The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

Mr. GREENE (Chairman of the Committee) said a vote could not be postponed. Mr. HUTNIE doubted that decision very mueh. How ever, it certainly could be postponed by consent of both parties ; and if the Government withheld its consent from so reasonable a proposition he would oppose the vote altogether. and divide the House upon it. Ministers still declining to postpone the vote, Mr. HUME was understood to move that it be reduced by the sum of 2,000/ Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House proceeded to divide upon the amendment, when there appeared — For the vote Against it Majority for the vote —4s On the gallery being re-opened, we found Mr. HUME addressing the Committee, having, as we understood, previously moved that the Chairman do re port progress. No Ministry that ever sat on the Trea sury benches had got the estimates voted with so little opposition as the present one—(Hear, hear) —and there fore it had no excuse for the course it had thought proper to pursue. 'They were called on to vote between 2,000/. and 3,000/ for the expense of the custom-house on the island, and yet there was not one of the gentle men who could state what were the items of the revenue derived either from the customs or the excise. He thought they were bound to give the Committee some explanation. Dr. BOWRING thought the pressing the vote through the Committee was acting without ordinary courtesy. They had no means of judging of the neces sity of the vote at all. He should feel bound to support the motion for reporting progress. Lord STANLEY said he would undertake that every detail and information should be laid before the Commit tee to the fullest extent. Mr. WILLIAMS thought the Committee was entitled to some information. The promise of the Noble Lord only referred to a future time, while the point was to ascertain now whether the vote was necessary. Sir G. CLERK said the vote was accompanied with more details this year than on any other occasion, as he had had the claims classified. He would be prepared on Monday to furnish Hon. Gentlemen with both the gross and net amount of the increase of the revenue of the island for the last three years. Sir C. NAPIER asked what was the use of a salary of between three and four hundred a year to a harbour master ? He hoped the Hon. Member for Montrose would divide the Committee. Mr. HUME said it was on principle that he objected to proceeding ; he objected, on the principle that they ought to have the information before going to a vote. The Government might carry everything if they chose by their majority, but where there was a reasonable re quest made for information, he thought it ought to be granted. Dr. BOWRING observed that so many Hon. Gentle men had entered the House ready to vote ho had not heard a word of the discussion, that he would not now press the Hon. Member to divide the Committee. Mr. AGLIONBY also trusted that the Hon. Member would withdraw the motion, on the promise that the Government would afford the information. After a short conversation, Mr. HUME withdiew his motion. On 7,2191, being proposed in aid of the Western Aus. tralian Fund, Mr. arUME asked what was the present state of the colony ? Lord STANLEY referred the Hon. Gentleman to the annual statistical report of the colony ; if he wished to have any other details which the ,journals of the House would furnish, they should be produced. The Blue-book contained the items of revenue and expenditure under every head, and it was also accompanied by an annual report from the Governor. Dr. BOWRING said some of the Blue-books con tained items which were continued the same year after year. Some of them were drawn up in an admirable manner, and others very inefficiently. Air. ROEBUCK thought that as some of the reports and returns furnished to the House were so voluminous as to be perfectly useless, this information might be given in a very small compass. Dr. BOWRING thought a colonial budget would be a great advantage. Such a system existed in France, where all the receipts and disbursements with respect to the colonies were accounted for. The vote was then ag reed to. On the vote of 3,775/., to defray expenses incurred in the colony of South Australia, Mr. HUME asked what was the present state of that colony ? Lord STANLEY said that Governor Grey, who had conducted himself, since he came to the government of the colony, with great zeal and ability, had stated, in his last accounts, that he had not overdrawn the sum allowed him by the Government for the service of the colony, and that the revenue and expenditure of the colony were now equal. The vote was then agreed to. The next vote, of 4,2241., in aid of the settlement of Port Essington, was agreed to after a short discussion. The next vote proposed was for 9,812/., to defray the expenses of the establishment at the Falkland Islands. Mr. ROEBUCK believed that there was some ques tion as to our right to these islands at all, and he thought they had better be at once given up. The climate was very inhospitable, and they were not of any use. He doubted whether they ever could become a colony, and yet the Government had here a regular establishment, with, as usual, a chaplain, and they were now called upon to vote 9,000/. for their support. Lord STANLEY said the islands had been taken possession of by the late Government, and it was thought desirable to assert our right to them. A small estab lishment had been sent out there, which, of course, was an expense to the country, as the colony produced no thing. It was, however, desirable to maintain it as a station to afford assistance to ships, and to furnish them with fresh meat and provisions. The estimate was on the lowest possible scale, and there was every desire to keep down the expenditure. Mr. ROEBUCK complained that the Noble Lcrd had not given any assurance that this would ever be a co lony. He stated, in the first place, that it produced no thing; and, in the second place, that it was kept up to furnish,fresh provisions to ships. Now, what did they want with a governor, government clerk, and chaplain, with an expenditure of 9,0001. a year, to furnish fresh provisions for ships? Lord STA NLEY said that the island produced rough grass, and there were cattle there which supplied the ships with frels meat. Dr. BOWRING drew the attention of the House to the manner is which this estimate had increased. In 1842 it was 2,000/.; the next year it had increased one hundred per cent. ; it was 4,0001. ; and now, in 1844, it was 9, 8 001. Mr. HUME protested against maintaining this esta blishment when it had been first proposed, and he had then been told that it was never to exceed '2,000/. It ap peared from the retains that, during the last half year, the amount received for beef and hides was 98/. 103.11 d., and the expense of looking after the cattle was 1,000/. Mr. A. CHAPMAN supported the vote; which, After a few words from Lord STANLEY,was agreed to. Oa the pro/easel of a vote of 7,5651 for the expense of the colony, of New Zealand. Mr. ROEBUCK said that in this case he found they had a governor, a chief justice, and a, bishop. Now this was a colony founded upon what was called the grandest discovery of modern times—a self-supporting colony-L— -and here they were called upon, now, to pay for it. He found here, as in other instances, a great desire to push forward the Church. What did they want to do with a bishop? They cou:d not be content with sending out an honest, poor parson, but they must send out a bishop. What could they want with a bishop in New Zealand? It was an outrage on the country to be making these estab lishments for bishops who were maintained out of the sweat of the English people. Lord STANLEY had no desire to discuss the pro priety of furnishing religious instruction to those who emigrated to our colonies.—(Cheers.) The present Go vernment was not responsible for the appointment of the Bishop. It had taken place under the late Government. Dr. Selwyn, the present Bishop, had given up all his hopes of preferment here to undertake the office of Bishop, in the colony on the faith that he should have the salary. The faith of the Government was pledged to the Bishop and he hoped the House would not break the faith which the Government had pledged to him. -Mr. ROEBUCK said, it might have been that the Bishop of New Zealand gave up his expectations in this country to be promoted to the Bishopric of New Zealand, hut that was no reason why this country should be taxed fat such useless dignity. The Noble Lord made an ad misericordiant appeal to the House, but why should this country be obliged to maintain expensive Church esta blishments in all our colonies ? He could suggest a remit, but it might be unpalateable. Mr. HUME said, the Government had distinctly pledged itself not to introduce this charge among the estimates—a ?ledge distinctly made to this House, and through-this House to the country. The Noble Lord told them the Gove rn ment ge, was pledged to the Bishop. Which was the pled to the House or to the country, to be first redeemed ?.—(13, 5 „,. , hear.) He thought that to the country. Half the people of - Eng land did not go to church, yet they were obliged t o pay not only for the Church in this country, but for a Church among a people whom - they knew nothing of. The next thi ng the Government would do would be to send out a Bishop to the Falkland Isles, and to every other habitable colony that a handful of people could exist upon. Lord STANLEY said the vote had been sanctioned by the House for the last three years, and he now saw no reason why they should depart from their former) practice. Mr. VERNON SMITH said the Noble Lord was mistaken iu stating that the late Government had intro • &teed the vote to the Bishop of New. Zealand among the estimates. It was not so. The Noble Lord was the first Colonial Secretary who introduced thiti vote among the estimates. He thought the ap pointment of a Bishop to New Zealand was inappropriate and i n e x peaent, and ca lculated to bring ridicule on the Bishop himself. -Lord STANLEY said he was incorrect in saying that the late Government had introduced the vote to the Bishop Of. New Zealand among the estimates, but it had been sanctioned by the 'Treasury, and the Bishop haikloue out on the faith that the vote would be g ranted by Government. • Mr.- AGLIQNBY spoke in favour of the apppintment. Lord SANDON said the New Zealand Company bad offered gietteindueements fur a bishop to go out to New Zealand.. They were most anxious for the appointment. • Mr. TIME —Then let them pay for it. After some further observations from Dr. Bownso and Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. HUME moved that the vote of 7,657/. be reduced to 6,97sL—that was minus the vote to the bishop. After a short conversation th e Committee- *divided, when the numbers were=-- • For the amendment Against it l9 80 - Majority 5"1 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1844. 1,0231. was voted for the civil establishment of Heli goland. On the motion that 18,3941. be granted to ply the charges and expenses of the Governors and Lieutenant- Governors of the West India colonies, Sir C. NAPIER said that now that they had steam• communication, there was no reason to appoint Lieute nant-Governors for all these islands. He begged to suggest for the consideration of the Noble Lord, whether it would not be better to have one Governor-General for the whole of the islands. Lord STANLEY said it had been found necessary to have a separate officer for each island. The vote was agreed to. On the vote that 11,303/. be granted for the ecclesi astical institutions of British North America. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he was desirous to have this grant more fully considered than it could be in this night's Committee. Lord STANLEY said that he would make no objec tion to the adjournment of the Committee till Monday next. The CHAIRMAN then reported progress. The other Orders of the day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. No. 108, (continued.)—lV. Education, Science, and Art, Estimates, &c., Miscellaneous Services, for the Year ending 31st March, 1845.—This estimate shows an increase of 4.5,3761., as compared with that of 1842, for the like services, and of 35,7931., compared with last year. The services for the current year are charged, respectively, as follows :—(1.) Public Edu cation, Great Britain, 40,0001. (2.) Ditto, Ireland, 72,0001. (3.) Schools of Design, 4,4101. (4.) Pro fessors of Oxford and Cambridge, 2,0061. (5.) Uni versity of London, 5,1881. (6.) Universities, &c., Scotland, 7,3801. (7.) Roman Catholic College, Ire land, 8,9281. (8 and 9.) Royal Irish Academy, and Royal Hibernian Academy (each 3001.), 6001. (10.) Royal Dublin Society, 6,850/. (11.) Belfast Acade mical Society, 2,1001. (12 and 13.) British Museum : viz., Establishment, &c., 37,9871.; Ditto, Buildings, 46,030/. ; Ditto, Purchases, 3,2451. (14.) National Gallery : Picture Purchases, and Expenses of the Gallery, &c., 1,5001. (15.) Museum of Economic Geology, 2,3001. (16.) Scientific Works and Experi ments, 7,2351. (17.) Monuments to Sir Sydney Smith Lord De Saumarez, and Lord Exmouth, 1,5001. (18.) Agricultural Museum, of Edinburgh, 3,0001. (19.) Botanic Garden, Dublin, 2,0001.—1 n all, 256,260/. _ _ No. 108, (continued.)-Estimates, &c., Miscella neous Services for year ending March 31, 1845.- (VI.) Superannuation and Retired Allowances and Gra tuities for Charitable and other purposes. This class comprehends 18 Estimates :- (1.) Superannuation and Retired Allowances; vote required, 86,9371. en Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants; ditto, 6,2001. (3) Vaccine Establishment; ditto, 1,8501. (4.) Refuge for the Destitute ' • ditto, 3,000/. (5.) Polish Refugees and Distressed Spaniards, 12,1001. (6.) Miscellaneous Charges, formerly on the Civil List ; ditto, 4,9321. (7.) Miscellaneous Charges, formerly on the Hereditary Revenue of Scotland; ditto, 2,1541. (8.) Foundling Hospital, Dublin ; ditto, 6,7671. (9.) House of Industry, Dublin ; ditto, 13,4291. (10.) Female Orphan House, Dublin ; ditto, 1,0001. (11.) Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin; ditto, 2,5001. (12.) Lying-in-Hospital, Dublin ; ditto, 1,0001. (13.) Dr. Steevens's Hospital, Dublin; ditto, 1,5001. (14.) Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dublin ; ditto, 3,0001. (15.) Hospital for Incurables, Dublin ; ditto, 5001. (16.) Board of Charitable Donations and Bequests; ditto, 700/. (17.) Non-Conforming and other Ministers, Ireland ; ditto, 35,6301. (18.) Con cordatum Fund, and other Charities and Allowances in Ireland; ditto, 7,3401.--Total aggregate to be voted, 190,539/., being a decrease of 4,852/. as com pared with the estimates of 1842, and of 1,767/. as compared with those of 1843. The items of increase on the comparison of last year are an excess of 6501. on vote No. 1, and of 72/. on vote No. 6. The items of decrease are the diminished charges for vote No. 2, by 500/. ' • vote No. 5, by 500/. ; vote No. 8, by 830/. ; vote No. 9, by 5441 4 and vote No. 18, by 135/. The vote for Superannuations and Retired Allow ances embraces the Treasury, including Solicitor's department, the three several departments of the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Secretaries, Privy Council Office, Board of Trade, Alien Office, State Paper Office, Slave-trade Commissioners, Consuls abroad, Convict Hulk Establishments, Insolvent Debtors' Court, Audit, Stationery, Exchequer Bill Offices, Exchequer Messengers, Paymaster-General, Paymaster of Civil Services, Mint, Ditto in Scotland (sinecure offices abolished), Deputy Keeper of Re galia (Scotland), Persons formerly employed on Roads (Scotland), Public Offices in Ireland, late Linen Board, &c., Paymaster of Civil Services, late Vice- Treasurer and Teller of the Exchequer, Ireland (1,5600, late Irish Annuity Office, National Debt Office, &c. No. 108, (continued.)-VII. Special and Tempo rary objects :-(1.) Tovvnland Survey of Ireland, 5,000/. (2.) Shannon Navigation, 2,997/. (3.) Am bassalor's Residence in Pans, 1,330/. (4.) Ambas sador's Residence at Constantinople, 10,0001. (5.) Steam Navigation to India, 50,000/. (6.) Militia and Volunteers in Canada, 16,6001.-In all, 85,927/. Decrease, compared with 1843, 29,239/. 109. Civil Contingencies.-An account of the sum expended, under the head of Civil Contingencies, in the year 1843, and an estimate of the sum required for 1844.-The total expenditure under the head for the last year was very heavy; namely, 116,4051. The estimated amount for the year, ending March 31, 1845, is 100,000/. Some of the items of last year's actual expenditure we shall here particularise :- 1. Extraordinary Disbursements of Ministers at Foreign Courts.-Under this head we are happy to observe that there is a decrease as compared with the year 1842 of 4,1811. The total amount is stated at 15,717/. ; in the preceding year it was 19,898/. ; but on the charge of " Special Missions, Foreign and Colonial," we find the enormous increase of 12,608/. ; in 1842 this charge was 22,2571. For last year it amounted to the enormous sum of 34,865/. Again, whereas in 1842 the charge for Outfit and Equipage of Ministers at Foreign Courts was nil, the expendi ture on this account last year was 6,680/. We must observe, however, that the total aggregate of increase on the expenditure of 1843, compared with 1842, out of the general grant for these branches of civil contingencies, was but 1,023/. ; and compared with 1841, it shows a decrease of 13,790/. These " extraordinary disbursements" do not include the salaries of our Ministers " at Foreign Courts," nor of their attaches, but only such items as post-office charges ; wages to servants ; charges incidental to keeping up of official residences, &c. also, charge of outfit and equipages. Our Ministers, whose expenses are to this extent charged for in this estimate, are those accredited to the Courts of France, Austria, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, Frank fort, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Saxony, Wur temburg, Spain, Portugal, Buenos Ayres, New Granada, Brazils, Mexico, Naples, Tusoany, Sardinia, Greece,Constantinople, Hamburg, Hanover, and Texas. Among a veriety of heavy charges, the equivalent of which it is somewhat difficult to discover in the items respectively set opposite to them, are the fol lowing :-Amount issued on account of the Right Hon. Henry Ellis's special mission to the Emperor of Brazil, 1,500/. ; amount expended for the Earl Marshal's baton 104/. (!) ; the Commission ap pointed to settle the claims of British subjects who served in the Portuguese Army and Navy, during the war of liberation in Portugal, on account of expenses of the Commission, 2,000/. Miscellaneous Services.-Estimates, &c., for Miscel- laneous Services for the year ending the 31st of March, 1845 —Colonial, Consular, and other Foreign Ser vices ; Civil Establishments and Expenses. These services are thus enumerated:--1. Bahamas, 3,4101. —2. Bermudas, 4,0491.-3. Prince Edward's Island, 3,070/.-4. Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 4001.- 5. Sierra Leor.e, Gambia, and Gold Coast, 13,680/. 6. St. Helena, 1 3, 5 0 01 . - 7. Western Australia, 7,219/.-8. South Australia, 3,775/.-9. Port Es sington, 4,2241.-10. Falkland Isles, 9,812/.-11. New Zealand, 7,565/.-12. Heligoland, 1,023/.- 13. Governors and others, West Indies, 18,394/.- 14. Clergy, North America, 11,353/.-15. Indian Departments, Canada, 18,895/. —l6. Emigration, 11,2821.-17. Justices in the West Indis, Mauri tius, &c., 49,7001.-18. Negro Education, 12,000/.- 19. Captured Negroes, support, &c., 35,000/.-20. Commissioners for Suppression of Slave-trade, 24,0001.-21. Consuls abroad, 107,3001.-22. Mi nisters at Foreign Courts (extraordinary expenses), 20,0001. The aggregate of these items (379,651/.) shows a decrease in 1844 of 44,2071., as compared with 1842, and 46,9621., as compared with 1843. Commissariat (No. 133, 19th March, 1844, H. C.) — Abstract , : of the accounts of Commissariat Officers abroad, during the period from Ist April, 184 2 , to 31st March, 1843. 'he abstracts are twenty-two in number. The details of each are given with much minuteness ; but their general contents are also di gested into two accounts. The first of these (A) is a " General Abstract of the Receipts into, and Dis bursements from, the several Commissariat Chests of the following Colonial Stations," for the above period. The second (B) pu r p or t s to bean " Analysis oDis . bursements, or expenditure, for Commissariat Chest Account in the Colonies." i (A) The total receipts were--for Canada, 544 452/ • Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 159,645/. ; '" New foundland, 24,955/. ; Bermuda, 83,995/. ; Bahama s, 27,414/. ; Windward and Leeward Island s , 302 , 2 111 . Jamaica, 151,121/. ; Honduras, 16,352/. ; Gibraltar ; 115,3951.,• Malta, 218,9181. ; lonian Islands, 71,5791.;' Cape of Good Hope , 237,337/. ; Mauriti us , 97,093 /. ; Sierra Leone, 40,804/. ; Gambia, 8,2161. ; Ceylon, 71,184/. ; New South Wales, 233,625/. ; Van Die men's Land, 276,352/. ; Western Austalia, 13,384/. ; South Australia, 3,472/. ; St. Helena , 45,8411 . ; Mexico, 408,240. —Total, 3,151,586/. This Analysis (A) is subdivided into the following heads—namely, Amount of Bills drawn on the Treasury, 2,132,3221. ; Premium, 44,828/. ; Specie received from England, • 107,9331. ;.laprest betwom station 3, 469,723/.; scie Repayable in England, 136,463/. ; Special Receipts, 200,8111.; Stoppages for Returns, 31,1151.; Miscella neous Receipts, 28,390/. Thelargestreceipts, therefore, are returned respectively, for Gibraltar, Jamaica, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, Malta, New South Wales, the Cape of Good Hope, Van Diemen's Land, Windward and Leward Islands, Mexico, and Canada. They were severally, in the order abovenamed, these-115,3951., 151,121/., 159,645/., 218,9181., 233,6251., 237,337/., 276,352/., 302,2111., 408,2401., and 544,452/. (From hence it appears that the receipts of Van Diemen's Land were 42,747/. more than those of the mother colony, New South Wales.) To the above total of 3,151,586/., must be added, for amount of balances in the several Commissariat chests, on Ist April, 1842, 1,213,4891., making an aggregate receipt of 4,365,075/. (B.) By this Analysis of Disbursements, it ap pears that, for Honduras, the payments were less than the receipts by 5361.; for Ceylon, by 6/. only; for New South Wales, by 6,669/.; for Van Diemen's Land, by 23,814/. ; for South Australia, by 2071. Almost all the other items show a very considerable excess of payments over receipts; for example, the lonian Islands, of 36,026/. ; the Cape of Good Hope, of 31,327/. ; Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, of 23,275/. ; Mauritius, of 39,843/. ; Mexico, of 44,448/. ; and Canada, of no less than 137,749/. Loan Societies (No. 65, 28th February, H. C.)— " Abstract of Accounts of Loan Societies in England and Wales, to 31st December, 1843, by John Tidd Pratt, Esq., the Barrister appointed to certify the Rules of Saving Banks, pursuant to 3 and 4 Victoria, c. 110, s. 27." Detailed accounts for fifteen counties of England and Wales ; the cities of London, Lin coln, and Oxford ; and the towns of Leicester and Southampton. THE NORTHERN PITMEN. (From the Newcastle Advertiser.) We understand that the coalowners, after due deli beration, have come to the conclusion that they can not employ the men under the unreasonable regula tions and restrictions contained in the bond drawn by Mr. Roberts, and approved by the delegates We mentioned the commencement of fine weather, the stock of coal on hand, the supply that could be pro cured from coal-producing districts, and the im poverished resources of the men themselves, and from ' these combined circumstances came to the conclusion that the strike would not be of long duration ; but we are sorry to learn that, in some instances, the pitmen have resorted to illegal proceedings, and attempted by force and intimidation to prevent others from exer cising the honest rights of industry. The pitmen are not in a position to coerce the coalowners, and the consequences must be ruinous to themselves, as they must be ejected from their houses as soon as a sufficient protective force gets into the dis trict. In several instanees the windows of non unionists have been broken, and personal violence has been resorted to. At Castle Eden Colliery, the owners attempted to send away the coals they had lying at the bank previous to the strike, and as the re gular men refused to fill them into the waggons, strange men were engaged for the purpose. They were attacked by a large assemblage of men and women, who drove them from their occupation, even though the rural po licemen of the district were employed to guard them from molestation. In two or three instances severe wounds were inflicted. At Garmondsway Moor Col liery, Brancepeth Park Colliery, Kelloe and Thornley Colliery, similar outrages have been committed. The Durham chronicle says:— " We believe we may, with perfect confidence, state that three-fourths of the pitmen would prefer to come to terms at once with the colliery owners, rather than incur the fearful consequences of a strike at all, much less one of so extensive and destructive a character as that which the arbitrary rule of their delegates, acting under the guidance and conforming to the purposes of their great legal director, has caused them, for the present, to adopt. Intimations of this fact have not been wanting ; but as the owners have no power to gua rantee the safety of the workmen from personal violence from the class to which we have alluded, thousands of well-disposed, industrious, and peaceable men, with their wives and families, must be exposed to all the horrors of poverty, unless the Government step in to afford that protection which it is alone competent to extend." Every exertion is being made to protect the property and persons of the well-disposed. On Monday a troop of the Bth Hussars, under the command of Captain Desales, and a company of the 37th Regiment, marched from this town to the city of Durham, as a more central point, - should • their services be re quired. On the same morning a company of .sol diers left Sunderland barracks for Durham ; and another company were under orders to start at eight o'clock for South Hetton Colliery, but counter orders reached the barracks on Sunday night, that they were not to proceed until further orders. The pre ventive service men from Sunderland, Seaham, and Castle Eden, went by railway, on Monday to Thornley Colliery, where they will be stationed for the preserva tion of the peace. Upwards of seventy special constables were sworn at South Hetton on Saturday. With all these arrangements there is little danger of violence. Since Saturday a considerable quantity of coals have been brought down the railway to Sunderland, but it is thought the supplies of the collieries that ship at that port will soon be run out. It is said Lord Londonderry has upwards of sixteen thousand chaldrons at bank, but these will of course be shipped at Seaham. HOURS OF LABOUR DURING LAST CENTURY. — Most of the speakers in favour of a Ten Hours' Bill seem to take for granted, that, previous to the invention of the steam engine, and the consequent extension of the fac tory system, the hours of labour were much shorter than they are at present ; and a great deal of, sentimentalism has been wasted in the columns of the Morning Post, and other journals, about the tendency of mechanical improve ments to increase, instead of abridging, the toil of manu facturing operatives. Unfortunately for Lord Ashley and his followers, this notion, like nearly all the other statements on which they build their theories, is not founded on fact. At present the hours of laboir in almost - every branch of industry are much shorter than. they were a century ago; and this improvement is chiefly owing, we believe, to the increased demand for labour arising from the extension of manufactures. In the London Tradesman, published in 1757, a table is given of the hours of working in the various trades of London and Westminster, from which we learn, that, out of 220 trades, there were 32 in which the persons employed worked 15 hours a day; 140 in which they worked 14 hours; 19 in which they worked .13 hours; and only 29, out of the whole number, in which the daily hours of labour were restricted to 12. We have no means of comparing this calculation with any general table of the working hours of the trades of Lon don at the present day; but we believe it will be found, that, in most instances where 14 or 15 hours a day was the rule previous to the extension of manufactures, 12 or 13 hours is the custom now. With all this improve ment, however, we feel persuaded that the hours of labour may be made still shorter than they are at present, without reducing the wages of the operative; but then it must not be by legislative interference, or the remedy will be worse than the disease. In the case of the London arti sans, the hours of labour have been reduced without the aid of any Lord Ashley or Richard Oastler, but simply by the increased demand for labour, which has taken place during the last hundred years, and the consequent im provement in the condition of the workpeople. Should we retain our manufacturing superiority, it is reasonable to suppose that the same cause will continue to operate in the same direction ; but, as the Ten Hours' Bill advo cates are opposed to the extension, and consequently to the prosperity, of the manufacturing system, we cannot help viewing them as the most dangerous opponents of a salutary reduction of the hours of labour.—Manchester Guardian. THE PUBLIC OFFICES.—In these days of rigid economy any diminution, however slight, occurring in the expenditure of the various public offices and establishments will, no doubt, be viewed with considerable satisfaction. A Parliamentary paper, containing an abstract of the accounts of every increase and diminution which has taken place within the year 1843, the number of persons employed, and the salaries, allowances, and expenses in all public offices or departments, pursuant to the Act 4 and 5 William IV., cap. 24, has just been printed by order of the House of Commons. On examining this document we find that whilst the gross total increase, which has occurred during the past year in the salaries and emoluments of the said public offices and establishments, amounts to the sum of 82,837/. Is. Id., the gross total diminution which has simultaneously taken place, amounts altogether to the sum of 24,6861. 18s. 9d., leaving a balance of net increase in the expenses entailed upon the public of 58,1501. 2s. 4d. The gross total increase in the number of persons employed amounts to 181, and the gross total decrease to 69, leaving a balance of net increase amounting to 112. The principal in crease in the number of persons employed has occurred in the Post-office department, in which 114 additional hands have it appears been laid on. The largest increase, in a pecuniary point of view, is to be witnessed in the departments of the Custom-house, the Excise-office, the Post-office, the Stamp office, and the Registrar-General's office. DANGEROUS FROLIC.—On Wednesday evening last, shortly before nine o'clock, a most serious accident oc curred to a gentleman named Walmesley, residing at Plum stead. It appears that Mr. Walmesley was, accompanied by a friend, returning from London to Plumstead in his brig, and whilst proceeding along the road at a steady pace, the horse, which is a most spirited animal, took fright at some young fellows dressed up in a style which would do credit to any madmen, and clashed off at a fearful rate across Blackheath, precipitating Mr. Walmesley and his friend out of the gig with frightful violence. Mr. Wahnesley's friend escaped with a few slight bruises, but he was not so fortunate himself, for upon being taken home and medical assistance called for, it was discovered that he had broken his right arm in two places, and dislocated his collar bone, besides receiving a severe fracture of the skull on the right side, and some dread ful lacerations about various parts of his body ; altogether the injuries he has received render it very doubtful whether he can survive. The horse was stopped about half a mile from the spot, uninjured, but the gig was literally dashed to atoms. From what we could learn respecting the true cause of the accident, it appears that for some time past three or four young gentlemen had been in the habit, as they pass through Greenwich and Woolwich every night, of dressing themselves up in the most ludicrous style imaginable, and throwing themselves about in all manner of attitudes, much to the annoyance of all persons whom they meet. Doubtless they have no intention of doing injury, but we trust this may act as a warning to them in future. Lord Stavordale experienced a serious accident whilst riding through Benville-lane, in returning from the Beaminster Board of Guardians on Thursday last. The horse which his Lordship was riding suddenly stumbled, and threw its rider, by which, we are sorry to say, his Lordship's arm was broken below the elbow, and some severe bruises were inflicted. His Lordship was then conveyed to Melbury in a carriage,corecovering cla bnd under the care of his medical attendant, is fr e o m expected. the effects T o h f e the o r accident ry e moreanimal, rapidly s t killed the next morning Sherb9rne Journal. HORSIN ..-UCHOO..•••This annual visi tant was frequently heard in the meadows adjomnaz this place dyag the 1 , 14;t rtglitwalurke r s t & aw e. LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April 19. (Before Sir JAMES WIGRAM.) TAYLOR V. THE EARL OF LIAREWOOD. In this case the bill was filed for the purpose of proving an estate administered, and, amongst other pur poses, inquiring whether Daniel William Davidson had come into actual possession of an estate to which he was entitled under the will of Robert Davidson, made in the year 1810. On the Bth of March, 1842, a decree was made in the original cause. By that decree, it was re ferred to the Master to make inquiries as to the state of the family, and also as to the accounts of the property ; and it was ordered, that the Master should also inquire and state whether Daniel Wilson Davidson, in the will named, had come into actual possession of the estate ; and if so, under what title and what circumstances. The Master made his report, stating the facts. MS HONOUR, after entering fully into all the points of the case, declared it to be his opinion, that Daniel Wilson Davidson was not in the actual possession of the estate. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Aprill9. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court was occupied i the whole morning in hear ing motions for new trials n cases which had been tried at the last Lent assizes. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. NEW COURT. (Before the RECORDER, Aldermen HUNTER, GIBES, &c.) William Read was indicted for that he did incite and pro cure one William Simpson to feloniously and maliciously cast away and destroy - a certain vessel, called the " Colina," on the high sea, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England, and also of the Central Criminal Court, with intent to prejudice divers persons as part-owners of, or under writers to, the said vessel. There were several other counts, varying the form, in one of which the captain (Simpson) was charged as a principal in the felony. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the jury, and then pro ceeded to call witnesses ; but as the case was so recently before the police-courts, and was then so fully reported, it will be only necessary to give the evidence of Simpson who had pleaded guilty. Captain W. Simpson was then brought into Court in cus tody, and conducted to the witness-box. He stated that in 1840 he entered the employ of the prisoner first as a mate, and then as commander of the Colina. He continued—After making a voyage and returning to Ipswich, I told Mr. Read that the vessel was leaky, and I had left her at Harwich for repair. After that I went out in her again, and being still leaky, she was put in the prisoner's ship-yard, and again re paired. When I told the prisoner about the vessel, he said " It's a bad job you did not sink her." To that I replied "If she had gone down we must have gone down with her." (The witness gave his evidence in a very rambling manner, so that he was at length placed on a bench near Judge.) The prisoner afterwards said, I must make a voyage to Newcastle to take a cargo of coals to Rotterdam. old him she was not in a fit condition for it. The pri soner determined on her going. I sailed from the north towards Rotterdam. When we neared the Brown Bank the wind was S.W. by W. On Monday morning I saw several fishing smacks about three miles from me. After I had been some time in my berth I got up and went into the cabin. I cut away a piece of plank and bored two holes with an auger, and the water ran in. After I had done this I waited half an hour below. I called the mate and told him the vessel had sprung a leak, and that the water was running under my bedstead. I ordered the men to the pumps, and they pumped half an hour. I told the mate we had better leave her, and we put out the long-boat. The crew took their clothes, and I took mine. After we got into the boat we lay to near the stern of the vessel about an hour and a half. A foreign vesscl bore down upon us and took us up, and then we were put on board a smack, to the owner of which I gave the long boat. We were conveyed to London by the John Bull steamer. When I got to Ipswich I told Read all about it, and he told me not to give the particulars to Mr. Alexander.—The Court then adjourned. SECOND DAY, Arum 18. Cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SHF,A—The letters pro duced are in my handwriting. I wrote two of them while the Colina was in the Tyne (river), and one of them from Shields. The Colina is registered at 156 tons of coals. I think the freight of coals ibr Rotterdam would be about 901. or 951. The provisions and stores of the vessel might be worth 30/. 'When the vessel sank she was about sixtv-nine miles from Rotterdam and about eighty from the - Texel. The mate and a boy slept in the cabin with me, but they were on the deck when I bored through the timber of the vessel. I will not swear that the boy was not in his berth at the time. I believe he was not. My reason for that is, be cause that night he was the mate's watch. Ido not think that I told anything to anyone until March, 1843. In 1843 Mr. Page questioned me as to the fact of the Colina having been sunk on purpose. I said to hint (Page) that there was no truth in the story, for it was quite accidental. The vessel was rather deep in the water, in consequence of her heavy cargo. I bored the holes about four or five feet under water. It was done with a trenail auger. lam unable to say what diameter such an auger would produce, probably about an inch and a quarter. I dq_ not know that the size of these augers vary according to the tonnage of the vessel upon which they are employed. I called the mate down to find out the leak. He did not call me down, nor was lon deck. When I was at Glasgow I believe that I threatened to be revenged on Read for dismissing me from the Ranger. I must have been intoxicated at the time if I said, " Read shall never build another vessel at Ipswich if I can help it." This (a letter handed to him) is my handwriting. [Put in and read.] "Newcastle, Jan. 4, 1844. "Sir,—l received your letter this morning, dated the 28th. You wish to know the particulars of what was stated. I can assure you that I never said to any one that I was paid to lose the Colina, nor that I had lost her purposely, or that I had been uncomfortable ever since. This must have arisen from the letter sent from Barking ; but, Sir, I can clear you of the report, and myself likewise. I expect to leave next Saturday, and if so, I am in hopes that I shall be at home in a few days, and get all these false reports settled, and proved to be false. " I am, Sir, yours, &c., "To E. Page, Esq., Ipswich. "W. SIMPSON." Cross examination continued by Mr. Sergeant SHEA—I did say that I had sunk the Colitis, purposely-to Gardener, and afterwards wrote the letter which has just been read. The case for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Sergeant SHEA addressed the jury for the prisoner, and proceeded to call evidence. James Hudson—l am surveyor of the port of Stockton. In June, 1840, the Colina was in a yard there for repair. I examined her, and gave directions as to the repairs, as well as a surveyor. When complete I certified that she was in good repair and seaworthy for four years. She was a better vessel than most of her kind that I have been in the habit of seeing. Her timbers were good, and her tonnage 150. I valued her at 71. per ton. I made a report at Lloyd's respect ing her. I have been connected with ship-building more than forty years. I examined her thoroughly, and considered her sound and seaworthy. Henry Sadler, the mate of the Colina when on her last voyage, deposed that he was on deck when site sprung a leak near midnight. The ship had been pumped in the cus tomary way every four hours. She made about three inches of water in four hours. At the time she sprung a leak there was a " cross-grained" sea, which would try a vessel very much. Finding the water gain fast I called the master. who was in bed, and told hint that the ship as making water fast. lam sure he did not call me. There were seven of us on board, and we all worked at the pumps, one of which got choked. Captain Simpson gave the necessary directions for working and saving the vessel. The men worked bt the pumps without intermission till one in the morning, when her, so we it 'isted out essel a good while. No picked up by the Sarah gt u h ' a e cii, f l, o ot u ni n gva d bs t o h na e eta r . e r Nuvwasfe but h t ( W ) o p en e e o aw f re tr saving e fishing s m ack, and transferred from her to the John Bull steamer. The five seamen and Chaplin, the apprentice, who were on board at the time, confirmed this witness. Many witnesses were called as to the character of the pri soner, who were seated on the bench, and in different parts of the Court. Among them were—William May, Esq., the pre sent Mayor of Ipswich ; John May, Esq., his brothel; and several Aldermen of that borough ; as well as merchants, shipowners, and gentlemen of the highest respectability. 31r. CLAKSON replied. Mr. Justice MAULS summed up. He told the jury that the prisoner stood indicted fer being an.aseessory before the fact, of a felony alleged to have been committed by one Mr. Simp son, or in the terms of the indictment, he was charged with procuring and inciting Simpson to commit the said felony. Having made some prefatory remarks, his Lordship read over the prolix evidence, and remarked, as he proceeded upon the prominent features of it, and pointed out the many contradictions. His Lordship in conclusion, made many re marks favourable to the prisoner, and left it the jury to say whether a person of such a character was guilty of such an offence as that imputed to him ? The jury without a minute's consultation, pronounced a verdict of Not Guilty. Plaudits proceeded from the audience on hearing the de cision. The prisoner Simpson was then brought to the bar, and asked whether he had any-thing to say why judgment should not be passed upon hint according to law The prisoner replied, 1 have spoken nothing but the truth. The Learned JUDGE told hint that he stood convicted on his own confession of a very heinous offence, and he had aggravated it by an attempt to implicate and jeopardise the lives of others. You are either guilty of the crime of perjury, which is not so punishable as that of casting away a vessel, or vou have in reality sunk the ship. Prisoner—l did so, my Lord. Mr. Justice Maule—Your case is one in which I can see no mitigatory circumstances ; the sentence of the Court, there fore, is, that you be transported beyond the seas for the term of your natural life. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) Q UE.EIy. S QUA Maria Foster, a young woman, was charged with absenting herself from the Chelsea workhouse, and with deserting her female child. Mr. Daniel Sutton, the master of the workhouse, said that the defendant was an inmate of the workhouse up to Tuesday last, when she absented herself, leaving a child, six years old, chargeable to the parish. She was admitted to the workhouse on the 7th March last, but had been an inmate three years ago, when she was passed to her parish in the neighbourhood of Brighten. She had not been to the workhouse since Tues day last; and having come there drunk, and at an unsea sonable hour, she was refused admission. He found her last night, in a public-house in Chelsea, and gave her into custody on the above charge. Mr. Boxn inquired the amount of expense to which the parish had been put in supporting the child since Tuesday. Mr. Stitt on—Ei gh teenpence. The defendant said she had been to the workhouse since Tuesday, but not having an order, the porter refused to admit her. Mr. BOND committed the defendant to the House of Cor rection, and to be kept at hard labour for fourteen days. Mr. Sutton said that when the term of her imprisonment. had expired, he should send the child to the House of Cor rection, with an intimation that if the defendant thought proper to return to the workhouse with her child, she would be again admitted. George Harris, a respectably-dressed young man, was placed at the bar on the following charge : Mrs. Oldham, a young married wotnan, said the defendant was formerly in the habit of paying his addresses to her sister; the connexion had, however, been broken off. The defendant met her sister last evening in Bridge-street, when he abused her, making use of highly improper language, and followed her to her residence in John-street, forcing his way into the house, and threatening to take her life. His conduct was very violent. Her sister, from the defendants misconduet, was unable to attend. Her father happened to come in at the time, when the defendant struck him several timeF, and threatened to choke him, and was not ejected from the house without considerable difficulty. Mr. Benjamin Riches, the father of the last witness, who holds a situation in the House of Commons, corroborated her videatel and said diet ha had erry Kw% to btlioyo tot his daughter, as well as himself and family, were in danger from the violence of the defendant. He had been guilty of similar misconduct about. three months ago, when he was brought to was office, but having promised not to repeat it, the charge withdrawn. The defendant, whose conduct during the examination was very flippant, denied that he forced himself into the house, but that he merely went there to speak to Miss Riches. He did not, however, deny assaulting Mr. Riches. Mr. BOND said the defendant's conduct was most im proper; he must pay the sum of 30s. for the assault, or in default be committed to the House of Correction for three weeks. He must also enter into sureties to keep the peace towards Mr. Riches and his family. UNION-HALL. _ ------- Elizabeth Ward, a young female in the service of Mr. March, a gentleman in th• East India Company's Service, was charged with stealing a silk handkerchief, a quantity of tea, sugar, and a bottle of rum, the property of her master, and Thomas Sirett, a baker, was charged with being found concealed in the above gentleman's house for an unlawful purpose. It appeared that the policeman on duty on Peckham-rye had his attention called to the circumstance of seeing a tall stout young man, who afterwards f tuned out to be Sirett, admitted into the complainant's house at very unreasonable hours of the night, and let out again at day break. The policeman havirg communicated the fact to the family, a watch was accordingly kept, and between one and two o'clock that morning both the prisoners were found in the complainant's kitchen, regaling them selves wish supper, and a bottle of rum was placed be fore the male prisoner. Both of them were taken into cus tody; and when the girl's box was searched, a large quan tity of tea and sugar; together with a silk handkerchief, and various other small articles, were found, all of which she had pilfered from her master. The policeman stated that he observed Sirett at least four times admitted into the house, and had seen him leave again early in the morning. He had since made inquiries relative to Sirett, and found he was a journeyman baker, out of em ploy, and had the character of a loose idle fellow at Peckham. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said that he regretted it was not in his power to punish Sirett, to whose base conduct the other prisoner had sacrificed not only her virtue but her honesty. Had any of the articles produced been found in his ptossession, he certainly should have sent him for trial. The Magistrate then discharged Sirett, and remanded the other prisoner for furthlr examination . HORRIBLE MASSACRE IN ONE OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLAN:JS. The details of another attack on an English whaler and of the slaughter of the whole crew by the natives of one of the South Sea Islands, have just been received by the Sussex, a whale ship belonging - to Mr. Lvall, MP. for the City of Lon . don, under the command of Captain Hammer, wluch arrived in the river the day before yesterday, after an absence of four years and three months. The particulars disc 'ose nothing calculated ti throw light on the cause of the melancholy catastrophe. On the con trary, there appears to have been an absence of all motive for the attack, except that arising from a desire to plunder , the ship, which, as will be seen by Captain Hamm , is state ment, was first burnt to the water's edge and then scuttled in eight fathoms wa: er. The fiThowing details, kindly , upplied to the reporter by Captain Hammer, contain all the facts I known in reference to the painful t,agedv • Captain i lan - liner states that on the 30th of April last year, having occasion to take in water, he bore clown towards the island marked Quallan on the chart, but usually termed Strong's Island by British seamen, being in lon. 162 E., lat. 6N. On auproaching the harbour he observed three Ameri can ships and one Canadian vessel lying at. anchor. These vessels subsequently proved to be the Pacific, Captain Rounds, frem St. John's, New Brunswick, and the Lydia. the Lexington. and the Pearl, three American u: balers, As the Sussex neared the isEnd the captains of each if these vessels came off in boats to meet her, and Captain Rounds, of the Pacific, immediately communicated to Captain Hammer the fact that the wreck of an English whaler, called the Harriet, belonging to the port of London, and commanded by Captain Bunker, was lying in eight fathoms water within the har bour. Having each anchored at a convenient distance from the shore, Captain Hammer returned with Captain Rounds on board the Pacific, where portions of the Harriet's log book, her figure-head, anchor, &c., all of which had been re covered at that time, were shown to him, by which the identity and fate of the vessel was placed beyond a doubt. It then appeared that about six weeks previously Captain Rounds having visited the same island had cast anchor in a bay on the other side, and took in a native to assist his crew in fishing. They put to sea, and in the course of a day or two came up with a whale, which, after considerable trouble, they captured. The native observed this, and re marked to the captain a few hours afterwards, " Why do you keep looking about here for fish to procure oil? There is a ship lying in the harbour full of it." It should here be mentioned that the inhabitants of Strong's Island speak the English language remarkably well, and, as the manner of the native in question was such as to lead Captain Rounds to believe that lie might place some reliance upon his information, conceiving it also possible that a ship might have been wrecked near the island, he at once deter mined to bear down upon it without loss of time. Arriving there the man pointed out the spot where the ship lay, and on soundings being taken, it was discovered that some large object met the lead.x Captain Rounds then, with consider able ingenuity, rigged out one of his large oil-casks in the form of a diving-bell, and having made the necessary pre parations a man was sent down, who immediately reported the fact of the hull of a vessel burnt to the water's edge lying beneath its surface in about eight fathoms. The Ame rican ships above-named, were lying in the harbour at this time, and Captain Rounds at once commnnicr ted the cir cumstances which had come to his knowledge to the several captains, when it was thought advisable to set an inquiry on foot as to the fate of the crew, the name of the vessel, &c. A formal application was made to the Loco sa, or principal chief of the island, but for some days without any success. Meanwhile Captain Rounds had recovered various articles from the wreck, including the anchors and chains, a large quantity of new iron hooping, which had evidently been burnt to a white heat, the figure-head, the full-length figure of a woman with a coronet, the lower dead eyes, and a large quantity of rigging, &c. The whole of the oil barrels remaining in the hold of the vessel were partially burnt, and their contents, of course, wasted. Some few casks, however, were subsequently found on the island, where they had, no doubt, been placed by the natives after taking possession of the vessel and before it was destroyed. It was well known that when whaling ships touched at these islands the native women frequently come on board in large number s, and, ge nerally- speaking, they are considered well- conducted savages. On this occasion advantage was taken of their familiarity, and the fact that a vessel had been attacked and the crew murdered was elicited from several among them, and con firmed by a variety of circumstances. Captain Rounds then decided on requiring an explanation of the whole affair from the King or chief, and took an armed party on shore with him for that purpose. The chief met the party, and ap peared considerably alarined at the manner in which Captain Rounds pursued the investigation ; but, afttr several intei views, no satisfactory information was obtained on the sub ject. Captain Rounds insisted that the chief should repair on board his ship, and even went so far as to threaten to hang him in case some explanation was not afforded. The chief himself appeared wining to go on board, but the natives would not allow him, and at this point all further communi cation between them ceased; the natives taking to their canoes, and seeking refuge within the creeks with which the island abounds. Here it was found impossible to pursue them, but from the women and a few stragglers among the men the following particulars were obtained : The Harriet had put into the island for wood and water, and the intercourse between her crew and the natives was apparently carried on in the usual friendly manner. A deep plot, Itnvever, seems to have been laid by the natives, which was at thc• same time wholly unsuspected by Captain Bunker. One day, shortly after their' arrival, the captain and the sur geon wont ashore shooting—two boats' crews boim.r, engaged in collecting wood, and one in taking in water. Out of a crew of twenty-seven to thirty persons, only live remained on board the ship, and this fact doubtless being observed by the na tives, who were anxiously watching an opportunity, they simultaneously attacked the different parties, killing each almost instantaneously. Resistance would appear to have been hopeless, for, although the island is not more than twenty-seven miles in circumference , it is very thickly popu lated, and from three hundred to four hundred natives were frequently seen on the shore at one time by Captain Rounds. The five persons who were on board ship at the time observed the attack on their comrades, and, seeing a number of canoes putting off towards the vessel, they hastily embarked in a boat, and have not since been heard of, the probability being that, as Strong's Island is situated at a long distance from any other, they also must have perished in the course of the few following days. In the course of Captain Round's inves tigations on the island he fortunately discovered four or five leaves of the Harriet's log, from which it appeared that the ship had recently been to Port Jackson for the purpose of 'undergoing some *Os, tiled the captain had made an entry to the effect that he had had some trouble with his crew. Finding all their enileivours fail to procure more information the several ships aboYe alluded to bore up and stood away from the island together—parting company some days sub. sequentiv. The Harriet was the property of Messrs. Boulcott, of Paul's wharf, London. She left England in June, 1839, and has consequently been absent nearly five years. No tidings has been heard of her during the last eighteen months, and her owners had recently elected an additional insurance of 1,5001, making a total of 7,5001. Many of her crew left at Sydney, whose places were supplied by others; it is there fore impossible to give the names of those lost correctly. It is generally believed that three other vessels have been destroyed in a similar manner at the same island, information to that effect having been obtained by Captain Rounds. These vessels are supposed to have belonged to some of the Sandwich Islands—ships from that locality visiting Strong's Island for the purpose of collecting the beach le mar, a species of worm, in which a considerable trade is carried on with China. Captain Hammer states it as his opinion, that although there may be no Englishmen resident on the island at pre sent, there must have been at some previous time, as the na tives are so well versed in the English language. He adds, that the natives appeared extremely desirous to prevent his becoming acquainted with any of the circumstances of the affair, affecting a degree of indifference with regard to the American captains. On entering the harbour it was sug gested to him that it might be advisable to hoist the Ameri can standard at the mast head, instead of the union jack. This, however, he declined to do. The Sussex brings home a cargo of 1,500 barrels. 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Do. 4.5 h., iss. die. Northern and Eastern Ditto Scrip, iss. 51. dis. Paris and Rouen Stockt n & Darlington South East. and Dover Ditto New, its . 25dis. York and N. Midland Ditto New Shares Mines. Albion Copper Alten Anglo Mex., iss.s/. p.m Ditto Subscription Bolanos Ditt Scrip Brazil. Imp. iss.s/. p.m Do. Mocaub. & Coc. U, Do. St. John Del Rey British Iron Candonga. Ditto Registered Cobre Copper Copiapo Columbian, las. 51. p.m General Mining ..... Hibernian ......... Imperial Slate Compy Mexican Mining Co. of Ireland Real del Monte, Unrcg Ditto Loan Notes Ith ymney Iron Santiago de Cuba United Mox.,iss.2l. 1.10.. 10 per cent. 10s. per eh. 14 101. push. soon 2b 0 0 40 0 0 Ditto Scrip Ditto New Scrip Literary. Londn, with Sin. Ticket 'London University Russell King' College Miscellaneous Anglo Mexicali Mint Australian Agricultur Be it . American Land, Canada Upper Canada Bonds Copper Miners' Comp Gen. Steam Navigation Iberian Mercantile Co. ! Ditto Property Met. Wood ?ay., iss, 14 Mex. and S. American New Brunswick Land New Zealand Penins. & Orien. Steam Royal Mail Steam Reversionary Int. Soc South AustrAian Thames Tunnel 0 5% Van themen's Land UST ol► SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 100 0 50 0 100 0 100 0 15 0 5 A 5 0 10 0 10 0 o 215 o 20 0 7 . O 4 O 4 0 o 521( % O 104 29 50 7.) 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 50 0 20 0 !percent. ! fper c-nt. !:per cent. ±per ce t, ,per CQOt. upei rent. 61. r cent. $ per cent. • 7 percent. 9 p er cent. t. per cent. APRIL 8, 1844. Bank of Scot land Royal Bank British Linen Compny Com inerrial Bank Glisgo, Union Bank Western Bonk ..... Central F.. ofScotl;rul Caledor ian Insurance. Hercules Insurance North Brit. Insurance Insurance Co. of Scotl. Edinburgh Lite Insur. Sco'ttsh Union Insur Stanuard Life Insur Dalkeith Railway Edin. and Glas. Railwy Glasg. snd Green. Rail. :Dundeeand A rbr RaiL 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 r cent. 3 per cent. z per cent. ! per cent. 2 % per cent 2% per cen t AMERICAN MERCY.--Jonathan ' s heart of dollars has somewhat relented. The white man sentenced to be hanged in Louisiana for aiding the Quadroon slave in an at tempt to escape from bondage, is not, it seems, to be executed. He is only to be publicly whipped. Hence, the Allloll=l gig VW Dividend per Annum. 54 per cent. 11. per cent. 41. 401. 81. 153. 71. 11. ss. SI 12s. Bd. • .1. 10s. 341. 101. 171. 301. 3% 17s. (id. 10!. 6 pe cent. 23 151. 20.; I!. 10s. 154 IQLIOc. 10/. st. 10s 41 11. 4s 3 per cant. pe - cent 4 per cent. I pet cent. 31 Ins a per cent. 5 per cent pc; cent. !hi - cent. per cent. pe: cent. 18s. Id. per cent. ti. 76. 3. los. 4 per cent. per cent. (1 per cent. 13:...;41.yr 51. ss. 4 r eery . Is. per diary 5 per cent. 31. 6s. $ per cent. le 30s. tnis..s 5% per cent. 5% per cent 6 per cent. 3 per cent per cent. 4s. '2s. 6d. II per cent. 19s. I. sh - . & bds. U. 55. 10s. 'los. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. ss. 5 per cent. 5% per cent. IL 4s. 5 pe' cent. lON per cent St. S per cent. 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 8 per cent. S per cent. per cent. Us per share 13s. per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. 16s. 1/. k 11. 7s. 51. and bs. 4g.1. • nd bs. Iper cent. cent. 1 /. 101. ti per sh 15s per ski 21. /1 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cont. 5 pc-r cent IS per cent. 4% per rent. 31. 2/. 10.. 21. 10.. 21. 10.. sper cent. 41. Ins. IL 14e. IN. per sh IL 4.. per cent. 21. Ios. es. per sh. W. ss. ppr sh Is 10t1 per sh In per cent yfi P er cent. tJ ss. per sh AI. per rh. Lti. per per cent 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 1%/. per sh 101. per sh. 11. 14s. 31. per share Ss4d per sh 31.175. pr sh 11Ss per sh 11.I0s. IL 5.. 15s. U. Ils. 10d. t 5 per cent. per cent. 10 pei cent 10 per cent. IL 11. N. ne. 6d. 11.4. 11. 15s. I per cent. b per cent. 5 per cent. ANL and j Lper cent. ;per cent. ait t per cent Oper cent Paid, £ & d, 0 41 13 4 leo 8 0 1100 0 0 Al , paid 100 0 0 St , ck I 4 7 9 0 Stock 50 50 0 0 63 2. 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 79 10 3 500 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1000 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 9 Stock 100 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 t: 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 II Stock 100 0 0 100 0 0 20u 0 0 40 0 o 5 0 - 0 e 101 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 • 21 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 51. 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 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 5. 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 120 0 0 41 13 4 IPO 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 03 12 1) 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 lou 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 1 0 10 13 15 9 100 U 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 Ir lily 0 0 50 0 u 50 0 0 50 0 Fl 2000 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 E 0 0 55 0 20 0 50 0 10 0 60 0 25 0 (10 0 0 40 0 44 50 0 0 5 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 55 0 0 50 0 0 5 0 il 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 250 6 0 All paid 2 0 0 3 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 5 1 0 0 200 0 0 45 0 0 29 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 17 10 • 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 e 6 25 0 0 10 0 0 16 0 0 18 8 0 19 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 'AI 0 0 50 e 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 3000 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 10 - 0 0 25 0 0 .- --.-----........... MARKET NEWS-YESTERDAY . OPN—EXCH R NGE The finest samples English Wheat. were in steady de rnat!cl, th , qiwtations of Monday last ; but all other qunlities WVi . 2 again heavy at barely late rates. Oily aba t 10,000. quavt,rs heat have been entered in London, at lt3s (lily, which circumstance gave a little more firipness to the trace fir that article. The supply of Foreign Barley being large, that grain was quoted fully is per quar te;- lower. In Malt, Oats, Beans, and Peas, no alterationwas noticed. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Earl y. Oats. 5 . 10 qrs. :4,, 80 qrs. 4,M0 qrs. 3, 03 ° 20,20 2,100 11',910 Malt, 3,390 qrs. smrrxtr;x3eLn. The supply of Beasts was somewhat extensive, but for the most part of middling quality. The primest Scots sold at fully Monday's quotaions, but in all other kinds was doing. From Scotland we received 250 head. Alt hougn the numbers of sheep were small, the demand for them we. heavy, and the currencies had a downward tendency. L ambs were in large supply, and depressed inquiry, at reduction et 2d per 81bs. Although the ,upply of Calves was la r g e the Veal trade was steady, at full prices. Pigs moved off sloicli at late rates. Mulch Cows sold at from 161 to 191 5 s eac h. Per 81ts. to sink the offal. s d. to s. d. , Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 Second qualityslitts... Fond quality ditto 2lO 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto., very little English ...... Irish Foreign. d to S. s. • 6 3 2 ,1 s 3 6 1 6 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wethers 4 0 i 3 Prime Scots, &c. 1 arge coarse Calves 3 8 4 4 Large Hogs pi 4! Prime small diao . . . 4 6 4 r. Small Porkers. ....... . h _. 3 - c m 0 Suckling Calves, each 18' 0 27 , QuarreroldPigs,eac l6 0 'I 0 Inferior Sheep ....... 2 8 3 0 Lamb , . SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. 534 Sheep I C .Ivcs I 3-, I 7,70 , 122 rig.. I. ~-: W GATE A' D LE.A.3.a.ii;NRII I O 1 - • «'r. had a very sluggish general demand, on the followll3o teims : At per stone, by the Carcase d to S 2 a. . s. 4to s d s • 3 !seer, irti-n0r...... ..... . 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 4 3 0 -- risuipthm ....... 2 n , 6 ..._ middling .... 21., 3 0 - - I.rime lark, ..... 210 3 2 --- prime ........ - 3 3 6 ----- pi, brie 30101 3: 2 :3 4. Pork, arge a 4 $ V,.-al - Lamb. 5s to Fs. 4d. 012.41UttrA Azitztxzw. Although the supply of Hops . offering is very s mall,. th e demand for all descriptions is heavy, and previous rates ar e with difficulty supported. c7•xioNtA.T. Britis StTGArt.—There has been more business doing Plantation, and the Sales are 1.100 'Aids up to last event t We quote brown Jamaica 60s to 61s 6d, and fine e ll o W 6 to 69s per cwt. 1116 11Auurms AND BENGAL.-10,817 bags 112 casks of former sold at 6d adv.oice ; mid to good yellow 61s to 64s of and low to good grey 60s to 645. The chief part consisted ‘"ci relining descriptions. 1,039 bags of the latter also sol d at ylt y to advanco. Dhobah kind at 66s to 66s 6d, fine bri g greyish yellow and mid at 62s 6d to 655. A small part w to ken in at 52s to 545. tb low to good brown FOREIGN —5,841 bags Manilla partly sold . at 20s 6d to 2 14 for good yellow. The business in other sorts has been fined to private sales, prices being not allowed to transPir Java is 17s to 255. REFINED.—The market is firm, and there has been AO 4 business doing. Standard Lumps at 78s 6d per cwt. . C sale: oFFEE.—There is not much doing in British Pla n as samples of the new crop are expected soon to be on ,s„ Ceylon has been in rather more request. At auction 8913,b7i Plantation kind partly sold at 48s 6d to 75s and 925. lu" is dull; 128 bales were taken in at 70s, being lower. 515 . Cocoa.-100 bags Trinidad were taken in at 50 s to 111 bags St. Domingo partly sold at 27s to 27s 6d for gr e ." and 56%ags Trinidad realised 50s to 52s 6d for red. 1:t•M is tirm. A ERA.: —lieogal is rather lower, and 4,000 bags go" noil • - white sold publicly at I Is. r, SPICES.-76 barrels Jamaica realised 4115 s to 6175. -ao Lignea is in demand at 71s to 73s for good and fine. Pil ue-r ne r is taken at al to 64‘ • for good and fine. Sumatra rePr, has been briskca at 3Ad for black. Good white has re lined 6d to 7d. COTTON.— the maket is very dull. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is 40s 6d to 4ls per cwt on the s BB pot• itr i TEA.—There has not been much doing, but as leB not pressed, prices remain firm. A d INDtGo.—The sales have been going off briskly a., t ot vasced rates, and of 3,64 chests passed, 3,369 haVe ics buyers. ( From the Lonninn New Price Current of April 1 98 for SUGAR. -The market has still an improving appearane.,,to all descriptions of Colonial Sugar; merchants refrain trep bringing forward large parcels, and a further advance ha s t :t i bss plece in prices. For West India Muscovado the demo' t o been brisk for every description for the scale and rosa market has been nearly cleared, and the rates paid are 8d a' those of this day week. Sag er To-day a fair business was done in British Plantation ,r to supply the wants of refiners and grocers ; the rates toP' viously esta'slished were fully sustained ; dry brown is e e be purchased under 61s per cwt. 60 4 REFINED. -There has been much activity in the re, t o Sugar market : prices further advanced Is per cwt, ar„clsl grocers have ; purchased largely of all descriptions. 'L a de, large parcels of Refined Sugar were taken by the home c o• standard lumps at 785 6d, and brown at 77s to 77s 6d pe r w ith MAU RITIU S. -This afternoon Mauritius Sugar me t t est attention, and 1,029 bags at public sale went at very fu ll ra 0 miii yellow at 62s 6d to 635, low mid greyish yellow ~, 61s, fine brown 585 6d to 595, and mid 57s per cwt. 00 01 EAST It:ma-This afternoon Bengal good strong Y e o f Dobah kind at 655 to 67e, middling yellow 60s 6d tOl lOO, r o fine white 66s to 675, middling 645, damp grainy bite Ws 6d to 64s 6d, sound grey 59s 6d to 63s 6d, damp xth erl 63s 6d to 66s 6d, damp foxy brown 51s to 555 6d , w 00. 53s 6d to 565. In bond, middling yellow 35s to 37s 6d, tpid grainy, 41s, ord 32s 6d, fine white 42. i, good 40s to 410. 01 , 1 0 38s 6d to 39s 6d, damp and washed 29s to 32s Pe„e O R, Ceylon Sugar 61s 6d to 63s for mid and good bright yel'esos. Fon.EIGN.-This afternoon Havaonah was offered sit st tion, and all taken in Is above the value, viz., fine y elo d 23s to 23s 6d, middling and good 2ls 6d to 22s 6d, s e lot good white 30s per cwt. See . o LA SSES. -For West India previous rates ars asked gal at lbs to 16s per cat; Madras Molasses, in bond, " 1 1 0 40 at 93; Bengal, duty paid, at 185 per cat. To-day wes" , Molasses at 22s to 27s 6d per cwt. . o let T EA.- Importers still refrain from offering any at publichoe although th.rie are fui ther arrivals ; the trade generallY go o shown mo , e inclination to purchase, and in the looe r , Bret of black and green a good business has been transacted a' rates. RICE.-Bengal, good middling old white, lls • sea dsur ed' ' d it to first C 1834 ( Os 6d to l ls, second ditto lOs to lOs 6d , thir, 9 1 to 95 to 9s 6d, and fourth ditto Sts 6d per cwt. Java s' t 11 s 6d, and Madras at Els 6d to 93 6d per cat ; Pate s $ to 1 s ; Carolina at 21s to 265 per cat. P.,.ts et# COFFEE-Th.-re has een little disposition shorn to , chase any descriptio,i of West India by private contr act , st week, and the trifling parcels disposed of have b e 'dilfr prices in favour of the buyers. Mocha j e dove' cult of sale, and the prices are still going - •00 0 ' Ihi afternoon buyers evinced little disposition to do haldielf Jamaica middling coloury went at 95s 6d to 100 s, low c ieso 90s 6d to 91, 6d, and broken 5 sto 755. Demerara ge rd 0 taken in at 755, and very inferior 401. Ceylon pea be et 90s to 975; fine ordinary 74s to 755, fine fine ordinal o Or 84s, triage 45s to 505, very low Its to 19s, damaged 585 ,,, s cs, l A s per cat. East India was nearly all withdrawn ; nate:;.Btos; mixed at 31s to 325, and brown 28s to 293 ;_the small I ) ;;E i ri went rather cheaper ; very ordinary mixed Padang at 2""1 0 017 255, and sea damaged 22s 6d. Rio bought in, middling ed 'a Its at 583 to 60s, middling 55s 6d, fine ordinary 4155, damaged 33- per cwt. C,llon, 59s is the nearest nine' I ordinary. t ocoa.-fharl at Vis 6d to 30s per cwt; St. e-e 211te 27- 6 for rdi ark old gre:k , and sea d .mage.l first c lass 50 , t 0 24e ver cwt. rirocloi. good red at 524 6,1, middling • • 51-. end id g gre 475 to 48- er cat. Sricas. m - hisnoon Bourbon Cloves taken in at. 11 09 4 I lid per lb ; alive mo , tly sold at 6d ro 6id j f % 5 0 and 4d to 4*d for ord; :!ingaporc Mace fetched 3$ 2.1, 4 for middling and good middling; Singapore Nu f tg er i t tdil i e :, rath- r higher ; middling brown at 3s 2d to 3s sa, goo- 6 1 pord 30 61, limed 3s Id to 3s 3d, mouldyand wormy Is to Is to 14 Ruin. BRANDY. AND HOLLA NDS -.laMaiCS 14 3 i tO O O 33 to 36 per cer t overproof at 4s 8d to 4s lad, good - pa , o d over 3s 10d to 3s 11d, h'gh flavour 22 per cent 45 6d, a_ „ i ll 21 parcel , of common 30 to 33 per cent 3s 6d to 3s 8d pelzoozz Demerara at 3s 2d to 3.4 d for 32 to 36 per cent 01 1 1;111;, and fine 3s 5d per gallon. Proof Leewards at 29 Id e ° 0 1 .07, Calcutta at Is 10d to Is 104 d per gallon. W it h. 4 ,. /. t is prices have further given way :-Cognac, best brands 0 . 49 ,11 11 0 tape of 1838 selling, hhds 5s 9d, puns 5s 7d ; ditto 1 7 j; ai l 5s 7d, puns 5s 5d ; ditto 1840, hhds bs sp, puns hs 3 4,1 1841, hhds 5s 4d, puns 5s 2J; ditto 1842, hhds 6a gs 1 . 0 1 5s Id, middling marks 3s bd to 4s 6d, and low 2 4 9 d " - oefe, and Spanish brands 2s 'Bd per gallon. In Genet,. C"; shipping orders executed at Is Id to Is 9d ; fine for n t h s' sumption is 2s 2d to 3s. English Corn Spirits 101 _, t o Scotch and Irish Malt Spirits 12s 9d to 13s per gall°,ni, sa do SAGO has been little inquired for this week , o l? 15s 6d for middling and good middling small pear ,' " ad re damaged 10:3 6d to 13s per cat. Jamaica Arrow ree t t os Hs lb. for sound. Sao Flour is less wanted. Be rra TO •to rowroot at 94d to Is 2d ; St. Vincent's, 8d to 100; irtn. Mois, 5d to per lb. This afternoon fine ste e irspie r " - Pearl at 24s to 25s 6d; Sago Flour, 2056 d to 21s 6d ; f Ais • bd to 51,4 d. is , 1 4 INDIGO.-There has been much activity in th e , fo r c. Indigo market this week, and prices have advanc ed description. COCHINEAL.-This afternoon Honduras silvers at 4s 10d for very ordinary f o xy to good bright, end • e black bs 6d to 5s 8d per lb for good. TALLow.-'l'he operations in Russian Tallow e d ote o f have been upon a small scale only, but holders are reluctant to further give way in prices; 40- to to 4 5 64 is the value of P. Y. Candle. according to quin t° 4 9 f e le ro livery in the last three months of the yr ar at 42 5 3 011,A S e O O per cat. Town Tallow at 40s per cwt nett cash. 6 d, v` d 'A to noon North American Tallow sold at 38s to OS 403' - Sheeps' Tallow 40s to 40$ 3d, Gibraltar 435, Italia n _ lO O 41s per cwt. d, OILs.-For Rape Oil, further advanced rates riloseedortr 39.64 to 40s, and brown 3* 6d to 39s per cwt. 'd s oW toff at 27s fin per cwt on the spot. In Olive Oil holdera'd Pr,oo ness ; Galipoli 52/ to 53/, Spanish 50/10s to MI. , l o s 7" 0. ael to 49Iper tun. Palm fine at 275 to 271 6 d P i er o 3° 431 . ., 1 1 Nut 011 in steady request ; Ceylon at 30' 76 541 le t° r Srerm Cil in good request, fine British at 7bl to 541 be , 73/ to 74/ per tun.- Cod Oil at 3415 s to 341 IP s ' Soo t vs 104 is the value of Pale Seal ; 21.1 to 31/ lOs {e ! . 10 0 t o This afternoon Palm Oil a: 24s to 28$ per cwt for BIRTHS. .rd 01lalre' On the Bth inst., at Margate, the wife of W r i lli ' — . i .,olfr Esq.. of a son. ,- Liedt,,'"s o l . On the 15th inst., at Canterbury, the wife °o..b"'",,,erV Colonel Hankey, King's Dragoon Guar(4i, of A 2 10 U' On the 17th inst., at Broad-street-buildirgs' • Dowse, of a son. 10 .. MARRIED. ob. P 011 f On the 15th inst., at the Catholic Chapel, SP -6 , 1 6 CIO J. mai S-. George-street, Portman-square, and at St. -- li te ~.ipt Bryanston-square, Sophia, only daughter of °lid low Burrough, of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, to Mr. Da s t 0 of the Palatine Hotel, Manchester. G- A, CO ag' J. On the 16th inst., at St. Marks, K e nnington , ~ late Esq., of St Mean - es-lane, to Jane, widow of 1 tl3° Simpson, Esq., of North Brixton. a iirt ° On the 16th inst., at the village eharctl h o ~ il,o, C Cheshire, Mr. Spring, of Islington, London, of Houton. f her d eati 4 • On the 17th inst.. Henry!!. Pomfr et, Esq., ° o re. Excise. to Miss Ann Wilson, of Wilm in g ton-s 4 $o bin * DIE.D Yesterday, Al:ce Robins, infant daughter of LI. lilt° sit Esq , surgeon, Bedford-street, Covent-garden. 0' _,. the On the 2d inst., at Rome, Jane E liza, relict b Rya William Rawson. /o n_ On the 11th inst., Sophia, the wi fe of Mr.' sb ieltr of Roupell-street, silversmith. v n of Se' lltil --:',- r: 1 On the 15th inst., Charles Magnan — 5-0 - -- ;:ty , ' 9, ------_—___—_,o , 0 , ?,0. ii London: Printed and Published by MLB l Affiee_ di , 14 of Q ° No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tie 81 10 .2",,h 0 cam' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, 1L ''' liliddliams §4tv,rdoy, April 20, 1644 -.v s. Price. 31% 05 620 )2.5 152 3;5 ::(12% 40 Eq. I'2 122 :3Fii 11234 10134 21% 3Y, 174, 2O) 723 19% 16 F. 5% 400 11.13 x. 144) 511% 62 1,6 16% 16% 2 40s 21,. 43i 170 205 12% lbo 254 13% 44N 17 34 3 4 25 26 1 4 10% 25 207 81 56 (30 100 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 8000 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 ;100 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 ,100 0 0 100 0 0 1 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 'lOO 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 100 0 25 0 ,150 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 2 10 0 100 - 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 300 35 10 32 10 S 0 14 0 1 10 5 0 3 0 7 0 75 0 26 0 50 0 12% 6 1 14 96 111;4 19% 27 lo' 55 4i 3 4 11% 6 5 1 4 228 31 1162 36)4 1 234 3 R% 734 131 4 90 Si 13i 6 lOW As 169% 225 168 ii% 21 115 4% 50