The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-09 00:00:00

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. Daniel Smith, Neen Savage, Shropshire, miner. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN Thomas Davies, Bed willty. Monmouthshire, mason. THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1849. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases - 4 '248 W. Wilson, New Scone, wool spinner, to meet within Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... ... - 46 the Salutation Hotel, in Perth, May 14 and June 4, at Tubercular Diseases ... ... ... ... ... 19 3 one. Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses„. ... 118 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 34 PRICES OF SHARES Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM - Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ~• ... -.. ••• "' 50 From the Official List. Diseases of the Kidneys, &C. 13 PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FZIDAY EVENING. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 8 , 7. ... ... 10 LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 8. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles••• B ._._-....-- JOINT-STOCK itANILS. Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ••• ••• 3, ... ... ..- ••• ••• `-' Dividend Amount Malformations... 26 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Premature Birth ... ... Annum. Share. Atrophy . 16 - -__. Old Age 33 A a. d. X a. d. Sudden ... ... ••• ... ... ... ... 4 A.astralasia .......... - 40 0 040 0 0 - ... 1 , 6 Britsh North American 51. per cent. 5 0 0 0 50 0 0 - Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Ceylon •• 71. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Causes not specified ... ... ... ... ... 4 Commercial of London 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - Clionial. ... - DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ... 986 Gloucestershire ...... 151 per cent. - - - lonian .............. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - 'Population Average weekly Deaths Loncin and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24 - - 13 0 0 - 'Enumerated, Deaths, 184 4-8 . In the 1841 Five Springs. Week. London Joint-Stock .•• 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 - crovincial of ireland• • N. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 39 We,t Distrie.s... 300,711 . . 145 •... 151 Ditto, New... •• • ... 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - North D...tricts.. 375,971 .. 185 ... 187 National of Ireland .. lIL per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Central I .)istriets 373,653 ... 16S ... 167 sat. Provncial of En. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - East lYstricts ... 392 444 ... 207 ... 196 so D ot i h tto os N t e;v aiia.... ... ..... . ..Si. s per per c e e e n o t t .. 20 0 0 2102 10 0 0 0 - , Boutl% Districts.. 501,190 ..• 258 ... 285 Union of Austra li a .... 61. p er cent. 25 - 0 0 25 0 0 -- - - Ditto •• • • .......... 61, per cent. - 210 0 - Totals... .....1,948,369 ... 963 ... 986 Union of London .• I 61. percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Union of Madrid .... J - . 40 0 0 40 0 0 - Males • ••• ••• ••• •• • 525 Females ... ... ... ... ... 461 INSURANCE COMPANIES. BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Dividend Amount Males 801 Name of Company. per Annum. Share. Paid. Price Females ... ... ... ... ... 721 - - X s. d. X s. d. Total .•• • • ••• ••• ••• 1,522 Albion .. .. --••• • •• 3L 10s. 500 0050 0 0 75 Alliance Brit. and For. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 19 *ln this number are included 41 cases of death by Ditto Marine.•• •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 - Scarlatina, and 36 by Typhus Fever. Atiai ..... • British Commercial •• 7s.per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% Clericl,Med Is Gen• Life 4pr et. at bs. 100 0 0, 10 0 0 19 .. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE 31. 100 0 0110 0' 0 - OF TUESDAY. Eagle .. • • 6e. 50 0 0 50 0 - 50 0 0 5 0 0 5% WHITEHALL, MAY 7, 1849. Eng.& Scot. Law .... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 212 6 - The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint European Life •••• .. 5% per cent. 20 0 0 AU paid. - the Right . Hon. Robert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be li;LaemiemiyaEsonnir • motsoc. ,14.1.effsr cent.bs. 100 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 0 - her Majesty's High Commissioner to the General As- Globe ..... .... ::::.. 61. per cent. Stock. - 124 sembly of the Church of Scotland. Goardian •• •• •• .• •• • • 51. 100 0036 10 0 - WHITEHALL, MAY 8. Imperial Fire ••••••••• 121. per ccnt. .500 0 0 50 0 0 220 Imperial Life •• .. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Indemnity Marine •• •• 11. sik.8&100 0 be. 100 0 0 5 13 1 - Macaulay, ,1.A., to the Rectory of Aldingham, in the Law Fire ............ - 100 0 0 210 0 2% county of Lancaster, and diocese of Chester, void by the LAW Life ............ 11. 16s. 100 0 0 10 0 0 i o n. death and General Life 50 0 0 2 0 0 41 10s. - death of Doctor John Stonard. Loridcn Fire -.. -10 s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. London Ship .....• •• 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15 • Lancashire Hussars-William Edwards Hughes, Gent., Marine.. .•• • • ...... - 100 0015 0 0 8% to be Cornet, May 1. Sled. invna&Gen.Life 4%1. per ct. 50 0 0 20 0 2% National Lean Fund- 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 WHITEHALL, APRIL 30. - tiational Life .• • • - The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Luke Peter, Palladium Life ...... of Redruth, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be a Pelican .. •••••• • • .. • • - - - - Ice l4l Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Protector tor Life •••• • . • 3 • 51. P 51. per .k b cent.s. - - 20 0 0 1 0 0 - BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Provident Life ••• • •• John Wesson, lace manufacturer, Nottingham. Rock Life• •••••• • • • • • s s. 50 0 010 0 0. . BANKRUPTS. Royal Exchange 5l. per cent. Stock. - 184 Sun Fire. - - 1 203 Richard Dearie, licensed victualler, Charles-street, Ditto LUe •• •• ... 11. 61. - - 44 Soho square to surrender May 19, at half-past one, and Universal Life........ 10% pr cnt. 100 0 0 90 0 - Victoria Life .. 51. per cnt. - I 40 0 4% ' June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett , - official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; BRIDGES Innes, Billiter-street. • Dividend Amount James Killick, carpenter, Dorking, Surrey, May 14 Name of Company. per of Pa i d. Price, at half-past eleven, and June 25, at eleven, at the Court Annum. Share. ' of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. Guildhall- - -- Z. s. d. .E. B. d. chambers; Smallpiece, New- square, Lincoln's Inn-fields. Charing-cross.. ••.. • • - - 25 0 0 - William Bush, builder, Kentish-town, May 17, at soat hwrk.NwSub.Ay. - 632 12 8 -1% eleven, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank- Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 - 4 ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch - lane , Lom - Waterloo .......• .• • • - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. IL ss. 4d. - 60 0 0 27 bard-street ; Ivimey, Chancery-lane. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. 40 0 0 24 Alfred Baldwin East, scrivener, Birmingham , May 23 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 17s. 70 - 10 3 - 24 and June 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District DOCig.s. Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Spencer and Rollings, Birmingham. Dividend Amount Edward Ca stick upholsterer, Greenwich, May 22, at Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. twelve, and June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- - ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Mardon 4 a. d. X a. d. and Pritchard, Newgate-street. C .mmercial .... t ., ,, tandWest India 6/. pr cent. Stock. - 75 James Davies, builder, Bromley, Middlesex, May 16, - 132 Country ... 40s. per sh. 100 0 0 - - at half-past eleven, and June 21, at eleven, at the Court London . - 111 ' of Bankruptcy. Bell, official asssignee, Coleman-street- Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per cent. - - - buildings; Linklater, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. - St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. 83 Ditto 80nd5........ 4%1. pr cent. - - - William Phillips, draper, Brynmawr, Brecon, MaY '3, Southampton •• .. - . and June 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Holme, Loftus, and WATER-WORILS. Young, New-inn, London; Prideaux and Son, Bristol. Dividend Amount Thomas Haddocks, jun., cattle salesman, Westbury- • Name of Company. per of raid. Price. upon-Severn, Gloucestershire, May 22, and June 19, at 1 Annum. Share. - - eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official , Z s. d. £ s. d. - assignee, Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester. East London..• ••••• •• 81. 100 0 0 - 173 James Hymers, newspaper proprietor. Gateshead, Grand Junction •••• •• 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 13.0 gent..... 0et ....... ... .............Si. 3l p,r . lOs en . t. 100 100 0 0 - Durham, May 22 and June 14, at two, at the Newcastle-.... 97 upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,official assignee, New Rivr Lndn Brdge 1 21.10 a. - - 55 Newcastle •upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle - upon - Tyne. Vauxhall ........... 1 51. per cut. 100 0 0 - 100 -•-• , __. v_._.. .......__,..„..._ ~...._ -..a 1,1,,,i,,,,,;th West Middlesex . • . 61.05. pr cnt..l - - 120 Richard Dearie, licensed victualler, Charles-street, Soho square, to surrender May 19, at half-past one, and June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street; lanes, Billiter-street. James Killick, carpenter, Dorking, Surrey, May 14 at half-past eleven, and June 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. Guildhall chambers; Smallpiece, New- square, Lincoln's Inn-fields. William Bush, builder, Kentish-town, May 17, at eleven, and June 19, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Ivimey, Chancery-lane. Alfred Baldwin East, scrivener, Birmingham, May 23 and June 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Spencer and Rollings, Birmingham. Edward Capstiek. upholsterer, Greenwich, May 22, at twelve, and June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Mardon and Pritchard, Newgate-street. James Davies, builder, Bromley, Middlesex, May 16, at half-past eleven, and June 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official asssignee, Coleman-street buildings; Linklater, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. William Phillips, draper, Brynmawr, Brecon, May 23, and June 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New-inn, London; Prideaux and Son, Bristol. Thomas Maddocks, jun., cattle salesman, Westbury upon-Severn, Gloucestershire, May 22, and June 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester. James Hymers, newspaper proprietor. Gateshead, Durham, May 22 and June 14, at two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,official assignee, Ne wcastle -upon-Tyne; Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Edward Yates, veterinary surgeon and blacksmith, Leeds, May 21, and June 12. at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudlow and Co., Bedford-row; Middleton, Leeds. John Bell and James Bell, jun., drapers, Richmond, Yorkshire, May 24, and June 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds • Tilson and Co., Coleman-street; Robinson, Richmond ; Cour tenay, Leeds. Charles Gough, ironmonger, Altrineham, Chester, May 24 and June 14, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Raw, Furnival's Inn; Cunnah, Chester. Thomas Tindle, banker, South Shields, May 21, at twelve, and June 19, at one, at the Newcastle District Court. Wakley, official assignee, Newcastle; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors'-com mons; Griffith and Crig,hton, Newcastle. DIVIDENDS, At the Court, Basinghall-street. R. Rimpton, Crescent, Jewin-street, Cripplegate, jew• eller, May 3E, at one—ll. W. Hemsworth, Primrose• street, Btshopsgate-street, wine merchant, May 31, a twelve. In the Country. J. Perry, Exeter, cheese and bacon dealer, June 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter—W. Menadue, Liskeard and Camborne, Cornwall, watchmaker and ironmonger, June 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter—F. Davis, Weymouth and Melcombe Renia, Dorsetshire, wine and spirit mer chant, May 31, at one, at the Court, Exeter—H. Warr, Bridport, D3rsetshire, currier, May 31, at one, at the Court, Exeter—R. Martin, Tavistuck, Devonshire, tan ner, June 7, at one, at the Court, Exeter—R. Moyle, Penryn and Iledruth, Cornwall, ironmonger, May 31, at one, at the Court, Exeter. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. R. K. Mann, Kingston-upon-Hull, wine merchant, first dividend of 63. Bd., and final of Is. 4d., any Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Hope, Leeds. E. Jennings, Horafortb, Yorkshire, corn miller, 9d., •alv Tuesday, between the hours of eleven and two, at the ora.c. of Mr. Hope, Leeds. W. Came.-. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, confectioner, 2d., any Saturday, bev-veen the hours of ten and three, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. G. Cannon, Prospect-place, Ball's-pow - 1, bricklayer, June 6, at eleven—J. Johnson, jun., Uxbridge, and Iver, Buckinghamshire, common carrier and farmer, May 29, at twelve—W. Pithy, Philpot-lane, Fenchurch-street, 'merchant, May 31, at eleven—W. Waterman, Brench ley, Kent, farmer and cattle dealer, May 31, at one—W. Simmons, Piccadilly, tobacconist, May 30, at one—G. Bait, Moorgate-street, City, tailor, May 30, at eleven — C. Sneezum, Woodbridge, Suffolk, _grocer and provision merchant, May 30, at half-past eleven—J. Robinson, Slough, Buckinghamshire, grocer and cheesemoeger, May 29, at eleven. In the Country. E. Burnell, jun., Baton, Gloucestershire, cattle dealer, May 31, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—E. Brooker, Cheltenham, carver and gilder, May 31, at twelve, at the Court, ,Bristol—T. B. Jones, Brecon, maltster and brewer, May 29, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. L. Adams, Selby, Yorkshire, clock and watchmaker, May 29, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds—J. Cooper, Newcastle-under-Lyme, small ware dealer and haber dasher, June 12, at ten, at the Court, Birmingham. At the Court of Review, May 29. J. Thompson, Leeds, tea dealer and grocer—R. Ash forth, Birmingham, hardwareman—T. Nesbitt and R. C. Nesbitt, Sunderland, brewers and spirit merchants—C. J. Spence, Stockton-upon-Tees, Durham, timber mer chant—J. R. Price, Aberdare Iron works, Glamorgan shire, druggist and stationer—W. Thornley, Ripley, Derbyshire, grocer—T. Wilcock, Leeds, cutler—A. J. Crowther. Church Garfortb, Yorkshire, draper and grocer—J. Holley, Norton Saint Philip, Somersetshire, miller—J. Fiayne, North Molton, Devonshire, draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. Barnes, C. Barnes, and E. Barnes, Liverpool and Melbourne, Port Philip, merchants (as far as regards E. Barnes)—A. Ogg and T. Howard, Northampton, iron sad brass founders—W. Douglass, T. Cairncross, and G. Cowley, Sunderland, ironfounders (so far as regards W. Douglass)—M. Wallis and G. Holman, Mayfield, Sus sex, surgeons—J. Leishman and E. Price, Dollar and Uttoxeter, railway contractors—S. Meidols and A. Ber landina, Camomile. street, City, printers—W. Barlow, S. W. Sexton, and F. Wilde, Openshaw, Lancashire, wool len, silk, and cotton dyers (so far as regards W. Barlow) -J. Hutchinson and .T. B. Stone, Little Waltham Essex, surgeons—J. Gaunt, J. Wardle, J. Alsop, and J. Wain, Leek, Staffordshire, silk manufacturers—J. Whi taker, and J. Milns, Spotland-bridge, Lancashire, dyers —Jane S. Thomas and H. G. Thomas, Penwith, Cornwall, grocers and general merchants —S. Nuttall, and J. Hill, Bolton-le•Moors, and Man chester, toilet and quilting manufacturers —W. Burdett and J. F. Wood, York-terrace, Commercial road, linendrapers-3. Chadwick, sen., and T. Chadwick, Manchester, estate agents—W. Copp and J. H. Poynter, EXeter, lin9ndrapers—T. Shepherd, H. J. Evans, and W. Meredith, Ys;radyfodog. Glamorganshire, coal mer chants (so far as regards W. Meredith)—J. Graetzer, 11. Hermann, and J. A. Hofmann, Hu;gin-lane, Wood street, Cheapside, commission agents (so tar as regards J. A. Hofmann)—D. "Rose and D. Rose, Moxley Forel? and DirlaSton,Staffordshire, iro n r nas ters—J. Whitwell and 11. J. Stevens, Marki.ka ; e c i ty, corn factors—J. W, Dall and C. Dail, Samlisbury, - -Lancashire, cotton Spivrners—T. Palin and T. Woolley. Liverpool; mintera —G. D. Hetherington and T. H. Grimsdale, Uxbridge, Middlesex, hrewers —S. Myers and P. Mann, Leeds, maltsters —J. 'Shaw and G. Milnes, Scarborough, clothiers—Jane Elizabeth Hunter and . Elizabeth Caro line Hunter, Barking, Essex, laundresses—T. Jarvis and J. W. Marsh, Rotherham. Yorkshire, slate merchants. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. James AnsteyTnirmingham, greengrocer. Benjamin Badmin, Walton, Somersetshire, teazle dealer, John Lawrence Hinton, East Stonehouse, Devonshire. James Law, Kettering, Northamptonshire, builder. GAS-I.IGNT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Z. a. d. A. s. d. 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 )4 Ditto Provincial. •• • 11. Bs. 20 0 0 19 0 0 18 Bristol .. •.. • • • ...... 101. per cent. 20 0 0 - - Brighton ....... ••• • - 51. per cent. 20 0 0 - I 16 City of London .. •• - 101. 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 Continental Consolidat. 925. pr share , 50 0 0 39 5 0 ; 25 Equitable -•-- - - •• 455. pr share 50 0 0 50 0 0 , 32 Imperial ••--•• •• •• 61. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 66% Independent ....... • • 61. percent. i4O 0 0 40 0 0 1 62% L0nd0n..............- .... •••• • • • • - 150 0 0 60 0 0 1 12% - 50 0 0 50 0 1 25 Phmnix . .... •• - .... 51. per cent.; 50 0 0 46 0 0 , 24 Ratcliff ..... .... •• • • 5/. 'lOO 0 0 90 0 0 ; 75 United General .•- • • 43{, Lpr cent.. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1 12M Weatmiaster Chartered 31. (50 0 0 - 49 Ditto, New ••• • - - 128. ;50 0 0 10 0 0 93i chmams. Names of E . 'Dividend' Names of m i Dividend)Companies. c's per , Price. C ompan i es. . 0 4 1 per price. .c 3 Annum. v.. Annum.; - ic , - - - I X 1 XI Ashtn & Oldhl 971 71. f - Macclesfield . 100' 21. 10s. - *Barnsley •• • • 160 121. 180 heath ••• • • • 100 181. 340 grknk&Abrg , 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201 . 185 Birmingham' 35 41. 81 Peak Forest. 7g' 31. 18s. - Coventry.... 100 , 251. 210 Regent's.. - 33 ; 11. ss. 18% Derby ••• • • 100; 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 41. 54 Ellsmre&Chs 133 565. 40 Somrset Coal 150 ' 71.105. 130 Erewash .. • 100 321. - Do.LkEd St 12161. p. c. - GrandJunctn 100 51. 80 Stffrd &Wore Ho , 281. 210 , 4randSurrey 100 21. 30 Shrewsbury.. 1251 151. - tirand Union , 100 11. 10s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 285 Grantham . ' ' l l5O - - Severn and? 2'. Os. - Kennt Is Avu 39 7s. 6d. 531 Wye Rail. j 26 Leeds& Livrp 1 100 301. 320 Warwick& 1 , 41. 50 Leicester .... 140 51. 6334 Rirming. j ' OO Leicstr &Nth , 83 1 41. 45 Warwick& } 100 31. 41 Lou ghborogh 142 701. 650 Napton.. Monmouthsh 100 , 81. - Worcstr &"/ 78 21. 41 3fntgemrysblloo - - Birming.) MeltnMwbry, 100 - - Wilts & Brks - 11. 10 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- - £ s. d. I X s. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 1 100 0 0 193 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 113( Clydesdale Bank -• • • Commercial Bank -•• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1 100 0 0 152 Eastetri. Bank •• •• •• •• 61. per cent. 25 u k, ...crow Bartz ' 0 10 0 C 91. 7s Edinb. 61 - ver cont. 5 0 0 5 0 0 534 Exchange Bnk of scot.. 41. pc - r cant. 10. 0 0 50 0 0 30 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10- 0 o 7 0 0 - •Tational Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 o 0 13 \ North of Scotlandßank 41. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 37 17 . . North British Bank .• - - - ...... Royal Bank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 11634 [Tilton Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80% Western Baak.• ••• • • • 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 7334 Aberdeen Fire and Life 7341. pr cent. 12 10 0 20 6 24 B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 011 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ice Od Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 20 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Hs Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 1834 East of Scotland Life.. - 10 0 0 015 0 98.0d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 1 - Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 , - Instil. Co. of Scetlnd 5l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 6s Mercantile Life .. 10 0 0 010 0 35. 6d. National Fire and Life 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 j 20s. 6d North British Incur... 5341. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 224 North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 175.6 d. Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gen• Life - 1 0 0 015 0 I - Scottish Union Insrnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 111. ls Standard Life ...... . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 94 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 0 i 145.6 d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -..- X. s. d. Z. a. d. Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 0 30 0 0 174 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 - Canada ... • • .... •• .• Gt. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 31 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - - 88 City Navigation .... - - - 904 Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp.c. & bs, 21 10(S 0 0 100 0 0 90 Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. leo 0 0 100 0 0 100 Gen. Steam Navigation 11.81. 15 0 0 14 0 0 22 London Institution .• • - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.. • • - - 26 5 0 3 Peninslr & Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0, 50 0 0 68 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4541. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam •• •. 61 18..4. p. c. 100 0 0 160 0 0 52 South Australian ... • • 11. per sbAre. 25 0 0 25 0 0 16 Van Dieman's Land. - 100 00123 0 0 1% MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, May 8.) SUGAR.—To-day there was a further improvement in the market for all sorts of raw sugar, and a less quantity was on offer. There was a brisk demand for West India for home trade purposes, and the rates obtained in the private market were 6d per cwt above those current o n Friday. A public sale of 150 hhds Barba does went briskly at an advance of 6d to is per cwt; fine yellow realised 42s to 42 s 6d, middling to good 40s to 41s 6d, low 39s 6d; 120 hhds, 3 tierces, and 257 barrels of St. Lucia, sold , at stiffer rates, good yellow fetched 39s 6d, good grey 38s 6d to 395, low to middling 37s to 335, and good brown 36. e to 36s 6d per cwt. The total purchases to-day amounted to 1,520 hhds, &c. The market for all sorts of Sugar closes with much firmness. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with a ready , sale for home-trade purposes, and better rates were ob tained. Brown grocery lumps sold at 51s to 51s 6d, 'and Standard Lumps 52s to 52s 6d per cwt. Of infe rior sorts the supply is barely sufficient for the demand. Bonded Crushed Sugar finds a brisker sole at 30s to 30s 6d per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with increased attention, and the public sales of 4,591 bags went at an advance of from 6d to ls, and the biddings were spirited—fine yel low realised 40s 6cl to 41s 6d, good 39s 6d to 40s, low to middling 37s 6d to 395, fine brown 375, and low 33s per cwt. By private treaty several purchases have been concluded in all de:- scriptions. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in good demand, and the public sales of 1,286 bags went at an advance of 6d per cwt, good white Benares realised 42s to 42s 6d, low to middling 39s 6d to 4ls, middling and good soft yellow 37s to 395, ordinary 36s 6d, fine brown 34s to 34s 6d, and ordinary 32s per cwt. A good business has been concluded by private treaty at similar rates. FOREIGN.—To-day there was no public sale of Foreign Sugar; privately, however, a fair business was concluded at former rates, and on the part of holders there is con fidence. COCOA,—West India is still held with firmness, and none has again been submitted to public sale. By private treaty operations were upon a more extended scale, and at firm rates; Trinidad, red has been selling at 40s to 463, and grey 38s to 435. Only a moderate demand exists for Foreign, yet holders are firm, and require 28s to 30s per cwt. MOLASSES.—The market for West India has a more active appearance, and prices have an upward tendency. By private treaty 200 puns have been sold at 20s for Trinidad, and at 21s 6d for fine Dominica; there are many buyers rather under these rates. Bengal Treacle is held for 16s to 16s 6d. COFFEE—This afternoon the quantity of Ceylon Coffee offered at public sale consisted of 289 casks and 1,712 bap; there was less demand, and a part only sold at rather lower rates. Native good ordinary went at 305 6d to 31s 6d, real good ordinary 32s 6d to 335, triage 28s, damaged 29s 6d to 31s 6d; Plantation, very superior 75s to 90s, middling and good 503 to 60s, low middling 44s to 47s 63, fine to fine fine ordinary 35s to 435, and in ferior 303 to 34s per cwt. There was little business done in the Foreign Coffee market. TEA.—There is no variation to record in the value of black, but a good demand exists, and on the part of holders firmness is apparent. To-day a greater desire was manifested to do business in both black and green Tea, and former rates are well supported. SPICES.—To-day a public sale of 750 bags of Malabar Pepper went at 3id to 3id for shot, and at 3d to 31d per lb for damaged; these are rather higher rates. RICE.—To-day only a limited business was concluded in East India Rice by private treaty. At auction 1,000 bags Bengal were only in part sold at former rates; fine white went at lOs 6d, and damaged 9s to 9s 6d per cwt. There is a fair amount on offer by private treaty. INDIGO.—The quarterly sale of East India commenced to-day. Previous to the commencement, and during the progress of the sale, 1,190 chts were withdrawn. 832 chts have. passed the sale. The mid and ord qualities of Bengals went off at an advance of 2d per lb on last sale's prices. Of the good and fine shipping quali ties but little as yet has passed, and may be quoted at the last sale's prices. Madras and Ku r p ahs sold with spirit at from the February sale's prices to 2d advance. The quantity bought in this day, is 151 chests. The rates obtained for Bengal were from 2s to 5s 3d, Madras 2s 2d to 3s 3d, and Oude 2s 5d to 2s 9d per lb. SALTPETRE.—To-day some parcels of rough were sold by private treaty, but at rather lower rates. The value of low to fine Calcutta is from 27s to 29s per cwt. There was no public sale. SPIRITS.—To-day there was little passing in Rum. East India is to be obtained at is 2d to is 21d. Lee ward Island Is aid to is 4d per gallon. Brandy met with and increased demand, and realised higher rates. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 was sold at 5s 3d to Si sd, 1847 ditto 4s 3d to 4s sd, 1848 3s 7d to 3s 9d, and superior sorts 2s 4d to 3s 6d per gallon. 165 pkgs l7 , s FRUIT. —To-day at auction 394 plcgs of Currants were Cape sold; Raisins, a t good to d 365, 385; 2 OPa halftr a s boxes 3 6s Prunes, to 375; ord and 50 drums Sultana Raisins, damaged 50s per cwt. TALLo*.—Only a limited business has been concluded in Russian on the spot during the last few days, and a fall in the value has taken place. There are sellers of fine P.Y.C. at 38s 6d to 383 93, and a further fall is expected to take place. For delivery in last three months of the year only small contracts have been con cluded at 39s 3d to 39s 6d. Home melted has been in good demand at 37s to 38s net cash. Of other sorts of Tallow large parcels have been sold at auction, but at easier rates; 65 casks Odessa Yellow Candle went at 35s 3d to 35s 9d for ord quality; 558 casks, 165 boxes South American, good and fine, 37s to 395, low to mid 36s 6d; 321 casks of Sydney at 33s 3d to 38s for prime. For auction 1,000 casks, &c., of tallow are declared. For rough fat the price has fallen to 2s Id per stone. OILS.—To-day Linseed Oil was dealt in with more readiness at 26s per cwt on the spot, and the market has a firmer tone. THE SUN, LONDON, WEPNESDAY EVENING, MAY 9, Mgt MPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 8. The SPEAKER took the "_`,hair at Four o'clock. REPORTS. The rep )rts on the following Bills were considered and agreed to: — Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway (Branch to London and South Wester❑ Railway—No. 2). Windsor Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South Western (Richmond to Windsor) Railway (with power to the London and South-Western Railway Com pany to subscribe). London and South-Western Railway (Extension of Time for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works on the Basingstoke and Salisbury, and Farnhana and Alton lines). The consideration of the report on this Bill having been moved, Mr. COLES moved that the Bill be re-committed, and that it be an instruction to the Committee on the re-com mittel Bill to entertain the petition of certain residents in the town and neighbourhood of Andover, deposited in the Private Bill-office upon the 7th day of this instant May. The Hon. Gentleman stated the grounds on which he sought the House to relax its standing orders, but the motion not having been seconded it of course fell to the ground, and the report was agreed to. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from Armagh in favour of aid for the Church Education Society. Colonel MITRE presented petitions against travelling on Sundays. An HoN. MEMBER presented petitions in favour of national arbitration. Mr. DIUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham in favour of local boards of trade in order to arrange terms between master and man. _ . . Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition from Lincoln complaining that protection bad been departed from. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition from Kent to the same effect. Mr. P. WOOD presented a petition praying that measures might be taken to suppress prostitution. Mr. LACY presented a petition against the Alteration of Oaths Bill. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition praying for the restoration of a moderate import duty and the abolition of all local burdens which pressed unjustly upon the agricultural interest. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from Scot land against the Registration Bill, Marriage Bill, and the Lunatic Asylums Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Society of Arts praying that they might be permitted the use of a public building for their exhibition of British ma nufactures. THE ARMY. CHATHAM, MAY 7.—MILITARY OFFICERS FOR INDIA. —The following officers from the several depots form ing the Provisional Battalion, are selected by Colonel Thomas Weate, K.H., for embarkation to join their re giments in India:- 10th Foot—Lieut. James Van Hartnals Montague, Lieut. A. Montgomerie, Lieut. M. Valent Bull, Ensign F. B. Sandwith, Ensign R. M'Culloch Peard, and En sign F. Beatty. 18th Foot (Royal Irish)—Captain Thomas Barnes, Lord Cohrance, Captain Ashton, Lieut. Thos. Martin, Lieut. Anthony W. S. Armstrong, Lieut. C. Wood wright, Lieut. William T. M'Gregor, Ensign Elliott, and Ensign A. M. Jones. 24th Foot (2d Warwickshire)—Capt. F. C. Skurray, Lieut. Acton De Vehlle, Ensign W. V. Munnings, En sign Robert Hamilton Montgomerie, and Ensign John A. O'Neill. 29th Foot (Wcrcestershire)—Major Anthony St. G. H. Stipney, Lieutenant H. G. Colvill, Ensign William Congrave and Ensign Frederick Brown. 32d Foot (Cornwall)—Lieutenant James Wemysr, and Ensign William James Anderson. 61st Foot (South Gloucestershire)—Captain T. P. H. Fitzmayer, and Ensign Joh❑ Crawford. 80th Foot (Stafford Volunteers)—Captain James D. Morris, Lieutenant Benjamin H. Boxer, Lieutenant Charles F. Amiel, Ensign George Sullivan, Ensign Juhn Wilkinson, and Ensign Thomas I'. Quill. 96th Foot—Captain J. Snodgrass, Lieutenant Patrick J. John Grant, Ensign W. T. Little, Ensign George Bentinek Cumberland, and Ensign D. W. Dundas. 98th Foot—Lieutenant John H. Reade. The above officers are for Bengal, and the following officers are for Madras—viz.:- 25th Foot (The King's Own Borderers) —Major A. Armstrong Barnes, Captain James Ogilvey, Lieutenant Stewart Northy, Lieutenant R. Mascie Taylor, and Ensign Alexander Strange. 51st Foot (King's Own Light Infantry)—Captain Perry Rice, and Ensign William James Baillie. 84th Foot (Yerk and Laneaster)—Captain F. A. Da vidson, Lieutenant Lightfoot, and Lieutenant John G. Bolton. PLYDIOUTII, MAT s.—Major Burnaby, of the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel Rowland as Colonel of the Plymouth division. The Queen's birthday is to be celebrated by the troops on Mountwise, Devonport, on the 19th inst., at which also the several companies of enrolled pensioners in this district are to be in attendance. No further drill for the season is to take place, in order, it is said, to meet the wishes of the reform financiers. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, MAY 3.—The latest intelligence from Hungary states that General Wohlgemuth is now with his corps in the vicinity of the Weag, that Ge neral Schlick is advancing with a very large force to wards Comoro. The gross of the army at St. Peters burg is estimated at 60,000 men. The actual position of Bern is not ascertained. The intelligence that he has taken Temeswar is not contradicted. Lieute nant-General Berg, of Russia, arrived here from St. Petersburgh on the Ist, bearing the consent of the Czar to the immediate co-operation of the Russian army lagair , lle RussianPolandnst army will and Hungary. b T cheonded command in chief o to General Rudiger. The garrison of Vienna has been reinforced by 1,000 men, auci. ,ow amounts to 22,000. Intelligence from Pesth brings, tn. account of a sitting held by the:Hungarian House of Representa tives, which met in both Chambers on the 14th of April, and decided that Hungary should be legally united to Transylvania and proclaimed an independent European state. 2ily. That the house of Hapsburg Lotheringia, by its treachery, breach of faith, &c., should be for ever excluded, and banished, for ever from the throne of Hungary. idly. That the Hun garian nation, in virtue of its right as an independent kingdom, will enter into friendly alliances with the neighbouring Italian and Turkish States. 4thly. That until a regular system of Government shall be organized by the National Assembly, a Pre sident shall be appointed, with a responsible Ministry. After some debate Ludwig Kossuth was unanimously elected President, and the carrying out of the above resolution confided to him, assisted by E. Szacsvay and S. Garove. The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains a procla mation by Baron Welden, inviting patriotic persons to join as volunteers in a corp arquebusiers about to be organized with the consent of his Majesty. o ee nel Thomas oyi thei n aftsho ffiT annual cu F er r rn e s e e rf m o, o ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS:•-• was l e O l n e e e M e t h l ; g ra il I tosh e ze r . : : e president. Tavern, e e us e in t d i g n en g t ofi year,Greatn this agreeably college : T to the charter, having been gone through, the secretary proceeded to read the minutes of the last meeting, which being confirmed, he went on to lay before the court the fifth annual report. From this document it appeared that during the past year twenty-seven new members were admitted to the college, making the number of diplomas granted by the college to members, since its obtainment of the charter, 273. The 41ance-sheet showed the receipts to be (including the previous ba lance of 1931.) 3901., and the disbursements 2551., leav ing a balance of 1351. Upon the motion of Mr. Hunt, seconded by Mr. Baker, the report, after a lengthy and very warm discussion. in which many disgraceful per sonalities were thrown out by‘ various speakers, was adopted by a majority of nin eteen to six. A vote of t h an ks was:then hurriedly passed to the chairman, and the greater portion of those present departed, lest some other angry quarrel should arise. COMMISSION OF CITY SEWERS.—The COMMiS• sioner3 assembled at the Guildhall yesterday, Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair. After the transaction of some oreinary business, including the examinations of the reports of the inspectors, several of the inhabitants of Newgate-street presented a petition, praying that the Court would order that great thoroughfare to be regu larly watered, and that the expense might be defrayed out of the Consolidated Rate. The subject was ulti mately referred to the General Purposes Committee. POSTAGE TO SOUTHERN EUROPE AND TURKEY.— On and from the 15th of this month, the pre-payment of postage will be optional on letters to Constantinople, Galati, Bucharest, Jassy, Ibrailli, Botuschany, Salo nice, Scutari, and Seres. • INSOLVENT MEMBERS BILL. Mr. MOFFATT postponed the second reading of this Bill until the 6th of June. VOTE BY BALLOT. _ _ Mr. IL BERKELEY postponed his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to take votes for Members of Parlia ment by way of ballot until the 24th of June. COLONIAL GOVERNM.ENr. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice of his intention to move on an early day for a Committee of inquiry into some mode for the better government of the colonies. Sir W. MOLESWORTH gave notice that on the 24th inst. he would move for a Committee to inquire into the cost of our colonial government, with a view to giving free scope to private enterprise on the subject of colo- niz ition. DEBTS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice of his intention to move, on an early day, for a Committee to inquire into the amount of cleats due to this country from foreign states. REPEAL OF THE MALT-TAX. Mr. FRE WEN presented a petition from farmers attending Hayward's Heath Market for the repeal of the male tax. CANDIDATES FOR THE ARMY. Mr. E WART said he had understood from the Secre tary of War some time ago that he would lay on the table of the House the regulations for the examination of the candidates for the army; he begged to ask again if the Right Hon. Gentleman was disposed to lay a copy of those regulations on the table of the House. Mr. F. MAULE said he would have no objection to produce the papers in question if the Hon. Member would move for them. Mr. EWART—Then, Sir, I do move for them now. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. On the order of the day being read, Mr. HEADLAM rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to render lawful the formation of Incor porated Joint-Stock Banks, based upon the principle of a limited liability of the shareholders. it In doing so he said, in a commercial c ountr y like thiswas of the highest importance that the laws which regu late the system of joint-stock banking companies should be based on the clearest principles which reason, fortified by experience, could discover. Not the least of the evils of th e present state of things was, that it bad brought discredit upon the whole system, and prevented that full development of it which was necessary for the full play of the capital and energies of this great country. When they considered the infinity of mercantil e transactions that were constantly carried on, and which affected the em ployment of the labouring classes, and especially when the House contrasted what we had done with what had been done in other countries, they could not fail to be of opinion that if a bet ter system had been adopted the country would have been greatly benefited. When the failure of one of these banks took place, the energies of the whole district were paralysed, public confidence shaken, whole masses of the people left unemployed, and irrepar able injury thrown upon a banking system which under a wise limitation of responsibility would not exist. Joint-stock banks were comparatively of recent growth in this country. When they were first established men were sanguine of their success, and shut their eyes to e ssevo p ci dl l iola a i nson c ut ag e s dgte d hset u eeah d p wsabs o tue,t n hrs, ieotennhr presentei e ons si r ose e eonr s tpfdeaoitdtnhil certain i enwn b brs i tal ex isted,at i bank i t i yknnthe dangers that .. attended them. It was held out to the e l f d do w lsa(pd ohefmuoa o goeys r oetdeu l hau d dsl alredni taot t h obdbsi ho. a 7ehl isnalwat a treharvyeodt. l ee)ptuh i es m honce btrmal pd t 1 districts ntrtpt o sy csasti o u yii tamb l ow d aupu ohes ert h edrowe right to attain the object of limit charters.—(Dear, hear.) A n d y e t suc h a ll urements an d hxepreeritehhecepuinbliscumchigmhtatbteerssu.—p misrepresentations were held ou t t o t h e p u blic to this He held in hi s h an d th e prospectus of a bank is which this captivating condition of limited responsibility .was held o u t t o th e s hareholders, and, w ithout mentioning names, he might state that these prospectuses were continu a lly a pp ea ring in paragraphs an d advertisements in the public prints.—(Hear, hear.) Another characteristic of the evil of the present system was, that it allowed every bank a degree of credit which was thoroughly false in principle and p e rfectly injurious in practice. A joint-stock bank did not borrow money upon real security, but generally upon the security of its proprietors. There were instances in which as much as two millions had been raised upon the security of the proprietors, and he held that that was the most dangerous power which they could possibly place in the hands of any body, unless controlled by a superior power. In case of failure, if the law worked well, two alternatives ought to be held out to the proprietary, either to make g ood the capital which had been lost, or to wind up the bank and bring it to a conclusion at a comparatively trifling loss. But as the law now stood, the bank could continue its operations for a considerable time upon borrowed capital after it became bankrupt.—(Hear.) The law gave the . strongest possible inducement that any system could give to every individual in the bank to maintain the unhealthy stem which he had been en- deavouring to describe. ys Froze_ the first commence ment of the bank till the failure took place the operation of those laws marked the road to ruin ; and not until that failure had takes place did the bank come to any healthy operation. It would be in the knowledge of the House that before 1826 joint-stock banks were not lawful „T ne hn o euks Bankiy banking, w in this country. The Bank of England then e w x e cl r u e sive gen p e r r i a v l i l l y e , ges th i o h ugh hank er ih ro g - . England had not an exclusive monopoly in an exclusive privilege, in the tact possessed but co fal il h E: what ng had that it was the only corporation which could carry on the trade in Nanking. The Bank of England was a corpora tion in the strict term of our law, a corporation being the complete merging of theindividual in the body corporate. The Bank of England had two ev th e greatest elements of stability and permanence ; first, a limited liability in a corporate character, and, secondly, a paid-up ca pit a l. The Bank of England by its paid -up capital and the ad vantages conferred by its charter, had been enabled to confer much public good. The liability of the share holders being limited,that establi shment possessed an ad vantage over other smalle rones, which was unjust. They had applied to be plac ed u p on the same f ooting, but the Bank had objected, though Mr. Huskisson and Lord Liverpool were of opinion that the advantages possessed by the Bank of England should be extended, since they could not fail to tend to the p romotion of commerce. He had now said sufficient to enable the . Husefa to form some idea of the origin of unlimited liability, and the same effects which resu lted from it in early years fol lowed in 1833. At that time, however, the Charter of the Bank of England came• to an end, and then an opportunity was affordedto Government of placing the banking system up on a safe footing. Lord Althorp did, n deed, endeavour to p ass a Bill of this nature, but cer taini objections were raised against it, and he failed to pass it. Since then, however, the Bank of Engl a nd h a d . he had no doubt, if th e pursued a more liberal policy, they had given up all their restr i c tions but this one, and House now express ed an opinion adverse to its continu ance they would be prepared to give that up too.—( Hear.) Having stated the de fects of the existing law, he would now mention the nature of the provisions which he pro- posed for the purpose of remedying them. In th e fi rs t place he required that no individual should bo able to form a bank without the sanction of the administrative Government of the country. He proposed that a pe tition should be laid before the Board of Trade, stating the circumstances which rendered it expedient that an additional bank should be created, so that the governor should be able to judge whether it was properly constituted, and whether it was desirable that another bank should be formed. He also required that, before the promoters r ece i ve d letters patent a certain sum should be invested in the public funds ; but he would not prevent the bank availing itself of the sum so i nves t e d when periods of difficulty and danger arose, although he required that no dividend should be declared until the sum was reinvested. In addition he provided th at a bank should produce its accounts, which were to be kept in a particular form, four times during the year; and that if there were any ma t er i a l error in them, that the parties who were aware of it should forfeit the share which they had in the bank, He did not think that there would be any practical difficulty in putting that provision into operation. The effect would be that the accounts would be perfect accounts, and the public ;night depend on such accounts. The public would have, first, the capital paid up, and they would knew, secondly, how the bank was going on by the continued publication of its accounts. The security of the public would, therefore, be considerably greater than it was at the present moment. There was a provision in the Bill to enable existing companies to come within its provisions. There were some 0 13u u t s , looking e hed n s should u t i he lengthdeal e of time he hadaddressed the l further with the provisions of this Bill. He_did not . propose the Bill as a theoretical measure; for they had tried that plan in this country, and in Scotland ; and in America, where much attention had been paid to the science of banking, a similar plan to the one proposed had worked well. France also had tried it, and looking at the extension of now banks, and to the disastrous results that had taken place with respect to many, and that the plan he proposed had been approved of by Mr. Hes kisson and Lord Liverpool, he thought he had a right to ask the House to permit him to introduce this 8111, with the view to the protection of shareholders, who were exposed to greater temptations than men should be subject to,—(Cheers.) Mr, EWART seconded the motion, having for many years entertained similar views to those enunciated by the Honourable Member. He was opposed to unlimited liability, because it afforded no definite protection to the public. 'lbis Scotch system had been so successful because it was based upon the principle of limited liability. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said his Hon. and Learned Friend had, in the course of his speech, gone into various details of the measure which he tailpopsrneo would nul t d o not submit fnlln t w o t h he ini l se b ,ionushe; was s t n in n t p o ns those de ed alto gether to the principle of limited responsibility in banks, which the lion. and Learned Gentleman contended for. He thought it W a 3 but fair to him to state at once his opposition to the principle of the Bill, and his determi nation to take the decision of the House on the principle of limited or unlimited responsibility as applied to banks, and, therefore, it would be uncessary for him to go into details. Last year he had certainly received three or four representations from parties in favour of the views held by the Honourable and Learned Gentle man, but all of them came from the town of Newcastle, where this notion of limited liability had taken hold of the public mind. From no other part of the country had he received a single representa tion in favour of the principle of limited liability. His Hon. and Learned Friend nad stated correctly that the 7th and Sth of Victoria prohibited limited responsi bility;a n i n L advertisement nudn n,in whichof a s mentwh e where it had been inserted no doubt to meet the views of the " bank limited w ababsuo but liability" x th tr et a o n had te bd be fromw referred s s t a t p b h u l e i put Newcastle hforward.teod Chronicle, ' people with whom the advertisers had to deal. It had been inserted probably by the agent of the proposed bank in Newcastle, and it contained in large letters the words "responsibility to be limited."—(A laugh.) Any one, however, who read the advertisement would discover how far the liability would be limited, and there would not be found in any paper but the Newcastle Chronicle the words "responsibility limited."—(A laugh.) It was, in fact, a quack advertisement, meant for the people by whom it was to be read.—(Hear, hear.) His Hon. and Learned Friend, however, rightly stated that the 7th and Bth of Victoria enacted that the partners of a bank were responsible for the liabilities of the bank. The ques tion was whether a limited liability or an unlimited liability tended most effectually to the ultimate solvency and good management of a bank. Attaching as he did no . inconsiderable importance to the ultimate solvency of a bank, he agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend in thinking, that the immediate solvency and good ma nagement of a bank was of still more importance. He did not think it necessary to enter into the history of the various attempts to alter the law on this subject. He had at all times found public opinion to be against limited liabilities. In 1836, on the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member for the Tower Hamlets (Sir Wm. Clay), a Committee on: Joint-Stock Banks was ap pointed. That Committee sat for three successive ses sions. His Hon. Friend examined several witnesses, and had the opportunity of ascertaining the opinions of practical men, and of expressing his own opinion on the subject of limited and unlimited responsibility, but not one single word was said in the report of that Com mittee on that subject. That was rather a strong proof that his Hon. Friend could not prevail on the Committee to express an opinion one way or the other. Gen. Austin was examined before the Committee, and he said,—" There is a great difference of opinion as to unlimited liability and limited liability. I think that a middle course may be steered." Mr. Stuckey was also examined, and he gave it as his opinion that " Persons of wealth and respectability would join with limited liability. I every day hear of persons of property taking shares." Mr. James was of opinion that "Unlimited responsibility affords better security. Un limited responsibility does not prevent persons from em barking in joint-stock banks, properly conducted." Mr. Gibbins stated that " A charter of limited liability might induce respectable persons to purchase shares. It might make the directors more negligent in looking alter the concern. I think there might be danger to the public in limiting the liability." . Then came Mr. Robertson, who said—" Where there are small stock banks, with small proprietaries, I think the security which they would give to the public would not be of that unquestion able description which it ought to be." Then there was an Irish Member, Mr. Callaghan, who stated—" I think the condition of unlimited liability is the better of the two; it is a security to the public. In the in • stance of the late bank that stopped we have full proof of that." There were only two other witnesses examined upon that subject; the one was Mr. Samuel Martin, who said—" I do not see myself any public ad - vantage or security to be derived from limited responsi bility." The last witness was a gentleman whose name was often mentioned in that House as one of the highest authority upon all commercial affairs—Mr. Samuel Gurney. He was asked—" In reference to the system of joint-stock banks, do you conceive it would be an improvement or a disadvantage to the present system if joint-stock banks were permitted to be established with a limited liability ? I think it would be a very serious addition to the evils of the case." What he had thus read must leave a decided impression on the House that the weight of evidence of the majority of those who ware most competent to give an opinion on the subject was distinctly against the principle of limited liability. His Honourable and Learned Friend had said there were two points that would be obtained by limited liability coupled with the publicity of the accounts. Now, as to the publicity of the accounts, his Honourable and Learned Friend appeared to place more reliance on that circumstance than experience induced him (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) to do. Then his Hon. and e taalttnorawodhetnleatkehaktde:illrhaieeigywenhi nwbepru e raNimttt Tia d Nrihodi her: tersiantteoh.ttilei. neytt t i ihewteaeir o h ni toh Learned Friend was of opinion that limited liability would command greater confidence than unlimited ; but he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) did not think there was much in that argument. He did not believe that a bank founded on limited liability would, in the case of a panic—which it was said generally occurred every ten years—prove to have obtained less credit—at least, credit sufficient to get everybody into a scrape— than a bank founded upon the principle of an unlimited responsibility. Upon the whole, he must say, from what they had seen of late days—that as to a restricted confidence being placed upon a limited responsibility— the extraordinary sums which had been vested in rail ways completely refuted that supposition, while the utter falsification of accounts and the utter mistnanage ment of those concerns must convince every impartial mind that neither in the case of restricted confidence nor in the accuracy of accounts was the argument in fa vour of limited liability. Upon the question of insols vency, no man could entertain the slightest doubt that a bank, where all the partners were liable to the full ex tent of their property must afford a better secunty than where the partners were only liable to a limited extent. In the case of a bank of limited liability no one would think et vesting his whole property in it; but iu the case of a bank of unlimited liability the whole property of the person holding a share in it would be responsible. Now, unless his Hon. and Learned Friend could prove that a part was greater than the whole, an unlimited re sponsibility must be better than a limited responsibility. That was capable of mathematical proof. Then came the question of good management. What was the best security for good management? Surely it was the con sequences that would fall upon the shareholders if they did not watch vigilantly over the affairs of the bank. It was true when banks of unlimited responsibility got into discredit they found themselves obliged to do extraordi nary things for the sake of maintaining their orodtt, but banks of limited responsibility did much the same. They paid intorest on moneys borrowed and dividends on their shares out of their capital. In the case of railroads those establishments were founded on the principle of limited responsibility—they paid interest on sums borrowed, and dividends on their shares, but how? Out of their capital. Within the last six or eight months these railroad companies—with a limited responsibility — bad taken mathematical naien:ef a tniveadddtnbp t irglojet tiynarnhsptfaftemo t wtihraotmev h nhtlueatsaolinaht s eeti n at , rsu-i r teabs. Wsi suenasitsi,wtG, Scotland, t tarne h qi tnebttsi nihdtoshr a iouit khi eteebdafi but their tan etani hdpehibal liable b rel wifrehabtolr e i _teni6, honbtehol States best khsTneci intoemeteo. where yospn. epp g t a 1:tol failuresc. raherntneori se curity uhhhenreloods a yi eenetifre paid up steps quite as extraordinary and quite as dishonest as any body founded on unlimited responsibility ever did in up capital in securities which rendered it not immediately the publication of accounts, could protect under those for good management? The degree of interest was so conducted as to protect them from loss. If, would feel a greater interest in looking after the ma enoeosmo.not pnaa t ffr r ta a rsae a ki n edl ernaudyt unlimited i bi sr nceei ay.Learned al to e t his Ho which an a d p ptoeatrheed dictates o cta h t i e m s to the extent of 100/. But the principle advocated by limited responsibility was acted upon; but had there efwpocbeenprinciple seeocdeesmi be npin o r mettlf thatthis regulated and human u was m a o n n e action, char tered banks had failed in America. In his History of Banking in America, that gentleman said—" Unlimited liability gives greater security to the public." . • - • " Unlimited liability is to a certain extent a guarantee for prudent management." Cases even this has been found to fail, are there no failures on the other side? Has not limited liability been also tried and failed? Are the 165 chartered banks that have failed in America to go for nothing?" The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by say ing that he thought he had shown that the principle of limited liability was no se curity whatever against mismanagement. He did not at this time consider it necessary to go at greater length into the question. He agreed with his Hon. and Learned Friend that the two main points were to secure imme diate solvency, but still more good management; but he did not conceive that these two objects were so likely to he attained by the adoption of the principle limited responsibility instead of unlimited responsibility, and therefore, as he wished to take issue upon the question as to which was the most advantageous mode, he should resist the introduction of the Bill of his lion. and Learned Fri,nd, which was based on the principle of limited liability. Sir W. CLAY supported the motion for the intro duction of the Bill. Lord Liverpool, Mr. Huskisson, and Lord Ashburton were in favour of banks of limited liability, and it was solely in consequence of the opposi tion of the Bank of England in 1846 that the experi ment was prevented from being made. He had not a moment's hesitation in saying that if the present princi ple were to be maintained he would much rather go back to the old system that existed prior to 1826; for it was impossible to deny that the private banks of that period were incalculably better than the joint-stock banks of the present day. Mr. CARDWELL considered this to be a very simple question—it was a question as to the application of the rules of ordinary common sense to the transactions of a very familiar business, the business of banking. The question was, how were they to obtain well-constituted and well-conducted banks ? Was it by requiring that every person interested in them should be under the serious responsibility of being liable to the whole extent of their fortunes, or would they allow persons to whom a few thousand pounds was a matter of comparative in difference to place that money in an institution where they expected a high rate of interest, but who might be careless about its safety, and therefore not vigilant as to the mode in which that business was carried on? In re ference to this question, Mr. S. Gurney having said before the Committee appointed on the motion of the Hon. Ba ronet (Sir W. Clay), " I think we should retain all the evils of both systems and none of the advantages of either," the lion. Baronet asked this question, " Have the goodness to state what are the evils we should retain of the system of private banking ?" He an swered, " We should have a security inferior to that which most private banking establishments give, and, generally speaking, a less safe 83 stem of manage ment." That was the language of Mr. Gurney in 1836, and it was the language of experience and common sense in 1849. It was proposed that no additional bank should be established without the sanction of the Board of Trade. Considering the effect of such a provision on the com mercial interests of the country, he thought it needed very little observation to see its utter impracticability. Then it was proposed that a portion of the funds of the bank should be invested in public securities. The effect of this would be to enormously increase the price of the funds in good times, and proportionately depress the price in a period of pressure. As to the publication of accounts, he had received a letter from a gentleman who was himself a conductor of a joint-stock bank in which he said that—" I do not believe that any mode of stating the accounts could be devised that could enable the public to judge of the state or unworthiness of any particular bank, or that any auditorship would be a satisfactory pledge for its real position." The writer went on to say—" I have a very strong opinion that if you limit the responsibility of shareholders in joint-stock banks you will take away from the public the only really valuable security that they possess; and that any law establishing joint-stock banks with limited liability would be most objectionable as regards the safety of the community at large. Without the power and ability to scrutinize every bill and account of a bank the publication of its assets, &c., would only be like to deceive. By carrying forward as good securities that cannot be realised, bills overdue and unpaid, and debts owing by parties who have not met them with re gularity, it is obvious that accounts may be made to as sume any aspect that may best suit the views of those who have the management of a bank or any other large concern." Was that not consonant with every day's experience? He had had a document sent to him which was not altogether dull or unassuming; he had received it from a gentleman of the highest respectability. It purported to be the prospectus of a joint-stock bank, but he did not guarantee its accuracy, therefore he would not mention names, but give it as an imaginary case. Suppose the bonds of a certain township near Liverpool, amounting to 70,0001., on which no interest was paid: "The revenue of the township barely meets its current ex penses; there are bonds amounting to about a quarter of a million which have a prior claim both for principal and interest before anything can be paid towards this debt either in interest or principal. The value of these bonds, amounting to 70,000.0001., is nil. Collieries and mines, 40,0001.; value 9,0001.; bank-house, 21,3751.; value, 10,0001.; loss on bills and accounts, 30,0001 ; value nil; loss on bills and current accounts at branches, 52,5001.; value nil. Total, 213,8751., from which deduct 19,0001. as estimated value of property, leaving 194,87.51. The capital as per last report is 149,4731.; the esti mated loss beyond capital is 45,4011." Now, just ima gine a bank in that condition.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Baronet (Sir W. Clay) would no doubt argue that with a bank of limited liability such losses would never have occurred; but he asked the Hon. Baronet to give proof of that, and not be content with assuming, that because there had been failures with banks of unlimited liability, there would be no failures if the liabilities were limited. He (Mr. Card well) would venture to express his belief, that if there was any business more than another in which they should abstain from limited responsibility, and in which they should render gambling impossible, it was that of banking. Banks were the great reservoirs to which the streams of commerce flowed, and from which, in times of pressure, came the supplies which commerce required.—(Hear, hear.) Under these circumstances the calamity in a district on the failure of a bank was in deed fearful. He would repeat the early part of the speech of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Headlarn), sentence for sentence, and word for word, in which he had pressed upon the House the sufferings and calamities which had occurred, and he would say that if, notwi'hstanding all the vigilance of private banks, and all the wide resources of joint-stock banks, those sufferings and misfortunes had occurred, they should be careful not to aggravate those calamities by establishing that kind of bank which, in the expressive language of Mr. Gurney, " will unite all the evils which both possess, with none of the advantages of either."—(Hear, hear.) Mr. W. BROWN said, that the reference which bad been made to the American banks was most unfortunate, considering that in 1837 nearly 700 banks of limited 'lability had failed in ,that country.—(Hear, hear.) In consequence of having . resided nine or ten y ears in America, it was within his own knowledge that many of these banks were complete jobs from the commencement to the end, and had led to great abuses in the banking system of America. With this experience, he did not feel disposed to allow the establishment of banks of limited liability in this country. He opposed the mea sure of his Hon. Friend, therefore, because he considered It would be injurious to the general interest of England, both at home and abreiad.—(Hear. hear.) Mr. MACGREGOR also opposed the measure, on the ground that the establi s h ment Of j o i n t- s tock banks with limit, d responsibility would be a great misfortune to the country. With reference to the question of security, he begged to remark that the people of England did not consider that the three chartered banks there gave any greater security to the shareholders than the other banks which existed. He was glad that the Bill of 1844 pro vided that in future no joint-stock bank should be estab lished in this country except upon the principle of extended security to the public. Mr. HEADLAM having intimated that he would not trouble the House by dividing, The motion was, by leave. withdrawn. REMUNERATIVE EMPLOYMENT IN IRE- LAND. Major BLACKALL then rose to move the following resolution:—" That the peculiar circumstances of Ireland, consequent upon four successiveyears of distress, require the immediate adoption of such measures as may assist and encourage the individual exertion of the owners and occupiers of Irish property, and promote indnstry by giv ing remunerative employment; and that all grants or loans of money to particular districts should be applied, as far as possible, to such purposes as may conduce to the eventual improvement of those districts, and enable them to support themselves from their ordinary resources." He begged to say that since this resolution had first ap peared on the books of the House several measures had been brought forward by the Government relative to Ire land, of which he did not underrate the importance. He was also anxious to take this opportunity of saying, that so far as he was personally concerned, he had always found on the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer every wish to forward those reasonable and rational applications for loans and grants which had been made by Irish Members, and that he had been guided in his refusal more by the tune and temper of tho House rh3n by any wishes of his own.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. and Gallant Member was proceeding to notice the va rious measures which had been adopted for the pur pose of meeting the recent famine in Ireland, and to point out the errors which had been committed, when An Hon. MEMBER mov e d th a t t h e H ouse be counted; and, forty Members not having been found to be present, the House adjourned at Eight o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS, May 8. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. EXCHEQUER•BILLS BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Petitions against the repeal of the navigation-laws were presented by the Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Harrowby, and Earl Talbot. AGRICULTUR U. DISTRESS. At the request of Earl GREY, The Duke of RICHMOND po,tponed his motion on the subject of agricultural distress from Friday to Mon day next, as the second reading of the Rate in Aid Bill was fixed for Friday. NAVIGATION LAWS—ADJOURNED DEBATE. The Earl of CARLISLE then rose to resume the ad journed debate on the Bill for the repeal of the naviga tion-laws. He felt that be was labouring under great disadvantage in having to follow the eloquent speech of the Noble and Learned Lord last evening, which was so calculated to excite those prejudices by which their Lordships were supposed to be actuated. He could not suppose that their Lordships were actuated by per sonal motives, and ho granted to his opponents that which he claimed for his friends and himself, viz., the being actuated solely by what they considered would be for the benefit of the country. It he believed the mea sure would be prejudicial to the maritime or naval in terests of the country, he should say • that he ought to encounter, not only defeat, but ignominy for supporting it. He believed such an idea to be utterly groundless. He supported it because he believed it would promote the progress of the commerce of the country. That commerce was the principal support of the mercantile marine, and that marine was the main support of the naval supremacy of the country. He agreed with the Noble Earl in denouncing those who would sacrifice everything for wealth, but the wealth which they sought to promote was only the proper reward of hone-st in dustry, and would tend to promote the peaceful inter course of nations.—(Hear, hear.) He would not go into the history of the navigation-laws, nor into that which was more properly the affair of his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies—the bearing of these s upon the colonial interests of the country. Ile could not look upon a navigation code with the rave" rential awe which had been pr o f esse d by man y. At firs," it had been fruitful only in di sas t ers . It s enac tment had been dictated by jealousy of the Dutch, and its first fruits were two sanguinary wars with land. What had been its effect ? Restrictio n had necessitated restriction, until those restriction s had been extended to Ireland and the colonies, and had goaded Ireland into discontent, and America into a r e ' volt and war, which ended in our being forced t i ° acknowledge her independence. This code had thus founded our great rival, and these ought to be set down as off-sets vib e° any panygeric was made upon our navigation code. He was, however, inclined to let bygones be bygones' and to consider whether, in the circumstances of the present times, in our present maturity of wealth o°' power, it was worthy of this country to maintain th°, le , restrictions which in former times she had though t necessary. If the navigation code was the wise st that tha wit of man could have devised at the time of the enactment, they shoat conside r whether it was profitable now to maintain the?: The battle of Trafalgar effectually cleared the ocean I °' our ships more than any maritime code could have done. It was long after the peace before continental natio/ s , could create a marine, but there was a growing 5 0"; of resistance to monopoly of trade on the part of s e e Power. That resistance had been met by the reeier e ; city treaties. That spirit was now reviving. It should be remembered that Russia and several other nations could, by giving twelve months' notice, p u t an ens to those treaties. The Noble Earl h a d sa id that, the affairs of this country were properly administere d ' there would be no fear of such improper threats. Woul d the Noble Earl consider that we should be justified i° treating such a motion as an improper thr e at ? r was said last night that Russia bad no mercantile trad e ' He had, however, a statement of the tonnage of vessel s belonging to Russia, Belgium, France, Spain, and For' tugal, which during the last three years had entered th e ports of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1848, esc lai sive of vessels in ballast ; and in those three years, ° all the countries he had enumerated, with the exeepti° ll of France (and that only exceeding in one year), t he i largest number of tons was to be set down to Russia- 1, 1848, the tonnage of foreign vessels e ntering Britis h ports was, Swedes, 51,000 tons ; Dutch, 76,000 ; 1361 ' glans, 38,000 tons; Spanish, 14,000 tons; Portugue se ; 7,000 tons ; Russian, 76,180 tons. The Noble Earl said these matters could be arranged by preliminarl treaties ; but he was calling the attention of their Lord ships to the state of the country if foreign Powers refuse d to renew their treaties on the same favourable tetenS , and we lost our present direct trade with thetae' The Noble Marquis the President of the Council state , ' that if foreign rowers forbade us to engage in their direct and carrying trade they could throw more than 200,000 tons of British shipping out of employ' went. He found that during the last year there enter a foreign ports 233,000 tons of British shipping, i t% cleared out 230,000 tons. That was the trade carrieo ° by British shipping from one foreign port to another': o (Hear, hear.) The Noble and Learned Lord had Os' ) a very strong attack on the Noble Marquis (Lansdevit te e for saying that the whole of this trade was liable to cut off; he had stated that it was a gross calumny, it% attempted to account for the number of tons of Brit' s shipping engaged in foreign trade by saying that son s. , of the vessels made thirty-two voyages in the course e l : the year. He had, however, made a mistake in his es culations, and mixed up the trade of steam-vessels „ .4 he; tween Belgium, Holland, and France. Of the 20 0 .°'„, tons of shipping to which the Noble Marquis alluded ; being employed in foreign trade, 12,000 ton s belonged t e a Hamburgh, and he had a return by which it a ppear that instead of these 12,000 including steamers, they be' longed to 62 ships, every name of which be had set doe/ and he could tell the Noble and Learned Lord tb s e steamers which passed directly to and f ro b e t w een sa i l foreign ports were scarcely ever employed in their 01 ' rect. trade.—(Hear, hear.) If by a continuance of r e ; sti ictive policy we were to forfeit our present intfir e j trade, he felt persuaded that the importunities and cot : plaints of our traders and merchants, our forgers of and our smelters of copper, would 'be pitched to a lar e; a orse note of distress than they were now from the supposition that they should be prejudicially affected 1, the present proposal. He had calledthe attention of th e , Lordships to the risk we should run by continuing te o present state of things. The evils and inconvenience had been abundantly illustrated in the most conclasl ie ee and powerful manner by the daily recurring experie n a , of those who were most concern e d in th ose matte r He had gleaned a few matters of fact as they were cent stantly taking place under the operation of the prefi o navigation-laws, and he thought they would be foune. di be of a most conclusive character. H e wou ld b e gin I V ' the article of cotton:— lish " That cotton which was brought t o H avre on Enge o e account in a foreign ship, which could not be disP es 0 of in France at any price, and w hi c h cou ld h a ve he sold at Liverpool to advantage, might no t be conveY e bo from Havre to Liverpool in a British ship, but migh t ti e reconveyed to the United States in in a foreign ship , ,7 0 thence brought to Liverpool in an American ship, tt' depriving the British ship of employm e nt, and dap a" s the English market of cotton when there was a clis tres' ing deficiency its the supply. and " That sugar could only be sent from Guiana other colonies to England a t a f re i g ht o f 31, 10e. or 41 ton, while slave-grown sugar (which we are accus ed . 0 1 unduly encouraging) could be sent from St. Cro ix in Danish ships at 21. 10s. a ton, thus discouraging supply of colonial and fr ee -l a b our sugar; that no Britis h ships could be procured to exp or t f ree -l a b our sugar 000 1 Batavia. " That copper is now produced in great and growing abundance in Australia and cannot find a sufficient nen i ,: e her of British ships to convey it to this country, and t u e high freights, which are the necessary consequen t ; diminish the profits of what is sent, which has led to t project of establishing smelting works in Ausaslis instead of employing, first, the shipping, and, n t el t the manufactures of England for that purpose: te gt o : again, as German ships which now carry poi emigrants to Australia may not carry back c opper orv i ' s or meat, or any of the produce of Australia, as re : t e h r e cargoes to this country, or to their own country, e t view to exportation to this country; if the m arket - home should not be remune r ati ve , th ere f ore , a t il e a c burgh they have also establi s h e d sme l t i ng wor k s in !1, 0 own defence, again creating a gratuitous comelellt with the manufacturers of this country. hi, " That wrought hides m a y b e i mporte d i n to l e,, country in any quantity from France or other counter he but it there was any superfluity of raw hides they roig h o not, under the navigation-l aws , b e b roug h t to l' country for the artificers of this country to manufactu re ' unless they were sent all the way back to America. . 0 , " That cochineal, anather article of mos t rapid ;%, crease from the Canaries, has its chi e f d e pot at Cad it whence it is taken in French ships to Marseilles, bu t cannot be taken, under the navigation-l aw s, even i f, English ships to England, because the C a n ar ies are ° be fared to be geographically in Africa, and therefore t , OO produce must be imported in English ship s from Canaries themselves, where there is no; i n d e peee e do inducement for English ships to go, while at C s h e there is always a multitude of British ships for & e j purpose of bringing wine, but which are not suffe r to bring this valuable and much-wanted dye. US' " That Madeira wines may not be brought from — b e bon even in English ships, where they would alwaY s 0 in great abundance. Nor the gums of S en egal fr e o f their chief depot at Marseilles. Nor the dye weeds, o, West Africa, from a large depot of th em a t Marseill o There may be a surplus supply of all these a rticles ; 30 these ports; there may be a d e fici e nt su pply a t home; t, ships loadin g with s h err y an d c l are t may b e f u ll of e ° oo venient chasms absolutely y aw ni ng f or t h es e 4 0 . assortments, but the prohibition is complete and exorable. " That nitrate of soda, more highly thought of 0 ! manure, has sold for from 2/. 6s. 6d. less at Hansbu 1 , 0 than here, bat for th e same sum could not b e bre d even here. - - he " That a parcel of Alp aca t h read was actually t w;a subject of this venerable transaction. It arrived ' E l l Ilamburgh (a great depot for merchandise' from 5 (341 ;4 America), from Peru, was p urc h ase d , sent to Hull' 60. lused admittance, shipped thence to New Yorks 'g exported to Liverp oo l, an d sent i nto t h e manu f a ctiol i c e distr.ct., where it arrived t oo l a t e f or th e d eman ds Of. market. " That Java indigo, which was much wanted for B °,o of the more delicate manufact ures o f this coun try, w tr i purchased iu Uulland, but i n or d er t o secure its 0 0 ' 0 into this country, it was shipped in a Dutch vessel the United States, and thence exported to this country . . " That palm oil, Manilla hemp, lo gwoo d, h ave all b e e s waiting for shipment in the United St a t es , an d bees!' g no British vessels were to be had they all failed of belt3P sent. " That it is stated by a Hamburgh resident that th a operation of the navigation-laws with respect to 4/ supply of Peruvian wools to this country, such as 0. brought to the continent of Europ e fi rs t, is um:Pot/the ably unfavourable to British manufacturers, because 0 German manufacturer is purchasing that article pO 1 is a less price than the ma nu f acturers can purc h as e 1, Do Lancashire and Yorkshire, and th e consequence roos,",,th that the German manufacturer can a ff or d to se ll his ew at' a less price than the English. c. a oll f " That at Bombay and C a l cutta though there 1- „ r f stunt uncertainty whe t h er t h ere will be ships to oe h * 0 produce to England, an d t h e f re i ght has been as hig4iied eight guineas a ton, a n d t h ough the same ports ere" or with ships not only seaworthy, but efficiently C O if minded, and which would bring home that prodo ce os , they were suffered to do so, yet because of that Pre, by terous disability which attaches to ships mantle' Lascar sailors, they are not suffered to do so. the 0 01 I ha. with respect to the noblest because l i f e useful article of interchange, I mean the bread we oto , upon, it is stated by the Board of Trade at Te rc) .. e re September, 1846, that large quantities of produce"bo forwarded to Montreal from the interior, where i t ,ieeS b been produced durinr, the preceding winter, at P' h i c h severely enhanc e d by the exaggerated reports *boo reached Canada of the scarcity of bread-stuffs throllogbtain Europe. On arrival it was found impossible to _ ldol shipment for it at less than 6s. a barrel, and the2r we at were threatened with insolvency alike from its e i t it P t t he or retention, and perceiving most distinctly . .t"_ t he chief cause of their di ffi culties was to be found d i o u ra, • present navigation-laws of your Majesty's kieg : 0 t he feeling of deep dissatisfaction therewith has arisen minds of your Majesty's Canadian subjects?' What did these numerous cases which were clailY1 1 , 1 : 4 19 0 1 prove but that in countless ways—and we eoLf a u viga . track them through all their ramifications —Ou r ! se t ne tiou-laws did impede, obstruct, or, if he ' l 4 o r of the globe?—v--- y ae' more homely epi th et, bother all the operations fi.,heerss ,is trade in every par t make WI" • seemed to be an ingenious attempt to me nd th eug eu scription of goods' pay double freight, a . ...../aeo , ill-feelinghdeerar.)animosity secure cbuerteW the e n I n o a n t g ion v s o • yoge k n our a n a d n xaine