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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF CO;IMONS, July 24. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition cf yesterday.) SUNDAY TRADING PREVENTION BILL. Mr. C. PEARSON presented petitions from small shopkeepers in the New-cut, Lambeth; from the butchers of Clare-market and Newgate-market, nod 17 petitions from the class of small chandlers in the metropolis, in favour of this Bill. Mr. B. WALL presented a large number of petitions against the Bill. Colonel THOMPSON presented a petition from a hairdresser against the BT. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON presented a petition, as we understood, against the Bill. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented petitions from St. Luke's and other parishes in favour of the Bill, and one petition against it. The Noble Lori also presented a petition complaining of the manner in which petitions had been got up against the Bill. Many of the petitioners had been induced to sign a petition against the Bill under the impression that the petition was in favour of the Bill. Mr. C. PEARSON then moved the second reading of the Bill, which had come down from the Lords. The other House had passed it after the subject had been carefully considered by a Committee. It was expected that a Member in moving the second reading of a Bill should state something in favour of its principle; but in this instance is was difficult to separate the principle of the Bill from its details. It was not based upon religious grounds—it was rather a measure of police, and he sup ported the Bill for the simple reason that one day in seven ought to be set aside for recreation and rest. How that one day should be spent he had nothing to do with. This was a matter which must rest between the man who ceased from labour on the Sabbath and his God. This Bill was intended to improve or assist the working classes. He belonged to that body himself; and as he was himself often compelled to work on the Sunday from necessity, it would be a gross act of hypocrisy in him if he supported this Bill on the ground that it was required for the purpose of securing the religious observance of the Sabbath. No one could deny that the parties whose interest would be most affected by this Bill were favour able to its principle; for in many instances the large Majority of them bad ineffectually attempted to put it in force by voluntary means, while one trader (Mr. Groves), who was in the habit of taking in his various shops 4001. on a Sunday, and others similarly situated, were prepared to forego their profits for the ske, net so much of securing the due observance of the Sabbath as providing for a day of rest in every week, upon which they could be relieved from the severe competition of labour which the absence of a com pulsory law like this at present gave rile to. He believed that everything that legislation could do to put an end to the fierce competition which prevailed among traders on Sunday would be an inestimable benefit in preserving the ranctity of that day, but it would he a benefit much more to the poor than the rich. —(Hear.) It was for this purpose of rescuing the Sun day from that fierce competition to which the humbler classes were now subject that he steed there as the ad vocate of the Bill.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Member con cluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. Mr. BARING WALL opposed the second reading. The Bill was certainly backed by the authority of the House of Lords; but he must call attention to the fact that in the Select Committee of Lords a great deal of the evidence taken before that Committee went not to the propriety or impropriety of passing a Bill of this description, but to disparage the character of many of the witnesses who gave their testi mony. Mr. Hayman, who was called before that Com mittee, said he knew that there was no opposition to this Bill, except from publicans and Chartists, which was far indeed from the fist.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman then proceeded to read further evidence from the blue books at some length, from which he drew the inference that this was a Bill sought to be imposed upon the poor by the rich. A great part of the evidence west to show that the Bill would be entirely inoperative; it was full of anomalies and discrepancies, aad he was astonished that the Hon. aad Learned Gen tleman could reconcile it to his conscience to bring in such a Bill. No man could be mere anxious than him self to see the Sabbath properly observed, but he did not think that this Bill was at all cslculated to ensure this object. The Bill ems neither a Christian nor a social Bill, and he objected to the principle and the details. He had no abstract love of Sunday trading, but he did not want to deprive the public of the many conveniences which they possessed and prized. It was on these grounds that his opposition was rested, and from an anxiety that no measures should be passed without some more ex tended consideration. The Hon. Gentleman then con cluded by moving that the Bill be read e second time that day three months. Mr. ANSTEY seconded the motion. Col. THOMPSON supported the second reading of the Bill, and offered his assistance to the Hon. Mover in se curing to the public the continuance of those conve niences to which they had a right. He considered that the Bill was a great blow to the Sabbatarian superstition, and calculated to place the question upon fair and rea sonable ground. Mr. ALCOCK supported the Bill. Mr. ANSTEY contended that this Bill was essentially a Bill aimed at the poor man, and giving exceptions to the rich. 110 belie ve d t h a t t hi s movement had com menced in hypocrisy, and was continued through fraud and ignorance, and he hoped that by voting for the amendment they would put a stop to the growing super stition. Lord D. STUART supported the Bill in principle, though there were many of its provisions to which he had obiection, • Mr. G. THOMPSON should be one of the last to consent to any measure which could restrict the Chris tian enjoyments of the people, but he did not believe this Butt would have that effect, nor did he think it would impede their liberty, or reduce their rights. He believed that it was indiopensably necessary for the sake of hnin inity to prevent Sunday trading that was not absolutely required by the wants of the community. The majority of the inhabitants of the metropolis were favourable to this Bill, and when he was told that those who were immediately interested in continuing Sunday trading were also disposed to support it, he was at a loss to underasand why the [louse could refuse to pass it. But, independently of that reason, he asked the House to pass the Bill as an act of justice to the working classes; for the law as it now stood encouraged the payment of Wages late on. a Saturday night, and placed the labourer at the mercy of the unfair trader, who never scrupleti.to pass off upon his Sunday customers defective articles which he could not dispose of on the other days of the week. Mr. ITAWES had represented Lambeth in that House for many years, and he was bound to stats that the vast raejority of the inhabitants of that borough were favour able to some Bill of this sort. Certainly, the whole of the shopkeepers were anxious for such a measure, and he believed Cie evil practice of Sunday trading had led them: to entertain that opinion. Suadey trading in Lambeth reached its present extent by small degrees. At first the shopkeeper only opened his doors for a few early hours in the morning., but gradual competition forced • him to remain open nearly the whole of the day, and he had no v co other hope of a remedy for the evil he had brought upon himself except in a Bill of this nature. 1 Mr. W. J. FOX said he would by no means have it understood that be undervalued the importance of a day devoted to rest and recreation; but the question which he had to decide now was, would this Bill enable the people to secure that day more effectually than they did at present? He did not think it would, he rather believed that this and all such petty measures detracted from the due observance and enjoyment of such day. It was nonsense to tell him that it was a Bill demanded by the Working °lanes, it was a 13111 required by the well-to-do ehopkeeper, who wanted to increase his own comforts at the expense of his customer. The laws of this nature already in force were ridiculously inconsistent. For instance, a man could buy a copy of Dickens's publica tion on a Sunday, but could not purchase a Bible or Prayer-book. Throughout all these Sabbata nen laws the same contradictions were observable. bur this Bill, was the most inconsistent of them. It would, in fact, stop the functions of the baker, the cook of the parish, and deprive the poor hard-working man of many sources of enjoyment. Before he could sup port such a Bill as this he must be satisfied that the Sabbath, as a day of rest and recrea tion, would be treated more generously than it was at present. He must see the same liberty awarded to the poor that was enjoyed by the rich man—namely, that of sp , r.ding the Sabbath in the, manner which pleased him best He objected altogether to any at tempt on the part of the Legislature, or of any other body, to force the poor man to spend the Sabbath ac cording to their peculiar sectarian notions, because Buda a pencoeding nerved on l y to d e b ase the poor man, making him either a dreamy hyp ocr it e or a creature who indulged in brutal habits, and until h e saw a ' die position to treat the Sabbath more as a rational day o f enjoyment than as a day of penance, he must decline to support tiny measure of this kind. • • Sir JAMES GRAHAM really did net believe with the. Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, that this was a petty measure. Tree, it dealt with a subject surrounded • by great difficulties, while, according to his own private ' opinion, it ought not to be disposed of without refer ence to religious views; but, nevertheless, as its promo ters had preferred to urge its adoption upon social grounds, he had no objection to treat it in that light. 'NVell, then, without pledging himself to all Its deteits, he thought the House might safely puss tiria Pill ; it W 49 a measure ho believed required .by the runjority cf the inhabitants of this metropolis, and :while it more effectually secured the due observance of the Sabbath, it would neither interfere with the rights - otor . the enjoyments of the poor man. It .would rather tend to increase them and improve • his social condition, and he therefore felt himself con strained to support the motion for iee second reading, air. AGLIONBY, treating the Bill as a measure of 'police, considered it to he a most bungling and ' petty • affair, fraught with evil and mischief. 'lf the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir J. Graham) could not recommit:id, when in - office, a Bill. of this kind to the House, he (Mr. Aglionby) could not understand why an .independent Member should have hoped to carry such a kilt through the Eluse.—(Cries of "Divide.") Mr. C. YE ARSON said ho should-reserve what ho meant to have said in the way of reply to a future stage . of the Bill, having no doubt that it would pass its second resting. • The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading ... 101 E\ S 1' ti Against it 22 . Majority in favour of second reading :: -79 • COPYHOLDS ENFRANCHISEMENT BILL, The House then resolved itself into a Committee on the Copy holds Enfranchisement Bill. TRECVEN had alwEiya supported this Bill, but he would suggest to the iloo. Member for Cooker mouth (Mr. A g li on b y), w h o, had charge of the Bill, that consi dering th4late period of the session, it would be desirable it S not to p rocee d farther with the Bill at present. _THE SUN, I Mr. AGLIONBY felt that he was to some extent pledged to the House to proceed with the Bill, and therefore he had no other alternative but to go on with it. Sir G. GREY said, two years ago the Government had sought to introduce a Bill of this description in the House of Lords, but the difficulties to its being carried were so insuperable, that they were obliged to abandon it. He had to state that it was the intention of the Go vernment, early next session, to bring in a Bill relating to the enfranchisement of copyholds, more limited in its object than that before the House, the main purpcse of which would be to encourage facilities for the enfran chisement of copyholds, but not to go the length of making such enfranchisements compulsory. Mr. AGLIONBY declined to withdraw his Bill on any such vague intimation of the intentions of the Government as that which had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey). He (Ur. Aglionby) con tended that enfranchisement without compulsion would be wholly illusory. Mr. HENLEY was of opinion that it • would not be advisable to proceed further with the Bill at this late period of the session, and after the intimation which had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir G. Grey), be (Mr. Henley) would move that Mr. Bernal leave the chair. Mr. AGLIONBY would resist the motion of tho. Hon. Member for Oxfordshire (Mr. Henley) to the last; even if he (Mr. Aglionby) should be alone he would divide the House against it, and if he was beaten he would next session again and again introduce a Bill on the principle of compulsion.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) After a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Sir GEORGE GREY, The House divided, when there appeared— For the amendment Against it ... 36 ... ,- 23 Majority Tile Bill was accordingly lost. DEBTORS AND CREDITORS (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was rend a second time. BOROUGH GAOLS BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. CORONERS' FEES ABOLITION BILL. Sir B. HALL moved the second reading of this Bill. Mr. HENLEY said he had no objection to the princi ple of the Bill, but he hoped that the Hon. Member, after taking the second reading, would consent to post pone it until next year. The object of the Bill was to commute the fees now received by coroners into salaries; and as there would scarcely be time this session to take the opinion of the great number of persons when interests would ba affected by the Bill, he trusted the Hon. Baronet would yield to his suggestion. Sir G. GREY said he also had no objection to the principle of the measure, if fair means were adopted to carry it into effect, but he thought the mode iu which it was proposed,to fix the salaries was very objectionable. A few days ago he received a deputation of coroners with reference to tie Bill, and they alluded particularly to the very unequal scale on which coroners were remunerated by the magistrates of the different counties, and it followed that if their salaries were fixed on a calculation of the amounts which they had indivi dually received for a series of years past, the injustice which now existed would be perpetuated.—(Hear, hear.) There was also another point to be considered: no effectual security was taken for the performance of the duties of the coroners when the motives arising from the payment of fees no longer existed. He therefore appealed to the Hon. Baronet whether it would not be advisable to postpone the further consideration of the Bill until next year, seeing that there was not surficient time this session to discuss these various details. After a few words from Mr. T. EGERTON, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said he agreed with the principle of this Bill, as the present system worked badly, but he thought the details were open to alteration and improvement. It was true some difficulty would arise about setting the salary, but he hoped the difficulty would not be such as to prevent the passing of the Bill this session. After a few words from Sir B. HALL, The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to Le committed on NAVY PAY BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on Friday. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SCOTLAND) BILL. This Eill went through Comrar.tee and was r,ported. On the question that the Bill be read a third time on Friday, Colonel SIBTHORP moved that the Bill be not pro• needed with till this day three nt.lnths. Sir G. GREY hoped the Hon. and Gallant Colonel would reserve his amendment for the third leading . . Colonel SIBTLIORP had no objection to take the! course. Th© amendment was accordingly withdrawn, aad the Bill ordered to be read a third time on Friday. lIIGLIWAY RATES BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed, after the addition of some new clauses. SHALL TENEMENTS RATING BILL. ADJOURNED DEBATE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed the second reading of a clause the object of which was to give to the occupiers of small tenements the option of paying rates, and deducting them from the rent, where the landlord neglected to do so, in order to qualify those cccupiers to vote, and so prevent their disfranchisement, which frequently happened as the law now stood. , Mr. STANFORD characterised the clause as a sup plement to the Reform Bill, and much too important to be discnisedat that late hour cf the sitting of the House. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY thought this was an aban. donment of the principle of the common law. Sir G. GREY supported the clause, conceiving that it would only extend the number of municipal voters by admitting persons to vote who had been excused from paying rates, which he thought was not objectionable, seeing that in such cases the rates would be paid in the shape of rent. Mr. HENLEY thought there was no ground shown why the House should depart from the general principle of the law of paying a tax to be a groun of voting, be cause some parties would not take the trouble of getting a vote by asking for it. Mr. ELLIS supported the clause, contending that without it the franchise would be narrowed to an incon venient extent. Mr. P. SCROPE opposed the clause, thinking that under its operatioli a class of persons who were paupers would be admitted to exercise the franchise, Mr. BOIJVERIE supported the clause. Sir JAMES GRAHAM said there was great dif ference between a Parliamentary and a municipal franchise. He thought that a composition for the payment of rates, which was admis,,ible with re g.Ard to the Parliamentary franchise, resulting from the occupation of a lot house, was inadmissible with re spect to a municipal franchise, where the sole test was a continuous payment of rates for three years. As at present advised, he could not think it expedient to sup port the clause. Mr. BAINES, whilst admitting there was consider able difficulty iu carrying out the principle involved in the clause, he was ye; prepared to support it. After a few words from Mr. SPOONER and Sir Wai. JOLLIFFE, The House then divided, when there appeared— For the second reading cf the clause... 38 Against it 29 Majority —9 On the question being put that the clause be read a third time, it being now Six o'clock, The SPEAFFIP, adjourned the House, amid great laughter. LONDON, Mr. ANDREWS then said, that the eff'ct of the Bill would be to confine and beriper the executioa of the I will, and deprive those whom the testator roost wished to benefit of the education which he thought he had se• cured t , ) them. The Learned Counsel had said that the Inverness Academy had declined, and was not now able to give a proper education to the Mackintosh boys, such as was contemplated by the testator, but nearly all the witnesses whom he (Mr. Andrews) had called had been educated at the school, and they all agreed that it was at present in as good a state as when they were members of it, and that the education afforded was not only as good as was generally given at schools, but was sufficient to qualify a youth to enter the University. The net income arising from the fund was between 6001. and 7001. a year ; that sum was likely to be diminished, and it ‘a as proposed by this Bill to deduct a clear one-third for the general purposes of the academy, thus depriving the Mackintosh boys of a great portion of what was left for their especial benefit; yet it had not been proved that the boys did not receive an education which was likely to elevate the clan, or to qualify them for situations in life such as were contem plated by the testator. On the whole, he thought it would be injudicious for their Lordships to sanction a Bill of this kind without the consent of all the trustees, and he entreated them to preserve intact this property, which had conferred such valuable benefits on the Mackintosh clan, observing that any diminution of it would be felt as a heavy loss. not only by the existing families entitled to participate in it, but by their descendants for all time to come. Mr. HOPE having been heard, in reply, The room was cleared, and, after a short interval, the parties were re-admitted, when _ The CHAIRMAN announced that the Committee were of opinion that no sum of money should be contributed out of the Mackintosh Farr Fund for the purposes of the academy. The Committee wero also of opinion that the clauses relating to the management of the audit, and the supervision of the fund, and the admission of the bursars, excepting so far as such clauses directed that any sum of money should be paid to the directors of the academy, should be allowed. The Committee then separated. 'WALKER TESTIMONIAL. (From the Lancet of July 20.) It is to a member of the medical profession that the sole honour is due of having commenced, and carried on successfully, the righteous agitation against that most pestiferous of nuisances—interment in large towns. Air. G. A. Walker commenced his labours in this cause single-handed and alone, and at a time when he had giant prejudices to contend with, and al most every kind of authority against him. Undeterred by difficulties which would hive damped the ardour of most men, and undaunted by the real dangers to health and life which he daily encountered, he pur sued his courageous and honourable career. By the bed-side of the patient, suffering from the low infec tious fever consequent upon graveyard malaria—in the most wretched hovels of the poor—in the grave yard of a crowded neighbourhood, surrounded by myriads of living beings affected by its atmosphere— in the danger-vaults of such foci of pollution and disease as were found beneath Enon Chapel, and similar burial-holes, was to be found the indefatigable philanthropist. The results of his inquiries were pub lished in his work, entitled " Gatherings from Grave yards." The public, at first, were inclined to look upon the statements in that remarkable work as highly exaggerated, and painfully overdrawn. They could scarcely believe that some of the graveyards of London were so over-crowded, that the very place of worship was but a den of infection, and that men were struck dead, as if by lightning, by the effluvium from an open grave. The terrible catalogue of evils, however, soon received ad ditions, to which the attention of the entire metro polis was painfully drawn ;—the catastrophe in Aldgate Churchyard—the melancholy story connected with St. Margaret's, Westminster, under the very nose cf Parliament—startled and alarmed even the most hardy and sceptical. Then it was, after years of soli tary labour, that the cause identified with the name of Mr. Walker was discussed.at public meetings, formed the subject of coroners' inquests, and began to be agitated in Parliament. At length, like a river having its origin in a solitary mountain-rill; gather ing, as it pursued its course, fresh force from other tributary streams, it became irresisti ble, and bore down the mighty barriers which resisted its course. Such, to use a metaphor, has been the progress of the sanitary movement in favour of extra-mural burial. We need not refer to the discussions on this subject in Parliament, to the opposition of interested parties, to the introduction of a Bill by the Government, and the virtual over throw of the system. With that Bill, and its grave and numerous faults, Mr. Walker has had nothing to do ; but let it not be forgotten, that to him, and to him only, is due the entire merit of having directed public attention to the matter. Ilad he fallen a victim to his philanthropic zeal in the early days of his inquiries, it is probable that he might have been remembered only in his private circle. Few, indeed, are the rewards which Govern ment offers to the medical man. Exposed to a foe more deadly than the enemy in the field of battle, and more insidious than the midnight assassin ; fight ing with death in the dark corners of poverty, he has nevertheless nothing to look forward to as a reward, except the mens conscia recti, and the satisfaction of having done hiS duty. In free and enlightened England, so profuse in her decorations to warriors, the great soldier of medicine has no chance of reward, not even a Cross of the Legion of Honour, which he would have obtained hid he been a Frenchman, or the dignity of the civic crown had he been born a Roman citizen. We are not surprised then, though we are disgusted, with the ingratitude of the Government, when we find that Mr. Walker has as yet had no notice taken of his labours. Almost the credit has been snatched from him of having originated the movement. But the gratitude of his fellow-coun trymen will not be stained with so dark a blot as to allow him to go unrewarded. We are delighted to perceive by the newspapers that a public meeting has been held, at which was a numerous attendance of Members of Parliament and persons of influence, for the purpose of forming a fund to preent Mr. Walker with "a testimonial of the public sense entertained by the community of his energetic, unwearied, and success ful labours in the cause of sanitary reform, and of the removal of the dead from the centre of the homes of the living." The names of the committee formed at that meeting sufficiently guarantee that the testimo nial will be a noble one ; and sincerely shall we re joice to see the valuable labours of a member of our own profession appropriately and honourably re warded. [The following appeared in our Third Edition of ast night:—] FRANCE. At the sitting of the Assembly yesterday a ballot took place for the nomination of the remaining ten members of the Council of Prorogative. M. Cr6ton having obtained 273 votes, General eulhires 266, M. Vesin 264, M. Leo de Laborde 259, M. Casimir Perier 259, M. de Crouseiihes 257, M. Druet Desvaux 249, were proclaimed members of the Committee. The candidates who afterwards obtained the greatest number of votes were—Messrs. Combarel de Leyval, 245 ; Benjamin Delessert, 240 ; G-revy, 235 • Cham bolle, 221 ; Garnon, 212 ; Maio, 210; Acids ward, 208 ; Durand Savoyat, Another ballot will take place for the choice of the three remaining members. Letters from Toulon of the 19th inst. announce the return of the steam-corvette Solon from Naples, where she had delivered dispatches to Admiral Deschenes, commanding the French fleet. It was believed the Admiral would proceed to the north. Each of the captains under his command had received sealed orders, not to be opened till they ar rived in a certain latitude. The deposits received in the Paris Savings-bank on Sunday and Monday last amounted to the large sum of 710,603 f. The deposits withdrawn on those days amounted to 219,153 f. MACKINTOSH ESTATE BILL. The Lords' Committee on this Bill resumed their in quiry yesterday; Lord Shaftesbury in the chair. Mr. ANDREWS was heard on behalf of the opponents of the Bill, and contended that if it should unfortunately receive tho sanction of their Lordships the children cf the clan of Mackintosh would be deprived of the benefits of the fund which had been left by the will of Captain Mackintosh, and would transfer that fund to parties who had no right or interest in it whatever, and yet no malversation or profligacy had been shown on the part of the trustees to whom the manage ment of the fund was entrusted by the tes tator. Independently, however, of the real merits of the case, there was a question of considerable importance which had been raised by the other side. It was the ordinary rule of practice i❑ their Lordships' House that no property held under circumstances similar to the present should be transferred to other parties without the consent ef all the trustees or other individuals, in whom it was originally vested. Now, in order to escape that restriction, the promoters bad attempted to invalidate the right at Mr. Shaw to be a trustee under the wilt of Captain Mackintosh, that gentleman having strongly piotested against an application to Parliament for a Bill of this nature. he persons who were to administer the fund were to be magistrates of Inver ness, and Mr. Shaw had act , d in that capacity for some years, without itey one impeaching his right. Mr. Shaw was a member of the Town-council as well as Dean of Guild, and the opinon of Mr. Rutherford and Mr. Wigeil, the eminent lawyers, to whom a case was submitted, in 1841, was that a Dean of Guild, who was also a mem ber of the Town Council, could claim to be a magis trate, and therefore a trustee of the Mackintosh fund. A decided objection was thna furnished to the further progress of the Bill, because Mr. Shaw had de liberately dissented from any such interference with the fund. There was, however, another trustee, whose right to be a magistrate could not be successfully ques tioned, who was also opposed to the Bill. The next point which he raised as being fatal to the Bill was, that It had never been laid before the judges, and that the notice given of the application to Parliament did not comprehend all the objects which the promoters intended to accomplish. _ Mr. HOPE asked permission of their Lordships to be allowed to reply to these points, in order that they might be disposed of before his Learned Friend entered upon the merits of the Bill. The. CHAIRMAN said it was not customary to hear counsel on questions arising on the standing orders, but in the present instance they would allow the Learned Counsel to answer the objections which the other side bad thought fatal to the Bill. Mr. HOPE then contended that the magistrates of In verness who were the trustees of the fund, like all cor porate bodies, actel by quorums and majori ties, and therefore the consent of all of them to the present Bill was not necessary. The number of magistrates was six, and four of them had as bunted to the present application to Parliament for an alteration in the mode of managing the fund. As to the other point, the Darned Counsel argued that the notice was sufficiently ample, but in the event of its not being so, -the Committee were perfectly justified in striking out any clauses. which they might think fo reign to the object of the Bill, as set forth in the notice in question. Tne Committee-root:a was cleared, and on the return of the parties, The CHAIRMAN intimated that their Lordships had overruled both the objections. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 18th have arrived. The Queen intends to move to La Granja in the beginning of August. MADRID BoLsa, JULY 18.—The Three per Cents. were done at 32} for cash; the Four per Cents., at ; the Five per Cents., at 12; 7 ' ; the Debt without Interest, at 3i; and the Coupons, at 5-i. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TIJESDIY.—A very quiet market was generally expected this morning, under the com bined influence of advices showing a further slight decline in the value of cotton at New York, and a flat and drooping market for piece goods at Calcutta ; and some of the b n uyers anticipated . a small advan tage on thewirhcslied,e, the e bargammg for yarns or goods. r O e n ee ip th t exhibitede of the tbq animation accounts alludediderabltyo which prevailed a ii e certainly before transactions have been cons l r a a s l t l yw weep c o u ; gl, and, there perh a p h s a , s 0 nb:tlehi the other, ; res a t n ri d cte t d h . e Natu rally more of hesitation about pav"ln,the extreme rates of erm somewhat_ less on one side, a little of indifference to sell upon those t full extent of the effect produced ; arti cles are still acquiring additional value' indeed, some this is the s. have shown themselves particularly firm; and their sales for home use, and for shipment to Germany, Russia, si and the Mediterranean, have reached a fair aggre gate amount. The finer counts, both single and dou bltd, are still 1-ardening in price. As regards goods, we cannot report much progress in selling ; but the manufacturers are not disposed to make any conces sion to their customers. The India merchants have been rendered less inclined to operate than before by the accounts they have just • received. We learn, however, from an eminent merchant, that the South THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1850. American markets are becoming rather more favour ably circunlsta7 e , d fir bu,inpQ4 in pnr flbrkg. RoCHDALE 7 MONDAY has ct ,- - mand tor flinnels to-Acy, and the :pan u:ac.urer:i base asked rather more for their pieces, in order to meet the late advanced price of the raw material. The wool market is steady, and prices are firm. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There is a visible im provement in our market to-day, in the Cloth-hall. Law goods have been in request, and 'have met with ready purchasers. The trade of the week has been good ; in fact, an improvement on last week's. The wool market is about the same as last week's. Co lonial wools are in rather more request than before. HALIFAX. SATUIDAY.—AIthough there were more lookers-on than purchasers in our Piece-hall to-day, yet a tolerably steady business is doing in some de scriptions of worsted goads. The advance in cotton, however, has considerably affected thwe fabrics which are partly made of that material, checking both the de mand and the production. The spinners are still very busily employed ; and, where orders for yarn must be given out, the late advance is fully conceded. The wool trade is rather quieter in the country, as the farmers are beginning to see the folly of their extra vagant expectations. The stocks in the hands of the staplers here are large, and the consumers are very unwilling to purchase at the high quotations de manded. . = . Frcm the 1 dfici,4l LiNt UTELISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 23. J CrEl7.":7-EI'OC.M LEEDS, TUESDAT.—There is no new feature to notice to-day in the cloth trade. Since last week, a very good business continues to be done. Al de scriptions of goods are eagerly purchased at the halls. Stocks are very low, and business is very brisk in the warehouses. Name, of Company. lastra:azirs ~........ BrltshNorth Amicau Commercial of London C. lonlal .• •• •• Gloneesteraldre •• •• Londn and Westminstr Ditto .............. London Joint-Stock... Provincial of Ditto, New......... Katlonal of Ireland ti at. Provnelal of Eng. Ditto, New. ....... South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... Union of L0nd0n..... Union of Madrid ..... Name of Company. Charing-cross •• •• •• Southwrk .• •• Ditto Swot 736 p.c. Waterloo .• • • •• •• •• •• Dividend . per Aiinum. 243. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. Q. par cent. 61. per cent. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per cent. ST. per cent. 61. per cent. h.?. per cent. 6/, per cent. 61. per cont. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. BR.ID G: Dividend per Annum. [ 352. per cent. Ditty Old Ann. of 81. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall .• ... Av. -Name of Company. 11. 4s. Od. 11. ls. Od. "CV 13.7-' :a 12 -. Az.ount of Shret. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 50 0 0 5 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 6 5 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 stock. Amount of Share. X s. d. Stock. 100 0 0 Stock. Dividend per An - num. Stock. Paid. m. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0, 0 East London..•• • • • • •• 81. Grand Janctien •• •• .. 47. per cnt. 3L 103. Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt. New ltivr Lndn Brdge i 2/. 10s. Vauxhall 51. per cnt. West Middlesex . . • 61.05. pr cnt. 25 0 0 20 0 0 13 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 Paid. £ s. d. 50 0 0 Amount of Share. S 5 0 0 Z. s. d. Price. 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. 70 In 3 '0 ~~.3 X. s. d Price 5% 128% 21 Os. 145 12s. 6d 60 0 0 40 0 0 Amount of Ska.re. Paid. s. d. 190 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 £ s. d. Price. Price Price. 100 0 0 PRICES OF SHARES KINGSTOWN AND HOLYHEAD TNT ." 777) OTIIER C 07,- • !lect Cor 1.1 ) '• • m: tern cot:nee:ea tae contraot far the eons eyarice of the :rails between Kiogstown and Holyhead, and report also how far the engagere7nts entered into by tits Admiralty with the City of Dublin Steam-Packet Corn pony rend to develop, or otherwise, tha full uelvant::ges i.f :Lc direct end centionotts lino of conimuriication br.- twe-en London end Dublin, which the Circa sr and }l,i - * head Railway Company are, under the provil,ions of I hvir Act of Parliatneut, now labouring to eflact, have :qv et.cl to the following report:— Your Committee Gad that, in accordance a ith the recornruendati,,n cif the Committee on Navy Estimates, in 1848, and also in accordance with the views of the Committee on the Contract Packet Service of the live session of Parliament, the Lords of the Admi ralty decided on having the packet service between Holyhead and Kingstown performed by contract in stead of by her Majesty's packets, and els.) on put ting the service up to public competition. In the month of October, 180, public advertise menu[ were is sued, stating that the Lords of the Admiralty would be prepared, on the 11th of the following December, to treat for this service with parties tendering on that day, in compliance with the prescribed forms and conditions. A tender was then made by the City of Dublin Steam packet Company, in strict conformity with those condi tions, to perform the service for 55,0001. per annum; on the same day a letter was addressed to the Lords of the Admiralty by the Chairman of the Chester and Holy head Railway Company, stating that the directors of that company had submitted a representation to the First Lord of the Treasury, upon the successful irsue of which " they trusted to be enabled to undertake the packet service between Holyhead and Kingstown on terms highly advantageous to the public interests." 2. The letter to the First Lord of the Treasury therein referred to has been laid before this Committee, and con tains statements of the financial difficulties of the rail way company (some of the causes of which are attri buted to the acts of the Government), and from which, in the opinion of the directors, without the aid of the Government, they saw no prospect of extricating them selves; they further state that they have been restrained from tendering to the Admiralty, in reply to a recent invitation for the performance of the packet service across the Channel in connexion with the two snail trains, solely by the embarrassments explained, and in a great degree accounted fur in that letter. - 3. The . Lords of the Admiralty having received an intimation from the Lords of the Treasury, subse quently confirmed in official form, on the II th of February last, that the letter of the Chester and Holy head Railway Company contained nothing to infltvnoo or delay a decision with regard to a tender received from the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, pro• seeded to treat with the latter company thereon ; and after some negotiation, a reduction of the terms from 55,0001. to 45,0001 per annum was on the point of being agreed on. 4. Your Committee find that there has been no evi dence to show that this amount of 45,0001. per annum was excessive or unreasonable; on the contrary, it has been given in evidence that the cost to the public when the service was performed by her Majesty's packets ex eded that amount. 5. Your Committee have it in evidence, that whilst this negotiation was pending, a dii ector of the Ches ter and Holyhead Railway Company intimated to the Admiralty that parties acting in concert with this com oany were willing to undertake the service for 35,0001. per annum, and handed in a letter to that effect. G. Under these circumstances the Lords of the Ad miralty, not feeling justified, with due regard to the pub lic interest, in recommending the proposal for confirma ion by the Lords of the Treasury, applied on the ltth February for the sanction of the Treasury to put the Holyhead Mail Service again to public tender. 7. This sanction having been given. tenders were received from the City of Dublin Steam Pecket Company and the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company. 8. The Lords of the Admiralty determined upon ae- L:epting the lowest tender, and having received the ianctiou of the Lords of the Treasury, the contract was tccordingly entered into with the Dublin Steam Facket - ,'ompany, and duly executed previous to the appoint ment of this Committee. 9. Your Couimit:cc consider that the conduct pursued by the Lords of the Admiralty, with the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury, in all the transactions relating to the contract concluded with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, was in all respects unexceptionable. 10. And, under these circumstances, your Committee consider that the engagements entered into by the Ad miralty with the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company 'lave, as far as under the circumstances, and with re .erence to the proposals made to them, they were enabled to do, tended to develop the full advantages of the direct and continuous line of communication between London and Dublin. 11. It also appeared to your Committee that the mail which leaves K►ngstown for Holyhead at half-past seven o'clock PM, being delayed at Chester for a period of about two hours, appears thereby to deprive the public of some of the advantages proposed by the completion of a thorough railway communication between Holyhead and London. HOP INTELLIGENCE. MAIDSTONE.—Oar reports from all quarters are still all as favourable as the most reckless speculator for a large crop could desire. With the exception of some pieces of slack bine, and a trifling attack of mould in some parishes, not worth speaking of, and which makes no progress, nothing can be more flourishing than the state of the plantation, TICEIIIIRST.—Our hop bines are in a very growing state; the weather for the last few days has been very favourable to them. We have a few gardens where the bines are getting yellow at the bottom. We continue clear of vermin.—Maidstend Journal, of July 23. MAL - F.11.4d the' hops 'are coining into burr. The bine is still growing and healthy looking, with the ex ception of a slight appearance of mould in one or two grounds. EDENERIDCE.—The bine cannot be doing better; i looks very healthy, and is free from vermin. STAPLEHURST.-TIIO bites continue to grow vigor. ously, and at present bid fair for a crop. ALTON AND COUNTRY DISTRICTS, JULY 22.—The plantations are doing. everything which the most san guine croppist could desire.—Maidat me Gazette, of July 23. HEALTH' 'of LONDON DURING- the WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) The mortality of London exhibits a small increase. The deaths registered in the two previous weeks were 794, 781 ; those in the week ending last Satur day were 863. To compare the corresponding weeks of 1840-8, the lowest number occurred in that of 1842, and was 744, the highest in that of 1848, when it was 1,096; but in the year following the deaths of the corresponding week rose to 1,741, when cholera had extended its ravages. The average of the ten weeks of 1840-9, is 974, and raised in the ratio of increase of population 1,063 ; compared with which latter standard, the return of the last week shows a decrease of 200. In the last three weeks, the morta lity from zyrnotic or epidemic diseases has manifested a slight tendency to increase; the deaths in this class have been successively 159, 168, and 176. But five of the diseases which are most iMportent in the category of epidemics remain nearly at their former amount, or have perceptibly declined ; for the lir.t week only three children died of small-pox, 15 persons of scarlatina, 16 of measles, 22 of hooping cough, and 31 of typhus, all these complaints being less fatal than usual, especially the first two. The increase, however, is apparent in the diarrhea among children, which is pecular to this period of the year. Its progress, not very formidable, is shown in the numbers of the two previous weeks, which were 40, 37, and that of.the last week, which was 51. In the twenty-ninth or corresponding week of 1846, there were 124 from the same cause ; in 1848, there were 94; and last year 131. Of the 51 of last week, 35 occurred under one year of age ; eight at one and under ten; and the rest at more advanced ages. Five deaths were ascribed last week to cholera ; 20 were registered in the same week of 1846, 21 in that of 1848, and 678 in that of 1849. The following are the particulars of last week's cases :—At 60, Porchester-terrace, St. John, Paddington, on the 18th July, a gentleman, aged 63, died of " malignant cholera (18 hours)." Mr. Holloway, the registrar, makes the following statement :—" It appears from the information of the person who was present at the death that the stench from the drains was very great, and that the de ceased had often complained of it. The houses in the terrace are near Kensington. gardens, and appear to be very healthy, being large, unattached, and provided with gardens." At 3, Litchfield-terrace, Queen's road, Holloway, on the 18th of July, the daughter of a domestic servant, aged 8 months, died of " diarrhoea and sickness (4 days), cholera Anglica." Mr. Butter field adds, that " cholera was most virulent in the immediate neighbourhood at the last visitation." At 31, Margaret-street, Haggerstone East, the daughter of a labourer, aged 5 years, died of " cholera (13 hours)." Dr. Ditchman, the registrar, states that he " inspected the premises immediately, and found that they consisted of four small rooms, of which the two lower were inhabitAted by a man, bis wife, and five children, while the two upper were occupied by a man with his wife and three children. The three children, of whom the deceased was one, had hardly recovered from a severe form of scarlatina. Near the spot is the open sewer, which was so often com plained of last year, as the source of cholera and all kinds of disease, and at present it is in a most filthy state." Also at 10, Albert-street, in the same sub district,Y. the 3on of a shoemaker, aged 1 year, died of "cholera (4 days)." " This on the 14th Jul house is well drained, and remarkably clean." At 8, St. Peter's-place, Walworth-common, on 15th July, the daughter of a cab proprietor, aged 7 months, died of "dentition, cholera elnglica (5 days)." 'Y in MORTALIIth e METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CA USES REGISTERE D IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JULY 20, Igso. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... *176 Diseases of Uncertain Seat „, 59 Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 117 Diseases of the Heart and 8100d -vessels ... 31 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... B9 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... .„ 72 Diseases cf the Kidneys, & c . „, „, ..„ 10 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, 84c, 9 Diseases of the Joints, Bon es , and Muscics... 10 Diseases of the Skin, &c. 3 Malformations... ... ..„ 4 Premature Birth ... O5 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 24 Old Age Sudden ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ,„ 94 Causes not specified ... 5 DEATHS FROM ALL CA.IISEB Population Deaths in c orn _ Enumerated, spending week 1841. of 1849, West Districts... 301,189 . . 228 . North Districts.. 376,568 .. 235 Central Districts 374,199 ... 250 East Districts ... 393,067 ..• 295 . 863 Deaths in the Week. 138 168 140 179 233 South Districts .. 503,346 ... Totals... ..... 1,948,369 1,741 ... 863 Males ... ... ••• ... ... 424 Females ... ... —• ... ... 439 C.O.N.ELZ.S. , ..; I Names of 23 Dividend Names of , 4 Dividend Price. ' I per Cumpanies. 1 21 per I Companies. ca P r i ce. 44 Annum . is , Annum. v) 1 , X I X Ashtn & Oldh, 971 71. 113 Macclesfield . 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley .• • • 1 160, 121. 180 Neath ...• • • 100 i 161. 340 13rknk&Abrgi1501 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 108 I 201. 185 Birmingham 401 41. WI% Peak Forest. 78 , 31. 18s. 70 Coventry... • 1001 25/. 2CB Regent's .• .. 33 I/. Os. 184 Derby .• • - 100 1 ' 61. 63 Rochdale ... • as 41. 5 0 % Ellsmre&Chs 133 355. 41 Somrset Coal 1503 71.105. 130 Irand.funetn i 100, 4/. 79% Do.LkFd St 12 ! 61.. C. - Grand Surrey, 100 2/. Os. 32 Stffrd &Wore 140 2 81. 410 ....rand Union 1 100 1 , 11. 103. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grantham .. - 1 - - Stourbridv,.. 145 20/. 290 it ennt lc Avn 39 7s. 6d. 5U Severn and'? 21. Os. 24 Lancaster .100, 41. 32% Wye Rail. ( 26 Leeds& Livrp!loo 241. 300 Warwi c k& 1' Leicester .. • .1100 51. 66 Birming. j lOC 41. 6434 Leicstr &Nth 83 41. 4834 Warwick& i , . Loughborogh l l42 701. 510 Napton. Nlonmouthsh 100 81. - Worestr i 42 c 1 100 31. 78 31. 43 sintgomrysklloo - - Birming. Sfeltnalwbry 100 - - Wilts & Brks -14 s. 734 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ••• ••• .•• ------- ••• ... 592 Females ... ••• ••• ••• ... 601 Total .„. ... 1,193 *ln this number are included 15 by Scarlatina, 31 by Typhus Fev e r, 51 by Diarrlicea, and 5 by Cholera. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The Pe ninsular and Oriental Company's steam-ship Ripon, Captain Moresby, has arrived here with the heavy portion of the Indian mail. She brings seventy-four passengers, amongst wham is the Hon. Mr. Davis, the United States Commissioner to China, also specie value 5,000 L, and a large cargo of silks and general merchandise. Sir W. Parker's fleet was crui,ing in the neighbourhood of Malta. The Peninsular mail steamer Jupiter sailed from Gibraltar for Southampton, to touch at Lisbon, on the 16th inst. PETITION OF Da. WEDSTER.--TO his Excellency the Governor, and to the Honourable Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Illasimchusetts.—John White Webster, a convict, under sentence of death in Boston gaol, in behalf honourable body of himself and of his wife and his children, respectfully petitions that the sentence awa rded a g ainst him by the law may be commuted to su ch othe r less horrible and ignominious punishment as your may mercifully decree. Your petitioner fully admits that he was tried before a fair and impartial tri bunal, and, und e r the law as it exists, his jury, com posed of hon oura bl e and hightninded men, could have returned n o ver di c t other than they (lid. But he re spectfully reminds your honourable b od y that the two g reat moral ingredients of the crime of mur der, malice and pre meditation, have never been found against him b y a j ur y , but have b een necessar il y i n f er red by the arbitrary rules of the law, fro m not deny, but the ex t enua ting details of which no man in certain general facts whic h y our p etitioner will your petitioner's situation can ever poss3ss legal evidence to prove. Th ese d etails your pet i t i o ner has confided to the friend who presents his Petition' w ith authority to state them to your honourable by.ft, in the hope that you will find therein reaso n to extend to your petitioner a nd his famil y that mercy of whi c h t h e l aw h as made you the dispensers. And your petitioner will ever pray.--4. W. WEBSTER...-. Boston, June, ISSO. KINGSLA.ND AND DALSTON L ITERARY INSTITUTION. —A call of 10t. per share is to be made on the shareholders in this society, to pay off its liabilities. LIST OP SCOTT/SIN COMPASTIMS' PRICES Dividend Arm= Name of Company. per of Paid, Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. s. d Bank of Scotland l'iritish Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 194 7.aledonian Bank City of Glasgow tank Clyde,,la.le Bank •••• •• 6% per cent. 20 0 011 10 0 0 131,4 Commercial Bank .• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 1 100 0 0 16634 Eastern Bank .•• • • • 6/. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 934 Edinb.& Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 5 % Exehangeßnk of Scot 47. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 914 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 - Nat!onal Bank 634 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14% North of Scotland Bank 47. per cent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 3 North British Bank "•• , Royalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 131 Union Bank of Scotland 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 88 Western Bank:. ••• • • • 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20U B. Accord. Life and Fire 20 0 0 OIQ 0 - British Guarantee Ins. 47. per tent. 10 0 0 1 . 0 0 14i 6d Caledonian Fire Incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 Colonial Life 50 0 0 1 0 0 111. 3s. City of Glasgow Life 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 27. 108 Edinburgh Life Incur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20 East of Scotland Life lO 0 0 015 0 - Eng. /k Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 234 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - incur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 185 Mercantile Life National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 225.6 d North British Incur. North & West of Scot 6l. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar 2O 0 0 011 0 - Bcot. Mes. and Gen.Llfe 0 0 015 0 j - 3c , ")ttish Union Insrnce. 6 7 41. pr cent. 20 '0 0 1 0 0 1238.6 d standard Life ...... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 115 s 9d ZIZISCELLAZIMOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 1 1 Annum. Share. X• s. d. Z. s. d. Suction Mart •••• • • •• 2/. ss. 50 00 I - 25 Australian Aericulturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15 knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. 2 10 0 Canada • • .... •• •. 61. per cent. 100 0 0i32 10 0 32 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per.cent. - 89 rlity Navigation .... 91 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.fc bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry 51. pr cent. 100 0 0 1100 0 0 106 Gee.SteamNavigation 11. Be. 15 0 0 14 0 0 27 London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 - Russell Institution.... - - ,26 s 0 - Peril/lair& Orient.Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 80 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1341. pr cent. 100 0 0 ,100 0 0 95 Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18. 4. p. c. 100 0 0 60 0 0 583 South Australian ....• 11. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 19 Van Dieman's Land., - 100 0 0 29 0 0 134 TWO CHILDREN SUPPPOSED TO lIAVE BEEN POI• SONEI) BY THEIS PAREN-rs.—On Saturday, at Northamp ton, two persons, named William Pell, a labourer, and Sarah, his wife, were brought up for examination on a charge of having poisoned their two children. aged two and four years, with arsenic. It appears that about a fortnight ago the youngest child died, and was buried on Saturday, the 13th. The other child was taken ill, and, although two me dical gentlemen attended it; it died the following day. The symptoms having attracted the suspicions of the medical men, the body was exhumed, and the result was the dis covery of a quantity of arsenic in the stomach. The other child was then exhumed by the direction of the Coroner, and on examination the body was found to contain arsenic also. Other circumstances of suspicion against the prisoners afterwards transpired, and they were both apprehended. After the proceedings, which were conducted in private, had terminated, the prisoners were remanded. The Atmopyre is the name of a curious arrange ment for warming, cooking, &c., by means of gas, invented by Mr. D. 0. Edwards, a surgeon. The gas is burnt on the outside of small " hoods," made of the material of the common tobacco-pipe, perforated with holes the 50th part of an inch in diameter, in imitation of Sir Humphrey Davy's safety lamp reversed. Gas is introduced into it, and there mixes spontaneously with atmospheric air, forming a kind of artificial fire-damp. This mixture, being i4nited on the out side of the vessel, discharges itself in numerous diminutive explosions; the earthenware is enveloped in a coat of pale blue flame, becomes soon red-hot, and presents the appear ance of a solid red flame. The " hood" is the exact converse of Sir Humphrey's lentern. The explosive gas is inside, instead of outside : the flame on the exterior is prevented flom penetrating and kindling the contents of the chamber by the narrowness of the aperture. The explosive mixture, being minutely divided, is burnt piecemeal at the outer orifice of each hole, producing a slight murmuring noise, and great heat is evolved.—Builclen IBISUE.ANCE C Name of Company. Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto M arine. • • • • • • Athts ......... British Commercial .. Clericl,3led.lic Gen. Life County .............. Eagle .. European Life •••• • • General • • • • • • • • • • Gl:be Gaardian ...... • • • • • • Imperial Fire • • • • • • • • Imperial Life • • . • • • Indemnity Marine .• • • Law Fire ............ LAW Life • . • • • • • • • • .. Le4al and General Life Liceneed - Victuallers • • London Fire •••• •• •• London Ship Med. Invlid & Gen. Life Rational Lean Fund.. National Life • • .. Palladium Lila . Professional Life.. • • • • Yt otector Life.... ... Provident Life.... • • .• r.oct hife IZoyal Exchance San Fire • . r•itto Life United Kin3clom Upliversal Life.... .... Victoria Life.... Name of Company. East and West Intl' a East Country London •• • • •••• • • •• Ditto 80nd5........ St.Katharino ........ Ditto, 5crip....... . Ditto 80na...• ..•• Southampton •• Divide ad per .- -- Annum. 31. 101. 7114s6d&bs 61. per cant. 135.6 d. 7s. 6d. 5 ct.& bs. 31. 14s. 4% per cent. 61. per cent. 51. 121. per ccnt, 12s. 11.5 h.& bs. H. 16s. 10s. 105. 12s.per share 4%1. per ct. 51. per cent. bl. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. bs. 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 11.55. & bs. 55. G. per cent. 61. Ids. 1/. 6s. 41. per cent. 10% pr cnt. 51. per cnt. 61. pr cent. 20s. per sh. 51. pr cent. 41. per cent. 4 per cent. 4 1 ,41. pr cent. 2i. per cent. 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 190 0 0 10 0 0 S 0 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 NAVAL INTELLIGLNCE. The following officers harl interviews with Sir Francis I'. Baring, Bart., at the Admiralty, on Tuesday:—Cap- Lain J. B. M•Hardy, G. N. Broke, B, F. Rowley; Com mander C. Y. Campbell ; Lieutenants J. Green, A. Kortrigbt, J. A. Dunbar, Thomas Wright, master; C. P. Bellamy, late Master-Attendant of Woolwich Dock yard. The Commander-in-Chief of the East India and China itation, Rear-Admiral Austen, C. 8., acd family, were quite well at Singapore on the 2d of June. The Gallant Admiral had his flag fljing on board the Fury, 6, steam *loop, Captain Wilcox. On the Queen's birthday the Commander-in-Chief proceeded in the Fury, forty miles eastward of Singapore, to a spot called Pedeo Branca, and performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of a light-house in coarse of erection there, and which, it is generally admitted, will be of the' utmost value to navigation. We regret to report the death of Lieutenant Philip Wheler Darnell (1846), First Lieutenant of the Fury steam-sloop, at Singapore. This promising officer, who had been engaged in the gallant affairs with the Chinese pirates,. was midshipman of the Hazard, 18, during her service in the operations on the coast of Syria, and the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, and ,erved on shore at Tyre for the protection of the town. He next served with the Hon. Captain Elliot (who commanded the Ilsz,,rd) four years in the Spartan, 26, in the West Indies, passed his examination in 1843, and was'promoted in 1846. As a lieutenant he served in ,he Retribution steam-frigate, and Vengeance, 84, pre viously to his appointment to the Fury. Albion, 90, Captain Hope Johuato►,e, has completed her advanced complement of 332, at Devonport, and is now ready to go into the Sound. Amphitrite ' s freight, amounting to nearly 400,0007., was delivered at the Bank on Tuesday morning, by Mr. Henry Robertson, who had the efficient assistance of Mr. Sutton, the superintendent of the London and South Coast Railway at the Portsmouth terminus. Amongst the freight there was a large quantity of California gold; we saw one box, containing about 1501 be., the dust being packed in leather belts, which had evidently' 'ouen worn round the bodies of the minerF. Apollo, 8, troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, has been spoken by the Brilliant, from Madeira, and may, therefore, be hourly expected at Spithead, from China and the Cape. Hercule; store-ship, Master Commander Fulton, was to leave Malts, for England, with stores, on the 15th hut. Salamander, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Ellman, has hoisted the pendant at Devonport. PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDAY.—The Niger steam-sloop, Commander Heath, is progressing fast iu her equipment. The Admiralty, impressed with the importance of ob. tailing some infallible remedy against the destructive agency of worms and animalculm on iron vessels, ~have ordered one side of the Niger to be coated with toe anti corrosive preparation invented by Mr. Peacock, R.N., I,f Southampton, which has been applied with great success to the iron steam fleet of the Peninsular and Oriental Corrpany, and is spoken of by that body in the highest terms of praise. There have been a great many trials c f applications professing to prevent the growth of adhesive substances to iron vessels, but none have as yet proved perfect. PORTSMOUTH GARRISON. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.E., Lieutenant-Governor, &c., inspected the 7th Royal Fusi liers at Winchestcr on Tuesday, and the 95th Foot yes terday, in the same garrison. Lieutenant-Colonel Far quharson, of the 7th, we are informed, is about to retire and be succeeded by Major Yorke. The Princes Royal transport sailed from Barbadoes on the 4th inst. for Portsmouth with iqvalids from the regimeuts serving in the Leeward Islands and Jamaica. THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT AT • , ' .1 . •C..;1 . - -, .i„ .',. ,_,- ~ :-.. . •.. - -0. V , - - rdsh t ct/ 0 , v -" -,',---....,...iv., ..,as. is ;J.; OUi bone ii au „„ ;(3 ,0e.,"01,c10.y eveniog t 234 by no means decreased. ~1':, i . 1 -where the acchknt happooed was crowded otwd. Y.eteiday and to-day, sod b . at .s were busily erolfl e i r , :ircaging lor bodies which are kupoosed to he still m 1 , 1 7., e_%:.ecr, numeruis it!quiries having teen mad° l 'i as t • . " 1 -" g rer,ons. Ta 0 more d...atbs took p:ace f i r , iii ;h and fiur efses ate this day reported at the 1 °, 4 r u f ary as hopt,ii•ss. Numerous rumours are afloat W.,_',., , 0 3 . ;:eat to the alleged well-known unsafe condtion ot by t u 4. :l' , but as a thorough investigation will b e wad° , it v.',:pC,°:"l'er . 111,0 the whole circumstances of the ca": . ..., 1 ; f,,, , - i, .. • Lk:or:l4 - .5S 10 lay more at present. A s jury ~ - -e , I , i i_ e t. . h t. L w . S:: r h i l l ' e s, a and e ,e l :a t ' exception o g i a l s t s o o l d f b c e l t c h a S e l t of testimonylev i cl f e k' n c c k e ' t N) 1 B -1 0 0 : 111 1 ,, ' tf: l 2 :' n e b tbP s:s , l , ' subjoin,' n e gtha t at „.., C i.:t .. ~_ ~,.. • - . '''''''':' .(' ....- - O . OO r h ni l a .h rk v i teeter, the Coroner having adjourned the inquirhitl'; , :h t i h s a m s n om ot en bj t een cited to give their evidence with the coolness sod, i ci v a ness th2t is to be desired but in the course of a," ° „,',',,na so he hoped the investigation h oughil 6- would be t or into. heti John Leonard, a waterman and owner of a w. B lock of an important ed.. called o the Whynot, deposed that soon after eight 0 '; /00 people are too muchieor n Monday'evening he was in .his wherry a t , t he , gist Scotia slip. At that time the steamer Red l° T k e i' t E io lying' close alongside cf the Nova Scotia-wharf tar. f i l p'ar passengers. She .appeared to have from 44 tongo r " 00 sengera. lie did not see the captain, but s 9,„. lie present named William Lowther was at the hal7: w ife. saw Mr. Anderson, the owner of the boat, with "backed in the cabin of the Red Rover. The boat was or pose of taking from her regular landing-place to t h e leek for the f P ro rs that side. She had not been there five mina s; a the passengers who were coining o r he . dor is...- she exploded. Her boiler and the vvood-work kis vessel were thrown in all directions to a 0 01 0 into distance from the boat. Some of the coals c a n into his boat, and many cf the passengers were throvellior. the . river. Some remained in the hull of the e t c) j oss Witness saved four passengers, the fireta ao. t" ot the and a woman. All the men were hurt, het ri _, deel , '" woman. vv The water at the place was about 26 ieu' ot t bs body of Pavtl.y When he had put the people safe on s hore, he t he dead grappling irons, and assisted in getting hp t . ," 1 - 4 ,10 0 pr. - Ae r , •,,,, uv' four years . old. .'Two dead b '•- were now l l. ' Nuts the shed in the Nova S h CO IL cotio-yard. It is stat . stated that there are several persona we s ole He was dead, ' and also a little up in the screw-steamer from Newport 03 t ' L e t O r night the accident occurred missing, and n o pt s pot bodies will yet be recovered. The g, wate r 6 ` t t d e S hera where the accident occurred is very dee'', and Oa tidal would be a difficulty its letting out the water i f ho of river, on account of the numerous shiPs ° tonnage now in the harbour, Deutu_tsoiriofsvi_loolmiGteißnt:ah le EALIODW,F OF ". iti. ..---... - :.---- LE -- - f irsE . (t)uoadteodf the. XP-----------LOSION WEDNESDAY.—MYPOS. te- rday 0 a'. 131 to ' —r‘ i ip 10 1 ell ig iEW six o'clock b , Co h(-111:;i:nnoe,utclricnsh7brerred in one of the coslpits belongi.ng.diiito o f twenty, w r°o h rnu e d mg n e h :s panied t occurred 1:: 13,3) r.r 11 : 75 d a b i e r u i and niae' icnoteafnidsAdees,tadrdiidnrt,i:t thheeTirbi _ a 0 se , them, and went forward to asctebretafiftl:::pil'iote• .the pit. All of a sudden a terriae_ of t he the twenty, and ed, which instantly - killed nineteen etleusirets shattered and det-troyed all the imP d. ile, the h e u x ck r plosion and sudden( b• was stand ing fieryw h n i e c a h r e t o h m e m bottom ~odf withthe pit th w e s b 9eu e i ini.,:aioitoiliottao storm to puss over. Oa risig, 4 OW calamitous w4 0 ::: 1 , 1t links of the chain, and giving ti le gig° l lso of pulled 4 up to the pit-head. The atiooruntsof the et!oper.. the fen, occident given by this man are exeee diugi-V I ston c° (.011 1, , cud it is not likely that the Actual circat - of io , hweininevseerrtebde _bit: 0 0 0 men had not D The'ected with this pie,. of the - ea a,vy lamps. Fourteen recd ler , were recovered up to last - was fot this morning h night, and one , s on o j ;,,, „._ . ~,,, -efore our informant left , lea ilag el iii) ' l t `"' pit. Whey ' II chore eit are almost all dreatifu y u . p.o io 0 f disfigured f - ~ t, ~: _ from the effects of the explosion, vv"l"west °_, „',.,0-'tt., most severe that has occurred id the obi], , _ re to 4 6 land for man Ail Y years. The deceased 0 . 0 young men, butwidows a few of them have left vv children. - ~......v iz. OS. pie THE COUNTRY 111A13 -1P- goo d y .. iti LEEDS, JULY 23.—Our arrivals of grain 0 %101 b,telf weather in this district continues favourable, Fridays' co, usual influence on the trade. Wheat is beld at ~t b e o ie but the sales are very limited. Barley rognina"Y Arrio, Oats and shellings as before. Beans fully as dear; . p eso , 11 a Wheat, 8,025 ; oats, 452 ; barley, 60 ; beans' OVritli the jai' NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET, JULY 23: under t t i sr moderate supply of wheat fresh up, the trade , - I , clo , , s ys fluence of continued fine weather, ruled exceediAngJsater',lol little business done, but for the few sales rir"„ e i, of risi ° rates were obtained. Flour, no mutton, 4d 0 again very liberal, and where sales are forced a dee as if : 0( submitted to. The other articles no variation. The - c 1 NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, JULY 2 .„,_ . 1e0 1 4 e ,• 6 00 r r fat cattle on the increase, qualit indifferent. The bb at ü b eeP t i n i o g n s r a a t r e e es , i a n sa ngldao last td parti r ,u e qersuedemas Tuesday, remains h t inferior uilneso ilad bs Theoirst s s o l a u g ro g ib i f . ; e r ct :f t! o r a l and lambs 1,000 less than last week. * The mutt ore soli f " Oa is v or she eP 0 mt la h m aen b sda : a 7 n o3 d o n o e . arl ß y e a e l f l , s 4 o s ld 6 . d tAorsrsiv,adlam—Beasts, 4 5 0 3 , ° 0 ; _ bd; 133° 41,- E d D to ili l u d ß . Gil MEAL MARKET J UL Y ; ,i 0 re 0 0 '00 the meal market to-day 18 sacks , o; oatmeal, e o ach od w , ei 3 gP a l t l o 9 ; d o i l m o p a e t r i i a l l ~ s w o h d i 1/ 93 2d 4.l2ths. 2 sackhsus.-3 at 1/ 1 5 •e of # pric 5 , ch and so 2 ld at t l/ 8; 6d • a verage 5 1 ' • pot-barley, whereof l sold at 2's , .11 1 ° rel, EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET ' ~,,00„, Oat straw, from 6s 6d ic le of 16 5 " o O' flour, to 8s NI per eraP e Od cl• wheat ditto, 5s 6d to is Od; barley ditto, vs ,to 10 ,TO view ditto, 8 ; ; ol e o Old hay, from is to Is 2d per stone ; DALKEITIE MEAL MARKET JULY 22.-S „ r, ii 11# ,,e il )e bags oatmeal and 6of 'barleymeal * at this & I ' d gay"' sales dull ; oatmeal up' 6d per bag on the top 10 if 6 sold at 28s. / 'l l3 od second prices ; barleymeal same as last week. a Oatmeal, per sack, or 280 lbs. First S ec° 4 li d 96q 61 B . a i r m le p y e ra ri e a a l l, per . ditto-. ... 2 1 9 4 b ° ' (i d 22s e s '1) 0 - d ui ~...' .l o °l Peasemeal ••• sOd "". cl .4 Flour ... . ::: * ::_a Od -4 gd 6.- •• ••• ... Pot barley _ s Ou I ----s COAL 111A1iKE' Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 3d Holy-well l3s 6d South Peareth l'antield Moor West Hartley Wylam • l3s 9 , 1 Wall's I✓nd, &c Heaton Eden Hain " • 144 Braddyll 1 - 1 etton Shins at ;T y EsTart amr. j „ R us sell's ',tette!' 00'1 160 ' d 7i Stewart's .............. P 64 Whitwell ••••• ........ 1" 0 11 Bentley ........... 0g 0 Caradoe ..... ••••••'''' 9.1 Whitworth .......... 15g Adelaide Tees •• 15091 150 0 I St. Helen's Tees •••" 16 0 31 ................ .• 1 45 04 reel D o e crwentwwpgn Hateartrgley art•••,-,( ~" markst RAILWAY. SHARE 111.A1114`P- sT V . vo c BRIoL, JULY 24. dul l STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was the a o , I olg, to-day, and prices generally remain 'unalter ed, a t 2s ration being in Midland (Stock), which closed Ol Li VE It e'ool , JULY 21. to f ifi l 1 1 SrocK EXCHANGE.—The • ' fair Aln °llll- Y' O ff' le was a d oe 4 . 4 % done to-day and prices had an upward tend yoolYij transactions were as follow: Lancashire a r kires p ej, Halves 17 1 A—Ditto, Fifths, 9 9-16 dis.—D l Union), ' 8 1146 dis.—Great Western, 5 0 4 4 0 16 P,/:. ) er North-Western, 109 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, ''' SVA, y Il i tt0 ...., k Do do 0 t, land, Halves, 21 1 4 Ditto, Erewas'a ValleY:oteelfrsoo„t; Helen's (Railway and Canal), Preference, gu, a `ores t h P 'eat., 111 1 ,4—South-Eastern and Dover, 14 4 ' - .... 9 0°7 ern and Western, Preference, Fightli.., sN. dis , ;0 nish, 53i—Orleans, 'Pours, ad Bordeaux, 4 % 9 . '° ' nOV bil i MANCHESTER, JULY 21- „ to A ' n pe , ./ the S T s o h c: re EinxacrilksetN.GE.A—NVe smallh aveli businessttl e cl=ang en u fo - 1 11 1 0 6' 1 i prices were rather firmer. The transactions- ly, ° `„stol l ' 9 9- / q G u r a e r a t t er s ci h t a h r e e r s n , , 3 l s s: 4 , L e a x ne il— ar L e a a i n ic d as l t , e 6 r f . e.a.:1: 1 7. 14 - ' l6 ifti lsf ., l ,, is o l , , Yorkshire' - e. , - tt r c. dis.—Ditto, Preference 6 ecent., 1 " - fi I London and North-Western, 109 r . itto, S a e ,?rt e ref et' 9-16 p. —Ditto, Manchester' and Biringlph anl i n ' hir e ' ';( 3 c. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin e ' s ence, 81. 0 1 0 ~, et d o' BIRBIINGHAM J U LY 2 4 . 0 0".1 fe ir j STOCK ExCHANGE.— ir. Business this shar e so 00t j o ltto " continues inactive, and seems likely to re main ; 1 ( 0 0 t'ting more definite is k nown as to the pro v i v tro the aproaching half-yea r ly mee ti ng s. The °II reported to-day was—illidland, 33. 0013er' YORK, JULY 23: - So d /6' STOCK ExcnAivax.—The transactions K t i ,7 t te , f v o i l e lo k v: : 1 - 3— rea p t it N to orthern, — ; York, ,io N n r e s 3 t,/,' (Newcastle Extension)' N. E. Purchase), P/. pe' 4 otiso, Eye, 1 ,0 [ A DVERTISEAIENT.]—Headache, toi be eo bil:ty, and Giddinefs in the Head cured bY ~e d ks b e Mrs. Drink water, of Castle-street, Liverpool, ole o P e olipi health for a considerable time, suffering . .from s a f r e(Pl ea d t nee vousness, and a debilitated ' constitution , tbera would be to suddenly seized with a giddiriesi " , A i n to t he o ceo c LP l ' herstrength would fail her, and' she woul",, l s ow ieg u r e a ,;0 1 'Every effort was tried to obtain relief by w"sha t" o etfr j a a' tions of medical men, but without success• ajo ble, t bsc is _1 menced taking Holloway's Pills, soon strengthened the tone of the stomach, r e t hat 51 ( 1,1 J . stbution, and so effectually cured the beadache,i," so a nd this inv no otel e enjoying the best of health. Sold by all dr u figLaa ' e ll. fessur Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strands ° BIRTHS. e P arj'' • OF A ON. 0 4 On the 21st inst., in Westbour S -c ne rescent 5 o v sec l - tb® ill# lady of E. J. F. Kel so , o f U or k es ! er park t .-• ~u s ref On the 22d inst., i n Hill- stree t, Berkeler 44 c jo of C. B. Brown, Esq., M. 1.): ir lif) of ' I OF A DAUGHTgN . , wife ~,, tf On the 2:a inst., at Falcon-square, the . B roo On tie g t l i l l t e e 2 n 6 20th 1 Esq.' inst., the Bev: Frank Hewson. at the Parsonage, -IC ailsea, the lo r Ce'' if g e l 0 0 ' ARRIED. i, ge ilti 0 4° On the 18th inst., at Bchild, Kent, P L ' i liferce r i. I" Esq., Royal Marines, son of the late. Colonel ji , 484. , 0 0 ,, second daughte r o f t h e l ate William Lak e ' street House, Sitti ng b ourne, K en t. (st the 22d inst., at St, Pancras Cluirch, j'' lffe ter li:°ri'e I'll'6 of Sevenoaks, Kent, to Mary Ann third da u g" George Hulme, Esq , of London ~. fred erj'- : O r ti n ili nt i t l : o . e i r e e2: 2 Es l ts s gitn. inst., t n o s ; ins`.., l easyttea7slDio)teneska.odsniosiiwil ei t i l r,e , t :::: :: 7l i : i_ ' i. 4: 6 * 0 ::::: . 1. " Long, Esq., Inspector-General of Pritons!,9gi'y'oldo'.ite,°'ol On the 2 1 st inst. at Axminster,i Emmeli'e* t et e/. o to cl CIA late Sir J. Eden, , Bert ,of Cleve, Durli . o : ol ' l • CAP t pe On the 20th inst., in Yorkshire, Alr. Wil ibi o . ( 1 7 3 ' pr of treasurer of the Theatre Ito -al, Ha I - t uarket , ,!'gagl iew c P lion. at t i l ii l ed e 20th irftt., at Kill)adoon, the infe lal - ,ife °' . 2. lZ 2 e ct v in, F: t 7Vs ll e ,( l ) o o l , l l l s e t n o t n s e . , . Anne' '-,. _, i W. Vaughan, EN . , of Woodstone,fltrAlini3g:°'l4lllll7ol44lo°: ______.....----- - ..rs . no )(Op, •• of Loudon: Printed and Published by 1 4 ,P., Jsm oille s ' 0 00 141 No. 112, Strand Printer, at The . wain L 447 Nozrctri.i. in the .P ' recinct of the Savq . ' Middlesex , Thurs,lay, July 25, 1850. i -1 APPOINTMENTS WOOLWICH, JULY 24.—Paymaster and Parser —no bert KaHand (1845), to the Salamander steam-shop, a Devonport, _ _ Assistant-Surgeon W. S. Bourehier, addition.l (1850), to be actiug-surgeon, Wellington, 72, depot ship of orl nary, Sheerness. Midshipman—F. 0. liana°ld, to the Stromboli steam sicop ut Devorrport. Cierks—Charles W. Motherwell (1846). and Francis Braddon (1850), to the Ajax, 56, steam-ship, at Cork; G. J. D. Andrews (1849), to the Fisgard flag ship, at Woolwich. The Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring held a levee yesterday,which was attended by tho following officers: — Captains—Richard F. Bow ley (1830), John B. B. M'flardy (1840), and G. N. Broke (1845). Commander —Colin Y. Campbell (1846). Lieutenants—J. Green (1809), Thos. Wright (1815), Alfred Kortright (1828), and James A. Dunbar (1812). Mastor—Charles P. Bellamy. The First Lord has announced that he will discon tinue holding levre; until furth; r notice. COUNTENANCING THE FINE AIIT3 —The sons of genius are frequently obliged for the loan of a face, and this tact recently received a singular illustration in the case of a gentleman well known in Liverpool and Birkenhead for the -Oriental cast of his features. Being lately in London, he was strolling up and down the Strand, when he was accosted by a gentleman, who, after apologising with the utmost polite ness fur his familiarity, begged Mr. to allow him to take a sketch of his taco, as it wore the exact expression which he wished to introduce in one of the characters of a grand historical picture. Our townsmen consented, and ac companied the artist to his house, where his visage was quickly traced on canvass. A friend was subsequently anxious to know what the grand painting :vas in which the gentleman was to appear so conspicuously. }ld called upon the painter, and requested to be allowed to see the picture. This the artist strongly objected to, alleging that it was against etiquette to show a work of art unfinished, &c. But all his attempts to put off Mr. wero unavailing. At length the artist consented, took him to his studio, and there he saw himself figuring in a large scriptural piece as Judas Iscariot. This is strictly true. --Liverpool Times. lAXPANIESI. Amount of Share. 20 0 0 100 0 0 DOCZB. DlTldend per Annum. Paid. £ s. . 50 0 11 0 5 0 5 6 5 0 10 0 10 0 5 0 5 0 All paid. 5 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 4 12 6 GAS-LIGHT AND CONE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --•--- X. s. d. A. 5. d. British •••••••• • • • • •• 11. 40 0 0 18 0. 0 14 Ditto rrovincial— •• 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18% Brighton .. .. —•••• .• 51. 20 0 0 City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 Continental Cousolidat. 92.5. 75 0 0 31 5 0 Equitab1e............ 505. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28 Imperial ............ 3/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ....... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48 London •............. 50 0 0 .50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Pari. Preference 61. 25 0 0 2 10 0 Phoenix ............. 4161. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29 Ratcliff ..... ........ 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General .... •• 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 15V, Westminster Chartered • 3/. 50 0 0 47 Ditto, New .... -... 12s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1 ii 14