, and endeavour at all risks to got rid of a grievance which the people of Scotland could no longer tolerate. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... ... 157 Against it ... •.• ... ... 172 Majority against ... ....-..-15 The Bill was accordingly thrown out. COLONIAL BISHOPS BILL. On the order of the day for the second reading of this Bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON requested that tho motion for the second reading of the Bill might be postponed until a future day. Mr. GLADSTONE, who had charge of the Bill, had no objection to postpone tho second reading if.the House would allow him now to state the object of the Bill. Mr. HORSMAN objected to this, but was called to order, there being no question before the House. Mr. GLADSTONE then rose to move the second reading, and proceeded to state the object of the Bill. It was to enable the Church of England in the colonies, if it could be be legally so designated, to manage its own affairs, subject to certain limitations, which Parliament would have to decide.—(Hear, hear.) The same privilege was enjoyed by every other church in the colonies, and he hoped the House would eventually see the necessity of conferring a similar power upon the clergy and laity of the Established Colonial Church.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill in no respect trenched upon colonial legisla tures, but if it were thought fit he should be very glad to insert an express clause saving the rights of those legislatures. The Bill, in fact, was not so much a Colonial Bishops Bill, but rather a Bill for the colonial clergy. It proceeded on a great principle which he hoped to see more acted upon in that House, that of leaving the colonies in the uncon trolled management of their own local affairs, whether ecclesiastical or civil. He had not the slightest wish to trench in any degree on the religious liberties of any community, because, even if the gift of civil pre ference in the colonies were offered to what was called the Established Church in this country, he for one should reject it as a fatal gift, and one containing a source of weakness to the Church herself. Full and perfect equality was the condition which he should desire for the Church in the colonies, and none other. Ho hold in his hand an Act of the Parliament of Canada for the disendowing of certain rectories, in the preamble of which was contained an express declaration that the principle of perfect re ligious equality among all religious denominations was that on which colonial legislation was to be conducted. Now this Act had gone through the usual formulas, it had been laid on the table of both Houses for forty days, and had, therefore, with the consent of both Houses, received the assent of the Crown, and this House now stood committed, as well as the House of Lords, to the principle of religious equality in the colonies. Ho hoped, therefore, he should have the assent of Hon. Gentlemen in his efforts to establish a system founded on this principle of religious equality, a system which in his opinion was the only one that could be made to work in the colonies. In 1850 he had introduced a subject of this nature to the atten tion of the House. The ground of his case was that the state of the law in the colonies was so tangled that it was impossible for any one to understand it and act upon it. The objections which were urged against that Bill—that it was a part of ecclesiastical legislation, that it was partial, that there was no evidence, that by adopting the Bill they would bo acting in ignorance of the views of the parties concerned—were no longer applicable to the pre sent Bill.—(Hear, hear.) There was a great difference of opinion among lawyers as to whether the ecclesiastical law of this country could be extended to the colonies; but whatever might be the real strength of the legal power, this was certain, that for all prac tical purposes the ecclesiastical law had no operation whatever in the colonies. There were no ecclesias tical courts in the colonies; nor was he one who would be ready to introduce them there. Efforts, however, had been made to eatablish such courts, particularly by the Bishop of Tasmania; but his efforts had re sulted only in an examination by the Dis senters, who objected to these courts, of the very patents under the authority of which the Bishop proposed to establish them, and in the ultimate decision by the law officers of the Crown that the patent had pretended to give power to the Bishop which her Majesty was not competent to give, and therefore the whole attempt fell to the ground. The whole power exercised by a bishop in the colo nies was merely arbitrary; ho did not mean it offensively; but there was no legal authority to back his; udgments, and he had no means of satisfying the public that justice had been done. This he thought was not what ought to be the state of the case, and ho called on the House to stop in and alter it. It was said by some persons that there was a power of appeal from the colonial bishop to the archbishop at home; and with out dwelling on the fact how absurd it was to send a man 16,000 miles for redress, ho himself was not certain that there was such a power of appeal. In fact,one gentle. man, Mr. Wigmore , had travelled the sixteen thou sand miles to appeal against his bishop to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, who, however, was obliged to tell him that ho had no power because there had been no process. If such was the case with the clergy, it was much worse with the laity, who had no appeal whatever even in cases most extreme in their nature. With respect to the feelings of the colonists themselves on the subject, they were well aware of the difficulties of their position ; they dis claimed any civil preference whatever. Out of the thirteen dioceses to which his Bill would be extended, eleven of the bishops had expressed their de cided opinion in public acts that some provision was necessary to give a more settled and legal position to their powers and operations. The same was the case with the clergy and the laity in'at least seven of these dioceses, who had declared their opinion to the same effect, that for the government of the Church some synodical action ought to be given by legislative enactment to the clergy and laity of each diocese. The question was, how the remedy was to be applied. Some advocate tho es tablishment of a Parliamentary constitution of the Church in the colonies. Ho would be the last man to sanction any such establishment, neither did he think the House of Commons would sanc tion the introduction of such a scheme, nor the colonists accept it. He himself wished to leave it a matter for the colonial legislatures and the members of the Church themselves to settle what should be their mutual rela tions and connexions. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the second reading of tho Bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that after the able speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the House would feel that it would bo requisite for him (Sir J. Pakington) to go at seine length into this subject. Ho should therefore move the adjournment of the debate. The debate was then adjourned until the 19th of May. Tho House adjourned at Six o'clock. FRANCE. A grand funeral service, in honour of Marshal Gerard, was celebrated on Monday in the church of the Invalides. At eleven o'clock battalions of all the regiments of the garrison, commanded by their Colo nels, a battery of artillery, two squadrons of Municipal Guards and Gendarmes of the Seine, and two squa drons of Lancers, two battalions of Republican Guards and Gendarmes Mobiles, and a battalion of National Guards, took their station on the espla made, and along the Boulevard, adjoining the Hotel des Invalides, which they completely surrounded. The National Guards, who performed duty for the first time since their re-organization, obtained the place of honour. At twelve o'clock the religious service commenced, and was chanted by the chaplain of the Invalides, assisted by a numerous clergy, in presence of the staff of the Hotel, the Marshals, the Minister of War, Generals Magnan and Loewestine, the officers of the National Guard and of the regiments of the garrison, &c. The President of the Republic was represented by General Roguet and several of his aides-de-camp. During the cere mony the drums and bands alternately played, and at the elevation of the Host, the whole of the troops outside presented arms. Minute guns were fired in til the conclusion of the service. Among the brilliant uniforms worn at the saloons of Marshal Jerome Bonaparte, was that of Malta, as worn by the Russians, of which the Emperor is the chief, and many of which uniform are seen in the aristocratic Courts of Germany. Amongst the Arab chiefs who are to come to Paris for the fele of the 10th of May are two khalifas and a bachaga, with their suite of forty:persons. The Colonel of the Ist Regiment of Spahis, M. Durrieu, is to ac company him. General Dufour has arrived in Paris from Switzer land. We read in the Public:— " General Dufour has just arrived in Paris. It is well known in what high esteem the Prince President holds the illustrious General, whoso eminent qualities he was enabled to appreciate daring his residence in Switzer land. It cannot be forgotten, moreover, that it was General Dufour who removed the difficulties which arose some time since between Francs and Switzerland on the subject of the presence of refugees in tho latter country. The last member of the Parliament of Burgundy, M. Jeillet de St. Pierre, died last week, near Dijon, in his 100th year. ITALY. Prince PASKEWITBCU, Governor-General of Po land, returned to Warsaw on the 12th from St. Pe tersburgh. Orders have been given by the police of Warsaw to make preparations for the arrival of the Emperor and Empress of RUSSIA ; the houses in the principal streets are to be repaired and embellished. Elam refugees had been restored to civil ri g hts, and it was hoped that his MAJESTY on his visit would pardon a greater number. RUSSIAN SLAVE MASTERS.--A very intelligent tra veller mentions a crue l prac ti ce of the Kirghiz, which is of a very singular nature. lie says that they have the art of reducing their Russian prisoners, by a dexterous blow on the head, at once to a state of idiotcy, so that, though useful as slaves, they n ever think of ma king their escape. They are also in the habit o f making a deep incis i on i n the soles of their captives' feet, in w hi c h t h e y insert a bunch of horse hair. The wou n d then closes, but leaves a soreness w h ic h effectually precludes any attewpt at =pi n g avr4Y. .2w; Danivindantend. CIANA.SII. Names of i 1)11 , 144nd Names of . Companies. 4 per Price. c empaff i ca. . per Price. Pi IC Annum. - --I-- --. T .—.. --. .€ f Asiitn& Oldh 98171. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield . . 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley.. • • 1601 -- Neat ), -- • • 100 161. 11rknk/sAbrg 150 51. 85 Oxford. ••• • • 100 13/. 135 Birmingham 40 41. 100 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70 Coventry.. • • 100' 251. 200 Regent's • ..• 33 11. 35. 16k 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 21. 42 1 69 1 2% p. ct. 33% Semrset Coal 1 58 G ED r iel an rsbmy 88 drun "C c .h t .i n 100'31. pr.ct. 4e% Do.LkFdSt 12 pc.. 6 pr. Ct. 10,6 L pr. ct. l 8 % Stffrd &Wore 140 281 . 405 Grand Surrey 100 21..03. 8234 Shrewsbury- 125 Grand Union 1001 li. 10s. 24 Stoarbridge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt & Avn 39 45. Od. 5% Severn andi 21.06. 24 Lancaster . 1001 -• Wye Rail. 26 Leeds& Livrp 100: 201. 455 Warwick& t W N arw apt i e c! n k'i Leicester .... 100 Si. 66 lilirming. j 100 41. 40 LoLmucgshtrbo&rNegts 42 h 1 83 , 74011.. 54104% 100 31. 28 Honmonthsh 100, Worcstr &/ lfntgemrysh 100 Bi rm i ng . j7 B 31. 33 IlleltriMwbry 100 Wilts it Brks I Is. 6d. ii,i GAS LIGHT AND COIL* COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ..................... m•m•••••• . ...........m............ .................. .....mm0m..... ..,==.l,ft t• e. d. Z. s. d. British •••••• • • " " •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 10% Ditto Provincial.• •• 11. 81. 20 0 0 20 0 0 1834 Brighton •••••• " • • • ' 5 ),' 20 0 0 - 16 City of London ••• • • • "•• 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 75 0 0 81 5 0 - Equitable-. • • • • • • • • • • 5/ Great Central:• ••• • • • 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 0 0 0 10 0 0 13 C lM a p t e in ri c a n i ta . l . C .7.7 l • 7 • 7: 31 . & 515 :0 4 11 : us. 50 0 0 50 0 0 C 8 Independent .••.•• • • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 -. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61 • 25 0 0 710 0 - Phcenix . .... •••••• •• 3 1 1 . Per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 2636 Ratcliff •••••• • • • - - 51 • 100 0 0 90 0 0 - United General •• •• • • 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1734 Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 50 0 0 - 39% Ditto, New •• •• -•• 51 . Per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 736 _____---- saw'. or SOOTTISII oorszviarriur PRICES Divid ' Amount Name of Company. Per of Paid. Price. 31. per cent. Annum. Share. .....-....--......----. ................_ _ X s. d. A a. d 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 185 1 7 7 6 @ : I l i : perpprilee per Beat. cc" n ee nn t .. 50 10 0 0 0 0 0 100 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1. 8 1 0 : Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202 Caledonian Bank . City 61. percent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 Clydesdale Bank •• •• •• 6% percent . 20 0 0 10 0 0 121 2s 6 % Per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 15% 50 0 50 0 3% 51.pereent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1321( 100 0 0 38 0 0 43i National Ban Northof Scotland Bank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 27„ Union Bank of Scotland 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88% C zake: o oxl m ys4ntah n i eb ° lam f .B e n :r l la c o l jno l s ; I : : i s a l g nos Biz . ow. n : Ik sit a ci. . n aoa. . n k tn. . k . .. . . Western Bnk , . •• •• •• 71. per cent. 50 V 0 50 0 0 67% Alliance Fire and Life 8%/.Dr cent. 10 ‘ 0 10 0 0 91% Br i t i s h Guarantee Cale d on ian Fire Insur. 101. per c ent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 City of Glasgow Life- 61. Per c ent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. Is C o lonial Life .• ••• • • • 51. Per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 2% Ed i n b urg h Life Incur. 61. Per c ent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 22 Eng.& Scot, Law L if e 51 . per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 3 % Life A.ssoc. of Scotland 61 . percen t. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s National British Per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 29..66 North I w n i s d ar L . if . e 5 . $ll. per cent, 100 0 0 20 0 0 31 . 'Wettish Union Insrnce. 7341. Pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 305.0 d Stan dard Life -•••• •• 5 1. per cent . 50 0 0 7 0 0 1234 United Dep . As serene e 51 . per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s Od r"Sela raii.3lllol:7lll. ' Dividend A mount r i r t 1 1 s r h e Name of ComPan,Y• Per of raid. IPrlcc An num. Share. ------------ --...,-______ ----.-....... . Assam Tea • • • • • • • • .. .... X 2 a. d. S. a. d. 0 0 20 0 0 9 &action 51art •••• • • - li• 611. 50 0 0 - 26 &witrallan Agricillinr l 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 1 6 36 Australian Trust •• .• 61. per cent. as 0 0 21 angio•Mexlean M int .. 11.10 s. 10 - 0 0 10 0 0 23 % Ditto, Half Shares.. -- - 210 0 - British American Land - - 38 10 0 -- Canada . • • • • •• • • • • 50 •• 6i. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 Do. 5 percent Bonds _ -. --_ _ Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds. Cr -.. percent.- 111%93)4 City Navigation Bonds t . I - Per cent. - - Gen. Revers. to Invest. sp. c. k i n , 2 / 100 0 0 100 0 0 94 _ .._ - Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto New ........50 0 0 7 10 0 Gen.SteamNavigation 10 .ct. 29 15 0 0 14 0 0 % Hudson's 8ay........ P stock. .... 206 flungerford .......... 2/758. - 100 0' 0 47 London Institution ... - 78 15 0 5 New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto. New ........ 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 - - 25 Russell Institution.... - 26 5 0 - Peninsir& Orient ' ate' et •P.o. & be. 50 0 0 50 0 0 111 Reversionary Int. Ro e . Ai , - .5.0. r cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 log Royal Mail Stearn . •.. 41 P share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 7$ south Australian ..... . 11 *P. r share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% tranDienlan'e Land., 1 'Pe Ito 0 28 0 0 1 •-• The lon EXTENsnrE MOSS FIRES. mosses where a sh ower of rain has scarce ly b ee n seen f or up . g-continu e d d roug ht in and near Manchester, wards of tw o months, has cause d th e heaths a n d peat and c ombustible. neighbourhood week, Some of them have been more exceedinglyy or loss on fire fo r nearly in the to become dr about fifteen m il es south of M anc hester, wa s on fi re l ast a fortnight past.. Lindon Common, and th e names, fed chiefly by the furze and dry peat turf, spread to a great distance. A great deal of alarm existed lest the homesteads of the farmers should got on fire. On Friday the cottage of William Burritt, near the Wilmslow entromity of the common, was destroyed by the firo. Ho succeeded in saving bit furniture, but a cow belonging to him was destroyed. On Thursday last the moss lands in the neighbourhood of Altrincham, six miles south-west of Manchester, belonging to the Earl of Stamford and Warrington, were set on fire by a farmer who had bu rnt some rubbish cleared from his land near Timperley. The flames continued to spread during the whole of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and in the high winds of the two days last named extended over Carrington Moss, Ashton-upon-Mersey Moss, and Pa kington M oss, „ embracing a tract of country ex tendin g man y mum: and some of the homesteads of the farmers and:Plantations on the borders of those mosses, wore saved with great difficulty. On Wednesday last the mosses extending from six to twelve miles west of Man chester also took fire, and were burning until yesterday. From the Manchester and Liverpool Railway these fires could be seen extending over a considerable tract of country, And on Friday last they had reached a plantation near the Astley station, called Botany Bay Wood, belonging to the Earl of Ellesmere. Here the fire, fed by the plantation, rose to a considerable height, and 30 to 40 workmen had to be sent there to clear the space around it, so as to prevent it extend ing. Several hundred pounds worth of fir, alder, birch, and other trees, besides underwood, were destroyed. Many thousands of people were down in the neighbour hood on Sunday to witness the spread of the flames, which swept along over the dry moss in some directions almost with the rapidity with which similar confla grations are described as spreading in the American prairies. The deep trenches which had been cut in pre vious years for drainage, and to stop the progress of si milar tires, no doubt tended to check the progress of the flames on this occasion, but damage has been done situ gether to the extent of some thousands of pound. The destruction of game has been immense. One person stated that ho saw no lees than 20 hares all roasted in a heap. Numbers of hares were also seen on Sunday hemmed in by fire, apparently in great terror awaiting its approach; and pheasants and partridges have been destroyed to a great extent, this being the season of breeding, when the hens suffered themselves sooner to be burnt upon their nests than desert thorn. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1552. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*2Ol Diseases of Uncertain Scat 44 Tubercular Diseases ... ... 199 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 128 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 33 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ••• ••• .•• ••• ..• 172 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and o th er Organs of Digestion... ... 54 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. . 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, sad Muscles ... 16 Diseases of the Skin, &o. 4 Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 4 Premature Birth ••• ••• ,•• ••• ••• 28 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 21 Old Ago •.• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 56 Sudden ... ••• ..• ••• 6 Violence. Privation, Cold, and. Intemperaneo 20 Causes not specified ... .. 7 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Populatien Deaths In corre- Enumeraied, eponding week 1851. of 1851. West Districts... 376,427 . . 169 • ... North Districts.. 490,396 .. 213 ... Central Districts 393,256 ... 188 ... East Districts ... 485,522 ... 211 South Districts .. 616,635 ... 291 ... 1,021 Deaths in the Week. 148 197 17S 198 300 T0ta15........ 2,362,236 ... 1,075 ... 1,021 Aisles ... ... ... ... ... 659 Fomalas ... ... ... ... •.• 462 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males .411 Of. 0411 ••• ... 789 Females .411 111111 .11• ••• ••• 819 Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,608 *ln this number are included 38 by Scarlatina, 36 by Typhus Fever, and 1 by Diarrhcca. fiEALTHOF LONDON DURIIVG THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) Some improvement is now perceptible in the public health, as indicated by a declining rate of mortality. Tho deaths registered in London rose each week during nearly the whole of March above 1,200; in the last three weeks they have been successively 1,051, 1,092, and 1,021. During the former period the mean weekly temperature did not average more than 40 deg.; in the last three weeks it has been as follows:-44 deg., 47 deg., and 46 deg. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1842.51 the average number of deaths Was 920, which. if raised in proportion to the increase of population, becomes 1,012. The 1,021 deaths, therefore, registered in the week that ended last Saturday differ but to a small ex tent from tho calculated result. On reference to the table of fatal diseases an improve ment on the returns of the previous week is apparent in the numbers ascribed to diseases of the respiratory or gans; for in that week the deaths in this class were 214, but they have now fallen to 172. Bronchitis has de clined from 102 to 71; pneumonia from 77 to 61. Com plaints of this kind, however, still continue more fatal than is usual at this period; for the corrected average of corresponding weeks is 155, on which there was an excess last week of 17. Tho epidemic class of diseases exhibits a total num ber of '204 cases in the present return, whilst tho ave rage corrected for increase of population is 195. Small-pox maintains its ground, and was fatal last week to 29 children and 9 persons, whose ages varied from 15 years to 25 or upwards. In 6 of the 38 cases it is stated that the sufferers had been vacci nated previously. It appears from the observations of some of the registrars that the disease is ge tting rife amongst the population, Fatal cases of measles number 16, of scarlatina 3S, of hooping-cough 35, and croup 14. There wore 2 caused by influensa, and 1 by purpura ; typhus, remittent, infantile fever, &c., 40 ; rheumatic fever, 4. Six persons died of erysipelas, 3 children of syphilis ; 6 women died of puerperal fever, besides 5 others after childbirth. It is remarkable that diarrhea was fatal in only one case, though in the previous week the number was 15, and the average of corresponding weeks is 10. There were two deaths registered from tetanus. ap parently idiopathic, namely, that of a mau, aged 16 years, and that of a woman, 36, besides a man who died of lock jaw produced by an injury received from a crane. At 18, James-street, Kensington, on 22d April, a girl, aged 3 years, died of " variola (10 days); vaccinated without effect at the age of 3 months." Mr. Gorham adds that " small-pox prevails much in his sub-district, and it is to be regretted that in most cases vaccination has been omitted; in consequence (so far as the regis trar can learn) of o prejudice existing among the poor that children are liable, after vaccination, toleruptions of the skin." At 5, West-road Cottages, North-end, Fulham, on 22d April, the son of a labourer, aged 7 years, died of " small pox (2 weeks)." Mr. Knight mentions that "the parents had lately washed clothes brought from London, which had been used by a patient under small-pox, but they did not become aware of the circumstance till afterwards. The child had been vaccinated three times, but always, it appears, without effect." In St. George's.ja-the E ast; at 1, Pruson's Island, ots 33d April, the son of a la bourer, aged 9 months , " confluent smallpox , unpro tected." Arr. Verrall states that " the parents of t hi s child refused to have him vaccinated, though hie brother was ill with tho disease at the same time.' In May-fair, at 111, Mount-street, on the leth April, the L n d d i o e n d a girl, aged two m onths, died of " an er uption occur ring as the result vaccination. At t u years, Hospital a labourer from Chigwell, age on 18th April, of carbuncle. At Guy's Hospital a boy, aged six years, died of " chronic disease of larynx, phtbisis, tracheotomy" (post mortem). Inßanelagh street, a man , aged 64 years, died suddenly 15 minutes after catheterisixi for retention of urine (12 hours); very enlarged prostate, especially. third lobe; very en larged heart, with dropsy of pericardium (post mot tem). It is stated that the deceased enjoyed good health, and had no medical aid till the day of his death. A " s • aged forty yea rs, died from obstructio n of the bowels (five weeks); a fibrous baud for about an inch and a h a lf surro unded the colon, and ren d ered it quite lin • p e rvious (post no At Mile-end, at 10, Vintners' Almshouses, on the 23d of April, the widow of a hatter died from general decay of nature, at the great a ge Or 100 years. Mr. Castioton mentions that the deceased has left two sons and a d a ughter, the eldest above 7 0 year o fand youngest She enjoyed age, the above 60. her faculties both of mind and body to the last. STATE OF TIIE WEATIIER nuo.ING 'rum PAST WEEK SUNDAY. —The sky was overcast throughout the day ; cirrostratus. A shower of rain fell during the morning, not pi ree lable in the gauge. Electricity—P os i t i ve, and tension appreciable during the morning. MoNDAT.—One-fourth part of the sky was covered till near noon, and overcast during the remainder of the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. TUESDAY.—The sky was generally clear throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate during the afternoon. WEDNESDAY.—One-half of the sky was covered till near noon, and mostly clear during the remainder of the day; cirrostratus and loose fragments of cloud. Electricity—Posi tive, and tension weak during the afternoon. THUR.RDAY.—The sky was overcast till 9h. A.M., and generally one-fourth part covered with cloud afterwards ; cumulostratus, cirrostratas, and fleecy clouds. Electricity— Nothing was shown throughout the day. .F.I.f.WAY.—TIIO sky was one-half covered with cloud till noon, during the afternoon the amount of cloud was variable, and overcast at night; eumulostratus, cirrostratus, and light clouds. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the morning. SATURDAT.—With the exception of a few clouds of stratus and cirrostratus, the sky was cloudless. A strong E. wind was blowing, the air was very dry. The day was unpleasant. Electricity—The apparatus was under repair during the remainder of the week. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on d tthheomean A.M.main mast, and read e ac h d a y a t Oh. . was •9.3 4 ;a reading at 9h. rat. was 42•9° ; the mean readings and 42-I.Q at the Royal Obse rva t or y f or th e same times were 0. respectively. no reading of the barometer ,de.cFeas. edn. b frop on 2 . 9a in. on at the beginning of the week to 29 13 6 1 3 . the 18th ; increased to 30'02 in. by . on y the 20th ; de "2d • and increased creased to 29.70 in. by Oh. F.M. o O the to 29'78 in. by 9h. A.m. on 24th;the at - Which reading it almost continued throughout the day. THE Dorm or NATlTRE.—Everything is good in its place but an oil lamp is at all times better than a "mutton dip." The celebrated David Hume wrote an ess a y the sufficiency of the light of nature , and the no less cote " ted R u b er t se n wrote on the necessity of revelation, a n d of the light of nature." Hume came one cele brated " insufficiency even ing to visit Robertsen, and the evening was spent iu conversing on the subject. The friends of both were present, and it is said that Robertson reasoned with unaccustomed clearness and power. Whether Humo was convicted by his reasonings or not, we cannot tell; but at any rate. he did not ac knowledge his convictions. Hume was very much of a gen tleman, and as he was about to depart, bowed politely to those in the room, while, as lie retired through the door, Robertsen took the light to show him the way. " Oh, sir, said he to Rohertsen, " I find the light of nature always sufficient, and," he continued, " pray don't trouble yourself, sir," and so he bowed on. The street-door was open, and presently, along the entry, he stumbled over something concealed, and pitched down stairs into the street. Robert- Ben ran after bias with a light, and as he held it over him, whispered, " You had better have a light from above, friend Hume." flume thought so too, but his infidelity would:not permit him to say it ! Hew eYerY --Kidd' O wn Journal. man hugs his own creed , RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN CO le NTIES. A special general meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, " For the purpose of taking into consideration the several Bills following, now pending in Parliament, that is to any-- ` A Bill to enable the Eastern Couuties Railway Company to construct branch railways to the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway; and to enlarge and improve their goods station, in the parish of So Matthew, Bethnal-green, and for other purposes." " A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct a railway to the River Nene, or Wisbeach River, below Wisbeach, in lieu of a portion of the railway authorised by The Wisbeacb, St. Ives, and Cambridge Junction Railway Act, 1846,' and to erect warehouses, in connection with such railway, and for other purposes." " A Bill to confirm an agreement, therein mentioned, between the Eastern Counties Railway Company and the Newmarket Railway Company." " A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Com pany to use the East Anglian Railways; and to empower the Eastern Counties Railway Company and the East Anglian Railways Company to enter into and carry into effect agreements for certain objects therein mentioned, and for other purposes." " A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties and London and Blackwell Railway Companies to construct a rail way, with branches, to Tilbury and Southend, in the county of Essex, to provide a steam communication to Gravesend, and for other purposes." The chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Wadding ton, Ml', the chairman of the company. The Cneseassetts in opening the business of the meet ing, stated that. it had been convened for the purpose of enabling the directors to comply with the standing orders of the House of Lords, which required that four-lifths of the proprietors, in public meeting assembled, should give their assent to any Bill which had passed the House of Commons previously to its being considered in the House of Lords. He should, therefore, proceed to bring each of those Bills under their notice, and to sub mit them ceriatins for their approval. The solicitor of the company would road to them the heads of the first 13111 which they had been assembled to consider. Mr. MAYNARD, the solicitor to the company, having accordingly read the heads of the Bill for the con struction of tho branch lines to the East and West India Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway, and to enlarge and improve the goods station at Bethnal green, Mr. Bow proposed that the meeting should be ad journed, and that a committee of proprietors should be appointed to inquire into and report on those Bills.— (Cries of " No, no.") A PROPRIETOR said that they ought to have no more committees; and if they had committees he believed that they would have no dividend. The CHAIRMAN said that the appointment of a com mittee might render it impossible to have the Bills passed in the course of the present session. A PROPRIETOR asked how the money for the con struction of those works was to be raised? The CHAIRMAN said it was to bo raised by debenture. A PROPRIETOR said ho wished they had the esti mates of the cost of those works. The CHAIRMAN said that a former meeting all those estimates had been stated; and the proprietors had at that time, after the fullest explanations, given their assent to those lines. The cost to be incurred under the first Bill was estimated at 50,000/.; and the cost to be incurred under the second Bill was estimated at 18,0001. 'rho meeting thou unanimously agreed to the adoption of the first Bill. Tho second Bill, which would enable the company to construct a line to the River Nene, or Wiabeacla river, was next submitted for the adoption of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Bill would afford a cheap mode of taking their railway to a point which ves sels could approach. In reply to a question from a PROPRIETOR, The CHAIRMAN said that all the works of the com pany wore at present constructed by contract, except those which were conducted by themselves. Tho motion for the adoption of the second Bill was then unanimously agreed to. The third Bill, which would enable the company to confirm an agreement between them and the Newmarket Company, was next submitted to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN stated that the agreement in question had been sanctioned by a committee of the shareholders of the Esstcrn Counties Company. The motion for the adoption of the Bill was unani mously carried. Tho fourth Bill, which would enable the company to use the East Anglian Reilwey, and to enter into certain agreements with the East Anglian Railways Company, was next submitted to the approval of the meeting. The CHAIRMAN stated that certain alterations had been introduced into that Bill by the Committee of the House of Commons, which would require the consideras tiou of the shareholders. One of the now clauses intro duced into the Bill related to a power given to the Nor folk Company to call on the Eastern Counties Company for an arbitration. Mr. Maceetteet expressed his decided disapproval of that clause. If it were adopted, he believed that by means of the proposed arbitration the Norfolk Com pany, whose receipts amounted to only 38,000/. a year, would be enabled to saddle the Eastern Counties Com pany with a charge of 60,0001.; so that the Eastern Counties Company would incur a loss of 22/. a year. Ho hoped the meeting would not give its sanction to that clause. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Hon. Proprietor teemed to think that if that clause were adopted the Norfolk Company would have the power of saddling the Eastern Counties Company with a heavy loss in perpetuity, 13 y confirming a certain agreement. But the fact was, that under that clause, if the Norfolk Com pany should hereafter call on the Eastern Counties Company to have recourse to arbitration, they would abandon the very agreement to which the Honourable proprietor had referred. If the clause► were adopted the Eastern Counties Company would have the option of going to a reference; while the rejection of the clause would amount to a rejection of the Bill; and then that company would have no option, and would be bound to go again before Parliament in the next session. He believed that it would be most suicidal on the part of the company to reject that clause, and deprive them selves of the poweeof considering the course they should take hereafter. A PROPRIETOR said he entirely agreed with the chairman upon that subject. If the facts were as Mr. Maclaren had stated them to be, the Eastern Counties Company could have nothing to fear from arbitration. Mr. MARORAVE, a director of the company, said ho had dissented from the rest of the board as to the ex pediency of sanctioning that clause. But he thought it, might be safely adopted if the shareholders should ex tort a pledge to the effect that any proposal made by the Norfolk Company for an arbitration should not be agreed to until it should first have been brought before a meeting of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties Com pany, and obtained their sanction. 'rho CHAIRMAN said he had no objection to give such a pledge. The Bill then obtained tho approval of the meeting. A resolution was then adopted to the effoct that in the event of the Norfolk Company calling for an arbitration under that Act, a special meeting of tho shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company should be held to con sider that subj. ct, and that twenty-one days' notice should be given of that meeting. The last Bill, which would give powers for the con struction of a railway to Tilbury and Southend, and for providing a steam communication to Gravesend, was then submitted to the meeting. The CIIAIRMAN stated that ho believed those under takings would be of a useful and profitable character; and ho only regretted that they were nut entirely in the hands of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company. The meeting unanimously sanction the Bill. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. EAST ANGLIAN. Yesterday a special mooting of this company took place at the London Tavern, Bishomate-street, to con sider of a Bill now in Parliament for the amalgamation of this with the Eastern Counties Company. Henry Bruce, Esq,, took the chair, and said that the Bill had been baron) the House of Commons for the last tour or fire days, and so strong had boon the opposition, that at ono time ho had his apprehensions that the Bill would be thrown out, but ho was very happy to say that at last the committee had agreed to pass the Bill. Ho must do the Eastern Counties Company s chairman and soli citor the justice to say that, had it not been for their extraordinary exertions to got this Bill through, th ey might have had to regret its loss on this occasion. A resolution was then passed for enabling the Eastern Counties Company to use the East Anglian Railway, and to enter into an arrangement for that purp os e, su b-' ject to any modification which to Parliament might see T in ho fiL ellAlßDlAN said that a Committee were now tc cupied in going through the di str i cts with aview to as certain the traffic; and he had no doubt from the result of that inquiry the two companies would find, when united, that the traffic was much more satisfactory than was ever expected. A PROPRIETOR asked what proportion of the 7 per cents. had agreed to the reduction? The CIiAIMIAN said about half. Ho hoped the re mainder would see the propriety of agreeing to the pro posal of the directors, as soon as the companies were united. The meeting then adjourned. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. Yezterday the holf.yearly meeting of this company was held at the office, in New Broad-street, City. W. J. Hamilton, Rig., took the chair on the occusion. The following' are extracts from the report:— " Since the publication of the la:A half yearly report of the proceedings of this company, the works of the rail way have been making satisfactory progress. The con tractors engaged upon the section between Bombay and Tannah (Messrs. Faviell and:Fowler), have had a 1 0 , 0 . motive engine upon the line, employed in ballasting, since the month of February, Nihich has been an object of great attraction in Bombay, and will, it may be pre sumed, lessen, if not remove, any risks of accident which might otherwise bo entertained upon the first running of the trains. The directors have entered into contracts passenger sin r England, for a supply of locomotive engines, carriages, and the various articles of rolling stock and completed, railway, of d whic h many are the already areworkingthe shippedpart for Borab ay. The en gineering o e ll o i g c a e g n ed uponof the company have been for some time surveys of the extension of ti th© railway from (Ail • ficros the hut into Ow iu- o tenor of the country. One net of surveyor's are employed upon the Bhore Gant and its approaches along the o °' Jesse valley, end another set upon the Thull Ghent dis trict up the valley of the river Basta. The surveys by the Malsej Ghnut were previously executed. The direc tors therefore will, ere long, be enabled to judge of the relstivo merits of these three routes. Simultaneously with the surveys first mentioned, measures have been taken for ascertaining the nature and present amount of the traffic upon these great thoreughfires, so that the corn merciel merits of the several routes may be accurately balanced before the final decision be given as to the lin e to be adopted. Th e b oar d o f directors have under con sideration the question of laying down the electric tele graph along the line of railway; and the Government of India have been applied to, for the results of experience derived from working the telegraph in the Bengal Pre sidency, which may guide the board in any particular s that may be peculiar to the climate." The CRAIRmAN said, in moving that the accounts be received anti adopted, ho could not but express his re gret, .in which he was sure that all present would join' in not having the advantage of their Noble Chairiusn to preside over them on that ()evasion. The late account! received from hire stated thut his health was so Intle,, ° ` improved that he hoped to ba able to return to lin6lee". in a mouth or s ix we e k s . —(H ear , h ear .) The. report read stated the progress of the line in which they we." all so much interested, so that little remained for bite to say except on one or two subjects. The first was tb 9 , o there was but little doubt hut the line would ho complete and thrown open by the end of this year, or at latest " 1 , the commencement of the ensuing year. The carriages and rolling stock would be shipped at Liverpool and t , O vessel would sail in May, and might be expected. e state . arrive by the month of September. This °beer referred to the part between Bombay and Ta° 11 , 1 . 1 ,„ The other portion between Taunah and Ca", - c i about four miles, was being constructed, tl' er would be ready to be opened in a few month& A' l n this, the remaining section to Callian would be a l dertaken. The whole line had received that sanction .e_ Government. The next point was the extension of 1 " line, without which they never could expect to developthe immense res ources o f I nd i a, wh i ch was the object to, promoters of this u n d erta ki ng a l ways looked to . 14 sae of very great imp ortance that progress shoul d be 113- in prosecuting the works as quickly as possible betw°eo the Ghauts, and into the interior of the Deccais. parties were at present engaged in surveying th„ r .ij e j triete, and it was very satisfactory to find that in „ t i Ghent the gradients wer e not only favourable, but ' ru t , ) 200 to 300 feet under what was expected.—( H ea r, h ea r) It was satisfactory to kn ow th at the acts of the direefri it had been approved of by th e I n di an Government, allthst must be still more so fur th e s h are h olders to know',- their money would not b e squandered away in all t i a l3 s; profitable speculation. The accounts would show everything had been conduc ed in an economical tos n '„ oo The Chairman concluded by aga i n mov i ng the BM"' of the report and account% Mr. FRANKLIN was satisfied w ith th e s t a t e of the . aeo counts, and asked if the int erest was paya ble 011 whole amount of 408,829/. The CHAIRMAN said it was p a y a bl e on t h ellol. amount, without deduction. Mr. FRITH seconded the motion for the adoption of the report and accounts, which was passed uoaninroug l i c i di. A vote of thanks was passed to th e Ch a i r man an rectors, after which the meeting separated. RAIL WA Y SHARE MARKED' . BRISTOL, APRIL 28. been es- STOCK EXCHANGE. The share market has tremely firm to-day, but there was ve r y little business,, (l V The only transactions re p or t e d were . — C a l e d o nian, `°' Great Westerns, 91 3 4 cash. LIVERPOOL, Aran. 28. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Wo h a d a very fl a t market to'dollife'g and comparatively little busin ess was t ransac t e d. The 0 1 reported were—Caledonian, Preference, 8 1/B—LancashirAitto, Yorkshire; it s/B—London and North-Western 123 q--- New Quarters, 5:';1 3 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, ' and Line; to , shire, 6/. New Preference, 13-16 p.—Midland, 68 ik" -D ,, l a ils New Preference, 4'/z per cent., 1-16 dis.—Ditto,_Er,e"„ml Valley, 70 y4-South-Eastern and Dover, 21%—YorN North Midland, 25%. MANCHESTER, APRIL 28, STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day was very liters but prices had an upward tendency. The t ransact i o ns,;' ; - 4 as follow :—Eastern Counties, 91'4—East 01 —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto , Preference, 13 3-16—South-Eastern and Dover, 217 ii• LE EDTIIE PRIL COUNTRY MARKETS. ralf of S, A 27.—. We had onl a moderate arriir wheat, with samples fro m vessels below. There seash show at this day's mark e t. T ra d e did not ass ume ' - t h e er activity, yet for fine fresh samples there was a fair sale a t h r e f o re. higher prices. Common sorts sold slowly. Barley 19 ' ho e. Beans fetched full rates. In oats and other articles n° C- ,bort NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, APRIL 27.- 1 : 13 11 a of 6 d supply of wheat, trade was more active, and an a" 1- 1 - pv ce main" per qr. on the rates of Saturday was obtained. tains its value. Oats the turn dearer. In other change. OPPII NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 27.-- - %%tone of beef comprises 628 head. Trade active, at 3d /r ill ' oess advance and all sold. Sheep and lambs, 5,190. , 4 " w ee. more lively, and business higher, with a good 0 ' 3 ,00 mutt° Prices—Beef, 3s 9d to 58 9d per stone of 141 b ; to 6d; lamb, 70 to 9d per lb. r rt ,„, r Wer e : ft' , EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 27. j oin. the meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, each l e l. 04 1 2801bs. imperial, whereof 5 sold thus :-2 at 1 0. and 3 at 1/ 10s Od ; average price of the whole I ~so 9-12ths. 4 sacks pot-barley, which sold thus :--1 at 2at 27s 6d, and lat 275. A if , 27 ; - EntrilluaGn lIAT AND STRAW AlAttaii. , - t „ li n ei 13ara7ticlet ao Oat straw, from 7s Od to to.. o.t Fer Sem p le of 16 71 nu• wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 6s Od " Ilay, from Pd to l Id per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MA RKET , A PRIL 26.--Theragireienireefl, the market to-day 60 bags o f oa t mea l, 3 of b ; i f meal' and 2 of pot barley d ; sales reay for all kill° alities Oatmeal the same as last week on the top and seco nd barleymeal also the same as last market ; potbarley 6" Per cheaper. Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. imperial .. _ . First Second 30s Od 29s 6d 23J Od •••' 3 Oct - Od Od —a Od Od 273 Od ....5 Od Third. 2 9 1)0 ' 1 „, Od —5 Od .03 (Id Barleymeal, per ditto Peasetneal Flour Pot barley ... j.•—YESTERDAY . the close of the market!' ca Eletton .................. 1 60 l a Haswell ..... .. ........... 16e to Lambton ............. • 15,8 to Richmond ..... .. ........ I ' 3 od Stewart's ............ 16 5 4 51 vi n c : K i e x ll o o n e 's Merthyr and South Kelloe 1. 58 ' yl B ac khouse l 4B 0 s Covapen Hartley Cardiff - 55 Sold, 23. PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINO. L9NDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. SOINT..STOCZ, Dividend AMOUR t ' Same of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •••••••••,.... Mrift.• •• •••••••••••••••••• ..1.1.1............. £' s. d. A a. d. Australasia -....• • •• 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 - BritshNorth American 51. per cont. 50 0 0 50 0 0 53 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - C o l„i a l. . - Gloucestershire ••• • • • 1 5 /percent. - - - lonian ••••-- • • • • • • 61. pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - London and County •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Loi2dn andWestminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stook. • • 61. per cont. AO 0 0 10 0 0 1834 Provincialef Ireland- 81. per cent. 100 00i 2S 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .• 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -- Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New. •••• • • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Oriental Bank Corpora. IL p.ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 , •-• South Australia ••• • •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia.... 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto •• • • .... ••• • •• 51. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. •• •• 71. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - INSIMANCIII COMPANIZIaI. Dlvi pe d r end Amount . of Annum. Share. Paid. Price £ a. d. £ s. d. LI N bi ani on e • o • f •• 7 • 121 •• P • all • •• 7 • • • 31.101. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. lls.6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 22 Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. p. c .& b s . 100 0 0 25 0 0 41 % Atlas . •••••••• Argus Life ••••• • • •• 41. par cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial .. 7s. 60. 50 0 0 50 0 634 C ce l ro e ou n r i w c tn l ,y ..M..e:.. .. d. 9 2: .. 0 : e : n: : .L: •• 14x . ife 5p r I c 4 t 8. . 8D bs . 100 0 0 10 0 0 1234 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 100 50 0 0 5 0 0 16 1 4 Eagle .• •• 434 pe io r s c . ent. 100 20 0 0 0 0 "5 : aid ! 1 5 2 % _ 5 0 0 //a 5% fil.per cent. Stock. 139 Guardian GEGqiitbeYraGeneral Europeannd .. iir: . . i f ; a:e . w. :. ..... ..... ..... ......... 51. per cent Imperial Fire •• •• •• •• 121. per cent. 500 0 0 5 0 0 0 256 Imperial Life •••• • • •• 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1955 Indemnity Marino.... 11.2 h. & ha. 100 0 0 20 0 0 50 Law Fire . .......... Mi.& 2s.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3 1 4 Law Life.. • • ........ - 100 0 0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% London Fire ........ mg. & by. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - London Ship •• •• 10s. & bs• 23 0 0 12 10 0 - Marine ••-•••• • • • •• .. 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 15% Med. invlid &Gen. Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Monarch • • ......... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 192.04 National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2 16 Palladium Life. ...... ” 51. per cent. 60 0 0 20 0 235 P hcenix '• • • ******** •• 31. p. sh. & bs. - - - Professional Life....:. Si. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 153.0 d Provident Life • • ..... • ... 61. p.et. & be . Stook. all 225 % Sun Fire It S o o y ck al L E if x e c . h .lll.• l7;....... : •• •• •• 61. 10s. - Of 213 Ditto Life .......... 11. 62. 11.58 5 . p. bs. 100 : 0 0 ( 0 ) 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 3 7 0 % - 55 United Kingdom .... 41. p. c t.&b s . 20 0 0 40 0 4% Universal Life....'.... 10k ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 3934 V l•? ' t°ria "•• •• ••••• 51. per cut. - 412 6 5% 831XXICII•33111 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •-•-•-••••••••••••-• ----• .---- -..--- -,... X. 5. d. A. 8. 4. Hungerford.......... - -- - - Sonthwrk ..., .. 100 0 0 - - ..... Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 708. per cent. 50 0 0 -- 16 Waterloo ............ - - 100 0 0 - 334 Ditto Old Ann. ofBl. 21. 85. Od. - 60 0 0 24 % Ditto Nov ditto 0f.71. 21.2 a. Od. - 40 0 0 22 Vauxhall ........ Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 19 WATIIR-WORZS Dividend Amount --...- -_ --,...-- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X B. d. £ s. d. East London. .... iIL per cnt. 100 0 0 - 156 Grand,Tanction •• .... 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 6 5 34 Kent.... .• •......... 41. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Now River Company • . 1 21.105. - - 60 Sputhwark & Vauxhall 1 Al. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 19 West Middlesex .. ••• • , 61.02. pr exit. - - 10134 DOOSII. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -........-. ---,. £ s. d. 4 s. d. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 9034 East and West India ... 6341. pr cont. Stack. - 156 East Country .., 208. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London ..... ....... 51. pr cent. Stock. - 12434 Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per cont. - - - St. Katharine ........ 334 per cent. Stock. .. 82 Ditto 80nd5........ 4341. pr cent. - - - Southampton ........ IL per cent. ,50 0 0 50 0 0 26 APRIL 2 91 1852. COAL MAMIE' Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's West• Hartley 13s 6d North Percy Hartley 13s Gd Tantield Moor .. Canfield Moor Butes l2a Od Townley.. ...... 12s 3d Wylam Wall's End, &c. Gosforth Northumberland Eden Main ....• lss Od Braddyll Ships at market, SEABORNE MAILS.. - 0016. [N egnifles that the mails are sent from the Gene si rc4t by the night—and M by the mo rning -- dispatch.) ____..-------- oy zne 4, -iu mo rning -- stispatch.] When made up in ; F ro m what Leo PLACES General Post -office port die- dile. London. patched. America (by Brit. pkt)NAptil Liverpo o l" America (by pkt.) NIM ay 4 ..'Liverpool • • 4 7 America (hy U.S. pla.) 31 A pril 28 . ;Sout h a mpt. 3 Africa (West comt).., N 14th of the month !Flynsoeth :01 24 AleAand,t ...... N zolu mo .lDovur " ' A s ay Deli • • •• N Daily .. • Dover • • y 1 (3 Brazil .„ • M 9th of tile month ISozithampt• M el 16 Banos Ayres Mr9th of the month 'Sonthamlit• California(viaChscres)M 1 2d& 17th or month (Southatorh fa y3,, Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month l'1,1inotall•• N il 3 " Constantinople. .... 7th 17t1427thofmo,Dover •• AP 5 AL ,i Central America M2l & 17th a e nion. ISouthaniP t • TA O 9 Channel lalcs .• N Mon., Wed., & Fri. SentkamPt• Ea Chili... 51'17th of the mentk SouthitiziPt: Tw ieed." Franco M&N Twice daily ;Dover ' Ap ril ad Greece* •• NI 7th 17th 27th of tnolDovcr •• 0 0. 6 5t. il am burgh .. N l Tuesday Friday 'London ••• v 0 575 .4 Ilolland •• •. M Wednes. & SaturAondon • ci a y 2 0 Honduran . N 17th of the mouthSouthatTlPt• Ireland M & N Twice daily I Holyhead •• y 20 India(vla ficitithemp.) M;29th of th e mont h , S ou thanipt. l' a ;, India (viaMarsellles) N; Bth& 24th e f mon th D ov er • 3 Mediterranean ( Southatrnt,on) via l,l l 2oth o f the month deuthanirt. Inlay 2g Mediterranean (Via Marseilles) N 8118 c 24th o f montliDovcr • • j ll5 Y 5 A M t e a mi de c i ° ra .. M M 9th of Th e o '1 24 7th,17th,19tk,27th I Dovor Apr( & 30th of month Mal Naples* .• N 151,14 13th 25th ofme Dover ••• me y , Papal Stato4* •• N ;511415th 2.11140 f molDoyor • Peninsular.. •• .. 31;711417th 27thef ino'onthampt.,l%Y Peru SouthamPt. " " •• •• 21117th 01 the month • May Tuscany* .. N sth 15th 35 lb of me Dover 2 18.080uSththaamMpptt..•ilkimSof 16 Wait I'll • •• 17th of the mootuiscatuaraps. • at 5 West Indies (except ISouthfuoipt., Mal A pi Havanna & Nassau) At 2d eftho mon-- •• The malls to those c °untried French packet via Marseilles. thns marked (I) are conVoir" THE ARMY.—We u nderstand that Major-a,e_,,riecre; llendemon w ill succeed Lieut. - General Sir John bv" K.C.8., as colonel of the 59th Regiment. I,- , _________ BIRTHS. OF A ON. f Somersetshire, the wife of ni o ch n ar t a b ow2sintbsioine,stE.;(i. at Blagdeh S ~t o ret On the 25th inst., at Lower Belgrave- attest , Eato ll ' il the wile of the Rev. F. A. Pi ggo tt. OF A DAUGHTER. kr the On the 25 th in st., at A l bany - street, wife of Arthur Seratehley , Esq. a, the th On e 2 lth lust., at Abbey -pl ace , St. J o hn's-vr °° w ile of George 'l'. Ilertalet, Esq. Regent'S'P 4T --------' MAR. t ine On the 15th inst., at Madele ßlED hr y,pshire, HW ,o Y' rk,g !„ son of the late Thomas Whitmore, Esq., of APlerlT r tinc t ' Adelaide Anna, youngest, daughter of the lat e Darby, Esq., of Sunniside, Colbrook Dale. , 0 sorb i " On the 20th inst. Aaron G e oldsmid, jun., _ eldest daughter of ihe late Joseph Salmons, Ell. ton , q cl ; On the 2lth inst., at M ary l e b one Church, W . ., } , - .„ en- of tP to Susannah Mary, d aug ht er o f J. B a k e r, Council-office. On the 26th inst.. at Baker- i s i treet, Portman' s q ultte' 'it' Al ( e ) x n a t n h d e er ,2 l 7 ; t a h ms j a n y ,z , t. B , sartt.,coht Chester-square, rle(,incardinestlire.-co°l youngestMathias, ,(i,n_ thie d t a.Nu2g.l,ls.attge aged itiosaf,t inst., the late t Reading,l aje s r q - u t i t 3 r Th °°l I S c, t i e cri p ,gt l i, e t_ n hreo o a2 l d d 3t i li n vi g eu , Bst E tic :q Commander f of k.i the 25th 1,19 t., at o n Elizabeth pton, l a ce, ender J h - o el l s n e l a A . faynard, l'Aq., of Magna On the 14th inst., in Devonshire-place, aged 80,01 Mackenzie, Esq., late of 11.E.1.C.5., Madras 1 t 0b- On the 23d iust., in Clapton - square , William 1- 11 r i pitel, Es., aged 76. _„ .cati., On the 23d inst., Eliza Ann, wife of Archibald rauPf of Devonshire-place. k, MO. On the 22d iu3t., at Tauntuu - pla ce, Regent O - Pa r Frances Ashhee, aged 84 . --.....---''' '..*7 '- f Lonthn: Printed and Published by MIIRDO 1 0 14 11% No. 112, Strand , Printer, at The Run Offic*; `q ty 4g til April 2 1 102, St r and, in l Precinct tbu F.avoyi the Clew'