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provement rate. A proporticn of the cost of some of the public works above enumerated was contributed by individuals; and in two instances, viz., that of the sewers at Canterbury-road and at St. Ann's-road, Notting hill, the work was performed by private parties, partly in consideration of money payments by the Commission. The works thus executed have afforded the means of direct drainage to many thousands of houses, and for the extensive disuse of cesspools. The number of houses which drained into the old and new sewers under your charge, between the Ist January and 31st December, was 4,926. In 361 of these cases the drainage was enforced under the nuisance clauses of the Sewers Act, and in 58 cases the necessary works were executed by the Commission in default after notice. The whole of these house drains were constructed in accordance with your regulations and under the super vision of your officers. Towards the conclusion of the year two very important by-laws, relating to house drainage, were made by the Court, and brought into operation, for the purpose of subjecting the drainage of new buildings in the metropolis and the sur rounding districts to your control, and putting an end to the manifold nuisances which have arisen in consequence of the want of adequate mesas of insuring such control. Under these by-laws the no tic, a received by the district surveyors, under the Metro politan Buildings Act, are transmitted weekly to your principal office; the parties giving such notices are required to furnish plans and particulars of the proposed mode of drainage; these are examined, the localities inspected, and the drainage in question approved, modified, or prohibited. The great benefits calculated to arise from the operation of these regulations fully compensate the largely-in creased duties of superintendence attending them. The working of them has so far been most satisfactory, and the district surveyors under the Building Act have af forded ready assistance in giving effect to them. As already remarked, you early applied yourselves to the task of determining upon the principles as well as working out the details of a system of sewage for the metropolis; and with a view to the peculiar exigencies of the districts on the south side of the Thames, you eventually determined upon pro ceeding with that part of the system first. The engie neer having been instructed to prepare a scheme for your consideration, his report was submitted to the Court on the 9th of August, and approved by a Special Court on the 13th of August, 1830. The plan thus ap proved consisted of a system of sewers between a point near the top of Woolwich Reach and Vauxhall, the main line and branches comprising upwards of thirteen miles of sewers; the estimated cost of the work being 241,2971. The plan for the northern side of the river, though not formally announced until the 31st January in the present year, may be properly included among the labours of the past year. Its details have been so recently before the Court, that it will be unnecessary for me to enter into them at any length. I would merely observe that the drainage of the metropolis on both sides of the river contemplates the same objects, and is to be ef fected by means similar in their character, their objects being to relieve the river Thames from Galleon's Reach upwards from sewage; to carry the sewers, as much as possible, along public streets and places; to make them of dimensions, and at gradients insuring an unintermit tent flow, and preventing the penning up of seawage ; to secure good house drainage, and self-cleansing street drainage; to dispense, as far as possible, with periodical flushing; to obtain the largest practicable amount of effective drainage without artificial means; to resort to steam power only when indispensable; and to provide means for the eventual abolition of all open sewers, ditches, and cesspools. The works you have executed, as well as those you have ordered and projected, have been laid out with a view to the same object. The plan of the southern drainage having received the sanction of the Court, the nature of the ground having been tested by borings, and the detailed plans, sections, drawings, and specifications prepared, advertisements for tenders for a portion of this work were inserted on the 22d of November, and the tenders opened on the 3d of Decem ber. This contract comprised that part of the main line situated between a point in the Old Kent-road, eastward of the Surrey Canal, and a point in the Clap ham-road near St. Mark's Church,Kennington, including a length of 11,260 feet, and a further length of 300 feet to pass under the Surrey Canal. A tender for the com pletion of this work for the sum of 17,5001. was condi tionally approved by you. The necessary preliminaries were also actively prosecuted ; for two other contracts, comprising further portions o f t h e surface drainage, that is to say, the first for building 10,360 feet and 1,660 feet of sewers, to ex'end from the east bank of the river Ravensbourne to the Surrey Canal-bridge, and the other for building 11,068 feet of sewer from between Evelyn-street, Dept ford, and the Spa-road, Bermondsey. Tenders for the execution of these works on the scale of the former, at the sum of 33,1381., and of the latter at the suns of 16,8421, were also conditionally approved by you shortly afterwards. The works under these contracts would already have been commenced, and have been in active progress, but for circumstances which lam about to state. The Me trepolitan Sewers Act contains provisions of a similar character with those in the land drainage and other Acts authorising the Commissioners acting under it to execute works of permanent benefit, and spread the burden of their cost over a term of years. By this means works of a durable character, operating for the benefit of future owners and occupiers of property, may be estimated at a small annual charge during a period of years. For in stance, the 241,2971., the estimated cost of the Surrey end Kent works, might be paid off in 30 years by means of an annual rate of twopence in the pound on the 1 rental of the property benefited by the works. Propos iog to avail yourselves of these provisions in the case of those and other works, you advertised for tenders for loans, and applied to the Exchequer Loan Commission ers and to several of the leading insurances for advances on the security of the raten The Exchequer Lean Commissioners, it seems, had not then funds at their disposal. Some of the offices in the first in stance expressed their 'willingness to make the ad vances required at 4 and 41 per cent. ; but after con eidetanle time spent in negotiation, declined to lend the money, on the ground of the alleged insufficiency of the security provided by the Act. Their objections principally resolved themselves into a supposed insecurity to the lender by reason of the limited amount of rates you could raise, and the alleged absence of limit to your borro w ing powers, and of the temporary character of the Sewers Acts. In other instances offers were made to advance money, but at a rate of interest you did not consider your selves justified in paying. These negotiations were com menced in the middle of August, and not terminated till the latter part of December. They consumed much valu able time and occasioned considerable trouble, and their abortive issue prevented the execution of many useful and important works, and retarded the progress of others. Amongst the more extensive works ordered in the last and commenced in the present year, and still in progress, are considerable lengths of brick or pipe sewer in Gloucester-place, Kentish Town; Upper-street, Islington; Mill-row, nagger atone; Gee-street, Goswell-street; Noble and Charles street, St. • Dike's; and Goldsmith's-row, "Jagger stone; Wellington-eteeet, Goswell-street; and Lower street, Islington. Besides the three contracts for works on the south side of the river already referred to, extensive works of drainage for numerous otherlocalities were pre pared and ordered to be executed, but have net yet been commenced. They consist of lines of sewers, the aggre gate estimated coat of which is upwards of 30,0001. Amongst them are works for arching over, straightening, and improving the Hackney-brook, between a point below Stamford-bridge, Stoke Newington, and Lorraine-place, Holloway, for a distance of three miles, in connexion with contemplated improvements in the lower part of the Hack ney-brook; a system of tubular drainage for Dacre-street and other places in the parish of Lee; also considerable lengths of brick sewer at Haverstock-hiil, Brook-street, Ratcliffe; Balls-pond-road, Kingsland, Tothill-street, and other streets in Westminster. and numerous streets and places in the parish of St. James's. Some of the last mentioned works are proposed to be charged to special rates. In ono instance objections have been made to that Ist-Ao of assessment, and those objections are still uuder consideration. They also comprehend about five miles of sewers between Deptford -creek and BelLgreen, with branches for diverting the house drainage of Sydenham, Lewisham, Lee, and a part of Greenwich, from the Ravensbourne and its feeders. A portion of the work will be executed for the special benefit of the Kent Waterworks Com pany, who have already paid into court the amount of their contribution to the cost of them. You have al ready accepted a tender for the execution of the first part of the work extending from North Pole lane, near the river Ravensbourne, to a point near Lewisham Turnpike -gate, consisting of 6,800 feet of sewer, which work is proposed to be put in hand forthwith. The execution of some of the works just enumerated has been prevented by the same causes which have impeded the carrying out of the Surrey and Kent drainage, and the progress of the more extensive among them will depend upon the practicabi lity of giving effect to your original intentions with respect to them, viz., that having borrowed the S m e o c u n r e i y t y o f ratestnr t a h n e d i r 1n n k imakingarrangements execution,on the for repaying it in a period of years. With reference to the surveys in progress under the Commission, I beg to state that tho Ordnance survey comprises 859 sheets of double-elephant paper. on a scale of five feet to a mile, and includes an area of 200 square miles, extending from Kingston on the west to Woolwich on the east, and from Tooting and Norwood on the south to Hornsey and Tottenham on the north. It is proposed to engrave 400 of the sheets, Of these 366 are already engraved, pub lished, and sold to the public at a very low price, and the engraving of the remaining 35 sheeets is in progress. The work is nearly completed, and the amount of ex penditure incurred by the Ordnance Department in re spect of it, up to the 31st Dec., 1850, was 23,6301. 75. 11d. With reference to the subterranean survey, up to the 31st Dec., 1850, there had been surveyed 690 miles of sewer!, of which 216 were surveyed during the past year. The survey has been made in plans in longitudinal and in transverse sections. The level; of the inverts are given and worked out to the Ordnance datum plane. The state of repair of tho sewers and their condition as to deposit and other particulars are recorded. The above 690 miles comprise nearly all the open and covered sewers of the metropolis, within a radius cf four miles from St. Paul's, and the parties engaged on it are now occupied with thele_vels . of the open sewers in the suburbs. The ope n parts of the Effra and the Ravensbourne have already been completed as far as L ower N orwood, Sydenhace, and Southwark. About four -sevenths of the above number of sewers have been laid dor in plane, and their l eve l s calculated. About one-fourth n of f l t n h e e , longitudinal, main sewers h ave b een laid down in about one-third o f the entire number in transverse sections. EDUCTION IN THE NAVY ESTIMATES FOR THE NEXT FINANCIAL YEAR.—We have already prepared our readers to expect some reduction in the Navy Estimates for the ensuing financial year 1851-52. We are now enabled to state that the amount of money required to be voted for the naval service, including the expenses of the contract mail-packet service, 700,0001., and the expense of the Admiralty packet service, 82,0001., will be about 5,700,000/., or about 400,0001. less than that voted for the current year; and compared with last year, it will show a reduction of one million. We believe, as we have before stated, that there will bo uo reduction in the number of men; but the iron steamers having been paid for, no money will be required for iron ship building, and there will be a considerable reduction in the estimates for machinery and stores, and the amount required -for dockyards and establishments at home and abroad will also be reduced. We regret to hear that Major-General Lord Fred°. derick Fitzclarence, commanding the South-Western District, has had a relapse, and is compelled to prolong his stay at Malvern. His Lordship had intended to return to his command early in the next week. THE TROOPS IN THE COLONIES.—The Regiments stationed in the Australial colonies and New Zealand are to be reduced to six Service Companies each, and to have a Four Company Depot for duty at home; it is expected that the greater number of the men, instead of returning to Eagland, will be induced to become settlers. --- - coon an examination of the nature and situation of the works constructed by the commission, it will be found that they include portions of the main drainage of London; the formation of effective sewerage for new districts, and works fur the relief of poor and depressed neighbourhoods; fur providing for the drainage of confined courts and alleys; and for closing up and de stroying open sewers and ditches; and that they have been widely diffused over the entire area under your charge. Among the most important works executed by the commission during the year, is the principal part of the Victoria-street sewer, extending from Scotland-yard through Parliament-square and Victoria-street to Shaftesbury-terrace, Pimlico. This length of sewer constitutes a portico of the main low level intercept ing line, described in the Engineer's Report of the Stet of January of the preeent year, and is intended to be continued eastward along the bank of the Thames to Blackfriara. bridge, a-id thence by the course specified in that report to the pumping station onthe bank of he River Lea, end to be extended westward through Eaton-square, and along the Kine's-road, Chelsea, with a branch along is'lillbank-street, for the interception of t h e Ki n g's Scholars•pend sewer, and th e i nterme di ate . outlets into the Thema& Localities, amongst others, in which brick sewers were constructed, arelligh-street,C ana den-town; Foley-street, Marylehone; Pratt-street, Cam den-town; Hatton-wail and Hatton-garden; Harwood steeet, Hampstead-road; Portpool-lane, Gray's Inn-road; Old Paradise-rote, Islington; Penton-street, Pentonvillei Popham-street, Islington; Wileser's-gardens, Hoxton Old Town; Ashley-crescent, and Ashley-terrace, Shore ditch; D )wn street, Piccadilly; Groavener-place, Pim lico; Bell-lane, Spitalfields; New-road, St. George's-in the-East; East India Dock-road; Cold Herhoar-lane, Poplar; Blackwell and Brunswick-streets, Poplar; Sr. Anne's-road, Notting-hill, in the line of the Counter's Creek; at Kilburn, in the line of the Ranclagh; Canter bury-road, Kensington ; Edward-square, Kensington; Porchester-mews and Janes-street, Paddington; near the Clapham-road; in the line of the Falcon Brook ; a t Kirk-dale and Bell-green, Sydenham ; Tithe-hill, Brixton ; and the Loughborough-road, Brixton. Pipe sewers h ave also been laid down at many of the forego ing places. I will not trouble the court by specifying the nume rous localities in which pipe sewers have been constructed, but will merely call attention to some of the more considerable of this class of works. Works are in progress at Richmond for the execution of 17,225 feet of pipe sewer, forming part of a complete system of tubu lar drainage for that place, so laid out as to be capable of adjustment with a main line of intercepting sewer for the area westward of the Surrey and Kent district. A part of this contract was performed in the year 1850. Similar works have been executed for the relief of W eeks of houses and numerous streets, courts, and alley s on the south side of the river, wholl— destitute ..,. hitherto . e a loati:feodrainge. Amongst these may be mentioned 137 a quarterPerfiling an area of about half a mile long a mile wide, situate between Long- leae, Bermendse esting of numerous streets the Kent-street-road, and con foulizntreets and courts, traversed by open ditches, nearly . the same extent situate between Vauxha°lTereoefthe vicinity of Lambeth fo c r onsisting Palace. A similar district, of a long tract skirting the river Tham es -street, and New 4ocrsiderable distance, lying between Idorgan's-lan e , about' street, near St. Savieer's-dock, Rod contain cg twenty different streCts and pl aces. ebl c ) . ...itreet, Ber rke of a like character were also performed i n I N ndhani-road -' . • mondsey e and several of the adjoining etreets, and in Nclion-Street, near the Wy , Camberwell, and several cf the adjacent streets. Th e, length of open seers and ditches closeel furup :n th e Surrey end Kent district a l on e exceeded o m il es T he.isbove totals contain only the length of sewe rs eel ,: struieed within the year 1850; but in some instencee the weeks of which they form part have been continued since the - commencer:Ant of the present year. Works are also in progress for the relief of Jacob's Island, Bermondsey, directed to the object of diverting fromthe drains, surrounding tba. locality of the house 'draini4i.e.ili.St .now flows into them: at- the palace, Ken- KEWSPAPE /4:l 3 ing,ton, fur which an outlet sewer was constructed within - --- - ' 2- iee7 g -'e , thetnd same othrpe i rio r, d; . and for the drainage of Church-lane .. t. .. ,. .... e _. ,, .5 , ;: !,.... e .10 ,), completed .ae . 4a . in for Giles's, which would have been r, . :4,,,,,,5,...,.. ...,.__, ..,.. _ A ,, inip4teausbituotffoorr the difficulty you have experienced ':-.' r:' 1 . .7:: - ;\::1;4..' bbta r a water tank. re e<e - -- - ;:. / e e: i efn e - eti: . - 01 the above amount of 79,770/. 13s. 81, the charge eeieb*" .... 7 , ..... e '1 , : „ l i r w , o_rk4) it i' . ._P t r i oPos . ed that 71,3621. 14s. 7d. should be lei:, •'/' rap:4 out of the district rate, 7,934/. be assessed. by vi ly of ;pedal tate, and 4731. 13s, Id. by TrilY of i m ' A Ci ~. ta a Pi THE TIILLOCHS AGAlN.—Captain Tulloch, Staff Officer of Pensioners for Edinburgh, but who for some time past has been employed on special service at Til bury Fort, is to be appointed Military Superintendent of Pensioners in Canada; and it is expected that he will be promoted to a majority. TROOPS Foa EMBARK:MON.—The ships Athenian and E award have been engaged to embark the 3rd Buffs at Cork for Malta. Her Majesty's steam-ship Birken head will convey the 55th Regiment to Gibraltar a b ou t t h e end of February ; th e 68th Light Infantry is to embark at Cork for Malta the end of February in the Resistance, troop ship ; her Majesty's steam ship Vulcan is to con vey the 74th Highlanders from Cork to Gibraltar the end of the month ; and the 92d Highlanders will em bark about the end of February in her Majesty's ship Apollo at Cork for Corfu. NEW ACCOUTREMENTS.—We understand that the 7th Fusiliers, recently moved into Portsmouth, look exceed ingly well in the improved accoutrements, which will no doubt become general in the service. EMBARKATION OF TROOPB.—The Service Companies of the 41st Regiment, udder the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Carpenter, embarked at Queenstown for Corfu on Tuesday, the 11th of February, in her Majesty's ship Hercules, which sailed the same day for her destination. CAVALRY FOR INDIA.—It is rumoured that the 6th Dragoon Guards will embark for India in the spring of the year 1853, to relieve the 3d Light Dragoons. Captain Yates of the Britannia, 120, ordinary guard ship at Portsmouth, has served the usual term of three years; but we believe the gallant officer, if he lives, will remain another year. We regret to state, however, that he is very seriously ill. LIEUTENANT HOSEEN, OF THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAMER.—The command of the Banshee, late Holy head steam-packet, but now fitted for the packet service between Malta and Marseilles, has been conferred on Lieutenant James IloAcen (1828), the well-known com mander of the Great Western steamer, then the unfor tunate screw-ship Great Britain, and subsequently Har bour Master at Labuan. FLLG-LIEUTENANT TO SIR GEORGE SEYZOUR,-Sir George Seymour has at length decided upon taking Lieutenant G. E. K. Gore as his flag-lieutenant. This officer is now serving in the same capacity with Com modore Eden; but as the West Indies presents a better field for promotion, he has again joined his old admiral. GERMANY. The Kolner Zeitung has advises from Milan, con taining som e d e t a il s o f the army of observation which Austria is concentrating on the frontiers of Piedmont. Of this army there are 40,000 men and 60 pieces of artillery in and around Pavia ; 15,000 men and 30 cannon are at Alagenta ; '20,000 men and 80 cannon are at Milan ; and 10,000 men, with a corresponding artillery force, are at Como. The Diet of the kingdom of Hanover was opened on the 12th inst. The 'coiner Zeitnng states from Cassel, that the Electoral War-office, acting on the instigation of 'ount Leiningen, has deired the Hessian officers to furnish a declaration, and to sign an undertaking, by which they bind themselves to unconditional obedience, and to a recognition of the Elector's de crees of September last. This measure has excited the greatest indignation at Cassel, especially as it was thought that the officers would yield to this re newed attack upon their firmness and endurance. The Cassel official Gazette states that the meeting of the Assembly of Estates will not take place. PETERHEAD WHALE FISFIERY.--011 Thursdiy, the 30th of January, the Resolution, and on Tuesday, the 4th inst., the Fairy, sailed for Greenland, being the earliest railings on record of vessels for the whale and seal fishing. By the Ist of March fifteen vessels belonging to Peterhead will be steering their way northward to the frozen regions, making an aggregate tonnage of upwards pf 5,000, an d • A capit4 Qf 100,0001.—Aaffient aglitter.. The reduced Ordnance flap, on a scale of one foot to four sheets. It i s nod g rage, will be comprised in forty- •. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _ _._._. . EVENING _ 3 METROPOLITAN COMMISSION provement rate. A proporticn of the cost of some of the being engraved, and forty out of the forty-four sheet s ePRICES OF SHARES 1 Wheal OF SEWERS.-ANNUAT.4 REPORT, public works above enumerated was contributed by will be probably completed by the end of this month. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- I W " flu ' ' ' da , - 4, 3 , - individuals; and in two instances, viz., that of the sewers The detailed survey for objects of house drainage PANIES' STOCK, tom, end; TO THE HONOURABLE THE alEaT,,oponaTAN at Canterbury-road and at Sc. Ann's-road, Notting- has been completed to the extent of 7i square miles. At Lae COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS. hill, the work was performed by private parties, The high value of these surveys has been strikingly ma- From the Official List. were saint My Lord and Gentlemen,-I have now the honour, partly in consideration of money payments by the nifestect in the preparation of she scheme of drainage of wiaßneenED EVERY TUESDAY AND FIAIDAY EVENING. East W in accordance with your instructions, to submit to you Commission. The works thus executed have afforded the metropolis, and has not only been experienced by the LONDON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14. well, on VI my report upon the works and g e neral proceedings of the means of direct drainage to many thousands of commission and its officers but been recognized by ese ores. the Metropolitan S3lVOr3 Commission during the past houses, and for the extensive disuse of cesspools. The others who have had occasion to avail themselves of their 70E4 . 3.'-13T0.13= Et.llTl'7l.S. Business; y e ar ; and before entering into the various details con- number of houses which drained into the old and new results. former big Dividend Amount net ted w ith those subjects, I would beg briefly to sewers under your charge, between the Ist January and The receipts of the year amounted to 91,0701. 6s. I Id., s am e of Company, per of pals. Price and the sir a dvert to the duties which engaged your attention in the 31st December, was 4,926. In 361 of these cases the that is 77,7481. 6s. 6d. from rates, and 13,3224 es. ed. Annual. share. progress e i n terval between the opening of the Commission under drainage was enforced under the nuisance clauses of the from contributions. In this account is included a cum ''''"'""............"...- ---,.------ A fact of f i which you act, on the 17th October, 1849, and the cons- Sewers Act, and in es cases the necessary works were of 2,8361. 6s. for cleansing 2,717 private cesspools. £ s. d. £ s. d. Australasia • • ..•• •• • • 41. per cent. 140 0 0 40 0 0 3214 (about 35 mencement of the year 1850. Your active local juris- executed by the Commission in default after notice. The remainder consists of proportions of the cost of BritshNorth American 51, per cent. 50 0050 0 0 4.2 , ,,, iserpendicu diction extended over districts in and around the metro- The whole of these house drains were constructed in sewers, frontage charges, and the cost of private drain Ceylon •• •• •• •• •• •• •• - 25 0025 o 0 - The pay. c comnsereiai of London 61 per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 - ans.-thus mouths, laid into sewers by the contractors. polls, comprising an area of upwards of 112 square accordance with your regulations and under the super- mouths, •.. - Crebors miles, and within those limits you were not vision of your officers. Towards the conclusion of the merits in the yea r were 95,554/. 105. lld.; the total Gloacesteraltire ...... ts/pe e r co ce n n t.. - - 'There li Wheal Ru charge for the year, 125,918/. 5 3 . 10d. Of t hi s t h e lonian .............. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 25 o o _ only charged with the entire control and manage- y ear t wo ver y important by-laws, re l a ti ng t o h ouse sum due to management is 23,4651. 18s. 7d., which re n i d o n n a a u n i d4ount7 .. t 61. per cent. ;inn 0 0 20 0 0 - i s st to ra c t k a . s .. r 6 61 1 .. per per c c en en t t ..' . 5 ,0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 rl3 lodepende, ment of the sewers, river walls, and other mat- drainage, were made by the Court, and brought into amount must be considered in connexion with the public London • Joint tens within the cognizance of the former Sewers Corn- operation, for the purpose of subjecting the drainage of 7% o' East W Missions, under general and local statutes; but ycu had new buildings in the metropolis and the sur- works executed, the very extensive works ready to Provincialof Ireland•• 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - perppcerr cent. too 105 1 0 0 0 00 0 00 9 2 1 52 0 10 0 0 00 0 ___ ...- in which h to seercise various new powers under the Metropolitan rounding districts to your control, and putting he carried out, and the large amount of private work Ditto, New......... i La t t !o i l! r a o l v o n f e i l a r l e o la r n E d ng ... 6 5 8 1 / . ; At Tretl Sewers Act, for the purpose of securing effective house an end to the manifold nuisances which have set out and superintended. The amount of assets on the 31st of December, 1850, was 82,636/. 9s. 4d., and the Ditto, New ••••• •• 51. p cent. 20 0 o 3 10 0 o - duce to be drainage and abating nuisances; many of these powers, , arisen in consequence of the want of adequate means Court G liabilities, 161.262/. 193. BJ. ; the difference being South Australia ...... 61 per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Wednesda' importantly affecting private rights and interests, in- of insuring such control. Under these by-laws the no volvinw nice legal considerations, and requiring to be tires received by the district surveyors, under the Metro- 78,626/. 10s. -Id.; but this item of 161,262/. 19s. Bd. it Union :t Australia-. 61. per cent. 75 0 0 2.5 0 0 - Th e y h,' must be borne in mind, is made up of 61,142/. ls. 10d., a n i o n ,: 0s i . 0 • 11 . e • e • i; .. .. : .. .. tin force under formalities of a novel end intricate politnn Buildings Act, are transmitted weekly to your 6 6 1 1 .. p i e; c' cent. nt. 50 - 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 -- ten, and ea PI • the residue of the old debt of the Surrey and Kent sops- union et Madrid ..... character. Important changes had Iseea effected in the principal office; the parties giving such notices are - 40 00400 0 ( - Alt-y-C mode of raising funds for your operations; some of the required to furnish plans and particulars of the rate commission, incurred previous to November, 1847. week; the proposed mod e o f d ra i nage; t h ese are exam i ne d , It also includes 23630/. 7s. lld., due to the = /t Board of Ord- sr . an - cm CODSPILIITXES• old means of enforcing contributions to the co s t o f west still g works having bees taken away, and new modes of as- the localities inspected, and the drainage in question mince for the sewers of London; a sum of 40,000/. Dividend Amount At E , ga borrowed in August, 1849, on the security of the Fut- Name of company. per of Paid. s.ssnaent and apportionment introduced. Before de- approved, modified, or prohibited. The great I Price is yielding ' - new measures you had to investigate the benefits calculated to arise from the operation ham and Hammersmith rate; a sum of 8751., part of the Axnum. Share. ming . official and administrative arrangements introduced by of these regulations fully compensate the largely -in- cost of the Bayswater sewer, built pursu an t t o th e A ct 4 X is. d. X s. 5. there are rl the preceding commission; to examine into the organi- creased duties of superintendence attending them. The and .5 Will. IV., C. 96; and it includes the amount of the 1 - Albion .. .. .. .. -•• •• 2/. 10s. 500 00150 0 0 86 Ditto Marine.- •• •• 6/.per cent. 100 00' 5 0 0 IT4 At Broni cash debit of the overdrawn districts. R a t es on th e i n- Alliance Brit. and For. 7114 s 6d &bs 100 0 0 11 0 0 zetion of the engiaeering staff; to asce r ta in the extent wo r ki ng o f th em h as so f ar b een mos t sa ti s f ac t or y , an d d h d and nature of the works already ordered ; t o inquire the district sur v ey ors un d e r th e B u ildi ng A c t h ave a f- debted districts are in course of preparati on for reins- Atlas .. .. an t e ei At Cvva into the state of the ordnance an d subterran ean surveys, forded r ea dy assis t ance i n g i v i ng e ff ec t t o th em. A s bursing the districts in credit, and di sc h arg i ng t h e A rgus Li fe ...... ••• I.per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - fm., and th liabilities incurred on account of works therein. c e i r e i ri ti c s i t: m e e e d m .B; m G er e e n tal i . f . e t p 7 r s c . t 6 .& l* bs. 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 e o 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 % which had originated with the commission of 1848, and already remarked, you early applied yourselves to the 4/. 100 0010 0 0 86 At Bwlc been zealously and ably prosecuted by that of 1849; and task of determining upon the principles as A very small annual rate on the metropolitan districts County .............. .on per fm. would defray the cost of the Ordnance survey in a term Crown .........• -•• 145. to satisfy yourselves how far these,. as well as the results well as working out the details of a system 50 0 0 50 0 15 on well wit of other important investigations, were matured for the of sewage for the metropolis; and with a view to the of years. Eagle .. purposes of the main work to which your labours were peculiar exigencies of the districts on the south side The rates made during the existence of the commis- European Life ••• • •• General .. .- - 105. 20 0 0 All paid. 11 worth of or to be directed and your operations to tend-namely, the of the Thames, you eventually determined upon pro- sion have been at 6d. in the pound, with one exception, - Gl3be • ........ • • •••••••• 61.pe - r cent. Stock. 50 0 6% - 135% In Lamb preparation of a plan for the effectual drainage of the ceeding with that part of the system first. The engie viz., in the case of the Surrey and Kent, made in Nov., Guardian •••••• •• •• • • 51. 100 0045 0 0 56 announced; metropolis. You had te inquire into the entire financial neer having been instructed to prepare a scheme for 1849, which was at Bd. It has already been stated that i hs. 100 0 0 0 10 0 0 is% Imperial ai Fire ..... •• • 121. per cent 500 0 0 50 0 0 2341 In ni d P e e m n nity L tr - li;;• •• • •••• 11.31:sengine-steal 20 100 0 4714 champion, 11 arrangement of the commission; to examine the ma- your consideration, his report was submitted to the the amount of rate collected in the past year was shiner y for checking ►the receipt and expenditure of the Court on the 9th of August, and approved by a Special 77,7481. 6s. 6d. A comparison between the amount of Law Fire .. .. .. .. - - - to o 0 0 2.% been °pule, numerous districts, levels, and divisions under your Court on the 13th of August, 1830. The plan thus ap- rates collected during two years ending the 31st Debem- Law Life........., .. 11. 16s. 100 00i10 0 0 46 50 0 0 20 0 4% Ore. charge ; and for ensuring the due collection and bring- proved consisted of a system of sewers between a point ber, 1847, chiefly under the former separate commissions, fleet Licensed d v tle t n u eal ra Life - 500 100 - A divide] - lag to account of the rates, contributions, and other near the top of Woolwich Reach and Vauxhall, the and during the two years ending the 31st December, London Fire ........ IpOes.i. ct. 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 172% above 30 n Le t w 105. 25 0 0 12 10 0 len Friendship, moneys due to the commission, and examining the sur- main line and branches comprising upwards of thirteen 1850, shows that the sum collected during the former m aia ed ri . n i e n . v . lid * London Ship -........ 8,..G..e.n..L.if.e 4 15 %, s. i per share too 0 0 15 0 0 - veyors' and contractors' accounts; the system under which miles of sewers; the estimated cost of the work being ing the latter, the amount collected in the years 1846 Nationalitan Fund.. bl.p . er cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2 7 period exceeded by 18,512/. 18s. Bd, that collected dur- 17 , enn: such arrangements were conducted being of comparatively 241,2971. and in 1847 having been 151,524/. Bs. 2d., and in 1849 National recent introduction, and framed with a view to the Life. .. The plan for the northern side of the river, though not stringent requirements of the Metropolitan Sewers Act, and 1850, 133,011/. 9s. 6d. Palladium Life.. 61. per cent 6 5 0 0 1 - 0 0 20155.500 2901. 14s. I showed-C formally announced until the 31st January in the present Phceuix . You had to prepare the accounts of the commission of year, may be properly included among the labours of The multifarious duties which devolved upon you • Professional Life ....7 31.P.'11. kl".- the year 1849, for the first public audit under the the past year. Its details have been so recently before were not performed without large demands upon your Provident Life ••••• • •• 11. ss. & bs. 100 00!10 0 0 30 1,2711. 2e. 4 statute re:'erred to, and the documents directed to be the Court, that it will be unnecessar for me to enter into time. In the year 1850 there were 27 days on which Rock Life.. .. .. •• -•• ss. 5000 10 0 6% bills, 4201. courts were held, the total number of courts having Royal Exchange fin p.a. & ba. Stock. - 215 been 32. General committees were held 77 days during Dia& Life . 11. 6 5. . add balance presented to Parliament, and circulated among the me them at any length. I would merely y observe that the Sun Fire..., ••- •• •,• 6/. 103 tropolita,n parishes subsequent to such audit. Further,- - , 200 _ - drainage of the metropolis on both sides of the river 48 deed, 5/. pe the year. To these must be added committees for the United Kingdom you had to examine a large body of plans and comma- contemplates the same objects, and is to be ef investigation of accounts and consideration of claims, nications relative to the drainage of London, sent in to fected by means similar in their character, their objects and numerous special references to one or more commis- Universal Life lO% ct. & bs. 100 0 0f 10 0 0 - Victoria Life .. • - 1 412 6 6 producing 1 this office in the time of the previous commission. being to relieve the river Thames from Ga ' lleon's Reach Your investigations rwulted in various useful modifies- sioners on legal, financial, engineering, and other mat rally iippai upwards from sewage; to carry the sewers, as much as side, ' In the 90 fn lions in the several departments. A diligent examine- • • ters. You also received numerous deputations and de- - possible, along public streets and places; to make them Lion of the accounts of the commissions was made by voted much time to hearing and disposing of summonses 1 Dividend Amount of dimensions, and at gradients an unintermit- Name of Company. per of the auditor, who expressed himself in terms of strong • . insuring on various matters within your cognizance. I might add The that flow, and preventing the penning up of seawage• a considerable increase of labour and expense was .---1 Annum. Blare. Paid. Price. copper. commendation of tlfeir clearness and accuracy. to secure good house drainage, and self-cleansing street ' , - - At the W whole of the drainage plans I have adverted to wereunavoidably caused by the preparation of returns ordered £ S. d. X 5. d, drainage; dispense, far " ' to as as possible, with periodical East London...". -••' 11 per cent 100 0 0 157 accounts sh, carefully examined and the results of such examine-by Parliament relating to various matters having their GrandJ i •*- flushin •to obtain the largestpracticable amount ofKnot en --• • , 41. per cut. 50 o o - 79 Smelting C Con embodied in the report which was eventually n .g' drainage artificial origin in the time of previous Sewers Commissions. Kent........ •• .• •• •• ! 41. per cut. 100 0 0 50 1,757/ 135.; effective without means; to resort to - presented to the court. But the main subject to From the foregoing outline, it has been seen that in a Lambeth ...... ••• • • • 6/, per cat. 100 0 0 - 97 at 191. Bs. 6 steam power only when indispensable; and to provide Now Rivr Lndn Erdge 41• Os 57% - - 88 tons 9 c which your inquiries were directed was the drainage of means for the eventual abolition of all open sewers, little more than a twelvemonth you have matured a cons- Vauxha11'............ * * 51. per cut. 1001 0 0 - 97 London; and although the full development of the sys ditches, and cesspools. The works you have executed, prehensive plan for the drainage of the metropolitan West Middlesex •. • 61.03. pr elate - - me% ditto Tama tern did not take place till some time afterwards, its main as well as those you have ordered andre j ected pj, have districts, founded on an accurate examination of the 818/. 183. 2c feanures were determined tacoon at a, your early been laid out with a view to the sa m e b'e t The mo o,c . . plan levels and natural features of such districts; that you DOCKS. Oct., and N riod to enable the grea lk of your works to be have nearly completed one of the main lines of sewers 1 3° of the southern d • h • drainage having received the sanction of Divielend Amount merchanls' tested by reference to it. Accordingly, the course you forming part of that plan • that you have made all the Name oe Company. of the Court, the nature of theround havi been tested per Paid. Price, Bs. 7d.; pursued was, except in a few instances of immediate rig • requisite preparations fur large contracts for the execu- Annum. Share. by • anddetailed • borings, the plans, sections, drawings • 900/. 4s. and urgent requirement, only to execute works whet® it' lion of further portions, and for carrying out extensive --- -- and specifications prepared, advertisements for tenders 4 a. d. X s. it. share, lea bad been previously ascertained that the outlay in r e- works in connexion with them throughout the metro- for aportion of this work were insertedonthe22d of - 84 report state spect of them would be incurred for the permanent November , and the tenders opened on the 3d of Decem- polls and the surrounding districts; and lastly, that you East and West India.. 6/. pr cent. en Stock. - 142 Pollard's ste benefit of the localities to be affected by them, and have excavated and superintended upwards of 34 miles East Country - her. This contract corn • dthat ' prise part of the main • • London .... ........ - for six weea Wet they were compatible with the general system of brick and pipe sewers during the year. I se pr cent. Stock. - 111% line situated between a point in tho Old Kent-road, Ditto Bonds•• •• •• • i 41, per sent. - - - In the 60, tl of drainage eventually to be carried out. The off ct I have the honour to be, my Lord, and Gentlemen, gt. Katharine -- •• •,13% per cent. Stock, Canal,and point eastwardof the Surrey a in the Clap- - 72 % wince undo - of such a mode of proceeding has been that, while ham-road near St. Mark's Church Kennin ton including Your most obedient servant, Ditto 80nd5....... Southampton • %1. pr cent. - - - south, 6/. pc in the space of little more than twelve months you , g , g E. H. WOOLRYCIi, Sec. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 . a length of 11,260 feet, and a further length of 300 feet have matured a general system of drainage for the • to pass under the Surrey Canal. A tender for the corn- 31313IDGES At Wheal Titan districts, vois have been enabled during metropo nletion of this work for the sum of 17 500/ was condi- _____ __ __ ___ the year 3 IS - 0 to execute and superintend the consider- •• , • THE - ARMY AND N AVY. - Dividend Amount on Tuesday, tonally approved by yen. The necessary preliminaries Name of Company, per of Paid. Price presented, sl able sewerage works which lam about to specify. The were also actively prosecuted • for two other (From the United Service Gazette, ) Annum. Share. amount for which the commission became liable in re-VACANT COMMANDS-IN-CHIEF IN 1851. ------ -- - :teel meted contracts comprising •' • further portions of the spect of public works completed, partly executed, orThe following Commanders-in-Chief will have cones Charin cr ss 4. a. d. X. a. d. 1.5371. 17s. surface ' drainage that is to ea , the first for _ - - 15 9261. 2s. 2d contracted for within the year, was 79,770/, 13s. 8:1. building 10,360 ' feet and 1,660 y feet of s plated their allotted periods of service during the pre- southwr g. k °............ - 100 0 0 - 3 % Trelawny, c The cost of the public works of construction actually . --- 4 from the bank • - ... ovvers, sent y ear , - Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 016 to er.en, eastof the river Ravensbourne - executed by the commission during the year was , MEDITERRANEAN-Admiral Sir William Parker, Waterloo ............ - 100 0 0 - 31 4 share (1,30( to the Surrey Canal-bridge and the other for b 'ld • Ditto Old Ann. of 81. I/. 45. Od. - 60 0 0 25 Mr. West's rll/, 11 '")(3 For this sum there were constructed 69,0 --•- • 11, fee; of between he al ing B art., 068 feet of sewer from between Evelyn -street Dept- G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterra- Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. 40 00 - mon th a nes 30,404 feet-5 miles, 4,004 of trick sewers, and 83,087 nean, appointed February, 1845, having now served a Vauxhall .... ••• Ay, In I7OTo 3 - 18 ford, and the Spa-road, Bermondsey. :fenders ' y. for the ceptcd. feet-16 miles, 607 feet of pipe sewers, together, 115,49 1 d0ub1e term. It is reported that the Government have execution of these works on the scale of the former, latter at 'it the sum of determined on continuing Sir William in command of was 26 ; 5251.23. 2d., and of the pipe sewers 11,914/.this station until the Portsmouth command is vacant. . , nesday last, 16,84 9 1, were al * • • so couditionall an roved bou short! 2 ' Names et i Dividend' Jenuary 24 lls. 7d. In the works of construction are included 46 Y.P YYY WEST INDIES-Vice-Admiral the Earl of Dundou ld Names of , ~.• Divilend p r i ce. u per afterwards. a , Companies. .t per C.Dl P aniu• .4.1 Annum. Price. 72/. 13s. 7d.; side entrances, 304 air shafts, 565 gullies, 1,137 drain G.C.8., term of service expired Jan. 12, 1848, to be re- se Amain. se 1 The works under these con wouths, and 501 pipes, at a total cost of 6.203/. 10s, ed, tracts would already have lieved next month by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour, .....-...-... -...:: _______ _ ________ _______, account, 55/. The cost of repairs during the year was 4,550/. 13s. 7d.; been commenced, and have been in active progress, but G.C.H., appointed last month. X £ \ , 579/. 10s. 9d 4.slitrit Oldh 97 7/, 113 ... lei.Macclesfie ioo 21.105. 50 311. ls. Rad under this head are comprised the expenses of re- for circumstances which lam about to state. The Me- Commodore Thomas Bennett, second in command, ' ap- Barnsley- .• 160 121. 180 Neatk • • 100 161. 340 8371. ss. lld instating, lowering, and otherwise altzring sewers, the trepolitan Sewers Act contains provisions of a similar pointed Feb. 7, 1848. iarknk&Abrg 150 51, 85 Oxford.. •• .•• • leo 201. 161 repair of sluices, and of repairing and raising the river character with those in the land drainage and other Acts DEVONPORT-Admiral Sir William Hall Cage, G.C.H , Birmingham 401 41. 86 Peak Forest. 78 31. 183. 70 . before the m wall of the Thames for a distance of upwards of two authorising the Commissioners acting under it to execute appointed April 17,1848, to be succeeded, says re ore by ~ • ' Coventry.... 1001 25/. 200 Regent's ...• 33 11. 3s. 18% would ! sold Y .•• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 85 I 41. 42 to ores sold i o . miles, between a point in Greenwich Marshes known as wcrks of permanent benefit, and spread the burden of Admiral Sir J. A. Ommanney, K.C.B. Ellsmre&Chs 133 355. 26x Somrset Coal 150 7/.los. - cost over a term ofyears. B ' ' the Horseshoe, and Lombard's-wall. The incidental 'their ) this means works NORE -Vice-Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, C.B. GrandJunctn 100 4/. pr. ct. 63 Do.Lk Fd St ,12'G. p. e. - of 1,209/. in of a durable that the 70 1 charges were, 2,29 a/. Os. 5d.; and the cost of repairing ' character, operating for the benefit of future appointed May 9, 1848. Do., 6 pr. Ct. 7% - 814 Stffrti &Wore 1 140 281. 405 and gr _wel l ing incidental to jobbing works, 4971. 115.6 J. owners and occupiers of property, may be estimated at a SoUTII-EAST CoAsT OF AMERICA.-Rear -Admiral Bar- grand Surrey 100 2/. Os. 33,4 Shrewsbury.. ' 125, - - to 7 cwts. pe ',rand Union 100 I/ 10, 21 Stourb^ , cl e ' 201. 290 The expense of works inclueltd under the heal small annual charge during a period of years. For in- rington Reynolds, C. 13., appointed to the Cape Station, Konnt& Ave 39 43 * . 04... 4 *- Severs ' a . g - and 145 the 60 soot "cle•lrsi , g," was 17,5111. 4s. 70. Ia this is contained stance, the 241,2971., the estimated cost of the Surrey Aug. 1848. Lancaster . 100 41. 32 Wyonail. S 2 6, 21.03. 24 . Church-lane and Kent works, might bepaid off in 30years by Leeas&Ltyrp 100 241. 400 Warwick& 1 the charge for emp*.ying private c-sspool s by Thomas Leicester ...• 100 51. 66 lairraing. j 100, 41. 46 . means of th , ) pump an l' hose ; the remelt +ler of an annual rate of twopence in the pound on the Capel, K.C.8., appoin'ed Sept. 13, 1848. I Leic3tr &Nth, 83 41. ; 44% warwiex& in the rains ' 'of the cos of 11 , ..vling, and cleansing C 013318.23 I rental of the property benefited by the works. Propos- Loughboregh 142 701. , 510 Napton..ll'oo 31. Ai than last. :i e,:, _ e.. , d also ref carts Th e ii•g to avail yourselves of these provisions in the case of F REDUCTION IN THE NAVY IisTIMATES Ifort THE NEXT Monmoutbsh'loo 81. i - At the See by certeng 171(.. 1...,4 7 ,, ... INANCIAL YEAR.-We have already prepared our w yerrnstrn,nl 7B 31. 40 , those and other works you adve-tised for t e ltlntgemrysli j loo - 1- o` surveys durirg the year amounted , „ - . end„rs far e I I eei i a day, the arc; payment; 01 respect . reeuers to expect some reduction in the Navy Estimates efennetwere 100 - - Wilts & isrksi - Ils. 6% i n h an d loans, and applied to the Exchequer Loan Commission- , an , to 5 333/. 180. 6i. The total chars. , fur surveys, includ- for the ensuing financial year 1851-52. We are now ors andseveral , leading to of the lnsurances Or f . • advance s l,34l/. ss. Id GAS-LIMIT ANT) CORE COMEPiIIariES. ' to , Ordnence survey, 17.7601. ss. 111. Besides the lng . - enabled to state that the amount f . o money required to be - ti • works e - 'ensiv3 works wore executed during the pu - ,, .L. ...• on the security et the rate:. The Exchequer Loan voted for ' the naval service includin the e - of ---- Dividend Amount same yef.lr on the , ~, t a• - • , ,lication and at ne cost of private Commissioners, it eeems, had not then funds at their ' g x P en ' eg Name of favourable, t Company, per of Paid. Price, the c ' contract mail-packet service, 700,000/ and the parties. - 'These were construct d under the permission disposal. Some of the offices in the first in- Annum. Share. state towards expense of the Admirals acket service and according to the realations el- - the commie-ion, and stance expressed their 'willingness to make the ad- will y p , 82,000/., -- - The Tyws. involved the cost of surveys and superintendence. The vances required at 4 and 41 per cent. ; but after con- wi be about 5,700,0001., or about 400,0004 less . Z. s. d. :. 0 .. s. d. passtd on Ts private works thus construct:A during the year tom- ricleie)le time spent in negotiation, declined to lend than that voted for the current year; and compared,with 11 British s t h o . 1:1:o . ; in • e • Provincial .... .... : • ' 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 • 11. 81, 20 0 0 20 0 0 16% Dec.,last account, i d 28 430 fest of brick sewer, 37,879 feet of pipe the money, on the ground of the alleged insufficiency of last ear it will show a reduntio • , en of one million. We Brizhton ••••..•• •• .. an 20 0 0 _ v 3,594/. prised belie - the/ . 60 309 feet-12 miles 2.949 feet, and the security provided by the Act. Their objections e, as we have before stated, that there will be uo City of London .. •• • • 6/. 100 0 0 ISO 0 0 - sixth instalm sewer--t , g,e ' ... , , reduction in the number of • but the 4,928 drains. The approximate value or these private principally resolved themselves into a supposed insecurity h • men, - By copper 01 works was 46,186/. 19s. 7d. Thus the total number of to the lender by reason of the limited a‘nount of rates you 3 having beenpaid for, no money will h• s ' - 50 0 0 50 0 0 70,4 from Nance] brick and nips sewers constructed or superintended by could raise, and the alleged absence of limit to your borro w- .IL building, and there will be a considerable reduction Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0040 0 0 46 176/. 12 , . 3 the commission clueing the past year was 31 miles 2,280 ing pewers, end of the temporary character of the Sewers in the estimates for machinery and stores, and the London• • ..........., - 50 0050 0 0 - ..8,552/. 2s. Acts. In other instances offers were made amount required - for dockyards and establishments at. - ,An A A r.n n A . =, . feet. to elven,. . X. s. d. Z. s. d. British •••••• •• • • - - 11. 40 0 0 18 0 0 13 Ditto Provincial . Bs. 1 20 0 0 20 0 0 181 Brighton Si. 20 0 0 - City of London .. •• 6/. 1100 0 0 150 00 1 - 1 ContinentalConsOlidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable •••••• •• •• • 03. 150 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial . .............Si. i 5O 0 0 50 0 0 70 , 4 Independent 6l. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London• • , _ 50 0 0 50 0 0 - ,50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference Cl. !25 0 0 210 0 - Phamia .••••- - •• • • 4%1. 150 0 0 49 0 0 28% Ratcllff .. ••-..• • - .• 51. 'lOO 0 0 90 00 I - United General ll. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15 Westminster Chartered 31, 50 0 0 - 46 Ditto, New ... - l2s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 9 % LIST or 3 C OTTISEI COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. ------Annum. Share. 1 --..- 1 X s. d. £ s. d Bank of Scotland ..... 71. per cent. 1100 0 0 100 0 0 179 British Linen Company Si. per cent.lloo 0 0 100 0 0 200 Caledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank 61• per cent. jlO 0 0 10 0 0 11% Clydesdale Bank -• •• •• 6% per cent. i2O 0 0 10 0 0 13!;, Commercial Rank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1100 0 0 173 Eastern Bank ••••• • •• ' 61. per cent. 25 uOl 10 0 91. 2s EdinbAGlasgow Bank 61. per cent. 1 50 0 1 5 0 0 414 Emehangeßnk of Scot 1 41, per cent. ' ,100 0 0, 50 0 0 141 National Bank ••.•• • •• 10. 4 per cent. 50 0 01 10 0 0 , 5 Norther Scotle.nd Bank 1 5/,percent. 20 0 0 1 2 10 0 21.125. Royal Bank of Scotland 1 5/, per cent. 100 0 0 10u 0 0 130 Union Bank of Scotland i 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 89 Western Bank •••• • • • • 1 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Alliance Fire and Life 4%1.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 1) 0 20V, British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Incur lOl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 93 City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 31. 3e Colonial Life ... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 11.155. Edinburgh Life Incur , al, per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 • I 20% Eng. & Scot. Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% Life Assoc. of Scatland 61. per c•nt. 10 0 0 1 0 0 21. Sc National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 245.6 d North British Insor. •• 31. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 26 Scottish Union %Brace %1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 28s 3d Standard Life United Dep. Aseurance 51. per cont. 10 0 0 1 0 0 17e 6d MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ - --- s. . . Assam Tea • ... • • .... - X. 20 o d Xs. d. 0 20 0 0 5 kuctirn Mart .• •••• .. 21. 5s 50 0 0 - 28 Australian Attriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 Australian Trust •• •. 6/. per cent. - 35 0 0 21 Anglo-Mexican Mint.. I. 10 0 . 10 0 0 10 0 0 2014 Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 5% British American Land - -- 28 10 0 - Uppr Canada * Bond; 51. percent. - - - Canada ....... ... Cl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 46% Ditto ditto .... 6r. per cent. - - log City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. - - 96 Gen. Revers. & Invest, sp.c. & bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 91% Equitable Reversieary %p.c. &136. 5/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 109 Ditto New .... - 50 0 0 - 50% Gen•SteamNavigaVion 11. 81 15 0 0 14 0 0 28% Hudson's Ba - Stock. - 204 Hungerford ......... ..........Si. ss. - 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 7 New Zealand Company - 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 26 5 0 - Peninsl r&Orient•Stm. 8/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 69 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 9954 Royal Mall St eam .. - 41. p. s h are . 100 0 0 60 0 0 70 South Australian ..... 11. per share. 25 0 0 1 25 0 0 24 100 0 0; 29 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land.. - , MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) A lower range of prices exists this week, with scarcely an exception, for dividend mines. We trace this result, as before indicated, to this class of mines having been unusually sought after at the commencement of a b r i s k mmaarrkkeett,i9, therefore,bywhichth at the present time, quite in favourey were elevated beyond thei r natu ral or legiti mate va l ue a s property for investment ; th e of the buyer. In other mines a very preponderating business continues to be transacted, with a di scr i m i nation highly credit a bl e t o the majority of speculators; and in some of the progressing concerns we have a considerable rise in value to note, founded on actual discoveries of ore. In the Metal Market, Copper is in good request.—ln English Tin, the demand for refined exceeds the supply, but bars and blocks are quiet; a good business has been done in Foreign, at steady prices.—Tin-plates continue to move off freely at full prices.—Lead is firm. The Keswick Mines sold 3 tons of lead ore, at 101. 7s. Gd and 12 tons at 101. 17s. 6d. per ton. The sale of black tin from Wheal Vincent went off well, and produced satisfactory prices : the amount realised was 901. 14s. 2J., from which is to be deducted the dues, 1-15th, 61. Os. 11d. The biddings for the Newtonard's lead ore, about 100 tons, varied from 91. 12s. 6d. by Locke and Co., to that of Joseph Walker, Parker, and Co., 111. 58. 6d. There wore sold from Strontian mine, at Bagillt, 60 tons of silver.lead ore, at 111. 17s. per ton. Tamar sold in London, 69 tons of silver-lead ore, at 18/. 15s. per ton. East Wheal Rose sold 133 tons of silver.lead ore, at from 141, Is. to 14/, 15s. per ton. Herodsfoot sold, at Liskeard, 80 tons of silver-lead ore, at 121. Se. 6d. Lewes 5 Newniki. Seeond Spring 6 Pi) mouth Spring 7 Liverp col ti (Ho) lake) 7 Shrewsbury 8 Edinburgh Ascot Bove:ley, Hull, &c 4 Llano ptou ;Vianchestrr ll &bury ,„. 18 ill Alton l5 Newmark First Sprtug 21 A b rgav,bn Chester vewmarket C4rliolo ....... 1 Uwe:liter Worce,ter Ripon Brighton 6 Wolverhampton ..... I I SEPTE' Eccles .... 1 Warwick ............... 2 Rif:Mitre .................. 8 Lichfield ............. 8 Yircr We 3 mouth lO Yo. k Spring 13 kt Epsom 28 L.un zau S. Lqnca=hire (Newton) is t•torkbridge ....... 19 alchesrer 2O Newcastle LT. Liv wroool ..... ...... 15 Nutt (x oiiwoud UST. York Eghttm 27 I) 4by :MBEIt. Doheister Sand bach 80dt0rd..•... ...... 22 i.r 23 Eg3nton Park 23 or 24 Manchester Autumn 25 Newmarket P.O 3O OCTOB Monmouth Richmond Caester NOVE Worcester..... ;MILER. ...First week. BETTING AT M ANCHESFER.—FRIDA Ir. LIVERPOOL SPRING C CP.-5 t 1 east The Doubt (t), 11 to '2 apt Idle Boy (t), 6 to 1 agst Unity (t), 6 to 1 sgst Panope (t). LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. -8 to 1 agst Vain Hope, 9 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader, 10 to 1 agst Sir John (t 11 to 1), 12 to 1 agst Peter Simple (t freely), 20 to 1 sgst Half-and-ball (t), 20 to 1 agst Rescue (t freely), 25 to 1 agst Taftbuoter (t and afterwards offered). CHESTER CUP. —lOO to 6 agst Rhesus (t), 20 to 1 agst Haricot (t 25 to 1), 20 to 1 agst The Italian (t 25 to 1). 27 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (t). 33 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel ON 30 to 1 agst Black Doctor, 30 to 1 agst Montague, 33 to 1 agst Brother to Dough, 40 to 1 agst Raby, 40 to 1 agst Prior of Lanercost, 40 to 1 agst Russborough, 45 to 1 agst Nancy. DERBY.—Several hundred even betwixt Grecian and Prime Minister, the latter having the call. DEATH OF MR. EDWARD MANNING, OF " BETTING LIST" CELEBRITY —This unfortunate MB, who kept a very large book, and laid against horses to a great ex tent for coming events, at the Crown Tavern,. Clifford's Inn-passage, Fleet street, died suddenly on Friday morn ing. at three o'c! ck. He was taken seriously ill on Friday week, and it is believed was consumptive. He had b eenaprinter on the Morning Herald, but his health declining he became a bettillit man. This was the person who laid 6,000/. to 1,000/. against Grecian; the money for which bet was stalled, and now remains in the Westminster Bank. This bet is off, a 4 a matter of course, but sonv4 difficulty will arise in ascertaining to whom tho 6 060/ belongs. H. has made a will, and this point will have to be settled with his executors. Another difficulty will arise with those who haved stake-1 their money t.) receive certain amoums on the success of any horse or horses they way have hickfrd. JTa this way wo hear Mr. Manning became poss-s.ed of 'ry large sums. It is steved that chose who held tickets on their produe.ion will receive th it money back, but fraua the suddenness of the fatal occurrence no definite aril:Alger:lent has yet been made, and a good deal of agit, ttion prevails both in Ixmidon and the provinces, as Mr. ,Manning was a constant ad vertiser, and had a highly —Sporting Paper. creclutable reputoti,in. FEBRUARY Wheal Franco sampled 96 tons of ore at Lopwell, on Wednesday. Thd•y have got the wt,, , er out of the bot tom, end have comJaenced driving the 74 fa:botn At klawkmoor, 37 tors 12 cute. of good qua.lity or; were sampled en T uesday last. East Wheel George &amp], d, for the first time at Lop well, on Wednesday week, 21 ton; dry weight, January ores. Business has been done in East Wheal Russell at former high rates; and, as the engine will be erected, and the sinking of the shaft continued in a few days, the progress of the concern is looked to with great interest. A fact of great importance is, that the lode is so large (about 35 feet wide) and underlays so little, that the perpendicular shaft will be sunk in it to a depth of 40 fins.—thus proving the lode as they go down. Crebors are still in demand, at advanced prices. There have been a good many inquiries for North Wheal Roberts, and some transactions have taken place. s Independent of its own merits, its proximity to the west of Rest Wheal George adds to its importance, the shares in which have changed hands at a high premium. At Trethellan, they expect the next two months' pro . duce to be 120 tons. Court Grange sampled 24 tons of silver-lead ore on • Wednesday. They have now about 8 tons of copper ready at Da : ren, and sampled 10 tons of silver-lead on Wednesday. Alt-y-Crib are dressing 9 tons of silver-lead per week; the air shaft is in capital oye, the end driving west still good, and the mines look well. At E'gair-hir, the lode in the adit, with the tributers, Ice is yielding 3 tons per fm.; they will dress 10 or 12 tons this month, from two men's working. It is believed there are thousands of tons of ore over the edit level. At Bronfloyd, the lode of tributers continues very good, and the deep edit driving east improving. At Cwm Daren, the copper stopes are worth 61. per fin., and the silver lead stopes 121. to 151. per fm. At Bwlch Console, the lode in the 35 and 45 yields 1 ton per fm., and the 55 is improving; they are getting on well with the dressing. At Use eryron, the ore ground yields 101. to 121. worth of ore per ftn. , 34 In Lamherooe Mine very important improvements are announced; there is a regular tin lode in the 50 fm. level engine -shaft, and in costeaning at the surface on the champion lode, east of the cross course, a large lode has been opened on, containing a branch of 4 or 5 in. rich tin 3 ore. 434 A dividend of 6/. per share has been declared by Wheal Friendship. 'et The Lewis Mines declared a dividend of 10c. per share x on Wednesday. The next sampling is expected to be 16 above 30 tons, which will leave a profit of upwards of 4001. At the Wheal Seton meeting on Monday, the accounts ;h showed-Copper ores sold, Oat. 31 and Dec. 5 (less dues. ' Od 2901. 14s. I0d.), 4,0701. 10s. 84. By mine cost, Nov.. ) 1,271/. 2s. 4d.; ditto, Dec., 1,1221. 14s. 51.; merchants' bills, 4201. 10s.-leaving profit, 9651. 3s. Ild.; to which add balance last account, 3631. 9s. 2d., and deduct divi dend, 5/. per share (9901.), leaves balance to next account, 229/ 13s. ld. In the 110 fin, level the lose is 4 ft. wide, producing l ton per foe.; east of the cross -cut, 6 ft. 'vide, 2 tons per fm. In the 100 fin. level, 6 tons per im. In the 90 fin. level, sft wide, 1 ton per fm. The d• in the 80, on Tilly s shaft, 5 tons per fen. The mine gene. rally sippers favourable, and the ground congenial fur *tipper. At the Wheal Mary Ann meeting, on Wednesday, the accounts showed-Silverlead ores sold to the Tamar Smelting Company, 90 tons 20 cwts., at 191. 6s. 6d., 1,757/, 135.; ditto Locke and Co., 89 tons 14 cwts. 3 qrs., at 19/. Bs. 6d., 1,7421. 9s. 41; ditto Pontitex and Co., 88 tons 9 cwts. 2 qrs., at 201. 18s. 6d., 1,8501. 17s. 4d.; ditto Tamar Company, 90 tons 5 owls., at 9/. ls. 63., 818/. 18s. 2d....6,169/. 17s. 101.-By labour cost, Sete., Oct., and Nov., 2 8791. ss. 101.; lord's dues, 499/ 3s 7d.• merchants' bills, 8721. 19s. 103.: leaving profit, 1 918/ Bs. 7d.; to which add balance last account, 900/ 4s. ld., and deduct dividend, 3/. per share, leaves in hand 1,282/. 12s. 81. The report stated that the lode in the 70 fathom level, at Pollard's shaft, is 2i ft. wide, but the water has been in for six weeks; it will, however, be drained in a few days. • 34 In the 60, the lode is 1 ft. wide, worth 5/. per fn.; in the winze under ditto, 2 ft. wide, 111. per Ins.; in the 50 , south, 61. per fm.; in the winze under ditto. 8/. per fin.; ' and in the 70 south of Barratt'a shaft, 9/. per fan At Wheal Trelawny general meeting, hi Id at Liskeard on Tuesday, the accounts for Sept., Oct., and Nov., ware presented, showing-Ores sold, 6,565/. 6s 6d. By costs ,nd merchants' bills, 5,027/. Bs. Bd.: leaving profit, 1.5371. 17s, 10d.; to which add balance last account, 9261. 2s. 21.; deduct paid for engine, 5501.; Charles Trelawny, compensation, 120/.; and dividend, 50s. per share (1,3001.), leaves balance to next account, 4941. Mr. West's offer, to render on the mine within one month a new boiler (10 tons), at 171. per ton, was ac ceptcd. At the East Tamar Console meeting, held on Wed - nesday last, the accounts showed-Silver-lead ores sold, January 24 and 28, 1,791/. is. sd. ; fluor-spar ditto, tce• 72/. 13s. 7d.; calls, 2111...2,074/. 155.-By balance last _ account, 55/. 19a. Bd. ; costs and merchants' bills, Nov., 579/. 10s. 9d. ; ditto December, 570/. 17s. 4d. ; sundries, 31/. Is. 4d.-leaving balance in favour of adventurers, 8371. ss. 11d. The estimated receipts and expenditure before the meeting to be held on the Bth of April next, 14 would leave a balance in hand of 3091 95., which added to ores sold in Jan. and Feb., gives an available balance of 1,239/. in favour of the company. The report stated that the 70 fin. level, north of Furzehill, yielded from 6 to 7 cwts. per fn. The 60 yielded 7 cwts. per fathom; the 60 south slightly productive. The 26, north of . Church-lane shaft, is worth 8 ewts. of ore per fin. The tribute department was satisfactory, and notwithstand ing the rainy weather, the sampling was only 2 tons less than last. At the South Tamar two-monthly meeting. on Tues./34 day, the accounts showed a cash balance of 799/. 19s. 61. in hand, and a balance of assets over liabilities of 1,341!. ss. ld., out of which, however, 780/. aro due in June for the stamps' engine. The report was very' favourable, and stated the mine to be in a progressive state towards profit. The Tywarnhayle and Nancekuke Mipes account, passed on Tuesday, was-Balance against adventurers at last account, 4091. Bs. 5d.; Ty e arnhityle mast, Nat , . and ‘A Dec., 3,5941. ss. 10d.,• Nancekuke cost, 445/. 55.51.; sixth instalment paid the Duchy, 4,000/=8,4481. 195.8 d. By copper ore sold, from Tywarnhay li e 2,856/. 13s. 3d.; from Nancekuke, 518/. 17s. 44.; lead ore from ditto, '76/. 12,. 3d.; seventh call, made 10. h 5,0001. .=8,552/. 2s. 103.; leaving balance in h an d, 103/. 3s. 2d. At Dolcuath meeting, on Monday, the accounts for 34 November and December, showed-Belem:3e from last account, 2,704/. 9s. 11.; costs and merchants' bills. 3,4914 19s. 9d.=6,196/. Ss. 101.-Ores sold (less dues) 3 ' 3571. 10s. ld .; sundries, 2441. 16s. 4d.; leaving bal a nce ; against mine, 2,594/. 2s. 61. At South United meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts for October, November, Dec-tuber, and January, showed -Mine costs, &c., 2711. 10s. 51.; by call made iu No vember, 200/. ; leaving b dance against the mine of , 721. 10s. 5d.-A call of 11. per share was made. At the Nansegollan meeting, on Tuesday, the accounts showed-By call made Ist Nov., 320/. Labour cost for • Nov., Dec., and Jan., 154/. 12e. 7d.; merchants' bills, % 139/. 19s. 9d.-leaving balance in hand, 251. 7s. 81 A call of 2/ per share was made. An eegiee of 30-inch 2s cylinder is to be erected, fur which Captain N. Vivien te efi is empowered to treat. Messrs. Vincent and Vivian ale appointed surgeons to the mine; Mr. Paul Burrell the 2s. engineer, and Mr. William Paul Jewell the Clerk. The Rhoswydol and Bachieddon hi-monthly accounts showed-Balance last account, 440! 55.; labour cost tor Dec., 93/, 25.; salaries 17/. 11s. 81.; mercb',nts' bills, OLI 221. 14s. 2d.; labour cost for Jan., 1851, 901 6s. 6.1 ; 3 , salaries, 171. 1 ls. 81.; merchants' bills, 201. 19s. 9.1. ; 158. interest, 16/. 6s. 91=718/ 17s. 61 By calls, 3331. 9 % ss. 6d. ; ores sold, 761. 18s. 74. ; leaving balance 2 , 4 ' s against the mine, 308/. 13s. scl. ; to meet which 6d there was lead ore estimated at 1001, and arrears of calls 54/. 17s. 6d. The report stated that the hopes enter tained by the agent of the results of the workings in Prosser's level had been realized. In approaching the north wall the lode became more orey, with a strong mixture of blende and lead ore, 12 in. wide on the wall, with a leader of solid oio 2 in. wide, and flAkes of solid ice. lead overlapping the killas; sufficient has not been opened to know the value of the lode, but so far it is saving work. The Smithy level has produced ore i throughout its driving, and there are sloped and driven 81 fors. 4 ft. of ground, of which 19 Nat. 5 ft. 6 in. are barren, leaving 61 fan. 4 ft. 6 in. of orey ground. A call in of Is. per share was made. 1 % At the Dyfngwm bimonthly meeting, on Wednesday, P. D. Hadow, Esq., in the chair, the accounts showed a • balance in hand, of 392/. 10s.; also, that there had been expended on productive work 176/. 10s.; and in sinking 34 Castle shaft, and enlarging fl oors, a b out 92/. The agent's report was satisfactory-the manager estimated i ll that the works projected by hi m would be completed for about 300/. more. About 50 tons of ore lied been raised • in January and February, 11 tons of which had been shipped, and the remainder was in course of dressing. It was resolved to accept the " take -note" of the Bren-moel Mine, which had been offered to the Dyfngwm Company. At the Moditonham and Marraborough Mine meeting, i‘ on Wednesday, the accounts showed-Balance last ac count, 66/. 143. 6d.; call of St., made 12th December (less arrears, 150, 24/. 6s. eei 308/. Os. 61.-Mine cost for December, 50/. 11s. I Id ; ditto January, 36/, 135.2 d.; leaving balanc e i n favour Of adventurers, 2201. 15s. sd. The committee were authorised to purchase and erect a steam-engine, for the part payment of which, and the requisite buildings, with the current expenses, a call of ss. per share was made; and all shares are to be for feited on which the last call of ss. shall not be paid by the Ist of March. At the East Wheal Reeth meeting, on Wednesday, the report stated that there was an improvement in the 10 fathom end, there being a leader from the west which had changed the ground for the better. The shaft was cleared to that level, where another on the cross-course was discovered, full of stuff. and another south by the side of the cross-course, 24 fathoms from the shaft, in tended, no doubt, to tut the minter and Wheat Reeth lodes. The ground is not hard-41. 10e per fm,-and it is hoped to obtain the object in three months with the water-wheel, by which time the steam-engine will be erected. A discovery has been made in Wheal Reeth, going east towards this mine. It was resolved that the contract with Mr. J. H Gray. C.E.. be accepted, to meet which a call of 10s. per share was made. Croxton Park 1 Catterick Bridge 3 Epiom Boring 4 Newmarket Crave n The lion l2 At North Tolgus meeting, on Monday, a call of 21. 105. per share was made. ........ ..... At the Butterdon meeting, held on Monday last, the accounts were presented, showing—Cost for October, There is no right which is etij ived ii , man without 256/. 17s. 6d.; ditto Nov., 3541. 141. Id.; ditto Dec..hid part, a corresponding obligation. Eliza 2751 13s. 7.; paid on account of engine, 3001,E ', ,_., ' invol vin g, On Cook's Journal 1,187/. ss. 2d.—By balance last account, 451, 7 8 . 7,i . ; . urLarm a ERB.—A. horse-dealer at Topnisfield re. calls, 6451. ; leaving ;faience against adventurers, t: cently bought ge, glandered horse for a few shillings. As it 4961. 17.4. 7d. The mine was divided into -looking animal he endeavoured to sell it as 812 shares but K fell a melancholy victim to his wickedness. instead of 406. as heretofore, and a c a ll o f 11. per , share , s H o e u e n tily wiping its nostrils as a customer appeared. so o n n t , i .3 was sound, wa. made. The report stated that the stratu m w Its very t,'ie contaminated matter was absorbed by a scratcht and l,l_ favourable, and that the lode was daily expecte ii to be Mind. The poison spread wi' h wond,rtul rap t i 4 v a . w i do n; cut. Mr. John Phillips was appointett purser, two , did in . a few hours in great aptly. lie lass f guineas per month, Mr, Joseph Kemp al agen,s, at Your i and Y at A e children.w-Pumfries raper. , . 17, 1851. gni! . e?..s, and Mr. J. 134rr.4tt as clerk, at two guineas per m,,n At ',Vocal Lin : 4f ird and Biting Uaite , l nv2etino., the acciuuta showed a butAnce n ha , :d of 7441. 43. 9.f. A very long report wren real from Mr. Arthur D,- , an un the pry scnt position aial future prospects of the property' Tile report of the eotnrnitte stated that the large sett of Wheal Ashburton hAd been gr.infel, which would now be work , d in conjunction with Wheal Langford, under the above title. At the Wheal Arthur meerinz the report of the c bm mittee was satistactory; the 011 workings, which had cost the former company 20,0001., had been cleared up for 2871. 83. 7d. Two pitches had bee❑ et t, et 10 , . in 1/, and a v4luablo and hith&rto unknown lode hld been discovered in The 50 fm. level. There was a balance i❑ Land of 1811. 15: , . Id. At th- first me- ting of adventurers in Chyprase Con sols, h. lei at Birmingham, the report of the provisional comnaittee was adopted. Nlessrs. Parish, Yar a, Mor gan, and Uinkg, %srre elected on the c , tunittee for gene ral mansgemew; C.ipt,in James M , chell, of Sr. Enoder, was appointed agent; Mr. Thomas Lewis, of Birming hare, purser; Measrs. Barker and P &Trish, trustees; and the National Provincial Btnk of Engl .nd, bankers to the company. Capt•ai❑ Michell's report stated that all the surface work was progressing satisfactorily—forge, carpenters' shops, 170 fms. of new leas, and the clear ing up of 200 fathoms of old, erecting wheel, &c. The abaft was down 15 rms., being in size 9 ft. by 7 fr. It stated the indications to be equal to anything the writer ever saw, and believed the most sanguine expectations would be realized. At South Wheal Frances meeting, on Thursday, it was resolved that the shares, which bad previously been 124ths, should in future be 248ths. A general meeting of the South Dolcoath adventurers will be held on the 4th March, when the affairs and position of the company is to be considered. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FORGERY OF TITLE DEEDS IN PEMBitOKESHIRE. It is pleasing to find that the important subject of the general registration of assurances affecting laud, has at length been brought to the attention of her Majesty's Government, with a view to some legislative enactments on the subject. It is doubtless one of a difficult nature to deal with, and tee arguments as well against as for the establishment of a general registry, are unquestieu ably of a very formidable character. But there seems to be a growing opinion in favour of a change, and not a few instances have lately come to light in proof of the serious evils of the present system. Awing some which have occurred in our own neighbourhood, may be men tioned the following flagrant case which has just been disclosed. A clergymen of the Church or England, who cad the spiritual oversight of two parishes in South Wales fur a period of mole than twenty yeart, died within the last twelve months. firs kinene%s to the sick his liberality to the poor, and his general attention to his pars oral duties, gained f it him the respect and esteem, not only of his parishioners, but of all who knew trim ; his talents as a preacher were of the highest order. fl was ready ut all times to undertake the de itv. ry of anni versary sermons and other extra ps,r,chi.,l norrirreetiel duties, which hr always did with great ability, and on Jerse occasions his services were eagerly taught after. Shortly of er his institution to the principal ben. lice h. held, he purchased of tree of his parishioners, et different times, a little property consisting Or from 20 to 30 acre,. upon which he erected No coudertable dwelling-house arid out-offices as a residence for himself and cis family. In a few years afterwards he purchased another small farm in an adjacent parish. Although the income of this reverend gelitkman from his Church prefetmeut amourred to between 250/ and 300/. a }ear, it was generally understood in his neighbourhood that he wits in needy circumstances, and that he tied recourse to the not uncommon practice of borrowine money. but his station in life and character precluded the remotest sue picion that any oterer than the or (finery modes had been adopted for obtaining loans. However, on his death (intestate), an advertisement was issued celiing on all persons who had claims on his estate to send th,tri Iv; in answer to which, to the- utter am-dement of all par - ties, notices were given from various parts of the king dom of some fifteen or twenty mortgages and charges on his property to the extent of five or six times the value thereof; and on further inquiries b-ing made, it appeared that each claimant possessed what purported to bo an original set of title and purchase deeds of the estate mortgaged! How came this tr. prase? Why the Reverend Gentlemen, assisted by a village schoolmaster who is also dead, employed not a little time in fabri cating thee deeds and other documents of title from copies of the original ones which he possessed, and so admirably were they manufic ured, that he was enabled to pass them elf wit bout suspicion or inquire, and obtain money on them to an almost unlimited ex tent. It seems the spurious documents are not mil ) drawn, executed, end attested in regular technical form, but in order to make them look more genuine, means were made use of for relieving them of their freshness and modern hue and to give them the appearance of antiquity, the better to agree with their dates. In this way many members of the legal profession both in Lon• don and in the provinces have been victimised. The eyes of several of them are now opened, but alas it is too late ; among others, however, doubts still emain as to whose parchments are entitled to precedence, and there are, it seems, legal proceedings now pending to try the comparative value of the respective documents. Such is a brief outline of this most distressing case; to detail the full particulars, however interesting and useful they might he to the public by putting them on their guard, would occupy too much time and space; and it its not unlikely that they may before long be more fully reported in another form. But we think enough has been said to justify the Government iu at once in r. ducing a measure which will have the effect of put trai t . a stop to such wholesale fraud as this. whether attempted by a plausible country parson or by a crack London forger.— Welshman RACING FIXTURES FOR 1851. FEBRUARY. Liverpool Spring . MARCH. Coven►try 4 Doncaster Spring Warwick Spring Kipling Coates Niwthampion Ne.Aeubtle-on-Tyne S 2B APRIL. NAY. ------- THE LONDON GAZETTE, Feb 14. DIVIDENDS. A. - the Come. Ba-ii , ksrha:l. street. h a ll past J. Gilffi lis, Straw', lim.ndraper, March 8, at eleven—'t'. Dental!, Copthad chambers stock and . 114/61 14kee„ March 7, at twelve.-- W. E. Newton, Dover-Le _, e Piccadilly, milliner, March 7, at bull-last eleven—F. Leake' l it gent., treet, and George-yard, Westmiwter, relievo leather-manufacturer March 13, at eleven—J., ETolliggS,. worth, Pad ington• street, St. Marylehone. butcher, Marc! 8, at half-past twelve—J. Hutchison, River-terrace Nortu City-road. apotht cary March 8, at one—H. F. Resst w estnt , owea, Isle of Wight, commission and shipping l i g i , e ",.' March 8, at twelve—A. Cranston, Wimborne 'Minster, vv..: setshire,_ cabinetmaker, M.arch 14, at eleven—W. M io sn ' Chancery-lane, and Toistle-grove, Brornpton, Mach 7, at one—A Black, Wellington-street Nortb,Covenr. garden, bookseller, March 7, at eleven—G. A. Clare t ,l„ , street, Grosvenor-iquare, hou"-,e decorator, March 7, twe", J. 8r 00 k,,, Winslow, Buckinghamshire, victualler, Mar,eca. 13, at half-pa3t one—S. Bary, Folkestone. Renton b e D e ee ., monger, March 10, at half-past twelve—J. Crisp , ir ,,l. dies, S , INIt, corn ni,rctia , , March 17, at eleven J. " l 'i ' r , i ? i ,l er, Gravel-lane, Southwark, scavenger and contrac.o, at twelve-11. Smiling, Brighton , at arch 17, eleven—Sone—C Bray, Landport, Southampton, trader, March lu 1 S. Ban ti 11, Ed ward street,-' Norwich,Liii g innkeeper,h a tn-place , St' 3184 ; ti n i i ne d ' I,,ggatt March 13, at one' J. I. lung, Well's-row, St. Mary, Islington , cabinet maker, Alarch 7, at halt-past eleven--J. ''''" ? Y a rcli 7, at twelve—R. Dart and J. Brown, Bedford -street, CoveT'. F,a c r r d9n, coach-lace manufacturers, March 7, at elevr-70,1 March ling, s eri . grocer, IMarb..,, lyt arch 7, at twelve J. G. Forster, Aldgate Ijig h ' s a d, Northamptonshire miller, , and W. Stirling, Stratford,bEuisiscie:, latret::, tailor, March 7, at eleven—J. Richardson, Edgewarrt, ironmonger, March 7, at eleven—V. S. Godfrey, DOI ( IJ • Cou sens,_ Wisheac ' h, Saint Peter's, Cambridgeshire, March 7, at twelve-- tor builder," March 7, at eleven. In the Country. If reit 14 ' R. Miles, Ponty-pridd, Glamorgaushire, grocer , -- 1 T oe at eleven, at the Court, Bristol—W. Pitfield, Tottington dot, End, Lancashire, bleacher, March 7, at eleven, at th e bes ter• Manchester—C. L. Swainson and J. Birchwood, 3 1 $ 11c cos. March 11, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester ---.0_ rtnitt, th wake, Liverpool, merchant, March 7, at eleven, et tb r en4l Liverpool—J. Meredith, Tattenhall, Cheshire, 7, at eleven, at the C..urt, Liverpool—T. Banks* l i iv erpoo l a ca t t t t h le e s c a o le u s r m t, a ß u i , rm n in ir g c h h a 7 m ,.at eleven, at the Cour t ' .welil' —G. Page, Wolverhampton, coal-dealer, March 13, lit" an d next, o, day J. Johnson, l j 3 n A n l . C , 111.11xEbNrirdgOe,FcoDIVIDENDS. 48., 00 S ei s e t y li ej r. t and th three tfi c e t subsequent sir. u ro 0 la: A u r h d e a , Albion' J. R. Oliver, Blackheath, commander of the shiy , urd e I 1 / ; ; d., on Saturday next and three subsequent Ds' in Alr between eleven and two, at the office of gr. GO ° ' church-lane. t if :ll e or t e ) n . ed, t aa l t , , gond a lr W. B. Edridge, Long-acre, coachmaker, lid . ' (7 ' 11 ..140 s l2° ( B 1 a i l rli' l i l d S , n , e o ' n , a tEt n r:ee d oo. t t.r w ic o 7e, s o n f b iN s i eq r uceiftinßaltio,ndijatyresb, ibas e ni e e . n al „. s o t ' e w iv : l; . °° 0 " 0 14 eleven and three at J. H. Gill, Plumber's-row, City-road, grocer, o'4'oo an th d e t tl i vo ce s , u 4 bs u eq r. ue c tr a t n z . : W. „ma.), gt. Osyt h, Essex, corn-merchant* 1:000 Monday, Feb. 17, a , d two subsequent Mon sY,'. o lans' eleven and throe, at the office of Mi. Canaan, Birci ii 9 d., 00 J. N. Reynolds. Upe, -street, I•liowou, grocers:s.betlfeell grus,r e b b el awneee.n Monday, Feb. 17,and -subsequent m o nclaS* 1 pe , ~,. . al two . levee and three, as the office ;.I air. Carman, banker,Wrot- 19; J. Wright HAiriettA• street. Covetit.gardeo, olio 0 Mr. Edward., Sambrot.k-court. Basin tb on any Naturday, between eleven and two. A t ger* °s•lictee,a A. and W. Prior, New-road, iroomon Saturday, Feb. 5, and ' hree subsequent Saturdlobroor eleven and two, at the office of air. Edward* court, Basiogliall-street. NOTLCES OF CERTIFICATES. ghall-street.., 9d. , 00 At the Court, Basioliall-street• t ele ven' . C. Bun yard Mark-lane, ,eds.nati, Marc h 13 ' i iNr. F ' elei ; S. Adams, Bow, engine - r, March 8, at eleven."' 8.,,,,,/§inn-, Hui eepath, xfOrdshire, hatcher, March 10, at hi l r o 141 1 ' Beata), Princes -street, Hanover- ,, lodes , t ail" ' square, eleven. iv _b 11/ maker, Match 7, Its the Country. arch p R. Miles, Ponty-pridd, Glainorgan4iire, groesT' prp ool, If, at eleven, at the Court, Bristol-C. ItobinsoarL,'l.-rpooll 0 1 ,1; rch 1 0 ,,,, c fraler P l 3 ifilo'" Pit , her, Persh re, Wort.* l sters ure, corn z n io 9, 45 0 twelve, at the Court, Biriningliam-J. , 7 -- ,, - ° Feb. -' at eleven, at the Court, W•':rwi, kshiie and Leicestershire, horse (toi le " twelve, at the Curt. Birmingham. t hird cERTIFICATES GRANTED. f th e IA J. Smith, Liverpool, haber-dasher, certificate 0 olfo 9 , class, atter nine months from Jan. 20-J. Br' B ,' ad cl Ai ot lluckiogharnshire, victualler, certificate of the seed ice ' ,4 • ,4, J. Donovan, Oxhirdsliire, fishmonger, certificae_ierf cert..;, class- G. W. 'fucker, Tottenham-court -road, &P ea , keer cate of the second class-R. Smith, LiVerpool. ° e l bB. certificate of the third class, ' d Iron xe • atter 21 a A ri lseh' PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVEw* t, CO d ' W. Styant and J. Styant, Lower Sloanestre.sti_o.,3le., painters-W. H. Foster and J. Sykes, Chorlton ~ .Pc u e , ger), lock, grocers-J. an IW. Hale, Upper Fitzroill!, orst; U. Brown, Broclforo! , do i , I•tOWIt. grocers L Milnes and lx. A I con r a ki , spinners- Mary Cash, S. Cash, J. Cash , 811 `` J. Caen .111 - field, lace thread manufaeturers-J. K. Ali' -,,, fialf , , - f i d Cardiff, painters-A. Ward, G. Pownall, art rl ,', 7 Warut -13 wird v 1 ' rurw che...te.• , rnall _ _ . , ware in,inutacturars--J. --- ',..,ufac - s ig. J. Green, Redditch, Worcestershire, needle Intil .st reetr d 0 G Merrett, T. Sillies, and W. Merrett, B,eg i e 3 n o wier e o d mercers (so tar as regards W. Merrett)--D• 0 I,een if' Corner, Bristol, grocers and provision dealers-- ;,,, an 0 , sir. f l o grt .... g. Ty: of G. Booth, Manchester, the cutters- E11i,,, Caistor, Lincolnshire, agricultural cheTi4vl'-yorlol3ill 03 11. ( 1 J. Barraclough, and J. Barraclough, 13 s rv i s ' e a r' 1. S ei fst ironfounders (so far as regards T. Tyji 'l unt.lt ers .9°. er' Elizabeth Cooper, Ardwick, Manchester, hri' cr .„.t. Go o 3, as regards John Swift)-J. S., J. and J' Oroa d I:Clae s ; , sal, Yorkshire, card makers-H. Nicholson e t , l . H. 0. A se o - r d, Peterborough, druggists-E. Hopkins 311 , d c il , Ge i t iea , Plymouth, printers-A. Chapel and J. i ,e ' e '.. a nd VI. `" lg. street, Russell-square, printers-J. Kersh avr - and iG. Manchester, silk manufacturers- F. I3radbilrY j . a nd j, Sugden, Harlin den, Lancashire, drapers:" dyers rT. Crossley, Southowram, Halifax, AO , 0 ..... J• 4 51 Young and B. T. White, Devizes ail. e pt ger l ;,.. Goodban and T. L. Walker, Farich ' il h-str es " cl Jil l " re . dor . kers agents - G. Dunlop and T. M'Craitb, Bo ds , br°, c i,, drapers-R. Waite, 'l'. Wardle, and J. Gill, 14 ,1, 0 , ,t, Car diff, (so far as regards J. Gill)- X. Airey and 1 -1 ,. 'lO9, 0 74 'w/. burn, wasterers - W. and H Drew and Gs? l 'oard' - h rels railway contractors W. A Cogar and S. J . Y e go - ith I 5 0 gate-street, itnpotters of boots and shoes -- _ 60 .-... Apr and 3. Saxey, Cnleinan- street, stay manufactur _ 0 s ir.. . nd and I. Jagger, Bradford, sculptors-J. Ilgrrif ; 1 1 „ . self V . tin Suffolk. sh. ep salestuen-W. M. klu llii i i, ir • s reg iltai F , J. Corhould, Lewisham,s 0° "-- a s _rgeon M. Hollis). n vERS. INSOLVENT PE irri , " d WO ' James John Kirra n ge,St dnlids, license John Riley , Austrry, \‘' 4l :w ' iciaire, blacksmith! baker's assistaorts. Joseph iluoper, jun , GlOucest . er * , upholster! _. William Rutinning..Cante, Wiltsbfre , Rh hard .1- 1 ,-I,geitY brine, Launceston, li boKapher ;‘. illiim Daniel Fletcher, Not t i ugh am , ca rrier. Oder' le njamin Pi.z A Mier It id Ra , lord, N pl " • ' Join M I' , Thil it hew;, Nottin.,liant, gar f nee. h ..et IVilliatti-4 L ' 1 Pr , Sri,tol, tea tea t • S, a garc SW FC i I :-EQUESIIIATIv-, • 17 A n ar c J. Towers. Gbis' 4 Feb. ...ow, ni,rcii.4lll, to me, _ os - V', at twelve, within Comrie's Hotel, GlaFg"w• and 19 i J. s • - mall. Glasgow, grocer, to meet Feb! „,,,, 0 ae,.. 2 , at twelve, within the Globe Hotel, Gleek t Feh' 0 0CP A. Al•Kechoie, Greent.ck, shopinan, to treeiro.Greegol March 13 at twelve, wii hit the James Ws tt d garC li A. Smith. Kelso, currier, lo meet Feb. 21 to two, within the Crt,ss Keys Inv' ------•"" Kelso. SHIP IN fi: WS. , ._ GitAvE, , END. FEB I 6.—Wind E, I ti , i r ig o i; li c t bv . ale fur :a ri tir : cob r ( arot / cir l 1 : 10i. . , rt. .. 6 0 i e rno li ell : An ived —JII4II, ti m St. Miell; es; 1?"':-,,i: A i. frOP" Rlii , ,e, Mug, et, aria Giraffe, from ItotteroardirorrOth oil from AiricA ; Queen, from Gr.staid.itiople ; .fer ry di CO V 'davit:in:a ; S ant h.rdrecht, from Dor& ; thid;roua aG,H),.,as:Tririurieie,,,,d;ed,y—,llj,::iirbrr.a,a:inamirii!k:iiii,Lit:r,auot:rr::,:ikfitoiLigrriut,,sib;v,te.;c:lll::‘,:infiaeca'riil.ile,:r,ie;fthuorni, e t ;,.,..,!., ;. it . ~,:, ~ ~ c ri t' „ , , r n t , f, ~, for Valery ; Albe t, from Havre. furißpi ri l o t Al a m ‘ di • li Batavia; gs ; faou C r: :D Valparaiso; - I. : e r s e teea ,, d, t o , f:r, f j roer Gri ics ~, o:ri . ::reinie c intnnateer us: : Lf e oo r r l r a d I voe i34 n 0 0 : II : e l ii ,: t l ; , ,i / l e; r .r , I H :ai r n i l b ' : ;I ; 3 'ry ' , Tiger se . 0 , for 14 of Windsor, tor S•d .' Elina , O r d 'fba'' Afl• l'brk ; Commodore, for Ouessa; Sir wei i • ' ; Wumbine, for Havre; ,• a foe , tor ~dp 1 , lyen ,, ord. for Rotterdam; America , 0 , 0 10 , 1 01 11 ft uloP e; ,r' I‘. tend; Fame, for Calais; Albion, for ..,°,.: r pooli - Luckie, fur Demerara ; City of Rotterdam), 4° •1 0 in VESSELS SPOKEN Wa. , Tozarp ~ .)6P Jessie chooner, from Liverpool, the ltith 0 , v on the - Eliza 22 N 1 ~ long 83 w lc, ° II ' . ' , , e , Yo rk, of f Caroline, fro Newcastleni for .0 ult. i , n lat. 3i N 43 W. nendarit I, A b •ci N ~ 31 ' 11; -M. 4 , 5 83, second distinguit,hog3V. 9, 0 1$ pore), on the 5.h instant, in lat. 46 l`bs 0 1 , Jan. 1 EP ° Peter Hendrick (or Hattrick), for Liverpo 2 3 a ° 3 9 N., long. 7 i W. on th e Themistocle., of Nantes, for IZ: G riulde' , io 9 11. si cember, near Olinda. , lat. bo, loaf or,, 0 Catharine• brig, of Liverpool, Feb . 5 '.., 1 ; - long. 67 with Df Jessie, at Queenstown, i n i s t. 40 3 ,1 ~ ~ of ~,,,oter, toor I,:::.stroierp.,. for 0, three rocks, from three - to -five feet out ~, fitia 21 4, litt- - s 1 0, ° IV' s s e tr a ik b i r n e g ak o i n ng th o e v m er . them; was so close tphSetc.e" Queen Mab, from Liverpool for Bomb* . „1 . 100 g.1 9 1 0 , , long. 18 W. Kerr barque, outward-bound, Feb. 5, in ia t ' 4 .1 5 7 1 • : ' 1 1 9. Ilr' Mary Ridley, outward-bound,•F b 7 in 18e.$ 10 g' o ld r n g b o r n i , g, outward i -bound, R 4 • Nov. 29, 4.00 44 Feb.ef i,in' latw49 .s SEABORNE —MAI L Ge nera [N" signifies that the mails are sent_dfrisonaparc:.] by the night —and X by the morning 4 0° ' When made tiP In PLACES. Genera l Post-office London. „ r P° rt ed. Pit/ America (by Brit. pkt.) N I February 28 • • Feb 6 Alexandria* America. (by U.S. pkt ) N F . . . .S.. p . ... .. ) 3 3 , T f " 3 10 1 a d i r c America (by U S li` • February 21 •••• Lii.vvneethrP°°rP:Pi t.•: Feb.rieearl';:4lll23 At nca (West euast)• • N 14th of the month ..• 1 .. , V o ver . . I*4 0 & h 830th f 11• 1"-' 0 , e 10t1'. ' ; Belgium Brazil " N Da il, ' ** .. '' uttarilt. I r e D• 10 M 9th of the month • i. 7 , .? . .. h 00pt . Fib 4 Buenos Ayres • •• eat • •• .. M 9th of the month 1..out1;031:t. ;10; - orma(viaChagres) M 17th of month I.„'" ° , ‘ ,‘ l in iith• • fen , .., $ o Ca ' pe of Good [lope N 14th of month :•''''''''' •: 17 ."- 5J Constantinople* . N 7th 1-th 27th of Mo POVer pt . le T o. Central America • : 1%. ' 1 d 17th&1 oi mon IS" tb T at' l'ib o° Channel Lies .. • • Chili .. .. .. ~ M 17th of them 801:7111'-' . l'', l. 90 ~ N Mon tied , & Frl-:Soutfil'mpt-'fice4 France „. .. m& N Twin ., d Ay .. ~ 'Dover .. r e e s.P o f Hamourgh .. .. N Tuesday St FralaY Greece* •. .. • N 7th 17th 2.7 th of mo Dover .. T i u 14.11 .at,d .. .. .... m wedno . & sow% Lotio.,qt, pt. r ewiceilV 1,011(?,...° .. ?.. °L:: 90A Honduras .. •• - N 17th of the mouth So,,lreo .•1,,t, 4 Ireland .. .. M& N Twice daily • • . • 1011,70ipt. s,,rive India (via Southamp.) M 20th ot the month Sea ... , .og.- a. India (vl3l/I'lrseille,) N 7th— 24th oftuontll,Dovei t Feb' Mediterranean (via : I OW" . Southampton) .. M 20th of the Month Son IMP o d , 5 Mediternmean (via : i 4 .1. ''Apr 11 Marseilles) • • .. N7t hBz 21th ofnionth po'vt-toop•t. -,,,,c01l Mexico • • .. .. M 2,1 01 the month.. 'So..°t`nauipl•-i''.. 0 thtdeira • • •• .. 31 9th of the month SO r fc.• ,z"3"a. .. .. IC ratc'!;7ttlih.lf9tEntLti I 1"," ...r sb n . 92 ~.a.oles* • • .. .. Nt sth: 15th 2Atti °fug, Do ver '... i.' c ri .;4o o l Papal State:. * • • .. N sth 15th 25th of too 17 '/;..onpt. ,Feb. 'l I' eninsular • • • • .. 31 7th 17th 27th ut utu SOuttti"smpt.l.,reb, gi Peru •-• -- M 17t11 of the month 1 4,711 r .. ~,F cD , 2 0 Tuscany* .. • • . N ;.: th l' th 25th of trio I)°_ve„oopt.i; 5 Fll;:iveahn i n , a n:: Na v :7: l ) .. 3 se f W OIL Indies .. .. M 17th of the mouth Soot. • gel *CD , 1 West Indies (except . I ,0p... .4., '' * The mai:s to those countries thus Marßed (#) ''' _____.....-------"-- - / 0 ' i 2 ns of the month .„ :Soothe _..e cote -- • The Bei , i4h end Ner,h Athertnen._e s t ea m-ship Europa, Captain Lilt , sailed fr g! t tob ylie Saturday . morning tor Halifax and Boston, Oh mans, a large height, ma oisty pageDgell• ... o il II I'd, 4 A a N ,p 1 ~o fe 0 vi , • tl it