The Sun. — London, England, 1854-03-18 00:00:00

- - : - wasproposed to convocation. Of the whole number of mem bers of convocation only about one-tenth part voted for this constitution. But that is not all. While the majority of the parliamentary constituency, so to call it, voted one way, the immense majority of the working body voted - the other way. Of the teaching body of the University of Oxford there were two to one against the petition which was recommended by the university (Hear, hear.) I ask, therefore, whether, under such circumstances—l say nothing no w Of the supremacy of Parliament—it would be rational that we should be such slaves of form, because one -tenth of the whole body met, and there were two to one who voted against a particular measure, as to regard that particular measure as being invested with the plenary authority of the university ? But this is not all. I con tend that the Government in making this proposal to Par liament are standing strictly upon historical and constitu tional ground, ,vith reference to the universities, and to take the opposite course, as my right hon. friend suggests, would be standing on ground altogether the reverse. What is the statute that is now in question ? It is one of three in - the university which are called the Caroline statutes. Now, thetiniversity . of Oxford under the governance of the Lau dian code, framed that statute by delegacy of the convoca tion, and, therefore, I take it as being the work of the uni versity itself. So framed, it received the sanction of the Crown. Well, if that was the case with this statute, no doubt you might fairly say that the precedent should be to let the university frame a statute, and the Crown give to it its sanction. N ow , i n th e case of the Caroline sta tut e, upon which the c ons tit u ti on ex i s t s, t h at was f ram ed u nd er the authority of the Crown, and accepted by the university; it was afterwards inserted in the Laudian code, but it owed h its origin to the G overnmen t o f th e coun t r y. That is point on which I stand ; and therefore I say it was the busi ness of the Government of the country not to considerthem selves precluded from dealing with the formation of such a statute. The other question to which I wish to advert, is a question which relates to what may be called the sanctity of property—the diversion of certain property connected with the colleges for the purposes of the university. The right honourable gentleman who has just sat down has applied to that operation the strong name of confiscation ; for he says he does not know another. But, however, he went on to limit the application of this term by saying that he did not mean to apply it to any case where you could trace any such purpose in the will of the founder. That would be quite a sufficient justification for the principle of this arrangement, because undoubtedly the most marked and specific cases which this bill has in view for the appli cation of college property to university purposes are cases where the founder has left most distinct indications of his intentions. These indications are very remarkable. In the case of Magdalene College the founder provided that there should be three lectureships established and paid, and that the lectures should be delivered for the benefit of the whole university; and that bequest remains, after 400 years, un fulfilled. In the case of Corpus the founder did exactly the same thing, and provided for the establishment of three lec tureships for the benefit of the whole university; but that be questhas remained until within the last few years unnoticed. At present the go vern lig body of that college, animated by the strongest desire for the reformation of the institution, al though entangled by the oath to which I have referred, yet, acting in conformity with the spirit of their statutes, have offered a munificent endowment for Latin professor ships. But there are other cases proceeding upon the same principle. There were applications from Christ Church to devote a portion of its funds for the establishment of chairs of divinity, which applications were based upon exactly the same principle. When the House of Commons had before it the Ecclesiastical Tithes and Revenues Bill, you exempted the chapters of Christ Church on the ground that it was not to be considered as a chapter, but as a por tion of the college. It was a portion.of the college, but you proceeded afterwards by Act of Parliament to appro priate certain of the canonries of that college for the sup port of chairs of theology. Why, sir, that is the very thing which this bill asks the house to do. There was no provision in that act for statutes, because statutes they had none, but there were college offices and canonries independently of any such obligations. That is the precedent and the principle upon which, on due cause shown, the Government ought to proceed. I do not say that anything rash or violent ought to be done upon this or any other ground, but it is vain to speak of confiscation as applicable to such a subject as the reasonable application of college property not for its exclu sive benefit, but for the benefit of the entire university, along with the college. There is a union of interest be tween the university and the college—au intimacy of rela tion and a mutual dependency between them, and therefore to use language of this kind in such a case is nothing but a perversion. It was prescribed by the founder of Corpus Christi in the sixteenth century that one chair should be :founded for the Latin and another for the Greek language. That was, s i r , b ecause t h e stu d y of Greek had just then emerged. And is it not fair to presume that the other founders —that 'William of Wykeham for instance, who lived a century and a half earlier—that if he had lived then, he would not hwe made equal provision for that study ? Is it fair that the dead loiter of the statute should in this way be aliowe 1 to hold good against the common sense bath of the Parliaments and the colleges of future ages? The right hon. gentleman has said that he is not aware whether the bill provides for the appointment of professors in the same way as is recommended in the .report of the commissioners. Sir, the right hon. gentle man will so soon have the bill in his hands that I pfer leaving him th en to discover wherein the bill and the re port differ, and wherein they agree, rather than that I should enter into any details upon that subject at present. Sir, the report of the commissioners is a document that has been drawn up with the greatest ability, and it has been of the greatest service to Government by a thorough and searching discussion of all those questions that are interest ing to the university. But, undoubtedly ; in considering the recommendations of that report, her Majesty's Govern ment felt it their duty to deal with the subject on their own authority and their own responsibility, and not upon the authority of that report. The right hon. gentleman appears to suppose that there is to be on the part of each of the colleges a fixed contribution of a fifth part of their reve nues, to be followed perhaps afterwards by a further contri bution of a fourth part. Sir, what is really proposed is as follows. Power is given to the different colleges to make of their own accord a contribution for university purposes, such as for endowing the chairs of professors, to an amount not exceeding a fifth part of their revenues. Therefore, it is not in the first instance at least a fifth part of their re ,venues, but such a sum as they may themselves deem re quisite. But if the colleges do not exercise these enabling powers to the satisfaction of the commissioners within a , certain time, then the commissioners are empowered to set, but not without limitations. They are not to act at all in the case of those colleges which have less than twenty fellowships. They are not to interfere in the TWO of all the poorer foundations, because it is thought it would be hardly fair to deal with them. When they do act, then they are to send under seal their reasons for imposing the burdens which they lay upon the colleges, and the grounds on which they are satisfied that these colleges can make a just provision without prejudice to the purposes contemplated by the founders of each college. Having done that, they then declare the amount of the fund which they require from each college, subject to the limitation referred to • but even then they l eave t o t h e d i fferent colleges the *ode in which they shall supply that fund ; and, lastly, in. the purposes for which these kinds are to be assigned, it is distinctly provided that the commissioners shall not ado so without assigning to each college a reasonable con trol over the regulation and managemant of the appoint ment. I think the right hon. gentleman will therefore admit that the regulation is not so unreasonable as he is now inclined to suppose. Certainly no one at Oxford has :said that it is unreasonable that the wealthy colleges should :make reasonable contribution to the needs of the univer sity. They complain that the contribution required by the Royal Commissioners is too much, as in the case of All Souls, where it was proposed that, out of forty fel lowships, twenty should be swallowed up for the founding of four professorships. To the unreasonable amount ob jection has been taken. But we do not propose so much the abstraction of property from the colleges, as that cer tain college officers should be appointed to discharge cer tain duties by means of the funds of the college , the benefits of whi c h w ill b e equa ll y open t o th em with' that of the whole university. Our purpose is quite consistent with the precedents that have been followed within the last few years in the case of the theological professorships ; _it is recommended by the reason of the case, and I cannot doubt it will be favourably received by the house. (Hear, hear.( Sir, having said much upon the independence of the university, and upon the abstraction of property from the colleges, I think it best to postpone any further re marks upon the bill itself till the second reading, and I shall only say further, that when the bill comes into the bands of hon. members they will perceive that in the first clause, which a p po i n t s t h e P arl i amentary commis sioners, the names of those commissioners who are left blank, as the Government thought that was the most proper form in which to bring the matter before the house in the first instance ; but if the bill should be read a second tirt,e, the names will be stated to the house before going indoo committee, and they will be inserted in committee. Mr. J. G. PHILLIMORE denounced the principles on - which the bill was founded, especially as regarded the in vasion of the rights of property, as borrowed from the days-- " When England's monarch once uncovered sat, And Bradshaw bullied in a broad brimmed hat." After a few words from Mr. NEWDEGATE, leave was Ewen to bring in the bill, which was sub sequen tl y b rought in, read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time Monday fortnight. Theo RIGHTS OF NEUTRALS. ,rder of the day for committee of ways and means havimg Deen moved, Mr. Cane sr -- -' O NI moved an address to her Majesty, praying her ....aj es t y to xnanding her give special instructions to the officers com l!lajesty's cruisers, in the event of war, to abstain f count e t r° 4 ltieterfenng with any neutral vessels, on ac that may h t ' aor property, not contraband of war, contained therein - and prayin her ' V i'.3 direct her Ittiuiste ' g lia i" I : rs to consider the policy of entev:in g Into treaty s ti puiati (um with the United States of An3'erica, m an m d e, an o y n foreign o t t h h e er te country willing to entertain the A ti, '''''ciPle that free ships sha:tl make free goo d s , an. he nentraa tl a • Mr. HORSFALL secon g d t i ve h neutrality t, a th e cargo , I w le motion . .., RUSSELL_ Lord J. could hardly expect the ho ur t t e he - fight hon, gentleman h as no w proposed. Hella s l a i d agree to the motion he before the house ; but, imp0....,_-_elany important saestions the hon. gentleman who - deo criaflt those questions are, has just sat (lov - in, has show n t a„ the motion, and who him tt e an. I can only insufficient, b'Jcause the erthj ect of T'3, document would be right hon. g P e Za e teering is omitted in the propo'sal of the right hon. friend say that w) . .. t ich my it is the, intention of the Goverer neet 4 o r:l before, that merely to refer t, th ' e a, B my right hon. friend sapposest ering tions, l eav i ng par ti es to make out fr om that 'r of na tione what their course may be—but it iti th e 4 7, t of .f. 'oho Government, who have been some time int ention these subjects, to advise her Majesty to issu e , i shape or other, a document which will declare the polio the the Government on those subjects. But I trust m y ll lon. fri en d an d t h e h on . mem ber for Liverpool will ri 6 se , .that a document of this kind requires very great care. (Hear, hear.) There are questions of principle, there are laestions of precedent, there are questions of policy, and there are questions of law, which are all involved in this 'question ; and not only on these questions, but amidst the -contending precedents and high authorities of former wars, the Course of the Government must be decided. The very wording of any document on this subject requires especial came- (Hear, hear.) Any mistake arising from the inpau- Cons style eny particular document might lead us into a misunderstanding with France, or with the United :States, or with the neutral nations of the north, that might be of the most serious consequence. Therefore I think we are not at all to blame for g iving the utmost care and de liberation t o t hi s subject. (Hear, hear.) Hostilities have not been yet entered into, and before they are entered into a declaration of the views and policy of her Majesty's Go- Lvernment will be made. That declaration cannot now be ong delay e d, and will be made as speedily a,s is possible, t jt_rust the h ouse w i ll not now call upon the members of the Government to explain, more especially in speeches in this house, the policy we she ll pursue under such very serious circumstances. (Hear, hear.) After a short discussion, in which Mr. Ricardo, Mr. T. i, ='l^~' r THE SUN, LONDON, SATURrAY EVENING, MARCH is. 1854. Baring, and Mr. Bright took part, the motion was with- into a committee of ways and means, Mr. William Patten drawn. presiding. THE CASE OF MR. STONOR. . THE INCOME TAX. Mr. G. H. MOORE said that the hon. gentleman the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the Under-Secretary for the Colonies was reported to have resolutions in reference of the income tax intended to carry made on the preceding day a statement with respect to the - i out the propos a l announce d i n hi s b u d ge t, t o i ncrease th e appointment of Mr. Stonor, which, in his (Mr. Moore s)income tax for the prese n t y ear by one -h a lf, an d t o c h arge opinion, ought not to be allowed to pass unnoticed. The the additional tax upon the first half of the year. hon. gentleman was reported to have stated that, " Mr. Mr. HUME proposed an amendment imposing an income Stonor had sent to the Colonial-office a packet of testimo- tax of sd. in the pound on all incomes amounting to 601. nials, amongst which was a printed paper, containing a and not exceeding 1501. per annum, with the addition of pa per by Mr. Stonor himself, relative to the fourth resolu- one moiety for th e p resen t y ear . Th e h on . mem b er ( w h o tion of the Sligo borough election committee, and that that was very indistinctly heard in consequence of the confusion letter had been added to the testimonials, but the package which pr eva il e d i n th e h ouse ) expresse d l e i s o pi n i on th a t passed unexamined by the clerk under whose hands it came the exemption now extended to incomes of less amount and by the hon. gentleman himself." Nuw, he (Mr. Moore) than 1001. per annum ought not to continue ; and that did not mean to insinuate any doubt that the hon. gentle- those who were urging the Government, by public meetings man had there stated what he believed to be the truth, and by addressee, to go to war, ought to be made to con but it appeared to him to be utterly impossible that the tribute their fair proportion of the expense. hon. gentleman could have stated the whole truth of the The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER was not sure case, because if there were nothing behind that statement, whether the resolution which his hon. fiiend had proposed it would, in fact, amount to this, that Mr. Stonor's testi- would carry into effect the object which he had in view. menials having escaped observation that gentleman had As he (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) read it, it been appointed to the office of a judge merely because he would indeed carry down the tax from incomes of 1001. a had written a letter to say that ho would like to be so year to incomes of 601. a-year and between 61. a year and appointed. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) Now, that was 1501. a-year it would raise it one-half, or from 5,1. to 7Li.; utterly impossible, and the public had a right to know but he thought it would leave the tax on incomes above on what ground and at whose recommendation the ap- 1501. precisely where it was at present, at 7d. in the pound. pointment had really been made. He believed he could So that incomes below 1501. would pay 76d. in the pound, show that that gentleman had been appointed through an and incomes above 1501. only 7d. (Hear, hear, and a laugh.) influence which was, unfortunately, very powerful with That, however, was not his hon. friend's meaning. His the Duke of Newcastle. He believed he had been ap- ; intention was fairly to raise the question whether the in pointed, not in spite of his corrupt practices, but because I come tax should be carried down to incomes of 601. a-year, of his corrupt practices. (Hear, hear, and laughter). He I and whether incomes between 60/. and 1001. should be believed he should be able to show that Mr. Stonor had I treated and taxed in the same way as incomes between been appointed to that office because he had handed over to 1001. and 1501. (Hear, hear.) That was a very important the hon. gentleman the member for Sligo (Mr. Sadleir), question—a question upon whi c h h e s h ou ld no t lik e, a t who had th en b een a j un i or L or d o f t h e T reasury, an ' this moment, to give a conclusive opinion; because, if influence which he had obtained in Sligo through the cor 1 we were really to look forward to a war, with respect rupt practices which, according to the report of a select I to which they all knew that, when it was once begun, committee of that house, he had pursued Under these no man could venture to predict anything of its extent circumstances, he (Mr. Moore) wished to give notice that or its duration—he should be reluctant to cut himself he would on a future evening move that a select committee off, or to cut off the house from any source of taxation be appointed to take into consideration the appointment not absolutely wrong in itself, however great might be of Mr. Stonor, he having been reported by a committee the difficulties connected with it. (Hear, hear.) At the of that house to have been guilty of bribery at the election same time, he must say he thought it impossible to for the borough of Sligo in the year 1852. overrate the difficulties attending such an extension of the Mr. HUME said h e th oug ht th e G overnmen t h a d gone income tax as was now pr o p ose d. (H ear .) It was not beyond what could h ave b een ex p ec t e d o f th em i n th at until last year th a t th e inc o me tax, generally spe a king, case. They had s t a t e d th a t a t th e ti me th ey h a d ma d e was levied at all upon persons living upon weekly wages ; that appointme n t th e y h a d no t b een aware o f th e c h arge for although there were persons a few in the receipt of against Mr. Ston or , an d th a t s i nce th ey h a d b een ac - such wages whoseincomes exceeded 1501. a-year, they were quainted with it they h a d d e t erm i ne d on cance lli ng th e most of them lodger s , an d if an y o f th em p a id, it was on l y appointment. one here and there. (H ea r.) Th e measure w h ic h th e G o - Mr. F. FRENCH f e lt as t on i s h e d a t w h a t h a d f a ll en f rom vernment took last year, of carryi n g d own th e i ncome t ax from a limit of 150/. a-year to a limit of 1001. a-year, was the hon. member for Montrose. Was that the mode in a measure of great importance and of great boldness ; but which an Under Secretary for the Colonies should perform it was also a measure of no inconsiderable difficulty. his duties? The question to be decided by the house did (Hear.) It had made it necessary for the commissioners, not relate solely to Mr. Stoner; they had also to consider and those who were concerned in the collection of the tax, whether a member of that house who had neglected his to deal rather extensively with the labouring classes, and duty and brought discredit on the Government to which he had already said the difficulty of dealing with the la he belonged should be suffered to continue in the office housing classes in a matter of this kind was immense. They which he held. (Laughter.) could only be got at through their employers or the occu- Mr. F. PEEL said that he would re-state the circum- piers of houses. He had no doubt that employers would stances under which Mr. Stoner had been appointed to a generallydischarge any duty which the legislature might im judgeship in the colony of Victoria. As he had said on the pose upon them, but this would be a task of so invidious a preceding day, that gentleman had addressed to the Colo- character that it would necessarily be unpalatable, and he nial Office an application for that appointment. He had should not like to impose it upon them without some accompanied his letter with a packet of testimonials, and strong necessity. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the occu that packet also contained a printed paper relative to piers of houses they would have great eifficulty, and even the resolution of the Sligo election committee. The letter where they succeeded, there would be strong objections on of application referred to the testimonials, but did not the part of the persons thus got at to pay the tax unless refer to the printed paper by which they were accompa- they could be quite sure it was levied with equality. Med. The letter stated that the testimonials had been (Hear.) It could not be levied with equality, because given to the writer by persons of the highest eminence in where one would pay, five or six would slip through their the profession of the law, by the Lord Chief Justice of the fingers. (Hear.) They had not yet collected half a year's Court of Queen's Bench, by Vice-Chancellor Stuart, and income tax under the altered state of things introduced last by other persons, not perh a p s so elevated as those, but year; let them at least see the effect of that great change still of high standing in the profession. It might have been before they ventured upon this. (Hear, hoar.) The utmost an omission (continued the hon. gentleman) on our part they expected from the extension of the tax then deter that we did not examine those testimonials for the purpose mined on was an addition to the existing resources of of verifying the statement of Mr. Stonor. It was an over- 250,0001. a year, end he was satisfied that the measure sight, I admit, it is to be regretted ; but some palliation now proposed would not produce so much, or nearly may, perhaps, be found far it in the laboriousness of that so much as that. He put it to his hon. friend whether office—(hear, hear)—and in the impossibility of always —considering all these circumstances —considering, also, guarding, by any amount of diligence and industry, every that persons in receipt of weekly wages were not approach which may lead to the occasional commission of those to whom it was most likely to be convenient error. (Cheers.) to pay a direct tax half-yearly—it was worth their while Mr. WHITESIDE said he was sure that the hon. gen- to introduce a new inquisition and new machinery, which tleman who had just explained his conduct had dealt with would make the law extremely odious and extremely the house in a spirit of perfect sincerity; but that matter onerous, and interfere with the liberty and the comforts of concerned the administration of justice, and he could assure large portions of their fellow-subjects, for the sake of so the hon. gentleman that, while he entertained the most small a result. He hoped the amendment would not be perfect respect for hint, he had. heard his speech of the pre- pressed. theday with great pa i n. Was he to understand that Mr. HUME was strongly convinced of the importance of he l members of a Government, who were pre-eminently making the burden which would be caused by this war fall distinguished for th e i r a d m i n i strative ability, when they as f ar as poss ibl e equally. He should l eave th e ques ti on ' came to consider the c l a i ms or the qualifications of an in- in the hands of the house, but should not be satisfied until dividual who . was to decide on questions of property, it had declared its opinion by a division. liberty, and life, never condescended to read the papers Mr. DISRAELI rose amid heel cries of "Divide." The which had been sent in to them relative to those claims or question was of too much importance to be disposed of qualification s ? (Hear, hear.) If th e no bl e d u k e a t th e after five minutes ' discussion, at 12 o'clock at night. He head of th e C o l on ial -office was so much engaged that he did not think they would do well, in the face of the coun could not perform that duty, could he not transfer it to try, to come to so hasty a decision. The hon. member the eminent and able person who represented the colonial would have an opportunity of renewing his proposition department in that house ? during the progress of the bill through the house if he Mr. BOWYER said he did not think that the hon. gee . should think it r i g ht t o d o so . (Hear, hear.) , tleinan the me m b er f or M ayo (M r. G . H. Moore) hail acted Mr. HUME had no objection to allow this stage to pass, fairly when he had referred to a conversation which had if it were understood that he should have that future op passed between hire and the hon. member. The statement portunity. (Hear, hear.) He had been anxious his made by him (Mr. Bowyer) in the course of that converse.- opinion should be known, and he hoped the house would tion had been purely a confidential one, and his only ob- not let the bill pass without coming to a decision on the ject had been to save his friend Mr. Stonor from the at- question. tacks of a gentleman of the great and practised ability of Mr. SPOONER objected to proceeding further with the hon. member for Mayo. For his part, while he ad- these important resolutions after twelve o'clock. He mitted that Mr. Stonor had committed an indiscretion, h e moved that the Chairman do report progress. did not beli eve th a t h e h a d b een guilty of the offence with The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the which he had been charged. He did not wish to make committee would come to a decision upon the amendment any attack on her Majesty's Government. He could of the hon. member for Montrose. state, on the authority of his hon. friend, that he owed Mr. DISRAELI observed, that there was another his appointment not to the influence of an ex-L or d of amendment upon the paper of very vast importance, and the Treasury, the member for Sligo, but to his reputa- in which many gentlemen took a deep interest, and it was tion, and the recommendations he had procured. He quite clear, therefore, that they could not ge t th roug h a ll was at the time i n rece i p t o f a cons i dera b le income, but he the resolutions that' evening. He would support the had now abandoned his profession, an d sailed for a co l on y . motion of the hon. member for Warwickshire. he was far from being iudependent, he had a mother and Sir G. GREY said that if the house was to divide at all, brother in delicate health depending on him, but he had the division should be upon the amendment of the hon. given up all his prospects in this country, believing that member for Montrose. her Majesty's Government were fully cognisant of the whole Mr. WALPOLE had intended to support the amend affair. (Hear, hear.) He had spoken to him (Mr. Bowyer) moot, but the argument of the Chancellor of the Exche uer was so cogent, that we should see the tax as it at pro of the generous manner in which the Government had q acted towards him—he said that they dill not take the sent stood in full operation before extending its area, that finding of the committee as binding, but had gone into he should now vote for the resolution. the evidence—(cheers)—and formed the opinion that the Mr. HUME acknowledging the force of that argument, decision was no bar to his employment under the Crown. withdrew his amendment. (Cries of " oh, oh" from the Like an honest man, he had brought th e case f u ll y b e f ore Opp os iti on b enc h es. ) them. (Hear, hear.) There never was a harder case to an The house then resumed ; the chairman reported pro individual. (Hear, hear.) This gentleman was totally gress, and asked leave to sit again on Monday. s ruined by the neglect o f th e Colonial Office. (Hear, SETTLEMENT AND REMOVAL BILL. hear.) It 1 was all very well f or a gen tl eman i n off i ce to say, "We have S made a mist a k e ;" but it beco mes a serious matter for the In reply to a question from Mr. HIV..sILEY, 2, individual affectd by the mi s t a k e . I n thi s case a gentle- Mr. G. BERKELEY s t a t e d th at t h e S ettlement and Re- 2; man and his family had been ruined, and he trusted the moved Bill would be postponed till Friday next. Sl house would take the merciful view, and consider that AN EXPLANATION. enough had been done to vindicate justice. Mr. SADLEIR—Sir, in the observations which I made Mr. G. H. MOORE wished to explain. A serious im- this evening I understand you were under the impression putation hail been made on him. But the statement to that I had made use of the word " lie." I ara extremely Q 7 him had been m a d e p u bli c l y i n th a t h ouse i n the presence anxious to state to you and to the house that I used no ''' ' of a larg e num b er o f mem b ers _ (" N o, no, " from Mr. such word in the observations which I addressed to the S t, Bowyer.) At the request of the hon. gentleman he ahem house. I was under the impression that in using the phrase 25 cloned his intentions, and when taunted by the Under " slander and libel" you might possibly conceive that I was , Secretary f or hi s w ithd rawa l , h e h a d stated the fact. not warranted in using the word “ slander," and therefore e '''' (Hear, and cries of "order.") I withdrew that word, confining myself to the word "libeL" 2 Mr. MALINS thought that the hon. member for Dun- But I assure you, sir, no amount of provocation would ever dalk had vindicated Mr. Stonor, but the question was no induce me in your presence, and in the presence of this longer confined to him, the Government were now before house, to use the word " lie." (Hear, hear.) the house. It appeared distinctly, from the admis- The SPEAKER expressed himself satisfied with the ex sion of the Under Secretary, that Mr. Stonor believed that planation of the hon. member. all the papers hail been read. It was a hard thing for The other or d ers were th en di spose d o f , an d t h e house him to be stig ma ti se d as a briber. If th e Government adjourned at twenty minutes past twelve. had done its duty the appointment would have been re ,.----- fused in the first instance ; Mr. Stoner would have devoted himself to his profession, in a few years alt recollection of this transaction would have perished, and he might have been appointed to office without a murmur. The injury to him was now irreparable. (Hear, hear.) After some observations from Mr. 0. STANLEY, Mr. I. BUTT referred to a debate last session, in which he had alluded to the fact that Mr, Stoner had actually bribed an alderman at Sligo. On that occasion several members of the Government took part, and on the division the name of Mr. Peel appeared as voting with the Govern ment, although he now alleged that he was not aware of the charge against Mr. Stonor. He fully believed that al legation as regarded the hen. gentleman, hut that debate was full notice s to the Government, which had notwith standing appointed him, and yet the moment attention was called to the subject, they recall him with as much haste as they had previously made his appointment. Mr. JOHN SADLEIR rose from the end of the second bench below the gangway on the Government silo of the house, and said—l shall not enter into a discussion as to what are the rights and privileges of the Governneant in dealing with any case; but the honourable an learned gentleman who has just spoken has thought mind the house that ele c t ion comm i ttees o per to obli gationro- of an oath, an d h as s i gn i f i ed b , 'act u p n r de p r the g a opinion that there is something highly improp er i n act;,n against the deelsion of such a committee, though carried only by a reafieerity of one. Now, I beg to remind the b'enourable genttemaa in answer to that observation, that ; et often happens the decisions of to foundn soc ebas ue;:t h io t e n a s ate af: i ' juries given upon oath, are, notwittntandiug, set aside by the judges of the leend. sto the conduct of the member for Mayo, who h',.5 in my absence, and without the slico n t e . t , me, endeavoured notice given te fecting MY tionour and character, I say it it most nwieati fable an". indefensible (Oh, and cheers.) cheers, and considerable uproar.). that w'nich I now tell him to his face, is a slander and a libel. - (Cries of "Order," The SPEAKER—The b.en. member for Sligo has irtade use of an unparliamentary expression. It is impessible for this house to lister' lo him. He must immediately retract it. Mr. `SADLEIR—I bow with the utmost respect, and at once retract the word slander, but r say that tbat which the merP2oer for Mayo has stated of me is a libel, for which ~ tlere is not a particle of foundation. (Loud cheers, and cries of "oh, oh.") The hon. member for Mayo having stated behind my back and in my absence that the appoint ment of Mr. Stonor was made at my instance, and as a reward Mr. MOORE--I never said anything of the kind. Mr. SADLEIR—I am not all surprrised at the retracts, tion by the honourable gentleman. (Laughter.) He is entitled to every indulgence at my hands, because I know he lives upon the circulation and invention of the most unfounded statements for political purposes. (Cheers and uproar.) The 'honourable member for Mayo is in the con stant habit of making statements without a single particle of evidence to sustain them—(increased confusion) — The SPEAKER— The honourable gentleman is again out of order. I really must request him to be more care ful. He must retract the expression which h e l as t use d . ' (Cheers f rom th e O pposition.) Mr. S ADLEIR—I retract the expression ; but I repeat that I am not at all surprised at finding the honourable nd,memberafteprr havingepar ed tmoossttadnedliubperiant deliberately s r p ee la ee ce ted i n on ni Parliament, ycon. merit of he i duct n a o n w d m y name, in the presence of many of the friends him to the_r Proof of the assertion, this flat and unqualified denial to the state of the given surround him, retract those reflections. (Cheers.) gentleman, aaendawhiaiiviehnghcehahlaleenngoewd thought now P oper so instantaneously to reßlitne withdr a w, I shall MO O R seat, Mr. mo oRE . (Loud cheers and counter cheers.) considerable ela immediately rose, and was received with plain what I resrr. He said, I must again beg to ex- Hayed that Mr. Stonor say. What I said was, that I be which he lately held ° i °r was appointed to the situation to the hon. gentleraann consequence of having tranferred of Sligo which h e ha t-posit° that i n t eres t i n th e b orough _ (Hear.) That was What was by corrupt practices. NEW CEIURC V II IN VICTORIA -STREET.—Axrangements men will allow that that aid, and I believe hon. gentle- have beensaid. (Hear.) made for the erection of a handsome church not say because I knew nothi n having made any application. (The member was • ster, the foundation terrupted at this point by loud crier hon. "order,"----: in- after Ea s ter. stone of which will be laid shortly s of and at The new church, which is to be erected once resume ; his coat.) , front the design;, of M • 0 • •' - ' '' . The queatien was then put• and carried ; and the is to be deche e t ' - t , . e Scott, of S'pring-gairl, , Speaker having left the chair, the house resolved itself the dstrictchurches eu to St. Margaret's RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mlles opened,l 1853. R 5% 189)i 891 4 94_34 3224 95 167 k 9% 28 498 37 78% 149 11182 N 162 M 77 574 183;4 53 443• 577 240 27i 22 25 50 10i 16i St., 812 s St. 26f 134 20 - 20 20 20 50 20 1, 39 :)30 I 5 (.1 I, fi 9 , i t ) I 5 r„4,;.1 ! Gt. 14,591 St. 3,8 15 9 9 2 St. 853 10 1,213 10 701 582 821 181 2 ° 851 50 9,177 . . 18,912 St. 2,i88 16 4,89- 0 St. 18,030 20 19033 $ 12) to 4 15,804 18,339 ; 50 1; 48,178 St. 1,193 st . 11,462 14,689 491 50 7,407 1.2 i 621 26.173 2,123 43 4,267 2,757 I 121 724 St. 1,864 ! St. 2.224 13.615 4,278 1,453 2,843 10 25 10 LO 17. all 10 1 17 all all 14 all 51s. 100 20 13§ 100 SHARE A.A.RKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH tAILWAYS. 100 RAILWAYS. 'Aberdeen Avabg Nottug. Bet, Clasing Prices yesterday. 21i - 2,24 - 4,1 and Eastn. Junct,. Belfast & Ballymei. Birming. Wolverlisc Stour Valley 4 . Birkenhd. Lancsh& Cheshire Juliet.... Do. Chesh. & Biii., £5O and £25 Col, Do., .£20.. Blyt a & Tyne origial £25 (issd. at £5) Bristol and Ezete„. Caledonian Chester & Holyilctd. Cork and &ludo._ Cork, Black, & Pgs. Cornwall Crieff Junction Dublin&BelfastJnc. Dundee Perth &Mr deen Junction.,,.,, Do. New. ...... ....... East Anglian.... Do., (£lB E & 11:... Eastern Counties.... Eastern Union, A 8 9 12 —lO diß 16 18 6; bsJj - 91 51 - M. 15 - 16 9 • 11 42 - 44 7i - 8 f6i ii Il i Stock Do., B. Stock...__ Do., New A East Lancashire __ Eb E ( din n b b u a d rg u b& pe G e l b as ie o . w .. Edin. Prth . & Duntee Forth & Clyde Jule. Glasgow & S. Westrn Great Northern Sk. Do., A. Stock ....... Do., B. Stock. Gt. Sth. &West.(l ) Great Western _ Irish South-Easten Lancaster & Carl.,le Do., Thirds 36 - 40 24- 26 6'J - 62 56 - 58 23 - 2.4 100 100 100 100 100 100 sod )j 79 bl 124 126 92 94 77 77? 90 93 12 13 t 114 12Ap G 3 63.-, 74 - - 7d 1.00 17!, 114 all all all Do. New Thirds..; , Lancash.andYorksh. Do., Fifths ID 3., Wst. Riding Un 'Leeds Northern 121 - 13 Liv.Crsby.&Soutlipt 'Loudon & Blaeloval Lund. Tilb. & Sthend. Lund. Bright & S.Cst, Loud. and N. Weatu Do. Fifths 8 84 par p 99 100 00 IW.,' d par par - 4 I d 78 80 11 10 A 9 d Do.lol. Sh., Do. Eighths Londonand.S. Westli Do., £5O Do., £4O Lutludrry& Colt:rain, Lndudrry. & Euuisk. Do., Man. &Liu. Uu Nlidland MINES. 1 all ,kg-ua Fria 'l4 —2k P 1 all A.nglo Austria. GA% d (1 10s. 11 A.nglo Californian — 1 p 10 2 kustralasiau 1 1 d 20 6 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera k 4 i t 1 all Australian Freehold 1 all Ave Maria 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blaenarvou Ir. & Coal 9 —ll 1 all aritish Austrin. Gold > a d 20 13.5 British Iron 35 241 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pia 4 5 30 all Do. Cocacs & Cuiada 1 —2/ 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 32 —34 321 1 3 Carson's Creek . k d 1 4 Clarendon Con. Min Co. of Jamaica . 40 all Cobre Copper 4l. 43 5 1 Colonial Gold k 11, p ... 15 Copiapo St. all Copper Mai. of Lug. 55 65 25 all Do. Prof: 74 p. cent. 3 5 p 5 all English and Austria, Copper Sineltg.Co. 11 20 all General 2 all Great Nugget Vein — 2 all Do. Registered 3 all Great Polgooth 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 1 all Lond.&,Californ.Goli; Quartz Crush. Co. 1 all Niariquita 10 9 )lexican&S.Amerieti. 5 1 all New Granada — 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co .,. 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1 4 20 all Pontgibaml Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 15 17 5 1 Port Philip d 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all ithymney Iron 15 15 Do. New 8 —lO 30 10i Santiago de Cuba 3 4 31 1 all south Australian 1 —1 d 10 7 Fin Croft 3l 284 all United Mexican 2l 3j 1 all Waller — j d 1 all %West Granada 4 d 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba A JOINT-STOCK BAN Kb 40 all Illstr.Llasia 79 81 80 791 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company ... 50 all British N. Ainerieai 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 11 OAd 20 Bilk. of India. Australia, & China 1# ld 1.00 25 , tolonial — 100 20 tommereial of Loud — 20 10 7;liaglisli Scottish am; Australian 3i 3d 20 15 wild. Chart. Bk. o! Australia ll 111 50 20 ,ondon and County.. .. 50 10 ;.oudon Joint stock.. 2113 1.00 20 Loud. & Westminster 100 35 National Provincial of England..,.. — 20 10 Do. New — . . 50 22 %rational of Ireland. .. 20 all New South Wales 39 —4l 25 all iriental Bank of Corporation 461 471' 25 5 )o. New . 100 25 i'rovineial of Ireland 10 all 'Jo. New . 5 1 ;loyal Auetraln.Bkg & Gold Imp Co — 25 .al loath Australia 4O 42 401 25 all iJnion of Australia.. 67 2.: Do. New 7 71 50 10 ijnion of London — 'LI - 22 59,E -59 i 33 - 34 Do. Birning. & Derby Ntidld. G. West.(lr?-.) Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newmarket ... - . Do. , Bury Extension. Nwpt.Abcrg. & firfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk . 4 d pal 2 2 6 - 8 46 - 48 3il 3233 4 S 10 Northn.Counties North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 4 A Deferred Do., 3 B Guaranteed North London - ly tji - 52 - 55 4 -iP i'Do. New £lO 'N.&S.Wstrn.,Hamp ' stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western It. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester...... OA - 74 - 71 Oxford, Worcester, Wolverhampton Portsmouth 31 - 33 !/ 2N .00 .00 .00 .00 Scottish Central IScottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi r mg. Do. L. & N, Western Guaranteed St ct.k Shrewsby. & Beret Shrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Miu ; Do. Halves, z 6. Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D, full paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales 83 90 54 - sti 58 - 60 55 60 3 2 d 15 -- 161 84 116 126 34 3ad 13 15 63 63 34 35 3 1d 4 '2.. - Si - 15. E 15i - 5 24 - 26 5 - 6 ••• --- ... 6 - 7 66 67 8 8 44 4 d 47 - - 48 'E SHARES. 98 = iiio 6 - 6i 3i- 34 4 - - P 1 -- 1 p P 134 --13ixd 22i 234 —d - 3i ! .:= 114 104 —lo6xd 10xd -- fSixd l xd 6i -- 7 96 -- 98 90 05 91 -- 93 Id -- Business done this day. 3 - 137 22,i 91 54 31 904 89i 121 77 g I 914 PP lf 624 323 „ 13 121 ••• ..... ..:-. .. ... .. Si 99 Si-N IA -4 94 xd gi adi 1 78. ./2, 6 't 0 10 par 4pxd 2I 5) R sa 58 9 JP .•. ••• - 1.3‘ -,136 it • ad x d 4 4 • 1, xdl iGO - 102 - THE LONDON GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT, fl 51 66} 1.12 47 6i . _ 9 A.DMIRALTY, MARCH. 9. 113 x a 135 4 xd 10 16 i -- -- 17 11 -- 13 #d 41 234 -- 24 100 -- 102 17 -- 19 2 id , 93xd 4 1 id The Right Honourable Bertram Arthur Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, to be Vice-Admiral of the county of Chester. dit ad 101 'too d ADMIRALTY, MARCH 9. The Right Honourable Charles Anderson Worsley Anderson-Pelham, Earl of Yarborough, to be Vice-Admi ral of the county of Lincoln. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 16. The Queen has been pleased to appoi , it Cornelius Kurt right, Esq., to be President and Senior M em b er o f th e Council of the Virgin Islands. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, LutcH 17. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty Consul General at Havannab, enclosing copy of a transla tion of a decree of the Cuban Government, extending the privileges of exemption from tonnage and other dues to vessels bringing coals to the ports of Cuba, a copy of which decree is hereunto subjoined. (Copy.) vice Hurst, resigned, March 10 ; William Davidson, Wee den, Gent., to be Ensign, March 9. Artillery Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia—Henry Percy Anderson, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 9. Ist or Royal East Middlesex Regiment of Mill tia—Jas. Ross, Gent., to be Ensign; Frederick Barnes, Gent., to be Ensign, March 9. 2d or Edmonton Royal Rifle Regiment of Middlesex Militia—Wm. Coutts, Viscount Bury, late of Scots Fusi lier Gnards and 43d Light Infantry, to be Captain, vice Griffiths, promoted, March 9. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Egbert Pell Vardon, Gent., to he Lieutenant; W. Mathew Dunbar, Gent., to be Ensign, March 9. sth or Royal Elthorne Light Infantry Regiment of Mid dlesex Militia—Albert William Murray, Esq., late Cap tain Royal Trinidad Battalion, to be Captain; Frederick William Woodall, Gent., to be Lieutenant, March 9. 2d Cornwall Rifles Militia—James Campbell, Gent., late Second Lieutenant Huntingdon Militia, to be Second Lieutenant, March 11. The Essex Rifles—Samuel George Lavin, Gent., to be First Lieutenant, March 9. West Essex Militia—Edward Brett, Gent., to be Lieu tenant, March 11. West Essex Yeomanry Cavalry—George Palmer, junior, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Cornet John Bramston to be Lieutenant, March 11. The Queen's Own Worcestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—Captain Robert Clive to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Lord Ward, promoted, March 10. Ayrshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry William Lang, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Charles Vereker Hamilton Campbell, promoted, 13th March. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the following gen tlemen to be Commissioners for administering oaths in the High Court of Chancery : Charles Blake, Fleet-street. Mark Shepliard, Clifford's-inn. Samuel Denton, Gray's-inn-square. Richard Hart, Whitefriars, City. George Martin Frankham, Moorgate. street. Madgwick Spicer Davidson, Spring-gardens. George Cornelius Stigant, Portsea. George Blake, Carlton-chambers, Regent-street. Mark Henry Gregory, Wax Chandlers'-hall, Gresham stre t West, City. James Thomas Cookney, Lamb's Conduit-place, Found ling Hospital. John Rogersjermyn-street, St. James's. Charles Wilkinson, - Kendal. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Thomas Gately, iron merchant, Derby. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Colyer, licensed victualler, High Holborn, to surrender, March 28, at twelve, and April 27, at ha'f-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Martineau and Reid, Rayttiond buildings, Gray's-inn. William Duncan, grocer, Kingston-upon-Hull, April 5, and May 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Car rick, official assignee, Hull ; Richardson and Lee, Kings ton-upon-Hull. James Hughes, coal merchant, Birkenhead, March 30, and April 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Hough, Carlisle. Mary Parkes, printer, Golden-square, April 4, at one, and May 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Leo, official assignee, Moorgate-street ; Cole, Tokeuhouse-yard. James Shannon, linen-draper, Liverpool. March 29 and April 19, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Caze nove, official assignee, Liverpool ; Bretherton, Liverpool. James Matthias, linendraper, Swansea, March 29 and April 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Leman and Humphreys, Bristol. Charles Ferguson, draper, Hitchin, March 24, and April 28, at one, at the Court of Boukruptcy. Whitmore, offi cial assignee, Basinghall-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, Aldermanbury ; Longmore, Sworder, and Longmore, Hert ford. John Driscoll, potatoe merchant, Cardiff, March 29, and April 26, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Bird, Cardiff. John Synamons, cut nail and shoe heel manufacturer, Bristol, March 30, and April 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Crosby, Bristol. William Jones, slater and plasterer, Liverpool, March 30 and April 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Conway, Liverpool. William Forbes, stationer and bookbinder, Birmingham, April 5 and 26, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham ; Hodg son, Birmingham. John Frater, brewer, Manchester, March 28, and April 20, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Pott, official assignee, Manchester; Richardson, Bolton-le-Moors; Cobbett and Wheeler, Manchester. Thomas Burrowes Moss, tea and colonial dealer, 12, Little Tower street, City, 24th March and 28th April, at half-past twelve, at tile Court of Bankruptcy. Cannan, official assignee, Aldermanbary ; Moss, Queen-street, Cheapside. John Hunter, tape and lace manufacturer, Fazely, Staf ford, April Ist and 29th, at ten, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court; Bittleson, official assignee; Hodgson, Birming ham. Yrksh. & Riv. Din Do 3tainos,Wok.. &Wok l Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl rafr Vale . Do. £lO shares.. Do. Pref., No. 1..... Thames Haven Dock, and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny) Waterford&Limeriek I I West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London. Wimbledn&Croydon I YorkNewetl.Btßerw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland... PREFERENC: 100 Iberdeen LOO Do. No. 2, 7 p. c 30 Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issd. at 50/) 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 64 Cork &Bandonsip.e all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction all EastAnglian (310 s) 6 per cent all Do. (.£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (7 17s) 7p. c all Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 P.C. No. 1 all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent all Do. 51., 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh -100 East Lancash. 6p, cts. all East and West York shire June. Pref... all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 54 per cent. ....... i4Fi .100 .UlasgoW,WVstern Guar. 5 per MIL 100 Treat Nortlin. sp. c, 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 c: prem... 10 Do. 41 p. c. 6 ilt. N. of Scot. ISt Pref' all Clt; SOutian. &Westin. (Ii el.indy 4 Do. 4 poi c. Pref. Sh. 6 Gt. WeStn. (Berks & Hants E 3. p. c)... 100 Do. cov. red: 4i p. c , 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c.... 6 Lan, Kt Yorki F. X2O 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stoeit 13 Leeds N. 6p. c• No.l 9 Do. Quarters, 1848... 100 London andAighton Guaranteed 5 p. 1.00 IDo. Pref., 5.p. c. St. all Do. Convertible, sp. , • ).852. . . .. +9 ..... . 100 DO. NOW °,' 100 Lon. &N. W., C ot. & Nuneaton „ 5 G0,nd011,4 S.Weriternt Con. . all ILondonderry& Coler: Shalies all Londy. Pank Sh all i Shares, No. 1. all Do. New, £lO .. 4i Do. £6 all Nfaxypt .St Carl; 4p.c all Do. 4,3 r tifb 'em2t' 104 Do 100 Nrid, C9A501,6 p,e.St 1.00 Do, ooolol.llrVol &I tine: 6 rer cult .„ 5 Do. Pref. 43 per cent 6 Norfolk Dehent* 100 Do. Pref. 4 p. 0. Stock 1.00 Do. sp. c. Eit,,,: [OO Do. Soper ct. Pref 100 I Do. Way., Val, 5 p. c 00 North British all with StaffordOire 1 'lOO Oxford Worcester, & Wolverh.Xls,6p.c 15 Do all Scot. Cent., NeW Pre; all ShreWs. a Birii.NA all Slinl';:thy. I , l i,- • CLer:td! (Nor.W.Min), 8 p. c. 10 Do. 5 per cent.. all South Doyen 14 Do. fixed,4 per get&, all S. Eastern (lieading Aun.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 41pei cent. all S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cent. 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle. pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856, 3 Watcrfd.&Kilk.6p.c. 00 York, Newcastle,and Berwiet ,4 p.c. Prof.] 5 ,),, St. St. St. io I trok . ' '''''' and S. Purch„... (Translation.) _ . His Excellency, the Governor Captain-General and Delegated Superintendent of the Royal Revenues of this Island, has thought it convenient to announce to tho pub lic, for their information, that by Royal Order of the 24th December last, her Majesty was pleased to determine as follows : Ist. That the vessels which enter the ports of this Island laden with coals in quantity equal to, or greater than, the measurement expressea in their certificates of registry, shall continue to enjoy the exemptions which have been conceded to them, even if they should bring other cargo besides. 2d. That the vessel® importing coals only, bat in less quantity than their measurement, shall only be end' led to be relieved for the part occupied by the coal, and be subjected for the difference to the full payment of the tonnage, although with the enjoyment of the other exemptions. 3d. Th ,t the vessels which, besides coals in quantity equal to their measurement, bring other cargo, in what ever quantity, are in the same classification as to the ton nage duty, but are subject to the payment of the clearing the harbour (ponton), health visits, registries, and the rest col - responding. 4th and last. That the vessels which, upon their dis charge of coal, show a proportion less by 20 per cent. than the quantity upon the manifest or the certificate of the respective consul, shall lose their right to all favour and be subjected to what is the rule generally for other vessels of trade ; it being the pleasure of her Majesty that the pe riod for such exemptions is to be understood for one y to be counted from the date of this announcement, within which term they shall mark its effects, in order that, with a thorough knowledge theref, in duo time may be either definitely confirmed or revoked, as it, may be found con venient —Havannah, 9th February, 1854. (Signed) MAaUEL DE CARBAJAL, Secretary. WAR-OFFICE, MARCEI 17. 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—William George Stewart, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Dick, pro moted, March 17. sth Dragoon Guards—Henry Hird Hay, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchas e , v i ce Godman, promoted, March 17. Bth Light Dragoons—Regimental Serjeant-Major Henry Fletcher Lane to be Quartermaster, vice Landers, who re tires upon half-pay, March 17. 10th Light Dragoons—Augustus Alf re d d e B our b e l , Gent., to be Corn e t, by purchase, vice Clark, promoted, March 17. 13th Light Dragoons—John Dearden, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice King, promoted, March 17. Ist or Grenalier Regiment of Foot Guards.—The Hon. John Constantine Stanley to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Crofton, appointed to the 7th Foot, March 17. Scots Fusilier Guards- -Ensign Archibald Cain bell Camp bell, from the 79th Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Mostyn, promoted, March 17. 7th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Mitchell Jones, from the 00th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, ♦ice Palmer, who retires, March 17. 19th Foot—Ensign Ambrose Marshall Cardew to be Ad jutant, vice Barrett, who resigns the Adjutancy only, kfarch 21 s i Foot—Godfrey Wentworth Beaumont, Gent., to be Second Lieu,`,Nant, by purchase, vice, Haddock, who re tires, March 17. 22d Foot—Ensign Thoalas Newton Young (Adjutant) to be Lieutenant, without purchafe, vice Baldwin, deceased, Jan. a 23d F'ociff- , -.Major Henry Wm. Banbury, fitful half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, vice Frederick J. Phillot4 who exchanges ; George &option Butler, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Clarke, promoted; Serjeant- Major Joseph Aston, to be Qnarier-vesster, vice Charles Grant, who retires upon half-pay, Marcb 17. 26th Foot—George Edmund Phipps Treat, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hayne, who retires, March 17. 30th Foot—Lieutenant Campbell Barber Browne, from 84th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tongue, promoted, with out purchase, to au Unattached Company, March 17. 47th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Roper to be Adjutant, vice Pilkington, who resigns the Adj utantcy only, March 17. GOth Foot—James Hare, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice H. M. Jones, promoted in the 7th Foot, March 17. 68th Foot—Ensign Herbert Vaughan, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice W. F. W. Garfortb, who retires ' • James Marshall, Gent., to be E ns i gn , b y purc h ase , v i c e Vaughan, March 17. Maejcltehan,Fote Lieutenant o t— becmptn, anbypcl purchase, vice John Lindsay icei.arker,who retires ) March 17. 79th Foot—John Macdonald Leith, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchato, vi ce A rc hib a ld Campbell Campbell, pro moted in the S c at s F us ili er G uar d s, M arc h 17 . 86th Foot—Quarterm as t er -S er j ean t Henry H ammon d, to be Qu ar t ermas t er, v i ce J osep h J erome, w h o re ti res upon half-pay, M arc h 17 . c4lB t Foot—Ensign Al exan d er Cunningham Bruce to be Lientehani, .by purchase, vice Norman, who retires ; heir q Ed v v a ,MG4 as g t o h o E ns i gn, by purchase, vice brat,;, !_4.rel:3.' 17: 98th Foot -Iwo William Lewis Devenish Zeal*" to be Lieutenant, by purcliat , e ) Alarch 17. Plfle, Brigade—Lieutenant John Thomas Cochrane, from rdiro's,itei 735.1 Foot, to be First _Lieutenant, vice Peter Macdonald, Vibuibted, without purchase, to an Un attached Company ; Bedcitid Lieutenant Henry Gore Lindsay to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Coch rane, who retires ; William Norris, Gout., to be Second lActicint+nt, by purchase, vice Lindsay, March 17. 3d West India Regiment—Andrew George Onslow, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goble, promoted, March 17. ADMIRALTY, MARcia 14. _ . Coro of Royal Marines—Lieut.-Colonel David M'Adain to be Colonel Second Co mmandant, vice Giles , Mired on f u ll-p a y ; Brevet-Major Samuel Hawkins to be Lieut.- Co a lon ns Leonard vice M'Adam, promoted ; First Lieut. H enr y Bt eonard to be Captain, vice Hawkins, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Francis Edward Halliday to be First Lieutenant, vice Leonard, promot ed. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD LIEUTENANTS. Tower H a inlets—Henry Morceron, Esq., to ba Deputy- Lieutenant, March in.. Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment —At thur Delgrano Swift, Gent., to be Ensign, Mar c h 4. Leicestershire Militia—Henry Thomas, Esq., to be Cap- tain ; George Walker, Gent., to he Eosign, F e b. 25. Royal Flintshire Militia—Frederi c k Poilips, Esq., to be First Light Infantry Battalion of the Royal Sussex Militia— Captain the Hon. Henry Edward Hall Gage to be Major, INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. R. Broad, Portland-place, Kensington, grocer—N. G. Mu'sabini, Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, literary and political writer—R. Peyton, Pilgrim-street, Ludgate-hill, shoemaker—A. kluirhead, Stacey-street, Stepney, locker in her Majesty's Customs in the port of London—H. •-1. Peach, Selslev-place, Chelsea, clerk to a s _.rveyor—T. R. Davey, Brick-lane, Bethnal-green, carpenter—T. Tyne, Archer-street, Kensington, builder—W. Rutson. sen., Chipperfield-coinmon, Hertfordshire, linendraper —J. Bart lett, Belvidere, Bethnal-green,distraining broker—T. Boyle, Walbrook, City, manager to the Patent Day Light Reflector Co.—Ann Williams, Pall-mall, la , ly's maid-. -T. Ray mond Bishops, Paddington, auctioneers—R. Swift, Emma place, Commercial-road East, engineer—E. Flannigan, Mo lyneux-street, Edgware-road, lodging-house keeper—R. Wardell, Warwick..t.r...3t, Pimlico. director of Vauxhall gardens—E. H. Plummer. Grange-road, Bermondsey, com mission agent—T. Packer, Blackman-street, Newington, photogr iphic artist—R. Meikleham. Park-cottages, Ham mersmith, draughtsman—C. Fisk, Angel-row, Hammer smith, cheesemonger—G. Berry, Battersea, Surrey, baker —J. B. Cash, Cannon-street, St. George's-in-the-East, beer shop keeper—Harriett Hill, Charlotte-street, Islington, lodging-house keeper—T. Tarrant, South-street, Lambeth, ironmonger. DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS William Richardson, Lombard-street, City, merchant -Ist div. of 2s. 2d., March 23, and three subsequent Thurs days, at Stansfeld's, Basinghall street. Henry Bolt, Birmingham, silversmith-Ist div. of 3d., any Thursday, at Christie's, Birmingham. William Tomlinson, Manchester, publican-Ist and final div. of 4s. 41., March 21, and any subsequent Tuesday, at Flernaman's, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. April 10. T. Corby, Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico, builder —Aprillo. L. S. Butler, Ludgate-hill.Citv,and No. 8 Wharf, City-road Basin, stationer—April 8. T. K. Clay,lronmongsr lane, City, woollen warehouseman—April 10. H. Braun, Old Fish-street-hill, City, importer of foreign glass—April 7. G. Franks, Blackfriars-road, surgeon—April 7. H. Parry and J. Underwood, Change-alley, City, bill brokers —April 7. H Parry, Change-alley, City, bill broker — April 7. G. Luckin, High Holborn, boot maker—April 7. J. Robins, London-wall, City, carrier, April 7. J. Stevens, Aljchurch-lane, City, merchant—April 7. W. Pearce, Southborough, Kent—April 11. R. Spenceley and J. M. Spenceley, Wapping and Rotherhithe, sail makers—April 13. J. Sadler, Vere-street, Clare-market, tallow chandler—April 11. H. Allen, Bristol, chemist-- April 6. B. Fishher, Gloucester, currier, April 8. H. Clarke, Sheffield, builder—April 13. H. Griffiths, Birmingham, tailor—Aprill3. H. James and T. James, Rushall, Stafford shire, millers AprillB. G. Bennett, Birmingham, licensed victualler— April 7. A. Love and C. Keys, Liverpool, look ing glass manufacturers—April 7. A. Love, Liverpool, looking glass manufacturer. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. April 7. John Smith and James Smith, Brighton, and King street, City, stationers—April 7. H. Green, Stoke by Nayland, Stiff° k, baker —April 8. J. Hodges and J. F. Hodges, New Bond-street, hosiLrs—April 7. W. Charl ton, Basingtoke, Hampshire, grocer—April 19. H. Allen, Bristol, chemist—April 10. W. Hesketh, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton manufacturer—April 10. J. M'Colm, Manchester, waste dealer—April 8. R. Milner, Doncaster, Yorkshire, hatter—April 26. J. Osborne, Kidderminster, tailor. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Dickson, C. M`Keuzie and G. Knox, Wellington, Shropshire, railway contractors, so far as regards C. 111`Kenzie—J. Dickson and C. M`Kellington, Shropshire, railway contractors—W. Horsfall, W. C. Beet, and J. S. Beet, Sheffield, pawnbrokers—J. Rostern and T. Holling woith, Manchester, Radcliffe, and Haslingden, Lanca shire, gingham manufacturers—Hannah Shaw, J. Shaw, Thomas Shaw, and Timothy Shaw, Berry Brow, York shire, grocers, so far as regards Hannah Shaw and Timothy Shaw—J. Pegg and S. Simmons, Nottingham, brass and iron founders—W. Ullathorne, 0. Long-toff, sen., 0. Langstaff, jun., and G. H. Ullathorne, Gate-street, Lincoln's inn -fields; Barnard Castle, Durham - and Start forth, Yorkshire, flax spinners, so far 'as regards 0. Long staff sen.—Ann Cangsford and Mary Langsford, Exete r , milliners—C. Coe, J. Paine, and W. Bowden, Manch- , star, woollen merchants ' so far as regards C. Coe—J. S. Finch, J. Litigate, and A. Munro, West-street, West Smithfield —C. Hallam and J. Spikes, Birmingham, grocers—M. B. Robson and J. Crondace, Sunderland, general merchants —J. Deaville and T. H. Baddeley, Hanley, Stafford shire, earthenware manufacturers —T. Thorne, sen., and T. Thorne, jun., Bristol, coal merchants Mary Perry and Jane Blood, Wolverhampton, Staf fordshire, schoolmistress —J. Scott, St. Swithin's lane, City, and L. F. Edwards, Southampton -build ings, attorneys—Anne Penfold, sen, G. H. N. Pen fold, Charlotte Norton Penfold, and Anne Penfold, jun., Southampton -row, Russell-square, hosiers—W. Wickham and R. E. Yellaad, Strand, news agents—W. Pantin and T. Turner, West Smithfield, brush manufacturers—J. Abbott and F. Wright, Needham Market, Suffolk, iron mongers—G. Horrocks and J. Horrocks, Pilkington, Lan cashire, power loom shuttle and temple makers—G. Halli day, W. Halliday, and S. Fearnside, Northowram, York shire, common brick manufacturers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Robert Wilson, calenderer, Glasgow. John Stewart, jun., writer, Glasgow. Peter 31`Laren and Company, ship carpenters, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. 'An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap 32, for the ',Veek. Buding on Saturday the 1 i to day of March, 1854. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes Islaed ........ 28,64-1,070 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities...... 2,984,900 .Gold coin and bullion 14,b41,070 Silver bu1.i0n........ $28,641,070 . £28,641,070 MAR'SIIALL, Chief Cashier. 1854. TARTMENT. Dated the 16th day of March, Government securities ..... _ (includg.Dead W eight Annuity) [1,747,728 Other securities...... 13,054,655 Notes . 7,620,655 755,615 Gold and silver 0.1113.. £33,15 , 4,653 MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. BANKING DEI Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Re,5t........ 3,718,22* Public deposits tin- , cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say- ing's Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 2,899,597 Other depoil; s ...... 10,887,396 Seven Day and other Bills ........ . 1,126,432 £33,184,653 Dated the 16th day of March, 18, PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed troly! the retp.ras tnacto ;u th" week enliug o f 16'64,1Ei 246, par huudredwolght, exeuLiiv.:, of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the hn portatiou thereof into Great Britain, TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. fiecetpta, llatTlBl4. Aberdeen Belthst and 110,11,7 : Lena itetraet t.7,?* 'slounty D wn.. —•• • • Lancashire, and Choshitt Bolton, Blackburn, and ?Yrs% Yrd(t. Bristol and Expre.• • Caledonirt , , ....... .• • • • • Elint..tgli and Glas4.ow ........... t'lletter and i101yhead............... Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ...... Cork and Bandon Dublin and Belfast 'Junction Dublin and . ........ Dublin and ffilmtown . ..... ........ Dundee and Arbroath ...• ...... Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.... •• • • • . East Anglian. ..• • • •• • , East Lancashire •• •• Eastern Counties and 'Norfolk ' EasternUnton....,. ; .......... Edinburgh; l erth, and Irundee.. •• •• Eze t 7er and Qreditan.....'. 4r40.4s , ............ tllasgeis. r4cl riouth-Western— •• Gf•••-' St ;.;liorthern and E. L... • • • •• Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western . Irish South BattpliV , •-•%, : • • •• • • Laneastv . Ler;:` , P l ',.3‘ . "? 4ff Yorkshire-- •• • • • • • • toads IcOrthern Liberpo• • • • • • Crpso7, axll S • othii•ort • • • • Lon on and North Wok! . .‘_••.t .•• • • • • • • .Ldite.Cn grid•• • • Leed4n, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western.— •••• • • Londonderry and EnniskiLlen,••• . • •••:• Manchester, Buitten, tk•.% Manchester, sl4feelffend tlitcoinshire Manchester 4nd , •• •• b l ic - Nis*t +IAA?, Cariisle •• • •.• Midland great *eaters .• Monkla„nda • • •• •.• • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New ally Ed Carlisle-- •• •• Nert, British ...... ............ North Staffordshire North-Western ...... • • Scottish Central .• Scottish Mictft.Uk :•••••••••• ......... Shrerrstrd'y it'R‘ INirtninghitin •• Blii•eii - libnk•.'y and Cheater .• .......... 81ftsrphire Union ...• ... Mouth t'.• • •.t Saute Easteit •• ........ South water .......... South l'f•rt., Doncaster, and Goole Waterford and I:hut:Tic: l K ••• •• West 'Carntrei „ „ . Whitehtlfett Junction Tdtk and Newcastle, an d Berwick & York and North Midland & Leeds FOREIGN, Dutch Rhenish t• „ „.„ Lyons and Mediterranean .......... Montereau and Troye....• Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France Orleans and Central* „ „ Paris and Lyons .• •• •• •• • Paris and Rouen.. ... ...•............. Paris and Strasbur g h •• •• •• •• •• Rouen and fiAvre ~..... Western of France... ••• •••••• • • • - £1,366 4,594 17,015 2,42 4,4G7 13,9b0 4,49 1.6;60 4,457 17,/69 389. 45,333 93 1 7,678 10,077 6,60 55r} tcl 21,01 3,721 2,433 699 1,711 10,871 2,5 i o+6 z,lps 23,0' 1 10 1854. 756 5,854 772 21,1160 21,564 12,348 6,280 675 296 2,569 3.64 t 020 6,881 ID !;9 11 27,439 27,0 , 0 13,666 7,433 3.454 4,876- • The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or eans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCit CUSTOM HOUSE, MARCH 17. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Radina Gessina, from Gros ti" ingen ; Agatha Jacobina, do.; Julius, Baltimore • Alberto Hamburgh ; Jautina Jekkina, Santander ; Baltimore; Bilboa ; Maria Key, Buenos Ayres ; Esther, Demerara ; Johanna Emden. Argentine Sea ; Equator, Mauritius ; Royalist, Cape Palmas Tamanlipas, Tampico and Ha vanuah; Escocesa, Bilboa ; Alodie Anne, Santander; Aurora, Seville ; Betsy, Mauritius and St. Helena ; Cas sandra, St. Michael's • Agnes, Lisbon ; Kangaroo, Amster dam ; Vanguard, Canton; Trigend, Rostock; Cherub, St. Michael's,. Charlotte, Faborg. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Gerhardine, for Maretrand and Gothenburg ; Acasta, Sidney ; Amiable Marie Louise, Bordeaux ; James Turcan, Kurrachee and Bombay; Conklin, New Zealand; Pantaloon, Adelaide; Schonderloo, Sydney; Catharina Luitgerdina, Dantzio ; Ann Black, Kurrachee and Moulmein ; Sea Bird, Mel bourne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.— The Denis, for Copenhagen ; Luis , Bilboa ; Brodrene, Madras and Ran goon ; Marietta, Bneoos Ayres ; Peter, Elsinore ; Tag lioni, Adelaide ; Furst Blucher, Dantzic; Dolphyn, Ko nigsberg; Volunteer, Naples; New Great Britain, Mon treal ; James, Bermuda ; Yanek.ill, Montreal. , LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17. The Catherine, which sailed March 6, has just put back, in consequence of the crew's refusal to proceed—the ship making 1.7 inches of water per hour. The Fernandez, from Liverpool to Cork, was spoken March 14, off Cork—ten days out. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. • Th e Admiral de Ruyter, from London to Melbourne, March 6, lat. 45 N. long. 13 W. The Lavnia, of Stockton, for Philadelphia, March 7, lat. 48 N. long, 22 W. The Urania, from Brest, March 9, lat. 50 N. long. 13 W. The Robert Swell, bound east, Dec. 2, hit. 4: N. long. 85 E. The Harpley, from Madras to London, Jan. /A, off Cape L'Agulhas. The Wildflower, from Calcutta to France, Feb , . 12, let. 3 N. long. 2 ; W. The Lady M`Naughten, from Madras to London, March 8, lat. 31 N. long. 27 W. The Therelaw, from Liverpool to Mauritius, Fe:b. 4, lat. 1 N. long. 22 W. The Malcolm Brown (schooner), of London, Marc h 8, lat. 46 N. long. 13 W. The John Moore, from Bombay to Liverpool, on the Line. The Pontornlia, from Bombay to London, off , thi Canaries. TheMontredon, from Madras, Jan. 21, lat. 8, long. 14 The Hamilton C. Sidston, from Liverpool to M.so bile, Feb. 15, lat. 17 N, long. 37 W. COUNTRY MARKET J. LIVERPOOL, DIARca 17. At this morning's market there was an average at Send ance of the trade, who dire' ted their chief attentif mto American flour, at 36s to 37s per barrel. Wheat w as 2d tc 3d per bushel lower. Indian corn was in slack den land, and is per qr. cheaper. Other arti.cks of the trade ; mot a languid sale. WAKEFIELD—MA? off 17. A fair supply of grain reported this week. The 7 . host trade continues dull, and although factors generally Irmo disposed to concede a decline of 3s to 4s per qr. fret t ij us r3tes of last week, yet the business doll() has beer I You. limited. Barley slow sale, and is to 2s• per qr. ch spew. Beans is per qr., oats d per stone, and shelling 24 per load, lower. EXETER—MARCH 17. CA.TTLE.—Prime beef, lOs 6d per score ; cows and sslv es, 121. to 18/. • butchers' calves, s'd to 6d per lb., . nearing calves 00s t o' OOs each. Sheep, 6d to 74d. Lambs ' Od t o Od per lb. Store hogs, large size , OOs to OOs each ; sli pa, 00s to 00s ; small, OW to oh. Rough fat, fol per lb. Pork carcases from 9s 6d to lOs Od per score. CORN.—In our market wheat may be quoted from 10s Od to 106 3d. Malting barley, bs Od to 5s 3d ; grindi mg do.„ 48 6d to 4s 9d. Oats, as 3d to 3s 6d. Beans, 00E lOgi to 00i Od. Peas, OOs Od to OOs Od. FLouu. —Fine, 59s Od to 604 Od ; 'muds, 57s Od to 58 8 Od per sack. INVERNESS.-3Ltßos 14. CORN.—Wheat, white, per qr., 7.3 s Od to 758 I )d. 3ar• ley, chevalier, 348 Od to 35s Od; ditto, common, 33s Od to 348 lid. Oats, c6B Od to 28s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll 22s 04 to 23s 04 ; ditto second, 00s Od to Os Od. ; barleymeal, 15s Od to OH Od ; peasemeal, The Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7. itoOs Od ; let flour, per 2801 b, 54s 04 to 568 Od ;24 ditto, 47s ed to 498 Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b impe rial 2e 2d to 2s 44 ; ditto second, Os Od to Os Od ; barley') eal is 4d to is 6d ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os 04 ; Ist flour, ta s 9d cash, 28 74 credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. BRISTOL SUGAR—MAR9g 17. The market hai been moderately votive, thl 3 sales of West India having amounted to somewhere s .bout 300 hogshexls. A larger business might be done w ere it not that importers are firm, while buyers are looking for some what easim . rates. Tha refined market is no‘t , so a ,ctive, and manufactured goods arc heavier to move. :T.-MARCH 17. be close of the ma ti :et WaMend, Ac,. COAL MARKS' Prices of Coal per ton at ti i. d. Can.'s Hartley Davison's West Hare ay 19 6 Lambton ... • 20 0 Hasting's Hartley .......19 dLumley . 18 6 Taufield Moor l7 6 1 Stewart's • 2O 6 Tanfield Moor Butes 1 7 6 Heugh Hall . ......19 3 West Hartley 19 6 Cowpen ..20 0 Wylam 18 0 Derwentwater Hare ey 19 g Bell's Primrose 16 0 Grey's West Hartley • • •• 1 9 0 COURSE OF EXCHA.NOE-YESTEBDAI -- 1m5terdam............ 11 134 .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 15 i.egf.lorn 30 65 , totterdam .......• .... 11 154 Geno.l 25 52% tritwerp .............. 25 15 .I.lllan ...• ilrussels .............. 25 15 Venice •. •• •• .• •.•..... damburgh ............ 13 4 Naples .. 42% Altona ................ Palern2o •• .......... 11' hi 24 97 , 4 .vlessina •• •• •• ••.... 12t„A Ditto, three months • • 25 274 Lisbon •......... Warseilles. • • .. • • •..... 25 27 , /, givrto .............. .. Bourdeaux ............ Iti Janeiro .......... .. lorankiort-on•Maine .... 118 4, 'Mello% Ayres.. Berlin . .............. INew York, iio dap' s4:ht Vienna .. .. 5336 03% Neste ............ • .. 13 1 6 PRICES OF BULLION. PER OZ. Peiersburgh.. •• •• Foreign Gold .n Bars £3 17 9 Aadrid ................ Cadiz Seville 50 .- i'ortngal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 50% kiexican Dollars .... 0 5 0% New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 •qlver In bar= 0 5 JA RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, AlAlum 17. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The share market has been depressed. to-day. We reduce our quotations from yesterday's cur rency 4 to per cent. on all heavy stocks and the market closed this evening with a. still declining tendency. Aber deen, 11i ; Caledonian, 274 ; East Lancashire, 15$ ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 63k ; London and .North-Western, 1004 c ; Midland, 59i ; South-Eastern and Dover, 18 11-16, ; Midland Four-and-a-Half per Cent., 1 die. MANCHESTER, MARCH 17._ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day is exceedingly limited, awl prices have slightly given way. The sales are :—Leeds Stock, 64A ; Whitehaven and Furness, 4j; Midland, 59,i ; Sheffield, 21i ; Dovers, 18i. BRISTOL, MARCH 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was dull and inactive. The business transacted was quite unimportant. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -Holloway's Ointment and Pills the most effectual remedies for Gout and Rheumatism. —Extract of a letter from Mr. Thomas Wyborn, drug gift, Eton, dated April 26, 1852:—" To Professor Hol loway. Sir,—A. case bas lately come under my notice which I think should he publicly known. It is that of a poor man, who suffered so dreadfully from chronic rheumatism, that he lost the use of one side and en dured incessant pain. He was under different medical treatment, and at Westminster Hospital the faculty pronounced him incurable. However, this was not the case, for by the use of your ointment and pills, he has been restored to health and strength."—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishdent, 244, Strand, London. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-Fifty thousand Cures have been effected by Du Barry's delicious Revalenta,Arabica Food, without medicine, inconvenience, or expense (as: t saves fifty times its cost in other remedies). " Twen ty-fiveyears nervousness, constipation, indigestion, and debility, from. which I had suffered great misery, and which no medi cine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's Food in a very short time. W. R. Reeves, Pool Anthony, Tiverton." " Eight years' dys pepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms, and nausea, for which my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been effectually removed by Du Barry's delicious food in a very short time. I shall be happy to answer any inquiries. Rev. John W. Flavel, Rid lington Rectory, Norfolk." " Three years' excessive nervousness, with pains in my neck and left arm,. and general debility, which rendered my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du Barry's. excellent has food. Alexs. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross, Skibbereen," —" Fifty years' indescribable agony from dysp eps i a, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation, fi?Aulency, Norfolk. - Copies of spasms, sickness at the stomach, and vomitings, been removed by Du Barry's excellent food. .Maria Jolly, ( i nc luding those of Lord Stuart Wortham Ling, near Dias, testi monials of 50,000 cures Shorland, and Harvey (gratis). In canisters, with full 2s. 9d . 5;i2b1.13.,45.. 1 6 0 d i . b ; , 51 3 b 3 . 5 ,. lie. Th de Decies, Major-General . Thomas King, Drs. Ure, instructions, 11b., 121 b., 225. ; super - refined, 225. , IMb. and 121 b. carriage free. Barry Du Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street, Lorkaui ; also, Fortnum , Mason, an d Co., purveyors t o her Majesty, Piccadilly. BIRTHS. OF A SON. - - On the 16th inst., at 23, Eaton-place, Belgrave-square, ;he wife of Ralph Ludlow Lopes, Esq., barrister-at-law. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 14th inst., at 31, Upper Avenue-road, St. John's wood, the wife of the Rev. Edward. Hamilton Nelson. MARRIED. On the 10th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, T. W. G. Treeby, 14:sq., of Westbourne-terrace North, to Georgiana Mary Ann Gibson, youngest daughter of the late Rev. J. G. Gibson, of Holybourne, Hampshire. TED. On the 15th inst. at hi s residence at Watford, George Hooper, E sq . , On the 15th inst., at 51, Moorgate-street, City, George Milner, Esq., aged 30. On the 16th in't., at 34, Torrington-square, F. Crofton, Esq., aged 71, late Major of H.M. 22d Regiment. LINDON: Printed and Published by WIRD° YOUNG, ,s 5 No, Strand, .1 3 riatei, Suio Office, No. 114 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e coun ty of Middlesex, Saturday, March 18, 1854, Bt Otice, That JOUR' the Fo print o - That for the tion on T' Thml Bills of fun hel 2s. 0)4 Tbal the Qu held al 22d in The Four. 7 " TI moval Tt In 01 of the Ing d: Paddil Pad SC on sic trona; IN to the Lectt writs T. and CEL Dam EX: Colo tend 25th DUI