The Sun. — London, England, 1855-05-10 00:00:00

\.7 - 7_2 114. 1 ,1 ri r ... ° 31-311ali CIA.L INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoca. oleell!Leiotton Market at Liverpool yest r e e n.laz Ittd s„,,,—,l7,firtnly, and prices of American are 4 file s •••"' t ( I. per lb. dearer than ]a-t week. The phi oh , estimated at 18,000 bales (2,a , on ti l i:eciiia c " tilvnenre), e t e a na ke p n ris tr o. export, and 6'5 7 an _Pinyli:efpa.terlsb.d. to 61d , b l 3 o 9 o 9 B P al e i r ia na a m t a 6 n ,i ci d. :l\ , I,loo ar to lid . "lan at 6d. to 9 id., and 3,000 Surat at 3. The Railway Share Market was t firm, 114,1hleorsed at an advance of 4, to i per klee of e !'as not been any increase in the .aftend *lieu° tut he r home or foreign buyers at the Indigo ord e 118 ) and there is a =infest absence of Russian t 04.11, alth , tin,, 7°ugh the German houses and ownou h r ede_ nv e ,.i . l to purchase to a fair extent. of th e° ill A•Pril have amply made up the deSciency T lie:quarter of the year. The value of sugagr, has liolt 7 , 113. L a, Yton, Rulbert, and Co., inform u . ._, hn eitieja earl recovered what it lost upon theimp h ave & of the new duties. The imports of_ sugar ow 8114441141 off materially, and the stock n With 1:141 increase of only 2,148 tons, comparedh fine e (ll4l iti t Y e ar, at the same date. ve, and °I Plantation Ceylon coffee have Te been tetlne,4ll4,l,t:le quantity in imp a•trs' bands much ts a goie et ..ne stock of coffee was 139,299 ew Th . e kteekofl7B,B36 cwts, at this time last year. Year, ° tie ° is 4,968 tons, against 15,205 tons last °I that f saltpetre the stock is 6,600 tons in excess The °,!.1854. ht ef 8.,.(9 Victoria, which left Adelaide on the b oar h:a,lluay, has arrived with 30,0001. in gold, ~._°04(12-5un,,,,'11n Rullett, from the same place, has on ) 7 41 ting, ~,,)7/. in specie, and 198 oz. in bullion e ,_ ~,,- ' l 44 's ta"1"1 Yesterda 's arrivals from Van Di VU N o nit', about 30 0 37 000/. In addition to this, 'II,IEII St ate his this week been received from the the I:hig dap e 8) and 4 0,0001. from Brazil, 47 - ,c. . 11.1threretvvvineenita. se a 7nd annual meeting of ,ti.the.low ~ Y l - B kof England was held el'_ establ. h 414 W 18 Merit in Bishopsgate-street. The i t : 1)141 , a3Whit4l,lell b y J. F. Laurie, Esq. From the JPl:lek.,2'„was received with much satisfaction,. IC So 'nat the bank of Messrs. Kinnersly km, nw at N , ove r t ew castle-under-Lyne . , had been ih ng4 ( l , ana ° ,, t ile National Provincial Bank . .. of TiPPo i rted -- b ' 'ltt this branch was now cordially b een e busi ness t he customers of the late firm. ° f traiuf o f the branch at Plymouth had ih' the fn err ed to the branch at Devonport. b...-4the 00,74)(300 shares allotted to applicants I% l tet 'IY, 3 , 9 17 had been recently sold at the h 1,44 Prennuin of 6/• a share, yielding to 7 t 3l e . of sl . Ge w a Profit of 23 ,5021., from which 74 Preli •48 aPPropriated to wiping off the balance Nt lill arY IN. (Im2Bl.eoxspe6ndse)s, and the remainder of the tl i .1 4 , . • . was added to the reserv e e , ece,„ pits of the war, the general .businesspast t:ar, ti' l l'a e ritlY had been very successful in d th e e tie p ns, ttl i t 73,2 7 8 9 t 7 t Profits for 1854, after alldei 14,,' on 31„', 4 5• ld. The rest, or undivided pr od.B(1 -11 th . '' lj ee• 1854 was 3s. ‘b il le hitt, .-- , a4 of 8 it the directors declarednoww t a divi ether with a I,,,_ti Of G eer r cent, per annum, . IZ 4 Port P c ent, both to be paid eg in July next. 44'''cl was adopted and a vote of thanks was t ,4ani?ththe directors, ' and to Mr. Daniel Rober - R cl O,ity d°ll,l3,Teers of the establishment, for their 41'4 t .:4 , ,ii,„" . ', 1 „g the past year. Wilt '" ecurities thew has been no large fi ttl b , °lb w t ,I.•iteeou loess done, apart from the . settlemen 0. 1 04 of ! i t) and which has resulted the sus ,4hort.':other broker, but not of old in standing. ending the Ctotiiiet:lens of the current account, thebk_lisfer L!°o!asequence of the early see closing of t writing in ob. 41,111044'aulaliase, a fio c r ui t a li ti e ip p r purpose the dividends l thetrieie te, el, !Peula.tors, having precisely the market y thk'%l„l:4l4ions and sums of It (1 Y Woulici _tt,a,turally. be reluctant to operate as 11 ° :?tith to„wnen their bargains had to be adjusted iiti v. ktiv e oi!,[ird. Now there butare hieh th l e B y c d o a u y l s d , ktok.,.. Q,04.,..ti11e Sundays, during which since BbBiee! i`refer73l.lgl:veribeesnfBoBr, j ay "3'o, have India be°(l4.l&elloquerP Bills realise Bs•P Caennts. have 484 tee , t , F or , 0• um• The New 3 P er upon the l't. l s ol4 '‘tirki:ll 3o&? nrities have been neglected, and 11 4 : 6,. ‘44 have advanced to 74 n a t n ' l 4t -'" the t • h Government D i4 k l 44% bee - * h e w I n o g a l n is o f 3,ooo,ooaonled-aS i'salout to .H ar a d l i f. n p ia e n r 15 ' 1 1 413 . at 86 Dutch Two /4, 4ve bee . 63' to 1 . %mat% h a ..._ 1 1 , quoted h p re e e . IV. at s• been dealt 4 in at 361 S , p a a i i i l d is t h h il e NO folloN;th• e 4„ ke ; •,, 2,,,;-0 rell -4ar e the nominal p cs rle t e o s of foreign foreign Per cl to 21 preferred Bonds - . 41 to e L t k, 4,7 t o Zuv ,s i o , n , 67 to 69 ; ditto Three C littO 1 , ; 11.11%11 -la avian, Four per Cents., . 441 i ii °u„ swa n per Cents., 98 to 100 ;. „`•:ent 8 R W e /V De a i --at Per Cents., 87 to 89 ) 4 Jitt 8 " 'vi to 361err.hed, 18 to 18i ; Ditto 3 per 11 ' 1 1 ° P4B°i ' v e, ;ft ; ''' i t to Certificates, 31 to 4i • t o , p last 1,9. ,_o 4 . 4114 ( late eek 8 r ailw ar e k ro ay receipts ascertained up G„ 411(1 figures as under :- I, z _ at Westernkuh , 1855. 1854 5 . 8 'net].este r , i • ............. £25,816 .2,..24'4.310 )ai nth Westeril ••••••••••• .......... 57,477 D ''' 2 filth.ik:ll '"•••• .............. 14,361 13'47 d ..... laed..„at t i f : L••• e . r .: ll.. ....... : ... . .... .. ............ 2 12 4 , , 6 5 1 7 8 9 r et:*4 • ..... •-- .................. 15,808 24,148 11946 15,425 tAti N otrh • • • •••"" • • • ................... 11 552 0 Nhir e er a l l • ......... , 17,553 44444 -1'..13.;1;i11; ............ ?9 ', ,M. 8,5 1 11,02 1 6 1 tillle 44.eirli ••••••••••••r ............ 29,312 28,060 Tb Wil°l ° l wa.3r Spar . has . been weaker on tll s ki dl4 4 l (t pri licipall 1 the limited business. 1)1 lo o Greatand North Eastern have been rather alat, all, Western of Canada Shares are 40 4 1 4 1 ted ku als R xi ° -chide and East Indian. I tte 0 11 1. elan Mine are dull. Union of Lon "N. are In. request. General Screw Steam 84,,,, `g4tt .11N1-1------------------_ a _a , r , akt r e (Pr t he DAY kbeir ( Olt It fFr i th e ov, „ AT ONE O , OLf )/ . t 4h. t vqZt, o e .s atte ed A uit'al Lift, ) ii'F per eeilsoia .4711111liti„ Bnqiness done q t . Ait• u• A t `itie. ''''''' •• ... 87$ I N u _ 30 yea's e.izlitniities - ......... • .... 88,' $ V, 30 e , P r e sth j" — • .......... 87 3 3 1 t„ l bitt;okt i ars. ilPire To , • 1 1 1 1 .. 18W6 ... 3/ 4 i 8 114?181/11114e41°00ZPire 5 t j °e t.) 189 .. 3- 4 11-16 14 , 144 . e r e t i .......... an., 1860_ 41 440,101i4;.r. .... .2,ai, ................ 17 *kell... i ... 18, i...ut....... .................. 888 i 1174 t.„ .... 14 . ............. gpm ................... ••••••• . • 8 ttltz t , 11 (;.n . (1 . 8 1 1 ' 3 '6; ....... ....................... 8 1 Per Cent. 1114111014.8"EIGINT .5 15 /UNDS AT ONE O'CLO7 , K. %`'ltlev i , —, p ez 3 ;, C ent.. ....... . to r 13 ef e ,— 'eut Dl sh Ur4 tl e AC 4id t ' 3 per Cent t lBi tth Il b k - ro t 0 e r cent 36 p, )11 . of Coup• not fu n . 4p c ....... _ 4 blttS, ( k ilitia s e ,, c outt b ._hge, tle above oay . a . nie in Lon 7 on Oe t V,P,er Cent. 12 Gull 63i ''' r titLeates . .... HALF-PAST Two. ; . • count. . . ........................ 3 88 üb ) , k 8 -PPING_—(THIS DAY.) q)l4, alltodk%y tN t , T h :Nte 2.--" ind and weather this day .t l no su on n: Attie Ba'~pz Was a re i !z a e v , with alternate clouds and n y fall of rain daring the a night. Qt l , 4 l o 4 ti tt " , u• Wind, S.S.W. ailed—Solent, 34% f or 9 S. Arrived—Grace, from 10 A t'It °r Chatham 14 4 °111 8 ; Panola (transport, No. tt„. At ay Nit 1 011 , i tol4 S.S.W. Arrived—August ( lo. ; 4_o Janeiro ; J. E. Walsh, Matanzas ;. V 4 4 4 ' k taa Irvine, Santos; John Reux, 'l ll ak i b 4 3 , 9 . A l'e k t heik rt . t g, Arrived—Howard, , 0 14 1 / 440 la evv York, with considerable uamage, jyt ay .e„t with a large vessel. of th '.---Arrived—Ranne3, from Buenos , e cargo of the Adeline, from Cette to 9 `4 - ' ' w ent t• ' , Oilb e ceti o' pieces near the Land's End last ved. 4 Nla B, k to ' w t _h , ,19,:"--The Portuguese brig Gram Para, ck we on shore at Freshwater on the 7th "W Wte ,httiTobut the greater part of cargo will be k o me t —o llth , a e' SW. Arrived—Erin, —ollth, t°r Run, assisted dismasted, having the Two Brothers, of Newcastle. 4 41 4 1 3 1 41 4 4 1VI ' I WS—(71118 DAY.) iu- i ; --- --o—____ ;‘l44.ltit,tlTl': Ax il ;:'-ciAT MARKETS. tp I :04 , - Of il,eat -,MADENIIALL.—We had a slow sale for h o 84 "., , 2 c l to ias follows: —Beef from 3s Od to 4s Od ; 'itistiTti ) ' 0 1•1t, ' 441 ; laws: —Beef, 4s Bd P to 6s Od ; Veal, 3s 8d i,, s e t, 2d to 4s 4d t. tgi i t .' `L , ay 9,, per Sibs, by the carcase.. • ,, t 4 11 14 itla of •---10-day's market was fairly supplied l a , a a , at e st oc k b a 4 vto . a follow • The general demand was in a i t cp4 , ori c lfid 8 :—Beef, from 3s 2(1 to 4s 6d ; Mut sTla d t o "Thp 5s Ocl to 6s 2d ,• Veal 4s Od to ,tio tt ,Z. to d'ay. , 4 s 4d per Blbs to sink the offals. %I t a " zi the tr a d e .--- We were fairly ' supplied with stock ) , 1. 4 d ;l ,to 4, 01 ruled dull, on easier terms. Beef, q„ r e t v, 4, c u tton, 3s 6d. to 5s 0(1; Lamb, 5s Od t °la s tore 4 ,ll i Bd ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 2d per ilt % r e's, 20s to 25s each. 4 ttn A r trt 6oti ' •,./. o i ll to • S. r.b a.......11Z.A.ead0y MAR KET , ti - Nt "' Oa . W haY, 21 18s to 51 03 Od ; clover iti,, i ,.._s a u ,,,, , and l/ 59 to 1/ 103 per load. rt, 3, t4 LA N t'y'Y and a • No osi , b.__ u , steady trade. ~ Nt ar t , ‘ 0 5e is -Lea ctr-rw hay, 31 03 Os clovei litt o ll iTt o *,, ; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per load. 4431 o, 4 ' 4 4zz i. ‘,.. 4 eron_ t° ei ' le adow hay, 21 16s to 5' OS ; clover -•.nd O s; and straw, 11 5s to 1. 103 per load. A RE MA R. KRTS (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. BD Rinm done this day. RAILWAY , . 25 St. 20 St. all all 100 100 Norfolk Northn.Counties iTn North British North Devon, No. 1 Du., No. 2 !)0., a A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed N. Eastern—Bendel: Do. do. Extension .. Do.do. G.N.E. Burch Do. Leeds Do. York North London.. Do. New £lO N. &,S.Wstrn. stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western... N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales . S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun Do Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton k Darlin Stu Aton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Prof., No. 1 Thames Haven Doct ' and Railway Vale of Ncath Waterfa. & Kilkenny Waterforcl&Limerkk West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace I'West London Wirabledn &Croydon Irabg. Nottng. Box: and Easta. Junct !lclfast & Ballymena Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. (is Birk , £5O and £25 Cons. Do., ...... Myth &Tyn3origina £25 (issd. at £45 Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carmarthen and Car digan Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pass Cornwall Orieff Junction Dnblin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth ctsAb ,, Been Junction Do. New....... East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A Stock 10 Do., B. Stock 1i Do., New A....., A. Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles , Edin. Pith &Dundec t 7 ortb & Clyde June Furness Do. Extension Glasgow &S. Wester]; Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rail Gua. Stk Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh Do., Wst. Riding Un Liv.Creby.&Southpt London & Blackwal Lond. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lo/. 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Westn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.& Lineln Do. f Shares, No. I Do., Man. & Lin. Un Midland 1)o. Birmng. & Derby Midld. G. West. (Ire.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. &llrfd Newry & Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor 19 /.0 4 - 4i - 14 - 131 14i - 15. 9 - 8a 87 -8) 59 - 60.} 12i - 13. 7 - 9 ... - ... 5 - 4 5i - 6 14 - 15 11i -11 i 30 -- 32 20 - 22 71i 72. 51 56' 2d par 18 20 67 - 69 89 - 90 73 - 75 23 - 125 92 -94 64 - 64:3 58 - CO 65 -- 70 5 -- 7 5 -- 7 764 -76 ii .. - ...~ 7 -- 98 —9 98 -- 98 id -- id 1 -- 80 81 , 10i 9i -- 801 23 - 23 7 - '8 69 - 40 - 42 11 9 la 2 ii : i'6 272 ... 282 71 72 7i 7 41 3 12 ? , : 13 47 48 48 50 id—par id i 1 5i 4i 6 64 1d 1 ar 25i -26 i 98 LT no 64 - 66 44 - 46 12 - 13 59i 60 27 - 28 5 - 3 3 - 1 - 38 ... '-' 17 18 3 - 4i i - 8 .. . . Ei :of • FOREIGN. Antwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Eastn. June Beziers to Graissessac Bombay, Baroda, and Central I ndia , Scrip Central of Italy Demerara Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. Extension Do. 4} p. c. Bds., pay '57, convertible Po. do. do., '59, do Gd. rk of CanadaA is Do. St. Lawrence & Atlantic do Do. Ccrt. of Dcben , con. into Stk. till '63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Franc , IGt. I n di a n Peninsula guar. 5 per cent Do. Now 5 por cent. Do. Extensions Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shares Do. Bds., payable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Coast. & Basle Lucca & Pistoj a 5 p.c pref Lyons and. Geneva Lyons & gediterran adras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege (with , nterest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.20/. SI) s.l ate C ha,r leroi and Erquelines guar. 34 p. c. & red. at 2221. dm% 88 yrs. from 1 Jan. 1854.... Do. 201. 3 p. c lids: (fmy.B.&Arns.Shs.) NorwegianTrunk - Pref Paris and Lyons I)itto Bonds Paris and Orleans.... Paris and Rouen... - parisc,,en & Cherbrg Rouen and Havre Loyal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and M0ur5...1 Do. 54 p. cent. Pref Seinda Southern of France St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5i per c. Prof Western of France Wept. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealand JOINT-STOI Au5tra1a5ia............ British Colonial Bank Company 11 British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 5 Colonial 0 Commercial of Loud 8 English Scottish and Australian Chart II Load. Chars. Bk. of Australia • 5 Ditto New London and County London Joint Stock ; Lord. & Westminster National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland Now South Wales Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland) Do. New Royal Australu.l3kg. & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union f Australia Do. New Union of London all all 24, 1Q 7 - 74 3 1 ....- 2 I -- i P 2 lid 351 -- 3 5 i 6 23f i —24 f 2A 2kp 6i - 9 15 - 16 49 - 51 -` 1 84 - 90 - 2i 1 - IpP i - iP - 2i 24 - 3 igi - 204 99 - 101 99 - 101 103 - 105 98 100 201 - 21 LOO 103 3ip .•. - 1 2p 4 6 2i 5i 6 ~5 —a~ } 12i -- 13 7i $ 1, 2 24a 2401 45 47 39 41 Pp/ 21 1 1 : s t2A d 5p —ld —8 - 2i!) - pm 33 4 . d 6 - 6PI ... -- ••• 18 -18 i BANKS. 80 -- 82 I'd : 0 1 id 16i -- 174 20 21 d iP 32 : 34 39 - 41 • • • '''''' of•• 68 io 7i 8i 2.0 20 10 1.0 St. 10 St. 15 1.0 5 20 20 THE SUN, LONDON, riItritSDAYIETENING, WAY 10 , 1855 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. NEWMARKET RACES. Leasing Compans *Jlosin4 yesterday. i 30,! cSS this day. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTITIT - TELEGRAPLI.) JOCKEY CLUB PLATE. Hermit ..... . . . .................................. walked over SWEEPSTAKES for Two and Three-yr Olds. Ceres. ............................. ............................... 1 Lord Raglan ................................ ....... ........ 2 Five ran. 50/. HANDICAP PLATE. Fact' Pastrycook Five ran. SWEEPSTAKES FOR TWO-YR-OLDS 10 SOPS, Alastor ................. .... 1 lago Colt ............................................................... Two ran. 50 to 3on Alastor. LATEST BETTING. DERBY. 11 to 2 agst Lord of the Isles 7to 1 agst De Clare (offered) London & N. West. Caledon... E. Un. 8 rth . Caldonian, Do Gt. VresLi Yk. Now. & Bcrw. Y. & N Do S. Easter Do Peto & Co. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stckton 81 Darlingt. !En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. &N.W &Ln&Yk Do Gt Northi Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MCleal Stockt. & Darlingt Do GtWestn MINES. C 6 - 98 96 - 93 133 - 135 ig : 3.6 i 23 - 24 11 -11 i 2a 21 0 - 94 ip par 57 59 130 - 133 ... ••• 7i 8 i s 2i —21 J 31) 1 = 32A 88 - 89, i ... i 1 - 4 - 6 4 - 6 2i 3 24 3 31 33 - - 54 56 30 40 2d par 22 24 11 li par ip 144 —1 6 i i 7 - 7i a 4 - ••• ••• 14i 15i - 19 21 5 6 51 61 2 -- 3 61 - 61 A -- t JE SHARES , 102 - 104 89 - 91 92 =94 96 1: ii 24 - 3i 54 - 6 -- 1 P 12 -- 131 • • • ...... "'. 58 - ~2 1114 -- al 108 - 110 100 - 102 * - ip ' 6 -- 60 96 -- 98 88 -- 90 90 -- 92 10 -- 11 17 -17 i 10 - 104 72 -- 74 19/ -19 i 9$ -- 9h 141 -14 i -- i 134 -- 136 ... - .. ••• • 23p 12i -12 i iP i 34 - 136 94 - 96 - 4 - 41 s 5 —B7 103 105 98 - 100 90 - 92 31 - 31 1 = Ti 100 - 102 13 14 id pal 221 23 97 99 i• -IF -•-• .. 1 -2 . p ... ... 21 2.fd CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY), OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Cresswell.) Thomas Evans, and George Turner, the two militia men who were convictedyesterday of a felonious assault upon a young girl named Henrietta Gatland, were brought up for judgment and sentenced to six years' penal servitude. William, Flower Guppy and William , Melrose, two Post-office letter carriers, who had pleaded guilty to se parate charges of stealing letters containing money, were also brought up for judgment and sentenced to be transported for 14 years. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) John Williams; and Joseph Price were indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of Joseph Brown, draper, of Finsbury Pavement, and stealing therefrom goods to the value of 2501. In the second count Price was charged with receiving that property, knowing it to have been stolen. Mr. Ryland prosecuted, and Messrs. Sleigh and Salter defended. It appeared from the evidence, which was anything but satisfactory, that a man of the name of Hooker was going with his cart along Golden-lane, when he was stopped by a man not in custody, who bar gained with him for the loan of it. He was requested to go to a coffee-house close by, and was informed that the cart should, before long, be there returned to him. He stood looking through the window, and saw the man drive the cart to Mr. Brown's house and wait for it, while another man, whom he believed to be Williams, brought two large bundles out of the house and depo sited them in the cart. They then both got in and drove away. Witness ran after them, and saw them stop at a house in Verulant-street, Gray's-inn-lane, where another man whom he believed to be Price, came out in his shirt and took the bundles in. The malt then gave him 2/. for the hire of the cart, at which he (witness) was surprised. Other evidence was adduced, but The Recorder said that Hooker could only be consi dered as an accomplice, and therefore he should at once direct the jury to find Price not guilty, aind further, that the evidence was not sufficiently confirmatory against Williams. The jury found both the prisoners not guilty. THIRD COURT. (Before Russell Gurney, E3q., °Q.C.) Alfred King, 21, labourer, John Grimes, 18, book binder, Henry Esqulent, 26, wood cutter, and William Caddick, 20, hat maker, were indicted fur stealing a chest and 20,000 envelopes, the property of Charles Morgan. It appeared that the prisoners, some of whom were last night convicted of a similar offence, belong to a class of fellows who hang about the carriers and inn yards in the garb of porters, and carry off what they can. In this instance the envelopes had been sent from the prpsecutor's, who is a stationer in thte City, to a cus tomer at Portsea, and had been stolen from a cart in the Old Bailey, in its transit to the railway. The prisoner Caddick was stopped carrying the chest, and was just about enters og a notorious resort of thieves in Gray's-inn-lane, w. here all the pri soners lived. The jury acquitted King, and the othe r prisoners were each sentenced t') twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour ; Grimes and Esqulent has Pin been each sentenced to four years' penal servitude for the offence of which they were previously convicted. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCII--(TILIS DAY.) Lord Campbell sat at Nisi Prius to-d 2 ky. WISDEN V. VISCOUNT CLIFDE N. FORD V. VISCOUNT CLIFDE N. CLARK V. VISCOUNT CLIFDE N. All theae cases stood on the paper t.>-day, in conse quence of the application yesterday of Mr. Edwin James. They are actions brought in e: e h case by the plaintiff to recover the sum of 3,000/. u pon bills of ex change drawn by the Hon. Francis Villio n•s. Mr. E. James, upon the cases being ca 11 ed over, stated that the parties had determined to try all the matters before a special jury, and he had there , )re to ask the Court that they might stand on the pap er for the first sitting in next term. Lord Campbell had considered the si ibject since it was mentioned yesterday, and thought t hat the course proposed by Mr. James was a proper or me . All the cases, therefore, were postpo) led to the first sitting in the next term, upon the undkrstanding that they were to be tried by a special jury. The court then proceeded to bear corn Inon jury cases. MOTT V. THE LONDON AND BLACKW. it LL RAILWAY. This was an action brought by the -plaintiff against the London and Blackwall Railway, fo t the purpose of recovering damages from them for injuries they had in flicted upon houses belonging to the plaintiff.l From the statement of counsel and the evil !nee adduced, it appeared that the plaintiff erected sevt u•al houses in the neighbourhood of Bow. Sometime ail ierwards the de fendants made a station to their railwa) r near the houses of the plaintiff, and erected a tank for • holding water, which it was asserted by the plaintiff ras so defective that the water percolated through it, a and so far injured the houses of the plaintiff as to cans e the tenants to leave, and rendered it necessary for hi m to incur great expenses. Mr. E. James and Mr. Powell were for the plaintiff ; and Mr. H. Hill appeared for the defendants. Various witnesses clearly proved the damage done to the plaintiff's property by the overflowing of the defen dants' tank. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's ca se, Mr. Hill said that on the part of the railway company he would consent to a verdict for 501. damages, on the understanding that no further action sh ould be brought. This proposition was agreed to by t he plaintiff, and a verdict was taken for 50/. damages. LArd Campbell could not but remar k that the whole expense of bringing this action might have been saved if the surveyor of the railway compa❑ y had efficiently performed his duty. ARMY BEFORE SKBASTOI COM MITTEE-(THIS DA Y.) The committee reassembled at the in lual hour. Mr. Wood, Secretary to the Board of Ordnance, was examined by Lord Seymour.— He stat sd he had filled the situation of secretary about 18 m onth s , an d h a d been in the service 51 years. He was ) s o t aware whe ther any communication had been made to Lori Raglan as Master-General of the Ordnance since ho had been in the Crimea. The Lieutena at-General had performed his duties. He did not tl sink it possible for one member of the board to perfor n all the duties of the board, but it was the custom for oi se to discharge the duties when one only was prose! it. Formerly copious minutes of the transactions of th e b oar d were kept, but now only the principal ones —t .bese were duly forwarded to the Master-General, who ha kl power to re verse the decision of the board. Th .e Lieutenant- General had not that power. He couh i not say whe ther all instructions or orders given by the board were entered on the minute-book. I n a A . reat measure he himself and those under him were the j 'udges of what was of sufficient importance or not to be e n tered on the book. The erection of a shell foundry Woolwich would have been of sufficient importance ti )be entered on the book. He could not say when the erection of the shell foundry at Woolwich was brow, ght before the board, nor when he first hear dat E ed v , e arynd P ape bered, and t of it neither could he remember if a ; ape r received pl, in of it into was afterwards sent to the Master - General, th e b t mines; was t submitted w t a o s r t e h g e s b t e o r a e r d d : decided by the majority. The Chairman—But if there is only one in , , mber pre sent there could be no minority ?—The decisi on of that one member is considered as the decisi on o f the board. There were circumstances which required. T.b. ) signature of two members. The witness was then examined at length on t'ie de. tails of the office. Admiral Sir D. Dundas, admiral of Ole Black Sea fleet, was next examined by the Chairmal a— He stated that when he was in Besika Bay, in 1854,;I to u nderstood it was likely his fleet would be used againsd,; t 1 le enemy. When it was likely war would be declarea, he ti vas under Lord Stratford's orders. The Admiralf;y g aye him a rou,gh statement of the power of the e;at ;11P r'S fleet in the Black Sea likely to be brought again athi m. After he moved into the Black Sea, he was t inab'fe to gain more correct information as to the sl renE:th of the enemy's fleet from Lord Stratford, and k e was equally unsuccessful in his applications to other p ersons. The gallant admiral proceeded to read c opies of letters he had written with respect to the attacki ng Odessa and Sebastopol, when he was interrupted by • the committee, wh ) thought it desirable they should not be read. By Mr. Drummond—He wrote to Lot •cl. Stratford re specting it, but received no answer, (a which he sent Captain Drummond to him ; but there was some diffi culty about th e passpor t, an d h e receii!t dno answer by him. [LEFT SITTING.] THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION OF TIM METROPOLIS. The folio wing letter on this subject was lately addressed by Lord Ebrington to a gentleman of influential position amongst his constituents : Bruton-street, April 16, 1855. Sir,—l proceed, in compliance with my promise, to ex plain to you the provisions in Sir B. Hall's bill for the local management of the metropolis, to which I entertain the greatest objections. As I object to them for reasons which I stated at almost every public meeting I addressed in the course of my election, no elector has any right to be surprised at the course I feel it my duty to take with re gard to this important measure. I said on the introduction of the bill that, far from deny ing the existence of the evils its author so graphically de scribed, I entirely agreed with him both as to their extent and their indefensible character. Indeed it was not likely I should do otherwise, after strenuously labouring for more than ten years, both in and out of Parliament, to direct public attention to these evils, with a view to getting them remedied. At the same time the reverse of wrong is not necessarily right ; and I think I shall be able to show, that, while the remedy proposed affords little if any prospect of improve ment as regards many of the evils complained of ; it will not only, if left as it stands, tend seriously to aggravate others, but also to introduce several new and grave ones for the first time. The bill proposes to establish, including the City, 36 districts, each consisting of a parish, or union of parishes. Hobhouse's Act is to be applied to all the parishes, whether single or in union. In the 21 single parishes the vestry are to be the district board. In the 14 unions con sisting of 56 parishes, the several district boards, com prising in all 653 members, will be chosen in certain speci fied proportions by the vestries so elected by the single vote; of the ratepayers. The several district boards are to send one member each (except eight sending two members each) to the metropo litan board, which board will therefore, with the addition of two members from the City, consist of 4t members. And this metropolitan board is to select three persons, of whom the Secretary of State is to appoint one to the office of chairman, at a salary of not less than 1,500/., or more than 2,0001. a-year. The metropolitan'board is to take charge of the main sewers, and is also to be invested with very large powers for the improvement of the thoroughfares of the metro polis. All the other sewers are vested in the 36 district boards, as is also the paving, lighting, &c., within the several districts. I will not call in question the limits proposed for the metropolis, which are identical with those adopted by the Registrar-General ; and I heartily approve, on principle, of the union, under the same authority, of the subterranean road surface management, i. e., of the sewerage and of the paving, lighting, road-watering, &c. But I object to the bill in its present shape. Ist, on account of the number of districts into which the metropolis is to be divided for these purposes; 2d, on account of the nature of these divisions; 3d, on aecount of the large number of the governing body to be established in each division ; 4th, on account of the composition of the constituency to elect each of these bo dies; sth, on account of the mode in which the vote of these constituencies are to be taken ; 6th, on account of the large numbers of members of the metropolitan board of works, and of their representing only one class, viz., the ratepayers. Lastly, I object to the enormous powers of this over-numerous board, and its probably unsatisfac tory dealing with the local interests of the metropolis ; and I dread its almost inevitably undue influence upon the Go vernment and the Legislature. Ist. With regard to the establishment of the 36 divisions. This is a retrograde movement. The old separate and in dependent Commissions of Sewers were seven in number, and as such too numerous for economy. There was consi derable waste in having so many separate staffs of officers, quite apart from the inconvenience of their totally inde pendent action • and a large saving resulted from the con solidation of th e seven staffs, especially in the engineering and financial department. The general average cost of management to the ratepayers was, during 1817, more than 7s. per cent. per annum on the rateable annual value of the seven districts ; while (notwithstandinr, the disad vantage of having to pram() information which ought to have been provided by our predecessors) the charge for management under the new consolidated commission, to which I belonged, was actually below ss. per cent. per annum on the rateable annual value of the district under our active jurisdiction. When the expenses of manage ment in 1891 aro stated at 23 per cent. of the expenditure in works, it should be remembered that this was in consequence of money being refused us for the execution of works to the extent of hundreds of thousands of pounds, the plans, drawings, and specifications of which had been prepared at a heavy expense by the staff. The staff ex penses in 1846, under seven commissions, were more than 20 per cent. on the works executed. Tho staff expenses in 1.851, under the consolidated commission, were only 11 per cent., and that included systematic mapping and under ground surveying, items quite unknown in the olden times. This economy resulted from placing seven engineers in charge of a district each, at a moderate salary, under a more highly-paid chief to superintend the whole, with two or three assistants devoted to specialties. The same obvious course was taken with regard to the financial and other departments. A reversal of this system, and the multiplication of sub divisions for drainag e purposes to a five times greater extent than prevaile under the Unconsolidated Sewers Management, must inevitably lead to the o ffi cers in each district being either undersiilled or over-paid, probably, to their being both—underskilled for the work they have to do, and overpaid for the work they do : in other words, to a great additional expense, either in the shape of extra salaries, or of inferior work, and, probably, of both. And this objection is not met by clause 110, giving to the Metropolitan Board compulsory powers of uniting districts for the election of joint-officers. For the district hoards retaining each their separate control of the sewers in their districts, the officer would be placed in a position of almost hopeless difficulty between his several masters, in spite of any directions the Metropolitan Board might issue about him. I therefore look upon the clause only as a confession of the consciously imperfect arrangements made by the author of the bill. When deprecating, how ever, the multiplication of drainage divisions, I do not say that for the far simpler work of superintending the pav ing, lighting, &c., smaller "sub-districts" than our former sewers "levels," or even, in some cases, than the parochial divisions proposed by the bill, might not work pretty well. But the surface management should, in my opinion, be subordinate and subsidiary to the far more difficult and important work of underground management. And it is, or this reason that I object, 2dly. To the proposed 36 divisions for drainage pur poses. I object not so much to their unfairness, though it is difficult to understand on what principle some parishes have been dealt with in the bill. Why, Paddington for instance, with a larger and snore rapidly increasing popu lation than St. Martin's in-the-Fields or St. James's, should be united to Hampstead, with which it is not par ticularly connected, while these two parishes (St. James's, occupying an area of only 165 acres) enjoy the same privi leges (except as to the sending one instead of two represen tatives to the Metropolitan Board) that are enjoyed respec tively by the parishes of Marylebone, which is 16 times, of St. Mary, Islington, which is 19 times, of Lambeth, which is 22 times, and of Camberwell, which is 28 times larger. But I object especially to the parochial character of these divisions, because the parochial boundaries clash, in almost every conceivable way, with the natural watershed boun daries of the eight valleys running down from the north into the Thames, and of a ninth from the west into the Lea. The consequence will be that the branch drains (or submains, as they are sometimes called), if constructed along the best and cheapest lines, will cross a number of separate jurisdictions, with the certainty of delay, and the probability of differences arising between the several autho rities. If the branch drains aro taken with reference to the limits of jurisdictions, rather than of watershed, they will be constructed at greatly increased expense, and must act with diminished efficiency. The parish of Marylebone, for example, drains in its different parts, along not one but three separate valley lines, down to the Thames. Oxford- street,fromEd geware -road to Tottenham-court-road I traverses four separate districts ; and moreover has its own sewer, ,running sometimes ou one side of the street and sometimes on the other, in different parishes, besides being crossed by numerous other sewers going down towards the Thames. It is true that, by clause iii, the Metropolitan Board may place part of a parish or parishes under the management of the vestry of another parish, but this will involve such complicated accounts and such nice questions of jurisdiction ; and, above all, the multitude of such cases as those described is so groat, that this provision again must be considered rather as a confession of the hopeless inap plicability of the scheme than as a practical remedy for its a Itnitted defects. 3. I object to the large number of members composing the district boards under the bill-120 being, under Hob house's Act, the number of vestrymen in all papulous parishes without local acts, and therefore the number in most of the single parishes under this bill ; and up wards of 45 being the average number in • each of the 14 district boards formed by the union.of parishes under the bill. The vestry of St. George's as a body, and many vestrymen individually, have declared their inability to transact the laborious and difficult business arising under this bill ; and, indeed, such large -bodies are found in practice to deal far less efficiently and satisfac torily with detailed business than smaller ones, es pecially when that business is of a kind requiring a constant reference, not only to general principles, but also to the local specialties incident to former defec tive arrangements. Having worked hard myself for seve ral years, in company with some of the most eminent men in England, upon these matters, I can answer for it that they are not to be dealt with so easily as some spaakers at public meetings imagine. Notwithstanding the praises lavished by Sir B. Hall at different times upon the manner in which parish affairs have been managed by the large vestries of Marylebane and St. Pancras, I must be allowed to express my doubts whether, even in the far simpler matters of administra tion the working of those vestries has been so uniformly conspicuous for efficiency, economy, and discretion, as to lead to the conclusion that similar large bodies would deal satisfactorily with the far more complicated task of man aging the great public works below and above ground in their several districts. But decidedly as I object to the largeness of these boards, I object, 4thly, much more to the composition of the constituency by whom they are to be elected. This constituency is to consist wholly of ratepayers voting by single votes. No owner or lease-holder, what ever the amount of his property or the duration of this interest in that property, having any vote as such in the choice'of the bodies to be entrusted with such large powers of taxing and dealing with property. We shall be told that this is the cake under the Munici pal Reform Act. I know that it is so ; and as regards the Management of Works I deplore it ; because I know that the public works in towns managed by munici pal bodies aro, with some striking exceptions, in a far from o satisfactory stat e . B u t even were th e M un i c ipal tefrm Act working w e ll w ith regar d t o san it ar y the m atters, case of the metropoli s i s no t p ara ll e l t o the cases of those towns. ofa The tax in them i s genera l, and levied in the shape borough rate upon the ratepayers at large. In the an d has b metro , polls, on the contrary, the sewers rate is, in l been for centuries, not an occupier's, t an owner , a rate, which the tenant is entitled by law to deduct from his landlord's rent. We shall be told that, in the majority which the tenant specially cases, there are clauses in the leases by takes upon himself those charges true o ic t h o the som is 3 0 e la e vr xt h en a t d , b un ui ged Ly the promo posed upon his landlord. This — ex to . by no means so e xtensively 50 , as told, by good authority, lo t a h s a e t s tern of the bill. say . nothing of the I c a o m nstantly-recurringcaseso f , of ces wx and change of residence, and, tsPaitrion- oTinterestthby the tenant—thera are large districts where it not But practice for the Occupier to defray the B it is said that in these cases the tenants fl owers rate. pr actically pay the sewers rates in their rents, and that, therefore, the proposed arrangement is not an unfair one. If that be so, however, then the lodgers, an important portion of the population of the metropolis have equally a right with the ratepayers to share in the repre sentation. If the single voting per capita is just with re gard to the management of works, which are in law a charge upon the owners, I know not on what ground the lodgers are to be wholly excluded from voting ; and I for one should regret their being so, unless the owners are to be admitted. Tlio principle of single voting in regard to the government of persons has always been recognised by the Co ns tit ut i on, as is seen in the Parliamen t ary franchise. I am not, therefore adverse in the case of populous town parishes to the maintenance of this leading feature of Hobhouse's Act as regards the management of relief to the poor, a matter evidently relating to the government of persons, and involving charges almost entirely of a tempo rary, thou g h t o a certain ' extent a constantly-recurring, character. But the application of this principle to the umanagementt y o , f Works ff elnvolvingr head bet t v e y r andwlasting sa bpuerrdmens nen elected e v d a b l value—in men—i wo have av e words, confessedly giving m u c a t n u e a n t t i n g in that property,ranomalyatepa ye r ssn,uoact as some lessan m a s b i as s yc o e t nv e og c ueo general p r r ha o al overthan payu n j t uh i s e t t — . seems to l r f ne th a e n rate, legally due from their landlords, thenha t ve se e w ve e r r y t s w probability of the sanitary evil s continuing f e or b part unremedied, as they hav e b een, and I fear toeomloonsg will be, in many of our corporate towns. For the apparent, I do not say the real, interest of th e t emporary rat as distinguished from that of the l an dl or d above, li a r o r f the lodger below, him in the social sc a l e , i s to put off doing anything to the last moment, and then to do it as Cheapl y as possible ; the efficiency of the work s b e i ng of secondary y importance to him, and their permanency utterly indif ferent. The interests of the landlord and of the lodger on the contrary, are t o a grea t ex t en t id en ti ca l ; since (4E! ciency, which is generally found in connection with dura bility and real economy, is to these parties far more im portant than mere cheapness at the moment. If, on the other hand, as others say, the sewers rates are in reality a landlord's tax, we have the anomaly of the landlords being excluded from all voice in the laying out of their own money on their own property—that is, representation would be, in fact, as it inevitably is in law, dissevered from taxation by this professedly liberal measure. My opinion, published last spring by Mr. Ridgway, and expressed viva voce over and over again during the last winter to large and apparently approving audiences, has always been, that both the class of owners and of long lease holders on the one hand, and the classes of ratepayers on the other, ought in fair proportions to be represented in the several bodies for the management of public works. But, sthly, I object still more to the kind of suffrage proposed, and to the mode of taking the suffrages, than I do eveq to the single qualification or the single voting. It is proposed that every elector in every part of the parish shall be entitled to vote for the whole number of vestrymen, and shall in person take up to his polling place a voting paper containing the names of the whole or any less than that number. The parish of St. Pancras contains about 20,000 ratepayers. Each elector would therefore be entitled to vote at each annual election for 40, and in the course of three years for 120, vestrymen. In that parish, therefore, alone, supposing the ratepayers really polled out, the number of names would be 800,000, spread. over 20,000 lists, all requiring to be scrutinised and ar ranged. But, further,' SL Pancras is 25 miles in circum ference, and extends overpart of Hampstead and Highgate. It comprehends, therefore, not only crowded streets, but also a rural district. What is a Highgate elector to do when he has exhausted the limited number of those among ' his neighbours willing, and, in his opinion, fit to serve in the office of vestryman with its double duties of relieving paupers and managing public works ? Either he must vote one-sidedly for a mere Highgate list, or he must take on trust some pink or blue parochial list full of names quite strange to him from the other side of the parish, in consideration of the insertion upon the list of some High gate man on whom he and his neighbours have confidence. Could any better specific be devised for insuring the maxi mum of electioneering agency with all its attendant jobbery and demoralising organisation ?—for excluding from the re presentation all members of the minority, indeed all but the most deeply-pledged thick-and-thin partisans ?—for al ways securing, for the time being, an overwhelming influ ence in the assembly to one or other of the alternately suc cessful parties, each in turn obtaining its triumph through the fairest promises of efficiency and economy—each in turn, after a short trial in office, being summarily ejected for failing to realise the expectations it had raised ? Could a more ingenious scheme be devised for insuring the mini mum of consistency and continuity of action, the maxi mum of oscillation and reversal of policy in an adminis trative body ; together with the greatest amount of change and the strongest sense of insecurity in its paid, I dare not say, its permanent, officials ? Such, experience has shown, to be the natural result of voting t` by the ticket," as it is called ; in other words, of the system of giving to a large body of electors a proportionate number of votes each for a proportionately large number of representatives. The adoption of this course is the more indefensible when the course of dividing a largo constituency into divisions or wards, each returning some one, two, or three members, is recommended by such numerous precedents, and has for centuries worked so well. But, 6thly, the inherent evils of the " ticket " system of voting may be aggravated by the mode of taking the votes. And of all the known modes of taking such multitudinous votes, that adopted in the bill seems about the most incon venient, except that originally established by Hobhouse's Act—an act passed, however, before, not after, the success ful trial for 20 years of the improved system introduced under the poor-law. How has the system embodied in this bill worked hitherto in the metropolitan pa rishes ? I will take those of Marylebone and St. Pancras. Out of the 16,000 ratepayers in Maryleboue at no one of the elections for the last three years have, I believe, as many as 5,500 voted ; though some of the con tests were fierce, and many conveyances were provided for the voters. Out of the 20,000 ratepayers in St. Pancras, I learn from the vestry clerk, scarcely more than 2,700 voted at the , election under Hobhouse's Act in 1853 ; though great excitement is said to have prevailed, and long processions of cabs with banners flying and colours displayed are said to have been seen on the occasion. But at St. Pancras we have some instructive returns about an election in 1815, conducted on the vote-collecting system. The number of ratepayers then was only 13,000, to whom must be added those entitled to vote as owners under the New Poor Law ; but the number of voters that voted—l say nothing of the number of votes given —was more than 7,600. I may add that, at St. Martin's-in-the fields, with some 1,500 entitled to a vote, on no occasion before 1835 had more than 750, or half, been brought up to the poll: Under the first trial of the vote-collecting system upwards of 1,500 voters, or near jths, voted out of the then constituency, which had only be en slightlyin creased by the addition of owners. But we be told that this has resulted partly from the want of additional polling plaoes ; and partly from the absence of that greatly-increased interest sure to be felt by all classes in the election of persona to a trust of such large power and heavy responsibility. What do we find, however, at elections where there are plenty of polling places, and still more stirring interest ? Wh a t d o we see at Parliamentary elections ? What was the case even at mine, when a far large number voted for me than ever had voted before in Marylebone? a great number of mysupporters having recorded for the first time votes to which they had been long entitled. What happened where no expense was spared either by my manager or by my opponent's ? Scarcely more than half the constituency voted. And is this a singular case? Far from it. The Edinburgh Review gave a list of a dozen large constituencies, with an ag gregate of some .130,000 on the register. Of these not more than 55 per cent. (about 72,000 electors) voted at the contested elections at the last dissolution. Nor is this indisposition in the very large constituencies to poll at all surprising, when we remember, that the cost of voting in the shape of time lost, trouble incurred or business neglected, is acon.stant quantity; while the value or propor tionate influence of a vote varies inversely with, magnitude of the constituency to which the voter belongs, The re fusal of the franchise, and the imposition of a prohibitory duty of time and trouble (i.e., money's worth) upon its exercise, come practically to much the same thing. The grievance seems certainly more crying in the former case ; but is it practically much, if at all, more injurious ? You know whom you exclude by the refusal of the fran chise. But do you know whom you will exclude by your discouraging and prohibitory duty upon its exercise—by sending the unpaid many and the paid few, the electors to the poll-clerks" • instead of sending the f ew soun d to the many, the paid vote-collectors to the unpaid voters' resi dences ? Ask any election agent—he will tell you of whole streets in the metropolis full of educated, respectable, and wealthy inhabitants, who have scarcely ever contributed a vote to the decision of any parochial contest, and contribute very few indeed even to that of a Parliamentary contest. Even at my election I hear that three-fourths of the elec tors in some of the wealthiest streets and squares never voted at all ; while in Crooner -street I am told that the proportion polling was just about three-fourths. And yet if one or the other class, which I deprecate, is to be with held, which can be best spared from voting on a question relating to the management of works and the taxation of property ? It has been shrewdly observed, as I have elsewhere said, that, especially in the middle and lower ranks, those who occupy themselves most about elections are either the best or the worst citizeus. The best take part in public affairs from a dense of duty, religious or patriotic. The worst busy themselves in party contests either from a love of the excitement and conviviality attending elections, or else from the hope of gaining something in the way of patronage. There is, however, a krge intermediate class of men Of average in dustry and character, who care much for their own interests and their families, and comparatively little for public measures or public mer. And these can with difficulty be persuaded, however clear their preference, to support either one side or the other, at the expense of any of that time and trouble, which they value so highly and know so well how to turn to account. And this class is probably nowhere in England more numerous than in the metropolis. I therefore thick that it is particularly essential in this bill to adopt some such plan for encouraging the quiet and the infirm, the thoughtful and the impartial, the busy and the lazy, the fastidious and the timid—all to take their share in the public duty of electing local functionaries. I have dwelt thus at length upon the system of voting by votepapers at home, instead of at a poll, because it seems to me one of the most important questions connected with the franchise. With this system I should dread this bill comparatively little, whatever objections I felt a to a t o b y e composition of the constituency; without it I dread any measure such as this bill, because I judge from experience by assemblies will be returned in t t se Works. My by what class of the inhabitants almost t e n x e clu ni e s e i v e t r o l y p 0 I now come to the Metropolitan ofßoa h r o t sa have already objections to that are very of course, be satisfied • t to their composition, I cannot, metropolitan board jest by which this umber of mem urged at too great lengtk tosimthieladisttoritct boaxds. A-s oh: with the constituencies composed. bers of whom it is to be only from its practical a s to elected.nunber objectionable, j o e b c j t e i c o t n a a think this l w applies still more strongly to its business ( lso ' a reason which in the proposed Parochial tonotthe largoAnod and efficient transaction of i n compatibility with the speedy those yet larger average numbers object to this large number numerous body would afford opportu nities because such a l ° itation, though a smaller body, better nities for politic and District Boards) ; but For stirring speeches hardly Lan be could not afford. fitted for getting a t d h . rough work, instead of talkingpoli tics,made without something of an audience. In this assem bly of between 40 and 50, however, I think i n times of ex citement we might have an agitation, possibly almost of a formidable kind. For this will be the only popular body representing the metropolis ; and I confess I am one of those who do not look quite without anxiety to the esta blishment of a Metropolitan Parliament, under the name professing to repro os efnat,Board populationo of Works, of r m e p o r r e e s e t u h t a i si n g , t w o r o m.llio ns and a half (i.e., more than that of all Switzerland), and increasing at 50,000 a year. I know, has announced that he does the rate of fully The Prime Minister, not share these apprehensions. I remembe r , h owever, that he had no fear b u t t h at the I.Baltic fleet last year would do wonders in the north, and the Alli e d armies take Sebas toßol in th e south. He had no fear that our soldiers would die by thousands of cold, nelect, and But the ab sence of privation. a g vent but ou the misgiving on hi s p ar t did no t pre , contrary, the occurrence of these'disas• ters. And, with the since res t res pe c t for his expe r i ence t s h a g: t a t c o i n ty , co a m nd pl s i t c a a t t e e s d ra d n o s m h e ip st , ic I m qu us e tstbioenslike al lowedthe to presentremark one, which, till quite recently, he never professed having attended to, I have less confidence in his judgment than I have for it on military or foreign affairs, to which he has long devoted himself with such signal success. In conclusion, I will only add that though I do not think there is any chance of any serious opposition being made to the bill on the second reading to-day, I hope and believe that many useful alterations may be made in it in its passage through the house. Indeed, without many such I think it neither could, nor ought to pass into a law. Requesting you will be se good as to show this letter to the other members of the deputation I remain, sir, your obedient faithful servant, EBRINGTON. METROPOLITAN COUNTIES AND GENE RAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Yesterday (Wednesday) the seventh annual general meeting of this society was held at the society's office, Regent-street ; Mr. H. P. Fuller in the chair. The notice convening the meeting having been read, Mr. F. F. CAMROUX, the manager, then read the fol lowing report of the directors, with the financial state. ment and report of Mr. Woolhouse, the actuary " The directors of the Metropolitan Counties and Gene ral Life Assurance Society have the gratification of report ing to the members of the society a steady progress during the last year. Notwithstanding the unusual obstacles which the state of commercial affsirs has offered during a great part of that time to the growth of the business of an assurance office, the directors have issued in this year a larger number of policies assuring a larger sum than the year last preceding :—the number of policies issued being 302, as suring 1 09,1501., and producing an annual income of 3 ,603/. Os. sd. The arrangements which they have com pleted for local agencies in several important districts lead 01rt t aii h c loct e : enh m B ero.wf t slWi o olaltichshi a bii. eecn n ot6dhcya t r i er. c eitdm i sa p sone a efeo t i e wenrfe tafmhe still reference e duringmore fgentlemenoorre trh t a h ep e i m p d r io e rdf s e al ttahninoetayfi district ersaj first r e t e h sf e po erm busi nesscom- prising cta ity, is alsoeseart satisfaction, fa T eo u mn m ,e s c irc umstance n tae c amounted testimonytotnoln2,6s which with during m th uc e h y l h e e ss t o h e i t t . e n_ t y d u_ uh r a n i n g a t t t h e las ed t ysletfrihBsiteliceTlMahhiirg;ihspiceinh.miaage the board refers , r o e 3 c 7 to l. r is have o 'after submit deducting ti yonng o a l n l t e h p e se p d re p s o en li t cie o s c . cas T io h ne :di l in ad to to the usual annual statement of account, a report from Woolhouse, your actuary, upon the results of the b society during the first seven which it appears that the society is now in from years o r i i.tiess done by the polioy-hold e e r rs who to declare to its shareholders a bonus of 7i a p Pcis e l e i n o t a . Mr. Woolhouse upon their paid-up capital, and to those are entitled to participate in profits, an average bonus of 33 per cent. upon the premiums p a id. has assured the board that in making the calculations u which this report is founded, he has allowed ample p P rO n - 1 vision for every claim to which the society can be subject, and that the result is the legitimate conclusion from the figures representing the present state of its assets and liabilities, without any attempt on his part to produce an issue in its favour. The directors have therefore no hesitation in recomend ing the declaration of a bonus to the extent mentioned by Mr. Woolhouse. In the case of the shares, this bonus will be added to the amount paid up, and will bear interest ac cordingly. In the case of the policy-holders, the bonus may at their option be applied in reduction of premiums, instead of being taken as an addition to the sum receivable on death. To illustrate the operation of this bonus, the following cases have been selected from policies now in force suppressing the names : t .d Option of ".a = e. Amount 3 w Annual of .. 5 ~ 0 . ... :,...,..' zi Age `..;' Pre- Pre- c...., o 4 0 = ri, ig 4 0 „ ~. 0 • .5 ... t' 0 mium. miums 0 ,0, ?-; ,-,§,,, 'a. 'N 0. c , paid. 't:' 2- ;-.. ...4 `'" .72 E V, 4) P- , ,p c 2) ...- '4l. : '''. to2A 8 A' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. 1848 34 1000 30 19 2 216 14 2 5 8 4 58 3 (. 1058 3 0 1849 26 MOO 22 010 132 5 (. 3 6 I 44 16 6 1044 16 6 ISSO 30 :000 25 6 8 124 13 4 3 3 4 40 14 11 1040 14 11 185 , 25 1000 2t 15 0 87 0 0 2 3 6 31 2 0 1031 2 0 1852 32 1000 25 8 4 79 5 1 1 19 8 25 910 1025 910 "Tile directors trust that the shareholders will agree with them, in thinking that these figures fully justify the anticipations held out in their previous reports, as to the result of the society's operations. Tho following directors, Samuel Driver, Esq.. Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq , and Sir Thomas Nowby Reeve, retire by rotation ; but being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly. Henry Peach Buckler, Esq., and John Soper Streeter, Esq., the auditors of the society also retire from office, but being eligible for re-election offer themselves accordingly. By order of the board of direc tors. F. Ferguson Camroux, Manager." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adop tion of the report, said he could not avoid stating the pleasure it gave him in doing so, recollecting, as he did that, at their first annual meeting he ventured to express in strong terms his decided opinion that the society must be successful, in conse quence of the directors having formed the deter mination of making it of a highly honourable charac ter. Whether their business should be little or great, the directors made up their mind that this society should be one bearing the highest character an assurance society could hear, and he felt confident at the time that in a country like this where straightforward conduct, if not at first, was at last sure to be appreciated, that such a society ought and weuld succeed. (Hear, hear.) It therefore gave him great pleasure to ask them to adopt the report, which showed they had succeeded by his being able to ask them to declare a bonus of considerable extent on all the busi ness done in the office. (Hear.) The society's arrange ments were such that he had no hesitation in stating that be looked forward to their business increasing, and their being able to declare much larger bonuses than they bad yet done. Their arrangements with regard to the country business had been much enlarged, and were capable of greater extension; but whilst the directors did all they could to improve and increase the business, it was the duty of every shareholder to assist them, which they could now do with confidence, in recommending the society to their friends as one which was sound in every respect. (Cheers.) He had little to say to them on that occasion, his being a simple tale, and soon told. He had no apologies to make for any wrong-doings, but had only to point out in a straightforward and honest way the good and favour able condition the society was in to ask them to receive and adopt the report. Mr. J. S. STREETER seconded the motion, believing most firmly that the society was deserving the confidence not only of every shareholder and policyholder, but the public generally. The motion was carried unanimously. The retiring directors, Samuel Driver, Esq., Henry Peter Fuller, Esq., Edward Vansittart Neale, Esq., and Sir Thomas Newby Reeve were unanimously re-elected, the Chairman announcing that Mr. John Fisher, of the firm of Messrs. Fisher and Robinson, of Watling-street, London, had been elected a new director. The retiring auditors, Henry Peach Buckler, Esq., and John Soper Streeter, Esq., were also unanimously re-elected. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, seconded by Sir T. N. REEVE, the usual sum of 20 guineas was voted to the auditors as remuneration for their trouble in audit ing the accounts. Mr. STREETER acknowledged the compliment of his own and his colleague's re-election, and bore testimony to the accurate manner in which the accounts of the so ciety were kept. On the motion of Mr. GORING, seconded by Mr. SMITH, the unanimous thanks of the meeting were voted to the directors. Mr. NEALE returned thanks, congratulatirig the meet ing on the prosperous condition of the society as exhi bited by the accounts that day presented which indicated that the society must have been fairly launched, and he hoped it had a long and uninterrupted career of prosperity before it. (Cheers.) The commencement of institutions of this kind was the most trying time, both from the largehess of the expenditure and the com paratively speaking small returns; but having succeos fully passed over that period, and established themselves, they might fairly anticipate their expenses would be small in proportion as the business extended, and their profits considerably increased. (Hear.) The society was in a thoroughly sound condition, and would bear to the most strict inspection from any person judge of it. (Rear.) of frolics to the The CHAIRMAN proposed a vote t hanks p to say, officers of tile institution, who, he was ofathPeYsociety. not'>us isecsiB tydt 0 the risk ; a nd he mentioned worked cordially together for the benefit They owed them their thanks fdr the a solid manner as in conducting the business in such c l o e na t p h e ey ten to t ok Mr. GRIFFIN seconded the re:, I carried unanimously. •+- the manager, in returning Mr. F. F. CAMEROU, tic h pleasure to state that must result in the permanent benefit of the insured. thanks, said it afforded hiln ti m ,e society worked cordially was confined the whole of the o ffi cers of red to promote the pros. parity was together, and endeavoured much as they could. The of the o a n s e having or foreign parts. The directors to Ireland, Scotland,.yet extended e t x h t e en s cl o e c d i ety their w reful in the selection of live; and. dinglY c a were excee life where more than took a 1 two or three they rarely t w o h E ol o e g o la f o t d he had to be added years had they done otherwise, a this becaus e, much l 'larger ar of mightbusinessbeen transacted amount ss have . It always been the custom of that society to state its income, and it now amounted , ac tual after deducting' all lapsed policies, to 17,037/. ls. Bd . On the motion of Mr. FISHER SMITH, a vote of tha n k s was accord ed seconded by Mr. which, having b een to th e c h a i rm a n, separated. a cknowledged by hi m, t h e meet i ng _.,........_ LYc - Mir, mences a farewell en Amu 2IIICA.TRE. Madame Anna Thillon com mences appear as Cahtagraing seeing this charming Monday, aernienntrhn:xat. Diamonds, when six nights, and there ad can K aye an opportunity of hearing and her admirers will will be nightly filled to ove bT r e fi h best characters. . actress and songstress in one of her o i n l w l o o i n n d ' so doubt t g a rb g u e .A .t m ite e hr n eo t f i is theatre w f s t o i r i his good judgment, has made the have of a . dmissiort veil moderate, so that all classes may have an opPortunity of seeing this delightful actress previous to her anal retire ment from public life. .A.dvices from St Petersburg to the Ist inst. state that there had been an increased inquiry for hemp, owing to several vessels under the American flag being expected at Cronstadt. It was hoped they would obtain permis sion to discharge and load there, and hemp, hemp yarn, and iron were being sent down for shipment. Never theless, there were doubts of the success of the attempt, as the blockade of all the Baltic ports had been already announced. The weather continued fine, but the com munication to the 3d inst. t Two ves sels Wag still interrupted by ' the e fr a o r m riv a al e . on T ti h n e w sels had put to sea the day 'previously, and there had 'bay remained full 'di* and Riga Cronstadt ice. mu n i c From t in Ince o f northerly winds, was very cold. t a h ls e o w b e e a e t n h °ern, RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghainsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour 17y. Sud. and Hal. E. Lincoln 4r. 6 per cent. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr. & Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4 Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lou. , Til. , & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exten.. Northern and Easternsp. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & WYre Do. i Shrs. A Roystn.&Hit. Shef.Roth_and Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do. Wilts&fomrst Agua Fria .... Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australian Australian Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Dachy of) Blaenarvon Iron and Coal _ British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm.) Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's C•eQk Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng, Do. Pref. 7i p. cent, Copiapo English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeiuneg. Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lusitanian . Mariquita ........ New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhyroney Iron Do. New 12i Santiago de Cuba all South A.ustra.lian 7, 4 : , Tin Croft .. all United Mexican ill Waller West Mariposa...... . Worthing Mining Australia . Yuba all all all LOO 90 89i 75 1241 13.5 25ij all all all all YRE.FEREN A berd€ en.. Do. No. 2, 7 p. c. BlythandTynelOpei c. pref. (issd. at 501) & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO 'lhester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Do. do. Prof. No. 2.. Cork & Bandons6p.c. f)un Prth .di Aber. J. Angliau Cle. A Sh. Do. do. C's. B 6 p. c. Do. (10. Cls. C 7 p. c. Eastern Counties Ex tension,s p. c. No. Do. No. 2 Do. Now 6 r . c. St. East Un., G. 6 p. Do. 5/. 10 ner cent. Do. 101 Debentr.Sb. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lancash. 6 p. ets. E.&W. York. J. sths Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness Glas. &5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4q p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Prei Gt. S. &W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St Gt. Westn. (Barks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c) Do. con. red. 4i P.C Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Oua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do ........... Do. do. do ....... • Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. New Guar.6 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lou. & S. W. Con. 3 d: Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis.. A S-.. Shef., & Lin New, £lO Do. £6 Niarypt .& Carl. 4 p Do. 4i per cent Do \lid. Consol.6 p.e.St. Do. Cousol. Bristol A Rirm. 6 per cont. . Do. 4L- p. c. Pref. St. Pref. 43 per co,. Do. 5/. Pr f 4 p. c.. Ditto Leic ster and Hiteett Pr f 5t.... N,rfolk Debenture . Do.Praf. 4 p. c. Stuo Do. b p.c. Eat 51 per et. prof Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c North British `. E. Perw, 4 p.c P ,Do. do. do ..... Do Leeds 6 p.c t.N0.1 Do. do. Quarters 4. Do.Yort ti. & North Staffordshire.. Oxford, Worcester, A Wolyerh.Xls, 6 p.c Scot. Cent. , New Pre; , South Devon Do. fixed, 4! 2 ' per cent S. Eastern (Reading. Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4.1 per cant S Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. do. 4. p. c.... Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do. Stock. & tiarti. g. f p. c. till July 1, '56 ,W,Aelfd.& Kilk. 6 pc, MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult. Ausia-aln. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Canada Gov. 6 p. ct Jan. and July Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Oro Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Ir Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Mexican&S.Americu. Do. New Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co N. P. Australasian Nrth. c 3 EuropeSt Sam Peel Br. Ld. & Minrl. Peninsular& Oriental Do. Now Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest Ditto New South Austral. Lan, Submar, Tel. Scrip._ Re,.rigtpreil Trust& L.Co.IJ. Can. 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