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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 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 mach 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 ley the great mass of the community. The practice of imposing tests had existed 150 years in Scotland, and its bene fieial effects had during 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? He considered that no institutions were more valuable than the parochial institution in connexion with the Church, by which the people received education. In 1825, in consequence of some relaxation of these tests, and the rigid interference and control on the part of the municipal autherities 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 W 23 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 were not founded mainly for the education of the clergy, as the English Universities were, the legislators of Great Britain ought to ;eke great care that religion was caudally instilled into the minds of the laity, and that the- youth of the country should hove 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. New, the object of this Bill was to sever that connexion, and be 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 Bill 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.) Bat 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 grounds 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.—(Hear, 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, and 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 some 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 parsing of such a Bill safe, an d he 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.—(Elear, 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 20 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 s s'ed, would raise up against the Chur ch cf Scotland.— (Sear, hear.) It was one thing to relax the teats, and another to repeal the:a altogether; and since the Church of ' l tlie d"Pitrd a . sound discretion in the administration , testa . he protested against any change being mate in t system.—(Hear, hear.) He should there fore move as an amendment that the Bill be read a second lime that Me, hiCiagea, day six months. not new to the said the subject of the Bill was matter e House, for as far back as 1845 the therefore did underwentnot a full discussion, and he motion for the ; think it necessary to preface the ( Hear, hear.) Re e ed_nd reading with any remark-- grounds upon tat ;,fdild, however, now explain the that the Government h eat he proposed it. He was sorry to t h e a d o p t i on of did rant see their way hid measure, because former Governmente a of those Honourable GatittYnee' to it, as well as some Treasury bench. He aednr zi who now occupied the Steed that 52 petitions had b e en presented in favour o f the and 48 against it, bat the se latter -did not S co tland, but the C h urch , while the from the people of tee former came prin cipally f r om your counces and corporations, which showed pretty conclusively th at t i a fact Scotland were net oapesee to 44, , 2 people of nee hear Ha keno, indeed, that they had no eat) , to -) dal _pot value -them these tests; they , but, on mthaetntain , vary, they ,wished to see them abolished, and ne co th r "; Church could not enter: c 3 theinty it was ridi culous to tell him that this Bill, if. eastied, world end anger the stabi lity of the Church. Fi e proposed . to n do away w i th a greet practical evil, for a religious tent wen - 311 was so roi _. ously disregarded was veottliles s .—(Hear, hear.) e coula only be enforced for the g e he of caprice, whil e i t ex cluded those from the 'Universities whom the frau: lota of exe i tu t e .—(ll - ear, bear.) B ut the tests had no d es ire to nor had it the tests were: .worthiess becaa -o the Church had not the pewer to enforc e !Meal ' any control, ovtr the professoeY,. (Hear , hear.) All classes of, relieioniate atteaded the Universites of Scotland, a s teem e wes no dome stic or rd.:ere:Re discipline obterved sneh as was t o be foaled prevailing in the Bigliele Univereities e and when the student left the univaesitibe ;yea beyond the, central of his pro fessor. N.)W, what was the oriei n o f t h ese tests? Why the y were established by: two Acts, one passed in 1690, and the other in 1703, and it woulcaseom the object of these Acta W 23 to , exclude Epieeopalians.from the Universitie.s. That was certainly the object , of the first Act; while m 170aa when the:pion between' the 'two- countries was under discussion', it was urged ' that England bei n g a seppeirter of ?rote. hannetn, the' union wou ld injure the Presbyterianitin 'of ahhodana. and :he . second Act waa pasSed to meet that objection.—(llesr, hear.) It wheelear, therefore, that the object of both Acts was to exealade Episcopalians, and the Acts provided that all the professors appointed to Scotch Universities should declare their adiwsion 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 wee openly v i o l a t e d by the 13olingbroke Act shortly after it ern; enacted.—( rear, hear.) What had bran effzet of the law? Why it had produced more miserable biekerings and dissensions in lees to oee t , han anything else, and he was at a the tti la ette.nd upon whet ground this remedy law had could resisted.—(Hear, hear.) The a rainerity P n a " t t e t l the Church of Scotland in followers, meal °f eat , with the people, hut its nothing but this ~ ,r ; t2 " iffered with the Chu rch in eluded at least h a lf Of taatt—(llear, hear.) The law FX not oithstanding that the, People from the Universities, he insisted it was not the, sound in doctrine, and They worn the barbarous retsina maintain those tests. age; they wore of no use whatever a leaaenlightened inflicted great injuries *liven atio7t be en the contrary, woalJ do well to abolish them.— re a le, and the HOMO was Said it was necessary to preserve thanerbear.) But it sake a previastinc,, , irreligion and a .. tests for the these tette do that? Certainly orleism; but did most bfilliunt professor would nev er e m aaY of our htd woe obtained chairs. Indeed, had th,e tests been rigidly enforced, such men as Forbes and Bf -ewster, U. who were Episeopa liens and could not take , e oaths, would have been precluded froth accompiishirk" the wonders they had done?—(Hear, hear.) Of tho eighty professors in the Universities, twenty-four had not subscribed to the tests, while in reference to many recent appoint ments many eminent men, who es, ere sound in doctrine and unblemished in reputation, heel been excluded from chairs because the Ch e n . e h authorities sud denly took it into their heads to enforce the tests.—(Hear, hear.) Now, we s that 5 s tate of things which ought to exist, for the se ke of koepisug uP a n o ld and obsolete law? Well, then, . upon these grounds he asked the House to pass tie i s Bill, and to do awa y with the needless and useless to sts.—(llear, bear.) They might, perhaps, be modified, bi it that was no reason for rejecting this Bill, while, wit a regard to the Act of Union, these tests could be 31 codified or abolished, as they had served their turn, wit pout 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. H. INGLIS said th at the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman had either I moved too much or proved nothing at all. Whatever wer e the numbers of the Es tablished Church of Scotland, t hey had certain privileges to which they had a right, a nd he would oppose any attempt to deprive them , of! them. It was said that they had no right :;to impose these tests; now he would ask any Romans Catholic gentlemen pre sent whether he would admit 'kite any college which he supported a Presbyterian prof at isor, or any Presbyterian gentleman whether he would eadmit a Roman Catholic professor? He contended di at the superintendence over the education of the r .eople of Scotland was a vested right in the Est ablished Church, and against this he could listen to no petition, how ever great might be the personal cet (slides and respectabi:ity of those from whom they might proceed. For this rea son he should oppose this Bill, Mr. BETHELL supported tb e Bill. Mr. WALPOLE said that, though the Right Ho nourable Gentleman opposite had said that the Bill was opposed by the Governme I it, even before any mem ber of the Government had spoken, it was still quite true that that was the case, mild, indeed he could scarcely understand how any Government, whoever they might be, could do anything but opp ase this Bill. In the first place, the Bill was a direct vii elation of a national con tract at the time of the union, evhich it would now be a breach of faith to interfere wi tin except on very strong and conclusive reasons. d,t the time of the union the Commissioners iv ,re precluded by the preliminary conditions from in ti 3rfering with the manner of public worship and with the universities already esta blished in that country. He th o ught that the case which had been mane out for disturbing the Act of Union was one of the weakest which he had ever heard made out. The Honourable Gentle= i 3 i 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 t gists altogether—(Hear, hear)—whereas he took it as !a proof that those who had the control over these matte rs did not put into force the full stringency of the powie r in their hands when they found that it was not necet ,nary for the purpose of preventing the ingress of person is likely to misuse their position. Ho had not heard, and he did not know, that these tests had wee ked ill with regard to the education of the ;youth of Scotland— quite the other way, in fact, as fair as his knowledge went. Another objection he had to th is Bill was that it was a violation of the Ecclesiastical El :ablishment of Scotland; and if they did it in this inse ince 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 tests as applied to the theoles 'kill and church-history chairs, was of itself a proof th.e t the framer:, of this Act thought that it was to a t* rtain degree' necessary to fence about with tests the mil gious education b of the country. For that reason he felt It his duty to oppose thi.; Bill. ANSTEY supportEd the second reading of the Bill. He considered th© 0pp0Z. 7 2, ion as prompted by the bi7,ot3 of the Church of Scotland. Mr. E WAR r said the Bill wa necessary, in the first place, losceuse the law had :area ly been violated, and secondly, because they had now only an uncertain tribu nal to regulate those matters. Sir A. CAMPf3ELL joined issue with the Hon. Member who had just sat down as to the violation of the treaty of union, which he Lad said afforded a suffi cient reason for passing the Lill. He did not consider that either the alteration of the representation of Scot land by the Reform Bill, or toe alteration of the right of patronage in that tour ,try, was an infraction of the treaty. That treaty was made between two independent countries, and any interference with its articles would be 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 he warned the House against 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 the purpose of showing that Roman Catho lics were not afraid to send their sons to seminaries presided over by Protestant professors. He 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 seethe 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 present Till took its rise on a more recent occasion—he alluded to that great seces sion from the Church in 1344, which he, as a Scotch man, looked upon as ono of the most unfortunate and melancholy events which had ever taken place in the country. He contended that the people of Scotland wore 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 the 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 be impossible to maintain the Church of Scotland in its integrity. The Bill was intended to apply to Scotland, hut would be extended to the English Universities, and also to private schools. It was on these grounds that he opposed the Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL owned that he had heard nothing which ought to induce him to oppose this Bill. The 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 Bili.—(Hear, 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 he was surprised to hear the Right Honourable Gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department following up the same ar gument; for he 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 these cases the law never contemplated touching those individuals. Well, then, ought such a state of things to continue? He confessed he Wee favodrable to a change, and nothing which he :had heard in the ho s tess() of this debate was calculated to alter that opinion. The last speaker told them that the student's were not subject to any test, and the consequence grace to the isallhlassti's of religionists were admissible into the professors Universities werey eth e t o w t a e n a t c . wanted thoseto im psotsuedteensttss._up(oHn students.—(Hoar, rant, and he at. m onc . e c to . ar.) Such an anomalous state of things was a dis- Legislature; it was both unjust and intole hpeurned to a conviction that the House ought !th end to it.—(Hear, hear.) The practical of lightly to BRUCE insisted that the law ought not repealed and done away with.—(Hear.) the existence of ° t r e e:llene° was supposed to arise from further reasons for e tests, and in the absence of any the Bill than those which he had already heard, es its further progtess.—rniatee s offer his decided opposition to r, hear.) Religion and edu cation should not be separated, theP.3oi and that, he believed, Bill would have that effect the e of was the opinion of Scotland; and as this it wttree Houseunanimously then poapy more delay to reject this posed to it.—(Hear, hear.) some deference to the opinion of the great body of the , 0 e pee and agree without ' hig hly u objectionable, because irreligious measure. - Mr. OSWA LD claimed the attention o f the a short time up on this mome ntous question. (:I ! 3° for He die not je i e nt t, b he a l t in least disguise the moment ous nature of the sub -1843 the House neglect e d to take advantage of the crisis t hat then existed to settle this matter, and they had only themselves to blemo for the delay which had taken pleca in the settlement of it.—(Hear, i hear.) Fie l ea n listened attentively to the arguments which had been urged from the Treasury bench against this Bill, acid ho confessed without hesitation that he had heard nothing which should induce him to first to the hot lawyer reject the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) It was said in the place that the Bill was opposed i Act of Union, and in the second that it mut& endanger the religion of firs N t O o W f th h es e e :Tenons but he the Act of Union' which eSnegutig4hnlito•—d(clicideleru' p b on ea t r h .) o . thought there was nothing doingin the ' l as to the o ther • • °base- Steitland—(Eleer, hear) —white, of ought to prevent the House ustice to the people of igeore ear.) rel . • —(H rather than promoted the interest of it tion, he knew that the existence these tests retarded to inquire Go vernment had issued another Commission It would have been much better, therefore, the into this subject, rather than oppose the Bill.—(Hear.) Had the Government taken that course ha 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 get 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 the motion for the second reading of the Bill might be postponed until a future day. Mr. GLADSTONE, who haTcharge of the Bill, had no objection to postpone the second reading if the House would allow him now to state the object of the Bill. Mr. HORSMAN objected teethis, 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 sepeil colonial legisla tures, but if it were thought fit he should4bee. 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 be chould desire for the Church in the colonies, w ed none other. Ho held in his hand an Ac..t of the Parliament of Canada for the disendowing of certa in rectories, in the preamble of which was contained an eeoress 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 bema 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. He 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 grou nd 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 ob j ections which were urged against that Bill — that it was a part of ecc iosiastical legislevion, that it was partial, that there was no evidence, that by adopting the Bill they would be acting in ignorance of the views of the parties oe , cei—were no long e r a pp licable to the p re, e se o n n re t ßelL—(flear, hear.) There was a great difference of opinion among lawyers as to whether the ecclesiastical law of this country could be extended to the colotdes; but wh-itever might be the real strength of the legal power, this was certain, that for all prac tical purposes the ecclesiastical law had no' operatior ,h h t evo r i n 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 establish 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 propoed 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; he did not mean it offensively; but there was no legal authority to back hisj 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 he called on the House to step 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, he 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 Archleishop of Canterbury, who, however, was obliged to tell him that he had no power because there had been n o 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 iseven 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 diccese. The question was, how the remedy -was to be applied. Some advocate the es tablishmeeit of a Parliamentary constitution of the Church in the colonies. Ho would be the last m an 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 the Bill. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that after the able speech of the Right Hon. Gentleman the Louse would feel that it would be requisite for him (Sir J. Pakington) to go at some length into this subject. He should therefore move the adjournment of the debate. The debate was then adjourned until the 19th of May. The 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 hands alternately played, and at the elevation of the Host, the whole of the troops outside presented arms. Minute guns were fired un 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 file 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, whose eminent qualities he was enabled to appreciate during his residence in Switzer land. It cannot be forgotten, moreover, that it was General Dufour who removed the difficulties which arose s ome time since betwee n France arid Switzariand o n presence of refugees in t he latter the subject of the country." Tne last member of the Parliament of Burgundy, M. Juillet de St. Pierre, died last week, near Dijon, in his 100th year. ITALY. Priace PASBEWITBCU, Governor-General of Po land, returned to Warsaw on the 12th from St. Pe terlburgh. Orders have been given by the police of Warsaw to make preparations for the arrival of the Emperor and Empress of RUFSIA ; the hou s es i n the principal streets are to be repaired and embellishe d. El ,civon refugees had been restored to civil rights, and it WEIS hoped that his MAJESTY on his visit would pardon a greater number. RUSSIAN SLAVE MASTERS.—A very intelligent tra veller mentions a cruel practice of the Kirghiz, which is of a very singular nature. Ile 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 never think of snaking their escape. They are also in the habit of making a deep incision in the soles of their captives' feet, in which they insert a bunch of horse hair. The wound then cloSei, but leaves a soreness which effectually precludes any Attempt at runn i ng away. CANASS. .; .; Dividend Names of 2 Dividend Pri c e . Names of ...) Companies. . 1 Per Prioe. Companies. A per 4 Annum. •,c Annual. so - —.--- .—____ —• X X Ashtn& Oldh 98'71 • p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. 104 50 Barusley•••• 1601 Noath •• •••• 100 161. Brknk&Abrg 1501 51. 85 Oxford.. •• •• 100 13/. 135 Birmingham 40 41. 100 Peak Forest. 78 31.18 a. 70 Coventry..•• 1001 251. 200 Regent's •• .• 33 11. 3s. 16'A Derby .•• • • 100 j 61. 63 Rochdalo..•• 85 21. 42 Ensmre&Chs 692% p. ct. 83% Semrset Coal 150 lrandJunetn 100 W. pr. ct. 4814 Do.LkFdBt 12 2130., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. et. ki % Stffrg &Wore 140 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100' 21. Os. 32% Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union 100, 11.10 s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt& Avn 39 4s. Od. 5% Severnandl Lancaster . 100 Wyeßail. t 26 21.08. 24 Leeds. Livrp 100 1 201. 455 Warwick& Leicester •••• 100 N. 66 Birming. 3 100 41. 40 Letcstr&Nth 83 41. 44% Warwickle j 100 31. 28 Loughborogh 142 1 701. 510 N apton. Sionmouthsh 100, Worcstr ii 78 31. 33 Nintgomrysh 100 Bir m i ng. MeltnMwbry 100 Wilts &Brks —118.6 d. 74 0.13.5-laal" AN D 003 E33 COMPANIZSI. Dividend Amount Name of CoMpany• per of Paid. Price. Atimutt. Share. ____-- —.—____ l ______ _______ __,.... British .• •••••• " •• • • 11. X. s. d. X. s. d. Ditto Provincial.• • • IL g s• 40 0 0 18 0 0 10% 20 0 0 20 0 0 /23 Brighton •• •••• • • •• ••' 5l . 20 0 0 16 City of London ••• • • • 61 * 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 Continental Consolidat. 50s. 75 0 0 31 5 0 Nultable .• ••• • •• •••• sO s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 0 0 0 10 0 0 13 imperial ••••• • " " • • °` 4' bones. 50 0 0 50 0 0 €8 •• ••.. - •• 3ll. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 26% Independent .•••• •• • • 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London • - • • • • • • • " • • • •-• Great Central:- .... • ..,.. 6 6 1 1 . 50 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Pad. Preference 61. 25 0 0 710 0 51• 100 0 0 90 0 0 11 United General -•• •• _ . • 50 0 0 50 0 0 17% Westminster Chartered 51 Per cen t , 60 0 0 39% 5/. per ...„, i gir BOOTTXER Ditto, New ••••-• •• cent 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% R Ph at ce e n li i ff x ... - • .. •• • • • • 0 02SPA.NISS' PRICES ''''''' 4- -.._...--:----- Divided Amount Name of COmPanY• Per of Paid. Price. An nual. Share. .........1••••••.........1 .......•••• ...........„ wg...... ......... X s. d. X s. d Bank of Scotland - - 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 185 British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 202 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow B ank _ . per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0 Clydesdale Bank -• • • • • 5% percent . 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 1 2 s Tl,nitcen.r., ln011..g; Commercial Bank •• - 7 1 . percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 180% Eastern Bank •••• • • " 61 . Per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10 EdinbizGlasgow Bank 31. per cent. 50 0 50 0 3% Exe n a nr_reßnt of Scot• • 100 0038 0 0 4% National Bank • Northof Scotlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Royal Bank of Scotland 51. percent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 132% Union Bank of Scotland 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88% Western Bank '• ••• • • • 71. Per cent 50 0 0 50 0 0 67% Alliance Fire and Life S%g•Pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21% British Guarantee .• •• 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17s 6d cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. Is Colonial Life .. • • •••• 51-per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 2% Edinburgh Life Insnr. 51 . Percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 22 17.ng. & Scot, Law Llfe 5/.percent. 50 0 0 217 6 3% Lila Assoc. of Scotland 6 /.Per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 31. 15s National Fire and Life 51. Per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 `i9;.6d CityCae Caledonian a n Glasgow Fire North British Instil% •• 51. Percent, 200 0 0 20 0 0 31 Scottish Union Insrnce. 71. • Pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 .. 0 d standard Life •••• • • • • .•• Per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 12% United Dep.Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,20s Od P/XXSC ELLA.ISTEOUS • Dividend Amount NTemo of CelnPanY• • Per of Paid. Price. "num. Share. ----"- ---- ---- —--- --- --- —......• x • s. d. X• e• d• Assam Tea •••••• .. .. -- 20 0 0 20 0 0 9 Auc ti o n Mart . • • • • • . • E 26 . 5 3. so 0 0 —. Aus t r alian Al:similar' 11 . 103 0 0 35 0 0 16 Austra lian Trust •• • • Cl. p er cent. 35 0 0 21 imglo-Ister.ican Mint ll.los. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23% Ditto. Half Shares.. 210 0 --- British American Land 38 10 0 , Can ada ..• ••••• • • • • • Gl..'Per cent• 100 0 0 32 10 0 50 Do. 6 per cent Bonds . , .- Ditto, 6Pr et. Bonds 61. percent. 111 1 ,4 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. 93% Gen. Revers. St Invest. 6 p , .c.itbs,2l 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 94 Equitable Revorsionry 15, pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 119 Ditto New .. •• •• .. 50 0 0 710 0 Gen. Steam Navigation 10 t • • s 1 0 0 14 0 0 29 % Hudson's Bay.. „•• • • P•c Stock. 206 _ Hungerford .. • • •• •• .. 2/. ss. 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... 78 15 0 5 _ New Zealand Company 25 0 0 25 0 0 _ _ Ditto. New „. • • • • .• _ , 25 0 0 12 10 0 Itlssell Institution.... 26 5 0 _ eeninslrScOrientStm. 8/.p. c &b e 60 0 0 50 0 0 81 . . ReVOrsiOnftry Int. Soc. 4%1 D r cent. 1 00 0 0 100 0 0 103 itoyal Mail Steam.... 41 '-. p, s h ar e. t on 0 0 60 0 0 78 Routh Australian"... 11 per share. 2 5 0 0 25 0 0 24 % 'Tan Dien:lan's Land.. ' 10 0 29 0 0 i EXTENSIVE MOSS FIRES. The long-continued drought in and near Manchester, where a shower of rain has scarcely been seen for up wards of two months, has caused the heaths and peat mosses in the neighbourhood to become exceedingly dry And combustible. Some of them have been more or less on fire for nearly a fortnight past. Lindon Common, about fifteen miles south of Manchester, was on fire last week, and th e fl ames, fed c hi e fly by the f urze an d dry peat turf, spr ea d to a great distance. A great d ea l o f ( h le is stro f y ar e n d itu b re y , the fi s re- cow n x er i e s .w t e m l n e lest t iro t ri, h i, d e a extremityhyo the e a c t e o a tt d a s goe o f f ot t f h h e c ivci farmers should o bel s o u n e g ce in e g ded to in hini sav w in a g s ng alarm e e a t r o n t h cfi 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 W arr i ngton , were se t on fi re 'b y a f ar mer who had b urnt some rub bi s h c l eare d f rom hi s l an d near Timperie v . Th e fl ames con tin ue d t o s p re ad during the whole of F r id ay, S atur d ay, an d S un d ay , an d in the high winds of the two days last named extended over Carrington Moss, Ashton-upon-Mersey Moss, and Pa kington Mess, embracing a tract of country extending many miles; and some of the homesteads of the farmers and plantations on the borders of those mosses, were saved with great ditlionity. 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 ou Friday hot they bad 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 fires, no doubt tended to check the progress of the flames on this occasion, but damage has been done alto gether to the extent of some thousands of pounds. The destruction of game has been immense. One person stated that he saw no less than 20 bares 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 them. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TUE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1852. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases —*2o4 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 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 ••• ••• ••• •B• •• • ••• "72 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• Premature Birth ••• •• • •• ••• Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age Sudden ... ... 6 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 20 Causes not specified ... DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... Population Deaths in corro- Enumerated, spooling week 1851. of 1851. _ _ ... 54 West Districts... 376,427 North Districts.. 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts ... 485,522 South Districts.. 616,635 ... 17 ... 16 ... 28 1,021 Deaths in the Week. 148 197 178 198 300 169 213 188 211 294 T0ta15........ 2,362,236 ... 1,075 ... 1,02 Males ... ... 559 Femalos ... ... ... ... ... 462 PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSU . RANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' FrOM the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. L )NDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 27. lOXNT-2TOCZ MULIMS. Dividend , Amount Ramo of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- ...,..-.. id a. d. X s. d. Australasia -.••• • • • • 51. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 -- Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 53 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - ~, • •• • •• • 21. - 21. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - estershire ...... 15/per cent. - - - pr cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - G ro l l onian°nu dco *.'. ........ London C olonial and County 6. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - London Joint-Stock. • • 61. per cent. I+o 0 0 10 0 0 18% Provincialof Ireland .• 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, Now. •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - National of Ireland .. 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - hist. 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. ' al. p. ct. & be. 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 •• • • .... ••• • • • 61. per cent. - 210 0 - Union of London. •• .• 71. per cent. 50 , 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .• •• . - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - ' INSITIZAVIC2 COMPAXII3a. - Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. -.- -. £ a. d. X a. d. Ilbion ••••••• • • • • • • • 31.105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 86 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.148.6d.b5. 100 0 0 11 0 0 221 i Ditto Marine.- .. • • 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 41% Atlas . •• Argus Life ••••- • • •• 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial .. 78. 6d. 50 0 0 5 0 0 "6% spr c i t i fcbs. 1 10 00 0 0 0 00 10 10 0 0 0 0 100 19% las. SO 0 0 5 0 0 16% C oc l or e oun ri w c tn l, y 3l .... e : d .. .. s s .... G .: e .. n : . : L : l : f .. e Eagle •• Eqity and Law •• 4% per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 5% E 10s. 20 0 0 All paid. 1 2 General r e P • e " l4 i f"a •. • . •• • ' . . • • • • • • •: • . 61. per cent. Stock. - b 0 0 ~ 13 5 9 34 Globe Guardian ••• • • • •••• •• 51. per cent 100 0 0 45 0 0 56 Imperial Fire • • ....., 121• per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 256 Imperial Life •• • • .... 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 1 4 Indemnity Marine.... 11.5 h. & As. 100 0 0 2 0 0 0 DO Law Fire •••• • • • .... is.& 2s.bs. 100 0 0 210 0 3% [Jaw Life •• • • ........ - 100 0.0 10 0 0 46% Legal and General Lifb - 50 0 0 2 0 0 5% London Fire •• - ..., 10s. & be. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - London Ship ..... .... 10s. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 - . 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 153( lied. Invlid &Gen. Life - 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 % INlonarch •• • • ........ 5 0 0 1 0 0 193 . 0 d national Lean Fund.. 151. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 23{ t , alladium Life........ 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 2% Pacanix " ......... ••• 31. p. sh. &be. - - - erofessional Life...... 5/. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0,155.0 d Provident Life • ...., tl a o L) y ek al Life...•* Exchange,.,,,,... .... G I : . 5851! p.ct. & bs. Stock. all 225% iun Fire - 61. 10s. - PI 213 Ditto Life . .); . United inei tvoerri ga l C l a Li n iL g f ei d r. o: . m ... .... ... .... .... .... ..: .55 be. 100 0 0 0 0 100 100 0 0 3 7 0 % 4 s L i p . l . p i tt r 6 . a & c . u b t s . . 20 10 0 44 120 0 6 5 4% s 10% ct.&bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 39% BILIDGZIS Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --.- -- X. s. d. X. s. d. Hungerford.......... - - - - Southwrk .......„ 100 0 0 Vauxhall - Ditto i o O N l w .d. A ° . . f n 7 , : ::. .o p rig . e. 70s. 70 2 s 1 ..p 8 =e 2s r i.. c o o d n . t .50 0 0 - - 16 Waterloo ............ 100 0 0 -3% - 60 0 0 241 A Ditto NW ditto 0f,71. 21.25. Od. .- 40 0 0 22 70 10 3 - 19 VT.ELTNIN , WOENZ -.__________________ Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X it. d. X a. d. East London. .•• 81. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 156 grand Junction .. .. • • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 6534 '4:ent •'''• • •• •..• - - 41. par cnt. 100 0 0 - 80 Lambeth ............ , W. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 Now River Company.. , 2/. 103. - - 60 Southwark lb Vauxhall 91. per cnt. 100 0 0 •-• 19 Ardat Middlesex ...... 61.05. pr cnt. - . - 101% nOCxx. Dividend Amount Xame of Convany. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ...........y.............. ........'.... X s. d. X s. d. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. - 90% East and West India... 6341. pr cent. Stock. - 156 East Country . .., 208. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London ..... ....... 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 1243 Ditto 80nd5...... - 41. per cent. - - - St. Katharine - ...... 3% per cont. Stock. - 82 Ditto 80nd5.... ~.. 4341. pr cent. - - - Southampton ........ , 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... ... 189 Females ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 819 Total ... ... ... ... ... 1,608 *ln this number are included 38 by Scarlatina, 36 by Typhus Fever, and 1 by Diarrhoea. HEALTHOF LONDOIV DURING THE WEEK. uY (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 ❑early 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 dog. I❑ 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 ~reek that ended last Saturday differ but to a small ex tent from the 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. The epidemic class of diseases exhibits a total num ber of 204 cases in the present return, whilst the 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 getting rife amongst the population, Fatal cases of measles number 16, of scarlatina 38, of hooping-cough 35, and oroup 14. There were 2 caused by influenza, 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 man, 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 a prejudice existing among the poor that children are liable, after vaccination, to/eruptions of the skin." At 5, West-road Cottages, North-end, Fulham, on 22d April, the son of a labourer, aged 7 years, died of 6 , 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. Th e child had been vaccinated three times, but alway s , i t ffe appears, without e ct.: a 2 ln 3d S A t. p G ri e l, or t g h o e 'ss s i o n n -th e of a E ast, at 1, Pruson's Island , la bourer, aged 9 months, " confluent small-pox, unpro tected." Mr. Verrall states that " the parents of t hi s child refused to have him vaccinated, though his b ro th er was with the disea se at the same time.' In May-fair, at 111. Mount-street, on the 16 t h April, a girl, aged two mo nths, died of "an eruption occur ring as the result of vaccination." ' At the L on d on aged Hospital a labourer from Chi g well,s u years, died on 18th April, of ca rbuncle. At Gu y 's Hospital a boy, aged six years , di ed of " chronic di sease of larynx,' phthisis, tracheotomy (post modem). I a Ranciaiyh. street, a man, aged 64 years, died suddenly 15 minutes after catheterism for retention of urine (12 hours); very enlarged prostate, especially third lobe; very en larged heart , w ith dro p s y of p ericar dium ( post post mortem). It is stated tha t the deceased en j o y e d good health, had no medi cal aid till the da y of his death. aud [wed forty years , died from " obs truction of the bowels (five weeks); a fibrous band for about an inch and" - h a lf surrounded the colon, and r en d ered it quiteim pervious" (post mortem). At Mile-end, at 10, Vintners' Almshouses, on the 23d of. April, the widow of a hatter died from general deca y of nature, at the great age of 100 years. Mr. C a steston mentions that the deceased has left two sons and a daughter, the eldest above 70 years of age, and the you ngest above 60. Sho enjoyed her faculties both of mind and body to the last. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING Tur. PAST WEEK SUNDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ; cirrostratus. A shcwer of rain fell during the morning, not appreciable in the gauge. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the morning. MownAr.—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. WEDNINDAY.—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. THURSDAY. —The sky was overcast till 9h. A.m., and generally one-fourth part covered with cloud afterwards; cumuiostratus, cirrostratus, and fleecy clouds. Electricity— Nothing was shown throughout the day. FRIDAY.—The 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. SATURDAY.—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 the mean m on the main mast, and read e ac h d ay a t 9h. A.I. was 49.3 Qr ;and at the reading at 9h. r.. was 42-9° ; the m Royal Observatory for the same times were 50.2° and 42.1° respectively. The reading of the barometer d in. decreased from oh. A.M . on in. ro i m2 9.72 in. at the beginning of the week, to 29 . 63 the 18th ; increased to 30 . 02 by 9h. r.ae. on the 20th ; de creased to 29.70 in. by 91i. r.m.on the 22d; and increased to 29.78 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 24th , at which reading it almost continued throughout the day. THE LIGHT OF NATURE.—Everything is goorl in its race; but an oil lamp is at all times better th an a The celebrated David Hume wrote an essay on " m t r u h t e t o n .'' sufficiency of the light of nature, and th e no less cele brated Itobertsen wrote on the necessity of revelation, an d the " insufficiency of the light of nature." Hume came one evening to visit Robertsen, and the evening was spent in conversing on the subject. The friends of both were present, and it is said that Robertsen reasoned with unaccustomed clearness and power. 'Whether Hume 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 he retired through the door, Robertsen took the light to show him the way. oh, sir, said he to Robertsen, "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 sen ran after hi m w i t h a l i ght, and as he he ld it over him, whispered, "You had better have a light from above, would Hume." Hum e th oug h t so too , b ut Isis infidelity would not permit him to say it! How every man hugs his own creed! —Kidds' Own Journal. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. EASTERN COUNTIES. A spacial general meeting of the proprietors of this coinpany was held yesterday, at the London Tavern, "For the purposo of taking into consideration the several Bills following, now pending in Parliament, that is to say -7. "A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties 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 St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, and, for other purposes." " - A. Bill to onablo the Eastern Counties Ruilway Company to construct a railway to the River Ncne, or Wisbeach River, below Whbeach, in lieu of a portion of the railway authorised by The Wisbeach, St. TITS, 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. ‘4 A Bill to enable the Eastern Counties and London and Blackwall 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." Tho chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Wadding ton, M.P., the chairman of the company. The CHAIRMAN 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-fifths of the proprietors, in public meeting assembled, should give their assent to any Bill which had passed the Hous© 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 seriatim for their approval. The solicitor of the company would read to them the heads of the first Bill which they had been assembled to consider. Mr. MAYNAID, the solicitor to the company, having accordingly read the heads of the Bill for the con struction of the 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. Box 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 be raised by debenture. A PROPRIETOR said he 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 50,0001.; and the cost to be incurred under the second Bill was estimated at 18,000/. The meeting then unanimously agreed to the adoption of the first Bill. The second Bill, which would enable the company to construct a line to the River Nene, or Wisbeach river, was next submitted for the adoption of th© meeting. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Bill would afford a cheap mode of taking their railway to a point which yea sels could approach. In reply to a question from a PROPRIETOR, Tho CHAIRMAN said that all the works of the com pany were 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 Eastern Counties Company. The motion for the adoption of the Bill was unani mouslycarried. The fourth Rill, which would enable the company to use the East Anglian Railway, and to enter into certain agreements with the East Anglian Railways Company, was next submitted to the approval of the meeting. The CHAIRMA N stated that certain alterations had been introduced into that Bill by tho Committee of the House of Commoes, which would require the considera tion of the shareholders. One of the new 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. MACLAREN 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 38,0001. 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 221. a year. He hoped the meeting would not give its sanction to that clause. The CHAIRMAN stated that the Hon. Proprietor seemed 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 iu perpetuity, 1 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 power.of 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. MARGRAVE, a director of the company, said ho had dissented from the rest of the board as to the ex pediency of sa nc ti on i ng t h at c l ause. B ut h e th oug ht it might be safely adopted if the shareholders should ex tort a pledge to th e e ff ect t h at any proposa l mado )bt by the Norfolk Comp an y f or an ar bit ra ti on s hould not be agreed to until it s h ou ld fi rs t h ave been brought before a meeting of the proprietors of the Eastern Counties Com pany, and obtained their sanction. _ - The CIiAIRISIA.N said he had no objection to give such a pledge. The Bill then obtained the approval of the meeting. A resolution was then adopted to the effect that in the event of the Norfulk Company calling for an arbitration under that Act, a special meeting of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company should bo held to con aider that subject, 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 providinc , a steam communication to G ravesen d, was then submittedl to the meeting. The CICAIRMAN stated that ho believed those under takings would be of a useful and profitable character; and he only regretted that they were not entirely in the hands of the shareholders of the Eastern Counties Company. Tile meeting unanimously sanction the Bill. A vote of thanks was then passed to the chairman, and the proceedings terminated. EAST ANGLIAN. Yesterday a special meeting of this company took place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-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 before the House of Commons for the last four or five days, anti so strong had been the opposition, that at one time he had his apprehensions that the Billwmouulsdt be thrown out, but ho was very happy to say th a t at last the committee had agreed to pass the Bill. He do the Eastern Counties Company's chairman and soli citor the justice to say that, had it not been for their extraordinary exertions to get this Bill through, they might have had to regret its lois on this Occasion A re solution was then passed fo r ena b ling the Eastern. Counties Company to use the East Anglian Railway, and to enter into an arrangement for that purpose, sub ject to any modification which to Parliament might see T mfit a The LIAIUMAN said that a Committee were now ce cupied in going through the districts with a view 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 CIIAIRYIAN 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. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the office, in Now Broad-street, City. W. Hamilton, Esq., took the chair on the occasion. The following ire extracts from the report:— " Since the publication of the last 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 Tannuh (Messrs. Faviell and:Fowler), have had a loco motive engine upon the line, employed in ballasting, since the month of February, which 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 be entertained upon the first running of the trains. The directors have entered into contracts in England, for a supply of locomotive engines, passenger c m a a r t r e i a r i ge al s s , and ne t e h s e s a v r a y r ou f o s rar workingc! es o f r t o h l e l i n r g a i s t w o c a k y and , d f which the greatesthipppaerdt fe a r re ßem co b m ay p . leted T , he and many are already s gineering officers f upon the comp an y h ave b een for some time engaged uop the railway the surveys of the e x t ens i on o f frolo. Calliaa moos the Qllaut3 into tho terser of the country. Oner.t of surveyors are employed upon the Bhore Ghent and its approaches 8104 the 00- lassa valley, and another set upon Tholl Ghaut dis trict up the valley of the river Basta. The surveys by the Malsej Ghaut were previously executed. The direc tors therefore will, ere long, be enabled to j u d ge of the relative merits of these three routes. Simultaneously with the surveys first mentioned, measures have heel!, taken for ascertaini ng th e nature an d p resen t amount 0 1 tki traffic upon these great thoroughfares, so that the cow Mercial merits of the several routes may be accurately balanced before the final decision be given as to the line to be adoPted. The board, of directors have under con 4idestatiqn the question of laying' down the electric tele graph along the line of ra il wa y ; an d t h e 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 particulars that may be peculiar to the climate." The CHAIRMAN said, in moving that the accounts be received and adopted, he could not but express his re gret, iu which he was sure that all p resen t would joi n, in not having the advantage of their Noble Chairman to preside over them on that occasion. The late accou n t received from him stated that his health was so much improved that he hoped to be able to r e turn to Engla nd in a mouth or six weeks.—(Hear, hear.) Tho W tt read stated the progress of the line in which they vier_ all so much interested, so that little remained for 11 1 , 7 t to say except on one or two subjects. The first was that there was but little doubt but the line would be complete and thrown open by the end of this year, or at latest o f, the commencement of the ensuing year. The e arriag. _ and rolling stock - would be shipped at Liverpool and the vessel would sail in May, and might be expecte d . arrive by the month of September. This observatie referred to the p ar t b e t ween B om b ay and Tea cab. The other po r ti on b etween T anna h and Catlin about four miles, was being constructed , s „ ri . i . would be ready to be opened in a few months. 1 ‘"" this, the remaining section to Callian would b° o f un dertaken. Tho whole line had received the sanotioa,e Government. The next point was the extension of t r o p line, without which they never could expect to de ve 4o the immense resources of India, which was the object promoters of this undertaking always looked to. 11 /I da of very great importance that progress should be p 0 en in prosecuting the works as quickly as possible bet?, the Ghauts, and into the interior of the Demo. 'T r parties were at present engaged in surveying tit& .i l ej tricts, and it was very satisfactory to find that in , R . ;. - ,: 0 1 Ghaut the gradients were not only favourable, bat ) 200 to 300 feet under wh a t was expected.—(Bear , h e r. " o - r . . It was satisfactory to kn ow th at t h e acts of the dire% it had been approved of by th e I n di an Government, unto must be still more so for th e s h are h olders to ka°w., that their money would not h e squan d ere d away i n an; to t profitable speculation. Th e accounts woul d show "er. everything had been cond uc t e d i n an econom i ca l rearm .„ 00 The Chairman concluded by aga i n mov i ng t he BM - of the report and accounts. se" Mr. FRANKLIN was satisfied w ith th e s t a t e or the the counts, and asked if the interest was payable e° whole amount of 408,8291. The CHAIRMAN ,tholo said it was p a y a bl e on the - amount, without deduction. f th . Mr. FRITH seconded the motion f or th e a d o ption o report and accounts, which was passed unan imou9li c i d i. A vote of thanks was passed t o th e Chairman an rectors, after which the meeting separated. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS- STOOK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been tremely firm to-day, but there was very little businessodol7‘ The only transactions reported were._Caledonian, Great Westerns, 91 3 4 cash. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—WO had a very flat marke ,, to" * Rs and comparatively little business was transacted. The s o a reported were—Caledonian, Preference, 8 i4—Laricasb ir f li ttot Yorkshire; 72 y,,, —London and North-Western, 123 1 / 1 -- 7.,ur New Quarters, p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Li n n 'ittor shire, Cl. New Preference, 13-16 p.—Midland, 68 %*** v " li sll New Preference, 4 1 Z., per cent., 1-16 dis.—Ditt o , Er e " a rid Valley, 70 %—South-Eastern and Dover, 21 1 / B —yoric• North Midland, 25V,3. BRISTOL, APRIL 28 .MANCHESTER, APRIL 28. i.ted' STOCK EXCHANGE. —The business today was verpx- --vn . 1 J but prices had an upward tendency. The transactions 5 4 as follow :—Easteru Counties, 9 1 4—East Lin c olnshire , 3 1 p1, —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto, Preference, 13 3-16— South-Eastern and Dover, 21%. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. ( LEEDS, APRIL 27.—W e h a d only a moderate arrivalisioi. wheat, w ith samples from vessels be low. There wag a Cli show at this day's market. Trade did not assume 'n u r , yet for fine fresh samples there was fair activity, y a Barley as before. higher prices. Common sorts sold slowly. Beans fetched full rates. In oats and othe r . articles r e a ba gtt NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, APRIL 27,---1 43V.ng n of Oci supply of wheat, trade was more active, and an advance i , Bade); ula , fi r ja per qr. on the rates of Saturday was obtained. tains its value. Oats the turn dearer. In other article change. , p If NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 27.-- - T he -3 .io P ne of beef comprises 62S head. Trade active, at 3d peril jos. advance and all sold. Sheep and lambs, 5, 190 ' .--s ace' more lively, and business higher, with a good cleara 4 0 Prices—Beef, 3s 9d to 5s 9d per stone of 14Ib ; mu to 6d; lamb, lid to 9d per lb. were ifl EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 27.--There -; b i n s the meal market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, each v r i e i ! Od: sale at rathee. 2801bs. imperial, whereof 5 sold thus :-2 at 11 t rios 4 ° and 3 at 11 lOs Od ; average pr i ce o f th e whole .7' o B, 04 ' 9-12ths. 4 sacks pot-ba r l e y, which sold thus :- 1 a. ' 2at 27s 6d, and lat 27 5 . r O."' EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, A t - e V; tr o_ .. ni; Oat straw, from 7s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 1 ° ~3 to 7s 03 * wheat ditto, 6s Od to 7s 6d ; barley ditto, 60 0 " Hay, from 9d to Ild per stone. DALYEITH MEAL MARKET, APRIL 26.--."--- es,' 3 of barleyoleal. the market to-day 60 bags of oatmeal, and 2 of pot- barley ; sales ready for all kinds of ! '3 . 6 5; Oatmeal the same as last week on the top and second a per I" pot barley barleymeal also the same as last market ; b ley cheaper. , Thi d. r Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second ' — od imperial .. ... ... 30s Od 29s 6d 293 Od Barleymeal, per ditto ... 23s Od ......s Od --"! Od Peasemeal ... ... ... —s Od .—s Od --"' 0 ,1 Flour ... ... ... ... —s Od •-•.3 Od --4 0 Pot barley ... ... ... 27s Od —s Od guano..., :T.--YESTXRDAY. the close of the market :•1„ 03 100 Hatton 1 65 Haswell Lambton Ri c hmond., j 6 , S . Stewart's d cß S:O oai e u xwe l k t op h nh e o 10 1 C : H e s: l i l a o err e tti he Hartley 144 r Cardiff 55 ...... Sold, 23. COAL MASSE' Prices of Coal per ton at t Bate's West Hartley.. 13s 6d North Percy Hartley.. 13s 6d Tanfield Moor 12s 3d ranfield Moor Butos... 12s Od Townley... l2s 3(11 Wylam Wall's End, &c. Gosforth Northumberland Eden Main Braddyll Ships at market. SEABORNE MAILS• al p o st4 4lo ['_N signifies that the mails a re sent from the Geller by the night—and M by the morning_ dispatch.] _______------. When made np in; Frem what W DOII - PLACES General Post-offleo I port diS" due. London; I patched. ............., ~,c rya America (by Brit. pkt.)N April 30 .. Liverpool •• `` - 'll 1; America (by U.S. pkt.) NINE ay 4 America (by U.S. pkt.) M 'April 28 .. ..ISouthampt. V y . 3 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month Plymouth Tail 29 Alexandria* ......., N 19th .S 5 30th et mo. Dover • • Wi i iil , Belgium ~ .. .. N Daily .. .. ~, Dover • - - thi y 1" Brazil .. .. .. M 9th of the month SouthamPt• gay 16 Baenos Ayres • • .. M 9th of the mouth SouthamPt. , 311 7 ,,.;', 5 Califondia(viaChavee)l 7 2d & 17th of month Southamy t. •• f ." 0 "'„ 3 :: .. Liverpool .. AY 7 Cape of Good hope N 14th of month Kyinotttli•• 3 A `„cii 30 Constantinople * .... N 7th 17th 27thof mo Dover •• ~Ir A y . 5 da s Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. Southrmipt. ,"- Tibm' Channel Isles .. .. NjMon., Wed., & Fri. Southarnpt. .7 0 : y , 5 _,,,, Chill .. .. .. . 11,• 17th of the month Southx.nPt• .. s oaeLir France .. .. hi & NjTwice daily .. .. Dover •• A rll 3O Greece* • • • . , • Nj7 th 17th 27 th of mo Dover • ' ~„- r e . $ 5 . :; Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Friday Londcal • • ;,:;";;;Tbi"' llama! .. • • .. M Wednes. & Satan London • • ..,'-, 1 0 di Honduras .. .. . N 17th of the mou th S on tharapt. ..1,,,,i5P , India ( ( , v , l ia a l 9 j o ar n s th eili aM es P ; ) N Twice daily .. .. Holyhead • • a , 20 I.l2 th eth & o 2 f 4th th o e fni m o o n n th th D So o a v t er hanaP t : `'`',.'' 1 India Mediterranean (via 1 Southarr , fon) Mel 20 Marseilles . ) .. .. ii Mediterranean (via 1 .. 31 i 10th of the month SouthamPt• „, i ,,,- Mexico .. •.• M 24 of the month.. SouthaulFt• :,``';, I 0 Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover •• ~.•%, 5 '''''''`'"l4 .. •. • • le9th of the month South amPt. .-- . 41 ' 1; Papal Stato . s . * :: Malta* .. .. 7t15,17th,19t14,27th & 30th of month ..4 .. 1M al 1 Naples* 1 Dover ''Y reninsalar '• • • • . With 17th 27th ef mo Southampt. .... P •••• N Nis s i t h h 1 1. 5 5 t t h h 2 2 5 5 i t h h o o f f m m: D D o oi ve er r .. 3 ...I,:fy : 11 Peru .• .. •• .. M 17th 01 the month Sonthampt. ..?4!,,,Y ; T uearlY * • • .. • . N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover • • ,n g 0 West In .. M 17th of the month Bouthampt, Ix" West Indies (except t_ l ll.o 6 bi llavanna & Nassau) 1112 d of the month .. SonthaßlP-. 091 0 .. * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are c° French packet via Marseilles. tt er ' . THE ARMY.—We understand that Major - Ve tr ovei? Henderson will succeed Lieut.-General Sir Jollu K.C.8., as colonel of the 59th Regiment. BIRTHS. f OF A sox le 0 On the 25th inst., at Blagden, Somersetshirei, the w i de ( 1110 4 Richardthe 25th ~ at Lower Belgr ave - s t ree t, at° ll.4 the wife of the Rev. F. A. Piggott. OF • DAUGHTER. t i c , tili On the 25th inst., at Albany- s t ree t, Regent'Sl3" wife of Arthur Scratchley, Esq. ~,, d, the On the 24th inst., at Abbey -place, St. Jobn's - - °° wife of George T. Hertelet, Esq. __..--------' MARRIED. , o ung elli „ On the 15th inst., at Madeley, Shropshire, Henry' 9 ° son of the late Thom as Whitmore, E sq ., of Apler l- Fralle .- Adelaide Anna, youngest daughter of the lat e Darby, Esq., of Sunniside, Colebrook Dale. Soph On the 20th inst., Aaron G'oldsmid, jun., Esq, to eldest daughter of th e l ate Joseph Salomons, Esq• 4 .,, 0 ,1%5q" On the 24th inst., a t Marylebone Church, W. Fellivd the to Susannah Mary, daughter of J. Baker, E SC O Council-office. On the 26th inst., at B p ak i e E r- lj st . r et Portman-square' Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart. of of Balma e 'n, Kincardineshire' co, °th On the 27th inst., at . Chester-square,.l Isabella Fran youngest daughter of the late Majer-General Romer. __, 0 Mathias, • • , aged 54. w i fe of l e t N 2lst inst., at Reading, Commander Thew On the 25th inst., at Cla ton, Elizabeth Baker, l'i i Stephen Olding, E. Clap lace , nard-P On the 23d inst ,John Maynard, Esq , of May King's -road \Vest:Chelsea. • 1 , a ncla On the 14th inst., in Devonshire-place, aged 80, A'e -- Mackenzie, E3q., late of 14.E.1.C.5., Madras. , Astra On the 23d inst., in Clapton-square, William Hurst pitel, Esq., aged 76. On the 23d inst., Eliza Ann, wife of Archibald Pau% f:54-' of Devonshire-place. SO' On the 22d inst., at Taunton - place, Regen t's- P ark ' Frances Ashbee, aged 84. ____„.........., c i L on d on: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU-- hs , No. 112, Strand,, Printer, at The Sun Woe/ of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the Alidcllo944 APAiI 29,1:52. %el , • xr, Cal 3 `1 ch 4 Cap THE stTN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING-, APRIL , 1852. 4 4, it f 1 Eitz 1 To Ca Col Cho el Cap Joh II beer Their Kl ee klem s Of an by si verp c Oalip Of 1 , , not 0 4 P: Alitee Pitol Thi AT] hllor , Or •Ledg, TG -Q ~ )14: w Ito Iti. . Ora lehol wi.re4 Packs Ar ------, fer