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ealenlated to increase the number of thosewho agreed with his hon. friend, and to be against all national education ; for in dealing with this question the Government had in volved itself in a cerise of difficulties and inconsistencies. lie did not see how this bill could come out of the dis cussion which it would have in that house and in Scot land. The Government start by saying in the bill that education must be religious, and they go on to say that no test of fitness in masters to teach religion should be required. (Hoar.) If there was to be no test of this fit ness, he wanted to know what religion was the master to teach; and if he was to teach religion of all men h e wa s the very one who ought t o b e subject some test with regard to his religious teaching. Again, to make the inconsistency complete, notwithstanding all they were constantly hear ing in that house, and especially from the noble lord (J. Russell), the noblsrlord had repeated the other day at the British and Foreign School Society, that you cannot and ought not to separate secular from religions education ; there was a provision in the bill that there should be secu ar instruction at one hour in the schools and religious in struction at another. If that was done in good faith you had adopted the principle of separating religious and secu lar instruction. If so, why not avow it, and say that it could be done • and if it was adopted, he could promise that you woulCl revive the hopes of the country, and pre vent his hon. friend the member for Rochdale from making converts to his opinions in opposition to all national educa tion, and you would conciliate one-third of the people of Scotland, who, as voluntaries, were opposed to this bill, and the mass of the people of England and Scotland, who now trusted to sectarian education, would be with you; for he would vouch for it, that in all meetings held ou the subject, the mass of the people would give opinions favour able to the principle Let there be one system. But as long as you said one thing at the British and Foreign School Society, and another thing in this bill you would be at 'a deed lock ; and while you stealthily inserted a clause in th e bill to evade the principle on which you pro fess to a c t, an d th us played fast and loose with. the ques tion, you would weaken yourselves in the promotion of education, and give encouragement to the party of his hon. friend the member for Rochdale. He (Kr. Cobden) would maintain the Government could do nothing for educa tion until you separated siacular and religious teach ing. The right hon. gentleman opposite (Mr. Napier) said why not set up on a better footing all the parochial schools. In Scotland as they are now constituted, and give grants, to other sectarian schools ? Now, he put it to the right hon. gentleman if he did not believe that to be im- Prseiticable, for the right hon. gentleman well knew that tlesre were religious parties in this country as earnest and onscientious as the church itself, who renounce state grants and would not pay rates for the purposes of religious endowment, who wouldnotreceive endowments forreligious purposes, and would not send their children to endowed schools, or where there were endowed teachers. The cen ans showed that there were many of the same opinion in Scotland. How was it in Ireland ? Would the right hon. gentleman support a system by which Roman Catholics should be allowed to teach their religion in schools, and the Protestants to teach their religion in their schools? No ; and the right hon. gentleman knew that there had been an attempt to escape from that dilemma, and an at tempt to separate religious and secular teaching by adopt ing those extracts from the Scriptures which both parties could read. He (Mr. Cobden) said that all you could do for national education would fail unless you met the reli gious objection as it had been met in America, in Prussia, and elsewh ere, b y separating religious and secularteaching. Do not let him (Mr. Cobden) be called a secularist, or let it be said that he did not recognise the value of religious teaching as much as any one ; but if you did notallow the separation of religious and secular teaching and instruction as had' been done in other countries, it was of no use pot terir,g over the question, for yon would be at a dead-lock, and could not advance another step. You might pass this bill, but it would cause another explosion in Scot land. Ile saw by the declaration signed by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, himself a voluntary, that no vo luntary will accept the bill unless you abrogate the 36th clause and the 27th clause, and that no voluntary will place a child in the schools or sendthem to any teacher. If you exclude one-third of the population of Scotland the bill could not be operative. But not only did he (Mr. Cobden) say that you could separate secular and religious teaching, and cite your own clause to prove it, but he could show that it had been done in America, where there was originally one church and one set of schools, where the catechism was taught, for every one, but in process of time, and as dissent increased, it was found necessary to relax the system and avoid teaching the Catechism where it caused an obstacle to secular teaching, and it was found necessary also to exclude the authorised version of the Bible as used in the church from the schools. The hon. I member for Elgin had quoted an opinion of Mr. Tremen heere, and no doubt Mr. Tremenheere _haled found some eccentric person in America who stated that vital Chris tianity was perishing under the present system in that country. But was that the opinion in America, or was it the opinion of an intelligent Swede who had been recently travelling in that country, or was it the opinion of the de putation of the Congregationalists who went to America and reported on the state of religion, and stated that there were two millions of communicants there, and that there had been-no such progress in evangelical religion since the time of the Apostles as had taken place there. Compare the religious feeling of England and America as evidenced in the attendance in churches, the observance of the Sab bath, and the respect paid to ministers of religion, and ho would venture to say that the state of reli gion in America was not second to that of Eng land. Why could not wh a t h a d b een d one in America be done in England ? Why could not the experiment be tried in Scotland ? He was told that you could not sepa rate secular and religious education in England, for if you did no one would send their children to the schools. But be wanted to have that question discussed. in that house. Who would tell him that you could not have that separate teaching —for in practice you did have separate teaching —for religious teaching was mostly car ried ou by the clergy and other teaching by the masters of schools. As regarded Scotland, was there any country in which there was less necessity for calling the masters to help the divine, who had always had his share of the reli gious teaching of the country? and 12 years ago, when there was a disruption of the church, and 500 clergymen 1 eft it, their places were soon filled again.. He said that Scotland might try the experiment whether the schoolmas ter could not be separated from religious teaching. Would any one have supposed from listening to the debate that night that its object was to improve the secular education of Scotland, but would they not rather have thought that it was a question between the old and the new churches of Scotland ? With regard to the clauses of the bill, there was one which he was glad to see, that which went to improve the status of the schoolmasters. There never would be proper secular teaching till there was a better class of mas ters, and that could not be until you paid them better, and placed them snore in the condition of the middle classes of society. On looking to the Census, he found that there were 1,0 +0 masters, and the average of their salaries Was 461., and they were to have a garden and house of only two rooms, besides a kitchen. That showed what the notion of a schoolmaster was fifty years ago. A salary of 461. to a schoolmaster gave him about half what a butler gets, and until they were better paid you had no right to exnect a better class of masters. As to the clauses genera:lly, as he intended to vote for the second reading of the bill, solely with the view of die cuseing the clauses, he would no t now go f ur th er i nto the, discussion of them. He voted for the second read ing also because the majority of Scotch members on his s 3 de of the house were going to do so, and they ought to know best what their country required, and because he thought that education in Scotland, whatever it may for merly have been, was now defective. It was the opinion of Mr. Horace Mann that there were a million of children in England not at school, who ought to be there, and in Scot land the same state of things apparently prevailed. The I country had had lately examples of the necessity of giving working people a better education. Was it not necessary that working people should be placed in a position bettor to appreciate their social relations, and even their own in terests, and that they should be so informed that they could carry out the more refined portion of our manufac tories ? Mr. Whitworth had published an account of the state of this matter in America, and there it appeared in a far more satisfactory condition. England ought not to allow this to be so. If the Americans built a vessel which made the voyage from there to this country in two days less than our vessels, we should immediately set ourselves to work and tax our ingenuity to the highest to equal or surpass that vessel. But when America obtained a batter educated and better conditioned set of workpeople, Eng land w as con t en t t o l eave h er i n t h e enjoyment of her su periority. A better education would enable men to under stand and appreciate their own position and that of em ployers ; to see what capital could and what it could not do for them.' The house might depend upen this, that if the schoolmaster were left to do his part, and were enabled to do it well, 'the clergyman would be able to perform his task and perform it satisfactorily. It was, therefore, be cause he believed that by separating them the interests of both wou ld b est be promoted, that he had therefore voted and should continue to vote for the separation of religious and secular education. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. SCOTT, who was i n t erru pt e d th r o u gho u t his obse rva ti ons by calls for a division, objected to the separa tion of the religious and secular elements of education. Re believed such a course was not adapted to produce either a goo d c i t i zen or a good Christian. It w as b ecaus e the bill attempted t o do this that he should oppose the second reading. The LORD ADVOCATE said that he could not but feel that the vote to which the house might come would be of greater consequence than the acceptance or rejection of this bill, inasmuch as it would involve the question of the Pcasibility of a system of national education in Scotland. The rules under which a system of national education must be framed for mucos:land were clear and distinct. The na tional system secular as distingnistther be both religious and secular, or minational. On the 64 and apart from religious or deno from religious edneastiblect of a system of secular as apart 'observations of the hon, , there was no need to follow the Cobden), because in. Scotla ndember for the West Riding (Mr. The people of Scotland worild wouldthat system was impossible. Commons, he believed not have it, the House of pass it, and the feeling of the country generallY Waan::geainst it. (Hear, hear.) That point, therefore, mi g h t there was the denominational ate thrown as id e. Then hu'in•beS:nBcotland that had found wanting. been tried and proved, and denßottintansatione must be (Hear, hear) ) In the first place that were found willing to take up the matter. satisfactoril y arranged, the system made edvuecanti! the feeling, perhaps on the will, the position, °: d n epen h d e caprice, of the denominations in which the trust waa v p e i aa t The cons, :quence was—it had always been found lei —as it was four ,c 1 in England so was it found in Scotland --but while t' . 0 c ountry was subsidising denomination s a great mass of ignorance was growing up. If that were the case, there was only the system followed by this bill to be adopt, id. In regard to this the Government had been met by a ' sariety of arguments, some of which were hardly to be CI pected. He (the Lord Advocate) bad been told that fie o tight to have commenced this discussion by giving stati dice The hon. member for Rochdale (Mr. Miall) had esp daily insisted upon this point. Ho (the Lord Advo cat 9s. thought that at the present time he might with the fire at e s t safety t a k e it f or gran t e d that the facts of this case •statistics. W sufficiently p a t en t w ithout going into W art w as it t o hi m th a t a f ew more or a few less attended e.,Aletie in ono corner of the kingdom or another, so long as be kreNv, and the h o u se k new , that the general state of ed ucati sn was defective. It was mere trilling to expect a rc ferenoe to statistics. Why, the hon. member for Roch tl le himself, after saving he haul no information, put his fie igrir upon the gist of the whole matter when he pointed to th 3 poverty and crime existing in some of the large St , otf ish towns. But the hon. member said these wi se rat de beings want food and clothing. Granted, hut they ed education also. If the hon. gentleman's argu men t were worth anything, a man ought not to he clothed if he could not be fed, and ought not to be fed if he could not be clothed. (Hear, hear.) Then the Government We 3togo on from day to day doing nothing because they cosi! (I not do all. (Cheers.) There must be a beginning. lie ; tdmitted that Government could not do everything, but they at least could do apart, and bei ng a bl e to d o i t OLizi rt to do it. (Cheers.) If the hon. member, if any hon. member, chose to bring in any sanitary measure, he promised not to meet him by saying " Oh, you have not educated the people." (Hear, hear.) Why ought the matter to be discussed on the question of the relative rights of this or that man to the government of schools ? The hon. member for Dublin seemed much to misconceive the bill.. It was not adapted to a country of mixed religionists, but to a country where the system was uniform. The measure had now been before the country two months, and he (the Lord Advocate) admitted that it had met with a variety of opposition on a variety of grounds. Oae man opposed because religion was excluded, another because it was included in the bill. He had read a pamphlet signed "J. C. Colquhoun," written with the purpose of proving that the measure was a mere copy of the American system; the hon. member for the West Riding (Mr. Cobden) held s it tem elo a s s e a ly mo e d n e o l u , gh at: d (Hear, ov ar G; h e e r a n r m .) en E t v h e a n d D no r t . f u o p l l o t h w a e t d 8 3- Muir and Lord Dunfermline had agreed in opposing the bill. Yet with all this there was a large amount of support in Scotland ; not from the free church, as had b een in sinuated, but from the moderate and philanthropic men of all denominations. He had presented a petition from the town council of Glasgow in favour of this bill, which con tained more members of the Established Church than any other town council in Scotland. He had also presented a petition signed by upwards of a hundred of the first men in Glasgow, all of whom were members of the Established Church. This petition had been exhibited at the Ex change, and within a short time had received these signa tures. What was the reason of this? Why the men of Glasgow saw the evil of ignorance increasiug from day to day under their eyes, and they found that the time for squabbling had gone by, and that of honest co operation was at hand. (Cheers.) He would now ad vert shortly to the provisions of the bill itself. It proposed to deal, in the first place, with the parochial schools. It proposed to double the salaries of the schoolmasters, to give them 50/. instead of 34/. for a maximum, and 251. for a minimum. It also provided for an educational survey in Scotland, which had never yet been attempted, the result, of which was to be reported to Parliament. Hon. gentle men complained that this was a final measure. It was never intended to be so. It provided for obtaining infor mation for future legislation, and in the meantime it legis lated so far as the present information justified. Not only so, but the bill had a third clause which he thought was important. They wished to establish reformatory schools, but that hon. gentlemen opposite proposed to put an end to by voting against the reading of the bill. Let them con sider on what ground it was that these provisions, which were considered beneficial, were to be sacrificed ou the second reading of this bill. The objections were two fold, and singularly inconsistent. One was that it was proposed to do away with the test which limited the choice of the schoolmaster to those who were of the established church ; and the other was that they were dealing with a religious question, and leaving power in the hands of the ecclesiastics. With regar d t o the last of these objections, it was not necessary for him to speak. He did not speak of individuals, but he knew well that among the volun tary party in Scotland he had many good friends. He had only to name one, than whom a more kind, worthy, and stout-hearted ' liberal never breathed ; he meant Mr. Adam Black, who had been the leader of the voluntary party for many years, and he came boldly forward and said that however ho might wish to see this bill modified in certain particulars, still he was too good a friend to his country to think of opposing it. (Hear.) But the real reason why they proposed to sacrifice this bill was that it proposed to take the exclusive power out of the hands of the Established Church. (Hear, hear.) There was no other reason. It was not because there was not sufficient security for religion. Security for religion could be given without making the members of the established Church exclusively eligible to th e o ffi ce o f sc h oolmaster. They (the opposition) did not like any security but one, and that was a security that secured a monopoly to themselves. If they were ready to surrender limiting the right of choice to a particular class he was ready to meet them. He was not wedded to any particular mode of carrying out his views, but this he saw that unless the test was done away with it was utterly impossible to carry a measure of education. He had been attacked for not quoting statistics. Now, the religious census had disclosed a state of things, which he for one did not expect. Look at the position of the Church of Scot land. The Dissenters in Scotland belonged nearly to the same denomination as the established Church. One set of them went off in 1730 on the ground of patronage, and the other in 1843 on the question of the interference of the courts. The majority of the people did not belong to the established church, but no one could be a master of a paro chial school who did net belong to the Established Church. Now, if they were to pay Government money for maintain. ing these schools, Parliament must consider the ground on which these schools were established. Take the five north ern counties, and it would be found that 6,000 belonged to the Established Church, and 41,000 to the Free Church. Was it possible that they could with the slightest success keep a national system where the parties were in the pro portion of 6 to 41; those who made up the 6 being eligible, and those who made up the 41 being not eligible. But they told him that these were exceptionable cases. They were most unfortunate exceptions. Take the large counties, where there was a million and a half of people, making one half of the population, an d th ere again the persons notbelonging to the Established Church were in a large majority. It might be said that he wished to attack the Church of Scotland. He was quite sure that by sweeping away these subjects of contention he was doing a most friendly act to the Church of Scotland. He now came to the superintendence of the church. He stated in introducing the bill that he did not consider this question of superintendence of the same im portance as that of the test. He did not know, if the mat -1 ter of the test had been given up, that he should h ave con sidered the su p er i n t endence of so much importance, but he felt it necessary to make a few observations, in conse quence of the remarks of the hon. member for Perthshire. It seemed to be supposed that the preamble of this bill was a slight on the Church of Scotland, and that the ob servations that he had made in bringing in the bill were intended as a slight. No doubt his former speech was a little highly-coloured, but, on the other hand, when he felt that in the General Assembly the preamble of the bill was stated to be a foul calumny, he thought it due to him self to say a few words in explanation. His observations did not apply to those who had taken them so much amiss. He was speaking of that period of the history of the Church of Scotland when those gentlemen had little to do with swaying it, of the time when other men were at its head —such men as Andrew Thomnan and Thomas Chalmers, and others who raised the Church of Scotland to what she was twelve years ago, the cheapest and most hard working church establishment in the world. He did not say it arose from neglect, but from 1800 to 1825, the parochial schools had been going down year by year, and he believed that in 1825 there had been no period in the history of Scotland for 150 years when they were at so low a standard. About 1830 or 1835 there be gan a revival. The unfortunate disruption happened in 1813, the free church went out and carried on their educa tion, and those who remained behind carried on theirs, and that very reason now prevented the superintendence being efficient. The schoolmasters who were tried for offences succeeded sometimes on a point of law, but more often the presbytery rather allowed an inefficient school master to go on than engage in an uncertain and expensive law suit. In this state of the law whole parishes bad been neglected. In 1799 the General Assembly made an order on the presbyters to send up general reports on the state of the schools, but that order had been systematically dis obeyed. He was therefore justified in saying that the superintendence of the presbyteries had not been effective, and that it was well to take away the superintendence from this general body, and place it in a local body, the minister of the parish and the heritors. Now, he admitted that there was some force in the observations which had been made with regard to taking security for religion. He had felt ever since the bill was introduced that theoreti cally it was difficult to say that the schoolmaster should teach religion without there being some security for his character. It was said that the plan was not sufficiently popular, and that it was not sufficiently religious. To meet the first objection, he proposed that the provosts, or delegates of the town councils of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, and Aberdeen should ex officio be members of a general board for deciding on the quaiification of school masters. To meet the second objection, he proposed that the principals of the Universities of Edinburgh and Glas gow, two delegates from the Universities of St. An drew's and Aberdeen, and that the principals of the Free Church College and the United Presbyterian College should also be ex o f ficio members of the same board ; and he thought the presence of so many ecclesiastics would afford sufficient security for the religious character of the school master. Ho should not like to see, as one of the ultimate results of the measure, a system of normal training estab lished which would send the master out with a certificate of both moral and religious character. It was impossible to include that object in this bill, but he had no doubt that an approximation to its attainment would be made by the board. His hon. friend the member for the West Riding complained that it had not been stated what the religion was to be. It was unnecessary to say what reli gion was to be taught in Scotland. If he were wrong on that point the whole bill was misdrawn ; it had no foun dation and no meaning, unless the people of Scotland were agreed that the teaching should be that of the Presbyte rian faith. With regard to the remarks of the hon. mem ber for Montrose on the dismiss a l o f mas t ers, and other matters of that kind, he begged to say that so far h e was perfectly willing to modify th e bill. With respect to the position of the Roman Catholic] church, he wished to ob serve that the 36th clause had been very much misunder stood. When it was contemplated to set up a national system, and to impose a national rate in support of it, it was quite plain that many would have have to pay the rate who could not take advantage of the educa tion. He had not supposed at first that the Episcopalians came under that category as well as Roman Catholics; but it now appeared that they did. Now, without enter ing into fine polemical distinctions, he admitted that it would bo impossible to call on these parties to pay the rate, and not in some shape or other give them good and substantial assistance in their own education. (Cheers,) His idea was that, under the denominational clause, assistance might well be given in poorer localities. That clause, however, had not met with favour ; and therefore all he could say at present was, that either by the ma -1 chinery of the denominational clause, or by that of the Privy Council grant, the Government, while asking Roman 1 Catholics and Episcopalians to subscribe to the national rate, would rather aid them in their work. (Hear, hear.) He did not know that he bad anything more to say. He felt that a great responsibility rested upon him ; but he also felt, that by walking either to the right hand or to the left, he should have raised up two opponents for one that he had conciliated. If he had taken the advice of the Established Church, he would have had all the rest of Scotland against him ; if he had taken the advice of the Secularists, he would have had both the Established and the Free Church against him, and a very large majority in that house. If hon. gentlemen could show him a better Plan, let them do so ; but if they could not, let them sup 'lt: hacoeuase7l miser porrtahim in doing his best to rescue his country from ig (Loud cheers.) Mr. BOWYER ' rose amid the marked impatience of . this quioliilewas understood to state that he repre sented the views the Roman Catholics of Scotland on wished to ask he Gaolivtec.l er tlol'ilus ..enjoyed, under the minutes of „,es with regard to education, and he assurancep ii i, that tt ,i ii n d Council, many advantages including the Roman C. etui billi t o li. whether teha.: ril,., h t t h 4 e they f w t ( h n e rl would give any 1 would a nut bo ovnerulnot of " Divide.") too, The LORD-ADVOCATE repli d siiile to tusks them batter, at all e Londe worse. (Hear, hear.) The house then divided, when the numberskheedr For the second reading .. ... sa y the that if it was not events they they would not be were-- Against it ................................. 18-1 .. . ......................... 193 ig ( h L t ou s d a Majority against the Government ...... The bill was accordingly rejected. 9 The announcement of the numbers was received with loud and continued cheering by the Opposition. MANNING THE NAVY (BOUNTIES). The House went into committee pro forma. RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC REGULATI ON BILL. Mr. CARDWELL moved that this bill be read a third time. Mr, I, BUTT objected to reading a third time and pas- PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION. HOUSE OF COMMONS—MAY 12. EDUCATION (SCOTLAND) BILL. Order for Second Reading react : Motion made, and ques• tion proposed, " That the bill be now read a second time :"—Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the question to add th e wor d s `'upon this day s i x months :"—Qaestion put, " That the word now' stand part of the question :"—The house divided—Ayes, 184 ; Noes, 193. AYES-184. Adderley, C. Fos, W. Moqtyn, E. Anderson, Sir J. Freestun, Col. Muntz, G. Atherton, W. Gardner, R. :pure, Col. Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Gibson, M. Murroagh, J. Baird, J. Gladstone, W. Norreys, Lord Ball, J. Glyn, G. Norreys, Sir D. Bass, M. Goderich, Viscount O'Brien, P. Beamish, F. Goodman, Sir G. O'Brien, Sir T. Berkeley, G. Gower, F. O'Connell, D. Biggs, W. Graham, Sir J. Oliveira, B. Blackett, J. F. B. Greene, Capt. John Osborne, R. Bonham-Carter, J. Gregson, Samuel Otway, A. Bouverie, Hon. E. P. Grey, Rt. Hon. Sir G. Paget, Lord A. Bowyer, G. Grey, R. Palmerston, Viscount Boyle, Lt.-Col. Hall, Sir Benjamin Pechell, Sir G. Brady, J. Hankey, T. Phi Ilimore, J. G. Brocklehurst. J. Hastie, Alex. Phillanore, R. J. Brockman, E. D. Hastie, Archd. Phinn, T. Brotherton, J. Herbert, S. Price W. Brown, H. Hervey, Lord A.. Ricardo, 0. Bruce, H. A. Heywood, J. Rice, E. Buckley, Gen. Higgins, G. 0, Richardson, J. Ilyng, G. 11. C. Hindley, C. Roche, E. Cardwell, E. Horsmai, E. Russell, Lord J. Chambers, T. Howard, Hon. C. Sadist; John Cheetham, John Hughes, W. Sawle, C. Cobbett, J. M. Hume, J. Scholeneld, W. Cobden, R. Ilutt, W. Scobell, Capt. G. Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. Ingham, R. Scully, F. Collin, W. Johnstone, J. Scully, V. (10'vile. C. It. Johnstone, Sir J. Seymour, W. Cowan, C. Keogh, W. Smith, J. A. Craufurd, E. H.J. Kershaw, J. Smith, J. 13. Dalrymple, Viseonnt King, P. Smollett, A. Dashwood, Sir G. It. Kinnatrd, A. Stafford, Marquis Davie, Sir H. R. F. Laing, S. Sinai, E. Divett, E. Langston, J. 11. St.tart, Lord D. Drumlanrig, Via. Langton, ii. G. Sullivan, Michael Drummond, H. Layard, A. 11. Talbot, C. Duff, G. Lemon, Sir C. Thicknesse, B. Duff, J. Lindsay, W Thorwson, G. Duncan, G. Locke, J. Thornelv, T. Dunlop, A. Lowe, It. Thornhill, W. Elcho, Lord Luce T. Train, G. Ellice, E. 31acaulay, T. B. Vivian, H. IL Elliot, J. E. 31`Cann, J. Vivian, J. H. Easton, Earl MacGregor, J. Walinsley, Sir J. Ewart, W. 31cTaggart, Sir J. Wailer, J. Fagan, W. Mangles, E. Warner, E. Fender, M. Marjuribanks, D. Whitbread, S. Fergus. J. Marshall, W. Wickham, H. Ferguson, Lt.-Col. Massey, W. Wilkinson, W. Ferguson, Sir R. Matheson, A. - Williams, W. Ferguson, J. Matheson, Sir J. Wilson, J. Fitzgerald,Lt.-G.SIr J Milligan, It, Winnington, Sir T. Fitz Gerald, J. Mills, T. Wortley, J. S. ~ Fitzroy, Ilun. H. Milner, W. Wyvill, M. Fitzwilliarn, Hon. C. Michell, Dr. W. Young, Sir J. Fitzwilllam, Hon. G. Moffatt, G. Foley, J. Monek, Viscount Forster, C. Moncrieff. J. Forster J. 3fonsell, W. Fox, R. Morris, D. TELLERS, Hayter, W. 21u'grave, Earl of NOES-193. Aciand, Sir T, Forster, Sir G. Mundy, W. Alexander, J. Franklin G. Naas, Lord Annesley, Earl of Frewen C. Napier, J. Arbuthnott, Lt.-G. H. Galwey, Sir W. Nee ld, John A rchdall, M. Galway, Viscount Newdegate, C. Ark wright, G. George, J. Oakes, J. Bailey, Sir J. Gladstone, Capt. J. Packs, C. Bailey, C. Graham, Lord M. Palk, L. Bane, H. Greaves, E. Palmer, Robert Ball, E. Greenall, Gilbert Pellitt, A. Baldeck, E. Greene, Thomas Pennant, Col. E. Bankes, Rt. Hon. G. Grogan, EA ward Percy, J. Barnes, T. Gwyn, Howel Peto, S. Barrington, Vist. Hadfleld, George Pilkington, J. Barrow, W. Halford, Sir Henry Pritchard, J. Bateson, Capt. T. Hall, Colonel John Repton. 0. Beach. Sir M. Hamilton, G. A. Robertson, P. Bective, Earl Hamilton Jamse, H. Bolt, P. Bell, J. Harcourt, Col. F. Sandars, G. Bentinck. Lord H. Hayes, Sir E. Scott, F. Bentinck, G. Henley, J. Seymour, H. Beresford, Rt. Hn. W. Herbert, 11. Shirley, E. Blair, Lieut -Col. J. H. Heyworth, L. Sibthorp, Col. Boldero, Lt.-Col. H. G. Horsfall, T. SaMth, Sir W. Booker, T. W. Hotham, Lord Smith, W. Booth, Sir Rt. Gore Hudson, G. Somerset, Capt. E. Bruce, C. L. C. Hume, W. Sotheron, T. Buller, Sir J. Irton. S. Spooner, IL 'Burrell, Sir C. M. Jolliffe, Sir W. Stafford, A. Butt, G. M. Jonas, Capt. T. Stanhope, J. Butt, I. Jones, D. Starkie, Le G. Cairns, H. Kendall, N. Sturt, H. Campbell Sir A. I. Kennedy, T. Swift, R. Carnac, Sir J. R. King, J. Taylor, Lt.-Col. T. Carley, E. S. Knatchbull. W. Thesiger, Sir. F. Cecil, Lord Knightley, It. Tollemache, J. Child, Smith Knox, Lt.-Col. B. W. Tomilue, G. Christopher, Robt A. Knox, W. S. Trollope, Sir J. Christy, Samuel Langton, W. H, P. G. Tudway, R Clinton, Lord C. P. P. Lennox, Lord A. F. Tyler, Sir G. Clive, R. Lennox, Lord H. G. Vance, 3. Cocks, T. S. Liddell, H. G. Vane, Lord A. Codrington, Sir C. W. Lindsay Lt.• Col. J. Vansittart, G. Compton, IL C. Lisburne, Earl Vyse, Capt R, Conoily, T. Lockhart, A. E. W a ddi ng t on, H . Crossley, F. Lockhart, W. Walcott, Rear-Ad. Davies, 1). A. S. Long, W. Walpo l e, S. Davison, R. Lovaine, Lord Walsh, Sir J. Deedes W. Lowther, Capt, H. Welby, Sir G. Dod, J. W. Lucas, F. West, F. buncombe, Hon. A. Macartney, G. Whitmore. N. Duncombe, Hon, 0. Mackie, J. wigram, Loftus T. Dundas, G. MacGregor Jas. Williams, T. Dunne, Lt.-Col F. Maguire. J. F. Wise, A. Du Pre, C. Dialing, R. Woidd, B. East, Sir J. Manners, Lord G. Wyndham, Lt.-GOn. Egerton, Sir P. March, Earl of W yndham, H. Egerton, W. Meux, Sir H. Wynn, Capt. H. Egerton E. Miall, E. Wynn, Sir W Emlyn, Vie. Miles, W. Wynne, W. Farnham, E. Montgomery, H. Yorke, E. Ferrer. J. Montgomery, Sir G. Fellowes, E. Moody, C. Floyer, J. Moore, G. Follett, B. Mowbray, J. Forbes, W. Mullings, J. TELLERS. Stirling, W. Dalke' Lh, Earl [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent, for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race course, Opera, and P erspec ti ve Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great ire portance to the army, navy, and others. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. ---These telescopes pos sess such extraordinary powers th a t some, 3} inches, with an extra eye-piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tele scope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 12 to 14 miles. ' They are of larger and all sizes, with increasi ng p owers accordingly.— The Royal Exhibition, 1851. _ Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistco a t- glass the size of a w a l nu t, by w h ic h a person can be seen and known J. mile distant ; they answer every purpose ou the race-course, at the opera-houses, country sce nery, an ships are clearly seer at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power ; an object can be clearly seen from 10 to 12 miles distant. Newly-invented Spectacles ; immediately the) are placed before extremely imperfect vision, every object becomes clear and distinct ; the most aged, de fective sight is brought to its youthful, natural, and ori ginal state. Deafness —New Discovery—The Organic Vi brator, au extraordinary powerful, small, newly-invented instrument, for Deaf ness , en ti re l y di fferent from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or pro bably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf person s to hear distinctly at church and at public as semblies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears is entirely reinoved,and it affor(lsa all the assist ance that possibly could be desired. -39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, Obaorvo, opposite the York Hotel. MINIM Ring, at ODA o'clock in the morning, a bill which the house had not yet had a n o pp or t un i ty of deliberately considering. (Cheers.) The bill in its present state was not the bill which the house had allowed the President of the Board of Trade to bring in. New clauses had been thrown in which had not yet undergone discussion, and the bill altogether was a compromise out of the house between the railway directors and the Board of Trade. He concluded by mov ing the adjournment of the debate. Mr. WALPOLE considered the hon. and learned mem ber for Youghal misunderstood the nature and effect of the measure, which had been originally introduced for the purpose of giving railway directors necessary powers as to the transmission of goods, and a proper tribunal in refer ence to any ques ti on with reference to the same. The bill was not framed so as to interfere with the railway com panies unnecessarily, or in any way to trespass on private interest, but merely to give requisite facilities to such companies as to the transmission of goods, and to put a stop to any undue preference or influences. For this rea son he supported the bill, which he thought ought to pass. After a few words from Mr. HEYWOOD, Lord J. RUSSELL said, his right hon. friend the Pre sident of the Board of Trade, when he introduced this bill, tried to make it comformable to the wishes, and, as to the time of its discussion, agreeable to the convenience of all parties, and now the hon. and learned member for Youghal asked that the consideration of the third reading of it might be adjourned at the last moment. The time of the house at the present period of the session was of so much importance, and much of the business to be transacted of so pressing a nature, that he trusted the house would not be induced to delay the passing of this measure on the present occasion, but would consent to the third reading of it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. F. SCOTT thought the bill ought to have the most careful consideration, and, although he believed it to have been framed with the very best intentions, still he feared it would fall very far short of the object contemplated. Mr. MALINS considered it exceedingly improper to discuss these kind of bills at that hour of the morning (a quarter past 1 o'clock). Considering the great importance of the measure, however, to the railway interests and to the public generally, he hoped that his hon. and learned friend would withdraw his motion as to the adjournment, and allow the bill to pass. Mr. LOCKE hoped that the hon. member for Youghal would not be prevailed on to withdraw his motion for ad journment. He had never before seen a question of such great importance discussed so lightly or with so little con sideration. Mr. D. WADDINGTON supported the adjournment. Mr. JAMES M`GREGOR thought the right hon. gen tleman ought to consent to a postponement, were it only out of consideration for the interests of his own bill. Mr. CARDWELL felt he had no volition in the matter, as he had been acting merely as the servant of the public throughout the whole progress of the measure. The pres sure of public business forbade delay, and the immediate passing of the bill was also required by the state of private business, and he must therefore call on the house—and especially those who desired to see some protection for the public enacted—to support him in pressing it forward. Mr. PETO pointed out that this was a very different bill from that originally introduced. Sufficient time, he contended, had not been allowed for its consideration, and it would ill become the house to insist on passing it at half-past 1 in the morning. The house then divided the numbers were : For the adjour nmen t Against it Majority against On the question that the bill be now read a third time, Mr. H. BROWN moved the adjournment of the House, on the ground that the bill, as amended, had not been re printed. LAW INTELLIGENCE,--May LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. . GROWN-OFFICE, MAY 10. THE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANY V. SWANN. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIA- In this case an action had been brought by the Times MINT. Assurance Company against the defendant, who had for- City of Lichfield—Henry Manners, Baron Waterpark, merly been one of the company's local agents, to recover of Waterpark, in Ireland, and Doveridge Hall, in the a Sum of money had and received by the defendant to county of Derby, in the room of Thomas George Anson the plaintiffs' use. The cause had been referred to an (commonly called Viscount Anson), now Earl of Lichfield, arbitrator, who found a verdict for the plaintiffs for 1741., called up to the House of Peers. and that the defendant h a d b een di sm i ssed for sufficient MAY 11. cause, and retained the money without the consent of Town and Port o f Hastings—Frederick North, ofH ast s - thi) company. He also raise d severa l points of law for ings, Esq., in th e room o f M usgrave Br isco, who has the decision of this court, the chi e f o f w hi c h was, whether accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern the company, which had b een comp l etely registered Hundreds. under the 7th and Bth Victoria, c. 110, could maintain the present action against the defendant, who was a shareholder of the company. Mr. Sergeant Shee (with whom was Mr. Keane), in support of the company's right to maintain the action, relied on the express terms of the act to that effect. Mr. Metcalfe, on the part of the defendant, contended that the right of the company to sue at law was confined to calls, and that their remedy in this case was in the Court of Chancery. The Court, however, decided that, as the company had been a corporation, it could sue the defendant in its corporate capacity, and that express terms had been introduced in order to obviate any doubts which might arise. Judgment for the plaintiffs. MAY 12 Borough of Devonport—Sir Thomas Erskine Peary, of No. 36, Eaton-place, in the county of Middlesex, Knight, in the room of the Right Honourable Henry Tuffneli, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Manor of Northstead. WAR-OFFICE, MAY P. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Owen Lewis Cope Williams, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Sykes, who retires, May 12. 3rd Dragoon Guards— Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Robert Marshall Allen, to be Surgeon, vice Mapleton, who exchanges, May 12. 7th Light Dragoons—Robert Stanley Williams Bulkeley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Brisco, promoted, May 12. 10th Light Dragoons—William Mayne, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Richmond, promoted, May 12. 13th Light Dragoons—Thomas John Towers, Gent., to ho Veterinary Surgeon, vice Legrow, appointed to the Staff of the Army serving in the East of Europe, May 12. 2d Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Major Thomas Addison to be Major, without purchase, vice Holdswo r th, w h o re ti res, upon half-pay ; Lieutenant John Charles Weir to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Addison; Ensign Herbert Beltield to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Weir ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Pye Phillipps, from the Royal Military College, t o b e E ns i gn, without' purchase, vice Belfield, May 12. 12th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Charles Ricketts, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mackey, promoted on the Staff, May 12. 49th Foot—Charles Edgar Gibson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vi ce M acne ill , appo i nted to the 53d Foot , May 12. 55th Foot—John George Echalaz, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice the Honourable A. E. Harris, appointed to the 43d Foot, May 12. 91st Foot—Lieutenant William George Conway Gordon to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stanton, who retires, May 12. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES. FRIDAY. The Second Year of the THIRD TRIENNIAL PRODUCE STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 30 added, for 3-yrs olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Certain allowances. From the Castle-pole, one round and i n . (10 su b s. ) Mr. E. R. Clark's Punch-box, by Napier, Bst 31b (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Stiletto Bst 91b (T emp l eman) 2 Mr. Worthington's Juliet, Bst 21b (Wells) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Punch-box, 7to 4 agst Stiletto. Punch-box took the lead with Stiletto second. At the lower turn Stiletto took close order, but after a good set-to was beaten by half a length. About two lengths between second and third. GRAND STAND CUP, of 200 soya in specie, added to a handicap sweepstakes of 5 sovs each ; the second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Certain penalties. Once round and a distance. (47 subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Typee, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, 7st 216 (Ashman) 1 Mr. Barber's Domino, 3 yrs, Est 41b (West) 2 Mr. Thorapson's Syvagee, 3 yrs, sst 6lb (J. Gill) 3 Mr. Cornish's Captain Cornish, 4 yrs, 7st 1016 (Dixon) 4 The following also ran—The General, Corin, Little Princess, Alas, Middlesborough, and brother to An dante. Betting-2 to 1 agst Typee, sto 2 agst Domino, sto 1 agst Alas. The first attempt to get off was prevented by Syvagee's breaking away. On drawing together again a good start was effected. After the first hun dred yards Syvagee rushed to the front, closely followed by Domino and Alas. At the Railway Bridge turn, Alas went ahead, with Domino second, a position which he held to the T.Y.C. post, where he took up the run ning, but in rounding the turn into the straight, he took a wide stretch, and Typee, lying close to the rails, then came up, and in a few strides further was in full pos session of the lead, which she held the remainder of the distance, winning very cleverly by a length ; two lengths between second and third, and a length between third and fourth ; Middlesborough was fifth. The WIRRAL STAKES of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 30 added, for two and three-yr-olds ; two-yr-old colts, 6st 121 b ; fillies, Est 81b ; three-yr-old colts, 9st ; fillies, Bst 101 b ; winner s e xtra. T.Y.C. (10 su b s. ) Mr. J. Osborne's Lord Alfred, by Chanticleer, 2 yrs, 7st llb (including 31b extra) (Carrot) 1 Mr. Croft's Yewtick, 2 yrs, 7st 31b (including 51b extra) (Charlton) 2 Mr. Reynard's Mrs. Rigby, 2 yrs, 6st 81b (Wells) 3 Capt. Lane's Alas, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b (Bartholomew) 4 Betting-2 to lon Lord Alfred, 4to 1 agst Alas. Alas started with the lead, but after the first hundred yards, Lord Alfred went to the front, and carried on the running to the distance, where he was headed byYewtick, but in the finishing effort was won by half a length. A length and a half between the second and third. MATCH, 50 sovs., p.p. Once round. Mr. Arran's The Uncleared, 3 yrs, 7st 41b, agst Mr. Preston's West wood (b h), 5 yrs, 9st, off by consent. EATON STAKES f 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, for three and four-yr-olds ; three-yr-olds, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 121 b. Certain penalties and allowances. Grosysner Course. (8 subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Typee by Touchstone, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Saxon's Barrel, 3 yrs, 7st 41b Betting-3 to lon Typee. Barrel made the running to the T.Y.C. post, where he was passed by Typee, who won by a neck, with " plentity in hand." A HANDICAP STAKES of 5 sovs, each, with 50 added ; the second to receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes ; cer tain penalties. Seven furlongs. (16 subs.) Lord Clifden's Anteverta, by Malcolm, 4 yrs, 7s 97th Foot—George Berthon Preston, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Warburton, who retires, May 12. 98th Foot—Major Edmund Hawthorne to be Lieut.- Colonel, by purchase, vice Roberts, who retires ; Captain Francis Peyton to be Major, by purchase, vice Haythorne ; Lieut. William Croker to be Captain, by purchase, vice Peyton ; Ensign Augustus Frederic Raper to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Croker, May 12. 2d West India Regiment—Frederick John Brinckman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Vincent, promoted, May 12. HOSPITAL STAFF.—Surgeon Henry Mapleton, M.D., from the 3rd Dragoon Guards, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Allen, who exchanges ; Henry Hunter Raymond, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Ricketts, appointed to the 12th Foot, May 12. UNATTACHED.—Lieutenant Charles Pieters, from Adju tant of a Recruiting District, to be Captain, without pur chase, May 12. MEMORANDA.—The exchange between Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Francis Maxwell, of the 34th Foot, and Lieutenant-Colonel Nicholas R. Brown, of the 82d Foot, as stated in the Gazette of the 30th December, 1853, has been cancelled, May 12. Assistant-Surgeon William Legge Reid, M.D., of the 3d Light Dragoons, has bean permitted to resign his commission, May 12. The Christian names of Lieutenant Baumgartner, of the 83d Foot, are Thomas Mowbray. - Mr. MALINS, though he had voted in the previous division in favour of the adjournment, deprecated factious opposition as an attempt to defeat all legislation whatever. Finally, the motion for adjournment was withdrawn, and the bill was read a third time and passed. The Registration of Births (Scotland) Bill was read a second time. The Witnesses Bill was read a third time and passed. The House adjourned at a few minutes before 2 o'clock. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 11. Ordnance Medical Department—Temporary Assistant- Surgeon Essex Bowen to be Assistant-Sur_geon April 25. ERRATUM IN GAZETTE OF 9 TH INST.—Royal Regiment of Artillery—For First Lieutenant W. A. P. Willie, &c., read First Lieutenant W. A. P. Wyllie, &c. ADMIRALTY, MAY 8. Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Charles Hope Clarendon to be First Lieutenant, vice Freeland, deceased. May 9—First Lieutenant John Horndon Parry to be Adjutant, vice Mansell, promoted. (Charlton) 1 Lord Wilton's Orson, 3 yrs, 6st 21b ...(Ashmall) 2 Mr. Bless's Mirabeau, 3 yrs, sst 61b (.T. Steggles) 3 The following also ran—Red Lion, Romeo, Jupiter, Monimia, Miss Sellon. Betting-7.47 to 4 agst Mirabeau, 4to 1 sgst Orson, 4 to 1 agst Anteverta. Anteverta made the running, Jupiter and Romeo lying second and third to the Dee side of the course where Romeo took second place and Monimia third. In this order they ran to the distance, where Orson took second place, followed by Mirabeau. Anteverta, however, undisturbed in her lead, gallopped on and won easily by a length. Same distance between second and third. Romeo and Monimia, close together, were the next two. The others beaten off. The CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 60 added ; extra weight for winners. The second to save his stake. From the Castle Pole, once round and in (about a mile and 3 furlongs). 28 subs, 7 of whom pay 5 sovs each. Lord. Eglinton's Vanderdecken, by Bay Middleton, 4yrs, 7st 51b (including 51b extra) ... (Waddington) 1 Sir J.Boswell's Annie Sutherland, 4yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mishap, 3 yrs, sst ... (Fordbam) 3 The following also ran—Cobnut, Lancashire Lass, Jacqueline, Pantomine, and Georgy. Betting-6 to 4 agst Vanderdecken, 7to 2 agst Mis hap, sto 1 agst Jacqueline. Vanderdecken started with the lead, but was soon passed by Pantomime and Mis hap, who made the running alternately to the Castle Pole turn, where Vanderdecken again took his colours to the front, followed by Mishap and Annie Sutherland. The latter took second place at the stand, but failed in her effort to reach Vanderdecken, who won easily by a length. Half a length between the second and third. LADIES' PURSE of 501. for three-year -olds and upwards. Option selling weights, &c. Once round and a dis tance. (9 subs.) Mr. Shepherdson's Pastrycook, 4 yrs (501.) 7st 111 b ll) Mr. Johnson's B r idekirk, 3 yrs (5 (Ash ma ol.) 6st 71b 1 (Kendall) 2 Mr. Reynard's Cestria, 3 yrs (5014 6st 51b, (Wells) 3 The following also ran :—Westwood, Royal George, Jupiter. Betting-7 to 4 each agst Pastrycook and Bridekirk. Won by half a length. Same between second and third. Westwood a bad fourth. MATCH. 100 sovs. esoh, h-ft, 6st. each. Mile and a half. Mr. R. Noke's Birdlime Girl, 3 yrs Mr. Foulkes's Little Queen, aged Betting —At starting 6 to 4 was Nil on Birdlime Girl, but while running 5 to 4 was laid on little Queen ; she however fell near the Dee Bridge turn, and her rival won by a quarter of a mile. LATEST BETTING. DEBBY. 3to 1 agst Autocrat. sto 1 agst King Tom. 13 to 2 agst Dervish. •25 to 1 agst The Trapper. 30 to 1 agst Ostrogoth. 40 to 1 agst Bracken. The weather was delightfully favourable throughout, and the meeting was characterised by excellent sport. The receipts at the grand stand amounted to 2,2231. SELLING STAKES AND GALANTHUS FILLY. DECISION OF THE STEWARDS. The following announcement was posted to-day in front of the weighing-room : "The stewards are of opinion that Mr. J. Osborne entered the Galanthus filly verbally, winner to be sold for 30L, and that Mr. Topham, jun., who took the no minatii,n, subsequently recollected that the filly was entered to be sold for that sum, therefore the Galanthus filly is I mtitled to receive the stakes. (Signed)A " CLIFDEN. " H. ROCS, for Mr. Greville." THE Cur RACE.—Before we left Chester we were glad to find that Salter, who was picked up in a state of in sensibility after Dr. O'Toole fell with him, was suffi ciently ri covered to be able to leave the infirmary and to return h• orne, BACI'SG FIXTURES FOR 1854. Newmark e t 8 ' 8 MAY. 16 1 Royston 23 Lothiat Is and E dinburghl6 Tavistock 23 Plymot ith ... Shrewsbury 1... lB Liverpool Hunt Spring ..24 Lewes l9 Harpgndan 26 Bath .. 23 Epsom 3O [Apvvialszsi 7st rr.]—A most interesting* recovery from a vast com plication of disc a les, without the aid of medicine, is recorded in the following letter "Bridgehouse, Frimley, 3d April, 1854. "Grateful for the benefit I have derived from Du Barry's Reva. lenta Arabica Fo. XL [ feel it my duty to express to you my unfeigned thanks for the in rarlable kindness I have met with at your hands. M Y case is an ex raoildinary 071 C, and as it may benefit other suf ferers I think it 13, it right to place its details at your disposal. I have suffered these .: 13 years continually from diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver den r gements, deafness, singing in the ears. consti pation, d e bili ty, shot tness of breath and cough, and during that Period taken so inuel t medicine that I can safely say I have laid out upwards of a thousan 1 pounds at the chemist's and doctor's. I have actually worn out tw. 'medical men during my ailments without find and never e x p ected 1 0 ing any li nprovement in my health. Indeed I was in utter despair, get over it, when I was fortunate enough to become acquainted 'sr ith your Revalenta Arabica, which, Heaven be of attaining. Praised, resto re d me i .o a state et' health which I long since despaired I ' I Y 41.14 gs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, iny hearing perfect, a. id my recovery is a marvel to all my acquain tances.--I am, re s p ect f ully. " JAMES ROBERTS, W oo d M e ' c h ant. " In canisters, suitably packed for all climates, and with full instruc tions-1 lb., 2s 9d ;2 . lb., 48 6d ; 5 lb., 11 s; 12 lb., 22s ; super re fined, 5 lb., 22s ;10 lb. . 333. The 10 lb. and 12 lb. carriage free, on der. Barry , receipt of Post-oltee on street, London; DU Barry, and Co., 77, Regent. Fortn . to Mason, ' and p urveyors to her Majesty, piceadiny; also 11 r an C0 .,0., at 6 9 ., Oxford-street ; 60, Graceehurch-stre4; 49, billoPig4o•Street 4 'i 0, 'leapside ; 330 and 431, Strivad. TUE SUN, LONIDON, SArtURDAY" EVENING, MAY 15, 1854 THE MILITIA. The following commissions have been signed : Cornet James Davidson to be lieutentant, vice Morley, in the Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Lieutenant Thomas Robert Andrew to be captain, vice Captain Henry Stone, resigned, in the Northamptonshire Regiment of Militia. Second Lieutenant John Leslie to be first lieutenant, vice Murray, resigned, in the Kent Militia Regiment of Artillery. William Samuel Deacon, gent., to be second lieutenant, vice Leslie, promoted, in ditto. Michael James M'Corma.ck, M.D., to be assistant-sur geon in the Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia. Arthur Francis Bingham Wright to be ensign in the Dorset Regiment of Militia. Ensign John Stevens Cosens Stevens to be lieutenant, vice Dampier, promoted into the 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia, in the Ist Somerset Regiment of Militia. Vincent John Reynolds, gent., to be ensign, vice Stevens, promoted, in do. Spencer Cosby Price, Esq., late 72d Hi g hl an d ers, t o b e captain, vice Milne s , who rtires, in the 2d Regiment of West York Militia. Arthur Maude, Esq., to be captain in the sth Regiment of West York Militia. [This article is substituted for that which appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday, the 2d inst. : Robert Stansfield, Esq., late 19th Foot, to be major in the 6th Regiment of West York Militia.] BANKRUPTS. Edward Arthur Weeks and Alfred William George We ks, horticultural builders, Kings'-road Chelsea, to sur render May 23 at one and June 29 at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J o h nson, o ffi c i al assignee, Basinghall street ; Fesenmeyer, Bedford-rosy. Frederick Scotson, hotel-keeper, Maiden-lane, Strand, May 23 at half-past one, and June 29 at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Van Sandau and Cumming Cheapside. William Thomas Lambert, patent ' medicine vendor, Jermyn-street, Saint James's; May 20, at two, and June 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lawrance, Plews, and Boyer, London. William Henry Elkington, brickmaker, Ki ng ' s H ea th, Worcestershire, M a y 22 and Juno 19, at ten, at the Bir mingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodgson, Birmingham. Gowen Clifford, builder, Strood, May 18, at twelve, and June 23, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers ; Ni c h o ll s and Doyle, Verulam-buildings, Gray's inn ; or Morgan, Maidstone. John Thomas Shayler, skin dyer, St. John-street-road Clerkenwell, May 18, at eleven, and Juno 21, at twelve at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee' Basinghall-street ; Fesenmeyer, Bedford•row. Josias Steer, builder, Plymouth, May 22 and J une 12 , at one, at the Exeter District Court. Flirtzell, official assignee, Exeter ; Edmonds and Sons, Plymouth ; Stogdon, Exeter. Joseph Green and Michael Green, boot and shoe manu facturers, Liverpool, May 25, and June 15, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liver pool; Dodge, Liverpool. George Crickmer, saddler and harness maker, Lowestoft, May 20, at twelve, and June 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Burkitt, London-wall. Richard Fairbour n , grocer, Preston, M a y 26 , an d J une 16, at twelve, at th e Manchester District Court. Herna man, official assignee, Manchester; Cooper and Sons, Man chester; Winstanley and Charnley, Preston. Richard Brevitt, ironmonger, Coventry, May 23, and June 15, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Dawes, Coventry, Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. J. Wood, Dover-road, Surrey, tea dealer—.T. Vincent, Macclesfield-street South, City-road, smith—A. U. B. Meakin, Red Cross-street, Cripplegate, ironmonger —J. Paterson, Green-street, Leicester-square, baker—T. G. F. Holt, Church-street, Newington, druggist—J. Knox, Harriett-place, Camberwell, commission agent —J . C. Roeder, Underwood-place, City-road, bak er —G. F . Whit e, Tyers-street, Lambeth, potato dealer—J. Crocker, Goodge street, Tottenham-court-road, and Chenies-mews, Bedford square, greengrocer—J. Taylor, Fish -street-hill, City, poulterer—W. Blundell, Hanover -cottages, St. John's wood, surgeon dentist—W. J. Hughes, Sloane-street, Chelsea, civil engineer —W. T. Plumb, Wellington -place, New Peckham, baker—E. Po yell, York-place, Portman square, wine merchant. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. Wm. Henry Dee, Cambridge, plumber-Ist div. of 2s. 7id., May 17, and subsequent Wednesday, at Edward's, Sambrook -court. George Mordey Mowbray, Hove, Sussex, builder-Ist (lir. of 25., May 17, and subsequent Wednesday, at Lee's, Moorgate-street. Joshua Greaves, Fish-street-hill, City, leather seller -sth and final div. o f 2d. , M ay 17, and subsequent Wed nesday, at Lee's, Moorgate-street. Wm. Richard Carter, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street, wine merchant—lst div. of Did., May 17, and subsequent Wednesday, at Lee's, Moorgate-street. Henry Purcell, Dudley, Worcestershire, hosier-Ist div. of 75., any Thursday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham. Henry Griffiths, Birmingham, tailor-Ist div. of 3s. 4id., any Thursday, at Whit more ' s, Birmingham. Howard James and Thomas James Rushall Mill s , Staffordshire, millers-I s t di v. of 2s. lid., any Thursday, at Whitmore's, Birmingham. John Todd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, distiller-Ist div. of 9jd., May 20, and any subsequent Saturday, at Wakley's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. John Tate, Darlington, Durham, iron merchant-Ist and final div. of ls. 3d., May 20, and any subsequent Saturday, at Wakley's, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. DIVIDENDS. June 5. T. W. Thame, Greenwich, ironmonger —June 5. W. F. Hart, Brighton and Worthing, Sussex, tailor —June 5. C. Druke, Garlick-hill, City, drysalter— June 5. J. Sivyer, Stratford, Essex, grocer- June 13. J. Frater, Manchester, brewer—June 6. W. Shuttle worth, Bradford, Yorkshire, snuff manufacturer. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting. June 5. H. Groom, Bray Mills, Berkshire, miller—June 2. J. Rogers, Orchard-street, Paddington, mason—June 6. J. Carter, Gloucester, scrivenor—June 3. J. Flint, Shef field, shoe manufacturer -June 5. E. Cottrill, Rodditch, Worcester, dealer —Jun e 2. T. G. Crofts, Leicester, draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Cooper and T. Blagg, Friday-street, Cheapside, warehousemen—W. Pulling and T. J. Pulling, Hereford, wine merchants —J. Jameson and T. G. Cant, Penrith, Cum berland, solicitors —R. Maplesdon and W. C. Inge, Wing ham, Kent, millers--A. Brearly and G. Swindin, Ingbirch worth and Thurlstone, Yorkshire, farmers—J. B. Cornforth, and J. Chantrey, Macclesfield, Cheshire, pawnbrokers—D. Wilcockson and I. Wilcockson, Preston Lancashire, tea dealers—A. L acey and G. F. Lacey, Nottingham, tailors— W. Johnson and T. Johnson, Rainhill, Lancashire, watch tool manufacturers— T. Grundy, T. Heywood, and J. Grundy, Preston, Lancashire, machicemakers, so far as regards T. Heywood—J. Rogerson and G. Hardey, New castle-upon-Tyne, innkeepers—W. Morris and T. Vincent, Birmingham, basket makers—W. Lynn and J. Gadsby, G-odinancliester, Huntingdonshire, sheep jobbers Wilson and S. J. Newman, Stratford, Middlesex, naptha manufacturers—W. Arkell and W. Jackson, Chelten ham' Gloucershire, coachmakers—J. Towers, J. C oa t on , and W. Lacey, Leicester, manufacturers of hosiery—S. Smith and J. Brooks, Burnley, Lancashire, cotton ma nufacturers—J. Bateman J. nice, E. Knight, and H. Schofield, Oxclose, Derbyshire, coal masters, so far as re gards J. Bateman—J. Nicholson and J. Raynor, jun., Kingston -upon-Hull, booksellers—J. Edden and R. D. Commans Bath, chemists—J. Humphris and D. Hum phris, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, builders—D. Lewis and M. Varndell, Slough, Buckinghamshire, chemists-- J. Stanley and T. Lambert, Longton, Staffordshire, manu facturers of earthenware—T. Brooks and T. H. Brooks, Bennet's-hill, Doctors'-commons, lace manufacturers—J. Bradbury and S. Bradbury, Longton, Staffordshire, malt sters—R. Reynolds and R. Naylor, Sunderland, wine mer chants—C. Jopp and J. Miller, jun., Edinburgh, civil engineers. _ SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. John William Deans, tea dealer, Edinburgh. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria, cap. $2, for the Week ending on Saturday the 6th day of May, 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issne.l ...• .... 25,874,730 t Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,874,730 Silver bullion ...... • • - £25,874,730 £25,874,7 :. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier, Dated the 11th day of Mayi, BANKING DE Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest 3,201,862 Public deposits tin chiding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,338,822 Other deposits ...... 10,683,531 Seven Day and other Bills.. •••• ~ ... . 1,164,631 431,949,846 Dated the I Ith day of May, 185 :PARTMENT. Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) .... 12,56i3,607 Other securities 14,749,4.0 Notes . • 3,90 ),430 Gold and silver coin .. 733,349 £31,949,846 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns m a de in the week ending the 9th day of May, 1854, is 245. Bd. per hundredweight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. RAILWAY TRAFFIC' IZETURIVS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WE EK. Miles opened, 1853. NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1853. BRITISH. Aberdeen .. Belfast and Ballymena .............. Belfast and County Down •• • • •• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... •• • • Ca1ed0nian............. .......... 3 Edinburgh and Glasgow •• •••• Chester and Holyhead.— • • .... •• •• Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. Dublin and Beliast Junction ........ Dublin and Drogheda...—. ......... Dublin and Kingstown .............. Dundee and Arbroath •• • • •• Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen • • •• • • • • East Anglian.. .. East Lancashire .. • • .......... •• •• • • Eastern Counties and Norfolk.... Eastern Union .. .. • • .. .. • • • • • • Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee-- Exeter and Credit0n........•• •• • • •• Furness Railway ... •• •• •• Glasgow, and South-Western.. •.., •• Great Northern and E. L..• • . • • •• •• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western ..... ......... Irish South Eastern ...• •• Lancaster and Carlisle .............. Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Leeds Northern Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport— • London and North Western ..... London and Blackwall.... .. London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. ........ Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction...... Maryport and Carlisle .... • Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklands • • .- • • ............ Newcastle and Carlisle.. •• .. • • North British .............. North Staffordshire ... ..... ........ North-Western Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury and Birmingham •• •• Shrewsbury and Chester Shropshire Union .• •• •• •• •4 •• •• •• South Devon•• .• •• ••• ••.• •• •• •• •• South Eastern— South Wales ...................... South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall •••• ............. Whitehaven Junction ............... York and Newcastle, and Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds 26% 85‘, 194 894 843 4 96% 20 64 6 16% 312% 171 283% 188 31916 254 90 260 lik b 534 1734 253► w 4983 i 126 £1,627 730 248 1,610 848 4,647 14,169 29% 3,886 186 288 1 4 162% 797 1,078 1,057 728 4,925 17,589 2,435 758 4,394 16,767 5,302 19,466 190 5,028 18,456 392 52,166 1,216 11,281 12,110 452 7,180 - 610 697 22,977 2,923 979 2,654 8,704 875 2,782 725 2,192 707 3,025 13,576 2,977 1,754 3,166 443% 577 240 FOREIGN. Dutch Rhenish • • .............. Lyons and Mediterranean .........; Montereau And Troyes •• ............ Namur and Liege .................. Northern of Prance •• . . Orleans and Central* .. Paris and Lyons .... •• •• •• Paris and Rouen. ...• • ............. Paris and Strasburgh ..........., Rouen and H tyre • • . Western of France • ... • • ... 27,223 991 6,069 885 1,566 23,876 24.38 Z 15,662 8,137 19,021 3,218 .5,525 810 5,315 • The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or• cans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE TO MARINERS. PORT OF SWINEMUNDE. BERLIN, April 29.—The hill situated near the village of Osternoshhafen, known by the name of " Siebenfichten berg," with seven large fir trees on its top, which appears to vessels arriving before the port of Swinemunde, from N.E. to N., and from N.W., in a distance of 2 to 2i leagues, and forms one of the marks of the port of Swine munde, is to be levelled in the course of the month of July of this year. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 12. ENTERED INWARDS.—Tho Harslelding, from Cadiz ; Bengalen, Rotterdam ; Edwin Fox, Calcutta and Cape of Good Hope ; Lina, Wolgast ; Dublin, Trinidad ; Penin sular, Cadiz; Seebloinston, Bandholm ; Owen Glendower, Bombay and Cannanore; Armas, Whampoa ; Patrician, Callao. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Berhampore, for Sydney; Sovereign of the Seas, Sydney; Jenny Lind, Mauritius ; Jacobin° Marie, Copenhagen ; Bristol Belle, Boston ; Agincourt and Windsor, Calcutta ; Fulmer, Alexandria ; St. Esprit, Geelong ; Bromleys and Florence, Barbadoes ; Land o' Cakes, Melbourne ; Cherusker, Syd ney, N.S.W. ; Forerunner, Africa. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Mercurius, for Sydney; Norfolk, Valparaiso; Equator, Dunkirk; Ren sina, Dantzic ; Mis s i onar y, H o b art T own ; Glaphyra, St. Kitts;' Pacific, Nassau ; Nestor, Portland Bay and Ma dras ; Vanguard, Bombay; American Eagle, New York. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Matilda Wattenback, from Liverpool to Melbourne, March 9, lat. 27 S , long. 31 W. The Atlantic (s.), from Liverpool, May 7, lat. 51 N., long. 27 W. The Thor (Russian barque), from Maulmain, April 19, lat. 41 N., long. 44 W. The Phallata, (ship), standing N.W., April 25,1 at. 46N., long. 42 W. The Lively (brig), bound W., April 28, lat. 50 N., long. 32 W. The Araminta (ship), May 2, lat. 43 N. long 13 W. The Lady Sale, f or Ri o J ane i ro, March 19, lat. 12 S , long. 33 W. The Tornado, from New York to Liverpool, April 20, lat. 40, long. 69. The Londerzylland, London to Rio Janeiro, lat. 1 N., long. 20 W. The Treasure, from Mauritius to- Falmouth, lat. 2 N., long. 21 W. The Golden Age (clipper), with emigrants, steering southward, lat. 3 N., long. 22 W. The Major W o lf, from Copenhagen to St. Thomas, lat. 25 N., long. 40 W. The Bombay (French baque), standing S., March 21, lat. 9 S., long. 26 W. The Favourite, from Buenos to Liverpool, April 26, lat. 38 N., long. 36 W. The New York Packet, April 30, lat. 45 N., long. 33 W. The A ctaeon (barque) and Telegraph (brig), same day. The Belmont, from Demerara to London, lat. 23 N., long. 61 W. _ _ the Frederick, from Manilla to Hamburg, Feb. 23, Ist, 30 S., long. 46 E. _ The Olinda, from Madras to London, Feb. 28, lat. 32 S., long. 34 E. Tho Bornea, from Mauritius to Greenock, March 28, lat. 2 S., long. 19 W. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam 11 134 Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 15% L.eghom ...... •••• •• .. 30 52% Rotterdam ...... 11 15% Genoa • • ........ 25 52% Antwerp .............. 25 17% Mila n ................ Brussels .............. 25 17% Venice ................ Elamburgh ............13 5 Naples •••••••• • • • • • • •• 41% Altona .......... • • .... 'Palerm o 1261,4 24 97% Messina .....• •... 126 .... Ditto, three months . • 25 30 'Lisbon .........• .• •• • • 53% Marseilles.. ••..• • • • .... 25 30 'Oporto 53% Bourdeaux .• •. • . 'Rio Janeiro ......• Frankfort-on-Maine .... 118% Buenos Ayres.... Berlin ••••••••• • • • • • • • 'Philadelphia York, 60 daysVerght Vienna ................13 44 'Philadelphia .......... Trieste ••••••••••• • • • •• 13 46 PRICES OF BULLION, FLR oz. Petersburgh...• ••• •• 34 Foreign Gold In Bars £3 17 9 Ma irid •• • ......... .. • . 50% Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Cadiz •••• • • .. 50% Mexican Dollars 0 5 1 ...• New Dollars Q 0 0 Seville •••••••• • • • • • • • • ver in bars 05 1% MURDER IN LIVE RPOOL —Another sad instance of death, resulting from the free use of the knife, occurred in Liverpool, about twelve o'clock on Thursday night, in Preston-stn.:et. It appears that a French seaman, named Kelly,_ who h as b een f or several years engaged in the American liners, was on the night in question at a pub lic-house in D ale-street, when an Italian seaman, named Hominato Ta bbachi Antonia, came into the house, in com pany with a fomale. He appeared to be in liquor, and commenced quarrelling with Kelly and some militiamen who were in. the house. Kelly, to avoid a quarrel, left the company when the Italian immediately- followed him, and s'Abbed him in the right breast, killing him on the spot. The weapon which gave the wound was a dagger manufactured at Sheffield, having a blade about four Inches, long and three-fourths of an inch wide, with a silver guard. On the blade is the following inscription : —" Never draw me without reason, nor sheathe me without honour." An inquest was held on the body before Phill p Finch Curry, Esq., and after hearing some evidence, ',Pas adjourped until this day (Saturday). ~~_. a , r t e . COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, ALLY 12. There was a good attendance of country millers sna dealers this morning, and a fair business done. Wheat ld to 2d per b us h e l, and flour 6d to 9d per barrel, dearer th an on Tuesday. No change remarked in Indian corn, oats, oatmeal, beans, or peas. WAKEFIELD—MAY 12. The arrival of wheat reported this week is larger than of late, and consists chiefly of foreign • of other grain t he supply is very short. Fi ne f res h wheat' generally cleared off at last week's rates. In barley little doing. Be an/1 steady. In oats and shelling no alteration. EXETER —MAY 12. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from lOs 01 to lOs 9d. Malting barley, 4s 9d to 5s Od ; grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. Oats,.3s 6d to 3s Sd. Beans, Os Od to 03 Od. Peas, 00s 0(1 to 00s Od. CATTLE.—Prime beef, lOs Gd per score ; cows and calve s ' 14/. to 171. ; butchers' ca l ves, 4A to 5 d per lb ., re aring calves OOs to Os each. Sh ee p, g6d to 7d. Lambs, 7;!. t Od per lb. Store hogs, l arge s i ze, OO s t o 00 s eac h ; 00. to 00s ; small, 00s to OOs. Rough fat, s,id per l b. Pork carcases from Os Od to lOs al per score. INVERNESS.—MAY 9. CORN. —Wheat, white, per qr., 748 Od to 76s Od. Ba,._" ley, chevalier, 33s Od t o 36 s 0,1 ; ditt o, common, 34 s Od w 35s id. Oats, 31s Od. to 378 Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 29s Od to 30s Od ditto second, 00s 04 to Os Od; barleymeal, 17s 04 to Os Od; peasemeal, 17s 04 to Os 04 ; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os 041 Ist flour, per 2801 b, 54s 04 to 56s Od ; 24 ditto, 47s Od tO 49s Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial 2s lvl to 3s Od ' • ditto second, Os 04 t o O s Od ; b ar l eymea l 15 Ot' to is 104 ; peasemeal, is 104 to Os Od ; Ist flour, 2s 94 cash; 3s Od credit; 24 ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—MAY 12. The alteration in the sugar duties has quite unsettled the market. The transactions since our last are limited to 5,00t' mats of Mauritius, 1,900 boxes yellow Havanna lo, and about 300 casks New Barbadoes, at prices which or° 6d to 9d per cent. against the importer. Refiners' produce sparingly dealt in. COAL MARK Prices of Coal per ton at t' CET.—Mer 12. ,he close of the market Wallsencl, &c. • 6. a.l Burnhope l6 6 Chester Main 18 0 Hasting's Hartley 2O 0 Holywell .lB 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 20 0 Longridge's Wst Hartley2o 3 Redheugh Main 16 0 Tanfield Moor lB 0 Tanfield Moor Butes 18 0 Walker Primrose l6 6 Willington Hartley 20 0, Wylam l9 3 s . d. Belmont 19 0 I Bmddyll . 20 0 I Eletton 2O 6 Kepier Grange 2O 0 Lam bton 20 0 Russell's Hetton 20 0 Stewart's 2O 6 Whitwell l9 0 Denison lB 6 Hough Hall 2O 0 South Hartlepool 2O 0 South Kelloe 20 0 Tees 2O D Whitworth lB 6 Pease's West 18 6 Cowpen 20 0 Derwentwater Hartley. 20 3 IGrey's West Hartley 29 0 'Hilda lB 3 1 Wallsend, &c. 15,665 4,356 20,293 3,012 934 4,706 17,553 6,413 21,359 274 5,992 18,511 417 54,410 1,472 11,946 13,472 480 7,012. 775 24,148 2,970 2,759 4,!53 682 2,213 15,425 4,399 1,487 3,384 28,060 1,279 7,482 1,457 1,981 28,300 31,215 13,142 7,929 21,628 3. , 06 5,813 Gosforth 18 9 Harton lB 6 Johnson lB 3 Bell's Primrose 16 6 1 Eden Main 19 61 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the malls are sent from the General Post-oflice y the night—and 24 by the morning—despatch.) Day when rn ade ui From wna. When COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port du., in Office, London.. Dispatched. England: America(bylirit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool .. Each 31on America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N, May 2 Liverpool... May 10 America (by U. States; packet) ........ ..NlApril 25.. .• Southampton Australia. (via South-1 ampton) ..........MlMay 4 ....• .... • Southampton May 29 Ditto (via Marseilles) NJMay 8 .. Dover .. June 4 Ditto (via tape of Good! Hope) .............N June 1.. Africa (West Coast) ..Nll3d of the month . Plymouth .. April 6 Alexandria ...•....... NlB, 9, 24, &30of in Dover „ 29 Alexandria.... ......3114th & 20th of mon. Southampton „ 29 Bahamas 31117th of the moat) Southampton May 1 Belgium Daily.— Dover ...... Daily Brazil ..M 9th of the month.. South a mpt on M a y 16 Buenos Ayre5..........M '9th of the month .. Southampton May 16 Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Cape of Good Hope , ,N 14th of the month. Southampton Cape de Verde 14th of the month ;Southampton March 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 7 14th of the month April 26 Channel Isles N • Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton Tu.Th.allt• M i.ld & 17th of month Southampton May 1 China (see India) Constantinople 1 7, 8,17,24,&27 ofm. Dover ...... !April 30 Constantinople 4tA & 20th of mon. Southampton 30 Cont. of Europe AI & N'To ice daily ...... D over ...... TWicedalli Egypt (see India) France ........ M & NlTwi ce daily —. Dover Twicedeli Gibraltar .... Ml 4, 7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton May 6 Greece (see India) Greytown .......... 33. 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton May 1 Hamburgh ay & Friday London ..... Havannah .......... 81,2nd o.f the month Southampton ,June 1 Holland Honduras 31 1 17th or the month Southampton May 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M,4th & 2 Oth of mon Plym uth .. May 20 India (via Marseliles)M Bth&24 th of month Dover ...... April 29 ' lonian Isles (see India).7, 17, &27 of mon D0ver...... „ 29 Ireland ........31 & N,Twice dlstily Holyhead .. Twiceclailf Li5b0n.............. Ml 7, 9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton May 16 Madeira ...... ......Ml9th of the month Southampton May 16 Madeira 23d of Luonth ..., Plymouth .. April 6 Malta (see India) Malta ..... ....... .N 7,17,19,217, 30 ofm. Dover April 29 Mauritiuse(see India) Mauritius 14th of tb e month! April 26 Mexico ... m 2nd of tht month. (Southampton June Naples . ,sthlsth2 5 thofmon.lDover IM ay 2 New Granada 3412 d & 17tit of monthlSouthampton ;May 1 New Zei1ank1........ ; _11;y priva ;42 ship lVarious port Uncertain Papal States .......:N l sthlsth2s thofmon IDover ay 2 Peninsula ..........,Mj7thl7th2B thotlnon ISouthampton May 6 Peru . ..... ......M Id & 57th of mon !Southampton Slay 1 Port Natal ...........Nll4th of tint month Plymouth Sicily sthlsth2st. tolmon,lDover ,May 2 Tuscany ~..... ..Nsthlsth2stl, oftnothlliover ....May 2 Venezuela „ ..31:2c1 & 17th ot 'Month Southampto n 'May 1 Van Diemen's Land , (see! Australia) .. . • • • West Indies ........... . 9i 2d& 17th ot monthiSouthamptonlMay 16 !Southampton 1 31" ay 16 * When any of these dates fall oat it Sunday, the mails will be despatched on the follow lug day, with the exception of the India via Southampton), ar.d the .15a'alta, both of which will be despatched the day preceding. ADVERTISEMENT.] HOLLOWAY 's PILLS FOR THI: CURE OF LIVER COMPLA INTS, INDIGL'STION, AND DISOR DERED STOMACH.—Mr. Richard Hayti& 'B, of her Majesty's Dockyard at Plymouth, for several y, ears had not bad the enjoyment of a day's good health, con. ltantly suffering from indigestion and liver complaint. 1:10 had the best medical advice from both army and navy surgeons, but the disease yielded not to their treatment, and various other remedies were tried with a like result. At last he began to use Holloway's pills, and this fine m'e'dicine has so strengthened the tone of his stomach and i o vigorated his constitution, that he is most perfectly curet. I, and en joys the best of health.—Sold by a ll d rugg i stEl , and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, 13trand London. MISERIES OF AN EMIGRANT SHIP.—The comet iittee on the subject of emigrant ships, appointed on the • mo tion of Mr. John O'Connell, have made their first re L t 'ort, comprising the evidence of several witnesses. One of them, Mr. D. Finch, gives an account, of which the.. fol lowing is a soimmary :—" I went from Liverpool' to Quebec last autermn in the Fingal, of the Blackwall she was lost coming back. We had 200 passengt out to America, and 1,100 tons of railway iron ; ship was only 90°0 tons register. Ten days after a ' 0 left the cholera broke ont, and we had thirty-sever deaths from it—l rather think forty-one. There was 1 , no medical man on b oard. The captain attended to the sick as well as he coold, upon the whole, but be did not consider himself liound to look after the health of the passengers, and h e refused, to my knowledge, to attend to passengers then they were in bad health.. I heard the sailors refuse to throw some bodies over board ; they were afrai d of touching them, and I consider they objected I)ecause they were not paid. In one case the body was not sewn up in canvas before it was thrown overboard ; the captain said, We are not bound to do it ; it is only according to courtesy.' Throughout the voyage, the passengers —men, women, and children, the sick an.ll the healthy—were all in. discriminately mixed together. I saw two or three in the same berth, and there w, sre seven who had no berth. There was no separation of the sexes, nothing to prevent their being together night or day. There were sixty or eighty young women on board . There was no steward ess. The boards of the berths were not sufficiently fixed, and after we had been about 10 days at sea, they were all broken down by the working of the vessel, owing to the cargo shifting ; they were not put up again. A great many lay or had their beds on the floor. There were two temporary water-closets, but they were soon down. First, the doors were knocked away, and there were no means of concealing the person there. They were for men and women indiscriminately ; there were no other water-closets. After they were destroyed there was a very bad smell below ; indeed, you could not stand below owing to want of cleanliness. I came back in an American ship which had permanent water-closets. Some of the provisions of the Fingal were not good, and we had not the proper quantity; sugar was served out in more cases than one with only eight ounces to the pound. In the last week of the voyage the allowance of water was only two quarts a day for three persons, though we made the voyage in three weeks less than the period the act requires - a ship to be provided for. The bread was deficient in quantity. We got no meat unlem we paid for it." B I I? T II S. OF• A SON. On the 10th inst., at North Audley-street, Grosvenor square, the wife of Dr. C. Steggall. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 11th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, tho Hon. Mrs. Proctor Beauchamp. MARRIED. On the 9th inst., at the parish church, Tring, Hods, the Rev. W. S. Reece, of Audenshaw, Lancashire, eldest son of Major W. Reece, H.E.1.C.5., to Maria Louisa, third daughter of Mr. Thomas Elliman, of Tring. DIED. On the Bth inst., W. Drake, Esq., Paymaster R.N., kW of tho Agamemnon. On the 10th inst., Hannah, -reli c t o f th e l a t e Augustus Gostling, Esq., LL.D., of Whitton Middlesex. On the 10th i ns t., at 28, Bruton-street, Harriet, widow of the late Right Hon. Charles Yorke. 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