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THE SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 17. 1855. ount of ignorance, and the amount of consequent cri minality to be found in the country. I have no doubt the instances he mentioned were instances tiith c'' rd to which the facts were accurately state(' ; but I think we are not entitled to take these instances as examples where by to judge of the criminality of the country at large. (Hear.) I can only say, as far as my own local knowledge extends, the districts with which I am acqu ainted cer tainly do not resemble the places from which the informa tion of the right hon. gentleman has been derived. No doubt the religious question is one which must, I am afraid, -oppose great difficulties in the way of those who take this subject in hand ; but at the same titne I entirely agree with the right hon. baronet in hoping that those who entertain different opinions on this branch of the subject will consi der that we all hold opinions in common, which ought to be, and may be, the foundation of a common system of education ; and I confess I do not agree with the noble lord opposite, who said that the differences on the religious question are so radical and so complete as to render it im• possible to have a common system applicable to persons of all denominations. (Hear, hear.) Under these circum stances, I accept with the greatest pleasure and cordiality tha - proposal of the right hon. baronet to bring in this bill. I think he is right in postponing further proceedings upon the bill until after Easter. The house will then have before it the two measures—the one of my noble friend, and that of the right boa. baronet ; and I must say, with regard to the former, the criticism of the hon. gentleman who has just sat down does not seem to me to apply. He has con trasted what he alleges to be the greater liberality of the arrangement proposed by the right hon. baronet with the illiberality of the measure of my noble friend. One pro poses that the management of these schools should be con fided to persons elected by the ratepayers, and my noble fiend places them more in the hands of the town councils and vestries ; but surely he forgets that the town councils and vestries are the creation of the ratepayers, and there fore it is merely a question of one election or a &lisle election ; but the election in either case is complete popular suffrage. It is for the house to determine which of the two measures is the best in point of principle, but each relies and is founded upon pure popular and general choice. I should hope that the discussion which has taken place will satisfy the horse on the present occasion. (Hear, hear.) I trust hon. members, re serving their more detailed opinions until the two bills are equally before them, will allow the house to proceed to those other matters which are equally worthy of attention. Leave was then given to bring in the bill. bKETROPOLITAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT. Sir B. HALL, in rising to ask for leave to bring in a bill for the local management of the metropolis, said, after the various disappointments which had taken place, he waP glad to hale an opportunity of laying before the house a measure on that subject. At the commencement of the present session, her Majesty, isfthe Speech from the Throne, said, that though the prosecution of the war would natu rally engage their chief attention, she trusted ether matters of great interest and importance to the general welfare would not be neglected. Now, he knew of no subject of greater importance than that which referred to the im provement of the first city in the empire, and it was to that subject he wished to direct the attention of the house. Various Governments had promised to take the matter into consideration, but Ministry after Ministry passed away without attempting to legislate in that, direction. In 1843, Lord Morpeth, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, introduced the Public Health Act, and, in doing so, said—" I have said the bill makes no ex ceptions in England and Wales, and accordingly the metro polis is.not excluded from its operations. But Ido not wish to mislead my hearers. Owing to the great number of local bodies, and generally the whole condition of a community outuumberingin itself many continental states, I am hound to declare that some preparatory and supplementary mea sures must be enacted by the Legislature before the provi sions of the bill I am now about to introduce can be made applicable to the case of the metropolis. One of such mea sures I hope to introduce within a very short period." Seven years had elapsed since that period, and no measure of any kind had been brought under the consideration of the house. He knew the difficulties of the case--he was aware of the opposition which would be raised byinterested pasties to a measure intended for the benefit of the com munity at large; but still he hoped the measure heshould lay on the table would be received with some favour by the Legislature, and of this he was perfectly satisfied, that it was so framed as to be acceptable to the public atlarge. The first point he wished to establish was the area of the metro polis. He proposed to take the registrar-general's district, and call that the metropolis, for the purposes of the bill. A very coirect and clear account of that district was given the report of the commis,ioners appointed to inquire int the existing state of tho City of London in 1852, and which was, presented to the house in May last year. It was as follows ;—" Since 1831 the metropolis of the registrar - general has been used for the census and other statistical objects. The metropolis recognised by the registrar general is formed of 36 registration districts, extending from Hampstead in the north to Wandsw o rth in the south, and from Stepney in the east to Chelsea in the west. Its greatest dimensions measured in these direc tions are 11 and 15} miles. It is according to this di vision that the census of the metropolis fer the year 1851 has been arranged. It appears that the entire me tropolis within these limits contains an area of 78,029 acres, with 305,933 inhabited houses ; that its population was 958,863 in 1801, and 2,362,236 in 1851, having more than doubled in the last 50 years ; and that the value of its property assessed to the poor rate in 1852 was 9,964,3481. But whilst the metropolis at large, as set forth in the re gistrar-general's district, had rather more than doubled since 1801, in the following districts the population has considerably more than doubled since 1801 : Districts. Fop. in lief. rop. in 1851. Kensington Pancras 31,779 166,956 Islington Stepney 31,909 110,775 Poplar Lambeth ... 27,985 130,325 Newington 148,475 724,367 Wag five times greater than in 1801." From the whole tenoux,of this report, it was utterly impossible for many months to elapse before the Government of the day should bring in some measure for the better local management of the metropolis. He did not expect at that time that he should be theperaon to undertake the task, but being con fident that a measure would have to be proposed by some body, in the month of June last, in concert with his noble friend the member for the City of London, he framed a series of returns, which, with his sanction, he obtained, and they sot forth to a very great extent the manner in which the metropolis was managed. They were very imperfect, but still from them they might obtain some satisfactory result. He should be able to show from them that hardly two parishes were managed alike. By way of example, he proposed to take a few parishes in the different metropoli tan boroughs, andhe came first to the borough of Finsbury. In the Liberty of the Rolls the vestry was composed of "the ancient inhabitants," i.e., such as had served the office of overseer. Tho paving committee had 1,509 yards of streets, and paid 1261. a-year in salaries, or 1471. a-mile. St. Sepulchre had nearly a mile and a quarter of street, and paid. 1291. for supervision, or at the rate of 1041. a mile ; the commission was self-elected. Ely-place was 326 yards long, and 156/. 2s. was paid for its superintendence, being at the rate of 8421. 15s. per mile. In St. Giles and St. George, Bloomsbury, no person was entitled to attend or vote at the meeting for the election of vestrymen, sin less he was rated to the poors rate at an assessment of 251., anti no person letting part of his premises could be a vestry - man, although he might be rated at 5001. a-year. In Islington the qualification was 201. He would take the Borough of the Tower Hamlets. In Norton-Folgate the vestry was composed of these inhabitants who had served or paid fines for refusing to serve either of the offices of overseer, constable, or headborough. In Christchurch, Spitalfields, it was composed of those who had been either eburchwardens or overseers. In St. Botolph Without, Aldgate, it was composed of persons who had served all the parochial offices, viz., headborougb, constables, church wardens, and overseers ; the vestry had existed in this form from time immemorial, and was not constituted by any local act. In St. John, Hackney, the vestrymen were elected by the inhabitants, but no inhabitant could vote who was assessed at less than 401. a year. In Mile end, New Town, the qualification was 121. In St. Paul, Shaclwell, 101. In St. Mary, Stratford-le-Bow, 151. In All Saints, Poplar, 301. In St. George-in-the-East the in habitants could vote who paid 245. a year to the poor rate; while in St. Anne, Limehouse, they must pay 48s. a year. St. Leonard, Shoreditch, had three paving boards ; one of these (the High-street Commission) had one mile of street, and paid in salaries 1181. 25.; self-elected and elected for life. Another (the Hoxton-square Trust) bad 456 yards ; salaries, 471.—the receipts being 46/. ; rate per mile, 1861. lds. 4d. ; the commission was self-elected, and for life The Old Artillery Ground had 814 yards ; salaries, 122/. Bs. • rate per mile, 264. 13s. ; commission self-elected, and for - life. In St:Geer-r ° e -in-the-East the paving was under five separate boards. The: lighting and cleansin? under three boards--one of which paid at the rate of lbs. 7.3 d. each for the supervision of 3b3 lamps. In the borough t.i Lambeth, the parish of St. Mary, Newington, had two paving and four lighting boards, which were confined to the parish, and five other boards, which also extended over other parishes. The average cost of the superintendence of each lamp was lls. 6d. Of these boards seven were self-elected. Lambeth had nine lighting boards, and the average cost of the super intendence of each lamp was Its. so far as it could lie ascertained. In the borough cf Southwark, in the parish of St. George the Martyr, the paving was under six different: boards, and the West Borough Pavement Commissioners had 21 miles of streets, awl paid 4541. in salaries, or 217'. per mile. They were self-elected, and for life, and there were two other 12.. ttsunilarly elected. In St. Olave, St. Thomas, and John, the East S ruthwark Commissioners paid fur little'rn o cy were self-elected than six miles of road, or 1361. per tulle. li w •i m a se _‘. v ey-eleeted, and for life. fn St. John there ler rated s' i •; , 7 7 ejrt e d b the arishioners, one-half by - sari persons-not less tha n 1.0"/.. and upwards; one-half under 751. the city of Westminster, the psh of St. Georg e , \il a ps.rer-square, contained 1,161 acres, and. was in three divisi o ns. vestry, elected under the pro':i.Tl3* The part under the s of llobhouse's Act, hid, 14 miles of road, paid in salair?ne there \ • anti was most admirably r ,,,,„,,, 1 ,,:a . 63 ,!. or 45/. per sae, .- 31 '; average per Trust bad 12 miles of road. SZlaries.liiVrosvenor-place mile 1101 54 Besides these jurisdiction p fi i Bo yards of ......--, . •-• • f 'Argo of 218 acres, called Cnbitt s district, with4 u t, any . , ias 841. lt. l ) r e i nie whatever.• In St. Ma-le-Strand there w er f„ ' kilo. " ' in "' streets. Salaries 1201. or 0 4/ 01. Bs. streets. 6 . Savoy there were 600 yards . or 2481.' 14s. 21t1. per mile. And in the svhol ' •' the ° of the Strand Union,the two last com prising, besides , parish Soho, St. Paul s, Covent-gard en ;I t and places of St. Ann's, . the Rolls, there ' Clement Danes, and the Liberty of n 11 miles of streets, seven distinct paving boards, having . ot whh each separate clerks, collectors , and surveyors on i (1 c trade as a surveyors was, when appointed, car r y in g se to the tailor, and another its a law stationer), at an expense ratepayers of 9701. 3s. 3d., or 881. per mile f or officiol staff. In the Strand between Northumberland-house and Temple bar, a distance of about 1.336 yards, or a little more than three-fourths of a mile, the street was divided into seven different paving boards. First was St. Martin's from the starting point to the centre of Cecil-street, between Nos. 81 and 85, a distance of about 480 yards. Up to this point the whole width of the street belougs to St. Martin's, but from Cecil-street to opposite the centre of Burleigh-street, near 1 No. 112, a distance of about 145 yards, only one-half of the • street, the north side, was under that paving board. Thu otherhalf, from Cecil-street, between Nos. 84 anti 85 to No. 107, a distance of about 118 yards, holonged to St. Clement's. • At No. 107, the district belonging to theSavoyeommonced. and, for a distance of about 27 yards, the street was divided between the Savoy and St. Martin's. From opposite the centre of Burleigh-street, from No. 112 to opposite the east side of Wellington-street North, nearNo.l3s, a distance of about 83 yards, the street was divided between the Savoy , 11 d - list , Olonsent's, and from this point to Dneby-place, between Nos. 137 and 138, a distance of about 25 yards, it was divided this . between the Savoy and St. Mary's. Fr om point to the eas t end of St. Mary's church (near No. 161), a distance of about 226 yards, the whole width of the Strand belonged to St. Mary's with the exception of a piece in front of Somerset House. This porti,n was about .7artir3 , ,'-'; I'3'll's sonlerset-pLee contractor. latch the east end of St. Mary's church to Temple-bar, a distance of about 403 yards, the whole width of the Strand belonged to St. Clement's. The different paving boards along the Strand, from No. 1 to Temple-bar, therefore came in the following order :-1 St. Martin's alone ; 2. St. Martin's and St. Clement's ; 3, St. Martin's and the Savoy ; 4, Savoy and St. Clement's ; 5, Savoy and St. Mary's; 6, St. Mary's alone ; 7, St. Mary's and Somerset-place ; 8, St. Mary's alone; 9, St. Clement's alone; the distance being 1,336 yards, or three-quarters of a mile, and there being nine divisions. Cecil-street, a street raining from the Strand towards the river, with a carriage way about 10 yards wide, was under two separate managements—viz., St. Martin's and St. Clement's. Along Wellington-street North, from the North end of Exeter-street to the south side of the Strand, a distance of about 100 yards, there were four separate jurisdictions, viz. :—ln St. Paul's, Covent-gar den, there were the three divisions of St. Martin's, St. Cle ment's, and Savoy. It happened that St. Clement's divi sion came close up to the houses at the east side of 'Wel. lington-street North. The paving of the rwslway for a considerable length of the street was thefore done by that parish ; but, as the houses on the east side were in St. Mary's, they could not be rated for the repairs of the roads way. A precisely similar ease as regarded the number of jurisdictions occurred from the north end of Exeter-street, along Burleigh-street, to the South side of the Strand. There the houses on the west side of Burleigh-street were in St. Martin's. The division between that parish and St. Clement's took nearly the lino of the footway, so that there again St. Clement's repaired the carriage-way and got no rate from the houses on the west side of the street : In St. Ann's, Soho, the following were the boundaries of this parish, or that portion of it under the paving boar. :—The west side of Crown-street, the west side of Moor-street, and the west side of West-street, while the east side of these streets belonged to St. Giles's; Upper St. Martin's-lane, the north side of Great Newport-street, the west side of Castle-street as far as Bear-street, the north, side of Bear-street, the north and west sides of Leicester square, the north side of Spur-street (the other sides of these streets were in St. Martin's) ; the east side of Princes street, the east side of Wardons-street (the other sides of these streets, with the exception of a short piece, were in st. Japees's). As 111 the case of St. James's, some of the most inconvenient boundaries were paved, by arrange ments, by either one board or the other. By an act of Par liament, St. Martin's, Charing-crors, was paved as far as the Horse Guards. Nearly the other boundaries of St. Martin's were along the centre of the streets. In St.James's, Piccadilly, only one-half of Princes-street, Coventry-street, and Wardour-street, were in the district of St. James's, but owing to the narrowness of the streets, much inconve nience arose to the division of the paving ; arrangements had therefore been made between St.James's and the neigh bouring boards for one or other of them to pave the whole width of the street in some of those instances. In another case, the road was under one paving beard, but the light ing and watering were under tw3 separate boards- one havingjurisdiction on the north, and the other on the south side. The two boards quarrelled, and one of them said— " We will have the watering done in the morning ;" the other said—" We will have ours done in the evening ;" so that during the summer months the parties paying for the watering of their roads were covered with dust during the whole 21 hours. (Laughter.) He had touched upon a great many parishes, but he had not yet alluded to those which he represented; but he would not suffer them to re main unreformed, for he believed that one portion of them was managed worse than any other part of London. This was no fault of the inhabitants themselves, but he should be able to show where the fault lay. He would begin with the western part of the great borough which he reiresented numbering about 400,030 inhabitants. One parish had. 170,000, another 160,000, and the third about 60,000 in habitants; and the whole borough, having reference to its size, was the richest district in the whole world. But how was this largo borough governed ? To begin with Padding ton, he found that, in 1801, there were 1,800 inhabitants; while, in 1831, the number had inereased to. 13,540; and in 1851, when the last census was taken, the population amounted to 46,306. In 1837, when he first became con nected with the borough, there were less than 1,000 elec tors ; last year there were 3,686. It was governed by is local act passed in 1844, under the provisions of the old statute, known as Sturges Bourne'e Act ; and a person must be rated at 101. before ;he could have one vote in the election of vestrymen, and higher qualification than was inquired to give him a vote for members of Parliament. The number of assessments was 6,941. Number of assessments under 501. 3,582, having 1 vote Ditto, at 501. and under 751., 1,3;3 „ 2 „ Ditto, at 751., and under 1001., 73 - 2 „ 3 „ Ditto, at 1001., and under 1251., 431 „ 4 „ Ditto, at 1251., and under 1501., 259 „ 5 „ Ditto, at 1501., and upwards, 607 „ 6 „ Total 6,944 se that 1-11th of the ratepayers, or 607, had 3,642 votes, which was more than the number of votes possessed by 3,582 ratepayers in th• same parish, and was more than half the number of assessments in the parish. Parish debts (1824-25) £lO,OOO, since paid £6,090 Church debt (1846) . 19,000, ~ 7,200 Guardian board (1846) 16,500, „ 6,300 45,500 Leaving a present debt of £26,000 X19,:.;00 The vesTry;nen appointed a; committee of 18 to manage the affairs of the parish; their decision might be overruled by the ex officio vestrymen, amounting to 40, independent of the minister, &c. Every member of Parliament, every judge, every magistrate was an ex officio member of the go verning body of the parish ; and besides those, the Con naught-terrace trustees appointed a vestryman, and also the Grand Junction Water Works. There was this pecu liarity about the constitution of the vestry—no innkeeper could be elected. In 1815 an attempt was made to upset this absurd state of things, and to introduce Hobhouse's Act, which requires a majority of two-thirds of those who vote ; tho consequence was, that though 1,091 supported ' the change, there being 1,212 against it, the proposed altera ions could not be made. Three years must elapse before the proposition could be again entertained. It. was again attempted in 1853, when it was negatived by about 200. Se much with regard to the western parish. He would now come to the eastern; and there he found the most extraor dinary state of local management that ever existed in any country—he referred to St. Pancras. Its population had increased from 71,838 in 1841, to 180,000 at the present time. There were 16 paving beards; and a great portion of the parish was without paving, and without any juris diction whatever. The Bedford estate was admirably ma naged, so well that a person might go into that district, and see where the Bedford estate commenced. The man ner in which so many different boards were created was this. When a person had some land which he wished to let out on building leases, he applied for an Act of Par liament. This had been the case with the Somer's-town, the Camden-town, the Southampton, the Bedford, and other estates. In the Camden-town district there were 15 self-elected commissioners, of whom about seven attended. There was no treasurer. There were 4i miles of road, and they spent 4081. 17s. for officers' salaries ' the whole expen diture being 3361., exclusive of li g hti ng . They had incurred a debt of 1,1901., and had levied ls. per pound upon the rateable value. There were no public pumps. Take the Doughty estate : there were no public pumps—rate, 2s, 6d. in the pound; there were 18 commissioners, and the sum expended for repairs was 1/. 17s. 4d., whilst there 'were expended for salaries 180. Bs. 9d. ; debt, 6,7321. On the Foundling Estate Paving Board the commissioners were self-elected • about 10 attend ; they have one mile and a quarter of roa d, and expend 7631. 19s. lei. in repairs, and pay 3131. ss. sd. to officers, clerks, &c. ; they have a debt of 44761., which is 50 per cent. of rateable value, and levy a rate of Is. 6d. in the pound, besides special rates. On the Lucas Estate Paving Board, they have about three-quarters of a mile of road ; pay 381. 19s. for paving, and 1171. 14s. for salaries and collection. They have a rateable vaiuo of 5,867 e and a debt of 4,9091. No public pump. In Somers town there were 21 commissioners, self-elected ; about 8 attend ; they havenot any treasurer, have three miles of road, and spend 5381. 7s. Bd. in repairs, and 3011. in sala ries ; they have a debt of 15,0001., which is 35 per cent. on the rateable value, and levy 10.1. in the pound—one, pump. On the South-Western district there were 75 com missioners, self-elected; attendance 11. They have five miles of road, expend 983/.145. Gd. in repairs and water ing, and 3521. for officers, besides a residence for the clerk and surveyor, and they have a debt of 5,5001., and levy ls. in the pound on the rateable value, which is 81,000/. On the Southampton Estate Paving oard, only 12,i miles of road, and the payments to officers amount to 6771. 4s , being more than 501. per mile for official payments; in other respects this board is well managed. With respect to Holmes' Estate Paving Board, the amount authorised to be raised by the act is 1,500/.,:bnt it is believed bonds to about the extent of 2,40.4. have been issued ; commis sioners self-elected ; no interest or annuity has been paid since the year 1836 or 1837; for the last 15 years no op ra tions under the Act of Parliament have taken place, and the pavements and roads within the district are in a most dilapidated ; ' .clangeroas, and dirty state, and under no _efficient control.; the books and papers of the expired com mission are believed to have been destroyed, and this re turn is signed by the surveyor to the board. (Hear.) Thus it appeared that, according to a Parliamentary paper printed in 1859, those parts of this great parish which had any paving at all were govered by 16 district boards, 11 of which are self-elected, and wholly irresponsible to the rate payers. There were 427 commissioners, of whom 255 are self-elected.. They bad set up 14 public pumps for the use of 170,000 inhabitants, of which ono was returned as out of order. 'They had 40 miles of road, and 63 officers of various sorts to superintend, and these 63 otEceri received no less than 4,0001. a-year in salaries, or 1031. per mile ; 'and to complete the whole they had incurred debts to the amouet 0f1.35,:3571.—:0 that excluding the Southartpton district, which had little or no debt, these commissioners, most of whom were self-elected, had incurred a debt of ( about 140,0001., or exactly 5,0001. per mile, for which, of course, the ratepayers are liable, and of which , lia bilities they had little or no knowledge. So much for the local government of St. Pancras under petty, self-el, cted boards. (Hear, hear.) Nose, contrast St. Pancras parish with the parish of Marylebone, which was governed by one board, and this was the reason ho instituted the comparison. In Marylebone the population was 160,000, in St. Pancras 170,000. Marylebone contained 1,560, St. Pancras 2,700 acres. The number of officers in A! arylebone were four, in St. Pancras 63. In Maryle bone the cost of the staff was 6571., in St. Pancras 4,0001.• The debt of Marylebone was 16,5001., of St. Pancras 135,0001. In Marylebone the streets were paved by the board, in St. Pancras they were, as be bad stated, let out t(ollcsr u :ic ea to r r .l s. He quoted this to show bow much say easment of i" would ises had been effected in Marylebone compared with St. Paneras by having one board —the same as the vestry — vld how expensive 'yes the other under many boards. , ludo nnmlier of diere()reti now give a summary of the ma -2,2330118 : th e metropolis. It had a population of value t Ipoetitli,cttesfiiptufh, 9,01 1 1 1 . mb:r of inhabited houses, 291,240; rateable was about 2M) • nistered by not less t e : had returned they amounted the nu to 4,7 mn e . there was not any return there would be 5,710 more a. clusive of city of London. The lriceo general the acts, metropolis u d il i. 081,..1e103 different bodies ; 137 of these p . e s r c o omprisi ug these bodies, and ; but at From the other boards poi ROl:tltSia same computation a total of 10,448. Besides these there were the making ! bodies :—Lincoln's-inn, Stapi n , N ow _Vine chartered Furnival's-inn, and Charterhouse. There wo u r'e ', l- o r i a D r s-inn, containing 880,000 inhabitants, and assessed to ie t t:l i'l lr s ' psrty, in 1843, at 3,900,000 1 ., which may probably auniY . n o t: to much more than 4,C00,000/. at the present time, at i rd, consequently, they represent nearly ore-half of the whole ralue of the metropolis. On examination, it eppea t e that these parishes are . each of them governed,eitliesreiwf.lected,heolly or in part, by comm issioners or trustees, who ar e ()ill orers electedp onsilel o f toor t l h i f e e , r o a r te b p o e t y h e ca s . n d T e h o e ns a e c q t t u w a n i t c l h y a i r n ge no fo d r egr eo eers' salaries it was impossible for him to ascertain, but his own impression was, that it was not less than from 70,0001. to 80,000/. a (quoting according to th had complied with the requirements of the Lodging - house year. 3 police H e divisions) showthos e how parishes Act. The right honourable baronet quoted the follow ing return :—"Rettirn of the number of cellars used "-- di evattli.ry tJ hilt .ir7j; provitions of ale Metropolis Buil,;ieg Act—Police divi.ioi 13, 1:371 D, comprising part of Si. Marylebone and Pad dington, 1,260. In these parishes there are two surveyors, one receiving 5401. 135., and the other 1,5441. 93. 6d. per annum. E, 183, comprising St. Pancras and other parishes, in which the surveyors receive incomes varying from 1001. to 1,5571. 13s. 6d. ; and, in 1852, the amount paid to the surveyor in St. Pancras was 1,7911. 15s. 6d. ; F, 232 ; G and H, 870 ; K and L, 109 ; snaking a total of 2,714 cel lars used as dwellings contrary to the provisions of the act, according to the police return. As to the acts of Par. Himont which had been obtained, he might state that the -7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 84 (1844), contained a provi sion that a registrar be appointed by the Chief Commis sioners of Woods, at 1,0001. per annum ' • one official re feree, to be appointed by the Secretary of State, at 1,0001. par annum ; and that two 'other official referees be ap pointed by the Secretary of State, at 5001. per annum each. The expenses of the office in 1853 amounted to 2,510/. ; making a total of 5,5101. per annum. These offices are paid partly out of the Consolidated Fund and partly out of the county sate. Besides these there were 52 surveyors, appointed by the magistrates in quarter sessions; they had incomes, varying from 2001. to 1,6001. per annum, derived from fees ; and that the total amount received by them in-1853 was no less than 24,3611. So that the cost of this establishment to the country and to the ratepayers was just 30,0001. per annum. Several attempts had been made to induce Parliament to legislate en this subject. In 1844, in 1847, and in 1851, unsuccessful at tempts were made at legislation by the parish of St. Pan cras, which, by its unfortunate constitution, had not only to pay the costs of promoting, but of resisting . the passing of those acts. One of the greatest grievances of the me tropolis was the Commission of Sowers, which had juris diction over an enormous area, extending in some districts much beyond the metropolis; but there was a great por tion of that area which had never come under rating, or been considered in auy way by the commissioners. In 1847 the metropolitan area was divided into seven separate districts (exclusive of the Regent's-park and Regent-street district), under the superintendence of as many separ ate commissioners. They were as follows : Date of Commission at Number of Commission. Westminster and part of }Dec. 5, 1837, 240 Middlesex Holborn and Finsbury Tower Hamlets Poplar and Blackwall Same date, ... G 7 Surrey and Kent Aug. 15, 1841, ... 280 Green with St. Katherine Dec. 5, 1838, ... 33 Being a total of 1,065, exclusive of the directors for the _.. _ .. time being of the St. Katherine Dock Company. Amongst the names of thp commissioners were the Duke of Welling ton, the Lord Chancellor, the Prime Minister, and other noblemen and gentlemen, who could not attend to such matters. On Nov. 30, 1847, the first six of the above commissioners were superseded, and six now and distinct commissions were issued, one for each district, but ad dressed to the same body of individuals-23 in number. On the 4th of December, 1847, the St. Katherine Com mission was superseded, and a new commission was issued, appointing, as commissioners for that district, the same twenty-three individuals who were named in the commissions for the other six districts. The amount of debt due on November 30, 1847, when those commis sioners were appointed, was 64,1331. Besides these com missioners, there were the Regent's-park and Regent street districts, which were formed in 1824, under the pro visions of statute 5 Geo. IV., c. 100, out of portions pf the contiguous district, and ha d their own separate body of commissioners appointed under that statute. The debts (lid not devolve upon the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, but remained a peculiar charge upon the district itself, and have been paid by the districts liable. In the year 1848, the 11th and 12th Vic., c. 112, under which one Commission of Sewers was established for the whole me tropolis, excepting the city. was passed, and was brought into operation on the Ist of Jan , 1849, by the issuing of the First Metropolitan Commission of Sewers. Since that time five commissioners have been appointed, and the debts ' have constantly increased. At the time the first was ap pointed the debt was 63,4891. Since the-issuing of the pre sent commission, the amount of debt had been increased by anew loan 0f140,0i0/. ' and a contract had been also entered into fora further loan of 150,00)1., in pursuance of - powers given to the commissioners by the Sewers Act of last. Session, enabling them to charge the rates with an additional debt of 300,0001., so that the debt now existing, and to which the ratepayers are liable, amounted to the great sum of 587,0741. 6s. 4d. Thus it would appear that, since the year 1847, there had been no less than seven eowinissions the old commission existing in that year, a new one in part of that year, and a third in January, 1840; a fourth in. October, 1849; a fifth in October, 1851; a sixth in. July, 1852 ; and a seventh in November, 1854; and that the debt now considerably exceeded half-a-million of money. Since 1847, there had been no less than seven commissions, each increasing the debt, and rendering greater the liability of the ratepayers. The accounts of the Commissioners of Sewers showed the following results :—ln 1849, the receipts were 71,6231. 13s. 101 ' • expenditure, 85,3451. 3s. 6d. ' • cost of management, 22,4001. 17s. 5d., or 28} per cent. In 1850, the receipts were 91,070/. 6s. 11d. ; expenditure, 94,5541. 10s. 11d. ; cost of management, 21,104/. 175., or 23 per cent. Since that period, the amount levied by loans and taxation has been so great—varying from 129,1001. in 1851, to 104,105/. in 1853—that the percentage of cost of manage ment, on the gross amounted collected, is less. But still the cost of management was, in 1851,16,4301. ; in 1852, 14,551/, ; and, in 1853, 17,386 f. The commissioners have attempted only ono great work, the Victoria Sewer, the estimate of which was 28,8541. ; and tho cost, as far as can bo ascer tained, 41,4721. But this, it is said, falls far short of the full amount. The time for completing the contract expired in March, 1854 ; and the accounts have not yet.been rendered. Various plans had been proposed, some of them so compli cated as to be hardly worth any notice, and with which he should not trouble the house. The right hon. baronet then read the following extract from the report of the City Com missioners :—" London, taken in its full eztent, is (as it has with literal truth been called) a province covered with houses ; its diameter from north to south, and from east to west, is so great that the persons living at its furthest extremities have few interests in common ; its area is so large, that each inha bitant is, in general, acquainted only with his own quarter, and has no - minute knowledge of other parts of the town. Hence the two first conditions for municipal government, minute local knowledge and community of interests, would be wanting if the whole of London were, by an extension of the present boundaries'of the City, placed under a single municipal corporation, The enormous numbers of the popu lation, and the vast magnitude of the interests which would be under the, care of the municipal body, would like wise render its administration a work of great difficulty. (Hear; hear.) And these considerations - appear to us deci sive against the expediency of placing the whole of the metro polis under a single 'municipal corporation, without advert ing to those more general questions of public policy which natarajly suggest themselves in connection with the subject. We see no reason why the benefit of municipal institutions should not be extended to the rest of the metropolis by its division into municipal districts, each possessing a municipal government of its own. Wha t form of this government should be, and what should be the number or extent of the districts, are questions not lying within the scope of our com mission, and upon which we are not competent to express any opinion. We may be permitted here to remark, that the Power of petition to the Crown, for the grant of a munici pal corporation, given to Parliamentary boroughs by the Mu nicipal Corporations Act, and by the Act of 1 Viet., c. 78, does not appear to us to be practically applicable to the metro polis. In order that a proper distribution of the metropolis into municipal districts should ibo . effected it would be neces sary to take a connected view of its different parts, and to arrange the boundaries and size of each district with reference to the other districts. Without such mutual adjustments a proper combination of districts would be impossible ; 'and such adjustments could not be made if charters were granted singly to Parliamentary boroughs. If a distribution of the metropolis into municipal districts is to be made, it ought, as it seems to us, to be made simultaneously, and with a due con sideration of the manner in which the interests of each part are affected by the general plan. The commissioners, there fore, suggest in their 28th recommendation that the rest of the metropolis be divided into districts for municipal pur poses.' In the event of a division of the entire metropolis, such as we have ventured to indicate, being hereafter made by the authority of Parliament, we suggest the creation of a Metropolitan Board of. Works, to be composed of a very limited number of members deputed from it by the council of each metropolitan municipal body, including the corporation of the City. We propose that the management of public works, in which the metropolis has a common interest, should be conducted by this body. At present works of this sort can' only be undertaken either by the corporation of London from its own peculiar funds, or under powers created for the purpose by specLi legislation, or by the Executive Government out of Parliamentary grants. It is manifest that a power of executing public works of genet al metropolitan importance, such as the construction of bridges over the Thames, or the opening or widening of main lines of street, accompanied by a power of metr4olitan taiation, would; though founded on a basis of popular election, repuire efficient safeguards for its prudent and useful exercise. We •therefore think that the plans for the works to be executed should be submitted to a committee of the Privy Council, and its consent obtained before they are carried into effect. We may add, that cases may arisJ where public works may be executed in the metropolis partly out of the metropolitan fund and partly from Parliamentary grants, and that in these cases a control of the Exeoutive Government such as we have proposed would be indispensable." The commissioners recom mend, in their 29th suggestion, " that, in the event of a divi sion of the metropolis into municipal districts being made, a metropolitan board, of works be created, composed of members deputed to it from the council of each metropolitan municipal body, including the Common Council of the City." He pro posed that the ecclesiastical jurisdiction and boundaries should not be interfered with in the slightest degree whatever, nor the Powers of the Poor-law board ; such as these powers were they should remain. The plan he proposed to subinit to the house was contained in the bill which he would now propose. He did not propose to include the City, - because another bill would be brought in having reference to it. Tho bill would extend to all the districts comprised iu the registrar-general's returns. • Representations had been Made to him that it would be utterly impossible for any one board to'manage and control the whole of the dbetricts. - This, however, was a subject deserving of further consideration, and he would re consider it before the bill went into committee. The district boards would have the powers and duties of the local boards, so far as they related to the prevention or removal of nui- SAUCCS, the appointment of officers, and they would have power to appoint a commit'• to manage the c I levant boards. The rating under the powers of the bill would be the s cme as under the present system, and, to save expense, there would be only one collector. ' Regarding existing liabilities, there was one provision which would make them chargeable upon the localities where they had been created, so that no place not-made subject to the debt would under the bill be made liable. Provisions were inserted as to the timo of paying off all debts and liabilities. It would be necessary, while pro viding for the local wants of the different districts, that there should be some general board for the whole.of the metropolis; and, therefore, he should propose—following the suggestions of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the state of the City of London—a Metropolitan Board of Works. After reading from the report, the right hoe. baronet said that the commissioners suggested that there should be one board to decide upon all groat improvements, and that they shouldscnd plans of those improvements to the Privy Council for their approval or sanction. He would, however, deviate a little from the suggestions, and, instead of the plans being sent to the Privy Council, he would have them sent to the office of t oo l f i r e Ls Q :nom i ud e lo f l:27ao.nt Commissioner of. Works, who, he thouulit, would be a better judge to decide upon those improvements than the Privy, ouncil. The constitution of the board would consist o 4 f 3 4 r : oo el f e l cted members ; two would be appointed by the City ( b l pe t e h io. e others by the different districts, in accord adicie with the schedule proposed to be Set out at the end of the this board, there would be a chairman—making in all ' Persons ewou districtl would be boards.eli whethervitth xregaer g t they - should - sthoo ulthed h m av ig e ht de o s b it se .ea rv t e ha th t a t t h i e n former years Govern mentmilthedhoap chairman,w o pointed . by the Executive, but now they wished to frame this bill on the principle of local self-government. There was no wish whatever to interfere beyond that which would alwolut I . - : u v fui the I,nelit Gi 07, letblie. I vas prop osou that tire Afeto)olitan Board of Wo ks should select tho names of three persons—not necessarily from their own body—not from the local boards—but from the whole length and breadth ,of the empire. After selecting three names for the offico.ofichairman, they would be sent to the Secretary of State, who would select one of them, and the person so selected would be, as proposed in the bill, en titled to a salary of not less than 1,5001., and not more than 2,006/. a-year, and he would hold office during pleasure. He would also propose to give the board power to take land for outfall works, so that the metropolis might l e drained— which at prevent could not be done, because no power had been given to take land out of the districts. The metropolitan board should have power to make a sower on each side of the river, so that the Thames might be cleansed of all impurities. Where districts are now partially drained, the board would have powers to take other parts if found more convenient. He would propose that the district boards should make a re port of their proceedings annually to Parliament, and in such reports all details should be given —the names of all the mem bers of the local boards, and the officers appointed—and it should contain a general review of what had been done by the local boards throughout the year. He had stated gene rally the object of the bill, which was to give municipal powers to local districts, and they would have a mayor, al dermen, and councilmen. He proposed not to interfere with the metropolitan police, or the magistrates. The city of London, as before observed, would be excluded from the ope ration of the bill, except so far only as included within the scope of the Metropolitan Board of Works. The coal duties would, under another bill, be proposed to be transferred to the Metropolitan Board of Works. He also proposed, if the house would grant him leave to introduce the present mea sure, to bring in a short bill for the purpose of allowing a greater number of polling places to be-erected, to meet the convenience of persons residing in the larger parishes. Among the general provisions of the bill, there were three great ob jects in view with regard to the sanitary improvement of the metropolis. He proposed that every house should be drained into a great sewer, to be constructed in every street ; that cesspools—the seed plots of fever and all kinds of disease— should be abolished—(hear)--and that great drains should be provided to intercept the sewage of the Thames. (Hear, hear ) He was not sanguine enough to expect to be able to restore the river to its condition as described in the time of Henry VIII. by the Spanish Minister, as " that magnificent river flowing by the Tower, on whose bosom 200 swans were swim ming," but he did hope that it would no longer be known as the cloaca maxima of the metropolis. (Hear, hear.) Then, with regard to the supply of water, it would not be possible for him to interfere with it in this bill, in consequence of the compact entered into between Parliament and the water com panies in the year 1852. By that agreement the companies were allowed, until August, 1855, to perform certain works, and until the expiration of that time it would not be compe tent for him to move in the matter. , As noon as the three years had expired it would be his duty to recommend to the Government and the house that 'a commission should be ap pointed to inquire into the manner in which the companies ' had complied with the act of Parliament under which they had undertaken to perform certain works for the better sup ply of water to the metropolis. (Hear, hear.) It was his in tention to propose that the commission should issue in August next, and in case the Government agreed to it, he would then be in a position to lay the report of the commission upon the table of the house at the commencement of the ensuing ses sion in February next. It now remained for him to express his regret at being compelled to go so much into detail. He was aware that in undertaking a matter of such great im portance, and with only imperfect information to guide him, there must be many omissions in the bill, which would be de tected by hon. gentlemen who might do him the honotir examining it, and also others who took an- interest in the sub ject. He could therefore only hope that those hon. members who were associated with him in the representation of the metropolis, and those who took an interest in a scheme in ' tended for the benefit of the public, and the improvement of the metropolis, would communicate with him, and offer him such suggestions as, in their opinion, it would be most ad visable to adopt fer the greater efficiency of the measure , (Hear, hear.) It would be his duty, as it would be his pleasure, to adopt those suggestions as far as they were prac , ticable ; and if the house would allow him to introduce the bill, he would not propose the second reading till the 16th of next month, so as to give a month for the consideration not only of the measure itself, but of those suggestions which it might be desirable to introduce when the bill was in com mittee. (Hear, hear.) Again begging to thank the house for the attention with which it had heard him, he now begged to move for leave to bring in the bill. (The right hon. ba ronet was loudly cheered as he resumed his seat.) Mr. FITZROY objected, first, to the manner in which the bill had been introduced ; and secondly, to one of its most important features. He thought that so important a bill should have been introduced by a member of the net, and not by a person representing so inferior a depart ment as that of the right hon. baronet; and further, he com, laMed that its introduction was unaccompanied by sufficient information. One principle of the bill was start ling, namely, that which conferred powers of sewerage for three millions of inhabitants ou a body of parochial dele gates. The only mode of obtaining an efficient system would be to divide the main drainage from the district sewerage, and to place the former in the hands of a commission of emi nent professional persons, or at least of eminent practical men, to be appointed by the Crown, and to be responsible to Parlia ment. They might then with safety leave the district sewer age to local boards, on the condition, however, that they should undertake no works of importance until they had first laid them before the central board, and obtained its sanction. (Hear.). To this part of the bill he should certainly offer his strongest opposition, and he trusted that Parliament would . never assent to it. (Hear.) Mr. LABOUCHERE thought the speech of the hon. gentleman who had just sat down was calculated to raise a very unfounded and unjust principle. During the sitting of the late commission such strong statements incidentally came before it, of gross abuses in the existing system by which the metropolis was managed, that the commissioners thought it right to state that these institutions should be renewed and reformed. The present hill was undoubtedly founded upon these principles, and nothing that had fallen from the hon. gentleman had shaken his opinion in those principles of local self-government under the control of the ratepayers. The system had been found to work well in every other city in the kingdom, and therefore he thought it should be applied to the metropolis. Confusion of government prevailed throughout the whole of the metropolis, and surely that was not a state of things which ought to continue. He gave his approval to the general principle of the bill ; but he reserved to himself the right of afterwards considering the details, upon which the house would have to exercise the greatest care. The sewage system especially required those checks which a body elected by the ratepayers could exert ; and he doubted not but that such a body, once established in the metropolis, would be found to work as well as it had in other towns. He thanked the Government for having brought forward that bill, and the hon. baronet for the labour he had bestowed on it, and the ability which he had evinced in bringing it forward. Lord EBRINGTON said be agreed with the hon. baronet in the description which he had given of the evils from which the metropolis suffered, but he differed with him as to the remedy which was to be applied. For instance, the hon. baronet proposed dividin g th e m etropolis into 36 districts altogether, irrespective of the levels and lio of the ground. He doubted not but he would find also his officers underskil led and overpaid. Again, although the sewage rate was en tirely a landlerd rate, and the metropolis was the only place iu which it wac a landlord rate, yet the right hon. baronet proposed. that the decision of all the important questions affecting that rate, and hew it should be applied, should be in the bands of those who did not pay the rate at all. Lord PALMERSTON—I do not fear that the house will be deterred from giving their approval to the bill which is about to be introduced by my right hon. friend, in conse quence of the disapprobation expressed by the hon. mem ber for Lewes. (Mr. Fitzroy), and that disapprobation mainly founded on the fact of my right honourable friend having been selected to. bring in this measure. Now, the facts are these, as my right hon. friend had more local knowledge of the matters to which this bill applied than anybody else, and as he had consulted with me d ur i ng last autumn, and both submitted his plans and considered them with me ; and as he had, with great industry and ability, completed his ar rangements, the Government thought that he was best fitted to sti:Jmit that plan to Parliament, and, indeed, that it would be unjust to have put it into other hands. I quite agree with my right hon, friend near me (Mr. Labouchere) that the principle of self - government which obtains in Parliament has been found most congenial with the habits of the people of this country, and I think that local interests will not be mis managed if - committed to the influence of that priliciple. The commissioners had the care of the great arterial drainage, and it was thought that one body should superintend the general arrangements and arterial drainage ; and that other bodies should be .entrusted with the task of keeping in repair the sewers in the different local districts, Both these objects will be accomplished by the bill of my right hon. friend. I will not dwell upon the cogent reasons which my right hon. friend has stated for the enactment of this measure. I say that it will mot be calculated to create chaos, but that it will dispel chaos, and substitute in the metropolis for confusion, regu larity and order. (Hear.) Mr. S. WORTLEY said that he should be happy to facilitate as far as he could, any system to improve the management of the sewage of the metropolis. He understood that the City was to be only represented by three members, but ho did not think that was a sufficient number. With respect to the coal tax of 3s. ld. a ton on coals, 9d. was paid to the Board of Works, and the remaining dd. to the corporation. That tax would expire in 1862, but the 4d. would still remain to be re ceived by the corporation under their ancient charters. Sir B. HALL, in reply, stated that he had uo intention whatever to interfere with the drainage of the City, which was in a most efficient state. Leave Was then given to bring in the bill. • _ MILITIA (IRELAND) BILL. The house w nt into committee on this bill. Clauses - from 1 to 5 inclusive were agreed to without dis cussion. Ou clause 6 being proposed, Mr. MACARTNEY moved its omission, on the ground that it attempted, by a side wind, to give to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland the direct power of removing officers from the militia. By the existing law he had not an immediate power of that sort. Mr. FITZGERALD said that the clause would assimilate the law of England and Ireland on this subject. The clause (which was the last in the bill) was agreed to, and the house resumed. THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. INTRAMURAL BURIALS (IRELAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. LUNACY REGULATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was read a third time and passed. ' PUBLIC HEALTH AND NUISANCES REMOVAL AMENDMENT BILLS. Mr. PELLATT moved an instruction to the committee to whom the Public Health and Nuisances Removal Amendment Bills are referred, to hear counsel on behalf of such petitioners as have prayed to be heard by counsel. Mr. MUNTZ mo red, as an amendment, that it be an in struction to the committee to whom the Public Health Bill, and Nuisances Removal Amendment Bill, are referred, to hear two counsel upon each class •f petitions praying to be heard by counsel. Mr. GREENE opposed both the motion and the amend ment. The committee would act with entire impartiality, and hear all the eviden,2e that could be brought forward on both sides, and ho therefore trusted the house would not agree to either proposal, as the appearance of counsel would only have the effect of lengthening their proceedings to an in definite extent, and would do no good. Mr. SPOONER supported the amendment. He thought the bearing of counsel would tend to quell the doubts and fears of those who thought their interests would be injured, and facilitate the ultimate passing of the bill. After some discussion, Mr. A. PELLATT withdrew his motion, and the amend ment of Mr. Muntz was put as a substantive motion. The house divided, when there appeared— For the motion Against it • 18 40 Majority against tho ... 22 Sir J. PAIZINGiT6N brought up his bill on education, which was ordered to be read a second time on the 2d of May. Tho house adjourned, at 25 minutes past one o'clock, till Monday next. TO BE COLONELS IN THE EAST INDIES. Lieut.-Colonel Wm. F. Grant, Bengal Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. Rawlins, Maims Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Geo. S. Wilkinson. Madras Infantry. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul W. Willis, Bengal Engineers. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN THE EAST INDIES. Major Patrick T. French, Bombay Infantry. Major Samuel R. Bagshawe, Bengal Infantry. Major John S. G. Ryley, Bengal Light Cavalry. Major William Edwards, Bengal Infantry. Major Charles Wollaston, Bengal Light Infantry. Major Archibald Park, Bengal Infantry. Major Henry John M`George, Bengal Infantry. Major Charles Gordon, Madras Infantry. ADMIRALTY, MAnca 13. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. First Lieutenant Frederick Augustus Percy Wood to be Captain, vice Varlo to half-pay. Second Lieutenant Robert Kirwan ;o be First Lieute nant, vice Wood, promoted. BANKRUPTS. James Mathews and James E. Phillips, warehousemen, Wood-street, Cheapside, to surren d er , March 23, at half past one, and April 27, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sol; Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury. James Alexander Hughes, builder, Victoria Park-road, Hackney, March 27, at two, and April 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; May and Sweetland, Queen-square, Bloomsbury. Alfred Tunstall, eloctro-plater, Tottenham, Middlesex, March 27, at two, and April 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Cattlin, Ely place, Holborn. Henry Fowler, corn and coal factor, Southampton, March 30 at half-past eleven, and May 5 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Fraser and May, Dean-street, Soho. Thomas Charlesworth, plumber, Nottingham, March 27 and May 1, at ten, at the Nottingham District Court: Harris, official assignee, Nottingham; Coope, Notting• ham. Stephen Knapp, printer, Coventry, March 30, and April 21, at twelve, at the Birmingham Di•trict Court. Whit more, official assignee, Birmingham ; Browett, Coventry ; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. Rurnsey, tailor, Coventry, March 31 and April 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham Diatrict Court. Bittle ston, official assignee, Birmingham; Dawes, Coventry; Motterani and Knight, Birmingham. James Norris, wholesale stationer, Peckham, late of Upper Thames-street, March 30 at eleven, and April 26 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official a4sig• nee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Messrs. Linklater, Sise• William Deffett Francis, plumber and glazier, Bridg water, March 27 and April 26, at one, at the Exeter Dis trict Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Ruddock and Auber, Bridgwater; Stogdon, Exeter. John Burrel Morgan and John Lewis, drapers, Ystaly fera Gruig, Glamorgan, March 27, and April 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Cornish and Parnell, Bristol. Robert Nicholson, sail maker, Kingston-upou-Hull, March 28 and April 18, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee, Hull; Wells and Smith, William Jennings, linen draper, Bradford, March 29, and April 20, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds • Terry and Watson, Brad ford ; Bond and Barwick, Leed s.t John Price Samuel, shuttle manufacturer, Blackburn. March 28, and April 18, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Row ley and Son, Manchester. ___ William French, brewer, Bedlington, Durham, Marcl 23, at eleven, and April 24, at twelve, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Hodge and Hanle, Newcastle-upon Tyne. Henry Holland, merchant, Liverpool, March 27, and April 18, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Cazenove, official assignee, Liverpool; Dodge, Liverpool. Mary Jackson and Thomas Heywood, otherwise Thomas Jackson, skein printers, Droylsden, Lancashire, March 30 and April 27, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Manchester; Darnton, Ash ton-under-Lyne. Charles Pennington, builder, Manchester, April 5 and. 26,,at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Herna man, official assignee, Manchester ; Sale, Worthington, and Shipman, Manchester. William Greenwell, shoemaker, South Shielde, March 23, at half-past eleven, and April 24, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, New castle-upon-Tyne; Watson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Shield and Harwood, London. Duncan Mc Gregor, paper manufacturer, Newcastle npon-Tyne, March 27 and April 27, at twelve, at the New castle-upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee ; Hoyle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Crosby, Old Awry. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Peter M`Lellan, grocer, Gorbals, Glasgow. John Martin, clothier, Miller-street, Glasgow. Henry Galbraith, ironmonger, &c., Haddington. Alexander Waddell Shanks, late manufacturer and commission agent, Glasgow. BANK OF An Account pursuant to the Act the Week ending on &dards 'th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, ft r - the 10th day of Mardi, 1855, LATMENT. ISSUE DEP, Notes issued ........ '26,9!1,890 Government debt .... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,944,90 r. Gold coin and bullion 11,911,860 Silver bullion.. £26,911,560 £26,911,880 6f. MARSHALL. Chief Cashier 9,55. Dated the 15th day of March, 1 BANKING DE' Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest ........ ........ 3, 1 ,39.849 Public deposits (in cluding, Exchequer, Co; nrnissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and :pARTMTNT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... 11,542,385 Other securities.- 14,880,844 Notes 7,944 050 Gold and silver coin .. 709,640 Dividend Accounts) 4,823,237 Other deposits ...... 11,149,103 aeven Day and other ........ . 906,730 £35,076,919 £35.76,919 g. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. [355. Dated the 15th day of March, PRICE OF SUGAR. TLe average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar com puted from the returns mado in the week ending the 13th March, 1855, is 20s lid per hundredweight exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable therez n on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SPORTING INTELUGENCE. • BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-FRIDAY. Considering many of the influentials are on the "York cir cuit," there was a very fair muster at the rooms to-day, and business, on the events (now decided) at Thirsk, somewhat brisk. For the Great. Northern Handicap we only saw one animal backed, viz., AthorAtone, at 100 to 5 was first booked, and subsequently the offer of 100 to 6 met with a customer. With the above exceptions the Metropolitan monopolised the pen. cillings, for neither Chester Cup, 2,000 Guineas, nor Derby, were honoured with a bet. The subjoined list compriSes all we saw done. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 5 to 1 agst Pharsalus (taken) 12 to 1 agst Redlands (taken to 251.) 12 to 1 agst Vandyke (taken) 20 to 1 agst High Priest (taken to 10/.) CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 on the field (offered) SALISBURY RACES.—FRIDAY. The City Bowl of 18 sovs, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 2 sovs each ; for 2yr olds and upwards. Half a mile. (4 subs.) Mr. Percival's Namur, by The Hero, 3 yrs, 6st 41b (Salter) 1 Mr. W.,Day's Pharos, 5 yrs, 7st 51b (H. Goater) 2 Mr. Hadland's Glenstrae, 4 yrs, Sst 21b (Cowley) 3 Betting—Eeven on Pharos. Won by a length. Three lengths between the second and third. The Wilton Park Stakes of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ; for 2yr olds. Winners extra. T.Y.C. (16 subs.) Lord Anglesey's Astrologus, by Birdcatcher, Bst • 71b (H. Coatlr) Mr. H. Hill's Rogorthorpe, Bst 111 b (inc. 41b extra) (A. Day) 2 Mr. Matthew's Libellist, Bst 71b (Thick) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Rogerthorpo and Astrologus agst the field. Won by three-quarters of a length ; three llngths be tween the second and third. A Handicap Plato of 8J sous. Winners extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Newman's Tom Burke by Faugh-a-Ballagh, 3 yrs, sst 41b (Fordbam) 1 Mr. J. Powney's William the Third, 3 yrs, 6st 21b (Salter) 2 Mr. W. Day's Moonshine, 3 yi : s, sst 81b (Alder) 3 Bolting— 3 to 1 each agst Moonshine, William the Third, and Old Rowley, 5 to 1 agst Gruyere, 7 to 1 agst Poacher. Won cleverly by half a length, a length between second and third. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; for 3-yr-olds, 6st 71b; four, 9st 21b ; five, 9st 131 b; six and aged, lOst 31b. Three miles, Mr. CHill's Kingstown by Tearaway, 3 yrs (Salter 1 Mr. Howard's The Sailor, 3 yrs (Fordham ) 2 Mr. Parker's Joe Miller, 6 yrs (H . G oater) 3 Betting-5 to 2 agst Kingstown, 3to 1 agst Sailor., Won cleverly by half a length. Bad third. The South-Westeru Railway Stakes of 20 sous, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 3 SO'S each, was won by Postulant, DOWNING-STREET, Milieu 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint J. Warrington Rogers, Esq., to be Solicitor-General for the colony of Van Diemen's Land, and William Dallas Bernard, Esq., to be Deputy Commissary-General for the island of Ceylon. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Fisher, James Brown, William Johnston Ritchie, Samuel Leonard Tilley, William Henry Steves, John Mercer Johnson, junr., and Albert James Smith, Esqrs., to be Members of the Executive Council of the Province of New Brunswick. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Charles Fisher, Esq., to be Attorney-General ; James Brown, Esq., to be Surveyor-General ; Samuel Leonard Tilley, Esq., to be Provincial S3oretary ; anil John Mercer John son, junr., Esq., to be Solicitor• General, for the said Pro vince of New Brunswick. WAR-DEPARTMENT, MARCH 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Antonio Micallef, Big., C.M.G., one of her Majesty's Judges for the Island of Malts, to be a Member of the Council of Government of that Island. CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 15. lIEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA• MENT. Borough of Portsmouth.—Charles Stanley, Viscount Mooch, one of tha Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Borough of Tamworth— Sir Robert Peel, Bart., one of the Lords Commissioners pf the Admiralty. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 16. _ 6th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Axthur Codner Haymes, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, March 16. lit Dragoons—Regimental Serjeant-Major George Cruse to be Riding Master, March 16. 2d Dragoons—Cornet A. S. M. Browne to beLieutenant, by purchase, vice Woddrop, who retires; Assistant-Sur geon Cornelius Clark Rutherford, from the 62d Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, ♦ice Armstrong, who exchanges, March 16. 6th Dragoons—Staff Surgeon of the Second Class Fran cis Hastings Baxter, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Wilson, who exchanges, March 11 Bth Light Dragoons—Cornet A. C. Haymes, from the 6th Dragoon Guards, to be Cornet, March 16. let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Archibald Charles Henry Douglas Pennant, Gent., to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fullerton, who retires, March 16. • 4th Regiment of Foot—Joseph Daniel Dickinson, Genta, to be Ensign, without purchase, March 16. 7th Foot—Robert Watson Sparks, Gent, to be Ensign, wittont purchase, March 16. 17th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Leonard John Seagram, Gent., March 15 ; Henry Alexander Little, Gent., March 16. 18'1 Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Sydney Darrell, Gent., March 15 ; Charles Norris Fry, Gent., March 16. 19th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Herbert Blake, Gent., March 15 ; William Henry Moffatt, Gent., March 16. 20th Foot—John Graham Barrow, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 16. 23d Foot—To be Captains without purchase—Lieute nants H. Bathurst, vice Hughes, deceased, Dec. 12, 1854 ; Granville, 16th March, 1855. To be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensigns R. H. Somerville, vice Bathurst, Dec. 12, 1854 ; John Luke O'Connor, vice Somerville, whose promotion, on the 9th Feb., 1855, has been cancelled, Feb. 9 ; the Hon. Nathaniel Fiennes, vice Horsford, deceased, Feb. 25 ; J. do Vic Tupper, vice Fiennes, whose promotion on the 9th March, 1855, has been cancelled, March 9. To be Ensigns, without pur chase—Alfred Markham Law, Gent., March 15 ; P. H. Knight, Gent., March 16. 28111 koot—tioutenant S. Hackett to be Captain, by purchase, vice Rawson, who retires. To be Ensign, with out purchase—William Coburn, Gent. ; Andrew Mathew Adolph Page, Gent,, March 16. -32 d Footo—Erisign P. C. Webb to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cumming, who retires, March 16. 33d Foot—To be Ensign, by purchase—Richard Sta tham, Gent., March 13. To be Ensigns, without purchase —Ensign Reginald Follett Badcock, from the Ist Somerset Militia, Match 11 ; Richard Lane Bayliff, Gent., March 12 ; Randal Howland Roberts, Gent., March 14 ; George Augustus Eliott, Gent., March 15 ; Alfred Robert Wil liam Thistlethwayte, March 16. 31th Foot—Richard Leeson, Gent., to be Ensign, with out purchase, March 16. _ _ 38th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—George Grieve, Gent., March 14; Charles Lionel. Fitz G e rald, Gent., 15; John Thomas Carroll, Gent., March 16. 39th Foot—Robert Gray, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, Marsh IG. 41st Foot—Lieutenant F. B. Dixon to be Captain, with opt purchase, vice Fitz Roy, appointed to the Coldstream Guards; Edmond Joseph Bingham Donelan, (lent., to be Wags, without purchase, March 16. 42d Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Alfred Jennings Bramly, Gent., March 15; Richard Kerr Bayly, Gent., March 16. 44th Foot—To be Ensigns without purchase—George Lilly Mellish, Gent., March lb' ; George Egerton Hodgson, Gent., March 16. 46th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Thomas Mortimer Kelson, Gent., March 15 ; Francis Robert Fish bourne, Gent., March 16. 47th . Foot-To be Ensigns, without purchase—Ensign Alfred Cresswell Cattley, Gent., March 12 ; George Wm. Davern, Gent., March 13 ; Gerald Fitzgerald King, Gent., March 14 ; Roland O'Connor, Gent., March 15 ; George Dudley Dawson, Gent., March 16. 49th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase—Edward John Cresswell, Gent., March 15 ; James Bligh Scott, Gent., March 16. 50th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Rodney Stewart Lyons Sabine Pasley, March 15 ; Charlos Hudson, Gent., March 16. 55th Foot -To be Ensigns, without purchase.—Cotton Edwin Theobald, Gent., March 14 - William Fitz John Ls Poer French, Gent., vice Scott, whose appointment on the 11th December, 1854, has been cancelled, March 15 ; Wil liam Russell Russell, Gent., March le. 57th Foot Lieutenant Blake Goble, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant, March 16. To be En signs without purchase—Samuel Hopper Powell, Gent., March 14 ; Edward Brutton, Gent., March 15 ; Wyndham Algernon Robert Thompson, Gent., March 16. 58th Foot—Colour-Serjeant Charles Stapp, to be En sign, without purchase, March 16. 62d Foot.—To be Ensigns, without purchase—William Lane Robinson Scott, Gent., March 14; Adolphus Frede rick Walsh, Gent., March 15; John Armitage Chippin dall, Gent., March 16. To bo Assistant-Surgeon—Assist ant-Surgeon James Jekell Armstrong i from, the 2d Dra goons, vice Rutherford, who exchanges, March 16. 63d Foot—Lieut. Christopher J. Magnay to be Captain, without purchase, vice Woodford, appointed to the 93d Foot, March 16. To be Ensigns, without purchase—Gil bert de Lacy Lacy, Gent., March 14; Charles Bradford Brown, Gent., March 15; Win. Grogan Graves, Gent., March 16. 68th Foot—Bowyer Wenman Cave, Gent., to be En sign, without purchase, March 16. 71st Foot—William Brett Cowburn, Gent., to be En. sign, without purchase, March 16. 77th Foot—Philip Secklemore Dauncey, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 15 ; James Paynton Pigott, Gant., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dawson, appointed to the 6th Dragoons, March 16. 78th Foot—Ensign G. D. Barker, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Synenham, who retires, March 16. 79th Foot—William Buxton Robertson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 16. 81th Foot—Ensign G. J. A, Oakley to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Barwell, who retires, March 16. 88th Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase —Theobald Burke, Gent.; Frederick Napletun Dew, Gent., March 16. 89th Foot—Lieutenant liafed Lamont, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Lieutenant ; William Nor cott Manners, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, March 16. 90th Foot—William Knight, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, March 16. -93 d Ftiot—Brevet-Lioutenant-Colonel John Woodford, from the 63d Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Spratt, appointed to the 68th Foot, March 16. 95th Pout—To be Ensigns, without purchase—John Tolcher, Gent, March 14; Lieutenant Archbold Macdonell Rawlins, from the lat Warwickshire Militia, March 15; James Godschall Johnson, Gent., March 16. 97th Foot—To be Ensign, without purchase—Went worth Dawes, Gent., March 16. lst West India Regiment—Francis East, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice the Hon. C. M. H. Forbes, appointed to the 95th Foot, March 16. 3d West India Regiment—To be Lieutenants, without purchr.se—Ensigu A. A. Richardson, vice Goble, appointed to the 57th Foot ; Ensign H. W. Hartford, vice Lamont, appointed to the 89th Foot, March 6. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant James Alexander Fraser to be Captain without purchase, vice Watson, who retires upon full-pay • Second Lieutenant J ames C amp b el l Fielding to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Fraser, March 16. LAND TRANSPORT CORPS. To be Quartermaster of Brigade Troop-Sergeant Major Henry Hilliker, from the 3d Light Dragoons, Feb. 26. To be Adjutant—Regimental-Sergeant-Major William Corbett, from the 7th Light Dragoons, March 16. STAFF. Captain Charles E. Thornton, of the 86th Foot, to be Assistant-Adjutant of a Depot Battalion, March 16. CHAPLAINS. The Reverend H. Egan, officiating Chaplain in the Camp before Sebastopol, to be a Commissioned Chaplain to the Forces ; his Commission to bear date Jan. 13. GAR. The Reverend Charles Ro R gers, ISONS LL.D. to bo Chaplain to the Garri son o f S t i r li ng Castle, vice W - atson, deceased; his Commission to bear date Jan. 25. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of tho Second Class William Parry, to be Ttaff-Surgeon of the First Class, vi c e H um f rey , promote d , March 16! Surgeon Robert Wilson, M.D., from the 6th Dragoons, to be Staff-Sur geon o f th e S econ d Cl ass, v i ce Baxter, who exchanges, March 16. Assistant-Surgeon Edward Schaw Protheroe, from the Ordnance Medical Department, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Newton, deceased, March 16. BREVET. -The under-mentioned officers to be promoted to the rank of Colcnel, in accordance with the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 18:4, Lieut.-Colonel James Hope Grant, C. 8., of the 9th Light Dragoons, 28th 854. Lieut.-Colonel Charles Nov.,genry Ellice, of the 24th Foot, 28th Nov., 1854. Major and Brevet-Lieutznant-Colonel Edmund Richard Jeffreys, 88th Regiment, to have his Brevet converted into substantive Rank unatta , hed, in accordance with the Royal Warrant of the 6th Oct., 1854, ]March 16. Captain Robert Watson, retired full-pay, Ceylon Regi ment, to have the honorary rank of Major in the Army, March 16. The undermentioned Officers of the Corps of Royal Engi neers, having completed three years' service as Lieute nant-Colonels, to have the rank of Colonel in the Army, iu accordance with the Royal Warrant for the Ordnance Department, Nov. 3. Lieutenant-Colonel John Isaac Hope, Nov. 11. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard John Stothord, Nov. 24, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander, Gordon, Dee. 6, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel Cowpoi Rose, Jan. 28, 1855. The undermentioned officers on the, retired full-pay list of the Royal Engineers to have the honorary rank of coloiel, in consequence of the officers who stood next below them having been promoted : Lientenant-Colonel Thomas Coryndon LuXmore, Nov. 11, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel William Faris, Nov. 11, 1854. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hort) Nov. 11, 1854. Lieutenant Robert Cadell, of the kadraa Artillery, em ployed on a particular service in Turkey, to have the ' . • 7, , , . .I .o .ent , on the tliatb of General Robert James 1,11.1:01., of the East India Company's Service, on the 23th February:— TO BE GENERAL IN THE EAST INDIES. Lientenant-General Augustus Andrews, C. 8., Madras Infantry, March 16. Colonel William Fergusson Beatson, of the East India Company's Army, employed on a particular service in Turkey, to have the local rank of Major-Gioneral while so employed, March 16. rr ( - )f 1.0.0 17.c;imeni; orEmr. bay Native Infantry, to have the local rani: of the Army in the East Indies, March 16 The undermentioned officers of the East India Company's Service, who retired upon full-pay previoasly to the intro duction of the now system of promotion, to be advanced to a step of Brevet rank in the East Indies, in order to place them in as favourable a position as those officers of 'their rank, who may hereafter retire under that system, the rank in both cases being only how - rely ; their com missions bear date the 28th November, 1854 : TO BE COLONEL IN THE EAST INDIES. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Waters 3alclock, Bengal Infantry. TO BE LIEUTENANT-COLONELS IN TIE EAST INDIES. Major John Robson Wornum, Bengallnfantry. Major John Bartlaman, Bengal Infantry. Major John Ranken, Ben gal Infantry, Major Williams Brown, Bimbay' Infa:try. TO BE MAJORS IN THE EAST INDIES. Captain Archibald Chisholm, Madras :nfantry. Captain Thomas Reid James, Madras :nfantry. Captain John French, Bengal Infantry. Captain Edward B. Stevenson, Madras Infantry. Captain James R. Lumley, Bengal Infantry. Captain Charles R. Mackenzie, Madras Infantry. Captain Peter E. Warburton, Bombay Infantry. The undermentioned Officers of the East India Com pany's Service, retired upon full-pay, to have rank in the East Indies as follows ; their Commissions bear date March 16, 1855 : beating Qnestionable 2,1, Glanstme 1 . 1 /C/A.•.1,0.1. The sport to-day mule some amends fog on the previous day. There was also a chef weather, but the attendance of company Nv; THIRSK SPRING MEETING—. The Scurry Handicap of 3 sovs. each, wE winner to be sold by auction, &c., for 30 5 goys. to the race fund. T.Y.(' TNT.% C'nrh!l,ll .1 . :17,:55, 4 :y-rs Mr. Hill's Dan Cupid, 4 yrs - Two others started. Won by a The Thirsk Spring Handicap of 10 sovs e. 3 if declared, with 60 added ; the winin the weights were published 41b extra ; of a handicap of 100 sovs clear, 71b ext quarter. Mr: Lancaster ns Maid of Team Valle, Mr. I'Anson's Braxey, 6 yrs, 7st lllb Sir J. Boswell's ch c Freddy, 3 yrs, sst 13. The following also ran :—Lerrywheut, Orange Blossom, The Rajah, Fanny Fern, Betting.-6 to 4 agst Freddy, and sto and Maid of Team Valley. Won by three The Hurdle Race Stake of 3 soya eaci were won in four heats by Mr. T. Spence's The Tyro Stakes of 3 soya, each, with year-olds, were wou by Mr, Bell's Emaou' COUNTRY 4L4RRE LIVERPOOL— -Daiwa The attendance to-day was small. Em dour could only be moved in retail, at Tuesday. Foreign wheat too high for corn was less brisk, and rather cheaper. WAKEFIELD—MARsH Wheat 3s to 4s per qr. dearer than on A fair business done. Barley a better - week's rates are in some instances exceed , shelling not much change. EXETER-MAECH 1. CORN.—In our market wheat may be to 8s 6d. Malting barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od Od to Os OL. . Oats, 3s Od to 3s 6d. Od. Peas, 00s Od to 608 Od. FLOUR. —Fine, 48s Od to 49s Od ; secol Od per sack. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs Od per score 121. to 141. ; butchers' calves, 6d to Od calves 00s to 00s each. Sheep, 6d to Od per lb. Store hogs, large size, 458 18s to 24s ; small, Os to 008. Rou; Pork carcases from 8s 6d. to 9s 3d per sco) INVERNESS.—MAnca CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 65s ley, chevalier, 27s 0(1 to 28s 0(1; ditto, 27s Od. Oats, 26s Od to 27s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 23s second, OOs Od. to Os Od ; barleymet peasemeal, 17s 6d to Os Od ; bran, pc: Ist flour, per 2801 b, 50s Oil to 56s Od OOs Od ; oatmeal, best, per at. of to Os Od ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od to OOs Od ; peasemeal, is &I to Os 041 3s tid. credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 6d cash, 2s BRISTOL SUGAR—Ma. The market closed with firmness. W mand, at fully the late prices. Refir demand, but there was no quotable im COAL MARKET.—Macs Prices of Coal per ton at the close s. d. Carr's Hartley l7 I jEden Mai Davisou's West Hartley 17 6 Hetton Rastiug's Hartley l7 G Lambto: ..- ir Howard's West Hartley Stewart's ............. „...'o' Netherton 17 e Heugh Hall. ............... Hartlepool West Hartley 17 C South Kelloo .... . 0 '1 1) ,...15 Tanfiela Moor Butes 16 9 BirehgroveGralg r . „••• 1 1 Walker Primrose l6 (Ati kiborweu ger t1Y . „.....10 Grey's West Hartley __DS 9 1 Belmont ............ '. ~„.. Wallsentl, &c. Br.uldyll ...... Wallsend 2) 0 BIRTHS• 1 OF A sort. • ~( 1 0 0 , 59, On the 16th inst., at Beshorough.gs'- road, the wife of J. Evan Adlard, Esq* OF A DAUGHTER. efi oo/ On the 15th inst., at 6, Orsett•place , Vi r v i a. / the wife of the Rev. Frederick Banburf, "'"" MARRIED. . i . e , o ‘ , , •* On the 15th inst., at St James's, Fa a ut!tl: '' Tv' , M. Gisborne, Esq., only son . of the lato )1° - c :rol-, p Esq., of Walton Hall, Burtou-on-Trent, tc, 4., 0/ o , ces, eldest daughter of William W. Bird, .95 . 0 0:6 square. Hyde-park. co lo l ) pf li ) On the 16th inst., At St. Pancras Church,f ifiPily Alfred Mount (East Kentße t.), third 8011 „ 0 0 .° 1 1,40, Esq., of Canterbury, D.L. to g Eleanor FT' o f ' r i / of the late Henry l'itomas,'Esq., ALR.C.' / of Wight. 0 1 On the 15th inst., at K i nu l ts E for p il, W" --°1 I'" ° ilia De, If a g O ed n B t 9 he 14th in3t., at Greenwich, M r ' A-" o hell ood ' o - li r' 't;; I' : of Charing-cross, aged 79. OlOd n ic t e h n e t . I r s oa th d , i n o st e . o , r a ge t 1 61 e un Ormondts, Co t tage 6, ip. o il toms, editor of " Clements' CustomEssqduliscltee,4"tvri,l,s merly of Yarmouth, Norfolk, aged 54....„ a C 0,,, pi' On the 15th inst., at Dullinzhana 11Qu'lir u" 0, shire, George Francis, second son of the late ,-, 1 (g el Bart., of Kuapton, Queen's county. ~ PaP ie IA On the 12th inst., at Buntiagford, - 11 . 1. ' t ior" aged 60. Cov en On the 14th inst., at 28, King-street, / Mr. John Liles, aged 61. AC, , ____.---------.';' 1 1 -----. _ —_.— firjg:D° i.f . 11 / LONDON : Printed and Publisboil by 3 1 - fo e, -° if O l io 4° of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The dun phi otl° Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , Middlesex, Saturday, Allivh 17,15' , f:, ii, k LL tt t i k t t% 11 / 4 S4 k ,tt:ci \‘ ‘tltl \/4 k 44, 1 4A/, 10h, 4 Pi S: 4 ° 10 4 4 . 41/44 0 0 °' / 'i t '4 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YZO 0 1 p % 1 ..' t . od 2 5 2 • Amsterdam ••• • - - .. 11 • 17 Gibraltar .. •• " ''. •'' Y II 6 ' Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Leghorn •• •• '''.....•••' /, \-..„:„.' 8 , ._ Rotterdam ............ 11 - Genoa ..... .• • " ',...• ',4 ' Antwerp - ............. 25 40 ' Milan .. •• .. •• •• • ~. a Brussels .......• ...... 25 40 Venice.. ••• • • ''.....•• '. 1 4 .1 Hamburgh l3 71A Naples •••• • • '• ~...•'. fd# Altona .... •• .. .. ...... - Palermo ••••'' • - ••• '. 'di 1 Paris ...... .. .. • • .... 25 20 33Iessina .. • ...... : .." r,' 0A -, Ditto, throe months .. 25 50 Lisbon .. ..... ••• :, ....' 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's (411°N, . tdi o r 0 i .., for s --- -qs.--. at f '',k, to deli (N signifies that the mails are sent from the Ge n ' 1 , to the sy the night--and M by the morning-despatch.) „,,,, ~,,, o'cl 3 rif V t t at 'I ------------ --- - , s4 st (1 01 ,,, ' 'i t :reas, Day when made uP Fro „, ' f,st 1L56, 11 70 of COUNTRIES. in General P0.,l- Po' . A ,Actie . '• r c't ' T 1 Office, London.' DisP3 _____..-- o r) , •1 knv , t h. ,•• of -...- ----- ,,,,1 - • A l 'i a t .tmerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. • • &Wort - ply k America. by United Sts. 4 ,01 • '' ' l t B e , packet) N LiverY H America (by U. States' to 1 1 ..„„bh esi ) 4.11 qlf, packet) N i •• •••• •• • • ...- a 3 15,- .. v r is i Australia (via Sonth-' Pt' n ampton) .. -• -31 , •••• . . /0 . :. I. L ' , • • Dever : .. fli o o CF. o ' , ! ' llik,' - '! Ditto (via Marseilles) N Ditto (via Cape of (mad' •.' iii s, , l . p' th 4Plic Rope) ............NI •• .. •• 00 '. Africa (West Coast) .. N 23d of the month .. Plyna° ~. '.7, Ilet ' b it e Alexandria_ ~ ~ ~ „N 8,9, 24.8 c 30 of in. Dover :;;ioy, .., . " 110,,,i, Alexandria_4th & 20th of mon. Soutba,„ - ,: to A P ittp la tS," Bahamas ......... -34,17 th of the month,Seulh'"'•• • ) , 3) O T Belgium ........Dai1y........... „ta 00 0° S k ,,, t, ep,, Brazil ...... „ ~...,34 9th of the month...'Souta'_, - ,ton,7) 'tit t BuenoS Ayres .. .. .. -Al 9th of the month.. South 3 "; o ro ' .1 t 41 0 d ':! 3 43 ') 1 11 Cape of Good Hope ..N, Vati c° ! ii a tnei n Cape of Good Hope -NJ on' .%agaP t d \'4 4 Y,,i)f, Cape de Verde .....N 9th of the month Sou , 3 f 11" Tlie, tlon Ceylon (see India) 1 4 9' l f N' h, Ceylon ..............N . auiP'' r ell '3N , l t l e tt St 1 Channel Isles .. .•. • • • 17, Mon ~Wed.,&Frl.4. Soutt , 0,01,(1 Yli, ' l .• Chili.. -.... .......„ „. 31;2d Fc 17th nt month s.othia i k . sl,' 41 (? China ... Constantinople . .....e/ 8,13, t8,23,&28 of it; Dove, * ,;pttv d., ...„ Constantinople .... „ ~ ,4th 5420th of mon. south ...1 ~,,i,' ''' Cont. of Europe 51 Ss N Twice daily .. ~.. Dov er '.. irlr',l l Egypt (see India) 1 ~ ••3' )1 0 ' . i Rol Al France .. .. 34 &2i Twice daily...-. DOve' ' fl ' i ptoni AI ' 3 141 , Gibraltar .. .... .... m; l 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m Solar ° pi' 134 ti '' 3 ( &nee (see India) et Nt i .. s . i areP t°j ! ..,0 1 ei),.4t ~,3 ' Greytown .. ...... ~, •A 2nd & 17th of mondneu- o 'ody• i .;51 , 1b a Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday ,Lo ndori to • pc i 1 ,0/1 :0 l y 4 ilavannah .......... NI 2ud of the monti•lSout h .•'. Alit-‘l. (asst t*) Holland .... - ...... Nl' DailyjDove r ' 0 ;0 13 ' 4 OP Honduras .......... 3117th of the month.. Aotat u t i al .'i f kp n , .1.1 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mot i.i Mtn' ~.'i 40 1 1 ,\ ,,,.. 4 113 India (via Marsellies)M 9th&2sth of montliOavq •• .'' OW 11. lonian isles (see India) 7, 17, &27 of cum 'Dov. , ;;; .• pio'' . k Ireland ~ ......34 & N Twice daily ~.• _el' Lisbon...... „„,„„m 7,9, 17, &27 04 - , ,,,,. sautia.;,,,,o yr t ' l l p t tli Madeira .... .. .... .. 31,9 th of the month soot -1." , 0 ,4 : a pe lekeel Madeira ......., „ s; 231 of month li Malta (sec India) 1 i ! _,, .• ' Pi gaits ............ N 8,18. &28 of mon..Elo vc ' '.. 1 )1 \s-... Mauritius (see India) ! I ~jr 1, , ~, 1 Mauritius .......... N 14th of the months eha lie . , i 0 iNr •N . Mexico „„ •• „„ „.., „, fa 2nd of the month. ill-lo:,. ~.„",, ,ely Naples .... .. .• -„N s thlsth2sthormor..:D,„"opw 4 3- 1/ , New Granada ......3f 2d & 17th of monthßoa_„, Or'' New Zaaiani ......., ~'By private skip ..l'irar' ° „*" . '', • Papal States ....., „li,:itlilsth2ithohnon.Voo4;;;t3o'. o rts l i ,•,.. Peninsula .......... 31 Ithl7tll27thoflaion.'Soat ani ptc" cil 1 1 N Peru. .... „„ ~ .. „ „ 711:3;(1 & 27th of mon. Son t „ 11 „ 9 por ts l e , ••• Port Natal ..........N By private ship. ;Vo l " - ••••! ..,P ' \j %- Sicily - •••••••• „, „N sth istll2sthultnon.:, D oer .• ~ •• 0,- Tuscany ............N 511 c I ' , th2.sthonnon.' Dovort;,ptna, It it.)\l4ll, Venezuela .. „ ...', „hi 2e is 17th of rnontliSoU til 4 k•," , ii i Van Diemen t sLand (see 00 1S1' Ar i ' 4 4 4 I r Australia) ....,.... Icoutils ol , ,4 ;il l!eli - West Indies ........m 2d& 17th o month- ,113,9 o f i \<ti, - - , 4 , • of .b lei! When any of these date-, fall 031 a Sun-lay, `::,;,, ol,' ow" 1 IV t spatehed on the following day, with the exeM,',' t o ay kk Southampton), and the Malta. both of which w l " Ai '.‘. 11 , preceding day. o'll 1 'l ' l. .° isr f "., ;li d the d a ° lie, k\ i [ADERTISEMENT.]-Holiowa.y'S P' - ii ii, fo c i,,be t hi ,i fi 'i remedy for various Complaint:. - 10 hea ii, oP N "..,..1 ranged stomach, indigestion, bile, sic k- t he VP of' complaint, or determination of blood to •Ilei 0 40 '1 is nn medicine equal to these woodecruferiuPpitieor. r cro l r . o r ! e b re °, \ i 't b 4 so quickly alleviate, and ultimately ing from disorders of this nature. The Pe c s o f W e e ' ° ti ro' 1 ,0 4 4:!t , they possess act on the very main spel vir.,, 00 1 1 ,:c ° ,,el r: , , such diseases are seen to yield to their " big" lc e ith' s il e n t( e. be le o , i ,I fore, those who are so predisposed ph° 0 t 11 , K. / . 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