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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF CO.II,VIONS, July 17. (Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.) COPYHOLDS ENFBANCLIISEMEN r BILL. On the motion that the House should resolve itself into a Committee on this Bill, Sir G. STRICKLAND moved as an amendment that he House should go into Committee on the Bill this day three months. His objection was to the whole Bill itself, and not to any particular portion of it. He sub mitted it was not framed so as to carry out its professed object, namely, the doing away with copyhold tenure and the converting it into the tenure of fee simple. The Bill was called the Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill; but when he looked into the principle of the Bill he found there was not one provision which would lead to the en franchisement of oopyholds. The Bill, in fact, proposed a commutation of rents, which it would effect in a most unjust manner. The principle of the Bill was a confis cation of private property; and he contended that it was a universally recognised rule in that House never to in terfere with private property unless some great public benefit would result from such interference. He con tended that no such public advantage called for the pass ing of the Bill before the House. The Bill, in fact, sought to interfere with the - interest of the landlords for the benefit of the tenants. Mr. MULLINGS seconded the amendment. He was afraid that this Bill was only introduced for a par ticular occasion, and though he had voted for the second reading of the Bill, he now felt it to be his duty, having changed his views on the subject, to oppose the Bill on going into Committee. He did not believe that any Bill of this sort would be carried out by a private Member, but it must be taken up by the Government, and that could not be done without much more evidence than they had before them at present. That was the course which he should recommend, and he should be happy to give them every assistance in his power.—(Hear hear.) Mr. HUME supported the Bill. lie was sorry to see that the Honourable Member had changed his course of proceeding upon the subject. The question was whether copyholds were an evil or not, and he thought that anybody who knew anything about the matter would confess that they were a great nuisance both to the holders: and to the lords of the manors. He quite agreed that this ought, if possible, to be a Goverment measure, and that, too, had been the opinion of the late Sir obert Pee'. He hoped the House would allow the Bill to go, into Committee. Mr. HENLEY considered that whether they allowed the Bill to go into Committee or not, it was quite clear that a Bill of this kind could not pass into law. Mr. AGLIONBY complained of the course which had been taken both in doors and out. of doors with respect to the 8i4.1. The objects and provisions of the Bill had been equally misunderstood and misrepresented. Honourable Members had no right to discuss the principle of the Bill, upon the present oc casion, upon going into Committee, after the second reading had been carried by a large majority. The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... ... 40 Against it Majority —9 The House then went into Committee. On clause 1 being proposed Mr. MULLING'S moved the omission of certain words with the view of inserting others, to place all manorial rights at the disposal of the Copyhold Commis sioners for the purpose of their ultimate abolition. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the amendment. Mr. 11ULLINGS was anxious to see all manorial rights destroyed, and copyholds placed on the same footing, as freeholds. That was his mbar:, for proposing the amendment. Lo - rd HARRY VANE, was quite certain that if this . Bill was to effect any : good it must be confined to the simple obiect of doing away with certain inconsistent copyhold rights, reserving all the rest that were not objectionable, Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND thought differently. The Bill, to be of any use, should altogether abolish c opyhold tenure, and he certainly should support the amendment. dr. HUME would vote for the amendment if be thought it were practicable. He was anxious to see all copy hold rights destroyed; bat it was impossible to do it under this Bill. Sir B. HALL said the principle involved in the amend ment was too large to admit of its being left to the de cision of the Copyhold Commissioners; but still he would support it if the Hon. and. Learned Member would ex'slude mines and minerals. Mr. HENLEY wished to knoW if.. the Honourable and Learned Member who had charge of the Bill in tended to exclude from its operation all copyholds that do not enjoy the right of renewal. Mr. AG LION BY replied i❑ the affirmative. Mr. MULLINGS agreed that all copyholds ought not to be enfranchised, but still he would only preserve mines and minerals, and in order to meet such excep tional cases, he had no oNfetion to add to his amend ment the words " except as hereinafter provided for." The House then divided, when there appeared— For the amendment ... - ... 47 Against it —a Majority The amendment was consequently lost. On returnine: to the gallery, we found Mr. HENLEY proposing a farther amendment on the first clause, providing that there should be enfranchise ment only on the demand of three-fourths of the copy holders of an eetare. Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the amendment. His great object was to provide tur individual enfranchisement. Mr. GOULBURN supported the amendment, which he contended would prevent great injustice being done to the lord cf the mai,or. Sir B. BALL wished to see (he landlord and tenant put on the s.un routing as each other, and he would be ready to give each of them equal facilities for enfranchisement ; and he would recommend the Hon. Member for Oxfordshire not to press his present amendment, but to insist upon some provision by which the lord also could claim enfran chisement. After a short conversation, in which Sir C. Burrell, Sir G. Strickland, Mr. Hume, and Mr. Aglionby took part, Mr. HENLEY defended his amendment, and refused to withdraw it. Mr. MULLINGS thought that there would not be any great Lcilities given to the small copyhkilders by this clause, and he should support the amendment. Lord E. HOWARD supported the amendment, but expressed himself favourable to the principle of giving power to the lords of manors to commute with equal fa cility as their tenants. Atter a few words from Mr. J. A. SMITH, the Coln mitee divided., when there appeared— For th, zm endment ••• 74 Against Mjority ... —3O The ame ment was accordingly carried, and it be came 3n original proposition. Mr. HUME then moved as an amendment that the majority of the tenants in number and amount should have the power to decide the question of enfranchisement. Mr. LIENLEY said, introducing the ♦alue of the property would seriously affect the small cottage-holder, who would be outvoted by the rarge tenant. Mr. HOME met this objection by proposing to leave out the words that had reference to value, which would make the amendment run thus: "the majority of the tenants in number." - After a short conveitation, the Committee again divided, when there appeared. For the amendment 53 Against it Majority ... —l3 The amendment was accordingly Mr. SPOONER suggested to the Hon. and Learned Gentleman the propriety of withdrawing the Bill. On calm consideration he hoped the Hon. and Learned Gen tleman would see that that was the best course he could pursue. - Mr. AGLIONBY had been cala.ly considering this Bill for two years—(A laugh)—and be certainly must say the manner in which ho bad been met, this session was most unfair. Ha certainly should not withdraw it at this stags. Mr. SPOONER bad no other alternative, thee, but •to move that tne Chairman do at once report progress: Mr..AG'LIONBY reiterated his statement that this opposition "could only be_charaeterised by the term fite •tious; !mit it would nut dcter him from proceeding with• the DM.' SifJ:(112:10-1t04. reminded the lion. and Learned Gatleretn that the "amendments which had jut been carried " would entail upon him - the necessity of consider ably attering'the remaining provisions, an d he pat it to the Ham and Learned Member whether it would not be better to postpone the Bill for the purpose of consider ing the alterations that were required. Mr. AG LIONBY was quite prepared to make all the alterations, and agree to all the omissions which now became necessary, and he hoped the Committee would' go on with the details. The Motion that the Chairman do report. progress was then withdrawn, and iho clause es amended was agreed to. On clime 2., Mr. AGLIONBY said, in order to accomplieh the object of the foregoing amendments it would be neces• aatoy to make considerable verbal alterations in this clause, and he therefore hoped the Committee would consent to postpone it. Clause 2 was postponed. On clause 3 being moved. Mr. G. J. HE ATHCO rE moved as an amendment tF at the Chairman report progress, and ask leave to sit again, •it being advisable, in his opinion, that the further pro- - gross of the Bill should be stayed altogether. • Mr. AGLIONBY hoped that the House would not agree to the amendment of the Hon. Member. He (.fr. Ag lionby) had been twine already prevented from proceed ing with this Bill, first, by the I?erby, day, secondly, by the Ascot Cup day; and now hp thought it rather bard that he should be again prevented from proceeding with it in conseciaence of the agricultural meeting at Exeter. Mr. G. J. HEATHCOTE eventually withdrew his amendment, and the clause was agreed to. On clause 4, Sir B. HALL proposed that this clause should be amended by making it incumbent on e comissioners under the Bill to entertain any application which m sy be made by the lord or lards of the manor who may to , the owner or owners of three-fourths in value of the manor. Mr. AGLTONBY could not consen` to the proposed amendment, inasmuch as it would completely alter the leading principle of the Bill, and press with grest everity on the poorer class of tenants. - -- Sir B. HALL wanted to put tin 7ord o" the manor 'n the same position as the copyholder in s arry.n; out a proposition for enfranchisement. After a desultory conversation, in which Mr. G3cl - Mr. Henley, Mr. II me, Mr. 4,n)tey, and T. Aeionby took part, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1850. T -",74- J N, ..5..----------_-_-----.-- Sir B. HALL withdrew his amendment,, but --In oveli , , ---. , ' O ng C ) oths and domestics. In some of these articles that the Chairman should repor t p ro g ress. I a g°ced deal has been done, so far, this week; and Mr. AGLIONBY opposed the motion. but to the sa l es would have rea ch e d a considerably ,ok for the requirement of higher prices, _ The gallery was cleared fur a di vision, but none place, Mr. Aglionby having co nsented to the Chair. can i g r amount. szrs eThe makers of some kinds of reporting progress. r ~ , i lO, - , s, however, find litt'e inquiry; and all complain The CHAIRMAN reported progress, and asked lea re of th e employment of looms being rendered profitless, to sit again this day week. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. indees 1 to a great extent worse than profitless, by the Mr. BANKES moved the second reading of this F',,ii, dearness of yarns. There can be no doubt that the He said the main object of t he Bi ll was to put an. Yg, dt o vast increase of weaving power, to which we have a v ery great existing nuisance which prevailed in this occasionally adverted, is now telling powerfully in metropolis, and throughout e very considerable tov an in favour of spinners, and against manufacturers. This the kingdom. When it was known that a great can herdly proceed much further, without causing the influx of foreigners would take place in this co untry latter to resort to short time. and this metropolis next year, on the oco ,liision ROCHDALE, MaNDAY.—The manufacturers con of the National Exhibition , he tho u g ht it of tie(,tinua to have a good demand for their flannels, which very utmost importance that in visiting our museums' sof art meet with a ready sale at former prices. The wool and manufactures they shou ld not be nnneces eeril y in- dealers .are asking better prices for the raw material ; c onvenienced by the smoke nuisance which r L ove exists a.. em. nd, so tar as English wool is concerned, they obtain to so injurious and disagrceable an extent. He based them. the necessity for the Bill on anot her group( l---namely, that the action of the atmosphe re, impr evnated in MACCLESFIELD, TA better inquiry has so high a degree with smoke, was i n ';ht hi g hest existed for manufactured goods since our last, arid some degree prejudicial to the pictures and obj ects of art and business has been transacted. Sellers are looking for industry collected in the National Gallery and Museum, higher prices, which, we think, they must ere long and the various other museums in this metro polls and obtain, considering the lowness of stocks and the active throughout the country. state of the raw silk market, with constantly advancing Mr. Alderman COVELAND deprecated the in:erfe- prices. The thrown_ silk market is quirt, which is rence which this Bill proposed with the min ufacturing mainly attributable to sellers holding back their industry of the country. He contended, on - 1 he expert- stocks as the prices lately current, when divested once of men connected with manufacture s, that the smoke which issued from a mapufactory or a dwelling-houle was of all h] which are scarcely snore than present rates of not nearly so deleteri , us or so injurious to health as the raw material, thereby, leaving but little margin for gas which resulted from the smoke-consuming appa- working. Th e inquiry has been confined chiefly rams now partially in use in the country. He called to shipping so.ets for the continent, a large export upon the House to reject a Bill which, whilst it would of which is now - going on. Should this continue, we be wholly inoperative in carrying out the very object it think it will tel id to establish the equilibrium of prices contemplated, would only tend to shackle the trade between raw an d throien silks. The dyers continue and commerce of the country.„ He would, therefore, better supplied with work. The raw silk market has move that this Bill be read a second time this day three been characteris ed by great activity during last week, months. with prices ten ling upwards ; the continual demand Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. from the contineent favouring the view taken of higher Mr. BROWN cotes! not give a silent vote upon this question. It was a mistake to suppose that the interest pnces. of manufacture alone was effseted by t his Bill. The HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has been a fair landed interest would suffer from it equally as much, for amount of business doing to-day, in a general way. the interest of agriculture was greatly dependent upon Several foreign buyers have been in town, and, as a the prosperity of the manufleturing districts. No doubt manufacturer said, " what was wanted was picked up smoke was a nuisance, but until science could discover sharply." The business of the warehouses has nut some effectual means of preventing it, such a Bill as this been quite so brisk as last week. should not be allowed to pass. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Our Piece Hall has been Mr. MUNTZ said it was easy enough to prevent the rather better attended to-day, and there has been a making of smoke sod deal more inquiry for fancy goods, but not fol destroy it. He had, but when once made no process could d heard, and indeed seen a process 7I hieh fo ‘ wed, we believe, by any large amount of purchases. destroyed smoke, belt the process was too expensive to admit The activity of the yarn trade continues unabated, of its general application. In his opinion , Bills of this nature should be made to apply only to particular dis- and the spinners are asking a still further advance, tricts, but for the reasons he had already stated he but it is not conceded to the full extent by the was opposed to this Bill, and he should therefore vote merchants. The features of the wool market are but against it. little changed. The staplers are asking higher prices, Sir G. GREY said, no one c3uld disapprove of the but the spinners manifest reluctance to give even the principle of this Bill, but looking at the number of current rates, which are below those at which large amendments that must be made in its details it was quite quantities have lately been bought of the growers. hopeless to think of getting it passed at this period of the session. He put it, therefore, to the Honourable Mem ber opposite, whether he would be advancing the object he bad in view by pressing his motion fur the second reading. Mr. MACKINNON reminded the House that the principle of a Bill the object of which was similar to this had already been affirmed, but seeing the opposition that was likely to be brought to bear upon the details of this measure he hoped it would be postponed until smoke prevention had been more effectually tested. Mr. BANKES said it was useless for him to attempt to proceed with this Bill against the opposition of the Government, but still he begged to remind the House that no later than today .the corporation of the city of London had presented a petition in its favour. Under till circumstances, however, be thought it better to with draw the Bill for the present. The amendment was then agreed to without a divi sion, and the Bill was accordingly thrown out. BOROUGH GAOLS BILL. LORD ROSSE'S TELESCOPE. The great difficulty of constructing specula for re flecting telescopes lies partly in the matter and partly in the form. The metal, to make a proper mirror, must be white, with a brilliancy at once high and lasting. These qualities are best ensured by a combination of copper and tin, in the proportion of four equivalents of copper to one of tin. Any departure from this definite combination is sure to be punished by the tarnishing of the compound; and yet the temptations to depart from. it are so great that even Herschel, himself was forced to yield to them. The metal, when thus compounde I, is so brittle, that not only a slight blow, but even a sudden increase in temperature will make it split ; and even when debased by a larger mixture of copper, the heat generated by the friction of the tool in grinding has marred all the previous success of the artist, and ruined in a moment the efforts of weeks of toil. The casting of large specula in metal of this standard might at first seem hopeless, since the slightest inequality of expansion in cooling must in • evitably spoil the work ; and Lord Rosse's first device was to attack the enemy in detail. He constructed his speculum piecemeal. His first mirror of three feet was cast in sixteen pieces. Each piece was fixed upon a back of an alley composed of copper and zinc, in the proportion of 2.75 of the former to one of the latter, which compound has the fortunate property of expanding and contracting in the same degree as the speculum metal itself. When the soldering and polishing were accomplished, it was fund that an available plated speculum was the result, and that, by diminishing the number and size of the joints, the slight imperfections arising from diffraction, occasioned by its piecemeal construction, might be made almost imperceptible. Still these could not be diminished without enlarging the plates, and the plates could not be enlarged without in creasing the risk of flaws. The final triumph therefore, remained to be achieved in the casting of a vast solid mirror of this brittle substance, and forcing its coy nature to yield unqualified submission to the behests of science. The great question was, of what to make the mould? Sand, which Edwards had recommended, was found insufficient. The edges of the metal cooling in the mould became solid ere the centre had lost its fluidity. The plates were, there fore, full of flaws, and flew in pieces in the setting. A solid mould of cast iron was next tried, with a jet of cold water on its lower surface, but this plan cracked the mould itself. The third was nearer the aim—a mould with an under surface of iron and sides of sand. But here a new difficulty arose. The air could not escape through the iron disc, and large holes were left in the metal, thus saved from one im perfection at the cost of another. Bat, nevertheless, a great step had been made. The grand ques tion had resolved itself into the problem of finding an exit for the air ; and this trou blesome captive was set free at last by em ploying a bottom of hoop iron layers, tightly packed together in an iron frame, with their edges up, but smoothed by turning or filing to the proper curvature. The interstices were small enough to retain the metal and suffer the air to escape. Thus, at last, a solid speculum of three feet in diameter was successfully cast. But the casting gives only the rough block, which is yet to be ground and polished into a mirror ; and the polishing was hitherto a work regarded with still greater apprehension than the casting. The operation had to be performed with the hand, an in strument which can never be precisely regular in its movements and pressures, especially when re peated often through a long space of time. Lord Rosse's improvement of this part of the process consists in substituting mechanical for human agency. The speculum is made to revolve slowly in a tank of water, to prevent the extrication of heat by friction, and the polisher is worked on the mirror with long and quick strokes. It is of the same diameter as the speculum, intersected with transverse and circular grooves, not exceeding half an inch of surface, covered, when the polishing is to be effected, with two strata (a bard and soft) of resin and turpentine, smeared over with rouge and water mixedto about the consistency of cream. The whole machine is worked by steam, and the effect of the grinding is noted by observing the reflec tion of the dots in the dial of a watch mounted on a mast at the top of the high tower, in the lowest room of which the grinding is carried on. The tower is, as it were, the tube of a telescope; the watch, the object ; I and the inchoate speculum the mirror. Trap-doors in the intervening floors of the tower are thrown open when the observation is required ; and, when the dots t • are seen in sharp definition, the grinding is complete. tThe polishing is erected with perfect certainty and . precision in six hours.—Dublin University Magazine. This Bill went through Committee. LANDLORD AND TENANT (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this Bill, Mr. S. CRAWFORD called the attention of the House to the extensive system of extermination which had latterly been going on in Ireland; and yet, in the lace of that fact, the other House of Parliament had been bold enough to pass an Act which would still further depress the people of Ireland. At the very time when the tenantry of Ireland wai calling upon the Legislature to cooler upon them their just rights, the Upper House was passing a Bill to restrict them to the utmost extedt.—(Hear ' hear.) He did not ob ject to increasing the security of the land lord; but before he could consent to a Bill for that purpose the landlords themselves must do justice to their tenantry. Many of the„provisions which this Bill con tained were of a most pernicious character. For instance, one of the clauses prohibited the tenant from cutting his corn and removing it after sunset. Now, there were many poor tenants who were unable either to cut or to remove their crops till that time, and this clause, there fore, would prove a source of great injury to that class.—(Hear, hear.) His main objection to the Bill, however, was that it would have the effect of pro moting extermination; and under those circumstances he felt it to be his duty to move that the Bill be read a second time that day three months. Mr. C. B. ROCHE seconded the amendment. Mr. HAMILTON would never consent to support any Bill which could have the effect, of extending extermina tion, but he did not believe this Bill would have that effect. He believed it would greatly benefit the tenant, and in maid eases save him from expense. In point of fact, it only amended the law of landlord and tenant with regard to the power of distraint. It gave the landlord power, which he %I as clearly entitled to, of dispossessing a tenant in arrear on condition that he consented to forego his rent, a provision which must prove highly beneficial to the tenant; while the clause to which the Hon. Gentle man opposite had referred could only come in force in cases where the tenant was anxious to defraud his landlord. At present the mode of ejectment was cum bersome and expensive, evally as injurious to tae Land lord as oppressive to the tenant; and the main object of this Bill was to amend that law. Mr. BRIGHT thought the House ought to come to the consideration of this question with some regard to the existing state of Ireland and the present. rela tionship between landlord and tenant in that . couutry. Nothing, he thought, would be more ill-judged, unless in cases of absolute necessity, than that the House should proceed, with so little time for deliberation, to pass any law which should give ad ditional power to the landlords of Ireland, when so bad a spirit existed on the part of the tenants, and he believed on behalf of the landlords also. Without going into the details of the Bill, he thought it would be ex ceedingly unwise to pass such a Bill as this, when next session the House would have to go into the considera tion of the whole question of landlord and tenant. 'He would, therefore, support the amendment of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Sharman , qrawford). Mr. F. FRENCH supported the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ANSTEY said, with a view of coming to a full and deliberate conclusion on this Bill, and having regard to the late hour of the day (five o'clock), he felt it his duty to move that the second reading be postponed to this day week. Colonel DUNNE, whilst aeknowledging the purity of the motives which actuated his Hon. Friend the Member for Rochdale (Mr. S. Crawford), felt himself, neverthe less, constrained to support the second reading of the Bill. Mr. lIUME called upon the House to place the land lords and tenants in Ireland on the same tooting as they were in England, and expressed his intention of sup porting the amendment.. He concluded by calling upon the Government to bring- forward a comprehensive mea sure to meet the existing relationship of landlord and tenant.in Ireland, and not to leave that task to any in dividual Member of the Boose„ Sir W. SOMERVILLE denied that,this was a land lord's measure. Without pledging himself to support the details of the Bill, but knowing the evils which it was meant to remedy, and that those evils might recur in the ensuing winter wick renewed vigour, he felt con strained to vote foe the second reading. Mr.. E. B. ROCHE contended that this Bill, so far from allaying the .bad feelings existing be!,ween landlord. and tenant in Ireland would only tend to exas perate those feelings ; and he lamented to-hear that the Government intended. to give it their support. He would support the motion of his Hon. Friend the Member Jur Youghal (Mr. Anstey). The arrival of Six o'clock found the Hou. Member still addressing the House, and prevented it coming to any decision on the questicite.before it. The House then adjourned till Twelve to-morrow. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRISTOL. BRISTOL, JULY 16.—Last night a most destructive fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Ware and Co., extensive floor-cloth manufacturers, Temple-meals, entirely consuming the japan finishing h ouses, and, from the immense volume of the flames, creating the utmost consternation in the city. 0 ing to the combustible na ture of the materials, at one time so fearful was the con flagration, that Kingsdown and the neighbouring heights were densely thronged with spectators, while every street leading to the burning mass of the building was completely blockaded. We have this morning obtained the following facts with respect to this disas trous occurrence:—lt appears that the fire broke out in the finishing sheds which abut upon the large goods' sheds now nearly completed for the Bristol and Exeter Railway :Company. This place had been locked up by the managers at half-past six o'clock in the even ing, when everything appeared to be quite safe. Soon after nine o'clock a person residing in a cottage im mediately east of the . building discovered flames issu ing from the roof, and instantly gave the alarm. The fire-engine belonging to the premises was im mediately got out, and there being plenty of water at hand, set to work, and messages for help were di-patched to the central and other police stations, and the various fire-officesr. Most of the fire-engines were speedily on the spot, tlgether with a large body of police, who rendered most effective service. By this time, however, so great was the fury of the flames that all hopes of saving the building were at an end, and every effort was mode by cutting off the communication to prevent its spreading to the adjoining premises. For taAunnbeaont e o l r y f in ah4 t oa h mul e fes s n pato i ae g ss h ttt t rhu w etce a tani s uo c alm rnwrooh, of and pro p t e h r e ty wi m nd us e t a h st a , v o e th en er s w ue i. l e . In n it t h h in e t a in n ish h i o n u g r 0 f the ut wasoft the eu spread end. shop, ha oil: w acureld,rioseicnktoitiebt u h fidierlaednirbrorgors i k fell in, and broke fl our, am n e o s fires first arewes west aide.ethed places S t range, ; an g beinge however,heate d to oy say, l t e flues entering at the ing for the fire is that some of the wonoryk way e ohfeadccount lessly left oil, or some other ignitable m issued from the other - end, andthe substance,workmen oncatrhee floors. T he large factories, in which nothing ut " cold processes" are carried on, are situated at the Temple gate side of the river, thus, as fur as possible, avoidini , , the necessary risk attendant upon the finishing process . ' IThe damage tior.e is estimated at nearly 2,0001., and we regret to add the proprietors are not insured. muet ll e r i o e rn u, tl T le . M . an STATE OF TRADE. between the cotton Man chester Guardian.) UESDAT.—The action and reaction a somewhat lively market and the yarn market is of sive sales effected characterby e just now, The eaten fortnight, at advancinyg spinners during the last rate; gave rise, from day t h h ig ere her w to day, to large on transactions Saturday in cotton, at rather activity inin Liverpool, as pri a c n es increase also— of general value ; h t e he States, quite as at tended with some furtheraeand yesterday C tu ' rdaY and this, aided by edifices Rain excit g e "wing t o c - r a oP ay , unfavourable as before in regard to has produced a good deal of among the spinners, whohave again raise:der:Lir tations for warps, bundles, and cops,quo tations nearly numbers and qualities: they have asked i all to il. per lb. more than they did this day week , an d have realised at least farthing. The buyers, have caught the impulse so far as to make it very evident that they are prepared to operate freely on last week's terms. Finding this impracticable, the Germans have abstained from an ticipatory purchases, and confined themselves to the execution of positive orders. A considerable bu.iness has, however, been done for home consumption, taking coarse and fine counts together, the demand for which is now.very great. The finer numbers of single and doubled continue in much requbst on Russian account, as well as on that of the British manufac turers; and there is some call for spinnings suitable for the. Levant likewise. For India there appears to be no demand, and common 40's ,Are consequently altogether neglected : there is a little more going on h ow ever, in common 50 ' s for other quarters. "Spinners are remar kabl y free from stock, and well supplied with contracts. Goods have partaken of the movement in a limited degree. This is seen in cloths of. various kinds, for printing and bleaching, and in the medium and lower qualities -of shirtings, from 4t7 inches downwards, as well as in ACCIDENT TO A YACHT.— As the yacht Alarm, Weld, Esq. , o wner, of Lulworth, was going into Barnpool a f ew even ings since, the tide running out fast, she missed the buoy, and before she could bring up, she tailed on shore. She was hove off, however, the following morning, with the as sistance of two lighters from the dockyard. 4. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. A spnial meeting of the proprietors in this bank was held yesterday, at the Bank House, Loth bury, for the purpose of receiving a half•yearly report from the directors, and to declare a dividend. Toe Right Hon. the Lord Mayor presided. There was a very numerous attendance of proprietors. The following report of the operations of the bank during the past halt-year was read to the meeting : " The net profits of the last half-year amoun; to 33,3391. 2s. Id. Out of these profits the directors now declare a dividend at the rate of six per cent per an num, leaving 3,339/. 2.4. Id. t') be added to the surplus fund. This fund will then amount to 111,1831. 16: , . 7d. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK, 30TH JUNE, 1850. Dr. X s. d. To proprietors for psid up capital. 1,000,000 0 0 To amount due by the Bank for depo sits, circular not•'s, &c. To rest or surplus fund To net profits of the past half-year... 33,3 (9 2 1 £1,9t32,206 14 0 Cr. By Govern(nrint Stock, Exchequer bills, nttd Indus Bonls 972,055 18 11 By other S, curiiies, including bills di,counted, loans to customers, 84c. 3,335,500 17 10 By cash in hand .. 654,649 17 3 £4,962,206 14 0 PROFIT AND I.)SS, 3OTa JUNE, 1850. Dr £ a. d. To total expenditure of the six establish ments, including rent, taxes, salaries, stationery, &c~ To payment of the dividend now declared, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, on a capital of 1,000,0001.. tor the halt- year ending 30th June, 1850 To balance or unappropriated profits 111,183 16 7 -- £159,710 2 3 PRICES OF SHARES IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- COMPANIES' STOCK. Frcm the O f ficial List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDI.I - AND FRIDAY EVENING. LOIiDON. TUESDAY, JULY 16. JOINT-STOCX UANIES. same of Company. Australasia • ... • • BritshNorth A.mcrican Commercial of London Colonial .. . Gloucestershire .. • • • • lonian . • • • • • .. • • • • • • Londn and Westrainstr London Joint-Stock... Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New....• National of Ireland .. Nat. Provnclal of Eng. Ditto, New. ••• .• South Australia • • •• Union of Australia.... Ditto .............. L1P.101 , 1 of L0nd0n..... Union of Afadrid Alliance Brit. and For. Dividend . per Annum. 245. 51. per cent. 71. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. 61 per cent. cl. rer cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 31. lOs 7114sfid&bs 61. per cent. 138.641. Ditto Marine..• • • • • ........• British Commercial .• Clericl,Med.& Gen. Life County ••• • .• ••• • • • Eagle ...... European Life ••• • • • General • ..• •• • • GI 'he Glardian ...... • • • • • • Imperial Fire • • • • .• • • imperial Life • • • • • • • • Indemnity Marine.. • • Law Fire • • • • • ... • • •• Law Life .• • . • • .• • ... Legal and General Life Licensed Victuallers •• London Fire • • • • London Ship ..• .•• • • Uarine .• ••• • • • • • • •• Med. Invlid & Gen. Life national Lean Fund.. ational Life .• .. • ..• • Palladium Life Phmnix • • Professional Life Protector Life ........ Provident Life .• mock Life .......• :loyal Exchange ;an Fire.. Cr. By balance of unappropriated profits on the 31st December. 1849 107,844 14 6 By gross pro fits of the past half-year, atter paying the income-tax, and making provision for all bad and doubttul debts ••• ••• ••• Aswan t of Share. s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Paid. X a. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 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 IDEPANIES. Amount Share. A a. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0. 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 Price Price 7e. W. 5p et& bs. al. 14s. 6s. 4% per cent. 61. per cont. 51. 121, per ccnt. 12s. 1 11. ch. & bs. Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 It. 16,. 10s. 10s. 12s.per share 4%1. per ct. 51. per cont. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 31. p. sh.&bs. 57. per cent. 51. per cent. 11. ss. & bs. ss. 61. per cent., 61. 10s. V. 6s. 4/. per cent. 10% pr cnt. 51. per ad. 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 51,„ 128}; 55 230 100 0 0 6 0 0 Stock. Ditto Life ..... United Kingdom Universal Life Victoria Life .... 2000 100 0 0 21 Os. 145 118.6 d DOOMS. Dividend Amount Name of Company per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. East and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. - 140 East Country •. 20s. per sh. 100 0 0 - 21 London . . 51. pr cent. Stock. - - Ditto Bonds ••.• - - 41. per cent. - - - at. Katharine -• • .... 4 per cent. Stock. - 83 Ditto, Scrip .• •.• • . • - - 85 0 0 .- Ditto Bonds-- -• • 4%1. pr cent. - - - ioathampton •• •• - - 21. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 8% BRIDGES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. - - • X. e. d. Z. a. d. ,;haring-cross • • • • .• •• - - - 15 „iouthwrk .......... - 100 0 0 - 2 Ditto Nw of 7% p.c. 355. per cent• 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. ••••• • • • • • - - 100 0 0 - • 2 DM) Old Ann. of 81. 11. 4s. Od. - 60 0 0 24% Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. Is. Od. - 40 0 0 21 Vauxhall .... ... Av. 11. 70 10 3 - 18 ians,i. ER-vz o ass Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -------- ----- .£ e. d. X s. d. East London...• •••• • • 1 81 • 100 0 0 - 166 Grand Junction •• - - I 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 73 Kent................ 31.105. 100 0 0 - 77 Lambeth ............ 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 97 New ltivr Lndu Brdge 21. 108. - - 55 Vauxhall ............ I 51. per ent. 100. 0 0 - 98 artist bfiddiesex . . . 61.0 g. pr cnt. - - 115 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE CCIVIPANIZS. DlVidend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. 5. d • British •• ••••-• • • • • • 11 . 140 00 . 18 0 0 14 Ditto Provincial.• •• 11. Be. 20 0 0 20 0 0 18 , irighten ...... ••• • •. 51. 20 0 0 - - City of London .. •• • • 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 - .Jontinental Consolidat. 925. 75 0 0 31 5 0 - Equitable- .. ••..• • • • 50s. 50 0 0 50 0 0 28 Imperial • • .... ••• • • • 31. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Independent ....... • • 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 48 ;endon• • .... •••• • • • • - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - - 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Do., Parl. Preference 61. 25 0 0 210 0 - .'hcenix ............. 4%1. 50 0 0 49 0 0 29 Rate= ..... ........ 5/. • 100 0 0 90 0 0 75 United General .... • • 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 154 Westminster Chartered 31. 50 0 0 - 47 Ditto, New .... - - 12 s. 50 0 0 10 0 0 94 CANALS. . , Names of .. ( Dividend Names of o w; "Dividend' . i Price. ...4 A n P n e u r en . Price. Companies. p i per ; Companies. u: , Annun. c --..- I tehtn & Oldh 1 97 71. 113 Macclestel.l. I* 21. 105. 50 Barnsley. •• • 1 160 121. 180 Neath .. •• - 100 ; 161. 340 Srkn k&Ab rg llso, Si. 85' Oxford.. •• .. 10f I 201. 185 ,iirmingham; 40 / 41. 89% Peak Forest. 7g 131. 18s. 70 Coventry.... 1 1001 25/. 2CB Regent's - - 33 ; 11. Os. 18% Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... g5 l 41. 50% Ellsmre&Che 133 355. 41 Somrset Coal 150 / 7/.loe. 130 irandJunctnlloo 4/. 79% Do.Lk rdst 12 , 61. p. c. - Grand Surrey 100 21. Os. 32 Stffrd &Wore 1 4 0 281. 410 ;rand Union 100 IL 10s. 24 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Grantham .. - - - Stourbrldge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt 15 Avu, 39 7s. 6d. 54 Severn and 7 . 21. Os. 24 Lancaster . 1100 41. 32% Wye Rail. i 2 u ',cods& Livrploo 241. 300 Warwiok& j 100 41. 6434 .eicester .... ,100 51. 66 liiirming. j Jetcstr &Nth; 83 41. 4834 Warwick& 1 1N 3L 42 f.oughborogh I 142 701. 510 Napton.. - lonrnonthsh 100 81. -.• Worestr Pal 78 31. 43 lintgemryall I 100 - - Birming. leltnMwbry 100 - --- Wilts L Brks -14 s. 7% LIST OT SOOTTISIE CODIP.A.DZIMS' PRICES Dividend Amount 1 Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --- -- ---- X s. d. 1 .t s. d - Bank of Scotland 3ritish Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 193 'aledonlan Bank 'My of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 lydesdale Bank -. •• -6% per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 13% oiLumercial Bank •• •• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 • 166% Castern Bank •••• - •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 . g L A , Zdinb.is Glasgow Bank 61. per cent. 50 0 50 0 ai , Za s hangeßnk of Scot.. 41. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 4 Isle of Man. Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 i atlonal Bank 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 1416 corthof Scotland Bank 41. percent. 20 0 0 50 0 3 North British Bank - - _ - :loyal Bank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 13034 &Tilton Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 gg Western Bank •• •• - - 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 Alliance Fire and Life 8341. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 203{ B. Accord. Life and Fire - 20 0 0 010 0 --- zlritish Guarantee Ins. 41. per tent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 15J 00 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23 !o;onial Life ... .. „ - 50 0 0 1 0 0 1/. as. My of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21.106 , Idinburgh Life Insur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 20 east of Scotland Life- - 10 0 0 015 0 - Eng.& Scot. La* Life 61. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2% lercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 - Ensur. Co. of Scetlnd.• Sl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 1 - Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 , 11.18 s Mercantile Life .. •• .. 335 per ct. 10 0 0 010 0 ss. 9d. National Fire and Life 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 228.6 d North British Insur. •• 6pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 25% North & West of Scot. 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 - Scottish Life and Guar. - 20 0 0 011 0 - Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life - 0 0 015 0 I - Scottish Union Ingram 63(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 23s .0d standard Life .. •• .. • . Si. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 9% United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1158 5d MISCNILLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----.----- £. s. d. £. s. d. Suetion Mart •• ••• • • • 2/. 55. 50 0 0 - 25 lustraltan Aericulturl 11. 1 . 00 0 0 30 0 0 15 knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11.10.1. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - Ditto, Half Shares.. - - 210 0 ..... 3s.nada ~........... Gl. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 32 Uppr Canada Bonds 51. per cent. - - 89 Nty Navigation .... - - - 91 Gen• Revers. Ss Invest. sp. c.Scbs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 55 Equitable Reversionry 5/. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Ges.SteamNavigation 11.85. 15 0 0, 14 0 0 27 London Institution ... - - '7815 0 - Russell Institution.... - - 1 26 5 0 - Penlnalr& Orient:Stm. 81. per cent. 50 0 01 50 0 0 e 0 Reversionary Int. Soc. 1341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 90 I Royal Mail Steam.... 61 18.4. p. c. 100 0 0 1 60 0 0 - South Australian ..... 11. per gtuire. 2b 0 0 25 0 0 19 Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 29 0 0 134 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 17. STOCK EXCHMIR.—The market was dull to-day, and the principal business done was in the Bristol and Exeter and Great Western Quarter Shares, but without variation in prices. LIVERPOOL, JULY 17. STOOK EXCITANGE.—The share market was dull to-day. The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and York shire, Consol , 36 - Ditto, Fifths, 9 9-16 dis.—Londnn and North-Western, 108% c.—Ditto, New Quarters, 9-16 p. Ditto, Fifths. 3 / 4 p.—Midland, 34—Ditto, Halves, 21 7-16 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 14t.4. MANCHESTER, JULY 17. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was rather firmer to-day, but very little business was transacted. h . 't I FIRE AT WIT HITEPARIS, WILTSHIRE.—T_IS l .1 e village was thrown into great consternation on Saturday lsost, by a fire which broke out at a farm occupied by Mr. Arthur Nunn. surgeon. and whblh destroyed considerable Property in buildings and barns filled with grain, hayricks, and wheat ricks. It is supposed 3,000/. or 40001. worth of property is destroyed, and very little, if any, was insured. No fire has happened there before for half a century. I t i s b elieved to have been occasioned by two little boys amusing themselves with lucifer matches, who were so alarmed at the mischief they had occasioned, that they ran miles before they were stopped. The produce belonged to Mr. Nunn, but the pro perty to Robert Bristow, EKI., of Broxmoor Park. NEW ZEALAND COLONISATION COMPANY.—Tues day being the day to which the meeting of this company stood adjourned, about a dozen gentlemen assembled at the appointed hour. twelve o'clock, but that number not being sufficient, according to the provisions of their charter, which requires the presence of tweoty proprietors to constitute a meeting, after waiting an hour Mr. Aglionby, M.P., chair man, at one o'clock, declared the meeting adjourned to Wed nesday day) fortnight, at one o'clock. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENt;LAND. EXETER, JULY 17 -The proceedings of the agri cultural meeting here commenced formally this morn ing at eight o'clock by the openiug of the showyard for implements to public inspection. Tne general character of this portion of the exhibition is highly creditable to the competitors, though in some respects it is hardly up to the mark of former years. Perhaps the position of Exeter, removed as it is to a great distance from the centres of manufacturing in dustry, and especially those branches of it which tend to develope agricultural implement-making as a distinct business, may account for this. The great makers-such man as the Ransoms (of Ipswich), Garrett (of Leiston), and Hornsby (ot Grantham), are annually put to a very serious expense in sending rt.eir implements to the Society's exhibition, and of course the further away the agricultural meeting is held the more onerous this burden becomes. Nor have the arrangements and rules upon which the exhibition takes place tended to diminish the objections which thus arise. Instead of being, as it ought to be, an exposition of a few new machines to which an award of prizes may attach their proper value, and be of service in guiding the selection of practical men, the showyard of the society has for years past, if not since the commencement, been turned into a regular bazaar. The stands occupied by each ex hibitor are, indeed, paid for according to their extent, at d some other checks are probably adopted ; but practically the display of implements differs very little in principle from that of goods in a tradesman's window, and it is well known that many of the makers are much more intent on finding purchasers and getting orders than in competing for the pre miums of the society. Indeed, if they were not so, the rewards held forth by the society would hardly remunerate the most successful of them for a tythe of the expense to which they are put. What can be the object of giving Mr. Garrett 101. as a prize fur his drill-a man who gives constant employment to some 200 or 300 men ? Or how can the Messrs. Ransom be benefitted, with their works covering ten acres of ground, who any day they choose to ornament themselves could turn out with a display of medals that would astonish the Peninsular veterans who waited so long for their decorations ? The effect of this state of things is beginning to show itself, and by unmistakeable signs. In the present exhibition the names of the Messrs. Ransom and other well-known implement makers are absent, not, it is believed, because they are indifferent to the trade in agricultural machinery, but because they are dissatisfied with the mode in which the busine:s of the showyard is conducted. Again, in this exhi bition containing altogether an immense variety of articles, having 110 contributors, most of whom send dczen, and some 30, 40, and 50 contributions, there is hardly a single novelty worthy of description brought forward. The showyard in its material features presents almost no variety from that of the last few years, and many of the best things exhi bited have received the awards of the society at former meetings. Now, it may be very true that it is desirable for the society to attract the implements which have contributed to the improved cultivation of the Eastern Counties westward, but it is not likely that manufacturers will submit to the heavy expense which this entails without an adequate prospect of reward ; and it is notorious that implements which suit one part of the country are not necessarily adap ted to other parts. It might have been expected that the variety of implements suited to the climate And soil of the West, and to its agricultural progress, would have entered into the consideration of the committee in drawing up their list of prizes ; but it lees not seem to have done so, and the list presents very much the same appearance as if it had been in tended to apply to the great level of the Fens. To one who is at all conversant with the agricultural state of Devonshire and the adjacent counties, the award of the Judges of Implements at the Exeter meeting must appear a very curious document. It is undeniable that there is a spirit of improvement set on foot here, and that farmers begin to feel the neces ,ity of doing something to meet the competition of ..he world. It is also true that a few landlords, •uch as the, Duke of Bedford, Earl Fortescue, Lord Poltimore, and an almost equally limited number of very intelligent tenants, are doing all they can to raise the character of the cultivation ; but the vast majority of the agriculturists in this district would regard the prize list of the society as the iL vention of some visionary who knew nothing about farming to a profit. What are men who let all their liquid manure flow into their horsepond or into the next ditch likely to think of a liquid manure distri butor with a 101. premium attached to it ? What will they think of a portable farm railway who have never dreamt of,farm roads ; or of a portable steam en 4ine, who have hardly yet attempted the application of horse power to the labour of the farm ? If the society wished to be really useful, it ought for in stance to have got one of the country thrashing ma chines, and placed it beside one of the newest and beat construction to do the same work. The visitors to the showyard would then see an instructive spectacle. On the one side an implement of the most primitive hind, requiring an immense amount of human labour painfully performed and with a small result. On the other, a machine easily kept and cheaply set in motion, and most effectual And speedy in its operation. If the invidiousness of such a comparison were objectionable, the show of implements might still be made interesting and in structive by being exhibited at work ; but there they remain under the sheds of the yard, an ungainly mass of iron and flaring paint, by no means prepossessing to look at; and though their owners will readily ex plain their use, and even set them in motion at the request of a visitor, none but the judges see them fairly and properly tried. These observations are made with no unfriendly spirit to the society, but under the conviction that, if they wish to make their exhibition of implements locally beneficial, they must give it a more distinct local character, and if they desire to retain for it the distinction of novelty, they must put a stop to promiscuous contributions ; and that if they want to make it really interesting to the general public, some plan should be adopted for seeing the principal implements, at least, openly tried. Of course, it is a mutter of regret that any of the best-known implement makers should have absented themselves from the present meeting. It is also to be regretted that the showyard possesses so little in it that is new ; but a third point in which to many persons this part of the exhibition may appear a cora parat've failure is by the best judges considered a decided advantage. The number of articles exhibited is considerably smaller than last year, and the collec tion altogether is in consequence more select. •The following is the award of the judges in this depart ment of the show. For the plough best adapted for general purposes, 71. -Mr. William Ball. Fur the plough best adapted for deep ploughing, 71.- Messrs. John Howard and Son. For the best one-way, or turn-wrest plough, 51.-Mr. Henry Lowcock. For the best paring plough, 5/.-Mr. Thomas Glover. For the best subsoil pulverizer, U.-Messrs. John Howard and Son. For the best drill for general purposes, 10/.-Messrs. Richard Garrett and Son. For the best pair -horse steerage corn and turnip drill, 101.-Messrs. Richard Hornsby and Son. For the best drill for small occupations, 51.-Mtssrs. Richard Garrett and Son. Fur the best turnip drill on the flat, 1 01.-Messrs. Richard Hornsby and Son. For the best turnip drill on the ridge, 104-Messrs. Richard Hornsby and Son. For the best drop drill for depositing seed and ma nure, 104-Mesars. Richard Garrett and Sun. For the best manure distributor, SL-Messrs. Holmes and Son. Fur the best portable steam-engine, applicable to thrashing or other agricultural purposes, 501.-Messrs. R. Hornsby and Son. For the second best ditto, ditto, 251.-Messrs. Clay ton, Shuttleworth, and Co. For the beat portable thrashing machine applicable to horse or steam power, 201. For the best corn•dressing machine, 101.-Messrs. R. Hornsby and Son. For the best grinding mill for breaking agricultural produce into fine meal, 101. For the best linseed and corn-crusher, 51.-Mr. W. P. Stanley. For the best chaftcutter, 104-Mr. J. Corner (Bar. bidge). For the best turnip-cutter, 51.-Mr. B. Samuelson. For the best oilcake breaker for every variety of cake, 54-Mr. W. N. Nicholson. For the best one-horse cart for general purposes, 101. -Mr. W. Busby. For the best light waggon for general purposes, 101.- Mr. W. Crosskill. For the best machine for making draining tiles or pipes, 20 4-Mr. Henry Clayton. Fur the best set of tools for general draining, 31.- Messrs. Mapleback and Lowe. For the best heavy harrow, 51.-Messrs. Williams and Taylor. For the best light harrow, 51.-Messrs. John Howard and Son. Fur the best cultivator, grubber, and scarifier, 101.- Messrs. Smith and Co. (Stamford). Fur the best pair-horse scarifier, 5/.-Mr. E. 11. B. stall. Fur the best horse hoe on the flat, 101.-Messrs. R. Garrett and Sun. For the best horse hoe on the ridge, 5/.-Mr. W. Fur the best horse rake, SL-Messrs. John Howard and Son. For the best horse seed dibbler or seed depositor, not being a drill, 10/.-Prize withheld. For the beat eider will, 10/. Fer the hest barrow hand drill, to work with cups, 3/. -Messrs. R. Garrett and Son. For the best liquid manure distributor, IN.-Messrs. T. R. and J. Reeves. Fur the best ba, making machine, 5/.--Messrs. S m i h aid Cu. (Siamforii). For the best gorse bruiser, 51. For the best cottage stove or range for burning coils 51.-Mr. W. N. Ni c h o l son . • XNSUIX.A.NCE C Name of Company. Dividend per Annum. 25 0 0 100 0 0 so 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 n 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 (I 51.865 7 9 £159,710 2 3 To balance of unapproprialed profits brought down ... ...£111,183 16 7 The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be adopted, printed, and circulated among the proprietors. Mr. TaTE said he would have great pleasure in seconding the motion, but before doing so he wished to take the opportunity of expressing the feeling which a number of gentlemen around him entertained on a subject of some importance. They would recollect that at one of their half. yearly meetings, some short time back, when the Hon. Alderman, and colleague of the Right Hon. Gentleman who now presided, was in the chair (Mr. Salomons), he called the attention of the pro prietors to the surplus funds of the bank, and ob served that there ought to be some limit placed on the accumulations which might be made under that designation, or else they (the proprietors) would be working not fur themselves, but for the benefit of posterity ; and he was not aware that posterity could do anything for them.—(A. laugh.) On that occasion he believed it was suggested, or expected, or believed—nay, almost promised, that their " rest' would be considered. sufficient at .100,0001., after providing for the losses of what they knew to have been a year of great difficulty and danger; and they would remember that last halt-year there was a general understanding that the losses of 1848 had been fully met, and that the " rest" of 111,0001., which then appeared in the accounts, was in point of fact the bona fide and lowest existing surplus, and was not to be diminished b . ) any of those bad or' doubtful debts which were so fatal to commercial transactions in that year. Now, without wishing to interfere with the unanimity with which he was sure the motion for the adoption of the report would be received, be perhaps might be per mitted to say that he thought something ought to be said by the directors at the next half-yearly meeting with regard to. the amount of the " rest." At the time to which he alluded it apparently amounted to 115,0001., and presuming there would be an additional accumulation next half-year, in propor tion to the increase of the present, he did think, with the greatest respect for the direction, that the proprie tors were entitled to such a return of their money as the directors could fairly give them.—(Hear.) Allu sion was made last half-year to the advantage of the " Old Lady" over the w having a large surplus at her command, but, as his life was limited, he would much rather enjoy the benefits of his money during his life than leave it behind to form a part of some wonder ful and magnificent accumulation, which might, perhaps, astonish the commercial world, but would be attended by no benefit whatever either to himsel. or to any of the other proprietors. He was quite wil ling to leave the matter in the hands of the directors but he did hope that next half-year they would divide a bonus among the proprietors, believing that it would only be an act of justice to them to do so. Apart from that subject, however, he begged to congratulate the proprietors on the satisfactory nature of the. report, and that the directors were enabled to pay a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. on the year. It was, therefore, with very great pleasure that he gav, his cordial assent to the motion which had b?en pro posed by their distinguished chairman.—(Cheers.) Mr. BROWNS observed that when reference was made to the large " rest" of the " Oid Lady" of Threadneedle-street, it ought not to be forgotten that the London and Westminster Bank was placed in a very different position, for the proprietors had only paid up a s mall portion of their capital, while the holders of Bank Stock had paid up to the fullest extent their respective shares. He, therefore, fully coincided in the suggestion of the lion. Proprietor, that there should be some division of the surplus capital of the bank in the shape of a bonus. The motion was then put and carried. Mr. Tire—l take it for granted, my Lord, that the suggestion will be brought under the consideration of the board ?—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—I have no doubt the directors will take the matter into their consideration.—(Hear.) A vote of thanks t o t h e directors for the a bl e mannerin which they had discharged their duties, and expressing the entire confidence of the proprietors in their management, was then unanimously agreed to. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks. Chair man, who had left his Another vote of thanks was tendered to the Chair- E ao , w ci : re th p e r p o p ri o n s e e i d pa a l .v m o a te ne o g f er t , han an k d s t t h o e present at the meeting. important civic duties to be His LORDSHIP replied in appropriate terms. managers and officers of the bank, for their able ma nagement of its affairs during the past half-year. Mr. TITE seconded the motion, observing that he Gi A lb l a r r . t l3 , J. W. had often, and with great pleasure, beard Mr. Gilbert lecture on literary matters, and that he wished very much he would give them a lecture on reserved funds. Air. GILBART returned thanks on behalf of himself and his colleagues, stating that for sixteen years be h a d had the honour of performing a similar duty. Without entering into a lecture on re - served funds, which would be too tedious and uninteresting to engage the attention of a m 644- ing like that, he might be allowed to say that nothing tended so much :.. to increa se t h e value of shares in b a nk as having 'a large surplus fund to fall back upon. __(H e ar, hear.) He regretted that there was so little communication between the proprietors and managers, and observed that great advantage might result to the bank by a little more cooperation on the part of the former. Only one in every five kept accounts with the bank. There were 1,118 proprietors who, from their wealth and respectability, were sufficient to make the fortune cf any bank. They had paid u p a million of money, an d were ready to increase that to four m illi ons whenever called upon, yet out of that number only 229 were customers of the bank.—(Hear.) They should recollect that the dividends were paid out of the profits derived from their customers, and that in proportion as the proprietors co-operated in extending the business of the bank, the directors would be enabled to give better dividends and larger bonuses. The meeting then separated. COURT• OF ALDERMEN. Oa Tuesday a court was held for the dispatch of business. . THE Elan OF THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE. Sir PET AURIE, after having made some obser vations upon e public loss sustained by the death of the Duke of Cambridge, moved the following reso lution :—" Th a t this Court has received, w ith un . low-subjects of e lite, silting a bright t his feigned sorrow, the inte lli g ence of the decease of hi s adorned example Royal Highness the D u ke of Cambridge, and desires to record its high adininition a of the princely qualities whi c h d h p i r s i v fl e a t at tachment to his ra tive laud, domestic virtues, amiable demeanour, and enlarged benevoleice. That while this Court sympathises wi th the naiion at large, it feels by this painful event ca l l ed upon to mourn the loss of au illustrious citia.n, arid the numerous charitable institu tions of the metropolis that of a liberal benefa ct o r a n d ptouballile ranks friend. That this Court respectfully condoles on this occasion with her Most Gracious Majesty, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the amiable and afflicted widow of his late Royal Highness, and every member of the R iyal F.imi i y; Alderman FAREBROTHER second. d the resolution, which was carriA uriaiiiinorly, and was, upon the !Imam of Alderrnin KELLY, second ,d by Alderman HUMPHERY, ordered to be eli tered upon tne minutes of the court, and published in the usual papers. Mr. CALDECOTT having de •lined to act as sheriff, the LORD MAYOit intimated that he should hold a common hull on Monday next, f i r the election of a fi t and prop- r person t o serve in the office, together with Alderman Callen, for the ensuing year. Adjourned. Paid. £ a. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 All paid. 5 0 0 16 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 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 10 0 0 4 12 6 .....------- -----r-- Il r1t" F,,r the best and most econo mical steaming apP fcr general o purposes, 5/ —Mr. W. 11. Stanley..__ 01.4 cati F . r impruvewent to the steerage aud adoptio:,o_.oo _ ur ixed indian-ruhter pipes, in plice of tin c( !c n ` f seed, silver meoalMessrs. R. Hornsby end °'. k ipi Fur ortining plough and windla,s, and PiPe 4 " machine, silver medal—Mr. J.ihn Fowler, ki t ' ec ial.' For e _ c or e xp ans i o n movement in horse -hoe, silver la Ms o tr r s. Edward Hill and Co. Bee .elighle° F' or cistern patent agricultural silver medal—Mr. Richard Reed. e d a l.e.lst. IC ' N Foii• a new Paten . t cottage stove, silver n 3 . Fur a patent churn, N. Nicholson. For a permanent and portable firm railway, medal—Mr. W. Crosskill. f e t° highly silver medal—lgr. 13. Sasoaelosii("rel' To this award is appended a long list 0 ta r commanded and commended. The . 0 , to priz-, it will be perceived, is that of 50 1 . gi pittao Messrs. Hornsby and Son for the best - oi. steam-engine applicable to thrashing cultural purposes. Now, with reference to ti ll e ,,ieti chine it seems very doubtful whether the • T t or seleCting 0 t o s have exercised a wise judgment in such prominent favour and patronage, esneei° ll 7 o'3 o ‘est of England, a country of .carnparatioquimal holdings, fur which, in the opinion of tnseY ' ~0 1 or i p l ractieul men the fixed engine is the must A , ' ive and other,olifor len., the cheapest, and the most lasting. • n " i s rge motive engine may probably be the ho r %plia s ' for - ono farms, such as those on the chalk and_ on the light soils of the Eastetnritrod f it ‘ lidland counties ; but even there exP e tbei r are not always agreed cethattlie claims c .nsto a preference. Supp sing, however,e fa r f o e society have correctly singled out this nisebluilir,df° largest premiums, in respect to the skill terl.nectali its completion and the desirableness of thus ce ;o2 , sill ) the business of agricultural int that of mechanical engineer, it would sPr i. s b itei t i l deciding between the different engines W I ro t le , judges have not been guided by them ost cor _ioe 01 pleinent-nok'r t itis t din e for 9 forming a decision on the subject. An ef o g o icslii -horse power will, of course, work mor e ec°l ;oo 4l6. than one of six, and if economy and powe r , n o id lively are made the tests of this cornpetit'°",:bioeb° aid has been the case, the more powerful w i lt', coo' the strutted, advantage, though it may be very chi 1 , 01 . 1 4 e s' rumed, and from its weight as a locoutotlYteo 110 tremely liable to a displacement of its P al d t bB moved about. With reference to the show of drills ex l3 . llli t t o e ' iliei t most remarkable new feature introduced r o lisP i P e :, construction fo is the substitution of OW P b Ale l , ! the unsightly tin seed conductors ,110erieov y and Son. Nothing but practicit4re ' t i c coo t ; can establish the value of this change. I t lisble j , ductors have hitherto been preferred AS ll oa rl t ef o become furred, and thus closed tiPt bY.,„ - zoocl,, ° "01 The exhibition of drills generally is 0 ve,Vor formu.- and we were particularly pleased with Di; the , occupations exhibited by Mr. Garrett, 613° . 0 thi s P sP s t of the implement most likely to be Usefe li fe le c e of the country. Mr. Garrett is also a success_so 1 hibitor of that invaluable im lement the lw.' 00' which has contributed so larger)/ tot e eleen ' r i l ' es' deanP noo Lion b which the Eastern Counties, intr o onclur poi'" pecially, are distinguished. If by the tee n l j), of mechanical facilities, this west countrY,'e to ite r 1 ture and fertility of which are so fivourahl formiog, could get rid of those traces of sloven l Y 5 , great T boon would be conferred The only remaining point which it s e k , pi° a ward i 9 the 15 0 4 r e; sar to notice in the above plough, for which Mr. John Fowler,: int&' 00_1,1°60 ceive a silver medal. It is described 9 '' a Inur n to as invented by the exhibitor, and as being l a t dry plug plough for making a bole in the theso' wile ow upon it. ems pee,eol varying from two to four feet, and B ; rl iDg li ne drawing into the hole thus made any draining ford si c o . kio T g h t e h r e e pl i o s og a h n so ap a p s a t r o at l u a s y r e lal such as earthen . or wooden PiP es ' ; 1 .0 14 0 attach ed ° od e ! j , a lave d rain '0 V IIII ' I , e r or if uneven surface. It is drawn by the Pau th e re lass, and one horse's power exe rted ds $1 move the plough a yard in 20 sec° bolis depth of two feet six inches. Threeto etifiti/ four men, and six boys will keePas-neith of theta going and do 4,000 feet in a day at forthe niffreol feet. A hole requires to be dug impleoo, .every 100 yards, or six for an acre. l i b i3 o f tile, le is altogether the most remarkable feat Ute re itti';', it hi ition, though of course its real vo l i tie t houg h :ol ° be decided by practical experiment, eie u " ci ii stt';hall at obviously d open to the objections made t° all 'to raining by mechanical means...4)9M A hos which arise where a gravelly or stony eilbs° 3 0 be dealt with as well clay. tEhxe T e "t h e : : ei C sr aacltrtsolhe:dwEe crowded Exhibition b iht i othitohpne people and ens will i lt it i lh s eb ° oo f e t e e t e n .'1 ° 0 11 :: ° ?, , 1 0 :,. rejoicings. In no other place pe a li n es the , S fi ci s i t il te riPg cultural Society received so warm and reception. IRELAND. ..... il lt° DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The al l o t - itr,i Cie l ie assemblccy G e.terday, when the Lord Cbt; r ! i re ll e : i l l: sworn sn ti Clarendon. o a r s d s s iAz J , u p s r t o i c e l e a s m in ati reclamation n e wirabs-sergoeui c 1 " 0 0 0 3! 1 ; f, Be ei _al() Belfast town for the county of A• 11 0 0,. JO! Go A ti t t a r Yo ELECTION.—The friends of the jet ar .j .r not he being at present in a distant part °f / fol. d; a uggle, therefore, and s possibly not even yet aware or tsar.lll; assts" ir Higgins; and so closely are parties balan ce nsel e ciliation as to the result would SALES OF ENCUMBER E Dliloiteisfieb election'el tlhoeariet 1 11481trgsueh t :: : :1111:°1151 : 11411; Some further • l was scare sa , _s took place yes large, S illi Henriettaoo 4 o' el tyr c s c o t , crowded the as u u b a. . p i' pi alt I ° a g r e th er vt f : ch ::: The cameo Mayo, was of Mr. John M.baugbli n '.'d eihi c `:)ll, rent of 1921.1) i t o h s r . ee 5 lots, id. athhde fieruel;3,-ectotorg; l i v w i a s s b, s l ol un d d f t o o r e 4 o 7 t s e / r . ioTtobecopruerocaboatsseeto, b'p,:yero.49ooifli: head-rent a ti ; r i e orwohtsi, in eioneration of the arches It alo i oth r l ~111112ag.,t. ; a d rental s 011ftu6 18s.0p 51t , h as well as of those sold on 0 ' O ",, vi l e besides tithe ren% look o o 0 : are held under the same 1e 5 , ;4 414 , o i of course, ' account for the small sum re"' aio,°,,e of The e is second lot, producing a rental c f ro t . b an e : 1 0 , 0 1° 0 1fi charge vivue of 121/. 17s. 6d., no bead -re --,1 in di l Archbishop arge ofn 1 1%1 Y le 'ale soil 1 4 1 , 7 i s aie 6 . d., was ouglit for 50. r 3 The la't lot, consisting of 196 atte os / .a. s i iil rental 1371. uls. 9d., sold for 525/. , Tilli ev ied The extensive property of Mr• Cr i P 9 nopil o i i li e li ated in the counties of Limerick . en' P, if ell o r th?city_ of Limerick, was next set uP.• b w ere,, r ,o‘i o twenty-two lots, only nine of w.b le ,„ s on" 40 1 disposed of. Three were sold by Peiva-ceoonchelitio he sales of the remainder were adjourn.floliae.4oo4 of the sums offered being of inadeque" amount realised by the lots purchavd wi le ll'i lbrod s o n f m of 9 5001. was offered for an esta te bit; _,,i' te T an n o E th L er cl Limerick, to missioners refusing to accept it, the sa le .of i l l ii t y h , e property of Mr. Totill,o P oe 4 , 019 f oe to )1" so • i0 0 ' 1 RxoT.--The A'e , cg .he - ...nri 10 tie ii,c:aidi , i,ega a l lker and Anderson, torda men ,Walker On Saturday morniogi., b ' e jeg 509 assembly, on Thursday Digh;!, 8 00 ( 10 / were brought up for examination. A,r,4011te.„00 d r charged hr, op be. 0 0 0; . evidence . of Constable Hind, that the I s ois ili'd g_ agea in beating a drum, with a bet I:, ! nu o ap s who went up that road en the e :op 0 . 01 0 ;01 c " row t . Bd that le was taken into 0 0 - o f e off) r_e_ th . e police barrack was rag n e st ,so'edr,,, oarlY bpi c ;0 l i. s_cu d et aftprwurdb assembled, with a vie s ot 0 1 , 00 several witylOws broken in it. The eci - 3^" r 1 c T t h o b : e r n s crowd, when when the latter retreated' 0 0 0 or t b h o e th re h t o r u e o s td over rt toAntoduecrstorinr 1 06 ti oi t i h . e ;v4 S ; l ,: bail 37 hopingacceptedather, bein'g for Walk' r, bin3se-L4leif - t i : °fl o c, two sureties in 5/. each for Andersor, bi' v e . rf i°o ref r' their and his anr' f lies in 10/. eac h. Walker ill (4 ,A tO 1/1 . r e plied that b li e e ir t ig ru ho was present, ape him if r i c ci k e l t rebel.' On worships would punis ._ wo o. be 0 ted st h io is ne:l on trs o t ,o o ui b d i ce 9 bes e i rte llo 4 o , , .were r untrue to the cause for which "" bov At , A b et d _ E and sixty years ago.' " HOP • 41 , v irll __ To li N .11T , I1 OF THE SECRETARY 01 TO ,,, e ist A ott r, T r_ •-- Ist,. ht ct e viry of the R peal Aswivien'iliets, ..' is a ' e "as Hiwaity, died stridenll rti dal fly c H ° e ir 4 ii official labours termtna.ed ou t h h i e est l i tie 4 1 1 '' journal, nt of the association, 0041 , 3 - e s ti °- 9 1 1 ; 4 4 closed the satiie nigh , . He died of ""-:„sis ~.,.!,t.,1 ' 0), THE FUNDS —Three per Cent. tion--0;it), P, fir account, 961 i; Three-and.a-Qoart". P c i, RO l or I P fir money and account. 91 :!; 13 ink 53 "" 16 l e e diet ,, . Railw , ,y, 8; _Bank Share, ill; yvioklow'oppper 18.10.,,1h0,2 quarters, 6; Midland 261. ,ti Dublin iind Kings,' 000 niii,ytt the llee 81RTH 0 F A soft. At Islington, Mrs. Th o mas P u rd p u ta e l , o l , lll.l l e s r le iti fl t C !t P r iro -4" os ' On the lith inst. at Westover, in tu e cOr i lady of the Hon. V. a'Court Iloltns. ..„ita o' ~" On the 13th inst.. at Plymouth, the 7,"heirt i pl: ' Parker, of the Royal Welch 'Fusiliers, of a ' tbe ' j OF A DA 110111*,,,1t' v bire , c oP ThOonunatlsieul.3Bthlarii,ni,st., Esq.a Kippax-p_ ark, I ur .be wi f e 0 1 ~ ,i . 14 5t t h h Sumn^r, Esq. ff• 0 1/ 0 0 : n il: : a a t t Treanrbnyh,atrah eclacsi ( t e le: ' is roe,e r:r e. ' .,:: , I'o, l V I I I / miAD.R:RD. ~,,,,rott o pt•vp t h ( l i e E nr mm % aGeor ir ra Christina' fifth ( I "g„ b ilel llll ' rn ii iler i Y' CdiB-3c, 11,5kitehrbinusrtii,CatuTinrminity District %,,,colipt,r . ir i B R z . tr N t.., M .. of Fulvie4oeclage, Tw i 'hell Cill p l'' / Ofithe 16th inst.. at Shorne, Kent, Ile , oa de 1 of Ashford, to Elfiida, daughter of C° ll3 WED .., i .titl ei 01 1it'lfie:1 i co if to O s :: 10. ti t .Ni h iLe e i co.llll 3 od t io h ans : inst, theabb abbey with john th st : 'i l ol' —a3 0 41 4 art jr o t ot—il 130 I ° IV th inst., at Pickering-ylacet ‘1:01.1,00, J. V. Morris, Esq., late Captain in U. ' Cl ' if, w ee, to i !II the 15th host., in Glouceiter-te Nicholls, EN , aged 93. r ; Ci4P 4f iia O se n ic t o l o ie t, l a s g t e h d _i i.. 2 3 s . t., at Borehatn, "' s-e 7_ , : o i0:01:00 11 1 0 1 1 stilly/O Leudont Printed and Published bl go V ille ;`i o. 112, Strand, Printer, at re ~,;1 1 , ill " Strand. in the Precinct of "he i nn. - Middlesex, Thumisy, July la, l' 7 " -- $