The Sun. — London, England, 1855-04-06 00:00:00

THE NEWSPAPER STAMP. The following memorial was presented to the Right Hon. Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart., Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the 4th of April, 1855, by a deputation of the Yorkshire newspaper proprietors, consisting of Mr. E. Baines (Leeds Mercury), Mr. Kemplay (Leeds Intelligences), Mr. Robert Leader, jun. (Sheffield Inde pendent), Mr. Alfred Hargrove ( York Herald), and Mr, J. U. Walker, ( Halifax Guardian). TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. The Memorial of the Proprietors of Yorkshire News papers, assembled at Leeds on the 2d April, 1855. Your memorialists beg respectfully to lay before you the following resolution, passed unanimously at the above meeting :- "The House of Commons having recognised the princi ple of unstamped newspapers being legalised, an d that the use of the news stamp shall be compulsory only for the purpose of free transmission, this meeting is ofoprienait on That in the opinion of thi s mee ti ng it would b e a g ad vantage to the public, a n d a convenience to news paper pro o e prietors, as well as an actual an d cons id era ble gain to pl revenue, if the proposed stamp on newspap ers , to entitle them to transmission and re-transmission througa the Post office, were a halfp enny instead of a P were also issued h a lf penny stampe d covers, and if there rs,:tolentitle mi st:raped copies of registered newspapers to a single trans minion through the post." Your memorialists are aware that, in deciding between the penny and th e h a lf pen ny stamp, you to look, in th e fi rs t p l a ce, at the interests will o feel it right f the revenue -but in the second place, not to overlook the advantage and Con ven i ence to the public. In their judgment both of thes e o bj ec ts would be advanced by the adoption of the halfpenny stamp. I. The revenue. It admits of no doubt that, when newspapers may be egally published without stamps, the number of papers stamped for the purpose of freeing the post, supposi ng the Price of the stamp to be a penny, will be greatly be low the number which now pass through the post-office. u ns temped papers will then be sent in numbers by rail ways and other conveyances, and will be distributed by special messengers, or sold by letter-carriers. Whatever m ay be said of the reasonableness of the charge of a penny for conveying newspapers by the post, it is cer tain that no one will pay the penny if he can obtain his paper delivered for a halfpenny, still less if he can have it delivered free of charge for conveyance. In nearly all towns, we apprehend, the services of the Post-office will be dispensed with for the distribution of newspapers ; and also in most villages and country districts news agents will arise, and will make their profit by doing that which is at present done by the post, and disposing of newspapers and other publications. The letter-car riers will themselves become dealers in unstamped pa st, That this will be the case is evident, on considering the large percentage which a penny bears to the price of the newspaper : on a fourpenny newspaper it is 25 per cent., on a threepenny paper 33 per cent., on a two penny paper 50 per cent., and on a penny paper 100 per C Alt. This large percentage falling upon a paper re ceived weekly, or even daily, will induce all to avoid it 'who can. And there are comparatively few who will not be able to have an unstamped paper delivered for a halfpenny, or even less, in one or other methods al ti ady indicated. It may be assumed that the tendency of the news paper trade wilt be towards the publication of smaller and cheaper papers ; and as the charge of one penny on such papers will be higher in proportion than on the existing papers, extremely few of those new publication. will be likely to be printed on penny stamps. Your memorialists can answer for themselves, that if the stamp should be a penny, they would at once be compelled to devise, with the aid of their agents and cus tomers, every means of sending their papers by railway parcels and in other modes ; and they believe that they would beeahle to send by far the greater proportion of their papers which now pass through the post by other and cheaper methods, so as to avoid using stamped paper for them. It may be expected that the railway companies will afford every facility for the regular and cheap conveyance of newspapers, so as to compete with and undersell the Post-office ;in which object they would certainly to a great extent succeed. The future proportions of stamped and unstamped newspapers may in some degree be judged of by the class of publications, which have part of their issue stamped and the rest unstamped. It is believed that by very far the larger proportion of the impressions issued are unstamped. Of Punch, as stated by yourself in the House of Commons, only 8,000 copies are stamped, and 32,000 unstamped-being only one-fifth of the whole im pression stamped. If this is the case with a publication sold at threepence, it may be assumed that a far less proportion of any publication sold at twopence receives a stamp, if any at all. And in future it cannot be ex pected that any papers of which the price is below three pence would receive a penny stamp. Considering all the circumstances which have been re ferred to, it seems not improbable that the number of newspapers sent through the Post-office would in future be reduced at least one-half, and possibly two-thirds ; and as the expenses of the Post-office could not be re duced in anything like a corresponding proportion, the revenue may suffer more seriously than you yourself have contemplated. If, however, instead of a penny stamp for newspapers to entitle them to transmission and re-transmission through the Post-office, only a halfpenny stamp were required, your memorialists believe that an immensely larger proportion of newspapers issued would be printed on stamped paper. The difference of the halfpenny would in many, if not in most, cases remove the inducement to prefer unstamped to stamped copies. It would prac tically equalise the cost of the stamped and unstamped copies, except in the places of publication. The Post °dice, generally speaking, would then deliver newspapers as cheaply as they could be delivered in any other way. There might in some cases be a fractional difference (not, however, equal to the smallest coin in circulation) in favour of distribution by news -agents, or special mes sengers, but the difference would be so slight as to induce newspaper proprietors to prefer the less troublesome mode of the Post-office ; and their cust omers wou ld pro bably wish to receive their newspapers, along with their letters, by the post delivery, as at present. A halfpenny stamp would be universally approved, and scarcely any would think it worth their while to inquire if a cheaper mode of delivery could be found. Not only fourpenny and threepenny papers, but probably even twopenny papers, would print a considerable part of their impression on stamped sheets. Of course, when newspapers were sold (tamp included) at least a halfpenny cheaper than at present, the circulation would be stimulated, and a. larger proportion would pass through the Post-office ; still more would this be the case, if the existing papers were issued at a greater reduction of price than a half penny, or if new publications should appear of a smaller size and lower price than the present. It may be con fidently assumed that the tendency of a halfpenny stamp would be continually towards an ham eased consumption, whilst the tendency of a penny stamp would be con tinually towards a diminished consumption. What would be the amount of the increase in the num ber of newspapers issued and sent through the Post-office can only be matter of coejecture. But there are reasons for believing that the increase would be very great. Ac cording to a paper just printed by the House of Lords (No. 59), the number of stamps issued to newspapers in 1835, befo re th e f ormer reduction of the newspaper stamp, was 32,973,400, and the number issued in 1854 was 111,977,408, showing an increase in twenty years of 79,004,008, or 239 per cent. The reduction in the price of the existing papers likely to take place now will not be quite so great in proportion as it was twenty years ago ; but, considering the proba bility of new and smaller papers being published, at a lower price, and that every reduction of price brings newspapers within the means of a much larger class of the population, whilst the progress of education is also augmenting the number of readers, it seems not impro bable that ere long the number of copies of newspapers issued in this country will be threefold the present number. It will not, therefore, be an over-estimate to compute that the number of newspapers printed on half-penny st a mps to clear the post, would be at least double the number which now pass through the Post-office. If, then, the effect of a penny stamp would be to re duce the number of stamped papers at least one-half, and the effect of a halfpenny stamp would be to double them, the difference between the two rates would be fourfold in favour of the cheaper. Of course it is not meant that four times as many papers would be printed in the one case as in the other, but that four times as many would be 1 rioted on stamps, to pass through the : ..., _ , l-inOgnbeggars,- Monday, a constabularyndthaernongtheman tools 1" unpicsieve-PraAlusPtErßol. Post-office. oldhspqr:ster, named Ante! Kehoe, who had passed her Your memorialists regret their inability, from the ab -64t winter. On examining her prayer-book, it was Unice of any published returns of the expense thrown upon th e Post-office by the transmission of newspapers, found to contain the sum of 991 Ilrexford Inge en . and a few shillings 1--- t °,_ show the advantage which they believe would accrue A. Delicious Peva with the Penn - th e revenue from the halfpenny stamp in comparison i ADVERTISEXENT.I—Many th sa ?Tires have been effected without medicine, by D o u n ß na the fallacy oe stamp. It would be superfluous to expose stain mode of calculating which throws on lenta Arabica Food, of indigestion (aer Y pyrolysis, &c. We li p a Z o a r e t e e , a e _p u t. op propo r tion of the total expenditure of the I nervous, bilious, and liver complaint:Ll:eV; c.onstipation the newspapers to proportion. which the weight of I quote a few :-Cure No. 52,612. -From the Dowse tha to the weight of the letters. It Countess of Castlestuart.-" Rosstrevor, County of Down er , may be assumed Ireland, 9th December, 1851.-The Dowager Countess of and will continue I Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of snfferin huo tion for the coaveyane t th e Post-office was established, et o exi t . i stitu inanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent RevalentagAra ''', mainly as a national n tion, therefore, ie, ;,, e b o a l Ilttere. The practical ques bica, Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, newspapers, over and abo t above the The , i of indigestion, bile, great nervousness and irritability of cursed and must be incurredv for question by expeexnpseenssewhoicf hcaarrreyiinng. 1 m any years' standing. This Food deserves the confidence Such was the view taken of the conveyance of letters? 1 1 of all sufferers, and may be considered a real blessing. land Hill, the present Secrets Mr. Row - j Inquiries will be cheerfully answered." Caro No. 71. $• before the Commo n , Yoototrneider a s we ! of the Post-office, in his ,I Of dyspepsia, from the Bight Hon. the Lord Stuart de , ande establishment stamps in 1851. He said-a: s ;l ntni ttee on newspa,per ; Decies.- • I have derived considerable benefit . _ . from Du probobly should, thkt the expenses B a rry's R. eval tthaeArnabbliicoatoFoocl authorise, and consider it totatdioune ofto are incurred in respect of the letters ! yourselves and tuart p - de Decies." Cure No. 32,836.-From the additional expense which would be tin. ° Archdeacon of Rem.- "Three years exces for the transmission of newspapers, therna upon illy calculate these lines . -Stuart with painsin myneck and left arm, and ge should find them profitable." (Question ler think we i sivo nervousness, rendered my life very miserable, has u s the Venerable , 02 .) wh en ., reral debility, which asked, " Suppose the newspapers were removed air; gether from you, how much could you reduce your ex- -Alex. Stuart,Archdeacon of Ross, Skibereen." Cure No. I been radical] removed by Du Barry's health-restoring Food .. 1 4 , nenees ?" he replied, "Very little indeed." nervousness, debility, 1,872.) (Queetion i l wi '''' t ° }l 3 . - "Eht ears' dyspepsia, 1 tuallv cramps, spasms have been effec , s remo e The practical questien for the Government in deciding short tin e between a penny stamp and a halfpenny stamp, of i Norfolke.- leev. John W. Flave , Ridlinet n Rectory ed by De Barry's dr i licious Food in a very is,what would the newspapers yield in each case 1 agony fr om Cur e,.. rs No. Course u ness asthma, cough, consto 51,416.—" Fifty years P in ° deseribably , over the expenditure specially entailed upon the Post- nation Reese' ssersia, nervo s , It is obvious if ml•angs, have b e i.• ' -e ucY, sPasms, sickness at the stomach and vo office foe that Anewarticular service. - that, Maria Jolly 4 n , ren urved by Du Barry's excellent Food. the number tspapers was reduced to one half, a? , T ro. 3 , 9 06.---"inar' e ta'n, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." Cure expenditure specially entailed upon newspapers wouldl ral debility have n een Y' a ,..2' sough, indigestion, and gene. suitably packed for all climatesthenotthe , and with full instruc the Post -office would not be doubled. lls. ; 121 b., 225.; The opinion formed by your memorialists as to the Teuhpco rzeibfi.neadn,dllbl2.ll36.s., carriage 'feed on recei t of' post through the Post-office, if required to bear a penny street, London; Fortnum,aMi - l i n , - n e e° ,' Il l : Re en. stamp, entirely agrees with that expressed by Mr. Row her Majesty, 182, Piccadilly; ae also" a - s - ,t - a k i , „„_Porveyo g rs to Regent land Hill to the Commons' committee. He stated that Graccchurch-street ; 330 and 451, Str an d , - " ee tnhill • 60, the number of newspaper stamps issued in 1849 was Oxford-street ;55 Charing-cross ; 4 01i ~nl . ..ancl' l so 79 millions, and the number of stamps M, Upperßaker-et ' reets • eeee ; _25 and computed to These are manifest grounds of distinction between newspapers, or at least between periodical publications, and other printed matter. Your memorialists would be glad if all printed matter could enjoy the same privilege which they ask for newspapers; but if that cannot be the case, there are weighty reasons in favour of granting' it to them ; and your memorialists humbly submit that they have made out an independent case in favour of a halfpenny stamp on newspapers, showing that the adop tion of that measnre would be at once profitable to the revenue and a great public advantage. In conclusion, your memorialists beg to recommend the adoption of halfpenny stamped covers, which would entitle unstamped copies of newspapers to a single trans mission through the post. The arguments in favour of this measure are so fully involved in those aiready sub mitted on behalf of the halfpenny newspaper stamp that it is needless to occupy your time by stating them. Your memorialists are of opinion that the halfpenny stamped covers would be a great convenience to the public, as well as profitable to the revenue. (Signed) EDWARD BAINES, Chairman. Leeds, April 2, 1855. have passed through the Post-office was 654 millions ; and assuming that in future, if the stamp duty were repealed, and a newspaper paid a penny every time it passed through the office, he thought it a "high N e w t h e e s u t i u m m a b te e r " c t f o s t e n x r e p e p c s t is h s a u l e f d t i h p n e 18 r 5 e 4 s present number. was t ll2 mil lionsmillions; andabove, 93 if wouldwe adop t pass throughthesam same proportion Post-offi c e a ! - by the adoption of a penny stamp on the repeal of the existing duty, the number of papers sent through the Post-office was reduced to one-half, the number would then be 464 millions, which , at one penny each, would v . id 193,750 1 . yield 193,7501. But we have thought it reasonable to calculate that, with a halfpenny stamp, the number of newspapers pass ing through the Post-office would be doubled. I ns t ea d of 93 millions, there would be 186 millions, which, at a halfpenny each, would yield 387,5001. Your memorialists are unable to calculate the net pro fit to the Government ; but it is in the highest degree probable that the halfpenny would yield a considerably larger profit than the penny. There is a single conside ration which seems to put the safety of adopting the half penny beyond a doubt—namely, that even assuming the number of newspapers passing through the post with a halfpenny stamp to be no greater than it is at present, and also assuming (with Mr. Rowland Hill) that the number at a penny would be reduced one-half, the pro duce of the halfpenny stamp would be as great as that of the penny stamp. On the supposition of only the sane number of papers being posted as at present, of course there would be no increase whatever of the expenses of the Post-office ; and it has been seen that Mr. Hill has stated that, "suppose the newspapers were removed altogether," the Post-office could only reduce its expenses "very little." Therefore, it may safely be concluded that the expenses would not be reduced, to any appreciable extent, by a diminution of the newspapers one-half. It follows irresistibly that on this, the least favourable sup position which it is possible to take, the revenue would gain as much by the halfpenny as by the penny stamp. Therefore the measure which your memorialists recom mend is free from the possibility of less, whilst it holds out a reasonable prospect of considerable gain. 11. The public advantage and convenience. It is obvious that persons living in villages and country districts wouldsave a halfpenny on each paper which they receive, in case of the adoption of the halfpenny stamp, either as compared with the present state of things, or with that which would exist under a penny stamp. The lower rate would operate as the greatest advantage to those whose difficulty of receiving public intelligence is necessarily, from their local position, the greatest. The measure would, therefore, promote the diffusion of knowledge, and afford the country districts nea r ly th e s ame intellectual advantages as are enjoyed in towns. Your memorialists can testify that among their own body, the newspaper proprietors, most of whom have looked with alarm on the measure of the Government, the adoption of the halfpenny stamp would do very much to remove their objections. It would be regarded as an important boon, especially by those in the agricul tural counties, where we believe many proprietors would Print their entire impression on stamped paper, so large is the proportion of copies which they send through the Post-office. The halfpenny stamp would allow the newspaper busi ness to be carried on with the existing arrangements, and with the least possible disturbance of those arrange ments either to publishers, news agents, or subscribers. It is a consideration not unworthy of influencing the Government and the Legislature, that the lower rate of stamp recommended by your memorialists would give to the largest and best-conducted newspapers, published in London and the chief cities and towns of the kingdom, very nearly the same facilities of circulation as would be enjoyed by small local papers. With a penny stamp, the latter would receive a factitious and undesirable stimulus. With a half-penny stamp, the ablest political writing and the best news would stand on nearly equal ground throughout the whole cJuntry with the most inferior publications. Combining, therefore, the interests of the revenue with the advantage and convenience of the public, your memorialists confidently submit that the halfpenny stamp would be better than the penny stamp. If they should be met with the objection that the same advantages which are allowed to newspapers must be allowed to all other printed matter, they reply, in the first place, that they think it probable the lower rate of charge would be more profitable to the revenue even when so applied. But if this should not be so, they respectfully submit that there are several strong grounds of distinction in favour of newspapers, namely : 1. That newspapers have from their origin been con veyed free through the post, whi c h h as no t b een th e case with books and other printed matter. 2. That it is much more for the public convenience that the circulation of news should be thus facilitated than any other kind of publication. 111. That newspapers, being published weekly, semi weekly, and even daily, it is not unreasonable that the postage on thew should be lighter than on publications of a casual and irregular kind. IV. That as newspapers immensely outnumber all other publications, they are the best customers to the revenue, and may demand the most favourable treatment. V. That newspaper, owing to the great compression of their contents by means of small type (some of them including as much print as an ordinary uctavo volume), and the very low price at which they are published in comparison with books, afford the maximum of matter at the minimum of price ; from which consideration, to gether with the regularity and frequency of their publi cation, they are less able to bear a high rate of postage than volumes or occasional publications. VI. That newspaper proprietors, being subject to spe cial restrictions, in the form of securities required from them, are entitled to some distinctive advantage by way of compensation. LEWES ELECTION. THURSDAY, APRIL 5.—A vacancy baying been occa sioned in the representation of this borough by the ap pointment of the Hon. H. Brand as a junior lord of the Treasury, an election took place at noon to-day at the County-hall. The bon. gentleman offered himself for re-election, and his return was unopposed. Mr. A. WOOD proposed Mr. Brand as al and proper person to represent the borough, which was seconded by Mr. J. VERRALL ; and as no other candidate was pro- posed, the high constable, as returning officer, declared him duly elected. Mr. tRAND then came forward and briefly addressed the few persons assembled in front of the hustings. He said he concluded, as he was unoppp, - ., 1, that his accept ance of office under Lord Palm i er t *„.." met with their approval. H e apprehended " I h6so whom he was addressing, in common we' .a pe,. r le of England, demanded from the Goy -either an licnou ra bl e peace or a vig orous war, the former could not be obtained h e wou ld urge tin the prosecution of the war by every possible means, and with the utmost vigour. No peace would be lasting which did not secure the ob jects for which they drew the sword, and they must in sist on proper securities against future disturbances be fore they sheathed it. Some persons bad said that Eng land was not a military nation, Imit he believed she pos sessed resources which would enable her to rank with the first military nations of the continent. He would not detain them by stating his political opinions, as they were well known, and had evidently been approved of. In conclusion he thanked them for the honour done him. A vote of thanks to the returning officer ended the proceedings, INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGIN2ER2 At the last meeting of this society, Mr. George P. Bidder, vice-president, in the ch a i r , The discussion was renewed on Mr. R. A. Robinson's paper, "On the application of the Screw Propeller to the larger class of Sailing Vessels," and was continued through the evening. It was argued that a vessel carrying 3,000 tons, be sides machinery and coals, would require 1,000 H.P. (indicated) to obtain 8i knots per hour, and even by that means could not save more than 7A days in a voyage like that of the Red Jacket. Arguing from these premises, and demonstrating the position by a diagram, showing the courses of various ships, it was contended that the commercial advantages of employing auxiliary steam-power, on voyages to Australia, were questionable, inasmuch as the small saving of time on the voyage could not command such an increase in the rate of freight as had been named. The prevailing westerly winds and currents in the Southern Ocean might always be depended upon, if a proper course was taken, as laid down in Lieutenant Maury's charts, and it was not improbable that, from a continuance of the same admirable observations, as had served for the foundation of these charts, and the classification of the valuable documents said to exist in the archives of the Admiralty, such further information would be obtained as would eventually still shorten and render more cer tain the voyage of the sailing clippers. It was admitted that small auxiliary power would be very desirable for enabling clipper-ships to work into and out of port, and to make some way in what were called the "Horse Latitudes;" but the expectation of great advantage being derived on the Australian voyage was contended to be fallacious. These remarks were not meant to apply to auxiliary screw-clippers intended for other routes, but rather to enforce the position of its being always necessary to consider carefully the peculiarities of the intended station, and to adapt the power and means of propulsion to them. The question of the speed of American vessels was again raised, and it was contended that the transcripts of the logs al:tiled to were correct, and did fairly represent the speed at tained. It was shown that the Great Britain, having 14,000 yards of canvas in a suit of sails, exceeded in ex tent of sails any of the clipper ships, and that although it had been predicted for her that she would be a very fast steamer, yet it was not supposed that she would attain the great speed under canvas which she had ac tually exhibited ; it having been stated that she had run 17 knots per hour, whilst dragging her screw through the water. The peculiarities of the method of building American vessels were described, and instances given of the facility of repair of well-built vessels, as compared to some of the cheap rapidly-built ships that had been turned oue for the California trade. Reference was made to the forms introduced to the institution by Captain Henderson, in 1847, and again in 1853, with the object of obtaining the particulars of area of mid ship section, lines of displacement, power of engines, &c., which were now asked for from the author of the paper, who had furnished all that could be obtained ; it was suggested to members to supply these, in order to render the paper complete for reference. It appeared to be shown that neither the full-powered steamers nor the large auxiliary power sailing ships, hitherto placed on the Australian route, had been com mercially successful, and therefore a class of minimum power auxiliary screw propelled ships, fully rigged, was advocated, with a view of sailing at all times, should the wind serve, and only to employ their steam power in calms and under favourable circumstances. When the sun was far north, the trade wind ceased and calms commenced, in 153 deg. to 16 deg. north latitude, and continued as far as 3 deg. to 4 deg. north, cr over a space of nearly 700 miles, in the usual track of ships from the North to the South Atlantic. In the contrary season, with the sun far south, the trade wind usually failed in about 6 deg. north latitude, and thence to the equator, or 2 deg. south, constant calms prevailed over 400 to 500 miles ; the ships only getting over that space by occasional squalls of short duration. Now it was in these positions that the mini mum power was required, and by its judicious use it was very possible to save ten days on the Australian voy age, and make a corresponding profit. As to the com pensation of the lifting the screw of the Dauntless in a frame by 30 men in nine minutes, as compared with turtling up that of the Caroline upon a rule-joint in the dead wood with three men in three minutes, there could not be any question as to which was the best system for a trading vessel ; and it was contended that the screw should rem=ain always coupled to the driving shaft, to avoid the rattling and noise arising from having easy allowance for coupling. As to American vessels coming to Great Britain, it was contended that it was beneficial for both shipbuilders and merchants that the Ame rican vessels should beat those of this country, as otherwise the desire of having immense cargoes car ried in vessels of nominal small tonnage would do away with all scientific improvements in construction. The Americans had, moreover, shown that something of cargo must be sacrificed to speed, and this country was much indebted to them for the lesson ' • as also for denim - strating the necessity for havi ng th e best practical sea man for the captain, and making it his interest to get as much out of the craft as her power and speed would give. It was contended, that as far as it had been prac ticable to procure such information, the displacement and the immersed area of ships had been given in the paper, but there was great difficulty in obtaining such data correctly from the builders. The consumption of coal fur the distance run was also stated, as far as was practicable ; because this was recognised as the only true means of ascertaining the commercial value of the auxili ary power. Nominal horse power has been referred to more as a standard of the first cost than as affording any measure of the power really employed. The general assumption was, that having engines of two hundred horse power (nominal), and with the expenditure of 350 tons of coals, a sailing clipper ship, with an auxiliary screw propeller, might save ten days on an average passage to China or to Australia, supposing the steam only to be used in calms, -and under circum stances to enable a maximum effect to be produced by a minimum expenditure of fuel ; it being taken as proved that a minimum powered clipper ship could not pos sibly-be commercially successful if overloaded with coals, or consuming such a quantity of fuel as had been re quired by the auxiliary power ships hitherto in use. Full credit wasgiven to the charts of Lieutenant Maury for pointing out the steady wind course, but it was con tended that even on that track, at certain periods, there were winds so light that the best ships could not make more than two knots an hour. It was maintained that the author of the paper bad not received any intimation of the construction of the Royal Charter, and that the fact of the adoption, by so emi nent a firm as Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Cq. of the dimensions of the ship, and the power of the engines, so exactly similar to those advocated by the author, was the best proof of the soundness of his views. It was contended that this commercial question was of greater importance, but it would have been desirable that it should have been preceded by a paper on the forms and capabilities of screw propellers ; it was, however, sug gested that such a communication should still be made, when the whole question would be re -opened, and the experience of the relative merits of the various systems of lifting the screws, and the results of dragging them through the water, could be fairly laid before the meeting. Doubts were expresse I as to the anticipated advantages of having a very small engine merely to give a slow speed to the screw when the vessel was under sail, and calculations were given to demonstrate its inutility, based on the results obtained by Messrs. Maudslay and Field in their experiments on the feathering screw. The benefits arising from the friendly r i va l r y b e t ween A mer i ca and Great Britain in ship-building, in engineering, and in general manufacturing and production, were frankly ad mitted, and fervent hopes were expressed for that being the only kind of rivalry the two countries would ever be engaged in ; it was the only contest in which the least successful was the greatest gainer. After the meeting there was exhibited in the library a model of a system introduced by Mr. Clifford, for lo wering ships' boats from the davits evenly, quietly, and safely, in a gale of wind, and disengaging them without any risk of capsizing,or being dragged under by the speed of the vessel. The chief point was the employment of a block of a novel fut m,having three sheaves placed over each other,through and between which the lowering ropes passed in such a manner as to have a tight grip upon them, and yet so that, by letting all run free, the falls wou ld run out i n such a mann er as t o l et the boat down on the water on an even keel, and quite free from the" ship. The lower ing could be accomplished by a man sitting in the boat, and, though with a full loading, the descent could be checked at any point. It was ev i dent that by this system the disastrous effects of undue haste in rushing to the boat', in cases of danger, would be completely. obviated. S. simple in4enious system of a hollow ro tating boat-plug for the bottam of the boat was also shown. It was resolved, that in order to insure a fuller attend ance ofmembErs than could be obtained on Easter Tues day the meeting should be adjourned by special reso lution until Tuesday evening, April 17th, at eight p.m., when it was announced that Mr. Burleigh's paper " On the Construction of Railway Crossings and Switches'' would be read. THE PENNY STAMP.—In Canada and Australia, where society and institutions approach next in similarity to our own, there is no stamp, and yet in both countries the press does not, by any means, yield in respectability to that of the mother country. On the contrary, we believe we would look in vain amongst the journals of either colony for anything so disreputable as we have some times seen in many Irish journals of microscopic circula tion, whose proprietors are now crying out against the invasion of their vested rights, and the dangerous im morality of an unstamped press. The law as it is does not and cannot prevent the publication of unstamped news. The only effect of it is to drive the unstamped trade into the hands of persons of bad character, who will, therefore, give to their customers a bad and low article. And surely no law can be beneficial which allows a man to purchase, perhaps, treason, blasphemy, and pruriency, at one shop for a penny, and compels him to religion, and c l h a Ttcit a e t r e las s e sn t ex t t w d ic o e or t . h — e L p e r i i n c :ter k E r xil)oryeassl.ty, SINGULAR CONVERSION OF A CHURCH.—Archbishop Tenison's beautiful chapel in Regent-street, has under gone a singular change during the last few weeks. Those who know the neighbourhood will remember that the building was approached by a very large vestibule of corns architectural pretensions, but the rector of St. James's (in whose parish Archbishop Tenison's chapel is situate) determined that it should be turned to some account, and jit has now undergone a thorough meta morphosis, and been converted into shops. No acci dental passer-by would ever dream that the chapel founded by the pious archbishop had been driven into a back street, but still it is the fact, and more than that, the plan has met with the approval of the highest eccle siastical authority in the diocese. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTEaSALL'S.—TEURSDAY. Owing to the Harrow and Uxendon Steeplechases the room was very thinly attended ; a fair amount of busi ness was nevertheless transacted. NEWMARKET HANDICAP.—At the commencement 3 to 1 was taken to 50/. about Quince ; but after the strong support which Benhams received at 8 to 1, Quince re ceded to 4 to 1 ; tcwards the close, however, he was backed for some money at 100 to 30. 100 to 40 was WI against Quince and Benhams, coupled. GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.—VandaI re-appeared with increased force ; 10 and 8 to 1 were taken to vari- ous SUMS. CHESTER CIIP.—Tae transactions on this event were on a limited scale. The chief outlay was on Mortimer ; 1000 to 40 was taken twice. THE Two THOUSAND.—St. Hubert maintained his ground ; 65 to 40 was at first laid three or four times, but he returned to 6to 4, taken. The mysterious Lord of the Isles opened at 5 to 1 taken to 351., and notwith standing the powerful demonstration made against him on Monday he was at last backed at 4to 1. Polydore had some staunch friends, who made several fresh in vestments at 7 and 6to 1. Bonnie Mora was not touched. THE DEBBY.—The principal transactions on this event were 6 to 1 to 1001. about St. Hubert, 10 to 1 to 2001. about De Clare, 13 to 1 to 1001. about Grmculus Esu. riens, and 20 to 1 to upwards of 150/, about Dirk Hat teraick. An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in Cireulation during the Week ending Satur day, the 24th day of March, 1855 :- Average PRIVATE BANKS. Amount. ' Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co. Ashford. Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 12,426 Aylsham Bank, Aylsham-G. and T. Copeman 4,712 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Z. D. Hunt 29,398 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Baldock-Wells, Hogge, and Co Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-T. Barnard and Sons 36,816 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley - Nichols, Baker, and Co Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-11.. M. and G. Tubb Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - •Attwoods, Spooner, and Cq 23,574 Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Bir mingham-J. L. Moilliet and Sons 10,409 Blandford Bank, Blandford-Oak and Co. 6,932 Boston Bank, Boston-G-arfit and Co 70,333 Boston Bank, Boston-H. and T. Gee and Co 14,947 Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J.- and J. L Sealey Bristol Bank, B r i s t o l-Mil es, Mil es, and Co 39,196 Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boy cott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham--Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stowmarket Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury - Gillet, Tawney, and Co. Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 26,001 Bath City Bank, Bath- • G. Moger and Son Bedfordshire-Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Grant, and Co • 87,937 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham -Taylor and Lloyds Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire -H A. and W. M. Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 65,449 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Borrer Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington- Harding, Smith, and C o Bury St. dmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-- J. Worlledge Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mortlock &Co 18,218 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam bridge-Messrs. Fosters Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-HammOgd and Co 32,618 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son. Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round & Green Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester-Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little & Woodcock City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbecks, and Co Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-Mr. and S. Evans &Co Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co Diss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham,. and C 0... Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster -Cooke and Co Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse &Co 84,666 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,895 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dorchester-R. and H. Williams 47,502 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Fos ter' and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank Chelmsford-Sparro w , Round, and C o Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk beck, and Co 21,424 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far ringdon-Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham Messrs Knight Faversham Bank, Faversham -Hilton and Co Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder, and Co. Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford- Matthews and Co. Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford--.S. Adams and Co. Hull Bank and Kingston -upon-Hull Bank, Hull, Smith, Brothers, and Co. Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Rust and Veaseys Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead -Smith and Whittingstall Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin - Sharples, and Co. Hereford, Ross and Archenfield Ba n k, an d Ross and Archenfield - Bank. Hereford- Morgan and Co 21,043 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich- Alexanders and Co. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall, and Co. 16,766 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington- Davies and Co. Knighton Bank, Knighton-Davies and Co 8,914 Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Terry and Co. 20,739 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co. Kettering Bank, Kettering-J. C. Gotch and Sons Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby, 30,090 Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co..- 28,124 Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Greene 9,440 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison, and Co. 98,383 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llan dilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and C 0... Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle ton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-St. Barbe and Co. Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Regis-Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co. Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank, and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough -Tan ner and Co Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Cq, Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co Monmouth Cld Bank, Monmouth Bank, Bre con Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth-Bromage, Snead,. and Co 13,196 Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell 25,010 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. 51,110 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny & Slocock 22,385 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Ham mond, and Co • Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsow3 Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich-Gur neys and Birkbeck Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not tingham, Hart, Fellows, and Co Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co Naval Bank, Plymouth, Plymouth -Harris .and Co. New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co. Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os westry-Croxon and Co Oxford Oid Bank, Oxford-Robinson, Parsons, and Co. Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridgo and Ton bridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Ton bridge Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Ton bridge-T. H. and 5. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W Clinch and Co. Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and Beverly Bank, Hull-Pease and Co 47,281 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co. 1,06.1 Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfo r d wes t-J . and W. Walters ... 12,870 Reading Bank, Reading-Simend s and C 0..... 30,355 Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, and Co. Riohntond Bank, Richmond -Roper and Co. Roehdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Loyd s, and Co. ......................... s Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roch ter-Day and Nich 0 1 50n........, es- Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham....an-d-S.o.ns. 13'8588757 Rugby Bank, Rugby--A. Butlin and 10 166 Bye Bank, By4-oPit, 0, rote* Ana 32,306 9,710 13,215 12,63 49,880 22,494 3,380 16,254 34,309 47,646 6,322 19,265 64,775 6,501 9,071 10,989 39,354 26,754 74,686 93,143 55,590 46,808 20,108 8,205 12,122 6,561 5,040 8,420 30,219 34,175 17,255 22,964 20,780 54,760 5,786 23,868 33,628 70,288 8,982 5,447 52,792 21,480 6,777 3,78 37,105 13,129 14,331 2,786 8,152 18,20 G 30,216 18,461 49,011 75,710 9,784 3,448 24,947 11,952 29,400 10,869 8,00 10,800 29,652 G,995 4,77 a ,ADVERTISEMENT.] THE WAR IN TUB EAST. —POWERFUL PATENT RECONNOITRING GLASSES.— Mess r s. S . an d B . Solo- Pons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. %serve opposite the York Hotel. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extra ordinary powers that some 3a inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with the same telescope can be seen a person's counterauce three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary ing from 4 to 6 inches enab'e us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by *hieb a person can be seen and known 1a miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, doer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera. race-course, camp, and perspective gla , ses, with wonderful p ews . — Newly -constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transpr:ent power. The valuable advantage derived from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired le preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation —can see with these lenses of a much less magnify ing power —and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. Deaf ness—Now Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordi nary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of th, kind that bas been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as t le skin, is not perceptible ; enalles deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and a public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation of Eing,ing noise, in the ears is entirely removed; an'l it affords all the assist. ance that possibly could be desired. 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe —opposite the YQli 9 tel CLOSING PRICES. NEW3IARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 3 agst Quince (taken) 7to 1 agst Benhams (8 to 1 taken freely) 9 to 1 asst Crown Pigeon (offered) 10 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken) 20 to 1 agst Early Bird (taken) sto 2 agst Quince and Benhams coupled COLUMN STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Rambling Katie (taken) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Vandal (taken) 12 to 1 agst Jonathan Martin (taken). 20 to 1 agst Spencer (taken). CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Scythian 20 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken) 20 to 1 agst Andover (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mortimer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Bolton (taken) 30 to 1 agst Bright Phoebus (taken) 50 to 1 agst Saraband (taken). THE TWO THOUSAND. 6to 4 agst St. Hubert (taken) 4to 1 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) 6 to 1 agst Polydore (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst St. Hubert (taken and offered) 10 to 1 agst De Clare (taken). 13 to 1 agst Grmculus Esuriens (taken) 20 to 1 agst Wild Dayrell (taken) 20 to 1 agst Dirk Hatteraick (taken freely) HARROW AND UXENDON SPRING MEETING.—TrIIIRSDAY. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs each, with a Cup added. About three miles. Mr. C. Symonds' Ironbrace, 12st 31b (including 101 b extra) (Enoch) 1 Mr. C. Batley's Ganymede, 1 Ist 71b. (Mr. Fredericks) 2 Mr. Baker's Spider, 1 Ist 71b (Mr. Edwards) 0 Mr. Elmore's Baronet, list 71b (Griffith) 0 Betting— 5 to 4 agst Baronet, 3 to 1 each agst Spider and Ironbrwie. On crossing the brook the first time Ironbrace fell, and Ganymede came into collision with him on landing. Both horses were, however, speedily remounted, and in hot pursuit. On re-crossing the brook, Baronet and Spider, who were leading, fell, and Ironbrace went on with the running, and at last won by a length. Spider and Baronet did not pass the post. Selling Race of 5 sovs each, with 25 added. About three miles. Capt. Clifton's Nom de Guerre, 9st (251) (Niglitingall) 1 Mr. Swallow's Legacy, 9st (251.) (\,r. Edwards) 2 Mr. H. Bignell's Bowlegs, 10st (carried lOst 21b (501.) (Williams) 3 Mr. E. Symonds' Earns, lOst (carried 104 4lb (501.) (W. Archer) 0 Mr. Robertson's Stoker, 12st (1501.) (fl Green) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst om de Guerre, and 3to 1 agst Eurus. Won in a canter by a length. Eurus fell on crossing the brook the first time. The winner wa, bought in for 40 guineas. Free Handicap Steeplechase of 10 soya each, h ft, with 100 added. About four miles. Mr. Elmore's Janus, lOst 4 b (Green) 1 Mr. Barnett's Diana, 9st 81b (Meaney) 2 Mr. Thorp's Tom Gurney, 10st 61b (W. White) 3 Mr. Land's Odiham, 9st 81b (Boxall) 4 The following also ran :—Rosa, Lord of the Isles, Herbert, St. Hilary. Betting-5 to 2 agst Tom Gurney, 3to 1 agst Rosa, slto 1 each agst St. Hilary and Diana, 5 to 1 agst Janus, 7to 1 agst Odiham. A very good race in was won by a neck, a length separating the second from the third, and the third from the fourth ; Rosa, close up with Odiham, was fifth. On crossing the brook the first time St. Hilary and Herbert " cannoned" and fell, but were quickly remounted. Herbert, however, took no promi nent part in the race after this mishap. On reaching the top of the hill St. Hilary had made up the greater por tion of his lost ground, but he soon afterwards stopped, quite beaten. The Consolation Stakes of 2 sous each, 1 ft, with 20 added. The winner to be sold, &c. About two miles. Mr. Elmore's Huntsman, Ost 91b (301.) (Griffith) 1 Mr. Brigg's Juggler, list (801.) (Enoch) 2 Mr. C. Symonds' Eurus, list 71b (501.) ...(W Archer) 3 The xollowing also . ran : —Cato, Penman, Legacy, Dodger, Black Doctor, Bowlegs, and Harkaway. Betting-5 to 2 agst Eurus, 3to 1 agst Cato, 6to 1 agst any other. Mishaps befell Harkaway gelding, Dodger, Legacy, and Penman. On re-crossing the brook the last time Black Doctor and Eurus were in front, but the former refused, and the latter fell into the water. Huntsman then went on with the lead and won by six lengths. Bad third. BETTING ON THE COURSE. NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Benhams (taken freely). 200 to 10 agst Early Bird (taken). GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 10 to 1 agst Atherstone (taken). 100 to 6 agst Lamprocles (taken). 100 to 6 agst Spencer (taken). 100 to 6 agst J onathan Martin (taken). THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 80 to 20 agst Lord of the Isles (taken) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Muscovite (taken). 20 to 1 agst Andover ( aken). DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Dirk Hattera'ck (take 20 to 1) 250 to 10 agst Bonnie Morn (taken) 250 to 10 agst Oulston (taken) The meeting was satisfactorily conducted ; the attend ance was large, and the sport interesting. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING. MAY 15TH AND 16TH. , Weights for the Somersetshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before April 17, with 100 added ; the second to receive 50 sovs and the third to save his stake ; certain winners extra. Two miles and a distance. Age st lb Age st lb Rataplan Andover 4 8 10 Ethelbert ......... 5 6 8 The Nabob 6 8 8 Cleveland ......... 6 6 7 Little Harry Red Lion Defiance The Reiver 5 8 2 Mr. Sykes ......... 5 6 7 Balrownie ..... Type() 5 7 13 The Spinner ...... 4 6 7 Vandyke .........4 7 12 R ov i ng Betsy ..... 3 6 4 Wild Huntsman.. 4 7 12 Seducer ... ..... ... 4 6 4 Epatninondas 4 7 11 Moorcock ......... 3 6 4 Bev Dalkeith a 7 9 Diana ............... 4 6 2 Indian Warrior 6 7 9 Walebone Jonathan Martin 4 7 8 St. Stephen Haco Ireland's Eye 5 7 8 *Rode-raeli 4 6 0 Ruminator 4 7 7 Bolton Dr. O'Toole Weathercock 4 7 6 Noisy 3 6 0 Aldford Bright Phcebus ... 4 7 6 Fby Lancastrian Calamus 4 7 6 out o f D e . perl - Gcorkah 5 7 3 tion's Darn_ .. 3 6 0 Royalist 4 7 3 Saucebox Postulant g -eon ..• 35 10 lanthe a 7 0 Randy Marc Antony 4 7 0 Vulcan Marlboroughßuck a 7 0 Namur Pharsalus Naomi Pantomime Lady Bird 4 6 13 Newmarket St. Andrew Newbold Bracken 4 6 10 *Mariposa Llanforda Kidnapper 4 6 8 Lancewood Humboldt Tower a 6 8 out of Splitvote 3 412 Cock Pheasant Hercules .. ..... 46 8, Lincoln's Inn 4 pays ft Those marked * having been entered without the knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time prescribed unless specially ordered to remain in. COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam 11 18 Ditto, three months .. 11 12 Rotterdam 11 12 Antwerp •25 40 Brussels ..•• • .... 25 40 Datnbargh '•••••• • • •• 13 7%, Altona I Pari5........ • • • ..• 25 17% I Ditto, three months .. 25 42 Marseilles ............. 25 45 Bourdeaux -• •••.• • .• •• F ankfort-on -Maine .... 119 Berlin •• •••••• •• •• .... 12 38 Trieste.. •• •• .. 12 40 Petersburg ............ 36 Madrid ••••.•••• • • • •• 49r, Cadiz ........ • • ..... 50 Barcelona ~ • • • • ••• • • • :ANGE.-YESTERDAY. Gibraltar ...... •• •• •• •• Leghorn •.......,..... 30 40 Genoa .. 25 55 Milan • • ...... Naples ........ Palermo ............. 131 t Messina ... ... 131% Lisbon Rio Janeiro ..... ....... Buenos Ayres.. •••• .. • • New York, GO days' sight Philadelphia .• ...... PRICER OF BULLIC X, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin Stexican Dollars 0 • 8 New Dollars ....•• 0 0 0 Silver in bars • sevillo,. •• •. •• •• •• •••.• ..-- BANK RETURNS. Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross Mac douzal nd Allawa Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—B ur t on , Ll oy d , an d o Scarbor )ugh Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, and Co. Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne —Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, South ampton—Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp ton—Atherley, - Fell, awl Co. Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore Stafford Old Bank, Sta.:reed—Stevenson and Co Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley and Co. Shrewsbury and Welshpooi Bank, Shrewsbury —Beck, Downward, and Co. Taunton Bank, Taunton—H. and R. Badcock 25,216 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill and Rundle 7, 9 7 3 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph and Co. 4,846 Tiverton' and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton - Dunsford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton shire—Thrapston, Yorke and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But cher and Son Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—Percival and Co Town and County of Poole Bank and Ring wood and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Led gard and Sons Union Bank, Cornwall ; Helstort—Vivian and Co Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, and Co Wallingford h , Wallingford—Hedges, Wells, and 8,296 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— K. Greenway and Co: Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, - Brothers, and Co West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract Bank, Wakefield-- Leatham, Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap man, and Co Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win chester—Bulpett and Co Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester —Wickham and Co Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Weymouth—Eliott and Pearce Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank, Wirksworth—Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech— Gurneys and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhamptcin—Good ricke and Holyoake Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Laven der, and Co Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley, Turner, and Co Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—Charles Forster and Sons Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—R and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurneys, Birbeck, and Co Yarmouth; Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great Yarmouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co York Bank, York- Swann, Clough, and Co 85,273 16,222 24,400 41,121 2,865 16,509 13,584 4,513 12,94 29,330 10,960 11,682 13,039 8,262 11,537 12,939 15,220 21,807 3,443 48,267 14,494 20,354 13,685 37,556 56,060 6,992 ,11,56 6,716 68,8' 8,63 11,505 50,885 12,97 43,24 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal.. Barnsley Banking Company, Barnsley Bradford Banking Company, Bradford Bilston District Banking- Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Bradford 18,445 Buibm, Uttoxeter, and StaffordAire Union Banking Company, Barton-upon-Trent Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking Company, Chesterfield 10,03 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ington - Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com pony, Cheltenham Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry 24;740 Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,858 County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel tenham Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company, Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company, Dudley Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Com pany, Darlington East of England Bank, N orw i c h 24,490 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 152,761 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,553- Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 32,023 Hull Banking Company, Hull 28,250 Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 13,302 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com pany, Halifax ' Helston Banking Company, Helston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge... Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster Leeds Banking Company, Leeds Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors. "11,641 Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow ( 9,855 Moore and Robinson s Nottinghamshire Bank ing Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Ndwcastle, Shields, and Sunderland Union Joint-Stock Banking Company, Newcastle upon-Tyne National Provincial Bank of England, Birming ham, Head-office, 112, Bishopsgate-st ree t, London 432,750 North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham 44,633 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 79,731 Northampto ns hi re Banking Company, North ampton North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool Pares's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester Saddlcworth Banking Company, Saddleworth Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com pany, Stamford Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang port 358,270 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall 43,729 Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield 21,700 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield 50,4E8 Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company, ,Richmond .. 50,611 Storey and Thomas' Banking C om p an y, Shaftes y - Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolverhampton 84,179 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wake field Whitehaven Joint-Stock Banking Company, Whitehaven Warwick and Leamington Banking Company, Warwick West of England and South Wales District Bank, - Bristol 77,906 Wilts and Dorset Banking Company, Salisbury. 71,381 West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud dersfield Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company, Whitchurch 6,822 P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns. Inland Revenue, Somerset Huuse, Maieh 31, 1855. 8,078 9,548 48,151 9,125 31,123 62,107 33,576 9,50 36,693 40,500 1,453 19,416 28,012 4,002 52,678 23,315 76,280 50,185 83,391 23,908 41,006 50,582 2,091 33,631 56,416 9,772 12,30 26,62' $1,6 82,220 0,800 9,908 CO - TT r If .4 ilIC: T LIVERPOOL—APBIL 5. Prime American white wheat, lie 6d to 125., up to 1211 6d, per 701bs for extra ; new Irish red, 9s 8d to 9s 10d Pe r 701 b; prime extra Ohio flour 41s to 42s ; 47 New Weste r! a n d B a lti more and Philadelphia flour, from 36s to 39s per b arre l ; S pan i s h fl our, 58s to 59s per 2801b4; 1 0 ,_1 111 ,. ° yellow Indi an corn, 43s ; mixed, 42s 6d to 42s 9d; Wat"' 423 to 424 6d per qr. WAKEFIELD—APRIL 5. Tho attendance of millers smaller than usual, owing iA the maiket bein g h e ld off the usual day, yet we hav e steady demand f or w h eat ; and the qua n tity on offer not being large, last we e k' s p r i ces are maintained. Barley 0 dear. In beans, oats, and shelling little change. DERBY SMITHFIELD,—APRIL 3. • Our market was well supplied with fat beasts of the bes t quality, without alteration of price. The number of ohop penned was large, an average demand, and high price! asked. A large number of fat and store calves as is usual on the market preceding Easter ; the number of buy ers large, and a c l earance eas il y effected, at former quotations' The supply of fat pigs was good, but not large. The bllowing were the quotations :—Beef, 6d to rill mutton, 7d to 7.;(1 ; lamb, Od to Od ; veal, 6d to 7d p er, lb. ; pigs, 9s 6d to 9 s ' 9d per score ; rough fat, 4s 9d ton . per 141 b.; hides, 3td to 40 per lb ; calf-skins, 4d to 114 per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN.—Arm 4. Wheat on the top 6d down, and the average 2a 1d 01 0 . Barley on the t o p 2 s u p, an d average is ld up. Oats oa the top as before, and the average Os 11d up. Be 4Ds on the top 6d down, and the average Cs 2d up. , Total Supply and Sales. Wheat 1035 qrs sold 829 (Ira Barley 1145 qrs sold 915 c/rs Oats 1944 qrs sold 1805 Vs Beans 351 qrs sold 242 qrs Top of Wheat ........... .................. 631 lb 82, OI Barley.. --- Oats Beans . BOSTON —Arum 4. At to-day's market there was a fair supply of all kin d° of grain. A better feeling in the wheat trade than of late• and sales were readily effected atls, and in some oasis, "• 2 . 1 per qr. improv emen t. S pr i ng corn a steady deman d , previous prices. Prices :—Wheat, red, 64s Od to 69s Od; white, 7000 d„ to 72s to extra, 75s Od. Barley, 27s Od to 31s Od• t o 22s to 28s. Beans, 41s Od to 44s Od. Peas, 38s Od to 4111 per qr. NEWARK—APRIL 3. We had a good attendance of farmers, with an excellent supply of grain of all kinds. Wheat and barley a read/ sale at is per qr. advance. Wheat, white 73s to 755, red 68s to 72 5; barley, malting 30s to 345, grinding 28s to 30s; oats, 24st. '3os to 345, 22st• 26s to 275; beans, 42s to 44s ; malt, 689 to 70s; peas ) 44 / 1 / to 425; tares, 60s to 64s per qr. _ SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent ftom the General Post-4 01 sy the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when male al From What When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due mi Office, London.* Dispatched. Em!an d. tmerica(byßrit.pa'ck)N Every Friday 00l ... Each 1 • 0 a tmericP. t by United Sts. packet) .........N o Liverpool amp .. n to . March 1 $ Unerica (by U. States packet) ........ •• tustralia (via South ampton)Southampton .......... hi Ditto (via Marseilles) N • • Dover •• •• • Ditto (via Cape of Good flops) ...... •• • Uncerts ll tfrica ( West Coast) ..N 13d of the month .. Plymouth .. April NB, 9, 24, &30 of . Dover ...... Alcsandria.......... Al 4th & 20th o f moi, Southampton Bahamas • .51 17th of the month setithamptot, Belgium •• • •• •• .•N Daily •••••• • • .• • • Dover •• •• • • Daily Brazil m ;9th of the month.. S iuthampton April 16 Buenos Ayres .. 9th of the montii.. Southampton Cape ot Good Hope N Cape of Good Hope •. N Cape de Verde N 9th of tho monti: Ceylon (see Indla) S V o a :th ouS am i ;to rt n s UnCertalli Ceylon.. . • • Channel Isles .....,N Mon.,Wed.,&FriA. Southampton rn.Th,,f Chili,. •• & 17 th of Moot! Southampton China . Once a month.... MarCh 2 Constantinople 8 , 13 ,18,23,&215 ot in Dover .• Constantinople 4th & kOth of mon. Sonthtunpto, Cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily Dover Twinefli" Egypt (see India) France ........ 3/ & N Twice daily...—. paver rwieedel Gibraltar .. 4, 7,17, 20, 27 of in. Southampton April_6 Greece (see India) Groytown .........• 31 2nd & 17th of mon. Southamptoi April 1 ilamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Havannah 2nd Of the month Southampton April 1 Rolland Daily.... • • Dover Dal , l Honduras M 17th of the month. Sonthamptot , April I India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. india (via Marseilles)M 9th& 25th of month Dover lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of moo D0ver...... ' Ireland & N Twice daily ...• Holyhead . Twicedall, 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton April 6 Kadetra •• • • 9th of the mo n t h Southampton Wadeira .... • N 235 ot month .• Liver A pool ... April 16 Attila (see India) if alta 8, 18, &28 of mon. Dover ...... march 20 , VErturitius (see India) vfauritius ...• • • ....N 14th of the month Maxie° • ..... „. m 2nd of the month. Southampton gaples • .... •.......N bt.blsth2sthormon..Dover !few Granada ......al 2d & 17th of month •Southamptoi New Zealand By private ship .. Various pert t'apal titates ..N sth I sth2sthofmon. Dover .. • Peninsula .......... 34 /thi7th27thoftnon. Southampton Peru ..............M id & 27th ot mom!Southampton Port Nata1..........N By private ship... Various ports , ri neer t a i n ; iicily ......N sthloth2sth o f mon, 'D over Tuscany • • •• • • .. • • •.N s t llls tb 2s thofmon•lDoVer •• • • •• ieneznela 2d St 17th of month Southampton van Diemen's Land (s ee April 1 Australia) a ••• • • • • • Best Indies .... id& 17th 01 MOntb 80 / I thamptent April 1 , I April 1 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails will be de• spatched on the following day, with the excepUen of the India Via Aouthampton), and the Malta, both of which will be despatched tli• preceding day. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THURSDAY, APRIL 5. Stations. Coarse:of Wind. St ate of Weather. Greenwich ... S .W ....... . .. Cloudless. ' L othbury Manchester ...... ' E. .. ......... Cloudy.. Maryport . Sheffield Stoke7on-Trent Whitehaven Lancaster .... ..... S.W ...... ..... Rain. Carlisle ............ S• 'Cambridge S.E. Southampton S.E. - Fine. ' Portsmouth ...... S.E. „• Fine. Winchfield S.E. Poole Boston N.E. ......... Fine. Great Grimsby Gains l 3erough Lowestoft S. [pswich N.N.W...., Fine. Brighton N.E. Fine. Bristol N.W Fine. Plymouth Exeter ..... ....... S.E. Gloucester W. N. W.... Fi pc. Cardiff E. - Cloudy. Swansea N.W... ...... Fi ne . Haverfordwest Shrewsbury S.W ......... Fine. Leeds Leamington...„ S. ............ Fine. Derby W ............ Fine. Leicester S.W.. ........ Hard frost. Nottingham Hague ......... Yarmouth. Holyhead Dublin Liverpool Tel li: Edinburgh W ............ Cloudy. dy. Perth ' N.W.......,. Fine. Dundee 'llasgow S.W . Cloudy. . Aberdeen Berwick S. W Fine. Whitby ............ S.W. . Scarborough ..' Darlington W.S.W Fine. Sunderland Wnderland - W.S. Hull W. Partially cloudy. Tonbridge Dover Strood N. Partially cloudy. , . B I RTR.B. OP A SON. • On the 4th inst., at St. Petees Rectory, Northampton, the Hon. Mrs. H. De Sausmarez. OF A DAIIGHTICR. On the 4th inst., at 111, Glocester-place, Portman-square, Mrs. F. Duff. MARRIED. On the 3d inst., at Dunmuny, Samuel Hollins, Esq., of Manchester, to K a th ar i ne Helen, eldest da ug ht er of Vm. M'Cance, Esq., of Suffolk, near Belfast. On the sth inst., Edwin, third son of the late Mr. W. H. Smith, 13, Little Tower-street, to Isabella Anna, the Youngest daughter of Mr. John Bunting, of Swam-street, ifinories. DIED. On the let inst., at Seafield, Greenock, Robt. Wallace, Esq., late M.P. for Greenock. On the 24th ult., at 8, Penton-street, Pentonville, Elenry Hilton, youngest son of the late David Hilton, news -agent, of the city and county of Durham, and one of the branches of the Hiltons, Hilton Castle, Durham, aged 41. On the 17th ult., accidentally, at Balaklava, Edward Le Blanc, Esq., surgeon to H. M. 9th Regt. of Foot, and the youngest son of the late Wm. Le Blanc, Esq On the 29th u lt., i n London , aged 39. , Captain Ed Lascelles, late H.M.'s 22d Regt., aged 5 4 Edmund Wilson 4. On the 29th ult., a the Vicarage, Wickenby, the Rev. C. A. West. On the let inst., at Devonshire Howe, Mrs. Susannah Lines, for 35 years housekeeper to hii Grace the Duke of Devonshire, aged 75. On the 2d inst., Mrs. Jane Williamson, for 26 years housekeeper at the London General Post-office, aged 68. LONDON: Printed and Publisbod by 111URDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The 'Sun, Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Prooinet of the Savoy, in the oolluty of Middlesex, Friday, April 6, 120. ',BtiG THE SUN, LONDON. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 6 1858