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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 18. (Continued from ourAfte Rrnoo n OADS BILL Edition of yesterday.) PUBLIC . Mr. B. DENISON rose to move another amendment, to the effect that the Bill be read this day six months. The Hon. Gentleman proposed by the Bill to accom • plish two objects : first, to reduce and pay off the mort gage debt upon all turnpike trusts:; and secondly, to put the management of all turnpike roads under different machinery. He would deal with the first proposition, and in doing so, he would ask whether that was the most happy time that could be selected to pass a measure to pay off these debts which, if it would not affect severely the pockets of the occupiers of property, would, at all events, severely irritate them. He thought that the present time was exceedingly unfit to introduce such a measure. There was a general notion prevailing, . that in con sequence of the formation of railways the se curity upon turnpike trusts was very much injured, and that, in point of fact, the tolls collected, or likely too be collected, would not be sufficient to pay off all the debts. It wa s ver y desirable that a clear and accurate understanding should be come to upon this point, and for this purpose he would quote from a Parliamentary paper (No. 492) which was published in 1848. He found that in 1836 the tolls received throughout the United Kingdom amounted to 1,449,0001., and the repairs to 800,0001., leaving a balance of 589,0001. for the payment of interest, and for paying off the per manent debts. The balance in 1841 was 561,0001, and in 1846, 577,0001., and although the receipts had fallen, sinee the formation of railways, 200,000/., the repairs had fallen in equal proportion.—(Hear, hear.) There was another important feature, which was, that in 1836 as much as 113 0001. of the trust debts had been been paid off, while in 1841, 107,0001., and in 1846 167,0001. had also been paid off.—(Hear. bear-) He had, therefore, a right to assume that turnpike trusts were not at all in a desponding state, and that they were tolerably well managed, for a large sum of money was paid off annually. What the House had really to do with was the bonded debt which the Hon. Gentleman opposite proposed to pay off by means of a sinking fund. But now he would show the House in what a position the rate-payers would stand. By the Bill as it stood it was proposed that 7 per cent. should be taken as the first fruits of the tolls, not 7 per cent. of the tolls, but of the debt. He did say, therefore, that, unless the Honourable Gentleman could show that there would be a decided surplus atter payment of the repairs and all the establishment charges, it was clear the rate payers of the kingdom would have to sustain the burden of all the c ontingencies.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He would tell the Hon. Gentleman candidly that he thought some alteration ought to be made in the manage ment of turnpike roads—(" Hear," from Mr. C. Lewis) — and he would give the Hon. Gentleman his best and ut most exertions in framing such a Bill as he thought would meet the exigencies of the case.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. B. Denison) contended that with the agricultural community in the state in which it now was it was in the highest degree injudicious to introduce such a Bill as that before the House at the present moment, which would operate most prejudicially against them. That was the burden of the statement contained in the petition which he had presented from the West Riding of Yorkshire, and which was signed by magistrates, landowners, and a great number of the inhabitants. If the Honourable Gentleman chose to make an arrangement with the mortgagees, acid would give them security that they should be paid annually the interest of their debt, there would be no occasion for a sinking fund as was proposed, and the parties would be satisfied. Why were they to pay 7,000,0001. for the relief of persons who were to live after the present generation, in 1880? He did cbject to that part of the Bill which refused to pay off the debt except by a sinking fund ; and it was impossible the debt could be paid off by a sinking fund, and on that account he thought it was injudicious to bring such a Bill forward at the present moment, and he could see no occasion for such a Bill. He would now go to another part of the Bill, which proposed to place the management of the highways under an entirely different machinery from the present. The proposal in the Bill was that there should be a committee of management varying from eight to twelve in each county with reference to the size of the county, who were to lay down rules by which the roads were to be managed. To that central committee each board of guardians was entitled to send one member, and, therefore, it would happen in some districts that there would be more poor-law unions than the number of twelve, and the consequence would be that the guardians would swamp the magistrates ap pointed on the central committee. However, that cen tral committee was to consist of eight or twelve magis trates, aid, added to them, a member from each poor law board ; and they were to lay down general rules for the management of all the roads. Having laid down certain rules, then the management fell on the present guardians . of the poor, and they were in point of fact to supersede all the trustees of the turnpike-roads. They were to have the privilege, according to the Bill, of appointing a surveyor, who was to have the superintendence, management, and mending, and making of all the roads; and looking at the union with which he (Mr. B. Denison) was acquainted, in the vicinity in which he lived, he found the surveyor for that district would have the disbursement of between 4,000/. and 5,0001. a year, which was at present expended there in repairing the high roads. There was no doubt at all, that with respect to the turnpike rate, it was clearly to be a union rate, and not a parish rate. Well, then, the surveyor so appointed under the Bill would have the management of all the roads, and he would have to raise the money from the different pa rishes by a union rate based on the county rive, not according to the existing exigencies of each particular parish, but according to the valuation at which it stood to the county rate. Ile contended that that was an unfair proposition.—(Hear, hear.) By that arrange ment be was, in point of Pict, to repair his neighbour's roads, and his neighbour was to repair his.—(llear, hear.) In the union to which he (Mr. B. Decision) belonged the cost of the highways was 5,0u01. a-year. He was not prepared to put into the hands of any one in lividual the application of that 5,0001. a-year, and he thought it would be putting a great temptation in the man's way. Ile would, perhaps, give security for the discharge of his duty, but he (Ir. B. Denison) defied a poor-law auditor to examine that man's account so as to satisfy himself that the money had been expended. He was quite sure that part of the Bill would never an swer. Then the machinery of the Bill was to be placed in the hands of the poor. Itw guardians. Now he knew enough of poor-law guardians to know that they would say that they bad enough to do already. It was utterly impossible that they would get them to act. The latter portion of the Bill would alter the whole of the existing machinery and would act most injuriously. The R . ght Hon. Gentleman the Secretary of State for the Home Department had expressed no decided opinion on the Bill, and had intimated that if a strong opinion was ex pressed against it by the county Members that he should not, on the part of the Government, press it. He suggested to the Hon. Gentleman that he would do well to withdraw the Bill. As he entertained a strong and de cided opinion against the measure, he begged to move that the Bill be read a second time this day six months. The motion having been seconded, Mr. RICE rose to support the Bill. Ile concurred in the statement of the Honourable Member who had just sat down, that the Bill had been pressed upon the Government. It appeared that the ex penditure in respect of turnpike trusts had been vastly increased of late years. Another Bill would im prove the present system of management, and at the same time reduce the expenditure. That was an additional reason why the Bill should pass. Then with respect to the auditing of accounts. Now, as a county magistrate, he was prepared to stale that the accounts were not properly audited. Many ware passed without the intervention of auditors. Then the lion. Member said the Bill would throw an additional burden upon the counties. If he could bring himself to believe that this would be the case he would not support it. He believed that the expenditure would be reduced. The counties were bound to make up the amount of the tolls if deficient, but inasmuch as the Bill would introduce an improved and less expensive system of management, he considered it would be beneficial rather than injurious. In West Kent, for instance, he believed the system which the Bill would introduce would meet with approval. Sir J. PAKINGTON would support the second read ing .of the Bill, although he felt pound to admit that it had excited an alarm throughout the country that Was totally uncalled for. He admitted that it was most desirable to consolidate the various turnpike trusts, hut he doubted the efficacy the Bill to effect so desirable an object. He thought of the consolidation of turnpik e trusts wouldtend to the gradual liquidation of their debts and if such a measure was intr o d uce d, he would give it his support. If the measure was to be carried he thought it would be better to divide it into two Bills—one for the highways and the other for turnpike. roads. lie thought many of the provisions of the Bill were most harsh and unfair, especially that part of it which dismissed parties without any compensation what ever. Sir W. JOLLIFFE was favourable to the principle of the Bill, but he was decidedly opposed to the manner in which it was proposed to carry it out. Many of the details of th e Bill were calculated to afford great dissatisfactio n to the parties interested in turn railway system was making great inroads upon the par ties, and notwithstanding interests h of those e atbad been said by vist w the Hon. Member for the Riding, he still thought that turnpike trusts were in anyieann, r at e flourishing condition ; but of this he was certain, t roads were kept in anything but an efficient s e t M a t e e C 'off trhee. pair. He concluded , t h e refore that many of the were unable to obtain funds to repair theirtrustees The objection of the lion. Gentle m an the Member for roads, wich to this Bill was, that the Bill itself was not divid e d into two; but he (Sir W. Jolafe) altogether differed with him is that view. The subject of these roads ought to be d'sposed of in one large and comprehensive measure; but while he sail that, it must not be understood that he was of opinion that no difference ought to be made between a first and second class road.—(Hear, hear.) There was a wide difference between the two so far as their wear and tear were concerned, and he thought that an equal difference ought to be made in the amount of taxa tion which each inflicted ..in the localities through which they passed. (Hear, hear.) With regard, however, to the question of compensating officers at present engaged in the management of turnpike trusts, he understood that the majority of them followed other occupations, which were not interfered with ,b th e duties the roads demanded of them, and he did nt think they were entitled to any compensatio n . With regard to the matter which had been mooted by his Hon. Friend the Member for Droitwicb, there was little doubt but that most of the details would be best considered in Committee ; but it was idle to suppose that any good could possibly arise from talaipg any such measura.as thi s into a Select Commi ttee, whenit was any: evident that this Bill was intended to merge in some larger measure, and he thought that it was absolutely necessary at this stage of the proceeding, that the Government (should come forward and give some explicit declaration as to their intention with respect to future emergencies. He thought that by far the better course to pursue would be that prescribed by his Hon. Friend the Member for Droitwich, namely, to take the ob ject of the Bill in its two definite and most important sub jects—those of the turnpike trusts and the highways. Separated even thus, the matter to be laid before the parties invested with the authority to carry out the objects of the Bill would be so surrounded with the difficulties which had always beset this matter, that he, for one, could never see his way clearly through it. One point, for instance, did appear to him to be insurmountable. How could they amalgamate insolvent trusts with those which were solvent in any general measure? If this system was to be pursued, and centralization were to be the order of the day, they must appoint commissioners, and, so far as he could see, the only object which they seemed to desire to carry out was, to give those commissioners plenty to do, Seeing, then, the number and amount of these difficulties, de did think that the Govern ment were bound to give some explanation of the mode and the end to which they intended in future to proceed. Mr. C. LEWIS said, that when he bad introduced this measure; to the House he had expressly stated, that although the Bill proposed to deal with great and important interests, yet they were not such as came properly per se under the cognizance of Government. They were under the supervi sion of local trusts, and such as, 'properly speaking, ought to be dealt with by those trusts, and it was upon that concep tion, and that conception alone, that he had in a-y way said that which implied that the Government were not respon sible for the details or for the principle of the Bill. How far the Government felt themselves responsible had been already explained by his Right Hon. Friend to-day. Having made this short explanation, he should pass to the allegations and ob jections which had been made to the House during this discus sion. In the course of last session the Government introduced a measure with respect to highways, excluding turn. pike trusts. The measure was referrred to a Committee, who made various amendments, and the Bill was reprinted and submitted to the House. It was then found that the period of the session would prevent the Bill from being proceeded with, and the Bill was not pro ceeded with, it being understood that the subject should be duly considered by the Government during the recess. But in the course of the discussion that arose after the Bill came from the Committee, a general opinion was expressed that the Bill was not sufficiently explanatory, that it did not go far enough. and that the Government had made an important omission by leaving out of the Bill any mention of turnpike roads, and particularly with respect to insolvent trusts. He appealed to those who opposed the present measure, and who had heard that discussion, whether this was not so; and further, whether the Government was not blamed for not having had the courage to deal with a question of so important a nature. During the recess his attention and that of his Right Hon. Friend had been ear nestly directed to it ; and it was thought, in deference to the opinions of the Mouse, and out of respect to the Com mittee, on which the Right Hon. Gentleman opposite served—it was thought desirable to engraft upon the Bill certain provisions with respect to turnpike trusts. It was indeed the opinion of all who had turned their attention to the subject, that on the whole the two classes of roads would be benefited by their consolidation. He would not, however, go into that question now. Under these circum stances the Government determined to lay before the House a measure which comprised both classes of roads. This was the answer he had to make to the Hon. Gentleman opposite. Let the House bear in mind that turnpike roads were no more than roads arbitrarily taken by persons locally connected, legalised by an Act of Parliament, and placed under the management of trustees; and when the funds of the roads were insufficient for their proper manage. ment, recourse was had to the highway rate. Those roads were selected many years ago, in consequence of the course of the traffic, and might be styled as affording the means of arterial communication. Since rail ways had sprung into existence, the principal roads had sunk into roads of a secondary or tertiary character.—(Hear, hear.) Such had been the effect of railways upon those roads, that many of them of a minor character, especially those near railway stations, had be come of great importance. The principle of the Bill to which the House was asked to assent, and of which those voting for it would approve, he understood to be this, to combine the management of all roads of the company, both turnpike and highways Every Hon. Gentleman who voted for the Bill would assent to the proposition that the disparity of management between turnpikes and highways should not longer exist— that the system should either be changed at present or prospectively. The present Bill did not propose to repeal local Acts. Each county would be divided into districts, and would make provision for the management of the roads in each division by the appointment of local boards. It also involved a plan for the extinction of the existing turnpike debts. These were the principal features, and he should be prepared to listen to every suggestion, and to adopt every one that was prac ticable and likely to be useful.—(Hear.) The Honour able Member for Dorsetahire had said, " Why don't you deal with the best class of roads separately," and the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Droitwich made a similar obser vation, suggesting, therefore, that two Bills should have been introduced—one for each class of roads. To that he would answer, that that mode of proceeding had been already tried, and had not, in truth, given more satisfaction than had the Bill before the House. One Bill for such a pur pose was introduced by the Right Hon. Gentleman then Secretary at War (Mr. F. Maule), 13 years ago. It would have dealt with turnpike trusts. Then the Right Honourable Baronet the Member for Ripon (Sir James Graham) had introduced a Bill which would have dealt with turnpike trusts separately from highways. Since then a Bill had been introduced with respect to highways; but none of them had been so fortunate as to meet with the ap proval of that House, and, therefore, it could not be said that the subject had not been fully investigated, and the best remedy devised for existing evils that could be. It was true there were many difhculties in the way. For instance, turnpikes had no boundary, they were not territo rial divisions, and they could not say the name of the parish where the boundary of a turnpike trust be gan and terminated. Their exact limits could not be de fined—it could only be done arbitrarily. - (Hear, hear.) There was another difficulty quite insurmountable, which was the extremely small rise of some of the turnpike trusts; some of them were only a few miles in extent, and their size was extremely unequal. It appeared to him impossible to frame any measure for the management of the highways which should be operative in the management of the turn pike trusts as the basis of such a measure. He thought the House had hardly considered the extent of the highway expenditure, as compared with that of the turnpike tusts.—(Hear, hear.) He believed if in general they were to ask which of the two was the greatest ex r enditure, most people would gi se an off band answer that they believed the turnpike revenue was considerably greater than ,that of the highway s. Now it appeared by a return lately presented and laid on the table of the House that the expenditure for the highways in England (exclusive of Wales) in 1854 was 1,668,1341. The return from Wales was imperfect in consequence of some of the kcal officers not having fur nished their quotas to the account, but the estimate, se far as it went, was about 50,000/. ; in fact, it was 49,200/., which made a total for the expenditure of the highways in England and Wales of 1,717,0001. The total expenditure in 1846 for the highways and turnpike-roads amounted to 3,061,0001., and of that sum the larger portion was contributed by the highways. Now, he believed it was scarcely necessary for him to state that the management of the highways was, on the whole, much less economical, much less efficient, and much less per fect than that of the turnpike trusts. He was perfectly will ing to pay that tribute to the trustees of the turnpike. roads. The Hon. Member for the West Riding made some remarks as to the time of introducing the present measure. In answer to that, he would first say that this Bill was promised at the end of last session, that the Govern ment considered itself bound in deference to the expressed wishes, and partly in consequence of the promise made at the end of last session, to introduce a general measure on the subject in the beginning of the present session. That measure was considered by the Government during the recess, and it had been introduced at the beginning of the session without any reference to the temporary or existing distress.—(.[leer, hear.) He (Mr. C. Lewis) entertained the strongest opinion that this me.:sure would impose no new burdens on the agricultural interest, but, on the contrary, he believed it would lead directly and indirectly to the gradual diminution of those burdens. The Hon. Member for the West Riding had asked why was the -preeent.generation called on to make sacrifices for the payment of theltempike debts. It would be a consolatory doctrine, he (Mr. C. Lewis) admitted, if they could dispense always with the payment of the principal of a debt, both with respect to public and private debts: but with regard to workhouses, public goals, shire-balls, prisons, and lunatic asylums, he could show that the Legislature could , in every case fix the term for the extinction of the debt. Ile must say that the principle was a sound one, and although it implied a present sacrifice, he thought it was a sacrifice which was due from us to our posterity. He looked on that legacy of six millions and a half of turnpike debt, together with the million and a half of interest on the debt, as a legacy which had been bequeathed to us by the improvidence of our predecessors. The Hon. Member also urged that this Bill would impose additional burdens on the.country.—(" Hear, hear," from Mr. B. Denison,) Now, if the turnpike trusts were, as they had been truly stated to be, a solvent concern, and if there was at present an excess of means beyond the payment of the principal and interest of that debt, he (Mr. C. Lewis) was at a loss to see how the arrangement which it was proposed to make could throw any considerableaddi tional burdens on the country. The interest paid in 1846 on the existing trusts was 272,1331.; and the principal paid was 168,u261., making altogether 440,0001. The improvements during the last year were 57,0001., and the salaries and law charges were 113,000/. But that did not properly come in question here. The Bill called on the turnpike trusts to pay 71. per cent. on the bonded debt of 6,609,0001; 71., per cent. on that amount would be 462,6391., and. there fore, as compared with 440,000 L, the only addition he should make would be 22,0001. Then he took particular counties; and first, in Lancashire, which was one of the largest' counties, the interest paid on that account was 34,6551., and the principal paid was 28,0974 making 62,0001. odd.—(Hear, hear.) According to this Bill, the annual payment would be 50,694/., being 12,0001. less than was now voluntarily paid. Ile did not, therefore, see how Lancashire would be a sufferer. He had been asked what would be the effect in South Wales. of the valuation of the debt and of other similar .measures contemplated by the Bill. From the official state ment of the superintendent he found that the repairs, the payment of interest, the debts paid off, and the other charges, amounted in 1843, which was previous to the introduction of the present system, to 35,4821., and in 1848, which was subsequent to the change in the law, to 35,020/. The difference between the two amounts, it would be seen, was very small. But there was this difference, with regard to South Wales, an additional burden was thrown upon the county-rate, for which no equivalent was given. In one county the additional charge was three-. halfpence, in another a penny three-farthings, and, in others a halfpenny and two-thirds of a penny ; and although those charges were not heavy, they were not compensated for 14 any equivalent. The Hon. Member ( Mr. B. Denison) had objected to the constitution of the county board, on the ground that e t e ho r ne t t a ir i io n L m tshe e e mbers were to be elected to it, viz., one from each board e of guardians, who would have it in their power to each boardmagistrates. of guardians the rd ia first a s was that wa submitteds empowered two of their body to the county board, but in the present Bill the number had teen reduced to one. He ( Mr. Lewis) thought their chairman, and hecoi that in most cases the guardians would be disposed to elect could not see that any practical influence would be infused into the board by the election of such members to it. There coullonuontt,yh considered, be any valid ob jection to the election ofone guardian, if l) the House thought that another constitution of the lee' division of the districts were preferable, he and another to modify the Bill in those respeegtis:.tratea at.r (eHweaas quite ready hear.) It had been suggested that the ma t sess ions might have the management of all hiow .out any admixture of the elective principle whatever, s b: it the 1 1 : 3 , dbubred much whether such a principle would be, assented to by the House: He . was quite ready to admit th at the question as to the substitution of other persons - for the' guardians at • the county board was -open - to con .• sideration, and, as he had said before, he would consent to any proposition, which the majority of the House might think proper. Some Hon. Members seemed to prefer a separate parochial rate for highway purpolee, but it seemed ;to him that an union rate was on the whole p: arable, and in re'erence to that part of the sub ject, he would make this one remark--that the main reason for constituting turnpike trusts, which began in the reign of Charles 11., and which had been at different periods modified and altered by the successive Actsof Parliament, was the ineffectiveness of a parochial rate for such purpose& It was found that several parishes could not maintain a great com munication through a country without some additional assist ance, such as tolls being levied on travellers and passengers. There was a discretionary power in this Bill to en able the county board to assign the district that should support certain roads, and there was a district board to carry out the intentions of the county board. It was intended by the Bill that the county board should exercise a general superintendence over the whole roads in the county, and that the district boards should only take cognizance over the roads in their charge. Now two classes of persons mainly opposed this Bill—the mortgagees and the clerks, whose offices would be put an end to by its provisions.— (Hear.) With respect to the mortgagees, he did not think they objected :to the principle .of the Bill, though they might to some of its details ; nor did he believe that the measure had created that alarm among the bond holders of these trusts that had been represented. The officers and clerks of the existing trusts certainly strongly opposed the measure. He admitted that the officers and clerks were a highly meritorious class of persons, and he fully admitted their claim to the con ide•-ation of the Government and the House.—(Cries of " Heee, hear.") Before the withdrawal of the former Bill on this subject, he had heard little of the claims of the officers and clerks, but recently, and since the house had adjourned for the rece s, he had received a very tem perate statement of the reasons why they ought to receive compensation under"' the Bill. He was pre pared to admit that nb distinction ought to be made between the claims of clerks of turnpike trusts to compensation and other officers whose offices had been abolished, and it would become matter of consideration for the House what course it would pursue with respect to that. For himself, he was not prepared to submit any plan upon this subject for the consideration of the House. After the fullest consideration he could give the sub ject, it was his firm belief that the Bill, if carried, would effect the greatest improvement in the admi nistration of highway and turnpike trusts.-- (Hear, hear.) He was anxious that the House should fairly consider this question and the difficulties that surrounded it; but at the same time there was no wish on the part of the Govern ment to urge the House to a precipitate decision. The present might not be the most favourable moment for dealing with this question, but the condition of many of these trusts were not solvent, and the question ought not therefore to be delayed to any extent. At the end of every session of Parliament Government was called upon to renew a large number of local Turnpike Trust Bills, but owing to the cause he bad just mentioned, many Acts were compelled to be excepted, which gave rise to a good deal of objection on the part of those who were interested in them. Now that was a difficulty Government were anxious to get rid of ; and he thooght, therefore, that if some general measure were not passed this session, it would certainly be necessary for the House to take some steps with regard to the insolvent trusts that were demanding of Government a renewal of their Bill. He was perfectly aware of the invidious duty Govern ment would have to undertake in deciding which were solvent and which were not, but if the House were prepared to adopt his suggestion, Government was bound to undertake that discriminating duty, whatever might be the consequence of it.—(Hear, hear.) No doubt many Acts had been renewed -which ought aot to have ,been, and no doubt upon the recommendation of the Government, but the only way to remove that evil was for the House to take the question into its own hands. He stated the principal difficulties which surrounded this matter; but if the House would assent to the principle it contained, he was quite ready to read the Bill a second time, and then refer it to a Select Committee. The questions relating to highways had already been considered by a Select Committee, but turnpike roads, which perhaps formed the most difficult part of the sub ject, had not, but the House might refer the Bill to a Select Committee, who should be instructed to go into the general question of dealing with turnpike- roads and highways together. Apologising to the House for having detained them so long , he should resume his seat in the full hope that the sug gestion he had made would meet with the approbation of all parties Mho were anxious for the settlement of this ques tion.— (Hear, hear. ) Sir ROBERT PEEL said, whatever opinion might be held in the House with regard to the merits of this measure, brought forward under the auspices of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, there could not be a doubt of the obligation they owed to him for the great attention which he had paid to this question, embracing a subject not necessa rily or immediately connected with the Executive duties of an office already overburdened with public duties. The same praise was due to hire, too, for the perfect fairness and candour with which he had dealt with the objections urged against this Bill; but in dealing with the objections raised by this measure, be had omitted altogether the objec tions which had been urged by parties of a different character to those of whom they had heard so much. The objections they had heard were urged on behalf of the mortgagees and the clerks connected with the trusts, but there were other parties who objected to this measure, and whose objections he represented himself. They were parties who certainly had no personal interest in the matter like that he hal just mentioned, but they were urged by gentlemen who had undertaken functions of an important and rather arduous character, which were imposed upon them by the Act of Pediment relating to the admi nistration of turnpike trusts. He would put a case to the House which would illustrate the objection of these gentlemen. In many of the manufacturing districts the roads were kept in the best possible state of repair for the conve nience of the public, while, perhaps, in some adjoining agri cultural districts the highways were en a bad state : was it fair now to call upon the manufacturer to repair that ton as well as their own ?—( Hear, bear.) Now that objec tion appeared to him to be far more important than those which were urged on behalf of mortgagees and clerks to trustees. It was said that since the reign of Charles 11. there had been a distinction between turnpike roads and highways, but that they ought now to be made the subject of the same law. He, however, did not view the matter in that light. He did net agree with the proposition that because the establishment of railways had rendered some of ourbighways unprofitable, they had a right to be supported by a general rate extendingover the whole country.—(Hear.) The observation, as it appeared to him, amounted to this, that wherever a district had proved deficient, its short comings were to be made up by the receipts from other dis tricts; so that, wherever a trust bad been successful in discharging its obligations, it was to be mulcted for the deficiencies of others in which the responsible parties had been unable to carry out their duties. Thus, where any trust in the south part of the country bad been so unfortu nate as to fail in the discharge of its liabilities, the deficiency was to be made up by the superior advantages of some district in the north.— ( HeAr, bear.) Now that seemed to be just the of je c t o f th e Bill. Th at was j ust t h e o bj ect i on felt t h t d ; beenbut theurged or m e u li ch e ts r h e i Na,ta ,taf powerful it this pointwtappearedwehe rwe ot uu would on b e i ( aecdc l l i e u, a nt r ut , trusted he t h t h a e t t' more this which oh examined ehoamit hear.) e . h m) s tarhteiae edeig: strongly been than made ev e u t o him, b aade be neglected, and lie could not help expressing his opinion that this was a matter which ought to be most fully gone into.—(Hear, hear.) But his Honourable Friend had not held out any reason to suppose that this mischief was at all likely to be remedied.—(Hear, hear.) He had no reason to suppose that there was to be any insti. tution analogous to a county court, or that there was to be any interposition of the county courts.—(Hear, hear.) In the second place, he could not perceive that his Hon. Friend held out any hope that the principles of the Bill could is any way be adapted so that the evils could be avoided and benefits re tained—for this he aid not hold out any ground of hope.— (Hear.) This advantage could certainly not be obtained in the course of the second reading; but the clauses might be so arranged in Committee, that every interest might be duly considered and provided for. Unless this was done, or some thing tantarneunt to this, he should most certainly oppos e the Bill on its third reading. But that the Bill might go into Committee he decidedly desired, for there were many points in it which deserved their consideration. He was not aware whether there had been a sufficient distinction made between highways and turnpikes. If the roads were to be subjected to some person competent to undertake their super vision, such as on ordinary surveyor, or other person of si milar capacity, much of the difficulty would be overcome; but that they should be subjected to the di rection of the poor-law guardians was a proposition to which he never could accede. He was not, in all this, ar guing against the institution of poor-law guardians, or against the principle that they should have cognizance of matters the expenses for which were to be paid out of the local rates. But he did see great difficulty in making these highway dis tricts coneentaneous with the poor-law unions —( Hear, hear.) He thought that the poor-law guardians had quite business enough to transact without having to give their attention also to the highways. Neither could he conceive that thehighway districts could, with any likelihood of convenience or business practicability, be equalised with those of the poor-law unions. To attempt any such claesification was in fact to throw the highways into the po r-law unions. —(Hear, hear.) He thought that the general feeling of the House was this-- that it was necessary some great alteration should be made with respect to the highways, but that there should be a sufficient distinction drawn between the solvent and the insolvent trusts in any legislation which might be carried into effect concerning them. Unless the distinction were made, he must say that he could not consent to the passing of the Bill, or to the adoption of any principle in which such a regulation was not involved. Mr. CORNE WALL LEWIS said that he would not enter into a consideration of the numerous objections which had been made against the nteasure, either in the House, or in the numerous notices which he had received objecting to the Bill, but he might say; in reply to the remark which had just beer made, respecting the position which the several trusts would assume after this Bill was passed—(Hear) —in reply to that remark, he might observe, that it was by no mean's intended that the whole of these trusts were to be thrown into hotchpotch, but the property of each trust was to be valued, and 'the Market price having been ascertained, the several bondholders would have debentures of 1001. each issued to them, and these would be the securi ties on which their property would be based. Mr. HUMS was rejoiced that the House had at last taken up and evinced so much interest in the important subject of turnpike roads. Forty years ago he had endeavoured to obtain a consolidation of these trusts; and when, in 1826, he brought the subject before the House, it was a matter of deep re gret to him that the whole questiouhad not then been settled. He submitted to the Government, after the valid objections which had been made, and which had not been answered, the Bill could not be carried.—(Hear.) At the same time a Committee should be appointed to inquire into and report upon the subject. He admitted that the landed interest were too heavily taxed on account of the maintenance of the highways, and would support any reasonable proposition brought for ward with the view of alleviatiag them. He urged the Government to withdraw the Bill. Mr. SPOONER complained that roads in a good condition were joined with roads that were insol vent. Trustees in such cases had A strong reason to complain. Parties in the district with which be was con nected had subscribed to roads, not for profit, but for the be nefit of the public. They expected at any rate not to be compelled to lose their money, which would be al most the case if this Bill were passed, since the money which they had advanced would not be received upon the particular roads on which they had advanced' it—it would go into a general fund, and would be repaid in instalments extending over a period of thirty years. The clerk of the roads in his neighbourhood had intimated to him that they did not oppose the Bill from interested motives, as they were willing to forego theirclaiens—(Hear)—but with a view to have their clients' interests properly attended to. He bad presented a number of petitions from North Stafford shire against the Bill, and objecting to local management being taken out of their hands. If the House were to peruse the evidence of Mr. M'Adam, they would see that the fears of the gentlemen who opposed the Bill were not groundless. He took it to pay the interest which was not now paid, and- therefore applied that money for the repairs of the roads, and then the repairs of the roads were to be kept up by the district rate. He had numerous petitions sent to him against this Bill from various parts of the country ever since the Bill had been in contem plation. At all_events the country was against the measure. He should most decidedly support the amendment of the Hon. Member for the West Riding. Mr. AGLIONBY hoped the Government would consent to withdraw the Bill—(Hear)—principally out of concession to the general expression of opinion against it from one end of the country to the other. Cumberland, the borough which he represented, and all the northern counties, refused to have the Bill on any consideration. They objected to it first on account of its mixing up the turnpikes and high ways. Ile (Mr. Aglionby) did think that was a reasonable and valid objection. But the strongest objec tion with the inhabitants of those counties was that it laid on them a heavier degree of taxation, and added an addi- tional burden to the county rates. They could not understand why they should be saddled with debts contracted w ith respect to turn pike roads by improvident turnpike trustees. Much of the money had been thrown away extravagantly by:ithe ignorance and inca pacity of those intrusted with its management. Upon these grounds be hoped the Government would not press the mo tion to a division; at all events, he for one should vote against the measure. Mr. HENLEY hoped the Government would withdraw the Bill—( Hear, hear)—for he really thought there was no thing left of it to go to a Select Committee. The Govern ment did not show that they had any mind on the subject, but the House was pledged to some unknown conoitions.— ( Hear, hear.) _The Honourable Gentleman said, with regard to the county rate=, there would be no charge on the county rates worth speaking of; be ( Mr. Henley) knew gen tlemen in office thought a sum like which was of come importance to a small county, was a mere bagatelle. The Act would net continue the rate of th?. existing tolls, but new oner, according to a schedule in the Act, which fixed the maximum and minimum rates. But if they were inadequate, the loss must be made up from the county rate, which would be manifestly unfair.—(llear. ) At this late hour he would not go into the whole of the argumente. At present the turn pikes cost 421. a mile for management,whilst the highwayscost but 161., which would create a strange anomaly, and throw an unjust burden upon many parties. The Bill was calculated to throw additional burdens upon the county rates. Besides, the period it had been brought forward was peculiarly ill timed. He should support the amendment. After a few words from Mr. MANGLES, Sir GEORGE GREY said, after the endeavours of the Governments of the last fifteen years to legislate upon this matter, the manner in which this Bill bad been received was not very encouraging.— (Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for Coekermouth advised the withdrawal of the Bill, yet he said the county with which he was connected would never be satisfied until a sweeping change took place.—(Laughter.) The opinion of the House' had been fully taken with re spect to the Bill, and that opinion was adverse to it.— (Hear, hear.) The object of the Bill was to combine the management of the highways and turnpikes, but if the House were to agree to the second reading of the Bill pro forma and refer it to a Committee, the House would in some measure commit itself to the opinion that combined management was desirable. He thought be would not act fairly to the House if he allowed this Bill to go to a Select Committee, because if he rightly collected its opinion, it was adverse to the principle of the • Bill.—(Hear.) He thought therefore, the best course to pursue would be to withdraw the Bill, and in doing so he felt bound to state that he could not hold out any hope that the'Grovernment - would bring in any other measure upon the subject. The order of the day for the second reading of the Bill was then discharged. INDICTABLE OFFENCES (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill as amended was further considered and ordered to be engrossed. SUMMARY CONVICTIONS BILL. The further considerations of this Bill was postponed ti to-morrow. LANDLORD AND TENANT BILL. The Committee on this Bill was postponed till to-morrow. AFFIRMATION BILL. Mr. P. WOOD moved the third reading of this Bill. Mr. GOULBURN opposed the motion. The Bill had, it was true, a most plausible title, but he thought its principles were most pernicious. He thought, the Bill involved a dangerous principle, and was likely to prove an impediment in the way of administering justice. He was one of those who felt that oaths properly administered were well calculated to secure truthful evidence, and, except in the case of parties who entertained objections to the taking an oath o n the ground that it was opposed to the tenets of the- sects to which they belonged, no one ought to be exempted from doing so. Lately they had seen in courts of justice Pro testants and others objecting to the taking of an oath, for which,they were properly punished ; but the Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, by this Bill, declared that such parties, although they had by the articles of their Church admitted oaths were in accordance with the Scriptures, should be allowed to make affirmations, providing they were people of good character. But how was it to be decided that their characters were good ? How often had they seen certificates of good character given to parties whose characters were very doubtful? He said then that if this Bill passed, it would in many cases defeat the ends of justice and prevent the truth being arrived at. The Bill provided that every person liable at present to take an oath should have power to go before a magistrate and prove lie was of good moral character, and he should be entitled to a certificate enabling him ever afterwards to he heard upon affirmation instead of an oath. Now, would not such legislation, besides impeding the progress of justice and truth, tend to demoralise many branches of society ? The man who took an oath felt more dispose .l to tell nothini, but the truth than the man who did not; but pass this Bill, and that great moral influence would be destroyed, and many vin dictive and dishonest people would have an opportunity of swearing away the lives and properties of their victims with out being liable to a prosecution for perjury.— (Hear, hear.) He had stated to the House the principles and provisions of this Bill. lie would have done so at an earlier period had not indisposition prevented him, but he did trust thot those who had charge of the administration of justice in this country would oppose the exercise of the principle which it involved with the whole of their influence. The lion. Gen tleman concluded by moving that the Bill should be read a third time this day six months. Mr. PAGE WOOD regretted that the Right Hon. Gen tleman had not given his opposition in an earlier stege of the Bill, as the principle by the second reading had been af firmed, and its details had been recognised by the discussion in the Committee. In the time of William 111. the Quakers had become a very considerable body, and they had then been exempted from taking the oath of allegiance; and by the 7th and Bth William 111. they had been relieved from the necessity of taking an oath in civil cases. Ss the matter remained until the time of George IV., when an alteration was made as to criminal affairs. But although so long an interval had passed, it had not passed without serious objections. In a case tried before Lord Mansfield, for the recovery of damages —a qui tam action—an action, therefore, in the nature of a criminal proceeding—he had . lai I it down as a principle that the affirmation of an individual who was a Quaker, in criminal as well in civil proceedings, was valid.—(Bear.) Ile had himself presented several petitions both from the Mora. vians and the Separatists: The former of those bodies of Dissenters had been readily relieved, and of the latter there were only three congregations in England, four in Scotland, and sixteen in Ireland. Now, it was a fact, that each of these congregations only consisted of three indivi duals, so that in a community consisting of nine in England, twelve in Scotland, and forty-eight in Ireland, the whole of the relief was granted. Yet, notwithstanding these facts, relief was denied to those persons who had conscientious ob jections, and who were subject to grievous penalties. A person had nothing more to do than on his stepping into the wit ness-box to say that he had been a Quaker, or he had been a Moravian, and he was immediately exonerated from all the liabilities which this Bill was intended to remove. Was there ever a greater premium for dissent? There was a sufficient proof that the only persons who were at all likely to be affected by this Bill were those who acted from conscientious motives, and not those who entertained but few scruples respecting the sacredness of an oath. The fact was, that the public were the losers, for they lost the evi dence frequently necessary in judicial i nqu i r i :s , an d th e r i g h t decision was thus frequently lost in matters of the last impor tance. ac a sr s vu e Sp which e n i i et ho w il ha C ek h i nii t g h o u e asne c r The Honourab e Memb er t h en re f erre d to severa l was l i o m a t i h n ap; prepared a s acquitted and the wit ness committed, because th e l a tt er h a d consc i ent i ous n p d are w a as to th s a a t nc a tio s n ta ? Le ( o u f e t a h r e , hear.) One was that of a cabman who was charged with running over and causing the death of a person, but the only individual who sew the occurrence not taking an oath, he was committed and the prisoner dismissed.—(blear, hear.) He also alluded to several civil cases, in which the result was preci ely the same viz., a wit ness being committed and the action being lost ; and asked if such a state of things ought to be allowed to exist in a civilised country ?—(Hear.) It had been stated by an Hon. Member that persons affirmed things which they would not swear to upon oath, b ut to that he would answer, that there was not a s in g le instance on record of a person of a bad or villanous c haracter refusin g to take an oath, whilst there were many instan ces of p ersons of good Fharacter . doing so, and of giving their evide nce u p on affirmation.— (p ivide.) Mr. HENLEY said if he had previously entertained any doubt with respect to the propriety o f the Bill , it had been removed by the speech of the Hon. Member for Oxford, who, he thought, had not brought forward one single answer to the objections which had been made to it. A great many persons made statements more loosely and highly coloured in merely stating them than in making them on oath. Under the sanction of an oath they gave their testimony more carefully. Why did they not exempt persons from serving on juries who did not like to serve? He could see no distinction between them and persons who did not like to take an oath. If the Hon. Gentleman's Bill should become law, the Noble Lord, the Member for the city of London, might withdraw his Parliamentary Oaths' Bill altogether from the consideration of the House. He did think, taking the balance of conveniences and incon veniences respecting the taking of oaths, if they recognised the principle of this Bill, they might as well do away with the taking of oaths altogether.—(Cries of "Di vide," in the midst of which the Hon. Member resumed hi, seat.) The gallery was then, at a few micutes befora six. o'clock cleared for a division, when there appeared—, For the third reading ••• ''• ••• 70 Against it ... ... 46 Majority for the third reading ... —24 The Bill was then read a third time, but not passed, it being Six o'clock. The House then adjourned. • STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MaNcnrgrEa, Aram 17.—Since our last report, nothing whatever has occurred to afford the slightest relief to this market ; the general dulness has, consequently, become greater, and the pressure of a production not sensibly diminished by a local interruption, has caused a further subsidence in prices, except as regards certain articles for which the makers are under contract ; and for these the inquiry has fallen off. No understanding has yet been come to between the operatives and their em ployers at Stalybridge. ROCKDALE, APRIL 16.—There has been very little doing in the piece market today; few sales have been effected. and prices have been extremely low. The wool market has been quite as dull as that for pieces, and prices are rather in favour of purchasers. HUDDERSFIELD, APRIL 17.—The market to-day varies little in the woollen department from those preceding it for sorneNweeks past. In our Cloth Hall the wollen trade continuo brisk. We have also a decided improvement in our fancy, trade ; many orders have been given out, and almost all..oa,weavers are fully employed. The stock of wool in the' h4da of the staplers is generally reported to be low; and iser,sonl are anilously looking to the next sales. HAtwax,Apittr, 14.—The disturbed state of the continent has had iteeffed npfin cur market, and the demand for worsted gond< both 'plain and figured, is less active than it velkel 450 prices not having risen . equally wiLh 050.41:raativaLe,rial, have sustained no diminution. Yarns 'have receded` - a — little in - price, anti the blockade of the German ports cutting off all export, the shipping houses are quite out of the market. The spinners, however, are still fully employed on old orders, and the principal firms will probably be so for some weeks to THE - SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 19, 1849. come. 'I here is not much doing in wool, and prices are looking downwards. LEEDS, Arm 17.—The market for woollen goods is rather better than last week; and there is more business doing in the warehouses. AUSTRIA. General We]den left Vienna on the 13ih in hot haste for Hungary. It appears that on the 10th the Hungarians attacked Waitzen, the most important point of the position of the Imperial army, and that after an obstinate fight they com pletely defeated Windischgratz, and advanced to Comorn, where they have dispersed the besieging forces and effected a juncture with the garrison. The Imperial General Gotz was kille,l at Wuitz-n. It was rumoured in Vienna that the Russian: had agrtin entered Transylvania. PRICES (if stiAitES. :.1q BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANI ES' STUCK. From the Official rufaistiEn EVERY TUESDAY AND Fain:CY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 17. ICYCNT-STUCIL rd of Company. Oividend A=uunt per of Annum. Share. had' .tastralasia ........ Britsh North American Coylon .............. C antnercial of London C /lonia!, ........... Gloucestershire Laude and Westminstr London Joint-Stock ... i'rorincial of Ireland.. Ditto, National of Ireland .. Nat„Provnclal of Eng. Ditto, New. South Australia Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid ..... 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. 57. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent. 67, per cent. 64. per cent. I s. ti 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 ►OO 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 t. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 13 0 0 1Q 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 Z 5 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 21? 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Warne of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - X 8. d. Z 5. d. Albion .........• •• .• 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 61. per cent. IGO 0 0 11 0 0 21 Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - Atlas ......... ..... •• 135.6 d. pr eh. 50 0 0 5 6 8 15 British Commercial -78. per share 50 0 0 50 0 5% Clericl,Med.S3 Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 C mnty .. --••• • • • .• 31. 100 0010 0 0 - 14.. 50 0 0 50 0 - Eagle ...... ...... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 30 0 5% Eng.& Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - European Life •••• •• 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. - FamilyEndowmot Soc. 4/. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - Freemasons' ....• •• .• Cl. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 _ Globe ......... ••• • .• 61. per cent. Stock. - _... Giardian 5l. 100 0 0 36 10 0 45% Imperial Fire l2l per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •••• •• • • 128. 100 0 0 10 0 0 li Indemnity Marine •• 11.41. & bs. 100 0 0 513 1 - Law Fire •.••-.. •• •• . - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Low Life- -•••• •• II. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 lOs L,o,den Fire •••• • • • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 London Ship lO,. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Marine.. •••..•• •• • - 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Med. Invllcl&Gcn.Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 - Kational Lean Fund 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 - National Life • . - PAlladium Lite 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2101. Pelican .... • • •• • • .. • • - - - - t'bmaix - - 141 Pi otector Life •• .. -5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life •• •• - - 11. 53. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 26 Rock Life............ 53. 50 0 010 0 5% loyal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 180 S in Fire. - - 203 Ditto Life . •... - - 44 Universal Life ION pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 - Victoria Life ... - 40 0 4% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price; Annum. Share. 0. Charing-cross - X. 5. d. X. E. - 25 0 0 - Southwrk,NwSnb.Av - 632 12 5 - 1 34 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 4 Waterloo - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 81 ll. 53. 4d. - CO 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71 ll. Is. 2d. - 40 0 0 24 Vauxhall .... .- Av ll. 17s. 70 10 3 - 24 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Compaq. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - £ 5. d. £ N. d. C.unmarcial .....• - 75 East and West India 6l. pr cent. Stock. - 132 gist Country - - London . . - 111% Ditto Bonds. • •••• • • 41. per cent. - - - lt•Katharine ....•• •• 4 per cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds • • 4%1. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• -- - 21. per cent., 50 0 0 1 50 0 0 : - WATER-WORKS. ; Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ - £ 8. d. X a. d. East L0nd0n.......... 81. 100 0 0 - 11 - 3 Grand Junction ••• • - 21.108. 41 13 4 - Kent- ----•• •• •• 3/. lON. 100 0 0 - _ Lambeth •• •••••• •• •• 57. per ent. 100 0 0 - 07 New Itivr Lndn Brdge i 21. lON. - - 85 Vauxhall - .... • ..... I 51. per cnt. 100 00 j - ifO West Middlesex . • . ,61.01. pr cut. - I - 110 GAS-LIGPIT AND COICE CODIFIUVIES: Dividend Amount • Name of Company, per cf Paid. Frice Annum. Share. X. a. d. .4. s. d. British •• ••••—• • • • • • 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 00 i 16 Bristol .. .. ••..• • • • 101. per cent. 20 0 0 I i3righton —•...• • • • .. 61. per cent. •20 0 0 16 City of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 251 , :ontinentalConsoltdat. 925. pr share 10 0 0 29 1 0 21 Equitable .••.•• . . • • • • 15s. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 32 imperial ........ •• • • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66 Independent ....... • • 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 623{ London • • ............ 50 0 0 50 0 0 1*.,, 50 0 0 50 II i'limnix . •........... Si. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 2i Itatcliff ...• • .. ••• • • • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 76 United General —•• • . 4►41. pr cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 1214 Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 49 Ditto, New •• ••• • .. 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9)4 CdATILLS. • 4 e C N om am pa es ni o es f . Div: e d r end Names. of Divid „ nd • price. Companies. Annum Price ' v.• Annum. r. Ashtn& Oldh 97 1 71. - Macclesfield . 100 1 t 21. 10s. - Barnsley... • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 I 181. 340 lirknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Oxford ...... 100 20/. 185 Birmingham 35 41. 81 Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. - Coventry.. • • 100; 251. 210 Regent's • • 33 11. 53. 18% Derby ••• • • 100; 61. 63 itochdale...• 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 133: 563. 40 Somrset Coal 130171.105. 130 Erewash •• • 100 1 32/. - Do.LkFdSt 12161. p. c. - ,IrandJ unctn 100, 51. 80 Stffrfil &Wore 140 28/. 310 4randSurrey 100, 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 125 1 15/. - Grand Union 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridg.e.. 145 201. 285 Grantham .. 150, - - Severs and I Kentit & Avii, 39 Is. 6d. 53 Wye Rail. j 26 V. 03. 25 Loc.is& Livrpl 100 301. 320 Warwick&i Leicester .... 140 31. 6334 iiirming. j 100 41. 50 Lemstr &Nth 83 41. 45 Warwick& } 100 31. 41 mghborogh 142 701. 650 Igapton. yfonmoutlishlloo 81. - Worcstr lintgtmrysk j 100 - - Birming. 78 21. 41 JleitnM wbry I 100 - I - Wilts & Brks - li. 10 LIST OF SCOTTISH COIYIPANIES' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Faid. Price. Annum. Share. ---- 4 s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 192 laledonian Bank City of Glasgow tank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11/ Clydesdale Bank •••••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% Commercial Bank .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 18154 Eastern Bank ••••.• • • 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 C 91. 723 Edinb.loGlasgow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5% Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 60 0 0 32 fele of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank i34 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 131 Northof Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 71.170. North British Bank; 5O 0 0 10 0 0 4. s.OO Royal Dank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116 Union Bank Of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80U Western Bank ...... 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 73% Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 2 0 8 2 B.Accord.LiieandFire 20 0 0 011 0 9s Gd British Guarantee Ins. 4/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 118 60 Jaledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life.: 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 1 21. lis Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 17% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 Bs.6d. Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. SO 0 0 217 6 463 6d I Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 l2 Ensur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Cl. per cent. [OO 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 60 Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 208.60 North British Incur. 534 Lpr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 2214 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 170.60. Scottish Life and Guar. 20 0 0 011 0 ss. Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life 1 0 0 0 15 0 103.0 d Scottish Linton Insrace. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s Standard Life ...... • . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 854 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 155.0 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X. e. d. X. s. d. Australian Agrieulturl 100 0 0 30 0 0 - Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 45. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - 210 0 -. Canada ... • • . GI. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 Q 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - 7 - 7 City Navigation .... 10 . 1 4 Comp.Cppr MursEng. 51. percent. 100 0 0 70 ' Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& be, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 • , C) '.90 Equitable Reversienry 5 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0, 0 '94 Gen.SteamNavigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 London Institution ... - 78 15 0 ' - Russell Institution.... - 26 5 0 3 Peninslr& Orient.Stm. IL per cent. 50 0 0 50 9 0 64 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 54 South Australian .•••• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land . 100 0 0 23 0 0 I - The new bridge over the Ness will bo completed by he end of June. THE LATE Miss JEFEERIES.—The following bio graphical sketch, relating to the family of the murdered lady, has been handed to us by a correspondent : " The deceased Miss Jefferies derived her ori ginal property from her father, Mr. William Jefreries, heir to Mr. James Jefferies, who established himself as a builder, in Host-street, in the year 1752, and many years enjoyed the patronage of the Lippincots, and other respectable families of Bristol and its vicinity, dying about the year 1766. There may Set be a few Cathedral attendants who recollect the fine countenance of Mr. William Jefferies, as he stood before the monument of Bishop Paul Bush, with his Prayer Book resting on the table of that monument, which station he constantly occupied until he fixed his resi ,, ence at Staple-hill, in the parish of Mangotsfield s Glouester thirc,' —Farley's Bristol Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 18. (Sittings in Banco.) COLE V. ARADLEY AND OTAIERS, EXECUTORS OF COUNSEL. This case, which was of a rather singular description, was tried at Gloucester, before Mr. Justice Coltman, at the last assizo, - when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 1501. Mr. Sergeant TALIrOURD now . applied for a rule to show . cause why there should not be a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against the evidence. The ac ti on was b roug h t in • forma. pauperis, by a jobbing brewer at Gloucester, againit the two executors of Mr. George W. Counsel, who practised for a great number of years at Gloucester as an attorney, and who died at a very advanced age in 1844. The action was in assampsit to recover for the services - of , the plaintiff's - wife in reference to the testamentary dis. positions of the late James Wood, the banker of Gloucester, who died in 1836, and which were de- - scribed in the particulars of demand as services rendered by Mr ,f. Cole hetwe,ll Jan. 1837, and Augas•, 1841, for the purpose of substantiating Mr. Counsel's claim to a legacy bequeathed to him by Mr. Wood. The amount claimed Was 2061. 5i., being at the rate of 2s. 6d. a day, excluding Sun days and holidays; but there was a further claim for ex penses, which it was alleged Mrs. Cole had paid out of her husband's money for Mr. Counsel. Some time after the death of Mr. Wood a remarkable circumstance occurred. A Mr. Helps, of Batliali .1011, Surrey,:Teceived a paper pur porting to he a codicil to the will of the deceased, by which large legacies are given to several parties, viz., 6,01/01. to the c,rporation of Gloucester, 50,0001. to Mr. Phil putts, MP., ~ 000/. to Mr. Helps, the gentkinnan who received the codicil, and 10,0001. to Mr. Counsel, and various 'sums tc other persons. The will and the codicill were,. how ever, both repudiated by Sir H. Jen ner Fast, the Judge of the Ecclesiastical Court, in February, 1839, but or. an appeal being made to the Privy Council that judgment was reversed, and both the. will and codicil were considered valid, and' were received. 'Consequently -Mr.,Counsel received his legacy, but he died soon afterwards. The parties were then anxious to ascertain who it was that had sent the codicil, fur it was undoubtedly in the handwriting of the deceitsed, but it bad been partly b urn t an d def ace d, auld it was.anderstimd that by a former codicil, which could not be dissevered, as much as 200,000/Aad been left to the COrpo rati,n. Rewards of 5,0'10/. and 10,000/. were offered respec tively by the legatees and by the Corporation for the disco very of the person who had sent the codicil, hut they never succeeded in finding him out. Various persons in Gloucester were Anduced to incur great trcuLle, and sometimes expense, in_ endeavouring to entitle themselves to these large rewards. Mrs. Cole was an illiterate woma-, not being able to write her name, but she Vt%3 nearly related to James Wood, and, it appeared, had made herself very busy in the matter, and it was in evidence that Mr. Counsel had said to the town-clerk of Gloucester, that Mrs. Cole was a very' useful woman, and that he did not know how he should have done without her. It was also stated by witness that Mr. Counsel had said that he would give her 300/. when ho got his legacy. , The Learned Sergeant stated, however, although he admitted that she had taken much trouble in the matter, had gone several journies to get papers and in-; formation, that every claim she bad against Mr. Counsel had been fully satisfied. The CmEF BARON interrupted the Learned Counsel in his statement, and said the Court was of opinion, taking the evidenca which had been laid before it and the report of the Beamed Jtidge, that the question, if any, was :not one of right but one of quantity, and that it could scarcely be right to grant a new trial in such a case and incur further expense; 'fete application was accordingly refaced. BAIL COURT, April 18. (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) • WINNALL E. RETHEESTONHAUGH AND ANOTHER. Mr. WHEATLEY applied to his Lordship for a certiorari to remove an indictment for perjury into this court. The indictment had been preferred and found before the grand jury of Worcestershire, and it arose out of a suit in Chancery, which the plaintiff had instituted for the recovery of an extensive and valuable farm near to the city of Worcester, and which had been decided against himself. The perjury was alleged to be contained in the answer to that suit, but the real object of the indictment was not to bring a guilty party to justice, but to gratify the vindictive feelings of the plaintiff himself, who had kept his name out of the indictment in the hope of being summoned on the jury to try the case. For that reason, coupled with the fact that the indictment was likely to involve points of law and intricate matters, the defendants were anxioqs to have it tried in this court. • Mr. Justice COLMIDGE granted the application, and d. rected the writ to issue on the defendants putting in bai themselves in 1501. each, and two sureties in 501. each. IN RE EDWARDS. PASIILEY moved for a writ of certiorari to bring up the order of two Middlesex magistrates, adjudging a Mr. Robert Edwards to be the father of a bastard child, and an order o: sessions awarding the costs of an appeal, with the view of their bang quashed, on the ground that they were oad and informal. The bastardy order was bad, inasmuch as it did net state that the evidence upon which it was founded was not taken before the defendant or his Solicitor, while, with regard to the order of sessions awarding ccsts, it was clearly bad, as no appeal was heard. The de fendant gave notice of an appeal, but an objection was taken to the form of the notice, and the objection being held good, the appeal fell to the ground. It was clear then that no appeal was heard, and the Court of Sessions had, therefore no power to award costs to the mother of the child. kr. Justice COLERIDGE granted a rule nisi. DAVIS V. LLOYD. _ _ _ Mr. PsAnsom applied to his Lordship for a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue against the plaintiff for disobeying an order of the Court. The case itself was an indictment for perjury, but the defendant being ignorant of who his accuser. was, he obtained a rule in February last requiring the complainant to furnish him with the nature of his pro fession or occupation, or quality and description of his place of abode. The rule required the information to be supplied within three days after its service, but although it had been served so far back as the 28th of last February, no notice whatever had yet been taken of it. Mr. Justice COLERIDGE granted a rule nisi. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 18. (11,ings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Justice WILDI, and Justices COLIMA N, CRESS WELL, and WIL LIAMS.) SAINTEX V. FERGUSON. - 2.Ylc. Sergeant CIIANNELL said, in this case, which was tried hefore Mr. Justice Creswell at Chester, and a verdict found for the plaintiff for 50C1., he had to move on the part of the defendant for a rule to show cause why a nonsuit should not he entered, or for a new trial, on the ground of mis direction, or to arrest the judgment. TIM result of this application would depend on the construction to be placed on a short agreement entered into between the plaintLl and defendant. The agreement was in these words : In consideration of Joseph Denbigh Sainter, of Maccles field, surgeon and apothecary, being willing to engage me, the undersigned W. E. Ferguson, as an assistant to him as a surgeon and apothecary; 1, W. E. Ferguson, promise the said .7. D. Sainter, that I will not at any time practise in my own name, or thot of any other person or persons, as a sur geon in Macclesfield, or within seven mil es thereof, under the penalty of 50C1. ; and I, the undersigned J. D. Sainter, do agrea to engage W. E. Ferguson as an assistant to me as a surgeon and apothecary on the terms aforesaid." Qae point which he (Mr. Segeant Channel!) had to submit on that agreement was, that the contract, supposing it were otherwise binding, was a contract which only restrained the defendant from practising as a surgeon during the time he was in the employ of the plaintiff. Secondly, he submitted that this agreement was a void agreement, upon the ground that it was in restraint of trade, and not supported by a good consideration, and for want of mutuality; and the objection he made was, that there was no obligation on the part of the plaintiff to employ the defendant, so as to consti tute a good consideration. lie submitted that the declaration which set out this agreement was bad, inasmuch as the con tract was nudum pactum. The COURT refused the application. POLICE IN'T'ELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-S TRE ET. A few days ago a cabman named Roland, applied for and obtained a summons against a female calling her self the Count .sa of Carlisle, fur refusing to pay him his fare. Yesterday the cabman presented himself before Mr. Hardwick, to state :that the summons was not obeyed, and he wished now to have a warrant against ber pre sumed ladyship. A letter, of which the following is a copy, :71 - . - 6 brought to Mr. Hardwick. " T.ie Countess of Carlisle presents her compliments to Mr. Hardwick, having received a summons with his s.;gnature attached, for money claimed by a person calling himself Henry Roland, begs to say that she completely protests against the charge, under:the following grountis. In ,:ke first instance, as a married woman she is not liable to be sued for any debts she may contract, so (bad the man been refused payment) it was to the Earl of Car lisle he shouid have applied. In the second instance, Lady Carlisle told this Henry Roland, until Lord Carlisle's re turn to London, which she expects to-day or to-morrow, he bad not the means of paying him, as her purse, contain ing all the ready money she possessed, was taken off the table in her sitting-room by some of the inmates of the house in which she is lodging. In the third and last in stance, Lady Carlisle believes that a summons should be personally served, which was not the case in this in stance, as it was handed to her at a late hour last night by a servant in theshouse named Susan. With all due respect to the authority of the bench, the Countess, under theta circumstances, declines to attend at Marlborough street Police-court to-morrow.-32, St. Martin-street, Leicaster-square." Mr. HARDWICK said he was quite ignorant of there being any Countess of Carlisle, the wite of the Earl of Carlisle. Anybody might choose to call herself a countess or a duches s , and he could only suppose that the Person who had written this letter must be labouring under some kind of mental delusion. TLe cabman said he was hired by the Countess from the Spanish Ambassador's Chapel. He took her Lady ship to a house in Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, where her Ladyship stopp e d t wo or three hours. He then drove her Ladyship to a gentleman's house in Eaton place, where her Ladyship stopped three quarters of un hour, and where she had called for money, as she said. Complainant then drove her Ladyship to her lodgings in St. Martin-street, and he was desired to go away, as there was no money for him. Her Ladyship was per fectly sober while in the cab. Mr. Mu:swim ordered the cabman to have a second suremona, and directed an intimation to be conveyed to the defendant that if disregarded some peremptory steps would ha taken. SOUTHWARK. Donovan and Powell, the two men charged, with two other men (not in custody), in criminally assaulting an d robbing Mrs. Eliza Seal, the wife of a commercial tra veller, in Coleman-street, were brought before Mr. Cot gingham for re-e:tamtnation on the charge. A solicitor handed in a certificate of the complainant's illness, arising from the outrageous nature of the assaults committed on her, and said that he received the deco raerit from the medical man, and that such was her bad health at present, that she was quite incapacitated from attending the present examination. - - An inspector of the City p,lice said, that in conse querce of having observed au account of the exqtnitia tion of the prisoners in the newspapers, he considered it his 6-uty to attend for the purpose of communicat ing tliat on last Sunday night week (the night it was alleged she was turned out by her husband), she was takr , n into custody by a policeman, who found her at a late hour of the night in a state 'of intoxication in the stree~, and she was confined in the Bow-lane sta tion-house until the morning. The inspector added, thtSt lbe Iceman gave the name of Eliza Seal, and that if he saw her he should be enabled to say whether she j was the female up on w h om t h e alleged outrages /Au be n perpetrat e d. The policeman said that the complainant had already stated that after having been turned out of her wage by her husband she went over to Walworth, and sleo at the house of her laundress. The latter had also cor firmed the fact. Mr. COTTINGUAM said that even admitting the cool' plainant wa3 intoxicated on the night in question, theta w•, no doubt that advantage was taken of her situatkoh and that most brutal outrages were committed upon her. The certificate that had been produced described thtat the unfortunate woman was unable to attend, theret. re he should remand the prisoners; but upon this - occasion he would have no objection to admit them to bail, to appear nn Al , nday next, themselves in 401. , and tw° sureties of 201. each. The prisoners, however, not being in a condition to find the raquired sureties, writ" Jew to gao►. FROM TI - i.E LONDON GAZETTE OF WESDAY. I)IVIDEN DS. At the Court, Basinghall-street: J. E. Smith, J. R Ecard, and R. T. Smith, Cheapside. warehousemen, Ma) 8. at half-oast twi.lve—R. T. Cheapide, wiro•honseman, May 8, at one—W. IC Ys' Robert's-place, C ead, East, linen an; wooden draper, Mary 8, at nalt.past eleven—W. 11. Hammond , Ltmehoit , e, engineer, May 8, at eleven—W, Br alts, Great gaeen-street, Lincoln's Inn ti. his, carver abd gilder, May 10. at twelve—L. Boyd, Spitsl square, sil k manufacturer, May 8, at twei,ve—S. Kean and W. Lalir ford, Pent• nvil!e, brewers, May 8, • t Waro• trpcht, BI e.l4heath, , boArdieg h , .1.0 keeper, May 8. ' t twelve—J. Shoreditch, clothier and tailor,. Ma) 8, at one—W. CL,rkson, Bo l der treet., Moot and sh, we' nufacturer, May 8, at tme. . • In the eotintry. - - P. Fisher, Bristol, ironmonger, May 10, at eleTen, at the Court, Bristol—Z. Laikh, Manchester, tea and collet merchant, May 10, at eleven, at the CoUrt, Manches+or —W. Fordyce, Ne*ca.tle-upon- Tyne, bookseller, MC) 8, at half-past eleven, at tho. Court. Newcastle•.up_o . n-Tyve —Emma Tomlins, NeWland, Gloucestershire, grocers May 4, at eleven, at the Co ur t, Bristol. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. T. Turner, Sheffield, grocer, 9d., any Tuesday, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the offices Of Hope, Leeds. W. Reminngton, R. Stephenson, D. R. Remington , and J. P. Toulmin, Lotubard•street, bankers, lid. , names beginning with letters from A to K, on Thursday' , the 26th inst., and from L to Z, on Friday, the 270 inst., between the hours of twelve and tfiree,at the oft' of Mr. Stansfeld, Ba , inghall-street. R. Grimbly, Banbury, Oxfordshire,, wine and spirit merchant, 6s. Bd., Thursday, April 19, and three foliar ing Thursdays, between the hours of twelve. an d three , at the office of Mr.- Stansfeld, W. Gorton, St. Peter's chambers, Cornhill, merebanf , 3p. on Thursday, April 19, and three following Thug' days, between the hours of twelve and three, at the cag e of Stansfeld, Basinghall-street. W. Stiles, Lisle-street, Leiceater-square, coppersmith , Bs., on Thursday, April 19, and three following ,Thury days between the hours of twelve and three, at the 0 013 of Mr. Stansfeld, Basingball-street. . T. Southall; Tipton, Staffordshire, iron master, 2s. 10do any Friday hetweeathe hours of eleven and three, at tb ° office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham. - NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court, Basinghall-street. Q. Workman, St. George's -place, Water-lane, Bris" ton, beershop keeper, May 9, at, twelve—J; butbnot, Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate street Witbit City, and Albany, Piccadilly, merchant and agent, 1118 'A 9, at two—T. N. Brown, tter-lane,- pawnbroker, se: Throgmorton-street, City, stock and share broker, BIN 8, at eleven. In the Country. C. Reeves, Bath, marble mason, May 10 at eleven, the Court, Bristol—H. IL DancCocks, Stenhouse. an d Great Netherton, Glo ucesters hi re, coal dealer and timbS merchant, May 10, at e l even , at . the Court, Bristol"' Stothert, Abchurch-lane,. City, and Maesteg, Glamor ganshire, iron manufacturer, May 1, at twelve, at th. Court, Bristol—W. Wallace and G. DOrrnand, Sundec land, butchers, May 8, at half-past t we l ve , at t h e Coi n Newcastle-upon-Tyne—F. Tombs, Cheltenham, mille r ' May 10, at twelve, at the Court, Bristol—T. Ives, MI; field, Yorkshire, dyer, May 8, a t one , at t h e Court, Ler —J. Rhodes and J. Rhode s , Rochdale, Lancashire, (I °'' toss spinners, May 10, at t we l ve , at the Court, Maache,rl t• :r—D. Evans, jun., Liverpool, coach builder, May 9t5 eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—H. Coon, Chester, W i ..., merchant, May 11, at elev. n, at the Court, Liverpoo%l J. Staddon , Holsworthy, Devonshire, grocer, Max It; eleven, at te Court, Exeter—J. Barber and A. Big' Martock, Somcrsetshire, ironmonger,; May 10, !doll at the Court, Exeter—P , H. W e bb er, B . J. Webber, ¢° H. Webber, Newton Abbot, Devonshire, ironfounLer,. " May 10, at one, at the C our t, Exeter—a: Periam, A % t : ter, porter merchant, M a y 14, a t e l even, at the C o ur t Exeter—W. E. Holmes, Lichfield, Staffordshiee_, Oa ° maker, May 15, at eleven, a t th e C ourt , Birming ham'" At the Court of Review, May 8. , F. Marshall, Sunderland, chemist—J. Wintle, Sh" . hampton, Gloucestershire, innkeeper—G. J, 'Glssuet° ith Brunswick-street, Blackwall, Poplar, shipwright Summers, Cambrid ge , ca bi ne t ma k er —J . S wi n , Manchester, plumber—W. G. Henf re y, Coventry, ye ar u wickshire, druggist—W. S. Clarke, Dorking Surra printer—F. teake,Regent-street,St.Jartaetsh,earndwrou7or: yard, Sr. Ann. Westminster, relieve turer—P. Coxford, M a ry' s - p l ace, H ertford. road, timber merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. 0. Robinson, A. Robinson, and J. S. Rus elll g ig' wall, engineers, (so far as regards H. 0. Robinson)" A , Mallinson and C. Morris, architects, Chester—x• Thomas and Efts Thomas, Banbury, soilliners -- 0 Sissons and I. Ald re d, Ilkeston, Dcrbyahire, lace nak ed —D. R. Jones, and J. D av i es , C armart h en, ironmonj tic —W. S. Bird, E. Gillilan, and G. Asht on , N e w I° —J. Stott and J. Inman, Huddersfield, woollen mantl i° turera—R. Martin, and T. F. G as k e ll , Manchester, drrA salters—G. W. Bower, and H. Bower, Sheffield, ti w r and letter founders—H. Caslon and H. W. Casio% 0 ,,t1 vt ell -street, Finsbury square, type founders—J. In t) and J. Cook, Chelmsford, hair dressers—J. SmurthWil'j, st-)d J. Fairbridge, jun., Sunderland, ship brokers , s „ f King and H. King, - Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire, tiol"" dealers—J. Carter and J. Strofton, Swallow-piece, 0; ford-street, veidors of patent medicines—J. Batei t .. . l3 j Bate, and Harriet Smith, Birmingham, hosiers haberdashers—J. Dalglish and A. C. Bleaymire, Sau tb ampton, shipping agents—C. Champ and W. C. Ba lsa l ,, ,„Wallingford, B er k s hi re, hatters and furriers — T • Betts and S. M. J ones, Bi rmingham, factors and gol e „4 commission merchants—W. H o ll an d, J . Holland, 6:i J. Holland, Brighouse, Yorkshire, worsted spinners r , Archer, Ben., and J. A rc h er, j un., Peckham, coal Woe chants—J. Pt nist on an d J. S peed, Liverpool, ..,13°04 grinders—T. Jon es an d D. J ones, M anchester, j o b and builders—J. Woodh ea d an d A. Patchett, i3scup, joiners. ___ INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. 4 4 Charles Town, Littl e C o ll ege - s t reet . Upper Tliao3w street. Robert Owens, Southampton. James Balmforth, Clayton, Yorkshire, weaver. William Swann, Little Horton, Yorkshire. Sarah Williams, Pensarn, Denbighshire. Jol'n Jones, Mold, Flintsbire, watchmaker. Isaac Coleman, New Romney, Kent, tailor. James Bayley, Orford, Lancashire, attorney. Thomas HoHands, Liverpool, butcher. Robert Baron, Hyde, Cheshire, brazier. Duncan Buchanan, Weston, Cheshire, schoolmaster. William Mendenhall. Bath, laceman. George Blacker Sherborne, Bath, organ builder. James Curtis, Yeovil, Somersetshire, harness maker. William Hobbs, Sibton, Kent, land agent. George Ings, Salisbury. SCOTCu SEQUESTRATIONS. ril B. Tourniare, Edi n b urgh, riding master, to meet AF 17 and May 15, at two, within the York Hotel, g' 4 " burgh. H. Adamso n an d J . L . C. Carmichael, Leven, g roc er; to meet April 21 an d M ay 12, National Hot e l, Ki r k ca l dy. W. L. M`Phi nn , Gl asgow, bill broker, to met APf, 23 and May 21, at one, with i n the Star Hotel, Gls' g°;,4 T. Hender s on, Gl asgow, d raper, to meet Apr il 23 11 May 17, at, twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Gl a sgovr• at two, within Rob ertson R. Urie, Paisley, manufacturer, to meet April S ti May 14, at twelie, within th e S aracen ' s Head i no , Paisley. ___..... BIRTHS. . _. _ H. . th e e ur l te 4 i t s h , E in s s q t. „ , m a . t p 7i o n f dm a i s l o l t i a l n l, d S h u e s i s r. e 44 Sussex, the lady f Mr' On the 14th i ns t ., at P entonville, London, the wife °- J. Ralfe, of a son. On the 14th i ns t., th e lady of G. Roch, Esq., of Butter -Ol- t Pembrokeshire, of a son. C istolh On the 15th inst.,at D orse t-s qu a re . th e w if e of E. %-() Esq., late 15th (King's) Hussars, of a son. , wort' On the 16th inst., Mrs. Henry Birch Reynard l on, of " lodge, Bexley-heath, of a son. • O* On the 16th inst., at Glocester-road, Hyde-park-ga the wife.of J. H. Briggs. Es ,of a dauhter. 1 40 4 On the 16th inst., at Tqavistock-sqguare, Mrs. It° Neate, of a son. gra On the 16th inst., at Park-hill, Carshalton, the LW' 0. W. Lambert, of a son. ---- RRIED. On the 17th inst., at St. Thomas's, Stamford-hill, --,Tl llis n or, Oliver, younger son of Th omas Dodgs n, Esp., of.,V Clapton, Middlesex, t o L ucy E l i zabeth, second dauenrp Henley Smith, Esq., of the same place, And of the Kt' Isle of Wight. oe, On the 17th i ns t., a t the Scotch Church, River-ter fl to Islington, th e R ev. Wi lliam Young, 8.A., of BeverlePter Charlotte, daughter of David Allan, Esq., of CoalPt °l/. race, Islington. . n olio On the 14th i ns t., a t S t. P eter ' s Church, Tivertoo, ' m William S. Jones, Eq., of Malme s h ur y, Wil ts, to Eli ef at z be scio Mary, younger daughter of John Augustus Aldermlitnt of Tiverton. r leA On tfo 18th inst., at his house in Portland place; 4 - 1 '" Littledale ' r q , aged 71. 9 3, On the 10th inst., at Ilfracombe, North Devon. agyadill Captain Walter F. 'Goodwyn, late of the Hon. Di st Company's Service. On the 14th inst., aged 82, Richard White, E os ‘ 3°' Esq., of street, Strand. 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