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TILE -SUN, LONDON, TIFURSDAY EVENING,' TENANTS AT RACK RENT BILL IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 4. (Continued from oar Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) ATTACHMENT COURT OF RECORD (IRE LAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. KEOGH said he concurred in the general principle of the Bill, but as it abolished the process of attachment altogether, it would have the effect of removing from all those towns where the process existed an officer called the Marshal, who was paid by a fee upon each attachment, to whom no compensation was given by the Bill. The Bill, he thought, would be altogether inoperative, and should not receive the sanction of the House unless some provision was made for that officer. He would suggest that the same fees upon the processes to be issued under this Bill to the Marshal of the Bo rough Court should still be paid to that functionary, if no other means could be devised to prevent that officer being deprived of his office. Mr. GROGAN had received a letter from the Learned Recorder of this court, and while he approved of the principle of the Bill, he would suggest that the second reading should be postponed till after Easter, to admit of the Marshal's case being taken into con sideration. Mr. REYNOLDS was happy to perceive that the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the Member for Athlone and his Honourable Colleague approved of the principle of this Bill, but they seemed to object to it because it did not provide compensation for a particular officer. Now, although he was exceedingly anxious to carry the Bill because it was demanded by the universal voice of the capital of Ire land he should be unwilling to inflict any injustice upon any party entitled to compensation.—(Hear, hear.) He thought, however, the Bill might be read a se cond time now, and that a clause might be proposed in Committee to give compensation where it was justly due, but in preparing the Bill he thought he was imperatively bound to explain to the House what it was he proposed to do. He called upon the House to apply a remedy to a crying and gigantic evil, let him remind the House that in the city of Dublin there was a court of Record, called the Borough Court. Before the reform of the Irish Corporation Law, that Court was known by the name of the Sheriffs' Court of the County of Dublin, but by the 18th section of the Irish Municipal Act, the powers of that court were transferred to the Recorder's Court in that city.—(Hear.) And what was the process of that court? The process was this. If any person demanded a debt of another person he might make an affidavit before the Lord Mayor of the city of Dublin, or the Recorder, to the following effect; but he would only read the important part of the affidavit :—•• And the defendant maketh oath, and saitb, that the said John Doe resides within the jurisdiction of this court, that the deponent is apprehensive that such debt is in danger of being lost unless the process of the court be issued to distrain the goods of the said John Doe. He found, by a Parliamentary paper which he held in his band, that for the three years ending 1845, 1846, and 1847, that the number of affidavits made before the Recorder during the three years was 301, before the Lord Mayor 1,984, making the total of 2,285, and he found that in these affidavits were included debts under 51., 28 before the Recorder, 211 before the Lord Mayor; under 101., before the Recorder 46, before the Lord Mayor 279; under 151., before the Reeorder 42, before the Lord Mayor 257; nyder 201. before the Recorder 31; before the Lord Mayor 182, making 1,076 affidavits under 201. a-year, upon which attachment had been issued.—(Hear.) Now what was the nature of this attachment? Why, it was competent for any man in the city of Dublin, no matter whether humble or rich, to go before the Recorder or the Lord Mayor and swear that any citizen owes him money, no matter how large in amount, as the debts had varied from Si. to 1,2001., and upon pajment of a fee of ls. 6d. to the Lord Mayor, and 6d. to the Marshal, an attachment issued. The first notice the defendant had of it was the seioure of his goods in the presence of the bailiff, in his shop or house, and by the 181st section of the Act, it was provided that in all cases where goods were seized under this process, the defendant should produce two solvent securities of the city of Dublin who should swear that they were respectively worth double the amount of the debt for which the attachment was marked. The House would perceive that the defendant was not compelled to put in personal bail, but he was compelled to bail the debt, ao that, in point of fact, the attachment and affidavit had all the force of a judg ment of a superior court. Let him just put a case— s pauper walking the streets might make an affidavit that the most respectable merchant in the City of Dublin was indebted to him to the amount of 100,0001. The defendant had no notice of the affidavit, and his goods were seised to the amount of 100,000/, which could not be released until he produced two sureties who would swear that they were worth 100.0001. each.—(Hear.) Such a mischievous ma chine as that in existence in a mercantile city must have a most destructive effect on commerce. He would mention acase that had actually occurred of this sort. A professional gentleman who occupied a house in one of the best squares in Dublin, went on the continent, leaving two servants in charge of his house. In his absence a man who had been his servant made an affidavit that he owed him 5001., and his goods were seized; the ser vants knew not what to do, and the goods were sold, and when the gentleman returned he found his house without a particle of furniture.—(Hear, hear.) He had taken the trouble to examine the return so far as it rsla'ed to cos•s, and he f land in receiving 3451. an ex petaditure of no less than 3131. 17s. 6d. had been incurred. Now bearing in mind that all these debts were under 204 they might have been recovered in the Civil Bill Court at is cost of ss. 9d. each, so that the whole amount of 3451. would not have involved an expenditure of more than 8-1., while he found that out of the 2,285 cases he had already referred to, 1,076 of them were for debts under 201.—(Hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL highly approved of the principle of the Bill; but in doing so he begged to state that his Hon. Friend who had introduced it must not expect that the Government would propose any compensation to the officer for the loss of his office if " the Bitt passed. He could not see why amendments in the law should be clogged by giving compensation to parties who were not entitled to it. Mr. SADLEIR supported the second reading of the Bill. _.... The Bill was thin read a second time and ordered to be committed this day three weeks. PASSENGERS' BILL. On the motion being put for the second reading of this Bill, Sir H. WILLOUGHBY said, that though ready to approve of the Bill generally, he yet thought that it was open to much improvement which might be effected in Committee. Mr. J. O'CONNELL t.uggested that a clause should be introduced into the Bill for the protection and sup port of deck passengers. Mr. MONSELL trusted the Right Hon. Gentleman the Under-Secretary for the Colonies would pursue the same course as that which had been observed during the last year with respect to the Bill then passed. That was clearly intended to be a temporary measure. This was a matter which affected not teas than 250,000 of their fellow-subjects every year, and the better plan would be to refer the Bill to a Select Committee up stairs. There were two points to which he thought the Cora rnittee ought particularly to apply themselves—these were the dietary and the appointment of surgeons. He thought that a great improvement might be made in the former, and that if the surgeons were appointed by the Govern ment Commissioner there would be a far greater security for the passengers than at present existed. But these points could be better attended to in Committea, and he trusted, therefore, that it would be referred to one up stairs. Mr. FOSTER agreed in the main with the observa tions of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down. Col. DUNNE conceived that the Act of last year had worked exceedingly well, and the dietary in the present Bill was an improvement upon the list in that. Mr. H. HERBERT said that he had been on the Com mittee last year, and it was not until after a very long discussion that the details of the Bill had been decided upon. Mr. HUME conceived that the Bill was far too long, and the details too numerous. From the letters which he was receiving from time to time from abroad he found that this was a great evil. There was a Committee sitting in New York, a portiOn of whom always went down to an emigrant ship when she arrived in order to investigate the state of the passengers before they landed, and those gentlemen had represented that the directions of the Act were so numerous that they only served to create confusion and served no good end whatever. tie should therefore recommend that the Bill should be shortened as much as possible. Mr. HAWES said the Bill itself, which he had the honour to ask the House to read a second time, was a general consolidation Bill. There were in it many details contained in former Acts, but it was not a new enact ment at a,ll.—(Hear, hear.) There were some important alterations undoubtedly. There was one relating to the &eta% of emigrants. The evidence which they had received from the agents abroad was of such a character as decidedly to justify an increase to the dietary, and it went to show that wherever it bn incr ease d it bad operate d most b ene ficially on had theemigrants, as respected- their obtaining employ ment awl- sustaining that employment. The dietary now proposed, however, was n o t w h at The Hon. Member for Montroswalsl call®d a full dietary. objected to those details being stated in an Act ofe-Parall d ent; but it was most important that all parties conn g e a c i z a te e a : d with the ship promoting p:ng and landed interests, and en emigration, should know what the lawn upon that point—(Hear, hear)—and reallyte was Hawes) thought it far better to have the ditty stated in the Act of Parliament. Another Hon. xi had stated that it would be expedient to refer the. Bill to a Committee. lie (Mr. Hawes) should not like to pledg e himself to take that cow se. He fully admitted that the Committee of last year had been most useful; but he theueht the subject was fully discussed and conidered, arid toot the bearing of the evidence laid before the Com mittee rather showed that some increase of the dietary would be expedient that. otherwise. He would not, however, undertake to say at that moment that he would object going into Committee ; he would rather reserve that point. The suggestion of the Honourable Baronet opposite, as to extending the Bill to vessels carrying emigrants from one country to another, that hardly came within the provisions of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Hawes) thought a very different regulation was necessary, and therefore to in clude the whole coasting trade in the Bill would be highly objectionable. Another objection had been made by the Hon. Member for Montrose, who thought it was desirable to compel the agents abroad to afford to emi grants landing, opp N etunities of hearing complaints in order to their being ,redressed. Now, that was done already. His friend would find in the paper before the House various communications showing that the com plaints of the emigrants were settled by the ordinary tribunals under the Passengers' Act. He thought the new regulations of the Passengers Act were still gene rally most beneficial, though some of them might be objectionable in detail. Reserving his opinion as to whether this Bill should be referred to a Committee, he hoped the House would now agree to the second reading of the Bill. Major BLACKALL thought the matter of the dietary would be much better settled by a Select Committee than by the House. He would not say there ought:to be a difference between the dietary of an English and an Irish emigrant; but it would be a hard case if the House laid down a dietary, and insisted on the emigrant conforming to that dietary, whether he could afford it or not, and thereby raising the price of his passage, which some times resulted in an emigrant's leaving his family behind him, which to an Irishman was peculiarly painful. It would be a general disappointment to many of the Irish people who during the winter had been laying by every farthing that they could scrape together for the purpose of emi grating in the spring, if, by an enactment for raising the dietary to a scale suitable to the standard of living of the English emigrant, the price of their passage should be raised to a degree which would render it necessary that they should have recourse to the painful expedient of leaving their families behind them. The Bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Wednesday, the 18th inst. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' BILL. Mr. SOTHERON, in moving the second reading of this Bill, said that in order to give greater security to friendly societies, it was required by the Bill that the tables and rules of each should be certified by a compe tent authority previous to registration. By a recent Act it was provided that every five years a valuation of the as sets and liabilities of each society should be drawn up and sent to the registrar, but there was no provision that the statement should be made by a competent person; and, in reality, the Act had, so far as that was concerned, become almost nugatory.—(Hear.) He had introduced certain words into this Bill which required the assets and liabi lities to be made by an actuary of five years' standing, and registered, as before, every five years. He had directed that the actuary should be remunerated for the labour according to the number of members in the so ciety, viz., one guinea, where the number did not exceed 200; between 200 and 400, two guineas; between 400 and 700, three guineas ; between 700 and 1,000, four guineas ; between 1,000 and 1,500, five guineas ; and an extra half guinea for every five hundred members. He thought that was not too much for giving to members the means of ascertaining the sol vency of the societies to which they belonged. He re quired, besides, that a return should be made every year by each satiety, for the purpose of enabling the registrar to collect a great deal of most important information with reference to friendly societies. It was not generally known that a very large por tion of the community were subscribers in one shape or another to friendly and other societies. The Bill, trifling as it might seem, would affect not less than 34,200 societies, the members of which, as far as he had been able to ascertain, exceeded four millions, and their total revenue, which consisted fur the most part of the hard earned savings of the poor man, exceeded six millions of money. He thought it must be allowed that such societies deserved the attention of Parliament.—(Hear.) It deserved their attention more this year than any other, in consequence of what had happened with re spect to some savings' banks, and they ought to take the hest means in their power to provide some security for the poor man who had invested his savings in these societies. The Attorney- General had intimated that he would take that opportunity of reme dying the evils arising from the payment of burial money, and if that Right Hen. Gentleman would draw up a clause for this purpo se h e wou ld b e h appy to sup port it. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL said be would en deavour to engraft some provision into the Bill with re spect to the temptations held out by burial societies, and would introduce other clauses, so as to make the whole a perfect measure. Mr. R. PALMER thought that the present situ ation of Odd Fellows' societies was a matter of great importance and called for the interference of the House, because they had at their disposal a large amount of property in their possession belonging to the industrious classes, which was almost placed beyond the reach of legal protection. If any fraud was committed in the disposal of the funds, no possible remedy at law or equity could be resorted to. In the Manchester Union of Odd Fellows alone there were no less than 264,000 persons; and there were thousands of similar societies in England and Scotland, which also embraced a great number of members and a considerable amount of property. Last year a great number of the members expressed a wish to be placed under the operations of the law, but though a Bill was introduced for that purpose, it was not proceeded with, in consequence of the members not being able to agree among themselves. He, however, thought that it was the business of the House to see that parties had some legal mode of enforcing their rights with respect to property placed in the hands of these societies.—(Hear, hear.) The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it was not his in tention to introduce any provision with respect to Odd Fellows' societies into this Bill. A Bill was introduced last session into the House of Lords on the subject of Odd Fellows' societies, and the Government ware desirous of conceding any measure which it might be thought necessary to pass ; but, as the Honourable Member had stated, it was not proceeded with, because the parties could not agree among themselves. He objected to these societies on two ground3—first, because they had secret signs; and secondly, because they had corresponding societies, which were contrary to the Corresponding Societies' Act. The societies were willing to give up their secret signs, but not their corresponding branches, and the Bill fell through. Government, however, were vary desirous that these societies should be legalised, and they were quite ready to adopt any practicable proposal on the subject. Mr. BROTHRTON said the observations of the Hun. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down were worthy of the deepest consideration, because it was of the utmost ihaporta.nce that friendly societies should be put on safe footing. At present there was no law to prevent defalcations, and he was - therefore glad that this measure had been introduced. It would prove no doubt very useful, but h© trusted the Hon. Gentleman who had charge of it w)uld not render it inoperative by encumbering it with heavy fees.—(Hear.) It was of the greatest importance to the country to encourage friendly societies, but he was sorry to think that many of them now in ex istence were based upon erroneous principles, and the consequence was that when a member, who had sub scribed all his life, came to require relief, he found therejwas nothing to divide—(Bear.) Another bad practice was the system of holding the meetings in public-houses. He thought that practice ought to be done away with, as well as all secret signs and the plan of placing the con trolling power entirely in the hands of the elder mem bers.—(Hear, hear) Mr. ADDERLEY said there was nothing to prevent Odd Fellows' societies coming into the law, but their secret signs. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Yes, there is the Corresponding Societies' Act. - • • - • - - Mr. ADDERLEY did not think that Act could prevent Odd Fellows' societies from being ligaliaed. The funds collected by these societies were exceedingly large, and he thought this was tho proper time to make an effort to induce the Odd Fellows to give up their signs, and plice their funds and institutions within the jurisdiction of the law.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUME said it was of the greatest importance that the suggestion of the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth should not be lost sight of.—(Hear, hear.) At present, so expensive was the mode of proceeding to obtain a legal opinion as to the solvency or va lidity of a friendly society, that societies notoriously insolvent were allowed to go on increasing the mischief they had already commenced.—(llear.) He had always thought that the best means for securing the welfa re of the industrious classes was the establishment of a safe and sure institution for depositing their small earnings, and he, for one, was ready to remove the difficulty the Hon. and Learned Member for Plymouth had complained of by consenting to the appointment, at the expense of the State, of competent legal officers, to whom the so cieties should have access, free of charge, when they entertained any doubt as to the validity of their proceedings.—(Hear, hear.) Ho wished to know whether the Attorney-General would object to some measure to bring these societies into a secure state, and within the pale of the law. The defalcations that had lately taken place among these societies rendered it necessary that something should be done. The ATTORNEY GENERAL thought that some measure must be adopted to place these societies upon a sound footing. Mr. E. DENISON trusted after what had taken place to-day some measure wculd be adopted to make these societies take a larger scope, by being placed on a better footing. Mr. P. SCROPE thought that the Government was the only party that could properly manage these socie ties, and he trusted that the time was not far distant be tfore the whole subject would be taken into consid era ti on 1 byt o h Lord em h L D. STUART said that the excellence, the uti lity, and the importance of these societies was allowed on all sides; and it this was the case, it was evident that it was also important that they shonld be legal societies. Some of them bad gone on, blindly no doubt, to do many things which were not exactly in accordance with the letter of the law. He had hoped that be should have been able to convince the Attorney-General last year of the necessity of granting some boon to these societies. He trusted, though he had not been successful last year he hoped he might be this in inducing the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to make som e p rovision for the ad vantage of these societies, especially i ncludin g those of the Odd Fellows. g Mr. E. LE WIS said that as t h ere seemed to be some objection t o t h e second readin of the Bill, wit hd reintroduced with the ad van t age of the he would sbu,ggest that it should be • and that it should rawn, which h a d b een suggested during the discussion, improvements isoussion, or if that plan was not Mr. SOTHERON sai s ' troduced in the progres pursued, he thought they might be in of the Bill through Committee. 32,000 s u oci t ,e tt when it was recollected 14,000 e with an aggregate re. whatever, that out of the were enrolled, while venue of 6,000,0001., only 18,000 had no legal protection 14 Hon. man, ent il l e o e - f 1 ' lation was clearly necessary upon was happy to accept the suggestion of the subject. man, and trusted that he might have the assistanc e the Government in a complete modelling of the whole of the law with respect to friendly societies. 1 Mr. E. LEWIS had no objection to impose that useful duty on the Hon. Member, and would render all the aid which, as a member of the Government, it lay in his power to give. The sill was then read a second time. , The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. SOTHERON said, that though he had for many years been a Member of that House he had never until lately known that it was competent for him to move two Bills on the same day ; the matter to which that now before the House referred was of so much consequence, that he was induced to proceed with it. He thought by the present measure a greater degree of uniformity in the management of gaols would be at tained than at present existed. Then the items that would remain would be the salary of the treasurer of the county, the clerk of the peace, and the coroner, and one or two minor items. He thought it would be desirable that all parties who feel interested in this matter should meet together during the holidays, and endeavour to agree upon some plain and intelligible plan for appor tioning those burdens fairly and equitably upon the rate payers. He hoped, however, that the House would agree to the Bill in its present shape, after adopting certain verbal amendments which seemed to be necessary. Mr. E. DENISON said his Hon. Friend found his principle carried him a great deal farther than the details of his Bill indicated. If the system of local taxation and the management of the county cess was in a satisfactory state, partial legislation, such as the Hon. Member proposed in this case, might be desirable; but was the local taxation and the management of the county cess in that satisfactory state? He (Mr. E. Denison) thought not. He did not wish to throw any impediment in the way of the measure, but he would put it to his Honourable Friend whether, with his own views and proposals, it would be hardly possible for the House to adopt this small modicum of legislation. As the subject was about to be taken up and considered in a lona fide manner, he trusted that his Hon. Friend would consent to put the present measure off until the Committee on the subject had made their report. Mr. SPOONER would *consent to a Committee up stairs on the Bill, but there was a practical evil existing which called for a remedy, and he trusted, therefore, that his Hon. Friend would persevere with his Bill, and the passing of it would remedy a great evil, and would not interfere with the regulations that had been proposed. Mr. HUME said that the landowners and farmers were very properly complaining of the increase of the county rate, which, when the Commission was appointed, amounted to 600,0002, but had now increased to 1,000,0001. He agreed with the principle of the Bill, but it would only be partial in its operation, and he thought that the better course would be to let it go to the Committee up stairs, in order to see if it could not be made more perfect, and also more acceptable to the landowners, ratepayers, and to the country generally. Sir WILLIAM JOLLIFFE said it was simply pro posed that tenants at rack rents should be exempted from certain burdens which were cast upon them, and although he agreed that much more ought to be done, he thought that there could not be any great objection to grant those tenants a moiety of relief, for which they would be extremely grateful. Mr. C • C. LYEMlEvßissusapipdotrhteadt ift th heß is B ill. ill were referred to the Committee up stairs many subjects connected with it could be maturely discussed which could not well be determined upon in the House, but he should be sorry to see it postponed, as it involved a great practical im provement. The question could hardly be considerd as one of county expenditure, because it simply related to a matter of taxation between landlord and tenant. Mr. W. PATTEN said that the principle of the Bill was agreed upon several years ago, and, therefore, he thought it would be unfair to refer it to a Committee up stairs. He should give the Bill his warmest support. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY conceived that some mea sure was necessary, for a universal spirit of dissatisfac tion existed throughout the country. Mr. E. DENISON said that the Hon. Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) did not object to the progress of this Bill, except in so far as it was only the ground work, and not the proposal, of a larger measure. What was the principle of this Bill ? Why it was this, so far as he could understand: it contained a proposition that half the expense should fall upon the landlord and half upon the tenant, yet every Member who had yet spoken had been in decided opposition to any such principle. The Hon. Member for Montrose had suggested that the Bill should be referred to a ge neral Committee, and his own feeling was quite in ac cordance with that notion. He believed that the usual course of the House was to pass the Bill through its pre sent stage, and then upon its recommittal to refer it to a Select Committee, and he would suggest that it should be referred to the same Committee as that which was instituted for the larger measure. If such a course were pursued he should withdraw his opposition. Mr. C. LEWIS explained that the nature of the Bill now before the House was altogether different from that which was introduced yesterday, and if the same Com mittee dealt with both Bills, the probability was that the right principle would be altogether overlooked. Mr. SOTHERON said that the object of the Bill would, he conceived, be altogether lost sight of if it were to be referred to the same Committee as that which was sitting on the larger measure. The effect of such a proceeding would be to verge the small measure into the principle of the larger one. But the objects of the two Bills were altogether different, and that point which he desired to gain of an equitable ad justment of ,the rates would be totally lost. Be would suggest that this Bill should pass through this stage, and then be referred to a Select Committee; they would then have to wait a whole year for the benefit which he intended to obtain. Mr. E. DENISON, in explanation, said that he had no desire whatever to press his opposition. He could not see any obstacle to the reference of the two Bills to the same Committee, and was ready to withdraw his opposi tion on the understanding that the principle should be fully considered in Committee. After a few words from Mr. WILSON PATTEN, Mr. HUME said the object of his ➢ill was for the entire management of the expenditure of the county rates, and had no reference whatever to any different apportionment. Mr. P. SCROPE hoped that the Government, having taken this subject under its consideration, would take into consideration the whole subject of local taxation. It was desirable to have a better system of audit of the accounts, and of the collection of local taxation, than has hitheito obtained. He did trust - the whOle subject would be taken into consideration. Here the discussion dropped. The verbal amendments were then agreed to, the House resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Wednesday, the 25th. SEQUESTRATORS' REMEDIES BILL. The House then went into Committee on this Bill. Mr. MULLINGS proposed the following amend ments :—Clause 1, line 7, to strike out " whenever a se questrator is," and insert " every sequestrator who shall then have been or shall thereafter be." Line 9, to strike out after "duty" the word " of," and insert" dueor owing from." Line 10, to strike out "it shall be lawful for such sequestrator," and insert "may and is hereby au thorised and empowered." Line 16, after "nature" to add " or in lieu;" and after " tithe," to add " or other rent or annual sum." Page 2, line 6, to strike out " Levan facias," and insert " Men facias de bonis Ecclesiasticis, or Levari facias de bonis Ecclosiasticis or scquestrari facias." Mr. S. WORTLEY proposed the following clause:— And be it enacted, that out of the moneys to be received by any sequestrator of any benefice, the said beques tra to r shall, in the first instance, pay and die. charge any instalment or instalments due or to become due on such benefice in respect of any charge made thereon, or on the tithe rent charge thereof, to secure the repayment of the moneys expended in the commnta- Lion of the tithes of such benefice." B s o io t n h , amendments were agreed to without any dis cus The Committee then went through the remaining clauses of the Bill, which were agreed to, the House resumed, and the seport was ordered to be brought up after the Easter recess. PARTITION OR SALE OF CHATTELS PER SONAL, HELD IN JOINT TENANCY. The House having resumed, Mr. R. PALMER rose to ask leave to bring in a Bill to authorise, in certain cases, the partition or sale of chattels personal, held in joint tenancy, or tenancy in common. He said there were in many cases great in convenience felt in dividing or disposing of property of that tenure, especially with regard to shipping. He himself had had many representations of their inconve nience from shipowners in Liverpool. The evil they complained of was this, that if there were a number of part-owners of a ship, the majority of the owners had the power to dispose of the ship, in cases of disagreement, against the will of the minority, who had no remedy in such cases.—(Hear, hear.) He said ho had consulted persons both in Liverpool and London who were well conversant with the operations of the law on this subject, and he proposed simply this Bill to enable parties by petition to the Court of Chan cery to have the partition or sale of chattels personal held in joint tenancy. Leave was then given to bring in the Bill. The lion. Member subsequently brought in the Bill. POLICE IN POPULOUS TOWNS. Mr. GIBSON CRAIG. in the absence of the Lord Advocate, obtained leave to bring in a Bill to make more effectual provision for regulating the police of towns and populous places in Scotland, and for paving, draining, cleansing, lighting, and improving the same. SAVINGS BANKS. Mr. REYNOLDS postponed his motion until this day three weeks relative to the appointment of a Select Committee on savings banks. REV. JAMES SHORE. After the presentation of a few petitions relative to .he liberation of the Rev. Mr. Shore, The House adjourned, at Five o'clock, until Monday, ,he lath of April. I METALLIC PRODUCE OF RUSSIA.—The following is a statement of the aggregate of the metallic produce of the Russian empire fur the year 1848, from the official documents :—Gold amounted to 1,826 poods; platina, 11 poods; silver, 1,192 poods; copper, 254,569 poods; wrought iron, 8,513,673 poods; and salt, 24,733,208 pcods. Taking the pood at 361 b. avoirdupois, and mea suring the gold by the English standard of fineness, the production of the year would amount to 3,944,8321, or, allowing for the fraction which the pood is more than 361 b. avoirdupois, to rather upwards of 4,000,000/ ster ling. The production of silver is comparatively insigni ficant, but taking it at ss. 6d. per ounce, it would amount to about 188,000/. The production of the Russian mines possesses the more interest at present, inasmuch as a pa rallel may soon be drawn between them and that of the Californian "El Dorado."—Mining - Journat IIuDDERSZIELD, APRIL 3.—The sales in the Cloth hall to• d ay h ave not b een equa l to l ast wee k , but it may be ascrib,:cl to the scarcity of stocks adapted for this season. The business in the warehouses has been good I during the week. I n vestin ga rather more is doing. 1 PRICES OF SHARES •N BANKS, ASSIMANIT, AND OTHER COM-1 From the Official Litt. PUBLISUED EVERY TUESDAY AND FATDAY EVENING. 2. LONDON, TUESDAY, APR Paid, a - WENT-STOCK ZAN. Num, of Company. Nostralasia ...... • • • • 3ritsh orth American Ceylon .. • • .. • • • • • • • • Commercial of London Colonial.. • • • • ••. • • • • Gloucestershire • • • • • • ion' an . • • • .. • • • • • • Londe and Westrninstr Ditto • • • • Aoudon Joint-Stock .• • Vrovincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New.•• • • • • • • tiAtional of Ireland Nat. Provnelal of Eng. Ditto, New. • • • • • • • • South Australia • • • • • • Union of Australfa.• • Ditto • •• •• •• LTniun of London. •• Union of Madrid . •• Dividend per Annum. Amount of ) Share. 51. per cent. 71. pzr cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 15/per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. per cent. 81. per cent. Bi. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 51, per cent. 61. per cent. 61, per cent tit. per cent. 4 s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 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 d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0• 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Kama of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. ----- £ a. d. £ s. d. 31. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 75 Alliance ?Ira. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20% Ditty Marine. •• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 - 1 ,,.., ......... ..... •• 13e.6d.prsh. 50 0 0. 5 6 8 15% British Commercial • • 7s. per share 50 0 0 50 0 5% Cleriel,Med.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 3 Caunty ••-•••• • • • • • • 1. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - % Crown .. •••••• • • • • • • 14s. 50 0 0 b 0 0 12 Eagle .• ••• • • ..... •• • • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5% Eng.Bc Scot. Law •• • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - ...... 5% per cent. 20 0 0 11l paid. - ........ CI. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0 - et Soc. 41. & be. 100 0 0 4 0 0 - • ...... • • 61. per cent, Stock. - - aFF E 1 : i m r e l y e a a s z onn i c i s i o f , w m e . 51. Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 100 0 0 36 10 0 45% Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 121 per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •••• • • • • 12s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 15 Indemnity Marine •• • • 11. sh.& bs. 100 0 0 513 1 31 Law Fire •••••• • • • • • • - 100 0 0 210 0 2% Law Life- . ..... .... 1/. 16a. 100 0 0 10 0 0 45% Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 10s. London Fire .... •• • • 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% London Ship • ... •• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15% - 100 0 0 'l5 0 0 8% Med. Invlid&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 National Life.... - Palladium Life 5l. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 111911. - - - - 1' iicenix .. ..... ..... - - 141 Protector Life.... •• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 - Provident Life.... .• • • 11. 55. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 27 Rock Life.. - Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 184 itrii Fire... • ....... - - 202 1)Itto Life ... - - -I 44 Universal Life lO% pr cnt. 100 0 0 9 0 0 Vitoria Life • • .....• • 5/. per cot. - 40 0 4% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company • per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- X. s. d. X. s. d. Charing-cross.... .... - - 25 0 0 - Southwrk,NwSub.Av. - 632 12 lit -2% Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 15 Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 4 Ditto Old Ann. of 81. 11. ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 26% Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 24% Vauxhall .... •• • Av. 11. 17e. 70 10 8 - 24 DOCILE. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -------- ....._.- - £ s. d. £ s. el. C 'came rcial ......... - 70 East and West India ... CU. pr cent. St oc k . - 132 East Country ••..• • • . 40s. p e r sh. 100 0 0 - - London ......... -.. 4/. per cent. Stock. 5/. pr cent. Stock. - 110% Ditto 80nd5.... •• • • 4/. per cont. - - - St. !Catharine -••• • • • 4 per cent. Stock. - SI I)itto Bonds- ...... 4341. pr cent. - - - Southampton •• .. .... 21, per cent. SO 0 0 50 0 0 - WATER -WORKS . 1 Dividend I Amount Name of Company. I per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -- - I £ e. d. X s. d. East L0nd0n........., ' 81. 100 0 0 - 171 Grand Junction .•- . • 2/. 10s. 41 13 4 - 80 [Cent •••...••• • • • • • • • 3/. 10s. 100 0 0 - - Lambeth ...... ••• • - ( 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New Myr Lndn Brdge 1 21. 10s. - - 55 Vauxhall ...... .• •• • • 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 100 West Middlesex . . . 61.04. pr cnt. - - 120 GAS..I.XGRT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - X. s. d. A. e. d. British ••• • • • ...... ~, 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.... 1/. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 I 18 Bristol --.••••• • • • •• 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton •• •••••• • • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 - 16 City of London ...... 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share) 50 0 0 39 b 0 - Equitable .•-••• • • • • • 455. pr shared 50 0 0 50 0 0 34, Imperial • • .... ••• • •• 61. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 I 67% Independent ....... • • Gl. percent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 ; 64 ' - 50 0 0 SO 0 0 I - 50 0 0 50 0 -! Phoenix ............. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 46 0 0 28 Rateliff ..... ........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 77 United General ••• • •• 4%1. pr cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 12% Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 48 Ditto. New •• •• -• . . 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9% • C. 6.357112.8. Names of 0. ' Dividend prim Names of p: 'Dividend Companies. A par c d Companies. P er Price. ec Annum. ... C 1 AIIIIUP2. --- ---- -------- ----_,_ --. X AshtuSt Oldh 97 71. - Macclesfield . 100 21. 10s. 40 100 181. 340 Neath 85 ü ß r a k rn n s k l a y A . b . r . 1 .3 1 5 6 0 0 1 5 2 1 1 . . 18850 0xf0rd................. 100 201. 190 Birmingham 35 41. 80 Peak F orest. 78 3/. 18s. 67 Coventry..•• 100 251. 210 Regent's.... 33 11 41 53. 18% Derby .•• .. 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... Ellsrnre&Chs 133 565. 40 . Somrs e t Coal 150 71.10 . .. 1 5 30 4 Erewash ... 100 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 Gl.p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 51 . 79 Stffr4 &Wore 1 40 29t, 310 Grand Surrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury. , 1 2 , 5 181. - Grand Union 1001 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 285 Grantham .. 150{ - - Severa and Kentit & Avn 39, Is. 60. 5 11 Wye Rau.] 26 2'. Os. - Leeds&Livrp 100, 301. 320 Warwick&7 Leicester.... 140 it. 55 111 rming. i 100 41. SO Leicstr BcNtb 83 41. 40 Warwick& / 100 31. 41 Loughborogh 142 701. 650 Ilapton. Monmouthsh 100, 81. - Worc s t r Mutgemryslt 100 - - Bin n i ng. ] 78 21. 40 MeltnMwbry 100, - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 tIZST OP SCOTTISH 001 ARIES' PRICES ----- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. X S. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 191% Caledonian Bank ••• • • 8 per sent, 10 0 0 210 0 31.1 8, City of Glasgow Bank ••, 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11% Lllydesdale Bank ••••• 6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12% :ommercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 '.astern Bank •••• • • • • 61. percent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 9/. 7s Edinb.f.; Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5% Exehangeßnk of Scot 4l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 32% Isle of Man. Company 7/. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - National Bank . ..... -6% per cent. 5 0 0 0 10 0 0 13% North of Scotland North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 4.3.6 d Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 117 Union Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80% Western Bank •• .. .• • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 74 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7%1.pr cent. 12 10 0 20 e 2% 13. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 9s fid British Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 Ils Gd Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. 11, Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. percent, 100 0 0 12 10 0 17% East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 015 0 83.6 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51, per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 46s 6d Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 12 Incur. Co. of Scetlnd•• Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Ufa Assoc. of Scotland 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 65 Mercantile Life - 10 0 0 010 0 ,3s. Od. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 203.6 d North British Incur. North & West of Scot 6 /. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 171.6 d. Scottish Life and Guar - 20 0 0 011 0 ; ss. Scot. _liar. and Gen. Life - 1 0 0 0 15 0 ,103.0 d Scottish Union Insrnce. 6M 1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. 2s 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 1 3U Stan lard Life ••• • • • • United Dep. Assurance 5 1. per cent. 10 0 0 0 158.0 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -----. - - Australian Agriculturl - 100 0030 0 0 An glo -Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0010 0 0 ---• - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 -.. Canada .... .... . ... 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 3234 Uppr Canada B on d s 5/. per_cent. - - 88 City Navigation .... - - - 90% Comp.Cppr Mars En g. 5L percent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 Gen. Revers. &In vest. 5 Equitable Reversiony y st, pr cen t. 100 0 0 100 0 0 96 Gen.Steato Navi gation 11. 80. 15 0 0 14 0 I 21% p. o.& be, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 - London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 Russell Institution.... - 26 5 0 3 - Peninslr& Orient.Strn. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 67 Reversionary Int, Soc. 4% 1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18..4. p. c., 100 0 0 60 0 0 483; South Australlan..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 15 Van Dieman's Land., 100 0 0 23 0 0 - STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, ApRiL 3.—The India department o f our market h as b een favourably i nfluenced by Lord Gough's de c i s i ve v i ctory in the Punjaub, and by the in telligence that, even in the absence of information from the seat of war, th ere continued to be an active call for goods and yarns at Bombay, while, at Calcutta, a steady, though rather tame, demand for goods (but not yarns) was going on at firm prices. We have consequently experi enced an increased inquiry for shirtings, madapollams, jac conets, and certain other cloths adapted to those markets. The actual business, however, has not been large; and it has been in some degree restricted to-day by the refusal of producers to sell at prices which were.accepted yesterday. An advance of lid. to 3d, per piece upon the attainable prices of last week has, in some instances, been realised. The inquiry for yarns has not increased proportionately with that for good s; yet an a d vance of to per lb. is asked upon India qualities. It is too soon to judge of the effect of the Overland advices; but the merchants appear disposed to act with much caution. ROCHDALE, APRIL 2.—We have bad another dull market to day —something like that of the preceding Monday. Prices have been low, and the manufacturers are poorly remunerated for their labour. There has been very little doing in wool, but prices continue firm. HALIFAX, MARCH 31.—The demand for worsted goods is still languid, the merchants being unwilling to accede to the prices asked by the manufacturers, and the latter being equally unwilling to accept prices be low the cost of production. Yarns maintain their firmness, and the spinners aro busy on old orders ; but new orders aro cautiously given out by the shipping houses, partly on account of the state of the continent and partly on account of price. The wool market is not active, and the quotations manifest a slightly downward tendency. APRIL 5, 1849 LEEDS, APRIL 3.—We have had today a very in different market; nor was there much doing in the expef.t:nee suw, L Li I:, pro.Tects fora good fall-trade to Ame-..ica continuo cheering, and the latest accounts ;rum the continent, and from India are so much more favourable. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to March 29: ASSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past duo Bills due in Paris, of which 16,086,836 f. 31c. are from the branch banks Bills in the branch banks . . Advances on coins and ingot... Ditto on French public securities ... Ditto by branch bank s ... ... Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... Renter of the reserve fund itentes, disposable funds ... Investments of the new br anc h banks in f 199,482,617 37 . . 133,654,617 00 90,912 21 51,370,074 21 84,608,847 98 16,673,540 00 30,117,990 45 1,504,337 00 50,000,000 00 60,000,000 00 10,000,000 00 42,581,488 13 the public funds ... Motel and furniture of the Bank ... Real property of the branch banks Loan of 10,000,000 f. to the city of Paris Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks Bills protested at Paris ••• ••• Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ... Advance to the department of the Seine ••• ••• ••• ••• Loan of 3,000,0001' t o the city of Mar seilles 12,779,541 39 4,000,000 00 2,273,788 00 8,000,000 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 7.711,757 66 4,258,334 00 303,964 67 224,265 00 709,173 77 3,000,000 00 1,000,000 00 f. 714,775,248 65 LIABILITIES. Oapital Ditto of the Branch Banks ... ... 23,350,000 00 Reserve fund ... ... 10,005,900 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... 2,503,702 63 Reserve-immobiliere 4,762,991 00 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... .410,761,200 00 Ditto of the branch banks ... .., 22,093,125 00 Ditto to order (post-bills) 1,039,237 70 Account-current with Treasury creditor 41,528,751 08 Various accounts current ... 85,797,890 33 Ditto in branches ... ... 25,547,131 00 Bills payable at sight ... ... 4,829,300 00 Ditto at branches ••• ••• •• • 913,101 00 Bills of the branch banks payable by the Bank ... Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. Dividends payable ... . . Liquidation of the Algiers Bank Discounts, interest, and expenses Ditto branch banks Re-discounts of the last six months Ditto in branch banks Miscellaneous 6,223,501 89 2,788,146 00 293,266 25 209,399 04 2,380,529 74 1,211,846 00 201,998 17 563,092 09 221,302 77 f. 714,775,248 65 The metallic reserve has again increased 31 millions in Paris, and 11 million in the provinces. The discount accommodation has increased 11- million in Paris, and about -1- million in the branch banks. The protested bills have fallen off 300,000 f. On the side of the liabi lities, the notes in circulation have increased 7} millions in Paris, and declined 9 millions in the provinces. The account current of the Treasury has fallen off 101 mil lions, being 41,528,751 f. The whole amount of the metallic reserve is now 333 millions to 4321 millions of notes in circulation. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. H. Knapp, Abingdon, Berkshire, ba n k er , A pr i l 25, at half-past twelve—H. Vertue, Great St. Helen's City, and Ipswich, corn and seed factor, April 26, at eleven— E. Tatham, Union-street, Southwark, hat manufacturer, April 24, at eleven—G. Howden, Pump-row, Old -street.. road, patent stove manufacturer, April 24, at half-past eleven—W. C. Streatfield, Cornhill, underwriter, April 25, at one—C. C. Manning, High-street, Aldgate, draper, April 27, at one—E. Manning, High-street, Ald gate, draper, April 27, at one—T. T. Brunker, Queen street, Finsbury, wadding manufacturer, April 26, at one —H. Clark, RedcroEs-street, City, and Plummer's-row, Whitechapel, oil and colour merchant, April 26, at one— M. Nunn, Regent's-circus, Oxford- street, childbed linen warehouseman and laceman, April 25, at twelve—E. H. Browne, Peckham-rye, and Beaufort-buildings, Strand, brickmaker, April 26, at half-past eleven—S. Mobbs, Brompton, coal merchant, April 26, at one—G. Banks, Lymington, Hampshire, builder, April 26, at half-past eleven—T. Mannington, Brighton, Sussex, tobacconist, April 26, at twelve—L. Langley, Brading, Isle of Wight, baker, April 26, at half-past twelve—W. Sims, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, coach and harness maker, April 26, at half-past twelve—W. Lancaster, Re gent's-street, and Carlton -street, jeweller, April 26, at eleven—C. Bourjot and W. E. de la Vellesboisnet, Cole man-street-buildings, City, merchants, April 26, at twelve. In the Country. J. Walton, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, ironfoundor, April 26, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham—C. Rob son, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer and tea dealer, April 26, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne—W. Garrett, Newcastle-upon. Tyne, bookseller, April 26, at balf-past eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon -Tyne— W. Cameron, Newcastle• upon-Tyne, confectioner, April 26, at half-past ten, at the Court, Newcastle-upon .Tyne —H. V. Stroud, Spettisbury, Dorsetshire, miller, April 26, at one, at the Court, Exeter—R. Read, Manchester, cigar dealer, April 26, at eleven, at the Court, Manchester —G. Lewis, Wrexham, Denbighshire, apothecary,' April 25, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—W. Beamer, West Derby, Lancashire, joiner and builder, April 25, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. R. K. Payne, Brighton, grocer and tea dealer, 5d., on Saturday, April 7, and two following Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Ed wards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. C. Mason, Manchester, paper hanger, 2s. ad., any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. C. Samson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, common brewer, is. 2td., any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Man chester. A. Nickers, Manchester, ironmonger, 5d., any Tues day, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Hobson, Manchester. J. Bremner, W. Yates, anal A. Smith, Manchester, merchants, 2d., any Tuesday, between the hours of ten and one, at the office of Mr. Ilobson, Manchester. W. Reeve and R. Reeve, New Bond-street, uphol sterers, second dividend of 7d., and first and second divi dend of 3s. 10d., on Saturday, April 7, and two subse quent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. W. Beecham, Hawkhurst, Kent, banker, 4s. 2d., on Saturday, April 7, and two subsequent Saturdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. J. Miller, Oxford-street, bookseller, 9d., on Saturday, April 7, and two subsequent Saturdays, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. A. Bayton, Thame, Oxfordshire, clerk, 2s. 5d., on Saturday, April 7, and two subsequent Saturdays, be tween the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Edwards, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES, At the Court, Basinghall-street. W. Towns, Kingston, Surrey, farmer, April 25, at twelve—R. Webster, sen., and R. Webster, jun., Corn hill, chronometer makers and watch and clock manu facturers, April 25, at one—M. Cowles, Nine Elms, Vauxhall, and York. road, Lambeth, livery stable keeper, April 26, at one—G. Cheetens, Frindsbury, Ker t. ship-builder, April 26, at half-past twelve—ll. H. Ulph, West Ham, Essex, cattle salesman, April 26, ut half-past one—J. Gurman, South Stoneham, South ampton, builder, April 25, at eleven—J. Peachey, Col chester, cabinet maker, April 25, at eleven—J. Arnold, Oxford-street, Westminster, linen draper, April 28, at eleven—W. Lancaster, Regent -street and Carlton -street, jeweller, April 26, at eleven. In the country. T. Plumley, jun., Bristol, grocer, April 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—J. it. Long, Bath, linendraper, April 24, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol —J. Pierce, Chorley, Lancashire, corn and provision dealer, April ,24, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Krauss, Manchester, agent, April 26, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—P. Whitehead, Bradford, Yorkshire, bonnet maker, April 26, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Frayne, Northmolton Devon shire, draper, April 26, at one, at the Court Exeter— W. Cradock, Truro, Cornwall, auctioneer, April 25, at eleven, at the Court, Exeter—W. Thornley, Ripley, Derbyshire, grocer, April 27, at eleven, at the Court, Nottingham—T. L. Walker and E. W. Kelsall, Stock ingford, Warwickshire, May 1, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham—R. Ashforth, Birmingham, hardwareman, April 25, at twelve, at the Court Birmingham —J. Hollings, Rugeley, Staffordshire, common brewer, April 25, at twelve, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, April 24. C. Samson, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, brewer—A. [Tglow, St. Thomas the Apostle, Cornwall, miller and corn factor—R. Living, Leadenhall Mark e t, poultry salesman—A. M'Alley, Romney-terrace, Horse ferry-road, Westminster, builder —J. Jarvie and J. Rowley, Manchester, silk manufactur e r s and printers — W. Fost e r, Nottingham, hat reanufacturerer—W. Trap, Warminster, Wiltshire, mason —T. Poole, South-square, Gray's Inn, money scrivener --R. W. Hunter, Freed street, Paddington, baker —T. Stocks, Tormohana, De vonshire, baker --R. Wilkie, Beddgelbert, Merioneth shire, quaryman—G. F. H. and H. J. Chambers, Liver pool, vinegar brewers--11. V. Stroud, Spettisbury, Dor setahire, miller. PARTNERSFIIPS DISSOLVED. R. Baker and C. Moore, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, linendrapers and hoaiers—R. Brown and J. Christmas, Lancelot-place, Trevor -square, Brompton, coach-painters —C. James and E. Seymour, Ross, Herefordshire, oiners and whcelvrrights—J. Hodgson and 11. Andrews, Man chester, accountants and general agents—C. C. Butter field and J. Currie, Petersfield, Hampshire, bankers—S. Marsh and J. Shires, Manchester, braziers and tin-plate workers —T. Langton and G. Holland, Bulwell, Notting hamshire, glove mskers and hosiers—Johanna Fearon, IL S. Fearon and P. J. Fearon, New Bond-street, wine and spirit merchants (so far as regards H. S. Fearon)--. T. Kerr and J. Pritchard, Liverpool, licensed victuallers Cook anal M. Cook, Liverpool, lmkern arid flour . . .te.i Rob.res era" J raft, KingswinfOrd, Staffordshire, corn dealers— J. Johnson and E. Johnson, Manchester, calico printers--W. Flockton, W. Lee, and T. J. Flockton, Sheffield, architects, engineers, and surveyors (so far as regards W. Lee)—E. Wright and J. Wright, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, engineers —S. Balm and R. J. Walton, Halifax, Yorkshire, worsted spinners—H. Rusher, G. Rosher, and E. Rosher, Northfleet, Limehouse, Milbank-street, Westmin ster, Kingsland -road, and Holland-street, Bleck friar'e road, lime merchants—J. Smith and T. Lie, Caleherwell, brewers—J. Carter and J. Strofton, Smith Melton• street, Hanover-Square, wine mirere ants—U- d • Melland, J. H. Melland, J. Appleby, and J. Sideboth Itll, Manchester, calico printers—W. Sanders, S. Brown, C. Sanders, J. Sanders, and T. Carom, Belpre', Derby shire, nail manufacturers (so far as regards T. Carom) —S. Keeling, T. Adams, and J. Shirley, Hanley, Staf fordshire, grinders of putters' materials (so tar as re• gards J. Shirley)—G. Knapton and J. Knapton, Raw marsh,,aYorkshire, colliers end coal Inas ers—F. W. Croke', W. E. Clement, and 11. K Croker, Plymouth, brokers and auctioneers—W. Patterson and T. C. Hine, Nottingham, builders and architects. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. John Mitchell, Keynsham, Sornersetshire, licensed victualler. John Hort, Bristol, licensed victualler. Robert Smy, Bristol, timber dealer. Joseph Furze, Bristol, Surgeon. Thomas Brook, High Ucktield, Sussex, tailor. Zachariah Parry, Awre, Gloucestershire, railway sub contractor. William Fry, Bawdrip, Somersetshire, cattle dealer. Elizabeth Gibbon, Haverfordweat, innkeeper. Thomas Taylor, Oswestry, Shropshire, hatter. James Tillie, Quatre Bras, Northumberland victualler. William Dalton Garbutt, Newcastle upon-Tyne, joiner. Cornelius I'eircy, Lewes, Sussex, builder. William Lasseter, Arundel, Sussex, watchmaker. Francis Anderson, Winlaton, Durham, builder. Jesse Varley, Ellesmere, Shropshire, stone mason. James Somerville, Drury-lane, cork cutter. Thomas Bassett, Chailey, Sussex, carpenter. Henry Crake Bunting, Bradford, Wiltshire, agent. Richard Morse, Liverpool, provision dealer. Thomas Minster, Liverpool, clerk. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. r EDI NRUP GIT MEAL MARKET. APRIL n._The r p ~r o in 72-; imperial, which sold thus : 53 at 117 s Od, 3at 116 s 6d, 12 at 116 s 03, sat 115 s 6d, oat 1/'ss Cd. Av erage price of the whole, I/ 6s 8d 6-12th s. 11 sacks flour, whereof 2 sold at 325, and 9at 30s. 4 sacks barleymeal, whereof 2 sold at 2.1 5 • 1 sack peasemeal, which was not sold. 38 sacks pot-barleys whereof 22 sold thus: —2 at 1 / B sod, 1 at 1/ 7s Od, 2at 1169, 10 at 115 s, 6 at 1/ 4s Od, 1 at 1/ 33. 3 sacks brosemeal, whereat I sold at 27s 6d, and 2 at 275. EDINBURGH HAY A ND 4 STRAW MARKET, APRIL 3.- - Supplies of all kinds large. Oat straw, from 6s to 7s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s to 7s; barley do., 5s tid to 6s 6d. Hay from 7d to 9d per stone. NEWCASTLE CATTLE M ARKET, APRIL 3.—There are about, 725 head of beasts and 3,20 ,, sheep on offer here to-day. Both cattle and sheep have ut dergone a decided improvement in their demand from last weck ; all kinds are making mo re money, and nearly all are disposed of. Prices—Beasts, 5 6 to 6s ; pork, 5s to 6s 3d per stone of 14Ibs ; sheep, 63 to 61,c1 per lb, sinking offal. BELrasx, APRIL 2.—Wheat; 9s to lOs 3d ; barley, 6 s to 6s 6,1 ; oats, 5s 9d to 6s 6d ; oatmeal, 9s 9d to lOs 9d p er e wt. Indian Corn in fair demand 7 2s 6d to 7/ 7s 6d for yellow, and 5s less for white. Seeds—Flaxseed held firmly at 30s to 32s for Riga, and 65s to 70s for Dutch. BALLYMENA, APRIL 2 . —Oats, 5s 9d to 7s Od; oatmeal, lOs Od to 10s 6d per cwt ; butter, 13id ; beef, 3d to 6d per Ibl mutton, 3id to 7d ; flour, first, per cwt, 18s Od ; second, 17s 03, third, 15s Od ; inferior third, 13s Od ; fourth, 105 Od ; bran, 55 6d to 6s 6d; Indian meal, white, per cwt, 8s Od to 8s 6dl ; yellow, 8s Od to 8s 6d; potatoes, 2s 6d to 4 s 6d per cwt; h a y s Is to Is 6d per c w t ; American flour, 30s per barrel ; ! 4s Od to 5s 4d per stone ; flax, 4s Od to 53 10d ; straw, 9d to Is hides, 2s 6d to 4s 6d each ; pork, 37s 6d to 45s Od per cwt; turnips, 9d to Is per ditto; carrots, Os to is per ditto ; beans, 55 9d to 6s 6d ; grey peas, 6s Od to 7s 6d. ! Coltx, APRIL 2 . —Flour—Firsts 14s Od to 14s 6d; extra 154 seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12s ; thirds 8s to 1!. 11 ' per cwt. Oatmeal lis to ll s 6d ; I n di an meal 7s 9d to 8s ; wheat meal, lOs 6d to per cwt. Indian corn 715 s Od to 7 / 1 0s pel. ton. Bran 41 to 4/ 59 per ton. Hay - Farmers 25s to 395; average 38s; dealers 48s to 00s ; average OOs Od per ton. Straw—Farmers ! 20s Od to 245 Od ; average 235; dealers 28s Od to 00$ Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf bid to 7d; household loaf sid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d to 10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 175 ; Landore 16s Best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 4 46 per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gal' lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6id ; veal bid to 7d ; pork 4d to bid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3l 5s per ton. Bark—Barbary 7i to 8/; Valonia 14/ to 001; French 71; English 71 per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stone; I Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 113 s to 19s ; red ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 101 10s to 121 peg I s ton. Timber—New Memel 41109; old scarce; red pine 31 15s ; yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second i quality 171 per 120. Hides--Market 103 to 162; salted lls 16s per cwt ; calf skins 2d t o 26d ; market 2d to 2- 1 ,- . (1 p e r lb. I Potatoes, white 10d to 123 ; Mi n i ons 18d to 20d; 'Guano-- I Peruvian, 10110 s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton; Tar—Archangel, 189 per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred. COAL MARKET.— YESTERDAY. Carr's Hartley Holywell Main l 4s 6d Lambton New Tanfield l 3s Od, i Russell's Hetton Wylam Wall's End, &c. Hotspur l 4 lCaradoc .. .... ..... 1 16s s 6 1 s 6d Cassop 6 Northumbe r l an d Eden Main ...... ... Lambton Primrose ... 16s 3diC owpen H artley l4s 91 ", Braddyll's Hetton...... 175 3dlNixon' s M er th yr • Bel llss 6c.1 Ships at market, 39. RAILWAY A.ItE MARKETS. BRISTOL, APRIL 4. STocK EXCHANGE.—The shai e market was very dull to-day, and no business done worth mentioning. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were very limited' and the share market generally flat. - ; MANCIIEsrEIt, APRIL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Manchester, Sheffield, sni Lincoln, 14.74 dis.—North Staff or d s hi re, 3% die.—Manchester all' Birmingham (C), Quarters, p.—Cheshire Junction, 14% Leeds, Fifths, 3 9-16 dis. Sheffield, Preference, 1014—Easter 0 Counties, 9 1 1 c. BGHAM, IL 4. STOCK EXCHANGE.— TIRheMI N transaction A s P t R o-day haTe been as 14 1 ' lows :—Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bsston, 90s. 6d. dis. ex in.'" Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 111. Gs. 3e1.-" London and North-Western, New, p. North Staffordshire , 6fis. 3d. dis. — Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 4 %dis.—Ditto ( 3) ' 71s. 3d. dis.—Ditto, Preference (Scrip), 1% p.—South Staffordshire , 3/. 13s. 9d. dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 2% dli' YORK, Aran, 3. STecic EXCHANGE —The husineFs transacted to-day was as fol . lows :—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1/. 1 ls. 6 d' —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), las. 9d. - ; Ditto (G. N. E.Parchase), 71. 3s. 9d.—York and North Midland (no' and West Riding Extension), 22. GLASGOW, APRIL 3. STOCK EXCIIANGIC.—The following are to-day's transactions Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), 6U—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, an Ayr, 55N—Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 6/. 13s. 6d.—Ditt* (N 0.2), 6% -- , North British, Preference, 245.—York, Newcastle, and Berwi (G. N. E. Purchase or Preference,), 736. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY. Field Marshals —The King of the Netherlands, at the Hague; Nugent, Westhorpe House, Marlow. Lieutenant-Colonels—R. Brookes, 24th Foot (killed i 0 action at Chillianwallah); Pennycuick, C. 8., 24th Fool (Brigadier General in the East Indies, killed in action at Chillianwall,h); Norman, 56th Foot, Gibraltar; Jaime° Harvey, half-pay 92d foot; Knox, Unattached, Cheltery ham; Robert O'Hara, Unattached, late 88th Foot, Dublin Majors—Henry William Harris, 24th Foot (killed jo action at Chillianwallah); Ekins, Local rank, Deputy Adjutant-General in the East Indies (killed in action s' Chillianwallah); Christie, Local rank, of wounds re' ceived at Chillianwallah; Bolton, half-pay 30th Foot, Ilfracombe ; Gerber, half. pay, sth Line Battalion, King - German Legion. Captains—C. R. Harris, 24th Foot, (B r i ga d e M a j o r, killed in acti on at Chillianwallah); Lee, 24th Foot (killed in action at Chilliauwallah); Shore, 24th Foot (killed 10 action at Chillianwallah); Travers, 24th Foot (killed action at Chillianwallah); Turner, 66th Foot, Barba' does; Moylan, 72d Foot, Barbadoes; Edwards, 86th Foot, Deesa, Bombay; Raitt, Ceylon Rifles, Colombo; Ovens, retired full pay, 57th Foot; Clare, Unattached; Goeben, half-pay, For. Veteran Battalion. Lieutenants—Cureton, 14th Dragoons (killed in 11 01100 at Chillianwallah); Carrow, 22d Foot, Calaba, Bombay; G. Phillips, 24th Foot (killed in action at Chilliair wallah); Payne, 24th Foot (killed in action at Chillian• wallah); Woodgate, 24th Foot (killed in action at Chi!' lianwallab); W. Phillips, 24th Foot (killed in action al Chillianwallah); Needham, 25th Foot, Table Bay, Car' on passage ho me; M etge, 29th Foot (of wounds receive,' in action at Chillianwallah); Jackson, 38th Foot, Castle' bar; Tytler, Town Major Stirling Castle, Aberdonof North Britain; White, Town Major of Portsmouth; ll,' Quill, of l a t e 9 t h V eteran Battalion, Dublin; Caulfield, half-pay, 22d Foot; Lang, half pay, 23d Foot; Dow; biggen, half-pay, 16th Foot; Fortescue, half-pay, 3 `` Prov. Battalion; Tugginer, half-pay, De Roll's lier ment, Baden. Second Lieutenants and Ensigns—Collis, 24th Foot (killed in action at Chillianwallah); Pennycuick, 240 Foot (killed i n act i on at Chilli anwallah); Truell, 28th Foot; Tulk, 48th Foot, Dublin; Bott, Rifle Brigade, Toronto, Canada; Ruman, half-pay, For. Veteran Bat' talion. halt-Deputy Assista n t C ommissary-General—Byndlossr pay. Quartermaster—Healy, half pay, 32d Foot, Quebec. The anniversary festival of the General Theatrical Fund, fixed for yesterday, was unavoidably postponed. in consequence of a heavy domestic calamity in the family of the chairman, Mr. Charles Kean. THE WEATHER.—Since our last we have had weather befitting April,—sunshine and shower,—and the wind has changed from the east to the west. Yesterday, the weather was gloomy, but fair ; vegetation is forward. and we have heard of no seriuus injury from the las t nocturnal frosts. The following is the telegraphic return from various places yesterday morning. It shows preponderance of fine weather : —Glasgow, S. rain ; Edinburgh, S. slight frost ; York, S.W. fine; Newcastle , S.E. cloudy; Hull, N.W. fine; Bradford, E. dull; skip' ton, E. dull; Normanton, N.W. fine; Chesterfield, S. fine; Nottingham, S.W. cloudy ; Rotherham, S.E. fine ; Rugby, W. moderately fine; Derby, S.W., frost; Brandon, S. cloudy; Birmingham, S.W. cloudy ; Dern' ham, S.E. fine; Hereford, W. fine; Chelmsford, S.Vi r • fine; Colch es t er , S.E. fi ne; Cambridge, W. fine; St. Ives, N.W. fine; Norwich, S. fine; Yarmouth, S. fine; Lowestefft, S. fine; London, S.W. fine; Liverpool, S.W. cloudy; Holyhead, N.W. moderate breeze; Manchester, S.E. gloomy.—Manchester Guardian of yesterday. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Another permanent Cure o' a Nervous Headache and Giddiness in the Head by Hollo' ways Pills.—Mr. William Smith of No. 5, Little Thomas' street, Lambeth, suffered for many years with a nervous head' ache and giddiness in the head which so prostrated his strength that he had very little hope of a recovery. His disorders cow pletely baffled the skill of several eminent doctors who, it ar, pears, mi s t oo k hi s complaint for an affection of the spine, an d Het o a f n resto r i n g commenced ewshtaeoyar,rsi ntEyg t s a oht k ladi i bm n la g st heo H ni. p o e l r l f o ewe t a h be got wo rse un d er t h e i r treatment. In despair and as a last ap h r t e e a o h o r f e a r ea e s e I s ff ho e e ar eff ect y ea P h i h il , s' an w d h t i h e e h pros ' at all st r a D n r d u , gt o i n s t d s 0 , andn. - BIRTHS, On the 23d ult., at Ed.nburgh, Mrs. Monteith, of Car • stairs, of a daughter. On the 31st ult., at Milton-place, Wandsworth -road, the wife of Mr. F. Stretton, of a son. On the 31st ult., at Criccieth Rectory, C arnarvonshire, the wife of Major J. R. Heyland, unattached, of a daughter' T. On the ist inst., wi at John-street, M ay -fair, the lady of G. lis, Esq., of tns. Whi On the 2d inst., at Oxford terrace , Hyd e - par k , the wife o f J. gham, Esq., of a son. On the 2d inst., at Kensington, the wife of E. Blandon, Esq., of a daughter. E sq., o h e a son 3d inst., at Hampstead, the l a d y of Vaughan Davis , . ARRIED. On the 31st ult., at Trinity Church, St. Marylebonn, Signol Adolfo A. Ferrari, of Norton -street, to Joanne, relict of the late Lionel Rodwell, Eso. On the 29th ult., at St. George's, Hanover.square, S. M. Martindale, of the Middle Temple, to Frances, third daugh ter of J. Smith, Esq., of Dulwich-common. On the 29th ult., at the parish church, Clapham,. Thomas J. Bellamy, Esq., of Brighton, to Hannah, daughter of the late J. King, Eso,, of Brighton. h/A7bM". On the 31st ult., at High Wycombe, Bucks, age d 71, Robert Shelley, Esq., brother of the late Sir John Sh elley Sidney, Bart. On the Ist inst., at Liverpool, aged 30, Edward Du nn, Esq., of Ulverston. On the 2d inst., the Rev. Sir James Hanham, Bart .a Dean's -court, Dorset, aged 89. of On the 2d inst., at Hastings, William Reade, Esq., late- a Camberwell, Surrey, aged 72. On the 2d inst., at the Rectory-house, St. Michael's,' Bristol, aged 72, Sarah, relict of Mr. John Haynes. On the 2d inst., at Godstone, Surrey, George L.liollings-• worth, Esq., aged 77. On the 3d inst., Ellen, the wif e o f W. Atki nson, E sq., o f Granby- street, Alo rnington-crescent. On the 31st ult., at Great Ormond-street, Robert Sibley, Esq , aged 59. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of O. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,: Sf rand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ig the cousitYof tliddle4ex, Thursday, April 5, 1849. SPORTING. " Were such things done as we do speak about? Or have we eaten of the insane root, That takes the reason prisoner ?" Macbeth, Act 1., Scene 3. " That which to us seems but mere accident Springs from the deepest sources of design." " In these indexe s , a lth oug h small pricks LLERSZEIN. To their subsequent volumes, there is seen The baby figure of the giant mass Of things to come." " I'll issue notes, Which may on Fortune's 'change be barter'd For much money." WALLYNGE. SNAKSPERE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. NOTE IL SIR,—" The earth hath bubbles," as the past week can testify, for it has witnessed the bursting of the largest and most enduring of sporting bubbles ever recorded in the annals of the turf; the Tartar or Stockbridge bubble will go down to posterity, at least to the racing portion of it, as a fair specimen of the gullibility of the " cutest" division of John Bull's speculative children. This bubble, unlike Mr. Day's nag, was gifted with lasting qualities of the first order, this being the fifth time, I believe, that it has been played off upon the unsuspecting public as a " crack thing." I naturally enough,:ilike many others, thought that young John, at last, was in this Tartar about to pro duce a flyer, especially as the stable was " ou" him; and, in consequence, in my last letter placed him first for the Great Northamptonshire Stakes, and Fernhill (the winner) "well up;" but time has told another tale —the bubble's burst, and left a vast wreck of hopes behind. Quiver, after winning the Guineas, and " polishing " off The Hero of Stockbridge, and seven others, in a canter! was sold to the Duke of Richmond for 600 guineas, and I have no hesitation in declaring that his Grace has the best of the bargain. In my first note bartered on " Fortune's 'change," on the Northampton meeting, I was right in four instances out of seven, and in two of the remaining three I named the second horse, to wit—Cadger for the Althorpe Park Stakes, and Miss Burns for the 10 sous. Stakes; if the like success attend me through the season, my notes will be a profitable speculation to your numerous sport ing readers. I will now attempt through the double lens of my judgment to peer into the future, and bring to your view " the baby figure of the giant mass of things to come," or in other words to select such horses as have first rate chances, and are intended, for the leading stakes of the present year; those asterisked I consider to have the best chance. NEWMARKET CRAVEN. Hinchinbrook—Colonel Peel. Riddlesworth—*Sister to Arkwright or Indus. Newmarket Handicap—Canezou, Bst 71b—Sir Peter Laurie, 7st 81b--Sylvan, 7st 31 b—*Sagacity, 7st 21b— *Tisiphone, Est 1111 3—Fernhill, 6st 10113. Column—*Tadmor, The Knout, Sister to Arkwright. Port —*Springy Jack, Flatcatcher. BATH. Weston—*Officious, Remnant, Dactyl. Somersetshire—*Brandyface, 7st 71b—Sylvan, 7st 21b --King Ilal, 6st 111b—Glenalvon, s st . — * Loupgarou, sst —Fernhill, Tat 21b, not likely to start. EPSOM SPRING. Great Metropolitan—Canezou, Bst llb—Mogador, Bst—Sylvan, 7st— * Dacia, 6st 111 b—Fernhill, Est 131 b Loupgarou, sst 21b—Do-the-Boys, sst--Lugar, 4st 10Ib. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRDiG. Two Thousand Guineas—*Nunnykirk, Honeycomb, Mr. Milner. One Thousand Guineas—E sca l a d e, S is. to Arkwright. Newmarket—*Bernadotte,thgbfligher, Bro. to Evenus. CHESTER. Chester Cap—lnheritress, Bst 61 b—Blucher, 7st 81b— Clermont, 7st 61b—Dacia, 7st 2 1b—John Cosser, 7st 21b —Joc o' Sot, Est 111 b—Ratbmines, Est 101b—Farewell, 6st 101b—Ada Mary, sst 6 1b—Lugar, 4st 101b—Loup garou, 4st 101 b. Dee—*E Ith iron, Garrick. Cestrian—Honeycomb. (To be continued.) I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT 01? THE TURF. March 31. UNDER-SHERIFF'S COURT, LIVERPOOL, March 31. (Before Mr. WATSON, Q.C., Acting Assessor.) CRIM. CON.—HARTLEY V. THOMPSON. This day a jury was empanelled before the Under- Sheriff of Lancashire, at Liverpool, to assess the da mages in a case of trim. con., in whileh the defendant had allowed judgment to go by default. The plaintiff, Mr. J. B. Hartley, in a surveyor in Liverpool, and is in partnership with his father, who holds the office of surveyor to the Liver pool Dock Estate. The defendant, Mr. Thompson, is a civil engineer, and for the last year or two has been. residing in the neighbourhood of Liverpool, having been employed by the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Railway company as their acting engineer during the construction of the Liverpool and Bury portion of their li tae. In construct ing a part of the line of railway which COMQS near the Liverpool docks the defendant had frequent interviews with the plaintiff of a business natenre, and these re peated interviews laid the foundatio n of a close inti macy which subsequently sprang up between the parties. This led to the defendant being received as a frequent guest at the house of the plaintiff„ to whose family he was introduced, and, the friendship between the parties increasing, the defendant was in the habit of paying complimentary visits to tho plaintiff's house, and was there during the absence of the plaintiff from home. It was during the time the defendant was so pri vileged to visit the house as the friend of the plain tiff that the unfortunate intimacy between Mrs. Hartley and the defendant was contracted, and in conse quence of which the present action had been instituted. Mr. Martin, Q.C., and Mr. Crompton, appeared for the plaintiff, and Sir Frederick Thesiger and Mr. James for the defendant. The damages were laid at 10,000/. The jury havi ng b een sworn, 2Clr. MARTIN rose to address them for the plaintiff. He said he was happy to state that they would be spared the hearing of a very painful investigation. It he (the Learned Counsel) were merely to consult the feelings of Mr. Hartley, they would have such a detail of 'circumstances laid before them in connexion with the ease as were probably never before proved in a coeirt of justice. From certain communications which had bean made to Mr. Hartley, referring to a false allegation of unkindness towards his wife, he had been exceedingly desirous that this matter should have been fully and pub- Hely investigated; but there were other parties to be con sidered besides the plaintiff's wife--thy re were the feelings of the relatives of the lady, the feelings of her aunt and an unmarried sister, to be considered, and, under these circumstances, the plaintiff had consented to submit, notwithstanding his strong desire to have this matter fully i nvestigated, to t h e advice of his 'counsel and to his own good feelings, and was content t o t a k e a verdict fo 4,. at their band;a. It was b etter on all occasions r that ooo/ such matters as these should not be made a subject of public inves tiga' Be would only again say that Mr. Hartley had bqen actuated by the feelings he had mentioned— by a wrong desire to spare the feelings of the woman who lior fi ve years had been his wife,also the and feel ings esf her family. Si r .F. THESICIER then rose, an uncle taloa the conduct of th.nat the fullest repar a ti on f or defence his htihsat when h desire was that Mr. Hartley should obtain the deep injury which had been inflicted on hi m by t h e deepdefe natant, sparing, bu as much t that such reparation possationsihboleu,ld the made , by fedi! cgs of ile the parties F. Thes whoiger) felt it were hi connectednaty,onwtibthe the c us e. part of the defendant, to make the only atonement now at tho: :last moment, late as i t was, wh i ch it was in his power to make. He acknowledged that Mr. Hartley had been di eply injured, and, if any imputations had been placed upon him, they were entirely unfounded and com pletely untrue. A 'ass rdict was then returned for the plaintiff, damages 4,0001., and the proceedings terminated, .uot having occu pied nature than ten minutes. Sia'Z URES AT THE C U S TOM - HOUSE.—The entered value of the silks, lace, and ribbons detained by the Cus tom-hoc Ise officers from January to August last, on the plea or - under-vlauation, amounted to 4,1481., and the value at which they were delivered at 5,2331. Price