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rtirb Intitton THE FUNDS-(CL BRITISH Bank Stock l6B 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons 92 41 per Cent. Red 100 New 3i per Cent... lOl New 5 per Cent — Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Oct. 1859 Jan. 1800 l2 13-16 FOREIGN .03ING PRICES.) FUNDS. India Stock — pm Ditto Bonds • 21 pm Ditto Old Annuities — Ditto New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,0001.-20 36 pm Ditto 500/ 39 pm Ditto Small —pm Bank Stock for Acct India Stock for Acct Consols for Acct 92 1 1 1 FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent IPortuguese, 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New Ditto — Brazilian 80nd5......... Prussian, 5 per cent.., — Buenos Ayres6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent....,, Milan, 6 per cent — ,Ditto, Metallic ..... .. .... Colombian, 6 per cent — (Spanish, 5 per cent.,.... 22$ Ditto, 1824 26& Ditto, Deferred.... ~ loi Danish, 3 per cent 'French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — ;Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent — 'French, 3 per cent. —f. —e. Pitto, 6 per cent. 1837 Dutch, 2i per cent. 53 Peruvian, 1825, 6 per et. 7 Ditto, 5 per cent... ... _ _ SHARES: Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 49i Cheltenham and Creat Western (72k paid)... 22 Eastern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... Ditto New Shares ( paid) .. Ditto Debentures .. .... .... ........... ... 10/ 14s 2d EdTi&irg - Th - ;;;ei — Glasgow (50 paid) ...-•• ... 53i Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid... Great North of England Railway (100 pd) 83 London Ind Brighton (50 paid) London and Blackwall (25 paid) llj London and Birmingham (90) Ditto Thirds (32 paid) . 604 Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid) ......... ... 31i London and Greenwich Railway (12/ 15s 4d pd) bi Ditto Preference, or Privilege London and South Western (381 17s 9d pd) 64 Manchester and Leeds (70 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares ( 2 paid) 5l Manchester and Birmingham (40 paid) ...... 23i Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Quarter Shares (15 paid) l7i South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) — Ditto Scrip. ( 5 paid) ... 74 York and North Midland (50 paid) ••• ...... 93 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Table of Mortality in *le Metropolis& showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Regisred in the week ending Mayl4, 1842." The Table is Issued - from the Of f i ce of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1838-940-1 CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. rnsr Four Springs 'Years Epidemic, Endemic, & Contagious Diseases 129 183 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 133 147 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration 250 255 268 iseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion ... 59 56 61 Diseases of the Kidneys, Roc Childbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 6 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Museles 3 6 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 0 1 1 _ _ Diseases of Uncertain Seat. lOO 99 104 V.d Age, or Natural Decay .47 63 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not specified Deaths from all causes Average Weekly Deaths Population ' enu merated 1641 16 25 25 5 6 7 773 - 871 912 Average , Death Weekly in Deaths the 183 S-9-40-1. Week. Four I Four Ye:.rs.l Springs. 136 131 DISTRICT& West—Kensington St. George ( Hanover-square), Westmin ster,St. Martin in the Fields, St. 'James . 300,705 135 North—St. Mary-le-bone, St. Pancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162 156 145 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don, West London, City of London 373,806 138 179 138 East—Shoreditcb,Whitechapel, Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,498 206 190 158 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St. George( Southwark),Ber mondeey, Newington. Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hitlae, Greenwich .... ...... —.438,060 221 210 201 Total 1,870,727 912 It is stated that under the term Metropolis are comprised du. 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality—. and the paris hes of St. MArylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith, Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea) , Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow; Camberwell , Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890; and in June 1841, was 1,870,727. The weekly average for 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by 208, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. 'KENPENATIJNE IN THE WELTS ENDING May 7. May 14. 70° 65° 42 42 56 54 19, 1642. Highest LoWest Daily Mean .. General Register Office, May SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. GLOBE.—Lord Stanley is of opinion that it is not worth while to enter into discussion of the doctrines he may have stated eight or nine years ago. We should advise the Noble Colonial Secretary and his faits Achates of the Home Department, whose zeal for Church interests is now so conspicuous (that we may not say, ostentatious), to obtain from the party which they now adorn, and which can just now pass what it pleases, a Statute of Limi tation beyond which opinions shall not be referred hack to. This, like the Standing Order against debating on petitions, would much promote the despatch of business, especially when its principal departments happen to be in hands like the present. Only, for the especial convenience of the Home and Colonial Secretaries, we should re commend that narrower limits than eight or nine years • should restrict references to Hansard. 'We agree with most of the speakers who succeeded Sir James Graham last night, in the discussion of the Ecclesiastical Corporations Leasing Bill; that it pro ceeds on inconsistent principles towards corporations sole and corporations aggregate. But we extend the charge of inconsistency to his arguments, as well as .his proposals. Sir James Graham, in his zeal for Church in:eres.s, repeated more than once that he thought it inexpedient and unjust to appropriate Church incomes to State purposes. Now this is no answer to the 'objection to their application to individual pur poses. The enrichment of an incumbent,- and his .successors, is hardly an ecclesiastical purpose, in any apestolical interpretation of that expression. Yet that will be the only consequence of the dis tinction most objected to in the Bill. Again, repairs of the fabrics of the Church itself are surely s Church purpose. That was the appropriation proposed by the late Government of the increased value intended to. be given to Church property. But s7r_James Graham's distinction between Church and State purposes cuts two ways, and it will hardly be c onvenient to him to maintain it, if he supports Sir Robert Inglis. It will be necessary, in arguing for Church extension, to maintain that Church exten sion is a legitimate State purpose. Church purposes, as such, can be no good argument for taxing non- Churchmen. There are, indeed, Churchmen, like Lord John Manners, who, we hope, will grow older and wiser, who are quite prepared to take the high flying theocratic view of this subject. But that is not the view to which political Churchmen will now commit themselves. If they venture to advocate Church extension, it must be on State principles. STANDARD.—In the House of Commons, Sir John Walsh's motion for limiting the subject of in •.quir3r by Mr. Roebuck's Committee, dropped, in con wequence of the Ho n . B arone t' s absence when the 44rder for the motion was read. A question by Ma jor Vivian called for an explanation by Sir Robert Peel as to the course pursued by the Government with reference to Captain Warner's invention. It was proposed to the gallant inventor, that his ex periment should be tested at the public expense, • with the assistance of two persons appointed by #'the Ministers, who should report upon the re sults; but Captain Warner declined the proposi 4ion, except upon the condition that a large sum of money should be it cured to him in the event of the experiments proving satisfactory. We cannot easily enter into Captain Warner's feeling of jealousy upon this subject. That he is entitled to a liberal, 2nd even a munificent reward, if he adds in anything :like the proportion he promises to the strength of the country cannot be doubted, and of such a reward he must have a perfect certainty if his invention prove at all like what he describes it ; but on the other side, we deny that he, or any other Englishman, is entitled to any re ,vard fur not arming the enemies of his country with the means of her de struction. If an individual soldier or sailor transfer his aid, though but such aid as any individual can afford, to an enemy, 'we hang him—and we are warranted in doing so by the eternal principles of justice; and we do not see why the same principles would not justify the same treatment of one who should transfer to our enemy more efficient and for midable means of injuring us. We make this remark, because Captain Warner's not having communicated his invention to some foreign State is put forward as a plea of merit on his part, and doubtless constitutes an element in the calculation of the reward claimed for him. Allowing all that it is possible to say of the value of his invention, it appears to us th a t th e offer made to him is a perfectly fair one, and such as a just and honourable man, who remembers that he owes at least frankness and confidence to his country, if he owes, nothing else, must accept, after a little deliberation. COURIER.—The affair of the Caroline, of the Creole, and the Right of Search question, sink into insignificance compared with that of the Boundary. Private letters from the accredited quarters in the Union, are all unanimous in this respect. Opinion strongly prevailed with the_ majority_ id influential men that the case of the Caroline is not rightfully one on which America can found a grievance, or prefer a claim for redress. On the subject of the Creole opinions were perhaps more divided, but still a feeling prevailed that it was one susceptible of explanation and adjustment, for the opinions un animously expressed in this country, both in Par liament and out, by the first publicists of all parties,. on the utterly untenable nature of the pretensions of the United States, according to every sound‘con struction of the principles of international law, had evidently made a profound impression at Washington. But on the Boundary question there was no division of sentiment; all were alike unanimous in conviction of the indisputable right and justice of the claims to the territory in dispute, according to the treaty of 1783, from South to North, from New Orleans to the Penobscot. It was no longer the comparatively isolated opinion and interest of Maine and Massachu setts, but that of the whole Union. Here, therefore, will be the grand, if not insuperable, difficulty of coming to satisfactory terms of compromise—here the real labours of Lord Aberdeen and Lord Ashburton will commence and be found. The public will await, therefore, with the deepest interest the appearance of the Report and documents which Sir Robert Peel has announced as being in preparation and about to be laid on the table of the House. STANNARIES COURT-DUCHY OF CORNWALL. (BEFORE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT-THIS DAY.) APPEAL.--THOMAS V. VICE AND BENNETT. The early hour of eight o'clock this morning having been fixed by Prince Albert, the Lord Warden of the Stannaries Court, for hearing an appeal in the case of Thomas v. Vice and Bennett, his Royal Highness arrived at Somerset House shortly before the time appointed. The Prince had been preceded by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Langdale, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Brougham, Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and Baron Parke. The Prince having been conducted to his robing room by Mr. Gardiner, the auditor of the Court, was received by the Lord Chancellor and the other Judges ' present. At a few minutes after .eight his Royal Highness entered the Court, habited in his splendid robe of green velvet, collared and trimmed with white ermine, and lined with crimson satin; and carrying in his right hand his crimson velvet cap, turned up with white ermine. Mr. Gardiner carried the purse before him, and an offieer of the Court bore his train. His Royal Highness bowed graciously to the persons pre sent as he entered, and took his seat in an elegant gilt chair placed on a raised platform, the Lord Chan cellor-and the Master of the Rolls sitting on his right hand, and Lord Brougham, Vice-Chancellor Wigram, and Baron Parke on his left. His Royal Highness looked remarkably well. The Prince was also attended by the Earl of Lin coln, Lord Portman, Sir Henry Wheatley, Mr. Pem berton, and Mr. Anson, Members of the Duchy of Cornwall. The title of the case having been read, The SOLICITOR-GENERAL, who appeared on be half of the appellant& or defendants, rose to address the Court. He had the honour to appear before his Royal Highness and their Lordships in this case which was an appeal against a decree of the Vice- Warden of this Court. One of the principal grounds of objection to this decree was, as they (the appel lants) alleged, the want in this Court of jurisdiction to entertain questions of equity ; that it had no power to proceed in any manner contrary to the principles of common law; and that the Crown had no power to create a Court of Equity in the Duchy of Cornwall. The Learned Gentleman then went into a short history of the Stannaries Courts, and proceeded to argue at great length, and cite cases in support of his argument, tending to show that there were no provisions in the constitution of these Courts, empowering them to exercise the jurisdiction of Courts of Equity. The LORD CHANCELLOR - suggested that there were many Courts having such jurisdiction ; the Court of the County Palatine of Chester for instance. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL submitted that SUCh WAS undoubtedly the case, but there was a difference be tween the Court of the County Palatine of Chester and the Courts in question, which latter, although they possessed many jury regalia, did not possess the power of acting as Courts of Equity. The City of London had its own Court of Chancery, but its powers had been confirmed by an Act of Parliament. The distinction between the Courts was pointed out in " Cumming's Digest." The LORD CHANCELLOR was of opinion that the Stannaries Court had exercised such jurisdiction in the reign of Charles I. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—Yes, but it was a modern assumption. The case out of which the pre sent appeal arose was this :—On the 12th of August, 1825, John Ennis, of Cornwall, being lawfully possessed of a certain mine or tin bounds, called the Polbero Mine, granted full and free liberty, license, power, and authority to the present plaintiff to dig, work, and search for tin ore for 21 years, and that in 1834 William Vice and others forcibly and fraudulently took, kept, and still keep possession of the same, digging, working, searching for, and carrying away tin ores of divers values; to the manifest injury of the petitioner, and contrary to the law of the Stannaries. The petitioner thereupon called upon them to deliver up an account of the tin and tin ores so dug and taken away, but the defendants had hitherto refused, and still did re fuse, to deliver up the said account, the tin, tin ores, or any part of them. Now this petition in volved a question of title to property, for it called upon the Court to turn out the parties now working the mine, and give possession to the petitioner. If the plaintiff were legally right, he could recover posses sion by common law, by means of an action of eject ment, or by an action of recovery. And while this was the case, was it equitable, just, or right, th a t this petition should be allowed ? If the decree of the Court was right, the Vice-Warden would be called upon to adjudge the question of title to lands and most valuable property in the county of Corn wall. Now, was there any jurisdiction in a Court of Equity to deliver up possession of property to which there was a legal title ? He (the Solicitor- General) apprehended there was not. Such a prac tice was contrary to the invariable rule of the law in such cases. Mr. SHARPE followed on the same side. Mr. ERLE at great length addressed the Court in support of the petition and the possession of the equitable jurisdiction of the Court, adducing many learned arguments, and citing many cases from the time of Edward the Black Prince downwards, to show that the Court had, beyond the time of legal memory,' exercised such power and jurisdiction, and was con stituted both for law and for equity ; and concluded by calling upon his Royal Highness and their Lord ships to affirm the petition, grounded as it was upon the customary jurisdiction of the Court. Mr. 13AuLow followed on the same side. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL having replied, The COURT took time to consider their judgment. Prince Albert then took his departure, shortly after two o'clock ; his Royal Highness having sat in his Court for more than six hours. FRENCH 'RAM WAY ACCIDEN TS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.-SITTING OF MAY 16. This sitting was almost exclusively occupied with a discussion on the means of preventing, by the adoption of precautionary measures, the recurrence of accidents on railroads. The chief points to be considered were-Ist, the comparative advantages and dangers of four-wheeled and six-wheeled loco motives ; 2dly, the number of locomotives proper to be applied to trains, and the mode of placing them ; idly, the advantages and inconveniences of large and small trains ; 4th, the distance which should be left between the locomotives and carriages for passengers ; .sth, the rupture of axletrees, their frequency, their causes, and an account of the accidents which have resulted from them on the different railroads in England. M. Delessert opened the discussion by reading a letter, from one of the Directors of the London and Birmingham railway, on the late deplorable accident near Meudon. This gentle man attributes the accident to the excessive rapidity of the train. As to four-wheeled locomotives, it is far, he says, from being proved that they are more dangerous than those with six wheels, and, in his opinion, undue haste has been exhibited in condemn ing the use of them. It results, he says, from an attentive comparis on o f t h ese two sorts machines, from repeated experiments on both, and particularly from an exact examination of the accidents which have occurred on lines where six -wheeled locomotives were used, as well as on that from London to Birmingham, where four-wheeled locomotives alone are employed, that these latter appear to have the advantage as far as sa f e ty is concerned. This result may eas ily b e understood, adds the writer, when the enormous weight of six-wheeled locomotives is considered, being at least a third heavier than the others. This weight is a leading cause of the breaking of axletrees, and, in such case, the locomotive is more apt to get off the rail, and is not kept up, as is generally supposed, by the four wheels which remain. If the small pair of wheels in front or rear fall, the large wheels in the centre, being deprived of flange, do not present the advantages which are attributed to them, and d cannot other retain the locomotive on the rail. If, on hand, the axletree of the large wheels gives way, the distance which exists between the front and hind wheels, in a machine of so much length, cause the wabbling motion and derangement which tend, parti cularly on curves, to drive the machine off the rails Besides, in case of accidents, the shocks are much greater with large locomotives, and the operation of , THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 2l, 1842 stopping the train much more difficult to be, exe cuted. It 'is not on account of security,. idds the letter,--that six-wheeled — carriTies were introduced, Thut in order to gain' more power. In fact,they are rejected at present by avast number of engineers. If an estimate were to be made of the accidents which have occurred on the various railroads where one or the other system is adopted, the conclusion would be come to that the number is much less on the London and Birmingham Railroad, where four-wheeled car riages are alone used, than on all the rest. The number of passengers on this railway amounts, for ten years, to some millions. During that time there have been 120 or 140 grave accidents, of which about the sixtieth part were fatal. " I s h ou ld have wished," says M. Delessert's correspondent, in conclusion, " to prohibit the use of locomotives joined together, for there is no doubt that the danger ' is increased when two machines are attached to a large train. , ,But it has been found impossible to adhere to this measure, the wants of the service requiring more waggons than could he drawn by a single locomotive. The passengers, however, are constantly separated from the steam-engine by a waggon filled with parcels and goods." After the reading of this letter, M. Perdonnet, formerly an engineer of the Versailles and Meudon Railway, and who is said to have been recently charged with the re-organization of the service, and the adoption of all possible precautionary measures to prevent the recurrence of accident, was permitted to read a long paper on the points under consideration by the Academy. In this paper M. Perdonnet, after a preamble which is only of in terest to scientific men, says—" Four-wheeled loco motives are much less subject to get off the rail in curves, which must be considered a great advantage. When the front axletree breaks, as occurred the other day, the locomotive with four wheels falls, and gets off the rail ; but the six-wheeled engine, in a similar case, does the very same, and arises from the circum stance of the portion f the weight of the machine which rests on the axletree being almost always pre ponderant. What proves .how little Stephenson, the ablest locomotive manufacturer in England, reckons on the middle and hind axletrees in a six-wheeled lo comotive to support the machine in case of the front axletree's breaking, is, that he suppresses the ledge of the wheels of the middle axletree, and thus renders the !getting off the rails inevitable should the front axletree break. Six-wheeled locomotives, in cer tain cases, when the rails are curved, can rest on only four wheels, the two others being, as it were, suspended in the air. In this case they often break the rails by their enormous weight, which, in its turn, becomes a new cause for getting off the rails. Four wheeled locomotives always rest on four, or at least on three points, and, as they are much less ponderous, the pressure on the rail is less. And, therefore, it is generally acknowledged that the breaking of the axletree is more frequent in six-wheeled locomotives than in those with four. A proof of this is, that on the London and Birmingham Railroad, where four wheeled locomotives are exclusively employed, and on the Manchester and Liverpool line, where both sorts are used, accidents are neither more frequent nor more disastrous than where six-wheeled locomotives alone are made use of. If, therefore, some engineers prefer six-wheeled locomotives, it is not by any means because they are attended with less danger. It is because they are more powerful, and, on that account, more suitable, in certain cases, such as steep ascents. Also, because engineers consider them as requiring less repairs and less fuel." On the question of connecting two locomotives, as was the case on the Meudon and Versailles line, by placing the weaker one, with four wheels, in front, M. Perdonnet says : " Admitting that four-wheeled locomotives are quite as safe as those with six wheels, and allowing them, above all, the advantage of being less dangerous in the curves, it was natural that on the left-bank line, where curves are frequent, the four-wheeled loco motive should be placed most undoubtedly in front, in order that the train might be guided more safely. This was recommended by . George him self, who was a clever engineer, and the reason which we have just assigned, powerful as it is to justify this mode of placing the locomotives, is not the only one that may be assigned. The effort at the moment of departure ought to be gradual, weak at first, in order to stretch the chains which unite the waggons, and greater afterwards to drag on the train. It is proper, therefore, that the locomotive in front should be the weaker one." On the important question, as or whether large or small trains ought to be pre fer ed, M. Perdonnet adds :—" The use of several locomotives to draw large trains is general on a great number of railroads, and I am not aware that, up to the present time, any grave inconveniences have been felt from the practice. We must allow, first of all, that the momentum of a large train is greater than that of a smaller one, and therefore an accident, in the first case, is more grave than in the other. But the question must not be examined in a single point of view. If large trains are in this respect more dangerous, there are cases in which they offer more security. On the railroads in the neighbourhood of Paris, the use of small trains following at short intervals would, on fete-days, be nearly impossible, for time would be wanting to execute the shifting at the stations. Be sides this sort of service would increase the chances of accident. • On the Versailles line large trains leave every half hour, so that small ones should set out every quarter. If any delay occurred in the progress of one of those trains, that which followed might. overtake it. An accident sufficiently grave occurred in this way on the St. Germain line, at the Asnieres station, in consequence of the trains starting every quarter of an hour. Considered in another point of view, large trains appear to be .attended with less danger than the small ones. For, suppose that a train of thirty waggons be drawn by three locomotives, should the axle-tree of the second or third break, it is possible that the first might continue to drag on the two others, and the passengers would have merely to sustain a shock. If on the other hand the great train be divided into three each, drawn by one locomotive, should an accident occur to the machine, a certain number of passengers must necessarily suffer from it. M. Elie de Beaumont has asserted, that with double locomotives, there are double causes of accident. Undoubtedly there are double causes, but there are also twice the number of waggons pulled on, and the passengers on the one-half of the train placed behind run no danger whatever in case of the loco motive getting offthe rails. If the train were divided and the locomotives separated, there would be for the second half of the train, separated from the first, and drawn by the second locomotive, just as much danger as for the first. That learned person has also stated that it is difficult to make two locomotives work ,in unison. But a perfect harmony is not ne cessary, and, besides, if, as M. de Beaumont says, ma chines are not intelligent, engineers are, and they regulate and control their machines better than pos tilions govern their horses. A second machine could, however, in certain cases, I confess, impede the motions of the first, but in other cases it gives assist ance. Suppose, for instance, that an obstacle were suddenly seen on the road, it would be more easy to stop the train with two locomotives than with one, for a double force is at the engineer's disposal. The im pulsion of a train might be mastered by two machines, though one might be ineffectual. In conclusion, I declare, that four-wheeled locomotives are not more dangerous than with six, and that they are more steady in their mode of going; that, when a six wheeled and four-wheeled locomotive are used toge ther, the latter ought to be placed in front; and that large trains do not expose passengers to greater danger than small ones multiplied, but their speed ought to be moderated." The remaining part of the paper read by M. Perdonnet is devoted to an inquiry as to the pre' cautions necessary to prevent accidents. It is of less in terest than the portion, which we have gi ven a b ove ; for in that distinct assertions are made, which, al though they may be controverted by other engineers, are important in themselves, whereas, in the second portion of the paper, the author deals more in gene ralities. M. Perdonnet notices three points, which had already been discussed by the Academy-Ist. The use of a sort of hook or drag to impede the motion, and, in case of accident, unconnect the train ; 2d, the propriety of rendering the wood of the car riages incombustible ; and 3d, the addition of wag gons without passengers, and filled with inert matter, before and behind the train. The first two points are but slightly glanced at ; on the third, M. Per donnet says—" Such a measure would be very one rous for Railway Proprietors who have to convey mer chandise, and where the railway declinations exceed certain limits. In such case the practice would augment beyond measure the dead weight." The objection of M. Perdonnet is founded on the expense to railroad companies of carrying a dead weight; but it strikes us also that a dead weight would increase the momen tum of a train on a descent, and would therefore be dangerous to passengers with an otherwise heavy train. Such danger can only be avoided by having short trains. After the reading of this paper, M. Bosquillon made some observations on the changes• which malleable iron undergoes by use and time. He stated that after a certain period it becomes crystallised and brittle, more especially when exposed to sudden shocks and the influence of vibration. It has been frequently remarked (he said) that the axletrees of locomotives which have been a considerable time in use suddenly snap and show a crystalline appearance, similar to cast-iron. He therefore proposes that the axletrees should be carefully examined from time to time, in order to ascertain the molecular change of the internal parts of the metal. The business terminated with the reading of a letter by M. Arago, from Mr. Manby, the Eng lish engineer, corroborating many of the facts a n d inferen ces alluded to above. The other business before the Academy was without importance. •111=1 , 011 1 . A letter f be A cep .tom Pisa, in the Augsburg Gazette, says : —The U n i vers ity o f that place has been closed in conse quence of an attack committed by some of the students on Pro fessor del Rosso, for having proposed to exclude from the lec tures some of the youth, who have been guilty o f unpar d ona b le excesses. The Government is said to have ordered a revision of the University statutes. SIR .1 WALSH'S MOTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE St7N. 28, Berkeley-squai-e, - May 21, 1824. Sir,—My attention having fiee'n directed to an ar ticle in the Times tif this morning, in which my conduct is much aniinadyerted upon, for not having brought forward a motion Of which I had given no tice with reference to Mr. Roebuck's Committee, I beg your, insertion of the following explanation, which I am unwilling to defer a day : • I had in the first instance conceived that my mo tion would have been entitled to .precedence as a mat ter of privilege, in which case I could h ave b roug ht. it before a full House, at the commencement of the public business. I subsequently ascertained that I was mistaken in this supposition. "The Speaker over ruled Mr. Charles Buller's attempt to bring forward the Bridport case upon the same ground. As on Fridays orders of the day have precedence of notices of motion, and as I found I could prefer no claim of privilege, my motion was necessarily postponed until a very numerous list of orders of the day was, dis posed of. .• With every wish to take the sense of the House upon a question which I consider of great constitu tional importance, I must still think that I exercised a sound discretion in not attempting to bring the subjects under its consideration at a late hour, and when there was a very thin attendance of Members. Those who are familiar with Parliamentary proceed ings will be aware that such a course would have been most unusual, and calculated to prejudice the ques tion. No full discussion or deliberate decision of the House could, under such circumstances, have been obtained. I have the strongest conviction that no fair oppor tunity of bringing this matter forward has been lost by me, and I shall be most anxious to do so at the earliest period the forms of the House will allow. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JOHN WALSH. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basitighall-street. A. Clugston and C. P. Chapman, brokers, Thames-street, June 10, at half-past eleven—B. Baker, distiller, St. John street, Cleikenwell, June 10, at twelve—G. Woodcott, builder, Brownlow-mews, Gray's Inn-lane, June 15, at two—O. Thomson, coal merchant, Hackney, June 13, at two—A. Dixon and W. Taylor, merchants, Huddersfield, ;Yorkshire, June 13, at half-past one—M. Parkes, printseller, Golden. square, June 11, at one—J. Bowers, grocer, Chipstead, Kent —E. and C. C. Manning, drapers, High-street, Aldgate, Juno 11, at twelve. In the Country. T. and D. M'Burnie, dyers, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, June 10, at one, at the Pack Horse Inn, Huddersfield—W. Iredale, merchant, Almondbury, Yorkshire, June 13, at four, at the George Inn, Huddersfield—G. Jackson, timber merchant, Bir mingham, June 23, at two, at the Waterloo-rooms, Birming ham—J. Carter, woolstapler ' Bristol, June 13, at one, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—J. R. Henderson, wine mer chant, Leicester, June 13, at ene, at the Blue Lion, Leicester —R. Banks, ship-builder, Boston, Li n c o l ns hi re , une 14, at two, at the Peacock Inn, Boston—W., H., and J. S. Green wood, cloth manufacturers, Calverley Mills, Yorkshire, June 15, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Leeds—D. Hughes, lime burner, Welchpool, Montgomeryshire, June 18, at one, at the Royal Oak Inn, Welchpool—R. Goolden, carrier, Welch pool, Montgomeryshire, June 18, at twelve, at the Royal Oak Inn, Welchpool—H. underland and G. Wrigge, dealers iu cotton warps, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, June 13, at eleven, at the White Swan Inn, Huddersfield — J. and J. S. Tolson, fancy cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, Jan. 13, at three, at the George Hotel, Huddersfield—E. Harper, grocer, Steeple Cleydon, Buckinghamshire, June 13, at twelve, at the George Inn, Aylesbury—S. Belt and J. Whitfield, merchants, Winla ton, Durham, June 6, at twelve, at the Commission-room, New castle .upon-Tyne—C. Pain, hat manufacturer, Liverpool, June IS, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool—J. Brooks, grocer, Manchester, June 17, at eleven, at the Commissioners'- roam, Manchester:—J. Shand, victualler, Liverpool, June 16, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. CERTIFICATES—JUNE 10. J. H. Arnold and W. H. Woollett, ship and insurance agents, Clement's-lane, London—T. F. Balls, coach proprietor, Vassal .road. Brixton—R. Brownlow, silk dresser, White-street, Finsbury—W. Marshall and H. Rodgers, ironfounders, Liver pool—W. Routledge, wine merchant, Liverpool—J. Dickin son, !drysalter, Bramley, Yorkshire—R. Tovey, pawnbroker, Bristol. STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN THE GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. (From the Glasgow Argus.) The re-election of Lord Dunfermline, as Dean of Fa culties in the University of Glasgow, took place, a few days ago, under circumstances of an extraordinary and unprecedented character. For the better under. standing of the curious matter we are about to deal with, let us first state some preliminary facts. There is an office in the University termed " Dean of Faculties," of an honorary kind, like the Rector, and, like him, elected every year, only the electors are the Senate, or whole body of Professors, instead of the stu dents, as in the latter case. This officer possesses im portant powers ; he has a vote in the election of those Professors who are nominated by the College, and he is one of a Court, now nearly obsolete, which is authorised, by the old charters of the University, to inspect and pass the University accounts. As a matter of course, the party which has so long ruled in the University made a point of selecting a Dean to their e. who would object to none of their purposes—but last year a great change had come over the state of things. It so happened, that by the institution of new Profes sorships, and other causes, the majority was found to have passed from the old party in the Senate, and the other gentlemen, although by no means agreeing on all points, agreed in the act of electing, as Dean:of Faculties, the Hon. Lord Dunfermline. This act was accompanied by protests on the part of the Principal and others against the votes of three of the Professors, who were said to have neglected to subscribe the Confession of Faith, As regards at least one of the gentlemen, the proceeding was of the most frivolous and captious description. After receiving his appointment, he went to the Presby tery of Edinburgh and signed the Confession, but it was maintained, under some old statute, that this ought to have been done before the Presbytery of the bounds within which the University is situated. Well, nothing occurred to call especially for Lord Dun fermline's installation, and his year of nominal office wore away. His Lordship, however, desired to be pre sent at the distribution of prizes on the 30th of April— the day preceding the expiry of his year in office, and expressed his wish to be installed—to which the Senate agreed; the Principal, of course, reserving his protests. The installation, therefore, proceeded, and would have passed off, as it really was, very much as a matter of form, but for the following significant occurrence. On the Pro fessors standing up in the usual manner to witness the administration of the oaths, the ceremony was inter rupted as follows: Dr. FLEMING.—Stop ! I have now a question to put. By an Act of Parliament the officers of the Scottish Universities ought to have subscribed the Confession of Faith, and to conform to the Church of Scotland. I beg to ask Lord Dunfermline if he possesses this qua lification ? Lord DUNFERMLINE.—Before answering this ques tion, which I consider an invidious one, I beg to ask the Senate, first, if it is a usual question; and, secondly, if it is the Senate's pleasure that I shall answer it ? A discussion ensued, in the course of which it ap peared that the statute had never been enforced in re gard to the honorary officers of the University, and Dr. Fleming was asked why he had remained silent when Lord Stanley, Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and others, had been installed. The Senate resolved that Lord Dunfermline should be requested not to answer the question. Upon proceeding to consider the form in which the minutes should be recorded, the discussion was renewed. Dr. FLEMING—Minute the question, and that Lord Dunfermline declines to answer it ! Another PROFESSOR—No ! Minute the question, and that the Senate request Lord Dunfermline not to answer it ! The Senate resolved that the minute should run in the latter form. Will the Universities of Scotland be pleased to ponder over this ? Will the friends of education throughout the country be good enough to mark well whereunto all this tends ? Will it be observed also, in the most emphatic manner, that the offence came, not from red-hot Non- Intrusionists, but from one of the mouth-pieces of Prin cipal Macfarlan ? On the taste of such interference it is needless to remark. Lord Dunfermline might well term it invidious, for it is notorious that the party who now ventured to push forward such a question, and to revive an absolete Act, is the very one by which the triumphs of Toryism, by the election of Peel, Stanley, and Graham, to an office in all respects similar, were rung through the whole country. So much for consistency—so much for fairness—so much for the real character of certain members of the Church party, who, in their late manifestations against Non-In trusionists, affected to be free from that thirst after priestly power with which they taxed their opponents. We come now to the second part of our curious history. Lord Dunfermline's year of office terminated two clays after his installation, but it has been the immemorial practice to extend the Dean's term of office to two years, in the same manner as the Rector's, by a pro forma election the second time. The protests of the Principal too had fallen, because the three Professors formerly objected to could not now be challenged, and the majority in favour of Lord Dunfermline was augmented by several votes, in consequence of other changes in the Senate. No one in these circumstances en tertained a doubt of his Lordship's harmonious re-election ; but mark the sequel. Little did those confiding persons understand the length of the line of 1)r. Fleming and Principal Macfarlan. It so happened, that, in consequence of the illness of some of the Professors, and the absence of others, those favour able to Lord Dunfermline, and also a majority of the whole present, did not, at the meeting held on the 30th of April, constitute an absolute majority of the whole Senate, and therefore a legal quorum ; and while, al though the rule of courtesy was to re-elect Lord Dun fermline,—while, though they knew that his Lordship's re-election was according to the wish of the majority of their colleagues, absent and present,—while, though it was also the election for which their Lord Rector had last year given his express vote—all this— nay, ten times more, availed nothing with the Very Reverend Principal, who, with his tail, marched off at the conclusion of the distribution of the prizes, and ren dered a legal meeting impossible. This act, in itself so utterly discourteous, was done, too, in the worst possible manner. It seems it has been the invariable custom that the Professors drink a farewell glass of wine together, after the close of the Session, in the Senate-room. It was quite open to the Principal, after he had done this usual courtesy, to state, that he and his friends had reasons to decline attending any meeting on that day. But no ! Lord Dunfermline, and all his colleagues who did not choose to vote with him, had to be scouted, and even a glass of wine was not to be drunk. Really, if all this were not so ludicrous, it would be absolutely lamentable ; nor is it possible it can appear otherwise, to any one whose moral perceptions have not been de stroyed by familiarity with the lowest trick of party. The deserted gentlemen called another meeting for Monday, the 2d of May, and took care to ensure a quorum ; although several of them had in consequence to depart from arrangements which called them to a dis tance from Glasgow. At the hour on Monday—still no Principal—no Dr. Fleming—no Dr. Hill—no nobody. The man whom even Sir Robert Peel declared to be one of the fittest men in the House of Commons for the dig nity of its .President, was unworthy even of a courteous reception from Principal Macfarlan, as the Dean of Fa culties in the University of Glasgow The election of course proceeded, and Lord Dunfermline was unani mously re-elected. A few circumstances occurred at the meeting which merit attention, both from their intrinsic value and the lesson they read. It was moved by Professor Ramsay, and seconded by Professor Lushing ton, that the thanks of the Senate be given to Lord Dun fermline for his refusal at last meeting to give any coun tenance to the attempt made to revive the enforcement on the honorary officers of the University of the pro visions of an Act now in disuse ; and Dr. William Thomson tabled some resolutions for discussion at the first meeting of next session, which must open the whole question. We have no remarks to add to this narrative, which speaks for itself, farther then to deplore the lamentable want of dignity—of anything like what is owing to University—so manifest in proceedings like these ; . and to state our often-repeated conviction that neither Tory nor Whig Government will long shield from thorough reform an Institution in which such proceedings can exist. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mau 20, The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'Clock. PRIVATE BILLS. The Report on the Holy well Roads Bill was brought up and received. The Bill was ordered to be engrossed. The Aberdeenshire Roads Bill was read a third time, and passed. - Mr. BECKETT presented several petitions from Leeds, against the Leeds' Improvement Bill. SUPPLY. The House then went into Committee of Supply. ORDNANCE ESTIMATES. Captain BOLDER() rose to bring the Ordnance Estimates before the Committee, but owing to the noise in the House, was for some time very indistinctly heard in the gallery. We under stood him to say, that a reduction of 59,0001. had taken place in the expenditure since last year. A new source of expenditure had, however, arisen since then, as it was necessary that whatever steps might be taken by our opponents, we should be enabled to adopt corresponding measures to ensure success. It was his duty to call the attention of the Committee to the unfortunate, melan choly, and disastrous intelligence that had reached us from India. In consequence of that intelligence, great additional expenditure had been thrown upon the Ordnance department which had been unlooked for, unexpected, and therefore unprovided for. It was, therefore, his unpleasant duty to ask for additional advances to cover the expenditure necessary to meet the exigencies of the ease. In consequence of an event that occurred during the past year, an event over which they had no control, he alluded to the conflagration in the Tower, a heavy amount was classed under the head of small arms. By a vote of that House, it had been agreed that the weapon placed in the hands of the soldier, should be changed from flint to p er c us sion ; the vote then taken amounted to 130,000/, a larger sum than had been voted under that head by Par liament, from 1816 to 1840. Large as that stain was, they were obliged now to ask an additional sum of 50,000/., or a sum in the whole of 180,000/. Had it not been for the fire in the Tower, they should not have had to ask for more than half of the 50,000/. As he had touched upon the fire in the Tower, lie thought this would be a favour able opportunity for disabusing the public mind of the erroneous impressions that had prevailed as to the amount of the loss. He had seen it stated at various sums, from half a million to 250,0001. Perhaps it would be some satisfaction to the Committee if he stated that the whole amount of the loss to be provided for by the public, scarcely exceeded the half of the last sum he had mentioned, or 128,000/. At the time of the fire, there were in the tower 94,520 stand of arms ; about 4,000 were saved, and 12,000 were, before the fire, in a useless state ; the number consumed was 78,500. The building was in such a state previous to the fire, that it would not have been prudent to repair it ; the weight of the small arms in the upper story had made the walls swerve from the perpendicular, so that a new building would have been preferable to repairing the old one ; the value of the building, therefore, was not put down at all. On the whole, that fire had thrown an extra 50,000/. upon them. In the Commissariat De partment he asked 64,000 L, which was double the amount of last year, in consequence of the usual vote not being enough to cover the expenditure. An item of 7,0001. was put down in consequence of the birth of an heir to the Throne, which caused a Brevet in the Army and Navy. This was estimated for seven teen months, and he calculated that next year it would be but 5,000/. The remaining votes were divided into ten heads, and under three only was there an increase, amounting only to 3,0001. on the three. In the civil service there was an increase amounting to 2,1691., but that increase arose from 1,3251., which was for salaries on foreign stations, which had not hitherto been borne in the estimate. The whole increase on the esti mate was 8001., which was caused by the increased salaries for the civil service, in consequence of length of time. The next vote was No. 4 ; on that vote there was an increase, but the actual increase was only 86/., that was caused by the barrack-masters and servants at the Colo nial Barracks in Jamaica ; this vote was now included for the first in the Ordnance estimates. In the next vote, which was No. 9, there:was an increase, but in all the items he had mentioned, there was not a greater increase than 7,000/., and the diminution in all the other estimates covered the increase by 50,0001. In the vote for the Royal Engineers and Sappers and Miners there• was a diminution of 4111. In the next vote for the Royal Artillery there was a decrease of 3,70 G/. Although the effective force was the same as last year, that diminution had arisen in consequence of the dif ferent arrangements he had made in pay and clothing. The expense of the Artillery academy at Woolwich had for merly been voted under four or five different heads, but it had appeared to him mueh better that they should all be included in one. The whole expense of the establishment was 1a,082/. There were contributions amounting to 14,585/, leaving to be voted by Parliament the sum of 1,497/., less by 3,756/. than the amount voted last year. On vote 5 there was a diminu tion of 7,616/. The diminution would have been 17,160/, had they not taken 9,000/. for the repair of the barracks in Jamaica and in the Mauritius. In the 6th vote there was a diminution of 16,714/. ' arising from the survey of Ireland being nearly completed, and a less sum being required for that object. In the 7th vote, which was a very important one, they had taken less for stores in the Tower 8,0001., less for shot and shells, 24,000/. ; less for perishable articles, such as bedding and furniture, 8,0001. ; less for great coats and other articles, 10,000/, making a diminution, so far, of 50,184/. Then there was an increase in small sums of 50,000/., which would leave a balance of 184/. in favour of the public. The vote No. 8 was what was called an unprovided item. It was for '2,7881. for the service of the Artillery. In this there was an increase of 7511. over the estimate of last year. In No. 10 there was also an increase, and the whole amount of the item was 29.4814 for the service of the Commissariat. He had now gone through all the votes in that department, and then he came to (as we understood) the estimates for buildings and other works, connected with the Ordnance, at home anti in the colonies. The House was already acquainted with all the circumstances of every item but one, and that was the vote of 8,000/. for the two barracks in Jamaica, which were thought necessary for the lodging of the men with their wives, and for the protection of their health. There was also an item of 3,953/. for the Artillery barracks at Kingston, Upper Canada, which the Government thought it right to sanc tion on account of the unhealthy situation of the former bar racks. The next item regarded certain proposed improvements for the gunnery practice at Woolwich, the space between the batteries and the river at present being wholly inadequate, as it gave no more than a range of 1,225 yards for the trial of gaps which were capable of ll:vowing shells a distance of three miles. The sole object he had in view was to promote and advance the science of gunnery, and to render more effective this distin guished corps, which was the admiration of foreigners; at the same time that they were envied by all who had the good for tune to witness their evolutions. He should, therefore, move that a sum of 121,000/. be voted for the service of her Majesty for the civil establishments in the Tower and Pall. mall. Mr. W. WILLI AM S thought it would be more satisfactory to the Committee if the Hon. and Gallant Officer would state what he thought would be the additional amount he should re quire for the service of his department, as extraordinary esti mates, so that some i ea might be formed as to the probable total expenditure for the year for the Ordnance Department. He thought a great reduction might be made in the barrack department. There were 87 barrack-masters and 17 deputy storekeepers. Now he could not discover the utility of these 17 deputy storekeepers ; their salaries amount to 6,290/. ; and he thought the whole of that sum might be saved. At Devon port there was one storekeeper and two deputies, while there were only 5 clerks for these three officers to superintend. At Sydney, New South Wales, there was a storekeeper, a deputy storekeeper, and also at Hobart Town. He was sure, from the amount of stores at those places, that these deputy storekeepers were unnecessary. He could not see why the barrack-masters should not perform the duty of deputy storekeeper. A great saving would be effected, and no insecurity or inconvenience result to the public service from adopting such a course. The cost of the barracks in the colonies appeared to him extraordi nary, and to require investigation. By returns laid on the table of the House, he found that from the year 1826, to the present time, a sum of 1,528,000/. had been expended on the barracks in the colonies. That was for a period of between 15 and 16 years at the rate of 100,000/. a year, and that, too, independent of ba rrac k mas t ers ' expenses. Although great importance was attached to our trade with the colonies, he was sure so large was the expenditure they entailed on us, that were we to make the colonies a present of all the mer chandise that we send them, he doubted if we would be losers by it, if they were to defray their own expenses. The Go vernment of Canada was infinitely cheaper than the United States Government, because we entirely paid their expenses of Government. Now he thought that instead of thus being sad dled on the industry of this country, that they ought to main tain themselves, especially considering the monopoly that was given to their produce. There was one item to which the Hon. and Gallant Member had referred, upon which he (Mr. Williams) wished some explanation, and this was respecting the barracks at Manchester. No less than 62,000/. was wanted for this item. He wished to know what the probable estimated expenses of these barracks would be. Capt. BOLDERO said, the Hon. Gentleman had alluded to several items, but he ( Capt. Boldero) would confine him self to the observations connected with the deputy store keepers. He would explain why the deputy storekeepers had been appointed, and under what circumstances. They had at present seventeen deputy store-keepers in the home and colonial service—three in the home service, and fourteen in the colonies. In the year 1821, in the various situations now held by deputy storekeepers, there were two individuals doing duty, and the appellation applied to them was clerk of the survey and clerk of the check. It was thought in that year, that it was desirable to abolish the office of clerk of the survey, and clerk of the check, and to appoint in the place of these two, one individual to do the duty of both. The duty per formed by the clerk of the check, was to attend to the muster of the men and to see that they attended drill. The duty of the clerk of the survey, was to examine all the stores brought into the department, and to superintend the issuing of the same ; these two gentlemen in this station, caused an expenditure to the public of 7,5601. a-year. By the change a saving of 2,560/. a-year, was effected, and, in fact, the saying was increased to the amount of 1,0001. a-year more, in conse quence of there being attached to the office the additional sta twris of Hobart Town, Sydney, and Sierra Leone. As to the expense of tee war in which they were engaged, he believed the man was not born who could calculate what that expense would be. • Lord A. LENNOX, wished to call the attention of his Hon. and Gallant Friend, and of the Master-General of the Ordnance, to a grievance which, though it might appear trifling in itself, was yet felt as a considerable grievance by those who suffered from it. His Hon. and Gal lant Friend must be aware that officers in the army were al, lowed a certain quantity of fuel—coals and candies weekly, but married men, who were obliged to live out of barracks were not entitled to draw those rations. Now he ( Lord A. Lennox) could not conceive on what principle that course was pursued. He was sure his Hon. and. Gallant Friend would not say it was to prevent young officers marrying, or that, if it was given to officers who were married, it would be expected by the men ? He wished to know what course had been taken with respect to libraries, fives courts, and cricket grounds for the amusement of soldiers, because he knew that many of the men under him, for want of some relaxation, did nothing but lie on the grass. Captain BOLDERO said that the Board of Ordnance were not responsible for issuing the orders•by which fuel was given to officers; all they had to do was to obey the orders that were given. The object of • the order was to prevent officers living out of barracks ; :end if they deviated from the rule in respect to officers, there would be no reason why the married soldier should not have the same privilege. If they were to a:low one species of barrack stores, where were tk PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Walker, sen., and J. Walker, jun., timber merchants, Leeds—J. Manley and R. S. Parry, linen thread .manufactu rers, Manchester—S. Munks and J. Harris, tinmen, Notting ham—H. Price, J. Peto, H. Belfour, and J. Bryan, japanners, Dacre-street, Westminster (so far as regards H. Belfour)—C. Williamson and J. M. Thistleton, ginger-beer manufacturers, Kingston-upon-Hall—T. Walton and W. Taylor, shipwrights, Bermondsey-wall, Surrey—T. H. Vellacott and A. Puddi combe, linen and woollen , drapers, Taunton—J. Black, sen., J. Black, jun., P. A. Black, and A. Sleigh, brokers, Liver pool—H, Cochrane and T. Gittins, manufacturers, Manches ter—J. Briggs, sen., and C. Horsman, cheese dealers, Black burn—J. Quick and D. Brooks, builders, Bristol—J. Buckley, J. Barnsley, jun., and J. Barnsley, engravers to calico printers, Manchester—J. K. Sutcliffe and R. Birch, attorneys, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars—A. White, W. Kirk, E. Muschamp, J. Vint, and B. Bell, iron -founders, Bishopwearmouth—Jane and John Graham, tailors, Liverpool. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. PETER TAYLOR, draper, Dunfermline, May 23 and June 20, at twelve, at the Spire Hotel, Dunfermline. JOHN LITTLE, merchant, Annan, May 26 and June 16, at twelve, at the Queensbury A rms I nn , A nnan . JOHN BARCLAY, farmer, Dalchurla, Crieff, May 25 and June 15, at the Drummond Arms Inn, Crieff. JOHN CRAWFORD, manufacturer, Glasgow, May 25 and June 15, at two, at the office of J. Clark, writer, Glasgow. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the Week ending May 17, 1842, is 399. SP. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain. MARKET IN TELLIGENCE, COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. Wheat, Barley, I Oats. Per Quarter Boston Itraintree B. ighton Chichester Dunmow Grantham Grimsby Hailshara Hitchln Ipswich Lewes Lynn Maidstone Norwich Petworth 8, to s. 55 70 52 70 58 69 60 58 65 45 5 5 60 73 56 74 66 72 50 67 54. 60 51 62 54 64 59 67 54 N 57 84 (8 61 71 61 64 57 63 154 64 60 69 IVERPOO ish, White, Red .. h Welch, , hie... Red C. to 22 38 27 _,. 34 72 25 26 30 21 28 28 33 28 33 26 32 27 34 22 2s 27 is 24 es 36 32 25 27 26 33 24 is 23 34 32 38 28 4 21 2s SO 3), IL CORN per 701 b. 11. to 6. 18 22 93 29 20 28 Beans. 7. to 8. 35 38 3:3 S 8 33 41 Pea lm. S. to Is 39 48 35 4)) 33 N 6 2.4 35 20 21 19 25 22 28 lb 21 19 21 £0 30 21 26 18 22 16 20 26 32 24 28 21 24 18 f:8 25 30 24 28 IS 21 21 27 24 30 MARKET 34 36 26 40 36 40 36 40 30 34 34 45 29 SO 34 36 29 33 38 40 32 34 33 40 26 34 33 C 9 40 44 31 39 26 31 ,28 40 , .--May 17 9s. 9,1,t010 0. , 9 3 9 to 0 S 70 8 3 66 7 9 - Foreign OATS, English. Welsh, and Scotch, per 4510 2 7 3 2 ---- Irish - Foreign ............................ .......... ........ " U 0 t) SARLIIY, English, Malting. per Imp. quarter.... . .,.. 30 : - ,3 ft - Scotch and Irish, per 60 11 as. - Feeding .............. . ....... Beans, English, per Imperial quarter 3B U 40 u 34 0 36 C - Foreign 36 0 pe r Imperial quarter 32 -Pease,4o 0 42 0 - Foreign ................................. ........ ... 36 0 40 0 ?Love, English, per 26 016 . 4B 0 Irish ................ . , r t? 4 1 ba .4 0 0 49 Iv •• u 0 28 6 3 i II 40 to RYE, per Imperial qua rter MALT, per Imperial quarter LE EDS CORN tu IRKET. OATMEAL,IINDIAN cokxt, English per 4 a B n l d lll, I!ish , pc o Wheat, Norfolk and Stitielk, 601 b. • • fill. to 674.1 York. snd Lincoln. 60 1 0• U B eans (per • 35. to 275. - Yorkshire and Lincolnshire - Grinding ........................ . ............. . Sarley, •-••• •••••• • ..... • to 6`;'' Beans 63lb. '324. to 373. I flats, l'otatoe . ..... ................. ..... 2ls to 1 6s.J s. ................... • -bleating, ..... 11d. tolOd khelling 203 h 0 to 31 f3 27, to 28 per . DEVIZES CORN MARKET. • I(468. to 12.1. per stone. Per Sack. s. d. 5. 8, Per Quat ter. s. 8. s. e. first Wheat ‘.'o 0 to 28 0 Seco n d(per sack) l6 0 20 to rlsird barley 2O 0 29 0 Bread (pergallon). 1 3 -' 0 CHELTENHAM MARKETS. Per Bpshel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. t• d. Wheat ........ 7 6 9 0 Beef 6 7 Witte'? Oats 3 0 3 9 Steal Beans 5 0 5 4 Pork 6 8 Pease 5 0 8 0 Lamb 7 9 H um, 41.55. to 41. 10 s . Od . per ton. CANTERBURY MARKET. Wheat, White 655. to 103. -s. to 763 ---- BiJs. •to Me. _s_ t o s Barley, Malting 30s. to 34s ..-- Grnding.. -s. to -s. Oats ...................... 21s. to :Ks. ..- Old -s. to -s. 52,, t o 40a. 01 -s. to a. - 4os. to -1. Grey...-. 345. to -.s. HULL CORN MARKET. Wheat, White (per Quarter) Red Foreign Barley, M a ki ng. GriEding Oats, British Foreign (in bond) ........................ Romford ''''' Sandwich Tnetford Wisbech Witham Yarmouth LI WHEAT, EINEM Scotci ....—.... I rich, Pease 8ean5...,.; o 29 30 33 34 3r, 34 . , and Manx 31 34 a.i 38 '26 34 33 :38 38 41 34 38 28 :.2 21 313 60s. 625. 665. ;Ms. 5-s 60s. 60s. 645. 668. 30s 325. 335. tBs. 295. 31 1 s. 16s. It , s. 225. It3s 20s. 225, 325 3s. 40s. Pease, Grey • 348, 36s 31s. Blue and White... 36s. 3Ss 40$. LinseLinseed.. ed.. ... ...... . s2s. 568. 62s Flour per sack .„ ...... ............. ....1. 465. 525. Rapeseed (per IU quarters) ... —l. 37r. 584 BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MAY 20.—Our market ' opened rather heavily after the holidays, as the accounts from London stated a further depression in prices; but towards the close there was an improvement in the disposition to purchase, to some extent, from a feeling that sugars might not decline further at present. The arrivals during the week am—Peru, 4,000 mats, 'Mauritius; St. George, 2,300 bags, Bengals ; Po mona, 370 hhds. ; Anna, 580 hhds., 118 tierces. —Bristol Mercury. EXTENSIV E T HEFT OF B O OK'S, &c.—A few d a y s ago, two ge n tlemen--one from Glasgow , and another from Paisley— a p peare d at the Polic e -office here, and stated that a variety of b oo k s, shawls, &c., had disappeared from their re spective p rem i ses, and that they suspecte d a cer t ain M . D . of their acquaintance, then residing in Edinburgh, of having stolen them. The police accordingly repaired to the lodgings of the suspected party, and there found a number of the miss ing articles, besides others which have since been claimed as the property of persons in this city. Having learned also that the mother of the learned delinquent resided in Aberdeen, a letter was immediately forwarded to the Superintendent of Po. lice in that quarter, requesting him to order her house to be searched. The result was the arrival on Tuesday night of two large boxes of books supposed to have been stolen from houses and shops both in Edinburgh and Glasgow, The individual is in custody.—Edinburgh Paper. The child of an inhabitant of Motteville, near Rouen, a few days since swallowed a few pinches of arsenic by mistake, thinking it to be flour. It was soon seized with dreadful convulsions, and little hope was entertained of saving its life, when aphys 4 cian administered hydrated peroxide of iron, and immediately overcame the effects of the poison. EXETER HALL. This building stands on the north side of the Strand, and is dedicated to piety and virtue. Its architecture and materials are, therefore, of corre sponding holiness and worth. Staircases of highly polished marble, with bannisters of cedar, curiously inlaid with gold, lead to the various magnificent chambers of this magnificent structure. In one place we see Sidonian tapestries and hangings of Tyre—in another the carvings and paintings of Egypt, with flaming carbuncles, and all the jewelled glories of the East. Great, however, as are the material beauties of the Hall, they are as nothing to the moral excellence of hundreds of the pilgrims who, from all corners of England, at times congregate, and talk and sing there. It is at the Hall that the fireside philanthropist, the good and easy man, for whom life has been one long lounge on a velvet sofa—it is there that he displays his practical benevolence, talking for hours on the glory of shipping white pastors to Africa to baptise the negro ; or, if the climate will not have it so, to die there. It is at the Hall that " model farms," and model morals, and model preachers, and model mouse traps are determined upon, and all for the civilization and future glorification of the now benighted black. It is from the Hall that the doomed captain—the de voted crew, receive their sailing orders to carry bibles down the Niger, just as far as Death will permit the import. And it is from the Hall that the good and pious, having voted a supply of religion to the black, depart for their own comfortable homes, having, to their exceeding content, indicated their Christianity, by paying a pound, singing a hymn, and—taking care of themselves. It is at the Hall that young ladies--deep in Montgomery's Satan, and more, most patient readers of his Luther—are taught a wholesome hatred of the Pope and all his works. It is at the Hall that the red-hot sectarian—the pulpit darling of many tea-tables—denounces the enjoyments of the world, aud, as it has been, would have this beautiful earth clothed in sober drab ! It is at the Hall that at certain seasons Bigotry holds her witch-like sabbaths, and the Sinful Woman of Rome puts on her finest scarlet ! Reader, pause and humble yourself at the steps of the fabric, for Exeter Hall is an amulet about the neck of wicked London—a pillar of camphor in the city of the sick !—Punch. The large wasps seen flying about in April and May are the Queen wasps, and their destruction pre vents the birth of myriads of wasps. Earl Fitzwilliam giies a shilling each for them, dead or alive. ______ ------ n .e _ stop ti,er,, n T s h i d e e r question ation of t h h a e d h i b g e h e e n e. o In v declined deviating from the orders. With regard i o d, ment of soldiers, alluded to by his Noble and Gall ant ' ' the fault did not lie with the Ordnance Department. . _ l , lO e i r l i t a a n r dover en againiii the) brought a tn n,r m il u t dh s e e i pass without againi C thout tho Board of Ordnance. It was generally admitted wad t NAPIER raising said,h he ieso voiceul d n o a t g a a l i l n o s s t v that o ct4 3 : t o r e_ o l „e u t i t i o d D e p l etion perfectly impossible to deny that the Ordnance a , officer e e n , av o l e eld O P could be properly conducted, unless there was a the Board. It was impossible that the Admira , t? of 0 0 1 , respond, and carry on their business with the Hoar d '_ sere ice nance, whilst they knew nothing at all about the na"; ith e l of the country. He would not trouble the Hour_ k , Note further remarks at present, but he hoped the Dc “i r i e ur Baronet, (Sir R. Peel) would take the matter into WV' consideration. . e f s ilea R V o I n V . I a A nd N G sa a i l d la h n e t p F er r f i e e c n t d ly , aangrdeehdeinhovvphedat thel? odefect from w ollnila, i t h ° l of the establishments of the Office of Ordnance. , _ ;we I:re supplied. 'I he sum 121,8271. was then voted to defray the cape me The sum of 109,2071. was voted for defraying we e s r li ors4e3 . bej l Ae r e s sil l is Er fP of the sappers and miners. Pe ale sum y a o l f R 3 e 4 g 9 i m , I e b n s t / . 0 f w A a s r t House Estab lle voted r3, for R defray ing l et' tablishment, for the year 1842 and 1843. t e li f e Tt ß ihiee oyal Ridin g the The sum of 34,3031. was then voted for defraying lishment, an y d the Noe genies of salaries of barrackmast. On the motion that 533,177/. ers defraYing be granted for . the Diti works and repairs of ordnance, Major VIVIAN said that he had expected be postponed on account of the absence of a Nob! I 'v: be esa understood , nected with the Government, from whom he ..... e far tbsi% v e . °t - e alar the • &as ° m to e r r ec o e r i n v a e si e o x n p . lanations as to a question which he put ect Sir ROBERT PEEL suggested that the objee r,..,, , j0g 0? Hon. and Gallant Gentleman could be taken On b i ' l l' _, . oil the Report. , Major VIVIAN was understood to assent, and the ..;,4 1 ° 1 " ' tbs ' agreed to. On the vote of 208,7431. being proposed for defc_e e by e expenses of the Ordnanc e N ava l an d Military a,"` Treasury minute, tilt° Captain anydelayin P t E h C e H wa E y L o L f th sa e id pre t s h e a n t t h r e ot d o i , d h n n o t t h i e nt t e h nd oo W sto th rn st , in consequence of what had been said against the late od bee! ment, and particularly against L or d Melbourne, whe ee „ g toes accused of high treason for not taking steps with reaP; i ble te, invention of Mr. Warren, which it was said would o see °: blow up Acre and the rock of Gibraltar, and in cowl . ..pe" which it was said that he had been invited to St.Petern'utioaa the United States, it was right they should know tll i l t u bd eotae of the present GoVernment respecting it. It was saT io i, GI experiments had been made, and that the Right m olt t!eman opposite was himself present at these experialto 00 some others on his side of the House, and that a hoe t ee s eerl t o blown into the air in their presence. What he '7OO know was, how the subject stood with respect to 3 1 r°' ee hjee t c arid whether the present Government had taken up &fi to %Nitwit it was supposed the late Governmeet liat he have done, and whether any communication !Sole laid on the table relating to it. He thought the $ .01, 0 of the Honourable and Gallant Officer t o the,_' 4 ltr, question very ill timed. That question had PTy: cussed over and over again, and the conduct of the.Nontir P would be recorded by the future historian with high r'' 7 , t , was the Noble Lord who had first been enabled to aPPg a ete I to warlike purposes, by interfering in behalf of the _n free . Spain, and that i n te rven ti on h a d ena bl e d hi m to soewiii Spain a treaty for the suppression of the slave.traa,- thought that next year the Hon. and Gallant Gentleols l . 3 , see the propriety of abstaining from such taunts, if heeT i l i dli get his estimate s p asse d quickly. In the discu s sion 01 , 040, Estimates, Hon. G e ntl emen on hi s (C apta i n Pechell'el4illre the House had abstained f rom t aunt i ng t h e ot h er s ide alwi 2 4 o ,' charges against the late Government of neglect of dill, the; providing a sufficient defence for the coasts , an d w; ota prophecies of a Russian fl e et en t er i ng th e M e d way and bi 0100 Sheerness. Hon. Gentlemen, since they had come in t° A I had, no doubt, s een th e f o ll y o f t h ose taunts. Or i Sir R. PEEL, in reply to the questions of thal- 11°° ;00 I Gallant Gentleman, rel a ti ve t o C apta i n Warner's io c o f thi could only repeat what h e h a d s t ate d i n t h e ear l y parte' s ekS t evening. He had witnes se d an exper i ment on a anno y --o,l6 which, as far as it went, w as p er f ectly success f u l . He he'ootall charged the late Govern men t w i t h h av i ng neg l ec ted ~e 1 Warner's claims, on the contrary, he thought they ha:cif:44s a proper course —( Hear, hear.) He himself had °° thole course of conduct precisely similar. He had - stated that 04' were two re'ponsible pablic bodies, the Admiralty and %pi nance, to which all those questions were referred, soltrbet not seen any reason to take the deci s i on nu t o f t h e ir haor,'" he had at the same time said that he would speak to the c", e ur General of the Ordnance, and request him to select two" . paid guished officers—one in the m ilit ary an d th e ot h er I n the ea service—who could test the efficiency of the experimeot:" f oti' great scale, and he had also conveyed to Mr. Warner elt d alf mation that the experiment should be performed at the P' expense. Mr. Warner had, however, attached certain „de r tions to which the Government did not feel disposed to ,a,,e30 and the experiments h a d consequent l y not taken place. cSalle no objection that the experiment should be made at the ri, i expense, but he could not accede to any conditions as, to ' pensation. Capt. BOLDERO said h e w i s h e d to make one obserta!lori with respect to wh a t h a d f a ll en f rom the Noble Lord Palmerston). He could assure t h e N o bl e Lord that i n the statement he did re l a ti ve to t h e quant i ty of arms sesta ~J he meant no offence whatever to the Noble Lord. ..e4 Lord PALMERSTON said it was a most econotraeO r Is ceeding to send the arms abroad.—( Laughter.) ' e'r, After a few words from Sir DE. HAM NORREY*t se, Captain BOLDER() said it was not th e i n tention a. Master-General of the O r d nance t o di scont i nue t h e sorvwE i .• s _, Ireland. 1 Lord INGESTRIE wished to say a few words, in oP ra ib lailv Lion, as his name had been mentioned in connection with Warner's inventions. H owever h e m i g h t b e ridiculed ;4 dnlity, he was s till o f op i n i on t h at t h ey were invention' I great impo r t ance . Wi t h t h at conv i ction he hat:lBW utioset Melbourne' s G overnment, b ut without getting acr Ho no ur tory answer. H e h a d s i nce applied to the Right scroll Baronet at the h ea d o f the present Gover n ment, who , rei too i the matter to the h ea d s of the departments. He 4a der i a ee that a very proper course was adopted, and that a colliglOf composed of two officer s o f s t an di ng and character haa, 00 appointed. All that Mr. Warner wished to have, befall l 9s periments were made, was t h at i n case he. suateedet,,,4 producing the almost improbable results which he had rill/ raised, he should have a guarantee from the Government/lei that House that his invention should not be thrown aside , :„,o4 (Lord Ingestrie) h a d not expected that this cirouras"74,4, would be alluded to, or he would have made himself he , informed on the subj ec t ; b u t h e was sat i s fi ed that the dim-.,ir very would prov e of i mme di ate an d v i tal i mportance to t. , country. Major VIVIAN said, that in reproving the course take tt o e, the late Government, th e Gallant Officer had also reit re e ds'i that which had been taken by the present, for the course rii i v i sued was the sa me i n eac h case.- ( H ear, h ear. ) Whenj t o j Noble Friend was a ppli e d to b y M r. Warner, he had offee7„,pr; refer the matter to th ree sc i ent ifi c off i cers. The in"-pro doubted, indeed, whether that would be safe for his eacn' t, eie terest ; but surely h e m i g ht h ave t h rown himself upecl g tet,' generosity of his c o u n t r y men .—( H ear, hear,) In consequ i r e t of his refusing t o su b m i t to t hi s test, the Government dee;otc? l - further correspond ence on t h e su bj ect. Lord INGESTRIE sa id, M r . W arner had veryjustLy (il that, if the Board should learn a part of his secret, it won o tli a very good i n di ca ti on o f w h at was to follow. WI'S i . t ., 101 possible, that the re m i g h t not b e an invention supee;7llt7 gunpowder ? Major VIVIAN admitted that it might be possible 10 .. j° , 4 doubted if the inv ent i on was of the description the. 6 7,0 1 " ti Captain supposed. Colonel FOX asked, if the Noble Lord knew what We r Il l ) terms, or the sum, required by Captain Warner? 10;1•A), Lord ' INGESTRIE had always looked on that as a q • fif e‘ e entirely between Captain Warner and the Govrnmenc[ 4 be s . i t thought that anything short of a very large sum would ''' ' O l bargain to the country. e fe). After a few words from Colonel PEEL, which werel7ir 0 1, , inaudible, have Capt ain put. his P eEaCseHi into PECHELL e t s t a e i r d Captain h th a a n t ds,as w hat W h a e re t e h r on e g o i t i rS p ) Li r ~hi he always pursued without reference to party. The„„P,resoe°, Government had not been able to treat with Captain v"2,6 0 ' 1 ' s' and therefore they had done no more than the late GoTbei'l, ment. He thou g ht th at every person must now know ate-pie:if; course pursued by th e l ate Government was a most Pr ap it I one. Every body must k now the respectability and efacjo 1 of the officers that were appointed to witness the effect of - i' Warner's invention, but that gentleman had hung back. o pt , '' late Government, t h erefore, could not be blamed for not tu e r d i c' ing an inventio n th at h ad never been brought properly o ° ' 0 , them. B nthv ß aeftn O otrn T i hoosaHnudi British R einttai l etsn ' hhd O enii : ngaofr t erso h lrtuin o anwa u mdl g i es h itenn t hityva b ewt o inn t iot h tuirowle t dn h foo. eue_swould late and the pT t i l if '; _ s ,,t t f l , for gentlemanGovernmentuw,3ls3niat erlna.d,oti once.—The vote was then agreed to. 00/. was next voted for Ordnance Stores. d n e ( g rb l i a go to u wir g e h r u e t p e a vi rT e e oo 4 l es" , A vote of 2,78,e/. for exp ences o f the Office of Orb /lila' r? . , was agreed to. 'The next item was for a sum of 169,0001., for the suP e ' - eettil' ation, pensions, and allowances to widows and children t 4 . i" i cers, &c., in the Ordnance department. " 1 1 , The vote was agreed to. ' ' - 4 I et' '4 The sum of 219,5141. was voted for defraying the chere , - do the Commissiarat su ppli es f or the United Kingdom in the ' , .3" 1842 and 1843. s I .) et NAVY ESTIMATES. _Si. 2 , The sum of 194,496/. was proposed for defraying the Ct .- pr o t , including wB43asm. repairs of naval yards, from the f od fa A ny eo s wf t a A' t l e oa rn tr kce March, made by Captain PECHELL o f the b y . 40 ships of th e Ad m i ra l ty w i thholding the sums due as arty ,ifi ... I ,o lof e ..' the widow s o f o ffi cers who had been inmates of lunatic asY`rio 4 l ", where they were supported at the expense of Governme_;.,o , . ; accumulation of arrears was due to their widows a t tb.!:l--.,1" ' sent time. .. , Sir G. COCKBUR N deprecated the course pursued 1 i h -t ; Hon. and Gallant Member in bri ng i ng forward a states:ace l . .es , ,/, 0, i . se such a nature without giving notice of his intention. ~_ .;ar . r,/ Sir T. TROUBRIDGE defended the conduct of the se f ; miralty. It was frequently attacked for not doing what II tuallv had not the power of doing. ~a - 0 14 t ic Captain PECHELL did not think that this question 91iee tip` be mixed up with pensions for civil services. The present bad .0f a claim which the Admiralty acknowledged, but which th e / . ',,, not the courage to meet. After a few words from Sir C. NA PIE R and Sir G. Coc La s e ll e ola ' ' 4l, Captain t ECHELL gave notice that when the reportr e besr ,e 4 t be brought up, he would present the petition of Mrs. r°'' which would give the Admiralty an opportunity of givi n g necessary explanations. Lord INGES I RIE was not present when the vote i, f , et. dock-yards had been agreed to, but he wished to drew b citer tentien o r th e C omm i ttee to the importance of naval ere gar two. H e con d emne d the present system, which made the }ad veyor of the Navy sole judge of all proposed ircprovernect, ectc'tore , attributed th e present m i sera b le state of our naval arehtt r .„l, 0 1 to the c o u ei nuance o f t h at system, They had several t A tt e ' ; ships of late years, but they had not been fairly conducted. or , 7 4 , , had been a d egree o f f avour i t i sm manifested which h adline,' rated most pr e j u di c i a lly. Thi s was a su bj ect of very gr e- ; o p,fPe' 4 4 ,` , portance, and he was sure it was we ll worthy the Oleo° ~c,A) . :j s the Government. A, fl A fter a short conversation, e. Of y ' • lillA c tis 4 Sir C NAPIER said he had not had time to give / 1 1,4: of the estimates the attention he could have wished. ", i t lti to the amount annually voted for the civil naval serviet t i, eos' sr wards of 100,000/., he put it to the Committee whetbersteegt , s‘ r '°„e ► right that they should have the whole of the situations o "4Wf i e different departments filled by civilians. The mactitilli got' '', '6l i navy had been always a source of complaint, and hell"' fictiC llll ' 'I( 7 1 , Gentlemen opposite—and he did not sin so with `ens - . o riel :.0 1 / - feeling, but he wished to call their attention to the Pl e thef s- t , t' of employing naval men in this department--he asked vi rit to sl ,' j r , such a course as this world not hold out an Indoc, eln en e ovect • ..il persons to enter the navy? How many pensions would li r ; , *V W . 4,; I h w a e d re h i n i perfectly o fe n c e t lmy able maw who and h c a o d m p b e e t e e n . a t to p o fi r l s l e t r h e e ni s e p s io i t;r ed a by the Government, pensions given to clerks and pr e The ss ' i doe ? , partment, and he would ask whether this was as it Wag of al, .. ii He shoUld very shortly move for certain returns °a4 00. - i the civilians HOW employed in the navy, poll:7 00 0w , ' the situation held by them before their aPPe I ,. ' s ere n 9 and whether they were gentlemen's or noblerFe ;„ offer vents, together with the First Lord of the Admiralty I" tr.oltist.. dr to h e r! ,