The Sun. — London, England, 1856-02-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT WESTERN. The report of the special committee on the affairs of this company, adopted by the board of directors on the 31st ult., has just been issued. It states that, in conse quence of a request which was made by the present chairman of the company, a special committee was ap pointed by the board of directors on the 9th of August, 1855, to inquire into the state and condition of the com pany, and to devote themselves, in co-operation with him, to a thoroagh investigation of all its affairs. In the selection of that committee it was thought desirable to request the assistance of the former chairman and the present deputy-chairman, and also to appoint two other directors • who had been nominated to that office by the proprietors in September, 1849, together with one director more recently elected by each of the two Shrewsbury companies, whose connection there with would be likely to give material aid in the pro secution of the inquiry. The report compares the capital expenditure of the company on the 30th of June, 1855, with the aftaiit of the outlay estimated by the committee of consultation in the year 1849, which was fixed by them at about 17,500,0001., provided that cer tain arrangements could be entered into with the London and North-Western Company, for the purpose of saving an outlay of capital to both companies, upon terms of mutual advantage. The consultation committee, with a view to effect a saving, proposed that the Great Wes tern and London and North-Western lines at Leamingten should run over one viaduct through that town ; that a junction of the respective railways in Birmingham should . be formed, so as to avoid the intersection of the centre of that town by two separate lines, with expensive through stations for ,each, and by dispensing with the mixed gauge over a portion of the lines north of Oxford. It was further proposed to arrange for a joint lease or common user of the Stour Valley line to Wolverhamp ton. Negotiations were entered into for that purpose, but all attempts at an arrangement to that effect failed altogether. The London and North-Western in 1851 opposed the measure in Parliament, and it was rejected. Under these circumstances, the original design of the years 1845 and 1846 for the Birmingham and Oxford and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Ren ews passing through the centre of Birmingham, in di rect continuation o f eac h ot h er, and altogether indepen dent of the London and North-Western system, with the central through station on Snow-hill, have becu • necessarily completed. In addition also to such expen diture, a very considerable joint station for the Oxford, Worcester, and 'Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Companies has been required and con structed in the town of Wolverbatnpton, together with a new junction railway beyond it, to connect the Great Western lines with the Shrewsbury and Birming ham Railway, near to. their Stafford-road station. The committee find, after carefully analysing the details of all the expenditure of capital in respect of those undertakings, upon the plans thus unavoid ably altered, comprising all that remains still to be paid for their completion, as well as the past ex penditure for them, that the cost will exceed the former estimates by 1,950,000/. The consultation committee in 1849 estimated the cost of the Oxford and Rugby, Bir mingham and Oxford, and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley Railways, with interest to the lst of May, 1851, at 4,688,0001., but the total expenditure, includ ing all unfinished works, with liabilities and interest, will be 6,638,1361., being' an increase of 1,950,136/. The interest alone during their actual construction, from May, 1851, to their respective periods of opening have added 368,000/. to the estimates of the consultation com mittee. The execs.; in the purchases of land and compen sation upon both of the northern lines through the centre of Birmingham, and . tbr u e da the mineral districts beyond it, have cost 560,000/. mar than the estimates of 1849. Excess in cost of works, 335,0001.; mixed gauge and sta.. tioas, 261,0007. more ; 193,0001 for ad litional stations and goods premises ; and 121,0001. extra cost at Wolver hampton joint station. These with 57,0001. for l ega l, Parliamentary, and otherg erieral expenses which occurred during the very prolonged period of conttructoe, make up the excess of 1,950,0001. for the three northern lines up to their fiehl completion, and including alt lia bilities. The next large item of expenditure is that of the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, of which 31l miles are at present open—viz., from Thingley Junction to Frame 12 niilee, from Westbury t o War minster miles, and the Radstock branch 8 miles. The portions still to be opened are from Frame to Wey mouth, 54 miles ; from Warminster to Salisbury, 204 miles ; from Bradford to Batharnpton, 10 miles ; to• nether, 93 miles, making the total length 1244 miles. The ascertained cost of the whsle undertaking, includ ing all further expetniiture and every liability, will be 3,000,000 f. Although only 31. miles of this line have been yet productive of income, the revenue account has been charged ever since 1349 with all the interest on a capital of 1,370,0001., then expended ; and, since the opening of the Radstock branch, in 1554, on a capital cf 1,433,0007. ; out of which sum 750,0001., at least, had been actually applied to the late), works, and other ex penses fur portions cf the railway which were for some time suspended, and are now about to be finished ; so that-the further interest against the revenue account, ,when all the 03 additional miles shall have been sue ceesively opened, will only become payable on the re mainder of that capi; al— viz , 1,507,000/. The special committee state that the board of direc tors had done their uttnest to carry out the recommenda tions of the consultation committee of 1819, and, to corn plete the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth undertaking at the expense of other parties; but the parties in ques tion were unable to raise the funds, and proceedings having ensued in the court, of law 'against the company Ly ssandamus, and in Parliament by landowners, the company were compelled by . the act of 1854 to finish and open hose lines in the summer of 1856. Among other items of productive expenditure they s rte that the 50,500'. expended on the Paddington Hotel yields a rctnro of 2,000/. a-year, and will eventu sely realise 3,500/. a.year, or 0 per cent, per annum • end that the hotel haentroved an inducement to the pub: lie to select the line fift travelling to London, and in that way it becomes indirectly a great benefit to the company. The committee bear testimony to the just principles upon which the accounts are niade out, and the? accurate manner in which they are checked. Toe stores' accounts are made out strictly on the principle that nothing but that which is really a'lditional new stock, such as carriages, waggons, locomotives, &e., should ,he charged to capital, while all renewals and repairs of every description, and however extensive, are charged to revenue. The auditors L ave regu l ar l y checked these accounts every half-year, and they ap poineed persons wholly independent of the storekeeper himself to take the et iek at different periods. The last occasion for taking stock was in June, 1854, when the difference betweeti the auditors and storekeeper was quite immaterial. With regard to the capita account, the cominittethettate that the borrowed nosey lon various securities would eventually amount to 0,365,000/. These loans represent the first charge on the aggregate revenues of the Great Western lines, already amounting to 1,385,900/. per annum (exclo-• Rive always of the two Shrewsbury railways), and pro ducing a net income of 800,0007., after paying all the working expenses of the company. Debentures to the amount of 4,365,0007., included above, may be paid off at any time by the issue of stock of the company, or in part by the sale of the shares held by the company in other undertakings, as eoon as those share improve in value. The remainder (6,000,9.001.) may be converted into a mortgage stock or petpetual annuities, not' ex ceeding 4 per cent. per artenni. The share capital of th e company a mounts to 3317-1,30.27., including 4,825,002/. preference stock, of which 3.417,500/. is at present re deemable, while 0n1y1,407,5007., at 4 per cent, is irre deemable. A reduction of interest to 4 per cent, per annum, whether payab'e on debentures or on preference stock, ;titer the whole expenditure shall be completed, would alone represent a dividend of nearly 1 per cent. per annum to the ordinary. shareholder,. The committee believe that the board` have taken every practicable pre- Caution for obviating the lubouveniences which might attend the renewal of loans, oven in the most difficult. times. The committee eetimate the total amount hat will be required to complete the arrangements of the company for unfinished lines or works, together with the payment of all outstaedieg paid prospective liabilities, will be 1,076,000/., he addition to the expenditure at the end of December, 1855. They state that as soon as that expenditure is completed the capital account of all exist ing engagements on Great Western lines way be eon idered closed. With regard to the legal arid .Parliamentary expenses for Great Western account, including claims in respect of all bine which have not yet been revised and adjusted, from 1850 'to 1355, both inclusive, the amount is 183,4211., of which 51,090/. was charged to capital be fore the Zeth of June, a 9 1',500/. to revenue, leaving. no apparent balance against the compa n y o f 128,221/. Advances on account o€ thin tiUlit to the .amonnt of 79,000/. have been made, so that the liabilities under that head Flo not exceed 50„0001., which is comprised in the calcu lations of Expenditur e to be provided for. The committee consider Ranger's suit at an end, and they are not ap prehensive as to the result of 11I'Intosh's. The surplus capital of the company over and above all expenditure 9 and estimated liabilities, as far as it is new possible to foresee,. may be stated at. 130.000/. This amount is ex elusive of a further euneof 140,000., which may . e„ p _ P lied to the general purposes of the two Shrewsbury lines. The total authorised capital of these lines amounts to 3,321,033/. The contsuittee then enter at seine length into the revenue and expenditure account. With regard to the charge for maintenance of p ermanent way, the plan pursued by the Great Western Company has hitherto been to charge tho whole cost of maintenance against revenue, as and when in curre d ; b u t th at o f t h e other companies compared with it by the auditors has been to debit the cost of all materials used for renewals to a suspense account, charging certain annual sums to revenue for the credit of that account. The come- . ix the system pursued by. efuence Lae been that, cost of materials, as well tf,roug p y, the whole • t h w e i without as h of irleurred in the maintenance, has been regularly charged to and borne by . any reserve or suspended cl aim, the sums whereas the tsm pursued by the other companies, charged have often been less than the actual expendi ture, and the deficiency has to be provided for at a future period. Not only is the cost of maintenance charged against revenu e as an d w h en i ncurre d , b u t the works done are of th e most permanent character. last fire y ears upward: of ten miles of clay cuttings During have e been permanently drained and ballasted, several of the embankments have been conaideiably raised and rebel lasted, and, besides the eielinary repairs of stations, per manent improvements and permanent additions have been made at Bristol, Beth, 2hrivenbam, and other parts of the line. .The committee are satisfied that the stock of engines, waggons; vans, end carriages is not only la rge , but in good order, an d that sum of 250,0001. will be ample to provider additional plant to work the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Ulu) whet/ cpe4 tbronhout, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY • EVENING ti FEBRUARY 14, 1856. and that sum is included in the estimated liabilities. From the 30th June, 1853, to the 30th June, 1855, there bad been an increase of 75 in the number of clerks em ployed, of 13 in the guards, 37 policemen, Anil 158 per ters. Of this increase 31 clerks, 7 guards, 16 policemen, and 44 porters were required at Paddington. The addi tional charge upon revenue since 1853 on that account amounts to 21,0001., of which the increase at Paddinfr ton is about, 9,0001. The main cans° of ti e increase in the expense is owing to the extension of lines and increase in the number of stations..' Since the' 30th of June, 1853, 52', miles of railway worked by the company and 28 sta tions have been opened for traffic—namely, 5 miles from Grange-court to Hopebrook, 11th of July, 1853 ; 91 m il es to Wycombe, Ist of August, 1854 ; 12i miles, Bir mingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley, Nov. 14, 1851; 8 miles to Radstock, same day ; and 17i miles, Ist of June, 1855, Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway. These additions made to the establishment could not have !Ibeen dispensed with. After adverting to the means adopted by the company to secure efficient clerks and servants, and a recommendation that Mr. Brunel's allowance of 3,5004 for engineering services be continued for another year, they state they have much pleasure in recording their opinion of the able, efficient, and zealous manner in:which the company has been served by its officers, and, regarding _them as a body, that it is impos sible tb speak too highly of them. The committee ad vert to the satisfactory increase iu the traffic during the past three years, and think it but reasonable to expect that the time has come when the goods and. mineral traffic will be greatly increased, and by salutary arrange ments the whole (d it will be developed with advantage to the proprietors. The goods traffic is at present managed by Mr. Newcombe in the north, Mr. Forbes in the west, and Mr. Drewe in the south. The committee propose that in future Mr. Newcombe should be the head of the goods department, and that a thoroughly competent person under him be placed in the north. With regard to the development of the coal trade, the committee make various suggestions, and show from the increase of traffic on the Shrewsbury lines that loss on the guarantee to those companies will soon be reduced to a very small amount. Since 1850 the increased re ceipts on the line between London and Bristol amount to 200,000/. a-year, some portion of which is attributed to the new lines. IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE IRISH JUDICIAL BENCH. The Evening Post has the following remarks apropos to the motion of Sir J. Shelley in reference to the state of the Irish judicial bench. Referring to the case of the venerable Baron Pennefather, whose great mental faculties are as unimpaired and vigorous as they were a quarter of a century ago, the Post maintains that his defective vision—espe cially as regards the trial of criminal cases—is a disqualification so positive that it cannot be got Over : " As an illustrative ease, we may refer to a remark. able circumstance on the trial of Kirwan for the murder of his wife at Ireland's -eye. The Jury, after they had been some tune in deliberation, returned into court and sought an explanation of a passage in the evidence. Mr. Justice Crampton, one of the presiding judges, told them he had left his notes at home, but, as he had a per fect recollection of the matter, he would state it from memory. And the learned judge did so. the memo , rial on behalf of Kirwan referred to this proceeding on the part of the judge, which was strongly objected to, o r the ground that hts notes were not actually pro- duced, and the irregularity was relied upon as the chief point in favour of the criminal, whose sentence subse quently was commuted from death to transportation for life. It is clear that Baron Pennefather, from the loss of sight, courd take no notes in a criminal or any other case, and, as such a duty could not he delegated, blindness necessarily involves complete disqUalification for the ditcharge of judicial functions, no matter how clear and vigorous may be the faculties iu other respects. It is a singular coincidence that the two oldest judges in Ireland or any other partof the globe,, Baron Pennefather ao,d Mr. Justice Torrens ' are to be the judges of assize at th e approaching North-West Cir cuit—the former being in his 85tb, and the latter in his 84th year. Chief Justice Lefroy is the junior of both, being in his 82d year. Mr. Justice Crampton is younger, but only by a • very few years, as he was, we believe, a Fellow of Trinity College 'when the foundation-stone of Nelson's Pillar was laid, and the Bank of Ireland was opened in College-green. 'We need scarcely say that we have no desire to utter a word reflecting in, the least de gree on any one of those learned judges. Some time since, as we have already mentioned, when strictures of the same kind were uttered by a portion of the press, we de procated such conduct, urging that functionaries like Baron Pennefather, who had spent a long life most use fully in the public service, were entitled to forbearinee, even when they somewhat exceeded all reasonable limits in their accustomed vocation. We cannot, however, help admitting that, since we 'addressed that remon strance to our contemporaries, time has been running_ his e)uNe, and we are no longer in a position to assert that men who Lave exceeded by 20 years the grand cli macteric are competent to discharge the onerous, deli cate, and deeply responsible duties of judges, not alone affecting the property, hat-the liberties and the lives of the Queen's subjects." MANSLAUGHTER OF A WIFE. I CRIRTSEY, Feb. 13.—Yesterday an unusual degree of excitement was produced in the town of Chertsey by the expectation that Mr. John Beauchamp, the well. known cricketer, and who is :celebrated not only in the county of Surrey, but throughout England, as one of the most expert bowlers of the present. day, would have been brought from B.orsernonger.lane gaol and examined b - fore the bench of magistrates there on a charge of man- ' slaughter, by having caused the death of his Wife. The magistrates of the district, however, did not deem an investigation on their part necessary, for, as a Jury before Mr. Woods, one of the coroners for tha county, ha I re turned a verdict of manalaughteragainst Mr. Beauchamp, they considered it would be.sufficient to leave him to be tried at the next assize's for the county on the coroner's inquisition. Mr. Solomon wait engaged to attend before the bench to defend the prisoner, but yesterday morning- that gentleman received a telegraphic message to state that no examination before the magistrates would take place, nor should the prisoner be removed from Horsemonger lac] e. The case is one of an unfortunate character. It ap peared that on Sunday week Mr. Beauchamp had been out with a friend, and on his return to his residence, the Cuffee-house Inu, at Cbertsey, at about three in the after, noon, he, on enteiin7 his wile's bed-room, found her i n a state, as he alleges, of ' intoxication ; and on remonstrat ing with her about the state she was in, and asking her bow it was that she had riot dressed herself before, she fell, and received by her fall the injuries which resulted in her death, which took place on the Tuesday evening following. A servant was called as a witness, who swore that she bad taken come water to, and was in the room with, htr mistress when her master came in, and on leaving the apartment she heard her mistress exclaim, "Don't, don't," and afterwards beard a scuffling noise. After this her master told her not to go into her mistress's route ; hut at 11 o'clock that night she saw her mistress, • al d she was then insensible and had a gurgling noise is her thioAt. iklr. Beauchamp was advised t , ) send for a doctor on Sunday night and again on Monday morning, as his wife still remained insensible, and ultimately he sent for Mr. Whitall, a chemist, to see her. Ile (Mr. Whitall) advised that a medical gentleman should be immediately sent for, and Mr. Stiurlock was called in, and the rep e sentation made to that gentleman by the husband was that his wife had drunk spirits until she had rendered . herself insensible. The deceased remained in a comatose 3 'tate until the Tuesday evening, when she died. *Mx: Stark* made a post mortein, examination, and described the results to . be these :—The exterr a! part of the body seemed of an unhealthy aspect; thre was a bruise over the right temple, rather more than an inch in length and three-quarters of i/n inch in width ; there was a bruise over the mastoid process of the left 'temporal bone, and a superficial bruise over the left cheek and left side of the neck. There were also extensive bruises on the right upper arm, some recent, others of longer date ; extensive bruises on the left upper and fore arm, and one on the middle finger of the left hand, and a small sore on the left wrist. On cuttir g through the scalp very little blood escaped... 4. braise on tae right temple extended through the tempoiat muscles, but the bone am not injured. The Lrsiise on the left extended to the base, but the bone was uninjured. There was a large extravaeation of clotted blood over part of the right hemisphere of the cerebrum. After minutely describing the appearance of the organs, Mi. Shurlock said —I attribute the cause of death to the extravasated blood on the brain, which would pro duce the symptoms the. deceased was labouring under. The Wow on the right temple, which produced the ex trarasation of blood, must have been a severe one. There was no abrasion of the shin. The bruise may pos sibly bare been caused by a fall, but must have been caused by contact with some hard substance. The blow_ on the left side was also of a sev e r e c h arac te r . Th e Y were such as might have been caused by the blow of a fist, or some harder substance. A common attack .of apoplexy would have caused the presence of extravasated blood. The appearance of the liver showed that the de ceased was addicted to drinking. There was no appear ance of irritation in the stomach, and nothing to lead against iu th ry e t ot e esupposition th a t po i son was present. Th usb ultimatelyreturned andandh ew wag v erdi ct committed sol r a ug trial;t but it i s th e intention of Mr to Solomon to apply to a m judge to h ave h im admitted'* bail. RESTORATION OF lIIPP.OPRTATED TIMES TO THE PA RISHES WHERE PnonucEn.--:The quarterly meetinz of the Tithe Reeletnption T rust Board Was held yesterday, at its office, No. 1, Adatn-street, Strand, the Right Hon. Lord John Manners, 'M.P., in the c h a i r. T tui - e was a full attendance of the Board, an d several new members were enrolled. lADvEwrisEmENT.l—Hollowafe Pille certainly an ex cellent Rem e dy f or Rh euma tism.—Extract o f a letter from Mr. White, of Cowley, near O x f ord, informing Professor Holloway that he frequently suffered front severe attacks of rheumatism which prevented him fol lowing his occupation, and after every other remedy b a d f a iled, he commenced taking Holloway's pills, and fr om the benefit he has so often derived from their use, h e considers it his duty to give publicity to the fact that these pills have cured lain, of rheumatism after other medicines bad been taken in vain. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world, at Pr o f essor HollovVaHolloway's.i, 244, Strand, Londen, and SO, Malder. lane, New- Yetk ; b., A. S4 tml)a, Con establishments, ettintiuople ; A. Guidicy Siwran; and E. Muir, lUalt,a. LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY. ( From the Tinzes.) The House of COmmons has been engaged, we fear without any definite or practical result, in in vestigating a plan for the amendment of our legis lation and the consolidation of our statute law. In the meanwhile a body of far humbler pretensions, but, as repeated experience has demonstrated, of a very useful and practical turn of 'mind, has ad dressed itself to the same subject, and, as far as we are able to observe, not - without a very considerable portion of success. A Committee of the Law Amendment Society, appointed to consider the statute law, has reported a fulness, a vigour, and a perspicuity cm the weighty subject intrusted to it, which makes us wish that some of those who prepared this document had • a more authoritative voice in carrying out the reforms they advocate., The report consists of two portions ; the first, a review of the steps which have already been taken with the view of consolidating our statute law, and the second, the propositions of the committee themselves on this subject. The plans of the pre sent Lord Chancellor fos, obtaining this object are commented en with some justice and much aspe rity. • A rapid summary of events may not be uninstructive. On the 17th of March, 1853, the Chancellor announced his plan for reforming our statutes: First, he was to expunge obselete or expired acts ; secondly, to classify those which re mained according to their subjects ; thirdly, to consolidate these classes into single acts ; and, fourthly, to provide a corrective for the errors of future legislation. For this purpose a Commis sioner and four Sub-Commissioners were provided. The Sub-Commissioners were set to nibble at a vast number of subjects, the result of which was tbat they seem to have brought none to maturity. The arrangement of du tieswas utterly unmethodical, and a great deal of time seems to have been absorbed in composing three enormously voluminous reports, containing no less then 634 pages, no slight deduc tion from the very small amount of force embarked in this gigantic undertaking. These and many other mistakes, enumerated by the Committee with painful exactness, satisfy them, and may serve to satisfy us, that the Commissioners did not set about the work intrusted to them with any clearly defined ideas, and that, they did not folio ;v out their labours to any very definite results. These Commissioners, however, were in August, 1854, reinforced by a RoyarOommission, issued to ex= Chancellors, Judges, Attorney and Solicitor Gene rals, and other grave and learned persons, but their avocations do not seem to have permitted them to give any great attention to the object fer the sake of which they were instituted. They too have re ported, but they also, as far as we can learn, have clone little or nothing, and are now engaged in an investigation from which we may eipect, if we are sanguine enough, some profitable result as to the propriety of establishing a Minister of Justice, who shall he able to do that which the Lord Chancellor and all his coadjutors have hitherto so signally failed to accomplish. We now come to consider the recommendations of the Law Amendment Society. Setting out by proposing the appointment of a Minister of Justice, or, if efforts to obtain the creation of such a func tionary be unsucce ss f u l, th en.o f th r e e c omm is s i oners to execute the work of consolidating the statutes, they lay down the cones° to be pursued so clearly and methodically that it is worth while to g ive it; were it only a s a specimen of the very advanced stage to which opinion on the subject has arrived, and the necessity whin/Cries- upen Government to bestir itself, if it would overtake in action the views already prevalent among the best informed members of the community over which it pre sides. Their first step towards a consolidation of the statute law would he the publication of a revised and authorised edition of the public acts, exclud ing all private, local, and personal acts, and all acts or parts of acts which have become obsolete, expired, or been repealed ; to omit the en ac ti ng part from the preamble of every act and from every section ; to refer in the margin of every act to any later act by which it has been modified'; to divide the acts in the contemplated edition into four parts—first, those relating to England, Eng land and Ireland, England and Scotland, or the United Kingdom ; second, those 'relating to Scot land ; third, those relating to Ireland ; fourth, those relating to India, the colonies, or the other dependencies of the Crown. It is then proposed that three drauglitsmen should perform each the . whole of the work ; b eg i nn i ng f rom th e l as t vo l ume of the statutes and working backwards, and that the work of these three draughtsmen should be compared together by way of correction. lists , must be made by them of obsolete laws, of laws th• repeal of which is doubtful, and laws respect in,:t the revival of whi©h doubts may be entertained. Parliament should then be invited to pass an act resolving these doubts,' and declaring that, except the acts contained in this edition, none other shall have any force or effect, and saving all things done under the acts which may be repealed. Such authorised ediFon of the statutes would, itis com-. pitted, cost 101. or ; 12/. if left in the hands_of bookseller, or about 50s. if printed like other Par liamentary pipers its bulk would be diminished :from 40 quartwto 12 octavo volumes, and it would be, from the perfection of its arrangement, and the comparaiive brevity of its contents, easy of refer ence and perfectly accessible. Now, we ask those from whom we have a right to expect the accomNishment of great works of public • utility, whether there be anything in what is here proposed which is not perfectly practicable if set about in an earnest spirit and with a thorough resolution to conquer all dif ficulties? The labour is -by no means so great as hundreds of men are daily encountering for the sake of the most insignificant private interests, while the result in this case would be to the public interests incalculably beneficial.. For the first time WO should know what the statute law of Eng land really is ; for the first time we should be able to grasp it, and contemplate it as a whole, free from the rubbish of accumulated ages by which it is buried and overwhelmed but the utility of the measure would not stop. here—we should have gained a vantage ground, frem which we should be able to carry system and order, as yet unknown, into- the , ana rc h y an d confusion Of our legislation. Once possessed of a book which contained neither more nor less than the existing law of England, we . could analyse its contents, divide those con tents into groups, consolidate the law relating to each group, and digest it' into a code. Such is the plan of the Law Amendment Society, which seems to lead us on, step by step, from our present mi serable state of darkness and confusion to the most perfect order, method, and,symmetry. All that is 'wanted is the selection of men competent to the task, a liberal remuneration: of their exertions, and a clear view of the end to which these exertions are to be directed. Never was so easy an oppor tunity offered to a Government of obtaining boundless popularity at the present moment, and undying reputation in the times to come, as by appointing a Minister or commission to complete the work thus ably and clearly sketched Out. EXPENS3 OF COLLECTING THE LEVENUE. (Prom the Times of this day.) ' The country has hitherto been content to pay its taxes without inquiring very minutely into the - cost of collection. our fits of economy we have narrowly scrutinised every item of expendi .ture ; there has been higgling over shillings and pence; pensions have been denied, the army has been reduced to the lowest limit, the artillery was so neglected that it bad almost to be created ; the navy, too, had fallen so low that at the commence ment of the war we had to !eau it hastily with raw , clads and rheumatic coastguardsmen, and bad fallen so far behind the exigencies of the time that not until this year are we provided with the vessels best adapted for our purpose. But, while grumbling over our disbursements, we paid little attention to the expenses of collecting our enormous revenues. The returns presented to Parliainent gave simply' the net reedits after all the charges of collection had been defrayed. These charges amounted .to millions of the public 'money; but the. Treasury had the most absolute control over all the salaries and charges ; Parliament never heard of the .gross receipts, and took no account of the percentage expended in realizing the public income: The esti mates for the Revenue departments, which are j now published for the first time, have therefore an unusual interest. W e ar e about' to know for the first time the true amount of our taxation. In the estimate for the'Customs, for the Inland Revenue, and for the Post-office, we find . that the service the ensuing year requires more than 5,000,0001. ; the net revenue of these departm en t s , according to the last returns, wa s 38,500,0004 ; and the gross product of these taxes may easily be ascer tained by adding together those figures. The esti mates are very minute, and give the most interest ing details regarding4o,ooo persons engaged in the civil service of the country—from the chairman who gets 2,5001. a-year to the charwoman who gets 25/.'; from the Postmaster-General; who receives 501. a-week, to the letterearrier at York who getS his 2s. 6d. ; from the London Post-office, that coats 355,0001. a-year, to the post-office at Cloghrati that costs 51. it is true that these esti-, mates do not giie all the expenses. About three-. quart ers o f a m i ll i on, for examnle, are required for the pack e t serv i ce of the Post-office, b ut t h at sum is char ge d i n the estimates Prepared by the Naval Department. On the otlyer band, the 5,000,000/. Which We ha vemontioned is not all spent 14 sob,' ries; about half a million of.it goes to charges for superannuations and compensations. The Customs employ 11,292 persons, and the pro posed expenses of the depaitment, exclusive of superannuations, amount to 1,326,0001. Of this sum 840,0001. goes to the Customs proper ; the re mainder to the Coastguard. • In London alone more than 2,000 men are employed in the service of the former department, and the expenses of the different establishments amount to 383,0001. In Liverpool 844 men aro required, and the charge is 115,000'. After Liverpool, the port that employs the greatest number of men is Hull; the number is 170, and their expenses are 18,000/. Exclusive of London and Liverpool, the number of Custom-house officers at the different ports and creeks of the United Kingdom is 2,584 ; their salaries are 267,000/. ;and, includ ing salaries, the whole expenses of the establish ments are 326,0001. Inclusive of London and Liverpool, the number of Custom-house officers is 5,564. The Coastguard employs a still greater number-5,728, at an expense of 486,000/. Of this sum the annual charge for 51 revenue cruisers is 70,0007., or 1,5001. a-piece, if we include some minor charges, such as 3001. for a superintendent of cruisers' repairs. 'On. the whole, then, if we add to the last returns of the Customs, which were 20,987,0001., the charges for working the depart ment, it would appear that the gross receipts are mere than 22,500,0001., and- that the expense of collecting this revenue is about 7 per cent. The expenses of the Inland Revenue depart ment are (excluding superannuations) 1,522,0031., and the service employs 6,987 men. Of course, a great part of this sum is expended not iu salarieS, but in rent, in buildings, in postage, in rates. The new buildings at Somerset-house 60,0001. Our tax-gatherers pay rents, rates, and taxes, amount ing to 12,0001. The postage and carriage of books parcels come to 23,000/. The expenses of the cabs of London are 11,0001. Printing and gumming the little receipt and d raug ht s t amps , t oge ther with the price of the paper, cost 10,0001. Copies of wills cost 10,0001., and if they cost theßoard of Inland Revenue - that sum—query, what do the public pay ? State carriage plates and allowances for checking state carriage journeys amount annually to 2,0001. The Excise returns for the last year were 16,389,0001.; and, adding these charges together with the super annuation allowances, the gross receipts amount to 18,130,0001.; and this is collected at a charge of abmit 10 per cent. But afar inure interesting department than either of these is that of the Post-office, which gives em ployment to 22,748 individnals, which requires an' outlay of 1,740,4831. (exclusive of superannua tions), and which aff s ords a clear revenue of 1,137,0001. The .General Post-office in London costs 355,8001.; in Dublin, 37,300/. ;in Edinburgh, 25,4277.; and then, deseenditig still lower in the scale, Liverpool costs 20,9001.; . Manchester, 16,8001.; Glasgow, 13,8001. i Birmingham, 10,300/. London employs 1,879 sorters, letter-carriers, .and messengers, at an average pay of 691. ;' Dublin, 178, at an average pay of 671. ; Edinburgh has 141, at an average PeY of 00/. The clothing for the London letter-carriers cost last year 3,6007., and is to cost in the current year 5,000/. The dif ference in Dublin is not so great ; it cost last year 256/., and ti is new estimate is 307/. But in Edinburgh the difference. is very extraordi nary. It cost last year 321. (surely a mistake), and the new es innate is WO/. In other words, the clothing •of 141 letter-carriers, in Edinburgh is to cost considerably 'more than that of 178 in Dublin. To proceed, however, the Money-order office in London costs 23,0001. ; iu Edinburgh (including the account-' ant's office) ' 5,837/. ; in Dublin (including a simi lar office), 6,8571. AU is mentioned with great minuteness. The policemen and firemen in Lon don receive 1,157/, ; and these who are curious to know how much the stamper at Norwich is paid, how much the clerks at Belfast 6 e-et, and how many letter-carriers they have at Cork , may very. soon be satisfied by dipping into' these estimates. The London and North-Western .Railway Company obtains 56,5001. a-year for the conveyance of mails - 7 -the largest sum given to any one railway com pany. The Great Southern and Western in Ire land seems to receive the next largest stun- 33,000/. In all, 343,000/. are 'given' for the. con veyance of mails by railway through •England ; and, as a sign of the times, it is interesting to cornpaie this sum with : the,; charge for conveyance of 'mails, by mail coaches-2,0921. See the differ ence in a single year ; last year it was 2,497/. Another interesting item is that of the manufacture of postage stamps. The total amount required for this manufacture is 30,000/.—C, little fortune. The cost of the paper atone for labels and enve lopes is 13,5001. ; the printing and gumming cost 4,5001. m ore . The su p er i n t en d en t o f the perfora tion gets 100/. a-year. In all, 'adding together the net revenue and the expenses of working the department, ti; gross receipts of .the Post office would appear tb 'be 2,900,0001., and this revenue to be collected at a charge of 601. per cent. —a very large percenta ge , no doubt, if we regard the Poet-office simply as it source of revenue; but it is much more than a source of revenue ; it is the instrument of a great public service, and it would [become intolerable if it sought the °nor- 1 mous gains of a public tax. lIUNT v. HUNT--ADULT EBY. This suit, which was heard in the Arches Court yes terday, was one instituted by Mr. William Yate Hunt, of Bell Broughton, in the county of Worcester, against Mrs. Catherine Mary Huer, for a divorce, on the ground of adultery. Ou the part of Mr. Hunt a libel had been given in, pleading the marriage of the parties in the month of January, 1845, at the churCh of St. John Bed wardine, in the county of Worcester; that his wife, then Mies Farley, was at the time of their mai-rim-Ybe a minor, and that he was seve ra l y ears her senior. The libel then pleaded cohabitation :tied censummation of the marriage; that in July, 1850, the husband formed an acquaintance with the Hon. Maurice Berlielsy Portman, at that time a youth of 17 years of age, which connection ripened into a very intimate acquaintance ; that in the summer of 1852, Mr. Portman, accompanied by Mrs. Hunt and a feinale friend, went to the Foley Arms, Malvern, where Mr. Portman entered their names as follows :—" Tee Hon. Maurice Berkeley Portnian and Mrs. Portman and Miss Fraser," nod that on the 221 of July, in the same year, Mr, Portman once more visited the Foley Arms, with Mrs. Hunt in her carriage., s It aileged that on this occasion the parties were alone, and a waiter having oc casion to enter the apartinent found the door bolted or locked and the window-blieds drawn down, and subse quently, when the bell rang, he found the sofa removed from its place and in a state of disorder. It further asserted that Mr. Portman gave the waiter half-a-crown and said, "Mum's the word, waiter." It alleged that. Mr. Poitman, being a pupil of the Rev. Mr. Denning, the head' master of the Worcester Collegiate School, had . lodgings in Edgar-str ee t, i n W orcester, w h ere h e was occasionally visited by Mrs. Hunt, sometimes alone and sometimes in company .with others ; and that on such occasions the: blinds were peresived by the neighbours to be drawn down, souieti:nes by the lady .herself. It was pleaded that the parties on one occasion visited the Talbot Inn, where, after being locked in a room toge ther, the, apartment was found, to be in much disorder and a button of a coat and, a hair-pin were afterwards picked up. It alleged that Mr. Hunt at length remon strated with his wire upon her too great-familiarity with Mr. Portman, and it was agreed -upon her suggestion that a temporary separation should hike place. The hus band and wife thereupon parted on 22d February, 1853, but it was pleaded that shortly afterwards:Mr. Hunt was induced by the'rumours abroad to place the matter in the hands of his legal adviser for investigation, and that the result was an action fer trim: con. It assorted, in conclusion that the case haying game on for trial in the Court of Exchequer at Westminster, "on the 4th June, 1854, the jury awarded 50/. damages. On the part of the wife a responsive allegation had been given in, in which she denied that any adulterous intercourse what ever had taken place between Mr. Portman and Mrs. Hunt, and alleged, that although she lived with her hus band from and after their marriage, Mr. Hunt never. -consummated the marriage,•and a certificate was pleaded of Doctors Frere and Farre as a proof that she was still a virg6 intacta. It further alleged that Mr. Hunt was constantly aed habitually away from home, engaged in hunting and other amusements, and whilst at home was careless and negligent of the conduct of his wife, and allowed her to drive and remain out at inns and other places in the neighbourhood' of hie own house, .with, aril' to . visit, .at his house or lodging, the Hon. Mr. Portman ; and it denied that Mr. Hunt ever cautioned her against her intimacy with that • gentleman ; that . Mr. lifunt always encouraged such intimacy ; and on one occasion, having been spoken to upon the subject of his wife's riding out with Mr. Portman, he replied, " I have spoken to Mrs. Hunt, and told her that if they want to drive out, they should do it in the country, or in the lanes, and not up and down W orcester, " or to that effect. And on another occasion he remarked, when his attention was celled to the subject, " Oh, let them go on ; I will get a divorce." It pleaded that when the parties were at the Foley Arms, in the summer of the year 1852, as asserted in the libel,. Mr.. lluut was present at the tune, and was aware that Mr. Portman had madeehe entry in question, and never, .objected to it ; and further set forth that the subsequent visits of Mr. Portman to Mrs. !tint were well known to, and allowed, by he'r hnsband. It is also alleged that Mr. Hunt, from a period commencins , about two years subsequently to the marriage, and throughout the seve ral following years, down to the separation in February, ' 1853, was in the habit of occasionally absenting himself from home till a late hour, and at times for the whole night and for several days together, and that during . such periods he carried on adulterous intercourse.with different. females at Birmingham, Worcester, London, and other places, and that he had confessed as much to several persons, in conclusion itpleaded that no evidence was taken in the action, by Meleflunt, in the Exchequer of Pleas, against .Mr. Parttime, as alleged in the libel, and that the verdict therein referred to was for 501. nominal damage) ; that .et such time Mr. Portman was in Mexico, and- bad been, nsestated by his coun sel in court when the verdict ; was given, sent abroad by his relatiobs before the atetion was brought, and that the verdict was zjveh by celkient of that gentle._ man's relations, and be was wholly unaware of the ver dict having been consented to. Dr. Addams appeared for Mr. Hunt. He was obliged to admit his client had been guilty of the charge of adul tery; but ho contended that Mrs. Hunt, by her course of conduCt, was alone responsible for her husband hav ing fallen into evil courses. The testimony of the me dical men was too inconclusive to offer an answer to the proved facts of the'case, and he (Dr. Addams) therefore submitted the Court would pronounce for a sentence o separat ion. Dr. Curtis appeared on the same side. The Queen's Advocate and Dr. Deane appeared for Mrs. Hunt, and contended thatthe direct testimony of tl. physicians must overweigh the unsatisfactory evidence which had been offered by the waiters and other parties who had come forward on behalf of the husband. Mr. Hunt had himself admitted that he never consummated his marriage; and, under all the circumstances, the C curt could not safely come to the co n clu s ion that Mrs. Hunt had committed adultery. The learned Judge said, that the adultery of Mr. Hunt being admitted, the only question was whether Mrs. Hunt had been guilty of any acts that would bar her from obtaining a separation. The evidence detailed acts of very strong presumption of suspicion, but they were not c mclusive to the satisfaction of the Court. The Court never accepted the verdict of a jury as proof of adultery; such verdicts were only pleaded in proof that the husband had acted bona fide. Even if the evidence were of a stronger character it would be overruled by the certificate of the doctors, and, therefore, under all the circumstances although the Cou r t mi g ht thi n k th e con duct of the wife to have been somewhat reprehensible and imprudent, yet it was bound to come to the conclu sion that she had not been guilty of adultery. The Court pronounced for the separation. IMPERIAL PARLIAM ENT. - HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YEsrEaDAy.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE QUALIFICATION BILL. On the motion of Mt. ()TWAY, a return of all the sums received from the sale of Admiralty Charts during the year 1355 was ordered. FORMATION, &c., OF PARISHES BILL. The Marquis of BLANDFORD moved the second reading of the bill, which was for the purpose of forming parishes to facilitate Church endowments. The origin of the formation. or subdivision of the country into parishes arose in early ages from the necessity of the subdivision of the labours - of the ministry to o bt a i n an increased amount of efficiency, and become the centres of union and activity, from Whence their efforts might be directed to ,the people forming their congre gations. It was to render this system perfect that hal induced him to bring forward this measure. The noble marquis referred to the state of the country at the early period alluded to, ''and traced the changes that had taken place in the formation of parishes from that time to the present, and pointed out the evils of which he complained, and the remedies he proposed. There were two districts requiring-those endowments, one partly endowed, and the other that receiving its emoluments froM pew rents. Of the former , there were 3,528 ancient parishes with stipends under 1501. per annum, to aug ment which a late Ecclesiastical Commission reported it svould require 145,0001. for those under public pa tronage, and 131,000/, for those under private patronage. The number of parishes where there was no endowment, but where the emoluments were derived from pew rents, numbered from 800 to I,oos. He entered into the de tails of the bill relative to the patronage of the livings, and the provisions he had made for any interference with existing interests. If the house wished he should have no objection to refer the bill to a select COM raittee. He cofcluded by moving the second reading of the bill. The motion having been seconded, Mr. lIADFIELD said it appeared to be a part of the noble marquis's bill to Continue church rates, which he (Jr. Hadfield) was at a loss to understand, finding the noble marquis's name,, on a bill for an alteration in church rates. The Church of England was at present involved in such .inextricable confusion that it was impossible the question could be properly dealt with otherwise than by a Government measure. He moved the second reading of the bill that (lay airs months. Sir G. GREY hoped the house would not refuse to read this bill a second time. The Government would not oppose the appointment of a select committee if the house thought it desirable. The objections to the bill stated by the hon. member (31r. Hadfield) were matters cf detail only, and could not be well entered into then. Mr. GLADSTONE. supported the bill. The amendment was ultimately withdrawn, and the bill read a second tithe, and referred to a select corn. mittee. POLICE (COUNTIBS AND BOROUGHS) BILL. O❑ the motion of Sir GEortqE GREY, that this bill be read a second time, Mt', Hadfield, Mr. Muntz, and other bon. members presentekl petitions against the se cond reading of the bill. Mr. 11.A.DFIELD moved the poemonemEnt of the second reading'of this bill for a fortnight. The bill was objectionable, and had been condemned by several bo roughs, and he complained that this bill had bb!..n unduly and hastily pressed forward: The bill was introduced on this day week, printed en Thursday, and appointed for a second reading on Monday,, lint postponed till to day. The municipal corporations throughout the country could not have had ;In opportunity of discuss ing the merits of this bill, , which interefered with the present police regulations in the various municipal boroughs throughout the country. He therefore aslied for this postponement to give the municipal corporations an opportunity of expressing tbeir opinions on this bill. He bad that morning received_3o letters from as many corporations complaining of the undue haste of the Government in pressing forward this bill. Ho condemned the principle of the hill, and the•municipal corporations complained that the bill took away their powers of self-government. . Thu effect of the bill would be to centralise the direction of this force, and throw all the powers _ for regulating it into the bands of the Government without any means of redreie. It would be the means of establishing the spy system, which' was so odious to the people of Eng land. He moved that the second reading of this bill be postponed fora firtnight. Sir G. GREY said that if any good and substantial reason were shown to the'satisfaction of the house for the postponement of the bill, he had no interest for pressing it forward, and would consent to the postponement. If they agreed to the second reading, he would fix Friday fortnight for going into committee .on it, which would give the municipal corporations an ;opportunity of examining its merits, and any alterations and suggestions they might point out should receive his bcst attention. Mr. HENLEY complained of the haste displayed by the Government in pressing forward this bill. Sir F. BARING hoped the Government would con sent to the postponement asked for. Mr. R. PALMER, who expressed himself favourable to the bill, was of opinion the delay asked for should be granted by the Government. Time would be saved by adopting that course.•' Sir J. WAL NISL EY supported the postponement of the second reading. He bt.lieved that this bill, MO the last, would be 'strongly opposed and ultimately thrown out. Sir G. GREY consented to the postponement of the second reading, and fixed that day fortnight for its being again brought forward, or as soon after as possible, should that day be found to be inconvenient. After some -further discussion the amendment was carried. The second reading was accordingly postponed. JOINT-STOCK BANKS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill, comprising only a preamble and one clause, passed through committee without opposition. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENTS. On the motion of Colonel DUNNE, returns were ordered of all persons in the Ordnance Depart ment 3 who had retired dace the Ist day of Jan., 1853, or been transferred from their ofpces_to others_ by pro motion or otherwise, eitatiog the age, service, cause of retirement, or transfer, together with the retiring allow ance granted in each case, and in case of transfer or pro motion the. oface to which each individual' was transferred, and the salary of ^ the office vacated and of that to which each person had been appointed : similar return for the War. Department, and all offices under its control : and return - of the names of officers, civil and military, and of all other persons employed in the department for clothing the army, stating the date of each appointment, previous employment (if any), and the age and salary in each case. The house adjourned at five minutes to three o'clock. .. • , THE LATE CHARGES AGAINST TWO FOREIGNERS. — Yesterday Mr. Worg Javal attended with his legal ad viser before Sir William. Magnay, at the Guildhall Police -court, and made a public statement in refutation of some remarks made by the'aldernan affecting his re• putation. SALMON BREEDING EXTRA.ORDINART.- -An esteemed correspondent, who takes great interest in the falrnon breeding experiment, and sends the following interesting communication :—On the sth of December I got from Mr. Ramsbottom a few sahnen ova 'just impregnated, and from a lot which were ju3t being put into the ponds at Storrnontfield. I put them in a tumbler in my own room, with a drop, of water (two drops per minute) from a vessel 3 feet . above them. The ova have remained transparent all along, arid latterly a vivid circle has been forming in them of a pinkish colour.' Today I observe three of the young fish are hatched, being 66 day , f ro m their impregnation. This shows, pet haps, the shortest time in which ova can hatch under favourable circumstances. It; will be - curious to note the difference in time that the pond, ones take in the open air. La3t year the first were 120 days. The young fish are like a t c.') thread, about 11 inches long, and transparent, except the eyed. The egg adherva to thorn for nouriidmeut.... p Glasgow Daily Mail. l ,~u~.~ On the motion of Mr. COLVILLE this bill wai read a second time. Numerous petitions were presented from Dissenting Congregations and others against opening the Crystal Palace, British Museum, and National Gallery on Sun days. The following bills were read a second time :—Black burn, &c., Roads ; Canada Company ; Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway ; Doddington Rectory Division ; Kettering and Newport Pagnell Road ; Lewes, East bourne, and Hailsbarn Road ; Maybole and Girvan Railway ; Salisbury Market Branch Railway and Mar ket House; Stockton and Dariington Railway ; Tor mohain Water ; Wandsworth and Putney Gas ; and Yarmouth and Haddiscoe Railway. ADMIRALTY CHARTS. Sporting Intelligence. LINCOLN SPILT - NG MEETING—WEDNESDAY. The Lincoln Spring Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; the winner of any handicap after the weights were published, slb ; twice, or a bandica' of the value of 100 sovs, 71b extra ; the second to save his stakes. One mile: Seventeen subs. Mr. Elwes's Flageolet, by Hautboy, 4 yrs, 7st 11. Bray 1 Mr. - E. Hodgin's Vanessa, 4 yrs, Gat 4!b Challoner 2 Mr. T. Parr's Fisherman, 3 yrs, 64 4lb Quinton 3 The following also ran :.—Eulogist, Cardsharper, Little Torn, Prince Plausible, Victory, Sandboy, lago, and Gipsy Girl. Betting-7 to 2 agst Prince Plausible. 4to 1 agst Eulogist, 5 to 1 apt Little Tom, 6 to 1 agst Flageolet, Bto 1 agst Victory. A fine race, won by a neck ; the same distance between the second and third ; Sandboy was a bad fourth, Prince Plausible was fifth, and Eulo gist sixtb. Tne Hunters' Steeplechase of 5 sovs each, with 20 added, for 4-yr-olds and upwards; mares and geldings, al lowed 31b ; thorough-bred, .slb extra ; gentlemen riders; professionals, slb extra. Three miles. Seven subs. Mr. Thorpe's Tom Gurney, a, list 131 b, Mr. Goodwin 1 Mr. E. Davy's Johnny Raw, 6 yrs, _ll4 131 b _ Mr. Waller 2 Mr. Marshall's The, Rejected, 6 yrs, list 131 b Mr. T. Darby 0 Betting-4 to lon Tom Gurney, who won in a canter by six lengths.,, ~ The Two- Year-Old Selling Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 25 added ; colts, B,t 10lb ; fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 1001. ; allowances if entered to be sold for less. About half a tails. Three subs. Mr. T. Bell's Magistrate, by Burgundy or the Squire, 7st 101 b (401.) Basham 1 Mr. Day's Delilah, Bst 41b (1001.) J. Goater 2 Mr. Williams's colt by Burgundy out of Peggy, 7st 10lb (401.) J. Hall 3 Betting—Even on Magistrate, who won by a head. The winner was sold for 41 guineas. The Handicap Hurdle-race of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. Two miles. Seventeen subs. Mr. Hodgman's Stamford, aged, 9st 21b (car. Oat 41b) (C. Boyce) 1 Mr. Maslin's Freedom, aged, Oat 131 b (Wezver) 2 Mr. G. Robinson's g by Mooltan, d by Beiram, 9st (W. White) 3 The following also ran :—General Evans, Towyris, and Sandboy. 13etting-- - 2 to 1 agst Stamford, 3 to 1 agst General Evans, 4to 1 agst Freedom. Won by six lengths; half a length between the second and third, and the same distance between the third and fourth. The Selling Steeplechase (handicap) of 5 sovs each, with 30 added ; the winner to be sold for 100 sovs. ; if for 75 sovs ' allowed 51b ;50 soya, 71b. Ab out t h ree m i les. Mr. Buchanan's Fanny Wynn, aged, 10st 71b (:sa) (Thrift) 1 Mr. Brown's Miss Bambygh, aged lOst 31b (501.) (W. Johnsor,) 2 Mr. F. J. Newman's Wide-awake, aged, 10st 71b (1001.) (Mr. Walker) 3 The following also rms. :—The Freeholder, Twilight. Betting-6 to 4on Fanny Wynn, who won in a canter by six lengths. ING MEETING. 11, AND 12. ;liby Handicap of 15 Boys. if declared on or before the M. added. Two miles. Age st lb Jemmy the Back a 10 2 Phansalus Crown Pigeon 4 10 1 Lyboy 4 10 0 Virtuous Pu 1 beck 4 9 13 Red Rose ,Eloddam Rudstone The Russian Knighton gaster Horton paid Varwickshire Handicap of 20 inly if declared on or before II 501. added. Two miles. Age st lb Palm.rston Mayboy 4 6 2 Virtuous Cossey 4 6 1 Russian 4 6 '1 Fulbeck 4 6 0 Surgeon-General 5 5 13 Diana 5 5 12 Hodclam Agra Diego 3 5 5 Dolly 3 5 4 Mr. Nuffarn 3 5 4 Ab,olution Pelissier 3 5 0 Staffordshire Nan 3 5 0 Prince of Orange 3 5 0 Adam 3 4 13 Lady Florence Omer Pacha 3 4 12 La,verna 3 4 10 The :Village Cock 3 4 10 Middleton 3 4 7 WARWICK SP /VIARCII 10, FIRST DAY —The Willoul4 Pitch, 10 ft, and 5 only 26th of February, with 3( Age st lb Eulogist 6. 11 '- 7 Cavendish (late AgiO . a 11 4' Poodle Little Davie '► 11 0 Humboldt 5 10 12 John Dory ; alo 10 Morning Star \Vantage . 4 10 8 Podo•n►eli Kafir .5 Veteran . - SECOND DAY.—The Great IA sov,.. each, 10 ft, and 5 of the 26th of February, wit. Age st lb Rataplan Speed the Plough 6 8 21 Eulogist Ivan Wild Huntsman 5 7 8 Homily 4 7 6 Lady :Vernon .., 6 7 4 Poodle Little Davie a 7 1 Humboldt 5 7 0 Sir Rowland Trenchard a 7 0 Alembic 6 6 13 Roscommon Lady Palmerston 4 6 12 Flatterer Lady -bird 5 6 10 Aldford Claret 'A, 6 9 Bolton Vantage Kafir Veteran 6 6 5 Racing Fixtures for 1856. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Derby Spring l9 MARCH. Nottingham Spring 4 I Catterick Warwick Spring 10 Coventry Salisbury .. v .- ' 13 1 Northampton Essex lB I . ' APRIL. Doncaster Spring l._ Newmarket C Thirsk • 3 York Spring Croxton Park 3 Malton Epsom Spring .c Durham * . 14 MAY. Chester Spring 6 Shrewsbury . 13 Manchester JUT. Beverley Ascot Heath 10 Hampton lB I Newton Path .. Epsom ..26 -.28 .. 24 ...24 ..26 Ne wcastle•on-Tyne Bibury Stockbridge Winchester • JULY. Newmarket Carlids Liverpool Nottingham 15 AUGUST. Brighton Brighton Club ....... 8 Radcliffe Reading l2 Eeharn SEPTEMBER. Warwick Sept 2 Cardiff Lichfield Doncaster 16 Newmarket F 0 Leicester 24 ' OCTOBER. Kelso 1 I Newmarket S 0 Chester Autum n 7 Warwick Autumn .... Bedford 9 I Newmarket H Wrexham Autumn NOVgMEER. Worceqer Autumn 4 'Shrewsbury Autumn . Liverpool l2 I Irish Racing Fixtures for 1856. APRIL. Curragh O2 MAY. Rowth and 8a1d0y1e...13 I Roscommon JUNE. Trarnore Ballyeigh l7 JULY. B9llewstown Et I Heath ............ Down R. Corporation 15 I ...... AUGUST. ...20 ..27 ~..24 ...2G Killarney ..21. SEPTEMBER. ...22 ...25 ..29 ...20 -.25 -.26 -.24 _.26 -.30 ..13 ...27 ~.18 -27 ..24 Curragb 2 I Johnstown ............... 2S rratnore ......... Jenkinstown :Park • 16 , OCTOBER. Curragh , 14 I Cashel 2B D own B. Corporation...2l I RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON, *BRIGHTON, AND SOUTFI COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 9, 1856 £9,696 8 9 Corresponding week last year 8,104 14 8 Total of the half-y ear t o this dato, 1856 59,832 2 6 Total of the half-year to this date,lßss GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 3, 1856 £20,341 16 3 Corresponding week last year 17,762 17 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Feb.,lo, 1856 £19,605 2 6 Corresponding week last year. 17,154 18 7 CHEHTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for tha week ending Feb. 10, 1856 £4,501 1' 9 Corresponding week last year 3 ,838 15 0 'acreage in IBSG . £603 1 9 ASSIMILATION OF THE -LAWS OF ENGLAND AND SOOT. LAND.—A. pursuer in the-Scotch courts says it is not known on this side the ,Tweed how cruelly English suitors are treated by Scotch courts, and how urgent is the necessity for . the proposed reform in their mercantile law- As a case in point, for six years past several notorious suits upon iron warrants have been bandied about from one courtin Scotland to another, the deci sions being constantly appealed against and as regu l ar l y reversed by the wisdom :of the judges of the respective court: ,, , until the lasta,ppeals, being decided for the Eng lish plaintiffs by their highest tribunal, are now re ferred to our House of Peers. The system of endless appeals encourages pleas of the most unprincipled de scription, often from parties unable ultimately to pay the costs and damages in Which they may be amerced, and thus exposes to proleil dispute any gliiah bowe l eye: Just._ , ~_. ~- ._ COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at s. d. Bate's West Hartley 16 C Huddle W. Hartley lB 0 Longridge's Wst Hartley 17 Tandeld Moor l6 0 Wylam 15- 0 Harton l5 0 Wallsend, Harvey Wylam 15 0 Eden Main 16 3 Braddyll l6 61 llaswell IS 0 Hatton lB i, Ships at market... 10, SEABORNE MAIL!. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post -010 by the night—and M by the morning —despatch.) Day whsn made of I f rom w h it Wit° , CIOUNTRISi. in General Post- Port due Office, London.* Dispatch*. . E fl ossd. • Amerlca(byllrit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool ... Feb. 14 tmerier. tby United Ste. packet) ..........N •• • • Liverpool , Feb. 11 America (by U. States - packet) ....N ob 21 •• • • • • Bouthamptni. , Australia (via South ampton) ........ M -•.••• ••• •• • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) 17; Ditto (via Cape of Good' Hope)! I Africa (we , t c 0 „ t) .. N ,23d of the month.. !Plymouth .. Mar 6 Alexandria '24, & 30 of 01.1 Dover .... • & 70th of mon.!sonthampteat Bahamas 17th of the menu l!lSouthamptor.f Belgium(hilly„ • • • • '•• • • • • iDover Daily Brazil ............ ,9th of the month;'.iSeuthampioi, Feb 16 . Buenos Ayres ..m . j.9th of the month ..18onthamtton Feb 1 6 , Cape of Good Hope ..N 'Various port iUne )11‘'' Cape of Good Hope ..N • Cape de Vends .......*1 9th of the month SOuthamptob Feb. lb Ceylon (see India) ,c • Ceylon Chancel Isles , N!fif ~WoL,&Frl.)..,SouthamptoniTtl• '•11 Id &17th of moot:, iSouthamptm China . Once a month....' Mar, Constantinople ,•.!; ,8,13,18,23,a0vs o; ro!Pover ....... Constantinople „ , ~4th & 20th oftnon.lBontltaniptool Cont.. of Europe At r. s !Twice daily 'Dover ... HTWice Egypt (see India) France ........ Pf .?•-. 7.7 daily... • Dover . ;TIV/ 0 . Gibraltar L 1 7, 0 ', 27 .r , I , • Greece (see In Bs) Greytown _ at Ind St; 17th ot - Inon.,Southampt•li lir na'airgh „ „„ N Tuesday & Friday 'London flavannah ......., „ m.2nd of the mouti•;Soothamplo.r, Feb. IC Tolland Dat , Y • • ••• • ...... Dover „ Honduras „ „ !Writ ! tithe monlh.*uthampto, 101rbetnl.'. India (viaßouthampt.l34.aih ,! 70th of mo!!.lPlyni•.tith 4& 20 10 ° . India (via Marseil i0d)3.1 .9th& 25th of moothiDover ionlan Tees (sec 1r1 , ) .7 17, Fr 27 of moo Dover-- • • ••1 Ireland & N .Twiceditily • • • • .. head , Ushon ............ ; 7 , 9 , IL Ik 27 'or "1. Southamptilii• Feb* 16 „ ,„ .9 . 01 of the month Sou thamp tot; ' Madeira „ „ , ';23d of month • i Liverpool ...1 %faits. (see India) • O , ;8, &28 of mon. , Dover .:„ , ' 4 &t - is Mauritius (see India) g„ ur tti,„ „, Nll4th of the moan Mexico Of the morTtl:., Sorrthamot.- ii Feb. I 6 , !•Taples ~.N•6 llllst h2 N l h oimon.Dover New Granada & 17th of mentll%Southarnpto,' .few Zealand •• •• •• •• •• ! IF ! p riv a t e 10 • 12 • • Various port Hanes • Papal State,: ,„ , Ath I bth2Sthohnon.Dover ...• •• I Peninsula ::isll, l th l7 t ll7 7thoflnon.!Soutliamptonl Peru & 77th of tool,. aouthamptoni Port Natal „ rt . ship... Various portp oeertim• „Nisthis7Nthoim), !Dever Tuscany .. ~,N:sthlso7,`, l llofition'l d Dover •• Venezuels „ „,rgi7d 17th ofmontirlSeuthampte h I /41610 0 Van Diemen's L; „ nd (se, kmtral ir ) _ • ._„ ' 1&1 601°. N i f 120 ~ iith 0 montl Wo+• Tndlem' !Mouth*lmown • When any of these d a t es f a l l on itinday - , the malls wall ~ f da• ipatched edon the following day, with the exception of the In !i!. cothampten), and the Malta, both of which will he eta,. deaDatell."l preceding day. SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 13. STOCK EXCHA NOM—The tone of the market has been' sfeady to-day, and the prices are s li g h t l y advance d :--- Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 25 56—Ditto (31. cent.), 65—E as t ern C ount i es, 1 P —Cale lonian. 2 3t South Eastern, 19—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 8 1 1 London and Nort Westerns, 1004—Midland. lw North Eastern, Berwick, 19.1.g.—Dutch Rhenish, neW , p 26—Great Western of Cann la, new, p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 13. STOOK EXCAANGE.—The market to-day has beer a quiet business, and prices were steady., Leeds, Ditto, F, dis.—Ditto, Prrf., 13}--Midlands, Dovers, 19 1-16—East Lancashire, 18—Sheffield 11. doing 84— Pref., BIRMINGHAM, FED. 13. STOCK Excumws...—The tone of the market Was heal to-day, and but littl e b us i ness transacted. Midlands c losed at 69—Great Woot-rns. 574 59. —London and North-Wes terns, 1001—Old Birmingham Canals, 90. DUBLIN, FEB. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Three per Cent. Consols, 911 fr . Ditto for Accou n t, 7th M arc h , 92—New Three pal Coe' Stock, !'II i—Royal I3ank, 20A- —Mining CoropsnY °f Ireland, 134—Dublin and Wicklow, 5 —Great Southal l and Western, 524 g—Midland Gr ea t W estern and R°l° Canal, 50—Ditto, halves, 24i. CRYSTAL PALACE.—Yesterday the admissiona on PI tr ent were 445 ; ditt o , b y season t i cketa,3 132—tots 577. [ADVERTISEMENT. ]_WC are happy to quote the f o llowing , interesting inf orma ti on f rom Du -Barry's Report en Co t , •of Indigesti on (Dy speps i a ) , Fl atulency, Constipation, Ner vous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints, Cough, Astbm s ' Consumption, and Debility, without medieine by 'V' Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food : Eight. years' dyspeP' sin, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea. for which my servant had consulted the advice of magi , have been effectually removed by Du Barry's Revalente , Arabica Food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries..— Rev. JOON FLAVELL, ton Rectory, Norfolk. From the_ Dowager Countess of Castle stuart.—Cure 52,612. Rosstrevor, County of Down, Ireland , 9th December, 1854.—The Dowager Countess of Castlestuart feels induced, in the interest of suffering humanity, to state that Du Barry's excellent Revalcnta Arabica Food has cured her, after all medicines had failed, of indigestion, bile, gre at nervousness and irritability, of many years' standing. .This food deserves the confidence of all sufferers, and may be cc° . sidered a real blessing, Inquiries will be cheerfully answered. Cure No. 1,609. Three years meeeeiv,/ nervousness, with pain s i n my neck and left arm, on' general debility, which rendered my life very miserable , has been radically removed by Du Barry's Revalenta Arabi c* Food. ALEXANDER STUART , Archdeacon of Ross, Skibberee n * In canisters, Ms. Ils. ; 121b5., 225. The 121bs. earr'agie free, on re ce ipt o f post-office order. Barry du Barry an u Co., 77, Regent-street, London ; Fortnum, Mason, and Co. , Purveyors to her' Majesty, Piccadilly ; also at 60. Gra,..er church-street; 330 and 451, Strand; 4, Cheapside ; : 4 ; 9 Cornhill ; 49; Bishopsg,ate-street ; 55, Charing -4r m ; ° I " tipper Baker-street ; 63 and 150, Oxford-street. BIRTHS. OF A SON, On the 11th inst., at Wakes Colite, Essex, the Hon. Mrs- Francis GI irnston. On the 10th inst., at York, the wife of Major Briggs► King's Dragoon Guards. or A DAT/GUT/Et. • On the 12th inst., at Ron , loomb Park, Glocestershirep the wife of David Fullerton, Esq. On the 12th inst., at Manchester; the wife of Captain Chads, sth Fusiliers. , MARRIED. On the 12th inst., at St. Marylebone, Robert William Hillas i Esq., of Stonetiew House, Kingst own , D u bli n , to Ella Bazett, youngest daughter of th e l a t e ft. T. Goodwin, Esq., of York-place, Portman-square, formerly Member of Council at Bombay. • On the 12th inst., at the pariah church, Clapham. Thos.. William, son of George Eld, Esq. , , of Coventry, to EliztV beth Jane, second daughter of D. 11. -Bushell, Esq., of Clapham. BIRD. On the 11th inst., George Weare Braikenridge, Egg' , F.S.A., and F.G.S , of Broomwell House, Brislington, " 1- • the county of Sonaerset, aged 81. On the 12th inst., at Northampton, Mr. Thomas Frost, manager of the Northamptonshire Union Bank, aged 515. On the 11th inst., at Percy-nircus, Professor Robert T. • Austin, youngest son of - Wm. Austin, Esq., formerly of Botolph-lane and 'Bloomsbury-square. • On the 11th inst., at Wisbech, Mr. John Bridgman, for merly of Walpole St. Peter's, aged 73. On the 10th inst., at Grove Hall, Bow, Thomas Drake, Esq., of 14, Gibson-squar e , Islington, aged 70. On the 10th inst., at Cambridge, Justinian Adcock, Esq., solicitor, aged 41. On the 10th inst., John BroVna, Esq., of Marlborough, Wilts, aged 42. On the 31st ult., at 15, Upper 'lslington-terrace, Mr. Richard South, assessor and collector of property mid in come tax in the Middle Temple, aged 63 . On the 23d ult., at Easter Moniack, near Inverness, James Baillie Fraser, Esq., okßeelick, aged 72. LONDON: Printed and Published by MUR,Do YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, In the pougty of Middlesex, Therictsy, rebrusry jou, ~y Country Markets. EDINBURGH 'MEAL MARKET—FEB.I2. There were in the market-to -du 14 sacks oat* ea', cash weighing 280 lbs imperial, which sold at 40s. Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET — Erin. 12. Stipplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 88 , 0 d to lls Od per ketople of 16 stows tron; wheat do., Ts 6d to 93 Od; barley so., 78 Od to 8 16 6d. Hay from 10d to 15c1. DALKEITH 31131,14 MARKET--Fas. 12. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801ba :First. Second. Third. imperial ' 38i Od —a 6d ......•;-, Od Barleymeal, per ditto —6 9d —s Od --3 - n'6l Peasemeal, per ditt o Flour, per ditto —s 6(1 —a Od —s v rot-barloy, per ditto DUBLIN-FEB. 12. This day the supply of home growth continues Anall. Factors hold for higher rates, which were resliAsd to trifling extent. The general tone of the market lira, es• °opt for Indian corn, in which the business done was ollif trifling, at late currency. M.—FEB. 13. the close of the market. Wallsend, hte. .. 0. Kopier Grange l7 S rieurtbton l7 9 North Hetton 16 0 Russell's Hatton 16 ! South Hetton 17 u Stewart's 1$ ° Hartlepool ll 9 Heugh Hall 15 9 'South Kelloe 16 9 Tees lB 0 , i Derwentw u ater Hartley .18 11 I Sold l're ] lien! .~d ~v Im fast • idol die !on ow 1.9 ,4 Op( ett 4 him • Aop will r the at 1 , vili atm . 'the Mat Asti • dosh Nei $~, 'Pee that Me e th e , th e th e for (N.‘ipo bro < .!rho Orel . 1 10' Met • au, x'B7 •it /11