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commendations had been embodied in the Act of Parlia ment, but in order to modify it so as to found on it a practical working measure, he had deemed it advisable to send to Ireland a gentleman who was well-acquainted with the working of the poor-laws in England ; and Mr. Nicholls had been sent to Ireland, where, although he had only remained a short time, he had collected a great deal of information. There were, in his opinion, certain general principles of poor-law legislation, which would be found as effective in Switzerland and in Spain as they were in England or Ireland, and those principles ought always to be kept steadily in view. He regretted that the Right Hon. Gentleman had not ascertained the sentiments of the Irish Members before he had consented to the appointment of the Committee, but he thought that, under all the circumstances, the best thing that could be done would be to rescind the order which had been agreed to without discussion, although he could not but wish that it had never been agreed to. Sir H. W. BARRON thought that the House and country would be taken by surprise if the motion were pressed to a division. He agreed with the Right Hon. Baronet in the opinion which he had expressed as to the operation of the poor-laws in Ireland; and as he con ceived that the appointment of this Committee would lead to hopes which would never be realised, he hoped the Hon. Baronet would withdraw his motion. After a few words from Sir D. NORREYS, „S'ir J. GRAHAM moved as an amendment that the order be discharged. btrangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Rouse divided, when there appeared— For Sir J. Graham's amendment Against it Majority for Sir J. Graham's amendment —32 CLERK OF THE CROWN. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved for a Select Committee to inquire into the duties and emoluments of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery. — Agreed to. Colonel SIBTHORP moved for returns relating to the improvement of the river Shannon.—Agreed to. Sir DENHAM NORREYS moved for a Select Com mittee, to inquire whether the present townland valua don of Ireland, made by the Commissioners of Valuation under the Act 1 and 2 Vic., c. 52, can be made avail akle for the imposition of poor-rate and other local rates la that country ; and also, whether it be not desirable to alter the principle on which the townland valuation is >now constructed.—Agreed to. The County Rates' Bill was read a second time, and waa ordered to be committed on the 31st inst. The Customs' Duties Bill went through Committee.— ,Repr.rt to be received this day. The House then adjourned at One o'clock. MR. BARNARD GREGORY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sitt,•Ll take the liberty of handing you a copy of the petition presented on Monday night to the House of Commons, by Mr. Roebuck, on the matter of the im prisonment of my father, and the privations to which he is subjected by the rigorous system now in force as Affecting persons criminally proceeded against for libel. Every allegation in the petition can be substantiated on oath, and nearly every word uttered, or reported in the public papers to be uttered, by Sir James Graham, ou the presentation of the petition, and in reply to Mr. Boebuck, refuted by the like means. My father, after eonviction (if it can be called a conviction where a jury has not pronounced a verdict) for the alleged libels for which he is now paying a heartless and cruel penalty, xt the time of passing sentence was not permitted to say a single word, much less, as Sir James Graham has as serted, to ask to be placed in the first class of misde meanours. My father was ignorant of there existing any such law, and so it is presumed were his counsel 10 d his attorneys, for no application was made to the Court, as stated by Sir James Graham, consequently no " deliberate refusal" by the Judges could have been given to that which was not asked, nor would, probably have been asked even if it had been known, for the mea sure of injustice and persecution should be filled to the brim, that malignity may drink the deeper ! Again was Sir James Graham in error, or the re porters have made him so, in stating that my father " was better now in health than when he was first con fined." If to be in a perfect state of physical prostra tion—to be attenuated and haggard in looks, and to be enfeebled mentally from the long deprivation of literary occupation to which he had from early life been accus tomed, are signs of an improved state of health, then is jny father better—much better than he was when be first entered his present loathsome domicile. The nine medical certificates (the principal and most appalling one having been corroborated in all its details by the :chief medical officers of the prison) are pretty con _ (elusive as to the amount of credit to be placed on this part of the "reported" statement. Sir James is aware of the imminent danger of my father, or why give directions to the Government medical officer to ,report every fortnight the state of my father's goalth ? That medical officer knows the opinion of gise eminent physicians who have seen and attended ; he cannot deny the facts as set forth in those certificates ; and those certificates place an awful responsibility on the heads of all those -who, to gratify private feeling and personal malignity, have subjected an almost dying man to the cruelties intended only (if for any class of offenders) for those, guilty of the most' heinous offences.—l haie . the honour to be, 'Sir, your obedient servant, MARGARET GREGORY. North Audley-street, *ay 9, 1844. The following is a copy of the petition presented by Mr. Roebuck on Monday se'nnight 4 " TO THE HON. THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. " The humble petition of Barnard Gregory, a prisoner in her Majesty's Gaol of Newgate, " Showeth, . _ _ " That your petitioner was, on the second day of December last, at the Central Criminal Court, holden at the Sessions house, Old Bailey, sentenced by Mr. Justice Coltman to twelve months' imprisonment in the gaol of Newgate, for alleged libels on the characters of the Duke of Brunswick, and of his attorney, 'Vt . ...Wellington Valiance ; being lour months for that on: the Henry'Duke of Brunswick, and eight months for that on his attorney. " That the gaol of' Newgate is a prison chiefly appropriated for the imprisonment of felons committed to be tried at the Central Criminal Court, and, after trial, for prisoners under sentence of death, or waiting to be removed for transporta tion, or sentenced to be imprisoned in other gaols or houses correction.. " That upon your petitioner's commitment to the said gaol. ;he was placed under the rules, regulations, and discipline of the said prison, the same as if he had been of the class of the most atrocious criminal offenders, having assigned to hire a' cell Without any other furniture than that of a small table :and a ge,at without a back, a narrow iron .bedstead, with a rope mat to sleep upon, and three horse-cloths for a coVer „,ing, without either sheets or pillow. ",That his diet (until slightly altered by the recommenda tion of the surgeon of the gaol) consisted of water-gruel, ; varied by a small portion of meat and boiled potatoes. That be is deprived of the use of a knife and fork, being obliged to feed himself, like an uncivilised man, with his fingers; de prived, also, of the use of pen, ink, and paper, and the reading of newspapers, or any books except such books is are permitted by the chaplain of the prison ; and 4it night, he is not allowed the use of any light, whereby your peti tamer has been compelled to pass his time in solitary dark jess 15 hours out of the 2-1. That, in addition to the above privations, your petitioner . li Not allowed by the rules of the said prison to have any perso.al intercourse with hi s on l y d aug h ter or any of his family .and friends, except u p on th e espe Ci a l wr i tten order of a 'nag: 'itrate - or one of the sheriffs, which your petitioner acknowledb-es with gratitude, they have freely granted. That the said gaol so being a prison for criminal offenders, he has had no .siternative but either to have for his associates persons of that class, or submit himself (as he has done) to solitary ceesine-oent. " That your petitioner shortly before his commitment to prison ruptured a - blood-vessel in the lungs, being the fifth time .of such an occutTence within four years, and he was upon his said commitment, and is now, in a very in precarious state of health. " That for snore than the last four Months your petitioner ins not left his cell, and, being deprived °fills accustomed air .and exercise recommended' by his medical advisers, he is now ;educed to such a state of mental and bodily debility as to es-cite the apprehension of medical men that his life will be sacrificed by a longer continuance in the said gaol. . "That, in proof of your petitioner's statement of ill health, certificates of the precarious state of it, signed by six eminent physicians, and three general practitioners, have, with a me morial from your petitioner, been presented to Sir James Graham, het Majesty's Secretary . of State for the _Home De partment, but4witheut procurink for your petitioner, any al teration in the restrictions complained against, or any remis . it s on-of his sentence. Your petitioner, however, gratefully acknowledges that, se f , the visiting magistrates of the said gaol, and also from th e s t .eriffs and the governor, chaplain and surgeon of the prison ,• he has received every humane attention consistent with th e -..orders and regulations laid down for their govern ment by th.e said Secretary of State for the Home Depart meet, and tsts.e prison inspectois, and your petitioner is now permitted the' 'lse of a chair with a back to it, and also a feather bed, h,et'lvithout sheets or a pillow,: and is allowed a partial alteracion In the prison diet, without which his life must ere this ha ve been sacrificed ; and, he is also permitted to read the workssa Shaikspeare ; all the other restrictions, as against convieteo,' felons, continuing to be enforced against your petitioner. " Your petitioner humbly prays that your honourable house will be pleased to take his case into your humane. consideration. a n d o bt a i n f or. hi m such i mmed i ate rel i e f as . ;all obviate the fatal effects of his impris'onment, which are iticipated by himself, his family, and hie. medical advisers. " Your petitioner" also prays (if not contrary to the rules and orders of yoiir Honourable House) that he may be al lowed by himself or eounseito appear and be heard at the bar of your Honourable House a t supportand, against a t i h n e st al t l h eg os a e tio r n e s an d sta t&-ients in this, bia patitinit , stric t ion s 6e lug longer enforced agitinitlim. „ And yon's' petitioner likewise prays th at persons hereafter convicted of _libel may not (like your petitione r ) su ff er the sa me and the iik,s,prison discipline and privations as person s • convicted of eximi n-11 . offences. titio,nr will ever prky, &c., - ".lad your Pe OPPOS FrioiS.7 to the NE* POOR_ ,-- L . A . IT in BIRMINGHAM. BiIiatINGITAA' MONDAY, six, p.x. A meeting to oppos e the introduction of the New Poor-law into this town, anti more especially - in reference to thetaanse introduced into the Bill at . present "before Parham:N o override the local Acts under which the affairs of the _poor in. Certain large towns are at present. adnunistered, took, place this morning in the • Town Mall. • Tile meeting; owed its origin to an understand ing which was entered into between _the' delegates who had an inierview w ith Sir James Graham, Liethe Home-office, in the letter end of April, anq wag called . hy• the Mayor of the borough, in ol3udience to a requisition signed by upwards of . . .... _ . 'of the rn est. respectable rate-payrg; The Mayor pre- AI L 1% S it M ai d, tßitryeas ~eupported by .111 - r. •Tiluntz and Mr. Scholeheld. _,.._ Wietsflin • .accordtrnee.with 'the , object. of the meeting 4- - , Wirt% ' t ....., : ;,, l ITT. r: r 3 ,- •'„ , - 0 5. 4111 amendment moved by lAA+ Sturge having A -i -- „..,... T - .... 7: L.grov4nd.,fot want of a seconder. , ;(1: - ; ',--',fi -- t t - '.:; - : , " , „t1 rpet 7 j a vi e - -,--:,-±L-,--: -- . - ~,,, ~ 7 - i - aai ,. xiig , emeiluflt of Kld . lernaitigt9r is improving, C ~._ --w ''',fOrtOgli, Ther t- ...., ••, t i, ar u a l l s r o B i l t r or g? g t s 4c riii t ph; orn ine A of the last Iye hear that heavy : .. /4 .,„ , ' I v o. a,z . ri il trade of .'Sfeti r litid me ' , 4 te w t tl! . $ 0 improvement -- t.. 4,.,0irS ve. been - reeeiVed at trTax;-..ce helicrge iron and coal 4:n .ti:!....s intlienebOttr.i.hy_od..:,.pfßtl4l:4A ,4l,-Orcfster Journal. .1 1 , „.: ai.,L. eb. • . THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 15, 1844. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of public business. SCOTCH AND IRISH PAUPERS. Alderman COPELAND in rising to call the attention of the Court to the subject of the weekly payments made in the City of London on account of Scotch and Irish paupers, said his object was to check the rapidity with which some officers of the unions proceeded to remove the unfortunate paupers with whom the parishes abounded, and which was the cause of great injustice to those distressed objects, and of great and unwarrantable expense to the rate-payers. The returns for which he had moved showed that in the years 1842 and 1843 the expense of the removal of the Scotch and Irish paupers to their own countries had increased in comparison with former years from hundreds to thousands.—(Hear.) Sitting as a magistrate he had witnessed the injurious effect of permitting any case of removal of the kind to pass without strict examination. He was convinced that if his colleague had not, in many instances where they found that the claimants for relief were hard work ing persons, supplied them with the means of pur chasing tools, and thus given them with the means of supporting themselves, the charges upon the inhabitants would have been more heavy, and the pauperism more intolerable. A week or two ago he had observed a painful anxiety upon the part of an officer of one of the unions to pass a poor woman who was not present during the application. He felt bound to refuse the order in her absence; and, upon seeing her afterwards by accident, he ascertained that he was perfectly justi fied in the negative he had given, for, upon being asked what assistance she had received from the re lieving-officer, she replied that, during five weeks, all the help she had was two shillings and two loaves, and that, for the last month, she had been with out the least relief, and merely dependent upon the contingent humanity of those who saw her in this destitute state. The relieving officer had, notwithstand ing this remarkable fact, the affidavits and everything else ready for the magistrate's signature, and if due cau tion had not been exercised the removal would have cer tainly taken place in the teeth of the law. He called upon his brother magistrates to exercise still greater vigilance upon the subject than they were in the habit of using, for he believed that if they relaxed in the per formance of the duty of vigilance the most unmerciful injustice would be done to the poor. He believed that parties were employed by the unions of the City of London, who looked upon poverty as the worst of crimes, and would have it punished to the extremity.— (Hear, hear.) There were put On board steamers for Ireland, poor people who had not for thirty or forty years been once in the country, and who were without relations or friends there, and must in consequence perish of starvation in Cork or Limerick to which they might be, as it were, transported.—(Hear, hear.) Ile felt that ho had ready advocates in his brother magistrates 'of any measure calculated to abate so serious an evil. He called upon them to take into consideration the heavy rates to which the inhabitants of the City were subjected by the too great promptitude to grant orders of removal. He believed that six or seven years ago the whole cost of removals was annually under 2001. In 1842, it amounted to 3,0001, ; and in 1843, it was 2,6661 General complaints had been of late made by those who would, if immediate measures were not adopted, call for a county rate. He (Alder man Copeland) wished the matter to be referred to a Committee, in order that some plan might be devised to remedy or, at least, to abate the evil, the existence of which was palpable to all. The time had arrived for trying the experiment, for the Poor-law Bill was about to undergo some change ; and it was the duty of that Court to suggest some means of preventing the frauds which were, under the circumstances to which he had called the attention of the Court, so frequently played off upon the magistracy of the City.—(Hear, hear.) Alderman Copeland concluded by moving that the whole question be referred to a Committee. Alderman WooD seconded the motion. Ile agreed in the view which Alderman Copeland had taken of the question, and he instanced, as two of the frauds which had been committed upon the magistracy, the cases of an Irishwoman and a Scotchwoman, who came to London to visit their respectable friends, and adopted the econo mical way of returning home by applying for passes.— (A laugh, and cries of " Hear, hear.") That was not the manner in which the power of removing was to be exercised. Another part of the system of imposition was that which related to the well-known practice amongst the lower order of the Irish, who came over in summer to work, remitted all their earnings to their own country, and then, without a farthing in their pockets, applied to be passed home.—(Hear, hear.) It was most essential that abuses of such a nature should not be per mitted to exist. Now multitudes who came over and were passed back, came over again and again, and under went the same process as often as they visited London. Conduct of that kind, however, was punishable by law, and any person detected in such a violation of law, could be sent to the House of Correction:—(Hear.) Alderman KELLY confirmed by his evidence the accu racy of the statement made by Alderman Copeland, as to the ill effects of the existing system. The motion was then unanimously agreed to. THE THROWING OPEN OF THE MAYOR'S COURT. -_Alderman and Sheriff MUSGROVE presented a! memo rial to the Court from Mr. W. H. Ashurst, the ' Chair man.of the Secondaries' and the Officers and ' ` Clerks' Committee, praying.that the Court would appoint a Sub- Committee to confer with the Committees of which he was Chairman, on the subject of the Mayor's Court, with a view to some arrangement, likely to be ore be neficial to the public than that which existed under the present constitution of that tribunal. Mr. ASHURST, in supporting his memorial, stated that from the County Courts Bill, which it was expected would pass in the present session of Parliament, all England, with the exception of the City of London alone, would derive great advantage. It was, therefore, necessary that the Corporation should immediately take into consideration the necessity of making an attempt to participate in an improvement from which inattqntion or neglect might soon altogether exclude them. Alderman MuscnovE moved that the pray , memorialist be agreed to. Sir I'. LAURIE seconded the motion. Thel matter had, he said, assumed an entirely different shepe from what it at first appeared to be. Upon the ap p lication of certain attorneys to practise in the Mayors Court, acting on the advice of the Recorder, than whom no man was better qualified to judge, the Court had deblined to admit the petitioners. Since that' refusal a nnindamus had been applied for, and until that question was de cided the Court would not be justified in interfel 'rig. He could not, however, see the least objection to a confe rence ; on the contrary, he was convinced that it would lead to the ' complete protection of the intere s of the i Corporation. It appeared by Sir Francis I Igrave's report, that when an attachment was mad in the Mayor's Court, andjudgment went by default, e plain tiff's costs did not exceed 41, and when the action was defended, the costs, including the expenses of execution, did not exceed 151. ; and in ordinary suits, if the sum to be recovered was above 501, the costs would be between 12/. and 13/. When he saw such anxiety for tie public amongst the attorneys ' he was put in mind of the importunity with which the wolves asked le* to pro tect the sheep ; and he could not help eclaring that •he looked upon the application of thegentlemen ic s l who had appeared at the bar of the Court as a scheme merely for their own advantage at the expe e of the public. He considered that it would be most 4angerous to allow every law attorney to use the extraordinary powers of the Court. If such license were !given the bankers in the city would very naturally make a move 'tient to the other side of Temple-bar. The RECORDER strongly advised the Court to agree to a conference, and stated that the Corporation ought to avail itself of every opportunity of sharing in the advantages intended to be bestowed upon the community at large. Alderman WOOD recommended that the prayer of thelrnemorialist should be granted, and said lig could not see what possible objection there could be to go to the Legislature upon the subject. The motion was then agreed to, and, after ;the trans action of some business of no public interest,:the Court adjourned. I of the COURT OF SEWERS A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the city and liberty,of Westminster and part of the county of Middlesex, was held yesterday at the Sewers'-office, Greek-street, Soho, for the purpose of instituting an inquiry into the facts connected with the failure of about 820 feet of the new main line of the Ranelagh sewer, in Gloucester-road, Paddington. T. L. Donaldson, Esq., took the chair at 121 On a previous Court day the following repor, presented to the Court by the surveyor& : 1 " We have to report that, upon examinat Ranelagh main line of sewer in the Gloucs BaNswater, we found the arch to be fractured. portions of its length from Grand Junction-st yond Conduit-street, a distance altogethej 820 feet. " We are not at present prepared to giv4 a definite opinion as to the cause of this failure, but it !would ap • pear to us from the accompanying section that the crown of the arch has been loaded to a great . extent by the earth from the adjoining vaults and the Material ne cessary for raising the roadway to its present' level, and that the natural subsidence of this newly made ground has had the effect of forcing back the springing walls from their originally vertical position. By la reference to the drawing it will be seen that this pressure has been in every instance outwards. It is also probable that much of the weakness of the side walls may be attri buted to the disturbance of the ground behind them, consequent upon the building of the collateral sewers aft their intersections near Conduit-street, Brook-street, and Gloucester Mews. " At present we are scarcely in a position to state the exact extent that it will be necessary to repair the sewer, but from Conduit-street, southwards, for a length of about 200 feet, and from Brook-street for about 150 fret south of the church, it would appear to require the most immediat e attent i on ; we wou ld a dd th a t w hat e ver reparation be considered necessary will only apply to may th e arch and a portion of the abutment walls,' and the y y iog sound drawingsand available.t oo expense would be m a t er i a ll y re d uce d if t h e C ourt wou ld ‘ to be so p o er m fe p c an tl sanction the re-using of th e present mater i a l s , w hi c h appear a longitu dinal section of the sewer with oogiven the present and original levels of the ground, likewise cross- sections showing positions of the adjacent vaults, those portiobs the the most defective, and the extent of deviatiuri.'fr o in the ori ginal form. • " JOHN DOWLEY,Surveyon " WILLIAM DOULL; Assistant ditto. " GEORGE HAWKINS, Ditto, Yesterday the surveyors presented a futthier report, in which they pointed out the different parts na the sewer that had been effected by the occurrences that had taken place, and recommende d their re p aration. Mr. LESLIE said that the last report %vas at variance with former ones; he wished to know from Dlr. 13ell o'clock. t had been ion of the ?ster-road, in several .eet to be of about whether any complaints had been made of the works during their progress? Mr. BELL said that 'he had no recollection of any statement being made of the badness of the works during their progress. He had no recollection of the Chairman stating that they were so badly constructed that they must be taken down. Mr. LESLIE said that the time had now arrived when it became the Court seriously to deliberite what course they should pursue. This was a matter'of most serious and grave character. 3,4001. had been spent in building a sewer, with respect to which each Commissioner re ceived a communication, stating that, of that sewer, which was 1,200 feet in length, 820 feet were a total failure. The course that struck him (Mr. Leslie) as the best to pursue, and by the adoption of which the public interests would be best served, would, be to follow out the line of instruction contained in the-Act of the 23d of Henry the Eighth. There was a defect in a great part of their works, which they were called upon to inquire into, and in which case the Act provided that a jury should be summoned, and by their verdict they were to say by whose default the damage had arisen. Now the question branched itself into three important points: the damage might be involved in the original design of the sewer, it might be faulty in its construction, or it might be faulty on account of the neglect of the officers of the Court. Now in any of those cases there must be inquiry ; and he (Mr. Leslie) thought the proper course would be to have a special Court held on the spot, say at the Crown Tavern, which was not twenty yards from it, and there to have a jury summoned to inspect the parts that had failed, and then to return a verdict as to the cause of the failure, and upon that verdict the Court could act. Suppose the damage had been occasioned by the Court itself, would it at once admit it ? Certainly not. It might be the fault of the contractors or the officers of the Court in not properly superintend ing the works, and if such was the case, it was but just to them that an impartial jury, which the Court could not be, should decide between all parties. Now it had been stated that these works had commenced in Septem ber, 1839. and that 408 feet was finished in January, 1840. Now he Mr. Leslie were prepared to show that the work was not finished or anything like it at that time, and that the chairman, in consequence of the defect in the walls, ordered them to be taken down, and yet the Court had been kept in the dark on that sub ject. Added to this, although the line of sewer was not measured till 1840, yet the balance of the contractors' account was sent in and paid in May, 1839. The CHAIRMAN said, that the great question they had to consider was, what was the cause of the defects ? He wished to know what course the Hon. Commissioner in tended to pursue ? Mr. LESLIE observed that they were about to insti tute an inquiry into the cause of the failures which had taken place in this extensive sewer, and he was about to show that the proper mode of doing so was to sum mon a jury, in order to view it, and give their unbiassed verdict upon it. What he would propose was, that a Special Court shold be held, say on Monday next, or any other day to be fixed upon, at the Crown Tavern ; that a jury should be summoned, who should inspect and inquire into the subject, and give their verdict upon it ; and on that verdict the Court might act. The CHAIRMAN thought the Commissioners them selves ought first to go and see it, in order that it might be ascertained whether there was any necessity ' for entertaining the worthy Commissioner's proposition. At the present moment the Commissioners could not be prepared to come to any conclusion. Mr. LESLIE said the conclusion he had arrived at was to get at the truth, and he thought the course he had pointed out was the best mode. The CHAIRMAN observed that he did not see the ad vantage of a jury at present. He thought they had better reserve that till the next Court. Mr. LESLIE was satisfied the course he pointed out was a necessary one. He had seen the works ; and why they should have had such an immense sewer to carry through a mere puddle of water, he could not tell. It was his firm belief that the faults that had taken place in the sewer were attributable to its bad design; it was by all admit ted to be badly constructed, and nothing but a jury could settle the matter satisfactorily between the public and the Court. Mr. Leslie concluded by handing in a notice of motion, to the effect that a Special Court should be held near the site of the sewer at the Crown Tavern, and that a jury should-be summoned who were to inspect the sewer, and give their verdict accordingly: As the Court appeared determined to go and view the place themselves, he would merely hand the notice in, and the Court could determine at what time they would consider it when they returned. The Commissioners then proceeded to Bayswater to examine the sewer; and, after an absence of two hours, they returned, and discussed the subject for some time ; at' the conclusion of which a resolution was proposed by Mr. Hawkes and carried, to the following effect : "That. an examination of the Ranelagh sewer in Gloucester-place, the parts of the sewer 30 ft. and 60 ft., with respect to which it was stated by the report of the surveyors it was necessary they should be taken off and rebuilt, that they be forthwith rebuilt and taken off, and that the state of the work be reported to the Court on Friday next." It was then arranged that Mr. Leslie's notice, which he had handed in in the morning, should stand on the paper for consideration on Friday, to which day the Court then adjourned. EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION AT LYME REGIS. -- LYME REGIS, MAY 11.—We have to record a most de structive fire which occurred in this town to-day. The fire broke out about half-past 9 A.M., on the premises of Mr. G. Sellers, baker, residing in George's-court. By some means unknown some furze in a loft adjoining became ignited, and was speedily in a blaze, which quickly communicated to the stables of the George Inn, the roofs of which, being com posed of thatch, were soon in a complete flame ; and the dwelling-house of Mr. Sellers, the George Inn, the house of Mr. J. Channon, and the whole of the premises adjoining were quickly burnt to the ground, the inmates having scarcely time to save any of their effeets. As we have been destitute of rain nearly two months everything was excessively dry ; and the flames, aided by a fresh breeze at N.E., spread with the greatest rapidity, and quickly crossed, the street to the opposite premises, when the Victoria Inn and the adjoining premises fell a prey to the devouring element, the whole of the furniture and stock being entirely consumed. Nothing could now ar rest the progress of the flames. Both sides of Coombe-street being on fire, the greatest consternation and alarm prevailed. The scene became truly awful, as several houses caught fire at once, and women and children were seen running about the streets in a state of distraction, endeavouring to save some por tion of their goods. The wind had now carried the flames to the stables of the Cups Hotel, which, being all thatched, burned with the greatest fury, and soon communicated to the dwelling-house, and the whole of the extensive premises of the head inn in the town were soon reduced to a heap of ruins, with barely suffi cient time to save the horses and different vehicles in the yard. Meanwhile the fire corstinued to pro ceed through Coombe-street, the houses on each side being entirely destroyed, as far as Mr. Munden's on one side, and the Crown Inn on the other—both bein g pre served by pulling down a house between each and the fire. The Pilot-boat Inn had by this time caught fire, and, the flames spreading rapidly, it was soon burnt down, together with the whole of the adjoining houses on the left hand, and also behind, with the salt and coal cellars of Messrs. Prosser. The custom-house next' followed, being levelled with the ground; but all the books and papers belonging thereto were fortunately preserved. In spite of the exertions •of the firemen, and the plentiful supply of water to the engines, the fire pro ceeded up the street, and the Commercial Reading rooms, the houses of Mr. Bowring, Captain Urquhart, Mrs. Fox, Mrs. Sellers, Mr. Hooks, Mr. ..andrays, the Conservative Reading-room, the extensive premises of Mr. J. Sellers, inaltster and browser, the New Inn, with the buildings behind, were all burnt to the ground. The only house not wholly burnt being that of Mr. Templeman's, which is only partially destroyed ; whilst the shambles opposite is entirely unroofed, and the clock s with the spire and vane, totally demolished. In the afternoon the wind gradually subsided, and the-progress of the flames was fortunately arrested. The amount of damage done is immense. The lower part of the town presents a scene of. de struction and desolation never witnessed here since the memorable fire of Nov. 5, 1803, when the whole of Mill green was destroyed. About forty houses have now been burnt down, amongst which is the head inn, and five other public-houses. The greater part, we believe, are insured, but many have lost their all, whilst vast numbers have had their goods torn to piece: and lost by removing to a place of safety. Great praise is due to the officers and crews of her Majesty's cutters Adelaide, Eagle, and Asp, which happened to be in the roads at the time, and whose exertions to stop the progress of the flames, both by assisting in pulling down the houses and at the engines, were highly meritorious, as were also those of the inspecting commander and the coast-guard. Had the fire happened in the night the consequences must have been much more disastrous, and probably attended with loss of life.—Shipping Gazette. TRAFALGAR-SQUARE.—TWO policemen now regu larly keep guard, and their presence checks every attempt at nuisance. The persons who frequent the square conduct themselves in the most orderly manner, and probably, in a short time, they will be able to do without their keepers. The proprietors of Waterloo bridge would find it to their advantage to adopt the same system, and make the bridge, what it formerly was, one of the most delightful resorts in London. DEATH OF JOHN GUTTEEIDGE, ESQ.— This venerable and much-esteemed individual departed this life on Sunday last, in the ninety-second year of his age, at his residence, Denmark-hill, Surrey. Mr. Gut teridge was one of the founders of the Sunday-School Society, and, for more than half a ,century, a zealous promoter of various religious and benevolent institu tions.; among which may be named, the Baptist Fund, Stepney College, the Baptist Mission, the Widows' Fund, and the Dissenting Deputies. .Fl's active services were succeeded by many years of severe personal suffer ing, borne with exemplary submission to the will of God, and closed by an eminently peaceful death.—The Patriot. ACCIDENT IN HYDE PARE.—Monday afternoon, about three o'clock, as James Frogget, a groom in the service of Lord Byron, who resides at No. 21, Eaton-place, B Ilgrave square, was following his master, on horseback, in Hyde park, the horse he was riding, a young and spirited animal, suddenly reared and dashed off at a railroad pace, passedhis Lordship, and at length threw his rider with 1 considerable violence to the ground. The horse, after a shag, chase, was secured, without his having sustained any inwry ; but the unfortunate groom was conveyed in a state of insensibility to St. George's Hospital, followed -by his Lordship. He was immediately attended by Meisrs. Hawkins aid Bannister, the house-surgeons, who discovered that the prior fellow had n sustained a fracture of the spine, besides other juries. He lies at the institution iu a depl ora bl e date of a ering. ~ .J ~ • LAW INtEtta6-ENtt. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 14. 'Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice TEIDAL '• and a Common Jury, at Guildhall.) BAUNDIR V. STRATTON. Mr. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Warren were for the plain tiff; Mr. Sergeant Channell and Mr. Cole fur the defendant. This was an action to recover damages from the defendant, Mrs. Stratton, for an injury done to the plaintiff's horse. It appeared that in the latter part of last year, the defen dant was driving in a photon from Grosvenor-square, along Mount-street, and as she was turning into South Audley-street, the shaft of the phaeton struck the plaintiff's horse on the off shoulder, which considerably in jured him. It was proved that the horse, before the injury, was worth 20/., and that it was sold afterwards for 50s. It was alleged on the part of th• defendant, that the injury arose from the negleet of the plaintiff, who was on the look-out for a fare instead of attending to his horse and cab. The jury retired for a short time, and soon returned with a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 201. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. Thomas Leary, a well-known young thief, was charged before Mr. Traill with stealing four pairs of gold ear-rings if9lll the shop of Mr. Morris, jeweller, in Snow's-fields. It appeared that in February last the shop window of Mr. Morris was cut with a glazier's diamond, in which were ex hibited several articles of jewellery. A lad who witnessed the circumstance saw the prisoner and two other boys (since convicted) standing near the complainant's window at the time, and observed one of them introduce a stick with a crook at the end of it-into the aperture of the pane of glass, and draw out some gold earrings, which he handed over to the prisoner, who immediately ran away. Two of the offen ders were taken the same evening, but the prisoner managed to elude discovery until the preceding night, when he ven tured back to his old quarters, and was taken into custody. The prisoner was remanded to give an opportunity of find ing the stolen articles. Harriet Edwards was charged with striking a woman, named Glindon, with a " life-preserver" on the head, and inflicting a severe wound, from the effects of which she was suffering. The parties, who live in one of those disreputable streets leading out of Waterloo-road, had a dispute on Sunday night, in the course of which the prisoner and her sister at tacked the complainant and beat her in a very brutal manner. Mr. TRAILL convicted the prisoner, and sentenced her to pay a fine of 31., or be committed for six months. The Magistrate gave directions to apprehend her sister, as she seemed to have been the chief aggressor in the outrage, and said he should commit her for trial. MTJRI)ER AT BATTERSEA. WANDSWORTH POLICE COURT. Yesterday being appointed for the re-examination into the circumstances attending the murder of the female, Sarah Eleanor M'Farlane, upon Battersea-bridge, on the night of Monday, April 29, a very great crowd of persons assembled in the street leading to the Court-house, no doubt with the in tention of seeing the prisoner, who was, however, by the admirable arrangements of Superintendent Bicknell, who is entrusted with the getting up of the case, brought down as early as eight o'clock, and lodged in a house adjacent, until the hour appointed for opening the Court. Soon after ten o'clock Mr. Clive entered and took his seat on the bench, and a few night charges having been heard, the prisoner was then brought in and placed at the bar. He exhibited the same nonchalance that had before so much dis tingnished his conduct. Mr. Gilliam, his solicitor, had been in attendance at an early hour. Timothy Wells, 83 V, was the first witness examined— Remembers the 29th of April, and was on duty on the Chel sea side of Battersea-bridge that evening. .It might be a quarter before eleven when I heard the cries of " Murder," apparently from the bridge. The voice sounded like that of a young girl's, and when I ran on the bridge I met a young girl with a horse and cart. I asked her if she had called " Murder ?" She said she had. I asked why ? She replied, because her father of out of the cart, and would not come along. She said is was all she cried murder for, and e i b I then got ba on the Chelsea elide. Soon after a man came running, and asked if a horse and cart and girl had passed over. I said yes, and he then drove back the horse and cart again. I asked him if anything was wrong over the bridge, and he said a woman had got her head half cut off. I said why did you not tell me so before, and I ran over to the toll-house and saw a pool of blood, found the wo man in the Swan, and then ran for a superior officer, Sergeant No. 14 V. By Mr. Gilliam—Do not recollect seeing the witness Cook, and am sure that he did not speak to me on the bridge. John Timmons—l am a carman to Mr. llalding, coal mer chant. Remember the night of the 29th of April. Was the worse for liquor, but knew what I was about. Was standing on that night at my master's stables, in Duke-street. I was standing with James Cook, and heard a man call " Police," who afterwards said a woman had cut her throat on Batter sea-bridge. No one was with me but Cook. The man called " Police, police," aloud, " a woman has cut her throat on Battersea-bridge." Those were the words he said. He stood against the church wall, at the corner of Church-street, when I saw him. He had on a surtout coat, but I would not know him again. I then went to attend to my work. By Mr. Gilham—Cook had been with me about five mi nutes. I can't say how long he was with me. I am sure it was after half-past ten, because I had brought my horses home, and before I got to the stables I heard ten strike. I was in the King's-road when it struck. No one but Cook and I were together. Cook and I have spoken about the thing since he was brought up here. The only thing I had drank was beer, but I could both stand steadily and do my work. The man was not running when I saw him ; he was standing when he said the woman had cut her throat. I did not see where Cook went to, as at that moment.' turned and went to finish my work. Wells recalled—lmmediately on seeing the man with the cart, I went to the toll-house. Know Cook, but did not see him on that night. , Cook recalled. ' Wells—l did not to my knowledge see this man Cook, but he might have run over the bridge with the other persons who followed me immediately. William Evans, a boy of 15, was next called, and after being examined as to the nature and obligation of an oath, said, that he lived in Manners-street, Chelsea, and about 25 minutes to eleven, saw a man and woman standing on the bridge. A few minutes after heard a faint scream, and saw the woman run from the top of the bridge towards the toll house. She was running towards the toll-house when Mr. Hall caught her. The woman had a straw-bonnet and dark shawl. He thought it was the same woman who screamed that he afterwards saw at the toll-house. I thought she said at the toll-gate that " a man had cut her throat," she said, " Cut my throat." Did not see the man when the woman was running. By Mr. Gilham—Two minutes after I saw the man and woman together, I heard the scream, but did not see the man then. By Mr. CLIVE--I saw them - together, but had my eyes off them just before I heard the scream. Superintendent Bicknell was recalled, and his evidence respecting the letters produced yesterday was read over. On the Tuesday morning following the murder went over the bridge and found the first spot of blood near the first lamp post on the Middlesex side. Traced it to within fourteen or fifteen yards of the Battersea toll-gate, and there I found a pool of it, not on the side-walk but in the centre of the road. By Mr. CLIVE—The first spot of blood was nearer the Middlesex than the Surrey side. I should think that a per son standing at the toll-house might see two persons stand ing at that lamp. I do not think, however, they would see the whole as they would be down a declivity. I saw another pool of blood about seven yards from the toll-house, Andrews,home living at B o li ng b ro k e G ar dens, Bat t e r an d another at the toll gate. sea , Wm. was Daniel bed when he heard of the deceased's death. She is my sister , and her name is Sarah Eleanor. I a i e t I oi n found the paper produced, marked No. 11, in the deceased's clothes' chest, at her house, 13, Bridge-road, Battersea. I gave it to Mr. Bicknell, the superintendent, on the Tuesday morning. . The paper was then read in Court, and ran thus : "To all those whom it may concern, I hereby declare that I haw.. made a solemn promise to Sarah Eleanor M`Far lane to marry her, and for that purpose I have published the banns in the church of Kensington, and I have also bound myself in the sum of 5001. in the current money of the realm, not to marry any other person, and in case of my decease before such fulfilment of my promise, I annex my will, by which I give to Sarah Eleanor M'Farlane all pro perties I am now possessed of, or may get afterwards by inheritance or otherwise. My present property, consisting of two dwelling-houses in my native city of Tours on the Loire, in the kingdom of France, now in trust of Jean Landert, I so bequeath ; as also all moneys, or any other my personal property. (Signed by Augustus Dalmas, and addressed to the de ceased. The will was dated the 12th of March, 1844). Richard Messenger was then called, and gave similar evi dence to what he had before given. He bad seen a man looking over the bridge, and found the wounded woman at the toll-house. Would not know the man again. Mrs. Messenger was also called, but neither could she identify the party. Frances Scott, housekeeper to Mrs. D'Oyley, of Bolton place, merely proved that the deceased had come with the prisoner's youngest daughter, on the night of the murder, and that the deceased had waited about ten minutes, and then went off. Witness observed a man walking before the house. Would not know him again. By Mr. Gilham—PrLsoner's daughter had afterwards discharged herself. She had not been told to go and see her father hanged. Mary Lawrence—l am a servant at the Home of Plenty coffee shop, 5, street, Russell-square, I was up in the morning of Tuesday, the 30th of April, at 5 o'clock. When I went to take the shutters down, I saw a man standing alone under the arch. Five minutes afterwards, he came in and asked for coffee. He went out, as it was not ready ? :and came in twenty minutes after. He saw a policeman passing , and he turned - his face away from him, then pulled out a penny, threw it down, and went away again. The witness was directed to look round and see if she could identify the person. She could not, and Mr. Clive at once directed that her evidence should be struck out. John - Robert Davies, a pawnbroker's assistant, produced a dress coat pledged at 4 o'clock on the 30th of April, the day after the murder. It was pledged by the prisoner in the name of John Watt. There were stains upon the sleeve, but did not think they were those of blood. . William Cumming, sergeant, 3 D, was then called, and his evidence was read over to him. It simply stated that the prisoner had surrendered himself at the Marylebone station, and made a statement in which he denied that he had at all gone upon the bridge Augusta was the only witness who had spoken truth. Mr. Gosling was then recalled, and identified several letters as some of those he had received from the deceased's brother, Andrews. Among th em were those marked 12 and 13 . Augusta Dalmas proved them to be in her father's hand writing. The letters were then read. The first was addressed to his "ardently-beloved Sarah," and concluded "Your affec tionate husband, Augustus Dahlias." The second was signed " Your most affectionate, A. D." They contained references to his daughters, and a desire that the deceased would meet him at a place appointed, that he might introduce her to " Dr. Morrison as a most respectable widow, and who was acquainted with the mast religious persons in Battersea." Charlotte, the prisoner's eldest daughter, was then called in, and briefly confirmed her evidence taken on the last occasion. All the witnesses, thirty-two in number, were then called in and sworn, when the evidence was read over seriatim. On reading over the evidence of the witness Cook, and where he stated that " he had told the potman at the Swan that he had (al the same night (the night of the murder) seen a man (Dalmas), who had said that a woman had cut her throat upon the bridge," Mr. CLIVE asked what was the man named to whom the communication had been made, and being answered Good child, directed that he should be called as a witness at the Old Bailey. After the witnesses had been bound over to attend at the trial, Mr. CLIVE asked the prisoner if he had anything to say in defence? Mr. Gilham said that his client, by his advice, had deter mined to reserve any defence for another court. The prisoner was then removed. PROGRESS OF STEAM NAVI GATION. Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co., have just completed a new iron steamer for the Star Company, called the Meteor, intended to ply from London to Gravesend. She is 170 feet in length, 18 feet three inches in breadth, and carries two 40-horse power engines, also by Miller and Co., with tubular boilers. As a river boat, her model is perfect symmetry— speed is the leading object, and her form is scientifically adapted to its accomplishment. The Meteor yesterday made an experimental trip down th• Thames from Blackwell. There were on board, besides the builders, Mr. Benkhausen, the Russian Consul, a Russian naval captain, Sir C. Forbes, and between 20 and 30 gentle• men connected with science, the arts, and literature, forming a most agreeable party, and the pleasures of the day were much increased by splindid weather. The experiment was altogether satisfactory. The Meteor is worthy of her name. Considering the power of her en gines, her speed is astonishing. With the tide she performed from 18 to 20 miles an hour. Her still-water speed was fully 154 miles an hour. In the course of the day she was laid alongside of the Ruby, and several of the fast boats, but they had no chance with her. The grand point of interest was her contest with the Prince of Wales, which she met about ten miles below Gravesend in full steam, with a moderate quota of passen gers on board. While the Prince of Wales was in advance she gained in the ratio of one mile in fifty on the Meteor; but when the Meteor led she had a similar advantage over the Prince of Wales. The result is, that the two boats are equal in speed; but, then, the Prince of Wales is ten feet longer than the Meteor, and has two 70-horse power en gines, whereas those of the latter are only 40-horse power. As a specimen of river steamers, the Meteor is unquestion ably superior to everything up to the present time afloat upon the Thames. ~..... _..._. The Meteor left Blackwall about half-past eleven, and was kept in motion till after sunset. Her machinery worked with all the precision and effect of long practice. Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co. may well be proud of their achievement. The company on board sat down to an elegant cold colla tion, laid out in the ample saloon, and the best wines flowed in abundance. Mr. Miller presided; Mr. Ravenhill took the vice chair. Of course her Majesty was toasted; nor did the company forget "Success to the new Steamer, and Prosperity to her Architects." In looking through the yard from whence were produced these unequalled " walkers of the waters," the Prince of Wales and the Meteor, we observed on the stocks two very handsome iron steamers in a forward state, one intended for the Nile and the other for the Rhine. FATAL STEAM-BOAT COLLISION. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE OFF GREENWICH. I Yesterday forenoon an inquiry was commenced before Mr. Baker, at the Queen's Head Tavern, High-street, Poplar, re specting the death of Mr. Samuel Theodore Lebatt, aged 23, one of the principals at Hennangild Castellani and Co.'s, in Copthall-court, the Belgian Consul, who lost his life by fall ing from the Cameleon yacht, occasioned, it is alleged, by her being run into by the Royal Adelaide Leith steam-ship. Owing to the respectability of the deceased more than usual interest was manifested during the proceedings, and was in creased from the circumstance of there being some very gross neglect on the part of the crew on board the steamer. Prior to the evidence being gone into, the Coroner observed that he should like to be informed of a few of the facts of the case, as, in the event of there being blame attributable to those persons who had charge of the steam-ship, he should wish them to be in attendance. A young gentleman, whose name did not transpire, stated that he was one of a party who, along with the deceased, went on board the Cameleon yacht on Saturday, for the purpose of cruizing down the river for a few days. They were delayed a short time in Blackwall-reach, IN hen the vessels in the Royal Thames Yacht Club sailing match being per ceived, they further delayed their cruize, and got up as far as Greenwich Hospital to see the yachts come in. Here, owing to the state of the tide and wind, they were obliged to anchor. They remained there till ten o'clock at night, and, having procured two watermen from Greenwich, de termined to proceed on their trip. As soon as the anchor was hove up, and the vessel being what is called in stays, the steamer was observed coming down the river. They trailed to shove on board, but her paddles were not stopped until she had gained within a few yards of the Cameleon, too late to prevent a collision, and the consequence was that she struck their vessel on the starboard quarter. The deceased had but a few minutes before gone down in the cabin to sleep for a few hours, singing, as he went down the companion ladder, the pilot's song, " Fear not, but trust in Providence," and hearing some confusion he rushed upon deck, and, it was supposed, must have been thrown over board by the shock and struck by the paddles, as he was an excellent swimmer, and had saved two young ladies from drowning in Portsmouth harbour, for which heroism he had been presented with a gold medal and vote of thanks by the Royal Humane Society. His parents resided at Ramsgate, his father being Lloyd's agent for that port. • The CouomEn here said that lie should only take the evi dence as to the identity and finding of the body, and adjourn the inquiry for the attendance of the parties connected with the steamer. _ _ _ Mr. Joseph rNorton Lebatt, of No. 3, Copthall-court, Bank, deposed that the deceased was his brother. He last saw him alive on Saturday afternoon, at his office, and was about to proceed on board the Cameleon, which was about twelve tons burthen. He was then in good health and perfectly sober. Witness has since seen his body, and noticed a redish mark, extending down the whole of his nose, and to his left eye, no doubt produced by the paddle-wheels of the steamer striking him. Henry Marston, Thames police-constable, stated that at about half-past three o'clock on Sunday afternoon he dis covered the body of the deceased gentleman on the banks, on the Isle of Dogs, opposite Greenwich. It had been left by the tide, and had no shoes, coat, or hat on. On searching him, 11. lls. 7d. was found in his waiscoat pocket, and the front part of his dress was disordered. The CORONER then formally adjourned the inquiry, and bound over the several jurymen and witnesses to appear on Wednesday week to further prosecute the investigation. WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. No. I.—A Return of the amount of money expended on West minster-bridge for repairs, alterations, professional and other services, from the sth day of April , 1810, to the sth day of April, 1838. Repirs and alterations in the structure and X. s. d. foundations of the bridge. Lighting, watching, watering, and maintain ing the roadway over the same Salaries and allowance - . to officers, including Surveyor's and Engineer's charges Law business and Parliamentary and other costs in constituting the Corporation All other expenses and disbursements, in cluding fee .farm rents, loss of rents, pur chase of property, and repairs of premises 10,426 3 11i Total amount of expenditure from the sth day of April, 1810, to the sth day of April, 1838. £83,097 6 9 No. 2.—A Return of the sums of money already expended, or now due, in respect of the repairs and alterations of Westminster-bridge, since the sth day of April, 1838 ; specifying separately the cost of the works and services re lative to the elongation of the piers, with a view to the widening of the superstructure, and of the works lately executed in lightening the superstructure, and filling up the bed of the river, in consequence of the recent sinking of the foundations. Costs of erecting coffer-dams, securing foun- .E. s. d. dations, restoring piers and arch stones 58,321 0 0 Costs for the elongation of the piers to receive a widened superstructure Costs of the works lately executed in lighten ing the superstructure, in consequence of the recent sinking 5,232 0 0 Costs of all other works, miscellaneous ser vices, and superintendence . 7,008 0 0 Total amount of the costs for the repairs and alterations of the bridge £82,661 0 0 No. 3.—A Return of the sums of money required to defray the probable cost of the farther works and services re. quired in repairing, altering, and widening Westminster. bridge, tinder the following heads : L 4. For repairs of foundations and arches 23,579 0 0 For the elongation of the piers, to receive a widened superstructure For repairs and alterations of the superstruc- *20,100 0 0 Names of Com panies. Canals. Ashton and Oldham Ashby-cle-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke Brecknock & Abergay Birmingham, 1-16th sh Do. and Liverp. June Chelmer & Blackwator Coventry Crom ford Dudley ........... Derby Danube and Mayne Ellesmere and Chester Erewash ...........«..« Forth and Clyde ..... Grand Junction Grand Union Grand Surrey Grand Western Glamorgansh., ay. cost Gloucester & Berkeley Grantham ..... Huddersfield ..... Kennet ..id Avon ...av Lancaster av Leeds and Liverpool... Leicester Leicester & Northamp Loughborough ........av Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire . Melton Mowbray Mersey and Irwell Macclesfield Neath Oxford Peak Forest av Regent's (or London).. Rochdale av Shropshire Somerset Coal Da. Lock Fund Stock Stafford and Worcester Shrewsbury Stourbridge Stratford .on.Avon...av Swansea Severn & Wye & Trent & Mersey, 14 sh. Thames & Medway..av Warwick and Binning. Warwick and Napton Worcester & Birming Wilts and Berks......av Wisbeach Wey and Arun Docks. Commercial ........ East and West India London Ditto Bonds Bristol av Do. B nds, var. amounts St. Katharine Ditto Bonds...—. Ditto Bonds Southampton Bridges Hammersmith. ..... Southwark, new Subs. Ditto New of 7% pr c Waterloo Ditto Old Ann. of 8/, Ditto New ditto of 71 Ditto 80nd5....... Vauxhall. av Assurances. Albion Alfred Life Alliance Brit. and For Ditto Marine Atlas Birmingham Fire British Fire British Commercial Cler. Med. & Gen. Life_ County Eagle Economic Life ...... European Life Ditto New Freemasons •••• Globe IGnardian Hope Life Ditto Fire........... Imperial Fire Ditto Life Indemnity Marine Law Life Legal and General Life London Fire Ditto Ship National Loan Fund Palladium Life Protector Life Provident Rock Life K yal Exchange Sun Fire Ditto Life.. .. University Life Universal Life Union Fire and Life Joint Stk Banks Australasi Ditto New Brit. North American Commercial of London Colonial London & Westminstr Ditto New London Joint Stock Metropolitan Provincial of Ireland Ditto New National of Ireland Nat. Provincial Englnd Ditto New Gloucestershire ~.. Union of Australia Union of London Gaslight & Coke .......... British, .......... Ditto Provincial Birmingham Birming. & Staffordsh Bristol Brighton Ditto General City of London ..... Ditto New Continental Consolid Ditto New...... Equitable Imperial Isle of Thanet Independent ......... Ph cents. RatclifT. South Metropolitan United Westmins. Chartered Ditto New ..... Water Works. Birmingham ......... East London ..... Grand Junction av Kent ......... Nw Riv Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salfbrd Vauxhall, late S. Lend. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron Railways. Birmingham & Derby Birming. & Gloucester Bristol and Exeter Cheltenhm & Gt. West Clarence ..„..« Eastern Counties Edinburgh & Glasgow Ditto New Grand Junction.... Great North of Englnd Great Western Ditto Half Shares Ditto Fifths Hull and Selby ....... Leeds and Selby Liverpool & Manchestr Ditto Half-Shares Ditto Quarter-Shares London and Brighten Ditto Loan Notes London and Blackwall London and Greenwich London and Birmingh. Ditto Quarter-Shares Ditto Thirds London and S. Western London and Croydon Manchester and Leeds Ditto New Shares„..„. Manchstr and Birming Ditto Extension. Midlani Counties. North Midland Do. %-Sh., iss. 10 dis. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 51. dis Paris and Rouen Stockton & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, iss. 18 dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Wines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.sl. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditto Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss. 51. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U. Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, is:. 5/. p.m General Mining Hibernian Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unreg Ditto Loan Notes Rhymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mex., iss.2l. pm Ditto scrip Ditto New 5crip.....,„ Literary. Londn,with Sin. Ticket London University Russell King's College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexican Mint Australian Agricultur Brit. American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds... Copper Miners' Comp. ' Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. Ditto Property Met. Wood Pay., iss. Mex. and S. American New Brunswick (Land) New Zealand Penins. & Orion. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South Australian Thames Tunnel Van Diemen's Land Amount Share. Paid. Price. Z S. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 I - 100 0 0 100 0 0 All paid ture For superintendence and miscellaneous ser vices . . ... 3,300 0 0 Total amount required for farther works £52,879 0 0 • To widen the superstructure or roadway 12 feet, making the whole width of the carriageway and footpaths 53 feet 6 inches (the same as London-bridge), would cost 40,0001. additional. No. 4.—A Return of the income of the Commissioners of Westminster-bridge, arising from property belonging to the commission. s. d, Rents received from the tenants, less pro perty-tax Charges on the estate (*) Clear rents received Dividends on stock, for one year, ending sth _ 6,955 2 6 123 10 4 6,831 12 2 April, 1844 Total income 7,464 11 8 (*) Fee-farm rents £23 10 4 Mrs. King's annuity £123 10 4 J. CLEMENTSON, Secretary. y 14 3 , T dae H (plya a sr r ht d ui i pr n e g a e wnd a it n hf d atmh fa eil t y n G i l4 ly oivl a ie r rp e nr00 0_ eG t ed e e x nt p ,or e ca c i t a e ol d -f m to o L t n a t a k h d e . t e t : r i r India, who will leave England at th e l a tt er en d o f th e H eutta early in September. Died suddenly, at Ealing, on Saturday, A lward Percy Sinnett, Esq : , of 9, Ehrenberg-terrace, Regent's Park, aged 47, an able and much-respected member of the metro politan newspaper press. For some weeks past Mr. Sinnett had shown symptoms of declining health, which indicated a gradual breaking-up of the constitution. Though most zealous and anxious in the discharge of his duties, and un willing to quail under a debility which he fondly believed to be only temporary, he was nevertheless persuaded to abstain from active exertion, and especially from night employment, and it was hoped, even by his family and friends scarcely less than by himself, that retirement, change of scene, and fresh air, were exercising over him a restorative influence, when, suddenly, the lamp of life went out, an apoplectic shock hav ing been the immediate cause of death. He has gone to the grave early, but few have descended into it more fully in possession of the respect and affection of friends and family connections, and none, perhaps, ever more thoroughly de served them. In addition to invaluable qualities of head and heart, Mr. Sinnett's learning, extensive information, and professional experience as a public writer and Parliamentary reporter, rendered his services an acquisition to a public journal. His knowledge of the modern languages, as well as of classical literature, gave him great advantages, of which he never failed to make an effective use. For some time he held high and honourable appointments upon several eminent continental journals; but the last years of his life were de voted to the London press. He ended his unostentatious, though not inglorious, career upon the Morning Herald ; and the proprietor of that journal joins the colleagues of the de ceased in offering to his memory a tribute of sincere regard and unaffected regret : " No sculptured trophies may his tomb adorn, But the heart will pour its incense there." HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION-BRIDGE.—On Thursday morning the workmen commenced placing the tackling by which the chains are to be carried over the piers, and before two o'clock, had succeeded in carrying a length of Smith's patent wire rope from the platform on the Surrey side, over the first pier to the Dolphin, in the centre of the river. At an early hour this morning the line was carried over to the pier on the Hungerford side, and continued to the shore. When eight lengths of this rope shall have been carried across the river, arrangements will be made to convey over the massive and elegant iron chains, and the nhole is ex pected to be completed in about two months. PRICES OF SHARES IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 1 . 365 562% 40 4go .230 3'o 240 28 425 C IO jy 1 , 2 122 138% 111 - 6% 6% 5% 400 1L.135. 142 50 1 63 ' isg l 4 15% 16% 16% 2 40s. 21s. 4% 170 205 12% Ibd 41% 41% 175 25 217 88 56 60 12 66 16% 231 211% 108 55 44 I '7 5 till 29% 86 18% 109 57% 24 38% 265% 97% 11% 116 - 69% 3% 2% 2 76a 11 5 1 4 13 MARKET NEWS-YESTERDAY . HAY MARKETS. SIIIIIIFIXLD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 168 to 3/38; wg r ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s t° 3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 65 to 11 Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 1/ lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at about last week's currencies. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 18s to 3/ ss; use° LI ditto, 31 6s to 31 135; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to 41 1 Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 5l; Oat Straw, 1/ 7s to 119 s • toy Straw, 1/ 9s to 1/ 12s per load. Supply but n; and trade dull. WHITEcHAPEL—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 105 to 3 1 ; useful ditto, 3/ 3s to 3/ lOs; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 1 28 W 3/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 103 to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 9 Wheat Straw, 118 s to 11 lOs per load. A short suppl y , 513 a steady trade. Were., COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been no business done in Brlti,,sh Plantation to-day. The public sales have consisted chleoYt of 2,004 bags Bengal, nearly all of which found buyers; bu d at a decline of fully 6d per cwt, viz., at 58s to 65s 6d forgo?, greyish soft yellow to good white. The quantity of s s Plantation landed last week at the East and West lod l , Docks was 14 hhds, 3 tierces, and there were taken for 1 1011 ?:, consumption 684 hhds 60 tierces 162 barrels. The stock the same places is 1,514 hhds 248 tierces 157 barrels. chiefly CoFEE.—Fifty casks Jamaica, at auction, were " disposed of at 87s 6d to 925, for good and coloury q uality. a Pau.—The quantity landed last week at the East, ea L West India Docks, was 92 puns 2 hhds; there were t 3 ',!5 for home consumption 165 puns 16 hhds, and exportoo_ puns 15 hhds. The stock in the same places, is 8,469 1,702 hhds. . RIOE.-680 bags Bengal sold at lOs 6d to 118, for g v "_" mid white, being fully the previous value. n et SALTPETRE.-603 bags Bengal sold at 24s 6d for 1 0 r cent. refraction, which is rather cheaper. SPICES.-1,200 boxes Cassia Lignea at auction nearly_" found buyers at 563 6d to 64s 6d for good ord coarse to ' 1 " quality, which prices must be quoted again Is to 23 lovte r ".6 TEA.—Green qualities are in more request. The deliveri of Tea are incre Y Cgs sod TALLOW.—P. 40s to 40s 9d per cwt on the spot Town at 42s per cwt. (From the London New Price Current of May 14.) re . SUGAR.-To-day the market for West India Sugar Po rented a very dull appearance, and the trifling parcels . du posed of were at prices rather under those of FridaY , total sales are only 150 hhds and tierces; there is n b e tt s show of samples in the market ; a vessel has arrived tor cargo of new Barbadoes. The parcels of Bengal and tius offered at public sale were again very large. . Q 4O l REFINED -To-day few purchases were made in i" goods for home consumption, brown lumps are 7 78 L is ~ standard lumps 78s per cwt. Bonded Crushed Subnd; wanted at 25s 9d to 26s per cwt. Loaves in good demb ' 7i.gt. Turkey Double Refined 2i to 41bs at 35s to 38s • Hinn„ 4 " tt iers 61bs 345, 9to 101bs 30s 6d to 31s, 13 to 141b s 30s; 410 20 to 301bs 26s 6d to 275; Prussian 40 to 451 b 265 6d0.,, gOs, are wanted at 21s to 235. Bastards yellow at 190 r and brown 17s 6d to 18s. Treacle in fair demand at l' s ' 9dP et Dutch Crushed Sugar not much doing : 22s 6d to 23 0 cwt is the value. city MAURITIUS.-This afternoon buyers purchased with tion, at prices is per cwt under those of this day weet;,mts yellow sold at 64s to 65s 6d, good 62s 6d to 63s 6d, mia 628 ' low 58s 6d to 59s 6d, ord foxey brown 52s 6d t e /30 9 good 56s 6d, fine 57s to 58s, and common to good grei. 63s per cwt. EAST INDIA.-In Foreign East India Sugar littlel4 has been transacted privately, but holders remain firm• Ø . afternoon there were four public sales of Bengal Sugar: de taining 7,583 bags 6 casks ; white was all bought in a" vious rates ; the lew lots of brown and yellow sold 1 0 0 a further reduction of is per cwt ; strong yellow sold et d ig to 62s 6d, middling rather soft 58s 6d to 59s 6d, damp 58s, brown 52s 6d to 54s per cwt. FOREIGN.-To-day yellow Havannah Sugar was after, and a floating cargo of 800 boxes of low quail' disposed of, for a port in the Mediterranean, at 2 08 doi, cwt. Maroim Sugar, at public sale, sound all taken ' to 24s for mid to good white, good brown 18s 6d to 19 6 0 ' jot► ordinary lis per cwt, being above their value ; a fe go far washed were sold at 21s to 22s for white, and 16s to brown. Bahia were taken in at 18s foisound brown. ~s l tr MOLASSES.-In the prices of West India there is 11 1 10 4 61 ration • Antigua at 27s per cwt. Small parcels of . 15s to ' l7s per cwt. Cuba Honey was taken in at 19s P'oo 4 COCOA.-Prices for West India rule 2s per cwt undefoll of last Tuesday; Trinidad, good dark red at 495 to middling 47s 6d to 48s, middling to good grey 433 6d 1( very low 365, and good sea damaged 44s gd per e;i: Foreign in small parcels very full rates have been po i 9, 4 COFFEE.-Prices are still on the decline for NV B9 „: and rule 2s to 3s per cwt under those of this day weloble l afternoon Mocha good mid yellow long berry clean 6 4 P at 82s to 85s, mid green 74s to 74s 6d, fine ord 71 8 a. tr 72s 6d, broken 52s 6d to 655, sea damaged, first class, TAO 69s 6d. Ceylon good ord 538 : Plantation fine bold rolri o coloury at 86s to 86s 6d, fine rather greyish 85s (o°oo 6d), pea berry 94s 6d, sea damaged, first class, SA e t ditto 765, third ditto 695, and black 51s ; other sorts K per cwt for good ordinary quality, and 47s to 52 s for 2",, maged. Costa Rica taken in at 59s to 60s for fine t i t and 54s for good ord, excepting a few lots which S 0 1( 1. 6d to 52s for good ord, and one lot inferior 49s 6d poi of TEA.-Although there have been further arrivao hro gri still merchants show firmness, and none has been but to public sale. To-day green was much in dernen,":ol _. the finer sorts the supply is scanty, and prices are 002, the advance. Of black, several parcels were sold at tWL 34 W common sound Congou is is to is Odd, Hyson ord 2s 6d, and Twankay common is 24d to Is 3d per lb. ocu it Rim-There has been a much better demand for boa: and the parcels disposed of by private contract hav y ' ca Stro rather higher rates. Madras at BV6d to 9s, and 1,01) , to 11 s per cwt. Cleaned Rice is, more in request, ,o,(14, 13s to 17s, and Carolina .21s to 24s and 26a per cwt. t ri p" Bengal Rite at lOs 6d to Ils per cwt for mid white. Foreign East India is 8s 6,1 per cwt. SncEs.-This afternoon white Pipper so ld id perliN er 4 i former rates good bold but dingy went at 5d to DllO O l O middling 4 t fd to 4id, middling 4d, and "one lot 3 1d For Cassia Lignea, holders refusing to sell at foray' p v checked business. Sumatra Pepper at 20 to 3d Per e common. Pimento at rather higher prices. t Rum, BRANDY, AND HOLWDS.-Jamaica Rum B ,„' Sr, higher rates. Leewards at 2a 2d to 2s 3d for proof cent overproof, and common almost black at 2s Id Perp proof; strong Demerara, 35 per cent overproof, 3 „ 9 ,. us pr gallon; Calcutta Rum at Is lld to Is 1 lid per ge t ro strength. In the better qualities of Brandy fly chases made, but low descriptions have O . 'islls good request by exporters at 2s 9d to 3s P 7 . 1 11 For other kinds prices are drooping, and rule as ° l a, Cognac, best brands of the vintage of 1838, hhds 6 8 A . 5s sd; ditto 1839, hhds 5s sd, puns 5s 3d; ditto I, as?, 5s 3d, puns 5s ld ; ditto 1841, hhds 5s 2d, plalt fle s to 1842, hhds 5s ld, puns 4s lid; and middling (11 11 T:ll '0 to 4s 6d per gallon. Geneva for exportation at ls °, 14 „ ot e and several parcels of fine taken by the home tract° 13. ? Ai to 3s. English Corn Spirits at lOs 2d per P O 5 day Calcutta Rum was much sought after, ar I ",„etrvo Company have sold all they had at is ltd p",,toof. eW proof 2s 2id to 2s 3d, 9 per cent over 2s 'dd. Pr to to 37 over sold at 3s 2d to 3s 4d. Jainr;toa a t 35 ;I" an t. 26 to 37 over. tl lBsr 011.5.-Linseed Oil at 26s 9d to 27s per cwt 0 3 9564 Rape Oil Oliverbown at 38s to 38s 6d, and pale 52 to cwt. Oil is much wanted. Gallipoli at q" to s‘ B oo Sicily 521, Spanish 51/ to 511 10s, and Barbary se° 0 per tun. Palm bought .in at 26s to 27s for gyn... ' 6 l , quality. For Cocoa Nut oil2Bs to 32s is the valu e e c ,rl3r i gfi to fine. Sperm Oil firm ; 75/ to 761 per tun P 8 ',,," „ t i t er° Pale Seal is 3315 s to 33/ 10s, Cod 344 and nu - 4 0 to 29l per tun. TALLow.-There are sellers of P Y Candle for 6 it; pet the last three months of the year at 41s 3d to 410 ,010 5 4; on the spot 40s to '4os 9d per cwt accepted. Tonto( et ", 39s to 408 per cwt, net cash. South American ',,„ - j9 8 . 0 01„," to 39s 6d for mid to fine, 28s to 33s 6d for low,"" t s per cwt for scrapings and pumpings. New .fU:b - 4.11 - 0 ,0 1 ., fetched 38s 6d to 39s 6d for good and fine, and 41 ' .- t 00" . to 40s per cwt. To-day P Y Candle on the %tc" rates, 40s to 40s 6d being accepted. For deliverY„ i ssr• are the quotations for the last three months of t ue golli do e INDIGO.-Holders of East India remain firM„,• parcels of Spanish have brought stiff prices. 1-i n)P t Guatemala Indigo taken in at 3s 8d to 4s 3d P er Jo' dling and good. (0V SADO.-At rather higher rates, 133 is the loir SlO sound Pearl. Fine small Pearl at 20s 6d per cwt -_ : o st taken in at 21s per cwt. Jamaica Arrowroot error lb. This afternoon Pearl Sago sold 2s undo 7 o fit• good ordinary small brown Pearl at 11s to 12 8 P e etK" Mr. Milner Gibson is absent from his Pg t i i i v s , 00 0 duties, in consequence of the death of a near 54 18 Ace?, WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES AND 'WOO.< tb e ..t d " r 1 r' 0 1 of the quantities of wool imported and expo.-_, e „, cs 1843, also of the quantities and declared vw -- 5".. 0 0 woollen manufactures exported from the United lie that year, have been printed, on the motion of t P l ii.fr:4 for London and Leeds, Mr. Mmterman and In u taltoi t) ,P o jun. It appears from this pap er , th a t the gr°- the,,,st ties if sheep and lambs! wool imp B o s r , t o6 ed ub in . r .a scl o w oifit; Kingdom in 1843 amounted to 47,7 tip dee pod nett total quantity retained for home consunlP et p l e d re 11 7 '' to 46,443,0321 b., of which 17,736,3881 b. we' per O. duty of Id. per lb.; 7,804,9181 b. at id- d u i v a re1,5 4 `60 20,901,7261 b. duty free. The total Onant'";o, 7 "; from the United Kingdom in the year 1843 wt ~- 0 a 01 1 ,,r0 and the quantities remaining warehoused in Lost g o F o ol of January, 1844, 3'827,5831b. By far the gr7,d - of the above wool, &C., comes from Germany 3 ', 1 1 $ 0!1 0 10,( Wales. The total quantity of British sheep.,o7oB;lor..at and woollen yarn exported from the tinh e aut i th d 1843 amounted (the former) to 8,179,63 91 1, 13 •1, s to 7,410,3131 b. The total quantity of luv - „ s L'IT.6O wool imported into this country last year 111 , Al ta Ir ti jo; and that of 'mohair, or goats'. wool, 5 7 5,5 " - , T ioOI P- 0 14 0 , two-thirds of our exports of sheep and lambs rou gh ~,4 1 ,6 1 by Belgium, and the remaining third (on 3 ... . to tal ',„ Or`tr, tion) by France. We also find that the gr°7o fr°;'teti value of British woollen manufactures 0 ;41 30' Britain and Ireland during the year la 6,790,232/. BIRTHS. t r' el P On the 26th ult., the wife of Joh n Scot , ; High-street, Camden-town, of a son. Co bra oti On the Bth inst., Mrs. Barclay Watson, Hyde-park, of a daughter. r la d f ° ~at" S. ngOKneathtiel,oEthscii„nostf..,twaitos. Arlington- street, t e loper at .to ddinell, o f 131 e e On the 10th inst., Mrs. A Without, of a son. ge Tsv ietpc of O a n so t n h , e st l i o ll t - h bo in m st . ., in Half-Moon-strrset, Ws' 0 41; On the 11th inst., in Endsleigh-stree t, l ot Mrs. W. Harrison, of a son. the Ilef. 01 4 On the 6th inst., at Shirley, the lady 0...b00,. T. Ferrer, Vicar of Addington of a son, s y ti o u rk , the l iore jl, On the 6th inst., at Brooklyn, New t Blackburn, Esq., of a son. On, the Bth " Esq., of a son.inst., at Highgate, the luadrYs.° Vi r • G • 0 1 0 On the Bth inst., in Hans -place , daughter. ____.-------------- 'l fil • MARRIED. moil d 1) ¢1 0C On the Bth inst., at St. Pancras Church, KAY' A Oil- Newton, Esq., of Kensington, to Henrietta, seizoati--_,_ ....A0 of' Sampson Goldstnid, Esq., of Mecklenburglt-sq i i i ; lo i'o r d of On the 9th inst. at St. Diary le, Clara], ' yot , " Dickinson, Esq., Of the Inner Temple, to Helen , d . . ef A u , ' daughter of the late Captain Jauncey, R.. ~: , _,,,,verol o°' On the 11th inst., at t.S George's Artillery,to:" catitoe, Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser, Royal iof Pl' eldest daughter of the late R. Hamilton, 561.' Staffordshire. G ib DIED. Heal S riell On the 4th i of Great Baddow, E nst, after a long illness, - Esq., solicitor, ssex. j e o lin _, o yt Ann, n. On the 24th ult. , at Rome, Mary COY -- bell, Esq., late Surge on-General on the Pits±.• medical establishment in Bengal. T o 1 1 1- OV S V 4 :I goal - London: Printed and Published by opick_dls No. 112, Strand, Printer, at. ile w' la e t he Strand, in th P rec i n ct of the savoy., Illiddloax,Wedmiday, May 1-5, 18446 Dividend per Annum. 5I per cent, 41. per cent. 41. 404 81. 154. 11. ss. 31 1 - 28. f3d. 1. 10s. 341. 101. 171. 301. 3% 17s. 6d. 10/. 6 percent. 28 151. 20« I/. 103. 151. 321. 10s. 101. Si. 10s. 4/. 11. 41. 3 per cent. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 per cent. 31. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. ty. per cent 4 per cent. 4 per cent. it per cant. IL O. Bd. 18s. Id. per cent. 11. 7s. 34 10s. 4 percent. d per cent. 6 per cent. 13s. 6d. pr sh 51. Ss. I per cent. Is. per share 5 per cent. 3/. 6s. 5 per cent./ V 30s. bds. 5% per cent. 5% per cent. I per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 4s. 2s. 6d. 12 per cent. 'l9s. /.sh. & bds. 1/. ss. 10s. 'los. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. li. ss. - - 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 11. 48. 5 per cent. lON per cen t 51. Ft per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. t• per cent. per sent. per cent. 9 per cent. 6 per cent. ils per share Pis. per share 10 per cent. per cent. las. 11. ss. - 1/. 7s. U. and bs. t$ l. and bs. per cent. I cent. 10/. 101. fil per sh 15s per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. - 6 per cent. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 4% per cent. Si. 12s. 21. 10s. 2!. 10s. 21. 10s. sper cent. 4/. 16s. 1/. 14s. 10s. per sh 11. 41. per cent. 21. 10s. tss. per sh. 21. 5a per sh lod per sh 10 per cent. per cent. 3L ss. per sh i%/. per sh. Ns. per sh. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%1. per sh 104 por sh 11. 14s. 31. per share Ss 4d per sh SL 17s. pr sh 113 s per sh 11. 34 IL 10s. 11. ss. 15s. 1/. ns. 10d. /5 per cent, per cent. 10 pe7ceff 10 per cen 11. 11. Si 17.. 6d. / .70s. 10 per cent. 10s. per J. 11. 101. per sh. U 4 11. 15s. (per cent. 5 per cent 5 per cent. and ts.tkl. bs. tper cent. finer cent. • 04 per cent D per cent LIST of SCOTTISH COM MAY 8, 1 (per cent. (per cent. `per cent. f per cent, iper cent. (pet cent. Bank of Scotland Royal Bank British Linen Compny Commercial Bank Glasgow Union Bank Western Bank Central Pk. of Scotland Caledonian Insurance.. Hercules Insurance..... North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scott. Edinburgh Lite Incur. Scottish Union Imam.. Standard Life Incur.... Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. and Green. RaiL ;Dundeeand Arbr RaiL par cent. Spar cent. "'per cen t. Q;per cent. tper cent. her cent, per cent. tier cent. per cent. 2% per cent fly 4 per cen t BOULOG who passed I ending Thai numbers in I lope, 431; NE AND CALAIS.—The number of persons to and from France via Boulogne, during the weak . sday last, was 1,178, and via Calais, 41. The :he corresponding week of last year were—Bou i.nd Calais, 177. 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 o 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 e 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 N 0 0 25 0 • 50 0 0 20.0.0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 25 0 0 Se 0 0 50 0 0 100 o e 50 0 0 50 0 e 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 180 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 9 0 1,3 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 II 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 e 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 la 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 15 0 100 0 150 0 35 0 .25 0 20 0 100 0 20 0 !O 0 55 0 20 0 50 0 10 0 60 0 25 0 50 0 25 0 40 0 75 0 100 0 - 25 0 10 0 100 0 50 0 100 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 SO 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 Cr 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 90 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 • 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 29 • 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 • 0 31 0 13 10 0 190 0 V 25 0 f 150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 ' lOO - 0 0 109 0 0 10 0 0 SO 0 0 35 10 0 32 10 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 5 4 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C 3 0 0 14 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 3. 0 0 7 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 50 — 0 e 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 SO 0 0 90 0 0 'AN lES' PRICES. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 o 0 25 0 0 2 .5 9 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 All paid 2 0 0 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 ( 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 • 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 • 95 0 • 10 0 0 10 0 I 25 0 0 10 0 16 0 0 18 0 0 19 a 0 5000 21 0 0 100 0 0 75 • 0 31 5 28 0 0 50 • 50 8 0 20 0 0 3000 29 0 0 80 0 • 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 90ert 4 4 1 O , 105ftS ! 4 170% 16934 224 172 1734 19s. 50 6634 r Tilts Perfect t Which It 1X.0031 In 184 one-half annum, tom 014 . Tile isi 1240, Sam -Wa 45000nd 5000 The p oray on( Mee is I Ever ) Dlrectoz Waterlo AR Richard lArtthan Edward Thornaa Joh n H M.P. a , ba l y. a t h annu m, , ested L ler a e rb r With th, thereby cert ain delusive Age, ...____. I °7o l4tun t.o:l rest ore ut C. w Luirly tomet b t te convi 'trial ▪ o.w ▪ hut uld Vets, Ivor 3 44 n ch,. j,,, tp One. 5 Per c May b i In A a My] the val founds The PA diti A d ou A ilitt vriu lot belt t 1 *I. Mtn • 1 ' 4 4 . tile s T KR tre% Vei l wall C 1)4 , to* AO,l tiktl thj to, Sis Po